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Goal Line: The Champ Goes Down
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The boys discuss KC finally dropping a game for the first time in almost a year and take a look at the current playoff picture for the NFL and college football.
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Brett's Team Victory & Transition
00:00:14
Speaker
What is up goal line listeners? We are back with a special Monday afternoon edition of the goal line. We're ready to talk some football, man. It's going to be another exciting week of football to recap. Jordan, what's going on with you, man? Not too much, man. Like you said, just a Monday afternoon, stepped away from work for a little bit to record this just to avoid doing this tonight. Cause it's just, I mean, dude, it's just been hectic as hell with life. So.
00:00:42
Speaker
Yeah, you ain't lying. That's a big reason why we're doing this Monday afternoon, because I don't know how much tank, how much gasoline I've left in the tank by come Monday night football tonight. So you guys remember last week, I told y'all we were going to be having most likely two playoff games for Brett's PWE football team that I coached. We ended up playing both those games and then they went ahead and moved the championship game to this past Saturday morning. You know, we won. If you follow me on Facebook, you can check out the details.
00:01:07
Speaker
We won 19
Interview Issues & Titans' Strategy
00:01:08
Speaker
to 13. We beat the undefeated Tipton Titans in an absolute barn burner. I sent Jordan the videos of it. It was like something straight out of a movie, man. We had the lead. We had a defensive collapse, but then we came back, hit a long touchdown pass with a minute left to take the lead. And then we put up a brick wall on defense to seal it.
00:01:26
Speaker
We were celebrating all week and we're still kind of coming down from the high off that we had a big end of season celebration yesterday. And then, you know, and then we were writing a basketball. We got the first basketball game tonight. So Brett hasn't even practiced yet. So I've been very busy, you know, nurturing this young athlete that we have. But I want to thank everybody that checked in throughout the season on how we were doing and everybody that's been giving support via the social media to Brett and his Tigers and give another shout out to them for a job well done. Oh, yeah.
00:01:56
Speaker
We invited Brett to come on for a follow-up interview. If you guys remember, I think it's the episode titled Lionheart from about a month ago. He came on and gave us a little interview as we were starting to gear up for the playoffs. We invited him to come on today, but he big-timed us because he's got an earache. Damn, Brett. Jordan, you got any housekeeping to get to before we dive into this weekend football? No, let's do it.
00:02:26
Speaker
Back to depression again. Huskers. Well, let's let's start with my team first, man. Let's start with the Titans. We'll go. We'll go around the horn. We'll start with the Titans because they just did what I've been wanting them to do. You know, a respectable loss. They're doing the tank in the best possible way. They're losing, but they are getting straight up embarrassed, man. We had a 98 yard touchdown pass.
00:02:47
Speaker
Longest of the season so far they beat Will Lewis to Nick Westbrook bikini passed up Sam Darnold and Justin Jefferson for longest touchdown of the year So that was fun and
Vols' Game Analysis
00:02:59
Speaker
and yeah, but we continue to rise up the the draft pick standings Hey, you guys are number two now. So good news for you guys
00:03:08
Speaker
I don't really have much else to add about the Titans. I mean, it's pretty much paid by numbers every week at this point. Yeah. We'll go ahead and knock out my other team too. The Vols did about what we expected them to do. I felt like there was a closer game to be played there. The refs seemed a little bit one-sided. I'm not saying that Georgia definitely wasn't the better team on that night, but there were a few calls that you feel like if
00:03:31
Speaker
If they go a different direction, maybe we at least got a game where we're coming down to the last possession and we'll see what happens. But Tennessee didn't really get any breaks. They didn't really make any breaks. And, you know, that's about what we were expecting them going into an extremely tough environment with Georgia season on the line. Yeah. Yeah. This was
Huskers and Bears' Challenges
00:03:47
Speaker
always going to be a tough game for them. Nico's third true road game to actually start also. So, you know, it kind of was what it was. Yeah. I mean, there was nothing.
00:03:58
Speaker
It just, yeah, exactly. It just was what it was. I mean, we both kind of expected Georgia to win and it kind of went just as the way I thought it was going to. I mean, did Georgia play tough Georgia had to win a second half. Georgia had to win and they played like it. I just.
00:04:14
Speaker
This was always going to be a tough game for Nico. Like you said, I mean, Georgia hadn't played at home in 37 days ever either. So that crowd was going to be rockets from the start. So yeah, I mean, puts Tennessee on the playoff bubble for sure, man. I feel like, you know, they're most likely going to win out looking at their schedule. I think they're going to be at the mercy of, you know, how those last couple of playoff spots ended up shaking out. Yeah, it's going to be interesting. We'll talk about the playoffs too, you know, here in a minute.
00:04:40
Speaker
Um, let's go to you the mystery factory. Jesus Christ, dude. Um, the Huskers just kind of are what they are at this point. I don't really have anything to add. I mean, where are you at on Rayola, man? Are you, are you completely past him being the savior or do you think there's still hope for him to live up to this hype or have you seen enough? I mean, he's, he's definitely hurt. He's playing hurt. Like there's no question about it. Dude's grabbing at his back every other play. Like just,
00:05:09
Speaker
It is what it is. The receivers can't get open. When they do get open, the line fucks up. It's just, it's just a big cluster fuck. I don't know what happened to the team that
NFL & College Playoff Picture
00:05:20
Speaker
was five and one, but they are long gone at this point. Um, I don't, I don't really, I just don't really know where to go from here. It's just,
00:05:30
Speaker
It just seems like they're just stuck in their own way. They can't win a November game. I don't know, man, it's bad. Speaking of that winning a November game, what about the Dirty Bears, man? What is going on? Dude, I had a bad feeling about this game going into it. We have a ton of injuries in the secondary right now.
00:05:53
Speaker
This is just a absolutely symphony of shit. This was like a masterpiece by the Falcons.
00:06:01
Speaker
I don't, Raheem Morris did not have these guys ready to play football. They looked out of it from series one. I looked over and I told Ari, I was like, they're going to get blown out today. And she's like, God, you're always so negative. I'm like, you can just tell. No, just like their intensity level is just so low, dude. Like it just, we talked about it last week. Denver's a tough place to play, man. That altitude is no joke, man, especially late in the season. The Falcons, one of the few teams to not have their bye week yet.
00:06:28
Speaker
kind of looking at it yeah it definitely felt like there was a lot of you know just a lot of the vibe factors were all going against atlantic went into this one yeah just i don't know man it was a lot of errors a lot of mental mistakes lined in block well at all.
00:06:45
Speaker
defense is awful. The, the scheme of the, this is my problem. I don't know if the defense is awful or not. Cause we're never going to get to be able to tell that cause Jimmy Lake scheme is just absolutely God awful. I mean, dude, they traded for Jude on to get a pass rush. I saw this dude drop into coverage, I don't know, nine times in the first half. Like
00:07:04
Speaker
If you can't rush the passer, it don't matter who's in coverage. Like someone's going to get open. Um, bone X just absolutely shredded our defense. And I'll be honest with you. I saw zero plays of the second half of this game. I turned it off three minutes left in the first half because I wanted to watch chiefs and bills. Cause I knew that was going to be a good game.
00:07:24
Speaker
So I really have nothing to offer up as far as what went right in the second half. I mean, it appeared nothing. So, uh, yeah, just, did you see, did you not catch any of the, the panics highlights out of the numbers? Didn't really show much. I was, I was wondering how he looked when he got in. He played. Yeah, panics played. I did not know that. Let me grab my, uh, let me grab my four for 24 yards.
00:07:50
Speaker
Yeah. I was wondering if maybe, you know, something showed past the numbers, but yeah, they, they put him in at the end there once it really just got out of reach. I literally was so focused on Bill's chiefs. Cause I knew that was going to be the game of the weekend. So I just stayed with that. So yeah, that's it. I don't, they got to buy a week. Thank God, but they come out of the bi-week against the chargers, dear God. And then they go to the Vikings.
00:08:13
Speaker
But then they finished pretty easy down the stretch after that. Well, you still got the commanders too, but then they got the Giants, the Raiders, and the Panthers still left to play.
00:08:23
Speaker
Season's not over. They're going to need to win one of those. They're going to need to definitely win those three games that we just mentioned. They're going to at least need to win one of those other three. So I don't know. Let's pull up this, uh, this NFC South and see what it's looking like right now. Two games clear of everybody. They're basically three games up on the books because they beat them twice head to head. So, so you feel like three and two probably gets them to division, man. That would get them to nine and seven, six games left.
00:08:50
Speaker
Oh yeah, you're right. You're right. So yeah, I'm thinking they need to go four and two, four, four and two probably guarantees it. Uh, you know, three and three, three and three could probably get the job done, but I think four and two would guarantee it. But yeah, they're sitting at net, you know, me, dude, my favorite point differential. They're setting it negative 30 right now. The bucks are positive 13 and the saints are plus two, which, you know, those first two weeks are doing a lot of heavy lifting for the saints right now. Um, well, I mean, they also did blow out the Browns yesterday. So
00:09:19
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. The Saints have had some impressive wins. Speaking of which, how about Taysom Hill, dude? We got our once a year, the annual Taysom Hill eruption yesterday, man. Jesus. That's insane. That dude's off the chain, man. Like 34 years old. And I just don't get it, dude. Let's be blunt, dude. He's a 34-year-old white dude. And he's out there just running down the sideline against these guys dusting them, man.
00:09:43
Speaker
What a unique player, dude. He's definitely, I think I saw a stat. It's now him and Frank Gifford are the only two players. You know, Frank Gifford, think about this. So we're going back to, you know, damn near the weather helmets error, man. Only two NFL players with 25 rushing touchdowns and then 10 each receiving touchdowns and passing touchdowns. Yeah, dude, it's wild. Yeah. Think of all the players that have come to the NFL and he's one of only two that have done that. So yeah, I hope, you know, a little love for Taysom Hill. He's a bad dude.
00:10:10
Speaker
Um, yeah, that's really it for our teams. Uh, for college this week, I wanted to talk just strictly on what we think the locks are for the college football playoff, like what teams we think are a lock. Um, I'll just go down. I'm going to go down the list of the top 15 teams and you give me a yes or no. We'll both go yes or no. If they're a lock for the playoffs. Okay. Oregon. Yes. Yes. Ohio state. Yes. Yes. Texas. Yes.
00:10:38
Speaker
Yes. Penn State. I think they're a yes, because they're not going to play in the big 10 championship. They're not going to lose again. I think they're a weak one, but I don't think there's any case to be made for them not being included. Indiana is an interesting one. This is the first. Maybe. Okay, so here's my thing. They got the biggest game in Indiana football history this weekend against Ohio State. If it's respectable, I think they're a guarantee to get in. Because I don't agree. Because they won't play in the big 10 championship.
00:11:08
Speaker
If they get blown out, I think that they're going to be the team that had the ends up getting left out and it's got the most heartburn about it. You know what I mean? I think they're going to end up being like the first out if they get smoked on 11. If they end up 11 and one with the point differential they have right now and they don't make it.
00:11:25
Speaker
It's going to be some outrage. Hopefully they can get in, man. I'm rooting for them to get in, but I do think that they're the team that's going to be, you know, they're the most at risk of ending up being absolutely heartbroken and being the most discussed. The great thing about it is though, that now with the new format, we're arguing about the, you know, the number 12, number 13 team that didn't get in instead of, you know, the fifth best team.
00:11:49
Speaker
Excuse me, the fifth best team in the country that should have a chance to play for it. So, um, but yeah, I think they need to keep it within 14 points against Ohio State. I'm going to just say, as I think they get in no matter what, because I think the big 10 and the SEC are both getting four teams. I just, I think those are the best two conferences. And I think where Indiana's at in the polls, I just don't think they're going to drop out. Just, I mean, dude, they're fifth right now. That means they would have to drop eight spots to be dropped out of the
00:12:17
Speaker
I don't, I don't think they're falling out. I think they're staying in. Yeah. Um, BYU was six last week. They're obviously probably cooked now. I mean, they could still win the conference, but not good. Okay. Here's where it gets interesting. Tennessee.
00:12:32
Speaker
They're definitely not a lock, dude. I think they're going to be, I think it's going to depend on how things shake out, man. They're an interesting case because Alabama is probably in a little bit stronger position right now just based on how they played the last month. But what do you do if it comes down to those two teams for one of the last at-large bids and Tennessee straight up beat them? You know what I mean? As a Tennessee fan, I can still admit that neutral site, Alabama's best game probably beats Tennessee's best game right now.
00:12:57
Speaker
I don't know how you, uh, I don't know how you shake out on that. If you, if you go, you know, you go off what you saw in the season and Tennessee hat, they look close, but it was a pretty convincing win when they beat Alabama. Like, you know, they, Tennessee really controlled a lot of that football game. I think Tennessee's fighting Ole Miss for the last playoff spot in the SEC. Honestly, I think Alabama's going to get in. If they went out, dude, they want Alabama in.
00:13:18
Speaker
It's just, yeah, definitely. It brings eyeballs. And I mean, quite for Alabama's playing some good football right now. I mean, you still, Alabama's definitely still a threat to win this whole thing as long as they get in a Tennessee. I feel bad for the teams that they got left, you know, Vanderbilt and who's the other team they got left? I think they had another play UTEP this week.
00:13:35
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, Utah, dude, they need to go out and smoke them, dude. They need to leave, no doubt. These need to be, you know, 40-point victories, these last couple games to really hammer home their resume. You wish you wouldn't be like that. You know, you hate to see teams just running up the score just for the sake of running up the score. But I feel like Tennessee needs every last bit of, you know, the gray area, they need to eliminate all that and let folks know that they are one of the 12 best teams in the country.
00:14:02
Speaker
Okay, Notre Dame is next. They've been strong, dude, since they got that horrible loss in Northern Illinois, but they've been kicking ass since then, man. They're gonna get in. Miami.
00:14:15
Speaker
This is a one bid league. So I'm just going to say whoever wins the ACC championship game is who gets the, the bid. It's going to be Miami and SMU right now, right? Yep. As of right now or Clem's. Yes. I say whoever wins gets in and in goes one and done. I think Clemson's actually the most dangerous out of the three of those teams as far as making a real run in the playoffs. Um, but, but yeah, I, I'd say Miami probably gets in by beating SMU.
00:14:41
Speaker
I mean, so Miami still got, they got wake forest the, this Saturday, then they got to go to Syracuse SMU has
00:14:54
Speaker
SMU has to go to Virginia this weekend and they got Cal at home. Dude, how are none of these teams playing each other? And then Clemson's got these giant conferences, man. And Clemson's got the Citadel and South Carolina to close it out. Okay. Yeah, it's gonna be weird. We already talked about Alabama. We talked about Ole Miss. I feel like George is probably in now.
00:15:21
Speaker
Yeah. As long as they don't lose again, Georgia's looking strong. They still got the, I feel like they get the benefit of the doubt from everybody just cause how high they were in the pre-season. But yeah, they've looked, they've looked really, really tough. Uh, Boise state. I mean, they're going to get in if they keep winning, like there's, there's no, they're, they're going to be the number 12 as long as they keep winning. Um, okay. We talked about SMU K-State's office out. So Colorado is the next team that I wanted to at least bring up.
00:15:49
Speaker
Let's go. I don't think they're a lot, but I think they definitely got a good chance, man. I think you're doing what they're doing. They got Kansas this week and Kansas actually started playing good football three weeks ago. I don't know why. Yeah, that's not a game to take lightly at all. But yeah, Kansas is a plus 58 point differential and they're four and six on the season.
00:16:10
Speaker
Yeah, they've been pretty, the times I've caught them, they've looked pretty good. That's going to be a tough game this weekend, but Colorado wins that game and I think they're okay. You lose that game, then you fall into a tie with Arizona State and Iowa State, and then it gets a little hairy on whether or not you're even going to make the big 12 title game. These last two games for Colorado are must-wins, obviously. playoffs are already on. Colorado needs to be operating as if the playoffs have already started. Yeah, it's going to be interesting.
00:16:35
Speaker
That's really, I think that's really all that has a chance of getting in. Dude, it is going to be so much. It can't be said enough how much this is just invigorated college football, dude. It's made it so much more fun. Now you do sacrifice, right? Because you have some of the games between the heavyweights, really, they lose a little bit of luster because you know, like, no matter what, both these teams are still getting in. So you get rid of some of those regular season playoff games you had. But I feel like it's been worth it for the trade off because there's so many more games that matter coming down the stretch now.
00:17:05
Speaker
This
00:17:07
Speaker
Awesome, man. We got two weeks of regular season left. And, uh, dude, we're, we're almost there. We're a month away from the first playoff games. Well, basically a month and a week away. Yeah. A month away. Yeah. We're getting close. I'm hoping they see how successful it's been and just expanded out to 16 teams. You know, that's what one double A always did. Like let's screw it. Let's go 16 teams. No buys, dude. And just have
Game Recaps & Player Analysis
00:17:26
Speaker
everybody, all the top teams will host a home playoff game. Why not? Yeah. It's going to be interesting, man, just to see how everything shakes out. But yeah, it's fun, man. It's a good time to be a college football fan.
00:17:30
Speaker
is gonna be...
00:17:36
Speaker
We started doing this down the stretch last season NFL. Do you want to run through the current NFL playoff field and pick the games? Yeah, we can.
00:17:44
Speaker
All right, so you're not beholden to any of your preseason picks. Same thing for me, because as of right now, one of my teams isn't even in and probably isn't going to be in and the other one's looking shaky. So let's just as we're going as of right now, what we've seen the first 11 weeks of the season. So the Chiefs will be getting the bye in the NFC and the Lions will get the bye and excuse me, the Chiefs get the bye in the AFC, Lions get the bye in the NFC. First round, you would have the Eagles and commanders in Philly.
00:18:12
Speaker
I say Philly. Dude, Philly has turned it on, man. That team looks good. Dude, they were two and two at one point, and we were like, man, is this team dead? Is Sirianni getting fired? They railed off six in a row since then. Yeah, they're looking really good, man. They're playing good defense.
00:18:29
Speaker
Like I said, and I feel like they're not being burdened with expectations because they're really operating in the shadows under Detroit. You know, Detroit is getting so much pub right now and so much love that Philly's kind of just, you know, getting to just do their thing and not have this pressure building like they started to have during the first half of last season. Yeah, I'd go Philly as well. All right. Then we would have the Cardinals hosting the Packers in Phoenix.
00:18:53
Speaker
That'd be a really good game, dude. I think the Packers edge them out just a little bit. I still don't fully trust the Cardinals, even though they've been putting a pretty good product on the field the last month or so. I think the Packers skill in Arizona would win that.
00:19:09
Speaker
There's a lot of things I do not like about this Packers team right now, man. I don't love the way they're playing, but I just, I look at how they finished last year. Yeah. Yeah. It feels like they've traditionally, they've ended up, you know, peaking at the end of the season, man. Yeah. I would, I would pick the Packers though. I still don't know how great the Cardinals are at this point.
00:19:28
Speaker
All right. The then we would have the Cardinal or excuse me, the Falcons and the Vikings in Atlanta. I think the Vikings go into Atlanta and and get the win. But but the Kurt, Kurt Cousins.
00:19:39
Speaker
revenge game cannot be, cannot be, uh, you know, overlooked. Dude, this is two of the most cursed playoff franchises in history. I don't know how you're just like automatically like, Oh, Minnesota's winning. I mean, dude, they have made some of the worst. I mean, they're right up there. So yeah, I just,
00:19:58
Speaker
I do not feel good about this Falcons team at all anymore. It's just, it's not good, but I mean, they play in two weeks. So I guess we'll find out, but yeah, I'd probably go Vikings as well. Okay. Who'd you pick Cardinals and Packers? Okay. All right. So that would give you lines and Packers in Detroit. Uh, and then the division, we don't even need to talk lions.
00:20:19
Speaker
All right. And then I'll go, I'll go lions as well. As much as I love the Packers, I'll go lions. And then you get, would have the Eagles and Vikings in Philly. I think Eagles take that. And I did. I'm doubling it down, dude. Eagles beat the lions in Detroit, dude, to roll back to the Superbowl. Lions are going to the Superbowl.
00:20:37
Speaker
I'm telling you, man, I'm doubling down on this lions, but dude, that I can see it. So that game last week when they played the Texans, that was their complete meltdown. Just look like shit. Everybody doubt them. And somehow still won. This is not the same lions, dude. I don't think they're going to have a meltdown. I think it's going to be a tough, hard fought game and the Eagles just make one more play and you're just going to see the absolute most gut, some of the most gut wrenching fan shots.
00:21:05
Speaker
that, uh, that you've ever seen in the history of the NFL playoffs, man. Hutchison's going to come out like a goddamn cyborg before the game and he's going to play and he's going to rip fucking hurts his head off.
00:21:18
Speaker
Hey man, call me a negative Nelly. I'm just, I'm calling it right now, dude. The lions are going to lose the NFC championship on their home field. There's nothing Seth loves more than just absolute misery for someone else. Like nothing. He loves more like feel good story lions, Dan Campbell burns down.
00:21:39
Speaker
I love the lions, man. You can't help but love what they got going on. I just, I can see it. You remember, dude, you remember two years ago when we kind of, when we were doing the long balls with the turnbuckle tavern crew, I said the bills, you know, the bills were kind of like the lions of that year, dude. They were rolling through, had all the fans for behind him. I said, dude, they're going to freaking lose at home in the playoffs. And the bangles went in there and knocked them out, man.
00:21:58
Speaker
Uh, we'll see, man. I hope this one's different though. Detroit deserves it. They've had a really loyal fan base over the years and they've had more than their fair share of pain. This is the first time as far as I know, this is the first time in history as of yesterday, the lions are officially the Vegas Super Bowl favorite. Now that's why it changed yesterday. It was the chiefs. And then, um, after the noon games, even before the chiefs played it, the lions were officially the betting favorite.
00:22:29
Speaker
Their machine, dude, that O line is really the key thing, man, because Jared Goff's able to play so relaxed. Ben Johnson, the offensive coordinator, can dial up anything in the playbook and knows that they're going to be able to execute because the line is just giving them time to do what they need to do, man. Like, that's, dude, look at why the Eagles have been so successful over the last six, seven years, man. It's all about the offensive and defensive lines, man. Like, work from the inside out.
00:22:55
Speaker
Yeah. All right. So Jordan's got the lines. I got the Eagles coming out. You ready to run through the AFC? Let's do it. AFC's got a much more intriguing playoff field. So first off, we would have the Bills hosting the Broncos in Buffalo. I think the Bills win that one. Yeah, I think the Bills would win too, but that would be a good game.
00:23:14
Speaker
Yeah, and no shame on the Broncos. If they go into Buffalo, give them a hard fought loss in the playoffs, that's a hell of a season, man. Steelers hosting the Ravens in Pittsburgh, dude. Jesus. As great as that win was for Pittsburgh yesterday, it almost feels like Baltimore lost it more than the Steelers won it. Baltimore had two turnovers, ton of penalties, missed field goals. I think if they got another shot at it, I think the Ravens do enough to get the win.
00:23:42
Speaker
I just don't know about the Steelers team, dude. Like they're good. They're clearly good, but they scored 18 points yesterday on all field goals. Like they got like a low ceiling, right? Like they are a really, really high floor team, but yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. High floor, low ceiling, man. There's only, there's only so high that they're going to fly on offense, man. So if you can get, you know, if you got a big play offense, it feels like, it feels like if you get to 24, you're beating that team, man. Um,
00:24:06
Speaker
And I don't see the Ravens playing another bad game like that. So you agree? You think Ravens could go into Pittsburgh and get to win in the playoffs? Yeah, they definitely could. I mean, it would be a tough game, for sure. Be a brutal game, dude. You're going to be limping into whatever, whoever you got the next week is going to be licking their chops because you're limping out of Pittsburgh. Ain't no way you're cruising the victory against them, but they could do it. Dude, let's talk about Justin Tucker, man.
00:24:26
Speaker
How much obviously he's, you know, maybe the best kicker, you know, probably top two or three kicker and NFL history. How much least do you give him? Cause he has really, really struggled this season. I mean, dude, father time doesn't wait, man. Dude's 34 years old. He's been kicking since 2015. I mean, how old was Venetarian? Venetarian was still getting done all the way to the end of his career, man. Like,
00:24:50
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, I get it. Every player is different though. I guess it's unfair to compare them to Adam. Let's break down Justin Tucker real quick. So he's missed six field goals on the season. Four of them have been over 50 yards. He's only missed two under 50 yards.
00:25:05
Speaker
in the year of the kicker can't make anything like I'm going to give him a little bit of leeway. They're not, they're not jumping off the Justin Tucker bandwagon. This dude's the first ballad Hall of Famer. There's, I agree. I think you're better off just roll with him. And I think when, you know, it gets the nut cut in time, I think he's going to be there for you to make the big kicks. Yeah. He's not going to panic. That's one thing you know about the dude is he's going to step up and be confident when it's time for him to shine. So yeah, I mean, you're still keeping him out there.
00:25:30
Speaker
All right, so we're both going Bill's Ravens first two games, right? Yep. And then we got Texans and Chargers in Houston. I think Chargers rolling there and beat the Texans, man. I do. I think the Texans are a fate. Good team. Well, we're going to find out a lot tonight because Nico's back tonight. And I felt like when the Texans had Nico, they looked like a completely different team. So yeah, they're going to get some Cowboys though, man. I understand that, but I mean, still having him back is a big deal for Stroud. Yeah.
00:25:57
Speaker
Chargers play good defense and they can run the ball that travels, like no matter who you're playing. As of right now, I would take the Chargers. Yeah, Sam, I take the Chargers. All right, so that would set us up. Second round, it would be the Bills against the Ravens in or no, excuse me, to be the Chiefs against the Ravens in Kansas City. Oh, my God. What a game, dude. What a freaking game. They put on the instant classic back in week one to open the season. OK, so
00:26:27
Speaker
Don't fucking say a word about me just hating the chiefs when I say this. Oh boy. No, just listen.
00:26:34
Speaker
I've told you this entire season, I do not trust what the Chiefs are doing on offense. And after yesterday, I trusted even less. Their offense is just not good right now. There's no hiding it at this point. Mahomes has never played like this his entire career. We've never seen this out of him. He threw two picks yesterday, another game under 200 yards passing. We've talked about it. We said they were just doing enough to win.
00:27:01
Speaker
Dude, I feel like this year is Baltimore's ultimate prove it year. Like if they can't do anything in the playoffs this year, it's, I mean, like how much more evidence do we need to see against Lamar? You know, like this to me for Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, this is both of their moments to shine. Cause they both need to do it.
00:27:22
Speaker
I feel like the chiefs have never been more beatable just because of their offense. Their defense is still males. I'm not saying they're not, but their offense is just, I don't know, dude, it feels like it comes in anything downfield, man. I was looking at pro football focus today to see like, you know, what exactly is going on. They had an article after the game yesterday and it's really, they've had, this is the least amount of 20 yard pass plays they've had in the Patrick Mahomes era. They said, if, if you watch him, he's still grading out that he's playing pretty good.
00:27:52
Speaker
They're actually like really good, like, you know, some of the highest percentiles in the NFL, but there's just nothing happening downfield. So whatsoever. And yesterday they tried to force it. I think he threw five passes that went over 20 yards in the air and only completed one of them. And that included that pick on the last play against the Bills too. They're just really struggling to get explosives. And when you got a nickel and diamond down the field, all it takes is a sack or a penalty or a drop pass and the whole drive goes up in smoke. Yeah.
00:28:21
Speaker
I don't know what it is, man. It's just, it's so weird. It could be some mixture of factors of Kelsey looks old. I just, I don't know, man. It's just you feel like Xavier worthy and DeAndre Hopkins getting in the mix. Like, yeah, but it feels like the weapons are pretty solid, man.
00:28:37
Speaker
I'm not saying the weapons aren't solid, but I feel like Kelsey covered up a lot of the limitations for this offense the last couple of years. Like you just, no matter what, no matter who was out there, you knew Mahomes had Kelsey for 150 yards. I just don't feel like that's there anymore. Like it just, he slowed down a lot. So having said that, I have, I think the Ravens have more to prove than anybody in the NFL. I think the Ravens win.
00:29:03
Speaker
I'm still taking cheats, man. Yeah, I get it. I can't take against them, dude. I don't disagree with anything you just said. I still think push comes to shove. I think they find a way to end up with more points in the Ravens when that clock hits zero. The other one would be the Bills and the Chargers in Buffalo. I think the Chargers got a hell of a team, and I think what they do is going to translate well in January. I still don't think it's going to be good enough to go into Buffalo and knock those guys off. Yeah.
00:29:29
Speaker
Buffalo showed me a lot yesterday. Coming into the season, I thought they were really going to struggle on defense, but honestly, dude, their defense has been really good in their offense. Dude, Shakir, what he is doing for that offense is unreal. Josh Allen is playing at his highest level he's ever played at right now. James Cook playing some of the best running back in the NFL right now, too. I feel like Buffalo is good enough this year where they're going to get to the AFC championship.
00:29:58
Speaker
All right. So for you, that would put the bills and Ravens in Buffalo to go to the Superbowl. This is what they got him for. I'm going to say Ravens go to the Superbowl. All right, Dave.
00:30:14
Speaker
I'm taking Chiefs over Bills, man. I think Casey, I think it's another heartbreaker for Josh Allen and the Bills. Chiefs get their revenge from that game yesterday. And I'll go ahead and say, I think the Chiefs complete the three-peat and beat the Eagles in the Super Bowl. I think it's Destiny, man. Taylor Swift's going to be writing songs about this next summer. I got Lions over Ravens in the Super Bowl. All right. We probably do this every week, maybe first week of December. We'll run through this again. Sound good? Mm-hmm. Sounds good. What else we got for this weekend football?
00:30:44
Speaker
So I wanted to talk a little bit about, um, I wanted to talk a little bit about that Bill's chiefs game, but we kinda kinda already went over it. Um, Sunday night football. So.
00:30:57
Speaker
Obviously the Bengals were down 21 points came back, um, had many chances to close out that game, many chances to win. So I got a stat for you today, Seth, since you're, you've been on board of Zach Taylor doesn't need to be fired. That's too much good there. So I got a staff for you at of active coaches. Zach Taylor is second to last in one score games. He is 21 and 32 in his career in one score games.
00:31:25
Speaker
That's pretty bad. Cause you get down to the one score games, a little bit of luck, but you also got to look at coaching as well. If you watch the bangles post game, those guys are, the players are frustrated, dude. This is, I'm sorry, man. The coaching is not good enough with the players they got. There's, there's just no way, dude. You cannot be four and seven with the team that they have. I just,
00:31:46
Speaker
That's a fireable offense. I'm sorry, man. Jamar Chase is currently leading the league in passing yards and passing touch. And Jamar Chase is arguably the best receiver in the league right now. Like I just.
00:31:58
Speaker
There's something more than just the players aren't performing. Granted McPherson missed two field goals. Um, the defense let them down at the end, but dude, there's something more to it than just that. Like I refuse to believe that this team just comes out and it looks not prepared weeks one through three every year. I refuse to believe that that's not partially on coaching.
00:32:20
Speaker
Um, I mean, this team basically has to win out to even have a shot at the playoffs, which probably not going to happen. They still got to play the Steelers twice. It's just, this is bad. This is bad, dude.
00:32:34
Speaker
I just, I don't know what you do either. The problem is you got to pay Jamar chase. T Higgins is due for a payday. Like this is probably the last iteration we see of this team with the trifecta of burrow Higgins and chase. I'm guessing Higgins is the one that gets the boot. You have to pay chase whatever he wants. I mean, yeah, it tastes special.
00:32:55
Speaker
I don't know man. T Higgins is really great too, but I feel like Chase is almost impossible to replace. T Higgins is going to be really good for another team. Um, but yeah, I just, I don't know, man. Um, the other thing I had since we kind of already talked about all the games, I'm just going to give you one more thing. Uh, one of my really good friends, Mike is a Seahawks fan. He sent me this yesterday.
00:33:15
Speaker
not counting the NFC championship game in which he left on the opening drive of the game. This is the first time a Brock Purdy led 49ers offense has failed to clear 300 yards in a game, 277 yards yesterday. They're really struggling, man. It's, you know, you got a little bit of just atrophy and deterioration along that line. Skill player has been banged up. Um, it's just a bit of rough year for San Francisco. They've seen like that. Yeah, they've seen like the,
00:33:45
Speaker
the surest thing in the league the last, you know, weekend and week out, the last couple seasons. So it's been a, it's been really surprising seeing the drop off, man. I still, I still got faith that they'll be able to retool, run it back next season, but, you know, it's not going to be easy. You got to figure out what you're going to do with Purdy's contract and some of those pieces around there, you know, it got, got old really quick, it feels like.
00:34:05
Speaker
Yeah.
Team Struggles & Predictions
00:34:06
Speaker
I still don't think they're dead for this season. I mean, they're one game back of the Cardinals and I don't feel like they're dead and I'm not going to write them off here. I mean, they're a couple of losses away from being in extreme danger, but I still think they can make a run at it with the guys that they have. But the Cardinals, I don't think they're going to be good enough to get a wild card though, man. And the Cardinals schedule is so easy. Now they, the Cardinals could totally lose any of these games as well. I don't,
00:34:30
Speaker
The Cardinals, it'll, it'll matter who they're playing. They're never an automatic victory. Um, but it, the Niners got a serious uphill climb to, to get past. Oh, it's brutal. Don't get me wrong. But I mean, I'm still not going to count this team out just cause of the guys they got. Like they're still a dangerous team. So, um, but it's not good, man. It's not good at all what they're doing right now. It's not good enough. And it's showing on the field.
00:34:55
Speaker
That's really all I got, dude, because we kind of already went over every team when we did the playoff thing. So yeah, I mean, unless you got something you really want to talk about about yesterday or Thursday. No, I just, I wanted to run through the NFL playoff field. Let's, uh, let's get to a quick, uh, uni watch.
00:35:31
Speaker
I'll start off with SMU debut. They're all black jerseys. They had the big D on the side of the helmet for Dallas. I feel like they just look too much like Duke though, man. Especially being in the ACC. At some point, these teams got to file some copyright infringement, man, on some of these jersey and logo designs. These are awful.
00:35:52
Speaker
This doesn't even look like SMU, dude. I don't get it, man. We talked about the black jerseys for black jerseys sake a lot on here. They were one of the worst offenders. Other one was more of a minor tweak, man. Colorado rocking the gray jerseys. I thought that was a pretty tough look, man. Yeah, they're fine. Those are their military appreciation. Did you see the Colorado Buffalo logo with the American flag? Yeah, that's cool. I mean, the unis themselves, they're fine.
00:36:17
Speaker
We know Jordan refuses to give an absolute ounce of credit to anything Colorado does. So, you know, that's definitely not an unbiased. I mean, I said they're fine. What do you want from me, dude? When they rock alternates earlier this season, I said, I like their classic look better. Like, what do you want from me?
00:36:33
Speaker
Me and Jordan are texting over the weekend, dude. My number one wish right now is that Colorado somehow goes on a Cinderella run. They're not going to. To the championship, just so we could see what sort of mental contortions Jordan goes through week in and week out to absolutely refuse to give them any bit of credit. He's going to be critiquing the format, the selection committee, the path that they went on, man. There will be something every week. Let me say this.
00:36:58
Speaker
the shit after the game that shadoor was saying is absolute bullshit. He's a fucker. Here we go. Dude, who in the hell in the country is not saying that Travis hunter is the best player in football? I have not heard anyone say that quite the opposite. Almost everybody said if Colorado starts winning games and makes the playoffs, Travis hunters basically a shoe in for the Heisman, which he is like, I like what are mental gymnastics are we doing on the Colorado side? Like, dude,
00:37:29
Speaker
you're playing shitty teams. Like I don't know what you want me to say. You got housed by Nebraska who is clearly not good and you lost to Kansas state who is also not good. Like what are we doing here? Who have they beat? I just, I don't know what we're doing here. Like maybe North Dakota state. Oh, congrats.
00:37:47
Speaker
That'll give you a D1AA playoff win. I don't know what we're doing. The Big 12 is clearly god-awful. I mean, I don't think that's a bold statement to make. The Big 12 is god-awful. You gotta play the teams they put in front of you, but they still did lose in Nebraska, so no matter what, I'll have that all year.
00:38:10
Speaker
We'll continue to do Colorado stock checks just to get Jordan's blood pressure up. Let's get to the fuck out of him this week. Speaking of Colorado, let's get to our college football picks. They told me bust out my AP perfect time.
00:38:41
Speaker
All right. First, we were bumping. You know, Brett's all about your door. We were bumping that on the way to the championship game on Saturday. So it powered us to victory. Let's start with a big one, man. Big noon kickoff, Indiana at Ohio State.
00:38:54
Speaker
Ohio State coming in as a 12 and a half point favorite. Dude, the fact that this is an 11am kickoff is absolute dog. 12 loves the big new kickoff. We saw the big 12 or the big, she did a big 10 loves the, but like NBC or somebody couldn't have been like, no, this game needs to be in prime time. It's the only great game this week. It's two top five teams and we're watching them play.
00:39:18
Speaker
They've given up the prime time real estate to the SEC, man. I think they just said, you know what? We're going to let them have the night games. The big, the big noon kickoffs is going to be our thing. Have the night game. We have the look at the night game we get this weekend. Uh,
NFL Picks & Betting Strategies
00:39:35
Speaker
Indiana can dude as much as I want Indiana to win. And I just want to make this absolutely clear. I am rooting for Indiana to win this game. I just want pure anarchy. It's not going to happen. Ohio State wins.
00:39:46
Speaker
Where do you think what's to give it, give me a point margin, man. I think Ohio States went somewhere in the 10 to 17 range. Um, I think Indiana will be able to score just what I've seen from Ohio state. I think Indiana can score some points. Um, I think between 10 and 17 and I think that keeps Indiana in the playoff.
00:40:08
Speaker
Yeah, Ohio State. I mean, they put up big numbers against the real weak teams. They haven't they haven't been super duper explosive. I guess I'm a stronger team. So I think in the end is I think they are able to keep it, you know, relatively respectable. I don't think the game's ever in doubt, but I think they keep it within, you know, the 13 to 15 point range. Yeah. So we're we're basically in agreement on what this game is going to look like. Yeah.
00:40:29
Speaker
All right. And then we have BYU going up against Arizona state, man. Can BYU shake off that big loss against Kansas, which I'll get, I got to give Jordan credit. Was that the morning of, or yeah, it was the morning. No, I called it on the podcast last week. Oh, he said on the podcast. Okay. I remember. Yeah. Jordan had called the Kansas pull up that shocking upset and they did it in pretty convincing fashion, man. So hats off to Jordan for that one. Do you think they could shake it off and want to get the win against the, I don't like this team, dude. I think, I mean, they should have lost to Utah too. I don't,
00:40:57
Speaker
They've been living on a prayer a lot this season, Utah. And then there was a game, I forget which game, let me look on their schedule, but there was a game before the Utah one, man, that they had a just absolutely amazing comeback. Oklahoma State, Oklahoma State had them dead to rights as well. And they came back and got the win. Living on a Mormon prayer. They've been playing with fire. Yeah, dude. Yeah, Mormon power, man. Arizona State's actually, they're actually favored right now, man. They're a three point favorite. What is this? They had all seven of their wives praying for them.
00:41:26
Speaker
Wow. OK. The last opinion is only strictly belongs to Jordan Wells. All right. Does not reflect the goal line or the Chick-fil-A show, greater enterprise. All right. This is relax. I think Arizona State gets it done, too, in some BYU packing. They already got their bags packed for their trip out of the playoffs. I think Arizona State sends them on their way with a one-way trip this weekend. Yeah. I don't feel good about this BYU team at all. I'm going to go to Arizona State as well. All right. Army and Notre Dame, man.
00:41:56
Speaker
Dude, I'd love to see our we do it, but we saw what Notre Dame did to Navy. I'm expecting something probably similar to that, man. I don't think it's going to be as bad as that game. I think Notre Dame wins, but I don't think it's going to be near as bad as that game. Navy should have played a lot closer. They fumbled, could not stop shooting themselves. Yeah, Navy and people whole clip into their own foot that game in the first half to let it get out of the way. And if you watch these teams at all, you know they are absolutely not built to come from behind. So if they get down early, it's just about curtains.
00:42:23
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going Notre Dame as well. I think I think it'll probably be. I think Notre Dame definitely covers. I'd say they probably win by 21 at least. Yeah, alright, let's get to our NFL picks. Yeah.
00:42:50
Speaker
All right. How we do last week, Jay, man? Uh, I went six and seven. You went eight and five. We both have Houston tonight. So let's go, baby. What's, what are we looking like for the season? Oh, man. Tell me what tied up now. Oh God. No, you're ahead, dude. It's five, three, three.
00:43:05
Speaker
Okay, nice, man. Nice. For some reason, I was thinking you're still ahead of me. That's because I keep... You started out so strong. Well, the last two weeks, I just completely keep going the opposite of you in fucking games that I shouldn't be. I'm like looking back, I'm like, what the fuck am I picking these teams? Like, dude, I get I want to be opposite of you, but Jesus, I got to pick something fucking... I'm like, what am I doing? Opening up Thursday night, Steelers and Browns. As much as I love to see James keep it, you know, make it happen, I don't think... I think the Steelers find a way to get this done. Yeah, Pittsburgh wins this game.
00:43:34
Speaker
Jamis did play his ass off yesterday. Did you see his numbers from the game yesterday? Yeah, he balled out. Yeah, he did good down there in New Orleans, but the team just absolutely let him down. They suck. Yeah, they're really, really bad, man, which is weird because they were so strong last year with Flacco, dude. I don't know. They fell off. Even beyond the Deshaun Watson fiasco, they really just fell off this year.
00:43:56
Speaker
Bucks and Giants, man. Giants are, I think they're, you know, I call the Texans a fake good team. I feel like the Giants are a fake bad team. They've been playing pretty good football despite the two and eight record. And Tampa Bay's banged up, man. And don't forget, passing Paison is starting this week.
00:44:15
Speaker
Yeah, we're finally getting rid of Danny Dimes. Jesus Christ, I don't know if that's good or not. Yeah, I'll still go Bucks to win though. I don't know. I feel like this is a coin flip game. Vegas has got a Tampa Bay favored five and a half, which I tend to try. You know, when in doubt, I look and see what Vegas is saying. So I'll go Bucks, man. But I'm not like rock solid confident on that at all. I think Mike Evans is going to play this weekend. So I'm going to go Bucks as well.
00:44:43
Speaker
Chiefs and Panthers in Carolina. Obviously the Chiefs are winning this. Do you think they cover the 11 point spread though, man? I don't really trust as great as I, I just picked the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl earlier on this. I still don't know if I trust them to beat any team in the league by 11 points at this point. They're going to be pretty pissed off after that loss.
00:45:03
Speaker
I don't know. I would not take it on the point. So that's not what I needed. That's a lot of points, man. When you start getting in double digits in the NFL, dude, it's the NFL, man, especially the Panthers have ever so slightly got the arrow pointed up a little bit. They've looked pretty decent, though. I
Best Stadium Experiences & Wrap-up
00:45:18
Speaker
would say decent. They've looked competent. You know what I mean? They haven't been a straight up doormat over the last month. And yeah, the Chiefs, they play up and down to their competition, man. So I do think the Chiefs win, but I don't think they cover. Yeah, I agree.
00:45:32
Speaker
Cowboys and commanders, you know commanders coming off two straight losses. They got the kind of like the mini bye week from Playing last Thursday. I think they're going to keep the shit out of Cowboys. I agree. This is in DC as well. Yeah, I agree Alright Patriots and Dolphins in Miami. I think the Dolphins get the win
00:45:52
Speaker
Dolphins they're starting a little bit of an upward swing and then frisky man says to a came back Yeah, obviously he's always one play away from going back out But they they've looked solid since to a came down fucking old mashed potato brain has looked halfway decent Well, he's Hawaiian. So it's poi, you know poi The poi is the the soft starch of favor in Hawaii. Okay, you got poi for brains. All right Texans and Titans in Houston Titans keep their respectable tank one man Texans win. Yep, Houston
00:46:24
Speaker
I hope our boy Hawk is going to this one. The Detroit Lions coming into Indianapolis. Detroit's only a seven point favorite, man, which I don't know what's more surprising. The fact that Detroit Detroit's only a seven point favorite or that the Colts are actually somehow five and six right now.
00:46:40
Speaker
I mean, chocolate, however you want, the lions are going to piss pound the Colts this weekend. It's going to be bad. The fact that Anthony Richardson had a pretty solid game yesterday makes me even more confident that they're absolutely going to shit the bed this Sunday because I have zero faith in him putting it together two weeks in a row. Yeah, probably complete 12 passes of the 30 90 throws this week. Vikings and bears in Chicago.
00:47:05
Speaker
Oh, okay. So I should have mentioned this when we were talking. The Bears offense definitely looked different yesterday with the new offensive coordinator. They put some wrinkles in and I mean, Grant, that is playing the Packers too. So if you can't get up for that game, I don't really know what you're doing, but dude, they're just, they're not a good team, man. They're poorly coached. Eber Flus just sucks, man. He's just not a good coach. And what the fuck is going on with these coaches?
00:47:32
Speaker
They could have ran another play and got another four or five yards and shortened that field goal, but instead kicked a 46 yard field goal. I just- I know, man. I don't know why they could have made that so much easier on their kicker. You know, in Chicago, you know, that's a very tough stadium. Swirling wins and everything. Yeah. Yeah. Why not make it as easy as possible? I guess, you know, I'm thinking maybe didn't trust his guys to not go out there and fuck it up and get a penalty or fumble or something else, man. I'm sure the players were thinking the same thing about him. They didn't trust him not to fuck it up.
00:48:01
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. He'll call a pass play or something. Yeah, I think Vikings win. I didn't think this was a close win. I think this is a classic NFC North battle. We're going to see some funky stuff, but I think the Vikings pull out the win. I'm going Vikings as well.
00:48:15
Speaker
Broncos and Raiders in Vegas, man. I think Broncos roll on this one, dude. I think the Raiders are right there in the mix for being the absolute worst team in the league, and Broncos are playing pretty solid. Obviously Jordan's going to be in a position to give him a better pick on this one. They fucked up so bad hiring Antonio Pierce, dude. Yeah, he had a nice little run as the interim coach. It was fun. You know, kick the shit out of the Chargers, beat the Chiefs, but dude, you just, that stuff's always so short term, man.
00:48:41
Speaker
Yeah, Denver wins this game and they just keep making my Vegas Falcons tickets even cheaper every week. Did you guys buy seats yet or y'all were waiting till the last minute? We're absolutely waiting, dude. These tickets, when we first started looking, like the club seats in the lower bowl were like $1,200. They're down to like $500 now, like they're just sinking like a rock.
00:49:02
Speaker
That's definitely the way to go, especially if you're a fan of a mediocre or worse team like me and Jordan. If you got the patience for it, wait till a freaking game day, dude. Wait till the morning of game day or the night before to buy those tickets, man. Interesting game here, man. This would be probably the first one. We really got to chew on it a little bit, dude. The Niners and Packers in Green Bay, classic NFC rivalry right here. Niners really fighting for their playoff life, heading into Green Bay, who's seven and three, but that's an extremely shaky seven and three.
00:49:36
Speaker
I'm going to go Niners. I'm kind of feeling the Niners here too, man. Greenbase two point favorite.
00:49:45
Speaker
This is a weird game, dude. I just, I still don't completely trust either one of these teams. Yeah. I don't, I just, it feels like it's got a lot of implications for the rest of the season. Is it just me or did like, you just feel like the Niners once they got McCaffrey. Well, you clearly did. Cause you thought they're going to play the game of the season yesterday, but I'm just saying like, it just, it doesn't feel like they have that gear this year, but I also feel the same way about the Packers, dude, that they've just been like limping through a lot of these games. I mean,
00:50:13
Speaker
They have, man. They've been winning by field goals every week, field goals or less. Like I just. It's a very underwhelming seven and three so far. Yeah. Whereas you got like the Ravens who are seven and four, but somehow you trust them to beat anybody. You know what I mean? You definitely feel the way about the Packers.
00:50:29
Speaker
I'm still gonna go Packers man. We'll go different on this. Are you fish? Did you lock it in the Niners? Yeah, I'm going Niners. I'll go Packers man. I think the Packers get it done and kick the Niners to the curb once and for all. Cardinals the Seahawks dude. This is a huge game in the late window on Sunday for the NFC West. Both these teams got victories over the Niners.
00:50:47
Speaker
Cardinals six and four heading to Seattle at five and five. I think they keep it going, man. I'm a, I'm a true believer in Gino. He is a big time player. Um, it's crazy cause it, you know, it took damn near a decade for the light to come on for him, man, but it has big time. And I think they, they find a way to beat the Cardinals. Where's it was a one point favorite. It's in Seattle. I'm guessing in Seattle, Seattle is home dogs on this one against the six and four Cardinals.
00:51:15
Speaker
I'm going to go Cardinals just because I feel like after this emotional week and win for Seattle and Arizona off of by, I just, I don't know, man, sometimes those things don't hurt. They hurt you more than they help. It could be hard to get up emotionally again for the next one. Yeah. I'm going to go Cardinals just because they're off of by. I still think Seattle has some fight left in them.
00:51:37
Speaker
I don't know, dude, I just can't trust them week in and week out. They, they remind me a lot of the Falcons like, dude, they could probably get up for any game and win, but they could also get down and lose any games. Yeah. Yeah. Same. All right. Eagles and Rams, Sunday night football in LA Rams playing good football, but dude, the Eagles are a machine right now. I think they roll into LA and kick the Rams back under 500 to five and six Eagles are three point favorites on the road. Yeah, I'm going to Eagles as well.
00:52:03
Speaker
And we got a huge game for Monday night, man, to keep the road favorites thing going, man. Back-to-back nights, the team in LA is going to be the underdog. We got the Rams, underdogs by three to the Eagles Sunday night. And Monday night, the Chargers are hosting the Ravens as three-point underdogs.
00:52:20
Speaker
God, dude, it's going to be a good game, dude. Really good game. I don't see the rape. I just cannot in my mind. I cannot see the Ravens drop into seven and five and losing two straight charges. You know, there's charges are a really, really good team. But if you watch and play, they can be up and down across the course of a game. You know, the two games I watched the most so far this season was last night against the Bengals.
00:52:41
Speaker
and against the Titans. And in both of those games, seemed like the Chargers kind of had some serious ebbs and flows in their overall quality of play on both sides of the ball, whereas the Ravens are, when they get locked in, the Ravens are damned or unstoppable. So I think the Ravens get back on track Monday night, but that's going to be a really fun game, man. Yeah, I'm going Baltimore as well. I just, for all the reasons you just said, I just, this is a must win one for Baltimore, I feel like. All right, let's get to our million dollar bet.
00:53:13
Speaker
Okay.
00:53:31
Speaker
All right, it was a split decision for me and Jordan last week. We both had one winner, one miss. So I hit, I rode my NFC North money line picking the Vikings, Packers, and Lions. I had put 200,000 on that to win 421,000. And then I lost 100,000 picking the Niners against the spread. Obviously they came up short against the Seahawks. So overall I was up a little over 300,000 for the week, brought me to $1,867,153 for the season.
00:53:59
Speaker
Jordan lost his Packers, Chiefs, Bengals. I think there may have been some other teams mixed in there. There was one more. Lions.
00:54:08
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Lost 50,000 on that and then he hit on his big over man You know, I always criticize Jordan for these stupid over bets, but he fucking loves him. He loves rooting for the over He put down 50,000 186,000 hit that to bring him to one million nine hundred sixty three thousand six hundred fifty one dollars for the year Jordan said that a little less than a hundred thousand over me for the season almost almost a two million a
00:54:32
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I know both of us, dude. We're freaking rolling, man. But the crazy thing is, you have six winning bets for the season, whereas I have 10, dude. So you're, you know, Jordan's, you know, scared money, don't make no money, dude. Jordan's going for the big swings, man.
00:54:47
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and has got the lead on me despite me having more winners overall. So for my first bet, I'm keeping that NFC North money line rolling. Until it does be wrong, I'm going to keep rolling with the Packers, the Packers, Lions, and Vikings. So I got all three of them on a parlay for $100,000. This week, we'll pay out $359,496. OK.
00:55:07
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Uh, my first bet I got Steelers money line, lions money line, Broncos and Texans money line. I'm laying a hundred thousand to win $343,808. Which one of those are you feeling shakiest on, man?
00:55:25
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I honestly feel good about all these ones this week. Like, dude, we need to clip that out for next week. Raiders and Titans are you're right, dude. I don't disagree. I just, I mean, I guess if I had to feel the most shaky about one, it'd probably be the Steelers just because it's a short week and they're playing on Thursday night, but the Browns are frisky. You never know what the Titans can do, but yeah, the Browns are bad. Raiders are bad. Titans are pretty bad too. This, this should be a relatively safe one.
00:55:49
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My second bet, I'm sticking with those Texans also. I'm always confident betting against the Titans, and I'm taking the Texans plus seven and a half, or minus seven and a half, throwing down 100,000 on that to win 190,000. Okay.
00:56:02
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I'm going to go back to the overs. I'm going to go lions over lions and Colts over 50 and a half. The lions will probably cover this by themselves the way they're playing Cardinals and Seahawks over 47 and a half. And then Packers and Niners over 48 and a half. I'm going to lay 50,000 and it would win $350,964.
00:56:24
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All right, Jordan. So Jordan's playing for a total of almost 700,000 this week. I'm going for about 500,000. So Jordan trying to build on that lead as we head down the stretch for million dollar bets this year. No listener mail this week. So I want to give another shout out to Brett's Arlington Tigers. I'm going 11 and 0 and having an absolute battle to
00:56:44
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to maintain the crown and come home with the trophy at the end of the season. So really appreciate all the hard work from the kids, the fellow coaches, and the parents for the season. Hold on. I have a listener mail question for us from myself. This is just a question to me and you. I want to do two things. If you could pick any college football stadium to watch a game in, just say it's a top 25 matchup,
00:57:10
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who are you going to watch play? Like you don't have to pick the teams, just pick the stadium you're going to for college and NFL. Um, so it kind of ties in man, 2022, I got to go to Thursday night football with the Titans and Packers in Green Bay. And even though I'm not a Packers fan, actually really kind of hate the Packers. Uh, I think Lambeau fields, the closest we got to the capital of professional football. And it was just,
00:57:34
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An insane experience being there, man. Like, definitely recommend it. Any fan of football, if your team's playing the Packers, go to Lambeau. Bro, I was more talking like a stadium you have not been to. Where are you going? Well, I'll go into college first. So that ties into college. I go to Notre Dame Stadium. I know, you know, South Bend, Indiana is not like the sexiest place to go on a trip to. But being like the, you know, I feel like for what Lambeau is, for college football, I feel like that's kind of what Notre Dame Stadium is.
00:58:02
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for, or excuse me, for what Lambo is for the NFL. I feel like that's what Notre Dame stadium is for college football. So I picked that for my college pick for the pros, man. I really kind of want to go to a game, the Falcons new stadium. I went to so many memorable games down in the Georgia dome. And I feel like they definitely lost a little something when they moved to the new stadium, just cause I don't know, the Georgia dome was kind of gritty and just a freaking hot box of an arena, man. I think it was a tough place going to play. I would like to go see the new stadium just to see how it compares. Cool.
00:58:30
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Um, for college, I'm going to go a night game at LSU. Hopefully Brian Kelly is fired by then. Um, cause he needs to go. Uh, I just, I've always wanted to go to a game there. Um, I've actually never been to like an SEC conference game. I've watched SEC teams play in person, but I've never been to a conference game. So I'd really like to do that. Um, and then.
00:58:55
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another college one, but we're going to cross this off. Nebraska plays at Tennessee in three years, two years, something like going, we're going to go to, we're going to the home and home. Yeah. We're going to go to Tennessee first. And then Seth's going to come up here and we're going to go to Lincoln. So our buddy James mod, he's already fifth wheeled onto that trip as well. He says he's going to both games with us, man. So it's going to be a blast. Um, and real quick, man, before we move on. Oh, good. Now go ask your second question. Then I got a question and then pro I,
00:59:22
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It's tough because I really want to see SoFi Stadium in person. I really want to go there. The biggest problem for me, dude, is...
00:59:30
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I rip on this team all the time. Once you go to a chief's home game, there's really not an atmosphere that compares to it. It's just dude, Arrowhead is like one of the coolest stadiums. It's just, it's fun to go to. There's not a bad seat in that place. It's just, it's a cool stadium. The fans are into it. Their tailgate is like nothing you've ever seen. Like do those people are almost like a college stadium feel to it.
00:59:54
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Yeah, dude, I mean, they line up nine hours before the game starts and they're cooking the minute this it opens. They they get their lawn chairs out while they're waiting for the parking lots to open and they start drinking like it's just it's an all day party, man. It's it's it's an experience. I'll say that. I was going to say, do you think LSU makes a play like tries to back the brink struck up the next day when you get him to come back home to LSU if they do get rid of Brian Kelly? They got to at least make a phone call, right?
01:00:24
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Um, I don't think Saban's coming back to coaching, dude. I think they'll at least offer it to him, but I just, I don't think he's coming back, man. I really don't. I just, I don't see a world in which Saban coaches again. I think he really was just checked out and I don't think he likes the NIL and transfer portal. I just,
01:00:45
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I think Nick Saban built what he built on what he built it on. And I just, I think college football has changed so much that I just don't think he has any interest anymore. Not trying to, uh, relearn the landscape one more time. Yeah, I just, I don't think he wants to do it anymore. And dude, I don't know how much you've watched college game day, but he looks like he's having the time of his life being on that set. He's really good on it too, man. You know, I love that people rip on it all the time, but Herb Street is really knowledgeable and I enjoy listening. Desmond Howard's the only one I could do without on that set. I think he's just a fuck.
01:01:14
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and he's annoying. But I love what McAfee brings to that. And him and Herb Street are great. And yeah, I love Saban, dude. Saban's awesome, man. He's forgotten more about football than any of us ever will know. So yeah, it's good, man. I love Saban. All right. Let's do some closing thoughts, man, and we'll get out of here. I'm not going to be poetic this week. Yeah, just enjoy your week and next week's Thanksgiving. So get ready some questions for us about some food. Let's go.
01:01:53
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Please don't think me neither may, cause I've been sitting round only with love. I know how it looks, but don't misunderstand, just that I can tell songs about the truth. Cause there's thunder inside my mind, and there's lightning behind my eyes. And there's a lull, and when there's thunder, don't let it fool you.
01:02:24
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And now those wheels and microflowers ain't got no sign.