Week 1 games with College Football Playoff implications | CBS Sports

WHERE FANTASY GUYS, TAKING THE WIDE RECEIVERS. >> BOOM. >> Chris: JAMIE, THANK YOU, DANNY KANELL IN FRONT OF US, HERE. >> Danny: THE LOSING TEAM ON SATURDAY. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO PUT IT. >> Chris: HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED TO FLORIDA STATE AGAINST GEORGIA TECH? >> Danny: I THINK GEORGIA TECH DESERVES A TON OF CREDIT. THAT WAS A GREAT GAME-PLAN. >> Chris: BETTER THAN PEOPLE REALIZE. >> Danny: AND FLORIDA STATE MAY HAVE BEEN OVER-RATED. AND GEORGIA WITH TECH WAS UNDERRATED COMING INTO THE GAME. THE THING THAT WAS MOST CONCERNING, D.J. UIAGALELEI TAKES CRITICISM BECAUSE THE OFFENSE WAS NOT HIGH-FLYING. THAT'S NOT WHAT I EXPECTED BUT THE SURPRISE WAS THE ABILITY TO CONTROL -- ININABILITY TO CONTROL BOTH LINES OF SCRIMMAGE. THEY WENT BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. [ SNAPS ]. LEADING RUSHER UNDER 50 YARDS IN ROY DEL WILLIAMS. AND, I THOUGHT THE DEFENSE, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WOULD BE ABLE TO DOMINATE EARLY WHILE THE OFFENSE WAS FINDING THE SEALEGS FOR THE SEASON. AND THAT PROBABLY CONCERNED ME THE MOST, BECAUSE THEY WERE PUSHED AROUND, TWO LONG DRIVES FOR GEORGIA TECH LATE IN THE GAME, CLOSED IT OUT. AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET OFF THE FIELD, THEY HAVE A LOT OF SOUL-SEARCHING TO DO THERE IN TALCE -- TALLAHASSEE. >> AND BRAD CRAWFORD IS OUR COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF ANIMIST. >> Chris: YOU SEE -- ANALYST. >> Chris: YOU SEE THE 30% CHANCE FOR FLORIDA STATE TO GET IN THE PLAYOFF ACCORDING TO THE SPORTSLINE SIMULATIONS, BRAD YOU BUYING THAT? >> Brad: I AM NOT LETTING THE WORD "PLAYOFF", BE UTTERED, THEY NEED TO BEAT BOSTON COLLEGE MONDAY NIGHT, AND REGROUP DURING THE OPEN WEEK. THIS IS A TEAM YOU GUY VS STATED, IT CAN WIN THE ACC AND GET THE AUTOMATIC BERTH. THEY WILL NEED HELP, CLEMSON/MIAMI ON THE SCHEDULE. NC STATE IS A FACTOR, NOW GEORGIA TECH HAS A OVER TIEBREAKER, OVER THE SEMINOLES. ONE CONFERENCE LOSS, YOU SEE THE SCHEDULE, NOT EASY THE REST OF THE WAY FOR A TEAM THAT HAS HOLES. D.J. U., LIMITED AT QUARTERBACK, RECEIVING ISSUES, AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FLORIDA STATE OFFENSIVE LINE, DESPITE THE VETERAN TACKLE BEING THERE, DIDN'T PLAY WELL. AND AS DANNY MENTIONED EARLIER, FLORIDA STATE DID NOT CONTROL THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A STRENGTH OF THE TEAM, IF FLORIDA STATE HAS INTENT ON GETTING TO THE EXPANDED PLAYOFF, IT'S PROBABLY GON GOTA DO SO AS THE ACC CHAMP. AND THEY ARE RIGHT NOW BEHIND THE 8-BALL DOING THAT. GONNA >> Chris: THEY HAVE TO PLAY MIAMI, CLEMSON. CLEMSON INVOLVED IN A SPOTLIGHT GAME IN WEEK ONE, IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. WE WILL KINDA LOOK AT THE GAMES THROUGH THULENCE -- THROUGH THE LENS OF A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF. CLEMSON/GEORGIA, THIS IS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA BUT NOT A HOME GAME, CLOSE TO CLEMSON, ALSO. AND IT WILL NOT REALLY BE A "TRUE GEORGIA HOME GAME". SO, THIS IS ALMOST A TWO-TOUCHDOWN, SPREAD, IS THIS GONNA BE CLOSE? >> Danny: DEPENDING ON THE CLEMSON DEFENSE. THE ROSTER THEY HAVE FROM GEORGIA IS OUTSTANDING. TO ME, THE CLEMSON DEFENSE CAN KEEP THEM IN THIS AND POTENTIALLY MAKE IT A FOURTH QUARTERBACK GAME. CADE CLUBNICK, YOU WOULD THINK HE WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN THE SYSTEM. GEORGIA WILL BE CLICKING ON ALL CYLINDERS, CARSON BECK COMES BACK, IT'S UP TO THE CLEMSON DEFENSE, IF THEY GET THE STOPS, WE SAW THE MATCH UP, A FEW YEARS AGO, DJU, THE ONLY TOUCHDOWN, THE PICK SIX OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME. THAT'S THE RECIPE, TO KEEP IT CLOSE, DEFENSIVE SLUG-FEST. >> Kyle: I WILL TALK ABOUT CLEMSON, TO BE HONEST, THIS GAME MEANS MORE TO GEORGIA THAN THE TIGERS GIVEN THE REST OF THE SLATE IN THE TOP 25 LOADED SEC. GEORGIA PLAYS FOUR ADDITIONAL TOP-15 TEAMS THIS SEASON IN CONFERENCE PLAY; AND AS THE PRE-SEASON #1, PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE KIRBY SMART, REALLY PASS THE EYE-TEST ON SATURDAY. IN ATLANTA A. SO, A LOT OF CHALLENGES GAMES AGAINST ... SEC TEAMS COMING UP FOR GEORGIA. THIS BIG ONE ON SATURDAY, TWO PRE-SEASON TOP 15S. REALLY A CHANCE FOR BOTH SCHOOLS TO ... NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, SHOW AP-VOTERS, TO GET AN EARLY TEST AHEAD OF THE PLAYOFF RACE. DOUBLE DIGIT PLAYOFF FOR GEORGIA, IT'S A MUST MODIFY WIN, SEVERAL OTHER CHALLENGING GAMES ON THAT SCHEDULE FOR THE BULLDOGS. >> Chris: AND NOW GOING TO MORE OF A TOSS-UP GAME, MIKE ELKO'S FIRST GAME. NOTRE DAME COMING! BRAD-- COMING IN. BRAD WHY DO YOU FEEL THIS IS A MORE IMPORTANT GAME FOR THE IRISH? >> Brad: YOU HAVE A FRESHMAN LEFT TACKLE COMING IN, A RED SHIRT FRESHMAN LEFT GUARD, BY THE WAY, THIS IS AT KYLE FIELD, 100,000 PLUS BEARING DOWN ON YOU, AND AT NIGHT. IT'S A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT. MARCUS FREEMAN TAKING THE GUYS WITH IN THERE, AND MIKE ELKO, FIRST YEAR, HE'S COACHED RILEY LEONARD, LAST SEASON, HE KNOWS THE RILEY LEONARD STRENGTHS AND WEAKS KNOWS, AND I - ON WEAKNESSES. I THINK YOU SEE MARCUS FREEMAN, NOW THE HEAD COACH AT NOTE NOTED, THIS IS VITAL FOR NOTRE DAME. IF THE IRISH á FINISH 10-2 OVER A RANKED OPPONENT, I AM NOT SURE THEY GET TO THE PLAYOFFS. FLORIDA STATE, NOW, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE TOUGHER GAMES AND THE SEMINOLES MAY NOT BE RANKED AFTER WEEK ONE, THIS IS A MUST-WIN FOR NOTRE DAME, GETTING TO THE PLAYOFFS. AS FAR AS GETTING TO THE PLAYOFFS IS CONCERNED. >> Danny: IT'S A THREE-GAME SCHEDULE, THEY TOOK A LOSS IN FLORIDA STATE, THIS IS A MUST-WIN, BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE OF THE ONLY INDEPENDENTS THAT ARE TIED INTO THIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS. THEY DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THE ACC OR BIG 10, SO THEY HAVE TO IMPRESS WITH THE REGULAR SEASON, CAN'T GET FIRST-ROUND BYE, THEY WANT A CHANCE, A SEAT AT THE TABLE, IF THEY GO 10-2, MY QUESTION WOULD BE: WHAT ARE THEIR BEST WINS, THEN, BECAUSE OF THE WEAKNESSES OF EVERYONE ELSE, WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY VERSUS THE THREE KINDA BETTER OPPONENTS THEY HAVE TO MAKE A STATEMENT. >> Chris: JOSH PATE BELIEVES THE WINNER OF THIS ONE WILL END UP IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF. USC AND LSU. SUNDAY NIGHT, THE TOTAL IS CLIMBING UP TOWARDS 55 POINTS, AND, THE BIG QUESTION THAT EVERYONE HAS, IS ABOUT USC'S DEFENSE. HOW MUCH BETTER WILL IT BE, HOW MUCH BETTER CAN IT BE? >> Danny: YOU COULD REPLACE IT WITH LSU, TOO, BOTH OF THESE DEFENSES WERE ATROCIOUS LAST YEAR, THAT'S THE REASON BOTH BROUGHT IN BRAND-NEW DEFENSIVE ACCORD. AND I AM CURIOUS TO SEE HOW IT UNFOLDS, I AM BETTH OVER RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NEW QUARTERBACKS FOR BOTH, BUT THE OFFENSES PUT UP BIG NUMBERS, YOU HAVE TO TRUST GARRETT NUSSMYER, AND TRUST WHAT LINCOLN RILEY HAS DONE WITH ANY QUARTERBACK, NOW IT'S MILLER MOSS' OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD EXPECT THE FIREWORKS OUT OF THESE TWO TEAMS, WHOY FEEL HAVE THE WIDEV VARIANCE OF WHAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET, EITHER COULD BE A 6-7 RUN TEAM, BUT COULD BE A 10-11 WIN TEAM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I GET FROM THESE TWO TEAMS AND I LOVE SEEING THEM PLAY. >> THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR USC. LOOK, ALL OF THE OFF-SEASON NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH LINCOLN RILEY, LOSING A STEP IN THE FIRST SEASON IN THE BIG 10, ALL OF THAT COMES INTO PLAY, WILL HE BE ABLE TO PROVE THE DOUBTERS WRONG. BRIAN KELLY, LOST TWO OPENERS, IS SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE IN LAS VEGAS, MILLER MOSS, USC'S NEW-LOOK OFFENSE, AGAINST A RE-VAMPED DEFENSE, WITH THE NEWC, LSU AND BLAKE BAKER COACHED AT MISSOURI LAST SEASON, LSU HAS PERSONNEL ISSUES ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL, BY THE WAY. SO, THERE'S NO SURPRISE TO ME THAT THE OVER/UNDER IS CLIMBING IN THIS GAME, I EXPECT A LOT OF POINTS. >> Chris: DANNY, DID YOU SEE THE NICK SABAN CFP-PROJECTIONS, THE FIRST TEAM OUT, ACCORDING TO HIM. ny: I AM NOT SURPRISED.