00:00Stanford did open this game as a minus two-and-a-half-point favorite.
00:03Stanford now sits as a two-and-a-half-point underdog now to Hawaii.
00:07If you look at the total, Joe, 54-and-a-half the opening number.
00:10It's actually coming down now.
00:12Fifty-and-a-halts are out there.
00:13Forty-nine-and-a-halts are out there.
00:14Let's start there, Joe.
00:16Why the dip when we're talking about Hawaii and we're running and shooting out here?
00:19Well, because I think Frank Reich, again, pressure.
00:22He's a dream head coach.
00:23He's a genius.
00:24I can't stand Frank Reich as a head coach.
00:26I think he's especially going from NFL now to the college level.
00:31The travel won't affect Stanford like some of the other teams, West Coast team, going to Hawaii.
00:36But that being said, again, what do you get out of Ben Goldbranson from the passing attack?
00:40Big time.
00:41But then I'm taking a contrarian approach just because we've seen Hawaii typically now play better defense under Timmy Chang for the most part.
00:50A lot of these games, week number one last year, 16-13 against UCLA, that was a dead under.
00:56Same type of game.
00:57It was like in the area of, I believe, 54-and-a-half, 50-55, and it trended to the under.
01:02But, again, I believe in Micah Alejandro.
01:05The unknown of both quarterbacks, I think, is what gets us over the 49-and-a-half.
01:09I do believe Frank Reich will look to run the football a little bit more.
01:13They only average 132 rushing yards per game.
01:16Again, they have three starters coming back on the offensive line.
01:19They weren't a very good road team last year.
01:22So, again, when you're on the road, you want to run the football effectively, and I think that's why we're seeing 53-and-a-halves down to 49-and-a-half.
01:29But, again, I think Hawaii could really dictate the tempo when they're playing, again, I believe with house money, two-and-a-half point favorite.
01:37I think they dominate this game.
01:38So, again, I think it's going to be a little bit more.
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