WEBVTT - Super Mega Bowl Preview: Part 1

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the solid verbal hell that for me, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a man, I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be happy.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to be happy for date Edo steak is

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<v Speaker 2>that woo woom?

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<v Speaker 1>And Dan and Tie Welcome back to these solid verbal

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<v Speaker 1>boys and girls. My name is Ty hilden Brandt. That

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<v Speaker 1>guy over there, the one, the only, the incomparable, still

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<v Speaker 1>the incomparable. Dan Rubenstein, sir, how you doing today?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good. I haven't eaten anything today. It's twelve fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>local time, it's lunchtime. And as part of the fun

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<v Speaker 2>of Bowl previews, of which this is our first part. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I like to live vicariously through people going to various

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<v Speaker 2>Bowl games. I think I'm going to be in California

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<v Speaker 2>for all, be in California for the Rose. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know when, what date, the LA Bowl is, the Holiday Bowl.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I'll be around. I don't believe I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to try and go to any of those games, but

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<v Speaker 2>I try to live vicariously through the stomachs of people

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<v Speaker 2>attending perhaps a game and a place they've never been before,

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<v Speaker 2>like oh, man, I'm going to Mobile, I'm going to Detroit.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to Frisco, going to Fort Worth? Where should

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<v Speaker 2>I be eating? And then I look very with spending

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<v Speaker 2>not that much time looking just a very cursory, non

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<v Speaker 2>deeply researched activity, and like.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh man, I would eat at Goldies. I would ey at.

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<v Speaker 2>Goldies and Fort Worth number one barbecue place in Texas

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<v Speaker 2>according to Texas Monthly in the latest rankings.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks amazing. So now I'm starving as we headed

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<v Speaker 1>too episode one. So here we are, here we are.

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<v Speaker 1>We are recording this on Friday, December the tenth, So

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<v Speaker 1>if anything big breaks over the weekend, don't blame us.

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<v Speaker 1>We're doing our best here to get out in front

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<v Speaker 1>of bowls. We've got bowls in front of us. We've

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<v Speaker 1>got a big contest that we're running over on Playwinterwonders

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<v Speaker 1>dot Com for our Patreon community. It's a bowl confidence pool.

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<v Speaker 1>And what we're trying to do this show and next

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<v Speaker 1>show is get you ready for that. Okay, I've got theories,

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<v Speaker 1>You've got theories. We've gone through and we've broken up

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<v Speaker 1>Bull Season into two parts. Today's part one we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to go through. At least I'm going to go through.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to give you my picks for each of

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<v Speaker 1>those games. We're going to give you a general level

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<v Speaker 1>of confidence, how confident we are I am or I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not with respect to those games. And I'm also going

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<v Speaker 1>to talk you through some of my Kaka Mamy theories

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<v Speaker 1>as to how you should pick you a little pool.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that I've got theories. They're not quite conspiracy theories,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're not not conspiracy theories with respect to bowl

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<v Speaker 1>confidence pool. So we get into that. You've got the

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<v Speaker 1>food thing. And at time of recording, we didn't see

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<v Speaker 1>the standard issue article that we find every year, the

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<v Speaker 1>annual article, the write of passage that tells us what

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<v Speaker 1>the bull swag is, what the gifts are for the

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<v Speaker 1>kids playing in the game. So we can't provide that

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<v Speaker 1>at this time, but we will put up the bets

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<v Speaker 1>and we will cover that as soon as somebody decides

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<v Speaker 1>to publish that information.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't have any recommendations myself during gift season guide.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I can give pizza item recommendations. I don't have anything,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I haven't bought that much stuff this year.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, that's that's the best we can do in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of bull swag. Maybe it'll come out here, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it'll come out the next week or two and

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<v Speaker 2>we can do an addendum to these Bowl previews talking

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<v Speaker 2>about the different products available and being gifted to the

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<v Speaker 2>players playing in these Bowl games. But it's an especially

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<v Speaker 2>just back to the football and way to evaluate. And

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, I came up with hilden Brand's hunches.

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<v Speaker 2>Hilden Brand's hunches on your theories.

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<v Speaker 1>No, it's not bad.

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<v Speaker 2>It's your last name is particularly like verbose, and just

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<v Speaker 2>it's tough to be alliterative with ties, touches ties.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I don't know. It's not there yet. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>this is not your finest work, but you'll get there.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree, I agree, But no, this is it's a

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<v Speaker 2>It's arguably the wackiest Bowl season to preview because of

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<v Speaker 2>the number of coaching changes we've got, key opt outs,

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<v Speaker 2>and just the changes across the sport that I think

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<v Speaker 2>it is just gonna make it tricky.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'm excited to dive in and do this with you.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got I think twenty two or twenty three games

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<v Speaker 1>that we're gonna go through a lost count. There are

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of Bowl games forty four in total, that

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<v Speaker 1>if you're playing our Playwinter Wonders contest you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>have to pick from. We will do our best to

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<v Speaker 1>help you decipher, to help you analyze the playing field,

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<v Speaker 1>you are a college football fan, Daniel.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, extra shows. We put in a ton of time

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<v Speaker 1>I love it. So we hope to see you there.

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<v Speaker 1>Check it out. For ballers dot com, we are we

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<v Speaker 1>are hoping you join up. Are you ready to get

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<v Speaker 1>into bulls yea, buddy, This New Year's Eve will be

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<v Speaker 1>so awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>Singing with me, Dan, But we do have Jimmy Kimmel

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<v Speaker 2>entering into Bold season, so it doesn't make sense that

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<v Speaker 2>you played that.

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<v Speaker 1>We do have a Jimmy Kimmel ball that we'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>about here momentarily. We also have games again on New

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<v Speaker 1>Year's Eve, playoff games in New Year's Eve, which is

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<v Speaker 1>far and away my biggest pet peeve about this damn sport. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe they're still doing this. I can't believe

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<v Speaker 1>nobody has talked any since into Bill Hancock. I know

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<v Speaker 1>these dates are sent all him. It is Bill Hancock's fault.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't tell me otherwise. Until we get a new agreement,

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<v Speaker 1>until there's a new playoff format, expansion, what have you.

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<v Speaker 1>We're probably stuck with this dumb idea of playing games

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<v Speaker 1>of New Year's Eve. I know it's not that big

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<v Speaker 1>a deal, but whatever, Yeah, whatever, I mean, it's during

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<v Speaker 1>the day, right, your your big plans at night for

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<v Speaker 1>your you know, five hundred dollars a plate dinners that

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<v Speaker 1>I sure you go to every year. That's not affected.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't believe. Right, it's a little earlier on in

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<v Speaker 1>the day the first game is, but the second game,

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<v Speaker 1>the second game is pushing up in ye into that nightcap. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>never mind, I'm wrong. Yeah, I hate it. We're not

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<v Speaker 1>talking about that game today though. Now we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>be talking about the first half of games. This half

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<v Speaker 1>of games runs up through December the twenty eighth, going

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<v Speaker 1>all the way up through the Guaranteed Rate Bowl at

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<v Speaker 1>Chase Field in Phoenix. Okay, here is the way that

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<v Speaker 1>this thing works. Dan. The rules of a confidence pool. Basically,

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<v Speaker 1>you're picking straight winners. You go through, you pick who

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<v Speaker 1>you think is going to win each game. Then you

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<v Speaker 1>go back through and your rank each game from in

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<v Speaker 1>this case, one to forty four in terms of how

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<v Speaker 1>confident you are in the result. So you'd give one

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<v Speaker 1>point to the team the winner that you're released confident in,

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<v Speaker 1>forty four to the game to the winner that you're

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<v Speaker 1>most confident in. Very basic. Here are my rooks. I've

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<v Speaker 1>got three of them with respect to these Bowl confidence pools.

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<v Speaker 1>It may mean I finish in last, I don't care.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the way I'm speaking from the chest. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the way that I like to pick this pool.

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<v Speaker 1>The first and most important rule is one that I

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<v Speaker 1>stole from my friend East Coast Elliott, who was part

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<v Speaker 1>of the show many moons ago. I'm sure I could

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<v Speaker 1>text him and on a moment's notice, he'd be happy

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<v Speaker 1>to come on and talk more about this. But has

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<v Speaker 1>he figured out how to use a phone yet, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure. Unclear.

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<v Speaker 2>I've gotten text from him where he's just like, did

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<v Speaker 2>he just fully forget that the letter T exists? It's great,

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<v Speaker 2>he's the best.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a total wild card, but he is the best

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<v Speaker 1>person I've ever met when it comes to Bowl confidence

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<v Speaker 1>because he always is in the top tier of any

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<v Speaker 1>pool we've ever run, and I'll see if I can

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<v Speaker 1>get him in this one.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, one of those people, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think i'm speaking out a turn because I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>reveal anything personal, but one of those people who's both

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<v Speaker 2>a wild card and has at least at one point

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<v Speaker 2>occupied like a very important job, right, yes, a job

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<v Speaker 2>that does not handl like you need to be specifically

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<v Speaker 2>and especially qualified to possess that kind of job. Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 2>And he's just one of those people, like I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>you try to do very basic things and yet you

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<v Speaker 2>are qualified to do this very advanced thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's wild He's the best East Coast Elliott has a strategy,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is to front load your confidence points. His

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<v Speaker 1>theory has always been that there's a much bigger disparity

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<v Speaker 1>between the teams playing early than the team's playing in

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<v Speaker 1>the bigger Bowl games late. And I know it kind

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<v Speaker 1>of sounds crazy, but the other thing to consider is

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<v Speaker 1>that pretty much every online system and I should have

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<v Speaker 1>looked at ours before saying this, but pretty much every

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<v Speaker 1>online system that I've ever played a bole confidence pool

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<v Speaker 1>using it will wait the points differently, so it'll say

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<v Speaker 1>one point for the Bahamas Bowl and forty four points

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<v Speaker 1>for the playoff game. Elliott's point has always been, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know who's gonna win those late games. The teams

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<v Speaker 1>are much closer when it comes to you know, competition

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<v Speaker 1>level and skill level and yeah, you know, just general competency.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to pick those games. I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to put forty four points on that. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>put forty four points on the Bahamas Bowl. Flip that script,

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<v Speaker 1>do all your points early if you can.

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<v Speaker 2>Are arbitraged? Would that be the right word to describe

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<v Speaker 2>his strategy? Right, You're finding weaknesses in the system to

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<v Speaker 2>take advantage, right in a sense. In a sense, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just a different spin on it. And so everybody knows

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<v Speaker 2>the team's playing late, right, Those are the bigger Many teams,

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<v Speaker 2>the blue bloods that everybody Ohio States and whoever.

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<v Speaker 1>But not a whole lot of people out there, at

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<v Speaker 1>least not that you're playing against in your bawl pools,

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<v Speaker 1>are going to know much about middle ten see in Toledo.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you or Elliott, do you feel strongly for or

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<v Speaker 2>against any specific conference?

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<v Speaker 1>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Because you can say, like, I don't know if you

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<v Speaker 2>have the data to prove it. Be like, I love

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<v Speaker 2>betting against MAC defenses, right, they don't have the skill

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<v Speaker 2>the talent level on defenses. And if you're giving me

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<v Speaker 2>Mac versus American Mac versus Sun Belt Mac versus Conference USA,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm rolling.

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<v Speaker 1>Otherwise No, Now, I don't have that, but I have

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<v Speaker 1>two other rules here. Okay. Secondly, if a team lost

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<v Speaker 1>its coach, m pick their opponent. Not in every case,

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<v Speaker 1>not in every case, but at least give it strong consideration,

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<v Speaker 1>even if it doesn't really make sense on paper. Consider it.

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<v Speaker 1>If there's a monster injury, considerate. We've got this thing

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<v Speaker 1>with guys skipping Bowl games, opting out.

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<v Speaker 2>Well it's not even just the opt outs, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>the opt outs and the transfer stuff, opt.

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<v Speaker 1>Out, transfers, any of that stuff. Consider it. When it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to bullseason. Well, yeah, all right, I think that's od,

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<v Speaker 1>But consider it.

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<v Speaker 2>We have we're recording this on the tenth, so we

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<v Speaker 2>have ten days of transfers and opt outs between now

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<v Speaker 2>and the Bulls beginning. And so like I just saw

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<v Speaker 2>this morning, Texas lost two DB's not that Texas is

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<v Speaker 2>a bull time, but we're gonna it's gonna come out

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<v Speaker 2>in chunks, so people are scrambling to find new spots

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<v Speaker 2>in the portal, be it on the FBS or FCS level.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know there's gonna be just a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>roster turnover. So I suppose you can go with teams

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<v Speaker 2>if that's your your strategy, Go with teams that have

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more consistency and uh less attrition.

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<v Speaker 1>And the third and most important rule in bowl season,

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<v Speaker 1>mm hmm. Pick the team that wants it more, that

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<v Speaker 1>wants it more like total and tangible. Pick the team

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<v Speaker 1>that you think is more motivated, even if you think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a total mismatch. Oh, use the points spread as

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<v Speaker 1>a guide for sure, use your own eyes as a guide.

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<v Speaker 1>For sure. You've watched college football the same way Dan

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<v Speaker 1>and I have. But my first consideration when picking each

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<v Speaker 1>of these games is which team is more motivated? You

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<v Speaker 1>cided a report about Hawaii, yes, on one of the

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<v Speaker 1>last couple shows that we did, how the Todd Graham

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<v Speaker 1>thing may not be going so well Hawaii football. They

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<v Speaker 1>lost Chavon Cordero, they lost their starting running back. Those

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<v Speaker 1>guys are going elsewhere, and the guys who are still

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<v Speaker 1>there say that Todd Graham makes them not want to

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<v Speaker 1>play football.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe don't pick Hawaiian in that game. Just I hope

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<v Speaker 2>that's not the case. But I hope for those guys

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<v Speaker 2>that are especially down on playing football that maybe they

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<v Speaker 2>find a new home and find rekindle their love for

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<v Speaker 2>the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Which team actually wants to be there is the most

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<v Speaker 1>important factor to me, So not only where you're putting

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<v Speaker 1>your points, not only what you're considering, but I think

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<v Speaker 1>in this case, the motivation thing is is the big ones.

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<v Speaker 1>So the caveat is if you want to get the points,

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<v Speaker 1>you got to win the games. So you're still trying

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<v Speaker 1>to pick the winners here, and I could end up

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<v Speaker 1>finishing dead last. I will tell you it's never happened before.

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<v Speaker 1>I've always done pretty well using this formula, but it

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<v Speaker 1>could happen. There's a first for everything.

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<v Speaker 2>I am going to go a little bit simpler. I

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<v Speaker 2>go with the team with the better points per drive, defense,

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<v Speaker 2>absent major drama among the coaching ranks, or any reason,

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback injury, any reason that would sway things otherwise, if

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<v Speaker 2>all things are relatively equal, I think defense and effort travels.

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<v Speaker 2>And to me that you know if a team has

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<v Speaker 2>the number twenty two points per drive defense and they're

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<v Speaker 2>playing against the team with the number eighty nine points

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<v Speaker 2>per drive defense, and there's no drama otherwise between the

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<v Speaker 2>two teams, I'll just take Team A. I won't even

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<v Speaker 2>look at the name of the school. I won't look

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<v Speaker 2>at the co That is just where I go with it.

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<v Speaker 2>And generally speaking, unless I have a major, major reason

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<v Speaker 2>outside of you know, the defense, you know, quarterback injury, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>or a team that was dealing with a significant amount

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<v Speaker 2>of injuries for the first like five weeks of the season,

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<v Speaker 2>if there's specific content text that changes my mind about

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<v Speaker 2>those numbers, If everything is within the standard deviation of normal,

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<v Speaker 2>that's where I go, and I don't think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I think. But we're also kind of pushing up

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<v Speaker 1>against the same thing here, aren't we. When you talk

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<v Speaker 1>about points per drive defense. Yeah, that's that's effort.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, of course, that's motivation to play and yeah yeah, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I just think it captures your point absolutistically, So we're

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<v Speaker 2>on the same page to some degree.

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<v Speaker 1>Here I might be a little bit more extreme with it.

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<v Speaker 1>But Playwinterwonders dot Com is where you can get your

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<v Speaker 1>own entry into our pool. What I'm gonna do, if

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<v Speaker 1>it's okay with you, Dan, I'm going to go through

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<v Speaker 1>this first half of games, going to talk a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit about the matchup, and then I'm gonna pick my

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<v Speaker 1>winner and tell you high, medium, or low confidence because

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<v Speaker 1>there are forty four games. High I think in this

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<v Speaker 1>case is I'm putting anywhere between thirty and forty four

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<v Speaker 1>points on a game. Yep, Medium, twenty to twenty nine.

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<v Speaker 1>Low would be anything anything less than twenty. That makes

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<v Speaker 1>sense totally in Why don't we start on Friday at

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<v Speaker 1>high noon Eastern time. You gotta get your picks in

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<v Speaker 1>before this. It's the Bahamas Bowl. They played at Thomas A.

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<v Speaker 1>Robinson National Stadium in Nassau. The Bahamas aptly direct. It's

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<v Speaker 1>on ESPN, like most of the games are. Middle Tennessee

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<v Speaker 1>at six and six, Toledo at seven and five. At

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<v Speaker 1>time of recording, or at least the time that I

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<v Speaker 1>put this dock together, Toledo was favored by about nine

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<v Speaker 1>and a half points. Here. You gotta lean in this game, Dan.

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<v Speaker 2>Hum a little bit. Yeah, I think it's I'm looking

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<v Speaker 2>here right now. Middle Tennessee lost Cunningham, their quarterback a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of go. I think I'm going Toledo here.

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<v Speaker 2>The spreads at about nine and a half, and I

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<v Speaker 2>just Middle Tennessee has not been the states the same

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<v Speaker 2>since losing the quarterback. I'm going Toledo here with I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to say medium high comp confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Yeah, the Toledo defense is the best thing in

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<v Speaker 2>this game. The Middle Tennessee offense is probably the worst

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<v Speaker 2>thing in this game. So I like that kind of

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<v Speaker 2>matchup at this point.

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<v Speaker 1>I really like Middle Tennessee, especially with the points I

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<v Speaker 1>would consider betting plus nine and a half here. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I think the tendency with Toledo will be to look

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<v Speaker 1>at them and say, hey, this was a team that

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<v Speaker 1>was supposed to contend for the MAC. They didn't. Their

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<v Speaker 1>defense is still pretty good. They almost knocked off Notre Dame.

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<v Speaker 1>And Jason Campbell still a candle excuse me? Is still there?

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Campbell different football adjacent character, That's true. They won

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<v Speaker 1>their last three, whereas Middle Tennessee was all over the map.

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<v Speaker 1>But Middle Tennessee just played a bunch of good teams

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<v Speaker 1>in the non con I feel like they might be

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<v Speaker 1>more battle tested and the Toledo thing was sort of

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<v Speaker 1>underwhelming this year. I expected a lot more from them,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I wonder if they're gonna go to the

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<v Speaker 1>Bmahamas more for the vacation the than the football. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to Middle Tennessee Medium, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Middle Tennessee played the number one, twenty nine, one, sixteen,

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<v Speaker 2>and one twenty five teams in the back half of

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<v Speaker 2>the season. Got blown out by Western Kentucky, and UH

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<v Speaker 2>lost to a bad ODU team and beat a bad

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<v Speaker 2>FAU team and ODU Bowl team that I am also

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<v Speaker 2>picking out right right, cool, all right, take, I'm taking

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<v Speaker 2>the defense.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go with it. Just go with it, Dan, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>have fun with it. Let's go to the tail Greater

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<v Speaker 1>Cure Bowl. They played at Exploria Stadium whatever that is,

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<v Speaker 1>in Orlando, Dan, six pm. Also in the seventeenth this

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<v Speaker 1>one on the deuce CSPN two. Nor are there ne

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<v Speaker 1>Illinois the Huskies at nine to four, Coastal Carolina at

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<v Speaker 1>ten and two. They're about a ten point favorite.

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<v Speaker 2>You going shans here? Oh yeah, Grace and McCall healthy

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<v Speaker 2>and top fifteen ish national offense. Coastal Carolina going against

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<v Speaker 2>a truly putrid and IUD defense. Sorry, Seawn's offense Top fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>terrible defense. Niu, I think it's a wonderful matchup. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>give me Coastal.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going forty four points on Coastal.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I would take. I'm taking mid to high thirties.

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<v Speaker 2>Is where my brain is at this moment.

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<v Speaker 1>We put it all on Coastal. Get it out of

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<v Speaker 1>the way early again, that's the theory front loaded.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have an Orlando recommendation. The last time I

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<v Speaker 2>tried to recommend restaurants in Orlando, I said, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>go to some chain and I got a lot of flax,

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<v Speaker 2>so don't. I don't have a recommendation, but I say,

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<v Speaker 2>look local. I remember Adam amein if you want to

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<v Speaker 2>tweet it, Adam Aman He's got a place that does

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<v Speaker 2>an amazing burger, like with pork belly on it or

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<v Speaker 2>something like that. I didn't text him because I was

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<v Speaker 2>just doing this not that long ago. So I get

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<v Speaker 2>I'll get that name for you. How about that. That's

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<v Speaker 2>my promise for good eats in Orlando. I've also heard

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<v Speaker 2>there's an area right by Orlando. I want to say

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<v Speaker 2>it's Winter Park. I believe apparently some great eating there

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<v Speaker 2>that's my recommendation.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go to Saturday, this one at eleven am Eastern time.

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<v Speaker 1>The roofclaim dot com Boca ratone Bowl. This one Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>the same of the eighteenth. They played at Fau's Stadium

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<v Speaker 1>in Boca's. Western Kentucky and app State. App State is

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<v Speaker 1>favored by three points in this game. I am thrilled

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<v Speaker 1>for this game. I believe our boy Connor called this

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<v Speaker 1>out in his latest article out on solid verbal dot

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<v Speaker 1>com one of the under the radar must watch bowl

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<v Speaker 1>games of the year. Two good teams, genuinely good teams

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<v Speaker 1>in this cycle of college football. I went back and

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<v Speaker 1>forth on who to pick here because Appstate clearly has

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<v Speaker 1>more of a track record over the last decade. Now, yep,

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<v Speaker 1>Western Kentucky has had a dynamic offense. But I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>seen what the deal is with Zach Kittley, their offensive coordinator.

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<v Speaker 1>He's hired to be at Texas Tech. Yeah, yeah, to

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<v Speaker 1>be the new guy at Texas Tech. If he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be there in the bowl game or not, I would

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<v Speaker 1>assume no, but maybe I'm wrong. Brian ellis also their

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<v Speaker 1>co offensive coordinator alongside Kittley, is going to go work

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<v Speaker 1>with Clay Helton at Georgia Southern, So I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if that means they're going to be at all discombobulated

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit on offense. I know that Bailey Zappi

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<v Speaker 1>is still planning on playing, even though there is some

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<v Speaker 1>NFL interest for him. I don't see any way this

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<v Speaker 1>game doesn't evolve into a shootout. And I think my

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<v Speaker 1>thought here is if we're going into a shootout, I

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<v Speaker 1>sort of like Western to finish that job more than

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<v Speaker 1>I do app State, Like that's just kind of their

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<v Speaker 1>style of play, That's how they win games. So if

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<v Speaker 1>it goes there, I'm I say Western, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>very confident this would be a Western Kentucky pick and

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<v Speaker 1>low confidence for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Do's agree, go with the defense and a shootout, go

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<v Speaker 2>with the team who can get the stops man. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's a good matchup for app State in that they

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<v Speaker 2>are the team that can get the stops and Western

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<v Speaker 2>Kentucky is the and I don't want is Are they

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<v Speaker 2>the toff beer?

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<v Speaker 1>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it the to alcohol? The cause and solution to

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<v Speaker 2>all of life's problems? The best and worst thing and

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<v Speaker 2>parts of this game are Western Kentucky?

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<v Speaker 1>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Western Kentucky's ability to move the ball, and the worst

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<v Speaker 2>thing is their lack of ability to stop the ball,

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<v Speaker 2>especially on the ground. Even even though app State isn't

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<v Speaker 2>a terrific running team like they have been in previous years,

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<v Speaker 2>I go with the team where if I expect points,

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<v Speaker 2>I want the team that can get the stops. I

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<v Speaker 2>know we talk about taking the points in a shootout,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's what three three and a half points here?

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<v Speaker 2>Confidence wise, it's medium, but I am going to go

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<v Speaker 2>with the team that doesn't have a putrid part of

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<v Speaker 2>their defense. So as much as I love WKU and

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<v Speaker 2>I do think Bailey's Appy is going to get his

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<v Speaker 2>go for four hundred plus yards, I'm still once again

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<v Speaker 2>going with app State here to the tune of medium

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<v Speaker 2>confidence and Ramen Lab, which I've actually been to in

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<v Speaker 2>the Momen lab Ramen Lab like right name, Yeah, like

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<v Speaker 2>good place. It's a good hearty bowl of ram and

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<v Speaker 2>they've got bow options, you know, bao the little buns.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh love very good now, very very good.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. How do you spell that? Bao? If you gave

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<v Speaker 1>me that, I would have no idea how to pronounce that.

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<v Speaker 1>It just bow Yeah. The PUBG Mobile new Mexico Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>PUBG mobile game in case you're wondering, University Stadium in Albuquerque,

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<v Speaker 1>New Mexico, two fifteen on ESPN on Saturday, the eighteenth

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<v Speaker 1>of December. UTIP at seven and five, Fresno State at

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<v Speaker 1>nine and three. So here is one of those games

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<v Speaker 1>that I referenced very top. Kaylen de borr is off

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<v Speaker 1>to Washington. No, he's not, Oh, Kaylen de bor is.

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<v Speaker 1>Jake Haner coming on back. Jake Caner coming on back

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<v Speaker 1>with the untransfer. Yes, the untransfer. Kaylen de bor gone.

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<v Speaker 1>Jake Caner was transferring and out, not transferring. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if he's playing.

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<v Speaker 2>No, he's close with Jeff Tedford, so he you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Jeff Tedford getting the job again once again. He's coming

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<v Speaker 2>decided to come back.

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<v Speaker 1>Jake Haner coming back. Have not seen if he's playing

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<v Speaker 1>in the ball. I'm assuming he will, but we'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if there's any kind of paperwork he

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<v Speaker 1>needs a file to get back in the game. But

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<v Speaker 1>to remove the name. Yeah, normally I would go the

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<v Speaker 1>other way and I would say UTEP because of the turnover.

0:24:19.040 --> 0:24:22.239
<v Speaker 1>But we followed Fresno all year Dan and they are

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<v Speaker 1>legitimately a good team. Their opponent, in this case beat

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<v Speaker 1>just one team inside the S and P Top Top

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred, excuse me, and that was a one score

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<v Speaker 1>win over Old Dominion. I like Old Dominion maybe more

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<v Speaker 1>than anybody else in college football. But I still think

0:24:38.800 --> 0:24:41.200
<v Speaker 1>that Fresno's got this one. They're about a two touchdown

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<v Speaker 1>favorite here. I don't know if I would take that line,

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<v Speaker 1>but I will probably go forty three points on Fresno.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say, I'm going heavy. This is a

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<v Speaker 2>high Fresno confidence for me. Jake Hayner is practicing. He

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<v Speaker 2>did apologize for putting his name in the transfer portal UTEP.

0:24:56.760 --> 0:24:58.920
<v Speaker 1>He didn't need to apologize, though, did he? Of course?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean as the as the leader of the team, right,

0:25:02.600 --> 0:25:05.000
<v Speaker 2>he is the heartbeat of as most quarterbacks are of

0:25:05.040 --> 0:25:07.880
<v Speaker 2>successful teams. I get it, I get it where he's

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<v Speaker 2>just maybe it was an emotional reaction, and he's a

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<v Speaker 2>dog at heart.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess a Fresno State dog, not a Washington Husky

0:25:15.160 --> 0:25:16.920
<v Speaker 1>type dog. Yeah.

0:25:17.000 --> 0:25:20.640
<v Speaker 2>Fresno State UTEP certainly improved, their offense is still kind

0:25:20.640 --> 0:25:23.400
<v Speaker 2>of a nightmare Fresno State. You mentioned Hayner and jailely

0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:25.800
<v Speaker 2>cropper guys like that that were very good on offense,

0:25:25.840 --> 0:25:28.359
<v Speaker 2>they were actually led by their defense ultimately in the

0:25:28.359 --> 0:25:30.320
<v Speaker 2>way that they got stops. They fielded a top twenty

0:25:30.359 --> 0:25:33.160
<v Speaker 2>twenty five is defense, as was UTEP. I just think

0:25:33.160 --> 0:25:35.800
<v Speaker 2>Fresno State's going to be able to find points in

0:25:35.920 --> 0:25:39.720
<v Speaker 2>more exciting and consistent ways. So I'm going with the

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<v Speaker 2>Central Valley Zone, the San Joaquin Valley's.

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<v Speaker 1>Own Fresno State Bulldogs to.

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<v Speaker 2>The tune of high confidence. Also Ty Subvension real quick

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<v Speaker 2>burger in the greater Albuquerque area.

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<v Speaker 1>Nice. Okay, Yeah, moving on, let's go to the Radiance

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<v Speaker 1>Technologies Independence bull Report three point thirty ABC. It's UAB,

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<v Speaker 1>It's b YU. Do you know what Radiance Technologies does?

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me? I do not. I had no idea, So

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<v Speaker 1>I went to their website, and on their website, the

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<v Speaker 1>first thing that you see is an experimental Mobile High

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<v Speaker 1>Energy Laser man. Anything with laser AH lasers are the best. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what they're using the labors for this.

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<v Speaker 1>This this might be some sort of military thing, But.

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<v Speaker 2>Were you good at laser tag? Was that something that

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<v Speaker 2>you would have considered a strength on your birthday party circuit.

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<v Speaker 2>As growing up as a kid.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a place nearby called Planet Trog. Okay ours

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<v Speaker 1>was qsar. Yeah, yeah, Planet Trog. I believe I was there.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think I had my own birthday there, but

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<v Speaker 1>I was definitely there for many a birthday party of course,

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<v Speaker 1>back in the late nineties. And there was a seminal

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<v Speaker 1>moment in my laser tag care rear where we were

0:27:02.400 --> 0:27:04.159
<v Speaker 1>out on the floor, you know, just a bunch of

0:27:04.160 --> 0:27:07.320
<v Speaker 1>teenagers running a muck and there was one guy who

0:27:07.359 --> 0:27:09.880
<v Speaker 1>was He was an older gentleman. Let's say, I don't

0:27:09.920 --> 0:27:12.080
<v Speaker 1>you don't really have a barometer for how old anybody

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<v Speaker 1>is when you're when you're that young. But he was

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<v Speaker 1>in earnest, probably about as old as I am now, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>forty plus, and he just wasn't good at it, And

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<v Speaker 1>so I kept trailing him and tagging him and he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know it. And then eventually he found me and

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<v Speaker 1>sort of got me in the corner and like acted

0:27:29.920 --> 0:27:32.439
<v Speaker 1>as if he was gonna punch me. Yeah, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>as one does when playing laser Tag. But I would

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<v Speaker 1>say significant strength.

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<v Speaker 2>I could see that, Yeah, you're you're detail oriented and uh,

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<v Speaker 2>when you get locked in on something, you go for it.

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<v Speaker 1>Shift.

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<v Speaker 2>I was, I was very average, but I loved it.

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<v Speaker 2>I loved I loved Uh. You get to come up

0:27:48.440 --> 0:27:50.240
<v Speaker 2>with your own nickname. Right, you go bowling, you get

0:27:50.240 --> 0:27:52.840
<v Speaker 2>to put that in the screen. You go laser tag

0:27:52.840 --> 0:27:54.800
<v Speaker 2>and you see the screen, the scores come up on

0:27:54.840 --> 0:27:57.440
<v Speaker 2>the screen, and there was there was old Danny Captain

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<v Speaker 2>Winkie was my captain. Day spent anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, all right, Radius Technologies, Independence, Bull U A B

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<v Speaker 1>B y U B YU favored by seven and a half.

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<v Speaker 1>We know a lot about BYU, don't we. We do.

0:28:12.560 --> 0:28:15.239
<v Speaker 1>I've been talking about them all year long. UAB has

0:28:15.240 --> 0:28:18.040
<v Speaker 1>been a good story, hasn't gotten a whole lot of

0:28:18.040 --> 0:28:21.879
<v Speaker 1>airtime from us. They had the Fuke loss to Rice,

0:28:22.920 --> 0:28:26.520
<v Speaker 1>which isn't great, but their other three losses were to Georgia,

0:28:26.560 --> 0:28:31.000
<v Speaker 1>Liberty and UTSA, which aren't bad losses. No, by any stretch.

0:28:31.640 --> 0:28:35.359
<v Speaker 1>They've got a solid defense. The numbers that I keep

0:28:36.040 --> 0:28:39.760
<v Speaker 1>have this one as about by U minus four, which

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<v Speaker 1>I don't I don't necessarily buy that, And that came

0:28:42.160 --> 0:28:45.080
<v Speaker 1>down from what seven and a half. Well, the line

0:28:45.160 --> 0:28:47.680
<v Speaker 1>is still seven and a half. But I'm saying that.

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<v Speaker 1>I keep says yeah, sorry, I just don't buy that. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So I think I'm on BYU pretty heavy here. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>like thirty five.

0:28:58.720 --> 0:29:01.960
<v Speaker 2>We've got another duff beer matt up the cause and solution.

0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:05.400
<v Speaker 2>BYU's offense maybe the best thing in this game. But

0:29:05.520 --> 0:29:08.880
<v Speaker 2>Uab's defense also strong, especially upfront against the run, which

0:29:08.880 --> 0:29:11.680
<v Speaker 2>is not where BYU is especially strong moving the ball.

0:29:11.680 --> 0:29:13.720
<v Speaker 2>But the worst thing is BYU's defense. I'm going with

0:29:13.840 --> 0:29:17.640
<v Speaker 2>defense here. I don't believe Kolonie Sataki in interviewing for

0:29:17.920 --> 0:29:20.200
<v Speaker 2>the Oregon job, is any sort of distraction he is

0:29:20.200 --> 0:29:23.080
<v Speaker 2>at BYU. It's his alma mater. I'm going with UAB.

0:29:23.320 --> 0:29:26.640
<v Speaker 2>I'm going with the defense here. Ty a regional advantage

0:29:26.720 --> 0:29:30.880
<v Speaker 2>right playing in Louisiana, not a flying across the country.

0:29:30.880 --> 0:29:31.200
<v Speaker 1>Whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>I think defense does travel short and far. I'm going

0:29:34.280 --> 0:29:37.560
<v Speaker 2>with UAB here with medium amount of confidence points. Strawn's

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<v Speaker 2>Strawn's str awns. It's a diner with amazing looking pies.

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<v Speaker 2>Get them, get them, all right, get them. Lending Tree

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<v Speaker 2>Bowl at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, five forty

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<v Speaker 2>five on the eighteenth on ESPN it's Eastern Michigan at

0:29:57.080 --> 0:30:00.520
<v Speaker 2>seven and five, it's Liberty at seven and five. Liberty,

0:30:00.520 --> 0:30:04.240
<v Speaker 2>for context is about an eight and one half point favorite.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you feel about Liberty neutral? I mean, they

0:30:11.280 --> 0:30:13.360
<v Speaker 2>run the hell out of the ball, even though Malik

0:30:13.400 --> 0:30:15.560
<v Speaker 2>Willis is the one who has gotten the attention for

0:30:15.600 --> 0:30:19.840
<v Speaker 2>that program. But I'm fine with Liberty winning this game.

0:30:19.880 --> 0:30:22.640
<v Speaker 2>It's another favorite. I understand that I'm picking, but Eastern

0:30:22.640 --> 0:30:25.280
<v Speaker 2>Michigan's defense and their schedule too. You look at what

0:30:25.360 --> 0:30:29.000
<v Speaker 2>Eastern Michigan like. This is how they finish their schedule strong,

0:30:29.040 --> 0:30:31.280
<v Speaker 2>and they lost games. They lost to Ohio, a bad

0:30:31.320 --> 0:30:34.400
<v Speaker 2>Ohio team, and they got killed by a bad Central

0:30:34.400 --> 0:30:36.560
<v Speaker 2>Michigan team. It's just one of those things where the

0:30:36.680 --> 0:30:39.640
<v Speaker 2>MAC has like a bunch of five hundred teams and

0:30:39.960 --> 0:30:42.200
<v Speaker 2>a lot of them don't play good defense or like

0:30:42.240 --> 0:30:47.960
<v Speaker 2>they most MAC teams do something disastrously bad. And what

0:30:48.040 --> 0:30:50.600
<v Speaker 2>Eastern Michigan does is they just get pushed around constantly

0:30:50.640 --> 0:30:52.400
<v Speaker 2>upfront against the run, and so I think it's a

0:30:52.400 --> 0:30:54.520
<v Speaker 2>bad matchup. So I'm going Liberty with high confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. One and twentieth in the ESP plus on the

0:30:57.800 --> 0:31:01.200
<v Speaker 1>defensive side for Eastern Michigan yeah, and I think you're right.

0:31:01.240 --> 0:31:04.920
<v Speaker 1>Stopping the rushing attack. Stopping Malik Willis if he decides

0:31:04.960 --> 0:31:07.840
<v Speaker 1>to be the rushing attack is going to pose an

0:31:07.880 --> 0:31:11.960
<v Speaker 1>obvious issue here. Bill Connelly, for what it's worth, has

0:31:12.160 --> 0:31:16.640
<v Speaker 1>Eastern Michigan at four point nine second order wins, so

0:31:17.240 --> 0:31:22.160
<v Speaker 1>basically a five and seven team masquerading as seven and five.

0:31:22.520 --> 0:31:25.360
<v Speaker 1>I don't see how it's close. I also think that

0:31:25.440 --> 0:31:27.360
<v Speaker 1>Malik Willis is going to be motivated here. I don't

0:31:27.360 --> 0:31:30.160
<v Speaker 1>know if he has any designs on going to the NFL. Right,

0:31:30.280 --> 0:31:32.280
<v Speaker 1>it was sort of an underwhelming season for him with

0:31:32.360 --> 0:31:36.360
<v Speaker 1>twelve picks and obviously five losses for Liberty. I think

0:31:36.400 --> 0:31:38.080
<v Speaker 1>he will be motivated here to come out and put

0:31:38.080 --> 0:31:40.800
<v Speaker 1>some big numbers up. So high confidence on Liberty. I

0:31:40.880 --> 0:31:43.239
<v Speaker 1>might consider going Liberty minus eight and a half if

0:31:43.240 --> 0:31:46.800
<v Speaker 1>you're looking to actually wager some real money. But this

0:31:46.800 --> 0:31:48.800
<v Speaker 1>could be like a forty two job for me here

0:31:48.840 --> 0:31:51.360
<v Speaker 1>on Liberty. Fair enough.

0:31:51.480 --> 0:31:54.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm going pretty high here. By the way, Felix

0:31:54.320 --> 0:31:59.520
<v Speaker 2>is for fried fish. Felix is in the Greater Mobile area.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go to the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl presented by Stifle.

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<v Speaker 1>they played at SOFI Stadium, Yeah, in Inglewood, California. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm told seven thirty ABC, Utah State. The Aggie's had

0:32:36.880 --> 0:32:40.240
<v Speaker 1>a great year. You're one, Lake Anderson ten and three.

0:32:40.440 --> 0:32:43.640
<v Speaker 1>Won the conference in resounding fashion over San Diego State.

0:32:44.760 --> 0:32:49.680
<v Speaker 1>They're up against Oregon State. Oregon State seven and a

0:32:49.680 --> 0:32:54.160
<v Speaker 1>half point favorite. Here, Dan, Yeah, so what we have

0:32:54.240 --> 0:32:57.680
<v Speaker 1>in this matchup is an amazing offensive line, I believe

0:32:57.720 --> 0:33:00.560
<v Speaker 1>a Joe Moore Award nominated offensive line with the Beaves.

0:33:00.560 --> 0:33:02.800
<v Speaker 1>They run the hell out of the ball, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>the best thing going in this game is Oregon State's ability.

0:33:05.400 --> 0:33:07.320
<v Speaker 1>BJ Baylor has been the big name for the Beaves

0:33:07.680 --> 0:33:10.320
<v Speaker 1>running the ball, and Utah State's defense against the pass

0:33:10.480 --> 0:33:13.040
<v Speaker 1>is actually the worst thing in this game. I don't

0:33:13.040 --> 0:33:16.080
<v Speaker 1>know if that comes to play a major role, as

0:33:16.120 --> 0:33:18.400
<v Speaker 1>Oregon State is not a huge passing team, rely a

0:33:18.440 --> 0:33:21.080
<v Speaker 1>lot on transfers and tight ends in the passing game.

0:33:21.120 --> 0:33:24.440
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, Oregon State is in good position to win

0:33:24.480 --> 0:33:26.960
<v Speaker 1>this game. And defensively, by the way, as you look

0:33:27.000 --> 0:33:28.960
<v Speaker 1>at I mean, these are two defenses that are not

0:33:29.000 --> 0:33:31.600
<v Speaker 1>so good. Oregon State one hundred and one in points

0:33:31.600 --> 0:33:35.880
<v Speaker 1>per drive, Utah State much stronger, thirty seven. I'm actually

0:33:35.880 --> 0:33:38.480
<v Speaker 1>going to go Utah State here. I'm licking my wounds

0:33:38.520 --> 0:33:41.640
<v Speaker 1>from picking against the Aggies in the Mound West Championship game.

0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:44.120
<v Speaker 1>I think Oregon State is good, but I still think

0:33:44.280 --> 0:33:47.920
<v Speaker 1>when the team with the worst defense is and didn't

0:33:48.000 --> 0:33:51.200
<v Speaker 1>Utah State beat Wazoo to open the season. Yep, yeah,

0:33:51.760 --> 0:33:53.480
<v Speaker 1>I think they're I think they're a pretty good team.

0:33:53.600 --> 0:33:57.200
<v Speaker 1>So I'm going with Utah State. Well, the Blake Anderson

0:33:57.280 --> 0:34:00.480
<v Speaker 1>story has been incredible. Yeah, in his first year at

0:34:00.560 --> 0:34:02.440
<v Speaker 1>Utah State. I mean I said it before, I'll say

0:34:02.440 --> 0:34:06.520
<v Speaker 1>it again. But abbreviated schedule last year in twenty twenty,

0:34:06.640 --> 0:34:09.719
<v Speaker 1>so maybe not apples to apples here, but this is

0:34:09.760 --> 0:34:13.160
<v Speaker 1>a one in five team last year mm hmm, he

0:34:13.280 --> 0:34:18.000
<v Speaker 1>comes on. They got to ten wins. They pounded a

0:34:18.080 --> 0:34:20.400
<v Speaker 1>ranked San Diego State team that maybe was licking its

0:34:20.440 --> 0:34:22.920
<v Speaker 1>own wounds from they had a COVID issue. Right. I

0:34:22.920 --> 0:34:24.799
<v Speaker 1>don't know how much that factored in or not, but

0:34:25.520 --> 0:34:28.839
<v Speaker 1>even still, forty six to thirteen in a championship game

0:34:28.880 --> 0:34:32.680
<v Speaker 1>is a big deal. The sp plus says that ten

0:34:32.719 --> 0:34:34.719
<v Speaker 1>and three Utah State is more like the seven and

0:34:34.800 --> 0:34:37.680
<v Speaker 1>five team. I hear you do whatever you want with

0:34:37.719 --> 0:34:42.480
<v Speaker 1>that information. But I like Oregon State here. They had

0:34:42.520 --> 0:34:44.960
<v Speaker 1>a shot to win the PAC twelve North. They had

0:34:44.960 --> 0:34:47.440
<v Speaker 1>two really bad losses, otherwise they might have done it.

0:34:48.960 --> 0:34:53.920
<v Speaker 1>I think I favor the Beavers here in a tasty

0:34:53.960 --> 0:34:57.040
<v Speaker 1>little matchup, like kind of like the Plucky Bowl. Okay,

0:34:58.520 --> 0:34:59.719
<v Speaker 1>I like them to run the hell out of the

0:34:59.719 --> 0:35:01.520
<v Speaker 1>ball here, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>I have lots of La food recommendations, so you can

0:35:03.800 --> 0:35:05.799
<v Speaker 2>tweet at me, especially if you are going for this

0:35:05.880 --> 0:35:07.400
<v Speaker 2>game and want good food, and tell me where in

0:35:07.520 --> 0:35:09.560
<v Speaker 2>La you are, because La is a very big place.

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<v Speaker 2>I will tell you on the west side of La

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<v Speaker 2>Pizzana p I z Z A n A for pizza

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll stick with that theme. And Apollonia's Pizza Justin

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<v Speaker 2>and Apollonias does a fantastic job, amazing transcendent square slices

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<v Speaker 2>at Apollonia's Square Slices Squares Justin dalyone a Mini La

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<v Speaker 2>pizza genius. I'm just telling you right now, I really

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<v Speaker 2>do look up to Justin does great things at Apollonias.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not kidding.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know I've talked to him a couple of times. Yeah,

0:35:41.960 --> 0:35:46.239
<v Speaker 2>when I've been out there. He's very guarded, ty, very

0:35:46.320 --> 0:35:49.920
<v Speaker 2>guarded with his pizza and fermentation and secrets for getting

0:35:49.960 --> 0:35:55.400
<v Speaker 2>that real caramelized crispy cheese edge on his squares. Very guarded,

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<v Speaker 2>but amazing. All Right, that's such a specific that's such

0:35:59.560 --> 0:36:03.000
<v Speaker 2>a specific recommendation. But yeah, Appollonia's it's sort of mid

0:36:03.080 --> 0:36:06.160
<v Speaker 2>city in La. I want to say, well, sure, I

0:36:06.160 --> 0:36:10.080
<v Speaker 2>forget which straight, but that's my recommendation.

0:36:10.440 --> 0:36:14.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm medium on Oregon State, by the way, maybe like

0:36:14.040 --> 0:36:17.160
<v Speaker 1>twenty six twenty seven medium as well. Yep. Let's go

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<v Speaker 1>to the RNL Carriers New Orleans Bowl Caesar's super Dome

0:36:22.760 --> 0:36:26.120
<v Speaker 1>in New Orleans. Nine to fifteen ESPN. Again, this is

0:36:26.160 --> 0:36:29.359
<v Speaker 1>the last game of the day on the eighteenth. It

0:36:29.520 --> 0:36:34.839
<v Speaker 1>is an interesting matchup, an interesting matchup. Louisiana favored by

0:36:35.000 --> 0:36:38.719
<v Speaker 1>six over Marshall. You know the deal with Louisiana. Louisiana

0:36:38.760 --> 0:36:41.279
<v Speaker 1>went twelve and one. They beat app State twice. Their

0:36:41.280 --> 0:36:43.040
<v Speaker 1>only loss of the year was to Texas all the

0:36:43.080 --> 0:36:45.719
<v Speaker 1>way back in Week one, and we've talked a lot

0:36:45.760 --> 0:36:49.440
<v Speaker 1>about them, if only because their coach left after the

0:36:49.480 --> 0:36:53.280
<v Speaker 1>championship game to go on over to Florida. Yeah, coach

0:36:53.280 --> 0:36:56.640
<v Speaker 1>the championship game, not hanging around for this one again.

0:36:56.680 --> 0:36:59.880
<v Speaker 1>Normally I would ding that team in a situation like

0:37:00.120 --> 0:37:02.560
<v Speaker 1>this where a coach left, But there are so many

0:37:02.640 --> 0:37:07.759
<v Speaker 1>veterans on Louisiana that I really struggled with is this

0:37:07.800 --> 0:37:11.200
<v Speaker 1>thing gonna disintegrate or not? Right? It's also kind of

0:37:11.200 --> 0:37:15.080
<v Speaker 1>a home game for them, right, playing in the Superdome

0:37:17.000 --> 0:37:19.880
<v Speaker 1>sort of? Yeah, sort of. Lafayette is not New Orleans,

0:37:19.880 --> 0:37:25.200
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I am gonna go Marshall outright here. I'm

0:37:25.239 --> 0:37:28.520
<v Speaker 1>gonna stick to the formula. I don't think the seven

0:37:28.560 --> 0:37:32.440
<v Speaker 1>and five records should fool you. This is a really

0:37:32.480 --> 0:37:37.280
<v Speaker 1>good team on both sides of the ball. This game's

0:37:37.320 --> 0:37:40.120
<v Speaker 1>gonna offer I think a really nice mix of styles

0:37:40.120 --> 0:37:43.680
<v Speaker 1>as well. Because Marshall's more of a passing team, Louisiana

0:37:43.719 --> 0:37:46.600
<v Speaker 1>is much more of a running team. I got Marshall

0:37:46.600 --> 0:37:50.040
<v Speaker 1>in the upset. I think coaching maybe makes the difference

0:37:50.080 --> 0:37:53.120
<v Speaker 1>in a close game and Louisiana's played in a bunch

0:37:53.160 --> 0:37:54.560
<v Speaker 1>of close games. Is here if you go back and

0:37:54.600 --> 0:37:58.279
<v Speaker 1>look so without Napier that that scares me a little bit.

0:37:59.320 --> 0:38:02.040
<v Speaker 1>The spread is less than a touchdown, so I think

0:38:02.120 --> 0:38:05.880
<v Speaker 1>Vegas sort of feels it too right. I'm inclined to

0:38:05.880 --> 0:38:09.160
<v Speaker 1>go Marshall plus the six if you're a better and

0:38:09.400 --> 0:38:15.160
<v Speaker 1>maybe Marshall to the tune of ten confidence points here. Altt,

0:38:15.239 --> 0:38:17.319
<v Speaker 1>you really like Marshall here? I do?

0:38:17.920 --> 0:38:22.200
<v Speaker 2>Oh man, I like Louisiana big. I know it's the

0:38:22.239 --> 0:38:24.160
<v Speaker 2>new coach thing, but I thought that was all handled

0:38:24.200 --> 0:38:26.920
<v Speaker 2>really well by Billy and Apier, like it was a

0:38:27.000 --> 0:38:29.279
<v Speaker 2>very direct It was as well as one could have

0:38:29.360 --> 0:38:29.759
<v Speaker 2>handled it.

0:38:29.800 --> 0:38:29.960
<v Speaker 1>Right.

0:38:29.960 --> 0:38:32.560
<v Speaker 2>He took the job. But he's saying I'm coaching out

0:38:32.560 --> 0:38:34.800
<v Speaker 2>the year, the regular season year. I'm not coaching in

0:38:34.840 --> 0:38:38.400
<v Speaker 2>the bowl game. But I thought the vibes were strong,

0:38:38.440 --> 0:38:39.960
<v Speaker 2>there was an internal promotion.

0:38:39.640 --> 0:38:40.320
<v Speaker 1>At head coach.

0:38:40.920 --> 0:38:42.799
<v Speaker 2>I just I think things are okay. I think there's

0:38:42.840 --> 0:38:45.480
<v Speaker 2>an excitement still around the Rage and Cajun's. And while

0:38:45.520 --> 0:38:48.880
<v Speaker 2>I think Marshall is good, little two turnover prone at

0:38:48.920 --> 0:38:51.560
<v Speaker 2>quarterback in Grant Wells, who has been a really good

0:38:51.600 --> 0:38:53.880
<v Speaker 2>quarterback and wasn't turnover prone, but this year he was,

0:38:54.360 --> 0:38:58.200
<v Speaker 2>and the turnover margin overall like vastly favors Louisiana. I

0:38:58.239 --> 0:39:01.640
<v Speaker 2>know things are random with turnover, but since the defense

0:39:01.680 --> 0:39:04.480
<v Speaker 2>is a relatively even I'm gonna roll with team I

0:39:04.520 --> 0:39:06.720
<v Speaker 2>just think is better. And that's Louisiana.

0:39:06.840 --> 0:39:10.839
<v Speaker 1>So we disagree, we disagree. I understand it. I understand it.

0:39:11.120 --> 0:39:13.239
<v Speaker 1>But you know you gotta have a code. I have

0:39:13.280 --> 0:39:14.439
<v Speaker 1>a code here that I'm going by.

0:39:14.880 --> 0:39:18.120
<v Speaker 2>Yep, go in Marshall, all right, should mention eat literally

0:39:18.160 --> 0:39:21.280
<v Speaker 2>anywhere in New Orleans? You will do great literally anywhere.

0:39:21.360 --> 0:39:23.799
<v Speaker 2>But if you want something specific, I was recommended by

0:39:23.960 --> 0:39:25.360
<v Speaker 2>a friend.

0:39:24.960 --> 0:39:26.040
<v Speaker 1>Who is from New Orleans.

0:39:26.480 --> 0:39:29.480
<v Speaker 2>Bevy, which is not in like the main French quarter area.

0:39:29.520 --> 0:39:32.640
<v Speaker 2>Bevy seafood amazing, Poe boys.

0:39:32.600 --> 0:39:39.040
<v Speaker 1>Really really strong. Let's go to Monday, the twentieth of December. Yep,

0:39:39.600 --> 0:39:43.840
<v Speaker 1>Myrtle Beach Bawl, presented by Tax Act. Tax Act is

0:39:43.880 --> 0:39:46.560
<v Speaker 1>getting in on the game here. I think they sponsor

0:39:46.600 --> 0:39:49.960
<v Speaker 1>about three different games in some capacity. Really, Okay, that's

0:39:50.000 --> 0:39:52.880
<v Speaker 1>where your taxes are going right there. Yep, sponsor in

0:39:52.920 --> 0:39:54.520
<v Speaker 1>the Myrtle Beach. But you ever been to Myrtle Beach.

0:39:56.480 --> 0:39:59.160
<v Speaker 1>I have not no been in South Carolina. I never

0:39:59.160 --> 0:40:01.799
<v Speaker 1>a Myrtle Beach. I've been there. I played golf there,

0:40:02.040 --> 0:40:06.080
<v Speaker 1>bad end many years ago. Nice, good time, would go back.

0:40:06.719 --> 0:40:08.720
<v Speaker 1>It was a good time. We stayed at a house

0:40:08.760 --> 0:40:11.680
<v Speaker 1>that had a weird owl painting in it, and it

0:40:11.719 --> 0:40:13.799
<v Speaker 1>was one of those deals where the eyes sort of

0:40:13.880 --> 0:40:17.000
<v Speaker 1>tracked you wherever you went in the house, of course,

0:40:17.560 --> 0:40:20.800
<v Speaker 1>and we actually tried to buy it off the owner.

0:40:23.840 --> 0:40:27.800
<v Speaker 1>Why as like a fantasy baseball trophy or something. Oh nice,

0:40:27.880 --> 0:40:30.319
<v Speaker 1>I like that. I we joked, We joked that when

0:40:30.320 --> 0:40:32.480
<v Speaker 1>we weren't there, the owl came out of the painting

0:40:32.480 --> 0:40:34.520
<v Speaker 1>and flew around the house. It was just they had

0:40:34.520 --> 0:40:36.960
<v Speaker 1>that vibe to it, you know, right of course, like

0:40:37.040 --> 0:40:41.960
<v Speaker 1>Vego and Ghostbusters too. They wouldn't sell to us, said

0:40:42.000 --> 0:40:44.719
<v Speaker 1>the painting had too much intrinsic value. They wouldn't. They

0:40:44.760 --> 0:40:47.400
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't sell us the other everybody has a price tie.

0:40:48.120 --> 0:40:52.359
<v Speaker 1>We tried you low balld, we tried, couldn't get it.

0:40:52.640 --> 0:40:54.680
<v Speaker 1>And this game is in Coastal Stadium, right, it's in

0:40:54.760 --> 0:40:59.400
<v Speaker 1>brook Stadium, the Teal Field and Conway. Yeah, yep. Two

0:40:59.440 --> 0:41:03.200
<v Speaker 1>thirty ESPN Old Dominion six and six, getting nine and

0:41:03.200 --> 0:41:07.600
<v Speaker 1>a half against Tulsa. Tulsa also six and six, Dan,

0:41:09.520 --> 0:41:12.279
<v Speaker 1>Where are you at with this game? Oh?

0:41:12.280 --> 0:41:14.560
<v Speaker 2>Do you finished the season strong? To just get here?

0:41:14.680 --> 0:41:14.839
<v Speaker 1>Right?

0:41:14.920 --> 0:41:18.280
<v Speaker 2>They lost five straight to Liberty, Buffalo, UTEP, Marshall, Western Kentucky,

0:41:18.320 --> 0:41:23.280
<v Speaker 2>all totally decent teams. Maybe not Buffalo, but otherwise totally decent.

0:41:23.719 --> 0:41:26.280
<v Speaker 2>And then one five straight Louisiana Tach I mean, against

0:41:26.320 --> 0:41:28.400
<v Speaker 2>five very bad teams. So I don't really have a

0:41:28.440 --> 0:41:30.960
<v Speaker 2>good gauge on ODU both of these teams. It was

0:41:31.000 --> 0:41:33.720
<v Speaker 2>ODU and Tulsa, Right, Tulsa finished the season relatively strong.

0:41:34.160 --> 0:41:38.200
<v Speaker 2>I think I'm going with the clearly stronger defense here,

0:41:38.200 --> 0:41:41.440
<v Speaker 2>which I think is Tulsa's, especially against the run. I

0:41:41.560 --> 0:41:44.759
<v Speaker 2>just don't like the old dominion offense, especially through the air.

0:41:45.160 --> 0:41:47.840
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I'm going Tulsa here with high confidence.

0:41:48.440 --> 0:41:51.720
<v Speaker 1>This is one of those motivation and coach games for me. Okay,

0:41:52.560 --> 0:41:55.279
<v Speaker 1>I'm with you on Tulsa. First off, Odeu's had a

0:41:55.280 --> 0:41:58.560
<v Speaker 1>good year. Odi. You didn't play in twenty twenty Ritney

0:41:58.640 --> 0:42:02.279
<v Speaker 1>Ronnie was hired. He didn't play a game. He came

0:42:02.320 --> 0:42:04.520
<v Speaker 1>out early part of the year. They got boat raced

0:42:04.560 --> 0:42:07.279
<v Speaker 1>in a bunch of games against teams that to be fair.

0:42:07.320 --> 0:42:10.200
<v Speaker 1>Were better than them, hm, but it took a while

0:42:10.239 --> 0:42:12.360
<v Speaker 1>to get this thing going. They want a bunch of

0:42:12.400 --> 0:42:14.879
<v Speaker 1>games late. That's how they got to the bowl game.

0:42:14.920 --> 0:42:16.440
<v Speaker 1>So they got to six and six. I think that

0:42:16.480 --> 0:42:18.760
<v Speaker 1>in and of itself is an accomplishment for Ricky Ronnie

0:42:19.440 --> 0:42:22.279
<v Speaker 1>Tulsa's Jekyl and Hyde to me, man, you know, they

0:42:22.520 --> 0:42:26.200
<v Speaker 1>they almost beat Oklahoma State in Cincinnati. They were within

0:42:26.440 --> 0:42:30.319
<v Speaker 1>seven of Ohio State with three minutes to play. They

0:42:30.360 --> 0:42:33.760
<v Speaker 1>beat SMU, which is a nice win, and then also

0:42:33.880 --> 0:42:37.680
<v Speaker 1>they lost to Navy and UC Davis.

0:42:38.680 --> 0:42:42.319
<v Speaker 2>Hey hey, hey, hey, let's put some respect on Dan

0:42:42.400 --> 0:42:45.359
<v Speaker 2>Hawkins and the fight maggies of UC Davis. A lot

0:42:45.360 --> 0:42:50.120
<v Speaker 2>of cows there. Tulsa's also very mistake prone. Their turnover

0:42:50.160 --> 0:42:54.120
<v Speaker 2>margin is one to eighteen nationally, and they recently lost

0:42:54.120 --> 0:42:58.600
<v Speaker 2>a bunch of assistants to TCU, including their defensive coordinator.

0:42:58.600 --> 0:43:03.040
<v Speaker 2>They lost their line coach to USC had a few

0:43:03.040 --> 0:43:06.440
<v Speaker 2>guys enter the portal. My sense is that Tulsa may

0:43:06.480 --> 0:43:09.080
<v Speaker 2>only care about the big games and they may not

0:43:09.120 --> 0:43:12.840
<v Speaker 2>give a damn about the others. I think ODU is

0:43:12.880 --> 0:43:16.360
<v Speaker 2>thrilled to be here. They're thrilled, pomped to be in

0:43:16.400 --> 0:43:19.719
<v Speaker 2>Myrtle Beach. I don't think Tulsa gives a damn. So

0:43:19.760 --> 0:43:21.400
<v Speaker 2>here's one of those motivation games for me.

0:43:21.719 --> 0:43:24.680
<v Speaker 1>I go, oh to you. I don't think twice about it.

0:43:25.280 --> 0:43:28.440
<v Speaker 1>I'm going, oh, tou medium confidence. I might consider the

0:43:28.480 --> 0:43:30.960
<v Speaker 1>plus nine and a half.

0:43:32.000 --> 0:43:36.160
<v Speaker 2>Wow, Okay, I'm going You've convinced me a little bit.

0:43:37.200 --> 0:43:40.840
<v Speaker 2>Tulsa's recent Bowl history isn't great. They lost barely to

0:43:40.840 --> 0:43:45.080
<v Speaker 2>Mississippi State in twenty twenty, lost the Independence Bowl in

0:43:45.120 --> 0:43:47.920
<v Speaker 2>a shootout in twenty fifteen, same coach Philip Montgomery, and

0:43:47.960 --> 0:43:50.840
<v Speaker 2>they beat Central Michigan killed Central Michigan in twenty sixteen.

0:43:51.360 --> 0:43:55.320
<v Speaker 2>So in terms of man, I don't know. In terms

0:43:55.320 --> 0:43:59.359
<v Speaker 2>of motivation, I'm gonna go. I'm still going to Tulsa here.

0:43:59.400 --> 0:44:01.640
<v Speaker 2>I'm still good here. I think they're the stronger team.

0:44:01.680 --> 0:44:03.520
<v Speaker 2>I think they have more ways to win. So give

0:44:03.560 --> 0:44:04.360
<v Speaker 2>me the Golden Hurricane.

0:44:04.360 --> 0:44:05.799
<v Speaker 1>Where do you eat in Myrtle Beach? Do you know?

0:44:06.400 --> 0:44:09.399
<v Speaker 2>I do know Myrtle Beach? Well, I have I looked

0:44:09.440 --> 0:44:15.640
<v Speaker 2>up Conway because that's more specific. Rivertown, very solid looking Rivertown,

0:44:15.800 --> 0:44:19.520
<v Speaker 2>Rivertown differently Rivertown, or maybe it's a Riverton is how

0:44:19.560 --> 0:44:21.200
<v Speaker 2>maybe I don't know how to pronounce it, but it

0:44:21.239 --> 0:44:26.440
<v Speaker 2>looks like very good Americans. Different, you know, different directions

0:44:26.440 --> 0:44:27.239
<v Speaker 2>you can go with the menu.

0:44:28.040 --> 0:44:32.800
<v Speaker 1>Tuesday, December twenty first the famous Idaho Potato Bowl in

0:44:32.920 --> 0:44:35.800
<v Speaker 1>Albertson Stadium in Boise. You've been to Boise? You love Boise?

0:44:37.080 --> 0:44:38.000
<v Speaker 1>Where do you eat in Boise?

0:44:39.480 --> 0:44:42.120
<v Speaker 2>So I haven't been to Boise in quite some time,

0:44:42.440 --> 0:44:44.840
<v Speaker 2>but I looked it up and there is a great

0:44:44.880 --> 0:44:48.600
<v Speaker 2>looking breakfast place, maybe with a bit of a Southern inspiration. Obviously,

0:44:48.600 --> 0:44:51.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to say you're getting authentic Southern breakfast

0:44:51.160 --> 0:44:53.359
<v Speaker 2>in Boise, Idaho, but you know you can get great

0:44:53.480 --> 0:44:59.000
<v Speaker 2>ingredients whatever. Tupoulo Honeyolo honey, a great breakfast option. Good

0:44:59.080 --> 0:45:01.640
<v Speaker 2>song too, good song all right?

0:45:02.719 --> 0:45:08.040
<v Speaker 1>Three point thirty ESPN Kent State versus Wyoming, Wyoming favored

0:45:08.080 --> 0:45:12.400
<v Speaker 1>by four Craig Bowl, notably the guy whose head is

0:45:12.440 --> 0:45:13.799
<v Speaker 1>the shape of the oregone right.

0:45:15.000 --> 0:45:17.840
<v Speaker 2>You know, I was really hoping, and look, Oregon hasn't

0:45:17.880 --> 0:45:20.359
<v Speaker 2>hired a coach at the time of this recording. I

0:45:20.400 --> 0:45:22.279
<v Speaker 2>was like, maybe maybe they could get I was ready

0:45:22.320 --> 0:45:26.880
<v Speaker 2>to do a photoshop of Dave Randa's perfectly smooth head.

0:45:27.480 --> 0:45:30.399
<v Speaker 2>Maybe also don't. Nobody can get quite on the Craig

0:45:30.440 --> 0:45:32.719
<v Speaker 2>Bowl level in terms of shape and that Oregon O

0:45:32.800 --> 0:45:34.920
<v Speaker 2>the middle of the O. But I was hoping for

0:45:35.000 --> 0:45:36.879
<v Speaker 2>an Aranda photoshop.

0:45:37.280 --> 0:45:41.800
<v Speaker 1>Who knows. Craig Bowll notably brought over Tim Paulasek from

0:45:42.160 --> 0:45:45.080
<v Speaker 1>Iowa at the start of the year to come over

0:45:45.239 --> 0:45:50.400
<v Speaker 1>and make the offense less predictable. The offense is better

0:45:50.719 --> 0:45:54.719
<v Speaker 1>than last season, but it's very mistake prone. Yeah, and

0:45:54.719 --> 0:45:57.520
<v Speaker 1>there's almost no explosion, so there's a little bit of

0:45:57.560 --> 0:46:00.880
<v Speaker 1>Iowa in there, a little bit of Iowa on that

0:46:01.000 --> 0:46:04.400
<v Speaker 1>explosion side. But they did throttle Utahs State on the

0:46:04.480 --> 0:46:06.960
<v Speaker 1>road late in the year to get Bowl eligible, so

0:46:07.040 --> 0:46:09.919
<v Speaker 1>there's potential. They're not a bad team. You just don't

0:46:09.960 --> 0:46:14.399
<v Speaker 1>know when you're gonna get the good Wyoming right Maybe

0:46:14.440 --> 0:46:18.000
<v Speaker 1>it'll be this game because Kent State's defense has given

0:46:18.080 --> 0:46:20.759
<v Speaker 1>up a lot of points this season. They played a

0:46:20.800 --> 0:46:24.320
<v Speaker 1>crazy high tempo. I think we see points in this game.

0:46:24.800 --> 0:46:26.759
<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't want to touch the points bread it's four

0:46:26.920 --> 0:46:30.439
<v Speaker 1>right now, because I think this is a situation where

0:46:30.480 --> 0:46:32.280
<v Speaker 1>the last team with the ball is the one that's

0:46:32.520 --> 0:46:38.160
<v Speaker 1>gonna end up winning. I probably go Wyoming, but I

0:46:38.200 --> 0:46:40.359
<v Speaker 1>don't have a good read on this one. I know

0:46:40.480 --> 0:46:42.719
<v Speaker 1>some folks are high on Kent State, but I'm just

0:46:43.520 --> 0:46:46.280
<v Speaker 1>I didn't see it in that game in the championship

0:46:46.320 --> 0:46:50.120
<v Speaker 1>game last week. So I think I go Wyoming, but

0:46:50.600 --> 0:46:53.640
<v Speaker 1>maybe like eight points. I'm not confident at all.

0:46:53.840 --> 0:46:58.360
<v Speaker 2>Boyse twenty seven hundred plus feet above sea level, Wyoming

0:46:58.440 --> 0:47:01.440
<v Speaker 2>like eleven thousand feet above sea level. That's not true,

0:47:01.520 --> 0:47:04.360
<v Speaker 2>but they are the highest. Anytime you watch a Wyoming

0:47:04.400 --> 0:47:08.440
<v Speaker 2>game in Laramie, you're bound more often than not to

0:47:08.480 --> 0:47:13.320
<v Speaker 2>hear the highest above sea level FBS stadium, town whatever

0:47:13.360 --> 0:47:13.960
<v Speaker 2>in America.

0:47:14.400 --> 0:47:16.799
<v Speaker 1>And so give me Wyoming is.

0:47:16.840 --> 0:47:20.200
<v Speaker 2>Pulling into the elevation station. Pulling into the elevation station.

0:47:20.360 --> 0:47:23.680
<v Speaker 2>Ty And as much as I love Ken State's offense,

0:47:23.719 --> 0:47:27.560
<v Speaker 2>their defense is as as bad as the Kent State

0:47:27.600 --> 0:47:29.880
<v Speaker 2>offense is good. Wyoming had that stretch in the middle

0:47:29.880 --> 0:47:31.800
<v Speaker 2>of the season that was kind of a disaster. I

0:47:31.800 --> 0:47:34.439
<v Speaker 2>think they scored three points against New Mexico. I want

0:47:34.440 --> 0:47:36.120
<v Speaker 2>to say so maybe they were dealing with key injuries

0:47:36.200 --> 0:47:39.279
<v Speaker 2>or something then, but I'm both with Wyoming here. I'm

0:47:39.280 --> 0:47:42.040
<v Speaker 2>well with Wyoming to cover this game. Low confidence, yea,

0:47:42.080 --> 0:47:44.279
<v Speaker 2>because Wyoming is too all over the place. For me

0:47:44.320 --> 0:47:48.120
<v Speaker 2>to feel anything strongly about them. Low confident in the Cowboys,

0:47:48.200 --> 0:47:51.719
<v Speaker 2>but high confident in two below. Honey for breakfast.

0:47:52.120 --> 0:47:57.880
<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, let's stay on the twenty first. My favorite game

0:47:58.200 --> 0:48:02.640
<v Speaker 1>of the cycle. Really it is. I told actually, you're

0:48:02.680 --> 0:48:06.120
<v Speaker 1>consistent because I mentioned this to you a few episodes.

0:48:06.160 --> 0:48:08.880
<v Speaker 1>I know, I don't know if anything had changed, but continue,

0:48:09.080 --> 0:48:13.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm in man. Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl. Yeah, you

0:48:14.000 --> 0:48:14.640
<v Speaker 1>like smoothies.

0:48:15.640 --> 0:48:17.719
<v Speaker 2>I make a lot of them for my almost three

0:48:17.760 --> 0:48:21.480
<v Speaker 2>year old, and he's into them. They're fine. You know,

0:48:21.560 --> 0:48:24.280
<v Speaker 2>when John bajuice was a thing I would go get.

0:48:24.680 --> 0:48:29.880
<v Speaker 2>I think peach pleasure. Peach pleasure was my my my

0:48:29.960 --> 0:48:30.960
<v Speaker 2>flavor of choice.

0:48:31.160 --> 0:48:32.279
<v Speaker 1>But no, I don't go out of my way for

0:48:32.320 --> 0:48:38.040
<v Speaker 1>smoothies anymore. No. Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl. Frisco also

0:48:38.120 --> 0:48:41.799
<v Speaker 1>having an outsized impact on this Bowl season. We'll talk

0:48:41.840 --> 0:48:45.040
<v Speaker 1>about that in a little bit, of course. Toyota Stadium

0:48:45.600 --> 0:48:48.759
<v Speaker 1>is the site of this game seven thirty ESPN. It

0:48:48.880 --> 0:48:52.040
<v Speaker 1>is UTSA the Roadrunners. Do you have the sound? Just

0:48:52.080 --> 0:48:53.720
<v Speaker 1>out of curiosity? Not anymore.

0:48:53.760 --> 0:48:58.120
<v Speaker 2>I replaced it with December to remember, so that's more

0:48:58.160 --> 0:49:00.120
<v Speaker 2>of a catch all Yeah.

0:49:00.440 --> 0:49:04.280
<v Speaker 1>UTSA twelve and one. They are about a field goal favorite.

0:49:04.320 --> 0:49:08.520
<v Speaker 1>Here Against San Diego State, san Diego State went eleven

0:49:08.560 --> 0:49:13.720
<v Speaker 1>and two. As I said, my favorite game of the cycle,

0:49:15.440 --> 0:49:17.759
<v Speaker 1>in part because UTSA may be the story of the

0:49:17.840 --> 0:49:23.320
<v Speaker 1>year in college football. Been incredible. You've got a root

0:49:23.680 --> 0:49:26.600
<v Speaker 1>with your heart here. We got to speak from the chest,

0:49:26.760 --> 0:49:29.640
<v Speaker 1>and speaking from the chest, I love the UTSA Roadrunner story.

0:49:29.680 --> 0:49:31.319
<v Speaker 1>I love what Jeff Trailer did this year. I love

0:49:31.360 --> 0:49:33.879
<v Speaker 1>that he's coming back. I hope they continue to build

0:49:33.880 --> 0:49:38.680
<v Speaker 1>this thing. They knocked off Western Kentucky for the second

0:49:38.680 --> 0:49:42.800
<v Speaker 1>time this season to win Conference USA in a shootout

0:49:42.800 --> 0:49:46.759
<v Speaker 1>a week ago. Meanwhile, San Diego State got drilled in

0:49:46.800 --> 0:49:50.200
<v Speaker 1>the Mount West Championship game against Utah State. Now, they

0:49:50.200 --> 0:49:53.000
<v Speaker 1>were down some guys because of the COVID outbreak, right,

0:49:53.360 --> 0:49:55.719
<v Speaker 1>so how much did that factor in? Probably some? They

0:49:55.800 --> 0:49:58.759
<v Speaker 1>got drilled. San Diego State does not normally give up

0:49:58.760 --> 0:50:01.279
<v Speaker 1>forty six points, so I kind of take that with

0:50:01.320 --> 0:50:06.640
<v Speaker 1>a grain of salt here. But I love the UTSA story.

0:50:07.360 --> 0:50:11.279
<v Speaker 1>They've only been to two previous bowl games, in two

0:50:11.320 --> 0:50:15.840
<v Speaker 1>thousand and sixteen and then I guess twenty twenty. Both

0:50:15.840 --> 0:50:20.480
<v Speaker 1>were close losses. I take their game against UAB from

0:50:20.520 --> 0:50:23.120
<v Speaker 1>earlier in the year as sort of a poc approof

0:50:23.120 --> 0:50:25.799
<v Speaker 1>of concept, as we say, okay, of course in the

0:50:25.880 --> 0:50:29.920
<v Speaker 1>corporate world, that they can score against a better defense.

0:50:31.280 --> 0:50:34.120
<v Speaker 1>The game's up in Frisco, which is like north of Dallas.

0:50:34.239 --> 0:50:36.480
<v Speaker 1>I think folks will show out for them in this

0:50:36.560 --> 0:50:38.399
<v Speaker 1>game because it's a big deal. It's a big deal

0:50:38.440 --> 0:50:40.840
<v Speaker 1>for UTSA to get to a bowl game. If you

0:50:40.920 --> 0:50:43.520
<v Speaker 1>want a really deep cut, I would also say that

0:50:43.600 --> 0:50:46.279
<v Speaker 1>San Diego State is oh and to all time in

0:50:46.320 --> 0:50:51.600
<v Speaker 1>bowl games in the state of Texas. Okay, I don't

0:50:51.600 --> 0:50:54.120
<v Speaker 1>have a really strong lean. I just like UTSA, So

0:50:54.120 --> 0:50:59.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to utsa medium confidence. Let's say twenty points.

0:51:00.719 --> 0:51:05.040
<v Speaker 2>I'd like to issue apology. Tupelow Honey's a chain across

0:51:05.160 --> 0:51:10.000
<v Speaker 2>many many states. I retract. I retract my blow Honey

0:51:10.080 --> 0:51:14.120
<v Speaker 2>recommendation for Boise State. I'm gonna say Tony's Pizza. Tony's

0:51:14.120 --> 0:51:20.000
<v Speaker 2>pizza looks very pizza. Tony's, I'll be very specific, Pizzeria Teatro,

0:51:21.000 --> 0:51:30.320
<v Speaker 2>great looking Neapolitan inspired pizza in Boise, Idaho. Tony's Pizzeria Tatro's.

0:51:32.440 --> 0:51:35.360
<v Speaker 2>I retract critic of this show the food that the

0:51:35.440 --> 0:51:38.960
<v Speaker 2>guy that people. I've never come across one in a

0:51:39.000 --> 0:51:41.120
<v Speaker 2>state or live near one. I'm sorry, this is me

0:51:41.200 --> 0:51:42.240
<v Speaker 2>being ignorant.

0:51:41.920 --> 0:51:45.000
<v Speaker 1>To give them food wrecks. I know, what do you

0:51:45.080 --> 0:51:48.120
<v Speaker 1>recommend for a good chicken place? Dan? How about Popeyes?

0:51:48.560 --> 0:51:51.799
<v Speaker 1>That's all true, this is all tie, this is all uh.

0:51:52.120 --> 0:51:53.759
<v Speaker 1>I deserve it all. I hear you.

0:51:55.000 --> 0:51:57.400
<v Speaker 2>But I found I corrected my ways, did I not?

0:51:58.520 --> 0:51:59.720
<v Speaker 2>Within a matter of minutes.

0:52:00.080 --> 0:52:02.880
<v Speaker 1>Also, there is a tupul of honey in Frisco, and

0:52:02.920 --> 0:52:07.680
<v Speaker 1>I was like, wait a minute, wait minute, there it is.

0:52:07.960 --> 0:52:10.760
<v Speaker 1>It happens, happens mashed.

0:52:10.840 --> 0:52:14.000
<v Speaker 2>By the way, I'm pretty sure cocktail bar, good looking

0:52:14.080 --> 0:52:17.080
<v Speaker 2>food in the Frisco area is your recommendation there for

0:52:17.120 --> 0:52:18.960
<v Speaker 2>this game. The best thing this is another Duff Beer game.

0:52:19.000 --> 0:52:20.800
<v Speaker 2>The best thing is the San Diego State defense. The

0:52:20.920 --> 0:52:26.000
<v Speaker 2>worst thing san Diego State offense. I'm going utsa, yeah boy, yeah,

0:52:26.239 --> 0:52:29.279
<v Speaker 2>have the juice. They're favored by a little bit. I

0:52:29.480 --> 0:52:32.720
<v Speaker 2>just I've been hurt. I've been burned by San Diego

0:52:32.800 --> 0:52:34.719
<v Speaker 2>State looking back to that Utah State game. I'm gonna

0:52:34.719 --> 0:52:36.960
<v Speaker 2>stay consistent with how I feel looking back and how

0:52:37.000 --> 0:52:39.239
<v Speaker 2>out of control that got san Diego State on the

0:52:39.360 --> 0:52:42.719
<v Speaker 2>road against the UTSA team. Look, you're right, it was.

0:52:43.360 --> 0:52:45.120
<v Speaker 2>It was out of character the way that they lost

0:52:45.160 --> 0:52:47.080
<v Speaker 2>to North Texas big time. I think it gets fixed.

0:52:47.080 --> 0:52:48.920
<v Speaker 2>I think this is a team with juice. So give

0:52:48.960 --> 0:52:49.839
<v Speaker 2>me the road Runners here.

0:52:49.960 --> 0:52:51.880
<v Speaker 1>All right, Damn, we got eleven more games to go.

0:52:52.160 --> 0:52:53.759
<v Speaker 1>Let's eleven more to go. Let's do it. Come on,

0:52:53.880 --> 0:52:56.600
<v Speaker 1>let's go. Let's go to Wednesday, December the twenty second,

0:52:56.719 --> 0:53:01.800
<v Speaker 1>the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, Yeah, M and G.

0:53:02.000 --> 0:53:07.680
<v Speaker 1>Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, eight pm on ESPN.

0:53:07.800 --> 0:53:10.920
<v Speaker 1>It is Miszoo at six and six, is Army at

0:53:11.000 --> 0:53:17.440
<v Speaker 1>eight and three? Army is favored? Hmmm in this game, Daniel, interesting,

0:53:17.920 --> 0:53:18.560
<v Speaker 1>what do you think.

0:53:22.920 --> 0:53:26.320
<v Speaker 2>So Army's defense, weirdly enough, is the best thing in

0:53:26.360 --> 0:53:28.200
<v Speaker 2>this game, especially against the run, which is where we

0:53:28.280 --> 0:53:30.120
<v Speaker 2>know Miszoo likes to make their own.

0:53:30.440 --> 0:53:32.080
<v Speaker 1>Hey, that's not a phrase.

0:53:32.400 --> 0:53:34.400
<v Speaker 2>And the worst thing in this game is Missoo's defense,

0:53:34.640 --> 0:53:37.759
<v Speaker 2>though it's not as if Army's past defense is all

0:53:37.840 --> 0:53:43.640
<v Speaker 2>that strong either. I'm going with Miszoo here. I'm going

0:53:43.680 --> 0:53:47.000
<v Speaker 2>with Miszoo, and it's I don't like going against service

0:53:47.000 --> 0:53:49.520
<v Speaker 2>academies in bowl games. We saw what who did Army

0:53:49.640 --> 0:53:52.400
<v Speaker 2>just absolutely lay the wood against Was it Houston two

0:53:52.560 --> 0:53:53.600
<v Speaker 2>three four years ago?

0:53:54.200 --> 0:53:56.360
<v Speaker 1>Uh? I have to go back and check. But go

0:53:56.480 --> 0:53:59.520
<v Speaker 1>back and look, I remember the game what I believe

0:53:59.560 --> 0:53:59.920
<v Speaker 1>it was Hugh.

0:54:01.520 --> 0:54:05.080
<v Speaker 2>So it pains me, it hurts me because Missoo's defense. No,

0:54:05.120 --> 0:54:06.640
<v Speaker 2>I'm one with the defense. I'm one with army here.

0:54:06.760 --> 0:54:09.200
<v Speaker 2>If I'm talking myself into Missoo, that's dumb. I'm going

0:54:09.239 --> 0:54:11.239
<v Speaker 2>with army here. I know I'm going very favorite heavy

0:54:11.320 --> 0:54:13.719
<v Speaker 2>with my picks. I'm going medium confidence in army here.

0:54:14.320 --> 0:54:17.080
<v Speaker 2>And by the way, the place to eat in this

0:54:17.280 --> 0:54:19.600
<v Speaker 2>is Fort Ware is this game? This is in Fort Worth.

0:54:19.640 --> 0:54:21.600
<v Speaker 2>Are two places I mentioned one of them at the top.

0:54:22.000 --> 0:54:26.840
<v Speaker 2>Goldies looks incredible, the number one barbecue place in Texas

0:54:27.000 --> 0:54:30.160
<v Speaker 2>per Texas Monthly. Whatever strength you put on that rankings,

0:54:30.239 --> 0:54:34.240
<v Speaker 2>and I quote, they trust the meat and the smoke

0:54:34.560 --> 0:54:37.799
<v Speaker 2>more than an arsenal of seasonings. That attention doesn't waver

0:54:37.880 --> 0:54:40.560
<v Speaker 2>when it comes to sides, especially the peppery cheese grits

0:54:40.760 --> 0:54:43.960
<v Speaker 2>and the mustard heavy pork hash. And then they are culinary.

0:54:44.000 --> 0:54:47.680
<v Speaker 2>There are culinary surprises such as the nupon in thousays

0:54:48.239 --> 0:54:50.719
<v Speaker 2>Laotian sausage. Take a chunk mash it into a bit

0:54:50.760 --> 0:54:53.640
<v Speaker 2>of sticky rice and dunk the combo into spicy sour

0:54:53.800 --> 0:54:57.040
<v Speaker 2>jow salm sauce. Your eyes will open wide as you

0:54:57.160 --> 0:55:01.239
<v Speaker 2>gaze at the new horizons of Texas barbecue.

0:55:01.360 --> 0:55:05.160
<v Speaker 1>Give that person the pulitzer who wrote that. I think

0:55:05.239 --> 0:55:08.120
<v Speaker 1>Daniel Vaughan, who is the Who's a nice dude. I've

0:55:08.160 --> 0:55:11.080
<v Speaker 1>met him. He with the barbecue editor for Texas Monthly.

0:55:11.360 --> 0:55:13.640
<v Speaker 1>Good Lord, I'm Starr. That's Goldie is the other play.

0:55:13.719 --> 0:55:15.920
<v Speaker 2>Another place in the top ten is Panther City in

0:55:16.000 --> 0:55:19.400
<v Speaker 2>the Fort Worth area, very very strong food area, fort Worth, Texas.

0:55:20.280 --> 0:55:24.960
<v Speaker 1>This is the Underthink Express Bowl to me two the

0:55:25.080 --> 0:55:29.400
<v Speaker 1>Underthink Express. I'm the conductor of the Underthink Express. In

0:55:29.520 --> 0:55:33.160
<v Speaker 1>this one rare instance, Army runs the crap out of

0:55:33.200 --> 0:55:36.279
<v Speaker 1>the ball. Yeah, and Maszoo is not good as a

0:55:36.360 --> 0:55:40.160
<v Speaker 1>rush defense totally. They're not good at it. They're not

0:55:40.239 --> 0:55:43.360
<v Speaker 1>good at preventy big plays on the ground either, horribling.

0:55:44.800 --> 0:55:47.800
<v Speaker 1>Army's defense, as you said, not bad. They're above average,

0:55:47.920 --> 0:55:50.840
<v Speaker 1>if not pretty good at stopping the run. Massoo's crazy

0:55:50.920 --> 0:55:53.480
<v Speaker 1>one dimensional with Tyler Batty. I believe Tyler Batty at

0:55:53.560 --> 0:55:56.640
<v Speaker 1>time of recording is playing in this game. But I

0:55:56.719 --> 0:55:59.120
<v Speaker 1>also saw that Maszoo is now having an open competition

0:55:59.239 --> 0:56:01.560
<v Speaker 1>at quarterback, which is never a good sign going into

0:56:01.640 --> 0:56:05.160
<v Speaker 1>a bowl game, especially against the Service academy. You mentioned it,

0:56:06.040 --> 0:56:08.520
<v Speaker 1>Service academies. Say what you want about the Service academies,

0:56:08.960 --> 0:56:13.200
<v Speaker 1>they are usually very disciplined and to some extent difficult

0:56:13.280 --> 0:56:16.160
<v Speaker 1>to prepare for. Maybe not so much in a bowl

0:56:16.239 --> 0:56:18.319
<v Speaker 1>setting where you've got more time and more build up,

0:56:18.760 --> 0:56:21.200
<v Speaker 1>but definitely on a week two week basis, if you're

0:56:21.200 --> 0:56:25.080
<v Speaker 1>playing Army or Navy, it's just so different from most

0:56:25.120 --> 0:56:27.400
<v Speaker 1>of what you would prepare for otherwise that it can

0:56:27.440 --> 0:56:30.000
<v Speaker 1>present a unique challenge. Hmm. If you're not all on

0:56:30.040 --> 0:56:33.839
<v Speaker 1>the same page, it's problematic going into a bowl game

0:56:33.960 --> 0:56:37.280
<v Speaker 1>like this. So I'm gonna Army. I'm with you. I'm

0:56:37.360 --> 0:56:39.680
<v Speaker 1>interested to see if the line goes down too. Right now,

0:56:39.719 --> 0:56:43.360
<v Speaker 1>they're favored by three and a half. I would expect

0:56:43.440 --> 0:56:45.719
<v Speaker 1>folks are going to look at this game and say, wait,

0:56:46.200 --> 0:56:49.759
<v Speaker 1>an SEC team against the Service Academy, and then they're

0:56:49.760 --> 0:56:51.839
<v Speaker 1>going to put their money on the Zoo. And it's

0:56:51.880 --> 0:56:54.439
<v Speaker 1>at that moment that I will take Army plus whatever.

0:56:55.480 --> 0:56:57.359
<v Speaker 1>I would love to take Army getting points here.

0:56:58.160 --> 0:57:02.040
<v Speaker 2>Tyler Bady is playing. By the way, the last I

0:57:02.120 --> 0:57:04.000
<v Speaker 2>saw is he wanted to play. And you're right, missoo

0:57:04.080 --> 0:57:07.839
<v Speaker 2>up front, they just get pushed around exclusively, exclusively. Yeah,

0:57:07.840 --> 0:57:10.799
<v Speaker 2>they're not good. Soeh, medium confidence. I'm with you on Army.

0:57:11.239 --> 0:57:15.920
<v Speaker 1>All right, let's go back to Frisco. Dan, back to

0:57:16.040 --> 0:57:22.000
<v Speaker 1>Frisco the Frisco Football Classic, also at Toyota Stadium. Also,

0:57:22.080 --> 0:57:25.680
<v Speaker 1>we really must preview this. It's the fun fact of

0:57:25.760 --> 0:57:30.080
<v Speaker 1>Bowl season. I know they made it up. They made

0:57:30.120 --> 0:57:33.120
<v Speaker 1>it a literally made it up. They made it up.

0:57:33.120 --> 0:57:36.440
<v Speaker 1>There were more Bowl eligible teams then they knew what

0:57:36.520 --> 0:57:39.840
<v Speaker 1>to do with and so ESPN and you know whoever

0:57:39.920 --> 0:57:42.720
<v Speaker 1>runs the Bowl thing, they just added it willy nilly

0:57:43.400 --> 0:57:46.960
<v Speaker 1>like a week ago. How can we not talk about that.

0:57:48.560 --> 0:57:51.560
<v Speaker 1>I'm with you. It's limited edition one of one Frisco Bowl,

0:57:52.160 --> 0:57:56.240
<v Speaker 1>Frisco Football Classic excuse me ephemoral ephemeral Bowl plus Snapchat

0:57:57.360 --> 0:58:01.040
<v Speaker 1>three thirty ESPN December the twenty third. Texas the mean

0:58:01.120 --> 0:58:04.240
<v Speaker 1>Green at six and six. Miami Ohio also at six

0:58:04.320 --> 0:58:08.720
<v Speaker 1>and six. Miami Ohio is favored by four points. North

0:58:08.760 --> 0:58:11.560
<v Speaker 1>Texas started one in six, they finished five and zero.

0:58:11.800 --> 0:58:14.840
<v Speaker 1>They did beat UTSA. It was Utsa's only loss as

0:58:14.880 --> 0:58:18.280
<v Speaker 1>you said earlier, the schedule was harder earlier in the year.

0:58:18.440 --> 0:58:21.440
<v Speaker 1>But they just they honestly didn't play well. Didn't matter

0:58:21.480 --> 0:58:23.960
<v Speaker 1>who they played, they didn't play well. I don't really

0:58:24.000 --> 0:58:26.440
<v Speaker 1>think they're that good if and being honest with you here,

0:58:26.960 --> 0:58:29.720
<v Speaker 1>I don't know where that utsa win came from. Kudos

0:58:29.760 --> 0:58:33.280
<v Speaker 1>to them for pulling it off. Miami Ohio at least

0:58:33.320 --> 0:58:36.480
<v Speaker 1>you can say, is okay. Right, They're okay. There's a

0:58:36.560 --> 0:58:39.000
<v Speaker 1>lot of big play potential in this game, which may

0:58:39.080 --> 0:58:41.880
<v Speaker 1>make it very watchable. But I kind of think North

0:58:41.960 --> 0:58:45.920
<v Speaker 1>Texas is mud. They're just not good, So I consider

0:58:46.000 --> 0:58:49.080
<v Speaker 1>taking the minus four. I don't know much about either

0:58:49.120 --> 0:58:50.960
<v Speaker 1>of these teams, so I'm going out in a limb here,

0:58:51.000 --> 0:58:55.440
<v Speaker 1>But I'm saying Miami Ohio high confidence, like thirty two points.

0:58:56.880 --> 0:58:59.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm right there with you. I'm going Miami as well.

0:59:00.000 --> 0:59:02.040
<v Speaker 2>You know, if I've taken a dog yet, this is

0:59:02.120 --> 0:59:05.000
<v Speaker 2>really bad. I'm going Miami Ohio to eke this one out.

0:59:05.080 --> 0:59:08.000
<v Speaker 2>North Texas is not very good. They just they've struggled,

0:59:08.080 --> 0:59:10.000
<v Speaker 2>especially throwing the ball, which is very strange to say

0:59:10.040 --> 0:59:13.640
<v Speaker 2>by the Seth Latrell team. So I'm going, God, you

0:59:13.680 --> 0:59:15.840
<v Speaker 2>know what, I'm going I'm anti Mac though, so you

0:59:15.880 --> 0:59:18.200
<v Speaker 2>know what, I'm gonna go North Texas here, I'm going

0:59:18.280 --> 0:59:20.320
<v Speaker 2>North Texas. I think they're gonna get their act together.

0:59:20.400 --> 0:59:23.920
<v Speaker 2>This is the game I think is Miami's. Miami's defense

0:59:24.040 --> 0:59:28.200
<v Speaker 2>is better, North Texas is. Yeah, North Texas is slightly

0:59:28.280 --> 0:59:30.120
<v Speaker 2>worse defensively, but I'm still gonna go with the Me

0:59:30.200 --> 0:59:32.960
<v Speaker 2>and Green here. This is my exception game. Also go

0:59:33.040 --> 0:59:36.680
<v Speaker 2>with the Aussie grind for a great Australian breakfast in Frisco, Texas.

0:59:36.840 --> 0:59:46.479
<v Speaker 1>Brecky Brecky Union Home Mortgage, Gasparria Ball, Yeah, Gasperilla, Raymond

0:59:46.560 --> 0:59:51.000
<v Speaker 1>James Stadium in Tampa, seven pm ESPN. It's UCF eight

0:59:51.040 --> 0:59:54.480
<v Speaker 1>and four Florida six and six Florida favored by a touchdown.

0:59:55.760 --> 1:00:00.560
<v Speaker 1>We discussed it earlier the Gasparilla Pirate Festival to parade

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<v Speaker 1>a host of related community events held in Tampa, Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>almost every year since nineteen oh four. Yeah, got too.

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<v Speaker 1>Florida teams in this game, perhaps very fitting, got the

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<v Speaker 1>Pirate ship in the one one end zone of Raymond

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<v Speaker 1>James Stadium. So it's it's thematic here. They're committing to

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<v Speaker 1>the bit. I like it, don't even think about touching

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<v Speaker 1>the points right here. Just don't do it. I have

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<v Speaker 1>no idea if Florida gives it damn at all. If

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<v Speaker 1>they care, and that is, if they care, they should

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<v Speaker 1>be able to handle UCF in my view. Okay, but

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<v Speaker 1>got an interim coach, They got some guys who are

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<v Speaker 1>going to probably opt out. I haven't seen it yet

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<v Speaker 1>by but kyer Elam, Zachary Carter mm hmm. Jacob Copeland's

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<v Speaker 1>already in the transfer portal a receiver. Yep. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think UCS all that good. But the counterpoint is that

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<v Speaker 1>they don't really need to be to go toe to

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<v Speaker 1>toe with Florida the way they've finished out. I'm very

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<v Speaker 1>mixed on this game. My hunch is to go Florida

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<v Speaker 1>high confidence, but I recognize openly that that's a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>big risk.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going Florida high confidence because I think the talent

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<v Speaker 2>is still there. I think there's a sense of relief

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<v Speaker 2>that they're moving on, that they know who their next

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<v Speaker 2>coach is going to be. And maybe this is when

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<v Speaker 2>dudes may perhaps younger dudes are playing especially hard to

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<v Speaker 2>impress the new staff in a game situation, UCF still

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<v Speaker 2>obviously relying on a not a transfer on a backup quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, after Dylan Gabriel out for the season, now

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<v Speaker 2>into the portal have not been able to throw the

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<v Speaker 2>ball worth a damn no back half of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>So now I'm going Florida here. I'm going with Florida

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<v Speaker 2>here to establish dominance in this matchup of interstate squads.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been workshopping a theory that I may consider adding

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<v Speaker 1>depending on how this Bowl season goes. Because, as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there are a bunch of schools with new coaches now

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<v Speaker 1>most of them. Most of them aren't in bold, but

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<v Speaker 1>the ones that are, I am curious to see if

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<v Speaker 1>there is any kind of motivation factor in hopes of

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<v Speaker 1>impressing the new coach, trying to get on the board

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<v Speaker 1>early before twenty twenty two on that depth chart. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if there's any way to back that up,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's just where I'm at. Okay, let's go to Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Christmas Eve. It's the easy post, easy post. What's that,

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<v Speaker 1>don't know? You tell me TI, easy Post?

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<v Speaker 2>Hawaii Bowl Software Company, Okay, simple Shipping API, Create label tool.

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<v Speaker 1>Great, Yeah. Clarence TC Ching Athletics Complex in Honolulu, Hawaii,

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<v Speaker 1>eight pm Christmas Eve on ESPN. Memphis at six and six,

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<v Speaker 1>Hawaii at six and seven. We talked about this one earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we feel similarly here. Memphis has been all

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<v Speaker 1>over the map this year, all over the mat. They

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<v Speaker 1>beat Mississippi State, they lost to Temple, they beat SMU,

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<v Speaker 1>barely lost to UTSA Hawaii. Hawaii has played well at home.

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<v Speaker 1>They knocked off Fresno when Fresno came to town back

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<v Speaker 1>in week five. But then there's this tweet from Mark

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<v Speaker 1>Delucci of SFGate dot com. Quote significant questions about the

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<v Speaker 1>state of the University of Hawaii at Manoa football program

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<v Speaker 1>under head coach Todd Graham. Players I spoke with accused

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<v Speaker 1>Graham of verbal abuse, rampant favoritism, and killing their love

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<v Speaker 1>of football. Yeah, nothing to be taken lightly. Javon Cordero

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<v Speaker 1>day day Hunter are transferring datae Hunters the leading rusher.

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<v Speaker 1>This does not seem like a great scenario for Hawaii,

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<v Speaker 1>even in a home bowl game. Dan, Yeah, so I

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<v Speaker 1>think I go Memphis.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh man, that's a long plane ride to Paradise, and

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<v Speaker 2>can get distracted by going to Hawaii. I think I'm

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<v Speaker 2>still going with the Warriors here. I can't trust Memphis.

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<v Speaker 2>What is the line at time of speaking? What is

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<v Speaker 2>that the Vegas evaluation? Even though that we're going with confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>Memphis by three and a half, I'm going to Hawaii

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<v Speaker 1>low confidence. That's a long way road game. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>that's like a ten hour flight, isn't it at least? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like six five and a half six from La.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna stay medium confidence and I'm gonna go Memphis.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, I'm going low Hawaii. But if twenty is

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<v Speaker 1>my threshold, this is like nineteen or twenty, it's right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's a risk. You got to take a risk

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<v Speaker 1>in a confidence pool. Memphis does not have a good defense.

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<v Speaker 1>I just I'm not there. Sorry. All right, Let's go

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<v Speaker 1>back to the tax Act Chamelea Bowl tax Act again

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<v Speaker 1>getting in on the action here. It's where your taxes go.

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<v Speaker 1>This one's on Christmas Day in the Crampton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, where do you eat in Honolulu? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you know?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have a place. I apologize. I'll look it

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<v Speaker 2>up as you're describing this game.

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<v Speaker 1>Find a nice fusion restaurant out there. That's what I

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<v Speaker 1>ate at they.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't need to fuse. It's already all there. Hawaii is

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<v Speaker 2>a melting pot of cultures. It is in and of

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<v Speaker 2>itself a fusion culture Tax Act.

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<v Speaker 1>Camellia Bowl Christmas Day. Yeah, play this one again a

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<v Speaker 1>mobile two thirty ESPN. Georgia State seven and five, Ball

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<v Speaker 1>State six and six. I was real high on ball

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<v Speaker 1>State going into twenty twenty one. They had a good

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<v Speaker 1>campaign in twenty twenty. This year, the bottom kind of

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<v Speaker 1>fell out. Ture Bill Connolly says they were a four

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<v Speaker 1>and a half win team that somehow got to six.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Georgia State's third straight bowl game. I think

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<v Speaker 1>they win this one hand handily. I am on Georgia

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<v Speaker 1>State here, high confidence, and I would probably consider jumping

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<v Speaker 1>on that three and a half. It may come down

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<v Speaker 1>before kickoff, but I feel pretty good about Georgia State here,

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<v Speaker 1>as do I. Ball State is terrible at efense.

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't think they're very good. Georgia State across

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<v Speaker 2>the board. They're just better than Ball State. They run

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<v Speaker 2>the ball, they stop the pass. I'm just yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going with Georgia State here by you know a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of touchdowns, high confidence and as you are saying, Dan

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<v Speaker 2>is right. You can eat a wishbone and have some

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<v Speaker 2>delicious cage and seafood.

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<v Speaker 1>Great.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, Goofy is the name of a diner and cafe

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<v Speaker 2>in Honolulu that looks really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Great. Yeah, that's it, Goofy Cafe and dine. Go to

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<v Speaker 1>Monday twenty seventh. Let's go up the Ford Field in Detroit. Dan,

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<v Speaker 1>go on again. I've got Rex eleven o'clock on ESPN,

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<v Speaker 1>Western Michigan at seven and five, Nevada at eight and four. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk. Let's talk about a good matchup here. Novada,

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<v Speaker 1>Nevada losing a coach, yep. Nevada is the more consistent

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<v Speaker 1>team on paper, especially with Carson Strong at the helm.

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<v Speaker 1>He had a great season forty two hundred passing yards,

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<v Speaker 1>thirty six touchdowns. This is a pass happy team and

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<v Speaker 1>they are definitely more consistent than Western Michigan. However, the

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<v Speaker 1>venerable J. Norvelder coach left went to Colorado State. Their

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<v Speaker 1>defensive coordinator is leaving for Wazoo. I think we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be in a situation here where Carson Strong, Romeo Dubbs,

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<v Speaker 1>and Cole Turner all opt out for the Bowl Game.

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<v Speaker 1>In a scenario like that, if those guys are out,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm on our guy, Caleb Bellobie Man low confidence, low confidence,

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<v Speaker 1>but I might consider bumping it up if all three

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<v Speaker 1>of those guys for Nevada are out. Kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>home game for Western. We liked Western a lot going

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<v Speaker 1>into the year. Maybe it didn't quite materialize the way

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<v Speaker 1>we thought, But I just think external factors here keep

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<v Speaker 1>me on Western instead of Nevada. Otherwise I go Nevada.

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<v Speaker 1>Nevada is favored by a touchdown, but I'm going Western. Ah.

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<v Speaker 2>This is another one of those situations where the Western

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<v Speaker 2>defense scares me. They are one of the absolute worst

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<v Speaker 2>big play defense allowing situations in the country, and Nevada,

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<v Speaker 2>when healthy and when operating at full capacity, would be

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<v Speaker 2>a team able to take advantage of that, presumably, But

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<v Speaker 2>Nevada doesn't run the ball that well, and you're saying

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<v Speaker 2>they are expecting opt outs. Western Michigan certainly much more

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<v Speaker 2>of a home game in Detroit than than what Nevada has. Situationally,

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<v Speaker 2>I am still gonna go Nevada. I think there are

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<v Speaker 2>more talented team, and Western's defense scares me enough that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going with the wolf pack here. Yeah, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>with the wolf pack here. Load a medium somewhere in there.

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<v Speaker 2>Twelve fourteen points confidence Sister Pie for standard pies, great

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<v Speaker 2>looking pies at Sister Pie, and then Pie Si like

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<v Speaker 2>sci very creative pizzas the greater Detroit area Pie Pi.

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<v Speaker 2>You said Detroit's a strong food area.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, very strong food. All right, it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It is very diverse, especially with Middle Eastern options. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you can do very very well in Detroit eating.

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<v Speaker 1>What about Annapolis, Dan, have you ever been to Annapolis? No? No,

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<v Speaker 1>I have not, have you. I think I've been through Annapolis,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's been a while. In their friend Tim Murray,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't he somebody who used to live in Annapolis? I

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<v Speaker 1>think so. Probably he's big in the DMV. He knows

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<v Speaker 1>all about the DMV. Okay, the Military Bowl presented by Perroton.

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<v Speaker 1>They got there towing a bunch of different pools there, Okay, Perroton,

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<v Speaker 1>Boston College versus East Carolina BC is a three and

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<v Speaker 1>a half point favorite. There's six and six. East Carolina

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<v Speaker 1>is seven and five two thirty on the twenty seventh

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<v Speaker 1>on ESPN. I like Boston College here. I like ACU.

1:11:02.240 --> 1:11:05.240
<v Speaker 1>I like I. I like the ECU story more than

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<v Speaker 1>I like ECU. Okay, I like what Mike Houston has done.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been awesome. Got the program to seven wins, got

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<v Speaker 1>the extension right, mm hmmm. I I just think it's

1:11:16.400 --> 1:11:20.000
<v Speaker 1>a different BC team with Phil Jerkovic, who is coming

1:11:20.080 --> 1:11:22.080
<v Speaker 1>back next season. I don't know if you saw that announcement,

1:11:22.120 --> 1:11:24.719
<v Speaker 1>but I didn't say that. Yeah, came back from injury

1:11:24.760 --> 1:11:30.800
<v Speaker 1>this season and they were marginally better. I thought they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to benefit from three extra weeks of practice here.

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<v Speaker 1>So I like BC. I'm going high confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>I like ECU here. I think it's a motivation thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Their defenses aren't so different. If you're b C, certainly

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<v Speaker 2>you're happy to have your COVID back for this game

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<v Speaker 2>and beyond, but you get ECU and Annapolis Maryland as

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<v Speaker 2>a bold destination. No disrespect to Anapolis Maryland, but you're

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<v Speaker 2>comparing it against you know, Southern States are going out

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<v Speaker 2>west something warm, and I just don't know if you're

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<v Speaker 2>you're up for this game, but you might be up

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<v Speaker 2>for the Iron Roost for breakfast at Iron Rooster, which

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<v Speaker 2>looks like a really nice breakfast transition, thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 2>But no, the best thing in this game is Boston

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<v Speaker 2>College is defense. The worst thing is ECU on defense,

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<v Speaker 2>in particular their run defense. But I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>Boston College is built to take advantage. I know they

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<v Speaker 2>really ran the ball well early on middle of the

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<v Speaker 2>season at garwo action. Yeah, I'm going to ECU here.

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<v Speaker 2>They finished strong. They went four or five, including a

1:12:24.840 --> 1:12:28.400
<v Speaker 2>win over Tis Memphis Tigers. The Memphis it was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a toss up loss to Houston.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going with ECU here.

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<v Speaker 2>My guy Holton Naylor's all right, whatever, Yeah, it's go

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<v Speaker 2>low confidence, low confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm BC hot confidence, man, I'll go home. Okay, let's

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<v Speaker 1>go to the tickets. Smarter Birmingham Bull Tuesday, December the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eighth. They play it at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve o'clock ESPN Houston against Auburn Dan. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>great matchup, interesting matchup. Houston eleven in two, Auburn six

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<v Speaker 1>and six. They're favored by three. I haven't seen yet

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<v Speaker 1>if Roger McCreery, the corner for Auburn, is gonna play

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<v Speaker 1>in the game or not. There's also been some speculation.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we may have resolution on this by the

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<v Speaker 1>time Monday rolls around in this podcast actually drops, but

1:13:20.080 --> 1:13:23.519
<v Speaker 1>there has been some some rumors out there in the

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter sphere about Brian Harson and that Oregon job. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's relatively low but yeah, so you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what happens there. I guess we can

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<v Speaker 1>revisit if there is a need to, but just something

1:13:36.680 --> 1:13:38.280
<v Speaker 1>to keep in the back of your mind. We're recording

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<v Speaker 1>again on Friday the tenth. We may have an answer

1:13:41.120 --> 1:13:45.080
<v Speaker 1>on that Oregon situation before long. But I either way,

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<v Speaker 1>either way here, it's low confidence for me because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't trust either team. I don't really trust either team.

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<v Speaker 1>I do question Auburn's motivation though, I wonder if it's

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<v Speaker 1>a letdown thing, like who cares about Houston? We could

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<v Speaker 1>have beaten Alabama. Sure, I still think I'm on Auburn.

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<v Speaker 1>I still it's low confidence. I still think I'm on

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<v Speaker 1>Auburn here with like nine points. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>The strongest thing this game is Houston's defense, especially against

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<v Speaker 2>the pass, which is not what Auburn has been doing

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<v Speaker 2>well as of late with TJ.

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<v Speaker 1>Finley.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, just everything involved in passing, passing it, stopping the

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<v Speaker 2>pass has not been Auburn's thing this year. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>go with Houston. I think Houston. If we're gonna say

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<v Speaker 2>who's up for this game, who's got a defense? I

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<v Speaker 2>think check check Houston.

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<v Speaker 1>They are.

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<v Speaker 2>They are the team I'm rolling with, just like I'm

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<v Speaker 2>rolling with. Carrigan's a great option that has a rooftop

1:14:45.080 --> 1:14:47.160
<v Speaker 2>situation that built a bunch of beer taps into like

1:14:47.160 --> 1:14:51.400
<v Speaker 2>an old jeep to a retro jeep. I think, just experientially,

1:14:51.520 --> 1:14:53.920
<v Speaker 2>let's speak in my language, man, I think you would

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<v Speaker 2>like Carrigan's ty good looking fries.

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<v Speaker 1>Send me the link. Can you slack me the link? Yeah? Absolutely,

1:14:59.439 --> 1:14:59.640
<v Speaker 1>I can.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to see this in Birmingham, right in Birmingham, Alabama.

1:15:04.400 --> 1:15:07.240
<v Speaker 2>I've driven through Birmingham, I've been Rashingham.

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<v Speaker 1>I like it. Yeah, seems like a cool place.

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<v Speaker 2>Got some friends in Birmingham. Here you go, Ty, Here's

1:15:12.920 --> 1:15:17.040
<v Speaker 2>what Kerrigan's is working with. We're doing this long free

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<v Speaker 2>commercial for what reason unclear. Kind of a gastro pub feel.

1:15:20.840 --> 1:15:23.960
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, look at that. Oh I like that. I

1:15:24.439 --> 1:15:26.280
<v Speaker 1>like up your alley? Do you want to go to

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<v Speaker 1>this game?

1:15:27.640 --> 1:15:29.720
<v Speaker 2>I suddenly do. How long of a drive is hit

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<v Speaker 2>from the Chicago burbs?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, you look that up. We're gonna move on here.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go to the Serve Pro First Responderbowl Gerald J.

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<v Speaker 1>Ford Stadium in Dallas three point fifteen pm Eastern time

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<v Speaker 1>again on the twenty eighth of December. Now air Force

1:15:48.360 --> 1:15:53.960
<v Speaker 1>nine and three Louisville Louisville six and six, Louisville favored

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<v Speaker 1>by about a point and a half. That's kind of

1:15:56.120 --> 1:15:59.360
<v Speaker 1>all over the map right now, that's jumping around. We

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<v Speaker 1>got Scott's sadderfield, who is four to zero in Bowl games.

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<v Speaker 1>It was announced that he is returning as Louisville's coach

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<v Speaker 1>and Mailie Cunningham also announced that he is coming back

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<v Speaker 1>next year, so he's gonna be on board for this game.

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<v Speaker 1>Air Force Dan air Force is pretty good. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty good air Force team. It's a good team. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. They beat Boise, they beat Nevada. They're seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>points away if you add it up from being twelve

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<v Speaker 1>to oh, I am going air Force. I am on

1:16:32.160 --> 1:16:35.160
<v Speaker 1>air Force here because they run, run, run, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>just not a good matchup for Louisville. So I'm saying

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<v Speaker 1>air Force like medium confidence, man, like twenty seven points

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere in that neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 2>Cheese at Bowl champion air Force from twenty nineteen, Sir,

1:16:50.720 --> 1:16:52.000
<v Speaker 2>I don't know who they beat in twenty In the

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<v Speaker 2>twenty nineteen Cheese at Ball Wazoo, they beat a real team, Okay,

1:16:56.000 --> 1:16:58.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm going with air Force as well as dogs. I

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<v Speaker 2>think they're gonna be difficult for Louisville, who just the

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<v Speaker 2>season to be over after the way they lost to

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<v Speaker 2>Kentucky and the deficiencies they have. I know they had

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<v Speaker 2>to like fire one of the like the code defensive

1:17:07.240 --> 1:17:11.960
<v Speaker 2>coordinator midyear on some was it stalking something like that

1:17:12.160 --> 1:17:14.120
<v Speaker 2>Court Dennison who was at Oregon before.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I think things are tumultuous still that if you have

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<v Speaker 2>to announce that your coach is coming back, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>great momentum heading into the off season. Air Force, especially

1:17:22.920 --> 1:17:27.080
<v Speaker 2>their defense is tough to hang with, and you get

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<v Speaker 2>to pick against a Louisville defense that struggled for wide

1:17:30.520 --> 1:17:33.840
<v Speaker 2>stretches of the season. So yeah, I'm going with the

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<v Speaker 2>Falcons here, just like I would go to Norri the

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<v Speaker 2>Nori hand roll bar. It'd be very easy to sit

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<v Speaker 2>back and say, go to Pecon Lodge, go to Cadillac Barbecue.

1:17:42.400 --> 1:17:45.560
<v Speaker 2>You're in Dallas, whatever. Dallas is much more than just barbecue.

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<v Speaker 1>Nori, n o Ri. I love hand rolls, love that

1:17:49.560 --> 1:17:56.080
<v Speaker 1>that quick delicious sushi option. Norri finding Nori. Oh, Okay,

1:17:56.520 --> 1:17:59.320
<v Speaker 1>it's not bad. You want to get in the zone. Damn,

1:18:01.040 --> 1:18:03.200
<v Speaker 1>I live in the zone. Tie, Let's get in the zone.

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<v Speaker 1>The AutoZone Liberty Bowl played at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium

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<v Speaker 1>in Memphis, six forty five On the twenty eighth on ESPN,

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<v Speaker 1>it is Mississippi State minus nine. The Mike Leach Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Yeah, Buddy, uh Tech in transition Sunny Comby coaching

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<v Speaker 1>the team for Tech. To me, this has the makings.

1:18:26.880 --> 1:18:30.000
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I don't know if Mike Leach

1:18:30.080 --> 1:18:32.800
<v Speaker 1>has this bone in his body, But if ever there

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<v Speaker 1>were one somewhere. This seems like the kind of game

1:18:37.080 --> 1:18:39.080
<v Speaker 1>where Mike Leach would run it up in a bowl game,

1:18:40.360 --> 1:18:43.599
<v Speaker 1>like this means something to him, because doesn't he still

1:18:43.680 --> 1:18:46.360
<v Speaker 1>think that they owe a millions of dollars million? Yeah? Yeah,

1:18:46.479 --> 1:18:49.559
<v Speaker 1>absolutely he does. So there's like there's that edge there

1:18:49.640 --> 1:18:52.439
<v Speaker 1>for Leech, and I wonder if he puts a little

1:18:52.560 --> 1:18:56.920
<v Speaker 1>extra elbow grease into it because of that personal thing.

1:18:57.040 --> 1:18:58.840
<v Speaker 1>He seems like the kind of guy who would carry

1:18:58.840 --> 1:19:01.839
<v Speaker 1>a grudge even though he's low. He and the pirate

1:19:01.920 --> 1:19:04.439
<v Speaker 1>guy and he likes Key West and all. That's like,

1:19:06.520 --> 1:19:08.240
<v Speaker 1>it seems to me like he might go for the

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<v Speaker 1>throat in this one.

1:19:11.400 --> 1:19:13.720
<v Speaker 2>That would be my assumption, especially against the Texas Tech

1:19:13.760 --> 1:19:17.040
<v Speaker 2>team without a full time head coach coaching in this game. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going Misissippi State, high confidence.

1:19:21.560 --> 1:19:22.599
<v Speaker 1>I think I am as well.

1:19:23.320 --> 1:19:25.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you can eat very well in Memphis, go

1:19:25.160 --> 1:19:27.240
<v Speaker 2>find you know, go to Central Barbecue wherever. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>with this game, Yeah, I'm I'm going with Mississippi State here.

1:19:32.920 --> 1:19:36.479
<v Speaker 2>They they are passing game, while not especially explosive downfield

1:19:36.479 --> 1:19:38.960
<v Speaker 2>all the time, It's very difficult to defend, and Texas

1:19:39.000 --> 1:19:41.840
<v Speaker 2>Tech was stronger against the run than the pass. So

1:19:42.320 --> 1:19:44.960
<v Speaker 2>I think it's a nice matchup either way. Mississippi State

1:19:45.000 --> 1:19:47.320
<v Speaker 2>going out on a high note, you know, disappointing Egg Bowl. Yeah,

1:19:47.680 --> 1:19:50.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to klanga klanga here in. This game is

1:19:50.200 --> 1:19:53.680
<v Speaker 2>in Memphis, right, yeah, Memphis, Yeah, not terribly far.

1:19:54.640 --> 1:19:59.320
<v Speaker 1>Two more games, let's do it m the San Diego

1:19:59.439 --> 1:20:03.439
<v Speaker 1>County Credit Union Holiday Bowl. They play it now at Petco,

1:20:03.600 --> 1:20:04.360
<v Speaker 1>where the Pets go.

1:20:04.600 --> 1:20:07.320
<v Speaker 2>At Baseball Am which supposedly, by the way, Petco itself

1:20:07.640 --> 1:20:11.760
<v Speaker 2>great food options within the stadium. Within the stadium, yeah, yeah,

1:20:12.040 --> 1:20:15.120
<v Speaker 2>very apparently really strong concessions as it relates to other

1:20:15.240 --> 1:20:18.320
<v Speaker 2>baseball stadiums. I forget where solid wife Kate and I

1:20:18.400 --> 1:20:21.439
<v Speaker 2>went outside of Petco because we were in San Diego,

1:20:22.080 --> 1:20:23.200
<v Speaker 2>right a couple of years back.

1:20:23.720 --> 1:20:26.599
<v Speaker 1>There's i mean great San Diego's great food overall. But yeah,

1:20:27.600 --> 1:20:29.799
<v Speaker 1>went to a couple great places. I love San Diego.

1:20:30.400 --> 1:20:34.639
<v Speaker 1>Nice eight pm on Fox UCLA against n C State.

1:20:35.479 --> 1:20:37.599
<v Speaker 1>The Holiday Bowl usually has a good matchup. It does

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<v Speaker 1>again this year. NC State favored by one. I think

1:20:42.120 --> 1:20:45.560
<v Speaker 1>I am all in on NC State here, Okay, I

1:20:45.960 --> 1:20:48.559
<v Speaker 1>think I'm all in on NC State. I think I'm

1:20:48.560 --> 1:20:51.599
<v Speaker 1>all in. I say all in, but I only mean

1:20:51.680 --> 1:20:57.080
<v Speaker 1>medium confidence. You are somewhat in. I'm somewhat all in yeah,

1:20:57.280 --> 1:21:00.519
<v Speaker 1>on NC State here because I just feel like they

1:21:00.560 --> 1:21:02.960
<v Speaker 1>are the better team. I feel like they are the

1:21:03.000 --> 1:21:06.160
<v Speaker 1>better team, and I feel like on the heels of

1:21:06.439 --> 1:21:10.080
<v Speaker 1>an otherwise pretty successful season, there will be motivation here

1:21:10.160 --> 1:21:12.559
<v Speaker 1>to finish the job. I'm not sure where UCLA is at,

1:21:13.160 --> 1:21:15.439
<v Speaker 1>and again, we're recording this on a Friday. Are you

1:21:15.479 --> 1:21:17.760
<v Speaker 1>getting pumped up to play against to travel across the

1:21:17.800 --> 1:21:21.880
<v Speaker 1>country to play Ucla if you're NC State? Not necessarily,

1:21:22.000 --> 1:21:24.200
<v Speaker 1>but is UCLA going to be in a position where

1:21:24.200 --> 1:21:26.400
<v Speaker 1>they care about this game? Is their coach going to

1:21:26.479 --> 1:21:29.680
<v Speaker 1>be there at UCLA's That's a good question. Yeah, so

1:21:30.160 --> 1:21:34.000
<v Speaker 1>I I question the motivation more on the UCLA side

1:21:34.040 --> 1:21:38.679
<v Speaker 1>than I do NC State. NC State's a veteran laden squad. True,

1:21:39.280 --> 1:21:42.000
<v Speaker 1>I don't know what their opt out situation will be,

1:21:42.240 --> 1:21:45.560
<v Speaker 1>if there will be one, but I gotta believe that

1:21:45.680 --> 1:21:47.360
<v Speaker 1>group of seniors is going to want to close this

1:21:47.479 --> 1:21:50.160
<v Speaker 1>thing out strong, and I don't know if UCLA gives

1:21:50.160 --> 1:21:53.320
<v Speaker 1>a damn. So let's go NC State medium confidence.

1:21:53.920 --> 1:21:56.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm going NC State medium confidence as well, just because

1:21:56.400 --> 1:21:59.719
<v Speaker 2>of the pronounced advantage on defense, and I think it travels.

1:22:00.240 --> 1:22:02.599
<v Speaker 2>NC State one of those teams that, yeah, I basically

1:22:02.680 --> 1:22:05.280
<v Speaker 2>played well all season long, other than who they get

1:22:05.320 --> 1:22:09.400
<v Speaker 2>blown out by Mississippi State early on. Yeah, yeah, believe

1:22:09.479 --> 1:22:12.439
<v Speaker 2>so other than that game, they've played really hard and

1:22:12.479 --> 1:22:15.760
<v Speaker 2>they've been competitive, and UCLA just their defense is not

1:22:15.920 --> 1:22:18.920
<v Speaker 2>at all good. So I think NC State has a

1:22:19.000 --> 1:22:22.840
<v Speaker 2>really nice day in San Diego. Medium confidence. Also, I

1:22:22.960 --> 1:22:24.880
<v Speaker 2>know I have a lot of San Diego recommendations, but

1:22:24.960 --> 1:22:28.160
<v Speaker 2>I looked up to see places I didn't know. Crack Shack,

1:22:28.439 --> 1:22:33.120
<v Speaker 2>an extremely popular fried chicken place. The crack Shack weird name.

1:22:33.160 --> 1:22:36.320
<v Speaker 1>I'll gui see that. But uh, strong looking chicken. I

1:22:36.520 --> 1:22:41.120
<v Speaker 1>like it. I like it all right, deep breath, longer

1:22:41.200 --> 1:22:45.920
<v Speaker 1>show than usual. But the final game of this episode, Yes,

1:22:47.439 --> 1:22:51.880
<v Speaker 1>the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. Oh what a bull? What a bull?

1:22:52.960 --> 1:22:55.280
<v Speaker 1>What about the best of the bulls, the guaranteed Rate

1:22:55.360 --> 1:23:01.519
<v Speaker 1>Bull guarantee that rate at Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona. I've been.

1:23:01.680 --> 1:23:05.880
<v Speaker 1>It's wonderful. Ten to fifteen pm Eastern time on ESPN.

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<v Speaker 1>It is West Virginia, it is Minnesota. Minnesota is favored

1:23:10.400 --> 1:23:13.880
<v Speaker 1>by five in this game. Who is the better team

1:23:13.920 --> 1:23:17.559
<v Speaker 1>in this game. By the way, Minnesota, you feel strongly

1:23:17.600 --> 1:23:17.920
<v Speaker 1>about that.

1:23:18.439 --> 1:23:20.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they have a great defense. Joe Rossi has done

1:23:20.640 --> 1:23:23.360
<v Speaker 2>a really great job, very quietly with that Minnesota defense.

1:23:23.360 --> 1:23:25.400
<v Speaker 2>They don't have like an elite pass rusher, they don't

1:23:25.439 --> 1:23:27.960
<v Speaker 2>get after the quarterback and all that consistent away, but

1:23:28.320 --> 1:23:31.880
<v Speaker 2>against the run, they they're just they're very sound defensively,

1:23:32.439 --> 1:23:35.120
<v Speaker 2>and on offense they're fine, obviously dealing with injuries and

1:23:35.200 --> 1:23:40.280
<v Speaker 2>inconsistent play at receiver. But yeah, Minnesota's defense and a

1:23:40.400 --> 1:23:43.920
<v Speaker 2>particular strength I guess against where West Virginia is especially

1:23:44.000 --> 1:23:49.559
<v Speaker 2>inconsistent on offense. I just think I think West Virginia

1:23:49.680 --> 1:23:52.720
<v Speaker 2>was fine at times this year, but I'm rolling with

1:23:52.760 --> 1:23:55.960
<v Speaker 2>that defense. I think it travels Minnesota here by seven

1:23:56.000 --> 1:23:59.880
<v Speaker 2>to twelve points, and look, worst case scenario is West Virginia.

1:24:00.040 --> 1:24:03.000
<v Speaker 2>It's beat up, but they still get to go to

1:24:03.200 --> 1:24:07.200
<v Speaker 2>Pizzeria Bianco in a couple locations in the Greater Phoenix area,

1:24:07.240 --> 1:24:09.000
<v Speaker 2>which I think is one of the best pizza places

1:24:09.000 --> 1:24:09.360
<v Speaker 2>I've been to.

1:24:09.479 --> 1:24:11.599
<v Speaker 1>I love it. I've heard good things about Phoenix as

1:24:11.600 --> 1:24:12.160
<v Speaker 1>a food town.

1:24:12.920 --> 1:24:15.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Phoenix, says, well, there's a couple good barbecue options.

1:24:15.240 --> 1:24:18.160
<v Speaker 2>You can get good Mexican Italian because there is there's

1:24:18.240 --> 1:24:23.800
<v Speaker 2>a big migration of New Yorkers and Chicago WANs to Arizona.

1:24:24.120 --> 1:24:26.599
<v Speaker 2>So with that comes some good food places.

1:24:27.320 --> 1:24:30.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm on Minnesota here. What's your level of confidence. You're

1:24:30.400 --> 1:24:31.479
<v Speaker 1>going high confidence, right?

1:24:32.920 --> 1:24:36.160
<v Speaker 2>I am going, yeah, medium high confidence in Minnesota here.

1:24:36.240 --> 1:24:39.240
<v Speaker 1>I think I am too. I think upper twenties, low thirties.

1:24:39.280 --> 1:24:40.240
<v Speaker 1>I feel pretty good about.

1:24:40.439 --> 1:24:42.519
<v Speaker 2>And also Tanner Morgan announce he's coming back for his

1:24:42.640 --> 1:24:45.519
<v Speaker 2>tenth year, so there's all sorts of anniversary stuff built

1:24:45.520 --> 1:24:49.920
<v Speaker 2>around that. Now Minnesota, by the way, I'm seeing number

1:24:50.000 --> 1:24:52.800
<v Speaker 2>one in the nation in goal to go touchdown rate,

1:24:53.479 --> 1:24:56.040
<v Speaker 2>so they finish their drives at least when they're close.

1:24:56.880 --> 1:25:00.639
<v Speaker 1>I'm in Minnesota. I feel good about Golden Gophers. Yeah,

1:25:01.920 --> 1:25:03.320
<v Speaker 1>all right, that does it.

1:25:03.520 --> 1:25:07.400
<v Speaker 2>Wow, Man, Marathon, I still haven't eaten today, and it's

1:25:07.479 --> 1:25:08.920
<v Speaker 2>one forty time.

1:25:09.400 --> 1:25:13.360
<v Speaker 1>Neither of I running on fumes here talking about good places,

1:25:13.400 --> 1:25:18.120
<v Speaker 1>talking about bowl games, trying to exude confidence wherever it's

1:25:18.200 --> 1:25:21.920
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<v Speaker 1>get Mama Rubinstein or Papa Rubinstein in on? Definitely? What

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<v Speaker 1>about the solid toddlers? Can we get them in? Uh? Sure?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how they're going to select the game,

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<v Speaker 1>so we can get them in for sure. I will

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<v Speaker 1>find a way to give the dog forty four treats

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<v Speaker 1>so that she can pick which which one she wants

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<v Speaker 1>as well. We're gonna get everybody in, so play against

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<v Speaker 1>the whole solid verbal team at a minimum, get in there,

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you want to get in baby? Is there an

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<v Speaker 2>Do you want to hear any breaking news? It's actual

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<v Speaker 2>breaking news. We'll do it on another show.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll do that on another show. Got breaking Farner two?

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<v Speaker 1>I see it?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, hold on, is it the Virginia breaking news?

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<v Speaker 2>At the Oklahoma breaking news that you're.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got Tony Elliott going to Virginia? What's your news?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you have Brent Venables hiring defensive coordinator Ted Roof

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<v Speaker 2>on your bingo car? Oh no, no, you mean it's

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<v Speaker 2>probably the defense. But that's not real, is it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>it's one hundred percent real. Come on, Bill Connolly with

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<v Speaker 2>quote Ted Roof defensive coordinator for Blue Blood School in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two. Twenty twenty two is not something I saw coming.

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<v Speaker 2>He was an analysts in last season.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I don't like that. I don't like that, Doki.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that his first hire? Dope?

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<v Speaker 2>He uh no, I mean he hired Levy uh to

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<v Speaker 2>run his offense, Jeff Lebby, and he's retaining Bed and

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<v Speaker 2>Bob Eatenbaugh the offensive line coach, the excellent offensive line coach.

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<v Speaker 2>So his staff is coming together nicely. But yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>dok man ted Roof, Yeah, last scene coordinating the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty I think it was Vandy defense man.

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<v Speaker 1>We had a joke about a leaky roof when he

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<v Speaker 1>was at Penn State. He must be the nicest guy

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<v Speaker 1>in the world. He's not good as a coordinator, but

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<v Speaker 1>he interviews well.

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<v Speaker 2>So since two since he was the head coach at

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<v Speaker 2>Duke two thousand and seven, Minnesota defensive coordinator, Auburn defensive coordinator,

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<v Speaker 2>UCF defensive coordinator, Penn State defensive coordinator, Georgia Tech defensive coordinator,

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<v Speaker 2>and See State defensive coordinator, app State defensive coordinator, Vandy

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<v Speaker 2>defensive coordinator. Ted Roof will help you move. He will

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<v Speaker 2>pick you up at the airport. He will help you move.

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<v Speaker 2>He is there for you with a holiday card.

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<v Speaker 1>He's there. He's just my God. That's brutal and good

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<v Speaker 1>times and bad ted Roof, Well that does it for. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a preview number one. We end on a depressing

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<v Speaker 1>note of an otherwise exciting show. Part two will be

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<v Speaker 1>on Wednesday. Thank you so much for downloading, for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>We hope to see you playing the Winter Wonders game

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<v Speaker 1>with us as well. For that guy over there, be malnourished,

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Rubinstein, sure, and for myself, Tie Hill my brand.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk to you all soon. In the meantime, stay solid, peace,