January 15, 2025 • 46 mins
Could Ohio State and Oregon truly be the best contenders for the National Championship, or are we overlooking other deserving teams? Join us on Sharp Action Daily as we shake up the college football landscape with some bold takes on who really deserves a shot at the title. We throw Ohio State and Notre Dame under the microscope, dissecting betting strategies that could make or break your game-day wallet. Plus, we aren't shying away from controversy, as we tackle officiating and its potential to tip the scales of the game. And what about the little guys? We lay out our thoughts on how a 12-team playoff might just change the game, drawing intriguing parallels to the NFL and those unlikely playoff upsets, like the unforgettable Bears' misstep against the Eagles.
Switching gears, we embark on a whirlwind tour of the coaching carousel, examining whether Mike McCarthy still cuts it after his stints with the Packers and Cowboys. We speculate on the future coaching landscape with names like Belichick and Riley, against a backdrop of NFL officiating mishaps that leave fans scratching their heads. But the excitement doesn't end there—we share candid tales of our sports betting woes this season, mixing humor with cold, hard stats. Our predictions for NFL, golf, and basketball are served with a side of competitive banter, all while we dissect the drama of unsportsmanlike behavior, inspired by an Eagles fan’s infamous meltdown. With insights, laughs, and a touch of sportsmanship, this episode is a must-listen for any sports aficionado.
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What's going on, everybody?
Welcome back to the SharpAction Daily Podcast show With
me again.
Tonight we have Chris and JoeBoyce.
How are we doing?
Coming off a huge wildcardweekend?
Doing well, doing well.
How are you doing?
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Pissed off?
I'm in basketball purgatory butit's neither here nor there.
All my sports teams suck.
We've been over that numeroustimes, so let's keep it rolling.
College football playoff Startthere.
Two good games, one and a halfgood games.
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That Orange Bowl took a littlebit to get going, but it was
good down the stretch and I didthoroughly enjoy the Cotton Bowl
.
So, chris, I'll open up tonightwith you.
Did we get the two best teamsplaying in the National
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Championship game?
No, not even close.
So who should be playing?
I think Ohio State's far andaway the best team, at least
right now.
I still think Oregon's probablythe second best team, even
though they didn't show up atall in their game.
But I don't think they wouldlose to Texas, notre Dame or
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Penn State, obviously, who theyalready beat.
And Penn State early wasdominating that game.
I don't know how.
I mean, I guess that's whathappens when you only kick field
goals.
Let the other team hang around,but they should have cleaned up
after the first half.
Yeah, that's something maybeJim Harbaugh could take a little
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lesson at.
But Joe is holding an OhioState future ticket.
How do you feel about theBuckeyes on Monday, which is
going to be Joey's favorite dayof the year?
You know I am looking forwardto it.
Is that all you're lookingforward to?
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I do think I'm going to hedgewith whatever the spread.
I'm going to wait a little bit.
It came out at 9.5.
It's now dropped to 8.
I'm going to wait.
Hopefully it gets back upcloser to 10.
And I'm going to take NotreDame at plus 10 as a hedge and I
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hope I hit both.
I like that plan.
I think it's going to come downto how this game is officiated.
I think Notre Dame thinksthey're going to play man and
we'll see what happens.
They do grab a lot, but so doesOhio State.
Ohio State might grab more thananybody and nothing gets called
.
I'm not saying it's biased thatthe refs are for Ohio State.
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They're just not callinganything in the playoffs.
So that's the main thing you'regoing to be watching.
Is kids grab each other?
No, that's a youth thing.
I'm just saying that'lldetermine who wins the game or
how big the win is.
Notre Dame can muck it up likeMichigan.
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I think they're alive.
But other than that, thisshould be another boring game,
right?
I don't think Notre Dame canscore game right.
I don't think Notre Dame canscore.
I don't think so either.
Riley Leonard gets out of thepocket at all, which is make or
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break for that team.
What's up, brad?
So I will ask, is Indiana thethird best team in college
football, since their onlylosses are to Ohio State and
Notre Dame.
I think someone should beapologizing to them.
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Hang on a minute.
Is NIU the best team in collegefootball, considering they beat
Notre Dame?
No, no, your answer is the same.
I think that solidifies thatIndiana should have been in the
playoff.
Not that any of us needed thatto be solidified, but apparently
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I don't think it solidifiesanything.
Why your loss was to Ohio Stateand Notre Dame.
What two top teams.
Who else did they play that wasin the top 50?
Who did Texas play?
Nobody, I agree.
I don't think Texas is good,which is why Indiana is still a
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viable team for the playoffs,because there aren't any other
good teams.
Yeah, I guess.
No, you're right, I don't thinkIndiana Is good at all.
I don't think Texas is good atall.
I don't think there were 12good teams.
I don't think they're good.
I think that's the problem Withthis year's 12 team playoff.
I don't think they're good.
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Yeah, I think that's theproblem with this year's 12-team
playoff.
I don't think there were 12good teams.
Maybe it'll be different nextyear.
It's college football.
Is there ever going to be 12really good teams?
No, that's why I was never anadvocate for 12 teams.
Are we ever going to see anupset Like a 12 beat a 5?
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No, not in the world where weplay home games.
I mean, when have you seen a 7seed in the NFL beat the 2 seed?
Occasionally, it happened tothe Bears.
Isn't this the Second year?
Second year of 17, third year,but I think the Packers Are the
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only team that done it.
No, the Eagles beat the Bears.
Bears were the 2 seed in theNFC.
Then it started on the bye byetiebreaker.
Then I lost to the Eagles in2018.
That's a big thing On a doubledoink.
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What year was that?
I was at the game.
What year was that?
2018, 2019.
Okay, so then they had a bye.
So they were the sixth seed.
The Bears had a bye.
Yeah, the Bears did not have abye.
Okay, then they were the sixthseed, alright, okay, I like how
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you just fact-checked me, like Idon't know what I'm talking
about.
It's ridiculous.
We can sit here and talk aboutcollege football some more, but
I think that Wild Card Weekendwas a lot more exciting than
these two games.
Now, granted, these wereprobably two of the better
college football games so far Ofthe playoff, yeah, of the
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playoff, for sure.
Besides, I mean the ArizonaState Texas game will forever be
the best one.
They'll have a game left.
The Orange Bowl was exciting.
Yeah, the Orange Bowl wasexciting.
I don't disagree with you atall there.
Ohio State Texas was exciting.
Yeah, the Orange Bowl wasexciting.
I don't disagree with you atall, david.
Ohio State-Texas was exciting.
Texas is on the three-yard lineto tie the game.
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We can do it.
I just find it hard to believethat you thought the wildcard
weekend was better than thecollege football.
I think it was.
I mean, there were a lot ofblowout games, but at least for
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me it was better because I gotto see the Packers and the
Vikings lose.
The cherry on top would havebeen the Commanders losing, but
that's okay.
They should have lost that game.
I mean, this is my.
The commanders were my bagsbanter, and I figured out why I
hate them so much.
They're everything that thebears aren't.
You get your rookie quarterbackto take you to a divisional
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playoff game and win on the roadwith the doink, but it goes in.
Is playing the way thecommanders are playing
sustainable?
I'm not saying this yearbecause I just think it's the
Super Bowl, but this is Miamiblack magic.
Okay, my bad, there was no 7seed.
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Oh, I rewatched it there.
What was that one link I saw upin that top corner.
Is it Brooklyn Vaughn?
Only fans Is that?
It?
Is that it?
You come up with thistomfoolery because you don't
know ball.
But it's fine, we digress, moveon.
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Okay, back to the Commandersgame.
Is that offense, which ispretty much a college offense,
sustainable in the NFL?
No, you have RG3 and Fitzmagicgoing back and forth on Twitter
today, because RG3 first triedto claim that seven of the eight
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quarterbacks left are mobilequarterbacks which is the
dumbest thing I've ever heardand he said that's here to stay.
And Fitzmagic basically broughthim back to earth and said look
, I ran for 300 yards once.
Anyone who doesn't run for 300yards in a season is not
considered a mobile quarterback.
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So let's stop this nonsense.
I wouldn't be entertaining.
Yeah, 440, and he was notmobile whatsoever.
He evaded a lot of sex,actually, but in terms of
mobility, not what I woulddescribe it as.
Yeah, I think RG3 has betterthings to do besides his crusade
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on.
I'm not going to even talkabout it, but he's a clown.
Him and Cam Newton are thebiggest haters in NFL media For
people who play the game andplayed it pretty well.
You would think they would knowthe game better than it appears
that they do Now.
Cam sometimes actually has somegood takes and can explain
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what's happening on defense, butsome of the things he comes up
with are ridiculous.
Actually has some good takesand can explain what's happening
on defense, but some of thethings he comes up with are
ridiculous.
And RB3 is I don't know whatplanet he's on, apparently
hanging out with Emmanuel Achotoo much.
What are you trying to saythere?
That they don't know ball butthey act like they do Not?
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That they're sharing things?
Well, it's not footballknowledge.
Nfl coaching carousel isunderway.
That's what I want to spendmost of this evening talking
about.
Dallas, with a sort of surprisefire or parting of ways.
After they blocked MikeMcCarthy to interview with the
Bears, they let him go, Ibelieve 24 hours after that.
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So is prime time coming toJerry World.
That, I think, is the gaffe ofall gaffes.
Right, cause they waited toolong to interview anybody.
So what the heck were theydoing?
And no, dn should not coach inthe NFL.
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I don't know what aboutwatching him coach in Boulder
makes you think he can coach inthe NFL.
He's a winner.
He's a leader.
I got smoked by BYU Smoked, butI can't wait for them to get
Deion.
Then they're going to trade DakPrescott to the Titans for the
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first pick.
And if I'm tight with theTitans, why would the Titans
take Dak for the first pick?
You didn't pick up thatcontract.
He's not worth a three at thispoint.
Dak and Michael Parsons get himcloser probably still have to
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keep him.
So coaches, joe, who's going tobe the Bears' next head coach?
Ben Johnson, I don't know.
I've been talking myself intoMike Vrabel over Ben Johnson,
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but at the end of the day, itshould end up with Ben Johnson.
You need an offensive coachbecause, let's be honest, even
if you strike gold or lightningin a bottle with a good
offensive coordinator, he hasone good season and then, guess
what?
I'm going to go take a headcoaching job somewhere else.
So that's great.
But you need an offensive headcoach.
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Mike Vrabel, not exactly whatwe're looking for.
Also, he's not available.
He's not available, nope.
Or he's a Patriots coach.
Has he been signed?
Missed that one?
All right.
So it's Ben Johnson or nothing.
I that one, all right.
So it's ben johnson or nothing.
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I have talked myself into beingokay with pete carroll.
Uh, again, not your coach ofthe future whatsoever, as much
as ben johnson could be, buthonestly, not a terrible second
pick.
You have these group, thisgroup of guys, for the next
three to four years.
Pete carroll can coach afootball team for three to four
years, but it also puts you inthe pressure of if we're going
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to win, we need to win now, yeah, and you need an OC, yeah.
So Ben Johnson is going to theRaiders.
I don't get that one either.
Why would he want to go to theRaiders?
He's going to the Raiders.
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Why not go to the Raiders?
What do they have?
Nothing, hang on.
They got Brock Bowers.
The kid's legit, yeah, and theyhave Tom Brady.
That's it.
Who would care about Tom Brady?
He's not playing football, tomBrady.
Who cares about Tom Brady?
He's not playing football.
Tom Brady at what?
The owner's on free, not theowner of the team.
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Not the right form of languagethere, sorry.
Decision maker of the NFLfranchise.
Still not correct.
If he is the decision maker forthat NFL franchise, he cannot
be calling NFL football gamesShadow figure of the Las Vegas.
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We have gone from owner todecision maker to shadow figure
and all the way back tocommentator, which is what he is
, congratulations.
He's at the same level as PatMcAfee.
Hey, pat McAfee would probablybe a pretty good bears coach.
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That's not true at all.
Well, you're gonna be stuckwith mike mccarthy?
Okay, they are gonna be stuckwith mike mccarthy, which would
actually probably be the besthire.
Bro, I'd rather have ben johnJohnson, but I wouldn't.
I don't know.
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I'd rather have Thomas Brownthan Mike McCarthy.
Why Mike McCarthy's won a SuperBowl.
No, aaron Rodgers won a SuperBowl.
Caleb Williams is such a goodtalent, then why can't he, with
Mike McCarthyonaughey?
Aaron Rodgers doing his firstyear, brad, what win a Super
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Bowl was it?
His rookie season might havebeen his first year starting
behind an FCS O-line and it wasnot, by the way, not even close.
Did he have a non power 5 Oline in front of him?
I don't know.
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I don't know the old line from2008.
I don't know.
You want to say that it was2010.
You want to say that I don'tknow a ball?
You can't even get the yearright.
Well, when the Packers won theSuper Bowl?
Yes, either way, you wantMarcus Freeman, no.
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So, joey, what do you think?
Mike McCarthy's worst year isMight have been this year.
No, he had one worse year 2020.
He went 6-10.
But yeah, rodgers got hurt.
Yeah, so he went 8-8 first yearat Green Bay.
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Then 13 wins.
Oh, there's a 6-10 in 2008.
That was Rodgers' first year.
11 wins, 10 wins, 15 wins, 11,8, 12, 10, 10.
Then when he gets to theCowboys, rodgers, soon, rodgers.
Okay, sure, let's do theCowboys ones.
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First year he was 6-10 there.
Then he goes 12-12-12.
And then 7 this year.
How many playoff wins Lifetime?
No, with the Cowboys he hadfour playoff wins.
With the Dallas Cowboys he hadfour playoff wins with the
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Dallas Cowboys.
Sorry, four playoff games, onewin.
There you go.
I mean I don't know.
I just don't know he still gotit.
Was that what you're saying,brad?
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Yeah, I like Mike McCarthy.
He's stable, he always runs agood offense, knows the division
If the Bears.
I don't think this is the samedivision as when he was here,
not even close.
Same teams I was back whenGreen Bay was going 0-16.
Detroit was going 0-16.
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Green Bay would get 15 winsbecause they get to play the
2-14 Bears and the 0-16 Lionsfour times.
I mean you understand what itmeans and the places.
But I don't know.
I don't think he's a terriblecoach.
I just wouldn't be superexcited about him.
I'm not in the slightest.
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I don't even know why we'reinterviewing him.
I wish we weren't, becausethere's no one else available
besides Ben Johnson.
This is an interview carouselSoon.
We've been interviewingeverybody Because they don't
know what they're doing.
Who else is there there?
I'd call Belichick.
Got a job.
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Usually that's how contractswork.
Yeah, he is an opt out eitherway.
Belichick's what?
95, 70.
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So what if the leader of thecountry can be that old?
Why can't a leader of thefootball team?
Because the leader of thecountry doesn't really do much.
Game moves a little bit fasterin the NFL than it does in the
world of politics.
I beg to differ.
Man, have you seen any?
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Okay, never mind, whatever.
Who else do you call on, brad?
Our options are Bill Belichickand Mike McCarthy.
I still take Ben Johnson.
You want my list of who I call?
Yeah, who would you call MarcusFreeman?
No chance, chip Kelly Didn'twork in the NFL the first two
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times.
I love Chip Kelly.
I'd call Steve Spagnuolo.
Trying to think who else I likeOhio State's defensive
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coordinator, jim Knowles.
The dude's an idiot.
So you'd call him and I'd callSark.
No, I like Sark but not.
And Lincoln Riley, the one Imean, throw another name out
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there.
Cliff Kingsbury Worked withCaleb Williams in college.
I don't, yeah, I don't thinkhe'd take it.
Yeah, I don't want him to takeit.
I mean I'd call him, but Idon't think he'd take it.
If available, I thought BrianDable would have been a good
candidate.
I would have loved Brian Dable.
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So, chris, what did you think ofthe nfl officiating from this,
or officiating in general, thispast weekend?
Uh, I thought it was awful.
I don't know what I mean.
They started calling stuff incollege, so I guess that was
good.
Finally, um, although push thescoring down so that over I had
didn't go real well, you had ablatant face mask that I think
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the booth called down and toldthem there was a face mask
because they didn't throw a flag, but they called a penalty.
You had an Eagles linebackerrunning through the receiver in
the end zone and Eagles gettingan interception.
But the most blatant, I think,was the opening kickoff of the
Eagles-Packers game.
What happened when the Packersplayer fumbled, the ball got
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kicked around and he's holdingit in his arms, laying on the
ground.
You can clearly see it on thevideo and they still called it
Eagles ball to open the game.
I mean, I get it if it's underthe pile and there's a scrum for
it, but he was clearly layingon the ground by himself with
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possession of the ball.
How that's a fumble and Eaglesball?
I don't understand.
Someone's going to have toexplain that one to me, joe, I
don't know an explanation.
I unfortunately missed thestart of that game and I was a
little confused on what happened.
So I appreciate you clearing itup for me.
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Yeah, it's a new one.
Yeah, I don't get it.
Do you have an issue with thematthew stafford pass?
That could have been a fumble.
No, I think he was clearlytrying to throw it.
His hand moves that way.
I don't know.
I would have called it a fumble.
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I probably would have alsocalled it intentional grounding.
I couldn't really clearly seeanyone there.
If there was someone there, letme know.
I didn't see anyone.
One last college topic.
Sorry, just came in from atexter.
Does Brian Kelly regret hisdecision for Notre Dame?
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You want me to go first?
I'll go first.
No, no, I mean maybe I'll gofirst.
No, I mean maybe, but like hecouldn't have predicted going to
12-team playoffs.
Right, I know we're givingMarcus Freeman credit for doing
what Brian Kelly couldn't, buthe didn't.
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I mean, he got to thechampionship.
But if it's not a 12-teamplayoff, notre Dame's not in.
They lost to Northern Illinois.
Like what Notre Dame's not in,they lost to Northern Illinois.
Yeah, he's in a harderconference to get into the
playoff and Notre Dame isguaranteed to be in every year,
but that has nothing to do withthe coach, because I also think
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he has better talent.
Availability at LSU due toregion and academic leniency is
in the South, we'll call it that.
I would like to know what theacademic leniency is for a
player transferring in.
What do you mean?
Like you don't really have to.
It's not academic anymore.
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're not applying right, I knowthis could have been before the
transfer portal, but the kid,the guard from north carolina
gosh, I can't think of his name.
He was going to go to michiganbut didn't get in academically,
so he went to arizona, michiganyeah, kid from north carolina
didn't have the Michigan.
Yeah, kid from North Carolinadidn't have the grades to get
into Michigan, so he went toArizona.
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I forget his name.
I want to say Also, I think theway the money gets split up is
a huge advantage to Notre Dame.
So Ohio State or Penn Statejust split money with their
conference, whereas all thatplayoff money that Notre Dame
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gets, they get what I think theyneed to get in a conference.
Notre Dame has no revenuesharing and they got that NBC
money.
They're still making more ontop of it.
They got 24 million so far forbeing in the playoff.
They're gonna get 24.
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I don't remember what it wassomewhere around there.
It's insane.
They got the same amount, butthey have to split it.
You guys wanna do a little?
Who poops in your cereal?
They got the same amount, butthey have to split it.
You guys want to do a little?
Who poops in your cereal?
Sure, go ahead.
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Brad, clearly you got someoneon your mind.
No, I'm curious who you guyswant to do.
It Was it us?
Did we poop in your cereal?
No, I don't know who we poop inyour cereal.
No, I don't know who pooped inmy cereal.
It was a pretty pleasantweekend.
The weather Meteorologistsperhaps I'll give you.
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Not who pooped it.
Well, sure, the transfer portal.
Again, just nonstop winners inthe transfer portal.
The quarterback from Charlottetransferred to Florida.
Oh, that was the best, becausehe's under the impression he was
going to start over DJ Lagwayand then found out he's not, so
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he's leaving Florida.
Now, what were you thinking,dude?
It wasn't like he went toCharlotte and tore it up too.
I don't know what is wrong withthese kids man.
He thought, wait, they promisedhim starting.
He got there and they're like Idon't think they promised him.
He thought he was.
I'm highly doubting theypromised him.
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I mean, I don't know how CarsonBeck got $4 million either.
So, yeah, the transfer portal.
I've been laughing at everyonedown here.
What?
Bob Carson Beck coming to Miami?
Why he's going to throw 27interceptions?
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Trust the system.
What is the system?
He's not used to having tosling it, dude, that's fine.
He's got the best defenses,o-lines and running backs in the
country.
Now he's coming to Miami, butthey don't have any wide
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receivers anymore.
They don't have any runningbacks.
Mccormick will come.
They definitely don't have adefense and McCormick cannot
come back.
Stop.
And Estrepo yeah, estrepo alsogone.
And Estrepo yeah, estrepo alsogone.
If he's getting double what CamWard got, I expect equal or
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greater output.
He's throwing 27 interceptions.
Maybe they brought him in toplay DM.
You don't have anyone who canstop a jet sweep Moving on my
bad, moving on my bad.
That's why I was leading you on.
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I thought it was going to behim.
I don't care.
You got somebody, let's see ifyou get.
I'll be glued in for the firstfive games of the year.
When they're undefeated andthen they lose to Wake Forest
probably or someone stupid,maybe they can get Rashada back.
Rashada, I wanted the dude fromVanderbilt.
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I don't know why they didn't goafter him.
Javier, javier.
Yeah, fuck it.
Why not?
He runs around and throws it upBecause he would arrive in
Miami.
To be fair, he would.
He runs around and throws it up.
He would arrive in Miami, to befair, he would.
He would have a blast here.
Doesn't that make sense?
Yes, it does Anything.
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That doesn't make sense, thoughyou do have the chance.
Carson Beck's tattoo would lookso stupid in the Miami
Hurricanes Uniforms.
It's just gross.
Carson Beck's going to lookstupid In a Miami uniform.
Yes, you can put any uniform onhim.
He's going to look fuckingstupid.
I don't think looks is part ofhis game.
(31:36):
Clearly it's not.
It worked for him somehow.
I don't know how it fuckingBaffles me.
It worked for him somehow.
I don't know how I'd do it, butit fucking baffles me.
To be fair, that's the kind ofshit I see down here in Miami.
Dude.
It's this weird dude with thehottest chick ever.
What the fuck?
Nothing makes any sense.
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It's easier when you drive aLambo.
All you need is a Lambo, joey,I'm working on it really hard.
Should we ride one from Jurofor a day PRAs?
We'd be in a great spot rightnow.
There you go.
Miami needs a Gardner Minshewtype guy, not Carson Back.
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Yeah, that's why I wanted Pavia.
Pavia would have been fun.
Pavia is more of a Gardner Mins.
I wanted Pavia.
Pavia would have been fun.
Pavia is more of a GardnerMinshew.
Pavia Mateer would have beenbetter.
I don't know the WashingtonState quarterback.
My bold prediction is that dudedoesn't get drafted in the top
three rounds Next year.
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Carson back, I mean he should.
Quarterback's a position ofneed.
But Stenson Bennett can go inthe fifth or seventh or whatever
.
He went on.
He shouldn't have, but he did,yeah, and JJ McCarthy went in
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the top 11.
Whatever he went, he shouldn'thave either.
Didn't he get arrested, dude?
That's all.
Just he's running around drunkon campus.
Happens to everybody.
Yeah, baker Mayfield does that,it's fine.
Nobody cared.
Browns go.
Yeah, let's draft him firstoverall.
Yeah, baker Mayfield does that,it's fine.
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No, baker's not.
I mean, they sold it for fouryears, nobody cared.
Browns go.
Yeah, let's draft him firstoverall.
They should have kept him.
Baker was the best thing theBrowns ever did.
No, I was talking about JohnnyManziel, but you're right, baker
was the best thing the Brownsever did.
No, the best thing the Brownsever did was leave Cleveland the
first time.
You're right, that franchise isa lot more successful.
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Was the committee wrong to putSMU, clemson and Indiana in?
And, if so, who would you haverather seen get a spot?
No, but it was one.
Were the 12 best teams?
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Yeah, it's plain to see.
I'm sorry, those were the 12teams that earned the shot.
Well, I would go just as far asto say those were the 12 best
teams.
I would say that was it,especially after watching these
bowl games with Alabama andMichigan.
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Pop-tart Bowl was fun though itwas fun.
Is Alabama dead?
Yeah, deboer's on a two yearrental.
We all knew that.
Who in the SEC is going to begood next year?
The SEC is dead, joey.
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Our Florida Gators are going tobe live.
I'm telling you, florida is mypick to win the NCAA
championship next year Sorry,the college football playoff, I
should say and I'm definitelybetting them to win the SEC,
unless somehow Lane Kiffinfigures out how to bring Jackson
Dart back.
He can't, according to histweet, he thinks he can't.
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It's the only thing LaneKiffin's good at Tweeting
bullshit, tweeting yeah, orDMing random chicks.
I don't know if you can callher a random chick.
She's not random.
Which one?
Oh, you didn't see the one.
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You remember the hype aroundthe ring girl from the Jake Paul
fight?
That one, yeah.
Wasn't there one after that?
Or was that the last one?
I don't remember.
Now it's impossible to keeptrack of Lane Kiffin.
Someone needs to take his phoneaway.
Same with Roma doing his dad.
Are you talking about when hetook the picture of Saban, or
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the tweet with that girl andSaban?
Did you see that one when LaneKiffin responded no, anywho, I
do think Florida may Florida, Idon't know.
Are the DNs back for SouthCarolina?
No, I think they're both gone,right.
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Yeah, I know, two of three arefor sure gone.
So he'll be a sophomorequarterback.
He's pretty good and Lagway'spretty good.
Brady coming back or not.
Brady Cook, mizzou Terribleyear.
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Oh, joey, texas will be goodnext year With the Arch.
No, they probably play atougher schedule next year.
They might be in trouble.
No go, gators.
Texas wasn't good this year.
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They're not going to be goodnext year.
They also should have put Anarch at the goal line.
They could have scored atouchdown.
I could have won a bet.
It was worth taking him at plus700.
Anyway, speaking of gambling,which is supposed to be the
premise of this show, let's getinto the picks, which are hotter
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than the temperatures inChicago.
2-7 last week Nice job, guysBrings us to 79-92 overall.
I can't believe how much betterwe were last year.
This is not good, dude.
It's been a fucked up year.
I don't care.
It's been a hard year.
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This is an adjustment period tounderstanding how college
football is going to be.
Now you know what the worstpart is.
I feel like the public's beenright a lot, and that's what's
really fucking me up, becauseI've been so used to the public
being wrong so many times andall of a sudden, now the
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public's right and it's like Idon't know.
I feel like it goes in waves.
I don't want to say it's rigged, or give the appearance that
it's rigged, but one week, like12 favorites win in the NFL and
then the next week 12 dogs win.
Like Vegas loses all its moneyone week and then makes it all
back double next week.
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It's insane, I don't know.
I don't know what to talk about.
I mean I do.
I have three picks.
I just Individual stats for theyear.
I am 30-27, went 2-1 last week.
Bags is 23-34.
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He went 0-3 last week.
Chris is 26-31, also went 0-4last week.
I would like to say that Bradrefused to let me pick something
that won, so I just want to putthat out there.
I won't say which I'm sure youguys can guess, but just because
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that's my turn, I'm going firstGive me the Detroit Lions minus
9.5 over the WashingtonCommanders.
Good pick.
Good pick Was not on my board,chris.
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I will stay in the same game.
I'm going to take theCommanders Lions under 55.5 off
week over.
The Lions may slow down theoffense a little bit and I think
their defense is healthy.
They'll slow down Washington.
I think it'll be under 55 and ahalf.
I like it.
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I like it Going all plus moneypicks this week For me.
I'm going to try to make itmore challenging.
So I can you know see if Chrisand Joey can catch up.
You're 30 and 27.
For my first pick, going backto the golf, keegan Bradley
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finished top 20 last week.
So I'm rolling with Tom Kimplus 110.
To finish top 20 last week.
So I'm rolling with Tom Kimplus 110, finished top 20 this
week.
Tom Kim, top 20.
Yep, yeah, I'm going to stickwith that Detroit Commanders
game.
I'm going to go with the under55.
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Ooh, friendly fire, chris, Ican pick something else.
You're good, it's fine.
We need some winners.
Let's go, maybe take the overin that game if you're still
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Split.
I'm happy we're thinking on thesame page.
Yeah, I'm happy we're thinkingon the same page.
Yeah, I'm Going to Do somethingI don't want to do.
I'm going to take the RavensMinus one.
I don't know, everyone I pickSeems to lose and I'd rather
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have Bills win.
So I'm going to take the Ravensminus one.
All right, doesn't really playdefense, although they did this
week.
I don't understand what's goingon there.
Derek will probably go for 230and four.
For my second pick, I'm goingto the Chiefs-Texans game.
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I'm going to take PatrickMahomes, 25-plus rushing yards
at plus 105.
I think a big thing of mine isI think quarterbacks like to run
more in these playoff games.
Last week the line wasn't outwhen we recorded, but I got CJ
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Stroud at nine and a halfrushing yards.
So, uh, there's a market for it.
Pay attention to that.
I think they.
I think they like to run morewhen the games mean more.
So just my opinion.
I have no idea if it'll beaccurate or not, but we will
ride it.
I feel like that one was livefor a while too, like the live
that CJ Stroud over it wascreeping down for a while.
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Yeah, I think it went down toeight at one point.
All it takes is one.
Right, I like it.
Thank you All.
Right For my third and finalpick.
I'm also going to move it overto the PGA.
I'm going to be taking PatrickCantlay top 20, at even money
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plus 100.
Is that your pick for the pool?
It is not.
I'm not wasting him on theAmerican Express Open.
Maybe your guy will make thecut this week.
Dude, the worst part was hemade an equal on 18 and missed
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the cut by one.
What a cunt.
Whoa, this is a family show,joe.
It is not, not anymore.
Can we just put a pin in thatand remind me after we're done
with the picks?
For my third pick, I'm going totake the Celtics minus 12.5 at
the Raptors tonight.
The Raptors are god-awful andCeltics are just going to pull
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them out because that's whatthey do.
Is that a Wednesday night tipor Thursday night tip?
It is a Wednesday night, okay.
Thank you.
For my third and final pick,I'm moving into the college
football national championshipand I'm going to be taking
Travion Henderson to score atouchdown.
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What are the odds on that?
Close to 100.
Even more Okay.
So back to see you next Tuesday.
Did you see that Eagles fan gotfired for calling the Packer
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fan a see you next Tuesday?
Someone videoed it and put iton the internet.
Wait, what happened?
Some Eagles fan was harassing awoman Packer fan in Eagles
Stadium, called her a see younext Tuesday and said all kinds
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of wild shit.
Apparently they put it onTwitter.
Twitter found the guy, thecompany he works for, fired him
and he's, I think, banned fromEagles games.
Stop.
Wow, that's crazy.
Don't do stupid shit.
Simple as that.
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Be a decent human once in awhile Talk trash, but come on.
Well, john Owen was nicetalking to me.
I'm going to have to find a newjob now, apparently.
So you guys, have a goodweekend.
I'll be back next week, baby.
This is all I got.
Chris, you got a stat to roundus out here.
No, I have nothing.
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Right now.
My world is collapsing.
I don't know what I'm doing.
Unders are being overs andovers are hitting unders.
Home dogs cover in the playoffsat like 22-9.
There you go, there's a stat.
Well, everybody, please makesure.
There you go.
There's just that.
Well, everybody, please makesure you heckle bags, employers,
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and follow us on our socialmedias.
So, thank you, and we will seeyou after this divisional
weekend and the college footballchampionship.
So till next week.
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What's going on, everybody?
Welcome back to the SharpAction Daily Podcast show With
me again.
Tonight we have Chris and JoeBoyce.
How are we doing?
Coming off a huge wildcardweekend?
Doing well, doing well.
How are you doing?
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Pissed off?
I'm in basketball purgatory butit's neither here nor there.
All my sports teams suck.
We've been over that numeroustimes, so let's keep it rolling.
College football playoff Startthere.
Two good games, one and a halfgood games.
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That Orange Bowl took a littlebit to get going, but it was
good down the stretch and I didthoroughly enjoy the Cotton Bowl
.
So, chris, I'll open up tonightwith you.
Did we get the two best teamsplaying in the National
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Championship game?
No, not even close.
So who should be playing?
I think Ohio State's far andaway the best team, at least
right now.
I still think Oregon's probablythe second best team, even
though they didn't show up atall in their game.
But I don't think they wouldlose to Texas, notre Dame or
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Penn State, obviously, who theyalready beat.
And Penn State early wasdominating that game.
I don't know how.
I mean, I guess that's whathappens when you only kick field
goals.
Let the other team hang around,but they should have cleaned up
after the first half.
Yeah, that's something maybeJim Harbaugh could take a little
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lesson at.
But Joe is holding an OhioState future ticket.
How do you feel about theBuckeyes on Monday, which is
going to be Joey's favorite dayof the year?
You know I am looking forwardto it.
Is that all you're lookingforward to?
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I do think I'm going to hedgewith whatever the spread.
I'm going to wait a little bit.
It came out at 9.5.
It's now dropped to 8.
I'm going to wait.
Hopefully it gets back upcloser to 10.
And I'm going to take NotreDame at plus 10 as a hedge and I
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hope I hit both.
I like that plan.
I think it's going to come downto how this game is officiated.
I think Notre Dame thinksthey're going to play man and
we'll see what happens.
They do grab a lot, but so doesOhio State.
Ohio State might grab more thananybody and nothing gets called
.
I'm not saying it's biased thatthe refs are for Ohio State.
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They're just not callinganything in the playoffs.
So that's the main thing you'regoing to be watching.
Is kids grab each other?
No, that's a youth thing.
I'm just saying that'lldetermine who wins the game or
how big the win is.
Notre Dame can muck it up likeMichigan.
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I think they're alive.
But other than that, thisshould be another boring game,
right?
I don't think Notre Dame canscore game right.
I don't think Notre Dame canscore.
I don't think so either.
Riley Leonard gets out of thepocket at all, which is make or
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break for that team.
What's up, brad?
So I will ask, is Indiana thethird best team in college
football, since their onlylosses are to Ohio State and
Notre Dame.
I think someone should beapologizing to them.
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Hang on a minute.
Is NIU the best team in collegefootball, considering they beat
Notre Dame?
No, no, your answer is the same.
I think that solidifies thatIndiana should have been in the
playoff.
Not that any of us needed thatto be solidified, but apparently
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I don't think it solidifiesanything.
Why your loss was to Ohio Stateand Notre Dame.
What two top teams.
Who else did they play that wasin the top 50?
Who did Texas play?
Nobody, I agree.
I don't think Texas is good,which is why Indiana is still a
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viable team for the playoffs,because there aren't any other
good teams.
Yeah, I guess.
No, you're right, I don't thinkIndiana Is good at all.
I don't think Texas is good atall.
I don't think there were 12good teams.
I don't think they're good.
I think that's the problem Withthis year's 12 team playoff.
I don't think they're good.
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Yeah, I think that's theproblem with this year's 12-team
playoff.
I don't think there were 12good teams.
Maybe it'll be different nextyear.
It's college football.
Is there ever going to be 12really good teams?
No, that's why I was never anadvocate for 12 teams.
Are we ever going to see anupset Like a 12 beat a 5?
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No, not in the world where weplay home games.
I mean, when have you seen a 7seed in the NFL beat the 2 seed?
Occasionally, it happened tothe Bears.
Isn't this the Second year?
Second year of 17, third year,but I think the Packers Are the
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only team that done it.
No, the Eagles beat the Bears.
Bears were the 2 seed in theNFC.
Then it started on the bye byetiebreaker.
Then I lost to the Eagles in2018.
That's a big thing On a doubledoink.
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What year was that?
I was at the game.
What year was that?
2018, 2019.
Okay, so then they had a bye.
So they were the sixth seed.
The Bears had a bye.
Yeah, the Bears did not have abye.
Okay, then they were the sixthseed, alright, okay, I like how
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you just fact-checked me, like Idon't know what I'm talking
about.
It's ridiculous.
We can sit here and talk aboutcollege football some more, but
I think that Wild Card Weekendwas a lot more exciting than
these two games.
Now, granted, these wereprobably two of the better
college football games so far Ofthe playoff, yeah, of the
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playoff, for sure.
Besides, I mean the ArizonaState Texas game will forever be
the best one.
They'll have a game left.
The Orange Bowl was exciting.
Yeah, the Orange Bowl wasexciting.
I don't disagree with you atall there.
Ohio State Texas was exciting.
Yeah, the Orange Bowl wasexciting.
I don't disagree with you atall, david.
Ohio State-Texas was exciting.
Texas is on the three-yard lineto tie the game.
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We can do it.
I just find it hard to believethat you thought the wildcard
weekend was better than thecollege football.
I think it was.
I mean, there were a lot ofblowout games, but at least for
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me it was better because I gotto see the Packers and the
Vikings lose.
The cherry on top would havebeen the Commanders losing, but
that's okay.
They should have lost that game.
I mean, this is my.
The commanders were my bagsbanter, and I figured out why I
hate them so much.
They're everything that thebears aren't.
You get your rookie quarterbackto take you to a divisional
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playoff game and win on the roadwith the doink, but it goes in.
Is playing the way thecommanders are playing
sustainable?
I'm not saying this yearbecause I just think it's the
Super Bowl, but this is Miamiblack magic.
Okay, my bad, there was no 7seed.
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Oh, I rewatched it there.
What was that one link I saw upin that top corner.
Is it Brooklyn Vaughn?
Only fans Is that?
It?
Is that it?
You come up with thistomfoolery because you don't
know ball.
But it's fine, we digress, moveon.
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Okay, back to the Commandersgame.
Is that offense, which ispretty much a college offense,
sustainable in the NFL?
No, you have RG3 and Fitzmagicgoing back and forth on Twitter
today, because RG3 first triedto claim that seven of the eight
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quarterbacks left are mobilequarterbacks which is the
dumbest thing I've ever heardand he said that's here to stay.
And Fitzmagic basically broughthim back to earth and said look
, I ran for 300 yards once.
Anyone who doesn't run for 300yards in a season is not
considered a mobile quarterback.
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So let's stop this nonsense.
I wouldn't be entertaining.
Yeah, 440, and he was notmobile whatsoever.
He evaded a lot of sex,actually, but in terms of
mobility, not what I woulddescribe it as.
Yeah, I think RG3 has betterthings to do besides his crusade
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on.
I'm not going to even talkabout it, but he's a clown.
Him and Cam Newton are thebiggest haters in NFL media For
people who play the game andplayed it pretty well.
You would think they would knowthe game better than it appears
that they do Now.
Cam sometimes actually has somegood takes and can explain
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what's happening on defense, butsome of the things he comes up
with are ridiculous.
Actually has some good takesand can explain what's happening
on defense, but some of thethings he comes up with are
ridiculous.
And RB3 is I don't know whatplanet he's on, apparently
hanging out with Emmanuel Achotoo much.
What are you trying to saythere?
That they don't know ball butthey act like they do Not?
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That they're sharing things?
Well, it's not footballknowledge.
Nfl coaching carousel isunderway.
That's what I want to spendmost of this evening talking
about.
Dallas, with a sort of surprisefire or parting of ways.
After they blocked MikeMcCarthy to interview with the
Bears, they let him go, Ibelieve 24 hours after that.
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So is prime time coming toJerry World.
That, I think, is the gaffe ofall gaffes.
Right, cause they waited toolong to interview anybody.
So what the heck were theydoing?
And no, dn should not coach inthe NFL.
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I don't know what aboutwatching him coach in Boulder
makes you think he can coach inthe NFL.
He's a winner.
He's a leader.
I got smoked by BYU Smoked, butI can't wait for them to get
Deion.
Then they're going to trade DakPrescott to the Titans for the
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first pick.
And if I'm tight with theTitans, why would the Titans
take Dak for the first pick?
You didn't pick up thatcontract.
He's not worth a three at thispoint.
Dak and Michael Parsons get himcloser probably still have to
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keep him.
So coaches, joe, who's going tobe the Bears' next head coach?
Ben Johnson, I don't know.
I've been talking myself intoMike Vrabel over Ben Johnson,
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but at the end of the day, itshould end up with Ben Johnson.
You need an offensive coachbecause, let's be honest, even
if you strike gold or lightningin a bottle with a good
offensive coordinator, he hasone good season and then, guess
what?
I'm going to go take a headcoaching job somewhere else.
So that's great.
But you need an offensive headcoach.
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Mike Vrabel, not exactly whatwe're looking for.
Also, he's not available.
He's not available, nope.
Or he's a Patriots coach.
Has he been signed?
Missed that one?
All right.
So it's Ben Johnson or nothing.
I that one, all right.
So it's ben johnson or nothing.
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I have talked myself into beingokay with pete carroll.
Uh, again, not your coach ofthe future whatsoever, as much
as ben johnson could be, buthonestly, not a terrible second
pick.
You have these group, thisgroup of guys, for the next
three to four years.
Pete carroll can coach afootball team for three to four
years, but it also puts you inthe pressure of if we're going
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to win, we need to win now, yeah, and you need an OC, yeah.
So Ben Johnson is going to theRaiders.
I don't get that one either.
Why would he want to go to theRaiders?
He's going to the Raiders.
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Why not go to the Raiders?
What do they have?
Nothing, hang on.
They got Brock Bowers.
The kid's legit, yeah, and theyhave Tom Brady.
That's it.
Who would care about Tom Brady?
He's not playing football, tomBrady.
Who cares about Tom Brady?
He's not playing football.
Tom Brady at what?
The owner's on free, not theowner of the team.
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Not the right form of languagethere, sorry.
Decision maker of the NFLfranchise.
Still not correct.
If he is the decision maker forthat NFL franchise, he cannot
be calling NFL football gamesShadow figure of the Las Vegas.
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We have gone from owner todecision maker to shadow figure
and all the way back tocommentator, which is what he is
, congratulations.
He's at the same level as PatMcAfee.
Hey, pat McAfee would probablybe a pretty good bears coach.
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That's not true at all.
Well, you're gonna be stuckwith mike mccarthy?
Okay, they are gonna be stuckwith mike mccarthy, which would
actually probably be the besthire.
Bro, I'd rather have ben johnJohnson, but I wouldn't.
I don't know.
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I'd rather have Thomas Brownthan Mike McCarthy.
Why Mike McCarthy's won a SuperBowl.
No, aaron Rodgers won a SuperBowl.
Caleb Williams is such a goodtalent, then why can't he, with
Mike McCarthyonaughey?
Aaron Rodgers doing his firstyear, brad, what win a Super
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Bowl was it?
His rookie season might havebeen his first year starting
behind an FCS O-line and it wasnot, by the way, not even close.
Did he have a non power 5 Oline in front of him?
I don't know.
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I don't know the old line from2008.
I don't know.
You want to say that it was2010.
You want to say that I don'tknow a ball?
You can't even get the yearright.
Well, when the Packers won theSuper Bowl?
Yes, either way, you wantMarcus Freeman, no.
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So, joey, what do you think?
Mike McCarthy's worst year isMight have been this year.
No, he had one worse year 2020.
He went 6-10.
But yeah, rodgers got hurt.
Yeah, so he went 8-8 first yearat Green Bay.
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Then 13 wins.
Oh, there's a 6-10 in 2008.
That was Rodgers' first year.
11 wins, 10 wins, 15 wins, 11,8, 12, 10, 10.
Then when he gets to theCowboys, rodgers, soon, rodgers.
Okay, sure, let's do theCowboys ones.
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First year he was 6-10 there.
Then he goes 12-12-12.
And then 7 this year.
How many playoff wins Lifetime?
No, with the Cowboys he hadfour playoff wins.
With the Dallas Cowboys he hadfour playoff wins with the
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Dallas Cowboys.
Sorry, four playoff games, onewin.
There you go.
I mean I don't know.
I just don't know he still gotit.
Was that what you're saying,brad?
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Yeah, I like Mike McCarthy.
He's stable, he always runs agood offense, knows the division
If the Bears.
I don't think this is the samedivision as when he was here,
not even close.
Same teams I was back whenGreen Bay was going 0-16.
Detroit was going 0-16.
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Green Bay would get 15 winsbecause they get to play the
2-14 Bears and the 0-16 Lionsfour times.
I mean you understand what itmeans and the places.
But I don't know.
I don't think he's a terriblecoach.
I just wouldn't be superexcited about him.
I'm not in the slightest.
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I don't even know why we'reinterviewing him.
I wish we weren't, becausethere's no one else available
besides Ben Johnson.
This is an interview carouselSoon.
We've been interviewingeverybody Because they don't
know what they're doing.
Who else is there there?
I'd call Belichick.
Got a job.
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Usually that's how contractswork.
Yeah, he is an opt out eitherway.
Belichick's what?
95, 70.
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So what if the leader of thecountry can be that old?
Why can't a leader of thefootball team?
Because the leader of thecountry doesn't really do much.
Game moves a little bit fasterin the NFL than it does in the
world of politics.
I beg to differ.
Man, have you seen any?
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Okay, never mind, whatever.
Who else do you call on, brad?
Our options are Bill Belichickand Mike McCarthy.
I still take Ben Johnson.
You want my list of who I call?
Yeah, who would you call MarcusFreeman?
No chance, chip Kelly Didn'twork in the NFL the first two
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times.
I love Chip Kelly.
I'd call Steve Spagnuolo.
Trying to think who else I likeOhio State's defensive
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coordinator, jim Knowles.
The dude's an idiot.
So you'd call him and I'd callSark.
No, I like Sark but not.
And Lincoln Riley, the one Imean, throw another name out
(22:40):
there.
Cliff Kingsbury Worked withCaleb Williams in college.
I don't, yeah, I don't thinkhe'd take it.
Yeah, I don't want him to takeit.
I mean I'd call him, but Idon't think he'd take it.
If available, I thought BrianDable would have been a good
candidate.
I would have loved Brian Dable.
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So, chris, what did you think ofthe nfl officiating from this,
or officiating in general, thispast weekend?
Uh, I thought it was awful.
I don't know what I mean.
They started calling stuff incollege, so I guess that was
good.
Finally, um, although push thescoring down so that over I had
didn't go real well, you had ablatant face mask that I think
(23:27):
the booth called down and toldthem there was a face mask
because they didn't throw a flag, but they called a penalty.
You had an Eagles linebackerrunning through the receiver in
the end zone and Eagles gettingan interception.
But the most blatant, I think,was the opening kickoff of the
Eagles-Packers game.
What happened when the Packersplayer fumbled, the ball got
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kicked around and he's holdingit in his arms, laying on the
ground.
You can clearly see it on thevideo and they still called it
Eagles ball to open the game.
I mean, I get it if it's underthe pile and there's a scrum for
it, but he was clearly layingon the ground by himself with
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possession of the ball.
How that's a fumble and Eaglesball?
I don't understand.
Someone's going to have toexplain that one to me, joe, I
don't know an explanation.
I unfortunately missed thestart of that game and I was a
little confused on what happened.
So I appreciate you clearing itup for me.
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Yeah, it's a new one.
Yeah, I don't get it.
Do you have an issue with thematthew stafford pass?
That could have been a fumble.
No, I think he was clearlytrying to throw it.
His hand moves that way.
I don't know.
I would have called it a fumble.
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I probably would have alsocalled it intentional grounding.
I couldn't really clearly seeanyone there.
If there was someone there, letme know.
I didn't see anyone.
One last college topic.
Sorry, just came in from atexter.
Does Brian Kelly regret hisdecision for Notre Dame?
(25:13):
You want me to go first?
I'll go first.
No, no, I mean maybe I'll gofirst.
No, I mean maybe, but like hecouldn't have predicted going to
12-team playoffs.
Right, I know we're givingMarcus Freeman credit for doing
what Brian Kelly couldn't, buthe didn't.
(25:33):
I mean, he got to thechampionship.
But if it's not a 12-teamplayoff, notre Dame's not in.
They lost to Northern Illinois.
Like what Notre Dame's not in,they lost to Northern Illinois.
Yeah, he's in a harderconference to get into the
playoff and Notre Dame isguaranteed to be in every year,
but that has nothing to do withthe coach, because I also think
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he has better talent.
Availability at LSU due toregion and academic leniency is
in the South, we'll call it that.
I would like to know what theacademic leniency is for a
player transferring in.
What do you mean?
Like you don't really have to.
It's not academic anymore.
(26:26):
're not applying right, I knowthis could have been before the
transfer portal, but the kid,the guard from north carolina
gosh, I can't think of his name.
He was going to go to michiganbut didn't get in academically,
so he went to arizona, michiganyeah, kid from north carolina
didn't have the Michigan.
Yeah, kid from North Carolinadidn't have the grades to get
into Michigan, so he went toArizona.
(26:48):
I forget his name.
I want to say Also, I think theway the money gets split up is
a huge advantage to Notre Dame.
So Ohio State or Penn Statejust split money with their
conference, whereas all thatplayoff money that Notre Dame
(27:10):
gets, they get what I think theyneed to get in a conference.
Notre Dame has no revenuesharing and they got that NBC
money.
They're still making more ontop of it.
They got 24 million so far forbeing in the playoff.
They're gonna get 24.
(27:32):
I don't remember what it wassomewhere around there.
It's insane.
They got the same amount, butthey have to split it.
You guys wanna do a little?
Who poops in your cereal?
They got the same amount, butthey have to split it.
You guys want to do a little?
Who poops in your cereal?
Sure, go ahead.
(27:56):
Brad, clearly you got someoneon your mind.
No, I'm curious who you guyswant to do.
It Was it us?
Did we poop in your cereal?
No, I don't know who we poop inyour cereal.
No, I don't know who pooped inmy cereal.
It was a pretty pleasantweekend.
The weather Meteorologistsperhaps I'll give you.
(28:17):
Not who pooped it.
Well, sure, the transfer portal.
Again, just nonstop winners inthe transfer portal.
The quarterback from Charlottetransferred to Florida.
Oh, that was the best, becausehe's under the impression he was
going to start over DJ Lagwayand then found out he's not, so
(28:38):
he's leaving Florida.
Now, what were you thinking,dude?
It wasn't like he went toCharlotte and tore it up too.
I don't know what is wrong withthese kids man.
He thought, wait, they promisedhim starting.
He got there and they're like Idon't think they promised him.
He thought he was.
I'm highly doubting theypromised him.
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I mean, I don't know how CarsonBeck got $4 million either.
So, yeah, the transfer portal.
I've been laughing at everyonedown here.
What?
Bob Carson Beck coming to Miami?
Why he's going to throw 27interceptions?
(29:24):
Trust the system.
What is the system?
He's not used to having tosling it, dude, that's fine.
He's got the best defenses,o-lines and running backs in the
country.
Now he's coming to Miami, butthey don't have any wide
(29:47):
receivers anymore.
They don't have any runningbacks.
Mccormick will come.
They definitely don't have adefense and McCormick cannot
come back.
Stop.
And Estrepo yeah, estrepo alsogone.
And Estrepo yeah, estrepo alsogone.
If he's getting double what CamWard got, I expect equal or
(30:10):
greater output.
He's throwing 27 interceptions.
Maybe they brought him in toplay DM.
You don't have anyone who canstop a jet sweep Moving on my
bad, moving on my bad.
That's why I was leading you on.
(30:30):
I thought it was going to behim.
I don't care.
You got somebody, let's see ifyou get.
I'll be glued in for the firstfive games of the year.
When they're undefeated andthen they lose to Wake Forest
probably or someone stupid,maybe they can get Rashada back.
Rashada, I wanted the dude fromVanderbilt.
(30:52):
I don't know why they didn't goafter him.
Javier, javier.
Yeah, fuck it.
Why not?
He runs around and throws it upBecause he would arrive in
Miami.
To be fair, he would.
He runs around and throws it up.
He would arrive in Miami, to befair, he would.
He would have a blast here.
Doesn't that make sense?
Yes, it does Anything.
(31:14):
That doesn't make sense, thoughyou do have the chance.
Carson Beck's tattoo would lookso stupid in the Miami
Hurricanes Uniforms.
It's just gross.
Carson Beck's going to lookstupid In a Miami uniform.
Yes, you can put any uniform onhim.
He's going to look fuckingstupid.
I don't think looks is part ofhis game.
(31:36):
Clearly it's not.
It worked for him somehow.
I don't know how it fuckingBaffles me.
It worked for him somehow.
I don't know how I'd do it, butit fucking baffles me.
To be fair, that's the kind ofshit I see down here in Miami.
Dude.
It's this weird dude with thehottest chick ever.
What the fuck?
Nothing makes any sense.
(31:56):
It's easier when you drive aLambo.
All you need is a Lambo, joey,I'm working on it really hard.
Should we ride one from Jurofor a day PRAs?
We'd be in a great spot rightnow.
There you go.
Miami needs a Gardner Minshewtype guy, not Carson Back.
(32:19):
Yeah, that's why I wanted Pavia.
Pavia would have been fun.
Pavia is more of a Gardner Mins.
I wanted Pavia.
Pavia would have been fun.
Pavia is more of a GardnerMinshew.
Pavia Mateer would have beenbetter.
I don't know the WashingtonState quarterback.
My bold prediction is that dudedoesn't get drafted in the top
three rounds Next year.
(32:40):
Carson back, I mean he should.
Quarterback's a position ofneed.
But Stenson Bennett can go inthe fifth or seventh or whatever
.
He went on.
He shouldn't have, but he did,yeah, and JJ McCarthy went in
(33:02):
the top 11.
Whatever he went, he shouldn'thave either.
Didn't he get arrested, dude?
That's all.
Just he's running around drunkon campus.
Happens to everybody.
Yeah, baker Mayfield does that,it's fine.
Nobody cared.
Browns go.
Yeah, let's draft him firstoverall.
Yeah, baker Mayfield does that,it's fine.
(33:23):
No, baker's not.
I mean, they sold it for fouryears, nobody cared.
Browns go.
Yeah, let's draft him firstoverall.
They should have kept him.
Baker was the best thing theBrowns ever did.
No, I was talking about JohnnyManziel, but you're right, baker
was the best thing the Brownsever did.
No, the best thing the Brownsever did was leave Cleveland the
first time.
You're right, that franchise isa lot more successful.
(33:45):
Was the committee wrong to putSMU, clemson and Indiana in?
And, if so, who would you haverather seen get a spot?
No, but it was one.
Were the 12 best teams?
(34:05):
Yeah, it's plain to see.
I'm sorry, those were the 12teams that earned the shot.
Well, I would go just as far asto say those were the 12 best
teams.
I would say that was it,especially after watching these
bowl games with Alabama andMichigan.
(34:25):
Pop-tart Bowl was fun though itwas fun.
Is Alabama dead?
Yeah, deboer's on a two yearrental.
We all knew that.
Who in the SEC is going to begood next year?
The SEC is dead, joey.
(34:50):
Our Florida Gators are going tobe live.
I'm telling you, florida is mypick to win the NCAA
championship next year Sorry,the college football playoff, I
should say and I'm definitelybetting them to win the SEC,
unless somehow Lane Kiffinfigures out how to bring Jackson
Dart back.
He can't, according to histweet, he thinks he can't.
(35:12):
It's the only thing LaneKiffin's good at Tweeting
bullshit, tweeting yeah, orDMing random chicks.
I don't know if you can callher a random chick.
She's not random.
Which one?
Oh, you didn't see the one.
(35:34):
You remember the hype aroundthe ring girl from the Jake Paul
fight?
That one, yeah.
Wasn't there one after that?
Or was that the last one?
I don't remember.
Now it's impossible to keeptrack of Lane Kiffin.
Someone needs to take his phoneaway.
Same with Roma doing his dad.
Are you talking about when hetook the picture of Saban, or
(35:57):
the tweet with that girl andSaban?
Did you see that one when LaneKiffin responded no, anywho, I
do think Florida may Florida, Idon't know.
Are the DNs back for SouthCarolina?
No, I think they're both gone,right.
(36:19):
Yeah, I know, two of three arefor sure gone.
So he'll be a sophomorequarterback.
He's pretty good and Lagway'spretty good.
Brady coming back or not.
Brady Cook, mizzou Terribleyear.
(36:40):
Oh, joey, texas will be goodnext year With the Arch.
No, they probably play atougher schedule next year.
They might be in trouble.
No go, gators.
Texas wasn't good this year.
(37:01):
They're not going to be goodnext year.
They also should have put Anarch at the goal line.
They could have scored atouchdown.
I could have won a bet.
It was worth taking him at plus700.
Anyway, speaking of gambling,which is supposed to be the
premise of this show, let's getinto the picks, which are hotter
(37:23):
than the temperatures inChicago.
2-7 last week Nice job, guysBrings us to 79-92 overall.
I can't believe how much betterwe were last year.
This is not good, dude.
It's been a fucked up year.
I don't care.
It's been a hard year.
(37:45):
This is an adjustment period tounderstanding how college
football is going to be.
Now you know what the worstpart is.
I feel like the public's beenright a lot, and that's what's
really fucking me up, becauseI've been so used to the public
being wrong so many times andall of a sudden, now the
(38:08):
public's right and it's like Idon't know.
I feel like it goes in waves.
I don't want to say it's rigged, or give the appearance that
it's rigged, but one week, like12 favorites win in the NFL and
then the next week 12 dogs win.
Like Vegas loses all its moneyone week and then makes it all
back double next week.
(38:28):
It's insane, I don't know.
I don't know what to talk about.
I mean I do.
I have three picks.
I just Individual stats for theyear.
I am 30-27, went 2-1 last week.
Bags is 23-34.
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He went 0-3 last week.
Chris is 26-31, also went 0-4last week.
I would like to say that Bradrefused to let me pick something
that won, so I just want to putthat out there.
I won't say which I'm sure youguys can guess, but just because
(39:15):
that's my turn, I'm going firstGive me the Detroit Lions minus
9.5 over the WashingtonCommanders.
Good pick.
Good pick Was not on my board,chris.
(39:36):
I will stay in the same game.
I'm going to take theCommanders Lions under 55.5 off
week over.
The Lions may slow down theoffense a little bit and I think
their defense is healthy.
They'll slow down Washington.
I think it'll be under 55 and ahalf.
I like it.
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I like it Going all plus moneypicks this week For me.
I'm going to try to make itmore challenging.
So I can you know see if Chrisand Joey can catch up.
You're 30 and 27.
For my first pick, going backto the golf, keegan Bradley
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finished top 20 last week.
So I'm rolling with Tom Kimplus 110.
To finish top 20 last week.
So I'm rolling with Tom Kimplus 110, finished top 20 this
week.
Tom Kim, top 20.
Yep, yeah, I'm going to stickwith that Detroit Commanders
game.
I'm going to go with the under55.
(40:39):
Ooh, friendly fire, chris, Ican pick something else.
You're good, it's fine.
We need some winners.
Let's go, maybe take the overin that game if you're still
(41:01):
Split.
I'm happy we're thinking on thesame page.
Yeah, I'm happy we're thinkingon the same page.
Yeah, I'm Going to Do somethingI don't want to do.
I'm going to take the RavensMinus one.
I don't know, everyone I pickSeems to lose and I'd rather
(41:21):
have Bills win.
So I'm going to take the Ravensminus one.
All right, doesn't really playdefense, although they did this
week.
I don't understand what's goingon there.
Derek will probably go for 230and four.
For my second pick, I'm goingto the Chiefs-Texans game.
(41:41):
I'm going to take PatrickMahomes, 25-plus rushing yards
at plus 105.
I think a big thing of mine isI think quarterbacks like to run
more in these playoff games.
Last week the line wasn't outwhen we recorded, but I got CJ
(42:02):
Stroud at nine and a halfrushing yards.
So, uh, there's a market for it.
Pay attention to that.
I think they.
I think they like to run morewhen the games mean more.
So just my opinion.
I have no idea if it'll beaccurate or not, but we will
ride it.
I feel like that one was livefor a while too, like the live
that CJ Stroud over it wascreeping down for a while.
(42:26):
Yeah, I think it went down toeight at one point.
All it takes is one.
Right, I like it.
Thank you All.
Right For my third and finalpick.
I'm also going to move it overto the PGA.
I'm going to be taking PatrickCantlay top 20, at even money
(42:52):
plus 100.
Is that your pick for the pool?
It is not.
I'm not wasting him on theAmerican Express Open.
Maybe your guy will make thecut this week.
Dude, the worst part was hemade an equal on 18 and missed
(43:14):
the cut by one.
What a cunt.
Whoa, this is a family show,joe.
It is not, not anymore.
Can we just put a pin in thatand remind me after we're done
with the picks?
For my third pick, I'm going totake the Celtics minus 12.5 at
the Raptors tonight.
The Raptors are god-awful andCeltics are just going to pull
(43:40):
them out because that's whatthey do.
Is that a Wednesday night tipor Thursday night tip?
It is a Wednesday night, okay.
Thank you.
For my third and final pick,I'm moving into the college
football national championshipand I'm going to be taking
Travion Henderson to score atouchdown.
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What are the odds on that?
Close to 100.
Even more Okay.
So back to see you next Tuesday.
Did you see that Eagles fan gotfired for calling the Packer
(44:22):
fan a see you next Tuesday?
Someone videoed it and put iton the internet.
Wait, what happened?
Some Eagles fan was harassing awoman Packer fan in Eagles
Stadium, called her a see younext Tuesday and said all kinds
(44:43):
of wild shit.
Apparently they put it onTwitter.
Twitter found the guy, thecompany he works for, fired him
and he's, I think, banned fromEagles games.
Stop.
Wow, that's crazy.
Don't do stupid shit.
Simple as that.
(45:06):
Be a decent human once in awhile Talk trash, but come on.
Well, john Owen was nicetalking to me.
I'm going to have to find a newjob now, apparently.
So you guys, have a goodweekend.
I'll be back next week, baby.
This is all I got.
Chris, you got a stat to roundus out here.
No, I have nothing.
(45:26):
Right now.
My world is collapsing.
I don't know what I'm doing.
Unders are being overs andovers are hitting unders.
Home dogs cover in the playoffsat like 22-9.
There you go, there's a stat.
Well, everybody, please makesure.
There you go.
There's just that.
Well, everybody, please makesure you heckle bags, employers,
(45:50):
and follow us on our socialmedias.
So, thank you, and we will seeyou after this divisional
weekend and the college footballchampionship.
So till next week.
Goodbye and cheers.
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