1 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to The Favorites the podcast. We are part of 2 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: Colin Cowherd's The Volume Network. Last week we debuted our 3 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: brand new Thursday episode because we've now gone to twice 4 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: a week since we joined Colin, me and my co host, 5 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,159 Speaker 1: Simon Hunter. Last week Matt Mitchell, our producer, created one 6 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: of the most brilliant concepts we've ever had in the 7 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: history of the Action Network. He thought up the Thursday 8 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: Thundered Doome. This is where guests compete alongside me and 9 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: Simon Hunter in a battle of wagers and wits that 10 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: makes the g r E look like the puzzle on 11 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: the back of a Cereal box. Hello Simon, Hello Chad, 12 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: Yeah buddy. People were complaining that I was rigged last week. 13 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: I just want to remind people I've finished with zero points, 14 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: so no rigging here. I am terrible, even if tries 15 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: to help me out along the way. I only want 16 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: you to win. You are by far my favorite Action 17 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: Network employee and also my best friend and the coast 18 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: of the podcast, so I will do my best impression 19 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: of Tim Peel to fine makeup calls. Today You're gonna 20 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: face off against two challengers. Our first guest is seasoned 21 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: gambler Doctor Eric Eager from one of our favorite sites, 22 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus. He is the VP of Research and 23 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 1: Development at pf F co host of the PFF Forecast 24 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: podcast Doctor, Good to see you. Yeah, thanks for having 25 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: me on. This is uh, this is fun? What are 26 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: you dr? I have a PhD in math? Fucking loser, seriously, 27 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: a PhD in math. That sounds terrible. I actually had 28 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. I was a math professed for 29 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: six years and then decided to work in football. It 30 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: was sort of the most precipitous intellectual decline of all time. 31 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: Where did you study math? What kind of math? And 32 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: then where were you a professor? So I I got 33 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: my PhD at the University of Nebraska. They were never 34 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: good at football when I was there, despite what everybody 35 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: in Lincoln said. I studied mathematical biology. So a lot 36 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: of the work I did when I was professor was 37 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: consulting for government labs and things like that. And I 38 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: taught it uh college called the University of Wisconsin Lacrosse, 39 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: which is in southwest Wisconsin. I taught there for six 40 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: years and it was a lot of fun and good. 41 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: Crazy thing is is obviously, football is more fun. You 42 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: don't really need to call yourself a doctor anymore, do you. 43 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: Like now, you're just doing it like to show off. 44 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: I usually I'm one of those like easy with that 45 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: doctor ship, like I can't help you your nosebleed type 46 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,959 Speaker 1: of thing. I love it. I freaking love it. Dr 47 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: Eric Eager, our second guest. Oh boy, he also has 48 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: dr Hey, that's what I was looking for. Hey, you 49 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: may recognize the voice. It may be making your skin 50 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: crawl as you listen. Today we will all be rooting 51 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: a ends our friend Action Network Extraordinaire Executive Senior wonderful 52 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: producer news breaker Dren I'm ready. I already have a 53 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: natural rivalry because University of Nebraska somehow goes by and you. 54 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: They come into the Big Ten and they're like, we're 55 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: and you, And I'm like, it's University of Nebraska, it's you. 56 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: N Northwestern is the real and you. Is there any doubt? 57 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: So I already hate my my fellow contestant. I'm not 58 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: interested in that. Al right. Here's how the game is 59 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: played today. You'll answer two kinds of questions. First, traditional 60 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: trivia questions about sports, sports, betting, and the world at large, 61 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: but also completely subjective and totally assinine open ended prompts 62 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: that I will get to judge, which is how Simon 63 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: Hunter is going to win this game. To accimulate points, 64 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: you must answer the trivia questions correctly and all so 65 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: convinced me that your responses to those open ended prompts 66 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: are better than your opponents, because, just like sports betting, 67 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: you can't get them all. Right, contestants, here we go 68 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: hit that dance Part one. How sweet it is? March 69 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: Madness has delivered us a terrific sweet sixteen, But sixteen 70 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: isn't all it's crack up to be. Gentlemen, our first 71 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: question is for you, Darren. The films sixteen Candles, shot 72 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: on the North Shore of Chicago, where I grew up, 73 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: is a coming of age classic centered around a high 74 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: school sophomores sixteenth birthday. The female lead became an eighties 75 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: teen icon, and it was the first of many classic 76 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: films by the director name either the star or the director, 77 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: John Use. Darren gets one right, John Hughes. He directed 78 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: and wrote so many movies, shot them all in my 79 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: hometown literally, like like for five straight years it was 80 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: just movie sets in my hometown with Miley Ringwald and 81 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: the brat Pack. Best time to grow up in a town. 82 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: I mean it was amazing. Ferris Bueller breakfast Club. Not 83 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 1: even a John Hughes me movie, but risky business. It 84 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: was amazing, all right, Simon. A sweet sixteen party should 85 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: not be confused with this other kind of party, defined 86 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 1: as a celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday, traditionally observed 87 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: in Latin American cultures. Uh kincon era man, I thought 88 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: was going to get bet. You get a point without 89 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: even needing me to cheat for you, Eric Eric. In 90 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: many states, turning sixteen means you can't get your learners 91 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: permit and finally get behind the wheel of a car. 92 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: But in for Western states, a driver can earn their 93 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: legit unrestricted license as early as their sixteenth birthday. Name 94 00:05:54,839 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: one of those states, Wyoming. The doctor is not in 95 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: the house. The answers are North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, Hannah, 96 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: all right, here we go. Televangelists Oral Roberts locked himself 97 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 1: into his university's prayer tower and began fasting, telling his 98 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: followers he'd quote be called home if they didn't raise 99 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: eight million dollars in the next three months and it worked. 100 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: All I can say to that is Jesus fucking Christ. 101 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: If you could pocket a cool eight million dollars if 102 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 1: Oral Roberts win it all this year, what would you 103 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: be willing to do to make it happen? Simon? Your first, 104 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: My answer is gonna be weird, just because a lot 105 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: of people do a lot of things to get a 106 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: million dollars and honestly wouldn't be here. Of course I'd 107 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: want it, but mine's gonna be weird. So the worst 108 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: scenario for me is either going to involve spiders or 109 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: being trapped with a person I hate. If you've ever 110 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: gone away in a bachelor party, you get stuck with 111 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: a weekend with a bunch of eyes. For some reason, man, 112 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: I always attract that one guy at the party that 113 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: likes to tell the twenty minute stories. It makes my 114 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: skin crawled just thinking about this week and I had 115 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: with this guy the entire weekend. He would just kept 116 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: telling me twenty five minute stories. You just wouldn't leave 117 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: me alone for the entire weekend. That's the limit I push. 118 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: If someone would say, I will give you eight million 119 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: dollars to spend a weekend with this guy telling you 120 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: five minute stories. I'll do that. I'll take that deal. 121 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: Oh my god, that does seem like torture, Like just 122 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: on a loop. You just keep living the same thing, 123 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: groundhog Day. You know it's funny. Is last night at 124 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: dinner my kids who are seventeen and fourteen, my teenage boys, 125 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: for some reason, they asked me about my bachelor party. 126 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: And my bachelor party, I went to Vegas with a 127 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: bunch of buddies, and then that night we were going 128 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: out to dinner. That Saturday night, I walked into one 129 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: of my buddies hotel rooms and he's like, man, you 130 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: look great tonight. I'm like thanks, And he pulls out 131 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: an Elvis polyester one piece jumpsuit, a wig, and oversized 132 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: plastic gold glasses, uh sunglasses for me to wear. And 133 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: I was dressed as Elvis the entire night. And I 134 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: gotta tell you, you you want to have the greatest night 135 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: of your life dresses Elvis in Vegas for your bachelor party. 136 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: You are the front of the line everywhere. And then 137 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: somehow my wife, who doesn't even know I have a podcast, 138 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: even though I've mentioned it a thousand times, knew exactly 139 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: where the pictures were from. My bachelor party in and 140 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: found them and showed them to the kids. You gotta 141 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: post them. You gotta post them in that either the 142 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: slack or you gotta post those chats. Walk right into 143 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,679 Speaker 1: that one, didn't I, Eric, Yeah, this one's pretty easy 144 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 1: for like this, You know, crowd, isn't it. I mean 145 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: to not be able to bet on sports for like 146 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: three to six months, like Oral Roberts was trapped in 147 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: his office for three months, like let's say three months 148 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: now betting on sports for eight million dollars, I do it. No, 149 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: that's a terrible answer. That's awful. Simon is putting himself 150 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: in a endless loop of torture. And you're saying I 151 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: won't bet on sports for three months or six months, 152 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: but by the time football rolls around, all of eight 153 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: million dollars to bet on sports again. Forget about it, Darren. 154 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: You gotta beat something. Well, Listen, I've done more crazy 155 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: things in the last two years thanks to Fade revel 156 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: presented by Points Bent than arguably any person in the world. 157 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: When I think about what would really be the worst 158 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: thing for me, and I heard Simon with spiders, I 159 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: think of a a creature. When I was five, I 160 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: stepped on a frog and it's squished. It's been, you know, 161 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: thirty eight years since that happened, and I still feel 162 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: the gooze in the bottom of my shoe. And I 163 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: am scared of frogs like you wouldn't believe. When I 164 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: found in my pool filter a bull frog two years ago, 165 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: I screamed so loud that someone was going to call 166 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: the police because they thought someone was being murdered. I 167 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 1: will stay in a room full of as many frogs 168 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: as you could put in it for I would do 169 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: it for a week two eight billion dollars. You know what. 170 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 1: Here's when you won. You won when you said stepped 171 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: on a frog. It actually gave me the willies like 172 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: I had, like the shivers, and I felt my shoulders shake. 173 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: That's when I knew you want. I had a visceral 174 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: feeling about the frog. Darrivel you in our first prompt 175 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: of what would you do for eight million dollars stay 176 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: in a room full of frogs for a week? Nice job? 177 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: Round two? Are you guys ready? Here we go, Let's 178 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: play a game we call shop around March Madness has 179 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: been great so far, and to celebrate, a trio of 180 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: Sweet sixteen matchups. I will present you with three things, 181 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: okay number one, a retail item number two and actual 182 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: eBay item with a buy it now option number three, 183 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,319 Speaker 1: a specific dollar amount to spend. Your job is to 184 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: tell me which you can afford and which you can't. 185 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: So Simon, you have eighty dollars? Can you afford? This 186 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: is the actual item the original face value of two 187 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: good seats to the Villanova Georgetown n C double A 188 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: championship game, or this item currently on eBay A Baylor 189 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:28,719 Speaker 1: apron from one with kitchen quarterback across the front. You 190 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: got eighty bucks. Which of these two things can you afford? 191 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: Goes you way further back then, So I'm gonna go 192 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: to Georgetown Villanova game. You're close. The tickets were forty 193 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: three dollars each, so that was eighty six the apron 194 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: somehow the apron is seventy dollars. Steele, Dr Eric, you 195 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: have three and can you afford the total price of 196 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: all forty entrees at Hugoes, trip Advisor's top rated restaurant 197 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I know Matt Mitchell is so big 198 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: Z and I cannot believe he actually did the research 199 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: thought of this question and then research the forty entres 200 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: that Hugoes at trip Advisor's top Radar restaurant in Fayette, Arkansas, 201 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: or an autographed first edition of Oral Roberts autobiography currently 202 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: on eBay. Again, you have three given what the money 203 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: that the televangelists rake in, I'm gonna go with Hugos. Listen, 204 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: Dr Eric, you did the math? I feel like that 205 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: should be your buzzword. Like if if this were a sitcom, 206 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: it would be like, Dr Eric did the math? Have 207 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 1: you seen the plans at these dudes fly in? Yeah? 208 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: No joke right. The cost of the entrees at Hugoes 209 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: is three hundred and nine five dollars the book short, 210 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: nice answer, Dr Eric. Darren, you have fifty dollars? Can 211 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: you afford a legitimate, fully tanned beaver pelt for sale 212 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: on Etsy? Or a mid condition to was an eighteen 213 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: Sister Jean Leola Chicago bubble head currently available on eBay. 214 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: By the way, don't forget Darren revel Buyer's Market every 215 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: other week on Sunday's sponsored by eBay. I'm gonna say 216 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: that a beaver pelt is relatively expense I mean, it's 217 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: a real Beaver pelt compared to a produced bubble head. 218 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 1: I know the original cost of that bubble head was 219 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: twenty five dollars, so I don't know how much Dave 220 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: inflated it, but I'm going to say the Sister Jeane 221 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: bobble head is the cheaper of the two. The pelt 222 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: is forty five dollars, the bubble head is eight. I'm 223 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: going to protest that question, so on the protest is noted, 224 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 1: it will be ignored. All right, guys, Next up, March 225 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: Madness is fun, but nothing beats the NFL. So let's 226 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: build a fan duel. Parlett looking at the championship odds 227 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: for the Sweet sixteen and the latest Super Bowl odds 228 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: of Simon, You're gonna love this. Make your case for 229 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: the best championship parlay combining a Sweet sixteen team with 230 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: their closest NFL team. Eric so I interpreted close closest 231 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: as like geography, so I'm going with Syracuse and Buffalo. 232 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: I think you're trying to play to the producer Matt Mitchell, 233 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: who grew up in western New York and loves the 234 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Dr Eric takes Buffalo and Buffalo Bills and 235 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: Syracuse for seven one. I actually had the same answer. 236 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: I am going with the Buffalo Bills and the Syracuse Orange. 237 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: Oh all right, well, Darres taking the same thing. I 238 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: did it backwards, like I didn't do sweet six team. First, 239 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: I did how far down can I get to a 240 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: real winner? And I got Buffalo, And then I said, okay, 241 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: well what's the closest team? Syracuse? Wow? What a joy? 242 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: There's only two teams that are have worse odds than Syracuse. 243 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: And when you're making a parlor, you got to take 244 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: a step. So seven one that's what I went with 245 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: as well. All right, Eric and Darren both went with 246 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: Buffalo Syracuse. Simon, what do you got, buddy? Yeah? I 247 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: thought was like, who has the closest odds and one another? 248 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: So a team I love in the tournament that's still 249 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: got great odds. Oregon State the Beavers plus seven thousand, 250 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: and we talked about them on our last show. The Giants. 251 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: I might not believe in them, but they do have 252 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: a chance, and their odds are pretty crazy where they're 253 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: plus six thousand, five hundred. So combining those two together, 254 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: it's like you bet ten bucks you're gonna win three 255 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: dollars so Oregon State and the Giants? How many? How 256 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: much money is going to be lost by by people 257 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: chasing the Josh Allen thing? Right? Like quarterback who's crap 258 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: for the first couple of years can at the broadside 259 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: of the barn ends up being eventually very good? Are 260 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: we applying this to Drew Lock and Daniel Jones? Like? 261 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: How much? How many futures bets are gonna be placed 262 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: by Josh Allen? Like quarterbacks coming up here? The host 263 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: of the podcast did that, But I will say the 264 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: host of the podcast also bet on probably one third 265 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: of the teams in the NFL thanks to Simon Hunter. 266 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: And by the way, Simon Hunter, you win, my friend. 267 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: You know why I interpreted the question the same way 268 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: you did. I wasn't thinking closest geographically. I was thinking 269 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: which odds are closest for teams in the Sweet sixteen 270 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: and teams in the NFL? Because you think like I think, 271 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: because I think like you think, and we are companions 272 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: you in that round. This show is bullshit, your bullshit. 273 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: Let's get an update on the score. Dr Eric has 274 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: one point. He answered one question correctly, not so smart 275 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: he Simon has two points. Simon barely went to college 276 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: and was a grip on Jersey Shore. Darren went to Northwestern. 277 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: He has two points. So right now, the guys with 278 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: fewer degrees are beating the guy with the most degrees. 279 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: That's how I'm seeing it. It's it's it's a couple 280 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: of degrees of separation, all right. Round three. The season 281 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: that never sleeps. Gamblers have kept a keen eye on 282 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: NFL free agency, with familiar faces landing in new places 283 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: all month long. Let's talk about it, Simon, Oh boy. 284 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 1: The Indian Apples Colds been quiet this offseason, except for 285 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: a trade for quarterback Carson Wentz, who look to recapture 286 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: his college heyday in North Dakota State. Wentz was a 287 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: member of five national championship teams, and they've now won 288 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: eight of the last nine FCS titles. That is North 289 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 1: Dakoast State. Besides the Bison, nine other FCS programs have 290 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: won the national championship this century. Name one of them. 291 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 1: I'm hoping this is right because this is a this 292 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: is a really legendary school in the East Coast, because 293 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: that has some of the prettiest women. J m U. 294 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: James Madison University a lot of good times down there. 295 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: That's a that's a fun party school. We're looking for 296 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 1: a smaller school that sounds a good football program. Jam 297 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: you man, that's a fun school. It's it's ridiculous. You 298 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: have like this glee When he gets it right, you're like, yes, 299 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: I mean, what kind of judge does that? Don't be 300 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: gel staring. I just I just came on this show 301 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: thinking it was going to be a fair It's still 302 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: may be fair. I gave you the frog answer. I 303 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: didn't give it to Simon. By the way, dr Era, 304 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 1: he's not complaining. He's smarter than all of us combined. 305 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 1: He's not complaining. The Pro Football Focus guys complain a 306 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: lot less than the Action Network guys. By the way, 307 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: that's why they're winners, Darren. The Dallas Cowboys are currently 308 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: thirty to one to win the Super Bowl after locking 309 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: up quarterback Dak Prescott with a contract worth a hundred 310 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: million guaranteed. A hundred and twenty six million dollars is 311 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: just enough to give one dollar to every citizen of 312 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 1: this Asian country consisting of five main islands um let's 313 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: say Japan Japan. Eric After Drew Brees retired, many assumed 314 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 1: Jamis Winston will be the new Orleans Saints starting QB 315 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 1: after he resigned last week. They also restructured the deal 316 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: of their due it all quarterback Taysom Hill. His new 317 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: four year, one hundred and forty million dollar contracts seems outrageous, 318 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: but is actually a clever maneuver to immediately free up 319 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 1: more money against the salary cap. It reminds many in 320 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: the region of another seemingly expensive deal that turned out 321 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,719 Speaker 1: to be a brilliant asset maneuver, the Louisiana purchase and 322 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: Matt Mitchell's right. I believe the time to pick a 323 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 1: n did a front page at bed on How Taysom 324 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: Hill do you? Is just like the Louisiana purchase. In 325 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: eighteen oh three, the United States paid fifteen million dollars 326 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: for the Louisiana territory from this French ruler. The history 327 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: is not is not my strong suit. I'm going to 328 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: give you a hint. Okay, I'll put it in math terms. 329 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: The total number of letters in his first and last 330 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 1: name is. I don't think that's gonna help that off 331 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: for me. Some would say he tried to compensate for 332 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: his height by conquering lands. Oh man, I'll have to pass, 333 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: do I do? I lose a point for passing. You 334 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: lose a point for being a fucking PhD and not 335 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 1: knowing that Napoleon the only fresh ruler that anybody in 336 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: any history class knows. Sorry Jesus Christ, Dr Eric H. 337 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: Here's the next prompt. The Buffalo Bills enjoyed a breakout 338 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: year from Josh Allen, and earlier this month signed a 339 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 1: much malign quarterback named Mitch true Whisky to serve as 340 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: his new backup. Please give me your best comparison for 341 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 1: this kind of backup plan. For example, like I'm saying, 342 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: backing up Josh Allen with Mitch true Bisky is like 343 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 1: your wife saying she can't go on your honeymoon, so 344 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: you go with your dentist instead. Daring you're up first. Uh. 345 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: I had a aquarium in my house, and I was 346 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:43,439 Speaker 1: on a plane, and I was having I had a 347 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: fake aquarium, and I bought a shark. But I thought 348 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: I bought a shark with fake dollars. When I got 349 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: off the plane, it turned out that it charged my 350 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: credit card fifty dollars for a fake shark, and so 351 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 1: I thought I was getting a fake shark for free, 352 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: and I out a fake shark for money. What what, 353 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: I don't even get it. That's terrible, Eric, this is 354 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 1: your chance to redeem yourself. You know, one of the 355 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: great television shows in the last decade, House of Cards, 356 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: when Frank Underwood played by Kevin Spacey, became the president, 357 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 1: he chose one Donald Blies to be as vice president, 358 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: who had to be the weakest person in that entire show. 359 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: The the idea of backing up Frank Underwood with Donald 360 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: live to me like one of the backup plans that 361 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: stuck out to me as being one of the worst. 362 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: I loved that show. Amazing show. And then after all 363 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: the sexual assault allegations against Kevin Spacey, he kind of 364 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: went around the bend right and just kept responding to 365 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: the allegations as Frank Underwood and that was fucking weird. Yea, 366 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: but that is a great, great answer, Eric, Simon, give 367 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: me an answer that I'm assuming we'll just be better 368 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 1: than everybody else's. Oh yeah, this is this is an 369 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: easy one. You'd be shocked into the shot. I was 370 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: a problem shot as a kid. Um If I saw 371 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,199 Speaker 1: a fire alarm, I had to pull it and that 372 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: probably went from like age eight to like ten, could 373 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: not be left alone. I always a pull fire alarm. 374 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: So my dad I think he had enough and he goes, 375 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 1: you want to go to Disneyland, and he hyped it 376 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: up and I was like, yeah, let's go to Disneyland 377 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 1: and packed all my stuff in the car. It was 378 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 1: just me and him going. I thought we were going, 379 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,959 Speaker 1: and he took me to It was like this rinky 380 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: dinky like fair park kind of thing where they had 381 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 1: like a little roller coaster. Like I thinking, I'm parking 382 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: lot of a strip mall. He goes, this is where 383 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: I'll take you, and I'm taking your brothers a Disneyland. 384 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 1: You keep being bad. So this is like a perfect 385 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: example of you think you're going to Disneyland, you're getting 386 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, and then you get your local strip mall, 387 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 1: roller coaster and Mitsky. Oh my god, that's horrible and amazing. 388 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: And as I listened, I really wanted Dr Eric to win, 389 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 1: because he deserves it. But that answer is just too good. 390 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: That's that that's such a great parenting move. I kind 391 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: of want to use it right now. That's a good answer, Simon, 392 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: you win. I'm sorry, Dr Era, in honor of our 393 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: very special guest, doctor Eric Eager, who earned a math 394 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: PhD from the University of Nebraska, also known as n You. 395 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: We're going to celebrate some of society's most determined and 396 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: resilient contributors, who, even at the top of the game, 397 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: too often toil in obscurity. We're talking, of course, about 398 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: and NHL players and the world's foremost scientists. So we're 399 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: going to play a little game we call hockey player 400 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: or famous scientist. The game is very simple. I give 401 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: you a name, You tell me if it's a current 402 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: NHL player or one of planet Earth's greatest scientist. Fucking 403 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: Matt Mitchell is unbelievable. I cannot believe this is how 404 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 1: he spent it. It's such it's so fascinating. Darren Europe first, 405 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: Martin carplus scientists or hockey player scientist quantum chemist who 406 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: won the two thousand thirteen Nobel Prize in chemistry. Very nice, 407 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: Eric Christian now Slane voll Hard. I don't know much hockey, 408 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna take a stab that this is an 409 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: NHL player. You studied mathematical biology, development biologist. She was 410 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: really in physiology, and medicine. Good for her. Simon news 411 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: hog Lander, legendary defender. I'll take a hockey player. He 412 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: is a hockey player. He plays for the Vancouver Canucks. 413 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: Darren Vene Vestergard how I would say that's a scientist, 414 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 1: Danish quantum physicist named world Dane in two thousand ten. 415 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm pronouncing these names so well, and 416 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 1: I don't even know if it's read Eric Eric Ready 417 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: Jeene for shame. Well, there's a derivative named after for Shay. 418 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 1: So it's a scientist French American biotechnologist. He co invented 419 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: chemically amplified materials, a critical part of the miniaturization of 420 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: nearly all electronic devices. We all owe a debt to Mr. 421 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: Or maybe it's doctor for share Simon Joel Ericsson eck, 422 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: that's my second favorite ever microbiologists. I'm a scientist also 423 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: amazingly plays for the Minnesota Wild. I needed Simon and missing. 424 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: I thought you were tried. I thought you're gonna try 425 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: to trick me. Darren Thomas sued over the U he's 426 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: a hockey player. I said that over to you because 427 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: I figured it would throw you off and make you 428 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: think He was a Swedish hockey player, biochemist and leader 429 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: in the field of synaptic transmissions. Eric Eric Nicholas Ellers 430 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: come on, come on, wait Eric, Eric, Eric, you just 431 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: got a scientist. This goes against everything you guys teach 432 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: a tan, which is like you never do right. Maybe 433 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: we're loading, but I will say I will say hockey 434 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: player though, plays for the Winnipeg Jets. Way to go, Eric, 435 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: Way to follow the math Simon Yegor Sharon go Vich 436 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: definitely sounds like a Russian hockey player. Bogo scientist dude 437 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:24,120 Speaker 1: plays for the New Jersey Devils. No, no, no, no, 438 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: I'm wearing as we speak. You're a Flyers guy. Here 439 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: we go. Well done, Matt Mitchell. That was fantastic, an 440 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: amazing segment. Right now. The current score Darn Revel has five, 441 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: Simon has four, Eric has three. I like that it's 442 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: a close race. I kind of want Eric to win. 443 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: Just saying if anyone's betting on this, which there probably 444 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: should be some lines on this posted on some sports book. 445 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: Let's work on getting a sponsor for that. On this podcast, 446 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: we celebrate math and science because both play a huge 447 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: role in the world of sports gambling. Into a less 448 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: interesting extent at the rest of our lives. Imagine you're 449 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 1: in charge of a hundred million dollar research budget at 450 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: a major university. You aren't charge with advancing the art 451 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: and science of sports betting and therefore the betterment of 452 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 1: planet Earth. What research do you immediately green light? What 453 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: do you hope to discover? Darren, you're up first. Well, 454 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: I've been talking a lot about dopamine and all these 455 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: things and basically saying that everything is sports betting these days. 456 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: I would try to do some sort of science project 457 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: involving nerve function and dopamine study to figure out how 458 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: sports betting is different from crypto is different from investing 459 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: in memorabilia is different. So study all those areas and 460 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: find out if sports betting has a holds a different 461 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 1: nerve function or part of your brain than other gambling outfits. 462 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: I would like to know how sports betting is different 463 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 1: from other forms of gambling biologically. Oh my god, that's 464 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: such a good idea. I'm so proud of you. That's 465 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: a great answer. Let's do it. Eric. I like Darren's answer. 466 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 1: The question is how do you build in a control? 467 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: Because I would say that's a lot of money. So 468 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: you could obviously build a sports book within a university. 469 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 1: Anybody you know signing up for a college now gets 470 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: a card that has you know, Bison Bucks or Dragon 471 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 1: Dollar or something like that. Every student is subsidized, given 472 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: a certain bankroll every single year that they're allowed to bet. 473 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: And the data from which these these students you know 474 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: bet with is publicly available through a dot gov account, 475 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:33,679 Speaker 1: so that all the great people at Action Network, PFF, Gambling, Twitter, 476 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: whatever can study the patterns and behaviors of eighteen to 477 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: twenty two year olds betting. You know, the National Science 478 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: Foundation's money. Interesting. Interesting, So you want to build a 479 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: controlled sports betting experience on a campus. What is the 480 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: end result? You're gonna be like a sports book. You're 481 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: gonna have you know, user behavior. You can find out 482 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: what the characteristics are going on, tilt are, who, who 483 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: the sharp betters are, how how do they synthesize information? 484 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: And obviously that data being available means that every single 485 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,719 Speaker 1: statistics class on that university will be the best statistics 486 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: class that's ever been invented. But why can't I just 487 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: do that in partnership with a sports book? I guess 488 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: the difference is like you get access to the human beings, right, 489 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: access to the human beings, but also the data would 490 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: be free, like publicly available since it's a you know, 491 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 1: United States funded research project, just like a fit data 492 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: is available and stuff like that. Let me ask you 493 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: a very important question. Your success in this game depends 494 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: on you answering this correctly. If you had never heard 495 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: Darren's answer, would you include the ability to study all 496 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: speculative markets so that way you could truly understand the 497 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: difference between n f T, crypto and sports betting, etcetera. Yeah, 498 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: I think it's a bigger problem though, right, because part 499 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: of the using the money is to build the experience, right. 500 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: I think the experience of sports betting, to Darren's probably point, 501 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: it sets it apart. You don't go to a bar 502 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: to like buy an option, you know, drink beer and 503 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: watch that thing evolve over time. I like your answer 504 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 1: a lot. It feels very practical, and it might it 505 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: might consume Darren's idea. It might. Simon, I would update 506 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:22,239 Speaker 1: the doomsday clock. It's been like a minute away from 507 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: the world destruction since like the sixties. I want to 508 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: update it with sports gambling nods. So I want to 509 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: know are we minus two hundred to keep going for 510 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: the next year, are we are we plus two thousand 511 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: to be knocked out in the next couple of years. 512 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: I wish they would update it where it's like gambling 513 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: nods instead of just like clock that's like, oh, we're 514 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: five minutes away, or we're one minute away, we're thirty 515 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: seconds away. I feel like it would be a great 516 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: thing to come by in both worlds at the end 517 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: of the world and the gambling nods. I think part 518 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: of the way you sell an idea is in the 519 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 1: language selling an idea that says we're spending a hundred 520 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 1: million dollars to update the doomsday clock. It's like saying 521 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: we're going to Mars. There may be a practical application, 522 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 1: there may not be a practical application, but it will 523 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: rally people. It will get people excited. There will be 524 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: stories about in the paper, Oh my god, the doomsday clock. 525 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: It's being updated to reflect where we are in society, 526 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: which is increasing legalization of sports betting, increasing in acceptance 527 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: of sports betting, increasing love of sports betting. And we're 528 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: spending this money because it will make people happier and 529 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 1: help them better understand what sports betting is I'm not 530 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: going with the fucking geeks. I'm going with doomsday. Clock. 531 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: Whole show is rigged. The whole show is rigged. Here 532 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: is the current score for our grand finale. Simon now 533 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 1: has five, Darren's got a five. Air Scott the ra 534 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: al Right, here we go. I need Eric to fucking 535 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: rally here. The topic is the Kansas Jayhawks. How much 536 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: would you guys each like to risk? Please text your 537 00:31:55,080 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 1: amount to producer show creator. Nothing doomsday about him, Matt Mitchell. Okay, 538 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: here we go. Starting around CBS, broadcasters began referring to 539 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: this round of March Madness as the Sweet Sixteen, before 540 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: learning it was already trademarked by the Kentucky High School 541 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: Athletic Association. The trademark issue was eventually settled, but also 542 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: gave America one of the biggest upsets in n C 543 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: Double A Championship history, when six seated Kansas defeated one 544 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: seed Oklahoma in the finals as eight point underdogs. On 545 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 1: the floor, Kansas was led by Danny Manning and the 546 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: team was nicknamed Danny in the Miracles. But on the bench, 547 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: Kansas was led by this coach, the only coach ever 548 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: to win both in n C Double A and nb 549 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 1: A Championship. The answers are in, and the answer is 550 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: Larry Brown. He also won with the Detroit Pistons. Simon, 551 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: give me your answer and the points that you ajured. 552 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 1: I'm embarrassed the Sixers fan. I knew it was him, 553 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 1: and I couldn't remember his last name. I was like, 554 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: it's Larry something. So I sold out and I said 555 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: Phil Jackson, like, I only waged at one point, so 556 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: I'm at four points. Now, Wow, interesting strategy. Last week 557 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: you went all in, okay, Darren, I did answer Larry Brown, 558 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 1: and I wagered zero? What yes? Why? Because I thought 559 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: that I couldn't deal with Kansas upset alert. But when 560 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: you go history on me, when you go sports history 561 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: on me, I'm real good. So I was not sure 562 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: you were going to go back, and once you go back, 563 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 1: Once you went back, I was like, oh my god, 564 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: I have I have five points. Now you've got five, 565 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: Simon's got four. This is for all the marbles right here. Yeah. 566 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 1: My NBA knowledge has declined substantially over the last ten 567 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: fifteen years. Luckily for me, Larry Brown was coach prior 568 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: to that time. I shoved all three of my chips 569 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 1: into the middle and said, Larry Brown, no way. This 570 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: is Dr Eric Eager Pro Football Focus, proving it coming 571 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 1: through in the end, using all his algorithms that he 572 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: studied for all these years to give himself six points 573 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 1: to win the Thursday Thunderdome and bringing up the rear 574 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 1: for the second week in row. Simon Hunter, you have 575 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 1: no bigger advocate than the host and judge of the show. 576 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,439 Speaker 1: I know I'm good with the imagination, so I can 577 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: give fun questions, but these Jeopardy questions when you keep 578 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,680 Speaker 1: killing me, You're You're doing questions before the nineteen nineties, 579 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 1: before I was even born. You're killing me. I freaking 580 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 1: love it all. Right, before we sign off, here's a 581 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,759 Speaker 1: word from our fearless leader, Action Network CEO Patrick King. 582 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,240 Speaker 1: You do not handed trapped like this. I should fire 583 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: you and burn down your freck Alright. This has been 584 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:02,359 Speaker 1: the favorites from the Vavolume podcast network. It has been 585 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 1: the Thursday Thunderdome Trivia edition. I want to thank my 586 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,359 Speaker 1: co host, Simon Hunter. I want to thank Action Network 587 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,320 Speaker 1: analyst Dann Rivel. I of course want to thank our winner, 588 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:16,800 Speaker 1: the brilliant Dr Eric Eager of Pro Football Focus until 589 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:21,240 Speaker 1: next time. Download us from Apple Podcasts, from Spotify, wherever 590 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 1: you get your podcast. I am Chad Nolman. Love you.