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Penn State vs. SMU Showdown: Nittany Lions Favored by 8.5
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12/20/2024
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So let's start off with Happy Valley, where the Nittany Lions will be at home,
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their eight and a half point favorites against SMU. Biggest game in SMU's football, maybe history,
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or going back when, I guess, Eric Dickerson was running back there before they lost the program
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for a while. And that goes before, like, I can even remember stuff there, Bill. Total 53 and a
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half in the game. James Franklin, generally speaking, really good against any team that's
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very good. And then it gets difficult. So I wonder, this doesn't seem more about Penn State
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to me. It seems more about who SMU is. We're going to find out. I agree. And if I'm SMU,
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you have to get off to a fast start. You can't let that Beaver Stadium crowd get into the game.
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You know, if they get out, score on their first drive, use that tempo to push Penn State a little
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bit. And use a defense that, quite frankly, is a little bit underrated to stuff the run. They
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allow 74.7 yards per game on the ground. And if they can limit that tag team of Nick Singleton
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and Katron Allen, they have a chance. The narrative I keep getting with this game, Craig, is
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James Franklin, big game. Well, James Franklin's pretty good when they're picked to win. They've
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only lost one game as an underdog the last three years, the Peach Bowl against Ole Miss, where
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there were guys missing on both sides. And they're two and one against the spread when they're
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favored by 10 points or less this season. So where that spread's sitting, I think there is
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some blowout potential here with Penn State, with Drew Aller working the ball to Tyler Warren
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and that defense led by Abdul Carter. Give me the Nittany Lions by double digits.
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