ESPN's Sports MONOPOLY, Mike Norvell Talks Alabama, MOST MEMORABLE TNR MOMENT? | TNR 8/20/25 - Hour 3
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| 0:00.0 | Jim Dunaway, Lance Taylor, Ryan Brown, live from the Birmingham Racecourse Casino Studios. |
| 0:10.4 | The next round, presented by Bud Light, is on now. |
| 0:19.3 | Final hour of the show brought to you by our friends at Champy's world famous fried chicken. |
| 0:24.0 | We're about to hear from Mike Norvell. |
| 0:26.7 | Getting you ready for Florida State, Alabama. |
| 0:28.6 | You can enjoy that great champion as you enjoy football this year. |
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| 0:53.4 | Champieschicken.com. Highway 119 right there in Alabaster. Seven and eight on the cuts here. Let's talk a little bit about Florida State, Alabama. Betting line at MyBooky.orgie. Brownie is still holding around 13, 13.5? 13 and a half. Last I saw there at MyBooky. So it is, it is settled there and stuck there. And you still believe it is a beatdown. Alabama handles the environment at Tallahassee and this hapless Florida State program with ease. Yeah, I do. I mean, look, I think the. That's a bit of an overstat. That's the way you guys have described it all summer, |
| 1:27.8 | that this roster is not good. It was the... I think you could make the argument the most embarrassing season in college football history last year. I don't disagree with you. Yeah. They were hapless last year. With that said, Castellanos is an upgraded quarterback. They're going to be better this year. I mean, a couple of things. if Alabama can't run the football, which |
| 1:44.6 | it's kind of an unknown right now. |
| 1:46.5 | And if Ty Simpson struggles, Florida State can keep this close. I mean, all the money is on Alabama. I mean, people are loading up. And they're state at 13 and a half. Yeah, they're, they're just feeling like this is a gift under two touchdowns. I kind of feel the same way. But, you know, in those elements, you know, it could be a little bit different. Don't discount my dream. You remember the dream I had not long ago. First play from scrimmage, Simpson gets hit, blindside hit, fumbles, ball falls back in the end zone. Alabama falls on it for an early safety for Florida State. Florida State up to two nothing. That's my dream. That's going to get the crowd going. |
| 2:17.7 | I had that dream back in the summer, so when that happens, you'll remember, |
| 2:20.8 | O'Brown dream that. |
| 2:22.6 | Mike Norvell here talking about the challenge that Alabama's defense poses for his |
| 2:28.8 | reworked Gus Malzahn offense. |
| 2:31.8 | You know, they've got great versatility. |
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