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Speaker 1: Welcome everybody to our brand new podcast from the Action Network,

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Speaker 1: The Favorites. If you're tuning in thinking, hey, where's the Buffet,

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Speaker 1: You've now got the Favorites. We've got a brand new

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Speaker 1: series that we're launching three times a week during the

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Speaker 1: football season Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You're still gonna get Scooch.

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Speaker 1: Later on in the show, He's gonna come on and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about all the things that you, as

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Speaker 1: Buffet listeners, have always loved. We're gonna play Scooch Roulette

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Speaker 1: where we make our best picks. We're gonna go through

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Speaker 1: every single game, figure out where the wise guys are,

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Speaker 1: figure out why the money is moving, figure out what

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Speaker 1: the market is doing. But we're adding some extra special

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Speaker 1: sauce to our podcast. To the Favorites. On Friday's you're

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Speaker 1: gonna get me and my Action Network brother, black Jack Fletcher,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna try to pick five games from the

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Speaker 1: NFL slate to enter into the Westgate Las Vegas Super Contest,

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Speaker 1: where the end of the season, if we win the contest,

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Speaker 1: we're going to win one million dollars. Blackchat, do you

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Speaker 1: think we can do it? I know we can do it.

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Speaker 1: We will do it. There's no if. It's only a

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Speaker 1: question of when. If you're gonna be gambling on the

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Speaker 1: NFL this season, Chat, this is the only podcast you

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Speaker 1: need to listen to because we're gonna give five games

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Speaker 1: a week, brother, and those are going to be winners

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Speaker 1: because we meet them. We get over a million dollars

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Speaker 1: at stake. Here. What are we gonna do If you

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Speaker 1: and I disagree in a game, We're gonna fight over

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Speaker 1: it physically. I would like to see that happen on

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Speaker 1: a podcast. I think people would enjoy a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a rumbo between you and me. It's gonna be great. Yeah. Well,

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Speaker 1: the other stuff we're doing on the podcast is on

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Speaker 1: Monday's Me and our other Action Network colleagues Jeff Schwartz

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Speaker 1: and Paul Laduca to former professional athletes. Paul Duca ten

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Speaker 1: years in the major leagues as a catcher, four time

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Speaker 1: All Star. Jeff Schwartz eight years in the NFL is

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Speaker 1: an offensive lineman. We are going to come up with

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Speaker 1: a nine parlay bet. It's gonna be your first look

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Speaker 1: at all the action that's coming up the following weekend

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Speaker 1: in college football, the NFL, plus anything else is happening

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Speaker 1: during the week. The three of us are going to

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Speaker 1: come up with nine games that we love. We are

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Speaker 1: going to enter the parlay into our favorite sports books,

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Speaker 1: and we are going to win a nineteen thousand to

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Speaker 1: one bet and we're all going to retire to Del

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Speaker 1: Boca Vista. Jeff and Polly, let's bring him in. How

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Speaker 1: you guys doing, I'm doing well. I'm fantastic, man, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna started to get this thing going. Jeff, you're driving,

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Speaker 1: Let's get you in first before you get pulled over

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Speaker 1: by a stadie. How you feeling about our podcast? I

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Speaker 1: love this. It's gonna be a fantastic look ahead to

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Speaker 1: the week and get everyone excited for the week ahead

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Speaker 1: after hopefully everyone wins a little bit on Saturday, Sunday

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Speaker 1: and heading in the Monday night. So I'm I'm pumped

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Speaker 1: for this. It's great to look at to the week

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Speaker 1: and get excited for some action the following weekend. I'm

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Speaker 1: excited just to hear the trash that Paula Duca brings

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Speaker 1: into our parlor that we have to suffer through. Polly,

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Speaker 1: what are you gonna do about that? I mean, there's

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Speaker 1: gonna be more fading than a barber shop on the show,

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Speaker 1: like Swarts already fading one of my picks that I

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Speaker 1: like a couple of weeks ago when we talked, he's

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Speaker 1: your bets are better than that. That's all I can say.

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Speaker 1: Paul Duca, Jeff Schwartz, black Jack Fletcher, You're all part

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Speaker 1: of the Favorites. We will be bringing this podcast to

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Speaker 1: people on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Next up, we have,

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Speaker 1: as promised Bob Scucci, but stick around for the very

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Speaker 1: end because this is the first episode of the Favorites.

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Speaker 1: We have a very special bonus interview with Mike Francessa.

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Speaker 1: And when Mike Francessa says he wants to do an interview,

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Speaker 1: you don't say no, you just go, and that's what

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Speaker 1: we did. So stick around for the very end. Coming

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Speaker 1: up next Bookmaker Bob Scucci as promised, together with me

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Speaker 1: again book may Acre Extraordinaire, representing the Orleans and all

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Speaker 1: the Boyd Gaming books in the state of Nevada and

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Speaker 1: the ever expanding Boyd Gaming Empire. Pretty soon Bookmaker to

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Speaker 1: the World, Mr Bob Scoochie Hey, Chad what was that?

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Speaker 1: Did you come into early? Did were you confuse? What happened?

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Speaker 1: I did not. Are you nervous? Are you nervous? Because

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Speaker 1: and we're in a studio and you've got like a

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Speaker 1: when you're at your palatial Italian villa in Las Vegas. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Here's the scary thing. And people don't know this yet,

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Speaker 1: think of Oceans eleven and um it made us think.

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Speaker 1: You know what's interesting is we have this new theme

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Speaker 1: eleven soundtrack, And so is there a heist going on?

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Speaker 1: Like is the orlean? We'll know tomorrow, right, We've been

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Speaker 1: remember that game. You remember that, Ye, the refund all

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Speaker 1: the bets. Wisconsin was up by like forty points and

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Speaker 1: refund all those wagers on Wisconsin. Have you ever been

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Speaker 1: a part of the heist in Vegas? And I don't

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Speaker 1: I was joking, I'm not. I knew this. I knew

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Speaker 1: And but he didn't know that the f I had

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Speaker 1: So it was an incredible story. But no, I've never

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Speaker 1: been part of anything. Are you kidding me? No? No,

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Speaker 1: and I go way back, and many many years ago,

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Speaker 1: UH I wrote a book called The Odds, which now

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Speaker 1: Eagle side. Yeah, you almost hit it right on the head. Um. Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean we we anticipate, we didn't get caught off guard.

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Speaker 1: reaching Listen, we're gonna go fast through these next two

427
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Speaker 1: craptastic games because um, they're the corner TV games. For

428
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Speaker 1: people who don't know the corner TV games, those are

429
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,760
Speaker 1: the ones that like Scooch puts on in the corner

430
00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,840
Speaker 1: of the sports book because nobody's gonna want to watch him,

431
00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:41,520
Speaker 1: but some people might have bets on him, so he's

432
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Speaker 1: got to put them up. Uh, we're talking about Tennessee

433
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Speaker 1: in Miami. Yeah, I mean, uh, we opened two and

434
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Speaker 1: a half. We're down to one and a half on

435
00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,560
Speaker 1: Tennessee there minus one and a half. But one of

436
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,720
Speaker 1: the least amount of bets on on on a game

437
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Speaker 1: on the board, This has the least amount of action

438
00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,480
Speaker 1: by far. Yeah, you know, why be because it's a

439
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 1: nondescript team against a really bad team. Uh, Cincinnati Bengals

440
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:09,080
Speaker 1: at Indianapolis the culture minus three. They opened a two

441
00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,000
Speaker 1: and a half. If they went up, it's only because

442
00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 1: people saw Andrew Luck through the football. But again, like

443
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:21,159
Speaker 1: who cares cares about these teams? There's a couple of

444
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,800
Speaker 1: wise guys that care. And we actually took some some

445
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 1: nice sized bets on Cincinnati. I was a little surprised.

446
00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:28,880
Speaker 1: I mean, we did move it up because of Luck

447
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,119
Speaker 1: just a little bit. Uh, and we're up to we

448
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,400
Speaker 1: went up to three, and they took the three. So

449
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,840
Speaker 1: we may end up need in Indianapolis. Although a lot

450
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,399
Speaker 1: of parlay money is on the Colts, a lot of

451
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 1: the public feel that you know with Luck in there,

452
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,120
Speaker 1: that they're the team to beat here. People are stupid.

453
00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,040
Speaker 1: That's just a dumb game to bet on. Tell me

454
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,880
Speaker 1: how you really feel. Well, it's just like it's like

455
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 1: a bad team. I would actually bet on the Bengals

456
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Speaker 1: in this game just because they're getting the points, you feel.

457
00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 1: I feel like they're getting the points. I don't know

458
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,440
Speaker 1: what Andrew Luck is going to be. I don't know

459
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,399
Speaker 1: anything about his offense right now. I don't think he

460
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,560
Speaker 1: has any good running backs. Um, their offensive line hasn't improved,

461
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,320
Speaker 1: like they're not just because Andrew Luck is back. They

462
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,800
Speaker 1: still have the same personnel, the same offensive line that

463
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,040
Speaker 1: got him hurt to begin with. It's just like it's

464
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,719
Speaker 1: nothing better there the Bengals. Look at what the Bengals

465
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Speaker 1: could turn it around like they you know, they've been

466
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Speaker 1: a playoff team with that, with that group, Yeah, I

467
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Speaker 1: think I I agree with you in on on every

468
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Speaker 1: front there. You look at what what the Giants did

469
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Speaker 1: and compare them to what Indianapolis did. One team did

470
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Speaker 1: a lot and Indianapolis did nothing. So why do we

471
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Speaker 1: have any faith in this team? None? I don't even

472
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Speaker 1: think you should put this game on a television set.

473
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,960
Speaker 1: It's a corner TV game, Like you said, the most Yeah,

474
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Speaker 1: put it on by the buffet. Okay, New Orleans is

475
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,240
Speaker 1: hosting Tampa Bay their ten point favorites. Boy, this one

476
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,640
Speaker 1: is just getting so high. It's ridiculous. How can you bet?

477
00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,240
Speaker 1: I listen, I love the Saints, you know, I bought

478
00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,560
Speaker 1: like a Saints to win this. We're both take it

479
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 1: at eighteen to one. I think they're the best team

480
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,199
Speaker 1: in the conference. I have full faith in them, but

481
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Speaker 1: I don't want to bet ten points. No, it's it's

482
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Speaker 1: a lot of points. This one got driven up with

483
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 1: the uh the jamis Winston suspension. So so the line

484
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,960
Speaker 1: opened seven with that announcement, the line went up to

485
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,400
Speaker 1: nine and a half. Everybody kind of jumped on it

486
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,720
Speaker 1: from and then you have the public, like I said that,

487
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,959
Speaker 1: they like the Saints anyway, so just drove the number up.

488
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Speaker 1: It's a tough number. I mean, as good as the

489
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Speaker 1: Saints are the first game of the season to lay

490
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Speaker 1: that many points, uh, that's a lot so u um.

491
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Speaker 1: But then again, there's not a whole lot of people

492
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Speaker 1: that are going to back the Buccaneers and the wise

493
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 1: guys doing anything on this game or everyone just like

494
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,400
Speaker 1: the wise Guy's got New Orleans early at minus seven,

495
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Speaker 1: minus seven and a half, and then, like I said,

496
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Speaker 1: after the jamis Winston announcement. But they've done nothing since,

497
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 1: nothing recent, and none of them have taken the Bucks,

498
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Speaker 1: even at the higher number here, So it's we're gonna

499
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Speaker 1: be big Buccaneers fans the next game. I am so

500
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 1: excited about the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Cleveland Browns because

501
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 1: the Steelers opened to six and a half point favorites.

502
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,719
Speaker 1: It's now down to four as the Steelers are four

503
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Speaker 1: point favorites on the road. I was all over the

504
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Speaker 1: Browns at six and a half just because I feel

505
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:22,919
Speaker 1: like that's a lot of points for anybody to have

506
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,479
Speaker 1: to go on the road and win by now because

507
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,120
Speaker 1: of all the hard knocks hype and everyone thinks, oh,

508
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 1: this team isn't so bad, and they've been on national

509
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:35,360
Speaker 1: TV like four times during the preseason and leviyan Bell,

510
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,000
Speaker 1: no one knows what's happening, so you don't know if

511
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Speaker 1: you're gonna get him at full strength or get him

512
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Speaker 1: on the field at all. So all of a sudden,

513
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,119
Speaker 1: this game's at four. Did it move to four? Because

514
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 1: of hard knocks, because of what was happening with the

515
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,160
Speaker 1: Browns in the preseason, because of Levian Bell. Why didn't

516
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: it move mostly Leviyan Bell. There was an early move.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't say it was necessarily because of hard knocks,

518
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Speaker 1: but there was just an early move. We opened that

519
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 1: as high as we thought we could, uh with Pittsburgh

520
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,320
Speaker 1: on the road here minus six and a half. So

521
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,120
Speaker 1: some of the sharp guys took six and a half

522
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,919
Speaker 1: really early. Uh, but the levy On Bell uh was

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00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,719
Speaker 1: really the thing that drove the line down to as

524
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,440
Speaker 1: low as three and a half. So there was a

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00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 1: matter of fact, I think there's still some three and

526
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 1: a half's out out there. We're at four and a half.

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00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 1: We did take the game down off the board, uh

528
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Speaker 1: most of yesterday. Uh so, I mean it was it

529
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 1: was mainly just to see whether or not we thought

530
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,479
Speaker 1: he was gonna Levyan Bell was gonna be playing or not.

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Speaker 1: Uh still not in camp. Um. We hate getting into

532
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,119
Speaker 1: a situation where we're taking some pretty large beds from

533
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,760
Speaker 1: the wise guys at plus six and a half, then

534
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: go down to three and a half, and let's say

535
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,119
Speaker 1: Levan Bell does play and the public is gonna be

536
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 1: on Pittsburgh no matter what, whether Bell is in or out.

537
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: So we just don't want to be in a position

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00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,959
Speaker 1: where we're getting a ton of Parley money at minus

539
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,639
Speaker 1: four minus four and a half, when we've taken all

540
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: of the sharp money at plus six and a half

541
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Speaker 1: and plus six, it just opens us up to a

542
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,200
Speaker 1: big all. So I really don't like this game at all.

543
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,160
Speaker 1: I just I don't want it to fall obviously. Uh so.

544
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,879
Speaker 1: Uh the ticket count is about five to one Pittsburgh

545
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:15,240
Speaker 1: to Cleveland. Even with the publicity around hard Knocks and

546
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,600
Speaker 1: and with Levy on Bell possibly not not playing, um so, uh,

547
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,119
Speaker 1: the general public still sees a you know, an Owen

548
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 1: sixteen team here. Do you know how else you get

549
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 1: a big middle? How you go to the buffet at

550
00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 1: the Orleans I've got that. I didn't even go to

551
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 1: the buffet, and I've got the big middle. Do we

552
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 1: get sound effects at the New Cadence podcast? Do we

553
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 1: get like but ump bum wow? Yeah, we're so professional

554
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 1: now stepping it up. Minnesota is hosting the San Francisco

555
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,840
Speaker 1: forty nine ers another one. This is such an interesting game.

556
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 1: I've got a very strong opinion on this game. This

557
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:56,479
Speaker 1: came open five. Now it's at six and a half. UM,

558
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,600
Speaker 1: when this and this moved recently because it was at

559
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 1: you lingering around five and a half for a long time.

560
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 1: I loved it at five and a half. I love

561
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 1: the Vikings at five and a half in this game.

562
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: Why did it move to six and a half? Why

563
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: is all this money coming in on the Vikings? Who

564
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 1: is it? Well? I mean, we did open what we

565
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: thought would be on the low side, knowing that the

566
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: way San Francisco ended the season last year and the

567
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 1: way the general public felt about him. But there's two

568
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 1: teams at the general public both are in love with UH.

569
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,640
Speaker 1: I mean that they're in love with Minnesota too, so UH.

570
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 1: But I really, I really felt like we'd get a

571
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: little bit more money on San Francisco than what we did.

572
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 1: It turns out both the public and the sharp guys

573
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 1: are on on Minnesota here. UM. I did feel like, UH.

574
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 1: Some of we talked about it in another podcast that

575
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 1: I felt the UH season win total was a little

576
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,719
Speaker 1: high with UH with San Francisco, and I thought that

577
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 1: the hype in the way that they finished the season

578
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 1: last year, I, you know, it was just a little

579
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: little too much. Uh so. Uh, I mean, Minnesota's got

580
00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: a great defense, best in the nfls and uh I

581
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 1: could understand the move, but I did think we'd get

582
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 1: a little bit more San Francisco money than what we did.

583
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 1: I have to skip this game. I'd have to pass it.

584
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 1: I would not be able to bet in this game

585
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 1: at this number. But you'd like Minnesota earlier at the

586
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 1: at the lower number. Right. As they say in the

587
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 1: sports betting business Scooch, you gotta get the best in

588
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: the number. Yeah, you do. You know, it's like the

589
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: stock market, you know, bye bye bye and bye low

590
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 1: and sell high. You know what? Um I forgot to

591
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 1: mention at the beginning of the podcast, you might like this.

592
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: Later on in the podcast, Mike Francessa is gonna come on?

593
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 1: We interviewed Mike Francessa. What do you really I don't

594
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: like it. He's good, he's good. I'll have to listen

595
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 1: to that. You already already did that one. Yeah, he

596
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 1: So you're gonna listen to the podcast. You're gonna listen

597
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 1: to the podcast. I'm gonna listen from Mike Francessa. We'll

598
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 1: have to tell you how to face Uh, let's move

599
00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 1: on to the four o'clock games. We got the l

600
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Speaker 1: H Chargers, another team that the public is all over

601
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 1: just loving right now. Um, three and a half point

602
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 1: favorites over Kansas City. This game opened at three, it's

603
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: moved to three and a half. At this point, I

604
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 1: would say take the Kansas City Chiefs. Yeah, Uh, the

605
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. I don't know why the public doesn't

606
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 1: like this team. This is a really good team, and

607
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:24,720
Speaker 1: and I expect them to be better than they were

608
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 1: last year. Um. I know that the they also loved

609
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: the Chargers, but uh, and they're the home home favorite,

610
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 1: so I know we're gonna get public money on the

611
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: home favorite. We always do. But uh, this is another

612
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 1: surprising one to me because I thought we'd get a

613
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 1: little bit more Chiefs money than what we did. You

614
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,760
Speaker 1: know what's interesting to me, I don't know why you

615
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: guys give the Chargers any home field advantage at all.

616
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 1: They're playing on like a see stadium that they can't

617
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: even fill. Yeah, there's no home there's no home field there.

618
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:59,240
Speaker 1: So basically what you're saying is that like they're like,

619
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: this is this acentually a neutral field? To me? Yeah? Yeah, yeah,

620
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: And I mean, there's really nothing that. Yeah, I don't

621
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 1: think there's three points favorite on a field. I think

622
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: maybe they're even I welcome the Chargers money here. I'm

623
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: we're at three. I know there's some three and a

624
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 1: half's out there, and I'm okay with needing needing the

625
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,720
Speaker 1: Chiefs in this one. I think there's a lot of

626
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 1: value on plus three. This next game, Arizona and Washington

627
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: is pick Arizona at home. And I can't think of

628
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:36,959
Speaker 1: three interesting things to say about this game. It's just

629
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,160
Speaker 1: two programs that are going in the wrong direction. So

630
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 1: there's not there's not a whole lot to get excited

631
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: about them. I mean, I guess the uh, the Cardinals

632
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 1: have Josh Rosen. Maybe Sam Bradford gets hurt and Josh

633
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: Rosen plays um. Maybe Patrick Peterson runs an interception back

634
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: for a touchdown. May a b Jay Gruden's head explodes

635
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 1: when he realizes that having Kirk Cousins was better than

636
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: having Alex Smith. Yeah, I'd like to see that. But

637
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:15,959
Speaker 1: is anybody even playing this game? Let me look at

638
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: the bet totals right now. I can also in the

639
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: Action Network app see the total number of bets. UM

640
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: not a lot of bets on this game. No, I

641
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 1: mean next to the other two corner games that we

642
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: mentioned that this is right up there with them. They

643
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 1: can make a run for the money on this being

644
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: another corner game. This actually has right now. If you're

645
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: talking about the three least beat games, you're talking about

646
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: Tennessee Miami is one, Washington Arizona two Since the in

647
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:45,720
Speaker 1: d three. Wow, yeah, that's that's about what we got, uh,

648
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: Carolina Dallas. I think this is an interesting game as

649
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: opposed to the other one. I like the under. This under, Uh,

650
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 1: it's been bent down quite a bit. There's so many

651
00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: things to think about here, because, um it, it opened

652
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: it two and a half, it's now three. The under

653
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: was forty four, it's now forty two and a half.

654
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 1: Um I got the under at forty four, by the way,

655
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:14,360
Speaker 1: And UH like a lot of a lot of narratives

656
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: happening here, Cam Dak. Uh. The Cowboys offensive line is

657
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: in shambles. Um. The Panthers playing at home with nobody

658
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 1: caring because it's a Southeastern team, but they've got new ownership.

659
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: Uh tell me how you set this line and where

660
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 1: the wise guys are going? Well, I mean we have

661
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: them basically two very evenly matched teams. Uh that Uh,

662
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,200
Speaker 1: Carolina is really just the home field advantage of the

663
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: only thing that gives them the um um land land

664
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 1: points here is the only reason is because they're at home. Uh.

665
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,319
Speaker 1: Our ticket account is almost dead even on this one. Uh.

666
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 1: There's not a whole lot of wise guy money on

667
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 1: either side, and this one, I don't think there's any value,

668
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 1: uh to to either side. It's basically a p come game.

669
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 1: A lot of I mean there's a lot of interest

670
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: only because it's Dallas. Uh. People just follow this team

671
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 1: like uh, like they do the Lakers in basketball and

672
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: the Yankees in baseball, so they'll they'll always draw um,

673
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 1: a lot of attention people just there's just a lot

674
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,240
Speaker 1: of Dallas fans. But in terms of money on the game,

675
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 1: uh not, I mean there's not a whole lot either

676
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 1: way here. That's that was a boring answer, Yeah, it was.

677
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 1: That's Dallas. They're gonna they're gonna they're gonna get a

678
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: ton of money. They're gonna get a ton of money.

679
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 1: They're a public team, like they're the the biggest public team. Well,

680
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: you already covered Carolina. You cover all the teams in

681
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: the South that they're they just don't draw a whole

682
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 1: lot of attention. People don't like them no matter how

683
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: good they are. So true, Uh, here's an interesting game

684
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 1: to me, Denver in Seattle. Denver is a three point favorite.

685
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: This game opened to two. You know you and I

686
00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: talked about this previously in other versions of the podcast. Uh,

687
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: Denver got a ton of money, uh in the futures

688
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:08,080
Speaker 1: market with wise guys coming in betting the Broncos down

689
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 1: from fifty one to thirty five to want to win

690
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:13,320
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. I thought that was so utterly stupid

691
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 1: when I heard it, Like I couldn't believe people were

692
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: doing that, And then I thought about it. I'm like,

693
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:22,320
Speaker 1: their defense is amazing. They drafted really well, the defense improved.

694
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,239
Speaker 1: They signed case Keenum their quarterback and was so bad

695
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 1: last year. Anything that happens is an improvement. So if

696
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: you have like a middling quarterback, even with a really

697
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: good defense, all of a sudden you got a team

698
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 1: that could be on the make. Yeah. I mean this team,

699
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: they take a good hard look at themselves and they

700
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 1: I mean they just cut Paxton Lynch telling you that

701
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 1: they you know, here, here's a number first round draft

702
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: that we're willing to just part ways with because we

703
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: see a direction here. So um, that's the difference of

704
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 1: I mean, like, uh, of a program that you know

705
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: that the front office can really make moves that can

706
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:00,799
Speaker 1: improve the team, and sometimes they have to make those

707
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 1: hard choices. Uh. So I I think some of the

708
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: sharp guys did see some potential here and they probably

709
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: saw a little little bit of value in terms of

710
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,760
Speaker 1: the line here. Again, there's nothing to really get excited

711
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,359
Speaker 1: about Seattle with that. Here's a team that's been uh,

712
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 1: you know, struggling the last couple of years with their

713
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: offensive line and their their defense was getting long in

714
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 1: the tooth the last couple of years. And so uh,

715
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: Denver uh minus two and a half probably probably a

716
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: little value on Denver here went up to three. Uh.

717
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 1: Three seems to be the solid number. We're getting still

718
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 1: some some more Denver money than Seattle money. And uh,

719
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 1: both from public and wise guys. When we play Scooch Roulette,

720
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: we're gonna have some hard choices to make. You know,

721
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 1: I forgot all about Scooch Roulette to you know why,

722
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: I wasn't think you know why you know why? Why? No?

723
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: Because I keep winning Okay, do you know why I

724
00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 1: keep winning? Tell me why I'm dying to here? Why

725
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 1: are you so disgusted with me? Is it me? Or

726
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: is it the fact that the Orleans is being robbed

727
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,279
Speaker 1: as we speak? And You're like, I cannot believe I

728
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,279
Speaker 1: have to do this podcast Instead of running to the

729
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:26,799
Speaker 1: Orleans to save everybody, I've got to go. I've got

730
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: to go be super Scoots right now, and instead I've

731
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: got to record this stupid podcast. All right. Um, I

732
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 1: always want to screw up because I'm a wise guy,

733
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 1: and I know the numbers that you're making better than

734
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 1: you do. I know all the perspectives. Yeah, okay, sounds

735
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 1: good to me. The Chicago Bears opened as eight point

736
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,359
Speaker 1: underdogs to the Green Bay Packers for the Sunday night game.

737
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 1: You know, I'm a Bears fan. I normally would avoid

738
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 1: the Bears like the plague, but I am very high

739
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,080
Speaker 1: on Khalil Mack. I like what I've seen from the

740
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,799
Speaker 1: Bears offense in the preseason. Uh, you must have gotten

741
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: a little bit of money unless you just moved that

742
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,440
Speaker 1: half a point on the Khalil Mack signing or a trade.

743
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: But um, that number feels high to me right now. Uh, yeah,

744
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 1: it was probably a little high. It was at eight

745
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: and a half. Uh, you know, it came over the

746
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: wire got six o'clock in the morning Vegas time. Is

747
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: as I think when we got the alert with Khalil

748
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,840
Speaker 1: Mack and immediately after we got a we took a

749
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,760
Speaker 1: ten thousand dollar bet on on the Bears a plus

750
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 1: eight and a half and we moved it quickly to

751
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: eight and then we took some more money went down

752
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: that went down to seven and a half even with

753
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 1: the sharp money on Chicago. And I agree with you,

754
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: Khalil back is just a phenomenal player. Uh, We're still

755
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:47,839
Speaker 1: gonna end up needing the Bears in this one. It's

756
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: the late game Sunday nights the Green Bay Packers. Yes,

757
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: it's a high line, we know it's high, but every

758
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: parlay is tied to the Packers. So, um, we probably

759
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,920
Speaker 1: don't mind being a little heavy and straight bets on

760
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,319
Speaker 1: in Chicago and this one. Um. But uh, and I

761
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: think that the value certainly is there or was there

762
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,839
Speaker 1: with eight and a half and probably still is there

763
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:11,360
Speaker 1: with seven and a half. Um. But uh, but but

764
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: still with the public play green Bay and we'll still

765
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: need the Bears. I might do the stupidest thing in

766
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: the world. And actually I have to pick the Bears

767
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 1: and the sculpture let just because I'm going to pick

768
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 1: them too. Oh, but go ahead, no no, no, no,

769
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 1: no no. If you want them, if you want them,

770
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,399
Speaker 1: it's your podcast. If you want them, you have them.

771
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: I'll find something else to do. I'll find something else.

772
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: Why do we have like really bad Monday night games?

773
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 1: The Jets at the Lions. The Jets are six and

774
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 1: a half point dogs. What's that about. I don't think

775
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 1: there's I don't think they're bad. Well, one of them

776
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: might be. But the Rams and the Raiders, I think

777
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,800
Speaker 1: it's a phenomenal Monday night games. I don't get excited

778
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 1: about that. I don't think the Raiders are gonna be

779
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: very good. I think it's I think it's a great

780
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 1: story just to see how good they are and and

781
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,479
Speaker 1: going up against this Rams team that everybody was all

782
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 1: over last year. I think it's a great game to

783
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 1: to open up the season. But the Jets in Detroit.

784
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: I agree. But if you're gonna have two games and

785
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: you want one to be a throwaway, make the early one.

786
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: The Jets in Detroit I think the only the only

787
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 1: thing that I'd like to see is is Sam Donald.

788
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,800
Speaker 1: It's always interesting to see a rookie quarterback in his

789
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,760
Speaker 1: first game. Uh, no matter how good or how highly

790
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,560
Speaker 1: touted they are. Uh, the pace of the game is

791
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 1: just so much for uh a rookie quarterback and uh

792
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 1: going up against Detroit's defense, it's going to be a struggle.

793
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 1: But uh, that's why the number is so high. We're

794
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 1: one of the only sevens in town on Detroit. Um.

795
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 1: The money came in early on Detroit. UM, not a

796
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 1: whole lot. It's not it's not overwhelming, but the public

797
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:49,760
Speaker 1: moneys on Detroit as well. So we're gonna need the Jets.

798
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 1: I am dying for a reason to take the over

799
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 1: in this game. Yeah, and I can't, you know, especially

800
00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,040
Speaker 1: like we talked about before with uh, you know, a

801
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,800
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback and going up against a good defense. It's

802
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,839
Speaker 1: not a game you want to bet the over. I mean,

803
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 1: it could happen if you have a four or five

804
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: turnovers and get the over real quick with interception returns.

805
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 1: But can't Detroit score forty five points alone with Matthew Stafford,

806
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 1: Yeah they can. We're at forty five. I mean they

807
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,439
Speaker 1: could easily rack up well. The Jets had a pretty

808
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 1: good defense though, so I don't know if they could

809
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 1: rack it up on their own. All right, I can't

810
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:30,920
Speaker 1: can't give you a reason about there. I think you

811
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,480
Speaker 1: know what's interesting in this game. I actually was really

812
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:40,400
Speaker 1: feeling strongly about the Jets um at plus seven all summer,

813
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,959
Speaker 1: and then like for some reason, with Sam Donald starting,

814
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 1: I feel differently, do you know what I mean? Like

815
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:50,919
Speaker 1: I watched the Jets team last year. Josh McCown kept

816
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: them in games through the first half and into the

817
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: second half. Their defense was really good. Um, they played

818
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,400
Speaker 1: with a lot of heart, they didn't give up, and

819
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,359
Speaker 1: they just weren't talented enough, but they could keep keep

820
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 1: games close enough throughout most of the game that like

821
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,439
Speaker 1: you had a sweat going and it was always within

822
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 1: like a score one way or the other. Um. I

823
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 1: just and and I don't think the lines are very

824
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:18,360
Speaker 1: good at all, and they haven't improved that I'm I'm

825
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: sort of just feeling like in a division with the Bears,

826
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:24,280
Speaker 1: the Packers and the Vikings, the Lions are like a distant,

827
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 1: distant fourth. But I can't get behind Sam Donald as

828
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: a seven point under Dug. Yeah, I think we're gonna

829
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:33,640
Speaker 1: need more. You, I would need more if I'm gonna

830
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,319
Speaker 1: if I'm gonna bet the Jets with Sam Darnald, I'm

831
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 1: gonna need more than seven points, all right. I've just

832
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,239
Speaker 1: seen it too many times with a rookie quarter. Yeah,

833
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 1: I just don't. I don't have any faith. Oakland is

834
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: hosting the Los Angeles Rams, everybody's favorite team. Boy, the

835
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,319
Speaker 1: public loves the Rams. Right now, the Rams are on

836
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,720
Speaker 1: the road as four point favorites. Where are the wise

837
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 1: guys on this game? They were on the Rams? This

838
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: This game moved more than any other game that we

839
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 1: put up on the board. We we opened up at

840
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:04,000
Speaker 1: one and a half, and this thing just jumped and

841
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 1: just went way up. We just went to four this week.

842
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:12,839
Speaker 1: So it went to three about a week ago, went

843
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 1: to three and a half um just before the weekend,

844
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,160
Speaker 1: and then, uh, we just went up to four. And

845
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,880
Speaker 1: it's all Rams money. Uh So, not that we need

846
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,080
Speaker 1: a reason to be Oakland fans here in Las Vegas,

847
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:29,919
Speaker 1: but uh, we're Raider fans, I should say exactly, yeah,

848
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 1: but but we're gonna be a big Raider fan And

849
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,280
Speaker 1: I think it adds to the story. You got Gruden's return.

850
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 1: Every everyone wants to see that and they want to

851
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: especially now that he's trying to justify reasons for for

852
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 1: dealing Khalil Mack. It's and it's gonna be interesting to see.

853
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 1: You know if if they have a winning season, is

854
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,319
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a genius and without Khalil Mack and

855
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,799
Speaker 1: then if he if they bomb, it's gonna be you know,

856
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:55,880
Speaker 1: why did you? Why did you get rid of him? So? Um,

857
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:57,960
Speaker 1: it's an interesting story and it's a nice way to

858
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:03,959
Speaker 1: open the season. Excuse it's time to play everybody's favorite game,

859
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:08,919
Speaker 1: except maybe yours because you forgot all about it. Yeah,

860
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:20,200
Speaker 1: Scooch Roulette. In this game, you get one chance to

861
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 1: make the right pick. What's it gonna be? I like

862
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:26,759
Speaker 1: the Bears. I think it's too many points. I would

863
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 1: have loved to get in that eight and a half.

864
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 1: I think that's probably why you keep beating me too,

865
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:33,319
Speaker 1: because I keep getting the worst of the number. Why

866
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:35,120
Speaker 1: is whyse guys always get the best of the number,

867
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 1: not the number. That's why. That's why in this game,

868
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: Like I look, I love the Giants, but I don't

869
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,200
Speaker 1: like it at plus three as much as I liked

870
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,279
Speaker 1: it at plus four, So I'm not going to bet

871
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 1: that game. I actually like the Ravens now, but I

872
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,799
Speaker 1: don't like it at seven and a half. Um, so

873
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 1: I so that takes that off the board. Um. I

874
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 1: liked the Broncos, but I liked them better at two

875
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:57,520
Speaker 1: and a half than three. So the one game where

876
00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 1: I still have a lot of confidence no matter what

877
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:03,399
Speaker 1: the number is Houston Texans plus six and a half

878
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: against the New England Patriots. Nobody gets rich betting against

879
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:11,400
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick. Nobody wins Scooch Roulette betting against Bill Belichick.

880
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 1: But I just feel like this team doesn't really have

881
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:17,719
Speaker 1: great receivers right now. Their defense isn't that good. The

882
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 1: Texans are getting Deshaun Watson back, They're getting JJ Watt back. Um,

883
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,879
Speaker 1: they're basically getting two you know, first rounders, uh in

884
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:29,800
Speaker 1: one case the defensive MVP back into their team. And

885
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:33,479
Speaker 1: this team is loaded with talent to me, so I'm

886
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:35,759
Speaker 1: all over them. I think it's I think it's an

887
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,760
Speaker 1: inflated number. I think you're you're making the book based

888
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,319
Speaker 1: on the team they were last year, not on the

889
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:44,239
Speaker 1: team they are now. Well, I hope you and I

890
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 1: both win because these are going to be two of

891
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:48,160
Speaker 1: our biggest games on the board. I know the listeners

892
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 1: are like what you're going against New England and against

893
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:55,799
Speaker 1: the Packers. If they're new, they're gonna learn how sharp

894
00:46:55,880 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: we really are or balloons and they'll never listen again.

895
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:07,280
Speaker 1: But that's called gambling, Scooch. Yeah, it is listen. Everybody

896
00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:11,319
Speaker 1: should stick around to hear Mike Francessa. Everyone should come

897
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 1: back next week to hear you. And yeah, it's great

898
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,640
Speaker 1: to be back. I'm looking forward to this year. I'm

899
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 1: hoping that the Orleans is still open. I've got to run.

900
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: I've gotta go check it out. See what's going on. Okay,

901
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,960
Speaker 1: good luck, go get the bad guys. All right, thanks,

902
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: thanks Buddy. The man who created sports radio in New York,

903
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 1: Broadcasting Legend, just launched his new app mix on Everyone

904
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:42,440
Speaker 1: should go downloaded and subscribe. Mike Francessa, how are you doing, Mike,

905
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,320
Speaker 1: how are you? Thanks for coming up my pleasure. So

906
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:48,320
Speaker 1: first tell me about the app. Well, it's been in

907
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 1: the works for a while. It's really a big part

908
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,880
Speaker 1: of why I came back to Bloodcast Radio, and I

909
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: had this idea of doing something different for a while,

910
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 1: a lot of mad I will produce a lot of content.

911
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:04,480
Speaker 1: I'll do my NFL show, my Football Sunday show, which

912
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 1: I've done on Sunday mornings for thirty years. I will

913
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:09,319
Speaker 1: do that exclusively on the app. I'll do We'll do

914
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,960
Speaker 1: a college football show on the app. We will also

915
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:16,920
Speaker 1: be on before after enduring all the big events in

916
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,960
Speaker 1: the next count of the year. Thirty years ago, you're

917
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,319
Speaker 1: working with Jimmy the Greek right like, you're talking to

918
00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 1: guys about gambling. You're in that world. How much could

919
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,759
Speaker 1: you envision then what was going to be happening today?

920
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,160
Speaker 1: You know, It's funny. Thirty years ago, I was even

921
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 1: starting the fan I started with those guys almost a

922
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:39,000
Speaker 1: decade before that. It's almost forty years ago. I started

923
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 1: at the NFL Today in night So I was a

924
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,720
Speaker 1: baby so and I worked with Brent Musburger and Jimmy

925
00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:47,919
Speaker 1: the Greek. I work closely with them. I wrote Jimmy

926
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:50,640
Speaker 1: the Greek syndicated column. The gambling in America is a

927
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:53,359
Speaker 1: very different place now than it was then, that's for sure,

928
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:56,080
Speaker 1: all right. So, I remember when you were doing March

929
00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:59,200
Speaker 1: Madness stuff on CBS. Do you guys want to talk

930
00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 1: about gambling and the brackets and things like that. When

931
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:04,319
Speaker 1: you were on that chat, it would have made it more.

932
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:06,719
Speaker 1: You know, in those days, it was completely taboo. I mean,

933
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:08,799
Speaker 1: we used to sit there. Now, in those early years,

934
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:11,840
Speaker 1: people don't realize that CBS ESPN used to have the

935
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 1: games all day, and CBS on Thursday and Friday wouldn't

936
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:17,000
Speaker 1: come on until they had eleven thirty game at night

937
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,280
Speaker 1: and then they have all the games Saturday and Sunday

938
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:20,880
Speaker 1: and the rest of the tournament. But we wouldn't have

939
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:23,360
Speaker 1: those first two days in those early years of the tournament.

940
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:26,160
Speaker 1: But we would be sitting in a room, a room

941
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:28,919
Speaker 1: what we called MP two where we would view all

942
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:30,560
Speaker 1: the games, and we have all the games brought in,

943
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:32,239
Speaker 1: and there'd be people who would come visit us. You know,

944
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: Dan Rather would come in and sit down and watch games.

945
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:37,520
Speaker 1: Hunt the Thompson actually came in a couple of times

946
00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:39,319
Speaker 1: and watch games of date. So I mean, and he

947
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,360
Speaker 1: was crazy, as everyone knows. But these guys we were

948
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:44,920
Speaker 1: sitting there and talk about games and you know, who

949
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,360
Speaker 1: was gonna win and upsets and everything else. But you

950
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 1: didn't talk about that stuff on the air. That was

951
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:52,320
Speaker 1: completely taboo in those days. And you know, a couple

952
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:54,840
Speaker 1: of things early on got me a lot of attention.

953
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 1: One was picking seat in the hall to go, you

954
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 1: know with I MS and get the push, which we

955
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:02,640
Speaker 1: got the on national attention. Another time, I picked ten

956
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:07,160
Speaker 1: Bowl games straight out and straight up against the spread

957
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,200
Speaker 1: and straight up winners on ten to ten and actually

958
00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:12,440
Speaker 1: got written about, not only in newspapers, here have been

959
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,080
Speaker 1: Time magazine and stuff like that. There was a couple

960
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:19,440
Speaker 1: of times where predictions seemed to further my brand early on,

961
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:23,359
Speaker 1: and I would pick upsets, and I would only pick

962
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:25,640
Speaker 1: up sets if they were actually betting. I see, I

963
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:27,880
Speaker 1: would never I would use the point spread while I

964
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 1: was making predictions. People would use the seeds. I would

965
00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:32,360
Speaker 1: use and say, that's not an upset, and maybe do

966
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,960
Speaker 1: you know what I was talking about? But seven ten game, Hey,

967
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:36,800
Speaker 1: that team wasn't an upset. They were three points favorite.

968
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:38,839
Speaker 1: I knew that they didn't know that. So I would

969
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:41,400
Speaker 1: pick legitimate upsets and call them upsets. And I was

970
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 1: using the point spread in those days they were using seeds,

971
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 1: so it was a little different than you know, we

972
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:48,200
Speaker 1: had different standards. Mike Leeboff, who you know who works

973
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:51,640
Speaker 1: at Action, who started the legendary Francesicon, has already told

974
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,840
Speaker 1: me that we are on opposite side of the Giants.

975
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:57,319
Speaker 1: I am all in on the Giants over. I think

976
00:50:57,320 --> 00:50:59,319
Speaker 1: the Giants can win the NFC East. I think the

977
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:01,040
Speaker 1: Giants can go to the super Bowl. You're not wrong.

978
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:02,839
Speaker 1: I am on the same side. You're on the same side.

979
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:05,360
Speaker 1: I think the Giants went over and I and have

980
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:08,560
Speaker 1: already invested in that at six and a half. So yes,

981
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:11,719
Speaker 1: so a while ago, I happen to be of that opinion. Now,

982
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:14,439
Speaker 1: I think what's scaring people off? For twofold one. There

983
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:16,480
Speaker 1: is this prevailing quote out of the year, I can't

984
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 1: play anymore, which is completely wrong, completely wrong. I know

985
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,160
Speaker 1: I'm an Elis supporter. I like Eli Eli, I have

986
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:25,400
Speaker 1: I have a very good relationship, But it's not that

987
00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 1: I know we like can still play. I watched them.

988
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:30,080
Speaker 1: I know he can still throw the ball. The one

989
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:31,640
Speaker 1: thing he has to do is he has to be protected.

990
00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:34,320
Speaker 1: He doesn't have any escapability, he doesn't have any mobility.

991
00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:37,719
Speaker 1: But I like the way they rebuilt this team this year.

992
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 1: The key is the offensive line and the pass rush.

993
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:42,719
Speaker 1: The one thing I fear and I like them as

994
00:51:42,719 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 1: an over The one thing I fear is this. I

995
00:51:46,239 --> 00:51:50,000
Speaker 1: worry about teams that are marginal as far as playoffs,

996
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:51,879
Speaker 1: and I don't think the Giants are are a super

997
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:54,760
Speaker 1: Bowl heavywhere I think there are. You know, they're teams

998
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:56,800
Speaker 1: the number six and a half. They're not supposed to

999
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,920
Speaker 1: go to the super Bowl. So I liked them as

1000
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:00,880
Speaker 1: a winning team this year. But what I worry about

1001
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:04,200
Speaker 1: is something can go south early. That Jacksonville game is

1002
00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:07,640
Speaker 1: enormous because they play the roughest seven games you could

1003
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:11,239
Speaker 1: possibly play. They play seven teams, they're all good. They

1004
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:15,239
Speaker 1: play Jacksonville week one. If that game doesn't work out,

1005
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:19,800
Speaker 1: the next two weeks they're in Dallas prime time and Houston,

1006
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:21,320
Speaker 1: which is a very good team, and then they don't

1007
00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:24,960
Speaker 1: play the Saints. Then they go at Carolina Thursday night,

1008
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:29,719
Speaker 1: Philadelphia at home, and then Monday night in Atlanta. That's

1009
00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:32,920
Speaker 1: a brutal schedule. Three prime time games, four road games,

1010
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,759
Speaker 1: seven tough games. They have to win that first week

1011
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 1: or this thing could cascade on them. If they can

1012
00:52:38,239 --> 00:52:41,440
Speaker 1: just be three and four, they will win ten games.

1013
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:45,480
Speaker 1: I think that the most crooked line on the board

1014
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:49,240
Speaker 1: in Week one is Jags as a road favorite against

1015
00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:52,040
Speaker 1: the Giants. I have already bet the Giants as home underdogs,

1016
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 1: and I will say this, I agree with you on

1017
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:57,200
Speaker 1: the game, but I'll tell you this, not only is

1018
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 1: it a good bet, but it's a must win. The

1019
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:03,399
Speaker 1: Giants have to have that game. The schedule plays so

1020
00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:06,120
Speaker 1: much against them if they don't get that game, because

1021
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:07,680
Speaker 1: the Dallas game is gonna be tough, as you know,

1022
00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:09,520
Speaker 1: and the Houston game is gonna be one of the

1023
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,919
Speaker 1: harder games on the schedule. On three playing the Saints,

1024
00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:13,960
Speaker 1: this isn't gonna be over. You can't go on floor

1025
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:17,400
Speaker 1: in this league and win because what happens is everything fractures.

1026
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:20,240
Speaker 1: Every little problem becomes a big problem. Every little injury

1027
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:21,960
Speaker 1: becomes a big injury. Just like if you can be

1028
00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:25,200
Speaker 1: four and oh, teams are already good become good when

1029
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:27,760
Speaker 1: they're four and old because they buy in. In football,

1030
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,479
Speaker 1: you must buy in as a group. And that's why

1031
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:34,600
Speaker 1: good starts are imperative in the NFL, and that schedule,

1032
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:36,560
Speaker 1: I think is scaring everybody off. The six and a

1033
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:38,799
Speaker 1: half as a joke. As far as I'm concerned. Two

1034
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:41,759
Speaker 1: other teams, the Saints and the Texans, they happen to

1035
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:44,560
Speaker 1: be two teams where I am holding one tickets to

1036
00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:47,400
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl in my pocket right now. How

1037
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,160
Speaker 1: much do you think the Saints the way they ended

1038
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:53,239
Speaker 1: the season last year impacts then early and what do

1039
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:56,200
Speaker 1: you think of the Saints at stants have a chance.

1040
00:53:56,239 --> 00:53:59,200
Speaker 1: I just don't expect the Saints to put it together.

1041
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:01,879
Speaker 1: I think something happens. I don't trust them. I don't

1042
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:03,440
Speaker 1: trust them as a team and don't trust him as

1043
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:06,160
Speaker 1: a defense. The one problem I have with Euston I

1044
00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:10,880
Speaker 1: was the biggest biggest supporter on my show of Clemston.

1045
00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:12,719
Speaker 1: I picked him within a national championship a couple of

1046
00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:14,480
Speaker 1: years ago when they did when no one had even

1047
00:54:14,560 --> 00:54:18,920
Speaker 1: talked about them the first year. And Deshaun Watson, who

1048
00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:21,759
Speaker 1: I said should have won the Husmansophie twice. I did

1049
00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:24,600
Speaker 1: not think he was going to have the success he

1050
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:26,960
Speaker 1: had in the pros because I thought the way he played,

1051
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,440
Speaker 1: he would get hurt and he would be extremely vulnerable

1052
00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:32,160
Speaker 1: and may go the way of an of a griffin.

1053
00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:35,520
Speaker 1: I still fear that with him. I think the way

1054
00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:38,320
Speaker 1: he exposes himself two hits and the way he plays,

1055
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:41,640
Speaker 1: he's gonna have a hard time staying healthy. He's got talent.

1056
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:43,840
Speaker 1: We know that, but I thought he would have a

1057
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:45,920
Speaker 1: rough time in the pros. He scares me. I just

1058
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:47,960
Speaker 1: think he's very vulnerable to being hurt all the time.

1059
00:54:48,239 --> 00:54:52,080
Speaker 1: That's what scares me about the Texans. Texans are talented, um,

1060
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:56,160
Speaker 1: But I think the teams that are gonna be very

1061
00:54:56,239 --> 00:54:58,920
Speaker 1: interesting in the a f C. If the Ravens get

1062
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:00,840
Speaker 1: any offense, their defense could be the best defense in

1063
00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:02,719
Speaker 1: the league. They're gonna be, and they're world coached. They

1064
00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:05,359
Speaker 1: could be a team that's better than people think. And

1065
00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:07,759
Speaker 1: everyone's talking about the charges, which I never believe in,

1066
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:10,600
Speaker 1: So that's a weird one. But Kansas City's offense could

1067
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:13,880
Speaker 1: be very interesting to watch because the strong, long quarterback

1068
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:16,120
Speaker 1: with all those weapons, that could be fun to watch

1069
00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:19,200
Speaker 1: that a f C West. I don't know who I'm

1070
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:21,880
Speaker 1: buying there. The wise guys, the professional betters. They have

1071
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:24,879
Speaker 1: actually bought the Broncos down from about fifty to one

1072
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:27,360
Speaker 1: to thirty five to one, a little bit lower in

1073
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:29,120
Speaker 1: a lot of places to win the Super Bowl, which

1074
00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:30,600
Speaker 1: was shocking. But I don't know where to go in yet.

1075
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,680
Speaker 1: Everybody likes the charge. The real NFL guys are talking

1076
00:55:33,719 --> 00:55:36,560
Speaker 1: of the charges big time. I don't believe in the charges.

1077
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:39,280
Speaker 1: They never do. They have talent, absolutely, but something always

1078
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:44,920
Speaker 1: goes wrong. I think Andy Reid people always look away

1079
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:47,800
Speaker 1: from them because he has so many problems. He's become

1080
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:50,839
Speaker 1: the Mrty Schottenheimer of this generation. You know, there's three

1081
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:52,680
Speaker 1: coaches who did so well in the regular season and

1082
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:56,400
Speaker 1: was struggled in the postseason. Chuck Knox, did Morty Shot Nima,

1083
00:55:56,600 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 1: and now when he read I think though he's always

1084
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:01,480
Speaker 1: good in the regular season, they have a world of

1085
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:05,160
Speaker 1: talent when you talk about having the receivers they have,

1086
00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:08,080
Speaker 1: with the tight end they have, and the running back

1087
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:10,200
Speaker 1: they have with now a quarterback who could throw the

1088
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,560
Speaker 1: ball ninety yards of the air and you know has

1089
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:15,799
Speaker 1: a arm you know, left by God. I mean, he's

1090
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:18,640
Speaker 1: gonna make mistakes, but that could be a very interesting offense.

1091
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:21,120
Speaker 1: And Andy's very good in the regular season. I just worry.

1092
00:56:21,239 --> 00:56:23,799
Speaker 1: Is he gonna drivet Andy re Nuts. Yeah he will,

1093
00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:27,160
Speaker 1: but Andy will buy in when he sees how productive

1094
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:30,920
Speaker 1: this will be. And really the drop stire gonna have

1095
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:34,320
Speaker 1: to take to protect the speed at the outside receivers

1096
00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:36,920
Speaker 1: means the tight end and the running back are going

1097
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:41,040
Speaker 1: to have a party. Absolute party up or down on

1098
00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:44,960
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams. I'm gonna stay down from this standpoint.

1099
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:48,359
Speaker 1: Everybody is canonizing them. Everyone's a ready, acting like they're

1100
00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:52,080
Speaker 1: in the super Bowl. I'm not buying it yet. Also,

1101
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:54,959
Speaker 1: I just don't think they're ready yet. I just think

1102
00:56:55,160 --> 00:56:58,359
Speaker 1: you have to show me more. I would be more

1103
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:01,880
Speaker 1: confident that the Atlanta Falcons bounce back, then the Rams

1104
00:57:01,880 --> 00:57:06,520
Speaker 1: step up. Minnesota Vikings up or down. They're good. They

1105
00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:09,200
Speaker 1: have a lot of players. Their defense is very solid.

1106
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:12,360
Speaker 1: They should be very solid. I don't think they're a

1107
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:14,879
Speaker 1: championship team, but I think they're definitely a playoff team.

1108
00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:17,640
Speaker 1: I love the Vikings. I didn't buy a super Bowl

1109
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,160
Speaker 1: ticket on him. I have them winning over ten games.

1110
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:23,120
Speaker 1: Their defense, like you said, is ridiculous, and it's the one.

1111
00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:26,280
Speaker 1: It's sort of the better's stat, right. Yards per play

1112
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:28,520
Speaker 1: is the stat that every better pays attention to you

1113
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:29,919
Speaker 1: when you look at the box square. It's the best

1114
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:34,120
Speaker 1: indicator of like how a team performed, regardless of the score.

1115
00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:37,920
Speaker 1: Their yards per play on defense is insane. You get

1116
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,760
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, you get the running back back, you get

1117
00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:43,520
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins playing in an offense that is much more consistent,

1118
00:57:43,560 --> 00:57:46,040
Speaker 1: that has better management than the Redskins ever did, and

1119
00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:48,480
Speaker 1: a defense that can support him. That's a team that

1120
00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:50,760
Speaker 1: has a lot of upset. Kirk Cousins has to show

1121
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:52,959
Speaker 1: me he's a winning quarterback. What sticks in my head

1122
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:55,560
Speaker 1: is the night all we had to do was have

1123
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:58,800
Speaker 1: one drive to make the playoffs and he couldn't do

1124
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:01,000
Speaker 1: it against the giant team that people play for. He

1125
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 1: went way down in my book that night, bad pick

1126
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:04,720
Speaker 1: at the end of the game. That's the night he

1127
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:06,680
Speaker 1: has to drive his team to the playoffs and there

1128
00:58:06,760 --> 00:58:08,520
Speaker 1: was no reason not to, and he didn't, And that

1129
00:58:08,600 --> 00:58:10,640
Speaker 1: stuck in my head. I don't like quarterbacks who don't

1130
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:13,439
Speaker 1: put up in those spots. That's like will you make

1131
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:19,000
Speaker 1: during INTERNFL weekend? You know, it varies, it really depends.

1132
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:22,600
Speaker 1: I've even sometimes now gone to in game stuff, which

1133
00:58:22,680 --> 00:58:24,840
Speaker 1: in the beginning I stayed away from. But some of

1134
00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:28,480
Speaker 1: the values are outrageous, absolutely outrageous, you know, and you

1135
00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:30,919
Speaker 1: can continually make them. I mean, you know, you can't

1136
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:32,960
Speaker 1: put big money on them. They don't let you. There's

1137
00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:34,720
Speaker 1: there's always a limit. It's not that you can't make

1138
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:37,440
Speaker 1: a big bet on them, but or what you consider

1139
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:39,960
Speaker 1: a big bed okay, but the thing is you can

1140
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:43,040
Speaker 1: bet every three or five minutes. You know, whenever the

1141
00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:45,200
Speaker 1: stop as the plays are, they're gonna keep changing him.

1142
00:58:45,600 --> 00:58:47,480
Speaker 1: I don't like how hard they hit you with the

1143
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:49,320
Speaker 1: big on those And that's one of the things that

1144
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:52,760
Speaker 1: I don't like about what they've gone to now is

1145
00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:56,320
Speaker 1: they like trying to really charge you as much as

1146
00:58:56,360 --> 00:58:58,520
Speaker 1: they possibly can. They try to get too many bets

1147
00:58:58,560 --> 00:59:00,840
Speaker 1: off at one twenty and one twenty five or one thirty.

1148
00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:04,640
Speaker 1: And anybody who knows that if you are a player,

1149
00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:07,760
Speaker 1: you cannot win at those odds, you know, the thing

1150
00:59:07,840 --> 00:59:10,160
Speaker 1: that wipes you out to begin with is the is

1151
00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:12,280
Speaker 1: the Big. The Big is always gonna get you. It

1152
00:59:12,320 --> 00:59:14,720
Speaker 1: makes you have to play a fifty to break even

1153
00:59:15,680 --> 00:59:18,760
Speaker 1: or to even have any appreciable you know, advantage. Uh.

1154
00:59:18,760 --> 00:59:21,960
Speaker 1: And you can't live playing at one thirty and one forty,

1155
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:23,920
Speaker 1: and they try to make you play at at least

1156
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:27,320
Speaker 1: one all the time on those games. Their breakage is

1157
00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:29,640
Speaker 1: way too big. I think I think they've taken too

1158
00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:32,080
Speaker 1: big a chunk now. When those breakages way too big

1159
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:33,680
Speaker 1: because they think people are gonna do it and they're

1160
00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:35,560
Speaker 1: gonna take it, then then it is way too much.

1161
00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:38,640
Speaker 1: They're taken way too big a bite. Now, I don't

1162
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:40,800
Speaker 1: disagree with you at all, it's really really hard to

1163
00:59:40,840 --> 00:59:43,320
Speaker 1: do it. Do you feel like the media is going

1164
00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:46,640
Speaker 1: to change the way sports betting is talked about and

1165
00:59:46,720 --> 00:59:49,880
Speaker 1: covered with the new rules, with the new laws, with

1166
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:52,000
Speaker 1: the new opportunities, Like look, I left this and then

1167
00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:54,520
Speaker 1: I work at Action Network. Now it's gonna become much

1168
00:59:54,560 --> 00:59:56,920
Speaker 1: more commonplace. It's not gonna happen overnight. And you can

1169
00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:59,320
Speaker 1: see how slow some of these states aren't even move.

1170
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:01,760
Speaker 1: They're not you know, California's talking about it might not

1171
01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:03,760
Speaker 1: even be on the balance. It's not twenty one. So

1172
01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:05,880
Speaker 1: they're in no hurry. And the money will not be

1173
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:09,280
Speaker 1: as much as people think in the beginning, because it's

1174
01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:13,000
Speaker 1: gonna be very difficult to chase guys from. And I've

1175
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:16,000
Speaker 1: told people that you know people in sports who are

1176
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:19,439
Speaker 1: so naive about betting. It's unbelievable. The numbers they put

1177
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:24,200
Speaker 1: talk about nationally that are waged on sports are low

1178
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:29,200
Speaker 1: by three to five hundred percent. It's debt that much more. Like,

1179
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:32,000
Speaker 1: how do I know that? Because I know the volumes

1180
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:35,960
Speaker 1: that some bookmakers taken, and the volume is enormous. I said,

1181
01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:38,520
Speaker 1: tell me about the biggest bet you've ever made. Why

1182
01:00:39,080 --> 01:00:41,440
Speaker 1: I don't like to talk about because you know what,

1183
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:44,640
Speaker 1: First of all, it's personal. Secondly, you know what if

1184
01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:46,840
Speaker 1: you did well, ever you it sounds like Breggan. So

1185
01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:49,080
Speaker 1: I don't like to talk about gambling that way. I'd

1186
01:00:49,120 --> 01:00:51,800
Speaker 1: rather just talk about picks, wins and losses rather than money.

1187
01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:54,200
Speaker 1: Money is not the is not the issue. But I

1188
01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:56,840
Speaker 1: like the wage you're on golf. First of all, it's

1189
01:00:56,880 --> 01:01:02,120
Speaker 1: a very challenging handicapping science because so many people can win. Secondly,

1190
01:01:02,440 --> 01:01:04,480
Speaker 1: you're only looking for long shots. You know you're not

1191
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:06,120
Speaker 1: gonna go in there and bet Dustin Johnson has six

1192
01:01:06,200 --> 01:01:08,120
Speaker 1: and one. You know it's not worth it because you

1193
01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:10,479
Speaker 1: need to get a pay off. So I'm looking at guys.

1194
01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:12,000
Speaker 1: But what you can get is you can get live

1195
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:17,160
Speaker 1: guys at thirty sixty eight to one. I've got guys

1196
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:19,439
Speaker 1: this year at sixty one. I'll tell you right now.

1197
01:01:19,480 --> 01:01:21,720
Speaker 1: I had kept good eighteen to one. I got in

1198
01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:23,920
Speaker 1: the last major. Like ket I've got three guys, and

1199
01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:26,480
Speaker 1: I got kept good at eighteen to one. He was

1200
01:01:26,520 --> 01:01:28,920
Speaker 1: my my short guy. I usually got two to three

1201
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:31,960
Speaker 1: guys and I will bet one guy was a real

1202
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:34,560
Speaker 1: long shot. I'll bet one that's an intermediate eighteen to

1203
01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:36,360
Speaker 1: twenty years who I think they'll really win, and then

1204
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:38,920
Speaker 1: I'll bet it in between guy. But I really like it.

1205
01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:41,840
Speaker 1: And my rule of thumb is there'll be times where

1206
01:01:41,840 --> 01:01:43,439
Speaker 1: I'll go with a guy just because I think he's

1207
01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:45,160
Speaker 1: playing the best. I thought kept was playing the best

1208
01:01:45,160 --> 01:01:48,000
Speaker 1: in the world. But I like horses for courses. I

1209
01:01:48,120 --> 01:01:50,320
Speaker 1: look at guys and I will take the last five

1210
01:01:50,400 --> 01:01:53,240
Speaker 1: years and the guy will have to have played well

1211
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:55,760
Speaker 1: in that tournament and he will have to play well.

1212
01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:58,040
Speaker 1: I hit Bubba Watson twice this year. Why because Bubba

1213
01:01:58,080 --> 01:02:00,280
Speaker 1: only wins on three courses. So if you know, uh,

1214
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:02,200
Speaker 1: every once in a while, Bubba is gonna come up.

1215
01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:04,880
Speaker 1: It's gonna win the Masters, He's gonna win Rivieria, He's

1216
01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:08,000
Speaker 1: gonna win at the Greenbriant. There's a couple of places

1217
01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:10,760
Speaker 1: where Bubba will win. You know, he wins a couple

1218
01:02:10,800 --> 01:02:13,200
Speaker 1: of times. He wins up in Connecticut too. Up there,

1219
01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:16,080
Speaker 1: there's only Bubba only wins on three or four courses. Really,

1220
01:02:16,120 --> 01:02:17,480
Speaker 1: most of his big wins in his life have been

1221
01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:19,520
Speaker 1: at the Masters, in the Riviera. That's pretty much it

1222
01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:21,320
Speaker 1: all right. People want more, they can go to the

1223
01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:24,120
Speaker 1: Mike's on app. Thanks my friends, good to see you

1224
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:27,400
Speaker 1: in good Luck. Thank you. I want to thank everybody

1225
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:30,840
Speaker 1: for coming on the podcast today, Mike, Francessa, Bob Scucci.

1226
01:02:30,920 --> 01:02:33,280
Speaker 1: At the very beginning, it was Jeff Schwartz and Paula

1227
01:02:33,360 --> 01:02:36,640
Speaker 1: Duke and black Jack Fletcher. Don't forget coming up Friday

1228
01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:40,160
Speaker 1: and the Favorites. Me and black Jack will secure five

1229
01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:43,720
Speaker 1: picks for the Westgate Las Vegas Super Contest that will

1230
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:47,400
Speaker 1: win US one million dollars by the end of the season.

1231
01:02:48,040 --> 01:03:01,760
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to episode one of the Favorites, Bida