College Football Playoff Semifinal PICKS and BETS
The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast
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🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Our College Football experts have ALL their College Football Playoff Semis Bets! Join Sia Nejad, Tom Casale, and Mike McClure as they give their favorite picks for Ole Miss-Miami, Indiana-Oregon, Best Bets, and then Underdogs!
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| 0:00.0 | We continue to lean into our Fiesta Bowl discussion as Miami faces off against Ole Miss. |
| 0:10.6 | Gentlemen, this is a three and a half point spread now, 51.5 point total. |
| 0:15.6 | And Tom, I'm going to start with you. |
| 0:17.1 | Let's talk about our favorite side. |
| 0:18.4 | And obviously, we tipped our hand a few minutes ago. So it's Ole Miss plus the points, right? Yeah. And, you know, I would like either one of these teams plus three and a half points, to be honest. I think it's going to be a tight game. I think it's going to go down in the fourth quarter. And the reason I like Old Miss in the game is because I just think, I thought Georgia was ready to play. Like we can talk about Texas Tech and Ohio State not looking good coming off bys. I thought Georgia played great. Trinidad Chambleau was the best player on the field. He made the plays late in the game. That was the deciding factor. And I kind of feel like that's how this is going to go. Carson Beck has done a great job of managing the game, not turning the ball over, running the football. But if he does have to make plays late, will he do it? I side with Chambliss and Old Miss there. So I think give me the three and a half and I think they're alive to win outright. Mike, this does feel like it comes down to a ton of weight being put on Trinidad, Chambliss. And he's the quarterback, and I get it. And he can be a superstar, especially out of structure. But, I mean, I know you're on Ole Miss plus three and a half. Are we, the flip side of this coin is that that Miami Front gets after him and Trinidad makes mistakes. How worried are you about that? I mean, I think it's possible |
| 1:28.8 | that he makes a mistake in this game, but I do think it's the matchup to watch, clearly. We know |
| 1:33.5 | Trinidad Chambliss has been in control of this Ole Miss offense. I would expect more of the same |
| 1:38.2 | from him, but the story of it to me is clearly going to be how does the Ole Miss offensive |
| 1:42.7 | line hold up against that defensive |
| 1:44.6 | front for Miami? I think that's clearly the story here. And what I see happening is I see |
| 1:50.9 | Ole Miss running their traditional tempo and not allowing any substitutions really at all. And I think |
| 1:56.6 | that the earlier in the game they can do that, the more plays, just the sheer volume of plays |
| 2:01.2 | that they can run, the better. When you look at Miami, they always play with defensive intensity. |
| 2:07.4 | And that's great. However, you're amped up. This is the game of everyone's life on the field |
| 2:12.3 | to this point in their life, right? It's so easy to overextend yourself in terms of energy early. I think that's the focal |
| 2:19.1 | point on the Ole Miss side, and I think they can wear down that defensive line at times, and where I |
| 2:24.0 | think it manifests is either in a silly penalty or just blown assignment giving up the big play. So I like |
| 2:30.6 | Ole Miss. I do not think you should be getting the three and a half. I locked in four and a half at an alt number and also the money line. |
| 2:38.4 | But I think that alt number I played at four and a half is going to be the true alt number |
| 2:42.2 | on three and a half by the time this closes. |
| 2:44.2 | If you want the three and a half, I would act now because it is not going to close at three |
| 2:48.5 | and a half. |
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