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And now, Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.

Hey, what's up, friends?

Here we go.

Another episode of Move the Sticks, and it is a big one for us here.

One, because DJ is not here, and that's great for everyone.

But two, because we get to

welcome the lead college football analyst for Fox Sports and, of course, host of the Joel Klatt

show. Joel Clatt himself, joining us, Red Lewis, Bucky Brooks. Joel, great to have you with us,

man. Let's talk to college football, shall we? Yeah, yeah, man. Love it. How are you guys today?

We're fantastic, man. And look, it's been Yeah, yeah, man. Love it. How are you guys today? We're fantastic,

man. And look, it's been a fun year already, right? We've had some massive upsets already. We've had some teams that are, you know, kind of some upstart teams that maybe we have some

connections to on this podcast that we'll get to here at some point. But I do want to start with with kind of

your overriding theme that you've seen in the games that you've been at. I mean, obviously

getting a look at these new conferences now and some of these new matchups, especially after

watching USC and Michigan in the big house as well. What's your take on kind of something that's

just top line leading your thoughts of college football right now?

Man, there's a lot, to be honest with you. I'm starting to feel as we now get into the end

of September the excitement around how many teams are actually relevant in a playoff discussion.

You know, it's like you're starting to just kind of feel it because now the fan base is like,

well, wait a second, you know, with with our schedule, if we can just beat them and then all

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