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00:00B-R-S, let's start with our first game on Saturday here in this segment as we looked
00:08at the final two of three that we had.
00:11This was the most decisive win for any of the four home teams in the opening round.
00:16In State College, Pennsylvania, in a valley that is happy, it was incredibly joyful on
00:22Saturday afternoon.
00:24Penn State hammers SMU 38-10.
00:27The Lions easily cover as an 8.5 point favorite.
00:31A total of 51.5 does stay under.
00:34Penn State picked off SMU's quarterback Kevin Jennings three times in the opening half.
00:40Two of them brought back to the house for a pick six for Penn State.
00:44Dominic DeLuca, the guy wearing zero there, had two picks.
00:48The first pick six for Penn State.
00:50Tony Rojas had the other, and from there, it was all Penn State.
00:55Penn State could be dominant on the ground even against one of the better defensive fronts
00:58in the country in the Mustangs.
01:01Penn State wins comfortably as a favorite, Donny.
01:05They are pretty darn good.
01:07They are now 33-1 as a favorite since the beginning of 2022.
01:14They are 24-9-1 against the spread as a favorite in that span.
01:21And also, understand this with Penn State, no better team in the country when they are
01:24a favorite, they will pound you into submission.
01:27When you are an underdog, they will get beat.
01:29It's exactly what happens.
01:31You see Penn State, which we'll get to, and we'll speak ad nauseum on the next round there.
01:34Penn State has a bye week once again next week until they actually face a team that
01:38they might not be favorite against.
01:40Let's focus on this game on Saturday.
01:42This is what home field advantage is for.
01:44Freezing cold temperatures in front of your own fans against a team that's not used to
01:48playing in freezing cold temperatures.
01:50You saw with Ohio State, they're used to colder weather.
01:52The SEC is not used to colder weather.
01:55We've talked about the SEC wanting to see them play in northern environments for 50
01:59years, but they just don't do it.
02:00It was great to see it because, yes, it is real.
02:03Southern kids going to play at a northern school and get hammered here.
02:06Same thing with SMU.
02:07I don't want to take away from SMU's season because it was okay.
02:11They really didn't play a great schedule, didn't beat teams that were really tough on
02:14their schedule, and they wind up with basically a quarterback masquerading as a wide receiver
02:18who looked like he was actually a wide receiver playing quarterback once again on Saturday.
02:22And they got absolutely hammered.
02:23It wasn't a surprise.
02:24I thought Penn State would win.
02:26I thought SMU might hang around, but this game was 28-0 at the break where Penn State
02:30was like, let's just not get injured before we have to play Boise in the next week out
02:33in our bowl game slash playoff game.
02:36Boring game overall, yes, but again, theater, the atmosphere, State College PA, 100-plus
02:42thousand, cheering for that team.
02:44I loved it there.
02:45That's the best I can say out of that game.