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♪ ♪ [HQ SPOTLIGHT] ♪ ♪ >> Jenny: WELCOME BACK TO HQ SPOTLIGHT. COLLEGEP COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK, WEEK ZERO, MAND -- AMANDA GUERRA IS HITTING THE ROAD FOR CBS SPORTS NETWORK. IT'S HAPPENING, IT'S HERE TOMMY. >> Tommy: RENO IS BEAUTIFUL. BY THE WAY, ARE YOU EXCITED? WEEK AFTER WEEK. BIG 10 COUNTRY. >> Jenny: BIG 10 COUNTRY. THAT WILL BE THE BEST PART, YOU GO FROM THE, WHERE YOU GET SUPER-FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOUR HOTEL IS NOW, AND YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE STADIUM, TO EXPERIENCE ALL OF THESE BIG-10 UNIVERSITIES, AND THESE TRADITIONS? I AM EXCITED TO GO CHECK THEM ALL OUT. >> Tommy: ONE THING YOU WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING, IS FINDING GOOD EATS. >> Jenny: I AM ALL SET FOR THAT. >> Tommy: NEVER A PROBLEM WITH JENNY DELL. >> Jenny: I HAVE THE RESTAURANTS READY FOR US ALL SEASON LONG. >> Tommy: WE WILL BE WATCHING GAMES, WITH INTEREST, AND SOMETIMES FINANCIAL INTEREST, FOLKS, HERE ON HQ SPOTLIGHT, WE WILL GET YOU READY FOR THE BIG GAMES, IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. AND, EMORY HUNT IS THE REIGNING HQ SPOTLIGHT COLLEGE FOOTBALL BETTING KING. HE BEAT OUT TOM FORNELLI LAST YEAR FROM THE COVER THREE PODCAST. . EMORY SITS ATOP THE IRON THROWN, AND CHIP FROM THE COVER 3 IS THE NEW CHAMPION TO TRY TO CHALLENGE EMORY FOR THAT SEAT! WE WILL SEE IF IT ALL PLACE OUT THIS YEAR. RIGHT HERE ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK! SO, WE HAVE EMORY HUNT, AND CHIP PATTERSON. CHIP'S READY, CHIP'S READY. HE'S CHUCKING AND DIVING AND GETTING EVERYTHING READY TO GO. OUR PRODUCER NOAH PUT SOME OF THISING IT, EACH WEEK HE WILL PUT TOGETHER 5 GAMES (FOUR OF HIS CHOICE AND ONE OF EACH OF YOUR CHOICES) AND IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, TIEBREAKER, THAT'S HOW THINGS ARE BROKEN NUP THEORY. THIS WEEK WE HAVE FOUR GAMES TO TALK ABOUT. SO, EMORY AND CHIP, KEEP IN MIND IN YOUR HEAD, KEEP ONE GAME WORTH DOUBLE POINTS TO GET TO THE 5-POINT TOTAL. AND, AS IS CUSTOMARY, WHEN I HOST THE SEGMENT, THE CHAMP OR THE WINNER OF "THAT WEEK", WILL ALWAYS GET TO GO FIRST, I CAN TELL YOU, EMORY CONSTITUENT -- WENT FIRST A LOT LAST YEAR, YOU HAVE TO BE REWARDED FOR WINNING. THE GAME WITH IN IRELAND, FLORIDA STATE, FAVORED OVER GEORGIA TECH, WITH A TOTAL IN THE MID-50S. WHAT IS YOUR BEST BET OUT IN DUBLIN? >> Emory: I AM ABOUT TO RUN THROUGH THE COVER THREE PODCAST LIKE SHERMAN DID, ATLANTA. THAT'S HOW I WILL DO THIS YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GAME CLOSER THAN I BELIEVE, GEORGIA TECH PLUS THE POINTS. GEORGIA TECH WAS UNDERRATED LAST YEAR, I LIKE HAINES KING, AND DEFENSE, THE SECONDARY WILL BE BETTER, WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE, IT'S YEAR 15 OF D.J. UIAGALELEI, AT SCHOOL #17, CAN HE FINALLY TURN THE CORNER AND BE A PLUS ONE IN THE PASSING GAME? I WILL JUST GEORGIA TECH TO KEEP IT TIGHT IN IRELAND, ALL OF THAT TIME FOR PREP, I WILL TAKE THOSE GUYS FOR THE PREP. CHIPS >> Chip: TIGHT MAY HAPPEN, EMORY, BUT IT'S ABOUT MATCH UP AND GAME SCRIPT, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HELP GEORGIA TECH, TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND JUST GO TOE FOR TOE WITH FLORIDA STATE, FLORIDA STATE HAS BETTER PLAYERS AND WHAT GEORGIA TECH HAS, IS A NEW DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, HIS NAME IS TYLER SAN TUCCI. WHERE WAS HE LAST YEAR? AT DUKE. WHAT DID WE SEE FROM DUKE? AN DEFENSE THAT HAD THEM ON THEIR TOES THE ENTIRE GAME. THIS WILL BE AN AGGRESSIVE TEAM. AND, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL, I THINK FLORIDA STATE HAS THE BEST PASS HEAD OF RUSHING DUO IN THE COUNTRY WPATRIOTS ON ONE SIDE, PAYTON ON ONE SIDE, MARVIN JR. ON THE OTHER SIDE. HA0-- HAINNES, KING, CAN CREATE EXPLOSIVE PLACE. I THINK A THIRD AND LONG SITUATION IS A LOSING SCENARIO. SO, AFTER D.J. LOOKS A LITTLE FRUSTERED, MIKE NORVEL WILL MAKE IT SIMPLE. HE WILL GET TO RUNNING THE FOOTBALL. AN OFFENSIVE LINE THAT'S OLD AND EXPERIENCED. THAT'S HOW FLORIDA STATE WILL HAVE SUCCESS. YOU RUN THE CLOCK. SO I THINK WE WILL HAVE LESS POSSESSION. THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, I THINK WE WILL HAVE LESS SCORING THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, 55.5, MAYBE WE WILL SEE IT PUSH UP TO 56, 56.5, ANOTHER KEY NUMBER TO JUMP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, IF YOU WANT TO DANCE AROUND WITH IT. ULTIMATELY, GEORGIA TECH'S INABILITY TO GET PAST THE FLORIDA STATE PASSRUSH. AND DJU'S INABILITY, GOES UNDER. >> Tommy: AND MOVING TO THE NEXT GAME, JENNY REFERRED TO IT AS SMU, TAKING ON THE WOLFPACK IN NEVADA. AND, I HAVE SEEN THE SPREADAS HIGH AS 27.5. 25 AND A HOOK WITH A IN THE MID 50S. CZAR OF THE PLAYBOOK, WHATY PLATPLAY? -- WHAT'S THE PLAY? >> IT'S FITTING THEY ARE STARTING IN NEVADA, THIS TEAM WAS WAITING TO GET BACK INTO THE BIG-TIME COLLEGE FOOTBALL LANDSCAPE. >> Emory: 30 YEARS OF FRUSTRATION TAKEN OUT ON NEVADA. LAY THE POINTS WITH THE MUSTANGS, ONE OF THE BEST QUARTERBACKS IN THE COUNTRY. SMU, IS ONE OF THE MORE UNDERRATED TEAMS IN THE ACC. TAKING THIS GAME. >> Chip: I DO I WANT WANT TO SWEAT THIS LATE, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO STRESS THIS LATE. WHEN AMANDA GARRETT IS GIVING US THE PERSONAL INTEREST STORIES, I WANT TO KNOW THE TICKET HAS CASHED. GOING UP AGAINST LOUISIANA TECH, THEY WANTED TO RUN IT UP AND GET THE GAME PUT AWAY, AND PUT IN THE BACKUPS. 31-O, AT HALFTIME. FINAL SCORE, 38-14. THAT MEANS LOUISIANA TECH, OUTSCOREDMU, OR THE BACK UPS AT LEAST, AND WE HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION, PRESSED IN STONE WANT TO GET THERE, THEY WANT TO SCORE EARLY, 4, 1-2-3-4. >> Tommy: OF YOU LIKING THE HORSEPOWER FEATURED IN RENO. AND THEN THERE'S WHAT I THINK, GUYS, IS THE MOIST INTERESTING GAME IN WEEK ZERO. YOU HAVE FCS POWER, MONTANA STATE, LAYING DOUBLE DIGITS. WITH A TOTAL OF 54.5. I KNOW THE LOBOS ARE IN TRANSITION. I KNOW THEY WILL DO A GOOD JOB OUT THERE, BUT MY GOODNESS, CATCHING TUBBLE DIGITS ARE THE GRABS THE POINTS, LAYING IT, OR WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT IT IN THIS ONE ? EMORY? >> Emory: THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED IN THAT BOWL, FOR MANY YEARS. THEY HAVE A GREAT QUARTERBACK, BUT I AM A FAN OF DEVON DAMPIER, DUAL THREAT PLAYER, BETTER LAST SEASON. DEFENSIVELY, WITH THE SIX RETURN , THEY WILL BE BETTER ON NASIDE OF THE FOOTBALL. TAKE NUMEXICO, AS GOOD AS MONTANA IS, THEY WILL BE IN THE FINAL 4 COME PLAYOFF TIME. BUT THE BRONCO, HAUL -- READY TO KET IT DONE. >> Chip: I AGREE, IT IS DISRESPECTFUL TO BRONCO, MENDENHALL. IN YEAR ONE AT VIRGINIA, WAHOO'S, WENT 2/10, HE WENT INTO THE GAMES ALMOST LIKE AN NFL PRE-SEASON GAME, IT WAS AN EVOLIATION PERIOD, HE KNEW THEY WERE OUT MATCHED, WANTED THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN, YEAR ONE WITH VIRGINIA, WHEN IT LASTED, BUT IT WAS A LOSS TO AN FCS-TEAM. I DON'T LIKE THAT IT'S OUT TO 11.5. OPENED AUTOPSY ATITY AND-A-HALF. I AM STILL GONNA TAKE THE TEAM WITH THE CONTINUITY, THE TEAM WITH THE CONFIDENCE COMING FROM LAST YEAR, AND THE TEAM THAT ULTIMATELY WILL BE PLAYING FOUR MORE STEAKS LATER IN THE YEAR, THIS IS A JEER ZERO FOR THE BRONCOS. YEAR ZERO FOR THE BRONCOS. >> Tommy: I INJOYED YOU GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD ON THAT ONE. THIS IS WHAT THE SEGMENT IS FOR. DEL WAR STATE, 40 POINTS AT HAWAII. ISLAND TO COAST WITH THE DISTANCES, WHAT DO WE THINK, >> TELEWEAR STATE HAS A VERY GOOD DAVIS . HAWAII WILL BEAT THESE GUYS ON EVERY LAND OUT THERE. THEY WILL GO MARCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ISLANDS OUT TO JAPAN, LAY THE POINTS WITH HAWAII, AND TAKE HAWAII TO COVER THE TOTAL BY THEMSELVES. THIS IS A MESS UPONED UP SITUATION FOR THE HORNETS, THEIR TRAVEL GOT SCREWED UP, DELAWARE, NEW YORK CITY, JFK, ALL THE WAY TO HAWAII. CAN THEY WILL HAVE A FIELD DAY IN THE SMALL-ON-CAMPUS STADIUM, SO, LAY THE POINTS WITH HAWAII, AND TAKE THE TOTAL TO GO OVER, ALL ABOUT HAWAII. >> HORNESTS HAVEN'T WON A PLAYOFF SERIES IN FOREVER, DELAWARE STATE AIN'T GONNA GIVE THEM APE CLANC TO DO -- HAWAII HAS SO FEW GAMES, THEY CAN FLEX THE OFFENSE, AND EVEN THOUGH I AM STILL TRACKING THE ABILITY OF ONE OF THEIR TOP WIDE RECEIVERS, I THINK THEY WILL RUN IT AT A HIGH LEVEL, WITH SHRAIDER LEADING THE WAY. I LAY ALL OF THOSE POINTS. . >> Tommy: YOU ARE SAYING, DON'T HAVE THE FAMILY READY FOR THE TRIP TO HAWAII. AND, THIS IS MORE OF A FUTURE'S PLAY, CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP PICKS AND YOUR NATIONAL CHAMP? >> Emory: MIAMI TO WIN THE ACC, I LOVE OKLAHOMA STATE TO WIN THE BIG 12. TEXAS TO WIN THE SEC, AND I ALSO LOVE OREGON TO WIN THE BIG 10, AND MY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PICK: TEXAS. >> Chip: I GO WITH THE OHIO STATE, IF THEY DON'T WIN THE BIG 10, GOOD GRAVY I DO I WANT WANT TO BE IN YOU COLUMBUS, I THINK THEY GET IT DONE, I AGREE, OKLAHOMA STATE, NOT ONLY A GOOD PICK WITH THE EXPERIENCE, GOOD VALUE AT THIS NUMBER WITH OTTAWA AND SCANSE SCAN STATE YOU LET THE DOGS GET TO ATLANTA, AND KIRBY SMART'S BOYS WILL TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. I HAVE BEEN SELLING THE BOISE STATE STOCK LEFT AND RIGHT, I THINK IT WILL BE MEMPHIS IS THE CONFERENCE TITLE WINNER I AM MOST CONFIDENT IN. THANK YOU FEDEX, I THINK MEMPHIS IS A CUT ABOVE THE ACC0 >> Tommy: UNLV. CHIP, EMORY, APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL BRING EMORY BACK LATER ON IN THE SHOW. A FREQUENT PERSON ON THE EARLY EDGE ON THE SHOW, CBS SPORTS HQ SPOTLIGHT. AND THE PODCAST, SCAN THE QR CODE, CHECK THEM OUT DURING THE WEEK, SOMETIMES ON ETHANOL --N OTHIS CHANNEL. >> AND, COLLEGE FOOTBALL, SCAN