Travis Hunter Wins Heisman; College Football Playoff Update

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00:00Let's talk to our boy, Rich Cermonello.

00:06Hey, Scott. Let's talk some college football.

00:09Going to begin with the Heisman Trophy.

00:11Obviously, the big news, Travis Hunter, two-way star.

00:15This year's Heisman winner. Love the choice.

00:18Love Ashton Gente at number two.

00:20That was a closer vote than I thought.

00:23Here are my takeaways.

00:24First off, this is the biggest win for Coach Prime.

00:28I think it's a proof of concept

00:30that you could not only get coached by Deion Sanders

00:34and really lock into some of that NIL money,

00:37get a lot more exposure,

00:39but you could also win a Heisman Trophy.

00:42I mean, I think this is hugely effective down the road

00:45in terms of boosting his recruiting at Colorado

00:48or wherever he winds up.

00:50Other thought, look at that top 10, Scott.

00:52I was fascinated by the top 10 vote-getters.

00:55What we're seeing now from Heisman vote-getters

00:58is it doesn't matter where you begin or where you play.

01:02If you get it done on the field, you're going to get votes.

01:05And we saw that.

01:06We had a true tight end in the top 10

01:08in Tyler Warren of Penn State.

01:10We saw kids who began their careers at Sacramento State,

01:14Incarnate Word, Jackson State.

01:17They played at places like Ohio in the MAC.

01:20So this was a very diverse group of candidates.

01:23Love to see that.

01:24Quickly looking ahead to next year,

01:26we'll have a lot of time in the offseason to talk Heisman,

01:28but watch the young kids next year,

01:31receivers like Jeremiah Smith at Ohio State,

01:33Ryan Williams at Alabama,

01:35quarterbacks like Arch Manning at Texas,

01:38DJ Lagway at Florida.

01:40Never too early to talk Heisman Trophy.

01:42We'll be doing that before you know it.

01:44Now, we've got playoffs, and I couldn't be more excited.

01:47Friday night, Indy, Indiana, Saturday, three guys.

01:51It's going to be spectacular for college football fans.

01:53Here are my general thoughts from a betters perspective, Scott.

01:57First off, look at the sites of these games.

02:00Three of these games in the Midwest, Indiana, Penn State,

02:04Ohio State, weather could be a factor.

02:06I like the unders in these games.

02:09I do not expect to see upsets.

02:11The under I like the most right off the bat,

02:14Friday night, Indiana at Notre Dame.

02:17Indy's got a great defense, great defensive line play.

02:20What we saw out of your Hoosiers this year is that

02:23when they faced really good defenses,

02:25namely Michigan and Ohio State,

02:27that offense grinded to a halt.

02:29Those two games, just 35 points combined.

02:33I think this game is played in the teens for the Hoosiers.

02:36I expect Indy to win something like 26-17, 27-17.

02:41Love the under.

02:42And then the other pick for this weekend,

02:44I like Tennessee getting 7.5.

02:46I've already locked in.

02:47Tennessee looks to me like a more polished version of Michigan.

02:51North-south running game, really good defensive line.

02:55That Ohio State offensive line, reshuffled,

02:57could have problems with Tennessee.

02:59Low scoring, close.

03:01I think Ohio State survives,

03:03but Tennessee's going to be really tough on Saturday.

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