Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Preview: South Carolina vs. Illinois

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00:00The Citrus Bowl, the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, which is also in Orlando.

00:04They play several games at that Camping World Stadium down there in Orlando.

00:08South Carolina and Illinois, 10 and a half for South Carolina, 49 and a half the total.

00:16Now South Carolina, I know, had the big run at the end of the year.

00:19People thought they actually deserved to be in the college football playoff.

00:22Their best defensive player, though, not playing.

00:24Joe Kennard is not.

00:25He's opted out as he gets himself ready for the NFL draft.

00:30I like the dog here, Joe.

00:32I like Altmire.

00:33I think Illinois has the better quarterback in the game.

00:36I think they'll be able to hang around.

00:37You know, Big Brett going to go in there and maybe play a little smash mouth, too.

00:41I think 10 is a little too heavy.

00:42South Carolina might win, but I think that's a lot of points.

00:48It is a lot of points, which is why I also like the over, because we're talking about

00:53two teams here that will, without a doubt, be able to put points up on the board.

00:58South Carolina averaged 36 points a game.

01:02Illinois scored at least 38 points in each of their last three games, all of which they

01:07won.

01:08This feels like a shootout to me, one that I would absolutely want to be holding a ticket.

01:14I think it lands in the 50s or 60s, not in the 40s.

01:20I like the over as well.

01:21I would go a little Illinois in the over for that game.

01:25And the last non-playoff game, also a 330 East kick in Houston at NRG.

01:32So nice inside fast track at the Texas Bowl for Baylor and LSU.

01:37And the line certainly is talking fast track.

01:40I've seen 59.

01:41I've actually seen Joe up to 60 and a half in some spots this afternoon as well.

01:46And Baylor being favored, now people probably look at that.

01:49What the hell is that?

01:50LSU missing a lot of guys in this game.

01:53A lot of LSU not playing.

01:56Ton of LSU not playing.

01:57Not so much on Baylor's side, however.

02:00They have no potential opt-outs at all listed, except for we know their backup quarterback

02:08to Quan Finn and a couple, a handful of other guys, defensive end and a safety.

02:14But outside of that, they're going to have, I mean, Baylor quietly this year, especially

02:20in the second half, was one of the best offenses in the country.

02:24They were dropping 35 points on teams.

02:27No problem.

02:28And we know Dave Aranda is a defensive guy.

02:31I fully anticipate he will have these guys looking to win this game.

02:36And Brian Kelly has already said we're playing a bunch of young guys, freshman guys.

02:41We're going to see what we got next year.

02:43Congratulations.

02:44Meanwhile, Dave Aranda and the Baylor Bears are going to run all over you.

02:50You like the under or you like the over?

02:5260 and a half is a big number.

02:53Could those LSU freshman guys help contribute to the over being out there on the field?

02:59Why not?

03:00Absolutely.

03:01But, you know, defense was the name of the game for LSU down the stretch.

03:06And most of those guys were all gone.

03:08So with the way Baylor can score with all their starters, no way I'm sweating out an under.

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