Staff Picks: College Football Playoff opening round and FCS semifinal matchups
South Carolina won’t play again for another 11 days when it takes on Illinois in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Until then, there are some pretty good college football games going on this weekend.
The opening round of the College Football Playoff kicks off on Friday with four games being played at home venues of the higher seeds. There are also some early bowl games being played as well as the FCS semifinals.
The GamecockCentral and 107.5 The Game staffs shared their picks for all these matchups going on around the country.
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Ohio vs. Jacksonville State (Cure Bowl)Tulane vs. Florida (Gasparilla Bowl)Indiana at Notre Dame (CFP)SMU at Penn State (CFP)South Dakota State at North Dakota State (FCS semis)South Dakota at Montana State (FCS semis)Clemson at Texas (CFP) Tennessee at Ohio State (CFP)George Bagwell (73-62)OhioTulaneIndianaPenn StateSouth Dakota StateMontana StateTexasOhio StatePeyton Butt (72-63)Jacksonville StateFloridaNotre DamePenn StateNorth Dakota StateMontana StateTexasOhio StateElijah Campbell (88-47)OhioFloridaNotre DamePenn StateSouth Dakota StateMontana StateTexasTennesseeChris Clark (75-60)Jacksonville StateFloridaNotre DamePenn StateNorth Dakota StateMontana StateTexasOhio StateTerry Ford (95-40)OhioFloridaNotre DamePenn StateSouth Dakota StateMontana StateTexasTennesseeGriffin Goodwyn (93-42)OhioFloridaNotre DamePenn StateSouth Dakota StateMontana StateTexasOhio StateTyler Head (80-55)OhioFloridaNotre DamePenn State North Dakota StateMontana StateTexas TennesseeWes Mitchell (87-48)Ohio FloridaNotre DamePenn StateSouth Dakota State Montana StateClemsonTennesseeJay Philips (89-46)Jacksonville StateFloridaNotre DamePenn StateNorth Dakota StateMontana StateTexasTennesseeKendall Smith (79-56)Jacksonville StateFloridaIndianaPenn StateNorth Dakota StateMontana StateTexasOhio StateMike Uva (87-48)OhioFlorida Notre DamePenn StateSouth Dakota State Montana StateTexas Ohio StateJack Veltri (93-42)OhioFloridaNotre DamePenn StateNorth Dakota StateMontana StateClemsonTennesseeChris Wellbaum (74-61)OhioTulaneNotre DamePenn StateSouth Dakota StateMontana StateTexasOhio StateKevin Miller (63-27)OhioFloridaNotre DamePenn StateNorth Dakota StateMontana StateTexasOhio State
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