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NCAAF Best Bets: College Football Week 8 Showdowns
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10/17/2024
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Week 8 of this 2024 college football season and this Saturday's slate somehow some way if even
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possible could be just the best single Saturday of this year. An incredibly significant Saturday
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especially in the SEC. It is one versus five. Number one Texas, number five Georgia,
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under the lights in Austin on Saturday night. The Longhorns playing host to the Bulldogs the first
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time. Texas has hosted a top five opponent DRS in nearly 20 years since 2006. When the line
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opened for this game in the summer months, Texas was a slight and I mean very slight home favorite
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in this potential matchup. Game of the year three billing is certainly justified against UGA. The
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line as it opened early this week for week eight three and a half it is being added on for Steve
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Sarkeesian's Longhorns. Texas a four and a half point home favorite. DRS the last time that Georgia
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was booked as an underdog way back at the start of the 2021 season and another top five tilt to
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begin against Clemson. UGA won that game outright 10 to 3. We have not seen the dogs as a dog in a
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very long time. Do you agree with a four and a half point spread in favor of UT? I do and the
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line actually opened up at two and a half in is now you know up to that four and a half and even
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five ranges of some outlets out there. I don't think it's going to continue to get much much
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higher than that because there will be a buyback on Georgia. They're a pretty good football team
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but when I'm looking at Texas you watch that game against OU last week 34 to 3 final. If Quinn
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Ewers was the Quinn Ewers that started the season not injured that game might have been 54 to 3 and
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it would have been over much quicker because there were a lot of throws to be made in the first
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quarter and first half that he did not make but if you're looking from Texas you see it's like hey
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Sarkeesian's offense is completely rolling. They're fantastic on offense but look at the defense
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starting with the Michigan game 12 points UTSA seven points ULM three points Mississippi State
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who is a SEC team 13 points OU three points here so as much as I want to focus on the offense for
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Texas that defense was an absolutely sensational now we understand Georgia is a quite good defensive
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football team as well fell asleep a little bit in the first half against Alabama but the rest of
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their games lower scoring as well for me I think Texas is better if I think they are better they'll
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be able to cover the four and a half but that's 56 and a half I understand how good these offenses
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can be I'm looking towards the under on that total I am two really good defenses in a high
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stakes environment game I lean towards the under I don't know if we get 60 points in this one
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Texas's defense DRS leads the nation in terms of opponent yardage output and in terms of opponent
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point total they are the only team allowing less than a touchdown per game on average it's 6.8
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but the Longhorns have not really seen an offense just yet like Georgia where Carson Beck has thrown
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for more than 430 yards in two of the last three against Alabama a lot of it in the second half
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after three interceptions he ended up with 430 plus yards and three touchdowns more than 450
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last week at home against Mississippi State Donnie there were some questions about Georgia
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as they started their back-to-back title run in 2021 and 2022 last year with a very easy schedule
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as well in 2023 and their inability perhaps for Kirby sports dogs to cover games in non-conference
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but an SEC play they were lights out 16 and 12 against the spread in conference action from 2021
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to 2023 they have not covered so far in four tries oh and four against the spread for Georgia so far
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this year in SEC action it has not been a great recipe for the dogs just yet Texas meanwhile a
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favorite in all in every game this year they are five and one against the number a huge spot for
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Quinn Ewer sued through for less than 200 last week a quarterback match of DRS as you look at
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the NFL draft odds for this upcoming April between the two guys that are co-favorites right now
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to be that number one overall pick Beckett six to one viewers at six to one as well and to your
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point as we continue the victory lap this game has a magnitude and an atmosphere that we have not seen
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in Austin in nearly two decades because we have two teams still very much in a hunt for a college
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football playoff spot an SEC championship and even more than that a national title as well Texas is
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the favorite in its debut year in the southeastern conference to win the SEC at plus 115 but beyond
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that DRS look at the CFP prices both hefty minus money favorites to see the playoff Texas enters
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this monumental matchup in Austin as the national championship favorites at plus 350 Georgia third
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best price about a dollar and a half behind at plus 490 this would be one of those games where
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you say okay Georgia went to Alabama had the lead late lost that game even having a massive comeback
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okay they got one loss they can still get into the national championship picture if they win
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their way out this is really going to test the boundaries of can a true loss team actually get in
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because that Georgia game that wasn't in Georgia that's in Alabama that's a tough place to play
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against a top-ranked opponent you're going to go into Texas against the number one team
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let's just say Ben it's a fantastic game all the way through 31 30 Texas here you can still say
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Georgia comfortably is one of the 12 best teams in the country but now you're going to test those
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boundaries of what happens if another team has one loss and the discount Georgia because of that
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schedule that they had or you just say we had your chances to win on the football field and you didn't
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I want to see how this one plays out but if you are Georgia this is must win territory if you're
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Texas of course you want to win this football game you want to be number one you want to win the SEC
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you want to leave no doubt out here but this is a quality football team coming to town where if you
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do lose and lose close once again Austin Texas will wake up on Sunday morning like oh that's
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terrible we lost that game but hey we can still win a national championship and play meaningful
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football the rest of the way I do think Texas does win and actually would like to see Texas win
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because I do want to see Georgia as a two loss team how they'll actually factor in if there's an
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outside slim chance that they can make the championship by saying dude did you see the
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two teams we lost here basically number one teams on the road here and close yeah Donnie you bring
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up a great point I don't even think a second loss on Saturday eliminates Georgia from college
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football playoff contention it should not it more than likely will not does it make the margin of
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error the rest of the way still with Ole Miss and Tennessee on the docket that much more slim
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for sure will we see a three loss team in the first year of a 12 team college football playoff
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that remains to be seen but multiple losses as it had in the previous 10 years of the 14
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format of the college football playoff should not eliminate you just yet the third Saturday in
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October is always a huge one in SEC territory and will they be singing a rocky top all Saturday long
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in Knoxville Tennessee hosts Alabama both teams suffered a loss two weeks ago both on the road
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but both as FD favorites Tennessee in Fayetteville against Arkansas Alabama of course in Nashville
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against Vanderbilt and neither responded all that well last week Tennessee survives in OT against
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Florida in Knoxville Alabama survives at home against South Carolina late in the Crimson Tide
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DRS enter this Saturday tilt a top 15 one at that as a two and a half point road favorite in
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Knoxville how do you break it down we used to feel like all gas no breaks here but basically it's been
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all breaks for the Tennessee offense the past couple weeks 25 points against OU 14 versus
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Arkansas 23 in overtime against the Florida Gators Alabama seemingly sleepwalking through
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their past two weeks here taking a loss to Vanderbilt which is unheard of down in Alabama
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Tuscaloosa territory then South Carolina 27 to 25 or quite frankly with multiple chances for South
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Carolina to win that football game even late here I don't know what I'm getting out of these two
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football teams but I know they're not playing their best football 56 and a half this game Ben
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the way these two teams are playing in this important game same thing as I just told you
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about Texas Georgia I'm going under I don't think we get 60 points in this game I don't
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Tennessee's defense has been one of the best all year long second best total defense
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fourth best scoring defense the offense DRS has been a struggle as it has been for the freshman
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quarterback in Nico Iameleava a little bit more college football than Thursday night football
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next there are so many great games on the Saturday week eight slate it is hard to determine which
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ones even to preview but we could not leave this one out for our very own Miami backer that is
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Donnie right side the Canes on the road in Louisville Kentucky in the noon eastern window
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on Saturday Miami off a bye and a perfect six and oh start just a four and a half point favorite
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against the cards on Saturday 61 and a half is the total DRS expected to be close just how close do
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you expect it to be I think it is going to be close here I still will take Miami with the minus
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four and a half points but if you're more comfortable that's 61 and a half I've been going
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under on the previous two breakdowns I think this one does go over Miami rested and ready for this
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one we know that offense is going to put up a lot of points but also we know this defense is capable
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of giving up a lot of points 38 points to Cal 34 points to Virginia Tech which if they didn't
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overturn that final play they would give up 40 points to Virginia Tech so I think both of these
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football teams will move the football if you're looking at you know prop bets for Cam Ward
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absolutely he's still going to be in the Heisman race after this game I think they win I think this
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game goes over the total but if you're saying confidence meter I'd rather go over 61 and a
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half than lay the four and a half yeah I would agree with that DRS I think we see some offense
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a matchup of two very experienced and solid collegiate quarterbacks Cam Ward of course
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for Miami he has thrown for at least 304 yards and all six tilts for the Hurricanes this season
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Tyler Shuck for Louisville not bad on the either side how good will the Cardinals be under Jeff
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Braum who is good at pulling upsets go back to his days at Purdue as an underdog though for Louisville
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just twice which is kind of crazy to say both against Notre Dame an outright win a year ago
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a non-cover just a couple of weeks ago in South Bend Miami unable to cover in its last two games
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of course as a double-digit favorite in ACC play both at home against Vontech and on the road a
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couple of Saturday nights ago in Berkeley
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