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They're getting killed unjustly. Arizona State, two-point favored against Iowa State. How do you feel like the Big 12 championship game is going to play out? This is crazy. Each championship game this weekend, we could have a team that played in a different conference last year and up winning it. It's just been one of those years and here's a problem for Arizona State. They're going to be missing Jordan Tyson. How important is he, their top receiver? Well, he only had 75 catches for 1100 yards in 10 touchdowns. What's interesting is I track every game and I have different color-coded things and I'll put like if a quarterback's out, but where if a team is at an emotional high or they had something happen to them, they're at a low, Arizona State played a lot of teams this year when they weren't at a good place mentally and also two of their losses. There are only two came on the road. Iowa State played the last six games versus opponents who were actually in a pretty good state mentally and played each of their last six games in cold weather. Four in Iowa, one in Kansas City and one at Utah. I think that they've regained their early season mojo. Iowa State's strength is passing offense with Rocco Beckton. Arizona State's weakness passed defense ranked 75th. I think the two receivers for Iowa State, Jaden Higgins and Jalen Noel who combined for 15 touchdowns put out big games and Iowa State only been a dog one time this year. That was week two against Iowa. They won the game outright here. Wrong team favored. Iowa State outright 30-26. Well, Lee, the next game on the docket is a game that has a lot of implications. It seems like left with the playoff committee, but we've got SMU taking on Clemson. How do you see that one playing out? Yeah, if Clemson wins in a close game. There is a chance that SMU could end up making it over Alabama. We'll see if that plays out, but last four games that take what Nick has been the quarterback for Clemson. Been against average to above average teams, Pitt, Virginia Tech, Louisville and South Carolina. He's only thrown for six yards per pass attempt. If you spread that out over the season, that's bottom 15 right there with teams like Sam Houston State, Rice and Yukon. This SMU defense is coming on. Only about 13 points combined the last two weeks against Virginia and Cal. And SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings since he was into the start of 9.3 yards per pass attempt this year, and they have averaged anywhere between 28, scored 28 to 66 points in all nine of those games, all nine wins here. So I just think that the SMU team is coming on. Think they have the better coaching staff at this point and as a dog or a single digit favorite SMU four and O against the spread, they moved to five and O. I like SMU. The dash clumps through the dreams here 28, 24, Alabama is going to be huge. SMU fans for the reasons that you mentioned Lee. All right. Community championship game, the rematch, hopefully no Longhorns were throwing their beverages onto the field this time. The Longhorns are a two point favorite despite losing at home earlier this year to George on a neutral field is Texas going to get the revenge that they seek. So they were out physical first game versus Georgia, Georgia just took it to home. I don't see the Bulldogs blowing the Longhorns in this game, especially after watching the Texas game last week against Texas A&M. I know the final score was 17-7, but if you watched the level play, I mean, it should have been like 27 or 30 to nothing. If that would have happened, this line would be sitting at five and a half, six points. This is crazy. I went back 20 years. Georgia has, this is the first year ever, in 20 years, been out of the top 25 and all offense or defense in any major statistical category for the first time there. Not even close to anything, top 25. They aren't the same team that we saw with that one national championships. And I think Texas is going to expand the use of archmaning here. He didn't throw the football last week, only ran three times for 14 yards and the touchdown so we know Georgia is susceptible for running quarterback. And I think they're going to throw some more wrinkles. I can see him throwing 8-10 passes in this game and changing it up in the favorite, 25 and six straight up in SEC Championship games. I think Texas gets their revenge 31-21. All right, Lee, let's switch gears. Let's get into the NFL. We've got some big ones on the docket. We've got a good one between the Buffalo Bills with MVP favorite, Josh Allen, taking on a Rams team that looks like it's kind of reeling. How do you see that one playing out? Yeah, I mean, Buffalo sport, 30 from more points, six straight games. Four of those games were on Buffalo. One was in Seattle. I mean, Josh Allen is clicking on all cylinders. Now you're going to put him in a 68 degree dome where every blade of grass is manicured. The over is 5'1" and 1" and Buffalo is 5'7" games here. This Rams defense number 24 in yards allowed here. I mean, Josh Allen has a big game here. They keep rolling, 34-24. Let's move it across Lee to the next game that we're going to talk about on the docket this week. We're looking at Kansas City and the Chargers. Chargers have been really good. Kansas City's been playing with their food all year long. It seems. Chiefs three point favorites. How do you feel like this division rival game will play out? All right. So the Chargers, in my opinion, are not the same with that JK Dobbins and they have become a more physical team. But the Chiefs just don't get enough credit for their run-heavy sets. And I think they're going to use the run to set up their passing game here. They have come up big two or the three times in big games. San Francisco and Baltimore, only game where they faltered with against Buffalo on the road. So this game's at home. I know they've had a ton of close games, but how about the Chargers? This is the second game, second road game in a row. They played two consecutive road games twice this season, lost the back end of each road kind of trips here. They lost in week three, second to back-to-back road games to Pittsburgh and also a week 7 to Arizona. I just think the Kirk Cousins gifted the Chargers to win last week throwing four interceptions. It looks like he has a dead arm here. And I think Kansas City's going to take it to him. I'm going to lay it here with Kansas City 24-17. Well Lee, you've been in a season of giving. You've been giving out gifts all in November and into now December. I'm interested if you want to give any more information out on maybe a free play and maybe get people all signed up for how they can follow you and cash in. How about this replay? We're going to give out a free play on the Pittsburgh and Cleveland game. We know they've played a couple of weeks ago. Does Cleveland win again or keep it close or can Pittsburgh roll in this game? I think there's a clear right side first, five colors, called 800-400-97-4-1. We're going to get in the Pittsburgh and Cleveland game on me 800-400-97-4-1. How about this? At a couple of tough weeks, start November, but last week from Thanksgiving Day through Monday night, we went 15-3. Do you want to hop on board? I know there's these Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. How about this one? Maybe none better. You can get from midnight all the way in. Tonight's game is used to Troyton Green Bay. We have a selection there. Get tonight's game all the way through the 31st. At four weeks of action, be used coupon code SABE 200, just $247. Where do you get it? It's just one place. ParamountSports.com. Thank you, Lee. Thanks, guys. Take care. 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