It's Arch Manning Time: Texas-Clemson & Penn State-SMU Playoff Previews & Predictions!
Until Saturday: A show about college football
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🗓️ 10 December 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Texas vs Clemson and Penn State vs SMU College Football Playoff games are only a week away! David Ubben, Chris Vannini and Damien Harris preview and predict each matchup. Is it time Steve Sarkisian starts Arch Manning? Damien explains why the Longhorns should start Manning instead of Quinn Ewers. The transfer portal is officially open now! The guys discuss if Alabama would sign Jackson Arnold, but Damien has another surprise QB in mind. Plus, Damien gives his take on Bill Belichick's conversations with North Carolina to be its next head coach.
Rundown:
- Texas vs Clemson; it's time to start Arch Manning (1:30)
- Texas-Clemson predictions (19:30)
- Greg Byrne's faux pas (21:00)
- Penn State vs SMU; can Kevin Jennings protect the ball? (26:30)
- Is Bill Belichick fit to coach college football? (41:30)
- Carousel updates (49:00)
- The transfer portal opens! (51:45)
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Hosts: David Ubben (@davidubben), Chris Vanninin (@ChrisVannini), Damien Harris (@DHx34)
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| 0:47.5 | I'm David up, and he is Chris Finney. |
| 0:49.6 | What's up? Playoff time, baby. |
| 0:51.5 | It is, and our resident foodie. Catching up with us before he's sitting some Persian food later, Damien Harris. Yes, sir. I'm here. Listen, no Alabama in, I don't care no more. They didn't get themselves in. Let's talk about the teams in the CFP playoff. Let's do it. Gentlemen, we got 10 days until the first college football playoff games. We want to take these next few days to get you prepared for the first round |
| 1:12.7 | matchups with our playoff preview podcast. |
| 1:15.2 | Today, we are going deep. |
| 1:17.3 | Not chucking it deep. |
| 1:18.3 | We're going deep on Texas and Clemson and Penn State and SMU. |
| 1:22.6 | Will Davo, aka America's least favorite bid thief and his defense shut down Texas. Or can the Longhorns |
| 1:29.1 | run game come back to life? Plus, can James Franklin rid himself of his big game loss his stench? |
| 1:34.9 | We'll talk about that and more. Plus, the official opening of the 2024 winter transfer portal |
| 1:40.9 | window has happened where we're a portal gems like Darian Mensa, Isaac Wilson, others land. Oh, and also, we're going to get Damien's thoughts on UNC interviewing Bill Belichick. Interesting move, what he thinks about Bill Belichick as a college coach. I want to talk to you about this, Dam. We've got to hit this up. That and more coaching carousel news before we close out today's pod. Guys, we are going to start in Austin, Texas. |
| 2:02.2 | All lines, as always, presented by our partners at BetMGM, Texas and Clemson in Austin. |
| 2:08.8 | Clemson a 10.5. |
| 2:10.9 | We're going to talk about three things to watch in this ballgame, the over under 151.5. |
| 2:15.4 | Let's start, Damien, where all good games are decided in the trenches. |
| 2:18.9 | Texas's offensive line versus Clemson's defensive line. You look at Clemson's D line, |
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