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College Football Playoff Quarterfinals Preview, NFL Playoff Talk, and The Odyssey
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The boys break down the college football playoffs quarterfinal matchups, the NFL playoff scenarios, and discuss the announcement of Christopher Nolan's newest project.
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Intro
Introduction to Sports and Playoffs
00:00:12
Mason
What is up, everybody? This is Mason with the Next Guy podcast. I got Tinsley. I got Zach here. We are ready.
00:00:19
Zack
What up?
00:00:20
Mason
How's everybody doing? We're we're ready to to kick this thing off. We got some sports to talk about, some playoff talk. ah So how's everybody doing today?
00:00:30
Zack
Great.
00:00:31
Mason
Great.
00:00:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Great.
Jaguars' Victory and Draft Implications
00:00:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Jaguars beat the Titans.
00:00:32
Zack
Hmm.
00:00:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's, you know, it's always makes for a good day for me.
00:00:37
Mason
Even if it, uh, kicks you out of the, uh, top spot there, buddy boy, I felt like he would, he would have been happy or he he's pretending that he's, he's happy now. I think he's, uh, you know, doing the whole, I beat the Titans.
00:00:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm fine.
00:00:49
Zack
He's in the spin zone.
00:00:50
Mason
So um that's right.
00:00:50
Zack
Either way, at what it would have went. He would have been like, you know, glad.
00:00:52
Mason
Yeah.
00:00:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I got three players I want to draft.
00:00:53
Zack
Always good to be the tight.
00:00:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So as long as as long as we stay near the top, we're either going to get the fourth or fifth pick at this trip
NFL Sunday's Disappointing Games
00:01:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
point. so ah you know
00:01:04
Mason
So I love that we're actually doing this to start because um if anybody was watching NFL football today, I i ah feel for you.
00:01:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and ah
00:01:12
Mason
because this was i'm not I'm not even overexaggerating. This may have been one of the worst NFL Sundays of football I remember in a really long time. Tinsley, were you watching and Zach, were you watching a majority of them?
00:01:26
Mason
Blowouts and every game, except for the Titans Jags, which their record combines for like, well, now it's four and 12 and three and 13.
00:01:38
Mason
But that was the closest game in the the ah the noon o'clock slate.
00:01:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The early slate Yeah this suddenlyly Yeah, poor old Texans fans only got to see their team scored two points on Christmas They must have been on Santa's naughty list.
00:01:42
Mason
Yeah. But pretty rough. I know we had Saturday games and we had, you know, we had ah Christmas Day and all that stuff. But this was this was a rough Sunday.
Texans and Trevor Lawrence's Season Critique
00:02:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I wonder why I
00:02:04
Mason
Zinger.
00:02:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
probably from all the dirty hits their team gives out.
00:02:08
Mason
I couldn't think of a singer. I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just kidding. You'll forever, which you already had hatred towards the Texans, but I feel like it feeds into it even more with that, uh, the Trevor Lawrence bit.
00:02:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well, that and Texans fans, the way they talk about Trevor online, and then you see all these graphs coming out of quarterbacks the last five years and how they performed. And Trevor's never had once a season as bad as CJ Stroud's having this year. It's just interesting. CJ Stroud appointed himself a top three quarterback this summer, and then now look at him.
00:02:41
Mason
And we're not doing card talk today, but me and Tinsley kind of keep up with sports cards.
00:02:45
Zack
hurt
00:02:45
Mason
That was the, that was the number one, that and Wimby were probably like the number one cards that everybody was going for over the summer and to.
00:02:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And whose value and whose value is still there?
00:02:55
Mason
Wimby's for sure.
00:02:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. CJ Stroud cards in the dumps, penny stocks.
00:02:58
Mason
100%. Not so much. And I don't know if down penny stocks. Uh, and I don't know if we want to do this talk either.
Draft Strategies and Quarterback Choices
00:03:06
Mason
Cause I don't know how many of our listeners, uh, they want to hear about the draft order talk, but all three of us are, uh, closely zoning in and on that.
00:03:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'll do it.
00:03:09
Zack
Card talk.
00:03:17
Mason
Zach, we but did you feel weird rooting for the Jags today?
00:03:18
Zack
I mean, definite definitely, definitely rooting for the Jags today.
00:03:20
Mason
do
00:03:23
Zack
um You know, the the tank is real.
00:03:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and the Giants and the Raiders.
00:03:27
Zack
I think Tennessee, if I could say one thing, they've they've embraced the tank unlike the Jags or the Giants.
00:03:27
Mason
Yeah.
00:03:34
Zack
The Giants messed the tank up today.
00:03:34
Mason
Giants. Yeah.
00:03:35
Zack
How hard can it be? What are we doing?
00:03:38
Mason
I saw.
00:03:39
Zack
Just lose. Uh, Titans for what it's worth. I've given them a lot of grief tanking very well. So shout out to the Titans.
00:03:46
Mason
Thank you very well.
00:03:48
Zack
Um, some are even talking about a double tank situation. I know we've talked about a little bit on this pod.
00:03:52
Mason
That would be you.
00:03:55
Zack
I'm just saying if I were the gene, shout out to myself.
00:03:56
Mason
Shout out to myself, he says.
00:03:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:01
Zack
This is not the deepest draft class, but I think you can, you can get a, a piece, get a, get a bridge guy, bridge quarterback, and then next year, coming back with a number one seed again.
00:04:15
Mason
Love it.
00:04:16
Zack
Tank again, double tank, you get you get a piece and then whatever it looks like, whoever you need that you feel like could set you up for the future, then you add in a quarterback in the next class, double tank sets you up for the future.
Double Tank Draft Strategy
00:04:32
Zack
That's where I'm at.
00:04:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So so you're trading down in this draft taking a good player receives just anyone best player available so The best quarterback for your double tank situation would be the guys on the roster right now if you go sign Kirk Cousins or Aaron Rodgers are they gonna Help you get the first overall pick next year
00:04:36
Zack
Probably. Receiver, running back, Whatever.
00:04:53
Mason
Uh, maybe cause, uh, and Rogers had a, uh, QBR of 1.2 today, or historically bad. It was one of the worst in 20, uh, 20 years, apparently.
00:05:02
Zack
That's not great.
00:05:06
Mason
Davis Mills was one of the worst that had one since then. He played horrible. They got blown out the end. So maybe, I don't know.
00:05:12
Zack
Jamis potentially One game though I think Jamis is the is the optimal tank situation is gonna be fun fun to watch gonna get viewers Not gonna win very many games.
00:05:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So see if you get Jamis, you're not trying to tank, he's going to win you a game you shouldn't win.
00:05:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Jamis is probably three wins.
00:05:24
Mason
But he'll ah motivate that locker room.
00:05:30
Zack
That's okay. That's what you want.
00:05:31
Mason
He'll get the locker room behind him.
00:05:32
Zack
You want to tank?
00:05:33
Mason
Big locker room guy.
00:05:34
Zack
You don't want to you don't want to come out and win seven games. That's no one wants that who who cares.
00:05:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So so you're pushing all your chips in for the 2026 draft art Right so not this Jeff but the next draft is your next quarterback So arch that you're pie in the sky or Nico You can't take traffic sign if you trade down
00:05:41
Zack
I
00:05:43
Zack
no for both of the next two drafts it's double tank you're not putting it in one draft it's two correct uh probably who knows there's a lot of quarterbacks out there i mean probably not going to get that
00:05:58
Mason
Travis Hunter and then Arch? question mark Don't hate it. I never said i was that I wanted to trade down.
00:06:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
oh
00:06:08
Mason
Listen, here's the here's here's the order.
00:06:08
Zack
Now, I don't know i'm
College Football Bowl Games Dynamics
00:06:10
Zack
i'm a little bit in on cam ward. I was i'm like
00:06:12
Mason
hey He was hating on Miami all season long.
00:06:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You know what, I don't veto it because you hated on Miami.
00:06:20
Mason
What do you mean?
00:06:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i Yeah.
00:06:21
Zack
okay what did I say about miami? What did I say about them? I said they're just but getting bailed out and putting everything onto their star quarterback And just letting him run around do it every once and try to win them games Which is exactly what they did The team is terrible.
00:06:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:06:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But if you would have had some more positive mojo, they heard that though, and then they lost the game, they shouldn't have.
00:06:35
Zack
You can't win games with a bad defense Your defense was horrible Now we'll say can we do are we gonna do the cam word sitting in the second half talk here good neighbors do it just to get a record Bowl
00:06:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then we lost our ticket.
00:06:42
Mason
So Zach.
00:06:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, we can.
00:06:48
Mason
Hmm.
00:06:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Malik neighbors did the same thing last year.
00:06:51
Mason
Well. look
00:06:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right, yeah but ah do the NFL GMs and scouts care?
00:07:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, he broke a single season LSU record.
00:07:05
Zack
game should not count in records. I think it's garbage.
00:07:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I agree with that.
00:07:08
Zack
I
00:07:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They don't let playoffs count towards players stats in the NFL.
00:07:12
Mason
It's true. So Zach was right about Miami. Uh, Zach, go ahead and say shout out to me.
00:07:20
Zack
I mean, they made it, it was a close game.
00:07:21
Mason
He's not saying, he's not saying it.
00:07:21
Zack
If K-Mort had played the whole game, BYU's, not BYU, they played Colorado, sorry.
00:07:22
Mason
Well,
00:07:26
Mason
Colorado. Yeah.
00:07:27
Zack
It was a close game.
00:07:28
Mason
BYU did look good though.
00:07:28
Zack
Iowa State, sorry. It was Iowa State, Miami. um That was a fun game.
00:07:31
Mason
Hmm.
00:07:32
Zack
It was a fun game. Pop Tarts. Shout out to the Pop Tarts.
00:07:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They really did all the extra stuff they could with the Pop-Tarts stuff. I was catching all the Twitter. ah Yeah, it was fun.
00:07:42
Mason
And it's.
00:07:43
Zack
It was fun.
00:07:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They made that bowl game fun.
00:07:46
Mason
And guys, I saw into the future, they're going to do this with every single, the, there's a bad boys mower.
00:07:47
Zack
Oh, it was the only one, I think.
00:07:53
Mason
They'll do like mower races on the field.
00:07:53
Zack
Yeah, that's horrible.
00:07:55
Mason
They'll do so for every single one, they'll start bringing in the, because it's good press.
00:07:55
Zack
That would be awesome.
00:08:00
Mason
You see it everywhere. That's all I saw was pot.
00:08:02
Zack
Well, yeah, that's why you sponsor a bowl game.
00:08:02
Mason
I saw more of the podcast than the game.
00:08:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Made me buy some Pop-Tarts.
00:08:06
Zack
So I sent this to the guys last night. I've got I've got some ideas. I had some thoughts on the bowls.
00:08:12
Mason
Okay.
00:08:13
Zack
I think we need a relegation system for bowl games.
00:08:17
Mason
He did send this idea.
00:08:17
Zack
um Yeah, I think this is I think we get to encourage like the Pop-Tart Bowls of the world to keep doing what they're doing. You know,
Proposal for Bowl Game Relegation System
00:08:26
Zack
I think, I think we need to encourage fun bowl game situations.
00:08:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:31
Zack
Encourage, uh, bowls actually trying hard and not just putting on like garbage bowl games. What if, if you won the Pop-Tart Bowl, you got free Pop-Tarts for life.
00:08:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, now there's a deal.
00:08:45
Mason
Hmm.
00:08:47
Zack
Something there like you could just request them.
00:08:49
Mason
Tinsley's going back to college.
00:08:52
Zack
Anytime you wanted them, you just put in a request and be like, hey, it seems so popular. It's nice to send it to you. Electric.
00:08:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Duke's
00:08:58
Zack
Or you'll send you, you just have to like make an Instagram post about it or something. It'd be awesome. Um, there's something there. I don't know. There's, there's ways that you could like extend your, your brand.
00:09:10
Zack
Um, but also if you do a good job, you should be able to get a better match up the next year, get some more premier teams. Uh, if you do a garbage job and your bowl sucks and there's no one wants to go to it, you get relegated.
00:09:24
Zack
Sorry.
00:09:25
Mason
Mm.
00:09:25
Zack
Now you get the sixth best big 10 team versus the sixth best ACC team or whatever it is. Um, the ACC by the way, it looked horrible as their bowl record is garbage.
Impact of Games on Draft Order
00:09:41
Zack
Might've been better if came word had played the second half to be fair.
00:09:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Could be.
00:09:47
Zack
ah That's my bull take I know we're not in college yet, but that's where I'm at We got to cam ward somehow and i I had to get that off.
00:09:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's a good take.
00:09:54
Zack
Sorry Yeah okay competitive like you want to play
00:09:55
Mason
So I know a lot of players like completely forfeit the ball game. That doesn't hurt his draft status stock. Well, I guess it, I mean, he didn't get hurt. I know a lot of them, that's why they, they're want their will.
00:10:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Guys wanna say it hurts like you know showing he's a team player.
00:10:11
Mason
Yeah.
00:10:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
wants it A lot of that's just, yeah, no, they don't care.
00:10:14
Mason
Yeah.
00:10:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
people If you're a good player, then they're gonna take you.
00:10:19
Mason
They're probably glad they set out so he didn't get hurt or no.
00:10:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Christian McCaffrey, he opted out of his bowl game when he was in college many years ago. um He's doing just fine.
00:10:29
Zack
Notably Travis hunter and shooter standards both played which I Was too I don't it seemed I mean, I'm sure that yeah, I'm sure ah Dion had a piece that had a hand in that like to make it like I don't know exactly it's kind of out of character a little bit for People who are pretty professional minded, but it's interesting
00:10:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I was surprised by that.
00:10:34
Mason
Mm-hmm. I bet you his dad got behind him Dion
00:10:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, cause Travis.
00:10:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Travis in an interview, they even asked him like, Hey, are you going to play or have you played your last play in Colorado? And he said, yeah, I'm not gonna play in that bowl game unless there, and he said the number that he would get paid is like a first round pick.
00:11:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's like, unless Colorado wants to pay me that.
00:11:07
Mason
Mm.
00:11:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So I guess he got, he must've got something to play.
00:11:08
Zack
Huh.
00:11:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It didn't make much of a difference.
00:11:13
Zack
No, they look pretty bad. Yeah.
00:11:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Maybe I use a hard team to play against in ballgames because they're, A, they're normally older players, so grown men, strength, and they care.
00:11:22
Zack
Yeah. Not a lot of guys opting out.
00:11:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like, yeah, like this is, this, this is like, they're some of their last chances.
00:11:25
Zack
Yeah.
00:11:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They were playing football again. Most of those guys don't play in NFL. So they, they care.
00:11:35
Zack
They look good. There's some pretty serious question marks about how I was watching that Colorado game and I was like, oh what does this team look like without trigger Sanders and Travis Hunter?
00:11:46
Zack
I don't know the answer to that.
00:11:47
Mason
But
Unpredictable NFL Season and Giants' Draft Pick Loss
00:11:48
Zack
I think everyone's wondering that He's got some drama i mean he's got he's got some guys coming in but I mean Travis Hunter was
00:11:48
Mason
that's why I feel like no one expects Dion to stay, but I could be wrong.
00:11:57
Mason
Yeah.
00:11:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:02
Zack
Those are two huge names that have been there with him the whole time. Like we don't know what Dion looks like as a coach without those two guys.
00:12:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, Travis Hunter, former, yeah, Travis Hunter is a number one recruit coming out of high school player that he's had since day one.
00:12:10
Zack
It may be a dumpster fire.
00:12:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's a very big difference maker. And in Schudler Sanders, for all the people that were doubting if he was a good enough college quarterback, he was a four star coming out of high school.
00:12:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So I don't know. I agree. I don't know what to expect out of Colorado um going forward without those two guys, so but That that kind of leads us into some draft talk which leads us into NFL talk which What is going on?
00:12:42
Mason
Hmm.
00:12:46
Mason
Yes, I had.
00:12:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
there this This season is just chaotic.
00:12:48
Mason
Well, go for it.
00:12:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We've got the Giants Absolutely choking away the first overall draft pick you're you're set to pick for the first time in in franchise history to pick first overall and you go and win a meaningless game against the c Colts.
00:13:06
Mason
I saw a Twitter post, it was like a a picture of drew lock and it was like drew lock when he wearing a tom brady jersey ah drew lock wearing a tom brady jersey and it was a picture where basically drew lock plays like tom brady when the first overall pick is on the line so
00:13:31
Zack
Mm.
00:13:32
Mason
ah Funny stuff. He was playing out of his mind today. I think he had like four touchdown passes. I'll have to double check but Zach Zach came back in the podcast here We were talking about the Giants giving up the first overall pack pick We were going back to ah the NFL a little bit, but let me see here real quick.
00:13:46
Zack
Okay.
00:13:48
Mason
What it how many he did have?
00:13:53
Mason
Looking looking looking This could podcast
00:14:02
Mason
He had, it's loading. Sorry, everybody. I think it was four touchdowns and over three. Oh yeah. So he had, um, four touchdowns, 309 yards and they won the game against the Colts. So, but, um, when I was looking at the order now, and I want to talk about it earlier, now the Patriots are first.
00:14:24
Mason
With, uh, and then the Titans, the Giants, the Browns, the Jags with them winning. And then the Jets, the Panthers, Vegas, Chicago, so on and so forth.
00:14:34
Mason
So it's, it's going to get crazy coming down the stretch here. Um, last two things I want to talk about with an NFL, Zach Saquon Barkley became the ninth running back in NFL history to rush for 2000 yards this season.
00:14:46
Zack
Alright.
00:14:47
Mason
So might be able to get into that, uh, the breaking the record there. Not sure if they'll.
00:14:53
Zack
The ninth?
00:14:54
Mason
Yeah, he came, the became the ninth today.
00:14:56
Zack
Do you know the other eight?
00:14:56
Mason
So, um, let's see. Do you, do you think you could, you think you could help me list them? The obvious ones is Barry.
00:15:06
Zack
CJ2K?
00:15:07
Mason
Yeah, that one. And then Barry Sanders.
00:15:10
Zack
Eric Dickerson did it as well.
00:15:14
Mason
Okay.
00:15:15
Zack
um His name has been talked about a lot.
00:15:15
Mason
Yeah.
00:15:19
Mason
Was I wrong? Did I think Eric Dickerson instead of Barry Sanders?
00:15:25
Zack
I Can look it up hang on Eric Dickerson did do it in 24 in 1984 2,100 he's he's number one over all time.
00:15:26
Mason
Okay.
00:15:34
Zack
He's the one that he could beat potentially I will say that some of the records some of the records are kind of tough now because I
00:15:37
Mason
Very Sanders is in there.
00:15:43
Mason
We're extra game.
00:15:44
Zack
There's an extra game, which I mean, it's tough.
00:15:45
Mason
Yeah.
00:15:49
Zack
Whatever. Um, so he's in first place of 2105 Adrian Peterson, 2097,
00:15:56
Mason
Yep.
00:15:58
Zack
Jamal Lewis, 2066, Barry Sanders, 2053, Derek Henry, 2027, two Titans on the list.
00:16:06
Mason
Yep, our guy.
00:16:09
Zack
Terrell Davis, 2008.
00:16:14
Zack
Chris Johnson, 2006, and OJ Simpson, 2003. Shout out.
00:16:23
Mason
There it is. Shout out.
00:16:26
Zack
Bad guy.
00:16:27
Mason
Uh, next record that, uh, popped up today for this, for this week of NFL was Brock Bowers breaks, uh, bears Mike Dicker's, uh, NFL record for receiving yards by a rookie tight end.
00:16:40
Zack
Wow.
00:16:40
Mason
That guy. Yeah. Maybe it was a good pickup for them for sure. So if they could get, I think they'll definitely draft quarterback here. They should. Cause that was him breaking that record with, you know, mediocre quarterback play.
00:16:53
Mason
I couldn't imagine if they got somebody in there. Who knows? That was kind of it for the NFL that I had to talk about, which was kind of the order.
00:17:02
Zack
three Do you guys know any playoff talk?
00:17:03
Mason
So.
00:17:06
Mason
So no, we did not.
00:17:08
Zack
Okay.
00:17:09
Mason
You got it pulled up there.
AFC Playoff Positions Analysis
00:17:10
Zack
Yeah, of've um I've got some things pulled up. It seems like the number one and two overall seeds are pretty much locked up.
00:17:16
Mason
Well. Yeah.
00:17:20
Zack
ah Kansas City is at one, the Bills are at two, those are bills are done. The other seed is locked up is the four seed, Houston.
00:17:29
Mason
Hmm.
00:17:29
Zack
is locked into that four seed with the AFC South completely locked up.
00:17:34
Mason
Yeah.
00:17:34
Zack
Everything else is kind of in flux.
00:17:34
Mason
Uh, funny that Tinsley was, and Tinsley was talking smack at the beginning of the episode about, about the Texans locked it up.
00:17:44
Zack
Yeah, shout out to the AFC South for being just truly terrible.
00:17:48
Mason
So influx, go ahead.
00:17:50
Zack
um The three seed. is either going to go to the Ravens, which is most likely, but there is a scenario where it goes to the Steelers still.
00:18:02
Zack
That would be Pittsburgh winning.
00:18:05
Mason
Hmm And they play the bangles next week So we don't want that with the we'll talk about it in a minute but some of us have a bingles tickets out there They have life at their with their win yesterday, yeah
00:18:06
Zack
And then um that would be...
00:18:16
Zack
Yep. The Bengals odds are not very good. but they are alive. They are certainly alive. I'm trying to... I saw that the chart I was looking at was not very easy to look at. Um, man. Okay, so help me if I, help me if I mess this up, but it, I feel like the idea is
00:18:50
Zack
Denver would have to lose to or would have to yeah lose to Kansas City.
00:18:57
Mason
Mm hmm.
00:18:57
Zack
If Denver beats Kansas City Denver is pretty much in that seventh spot.
00:19:04
Mason
Yeah, yeah.
00:19:08
Zack
So the other question is kind of with the chargers. It looks like for Pittsburgh to get that three seed, um the Chargers would have to either the Chargers beat the Raiders. Oh, this is getting messy. There's some messy stuff happening with that. There is a reality where the Pittsburgh can get the three seed though. um The five seed is could be either the Steelers, the Chargers, or the Ravens, depending on how things go.
00:19:40
Zack
The sixth seed will either be the Chargers or the Steelers. So Steelers could be three, five, or six, depending on how next week goes.
00:19:52
Zack
And then the seventh seed is either gonna be the Broncos, the Dolphins, or the Bengals.
00:19:58
Mason
Yep, you got to win today, too. Yeah.
00:20:01
Zack
So the Bengals need Denver and Miami both to lose in order for them to get that seventh spot.
00:20:06
Mason
Yep.
00:20:10
Zack
So Miami is playing the Jets. Denver is playing Kansas City.
00:20:15
Mason
The Chiefs will
00:20:15
Zack
The problem is Kansas City is locked up the number one overall seed. And so there's kind of been a meme going around of like this guy determines that the AFC playoff lookout and it's Carson Wentz.
00:20:19
Mason
have the backup send.
00:20:27
Zack
Have you seen that?
00:20:28
Mason
Yeah.
00:20:28
Zack
It's the guy who determines who makes the playoffs because that game is going to impact a good bit of this puzzle. the I've also seen some funny things where it's like Patrick Mahomes knowing he can he can lose the game and e eliminate Joe Burrow from the playoffs and But he will not touch the field if I had to guess So True
00:20:52
Mason
They definitely don't want to see Joe Burrow and the and the Bengals in the playoffs, I would say. They'd rather see a rookie Bo Nicks out there than Joe Burrow, I would feel like so.
NFC Playoff Scenarios Overview
00:21:05
Mason
Okay, so you want to talk about the NFC playoff prediction or playoff format that they got going on right now? Do you have that pulled up?
00:21:14
Zack
Mmm, I don't have that pulled up. If you do, there will be.
00:21:16
Mason
Okay, so i I'll kick us off. So right now we have the Vikings. they they Man, they really had a blowout, like they blew out the, ah well no, yeah, they they came down to the end with the, did they play the Packers today? Yeah, so that came down to the end, 27 to 25, but they ended up getting the win. So they're at the number one seed right now. And then you have the Eagles, the Lions, and the Packers. Still up for grabs would be the Rams, the Buccaneers, and the Commanders who are currently playing while we're recording.
00:21:51
Mason
And then on the outside looking in is the Seahawks and ah the Falcons are also still playing. So if the Falcons get a win, they're up to 80% of getting back into this thing. The the Seahawks have a very slim ah the chance of winning, ah getting in. So any ah anything that jumps out to you on those?
00:22:17
Zack
So there's a lot up for grabs still, right?
00:22:19
Mason
Yes, there is.
00:22:20
Zack
Is the idea. um
00:22:22
Mason
Way more than the AFC.
00:22:24
Zack
Yeah, I think it's pretty interesting. It's going to be for some interesting games next week. are you You kind of like where when the last game the last week of the season actually has some interesting games that matter.
00:22:33
Mason
Yeah. Oh yeah.
00:22:34
Zack
it kind of is It's a bummer whenever you're having to rely on like teams just not playing well or, yeah, who are sitting all their starters and it all gets really messy after that.
00:22:34
Mason
For sure.
00:22:38
Mason
Put that are. Yeah. Yep.
00:22:46
Zack
It's fun whenever teams actually have to care and have to play hard. and ah You kind of get some pre-playoff games in the mix that always makes for some fun football. So exciting stuff Yeah a little bit, you know So this week there's a little bit of a press release
00:22:55
Mason
for sure.
00:22:59
Mason
Okay, so um that's wraps up the NFL. Before we move on to college, we had a couple things. Zach, you had a game or surprise or something for for me? Is that is it or trivia? Or what what was it? Okay. Okay.
00:23:18
Zack
um yeah You don't have a lot of press coming out in the week of Christmas, um but we did have a big news drop That would be a new movie announced from one Christopher Nolan Did you hear about this Mason?
00:23:28
Mason
Hmm.
00:23:33
Mason
I don't think okay.
00:23:34
Zack
It was pretty big You didn't hear about this
00:23:37
Mason
What's here?
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Announcement
00:23:38
Mason
I don't think so.
00:23:39
Zack
ah He announced that he had a new project for in for 2026 and
00:23:44
Zack
Which is making 2026 of shaping up to be a a wild year for movies. um Christopher Nolan's next project will be The Odyssey. A Journey. um Well, this is a mythic action epic. It's going to be shot ah with some new IMAX technology.
00:24:04
Mason
Okay.
00:24:04
Zack
Um, this is going to be fun. Uh, it's going to be huge. That's what we're going to talk about the Odyssey here in a second. Um, this is supposedly starring Tom Holland, Zendaya and Hathaway, Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong'o and Robert Pattinson.
00:24:22
Zack
So a wildcast here.
00:24:23
Mason
Wow, that's that's a crazy cast.
00:24:24
Zack
Um, it's, uh, there's a lot of conversation about Christopher Nolan kind of having a blank check.
00:24:26
Mason
Okay.
00:24:33
Zack
ah for a project and this seems to be him cashing it in and saying, I wanted i've wanted to do this movie. um okay It may very well be a part one, part two situation because this is a very involved story. Doing it in a three hour movie seems kind of impossible. So it very well could be a part one, part two situation, but um very exciting. it's is gonna It's going to be fun. um What I wanted to talk to Mason about. Mason, um what is your knowledge of the Odyssey?
00:25:04
Mason
i could I could not tell you anything at all.
00:25:07
Zack
See here's I thought you were going to say that. um And the reason I asked you is because we went to the same high school and I know for a fact that this was covered in our high school English classes.
00:25:20
Zack
ah Junior year, maybe I might have a freshman year.
00:25:23
Mason
So it's based on a book?
00:25:25
Zack
Oh, boy. ah Yeah, this is and this is no shot to Mason. It's been a popular conversation on the Internet because a lot of people are in Mason's shoes and they're like, I don't know what the Odyssey is that a lot of other people are like,
00:25:38
Mason
How could you not know?
00:25:38
Zack
We had to read this in high school, like everyone did. It was like a national standard. And and so people's knowledge obviously differs depending on... um Well, it's it's an it's a very it's bad it's an old book. It's been translated, I think, from Greek. It was written by Homer. He wrote another book called The Iliad. It's kind of a part one, part two. um In the Trojan War, is it's kind of around that time.
00:26:07
Zack
I was gonna do a little trivia with you about the Odyssey, but if you don't know anything about it, let's just, well, we'll see.
00:26:13
Mason
So here's, here's the thing. I graduated high school like 12 years ago at this point. Um, and I hated reading when I was in high school.
00:26:24
Mason
So I feel like I was very like checked out on like books. I would, uh, uh, shoot, what's the spark noted or not really paid attention or yeah, cliff note.
00:26:32
Zack
Yep, yep, life notes.
00:26:35
Mason
Yeah, that too. So, um, if you had to ask me some of the, Uh, books that I had to read. I could, I could not tell you at all. I'd be like, I don't even remember that.
00:26:46
Zack
You remember any of them? Animal Farm?
00:26:48
Mason
Animal farm was one. I remember that one. Scarlet letter was another one.
00:26:51
Zack
Lord of the Flies?
00:26:53
Mason
Lord the flies. Yeah. Uh, let's see what else was there in middle school.
00:26:56
Zack
Great Expectations? I had to read that.
00:26:59
Mason
I think we read, uh, Chronicles and Narnia outsiders.
00:27:00
Zack
That was the worst. The Outsiders?
00:27:05
Mason
No, I never read that one.
00:27:06
Zack
You didn't read the Outsiders?
00:27:07
Mason
No.
00:27:09
Zack
and Okay, so let's do a little bit of a system Odyssey talk because I think the people will need it the people need a little bit of a refresher, you know No It is not no, this is like an ancient civilization.
00:27:11
Mason
So you're going to do trivia. OK. So Odyssey, would this be similar to some of the movies? Does this go right in line with christ Christopher Nolan's like movies? Like I think Oppenheimer was a little bit different, but like you had Interstellar, you had Inception. OK, never mind. OK, go ahead.
00:27:36
Zack
Have you seen the movie Troy like Brad Pitt?
00:27:38
Mason
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:27:39
Zack
it's It's like the sequel to Troy. Troy is based on iy the Iliad.
00:27:41
Mason
Okay.
00:27:43
Zack
So it's like during the Trojan War, um like with the Trojan Horse, all that stuff.
00:27:45
Mason
Okay. Mm hmm.
00:27:49
Zack
um It's like what happens after that.
00:27:52
Zack
Are you with me?
00:27:52
Mason
Okay, I'm here. I'm here. I'm I'm I'm writing down notes as we speak.
00:27:55
Zack
OK, so the main character. You have any idea?
00:28:02
Mason
Tom Holland.
00:28:03
Zack
No, like what his name is.
00:28:04
Mason
Oh, couldn't tell you.
00:28:06
Zack
His name is his name is Odysseus.
00:28:08
Mason
Okay, man, I should have got that from the
00:28:09
Zack
Yeah.
00:28:13
Zack
ah So this guy Odysseus, he um has been off fighting the Trojan War. And he's trying, he's trying to spend he's been like, he's left Ithaca. He's trying to get home. And that's this is like the story of him. It's called an epic, because it's like the story of him trying to get home and fight it facing all of these tests that come up. It's kind of the idea. um A lot of people think Matt Damon is going to be Odysseus.
00:28:40
Mason
Hmm.
00:28:41
Zack
you know that for sure best kind of the thought so he has a son who if i had to guess is gonna be tom holland his son his name is telemoccas in his wife is penelope fired to guess i'll be not it would probably be in half away sunday if i had to guess is gonna be other character coming up this is this is all a conjecture
00:28:44
Mason
This would be a stat cast for sure. Dang.
00:28:56
Mason
It's Zendaya. Okay.
00:29:06
Zack
um So we're not going to go through the whole the whole shindig here, but um Odysseus is trying to get home. There is a bunch of people that he has to visit. um There's a king of Sparta, Menelaus. But then there's also a bunch of other stuff that happens. The the kind of most popular part of the story is um him trying to get home. He faces he he meets Calypso.
00:29:37
Zack
who is like a beautiful, lustful nymph who wants to marry Odysseus and grant him immortality. And that would probably be Zendaya if I had to guess.
00:29:47
Mason
Hmm, okay.
00:29:48
Zack
um He gets captured at some point. He meets up with postid Poseidon in Cyclops. He has to fight Cyclops. That's a pretty big piece of the of the story. So there's like sea monsters and there's like mermaids and all that kind of stuff.
00:30:02
Zack
um But he has to fight Poseidon the sea god. And then Cyclops, he gets shipwrecked. And.
00:30:11
Mason
So full on Greek mythology story.
00:30:14
Zack
Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. This is like the Greek
The Odyssey Film Adaptation Discussion
00:30:16
Zack
story. Yeah. So he ends up doing a much stuff. There's some cannibals. We won't go into all of it, but Zeus is a piece of the puzzle here.
00:30:29
Zack
There's some sirens. um is It's a whole thing. So this is what we're doing. This is what ah Christopher Nolan is gonna put on screen.
00:30:40
Mason
so gonna be good
00:30:40
Zack
It's gonna be wild.
00:30:41
Mason
i were
00:30:42
Zack
I don't know. I think there's a reality where it's like legend. like it's like a It's like greatest movie conversation of all time. Like if you can pull it off. This is like a classic book.
00:30:54
Zack
Um, well, I mean, it's, it's known as one of the greatest stories of all time. It's why we still tell it. That's why it's still taught in schools. I mean, it's, it's famous. Now, a lot of the things that come from it, like storytelling themes and things we still take off, like the Epic journey that we see in a lot of, um, Books. And we've seen a lot of movies now even come from this book is the original, right? Is the originator of it, like.
00:31:18
Zack
You gotta get through all these tasks. You gotta complete all of these missions and then you get to the end. You know, that's kind of Homer created it with the Odyssey. So pretty exciting. I'm i'm kind of pumped for it actually.
00:31:29
Zack
Also won't be surprised if it gets pushed back a couple of years because it's, the production is insane.
00:31:32
Mason
and They're like, wow, we bet off way more than we could chew.
00:31:34
Zack
i don't But they announced they're doing like some new IMAX technology just for this movie. Like it's brand new.
00:31:39
Mason
Chew we.
00:31:40
Zack
So I think that can be cool as well.
00:31:41
Mason
Yeah.
00:31:43
Zack
Who knows?
00:31:44
Mason
And it's all supposed to be done in 2026.
00:31:47
Zack
Um, I think it's 2026.
00:31:49
Zack
Yeah.
00:31:49
Mason
Okay.
00:31:52
Zack
I should probably confirm that, but I'm pretty sure.
00:31:54
Mason
Listen, I'm here for it.
00:31:55
Zack
I think it's going to be pretty exciting.
00:31:56
Mason
It actually sounds like something I would enjoy. Yeah.
00:31:58
Zack
No, it's exciting. It's not going to be like, it's not going to be super slow. It's going to be fun.
00:32:04
Zack
Yep. So there's been a lot of oddity talking on Twitter lately.
00:32:08
Mason
Maybe I should give that a read or a reread since apparently I'd probably read it in high school.
00:32:13
Zack
You should probably just spark an edit.
00:32:15
Mason
There you go.
00:32:16
Zack
I'll be honest with you. it's It's kind of a tough read. It's all translations and it's not it's written in some languages. It makes it pretty tough to consume.
00:32:29
Zack
But there's a lot of funny like tweets like, imagine high schoolers in 2027 just getting to sit down and watch this Christopher Nolan movie in English class instead of reading the book. And I was like, oh man, that'd be awesome.
00:32:45
Mason
Well, that's what I remember when Cronkle's Narnia, that was ah the movie came out around the same time and we read that. And then we ah also got to watch the movie. I wonder how many of those happen these days where people got to just, you know, watch the movie instead of reading the book.
00:33:02
Mason
And it's not all the same, you know, but.
00:33:02
Zack
Oh yeah. No, but yeah, I'm sure there's a lot of, yeah, probably a lot. This says opens in theaters, July 17th, 2026.
00:33:11
Mason
OK.
00:33:16
Zack
Was that true? I don't know.
00:33:19
Mason
He doesn't know.
00:33:19
Zack
Will it be true? Who knows?
00:33:22
Mason
Okay, so before we kick off some college football, I had a, he had a press release.
00:33:22
Zack
Okay.
00:33:25
Zack
Yeah.
00:33:26
Mason
I have a a food for thought. I'm pretty excited about this. And this is kicking off at the, but like basically to kick off the new year, January 3rd, and Oreo dropped a new line of six, count them six different, actually this has like seven or eight on here, but six different ah Oreo.
Exciting New Oreo Flavors
00:33:47
Mason
ah How does, how does ah How does Irish cream Oreo things sound to you?
00:33:54
Zack
I'd eat that.
00:33:55
Mason
I'd also eat that.
00:33:55
Zack
For sure.
00:33:57
Mason
Uh, there was another one, a peanut butter minis was also on here.
00:34:05
Zack
Hmm.
00:34:05
Mason
Would you eat that?
00:34:07
Zack
Definitely.
00:34:11
Mason
Yeah, six of them. Let's go through a signature ah chocolate cookie with five new. There was one that's like a football theme. Mega stuffed level cream are loaded with bits of real Oreo cookie in the cream.
00:34:21
Zack
Oh.
00:34:29
Zack
Hmm. So there's cookies in the cream that's inside of other cookies.
00:34:32
Mason
there's
00:34:36
Mason
Basically, that's what it sounds like.
00:34:36
Zack
Huh? Just extra cookies.
00:34:38
Mason
Never have enough Oreo, they say. oh Oreo Golden Sandwich Cookies.
00:34:43
Zack
They already do those.
00:34:44
Mason
ah The fan favorite Oreo Cakesters, I guess they're bringing them back. Oh, are now filled with the cream filling to make it a sandwich.
00:34:55
Zack
Huh.
00:34:58
Mason
And then they have Oreo Mini Bars, which are ice cream bars, and then Oreo Bites, which are a little ice cream Oreo Bites.
00:35:08
Mason
And I'm going to buy every single one of them.
00:35:10
Zack
Try them all.
00:35:10
Mason
Sure. Tinsley would too, uh, on January 3rd. So there you go.
00:35:15
Zack
Wow, they're strapping on all kinds of stuff.
00:35:19
Mason
We got now, now that you've listened, do it.
00:35:20
Zack
All right, Oreo, this is a PopTarts podcast now. I said sorry, Oreo, this is a PopTarts podcast now.
00:35:26
Mason
That's right. Get your, get a ball game and maybe we'll start talking about you more.
00:35:31
Zack
Oreo ball would be awesome.
00:35:32
Mason
It would.
00:35:34
Zack
What about a cereal bowl?
00:35:38
Zack
All the cereal worked together.
00:35:38
Mason
And it's just serial.
00:35:39
Mason
Remember that one episode where I just talked about the sponsor and it was just like a random item? is it Serial is the sponsor.
00:35:47
Zack
I mean, what if all the cereals pulled their money and then just did the cereal bowl and it was like big cereal just got to have a showcase, all their different cereal brands.
00:35:58
Zack
That'd be awesome.
00:36:00
Mason
Let's workshop it a little bit.
00:36:00
Zack
We would be watching.
00:36:04
Mason
We're here for it. Okay, so if you're listening to this on Monday, uh, when this episode drops, that means tomorrow and then Wednesday, you have some college football that isn't just a ball game, but it has some implications here.
College Football Playoffs Preview
00:36:19
Mason
So we're talking playoffs.
00:36:19
Zack
Big one.
00:36:21
Mason
Yes. So let's go into order here, um, Zach, and let's start with the New Year's Eve.
00:36:22
Zack
Yup. Yup.
00:36:29
Mason
And that will be the, uh, verbo fiesta bowl.
00:36:33
Zack
oh
00:36:33
Mason
And that is Penn state against Boise state. So now that we're here, is it still in the inform everybody, are we still home games or are we now in neutral settings here?
00:36:48
Zack
Oh yeah, these are neutral sites. Yeah, the Fiesta ball is a neutral.
00:36:49
Mason
Neutral sites. Okay.
00:36:51
Zack
ah Famously, this is the ball game where Boise State beat Oklahoma.
00:36:52
Mason
And the rest of them.
00:36:57
Mason
um Okay.
00:36:57
Zack
Back in 07, I think, when they had the famous Statue of Liberty play in the hook and ladder.
00:36:57
Mason
So another. Okay.
00:37:04
Zack
Remember that?
00:37:05
Mason
Bringing back a throwback here. Yeah, I remember that.
00:37:07
Zack
Yeah, so that it's a Boise State obviously pulled a huge upset then.
00:37:07
Mason
Okay.
00:37:11
Zack
They will have to do the same thing. There are 11 point underdogs here to Penn State.
00:37:16
Zack
Penn State. SMU now has an 11 point favorite against Boise State.
00:37:24
Mason
Mm hmm.
00:37:24
Zack
Obviously Ashton Genty in that storyline is huge. um Pretty fun matchup. This is the one where you just feel like there is a reality where if Boise State can make it a shootout, there is a chance.
00:37:43
Zack
I don't know how big of a chance it is. I'll be honest, I think Penn State probably wins this handedly. um Ash and Genty would have to put up about 200, I think, um and would have to just run all over Penn State.
00:37:55
Mason
Hmm.
00:37:57
Zack
I just don't foresee this happening. So I really think Boise State probably um is in over their heads here. I would love to see this be a fun game, though. I would love to see this be competitive.
00:38:09
Mason
We've been waiting on playoffs for one, yeah.
00:38:09
Zack
I'm tired of blowouts. I want i want and want some good games. I think we're gonna get some in some other match-ups here, but I would love for this to be a close one. I'm not sure that it will be.
00:38:21
Mason
So would you take the spread to start? 11.
00:38:25
Zack
um I think I would take Penn State minus 11.
00:38:28
Mason
Hmm. Okay.
00:38:29
Zack
Yep, I just ah just think,
00:38:29
Mason
Maybe there'll be another one in there upset that you're rooting for.
00:38:34
Zack
Like I said, I love, I would love her Boise state to make this competitive. I'm just not confident. They've got the pieces too. They played Oregon really close early in the season. They did Oregon was kind of putting pieces together.
00:38:44
Mason
Yeah.
00:38:46
Zack
Then I'm not sure that's, that's, we can use that game as like a measuring stick anymore, but they did play Oregon close. So there is something there.
00:38:57
Mason
Okay, so let's walk through the, so you got done watching that game, you stay up till midnight, you get to sleep in, and then New Year's Day at 12 o'clock, we have the Chick-fil-A, Peach Bowl, Texas, and Arizona State.
00:39:03
Zack
Yep. Yep. Yep.
00:39:14
Zack
Yep, I think this one's also pretty interesting because Arizona State, they are obviously coming out of the Big 12. They are probably the weakest team. I mean, I'm not actually sure the weakest team. Boise State is probably the worst team in this field still.
00:39:14
Mason
So I'm going through an order here.
00:39:35
Zack
um Arizona State has some pieces where if texas stra I think Texas um defensively is probably going to shut them down.
00:39:35
Mason
Mm.
00:39:44
Zack
This this spread is the biggest spread. It's 12.5-point favorites for Texas. um Texas seemed to put some things together in their first round game. I would I have to think that this is going to be the same situation in Texas it is going to kind of blow them out here.
00:40:01
Zack
Unfortunately I just think that that twelve and a half is I think they're going to hit it. So I'm going to go Texas minus twelve and a half. Unfortunately there's the talent gap is just too big.
00:40:14
Zack
I just don't think that they're on the same level.
00:40:15
Mason
And that's what, and we don't need to do this whole restructure talk, but that's what we've, that's what everybody has been. You know, if you're literally ah had a buy and you're 12 point underdogs, what's, what's, what's the problem here?
00:40:30
Mason
We need to fix that. So yeah.
00:40:31
Zack
um I think Arizona State's a well-coached team. I think they're a good big 12 team. I just don't think that they have the talent to compete with. Texas or Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon, Notre Dame, Georgia.
00:40:43
Zack
I think they would be 12 point favorites, underdogs to pretty much any of those teams. So, here's what it is.
00:40:48
Mason
Okay. So you were talking about closer, uh, closer games, upset games. I'm assuming this will come down to the last two.
00:40:57
Zack
Yep.
00:40:57
Mason
If you had to guess the next one in order. Uh, and I was throwing out 12 o'clock that central time. So if you're in Zach's time zone over here, it was one o'clock, but the next one would be the Rose Bowl.
00:41:09
Zack
oh
00:41:10
Mason
Um, and that is, do we even want to say the team name, Ohio state and Oregon? Um, and that is, it looks like a two and a half point favorite for Ohio State.
00:41:24
Zack
state which is coming off of the Tennessee when a parent obviously um looked very good Yeah, I mean obviously they looked very good their offense was clicking Jeremiah Smith and
00:41:25
Mason
Yeah. Yeah. Get a team while they're hot, you know.
00:41:39
Zack
was a menace. I mean he was just doing everything out there. He looked like an NFL wide receiver. Will Howard played probably the best game of the year.
00:41:47
Mason
Mm hmm.
00:41:47
Zack
There was only a second game of the season that he hit over 300 passing yards. The other one was Oregon. So he stepped up in the big games he's he's played in. They looked like a completely different team than the team that played Michigan.
00:42:02
Zack
The Ohio State team is all of a sudden looking like maybe the best team in the country. against Oregon, a team that um played a close game against Penn State in the Big Ten Championship. Other than that, played a pretty soft schedule throughout the course of the season, except for the game against Ohio State that where they won at home. um Obviously, they have some pieces that are and are really, I mean, they're a very good team. Oregon is a good team. there' like There's no narrative where we say Oregon was overrated. I mean, I think Oregon is a very good team.
00:42:35
Zack
I think this game is gonna come down to it. If Ohio State plays like they get against Kansas City, and Oregon shows up and has their best their best game. um If it's like best on best, I think this could be a very, very, very fun, classic type of game here in the Rose Bowl.
00:42:51
Zack
I think this could be a national championship. I think the winner of this is gonna be the favorite to win the national championship, for sure, after this game is over.
00:42:57
Mason
Hmm.
00:43:00
Zack
So a really, really fun matchup.
00:43:05
Mason
Thanks.
00:43:05
Zack
Picking it is tricky. I think I would pick Ohio State here. If they play like they did against Tennessee, if their wide receivers are dominant, if they had a couple of pieces quench on Judkins and Henderson, that that duo went running back, were dominant.
00:43:22
Zack
um And then the defense was just, we haven't talked about the defense yet, but the defense was lights out. um Pretty much gave nothing up. ah the The corners were just shut down. Defensive line caused all kinds of problems. ah This defense is is maybe the best in the nation. um I think this could be very fun. So I'm going to take Ohio State minus two and a half.
00:43:45
Mason
This game is in Pasadena, California, which might make you think there might be a little edge for organ fans.
00:43:51
Zack
I think there'll be a lot of Oregon fans there, but I think Ohio State will travel well.
00:43:54
Mason
Travel well.
00:43:54
Zack
think I think people wanting to travel to this game is why they had a trouble filling their stadium against Tennessee. And people are already looking ahead to this trip. I think there's going to be a lot of Ohio State fans there as well.
00:44:05
Mason
Yeah.
00:44:07
Zack
Yep, it's going to be a fun one.
00:44:07
Mason
Okay. And the, yeah, I think so too.
00:44:08
Zack
Big game.
00:44:09
Zack
Huge game.
00:44:09
Mason
I'm excited about that game.
00:44:11
Mason
Um, And the last game will be Notre Dame, Georgia and the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
00:44:17
Zack
Mmm.
00:44:17
Mason
um What do you think about this one?
00:44:21
Zack
I've got Georgia as a one-point favorite and Draft Kings Over under is only 45 points ah That's low low.
00:44:26
Mason
Yep. Mmm.
00:44:31
Zack
I think there's gonna be a defensive battle. Obviously Vegas does as well um I don't think it's gonna be a blow out either way Georgia, obviously Carson Beck has declared for the NFL Draft. He is not playing he's injured um I Think this is gonna be a fun matchup.
00:44:47
Zack
I hope it is. I hope this is a I've been a Notre Dame hater throughout the season, as usual, but they took a bad loss early on and would have looked pretty dominant otherwise. They have not played a team really with a pulse in a minute. I mean, they played a USC team that's been frisky, but not great. They played Texas A&M to start the season off.
00:45:15
Zack
I just don't know what this seems to look like against a team like Georgia who's got a lot of talent, but Notre Dame's got a lot of talent.
00:45:22
Mason
You're not nervous about Gunnar Stockton.
00:45:26
Zack
um I think Georgia should be able to just run the ball, should be able to dominate the line of scrimmage.
00:45:26
Mason
We didn't see.
00:45:33
Zack
um I think that's what the I think the line is what it is because of Carson Bex absence. He looks pretty good last week against in their first round game where he he led the comeback and.
00:45:43
Mason
So he was 12 for 16, 71 yards and he did have a pick. But he had a high completion percentage.
00:45:49
Zack
I didn't do anything crazy. Yeah.
00:45:51
Mason
No, didn't do anything. If he could just be a ah game manager, is that what you're thinking? They rely on their defense in the run and he doesn't do anything crazy with the turnovers.
00:45:56
Zack
You rely on your defense. You rely on your run game. You rely on not turning it over. You let him give him your easy balls. I mean you've got talent on your team. You just gotta get the ball to him. Don't try and be a hero. Get the ball to your guys and you know You don't have to score a ton of points here to to um to beat this Notre Dame team, I don't think. There is a reality where this Notre Dame team comes out really flat and it's just outclassed. It looks similar to the Tennessee Ohio State game, where it was just like one team clearly was just much better. ah I think there's a chance that happens, or like Georgia did to Clemson early on this year, where it just was pretty clear that
00:46:45
Zack
ah One team was just much better, had a lot more talent than the other. I don't know that's going to be the case, but I think there's a, there's like a, in my head, the 30% chance that Georgia just runs around to the stadium. There's a 70% chance. It's like a one score game. But I'm thinking Georgia minus one, Georgia minus one.
00:47:04
Mason
All right, so we need to keep up with all these picks that you had. um I want to see your I want to see what your record is, but.
00:47:10
Zack
I'm on Penn State minus 11, Texas minus 12.5, Ohio State minus 2.5, and a half in Georgia minus 1. So all the favorites actually. I don't know if I love that or not.
00:47:20
Mason
Let's parlay them all together, put them in the discord, which.
00:47:22
Zack
I did. It's plus 12.40.
00:47:25
Mason
Oh, look at you.
00:47:25
Zack
I'm curious. I had it going.
00:47:27
Mason
Looks like ah someone might be ah making a parlay there. All right. So yeah, I just brought it up. is Speaking of the discord, make sure that everybody that you keep up with our picks, ah Tensley's been dropping picks on there on the daily. I'm sure he'll have some for the, um for all the college football playoffs to continue. Zach, did you have anything else before we wrap this up?
00:47:52
Zack
I feel good. I feel good.
00:47:54
Mason
Feel good. All right. Well, we appreciate everybody tuning in for this episode. um If you know us personally or you wanna just reach out, please reach out if there's ah anything that you guys wanna have us talk about or do like anything on the pod. We're here for it. We're here for the listeners. So we appreciate you guys. Thank you for tuning in each and every episode and we'll catch you all later.