Heisman On Lock

Reminder: it's been just one year and four days since Lincoln Riley joined USC. In that same time, Brian Kelly joined LSU, Marcus Freeman took over at Notre Dame, Mario Cristobal went to Miami and Sonny Dykes got his break at TCU 📝

While Dykes has done a great job with TCU, the Big 12 is down this year, with No. 10 Kansas State and No. 20 Texas (who has four losses) being the only other Top-25 teams. The Pac-12, on the other hand, currently has six teams in the Top-17, none with more than three losses 🤭

To take it one step further, it's been ten months since Caleb Williams announced his transfer from Oklahoma to USC. Max Duggan, TCU's QB, is an experienced fourth-year starter. The point of all this is that it's truly amazing that in one year, Riley has taken the Trojans to a win-an-in playoff berth scenario AND a Heisman lock...with a completely new roster 👀

Odds To Win The Heisman (subject to change)

• Caleb Williams (QB, USC): -2500

• C.J. Stroud (QB, Ohio State): +2000

• Max Duggan (QB, TCU): +2500

• Stetson Bennett (QB, Georgia): +10000

Conference Championships

It feels like this CFP is a little more figured out heading into the final weekend of the season than past playoffs. Georgia and Michigan should both be in, regardless of their outcomes vs. LSU and Purdue. That leaves us with USC and TCU - wins will solidify the group of four, and you could even make the argument that TCU is in either way. Here's the weekend schedule 👇

• No. 11 Utah vs. No 4 USC: Tonight at 8PM on FOX

• No. 10 Kansas State vs. No. 3 TCU: Saturday at 12PM on ABC

• No. 14 LSU vs. No. 1 Georgia: Saturday at 4PM on CBS

• Purdue vs. No. 2 Michigan: Saturday at 8PM on FOX

• No. 9 Clemson vs. No. 23 North Carolina: Saturday at 8PM on ABC

We don't need to get into all five of these games, specifically the last three. LSU blew it last week vs. Texas A&M, no one cares about the ACC and you know what Michigan did to Ohio State. If you have eight minutes, watch this 😂

So, Ohio State is rooting for a USC or TCU loss (mainly USC), while Alabama is hoping both fall and might even need them to do so in blowout fashion. Even that might still not be enough for Nick Saban. Let's focus on the two best games 👇

Utah vs. USC Betting Preview

• Spread: USC -2.5

• Moneyline: USC -150, Utah +125

• O/U: 67.5

Utah can really crush the dreams of the entire state of California if they can pull off another win vs. USC. They did it a few weeks ago on a 2-point conversion attempt, and remain the only team to beat Lincoln Riley. I think USC gets their revenge 🤫

Kansas State vs. TCU Betting Preview

• Spread: TCU -2.5

• Moneyline: TCU -140, Kansas State +116

• O/U: 61.5

TCU already beat Kansas State on the road back in October, and that was when the Wildcats had starting QB Adrian Martinez suiting up. Back-up QB Will Howard has done a good job filling in, and rumors are Martinez might even be used in specific packages. Either way, this just feels like TCU's year so I wouldn't pick against them either

Last week before bowl games and for the second year in a row you won't have to watch Ohio State. Everyone wins! 😅

For My Parlay Gurus

USC needs to beat Utah to keep Ohio State out of the playoffs. TCU might be able to afford a loss, but taking care of business vs. Kansas State just sounds easier. I'm banking on both squads grabbing one more win and setting up a Georgia vs. USC and Michigan vs. TCU semifinals. Take a look 👇

• USC -2.5 vs. Utah: -118

• TCU -2.5 vs. Kansas State: -110

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