CFP Semifinal Showdowns Set: Opening Lines & Predictions

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00:00our final four is set the semi-final round which begins six days from today a

00:06Thursday night in South Florida in Miami at the Orange Bowl Notre Dame with the

00:12victory over UGA advances to take on Penn State exactly one week from tonight

00:18in a heart of Texas it's the Cotton Bowl in Dallas with the in-state Longhorns

00:24taking on Ohio State here are the early lines Joe we served yesterday the winner

00:31of yesterday's Sugar Bowl in New Orleans would be a projected early favorite

00:36against Penn State despite the Nittany Lions looking impressive and dominant

00:41covering in each of its first two games in the college football playoff against

00:46SMU and Boise State but this is what we know Penn State had a favorable path to

00:52the semi-final and more than likely would be booked as the underdog what do

00:58you make of the early line for the Orange Bowl on Thursday night in South

01:02Florida I expect kind of what we got there with Georgia I expect this to be a

01:09huge defensive battle here Ben because the Nittany Lions defensively are also

01:17you know to me one of the top five defenses in the country both against the

01:21run and against the pass they too are relentless and I am looking very

01:26forward to both defenses Notre Dame and Penn State going up against those

01:31offenses and seeing who can stop what I mean Penn State bottled up Ashton Gente

01:37three and a half yards per rush his worst outing of the season the defense

01:43is what leads Penn State and I think we can agree Ben that what we saw last

01:47night from Notre Dame pretty much the same thing the defense is what runs that

01:53team and both those defenses are gonna play huge parts in helping make the

01:59offense maybe just that much better in order to win the game I think it's gonna

02:03be a rock fight but I think it's gonna be fun