College Football Week 0 *Picks & Predictions* | 2024

well ladies and gentlemen we are back not quite not quite no it's only week zero and there are only four games on the docket this week kind of disappointing normally with week zero we've at least got seven or eight games it's interesting how these games work too you've got one at noon one at 4: one at 8 and then one at 11:59 because it's Hawaii hosting a game but you know when it comes to week zero it's a nice little tradition you would at least like there to be seven or eight games it is what it is though this year college football it's kind of weird everyone gets a double buy I guess FSU they might be getting a triple buy because they're playing in week zero and same thing with Georgia Tech but I will just go through these four games and then I'm going to be talking about predictions and reacting to Bull predictions because there's only four VI you know games to react to or to predict I did want to give the video at least a little bit of substance so this first one this is the first game of college football the 2024 season it is FSU and Georgia Tech in Dublin Ireland we've got FSU sitting right now minus 11 the original spread was -45 it got bet down all the way to I think 10 and now it's back up to 11 FSU sitting at number 10 in the country a lot of people in on Georgia Tech thinking it's going to be a slower game me personally I do like FSU believe it or not to cover this spread Over Georgia Tech win this game 31 to10 I'm guessing it's going to be a lower scoring first half DJ ouang making his debut with FS U FSU breaking in a lot of new players losing Keon Coleman Travis we know how they finished off last year getting destroyed by Georgia after missing the playoff despite going 13 and0 but I do think they get the job done overseas I think it might be like a six o'clock start or a 7 o'clock start in Ireland or maybe a five o'clock start but either way I do have FSU winning this game 31 to1 there moving on to the 4 o'clock game it is Montana State traveling to take on New Mexico Montana State sitting is 9.5 favorites in this game they are one of the three to four best FCS teams in college football and New Mexico they're always pretty bad kind of an interesting discrepancy here you've got New Mexico a 68% chance to win via the ESPN fpi but they're ninepoint underdogs I think that has to do with the fact that Montana state is an FCS team kind of a weird situation with the fbii but I do like Montana State believe it or not to win this game 23 to1 and honestly I mean this is just a random game I just threw up a a random prediction there but I do like Montana State they are a top FCS team moving on to the 8:00 game it is SMU SMU with a lot of hype this year they've got a very manageable schedule going to a power for conference from the American they will be traveling to take on Nevada the wolf pack they are always one of the worst FBS teams they are sitting 27 and 1 Half Point underdogs SMU 87% chance to win this game The Returning QB Preston Stone coming off that injury they had a good year last year until he got hurt I like SMU to win this game very easily you know it's interesting SMU last year they would run up the score they they have games where they have over 40 points in the first half against teams like Nevada this year I don't think that's going to happen or at least in this game specifically I think it might be a little bit lower scoring for SMU but they still win this game and if I had to pick I do think they cover this spread of 27 and a half cuz Nevada is just really bad and last year SMU had a propensity to blow out teams just like Nevada and then moving on to the 1159 game the reason this game's at 1159 is because technically if it would have been 7:00 local time that would make it midnight on the East Coast which would technically mean it's on a Sunday which they don't want to do so it's a 659 local Hawaiian Time start meaning 11:59 on the East Coast there is no spread to this game because it is an FCS vers FBS and normally when it comes to those games they don't have spreads especially if they're going to be blowouts until the day of the game Hawaii still playing at that complex they do not have a new stadium even scheduled to be built yet so it's going to be a while and how about Delaware State traveling to a tropical Place good for them although I do think Hawaii should win this game relatively easily 38 to7 they do have a 99% chance to win according to the FBI it's your traditional bad FCS team versus FBS team even though Hawaii is not good either this year they might be a little bit in improved based on how bad they've been in years prior and then so this is what I'm going to be reacting to this is Brett McMurphy's predictions for week zero the end of the season who's going to make the playoff everything like that so the projected college football playoff field you've got Oregon as the number one overall seed not too surprising it's either going to be Oregon or or Ohio State he's got Oregon at number one Ohio State at number five that's interesting Ohio State facing Texas State Texas State out of the Sun Belt huh Alabama at number two I do think Alabama's kind of being overlooked right now with Jaylen milro because they lost sabbin we'll see Miami is the number three overall team I mean the ACC is going to get a team that automatically gets a buy so will the Big 12 I think people are going to be very pissed off about that because it's going to force teams like Ohio State like potentially a Georgia under the miamis under the Utah just because of the conference that they play in that could be a dynamic that's interesting to watch but you can see those top four teams getting a buy Utah I mean Utah right now is the slight favorite in the 12 I tend to think Kansas or Kansas State or maybe Oklahoma State they might win it it's going to be a mosh pit but Utah certainly is with Cam Rising returning we'll see Ohio State obviously if they don't win the Big 10 they'll likely be a number five or six seed same thing with Georgia If Alabama wins it that's how the dynamic works there Old Miss is the number seven team I'm kind of not buying Old Miss there's a lot of hype around Old Miss right now we'll have to see LSU is a hard team to predict just cuz they're missing a lot of their talent they they lost a lot of it they should have an improved defense we'll see Penn State certainly a team that I could see making the playoff just because they always seem to finish like anywhere in the range of like 8 to 12 or 13 Virginia Tech out of the ACC yeah a little bit of a bold prediction there I can understand it because Virginia Tech has an easy schedule they really not challenged in a game until like week nine of course this is this is Virginia Tech they could lose earlier than that to a bad team you Iowa is the number 11 team that that's because Iowa also has easy schedule and then Texas State the group of five team personally Texas state that's a pretty bold prediction there but let's take a look at these matchups this is the first round games Penn State versus LSU Penn State Two and a Half Point favorites that's a sweet matchup in Baton Rouge Tiger Stadium Texas State Ohio State dude people would be pissed off about this Ohio State 26 and a half Point favorites in a playoff game they would immediately be saying that they shouldn't have an auto bid for the group of five that game would be at the Horseshoe 26 it's like it's like one of those non-conference free wins for Ohio State basically nothing against Texas state but that's kind of the dynamic there Georgia and Iowa Georgia sitting 18 and a half Point favorites in that hypothetical game ol Miss hosting Virginia Tech 13-point favorites and then the quarterfinal games Ohio State 11-point favorites over Utah Alabama five-point favorites over all Miss Oregon in the Rose Bowl against Penn State I don't know how Oregon would only be a onepoint favorite there that's kind of weird and then Georgia 15-point favorites over Miami and then he's got the semi-finals Alabama Georgia another sec game Oregon vers Ohio state that might be the third matchup those two teams have and then he does have Georgia vers Oregon in the national title game and then some of the other Bull games to look at Minnesota Louisville I do think Louisville is probably going to be worse than people think honestly you know it's weird the dynamic with the 12 team playoff now pretty much all of these blll games are crap I mean there are a few decent ones but just because of the 12 team playoff where all the top the new year six blll games are going to be part of the playoff all of the other bulll games outside of that kind of turn into uh you've got like like look at this if you don't make the playoff and your Texas you're going to the Citrus Bowl you're not going to a new year six bowl FSU in the Gator Bowl against Alburn Michigan vers Missouri yeah I could see Michigan missing it because they they just have a quarterback issue they've got some PRS they I mean they Michigan has definitely like three or four really talented players who are going to be first round picks but they have some big holes so we'll have to see USC and Kansas State in the alamoo bowl that that would be a good matchup SMU 18 and a half Point favorites over South Florida in the Military Bowl Clemson a lot of people think Clemson could make the playoff look at Notre Dame imagine Notre Dame misses the playoff they've got an easy schedule as long as Notre Dame goes 10-2 I think they'll make the playoff for sure if they go 9 and three they'll probably miss it though just because they don't have a conference Championship Game Boise State they're another team that people think possibly could make the playoff kind of an interesting development there with Malachi Nelson the former festar QB not starting for Boise States Maryland I people do like Maryland I'm surprised because they lost Tonga vioa the quarterback Iowa State that's another just Big 12 team West Virginia versus Air Force West Virginia is only 10-point underdogs to Penn State I think West is going to keep that game close look at this it's just the Detroit Tiger or the Detroit Lions logo the Detroit bowl they don't have a sponsor for it Ruckers vers Central michig they'll probably get a sponsor I'm guessing yeah Ruckers has been better recently Cincy vers two lane a rematch of the American Conference and just some other games there some pretty crappy matchups but that's just something interesting to go over either way guys that is going to do it for this video make sure you follow me on X link to that's always in the description