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00:00A college football game will be played this week in fact for featuring an FBS
00:08school on Saturday. It is week zero. It is not as great of a week zero slate
00:14around CFB as we have seen even a start the last few seasons in the sport but it
00:21is still college football. This is the week of August 19th 2024. A college
00:29football game will be played each and every week for the next 23 consecutive
00:35weeks until a week that begins on January 27th 2025. The new and expanded
00:43college football playoff a national title game 22 nights or 22 weeks from
00:50tonight on Monday January 20th. It is the largest college football season we have
00:56ever seen. It is the longest. It has so many sweeping changes across the climate
01:01and the landscape and it starts on Saturday in Ireland. How is your
01:08preseason magazine reading going my friend? Yeah just taking a look more like
01:13getting eyes on the prize which means this weekend having these magazines sort
01:17of come to life like oh this guy is returning this guy's gonna be a new wide
01:21receiver who's trying to break in is that starting running back here because
01:24there are so many things they have to worry about now through later in the
01:27week I was looking at the fans of sports book this morning not very many player
01:30props out including that Florida State Georgia Tech game but it's always
01:33intriguing to me we never quite know the scenarios that will play out heavy run
01:37heavy pass starting quarterback that's going to play and even starting
01:41running backs down the list so it's always fun to see these first couple
01:44games okay I've been reading about these players all offseason let's see
01:47them go out there and produce because for my money Georgia Tech starting
01:51quarterback coming back starting running back coming back that's fine but Florida
01:54State right even though they're expected to be a good good football team
01:56we haven't seen a lot of these kids in that starting role just yet yeah it's
02:01going to be a different FSU team there was so much regression and change and
02:06turnover as was represented in the Orange Bowl where a lot of the guys that
02:11left for the National Football League did not play now that's the story for
02:16FSU but a familiar name in ACC country and around college football is going to
02:22be the starting quarterback that's DJ Uyunglele for FSU now transferring back
02:27to the ACC after a few seasons at Oregon State or at least one year at Oregon
02:34State after he started his college career at Clemson Roydale Williams
02:38talented back for Alabama a season ago is in the backfield no rushing props out
02:43just yet we'll talk about that in our breakdown but let's give you the early
02:47line here on the early lines for the ACC opener in Ireland between 10th ranked
02:53Florida State and Georgia Tech line was 12 and a half just last week working
02:58back to the Yellow Jackets ever so slightly but still in double digits 11
03:03and a half points in favor of the Noles the over-under as you see there for the
03:08Irish opener 55 and a hook as Donnie mentioned Haynes King starting
03:13quarterback in Atlanta is back for Georgia Tech a team under Brent Key who
03:18took over as the interim in 2022 and went 4 and 4 who reached a bowl game a
03:24season ago has been pretty darn good and Donnie great as an underdog a season ago
03:317 and 2 against the spread as an underdog were the Jackets the look to
03:35ride that momentum to the start of 2024 in Dublin also and you take a look at
03:40these two football teams the last time they took the field Florida State didn't
03:44even show up for the bowl game against Georgia quite frankly Georgia had
03:47nothing to play for and wipe the map with them but if we're looking forward
03:50to something sort of a springboard which a lot of teams using their bowl games
03:53you had a victory last year over UCF for Georgia Tech that sort of got that all
03:57season going and if there is something to be said about returning starters back
04:01you take a look at you know a couple decent players coming back from Georgia
04:04Tech but it always starts with the quarterback comfortability in the pocket
04:06at a decent season last year how can you extend it with another offseason this
04:10year that's what I'm looking forward to so I do agree with the line movement
04:13from 12 and a half to 11 and a half but the one thing that we can't measure DJ
04:17we uncle LA coming over we know he's a good quarterback he's been around the
04:21block that's a veteran presence here and the reason why he went from Clemson to
04:24Oregon State was look it's not working out at Clemson like I just can't like
04:27pass the football that well he actually was a pretty good passer at Oregon State
04:31and if that transfers over to Florida State you know that offense is going to
04:34be able to move the football and also that angle of we got embarrassed in that
04:38last game let's go and show it was just the players that left and not the
04:41downfall of a program so expecting a performance out of Florida State but I
04:45said as I said I do agree the 12 and a half at FanDuel down to the 11 and a
04:49half I do think that makes a lot of sense here look I don't really know too
04:52much about these teams until I watch them actually play but if I'm gonna lean
04:56towards the points it's probably gonna be me with Georgia Tech in this one yeah
05:00so here's where I'm going to look from the betting perspective I think Florida
05:03State makes a statement to start the year it is not the downfall of a program
05:07because of the 60-point blowout in the Orange Bowl a lot of people will look to
05:12what FSU did after they felt and I believe rightfully so were left out of
05:16the college football playoff Florida State has won double-digit games now
05:20under Mike Norvell at a point he was a little bit on a warm seat in Tallahassee
05:25he is reinvigorated this program the favorites to win the ACC ranked in the
05:31top ten to start a season in the AP preseason poll and a team that I believe
05:35is going to win the ACC and reach the college football playoff this year in
05:39the first year of 12 again I believe in Georgia Tech they are going to be a
05:44thorn in the side of many ACC foes throughout this year six and a half to
05:49win total for the Yellow Jackets expected to flirt with ball eligibility
05:53for a second straight year but Georgia Tech I don't believe is of the caliber
05:58of Florida State and I know that year over year offseason offseason getting
06:03ready for a new season you have to make those adjustments and I believe they
06:06will on the defensive side of the football but Georgia Tech was one of the
06:09five worst rushing defenses in all of the sport at the FPS level next year
06:15again when the props come out right L Williams the transfer running back from
06:19Alabama will be an area I look to go over a rushing yards prop to start off
06:23this season it makes sense and also from those first games here it's gonna be
06:27more of an aerial attack and also if the game was played in Florida what are we
06:30looking at that 85 to 90 degree temperatures over there in Dublin will
06:33be in the 60s it's a little bit cooler weather and both of these teams sort of
06:37outside of their environment but still playing an ACC football game there's
06:41gonna be no let's just say the crowd is gonna be too loud I can't hear myself
06:44which usually lends it to a little bit better offensive performance because
06:47theoretically nobody is really the away team here getting all that much noise
06:50from a certain direction it'll be fun to watch it play out to marquee teams per
06:54se because they're in the ACC and we'll see how it works out but at least it's
06:57not a 27 and a half point spread like you see from SMU and Nevada this one
07:02should be a good one and it's the first one of the day which is always nice
07:05three ACC teams in action the SMU Mustangs now a member of the Atlantic
07:11Coast Conference Nevada has won only two games each of the past two years and
07:16we're all staying up till midnight Hawaii and Delaware State as well out on
07:20the islands more on the early line up now
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