Tennessee, Georgia, Clemson & other teams we don’t talk about enough 🏈 | Always College Football

Tennessee, Georgia, Clemson & other teams we don’t talk about enough 🏈 | Always College Football
Greg McElroy breaks down nine teams that haven’t been talked about enough so far this offseason. If Nico Iamaleava breaks out, what’s preventing Tennessee from making the CFP? Are we sleeping on the possibility of an 11-win season for Missouri? Will this be the year Clemson gets back to dominant form? Is Wisconsin a sleeper team in year two under Luke Fickell? Plus, we dive into the mailbag to answer YOUR questions.
0:00 Intro
2:20 Teams we haven’t talked about enough
3:01 We haven’t talked enough about Georgia
6:29 We haven’t talked enough about Tennessee
9:50 We haven’t talked enough about Wisconsin
13:00 We haven’t talked enough about Clemson
16:17 We haven’t talked enough about Missouri
19:20 We haven’t talked enough about Arizona
21:40 We haven’t talked enough about Kansas
24:08 We haven’t talked enough about Boise State
25:30 We haven’t talked enough about Washington
27:52 Mailbag - Who would Big Ten eye for an expansion?
31:25 Mailbag - Better Alabama staff this year outside head coach?
33:02 Mailbag - Who would have been great NCAA 25 covers over the last decade?
25:25 Thanks for watching
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[@dairyair5371]

About Missouri, they gave my Dawgs a handful, it was also very enjoyable. I usually don’t like reviewing games when we play bad but we didn’t play bad, Mizzou was just that good. What’s so funny was that nobody believed us when we told them 😂 I relished the upcoming games on their schedule. The last two seasons were a blast 🎉 Mizzou earned my respect when they gave us that game two years ago and now they are spanking Buckeyes in bowl games 👍 YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY BABY!!! 😎 😱

[@tylercollins3130]

Respect ✊

[@VolsTime]

ESPN picks its favorites because it invested a lot of money in the games they're playing.

[@boosted9319]

Tennessee is going to shock ppl telling you now. NICCO is him.

[@markslaughter5932]

Word can't wait I'm from 931 too

[@CruzPT1]

You capitalized all the wrong letters. Should’ve capitalized HIM

[@SabansBaldSpot]

just to get smacked by georgia again. Tennessee is doing anything with that air raid offense

[@LexicalNoScope]

@@SabansBaldSpotair raid that runs the majority of the time. Casual comment.

[@SabansBaldSpot]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@LexicalNoScopeyeah and so did UNC every year phil longo was there.being run first has nothing to do with the passing concepts you dingus. imagine calling someone a casual when you don’t even know what you’re talking about. you’re so smart that you think air raid automatically means throw the ball 40 times a game. not every coach is mike leach. they don’t even run the full route tree. do you actually think every style of offense has the exact same philosophy? they all have their own variations.

[@The_Vol4Life_Podcast]

VOLS are hoping to get more out of the QB position but it’s the defense that will shock casual viewers and set up a run to the playoffs

[@damm41]

You will need a better defense. MUCH bettter. Mizzou absolutely throttled you. No offense though you guys are definitely a good team

[@The_Vol4Life_Podcast]

@@damm41 we had a couple of games where just couldn’t get off the field on third down primarily due to injuries to our LBers imo. Mizzou in particular targeted a young backer that honestly just wasn’t fast enough to cover at this level and they kept the chains moving. He transferred out this spring after getting passed up by multiple younger players that at least have the speed to play in the SEC. Secondary play remains the question that has to be answered though

[@treywilliams5400]

1998

[@salbrunetti5020]

It's the lack of penalties that Tennessee needs to work on discipline wins games and they lack a lot of discipline

[@jeremiahallen9908]

Clemson is on the upward tragectory. I think they are playing for the Natty again within the next 2-3 years. The Defense is top 10. The offense with two new blue chip WRs and healthy WRs, a great RB, a more mature QB, and a better O line i see them going from 9 wins to maybe 11 or more this season.

[@JamesWatson-jg2dy]

Definitely

[@Fitzy94]

Upward trajectory? Cmon man. I respect Clemson but look at the losses. 3 losses, then 3 losses, then 4 losses over the last 3 years after making the CFP 6 years in a row

[@litedawg]

Clemson has no depth any more.

[@timkinley1779]

​@@litedawgHuh? Clemson has plenty of depth compared to about anyone overall. Don't just cherry pick. Injuries can reek havoc on a single position. Hard to plan for your top 5 WRs being injured.

[@JamesWatson-jg2dy]

Great take on Clemson, they have the opportunity to prove a lot of people wrong

[@calebstinson1087]

Let’s be honest, analysts don’t talk about uga because they don’t like uga. Maybe not greg but others are anti uga

[@JuneBaby01]

I believe he was part of ESPN's concerted effort to wreck UGA's attempt at a 3peat. They started early in the season with their efforts to undermine UGA, and McElroy was a big part of that effort...in my opinion!

[@stasonsteagall356]

Georgia will be best or close to it, not a lot to talk about. Kinda boring to be honest.

[@rocjackson5975]

Are you guys serious? Who has slept on UGA? Georgia is now the NEXT ALABAMA RIGHT NOW!

[@GPrice-mg8mi]

Carson Beck looked great against a weak schedule last year. The road is tougher this go round.

[@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey]

It wasn’t a weak schedule by the end of the year. Wins against Ole Miss & Mizzou who both finished in the top 10, and a win against Tennessee who finished 17.

[@litedawg]

the schedule turned out to not be weak. Do you actually watch the games?

[@GPrice-mg8mi]

@@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey and it still wasn’t even in the top 40 based on strength of schedule. They played one of the most embarrassing OOC schedules I’ve seen for a defending champion.

[@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey]

@@GPrice-mg8mi yes it was a top schedule. Like I said it didn’t look like a tough schedule at the beginning of the season but it ended up being one of the toughest schedules. With or without a tough OOC schedule (which originally had OU until the SEC took it away last minute). Carson Beck will be fine.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

weak schedule y’all are gullible. Oklahoma avoided them BTW. Georgia isn’t dropping a single game unless it’s against Alabama

[@jclark190]

He and ESPN have to mention certain teams. Let me sum it up since i dont benefit: It will be the same dominant programs as the last 30 years. Mizzou, NC State, Boise State etc gonna do what they normally do.

[@1876Oregon]

Arizona was 14th so they wouldn’t make a 12team in 2023. It would’ve been…#5 Florida St VS #12 Liberty (at FSU) #6 UGA vs #11 Ole Miss (at UGA) #7 Ohio St vs #10 Penn State (at OSU) #8 Oregon vs #9 Missouri (at Oregon)

[@dairyair5371]

Would absolutely love to see Oregon and Mizzou play.

[@robertbacon1657]

I'm hoping for an oklahoma vs Tennessee sec championship. Don't think it's gonna happen tho

[@hamburglar83]

As a Kstate fan im never suprised we dont get talked about or even mentioned. We could win the big 12 and yall will still talk about Texas

[@salbrunetti5020]

Look I think that Florida State is a salty team but they have good reason for it, they can only play what's in front of them they handled there business, but you have to move on as a UGA fan we didn't loose a regular season game in 2 years but that's just college football

[@pnut3844able]

They'll be back to a mid tier team this season

[@jamesb0255]

​@@pnut3844ableWhy are you always wrong peanut? Oh you're a Miami fan. You said the same thing about Florida State last year.

[@Harrison244]

NC State to the ACC title game and maybe CFP - my bold prediction for the season.

[@bentonpreslar3696]

Yeah no. They lost me so much $ with that so called super team they had with Devin leary. So overrated and irrelevant

[@Tigerz58_prod]

Mizzou needs more recognition

[@TheDustmeister88]

I'm a UGA fan. I have mad respect for Mizzou.

[@pascho1057]

Too many players drafted

[@VolsTime]

Mizzou is a lot better than LSU. The Mizzou Tigers are even better Alabama this year.

[@dairyair5371]

@@TheDustmeister88Ditto

[@dairyair5371]

@@VolsTimeDon’t know how you can say that when Alabama is a complete unknown at this point. New coaching staff and a ton of talent turnover. Great coach but it is his first year. A lot of time and effort has to go into organization which detracts from immediate team needs. The talent is there but the big question is… How well do they function as a team and how fast can they get there?

[@stormkrow777]

No way how did I miss this review bomb and how do I rate this 5 stars?

[@Vol2010]

Vols go 11-1?

[@calsnow6807]

be plenty of talk about UGA when season stars, Go Dawgs!

[@salbrunetti5020]

I believe all of the SEC teams have a chance but what separates my Dawgs it's simply, preparation game planning and delivery not shooting themselves in the foot with bad timing penalties defence well prepared offense delivering most of all the development of a great coaching staff they will not beat themselves GO DAWGS

[@timkinley1779]

How do find a keyboard with no punctuation keys? Every one I've ever had seems to have them. They show where one thought ends and another begins. Or not using shows the lack of 3rd grade basics and laziness.

[@jamesb0255]

I used to feel the way you do but it's KZbin man Not an English class.

[@zackharris5998]

Tennessee front 7 will shock you Tennessee revamped wr core will shock you Tennessee knows there good not hoping they are good . If Tennessee splits the bama and Oklahoma they are at worst 10-2

[@jclark190]

He is funny. If fsu didnt deserve it over Bama then it wouldnt be an issue. 6 mos later and and the heads still talkin bout it. AND it appears the courts agree. Sabans great, but that was his sendoff gift and he knows it

[@jamesb0255]

Greg don't be defensive. And don't make hasty generalizations about FSU fans. I have always giving you a thumbs up until you flip-floped. And don't try and say you did. However I respect your knowledge and opinion on college football so yes I have continued to listen I continue to hit the like button and stay subscribed. Just don't do that man It's unbecoming of a fine upstanding young man like yourself. Everybody keeps telling FSU to get over it and yet it's the media that keeps bringing it up.

[@Blake-cz7mj]

ESPN Puppet

[@tylercollins3130]

MIZ!!

[@FSU.Seminoles1]

Greg, after watching you abruptly do a 180 on a stance you had stood on for weeks, you showed that you're just espn's puppet. Unless Jeff Dunham is the ventriloquist, I have better things to do with my time than listen to a spineless puppet.

[@jclark190]

Yes! FOLLOW THE MONEY!

[@jamesb0255]

As of 42-year FSU fan, 20 plus years is a booster, and a member of TBE... I say to you now don't do that. Of course we will never forget but it is over now. I know he brought it up and I know he flip-floped but Don't draw a conclusions when you have no facts to back it up. Get over it. You don't have to forget but I would say it's time to move on.

[@joshfreeman4644]

You can't spell citrus without UT

[@VolsTime]

I have Vanderbilt winning the Virginia Tech game.

[@chrisg4931]

Care to bet on that?

[@VolsTime]

@chrisg4931 Why Not How About a Penny! 👍

[@chrisg4931]

@@VolsTime i confident eh? A penny?!

[@bentonpreslar3696]

Virginia tech has a squad dude. They are in contention to win the acc

[@campbellsportsinc]

1 star ⭐ GO IRISH ☘️ WE KNOW ARE ONLY USED FOR BUSINESS not that ESPN likes us or respects to know more about the entire team and changes or at least 7 offensive players in skilled positions ☘️

[@pnut3844able]

If y'all don't make the playoffs then your coach is done this year

[@joshrandall5297]

Greg is towing the company line of BSPN. He's Herbie, Jr. Where do I leave one star? I only see thumbs up or down. I chose thumbs down.

[@johnbochenek5526]

Syracuse is definitely under the radar. First year coach Fran Brown was the top recruiter in the 2024 cycle and since arriving at Syracuse has landed transfers from Georgia Bama Ohio State LSU and Notre Dame. Kyle McCord had stats last year comparable to Carson Beck and Quinn Ewers.

[@dairyair5371]

Come on, if you’re going to be honest with yourself, that “poached” talent were the guys that were incapable of making playtime at their former schools.

[@johnbochenek5526]

@@dairyair5371 ok ... Kyle McCord played the entire season at QB for Ohio State. And just because players don't get playing time and transfer doesn't mean they aren't really good - Joe Burrow and Jameson Williams both transferred and how did they turn out? I'm just saying Syracuse is a team that might surprise people.

[@dukeblackmon9296]

Most FSU fan thing ever 😂

[@CapeFear1]

Eff ESPN.

[@jag88lda]

Boo hoo hoo, Fl State fans are giving us 1 star....

[@VolsTime]

I could see Georgia losing 4 games this Season

[@dairyair5371]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Wetrockstah2116]

The fact that you're mentioning Tennessee in the same conversation as Georgia and Clemson is wild. Tennessee had one good year, and they still choked , still a mid program.

[@thomasdiamond9420]

Except that TN is a better Program than both, maybe not in 2025 but as a whole.

[@willeubanks4957]

Tennessee is the 2nd most successful SEC football program

[@cbirdman]

lol, just another KY fan upset that the Vols are your daddy.

[@dairyair5371]

It was good enough to beat Alabama and be ranked #1 so yeah, a good year.

[@pnut3844able]

Also Clemson is done

[@greenwave819]

LMAO... The Hate from Exbama Boy and ESPN for UT is SO TOTALLY OBVIOUS and ATTROCIUS.... get a life people. The Vols are back. The nation LOVES IT. you could prolly apologize and get some sort of pass. don't be tardy

[@dairyair5371]

He’s been fair as long as I have been watching him and I’m a Dawg fan.

[@litedawg]

The Vols are back? At doing what exactly?

[@greenwave819]

@@litedawg winning!!!

[@greenwave819]

@@dairyair5371 lol

[@buddygohard5948]

Started out talking about uga smh this why i don't really watch this podcast 😒

[@litedawg]

Ok bye nobody cares

[@brandonlollis1506]

Why would u talk about Clemson or Tenn. bottom feeders

[@Tony-mr1iv]

Not surprised that you’re a DUI university fan 😂

[@sorenspade6858]

Clemson is a few years off of national championships. They had a few seasons that wasn't that great. But to say they are bottom feeders is an idiotic comment. Maybe try watching badminton because you clearly don't know sh@t about football.