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- 0:00Speaker 1: Third Saturday in October. We got 10 games this week,
- 0:03Speaker 1: and guys, this card has more landmines than a Mississippi
- 0:06Speaker 1: cow pasture in July. All right, the Buckeyes walk into Bloomington.
- 0:11Speaker 1: They're going to see the team that took their lunch
- 0:12Speaker 1: money in Indianapolis last December. Notre Dame, 16 straight wins,
- 0:17Speaker 1: and every one of them by double digits. They fly
- 0:19Speaker 1: into Provo, where BYU is 5-0 against the number, and
- 0:23Speaker 1: the line has already moved two points their direction. Alabama
- 0:27Speaker 1: limps into Knoxville off a heartbreaker against Georgia. And the
- 0:30Speaker 1: Vols probably going to be rolling out their backup quarterback,
- 0:32Speaker 1: we think. Dylan Rayola gets a shot at the team
- 0:35Speaker 1: that he walked away from in Lincoln, even if he
- 0:38Speaker 1: may not be Oregon's starter by Saturday night. Texas trying
- 0:42Speaker 1: to shake off the Red River gut punch last week
- 0:45Speaker 1: against the Florida team that beat them last year. And
- 0:49Speaker 1: my number sees something that could maybe make you want
- 0:51Speaker 1: to move on some of these. It's week seven. Let's go.
- 0:55Speaker 1: Let's cash some tickets. Winning Cures Everything, now proudly presented
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- 1:06Speaker 1: It's a college football podcast proudly presented by PrizePix. I'm
- 1:11Speaker 1: your host, Gary Seegers, at GaryWCE on all the different socials.
- 1:14Speaker 1: If you didn't already know, the weeknight game videos along
- 1:17Speaker 1: with all of the individual games that I'll be talking
- 1:20Speaker 1: about here, they're all posted to the other YouTube channel, WCEPix.
- 1:25Speaker 1: So make sure and subscribe over there as well. There
- 1:26Speaker 1: is a link in the description for that one. Let's
- 1:29Speaker 1: go ahead and check out what last week's record looked like,
- 1:33Speaker 1: and it was a disaster. Absolute disaster last week. Good gracious.
- 1:42Speaker 1: 83-65 thus far on the season. That's 56.1% for my
- 1:46Speaker 1: picks here on the show. The model picks, whew. I mean,
- 1:51Speaker 1: it was bad last week. 10-22 last week. 80-68 last
- 1:58Speaker 1: thus far on the season, 54.1%. Underdog picks are 56.3%
- 2:03Speaker 1: on the show when we decided to go with the dog. Um, yeah,
- 2:08Speaker 1: the show last week, 15 and 16, the model picks
- 2:11Speaker 1: 10 and 22 and the dogs, uh, eight and seven.
- 2:16Speaker 1: My next 15 last week went five and 10. That
- 2:19Speaker 1: killed us. Went four and two on weeknight games, six
- 2:22Speaker 1: and four on the 10 best. Just brutal. Absolutely brutal. Um,
- 2:30Speaker 1: Know the way to describe it. We will rebuild. We
- 2:33Speaker 1: will get better. So that's where we stand. That's where
- 2:37Speaker 1: we stand. All right, a little bit of quick housekeeping
- 2:40Speaker 1: before we get rolling. The odds I'm quoting are for Monday.
- 2:45Speaker 1: When I say the model, I mean my stats projected model.
- 2:49Speaker 1: It's opponent adjusted. It doesn't care about logos. It doesn't
- 2:51Speaker 1: care who your daddy rooted for. When I say a
- 2:53Speaker 1: trend is a small sample, that means fewer than 10 games.
- 2:56Speaker 1: You should treat it like a, you know, weather forecast
- 2:59Speaker 1: in Mississippi. It's interesting, but I wouldn't plan anything around it.
- 3:03Speaker 1: So we got 10 games to get to. Let's eat.
- 3:05Speaker 1: All right, we're kicking it off with the big one.
- 3:08Speaker 1: Ohio State at Indiana, 11 o'clock Central God's time zone
- 3:12Speaker 1: on Fox. Ohio State a three and a half point
- 3:14Speaker 1: road favorite. Total is 50 and a half. That line
- 3:17Speaker 1: opened Ohio State minus two. So the money has pushed
- 3:21Speaker 1: it a point and a half towards the Buckeyes. Total
- 3:24Speaker 1: has climbed from about 48 and a half up to
- 3:26Speaker 1: 50 and a half. So let's set the table here.
- 3:29Speaker 1: Last time these two met was December 6th of last
- 3:31Speaker 1: year in the Big Ten title game. Indiana won that
- 3:34Speaker 1: one 13-10. Indiana went on to win the entire national championship, right?
- 3:39Speaker 1: So the defending national champs are now 6-0. They're getting
- 3:41Speaker 1: points at home. We'll let that marinate for just a
- 3:44Speaker 1: little bit. Ohio State had multiple opportunities to put that
- 3:48Speaker 1: game away last year. They could not finish drives. That
- 3:55Speaker 1: was a big problem. Big problem. Ohio State this year, 5-1.
- 3:58Speaker 1: The only loss was 24-23 at Texas back in Week 2.
- 4:03Speaker 1: Last week, they handled Maryland 45-16. Julian Sayen threw for
- 4:07Speaker 1: four touchdowns. Jeremiah Smith caught two of them. He is
- 4:09Speaker 1: the Heisman favorite right now for good reason. I mean,
- 4:13Speaker 1: it makes absolute sense, right? Indiana, meanwhile, I mean, they
- 4:17Speaker 1: nearly stepped on a rake last week. They were down
- 4:21Speaker 1: 17-6 in the fourth quarter at Nebraska. And then Nick
- 4:24Speaker 1: Marsh happened. Right, 75-yard touchdown, 44-yarder on fourth down, broken coverage.
- 4:30Speaker 1: I mean, that was an Andy Kotelnicki play. Signetti talked
- 4:33Speaker 1: about that. And the Hoosiers escaped 20-17. So Indiana had
- 4:38Speaker 1: its letdown game, and they survived it. As far as
- 4:42Speaker 1: the spot, Ohio State's got to buy next week. Then
- 4:44Speaker 1: they go to USC. Indiana goes to Michigan. Nobody's looking
- 4:47Speaker 1: past anybody here. Right, this is the game. So here's
- 4:51Speaker 1: where it gets fun. My model has Indiana by 1.41 points.
- 4:55Speaker 1: The power rating has Ohio State by 1.2. Market says
- 5:00Speaker 1: Ohio State 3.5. So I'm showing somewhere around 5 points
- 5:03Speaker 1: of value on the home dog. The model total is 52.7.
- 5:07Speaker 1: That's about 2 points over the number. So we're looking
- 5:10Speaker 1: at an over here, at least per my numbers. As
- 5:15Speaker 1: far as what's driving that, probably discipline. I guess Indiana
- 5:19Speaker 1: commits only 3.3 penalties a game. That is the second
- 5:23Speaker 1: fewest in the country. Right there, if you can see it,
- 5:27Speaker 1: if it'll select correctly. Here, you know what, I'll just
- 5:30Speaker 1: highlight it right there. Ohio State is at 6.7, that's 74.
- 5:33Speaker 1: Special teams, Indiana ranks 38th, and Ohio State number 102.
- 5:40Speaker 1: In a game where both teams are top six in
- 5:42Speaker 1: net points per drive, hidden yardage could absolutely matter. I'm
- 5:47Speaker 1: not going to sit here and tell you it's all Indiana, right?
- 5:49Speaker 1: The Buckeyes have the fifth-ranked talent in the country, Indiana
- 5:51Speaker 1: the 47th. The best matchup in this game is Indiana's
- 5:54Speaker 1: passing attack. 10.6 yards per attempt, as you can see here.
- 6:01Speaker 1: That's second in the country. It runs straight into an
- 6:03Speaker 1: Ohio State pass defense that allows 4.8 yards per attempt.
- 6:05Speaker 1: That is number one in the country. This Ohio State
- 6:07Speaker 1: pass defense is legit. And they're pretty good at getting
- 6:11Speaker 1: after the quarterback, right? Number 27 in Havoc rate. Indiana
- 6:15Speaker 1: number 18 in Havoc allowed. As far as running the ball,
- 6:20Speaker 1: Indiana's pretty good at that, too. Indiana... 6-0 straight up,
- 6:24Speaker 1: but they're only 1-5 against the spread. That kind of
- 6:29Speaker 1: gives you pause for concern. But they were number 3
- 6:34Speaker 1: in PPA margin. I mean, they were really good. The
- 6:37Speaker 1: market has been pricing this team like it can't miss,
- 6:41Speaker 1: and it keeps winning ugly. As far as trends go,
- 6:44Speaker 1: Ohio State as a road favorite, 7-3 against the spread
- 6:47Speaker 1: over 10 games. Indiana against Big Ten competition, 15-8. against
- 6:53Speaker 1: the spread over the last 23 games. That's the strongest
- 6:56Speaker 1: sample in this one. As far as the injury report,
- 7:01Speaker 1: Ohio State's list is pretty long here. Two offensive linemen,
- 7:04Speaker 1: Austin Severeval? Severeval? Y'all correct me in the comments. And
- 7:10Speaker 1: Phillip Daniels, they're out. Two receivers, Brandon Ennis, Devin McEwen
- 7:13Speaker 1: are out. So the depth behind Jeremiah Smith, you know,
- 7:18Speaker 1: it's there. It's just a little thin, or a little thinner,
- 7:21Speaker 1: than you would like it to be. Defensive end, Wilder,
- 7:24Speaker 1: the safety, Roker, and then the linebacker, Christian Allegro. They're out, too. Corner,
- 7:29Speaker 1: Jay Timmons, questionable. Indiana's missing Kobe Martin. We knew that.
- 7:33Speaker 1: The defensive back, Williams, receiver, Bond, tight end, Barker. Nobody
- 7:38Speaker 1: on that list really moves the needle like the two
- 7:40Speaker 1: Buckeye offensive linemen. If anything, that report kind of pushes
- 7:43Speaker 1: me further towards the Hoosiers. Weather in Bloomington, supposed to
- 7:47Speaker 1: be 52 degrees, light breeze, no rain. Like, perfect October
- 7:51Speaker 1: noon kick, right? At noon Eastern, anyway. So, the numbers
- 7:57Speaker 1: point towards Indiana, and they lean over. Man, I want
- 8:05Speaker 1: to take Ohio State. I'm looking to see if that
- 8:07Speaker 1: number has moved since I wrote those notes down. Because
- 8:10Speaker 1: if it's under three, I might take Ohio State. I'm
- 8:16Speaker 1: sure this is fantastic radio. That's still three and a half. Okay,
- 8:23Speaker 1: at three and a half, I've got to go with
- 8:24Speaker 1: the team that is on the huge winning streak. Give
- 8:32Speaker 1: me Indiana. It feels so weird. They have not looked
- 8:37Speaker 1: very good. They have not looked very dominant at all
- 8:41Speaker 1: thus far this year. Both teams are playing slow, but
- 8:46Speaker 1: And when you look at who the teams have faced,
- 8:47Speaker 1: Indiana has faced a much more difficult schedule than Ohio
- 8:50Speaker 1: State has. Yeah, give me Indiana, plus three and a
- 8:55Speaker 1: half here. I like the Hoosiers at home, biggest game
- 8:59Speaker 1: in Bloomington history, maybe. This is going to be a
- 9:02Speaker 1: massive spot, and if I'm getting more than a field goal,
- 9:06Speaker 1: got to go with the dogs. Hoosiers, plus three and
- 9:08Speaker 1: a half. Game 2 takes us out to Provo, Utah.
- 9:11Speaker 1: Notre Dame plays at BYU, 6.30 p.m. Central Time, primetime
- 9:16Speaker 1: on ABC. Notre Dame is a 10.5 point favorite, total 47.5.
- 9:20Speaker 1: And we need to watch this line, right? It opened
- 9:24Speaker 1: Notre Dame minus 12.5. It bounced all around in the offseason.
- 9:28Speaker 1: It's now 10.5 on my sheet. Some books are down
- 9:31Speaker 1: to 9.5. That's three points of movement towards the home dog.
- 9:34Speaker 1: Total has dropped to about 49 points. 49.5 down to 47.5.
- 9:39Speaker 1: Notre Dame 6-0, 16 straight wins, all of them by
- 9:43Speaker 1: double digits. Last week, they beat Stanford 58-7. Yeah, I mean,
- 9:51Speaker 1: it tells you about as much about Notre Dame as
- 9:54Speaker 1: me beating my 8-year-old at Checkers, right? What's that going
- 9:58Speaker 1: to tell you? BYU is 5-0. They beat Iowa State
- 10:02Speaker 1: 24-10 last Friday night, so the Cougars get eight days
- 10:05Speaker 1: to prepare for this one. Bear Bachmeier, he threw for
- 10:08Speaker 1: 329 yards, ran for 109 in that game. Yeah, just
- 10:10Speaker 1: wild to look at. Yeah, 5-0 against the number. Last
- 10:22Speaker 1: meeting between these two, Notre Dame won 28-20 in Las Vegas.
- 10:25Speaker 1: That was back in 2022. The last time the Irish
- 10:28Speaker 1: played in Provo was in 2004. BYU won that one 20-17.
- 10:32Speaker 1: As far as the spots, Notre Dame's got to buy
- 10:34Speaker 1: next week. Then they play Navy. BYU goes to UCF
- 10:39Speaker 1: next week. So there's no look ahead. Clean spot. This
- 10:42Speaker 1: is a big, big, big game. Model has Notre Dame
- 10:45Speaker 1: by 9.5. Power rating? Well, yeah, 9.5. Power rating Notre
- 10:50Speaker 1: Dame by 9. So the market, in my numbers, basically
- 10:53Speaker 1: holding hands on the spread, maybe a hair value on BYU.
- 10:56Speaker 1: The model total is 50.9. That's three and a half over.
- 11:01Speaker 1: The discrepancy that swings it, though, BYU is a running team.
- 11:05Speaker 1: They throw it at a rate that ranks 106th in
- 11:07Speaker 1: the country. 43% of the time are they passing it.
- 11:11Speaker 1: They average six yards a carry, which is great, number
- 11:14Speaker 1: eight in the country. Notre Dame, their run defense... allows 2.1
- 11:19Speaker 1: yards per carry. That's third, and it's number one in
- 11:21Speaker 1: rushing success rate allowed. BYU is doing this without LJ
- 11:25Speaker 1: Martin now, last year's Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year,
- 11:28Speaker 1: who is out with an ankle. Their running back room
- 11:30Speaker 1: against Notre Dame's linebackers is about the biggest mismatch on
- 11:33Speaker 1: this roster shrink sheet all week. You look at this thing,
- 11:36Speaker 1: and the running backs are number 137 now without LJ Martin.
- 11:40Speaker 1: Notre Dame's linebackers, number one in the country. I mean,
- 11:45Speaker 1: that's rough. As far as other gaps, Notre Dame number
- 11:47Speaker 1: one in available yards margin. BYU is 30th. Notre Dame
- 11:51Speaker 1: number one in fewest penalties and third in turnover margin. Yeah.
- 11:57Speaker 1: Notre Dame's numbers are great. BYU's red zone defense, they
- 12:00Speaker 1: let opponents score on 90% of the trips into the
- 12:02Speaker 1: red zone. That's 104th. As far as pace, BYU 131st,
- 12:07Speaker 1: Notre Dame 120th. So two of the slowest teams on
- 12:11Speaker 1: the entire board. The pace says under Like, my stats
- 12:17Speaker 1: projected total is 50.87, so I'm slightly on the over. Eh.
- 12:23Speaker 1: I don't know. Looking at some of these other numbers,
- 12:26Speaker 1: they're both pretty good on special teams. Notre Dame's significantly
- 12:28Speaker 1: more talented. But they go slow. If you look at
- 12:34Speaker 1: five factors raw rank, Notre Dame number two, BYU number nine.
- 12:38Speaker 1: If you look at strength of schedule and talent, Notre
- 12:40Speaker 1: Dame number three, BYU number 26. So... It moves them
- 12:46Speaker 1: down a little bit based on the fact that BYU
- 12:49Speaker 1: is number 56 in current strength of schedule and Notre
- 12:52Speaker 1: Dame is 31st. But this new thing that I've put
- 12:56Speaker 1: in about who they've actually played, BYU has faced the
- 13:00Speaker 1: tougher teams as far as opponent PPA margin. Notre Dame
- 13:04Speaker 1: may have played some teams that have more talent, but
- 13:06Speaker 1: as far as just good football teams, BYU has actually
- 13:10Speaker 1: played the tougher schedule. Number 37 in opponent PBA margin.
- 13:14Speaker 1: Number 28 in offenses faced. Number 48 in defenses faced.
- 13:19Speaker 1: For Notre Dame, those numbers are way different. Number 118
- 13:24Speaker 1: as far as offenses. Number 107 as far as defenses.
- 13:27Speaker 1: Number 98. It's a huge difference. Huge difference. So, as
- 13:32Speaker 1: far as trends, BYU off an ATS cover, they are
- 13:35Speaker 1: 14-5 over the past 19 games. BYU as an underdog, 7-3.
- 13:41Speaker 1: over the last 10. Notre Dame on the road, 6-4
- 13:44Speaker 1: against the spread over the last 10. BYU, 8-0 against
- 13:49Speaker 1: the spread in non-conference games. That is a small sample.
- 13:52Speaker 1: BYU is 5-0 against the spread this season. Again, small sample.
- 13:56Speaker 1: Injury report kind of makes this thing interesting, right? BYU's backfield,
- 13:59Speaker 1: LJ Martin and Moa are both out, along with the corner, DeVries,
- 14:04Speaker 1: the safety, DeMooney, and the linebacker, Glasker. But you start
- 14:08Speaker 1: looking at Notre Dame's list, it gets interesting. Um, the linebacker,
- 14:13Speaker 1: Viliamu Asa, he's out, uh, highest rated player on either
- 14:17Speaker 1: injury report. Bronte Johnson, the safety corner Smith, uh, the
- 14:21Speaker 1: defensive lineman, Jason Onye, uh, Christopher Burgess Jr. They're out
- 14:26Speaker 1: the corner. Leonard Moore is questionable. And on the other
- 14:29Speaker 1: side of the ball, you've got two Irish offensive linemen,
- 14:31Speaker 1: which we've known about, right? Uh, number one run defense
- 14:34Speaker 1: that I bragged on. I mean, it's, Walking into Provo,
- 14:39Speaker 1: missing linebackers and two big bodies up front. Like, a
- 14:42Speaker 1: real reason the line has been sliding towards BYU. Kinda. Also,
- 14:46Speaker 1: the fact that it was a double-digit line, and there's
- 14:49Speaker 1: not going to be a lot of possessions here. Weather
- 14:52Speaker 1: should be great. 64 degrees, no wind, no rain. Pristine conditions.
- 14:59Speaker 1: The spread is kind of a coin flip by the model. But,
- 15:05Speaker 1: I mean, with this thing at... I can get a 9.5 here.
- 15:11Speaker 1: Make sure I get a 9.5. So I'm trying to
- 15:14Speaker 1: look at live numbers as we're doing it. Nope, there's
- 15:19Speaker 1: a 10 now. Give me the favorite. I'll go Notre
- 15:25Speaker 1: Dame minus the 10. I'm going to go against the model,
- 15:28Speaker 1: against the power rating. I don't trust that BYU is
- 15:32Speaker 1: a very good football team. And if you put everything
- 15:35Speaker 1: on Bear Bachmeier, even at home, I just think Notre
- 15:38Speaker 1: Dame is a better football team overall. I think they're great.
- 15:42Speaker 1: I think the only time you're going to see Notre
- 15:44Speaker 1: Dame really tested is going to be when they face,
- 15:48Speaker 1: not USC, good gracious, when they face Miami here in
- 15:52Speaker 1: a few weeks. So until then, with a bye week
- 15:55Speaker 1: coming up next week, I think Notre Dame kind of
- 15:58Speaker 1: handles business. They got the run game going the last
- 16:00Speaker 1: couple of weeks. CJ Carr doing his thing. I will
- 16:03Speaker 1: take Notre Dame minus 10. Game number three, we're back
- 16:07Speaker 1: to the 11 o'clock window. That's 11 a.m. Central Time,
- 16:10Speaker 1: God's time zone. Florida and Texas in Austin on ABC.
- 16:15Speaker 1: Texas is a 10.5 point favorite, total of 52.5. Spread
- 16:20Speaker 1: open 10.5 ahead and budged. One book is, I say that,
- 16:24Speaker 1: one book is at 11.5 now. Total dipped a point
- 16:27Speaker 1: from 53.5 down to 52.5. So, this is the biggest
- 16:32Speaker 1: spread gap on my entire card. Model has Texas by 18.55.
- 16:35Speaker 1: Power rating has Texas by 21.2. Market has Texas 10.5.
- 16:42Speaker 1: I mean, that is eight points of value on the Longhorns.
- 16:46Speaker 1: The model total is 55.34. That's almost three points over.
- 16:52Speaker 1: So why is the market shading this one down? Maybe
- 16:56Speaker 1: a hangover? Texas lost Oklahoma last week in Red River 27-24.
- 17:01Speaker 1: Arch Manning threw two interceptions in the fourth quarter. One
- 17:03Speaker 1: of them went back for a touchdown. The other set
- 17:05Speaker 1: up the walk-off field goal. Texas missed a 53-yard field
- 17:09Speaker 1: goal before that. Texas outgained Oklahoma, what was it, 382
- 17:14Speaker 1: to 238. And they still lost, obviously, due to mistakes.
- 17:18Speaker 1: That one stings. But if you flip it around, this
- 17:20Speaker 1: is a revenge game. Florida beat Texas 29-21 last year
- 17:25Speaker 1: in Gainesville. Texas is at home. The playoff conversation. You know,
- 17:32Speaker 1: you want to make sure they're good to go. And
- 17:35Speaker 1: next week they get Ole Miss. So maybe a little
- 17:40Speaker 1: bit of a look ahead for Texas. I don't think
- 17:41Speaker 1: so with this much on the line. Florida has lost
- 17:45Speaker 1: two straight, 45-17 at Missouri and then 38-19 last week
- 17:49Speaker 1: at home to South Carolina. Jaden Baugh, back-to-back duds. Lenora
- 17:54Speaker 1: Sellers ran all over this defense. Florida has a bye
- 17:57Speaker 1: week next week. And then they've got Georgia in Jacksonville. Now,
- 18:02Speaker 1: as far as the stat discrepancies, Texas' biggest problem is
- 18:05Speaker 1: its own running game, which you can see right here.
- 18:07Speaker 1: Number 117 in yards per rush, number 72 in rushing
- 18:10Speaker 1: success rate. That 3.66 yards per rush is crazy. They
- 18:16Speaker 1: are 117th in the country in yards per rush. They
- 18:19Speaker 1: are number 104 in offensive line yards, number 89 in
- 18:22Speaker 1: stuff rate allowed. I mean, it's pitiful. This offensive line
- 18:27Speaker 1: should be significantly better. Florida's run defense ranks 93rd in
- 18:31Speaker 1: success rate allowed, so if there's ever a week to
- 18:33Speaker 1: get this thing fixed, it's probably this one. Florida's defense,
- 18:40Speaker 1: 103rd in success rate overall, number 97 in PPA allowed
- 18:43Speaker 1: per drive, number 95 in PPA allowed per play. And
- 18:49Speaker 1: on top of that, opponents throw on them 58% of
- 18:52Speaker 1: the time. That's 132nd as far as pass rate allowed.
- 18:56Speaker 1: Teams know where the soft spot is. Like, no, they're
- 19:00Speaker 1: not great as far as passing explosiveness is concerned. Like,
- 19:03Speaker 1: they're better there. But, you know, only number 78 in
- 19:07Speaker 1: yards allowed per attempt. They're number 92 in QBR. Now,
- 19:13Speaker 1: where Florida fights back is special teams. They are number
- 19:16Speaker 1: one in the country in special teams. But Texas is 21st,
- 19:19Speaker 1: which is pretty good, right? And, you know, you look
- 19:23Speaker 1: at Texas minus. 4 in turnover margin. They're number 96
- 19:28Speaker 1: in the country there. Florida's number 57. You know, Florida
- 19:33Speaker 1: commits eight penalties per game. They're number 113 in the
- 19:37Speaker 1: country there. Texas is number 68 at 6.6. Talent. These
- 19:41Speaker 1: are two insanely talented teams. Texas number one, Florida number 12.
- 19:46Speaker 1: When you look at trends, and both of these teams
- 19:49Speaker 1: have played fairly difficult schedules, Texas significantly more so. Strength
- 19:58Speaker 1: of schedule would certainly lean Texas. Florida number 46, opponent
- 20:02Speaker 1: PPA margin. Texas number eight. Texas has faced some really,
- 20:06Speaker 1: really good defenses. Florida has not. And I would consider
- 20:10Speaker 1: Texas a really, really good defense. Number 24 in PPA
- 20:14Speaker 1: allowed per drive, number 16 in defensive success rate. Again,
- 20:19Speaker 1: going to be rough for Jaden Baugh to be able
- 20:21Speaker 1: to get stuff going here, especially when the Gators are
- 20:24Speaker 1: number 113 in offensive line yards and number 102 in
- 20:27Speaker 1: stuff rate allowed. Texas number 13 and number 21 there.
- 20:31Speaker 1: As far as trends, Texas is a home favorite of
- 20:33Speaker 1: seven or more. They are eight and five against the
- 20:35Speaker 1: spread over the last 13. Texas against SEC opponents, 6-13
- 20:41Speaker 1: against the spread over 19 games. That's a fairly substantial
- 20:46Speaker 1: sample size. Florida as a road dog under 14, they
- 20:50Speaker 1: are 1-3. John Sumrall as a road dog of 7
- 20:53Speaker 1: or more, 0-3 against the spread. Again, both really small samples.
- 20:58Speaker 1: That's just since 2024. Texas 1-4 against the spread this season.
- 21:01Speaker 1: Not great. Florida, on the other hand, 3-3, but boy,
- 21:08Speaker 1: the last two weeks have really taken some of the
- 21:09Speaker 1: shine off of this. Florida's receiver, Vernell Brown III, is out.
- 21:13Speaker 1: The running back, Duke Clark, and receiver, Eric Singleton Jr.,
- 21:16Speaker 1: they are newly questionable. That's three of the Gators' better
- 21:20Speaker 1: school players that are either out or iffy. Makes it
- 21:22Speaker 1: a lot harder to take advantage of Texas soft spots.
- 21:25Speaker 1: Texas is missing a receiver, Lockett, offensive lineman Coleman, and
- 21:30Speaker 1: defensive lineman Zion Williams. Defensive lineman Justice Terry is questionable.
- 21:36Speaker 1: Losing a lineman doesn't help a run game that's already 117th,
- 21:39Speaker 1: but I think Florida's list probably hurts more. Keep an
- 21:44Speaker 1: eye on the availability reports. Those come out later in
- 21:46Speaker 1: the week in the SEC. As far as weather in Austin,
- 21:48Speaker 1: 67 degrees. You've got a north wind at 15. Gusts
- 21:52Speaker 1: up to 26 miles per hour. That could bite the kickers.
- 21:56Speaker 1: It could hurt the passing game as well. I'm going
- 22:00Speaker 1: to trust the model on this. Florida just, how do
- 22:03Speaker 1: you bet on this team right now? I can't find,
- 22:07Speaker 1: unless they were looking past South Carolina towards Texas, I
- 22:14Speaker 1: would have to go Texas here. Although, I mean, the
- 22:16Speaker 1: trends certainly say to be careful with that. But John
- 22:19Speaker 1: Summerall 0-3 against the spread in a spot like this,
- 22:24Speaker 1: that's not good. But the number I can get right
- 22:26Speaker 1: now is Texas minus 10.5. That's what we'll roll with.
- 22:34Speaker 1: I think Longhorns bounced back from last week. I think Florida,
- 22:38Speaker 1: they have been figured out for now. Not good, but
- 22:43Speaker 1: give me Texas minus 10.5 in Austin. Alright, quick timeout.
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- 24:18Speaker 1: off over at ghostleaves.com. Game number four, the third Saturday
- 24:24Speaker 1: in October. Alabama goes to Knoxville, 2.30 p.m. Central Time
- 24:29Speaker 1: on ABC. Alabama is a 7.5 point favorite. 8.5 at
- 24:34Speaker 1: some books. Total 53.5. That is down from 55.5. This
- 24:39Speaker 1: thing opened Bama minus 6. It actually... Let me take
- 24:44Speaker 1: that back. Middle of last week, it opened Bama minus 1.5.
- 24:48Speaker 1: Then on Sunday, it opened Bama minus 6.5. It was
- 24:51Speaker 1: Bama minus 4.5 Saturday night during the Alabama-Georgia game. Uh...
- 24:56Speaker 1: And everybody saw what Tennessee did against Arkansas, and this
- 24:58Speaker 1: thing has bounced all over the place and is what
- 25:00Speaker 1: it is. Several books now are at 8.5, so the
- 25:03Speaker 1: money is on the tide. Total dropped two points, 55.5,
- 25:06Speaker 1: down to 53.5. Bama 5-1. They're coming off a 20-17
- 25:10Speaker 1: home loss to Georgia. Keelan Russell didn't look great. 226
- 25:15Speaker 1: total yards. Bama forced four Georgia fumbles. Only recovered one.
- 25:19Speaker 1: Personal foul at the end of the game. Killed the
- 25:21Speaker 1: last gasp. The no-call pass interference. the interception that should
- 25:27Speaker 1: have been, just any myriad of officiating things. But that's
- 25:35Speaker 1: not what cost you the game. What cost you the
- 25:38Speaker 1: game was giving up explosives, etc., right? It was just
- 25:41Speaker 1: Bama should have played better. And it's the kind of
- 25:45Speaker 1: loss that either breaks you or really just pisses you off, right?
- 25:51Speaker 1: Tennessee 5-1-2 last week at Arkansas. They were down 14-10
- 25:55Speaker 1: going into the fourth. They rallied with two long drives.
- 25:58Speaker 1: They won the ballgame 24-17. But the headline, at least
- 26:04Speaker 1: when it comes to looking ahead, Faison Brandon hurt his
- 26:07Speaker 1: shoulder against Texas back on September 26th. He got pulled
- 26:10Speaker 1: against Auburn. He did not play at Arkansas. George McIntyre
- 26:14Speaker 1: started 247 yards, one touchdown, two picks. Brandon is listed
- 26:21Speaker 1: as questionable this week, so We may not know who
- 26:24Speaker 1: starts until Saturday. If you're a Vol fan, you're probably
- 26:28Speaker 1: hoping for Faison Brandon. Just guessing. Last meeting between these two,
- 26:32Speaker 1: Bama won 37-20 in Tuscaloosa last October. The last time
- 26:35Speaker 1: they played in Knoxville, the last two times they played
- 26:38Speaker 1: in Knoxville, 2022 and 2024, Tennessee won those. But the
- 26:42Speaker 1: most recent one, Tennessee won 24-17. Next week, Bama gets
- 26:45Speaker 1: Texas A & M at home. Tennessee goes to South Carolina.
- 26:48Speaker 1: So no real look-ahead spot on either side. As far
- 26:51Speaker 1: as the numbers, the model has Bama by 6.62. Power
- 26:55Speaker 1: rating has Bama by 7.2. So the market is at 7.5.
- 27:00Speaker 1: Some books at 8.5. I've got one to two points
- 27:03Speaker 1: of value on the home dog. The model total, 54.8.
- 27:06Speaker 1: That's a hair over. The matchup that's going to decide
- 27:09Speaker 1: this thing, Tennessee can't throw it right now. Passing success
- 27:13Speaker 1: rate ranks 120th. Passing efficiency, 115th. But they can run it.
- 27:20Speaker 1: They were number 16 in rush rate, so they run
- 27:22Speaker 1: the ball almost 58% of the time, but number 35
- 27:24Speaker 1: in rushing success, number 6 in predicted points added per rush,
- 27:29Speaker 1: number 27 in yards per rush, but the Bama defense,
- 27:33Speaker 1: I mean, it's legit. Eighth in rushing success rate allowed,
- 27:36Speaker 1: number 17 in PPA allowed per rush, number 21 in
- 27:38Speaker 1: rushing yards allowed per rush. I guess rushing yards allowed
- 27:42Speaker 1: per rush. Yeah, there you go. On the other side,
- 27:47Speaker 1: Bama's passing game, 9.7 yards per attempt. That's number nine
- 27:52Speaker 1: in the country. They run into a vol pass defense
- 27:55Speaker 1: that allows five and a half. That is fourth in
- 27:57Speaker 1: the country. So we got strength on strength here. Where
- 27:59Speaker 1: Tennessee leaks is explosive runs. 123rd in rushing explosiveness allowed.
- 28:04Speaker 1: Bama is fifth in the country in rushing success rate.
- 28:08Speaker 1: Number 30 in rushing explosiveness. The tide can break it
- 28:12Speaker 1: open here. Red zone is a weird one. You start
- 28:15Speaker 1: looking at this, it's strange. Uh, Bama's offense, 100% in
- 28:20Speaker 1: the red zone. Number two in offensive red zone touchdown rate.
- 28:24Speaker 1: So they typically score when they get down there. Bama's
- 28:27Speaker 1: defense lets opponents score 94% of the time. That's 126th
- 28:31Speaker 1: in the country. Defensive red zone touchdown rate, number 97.
- 28:35Speaker 1: The offense for Tennessee, they don't get there very often.
- 28:41Speaker 1: Number 98 in red zone appearances per game, but they
- 28:44Speaker 1: are number 13 in red zone touchdown rate, number 16
- 28:46Speaker 1: in red zone conversion percentage. So, you start looking at
- 28:50Speaker 1: some of the other numbers. Tennessee 10th in special teams efficiency.
- 28:53Speaker 1: Alabama number 60. They are certainly moving up. Alabama is
- 28:58Speaker 1: because they were, what, 100th just a couple weeks ago.
- 29:01Speaker 1: Bama is 9th in turnover margin. Right there. Tennessee is
- 29:06Speaker 1: number 57. Tennessee, a lot more giveaways per game, a
- 29:10Speaker 1: lot less takeaways per game than Alabama averages. As far
- 29:13Speaker 1: as trends, oh, and as far as strength of schedule,
- 29:17Speaker 1: Tennessee has played just a cakewalk. Number 124 in opponent
- 29:21Speaker 1: PPA margin, Bama number 23. Opponent offenses faced, Bama number 10,
- 29:28Speaker 1: Tennessee 123rd. Defenses faced, Bama number 64, Tennessee number 97.
- 29:34Speaker 1: And that, the only reason Tennessee is above 100, or
- 29:35Speaker 1: below 100, is because, uh, they face Texas. That's it.
- 29:43Speaker 1: As far as trends go, let's see. As far as trends,
- 29:47Speaker 1: Bama off a spread loss 8-2 over 10 games. That's
- 29:53Speaker 1: a real one. That's a real trend here. Bama is
- 29:56Speaker 1: a road favorite under 10, 3-1-2. It's not bad. Tennessee
- 30:01Speaker 1: has a home dog three and O both of these
- 30:03Speaker 1: are small samples. Injuries go past the quarterback, by the way,
- 30:07Speaker 1: Alabama is going to be without their top receiver, Ryan
- 30:09Speaker 1: Coleman Williams. He left the Georgia game twice. Uh, he's
- 30:11Speaker 1: now listed out for this one and out for an
- 30:15Speaker 1: indeterminate amount of time, the head to head targeting that
- 30:18Speaker 1: wasn't called. Yeah. Ridiculous. Um, but then he's also got, uh,
- 30:25Speaker 1: the lower leg injury as well. Um, Edge rushers Justin
- 30:28Speaker 1: Hill and Desmond Umazulu. We already knew about those. They're out.
- 30:33Speaker 1: Defensive tackle Jeremiah Beeman and the linebacker Caden Jones are
- 30:36Speaker 1: both done for the year. Defensive tackle Terrence Green is questionable.
- 30:40Speaker 1: And new one from today, the offensive lineman Racine Delgadi
- 30:45Speaker 1: is questionable. Or sorry, he's doubtful for this one. Huge
- 30:50Speaker 1: spot there. I mean, that's your center. Tennessee's list. I mean,
- 30:54Speaker 1: you gotta lie. You got three defensive backs that are
- 30:56Speaker 1: out for the season. Uh, offensive lineman, Wendell Moe, Jr.
- 30:59Speaker 1: Linebacker Harmon, tight end Davis. Uh, you know, it's, they
- 31:06Speaker 1: wish they were healthier. I'll say that. If Bama can
- 31:09Speaker 1: protect Russell, there are throws to be had here. The
- 31:14Speaker 1: weather in Knoxville, 63 degrees. You got a Northeast wind,
- 31:17Speaker 1: about 15 degrees. No rain to speak or no rain
- 31:20Speaker 1: to speak of. Um, The numbers have a small lean
- 31:24Speaker 1: to Tennessee. Quarterback situation is kind of the whole ballgame.
- 31:29Speaker 1: If Brandon's out, I understand anybody wanting to lay it
- 31:32Speaker 1: with Alabama, but Knoxville has not been kind to Alabama.
- 31:40Speaker 1: The fact that there's going to be some wind and
- 31:43Speaker 1: the fact that Tennessee's run defense is really, really good. Now,
- 31:47Speaker 1: don't get me wrong. The rushing explosiveness certainly is something
- 31:49Speaker 1: to pay attention to. It's more the passing defense. Bama's
- 31:53Speaker 1: going to have to run the ball. Like, they're going
- 31:56Speaker 1: to have to run the ball, period. And Bama's number
- 31:58Speaker 1: 113 in fumbles lost per rush. That ain't great. Especially considering,
- 32:05Speaker 1: you know, Bama's number 58 in giveaways per game, which
- 32:09Speaker 1: isn't bad, but they just tend to fumble it more.
- 32:13Speaker 1: Not great. Best number, 8.5. I think Tennessee keeps us
- 32:22Speaker 1: in close. I'm going to go Vols plus 8.5. I
- 32:29Speaker 1: think Bama wins the game. I think this is a
- 32:31Speaker 1: tight one. Especially coming off of the Georgia game. I
- 32:35Speaker 1: wonder how much of that Arkansas game was just Tennessee
- 32:37Speaker 1: looking ahead to this one. This is a huge, huge
- 32:40Speaker 1: game for Josh Heupel and company. Real curious. Jim Knowles
- 32:47Speaker 1: calls a way different defense than what Kirby Smart does.
- 32:50Speaker 1: Or I guess Glenn Schumann. So... I think they might
- 32:54Speaker 1: have something up their sleeve for Keelan Russell. Give me
- 32:58Speaker 1: Tennessee to keep this one within a score. Tennessee plus 8.5.
- 33:02Speaker 1: Game 5 is the late-night special this week. Nebraska goes
- 33:07Speaker 1: to Eugene to take on the Oregon Ducks. It's 10
- 33:10Speaker 1: o'clock Central on Fox. Make sure and put the coffee
- 33:14Speaker 1: on for this one. Oregon a 7.5 point favorite, total 52.5.
- 33:19Speaker 1: This thing opened Oregon minus 6.5, total 51.5, so a
- 33:22Speaker 1: point of movement toward the Ducks on both. And what
- 33:26Speaker 1: a storyline, right? Dylan Rayola, quarterback who left Nebraska, he's
- 33:30Speaker 1: now in Eugene. He was ready for this one, and
- 33:34Speaker 1: he got benched last week. Against UCLA, he went 6
- 33:37Speaker 1: of 19 for 43 yards, two picks and a lost fumble.
- 33:40Speaker 1: Lanning pulled him for Brock Thomas, who went 11 of
- 33:43Speaker 1: 15 for 165 and a touchdown. And remember, Rayola only
- 33:47Speaker 1: got the job because Dante Moore took that late hit
- 33:49Speaker 1: at USC. Rayola came in that day. He threw for
- 33:53Speaker 1: 289 and two scores. Matt Rule went on record calling
- 33:56Speaker 1: him an elite quarterback. A week later, he was 6
- 34:00Speaker 1: of 19. Like, Moore was back at practice on October 5th.
- 34:03Speaker 1: Word out of Eugene was that this Nebraska game was
- 34:06Speaker 1: the target for him to come back. He's listed as
- 34:09Speaker 1: questionable right now, so it's, It's one of the three.
- 34:11Speaker 1: More Rayola or Thomas, and I think that matters a
- 34:14Speaker 1: whole lot for the numbers that you're about to hear, right?
- 34:17Speaker 1: Oregon is 3-2. They lost at Oklahoma State 39-31. That
- 34:21Speaker 1: wasn't nearly as close as what the score indicated. They
- 34:25Speaker 1: lost at home to UCLA last week 15-17. They fumbled
- 34:28Speaker 1: the ball five times. Nebraska is 5-1, and the one
- 34:33Speaker 1: loss stings, right? They were up 17-6 on Indiana in
- 34:34Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. And they lost 20-17. I mean, that's
- 34:43Speaker 1: just a brutal, brutal spot. The last meeting between these two,
- 34:50Speaker 1: Oregon beat Nebraska 42-35 in Eugene in 2017. So it's
- 34:55Speaker 1: been a minute. Oregon goes to Illinois next week. Nebraska
- 34:58Speaker 1: has a bye, so there's no look ahead. You've got
- 35:00Speaker 1: to wonder about that Nebraska letdown, though. Heartbreaking loss. Longest
- 35:05Speaker 1: road trip of the year. A 10 o'clock kickoff. And
- 35:10Speaker 1: With Oregon, it's kind of the other way around. It's like,
- 35:14Speaker 1: you should have beaten UCLA. Like, what? It was just brutal.
- 35:19Speaker 1: Absolutely brutal. It's not that UCLA killed them. Like, they
- 35:23Speaker 1: were right there and turned the ball over seven times.
- 35:26Speaker 1: This is a case where my numbers disagree. The model
- 35:29Speaker 1: has Oregon by 2.98. My power rating has Oregon by 8.8.
- 35:32Speaker 1: The market is sitting at 7.5. So the stats say 4.5
- 35:39Speaker 1: points of value on Nebraska. The power rating, which leans
- 35:42Speaker 1: more on talent and some preseason priors, that one agrees
- 35:45Speaker 1: with the books. The total, my model total is 54.9.
- 35:52Speaker 1: That's about 2.5 points over. And, you know, my first
- 35:58Speaker 1: half projection has Nebraska by like 6. The model likes
- 36:03Speaker 1: Nebraska in the first half. You start looking at first
- 36:07Speaker 1: half point margin, Oregon is minus 2.8. Nebraska is plus 12.4.
- 36:12Speaker 1: I mean, you start looking at who they've actually played, though.
- 36:18Speaker 1: Nebraska number 115, an opponent PPA that's predicted points added.
- 36:22Speaker 1: Oregon number 3. Oregon has faced the number 6 strongest
- 36:27Speaker 1: schedule of offenses faced. Nebraska number 106. Oregon has faced
- 36:32Speaker 1: the number 24 strongest schedule of defenses faced. Nebraska number 102. Huge.
- 36:39Speaker 1: Huge difference here. So when you look at these numbers, yeah,
- 36:42Speaker 1: they look good for Nebraska. I mean, you start going
- 36:45Speaker 1: through them. Nebraska 39th in offensive success rate. Oregon is 92nd.
- 36:51Speaker 1: Nebraska is 10th in available yard margin. Oregon 74th. And
- 36:56Speaker 1: it's actually negative. Oregon's run game is a mess. 124th
- 36:59Speaker 1: in efficiency per rush. 106th in line yards. You got 100...
- 37:01Speaker 1: Where is it? There it is. 100th in stuff rate allowed.
- 37:14Speaker 1: It's not even a thing. Now, where Oregon wins is
- 37:18Speaker 1: special teams. Number 20 in special teams efficiency. Nebraska number 94. Talent,
- 37:23Speaker 1: 4th to 25th. And to be fair, Oregon's numbers came
- 37:27Speaker 1: against a much tougher slate. I talked about that. As
- 37:31Speaker 1: far as trends go, Oregon, off of a spread loss,
- 37:35Speaker 1: they are 8-4 over the past 12. Nebraska as a
- 37:40Speaker 1: road dog of three plus one, three and one, but
- 37:44Speaker 1: these are small samples, right? Nebraska five and O or sorry,
- 37:47Speaker 1: five and one against the spread this year. Uh, Oregon
- 37:51Speaker 1: is just two and three against the spread injuries, right?
- 37:55Speaker 1: Oregon quarterback situation like is what it is. Uh, if
- 38:01Speaker 1: more is cleared, maybe Oregon is a little undersold here. Um,
- 38:10Speaker 1: Oregon is missing like Jeremiah McClellan and Jack Ressler, the
- 38:14Speaker 1: wide receivers. Running back Simeon Price, the linebackers Platt, and
- 38:18Speaker 1: defensive back Aaron Flowers. The linemen Trent Ferguson is out
- 38:22Speaker 1: for the season. Nebraska, I mean, they got hit up front.
- 38:25Speaker 1: Riley Van Poppel and Gabe Moore, the linemen, are out.
- 38:29Speaker 1: Linebackers Reynolds and Bauer are out. Receiver Miles. Defensive back Prescott,
- 38:35Speaker 1: done for the year. Defensive back Kahn is doubtful. You
- 38:38Speaker 1: got two defensive linemen, two linebackers missing against the run
- 38:41Speaker 1: game that hadn't been able to block anybody. Who was
- 38:44Speaker 1: going to be able to take advantage of that? The
- 38:46Speaker 1: weather in Eugene, 59 degrees, calm, no rain. Supposed to
- 38:49Speaker 1: be really, really nice. I want to go Oregon here, but...
- 38:59Speaker 1: And the reason behind that... One, if Dante Moore plays,
- 39:04Speaker 1: I think this bunch is really going to get fired
- 39:07Speaker 1: back up. And the trend of Lanning's teams covering after
- 39:13Speaker 1: not covering, there's something to that, I think. I think
- 39:18Speaker 1: they're going to bounce back, but these coordinators for Oregon,
- 39:22Speaker 1: I just don't know about these. Massive talent gap, but
- 39:29Speaker 1: I just... Oregon has not been great. They have not
- 39:36Speaker 1: been great. So our numbers right now, we'll play this
- 39:40Speaker 1: thing at 7.5. Nebraska with the long road trip and
- 39:48Speaker 1: the letdown of the Indiana game because you thought you
- 39:50Speaker 1: had that one. Oregon looking to bounce back after the
- 39:53Speaker 1: UCLA game. I'll take Oregon. Give me the Ducks minus 7.5.
- 39:58Speaker 1: I think they will be ready for this one. I
- 40:01Speaker 1: don't believe that they are going to fumble the ball
- 40:03Speaker 1: away five times. I mean, you could have gotten lucky
- 40:06Speaker 1: like Georgia and fumble it four times and never lose
- 40:09Speaker 1: one or only lose one or whatever it was. Instead,
- 40:14Speaker 1: Oregon gave the ball away five times on the ground
- 40:18Speaker 1: against UCLA. I don't expect them to do that here.
- 40:22Speaker 1: So I'll roll with the Ducks. Give me Oregon minus 7.5.
- 40:26Speaker 1: Game number six, Missouri at Ole Miss, 2.30 p.m. Central Time,
- 40:30Speaker 1: God's time zone on the SEC Network. Ole Miss a 6.5
- 40:35Speaker 1: point home favorite. Total of 59.5 on this. Some books
- 40:39Speaker 1: have dropped this thing down to Ole Miss minus 5.5,
- 40:42Speaker 1: so there is some Missouri money that's showing up. Total
- 40:46Speaker 1: has gone up about a point. I expect this thing
- 40:48Speaker 1: to be in the 60s by the time Saturday gets here.
- 40:52Speaker 1: This is my second biggest gap on the card. The
- 40:55Speaker 1: model doesn't just like Missouri getting points. The model, the
- 40:59Speaker 1: stats model has Missouri winning this game outright, like Missouri
- 41:03Speaker 1: minus 0.9 points. The power rating has Ole Miss minus 2.4.
- 41:08Speaker 1: So depending on which number you trust, I've got somewhere
- 41:10Speaker 1: between four and seven, seven plus points of value on
- 41:15Speaker 1: the Tigers. The model total is 56.1. So I've got
- 41:19Speaker 1: it three and a half points under, um, And I
- 41:23Speaker 1: can understand why you would think it would go over, right?
- 41:26Speaker 1: I mean, it makes sense. But this is one of
- 41:29Speaker 1: those spots where if you're trying to keep Trinidad Chambliss
- 41:31Speaker 1: off the field, do you run the ball if you're Missouri?
- 41:33Speaker 1: They hadn't been great at it, but obviously Jaden Roberts
- 41:36Speaker 1: had an outstanding game against Texas A & M and
- 41:40Speaker 1: against Florida the past two weeks. I mean, there's ways
- 41:44Speaker 1: to get around this. Missouri, they're 5-1. They are rolling.
- 41:47Speaker 1: They beat Florida 45-17. They beat Texas A & M
- 41:48Speaker 1: 27-6 last week. Not Jaden Roberts, Jamal Roberts. He had
- 41:56Speaker 1: 434 rushing and five touchdowns in the last two games.
- 41:58Speaker 1: That's pretty good. Ole Miss, 4-1. They're coming off a
- 42:03Speaker 1: 52-17 beatdown of Vanderbilt last week after a bye. Trinidad
- 42:07Speaker 1: Chambliss threw three touchdowns. Kwon Lacey is back from injury.
- 42:10Speaker 1: Here's a fun one. These two last met in 2019.
- 42:12Speaker 1: Missouri won 38-27. Ole Miss has not beaten Missouri since 1974.
- 42:20Speaker 1: Missouri has won six straight in the series. As far
- 42:24Speaker 1: as spots, pretty big spot for Ole Miss. They go
- 42:28Speaker 1: to Texas next week. This is a pretty big look-ahead spot.
- 42:32Speaker 1: Ole Miss has three ranked opponents in their next four weeks.
- 42:37Speaker 1: Missouri has a bye week next week. So one team
- 42:40Speaker 1: can empty the tank. The other one might have an
- 42:42Speaker 1: eye on Austin, maybe. As far as the stat discrepancies here,
- 42:47Speaker 1: this Ole Miss defense is a mess. 125th in success
- 42:50Speaker 1: rate allowed, 113th against the run, 114th against the pass.
- 42:54Speaker 1: Like Missouri's defense is eighth in success rate. They are
- 42:57Speaker 1: fourth in havoc rate. So they can get after the quarterback.
- 43:00Speaker 1: The Ole Miss offense is legit, right? Seventh in success
- 43:03Speaker 1: rate on offense. Um, they are perfect in the red zone.
- 43:07Speaker 1: Number one in offensive red zone conversion percentage. Number one
- 43:10Speaker 1: in red zone touchdown rate. Um, So the Rebel offense
- 43:14Speaker 1: against the Tiger defense and the Tiger offense against the
- 43:16Speaker 1: defense can't stop anybody. That's kind of what we're looking at.
- 43:19Speaker 1: If you look at the halves as well, first half
- 43:22Speaker 1: point margin, Ole Miss significantly better. They start out of
- 43:26Speaker 1: the gate hot. Number 6 in the country at plus 15.2.
- 43:29Speaker 1: Missouri only number 50 at plus 4. Second half point margin,
- 43:35Speaker 1: I mean, it's completely different. Missouri is number 12 at
- 43:39Speaker 1: plus 9.8. Ole Miss, 103. at negative 4.4. So, big difference. Now,
- 43:48Speaker 1: obviously the Vanderbilt game plays into that some because Ole
- 43:51Speaker 1: Miss was up 42-3 at the half against Vanderbilt, and
- 43:54Speaker 1: then they just kind of let off the gas. But
- 43:59Speaker 1: the same thing happened against LSU, and I'm sure they
- 44:02Speaker 1: didn't really want to do that against LSU, right? Because
- 44:04Speaker 1: they were up 24-7. They ended up winning that ballgame, what, 31-24? Eh,
- 44:06Speaker 1: not great. Where Ole Miss has the edge is special teams.
- 44:13Speaker 1: Ole Miss number two in special teams efficiency, which you
- 44:17Speaker 1: can see right there. And Missouri is number 90. So
- 44:22Speaker 1: that's certainly something to pay attention to with hitting yardage
- 44:24Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. You know, Missouri is
- 44:28Speaker 1: 20th in turnover margin. Ole Miss number 82. As far
- 44:31Speaker 1: as giveaways per game, Ole Miss giving the ball away 1.4
- 44:34Speaker 1: times per game. Missouri only number 12, like. 5 times
- 44:39Speaker 1: per game. And Missouri's slightly better at takeaways per game.
- 44:44Speaker 1: The trends on this one are all pretty small. Missouri
- 44:46Speaker 1: has a road dog under 10, 0-4. Pete Golding against
- 44:50Speaker 1: SEC teams is 3-1 against the spread. Ole Miss is
- 44:53Speaker 1: a home favorite under 14. They're 4-1 against the spread.
- 44:56Speaker 1: All of these are small sample sizes. I wouldn't marry
- 44:59Speaker 1: any of them. Kiwan Lacey is back, the Ole Miss
- 45:03Speaker 1: running back. That helps. But if you look at what's
- 45:06Speaker 1: missing on that already bad defense, both safeties– and the linebacker,
- 45:12Speaker 1: Ant Davis Jr. All of them are out. Ole Miss
- 45:15Speaker 1: also missing running back Joshua Dye, two offensive linemen, Faulkner
- 45:18Speaker 1: and Chapman, the receiver Hartrup, and the tight end Smalley.
- 45:24Speaker 1: Missouri is still without their All-American running back Ahmad Hardy,
- 45:27Speaker 1: which is why Jamal Roberts has been carrying the whole load. So,
- 45:31Speaker 1: you know, if Roberts goes down, the backfield gets thin
- 45:34Speaker 1: super quick. Missouri is also missing some linemen as well.
- 45:38Speaker 1: Safety Blair, the tight end Hoffman, But with a defense
- 45:43Speaker 1: that's ranked 125th, that's missing two safeties, I mean, that
- 45:46Speaker 1: is music to Jamal Roberts' ears, right? The weather in Oxford,
- 45:49Speaker 1: 69 degrees, northeast wind around 15 miles an hour, gusting
- 45:53Speaker 1: to 21, no rain. So if you got some wind,
- 45:58Speaker 1: you got what looks like no rain right now. Ground
- 46:04Speaker 1: game is going to be pretty important. I can't ignore... Like,
- 46:10Speaker 1: here's the thing. Missouri has played a tougher schedule, too.
- 46:13Speaker 1: Opponent PPA margin, number 34 for the teams Missouri has played,
- 46:17Speaker 1: number 62 for Ole Miss. And the defenses that Ole
- 46:21Speaker 1: Miss has faced, number 100. And the defenses that Missouri
- 46:25Speaker 1: has faced, number 49. You look at five factors, Missouri
- 46:33Speaker 1: is actually better, number eight, as far as five factors
- 46:35Speaker 1: plus strength of schedule plus talent. And they're all five factors,
- 46:42Speaker 1: like the things that win ballgames. Missouri is better at
- 46:44Speaker 1: those things. This line screams to take Missouri, which makes
- 46:51Speaker 1: me think that maybe they know something that we don't. Like,
- 46:54Speaker 1: I wonder if this line jumped up because Blasey's back.
- 46:56Speaker 1: I mean, we'll see. But I'm going to side with
- 47:01Speaker 1: the model on this one. Even as bad as it
- 47:03Speaker 1: was last week, I will go with the model, and
- 47:06Speaker 1: I will take Missouri plus 6.5. um, on the road.
- 47:11Speaker 1: I think Missouri is a good football team. I think
- 47:13Speaker 1: the defense can travel. I think they can run the
- 47:15Speaker 1: ball on this Ole Miss team. I think it'll be
- 47:17Speaker 1: a close game, but I will, I will certainly take
- 47:20Speaker 1: those points. Missouri plus six and a half. Game number seven,
- 47:24Speaker 1: we got Florida State going to Miami, six o'clock central
- 47:27Speaker 1: on ESPN. Miami is a 21 and a half point favorite.
- 47:31Speaker 1: That number is outrageous. Doesn't that sound crazy? 21 and
- 47:35Speaker 1: a half point favorite over Florida State. Good gracious. Um,
- 47:39Speaker 1: Total is 56.5 on this. The spread opened there. It's
- 47:44Speaker 1: barely moved. A couple of books are at 20.5. The
- 47:46Speaker 1: total is sitting around 55.5 to 56.5. So there is
- 47:50Speaker 1: some movement. Make sure you shop around. Miami is 5-0
- 47:54Speaker 1: coming off of a bye. Their last game was a
- 47:56Speaker 1: 41-13 beatdown at Clemson. They have beaten Florida A &
- 47:59Speaker 1: M 77-7. They beat Central Michigan 52-3. So they don't
- 48:01Speaker 1: just win. They will curb stomp you. If they've got
- 48:10Speaker 1: the opportunity. Florida State is sitting at 3-3. Last Friday,
- 48:15Speaker 1: they went up 14-0 on Louisville. And got outscored the
- 48:20Speaker 1: rest of the way 44-6. They gave up 30 points
- 48:23Speaker 1: in the second half. Mike Norvell's seat is getting warm
- 48:26Speaker 1: enough to fry an egg on at this point. Miami
- 48:29Speaker 1: won last year 28-22 in Tallahassee. It was 28-3 going
- 48:34Speaker 1: into the fourth quarter. So it wasn't that close, but they...
- 48:37Speaker 1: They messed around. They let Florida State get back in
- 48:39Speaker 1: this thing. Miami did the same thing this year against
- 48:42Speaker 1: Wake Forest. Right? 33-20 was the final score. It should
- 48:47Speaker 1: have never been that close. As far as the spots,
- 48:50Speaker 1: Miami gets Pitt next week. FSU has a bye, and
- 48:53Speaker 1: then they get Clemson. So no real look ahead. This
- 48:55Speaker 1: is a rivalry game. Rest favors Miami off the bye,
- 48:58Speaker 1: but Florida State played Friday, so they get eight days, too.
- 49:02Speaker 1: The stats model, the model, has Miami... Minus 28.15. Power
- 49:09Speaker 1: rating has Miami by 18. So the market splits the
- 49:12Speaker 1: difference at 21.5. Stats say 6.5 more on the Canes.
- 49:16Speaker 1: Power rating says the dog. Model total is $ 54. 54.72,
- 49:21Speaker 1: so under by almost two points. The discrepancies that matter
- 49:25Speaker 1: on this, right? Miami, number one in the country in
- 49:28Speaker 1: efficiency margin. I mean, at PPA margin, number one. Florida State,
- 49:32Speaker 1: number 89. And that Florida State defense, they are in
- 49:35Speaker 1: for a long afternoon. Miami is number one in offensive
- 49:39Speaker 1: success rate, number one in offensive PPA per drive, number
- 49:42Speaker 1: one in PPA per pass, number one in QBR. They're
- 49:45Speaker 1: number three in havoc allowed, number one in standard downs PPA,
- 49:49Speaker 1: so they stay ahead of the chains, like all kinds
- 49:51Speaker 1: of things. They score 39, where is it? Or sorry, 49.6
- 49:57Speaker 1: points per game. They are number one in points per
- 50:01Speaker 1: game margin, so they are plus 39.8 points a game.
- 50:07Speaker 1: It's crazy. Florida State's pass defense, I mean, this is
- 50:12Speaker 1: a bad, bad day. Bad matchup for them. Number 102
- 50:16Speaker 1: in passing success rate allowed. Number 108 in yards allowed
- 50:19Speaker 1: per attempt. Number 99 in QBR allowed. Number 109 in
- 50:21Speaker 1: PPA allowed per pass. And they can't stop the run either.
- 50:27Speaker 1: I mean, it's a buzzsaw meeting a screen door. This
- 50:30Speaker 1: is not good. Florida State throws interceptions... at a ridiculous rate.
- 50:35Speaker 1: It's not that Miami's great at intercepting the ball, but
- 50:38Speaker 1: when Florida State is number 133 in interceptions thrown per
- 50:41Speaker 1: pass attempt, that ain't good. Now, they don't pass it
- 50:46Speaker 1: a lot, only 43% of the time, but they're going
- 50:50Speaker 1: up against the number one rushing defense in the country,
- 50:53Speaker 1: number one in yards allowed per rush for Miami, number
- 50:57Speaker 1: seven in rushing success rate allowed, number six in rushing
- 50:59Speaker 1: explosiveness allowed, number six in offensive line yards allowed. you're
- 51:04Speaker 1: kind of playing into the teeth of that defense. I mean,
- 51:07Speaker 1: it's just not good. The difference here is that Florida
- 51:13Speaker 1: State has played the number four toughest schedule in PPA margin,
- 51:19Speaker 1: in opponent PPA margin. Number one strongest offenses faced, number
- 51:25Speaker 1: 54 strongest defenses faced. As far as Miami, number 134
- 51:32Speaker 1: in opponent PPA margin, And number 105 in offenses faced,
- 51:37Speaker 1: number 129 in defenses faced. That's crazy. Looking at trends here,
- 51:45Speaker 1: Florida State on the road, 2-9 against the spread over
- 51:47Speaker 1: the last 11 games. Miami as a home favorite of
- 51:50Speaker 1: 14 or more, 9-4 against the number over the last 13.
- 51:54Speaker 1: Both are real samples, both point the same way. Miami
- 51:57Speaker 1: is 4-1 against the spread so far this year. Florida
- 52:00Speaker 1: State 2-3 against the number. Injuries do make it worse
- 52:04Speaker 1: for Florida State. They're missing three linebackers, Blake Nicholson, Noah Lavelle.
- 52:09Speaker 1: They're out. Williams is done for the year. They've got
- 52:12Speaker 1: three defensive backs that are out. Running back Samuel Singleton Jr.
- 52:16Speaker 1: and the receiver Devin Carter are out. Quarterback Jaden O'Neal
- 52:20Speaker 1: is out for the season, so there's a little bit
- 52:21Speaker 1: of depth there. This is so bad. To be fair,
- 52:28Speaker 1: Miami's banged up too. The running back Brown, back up. Receiver,
- 52:34Speaker 1: Joshua Moore, tight end Gilbert, they're out for the year.
- 52:36Speaker 1: They've got three defensive backs out. Offensive lineman Buchanan is
- 52:39Speaker 1: newly out. The lineman McCoy, pass rusher, light foot, they're
- 52:43Speaker 1: all newly questionable. But Miami has the depth to be
- 52:47Speaker 1: able to absorb this, and Florida State does not. So
- 52:50Speaker 1: the weather, you know, maybe the biggest weather game of
- 52:54Speaker 1: the week. 81 degrees, you've got northeast wind at 13
- 52:57Speaker 1: miles per hour, gusting to 22, and you've got a
- 53:00Speaker 1: 68% chance of rain as of today, on Monday. A
- 53:04Speaker 1: wet ball probably helps the dog, probably helps the under.
- 53:07Speaker 1: As far as where the numbers point, the fact that
- 53:12Speaker 1: we've got a 20.5 out there now, can you possibly
- 53:21Speaker 1: take Florida State here? It feels like it's just a
- 53:29Speaker 1: crazy amount of points, and I understand the strength of
- 53:31Speaker 1: schedule difference and whatnot, but That pass defense for Florida
- 53:35Speaker 1: State is atrocious. And Darian Mensah is like a surgeon
- 53:39Speaker 1: back there. So I'm going to go with Malachi Toney
- 53:43Speaker 1: and Cooper Barcate and company. I think that Mensah will
- 53:47Speaker 1: be able to find them in the backfield plenty. Or
- 53:49Speaker 1: not in the backfield, but in the open field plenty.
- 53:53Speaker 1: Give me Miami minus 20.5. Shirts, hoodies, hats, and more.
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- 54:22Speaker 1: get podcasts. Game number eight, Oklahoma state at Houston, 6
- 54:27Speaker 1: 30 PM central time. God's time zone on Fox Houston,
- 54:31Speaker 1: a three and a half point home favorite total 60
- 54:35Speaker 1: and a half here. Um, spread opened at four and
- 54:39Speaker 1: a half books are between three and a half and
- 54:42Speaker 1: four and a half. Depends on which one you get
- 54:44Speaker 1: it at. The total has jumped from 58 and a
- 54:46Speaker 1: half to as high as 61 and a half. Uh,
- 54:48Speaker 1: that total is the biggest gap I have this week
- 54:50Speaker 1: because my projected total is 55.44. Um, The model has
- 54:54Speaker 1: Houston by 9.4. The power rating has Houston by 6.5.
- 54:57Speaker 1: I mean, that's pretty crazy. Like, the market says 3.5. So,
- 55:06Speaker 1: I've got 3 to 6 points on the Cougars. But
- 55:10Speaker 1: the model point, I mean, 55.4, and the market is
- 55:13Speaker 1: at 60.5. I mean, that's crazy. The story here is
- 55:17Speaker 1: Oklahoma State. To me. Last year, I mean, this team
- 55:21Speaker 1: went 1-11. Last October, Houston went into Stillwater. They beat
- 55:23Speaker 1: them 39-17. This year, under Eric Morris, they are 4-1.
- 55:26Speaker 1: They beat Oregon. Last week, they handled UCF 42-28. The quarterback,
- 55:32Speaker 1: Drew Mestermaker, 695 total yards and six touchdowns in the
- 55:36Speaker 1: last two games. Seems like that offense is clicking right now.
- 55:42Speaker 1: Houston 5-1. Only loss was... by two points, missed two-point
- 55:48Speaker 1: conversion at Texas Tech on a Friday night a few
- 55:50Speaker 1: weeks ago. Last week they jumped on Kansas State 28-3.
- 55:53Speaker 1: They won 35-16, and that one Connor Wegman threw four touchdowns.
- 56:00Speaker 1: But here's the catch. Houston is 2-7 against ranked teams
- 56:03Speaker 1: since 2022. Seems like a pretty important spot here. As
- 56:08Speaker 1: far as the spot is concerned, Oklahoma State hosts Colorado
- 56:11Speaker 1: next week. Houston goes to Utah next. I don't imagine
- 56:16Speaker 1: this is a look-ahead spot on the Houston side. It's
- 56:19Speaker 1: not like Utah means more to them than Oklahoma State.
- 56:22Speaker 1: So pace of play is why the total is so
- 56:27Speaker 1: high here. Oklahoma State, they're number 26 in plays per minute.
- 56:31Speaker 1: Houston is number 65. So you would expect these two
- 56:36Speaker 1: offenses to get kind of up and down the field
- 56:38Speaker 1: a little bit. The market is betting that the Cowboys
- 56:42Speaker 1: drag Houston into a track meet. My model doesn't really
- 56:45Speaker 1: buy it. I suppose we'll see. As far as stat discrepancies,
- 56:52Speaker 1: Houston 4th in offensive success rate. It's pretty good. They
- 56:58Speaker 1: are 2nd in passing success rate. Houston's red zone defense, 117th.
- 57:03Speaker 1: That is something to pay attention to. Right there. Number
- 57:09Speaker 1: 129 in red zone touchdown rate allowed. The defense for
- 57:13Speaker 1: Oklahoma State, number 12 in red zone conversion percentage allowed,
- 57:17Speaker 1: and number 89 in red zone touchdown rate allowed. When
- 57:20Speaker 1: you start looking at, let's see, points per scoring opportunity,
- 57:26Speaker 1: Oklahoma State number 64 in finishing drives, the Houston defense
- 57:29Speaker 1: number 137. Man, that's pretty bad. That's pretty bad. On
- 57:35Speaker 1: the other side, as far as points per scoring opportunity,
- 57:38Speaker 1: Houston's offense is number 21. Oklahoma State's defense is number 76.
- 57:43Speaker 1: So neither one of these defenses can stop people from scoring.
- 57:48Speaker 1: Both of these offenses are really good at finishing drives.
- 57:53Speaker 1: So maybe we do get a lot of points. I mean,
- 57:54Speaker 1: there's no telling. As far as turnover margin, Oklahoma State
- 58:01Speaker 1: number 109, Houston number 31. It seems like a huge deal.
- 58:06Speaker 1: Oklahoma State number 118 in giveaways per game. Houston number
- 58:09Speaker 1: 51 in takeaways. And Houston doesn't turn the ball over.
- 58:13Speaker 1: Penalties per game, Oklahoma State number 13. So not a
- 58:16Speaker 1: lot of penalties. But Houston number 78, they're aggressive, so
- 58:20Speaker 1: it makes sense. Makes sense. Special teams, Oklahoma State number 13,
- 58:24Speaker 1: Houston number 73. Oklahoma State commits only 4.6 penalties per game.
- 58:31Speaker 1: That number just kind of blows my mind, right? As
- 58:36Speaker 1: far as the trends go, And by the way, Houston
- 58:40Speaker 1: has played a significantly tougher schedule. Number 25 in opponent
- 58:43Speaker 1: PBA margin. They hadn't played... I was going to say
- 58:46Speaker 1: they hadn't played anybody like Oregon. At least not for
- 58:48Speaker 1: a talent profile, but they have played Texas Tech, and
- 58:50Speaker 1: they hung in there with them. Number 32 in offenses faced.
- 58:54Speaker 1: Number 41 in defenses faced. Oklahoma State, number 46 in
- 58:58Speaker 1: defenses faced, but number 99 in offenses faced. So this
- 59:01Speaker 1: one's going to be interesting for... Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.
- 59:12Speaker 1: Oklahoma State. They hadn't seen anything like this, at least
- 59:16Speaker 1: not very often. Eric Morris off of a straight-up win,
- 59:19Speaker 1: 14-6 against the spread over 20 games. Most of those
- 59:24Speaker 1: were at North Texas. Even still, some of those here
- 59:27Speaker 1: at Oklahoma State Uh, it's the third best sample on
- 59:30Speaker 1: the whole board here. Oklahoma state off of an ATS
- 59:32Speaker 1: cover eight and three against the spread over the last
- 59:36Speaker 1: 11 Houston as a home favorite, uh, under seven points,
- 59:40Speaker 1: two and one against the spread is very small sample.
- 59:42Speaker 1: Oklahoma state four and one against the spread so far
- 59:45Speaker 1: this year. So the model says Houston, the trends say Morris.
- 59:52Speaker 1: As far as injuries, Houston's defense is pretty shorthanded here. Um,
- 59:59Speaker 1: I mean, they got quite a few people that are
- 1:00:01Speaker 1: out here. Oklahoma State's in better shape. They got some
- 1:00:05Speaker 1: linemen out. You know, we'll see. Weather in Houston, 73 degrees,
- 1:00:11Speaker 1: north wind at 10 miles per hour. No rain expected
- 1:00:14Speaker 1: at this point. My total really likes the under. But
- 1:00:24Speaker 1: I don't trust these defenses. Like really at all. Kind
- 1:00:30Speaker 1: of crazy. Kind of crazy to think about. So we'll
- 1:00:32Speaker 1: see who can finish drives here. Houston minus three and
- 1:00:35Speaker 1: a half. Best number I can get on that is currently, yeah,
- 1:00:42Speaker 1: three and a half. I'll take it. I'll not take it.
- 1:00:46Speaker 1: I'll give it. I'll lay it. Give me Houston. Minus
- 1:00:50Speaker 1: three and a half. A lot of love for Oklahoma
- 1:00:53Speaker 1: State in the market. I understand where they're coming from,
- 1:00:56Speaker 1: but Houston at home, I feel like this is a massive,
- 1:00:59Speaker 1: massive spot. I will roll with the Cougars, minus 3.5.
- 1:01:05Speaker 1: Game number nine, the Deep South's oldest rivalry, Auburn at Georgia.
- 1:01:09Speaker 1: This one's 2.30 p.m. Central Time on ESPN. Georgia, a 20.5-point favorite.
- 1:01:15Speaker 1: The total is 49.5. That opened at 18.5, so you've
- 1:01:20Speaker 1: got two points of movement towards the Dogs. One book
- 1:01:23Speaker 1: is sitting at 21.5. Make sure you shop around. The
- 1:01:26Speaker 1: total is down a point from 50.5 down to 49.5.
- 1:01:31Speaker 1: Georgia 6-0, the new number one after they beat Alabama
- 1:01:34Speaker 1: 20-17 in Tuscaloosa. It is their first regular season win
- 1:01:37Speaker 1: over Bama since 2007. Gunnar Stockton lit them up last week. 18-22,
- 1:01:44Speaker 1: played the game of his life. He had 249 yards passing.
- 1:01:47Speaker 1: Dwight Phillips Jr., third string running back. He ran for 120.
- 1:01:50Speaker 1: Gashed that Alabama back seven, I guess, or front seven,
- 1:01:55Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it. Auburn 3-2. Under their
- 1:02:00Speaker 1: first-year coach, Alex Golish, they are coming off of a bye.
- 1:02:02Speaker 1: They lost 24-14 at Tennessee. In the last meeting, Georgia
- 1:02:07Speaker 1: won 20-10 at Auburn last October. The Dawgs have won
- 1:02:10Speaker 1: nine straight in this series. And this is an interesting
- 1:02:15Speaker 1: spot because Georgia just won the biggest game of its
- 1:02:18Speaker 1: regular season. And next week, they have a bye before
- 1:02:21Speaker 1: they play Florida. So this is a classic letdown setup.
- 1:02:25Speaker 1: I mean, three in a row of Bama, Auburn, Florida.
- 1:02:29Speaker 1: That's like all your rivals right there. Like classic letdown spot. Auburn, meanwhile,
- 1:02:33Speaker 1: they've got LSU next week, so I don't think there's
- 1:02:37Speaker 1: a look ahead. I think they would much rather have
- 1:02:38Speaker 1: this game against Georgia, but the LSU game is big too.
- 1:02:42Speaker 1: Like both teams have a reason to sleepwalk, but it's
- 1:02:45Speaker 1: a rivalry game. I don't anticipate that. The numbers are
- 1:02:48Speaker 1: split here, right? The model has Georgia by 23.63. That's
- 1:02:52Speaker 1: three more than the market. The power rating has Georgia
- 1:02:55Speaker 1: by 16.1. So that's 4.5 less. I don't have a
- 1:03:00Speaker 1: clean side here. The model total is 53.21. That is 3.5
- 1:03:05Speaker 1: over what the total is right now. The discrepancies are
- 1:03:10Speaker 1: massive on this. I mean, pace of play, Georgia is
- 1:03:15Speaker 1: number 125, Auburn is number 2. Net points per drive,
- 1:03:19Speaker 1: Auburn number 72, Georgia number 2. PPA margin, Auburn number 76,
- 1:03:25Speaker 1: Georgia number 5. I mean, it's just, Georgia has been
- 1:03:31Speaker 1: the significantly better team throughout this season. Not even close.
- 1:03:37Speaker 1: Auburn throws picks at a rate that, I mean, frankly,
- 1:03:41Speaker 1: is embarrassing. Number 131 in interceptions per pass attempt. But
- 1:03:47Speaker 1: Georgia's not great at getting interceptions. They're not great at takeaways,
- 1:03:52Speaker 1: at least from there. They are great as far as
- 1:03:54Speaker 1: fumbles go. Um, But they were number 80 in interceptions
- 1:03:59Speaker 1: per pass attempt faced. But, I mean, Auburn number 131,
- 1:04:03Speaker 1: I mean, that's crazy. They put the ball in harm's
- 1:04:05Speaker 1: way a lot. A whole lot. And they throw the
- 1:04:09Speaker 1: ball 52% of the time. So I don't know why
- 1:04:11Speaker 1: exactly you would do that if you're great at running it.
- 1:04:14Speaker 1: But either way, Georgia is third in special teams efficiency.
- 1:04:17Speaker 1: Auburn is 30th. Georgia number two in overall talent rank.
- 1:04:20Speaker 1: Auburn number 16. The pace, like I said, is crazy.
- 1:04:25Speaker 1: When you start diving into more stuff, Auburn in the
- 1:04:27Speaker 1: red zone, 70.6%, that's 128th in offensive red zone conversion percentage,
- 1:04:34Speaker 1: number 66 in red zone touchdown rate. As far as
- 1:04:38Speaker 1: the defense goes, number 117, defensive red zone conversion percentage, 92.86.
- 1:04:42Speaker 1: It's not good. Georgia, as good as their defense is,
- 1:04:49Speaker 1: number 111 in red zone conversion percentage, They're number 123
- 1:04:54Speaker 1: in red zone touchdown rate. However, they are number six
- 1:04:59Speaker 1: in red zone appearances per game allowed. The offense is
- 1:05:03Speaker 1: significantly better than what Auburn has, but even still. When
- 1:05:09Speaker 1: you start looking at points per scoring opportunity, Auburn is
- 1:05:11Speaker 1: number 77 in finishing drives. And Georgia is number one
- 1:05:14Speaker 1: on offense. Fantastic. Auburn's defense, 62. Looking at trends here because,
- 1:05:27Speaker 1: I mean, Auburn has faced a significantly harder schedule, but
- 1:05:31Speaker 1: we have seen Georgia against Alabama, against Oklahoma, and they're
- 1:05:35Speaker 1: just as good against good teams as they are against
- 1:05:37Speaker 1: crappy ones. So Auburn is just kind of not great anywhere.
- 1:05:42Speaker 1: This is where it gets a little spicy. Georgia as
- 1:05:44Speaker 1: a home favorite of 14 or more, 3-9 against the
- 1:05:47Speaker 1: spread over 12 games. That's a real sample size. They've
- 1:05:51Speaker 1: been a lot better this year. They were 5-1 against
- 1:05:54Speaker 1: the spread. Auburn is 1-4. Auburn against SEC opponents, 5-13-1
- 1:06:01Speaker 1: against the spread over 19 games. Now granted, Golesh has
- 1:06:06Speaker 1: only been here for a little bit. Golesh off of
- 1:06:08Speaker 1: a bye is 4-1. Golesh is a road dog of
- 1:06:11Speaker 1: 10 or more, 2-1. Those are both small samples. You know,
- 1:06:17Speaker 1: looking at what these teams have done this year, I
- 1:06:19Speaker 1: don't know why you would wager on Auburn Uh, Auburn
- 1:06:23Speaker 1: is going to be without their linebacker, Xavier Atkins. Uh,
- 1:06:26Speaker 1: the running back Jeremiah Cobb is questionable. Edge JJ Falk
- 1:06:29Speaker 1: is done for the year. Uh, their lineman, uh, Ty
- 1:06:33Speaker 1: Buster and the tight end Hunter Herring. They're out. I mean,
- 1:06:38Speaker 1: this is, this is rough in Georgia. I mean, Dante
- 1:06:41Speaker 1: Dowdle is out for the year. Chauncey Bowens is out. Uh,
- 1:06:44Speaker 1: the running back room is getting a little thin, but
- 1:06:46Speaker 1: Dwight Phillips Jr. I mean, he's awesome. Been great. Um,
- 1:06:52Speaker 1: Georgia is going to be a little banged up. I'll
- 1:06:56Speaker 1: say that. The weather in Athens, 69 degrees, northeast wind,
- 1:06:59Speaker 1: about 10 gusting to 20. No rain expected. So, not bad.
- 1:07:05Speaker 1: Maybe a little bit windy. But this Georgia offense, it
- 1:07:10Speaker 1: looks like they're going to be able to run here.
- 1:07:12Speaker 1: They're probably going to be able to pass. They're going
- 1:07:13Speaker 1: to be able to do whatever they want to here.
- 1:07:16Speaker 1: Pretty wild. At 21.5, I kind of want to take Auburn,
- 1:07:20Speaker 1: but The stat spread has Georgia... It's the week after Alabama.
- 1:07:27Speaker 1: I don't expect Georgia to be as buttoned up. But
- 1:07:31Speaker 1: they do have a bye week next week. So, do
- 1:07:34Speaker 1: they come out and just let everything out? Potentially. I've
- 1:07:39Speaker 1: still got a 20.5 on the board. Auburn has not been...
- 1:07:45Speaker 1: They have not played up to expectation. Remember 1-4 against
- 1:07:48Speaker 1: the spread? They have not played up to expectation. I
- 1:07:51Speaker 1: think Georgia kind of keeps the train rolling. I'm going
- 1:07:55Speaker 1: to go Georgia. Georgia minus 20.5. I will side with
- 1:07:58Speaker 1: the stats model here. I think Georgia can do whatever
- 1:08:02Speaker 1: they want to, and I think they will get out
- 1:08:04Speaker 1: to a big lead, and then they'll probably let off
- 1:08:05Speaker 1: the gas. Georgia first half is probably the better play,
- 1:08:10Speaker 1: but we pick full games on this show. So Georgia
- 1:08:12Speaker 1: minus 20.5 is the way that I'm rolling. Last game
- 1:08:16Speaker 1: for today's video. We're going to close it out in
- 1:08:18Speaker 1: Ann Arbor. And I know some of you are like,
- 1:08:21Speaker 1: is this really one of the best games of the week?
- 1:08:23Speaker 1: This is a please-don't-let-our-season-go-down-in-flames game. That's what this is. Penn
- 1:08:29Speaker 1: State at Michigan, 2.30 p.m. Central Time on CBS. Michigan
- 1:08:34Speaker 1: a 5.5 point favorite, total of 42.5 here. This thing
- 1:08:38Speaker 1: opened Michigan minus 6.5. The books range from 5.5 to 6.5,
- 1:08:42Speaker 1: depending on which one you get it at. The total
- 1:08:44Speaker 1: has dropped from 44.5 down to 42.5. That is the
- 1:08:46Speaker 1: lowest total on the card. You got two first-year head
- 1:08:50Speaker 1: coaches here, Kyle Whittingham at Michigan, Matt Campbell at Penn State.
- 1:08:53Speaker 1: Both of these teams are sliding. Penn State 3-3. They
- 1:08:57Speaker 1: have lost three straight. Wisconsin at Northwestern and 31-23 last
- 1:09:02Speaker 1: week at home to USC. And USC never plays well
- 1:09:06Speaker 1: on the East Coast. So this is very interesting that
- 1:09:11Speaker 1: this is going on here. Michigan 3-2. They've lost two straight,
- 1:09:14Speaker 1: 19-20 to Iowa and then 20-14 at Minnesota. but Michigan
- 1:09:19Speaker 1: is coming off of a bye. Whoever loses this one,
- 1:09:22Speaker 1: I feel like the season is cooked. You can stick
- 1:09:24Speaker 1: a fork in it, and maybe it's cooked for both
- 1:09:27Speaker 1: of these teams anyway, but this is the spot where
- 1:09:30Speaker 1: you can get it right. Michigan won the last meeting
- 1:09:33Speaker 1: 24-15 at Penn State in 2023. Michigan gets Indiana next week.
- 1:09:40Speaker 1: I don't imagine they're going to be overlooking anybody. Penn
- 1:09:43Speaker 1: State has a bye. They're going to empty the clip here.
- 1:09:46Speaker 1: The model has Michigan by 4.75. Power rating has Michigan
- 1:09:50Speaker 1: minus 3.4. So the market at 5.5, that's a point
- 1:09:55Speaker 1: or two of value on Penn State. The model total
- 1:09:57Speaker 1: is 47. That's 4.5 over the market. Now, why would
- 1:10:03Speaker 1: anybody think over in a game with these two offenses, right?
- 1:10:07Speaker 1: Because both defenses have a soft spot that matches up
- 1:10:10Speaker 1: with the other offense's only strength. Michigan can't run the
- 1:10:12Speaker 1: ball really well. 3.84 yards a carry. That is number
- 1:10:17Speaker 1: 104 in the country. They are, let's see, 134th in
- 1:10:23Speaker 1: rushing explosiveness. Penn State's defense, number 64 in explosiveness allowed running.
- 1:10:29Speaker 1: Penn State's defense is number 113 in yards allowed per rush,
- 1:10:32Speaker 1: number 128 in PPA allowed per rush. On the other side,
- 1:10:36Speaker 1: Penn State can't run it either. I mean, you look
- 1:10:39Speaker 1: at this, this number is so crazy. They're number 28
- 1:10:42Speaker 1: in stuff rate allowed, but they're number 114 in offensive
- 1:10:45Speaker 1: line yards. And they're not going to be able to
- 1:10:47Speaker 1: run it on this Michigan defense. The defense for Michigan
- 1:10:51Speaker 1: is actually pretty good. 119th in rushing success for Penn State.
- 1:10:55Speaker 1: Number 12 for Michigan's defense. So Penn State has to
- 1:10:59Speaker 1: throw it. They're 32nd in passing efficiency, like PPA per pass.
- 1:11:07Speaker 1: But you're going against a Michigan defense that's number 8
- 1:11:09Speaker 1: in PPA allowed per pass. The real discrepancies here are
- 1:11:14Speaker 1: Penalties per game and turnover margin, right? Penn State is plus.
- 1:11:19Speaker 1: 83 in turnover margin. Michigan is minus. 8. So you're
- 1:11:26Speaker 1: looking at 20th for Penn State, number 122 for Michigan.
- 1:11:30Speaker 1: As far as penalties per game, Penn State 4.3 penalties
- 1:11:34Speaker 1: per game, good for number 10. Michigan 7.6 penalties per game,
- 1:11:39Speaker 1: good for number 107. I mean, that's wild. That's wild.
- 1:11:45Speaker 1: Special teams, Penn State significantly better, number 49 in special
- 1:11:49Speaker 1: teams efficiency. Michigan is number 89. The trends, Penn State
- 1:11:53Speaker 1: in conference games, 8-14 against the spread over the last 22,
- 1:11:58Speaker 1: and that is ugly. Michigan is a home favorite, 5-8
- 1:12:01Speaker 1: over the last 13, also ugly. Kyle Whittingham is a
- 1:12:06Speaker 1: home favorite under 7, 0-3 against the spread. Campbell, at
- 1:12:10Speaker 1: least as an underdog, 4-2 against the spread since 2024.
- 1:12:13Speaker 1: Both of those are small samples. Injuries are a mess
- 1:12:19Speaker 1: on both sides. Michigan's offensive line has been held together
- 1:12:22Speaker 1: with duct tape. Penn State, their fronts go to two.
- 1:12:27Speaker 1: The defensive end, Arrington the second. Burnett's out. Granville's done
- 1:12:31Speaker 1: for the year. Linebackers, Tatch and Smith are out. It's
- 1:12:37Speaker 1: just a mess. It's a mess. Weather in Ann Arbor,
- 1:12:42Speaker 1: 52 degrees. You know, west-northwest wind around 10 degrees, gusting
- 1:12:48Speaker 1: up to 18 miles per hour. No rain expected. The
- 1:12:55Speaker 1: numbers point towards Penn State here, but I think that
- 1:12:59Speaker 1: Michigan defense is for real, and I don't think Penn
- 1:13:01Speaker 1: State's defense is. I think Michigan can actually run the
- 1:13:05Speaker 1: ball a little bit. Like, granted, they're not going to
- 1:13:08Speaker 1: be explosive with it, but I think that if you
- 1:13:10Speaker 1: run– are we going to see a quarterback change? I
- 1:13:15Speaker 1: don't know. Like, the numbers certainly don't suggest that Michigan
- 1:13:19Speaker 1: can run it a little bit. Penn State's played a
- 1:13:22Speaker 1: harder schedule, but they have faced easier defenses. Michigan, number 41,
- 1:13:28Speaker 1: defense is faced. Penn State, number 103. But Penn State,
- 1:13:32Speaker 1: number 25 in offense is faced, and Michigan, number 132.
- 1:13:38Speaker 1: There's no clear-cut way to look at this. I can't
- 1:13:43Speaker 1: trust Michigan to get margin on anybody. And Penn State's
- 1:13:48Speaker 1: about to empty the clip. They've got a bye week
- 1:13:51Speaker 1: coming up. USC might have just been the wrong matchup
- 1:13:57Speaker 1: at the wrong time. You know what? Screw it. We'll
- 1:14:01Speaker 1: go Penn State. Why not? Give me Penn State plus 5.5
- 1:14:04Speaker 1: at Michigan. This feels like a field goal game either way.
- 1:14:11Speaker 1: I don't feel great about either one of these teams.
- 1:14:14Speaker 1: I'll take the Nittany Lions plus 5.5. Alright, let's wrap
- 1:14:18Speaker 1: this thing up. Biggest gaps between my model and the
- 1:14:21Speaker 1: market this week. Texas by about 8. Missouri by around 7.
- 1:14:25Speaker 1: Miami about 6.5 points. Indiana 5. Nebraska by 4.5 on
- 1:14:30Speaker 1: the stats. Though the power rating doesn't agree on that one.
- 1:14:34Speaker 1: The best under on the board I've got is Oklahoma
- 1:14:36Speaker 1: State and Houston and that's a Scary one to bet
- 1:14:39Speaker 1: an under on. Then you've got Missouri and Ole Miss.
- 1:14:41Speaker 1: Keep an eye on that rain down in Miami. Keep
- 1:14:44Speaker 1: your eye on the injury report all week. Is Dante
- 1:14:47Speaker 1: Moore going to come back in Eugene? Ohio State, missing linemen.
- 1:14:52Speaker 1: Notre Dame, missing linebackers. Florida State, secondary in shambles. Bama
- 1:14:56Speaker 1: without Ryan Coleman-Williams. I'm curious about all of it. The
- 1:15:02Speaker 1: best sample trends to remember? Indiana against the Big Ten, 15-8.
- 1:15:06Speaker 1: Eric Morris off of a win is 14-6 against the spread.
- 1:15:10Speaker 1: BYU off of a cover, 14-5 against the spread. And
- 1:15:14Speaker 1: on the fade side, Texas ain't real good against the SEC.
- 1:15:18Speaker 1: Penn State in conference, Georgia laying 14-plus at home. I mean,
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