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Penn State Dominates SMU with a 38-10 Victory in the Cold
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12/23/2024
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B-R-S, let's start with our first game on Saturday here in this segment as we looked
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at the final two of three that we had.
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This was the most decisive win for any of the four home teams in the opening round.
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In State College, Pennsylvania, in a valley that is happy, it was incredibly joyful on
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Saturday afternoon.
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Penn State hammers SMU 38-10.
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The Lions easily cover as an 8.5 point favorite.
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A total of 51.5 does stay under.
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Penn State picked off SMU's quarterback Kevin Jennings three times in the opening half.
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Two of them brought back to the house for a pick six for Penn State.
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Dominic DeLuca, the guy wearing zero there, had two picks.
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The first pick six for Penn State.
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Tony Rojas had the other, and from there, it was all Penn State.
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Penn State could be dominant on the ground even against one of the better defensive fronts
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in the country in the Mustangs.
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Penn State wins comfortably as a favorite, Donny.
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They are pretty darn good.
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They are now 33-1 as a favorite since the beginning of 2022.
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They are 24-9-1 against the spread as a favorite in that span.
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And also, understand this with Penn State, no better team in the country when they are
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a favorite, they will pound you into submission.
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When you are an underdog, they will get beat.
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It's exactly what happens.
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You see Penn State, which we'll get to, and we'll speak ad nauseum on the next round there.
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Penn State has a bye week once again next week until they actually face a team that
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they might not be favorite against.
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Let's focus on this game on Saturday.
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This is what home field advantage is for.
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Freezing cold temperatures in front of your own fans against a team that's not used to
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playing in freezing cold temperatures.
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You saw with Ohio State, they're used to colder weather.
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The SEC is not used to colder weather.
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We've talked about the SEC wanting to see them play in northern environments for 50
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years, but they just don't do it.
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It was great to see it because, yes, it is real.
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Southern kids going to play at a northern school and get hammered here.
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Same thing with SMU.
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I don't want to take away from SMU's season because it was okay.
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They really didn't play a great schedule, didn't beat teams that were really tough on
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their schedule, and they wind up with basically a quarterback masquerading as a wide receiver
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who looked like he was actually a wide receiver playing quarterback once again on Saturday.
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And they got absolutely hammered.
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It wasn't a surprise.
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I thought Penn State would win.
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I thought SMU might hang around, but this game was 28-0 at the break where Penn State
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was like, let's just not get injured before we have to play Boise in the next week out
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in our bowl game slash playoff game.
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Boring game overall, yes, but again, theater, the atmosphere, State College PA, 100-plus
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thousand, cheering for that team.
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I loved it there.
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That's the best I can say out of that game.
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