Penn State Dominates SMU with a 38-10 Victory in the Cold

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00:00B-R-S, let's start with our first game on Saturday here in this segment as we looked

00:08at the final two of three that we had.

00:11This was the most decisive win for any of the four home teams in the opening round.

00:16In State College, Pennsylvania, in a valley that is happy, it was incredibly joyful on

00:22Saturday afternoon.

00:24Penn State hammers SMU 38-10.

00:27The Lions easily cover as an 8.5 point favorite.

00:31A total of 51.5 does stay under.

00:34Penn State picked off SMU's quarterback Kevin Jennings three times in the opening half.

00:40Two of them brought back to the house for a pick six for Penn State.

00:44Dominic DeLuca, the guy wearing zero there, had two picks.

00:48The first pick six for Penn State.

00:50Tony Rojas had the other, and from there, it was all Penn State.

00:55Penn State could be dominant on the ground even against one of the better defensive fronts

00:58in the country in the Mustangs.

01:01Penn State wins comfortably as a favorite, Donny.

01:05They are pretty darn good.

01:07They are now 33-1 as a favorite since the beginning of 2022.

01:14They are 24-9-1 against the spread as a favorite in that span.

01:21And also, understand this with Penn State, no better team in the country when they are

01:24a favorite, they will pound you into submission.

01:27When you are an underdog, they will get beat.

01:29It's exactly what happens.

01:31You see Penn State, which we'll get to, and we'll speak ad nauseum on the next round there.

01:34Penn State has a bye week once again next week until they actually face a team that

01:38they might not be favorite against.

01:40Let's focus on this game on Saturday.

01:42This is what home field advantage is for.

01:44Freezing cold temperatures in front of your own fans against a team that's not used to

01:48playing in freezing cold temperatures.

01:50You saw with Ohio State, they're used to colder weather.

01:52The SEC is not used to colder weather.

01:55We've talked about the SEC wanting to see them play in northern environments for 50

01:59years, but they just don't do it.

02:00It was great to see it because, yes, it is real.

02:03Southern kids going to play at a northern school and get hammered here.

02:06Same thing with SMU.

02:07I don't want to take away from SMU's season because it was okay.

02:11They really didn't play a great schedule, didn't beat teams that were really tough on

02:14their schedule, and they wind up with basically a quarterback masquerading as a wide receiver

02:18who looked like he was actually a wide receiver playing quarterback once again on Saturday.

02:22And they got absolutely hammered.

02:23It wasn't a surprise.

02:24I thought Penn State would win.

02:26I thought SMU might hang around, but this game was 28-0 at the break where Penn State

02:30was like, let's just not get injured before we have to play Boise in the next week out

02:33in our bowl game slash playoff game.

02:36Boring game overall, yes, but again, theater, the atmosphere, State College PA, 100-plus

02:42thousand, cheering for that team.

02:44I loved it there.

02:45That's the best I can say out of that game.

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