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Ohio State vs. Tennessee CFP Game: Pressure on Ryan Day
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12/21/2024
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We continue with the night cap tonight in Columbus. The eight
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seed Ohio State, the nine seed Tennessee. A seven and a half
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point spread in favor of the Buckeyes. The over under the
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lowest for any of our CFP opening round games at 46 and a
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half. Lee Seaguy, as we look at this matchup and we talked
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about the pressure that is mounting on those in Columbus.
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Ryan Day, the head coach, in a big spot, trying to rectify the
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very sour taste in the mouth of those in CBUS after losing to
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the maize and blue of Michigan for a fourth consecutive year.
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If he wants to calm the waters per se in Columbus, how big
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does Ohio State need to win by tonight? A seven and a half. I
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say that very convincingly. You gotta win by seven and a half.
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Eight or more, alright? That's it. Because I think anything
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else will be unacceptable and the reason, you know, I say that
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is we talk about playing at home and how important it is to
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have that home game for some of these teams. I wouldn't argue
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that point for James Franklin and Ryan Day respectively. I
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think both of those coaches would like to be on the road as
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opposed to playing in their respective. They might have a
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longer shelf life. Right? I mean, seriously, this is an
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important game and the reason why I say that is you look at
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the game against Oregon, right? Oregon abused that secondary
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for for Ohio State vertically and they attacked him on the
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perimeter with the rushing attack of Jordan James and
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Dylan Gabriel. Yeah. The only team similar from a tempo
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perspective is Tennessee. I honestly believe that. They run
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it at such a high pace that they could potentially. Yeah.
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Wear down that front seven of Ohio State and Nico might only
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have to throw fifteen, sixteen times in this matchup if the
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rushing attack is ripping off four and a half, five yards per
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carry. That is the style and the matchup tonight. I really
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want to see how this game does play out. A lot of pressure on
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Will Howard. A lot of pressure on that defense. They haven't
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answered the bell. Certainly against a blue collar rushing
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attack in Michigan. Last time they played, I'm leaning to
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Tennessee. I like them with the points and I do feel they
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strike the upset. So, I, my favorite bet in this game is a
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player prompt but I know not everybody out there can get
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those and and I've certainly been having fun betting all the
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sides and in both seasons. I wanted to. On a heater by the
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way. Thank you. Appreciate it. It's alright. Yeah, nice to
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see you. Smell the love. Don't think you're on Jacksonville
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State yesterday like the rest of us but that was Christmas
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shot. Um on on one month before the uh phone. So, um if I may.
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Yeah. Spread math a little. Please. Now, and I, by the way,
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you don't get to do that as much in ball season. So, I I
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wanna take this while I can. Tennessee is catching the same
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number that they caught when they went to Georgia. The week
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after Georgia had lost that game to Ole Miss and I'm just
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trying to perception of Georgia going into that game
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versus Ohio State going into this game. Perception of
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Tennessee going into that game versus Tennessee now and that's
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what I found myself more gravitated towards of the
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perception around Tennessee. We are rightfully focused on Ohio
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State. Yeah. Because of everything. Right. But I look
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at Tennessee's last game of the year. We were still here and it
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was seventeen seven fourteen nothing Vanderbilt and I was as
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confident as I'm like they are done. They are absolutely done.
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Javier does it again. He's gonna get his sixteenth season
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next year. Real excited for that. Like they're gonna run
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run run. I know it's Vanderbilt. To go down fourteen
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nothing and have the lead at half was very impressive to me.
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Yeah. From Tennessee. Not the type of game I thought they
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would have been able to execute here. You mentioned the
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spread. There's only one seven and a half still out there.
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Hmm. We're moving. Maybe we'll come back around. I would agree
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with Joe getting a touchdown plus in this game here. Again,
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Ohio State's separation. Yeah. They've won big games. They've
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hung in big games but they've not massively extended on
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anybody ironically outside of Indiana. Favorite in all twelve
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games this year that being Ohio State just six and six against
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the number. Tennessee an underdog twice. Outright win
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against Alabama. A non-cover against Georgia. Both of those
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games featured at most forty-eight points. Tennessee
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and four non-conference games averaged more than sixty-one
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points per game with an average margin of difference in those
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two of better than fifty-eight points per game but in their
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eight SEC matchups this season averaging just twenty-five
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points per game offensively with an average margin of fewer
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than six points per game and when you talk about defense
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there is none better statistically than that of Ohio
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State. The best scoring defense in the country. Ten point nine
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points per game. The best total defense in the country. A top
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ten rushing defense by the way Kev. Some of those numbers
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slightly off. The the sample size for both teams are very
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weird. I do say and you'll have more time. Jera, Maya, Smith.
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The kid's gonna have a day.
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