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00:00All right, and how about this?
00:00Who would have thought that LSU was the road team
00:02and getting points up to two and a half
00:05that we take a look at now?
00:07LSU and Vanderbilt.
00:08Joe Ranieri, what's the spread line here?
00:11Well, it's interesting, right?
00:12Because LSU, more tickets, more money at this point,
00:16but that line ain't getting closer to them.
00:18It's going in favor of Vandy,
00:21which is interesting because Diego Pavia,
00:24their quarterback, against the number as an underdog, Donnie,
00:28he's been an ATM machine.
00:30But the problem is, well, now the expectations are swapped, right?
00:34So now you're talking about Vanderbilt at home
00:36being the favorite, not the underdog.
00:39So the hunter becomes the hunted,
00:42and we saw this game open up at around a pick-em
00:46in some spots, but it's been all Vanderbilt,
00:48big money, which has moved it.
00:50We're going to have to keep an eye on this.
00:52I'm wondering, I don't think this thing
00:54is going to get to three, Donnie.
00:56And if it does, I think that'll be the,
00:58you'll start to see the big-time buyback here.
01:00But right now it sits at two and a half,
01:04and that is an interesting number for a team
01:06that not long ago, Donnie,
01:07was everyone's favorite dog to back and ticket to cash.
01:12By the way, also looking at, it's funny,
01:14because LSU's offense hasn't just clicked yet here,
01:17but Vanderbilt is a legitimate team.
01:18Like, that's not a fluke line.
01:20Like, hey, LSU's on the road, minus four and a half.
01:21Like, no, Vanderbilt is the favorite
01:23and expected to win this football game.
01:25We'll see how that one turns out.
01:26My boys, as I like to say,
01:27well, outside of my Miami Hurricanes,
01:29it's the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
01:30I have been waving that flag since they've been 0-2.
01:34They're going to take on USC this weekend.
01:35And how about this line?
01:36Opened up at double digits.
01:37It's sinking now below that to nine and nine and a half,
01:40depending on where you're shopping at.
01:41And a hefty total of 61 and a half.
01:43But that look-ahead line, Joe,
01:45is around that 65 and a half range.
01:47USC-Notre Dame, the spread line is what?
01:49Well, to me, Donnie, this is a game
01:52that really does have the most significant
01:55college football playoff implications
01:57with these two teams this week, right?
02:00Because USC, I don't know,
02:02it'll be very hard for them with that loss to Illinois
02:05now all of a sudden to lose the Notre Dame
02:08and somehow have enough left in the tank here
02:11in order to press the committee
02:12and to make it to the postseason.
02:15So this is kind of an elimination game for USC here.
02:19So, but we saw this open up at around nine.
02:23We saw some places open it up lower,
02:27but we've kind of settled, like you said,
02:29right in the middle right now, eight and a half, nine,
02:31maybe even a 10.
02:33This is going to be one of the biggest
02:36handled games of the week.
02:38There is going to be more money
02:39and there are going to be more tickets on this game.
02:42The public is going to influence this line.
02:46The question, Donnie, is are they going to take the points?
02:48Are they going to lay the points?
02:50This is a game we got to keep an eye on
02:51as we get closer to Friday.
02:53Notre Dame in a rout, Joe.
02:55That's all I want to say.
02:56Why? Just because I'm rooting on the Notre Dame
02:58fighting Irish and they're going to move up
03:00on the AP top 25 once again
03:02by the time we see that Sunday afternoon
03:04into Monday here.
03:06Let's get to the Holy War.
03:07Anybody ever watched the Holy War before?
03:08Two top 25 teams in action.
03:10It's Utah and it's BYU.
03:12This line opened up as a short favorite towards Utah,
03:14but now you're going to see the graphic
03:15at minus three and a half now.
03:17And a total listed at 48 and a half.
03:20Utah, BYU, the Holy War, the spread line
03:22for this game is what, Joe?
03:24In Provo, no less here, Donnie.
03:27And BYU comes into this game undefeated
03:29and as one of only three teams
03:32with an unbeaten record in the Big 12.
03:36And here, Utah is laying a road number
03:39that is getting bigger by the minute.
03:42You got to be kidding me.
03:43That, to me, right off the bat, I mean,
03:45because like as if this game needed any more juice
03:48in this part of the country, Donnie,
03:50Utah and BYU is always a war.
03:53But I tell you, it's getting a little bit
03:55more interesting here because the hook is out there now
03:58for Utah on the road.
04:00That's a pretty big tell as far as I'm concerned, Donnie.
04:03That means the pros are clearly picking a side in this one.
04:07And that side is Utah.
04:09Well, college football this Saturday.
04:11Matter of fact, you don't even have to wait
04:13till this Saturday.
04:13All week long, football, as we pointed out,
04:16I think it was a week ago, saying like 40-plus days
04:18of football on our television,
04:20whether it's the NFL and or college football.
04:23But we want to take a look to some of the weekend preview games,
04:25the big games on the docket,
04:26and go big game hunting.
04:29Sometimes none bigger in the SEC than Ole Miss
04:31taking on Georgia between the hedges
04:33down at Sanford Stadium.
04:35Seven-and-a-half point favorite now
04:36for the Georgia Bulldogs.
04:37Joe, that's down from 10-and-a-half.
04:40The total, 53-and-a-half.
04:41Lane Kiffin coming to town with Chambliss at quarterback
04:44to take on those dogs.
04:47Yeah, well, they're going to have to play.
04:48Chambliss is going to have to do a little bit better
04:50than he did last week.
04:52And as he finally had one of those kind of letdown games,
04:56but it didn't cost Ole Miss.
04:59And Georgia, on the other hand,
05:00doesn't it feel like, Donnie,
05:01every time we turn around, Georgia is in some sort of,
05:04it's just a knockdown, it's a bar brawl,
05:07it's just absolute craziness here.
05:11And they've done a pretty good job, Curvy Smart.
05:13But I'll say it again, this is not your typical,
05:16this isn't the same old, same old Georgia Bulldogs defense.
05:20They are very susceptible to the big play in the secondary.
05:24They're still pretty good against the run,
05:26but I don't see how Lane Kiffin
05:28is going to try to play smash-mouth power football
05:31against Georgia.
05:32I think Ole Miss will bounce back.
05:34A much better effort is coming,
05:36and it's going to be all about the passing game
05:38for Ole Miss in this one.
05:40I'll tell you, before my time is up on this earth,
05:43I got to get to a big-time SEC football game
05:45at night somewhere.
05:46I just do.
05:47Like, I just, I love the passion.
05:48I love the pageantry.
05:49I love the history of that conference here.
05:51And again, a huge game coming up at 7.30 p.m.
05:54In Alabama, Bryant-Denny Stadium.
05:56Tennessee versus Alabama.
05:58This line opened up at 8.5.
05:59Still sitting at some outlets at 8.5.
06:01Now some have dropped to as low as 7.5.
06:04A total, Joe, the look-ahead was 52.5.
06:07That's bounced all the way up to 58.5.
06:10Alabama resurrecting their season
06:11after a tough loss opening night to Florida State.
06:14They look like they're back.
06:15They, well, offensively, Donnie, they are back.
06:21You know, Dean Jambilla running the ball,
06:23electric back there, but it's the passing game here
06:27that has absolutely impressed me here with Alabama.
06:32We're talking about, you know, Tyson,
06:34there's a reason why he has been running up the boards
06:36for the Heisman Trophy as well.
06:39Those odds continuing to get better and better on him.
06:43It is one of the better passing offenses that we have seen.
06:47It does harken back to the Saban days.
06:49The problem is, it's not the Saban defenses
06:52of Alabama right now,
06:54which means Tennessee is going to put up points here.
06:58I just think Alabama puts up more,
07:00but I agree with the line move on the total, Donnie.
07:02How are we sweating out an under in this game?
07:05Yeah, exactly.
07:06Let's get some points in this game.
07:07Little Ty Simpson action, launching it downfield.
07:09A little Aguilar, good stuff here.
07:11And by the way, 80 degrees, no precipitation.
07:13And light winds at Brian Denny this weekend.
07:15Good scoring temperatures here.
07:17Let's take a look at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday.
07:19Also, USC and Notre Dame, a rivalry rekindled.
07:23And a spread that opened up around double digits
07:25has leaked just below that to nine, nine and a half,
07:27depending on where you're shopping at.
07:28And a total of around 61 and a half.
07:30That's actually down from 65 and a half.
07:32Notre Dame lost to two top five teams this season
07:35as their first two losses of the year,
07:37but have been on a rampage since.
07:38Does that rampage continue in South Bend with a victory
07:42and maybe a cover over SC, Joe?
07:45Well, we talked about this on the spread lines, Donnie.
07:49This is a de facto elimination game for USC.
07:52I mean, let's be honest here.
07:53That loss on the road to Illinois, not great here.
07:57If they lose this one, like the market says they are going to,
08:02yeah, this is going to be very hard for them
08:04to bounce back into the conversation of the postseason.
08:07But if you're Notre Dame,
08:09now that USC is ranked inside the top 25, Donnie,
08:13yeah, those early losses will not hurt as much
08:17if you win this game and win it convincingly.
08:20And I think ultimately that's exactly what's going to happen.
08:23Another one of these games I want nothing to do
08:25with the under with, nothing.
08:26By the way, if you opened up the show and you missed it,
08:29shame on you.
08:30But during spread lines, we talked about LSU and Vanderbilt.
08:32But now we're lucky enough and we're nice enough.
08:34We're going to get you caught up.
08:35LSU Vanderbilt this weekend.
08:36Oh my goodness.
08:38Vanderbilt is a favorite over LSU.
08:40Ring the alarm.
08:41But actually, they probably should be.
08:43Home field advantage, Diego Pavia, quarterback,
08:4548 and a half as a total is Vanderbilt.
08:47Good enough to knock off LSU.
08:49Heck, Joe, they're favored to do it.
08:52What a different couple of years makes, right?
08:54I mean, Vanderbilt as a favorite, number 17 versus number 10.
08:59And just let this, you know, you ask the books, Donnie, long enough,
09:03they're going to say, I don't care what the number in front of the team says
09:07has no bearing on who we think and how we set the line.
09:11Case in point, number 17 at home, a favorite over number 10, LSU.
09:17That tells you everything you need to know.
09:18Dude, that SEC is banging this weekend.
09:22We'll see some of these big games and how they turn out.
09:31We're a team.
09:31We always like to say it.
09:32Joe's been on fire the past month and a half on these bets.
09:35Last night, USA tripped them up.
09:37Not the country itself, South Alabama.
09:39But we are a team here.
09:40I had the Dodgers on the money line.
09:41We won.
09:42It's one and one, which means we swept on Friday, Monday, last night,
09:46one and one tonight.
09:48We're looking to get back to 2-0, Joe.
09:50So the floor is yours.
09:51Where are we going tonight for that victory?
09:53No, I don't know.
09:54I think I gave nine plays to the guys in the back already here.
09:58But I think one of them was the Florida Panthers at one point against Detroit
10:02in a bounce back spot here tonight.
10:05And the other one is I'm going to go back to this college football midweek games
10:09here with Delaware taking on Jacksonville State here.
10:13This is in Jacksonville State.
10:16And can I just tell you something?
10:18I'm going over the numbers.
10:19And you and I have talked about the Delaware Blue Ends.
10:21And we love them.
10:22Their first year in FBS, right?
10:25They've taken the world by storm.
10:26But they've kind of become that trendy team now.
10:30And the problem is they're going on a road.
10:32And when I look at the numbers of both these teams, Donnie,
10:35there is nothing separating these two teams.
10:38Jacksonville State, strength of schedule, same as Delaware, right?
10:43You look at yards per play, pretty much even defense, pretty much even.
10:48There is not a whole lot separating these two teams here tonight.
10:52But I will say, being at home and being able to run the ball,
10:56Delaware does have some defensive injuries that are concerning here.
11:00The total is still pretty high.
11:02But if you're going to tell me, Donnie,
11:04that there isn't a whole lot separating these two teams,
11:07I'm going to take the home team.
11:09On a Wednesday night, I'm going to back Jacksonville State.
11:12I'm going to take the two and a half, three points that are available.
11:16I think Delaware is a dog, great.
11:19But Delaware is a road favorite.
11:21Not there yet, Donnie, for me.
11:23I'll back Jacksonville State.
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