College Football Playoffs: Impactful Games & Predictions

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00:00Now let's hook up with my boy at Dodgemart College Football, it's Rich Cermonello.

00:08Hey Scott, happy holidays to you.

00:10Want to talk about college football the weekend that was.

00:12Some big takeaways from round one of the college football playoff.

00:16I know there were a lot of blowouts, but me personally, I love the atmosphere.

00:22It was electric having FBS playoff games on campus.

00:26You know, when you've done this as long as we have covering sports, you don't get many firsts any longer.

00:32And that was a first, and I thought all of those scenes were epic, so give me more of that in the future.

00:37Now, in terms of the games themselves, a couple of big takeaways from the matchups.

00:42First off, Texas found an offense against Clemson.

00:45That to me was a seminal moment for the Longhorns.

00:48If you look at the end of the regular season, three of the last four games failed to score more than 20 points.

00:55But that offense looked great, so Texas is poised for a deep run.

00:59And Ohio State, I mean, Ohio State found its mojo after the season-ending loss against Michigan.

01:06For me, Scott, it all comes down to one thing.

01:08When Will Howard is in rhythm, that offense is unstoppable.

01:13He was able to unlock all of those skilled position players, so Ohio State ready for a deep run as well.

01:21Big picture of the eight remaining teams.

01:23I think six have a legitimate shot at a national championship, and that is very exciting.

01:27I think all of these teams are pretty evenly balanced right now heading into the quarterfinals.

01:33Personal vent for me, SEC Twitter, can you pipe down a little bit?

01:38We heard about Indiana losing big Friday night, and SMU against Penn State,

01:45and all of SEC Twitter was talking about where's Alabama, where's South Carolina.

01:49Here's a couple of ideas.

01:50First off, win your regular season games.

01:53Alabama, don't lose to Oklahoma by three touchdowns.

01:56And number two, it was crickets at night when Tennessee was getting hammered by Ohio State.

02:01So Lane Kiffin and his cronies, please pipe down moving forward and win your regular season games.

02:07Now moving on to the quarterfinals, the games that I like, where my money is going to go, Scott.

02:12First off, Texas really impressed me with their offensive line play.

02:16I think they bully Arizona State.

02:18So I'm going to lay the 13.5 to ASU.

02:21Love what the Sun Devils have done under Kenny Dillingham.

02:24I don't think they match up well against the Longhorns, so I think UT rolls.

02:29And number two, I like Georgia laying the 2.5.

02:33I know they have Gunner Stockton under center.

02:36ND looked great against Indiana.

02:38The Irish do not have enough perimeter playmakers against the Georgia defense,

02:43especially when Kirby Smart has this much time to prepare.

02:47So I like Georgia laying the 2.5.

02:49I especially like the ND team total under 21.5.

02:54I think Notre Dame's going to struggle to score.

02:57So let me give you my semifinal matchups.

02:59I've got Penn State against Georgia, and I've got Texas against Oregon.

03:05Oregon, Ohio State, an absolute toss-up.

03:08I'll give the edge to Dylan Gabriel in that QB matchup.

03:16QB, QB, QB.

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