1 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:14,040 Welcome back to Crimson Cass, GAIL and Clavio joining you once 2 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,480 again as we get ever closer to game day. 3 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,440 Here it is, College Football Playoff week in Bloomington as 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,600 the Indiana Hoosiers taking on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 5 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,720 and we've got Rhett Lewis back with us. 6 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,640 We've been trying to get Rhett back on the show since the start 7 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:30,680 of the season. Timing hasn't worked out, but 8 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,520 I'm glad we were able to land them this all around. 9 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,440 Rhett, great to have you back on. 10 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:40,080 And man, I, I still can't believe that we're in this this 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,560 phase of things right now. It's, it's just awesome. 12 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,800 The anticipation grows on a daily basis. 13 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,160 It's just great to be talking about IU football the week 14 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:50,200 before Christmas, you know? I mean like it's and it's not. 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,000 It's not a coach firing right? Yes, correct, correct. 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,400 And it's not the red box bowl, you know, like we, we, we are in 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,440 uncharted territory for sure. And that is without a, without a 18 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,280 doubt, the, you know, most frequent question, you know, 19 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,760 that I have gotten is like what, you know, what is what, what, 20 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,120 what does this feel like? What is what, you know what? 21 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,840 And I, I struggle to find the words as you can tell, like it's 22 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,720 just, it's so different than anything that I've ever been 23 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:23,440 accustomed to, you know, in my lifetime, you know, outside of 24 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,360 maybe the, the flashes of it in 2020, but it just it, it didn't 25 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:32,680 feel like this obviously. And, and so I just, I have this 26 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:37,640 tremendous level of excitement and I I can't even explain how 27 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:42,360 different the expectation change has been, not even like within 28 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,680 the program, but like just from my perspective, you know, 29 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,720 obviously I haven't been in the booth with Don the last two 30 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,080 years. You know, prior to this one, it 31 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:53,160 was like, you know, offense comes back onto the field and 32 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,800 you're like, all right, when's James Evans coming back? 33 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,320 You know, like, and unfortunately that's just, 34 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,320 that's just how it was And and it obviously it got better, you 35 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,480 know, the final few games of of the 23 season, but there was 36 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:11,039 just this kind of like impending doom that you felt every time. 37 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:13,400 And now it's like we get into third and 14. 38 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,680 You're like, oh, oh, Curtis is probably just gonna hit Sarat 39 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,480 for a back shoulder that'll go for 20 and Drive will continue 40 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,880 and probably score a touchdown and will probably go up by 14 41 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:23,920 points and probably gonna win by 30. 42 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:29,080 And like that's it's just, it is an expectation now that that 43 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,240 Indiana thrives in the face of adversity. 44 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,040 Yeah, I think the the overriding emotion for IU football was 45 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,320 dread for a long time. And and it's a completely 46 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:39,720 different. And I think that's why so many 47 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,080 people who have either followed the program closely, like myself 48 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,320 or, or like you have been involved in multiple different 49 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,120 ways officially. It's why it's so hard to put 50 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,880 into words because it's it's it's like, it's like the the 51 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,640 best possible version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers 52 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:57,480 where like I, I don't know, I don't know who replaced your 53 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,560 personality, right? It's amazing soul, but here we 54 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,080 are. 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So head over to home field, 66 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,320 apparel.com, use the code home 23. 67 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:42,400 Get 15% off your first order. All right Rhett, so I want to 68 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,800 talk about the match up first. Yeah. 69 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,240 And then we'll kind of talk about the overarching things. 70 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,960 But I have noticed as we've gotten through the past week and 71 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,000 into this week, this is the game that people either like, they 72 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,560 feel definitively that Notre Dame's better and that they're 73 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,040 just going to walk, or they see something in the match up that's 74 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,400 giving them pause. This is probably the match up 75 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,120 where I've seen the most variability in terms of the 76 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,120 predictions. I mean, what from what you've 77 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,920 seen looking at both teams, like what's your evaluation and where 78 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,360 do you think that confusion's coming from in the pundit class? 79 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,399 Yeah, look, I think most people feel like Notre Dame's going to 80 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:21,760 win based off reputation. I mean, like I in in most people 81 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,200 that just have have kind of put Notre Dame through to the Sugar 82 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,880 Bowl probably haven't watched a whole lot of Indiana this year 83 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,960 and they maybe haven't even watched a whole lot of Notre 84 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,920 Dame, you know what I mean? So I've watched a ton of both 85 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:38,560 and I do feel like, you know, the, if you're looking at ways 86 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,400 that Notre Dame would defend an offense like Indiana, you know, 87 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,800 I think you look at the USC game, I think you look at the 88 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,880 Louisville game a little bit in terms of, you know, formations 89 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,680 and personnel and the way they want to throw the ball, the way 90 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,160 they can run the ball. I think for that, you can kind 91 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,800 of look at Georgia Tech too, a little bit in the way that they 92 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,240 played. There's other games out there as 93 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,000 well. But I, you know, the, the one 94 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,520 thing that occurred to me is that, you know, USC threw the 95 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:10,920 ball on Notre Dame and outside of the two pick sixes in the 96 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,800 last three minutes of the game, which were incredible to have 97 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,520 one go for 99 and one go for 100. 98 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,240 I don't. Think I've ever seen that in 99 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:20,280 football before. That is, is nuts. 100 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:25,560 Like US CS receivers got open and US CS receivers, you know, 101 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:31,920 look #0 Xavier Watts for Notre Dame is an absolute star. 102 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,640 He's super to me. He's, he's their best player on 103 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,680 defense and an absolute baller. He's like, he's just, he does 104 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,200 not miss tackles in the open field. 105 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,760 He does, he takes on offensive lineman and you know, when he's 106 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,320 trying to go after running backs in space, like he is a baller. 107 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,720 But I think that their corners on the outside can be had 108 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:58,920 particularly #29 you know, I, I watched him, you know, a bunch 109 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,320 kind of they don't run a lot of this is a man team, which and is 110 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,320 a big challenge for Indiana. You got to win your one-on-one 111 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:05,840 matchups is what you love is a wide receiver. 112 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:09,320 I talked to Elijah Serrat about that this week and he was, he 113 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,200 was fired up about this challenge to go out there and 114 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,240 win. And then, you know, like even if 115 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,920 he doesn't get on top of ADB, let's say, running to go route, 116 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,400 that's where that back shoulder with Curtis Rourke that's been 117 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,920 lethal this year comes into play. 118 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,120 So I think there's real opportunities for Indiana to win 119 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,840 one-on-one matchups to Createspace in the past game. 120 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,280 I look at guys like Miles Price and Keyshawn Williams in 121 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:31,560 particular as guys who've got real wiggle at the top of their 122 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,920 routes to create some separation in the slot. 123 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,560 That could be a big match up factor for IU, especially if 124 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:40,040 they're in man coverage. But look, let's let's let's 125 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,720 understand that this is a very big and physical team up front 126 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,720 defensive line. They're they got three dudes 127 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,040 with NFL bloodlines. They got Roman Obin's son, they 128 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,840 got Howard Cross's son, Kurt Heinich's little brother plays 129 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:54,800 on this team all on the defensive front. 130 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:57,800 So like they are big and physical upfront. 131 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,920 It'll be a challenge for the, you know, for Indiana's 132 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,240 offensive line to kind of open up some space in the run game. 133 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,840 But I think the running backs and, and maybe even Zach Horton 134 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:08,800 can find some match up problems in the past game against the 135 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,400 line backing core. I'd love to get #34 out in space 136 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,440 for Notre Dame and and kind of test them that way and see what 137 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,440 they got. So I think if Indiana's finding 138 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,320 ways to beat man coverage, they're going to be in a great 139 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,040 position to put up points in this game. 140 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,120 And then it's about stopping the run, right, Stopping the run and 141 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:27,520 forcing Riley Leonard to beat you. 142 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,400 So to me, the pathway to victory is defense gets some stops 143 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,640 early, offense puts some points up on the board, 1014 points 144 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,640 early. And now you're kind of starting 145 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,320 to force Notre Dame to think about throwing the ball with 146 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,440 Riley Leonard. Yeah. 147 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,640 And and I'll just say the last point on the match up part that 148 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,920 way is I love Riley Leonard. I love the way he he competes. 149 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,200 I love his joy for the game, his passion for his teammates, like 150 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,320 the way that he plays is the right way, man. 151 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,000 It's fun to watch. He is tough on but I will take 152 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,240 Curtis Rourke as a passer every day of the week and I think 153 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,080 that's where, you know, Indiana's got an advantage. 154 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,960 Yeah, it's really, it's a really fascinating thing because I 155 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,320 mean, it's to some degree it's like, Oh yeah, just stop Notre 156 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:12,080 Dame's running game, which very difficult for everybody to do 157 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,480 that so well. But, you know, most of the the 158 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,360 success pathways for Indiana run through that. 159 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,240 And and this is where it's going to be interesting because even 160 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,600 though Indiana clearly didn't play very well at Ohio Stadium, 161 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,240 they did do a good job of stopping the run. 162 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,960 They they did a good job of, of playing in that mode. 163 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,600 And, you know, they really forced Ohio State to move the 164 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:36,840 ball through the air. And even that Ohio State wasn't 165 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,240 as successful as you might think of the final score. 166 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,080 Yeah. You know, against Michigan, 167 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,800 Indiana did the best job of anybody all season and stopping 168 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:45,960 the run. And these are teams that are 169 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,280 physically and talent wise very similar to what Notre Dame 170 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,000 brings to the truth on that front. 171 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,680 So a lot of it is schematic. And I think looking back and 172 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:57,920 seeing you know what, who has been successful against Notre 173 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,720 Dame? USC, their offensive success 174 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,520 probably should have led to a victory, if if not for those 175 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,880 mistakes that they made with the interceptions and letting Notre 176 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,640 Dame kind of establish early that they were going to try to 177 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,960 control things. So, you know, for me, a lot of 178 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,000 it with Indiana is you've, you've got to get off to a 179 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,920 faster start offensively to give your defense some some wiggle 180 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,240 room because you know, Notre Dame's really good with 181 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,280 explosive runs. You know, they they've they've 182 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,440 been able to get some long runs pretty consistently throughout 183 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,720 the course of the season. I would just, I worry a little 184 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,360 bit because Indiana's offense has gotten off the slow start. 185 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,720 Even in the Purdue game, it wasn't like they came out and 186 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,880 just started rattling points off immediately. 187 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,520 In this kind of an environment, it's going to be interesting to 188 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,520 see, you know, can you get success in the first quarter, 189 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,680 get 714 points on the board and establish that this is going to 190 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:45,960 be a ball game. Yeah, I think that's a great 191 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,240 point. And that's that again, that 192 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,640 comes back to, you know, the way that I see the path to victory 193 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,400 here, you know, going it going, you know, 3 and out or, you 194 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,240 know, 5 and out. The the first couple of 195 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,560 possessions is not going to put you in a great position. 196 00:09:57,560 --> 00:09:59,840 Now you're inviting the crowd to get into this game. 197 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,240 You're inviting the elements to become a factor. 198 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:06,560 You're inviting the, you know, those little seeds of oh, man, 199 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:09,040 this feels like Columbus again, you know, type of thing to come 200 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:10,840 back in your head, even though they scored in the first 201 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:16,080 possession in that game. But I I, I do, I do think that, 202 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,240 you know, look, a fast start is important in every game. 203 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,200 And if really, if you go back and look at the season on the 204 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,680 whole, that has been one of Indiana's calling cards is to 205 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:25,960 come out with the pedal to the floor. 206 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,160 And that is a tenet of this offense. 207 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:32,560 They are like they want to be a thermostat, not a thermometer 208 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:33,840 team. Like they want to set the 209 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,080 temperature. They don't want to take the 210 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:36,520 temperature of the game. You know what I mean? 211 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,240 Like it's truly. I like I'm going to steal that 212 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:40,520 for future people. I like that. 213 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,160 And so like, that's that, that is something to where like, oh, 214 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,800 we're not just going to feel this thing out. 215 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,920 You know, it's a big game. Let's just kind of, you know, 216 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,160 let's kind of play it safe and see what they're going to do. 217 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,800 Like, no, no, no, we're going to come out and attack. 218 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,760 And that's why they've been so successful early on. 219 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,440 So the thermostat will be pretty chilly early on. 220 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,680 I think in, in South Bend. I'm I'm looking forward to it. 221 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:05,080 I'll be up there, but I'm going to, I'm going to have, I'm going 222 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:09,960 to definitely agree with you on on where this sets up nicely for 223 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,240 IU if they start to build that lead. 224 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,040 When you look at what Indiana tries to do offensively, like 225 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,320 one of the problems the last month has been, there's been a 226 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:22,040 clear lack of timing and sync between Curtis Rourke and his 227 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:23,840 receivers. It got better in the Purdue game 228 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,160 and that that was that was really exciting to see. 229 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:31,600 But I do, you know, I hope that that's largely injury related 230 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,520 and that you have something like that happened with Rourke. 231 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:37,320 It can throw off timing. Even the Michigan State game was 232 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,000 really more of a running attack game for Indiana than it was a 233 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,280 passing attack game. The timing could also be a 234 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:44,640 little bit disrupted by the weather. 235 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,320 Now, the weather's looking better now than it was when we 236 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,280 were looking at forecasts ahead of time, because I was looking 237 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:50,880 at forecasts where it's like, oh, yeah, we're going to have 238 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,360 wind gusts like 3840 miles an hour. 239 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,960 We don't want that. Wind dies down a little bit. 240 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:58,760 Now you're just playing in the cold. 241 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,760 How does that affect the passing game in particular? 242 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,120 Like you, you like, does it have much of an impact? 243 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:05,960 And, and for a team like Indiana, with the way that they 244 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:07,760 try to throw the ball, is that something they need to be 245 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,400 worried about? You know, I, I don't think so. 246 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,600 I mean, like the you saw the the way that they were able to 247 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,440 connect in that Purdue game. And you know, I don't think the 248 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,000 elements are going to be anywhere near that. 249 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,240 And now the cold is, is something right? 250 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,760 It's something to think about. I was never one to be like, you 251 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,560 know, hey, let's let's go shirtless, you know, shirtless 252 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:29,920 for warmups. Like let's RIP off the no 253 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,600 sleeves. No, no, no, no, I want to be 254 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,360 warm. I want to be a peak peak optimal 255 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,600 playing temperature and and I want to be, you know, like I 256 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,360 don't, I don't want to sit there and, you know, be miserable for 257 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,360 no Dang reason. So I I'm one of those guys. 258 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,080 I was one of those guys that would dress warm, you know, and 259 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,080 you can always take stuff off if you have to at whatever point. 260 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:55,400 But I think I think seeing the way that they were so efficient 261 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,960 in the past game against Purdue and those kind of elements 262 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,600 leaves me pretty confident now. Look, you go back to that Ohio 263 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,000 State and the Michigan game, like there were some 264 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,760 uncharacteristic drops that we hadn't really seen pop up all 265 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,760 year. I think they got a lot of 266 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,760 mistakes kind of out in those two games in particular. 267 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:14,120 You don't go back to special teams too. 268 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:15,560 I don't think you'll see that happen again. 269 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:17,920 Obviously it was a bad time for it against Ohio State. 270 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,960 But I, I think you, you get rid of the drops, you get rid of, 271 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,840 you know, the, the undisciplined stuff that has not been a part 272 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,160 of this program this year. I think they're going to be just 273 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,760 fine, yeah. One of the interesting aspects 274 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,040 of this match up for both teams is that they're kind of mirror 275 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,440 images of other of each other in a lot of ways in terms not so 276 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,280 much in terms of how they play, but in terms of the schedule 277 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,240 that they played against, their dominance against that schedule. 278 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:47,000 And you know, people have had questions about both teams. 279 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:50,520 Indiana more so because of the brand name, I think more than 280 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,840 anything else. But when I was talking to Taylor 281 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:54,960 earlier this week and we're doing our game preview, like, 282 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,360 it's amazing how strength on strength this match up is 283 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,640 between these two teams. But it's hard to know fully like 284 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,800 what level of greatness both teams have given the other fact 285 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,000 that they've accrued that largely through beating soundly 286 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,040 the teams on their schedule. Neither team has played like a 287 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,400 tremendously hard schedule, all things considered. 288 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,440 So when you look at this, you know, it's a little hard to try 289 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,320 to extrapolate like, you know, can can either team, given what 290 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:23,800 they've done against lesser competition. 291 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,120 How does that apply in a game like this where you're playing a 292 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,440 team that's finally like on your level across the board? 293 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,320 I and I don't know, there's a question in there per SE, but I 294 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:36,120 guess in your eye, you know, when I look at Indiana, what I 295 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,400 see is a team that's largely thrived on their execution and 296 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,240 their efficiency and they're, you know, they do everything 297 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,840 really detail oriented. Notre Dame has really thrived at 298 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,520 least in part, on their athleticism and the level of 299 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,440 talent that they've got. I'm curious, like how does that 300 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,240 end up playing out in a game where you've got you've got 301 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,760 superior athletes perhaps in certain positions versus A-Team 302 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,160 that really relies on doing things exactly the right way 303 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:05,440 every time? Yeah, I think it's I think when 304 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,000 you look at it and you look if you're if you're kind of 305 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,720 comparing match ups and you're comparing the way that Notre 306 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:12,960 Dame is played against certain teams. 307 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,240 And and then looking at that in like the, you know, the the 308 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,160 framework of what Indiana presents to them. 309 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,160 You know, I think you could take certain things from certain 310 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:22,600 games. Like, you know, look at the way 311 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,440 they defended the run against Georgia Tech against Navy, you 312 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,120 know, against teams that really, you know, like to be physical 313 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,320 with the football on the offensive side. 314 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,280 And and their defense was up to the challenge there. 315 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,520 But the the, the thing that I think, you know, again, 316 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:40,000 Louisville put up points and yards on them in the pass game. 317 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,760 Same, same with with USC the last time we saw him. 318 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,400 So I, I kind of look at this as, hey, you know, let's not on 319 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,040 offense, don't bang your head against the wall, you know, and, 320 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,720 and try to do what Ohio State did against, you know, Michigan 321 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,320 and just, you know, try to pound the rock just 'cause you want to 322 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,200 prove how tough you are. Like, let's, let's get out there 323 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,440 and, and, you know, let's go find the advantageous matchups. 324 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,160 And I think a lot of those are going to be in the pass game 325 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,400 early and that could turn to the run game later. 326 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:08,920 You know, it's I think a lot of people like to say, oh, you got 327 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,720 to establish, well, you know, establish what works right, Like 328 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,320 establish what what gets first downs and scores points. 329 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,320 And for IU in this game, I do feel like it is going to be a, 330 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,840 you know, a pass game type of situation from a personnel 331 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,920 standpoint. I think when you when you look 332 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:29,120 at it like they're going to appear probably a little bit 333 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:33,600 more like Michigan in in kind of like big burly type frames. 334 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,440 I don't know that they have the speed that Ohio State did on the 335 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,040 whole. So like, you kind of grab bits 336 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,400 and pieces from it. And, and I do like 337 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:48,200 stylistically, you know, the way they play, the the way they're 338 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,000 led, the way they, they focus. Like I do think there are 339 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,840 similarities there, even though they may accomplish it in 340 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,880 different ways. But the way they've executed it 341 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,800 has been similar. But look, personnel wise, I 342 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,960 mean, Notre Dame's been a top 20, you know, recruiting class 343 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,280 team for, I don't know, the last century. 344 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,400 So like, you know, like on paper, yeah, they're gonna have 345 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,319 better personnel. But I as we've seen time and 346 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:12,839 time again this year, that really hasn't mattered for 347 00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:16,560 Indiana. I guess last thing, offensive 348 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,119 line, obviously other issues against Ohio State, no issues 349 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,079 against Purdue, but Purdue didn't really offer a lot of 350 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:23,960 resistance. A lot of that was focused on 351 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,079 crowd noise. We heard Kurt Signete talk about 352 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:29,320 that a bunch. When you look at this offensive 353 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:30,680 line, they've been so good all season. 354 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:34,120 They obviously suffered the the the loss via injury at the left 355 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:35,840 guard position. That didn't help. 356 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:39,800 But are you worried about Indiana's offensive line in this 357 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,080 game as they go up against especially Notre Dame's interior 358 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,360 line? And does Indiana, in your 359 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:48,080 opinion, need to change the way they approach the passing game 360 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:50,960 above and beyond whatever they're doing with crowd noise, 361 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,640 which we'll get to in a second to try to give both the 362 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,160 offensive line and Curtis Rourke a better chance against a pass 363 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,680 rush? Yeah, look, I think that was the 364 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,160 thing that started popping up against Michigan was that pass 365 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,600 rush, especially in the second-half, you know, and I, I 366 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,840 think Tyler Stevens, by the way, has done a really nice job. 367 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,600 I mean, technically he is the 4th guard, you know, because you 368 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,680 think Nick Kidwell was, was, you know, penciled in to start from 369 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,000 the from the beginning and, you know, never played it down, 370 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,880 unfortunately due to the injury. Then you get Evans in there and 371 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,400 he goes down kind of unexpectedly. 372 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:24,680 So, yeah, you're technically on your 4th guard there. 373 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,080 And the fact that Indiana's got competitive depth that way to 374 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,320 put that offensive line together is a is a big deal. 375 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:32,600 And, and so, you know, I'm thankful that obviously you've 376 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,360 got that that kind of luxury there. 377 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,840 I think he's played well. I think tackles, you know, 378 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,080 really in that second-half against Michigan, the edge 379 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,840 pressure started to started to really get after him a little 380 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,640 bit. And and then, you know, kind of 381 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:48,160 the same with Ohio State, but it was more of like a physical like 382 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,480 kind of beach up type of pressure with, you know, JT Tui 383 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,280 Molowow with Jack Sawyer. And then they brought pressure 384 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,320 and they brought pressure that bothered Indiana And and I think 385 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:02,200 that, you know, Bob Bostad, my guess has has been, you know, 386 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:07,040 going back for the last month now and working on those things 387 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,960 and how Indiana deals with those types of looks. 388 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,000 Often. I I don't think that they will 389 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 cause them that type of trouble. Now, if they get beat 390 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,160 physically, it's a different thing. 391 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,160 But I don't think you're going to see that type of, you know, 392 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,800 kind of confusion up there that that allows some mental 393 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,000 misassignments. The things that worry me a 394 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,520 little bit are like I Howard Cross coming back is a big deal 395 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,760 for them. I look at Josh Burnham, the guy 396 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,240 that plays their Viper. I think the dude that comes then 397 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,120 after him is kind of the rotation. 398 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:39,800 Junior Tui Halamaka is really good as well #44 Donovan 399 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,600 Heinich, 41, played a bunch when Howard Cross was it. 400 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,720 They they kind of go 8 deep and they're pretty good at it. 401 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,440 So like that's, that's the kind of thing like they can stay 402 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,240 fresh. So it's, you know, it'll be, you 403 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,840 know, staying power for that offensive line as you get into 404 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,240 the second-half where we saw it kind of breakdown against 405 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:58,360 Michigan. I think it'll be something to 406 00:19:58,360 --> 00:19:59,760 watch. But I I do think that they are 407 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,120 capable of holding up and giving Curtis the time he needs. 408 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:05,200 He's not going to sit back there and read a book, but like 409 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,160 they're going to give him the time he needs because he is a 410 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,520 great processor of information. A lot of that dealing with 411 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,280 pressure does fall back on him. Get the ball out of your hands. 412 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,520 Let's go. Exactly. 413 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,640 Let's widen the lens a little bit as we wrap up. 414 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,480 So Indiana and the College Football Playoff, amazing story 415 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,480 by itself. Indiana playing at Notre Dame in 416 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,360 the first game of the College Football Playoff. 417 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:28,960 I mean, these are two programs that have not played each other 418 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,640 historically very much at all. Last meeting was in 1991. 419 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,680 I mean, when you saw this match up as an as an IU football alum 420 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,440 and someone's been tied to the program, like what was your 421 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,320 reaction when you saw that this was going to be the draw for 422 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:42,760 Indiana? Great question. 423 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,880 I will and I'm going to send this photo to you so that when I 424 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,800 hold it up to my camera here, you're going to have a you're 425 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,120 not going to see it as well, but maybe maybe you can find a way 426 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:54,680 to throw it in. I will throw this picture up and 427 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,240 and I will tell you this is our secret weapon and I'll see if 428 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,200 you can identify who this is in this photo. 429 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,680 I cannot identify who is that in the photo. 430 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:11,240 Well, it's a mock up of Matt Lavecchio, former Notre Dame 431 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,240 quarterback. Forgot about that. 432 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:14,800 Always forget about the Lavecchio thing. 433 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,880 Yeah, so two years at Notre Dame led him to a Fiesta Bowl, I 434 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,280 believe is a true freshman. And then kind of got got kind of 435 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,640 went back and forth with Carlisle Holiday, which by the 436 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,240 way, his name has been in the news because Riley Leonard had 437 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,280 back-to-back 100 yard rushing games this year. 438 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,920 And it was the first quarterback to do so since Carlisle Holiday 439 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:34,720 did it back in, in I think it was like 2002 or something. 440 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,800 But Levecchio, remember, old school, transferred to Indiana, 441 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,800 no transfer portal, sat out a year, was on scout team and then 442 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,760 became the starter for the final two years. 443 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,480 Obviously, it wasn't a hugely productive couple of years in 444 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,320 terms of wins, but had some fun moments. 445 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,560 He's been a great friend of mine. 446 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,640 And, and so, you know, I texted him, you know, when this matchup 447 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,360 came out and I was like, it's all cream and Crimson this week, 448 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:58,000 right? Right. 449 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:00,120 It's all cream and Crimson this week. 450 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:01,800 And he was like, oh, absolutely. Yeah. 451 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,440 Yeah. So he's he's going to be up 452 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,440 there as well. And he's still got a lot of good 453 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,600 friends that that, you know, he played with at Notre Dame. 454 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,520 But I'm going to bring just in case, I'm going to bring some 455 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,800 extra Crimson for him, I think. So that's what I think of when I 456 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:14,480 think of this. Matchup. 457 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,440 Bring him a towel. Yeah, he needs an Indiana towel. 458 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,040 Are you? Coming by the way, are you 459 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:19,400 going? Oh, I'm. 460 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,400 Going to be there. I'm getting up there Thursday. 461 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,200 OK, so we're not enough camp. No, But yeah, the Lovecchio 462 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,840 thing's interesting because I remember when that happened, you 463 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,320 know, just being a fan. And it's like, this is 464 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,320 interesting because these two programs rarely cross paths. 465 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:39,120 And you know, and that that's is, it's an illustration I think 466 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:42,000 to some degree that that's kind of like the last meaningful 467 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,080 exchange between the two programs. 468 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,800 Oh, maybe JoJo Johnson, if you want to say. 469 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,360 But there was something there, yeah. 470 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,240 But it's really cool because obviously there's a big 471 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:54,240 crossover in the fan base as well for a lot of, I know, and I 472 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,000 and there's been a lot of talk about the reversible jacket 473 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,920 thing. But what what, you know, having 474 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,720 grown up in Indiana and having grown up around people who had 475 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,720 ties to both of these, like there's so much intermingling in 476 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,280 terms of like you got family members, like one went to Notre 477 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,920 Dame and two went to Indiana. You've got a ton of Indiana 478 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:12,760 people who live in and around South Bend. 479 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,280 You know, Chicago's kind of the home base for a lot of Notre 480 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,400 Dame, but there's so many more IU people there. 481 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,160 Oh yeah, don't forget about IU Chicago. 482 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:23,040 Now, Oh, no, absolutely. I mean, it's the, the, the IU 483 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,840 diaspora is so much bigger, but in the state of Indiana, 484 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,440 especially, these two programs have nobody's had to choose. 485 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,280 And now I, I'm, I'm seeing a lot. 486 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,000 I've had several people are like, well, I root for Notre 487 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,600 Dame normally, but I'm rooting for Indiana in this game. 488 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:39,240 OK, that makes me feel better because there is nothing, 489 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:44,720 nothing that I despise more on this planet than someone that 490 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,840 comes to Indiana and still roots for Notre Dame. 491 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,040 I lived with four. Of them that. 492 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:54,640 Were from Mishawaka and like up in up there and I'm like guys, 493 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:58,680 you go to Indiana. If you wanted to root for Notre 494 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:03,040 Dame, go the rooty route, go to junior college up in South Bend 495 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,720 and then try to try to find your way into school up there. 496 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:10,320 Leave us alone. OK, so yeah, this hopefully this 497 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,400 is the game to silence all that nonsense. 498 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,360 It would be nice and it would it's I just think it's cool. 499 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:19,440 It is the as ESPN just noted today, this is the first ever in 500 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,880 state CFP matchup. Now that that's been that would 501 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,360 have been hard to do before this just given that there were only 502 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:26,640 four teams, right. But it is cool that this is the 503 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,640 first one. And and I just it's so awesome, 504 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,600 like Indiana getting not just to go to Notre Dame Stadium, which 505 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,920 is a historic venue within college football, but it's the 506 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,920 first game of this year's college football playoffs Friday 507 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,160 night 8. All the eyes on that game, 508 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,840 college game day going to have a version of themselves up there. 509 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,160 You know, for a season that's been filled with all the 510 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,720 pageantry of college football that Indiana has never gotten a 511 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,720 chance to be a part of. This just feels like an even, 512 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,640 you know a a the the largest cherry you could put on on 513 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,200 absolute. Bonus Yeah, without without 514 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,720 question, Galen like it's it's just super cool. 515 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,040 Like, you know, stylistically to think about this, right, to 516 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,720 think about Crimson up in South Bend inside Notre Dame Stadium 517 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,000 and, you know, finally getting confirmation that touchdown 518 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,360 Jesus, you know, was actually just the tail end of going IU, 519 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,240 you know, up there in South Bend. 520 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,520 And like I there's there's so much history there. 521 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:27,640 And and now this new found kind of like rekindling of of, you 522 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,040 know, IU football history on this new era. 523 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,520 Like it's it's it's kind of like an old versus new, but still it 524 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:38,040 feels very kind of familiar. Like it's there's so many, so 525 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:42,240 many kind of odd and and fun and really intriguing storylines 526 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,920 between these two schools, which what haven't met since since 91. 527 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,440 And it has not been a particularly great history for 528 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,600 for the Hoosiers, But right, you know, neither has the last 20 529 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,320 years. And we're putting all that to 530 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,640 bed now. Last question for you, how 531 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:00,240 excited will you be after Indiana beats Notre Dame to be 532 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,840 able to kind of go back home to the show, buddy? 533 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,920 Buddy, I'm trying, I'm trying to, I'm trying to, I'm trying to 534 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,040 pull the Kurt Signetti here. I'm trying, hey, focus 535 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,800 day-to-day play to play Rep to Rep, practice to practice. 536 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,920 But yeah, I'd be lying if I haven't thought about that. 537 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,280 My wife is, is already, you know, tried to, to book a, a 538 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,400 ticket to come down with me if we're able to make that trip. 539 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,160 And man, that would be that would be incredible. 540 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,400 Because I know, I know that given a proper allotment of 541 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:36,320 tickets that IU fans will show up by the thousands on Bourbon 542 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,000 Street down, down in the French Quarter, down in the Warehouse 543 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,000 District and then inside the Superdome on New Year's Day for 544 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,200 a Sugar Bowl match up with Georgia. 545 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,960 So much to look forward to and it all starts this Friday as 546 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,800 Indiana takes on Notre Dame. Rhett, I hope to see you up 547 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,560 there. Yes, and thanks for taking the 548 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,600 time to join us as we continue to wide through our week of the 549 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,080 College Football Playoff as Indiana takes on Notre Dame this 550 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,200 Friday. We'll go ahead and wrap it up 551 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,200 here, folks. Thanks for joining us. 552 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,240 We got one more podcast before the game, so keep an eye out for 553 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,640 that. My thanks again to Rhett Lewis 554 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,120 from NFL Network for joining us here. 555 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:09,720 And my thanks to all you folks for listening in. 556 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,480 We'll catch you folks. On the flip side, I'm Galen 557 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,600 Clavio for Crimson Cast. Bring back the bison. 558 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:15,800 Stay. Never daunted. 559 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,440 Go out, you call everybody.