CFP Round 1 BEST BETS AND PICKS | The Early Edge
The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast
CBS Sports, Sports Betting, Sports Gambling, Picks
4.5 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Eric Cohen is joined by CBS Sports and SportsLine College Football Experts Mike McClure, Emory Hunt and Chip Patterson to break down the biggest storylines and best bets for Round 1 of the College Football Playoff!
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| 1:04.0 | Welcome to the Early Edge College Football Picks Show brought to you by BetMGM, the sportsbook born in Vegas. |
| 1:09.8 | I'm your host, Eric Cohen, and last week we broke |
| 1:12.0 | down our straight up winners for the college football playoff, but this week, it's time for our best |
| 1:16.4 | bets. So let's get right to it and bring in the experts. I know he's looking forward to this |
| 1:21.0 | weekend more than just about anybody that we know from. It is the great Mike McClure. And next is the guy that I would hire as my GM. |
| 1:29.3 | If I was a college football head coach, the very savvy football mind, Emery Hunt. |
| 1:33.9 | Our friendship Patterson will join us a bit later on. |
| 1:36.6 | All right, gentlemen, good to be with you once again. |
| 1:39.1 | Let's get into storylines and let's talk about home field advantage this weekend. |
| 1:43.8 | Emery, I'm going to start with you. Which of the four home teams has talk about home field advantage this weekend. Amory, I'm going to start with |
| 1:44.7 | you. Which of the four home teams has the biggest home field advantage in the first round? |
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