December 11, 2020 • 38 mins
It's The Odd Couple with Chris Broussard and Rob Parker and the guys celebrate the return of NBA preseason action and discuss whether or not Dabo Swinney has a point saying the College Football Playoff Committee should let another team in over Ohio State who will only play 6 total games this season. MGM Grand Race and Sportsbook Director Lamarr Mitchell previews the weekend and the guys go toe-to-toe in the NFL Pigskin Pickoff!
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All right, Rob, we got Lamar Mitchell, our man named
Jim Grand Rates and sports book director who I'm sure
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you'll be seeing this weekend in Vegas coming up at
the bottom of the hour. Are you hanging with him? Yeah,
I'll go, I'll go buy and see him. I can't
wait to get to Vegas. I'm gonna have a little
nash with Bernie Frado from Fox Sports Radio and my
old radio partner Mark Wilson. The Man. They both mean
the one you did all the odd couple with stuff.
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Now first before Mark and I did Parker and the Man.
We didn't do the odd couple shows. See, that was
somebody else that was stony. All right, Rob, Look, I
just thought of this. I'm gonna throw this at you.
I'm watching I told you I was watching the Rockets
Molly wopped the Chicago Bull sixty four or forty four.
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I know it's preseason. I'm not gonna read anything into it,
but I'm looking at these players and I'm thinking, if
I'm a player on the Rockets and we have a
teammate who is basically saying we're not good enough, we're scrubs.
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I guess he thinks, and I don't want to play
and he doesn't want to play with us because we're
not good enough. Wouldn't you be upset? Now? I get
if a guy sitting out there wants to be traded
because of money, you know, because they won't pay him
or whatever it might be, that's one thing. Or even
if there's some personal issue with the GM or the coach.
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Because we have a perfect example of this already. This
has already happened and it wasn't good. And that's when Lebron.
You remember when there was all the talk about trading
everybody to get in with the Lakers before, right right,
and the reaction from the kids or the other players
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was not good. Basically, it was Lebron saying, yeah, these
guys are no good. I'll get rid of all of
them if it could get me Anthony Davis. Well, what
he's said was they asked him, would you want to
play with Anthony Davis? Right, he said, yeah, of course.
But what I'm just saying, but you still on the
team with people with players, you know what I mean?
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And then you have to look at those guys. It
does affect people Chris, you're professional, but don't tell me
you don't. Look at Lebron sideways and goes this guy
wanted to like get rid of all of us. He doesn't,
he don't have any use for any of us. I
agree that that's a similar example. But yeah, here's where
I'll different with you. Lebron was a three time champion.
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These dudes are a bunch of young rookies. You kind
of even they made they whether they really feel it
or at least it's something you can tell yourself to
make it not feel as bad. Like we're young, we're
just building. This dude's thirty four years old. He's trying
to win a championship like you can. I can understand both,
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like I can understand that because we all knew the
Lakers weren't good enough to win a championship. You know
they can, but they were good enough. That's an argument
for another day. My point is this, though I agree,
like I'm with you, if I'm John Wall and Boogie
Cousins right not to mention Eric Gordon and PJ Tucker.
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I'm like, dude, who you think you are? I mean,
you haven't won anything yet, and when we were closer
had a chance. You didn't. You didn't deliver, you didn't
show up, right, forget about that that you remember the well,
how many three three points did they missed? Twenty seven straight?
Twenty seven straight? You missed a number of was in
that stress you remember? Yeah? Oh yeah, I remember the
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six point game or ten point game or six shots
I think against San Antonio in the playoffs and again
been So I'm just even having any one the internet, right,
and we like Harden, but I'm just saying, like to not,
I'm just looking at these dudes like, and I know
they're professionals, they getting played millions of dollars, so I'm
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not crying a river for them. But I'm just saying, like,
you're right, right, you gotta think about things like that
because you have to deal with people. This is not
like you're an independent contractor and I don't have to
deal with the other guy. I'm just I'm just the
Bill of Christ and I'm at my house and I
don't care about the hospital that I work for, any
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of the co workers. I'm just doing my building, medical
building that Okay, there's no interaction. You don't care about
the other people. This is a team Yep. We're around
each other for six months and we're doing this. We
gotta do that, and the guy's gotta tell you to
hey man, do this or do that, and you like this. God,
don't even respect me as a player. You think some garbage.
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Why should I overextend myself? I agree? I agree? All right? Well,
anyway a Dabbo Sweeney rob he's he had an interesting
quote about Ohio State. Now we know that the Big
Ten change this rule the other day to an Ohio State.
But you know that the conference I believe gets six
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million dollars. I might be wrong, but they get millions
of dollars. They split that money. Is that what it is? Right?
Is it only six million? All the schools I don't
I don't know what the exact number is, but yeah,
but all the schools, basically the schools in the conference
will get some money if Ohio State gets in the playoffs.
And in a year like this, right when you know
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where you haven't had hemorrhages and concession and parking, Chris,
that's big time money. You don't even people don't realize
how much money that is. And people are paying twenty
dollars for parking and ten dollars for fries and all
the other stuff and the beers. You know, I mean,
it's big, big money, right, So I'm personally I know
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you you disagree. I'm not mad at Ohio State or
at the Big Ten for allowing Ohio State. I'm clearly
their best team to play in the championship game. But
Dabbo Sweeney said this, if I was on the committee.
Now he's talking about the football the college football playoffs
commit totally different, right, right, which is gonna play? Take
the top four teams and have the playoff it Right now,
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Ohio State at five and oh is ranked number four,
so you assume if they win the Big Ten title game,
especially if they look impressive, that they will get in
the playoff. But Dabbo says this coach at Clemson, if
I was on the committee, it would be hard for
me to leave out a ten and one Texas A
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and him or an eleven game Florida team over for
a team that played six games. Your thoughts rout mostly
if this is selfish, this is his own thought. By
not having Ohio State in there, Chris is a better
shot at him maybe winning another national championship. Let's just
be honest, right, let's let's keep them out. And I
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think it's it's motivated by that. That's what I think
it is. He knows that Ohio State, despite the few
number of games that they played, is still one of
the top four or five teams in the nation. And
there's no doubt about that. If they were to play
a full schedule, they would be their front center and
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you'd have to deal with them. This is just him
trying to eliminate one school that could beat him, and
I think that's what this is about. Yeah, I am
with you. Texas A and M seven and one, they're
number five, Florida eight and one, number six. I get
where he's coming from in that. Yeah, I mean, if
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you only play six games, we're including their championship game
against Northwestern, which is number fourteen, and they beat Indiana,
which is number twelve. Ohio State already beat them forty
two thirty five. But I get it. Of course, the
more you played, there's a better chance of you losing
all that. But like you said, we all know Ohio
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State is one of the top programs in the country.
And as we've said, when it came to baseball and
when it's come to the NFL and when it will
come to the NBA. This season like it's a different season.
It's just a different type of season. Everything is fluid.
And here's the thing, Ohio State, it was not their
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fault that they only played five games. All the three
games that got canceled were because of the other teams
Maryland with UH Wisconsin. I don't think it was Wisconsin.
Was it Wisconsin checked out Lee? But it was Maryland
and UH, Michigan and Illinois missed a lot of games.
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That's what I thought might have been Maryland, Illinois, and
Michigan and they were all the other team's fault. And
as we said, Ohio State played the game. Were they
missing twenty three guys? Seventeen guys they're missing, right. I
don't for sitting out when you got a bunch of
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guys with COVID, But I'm just saying they you it's
not like it was impossible for them to play and
they just decided not to play because they were ravaged
with COVID, And we understand that. But it wasn't Ohio
State fault. So I don't think they should be punished
because of their You know, my only issue is the
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Big Ten didn't have to invoke that rule Chris before,
I don't understand what they were thinking about. And this way,
it doesn't look like you're bending over for Ohio State.
Try to keep it fair. Would it be the same
thing if it was Northwestern rather than Ohio State and Northwestern, Well,
if they were ranked fourth in the country, I know,
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But if Northwestern was to stop Northwestern from playing in
the championship game, the Big Ten championship game, Chris, is
really that's what I'm talking about, like like they know
that they need Ohio You're saying this year if Northwestern
at number fourteen had only played well they've only played six.
But I'm saying, and then I don't think they would
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have changed it, is what I'm saying, to make sure
that Northwestern gets in the championship game because Northwestern wasn't
gonna play in the in the playoffs. Do you do
you see what I'm say? Well, look if obviously, if
it was if they had to change it for Ohio State,
they would change it for Northwestern. No, I'm not sure
I'm saying if they were. I'm saying if they were
going to play each other, right, Okay, you see what
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I'm saying, oh, you wouldn't just change it for one,
But your point is, let's say Ohio State had a
loss or two, it wasn't gonna be them, it was
say Indiana against Northwestern. Would they change it? No, probably
not if they ranked ninth or you know what I
mean where it looks like they're not gonna get in.
But if they were ranked fourth, don't you think they
would change it because they want somebody in there. It's
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a money thing. I get it, I understand all of that.
I'm just saying, don't set yourself up so that you
have to, you know, make change it bad painting yourself
in the corner with COVID Chris. Didn't they already see
didn't they watch the baseball season and see what happened
to the Marlins and the Cardinals and the Phillies. What? Right?
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But there there is a reasonable number though, like I
don't want I'm sorry, and you're right, they still might
have changed it for our house. They what if they
were saying, I don't know, but but but you know
what I mean, like I didn't understand, like you're playing
an eight game schedule, why would you write in there
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that they'd have to play six is what I'm saying.
I just but here's the thing, right I I hear you,
and that makes sense. But let's be honest, those Ohio
State really look bad. Is anybody sitting there like, oh
my gosh, I can't believe they look like suckers? They
change this? I mean, you know what I mean, nobody really,
It's just it's just it's it's added fuel to the
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rich always get richer, and they always take care of
those schools, and they always bend the rules for those schools.
That that that's all. It just hammers home that that's
all just eats at your crow. It does gets under
your craw. Yes, Is that how you say? Yeah? All right,
something like that. Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox
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Dabbo is Dabbo Jess, you know, trying to protect him
and his team? Or is he have a point? Should
Ohio State have a chance at the college football playoff
with just a six game season? Or is it tough
luck that they only had to play six games? You're
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You can call us up and give your take on
whether or not Dabbo Sweeney has a point. Should Ohio State,
with only six games be bounced from the College Football Playoff?
Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox? You're turned away
in Let's get to the calls, right, all right, let's
do it first. Call up Kyle in Virginia. You're on
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the odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Kyle?
Hey on couple? How's he doing? That's Friday doing good?
Good brother? How are you good? Good? Doing well. I
can't believe I'm saying this, but I kind of agree
with Rob Parker. Don't what Kyle wat. I don't exactly
know if a high state deserves to be in there.
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But if Dabo Sweeney didn't have a different objective on
this in terms of keeping them out, then he would
have just gave the coach speak of you know, it's
not my decision, I'm not on the gas blah blah blah.
And you know, durn well, if he'd only if Clemson
only played five games, no fault of their own, he'd
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be screaming from the high heavens that his team deserves
to be in the playoff, no doubt about that. That's
a great point. Right, You're right, You're right, you are right.
Three if three of their games got canceled and they didn't,
it wasn't their fault. You saw what he said about
was it Florida State? Right? He went off in Florida State? Yeah?
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I mean, Dabbo, come on, you better than that, Kyle,
very nice? Uh Ty and Palm Springs. You're in the
eye couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Tid? What's up? Guys?
It's my first time calling. I'm happy to finally have
gotten through. Yes, man, don't make it your last time.
What's up? Time? How long you've been listening to the show?
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About a solid year? Man, I really really started listening
to it though I was watching UH. I was watching
UH First Things First one morning and Chris said, the
one thing that's more important to me than take integrity
is integrity. And I said, Okay, I gotta listen to
this guy's show every day, my man, every day, my man.
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That that's I'll tell you what, guys, I feel this way.
I think I think Dabo has a point, but I
also feel this way. We have a selection committee for
a reason. So it doesn't matter if Ohio State played
six games or sixty six games. If the committee feels
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like they're one of the four best teams, then they
should put them in there. And it's it's all about that.
For me, it's all about the eye test. What are
your eyes tell you? Every year, I feel like Ohio
State doesn't doesn't play as strong of a schedule as
many SEC teams, but the committee disagrees. You know, while
also Todd, we know it's a business and Ohio State, Chris,
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you notice Ohio State travels, they have a huge fan
base and don't allow better than Texas A and M. Yes,
and don't kid yourself if you don't think that that
plays in am I right right now, you're you're right,
And look there is all ways. I mean, it just
is what it is with college football. Even though we
now have the playoff, which is certainly better than when
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it was in mythical right, there's always though that element
of should this team make it? And maybe maybe you've
picked the wrong team. I mean, they could have picked
one of the wrong teams every year for all we know.
It just is what it is until you can, you know,
figure out a better way. I mean, some have said
six teams, eight teams, whatever it is. But there's always
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going to be this element within college football, so at
least for you know, for now. So I don't mind
them picking Ohio State with six games and some people thinking,
oh that's terrible. That's so they people always think that
in college football, right, No, we've never had a yield.
Everybody agreed with the team got picked. So it doesn't
matter a Brandon in Dallas, you're on the couple of
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Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Brandon? Hey? What's up? Chris?
What's up? What you hey? Yeah? And I don't think
I think that when when that soon he talks to
the media, I think he's most of the time self
serving a lot of stuff, but he props up his
own team and kind of you know, downplays everybody else.
But I don't think he's necessarily wrong in this point.
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I think to get in the playoffs, you probably should
show a little bit more than what Ohio State had
shown this year. But it's a different year. It's been
a different year for everything, and the way that they've played,
I think maybe they don't deserve to get in, but
they've played well enough and they're gonna get in on
marriage the fault. It wasn't their faulty. And had they
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lost the game, had they lost the game or so,
then you then you could make the augment they don't
you know what I mean, Like like they didn't lose.
If they would have lost it, and all beta fields
have played really well, yeah, they wouldn't be in it
if they lost, but it wouldn't be in the top four. Yeah,
it's just as simple as that. Right. Nobody's gonna sit
here and say Dabble doesn't make a point. I mean, yeah,
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of course games versus ten, but still he can still
be self serving. Elijah and Denver, you're on the odd
couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up Elijah? Not much, guys.
I'm happy to be on the show. First time listener,
huge fan of you guys watching on FLS one. Yeah,
I look up to you guys. I'm actually in school
for to join to you know, to get into the
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radio broadcasting business where you are awesome. So I'm in Denver, Colorado. Okay,
what's school? Well? Good luck man? Thank your what school?
Call out? On media school? Okay, work hard. It's very competitive,
as you know. Everybody wants to do this, but grind
it out and be willing to go anywhere and you know, yep,
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it might work out for you for sure. I appreciate
you guys. So my take on the Ohio state situation. UM,
I hadn't mentioned that my Twitter before, But the thing is, UM,
if they are the best four teams in the country,
then they do deserve it. I understand that the scheduling
is not their fault, but there are there are better
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teams right now even with the eye test. UM, I
believe that A Texas A and M deserves to get in.
Even if A Florida does be Alabama, you should put
them in. UM and he also blade in the Big
Ten because of the scheduling issue. They had decided to
join the ACC M SEC and playing then we wouldn't
have an issue like this. So that's pretty much my
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take on it. Thanks guys. All Right, if Florida beats Alabama,
then they're gonna have a heck of an argument. You know.
That's gonna be Yeah, that that that that upsets the
Apple card. That's totally different. I mean, we be hard
pressed to keep Florida. Yeah, that will be interesting for sure.
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But uh, you know we will see all right, it's
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SR to listen live. And the Knicks beat Detroit ninety
to eighty four. Wow, there's a parade down Broadway or
not yet? Obie Topping actually looked pretty good. Really yeah,
I mean you know again, I'm not gonna get all excited.
It just shows how bad the Pistons probably gonna be
one game, Chris, relax and the Pistons will be bad.
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I'm excited. It's hoop all right, I got it. I'm
right in the season will be here before you know it.
Give me the fucking music. That's right. You know what
time it is you when you hear this, you can
picture him walking down the streets to Las Vegas with
Rob Parker, both of them wearing seven hundred dollars Gucci sneakers.
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And when I M Jim Graham, Race and sports book
Director are Man Lamar Mitchell? Are you guys doing tonight?
You know I'll see you tomorrow and uh looking forward
to it. I'm always so jealous I get to come
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out to hang out there and I see Lamar every
time I come right up. Yes, well, you know what,
there was a it was probably two months ago. I
was wanting to wanting to go for a weekend and
my wife with my wife and she was just like,
are you crazy. We're not getting on a plane. We're
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not getting on a plane cross cross country? All right.
I was like, what it's gonna be. Yeah, let's go
have some fun. And you know she just kill Oh well,
you know what more from me? Rob? Right? So exactly, Rob, exactly,
all right, Lamar, let's start here. I think this is
to me, this is probably the game of the weekend.
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Ravens at Brown's. Okay, Okay, I think that's gonna be
a great one rivalry. Both teams like to run it
and play physical football. Are the Browns? I mean, they
certainly looked for real after what they did to Tennessee. However,
the Ravens are favorite by two and a half. What
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are the Sharps thinking on this one? The Sharps, you're
right that we've we've taken a six figure bet on
the Ravens. The Sharps are on the Ravens. They bought
this game up from one to one and a half
to two up to two and a half. It's all
sharp money the Sharps. I definitely like the Ravens in
that spot here. The other one that I think and
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and I'm a bring a couple of extra shekels with me.
But Cowboys at the Bengals. The Bengals are getting four points,
but I like the Cowboys big time in this game.
I really do. Even in their last game that kick
the miss some field goals, you know, Like I think,
I don't know where the Bengals are gonna get their
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points from. Where's the money going on this game, Believe
it or not. The money it's lightly fat so far
in this game, but it's about two to one money
on the Bengals on this game, believe or not. What
ticket Yeah, I know ticket count. It's two to one
opposite way in the Cowboys. But the big money that
we're getting on this game is Bengal money. It's not
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it's not big, but it's big enough that it's two
to one money wise on the Centinnati. I like the
Bengals in that one to cover it. I mean, Dallas
is horrible, big Dallas, I know, but David Lease played
well in some losses, I mean better than you think
in some loss I'm thinking about this horrible A couple
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of hundred on the Cowboys. Why don't you just buy
me a pair of Jordan's if you're just looking to
give away all right, Let look one thing I was
surprised about Lamar the Saints at the Eagles. Jalen Herds
of course making his debut start in the NFL M
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but most of the money is on the Eagles. Now
that the Saints are favored by seven, I get it,
that's a big number, but most of the money's on Philly. Well,
this is this is late today. We had sharp money
come in and lay that seven, and we also had
a big six figure back on the Saints. Also, again,
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all the Joes and the pros are actually really now
lately coming in on the Saints. Believe or not. That
makes more sense to me. Yeah, I mean I was
surprised that of what you were saying there. Here's another
game the I think this is another one. The Bills
minus one and a half at home against the Steelers,
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Steelers came off that ugly loss to Washington. Where's the
money on this? That's all bills, all bills, all bills.
It's time to pay the bills. Money's like six to
one on the bill, tickets too, to one on the bills.
We also took two more six figure bets on the
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bills at one and a half and at minus two,
so they betted down a little bit initially, then they
betted up to one and a half and at the
two and out holding said he at two. But yeah,
it's all bills, Lamar one, I'm a little bit surprised
about this. Arizona at the New York Giants and Arizona's
favorite by two and a half points. I mean, the
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Giant's been playing good football and obviously Arizona has it,
but Arizona is desperate though. That that's why this game
is a scary game, no, Lamar, Yeah, no, no, you're
you're right about that, Rob, I mean ticket account on
this game. It's even as you see, the money's been
bet up on the Cardinals here, and that initial number
that we had was thinking that maybe Daniel Jones was
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going to come out and play, but we're not sure
if he is going to play, but the money is
definitely coming on the Cardinals, and we're not really sure.
I mean, there's no respect for Colt McCoy coming for
his first victory and who knows how long, and no
respect for that Giant defense. But like you said, Arizona
is the more desperate team in this spot here, because
obviously with the Giants playing in the NFC East, if
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they lose and the Washington football team losers, they're still
in first place. Cardinals have to win to keep the
hope to live. They do think they're making the playoffs.
Hold the Cardinal Cardinals. Yeah, but they have to win
this game. Shot, You're right about that. They're desperate. That's
why that's a good bet. Obviously, the Chiefs are at
the Dolphins. Dolphins are getting seven points, but all the
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money has to be on the Chiefs. I mean that
that's a bet you would just have to take, thinking
that the Chiefs could go on the road and win
by ten. Yeah. Absolutely, Yeah, we got heavy parlay action
on the Chiefs here, and like you said, it's it's
all Joey money. Everyone's on the Chiefs because right now
they are the hot commodity. Everybody's buying up that commodity. Chiefs, Chiefs, Chiefs,
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even though the ticket accounts pretty much even Uh, they're
betness over the total a little bit. But it's still
like I say, Chiefs money on the side, Chiefs money
on the parlay. Uh that like I say, it's it's
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs and they're dynamic right now.
That's what everybody sees, and that's what everybody's betting, all right, Lamar,
take good care, Rob though, are you coming out at
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some point? Yeah? Up you Chris and twenty twenty two,
he'll beat there. Don't even find the Chris. I can't wait, Lamar.
I'll see you tomorrow in Vegas at the MGM Grand
my favorite hotel to go to. You already know, definitely.
I'm looking forward to seeing you guys. Chris. You have
a good weekend. Rob, I'll see tomorrow, all right, brother peace.
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niece just blew me away with that gift. I didn't
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even know what to say. That was just so nice.
I know what you should have said, Well, you know
Chris and I are packaged. Yeah, yeah, you got Christ's size. Yeah,
the couple is large down low. No, I love that's great, man.
That is that says a lot. Man. You know that
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I bought a new car. And she said, that's just
she said, yeah that she said, that's nothing. She said,
you brought me a whole car. Are you kidding? That
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That is right. This is the time where the two
sports sends Chris and Rob try to make you a
little money at going into the weekend, and we try
to show you our sports knowledge goes way be on
just hot takes. But unfortunately, looking at last week's picks,
last week, you didn't do the peaks before. Why it
come stop, Chris moy Well, let's just say, guys, if
you faded all of their picks, you did really well.
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Chris went one and four, Rob went two and three.
So this is a new week over, new leap on life.
It's all right, let's go, let's move forward. Doesn't want
to hear the all the total. No, No, I've won
last year. Big time's who see who's got to ring? Right?
So let's have you done for So let's move forward, guys,
and let's start with the Vikings. At the Buccaneers and
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Bucks are seven point favorites. Rob who do you like?
I like the Vikings to just no. This is for
this season, Chris. To stay alive, they need to win.
So I think the game will be closed. The Bucks
will probably win, but the Vikings will Uh that's that's
spread plus seven will help me win. I'm gonna take
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The Vikings are a nice team. You're right, they need
to just win. But the Buccaneers, it's time. It's Brady time,
all right, this is when he really gets it going.
All right, it's time you'll get ready for the playoffs.
They're coming off a bye week. Oh oh, and Bruce
aris actually saying some compliments about Tim Brady. It's about baby.
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I'm with the Buccaneers. So is he going like zero
dark twenty or whatever that lebron thing is. I'm just
saying I'm with the Buccaneers. All right, Let's keep it
moving here and picks can pick off a couple of
Chris and Robs. So we got guys. Rob's favorite Packers
at the Lions, and Packer is a seven and a
half favorite. Let's see who you like here, Chris, I
am going with green Bay. Wow, that's when I mean coming.
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The Lions are horrific obviously. Uh in Chicago last yeah, yeah,
that was it, that was your you know, that was
your where the coach just got fired. Now everybody's excited
and they played their best. Green Bay's gonna molly wopp Yeah,
you know what. The Lions have always like played green
Bay tough in Detroit for whatever reason. I'm a little
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afraid of that spray, but I'm gonna take the pack ups.
All right. Let's go big surprise there, guys. Let's go
before I changed my mind. All right, guys, Now we
have the number one team in the NFL, according to
Rob Parker. Don't yell at me. The Saints at the
Eagles and Saints, Rob are seven point favorites. Saints. Uh,
you know, two hundred shekels on the Saints. I'm all
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in a wild send it. Just send me some Jordans man,
all right, I'm going on this one too, Chris, this
is first start. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, I'm
kind of honestly, I would love to see Jayleen Wick.
I like Jayleen hurt, but so I wouldn't mind being
wrong on this one. But I gotta go with New Orleans.
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All Right, guys, let's have a fun one here. I'm
interested to see your picks. We have Cowboys at the Bengals,
two great teams. Cowboys are four point favorites. Cbe who
do you like? I don't see how in the world.
I mean, I get it, Cincinnati didn't have their quarterback.
They're a horrible team. I don't think they have road
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they've played. I just think since THENA has been playing
better than Dallas. I every time I used to bet Dallas,
I lose. So I'm going within and that was with
dak Vegas is with the Bengals. I'm taking the Cowboys.
I think this is another two hundred game. I mean,
I just don't win. I don't think mixing's playing. They
don't have their quarterback. I don't know where they get
their points from. I think Dallas can win by win
(36:29):
by a touchdown. Okay, pickskin pick off. This is Fox
Sports Radio with Christopers starring Rob Parker, and now, guys,
let's go to Sunday Night football. I don't know how
Rob never had them as the worst eleven or not team,
but we have the Steelers right now at the Alex
was al right. I'll tell you this, Rob, I'm not
a big been so many eleven and old. Yeah, I mean,
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I'm not a big sports fan. And it's somehow that's
the one game I watch of the Pittsburgh and they lose,
so that probably says a lot. But Steelers are at
the Bills, guys, and get this, Pittsburgh is a point
and a half favorite. So Rob, what do you like? No,
it's Buffalo favorite. Yeah, Buffalo Buffalo fa. Oh no, you're right?
Excuse me? Yeah, yeah, I had the wrong sheet. So
Bills are a point and a half favorite. Robson, who
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do you like? I'm taking the Bills. I just like
the Bills. I didn't like what I saw from the
steel narrative. Wow, and Buffalo has been they were great
that that world win. I was really impressed last week.
I'm gonna take the Bills narrative. He's gotta keep it going.
I mean you know he's the high Steeler guy. I look,
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I think Pittsburgh has not looked good for several weeks. Right,
you're basically admitting it. No, they have it, but I'm
but I think they last week woke them up, and
I think they're gonna win. I'm gonna with Pittsburgh. I'm
doing with the Steels. Can pick off make some money?
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Jim Grand Rates and sports book director who I'm sure
(01:25):
you'll be seeing this weekend in Vegas coming up at
the bottom of the hour. Are you hanging with him? Yeah,
I'll go, I'll go buy and see him. I can't
wait to get to Vegas. I'm gonna have a little
nash with Bernie Frado from Fox Sports Radio and my
old radio partner Mark Wilson. The Man. They both mean
the one you did all the odd couple with stuff.
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Now first before Mark and I did Parker and the Man.
We didn't do the odd couple shows. See, that was
somebody else that was stony. All right, Rob, Look, I
just thought of this. I'm gonna throw this at you.
I'm watching I told you I was watching the Rockets
Molly wopped the Chicago Bull sixty four or forty four.
(02:08):
I know it's preseason. I'm not gonna read anything into it,
but I'm looking at these players and I'm thinking, if
I'm a player on the Rockets and we have a
teammate who is basically saying we're not good enough, we're scrubs.
(02:28):
I guess he thinks, and I don't want to play
and he doesn't want to play with us because we're
not good enough. Wouldn't you be upset? Now? I get
if a guy sitting out there wants to be traded
because of money, you know, because they won't pay him
or whatever it might be, that's one thing. Or even
if there's some personal issue with the GM or the coach.
(02:50):
Because we have a perfect example of this already. This
has already happened and it wasn't good. And that's when Lebron.
You remember when there was all the talk about trading
everybody to get in with the Lakers before, right right,
and the reaction from the kids or the other players
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was not good. Basically, it was Lebron saying, yeah, these
guys are no good. I'll get rid of all of
them if it could get me Anthony Davis. Well, what
he's said was they asked him, would you want to
play with Anthony Davis? Right, he said, yeah, of course.
But what I'm just saying, but you still on the
team with people with players, you know what I mean?
(03:31):
And then you have to look at those guys. It
does affect people Chris, you're professional, but don't tell me
you don't. Look at Lebron sideways and goes this guy
wanted to like get rid of all of us. He doesn't,
he don't have any use for any of us. I
agree that that's a similar example. But yeah, here's where
I'll different with you. Lebron was a three time champion.
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These dudes are a bunch of young rookies. You kind
of even they made they whether they really feel it
or at least it's something you can tell yourself to
make it not feel as bad. Like we're young, we're
just building. This dude's thirty four years old. He's trying
to win a championship like you can. I can understand both,
(04:18):
like I can understand that because we all knew the
Lakers weren't good enough to win a championship. You know
they can, but they were good enough. That's an argument
for another day. My point is this, though I agree,
like I'm with you, if I'm John Wall and Boogie
Cousins right not to mention Eric Gordon and PJ Tucker.
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I'm like, dude, who you think you are? I mean,
you haven't won anything yet, and when we were closer
had a chance. You didn't. You didn't deliver, you didn't
show up, right, forget about that that you remember the well,
how many three three points did they missed? Twenty seven straight?
Twenty seven straight? You missed a number of was in
that stress you remember? Yeah? Oh yeah, I remember the
(05:04):
six point game or ten point game or six shots
I think against San Antonio in the playoffs and again
been So I'm just even having any one the internet, right,
and we like Harden, but I'm just saying, like to not,
I'm just looking at these dudes like, and I know
they're professionals, they getting played millions of dollars, so I'm
(05:26):
not crying a river for them. But I'm just saying, like,
you're right, right, you gotta think about things like that
because you have to deal with people. This is not
like you're an independent contractor and I don't have to
deal with the other guy. I'm just I'm just the
Bill of Christ and I'm at my house and I
don't care about the hospital that I work for, any
(05:47):
of the co workers. I'm just doing my building, medical
building that Okay, there's no interaction. You don't care about
the other people. This is a team Yep. We're around
each other for six months and we're doing this. We
gotta do that, and the guy's gotta tell you to
hey man, do this or do that, and you like this. God,
don't even respect me as a player. You think some garbage.
(06:09):
Why should I overextend myself? I agree? I agree? All right? Well,
anyway a Dabbo Sweeney rob he's he had an interesting
quote about Ohio State. Now we know that the Big
Ten change this rule the other day to an Ohio State.
But you know that the conference I believe gets six
(06:34):
million dollars. I might be wrong, but they get millions
of dollars. They split that money. Is that what it is? Right?
Is it only six million? All the schools I don't
I don't know what the exact number is, but yeah,
but all the schools, basically the schools in the conference
will get some money if Ohio State gets in the playoffs.
And in a year like this, right when you know
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where you haven't had hemorrhages and concession and parking, Chris,
that's big time money. You don't even people don't realize
how much money that is. And people are paying twenty
dollars for parking and ten dollars for fries and all
the other stuff and the beers. You know, I mean,
it's big, big money, right, So I'm personally I know
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you you disagree. I'm not mad at Ohio State or
at the Big Ten for allowing Ohio State. I'm clearly
their best team to play in the championship game. But
Dabbo Sweeney said this, if I was on the committee.
Now he's talking about the football the college football playoffs
commit totally different, right, right, which is gonna play? Take
the top four teams and have the playoff it Right now,
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Ohio State at five and oh is ranked number four,
so you assume if they win the Big Ten title game,
especially if they look impressive, that they will get in
the playoff. But Dabbo says this coach at Clemson, if
I was on the committee, it would be hard for
me to leave out a ten and one Texas A
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and him or an eleven game Florida team over for
a team that played six games. Your thoughts rout mostly
if this is selfish, this is his own thought. By
not having Ohio State in there, Chris is a better
shot at him maybe winning another national championship. Let's just
be honest, right, let's let's keep them out. And I
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think it's it's motivated by that. That's what I think
it is. He knows that Ohio State, despite the few
number of games that they played, is still one of
the top four or five teams in the nation. And
there's no doubt about that. If they were to play
a full schedule, they would be their front center and
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you'd have to deal with them. This is just him
trying to eliminate one school that could beat him, and
I think that's what this is about. Yeah, I am
with you. Texas A and M seven and one, they're
number five, Florida eight and one, number six. I get
where he's coming from in that. Yeah, I mean, if
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you only play six games, we're including their championship game
against Northwestern, which is number fourteen, and they beat Indiana,
which is number twelve. Ohio State already beat them forty
two thirty five. But I get it. Of course, the
more you played, there's a better chance of you losing
all that. But like you said, we all know Ohio
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State is one of the top programs in the country.
And as we've said, when it came to baseball and
when it's come to the NFL and when it will
come to the NBA. This season like it's a different season.
It's just a different type of season. Everything is fluid.
And here's the thing, Ohio State, it was not their
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fault that they only played five games. All the three
games that got canceled were because of the other teams
Maryland with UH Wisconsin. I don't think it was Wisconsin.
Was it Wisconsin checked out Lee? But it was Maryland
and UH, Michigan and Illinois missed a lot of games.
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That's what I thought might have been Maryland, Illinois, and
Michigan and they were all the other team's fault. And
as we said, Ohio State played the game. Were they
missing twenty three guys? Seventeen guys they're missing, right. I
don't for sitting out when you got a bunch of
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guys with COVID, But I'm just saying they you it's
not like it was impossible for them to play and
they just decided not to play because they were ravaged
with COVID, And we understand that. But it wasn't Ohio
State fault. So I don't think they should be punished
because of their You know, my only issue is the
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Big Ten didn't have to invoke that rule Chris before,
I don't understand what they were thinking about. And this way,
it doesn't look like you're bending over for Ohio State.
Try to keep it fair. Would it be the same
thing if it was Northwestern rather than Ohio State and Northwestern, Well,
if they were ranked fourth in the country, I know,
(11:28):
But if Northwestern was to stop Northwestern from playing in
the championship game, the Big Ten championship game, Chris, is
really that's what I'm talking about, like like they know
that they need Ohio You're saying this year if Northwestern
at number fourteen had only played well they've only played six.
But I'm saying, and then I don't think they would
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have changed it, is what I'm saying, to make sure
that Northwestern gets in the championship game because Northwestern wasn't
gonna play in the in the playoffs. Do you do
you see what I'm say? Well, look if obviously, if
it was if they had to change it for Ohio State,
they would change it for Northwestern. No, I'm not sure
I'm saying if they were. I'm saying if they were
going to play each other, right, Okay, you see what
(12:13):
I'm saying, oh, you wouldn't just change it for one,
But your point is, let's say Ohio State had a
loss or two, it wasn't gonna be them, it was
say Indiana against Northwestern. Would they change it? No, probably
not if they ranked ninth or you know what I
mean where it looks like they're not gonna get in.
But if they were ranked fourth, don't you think they
would change it because they want somebody in there. It's
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a money thing. I get it, I understand all of that.
I'm just saying, don't set yourself up so that you
have to, you know, make change it bad painting yourself
in the corner with COVID Chris. Didn't they already see
didn't they watch the baseball season and see what happened
to the Marlins and the Cardinals and the Phillies. What? Right?
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But there there is a reasonable number though, like I
don't want I'm sorry, and you're right, they still might
have changed it for our house. They what if they
were saying, I don't know, but but but you know
what I mean, like I didn't understand, like you're playing
an eight game schedule, why would you write in there
(13:17):
that they'd have to play six is what I'm saying.
I just but here's the thing, right I I hear you,
and that makes sense. But let's be honest, those Ohio
State really look bad. Is anybody sitting there like, oh
my gosh, I can't believe they look like suckers? They
change this? I mean, you know what I mean, nobody really,
It's just it's just it's it's added fuel to the
(13:40):
rich always get richer, and they always take care of
those schools, and they always bend the rules for those schools.
That that that's all. It just hammers home that that's
all just eats at your crow. It does gets under
your craw. Yes, Is that how you say? Yeah? All right,
something like that. Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox
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(14:01):
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and his team? Or is he have a point? Should
Ohio State have a chance at the college football playoff
with just a six game season? Or is it tough
luck that they only had to play six games? You're
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You can call us up and give your take on
whether or not Dabbo Sweeney has a point. Should Ohio State,
with only six games be bounced from the College Football Playoff?
Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox? You're turned away
in Let's get to the calls, right, all right, let's
do it first. Call up Kyle in Virginia. You're on
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the odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Kyle?
Hey on couple? How's he doing? That's Friday doing good?
Good brother? How are you good? Good? Doing well. I
can't believe I'm saying this, but I kind of agree
with Rob Parker. Don't what Kyle wat. I don't exactly
know if a high state deserves to be in there.
(16:36):
But if Dabo Sweeney didn't have a different objective on
this in terms of keeping them out, then he would
have just gave the coach speak of you know, it's
not my decision, I'm not on the gas blah blah blah.
And you know, durn well, if he'd only if Clemson
only played five games, no fault of their own, he'd
(16:56):
be screaming from the high heavens that his team deserves
to be in the playoff, no doubt about that. That's
a great point. Right, You're right, You're right, you are right.
Three if three of their games got canceled and they didn't,
it wasn't their fault. You saw what he said about
was it Florida State? Right? He went off in Florida State? Yeah?
(17:18):
I mean, Dabbo, come on, you better than that, Kyle,
very nice? Uh Ty and Palm Springs. You're in the
eye couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Tid? What's up? Guys?
It's my first time calling. I'm happy to finally have
gotten through. Yes, man, don't make it your last time.
What's up? Time? How long you've been listening to the show?
(17:39):
About a solid year? Man, I really really started listening
to it though I was watching UH. I was watching
UH First Things First one morning and Chris said, the
one thing that's more important to me than take integrity
is integrity. And I said, Okay, I gotta listen to
this guy's show every day, my man, every day, my man.
(17:59):
That that's I'll tell you what, guys, I feel this way.
I think I think Dabo has a point, but I
also feel this way. We have a selection committee for
a reason. So it doesn't matter if Ohio State played
six games or sixty six games. If the committee feels
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like they're one of the four best teams, then they
should put them in there. And it's it's all about that.
For me, it's all about the eye test. What are
your eyes tell you? Every year, I feel like Ohio
State doesn't doesn't play as strong of a schedule as
many SEC teams, but the committee disagrees. You know, while
also Todd, we know it's a business and Ohio State, Chris,
(18:44):
you notice Ohio State travels, they have a huge fan
base and don't allow better than Texas A and M. Yes,
and don't kid yourself if you don't think that that
plays in am I right right now, you're you're right,
And look there is all ways. I mean, it just
is what it is with college football. Even though we
now have the playoff, which is certainly better than when
(19:07):
it was in mythical right, there's always though that element
of should this team make it? And maybe maybe you've
picked the wrong team. I mean, they could have picked
one of the wrong teams every year for all we know.
It just is what it is until you can, you know,
figure out a better way. I mean, some have said
six teams, eight teams, whatever it is. But there's always
(19:30):
going to be this element within college football, so at
least for you know, for now. So I don't mind
them picking Ohio State with six games and some people thinking,
oh that's terrible. That's so they people always think that
in college football, right, No, we've never had a yield.
Everybody agreed with the team got picked. So it doesn't
matter a Brandon in Dallas, you're on the couple of
(19:52):
Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Brandon? Hey? What's up? Chris?
What's up? What you hey? Yeah? And I don't think
I think that when when that soon he talks to
the media, I think he's most of the time self
serving a lot of stuff, but he props up his
own team and kind of you know, downplays everybody else.
But I don't think he's necessarily wrong in this point.
(20:15):
I think to get in the playoffs, you probably should
show a little bit more than what Ohio State had
shown this year. But it's a different year. It's been
a different year for everything, and the way that they've played,
I think maybe they don't deserve to get in, but
they've played well enough and they're gonna get in on
marriage the fault. It wasn't their faulty. And had they
(20:37):
lost the game, had they lost the game or so,
then you then you could make the augment they don't
you know what I mean, Like like they didn't lose.
If they would have lost it, and all beta fields
have played really well, yeah, they wouldn't be in it
if they lost, but it wouldn't be in the top four. Yeah,
it's just as simple as that. Right. Nobody's gonna sit
here and say Dabble doesn't make a point. I mean, yeah,
(20:59):
of course games versus ten, but still he can still
be self serving. Elijah and Denver, you're on the odd
couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up Elijah? Not much, guys.
I'm happy to be on the show. First time listener,
huge fan of you guys watching on FLS one. Yeah,
I look up to you guys. I'm actually in school
for to join to you know, to get into the
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radio broadcasting business where you are awesome. So I'm in Denver, Colorado. Okay,
what's school? Well? Good luck man? Thank your what school?
Call out? On media school? Okay, work hard. It's very competitive,
as you know. Everybody wants to do this, but grind
it out and be willing to go anywhere and you know, yep,
(21:42):
it might work out for you for sure. I appreciate
you guys. So my take on the Ohio state situation. UM,
I hadn't mentioned that my Twitter before, But the thing is, UM,
if they are the best four teams in the country,
then they do deserve it. I understand that the scheduling
is not their fault, but there are there are better
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teams right now even with the eye test. UM, I
believe that A Texas A and M deserves to get in.
Even if A Florida does be Alabama, you should put
them in. UM and he also blade in the Big
Ten because of the scheduling issue. They had decided to
join the ACC M SEC and playing then we wouldn't
have an issue like this. So that's pretty much my
(22:24):
take on it. Thanks guys. All Right, if Florida beats Alabama,
then they're gonna have a heck of an argument. You know.
That's gonna be Yeah, that that that that upsets the
Apple card. That's totally different. I mean, we be hard
pressed to keep Florida. Yeah, that will be interesting for sure.
(22:44):
But uh, you know we will see all right, it's
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SR to listen live. And the Knicks beat Detroit ninety
to eighty four. Wow, there's a parade down Broadway or
not yet? Obie Topping actually looked pretty good. Really yeah,
I mean you know again, I'm not gonna get all excited.
It just shows how bad the Pistons probably gonna be
one game, Chris, relax and the Pistons will be bad.
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I'm excited. It's hoop all right, I got it. I'm
right in the season will be here before you know it.
Give me the fucking music. That's right. You know what
time it is you when you hear this, you can
picture him walking down the streets to Las Vegas with
Rob Parker, both of them wearing seven hundred dollars Gucci sneakers.
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And when I M Jim Graham, Race and sports book
Director are Man Lamar Mitchell? Are you guys doing tonight?
You know I'll see you tomorrow and uh looking forward
to it. I'm always so jealous I get to come
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out to hang out there and I see Lamar every
time I come right up. Yes, well, you know what,
there was a it was probably two months ago. I
was wanting to wanting to go for a weekend and
my wife with my wife and she was just like,
are you crazy. We're not getting on a plane. We're
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not getting on a plane cross cross country? All right.
I was like, what it's gonna be. Yeah, let's go
have some fun. And you know she just kill Oh well,
you know what more from me? Rob? Right? So exactly, Rob, exactly,
all right, Lamar, let's start here. I think this is
to me, this is probably the game of the weekend.
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Ravens at Brown's. Okay, Okay, I think that's gonna be
a great one rivalry. Both teams like to run it
and play physical football. Are the Browns? I mean, they
certainly looked for real after what they did to Tennessee. However,
the Ravens are favorite by two and a half. What
(25:12):
are the Sharps thinking on this one? The Sharps, you're
right that we've we've taken a six figure bet on
the Ravens. The Sharps are on the Ravens. They bought
this game up from one to one and a half
to two up to two and a half. It's all
sharp money the Sharps. I definitely like the Ravens in
that spot here. The other one that I think and
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and I'm a bring a couple of extra shekels with me.
But Cowboys at the Bengals. The Bengals are getting four points,
but I like the Cowboys big time in this game.
I really do. Even in their last game that kick
the miss some field goals, you know, Like I think,
I don't know where the Bengals are gonna get their
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points from. Where's the money going on this game, Believe
it or not. The money it's lightly fat so far
in this game, but it's about two to one money
on the Bengals on this game, believe or not. What
ticket Yeah, I know ticket count. It's two to one
opposite way in the Cowboys. But the big money that
we're getting on this game is Bengal money. It's not
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it's not big, but it's big enough that it's two
to one money wise on the Centinnati. I like the
Bengals in that one to cover it. I mean, Dallas
is horrible, big Dallas, I know, but David Lease played
well in some losses, I mean better than you think
in some loss I'm thinking about this horrible A couple
(26:40):
of hundred on the Cowboys. Why don't you just buy
me a pair of Jordan's if you're just looking to
give away all right, Let look one thing I was
surprised about Lamar the Saints at the Eagles. Jalen Herds
of course making his debut start in the NFL M
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but most of the money is on the Eagles. Now
that the Saints are favored by seven, I get it,
that's a big number, but most of the money's on Philly. Well,
this is this is late today. We had sharp money
come in and lay that seven, and we also had
a big six figure back on the Saints. Also, again,
(27:21):
all the Joes and the pros are actually really now
lately coming in on the Saints. Believe or not. That
makes more sense to me. Yeah, I mean I was
surprised that of what you were saying there. Here's another
game the I think this is another one. The Bills
minus one and a half at home against the Steelers,
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Steelers came off that ugly loss to Washington. Where's the
money on this? That's all bills, all bills, all bills.
It's time to pay the bills. Money's like six to
one on the bill, tickets too, to one on the bills.
We also took two more six figure bets on the
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bills at one and a half and at minus two,
so they betted down a little bit initially, then they
betted up to one and a half and at the
two and out holding said he at two. But yeah,
it's all bills, Lamar one, I'm a little bit surprised
about this. Arizona at the New York Giants and Arizona's
favorite by two and a half points. I mean, the
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Giant's been playing good football and obviously Arizona has it,
but Arizona is desperate though. That that's why this game
is a scary game, no, Lamar, Yeah, no, no, you're
you're right about that, Rob, I mean ticket account on
this game. It's even as you see, the money's been
bet up on the Cardinals here, and that initial number
that we had was thinking that maybe Daniel Jones was
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going to come out and play, but we're not sure
if he is going to play, but the money is
definitely coming on the Cardinals, and we're not really sure.
I mean, there's no respect for Colt McCoy coming for
his first victory and who knows how long, and no
respect for that Giant defense. But like you said, Arizona
is the more desperate team in this spot here, because
obviously with the Giants playing in the NFC East, if
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they lose and the Washington football team losers, they're still
in first place. Cardinals have to win to keep the
hope to live. They do think they're making the playoffs.
Hold the Cardinal Cardinals. Yeah, but they have to win
this game. Shot, You're right about that. They're desperate. That's
why that's a good bet. Obviously, the Chiefs are at
the Dolphins. Dolphins are getting seven points, but all the
(29:35):
money has to be on the Chiefs. I mean that
that's a bet you would just have to take, thinking
that the Chiefs could go on the road and win
by ten. Yeah. Absolutely, Yeah, we got heavy parlay action
on the Chiefs here, and like you said, it's it's
all Joey money. Everyone's on the Chiefs because right now
they are the hot commodity. Everybody's buying up that commodity. Chiefs, Chiefs, Chiefs,
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even though the ticket accounts pretty much even Uh, they're
betness over the total a little bit. But it's still
like I say, Chiefs money on the side, Chiefs money
on the parlay. Uh that like I say, it's it's
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs and they're dynamic right now.
That's what everybody sees, and that's what everybody's betting, all right, Lamar,
take good care, Rob though, are you coming out at
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some point? Yeah? Up you Chris and twenty twenty two,
he'll beat there. Don't even find the Chris. I can't wait, Lamar.
I'll see you tomorrow in Vegas at the MGM Grand
my favorite hotel to go to. You already know, definitely.
I'm looking forward to seeing you guys. Chris. You have
a good weekend. Rob, I'll see tomorrow, all right, brother peace.
All right, it's the Pigskin pick Off Next Couple of
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a great weekend as we get ready for my favorite
holiday of the year. Rob Oh yeah, yeah, who doesn't
like Christmas? I know, I agree. It's just us family
and it's nice to tell people how much you care
about them and gift giving. Like I told you, my
niece just blew me away with that gift. I didn't
(31:27):
even know what to say. That was just so nice.
I know what you should have said, Well, you know
Chris and I are packaged. Yeah, yeah, you got Christ's size. Yeah,
the couple is large down low. No, I love that's great, man.
That is that says a lot. Man. You know that
(31:47):
I bought her first car and she said to me, yeah,
I bought a new car. And she said, that's just
she said, yeah that she said, that's nothing. She said,
you brought me a whole car. Are you kidding? That
is nice? That is nice. I thought you buy her
a half car. You could do that. Yeah, right, I
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That is right. This is the time where the two
sports sends Chris and Rob try to make you a
little money at going into the weekend, and we try
to show you our sports knowledge goes way be on
just hot takes. But unfortunately, looking at last week's picks,
last week, you didn't do the peaks before. Why it
come stop, Chris moy Well, let's just say, guys, if
you faded all of their picks, you did really well.
(33:13):
Chris went one and four, Rob went two and three.
So this is a new week over, new leap on life.
It's all right, let's go, let's move forward. Doesn't want
to hear the all the total. No, No, I've won
last year. Big time's who see who's got to ring? Right?
So let's have you done for So let's move forward, guys,
and let's start with the Vikings. At the Buccaneers and
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Bucks are seven point favorites. Rob who do you like?
I like the Vikings to just no. This is for
this season, Chris. To stay alive, they need to win.
So I think the game will be closed. The Bucks
will probably win, but the Vikings will Uh that's that's
spread plus seven will help me win. I'm gonna take
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The Vikings are a nice team. You're right, they need
to just win. But the Buccaneers, it's time. It's Brady time,
all right, this is when he really gets it going.
All right, it's time you'll get ready for the playoffs.
They're coming off a bye week. Oh oh, and Bruce
aris actually saying some compliments about Tim Brady. It's about baby.
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I'm with the Buccaneers. So is he going like zero
dark twenty or whatever that lebron thing is. I'm just
saying I'm with the Buccaneers. All right, Let's keep it
moving here and picks can pick off a couple of
Chris and Robs. So we got guys. Rob's favorite Packers
at the Lions, and Packer is a seven and a
half favorite. Let's see who you like here, Chris, I
am going with green Bay. Wow, that's when I mean coming.
(34:39):
The Lions are horrific obviously. Uh in Chicago last yeah, yeah,
that was it, that was your you know, that was
your where the coach just got fired. Now everybody's excited
and they played their best. Green Bay's gonna molly wopp Yeah,
you know what. The Lions have always like played green
Bay tough in Detroit for whatever reason. I'm a little
(35:01):
afraid of that spray, but I'm gonna take the pack ups.
All right. Let's go big surprise there, guys. Let's go
before I changed my mind. All right, guys, Now we
have the number one team in the NFL, according to
Rob Parker. Don't yell at me. The Saints at the
Eagles and Saints, Rob are seven point favorites. Saints. Uh,
you know, two hundred shekels on the Saints. I'm all
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in a wild send it. Just send me some Jordans man,
all right, I'm going on this one too, Chris, this
is first start. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, I'm
kind of honestly, I would love to see Jayleen Wick.
I like Jayleen hurt, but so I wouldn't mind being
wrong on this one. But I gotta go with New Orleans.
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All Right, guys, let's have a fun one here. I'm
interested to see your picks. We have Cowboys at the Bengals,
two great teams. Cowboys are four point favorites. Cbe who
do you like? I don't see how in the world.
I mean, I get it, Cincinnati didn't have their quarterback.
They're a horrible team. I don't think they have road
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they've played. I just think since THENA has been playing
better than Dallas. I every time I used to bet Dallas,
I lose. So I'm going within and that was with
dak Vegas is with the Bengals. I'm taking the Cowboys.
I think this is another two hundred game. I mean,
I just don't win. I don't think mixing's playing. They
don't have their quarterback. I don't know where they get
their points from. I think Dallas can win by win
(36:29):
by a touchdown. Okay, pickskin pick off. This is Fox
Sports Radio with Christopers starring Rob Parker, and now, guys,
let's go to Sunday Night football. I don't know how
Rob never had them as the worst eleven or not team,
but we have the Steelers right now at the Alex
was al right. I'll tell you this, Rob, I'm not
a big been so many eleven and old. Yeah, I mean,
(36:51):
I'm not a big sports fan. And it's somehow that's
the one game I watch of the Pittsburgh and they lose,
so that probably says a lot. But Steelers are at
the Bills, guys, and get this, Pittsburgh is a point
and a half favorite. So Rob, what do you like? No,
it's Buffalo favorite. Yeah, Buffalo Buffalo fa. Oh no, you're right?
Excuse me? Yeah, yeah, I had the wrong sheet. So
Bills are a point and a half favorite. Robson, who
(37:13):
do you like? I'm taking the Bills. I just like
the Bills. I didn't like what I saw from the
steel narrative. Wow, and Buffalo has been they were great
that that world win. I was really impressed last week.
I'm gonna take the Bills narrative. He's gotta keep it going.
I mean you know he's the high Steeler guy. I look,
(37:34):
I think Pittsburgh has not looked good for several weeks. Right,
you're basically admitting it. No, they have it, but I'm
but I think they last week woke them up, and
I think they're gonna win. I'm gonna with Pittsburgh. I'm
doing with the Steels. Can pick off make some money?
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