The Red River Shootout, John Mateer, let's say he's going to play because that's the way it's looking right now.

Who do you like?

All right, you think I'm going to pick with my heart, but that's not who I am.

I am going to pick with my mind.

What is up, everybody?

It is Wednesday on Crane & Company, and you know what that means.

We're making our picks.

And goodness gracious, the slate is plentiful. We got a great guest picker. If I'm going to get to in one second, hold the clap, Blaine. Not the first time that's been said to you. David Cohn, former Michigan quarterback to my left, former Western State, Colorado wide receiver, Blaine Crane to my right, the black hair is coming back.

It's coming back. We're all happy about it. It's not fast enough. I pray. No, it's coming back. But our guest's picker today, you can find him on the Will Kane show. Come on. He's been everywhere. You used to see him on first take. All right, Will Kane country. Just open your eyes and look outside. you're probably going to see him. Our buddy, Will Kate! Well, what's up, man?

It's all fun. A country music kind of sore, too, by the- Yeah, you told me that. I didn't know that. I didn't know that. I didn't know that either. All right. So, Will, we got six big games to pick. To be honest, we could have done 10 with the slate we had this weekend.

But first, I don't know if you saw this. The New York Times tweeted out this article from The Athletic.

But who wrote it, David? Eric Gay, maybe. Good job. Well, now that I'm on the spot, let me just check. Yeah, yeah. yeah. I want to read to you, because it's basically saying on the post it says the athletic Eric Gay slash Associated Press.

Okay, so basically it is, it is saying that many people are having a bad year in college football, but Arch Manning is having one of the worst. He's gone from a preseason Heisman trophy favorite to what

they are saying he's already a flop, which we can agree that Arch Manning hasn't been amazing,

but it's not just Arch Manning. The offensive line, you look at the ability to run the ball

struggled against Florida. He was running for his life back there.

But to come out and already say that he's a flop in his first year as the starter with the

schedule that they've played and that they're going to play, that's a bridge too far.

My thing is, why isn't the New York Times talking about sports?

Why is the New York Times talking about anything, Will?

Life for me and everyone around me as a sports fan is a roller coaster. And so if I'm being

honest with you, if you were with me on Saturday as we were losing to Florida and Arch once again

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