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I love the Alma matern ness of it. 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:21.720 It's just so much fun. So I love Week one 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:24.640 college football. We are going to get into the weeds 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:26.800 there and we're going to bring in the host of 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.160 the Daily Tip tells a messenger We're gonna go over 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.200 betting lines with her. So she's going to give you 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.400 tons of advice. Yeah, she is good. She is so 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.880 sharp you want to listen to what she says. And 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:41.280 then we're gonna help you perfectly craft your football fantasy team. 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:44.480 And we're going to bring in ESPN's NFL Draft analyst 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:48.680 Matt Miller. He is fantastic. Make sure you're taking notes. 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.320 We're just here to serve, right, honest. We're just helping 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.760 people out. We're helping people out. We're here to give 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.720 you tips. We want you to win some cold hard cash. 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.600 I like the way you said that cold hardcatch. So 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.320 we got all the betting tips coming for college football. 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.800 We got your fantasy help. I mean, we're giving it 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:11.640 all away and we want to help you make some money. 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.680 Yeah baby, Okay, let's get into college football because this 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:18.640 is the season of change. Holy cow, there's so much 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:22.080 to go over. Let's start with conferences. So you said 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.000 you don't know much about college football. Let me just 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.520 give you a quick quick preview. There are five major 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:30.320 conferences and it's called the Power five. And then there 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:34.400 are five kind of second tier conferences in historical context 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:37.160 called Group of five. So you got P five and 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.320 G five. You with me? I'm with you. I'm with you, 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:43.680 cool and that's just more for abbreviations purposes. So we're 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:46.200 mostly going to focus on Power five on this podcast 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.360 as we look at betting lines. But I will tell you, 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:50.960 if you are a true college football fan, you're gonna 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:52.440 want to bet on some of those Group of five 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:56.080 matchups because some crazy things happen in those games. But 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.480 let me play this out for you. The SEC is King, 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:00.880 always Ben King, and I know I'm biased because I 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:02.960 went to U G. A. But it's just the truth. 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:06.120 And in July, Oklahoma and Texas, who are part of 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.560 the Big Twelve, they said, yeah, we're done here. We 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:11.400 want to go hang out with the cool kid table, 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.040 and they accepted invitations to the SEC. This is supposed 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:19.960 to happen in so much ado. Right now, they are 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:23.800 still in the Big twelve four now, but in is 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.640 the target year that oh you and Texas are going 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:30.159 to the SEC, which now expands them to six team teams. 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:33.200 You can only imagine, your honest, the domino effect this 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:38.359 app So get ready because this gets confusing. Okay, okay, okay, 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:41.400 you're very quiet now because I'm just taking it in 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:44.800 right now. I am I am in learning mode, which perfect. 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.680 I have a d D. So make it fun and 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:52.240 make it quick apparently. Okay, okay, So after this happens, 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.400 everyone freaks out, especially the Big Twelve, because now they 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:57.600 have lost some of their biggest properties. Oh, you in 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:00.560 Texas are kind of it as far as our producers. 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:02.479 A West Virginia guy, he's gonna be mad, I said that, 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:05.800 But that's kind of it with a Big twelve. And 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.400 now there's an alliance going on between the Pack twelve 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.760 out West, the Big Ten in the Midwest, in the 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:14.080 Big Twelve. And really it's all about TV deals. I 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:16.719 know this because I've worked for multiple networks and I 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:20.039 know the conversations that are had moving forward. All TV 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.160 rights owned by those three conferences. It's all Fox and 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:26.320 their offshoot networks. So in order to keep ratings up 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.720 and be competitive against ESPN, who has the college football 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:33.640 playoff rights and the National Championship rights, that's really the 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:37.560 big value in terms of marketing and advertising dollars. So 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.360 talks of these three conferences who are kind of getting 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:44.640 left in the dust, They've decided they could potentially combat 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:49.080 this by playing an eight game conference schedule and then 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.520 two games against each other So that means you'd have 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.240 eight games, you know, in the Big twelve whatever, and 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:57.880 then you'd have to one against Pack twelve Big tens. 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:01.000 So you could have Clemson playing their front schedule, which 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:04.200 more or less is not too challenging, and then they 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:06.880 could play Wisconsin, they could play Ohio State, then they 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:09.560 could go play Oregon, they could go play Arizona State. 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:13.200 So that's exciting. I think that's really good. But you 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:17.040 can see already how messy this can get, right absolutely. 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.560 That was such a great explanation. That was a little 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:23.720 that was very behind the scenes and informative. Always follow 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:27.760 the money, follow the cold hard cash. Okay, Well, this 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:32.080 also has implications because before this things were really ramping 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:35.160 up with an expanded playoff. This is the eighth year 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:37.920 of the four team playoffs. So college football has been 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.200 around over a hundred fifty years. It took about a 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.760 hundred forty years of those to even get a playoff. 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.520 Things move slowly in college football, let me just put 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:48.920 it that way. So the fact that all of this 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:52.560 is happening is pretty bizarre. But I think it's going 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:57.640 to slow down the conversations of this expanded twelve team playoff, 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:01.040 which everyone was really hot on for the last year 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:04.240 two years or so. Um And here's why, because we 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:06.840 found out it has to be a unanimous vote from 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:10.320 this deciding board, you know, and whoever that is. But 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.120 we do know from some interviews that have leaked and whatnot, 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.840 that there are people very against it. So we know 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:17.600 it's not going to pass because we know it won't 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:22.400 be unanimous. So the expanded playoff doesn't look too soon 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:27.560 to me. Another big change in is name image likeness 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.840 and I L I know you've heard of this. It's 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.560 the first year it was allowed as of July one, 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:37.319 and players like Spencer Rattler, the Oklahoma quarterback who's a 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:41.600 Heisman favorite, Bryce Young with the Alabama quarterback, they're getting 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:45.600 seven figures off the field. And that's just kind of speculated. 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:48.360 It could be more. It could be it could be 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:52.560 a hefty, hefty cash. And we're already seeing these players 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:56.440 in national commercials and Dr Pepper commercials, in you know, 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:00.600 insurance commercials. It's not just signing a coupleographs at a 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:03.959 local car dealer. This is a big deal. In fact, 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.760 the Wisconsin quarterback Graham Murtz, his dad is in advertising 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.400 and marketing. He more or less built a little small 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.080 company around his son. And that's not even one of 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.400 the biggest names in college football. So I mean, what 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:18.160 are you thinking when you look at that? You honest, like, 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:22.040 as someone who's not quite following college football so closely, 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.040 now you're going to see some of these players on 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:28.040 your TV. They deserve it. They so much money for 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:31.160 the school, the coaches get paid so much. They deserve it. 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:33.800 The only person who I could see being upset about 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:37.720 this is Trevor Lawrence because he was a little too early. 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:42.080 He would have got a sweet panting shampoo commercial deal, 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:44.920 I hear you. But it's funny in this is too, 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:47.320 you know for basketball as well. But like like my 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:50.240 husband who played at Wisconsin and they went to final fours. 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.480 He always says like he'd look up in the stands 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:54.840 and he'd see a bunch of people in the stands 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.520 wearing his number fifteen jersey, but not his name on 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:00.160 the back because they couldn't do that. And do you 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.720 know here he'd be on his little scholarship check, you know, 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:04.800 trying to take a girl out on a date. She 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:10.200 probably was a huge loser and could hardly pay no 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:15.480 truly tell me that I hate her. Don't act like 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:17.000 you don't know who she is. I know you did 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:20.320 the Facebook stalking. Oh yeah no, every good new girlfriend 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.200 has to do that. So anyway, so it's they're way 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.720 more extreme stories than that. But I think, like you said, 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.640 this is right, This makes so much sense. The only 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:32.360 issue it's it's it's kind of unregulated and it's the wild, 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.760 wild West. So you know, sit tight because this is 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.200 going to be a storyline all season long. This is 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:39.280 going to be good. It's a welcome change, and I'm 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:42.400 glad to see a lot of these kids, uh reap 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:45.439 some benefits from how much money they make for their programs. 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.400 It's great. Absolutely, Well, there are going to be some 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:50.200 names you have to know, and I'm going to drill 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:52.040 them into your head, you honest, because you need to 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.720 know at least some of the Heisman favorites. But before 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:56.960 we get to that, there is kind of a joking 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:02.400 all names team, which is always very entertaining. And let 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:04.160 me just say this right off the bat, this is 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.520 not poking fun at anyone. This is this is having 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.840 fun with them, and I just want to I I 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.280 sent you the link, have you opened it? I have 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:16.040 not opened it, but it's I'll just blame it on COVID. 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.920 I came across someone who came across someone who was 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:24.160 exposed to COVID. I'm still using that excuse. That's not 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:26.200 gonna fly here. You've you've got to help me with 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.080 this list because it is so good. It's and a 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:30.960 lot of them are nicknames. So these are people who 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:34.439 have chosen to go by these names. And the first 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.960 one I've just I've got to think is a nickname, 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:39.880 but I have not verified that he's a juco player 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:43.120 at Tyler Junior College. He's a quarterback in His name 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:48.920 is General Booty b O O. T Y. General Booty, 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:53.199 General Booty. I love General Booty. He's better than Captain Asshole. 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:58.640 That is better that General Booty. We gotta we got 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:02.280 to expect a lot of a lot from General Booty. 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:05.120 He's got a you know you can Booty could also 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:09.800 be pirate pirates get booty. Could also be when they raided, 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:12.240 they get a lot of booty. So maybe one day, 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:14.720 what if he plays for Tampa Bay Buccaneers, wouldn't that 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:18.120 be appropriate? That's who should draft him. I mean, you're 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:21.400 we're thinking like Madison Avenue right now. And that's the 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.800 way you gotta think general booty. He's getting the booty 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.800 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for sure. Okay, I've got 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:29.880 a good one. When you think of an offensive lineman, 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:33.480 what are some adjectives that come to mind, like a big, scary, 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:43.600 mean offensive lineman. Uh, white, fat and white. Well, what 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.280 you wouldn't say is gentle. And that is the first 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:54.840 name of a cal offensive lineman. Gentle Williams. Gentle Williams. Yeah, 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:59.600 Gentle Williams, I'll just be gentle. That's that's the opposite 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.080 of what he is going to be out there. He's 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.600 got But you know what a guy like gentle Williams 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.480 with the name Gentle Williams, that's sort of like the 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:10.880 Mike Tyson thing. Like Mike Tyson had that voice, you know, 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:14.320 he's like and so to compensate, he just beat the 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:17.240 hell out of everybody. I think Gentle Williams having that 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:20.480 name got teas so much. He's the guy you're gonna 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:24.160 want to pick because you know that he overcompensated for 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.960 having the name gentle. You know, he's the opposite of gentle. 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:29.960 Here's one of my favorites he's a linebacker. And I 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.400 remember hearing this on a game broadcast last year, but 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.640 I'm seeing it on the list again. Bumper Pool. I 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:40.840 like that. Yeah, bumper Pool, he got Arkansas. Saved your jokes, 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.920 but he said Arkansas. He's just really glad that his 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:47.679 mom didn't marry someone named car so he wasn't Bumper. 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:52.880 At North Carolina, we have a defensive back named storm 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:57.960 Duck Storm Storm Doc. You know, as a comedian, like 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.960 when you sometimes perform in in the South, there's a 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:04.120 lot of comedians that have names like hurricane or lightning. 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.840 These these are rivaling a lot of those, like Southern 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.200 comedian names. I love it. Yeah, it just sounds like 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.760 his parents took two nouns and threw them together. I 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:18.360 like that. Yeah, because my favorite things on the North 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:21.360 Carolina coast. Yeah, they might have just looked to the left, 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:23.000 look to the right, and the first thing they saw, 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.880 they were just like, that's who we are. Better than 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:30.640 Daffy or Donald Duck. Yeah, yeah, that would be dorm Duck. Okay, 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.520 this last one sounds like one of your countrymen. He's 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:38.240 a you mass punter in His name is George George Aopolis. 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:43.840 He is de Yeah. Wow. The Greek names are unmistakable. 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:49.320 They sound very much like diseases, like very rare diseases, 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:54.480 like oh my god, did you get the Jannae pappas bad? Yeah, 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:59.840 you got the honest pappas. That sounds untreatable. It's untreatable. So, yeah, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.400 his name is as Greek as you. Whenever you see 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:05.200 the s at the end and it's more than three syllables, 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.720 you can pretty much rest assured that that is a 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:12.120 Greek kid who comes from a Greek family, who celebrates 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:15.280 a different Easter than you, and his parents at some 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:20.440 point owned a restaurant. There are so many more names 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.120 on this list, and obviously people in all walks of 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.680 life all around the country have goofy names, but in 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.400 college football there seems to be a really high population. 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.080 So maybe over the college football season we sprinkle in 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:33.600 a couple. What do you think, I love it, sprinkle them? 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.840 I need too. Well. Last week was Week zero, and 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.920 if anyone watched the Nebraska Illinois game, which got a 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:43.720 lot of attention because it was Week zero. By the way, 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:46.360 that's a thing in college football. It's just ignore it. 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:48.920 It's a stupid name. They really need to rebrand that. 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.000 But there was a really really bad beat or it 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:54.280 could have been a really great break, depending on what 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:56.240 you picked. And this kind of leads me to one 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.680 of our contests coming up where we're going to do 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.920 a bad beat of the week. But listen to this. 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:03.640 So the Nebraska Illinois game had a lot going on. 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.360 It was a new head coach at Illinois, Brett Bilma, 0:16:06.520 --> 0:16:09.440 who was a great Wisconsin coach, got fired at Arkansas. 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.160 He's back in the Big Ten. People love this man. 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:15.200 I love this man. He's he's fantastic. Brett Belma back 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:19.240 at Illinois, wins his first game at Nebraska's expense in 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.160 the fourth year of their head coach Scott Frost, so 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:24.600 he really could not afford that. Now, his record in 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:28.520 four years at Nebraska is twelve and twenty one. I 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:31.640 think he has the hottest seat in college football. So 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:33.960 the over under on that game was fifty two and 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:36.920 a half and because it's college football and because there 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:39.880 are college kickers out there, they missed two p eight 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.720 s and the final total was fifty two, Which brings 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:45.800 me to a new game we are going to be 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:48.800 playing all season. It's called bad beat of the week. 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:51.120 What you do is you submit a bad beat that 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.800 you had. 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Okay, let's 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:27.800 get to this week one and talk betting with Chelsea Messenger. 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.720 She's the host of the Daily Tip on Odyssey. Let's 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:32.639 see what she has to say about week one and 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:43.720 playoff picture. Well, Week one of college football is upon 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:46.600 us and we bring in the host of the Daily Tip. 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:49.600 It's on Odyssey. It's also wherever you find podcasts. I 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:53.119 definitely suggest finding that. Chelsea Messenger, thanks so much for 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:56.040 joining us, Calsa. Hey, thanks for having me. I'm super 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:58.879 excited to talk about college football, to talk about NFL, 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:01.080 whatever you guys want to talk about, because it's one 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:03.520 of those great times of year where we have baseball, 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.960 we have collegue football, and the start of NFL. So 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:09.000 I'm really excited. Absolutely, it is such an exciting week 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:11.080 and so much to get to. Let's start with the 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:14.000 number one team in the country, Alabama. They went thirteen 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:16.439 and o last year, they're the Rainy National champs, and 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:20.000 they kick off the season at number fourteen Miami. It's 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.560 gonna be a lot of fun. But this point spread 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:25.880 right now is a whopping eighteen and a half for Obama, 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.119 and I'm sure that will even climb as we get closer. Chelsea, 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:31.160 what do you think of that point spread to start 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:33.840 the season off? Here's the thing. It really looks big, 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:36.320 but if you look at Alabama over the course of 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:39.359 the years and season openers under Nick Saban, there twelve 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:42.679 and two against the number in season openers under Nick Saban. 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:45.960 So nobody prepares their team better for these season openers 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:49.480 the Nick Saban and that's including some top five H 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:52.840 teams coming into the ranking. So it's not just pushover 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:56.360 teams that they're beating against the number. It is good teams. 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:59.320 That being said, if you look over the course of history, 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:02.840 the teams that have given Alabama fits have been teams 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:06.199 with dual threat quarterbacks. Yerick King looking to make another 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:09.000 good year for Miami, and you look at those teams 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:13.600 that gave Alabama trouble, Cam Newton, Nick Marshall at Auburn 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:16.119 and also Johnny Manzel when he was back at Texas 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:18.560 A and M So I think they have potential to 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:21.600 give Alabama some issues here. But looking back at the history, 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:24.639 twelve and two against the number, it's hard to fade Alabama, 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:27.840 and it is a neutral site game and they've won 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:30.320 their last ten neutral site games by an average of 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:32.560 twenty five points. So yeah, eighteen and a half does 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:35.879 not scare me away from playing that. But what you 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:38.679 said with the Eric King in Miami's offense and second 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:42.000 year under Red Lashly as offensive coordinator, I think Bama's 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:44.399 defense is where they win games. This year. They return 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:48.639 eight starters and their offense, new offensive coordinator, new quarterback. 0:19:49.000 --> 0:19:50.600 I think there are a lot of question marks on 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:54.040 that side of the ball as they return only three starters. 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:57.400 Sticking with Alabama, as you look forward, is it a 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:00.159 safe national champ bet right there for you. I just 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:02.360 don't think there's any value, because that's the thing. When 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:04.639 you're looking at futures bets, you want some kind of 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:07.240 value because if you play them right now, I just 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:08.679 don't see a whole lot of value. And what are 0:20:08.680 --> 0:20:11.080 they plus two fifty plus three hundred to win it all? 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:13.239 I think if you're looking for some value, look at 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:15.520 Georgia and if you like them, play them right now 0:20:15.560 --> 0:20:17.320 before they play Clemson, because if you think they're a 0:20:17.320 --> 0:20:19.600 good team, if you think they can beat Clemson, those 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:22.120 odds are gonna go in half if they beat Clemson 0:20:22.119 --> 0:20:23.960 in the first game of the season. So when you're 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:27.000 playing the futures market, you're looking for number one value 0:20:27.000 --> 0:20:29.320 in number two, a way to kind of hedge your 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:31.840 ticket as the season goes on, because even if you 0:20:31.880 --> 0:20:34.120 don't win, you can hedge it in ways and still 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:36.760 make money. Yeah, right now, U g A and Ohio 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:40.160 State tied at plus six hundred at bet MGM. When 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:43.239 you look at the four playoff teams in general, what 0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:46.120 would you place in terms of value when you get 0:20:46.160 --> 0:20:48.919 past Bama and Clemson. Let's say what two teams you 0:20:48.920 --> 0:20:51.000 mentioned Georgia, But is there anyone else you throw in 0:20:51.040 --> 0:20:54.240 that bet. I think it's mostly just Georgia. For me. 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:57.240 When we're talking about college football, there's not a whole 0:20:57.240 --> 0:20:59.760 lot of perry because it's the college football playoff. You 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:02.159 have to be voted in, so it's not like the NFL. 0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:05.639 It's not like these dark horse teams actually have a shot. 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:07.640 We've seen it over the course of years where there's 0:21:07.640 --> 0:21:11.800 teams like Coastal Carolina, like Cincinnati that are good teams, 0:21:12.000 --> 0:21:13.880 but they just don't have the schedule to get in. 0:21:14.119 --> 0:21:16.199 Maybe somebody from the Pac twelve, because I feel like 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:19.119 we largely forgot about the Pac twelve last season. So 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:21.040 if somebody is good enough from the Pac twelve to 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:24.000 get in, maybe that's your answer there. But I just 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:26.240 I don't see it right now. I want to know 0:21:26.280 --> 0:21:29.280 in your opinion, do you feel like that is because 0:21:29.320 --> 0:21:32.040 of how confusing the bowl system is. Do you think 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:34.919 it should be sort of like one big tournament like 0:21:34.960 --> 0:21:39.960 they have in basketball to crown a national champion. Absolutely not, 0:21:40.119 --> 0:21:42.359 Like it's not the type of sport that lends itself 0:21:42.400 --> 0:21:44.280 to that, because number one, you just can't play that 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:48.040 many games. Even though Mike Leach actually floated this idea. 0:21:48.240 --> 0:21:49.720 I think he was trying to be funny and saying 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:52.040 sixt or four teams should play. I think it most 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:54.240 it should be six teams because I think eventually we 0:21:54.240 --> 0:21:58.240 will see colleague football expansion happen. But I don't think 0:21:58.240 --> 0:22:00.520 it needs to go beyond six because usually at the 0:22:00.600 --> 0:22:03.120 end of the season, there's always maybe one or two 0:22:03.200 --> 0:22:05.679 teams that are question marks that maybe they should be in. 0:22:06.160 --> 0:22:08.440 And I do think maybe they should get a chance, 0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:12.480 teams like Cincinnati, UH and teams like Coastal Carolina. It 0:22:12.520 --> 0:22:14.720 would be a lot of fun. But beyond six, I 0:22:14.760 --> 0:22:17.679 don't think there's usually enough good teams to fill a 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:20.320 college football playoff. Yeah, I like a group of five 0:22:20.320 --> 0:22:22.679 team getting in there too. And it seems like right 0:22:22.680 --> 0:22:26.000 now the conversations about a twelve team playoff are stalling 0:22:26.200 --> 0:22:29.320 because of the threat of realignment and all the change 0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:33.200 that's happening in season as is. But you see certain 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:35.719 conferences coming out banging in their chest we are in 0:22:35.960 --> 0:22:39.080 for the six game playoff and all of this, but 0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:41.520 it does have to be a unanimous decision. So that 0:22:41.600 --> 0:22:44.399 is a storyline we're going to be following closely. Now. 0:22:44.440 --> 0:22:46.240 I've got kind of my sneaky. I don't know if 0:22:46.280 --> 0:22:48.440 it's a long shot per se, but I have a 0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:50.679 sneaky playoff pick team, and I want to see if 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:53.800 you think I'm ludicrous here. I kind of like Notre 0:22:53.880 --> 0:22:57.320 Dame there plus seven hundred right now on bet MGM 0:22:57.440 --> 0:22:59.560 to sneak into the playoff. So I think that's a 0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:02.160 good vowe you. But there's a lot of question marks 0:23:02.200 --> 0:23:04.879 for Notre Dame. Am I absolutely crazy? And should I 0:23:04.920 --> 0:23:07.960 wait till their Week four game at Wisconsin to see 0:23:07.960 --> 0:23:10.040 how good they are? No? I don't think you're crazy, 0:23:10.080 --> 0:23:12.800 because no one gets more media hype than Notre Dame, 0:23:13.160 --> 0:23:15.439 even if it's not warranted. We've seen it over the 0:23:15.440 --> 0:23:20.000 past couple decades where sometimes they're voted in and sometimes 0:23:20.000 --> 0:23:22.240 they have no business being in the college football playoff. 0:23:22.280 --> 0:23:25.160 But they've got that track record of you know, they're 0:23:25.200 --> 0:23:27.359 a blue blood school, they're a big public team. So 0:23:27.520 --> 0:23:29.880 I wouldn't talk you off of it just on that alone. 0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:32.959 Do you think we're gonna be calling them the fighting 0:23:32.960 --> 0:23:36.320 Irish or is it gonna change soon? To the Notre 0:23:36.440 --> 0:23:40.679 Dame football team. I saw that where their mascot was 0:23:40.760 --> 0:23:45.440 voted offensive like to hoo to leprecauns, Like I don't know, 0:23:46.080 --> 0:23:48.400 Like I need to make sure that I'm watching when 0:23:48.440 --> 0:23:50.639 I say I don't want to say anything offensive. But 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:52.960 it just seems like that's a bit of a stretch, 0:23:53.160 --> 0:23:56.439 and I mean hopefully not. You saw that they issued 0:23:56.480 --> 0:24:00.560 this long statement almost immediately, so the act that they're 0:24:00.560 --> 0:24:03.399 already responding to it. Maybe they have some kind of 0:24:03.640 --> 0:24:05.480 plan in place. I don't know. I don't want to 0:24:05.480 --> 0:24:09.000 say anything else, don't go in trouble. Yeah, I think 0:24:09.359 --> 0:24:11.560 maybe just a little less offensive if they called it 0:24:11.680 --> 0:24:17.600 the Drinking Irish. Just here's what I do on the show. 0:24:17.640 --> 0:24:19.720 I just let Jana say the offensive stuff so that 0:24:19.800 --> 0:24:25.600 I stay clean. Would you be offended if there is 0:24:25.640 --> 0:24:28.200 a team called the Fighting news Os No, not at all. 0:24:28.200 --> 0:24:29.800 I think it would be fun. I think it should 0:24:29.800 --> 0:24:32.320 be the Diner Owning Greeks. There should be one called 0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:35.880 the Diner Owning Greeks. Did you see where they're mad 0:24:35.920 --> 0:24:38.600 at Arizona State for being the Sun Devils and somebody 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:42.040 wants them to be the Sun Angels. Yeah, it's too much. 0:24:42.400 --> 0:24:45.920 Come on, Like devils aren't offensive, Like we know you're not, 0:24:46.160 --> 0:24:50.440 you know, doing black magic? Like, well, if that's the case, 0:24:50.480 --> 0:24:55.200 then I think Demon Deacons needs a long look as well. Well, 0:24:55.240 --> 0:24:58.000 Like Duke's not changing their name like the Blue Devils 0:24:58.119 --> 0:25:00.439 have been there forever. They have such the street like 0:25:00.440 --> 0:25:04.119 they're not changing their name Chelsea. As we hone in 0:25:04.200 --> 0:25:06.320 on the Week one matchups, we really only took a 0:25:06.359 --> 0:25:09.440 deep dive in one um because that's the number one team. 0:25:09.480 --> 0:25:12.080 Everyone's always looking at Bama. But what's another Week one 0:25:12.119 --> 0:25:15.320 matchup that you feel really confident in your play. Well, 0:25:15.400 --> 0:25:17.240 let's look at a couple of teams that have already 0:25:17.280 --> 0:25:20.119 played games this season, and I think that is a 0:25:20.200 --> 0:25:22.600 huge advantage for teams that played in Week zero. And 0:25:22.600 --> 0:25:25.040 you're looking at U c l A playing L s U. 0:25:25.359 --> 0:25:28.360 Now there's question marks about L s U because the hurricane. 0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:30.680 I think that's already a tough situation. They had to 0:25:30.760 --> 0:25:33.320 bus ride to Houston, and I think it turned out 0:25:33.359 --> 0:25:36.119 being an eleven hour bus ride because of all of 0:25:36.160 --> 0:25:39.159 the traffic. So already tough circumstances for L s U. 0:25:39.240 --> 0:25:40.520 But I think this is a really good U c 0:25:40.720 --> 0:25:43.199 l A team under Chip Kelly, who finally has all 0:25:43.240 --> 0:25:45.719 of his recruits. Is his fourth season at U c 0:25:45.840 --> 0:25:47.760 l A. They're coming off a huge win at Hawaii, 0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:51.280 which it's Hawaii. They look terrible, but Zack Charmona looked 0:25:51.359 --> 0:25:54.520 incredible at the running back position, piling up a hundred 0:25:54.640 --> 0:25:57.720 six yards and three touchdowns. Granted, the lineman he's going 0:25:57.760 --> 0:25:59.840 into an L s U are gonna be a lot bigger. 0:26:00.119 --> 0:26:03.760 L s U has the third biggest lineman core in 0:26:03.800 --> 0:26:06.159 the country. They're big guys. But I think L s 0:26:06.240 --> 0:26:08.200 U can cover the number here. I think it's three 0:26:08.320 --> 0:26:10.720 three and a half. I like U c l A 0:26:10.720 --> 0:26:12.960 at home to cover this number against L s U. 0:26:13.440 --> 0:26:15.080 That's a good one. I feel like U c l 0:26:15.119 --> 0:26:17.280 A just got a lot of momentum boost though, and 0:26:17.359 --> 0:26:20.840 Chip Kelly needed that. When we look also at Nebraska, 0:26:20.960 --> 0:26:23.800 that's another year four head coach who needed a win 0:26:23.960 --> 0:26:27.640 at Scott Frost loses his Week zero meeting at Illinois 0:26:27.680 --> 0:26:30.600 against Illinois and Brett b Lema there. As you look 0:26:30.640 --> 0:26:33.479 ahead in the Big Ten, then do you see some 0:26:33.560 --> 0:26:36.640 of those win totals looking a little sneaky After that game? 0:26:37.080 --> 0:26:39.760 I think the play was Illinois over three and a 0:26:39.760 --> 0:26:42.199 half wins now, you can't get it. I think that 0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:45.800 was the easiest one on the schedule. Obviously, you know hindsight. 0:26:46.680 --> 0:26:48.879 I haven't really dove into any of the win totals 0:26:48.880 --> 0:26:51.240 for the Big Ten though, so it would be like, 0:26:51.320 --> 0:26:52.680 I'm not going to give out a play that I'm 0:26:52.680 --> 0:26:56.080 not personally playing. I think Indiana maybe could surprise some people. 0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:57.919 They lose a lot of people from that squad, but 0:26:57.920 --> 0:27:00.480 they do have Michael Pinox Jr. Coming back, a dual 0:27:00.520 --> 0:27:06.560 threat quarterback that gave Ohio State the business. As I 0:27:06.640 --> 0:27:08.199 say that out loud, it probably should have said it 0:27:08.320 --> 0:27:11.160 that phrasing, but you get what I'm saying. You get 0:27:11.200 --> 0:27:13.200 what I'm saying, Like he gave them all they could handle. 0:27:13.240 --> 0:27:16.240 And he's a good quarterback. So in a game where 0:27:16.320 --> 0:27:18.480 quarterback truly means a lot, when you have a guy 0:27:18.560 --> 0:27:21.560 like that can make plays with his feet and really 0:27:21.640 --> 0:27:25.000 keep defenses off balance, I think that is a big factor. 0:27:25.600 --> 0:27:27.720 I'm just offended that you didn't refer to it as 0:27:27.840 --> 0:27:32.359 the Ohio State that's the proper Oh my goodness. People 0:27:32.359 --> 0:27:35.320 are gonna be bad about everything, So it's fine that 0:27:35.400 --> 0:27:37.320 can be mad. They can be mad and then get 0:27:37.359 --> 0:27:40.239 their next conference title in a row. It's fine. It's 0:27:40.240 --> 0:27:42.639 always smooth sailing for Ohio State. I don't like it 0:27:42.680 --> 0:27:45.600 I'm ready for that conference realignment where they have to 0:27:45.600 --> 0:27:48.520 play good teams. I would love to see, was that 0:27:48.640 --> 0:27:50.879 the Super Conference where they play like a team from 0:27:50.920 --> 0:27:53.119 the pack well and a team from the A c C. 0:27:53.560 --> 0:27:55.960 I would love to see it just for a viewing experience, 0:27:55.960 --> 0:27:58.480 but I'm not sure if it's truly gonna happen. I'm 0:27:58.480 --> 0:28:00.760 with you, Chelsea. I think that's good for college football 0:28:00.840 --> 0:28:03.760 is having them play eight conference games and two out 0:28:03.760 --> 0:28:07.040 of conference because any matchups like Ohio State Clemson in 0:28:07.040 --> 0:28:09.240 the regular season, how great would that be? I mean, 0:28:09.760 --> 0:28:11.760 I think I think it's good for the sport, Yeah, 0:28:11.800 --> 0:28:14.200 for sure. And you know, as a sports fan, that's 0:28:14.200 --> 0:28:16.159 what we all want. It's not about the kids, it's 0:28:16.200 --> 0:28:19.320 about us absolutely. I was just saying I would like 0:28:19.359 --> 0:28:22.280 to see Division one teams played Division three teams, just one, 0:28:22.640 --> 0:28:25.200 just a good beat down to watch, maybe like have 0:28:25.280 --> 0:28:32.520 you seen Mamma versus the Citadel? Like that is basically yeah, yeah, 0:28:32.600 --> 0:28:35.520 I want to see them play Sunny Albany. You can 0:28:35.560 --> 0:28:38.680 catch at Chelsea Messenger on the Daily Tip on Odyssey. 0:28:38.760 --> 0:28:40.640 Make sure you check it out. I hope to join 0:28:40.680 --> 0:28:43.520 you throughout the season as well. Chelsea. It's awesome talking 0:28:43.520 --> 0:28:46.440 with you. Thanks for your good advice, thanks for having me, 0:28:46.480 --> 0:28:57.080 and hopefully none of us are canceled after this, guys, 0:28:57.640 --> 0:29:01.680 is Week one coming up right now, everybody is doing 0:29:01.720 --> 0:29:05.640 their fantasy football draft, so we have brought in what 0:29:05.680 --> 0:29:07.600 do you want to go with? Matt, I like Maddie, 0:29:07.680 --> 0:29:11.960 Maddie Miller are fantasy football expert. I guess your friends 0:29:12.000 --> 0:29:14.600 call you Maddie, your mom calls you Matt right or Matthew. 0:29:15.360 --> 0:29:17.640 It's it's everything, you know. I get called a little 0:29:17.640 --> 0:29:19.880 bit of everything. So I answered to if I feel 0:29:19.880 --> 0:29:21.840 like people are asking a football question, I just started 0:29:21.840 --> 0:29:25.760 answering like, okay, yeah, So I appreciate you guys have 0:29:25.880 --> 0:29:29.040 me on today though, absolutely Matt. Let me in Olivia 0:29:29.120 --> 0:29:32.880 know who are the top picks that you see this 0:29:32.960 --> 0:29:35.640 year that people need to have on their fantasy teams? 0:29:35.920 --> 0:29:38.080 Right off the bat, Let's start with the with the 0:29:38.200 --> 0:29:40.600 must the perennial All Stars, and go all the way 0:29:40.600 --> 0:29:42.640 down to the and I don't want to stay down. 0:29:42.680 --> 0:29:45.600 I don't mean down because sleepers usually are what makes 0:29:45.640 --> 0:29:47.920 the difference between winners and losers. But let's start with 0:29:47.960 --> 0:29:51.080 the shore fire picks you have to have. Yeah, I 0:29:51.080 --> 0:29:53.160 mean I think for anyone who's been in a fantasy 0:29:53.200 --> 0:29:55.240 league before, or even people who are just getting into it, 0:29:55.280 --> 0:29:57.880 the most important thing is the running back position. And 0:29:58.160 --> 0:30:00.840 you know, when I started in this business eleven years ago, 0:30:01.280 --> 0:30:03.760 there were eighteen or nineteen running backs every year who 0:30:03.760 --> 0:30:05.720 would rush for a thousand yards. That has changed and 0:30:05.720 --> 0:30:07.880 we only saw eight running backs last year go for 0:30:07.920 --> 0:30:10.440 a thousand yards nine if you include Lamar Jackson there 0:30:10.440 --> 0:30:13.200 at the quarterback position. So it's very valuable. Whether you're 0:30:13.200 --> 0:30:16.160 in a PPR which is points per reception league or not, 0:30:16.520 --> 0:30:18.360 you really need to get that running back first. So 0:30:18.680 --> 0:30:21.480 I just went through my fantasy draft with my friends 0:30:21.480 --> 0:30:24.520 from high school and college that is super competitive, and 0:30:24.720 --> 0:30:26.960 running backs went off the board early and often, and 0:30:27.040 --> 0:30:29.280 my strategy was not only do I want to get 0:30:29.320 --> 0:30:31.960 to very early, I actually wanted to get three very 0:30:31.960 --> 0:30:34.000 early because this year we have to worry about an 0:30:34.000 --> 0:30:37.080 increased schedule, we have to worry about COVID, and you 0:30:37.160 --> 0:30:39.280 have to worry about, you know, just the wear and 0:30:39.320 --> 0:30:41.800 tear of that spot. So I think getting too even 0:30:41.840 --> 0:30:45.080 three running backs early is important. So Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, 0:30:45.400 --> 0:30:47.560 Alvin Kamara are the names that are probably gonna come 0:30:47.640 --> 0:30:50.640 up the board earliest. I'm still a believer in Ezekiel Elliott. 0:30:50.640 --> 0:30:53.160 With Dak Prescott back in Dallas, it just seems like 0:30:53.200 --> 0:30:55.560 they're offense will be back clicking like we we've seen 0:30:55.560 --> 0:30:57.760 it in the past. So outside of the top three 0:30:57.760 --> 0:30:59.880 guys will most likely be the top three picks in 0:31:00.000 --> 0:31:02.280 a draft. I do think Zeke has a lot of 0:31:02.520 --> 0:31:04.440 I guess you can call it sleeper value. It's still 0:31:04.520 --> 0:31:07.200 round one, but someone who's probably being overlooked right now. 0:31:07.400 --> 0:31:09.720 I don't play fantasy football, but if I did, your 0:31:09.800 --> 0:31:11.680 league would probably be one of the top ones I 0:31:11.720 --> 0:31:13.960 would not want to join. Why do your friends play 0:31:13.960 --> 0:31:18.280 against you? You know, I actually lost last year because 0:31:18.320 --> 0:31:20.520 I think that's why my friends play with me, because 0:31:20.560 --> 0:31:23.120 they want the bragging rights. Like last year, my younger 0:31:23.120 --> 0:31:25.520 brother beat me, and I've heard about it for you know, 0:31:25.600 --> 0:31:28.640 eight months now, and so and I had I had 0:31:28.720 --> 0:31:32.360 drafted a Juggernaut, right, But injuries happen, And I think 0:31:32.360 --> 0:31:35.160 that's why fantasy football is fun, because you can be 0:31:35.200 --> 0:31:37.600 in a league with people who are quote unquote experts. 0:31:37.920 --> 0:31:40.440 If their quarterback gets hurt, it really doesn't matter. And 0:31:40.480 --> 0:31:42.800 that's what happened. To me. Last year Lamar Jackson got COVID, 0:31:43.120 --> 0:31:44.680 there was like two or three weeks where I was 0:31:44.720 --> 0:31:48.080 really slowed down by that point wise, and so some 0:31:48.080 --> 0:31:50.120 people were able to overtake me. I think I finished third. 0:31:50.240 --> 0:31:51.680 I don't want to make it sound like I did 0:31:51.800 --> 0:31:54.600 terrible or anything. I still was up there, and Matt, 0:31:54.640 --> 0:31:57.080 I noticed you didn't mention Derrick Henry. He's led the 0:31:57.160 --> 0:31:59.520 NFL and rushing the last two seasons, and with a 0:31:59.600 --> 0:32:02.600 seventy game this year could even set a new rushing record. 0:32:02.640 --> 0:32:05.640 Why not mention him? Yeah, Olivia. What scares me that 0:32:05.720 --> 0:32:07.880 the Titans right now is so many of their players 0:32:07.880 --> 0:32:10.040 are out with COVID, and you know, obviously we know 0:32:10.120 --> 0:32:12.840 that's going to be a short term scenario or situation, 0:32:12.960 --> 0:32:14.440 but it seems like they're one of the teams that 0:32:14.480 --> 0:32:16.680 doesn't really have a handle on this right now. So 0:32:16.760 --> 0:32:19.200 I also think with the addition of Julio Jones, we 0:32:19.320 --> 0:32:21.040 might see them throw the ball a little bit more. 0:32:21.160 --> 0:32:24.080 Arthur Smith, their former offensive coordinator, is now in Atlanta, 0:32:24.320 --> 0:32:26.720 so I do think we could see some changes. Derrick 0:32:26.760 --> 0:32:29.400 Henry is still a workhorse back who should be a 0:32:29.440 --> 0:32:31.680 top six or seven pick. I think what makes him 0:32:31.720 --> 0:32:34.040 interesting is he's not going to catch the ball very often. 0:32:34.200 --> 0:32:35.960 So if you're in one of these leagues where you 0:32:35.960 --> 0:32:39.040 are getting points per reception, someone like Christian McCaffrey, who 0:32:39.040 --> 0:32:41.400 will have less rushing yards than Derrick Henry but catch 0:32:41.400 --> 0:32:44.680 a hundred passes, is incredibly valuable. And that's why even 0:32:44.880 --> 0:32:47.360 Nick Chubb is the starting running back to the Cleveland Browns, 0:32:47.600 --> 0:32:50.320 his backup, Cream Hunt is going to catch more passes, 0:32:50.400 --> 0:32:53.000 so their value might actually be equal. So you have 0:32:53.040 --> 0:32:55.440 to look at it. Not just Derrick Henry is gonna 0:32:55.480 --> 0:32:57.960 rush for two thousand yards, it's gonna have twenty touchdowns. 0:32:58.000 --> 0:33:00.560 That is amazing. But there are backs will rush for 0:33:00.600 --> 0:33:02.720 fewer yards who are are actually more valuable when it 0:33:02.720 --> 0:33:05.120 comes to fantasy. So if a lot of those guys 0:33:05.160 --> 0:33:09.360 are not available, who are some of the big sleepers? 0:33:09.440 --> 0:33:12.040 Is it Antonio Gibson? Who are some of the big 0:33:12.120 --> 0:33:16.520 running back sleepers that you would pick? Yeah, Antonio Gibson 0:33:16.600 --> 0:33:18.400 is a huge one. And we've seen the Washington football 0:33:18.400 --> 0:33:20.880 team even make some moves with their depth chart that 0:33:21.320 --> 0:33:24.120 indicates he's gonna just be the guy there who's gonna 0:33:24.160 --> 0:33:26.840 get the Lions show. This carries I think Austin Ekeler 0:33:26.920 --> 0:33:29.680 with the l A Chargers is someone who fantasy football 0:33:30.280 --> 0:33:32.880 players know a lot about, but we're the casual fan 0:33:33.080 --> 0:33:36.880 is probably like who. But Austin Ekeler is incredibly valuable. 0:33:36.920 --> 0:33:39.280 He's a top ten running back when it comes to 0:33:39.280 --> 0:33:41.920 fantasy football, So he's definitely someone that you might be 0:33:42.000 --> 0:33:44.719 able to steal from your casual fan friends in this 0:33:44.800 --> 0:33:46.960 league who are They're probably gonna focus more on the 0:33:47.000 --> 0:33:50.440 household commodities like a Joe Nixon or Josh Jacobs, you know, 0:33:50.440 --> 0:33:53.200 players who they've heard of who were earlier draft picks 0:33:53.200 --> 0:33:55.800 in the actual NFL draft. But I do think Austin Ekeler, 0:33:55.840 --> 0:33:58.719 you mentioned Antonio Gibson, two very good examples of players 0:33:58.720 --> 0:34:01.440 who were not early picks in the actual NFL draft, 0:34:01.560 --> 0:34:04.320 and they're playing for teams that haven't had super a 0:34:04.320 --> 0:34:07.240 massive success, so they're still flying under the radar. Now, 0:34:07.280 --> 0:34:09.479 we actually had Austin Ekeler on the show if people 0:34:09.480 --> 0:34:10.840 want to go back and listen to that. It was 0:34:10.880 --> 0:34:13.439 a great episode in the off season. But I saw 0:34:13.440 --> 0:34:16.240 on Twitter that he's giving away signed jerseys to everyone 0:34:16.280 --> 0:34:18.400 who wins with him in their fantasy draft, and that 0:34:18.520 --> 0:34:21.239 just doesn't seem fair. Are a lot of players doing that. 0:34:21.280 --> 0:34:24.600 I just saw Austin. He's the only one i've seen 0:34:24.640 --> 0:34:26.160 do that. And I didn't know that Olivia, which is 0:34:26.200 --> 0:34:28.680 good because I did draft him. Very excited about that, 0:34:28.719 --> 0:34:32.799 and hopefully I need that from my office rightly. I 0:34:32.840 --> 0:34:34.920 love the players who do engage with that. You know, 0:34:35.000 --> 0:34:37.840 we've we've seen over the years in attitude shift in 0:34:37.880 --> 0:34:40.480 the NFL, with first open to fantasy, now more open 0:34:40.520 --> 0:34:43.160 to betting, and I think the players are wisely getting 0:34:43.200 --> 0:34:45.000 involved with that of saying, hey, I want you to 0:34:45.080 --> 0:34:47.719 draft me. Whereas before it was like I don't care 0:34:47.719 --> 0:34:50.479 about your fantasy team. Now these players, whether it's Austin 0:34:50.520 --> 0:34:54.480 Eckler or Jujuice Smith Schuster, they're really starting to embrace that. 0:34:54.680 --> 0:34:57.280 I think it's smart, not only for their own personal brand, 0:34:57.360 --> 0:34:59.799 but it makes it so much more fun too. All right, 0:34:59.840 --> 0:35:03.359 let's go over wide receivers. Take me down the list. Yeah, 0:35:03.600 --> 0:35:06.719 a wide receiver. This is one that it's so almost situational, 0:35:06.760 --> 0:35:09.080 but I think the list starts with Davante Adams in 0:35:09.160 --> 0:35:11.600 Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers is back. He's gonna be the 0:35:11.640 --> 0:35:14.080 guy there. And I tend to favor wide receivers like 0:35:14.120 --> 0:35:16.479 this where they don't have a great running mate next 0:35:16.520 --> 0:35:18.919 to them. I say that to say that Tyreek Hills 0:35:18.960 --> 0:35:21.040 probably next, even though he has Travis Kelsey there in 0:35:21.160 --> 0:35:23.200 Kansas City. And as far as the tight ends go, 0:35:23.400 --> 0:35:25.640 if you look at this as just pass catchers, not 0:35:25.719 --> 0:35:28.200 by position, Travis Kelsey might be the most valuable pass 0:35:28.239 --> 0:35:30.640 catcher in all of football when it comes to fantasy points. 0:35:30.840 --> 0:35:35.120 So I think DeVante Adams, Tyreek Hill, Stefon Diggs, DeAndre Hopkins, 0:35:35.160 --> 0:35:37.239 even though he's battling injury right now, and then an 0:35:37.360 --> 0:35:39.919 up and comer Calvin Ridley in Atlanta is gonna see 0:35:39.920 --> 0:35:42.000 a ton of targets. You're gonna see a ton of catches, 0:35:42.520 --> 0:35:45.120 maybe the best route runner in all of football. Those 0:35:45.120 --> 0:35:48.240 would be my top five targeting targeting a wide receiver. 0:35:48.320 --> 0:35:50.239 But keep an eye on those tight ends because whether 0:35:50.280 --> 0:35:53.560 it's Travis Kelsey, George Kittle, Darren Waller, they have a 0:35:53.600 --> 0:35:56.279 ton of value as pure pass catchers where if you 0:35:56.360 --> 0:35:59.000 don't get an elite wide receiver, you can still get 0:35:59.000 --> 0:36:01.080 a ton of points by getting one of these elite 0:36:01.080 --> 0:36:05.120 tight ends. What about Odell Beckham Jr. I feel like 0:36:05.200 --> 0:36:07.600 that could be a real good sleeper. Do you think 0:36:07.640 --> 0:36:10.160 this is the season he settles in and goes for 0:36:10.280 --> 0:36:13.480 big numbers. I think that's possible. I know that their 0:36:13.480 --> 0:36:16.160 plan for him is that he's the guy. He's the 0:36:16.160 --> 0:36:17.640 guy they're going to try to, you know, push the 0:36:18.000 --> 0:36:19.799 catches too. I think what you have to worry about 0:36:19.840 --> 0:36:22.960 his injuries. You know there's things that once players have, 0:36:23.160 --> 0:36:24.960 you know, an injury history, it's very hard to overcome that. 0:36:25.080 --> 0:36:27.480 With O'Dell, as great as he's been, we've seen him 0:36:27.480 --> 0:36:29.879 injured in more seasons than we haven't, so I think 0:36:29.920 --> 0:36:32.239 you have to be cautious there. He's not a first 0:36:32.320 --> 0:36:34.880 round pick, he's not a second round pick, but in 0:36:35.000 --> 0:36:37.680 rounds three through five, the value could absolutely be there. 0:36:37.800 --> 0:36:39.520 You start to look at a player who could be 0:36:39.560 --> 0:36:42.319 a solid wide receiver number two for you, or even 0:36:42.320 --> 0:36:44.440 a wide receiver three, depending on how the rosters in 0:36:44.440 --> 0:36:47.440 your league work. When we look at Kyle Pitts in Atlanta, 0:36:47.480 --> 0:36:49.319 who we talk about a lot in the Rookie of 0:36:49.320 --> 0:36:52.280 the Year category here on this show, it's not favor 0:36:52.320 --> 0:36:53.719 to go to a tight end, but if he has 0:36:53.719 --> 0:36:56.879 an incredible season, it obviously could. Is he in your 0:36:57.640 --> 0:36:59.839 periphery at all? When you're looking at tight ends. He's 0:36:59.840 --> 0:37:01.680 been playing well in the preseason. He had a twenty 0:37:01.760 --> 0:37:04.319 seven yard pass catch the other day. Yeah, he has 0:37:04.360 --> 0:37:05.800 to be on your radar, and he was as a 0:37:05.880 --> 0:37:08.799 draft prospect. He definitely is as a fantasy prospect. I 0:37:08.800 --> 0:37:10.520 think a lot of people will be scared off because 0:37:10.600 --> 0:37:13.960 rookie tight ends generally don't produce that well. But let's 0:37:14.000 --> 0:37:16.680 just all agree that Kyle Pitts is not your average 0:37:16.800 --> 0:37:19.200 rookie tight end. I mean, he's we have never seen 0:37:19.239 --> 0:37:21.399 an athlete like this at the tighten position and going 0:37:21.400 --> 0:37:24.000 into an offense that you already have an established quarterback, 0:37:24.239 --> 0:37:26.560 you have a very good wide receiver in Calvin Ridley, 0:37:26.800 --> 0:37:28.440 and we know they're going to throw the ball a 0:37:28.520 --> 0:37:30.520 lot down there. So I think that's where Kyle Pitts 0:37:30.560 --> 0:37:34.280 becomes a really intriguing Optionore. He might not have eighty 0:37:34.360 --> 0:37:36.640 targets this year, but in the red zone, where Calvin 0:37:36.760 --> 0:37:38.879 Ridley is not the biggest wide receiver, I think that's 0:37:38.920 --> 0:37:41.480 where you get really excited about Kyle's potential to have 0:37:41.680 --> 0:37:44.440 eight to twelve touchdowns because he is able to be 0:37:44.480 --> 0:37:46.239 such a mismatch player in the red zone, which is 0:37:46.239 --> 0:37:48.319 what we saw Florida and the reason why he was, 0:37:48.360 --> 0:37:50.840 you know, the highest tight end drafted in modern history. 0:37:51.000 --> 0:37:54.200 And no Julio Jones either, Right, So somebody's gotta kept 0:37:54.520 --> 0:37:57.399 on space. Yeah, somebody has not that Julio is doing 0:37:57.480 --> 0:38:02.640 much of it lately. But Kyle pitches how about qbs? Yeah, 0:38:02.760 --> 0:38:05.640 quarterback I think you know, that's the one position where 0:38:05.640 --> 0:38:07.120 the guys who are good, Like if you were to 0:38:07.160 --> 0:38:09.279 sit around with your buddies in a bar and be like, hey, 0:38:09.280 --> 0:38:12.000 who's the best quarterback in the NFL? That's also the 0:38:12.000 --> 0:38:15.360 best quarterback for fantasy football, it's Patrick Mahomes and is 0:38:15.400 --> 0:38:17.480 really not close when it comes to fantasy I think 0:38:17.520 --> 0:38:20.239 one thing to remember again, if you're new to this, 0:38:20.560 --> 0:38:22.120 or if you you haven't been doing well and you 0:38:22.120 --> 0:38:24.320 want to change up your strategy. My strategy with the 0:38:24.360 --> 0:38:26.520 quarterback position is I gotta find somebody who can get 0:38:26.520 --> 0:38:28.520 me some points on the ground as well as a runner. 0:38:28.560 --> 0:38:30.400 And that's really the direction we've seen the NFL goes. 0:38:30.440 --> 0:38:32.840 So a player like Josh Allen is actually more valuable 0:38:32.840 --> 0:38:35.759 than Aaron Rodgers, player like Lamar Jackson might be more 0:38:35.800 --> 0:38:38.640 valuable than Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers because of what 0:38:38.640 --> 0:38:40.320 they're going to give you on the ground. So something 0:38:40.400 --> 0:38:42.960 to think about there is players like those two, but 0:38:43.040 --> 0:38:45.600 also Kyler Murray, even though he has had his struggles 0:38:45.640 --> 0:38:48.759 with turnovers, very productive on the ground. Dak Prescott and 0:38:48.840 --> 0:38:51.040 his return gonna give you quite a bit of production 0:38:51.080 --> 0:38:54.080 on the ground. Russell Wilson, Justin Herbert, the players who 0:38:54.120 --> 0:38:56.480 can add something as rushers, especially in the red zone. 0:38:56.480 --> 0:38:58.800 Of the guys that you really want to be looking 0:38:58.800 --> 0:39:01.319 at when it comes to the quarterback position. My best 0:39:01.360 --> 0:39:04.319 advice though is I don't rush the quarterback. Don't be 0:39:04.400 --> 0:39:06.840 that person who takes the quarterback and around one unless 0:39:06.840 --> 0:39:10.840 your league scoring is incredibly skewed toward that position. Great 0:39:10.880 --> 0:39:13.920 advice with the with the running all right, Maddie, I 0:39:13.920 --> 0:39:17.279 gotta ask you, do you think we've arrived where you 0:39:17.320 --> 0:39:20.840 can use bitcoin to bet in your league? Yet we 0:39:21.000 --> 0:39:22.879 might maybe? I don't know what in my league can 0:39:22.920 --> 0:39:24.399 afford it. If you can get in the league where 0:39:24.400 --> 0:39:27.040 you can do that, let's do it, right, Somebody, somebody 0:39:27.160 --> 0:39:29.000 float me a buy in. I want to. You just 0:39:29.040 --> 0:39:34.319 have to remember your password right right. Well, thank you, 0:39:34.360 --> 0:39:37.160 Maddie Miller really appreciate all the advice. Man, If you 0:39:37.160 --> 0:39:39.600 don't listen to Maddie, You're gonna lose. That was really 0:39:39.600 --> 0:39:43.520 good advice, especially at that QB position. Last question, say 0:39:43.640 --> 0:39:46.160 Kuan you were talking about coming off injuries. Is he 0:39:46.200 --> 0:39:48.120 gonna have a big gear and put up big numbers 0:39:48.120 --> 0:39:50.680 if you draft him. I don't think so. I worry 0:39:50.680 --> 0:39:52.719 so much about that offensive line. I worry so much 0:39:52.719 --> 0:39:55.439 about Daniel Jones and quarterback. It just feels like once 0:39:55.480 --> 0:39:59.000 again we're gonna see everyone scheme to stop say Kuan, 0:39:59.480 --> 0:40:01.000 which is what they've done in the past, and with 0:40:01.120 --> 0:40:03.680 all the trouble they've had in that offensive line. I 0:40:03.760 --> 0:40:06.360 love sake one, but I just don't know how you 0:40:06.400 --> 0:40:08.880 can really truly believe in him right now. It's a 0:40:08.920 --> 0:40:12.320 top fantasy back. That's a great little nugget for everybody. 0:40:12.360 --> 0:40:15.359 Thank you so much, Maddie Miller. We appreciate you've given 0:40:15.440 --> 0:40:19.120 us your wisdom, and I hope you win your league. 0:40:18.960 --> 0:40:21.520 Me to thank you, guys. I appreciate you having me. Hey, 0:40:21.560 --> 0:40:23.560 can you see if your younger brother can hop on next? 0:40:23.560 --> 0:40:27.080 We'd like to pick his brain today. I'll let him know. 0:40:27.440 --> 0:40:29.560 I'll let him know that that he beat me. Y'all 0:40:29.600 --> 0:40:55.239 will be asking every week we finish off our show 0:40:55.280 --> 0:40:58.200 with Peter Andrew from bet MGM, and he gives us 0:40:58.280 --> 0:41:01.239 our Lions lock. But we're going to change things up 0:41:01.280 --> 0:41:04.720 a little bit for this NFL season with a little game. 0:41:05.120 --> 0:41:07.680 Seems a little maniacal to me, but here are the 0:41:07.680 --> 0:41:10.720 basic rules. Every week, you're gonna pick three NFL games, 0:41:10.920 --> 0:41:13.120 and Johannis and I are going to compete against each 0:41:13.120 --> 0:41:15.480 other with our picks. I think we're gonna make it 0:41:15.520 --> 0:41:20.360 super simple money line favorite underdog. And I'm a little 0:41:20.400 --> 0:41:23.040 nervous because at the end of the season, around the 0:41:23.080 --> 0:41:26.080 Super Bowl, we are going to tally up the winner 0:41:26.160 --> 0:41:27.680 and one of us is going to have to do 0:41:27.760 --> 0:41:30.200 something they don't want to do. Well, I can be 0:41:30.200 --> 0:41:32.120 paid off since I'm seven and o in the Priest's 0:41:32.200 --> 0:41:35.080 guy offs. If you need a little extrane sight, you 0:41:35.160 --> 0:41:39.000 know how to find do you take bitcoin? I only 0:41:39.080 --> 0:41:43.359 take bitcoin? Got it? Okay? How about janice coin? It's 0:41:43.480 --> 0:41:47.160 I said it's it's I invented my own currency. I 0:41:47.239 --> 0:41:51.120 haven't seen it on coin coin. I'll give it a shot. Hey, 0:41:51.200 --> 0:41:53.400 before we get to college football Week one and some 0:41:53.520 --> 0:41:56.319 of the lines there. As we record this Tuesday morning, 0:41:56.400 --> 0:41:59.840 the news just broke the Patriots waived Cam Newton, so 0:42:00.200 --> 0:42:02.160 maybe by Thursday he'll have a home when this air 0:42:02.280 --> 0:42:04.279 is But what are your thoughts on that move and 0:42:04.600 --> 0:42:06.520 what do you think about Mac Jones at the starting QB. 0:42:07.040 --> 0:42:08.520 It was a bit of a surprise to me, like 0:42:08.600 --> 0:42:11.960 I think most people, but Bell Chick, I think he's 0:42:11.960 --> 0:42:14.719 got something in this guy. I think he's looking like 0:42:15.080 --> 0:42:18.320 a Tom Brady definitely based off his college picture with 0:42:18.520 --> 0:42:21.879 the the flabby fat in the cigar in the mouth, 0:42:22.239 --> 0:42:25.080 kind of like Tom Brady's picture from what fifteen twenty 0:42:25.160 --> 0:42:27.560 years ago. Hey, we don't body shame on this podcast. 0:42:27.680 --> 0:42:30.479 We do not body shame for me, of all people 0:42:30.520 --> 0:42:36.719 to say that too. But but sorry, Mac Jones, I 0:42:36.800 --> 0:42:39.880 know you're listening here. Some great, uh I mean crazy 0:42:39.960 --> 0:42:42.200 line changes over the course of the last twelve hours. 0:42:42.320 --> 0:42:45.320 So that was some funny ones. First NFL m v P, 0:42:46.040 --> 0:42:50.080 he was plus twenty five thousand, so two fifty one. Uh. 0:42:50.239 --> 0:42:52.920 It went to plus eight thousand, so eighty two one, 0:42:53.400 --> 0:42:56.000 So big big difference there. I don't think he's gonna 0:42:56.040 --> 0:42:59.160 get m v P. But an interesting one offensive rookie 0:42:59.160 --> 0:43:01.239 the year from plus twelve hundred plus five hundred. That 0:43:01.280 --> 0:43:04.000 one was a little bit more feasible most passing yards 0:43:04.239 --> 0:43:07.640 from plus twenty thousand plus to plus five thousand, So 0:43:08.320 --> 0:43:10.399 assuming he plays a full season, I mean there's a legit, 0:43:10.680 --> 0:43:13.759 legitimate shot there. They're going to throw the ball most 0:43:13.800 --> 0:43:16.759 passing TVs and then most interceptions as well. So lots 0:43:16.800 --> 0:43:19.080 of different big line movements. All of them stayed pretty 0:43:19.080 --> 0:43:20.719 similar in terms of what it was and to what 0:43:20.880 --> 0:43:23.520 it is now. But he's the guy. I thought for 0:43:23.560 --> 0:43:25.759 a second this morning that maybe they had a move 0:43:25.840 --> 0:43:28.239 for to Shaun Watson coming in. Maybe that was the 0:43:28.239 --> 0:43:29.920 way that you get Matt Jones apt for maybe to 0:43:30.000 --> 0:43:32.840 get the Shawn here see what happens with all the allegations. 0:43:32.920 --> 0:43:35.640 But seems like mass a guy. And where do you 0:43:35.800 --> 0:43:39.480 think Cam may end up? And how will that change things? Yeah, 0:43:39.640 --> 0:43:42.759 so speaking of the Texans, I can see Cam going 0:43:42.840 --> 0:43:45.400 to to Houston. Who knows what's going to happen with 0:43:45.440 --> 0:43:47.040 the Shawn. It seems like they have a decision to 0:43:47.080 --> 0:43:49.000 make by four o'clock today, which is a couple of 0:43:49.000 --> 0:43:50.920 hours from now. Do they put them on the fifty 0:43:50.960 --> 0:43:53.759 three man roster? Do they say we're gonna pay you, 0:43:53.800 --> 0:43:55.160 but we're gonna pay you to sit on the bench 0:43:55.520 --> 0:43:57.400 and then what happens from there? Did they opt to 0:43:57.480 --> 0:43:59.360 do that? And who do they bring in a quarterback? 0:43:59.440 --> 0:44:02.280 So could see Cam going in a one year deal something, 0:44:02.400 --> 0:44:04.400 you know, two to five million dollars, a lot of 0:44:04.760 --> 0:44:08.560 performance incentives and maybe he's the guy. Okay, good stuff Again. 0:44:08.640 --> 0:44:10.279 By Thursday, the time this year is we may have 0:44:10.400 --> 0:44:13.200 an answer. Let's get to college football Week one. I 0:44:13.280 --> 0:44:15.840 am so pumped. I just filled in Honice on what 0:44:16.000 --> 0:44:18.160 even is going on in college football? So we are 0:44:18.280 --> 0:44:20.839 all caught up. We are already. One of the best 0:44:20.960 --> 0:44:23.359 games is actually at noon on Saturday in the Big 0:44:23.440 --> 0:44:27.320 ten It's nineteen pen State at twelve Wisconsin. The Badgers 0:44:27.360 --> 0:44:30.799 are five point favorite. Over under is fifty. What would 0:44:30.840 --> 0:44:33.439 you play here? Yes, I'm called Penn State plus five. 0:44:33.920 --> 0:44:37.160 I've leaned them with the points. They're pretty unimpressive against 0:44:37.200 --> 0:44:40.840 the spread as if recent especially conference road dogs, but 0:44:40.920 --> 0:44:43.239 I think they can surpress some people, so I think 0:44:43.280 --> 0:44:45.800 they make a decent splash the Big Tennis year. I 0:44:45.880 --> 0:44:47.560 certainly take them with the points. Maybe they don't win 0:44:47.600 --> 0:44:49.399 out right, but I think they keep it closer. Maybe 0:44:49.400 --> 0:44:51.560 it's a field goal game. We talked with Chelsea earlier 0:44:51.640 --> 0:44:54.600 about number one Alabama at fourteen Miami. That is a 0:44:54.680 --> 0:44:57.239 neutral site game, by the way, in Alabama has won 0:44:57.280 --> 0:45:01.239 their last nineteen season openers at eighteen and a half? 0:45:02.000 --> 0:45:03.960 Right now, would you take Bama? And I'm sure that's 0:45:04.000 --> 0:45:05.520 only going to get higher as we get closer to 0:45:05.600 --> 0:45:08.920 kick off. Yeah, they're gonna win again. I love Miami. 0:45:09.160 --> 0:45:12.040 I love Derick King, but and I do like plus 0:45:12.080 --> 0:45:14.360 eighteen and a half. Alabama will win the game, but 0:45:14.440 --> 0:45:16.759 I think they keep it within two touchdowns. Just really 0:45:16.840 --> 0:45:19.320 high spread, and it's a really interesting game for the 0:45:19.480 --> 0:45:22.200 Rick King, for Bryce Young and too Hysman hopefuls. I 0:45:22.239 --> 0:45:24.480 think there's a lot at stake, not only for Week one, 0:45:25.280 --> 0:45:27.000 but certainly for them to kind of carve their way 0:45:27.040 --> 0:45:29.480 through the year and and potentially be Hysman candidates. And 0:45:29.560 --> 0:45:32.880 then Saturday night, my alma mater, number five Georgia and 0:45:33.040 --> 0:45:36.400 number three Clemson. They kick off at Bank of America Stadium, 0:45:36.400 --> 0:45:38.759 That's where the Panthers play. That's gonna be a good one. 0:45:39.280 --> 0:45:41.960 Clemson is the three point favorite. What do you think? Yeah, 0:45:42.120 --> 0:45:45.040 I'm not just pandering to you here, but I love Georgia. 0:45:45.200 --> 0:45:47.640 I love Georgia plus three and I also sprint a 0:45:47.680 --> 0:45:49.799 little bit moneyline. I think they're plus one twenty right now. 0:45:50.200 --> 0:45:52.880 I'm a big J T J. D. Daniel Sky. I 0:45:53.000 --> 0:45:56.160 think Clemson has lost a ton of production, predominantly on 0:45:56.239 --> 0:45:58.040 offense this year, and I think George's bringing up a 0:45:58.080 --> 0:46:00.640 lot of really really solid pieces. So I do like 0:46:00.719 --> 0:46:02.839 him plus three and like I said, I will put 0:46:02.840 --> 0:46:04.480 a little bit on the money learner as well. I 0:46:04.600 --> 0:46:06.799 wish I had an alma mater. Maybe that's why I'm 0:46:06.800 --> 0:46:09.239 not so into college football. You've got Georgia. You know, 0:46:09.560 --> 0:46:12.040 what are the chances of the American university gets a 0:46:12.160 --> 0:46:15.600 football team. I mean, we're a mid major in basketball. 0:46:15.800 --> 0:46:18.759 We need a bad football team. Well I'm the same way. 0:46:18.760 --> 0:46:20.279 I'm a St. John's guys. So we didn't have a 0:46:20.320 --> 0:46:22.759 football team. So I just picked someone. I loved. That 0:46:22.920 --> 0:46:24.840 Miami team was just all over the place in the 0:46:25.280 --> 0:46:27.440 late nineties early two thousands. I was like, whyt ever 0:46:27.520 --> 0:46:29.920 run with them? Well, you know what, I'm picking Georgia. 0:46:30.000 --> 0:46:32.080 I am going with this year. I'm rooting for the 0:46:32.160 --> 0:46:37.560 Toronto Raptors and my co hosts alma mater, the Georgia Bulldogs. 0:46:38.080 --> 0:46:39.759 I love it. I love it. I paid him in 0:46:39.800 --> 0:46:42.480 bitcoin to say that to Peter Andrew, thank you so much. 0:46:42.560 --> 0:46:44.400 Those are I think the three top games in my 0:46:44.560 --> 0:46:47.440 humble opinion for the weekend. There's so much more and 0:46:47.520 --> 0:46:50.240 people don't forget there's actually a game Sunday and Monday 0:46:50.320 --> 0:46:53.080 as well, because this is the last week before NFL 0:46:53.440 --> 0:46:57.359 college football is on center stage. We are so excited. Peter, 0:46:57.480 --> 0:47:06.560 thanks so much, thanks for having me. Well, what a 0:47:06.680 --> 0:47:09.359 show that was, Olivia. That looks like all the time 0:47:09.440 --> 0:47:10.920 we have. I just want to say thank you to 0:47:11.040 --> 0:47:14.160 both Matt and do I get this right, Chelsea, you 0:47:14.280 --> 0:47:17.919 got it now? You just gotta work on Jimmy Garofalo, Yeah, 0:47:18.080 --> 0:47:21.680 Jamie Garoffalo, juh and a bunch of the names that 0:47:21.760 --> 0:47:23.840 we had some wild new names and we'll continue that 0:47:23.920 --> 0:47:27.200 throughout the season. I hope you fun. Thank you to 0:47:27.239 --> 0:47:29.839 those those guys were coming on the show next week. 0:47:30.400 --> 0:47:34.439 Of course, it's all about NFL Week one, so it's 0:47:34.520 --> 0:47:38.720 so close, and we'll have Hall of Famer Kurt Warner 0:47:39.080 --> 0:47:42.240 to discuss who we likes this season and his story. 0:47:42.520 --> 0:47:44.560 We'll talk about the movie that's coming out, which we're 0:47:44.560 --> 0:47:47.360 all excited to see. So it was just a great 0:47:47.480 --> 0:47:49.919 show and I look forward to next week. I can't 0:47:49.960 --> 0:47:52.080 wait to talk to Kurt. Yeah, next week is gonna 0:47:52.080 --> 0:47:53.960 be awesome talking to Kurt and jannat. I want you 0:47:54.000 --> 0:47:56.600 to start thinking of who would play us in a 0:47:56.719 --> 0:47:59.200 movie for next week. I know I have some opinions, 0:47:59.320 --> 0:48:02.800 but I wait to hear who you cast. Mind simple, 0:48:02.920 --> 0:48:06.000 I mean we know mine already, John Stamos, John Stamos, 0:48:06.200 --> 0:48:09.080 of course. Well, we're also going to ask social media too, 0:48:09.200 --> 0:48:11.000 so check it out on my Twitter. I'll put that 0:48:11.120 --> 0:48:13.400 question out there. I'm just at Olivia Decker on Twitter, 0:48:13.840 --> 0:48:16.560 and don't forget to go to bet MGM on Twitter Monday, 0:48:16.640 --> 0:48:18.759 and that's where you can place your bad beat and 0:48:18.840 --> 0:48:22.360 we'll announce the winning bad beat next week and that 0:48:22.480 --> 0:48:25.840 person will get fifty bucks. So that's pretty sweet. 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