Simulating the BIGGEST Week 1 Games on CFB 25: Miami vs Florida, Georgia vs Clemson & MORE

Published: Aug 28, 2024 Duration: 00:09:21 Category: Sports

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♪ ♪ [HQ SPOTLIGHT] ♪ ♪ >> Chris: HQ SPOTLIGHTO, A LOT OF PEOPLE PLAYING IN THE EA-SPORTS VIDEO GAMES. OUR BUD ELYET WAS -- ELLIOTT WAS INVOLVED IN THE MAKING AND RETURN OF THIS VIDEO GAME, WHAT WE WILL DO IS PLAY A LITTLE VIDEO GAME SIM, VERSUS SPORTSLINE SIM, AND SO, BUD ELLIOTT WILL TALK GAME/VIDEO GAME AND SPORTSLINE SIMULATIONS WE WILL HAVE MCKENZIE TELL US ABOUT THOSE. WE SIMMED THIS GAME ON THE VIDEO GAME, CLEMSON ACTUALLY WON. THEY BEAT GEORGIA 29-21. AND THEY ARE A TWO TOUCHDOWN UNDERDOG, HOW DOES CLEMSON WIN WITH THIS GAME? CHRIS, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. >> I THINK IT STARTS ON THE OUTSIDE, CLEMSON HAS TWO CORNERS THAT WERE MONITORING THE SITUATION, AND DABO SWINNEY DOESN'T USE THE TRANSFER PORTAL, IF THEY END UP WITH NEITHER PLAYING, THEY HAVE TO PLAY TRUE FRESHMAN CORNERCE, THAT'S HOW CLEMSON DOES NOT WIN THE GAME, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE CORNERS BE HEALTHY ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THEY WILL HAVE TO GET A MEGA-GAME, RUNNING BACK, PLAY-ACTION WITH KADE KLUBNIK, WEEK ONE, WEIRD STUFF HAPPENS AND IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO GET BETTER, KADE KLUBNIK, MAYBE HE GETS BETTER AND THAT'S HOW CLEMSON PULLS THE UPSET. >> Chris: IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO GET BETTER, YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT TO, SO, MOST PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CLEMSON WILL WIN THIS GAME, SPORTSLINES DOESN'T BELIEVE THIS GAME WILL BE EVEN CLOSE. MCKENZIE? >> SPORTSLINE MADE THE SCORE 40-17, THE DATA SAYS THIS, AND YOU LOOK AT THIS TEAM, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO GET BETTER, BUT TWO SEASONS OF DECLINING PRODUCTION FROM CLEMSON TELLS ME THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION WE ARE DEALING WITH, I UNDERSTAND WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHO WILL BE ON THE FIELD, THE OFF-THE-FI WITH GEORGIA, FOUR FIVE-STAR RECRUITS, THEIR BACK UPS ARE AWESOME, I WOULD TAKE THE GEORGIA TEAM TOTAL OVER IF YOU ARE BETTING AND THERE'S POTENTIAL THE CLEMSON DEFENSE GETS BETTER, SOMETHING BIG IT NOTE, QUOTE-UNQUOTE NEUTRAL GAME, GEORGIA LOVES TO PLAY NEUTRAL SITE GAMES, 9-4, IT WOULD BE A STRETCH TO CALL IT A NUTRASITE GAME, THIS IS BASICALLY A GEORGIA HOME GAME, A COMFORTABLE SPOT FOR THEM, AND I THINK CLEMSON MIGHT HAVE A RUDE AWAKENING. >> Chris: NOT IN ATHENS, BUT IN ATLANTA, THERE ARE MORE GEORGIA FANS, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A NEUTRAL GAME. THIS GAME IS NOT NEUTRAL, THIS IS ALL CHOMP-CHOMP GARRETT IN GAINESVILLE, IN MIAMI. THE GATORS. THIS IS CLOSE TO A TOSS UP, AND THE VIDEO GAME, IF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SIMULATION IN THE VIDEO GAME CAME TRUE, GRAHAM MERTZ, THREW FOR 500 YARDS AND 5 TOUCHDOWN THIS GAME. >> Guest: THAT'S AN INTERESTING RESULT, A GAME IN THE HIGH 40IES OR THE LOW 50S. BOTH COACHES LIKE ESTABLISH THE RUN, AND SAW THE REPORTS TODAY THAT MON TREAL JOHNSON IS LIKELY TO PLAY FOR THE GATORS. WEEK ONE, NOT TOTALLY IN SYNC WITH THE PASSING GAME, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I COULD SEE MORE CARRIES HAPPENING, SOMETHING WITH MORE OF A 40S OR 50S, TYPE OF A SCORE, SOMETHING IN THE 80S,ALT-LINES EXIST FOR A REASON. >> Chris: FLORIDA WIN HAPPENING THE GAME, 44-41. THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DEFLATING FOR MIAMI. WE LIVE DOWN HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA; IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT GATORS -- EXCUSE ME, HURRICANE HYPE ALL OFF-SEASON LONG, AND SPORTSLINE AGREES WITH THE VIDEO GAME, FLORIDA WILL WIN THIS GAME? MCKENZIE? >> Guest: I TON OF PEOPLE ARE ON MIAMI, THERE'S A TON OF HYPE AROUND CAM WARD, YOU CAN BE A GREAT DRAFT PROSPECT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT FLORIDA CAREER. IT'S CRAZY FOR THINKING IT'S A TALENTED ROSTER BUT AT 24/7 SPORTS CLAIM THIS IS A BETTER ROSTER THAN MIAMI, RANKING THEM 12TH NOT 14TH HERE, THE MODEL, RETURNING PRODUCTION AND STABILITY, ONE OF THE YOUNGEST TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY, RETURNED A LOT, WENT 24TH IN PRODUCTION, AROUND 80TH. SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR THEM, AGAIN A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER, THE HURRICANES ARE USED TO THIS WEATHER, IT'S FLORIDA, PLY PLAYING IN JACKSONVILLE. IT'S HUMID UP THERE, AS WELL, A TON OF PEOPLE IN MIAMI. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SITUATION FLORIDA. GRAHAM MURRAY, YOU PUT UP BETTER NUMBERS IN THE SEC THAN CAM WARD DID IN THE PAC 12, SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THAT, AND I THINK WE ARE A BIT TOO HYPE ON MIAMI, AND CAM WARD, I DON'T THINK THIS CORRELATES TO AN AWESOME SEASON HERE. >> Chris: PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP IN THE FLORIDA HYPE, AND THE FLORIDA WIN TOTAL, IT'S A RIDICULOUS SCHEDULE, THIS IS ONE OF THE GAMES THEY CAN WIN, SPORTSLINE AND THE VIDEO GAME SAY THEY ARE GOING TO. AND NOW TO THE SUNDAY GAME IN VEGAS, A LOT OF POINTS HERE, USC AND LSU. IN THE VIDEO GAME, BUD, USC FOUND ASSEM BLANCE OF DEFENSE, AND WON THIS GAME. WHAT KIND OF A DEFENSE DO YOU EXPECT IN THIS GAME FROM BOTH SIDES? >> I THINK BOTH SIDES WILL HAVE IMMINGPROVED DEFENSE, USC MADE A NEW DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR HIRE. THEY WILL HAVE PHYSICALITY, YOU CAN BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, THE LSU OFFENSIVE LINE, FOUR PROSPECTS UPON IT, CAN DISPLACE YOU, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE USC DEFENSE, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE LSU OFFENSIVE LINE IS REALLY GOOD, REWILL SEE HOW GOOD THE USC FRONT CAN BE. I EXPECT BOTH TEAMS TO PLAY BETTER DEFENSE, BECAUSE WITH OF BETTER COACHING. >> >> Chris: MILLER MOSS, THROWING FOR OVER 300 YARDS, HOW DOES SPORTSLINE SEE IT? MCKENZIE? >> I AM NOT READY TO HONE IN ON THE DEFENSIVES, THE MODEL USES A TON OF PACKED STATS HERE, I THINKS THING IT WOULD I THINK WE SEE A LOT OF POINTS, NUSSMYER, BEHIND JAYDEN DANIELS, HE COULD HAVE BEEN A QUARTERBACK AT SURGERY I OTHER SCHOOLS. -- SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOLS. >> JASON TAYLOR'S SON FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, THEY BOTH AVERAGED 77 POINTS ON THE ROAD. A NEUTRAL SITE GAME, I AM WILLING TO HAVE OPTIMISM ABOUT THE DEFENSES BUT WITH NOT IN WEEK ONE, NECESSARILY. >> Chris: IT'S IN LINE WITH VEGASS, 4.5 FAVORITE, TOTAL IN THE MID 60S. TO COLLEGE STATION, NOTRE DAME/A & M, BOTH YOUR SIMULATIONS AND THE VIDEO GAME HAS THIS AS A ONE-POINT GAME W. WE HAD CHIP PATTERSON OYOU HEARD HIM ON THE COVER THREE PODCAST, HE BELIEVES A & M IS RUNNING AWAY WITH THIS ONE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I PREFER THE UNDER, THE REASON OF RUSH-RATE, I EXPECT A HIGH RUSH-RATE OUT OF BOTH TEAMS AND IF YOU GET RILEY LEONARD, WHO PLAYS AT DUKE LAST YEAR, ELKO, IS THE NEW COACHT AGGIES, THIS GUY HAS ONE OF THE BEST RUNNERS SINCE ANTHONY RICHARDSON. THEY CAN AFFORD TO RUN RILEY SHORT, PASSES, DESIGN QUARTERBACK RUN, I THINK THAT'S THE PATH FOR THE AGIE OFFENSE, AS WELL. I EXPECT A LOT OF RUNS IN THIS GAME, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW LAST WEEK IN IRELAND, FLORIDA STATE/GEORGIA TECH. >> Chris: HOW TIGHT IS THIS MATCH UP ON THE OTHER SIDE? MCKENZIE? >> 1-POINT GAME, TEXAS A & M OUT EDGING THEM 26-25. BUT I NEED MORE, THE MOBILITIUV LEONARD WILL GIVE THIS TEAM REVENGE. 98 YARDS, ONE OF THE BETTER DEFENSES IN THE NATION, WHAT CAN YOU DO AGAINST TEXAS A & M. HISTORICALLY STRUGGLING AGAINST MOBILE QUARTERBACKS, NO REASON NOT TO RUNNY LEONARD INTO THE GROUND. A TON OF KEEP MATCH UPS ON THE SCHEDULE THEY NEED THOOG 2-1 TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, SO HOW GREAT WOULD IT BE TO GETS ONE MUCH THOSE WINS UNDER THEIR BELT WITH, GOING 1-AND-1 >> JOSH PATE SAYS HE'S WILLING TO BET

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