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C and Ajad, but I got to be honest. You don't care about me. You care about the expert analysts on this show. So let's bring him in right now. We've got Mike McClure. He's back in the hot seat. We got Emery Hunt and we got Tom Casale and gentlemen. We've got a lot of games to cover. We're going to go conference by conference, and let's start with the ACC.

Mike, I'm going to start with you, Louisville at SMU.

This is a three-point spread SMU favored here at home, a 53-5 point total.

I got to tell you, I was on a live bet with Louisville against Clemson last week. It didn't go so well for me. Interesting fourth quarter antics by both teams. Nonetheless, Mike, what do you like in this one, SMU land three? I like the total here. I'm going to go over the total of 52.5. Yes, it is a big number, but not necessarily a huge number by ACC standards. I thought the number should

have been 56 and a half in this one. When I look at both of these teams, I, first of all,

I think the game's going to be competitive and still pretty high stakes overall. But looking at

both the quarterbacks, I think they both can have some success here. I think that this is one that

offenses are ahead of defenses in this game and not going to get in the way of picking a winner.

I personally think the line is about right considering the location of the game in college

football. This essentially is implying that these teams are even on a neutral field. And I tend

to agree with that here. So I'm going to go over the total. Again, 56 and a half is where I had it. 53 and a half is kind of in between 52 and a half, 53 and a half in the market. But 54 are still relatively key. So since I'm under that right now, I'll take the over here. All right, I know you're picking a team in this one. You like Louisville to bounce back here. You're taking the points. Yeah, I'm taking the points here. What's fascinating is, though, we thought Isaac Brown not being able to play versus Clemson was going to be a detriment. But man, then Kiwan Brown comes in and rushing for nine yards a carry. So they legitimately have some tailbacks.

If they lean in on their run game, they'll be much more balanced than giving credit for.

I think the run game combined what they can do defensively and the significance of this moment, the severity of this particular game, allows Louisville to get the job done.

All right, Tom, you're actually on the other side. Now, if I remember correctly, you've been an SMU guy for a couple of years now.

And they did have that loss to Wake Forest, but since then, beat Miami,

dismantled Boston College, which isn't super hard to do.

You're laying the points.

Yeah, I agree with Mike that the spread is right at three and I expect a competitive game.

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