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Behind the Lines: What Vegas Knows About Week 3
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Hey, welcome back the North Florida Sports Network. Hey, welcome back. It is the North Florida Sports Network. We're going to pick some college games Week three. There's a lot of good ones, five for the Noles, so we'll pick them all against the spread. We'll start on Thursday's matchup and we'll go through the whole slate. So who you got? I'm looking at Hard Rock just for your information, but it's going to be some good games. We'll find out what the Gators can do as they go to Death Valley. Miami has to play against those Bulls.
Speaker 2On the CW.
Speaker 1We'll pick them all. What game are you looking forward to most, Jimmy?
Speaker 2I tell you what I'm looking at that 7.30 on NBC Texas A&M going into South Bend, notre Dame, trying to avoid starting off 0-2.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, that's going to be a big game. I like the Irish in that one, I do do too, but I think it might be a toughie.
Speaker 2Also kind of interested in what happens to Virginia Tech.
Speaker 1Oh yeah.
Speaker 2Yeah, they got Old Dominion coming in. Old Dominion has the from virginia. Yeah, I mean, virginia tech does not look good, that's always a tough game, or virginia odu's quarterback is leading the country and rushing for quarterbacks Wow. You know 0-3,. I think you might start seeing the old get private Wake Forest is getting 7.5 at home NC State.
Speaker 1What do you think there? It's a little Do they cover? Yeah, I mean home dog Thursday. Yeah, I don't I'm going to go NC State. Yeah, I don't I'm gonna go nc state. Yeah, I don't think wake forest is good this year I don't know how good it is getting four and a half in houston on friday. Colorado looks bad, so you're going houston there. Yeah, all right, um, I'm with you on that. Kansas State oh wow.
Speaker 2Yeah, man, yeah, they're going to be Getting beat by Army. They're still the favorites on the road. I actually got Arizona winning that one.
Speaker 1Arizona home dog one and a half. Give it to me. New Mexico getting 15 and a half. Ucla we don't need to do that. Memphis Troy no, getting 15 and a half ucla we don't need to do that. Memphis troy no. Oregon is 27 and a half on the road in northwestern. I'll take the wildcats to cover nine o'clock local time.
Speaker 2Start for for oregon I'm taking the wildcats to cover yeah, slow the game down yeah gonna be early it might be a backdoor cover like 35, 14 or something like that and honestly, man, I'm gonna be honest with you the game I'm most interested in is in atlanta, dabbo yeah, we'll get that one.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, dabbo and um bring that one but right now I want to go wisconsin, alabama yeah, man, that's a big that's one and a half yeah I don't know. You know, roll tide I think they're gonna blow them out? Yeah, yeah, I do. Maybe. What do you? So you say no, I haven't watched wisconsin at all.
Speaker 2Yeah, okay, I mean I know they struggled a little bit with Miami Ohio, but Miami Ohio is full of D1 transfers, FBS transfers. I'm taking. Power, five transfers. So what do you got?
Speaker 1Wisconsin to keep it within three touchdowns.
Speaker 2No, I don't think Luke Fickle is.
Speaker 1Okay, see, All right Michigan.
Speaker 2Central Michigan. I don't care about that.
Speaker 1All right, michigan, central Michigan I don't care about that. All right, this is the one you wanted to do Georgia Tech getting three and a half at home against Clemson.
Speaker 2Yeah, if Haynes King plays, I would not be shocked to see him win that game.
Speaker 1So, yeah, give me the jackets. Yeah, yep, it's a cover um oklahoma temple. No, we're not doing that. Auburn, south alabama we're not going to do that one either. I got georgia tennessee. This is a good one sec battle tennessee's getting three and a half at home. I know you, this is what. Put your money where your mouth is.
Speaker 2Yeah, I mean, there was nothing, you're right, just last week, tennessee, the quarterback, it's different. This is it. I'm going to go with them, I'm going to ride that wave. I think they pull the upset.
Speaker 1Yeah, well, they're getting three and a half.
Speaker 2Yeah, upset. Yeah, well, they're getting three and a half. Um, yeah, there's just nothing that georgia has done.
Speaker 1That's overly impressive. I think it's, I think it's gonna be. You know, you go on the road too in neiland stadium yeah, you know that that uh carson beck, I'm gonna take the points in the home dog, in the home dog.
Speaker 2Carson Beck got a lot of hate last season for a problem that really wasn't him yeah, we're going to find out.
Speaker 1West Virginia and Pitt, the good old backyard brawl yeah, the backyard brawl. West Virginia's getting six and a half.
Speaker 2I think Pitt covers that man West Virginia lost to Ohio last week. Yeah, I think Pitt covers that man.
Speaker 1West Virginia lost to Ohio last week. Yeah, I think Pitt's sneaky good this year.
Speaker 2West Virginia's down their top running back for the season.
Speaker 1I'm going with you, pitt. All right, texas Tech number 21. Big money, texas Tech. They're hosting the Beavers.
Speaker 2The winless Beavers yeah, they'll roll over them. 24 and a half. The windless beavers.
Speaker 1Yeah, they'll roll over 24 and a half USC now on the road at Purdue. Purdue's getting 21 and a half. The Trojans should blow them out.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Can they do that?
Speaker 2I don't know man Barry Odom's defense Boilermakers.
Speaker 1Give me the Boilermakers to cover Iowa State over Arkansas State. I'm going to take Iowa State to cover 20 and a half. I think they need to do that. We're not going to Texas. Oh God no, all right, south Florida, miami, south Florida is getting 17 and a half.
Speaker 2Yeah, that seems about right. Listen, I I know miami's like.
Speaker 1This is not going to be florida. They're not going to overlook you because their schedules well, number one, they have a quarterback.
Speaker 2That's not hurt, right, that can throw the ball down the field and you just beat florida they've got everybody's gonna right. They got an offensive system that actually works. Um, you know, they have physical trenches. They will beat usf up in the trenches. This is something they hyped florida up all offseason for having is, you know, these, this great offensive line, this great defensive line, and it's not there?
Speaker 1well is miami gonna do just dominate this game though 17 and a half.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1I mean I'm going to take the Bulls to cover.
Speaker 2That's what I can tell you. South Florida is a roster comprised of marginal in-state talent.
Speaker 1Well, exactly, and I think they're going to be playing with the chip on their shoulder. I'm not saying they're going to win. I think Miami's going to win handily. I'm just looking for the backdoor cover here. 17?. I'm looking for the 17-point loss.
Speaker 2Like Miami wins, recover here 17, I'm looking for the 17 point loss. Like miami wins 40, 41, 24, I got it 48, 17 miami. I think it's going to be that kind of game. Byron brown is not an accurate passer. He's kind of a one-trick pony. You know a bunch of qb runs and then throw it deep.
Big SEC Matchups and Georgia-Tennessee
Speaker 1This is the all right, let's go. Let's move on um. Ole Miss playing Arkansas. Arkansas is getting a touchdown and plus a hook seven and a half this is a.
Speaker 2This is a sneaky one man. Ole Miss did not look overly impressive against Kentucky. I'll take Arkansas to cover.
Speaker 1I don't think they get the win Same point spread in Baton Rouge, as the Gators are getting seven and a half.
Speaker 2Man.
Speaker 1I thought it'd be more. Yeah, this is a rivalry game.
Speaker 2If LSU wouldn't have looked, you got to think you're going to get.
Speaker 1They look like shit against Louisiana Tech.
Speaker 2You know like you expect LSU to blow Louisiana Tech out, and they didn't do it Right. They looked bad.
Speaker 1I'm taking the Gators, I think. I think they're going to show. I mean they have talent and if not, if they don't, they're going to play hard. They will.
Speaker 2They'll probably lose by a field goal.
Speaker 1It'll be a close game. I am convinced that the hook is.
Speaker 2I'm going to take it that Lagway is not even close to 100%.
Speaker 1So you're taking LSU? Yeah, yeah, if that was, yeah, this is a gut I got to get eight.
Speaker 2I got to see him do something Like the LSU defense is way better than USF, right.
Speaker 1Well, this is it Like this is everything's on the line now. Your coach is in the hot seat. I think they have a better chance this week than I mean they're going to Miami next. So, yeah, I mean yeah, they have a better chance this week than I mean they're going to Miami next.
Speaker 2Yeah, I mean yeah, they got a better chance this week than going. You got to remember it's 730 in Death Valley. That is a that you know.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2Championship teams have gone in there and gotten beat.
Speaker 1Oh, I know, but they also went in there. Alabama went in there last year, Right, and smoked them, yeah. So I mean this is Well.
Speaker 2Alabama. This is it.
Speaker 1This is put up or shut up for the Napier's better when his back's against the wall.
Speaker 2It's going to take something like Milrow did from Lagway.
Speaker 1Right. I don't think they're going to win. I just think they're going to keep it competitive, lose closely and tear their hearts out, but you're going to go LSU.
Speaker 2Yeah, I'm just going to go LSU.
Speaker 1A&M's getting six and a half.
Speaker 2I will think A&M covers that. I'll take the Irish by a touchdown.
Speaker 1I hope so.
Speaker 2For Junior's sake, the Bears are god-awful. Mike Elko's sake, the Bears are god-awful. So it you know, but Mike Elko's defense.
Speaker 1Well, yeah, okay, all right, let's go South Carolina, vandy Vandy's getting five and a half.
Speaker 2Hmm, that's another one.
Speaker 1Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2Shit, I'll go V Vandy, I'll go South Carolina, but yeah watch out I mean it's not as long as they got that guy Diego at QB. It's not the old school Vandy, but then again you got Sellers for South Carolina. I mean it yeah. I don't know if I want to take vandy on that. There's really nothing else I think I'll switch over to the cocks all right.
Speaker 1Well, there you have it. There's some other ones, but that's about. That's nothing worth picking, man yeah, I mean that's. Yeah, it's about ACC action Florida LSU is what I'll be most looking forward to. I just I think it's going to be a good game.
Speaker 1I think it's a rivalry game yeah it reminds me of like back when, you know, florida state lost to louisville and then went in, had to play miami, you know, and everybody thought it was like 13 points or something. Yeah, and those kind of games it's. This is seven and a half, which is god. I'm really testing it there, but I think that with that schedule mean they got to do something and then they did it last year.
Speaker 2If Flagway is healthy man, they're just inconsistent and this is the game that they'll play hard If he's just shaking off rust. If last week, I mean they could have easily won that game.
Speaker 1If he just makes some throws, yeah Well, he can't, he just doesn't play like yeah well, he can't, run man Laterally he can't move.
Speaker 2Six carries for nine yards, that might be the.
Speaker 1He got sacked one time, so he's a shell of himself, big shell.
Speaker 2Right, he couldn't throw 6'2", 250 pounds 250.
Speaker 1Yeah, he's not Anthony Richardson. He'd need him to be like 235. Yeah, if he can't throw, yeah Well.
Florida-LSU Rivalry Deep Dive
Speaker 2and then he got the leg injury, you know coming into the summer, Right? So if he's just shaking off rust and he kind of feels his way through it, then yeah man, I think they got a shot. But if he's still just not 100% and trying to tough it out, they're going to get their asses kicked. Because this is the same kind of heat on Brian Kelly that's on Billy Napier. They may not have the same record.
Speaker 1Go ahead and lose this game. If you're Brian Kelly, I don't think so. I think they're going to win a close one. I just think Florida will keep it close. They'll probably get out to a lead. It'll be interesting to see. They'll probably get out to a lead and then LSU's going to come back and win it.
Speaker 2Now the defensive lineman that spit on the player for USF. They haven't ruled on whether or not he's going to be suspended for this game. That's their best defensive lineman in the middle. That's another thing We'll see. Like you said, it's not going to get any easier. They've got to go to Coral Gables right after that.
Speaker 1Just a good old bye week. Yeah, I wish we didn't have a bye week.
Speaker 2Nah, it came at a good time. You got some guys that need to heal up.
Speaker 1Okay, and then you have pretty much another practice game. Right, you just want to get through that, and then it's just the big road game of the first half of the season.
Speaker 2Yeah, conference play. Honestly, I wish that we didn't even have to play Kent State.
Speaker 1No, I mean. Well, it's on the schedule, man.
Speaker 2Go ahead and get to it, just another.
Speaker 1We'll see if they can build on what they did and dominate and just get it to where the counter's ready. You know like they're ready to respond.
Speaker 2Yeah, it's gonna come friday night in charlottesville probably right that charlottesville that's the biggest you know, because you got to go from week to week it's not all off season getting ready to play Alabama. It's all right. We played Kent State, beat the shit out of them. Now we've got to rebound quick, go on the road and play a team that's oh, I'm sure they're looking at Virginia and they're already having that scouted.
Speaker 2I would imagine they're probably doing both Virginia and Miami, more than anything for Kent State Right, because Miami's the next week. Yeah, I imagine they're probably doing both Virginia and.
Speaker 1Miami more than anything for Kent State Right, because Miami's the next week.
Speaker 2Yeah, I mean that's crazy. That's the big juggernaut on the schedule as it stands now.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2Hands down. That's the best team you're going to face the most physical, the most athletic.
Speaker 1It's going to be a clash of the old school Titans in the transfer portal era.
Speaker 2Would like for both teams to be undefeated so you can watch Kirk.
Speaker 1Herbstreet. But that I mean you can't say that there's chances Miami could lose it. South Florida, florida State could lose to Virginia.
Speaker 2Well, they got, you know, they got USF and UF, Then a bye week. I just I don't see them losing either one of those games.
Speaker 1Wow, they're probably in all the state teams right back to back. Yeah.
Speaker 2Yeah, wow, you got little old Central Florida Orlando State. Our ride was here, we got a show. Their fans are a little bit salty about Gus Malzahn's offensive explosion.
Speaker 1Yeah, I think it's just timing. Yeah, I think it's just timing. He took the best players, you added them with other mix and then you have Malzahn doing just offense. Maybe he just didn't like Orlando. I don't think he likes head coaching.
Speaker 2Nah, why would? You, I mean the money's great, but God, all the shit you got to deal with now, Donors.
Speaker 1He's on the field shaking hands, kissing babies. Man, I just want to call ball plays.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, skill sets Well that's the transfer portal.
Florida State's Upcoming Schedule Assessment
Speaker 1It's about timing and paying money to the right guys. Yeah, and I like the guys they got. Look hungry, motivated, well coached so far.
Speaker 2Yeah, I mean it really highlights just how bad shit was last year. Yeah, Throughout the locker room, like from day one.
Speaker 1Those same coaches were here in 2023, but then it just showed you how good those players were Right.
Speaker 2You had leaders in the locker room Right and they left and you had nothing else Right. Pat Payton, role player at LSU.
Speaker 1Yeah, there you go. Yeah, I mean there's wasn't. He wasn't up for being the guy no, he was a. He's a good role player great role player Josh Farmer so when they evaluate it bye yeah, I I'm a through two games.
Speaker 2I'm impressed with Daryl Jackson.
Speaker 1Yeah well, I knew you were going to get it. He made the right decision Come back, dominate, and it's worth it. And if you can make money in college too.
Speaker 2You couldn't go try your hand at the NFL off that tape he put out last season. Right, Exactly.
Speaker 1And I think Coach Knighton.
Speaker 2Yeah. You got some hard asses now on the defensive side of the ball man Tony White is a big big reason yeah, you're seeing the night and day. The coordinators right now are best in the country Right. The difference between him and Adam Fuller in terms of relating to the players is Well.
Speaker 1That's the biggest. We got NFL picks tomorrow and we'll talk to you right then, right here on the North Florida Sports.
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