00:00The other game here tonight is with two teams that Houston brought back pretty much their entire team there.
00:09Willie Fritz, the head coach, love this guy, always have.
00:13He is one of the reasons why, if you ever thought about backing the Houston Cougars, he's the guy.
00:19He's got a ton of guys to return from a year ago.
00:22This is one of the better coaches in college football and flies under the radar, by the way.
00:30They got a very experienced quarterback in Wegman, but Lubbock is not a fun place to play.
00:36They love their football in Lubbock, Texas here.
00:40And Texas Tech, all the hype and the money, they have a quarterback here, Craig, in Will Hammond,
00:47who, let's not forget, they were willing to pay millions to Soresby,
00:53except for the fact that he would have probably bet it on them, and that was a no-no.
00:57But they were not.
00:58They've had Will Hammond, and they were not happy with him.
01:03They wanted Soresby.
01:05And now, through a couple of weeks, this look ahead line, Craig, was 14, 14 and a half.
01:11It has been nothing but Houston money to the point where we're down to, what, 7, 7 and a half
01:18right now.
01:19Has it moved to the point, and sometimes this happens, where you get such a bad taste in your mouth
01:25with some teams,
01:25you're not impressed with them, they're not what you thought they were,
01:28but now you've created value on the home team.
01:32They were a two-touchdown favorite last month, and after two games, now they're barely a touchdown favorite.
01:39Yeah, no, look, I think it's changed significantly for them,
01:42and it sounds like, Joe, you're leaning toward Houston a little bit.
01:45The thing that always scares me about point spreads,
01:49there's only one spread to me that is a scary one in football, college and pro.
01:54It's that 7 and a half, not even 3 and a half, but it's like when a game is 7
01:58and a half,
01:59I'm trying to sort of read what they're telling you in that game.
02:02And it always feels to me like if I'm getting 7 and a half,
02:06I feel like I probably should have laid the 7 and a half,
02:09because there's a reason why that hook is on the 7.
02:12So, you know, me not knowing a ton about this game and only having seen Texas Tech play that one
02:18time,
02:19I'd have to, again, take your word for it in this one.
02:22It's not that I don't have interest in this game tonight, but simply put,
02:24that's my read in pro and college football.
02:28When I see a hook on that 7, I don't just run to take that.
02:32I usually say, okay, there's got to be a reason why this hasn't been on 7.
02:36Now, is that the current line right now?
02:38Has that changed?
02:39I know you said it came down a lot.
02:417 and a half.
02:42Yep, still 7 and a half here, which is...
02:46I don't think I ever take 7 and a half.
02:50Well, they'll never get this, because you know what's going to happen.
02:52The minute 7 would have came available, it would have been bet back the other way with Texas Tech.
02:57I mean, it's too key of a number for the market is not going to allow a 7 to be
03:02there for very long.
03:03They'll bet it back and take Texas Tech.
03:05But listen, Tech is spent, and the report that came out this week, they're in that $40 million range, Craig,
03:14in NIL money, $40 million on this team.
03:17And they would have given Sorsby the world if they could have got him, and they did.
03:22They convinced them to leave Cincinnati again here.
03:24But they were ready to go to war to get a quarterback that they thought could lead them to a
03:30Big 12 championship
03:31and a playoff spot.
03:33$40 million doesn't buy a whole lot of offense, because I'm not seeing a whole lot of love here for
03:40Texas Tech.
03:41And I think it's going to be a fantastic test.
03:43But how much credit do you give home field in a situation like this,
03:49especially with a program like Texas Tech or an Oklahoma?
03:54I mean, do you give a team a little more credit there because they're going to be playing under lights,
03:59especially in Lubbock?
04:01Yeah, maybe a little bit.
04:03Although I do think that Houston fans will go to this game, too.
04:08Yes, good point.
04:11I don't think that's a huge factor in tonight's game.
04:14I mean, the one team that seems, for whatever reason, to never—
04:18I don't want to say ever be a great team, Joe,
04:20but it seems like TCU is always good at home, and they're horrible on the road.
04:24Texas Tech has been pretty even.
04:26They've won at home, they've won on the road, and they've gotten to championships.
04:30But TCU, I think, has the bigger home field advantage of all those teams in Texas,
04:35not named the Longhorns.
04:36But TCU, I think, has the bigger home field advantage of all those teams in Texas,
04:36and TCU.
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