TCU is favored in Dublin

Noon ET, Aviva Stadium, ESPN. Koshi-style public numbers cited here sit about 74% TCU / 26% UNC, matching books -7.5 to -9.5 after last year's 48-14 Chapel Hill boat race. The Dublin opener is the first yes/no, not a format debate.

Marco D'Angelo: there is only one way to look at this angle and that is take under 46. Rain in the Dublin forecast, transfer QBs, new coordinators. Covers has the total at 46.5 with 54% of tickets on the under after a five-point drop from 51.5. The under is the actual Dublin action.

Petrino hype check: are you really lining Billy Edwards up 42 times to drop back against that TCU defensive front. Week 0 is eight games, not one. Virginia -4/-5.5 vs NC State; Howard -2.5 vs Alabama A&M on ABC.

Saturday morning on r/CFB: WEEK ZEEERRROOOOOOO. Early FCS postgame threads (Cal Poly 38-34 Idaho) already up. The sport is live. Forget the 2028 format tape.

After 36 at East Lake, Gerard and Hovland share 10-under 130. Morikawa and Gotterup one back; Scheffler and Young (62 Friday after a 70) two back. J.J. Spaun withdrew. Everyone started even par. Two shots cover a third of the field.

The gallery is watching the bunched board, not a weak-field take. r/golf piled on that complaint. The market still prices Scheffler shortest (+300 / Polymarket 22%) even from T-5. Chuck's call: the chaos is real and Scheffler is still the favorite.