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Speaker 1: and Titans, which will watch on Saturday night. But I

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Speaker 1: I can't, like, people do not understand, Like why why

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Speaker 1: are they Why do they put the cow because the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys because they draw a lot of eyeballs. I mean,

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Speaker 1: why does Ohio State because Ohio State is the biggest

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Speaker 1: fan base in the country. But this reason, the ESPN

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Speaker 1: forever Sunday Baseball is basically just the Yankees as many

432
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Speaker 1: times as they could because it works. It's pretty black

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Speaker 1: and white. Uh so, yeah, I just the criticism. It's

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Speaker 1: actually not shocking because it's crazy how little the understanding

435
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Speaker 1: of so many people that cover the sport understand the

436
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Speaker 1: way the business of it works, which to me is

437
00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,119
Speaker 1: mind boggling. Just just go cover high school sports. Then uh,

438
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Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh I saw that he said that this season

439
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:27,200
Speaker 1: is uh he called this year a professional professional failure.

440
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Speaker 1: You've obviously had a terrible season, lost a ton of games,

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Speaker 1: ton of injuries and for the first time in his

442
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,520
Speaker 1: life he's lost. He's made the playoffs, even the year

443
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Speaker 1: I guess he didn't make the playoffs when Jared Gofflers quarterback.

444
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,159
Speaker 1: They went nine and seven. So he've never had a

445
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Speaker 1: losing record. Most years he's hosting playoff games, he's had

446
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Speaker 1: nothing but success. Called this year a professional failure, and

447
00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,359
Speaker 1: then I wrote that down. I was put out the

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Speaker 1: show this morning, and then later in the day I

449
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Speaker 1: saw a headline from the Front Office Sports they kind

450
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Speaker 1: of cover the media industry, said that tell division executives

451
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,360
Speaker 1: are interested in Sean McVeigh again, and I think it's

452
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,919
Speaker 1: pretty clear, like Kirk Herb Street, if they could replace

453
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Speaker 1: Kirk Herb Street at Amazon with Sean McVeigh, they would

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Speaker 1: do it in a heartbeat. Like to me, kirk Herb

455
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Speaker 1: Street has one and done written all over him. I

456
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Speaker 1: like Krby fantastic on college, terrible in the NFL. It

457
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Speaker 1: does not work. You don't need to be some media

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Speaker 1: critic turn on Amazon alan him have zero chemistry. It's

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Speaker 1: not an easy watch. It just doesn't. He doesn't know

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Speaker 1: what's going on. In fairness, how would he He's dedicated

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Speaker 1: his life to college football, and he's damn good at it.

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Speaker 1: Just like if you put Troy Akman doing college games,

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Speaker 1: it would be weird and it wouldn't feel right. And

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Speaker 1: I would imagine that Amazon, and who knows, maybe Sean

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Speaker 1: McVeigh would be bad. More than likely, I'd say'd be

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Speaker 1: pretty good. Would take him in a heartbeat. Here's the

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Speaker 1: thing I've said over and over from my own experience,

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Speaker 1: because you read the quotes like it's just like the

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Speaker 1: inspirational quotes, but until it happens to yourself, you can't

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Speaker 1: relate to it. Right, there is no better teacher than failing,

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Speaker 1: right you know, ever fail you just learned, and those

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Speaker 1: all sound great until it happens to you, right Like,

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Speaker 1: it's easy to be taught. I remember back, like in college,

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Speaker 1: learning about accounting and some of these finance classes. It

475
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Speaker 1: never really resonated with me. I mean, I kind of

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Speaker 1: got it in the importance, and then you get in

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Speaker 1: the real world and you start a business. You gotta

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Speaker 1: counts payable, you're chasing money, you gotta write this off,

479
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 1: you gotta amortize this. You know, you know this tax break.

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Speaker 1: It started all kind of clicking. You're like, well, if

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Speaker 1: I had actually done this while I was in college.

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Speaker 1: I would have been a great student. The stuff board

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Speaker 1: me in college because I couldn't relate to it, right,

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Speaker 1: no difference, Sean McVeigh. You hear about like, you know,

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Speaker 1: everyone eventually gets fired in the coaching profession. Everyone you're

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Speaker 1: just you know, you're hired to be fired once you're

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Speaker 1: actually fired or until you actually struggle. How do you relate?

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Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh got hired once upon a time by the

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Speaker 1: football team commanders. There were the Redskins at the time,

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Speaker 1: and then when the Shanahan, the entire family got blown out,

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Speaker 1: he survived stay with Gruden, and then he got elevated,

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Speaker 1: and then from there he became the Rams had coach

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Speaker 1: and he kills the Rams and within five years he

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Speaker 1: super Bowl champion. And I'm giving him credit for doing that,

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Speaker 1: But how could he relate to failure? All he's done

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Speaker 1: in his professional life is succeed. This is the first

497
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Speaker 1: time and it's like, check out his girlfriend or now

498
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Speaker 1: wife on Instagram. The guy's living up high on the hog.

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Speaker 1: Life's pretty good for Sean. Now he's earned it, he's

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Speaker 1: created that. But like, this is the first time he's

501
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Speaker 1: ever failed in the history of coaching. Every coach fails.

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid had losing season, Belichick had a losing season.

503
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Speaker 1: Tomlin maybe he never does. I don't know. He just

504
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Speaker 1: avoids it. But like, welcome to football. This is the reality.

505
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Speaker 1: Sean Payton's lost, Pete Carroll's lost, Pete Carroll has been fired.

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Speaker 1: It's it's human nature. It's it's the reality of the business.

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Speaker 1: But to me, as someone that's been fired and someone

508
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Speaker 1: who's had to start at zero multiple times, it does

509
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Speaker 1: make you reevaluate some of your priorities because when you're winning,

510
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Speaker 1: like last year, clearly Amazon and I think it was

511
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Speaker 1: specifically Amazon, really tempted him. Hey, we'll give you twenty

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Speaker 1: million dollars. You will your will, you I can't even speak.

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Speaker 1: You will work with Al Michaels and you'll be a

514
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Speaker 1: fucking star. You'll be the next John John Madden. You

515
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: can do this the rest of your life. You'd be

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Speaker 1: super rich. Live in l A, do whatever you want,

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Speaker 1: live or ever l you want. Al will help kind

518
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Speaker 1: of elevate you and then you'll transition with the next

519
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Speaker 1: player I play guy in years and we we will

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00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 1: build our you know, network around you, And that's kind

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00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: of what Amazon's doing. They're gonna start adding a bunch

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Speaker 1: of life sports, and he turned it down. And I

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Speaker 1: don't blame him. He just won the Super Bowl. He's

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Speaker 1: all the guys came back to me. If he's gonna

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Speaker 1: leave like he's he would do some thinking about it now,

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Speaker 1: and his love and drive for doing what he does

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Speaker 1: would really be tested, because that's what happens whenever you lose.

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Speaker 1: But here's what I know, Sean McVeigh is a damn

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Speaker 1: good football coach. I actually am as as impressed with

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Speaker 1: him this season as I have been when he's been

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Speaker 1: winning big and winning playoff games. Have you turned on

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Speaker 1: the rams this last month. I don't care how deep

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Speaker 1: you are in the football knowledge. There are gonna be

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00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 1: guys are playing for his team that you have never

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00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:06,719
Speaker 1: heard of. He took Baker Mayfield, who was got awful

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Speaker 1: the last couple of years and has one football games.

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Speaker 1: And there have been moments in in the games where

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Speaker 1: they've had success with Baker Mayfield where he's easily to

539
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Speaker 1: look the best he's looked since two thousand twenty. And

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns the other night or on Christmas Day

541
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Speaker 1: when he beat the Living Ship in Denver and I

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Speaker 1: get Denver is bad. I think that's one of the

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Speaker 1: most impressive games he's coached in a long time. They

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Speaker 1: showed up on Christmas in front of everybody and came

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Speaker 1: to win like they are playing their ass off, and

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people don't talk to stuck you.

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Speaker 1: A little bit later. I think the smart money is

548
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 1: gonna be on the rams this weekend because his ship works,

549
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: He resonates with the players. Obviously he's good with the scheme.

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00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: Sometimes you have a year where everyone gets injured and

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00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 1: there's nothing you can do. He has a special skill now.

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00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 1: He also he's a big personality. He would be great

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00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 1: college football games. I think he would be a star.

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00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 1: But there are only so many guys in the history

555
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 1: of this country who can coach football in college, pro,

556
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Speaker 1: high school, who are at the top of the top,

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Speaker 1: and I believe he's one of them. So I hope

558
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 1: he doesn't leave because there would be no replacing that.

559
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: Like he's he's young, he's a star like John Madden

560
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: could have done it clearly for a long time and

561
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,959
Speaker 1: would have been one of the best coaches you know

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00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,200
Speaker 1: in the league. Side and not to and listen it

563
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 1: all worked out for him, built a huge brand, built

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Speaker 1: a huge you know legacy, you know, real estate in

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Speaker 1: the Bay Area, to the video games. Like obviously his

566
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 1: life shot up like a rocket ship. But but I

567
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 1: still believe that, you know, the NFL is better off

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00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,239
Speaker 1: with Sean McVeigh coaching in it than it would be

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Speaker 1: with him working on television. Did you say the same

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Speaker 1: thing about Tomlin, Like Tomlin, go to TV tomorrow, go

571
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Speaker 1: to Amazon with with al or do you know one

572
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 1: of the networks on Sunday and be a star. But

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00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 1: the NFL is better with Mike Tomlin as a coach.

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Speaker 1: So I hope that he's not tempted money talk ship walks.

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00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: If at all his love and drive has been diminished. Um,

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00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 1: he'll know it now, because you really think about that

577
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 1: stuff when you're losing. It's easy to kind of push

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Speaker 1: you to the side. When you're winning. Back at it

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Speaker 1: final regular season weekend of the year with my main

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Speaker 1: man Stuck. You can find him on the Action Network

581
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: Action Network podcast, Um Big Bets on Campus Dude, just

582
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: dialed locked in. College basketball season will transition For those

583
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,760
Speaker 1: of you that are big college football people. That obviously

584
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Speaker 1: ends this Monday, and then college basketball, which is sometimes

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Speaker 1: I look out on the television see a lot of

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Speaker 1: college basketball games. I'm a little out of the loop though.

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00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 1: I did fly on a uh from from Phoenix back

588
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Speaker 1: to Oakland with the St. Mary's basketball team after they

589
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Speaker 1: got a big win. Randy Bennett don't sleep on the

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Speaker 1: don't sleep on the gales of the absolute stud. Also

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Speaker 1: a fellow balled brother, What is going on? Man? How

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00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: you doing? What's up? Brother? Happy New Year? And uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: Randy Bennett as a I'm a college basketball not um.

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Speaker 1: Been the first sport I ever started betting, like twenty

595
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Speaker 1: years ago and I was in high school. Randy Bennett

596
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Speaker 1: is in the top three of coaches in college best

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Speaker 1: well if not the best right now. As far as

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Speaker 1: game planning, uh in game adjustments, he is uh just

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00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 1: an absolute monster. I love him and uh yeah, but

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Speaker 1: we have one more college football game and lots and

601
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 1: lots of NFL left, so all the football has not

602
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,680
Speaker 1: done quite yet. My take when we got on the plane,

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Speaker 1: and I mean I've watched in place, so I got

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Speaker 1: an idea what their players look like. But when you

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Speaker 1: stand next to him, it's like, damn, these guys beat

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Speaker 1: Gonzaga last year. They do not have the best looking

607
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 1: team getting off the bus. I'll tell you that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean he coaches them up and you know, they

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Speaker 1: have a certain style and he always always find like

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Speaker 1: a an Auese an awesoe. They love, they love Aussie. Yeah,

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00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: they have a pipeline, uh international pipeline out on the

612
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 1: Pacific coast where uh they definitely capitalized. But yeah, they're

613
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: always a really dangerous team. And they have this kid,

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Speaker 1: Ada Mahaney, who's an absolutely was going to be a

615
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,239
Speaker 1: study as a freshman. Um, keep an eye out for him.

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Speaker 1: If you're into college basketball. It's really good player to watch.

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Speaker 1: Local guy, I think kid Lafayette. Okay, let's obviously, but

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Speaker 1: by the time if you're listening to this, maybe maybe

619
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Speaker 1: there is some clarity on the seating stuff with the

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Speaker 1: a f C. I guess mainly stick in the NFC here.

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Speaker 1: I'll start with the games that interests me the most,

622
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Speaker 1: from least to most, and that's the the The NFC

623
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: South is just I I struggle watching Tampa. I know

624
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: he has some moments. I like Mike Evans, but overall

625
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 1: they have been a board to watch. It's been miserable

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Speaker 1: to watch tom Uh. You have a play like I,

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Speaker 1: I couldn't bet them, and I would imagine, you know,

628
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: Dallas first them, assuming you know, the Eagles don't lose,

629
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: the Cowboys win and that flips. But even if it

630
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Speaker 1: was the Eagles, I guess unless Gardner Mintschew was starting,

631
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: I would imagine most people are gonna bet against Tampa

632
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: in that playoff game despite them hosting the game. And

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00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: I guess with Dallas more than likely they're gonna be,

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00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 1: you know, the underdog in the game. But this week

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Speaker 1: I saw Kyle Trask is gonna be up. I would

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Speaker 1: imagine he's gonna get some pt probably hints why you

637
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Speaker 1: like to play that you do well? Now? Yeah, I

638
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: like the Bucks first half and if you look, the

639
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,400
Speaker 1: Falcons are minus four for this game because the Bucks

640
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 1: have nothing to play for, they are locked into their

641
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: seed and they are all luckily it will play the Cowboys. Cowboys,

642
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 1: Cowboys your favorite by like a field goal in that game.

643
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,720
Speaker 1: We'll see if the Bucks get some offensive lineback like

644
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 1: Ryan Jensen could come back. You gotta health of works

645
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 1: and smith their tackles. It's obviously important for Brady uh

646
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: at this point in his career. But if this game,

647
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: if both teams were playing that full strength in this game,

648
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,320
Speaker 1: the Bucks would be uh five six point favorite. But

649
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: obviously they're not. They have nothing to play for Your

650
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 1: guys who are dealing with that game injuries are not

651
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:18,720
Speaker 1: gonna play. And eventually you're gonna get to your backups. However,

652
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,440
Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, this the stalking teams stinks.

653
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: Desmond Rittard stinks. They barely beat at home last week.

654
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 1: All of the Cardinals backups. You know, Hopkins didn't play.

655
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 1: They played David blow at quarterback. They were missing their

656
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: their top three corners, and the Falcons one on the

657
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 1: last second field go by one. But so you know

658
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 1: the why I like the first half. That you can

659
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,400
Speaker 1: get plus two and a half on the Bucks first

660
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 1: half now, and I expect Brady to play the entire

661
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: first half. Bowls came out said we're gonna play all

662
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:48,839
Speaker 1: our starters. Brady said he's playing, and if you look

663
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: back historically, Brady always plays. I don't know if this

664
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,399
Speaker 1: is in certainty. There's a lot of Week eight team.

665
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 1: It's weird. You gotta there's some guessworks and intuition um

666
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 1: and and it's definitely some game theory, and you know

667
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,240
Speaker 1: how other games impact others. But if you look back historically,

668
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 1: Brady has always played the entire first half. When he

669
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,800
Speaker 1: was in New England, when in the final week of

670
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: the regular season, when they had everything locked up, so

671
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: when they had nothing to play for, even with the

672
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: injury risk, he always played the entire first half. So

673
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:20,880
Speaker 1: I expect him to do the same here. He's come

674
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 1: out and said it, and so you're getting Brady plus

675
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,800
Speaker 1: two and a half against the Falcons for the first half.

676
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,759
Speaker 1: Last week, that was the line for David Blow and

677
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,880
Speaker 1: the Cardinals backups. So I don't think that the markets.

678
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 1: I don't want any part of the bucks for the

679
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:37,760
Speaker 1: game because I assume you're gonna get like Kyle Trask

680
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 1: and all their backups in the second half. But I

681
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 1: think they want to work on some things, and the

682
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 1: Falcons are terrible. Ritter has looked really bad. Um, So

683
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 1: I'll gladly take plus two and a half here because

684
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 1: my assumption is Brady's gonna play for most of if

685
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: not the entire first half. And if that's the case,

686
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 1: you know, with their other starters, this is a really

687
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 1: good bet. I think Ritter stinks, but I didn't like

688
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: him as a prospect coming into the draft. Okay, let's

689
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: get to uh speaking about prospects. I was thinking, you know,

690
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: you go back to back years or back to back

691
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: you know quarterbacks, Sam how mid round pick a lot

692
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 1: of people. He's very intriguing to a lot of NFL people,

693
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,320
Speaker 1: and I know people that watch college football. He's talented,

694
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 1: and obviously Drake May is gonna be a top two

695
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,759
Speaker 1: or three pick, you know, after the end of next year.

696
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: It's pretty good little run for North North Carolina. He's

697
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: getting the start. I think it was reported early that

698
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: like they were gonna split between him and Heineken, and

699
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 1: then they just named him the starter, which is cool

700
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 1: if I'm Washington fan. This be the bright spot after

701
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks of Winz derailing your season. Cowboys,

702
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: weird spot, right, have something to play for, but very

703
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: unlikely assuming the Giants, which we'll get into that game

704
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: here in a second. Um, you know, I I don't know.

705
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: I mean, we've seen, and you've been saying this for

706
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,840
Speaker 1: a while, weird things happen, you know. I'm not necessarily

707
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,760
Speaker 1: talking about this game, but just overall in the league,

708
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: Week eight team. You just always have to be prepared.

709
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,320
Speaker 1: We've seen crazy scenarios. Teams get into the playoffs, teams

710
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,439
Speaker 1: lose divisions. Uh ship. I was at a game last

711
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 1: year Week eight team, that Niner Rams game. You know

712
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: it's just batch it crazy. Yeah, so you just you

713
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: never know, and I I have to be inclined the

714
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 1: Dallas is gonna try given that just the potential. Now

715
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 1: you never know a halftime, you see the scores, but

716
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: Sam how getting his first star. I would probably take

717
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 1: Dallas in this game, especially when you factor in that

718
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:33,399
Speaker 1: Washington while the coach didn't know, uh now that it's

719
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,839
Speaker 1: well established that they're not going to the playoffs. Uh

720
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: so may they might be going a little one to three? Cancoon?

721
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 1: Uh in that locker room? Yeah, I took. I took

722
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 1: watching the plus seven half and it's we're gonna We

723
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 1: could talk about that Giants game a little more, but

724
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: it's based on that. So a lot of times this

725
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: is a correlated bet. So they both could go. They

726
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: could go really well or really wrong. But I the

727
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: Giants have off of the play for they're locked in

728
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: to their seed. They're more than likely going to go

729
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 1: to the Vikings. I've they're gonna sit their starters. They

730
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,160
Speaker 1: might play like a series or two, but they're already

731
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 1: dealing with a ton of injuries, and they're playing a

732
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 1: Philly team that is highly incentivized to win. Hurts is

733
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: gonna come back. They already beat the Giants by thirty

734
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 1: in New York when both teams are trying bad matchup

735
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: for that Giant's run defense. So I think Philly's gonna

736
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: end up like Dable first came out and said, we're

737
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Speaker 1: playing everyone, then ter two because said, I we'll see

738
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,439
Speaker 1: what's best for the team. But I think he's hinting

739
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 1: that I don't see why you would play anyone here,

740
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,399
Speaker 1: And I bet they spent the whole week preparing there.

741
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: He's a smart coach preparing for the Vikings. And why

742
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 1: would you want to show anything to the Eagles, because

743
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,399
Speaker 1: if you beat the Vikings, which they could do, you're

744
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: gonna play the Eagles, presumably, So I think the Eagles

745
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,839
Speaker 1: jump out here. The Giants they don't have a lot

746
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,879
Speaker 1: of depth because of all their injuries, and then it's

747
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 1: just a party in Philly. Flows it open because of that, Dallas,

748
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: then we'll have nothing to play for. If Philly's up big.

749
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:50,840
Speaker 1: I think Dallas, who was also doing a lot of injuries,

750
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 1: they're passing. Its offense hasn't been great later their secondaries

751
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,360
Speaker 1: dealing with some injuries. They're gonna have a reshuffled offensive

752
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: line and you know, guys starting at center for the

753
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,799
Speaker 1: first time in his career this week. So I think

754
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: that they're eventually gonna pull everyone. And you know, Washington's

755
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: rundy is still really good. And that's if you can

756
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 1: stop that against Dallas right now. Me, Dallas struggled against

757
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 1: Josh Stobbs and Titans defense that had one starter play.

758
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: They basically benched everyone and Derrick Henry and they still

759
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: couldn't pull away. They're not playing great right now, short

760
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 1: week on the road division rival h So you know,

761
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 1: and look, they know pretty much they're gonna play the Bucks.

762
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: So what do you think that they were doing this week?

763
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: Not preparing for Sam How who can move a little bit.

764
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 1: And I don't think it's that big of a downgrade

765
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: from Carson Wentz, who's just love is turning the ball

766
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: over to How And this line has gone from like

767
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: three up to seven and a half. And you know,

768
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,879
Speaker 1: so I think Washington will care here. They're playing their

769
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,839
Speaker 1: division rival, and I'm I don't think Dallas spent any

770
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,960
Speaker 1: time preparing for this game. They're preparing for the Bucks

771
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,439
Speaker 1: next week. And yeah, so I think Washington keeps this

772
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,720
Speaker 1: within a touchdown. I think an Eagles result. I expect

773
00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: the Eagles a blood. I bet the Eagles as well.

774
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: I will only help here because the Dallas is gonna say, hey,

775
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: let's not get injured here, Let's pull everybody. Okay, yeah,

776
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,360
Speaker 1: let's just drive into that game. My original thought last

777
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: week was the Giants are playing with house money. They're

778
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: not gonna go far. You might as well try to

779
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 1: derail the Eagles season. Have some momentum going into that

780
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: playing the Vikings team. And I talked to a buddy

781
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: in the league. He's like, you know, I hear what

782
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 1: you're saying, but that's dumb, because one they could beat

783
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: the Vikings into weird should happens in the playoffs, what

784
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 1: if the your second round, you win that game in

785
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 1: your second round opponent is you know, pick a team

786
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,719
Speaker 1: and they lose their quarterback right or they have two

787
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: major injury like things changed quickly, So I like, okay,

788
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 1: I understand it, and like you said, day Ball quickly

789
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: pivoted once he's talked the second time. Uh this week. Now,

790
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:51,320
Speaker 1: one thing I think people underestimate with there's a difference

791
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:54,320
Speaker 1: between resting a guy like he just completely doesn't dress

792
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 1: and then like what Tom Brady does you Only this

793
00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:00,399
Speaker 1: isn't college football. You don't have ninety guys in pads, right,

794
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 1: So it's it's really just a couple. Like at the

795
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,759
Speaker 1: Niners rest guys. It's Trent Williams, Nick Bolsa. It's not

796
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:11,319
Speaker 1: like seventeen players. So the Eagles clearly got to win

797
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,840
Speaker 1: this game. I mean, they got injuries glore that they're

798
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 1: fucking leaking oil. Uh. But I do wonder, like if

799
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: you just tell me none of these guys are dressed,

800
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,800
Speaker 1: which is very very possible. You're right, the Eagles should

801
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 1: kill him, But I do wonder if they do they

802
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 1: go half in, half out and then or maybe they

803
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:28,880
Speaker 1: give him the first half reps like you know, a

804
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:32,360
Speaker 1: little Tom Brady stout. Where did day Ball learn from Belichick?

805
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: Maybe they try to do something like that. I saw

806
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 1: say Kwan Barkley say I'm ready to play now. He

807
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 1: would be the probably the guy even more than Daniel

808
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: Jones that you can't risk him getting someone falling on him.

809
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:45,720
Speaker 1: But I just do wonder you know, now if they rest,

810
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 1: you know how many players are the Giants really also

811
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: have that, like you gotta put on ice besides a kwan.

812
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:55,240
Speaker 1: I I you could argue him cabon maybe an offensive lineman,

813
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: but I wouldn't shock me if his game was a

814
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 1: little weird early on. Yeah, I think that. I mean,

815
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 1: I think the Giants. Here's the thing though, like you

816
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: said that the Giants that they beat the Vikings, which

817
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 1: is they should have sure Jalen Hurts's plan. I know

818
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 1: they haven't technically announced it. It all feels like that

819
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: the line reflects it. Not know, I'm nine percent sure

820
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:19,160
Speaker 1: he's gonna play, but uh, you can never be sure.

821
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 1: But you know they're the Giants. Would be just because

822
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 1: then you're gonna play phillion two. Why would you show anything?

823
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:30,279
Speaker 1: Don't show anything defensively, don't show anything offensively beyond just

824
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:32,880
Speaker 1: risking injury. So I think they're just gonna come out

825
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 1: completely vanilla. They don't care about you know, this game

826
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 1: at all, and like think they're probably gonna have to rest,

827
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 1: you know, like Dexter Lawrence Leonard Williams have been dealing

828
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 1: with injuries there, you know, their best interior offensive lineman,

829
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:50,360
Speaker 1: their secondary uh Dory Jackson, you know Olaure who's been

830
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,400
Speaker 1: dealing with a nagging injury. So like their most important

831
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 1: defensive players, especially against the run, which they couldn't stop.

832
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders ran for two hundred yards up and they

833
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: were running up and down the field, which I think

834
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 1: the Eagles be ailab to do again, especially if the

835
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:05,800
Speaker 1: Giants are a bit shorthanded on that defensive line. And

836
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 1: I just think they're not gonna show anything, and I

837
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 1: think Barkley eventually gets pulled. I think they'll get some

838
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 1: reps early. But even if they played, you know, for

839
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: a while, I think the Eagles could just from a

840
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 1: home crowd and juice stuff for this game, I think

841
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,319
Speaker 1: the Eagles could extend and then at that point, why

842
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: are you trying to come back and risking injury? Um So,

843
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 1: even if they tried, I think the Eagles still could extend,

844
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:32,040
Speaker 1: and at that point the Giants will pull people. So yeah,

845
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: maybe it's interesting early on, but I just think that

846
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: the Giants organization is too smart to risk injury and

847
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,799
Speaker 1: to show anything or care about this game. Because it

848
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:44,400
Speaker 1: just does nothing. Um it does. It just does nothing

849
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: for you with because your chances of winning this game

850
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:51,240
Speaker 1: are already very low, and you're already locked into an opponent.

851
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,719
Speaker 1: And I know, I don't know, but you have to

852
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 1: assume David was preparing for the Vikings this week. Hey,

853
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: we have two weeks to prepare for our opponent the playoffs.

854
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 1: Why are we gonna waste our time with the Eagles

855
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:09,359
Speaker 1: this week? I hear you. Well, this NFC West game,

856
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 1: which in theory should be interesting, I just think will

857
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: be because Sean McVeigh there's just a little rivalry over

858
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:19,840
Speaker 1: the years with the Rams in Seattle. Uh. You know

859
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh I saw today maybe he said this on Wednesday,

860
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 1: that he called this this season the professional failure. He

861
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,400
Speaker 1: has a lot of pride his teams, unlike some of

862
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:32,960
Speaker 1: these gutless squads that have just quit on their coach.

863
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: You watch the Rams, they try, you know, and they

864
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: are playing with fucking nobody. I mean, you could be

865
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,399
Speaker 1: a die hard football fan. You can watch their game

866
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 1: and you've never heard of some of the players, and

867
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:46,360
Speaker 1: that that performance on on Christmas. The effort. Obviously, Baker

868
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:50,080
Speaker 1: is very incentivized. You know all you know since he

869
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 1: showed up to the Rams. But all these reps, all

870
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:55,880
Speaker 1: these plays matter to him in his future career. I

871
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:57,839
Speaker 1: kind of like the Rams and an upset. I mean,

872
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: I am fully prepared for the Ams to win this

873
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 1: game outright, Yeah, I completely agree. This is your classic

874
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 1: Seattle needs to win. The Rams are dead. And for

875
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,840
Speaker 1: what it's worth, in Week eighteen, teams that are eliminated

876
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: playing a team that needs to win are sent sample

877
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:19,600
Speaker 1: size a hundred fifty games. Since you have three of

878
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: them this week, the Browns at the Steelers. Browns are

879
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,919
Speaker 1: eliminated playing the Steelers, the Jets at the Dolphins, although

880
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 1: that was a little weird because I don't know who's

881
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: playing quarterback for either team, so that one's a little different.

882
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 1: And then the Rams of the Seahawks is the classic

883
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:32,640
Speaker 1: one where Seahawks need to win at home against the

884
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:34,879
Speaker 1: Rams and the Rams will find a way to win.

885
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:38,319
Speaker 1: I certainly liked him with the points. A funny thing

886
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 1: that would happen, which is not going to though, is

887
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 1: if Stafford came off the i R and played to

888
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 1: help his old Lions team because the Lions are eliminated

889
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: with the Seahawks win. But anyway, it'll be Baker Mayfield

890
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:52,359
Speaker 1: as far as I know. Yeah, and his his most

891
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:55,640
Speaker 1: famous loss in Detroit was in the playoffs to Seattle. UM.

892
00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: But I think Baker mayfon is gonna start here. And

893
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:01,480
Speaker 1: what is he you know, needs look pretty good in

894
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 1: in the phase system. And what is he doing Well,

895
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: he's throwing the backs, and he's throwing the tight ends.

896
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,439
Speaker 1: And by the way, Can Makers has looked really good

897
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,319
Speaker 1: over the past couple of weeks. And you can run

898
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 1: on the Seattle defense, which is not missing Jordan Brooks.

899
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 1: Seattle is dead last in the NFL and defending tight

900
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 1: ends dead last the NFL. Defending backs. Their short yard

901
00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: passing defense is horrendous. The Rams can take advantage of that.

902
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 1: Here all the pressure. So one of the reasons why

903
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:31,040
Speaker 1: these teams that are eliminated have so much success because

904
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,239
Speaker 1: it doesn't make logical sense to you know, recreational better One,

905
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,359
Speaker 1: the line tends to be inflated because you have that

906
00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:38,960
Speaker 1: just narrative. Oh, this team needs to win playing a

907
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 1: team that's playing for nothing, so the line is usually

908
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:43,799
Speaker 1: inflated a little bit. But this is a chance for

909
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 1: like this, now, this becomes the Rams Super Bowl team

910
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:47,640
Speaker 1: that won the Super Bowl last year. Hey, let's knock

911
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:50,239
Speaker 1: off our division rival. They also can come in and

912
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:52,279
Speaker 1: play loose, whereas the team that needs to win a

913
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:55,120
Speaker 1: lot of times they're playing tight early. We're expected to

914
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 1: win this game. All of the pressures on us um,

915
00:46:58,280 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 1: so the Rams can have a lot of fun with this,

916
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 1: and that the Seattle defense has been trending downward for

917
00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:06,439
Speaker 1: a while. We don't even know if Locket's gonna play

918
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:10,480
Speaker 1: for Seattle. Yeah, this is this is all rams um.

919
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 1: One of my favorite beets the weekend. I know you

920
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: were saying before we hopped on a bet that you

921
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 1: love in the National Championship game, and it made a

922
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:20,759
Speaker 1: lot of sense and Ship, I might have to uh

923
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 1: to dabble in your proposition. Yeah, brock Bower is one

924
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: of the best tight ends. So that the Georgia runs

925
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:30,560
Speaker 1: a lot of two tight ends. I think the third

926
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:34,319
Speaker 1: most frequent. Uh, they've burned. Yeah, I think they're the

927
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:38,080
Speaker 1: third highest two tight end usage in the country. They

928
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:40,240
Speaker 1: have two of the best tight ends, and Donald Washington

929
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: and brock Bowers TC. You cannot defend tight ends if

930
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,759
Speaker 1: you go and they're in the big twelve. A lot

931
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 1: of teams Oklahoma State, West Virginia, they don't even use

932
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,760
Speaker 1: tight ends. They're built. Their defense is built to stop

933
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,080
Speaker 1: the spread, and they have a really good defensive coordinator.

934
00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:56,200
Speaker 1: They can also sell it against the run. But their

935
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:59,200
Speaker 1: safeties and linebackers are not good in coverage. If you

936
00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:01,839
Speaker 1: go and look at every tight end they played, all

937
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 1: except for one by two yards, exceeded there single game

938
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 1: average against all other opponents, and most of the times

939
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,400
Speaker 1: it was by a wide margin. And they weren't facing

940
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:15,719
Speaker 1: elite tight ends like Georgia has. They just can't cover.

941
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 1: They just don't have anyone with the size and how

942
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:19,880
Speaker 1: to State actually did. It's one of the reasons I

943
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 1: like to how to State last week. I state is

944
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:24,520
Speaker 1: two safeties that they could put on both tight ends

945
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 1: that are really good in coverage. TC just doesn't have

946
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:29,880
Speaker 1: that TC strengths on the outside of cornerback, which doesn't

947
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,080
Speaker 1: really help you as much against Georgia. But I think

948
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,480
Speaker 1: that was gonna go nuts here. Also, Darnall Washington, their

949
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:37,880
Speaker 1: other great tight end is he's hurt. I think he's

950
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:39,920
Speaker 1: gonna play, but I don't think he'll get it will

951
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 1: be more of a decoy blocking, I don't think it's

952
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:45,000
Speaker 1: gonna get as many targets. So yeah, the the over

953
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:49,040
Speaker 1: under and receiving yards prop I'll bet him like first touchdown,

954
00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:51,279
Speaker 1: some other things, maybe m VP and things like that,

955
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:55,560
Speaker 1: but over, you know, sixty and a half yards, which

956
00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:58,359
Speaker 1: is basically what the averages they any time they played

957
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 1: a good tight end. I mean, here's the thing. Teco

958
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:04,239
Speaker 1: last week played Michigan, who's tight end one catch for

959
00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:06,279
Speaker 1: thirty two yards, only played ten snaps, got hurt, was

960
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,279
Speaker 1: out for the game. Their backup then came in at

961
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:11,480
Speaker 1: four for forty So it is a weak area and

962
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:15,279
Speaker 1: you're playing arguably the best tight end room, maybe in

963
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 1: the history of college football, but definitely the best of

964
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:20,440
Speaker 1: this year. Rock Bowers has been the best tight end.

965
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:26,800
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think he easily eclipses his sixty yards. Obviously,

966
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:28,799
Speaker 1: you know he could get hurt, They could double him

967
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,839
Speaker 1: the entire game, but even so, I think he's gonna

968
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:34,600
Speaker 1: get his He can drag these defenders around, and I

969
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:37,080
Speaker 1: think Bower is gonna have a big day based on

970
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 1: this particular matchup. Um and uh on a fast track.

971
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,279
Speaker 1: That's that's my favorite bet in the game. The third

972
00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:46,440
Speaker 1: tight end is also like an NFL prospect and had

973
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:49,040
Speaker 1: a buddy up who was like in a you know,

974
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:52,439
Speaker 1: they were at the program scouting and they were talking

975
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 1: with the offensive coordinator a couple of scouts, and one

976
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:55,719
Speaker 1: guy asked him, like, why don't you just go to

977
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:59,040
Speaker 1: three tight ends? Basically every play no one could hang

978
00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:01,399
Speaker 1: with you. He's like, well, we would, but we don't

979
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 1: want all of our wide receivers to transfer. So that's true,

980
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,000
Speaker 1: you know, So there's like there's a balancing game. Obviously,

981
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:11,320
Speaker 1: it's it's no it's no secret who are best players are,

982
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:14,160
Speaker 1: but uh, you also need to keep wide receivers in

983
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 1: the program, you know. Yeah, yeah, we get Gilbert would

984
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 1: start anywhere else and they and they actually did get

985
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 1: too huge transfers. Dominic love It, I believe from Missouri

986
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:27,759
Speaker 1: was on awesome receiver and then Rob Rod Thomas f

987
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:31,560
Speaker 1: m CIPP State transferred to or announced they're going to

988
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:33,400
Speaker 1: transfer to Georgia next year, which is which is an

989
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:35,359
Speaker 1: area of weakness for them this year. Their their wide

990
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:38,680
Speaker 1: receiver room. Yeah, that's only gonna help them. Next you

991
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:40,960
Speaker 1: get do you give tc do you give TCU any

992
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:44,360
Speaker 1: shot here? Uh? Yeah, I mean they're gonna have to.

993
00:50:44,560 --> 00:50:49,040
Speaker 1: The Georgia defense is not as strong on the back end,

994
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:51,959
Speaker 1: and they don't get pressure like there, especially since after

995
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:54,239
Speaker 1: losing Nolan Smith, who was their best edge rusher. It's

996
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:57,480
Speaker 1: not Jalen I thought Jalen Carter was. He looked like

997
00:50:57,600 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 1: out of shape or like you've been screwing around for

998
00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:02,239
Speaker 1: him month. He was not good for a guy that's

999
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 1: gonna go. You know a lot of people think best

1000
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:09,880
Speaker 1: pure player in this draft skill wise, Yeah, the I mean, look,

1001
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:11,640
Speaker 1: Duris tight ends are gonna have a day. They're gonna

1002
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 1: be able to run it on TCU. UM. And like

1003
00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:17,719
Speaker 1: I think the tc strength of their corners. They have

1004
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:20,080
Speaker 1: really good corners. They have like four really good corners

1005
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 1: in coverage, and but there that george doesn't rely on

1006
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,400
Speaker 1: their outside receiver, so that kind of strength is New

1007
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:31,080
Speaker 1: Tries a little bit. But the Georgia's secondary is vulnerable. Um.

1008
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:33,239
Speaker 1: We've seen that a couple of times this year. And

1009
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:37,200
Speaker 1: TCU has pros uh Equippin Johnson is maybe the best

1010
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:41,160
Speaker 1: receiver in the country. So they're gonna have a beast

1011
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:44,279
Speaker 1: at Duggan's legs. I mean, he's gonna be running helped

1012
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:47,160
Speaker 1: be running with reckless abandoned. Um, they're gonna have to

1013
00:51:47,239 --> 00:51:49,040
Speaker 1: hit explosive place. We'll have a chance to do that.

1014
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:52,560
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to win in the shootout, I think, Um,

1015
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,760
Speaker 1: so yeah, I don't I give him a chance. But

1016
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:59,920
Speaker 1: I think the line is about right. Well, the exciting

1017
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:03,000
Speaker 1: weekend of football and then obviously it gets it gets

1018
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,160
Speaker 1: really interesting for the next month, the best time of

1019
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:10,240
Speaker 1: the year. So stucky, enjoy the weekend. Enjoy uh Bendon

1020
00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:12,520
Speaker 1: And I'm actually excited to watch Bowers. That's a that's

1021
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:15,439
Speaker 1: a good little m v P pick. I like that. Yeah,

1022
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:18,400
Speaker 1: that's I'll be I'll have some money. I'll be in

1023
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:22,840
Speaker 1: Vegas this weekend and I will be putting some spreading

1024
00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:27,080
Speaker 1: some money down on Bowers. Uh. Where you stand, where

1025
00:52:27,080 --> 00:52:29,440
Speaker 1: you stand, I always stay in Venician. Actually might be

1026
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:34,399
Speaker 1: staying at Aria this weekend. Um, and I'll be at

1027
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:37,279
Speaker 1: Let's see if anyone is listening in his around, I'll

1028
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:40,400
Speaker 1: be at. I'll probably probably at Aria Saturday. I'll definitely

1029
00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:44,359
Speaker 1: get Circa on Sunday and then Westgate, Um a booth

1030
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:47,600
Speaker 1: at Westgate for the national title. So if anyone's listening around,

1031
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:50,680
Speaker 1: just shoot me a d M on on Twitter. I've

1032
00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:53,359
Speaker 1: strangers come through and just drink on me all the time.

1033
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 1: So Stucky's living well. Thank you, I'm jealous. Have a

1034
00:52:58,080 --> 00:53:01,080
Speaker 1: good time. Yeah, thanks brother, good luck, Happy New Year,

1035
00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:26,320
Speaker 1: and enjoy the enjoy the games, the volume