Week 6 College Football Preview: Key Matchups & Teams

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00:00College football, big week on deck here.

00:02Just had a couple big games this past weekend.

00:04Enjoyed them and had a lot of fun.

00:05And it's time to sort of reset the marketplace here.

00:08The AP poll, the top 25 for week six.

00:11Number one football team, Joe Ranieri in the country.

00:13It's Ohio State.

00:14Number two is Oregon.

00:16Number three is Miami.

00:17The Rodney Dangerfield right now.

00:19They get no respect for winning football games

00:21because Oregon beat a team that could never beat anybody

00:23who's any good in Penn State.

00:25They jump them.

00:26Ole Miss five.

00:26Oh, you fifth.

00:28Without their starting quarterback here.

00:30And there's Penn State sitting at seven.

00:31I don't know how they have a thousand lives here

00:33and just get credit for losing football games,

00:35but that's Penn State.

00:36But also we get down to that team in the 21st spot there,

00:39the Notre Dame fighting Irish,

00:42making that steady move up the standings, Joe.

00:46Yeah, this is all about what we thought it was going to be here, Donnie.

00:51You got Texas, Texas Tech just on the outside of the top 10 looking in.

00:56All of this will figure itself out here

00:58over the next couple of weeks because the games and the matchups.

01:03Well, we're going to get tested here.

01:04It's unfortunate Penn State waited until, you know, week five

01:08in order to be able to actually see if they could play or not

01:11and waited until Oregon.

01:13And unfortunately, that didn't work out.

01:15But if you're going to lose, you know, losing in the first five or six weeks

01:19isn't the worst thing with how many playoff teams we have.

01:23But it's going to be interesting to see how they bounce back.

01:26Illinois bounce back well.

01:28We'll see what Penn State does here.

01:30But a lot of questions to be answered this week, no doubt.

01:33I'll tell you, the question is,

01:34how come the books don't understand how to price Heisman Trophy winners?

01:37Oh, look, Francisco Mendoza, fantastic.

01:40He's the favorite.

01:41He's no longer the favorite.

01:42He's at 14 to 1 now.

01:43Moore goes into Penn State, comes away with a victory, plus 650 price for him.

01:47Smith, the talented wide receiver, plus 950.

01:49And then you have Simpson, who had a big win down there in Samford Stadium

01:53in Athens as Alabama knocked off Georgia.

01:56And then Carson Beck at a 10 to 1 price.

01:58And Chambliss, who is a backup quarterback,

02:00now thrust into the Heisman conversation after a big win against LSU.

02:05Huge win against LSU there.

02:08And to have a backup quarterback like that is pretty fortunate there

02:12for Lane Kiffin and company.

02:15But again, we expect him offensively to be good.

02:19It's that defense of Ole Miss.

02:21Hats off.

02:22Very underrated here.

02:23We'll see if they can, you know, make a move there in the SEC.

02:27Everybody should have a luxury of a backup quarterback as good as Chambliss.

02:30I mean, my goodness, man.

02:30The guy is guaranteed for like over 300 yards combined each and every week

02:34in a big-time performance there.

02:35I loved what I saw there.

02:37Ole Miss could be a team to tangle with down the stretch.

02:39Let's get a preview of some of these games that's coming up Saturday, Joe.

02:42Could have been bigger than what it is.

02:44Florida State was supposed to be a top-10 team,

02:46but got beat last week by Virginia on the road in a shootout

02:49that Joe Ranieri told you to take the over in that football game.

02:52So we're looking at Miami and Florida State, number three versus number 18.

02:56Miami, the road team, going in the doke.

02:58Minus four-and-a-half point favorite for the Hurricanes

03:00in a total of 54-and-a-half.

03:03Yeah, this is – well, we're going to learn a little something

03:06about this Florida State team.

03:08This is another one to me, though, Donnie.

03:10I'm looking at this.

03:11How are we on the – are we sweating out an under in this game?

03:15I don't think so.

03:17I think both teams are going to be able to put points up,

03:21and I think this is going to be one of those wild shootouts.

03:24I don't think it's going to be a rock fight,

03:26but ultimately I think Miami's got the better team.

03:30Not an easy place to play, but Miami's got more talent

03:33on both sides of the ball.

03:35I think they'll just make a few more plays than Florida State,

03:38and that'll be good enough to get the road win.

03:39First time in history, Vandy and Alabama not playing each other,

03:44but playing each other while they're both ranked at this point,

03:46anchored down, Commodores, as Vandy goes on the road.

03:49And I guess – look at this.

03:51I have the look-ahead line at Vandal, 22-and-a-half,

03:54and now I see minus 10-and-a-halves across the board.

03:57Let me tell you something about college football.

04:00If Kalen DeBoer gets beat by – I don't care what Vanderbilt's record is

04:04or what their actual rank is.

04:06Going to Tuscaloosa at Bryant-Denny and Vanderbilt beating Alabama,

04:11I don't know if Alabama will have a football program on Sunday morning, Joe.

04:15Yeah, well, it was bad enough, right?

04:17You can't lose to them a second straight season, right?

04:19If you're Alabama and Kalen DeBoer.

04:21You just cannot do it.

04:23But I'll tell you what, you know, I still think Vandy,

04:26if they go toe-to-toe with Alabama and maybe fall just a little bit short,

04:31anything less than being absolutely blown out and manhandled,

04:35I think we're legit talking about a possibility of a playoff contender here in Vandy.

04:40They've got all the pieces, and nobody's talking about them here.

04:44Diego Pavia goes on the road.

04:47I mean, what is this?

04:47It's going to be Manziel Part 2,

04:48where Manziel basically won the Heisman for beating Alabama in Alabama.

04:51That rise up, whoa, this team is really good.

04:53Vandy ranked.

04:55Unbelievable stuff.

04:56I'll tell you who's not ranked.

04:57That's the Florida Gators.

04:58But I got to tell you, sneaky suspicion this weekend.

05:01Texas going on the road, you know, warmer temperatures there,

05:05muggy weather in Florida, chance for rain on Saturday.

05:08Texas lookahead line, minus 7.5, now down to 6.5.

05:11Look at this total, 42.5 to 41.5.

05:15Why do I feel like Florida will be in this game, Joe?

05:18And I want to take the Gators to cover against Arch Manning.

05:21And the long ones?

05:23Yeah.

05:24Donnie, this game was circled before the season started,

05:27and we thought this was going to be a – what a battle this was going to be.

05:31You know, two quarterbacks, Lagway and Arch Manning, this was going to be –

05:35yeah, no.

05:36Now you've got the Gators, a 1-3.

05:38The offense is stuck in the mud.

05:40Their defense is the best part of this team.

05:43And the defense in the swamp is going to give Arch Manning a whole lot of problems.

05:47Keep in mind, too, by the way, Texas has not played a power for a school in, what, a month?

05:53Yeah.

05:53So this is, you know, say what you want, not an easy place to play.

05:57And that defense of Florida is going to give him all sorts of fits.

06:02But if you're Florida, if you're going to get – if you're going to salvage this season,

06:06you've got to win this game at home against Texas now.

06:09Hey, Joe, remember DJ Lagway was a frontrunner to win the Heisman a couple weeks ago?

06:13Well, the football season actually happened at this point.

06:16Same thing with Notre Dame, left for dead at 0-2.

06:19But it feels like your boy Donnie Wright's sad on that side.

06:21He goes, don't give up yet, Notre Dame.

06:23Wake up the echoes.

06:24Two straight victories here.

06:25They're home against Boise, which is supposed to be a tougher opponent here.

06:29They're favored by 20.5 points, but a total of 63.5.

06:32The one thing we love, Joe, not Notre Dame's record.

06:35That offense can move it right now, huh?

06:37This is one of the best offenses Notre Dame has had in a very long time.

06:42The defense is down, but the offense is more than making up for it.

06:46I think they go scorched earth from here on out, Donnie.

06:49I think you're talking about two to three score victories across the board

06:54with this weak schedule that remains.

06:56From a famous Notre Dame hater that your boy DRS is, I'm buying it on Notre Dame.

07:01The minute they lost to Texas A&M, I looked at that schedule and said,

07:04they are going to run the table.

07:06Is SC that good?

07:07No.

07:07Is Boise that good?

07:08No.

07:08Would you like them to be ranked a little bit higher to sort of pad that momentum?

07:12Yes.

07:12But at the end of the day, everybody understands the NCAA loves Notre Dame in the playoff.

07:17They will get in the college football playoff.

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