00:00Sometimes you wait for a game and you get real excited when it arrives.
00:07And other times you wait for a game and you dread, you dread its arrival.
00:15And that is unfortunately where I now am with Clemson versus Miami.
00:22The Clemson Tigers were a team that I thought could be much better than expectations coming into the season.
00:33I thought they would win the ACC.
00:37The Miami Hurricanes were a team that I thought would be a little bit worse than expectations.
00:44I actually left them out of my college football playoff.
00:50So I was always going to be on Clemson here.
00:55And then week one happens.
00:58And it's like, ooh, we're going to get a lot of points with Clemson.
01:03That'll be interesting.
01:04And then week two happens.
01:07And it's like, oh, wow, we're going to get all the points with Clemson.
01:10And then week three happens.
01:13And I'm like, man, this Clemson team can't be serious.
01:18And then week four happens.
01:21And Clemson put together what is their most impressive result of the season.
01:28And that's what's bothering me.
01:32That's what's bothering me, Dave, is that this look ahead was 17 and a half.
01:38And those numbers are long gone because people are clicking Clemson.
01:46Now, I couldn't pull myself to not.
01:49So I did take them at 16 and a half.
01:52But guys, if you would have made me guess in week one or even after week one, would Clemson be,
02:00you know, popping up in the best bet graphic?
02:02I would have told you, yes, no doubt.
02:05We're touching money line.
02:07We're going to have a party.
02:10Instead, it's like I'm at a birthday party I don't want to be at.
02:13I'll put the hat on, but I don't want to.
02:15Like, I'm on Clemson, Dave.
02:18But again, and Dave knows.
02:19Like, we've been doing this now, you know, together long enough.
02:22When I'm excited, Iowa last week, I'm excited.
02:27This is almost like somebody hacked into my account and put the Clemson.
02:32We're all looking for the guy who did this.
02:34I'm on Clemson, though.
02:36And we both bet Clemson week one versus LSU.
02:38And I'm really hoping that DraftKings just deletes it from my history because I don't want to know that I
02:43actually did that when I look back at, you know, the spreadsheet for the year didn't happen.
02:47This line is so crazy that I actually had multiple people from my past, people I hadn't spoken to in
02:54four or five years.
02:55David Hale, a great writer at ESPN, reached out to me and say, 17 points at home under Dabo?
03:02Like, give me something.
03:04Put on the research hat and told him.
03:06The largest in the Dabo-Sweeney era back to 2008.
03:10It's the largest Clemson has been a home dog since Florida State was relevant back in 2003.
03:18So there's some history on the line here.
03:21And if you're questioning whether Dabo wins as a big dog the last three times he was a big dog,
03:28no.
03:30Georgia last year to open the season, nope.
03:33Texas in the college football playoff, nope.
03:36The Sear versus LSU, nope.
03:39He didn't cover in any of those games where he was a double digit.
03:42Now, none of them were at home.
03:44They were all neutral site or on the road.
03:46This is a home game for what it's worth.
03:48My father asked me to tape it since we won't be home.
03:51We still do that thing.
03:52You tape it.
03:53I don't have a VCR, but I'll find a way.
03:56It's going to be over by the time we get home today to watch it because this Miami team is
04:01not joking around this year.
04:03And, yes, we always joke that Chris Sabal is going to throw up an egg and they're going to lose
04:07a game here or there.
04:08I give you Malachi Tony.
04:10I give you Darian Mensah.
04:11They have an offense that right now is unstoppable.
04:14And we talked about Florida's offense.
04:17Miami's might be even better.
04:19And, oh, by the way, Clemson is not good.
04:22There's a reason why they're getting 16 and a half points at home versus Miami.
04:26Now, Miami, a team that can lay an egg, we've seen it.
04:30We saw it versus LSU.
04:32We saw it versus SMU.
04:33Both those teams are better than Clemson.
04:36Miami's going to win this game.
04:37Now, do they cover the 16 and a half?
04:40I'm not the guy who hacked into your account and took the 16 and a half, nor would I.
04:45I think there's an element to playing the under here.
04:49It's not a game I'm interested in, but should I take it?
04:52But I would go with the under simply because the weather's going to be crappy.
04:57They talked about moving the game up because of the weather.
04:59They're not.
05:00If there's anything that's going to slow down the Miami Hurricanes offense, it's going to be weather.
05:05And that's kind of, you know, Hurricanes weather.
05:07You get it.
05:08I don't think Clemson's going to score many points.
05:10I think Miami maybe takes their foot off the brakes if they're up, say, 31-3 in the second half
05:16of a mud pit bowl.
05:18Maybe you take your foot off the gas.
05:20But this team also is somebody who I understand it was FAMU.
05:25But I was getting text messages from people asking, what was the last time a team scored 100?
05:30That's what you're looking at with Miami.
05:32Now, Clemson's better than FAMU.
05:34But, Kevin, are you going to be surprised when it's 11 o'clock at night Miami wins this game 48
05:41-3?
05:42No, you're not.
05:43You're not.
05:44So I'm not taking the 16 and a half.
05:47I would find out who hacked into your account.
05:50I would play the under if I played anything in this game.
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