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00:00There was only one undefeated team remaining in ACC competition.
00:08That's SMU.
00:09Hefty favorite at home today in Dallas, taking on Boston College.
00:13Three score spread in favor of the Stangs.
00:16Big news as well, Kev, for BC, a new quarterback, Grayson James.
00:20The FIU transfer replacing Thomas Castellanos last week for Boston College, who was obviously
00:27not pleased with the coaching decision made by Bill O'Brien.
00:30He is now in the transfer portal.
00:32Grayson James, the signal caller for the Eagles.
00:35What does that mean for this matchup against the Mustangs today in the heart of Texas?
00:38Yeah, I'm not sure how much the BC side of it is relevant.
00:41I think SMU, for me, has been one of the more interesting teams to follow this year, where
00:46I, through three weeks of football victory lap, got a little tired and all of a sudden
00:50picked my head up.
00:51And this team's 8-1.
00:52I did not believe that this team, making the jump to the ACC, was going to be able to play
00:56at this level.
00:58And the struggle against Nevada and the loss to a BYU team, by the way, we didn't expect
01:01that much of either, felt like this was going to be a disaster.
01:04They hit the bye, they get the full, you know, Jennings gets the full support, and they've
01:08been rolling.
01:09That game off the bye against TCU, they scored 66.
01:12I look at this total.
01:13It should be light here.
01:15I've not played it yet, Ben, but it feels like Jennings should be able to do whatever
01:19he wants to a Boston College defense that's fell off.
01:22See, I disagree.
01:23This is one of my better bets for the day.
01:25I really like Boston College.
01:26A couple of factors.
01:27We talk about how a bye week could disrupt or be beneficial for an offense or a team
01:32overall when they're hitting on all cylinders.
01:35We saw Clemson come out flat against Louisville.
01:37I'm not suggesting Boston College wins this game, but to give me 17 and a half line to
01:42open up, it was like 14 and a half with the Castellanos, they bet it up to 18 and a half,
01:47it settled in.
01:48I'll take the 17 and a half.
01:50The one thing I do know is on the road, you need to run the football.
01:53BC averaging $1.75 on the ground.
01:55I think they sustain drives.
01:57They don't have the advantage at the quarterback position.
02:00Even though James has played this year, I think they could be within this number.
02:03They could force some turnovers.
02:05They're playing with house money.
02:06They have to win one more game to become bowl eligible.
02:10Give me the points, baby.
02:11I really like BC today.
02:13BC ran it a ton against Syracuse last week in Chestnut Hill, 321 yards as a team, three
02:20rushing scores.
02:21Jason James, not the athlete that Thomas Castellanos is.
02:25He only threw the football six times last week against SU.
02:28BC as a team, just 13 attempts through the air.
02:32That's going to be difficult against an SMU rush defense that is top five in the country.
02:37Just quickly on SMU, to your point, Kev, moving from the AAC, where they won the conference
02:42crowd a season ago, to the ACC, they're 14 and 0, straight up in their last two years
02:48of conference competition, 10 and 4 against the spread.
02:51A perfect 9 and 0 last year in the American, now 5 and 0 to start their tenure in the ACC.