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Dalton Pence of Locked On Louisville came on to tell Steven Willis that this week's central take doesn't hold up — and then named the matchup that flipped his own prediction.

Three days to Louisville. No. 9 vs No. 24 in Nashville, Sunday night on ABC, the only ranked-versus-ranked game on the Week 1 schedule.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:00 Podcast crossover introduction

03:17 Louisville's performance in big games

06:58 Concerns about Ke'Juan Lacy's workload

11:13 Poncho's game day collection

14:20 Ke'Juan Brown's role in the game

18:19 Focus on defensive strategy

19:59 College Football Pick 'Em overview

24:00 Evaluating Louisville's QB Strategy

27:42 Post-game live recap

📌 THREE THINGS

1. The disagreement. Ole Miss has spent the week arguing that Brohm's own admission — inexperienced interior defensive line, strength on the outside — points at the soft spot. Dalton's answer is that Brohm never reveals anything in a press conference, and that his best interior fronts have been built from unknown players Mark Ivey developed. Call it unknown, not weakness. We're both reading the comments on this one.

2. The tell. Dalton picked Ole Miss 35-31 — and said that if Anwar O'Neal were healthy at left tackle and Lance Robinson were at center, he'd probably have taken the Cardinals. The Louisville host says the offensive line is the deciding matchup.

3. The names. Dalton's pick for the Cardinal nobody in Oxford has heard of is Keyjuan Brown, the 1B back who looked like one of the best in the conference when Isaac Brown was hurt. On defense, Cohen Entringer — the Iowa transfer who captained that defense and started all 13 games — steps in at strong safety.

Plus: why John David Baker operating inside the hash marks changes what Ole Miss does with its slot and tight ends, and both hosts putting a score on the record.

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