Ohio State vs. Tennessee CFP Game: Pressure on Ryan Day

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00:00We continue with the night cap tonight in Columbus. The eight

00:06seed Ohio State, the nine seed Tennessee. A seven and a half

00:10point spread in favor of the Buckeyes. The over under the

00:13lowest for any of our CFP opening round games at 46 and a

00:19half. Lee Seaguy, as we look at this matchup and we talked

00:22about the pressure that is mounting on those in Columbus.

00:26Ryan Day, the head coach, in a big spot, trying to rectify the

00:32very sour taste in the mouth of those in CBUS after losing to

00:36the maize and blue of Michigan for a fourth consecutive year.

00:41If he wants to calm the waters per se in Columbus, how big

00:45does Ohio State need to win by tonight? A seven and a half. I

00:50say that very convincingly. You gotta win by seven and a half.

00:53Eight or more, alright? That's it. Because I think anything

00:57else will be unacceptable and the reason, you know, I say that

01:00is we talk about playing at home and how important it is to

01:03have that home game for some of these teams. I wouldn't argue

01:06that point for James Franklin and Ryan Day respectively. I

01:08think both of those coaches would like to be on the road as

01:11opposed to playing in their respective. They might have a

01:13longer shelf life. Right? I mean, seriously, this is an

01:18important game and the reason why I say that is you look at

01:20the game against Oregon, right? Oregon abused that secondary

01:24for for Ohio State vertically and they attacked him on the

01:27perimeter with the rushing attack of Jordan James and

01:30Dylan Gabriel. Yeah. The only team similar from a tempo

01:33perspective is Tennessee. I honestly believe that. They run

01:36it at such a high pace that they could potentially. Yeah.

01:39Wear down that front seven of Ohio State and Nico might only

01:42have to throw fifteen, sixteen times in this matchup if the

01:45rushing attack is ripping off four and a half, five yards per

01:48carry. That is the style and the matchup tonight. I really

01:51want to see how this game does play out. A lot of pressure on

01:55Will Howard. A lot of pressure on that defense. They haven't

01:58answered the bell. Certainly against a blue collar rushing

02:01attack in Michigan. Last time they played, I'm leaning to

02:04Tennessee. I like them with the points and I do feel they

02:07strike the upset. So, I, my favorite bet in this game is a

02:10player prompt but I know not everybody out there can get

02:12those and and I've certainly been having fun betting all the

02:14sides and in both seasons. I wanted to. On a heater by the

02:16way. Thank you. Appreciate it. It's alright. Yeah, nice to

02:19see you. Smell the love. Don't think you're on Jacksonville

02:22State yesterday like the rest of us but that was Christmas

02:25shot. Um on on one month before the uh phone. So, um if I may.

02:32Yeah. Spread math a little. Please. Now, and I, by the way,

02:35you don't get to do that as much in ball season. So, I I

02:37wanna take this while I can. Tennessee is catching the same

02:40number that they caught when they went to Georgia. The week

02:44after Georgia had lost that game to Ole Miss and I'm just

02:47trying to perception of Georgia going into that game

02:50versus Ohio State going into this game. Perception of

02:53Tennessee going into that game versus Tennessee now and that's

02:57what I found myself more gravitated towards of the

03:00perception around Tennessee. We are rightfully focused on Ohio

03:04State. Yeah. Because of everything. Right. But I look

03:07at Tennessee's last game of the year. We were still here and it

03:10was seventeen seven fourteen nothing Vanderbilt and I was as

03:14confident as I'm like they are done. They are absolutely done.

03:19Javier does it again. He's gonna get his sixteenth season

03:21next year. Real excited for that. Like they're gonna run

03:24run run. I know it's Vanderbilt. To go down fourteen

03:29nothing and have the lead at half was very impressive to me.

03:34Yeah. From Tennessee. Not the type of game I thought they

03:38would have been able to execute here. You mentioned the

03:40spread. There's only one seven and a half still out there.

03:43Hmm. We're moving. Maybe we'll come back around. I would agree

03:48with Joe getting a touchdown plus in this game here. Again,

03:52Ohio State's separation. Yeah. They've won big games. They've

03:56hung in big games but they've not massively extended on

03:59anybody ironically outside of Indiana. Favorite in all twelve

04:03games this year that being Ohio State just six and six against

04:08the number. Tennessee an underdog twice. Outright win

04:11against Alabama. A non-cover against Georgia. Both of those

04:16games featured at most forty-eight points. Tennessee

04:19and four non-conference games averaged more than sixty-one

04:23points per game with an average margin of difference in those

04:26two of better than fifty-eight points per game but in their

04:30eight SEC matchups this season averaging just twenty-five

04:34points per game offensively with an average margin of fewer

04:37than six points per game and when you talk about defense

04:41there is none better statistically than that of Ohio

04:44State. The best scoring defense in the country. Ten point nine

04:47points per game. The best total defense in the country. A top

04:51ten rushing defense by the way Kev. Some of those numbers

04:55slightly off. The the sample size for both teams are very

04:58weird. I do say and you'll have more time. Jera, Maya, Smith.

05:02The kid's gonna have a day.

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