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Lonte Smith and Dave Essler talk betting for College Football. Week 7 of the college football season brings a loaded card to the RJ Bell Dream Preview as Munaf Manji and Dave Essler of Cash That Ticket break down five featured games, deliver two best bets and fire through six more matchups in a lightning round. The show opens at 0:31 with a look at the midpoint of the season before the guys dive into the biggest game on the board at 1:21, No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana in a rematch of the Big Ten title game from last season, which Indiana won 13 to 10. Munaf sees a battle in the trenches and a vulnerable Indiana secondary facing Jeremiah Smith, and he likes Ohio State tight end props, while Dave explains at 3:10 why Indiana is good but not great after losing its quarterback to the draft and why the Buckeyes, fresh off a bye, are his play on the team total over around 27. At 6:19 the conversation moves to Wallace Wade Stadium for Duke and North Carolina in the battle for the Victory Bell, where Munaf backs the Blue Devils in a classic fade spot for a UNC team coming off its first top 25 win under Bill Belichick, and Dave counters at 7:42 by trusting Belichick and the next man up approach over Manny Diaz, with Munaf adding the under 47.5. Florida at Texas follows at 10:20, and with the Gators losing two straight blowouts and the Longhorns trying to recover from the Oklahoma collapse, Dave breaks the game into derivatives at 11:48, taking Texas in the first half, the Texas first half team total over and the Florida team total under. At 13:43 the guys head to the Rose Bowl for Wisconsin at UCLA, a game reshaped by the season ending injury to Nico Iamaleava, and Munaf likes the Badgers and the under while waiting for a 3, but Dave refuses to step off the Bruins ledge at 15:51, praising Bob Chesney and a UCLA team that held Oregon to 15 points. The final featured game at 18:36 sends No. 6 Alabama to Neyland Stadium to face No. 14 Tennessee, where a total that dropped from 55 to 51.5 tells Dave that the Vols quarterback situation is shaky, so he leans Alabama and the Tennessee team total under, and Munaf agrees, noting Tennessee ranks 110th in passing offense and leans on DeSean Bishop and his 676 rushing yards. Best bets arrive at 24:13, with Dave taking Air Force at home over UNLV, calling Dan Mullen overrated and citing the altitude and the way service academies improve as the season goes on. Munaf answers at 26:39 with the Texas full game team total over 30.5, pointing to a Florida defense that ranks outside the top 100 in EPA per play and 123rd in success rate allowed. The rapid fire round begins at 27:56 with SMU in the first half against Virginia, the Missouri team total under against Ole Miss, Kentucky against Oklahoma, Oklahoma State plus the points at Houston behind quarterback Drew Mestemaker, the Mississippi State team total under at LSU, and a split decision on Notre Dame at BYU, where Munaf likes the Irish to roll and Dave prefers the home dog and the under in Provo. The show wraps at 35:14 with a reminder that the full card, not just the best bets, tells the real story, so tune in, grab your numbers early and join Munaf and Dave every week on Pregame.com for sharp college football betting analysis.
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