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Lee Sterling - @Paramount Sports · The Sean O'Connell Show

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  Speaker 1: You are listening to The Sean O'Connell Show, your source
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  Speaker 1: for the best youth football coverage. Here's O.C. from the
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  Speaker 1: Murdoch Hyundai Studio of ESPN 700 at 92.1 FM.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to The Sean O'Connell Show. Welcome in the
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  Speaker 2: number one handicapper in the business. Lee Sterling of Paramount Sports,
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  Speaker 2: friend of mine, friend of the show. Off to a
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  Speaker 2: hot start in the college football season. Also a UFC
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  Speaker 2: card this weekend and a UFC card coming to Salt
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  Speaker 2: Lake City again in just a couple of weeks on
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  Speaker 2: the Utah bye week. So we'll have lots to discuss
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  Speaker 2: with Lee as we continue.
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  Speaker 3: Big game tonight.
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  Speaker 2: We'll talk about it as Lee gives us some picks here.
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  Speaker 3: Lee, welcome to the show.
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  Speaker 2: How are you, sir?
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  Speaker 3: I am great. Going on, on average, about four and
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  Speaker 3: a half, five hours sleep, but When you're winning in
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  Speaker 3: footballs almost every night, it's spectacular. So let's just hit
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  Speaker 3: real quick on the main fight on Saturday night. Pantoja
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  Speaker 3: or Van? Which side are you going? Pantoja.
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  Speaker 2: I think that the arm injury was a fluke. I
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  Speaker 2: think Van is giving himself too much credit. You cause
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  Speaker 2: the injury by catching the kick and pushing him back,
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  Speaker 2: but that fight goes a lot differently if he stays
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  Speaker 2: healthy and doesn't dislocate his elbow.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, the line was minus 200 in that fight.
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  Speaker 3: Now he's catching plus 110, 115. I think he's going
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  Speaker 3: to be like a snake. He's going to just slowly
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  Speaker 3: just work and work and work and eventually take over
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  Speaker 3: and maybe even get a submission, round three, four, or five.
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  Speaker 2: Ooh, maybe a finish in the championship rounds. For that
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  Speaker 2: UFC card this weekend. All right, let's talk a little
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  Speaker 2: college football. Let's start with a game tonight. Big 12
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  Speaker 2: implications here. Two of the powers in Texas. Texas Tech,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people think are the best team in
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  Speaker 2: the conference. They haven't looked all that great as of yet. Houston,
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  Speaker 2: another team that people considered maybe a dark horse. Also,
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  Speaker 2: maybe some iffy stuff, but we're only two weeks in.
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  Speaker 2: Texas Tech is an eight-point favorite in this game. Surprises
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  Speaker 2: me that line.
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  Speaker 3: Me too, but they have earned it. You've got to
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  Speaker 3: give them respect in the regular season. They've dominated. I
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  Speaker 3: think it's Tech, Utah, and BYU, and I think Houston
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  Speaker 3: is just a little whisker behind. Now, last year, Houston
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  Speaker 3: at home could not play with Tech. They lost 35-11.
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  Speaker 3: Their quarterback, Connor Wegman, he got knocked out of the
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  Speaker 3: game in the second quarter and never returned. But I'm
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  Speaker 3: watching Tech this year, and Even though they have five sacks,
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  Speaker 3: the defensive line is not the same. I mean, you're
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  Speaker 3: missing Bailey. You're missing Rodriguez at linebacker. Rodriguez for the
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  Speaker 3: Dolphins had almost 20 tackles last week. He is an
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  Speaker 3: absolute monster. And Will Hammond's not the guy. He's a backup.
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  Speaker 3: I think they're going to make a change of quarterback
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  Speaker 3: maybe in this game or next week here. I think
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  Speaker 3: Tech's going to win the game here, 27-24. But I
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  Speaker 3: think you take the points. It wouldn't shock me if
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  Speaker 3: Houston wins the game outright. Take the eight. All right.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like you're confirming what I was already leaning toward,
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  Speaker 2: and I always appreciate when that's the case. Lee Sterling
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  Speaker 2: is our guest here on the Sean O'Connell Show, giving
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  Speaker 2: us picks for the weekend. As we get closer to
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  Speaker 2: Utah kicking off against Utah State afternoon game. This is
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  Speaker 2: going to be the most talked about game nationally and
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  Speaker 2: already has been this week. LSU, this line went down
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  Speaker 2: to like minus one for LSU on the injury report.
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  Speaker 2: It didn't last long. A lot of people were skeptical,
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  Speaker 2: myself included. I think Sam Levitt was always going to
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  Speaker 2: play and is going to play. LSU back to being
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  Speaker 2: a three-point favorite as Lane Kiffin returns to Oxford for
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  Speaker 2: the first time. LSU, Ole Miss, how does it play?
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  Speaker 3: Well, how about this? The line went from three down
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  Speaker 3: to about a pick-em for a second, and then oddsmakers
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  Speaker 3: said not so fast. He's playing. But I'd say about 98%,
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  Speaker 3: 99% chance he suits up. And I think the pressure's
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  Speaker 3: on Ole Miss. I think these kids are walking around campus.
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  Speaker 3: It's an absolute zoo. They started having concerts on Tuesday night,
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  Speaker 3: Country Western Acts. A friend of mine's son is in
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  Speaker 3: a fraternity. They're selling space on their fraternity. That's right,
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  Speaker 3: on their fraternity for advertisers. I mean, this is crazy. Banners.
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  Speaker 3: They're making money. I guess they're going to make a
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  Speaker 3: lot of beer money. I think that that's a distraction
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  Speaker 3: for the Ole Miss kids. I think LSU's going in.
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  Speaker 3: This is a business trip. Not a Lane Kiffin fan,
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  Speaker 3: but I think he owns a big advantage. He knows
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  Speaker 3: six of the 11 defenders here on the Ole Miss team,
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  Speaker 3: and two guys I think he's going to target are
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  Speaker 3: number two linebacker Jalen Braxton, who was there last year,
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  Speaker 3: and number 14 safety Edwin Joseph. I think Ole Miss'
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  Speaker 3: offense is their best unit, but their defense has a
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  Speaker 3: propensity to tire out in the third and the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 3: They have breaks in coverage, and I think they have
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  Speaker 3: some weaknesses. Give me LSU in a great game. If
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  Speaker 3: it's half as good as Texas and Ohio State, we're
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  Speaker 3: going to get our money's worth. LSU 41-34.
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  Speaker 2: All right, BYU, the hated rival of the Utes here
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  Speaker 2: on the home of the Utes. They look really good.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to lie. They are a good team.
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  Speaker 2: and they came away with an impressive win. They covered
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  Speaker 2: against Arizona last week. Arizona is one of those teams
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  Speaker 2: that I think is on the rise in the Big 12.
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  Speaker 2: And now it's Colorado State. And Colorado State, I think,
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  Speaker 2: from what we've seen of them so far, they're going
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  Speaker 2: to be pretty respectable. They're going to be respectable enough,
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  Speaker 2: at least, in the mid-major world. But BYU is a
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  Speaker 2: big favorite here, 17-and-a-half-point favorites against the Rams, who've done
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  Speaker 2: a good job of turning their opponents over. That's their
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  Speaker 2: hope in this one. Can BYU cover again?
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  Speaker 3: You're right, BYU. I didn't think they'd come together this quick,
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  Speaker 3: but they have. A lot of people know Jim O'Rourke.
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  Speaker 3: Jim O'Rourke is a very respected coach. I mean, he
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  Speaker 3: could end up back at Washington. Don't be shocked if
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  Speaker 3: that happens in a couple years. He built UConn into
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  Speaker 3: a respectable team late last year in the bowl game.
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  Speaker 3: UConn was a team you didn't want to face here.
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  Speaker 3: I think BYU might be a little flacky for this game.
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  Speaker 3: Colorado State's quarterback, Henji, from Oklahoma State, looks good so far.
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  Speaker 3: He brought over a running back, Mel Harris, from UConn.
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  Speaker 3: Kid's averaging over 13 yards per carry. He's not going
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  Speaker 3: to keep that average up, but this is a kid
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  Speaker 3: that knows how to run downhill. I think BYU wins 35-24,
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  Speaker 3: but Colorado State covers 35. Okay, all right.
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  Speaker 2: Me and you are in lockstep right now, Lee. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if I should feel nervous about that or
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  Speaker 2: good about it. I'm going to stick with good right now.
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  Speaker 2: We'll say best for last with Utah, Utah State. NFL
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  Speaker 2: has been really interesting so far. Let's go with the
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  Speaker 2: Seahawks here. The defending Super Bowl champs are 4.5-point favorites
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  Speaker 2: against the lowly Cardinals. How does this game play out?
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  Speaker 3: What I've seen so many times before, a quarterback comes
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  Speaker 3: into a game As a backup. And teams a lot
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  Speaker 3: of times have no real answer for him once they
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  Speaker 3: get going. They just don't prepare for him and give
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  Speaker 3: him credit. Think that Drew Locke is a capable backup,
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  Speaker 3: unlike some of these other guys. But even Carson Wentz
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  Speaker 3: had a good game last week. So Vikings and Seahawks here.
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  Speaker 3: quarterbacks got hurt, and both those backups shown well, but
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  Speaker 3: Jacoby Brissett, when he's in a rhythm, he's a good quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: He can go three, four, five games in a row
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  Speaker 3: and play well. Watch his tape last week against the Chargers,
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  Speaker 3: spreading the ball around. They're running the ball now with love.
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  Speaker 3: They've always had decent running backs. Now they have a
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  Speaker 3: bell cow running back, and I just think with time
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  Speaker 3: to study Drew Locke, it's going to be the different
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  Speaker 3: Seattle wins in a dogfight, 24-23, but I think the
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  Speaker 3: right side, take the cards.
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  Speaker 2: You can hear that game right here on ESPN 792.1 FM.
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  Speaker 2: Game of the week is the Chargers, who are seven-point
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  Speaker 2: favorites against the Raiders, Lee.
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  Speaker 2: Utah is 28-point favorites over the Little Brother. The Battle
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  Speaker 2: of the Brothers, Utah State coming down, Bronco Mendenhall, he
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  Speaker 2: knows this Utah team and this Utah staff and this
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  Speaker 2: Utah environment pretty well. Offensive coordinator was on his staff
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  Speaker 2: last year up in Logan. 28's a big number for Utah.
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  Speaker 2: They've looked impressive through two weeks. Can they get it done,
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  Speaker 2: and can they cover against the Aggies?
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  Speaker 3: It is a big number, but I think actually Utah
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  Speaker 3: State's down from last year. I think the right move
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  Speaker 3: is to go, like I said, they went away from
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  Speaker 3: McKay Hillstead to Grady Brostrout, so they're no worse for that.
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  Speaker 3: They are really good. Bronco Mendenhall is an underdog, is
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  Speaker 3: always strong. They're 7-1 against the spread as a dog, but...
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  Speaker 3: I think this Utah team is different here. I think
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  Speaker 3: they can handle teams like that. I think they're going
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  Speaker 3: to be able to score. And then on defense, it
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  Speaker 3: starts up front. I love the San Jose State transfer.
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  Speaker 3: This kid, Mo, is something else in the middle of
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  Speaker 3: the line here. So even in 2024, when the Utes
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  Speaker 3: here were a pretty big favorite here, they still won
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  Speaker 3: big here. So I think they're going to win this game.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to lay the points here. Utah, 48-17 over
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  Speaker 3: Utah State. All right.
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  Speaker 2: Utah to win and cover, according to Lee Sterling. And, look,
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  Speaker 2: he's the best in the business. That's why we have
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  Speaker 2: him on. Lee, good stuff as always. You and I
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  Speaker 2: are in close accord on these picks, and so I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to have to follow on the UFC ones as
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  Speaker 2: well for the weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. Sounds good. Let's make some hay this weekend, and
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  Speaker 3: everyone have a great weekend and be safe. Thanks, Lee.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate you.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, see you.
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  Speaker 2: Lee Sterling, best in the business. ParamountSports.com, 800-400-3741. Big thanks
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  Speaker 2: to Lee for jumping on with us, as he always does. Sorry, 800-400-9741.
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  Speaker 2: That's 1-800-400-9741 to get a hold of Lee and to
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