College Football Playoff Saturday PICKS and BETS
The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast
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🗓️ 20 December 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Our College Football experts Sia Nejad, Tom Casale, Mike McClure, and Emory Hunt give their BEST BETS for Saturday's College Football Playoff Bets!
(0:00) Intro
(2:10) Miami vs. Texas A&M
(12:10) Tulane vs. Ole Miss
(21:37) James Madison vs. Oregon
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| 0:00.0 | We're back on the Early Edge College Football Playoff Picks Show with Emery, Mike, and Tom, |
| 0:09.3 | and we move to another game, gentlemen, that it looks like we have a decent amount of agreement on. |
| 0:15.2 | And I agree with you guys as well, by the way. |
| 0:17.2 | We've got Miami, Texas A&M, notable that this is a home game for Texas A&M and all the other, you know, these are not neutral sites in the first round. |
| 0:26.7 | So just note that we got Texas A&M is a three and a half point favorite. 51.5 point total. |
| 0:32.5 | Emery, I'm going to start with you this time. Are we on Texas A&M laying the points? |
| 0:37.9 | Yes, and this is the best game of the weekend, in my opinion, right? This game right here |
| 0:41.5 | because of the matchup. And I love the fact that we get to get great point of attack play |
| 0:47.5 | from both sides of the ball. And this is where this game is going to be one. So if they're equal |
| 0:51.9 | upfront on offense and defense, remove those |
| 0:55.0 | elements. If they're equal in terms of dynamic |
| 0:57.5 | playmakers in Malachi Tony for Miami |
| 0:59.9 | and also Casey Concepcion for Texas A&M, |
| 1:02.4 | remove that from the equation. If they're great in the |
| 1:04.8 | backfield, they have tremendous depth on both sides, |
| 1:07.4 | it will come down to which quarterback |
| 1:09.5 | do you trust to play above the exes and |
| 1:11.9 | those. And a healthy Marcel Reed is better than Carson Beck. Carson Beck has played better |
| 1:17.5 | down the stretch, but Marcel Reed is the straw that stirs that drink for the Aggie. |
| 1:22.6 | So all things being equal, they're evenly matched, but the difference will come down to the |
| 1:26.4 | quarterbacks, which is why I like A&M here. |
| 1:29.3 | Yeah, it's hard for me to disagree with that, Tom, especially noting the home field advantage for Texas A&M. What's your take on this game, Tom? On the side. Yeah, no, I agree with Emory. You know, this is a really tough place to play. And again, And we're talking about narratives here. |
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