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Penn State, SMU Meet in First Round of College Football Playoff
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12/20/2024
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It's the 16 Penn State with an opportunity for its first college football playoff appearance
00:11
to win some marquee matchups against the 11 seed in the final at-large team into this
00:16
field.
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That would be SMU eight and a half point spread Joe in favor of the Nittany Lions at home
00:24
our total stands at 53 and a half.
00:27
How do you approach the opening game of three tomorrow in the college football playoff?
00:33
So this is a big number Ben and I get it Happy Valley at 12 noon is better than a whiteout
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at eight o'clock at night Ben you know this.
00:45
So that's a break for SMU here.
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But listen Penn State has played two great teams this year and lost to both of them right
00:56
there their last game against Oregon in the Big Ten championship they lost to Ohio State
01:00
at home back in early November.
01:03
Now they've got another shot at taking on a ranked team here in SMU who's got a really
01:11
good offense so cold there's going to be some double digit wins maybe a chance of showers.
01:20
I think the home field is worth more here for Penn State than it is in some of these
01:24
other games but it just feels like exactly what we saw with SMU against Clemson it just
01:32
feels like in the second half SMU is going to have an opportunity to somehow I don't
01:38
think they win but I feel like they're going to somehow make this game appear final score
01:44
wise that it was closer than it really was.
01:47
And that's the only thing that's stopping me from actually laying the eight and a half
01:51
in here.
01:52
I think Penn State wins but I think SMU's offense gives them a shot at the backdoor
01:57
cover late.
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