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The OG Kickoff w/ Connor and Will

AP Poll overreactions, Kentucky's Civil War, Van Lathan talks all things LSU & Jimbo (ep. 488)

The OG Kickoff w/ Connor and Will

Connor O'Gara

News, Sports, Sports News, Football

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

It's a long, but loaded pod to get you fired up for 2022. We've got some thoughts on the preseason AP Top 25. Who got too much love? Who deserved more? The guys discuss Kentucky's in-house beef with John Calipari and Mark Stoops. The Ringer's Van Lathan discussed a whole bunch of LSU things. When did he start to believe in Brian Kelly? What happened that one time he sold Jimbo Fisher's wife a TV? The guys close with some thoughts on the Myles Brennan news and talk all things Saturday Setup in #FiguringItOut.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, what's going on?

0:09.3

This is the Saturday Down South podcast.

0:11.0

I am Conor McGurrah.

0:12.8

Well, I'm not going to overreact to the preseason A.P. poll, but if I were, this is what

0:19.1

I would say.

0:20.1

I'd have a few points.

0:22.4

I'd probably point out that A&M at number six is overrated.

0:25.5

You knew that I was going to come in with that take, been talking in the offseason about

0:28.6

they're going to be the most overrated team in the country coming into the season.

0:32.0

And USC, who sneaks into the top 15 somehow, some way, despite the fact that they're coming

0:37.0

off for a win season, I get it.

0:39.0

They added everybody in their mother via the transfer portal.

0:41.5

They added Lincoln Riley.

0:42.6

I was awake this offseason.

0:43.9

I saw that still still for win team that struggled mightily last year and has major questions

0:49.5

to answer on the defensive side of the ball.

0:51.5

Well, that's a good note.

0:52.5

I'm just going to refer to this former for win team going forward because I assumed mentally

0:56.5

they at least got the five or six, no, no, that is a forward team or ranking this

0:59.7

high.

1:00.7

Yeah.

1:01.7

There are very few programs who could win four games and then start off ranked inside

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