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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up, everybody,

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Speaker 1: It's me, yes, Jason McIntyre on a Friday morning, November six,

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Speaker 1: Straight Fire Love a good Friday show. Get me fired

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Speaker 1: up for the weekend. We have a phenomenal best bet

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Speaker 1: at the end of the podcast. Because the Niners did

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Speaker 1: not come through or even close, I annied up. I

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Speaker 1: picked four games at the end of the podcast. You'll

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Speaker 1: have to wait for that. Before that, we have a

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Speaker 1: great guest, Robert Smith, the former Ohio State running back

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Speaker 1: from NFL Pro Bowl running back. He's now an analyst

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Speaker 1: for Fox Sports. Good guys, smart guy will do more

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Speaker 1: college football on this podcast than anyone yet since back

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Speaker 1: in August when when the Big ten and the Pack

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Speaker 1: twelve they were all slugging it out um to see

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Speaker 1: who would play. So Robert Smith, great stuff. Big games

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Speaker 1: this weekend. You guys know that Clemson Notre Dame is huge,

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Speaker 1: big game in the SEC as well, and Indiana Michigan

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Speaker 1: quietly a big game. Let's start with Thursday night football.

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Speaker 1: Not much to say, right, Packers Steamroll, Nick Mullins, and

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Speaker 1: Mr Kyle Shanahan. It was never close. I don't know

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Speaker 1: that I need to spend more than forty seconds on

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Speaker 1: this game. I know. I'll keep it real with you guys.

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Speaker 1: I'm always honest. Um. I was mostly checked out after

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Speaker 1: the first quarter. When the forty Niners drop a touchdown,

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Speaker 1: Nick Mollins throws an unforgivable interception that was just and

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Speaker 1: then the real pain killer was the lack of touches

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Speaker 1: for jam Michael Hasty, who I started in fantasy thinking, oh,

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Speaker 1: last night, got the touches, got more receptions, and Hasty

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Speaker 1: was a big goose egg. And this is a big

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Speaker 1: game for me in fantasy. So I'm really ticked off

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Speaker 1: about I'm not gonna let it kill my buzz. It's Friday,

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Speaker 1: We're feeling good. And since we're not going to talk

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Speaker 1: about the Packers and Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams, I mean,

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Speaker 1: Davante Adams was just ridiculous. Rogers touch on all those

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Speaker 1: coming back from injury. The defense was just bulldozing that

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Speaker 1: beat up forty Niners offensive line. It was ugly. Listen,

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Speaker 1: the Packers are gonna win the division. That was a

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Speaker 1: bad call by me. I didn't think they'd be able

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Speaker 1: they got the Colts, the Bears. I mean, listen, this

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Speaker 1: is a ten or eleven win team. As long as

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is healthy, they'll be fine. Let's move on

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Speaker 1: to what I think is a bigger story. And you

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Speaker 1: Um Earlier this week we had you know, if the

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Speaker 1: that and that became a story everywhere. That was the

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Speaker 1: Um hasn't really panned out for Jim Harball and he

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Speaker 1: He's a very polarizing figure. You either love or you

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Speaker 1: really don't like Jim Harball. Um. Listen, the guy won

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Speaker 1: ten games his first year. He wants to a second.

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert is going to be the face of that franchise.

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Speaker 1: But he's not one of these, uh super popular players

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Speaker 1: can be reassessed. And I know that Barry Alvarez, athletic

424
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Speaker 1: director at Wisconsin, was trying to champion that caused to

425
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Speaker 1: the Big ten, saying, look, we're finding out that the

426
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Speaker 1: numbers are so low on the incidents of the cardiac

427
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 1: issues that we can we can kind of re evaluate

428
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Speaker 1: that twenty one day period. But that hasn't been the

429
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Speaker 1: case yet. Yeah, and I'm with that. You know, if

430
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Speaker 1: you got COVID early on, it was not good because

431
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,199
Speaker 1: they were you know, they just were not ready for it.

432
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Speaker 1: And now we with the I guess the great example is,

433
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Speaker 1: well it's not great, but the Clemson defensive end I

434
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,399
Speaker 1: think his name is Xavier Thomas. Um, you know, he

435
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,520
Speaker 1: had to basically take a red shirt this year because

436
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,480
Speaker 1: he got COVID and then he got I think strep

437
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,840
Speaker 1: throat and he got lost like thirty pounds. I mean,

438
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Speaker 1: it's just it's awful, and you always want to air

439
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Speaker 1: on the side of caution. I hope people don't take

440
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Speaker 1: that as me saying get them back on the field.

441
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 1: You know, these are college kids. They're they're not getting paid.

442
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Speaker 1: Uh So I'm definitely on the air on the side

443
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Speaker 1: of caution. Speaking of UM, I'm just curious your your thoughts.

444
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,520
Speaker 1: The PAC twelve was supposed to debut this weekend, Robert,

445
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:50,280
Speaker 1: and they have a game canceled, and it just seems like,

446
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,040
Speaker 1: given the timeline, it's gonna be difficult for them to

447
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Speaker 1: get consideration for the College Football Playoff. I mean, how

448
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Speaker 1: do you if you if if you're advising the committee,

449
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 1: what do you telling them regarding games played and who's

450
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Speaker 1: in the playoff this year? I mean, honestly, like, this

451
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,919
Speaker 1: is the and I don't mean that, I don't mean

452
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Speaker 1: to make it sound like I want, you know, uh,

453
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Speaker 1: the world turned upside down, but I kind of like

454
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,119
Speaker 1: the committee having these difficult decisions to make, and you know,

455
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,960
Speaker 1: more and more, I'm kind of moving towards uh that

456
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 1: eight team playoff and the NFL is talking about moving

457
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:31,359
Speaker 1: to a sixteen sixteen game playoff canceled and all the

458
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Speaker 1: uncertainty of this year. Now, I think that the bowl system,

459
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,520
Speaker 1: uh and those ties and the amount of money that

460
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Speaker 1: they get from that has a great deal to do

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Speaker 1: uh with the college structure, and I think the reluctance

462
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Speaker 1: to make any changes to it. Um. But yeah, I

463
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Speaker 1: mean it's it's hard for me to imagine a Pack

464
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Speaker 1: twelve team this year, especially if you're looking at who

465
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Speaker 1: the alternatives are. Let's just assume, I mean, because the

466
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Speaker 1: Big twelve is kind of a mess right now. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're looking at someone loss teams like Oklahoma

468
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Speaker 1: State and Kansas State, Iowa State, UM that you know,

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Speaker 1: excuse me, I A State has one loss inside of

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Speaker 1: the concert inside the conference, have two total losses. Um.

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Speaker 1: But you're looking at the alternatives to the Pack twelve,

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Speaker 1: and I just don't I don't see a scenario where

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Speaker 1: without as many games, and look, we've already had the

474
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Speaker 1: Cal Washington game canceled, they're probably gonna be more canceled.

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Speaker 1: It's hard for me to imagine that, especially if Ohio State, Alabama,

476
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Speaker 1: and say Clemson go undefeated or even put up against

477
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Speaker 1: a one loss UH Texas A and M or a

478
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Speaker 1: one loss or even maybe even a two loss Georgia team.

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Speaker 1: Are you gonna put one of those pack twelve teams in,

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Speaker 1: especially if they only get uh six games in. It's

481
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Speaker 1: just it's it's hard for me to see that happening. Yeah,

482
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 1: like a six and oh Oregon versus a two loss Georgia.

483
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Speaker 1: You know, the SEC is obviously going to be upset

484
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Speaker 1: about that. I don't know. I with you, man, I've

485
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Speaker 1: been a long time eight team playoff guy, Robert. I

486
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,679
Speaker 1: don't think like, who's gonna want to go to a

487
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Speaker 1: bowl game like you could be going to. I know

488
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Speaker 1: al Passo is a bowl spot that's like a hot

489
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,159
Speaker 1: spot right now. You think it's gonna getting better and

490
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Speaker 1: December and you're gonna send college kids there. Yeah, it's

491
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,800
Speaker 1: it's it's it's really hard to imagine. And you know,

492
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Speaker 1: um and just because I think the one thing that

493
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,439
Speaker 1: we've learned for sure right now, just because something's on

494
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,359
Speaker 1: the schedule doesn't mean it's gonna happen. It's a great point.

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Speaker 1: Now let me ask you, though, Robert, about the playoff.

496
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Speaker 1: We've got teams that are highly ranked right now, partially

497
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Speaker 1: because the Big Ten and Pact twelve have been late

498
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:40,040
Speaker 1: to play. But b Yu and Cincinnati, Um, dude, I mean,

499
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Speaker 1: do they have a legitimate shot here? Will they have

500
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Speaker 1: a case to be made? Hey? Let us in Well,

501
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 1: I mean you know the cases. The case is always

502
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Speaker 1: gonna be made. And Cincinnati in particular, with the with

503
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Speaker 1: the strength that we've seen out of some teams in

504
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:57,440
Speaker 1: the American I mean, they stopped smu uh, they stopped Memphis.

505
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Speaker 1: You know the problem for them is that they didn't

506
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Speaker 1: have the non conference information point, if you will. And look,

507
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 1: I mean Liberty is undefeated still, you know, and Liberty

508
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 1: is gonna have a chance against Virginia Tech uh this weekend.

509
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Speaker 1: You know, we hope, but you know, you look at

510
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:16,919
Speaker 1: a lot of those teams and b Y you you

511
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: mentioned them, Boise State. I had a chance to call

512
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 1: Utah State at Boise State, but bach Meyer, Uh, their

513
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:27,560
Speaker 1: quarterback uh is out. So um you know that who

514
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 1: knows what's gonna happen with that? But I think that's

515
00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: what We're really missing this year is the nonconference opportunity

516
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 1: for these group of five or independent teams in the

517
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 1: case of Liberty and uh in b y u uh

518
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Speaker 1: to basically prove that they belong with the Power five

519
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 1: with with some sort of win against one of those teams. Yeah.

520
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,200
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, my heart wants to see Cincinnati

521
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 1: versus like an Ohio State, you know. And again, you know,

522
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Speaker 1: I think we've seen it in the regular season and

523
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 1: it's been ugly, and I think everybody just automatically thinks, well,

524
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,439
Speaker 1: they're not. We're the being in the playoff. But I

525
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Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, I don't know how much Cincinnati

526
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,360
Speaker 1: you've watched, But would you like to see them get

527
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 1: a shot? Oh? Yeah, definitely. And and Luke Fickle Actually

528
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: I was at Ohio State with Luke Fickle. Uh. You know,

529
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 1: it's funny Mike f Able, Luke, Luke Fickle, myself. You know,

530
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,919
Speaker 1: we're all at at high and this is I was

531
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 1: just I'm an old guy, so I was just leaving

532
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 1: and those guys were coming in. But I had a

533
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 1: chance to see them as young players. Uh. And and

534
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 1: watched the way that those guys worked, you know, not

535
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 1: a surprise that either one of them has half the

536
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 1: success that they've had. Uh. In the coaching ranks, and

537
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, which is Luke's specialty,

538
00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: it's been great. But Desmond Ritter has been playing, you know,

539
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: much better here as of late. Got off to a

540
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 1: bit of a slow start at the season, but you know,

541
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: he's a tremendous dual threat quarterback. And you know they're

542
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: obviously scoring a lot of points now. Uh, and and

543
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 1: and that defense has just just been fantastic. I'd love

544
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 1: to see them get a shot um. And you know, again,

545
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 1: I know that there are these Bowl affiliations, but I

546
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: would just I would love to see some sort of expansion,

547
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,520
Speaker 1: a temporary expansion. It's just so late in the season

548
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 1: to do something like that. And maybe uh trying to

549
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,240
Speaker 1: make the comparison to the NFL, where you've got unlimited

550
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: resources and you're dealing with grown men that do it

551
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 1: for a living and get paid. Uh. You know, it

552
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 1: might be an unfair comparison, but it just seems like, UH,

553
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: there should be some way to expand the playoff, and

554
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 1: especially in such a crazy year like this, give one

555
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,719
Speaker 1: or maybe even two of those group of five schools

556
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 1: an opportunity. I'm with you, all right, Robert, I'll let

557
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,640
Speaker 1: you get out of here on this one. You know

558
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 1: you just mentioned verybel fickle obviously going to Ohio State,

559
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 1: You've been around a lot of successful people, some of

560
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: who have gone into coaching. I'm just curious have you

561
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: ever considered or did you at any point considered me?

562
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 1: You know what, I think I want to be a coach. No, No,

563
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: I know I know too well what it is. You know,

564
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 1: I I started, you know, I started family late. I

565
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 1: always knew that I wanted to have children. Uh. And

566
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 1: you know, for me, retiring early uh and relatively healthy,

567
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 1: UH was kind of looking towards that future where I

568
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 1: could uh play, uh play with the kids at some

569
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 1: point rather than you know, limp around. Um. And you know,

570
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,160
Speaker 1: I knew that coaching as well. I mean, it's it's

571
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: just such a grain, such a drain on the time. Uh.

572
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: And you know, for me, I just I knew that

573
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Speaker 1: I didn't want to have to live that life and

574
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Speaker 1: didn't want to have to put a family through that. Certainly,

575
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:34,480
Speaker 1: I have so much respect uh for the coaches and

576
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 1: their families that have to deal with that, have to

577
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 1: deal with the separation that they have from there, from

578
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:46,520
Speaker 1: the from their father. In those situations, that's tough, all right, Robert, Hey, Well,

579
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Speaker 1: thanks for a lot for the time. Enjoy calling Baylor

580
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 1: Iowa State this weekend and obviously trying to stay safe

581
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 1: out there. All right, sounds good? Thanks Jason. The only

582
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: thing better than sitting on your couch watching the game.

583
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: He's making money while you do it. Here's your best bet.

584
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: Really great stuff from Robert Smith. I'm a big fan

585
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 1: of his work as an announcer and an analyst. Alright,

586
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 1: it's time for the best bet. You know the drill.

587
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,680
Speaker 1: I picked the best games on the NFL card. We've

588
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: had a lot of success, but lost Monday Night Football

589
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 1: with an idiotic pick of the Tampa Bay Bucks. Lost

590
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football because I thought I was in good

591
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 1: shape getting the forty nine with a touchdown, and um,

592
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: that's not good. Two straight losses. So what I'm gonna

593
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,239
Speaker 1: do is make up for it. Okay, I'm going with

594
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,400
Speaker 1: four NFL picks three and one or four. No, it's coming,

595
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: let's get started. Seattle Seahawks favored by three in Buffalo.

596
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: This is one I've liked all week you know, I've

597
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 1: bounced around on several games in and out of whether

598
00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 1: or not I really want to pull the trigger. And

599
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 1: and I just like Seattle. I mean, all the numbers

600
00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: line up. I'm not scared about them going east. Okay,

601
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson eight one and one against the spread, his

602
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: last ten to the East coast Eastern time zone doesn't

603
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 1: scare me. Russell Wilson isn't just an unbelievable quarterback leading

604
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: the m v P race. And you can't say the

605
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: same for Josh Allen. I mentioned it, I believe earlier

606
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 1: this week. Josh Allen dinged up his shoulder against the

607
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 1: Raiders several weeks back. Since then, they have not covered

608
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 1: the spread in the next four games. The last two games,

609
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: Josh Allen has zero touchdown passes against the Jets and

610
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: the Patriots. I think it was a huge game for

611
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 1: them last week to beat the Patriots, a f C

612
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: East supremacy, and now they get Seattle. Seattle comes across

613
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 1: the country. Total is on the move, but we we

614
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: know the Bills are gonna score points. Um. I don't

615
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,479
Speaker 1: think there's any doubt about that. This Seattle defense is

616
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 1: just hemorrhaging yard through the air. Fordnors couldn't do it

617
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: through the air last week. That's why I was all

618
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 1: over Seattle. UM, Buffalo can, although I don't totally trust Allen.

619
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Speaker 1: Jamal Adams, by the way is back. I like the

620
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: dk Metcalf vers Tradavious white Man job. But the injury

621
00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: report is interesting for Buffalo. Number one. Keep an eye

622
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 1: on the offensive line. Their center Mitch Morris concussion. I

623
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: believe it's his fifth NFL concussion. That's scary. Unclear if

624
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: he's gonna play, and I think that's a big one.

625
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 1: The other one is Carlos Dunlap. Will he make his

626
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: debut for Seattle. Um. We know Seattle struggle to get pressure. UM.

627
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: I like the Seattle linebackers containing Josh Allen on the scrambles.

628
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Speaker 1: Give me Seattle favored by three second pit Sunday Night

629
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Speaker 1: Football favorite, give me the box. I see the line

630
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: at four. The way it's trending, looks like it's gonna

631
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 1: be three and a half, which I'm not giving out

632
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 1: the best number here on Friday, but I like Tampa

633
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: every which way in this game. I'm sorry. Some of

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Speaker 1: the smart people I really respect, like the Saints here. UM,

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00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: and then a bunch of other smart guys that I

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00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 1: know are all over Tampa Bay, and I just think

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Speaker 1: that this is Tampa Bay at full strength. Godwin's back,

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Speaker 1: an Tonio Brown making his debut, Gronkowski starting to hit

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Speaker 1: his stride here, three straight catches with a touchdown. Remember

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Speaker 1: he missed last year, Okay, And this is a Tampa

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Speaker 1: defense top five against the run, top five overall defense.

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00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 1: The secondary has been aggressive. They can be had over

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Speaker 1: the top. We saw Justin Herbert beat him deep several times,

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Speaker 1: and you're like, oh, well, if Justin Herbert can't, Drew

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Speaker 1: Brees can't. He doesn't throw the deep ball. He just

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Speaker 1: does not. Um, they are twenty six in explosive plays

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00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,279
Speaker 1: this year. They can't beat you with the big play.

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00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: They're big players. Let's dump it to Alvin Kamara in

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Speaker 1: space and let him go to work. And he has

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Speaker 1: been going to work. I like the Devin White matchup.

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Speaker 1: Devin White's one of the best linebackers in the NFC.

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Speaker 1: I really like what he's done. Um, there is a

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Speaker 1: weather component here to watch. Uh. They're calling for wins,

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Speaker 1: which I think significantly favors the Bucks because their run

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Speaker 1: defense is much better and I just back to back

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Speaker 1: road games for the Saints. They have not looked very

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Speaker 1: good and very crisp, and now they're facing a team

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Speaker 1: in the you know, the very pretty sble revenge spot. Um.

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Speaker 1: I like Tampa and I kind of like am big here.

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Speaker 1: So Seattle number one, Tampa number two. Those two I

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Speaker 1: feel really good about. But after that, guys, it's a

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Speaker 1: bit of a crapshoot. I'm all over the place, and

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Speaker 1: I'm doing a risky one here. I'm buying a team

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Speaker 1: a little bit high, although I don't know how high

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Speaker 1: they can be bought given the lucky comeback last week.

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Speaker 1: But I'm taking the Denver Broncos getting four points in Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: This one basically boils down to Drew Lock, a guy

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Speaker 1: I've been very critical of. I'm not a huge Drew

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Speaker 1: Lock fan. That being said, remove the emotion from it

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Speaker 1: and look at it this way, guys, Drew Lock really

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Speaker 1: is able to carve up bad past defenses. The Atlanta

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Speaker 1: Falcons qualify their twenty nine against the past. Any quarterback

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Speaker 1: who's going up against him has wrecked them. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Nick Foles took these guys apart. Okay, I firmly believe

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Speaker 1: that since the Falcons don't bring pressure or drew lockwell

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Speaker 1: left time, Jerry Judy looks good. Hamdler is looking good.

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Speaker 1: I like faant Um. I think they will be able

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Speaker 1: to get points and Denver's defense listen, it's it's not great.

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Speaker 1: I know Herbert looked good against them last year in

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Speaker 1: the first half, but I'm sorry last week in the

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Speaker 1: first half. Um, I I don't love this pick. I

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Speaker 1: like it um Atlanta as a favorite, oh and four

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Speaker 1: against the spread, they're fine as dogs. Okay, you're gonna think, oh,

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Speaker 1: last week they look good against Carolina. Yeah, as underdogs

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Speaker 1: and the matchup was poor for Carolina. It's just nothing

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Speaker 1: very strong about this Falcons team. Denver conversely, five and

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Speaker 1: two against the spread as an underdog, you don't want

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00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,280
Speaker 1: to back them as favorites. They're not good as favorites,

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Speaker 1: but as underdogs, yes, they make a lot of sense.

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Speaker 1: I I don't love it, but I'm taking Denver plus

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Speaker 1: four as my third pick. Now my final pick. I

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00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: really really wanted to go with the Raiders here. I

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00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: had some incredible numbers on the Raiders. I really wanted

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Speaker 1: to go um with the Chicago Bears here. But the

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00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,840
Speaker 1: line's going the wrong way on me and the Bears

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Speaker 1: offensive line. The injury report is really hideous. So I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna take goodness gracius. This is an ugly favorite, folks.

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Speaker 1: I am going with against my better judgment, the Houston Texans. Now,

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Speaker 1: I got it at six and a half this week.

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Speaker 1: Let me just check the contest, because I'm seeing seven

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Speaker 1: on the board in the contest at six in the

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Speaker 1: contest it is six and a half. So I'm taking

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans at six and a half. Now, this

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Speaker 1: is risky, Okay. This is a divisional rematch and the

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Speaker 1: Texans won the first one covered against Gardner Minshew. Who's

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Speaker 1: terrible Gardner mins Who's not starting here? It's someone named

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Speaker 1: Jake Luton. And we talked about this game earlier in

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Speaker 1: the week. Um, you know both teams coming off of bye.

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville pretty clearly is in tank mode. They want that

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Speaker 1: number one pick. It's the Jets the Giants in Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: And if you can sit Gardner Minshew and start this

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Speaker 1: Jake Lutton Luton guy, Like, why aren't they starting Mike

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Speaker 1: Lennon Jake Lutt Really? Um, I am a little worried

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Speaker 1: about this Houston run defense, Like, come on a big

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00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,880
Speaker 1: favorite on the road. That's a recipe for disaster. Um,

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Speaker 1: Houston down a couple of guys due to COVID and

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Speaker 1: if this goes bigger, I think it's three guys on

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Speaker 1: the COVID list. Two are pretty nice players on the defense. Um,

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Speaker 1: but they don't have any nice players on the defense.

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Speaker 1: Bradley Roby I apparently will play that significant. But I

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Speaker 1: don't see why Houston doesn't win this game and cover

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Speaker 1: with a guy like Jake Lutton who has never played

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Speaker 1: a game. Um, you have to assume he's gonna see

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Speaker 1: some stuff that he's not used to. Uh, and the

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Speaker 1: speed will catch up with him. You've seen third string

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Speaker 1: guys come into this league and be like, WHOA. Remember

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Speaker 1: this was not a normal offseason. Lutton's gonna come in

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Speaker 1: here a little shook. I'm sorry, I'm going chalky. Three

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Speaker 1: favorites and a dog to recap best bets. Seattle favored

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Speaker 1: by three, give me Tampa favor by four, give me

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Speaker 1: Denver getting four. And finally some ugly chalk that Houston

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Speaker 1: Texans favored by six and a half. Guys, It's been

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Speaker 1: a great week. I think I tweeted this out, but

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I mentioned it Monday. Last Monday's

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Speaker 1: show was our I think our highest or second highest

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Speaker 1: rated show ever. Thank you so much for the downloads

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Speaker 1: and sharing um obviously your comments on iTunes always help.

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Speaker 1: And our November giveaway will be coming up, perhaps next week.

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Speaker 1: We want to get it done before Thanksgiving. I know

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Speaker 1: I'm giving you guys a lot of money for the holidays,

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Speaker 1: but I want to give away a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: We will see you on Monday