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Week 2 College Football Predictions | Ohio State vs Texas, Oklahoma vs Michigan & MORE · Game Day Collective

• Josh Mahler: Week one gave us some answers, but week two is where we're gonna find out a lot more about college football and what shape it's in. We're gonna find some of these these real games and real matchups. We got number one Ohio State walking into Austin, Texas to face on the Longhorns. And we also have Oklahoma heading up to the rig house in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Yes, I said that correctly. And they're gonna go up there with a chance to make a statement there in Michigan here in week two, as well as some ranked teams that are sitting on upset alert. And much more. There's a full Saturday slate with a lot that can completely shape the playoff picture and everything that we know before we even get into October. This is the Game Day Collective week two college football preview presented by Outlier, the sports betting research platform that helps you compare odds, analyze trends, and find value across the market. Here joined again by my co-host of this show, Jeremy Russell. and Jeremy, we're we're getting into it. It's already week two. It's the third week of college football. What has stood out to you on paper so far throughout college football up to this point? I mean, the biggest thing that's kind of stuck out to me is we talk about some of these ranked teams and how we think that they're gonna come straight into the doghouse and then they're gonna be steamrolling these teams. I mean, one particular game that I can even talk about is looking last week with Oregon and Boise State. I mean, I know I said organ by a million, but I mean I I definitely do have to give a lot of credit to Boise State 'cause they definitely showed that it we don't care if you're number two or if you're number twenty five, whatever the case may be, that we're gonna stick here and we're gonna try and give everything that we got here to try and knock you off. we they don't care if whatever number you're ranked. I mean, but that's a Big time game that I know I was really shocked for. I mean, hats off to Boise State for doing everything they did, but unfortunately just didn't turn out the way that they wanted. I mean, I'm glad to see Oregon win just because that's who I picked. But I mean, besides that, Josh, I mean, just looking at getting back into college football, I know obviously it seemed like a really, really long offseason. And just being able to see everyone come out and give everything that they got in the tank just for the entire length of the game and just overall show what they're truly meaningful. to do here in college football. And then it's just really fun to actually be able to see something like on TV on Saturdays because I know we haven't swung the six in a while and we were kind of getting really, really bored on our Saturdays. So it's really nice to have college football back on here. Yeah, I mean it's it's been nice. It's been kind of refreshing and and it's also fun whenever you look at teams who started off week one so strong. We you we talked about LS LSU last week. and man, did they show up in a big way. I know you kind of called that as your your upset alert. And and Blake and I agreed with you, like, hey, this could. I even called a close game. I thought, you know, I think it's gonna be one of those where Clemson kinda makes a late push and keeps himself close into it. and we were I think all wrong on that one. I think Blake was the closest to being right on that one. But man, you you see some other ones like Michigan almost going down and needing the the refs to put an extra second on the clock for them. I I don't really care what your stance is on that. The entire situation was shady. I'm not saying that it was that that the outcome was not the way it should have been. I'm just saying that the situation was shady and I don't care what you have to say about that. But we're gonna ni getting into it into week two already here where we've got a lot of really fun matchups. We're gonna start off with our upset of the lurk upset alert of the week. Jeremy, how about you start us off? Again, this is not just teams that we think are going to be upset, but it's teams that we think could be upset here as we get into week two here in college football. But Jeremy, what's your upset of the week? I mean my upset of the week, I'm I did this last week too, then I'm gonna kinda stick along the trend. I have between the battle of the Cyhawk game obviously with Iowa and Iowa State. And I'm not gonna go into full detail just because we're gonna be talking about this later in the show. But I mean the battle between the Cyhawk game has been going on for quite a while and everyone is really anticipated to see this game between Iowa and Iowa State. I mean Iowa and Iowa State, it's just notorious that they they do not like each other. It's just like any other team that you see that has two in state teams that you always see them go ahead of against each other if they're in the same respected conference. But I mean, like I said, Josh, I'm not gonna go into full detail because we're talking about this later in the show, but I'm kinda I'm kind of sensing a little bit of magic between Iowa State pulling it off here, but I mean it always comes down to close games that we've seen in the past, but I'm just gonna go out screw it. I'm gonna go Iowa State winning in a late comeback. I'm gonna go with a final score of twenty-eight to twenty-one here. But I mean anything's possible. You can never know between the Cyhawk game. What about you, Josh? Yeah, I mean you always go all out when it comes to these. Upsets. You don't just pick a a team that's on upset alert, man. You just go for it. You're no, they're going down. I don't care where they're going down. And you took the biggest upset of all three of us. So Blake was gonna join us tonight. couldn't. He he just had some things with his kid. He had come up, had to take care of that. family's always most important, but he picked Mississippi, I think was his Mississippi State to upset Utah. and and so that's what his pick was. Wow. And and it was like a really close matchup too where I think the line came down to one and a half, but it was right around two and a half originally. So here here's Jeremy out here picking a fourteen point underdog. And yeah, I mean it's it's gonna be interesting. I do think that this rivalry is one that may not really get the respect that it deserves. but hey, it's it's gonna be a fun one. you know, I I think that if Iowa State could make this upset, I think we would see a a lot of a lot of shocked talking heads here come next week, early next week, whenever everyone's kind of taking a look at this because Iowa State's got a completely revamped team. But yeah, I think we do have that down in our in our pick'em. So I won't I won't spoil anything on my end. Even though you just went full full steam and we're like, you what, screw it? Just send it. Just throwing it all out there. Just throwing it all out there. Just send it. All right. I'm gonna pick my upset of the week and it's gonna be Duke. the Duke Blue Devils going to the fighting alni and going on to take them on at home there in Champaign, Illinois. I think that this is an interesting one with Duke being a five and a half point underdog, expected to lose around a touchdown. And you know, I I think this is a fun one just because here just a a week ago, I think you know, we we we thought that Tulane might be able to pull off the upset last week. We were talking about this and I know I think Tulane was was Blake's upset pick last week. And you know, I I saw this game and I thought, okay, Tulane's keeping themselves in it and then they just throw it away. Tulane's keeping themselves in it and then they just throw it away. But it was it was a lot of of what I saw from Duke that kind of made me feel like they might be able to stick around in this one. You know, you you look at what they they did on defense, holding Tulane under under 300 total yards of offense. they held them under a hundred yards, only fifty-four yards allowed on the ground against Tulane. And they controlled the time of possession by nearly forty minutes. They they they held it for thirty six minutes in this game. So I see what what Duke has here. and I'm kind of with you, Jeremy. I I kinda I'm not just going in here thinking that that yeah, I'm gonna pick my team as an upset alert. I know that I kinda throw that statement out there ahead of time just so people know. We're not necessarily w throwing these teams out saying, they're gonna upset I think Duke rolls into Champaign, Illinois and upsets Illinois. I I don't really think Illinois that great of a football team. the they've they've shown some glimmers here recently. but I don't know. I I I don't think I've seen enough to really feel good about what Illinois got. So I'm I've got the Duke Blue Devils upsetting the fighting alumni in Illinois. I mean, this is definitely gonna be a fun one, Josh. I mean, you look at both between these teams and what they've been capable of doing. I mean, both between Duke and Illinois, I mean a lot of people know them for being a basketball school. But I mean, this is another kind of game to where both of these teams show that they're not just here to play basketball. I mean, when it comes down to the grid iron on the football field, I mean, they definitely do try and make a big impact on their on their school respective school and just for their overall overall showmanship and just what they're trying to be able to bring to the table and draw in more people. But I mean for both of these teams, it's definitely gonna be a really, really fun one and I'm looking forward to seeing it. and the big thing too is I look over at Illinois, so they were They were facing twenty one to thirteen at halftime. They were up twenty one to thirteen at halftime against UAB. And of course I think UAB is obviously not on the same level as as what Du Duke brings whenever they come into to Champaign. So I I think that you see that it was at home again last week against UAB and UAB controlled the the time of possession over forty minutes. They they held the ball for forty one minutes. So if Duke is able to control the time of possession the way that they were against Tulane a and do that to to Illinois, man, I I really think that this is much more than just an upset alert. I think this is the upset. so I'm I'm picking them just like you did. I'm picking my team, not just to be the upset alert, but to take down the fighting alumni. And I may have already spread a little bit of cheddar on that game. allegedly. Yeah, and and you know what our our new partner over at at outlier as well, kind of looking at some of the some of the the the research that they give you on the app, go check it out. The link should be down in the description below. Outlier, it's it's a great research tool for anything. Do not make a bet until you've checked out Outlier because I know Jeremy and I were just talking about some of our bets that we're putting in, and I wouldn't have had as much confidence putting in some of the bets that I did. There's a parlay that that Jeremy and I were talking about. I'm definitely spreading. spreading some money on that one and a huge thanks to to Outlier for partnering with the the show and with the network but also for giving us maybe some extra cheddar there on the side if we can keep on winning these bets. Great for research. It's not a sports book it's just a research tool. But all right let's go on because we've got more to get to Jeremy so I don't want to spend too much time here. Let's get into our locks of the week. You started the last one so I'll start this one. And I'll throw my lock. my lock, I it you can call it Homerism if you want. I've got the helmet right here next to me. I've got another one up just out of the screenshot here. I got the Oklahoma Sooners rolling into Michigan. I know everyone's saying, well, that's not gonna be the same Michigan that we you know that roll that go goes against Oklahoma. The one that you saw in week one, that was a fluke. I agree. I think Michigan will be tougher, but you still don't get past the side where I look at Bryce Underwood and if he holds onto the ball For more than three seconds, he's throwing a bad ball. He's got pressure in his face. His offensive line could not protect him. He couldn't even really run the ball, and and he was the leading rusher on the team. This was a a team an offense that could not produce much. They they had to be given a second chance of a Hail Mary, and I'm not saying that they didn't deserve it or anything. We could talk about that another day. we've already talked about it at at Ignauseum on this show. but it it wa it was a Michigan team that needed a a Hail Mary. Regardless of whether the second was put on the clock or not, or whether it should have been put on the clock or not, they needed a Hail Mary to beat Western Michigan. This is a bunch of dudes that no doubt wanted to come in and beat Michigan, but down n what was it, nine to five there late in the game, and and rolling down there and ended up coming down to the wire where you're down, what was it by by Five points you know, with with less than a minute. That should not happen when you are Michigan at the big house. This is supposed to be a huge program. I think that if if you look at at Bryce Underwood and break down the tape of how poorly he played in that game, if if he wasn't delivering the ball fast, it was inaccurate unless he had all all day to sit back there. But when it was inaccurate and he had pressure in his face, he was throwing interceptions. He was he was throwing near interceptions. He was throwing the ball down in the dirt. It was just poor decision making. Time after time. He did not have any time back there, a lot of the time. And I just I I look at the mixture there with Brent Venable's defense. Comes into Bryce Underwood who still doesn't look a lick better than he did last year in the in the game against Oklahoma. Yeah. What makes you think that this Michigan team is even gonna score on Oklahoma? I I think that this Oklahoma defense is is Just as good as last year, there may be signs that it could be better than last year. And Jeremy, I just I don't know if Michigan can even score on Oklahoma. So it's easy for me to take that five and a half. I think they should win by double digits. Yeah, I'm I'm in the same boat as you, Josh. And my honest opinion, looking up looking at Underwood from from when we saw the play against Western Michigan, to me, honestly, it looked like his very first time playing quarterback. Like like you said, having pressure in the pocket. them making those cost decision throws and it it just did not seem like like no disrespect to underwood here but I mean after watching that performance I mean he didn't look like he should be a starting quarterback I mean you you look at this guy and a lot of people in Michigan saying he's our star he's gonna be leading us into a a championship and blah blah blah blah but I mean in my honest opinion if you think that kind of a quarterback's gonna lead you to a championship Good luck is all I'm gonna say. I mean I I think when you look at this game, 'cause I I've heard a lot of people say this and I I do agree, Michigan's going to come out and and look better than they did a week ago. Right. I I think that that's gonna be the case. You would hope at least. Yeah, but but here's the thing, here's kind of the downside for Oklahoma. I'm an Oklahoma guy, so for those of you don't know, I'm diehard Oklahoma fan, covered Oklahoma sports for some time, but Here's here's here's the thing with for Oklahoma, the downside of playing this game is that you roll into this game and let's say you beat Michigan by ten points. Let's say you barely cover the f the spread and beat him by six points or just a touchdown. People are gonna be like, man, I don't know. There's questions about Oklahoma. Even though Michigan may have looked better and actually got their act together, because I do think week one was somewhat of a fluke. Other side of this. Let's say Oklahoma goes in there and whoops them by thirty points. People are gonna be like, Yeah, but Michigan sucks. Look at what they did against western Michigan. I I mean this this is a really bad situation. Michigan dropped out of the top twenty five, rightfully so, by the A P poll and by the Game Day Collective poll. So, you know, y just looking at it I don't know. I I don't do do we have this one on the pick'em? I don't think we do. I don't think we've got it on the pick'em. So go ahead and and while we're on this game, j just actually, yeah, we no no we don't we don't. So we got Oregon, Oklahoma State. Give me your your score prediction for this, just because I'm I'm curious what other people are thinking too. Looking at a score prediction, I mean, you you did bring it up the best, and I do agree. I do expect to see a better Michigan football teamer. But I mean th coming into the first couple weeks of college football, you and I both sincerely know Josh. Obviously f Figuring out these first two weeks is definitely going to be a learning curve between a lot of these guys where they have a lot of new faces and they have a lot of learning to do. But I mean, looking at a score prediction, I'm gonna go Oklahoma here, not just because not saying because I'm an Oregon fan. Oregon, and we talked about Oregon, not because I'm an Oklahoma fan. I mean I am, but still, like I haven't been an Oklahoma fan nowhere near as long as you, Josh. But I mean, looking at Oklahoma and Michigan, I mean, Oklahoma looks more stout and after what they can bring to the table compared to Michigan and what they did last week, I'm honestly going I'm going to a 35 21 scoring game here. I can definitely see Oklahoma really raising a lot of eyebrows to Michigan fans and just looking at what overall Michigan needs to do. I mean, I know there's gonna be a lot of people saying, Underwood if they lose to Oklahoma, that Underwood needs to be benched, or is their head coach gonna be on the hot seat, or this or that? And there's so many different things that obviously you can look at. But I mean, coming down to it, I think Oklahoma is definitely going to show a lot more dominance coming into it against Michigan. And just being able to show that they're strong both on the on the run and their quarterback in the past game. I mean, Michigan definitely does have to watch out because I mean, another also big key factor, Josh, is Oklahoma still being semi-brand new to the SEC, the greatest conference of college football of all time. I mean, Michigan's obviously been there for a long, long time. And I mean, the last thing that I guarantee Michigan and Michigan fans is want to do is see a team that's semi-freshly coming into the SEC and then all of a sudden them getting mollywapped by a team that ran their previous conference here and They're gonna come into the SEC and do the exact same thing, just give us some time. But I sincerely think O Oklahoma's gonna be really dominant in this game. Well, yeah, and I I I don't know. I mean th the thing is too we're we're gonna get to another SEC Big Ten matchup that's gonna be a lot more interesting than this one. but I I don't know, I just I I look at this game and I was just now looking up really quick just to see if the lines had moved at all. And I am seeing some sports books moving to where in Michigan's favor. I I want to know who is taking Michigan. I really do. I I'm I'm curious because I I don't really understand you know who who would be taking the Michigan money on. right now eighty nine percent of the the money is being put on Oklahoma. and I got that information from our friends over at Outlier. So go check it out. Links down in the description. We're gonna keep on pushing it. it doesn't stop there. Yeah, I I think Oklahoma wins big in this one. I think they win by twenty points. I mean I I think it's gonna hit the under just a little bit. Give me Oklahoma man, what what's what was the total on this one? Forty-three. Oklahoma I think it's forty-three and a half. Let me double verify. Thirty-four to six. Thirty-four to six. I I think it's gonna be an absolute domination by Brent Venable's defense. last year, by the way, I guessed this this game correctly on the dot, whenever we were predicting this this game and This year is so much harder for me because I do think Michigan's gonna be better than they were in in week one. But all I have to to gauge it off of right now is looking at week one. And my my gut just says Oklahoma comes in and and and dominates this game. But we've spent enough time on this one. we didn't get to your lock of the week yet, have we? No, we did not, but looking at my lock of the week, I have Western Kentucky versus Georgia with the over-underly sitting at 55 and a half and I did this last week and I'm gonna still stick with it. In the words of Josh, smash the over here. It's like I said, Cent at 55 and a half. I mean, Georgia is Georgia's just being Georgia here. I mean, being dominant both offense and defense. I mean, overall 660 yards per game, which is fifth on the FBS. I mean, passing 388 yards per game. I mean, the stats just keep adding up and up and up. I mean, that's just on the offensive side of the ball, even looking on the defensive side. They're averaging well averaging, but having a hundred and nine yards per game, which is I believe last time I checked it was fourth or fifth in the FPS. Then it's it's just definitely crazy, just cause we see Georgia do this night in and night out, it seems. And I mean, even look at like some of like their team leaders like Gardner Stockton, Nate Frazier, Jeremy Bell. I mean, some of the these casts, they definitely do know ball, and they will make their presence known overall. But I mean, Josh, it's just it's just a normality for Georgia here just to come in to a game. Doesn't matter whether it's at home or on the road, they will piss pound the rock down your throat and they will make it make their appearance known that they're here to mean business and that's all that they're gonna do here. But I mean, like I said, g smashy over on Georgia versus Western Kentucky Cine at fifty five and a half. I mean, nothing against Western Kentucky, but I mean Georgia, those dogs, they always are barking and you cannot tame those dogs whatsoever, in my opinion. Yeah, I I know last week was just against an absolute nobody in Tennessee State for Georgia. Yeah. But going in there sixty three to three, just completely dominated. It was twenty eight to zero after the first quarter. you know, so when when you first sent me this, I was like, Man, Jeremy, that's kind of a tough one. Fifty five and a half. I don't know. 'Cause you think about it, I don't know. What what would Georgia beat by like Let's say it was 48 to zip or 48 to 6. Man, you're getting really close there. But I was like, no, you know what? They just hung 63 last week. Why can't they do that again this week? And you know, let's say it's I don't know, fifty fifty-eight to six. There you go. You smash the over, just completely destroyed. And I think that's a possibility here. and and looking what Nate Frazier did, I had to pull up his stat line because last week was absolutely absurd. He only had four carries last week. You'd be like, why are you even talking about this guy? Because he led the team in rushing yards with only four carries at seventy two rushing yards, that's because they shared the rock a bunch and had three touchdowns on four carries. My goodness. Talk about a team, I mean, just Kirby Smart just does not know how to ease up. He doesn't know how to just have a team that goes out there and plays football with with guys. So yeah, I mean I I don't I don't see why they couldn't win, you know and and cover this the you know smash the over by themselves. They're a forty and a half point favorite, which makes me lean. That's the re the reason why originally I was like, I don't know, what if they only score 45? I think I think they can do it though. And I think they're gonna keep Western Kentucky out of the end zone again. all right, let's let's go ahead and move on here. 'cause we got more to get to. Let's get to the game of the week. One that everyone's talking about, one that everyone's excited about. Last week it was Lane Kiffin's debut at Yeah, LSU there taking on the Tigers, the battle of the Tigers. That's way long gone behind us. I mean, that was just embarrassing that we even thought that that was gonna be an exciting game. now we get to a game that we're all looking at and we think it should be close. I don't know why this one wouldn't be. You look at a season ago, this was a fourteen to seven victory for Ohio State in the horseshoe, so it was a lot easier for you know, not it wasn't a lot easier. It it was a different a different environment for state. They were they were able to host this game, have their fans behind them. This is gonna be a lot different down in DKR. The Texas fans are really needing something. I think Steve Sarkeesian, this is kind of a make or break year for him. I don't think that he's on the hot seat, don't take me the wrong way. I do think that this is a year though where it's like you've got everything you need. You've got to piece this together and you've got to make the playoffs. You can't miss the playoffs again. Or else you start to your seat starts to warm up. If you're a if you're at a place like Texas, they expect playoff or bust, especially in a 12-team playoff format. And I think this is this is a year for Texas where it's gonna be really tough to get there. They've got, I think, the most brutal schedule in all of college football, and it starts right here in week two, hosting the number one Ohio State Buckeyes, coming in with Julian Saiyan, Jeremiah Smith, Bo Jackson. I I forget too, I I should have written down his name. They had another wide receiver that went off. last week that I was like, of course, why can't why can't we just have another Ohio State wide receiver to have to worry about? It's not like they already have Jerem Jeremiah Smith that you gotta put three guys on just to cover. you know, now we're gonna we're just gonna keep on adding guys over here. it's just unfair. So you know let's stop with the wide receivers at Ohio State just for a minute. Let us let us have one freak wide receiver somewhere else. you know, Malachi Tony, he's he's down there doing big things down in Miami. So At least we got that going for the rest of the country, but Ohio State just seems to keep on bringing in new guys out there on the outside to make Julian Sayon look even better. and you know, I think this is gonna this is such a star studded Ohio State team that's gonna be really interesting to see how Arch Manning, with Ryan Wingo and Cam Coleman over there on offense, how does that offense kind of start to to move and and and kinda look Better than they did a week ago because I do think that there was th the the score might be deceptive d deceiving for Texas. I think there were some things that Texas fans would have liked to see done a little differently. I think they would have liked to see maybe a little bit more ease there in in that week one matchup. but ultimately I see this right now. I think this is gonna be a really fun one, where Texas is barely a favorite and it's only because of the home home environment, the point total sitting at forty nine and a half. I think smash the under on this one, Jeremy. But what what are your thoughts going into this game? Ohio State traveling down to Austin, Texas, and DKR? Horns down. no. But looking at this game, I mean both teams did exactly like what they were supposed to do in week one. Texas beat Texas State 59 to 7, not just by a little margin. I mean, they came in and steamrolled them. And Ohio State beat Ball Steve fifty-six fifty-six to three. I mean, Archman three for three hundred and five yards and four touchdowns. however, Julian Saiyan threw it for 320 and three tutties. I mean, neither game tells us much about Saturday itself, but the interesting part is what happens when the strengths finally collide between the teams. Like there's a lot of things that I'm looking at between like one of the things I'm looking at for is like Arch Manning with Steve Ricesian versus Matt Patricia. I mean, Patricia won this matchup last year. Manning finished with 170 passing yards, but Texas scored only seven points in Ohio State. consistently made the longhorns work underneath instead of generating explosives. But I mean like this is definitely a different version of Arch. That's that's obvious. I mean he's more experienced his week one mechanics looked a lot more cleaner and most importantly Texas now has more weapons outside. I mean Patricia will try and make Manning hesitate and force him to take what the defense gives him. I mean Sark will try to use formations and try and do whatever he can to throw them off. Will be formations, motions, personnel to make, Patricia declare what he's doing. But I mean, whoever forces the other guy to adjust first is, in my opinion, is probably gonna win this battle. I mean, it's still gonna be a really, really fun one. But even like outside of that, Josh, like another thing that I'm really looking forward to is like Texas's O-line versus Ohio State's defensive lining. Texas Their offensive line looks solid, like I said, in week one. They just looked overall solid in week one. But Trevor Goosby is healthy and the left guard competition this week between Dylan Saroski and Lawrence Seymour hasn't produced an off obvious liability. But I mean Ohio State through still is just they're just Ohio State. They're what can you really say? They're real they're relating a lot from last year's defense, especially, but from the front has plenty of talent and Keada Jackson is a legitimate edge threat. That dude off the edge is a dude I would not want to square up with when it comes down to this kind of a game. I mean, everyone looks between Ohio State and Texas. This is definitely gonna be a much, much watched game, if not the most watched game for this this week of college football. But I mean, Josh, there's a lot of big key things that you have to look on both sides of the ball, and I think it's definitely gonna be a really, really fun one in my opinion. Yeah, yeah, and another Big Ten SEC matchup and and the thing is too that th there there's a part of me that hates these matchups this early in the season. At least these types of where you've got two teams that are are very well deserving, or I I mean like I think will be deserving of making it to the playoffs later on, but you could one of these two teams could lose and then lose a couple of games. Ohio State plays let's see, on the road to at USC Oregon at home. I know they have to go on the road and play it over in Bloomington to play the defending national champions and the Indiana Hoosiers. so I mean, let's say that they were to drop a couple of games and drop this one, or vice versa. Te Texas has to go on the road to to Knoxville to face Tennessee. They have to come back to and play in Dallas on a neutral site field against Oklahoma. They they've they've got a gauntlet that they've got to run through as well. So I mean, what's to what's to say that either one of these teams doesn't have a three-loss season, like Texas was fighting a a a season ago, and now they're hell held out of the playoffs because of their record. And even though they might have lost three g three games, close games, against very good opponents, it's that's the reason why it's tough in today's college football to be playing these types of games, but the excitement around it, the the fact that the winner comes away feeling very much so more in the driver's seat on their season. So It really comes down to it, you've got to win this game. You've got to find a way to win this game and and come out come out of it victorious. I mean, it's just th it really comes down to that. And and I think if you're looking at this too, I think Texas feels much more like they have to win it than Ohio State does. Because I think Texas has a tougher schedule overall. and th they they were just facing this this dilemma a season ago where They were held out. They blamed that loss to Ohio State. Obviously it was losing to Florida. It was having a close game against Mississippi State. I think a couple others in there that were Texas just didn't look themselves. And so that's obviously what actually kept them out. but they blame, you know, if we would've if we would have faced somebody else, some FCS team instead of Ohio State, you know what, yeah, they probably would have made the playoffs. But would you really want to make the playoffs at ten and two when you weren't deserving at nine and three? so you know, it's just Kind of kind of hearsay, I suppose, but I do think that this is probably more of a a must win for Texas than Ohio State. Let's get to predictions. I I I was looking at it. Texas has covered the spread in four of the last five home games there at DKR. They've covered that spread. Right now they're a one and a half point favorite, which would mean that if the trends were to be the way that they are, if they if they were to to come true once again. Then we would see Texas win this game by a field goal or more. But I look at this Wahio State team. I picked them as my preseason number one. They remain number one here in the week two game day collective top twenty-five. I look at this Wahio State team and I think this is this is gonna be a dogfight down to the last minute. It's gonna be really fun. I know you you brought up Steve Sarkeesian against Matt Patricia. You got a a a total college Looking style offense going against a total pro style defense. I think this is going to be really fun. I think this is going to be one of these matchups that that comes down to it. I would smash the under in this one. I think it'll get close to that. I think for my prediction, man, I don't I don't know. I didn't even write a prediction down because I kept on fighting back and forth with this game so much. But give me Ohio State to come away with this one. I think Ohio State wins it down in DKR. cement themselves as the number one team in the nation currently. And the biggest I I think this will be the biggest resume builder of any team so far up to through week two. you could say that LSU beating Clemson was probably the biggest one so far. I think this will be the biggest one now after Ohio State goes into to Austin and takes down the Texas Longhorns. so give me Ohio State I'll say twenty-four Man, I don't know. I want this to be a closer game. Twenty four twenty, something like that, really close. I don't think it's gonna I I don't think it's gonna get out of hand for either team. I don't think it's it's just gonna be one team dominates the other. I do think Texas has a good team. I just think they've got a really tough road this year. And I I I I I don't know how you're supposed to make it through the gauntlet, that that Texas has to make it through. And if they can make it through there, this would be the the stepping stone that they need to get get out to a fast start on this season. But Jeremy What's your what's your overall score prediction? Who's gonna win this game? I I've been in the same boat with you, Josh. I've been constantly in back and forth between this game. I mean, you got a real two really, really good teams that can definitely go off back and forth between each other. I mean, you got so many weapons both on the offensive side and the defensive side of the ball, but when it comes down to it, my biggest thing is like I mentioned earlier, what can honestly win you the game is just seeing who can adjust probably Who can adjust first and better will probably, in my opinion, win the game. And looking at this, I mean, like I said, you talk about guys like Arch, Dillion Sum Dillion Smothers, Ryan Wingo. I mean, that's just on Texas's Texas's side, but I mean you look at obviously for Ohio for Ohio State, you definitely do have some big key dogs there. I mean, with Julian Sain and his book that he's got for key players. Like it's definitely fun. Jacoby Jackson, Jeremiah Smith. I mean I I I know I I kinda coughed at a little bit earlier, but I'm still gonna stick with my gut here. I got Ohio State winning, but I'm I'm gonna give it a tiny bit a little bit more of a margin here. I do think it's gonna be really, really close, but when it comes down to those last ten minutes of the game, you know as much as I do, Josh. Especially even rolling into the fourth quarter. This is make it or break it here. We gotta do something. If you're down, we gotta find a way to get back in this thing. I'm gonna go twenty eight to fourteen here. I think Texas is definitely gonna be hanging around obviously with Ohio State, but I think that late surge with Ohio State, I think that's just gonna boost them and they're gonna put up two against Texas and give me Ohio State, like I said, twenty-eight to fourteen. Yeah, I like it. I I th I think that this is Going to be a fun game. I I really hope this isn't like what we saw last week with LSU Clemson where we think this is gonna be the game of the week and then it turns out to just be a disaster. Everyone's picking this one as the game of the game of the week, and I think it's pretty obvious why. You got currently a a top five matchup there in these two teams. So I think this is gonna be a lot of fun. I think this is g definitely going to live up to the hype. Maybe it's been overhyped. I don't know. So maybe it won't live up to the hype. But nonetheless, let's go ahead and move on with it. Course that's the game of the week and that's the one that everyone's really looking forward to, but it all doesn't stop when the the day slate is over. It's the night games that really matter. And of course last week we talked about one that went it kind of felt like a Pac-12 after dark game. This one kind of feels like a Pac 12 after dark, it's a former Pac-12 team going against a current SEC team. You got Arkansas going up to Utah. Earlier I said something about Mississippi State, they're going against Minnesota, not Utah, because it's Arkansas. going on the road to Utah. And so we got Arkansas rolling in, going against Utah. They're a 12 and a half point underdog. I think this is really big for Arkansas to kind of get back on track. You look at at what they've got there with KJ Jackson and and and what they've got on their team. I think that this is one that this team really wants to get out and and start to kind of feel like themselves again. They want to be back. if Arkansas was ever there to begin with, I don't know. That's up for debate. But they they want to feel like they can win big games again and I think this is a really good one for them to do it. And for Utah, after they're after losing their head coach, after losing a bunch of pieces this past offseason, th they have a real chance to to kind of take down an SEC opponent. I think this is this is very much so a formidable opponent. I think that this is one that Utah can hang their hat on and feel like they could actually be a real contender in the Big Twelve as as well. So I I think that this is a really good matchup for both teams to get themselves out on the right foot here early in the season. both teams coming off of a a a solid week one performance with Utah whooping up on Idaho State that was sixty-six to fourteen and Arkansas playing the school of the death and blind coming away thirty-one to fourteen. So not as convincing For Arkansas in week one there, but for for this matchup, this is all that matters. You go into to to Utah, you go into Salt Lake City. it's it's a late game. This is one that starts at 10:15 PM Eastern Time. That's 9.15 Central Time. I mean it's it's gonna be late, it's gonna be exhausting to try to stay up to watch this entire game, but this is a really fun one, a great late night measuring stick type of game. Who can who can win the pissing match of of of who's gonna get back out on the on the right foot here in week two? and Jeremy, I think this this one poses a threat to be a really fun late night Pac-Twelve After Dark type of game. yeah, dude. I mean, we already had a fun one with the f first week of after dark. I mean, why not make it another week? Just always make it fun after dark. I mean, these are the games that We live to stay up late. I mean, makes it feel like little kids again always staying up late after our bedtime, even though some of us never really had a bedtime. But I mean, one big thing that I'm looking in for for particular for this game is the first year coaches making some debuts here. I mean, Ryan Silverfield takes his takes over as the Arkansas head coach for a complete program to resetting following Sam Pittman's tensure, obviously, with Arkansas. But I mean it's definitely gonna be a fun way. He could definitely bring a lot to the table here. He can definitely throw a lot of people off, and he's he's definitely got some tricks up to sleep to say the least. Like between that, even looking at like Utah's offense versus Arkansas's defense. I know I talked a little bit about this last game or the last section that we talked about before a different team here. But I mean it definitely is an offensive fire for both for especially for Utah. I mean, like they said, opened up a season rolling up six hundred and thirty-three total yards. And s 364 rushing yards and a 66 to 14 blowout over Idaho. I mean, that's just that's just hard on, especially for a team like Idaho. And I mean, you look at the other side for Arkansas. I mean, the Hogs front seven, like they're they're no slouch. Like their defensive coordinator, especially, must generate obviously the backfield pressure and limit big gains to keeping the underdog razorbacks within striking distance because You know as much as I do, Josh. If it gets out of hand quick and they can't contain it, it's just gonna keep looking like you're trying to push a dump truck up a hill. It's gonna be a really, really tough battle here. I mean, like there's so many stipulations and things you gotta look at. I mean, looking at like players for Utah, I mean, having Devin Dampier, I mean, having 176 yards, three ties, I mean, having a 72 point two completion percentage off of week one, that's definitely something to be proud of. I mean, yeah, you want to see that number obviously rise rise as the weeks go on, but I mean, give us some time. I mean, even look at like a guy like Marcus Bell having eighty-seven yards on seven carries, and even like Brayman Pagan for eighty-one yards, four catches and a touchdown for Utah. But even like for Arkansas looking on their side of the ball, I mean KJ Jackson, like you mentioned, for two hundred and sixty-seven yards and three touchdowns. Braden Russell, no, having forty-nine yards and seventeen carries. No, there's no relation. I wish there was though. even looking like receiving like for Chris Marshall, like having seventy nine yards, just under eighty yards and seven catches. it's definitely gonna be a really, really good battle. But like I said, if you can't if you can't stop the train before it gets rolling too deep, it's definitely gonna be a really, really tough battle. But still, after dark games always just brings something different to anything that we see during the day. So you can never know what you're gonna expect and I think it's gonna be a really good matchup. Absolutely. Yeah, this is definitely gonna be one that's gonna be a lot of fun. did you give your your score prediction on this game already? no I did not, but I can give it right now. Yeah, I didn't give me give me the Utes coming out on this. I think it's gonna be a lot closer than what people think. Because like I said, looking at both sides of the ball, it's definitely gonna be a fun one, but I think it's gonna be a close one. Give me twenty-eight twenty-one. I think this is gonna be fun. I like that. Twenty-eight twenty-one. Right now the total is at fifty-five and a half. I wanna say that it's gonna hit the over on that. just because it's pack twelve after dark. Why can't we get some of that get some of that action. Smash the over on the pack twelve over all after dark games. yeah, I mean I don't know, let let's go thirty four twenty eight Utah. Okay. I I think I think Utah hangs up a lot of points in this game. Wouldn't surprise me if they they were able to get to forty. I I like what what Arkansas brings in with this new revamped team. I just don't think they quite have it. they they didn't perform bad against what was it North Alabama last week. it's just it wasn't as flashy as you would hope over such a small FCS opponent. so yeah, gimme gimme Utah big in this game. All right. And of course smashing the over on that. Let's get to the week two pick and and go through these games. These will be kind of rapid fire, get get through and and get out of here. Don't have to even give score predictions if you don't want to, but you're more than welcome to. last week we went total let's see, Jeremy and I both went six and two. Blake won a perfect eight and So I'm gonna have to get his picks here real quick tonight, just so I can put them on the graphic anyways, just because he he prepared for the episode tonight, had something come up with with his son's baseball practice, had to go go take care of that. So hopefully we can keep it on a roll. The overall predic of the from week zero to week two. two or see week zero to week one for me was twelve and four total so I went six and two both weeks. See if we can turn that around and get a perfect week in here because I'm kind of jealous that Blake does it his first time on the show. Me too. But man let's let's get to it. Let's start off here. We've got Missouri at Kansas. I believe this is technically a a rivalry game, but who cares? It's a Friday night game. It's gonna be fun. It's gonna give us something fun to watch on Friday night. So you know you can at least hold on to your to your buckets for that. Missouri is a five and a half point favorite in this game. and over under sitting at fifty one and a half. I think this is gonna be a higher scoring game. I think both defenses in week one, I I mean f for Missouri in week one I felt like of course a lot of that was kind of garbage time, but I felt like there was some things in their defense that I felt like could have been buttoned up a little bit. And for Kansas, they went against Long Island University. so I I don't really know. I didn't really get a true test on who Kansas is and what they're capable of. but give me the Missouri Tigers. I think they're gonna come away with this one and kind of a tight matchup, but a higher scoring matchup. Give me maybe thirty-eight thirty-four Missouri over Kansas. That's that's pretty bold. I mean, looking at me for my pick between Missouri and Kansas, I'm just gonna make this short and sweet. Go Tigers. I mean, we've seen we've seen Missouri definitely dominate the rock and they're no There are no sloshes showing that. But I mean, Kansas, they can definitely come up and surprise you, but still I got at the end of the day, give me Missouri. I got 35 to 21. Nice. I guess I'll have to change that one. 38-31 Missouri over Kansas, because I think I picked them to to cover the spread too, which makes sense. I think I would like them five and a half to cover that spread. So yeah, I I like it. let's go ahead and move on. We've got Oregon at Oklahoma State. I was actually kind of high on Oklahoma State with Eric Morris coming in, bringing Drew Mestemaker, thinking l you know what? At the very least, this offense is gonna look in sync. This offense is gonna look decent. And it was not at all. yeah. I I the spread is at twenty three and a half. I think that's a easy lock this week. Smash that one. I think that was Blake's lock of the week whenever he sent that over too in the in the production chat. And so yeah. give me Oregon big time in this one. I think Oregon realizes that th that that's the nation is looking at them from week one saying, What the heck went on? And I think a lot of people are just not really giving Boise State the credit that maybe they deserve. And so ultimately I think I think Oregon comes out, smashes Oklahoma State down to the ground and extends that losing streak that they're on. So give me Oregon really big th this week and and I'll say Oregon by a million this week. Oregon five million. Hey, somebody's got to fill in those shoes. I mean looking at this, yes, I was really, really concerned, like I mentioned at the top of the yard with Oregon and Boise State. But it's a new week. You got you got a lot of things that you can learn and learn and improve from. But at the end of the day, Oregon's just still that same dominating team that I talked about last week. And I don't think this train's gonna be stopping. They got some unfinished business to show up from after what you saw last week. but I you beat me to Oregon by a million, but if I had to say a reasonable score, give me Oregon forty nine to fourteen. So by a million, basically. Pretty much. Not I like it. we've also got an end conference game down in the SEC. The Southeastern Conference has Alabama go on their way up to Lexington, Kentucky to take on the Wildcats. Give me your score prediction on this one. Who are you picking? Looking at Bama and Kentucky, I mean Alabama just always knows how to roll a tide. And Kentucky, they can be, I'm not saying they could be a Dark Horse team, but they kind of can, depending on who they play. They can really, really surprise a lot of people here. But when it comes to Alabama and Nick Saban's former team, obviously, I mean, it it it it just keeps the train just keeps on rolling. That's good. It's really hard to try and get them off their track. Give me Alabama and roll a tide. I'm gonna go 35 to 14. Josh, what would you say about this matchup? I think I'm picking Alabama, but I think this is gonna be a different Kentucky team than we're used to. Will Stein has this this team kind of really feeling like it's got the right culture. I mean he was not happy with week one performance even though they came away came away with a big big win. I I I like what Kentucky showed on paper and I th I do think that they're gonna fight to kinda keep this this thing alive. Minchie came in there with with three hundred over three hundred passing yards, ha completed the ball really well and and had four passing touchdowns. I think they could probably run the ball a little bit better. It's gonna be tough to do that against this Alabama defense. and ultimately they c they walked away with with a a r a reasonable week one performance where you know Alabama just kinda showed where I th in the in the areas that I would have expected Alabama to be really good, they showed a lot of questionable just like, all right, what's going on here? You know, I do think Alabama's the better team in this matchup. I think they win. let's see they're currently favored by ten points. I I don't know. give me Alabama to win by twelve, let's say twenty eight. What would that be? Twenty eight sixteen. That's a weird score. So maybe maybe twenty eight to twenty eight to twenty seventeen. Trying to think of like a s yeah, maybe twenty eight seventeen. That's that still sounds like a weird score in my head. But yeah, twenty eight seventeen Alabama. I think they cover the spread just barely. And i this is just one of those one of those those games where I think the defense is gonna slow Alabama down, but Alabama secondary is one of the best on the nation. So Kentucky's gonna have a hard time scoring. So give me Alabama to win this one. I feel good about them winning this game. It's just gonna be a tougher and a harder fought win than I think a lot of people are giving it credit for. Keelon Russell didn't show me the the explosive just like wow factor type of of talent that I would have expected in week one. From the guy that got as much hype in the off season as he did. And of course with with Ryan what is it, Ryan Coleman Williams now, whatever his last name is. it changed changed his last name on us 'cause, you that's it's hard enough to keep up with teams nowadays with the transfer portal and guys coming from the NFL back to college football and all that. But now you gotta change your name on us. But w we're calling him Butterfingers now because he can't hold on to the ball. it just wasn't a a great performance. Now I do think that if they were to fix some of these small issues that Alabama comes away with this one big, I think they could win, who knows, forty two to to fifteen or something, you know. So you you never know. Yeah, so I mean I I do think this is one of those games that Alabama could run away with, but I'm gonna I'm gonna pick it to be a closer one than than people might expect. Still covering the spread, Alabama is, but just gonna be a little bit of a a closer one. I I wanna throw another game in here and I'm trying to figure out which one I'm gonna I'm gonna throw it in for. I'm just gonna throw it in here and and we're gonna we're gonna go based off of just we didn't prepare for this game at all, so we don't have anything on our notes, but I realize it's a matchup that we didn't touch on. Arizona at BYU, a Big 12 matchup that I think could have a lot of implications for the Big 12. An Arizona team that I don't think looked as polished as you would hope. For week one, but it's a team that I think a lot of people are overlooking. do you think Arizona keeps this one close against BYU, the reigning runners up in in the Big 12? That's that's honestly tough, Josh. I mean, you look at what Arizona State or Arizona was what they were last year, of course. I mean, having their quarterback, but now obviously having him at LSU. I mean, there's definitely some big time implications that you gotta think of. this is Arizona. Yeah, I am thinking about something Arizona people like you. Arizona still feed it back there. Yeah, that is true. still though, like overall looking at this kind of game, it definitely can be a real surpriser, but if I had to throw something honestly out there, BYU after what they did last year, give me BYU. I think they could definitely surprise a lot of people here. And if I had to honestly I don't even know what the overall like the money line is sitting at. Do you have that up with you, Josh? Or yeah, BYU's a seven seven point favorite. They're six and a half point favorite currently. I I guess it opened at six and a half. It's seven and a half now. and then the over under forty seven and a half, I kinda feel like you could probably hit the over on that one pretty well. Yeah. I I was g honestly gonna go, if I had to give a score prediction, I can see it being Gimme Give me thirty five to twenty eight BYU. Like that. If you had to say something, what would you say, Josh? I I would say twenty-eight thirty-two on this one. I'm gonna give BYU the upper edge as well. I think this is really close one. So I'm gonna say Arizona covers the spread. but yeah, I think I I really like Noah Fafita and I like what what Arizona has. I think a lot of people aren't looking at this team as if they won nine games last year. And you know, so I I think a lot of people are just kind of throwing Arizona under the radar now to open up your your opening game against North Arizona going 35 to 7. That gives me more concerns. I was high on this team coming into the season. That gives me concerns. This could be a complete slaughter. I think it's in Provo. so it could be a complete slaughter. the Storm and Mormons might just run all over the Wildcats and send them back home. you know, it's it's gonna look like Tom and Jerry whenever the the the big ladies run around with the broom smacking the cat on the butt. So who knows? I think this could be one way or another it could either be a complete blowout and Arizona completely tanks and upsets my my prediction on them being a dark horse there in the Big Twelve. but yeah, I I like this matchup. I saw that and I was like, why did we not put this in the pick So I'm gonna swap that one out for probably the UTSA Texas State well just ps s under the rug. all right, let's go ahead and move on. We've got Tennessee at Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech had a disappointing week one loss against Colorado. it was a sloppy game. It was wet. It was just a disaster. Hot and humid. Nothing went right for either team in that game except for Arizona or Arizona. Still got them on my mind. Except for Colorado somehow finding offense there in the last couple of of minutes in the game. It was it was a complete disaster of a game for both sides of the ball. I think this is gonna be a lot different. Georgia Tech needs to regroup and find some some things. I think they could keep this game close. but give me Tennessee to win this one. I don't have a score prediction, but I think Tennessee wins. I don't know if they cover or not though. It's a twelve and a half point spread right now. I'm not sure if they cover or not. So maybe give me Tennessee. Tennessee's got the the Dolly sticker on their helmet, so you know what? Give me Tennessee 34, Georgia 23. Okay. I mean, looking at looking at the volunteers. I mean, Josh, you you got the lucky opportunity to go down to Tennessee. I mean, that that that stadium is definitely one that I'm gonna have to go and see. It definitely is a real excitement to go and be in that stadium. And just being in any kind of college stadium, it definitely is fun. But I mean, looking at what Georgia Tech, like you mentioned, against Colorado. Then I remember you and I we were talking a little bit during that game, and I honestly said this game was really, really boring. But I mean, it definitely was something. But that's that's besides the point. Looking at Tennessee and what they can bring to Georgia Tech, I mean, it definitely is going to be a I think it's gonna be a lot closer of a game than what we anticipate, especially for what Georgia Tech obviously ended up on their last game against Colorado. I think they're gonna have some steam bowling over from what they had against, but still at the end of the day, the Valls, they just know how to they just know how to play dominant smash mouth football. So give me the volunteers. I'm gonna go a little bit bigger of a score though. I kind of seen this one semi being I'm not saying a complete blowout, but I'm thinking the Valls are gonna be hammering on Georgia Tech. I'm going forty nine to twenty one. I like it. Yeah, because I was even thinking too, like whenever I was kind of second guessing myself, like, I don't know, maybe maybe vols take this away like forty-five, twenty-four, something like that. So I might change my my score prediction. I I like yours quite a bit. so yeah, volunteers, getting off to a hot start. All right, let's go on to the next one. It's Psyhawk. You already gave your score prediction, but I'll have you restate it real quick. what did you have here at for the seventy-third edition of Psyhawk? Looking for the seventy-third edition of Psyhawk, I got Iowa State Royal Colognes coming in and upsetting the number one twenty-one ranked Iowa Hawkeyes. 28 to 21. It's definitely gonna be a battle here, but we'll just have to wait and see what it brings. But Josh, Iowa versus Iowa State, what do you think it's gonna be? Twenty-three twelve. Smash in the under. I think the Hawkeyes pull this one out. I I I do. I think that they pulled out. I think that the Cyclones didn't show me enough there in week one to really make me feel good about who was it? S Southern Missouri. South Southern Missouri. Yeah, something like that. An another another team that I don't even know who they are. Wouldn't be able to tell ya three stats about the team. it it's just poor performance in in week one kind of proves that when Matt Campbell left and took everything with him, This Iowa State team already struggled against Iowa constantly. I don't have any kind of hope for them to win this game. I know you're picking them for an upset and I don't know if it's just because you you like to see chaos in the world. but I I I think what what did I what did I say? I didn't write my scores down this week. So yeah, give give me give me Iowa. twenty tw twenty one to twelve. Twelve something yeah, twenty one to twelve. Something something low scoring, sloppy. Just ugly. it's it's not gonna be it's gonna be a good game to watch if you like defense, no doubt. 'cause I do think Iowa State's defense will be tough. I've I saw really the only thing I paid attention to in that game was the crazy good snag from the the D V in that game. Just did you see that? One handed Yeah, the one handed catch on the sideline. That was really good. So gonna be a lot of fun. let's see what's what's our next game here? Memphis at Boise State. Man, talk about some group of six games here in the next few weeks that are going to mean a lot. So th you hear these two teams and you're like, who cares? Memphis, Boise State. I don't think people that that that overlook this one, I don't think they truly understand what this game really means. because when you think of w w of the group of six, there's going to be a group of six team that makes it into the playoffs. And it's gotta it's gotta be one of the top the top teams. Memphis already has a big win on the season over UNLV. Boise State, if they could come away with a win here, they would cement themselves as the new best team. they're in the the the group of six. I don't want to talk too much about this one. Jeremy, go ahead and give me your score prediction real quick first. Looking at my score prediction, I think it's gonna be a real, real down to the wire, nitty gritty. That fourth and one kind of a game, can we see a late drive go on? But at the end of the day, I mean, between Memphis and Boise State, in reality, th this to me makes it feel like this is kind of like a playoff game, honestly. You gotta have that kind of a implication in the back of your mind that this can this can mean make or break our season here is what it will feel like. But at the end of the day, I got Boise State. They they looked really, really good. They seemed dominant. But don't get me wrong, Memphis can come up and surprise you. But from my score prediction, I got 35 to 28. I think it's gonna come down to the wire. But Josh, like I said, Memphis, Boise State, it's definitely gonna be a fun one. What would you say? Yeah, I I I'm I was picking somewhere around thirty-eight, thirty-four. I think this is gonna be a dog fight. I I really like what what we've seen from Memphis so far this season. of course, like I said, upsetting UNLV, I I called that game by the way, just toot my own horn. go going going into to Vegas, upsetting UNLV. I like that, of course, Boise State, Maddox Maddox Madsen, they didn't do anything particular, like anything like s spectacular I should say, against Oregon. But they made that a dogfight. They made Oregon really have to earn it. They they they forced Oregon to to fight back from being down. they they go in late, I think twenty-seven all. so I think this is gonna be a dogfight down to the wire. I think that spread is kind of crazy being eight and a half, Boise State's a favorite. I think this is gonna be a lot closer. you know, it's it's gonna be really tough for for either team to come away with this one. But I like Boise State and I do think that this is kind of like for for Memphis, it's not a playoff or bust because you could still run the table after this. but for Boise State I I think let me look at their schedule. I'm gonna try to bring it up because they go in September twenty sixth, they go to Kalamazoo to play play against Western Michigan. So there's another group of six game that we we're definitely gonna be talking about that could have been playoff playoff implications. So I I I like what Boise State has ahead of them. I think Boise State really needs a win here to get themselves into the talk. Memphis is in the talk. Memphis deserves to be in the discussion of group of six teams. Boise State deserves it right now, but they're gonna have to prove it here with a win after coming away with a close one against Oregon. All right, let's go on to the the last one. We're skipping that what that one going to San Diego State at UCLA. I think this is kind of a an interesting one when you when you look at the matchup. you got UCLA, pretty new team. came away with an impressive win there in week one over over Cal. I was trying to remember what the Pac twelve of the dark game was last week. But now we've got another one not quite Pac twelve after dark where you're starting at like nine or ten o'clock in the evening, but still a really fun little you know, late night game between these two teams. San Diego State came away with an impressive fifty three to twenty victory last we last week, I don't even see what the the team was that they went against, but really really impressive win. I think that this is a San Diego State team that could really fight with with UCLA. I know that UCLA is currently a pretty big favorite. The line has moved. It was at eight and a half. it's moved to twelve and a half point favorites right now. Jeremy, how do you see this game going? Do you think UCLA can cover that spread? i it it could definitely be possible. Don't get me wrong, Josh. But I mean San Diego Steak, they can definitely be one of those teams that can come out and surprise you. I know I said a lot about teams here, but I mean in college football, you can you can never underestimate anybody realistically. But when it comes down to a Give me UCLA here. Like like you mentioned, they are showing the favorite favorite here, but I mean, at the end of the day, I think it's gonna be a lot closer than what people can realistically think here. I'm going with another one of those games, just like what I talked about, Memphis at Boise State. Give me thirty-five of twenty-eight. I think it can come down to it, but I mean, you can never underestimate San Diego State. So like I said, give me thirty-five twenty-eight. You you almost picked exactly what my score prediction was thirty-four-twenty eight. I'm in San Diego State to come away with this one. I think the you know this should have been our underdog pick. It also should have been. You you picked San Diego State too, right? No, I picked UCLA. Okay, I guess I miserge you. Yeah so so yeah this this I mean this one I I mean we could have at least put it for for an underdog you know for the upset alert. 'cause I I do think San Diego State stands a chance in this one. let's see, this is at UCLA, which that place just packs out to an entire fifteen thousand people. so yeah, I I don't know why why can't San Diego State I I honestly think like just without really taking a look at it, I think San Diego State might have more passionate fans than USC and UCLA fans. yeah, I'll call you out. What you gonna do about it? so I guess I'm going the other way around though, I'm flipping your score on ya. I'm going thirty-four twenty-eight, only one point off of ya, but I'm gonna say San Diego State comes away with the the big upset here. I might have to throw some cheddar on that. I'm gonna look into this one. I'm gonna use our partners over at at Outlier to kind of look into this one and see if I can get some insights on this one to throw a little bit of money on it. But that's all we've got for this week. We will get all of those pick'ems out so you guys can follow along, see what our record is for this week. I might even throw Blake's in there, even though he wasn't on the show with us. But we appreciate everybody so much for tuning in. That'll do it for this edition of the Game Day Collective. Make sure to hit that like button, subscribe. And also comment down below. Let us know your biggest pick of the week, your lock of the week, your upset of the week, all of that down in the comments below. Commenting and liking, subscribing, all of that helps us grow here at Game Day Collective. We've got a lot of things in the works, so make sure to join us and be a part of the collective. 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