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00:00Let's go talk college football with my boy, Rich Cermonello.
00:04Hey, Scott, it's offseason in college football.
00:06Never too early to talk about the 2025 season.
00:09Thank you, FanDuel, for putting some early odds out
00:13for national championships.
00:14So let's get right to it.
00:15There's some early opportunities.
00:17Favorites, no surprise.
00:19Listen, college football is gonna be chalky
00:21for the foreseeable future.
00:23In this era of NIL transfer portal,
00:26the big boys are gonna dominate no different right now.
00:29Ohio State, the leader at plus 500.
00:32Texas, Oregon, plus 650.
00:35Georgia, plus 700.
00:37Those are the favorites.
00:38One interesting thing when you look at those four teams,
00:41Scott, is in all likelihood,
00:43you're gonna have young underclassmen
00:45quarterbacks starting over.
00:46Ohio State has Julian Sayan,
00:49a five-star transfer from Alabama.
00:51Texas, obviously the Arch Manning era
00:54ready to begin in Austin.
00:56Oregon looking to Dante Moore
00:58to replace Dylan Gabriel.
01:00And Georgia, we saw a little bit of Gunnar Stockton
01:02last year after Carson Beck got hurt.
01:04All young quarterbacks.
01:06I tend to like veteran quarterbacks.
01:08Saw that last year.
01:10Will Howard, Ohio State, wins a national championship.
01:13A lot of veteran quarterbacks dominating in the semifinals.
01:16So let's look for some early value in those odds.
01:19I'm gonna take a step back one tier
01:22and talk about Penn State.
01:23Plus 850, Drew Aller returning.
01:27That entire backfield is back.
01:28Katron Allen, Nick Singleton as well.
01:31Now, Penn State has a lot to prove, Scott.
01:34Not a huge James Franklin fan.
01:36Drew Aller struggled down the stretch.
01:38Some big mistakes in that Indy game.
01:40But veteran coach, veteran quarterback,
01:43and then just a couple of days ago,
01:44huge addition at defensive coordinator,
01:47lost Tom Allen, actually upgraded.
01:50Took Jim Knowles away from a competitor, Ohio State,
01:53one of the top defensive coordinators in the country.
01:56So Penn State is poised for a big run next season.
02:00Sense of urgency for James Franklin.
02:02So I like Penn State.
02:03Let's go a little bit deeper.
02:05A couple of other teams, a couple of blue bloods.
02:08LSU, Clemson.
02:09Clemson plus 1,800, LSU plus 2,000.
02:13Tigers in both cases.
02:15Clemson Tigers get back Cade Klubnick.
02:17Love their defense.
02:19Peter Woods should be healthy next year.
02:21For LSU, I love desperate teams.
02:24Brian Kelly is starting to feel desperate.
02:26Three seasons of at least three losses in a row.
02:30He sees Notre Dame, the team that he left and said,
02:33you know, I need to win a national championship,
02:35come within one game of a national championship.
02:38LSU has been very active in the portal.
02:40They've done a great job picking up 12 recruits so far.
02:44Garrett Nussmeyer is back.
02:45So at plus 2,000, might want to get in early on LSU.
02:49Actually, you might want to hedge
02:50because LSU and Clemson play in the opening weekend.
02:53Maybe put a little money on both of those teams.
02:55So already talking national championship.
02:59Next week, Scott, we're going to turn over
03:00to Heisman Odds for 2025-2026.