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Speaker 1: Yeah baby, Okay, let's get into college football because this
Speaker 1: is the season of change. Holy cow, there's so much
Speaker 1: to go over. Let's start with conferences. So you said
Speaker 1: you don't know much about college football. Let me just
Speaker 1: give you a quick quick preview. There are five major
Speaker 1: conferences and it's called the Power five. And then there
Speaker 1: are five kind of second tier conferences in historical context
Speaker 1: called Group of five. So you got P five and
Speaker 1: G five. You with me? I'm with you. I'm with you,
Speaker 1: cool and that's just more for abbreviations purposes. So we're
Speaker 1: mostly going to focus on Power five on this podcast
Speaker 1: as we look at betting lines. But I will tell you,
Speaker 1: if you are a true college football fan, you're gonna
Speaker 1: want to bet on some of those Group of five
Speaker 1: matchups because some crazy things happen in those games. But
Speaker 1: let me play this out for you. The SEC is King,
Speaker 1: always Ben King, and I know I'm biased because I
Speaker 1: went to U G. A. But it's just the truth.
Speaker 1: And in July, Oklahoma and Texas, who are part of
Speaker 1: the Big Twelve, they said, yeah, we're done here. We
Speaker 1: want to go hang out with the cool kid table,
Speaker 1: and they accepted invitations to the SEC. This is supposed
Speaker 1: to happen in so much ado. Right now, they are
Speaker 1: still in the Big twelve four now, but in is
Speaker 1: the target year that oh you and Texas are going
Speaker 1: to the SEC, which now expands them to six team teams.
Speaker 1: You can only imagine, your honest, the domino effect this
Speaker 1: app So get ready because this gets confusing. Okay, okay, okay,
Speaker 1: you're very quiet now because I'm just taking it in
Speaker 1: right now. I am I am in learning mode, which perfect.
Speaker 1: I have a d D. So make it fun and
Speaker 1: make it quick apparently. Okay, okay, So after this happens,
Speaker 1: everyone freaks out, especially the Big Twelve, because now they
Speaker 1: have lost some of their biggest properties. Oh, you in
Speaker 1: Texas are kind of it as far as our producers.
Speaker 1: A West Virginia guy, he's gonna be mad, I said that,
Speaker 1: But that's kind of it with a Big twelve. And
Speaker 1: now there's an alliance going on between the Pack twelve
Speaker 1: out West, the Big Ten in the Midwest, in the
Speaker 1: Big Twelve. And really it's all about TV deals. I
Speaker 1: know this because I've worked for multiple networks and I
Speaker 1: know the conversations that are had moving forward. All TV
Speaker 1: rights owned by those three conferences. It's all Fox and
Speaker 1: their offshoot networks. So in order to keep ratings up
Speaker 1: and be competitive against ESPN, who has the college football
Speaker 1: playoff rights and the National Championship rights, that's really the
Speaker 1: big value in terms of marketing and advertising dollars. So
Speaker 1: talks of these three conferences who are kind of getting
Speaker 1: left in the dust, They've decided they could potentially combat
Speaker 1: this by playing an eight game conference schedule and then
Speaker 1: two games against each other So that means you'd have
Speaker 1: eight games, you know, in the Big twelve whatever, and
Speaker 1: then you'd have to one against Pack twelve Big tens.
Speaker 1: So you could have Clemson playing their front schedule, which
Speaker 1: more or less is not too challenging, and then they
Speaker 1: could play Wisconsin, they could play Ohio State, then they
Speaker 1: could go play Oregon, they could go play Arizona State.
Speaker 1: So that's exciting. I think that's really good. But you
Speaker 1: can see already how messy this can get, right absolutely.
Speaker 1: That was such a great explanation. That was a little
Speaker 1: that was very behind the scenes and informative. Always follow
Speaker 1: the money, follow the cold hard cash. Okay, Well, this
Speaker 1: also has implications because before this things were really ramping
Speaker 1: up with an expanded playoff. This is the eighth year
Speaker 1: of the four team playoffs. So college football has been
Speaker 1: around over a hundred fifty years. It took about a
Speaker 1: hundred forty years of those to even get a playoff.
Speaker 1: Things move slowly in college football, let me just put
Speaker 1: it that way. So the fact that all of this
Speaker 1: is happening is pretty bizarre. But I think it's going
Speaker 1: to slow down the conversations of this expanded twelve team playoff,
Speaker 1: which everyone was really hot on for the last year
Speaker 1: two years or so. Um And here's why, because we
Speaker 1: found out it has to be a unanimous vote from
Speaker 1: this deciding board, you know, and whoever that is. But
Speaker 1: we do know from some interviews that have leaked and whatnot,
Speaker 1: that there are people very against it. So we know
Speaker 1: it's not going to pass because we know it won't
Speaker 1: be unanimous. So the expanded playoff doesn't look too soon
Speaker 1: to me. Another big change in is name image likeness
Speaker 1: and I L I know you've heard of this. It's
Speaker 1: the first year it was allowed as of July one,
Speaker 1: and players like Spencer Rattler, the Oklahoma quarterback who's a
Speaker 1: Heisman favorite, Bryce Young with the Alabama quarterback, they're getting
Speaker 1: seven figures off the field. And that's just kind of speculated.
Speaker 1: It could be more. It could be it could be
Speaker 1: a hefty, hefty cash. And we're already seeing these players
Speaker 1: in national commercials and Dr Pepper commercials, in you know,
Speaker 1: insurance commercials. It's not just signing a coupleographs at a
Speaker 1: local car dealer. This is a big deal. In fact,
Speaker 1: the Wisconsin quarterback Graham Murtz, his dad is in advertising
Speaker 1: and marketing. He more or less built a little small
Speaker 1: company around his son. And that's not even one of
Speaker 1: the biggest names in college football. So I mean, what
Speaker 1: are you thinking when you look at that? You honest, like,
Speaker 1: as someone who's not quite following college football so closely,
Speaker 1: now you're going to see some of these players on
Speaker 1: your TV. They deserve it. They so much money for
Speaker 1: the school, the coaches get paid so much. They deserve it.
Speaker 1: The only person who I could see being upset about
Speaker 1: this is Trevor Lawrence because he was a little too early.
Speaker 1: He would have got a sweet panting shampoo commercial deal,
Speaker 1: I hear you. But it's funny in this is too,
Speaker 1: you know for basketball as well. But like like my
Speaker 1: husband who played at Wisconsin and they went to final fours.
Speaker 1: He always says like he'd look up in the stands
Speaker 1: and he'd see a bunch of people in the stands
Speaker 1: wearing his number fifteen jersey, but not his name on
Speaker 1: the back because they couldn't do that. And do you
Speaker 1: know here he'd be on his little scholarship check, you know,
Speaker 1: trying to take a girl out on a date. She
Speaker 1: probably was a huge loser and could hardly pay no
Speaker 1: truly tell me that I hate her. Don't act like
Speaker 1: you don't know who she is. I know you did
Speaker 1: the Facebook stalking. Oh yeah no, every good new girlfriend
Speaker 1: has to do that. So anyway, so it's they're way
Speaker 1: more extreme stories than that. But I think, like you said,
Speaker 1: this is right, This makes so much sense. The only
Speaker 1: issue it's it's it's kind of unregulated and it's the wild,
Speaker 1: wild West. So you know, sit tight because this is
Speaker 1: going to be a storyline all season long. This is
Speaker 1: going to be good. It's a welcome change, and I'm
Speaker 1: glad to see a lot of these kids, uh reap
Speaker 1: some benefits from how much money they make for their programs.
Speaker 1: It's great. Absolutely, Well, there are going to be some
Speaker 1: names you have to know, and I'm going to drill
Speaker 1: them into your head, you honest, because you need to
Speaker 1: know at least some of the Heisman favorites. But before
Speaker 1: we get to that, there is kind of a joking
Speaker 1: all names team, which is always very entertaining. And let
Speaker 1: me just say this right off the bat, this is
Speaker 1: not poking fun at anyone. This is this is having
Speaker 1: fun with them, and I just want to I I
Speaker 1: sent you the link, have you opened it? I have
Speaker 1: not opened it, but it's I'll just blame it on COVID.
Speaker 1: I came across someone who came across someone who was
Speaker 1: exposed to COVID. I'm still using that excuse. That's not
Speaker 1: gonna fly here. You've you've got to help me with
Speaker 1: this list because it is so good. It's and a
Speaker 1: lot of them are nicknames. So these are people who
Speaker 1: have chosen to go by these names. And the first
Speaker 1: one I've just I've got to think is a nickname,
Speaker 1: but I have not verified that he's a juco player
Speaker 1: at Tyler Junior College. He's a quarterback in His name
Speaker 1: is General Booty b O O. T Y. General Booty,
Speaker 1: General Booty. I love General Booty. He's better than Captain Asshole.
Speaker 1: That is better that General Booty. We gotta we got
Speaker 1: to expect a lot of a lot from General Booty.
Speaker 1: He's got a you know you can Booty could also
Speaker 1: be pirate pirates get booty. Could also be when they raided,
Speaker 1: they get a lot of booty. So maybe one day,
Speaker 1: what if he plays for Tampa Bay Buccaneers, wouldn't that
Speaker 1: be appropriate? That's who should draft him. I mean, you're
Speaker 1: we're thinking like Madison Avenue right now. And that's the
Speaker 1: way you gotta think general booty. He's getting the booty
Speaker 1: for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for sure. Okay, I've got
Speaker 1: a good one. When you think of an offensive lineman,
Speaker 1: what are some adjectives that come to mind, like a big, scary,
Speaker 1: mean offensive lineman. Uh, white, fat and white. Well, what
Speaker 1: you wouldn't say is gentle. And that is the first
Speaker 1: name of a cal offensive lineman. Gentle Williams. Gentle Williams. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Gentle Williams, I'll just be gentle. That's that's the opposite
Speaker 1: of what he is going to be out there. He's
Speaker 1: got But you know what a guy like gentle Williams
Speaker 1: with the name Gentle Williams, that's sort of like the
Speaker 1: Mike Tyson thing. Like Mike Tyson had that voice, you know,
Speaker 1: he's like and so to compensate, he just beat the
Speaker 1: hell out of everybody. I think Gentle Williams having that
Speaker 1: name got teas so much. He's the guy you're gonna
Speaker 1: want to pick because you know that he overcompensated for
Speaker 1: having the name gentle. You know, he's the opposite of gentle.
Speaker 1: Here's one of my favorites he's a linebacker. And I
Speaker 1: remember hearing this on a game broadcast last year, but
Speaker 1: I'm seeing it on the list again. Bumper Pool. I
Speaker 1: like that. Yeah, bumper Pool, he got Arkansas. Saved your jokes,
Speaker 1: but he said Arkansas. He's just really glad that his
Speaker 1: mom didn't marry someone named car so he wasn't Bumper.
Speaker 1: At North Carolina, we have a defensive back named storm
Speaker 1: Duck Storm Storm Doc. You know, as a comedian, like
Speaker 1: when you sometimes perform in in the South, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of comedians that have names like hurricane or lightning.
Speaker 1: These these are rivaling a lot of those, like Southern
Speaker 1: comedian names. I love it. Yeah, it just sounds like
Speaker 1: his parents took two nouns and threw them together. I
Speaker 1: like that. Yeah, because my favorite things on the North
Speaker 1: Carolina coast. Yeah, they might have just looked to the left,
Speaker 1: look to the right, and the first thing they saw,
Speaker 1: they were just like, that's who we are. Better than
Speaker 1: Daffy or Donald Duck. Yeah, yeah, that would be dorm Duck. Okay,
Speaker 1: this last one sounds like one of your countrymen. He's
Speaker 1: a you mass punter in His name is George George Aopolis.
Speaker 1: He is de Yeah. Wow. The Greek names are unmistakable.
Speaker 1: They sound very much like diseases, like very rare diseases,
Speaker 1: like oh my god, did you get the Jannae pappas bad? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you got the honest pappas. That sounds untreatable. It's untreatable. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: his name is as Greek as you. Whenever you see
Speaker 1: the s at the end and it's more than three syllables,
Speaker 1: you can pretty much rest assured that that is a
Speaker 1: Greek kid who comes from a Greek family, who celebrates
Speaker 1: a different Easter than you, and his parents at some
Speaker 1: point owned a restaurant. There are so many more names
Speaker 1: on this list, and obviously people in all walks of
Speaker 1: life all around the country have goofy names, but in
Speaker 1: college football there seems to be a really high population.
Speaker 1: So maybe over the college football season we sprinkle in
Speaker 1: a couple. What do you think, I love it, sprinkle them?
Speaker 1: I need too. Well. Last week was Week zero, and
Speaker 1: if anyone watched the Nebraska Illinois game, which got a
Speaker 1: lot of attention because it was Week zero. By the way,
Speaker 1: that's a thing in college football. It's just ignore it.
Speaker 1: It's a stupid name. They really need to rebrand that.
Speaker 1: But there was a really really bad beat or it
Speaker 1: could have been a really great break, depending on what
Speaker 1: you picked. And this kind of leads me to one
Speaker 1: of our contests coming up where we're going to do
Speaker 1: a bad beat of the week. But listen to this.
Speaker 1: So the Nebraska Illinois game had a lot going on.
Speaker 1: It was a new head coach at Illinois, Brett Bilma,
Speaker 1: who was a great Wisconsin coach, got fired at Arkansas.
Speaker 1: He's back in the Big Ten. People love this man.
Speaker 1: I love this man. He's he's fantastic. Brett Belma back
Speaker 1: at Illinois, wins his first game at Nebraska's expense in
Speaker 1: the fourth year of their head coach Scott Frost, so
Speaker 1: he really could not afford that. Now, his record in
Speaker 1: four years at Nebraska is twelve and twenty one. I
Speaker 1: think he has the hottest seat in college football. So
Speaker 1: the over under on that game was fifty two and
Speaker 1: a half and because it's college football and because there
Speaker 1: are college kickers out there, they missed two p eight
Speaker 1: s and the final total was fifty two, Which brings
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Speaker 1: get to this week one and talk betting with Chelsea Messenger.
Speaker 1: She's the host of the Daily Tip on Odyssey. Let's
Speaker 1: see what she has to say about week one and
Speaker 1: playoff picture. Well, Week one of college football is upon
Speaker 1: us and we bring in the host of the Daily Tip.
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Speaker 1: joining us, Calsa. Hey, thanks for having me. I'm super
Speaker 1: excited to talk about college football, to talk about NFL,
Speaker 1: whatever you guys want to talk about, because it's one
Speaker 1: of those great times of year where we have baseball,
Speaker 1: we have collegue football, and the start of NFL. So
Speaker 1: I'm really excited. Absolutely, it is such an exciting week
Speaker 1: and so much to get to. Let's start with the
Speaker 1: number one team in the country, Alabama. They went thirteen
Speaker 1: and o last year, they're the Rainy National champs, and
Speaker 1: they kick off the season at number fourteen Miami. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of fun. But this point spread
Speaker 1: right now is a whopping eighteen and a half for Obama,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure that will even climb as we get closer. Chelsea,
Speaker 1: what do you think of that point spread to start
Speaker 1: the season off? Here's the thing. It really looks big,
Speaker 1: but if you look at Alabama over the course of
Speaker 1: the years and season openers under Nick Saban, there twelve
Speaker 1: and two against the number in season openers under Nick Saban.
Speaker 1: So nobody prepares their team better for these season openers
Speaker 1: the Nick Saban and that's including some top five H
Speaker 1: teams coming into the ranking. So it's not just pushover
Speaker 1: teams that they're beating against the number. It is good teams.
Speaker 1: That being said, if you look over the course of history,
Speaker 1: the teams that have given Alabama fits have been teams
Speaker 1: with dual threat quarterbacks. Yerick King looking to make another
Speaker 1: good year for Miami, and you look at those teams
Speaker 1: that gave Alabama trouble, Cam Newton, Nick Marshall at Auburn
Speaker 1: and also Johnny Manzel when he was back at Texas
Speaker 1: A and M So I think they have potential to
Speaker 1: give Alabama some issues here. But looking back at the history,
Speaker 1: twelve and two against the number, it's hard to fade Alabama,
Speaker 1: and it is a neutral site game and they've won
Speaker 1: their last ten neutral site games by an average of
Speaker 1: twenty five points. So yeah, eighteen and a half does
Speaker 1: not scare me away from playing that. But what you
Speaker 1: said with the Eric King in Miami's offense and second
Speaker 1: year under Red Lashly as offensive coordinator, I think Bama's
Speaker 1: defense is where they win games. This year. They return
Speaker 1: eight starters and their offense, new offensive coordinator, new quarterback.
Speaker 1: I think there are a lot of question marks on
Speaker 1: that side of the ball as they return only three starters.
Speaker 1: Sticking with Alabama, as you look forward, is it a
Speaker 1: safe national champ bet right there for you. I just
Speaker 1: don't think there's any value, because that's the thing. When
Speaker 1: you're looking at futures bets, you want some kind of
Speaker 1: value because if you play them right now, I just
Speaker 1: don't see a whole lot of value. And what are
Speaker 1: they plus two fifty plus three hundred to win it all?
Speaker 1: I think if you're looking for some value, look at
Speaker 1: Georgia and if you like them, play them right now
Speaker 1: before they play Clemson, because if you think they're a
Speaker 1: good team, if you think they can beat Clemson, those
Speaker 1: odds are gonna go in half if they beat Clemson
Speaker 1: in the first game of the season. So when you're
Speaker 1: playing the futures market, you're looking for number one value
Speaker 1: in number two, a way to kind of hedge your
Speaker 1: ticket as the season goes on, because even if you
Speaker 1: don't win, you can hedge it in ways and still
Speaker 1: make money. Yeah, right now, U g A and Ohio
Speaker 1: State tied at plus six hundred at bet MGM. When
Speaker 1: you look at the four playoff teams in general, what
Speaker 1: would you place in terms of value when you get
Speaker 1: past Bama and Clemson. Let's say what two teams you
Speaker 1: mentioned Georgia, But is there anyone else you throw in
Speaker 1: that bet. I think it's mostly just Georgia. For me.
Speaker 1: When we're talking about college football, there's not a whole
Speaker 1: lot of perry because it's the college football playoff. You
Speaker 1: have to be voted in, so it's not like the NFL.
Speaker 1: It's not like these dark horse teams actually have a shot.
Speaker 1: We've seen it over the course of years where there's
Speaker 1: teams like Coastal Carolina, like Cincinnati that are good teams,
Speaker 1: but they just don't have the schedule to get in.
Speaker 1: Maybe somebody from the Pac twelve, because I feel like
Speaker 1: we largely forgot about the Pac twelve last season. So
Speaker 1: if somebody is good enough from the Pac twelve to
Speaker 1: get in, maybe that's your answer there. But I just
Speaker 1: I don't see it right now. I want to know
Speaker 1: in your opinion, do you feel like that is because
Speaker 1: of how confusing the bowl system is. Do you think
Speaker 1: it should be sort of like one big tournament like
Speaker 1: they have in basketball to crown a national champion. Absolutely not,
Speaker 1: Like it's not the type of sport that lends itself
Speaker 1: to that, because number one, you just can't play that
Speaker 1: many games. Even though Mike Leach actually floated this idea.
Speaker 1: I think he was trying to be funny and saying
Speaker 1: sixt or four teams should play. I think it most
Speaker 1: it should be six teams because I think eventually we
Speaker 1: will see colleague football expansion happen. But I don't think
Speaker 1: it needs to go beyond six because usually at the
Speaker 1: end of the season, there's always maybe one or two
Speaker 1: teams that are question marks that maybe they should be in.
Speaker 1: And I do think maybe they should get a chance,
Speaker 1: teams like Cincinnati, UH and teams like Coastal Carolina. It
Speaker 1: would be a lot of fun. But beyond six, I
Speaker 1: don't think there's usually enough good teams to fill a
Speaker 1: college football playoff. Yeah, I like a group of five
Speaker 1: team getting in there too. And it seems like right
Speaker 1: now the conversations about a twelve team playoff are stalling
Speaker 1: because of the threat of realignment and all the change
Speaker 1: that's happening in season as is. But you see certain
Speaker 1: conferences coming out banging in their chest we are in
Speaker 1: for the six game playoff and all of this, but
Speaker 1: it does have to be a unanimous decision. So that
Speaker 1: is a storyline we're going to be following closely. Now.
Speaker 1: I've got kind of my sneaky. I don't know if
Speaker 1: it's a long shot per se, but I have a
Speaker 1: sneaky playoff pick team, and I want to see if
Speaker 1: you think I'm ludicrous here. I kind of like Notre
Speaker 1: Dame there plus seven hundred right now on bet MGM
Speaker 1: to sneak into the playoff. So I think that's a
Speaker 1: good vowe you. But there's a lot of question marks
Speaker 1: for Notre Dame. Am I absolutely crazy? And should I
Speaker 1: wait till their Week four game at Wisconsin to see
Speaker 1: how good they are? No? I don't think you're crazy,
Speaker 1: because no one gets more media hype than Notre Dame,
Speaker 1: even if it's not warranted. We've seen it over the
Speaker 1: past couple decades where sometimes they're voted in and sometimes
Speaker 1: they have no business being in the college football playoff.
Speaker 1: But they've got that track record of you know, they're
Speaker 1: a blue blood school, they're a big public team. So
Speaker 1: I wouldn't talk you off of it just on that alone.
Speaker 1: Do you think we're gonna be calling them the fighting
Speaker 1: Irish or is it gonna change soon? To the Notre
Speaker 1: Dame football team. I saw that where their mascot was
Speaker 1: voted offensive like to hoo to leprecauns, Like I don't know,
Speaker 1: Like I need to make sure that I'm watching when
Speaker 1: I say I don't want to say anything offensive. But
Speaker 1: it just seems like that's a bit of a stretch,
Speaker 1: and I mean hopefully not. You saw that they issued
Speaker 1: this long statement almost immediately, so the act that they're
Speaker 1: already responding to it. Maybe they have some kind of
Speaker 1: plan in place. I don't know. I don't want to
Speaker 1: say anything else, don't go in trouble. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: maybe just a little less offensive if they called it
Speaker 1: the Drinking Irish. Just here's what I do on the show.
Speaker 1: I just let Jana say the offensive stuff so that
Speaker 1: I stay clean. Would you be offended if there is
Speaker 1: a team called the Fighting news Os No, not at all.
Speaker 1: I think it would be fun. I think it should
Speaker 1: be the Diner Owning Greeks. There should be one called
Speaker 1: the Diner Owning Greeks. Did you see where they're mad
Speaker 1: at Arizona State for being the Sun Devils and somebody
Speaker 1: wants them to be the Sun Angels. Yeah, it's too much.
Speaker 1: Come on, Like devils aren't offensive, Like we know you're not,
Speaker 1: you know, doing black magic? Like, well, if that's the case,
Speaker 1: then I think Demon Deacons needs a long look as well. Well,
Speaker 1: Like Duke's not changing their name like the Blue Devils
Speaker 1: have been there forever. They have such the street like
Speaker 1: they're not changing their name Chelsea. As we hone in
Speaker 1: on the Week one matchups, we really only took a
Speaker 1: deep dive in one um because that's the number one team.
Speaker 1: Everyone's always looking at Bama. But what's another Week one
Speaker 1: matchup that you feel really confident in your play. Well,
Speaker 1: let's look at a couple of teams that have already
Speaker 1: played games this season, and I think that is a
Speaker 1: huge advantage for teams that played in Week zero. And
Speaker 1: you're looking at U c l A playing L s U.
Speaker 1: Now there's question marks about L s U because the hurricane.
Speaker 1: I think that's already a tough situation. They had to
Speaker 1: bus ride to Houston, and I think it turned out
Speaker 1: being an eleven hour bus ride because of all of
Speaker 1: the traffic. So already tough circumstances for L s U.
Speaker 1: But I think this is a really good U c
Speaker 1: l A team under Chip Kelly, who finally has all
Speaker 1: of his recruits. Is his fourth season at U c
Speaker 1: l A. They're coming off a huge win at Hawaii,
Speaker 1: which it's Hawaii. They look terrible, but Zack Charmona looked
Speaker 1: incredible at the running back position, piling up a hundred
Speaker 1: six yards and three touchdowns. Granted, the lineman he's going
Speaker 1: into an L s U are gonna be a lot bigger.
Speaker 1: L s U has the third biggest lineman core in
Speaker 1: the country. They're big guys. But I think L s
Speaker 1: U can cover the number here. I think it's three
Speaker 1: three and a half. I like U c l A
Speaker 1: at home to cover this number against L s U.
Speaker 1: That's a good one. I feel like U c l
Speaker 1: A just got a lot of momentum boost though, and
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly needed that. When we look also at Nebraska,
Speaker 1: that's another year four head coach who needed a win
Speaker 1: at Scott Frost loses his Week zero meeting at Illinois
Speaker 1: against Illinois and Brett b Lema there. As you look
Speaker 1: ahead in the Big Ten, then do you see some
Speaker 1: of those win totals looking a little sneaky After that game?
Speaker 1: I think the play was Illinois over three and a
Speaker 1: half wins now, you can't get it. I think that
Speaker 1: was the easiest one on the schedule. Obviously, you know hindsight.
Speaker 1: I haven't really dove into any of the win totals
Speaker 1: for the Big Ten though, so it would be like,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to give out a play that I'm
Speaker 1: not personally playing. I think Indiana maybe could surprise some people.
Speaker 1: They lose a lot of people from that squad, but
Speaker 1: they do have Michael Pinox Jr. Coming back, a dual
Speaker 1: threat quarterback that gave Ohio State the business. As I
Speaker 1: say that out loud, it probably should have said it
Speaker 1: that phrasing, but you get what I'm saying. You get
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like he gave them all they could handle.
Speaker 1: And he's a good quarterback. So in a game where
Speaker 1: quarterback truly means a lot, when you have a guy
Speaker 1: like that can make plays with his feet and really
Speaker 1: keep defenses off balance, I think that is a big factor.
Speaker 1: I'm just offended that you didn't refer to it as
Speaker 1: the Ohio State that's the proper Oh my goodness. People
Speaker 1: are gonna be bad about everything, So it's fine that
Speaker 1: can be mad. They can be mad and then get
Speaker 1: their next conference title in a row. It's fine. It's
Speaker 1: always smooth sailing for Ohio State. I don't like it
Speaker 1: I'm ready for that conference realignment where they have to
Speaker 1: play good teams. I would love to see, was that
Speaker 1: the Super Conference where they play like a team from
Speaker 1: the pack well and a team from the A c C.
Speaker 1: I would love to see it just for a viewing experience,
Speaker 1: but I'm not sure if it's truly gonna happen. I'm
Speaker 1: with you, Chelsea. I think that's good for college football
Speaker 1: is having them play eight conference games and two out
Speaker 1: of conference because any matchups like Ohio State Clemson in
Speaker 1: the regular season, how great would that be? I mean,
Speaker 1: I think I think it's good for the sport, Yeah,
Speaker 1: for sure. And you know, as a sports fan, that's
Speaker 1: what we all want. It's not about the kids, it's
Speaker 1: about us absolutely. I was just saying I would like
Speaker 1: to see Division one teams played Division three teams, just one,
Speaker 1: just a good beat down to watch, maybe like have
Speaker 1: you seen Mamma versus the Citadel? Like that is basically yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I want to see them play Sunny Albany. You can
Speaker 1: catch at Chelsea Messenger on the Daily Tip on Odyssey.
Speaker 1: Make sure you check it out. I hope to join
Speaker 1: you throughout the season as well. Chelsea. It's awesome talking
Speaker 1: with you. Thanks for your good advice, thanks for having me,
Speaker 1: and hopefully none of us are canceled after this, guys,
Speaker 1: is Week one coming up right now, everybody is doing
Speaker 1: their fantasy football draft, so we have brought in what
Speaker 1: do you want to go with? Matt, I like Maddie,
Speaker 1: Maddie Miller are fantasy football expert. I guess your friends
Speaker 1: call you Maddie, your mom calls you Matt right or Matthew.
Speaker 1: It's it's everything, you know. I get called a little
Speaker 1: bit of everything. So I answered to if I feel
Speaker 1: like people are asking a football question, I just started
Speaker 1: answering like, okay, yeah, So I appreciate you guys have
Speaker 1: me on today though, absolutely Matt. Let me in Olivia
Speaker 1: know who are the top picks that you see this
Speaker 1: year that people need to have on their fantasy teams?
Speaker 1: Right off the bat, Let's start with the with the
Speaker 1: must the perennial All Stars, and go all the way
Speaker 1: down to the and I don't want to stay down.
Speaker 1: I don't mean down because sleepers usually are what makes
Speaker 1: the difference between winners and losers. But let's start with
Speaker 1: the shore fire picks you have to have. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean I think for anyone who's been in a fantasy
Speaker 1: league before, or even people who are just getting into it,
Speaker 1: the most important thing is the running back position. And
Speaker 1: you know, when I started in this business eleven years ago,
Speaker 1: there were eighteen or nineteen running backs every year who
Speaker 1: would rush for a thousand yards. That has changed and
Speaker 1: we only saw eight running backs last year go for
Speaker 1: a thousand yards nine if you include Lamar Jackson there
Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. So it's very valuable. Whether you're
Speaker 1: in a PPR which is points per reception league or not,
Speaker 1: you really need to get that running back first. So
Speaker 1: I just went through my fantasy draft with my friends
Speaker 1: from high school and college that is super competitive, and
Speaker 1: running backs went off the board early and often, and
Speaker 1: my strategy was not only do I want to get
Speaker 1: to very early, I actually wanted to get three very
Speaker 1: early because this year we have to worry about an
Speaker 1: increased schedule, we have to worry about COVID, and you
Speaker 1: have to worry about, you know, just the wear and
Speaker 1: tear of that spot. So I think getting too even
Speaker 1: three running backs early is important. So Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook,
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara are the names that are probably gonna come
Speaker 1: up the board earliest. I'm still a believer in Ezekiel Elliott.
Speaker 1: With Dak Prescott back in Dallas, it just seems like
Speaker 1: they're offense will be back clicking like we we've seen
Speaker 1: it in the past. So outside of the top three
Speaker 1: guys will most likely be the top three picks in
Speaker 1: a draft. I do think Zeke has a lot of
Speaker 1: I guess you can call it sleeper value. It's still
Speaker 1: round one, but someone who's probably being overlooked right now.
Speaker 1: I don't play fantasy football, but if I did, your
Speaker 1: league would probably be one of the top ones I
Speaker 1: would not want to join. Why do your friends play
Speaker 1: against you? You know, I actually lost last year because
Speaker 1: I think that's why my friends play with me, because
Speaker 1: they want the bragging rights. Like last year, my younger
Speaker 1: brother beat me, and I've heard about it for you know,
Speaker 1: eight months now, and so and I had I had
Speaker 1: drafted a Juggernaut, right, But injuries happen, And I think
Speaker 1: that's why fantasy football is fun, because you can be
Speaker 1: in a league with people who are quote unquote experts.
Speaker 1: If their quarterback gets hurt, it really doesn't matter. And
Speaker 1: that's what happened. To me. Last year Lamar Jackson got COVID,
Speaker 1: there was like two or three weeks where I was
Speaker 1: really slowed down by that point wise, and so some
Speaker 1: people were able to overtake me. I think I finished third.
Speaker 1: I don't want to make it sound like I did
Speaker 1: terrible or anything. I still was up there, and Matt,
Speaker 1: I noticed you didn't mention Derrick Henry. He's led the
Speaker 1: NFL and rushing the last two seasons, and with a
Speaker 1: seventy game this year could even set a new rushing record.
Speaker 1: Why not mention him? Yeah, Olivia. What scares me that
Speaker 1: the Titans right now is so many of their players
Speaker 1: are out with COVID, and you know, obviously we know
Speaker 1: that's going to be a short term scenario or situation,
Speaker 1: but it seems like they're one of the teams that
Speaker 1: doesn't really have a handle on this right now. So
Speaker 1: I also think with the addition of Julio Jones, we
Speaker 1: might see them throw the ball a little bit more.
Speaker 1: Arthur Smith, their former offensive coordinator, is now in Atlanta,
Speaker 1: so I do think we could see some changes. Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry is still a workhorse back who should be a
Speaker 1: top six or seven pick. I think what makes him
Speaker 1: interesting is he's not going to catch the ball very often.
Speaker 1: So if you're in one of these leagues where you
Speaker 1: are getting points per reception, someone like Christian McCaffrey, who
Speaker 1: will have less rushing yards than Derrick Henry but catch
Speaker 1: a hundred passes, is incredibly valuable. And that's why even
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb is the starting running back to the Cleveland Browns,
Speaker 1: his backup, Cream Hunt is going to catch more passes,
Speaker 1: so their value might actually be equal. So you have
Speaker 1: to look at it. Not just Derrick Henry is gonna
Speaker 1: rush for two thousand yards, it's gonna have twenty touchdowns.
Speaker 1: That is amazing. But there are backs will rush for
Speaker 1: fewer yards who are are actually more valuable when it
Speaker 1: comes to fantasy. So if a lot of those guys
Speaker 1: are not available, who are some of the big sleepers?
Speaker 1: Is it Antonio Gibson? Who are some of the big
Speaker 1: running back sleepers that you would pick? Yeah, Antonio Gibson
Speaker 1: is a huge one. And we've seen the Washington football
Speaker 1: team even make some moves with their depth chart that
Speaker 1: indicates he's gonna just be the guy there who's gonna
Speaker 1: get the Lions show. This carries I think Austin Ekeler
Speaker 1: with the l A Chargers is someone who fantasy football
Speaker 1: players know a lot about, but we're the casual fan
Speaker 1: is probably like who. But Austin Ekeler is incredibly valuable.
Speaker 1: He's a top ten running back when it comes to
Speaker 1: fantasy football, So he's definitely someone that you might be
Speaker 1: able to steal from your casual fan friends in this
Speaker 1: league who are They're probably gonna focus more on the
Speaker 1: household commodities like a Joe Nixon or Josh Jacobs, you know,
Speaker 1: players who they've heard of who were earlier draft picks
Speaker 1: in the actual NFL draft. But I do think Austin Ekeler,
Speaker 1: you mentioned Antonio Gibson, two very good examples of players
Speaker 1: who were not early picks in the actual NFL draft,
Speaker 1: and they're playing for teams that haven't had super a
Speaker 1: massive success, so they're still flying under the radar. Now,
Speaker 1: we actually had Austin Ekeler on the show if people
Speaker 1: want to go back and listen to that. It was
Speaker 1: a great episode in the off season. But I saw
Speaker 1: on Twitter that he's giving away signed jerseys to everyone
Speaker 1: who wins with him in their fantasy draft, and that
Speaker 1: just doesn't seem fair. Are a lot of players doing that.
Speaker 1: I just saw Austin. He's the only one i've seen
Speaker 1: do that. And I didn't know that Olivia, which is
Speaker 1: good because I did draft him. Very excited about that,
Speaker 1: and hopefully I need that from my office rightly. I
Speaker 1: love the players who do engage with that. You know,
Speaker 1: we've we've seen over the years in attitude shift in
Speaker 1: the NFL, with first open to fantasy, now more open
Speaker 1: to betting, and I think the players are wisely getting
Speaker 1: involved with that of saying, hey, I want you to
Speaker 1: draft me. Whereas before it was like I don't care
Speaker 1: about your fantasy team. Now these players, whether it's Austin
Speaker 1: Eckler or Jujuice Smith Schuster, they're really starting to embrace that.
Speaker 1: I think it's smart, not only for their own personal brand,
Speaker 1: but it makes it so much more fun too. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go over wide receivers. Take me down the list. Yeah,
Speaker 1: a wide receiver. This is one that it's so almost situational,
Speaker 1: but I think the list starts with Davante Adams in
Speaker 1: Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers is back. He's gonna be the
Speaker 1: guy there. And I tend to favor wide receivers like
Speaker 1: this where they don't have a great running mate next
Speaker 1: to them. I say that to say that Tyreek Hills
Speaker 1: probably next, even though he has Travis Kelsey there in
Speaker 1: Kansas City. And as far as the tight ends go,
Speaker 1: if you look at this as just pass catchers, not
Speaker 1: by position, Travis Kelsey might be the most valuable pass
Speaker 1: catcher in all of football when it comes to fantasy points.
Speaker 1: So I think DeVante Adams, Tyreek Hill, Stefon Diggs, DeAndre Hopkins,
Speaker 1: even though he's battling injury right now, and then an
Speaker 1: up and comer Calvin Ridley in Atlanta is gonna see
Speaker 1: a ton of targets. You're gonna see a ton of catches,
Speaker 1: maybe the best route runner in all of football. Those
Speaker 1: would be my top five targeting targeting a wide receiver.
Speaker 1: But keep an eye on those tight ends because whether
Speaker 1: it's Travis Kelsey, George Kittle, Darren Waller, they have a
Speaker 1: ton of value as pure pass catchers where if you
Speaker 1: don't get an elite wide receiver, you can still get
Speaker 1: a ton of points by getting one of these elite
Speaker 1: tight ends. What about Odell Beckham Jr. I feel like
Speaker 1: that could be a real good sleeper. Do you think
Speaker 1: this is the season he settles in and goes for
Speaker 1: big numbers. I think that's possible. I know that their
Speaker 1: plan for him is that he's the guy. He's the
Speaker 1: guy they're going to try to, you know, push the
Speaker 1: catches too. I think what you have to worry about
Speaker 1: his injuries. You know there's things that once players have,
Speaker 1: you know, an injury history, it's very hard to overcome that.
Speaker 1: With O'Dell, as great as he's been, we've seen him
Speaker 1: injured in more seasons than we haven't, so I think
Speaker 1: you have to be cautious there. He's not a first
Speaker 1: round pick, he's not a second round pick, but in
Speaker 1: rounds three through five, the value could absolutely be there.
Speaker 1: You start to look at a player who could be
Speaker 1: a solid wide receiver number two for you, or even
Speaker 1: a wide receiver three, depending on how the rosters in
Speaker 1: your league work. When we look at Kyle Pitts in Atlanta,
Speaker 1: who we talk about a lot in the Rookie of
Speaker 1: the Year category here on this show, it's not favor
Speaker 1: to go to a tight end, but if he has
Speaker 1: an incredible season, it obviously could. Is he in your
Speaker 1: periphery at all? When you're looking at tight ends. He's
Speaker 1: been playing well in the preseason. He had a twenty
Speaker 1: seven yard pass catch the other day. Yeah, he has
Speaker 1: to be on your radar, and he was as a
Speaker 1: draft prospect. He definitely is as a fantasy prospect. I
Speaker 1: think a lot of people will be scared off because
Speaker 1: rookie tight ends generally don't produce that well. But let's
Speaker 1: just all agree that Kyle Pitts is not your average
Speaker 1: rookie tight end. I mean, he's we have never seen
Speaker 1: an athlete like this at the tighten position and going
Speaker 1: into an offense that you already have an established quarterback,
Speaker 1: you have a very good wide receiver in Calvin Ridley,
Speaker 1: and we know they're going to throw the ball a
Speaker 1: lot down there. So I think that's where Kyle Pitts
Speaker 1: becomes a really intriguing Optionore. He might not have eighty
Speaker 1: targets this year, but in the red zone, where Calvin
Speaker 1: Ridley is not the biggest wide receiver, I think that's
Speaker 1: where you get really excited about Kyle's potential to have
Speaker 1: eight to twelve touchdowns because he is able to be
Speaker 1: such a mismatch player in the red zone, which is
Speaker 1: what we saw Florida and the reason why he was,
Speaker 1: you know, the highest tight end drafted in modern history.
Speaker 1: And no Julio Jones either, Right, So somebody's gotta kept
Speaker 1: on space. Yeah, somebody has not that Julio is doing
Speaker 1: much of it lately. But Kyle pitches how about qbs? Yeah,
Speaker 1: quarterback I think you know, that's the one position where
Speaker 1: the guys who are good, Like if you were to
Speaker 1: sit around with your buddies in a bar and be like, hey,
Speaker 1: who's the best quarterback in the NFL? That's also the
Speaker 1: best quarterback for fantasy football, it's Patrick Mahomes and is
Speaker 1: really not close when it comes to fantasy I think
Speaker 1: one thing to remember again, if you're new to this,
Speaker 1: or if you you haven't been doing well and you
Speaker 1: want to change up your strategy. My strategy with the
Speaker 1: quarterback position is I gotta find somebody who can get
Speaker 1: me some points on the ground as well as a runner.
Speaker 1: And that's really the direction we've seen the NFL goes.
Speaker 1: So a player like Josh Allen is actually more valuable
Speaker 1: than Aaron Rodgers, player like Lamar Jackson might be more
Speaker 1: valuable than Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers because of what
Speaker 1: they're going to give you on the ground. So something
Speaker 1: to think about there is players like those two, but
Speaker 1: also Kyler Murray, even though he has had his struggles
Speaker 1: with turnovers, very productive on the ground. Dak Prescott and
Speaker 1: his return gonna give you quite a bit of production
Speaker 1: on the ground. Russell Wilson, Justin Herbert, the players who
Speaker 1: can add something as rushers, especially in the red zone.
Speaker 1: Of the guys that you really want to be looking
Speaker 1: at when it comes to the quarterback position. My best
Speaker 1: advice though is I don't rush the quarterback. Don't be
Speaker 1: that person who takes the quarterback and around one unless
Speaker 1: your league scoring is incredibly skewed toward that position. Great
Speaker 1: advice with the with the running all right, Maddie, I
Speaker 1: gotta ask you, do you think we've arrived where you
Speaker 1: can use bitcoin to bet in your league? Yet we
Speaker 1: might maybe? I don't know what in my league can
Speaker 1: afford it. If you can get in the league where
Speaker 1: you can do that, let's do it, right, Somebody, somebody
Speaker 1: float me a buy in. I want to. You just
Speaker 1: have to remember your password right right. Well, thank you,
Speaker 1: Maddie Miller really appreciate all the advice. Man, If you
Speaker 1: don't listen to Maddie, You're gonna lose. That was really
Speaker 1: good advice, especially at that QB position. Last question, say
Speaker 1: Kuan you were talking about coming off injuries. Is he
Speaker 1: gonna have a big gear and put up big numbers
Speaker 1: if you draft him. I don't think so. I worry
Speaker 1: so much about that offensive line. I worry so much
Speaker 1: about Daniel Jones and quarterback. It just feels like once
Speaker 1: again we're gonna see everyone scheme to stop say Kuan,
Speaker 1: which is what they've done in the past, and with
Speaker 1: all the trouble they've had in that offensive line. I
Speaker 1: love sake one, but I just don't know how you
Speaker 1: can really truly believe in him right now. It's a
Speaker 1: top fantasy back. That's a great little nugget for everybody.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Maddie Miller. We appreciate you've given
Speaker 1: us your wisdom, and I hope you win your league.
Speaker 1: Me to thank you, guys. I appreciate you having me. Hey,
Speaker 1: can you see if your younger brother can hop on next?
Speaker 1: We'd like to pick his brain today. I'll let him know.
Speaker 1: I'll let him know that that he beat me. Y'all
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Speaker 1: before we get to college football Week one and some
Speaker 1: of the lines there. As we record this Tuesday morning,
Speaker 1: the news just broke the Patriots waived Cam Newton, so
Speaker 1: maybe by Thursday he'll have a home when this air
Speaker 1: is But what are your thoughts on that move and
Speaker 1: what do you think about Mac Jones at the starting QB.
Speaker 1: It was a bit of a surprise to me, like
Speaker 1: I think most people, but Bell Chick, I think he's
Speaker 1: got something in this guy. I think he's looking like
Speaker 1: a Tom Brady definitely based off his college picture with
Speaker 1: the the flabby fat in the cigar in the mouth,
Speaker 1: kind of like Tom Brady's picture from what fifteen twenty
Speaker 1: years ago. Hey, we don't body shame on this podcast.
Speaker 1: We do not body shame for me, of all people
Speaker 1: to say that too. But but sorry, Mac Jones, I
Speaker 1: know you're listening here. Some great, uh I mean crazy
Speaker 1: line changes over the course of the last twelve hours.
Speaker 1: So that was some funny ones. First NFL m v P,
Speaker 1: he was plus twenty five thousand, so two fifty one. Uh.
Speaker 1: It went to plus eight thousand, so eighty two one,
Speaker 1: So big big difference there. I don't think he's gonna
Speaker 1: get m v P. But an interesting one offensive rookie
Speaker 1: the year from plus twelve hundred plus five hundred. That
Speaker 1: one was a little bit more feasible most passing yards
Speaker 1: from plus twenty thousand plus to plus five thousand, So
Speaker 1: assuming he plays a full season, I mean there's a legit,
Speaker 1: legitimate shot there. They're going to throw the ball most
Speaker 1: passing TVs and then most interceptions as well. So lots
Speaker 1: of different big line movements. All of them stayed pretty
Speaker 1: similar in terms of what it was and to what
Speaker 1: it is now. But he's the guy. I thought for
Speaker 1: a second this morning that maybe they had a move
Speaker 1: for to Shaun Watson coming in. Maybe that was the
Speaker 1: way that you get Matt Jones apt for maybe to
Speaker 1: get the Shawn here see what happens with all the allegations.
Speaker 1: But seems like mass a guy. And where do you
Speaker 1: think Cam may end up? And how will that change things? Yeah,
Speaker 1: so speaking of the Texans, I can see Cam going
Speaker 1: to to Houston. Who knows what's going to happen with
Speaker 1: the Shawn. It seems like they have a decision to
Speaker 1: make by four o'clock today, which is a couple of
Speaker 1: hours from now. Do they put them on the fifty
Speaker 1: three man roster? Do they say we're gonna pay you,
Speaker 1: but we're gonna pay you to sit on the bench
Speaker 1: and then what happens from there? Did they opt to
Speaker 1: do that? And who do they bring in a quarterback?
Speaker 1: So could see Cam going in a one year deal something,
Speaker 1: you know, two to five million dollars, a lot of
Speaker 1: performance incentives and maybe he's the guy. Okay, good stuff Again.
Speaker 1: By Thursday, the time this year is we may have
Speaker 1: an answer. Let's get to college football Week one. I
Speaker 1: am so pumped. I just filled in Honice on what
Speaker 1: even is going on in college football? So we are
Speaker 1: all caught up. We are already. One of the best
Speaker 1: games is actually at noon on Saturday in the Big
Speaker 1: ten It's nineteen pen State at twelve Wisconsin. The Badgers
Speaker 1: are five point favorite. Over under is fifty. What would
Speaker 1: you play here? Yes, I'm called Penn State plus five.
Speaker 1: I've leaned them with the points. They're pretty unimpressive against
Speaker 1: the spread as if recent especially conference road dogs, but
Speaker 1: I think they can surpress some people, so I think
Speaker 1: they make a decent splash the Big Tennis year. I
Speaker 1: certainly take them with the points. Maybe they don't win
Speaker 1: out right, but I think they keep it closer. Maybe
Speaker 1: it's a field goal game. We talked with Chelsea earlier
Speaker 1: about number one Alabama at fourteen Miami. That is a
Speaker 1: neutral site game, by the way, in Alabama has won
Speaker 1: their last nineteen season openers at eighteen and a half?
Speaker 1: Right now, would you take Bama? And I'm sure that's
Speaker 1: only going to get higher as we get closer to
Speaker 1: kick off. Yeah, they're gonna win again. I love Miami.
Speaker 1: I love Derick King, but and I do like plus
Speaker 1: eighteen and a half. Alabama will win the game, but
Speaker 1: I think they keep it within two touchdowns. Just really
Speaker 1: high spread, and it's a really interesting game for the
Speaker 1: Rick King, for Bryce Young and too Hysman hopefuls. I
Speaker 1: think there's a lot at stake, not only for Week one,
Speaker 1: but certainly for them to kind of carve their way
Speaker 1: through the year and and potentially be Hysman candidates. And
Speaker 1: then Saturday night, my alma mater, number five Georgia and
Speaker 1: number three Clemson. They kick off at Bank of America Stadium,
Speaker 1: That's where the Panthers play. That's gonna be a good one.
Speaker 1: Clemson is the three point favorite. What do you think? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not just pandering to you here, but I love Georgia.
Speaker 1: I love Georgia plus three and I also sprint a
Speaker 1: little bit moneyline. I think they're plus one twenty right now.
Speaker 1: I'm a big J T J. D. Daniel Sky. I
Speaker 1: think Clemson has lost a ton of production, predominantly on
Speaker 1: offense this year, and I think George's bringing up a
Speaker 1: lot of really really solid pieces. So I do like
Speaker 1: him plus three and like I said, I will put
Speaker 1: a little bit on the money learner as well. I
Speaker 1: wish I had an alma mater. Maybe that's why I'm
Speaker 1: not so into college football. You've got Georgia. You know,
Speaker 1: what are the chances of the American university gets a
Speaker 1: football team. I mean, we're a mid major in basketball.
Speaker 1: We need a bad football team. Well I'm the same way.
Speaker 1: I'm a St. John's guys. So we didn't have a
Speaker 1: football team. So I just picked someone. I loved. That
Speaker 1: Miami team was just all over the place in the
Speaker 1: late nineties early two thousands. I was like, whyt ever
Speaker 1: run with them? Well, you know what, I'm picking Georgia.
Speaker 1: I am going with this year. I'm rooting for the
Speaker 1: Toronto Raptors and my co hosts alma mater, the Georgia Bulldogs.
Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. I paid him in
Speaker 1: bitcoin to say that to Peter Andrew, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: Those are I think the three top games in my
Speaker 1: humble opinion for the weekend. There's so much more and
Speaker 1: people don't forget there's actually a game Sunday and Monday
Speaker 1: as well, because this is the last week before NFL
Speaker 1: college football is on center stage. We are so excited. Peter,
Speaker 1: thanks so much, thanks for having me. Well, what a
Speaker 1: show that was, Olivia. That looks like all the time
Speaker 1: we have. I just want to say thank you to
Speaker 1: both Matt and do I get this right, Chelsea, you
Speaker 1: got it now? You just gotta work on Jimmy Garofalo, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Jamie Garoffalo, juh and a bunch of the names that
Speaker 1: we had some wild new names and we'll continue that
Speaker 1: throughout the season. I hope you fun. Thank you to
Speaker 1: those those guys were coming on the show next week.
Speaker 1: Of course, it's all about NFL Week one, so it's
Speaker 1: so close, and we'll have Hall of Famer Kurt Warner
Speaker 1: to discuss who we likes this season and his story.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about the movie that's coming out, which we're
Speaker 1: all excited to see. So it was just a great
Speaker 1: show and I look forward to next week. I can't
Speaker 1: wait to talk to Kurt. Yeah, next week is gonna
Speaker 1: be awesome talking to Kurt and jannat. I want you
Speaker 1: to start thinking of who would play us in a
Speaker 1: movie for next week. I know I have some opinions,
Speaker 1: but I wait to hear who you cast. Mind simple,
Speaker 1: I mean we know mine already, John Stamos, John Stamos,
Speaker 1: of course. Well, we're also going to ask social media too,
Speaker 1: so check it out on my Twitter. I'll put that
Speaker 1: question out there. I'm just at Olivia Decker on Twitter,
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