Penn State, SMU Meet in First Round of College Football Playoff

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00:00It's the 16 Penn State with an opportunity for its first college football playoff appearance

00:11to win some marquee matchups against the 11 seed in the final at-large team into this

00:16field.

00:18That would be SMU eight and a half point spread Joe in favor of the Nittany Lions at home

00:24our total stands at 53 and a half.

00:27How do you approach the opening game of three tomorrow in the college football playoff?

00:33So this is a big number Ben and I get it Happy Valley at 12 noon is better than a whiteout

00:42at eight o'clock at night Ben you know this.

00:45So that's a break for SMU here.

00:49But listen Penn State has played two great teams this year and lost to both of them right

00:56there their last game against Oregon in the Big Ten championship they lost to Ohio State

01:00at home back in early November.

01:03Now they've got another shot at taking on a ranked team here in SMU who's got a really

01:11good offense so cold there's going to be some double digit wins maybe a chance of showers.

01:20I think the home field is worth more here for Penn State than it is in some of these

01:24other games but it just feels like exactly what we saw with SMU against Clemson it just

01:32feels like in the second half SMU is going to have an opportunity to somehow I don't

01:38think they win but I feel like they're going to somehow make this game appear final score

01:44wise that it was closer than it really was.

01:47And that's the only thing that's stopping me from actually laying the eight and a half

01:51in here.

01:52I think Penn State wins but I think SMU's offense gives them a shot at the backdoor

01:57cover late.