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00:00Let's talk to our boy, Rich Cermonello.
00:03Hey, Scott, let's talk some college football.
00:06Going to begin with the Heisman Trophy.
00:08Obviously, the big news, Travis Hunter, two-way star,
00:11this year's Heisman winner.
00:13Love the choice, love Ashton Gente at number two.
00:17That was a closer vote than I thought.
00:19Here are my takeaways.
00:20First off, this is the biggest win for Coach Prime.
00:25I think it's a proof of concept
00:27that you could not only get coached by Deion Sanders
00:31and really lock into some of that NIL money,
00:34get a lot more exposure,
00:36but you could also win a Heisman Trophy.
00:38I mean, I think this is hugely effective down the road
00:42in terms of boosting his recruiting at Colorado
00:45or wherever he winds up.
00:47Other thought, look at that top 10, Scott.
00:49I was fascinated by the top 10 vote-getters.
00:52What we're seeing now from Heisman vote-getters
00:54is it doesn't matter where you begin
00:56or where you play,
00:58if you get it done on the field, you're going to get votes.
01:01And we saw that, we had a true tight end in the top 10
01:04in Tyler Warren of Penn State.
01:07We saw kids who began their careers at Sacramento State,
01:10Incarnate Word, Jackson State.
01:13They played at places like Ohio in the MAC.
01:16So this was a very diverse group of candidates.
01:19Love to see that.
01:21Quickly looking ahead to next year,
01:22we'll have a lot of time in the off season to talk Heisman,
01:25but watch the young kids next year.
01:27Receivers like Jeremiah Smith at Ohio State,
01:30Ryan Williams at Alabama,
01:32quarterbacks like Arch Manning at Texas,
01:34DJ Lagway at Florida.
01:36Never too early to talk Heisman Trophy.
01:39We'll be doing that before you know it.
01:40Now, we've got playoffs and I couldn't be more excited.
01:43Friday night, ND, Indiana, Saturday, three guys.
01:47It's going to be spectacular for college football fans.
01:50Here are my general thoughts from a betters perspective, Scott.
01:54First off, look at the sites of these games.
01:57Three of these games in the Midwest,
01:59Indiana, Penn State, Ohio State.
02:01Weather could be a factor.
02:03I like the unders in these games.
02:06I do not expect to see upsets.
02:08The under I like the most right off the bat.
02:11Friday night, Indiana at Notre Dame.
02:13ND's got a great defense, great defensive line play.
02:17What we saw out of your Hoosiers this year
02:19is that when they faced really good defenses,
02:22namely Michigan and Ohio State,
02:24that offense grinded to a halt.
02:26Those two games, just 35 points combined.
02:29I think this game is played in the teens for the Hoosiers.
02:33I expect ND to win something like 26-17, 27-17.
02:37Love the under.
02:39And then the other pick for this weekend,
02:41I like Tennessee getting seven and a half.
02:42I've already locked in.
02:44Tennessee looks to me like a more polished version
02:47of Michigan, north-south running game,
02:50really good defensive line.
02:52That Ohio State offensive line, reshuffled,
02:54could have problems with Tennessee.
02:56Low scoring, close.
02:58I think Ohio State survives,
03:00but Tennessee's gonna be really tough on Saturday.