Snaps - Best Bets for the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and CFP Semifinals

Published Dec 30, 2022, 3:30 PM

Aaron Murray and T-Bob give you their best bets for a jam-packed weekend of bowl games. #Volume #Herd

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So use promo code Snaps and download the Fan Duel app today to make every moment more Hello, friends, and welcome back to a brand new best best addition of Snaps. I see you chuckling their air and I didn't say hello friends simply because you're in a master's polo, though your master's polo may have accepted me in some sort of ways, because I don't think I've ever opened a show like that. In fact, I don't think that I planned to start the show like that. It just kind of ended up happening awkwardly, and I rolled with it. Whatever the point is. Uh. Sorry, you have been live last couple of days. Hope you enjoyed the breakdowns of the playoffs. Um. I feel like I really had to teach Aaron a lot. I feel like he grew a lot and um again, I wait to come back on Monday's snaps. Uh and kind of you know, recap just how right I was about everything. And I think this go today, This bets bet show is going to be a continuation of the last couple of days because I don't just like my best bets today. I love my best bets today. Uh, Aaron, what's up man? How you feeling, dude? I'm tea Bob. By the way, one of these eight t Bob. Hey, I'm Aaron. Uh tea Bob will be regretting some of his decisions. He made this this week, and I can't wait to rubbing in his face come Monday or or Saturday night they do on late night steps or because always kind of wondering too, I'm not sure we're doing late nice steps. So maybe a little Saturday night New Year's rubbing in the face kind of night telling. Excite for that. Uh, love my bets, Love my bets, Love my bets. It's it's, it's it's cookie A little bit interesting Bowl season. Who's motivated, who's playing, who's opting out? There's a lot to kind of break down. But I feel really good about what I got today. So let's go three and now. Let's finish the season with a boom. Let's go baby, Let's go six and oh this weekend? Can we hit Hey we were four and two last week? Okay, solid both always too and one? Um, can we get our first six and oh week here at the finish line, fingers cross, Let's see what we got. I'm starting here, um with the Alabama Crimson tide. Uh, this is one of those lines where you know me. Okay, I'm not an Alabama fan. Now, Unfortunately, the Alabama discourse has been such that I find myself having to defend them at every turn now because people have run so far with this idea that the Empire of Saban is over. Um, the empire is down, The empire is not out, and the empire's culture is such that Bryce Young and Will Anderson are playing in this game, even though it's not a playoff game and it's just a bowl game, and they are literally the number one and two player on all the major scouts big boards. It's absurd those two have chosen to play in this Bowl game in today's day and age. And so when I get on our wonder Full Benefactors sports book fan duel, and I see Alabama minus six and a half playing in New Orleans in a stadium in city that they have basically made their second home, and they're going against Kansas State, who is good. Don't get me wrong, I like them, but from a pure town level is not even in the same stratosphere, and even from like an execution level is not really two level. And I see six and a half, not even seven and a half. I only need a touch. Are you shipping me? Like I need to double check? I mean me and Broun we're talking about it before the show, and he was like, no, no, surely that line was set before we knew that young and Anderson was playing. But no, you get on the site, it's there. I mean I immediately went through down on it. Um. I hate that I'm here. Uh but yeah, I think I I think Alabama covers the six and a half. It feel very comfortable about it. It's not even a slight against Kansas State. It's just that the death of Alabama had has been greatly exaggerated. Uh So I was almost made a oopstein and almost made a prediction on this game. But I will actually be on the call for ESPN Radio. So tune in if you're on the road or if you're not enjoying the I don't even know who's calling on TV. But if you're not enjoying them, you can always the butt trying to SPAN radio. Listen to your boy. I would appreciate that and send them feedback. Um, but don't listen a little bit surprised on that. I will say, you know, having you know, Will Anderson back, having Bryce back, I think was a h sent a message into the locker room for Alabama that we care about this football game, that we you know or or should be excited to be here. This game actually means something because if they didn't play, then the mid time locker room would be okay, guys, like you know, we don't have our best two players. This game really mean anything. It's a bowl games that we're so accustomed to being the playoffs. Do we even care to play? Where New Orleans go? You know, let's go, you know, turn up and have some fun. But I think having those two leaders, they're really got everyone's my and Set and I do. I will discre with you. I think I do think Kiss a really good football team. I think I think I think we'll have I think I think we are the good quarterback you know, do set running back. They got some talent um. They're gonna come out swinging, man like you know, everyone always wants to to knock down the big dog. And there is you know, you always saying you as the phrase there's blood in the water. There's a little bit of blood and water right now. For Alabamia, they have shown some weaknesses this season. They've been votable at times, obviously losing two football games have have been close against Texas and you know close game for sex A and M. They're not as elite as we think they are. With or without Bryce Young. This is still a good football team, not a great football team. So I think you need to get over that point. And I think Kansas State looks at him and says the same thing. Like we've watched the tape, We've had three or four weeks to preparing and see who they are. They're not as scary as they've been in years past. We are not scared to face Alabama here in the Sugar Bowl. So listen, I don't know. I'm hoping for a great game because I'll call I don't want to blow out. But you know what I said, I'm not gonna make a I'm not gonna make a call for bets. Just that I didn't say blow up. But I do see ten. I think Alabama wins by ten here and uh and and again, it's not even a slight against Kansas State. UM. Alabama can be slipping and Kansas State can be peaking. But just given the last decade of where the two programs have been, Alabama is just in a much more well seasoned point. Like but I think Styre and skill it. I will give this to you, like the fact that Alabama with all that talent and and a lot of youth gets those extra practices. Yeah, I think it's it's pivotal because you give fifty more practices Nick Saban and a bunch of five star athletes. That's that's a little bit dangerous. So like it's it's also it's a New Orleans factor. Man, they're so comfortable in that building, in that city in that says they played their time and time again. So Albert six and a half ar Murray, your first alright, my first best bet? Uh, you better bet this one just for for for what it means. Mrp State verse Illinois. Mr State getting one and a half points miss State plus one and a half. Uh, you talk about ultimate motivation right now for for the Bulldogs. You lost your coach, a guy that has meant so much the college football And I'm sure I cannot wait to see on January second, the the ceremony that's gonna happen. I had the bull Game the Guests Pro Bowl in Raymond James Stadium this past Friday, and I'm looking at the ship and I'm just like, man, I cannot wait to see. And I think they're actually gonna have special helmets with you know, like a buccaneer on the side, a pirate on the side of their helmets formsby state, they're gonna be motivated. We always talk about in bowl games, what team is motivated to play? Which team is not motivated to play? Illinois, they're their top running back, Um Brown, as as I don't know if is he playing or not. I know he's he's declared to the NFL draft. I will I don't think I don't know if he's playing or not. I should look at ahead of time. He has the couract the NFL Draft, so I would assume that he's not playing in this game. I think it's a big loss, always a miss to be state. You know, they lost the running back. They also lost Ronald Thomas to to the other Bulldogs, Georgia Bulldogs. But still Brown has opted out. So that's bad for Illinois right there. There's a team that you know, obviously it's that's that's how they score points, is how they move the football, and and I like miss to be staying on defense. I like Will Rogers on offense. And I just think that there's that motivational factor as well. If hey, guys, we want to win this one for our coach and and we want to finish the season off with a bang. So for all those reasons to give me to stay in their game points as well. So go Bulldogs and go Mike Leach. Uh yeah, I agree. Uh. I think you hit the nail on the head. And then I feel like I have to put money on that game out of principle. I want to throw my energy uh behind honoring Mike Leach and in the it's it's heartbreaking because it's the perfect would have been the perfect ball game for him to coach. It is um also very suiting that's such a piratically themed Bowl game would be the game that his team will be playing in immediately after his passing, So I will be swinging my sword. I'm with you there, um my next pick. Much of the year, I've been le petite Tlosian boy. Um. That's that I do live in Louisiana, and probably my favorite story in all of college football have been the Tlane Green Wave. Uh. They've been fantastic, not just good at winning games, but incredible against the spread. In fact, still the best team in the country against the spread this year. However, I mean, whenever you do these best bets kind of look at things that jump off the page, and maybe this jumps off the page too much and it's a bit of a sucker line. But it looks like Caleb Williams is going to play in this game. Um. I haven't found any discussion otherwise. In fact, he is said that he definitely wants to play the games looking forward to it. Um. USC minus one and a half and two Lane's offense is very good, especially running about. USC's defense is garbage and Julane Stevens is pretty good. Whereas USC's offense. I just think Cayle Williams is too overwhelming here. Right. We talked about a bit earlier in the week. Now, I know we fell on different sides of McCarthy versus dug In in the context of the two teams. Um, but Caleb Williams here is just too overwhelming, too many points. And though two Lane will score, I don't think they can keep up enough to win this game. So give me, uh the Clojens minus the one and a half here? Uh it is in um? Uh? Why am I blank right now? Is that it's in New Orleans? Right now? Where is that game? Not every game could be in New Orleans. Yeah, no, that is in Dallas. Yeah give me, give me the Trojans minus one a half. Though I would not be mad if I was wrong here and jule A wins this game. That would be massive for the local school. But I think the Trojans cover. Yeah. I think Caleb's just due too too strong for that game as well. If he's healthy. In even I think they win that book football game by Lisa touchdown. Alright, My next next best bet goes to, uh the Orange versus Orange in the Orange Bowl. It's gonna be so much orange that stadium's gonna want to make your head explode. Uh Tennessee getting four and a half points, Give me that all day of the week. And and you just go to the quarterback matchup, just straight up, just go to the quarterback matchup. You got both backups. You got you know, club Nick on one side, you got Joe Milton on the other side. Who do I trust more? Because both teams are been really hurt by guys opting out. Clemson lost some guys on defense, Uh Tennessee has lost some guys. And now outside of the football, I will look at what quarterback do I feel comfortable enough to move the football down the field to put his offense in the best position. I think Joe Milton is a good quarterback. I know he's had some start rules in the past. I think he's matured this year. I've really liked what he's done when he's come in and and and and either in garbage sime or been the starter for his fader. But he looked good. I don't know if I trust Cape club Nick just yet. He's still very green. He could be a really good quarterback next year. Give him an off season, we'll see. I still like Tennessee in this football game. What they do on defense, a lot of exotic blitz, is a lot of pressures. I think they're gonna find ways to confuse him, force him into some bad situations where maybe get a couple of turnovers if you're if you're Tennessee. But at the end of the day, I think this is Joe Milton's opportunity to really put a rubber stamp on this this position. He's got some competition, you know, the the d Nico kids already there. He's practicing with the team right now. You have another quarterback, a talented quarterback in Tavian Jackson, who's also on the roster as well. This is Joe Milton's time right now to saye is my year. I got more talent than maybe anyone else in the country. I've had the opportunity to learn, learn from Hendon Hooker, I've sat back, I've been humbled. Now as time to go out and ball out. And I believe in in him and that staff and that that he's gonna go out there and make a statement heading into next season. So I like, I like this matchup, and I like the fact that they're getting points, and and I'm just not a believer just yet, and and club nick Um being able to put up a ton of a ton of points. So I've got some good news, Aaron, And I've got a question for you. First off, it looks like you're getting plus five and give me more sports books, so a little extra juice for you. There. Are you at all worried that when Tennessee has been at their best this year, they're they're the the running game is what starts everything, and you are talking about a pretty elite Clemson rush defense, So you're all worried that. I think I think a couple of guys a couple of guys have opted out from that defensive line, so you know, just like everyone else, they've they've lost some guys up front. Um, so that's a little bit of a problem there. You know. I'm not I'm not saying Tennessee is gonna go and be the Tennessee that we've seen this year and scored forty fifty points. I think they can do enough to score in the twenties and and and once again, their style of defense with Banks at the defense coordinator will confuse Clemson, who has not been great on offense and all this season, confuse them enough to put them behind the chains and then maybe take advantage of a couple of turnover scare there. I think I think Tennessee wins a football game. Honestly, Like I may put some money on the money line, I think Tennessee wins this game. Outright. What bowl game is? This is the Orange Bowl? It is the Orange Well that's try the Orange Orange Orange. Um huh. I wonder if Jesus would be Tennessee in the Orange Bowl. I don't know. Okay, my last pick of the day, it's it's it's okay, yeah, I see your face. It was a bad joke. It was I was maybe may I was taking a bit of a Davos shot in the image like and say, uh, the setup was bad. Uh not even knowing his orange wall. It was all bad. You know what? Just cut that, Just cut that from the episode. Um My next bet and the best bet of the weekend and the sickest bet. Um. Speaking of jumping off the page, there is one game this bull season that is as much of a beautiful disaster as you could possibly find. In fact, I love following the Sickos Committee on Twitter. It's a group of college football fans that look the dirtier, weirder, more obscure, more bad, the better for these guys. And when you look at Iowa Kentucky, both without their starting quarterbacks between the two teams due to opt out transfers and everything else, only one starting receiver playing in this bowl game between the two teams. When you look at this game and then I look at the total and I see thirty one and a half, I mean I have to play the younger. There's just no way to go about it. So um, out of pure principle, I have no great insight, because I have no idea how these backup quarterbacks are gonna be out of pure principle. I've seen I mean i Will under as a sure bet all year long, Kentucky losing Will Levis when they didn't actually run the ball that well. This year, give me Iowa Kentucky under thirty one and a half and shout out to everyone else in the Sickos committee who will be sitting here enjoying this game with a malevolent grin on their face. Let'sen I have wanted a lot of money this year on betting the Kentucky under, so I felt with you on this one. It's gonna be, uh probably one of the harder games to watch if you like offensive football. All Right, my last best bet of the weekend. We're gonna go to the Rose Bowl. Last year is Rose Bowl for those remember obviously different teams. This year was awesome. Points on points on points on points on points. I think we can get something similar, maybe not to that that extent Utah first Penn State. I'm going to take the over fifty one and a half points. Both offenses have been played well this year, one scoring forty points per game. They are scoring thirty six points per game. Really like the quarterbacks in this in this matchup, love they're both of their both teams ability to run the football. UM, don't really love either defense. I think Utah this year has had their moments that look good for USC. Probably think for the majority of the season they've just they've been okay, not great by any standards. Um, you know, I do like Penn State. They're they're same thing, like a lot of teams losing guys that they're they're opting out. They're losing one of the top corners who's opting out of the ball game getting ready for the draft. So I think this is going to be another high scoring game. Like I said, both offenses have had a lot of success this year. I think both teams score in the thirties, which clearly puts US over. So, uh, what's rose ball? I know, I mean it was almost stumped there, honestly. Oh, Utah versus Penn State over fifty one and a half. Go put your money on it. There you go, that's your best bets. The boys looking to go six and oh over this weekend. You as always, you can do your gambling on the FanDuel sports book gap. Remember promo coach snaps because you all kinds of incredible sign up deals. Um man, you help support the show. What you can also do if you're listening on podcasts by eight, rating and reviewing the show that if you enjoy it, like certainly I want to just whatever you do it, go to do it you right? No, do it you much on YouTube like subscribe. Huge thank you to the Volume. Huge thank you to Papa Colin. Huge thanking to Ryan Bromley, Pat gun or Paul Farrington, Uh, Danny Carters. Huge thinking to you are wonderful friends in the audience who have dealt with us this week. As we are not live, we've been recorded. Um we will be back. I wish you knew it was Saturday Monday, but we'll look. 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