Oklahoma vs. Tennessee: Battle for College Playoff

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00:00We'll start out in the battle in Knoxville.

00:02Very good matchup.

00:03Two lost teams, Oklahoma and Tennessee,

00:06fighting for their college football playoff lives.

00:09We'll see that Tennessee opened as a four-and-a-half-point home favorite

00:13in Rocky Top.

00:15It's now down to three-and-a-half and threes across multiple books.

00:19John Mateer and this team have been a little bit inconsistent.

00:22To your point, he doesn't look 100% coming back from the thumb surgery,

00:27but I still think Oklahoma could pose a problem

00:30and pose a problem for that defense in Tennessee offensively,

00:35and I think the defense could make some turnovers against Joey Aguilar.

00:39I'm calling for the upset.

00:40I like Oklahoma on the road.

00:42I'm not ready to go that far yet.

00:44I think I'm going to take the over.

00:45I think Oklahoma giving up what they did to Chambliss,

00:48I thought they would be better against the pass.

00:51Tennessee's passing attack reminds me of Ole Miss's

00:55or maybe a little bit more of a deep ball.

00:57The type of passing attack and offense that they have.

01:00And then Tennessee gives up a ton of points.

01:01They give up 30.9 points a game on defense as well.

01:05And so if John Mateer is healthy, which I think he will be,

01:08I think Oklahoma's got a chance to win this game.

01:10I'm just not ready to take them over the minus two-and-a-half

01:14or minus three points that they see right now.

01:16But I think it's going to be a great game.

01:18But I am seeing an over in this game.

01:21I'm seeing an over.

01:21And I want to say Tennessee has been over this amount every game this year,

01:25has been over the 56-and-a-half in every game they've played this year.

01:30If we're looking at Oklahoma or Tennessee with two losses,

01:34and let's say it came down between one of those teams and Notre Dame,

01:38would you give the edge to the SEC team in that situation?

01:42Or would you still think that Notre Dame potentially,

01:45because of the brand recognition,

01:47has the inside edge to make a college football playoff?

01:50Well, you know what, I just have this feeling that a team like Notre Dame,

01:54the name Notre Dame, they'll do everything they can to get them.

01:57Like right now, everything I'm reading says if they win out

02:00and they've got a good chance to win out,

02:02they're going to be in the 12-team playoff.

02:04And there are going to be a lot of SEC schools that knock each other out

02:07with two or three losses even.

02:10And so that will be interesting.

02:11If there's a two-loss team in the SEC and there's Notre Dame,

02:15I still have to think they're going to go after Notre Dame

02:18because historically that's what they usually do.

02:21They want a team like Notre Dame in the playoffs.

02:24And Notre Dame is a pretty good football team.

02:26They just haven't played anybody after losing their first two games.

02:29They haven't really beat Southern Cal.

02:31But Southern Cal has been a hot and cold team too.

02:33So whether it's right, I don't know that it's right.

02:36But I think a two-loss Notre Dame will be in the playoffs.

02:40I think a two-loss team will be in the playoffs.

02:41I think a two-loss team will be in the playoffs.

02:42I think a two-loss team will be in the playoffs.

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