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Playoff Elimination Games, the Titans Meltdown, and Bulletin Board Material
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The boys break down and predict some of the biggest games of the week in college including LSU/Texas A&M, Missouri/Alabama, Boise St/UNLV, Illinois/Oregon, Penn St/Wisconsin, and Notre Dame/Navy. They also cover some of the biggest news in the NFL this week including Jameis Winston starting, Deandre Hopkins being traded, and more.
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Transcript
Introduction & Episode Preview
00:00:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What is up, everybody? Welcome to the Next Guy Up podcast on this lovely Thursday. We've got a big weekend of football coming up. But before we dive into all of the college football and NFL going on, we're going to bring a little messing around Monday here today.
00:00:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Kind of brainstorming right before we started. Mason's got some food for thoughts for us. We're going to do a group review of Outer Banks, part one.
00:00:34
Mason
Ooh.
00:00:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Just came out ah like last week, I think, or maybe the week before.
00:00:40
Mason
Yeah.
00:00:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But we've all watched it. We'll share our thoughts and opinions about outer banks part one ah because they split it up for some reason and So yeah, and whatever else happens because it's gonna be kind of a little mess around Monday here for a second So there's no telling what could happen boys.
00:00:57
Mason
Why not? Yeah, I feel doing great.
00:00:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
How are we doing?
00:01:01
Mason
I feel like Netflix does this now where they do like part one and two to all their shows to keep you like from binge watching and then, you know, canceling the subscription.
00:01:12
Mason
I know I feel like the first thing I could ever remember extending everything out was Mandalorian would drop the whole season. And then they started doing one episode a week to try to keep everybody around.
00:01:23
Mason
So that's like the trending thing now is just let's just break it up instead of having everybody
Netflix Release Strategy Discussion
00:01:28
Mason
binge watch. but On a scale of one to 10, how surprised are we that I have actually seen I'm caught up on a ah TV series with you guys?
00:01:36
Mason
Like pretty zero to 10.
00:01:38
Zack
not surprised because i'm sure that your wife wanted to watch out of rinks with you which is why you watched it and which is why i've watched it as well
00:01:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Not surprised, Outer Banks is right up your alley.
00:01:39
Mason
Not a surprise. Yeah.
00:01:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That too.
00:01:44
Mason
Yes. Yeah. But there you go. Unrealistic adventure.
00:01:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Also same.
00:01:52
Mason
What would you call it? On the edge of your seat, always action type of series.
00:01:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not on the edge of my seat.
00:02:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
There's a lot of dialogue.
00:02:00
Mason
Or should we just...
00:02:04
Mason
They always do that, I just can't...
00:02:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
A but a really bad dialogue.
00:02:05
Zack
By the way, on the conversation of releasing all at once or in episodes, releasing in episodes otherwise known as how television has been for since the beginning of television.
00:02:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, throwing it back.
00:02:17
Zack
Things like, think about all of the most popular shows of all time were released once every week and it made the conversation longer. This is think about, like, Breaking Bad.
00:02:30
Zack
Walking Dead Game of Thrones Sopranos, whatever it is It wasn't until Netflix when they started dropping stuff all at once and people started binging stuff like stranger things I feel like was one of the first to do that mess and people were like I feel like Netflix is like why are we doing this?
00:02:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:45
Zack
We're just losing money stupid which it is. I'm very anti binge dropped the whole season at once I would much rather but I'm also a fan of the discourse and having an episode drop and then having a couple of podcasts to talk about.
00:03:00
Zack
it And getting to talk to your friends at work or whatever and be like, hey, did you watch a new episode?
Impact of Weekly TV Releases
00:03:06
Zack
Yeah, it was cool. I have some friends at work who are locked into the penguin. I don't have Mac, so I've not been watching it, but they really enjoy this show and they've talked about it.
00:03:14
Mason
Mm.
00:03:15
Zack
And and I think that's a cool thing. What doesn't happen if you just watch 10 episodes at once and you're like, wow, you might talk about the ending of it, but you're not going to go. It's limiting the conversation. That's my take.
00:03:27
Mason
I guess you're kind of drawn it out a little bit, bringing in more suspense. I guess it sounded bad when I said the last streaming service. I was talking about like streaming service itself that ah everybody always would drop things like the whole season of something all at once instead of extending it.
00:03:43
Zack
It became a trend to do that for sure.
00:03:44
Mason
Now they're extended. Yeah.
00:03:45
Zack
I'm glad that we're moving in the other direction.
00:03:47
Mason
Other direction.
00:03:47
Zack
Netflix was the last one to kind of be like, oh, maybe we should change this model. As Prime started doing it, like weekly releases, so did, uh, obviously Disney started doing that, especially like the Marvel ah type shows, they would release weekly versus all at once.
00:04:05
Zack
Marvel, Star Wars stuff, like you said.
00:04:08
Mason
You were talking about weekly. I feel like when I was in high school or middle school, it was always like, it was more like, and we've talked about this and you've all given me a bad rap, but it was like the shows like on ABC, CBS, like Survivor, Dill or No Deal, things like that that were more weekly instead of like an actual, like you were talking about Walking Dead or something was until later.
00:04:32
Mason
I can't think of a series, like a legitimate series. It was always like,
00:04:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:04:37
Mason
I didn't ever watch that. Yeah. Things like that.
00:04:38
Zack
Boss was a weekly one.
00:04:38
Mason
Well, I suppose a weekly one. That's a good one.
00:04:40
Zack
That was a big one. Walking Dead was bigger for us. Like it became like an event every Sunday to watch, to sit down and watch the movie or the show, right?
00:04:43
Mason
Yeah. They did a show after the show that we would stay and watch talking dead.
00:04:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sure.
00:04:50
Zack
Which is now that there's podcasts and things and YouTube, you can watch YouTube videos, breaking down all the little f stuff that happened, especially in like Marvel and things like that. Um, yeah.
00:05:00
Mason
If
00:05:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Low Easter eggs.
00:05:03
Mason
I don't know if they'll drop just one a week or not, but the next thing I could think of that I could do this with is when they do the Harry Potter series.
00:05:13
Zack
rings of power has been one week at a time.
00:05:13
Mason
That would be like a big enough.
00:05:16
Zack
I've not been locked into the new season, but it is one at a time.
00:05:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:05:22
Zack
Yeah, I think it's a better model personally, but I'm not much of a binger these days. I just don't have like 10 hours to sit down and watch TV. So that's maybe part of it as well.
00:05:33
Mason
You have a kid.
Netflix's Basketball Documentary
00:05:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:35
Zack
I can find, but I have, there's some shows I watch and I look forward to when they drop. I'm like, Oh, I'm excited for your Thursday. Cause I get to watch this new show, the new episode out on the treadmill or whatever.
00:05:46
Mason
I know everybody's shocked to hear this, but I've never been a binger.
00:05:48
Zack
Yeah.
00:05:52
Mason
It's too much.
00:05:52
Zack
Mmm.
00:05:52
Mason
It's too much. Like I need breaks. Like it wears me out.
00:05:56
Zack
Mason's famously against long movies.
00:05:56
Mason
Where's my nap at?
00:05:58
Zack
Um, anything over an hour and a half is can't do it.
00:06:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Even though a certain movie of all time is very long.
00:06:06
Mason
Well, the first time I ever watched Endgame, it wore me out.
00:06:06
Zack
There is.
00:06:08
Mason
But now that I know that's going on, I could like not pay attention and then be like, oh, I didn't miss anything because I've seen it 18 times.
00:06:16
Mason
1800 times.
00:06:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Does that make it a great movie because you can not pay attention to it?
00:06:19
Zack
Better.
00:06:23
Mason
Okay, you guys are lying to me when you say you like to just turn something on the background that you've seen a million times and you can do other things. You're on your phone. I've i been around Zach and he's just like, he has something on and he's halfway paying attention where he's like on his phone while paying attention.
00:06:36
Mason
The only time I ever see him fully like solely focused is during a football game.
00:06:37
Zack
That's not me.
00:06:42
Mason
We're always doing something.
00:06:42
Zack
I'm locked in.
00:06:43
Mason
That's millennials. We're, no, nobody.
00:06:47
Zack
I'm locked in.
00:06:49
Mason
You're locked in. Never never on a team.
00:06:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's he's locked in all kinds of stuff I
00:06:50
Zack
I do... I've gotta be... I will so... I've gotta be careful when I'm... watching So I like to watch things on the treadmill. It's kind of an incentive because it gives me some time to watch stuff, catch up on some things that I've missed.
00:07:03
Zack
And I've got to be careful because it's got to be action. We've talked about that. It's going to be action packed. I have been watching ah the starting five documentary on Netflix, which Netflix is kind of running this idea into the ground.
00:07:16
Zack
They've done it with pretty much every single sport imaginable.
00:07:19
Mason
yep Yep.
00:07:20
Zack
But it's pretty interesting. Have you guys seen that all of it or any of it?
00:07:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm I've seen I've seen clips. It is on my radar to watch it soon um But yeah, I definitely want to watch it I was on vacation last week and my all my free time of watching stuff was sucked up by Outer Banks, so I
00:07:39
Mason
Yeah, you got to give me at least two weeks now before I start another show. I gotta, I gotta put a little break in there.
00:07:43
Zack
It's good. I've enjoyed watching it. I mean, honestly, the LeBron stuff is the least interesting of the of the people.
00:07:51
Mason
So.
00:07:51
Zack
There's just there's just a so bonus is pretty similar to like how Kirk Cousins was portrayed in the quarterback show. just like a family man, just like super, uh, but then you also have Anthony Edwards, which is pretty interesting to see.
00:08:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I want to see him like his, his thing.
00:08:07
Zack
Cause he's pretty much just like plays video games all day and he doesn't, he, he just like plays video games and plays basketball and that's pretty much all it does.
00:08:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sounds like a pretty sweet life.
00:08:18
Zack
He's like 22 or 23 or whatever, and just pretty much just hangs out.
00:08:23
Mason
Chilling. So is it going into the season?
00:08:24
Zack
Yeah.
00:08:27
Mason
Like, are they still continuing to?
00:08:27
Zack
Yes, it's covering last season.
00:08:28
Mason
Okay. Last season. Okay.
00:08:31
Zack
It started at the beginning of last season, and then it's going through the season.
00:08:31
Mason
So it's not, I wonder if they're going to keep, or we're obviously going to see things between Bronnie and LeBron for everybody that missed it last night.
00:08:41
Zack
For when he's...
00:08:42
Mason
They were on the court at the same time.
00:08:44
Zack
Yes. Yeah, it's um it's Jimmy Butler, Sabonis, Anthony Edwards, LeBron, and Jason Tatum.
00:08:46
Mason
And so.
00:08:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Jason Tame's got to be boring.
00:08:58
Zack
It is interesting
Emotional Investment in Outer Banks
00:08:59
Zack
to see Tatum versus they they do that. They juxtaposed Tatum and Anthony Edwards because they're so different. They're kind of both in that young star role and their teams, but they're so different personality wise.
00:09:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:12
Zack
That is pretty interesting.
00:09:16
Mason
But also it's going to go into, yeah.
00:09:16
Zack
I'm not locked in with the NBA on a daily basis. They're like, I'm not, I'm not super into NBA like conversation. So it's pretty fun to get to just see some of their lives.
00:09:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I want to be more into and NBA, but the season's so long and it's, you know, like it just started this week and then football's still hot and heavy. And then it takes all I have to juggle football and college basketball, which college basketball.
00:09:42
Zack
It's co-exude.
00:09:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I love college basketball.
00:09:44
Zack
Scarily soon.
00:09:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We will have some college basketball stuff um coming up.
00:09:46
Zack
Yeah.
00:09:48
Zack
Definitely.
00:09:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I. If you're not in the discord make sure you join if you want some college basketball bets I i bet I will start betting less football and more on college basketball. it It is my best sport It is but it's my best sport by a lot Every year when I get to print off my thing and it'll show how much I bet on all the sports The greenest of the number is college basketball by a lot
00:10:00
Zack
Cause basketball is one of the weirdest things to bet on.
00:10:05
Zack
It is wild.
00:10:05
Mason
So random.
00:10:09
Zack
Hmm. It's interesting.
00:10:20
Zack
Wow.
00:10:21
Mason
So you're saying tell you in the Discord for a call.
00:10:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
00:10:26
Zack
He's gonna be locked in, everybody.
00:10:28
Mason
But it's crazy. There's so much information out there. I can't keep up. Like the only way I can bet it is by looking at trends. And that's still not even like the bet. Like if you were asked me like, who's like the coach of like Memphis right now or sometimes I'd be like, or name me a player.
00:10:43
Mason
I'm like, there's so many, like, I don't know.
00:10:44
Zack
Doesn't matter.
00:10:45
Mason
Like it's so interchanging almost like college football is sometimes I can't keep up.
00:10:49
Zack
Definitely.
00:10:50
Mason
It used to be different where players stayed a lot longer.
00:10:50
Zack
I feel like the thing with with caught with NBA and NFL versus college sports is the margins are so much smaller in the NBA because everyone's like a known commodity.
00:11:03
Zack
Like, you know who those guys are. They've been around a long time.
00:11:05
Mason
Yeah.
00:11:06
Zack
You've got the stats and data to back it up. They're mature players at this point. They're probably maxing out at their potential, what they can do physically. um And so the margins are tiny.
00:11:18
Zack
I mean, we you know this.
00:11:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep, they're they're at.
00:11:20
Zack
But with college, there's so much stuff that can happen. And if you even got a hint that like,
00:11:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
00:11:26
Zack
There's weird stuff in the locker room or it can it can pay huge dividends on the on the field or the court in college because it's such a big thing. You're talking about 19 year olds. oh
00:11:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep, they're there only at Max 16 NFL games going on in a week call or and NBA. There's what 30 teams in the league now they have.
00:11:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Their schedule is a little bit more crazy, but for the most part, there can only be 15 games on any given night. The margins are smaller because they have all the information they need.
00:11:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
College, there's what, 388 teams in FPS? Vegas don't know all everything that's going on.
00:12:04
Zack
I don't know the number.
00:12:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They just don't.
00:12:07
Zack
It's true.
00:12:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So the margins are are significantly just like, yeah you can find more money in college sports. that's
00:12:15
Zack
There's more chaos, but there's more opportunity to like beat the book, I feel like.
00:12:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. That's, that's why like, if you're in the discord, you don't see me giving out NFL picks. Cause it's just too hard. I bet it, but I suck.
00:12:28
Zack
It's like a coin flip. I feel like most bets are.
00:12:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. You have to be perfectly right or else you're going to lose.
00:12:36
Zack
Hmm.
00:12:38
Zack
There you go.
00:12:38
Mason
My thing with betting NFL is trying to get player props, and it just don't work putting it on the podcast because it changes so quickly.
00:12:46
Mason
But I look now, if not even a day or two ago, and it's, it could be like five or seven or three yards different by Sunday, just because of how much money people bet either way.
00:12:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:57
Mason
So you kind of have to get to, it's like a first come first serve on some of the lines.
00:13:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:04
Mason
OK, so we should start something with the college basketball betting, maybe keep up with the actual.
00:13:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right.
00:13:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I'll add a channel to the Discord for it, for sure.
00:13:13
Zack
Let's get it.
00:13:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right.
00:13:16
Zack
It's gonna be a fun season.
00:13:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's definitely gonna be, I think it's
Overhyped Sports Figures Analysis
00:13:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
gonna be very, I've got, I wanna hear it.
00:13:20
Zack
Here's my hot take. Cooper flag.
00:13:22
Mason
Oh.
00:13:27
Zack
I don't know.
00:13:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
the ma The main event.
00:13:29
Zack
I just think sometimes these guys, get they get so overhyped, it's just like, ah, they're never gonna live up to the amount of hype they're getting.
00:13:31
Mason
We're waiting.
00:13:40
Mason
What was he, didn't he play against NBA players?
00:13:41
Zack
I honestly don't know a lot about Cooper Flag to be honest. um I just don't, I don't have any evidence behind this. Sometimes if everyone is hyping up something that much, it's like they're never going to live up to the expectation that's been placed before them. It's like impossible almost.
00:13:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This kid's been getting hyped up since he was like 14 years old.
00:13:58
Zack
It's like the Caleb Williams thing. It's like he, there was just no way he was gonna live up to what everyone thought he could be. And it's in year one of the NFL.
00:14:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
True, I guess.
00:14:08
Zack
Maybe he still is, I don't know.
00:14:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
he's He's kind of playing well, despite everything I've ever said about him.
00:14:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I need to stop giving takes about Ricky quarterbacks. I didn't think Jane Daniels would do well. And I thought Caleb Williams would suck. So I was right about Bo Nick so far.
00:14:28
Zack
Both pretty good.
00:14:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He does. He's he's terrible.
00:14:32
Zack
Yeah, he stinks a little bit.
00:14:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's he's like Tim Tebow Junior. Like he just runs the ball 47 times for 47 yards.
00:14:37
Mason
He does sure does got the window.
00:14:41
Zack
The dub.
00:14:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sure, he's yeah, he's he is.
00:14:42
Zack
That's true.
00:14:43
Mason
but
00:14:43
Zack
He's a winner.
00:14:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I guess.
00:14:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right. um Yeah.
00:14:52
Zack
Hey, Mason, did you have a take on the Outer Banks?
00:14:55
Mason
Yes, we're doing a group review here. So our spoilers are no spoilers.
00:14:58
Zack
so we're way off um No spoilers people people need to watch it themselves, you know Hmm
00:15:05
Mason
People wanna, so let me just, um at the very end of the last season, they found the treasure and it was just like, oh, they're gonna be professional treasure hunters now.
00:15:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:17
Mason
And I was like, where's this gonna go? I'm kinda like checked out. But they brought me back in a little bit. Cause now it's just back to where they lose everything. So it's like, they need to find this new treasure that's like cursed.
00:15:30
Mason
So I'm giving it action. It's been like a three, four. It's been kind of blah, but I think it should pick up. ah They threw a little curve balls in there. ah Let's see. JJ's character makes me so mad. He's the one that makes the decisions for all of them. And it's just like, he's getting them in trouble every single time.
00:15:53
Mason
But it's been all right. It's been okay. I'm, I'm invested. I bench watched it. We were shocked. I got that far probably, but here we are.
00:16:00
Zack
invested I was um I mean it's fine it is what it is like it's meant to be like it's the same storyline just in a different way every season I mean story how treasure hunting is pretty pretty good it's hard to kind of mess it up like um national treasure if it feels kind of along it's I mean you're hunting for treasure it's kind of fun but um some of the stuff like the way that they
00:16:01
Mason
I'm invested.
00:16:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's invested.
00:16:03
Mason
What do you all think?
00:16:29
Zack
They were like, I could see myself in the storyboard meeting where they were like, they they just found a city full of gold and they're rich.
00:16:41
Zack
The story is not fun if these people are rich.
00:16:46
Mason
yeah
00:16:46
Zack
How do we get them to be unrich really quickly?
00:16:46
Mason
Yep.
00:16:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:51
Zack
And then they just do like, they waste a bunch of money and they're broke again and they need money. You know, and that was the part I was just like, I mean, I'm not, I'm not surprised here, but this was like the laziest way to do this. I feel like just like we have, these people have to be broke or the story is uninteresting to everyone.
00:17:10
Mason
Well, what series is it gonna be if they're just like rich and happy and they're just like living their life?
00:17:13
Zack
Exactly. So they had to make them broke somehow.
00:17:17
Mason
So there you go.
00:17:18
Zack
So they had property taxes.
00:17:18
Mason
Yes, tens go ahead.
00:17:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, them dag them property taxes $20,000 in property taxes.
00:17:21
Zack
broke Broke.
00:17:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm. I don't know. I own property and, uh, my property taxes are not $20,000.
00:17:28
Zack
And yeah, 20,000 is egregious, but also if that, I don't even know his name.
00:17:34
Mason
Not beach front though.
00:17:34
Zack
If that guy, if you haven't seen it in the first episode, they're trying to like bias his family land back. And if that guy is sitting there doing that, I'm tackling, I got him. He's out.
00:17:45
Zack
He's done.
00:17:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:46
Mason
j j
00:17:46
Zack
I'm physically removing him from the situation.
00:17:47
Mason
That's what I said. Why is nobody like picking him up and carrying him out of the, it was, ah if, if anybody seen it was his family of property that he was trying to bid on with the money that they just got.
00:17:49
Zack
I am picking him up and dragging him away. And I'm saying, does he does not speak for us. This this guy isn't lunatic.
00:18:00
Mason
And he was out of control.
00:18:00
Zack
If I was there with Mason at 10's and Mason was trying to bid that much money, I would um would tackle him. Just for the record.
00:18:08
Mason
And I would let you do it. I respect you for it.
00:18:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I would turn on, I would turn on end game on my phone and then he would be missing.
00:18:12
Zack
Delore him away.
00:18:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
in
00:18:17
Zack
I'm not saying basically we'll do that, but um what a ridiculous situation.
00:18:19
Mason
Bye.
00:18:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, no, that's that's that's my issue with the show is is it's like the the theme of treasure hunting.
00:18:23
Zack
so
00:18:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's fun.
00:18:30
Zack
Yeah.
00:18:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um It's the extracurricular dumb stuff that makes me a like these are not real world things that would like no one's going to do a lot of these things.
00:18:35
Zack
Yeah.
00:18:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The dirt bike race. That's the dumbest thing in America I've ever seen in my life.
00:18:48
Zack
and betting the kajillion dollars that you're gonna win even though your bike sucks that's the worst part of teasing JJ's
00:18:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah
00:18:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Right. Um, bidding 750 K to buy property. Like that's not how that works.
00:19:02
Zack
look the biggest moron in history and if his friends would just like not be friends with him anymore yeah
00:19:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:19:04
Mason
yeah
00:19:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. His character this character is the worst.
00:19:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. His character makes me mad. And then topper that whole rich people thing, like We're still, we're still doing this, like the, the Cougs in the pokes.
00:19:20
Mason
Yeah.
00:19:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's what it's like.
00:19:22
Mason
Yay.
00:19:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cougs.
00:19:23
Zack
pugs and the kooks yeah she's running the turtles over she'd like this to be hilarious yeah i'm gonna commit murder yeah
00:19:24
Mason
Kooks.
00:19:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cougs. What do we do? Like that one girl gets in the car. I don't know. We said no spoilers. I don't care. Uh, she's like trying to run them over with their Jeep, just to teach them a lesson. And then she runs over one turtle somehow. She only somehow runs over one turtle. That's not realistic.
00:19:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then they're going to press charges because JJ says he's going to kill them.
00:19:45
Mason
Listen, but go back and watch last season though.
00:19:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like, all right, let's. I don't know. It's just it is what it is, though.
00:19:52
Zack
it is It's a ridiculous show.
00:19:56
Zack
Mason.
00:19:56
Mason
That's a, you could go back and see, and it's like, Oh my gosh, this is ridiculous.
00:20:00
Mason
Yes, go ahead.
00:20:01
Zack
I feel like we need to wrap this Outer Banks conversation up.
00:20:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:06
Zack
What's your rating, Mason?
00:20:09
Mason
6.8.
00:20:09
Zack
What's your final thoughts? 6.8?
00:20:12
Mason
Yeah, that's not bad. 6.8.
00:20:14
Zack
Hmm. I mean, it's fine. I didn't hate watching it. Like I said, it's not the most enjoyable television.
00:20:19
Mason
Nobody's gonna give a rating just me.
00:20:21
Zack
Now, just you.
00:20:22
Mason
Okay, thank you, thank you.
00:20:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, i just for 4.2 What did Mason give it we we'll go all right, we'll move on
00:20:23
Zack
Maybe like 5.6.
00:20:26
Mason
You just said just you and then you gave your rating.
00:20:28
Zack
I would say to mine. Okay, it tends to not like it. Okay. 6.8. I wish we kept track of everything Mason ever rated so we could say all the stuff that Mason just rated Outer Banks above because it'd be a lot of good stuff.
00:20:49
Mason
Maybe I should have gave it a little lower than that. because this But it was just like I was trying.
00:20:53
Zack
Mason's a tough tough grader, you on famously.
E. Coli Outbreak & Conspiracy Theories
00:20:57
Mason
Yeah.
00:20:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mason gave Dune two and eight point seven.
00:21:00
Mason
It's pretty good.
00:21:00
Zack
That's the highest rated thing ever.
00:21:01
Mason
Hey, this is checking out though. I did not throw in like an eight on this. This does not deserve that. Dune, have you seen it yet?
00:21:08
Zack
I actually have not seen Dune 2.
00:21:10
Mason
Dune two? Wow.
00:21:13
Zack
I need to watch it. I don't have any way to watch it.
00:21:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
all right.
00:21:16
Zack
I didn't see it in theaters. I always heard it's very good. I'll watch it someday.
00:21:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it's worth watching so you can get it.
00:21:25
Zack
before the third one.
00:21:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Should you watch that?
00:21:27
Mason
So I don't know if if nobody else has ah food for thoughts. I don't know how like well mine is to like stack up with you guys if nobody's given one.
00:21:31
Zack
Hmm.
00:21:35
Zack
OK.
00:21:38
Mason
um
00:21:38
Zack
OK.
00:21:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So you have no thoughts on food because we don't have any.
00:21:40
Mason
No, I do.
00:21:42
Zack
I want to know your thoughts on food, Mason.
00:21:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I want to hear him.
00:21:44
Mason
E. Coli outbreak for the McDonald Quarter Pounder. That's a food for thought right there.
00:21:50
Zack
At first, I've been spiritual theories already.
00:21:52
Mason
OK, let's hear it.
00:21:53
Zack
because Donald Trump was there yesterday working. There's a lot of security theories around now. and We're not a political podcast here, but I've heard some rumors swirling, you know?
00:22:04
Mason
So apparently they're taking them off the menu.
00:22:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That checks out.
00:22:06
Mason
It's just like quarter pounders exclusively. So you could, yeah, it's, uh, do they use different meat for that than they do any of the other that.
00:22:10
Zack
Just quarter pounders.
00:22:14
Zack
That's what I was thinking.
00:22:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They only raise certain cows that can grow up to be the quarter pounders.
00:22:19
Zack
these This is a quarter pounder cow.
00:22:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's a make double cow all day. Send them that way.
00:22:23
Zack
I want to be a McDouble cow. It's the best.
00:22:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I am a make double cow.
00:22:28
Zack
The economy cow is the average cow.
00:22:32
Mason
That's a TikTok if I've ever seen one. How about a Big Mac? No?
00:22:36
Zack
No, they, they think that's you elite.
00:22:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Big Mac is the most overrated thing in America.
00:22:38
Mason
Okay.
00:22:40
Zack
Yeah.
00:22:41
Zack
They're like the kooks of cows.
00:22:41
Mason
Wow.
00:22:42
Mason
Well, at least they don't have E. coli, so...
00:22:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Let me ask you, what's that third bun for? I hate that.
00:22:49
Zack
Some people are asking.
00:22:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I i got the McChicken, I got the Chicken make Big Mac the other day, I can't even talk.
00:22:56
Zack
Chicken make big mac.
00:22:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It sucked, it was terrible.
00:22:59
Zack
Ooh, hot takes.
00:23:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
the The chicken was just the chicken nugget breading, which is gross. um So yeah, official take, trash, and get rid of the third bun, because it just makes everything, it's soggy and unnecessary and messy.
00:23:05
Zack
Some extra carbs.
00:23:14
Mason
Maybe you were tasting the E. Coli. Could have been.
00:23:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wasn't a double, it wasn't a quarter pounder.
00:23:20
Mason
Oh.
00:23:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It was a, it was a chicken Big Mac.
00:23:23
Mason
Chicken McBig Mac. Okay, second thing. um these These popcorn buckets get pretty creative, some of them controversial in the past. We know of like
00:23:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Why are they controversial?
00:23:37
Zack
Yeah, Mason, explain.
00:23:37
Mason
You can just look up pictures. Dune 2 that had a popcorn bucket.
00:23:40
Zack
Okay.
00:23:43
Mason
What was the other one?
00:23:45
Zack
Deadpool had one.
00:23:46
Mason
Deadpool. Deadpool had one.
00:23:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Deadpool.
Collectible Popcorn Buckets Market
00:23:49
Mason
So this one is, could you guess what the popcorn bucket for the one I'm about to talk about?
00:23:49
Zack
What was that one about, Mason?
00:23:54
Zack
Gladiator.
00:23:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It talks about glad.
00:23:55
Mason
Gladiator 2.
00:23:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:56
Zack
It's a stadium.
00:23:57
Mason
It looks like the Coliseum.
00:23:58
Zack
The calcium.
00:24:00
Mason
This is probably like the... Uh, but everybody's freaking out about this one. Um, these have turned into like everybody rushing to go get them and then flipping them on eBay.
00:24:06
Zack
Hmm, are they?
00:24:12
Zack
Really, I collect his item.
00:24:13
Mason
Uh, they were doing that with some of the yeah collectors item, Taylor Swift, uh, some of her, uh, like posters and popcorn buckets and stuff was doing the same thing.
00:24:21
Mason
So, uh, but yeah, that's the new, just wanted to throw that out there.
00:24:22
Zack
Hmm.
00:24:27
Mason
I'm glad to hear too.
00:24:27
Zack
I'm excited for that movie.
00:24:28
Mason
Do we have any thoughts about that? Huh?
00:24:30
Zack
I'm excited for the movie.
00:24:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Very excited.
00:24:33
Zack
It's gonna be a banger.
00:24:34
Mason
Did, did any of us put that on our most excited things to look forward to for 2024?
00:24:38
Zack
He's definitely on mine, yeah.
00:24:40
Mason
Okay. I couldn't remember any of the same cast. There's a completely different story.
00:24:45
Zack
From the first one, it's his son, I think.
00:24:47
Mason
I wouldn't think so. Right. Okay.
00:24:50
Zack
the It's Russell Crowe's son, right?
00:24:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, well, it's the no, it's the um the sisters, sit the emperor's sister.
00:24:58
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:24:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
that his son, remember how Maximus like he, it's part of the preview. Like he like gave him something. I think he gave him like a ring or something after performance. And so he saw Maximus in the, in the gladiator Coliseum was like, I want to be like that when I grew up, but he's kind of royalty
00:25:16
Mason
Hmm. Well, Russell Crowe now and Russell Crowe then couldn't even be the same character.
00:25:21
Zack
hmm rusco is not in it because rusco crow died spoiler alert you could have a flashback I guess or something they do look different
00:25:27
Mason
Yes. News flash.
00:25:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
for spoiler spoiler learn everyone
00:25:30
Mason
See anybody that's not seen. I know, but I'm just saying, I was just talking about how different they look now. Okay.
00:25:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
that's the thing about I don't know 20 years passing
00:25:41
Mason
It's true.
00:25:42
Zack
I feel like I respect what Russell Crowe did where he just started taking roles or he could just like gain weight and be like, I'm gaining weight for this role. But he really just wanted to eat and like not get in shape. Respect.
00:25:55
Mason
Respect.
00:25:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not, this is not a plug for this podcast, but I did, Russell Crowe was on Joe Rogan's podcast recently and it's a very interesting listen.
Russell Crowe's Career Choices
00:26:04
Zack
Oh boy. He was in a movie called Land of Bad, which was good.
00:26:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Russell Crowe is a, he is a character, but he did talk about that.
00:26:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. He talks about how he, he bought like a huge farm in Australia. He's brazing his own cattle and he just, he's like, I kind of enjoy just kind of getting fat.
00:26:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's been nice.
00:26:24
Zack
Who doesn't?
00:26:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He said, I spent, I spent, I spent decades like putting my body through the absolute ringer of for rolls.
00:26:24
Zack
Who among us?
00:26:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like. He went from Gladiator, then he did like a boxing movie where he was like very skinny. He wasn't like a big boxer. He's like a skinny boxer. And then had to get right back to Jack for Noah. Like it's, he's, he's done it all.
00:26:44
Zack
Being Hollywood in shape like sucks. Because if you're just like wanting to get in in shape as like a real person, you can just like bulk and you can kind of just get
00:26:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:54
Zack
You know, if you're trying to build, but if you're Hollywood fit, you have to be like super strong, but also like skinny and lean.
00:27:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cut. Yeah.
00:27:02
Zack
And it's like the, there's just like the worst people. There's a lot of actors who talk openly just about how terrible it is. It's just like, this is not worth it.
00:27:10
Mason
But that Baywatch.
00:27:11
Zack
but Zach Efron was the one. He was like, I will never, he did, uh, what's that beach movie? Baywatch. And it was like famously, like, I will never be in that shape ever again.
00:27:21
Zack
Cause it was terrible.
00:27:24
Zack
which also respect. Can't blame him.
00:27:26
Mason
but
00:27:27
Zack
I will never be in that shape either.
00:27:35
Mason
I don't even know where we were at at this point.
00:27:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mason, you're in that shape.
00:27:38
Zack
Mason is always in that shape.
00:27:39
Mason
No, no.
00:27:39
Zack
He's born Greek God.
00:27:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Just in case everybody's wondering, if you don't if you don't watch the YouTube or look at the tick tock clips, Mason is just.
00:27:42
Mason
Not even close.
00:27:46
Zack
Mason never works out in his jacked six pack.
00:27:51
Mason
Not even close, no.
00:27:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true.
00:27:52
Zack
20 minute 5K.
00:27:53
Mason
Land of the Bad I have seen, though. It has ah both Hemsworth brothers.
00:27:56
Zack
Good. Both.
00:28:00
Mason
It's got, let's see, Luke and Liam and Luke.
00:28:05
Zack
Oh.
00:28:06
Mason
So it's not, it doesn't have
00:28:06
Zack
So, not the main Hemsworth letter.
00:28:09
Mason
chris Chris. Yes, not to me.
00:28:13
Zack
Yeah, it's called Hunger Games Hemsworth.
00:28:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No one wants that guy.
00:28:17
Mason
Hunger Games.
00:28:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Not even Jennifer Lawrence.
00:28:20
Zack
Okay.
00:28:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
She picked the other guy.
00:28:24
Zack
True. Uh, okay.
00:28:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right.
00:28:28
Zack
Are we ready?
00:28:29
Mason
Where are we even at at this point? Is this college football time?
00:28:30
Zack
We're, we're getting into some sports, everybody.
00:28:33
Mason
Let's do it.
00:28:34
Zack
I have, um, we're doing some things today.
00:28:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Can't wait for this.
00:28:39
Zack
Um, we're doing some bulletin board material. Uh, Tennessee's been in the news this week. If you haven't been locked in, uh, nationally, Tennessee's kind of jumped into the news after they beat Alabama again.
00:28:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
A little bit.
00:28:55
Zack
Second time in a row in Kneeland. There were a couple of things that I felt like were pertinent enough nationally to address on this on this very podcast. um Number one, an Alabama announcer. This happened like right after we recorded our Monday episode. An Alabama announcer um came out and made the statement that Kneeland pipes in crowd noise.
00:29:26
Zack
He said it live on the broadcast. He said, it's very loud in here, 100,000 people plus ah they're piping in crowd noise as well. And he just said it blatantly there. it is You could ask anyone involved with the program and ever no one would ever say that. And and literally, like I've seen dozens of people refuting this that aren't even involved with the program that are just national like talkers or announcers.
00:29:54
Zack
They're like, they do not do this. That's pretty insane. And everyone has just been like, this is crazy. He even doubles down. This, uh, like today, I think, and he was like, I didn't mean piped in crowd noise. I mean, enhanced their crowd noise. they They're miking up the student section in the crowds and then pumping it back, like amplifying it.
00:30:15
Zack
which is also insane. Uh, people were pulling like pictures of speakers in Newland and the speakers are like facing back. They're like for the bands. People can hear the band across stadium when it's so loud that you can't hear the band.
00:30:27
Zack
That's what this. So anyway, this guy is just grade a loser material from Alabama.
00:30:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
you
00:30:34
Zack
Uh, Greg McElroy agrees with him. No, not McElroy. I'm sorry. Apologies to Greg McElroy. This was AJ McCarron. Uh, shout out to this guy who's whatever.
00:30:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
above The buff dweebs
00:30:47
Zack
I'm not going to be going to insult his career after your college because it's not worth it, but he decides to get back in the in and agree. They definitely pipe sounded. So here's my take on the, on the end of it, because everyone, I don't have to refute the idea that we pipe the sound in.
Alabama vs. Tennessee Noise Debate
00:31:02
Zack
I think everyone knows it's not true. Um, here's my take. all of The Alabama announcer who is at every single game, announcing every game, thinks that the only way that Neelan Stadium can produce as much sound as it's producing, or for a stadium to be as loud as it was, is for Tennessee to be cheating and piping in fake noise. What does that tell us about the Alabama stadium? He's at every single home game, every single one. If he's like, the only way for this to be like this is for it to be fake.
00:31:36
Zack
Clearly he is he without even knowing it. He this is a glaring indictment on Brian Denny He's like this Brian Brian. He's clearly never been as loud as it was that night for one And he was so in shock by it his only excuse was this can't be real and so shout out to AJ McCarran and this announcer who I'm not gonna Give him a name cuz I'm not even sure what it is Chris.
00:31:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Doesn't deserve a name.
00:32:00
Zack
my I think it's Chris Stewart shout him out Here's his address go find him Just kidding, don't do that. I don't know how it was addressed anyways. But what a terrible take by this guy.
00:32:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Parity law.
00:32:11
Zack
he would They were about to lose the game and he was bummed and so he started taking shots at New England Stadium. This is infinite bulletin board material for anyone attending a game at New England Stadium like forever.
00:32:23
Zack
So there's number one bulletin board material. number
00:32:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh no.
00:32:36
Mason
We just lost that.
00:32:37
Zack
that we listen to on TV talk about games are literally just the worst.
Joel Klatt's Critique of Tennessee Football
00:32:42
Zack
And Joe Clyde is one of them.
00:32:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:32:45
Zack
ah These are people who are just, we try to be honest podcasters here. We try not to just do rage bait type stuff. We like to give hard hitting analysis
00:32:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm hmm. Fair analysis.
00:32:59
Zack
and that are thoughtful. And this guy Joel Klatt just decided he was going to tee off on to Tennessee football fans and program who just beat Alabama. A team where pre-season, mind you, every single and now every single person who talked about college football was talking about how this team was going to be incredible. This team was going to surpass expectations. What happens? They lose a couple games. People start freaking out. And Joel Klatt starts taking shots at Tennessee, who just beat Alabama. And the conversation around the country, I'm not even joking, has been Tennessee is
00:33:41
Zack
Tennessee's win was not as good as Alabama's loss in Kneeland. That stuck to the conversation that like Alabama lost in a really tough environment, only by seven. It was close, um which is a better net gain than Tennessee actually winning the football game in a pretty ugly fashion at times.
00:34:01
Zack
Joel Klatt said he made fun of the cigar smoking as if it was like a weird tradition or as if they haven't been doing this for like 80 years and is not going back to like Bear Bryant and and I just don't What a wild take by this guy who just clearly wanted to get Tennessee fans mad Shout out to also while I'm at it.
00:34:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:20
Zack
This is my last thing a quick shout out over in the in the offseason we kind of took some shots at ah College football 25 in their stadium rankings and I'd like to give a quick shout out to all the stadiums that were ranked above Newland at 13. Like Camp Randall, in Wisconsin, what a tough environment that place is. ah Texas A and&M, all all of those environments that we've seen faltered this season. Shout out to Newland, standing up in the gap, ah willing your people to victory. Bullets and board material forever. To any fan that's that's in attendance.
00:35:02
Zack
That's my bulletin board material.
00:35:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's pretty good.
00:35:06
Mason
Moving.
00:35:06
Zack
Thanks everybody.
00:35:09
Zack
Shout out to the Vols.
00:35:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
what ah What a terrible win.
00:35:12
Zack
In the playoff race. Terrible.
00:35:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Last time I checked wins or wins, baby.
00:35:16
Zack
I wish we would have just lost.
00:35:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it would have been better for their there standings in the in the selection committee.
00:35:23
Zack
Look, you know what people are gonna see at the end of the day? They're gonna see win against Alabama. And it's gonna look great on their resume.
00:35:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. You know what they're not gonna see?
00:35:29
Zack
Doesn't even matter what happens.
00:35:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
An L next to Vandy.
00:35:33
Zack
Loss well, it's I'm not but yes, uh, you're correct.
00:35:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Nope, I'm calling it now.
00:35:36
Mason
We still have to play them.
00:35:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
As of right now, one of us has lost to Vandy and one has not.
00:35:39
Zack
Um Maybe the worst loss like in college football this season. Well, they're tied with Notre Dame I guess in iu Two worst losses so far this year We we already you did a lot of playoff talk and so I don't think we have to um
00:35:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh my, don't even get me started about NIU beating.
00:35:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No.
00:35:58
Zack
We have to go back there again right now, but ah there's there's a lot there. it's Things are shaping up. We're going to get to some previews here in a second, and we'll talk about some games that are huge this weekend.
00:36:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:09
Zack
There's my bulletin board material for for the day.
00:36:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Big, big games.
00:36:12
Zack
You guys have anything?
00:36:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right. Um, no.
00:36:17
Zack
Tints? Jags?
00:36:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Trevor Lawrence has the best, uh, yeah, I don't care about that.
00:36:20
Zack
Big dub.
00:36:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Uh, Trevor Lawrence has the best QBR rating this season, uh, on long passes of over 20 yards.
00:36:27
Zack
Mm.
00:36:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Rank second is, uh, Joe burrow.
00:36:31
Mason
Mm.
00:36:31
Zack
That's something.
00:36:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's really cool. One of those players is thrown to Jamar chase and T Higgins. And one of those guys is throwing to Gabe Davis and future star Brian Thomas Jr.
00:36:42
Zack
Both team, both on bad teams, exciting.
00:36:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So, Hmm. Yep.
00:36:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah sure There's nothing like when when when Trevor loads up and I know Brian Thomas is running down the field though I'm like, oh I'm about to get one So at least I have that oh We're we're gonna talk about Talk about it
00:36:58
Zack
You could be like the Titans who are just bankrupting the team intentionally at this point and just thinking.
00:37:03
Mason
We're going to get into that. Yeah.
00:37:04
Zack
Okay.
00:37:05
Mason
That was my bulletin board, but I just want to save it for the end at this point.
00:37:09
Zack
Okay, gotcha.
00:37:10
Mason
Uh, I saw him say the future and every single weekend, Tinsley will have a bet slip of Brian Thomas over on his yards, no matter what it is. I just feel like he bets that blindly or anytime touchdown.
00:37:22
Mason
He's just like, don't mind if I do bet.
00:37:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It ain't broke don't fix it.
00:37:26
Mason
There you go.
00:37:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm just gonna say his his over under was like 61 yards last week and cleared it easily Yep, it was very nice.
00:37:27
Mason
That too.
00:37:31
Mason
He cashed it. First half right? Yeah.
00:37:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right um Yeah, other than that, no bulletin board for me. Mason, I know you were going to talk about some Titan stuff here in a little bit.
00:37:47
Mason
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:37:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So with that, let's dive on into college
LSU vs. Texas A&M Game Preview
00:37:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
football. We've got a big weekend as far as I feel like I said every week, but it's there's just so much going on and there's there's big matchups.
00:37:52
Zack
Hmm.
00:38:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We're in conference play a lot on the line every week.
00:38:01
Zack
Yup.
00:38:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I know I had heard a lot of rumors going into the season that
00:38:05
Zack
Yup.
00:38:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
college football's regular season wasn't gonna matter. It feels like it matters to me.
00:38:14
Zack
Couple of elimination games, it feels like, um around the country, early. But a couple games that feels like, hmm, loser, this is gonna have a tough, tough time making the playoffs.
00:38:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, like, yeah, the rest of their season could good be cooked.
00:38:31
Zack
Okay, well, let's start here with a game where the top two teams currently in the SEC, which no one could have predicted this truly, ah number one and number two in the SEC rankings are playing each other. That would be LSU and Texas A and&M.
00:38:49
Zack
a what has become a pretty huge matchup. Both teams have a loss. Early, early season. First game of the season. Obviously, Hannon lost another Dame. LSU lost to USC. Both at home.
00:39:04
Zack
And now ah they have not lost since against what could be considered some lower level competition, but they've found themselves now with no SEC losses and the only two teams that have survived thus far. And so they're playing each other. So after this game, one team will be remaining at the top and will be what seems to be in the driver's position for the SEC championship game, potentially, both with tough schedules to finish up the season still. but LSU still has Bama and a couple of other ones.
00:39:34
Zack
A&M still has Texas at the end. So neither schedule is easy going down the stretch, but um huge game though. We have, I think they're both coming off by as well.
00:39:45
Zack
No, that's not true. LSU would be Arkansas. um An Arkansas team at home that obviously is pretty, pretty tough.
00:39:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Frisky.
00:39:54
Zack
So LSU, that was pretty impressive. They're very frisky. Yeah. An impressive win at Arkansas. and then coming off a bye. So Tins, how do you feel about this game?
00:40:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I've not had a good read on this A and&M team all year. I've been kind of, it's like, I think one thing, they do the other. um But LSU,
00:40:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
LSU has done exactly what I thought they would do and they're they're good on offense, not very good at defense.
00:40:23
Zack
Hmm.
00:40:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Granted, the quarterback, Nussmeyer has played a lot better than I thought he would. I'm gonna go, I think LSU is going to win this game.
00:40:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think they just have the the more high powered offense. And I don't see Texas A&M, I don't think Texas A&M's home field advantage is anything to be like worried about.
00:40:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
on top of the fact that LSU plays at LSU. And so I don't think noise bothers them too much.
00:40:51
Zack
Yeah.
00:40:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um So yeah, I like what I've seen out of LSU. I think it will be, I don't think it's going to be close. I don't believe in this Texas A and&M team at all.
00:41:03
Zack
Wow.
00:41:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I just don't. I just I've seen what I need to see.
00:41:07
Zack
I don't know. Wegman has been pretty good. I'm like i'm not convinced.
00:41:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
this thing Wake pretty good.
00:41:14
Zack
It doesn't sound good when you say it like that.
00:41:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's thrown for 718 yards three touchdowns four picks Well, I Don't know how else I could say it well, let me try this so much others Zach He is he's he's only thrown four interceptions, but he's thrown for 718 yards and three touchdowns and
00:41:25
Zack
i
00:41:34
Zack
That's pretty good. That's a lot of touchdowns.
00:41:41
Zack
You and other balls of board material. A and&M has eight home games on the schedule this season.
00:41:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, that's ah I don't I don't get it at all.
00:41:46
Zack
Can somebody explain that to me? Eight home games?
00:41:53
Zack
That's insanity. um I do think this A and&M team is pretty obviously a little bit better coached than they have been in years past. I think Elko is doing a pretty good job down there.
00:42:05
Zack
um LSU is a little bit of a hot and cold team to me. I like Ness Meyer. Very interesting matchup, honestly. um Do you know what the spread is? is it I know it's it's got to be small.
00:42:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um see that I Was on ESPN um Yep, it is five and a half for um No two and a half Texan them They
00:42:19
Zack
I don't have it on the top of my head.
00:42:25
Zack
I should have put you on the spot there.
00:42:32
Zack
OK, that makes more sense. Yeah, I mean. Yeah, and they they have the home field advantage.
00:42:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
say home fields three points taking LSU minus six and a half.
00:42:37
Zack
So that's about it. That's close. Be a fun game.
00:42:46
Zack
Ooh.
00:42:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I Might even be on the discord, but that one's free for the pod listeners.
00:42:52
Zack
OK. A little bit of a bigger spread, but a little bit more on the line here. We have Mizzou, Alabama. um Missouri.
00:43:04
Zack
pulled out and Missouri, Missouri, Missouri. um They have underperformed pretty to a pretty significant amount this season. They have they've looked good very few times, honestly. they just They are very, very flawed team at this point.
Alabama's Run Game & Missouri's Performance
00:43:21
Zack
Offensively, they're not great. um But from what we know that Alabama, Alabama seems to be in a similar situation. um Very big struggles offensively. Their run game is i I mean, maybe the worst run game they've had in 20 years at Alabama.
00:43:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:43:37
Zack
Jalen Milrow seemed to be struggling.
00:43:43
Zack
I don't know what to think about this game, but I think the line is like 13 and a half Alabama. Is that right?
00:43:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Six, 16 and a half may have moved since last time you've seen it.
00:43:50
Zack
but Oh, Vegas hates Missouri too. Missouri, um for a playoff playoffs sake, I think in Missouri loses this one by 16.
00:43:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:44:00
Zack
Even with two losses, their schedule is so soft.
00:44:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're done.
00:44:02
Zack
Alabama needs this to stay alive. I've i've seen that Alabama is still like even money to make the playoffs, basically, right now, which is crazy.
00:44:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Gosh.
00:44:14
Zack
um But with two losses, and as you schedule, I think Vegas is anticipating that you're going to make it in still.
00:44:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:44:21
Zack
So they're basically just, supposed they're going to win out. um I think Alabama wins this one pretty comfortably because I don't believe in misery at all. That's where
00:44:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it took, it took, uh, Brady cook to like, he went out injured last week, high ankle sprain and miss like the whole second quarter and then came back at the end of the third, brought him back to win against a really bad, um, Oh, who were they playing South current? They were playing South Carolina, right?
00:44:54
Zack
all That's what I was just looking up, actually.
00:44:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Or was it Mississippi state? No, it was South Carolina. I'm almost positive of South Carolina.
00:45:02
Zack
Yeah, hang on a second.
00:45:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Zach's gonna fact check me.
00:45:05
Zack
Factor.
00:45:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So he obviously got the the the pain.
00:45:07
Zack
It was Auburn. Auburn.
00:45:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Auburn, that's right. The worst of the worst.
00:45:11
Zack
21-17 final.
00:45:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. ah He came back, led him back to a win. That's great. He got the shot in his ankle to you know make the pain go away. ah High ankle sprain's worse seven days later.
00:45:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The soreness sets in. He's not gonna be able to be mobile at all. If there's one thing that I kind of like, Jane Miro, good college football quarterback, Ryan Williams, awesome receiver.
00:45:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Outside of that on their offense, I'm not worried about much about Bama, but what I will give Bama is they still have a good defensive line. And I think they get after Brady Cook. I don't think this will be close at all.
00:45:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think it's just going to be an absolute route, especially at home.
00:45:51
Zack
Yeah, I agree.
00:45:55
Zack
OK. Next up, we have a big, big, big, big G5 matchup. 10s, how do you feel about Boise State UNLV?
00:46:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yes, so I have been, I talked about it a little bit last week. I was up late watching this UNLV team against Oregon State. ah I like this UNLV team. What a fun story it is considering their starting quarterback decides, oh, I'm not getting paid enough in NIL. So I'm going to red shirt and take myself off the team to enter the transfer portal.
00:46:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They haven't missed a beat the backup quarterback has come in. They're scoring a lot of points um This UNLV team is fun to watch and on the flip side You've got Boise State who has not played anyone outside of Oregon, but they did play Oregon tough. They lost only by three um and so And obviously Austin Ginty is a um Heisman candidate right now.
00:47:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah He's, I think he's the favorite actually. But um yeah.
00:47:03
Mason
I think so too, yeah. Whilst I checked, I think so. I'll take a look.
00:47:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. They're ranked, Boise State's ranked 17th. Kind of hold their future in their hands as far as getting the non-power five school playoff bid. ah this This has to be a statement game. If if Austin, john if he wants to win the Heisman, this has to be a game where he keeps doing what he's been doing. ah And Boise he has to show that like, hey, we're a very good team. We deserve a playoff spot. This is a UNLV team who's probably going to be there
00:47:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Strongest competition outside of the one game against Oregon So this is gonna be a fun Friday night game I've been talking about these Friday night games have been good all year or since they started doing them a couple weeks ago um So um I'm looking forward to it Boise State to three and a half point favorite. I Don't know who to pick. I've watched both these teams They're your traditional non-power five schools as far as like, they do some stuff well, they do some stuff really bad. So it's really gonna come down, I really think it's just gonna come down to, does Gen Z go off? And if so, can Williams, the quarterback for UNLV, Hawk Malik Williams,
00:48:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
go like just sling that ball around and keep a minute. Cause he's been a playmaker ever since the quarterback took himself off the team and red shirted.
00:48:35
Mason
Plus 220 to win the Heisman, still the leader. Cam Ward plus 250.
00:48:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yes. Probably can't more time.
00:48:44
Zack
That's gross.
00:48:45
Mason
Oh, would you take it right here, plus 250?
00:48:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, not, no, not too.
00:48:48
Mason
What happens if they get if they lose this game? there Yeah, does it matter for him?
00:48:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Who boys you stay.
00:48:55
Mason
He's not the quarterback. he If he just keeps patent stats, he should be fine, right?
00:48:59
Zack
be there at the end of the season. They need to be in the playoff.
00:49:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They have to be in the playoff for him to get that high zone.
00:49:02
Mason
That's a good point.
00:49:03
Zack
I think... I like Boise State here. I think Gente is fighting for a Heisman at this point, and everyone knows it. I think they're going to let him cook. i Also, talking about good losses is always weird, but that loss to Oregon is the best loss of the season for any team, like by far.
00:49:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:49:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
00:49:23
Zack
um I don't even think the committee is going to see that as a loss, really, on like on their schedule.
00:49:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:49:30
Zack
But this is the last opportunity for a Boise State team to prove themselves. coming into where reasonably there's going to be one spot open for a lot of teams who are going to have one loss probably. You have to differentiate yourself against um against the navies and armies if something happens and one of them goes undefeated. You have to have a resume that says, hey, we're better than those teams. um And I think they know they need the win. They're desperate for it. I think Gente is going to be trying to prove his Heisman.
00:50:05
Zack
stature and I think if they would do in this game he will become the favorite by a pretty wide margin so It will be a big game, but I like both these state
Boise State vs. UNLV Game Implications
00:50:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Real big game kicking off 10 30 Eastern.
00:50:20
Zack
Okay, we have a couple of ah big 10 games coming up is usually 1030 Eastern That is disgusting what are we What are we doing?
00:50:20
Mason
Mm.
00:50:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:50:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
For that boys, you say game. I think so. Yeah.
00:50:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Nine 30 central time.
00:50:31
Zack
America That is the worst. It's not going to be over until like 1.30am.
00:50:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's bad.
00:50:37
Zack
I'm not staying up to watch that. Okay. Anyways, ah we have two Big Ten matchups that are big time. And neither of them involve Ohio State. We've talked about playoff races and things of that nature.
00:50:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and and fake Patrick Mahomes.
00:50:52
Zack
ah No fake Patrick Mahomes either. Sorry, he's pretty much dead at this point. After Indiana did to him, fake Patrick Mahomes is cooked.
00:51:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:51:01
Zack
for the season. We'll talk, we'll bring it back next season.
00:51:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We'll see you next year, buddy.
00:51:06
Zack
So we've got Illinois, Oregon. um A very big game for Oregon. Oregon's schedule, if you're looking at it, is pretty soft.
00:51:17
Zack
um They had Ohio State, they got the dub there. That Boise State, you gotta win. They kind of have creeped by and all of a sudden are looking at that number one Team the Nation talk.
00:51:29
Zack
um This Illinois team is pretty frisky. ah This Illinois team has a loss, ah but they are right there are kind of.
00:51:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Tough. There's tough. Yep.
00:51:38
Zack
This would be what they need to get firmly into the playoff conversation. If Illinois could pull off a big upset against Oregon, all of a sudden the Big Ten is in shambles. And Illinois is sitting there um sneaking thinking about sneaking into a playoff situation. So huge, huge game for both programs. I don't think Oregon's going to overlook this one because I think everyone knows Illinois can be pretty sneaky.
00:52:03
Zack
um
00:52:06
Zack
Tenz, what do you think about this one?
00:52:08
Zack
Pretty interesting matchup.
00:52:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, this is yes, it's, it's a really hard matchup to me.
00:52:12
Zack
Dylan Gabriel, Heisman as well.
00:52:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, Dylan Gabriel Heisman kind of starting to creep back into the picture. um This would be a big statement game for him to keep his team at number one. and Just I'm looking at it organs favored by 22 and a half points.
00:52:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's crazy to me against an Illinois team that yes, they're ranked um They've played a tough schedule they have played Michigan who's a tough football team Illinois or ah Penn State Nebraska who we know sucks Kansas who at the time we thought was good and But still, this is this Illinois team is a tough football team.
00:52:32
Zack
That's a crazy number. Yep.
00:52:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They don't turn the ball over. Their quarterback is thrown one interception all year and that was on a Hail Mary at the end of a half just to try and make something happen.
00:52:56
Zack
They've won two overtime games this season.
00:52:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um
00:53:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
two overtime games, they've, yeah, I mean, one was against Purdue who Oregon beat 35 to nothing, but that's okay.
00:53:06
Zack
That didn't age well. Yeah.
00:53:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Sometimes you just find yourself in a shootout in the big 10, it happens.
00:53:10
Zack
Got to win. Find a way to win.
00:53:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I like this Illinois team. Altmeyer has played well all year.
00:53:17
Zack
Me too.
00:53:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um I have liked what I've seen out of them. Nothing tells me that they should be a 22 point underdog, but at the same time, from what I've seen from Oregon and I've said it multiple times since the Boise State game, they figured out what they wanna do and they've been doing it at a high level.
00:53:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So I don't know what I, this is a game, I think it's Penn State, yeah.
00:53:42
Zack
One of my biggest bets of the year so far was on Illinois to like 16 and a half points spread against Penn State. I thought that was too many points. we We won that one. It was tight, but we won it.
00:53:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, that's, yeah, twenty
00:53:53
Zack
I think it's a similar situation here. I think 21 and a half. I actually like, I see 21 and a half on yeah ESPN bet right now, but I actually like that spread a lot.
00:54:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
okay Okay.
00:54:04
Zack
I think I'm going to, I'm definitely taking Illinois on that one.
00:54:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I think they keep it in that 14 point range. um I don't know if they can win. I mean it's a home game for Oregon. They do have a good home field.
00:54:15
Zack
That would be a shock. Yeah.
00:54:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, they would, they would really have to play a perfect football game and Oregon would have to kind of go back to what they're doing the first of the year, bad offensive line, put play. Um, Dylan Gabriel would have to throw some, some boneheaded picks for that to happen in my opinion.
00:54:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah So I do see them winning the game, but yeah, 20, anything over 20 points is a lot for an Illinois team who's played as tough as they have all year.
00:54:35
Zack
Agree.
00:54:44
Zack
agree Okay, let's hit this other Big Ten game here really fast. Penn State at Wisconsin. Penn State six and a half point favorites. So Wisconsin team that's looked much better since the beginning of the season.
00:55:00
Zack
The Penn State team that just honestly has not faced a ton of competition up to this point.
00:55:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
00:55:04
Zack
They played Illinois at home. um They're on the road here. It's the Wisconsin team that's five and two, but has played been playing better as of late. They played Bama early in the season, lost their quarterback in the beginning of the game.
00:55:18
Zack
Tough situation there. That spread is pretty small, six and a half.
00:55:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:55:23
Zack
um How do you feel about that one? Just really quick.
00:55:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So the big game, Wisconsin's gonna, they've hyped up the crowd. It's gonna be a big home field advantage for them. They have played well since um Tyler Van Dyke went out, cause he's a bad quarterback, shocker alert.
00:55:39
Zack
enough.
00:55:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Guy was on like his fourth college football team. That should have been all you needed to know. um Sophomore quarterback, Braden Locke has taken over. He's more of a athlete. So they're doing a lot of RPO stuff with the running back.
00:55:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah you know, Ty Walker has been playing well. He's ah he's approaching 700 yards. He has nine touchdowns. So I think this Wisconsin team could keep it close.
00:56:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This is this just feels like I've said it before, but this feels like a Penn State game where they kind of trip over their own feet, um where they have a tendency of doing that.
00:56:13
Zack
Could be.
00:56:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Feels like a field goal game between two classic big 10 schools. Whoever's got the ball last kicks the game winning field goal.
00:56:27
Zack
There you go.
00:56:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Kind of game.
00:56:28
Zack
Wow. That's all you like to spread, huh?
00:56:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I like the spread. I like Wisconsin. Yeah, I like Wisconsin the cover. I think they they get it done on the ground, play a time possession kind of football game. They're solid on defense and then Penn State just I don't know.
00:56:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're due. They're due to choke eventually. I'll believe it when I see it at the end of the year when Penn State doesn't choke away games that they're not supposed to.
00:56:52
Zack
Yup. Agree. Okay, last one. I'm calling this an an elimination game.
Notre Dame & Navy Playoff Hopes
00:56:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh.
00:56:59
Zack
Officially. Notre Dame Navy. Loser goes home. Loser's done. I feel confident that if the committee puts in a Notre Dame team with a loss to Navy an and NIU, the system's broken.
00:57:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah
00:57:14
Zack
Cancel the season.
00:57:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sister we need a whole new committee Yeah Give me Navy
00:57:17
Zack
Throw it out. I think Notre Dame will be out with a loss. I think Navy, if they take a bad loss here, they'll also be eliminated in their first decent competition. Notre Dame, 13-point favorites on the road at Navy. It's probably going to be a fun environment there. Navy with their best team in a very long time on the field. I think Notre Dame probably covers that though. They've been playing much better. It's kind of gross, but...
00:57:48
Zack
um
00:57:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You're right though, I just, yeah, and they know it.
00:57:50
Zack
Notre Dame's fighting for a playoff spot. I don't think Navy is. We can say they are, but I just don't i don't i don't believe it yet.
00:57:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think Navy's just happy to be here. I think they're just happy to be in the conversation.
00:58:00
Zack
We read off their schedule in the in our Monday episode, and boy, is it just something.
00:58:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right, um one last college thing I just wanna throw out really fast.
00:58:07
Zack
OK.
00:58:12
Zack
Let's do it.
00:58:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Indiana's starting quarterback. It looks like he's going to miss the game. So k Kurt Kurt Rorick Had thumb surgery you actually saw it in the game where he hit it on someone else's hand and it like sliced and it they like glued it for the rest of the game and he played but He had surgery this week um They think he's gonna miss and
00:58:19
Zack
Hmm.
00:58:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
this could be a potential their backup quarterback is actually indiana is a star basketball player legend uh jackson davis his little brother is the backup quarterback which is kind of wild he hasn't played a lot but it's just something it's just something to look out for this washington team is a little bit frisky um
00:58:49
Zack
Hmm.
00:59:00
Zack
They've been the most up and down team, maybe in the nation, maybe like the most unpredictable, along with USC, maybe.
00:59:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
this this has This just has Indiana ruining their season vibes all over it. You absolutely destroyed Nebraska last week. You look like an absolute juggernaut.
00:59:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then you find yourself at 11 o'clock on a Saturday morning against a Washington team who has no business doing anything.
00:59:24
Zack
Nothing to lose.
00:59:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And you have a backup quarterback in there and then you look up and it's 14 to three and you go, oh no, we've we've really done it this time. I don't know, something to look out for.
00:59:33
Zack
Well, it would be fun. I'd be for that.
00:59:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not rooting for it. I like this in Indiana team, but the signs point to something, something might happen right there.
00:59:39
Zack
I need some losses.
00:59:43
Zack
When you're on a bye week, when you're on a bye week, you're rooting for every other team in playoff contention to lose.
00:59:44
Mason
Six and a half point spread.
00:59:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sure.
00:59:51
Zack
It's good. It can only be for your benefit.
00:59:54
Mason
So do you take Washington plus six and a half? I wish it was seven.
00:59:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
If it gets it, yeah, if it was seven and a half, I'd have already taken it.
01:00:01
Zack
If this was in Washington, I think it'd be like even money almost.
01:00:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, probably.
01:00:07
Zack
I mean, it's not, so does it doesn't matter, but pretty interesting one. Yeah.
01:00:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, so something something to look out for. That's that that's a tricky spot that I might I've been having success betting underdogs the last couple of weeks where I just I find a spot that I like. I'm starting to like that one more than I um would want to just because I'm kind of rooting for any and I don't have any like futures or anything, but it's just.
01:00:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know. Something tells me. Yeah, that might be one lookout.
01:00:39
Zack
Hmm. Look out.
01:00:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But just one just one throw that one out there.
01:00:43
Zack
Love it. Okay.
01:00:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right, um so we're gonna we're we're not gonna talk about any matchup this this weekend in the NFL. It's a little weird. um Also, it's just been crazy with injuries.
01:00:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And I feel like we went through this last year, but it was with quarterbacks.
01:00:57
Mason
a
01:01:00
Mason
yeah
01:01:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
At this point last year, we had tons of injured quarterbacks. So at least this year, we're not dealing with that. But instead, it's like every star player or important skill position guy is going down with injury.
01:01:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um So it's just been unfortunate. Um, kind of taking some fun out of watching the NFL as far as like fun, explosive players going down with injury.
01:01:21
Mason
Yeah Yeah, we
01:01:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, but if you play fantasy football or you've listened to this podcast, you kind of already know about all of those guys. Cause you probably have been affected one way or the other.
01:01:32
Mason
Yeah, Monday night was rough to just overall injury wise, ah especially in a game that was like getting blown out and Chris Godwin goes down and you're like, man, when is this going to stop of just like these injuries?
01:01:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
01:01:46
Mason
It's crazy, but. We do have a lot of teams needing, because of the injuries, ah needing play that are in contention and you already see teams kind of selling out.
01:01:57
Mason
So that's what we're gonna talk about. I'm sure everybody listening has already kind of seen some of these news, but we just wanna break down our thoughts. Is there one in mind that we should start with?
01:02:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mmm.
01:02:09
Mason
Like one that's just gonna really get the blood boiling, you know. Zach, one you can think of. Maybe a one in five team that's already selling out. I'm listening.
01:02:20
Zack
Yeah, it's the Titans for sure. Titans, cowards. I'll be honest, I just I hate the tanking thing. And I hate it when it's so obvious.
01:02:32
Zack
It's just I know that um things things weren't going great for the season and we're in a pretty negative direction.
01:02:41
Zack
But there's a reality where you fight and you get you get like five or six wins and it's like the team know The fans know you're fighting and there's another reality where you just are tanking and no one's having any fun.
01:02:42
Mason
yeah
01:02:54
Zack
that's fine I hate the tanking model. and know i know it I know it is and exists because it kind of has to and there's you're looking towards and the future, whatever you can call it.
01:02:58
Mason
Yeah, what it is.
Tennessee Titans Tanking Strategy
01:03:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
01:03:06
Zack
it's It's really hard for me to be interested in watching a Titans game right now when I know that it's just they've already given up.
01:03:17
Mason
So getting blown out against the bills, one in five team going to Detroit as 11 point underdog. This is the life of a Titans fan right now. And you're, you wake up, uh, just on a Wednesday morning, an innocent Wednesday morning, you know, and, uh, DeAndre Hopkins and one of our defensive players, uh, gets traded away for, uh, with the age.
01:03:31
Zack
Uh-huh.
01:03:38
Zack
I got
01:03:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cam sandwich.
01:03:42
Zack
fourth round, conditional picks.
01:03:43
Mason
Yeah. Uh, fifth. Yeah. and what It was a conditional fifth round. Right. So the more playing time.
01:03:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Condition of it, yeah.
01:03:50
Mason
Yeah. So he can, we can get a fourth of depending on his play time and stats and stuff, but, um, I just don't understand, like, if we're going to overpay Calvin Ridley, you give me thoughts that we're all in on a on on our offense here.
01:04:09
Mason
I told you I was excited about him, but I thought the money was too much. I've said that back in the off-season. I still thought we overpaid for him. I'm not changing my thoughts now. I've already felt it.
01:04:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Even after all those drops.
01:04:21
Mason
Listen, it's just like you give me, you give me vibes that we're tanking with like getting rid of right. And you are, you got, we'll love us here. But then it's like, you reel me back in with signing Calvin Ridley.
01:04:34
Mason
And it's like, Oh, maybe they do want us to not be horrible. Like if you're going to tank, let's go ahead and just be full Panthers. Like do what the Panthers are doing here.
01:04:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
but
01:04:42
Mason
Like I just don't, I don't understand, but. where one of the few teams, but let's see, I saw Patriots on here with one win. um Who else has one win?
01:04:53
Mason
My screen just froze, but we're down there in contention of the first round pick or first overall pick.
01:05:00
Zack
Not for Jags.
01:05:00
Mason
So not the Jags, no.
01:05:04
Zack
They're not taking him.
01:05:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Somehow I just want to watch it
01:05:06
Mason
Patriots, Browns, and not anymore. Cause the Brown, Jamis Winston come back player of the year. Me and Zach put it, put it, I wanted to make sure I put that in my,
01:05:13
Zack
Shout out. He's back, baby.
01:05:16
Mason
Uh, he's back. Come back player.
01:05:19
Zack
um may I mean, I would like to, but I'm excited about the game, though. Would you be excited about the Browns game otherwise?
01:05:26
Mason
No, I'm more excited.
01:05:26
Zack
Nope. Well, I mean, I'm probably not gonna watch it either, but I'm excited about it.
01:05:32
Mason
Zach, would you take eight and a half, uh, eight and a half points against Baltimore? I will. I'll take it eight and a half right now.
01:05:37
Zack
There is, listen, there's something about the hope that a new quarterback brings, no matter how bad they are.
01:05:43
Mason
Mason Rudolph didn't give that to me. I'm sorry.
01:05:45
Zack
Mason Rudolph, but he came and played well for like the first game. Like there's always that yeah first quarterback bump or first game bump for a new quarterback where it's like,
01:05:50
Mason
The dolphins.
01:05:57
Zack
kind of gets the people excited a little bit. It gets the juices flowing. Everyone's like, oh, we got some hope. um Even if it turns out to be a massive failure, there's always, wait like Will Lewis' first game, Electric.
01:06:03
Mason
ah That's all you need in life.
01:06:09
Zack
His best game ever, by far.
01:06:12
Mason
and we'll probably be the last.
01:06:13
Zack
That's what I'm saying.
01:06:14
Mason
Listen, Zach, yay or nay, if we brought in one Trey Lance, would you be more excited?
01:06:14
Zack
there's There's a first game bump, always.
01:06:20
Zack
It's our stops.
01:06:23
Zack
No.
01:06:24
Mason
Oh, would you bring it?
01:06:24
Zack
For who, the Titans?
01:06:25
Mason
would Yeah, how about James Winston?
01:06:27
Zack
Oh, maybe. I was thinking of James Winston.
01:06:30
Mason
Well, i was't one I was working up to that, James Winston.
01:06:32
Zack
Ryan Tannehill.
01:06:33
Mason
How about Bryce Young?
01:06:34
Zack
Bring him in. I would love Bryce Young on the team. I'll be honest with you.
01:06:39
Zack
I believe in Bryce Young.
01:06:40
Mason
Love, wow.
01:06:42
Mason
I just think he was in a bad system.
01:06:44
Zack
I would like to see Bryce Young on the Titans. I would read for him.
01:06:48
Mason
I would also, maybe we just need to get all the young washed up quarterbacks together.
01:06:53
Zack
Not washed up.
01:06:53
Mason
Same how, not washed up, but they weren't given they were just not in the best system. Just get them all together, like three or four.
01:06:59
Zack
Now will the Titans have the best system?
Brian Callahan Coaching Critique
01:07:01
Zack
No.
01:07:02
Mason
No, they're probably one of the worst.
01:07:04
Zack
Definitely not.
01:07:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, you put you put a lot of faith in Brian Callahan or whatever, Bill Callahan being a good coach. and ah
01:07:10
Zack
But would it be fun? Yes.
01:07:13
Mason
I say we fire them.
01:07:14
Zack
Would I take Candid and Hooker?
01:07:15
Mason
Let's go ahead, clean house, start over.
01:07:15
Zack
Yes.
01:07:18
Zack
Would I take Josh Dobbs?
01:07:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
this is This is after, listen, I remember a guy named Titan 10s who was trying to talk about Callahan being you know first year head coach, first time being an offensive play caller in his whole career.
01:07:20
Zack
Maybe not.
01:07:20
Mason
Fast jobs.
01:07:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And some people, I had a lot of backlash of people calling me a hater, or not me, Titan 10s. A hater, and he didn't know ball um for trying to say that but Callahan was a really bad head coaching hire.
Titan 10s Persona Discussion
01:07:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mason just said to fire him. So for all the Titans heads out there, Titan 10s might, you know, I talked about how, or sorry, Titan 10s talked about how Calvin Ridley, bad, signing.
01:07:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Letting Derek Henry leave, bad idea. Will Levis, terrible quarterback. Your fans not doing ah the greatest job of showing up to games and selling their tickets to other fans.
Double Standard in Player Critiques
01:08:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm, Titan 10s might have been the guy.
01:08:12
Mason
Listen, it's funny.
01:08:17
Mason
Titans 10s existed, but you're not allowed to say that because you're not a Titans fan. You're just like me. I could, you would be hating on, well, you're allowed to say fire Doug Peterson.
01:08:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
why Why?
01:08:27
Mason
You're allowed to hate on tank Bixby, which is now the starting running back, but I can't do that.
01:08:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I had it on St.
01:08:32
Mason
You'd be all over me.
01:08:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bixby last year when he was terrible and he fumbled all the time and he like couldn't do anything correct. Now he's good at football again like he was at Auburn, so I'd give him props. I'm glad he turned it around.
01:08:44
Mason
You're also, it's like one of those things, you're allowed to say something bad about like a family member, but when someone else says it, you're like, Hey, shut your mouth.
01:08:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But he was bad last year. He was bad. He got benched.
01:08:54
Mason
I'm only allowed to say that. And it's like with,
01:08:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You can say bad things about the Jags if they make sense, but it's when people try to make fun of Trevor and that's when I get defensive because he is not the problem.
Offseason Team Rebuilding Ideas
01:09:06
Mason
to you, he's not the problem.
01:09:06
Zack
tensile down a hill yeah you I think we should do an off season segment called like fix
01:09:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
To me, this is not, we're not doing the Trevor Lawrence thing right now. We're supposed to be talking about how you guys are selling DeAndre Hopkins and a linebacker you traded for this off season to turn around and trade him again for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and not even strawberry jelly, but great.
01:09:18
Mason
or peanut butter sandwich. Oh, great. Yeah, that's a bummer.
01:09:31
Zack
I don't know.
01:09:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Fix my team.
01:09:31
Zack
i'm sorry I was trying to, yeah, but like I was trying to think of a fun name like fixer upper or like, uh, extreme team makeover or something like that, where you played, you play the GM and you, and you give the like 10 step plan to how you would fix the program.
01:09:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
oh
01:09:40
Mason
So my whole
01:09:46
Mason
My whole childhood was just getting on Madden, finding the worst team possible for that year and turning them into a Super Bowl. Basically what everybody's doing at NCAA this year.
01:09:56
Zack
Mm-hmm.
01:09:56
Mason
Everybody loves the thought of taking a team that is hot garbage and turning them into a championship team.
01:10:04
Mason
it's the That's the dream right there.
01:10:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
true
01:10:06
Mason
But listen, we had one last thing, unless Tinsley had anything else to could touch on, because the Cooper Cup situation,
01:10:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true.
01:10:13
Mason
Cause apparently they're open for business, which I was surprised that the Rams are also selling out.
Cooper Cup & Stafford Trade Rumors
01:10:19
Mason
Maybe it's just cause.
01:10:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I've seen a rumor that him and Stafford are a package deal to the Vikings.
01:10:25
Mason
Wow.
01:10:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're giving up on Sam Darnold already.
01:10:27
Mason
Who I was like, he's, yeah, he's, he's proven himself to me, but I don't really know.
01:10:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know you put Sam or you put Brad.
01:10:37
Mason
Yeah.
01:10:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I can't talk Stafford behind that Vikings offensive line with Jay Jetta and Cooper Cup. It's a problem for the whole league because Stafford would Stafford would kill people behind the offensive line like that.
01:10:45
Mason
it's a super bowl team that's
01:10:52
Mason
and hawkinson still coming back five and one that yeah they play the rams actually tomorrow it's funny that both those teams are in your little uh so maybe they're waiting to trade them after they play them wouldn't that be funny they're like let's wait until friday or or saturday or sunday to trade them because we don't want him going up against our team uh but anyways they're two and four we've talked about disappointment of the season i saw a thing right now the odds books the the bookmakers are saying that the steelers
01:11:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh.
01:11:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah App.
01:11:20
Mason
are the head favorite. The Chiefs were until the dejare DeAndre opkins Hopkins trade.
01:11:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Steelers are the favorite for Cup.
01:11:27
Mason
So Steelers are the favorite for Cup.
01:11:31
Mason
I think it's because now everybody's like, oh, the Steelers are back, baby.
01:11:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No.
01:11:35
Mason
The fact that they had Russ in there for one game, still not a believer yet. I want to see a little more.
01:11:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You're a little nervous about your your prop. You were tooting your home you're horn a lot the first couple of weeks.
01:11:44
Mason
This is not good, everybody.
01:11:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Russell Wilson came in and threw for what, like 300 yards?
01:11:48
Mason
So now it's like, yeah, I didn't do the math. that's what That's what Zach's here for, but we need to like keep an eye on this when it gets closer and have Zach do like a, he needs to average this much to so ah bust my.
01:12:03
Mason
My bed.
01:12:03
Zack
Yeah, I can do that.
01:12:04
Mason
That was my favorite bed. I like one under every single, and I feel like one of them was, uh, I took John Watson's under before his suspension and then his he got suspended.
01:12:17
Mason
And that was like one of my favorite unders I've ever taken. And this was, this was up there for me. This was like one of my most, like, I felt good about now here we are. So
Betting on Player Performances
01:12:26
Zack
What was the total number? What was the bet?
01:12:26
Mason
we'll see.
01:12:30
Mason
I'll pull it up right now. Let me see.
01:12:35
Mason
Someone filibuster while this is loading.
01:12:39
Mason
Nope.
01:12:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No filibustering for you.
01:12:40
Mason
Okay.
01:12:40
Zack
Okay, we have we do some breaking news on the g5 front liberty shocked 20 like 25 and a half point underdogs or favorites against kinesaw state who was previously had not won a single game Liberty who was undefeated and was on track to be in that conversation at the end of the year at least um would would have had Probably would have gotten snubbed.
01:12:43
Mason
Oh, okay.
01:12:57
Mason
Hmm.
01:12:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bad.
01:13:08
Zack
But what if it loose had like an argument? Because everyone looked like they were going undefeated for sure.
01:13:14
Mason
Yeah.
01:13:14
Zack
Taking the big loss.
01:13:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm-hmm Sucks to suck liberty can happen to a better program This Instagram post is 2750 and a half
01:13:16
Zack
So shout out to those guys.
01:13:20
Zack
Getting a real conference.
01:13:24
Mason
Under 2,500 and a half.
01:13:27
Zack
2,500 and one half.
01:13:29
Mason
Yep.
01:13:31
Zack
OK.
01:13:35
Zack
Oh, uh-oh.
01:13:36
Mason
Yeah, it was on DraftKings and it got pulled and I got it on Caesars for 2,500 and a half.
01:13:42
Zack
Okay, so they have 10 games left, right?
01:13:43
Mason
the you
01:13:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
01:13:45
Mason
Yeah, I'm not sure.
01:13:46
Zack
So.
01:13:47
Mason
What'd you get it at 10s? Did you get 27?
01:13:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I got the 27. Yeah do it live on air.
01:13:51
Mason
Okay.
01:13:52
Zack
Ooh, tough break. So he passed four.
01:13:59
Zack
We're doing the deep dive right now live on air.
01:14:01
Mason
I love how we're doing this on the pod.
01:14:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What did he throw for?
01:14:06
Zack
That's what I'm looking at right now.
01:14:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bet you I find it first.
01:14:08
Zack
Um.
01:14:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh wait.
01:14:11
Zack
either for 264.
01:14:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No Okay
01:14:13
Mason
Mm.
01:14:15
Zack
So for doing some quick math, 2500 minus 264 divided by 10 means he needs to average 223.6 yards per game to hit the over 10.
01:14:23
Mason
This is not good. Then you start using Justin Fielding packages or something.
01:14:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's not a lot of yards.
01:14:34
Mason
Yeah, it's not good.
01:14:36
Zack
This guy a little more leeway.
01:14:36
Mason
I feel better about Tinsley's ticket.
01:14:38
Zack
He's like 245.
01:14:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I got a little I got some wiggle room means I can I can I can watch from afar and giggle just kind of giggling myself just a little bit.
01:14:42
Mason
Yeah, mine's a little more of a sweat. Imagine that.
01:14:50
Zack
You have to switch that one out, Mason. That would be a like trick if you came in the last game.
01:14:52
Mason
We'll keep up with it throughout the season, everybody. All right, is that a pod?
01:14:58
Zack
That's a pod.
01:14:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. Shout out to younger Hopkins. Uh, your Titan career was really great. Hope, hope he has fun winning that super bowl with the chiefs this year.
01:15:03
Mason
I did see a post, I did see a post where it was like, man, tough break for DeAndre.
01:15:03
Zack
Shut the sky up.
01:15:11
Mason
He went from playing with Will Levis and Mason Rudolph to now the quarterback that leads the league in interceptions.
01:15:20
Zack
Got him.
01:15:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true.
01:15:20
Mason
That was a pretty funny, but i got him.
01:15:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That is it did get him.
01:15:25
Mason
All right, well, that's an episode everybody. Thank you for listening to this week's episode.
Conclusion & Listener Engagement
01:15:30
Mason
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