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Recorded October 22nd, 2025

One missed kick can tilt an over, but this week proved how fast everything can swing. We start with the sting of bad beats and the psychology of special teams before diving into a WR clinic: Jamar Chase’s 16-catch eruption, Brandon Marshall’s single-game crown, and why Keenan Allen’s volume greatness deserves more love even across eras. If you like honest debates with actual context, you’ll feel right at home.

Then baseball took over. Shohei Otani authored a night from another planet: three home runs, 10 strikeouts, and fewer hits allowed than dingers. We unpack why that kind of two-way dominance breaks models and how organizational choices—from amenities to roster construction—shape legacies. From there, we set the stage for a heavyweight World Series: Dodgers favored on paper, Blue Jays fresh from a seven-game grinder, and the historical trend that teams coming off long series often blindside opponents who swept. Expect smart talk on totals, series length, and where value hides when the market leans one way.

Football fans, we didn’t hold back. We defend Justin Herbert against lazy “fraud” takes by showing how missing tackles, a dead run game, and evaporated play action distort any box score. We trace Shane Steichen’s journey from Chargers assistant to Colts catalyst, explain why fit beats hype, and sketch the weekend slate: Chargers-Vikings as a razor-thin coin flip with a defensive-score swing, Steelers-Packers as a trench fight controlled by run fits, and the Lions flashing track-speed with Jahmyr Gibbs. We also celebrate a wholesome win: a freshman golfer punching a ticket to state, plus a club trip filled with birdie juice, late laughs, and the kind of community that keeps sports alive between big moments.

Stick around for bold picks, a few spicy rants, and practical betting angles you can actually use. If this hit the sweet spot for you, follow the show, share it with a friend, and drop your World Series call in the comments—Dodgers or Jays, and in how many games?

Episode Transcript

Announcer (00:06):
Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the
Bench podcast with your hostsGraham Cohen and Scott Waska.

Scott (00:20):
What's up everyone, and welcome back to a Wednesday
night edition of the Bald Guyson the Bench.
I'm here with my boy Graham.
It's Wednesday.
It's kind of a weird day for usto be recording, but you know,
I had a bunch of shit going onwith work.
Graham got banged up Saturdaynight, or was that Friday night?
Was that Friday night or wasthat Saturday night?

(00:41):
What night did you get allbanged up?
Oh, that was Thursday night.
That was Thursday.
Whatever.
It all blends in.
But here we are Wednesdaynight.
Better late than never.
I mean, whatever.

Graham (00:57):
Who throws their best friend under the bus?
That guy.

Scott (01:01):
Uh duh, that's what we're here for.
But Graham, you know what timeit is, bro.

Graham (01:07):
Yeah, let's grab it and crack it.
Let's go.

Scott (01:09):
Let's do it.
So after I threw you under thebus, my bad.
I forgot it was Thursday night.
I thought it was Friday nightfor some reason.
But whatever.
It doesn't matter.
Banged up here, banged upthere.
I mean, whatever.

Graham (01:24):
Shh.
I was hiding it under the radar.
But the goose is loose, as theysay.

Scott (01:31):
My bad.
Mama Cohen, Papa Cohen.
Be easy on him.

Graham (01:36):
Yeah.

Scott (01:37):
So, anyhow, Graham, how was your weekend?
What'd you do?
You know, I know it started offshitty Thursday, but you know,
we'll get into that in a minute.

Graham (01:49):
But uh just uh pretty relaxed, chilled.
Uh spent most of the weekendwatching ball, college pro MLB.
I know it's a shocker, but herewe are.
And actually, since it started,even a little hockey.
So your boys putting in work,trying to, you know.

Scott (02:08):
Dude, did you watch the best team in hockey lay the wood
to the hurricanes, who were thebest team in hockey on Monday
night?

Graham (02:16):
I I was keeping up with it on the phone.

Scott (02:19):
Uh I'm not gonna lie, but I had those Monday night games
going on, so I'm not gonna lieeither.
I didn't watch one play Mondaynight.
You saved yourself.
Anyhow.
Uh night, bro.
Oh, off to a start.
Let's go.
I mean, Eichel's number one inscoring, Stone's number two,

(02:43):
even though we lost Stoneprobably for a couple weeks with
a wrist injury.
It is what it is.
But uh, dude, college football,your weekend, my weekend.
Uh my weekend was prettylow-key.
I had to work Saturday.
Uh, before I go into anything,I just gotta say, you know, the

(03:03):
phenom I teach the girl, yeah,freshman.
Uh regionals were Monday acouple days ago.
Or actually, no, sorry,yesterday.
And I had a lesson with herSaturday, striping it, hitting
it good.
And my girl goes out, finishesfourth in the region as a

(03:25):
freshman, playing with threegirls that are seniors that
already have collegescholarships.
Wow.
Team team comes in second, theyadvance to state next week in
Pinehurst.
Wow.
Gotta give a gotta give alittle shout out.

Graham (03:41):
Hey, congratulations.

Scott (03:43):
Dude, Caitlin, you know, talked to you last night.
So proud of you.
All the effort, work,everything.
Could not be happier, dude.

Graham (03:56):
I remember when you told me last week now, uh, because
you were saying the regionalswere coming up, how she
dominated was it the localsection?

Scott (04:04):
There's the regional district, and I mean destroyed.
Destroyed as a freshman.
It's so, it's so fun to watch,dude.
It's it's it's awesome.
And like I told her last night,I'm like, no matter what
happens next week, if you playbad, it's an experience.

(04:24):
You're a freshman, right?
You got three years to do allthis fun stuff.
You played with three girlsyesterday that are all seniors
and have college scholarships.

Graham (04:35):
Yeah.

Scott (04:37):
Go out there and have fun.
Freewheel it.
Let's go.
Kick some ass.
But anyhow, uh, that wasTuesday.
I had to throw a little shoutout.
No, hey, she deserves it.
Yeah, 100%.
She's gonna play in college,dude.

Graham (04:52):
You know, not to go off on a tangent with this, but what
are the top female golf collegeschools?
Or not golf college schools,but like golf programs at
college.
What are the do you know?

Scott (05:02):
Do you know the number the the best in the country
women's golf programs?
You got Duke, you got Carolina,you got UCLA, you got Texas,
you know, are the main ones.
Carolina's solid, dude.
I mean, Duke solid, obviously UUS, UCLA, USC, the Southern

(05:24):
schools, you know.
Yeah, you can go play golf foryour round.

Graham (05:29):
Yeah, for sure.

Scott (05:30):
So, but couldn't be happier, dude.
So pumped.
But uh, anyhow, you know, yourweekend watching sports, my
weekend, watched a littlefootball, college football
Saturday night, had some goodbets I liked, and you know,
we're just gonna go out realquick and we're just gonna start

(05:51):
this out.

Graham (05:52):
Uh dude, I don't even know where to start.

Scott (06:01):
But number one, Notre Dame, I might be able to kick
better than your boy that youhave on your roster right now.
When I take over 58 and a half,and your kicker misses two
extra points and a field goal,and the game hits at 58.

Graham (06:23):
Yet again, how are they so good?

Scott (06:27):
The only kicker that had a shittier week than him was the
New York football Giantskicker.
But at least the Notre Damekickers going to school on
Monday were the Giants kickerson the unemployment line.
As he should be.

Graham (06:45):
As he should be.
Which he was a random pickupanyway.
He's not their official kicker.

Scott (06:52):
Who cares?
Yeah, I mean make an extrapoint or maybe one of two.
Yeah.
I mean, I know.
It's sports, dude.
Nothing's easy.

Graham (07:05):
Who was the guy?

Scott (07:06):
Ever.
I I I mean, the Bills kicker,Scott Norwood, if he makes that
field goal, the Bills win two offour Super Bowls minimum.

Graham (07:17):
Yeah.

Scott (07:18):
I don't know.
Uh I don't know.
Kicking, it's the one positionon a football team that I would
not want to be.
And we've talked about it onthis program numerous times.
You got these massive athletesgoing out there and giving up
their bodies, destroying eachother, and it all comes down to

(07:40):
you know, five foot eight, youknow, Nate Kading for the
Chargers, the most accuratekicker ever, and then misses 17
field goals against the Jets andMark Sanchez in the divisional
realm when you're the number oneseed.

Graham (07:56):
I'm just I'm trying to think, like, as you're talking
about these kickers, what maybeit was for the Packers or there
was a kicker that was literallypicked up a week ago or two
weeks ago that literally wasjust like, yo, if I don't get
picked up, like I'm gonna be asubstitute teacher the next
week.
And like he got signed on ateam and hit, made like two

(08:18):
field goals and like won thegame for him.
I'm just like, I'm trying toremember which game that was.
Sorry, folks.
There was somebody.

Scott (08:25):
Look at the Bears kicker, Moody from Michigan.
That was an early draft pickfor a kicker from the Niners.
Missed those kicks for theNiners, got released.
We all saw the highlights ofDebo yelling at him when they
were both on the Niners, andthen what happens?
Goes to the Bears, goes intoWashington, hits the game winner
against Washington.

Graham (08:47):
A change of scenery, whether it be kickers,
quarterbacks, I mean anything.

Scott (08:54):
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I don't know.
Um, we'll get into your game ifyou want.
You know, obviously it'sWednesday, it's old news.
We're in one of week eight, buttell everybody how you're
feeling after that game.
It's last week, I mean.

(09:16):
Uh as a fan.

Graham (09:18):
For one.
Uh what did I tell you beforethe game started?

Scott (09:24):
Not only did you tell me, you kind of mentioned it on the
show, I think.
Yeah.

Graham (09:29):
Yeah.
And I pussed out because, youknow, I heard Hendrickson wasn't
playing.
And uh, you know, that defenseis what it is.
Pittsburgh's been looking nice,but I even said on the podcast,
Joe, who knows our defense,knows how to play us.

(09:49):
It's scary with those weapons.
Dude, I might have to hedge.
I, you know, I need to take theBengals money line.
And up until the start of thegame, believe me, I had my hand
on the button, was ready to takeit.
And then I'm just like, I no,like I can't.
Like, I like I can't do it.

Scott (10:09):
Billy Billy said the same thing earlier in the day on
Thursday.
He goes, take the Bengals.
It's a lock.
Dude, I was I said it for awhole week.
All the Steelers fans knew itwas coming.

Graham (10:22):
Like, I just and just how easily we easily we started
a game going up 10 points.
And then next thing you know,they score like 20 against us,
and it's just like, look, Iwatched the game, I went into
the old job, I wanted to seesome of my regulars.
So like I was watching thegame, but I'm also you know

(10:43):
chatting with the regulars.
Like, I mean, I'm watching, I'mpaying attention, but just
there's certain things that likewhen you're watching with other
people, you kind of miss thingshere and there where it's just
like I'll miss a penalty thatthey, you know, that Cincinnati
got, or I miss this and I missthat.
And I'm just like, wait aminute.

Scott (10:59):
And real quick, as you say that, this is the reason
your boy will not go to a SuperBowl party if the Chargers ever
get in.
Fair.
That is the number one reason.

Graham (11:15):
No, I get it.
I get it.
And it's just like I'm watchingit, everything's good, and but
it's just like towards the end,I'm like, what's going on right
now?
Like, our defense, like, itliterally looked like Joe Flacco
had like the key had the magickey, the wizard.
Like he had the VR goggles onand just like knew what the play

(11:37):
was.

Scott (11:38):
Hey, Steelers.
Remember that guy named JamarChase?

Graham (11:41):
I I just I I I I mean, there was a couple bad calls.
It is what it is, and withevery game and momentum, it is
what it is.
I just the thing that pisses meoff the most about it, it's not
the fact that we lost to him.
It was just the defense, howhow we lost to it.
We we gave up 33 points or 32points, whatever it was.

(12:04):
I just how it happened, butalso just what that momentum
could have been for Pittsburghmoving forward.
Instead of us being four andtwo, we're five and one.
And look, the Bengals, themgetting Joe Flacco, giving them
a lifeline until Burrow Thanks,Browns, yeah, comes back.

Scott (12:25):
Did I not did I not say that before Tomlin?
I did a hundred percent.
Like you gave a team with nolife air, right?
In your division, yeah.
That was desperate for agoddamn quarterback, right?
And uh what did they even givethe Browns?
A ham sandwich and an 18thround pick?
I mean, I mean, what did theygive him?

(12:46):
Like, hey Browns, if you'regonna give a team that doesn't
have a quarterback, aquarterback, and you know they
need it, rape them in yourdivision.
Oh no, you got a ham family.

Graham (13:03):
I think it was a fifth round, possibly a sixth, but
here's the thing.
Regardless if we didn't knowwhat they gave him, if they make
that trade and j and Flaccotakes him to the playoffs, it
it's almost like what uh the conthe comp um the compensatory
picks.
It's like, dude, there almostshould be a stipulation where

(13:27):
it's just like yo, if he doesthis, you that fifth pick needs
to go down to a four-thirdsomething.
Like, you can't let I mean, Idon't want to call him a
franchise quarterback at 41 or40, but it's just like you
there's certain players, youjust don't let them go.
You you don't do that.
And the thing is, how much ofit is you know after this is

(13:49):
after that trade happened, I'vebeen listening to uh Cleveland
Sports Sports Talk.

Scott (13:55):
They hate their GM, they're calling for his head.

Graham (13:58):
Oh, yeah, but here's the thing the only and I get it for
being in Cleveland, I get it,but it all all they are saying
is, well, especially after thegame, well, we hate that he did
it, but at least they gave it toPittsburgh.
You know, at least Pittsburgh'sgetting the shaft here.
And I'm just like, that's noteven a silver lining.

Scott (14:19):
That that's stupid, and that's the that's the mind frame
of a Browns fan.

Graham (14:26):
Yeah, we're we weren't gonna play him anyway.
We have these two rookies thatwe need to eventually play.

Scott (14:31):
Didn't Flacco win the Browns a playoff game a couple
years ago?

Graham (14:39):
No, he took him to the playoffs.
The one that the when they wonthe Texans.
Yeah, they lost to Tegans.
The winner was actually Baker.
And he beat us in the firstround.

Scott (14:48):
That's right.
But I'll I was talking aboutFlacco.

Graham (14:51):
But they got they took him, he took him to the playoffs
and played Houston, yeah.

Scott (14:55):
Okay.

Graham (14:56):
So I just and the whole reason why it's just getting
back to the momentum.
Our next handful of games ain'teasy.

Scott (15:06):
No slouch until you play the Chargers.
Wow.
That's like a bye week.

Graham (15:12):
It don't say that.
You guys will still play astough.

Scott (15:16):
TJ Watt might have, I mean, whatever the sack total is
for him, take it.

Graham (15:21):
Yeah, but he he normally plays on alt side, though.
That's the problem.

Scott (15:26):
Oh, I'm sorry.
Steelers game plan.
Uh hey, you know, thisdefensive edge rusher that's the
best in the game.
Let's put him on the otherside.
Okay.
They're not the only team to dothat, okay?
I mean, hey, Max Crosby, whenwe whipped your ass, guess what
side he normally lines up on?
Oh, alt side.

(15:46):
Guess what?
Let's go on the other side.
But guess what, Max Crosby?
You still sucked.
But dude, come on, man.
Uh anyhow, we're not evengetting into that.
No, I know.
Uh dude, I gotta get intosomething.
Please.
Okay, because it was adiscussion last week.
But first, Jamar Chase, dude.
16 catches, 23 targets againstuh against the Steelers team.

(16:15):
Yeah, you've got banged up, yougot injuries.
But have you ever seen aSteelers defense just get
manhandled like that?

Graham (16:29):
That during the offseason, we brought in Jalen
Ramsey, we brought in DariusSlay.
Like the whole point was to goup against them and man.
We've always been zoned.
Now we're playing man.

Scott (16:42):
So Friday, I'm going, all right.
He had Jamar Chase had 16receptions, right?
Yeah.
My brain is going crazy on theway to work on Friday.
And I'm like, all right, whohas the most receptions in a
game?

Graham (16:57):
I know.

Scott (16:58):
And I looked it up, and not only did I look it up, I
remember it, dude.
Yeah.
Who is it?
Who is it?
Brandon Marshall.
Dude, from the Broncos, a teamthat I hate more than any team
in the NFL.
When Brandon Marshall was inthe NFL, that dude was a
monster.
Okay.
Underrated interceptions.

(17:19):
Do you know who has number two?

Graham (17:23):
In catches?

Scott (17:24):
Yeah, in a game.
It's not gonna surprise you,but you're probably not gonna
get it.
Julio?
No.
Terrell Owens has 20.
Troll.

Announcer (17:35):
Oh, okay.

Scott (17:36):
Okay.
Number three.
And I remember this.
Okay, and this goes back to adiscussion we had last week.
None other than Keenan Allen,18.
In a game.
Keenan, Jason Witten, BrandonMarshall, Tom Fierce, 18 in a

(17:57):
game.
Okay.
Number seven, tied for numberseven, your boy, Antonio Brown.
17.
Clark Gaines from the Jets.
17.
Oh, guess who's sitting theretied at number nine?
Jamar Chase, Keenan Allen.
Oh.
So I start thinking, you know,you and I were talking.

(18:21):
You start talking shit aboutHeinz Ward.
So I pull up some stats.
Going into last week's game,okay.
Going into the Colts game, Ilook up some stats.
Heinz Ward, okay.
He's played 57 more regularseason games than Keenan.

(18:42):
57.
How many seasons is that?
57 divided by when Heinz Wardwas playing with 16, you know,
carried the one.
I don't know.
Not a match.
Four, yeah.
Uh Heinz Ward careerreceptions, 1,000 exactly.
Yeah.
Okay.
Keenan going into Sunday,1,007.

(19:03):
Heinz Ward career touchdowns,85.
Keenan going into Sunday, 69.
Played more, played four moreseasons.
Yards for Heinz Ward, 12,083.
Keenan 11,600.

(19:25):
So give Keenan four more years,those numbers are toast.

Graham (19:35):
Different eras.
They didn't throw the ball asmuch back then.

Scott (19:38):
I I 100% agree.
100% agree.
Just had to throw those.
No, no, I mean, like, I no, Iget it.
It's a I just had to look itup.
TP was dying after Pittsburgh'spodcast.
Pittsburgh.
And I sent TP the stats, and hewas like, oh, get him.
Get him, get him.

Graham (19:54):
Yeah.
You know what, TP?

Scott (19:55):
I got something for you too.
Hey, but TP to you know, TP didsay, and I said it on the show
last week.
Totally different guys.

Graham (20:06):
Exactly.

Scott (20:07):
Totally different guys.
But something we're forgetting.
Okay.
We got a World Series startingFriday.
And speaking of Fridays, lastFriday, game four, Doyers and
Brewers.
We might have seen the greatestgame from a player in history.

(20:30):
And before you get going, dude,Otani's the starting pitcher.
I'm literally texting back andforth with TP.
Otani strikes out the side inthe top of the first.
Okay.
Yeah.
And I'm like, okay, TP, youready for the internet to

(20:50):
explode?
Otani's gonna lead off the gamewith a home run.
Your boy goes out, bets Otanianytime home run.
I wish I would have bet first.
Yeah.
What happens?
Blah blah! Bubba! Like dude,not only that, but a second home
run, he hit clearly out ofDoyer Stadium.

(21:12):
Dude.
His stat line.
Three three bombs, struck outten.
One hit.
Gave up one hit.
Oh, sorry.
He hit more home runs than hitsallowed.

Graham (21:31):
He was three for three in a walk.
What?

Scott (21:36):
Like, yeah, I the craziest part is the thing that
sucks is he's old.
That's what sucks.
He's old.
Otani's 31, 32 years old.
It sucks.
Because if he was in hismid-20s, oh man.

(21:57):
Shit, we would see.
It just that's the that's thething that I everybody's, yeah.
Is he the best that everplayed?
Maybe.
It's hard to argue against it.

Graham (22:14):
Was he Otani how long or how much of before he came in
the MLB was he Otani still inJapan?
He was, dude.
He was that guy for that long.

Scott (22:25):
Did you see the bidding war for Homeboy?
I understand the fact that hewent to the Angels first.

Graham (22:33):
Dude.
Speaking of the Angels, they'vebeen under a little fire
recently.
I've been hearing that uhthey've been getting a lot of
shit talking for their um theirclubhouse amenities.
Yeah.
Let's just don't even get TPstarted.
We're not even bringing thisup.
I just saw a video on this theother day.
I was like, I was watching, I'mlike, they just came in the

(22:57):
league like not even 30 yearsago.
Like, how could they how couldtheir facilities be such shit?
Like, you're a majororganization.
You had you have the playersthat you have, and you got shit
facilities.
Like, what's Mike Trout saying?
What's gone, man?

Scott (23:11):
Pooh saying, but I'm just saying, for that to be like
that, while they're air owner,their owner, and I'm not even
gonna get going because TP couldcome on here and just blast the
Angels organization.
The signings they've madebesides Mike Trout, Rendone,
garbage.
Josh Hamilton, garbage.

(23:32):
Remember Josh Hamilton from theRangers?

Graham (23:35):
Yeah.

Scott (23:36):
Pooh holes, good signing.
Old gave him a shit ton ofmoney.
Dude.
Mike Trout.
You got Mike Trout without theinjuries, one of the greatest
we've ever seen.
Without a doubt.
If Mike Trout is on the EastCoast instead of an Anaheim,

(24:02):
people are talking about MikeTrout.
I mean, the guy is insane, butthe injuries have killed him.

Graham (24:09):
Yeah, he's the Ken Gurfee Jr.
of our generation.

Scott (24:12):
Dude, I would say worse.
Really?
Better player than Ken GurfeeJr., but injuries killed him.
Killed him.
Dude, I will never forget TimTate.
You remember my boy Tim Tatefrom Champions Club?
Yeah.
We went to a game on the 4th ofJuly.
Kristen and the kids are out.

(24:32):
We got Diamond Club ticketsfrom my boy Tom Day that got
killed.
Rest in peace, Tommy.
We're literally sitting on thedugout, bottom of the tenth,
extra innings, and trout hit onethat was probably a half an
inch off the ground, walk-off,good night.

(24:53):
Ain't many people can hit that.

Graham (24:58):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Scott (24:59):
What I want to get into World Series, dude.
Doyers sweep the Brewers.
I mean, I gave the Brewers thebenefit of the doubt, and I said
Dodgers in five.
You know.

Graham (25:11):
I got proof.
He did say it.
Yeah.

Scott (25:14):
And I and I also said Toronto and I don't know how
many.
But Toronto Mariners goesseven.
What a series, dude.
What a series.
I mean, come on.
Felt bad for a loser of thatseries.
Everybody did.
Yeah.
Somebody's got to win,somebody's got to lose.

Graham (25:35):
Yeah, but the thing is, like, unlike the other sports,
baseball, no, tell me if I'mwrong.
Baseball just seems like it'sso much easier for a team to go
cold in baseball than it is inother sports.
Would you agree with that?

Scott (25:54):
100%, dude.
Why?
You got dudes throwing 90 milesan hour sliders.
You ever tried to hit a roundball with a round bat?

Graham (26:06):
Yeah.
Yeah.

Scott (26:09):
I mean, that's a reason why dudes that go up there and
they get one base hit out ofthree at bats get paid shit tons
of money.

Graham (26:20):
Yeah.
No, I get it.
Yeah, yeah.

Scott (26:24):
I I mean, it's not an easy sport.

Graham (26:27):
No.

Scott (26:27):
Pitching, pitch it, the pitcher always has the
advantage.
Right?
I mean, you're throwing theball fast as shit.
I mean, something I saw tonightthat I sent, this is insane.
Uh I'm gonna turn the volumedown.
There were only seven hitterswho batted over 300 or better in

(26:48):
2025.
What?
Seven.

Graham (27:01):
I'm uh you can't see my face, but wait, what?

Scott (27:06):
Seven hitters hit over 300 this year.
79 hit over 300 in 1999.

Graham (27:15):
Now, let me ask you a question that this is where I'm
going with that.
Is that because now people areit?
I don't want to say like has todo with contracts, but player
batters are more concerned withhome runs than just hitting like
singles, doubles, getting onbase.

Scott (27:31):
It's all about the the long ball.
Stat cast era.
Yeah.
Dude, it's all about the bombs.

Graham (27:39):
Yeah.

Scott (27:40):
I mean, look at the Mariners.
Who did they beat in thedivisional series?

Graham (27:47):
Tigers?

Announcer (27:49):
No.
Before that?

Scott (27:51):
Before the Mariners or the Mariners beat who?
Oh, yeah, the Tigers.
It was it was home run or bust.

Graham (27:58):
Yeah.
That's why it's interesting nowto see them, to see teams
actually play strategic baseballwhere they're bunting and
moving the runners.
And you're just like, wait aminute, what wait, what's going
on?

Scott (28:12):
I thought uh what do I always what do I always say?
Baseball's a thinking man'sgame.

Graham (28:16):
Yeah.

Scott (28:18):
And hit and run.
Bunts.
Advancing the runner.
Dude, getting that getting thatdude on third base with one
out.

Graham (28:28):
Yeah.

Scott (28:28):
It's huge.
Huge.
But anyhow, dude, Toronto hashome field advantage in the
World Series.

Announcer (28:35):
Yeah.

Scott (28:37):
That's Dad wasn't happy about that, but but the crazy
thing to me, dude, teams comingoff a seven-game championship
series are 4-0 versus teams thathave swept.
And that goes back to 88.

(28:57):
Oakland A's swept 4-0.
Toyers win the World Series.
2006, Tigers win the ALCS, fourgames and nothing.
Cardinals win.
ALCS, Rockies sweep, 4-0, RedSox win.

(29:20):
2012, Tigers, 4-0, Giants win.
What's gonna happen?
I you know, the only thing thatI'll say is this.
We know who the better team is.

Graham (29:34):
Yes.
But it's sports.
We all know that the betterteam does not always win.
Like that's just how it is.
But what I will say is for asgood as Otani is, especially as
a pitcher, he's the Dodgers'fourth pitcher.

(29:56):
Like Think about that.
He won a Cy, he win Cy Young'sand he's their fourth starter.
Never won a Cy Young.
Or sorry, I'm thinking envy,sorry.
My apologies.
But still, for a dominant as apitcher he is, and for him to be

(30:17):
their fourth day starter, I'mlike, wow, that's it's gonna be
a good series.
I'm it's good for MLB to have agood series.
I like I'm just thinking forthe markets per se, what it
would have been like if it wouldhave been Dodgers Mariners, it
wouldn't have been much of athing.
Because especially that's allWest Coast, that's just up and

(30:38):
down the coast, right?
So the fact that they'replaying Toronto, Toronto hasn't
been there in what 32 years now.
So I mean, good story.

Scott (30:48):
They've they've won a championship sooner than the
Toronto hockey team has won theStanley Cup.
Yeah.

Graham (30:58):
Yeah.

Scott (30:58):
I'm sorry, did I go there?
My bad.

Graham (31:01):
You did.
Do I I will say it was alsosuper sad on Monday that when
you're watching the Seahawksgame, the Seattle Seahawks game,
the Mariners game was playing,and did you see all the fans in
the stands wearing the Marinersjerseys?
And like there's like theyshowed a guy that had like an
iPad out there, like playing thegame, a fan, while that's going

(31:24):
on.
It's just like you felt bad forthe game.

Scott (31:26):
Weren't both games in Seattle too?
No, it was in Toronto.
It was okay.

Graham (31:31):
Yeah.
But they did the later time.
I don't know if the later timewas to help with the baseball
thing, which has there been anyclarification on why some games,
when they do two Monday nightgames, it was a if we go by East
Coast time, it'd be seven andthen eight, but then other times
it's five and eight and eightand eleven, or whatever,

(31:54):
whatever the time difference is.
I'm like, what no idea?

Scott (31:58):
Like no idea.
I just makes no sense.
You know, I so you got lookingat the betting line, you got the
Dodgers minus 215, and you gotthe Blue Jays plus 180.
I mean, if you're a bettingperson, obviously you're gonna
bet the Dodgers.

(32:18):
But here's what I like seriesprops, how many games is it
going?
Over four and a half is minussix fifty.
Under four and a half is plusfive hundred.

Graham (32:37):
There's no way no way.

Scott (32:42):
I I mean, I personally I don't know.
I like it to go seven.
I think the blue jays I don'tknow much about the blue jays.
All I know is Vlad, yeah,Springer, Scherzer.

Graham (32:58):
Yeah.

Scott (33:01):
I I don't know much.
You know, who does, right?
It's Toronto.
Who pays attention to Torontobaseball?

Graham (33:08):
Are you looking at the lines right now?
What is game one?
Oh, game one?
Oh, that's I would think Idon't know.
Like, I don't really betbaseball, and you know how I am
with us, but like just pureemotion and how you feel about
it.

Scott (33:25):
Game one is Dodgers or minus 157.

Graham (33:29):
Really?

Scott (33:30):
Plus 129.
Blake Snell is pitching for theDoyers.
Toronto hasn't announced apitcher yet.

Graham (33:40):
Well, I mean, with that's enough time rest.
I mean, they I I don't know.

Scott (33:44):
Yeah, they got plenty of time.
They can set up their rotationhowever they want.

Graham (33:48):
I don't know.
There's a small part of methat's just like look, I well,
hey, the Dodgers went up toMilwaukee those first two games
and did what they did.
I I don't know.
There's a small part of me thatkind of want to take Toronto in
game one.

Scott (34:01):
I the hell with taken aside?
How about let's go over sevenand a half at minus one hundred?
Oh, runs?
Uh yeah.
It ain't basketball.
There ain't no such thing as apoint in baseball.

Graham (34:19):
What do they so what does Vegas say the games are
going to?
What do they say at six games?

Scott (34:26):
Let's see, series props, series games, like I said.

Graham (34:33):
I hope it doesn't go seven.
That would be it doesn't.
I mean, no, it's I just figuredbased on how they do the bets
and stuff like that.

Scott (34:43):
If you go Dodgers win four games to one, it's plus
three thirty.
Dodgers four to two, it's plusthree eighty.
Dodgers four to three, it'splus four seventy-five.
I mean, everything's plusmoney.
You just gotta get lucky.

Graham (35:00):
I mean, yeah, it's just I I I was just kind of curious
what they think, how many gamesare being played.
By the way, did you see howmuch tickets game one are going
for the World Series in Toronto?

Scott (35:11):
Oh you probably gotta sacrifice your greatest poutine
recipe ever.

Graham (35:18):
And maybe uh not a maple leaf jersey, but I mean, I
don't seats on the third baseside, not like straight up, like
not right on the line, butprobably like 10 rows back,
seats were going for $3,500 aticket.
Why not?

(35:39):
No, I get it.
Like, supply and demand, youhaven't been there in that long.
Like, I I get it.
Like, wow.
I just I just didn't think goodfor them.

Scott (35:50):
I mean, no, yeah, good for them.

Graham (35:52):
It it's gonna be a good series.
I don't see it being lopsidedeither way.
I think there's gonna be goodpitching, I think it's gonna be
dramatic.
Uh I just I hope it's good.
That's really what it comesdown to.
I mean, if it was anything likehow some of these series just
the series that Toronto was inwith Seattle, that was amazing.

(36:13):
How that game went, dude,Seattle had a 3-1 lead in the
bottom of the seventh.
Was seventh or eighth, eighth,seventh, seventh, and Toronto
Toronto hit that bomb.
Dude gets up there and justsays, Oh, hey, let's change your
life.
I mean, I was kind of rootingfor the Mariners, but it's just

(36:34):
like for the fans there to getthat win, the emotion and
everything, like I'm happy forthem, but also in the same
sense, it's just like I'mthinking about the fans like
what if Seattle would have won.
Just it's just the differentoutcomes and how things go.
And I'm happy for those fans.
It sucks for the Mariners fanfans.
It is what it is, but hey, it'sthe playoffs.

(36:54):
I'm happy it was a great game.
A lot of these series have beenreally good.
I can't, I can't and and look,I know I joke on the MLB, I get
it.
It's not it's not that I don'tlike it.
The playoffs are great.

Scott (37:12):
Yeah, it's the regular season.
I get it.

Graham (37:14):
I'm just like, do you need 160?
Like, that's all I'm saying.
Like, it's it is what it is,but still, the pitching duels,
I'm I'm there for it.
I'm I think it's gonna be agood series.
I'm excited.
Obviously, I'm leaning one sideversus the other, you know, but
uh hopefully the Dodgers.
I think I think plus it'd bethe first back-to-back since the

(37:40):
early 2000s with the Yankeesfor a replay.

Scott (37:42):
I think I think Dodgers win four to two, go to six.
Yeah.
Go six.

Graham (37:48):
I hope they can close it out at home because man.

Scott (37:51):
It's gonna go six.

Graham (37:53):
Yeah.
So as we wrap up baseball,Scott, you kind of uh didn't say
everything about your weekend,even though technically it
wasn't the weekend.
Didn't you have somethingspecial going on?

Scott (38:07):
I actually did, and it was amazing.
And I don't even know how totalk about it.
Everybody that listens to usknows that I'm a golf pro and at
a private club, and we had aladies' adventure, dude, little
ladies' golf trip.
18 ladies and myself and myassistant.

(38:31):
And dude, let me tell you, thistrip was absolutely electric.
Not only was it amazing thetime that we had together, but
it was amazing when we firstannounced it at the club.

(38:51):
Dude, this trip goes back tolast February.
Okay, that's when that's whenthe sign-ups happened.
Okay.

Graham (39:02):
That's a hot minute.

Scott (39:04):
Yeah, dude, it goes back to February when we got 13
inches of snow.
Remember that?
Yeah, the day that thatsnowstorm happened, I left work
early and we'd send out all thecommunication with the club.
You know, the trip, you know,you have to sign up with the
email that I send out, you haveto respond to that.
The first 18 people were in,and you know, then the waiting

(39:29):
list, unfortunately, had tohappen.
But dude, I'll never forget,I'm sitting exactly where I am
right now, and it's likeliterally 358.
I'm like, Kristen, watch myphone at four o'clock with the
sign-ups.
Dude, my phone just it was soldout in a minute.

(39:50):
Wow.
Okay, it was sick.

Graham (39:54):
But anyhow, how many people signed up?

Scott (39:57):
Well, it was the first 18 people that responded to the
email.
Oh, okay.
Because it was 18 members, andthen myself and Kyle, my
assistant.
And dude, amazing, amazingaccommodations, amazing golf
courses we got to play up inWilliamsburg, Virginia by Busch
Gardens, where you and I went.

(40:19):
And dude, it was amazing.
I don't I didn't know what toexpect.
You know, you're going out with18 ladies, and but dude, let me
just tell you, epic.
Went went up a day, went upearly.
Our golf was Tuesday andWednesday with the members, but

(40:40):
myself and Kyle and one of ourother staff members went and
played Kings Mill, where thetour played for it was the
Anheuser-Busch classic, then itwas the Mikelobe, David Duvall,
whom David Duvall's first win.
Then when the when the PGA tourstopped playing there, uh the
LPGA started playing there.
So we played there on Monday.

(41:00):
Parker came home, Kyle and Iwent and checked in.
Dude, we had 20 chicks, membersat the club, you know, we it
was like a two-bedroom condo foreverybody.
So everybody had like a mastersuite at the condos place.
Dude, it was awesome.
Dinner reservations for 20.

(41:21):
You know, I always I jokearound and I say ladies' golf
trips are easier than guys' golftrips because what happens when
guys get done playing?
You get done playing golf,everybody goes back to their
room, showers, they're drinkingbeers.
Where are we going to eat?
It's like an hour and a halfordeal.
Where are we going to eat?
Oh no.

(41:41):
This trip, dude, dinnerreservations were made two,
three months ago.
Nice.
It was it was awesome.
Show up, have some food thefirst night, play some golf
yesterday.
But here's the thing that I wasgoing to talk to you about that
I didn't want to say until wegot on the show.
So Monday night everybodychecks in at four.

(42:02):
We go out to dinner, and ourfirst the first tea time of the
day is at 10 o'clock.
I'm not playing until like10:40.
Well, I tell the two ladiesthat are, you know, kind of like
my counterparts and organizingthis thing.
Like, I'll I'll be at thecourse at 9, you know, an hour
before the first tea time tohelp organize everything, you

(42:22):
know, yada yada yada.
We get back to our condo, andI'm telling my assistant, I'm
like, hey, I'm gonna get upabout 7.15, 7:30.
Let's hit up Chick-fil-A forbreakfast, and you know, we'll
leave the condo about 8.15,we'll be at the course about
nine, done.
So literally, Krista and Italked to her the night before,

(42:46):
and she's I'm like, give me acall about 7:45, make sure I'm
awake.
And, you know, like I told you,I didn't even finish watching
the first Monday night footballgame.
I was whooped, dude.
Well, I woke up about 6:30 andwent and took a leak.
I'm like, ah, I got an hour, goback, get in bed.
Uh, your boy wakes up, looks athis phone, it's 9.05.

(43:12):
What?
And I'm like, look at my phone,and I've got like 37 missed
calls from Kristen trying towake me up.
I open the door to the livingroom, and I'm like, Kyle's my
assistant's just sitting therein the living room, and I'm
like, bro, what the hell?

(43:32):
I thought I told you last nightwe're gonna lose it, leave at
8:15.
Did you not think of waking meup?
Oh, I thought you were justgetting ready.
What?
I don't know what happened withmy phone and my alarm and all
this shit, but let me just tellyou, if there was ever a world
record shower and getting out ofthe goddamn condo, it happened

(43:54):
yesterday morning.

Graham (43:56):
Dude, I thought you were getting ready.

Scott (43:59):
I'm like, Did you hear me getting ready?
I told you we were gonna leaveat 8 15.
So dude, I'd have been poundingon your door.
Right.
And I'm not blaming it all onhim.
I don't know what happened withmy alarm.
I have no idea.
Yeah, but I'm just like, so weshow up at 9 40.
I'm like, oh my god, I feellike you know, 10 pounds of shit

(44:23):
in a five-pound bag.
For sure.
And I was in bed at 10:30.
It's not like I was up tillthree in the morning.
Right.
Dude, I was like, oh that'scrazy.
Dude, like I finally woke up,Kristen's calling.
I'm like, yes, I know, I'mlate.
Hung up, got in the shower,we're gone.
Oh, I'm like, are you kiddingme right now?

(44:46):
But I mean, I didn't even watchthe nights.
I didn't watch the end of the Ididn't watch the end of the
first football game, much lessthe second god dang football
game.
But it was miserable.
But anyhow, dude, we had anabsolute blast.
It was so much fun.
And can't even begin todescribe how much fun I had with

(45:09):
these members from the club.
And the first trip I've takenthem on, it was amazing.
Can't wait to do it again.
You know, when you're a a proat a at a private club, it's all
about the relationships and ohfor sure.
And this kind of thing, youknow, I knew out of the 18, I

(45:31):
probably knew 12 like really,really, really well.
Yeah.
But the other six I got to knoweven better.
Yeah.
Dude.
It was amazing.
Absolutely amazing.

Graham (45:47):
I'm so happy for you, and I'm glad that it turned out
this way.
I had a feeling that it kind ofwould have gone that way for
you.
When you told me about thismonths ago, that this is what
you were doing.
I was like, wait a minute.
You're getting your coursesbeing shut down because you're
redoing the grades.
Like you get all the time.
Which we started Monday.
Right?
So you gotta plan these trips.

(46:07):
I'm like, dude, how fun isthat?
And you're like, oh bro, it'snot gonna be I'm like, dude,
trust me, it's gonna be a goodtime.
So I'm glad you had a greattime.
And the best part about it isone, you had a good time, two,
the ladies had a great time.
Three, they're gonna tell allthe other ladies at the club,
they're gonna tell theirhusbands they're gonna be happy,
they're gonna tell the boardmembers, they're gonna tell the
GM.

(46:27):
It's just like everything isjust so positive.
And with all that, I'm just I'mhappy for you.

Scott (46:32):
Dude, got a call already from one of the husbands
tonight, and here's the kicker.
So we're late, right?
Yesterday.

Graham (46:40):
Yeah.

Scott (46:41):
So all the ladies at our club, if somebody makes a
birdie, they call it birdiejuice.
And these ladies, these ladiesstart, they have these little
solo cups that are like aboutthat big, like a shot glass.
Oh, somebody makes a birdie,they pull out liquor, and you
gotta take a shot.
What?

(47:01):
Dude, so yesterday I'm likehalf asleep.
I tee off at 1040, I power thefirst hole, I hit my drive on
the second hole in the trees,and your boy hits this amazing
shot out of the trees from about160 yards.
Little sick punch and Judy sixiron.
Oh, touchdown over hits.

(47:22):
Let's go.
I hit this little punch andJudy six iron under the trees.
I hit it to like a foot.
Wow.
Make birdie, and they're allgoing, birdie juice, birdie
juice.
I'm like, oh my god, dude.
I'm not taking a shot.
I'm not taking a shot rightnow.

Graham (47:42):
You have to, peer pressure.

Scott (47:43):
And then they go, Oh, you know what?
Remember the rule, no birdiejuice before noon.

Graham (47:49):
And I'm like, thank you, thank you, Jesus.

Scott (47:56):
Oh, so then we're on nine, and I hit a seven iron to
like four feet, made birdie, andthey're like, Birdie juice,
it's after 12.
We got two.
Awesome.
I'm like, oh my lord.
So a couple shotters, you know,it is what it is.

Graham (48:15):
I love this because I know you don't like to drink
when you play golf, so in thishilarious.

Scott (48:19):
Never drink, dude.
You know that.
Yeah, but it was fun.
Anyhow, ladies had a had ablast.
I had a blast, Kyle had ablast.
You know, I sent you a video ofwe played some games last
night, a little left, right,center.
First time I ever played that.
But, you know, it was a greattime after watching my bolts get

(48:40):
the wood laid to them by DannyDimes on Sunday and you know,
Thursday night game tomorrow,quick turnaround.
You know, got the Vikings.

Graham (48:51):
Yeah.

Scott (48:52):
And as it was happening, dude, you know, I don't know if
you were at the game last yearor not, but last year, the worst
game for the Chargers was whenwe got boat race by Tampa, and
then had a quick turnaroundagainst the Broncos.
Yeah, that's all I that's allit made me think about.
And I'm I'm literally, as we'rewatching the game, I'm saying

(49:13):
the same thing to my dad, andthen instantly TP says something
to me about it.
Like this reminds me of lastyear.
And I'm just gonna go out realquick.
Portnoy in your pizza reviewcompany, yeah, you're a genius
because you turned this barstool sports thing into millions
and millions and millions, andyou're still ugly as shit, and

(49:36):
you know, you're still adouchebag.
But if I hear you say one morething about Justin Herbert and
how he's a fraud, oh, I'm sorry.
Did you watch the game theother day?
Did you see my guy Herbertrunning for his fing life and
still throw for 400 yards?
Uh obviously you didn't.

(49:58):
Because if you did, youwouldn't call him a fraud.
And if you say that Herbert's afraud for losing a playoff game
when he was winning 27-0, youobviously never looked at the
fucking stats, you pizza eatingpiece of shit.
Because how many times didHerbert turn the ball over in
that playoff game?
Oh, the same amount as me andGraham.
Zero.

(50:18):
Uh dude.
Is it all-pro left tacklemissing?
Yep.
And an all-pro right tacklemissing, yep.
Uh did the defense shit to bedSunday?
Yeah, they did.
They couldn't tackle me,Graham, somebody on Kellen's JV

(50:40):
team.
Don't put this shit on Herbie,bro.

Graham (50:46):
That plus the fact, dude.
It's hard for people right nowto wrap our heads wrap our heads
around the concept of the Coltsare five, five, was it five and
one or six and one now?
Like, no one saw that coming.
No one saw Danny Dimes comingin being their savior.
Like, how about this?

(51:07):
Just swap the quarterbacks.
What would have happened ifHerbert was on the Colts?
With that offensive line?
With that running game.
Exactly.
I mean, it's it's so hard tocritique players, especially on
teams where they've hadsignificant injuries, especially
on the offensive line.
Like, everything matters.
Like the whole next man up.

(51:28):
I I hate that saying becauseit's just like when you lose
when you lose all pros, it's notnext man up.
It's here's someone he'scapable, but he's nowhere near
the same caliber of player.

Scott (51:42):
And by the way, remember that first round draft pick we
spent on Hampton?
Yeah, he's out.
Remember that free agentsigning?
Najee Harris?
He's out.
When the entire world knows youhave no running game, how hard
is it to rush the passer?

(52:03):
When the entire world knows youroffensive line couldn't block
me, how hard is it to rush thepasser?
And at the beginning of thegame, yeah, Colts went down the
field, first possession.
Boom, boom, boom, score atouchdown.
We go down the field, kick afield goal.
And then the momentum changerwas what?

(52:25):
The fourth and one play.

Graham (52:27):
Yeah.

Scott (52:28):
The refs say it's short.
Defense runs off the field, youknow, pound in their chest, and
then all of a sudden, whathappens?
It's first down.
Am I saying that the Chargerswere going to beat the Colts?
No.
All I'm saying is the ball gamewas over at that point.

Graham (52:48):
Yeah.
I mean, there wasopportunities.
I mean, the Colts that day werethe better team.
The worst.
100%.
If things went a different way,if the ball bounced a different
way.
I mean, like I was telling you,you know, after the game, that
interception that Herbert threwin the end zone.

Scott (53:03):
If that didn't happen, how about the two interceptions
he threw in the red zone?
Yeah.
You get those six points,different worlds.

Graham (53:12):
Aren't the Chargers like in the top half of the league
with scoring touchdowns oncethey're in the in the red zone?

Scott (53:19):
No, we're like number 31.
Oh, even the last time.
I was thinking we're awful.
The only bright side of thewhole game, and you know, we
talked about it is Gadson.
Yeah, I was like, who?
Our fifth-round rookie dudefrom Syracuse.
Fifth round pick.
I mean, the dude was a stud.
We knew he was going to becomea stud.
He had a great game the weekbefore against Miami.

(53:42):
Dude, he broke Gates' rookierecord for receiving yards.
164 yards Sunday.
Gates was 117.
I mean, the guy's a stud.
His dad played in the NFL.
Fifth round pick.
You know, I don't know.
I I just I don't know.
Are we going to win tomorrownight against the Vikings?

(54:04):
I have no idea.
All I know is Alt's comingback.
Pipkins looks like he's comingback.
Vikings are missing.
What's the dude's name?
Uh God, I can't remember hisname.
Where is it?
Where is it?
Where is it?
Wentz is starting.
Uh Van Van Ginkel or whateverhis name is.
Vikings D, he's out tomorrow.

(54:25):
I don't know, dude.
I don't know.

Graham (54:29):
No, you you didn't mention, but the thing also that
was rough about the Chargergame this past Sunday was it was
the Hall of Fame, or not Hallof Fame, but uh at halftime,
they gave it alumni weekend.
Yeah.
And bringing back some of theplayers, and they gave what did
Gates get?

Scott (54:48):
His Hall of Fame ring.
His Hall of Fame ring.
And I don't know.
The yellow uniforms hate onthem if you want.
I mean, I didn't like them whenthey announced them before the
season started.
They grew on me a little bit.
Tomorrow night is where it'sat, bro.

Graham (55:06):
Did I can't remember, did the broadcast say whether or
not they were talking toHerbert about the uniforms?
And he's like, oh bro, he'slike, I like it.
Do you know how easy it is tofind our team?
Like, dude, those uniforms,it's like, oh, yeah, who am I
throwing to?
Oh, it's definitely that.
Which speaking of controversywhen it comes to the uniforms,
the Sunday night game withPittsburgh, we're playing the
Packers, we're doing alternatejerseys, we're doing special

(55:30):
jerseys.

Scott (55:31):
Oh shit.
We just missed the San Diegowaiver wire, but whatever.
I don't care.

Graham (55:36):
Uh ding ding ding.
Told you.
Um don't care.
But so we're doing thesedifferent alternate jerseys in
that game.
I think if I'm not, I could bewrong.
Don't kill me on this.
I think the Packers andSteelers are gonna have almost
the same color helmets.
It might be a style of like abrown and a and a yellow.

(55:59):
I I don't know.
I I could be wrong.
I heard something, I didn'tdive too much into this before
the podcast.
I'm just bringing it up, it'sall off the top of the dome.
I could be wrong, I don't know.
But I just hey, they weren'tthe ugliest jerseys I've
definitely seen.
It was more shocking justbecause of the it was yellow,
yellow both, and then with thehelmets for the chargers, that

(56:21):
color.
The bumblebee thing yellowlayers.
I'm definitely not a fan ofthat.
But there's also older jerseysthat I've seen, like Packers old
jerseys or even Bears oldjerseys, but still, like please
don't ever bring back Bumblebee.

Scott (56:33):
Don't the the yellow thing with me.
I don't know why you need to doit.
I mean, whatever, it's notimportant.
Tomorrow night, like I said, issomething that Chargers fans
have been asking for.
Oh, the Dark Ages, the Navy,the San Diego Navy.
We're wearing those tomorrow.
Can't wait.

(56:54):
I don't give a shit if you wearfucking pink.
Just beat the fucking Vikings.
That's all I want.
I don't care what what uniformsare out there.

Graham (57:10):
Vikings had a couple close games recently that they
it's gonna be they're hungry.
They're hungry in that defense.

Scott (57:17):
Hey, hey, I'm just gonna say this.
I'm calling it right now.
Chargers are getting adefensive touchdown.
I mean, we all know CarsonWentz likes to throw some fake
sixes.
Yeah.
Tarib still gotta obviouslykeep Jefferson in check.
We haven't stopped the run gamein a while.

(57:38):
A chain ran all over us againstthe.

Graham (57:42):
Yes and no, a chunk of that was one play.

Scott (57:45):
Whatever, dude.
It's we haven't stopped the rungame.
Yeah.
It's gonna be a tough game.
Good for Jonathan Taylor, youknow.
I mean, I've blasted on him infantasy and this and that.
The dude's finally healthy,finally has a quarterback.
And I don't hate on DannyDimes, you know.

(58:08):
We talked about it earlier inthe uh in the division picking
episode, you know.
How do you hate on him?
I mean, how bad?
Hey Giants.
Saquon leaves, how's he do?
Danny dimes, yes.

Graham (58:31):
Well, excuse me.
Yes, but when the Giants tookDanny dimes, wasn't he from uh
what it wasn't North Carolina?
No, Duke, he's like, yeah,especially in the first round,
I'm just like, look,quarterbacks can come from
anywhere.
I I get that you can come froma smaller school, like I get

(58:53):
Flacco, Flacco, Delaware.
I get it, but even still, whenhe played with the Giants, I was
just like, I don't, there wasjust something about it just
like I just I don't see it.
But now when you see him withthe Colts, it's just like, and
the same thing with JonathanTaylor.
If you have a quarterbackthat's not sufficient, you
you're not, I don't want to saynot afraid of, but you you know,

(59:16):
you're not game planningagainst as a threat.
Teams are gonna stack the box,which is why you know JT and
plus also he hasn't beenhealthy, but just seeing what
they're doing now, the Coltshave had a good offensive line
for a few years now.
Like, it's not surprising.
I I mean it is but it isn't.
Like they're putting all thepieces together.
And look, after this past week,the biggest buzz was is you

(59:39):
know, is bigger than MVP.
And after this past game, itwasn't he didn't have the best
game.
But to be fair, Detroit was ona mission that game, especially
after what happened in theKansas City game the week
before.
But also, you finally get yourstud receiver back, Mike Evans.
He played decent, but then gothurt in the third quarter.
Got hurt.
I just I feel terrible for theguy.

(01:00:01):
Yeah, he has a history of beingbanged up a little bit, but
look, hamstrings a couple gameshere.
Still produces.
Yeah.
Breaks his collarbone.
That's or clav, no clavicle orcollarbone.

Scott (01:00:13):
Collarbone.

Graham (01:00:15):
Yeah.
That's a you know, eight, sixto eight weeks injury.
I the main reason I feelterrible for him is just now
there's absolutely no chance ofhim getting the thousand yards
and breaking Jerry Rice forconsecutive thousand yard
seasons.

Scott (01:00:29):
Like that's just not real quick, real quick though, on
the Colts.
Yeah.
And something that will foreverhaunt us as a Chargers fan.

Graham (01:00:41):
Oh.

Scott (01:00:42):
The Colts head coach, you know, as we all know, Steichen,
was a long-term chargeremployee.
Okay.
You might not even know this.
Uh I didn't.
Dude.
From 2014 to 15, he was theoffensive quality coach for the

(01:01:04):
Chargers.
From 16 to 19, he was ourquarterback coach.
Him and Rivers.
Okay.
In 19 or in 20, he was ouroffensive coordinator.
Uh who was the rookie in 2020?
Herbert.
Okay.
In comes Brandon Staley, shipshim out of town.

(01:01:30):
And where this I can go?
Goes to the Eagles.

Graham (01:01:38):
Okay.

Scott (01:01:38):
What happens then?
Then he goes to the fuckingColts as the he was the
offensive coordinator for theEagles from 21 and 22.
Then goes to the Colts headpro.
Or head coach, sorry.
And I don't know if you heardin the broadcast, him and Rivers
are like best friends.
And still talk all yeah.

(01:02:01):
Still talk all the time.

Announcer (01:02:03):
I had no idea.

Scott (01:02:05):
Yeah.
Dude, Steichen.
Dude, he had he's got aquarterback finally.
He doesn't have uh AnthonyRichardson or who was pla who
was playing quarterback for himother than Anthony Richardson?
Uh Gardner Minshew.

Graham (01:02:26):
He won games with him.
He did.
He did.
They almost made the playoffswith him.

Scott (01:02:31):
Yes.
Dude.

Graham (01:02:36):
But all right, you said all that, and I get why you
would say that.
But you weren't saying thatlast year for him.

Scott (01:02:44):
Dude, I've been saying it for the Colts?

Graham (01:02:47):
Yeah.

Scott (01:02:48):
Or for the Chargers.

Graham (01:02:49):
No, the Colts.
Sagan.

Scott (01:02:51):
No, they didn't have a quarterback.

Graham (01:02:53):
No, I've been there.

Scott (01:02:53):
I've been saying it since he left the Chargers.
Yeah.
I'm just, it's hard to it'shard to blast the Chargers
coaching staff when you've beenthrown the card of injuries like
we have.

Graham (01:03:08):
Oh, yes.

Scott (01:03:10):
People have been blasting Greg Roman since his days with
the Niners, and then with hisdays with the Ravens.
You know, it's hard to blastanybody.
Do I want the team to go outand make a trade for somebody to
help the team?
Yeah, I'd like to see him makea trade with the Ravens to get

(01:03:32):
Mitchell or the Browns to getFord.
But Rob, who we talk about onthe show a lot, is like
offensive line, offensive line.
Dude, it's an offensive line.
Nobody's trading you a startingoffensive lineman.
It ain't happening.
Facts.
And the Chargers have a shitton of cap space next year.

(01:03:54):
A lot of draft picks.
Like TP and I always say, wealways said the year, the
football year of 26-27 is theChargers year.
I got excited last year in theplayoffs.
Got excited this year going3-0.
They're not going to trade awaythe future, dude.

(01:04:17):
When you have this much capspace and draft picks to try to
make a run.
You know, the defense at thebeginning of the year, yeah,
they were great.
Everybody was healthy.
Right?
It is what it is.
The crazy thing about footballthis year is there's no team
that's dominating.

(01:04:38):
Colts look good.
I agree.
I agree.
I agree.
I 100% agree.
But is there a team?
The team that unfortunately Ithink everybody's got to worry
about now.
Chiefs.

Graham (01:05:00):
I know.
It sucks.
It's amazing how what canchange in a couple weeks.
It sucks, dude.
It really is.
I mean I just, you know, withthe trade deadline coming up, I
don't know why I feel this way,but with especially with the
state of certain teams, I justhave this feeling.

(01:05:22):
I I think price, I think Ithink Brees Hall could come to
LA.
I really do.

Scott (01:05:28):
From what I was reading earlier before the show, the
Jets are trying to be hard andasking for a shit ton.
Ridiculous.
Stupid.

Graham (01:05:40):
They have no leverage.

Scott (01:05:41):
None.
None.
He ain't signing.
He's gone.

Graham (01:05:44):
Since his last year, I think.

Scott (01:05:46):
Fifth year, fifth year or whatever option.
And the same with the Dolphins,dude.
I mean, like, they got qualitypieces.
Bradley Chubb.
Yeah, they got quality pieces.
Kamara already said he ain'tleaving.
The Saints.
I don't think.
I don't think.
I mean, like I told you, I loveBrees Hall.

(01:06:09):
I love Ford from the Browns.
I love Mitchell from theRavens.
Is a running back gonna make adifference for my squad?
I don't think so.

Graham (01:06:24):
Yeah, yeah.
I would I don't think so.
The only reason I would say yesis because, as you say, it is
the offensive line.
If he can do well, that meansthe offensive line's doing well.
Right?
And you have to set up the runto set up play action, to set up

(01:06:46):
the pass.

Scott (01:06:47):
Yeah, the Chargers are the number one team in the NFL
run and play action.
Guess what?
If you can't run the ball,guess who's not buying on play
action?

Graham (01:06:56):
Yeah.

Scott (01:06:57):
All 11 players on the other side of the ball.
But if you can't block the runor the pass.

Graham (01:07:07):
That's what also pissed me off about my Steelers game
the previous Thursday.
Not only did they give up allthe because Pittsburgh was like,
all right, we'll let one of yougo off.
Chase went off.
Higgins went off.
Dude, Chase Brown went over ahundred on this.
So we gave up to two stud widereceivers and we let the running

(01:07:27):
back go for a hundred, which Idon't know if that was his
first, but probably only secondgame breaking a hundred.

Scott (01:07:33):
It was close to that.
Yeah, I just I I don't know.
So we got Chargers Vikingstomorrow.
Chargers are, I think,three-point favorites.
Three and a half at this point.
I think that's stupid.
But whatever.
Uh I think Chargers are gonnawin.

(01:07:55):
I think it's gonna be atwo-point win.
Honestly, two-point win.
Then we got your squad Sundaynight.
Oh, the squad.
Packers in town.
What do you think?
What do you think is gonnahappen?
Packers are hold on.

(01:08:16):
Aren't the Packers favored?
Yeah, they are.
On the road.
Three-point favorites on theroad and in the Steel City.
Oh, dude, can we get a Steelersmoneyline plus 142 right now?
Like it.
I love it.
I want some more of it.
I tried so hard, but I chokedon some cheese, just like Jordan

(01:08:39):
Love.
I don't even know how to keepgoing, but whatever, dude.
Fuck.
Hey, Packers.
Packers.
Remember after week two, dude,we were trying to crown the
Packers Super Bowl winners?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Hey.
I'm going Steelers by six.

Graham (01:08:56):
Did you see what Micah did?
I mean, you were watching yourgame because it was playing at
the same time.
Did you see what Micah Parsonsdid on defense against Arizona?
Who?
Who?
You heard me.
Parsons.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
Who was playing quarterback forthe Cardinals?

(01:09:17):
It's hey, I'll make a caseright now.
Jacoby Pursett played betterthan Kyler Miller.

Scott (01:09:25):
Than Tiny Tim.
Absolutely.
Worst contract.
Call of Duty Kyler?
Miserable.
I I'm nervous.

Graham (01:09:36):
I the the thing is.

Scott (01:09:37):
Can I just ask you a question?
Go ahead.
Who was that dickhead thattackled Aaron Rodgers after the
touchdown?
Dude, can somebody go cansomebody go take him out?
They laughed about it after thefact, but still.
Oh, did they laugh about itwhen he fucking tears Aaron

(01:09:58):
Rodgers back into three pieces?

Graham (01:10:01):
100%.
And that's what he said.
He's like, bro, I'm 41 yearsold.
Like, I love the excitement,but we can't take any chances.
Like, I mean, not that I'msaying he's a stick figure is
gonna fall apart, but I mean,like, I get it.

Scott (01:10:12):
Dude, dude, dude, you're that close to Mason Rudolph.

Graham (01:10:23):
Am I wrong?
I mean, I yeah, I I get it.
That close.
I mean, our season rides onhim.
I mean, it's it's not evenclose.
Like, so obviously we have tokeep him healthy.
For me in this game on Sundaynight.
I don't know how much stock toput in the whole revenge aspect

(01:10:49):
of it.
You know, playing the Packers,you get we have Favre.
Like, I get that.
Like, there's gonna I know he'sgonna want to.
Do you have who?
I didn't pick yet.

Scott (01:11:00):
You said Favre.
Did I say Favre?
Yeah, you definitely did.
I wasn't gonna call you out,but you said Favre.
He's been retired for a longtime.
And only Favre has sent dickpics, not Aaron Rodgers.

Graham (01:11:14):
Hey, to be fair, we haven't had one of these in a
while, so you know what?
Let's do it.
Sorry about that.
Little slap in the face.
Uh, yeah, so Favre, no, justkidding, that was a joke.
Uh Rogers.
Yeah, there's a little extragoing into it.
I might lean more on a prop bettaking him over the touchdowns.

(01:11:37):
I dude, I don't know.
I I'm just really hoping thatafter what happened this past
Thursday and the embarrassmentfrom what happened with the
defense, they figure it out.
I mean, it's gonna be aprimetime game.
I don't think I mean I don'tthink either side is a blowout.
I think it's gonna come down, Ithink it's gonna be a

(01:11:59):
three-point game.
Definitely under seven, mightcome down to a field goal for
sure.

Scott (01:12:05):
I think it's gonna be a low-scoring game.
It could be.
If you guys can stop the run,which I think is gonna happen,
it's gonna be a low-scoringgame.
I mean, the total's forty fiveforty-five and a half.

Graham (01:12:27):
Yeah.
I mean, their offense isJacobs.
If we can bottle him up enough,I mean he's still gonna get
his, but not I mean, dude, if wecould hold him under 100, is
that even possible?
It's possible.
Jacobs is a touchdown machine.

(01:12:48):
Can we win with Jacobs goingfor 120 and a touchdown?
Can we win?
Yes.
Yes.
I really think the X factor iswe have to clamp down on Kraft.
Don't disagree.
I can't believe I'm actuallysaying that, but I mean, I'm not

(01:13:09):
expecting much from was itWatson?
Is he coming back?
Christian Watson.
Yeah.
But yeah, I'm not reallyexpecting much.
I I don't know.

Scott (01:13:19):
Dude, their receivers are they're all like they're all
good.

Graham (01:13:24):
Yeah.

Scott (01:13:24):
But they're all like they're all good.

Graham (01:13:28):
We could also see Golden have one play go for, you know,
could break a tackle, go for500.
I I don't know.
I'm nervous.
Like, I I I don't and the thingis we need the game.
Just because, you know, for theschedule.
Like, that's the toughest part.
I mean, seeing what the rest ofour schedule is, yeah, I'm glad
that we had those first couplewins.
We were four on one, five, youknow, now we're four on two, but

(01:13:50):
like what we have for the restof the schedule.
Even if we do win the division,we'd be winning 11 games is
gonna be tough for us.
We still haven't played theRavens yet.
Playing you guys, I'm givingyou more credit because you guys
are a good football team.
We got the Colts the week afterthat.
Like, it's plus, dude, we stillhave to go to Detroit and to

(01:14:16):
Chicago.
Like, those aren't gonna beeasy games.
I'm not looking forward to thatDetroit game.
I'm really not.
I'm taking I'll tell you rightnow, folks, I'm taking Detroit.

Scott (01:14:27):
Let me just tell you, let me just say something.
Did you see how fast andexplosive Gibbs looked on Monday
night?
Oh, bro.
Dude, and I'm not even talkingabout the one he took to the
house.
Right.

Graham (01:14:41):
Even at what I think they say he was going 22 miles
an hour, folks.
Dude, that's with pads andequipment on.
Dude's going 22 miles an hourwith pads on.

Scott (01:14:54):
Gibbs burst is wild.

Graham (01:15:01):
Wild.
Yeah, which is why they didn'tsee as much of Montgomery,
because it's just likeMontgomery's a good player in
between tackles, but like thatburst.

Scott (01:15:10):
That burst is insane, dude.
It's insane.
My assistant, we're watchingthe game Monday when we got back
to the condo, and he's not abig sports guy, and he's like,
Oh my god, that dude is insane.
And I'm like, very like I mean,his second touchdown, I was

(01:15:33):
just like, holy shit.

Graham (01:15:35):
What do you talk to that guy about?
Does he at least watch golf?

Scott (01:15:39):
Yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, dude.
Hey, he's from Vegas.
Oh wow.
He's a UNLV uh PGM graduate.
Went to the PGM school at UNLV.
He's a Knights fan.
Let's go.
But uh, yeah.
But dude, I I just I don'tknow.

(01:16:01):
Uh Graham, it's been a longshow tonight.
Uh you know, World Series kicksoff Friday night, and Chargers
play tomorrow night.
Kellen's got a game tomorrownight.
JB.
Kellen.
Uh yeah.

(01:16:22):
It's gonna be a close game.
It should be pretty good.
They could get the dub.
Uh we get and it's at home,thank God.
So the game starts at 6, andyou know, charters are at 8.15.
My stepmom's out of town, andmy dad's coming over for the
first half of the charter game.
So we should be home rightaround the time kickoff starts.

(01:16:46):
So, you know, I don't know,dude.
I I just I don't know if we getthe dub, if we don't.

Graham (01:16:54):
I mean, I'm nervous about it too.

Scott (01:16:59):
I am.
It's just uh as good as Herbertcan be, you know, I don't care.
Like I was telling Kellen andlike I was telling Kristen, I
don't care if you're acombination of Tom Brady, Joe
Montana, Peyton Manning, and DanMarino.
If you don't have an offensiveline, you're F.

Graham (01:17:24):
That's why I don't know if how my opinion is changing
for this week based off whathappened last week, because my
opinion last week was yes, Coltsare good, but I still had the
faith.
I'm not gonna lie, I deep downI thought the Colts would would
would probably win, but I wasn'tlike decisive about it.

(01:17:48):
You know, the game I thoughtcould have been closer than what
it was for sure, but yeah,there were points in that game
where it's just like the Coltsthey just took it right down the
field.
Dude, the Colts have the leastamount of punts in the league.
Right.
What was that, six punts?

Scott (01:18:02):
Yeah, before I mean the the crazy thing to me is we were
getting man-handled athalftime.
Okay, I forget what the scorewas.
I'm looking it up right now.

Graham (01:18:14):
It's like weeks 28-10 or 20.

Scott (01:18:17):
It was it was 23-3.
Yeah.
Okay.
We come out our first drive inthe second half, we score a
touchdown.
Amazing drive.
What happens?
Boom, boom, boom.
Call the score.
I'm like, I mean, we got it.

(01:18:39):
Dude, it was and Warren, thetight end from Penn State,
everybody wants to throw theoffensive rookie of the year at
who?
Abuka.
Warren says what?
Hold my beer.

(01:19:00):
Dude, they're they're they'rehanding the goddamn ball off to
a fing tight end.

Graham (01:19:07):
If there was any team that, especially for the first
round, that was the player thatwas perfect for their system,
that was what they needed,perfect plug-in.
It was them.
And also with that, that alsoshows how much Penn State misses
him and how much that guy didfor him.
I mean, we knew it.
I mean, he was their wholeoffense almost, but still, like

(01:19:29):
that dude, stuff stuff.
Dude, not only that, dude.

Scott (01:19:34):
Alex Pierce, 98 yards receiving.
Warren, 69, Pittman, 58.
Oh, hey, Jonathan Taylor, 38receiving.
Oh, remember that guy?
Amir Abdullah?
He even had eight yards.
Taylor had 94 yards rushing andthree tutties.

Graham (01:19:55):
The worst part is Taylor looked like he can get whatever
he wanted when he ran.

Scott (01:20:00):
He's looked like that all year.
Yeah.
He's with that offensive line.
Yeah.
Dude, that offensive line.
But anyhow, uh, we've been onthis way too long.
It's just because you and Ihaven't talked in a couple days.
I've been MIA.
Um let's go.

(01:20:22):
Let's root for the for our boys.
Chargers get a dub.
Packers get a dub.
I mean, sorry.
Steelers get a dub.
Is that I mean sorry.
Sorry, sorry.
That has to be a slap yourself.
Oh, if you want me to slap it,I'll smack it up, flip it, rub
it down.
Oh no.
Here you go.

(01:20:43):
You ready?
I'll do three.

Graham (01:20:48):
Do you owe a shot for something?

Scott (01:20:50):
What?

Graham (01:20:51):
Do you owe a shot for something?
I already did that shit for No,no, no, not a playoffs.
I thought there was somethingelse.

Scott (01:20:57):
I already did it for cousins.
I mean, if we can get a dub, wegot the little mini bye, then
we go to the Titans.

Graham (01:21:04):
Yeah.
That's why this game is hugefor us.
Yeah, you guys need it,especially with how you know
Denver and that record, and Idude, that division is dude.

Scott (01:21:15):
It's so it's crazy.
Crazy.
But whatever.
I'm just gonna say, yo, BoNicks, he's looked kind of
shitty.

Graham (01:21:28):
Yeah.

Scott (01:21:29):
I mean, he had a play last week to score that
touchdown, but he has not donewhat you know.
The sophomore slump, it's real.
Yeah, it definitely is.
But I don't know.
I'm just gonna go out on alimb.
I just said Chargers score adefensive touchdown.
I'm also gonna say Cowboys getthe upset in Denver.

(01:21:53):
Dude, if the Cowboys had a passrusher, oh I'm sorry who?
Micah?

Graham (01:22:01):
Oh, oh, remember that guy?
I mean it's all it's allspeculation, and I don't know
how they would do it anywaybecause they're strapped for
cash.
But have you been seeing onlinehow they're saying they're
going after Crosby?

Scott (01:22:14):
That shit ain't happening.
Yeah, they can't afford him.

Graham (01:22:16):
There's no way.

Scott (01:22:17):
That would be amazing if they did, though.
Oh my god.
And I hate the cowboys.
Yeah.
But what they're doingoffensively, especially when
they got a CD back.

Graham (01:22:31):
Yeah.

Scott (01:22:32):
But thanks, Fanny.
Yeah, boy.
Your boys got Dak and Pickens.
Uh Graham, get us out of here.
Let's, you know, I hope for thebest.
Absolutely.
I'm just saying it right now.
Like fucking cheese headdouchebag Packers are not being

(01:22:56):
the Steelers Sunday night.
That's my guarantee of theweek.
Heinzfield, aka, whatever the fthey call that stupid place
right now.
Accure.
Is not no, it's Heinzfield.
Is not allowing Jordan Love tobeat them at home.

(01:23:17):
The end.
I hope so.
The end.
You heard it here first onroller derby.
And hey Jeff, if you want toask offer me some stupid trade
for Jared Judy, you better comeharder in the paint than that
bullshit, dude.
Nobody wants no Jared Judy anda Cleveland Browns wide

(01:23:39):
receiver.
Anyhow, Graham, get us out ofhere.
I love everybody.

Graham (01:23:44):
Scott, it's always a pleasure doing the podcast with
you.
And that was the best homiealways says, Bye-bye.

Scott (01:23:51):
Good night, friends.
Go bolts tomorrow night.
Kick Minnesota back to the Mallof America and their Twilight
Eaton fan base.
Purple Peter, people eaters, mydick.