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I've got my top 10 teams in the country the way I see them. Some of the my thoughts on those teams as well. I'm going to break down OU's offense. What's going on with Spencer Ratler and the OU offense and maybe a little message for Oklahoma fans. We're going to talk about this wide open year of college football before we get to clap back in the last segment. But let's get to it right away. My top 10 teams in the country, but we always start with the teams that just didn't quite make it. So my almost top 10 in the country.

The way I see it, I've got Ole Miss Arkansas, BYU and Michigan State. And I know a lot of people are like, why in the world is Arkansas not in your top 10? Well, because I think it remains to be seen. And how good they are. Remember that. Win against Texas A&M. However impressive it was was against the Texas A&M team that has not been impressive at all.

Defensively they've played well, but A&M only beat Colorado by one score. That's a Colorado team that got shut out by Minnesota at home. And that's a Minnesota team that went home and lost to bowling green as a 30 point favorite. So we'll see. We'll see with Arkansas over the next couple of weeks. By the way, Michigan State, they stay in there, but slipped a little bit. Why did they slip a little bit? Well, you know, they didn't really do anything in the second half. They ran back that punt to tie the game in order to beat Nebraska. Let's get to the teams that actually made it into the top 10. My top 10 as I see it here,

as we enter October Notre Dame comes back into the top 10 after that win against Wisconsin. Not really on the road that neutral site game in Soldier Field. I was very impressed with their defense Marcus Freeman's defense starting to gel. They were creating turnovers. That's exactly what Brian Kelly wanted from that defense. And they're starting to do that. Now they've got a tough game this week against Cincinnati. Remember that. That's Freeman's former team and obviously Luke Pickle. He knows what he's doing in Cincinnati is my number nine team. Desmond Ritter has been

very good for them. Their defense has been terrific. And now they've got their shot. I think this is actually the biggest group of five game that we've seen. Maybe in the playoff era. Because I've always argued that it really takes two years since an Adi fans. It takes two years to get a bonafide group of five team into that playoff conversation in a legitimate way. And so last year is going to help you now moving forward into this season. They've got to beat Notre Dame. This is it. If Cincinnati wants to go to the playoff. Bearcapped.

If you want to go to the playoff, this one's a must. This is the biggest game. A group of five team has played in the playoff era. They get this one based on the rest of their schedule. And what's happening around the country. We very well could see Cincinnati in the playoff. And I think that that would be a really good thing for college football. All right. We continue to move up this top 10. I've got Ohio State moving up to number eight. People are like, well, what in the world Ohio State hasn't looked very good. Would it surprise you at all? College football.

Fans would it surprise you at all? If I told you Ohio State was actually leading the country in yards per play at just over eight and a half yards per play. You'd probably be surprised, right? You're like, whoa. I thought this guy was falling at Ohio State. Well, maybe not necessarily. Now Kyle McCord started last week. It looks like CJ Stroud's going to be healthy. And we're going to see what happens with the development development of their defense. But as this team starts to gel and develop trivia on Henderson gets more carries. Watch out for Ohio State.

We're going to see what happens in the playoff in that big 10 conference. All right. We can we continue to move up Florida goes all the way up to number seven for me because of the way they can run the football. All right. They lose to Bama. Basically because their two point play was was not any good. But that team can run it. They're fast on defense. I was impressed with they have done even at three and one. They're my number 17. Penn State's at number six. Obviously we know what Penn State is. But I think what has been really fun to see for Penn State is the development of their offense. Sean Clifford.

11% on completion percentage from what he was a year ago. So the new offensive coordinator is working. Mike Yersich is doing a heck of a job. Johan Dotson. He's got at least five catches and a touchdown in every single game this season. That's what you got to do is get your playmaker the ball. And they've been able to do that. The defense obviously has been tremendous. I've been talking about that all year long. I've got Iowa at number five. Although some concerning things popping up in regards to Iowa. Namely their inability to run the ball. They're only running it for

three point three yards per play. That's something to watch out for. They ran it for under two yards per play against Colorado State last week. They were able to win that game. But yeah, you know, we'll see where Iowa goes from here, even though they get into my top five. Now the four Oklahoma. I've still got them at number four. I got a lot of people expressing a lot of frustration with OU at number four. And the bottom line is this OU while they have not looked great are still 4 and O. This is still a team with a

very high ceiling. And I think that they can correct some of the errors that we're seeing. So OU is going to remain at number four because of where they can go and their ability to continue to win these games, even when they're not playing well. I think Ohio State would probably trade places with them after that loss to Oregon. All right. At number three for me is Oregon. Obviously that went on the road. Oregon's 4 and O. They're going to be my number three team in the country that can still run it well. They didn't look great against Arizona. That's an Arizona team that looks like it might not win a football game.

But if you need to be good and by the way, came on, they're probably going to be back into the lineup for Oregon here moving forward. So we'll see how good their defense can potentially play. Georgia at number two. And then Alabama at number one. And those two, I feel like has really separated themselves out. If Oregon would have looked more dominant against Arizona, I probably would have separated the three out. But really at this point is Alabama and Georgia, what they're been able to do. Bryce Young looks really good and comfortable, even as a young quarterback. Georgia's defense has scored more touchdowns than they've given up.

Georgia's defense is second in the country in completion percentage. So it looks like they're the biggest threat to Alabama at this point. And two teams that have kind of clearly separated themselves out. And then a whole mess of teams that are going to be jockeying for that three and four position when it comes playoff time. Let's dive into OU's offense. Okay, shall we? Because last week, listen, it wasn't good. It's not what we expect from the Oklahoma offense. And we started to hear those chance for Caleb Williams.

We heard them OU fans, but was it necessary? Was it Spencer Ratler's fault? Well, let's take a look under the hood and actually see what's going on with the Oklahoma offense. First, in order to know what's going on, you got to take a look back and say, what were they? How did they have success? Well, I would argue that it actually starts with the run game. Okay. So you hear you have rushing yards per game on this side. This is their points per game over the course of the last few years. And what you see is an offense that generally averages about 42 points or more.

And generally runs for about 180 yards or more. And really over 210 yards. And they're really quality years. Last year was a bit of an aberration at the 179. And a lot of that, by the way, is that you didn't have the cupcakes in the non-conference where you get to pad some of those stats. So this was a more of a conference schedule with only one of those cupcakes in the non-conference. But here, look at this. 38 points, only 161 yards rushing. I think those correlate more than anything. Then in particular, when you're looking at

what's going on with them in the last couple of weeks, we've seen the lowest point total in the Lincoln Riley era. I think it's because they can't run the ball. This offense is predicated on running the football. And the chain reaction of the Oklahoma offense kind of goes like this. If you don't have any run game, then you've got no play action pass. The play action pass is where they're explosive. This is the way Lincoln Riley gets those big plays. And a big reason why they've been able to average well over 40 points a game throughout his tenure. When you have no play action pass,

and no ability to run the ball, you become one dimensional, and you've got no ability to protect the passer. In particular, versus very good defensive lines like West Virginia had last week. And when you can't protect the passer, and you're one dimensional, you've got no chance. Okay, so let's walk through this a little bit. What does that chain look like? Well, let's start with the no run game. What happens in the run game when you don't have success? Well, generally, you don't block down linemen, and you don't get any movement on the double teams. And the double team movement is so critical for Oklahoma.

In particular, with their, their favorite concept, the GT pole scheme. When you're pulling linemen, you better get movement on the double team or else you're not going to have any shot in the run game. Let's take a look at what we've got with the run game. Okay. This is just a simple handoff from Spencer Ratler. Eric Gray is in the backfield, but watch. You just got down linemen to down linemen and an outside support player. They have got to be blocked. You've got to cover up that color. Those guys are totally free right off the bat. Eric Gray's got no chance here. And in fact, with three

free mountaineers in the backfield, he does an unbelievable job just getting positive yardage. That's, that cannot happen. That can absolutely not happen. Here we have another run play where you've got a total whiff up front, a key mezzador number 90, just in the backfield. No chance for the running back. There's no way you can be effective in the run game when you're not blocking the down linemen. That is a huge problem. Then the next part of this is that you've got to get movement. When you do actually target them right, you've got to get movement on the double teams.

Here's the first play of the game for them. They're going to pull their guard and they're tied in. This is that GT pull scheme that I was talking about. They're going to pull these two guys around the edge. That means you've got to get a double team right there at the point of attack. And it's got to move so that the pullers can get around and tighter and get up the field. Here they're in the backfield because there was no movement on the double team. And then the back has to make a cut three yards behind the line of scrimmage. Four yards behind the line of scrimmage and you only gains a yard. There's no movement there.

There's no offense of line, not getting the defensive line targeted, but then they're not moving them when they do block them. When that happens, you can't run the ball. When you can't run the ball, you've got no play action pass. So no run game to no play action pass. And what are the elements of play action pass that they're struggling with? Well, in order to throw the ball down the field for explosives, you've got to protect your quarterback. And in order for those to be effective in the windows down the field, you've got to put conflict on the second and third level players with the run fit.

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