CFP Preview: Can Texas & SMU win their first CFP games & advance

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This weekend, we'll see the first ever on-campus CFP games take place in Austin, State College, South Bend and Columbus. We'll see two Texas teams take part in these games in Texas and SMU. Will either team advance to the second round of the CFP? K&C and Carter Freemon discuss Texas & SMU's chances as well as other top CFP storylines.

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00:00Now, in terms of the playoff itself, I have a feeling everybody in this room is probably

00:22to a certain extent rooting for SMU.

00:24I understand if people are rooting for Texas and TCU, don't forget about them.

00:29They're not in this bracket, I'm sorry to tell you.

00:31Don't forget about them, though.

00:33Is there another team besides the Texas teams that you guys are like, I would like to see

00:38them win?

00:40Would like to see win?

00:42Like, maybe win the whole thing.

00:44Well, I picked Oregon to beat Georgia in the National Championship game before the season,

00:48so I'd like to be right.

00:50And Dylan Gabriel, formerly OU quarterback now at Oregon, I'd like to see him have some

00:54success.

00:55Okay.

00:56In terms of these first round games, would love to see SMU go to Penn State and beat

01:01them.

01:02I think there's actually, of all the first round games, I think that has the highest

01:05likelihood of the lower seed beating the higher seed.

01:08That being said, if Penn State beats SMU, I might pick Penn State to go to the National

01:14Championship game.

01:16I think it's that much of a pivot.

01:18What Penn State showed me against Oregon in the Big Ten Championship game was a lot.

01:21I was really impressed with it.

01:24If you look at their bracket, if they beat SMU, Penn State would go to the Fiesta Bowl,

01:28play Boise State.

01:29I think Penn State's a better team than Boise State.

01:31If they can do enough to contain Ashton Janty and the rest of the team, I think they could

01:35win that game by double digits.

01:37Then they would play the winner, most likely Georgia, in the semifinal.

01:42Georgia's going to most likely start Gunnar Stockton, their backup quarterback.

01:45You have no idea what to expect out of him.

01:49And if Penn State's already won two games, and they go in the semifinals against a backup

01:53quarterback and a good Georgia team, SEC champion, don't want to say they're not, I don't know.

01:57I kind of like that path for them.

01:59If Penn State can beat SMU, which I don't know if they will.

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