Rematch in Morgantown: Penn State vs. West Virginia Football Week One Preview

West Virginia “Bulletin Board Material” + Pat McAfee little Frosty SHP right back at you brother welcome back to wait wait hold on forgot welcome back to White out weekly as we are in our official week one of college football despite there being the incredible week zero upset Georgia Tech over Florida State in Dublin this is the week where all the teams play you got a Full Slate Saturday just sitting by the couch watching eight plus hours of football and Penn State we got West Virginia once again opening up with them week one the spread started atus 8 and2 went down to 7 and A2 with 118 juice and I believe it is at 8 now on open up in the spring time I believe was started off at 11 and A2 or 10 and 1 half or 11 and A2 and so it's it's moved quite a bit bit yeah a lot of uh lot of money on West Virginia sure that's a lot of sharp money trying to get that over a touchdown spread I hope but um yeah I'm trying to see the juice here either way we're going to go through a big uh it's standard juice of minus 110 penate minus 8 on DraftKings and then the over under is 51 and a half standard juice of minus 110 so over this week I don't know if you saw the there's a tweet I don't know the guy's name on West Virginia he's a defensive line a defensive tackle I think Eddie vinin yeah how he watched like the uh cover King B Pula that last touchdown run like over and over and he's like yeah it's both board material and it's kind of just like well we we had to run a play and having to be a QB draw he's just having to be a backup quarterback you know trying to flash his skills scored a touchdown and it's funny how they're kind of obsessing over that you know last touchdown even though we did break open the 7 s second quarter tie with 24 on points last year to win but uh the first taste of the cover King was amazing winning 3850 when that spread was I think pen State minus 20 yeah it was quite the throw yeah and saying this is bullets and board material for them has then hence created bullettin bullettin board material for Penn State so we'll take expect a uh if it's yeah expecting another cover K touchdown if that does happen you bet your ass baby and I didn't even think of this you you brought this up during the week as we were preparing for this but the pack ma fish show I did not realize I I mean I know his ties to West Virginia but I didn't realize how deep they ran and that he's doing his show live from Morgan Town and yeah we got news of school closures early dismissals oh God it's got Vibes of uh that place going be yeah granted this different environment different type of team but it's got some Vibes of if you remember a couple years ago when Maryland was hosting Penn State they cancel classes on Friday and ended up getting their their butts whooped 59 to nothing that night yeah we you wish for we currently don't have the Army to uh to match P Mai sadly so uh you're listening definitely give us a rating and if you're watching on YouTube subscribe help us build that army so we can eventually take on Pat mcfey but let's get into the deep dive West Virginia Football Offensive Preview of West Virginia as the year begins so obviously we Face them last year we have a little bit of familiarity with them their head coach Neil Brown going into his sixth season he's made three bowl games with W West Virginia on two of them and last season was West Virginia's first nine win season since 2016 so he's definitely trending up with this program their quarterback we saw him last year Garrett green he is a true dual threat quarterback the first quarterback under Neil Brown to throw for four touchdowns in a game he only missed one game last season despite being a true running threat uh also the second player in West Virginia history along with Pat White which is pretty esteemed company to pass and rush for over 150 yards in a game versus Cincinnati where he threw for 210 ran for 150 yards and three touchdowns so this dude's a legit Factor on the ground which always is a problem for defenses having a Factor him into the game plan of his legs and rushing ability and he finished third on the team in rushing yards with 772 behind him are two like the definition of a thunder and lightning combo we I'm pretty sure we only saw CJ Donaldson last year right yeah Bell was not did not play in last year's game so CJ Donaldson I think we said this last year 62 240 PowerBack who committed originally as a tight end and then emerged as that powerful Factor back for the Mountaineers he missed a couple games due to injury but went over 100 yards rushing three times finished with 798 uh led the team and at averaged 4.7 yards per carry 11 touchdowns so a tough guy to bring down and also can catch balls at the back field but the weapon that really stepped up and made this offense truly Dynamic down stretch was running back Jem Bell we meant to say jesman the whole time Neil Brown had high high hopes for him um last year with his absolute track speed and he went over a 100 yards rushing four times including a 2001 yard performance against Cincinnati again every everyone's setting records against Cincinnati so they are built to be a rushing team a dual threat team power option scheme on offense they're wide receivers I don't know much about them if you can explain a little more but I think it's a lot like the pen State room where different underclassman are trying to you know find their role and step up in different areas yeah definitely when you I think if you look across the board at least on paper between westl Virginia and Penn State when you look at the wide receiver group I think whether you call it bias or not I think Penn State probably has the more potential there granted unproven guys uh but when you look at West vir IRG is definitely very similar like to utilize their tight end cold Taylor um not anything that'll pop off the page but was a reliable Target for for gar green L air 444 receiving yards 67 200 67 so he's a big Target big safety boy big boy and then uh as for the rest of the wide receiver group familiar name for Penn State if you follow the recruiting Trail but Rodney Gallagher uh was a former Penn State Target um his decision ultimately came down between West Virginia and Penn State elected to to follow uh follow the path down to Morgantown um so he's looking to start to you know get some more PT this year um Hudson Clement is another name to note and then they have a Oklahoma State transfer uh Jaden Bray so again some unproven guys they do have some Talent there um but not a lot of production either on paper that you can see on tape and on the field and I think going back to to Garrett green and the running back group I think Garrett green specifically anytime you're preparing for a week one tough opponent and they have a mobile dual threat quarterback that's definitely a tough thing to be able to prepare for but I think the benefit for Penn State heading into this matchup is you had that experience against this against that same guy last year where yeah he had you in some tough spots was able to to run around and make some things happen um but for the most part they were able to to hold them in check and I expect that that length of time to be able to look at the film would put them in an advantageous position heading into this matchup and then for West Virginia as a whole going back for the way their season ended I know anytime you lose your home opener custin uh you know that thrilling U cover King fashion but the rest of their season if you follow them the rest of the way was actually finished off a lot better than you would have expected after that week one matchup able to get nine wins they rallied for sure they definitely rallied and from an offensive perspective I think the thing to not is they really kind of simplified things for Garrett green they kind of recognized that he can't really interpret and read defenses too well so they really suited their offense to match his skill set which is truly just running around and trying to make things happen simplify things and trying to get some guys open downfield and utilizing his wheels in the in those running backs so expect more the same heading into this year um but again having that experience and having that tape uh I think we'll prove dividends yeah we posted that uh zi Wheatley clip today of him just absolutely flying to G GRE sto him for the uh on Third and long on like a improvised play so we need a lot of that we'll get into more of our you know matchups and iron lons later but zi wheat Le Kevin Winston J J definitely definitely stepping up on the Run game is going to be huge um so West Virginia is returning 8 starters on offense their offensive line did lose uh that starting center Zack Frasier to the draft absolute stud and their right tackle Doug Nester but they return 113 career starts across the line line uh starting with Brandon Yates he started at four different offensive line positions and know probably fill that rooll the big shoes at Center and so he'll be at the center and then probable left tackle is going to be Wyatt Millum they also have their left guard Thomas RAC 66 314 he has had a lot ofp coming out of Camp as an absolute stud and then Junior jqu hubber at Right Guard um he had 11 starts at right tackle and then four starts at Right Guard last year and Nick Malone at right tackle who transferred he had four starts last year and they also bring in Jacksonville State transfer right tackle Xavier Bosley so they did lose a significant piece in Zack Frasier do return three of five starters including Yates who can go all across the line as well as uh Wyatt Millum who has NFL potential yeah yeah Millum definitely if you follow NFL draft boards or just the buzz around him he's definitely one of the Premier tackles in the country so definitely expecting some uh you know he's he's a tough guy to get around so he'll he's a stal word there yeah and then that again goes into our what we're going to talk about later our matchups because you know I our Edge rushers are just absurd with Deni Abdul Zariah it it's just it's it's gonna be a tough matchup but a good first baptism by fire for these uh at rushers of Penn State and before we move on to the defense I don't know if you got one but I got a little be on hand if you want to do a week one cheers do it baby to a good year a good year to another season starting off what a weekly Frost mug always good always good so always goes down smooth they run a WVU Football Defensive Preview + James Franklin Presser 335 defense and their defensive coordinator Jordan Leslie I believe is entering his fourth season there as well um starting with the dline so last season I know they had this it was we said it in the last episode or last preview that they had the four same defensive Blan start every game but then last season this year they lose their no tackle Mike Lockard who transferred to SMU and their Bandit position Jared Bartlett who also transferred to Cincinnati they do bring back Edward Vine v I found this on the web for this year they lose their nose pack y Siri I wonder what PRP that vine Cincinnati Vine Siri came up uh bring back Edward Vine and Shan Martin as those big D tackle DNS in the 335 scheme but former Penn State transfer for uh fatorma or fatama fatorma fatorma MOA is expected to make an impact this year as the potential new starting nose tackle which interesting definitely very interesting so we got two guys linked to pen State starting for the Mountaineers moving on to probably I would say well I wouldn't say feels Phil steel would say is the most talented linebacker room that Neil Brown has had since coming to Morgan Town um like I said defense coordinator Jordan Leslie in his fourth year he uses two unique positions a spear position that's usually a nickel defensive back in a run fit and then now a Spur position that's a rush outside linebacker um I know they lost a couple guys their number one tackler Le uh kabwa probably butcher that but Nath uh Trey leam returns after an unfortunate injury five games in the last season other than that what are they doing moving and shaking with their linebackers I'm assuming TR lean will be back at that weak side linebacker position yeah lean's expected to be full go he's definitely the the premier athlete of that group and definitely the top talent within that uh like you mentioned pretty pretty solid linebacker group so definitely expecting some big things out of him he's definitely won for uh you know Aller and crew to keep an out keep an eye out for um because he can definitely make some things happen um they got Ben cutter who when lean went down you know kind of stepped into that position and kind of took on some of that some of that loss as he went out and then for coordinator Jordan Leslie utilizes every every team's got their you know kind of different namesake for their different positions or special schemes that they use so they use the spear uh spear in the spur position uh so utilizing some hybrid guys uh so former safety Aubry Burks likely to take over the spear position which you know was kind of that defensive back run stuffer role which has some similarities to to the line or the prowler role that we've seen with Manny Diaz's system um but for Burks he was the 20 2022 FCS South Defensive Player of the Year at Gardner web he'll likely be taking over that spur position route um as a rushing outside linebacker um so yeah it's definitely a talented groub wow Gardner web yep that's a that's a big leap but uh definitely a talented group and definely going to be a key match up for the Penn State offense yeah especially if you know La last year I know he passed the ball we all over the field against them but if we're going to stick that identity of the Dual threat running backs of Singleton and Kon we definitely need to get some chunks at the beginning of the game just to open up the passing game for Drew Aller lastly will move on to their secondary which might going from the strongest unit on West Virginia Defense to potentially the weakest not really sure how to judge this they lost two starters key starter and beanie Bishop Junior who had 20 pass breakups and four interceptions last year obviously L the team in those categories and cornerback Malachi Ruffin who had five pass breakups on one intercept they brought in both senior quarterbacks gar Garnett Hollis and Junior safety Jem Joseph who are both transferring from Northwestern and then sophomore Aiden Gars who had 13 pass breakups for duaine last year and Anthony Wilson is the only non-transfer returning so there could be some early season slip UPS in the first couple games with you know new transfers and guys playing different assignments trying to figure out each other's strengths and weaknesses and communication on the back end so this could be their their biggest weakness as we saw last year even with beanie Bishop yeah definitely some in inexperience there so uh definitely a group that you want to be able to take advantage of in a week one matchup where they're still getting their feet under them trying to figure some things out so definitely something to look for uh Coach K Andy cotal Nikki and crew to look to exploit so Kaden slers is out this game correct uh I believe current status is and based on FR so Franklin actually recording this on Wednesday had his presser uh a little bit before we're recording live here but uh Saunders has some bumps and bruises so he is going to like be a game time decision not completely ruled out but him and actually khil dinkin as well are both uh currently dealing with some bumps and bruises so their their status is uncertain at this time okay I was gonna say yeah Kaden Sor deep ball that uh that would definitely help but my breakout candidate of the Year Mari Evans can definitely fill that role because yeah speaking of which Franklin also had some very positive things to say about Amari and his presser today indicating that he anticipates Amari to have a big year um and looking so let me pull the exact quote real quick great minds think that's right lot of excitement in the program that he's ready to go and that he's expecting Amari to have a big year this year so those are great things that you want to hear especially for you with him being your breakout candidate hey cheers you James Franklin both of the same thought process even though I didn't watch one breakfast live uh so let's move on to our matchups of the game what we think is going to be Penn State Matchups to Win in Morgantown key in Penn State winning over West Virginia in week one the rematch in Morgantown my matchup of the game is going to be that running back tandem of Donaldson and Jem Bell who we didn't see last year again but he is a absolutely Dynamic running back with again trackstar speed who can take it to the house pretty much every time he touches the rock against our linebacking group of Kobe King Dom DeLuca Tony Roos especially and like you mentioned earlier Zaki Wheatley Kevin Winston Jr Jaden Reed as well coming into the box and helping stuff the run so big stat on that uh under Neil Brown West Virginia is 27 and8 when they rush for over 100 yards and just three and 21 when they go under that total so last year we held them to I think it's when they have a player grow over 100 yards last year we held up to 146 total rushing yards CG CJ Donaldson went for 81 Garr green went for 71 so with obviously Kobe King is experienced and a solid run stopper down Luca as solid As It Gets In The Run game Tony Roos big expectations from him this season so I we really need those guys that unit my back unit to step up shed this tack those blockers coming up to the second level and not let West Virginia get any big chunks of yards on the ground because that's that's going to kill us in terms of clock and everything yep wholeheartly AG that is your match up so for me really where I'm going to be zeroing in on is so you talked about the offensive line couple guys in particular but overall just the the experience of that group so for me I'm I'm highlighting Wyatt Millum just again because he's projected to NFL talent I think there's probably more than him on that offensive line that could potentially play on Sundays but with that type of experience and him in particular a lot of Buzz a lot of hype talk about say the word Buzz a lot they're it's true with a lot of guys on this Penn State team but particularly with the edge rushers Abdul Carter and Deni Dennis Sutton so coming into this year when you talk about losing a guy like chop Robinson and Adisa Isaac who are now are playing on Sundays and we're talking about two guys who could potentially not just fill the void but take it to even newer Heights this year I am extremely excited to see how they hit the ground run in week one it's a tremendous matchup it's great offensive line that you're going against a premier talent in Wyatt Millum we're expecting big things from both those guys Den I Dennis Sutton has made it clear and put it out there that his expectations for himself are to be the best defensive end in the country I think he's got all the talent in the world to be able to get there we know Abdul Carter has excelled at the linebacker role excels as an edge rusher now with that being his sole Focus although he will be kind of a hybrid but to see the two of those guys coming off the edge I expect to see them it's going to be a tough test but definitely looking forward to see how they hit the ground running and it's going to be the key in a tough environment to be able to not only contain garri green but also to be able to get after him get him on the ground that I was gonna say that that's a huge thing is containment because a lot of the times I noticed last year those guys would just crash and just leave you know leave leave containment wide open for an outside run so definitely have to be disciplined in their containment as well as being productive pass rushers so they have definitely difficult assignments especially against the guys that going again so actually that's a great that's a great match of the game I'm sure they're going to highlight that on the fox big noon kickoff this Saturday I'm gonna be in California so that game starts at 900 am for me 9:00 am yeah baby wait that's gonna be sick just wake up and watch off yes that's M Moses in Penn State football baby oh yeah all right let's go from our matchups that we Iron Lion Impact Players for Penn State think might win Penn State to the game to our iron Lions to watch for and I'll give you the honor of going first and so first last time for the matchups yeah I think for me I think there's a couple different areas you can look at I think the one that first comes to mind would be the wide receiver room who's going to step up everyone's Gonna Have Eyes on that in in a especially in week one where that's been the question not just for this year but also the last couple years but for me well I'm looking before you go into yours just doesn't count but who would you pick as a wide receiver to watch it's going to sound crazy man but we talked about the buzz in last week's app seems to be getting bigger but I want to see Liam Clifford ah yes I love it I dude I know you talked about him too the buzz has been there this week as well uh it's it's fond memory obviously of our old boy Cliff um from being uh you know running the show at quarterback but I am looking for Liam Clifford to to show out and prove the buzz worthy and being right so I I'm excited to see what he can bring and if that buzz is all real I love that because yeah in a on the road hostile environment first game Al's gonna need a reliable Target to go to and he's been talking all offseason how reliable Liam Clifford has been and his route running just being able to get open for him so I can see him hitting Dural or hitting Liam Clifford early and often in this game to get comfortable but who's your sorry stepping on your toes there who's your actual iron line you mentioned him baby rocking the shirt it's the big dog it's Drew let's go big things coming this year uh year two is the full-time starter year three in the progr prog probably has the most pressure you could look back you look at Sean Clifford whether your the frustrations the fan base had with him and wanting just more out of the position walk walked into the Drew Aller era where hey we got the talent this is the guy to be able to do it talked last week again where if you looked at his box score the stat sheet from last year hey he had a damn good year 25 touchdowns two picks if you watch the key games was a very different story um when you look at Ohio State Michigan the Peach Bowl so he has indicated that he's feeling more confident as as a quarterback he feels good about the about K Nikki system he's was voted a team captain as a junior in the program which again like we like we talked about is is rare it's not a given that the QB is always the the captain of Penn State uh but again might have the most pressure on him of any Penn State quarterback probably in the last decade couple decades got to go pretty far back Hackenberg was definitely there before that going in the way back machine but lot of eyes lot of expectations uh had a big game last year against West Virginia again created the excitement around the Drew Aller era thrown for 325 yards three tutes in one last year yeah that first tutty to ks first hudie to kls hyping up Bieber stadium so as year three you expect him to take that leap had the year last year as the full-time starter should be composed in a different way has uh some additional Tools in his toolkit so I it's got to be Drew for me he's got to come out not just to prove to the fan base that he's taken that next step and he he can be that Elite armed talent to help not just get us to the playoff but carry us through the playoff because that's what it takes to win in college football Elite quarterback play so but um um I'm I am excited and I'm looking forward and I'm hopeful that Drew Aller really sets the bar very very high on Saturday it's crazy that it's it's his second year as a starter and he's under this much scrutiny and pressure already and was your was your chick first year hit offense coordinator last year uh no he was here prior was his first big recruit okay you had worked with him but still it's like second year he has a brand new offensive system and again you can go back and forth between is it all's skill set it was it the play calling you know what what went wrong last year in terms of the offensive production but yeah I I totally agree I think with this new offensive system it's going to create comfortable through for Drew Aller but then also open up the Deep ball as well and I'm going to stick with the offense I was gonna go Kevin Winston Jr here but sort of mentioned him as a key player in the Run game he's just an absolute Beast against the Run um I think he has like a 2% Miss tackle rate in his collean career or something absurd like that but I'm gonna go to the aces actually avilable on one out weekly going with let's go Psycho T Tyler Warren against like we said the biggest question mark for West Virginia their secondary especially their depth at safety and just looking at those guys I don't think they have one that can cover Psycho T in zone or man ofan and against a three F 335 defense you would think you would pound the rock with Singleton and Allen which we will for sure to open up a passing game but they do have a solid front seven again with Phil steel saying it's Neil Brown's best linebacking room since he's been there so let's test the new transfers learning curve in that secondary with some height weight speed mismatches wherever you can find them and I think you're going to find them with a safety on Tyler Warren and I think I'm going to make a buold prediction here SEO T loves the Red Zone I think he's going to score two touchdowns oh love it especially with uh CL di dink dinked up mhm so at that big prediction I sadly sadly had to used probably a roll and a half of bubble wrap like five styrofoam squares and so much packing paper to send Dave I don't know if we want to go get it the Big 10 betting bananza trophy which he he's holding right now want to say something so perfect baby don't do that don't you do that in front of M I'm just backward it has been it has been sitting here for the past three years but they've had the craziest 2023 batting season I'll put up the numbers on the bottom I don't have them on me right now blank that out of my memory because it was so freaking good just absolutely crushed it I think he was I think he I think you ended above what's the like professional betting 62 63% you're like 67% 68% I think so something something like that if you're gonna follow someone follow the Croatian bear definitely this year as he proved last year he's locked in the Big 10 but let's head into my comeback week one of the 2024 Big 10 beding [Music] Big Ten Betting Bonanza Week One boner it is the Big 10 betting Bonanza week number one we got games Thursday sat Friday Saturday Any Sunday on Labor Day I believe so I think we got Saturday and Sunday Sunday and Monday yeah Monday USC LSU on Sunday and then Florida State looking to bounce back against an old friend Bill O'Brien and his new gig at Boston College on Monday night I'm putting money on Boss College plus 16 and a half oh hund like Flor State probably will win but it's going to be tough to shake that off yeah all right well this is New Territory for me not being the winner and returning Champion big betting Bonanza so I I mean I guess you go first this is don't don't know if you do my hands right now but yeah what what is this feeling first you say he's in some kind don't mind if I do some kind of Trance or something must be the well I'm going to kick things off because I'm excited for football season yes week zero was a little taste but we got the real thing this weekend like you said starting Thursday starting tomorrow night that's where I'm kicking things off oh baby I'm taking Greg shano the shano man big expectations in Piscataway they are kicking things off against Howard and Ruckers is favored minus 36 and a half I cover that baby give me the Scarlet Knights big spreads only in week one Ruckers minus 36 and a half Ruckers minus 36 and a half wo okay that's a big one to open up on for me I'm G to go with so this bread was weird to [Music] me because I need to find it first I've scrolled all the way down one sec folks I am also going to stick you oh you were thir yeah I'm also going to stick with the Thursday night craziness we got UNC at the meisa goers UNC minus originally I saw two and a half now they're down to two minus 108 juice Minnesota is returning eight defensive starters and I believe eight on offense as well UNC lost obviously Drake May so they to fill on that void they do have a sick running back of Marian Hampton but I think Minnesota gets it done here their first game at home they're plus two which if you think about it home teams automatically get like a two to three point spread so this is kind of saying North Carolina minus four so I'm just going to take the straight up Golden goofers money line at plus one you're rowing the boat week one ski the boat week one I got I got to start out hot I got to start out hot that might have been a reckless pick but I I need to I'm I'm not playing it safe I'm going going for the alltime record I respect it come out swinging baby all right so for pick number two big expectations very talented roster as always in Columbus Ohio Ohio State Buck guys kick off things on Saturday at 3:30 30 against the akan Zips again former Penn State Legend Penn State friend Joe Morhead head ball coach at akan it's got a tall test going into the shoe it's a big spread for Ohio State I believe I saw it at 46 maybe 48 and a half I am going Jesus Christ you're picking this enormous I'm not a combined total of all I was just mentioning what the spread was I am going with the over on this one over 58 and a half okay okay I anticipate Ohio State's flashy offense yes they're breaking in will Howard but they got M abuka they got two studs at running back they got the Freshman sensation Jeremiah Smith they got a highly touted defense I anticipate to score at least one maybe two touchdowns on some akan miscues I'm taking the Buckeyes over or sorry total over in this game 58 and a half against akan all right so you think akan can you think Ohio get or you think I think they I think they'll get seven and Ohio State maybe puts up 50 plus so all right 56 to seven if you will all righty I am going to go with my second pick to H land oh the former defense coordinator for the hooers or head coach right Tom Allen coach head coach now at Penn State they got a new look new coaching staff they're minus 21 and a half against FIU Florida International they return Indiana whoers 10 players on offense and all 11 on defense and the one player I just want to mention is Donovan McCully 65203 he's going to be absolute problem in the Big 10 and FIU I think is just kind of bottom feeders in their conference and just looked it up and it slipping my mind not my time on it going with the Indiana spread of minus is a tough one 21 and a half oh I know they got got to get 24 got to kick that I should really look at their field goal kicker [ __ ] did not check that all right final pick wouldn't be right if I didn't kick off this wonderful season touching this game but we got our beloved nitty Lions I knew it I knew it I should have picked this one before I am going to go with I am all about the hype with the coton Nikki offensive system so this pick really more so is leaning in on the fact that I believe this defense is not going to miss a beat yes mny Diaz was fantastic I am super excited to see what Tom Allen is able to do with this type of talent but I am going to take the under there are the under in this game there is some rain some thunderstorms that could be moving into the area on Saturday which could impact this game Penn State was practicing with some wet footballs today so always got to be prepared for that but I'm going to take the under 51 a half I do expect to see that heavy dose or a dose of explosive plays from his offense I expect them to put up some points but I believe this defense is going to come off on the right foot and shut down this Mountaineer offense and limit their ability to put points on the board so that's why I'm taking the under 51 and a half literally took my right there bang now I got the joys of going first oh what it means to be a no I I should have picked that second that should have been my second pick I knew you were gonna do that why did I oh my God all right scramble time we're going to go where's that game bang I think it's on a Saturday Indiana plays FIU Saturday 3:30 by the way see with Ohio State there at 3:30 um this game is I believe earlier yeah this is a noon kickoff on Saturday Maryland minus 20 who ing the Yukon Huskies who return six players on offense eight on defense Maryland's only returning four players on offense they do have their big running back Roman HMI and their Dynamic playmaker wide receiver Tai Felton but I think if there's going to be you said there's going to be thunderstorms and rain in State College in uh Morgantown Morgantown how close is that to College Park I think it's within shouting distance few hour couple hours all right let's say that storm system creeps over to College Park even if it doesn't I'm going under 44 and a half in Maryland UK okay all the changes to Maryland's offense Yukon being a subart team but kind of rising in their head coaches third year I think um yeah I think that Jim Wars their coach right Yukon yes yeah okay Jim Wars third year so I think they'll start to get things going but I think yeah it's going to be a a sloppy game week one week one overs are usually a good bet but I don't think Maryland's good enough to offensively to carry this on their own so I'm gonna go under 44 and a half okay confirm via Google maps Morgantown is a cool 3 hours and 29 minutes from College Park 26 ex so those could move in that direction whatever hopefully by hopefully by kickoff it' be there or maybe maybe second half second half blunder yeah scoreless third quarter something like that so you got all onep pointers on the board I got two onep pointers and then my Minnesota plus threep pointer Underdog so forgot to explain the scoring system uh your record can be as great as it can be but it's all about the units you bring back so you get one point one Bonanza point if you get the spread correct so if Dave hits over under or the team so if he hits Ruckers minus 36 that's plus one over under an Ohio State Acura and if he hits that plus one no minuses if you hit for instance Minnesota they're under seven and a half if you hit that Underdog that's plus three an underdog straight up win that has a spread of seven and a half plus seven and a half is plus five which is where you really change the game and then the Home Run shot is a plus seven banan a point if you pick an underdog straight up win that's a 14 Point Underdog or more so just to lay out the groundwork for the fourth fourth annual Big 10 Med Bonanza in which I will most certainly come back and reclaim the crown Dave will have to ship that thing back to me and do all that hard work that I had to do shiing that the lady looked at me so weird I dropped it off it's kind of fragile she's like what's in it I was like a uh it's kind of like a fun trophy with my friend it's a 10 pound dumbbell uh okay I don't believe you but okay please leave my store um so that will do it for our first preview of 2024 the rematch in Morgantown obviously we both think Penn State's got to come out Victorious I think the eight-point spread is right on I think it's going to be a back and forth game full of runs I think pen State's G to go on a run West Virginia's gonna make a little comeback gonna go back and forth but I do think Penn State ends up winning by like 2 20 or 30 20 3020 something like that somewhere in that range I think we have a few Red Zone stops that really changed the momentum of the game and that's my prediction I think we cover the spread in this one what do you think yeah I think so too I think if you look at this game for me kind of reminds me a little bit if you look a couple years ago when Penn State opened on the road against Purdue in that Thriller m the the Shan Clifford and Kon Lee to win it as called famously by Gus Johnson y gred that was a Friday night n a Saturday so it was definitely a little bit more of a a weird opener but I think it draws some similarities again with it being on the road I think games like that have hopefully prepared this Penn State team as coaching staff to be able to start off a season this way it's going to be tough environment uh as indicated it's a hard ticket to find in Morgantown West Virginia all they care about is Mountaineer football so they're excited about a chance to be able to start off the season right with the big time upset so it's a it's a good opportunity to to see what this team's about and uh but I do think they come out Victorious I'm excited about the new offense and all the the pieces that can be placed within that scheme to get them the ball in space we're going to see a lot of different guys getting touches to get a good feel for what this offense can can be but I do also expect the defense to come out uh rocking and rolling because I I I think it's a talented group that has potential to maintain their status as a top 10 defense in the country so I think Penn State does cover I do believe that the under will hit but I I do think that they win by at least a touchdown or more let's go uh Mai being down there makes me a little bit nervous uh just in terms of the intrinsic value that he can bring to the Morgan Town crowd but yeah let's do it let's rematching Morgan toal go two and0 show who's Boston this rivalry once again and thank you to everyone who liked our hype video we did not expect it to go that big it was awesome seeing everyone rally around that and kind of like that and if you want to compete with Pat McAfee definitely got to grow our army we love all of our subscribers all of our followers we're going to keep growing keep grinding and here's a big cheers to week one not only of college football but I think we got five straight days of college football and then we're going into week one of the NFL Eagles play the Packers in Brazil that's going to be epic so such best time of the year Y and my birthday's coming up so could not be better couldn't be more thrill most importantly no most importantly football I I don't give I don't give a [ __ ] about most importantly I'm I'm one of those guys who I could do nothing birthday and thatd be totally fine but it is the most Wonderful Time of the Year and we want to thank you guys for letting us do this TNI talking about their passions and supporting us the all way so cheers to a great year we will see you guys next week after a big Penn State Victory down in Morgantown we're back baby make sure you get your merch get them stickers he's w get it on the S thanks guys [Music]