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Ohio State vs. Tennessee: College Football Playoff Clash
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12/19/2024
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The nightcap of a Saturday tripleheader in the first ever 12-team college football playoff.
00:09
It's our 8-9 matchup in an invasion of volunteers in Columbus, Ohio.
00:17
As number 8 Ohio State will host number 9 Tennessee.
00:22
And I use host maybe in air quotes if you've been following some of the fan-based conversations
00:28
entering the shoe on Saturday night.
00:30
A lot of the tickets put on the resale market for a college football playoff game.
00:35
Not just simply an Ohio State home football game inside the horseshoe.
00:40
Tennessee fans have overwhelmed the system.
00:42
They've bought nearly 42% of those tickets put back on the market.
00:48
Might be a lot of orange in the crowd on Saturday night.
00:52
But still Zeno the Buckeyes more than a touchdown home favorite inside the shoe.
00:58
It is our lowest total of the opening round of the CFP that continues to plummet.
01:03
Now down to 45 and a hook.
01:06
How do you break down the matchup between the Bucs and the Vols?
01:10
Well before I give you my play I will agree with you.
01:12
And here's the interesting part about what's going to happen here on Saturday.
01:17
And I'm sort of here for the chaos.
01:19
If Tennessee goes up like 14-0 how restless will the natives in that stadium get?
01:24
How quickly will they turn on Ryan Day?
01:28
You might even see them walk out like honestly.
01:30
Like I think that there's a world where they are that irritated
01:34
with what has gone on at Ohio State and their inability to beat Michigan.
01:36
And then win a national title that that may happen.
01:39
Now to your point Ben.
01:40
I took a different approach to this game than I have to the other ones.
01:44
I took a first half under and I got it at 23 and a half.
01:46
And that number is gone because as you mentioned the total is plummeting here.
01:50
So we're down to 22 and a half and 22 in the first half.
01:53
When I look at a game script of the way this first half is going to unfold.
01:56
First of all you're going to have cold weather.
01:57
Second of all you're going to have two defenses that are really really good.
02:00
And for as much as we looked at Tennessee at the beginning of this year.
02:02
When they were putting up all those points it's unstoppable on offense.
02:05
Guess what?
02:05
We found out their offense against good SEC teams is pretty pedestrian.
02:08
So you're going to take Nico and you're going to put him in cold weather.
02:12
Where he's never played before and ask him to run an offense.
02:14
That hasn't really been scoring against good teams.
02:16
I don't think it happens.
02:18
I think there's a game script where both of these defenses show out early.
02:21
And both of these offenses don't do much.
02:23
I think there's a game script where Ohio State's defense shows out early.
02:27
And shuts down Tennessee and their offense is good enough to get up.
02:29
Score two touchdowns and be up 14 to three and a half.
02:32
I think that one works.
02:33
I think also the flip is true.
02:34
Where if Tennessee gets a couple of early scores.
02:36
When Ohio State's offense which is nothing to get excited about.
02:39
Doesn't have the ability to come back against a stout Tennessee defense.
02:42
Tennessee could be up 17 nothing at halftime.
02:45
I think the least likely game script is where both of these offenses score a bunch.
02:48
And score early a bunch.
02:49
I think it's going to take them two quarters to get adjusted to each other.
02:52
And figure out what each other's defense is doing.
02:55
And how they're going to navigate through that.
02:57
I think the cold weather certainly will limit Tennessee's offense.
02:59
And I certainly don't trust Ohio State's Will Howard.
03:02
So give me the first half under in this matchup.
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