Hello, everybody, welcome into the Early Edge, brought to you by BetMGM, the sports book that was born in Vegas.

I'm Katie Mox, and if you've been watching us for the last week or so, we've been

breaking down different divisions in the NFL and certainly conferences in college. And today,

it's all about the SEC. We're going to start with talking about some season long win totals.

Plenty to unpack this year. So, of course, we got to welcome in the experts. Chip Patterson

from the cover three pod and our guy Tom Casali. So good to see the two of you. And I got to say, I have been watching

the Netflix series, any given Saturday, all about the SEC. So I feel uniquely prepared to talk to

you guys about this one. So let's start with win totals. Let's start with the number one with the

coaches poll and Texas nine and a half. Longhorns, of course, riding back-to-back playoff runs and enter this one with a really high wind total of nine and a half. He got Archmanning taken under center, taken over under center, I should say, a national title caliber roster. So Chip, I'll start with you on this one. Nine and a half with Arch at the helm. You like it over or under? I like this over. This is the most talented roster in the country for my money. Steve Sarkisian has just done such a great job of being able to build this up in a sustainable way. And what I mean by that is he started when he arrived,

knowing that they were going to go to the SEC. He built up the lines of scrimmage,

offensive line, defensive line. Then he started to add in the high quality skill positions.

And of course, the real gym is number 16. It is Arch Manning. Who has, I know this sounds

crazy, spent 30 months on campus in Austin already

grooming for this spot. I think Arch is going to have a tremendous year. He gives that

offense another dimension that Quinn Ewers did not. And the other piece of this when it comes to

the win total, if you look at the Texas schedule, there are so many games that are just not going to be

interesting. Like, there ain't even a correct of them getting upset. You see like San Jose State,

U-TEP, Sam Houston, your Mississippi State, your Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Kentucky. Like,

there are these pivot points when you're dealing with nine and a half.

Ohio State, Oklahoma, Georgia, yes. But Tom, I mean, there's not even a, there's not even a concern of a slip up along the way. Texas has one of the easiest schedules in the SEC from the

conference side and outside of Ohio State. It's all manageable. I am over nine and a half.

I can't believe you're not afraid of the San Jose State Spartans as a San Jose girl myself.

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