#489: Miami Week 1 Preview at Stanford | Kienholz Bundy
1h 9m | Sep 3, 2026HERE. WE. GO!
Miami opens the season on the road, and the guys break down every angle of Friday night's trip to Stanford before the picks come in. Ro, Scoop and Toast get into the number seven Hurricanes laying 24 and a half against a Cardinal team missing four cornerbacks and a chunk of their starting front, plus what Stanford's surprisingly efficient outing against Hawaii actually means heading into this one.
From there it's a full breakdown of the Miami offensive line battle up front, where last year's starters are gone and two true freshman guards could see the field together for the first time. Darian Mensah gets the Heisman-watch treatment, with Josh Pate's early top-10 quarterback rankings sparking some pushback, and the crew lays out why Shannon Dawson's scheme is finally built for a guy who can push the ball downfield.
The second half turns into vintage OBB: game props on personnel groupings, sacks and third-down conversions, a Lane Kiffin and LSU legal fight over NFL eligibility rules, way too much time spent on The Sopranos, and the strangest sports story of the week involving a fake NFL player and a six-figure romance scam. Ro also brings receipts from his new gig as a high school coach, rattlesnakes and all.
It all wraps with three keys to the game from each host and the full slate of Week 1 picks against the spread, capped off by Miami-Stanford score predictions ahead of Friday's 9 PM kickoff.
GO CANES!!!
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00:00 Game Week Energy & Preseason Hype
04:43 Miami-Stanford Odds, Injuries & Kickoff Info
05:28 Stanford's Offense: More Dangerous Than Expected
08:07 Miami's Running Back Rotation & Trench Talk
11:50 Dawson's Downfield Scheme & Mensah's Deep Ball
13:42 Josh Pate's Top 10 QBs, Heisman Buzz & Miami's NFL Pipeline
18:14 Offensive Line Battle: Tackles, Guards & Cantwell's Snaps
25:16 Personnel Groupings & Play-Count Prop Bets
28:26 Sacks, Third Down & Total Yardage Props
30:54 Safety Duo: JJ Dunnigan and Bryce Fitzgerald
33:01 Sponsors and Partners
38:54 Kelly Clarkson's Viral Cover & Music Talk
41:50 Lane Kiffin, LSU and the NFL-Return Rule Fight
43:32 Sopranos Talk & TV Tangent
46:47 NFL Roster Bubble News & the $1.3M Fake-Player Scam
52:28 Ro's High School Coaching Stories
54:52 Three Keys to the Game
59:42 Week One Picks Against the Spread
1:08:42 Wrap-Up & Naming the Episode
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