00:00They're five and a half point dogs to start the week. We see four and a half creeping into the market. How do you see this game playing out on Saturday?
00:09I really see this game depending upon Chandler Morris. I just think there's such a huge drop off in Daniel Kalin, their backup quarterback. He just doesn't have the ability to make plays and they could not score.
00:20They kicked three field goals last week, could not get in the end zone. And that's not necessarily that Chandler Morris is the best quarterback in the country, but he is the quarterback that can make their team go.
00:31And when he's in there, they find a way to win close games and the whole morale of the rest of the team goes down.
00:37If he couldn't play, I wouldn't give them a chance against Duke. But if he plays, and my indications are that he practiced on Wednesday, and that usually means they're getting you ready to play.
00:45If he plays, the morale of that team, I'm going to take them for the upset. Although Duke's favorite, I'm going to go with Virginia if he's health in place.
00:53Now, we talked about Duke, if they were able to win this game, go to five and one in the conference, six and four overall.
01:00And if they were able to potentially win an ACC championship and crack down that college football playoff door, there's going to be some issues concerning a four loss conference championship as it relates to the conference as a whole.
01:15Give me your thoughts about that, because Duke would have earned it, but yet there's some better teams in other conferences with better records.
01:23Yeah, this will make some people mad, I think, when Duke has not played consistently at a level to be considered a team that deserves to be in the college football playoff.
01:32But if you're a member of those four top conferences, you're going to go to the playoffs.
01:37And Duke right now, you know, when they're on, they can beat anybody in the conference.
01:41The problem is that you don't know when they're on.
01:43They don't play well.
01:44They're explosive on offense, but they'll give up a ton on defense.
01:48And so if Duke wins it, that's going to be some disappointed teams in that conference with one or two losses.
01:53That may knock several teams out of the playoff by taking a spot out of the ACC that would have gone to somebody a little more deserving.
02:02We'll see exactly how this game plays out right now.
02:05Duke, a four and a half point home favorite over Virginia.
02:08I think I would lay it with Duke just because of the quarterback perspective.
02:12I do believe in Darian Mensah.
02:15I know Duke hasn't stepped up against the likes of Georgia Tech in Illinois this season.
02:20But in this particular spot with Virginia coming off a loss, I do lean to the Blue Devils in this matchup.
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