Latest / Mike Check - A College Football Podcast / BIG GAME PREVIEW: SMU vs LOUISVILLE
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- Jackson: Louisville LSU, this game is in Louisville. Line is what, two and a half Louisville, another close game. SMU actually smoked him last year, thirty eight to six. two good offenses, good quarterbacks, so this will be a fun one to watch. What what do you guys got for this one? Davis: I'm excited for this one. Two ACC Jackson: I'm too. Davis: teams that I believe are better than what consens consensus thinks. SMU didn't put up as good of a showing against FSU as they should have, but y if you watched that game, you would have can or at least I came away more impressed than what the score showed. Louisville, you know, damn near could have beat Old Miss week one, really impressed with with what they did. two good offenses. I think it's gonna be a high scoring game. I mean, over under is fifty nine and a half, which is pretty high. I'm excited for this one too. Kevin Jennings, I believe, leads the power four in total yards, passing and rushing. lots gonna be on his shoulders. Jackson: Yeah, and I think another thing to watch is b both these quarterback lead or sorry, are top five in yards per attempt. However, both these teams are also top five in yards after the catch. So a lot of maybe short intermediate passes that these receivers are just kinda taking off and and running with it. another thing is I think Louisville's defensive line is a real problem. they showed that against Old Miss Chambless was running around back there all game and I think that's gonna be a big key to the game for them and see if they can get some pressure on Jennings and he'll have to get it out quick or make some plays with his feet. Matthew Nowlin: Yeah. I think it's gonna be a a quarterback battle. I think both guys have showed they can throw the ball and can create in space when the play breaks down. And so I think it's gonna come down to who can do that better. and this is this could be a potential, you know, quasi play in game to see who has the fast track to play an A C C title game against presumably Miami. So it's a big game. I think it's gonna be a high scoring game as well. but yeah, I think it's gonna be who whichever quarterback plays best in the key moments. Jackson: Yeah, another thing is like kind of the same thing I said for the old miss game is like Brahm was able to really scheme up some plays for them in the second half to kind of open that game up and and score some points. So that's another thing going back to SMB. Davis: Once Keenhaw's kind of settled in, that offense transformed. Jackson: Yeah, it took off. So I really had a a tough time like reading this game. I feel like these teams are very similar. Great offenses. they kinda differ on defense. Louisville has a really good front. and I d I don't I really went back and forth. I think SMU's my when we do the updated college football playoff brackets here next week, I think SMU you will see them in there. Assuming they win this game, so I'm taking SMU in this one. Davis: I've been high on Louisville's running back Isaac Brown. hadn't had a as good of a start to the season as he did last year and even as a freshman the year before. I would expect that he has a bigger game, but I'm gonna roll with Kevin Jennings with the quarterback that I trust. gimme SMU minus two and a half. Jackson: Plus two and a half. But yeah. Davis: Plus two and a half, yeah. And minus two and a half. Matthew Nowlin: I'm Jackson: Well Matthew Nowlin: also gonna I'm also gonna roll with SMU. I think Jennings being a veteran guy who's played in big games, SMU's kinda had Louisville's number. I think they get the win as well. I think Brahm has ready. I just think SMU and Jennings perform late in the game. Jackson: Yeah. Last thing kinda to piggyback off of my point I made earlier, like Louisville having a good front, I mean Jennings is kind of the what you need when you when you're playing a a team like that that has a good pass rush. Like if if if Louisville was playing a a pocket passer that couldn't escape the pocket, I would probably like Louisville in a close game like this, with a spread of two and a half, playing at home. But I think Jennings will be the difference maker in this one. Davis: Yep. So all of us on SMU plus two and a half.