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Welcome back to your Friday book. I talk clueless dot com to Larry's Nathan Baird or rapid fire. We did two days of draft prep the last two podcasts, but Nathan, we have some really good questions still kind of lingering from spring football. So our loyal and smart tech subscribers. We're going to lean back on them and we're going to start with this. And I know that guys read the headline of this podcast. It might seem controversial, but it's a real question. I thought it was an interesting way

to look at things a little bit from the 253. I think I am overthinking this. But is anyone concerned that the offense is almost too over height. And I will say, Nathan, I think I remember and you're speaking for all of us, I think you remember you on a recent podcast saying

they might have the best quarterback in the country, they might have the best receiver in the country, they might have the best running back in the country, which is not a controversial statement, one of the two best quarterbacks, but maybe the best receiver, maybe the best running back.

I kind of know where the texture's coming from Nathan, just from the standpoint of it seems like it's so good. Sometimes you need to pull yourself back from the edge, right?

Yes, I think it's fair. I mean, listen, great offense last season, but you're losing two first round NFL receivers. And yes, Jackson, the gig was back. But still, Garrett Wilson, Chris, a lot of our who we thought they were.

You're losing a proven starting tight end without a proving starting tight end of the same caliber ready to step in, let alone to you're losing a.

You know, probably day to tackle and another multi year start on your offensive line, like you're losing enough that it's worth asking.

Is it should we be talking about this as if it's a sure thing because that's I think where they're coming from on this over hyped question because there's another point on the podcast earlier this week where we were talking about something and I said.

What will probably be the best offense in the country or something like that and you quickly chimed in like I think it's pretty safe to say this will be the best offense in the country.

Yes, that's where the over hype comes in where if we're already saying for sure.

Oh, well, I mean, clearly this is as good as it gets in college football in 2022 as far as moving the football.

It's a legitimate to push back to that. I don't think anyone's saying that well, maybe this offense won't be good. I think it's worth asking.

I'm sure this offense is going to come in as lay waste.

Yes, how good. I mean, because when you look at the ratings, I'm looking at a F plus ratings from football outsiders, which again, it's just a little more advanced metric for measuring this kind of stuff than total yards or total points.

But they do it for offense and defense and Ohio State.

I'm not going to pretend I understand all of this, but Ohio State was number one in the nation and offense last year.

The ranking was 2.80 Alabama was second at 2.06 Georgia was third at 2.01 Oklahoma was fourth at 1.61. So like for instance, there.

The gap between Alabama at two and Oklahoma at four is 0.45. And the gap between Alabama at two and Ohio State at one is 0.74.

Ohio State and that metric was the best offense in the country by a wide margin.

That's what we're talking about. And they are returning the quarterback, the play collar, the running back, and some pieces on the offensive line, as well as the guy who wound up being a leading receiver.

So I want to break this down by three weeks because I think there are three recent comparisons that I want to say could this be in play at Ohio State.

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