Live Bet Saturday | October 17, 2026 | Hour 4

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Brad Taylor (0:17)

And racing here at the Mid Sports, the Mid Gaming Hall here, just above the Circus Sports Book, here in Franklin, Kentucky.

I think we've been doing this for a minute now, but we're gonna start all over again. I am Brad Taylor. You can follow me on Twitter at BottomLineLex. And with us as always, our Saturday Partner in Crime. You can find him on Twitter at not theWillHill, too easy that the, and of course, the Should Have Bet More podcast, always a must listen during the week, three times a week. He is Will Hill. Will, how are you today, sir?

Will Hill (0:50)

Brad, what's going on, man? Great day, great college slate. It feels like I made this comparison. It feels like a little moving day in golf, but a college football version where, ooh, is Texas in trouble?

Is, you know, some of these teams, Ohio State, Indiana is going to shake things up. You start to find out a lot about these teams and, you know, we're right at the midpoint way of the season and it's a, it's a sprint in this college football season. I like the NFL and it's gonna be next year when we get 24 teams, a whole another conversation. A big day, a lot of big games, a lot of exciting matchups and we are right in the thick of it here, Brad.

Brad Taylor (1:24)

We are and we just got a touchdown in the biggest game of the day from the Heisman Trophy favorite, Jeremiah Smith, who I just looked at, he's down to minus 115 to win the Heisman. Well, guess what? He just caught a 40 plus yard touchdown pass. Ohio State is now up 19-7 on Indiana. They just go for two.

They fail. They do not make the two-point conversion. So with 12 minutes, 46 seconds to go in this game, Jeremiah Smith scores, and Ohio State is up 19-7. Live betting line here. Ohio State now a 10.5-point favorite. And that second half under we were discussing earlier, Will, looking very good. 35.5 is your total.

Does Indiana have a chance here? Maybe not just at winning the game, but it's just covering this double-digit spread now.

Will Hill (2:13)

I don't think so. I mean, covering the spread is one thing, but look, we sit here on Saturday's College Football. We see a lot of crazy things. Was it last week, Texas, Oklahoma? Oh, man, Oklahoma, they're just not gonna score enough. Can't happen unless Texas helps them out. And what do you know? Texas helps them out.

But it just seems like Indiana has struggled to move the ball. They've struggled to finish drives. Them making up a two-touchdown deficit in a quarter seems unlikely. So it's been a while, like I mentioned, it's been a while since Indiana lost the football game a week before Christmas of 2024 It's a long time ago now, Brad. That's the first ever 12-team college football playoff, the first ever 12-team college football playoff game with Notre Dame and Indiana. That's the last time they lost that Friday night right around Christmas, mid-December.

That's the last time they lost, but that streak appears to be ending here. I think Ohio State will figure out a way to win the game, which obviously up 12 in the fourth quarter is not saying anything profound.

Brad Taylor (3:07)

But you mentioned it, Will, a gift from Texas. And right now, Texas football is the gift that keeps on giving, as Arch Manning just got sacked, but they just completed a pass. It will be a third down and about eight yards for Texas on their own side of the field. Five minutes and 45 seconds remaining here. And Florida is up 27-17 on Texas. Live betting line Florida minus nine and a half, total 50 and a half. And we were talking about this during the break, Will.

Road games left for Texas, not home games, just road games. At Missouri, at LSU, at A&M.

Texas is not making the college football playoff. You heard it here first. Crazy talk, Will?

Will Hill (3:50)

Certainly not crazy talk. I mean, they're lucky they came back and beat Ohio State because this would be lost number three. Now, easily they could have won last week against Oklahoma, but this would be lost number two.

And the quarterback is just not that good. I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but we're past the point where he's good, but he's overrated. I just don't know how good he is anymore. I don't know if he sticks around in Texas, tries to go to the pros, if he goes to a smaller school. That's another discussion for another day too, but a lot of this is on him. He makes some weird decisions, and Texas is a big favorite, Brad. Not only about 11, 12 point favorite coming into the day, he's up 17 to three in this game, and some of that was on a punt return touchdown. You look, you blink, and it's Florida creeping closer. Florida ties it, then Florida takes the lead. So again, moving day in college football, this would be a very damaging loss, and I would imagine, I don't know, do you have odds to make the playoffs? I don't have these in Connecticut. I can kind of look off short once the games end, but it's hard during the games. I would imagine Texas, if they lose this game, becomes a good two to three, two to three to one underdog to make the playoffs, I would think.