Week 2 Preview and Picks: Can Tennessee, Michigan, Nebraska and Arkansas prove themselves?
Until Saturday: A show about college football
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🗓️ 5 September 2024
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Week 1 was a BANGER, but Week 2 could be even better. David Ubben, Chris Vannini and Damien Harris preview and pick Tennessee-North Carolina State (1:30), Michigan-Texas (6:30) and Nebraska-Colorado (10:30). All teams with something to prove this weekend. Later, we debut our Trust Fall Picks by Damien asking Chris to believe in a Boise State cover against Oregon (16:30). App State might mess around and beat Clemson (23:30). Arkansas can turn some heads versus Oklahoma State (30:30). Can Kansas State and Iowa State earn big wins (35:30)? The guys also hit on Alabama-USF, Auburn-Cal, KU-Illinois and more (45:00). To close things out, more Trust Fall Picks, Locks of the Week and MWC Trivia (1:04:00).
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| 0:49.8 | I'm Chris Vinini. |
| 0:51.7 | And I'm Damian Harris. |
| 0:53.3 | We got all the picks you could ever want on today's show. Week two, it's looking like something like a show-me-something week. We're going to learn a lot about a lot of teams, including Michigan, who hosts Texas. We'll see what the defending national champs have in store for the Longhorns. We're off to a nice little start. Tennessee and Nico I Amaliava facing off against NC State in Charlotte. The Duke's Mayo game, unfortunately, I don't think we're going to get Mayo Bath. We're going to save those for the postseason, but if they want to change that, we're definitely open to it. And the family disrespectful is a little bit more collegial this year. Nebraska and Colorado resuming their big eight rivalry in Lincoln. I'll be there. That should be a fun game. A lot at stake in that one. And of course, we're back with Seahawk. Maybe the most underrated college football rivalry. We're going to talk those games and a whole lot more. We've got our locks of the week ready. Plus, we're going to debut our trust fall locks, which is kind of an |
| 1:45.4 | odd concept, but we'll explain it later on. And to close out the podcast, we're going to have |
| 1:49.7 | trivia and a uniform fight. Okay. In crunch time, we got a lot to get to on today's show. Let's |
| 1:57.0 | start in Charlotte, NC State, Tennessee. |
| 2:04.3 | This is my lock of the week. |
| 2:05.5 | I'm just going to start here, guys. |
| 2:06.1 | Really? |
| 2:09.1 | I think Tennessee is grossly underrated. |
| 2:12.7 | I think NC State perhaps maybe a little bit overrated. |
| 2:13.7 | They're an okay team. |
| 2:18.7 | But I think Tennessee, they might be one of the five or six best teams in the country in my mind. |
| 2:53.1 | And Nico Yamaliyava guy. They're a real deal. It is, it is, it is, I think they're just a team that we're still kind of sleeping on, even though they're still, you know, sitting there in the top 15. Damien, what are you watching for in this game? I want to see if Grays and McCall and this North Carolina State offense can bounce back in a big way because I was kind of disappointed watching them last week. I didn't think they were as effective as they should have been. Granted, they made plays to win. Concepcion, you know, he had nine receptions, 120 yards, three touchdowns. But at the end of the day, I did not think Gracie McCall was efficient enough. |
| 2:56.9 | I did not think that they did enough against an FCS team. |
| 3:00.7 | I'm really excited to see this defensive front seven from Tennessee. |
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