Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the Early Edge College Football Picks show. It's our very first of the year.

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BenMGM, the sports book born in Vegas. My name is Cianajat, and I got to tell you, I'm going to

be taking a back seat in this show. Very excited to bring on the stars of the show, our college

football experts here at CBS Sports and Sports Line. Ladies and gentlemen, we've got Mike McClure,

we've got Emery Hunt, we've got Tom Casale Ladies and gentlemen, we've got Mike McClure. We've got Emory Hunt.

We've got Tom Casale and gentlemen, we had Week Zero, but Tom, I'm going to start with you. How excited are you? I know you like to plant yourself on the couch for, I don't know, about five, six months straight. We're in the thick of it now, right? Yeah, you know, week zero is fun because you get a little taste, but the first full Saturday

is always, that's always a special day. And I have to say, you know, this Saturday, especially

with all these huge games to kick off the regular season, it's just, it's going to be a great day.

And, you know, listen, a lot of people associate me with college basketball

because I've been on a good run the last couple of years. But my favorite sport by a mile is college

football always has been, I mean, I'll miss weddings on Saturdays to stay home and watch college

football. So I'm excited and ready to go. I mean, you're being very modest with that college basketball

win-loss record. You have been very good. We're matching. This is a very bright show, Emery. You've got the red on. There's a couple of oranges in here. How are you feeling today and how are you feeling going into this college football season? I'm feeling great. I'm in mid-season form because, as you guys know, I cover CFL, UFL, European League of Football. So we are already revved up ready to go. This is a mid-season outfit, by the way. That's amazing. You're always just dressed so perfectly. Mike McClure, are you feeling out of place here with, you know, just your standard, you know, white shirt. And we got all these bright colors.

I'm actually glad you didn't bring a bright color because it would have looked ridiculous. How are you feeling going into CFB week one? Feeling great. See, I definitely missed the memo on the red today, but that's okay. I'm feeling great. Look, Emory's in midseason form. We've got Tom Casale up here. Tom's got me fired up to sit on the couch and eat some chicken wings.

I know Tom will have some chicken wings ready. Look, I love this week. There are so many huge games. It feels like mid-season, which I think is the best feeling. Love the slate, though. Ready to go. Mike, I'm going to start with you. We're going to get into some storylines before we talk about some of the games of the week and some of sort of the undercard games, if you will, that we're going to be paying attention to over the next four or five days. Mike, Kansas State, we know in week zero, they took the L to Iowa State. They're now plus 1,100 to win the Big 12. I know this team, Kansas State, is a team that you've been somewhat high on over the last

couple of years.

Now that they've dropped from plus 600 to plus 1,100 to plus 1100 to win the big 12, any value

there.

You know, I think the price point is appropriate here.

See, I'm definitely concerned with Dylan Edwards not playing in the game, essentially. He muffed the punt on the opening drive, did not play an offensive snap.

But I wouldn't bet it at this point. I think there's no real reason to rush to bet this, right?

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