Thursday Night College Football Previews and Predictions

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Here's four games from Thursday night for you to chew on.

00:06 Give us some thoughts on these.

00:08 Now, Kent State is going to UCF.

00:10 We know the situation, of course, down in Florida, Joe.

00:13 Hopefully everybody's doing okay down there.

00:15 The hurricane passing through the north side, of course,

00:17 as we know, as of now, Kent State and UCF

00:21 still scheduled to rock, minus 35 and a half there.

00:24 NC State visits Connecticut.

00:26 Remember last year they played in Raleigh, Joe,

00:28 and the Wolfpack smoked UConn at their place.

00:31 They're laying 14 and a half on the road.

00:33 We have the return match between Florida and Utah.

00:37 Last year, the Gators beat them in Gainesville.

00:39 Now they go out west to Rice-Eccles.

00:41 That line you saw there with the four and a half,

00:44 and then Minnesota and Nebraska.

00:47 Your favorite game of the night,

00:48 with Matt Rule and the Huskers catching seven,

00:51 where PJ Fleck rows the boat.

00:53 - Well, I could be wearing red pants and a white T-shirt

00:56 doing cover, at least see when that game is on.

00:58 I'll tell you that right now.

00:59 I'll go through them.

01:00 I'm not touching the side.

01:02 I lean to UCF because of Orlando.

01:05 We don't know about the situation.

01:06 I lean to the over though,

01:08 because of the tempo of John Rice Plumlee

01:10 in the rushing attack that averaged 241 yards

01:14 on the ground last year.

01:15 Go over the 55 and a half.

01:17 I like UConn plus the 14 and a half.

01:20 Brendan Armstrong, the transfer for Virginia

01:22 with Dave Dorn in that offense.

01:24 Take it over for Devin Leary.

01:26 I just don't think it's a good fit for his skill sets.

01:29 I'm taking the Huskies in terms of the points

01:32 in their matchup.

01:33 And then we'll go to the two big boys.

01:35 Utah last year was six and O at home.

01:38 They won those five games against FBS opponents

01:41 by 23 points per game.

01:43 Last year, they lost to Anthony Richardson and Florida.

01:47 Richardson put a buck 68 and 283 rushing yards

01:51 on the ground.

01:52 They're not doing it with Graham Mertz.

01:54 And Florida was one in five as a road team last year.

01:57 Lost by 13.6 points per game.

02:00 Cam Risings out.

02:01 I'm still laying it with Utah.

02:03 And Nebraska does strike the upset on the road

02:06 against PJ Fleck in Minnesota.

02:08 No Tanner Morgan, no Mo Ibrahim that have moved on.

02:12 Give me Nebraska, plus the points.

02:14 They win a week one matchup.

02:16 - Outright Nebraska.

02:18 Outright you think they win.

02:20 - I do.

02:21 - Outright catching the seven.

02:23 How about that?

02:24 - The mentality on the offensive and defensive lines.

02:27 - And you're not worried with Rising of course

02:29 gonna be out.

02:30 Remember he of course got injured in that Rose Bowl game.

02:34 You're not worried at all with potentially Bryson Barnes.

02:38 At least that's the expectation out there.

02:40 You're not worried.

02:41 You still like Utah.

02:42 - No because--

02:43 - Doesn't matter that Rising's not out there.

02:45 - Typically Utah struggles with speed type of quarterbacks.

02:49 Kayla Williams, Anthony Richardson,

02:51 Dorian Thompson Robinson.

02:53 They all gave that defense fits.

02:55 Graham Mertz, you know where he's gonna be.

02:57 He's gonna be in the pocket.

02:59 You could hit him, you could knock him off his mark

03:01 and more importantly on the road, very turnover prone.

03:04 That's a benefit for Utah's defense in my opinion.

03:08 (upbeat music)

03:10 (bell ringing)

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