ACC Week One Predictions, North Carolina Season Debut - ACC Squad

can Clemson upset the number one team in the country and put the ACC back on the map it's time to get the squad [Music] together you are locked on acc your daily podcast on the Atlantic Coast Conference part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day welcome to the ACCC Squad sit back grab your favorite beverage and join us as we get you ready for another wild week across the AC see is we already had a wild week zero I don't know what else is to come in week one I am Alex Dono from lockon kanes we got Brian Smith from locked on seminal I know he's having a busy week already Kenton Gibbs and Grayson Boone from locked on Wolfpack Jackson holer from locked on Syracuse is here and uh and and Brian I'm gonna let you simmer here for a second because we're gonna get to Florida State against Boston College this weekend after of course Florida State 0 and one after F to Georgia Tech in Dublin but and Kenton I I I want to start with you on the opportunity that the Clemson Tigers have this weekend it's not a conference game but it's arguably the biggest game on the schedule week one when the 14th ranked Tigers take on the top ranked Georgia Bulldogs afflac kickoff in Atlanta and Georgia two touchdown favorites essentially 13 and a half Point favorites in this one Kenton what do the tigers have to do to keep this thing close give them a chance to win this thing you know everybody keeps talking about oh the Tigers need to put the ACC on their back they need to put the AC the Tigers need to put the Tigers on their damn back in this one let me tell you something forget everybody else in ACC this is about Clemson's National relevance Point Blank period if this game is not close you have no excuse you have no reasoning you're bringing back the head coach you're bringing back the quarterback you're bringing back the offensive coordinator three things in continuity that a lot of teams in college football cannot say I don't think that anybody else's on this podcast right now's team can say that Syracuse has a new head coach Wolfpack have a new uh quarterback the NOS have a new quarterback what what are we gonna do here same thing for uh for uh Miami with Cam W so if Clemson goes out there and gets whooped on that's gonna be a problem but in terms of what can they do the thing is this it's gonna be this simple let Garrett cook you have to let Garrett Riley cook up his offense he you didn't bring him here to run Clemson's offense davo if that was the case you could have got any idiot who plays uh college football 25 to do it because they already have the offense just PR mash the buttons and Let It Rock You need to let him be himself let him be a guy that can find a way to out scheme Georgia because you're not GNA out athlete Georgia I highly doubt that you're going to out physical Georgia up front you need to out SK him and that means letting Garett go and not putting Reign on him and saying you got to do things in the Clemson way because as we've seen the Clemson Way is declining in this new world of college football well I want folks to know uh before we continue we're going to be getting the squad together every single week and on this episode we are going to give our predictions for all the big and even the not so big games involving ACC teams this weekend because you have a mixed bag of both right we're going to talk about the conference now being being I think wide open with Florida State off to an 0 andone start and showing some weaknesses I I thought in that opening game we'll get more into that but uh you know Jackson this is again an opportunity for the Clemson Tigers this weekend you I was saying uh on our most recent episode of lock on acc with Kenton that I I really think Clemson is going to have to win the turnover margin probably at at least a plus two clip in order to win this football game what else has to happen for Clemson to get it done Alex how much do you believe in Kate kumnick very little all right then they don't have much of a chance in your world they have not much of a chance if you are going to beat a team like Georgia all right the number one team in the country you need a special special performance from your quarterback period end of story I know that George has got better athletes but Clemson is a top 15 team in the country they're led by dbos Sweeney they've won a couple national championships I don't want want to hear about the athlete excuse I don't want to hear it because Clemson has athletes it comes down to K kumnick is he gonna take a jump or is he not I guess we're gonna find out uh Grayson any faith that Club Nick I mean to hit to I'll say one thing stability right heading into another full season as Clemson starting quarterback does he make that jump this year I do think you are going to see at least an incremental jump because the the sentiment is a lot of times that first year quarterbacks in a new system with the new offensive coordinator sometimes you'll see struggle so Garrett Riley being the offensive wizard that he is I think a second year with kumnick will provide a lot of benefit but donno I Echo what you said I too am not a big believer in Kate kumnick he's certainly gonna have his work cut out for him against this Georgia defense I think Phil mafa is gonna have a really tough time picking up those hard noos yards against this Georgia defense Clemson's Air Attack there is going to be relying very heavily on some relatively younger inexperienced wide receivers that does not sound like a recipe for Success against the Bulldogs so I too I'm looking at this game I'm not having a whole lot of faith for the Tigers but you know like you mentioned that turnover margin if they do have a chance they're going to have to eliminate their own mistakes and then Force some upon Georgia you know Brian Smith we're we're going to be talking later on in the show about how the conference could be now wide open uh and again this may not be a conference game but if the Clemson Tigers can pull this off they're really going to become the DAR to win the ACC this year they are now the betting favorites again to win the ACC after Florida State falling but do you give the Tigers a chance this Saturday I give him about 20% I think georg's depth and a position that Kenton used to play will be the key their depth at defensive line being able to rotate that's why they win every year why would you go against that and as everybody else has said I was I was a guy that saw Kate cnick play in high school I was super high on him so I'm mad that he hasn't kind of taken off I like my picks to be right but he's got to prove something because he was really really bad in clutch moments last year the Miami game he screwed up he had the waited forever on that play where cayin Deo hit him got the strip sack fumble for the noes too many plays where he mentally made a mistake he got to flip that around they can get in the fourth quarter and it's seven points first game of the year teams are going to make errors they have a chance this is the week you want to get them it's it's the first game this is the best chance to beat Georgia I think they'll end up being 13 13 and a half that's a lot I would take the points but I don't I don't I'm not picking him to beat Georgia well I'll stick with you Brian as we'll shift over to Florida State who uh they're going hot and heavy with ACC matchups early in the year right they they played Georgia Tech in Dublin they're going to be hosting Boston College now you talk about big spreads I'm looking at 15 and a half Florida State favored against BC so I was actually surprised I thought more money would come in on Boston College after what happened to Florida State last week but it seems like the betters are are doubling down and assuming FSU is going to bounce back however Boston College played Florida State really close at BC last year and Thomas castanos gives a lot of teams problems he gave Florida State some problems last season Brian they apparently have not watched my various Dia tribes after that lackluster effort in Dublin iser I have multiple if you want to check it out locked on seminal if you like complain I'm your guy so look they couldn't stop the run they didn't tackle well they took four run Gap fits they didn't contain one of the most athletic players not only in the ACC but in college football and on top of everything else they still had a chance because they did tie it up the last Drive everybody knew that Georgia Tech was going to do and they punched him in the mouth and went down the field some basic runs and passes and kick the game-winning field goal besides that it's going fantastic so I don't understand the 15 and a half points like seriously why you tell me like like yeah and Kenton like the the 15 and a half points is the sticking point for me I'm I'm GNA be betting Boston College plus 15 and a half I I I think Florida State's probably gonna win the football game outright but I think it's GNA be close what do you think it's gonna happen kg love me sometime with SC love I I adore him I think that that man single-handedly carried them to not only a bowl game but to even some wins Beyond like hey this is I don't know if they lose to or actually no no let me not say I don't know I know for a fact they lose to Northern Illinois much worse than they actually did if they don't put ctios in that game with that in mind Bill o' Bron's your head coach I don't know I you know of all of the coaches if somebody were to give me a coaching power ranking in terms of least to most faith in the ACC Bill O'Brien would be at or very near the bottom I do not trust anything about him at the professional level he was a disaster he was an absolute catastrophe and I I say to myself these are college players so he should be better and he did a pretty good job at Penn State way back win but in the words of andreid 3000 you only funky as your last cut and his last Cuts have stunk they stink sank stunk so with that in mind I think that that is a huge spread I think that Boston College team that should be improved got some big time pass catches for casos because let's just be honest those wide receivers last year even if they were uh even if the DBS were wives that they hated and they went to court they couldn't get no separation so I'm sitting here saying to myself they should be improved and an improved team against a team that seems to have fallen off a cliff this game should be one where you would see Boston College winning but I can't trust Bill O'Brien I think that they cover the spread I think plus 15 and a half they cover I don't think they win the game all right so you don't trust Bill O'Brien I want to go to Jackson next from lock on Syracuse because you don't trust castanos as much as I think the rest of us do no I don't I saw him in the dome last year he wasn't very good I mean he's an athletic guy but he can't really throw and I think this is a better trap I think that I think that Florida State yeah they didn't play well at all they're not as bad as what is being made out to be right this is a better trap not only are they gonna win I think they're gonna spank Boston College I think they're just gonna spank them they're just gonna like let the let the doubters away for a week when I W I went on my podcast and I talked about how the ACC is wide open all right you can check it out lock on Syracuse I wasn't talking about how Florida State's going to struggle against Boston College I was talking about the remainder of their schedule maybe being a problem not Boston College I think they're going to handle business I'm not too worried about this one Brian have a little Fai Grayson I'll give you the last word on this one do you think BC can keep it close or even pull off the upset no I'm gonna follow Jackson again here I think Florida State comes out angry because they have to I see them as pretty much down on the mat now they have essentially zero margin for erir left inside the ACC conference already taking a loss so I think they're going to come out fired up because they really have no choice at this point and I think they're going to handle business by a comfortable margin well when we come back I do want to dive into Miami at Florida uh I like how even though the players on both sides have been nothing but respectful it's been a little bit different with the fans there's been a lot of lot of back and forth in that rivalry Miami's going to be at the swamp this Saturday at 3:30 pm and then I also want to get into and a couple of you guys have already mentioned it the ACC it feels wide open right now we'll get more into that and so much more when we return you want to keep it locked right here we got the squad together on the locked on podcast Network and I already know you're keeping it locked to 5 Hour Energy I I usually hit the wall after lunch if you do as well trust me you're not alone in fact 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5our energy.com today thank you so much ACC fans for making the squad your first listen and your first watch today we're available free wherever you get your podcast we're free on YouTube We're part of the lockon podcast Network your team every day make sure for your next listen you support all of our shows around the Atlantic Coast Conference I host locked on canes Kenton and Grayson host locked on Wolfpack Brian host locked on seminal his shows have been very interesting already this week Jackson does an awesome job on locked on Syracuse uh you know guys uh I look at the game coming up Saturday Miami heading to the swamp to FL to play Florida hurricanes are two and a half Point favorites on the road they are ranked number 19 Florida is unranked however I am respectful of that particular Stadium uh the Florida ERS in fact have won 33 consecutive home openers at the swamp now a lot of those have been against FCS and non power five teams they don't always open up against ranked opposition but it's it's been a very very long time since they've dropped an opening game I think 1989 was the last time they dropped one there so that's going to be something for Miami to deal with uh you also have the question of a lot of new faces on the hurricane side Florida has more continuity but you know aot lot of those players went five and seven last year they have bolstered certain areas of their team though you know Grayson I'll start with you on this one uh Miami is favored heading into this game there's a lot of reasons why the Hurricanes should win but Miami's been unpredictable as we all know in recent years and first game of the season as Brian Smith well knows first game of the season can often be unpredictable I think this game's going to be absolute chaos I think there's going to be a lot of nonsense a lot of Tom foery to be honest honest with you I don't really have a good read on this of course the urgency is going to have to be there from for Miami they have all these new toys the heat is already kind of on Mario crystal ball can they get it done this year I would lean Miami in this one I think just on paper they have a lot more Talent than Florida does but Florida has some they got some questions to answer themselves I'm interested to see what Graham Merz will look like this season I I've seen Brandon Olen from locked on Gator doing some chirping with you Dono I think this will be a really fun watch I would lean Miami if I had to pick one but I I also see a world where the Gators could play uh to their advantage in the swamp yeah I I've been text messaging Brandon Olen from locked on Gators all week just talking trash but the crazy thing is like every time I watch locked on Gators he's talking about how terrible his team is and yet he's got Florida by a million this week it's crazy uh Brian I I'd love I'd love your take you know you and I we talk a lot about Miami and what they've done at the line of scrimmage you know you have r Ruben bane of course at defensive end but even if Florida gives Bane extra attention Miami also has AEM mesidor who's probably been the standout player uh throughout training camp they added Tyler Baron who's faced Florida before he used to play at Tennessee Elijah Altin from Marshall was a very good pass rusher in the group of five uh do you think Miami is going to have the edge in the trenches I think not only will they have the edge in the trenches I actually asked Brandon Olsen a little bit ago how's the pass blocking going to go when Montreal is probably not going to play at running back they don't have any experience at running back so they got to worry about that if you keep it running back in and if you let somebody else come in you got a tight end blocking it's one less guy in the pass routes I think they're going to struggle with the pass game at points because Miami's front seven Kiko malola had seven and a half sacks last year him and Bane were the top guys they have guys from everywhere and I personally think that'll be the biggest reason that Miami has an edge they're just better and their front seven and consistently so in my opinion than what UF is Jackson what do you uh what do you think about how this is going to play out Saturday I think it's very similar to what Grayson is saying right now so Syracuse is also playing at 3:30 in this one so I'm gonna have a split screen going on I'm just gonna be eating popcorn all right I think there is gonna be a lot of nonsense I'm not going to be how many times are we gonna say what was that call right this is going to be one of those games with the referees there's going to be a few fumbles where the ball's bouncing around everywhere we have no idea what's going on and there's going to be 90,000 streaming Florida fans I think Miami is the better team on paper but only a two and a half point point spread Florida at home that that's a tasty line right there I'm not I'm not here to give betting advice here but that's tasty I I'm just here to give bad betting advice is usually uh usually my role Kenton kids I am one of the iic alltime betters in my head but as soon as I hit that betting button oh I'm terrible I I can't hit a single bet from my life but in my head I always win Kenton Gibbs I'll give you the last word Miami at Florida you know I've got Tom Foolery I've got nonsense I've got fumbles I've got turnovers I've got the refs but one team's got cam War then what are we doing here I'm sorry to tell you Ruben H Bane is better than anything any single player that the Florida Gator offense can bring to block him players were leaving that Florida program there was an exodus from that Florida program that people seem to have forgotten I I I don't no like don't get me wrong it I I get it Gainesville is different the swap hits different lots of folks show up they get loud they get Rowdy all that good stuff none of them were in the damn helmet none of them are gonna get out there and Chip block uh as a door none of are going get out there and block Kiko I am sorry to tell you games are W in the trenches and sometimes on paper we look at you and we say You're supposed to be really good and you lie to us Brian Smith and his boys know all about that but I'll tell you what if we come on this if we come on this show Monday saying Don's boys lie too I would be shocked and appalled because Florida right now their coach he might be on the squad next year don't worry about Billy nap we got a good landing spot for you at locked on you know I don't think you're gonna make it through November with all those games yall got but you can come on here right with us Billy I got you scared money don't make no money and locked on acc gonna have more than some scared money play you so guys with what happened uh to Florida State against Georgia Tech last week I think a lot of folks are re-evaluating how they handicapped the conference and I I was actually one of those I I was not the only one but I was one of those when we did our preseason Round Table uh last week who actually predicted Florida State to be an ACC champ they're not mathematically out of that of course but their their hopeful their hope took a hit uh last weekend in fact Florida State no longer the betting favorites to win the ACC Clemson uh has now taken the top spot with Miami coming after that and Florida State and NC State are actually tied according to FanDuel with the third or the fourth I should say best odds to win the ACC so uh on the whole re-evaluation thing I mean Brian is it a knee-jerk or a prisoner of the moment take to kind of slot Florida State out of that ACC Championship position or do you think the conference is so wide open someone else is going to take that Crown well right now I certainly wouldn't pick him to win it but there have been a lot of teams that stunk in week one that went on to do something great um just as an example Miami's first national title if I remember their first game of the year that year they got annihilated by Florida 28-3 then won the national title that's right so it's it's weird how things like that happen in college football they are teenagers a lot of these kids Etc but at the same time the ACC we thought was going to be kind of open this year to a certain degree there was three or four teams most people thought would be up there but now with let's be really honest Georgia Tech was the more physical team against Florida State you at least got to give them a shot to be in the conversation louville Inc State Clemson Miami there's a lot of different teams I'm sure Jackson will tell you Syracuse too but I'm not going that far so it's it's a possibility that we could have two or three teams going into the last weekend at minimum that have a chance at the title I mean Jackson I know he called you out but if this thing's wide open why not Syracuse I mean why not right I mean at the end of the day no I'm not picking them to make the conference Championship game but it is there is a pathway for another team to sneak in there because Florida state was one of the two consensus favorites to win win the conference it was Florida State and Clemson now I'm assuming Clemson's going to lose so both teams are going to be 0 and one but in even then Clemson's not losing the conference teame it's open it's certainly open for another team out there because Florida State schedule is not easy that was a game that they really had to win to to like remain like a favorite within the conference like they they didn't even have to win impressively I if that game goes to overtime Florida State kicks a winning field goal they win 27 24 whatever they're all forgiven it really doesn't matter but they lost that game in the conference and with their other games on that schedule if they start losing if they lose two more conference games are they gonna make the conference Championship game at that point it opens the door for someone else no right you don't think they're g l two more oh no if they lose two more making the conference Championship well there you go so that by that by default it doesn't mean Florida State's a bad team it just simply means means well someone had a better Conference record they're going to the conference Championship Game the conference is open that's fair now Kenton uh I think you you picked NC State to win the ACC so this probably doesn't change your prediction now seeing Florida State go down what is oh you muted yourself whatever you're saying is so profound what a shock what a Twist the big nose Lobby is coming for me they they're trying to shut me off cuz they know can't get me in the courts to do it but no in all seriousness um I didn't believe in Florida State to begin with I never believed in that team I thought that they were going to be good enough I thought they were going to be excellent up front let me not even front and pretend like I didn't think that that was gonna be a thing but when the team strength is then flipped on its head and looks like they're Achilles Hill against a team who their Achilles Hill was supposed to be big and exploitable for you it was supposed to be right for the picking and you could not do any of the picking I am disappointed I am down on you and I am rightfully down on you at least with SMU struggling against Dada they struggled in a way in which we predicted they would struggle everybody knew coming in smu's offensive line there are some question marks smu's running game there are some question marks how do they solve these things I know they got a couple of former canes in the backfield but nobody expected them to be a dynamic rushing team this season so them struggling to run the ball against devada disappointing not super surprised I said and donno said before we did this show before we saw Florida State lose the ACC is as wide open as it's been in years because even to start the season when's the last time we had three real contenders to start the season on in the ACC when's the last time and really this year this year I would say that there were about four to five teams before anything kicked off I said that there were four to five teams that could win it my mind still hasn't changed about that if anything I might say Georgia Tech might not have been a fluke they might not that game might not have been a fluke because hannes king is not known for what he does with his legs despite the fact that he was a part of Georgia Tech's ACC leading rushing game last year I don't think people look at him for that they look at him because he can fling it around a yard at a high clip so if anything this didn't close off the ACCC for me or say oh well no I think it's a two-horse race between Clemson and Miami because I guarantee you at least two of the three teams are walking out of this this first weekend 0 three it is possible that all three do it's possible I'm not saying likely but it's possible that all the favorites walk out 0 and one so what are we really doing here in terms of is the AC you damn right the ACC is open for business they got the hotl on if it's Crispy Cream because everybody want to come get a piece because it's wild well Grayson I'll give you the last word yeah I mean I was shocked the fashion in which Florida State lost I did not expect him to get bullied around by Georgia Tech I thought it'd be close in fact I actually took Georgia Tech to cover the spread but I would not have pick them to win this game but this absolutely opens up many possibilities for other teams in the ACC I'll I'll go ahead and uh I'll give you the nod with NC State we talked about this yesterday un locked on Wolfpack a team like NC State should be licking their chops seeing Florida State go down this early in the season because in my mind Florida State can really only afford maybe one more loss in the conference because I think once you hit that two loss line you're playing with fire at that point because I believe more than likely the two that will get into the ACC Championship will probably be undefeated or maybe seven and one and I think that other teams are going to be either seven and one maybe six- two so for NC State now that turns up the heat a little bit more I I look at that game that we got to go down to Clemson in late September I think the stakes got raised a little bit higher for the wolf pack in that one because the the winner of that one will probably be in the driver seat for the ACC in my mind and then you still have Miami and Louisville and possibly even Virginia Tech I've seen some folks high on the hokes this season that opens up the door for other teams to possibly sneak in there uh once December rolls around so the ACC is going to be a lot of fun this season I think there's uh multiple possibilities for some ACC chaos well as far as how week one is going to go we're going to be back with some picks don't go anywhere we're not done yet keep it locked right here to 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streaming everywhere you get your podcast and available free on YouTube as well all right so folks a game we haven't talked about let's go rapid fire with some of these predictions uh North Carolina is visiting Minnesota and and UNC are two-point favorites on the road at a at a big 10 opponent now I guess my my big question for this game is like I don't know who North Carolina's quarterback is this year I don't know why Brian but I'm I'm tempted uh I'm tempted to pick min Ina at home this game scares me either direction I don't ever trust Minnesota and uh to my knowledge there's not one not two but three different quarterbacks that could be in play at Carolina last I knew those are not good things to to look at I do know however that North Carolina has a future pro at running back so I'm gonna take the tar Hills to win the game he's really Hampton's really good if you have not seen the young man play he is the real deal all wean on him as I sure that uh that Carolina Tar Hills will do he's going to go for over 100 against the Gophers Kenton do you co-sign or you think the Golden Gophers get it done you know the dirty foot Club as I like to call them is a group that I never root for okay if somebody told me Ken if they win a National Championship you know you'll get a million dollars I still might root for the asteroid if they got to the playoff I'm not gonna lie to you but with that being said if you're asking me who I think wins this game PJ Fleck is another coach come on to the squad next year after they let you go up there in Minnesota come on come on listen they not they tired to r on the boat in the the state of the thousand lakes but trust me we got plenty of room for your ores here on lock on acc okay we trying to recruit all the coaches that are soon to be fired and PJ Fleck is one of them come on down the Locker on AC the tar get it done in this Grayson what about you I think Brian really said all you need to say about this one this game scares me from a bre from a betting aspect really don't have a good read on either Squad but as the kids like to say this is a good oldfashioned mid off however I think UNCC has the best player on the field and that's omaran Hampton so I too I'm gonna lean with the dirty foot Club on this one yeah Jackson is amaran Hampton gonna run the Tar Heels to week one Glory well I think he's gonna run wild but not necessary to Glory I'm gonna pick Minnesota why not go with the home doog it's chaos I don't know what's gonna happen so when in doubt let's just pick the home team and let's see what happens yeah I'm totally with you on that all right so let let me ask the panel here and and anyone can speak up is anyone picking Clemson to win outright I'm not talking about the 13 and a half point spread are any of you picking Clemson to straight up beat Georgia this week speak now or forever hold your peace nope my piece is held the piece is very much held it's held near and dear if you will I think Davos sweene is gonna clip this and play it in the locker room it ain't going to matter he should I was just about that he can clip us he can CLI hery he can clip Lee Coro he can clip the God for Fox everybody nobody in their right mind is gonna pick that team Tyler from sparenberg exactly you know justers yeah they I I was going to say they no longer are taking live callers on the coaches show so you can never have another Tyler from Spartanburg moment which I think Clemson's GNA go five and seven this year because of this and look how they responded to the Tyler for bird moment if I was him I'd want drunk people calling us losers every week call in and tell us we're losers because apparently that's what need to Galvanize the squad but you know this squad knows what's best and we know Clemson has no chance all right so we already talked about this game but let's get the predictions Jackson I'll start with you uh Miami favored by two and a half at the swamp you taking the canes or you taking the Gators it actually pains me that I'm going to pick Miami in this one because I really don't trust Miami I never do I never trust Miami but cam Ward I I think he's going to be able to overcome the elements and I just think he's too good I think Miami is gonna win this game it's gonna break my heart too well let's see if we can get a clean sweep Grayson are you going with the good guys you going with the Gators I do not trust Miami but I do trust that they have more Talent than Florida does I'm going with the canes Kenton give me the team that has cam Ward at quarterback that's as simple as this game comes down to for me again hurricane ban is going to be on that quarterback's side like a far on the first day of un season it ain't going to go well for him give me the canes Brian I'm right there with Kinton I think that Ruben Hurricane Bane is the difference Miami wins a close game I feel like I should pick Florida just to mix it up but I'm probably I'm thinking about changing my pick now I don't I I someone's got to pick Florida here this GNA be a close game how are we all in agreement on this well well to let the fans know he said she said the fans said is out stump the squad is in so we will have picks from everybody and today's episode and some guests that we didn't get on today's episode and you'll not only be competed against me and Donald you'll be competed against all of these very talented friends of ours on locked on uh on on locked on acc in the squad today so trust me it's gonna be exciting fans get your voting in it closes Wednesday all right so other other uh games that are represented here by people on the panel we've got NC State uh 33-point favorites against Western Carolina and Syracuse are 17 and a half Point favorites against Ohio anyone want to pick an up set in either of those I think the Bobcats will come close for a while think the Bobcat cover yeah I think the Bobcat cover but they're not gonna be that's a big spread yeah yeah I think the Bobcat cover I like Syracuse a lot first time head coach ever though first time head coach not just first time head head coach in the power five first time head coach ever true like I I think that you know we kind of underestimate how difficult that that jump is and don't get me wrong Fran has done an excellent job of building out that team in the portal an excellent job there's nothing short of that I don't believe in K mord he got to show me something he got to prove me wrong and on top of that first time head coach as well um I'm I'm leaning towards Ohio covering possibly even pulling off the upset but I'm GNA take serat okay got to let let Jackson get a word in on that yeah I don't think Ohio has much of a chance their quarterback has thrown 40 career passes this entire life all right I I I don't think they have much of a shot I think Syracuse gonna win I think they're gonna come out hot not only do I think they're gonna win I think they're gonna win by let's say 30 plus okay I think they're gonna kill him I think if you want to I for the Kyle mcor doubters out there this isn't really the game for you I would say the game for you is going to be in week two when they play Georgia Tech now Brian your quarterback didn't really that that wasn't a very good performance from him let's see how kic court does against that Georgia Tech defense can't well that that that will do it that will do it for this edition of the squad we're going to reconvene every single week throughout the season for Brian Smith Kenton Gibbs Jackson holer Grayson Boone I am Alex donno we will talk to you guys next time right here on the lock on