00:00Let me quickly mention this Notre Dame-Navy game here.
00:02I'm curious your thoughts on this one, Dave.
00:05I actually find myself leaning towards Navy because a combination of look-ahead
00:13plus it's a service academy, do-your-job-limit-possessions type of thing.
00:20The issue for Navy is their defense is horrific,
00:25and Notre Dame are off a bye and a loss.
00:28So I think they'll be motivated to hang a number here.
00:32So I'm not desperate to step in front of the Irish.
00:35What do you make of this one?
00:38You won't have to convince me to take 30, 30.5 points with an academy team
00:42that runs the ball and limits possessions.
00:44That's not a hard sell.
00:46A hard sell is the defense, as you mentioned.
00:48I was going to give all the numbers, but you just mentioned it.
00:49Their defense is horrific.
00:51Now, Notre Dame doesn't have to go up there and put up 38 points.
00:54Their Super Bowl is next week.
00:55They win next week.
00:55They're in the playoff.
00:56They got a bye.
00:57It's over.
00:57It's done.
00:57They're not going to lose the rest of the year.
00:59So their national championship aspirations to have the easiest road possible
01:04is next week, whether they win by one today or win by 30.
01:07So I lean towards the points, but I also know that this Notre Dame-Navy game
01:11is very similar to our Hot Topic week one and week two,
01:14when Georgia was playing directional schools that we knew that it could win by 50 on,
01:19but we kept taking the points because they don't step on the gas,
01:22and Kirby doesn't step on the throw.
01:24This would be a game where it's 37 to 10 in the fourth quarter,
01:31and we're holding on to our seats, praying that the fourth string Notre Dame running back doesn't break one for
01:37a touchdown.
01:37So I'm not betting it, but you know I would take the points if it was on my card.
01:43Yeah, I would agree with you here.
01:45It's just very, very difficult to lay with Notre Dame in this spot,
01:50but sometimes I would like to think that these service academies defensively would be a little bit better.
01:56I mean, they've given up 300-plus passing yards in consecutive games now.
02:00They really do get lit up on that side of the roster.
