September 12, 2025 • 40 mins
Tony and Austin chat with Tommy G, Mo Egger, make their picks, and more on ESPN 1530!
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Speaker 2 (00:35):
All right, welcome back. It is our three thanks to
Penn Station. Thank you for listening on the Friday Football Frenzy.
You know what time it is because we get a
chance to talk a different type of football each and
every Friday. This with the man you know him as
the voice of FC Cincinnati. The Orange Blue Back in
action tomorrow against Nashville. It's a big one and we
got to discuss it now with Tom Glad Tommy g
(00:57):
what's up Tommy? Hello, Tony, Happy Friday.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Glad to be here with you in our normal slot
and glad to get get back to work Saturday night
and hopefully see a win inside of the QL Stadium.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I can't imagine how good it is for you to
be able to get back to work and maybe erase
the bad taste that was Sunday lingering because we have
to do it. Let's rip the band aid off. Let's
not hide it to the back. No, we have to
wait till the end of the segment. You're right, everything
shaping up for what you needed. Joe Flacco turning back
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the hands of time. The defense holds the Bengals to
seven yards in the second half, and yet you're left
coming up just short at the end of the game.
What were your overall takeaways from last Sunday? Defense was
really good? I think I think that's fair.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I'm out there in the running for Defensive Player of
the Year again. You know, I was a couple of
rookies shine, Joe Flaco did en off.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
You know.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
They kicking game was obviously tragically disappointing. You know, I
had a friend I'm interested in your take on this situation.
I had a friend asked, you know how or not
two really good kickers in the NFL?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Yeah, because it does feel like some kickers, like fifty
five is a chip shot anymore?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Right, Like the pool should be really deep considering there's
how many how many?
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Uh uh what do we call it? One division?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
One FCSS championship division whatever, Like how many college football
teams had a high level more there?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
One hundred and fifty at least one hundred and twenty five.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah, at least, right, so one hundred and twenty five
are the first drink kickers. And I mean you walked
out a specialist before, like they got like three of
them on every team, and like, how how is the
pool not so deep that like every guy's a stud?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yeah, it's just that's a good tragic you know, I
don't know what.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
And look, maybe maybe this kid is a stud and
they just had a really really bad.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
End of the game.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
This might be crazy, but the style of football that
is used in the NFL and specifically the K ball,
and then the width of the hashes and uprights in
the college football and it's all different.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
So I think there's a huge We need some uniformity.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Yes, I've always said that uniformity and the rules and
the dimensions all of it between college and the area.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
I mean you listen when when going from college baseball
to college to whatever level you land at, like the bases,
or my son's playing at mejor league baseball at fourteen
years old. He's playing at Major league baseball lengths. Right, Yeah,
you know the back at ten foot? Who want your
kids older than my ten or eight or nine something
like that, Right, It's like the hoop's not moving at
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that point. Yeah, so yeah, maybe that needs to be explored.
But that part was frustrating obviously. The Lake trying to
drive there and win the game. I mean, it's just
it's it's just so unfortunate for.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
My brown gets easier.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
This was Yeahdi and the Ravens are kind enough to
settle bate their thirtieth anniversary of moving to Baltimore.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Clear complete coincident coming off a disaster.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Yeah, I mean, I don't get dear. And then home backers, yeah,
who look awfully good?
Speaker 5 (04:17):
Yep?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
So what And soccer, Yes, let's talk FC Cincinnati orange
and blue.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Now, no more orange and brown or orange black, Let's
go to orange and blue.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Well, we talked last week about the disappointing results for
FC Cincinnati as of late. When we spoke last week,
they were coming off the one nil loss to Philly
and you had the weekend off, you had some time
to kind of regroup, and now here comes to Nashville.
Team Tommy, we we talked about this before. The Eastern
Conference standings are so tight that if you don't take
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care of business against Nashville, you could slide back from
second to maybe even fourth by the end of this weekend.
This is a massive, massive game in a standings perspective,
and if you had any hope of catching Philly, feels
like you got to get three tomorrow night. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
I mean, obviously the lost two weeks ago. It was
pretty devastating as far as pushing you five points back
with five games to go, which is a really cooky situation.
But now all of a sudden you're staring it down
and you're only two points ahead of Nashville, who's, like
you said, in fourth, and with a win, Nashville jumps
ahead in the table and they just get a little
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bit complicated from there. So yeah, you're home in another
playoff like match. Again, it's a really good team, a
team that you might see in the playoffs, a team
that you want to make sure you're ahead of in
the standings because you know, I just Dina's not gonna
win any tiebreakers on goal differential except for maybe Columbus
right now though who plus four is there?
Speaker 2 (05:47):
The plus six?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I mean National's in fourth place at plus sixteen or
land On Miami in fifth to sixth, but plus fourteen,
So they're gonna win those tiebreakers if they have more
wins and they're even on point term, sorry, if the
wins are even in the points or even to go
to the gold differential and those guys will have the advantage.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
So listen, it is so important to find a way
to come out.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
To have the right intensity from the jump, to to
have the right plan because the national team is good,
albeit they've struggled a little bit. They've lost some of
their form, you know, over the last couple of weeks
and league play as well. So it'll be really interesting
to see one team that takes control early. You know,
the home goal scoring drot Now, the two hundred and
ninety minutes without a goal at home, I haven't gone through.
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I'll do it tomorrow and see I don't. I would
imagine that since Pat Nooning took over, the team has
not gone two hundred ninety minutes at home without a goal,
or even three straight games, which would be tw hundred
and seventy minutes. They get to go back twenty minutes
into that game at Miami, which seems like an engal
months ago. It was two months ago. Now, I guess
that Miami game the third.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Goal seven minute.
Speaker 5 (06:50):
So yeah, that's a little bit of a hedge scratcher,
and I'm sure that a lot of attention in time
pat kind of acknowledge as much was spent on it
during break the good news some of the new guys
back in.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Brenner a lot of time to train here. Did you
have a chance to stay with him with the Bearcats game?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I didn't get a chance till who knew it was funny.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
I was sitting there on my Saturday off and looking
at the media and who knew that that Threnner being
at that game was like the international break social media
post that I needed. Yeah, he was just unexpected of
everybody who who might show up on the sideline a
good and good on him for not you know, taking off,
going to be turning name from being here and taking
in the Bearcats game. And they got a Jersey's gonna
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give a gifts. That was pretty cool. But you know,
so he's had time to get you know more ingrained
into the system. You know, Kevin Dunkan unfortunately was away
on international break so.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
They didn't really get to work together.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
But uh, you know, Kevin, Kevin back in training today,
so you know they've been able to hopefully get more
on the same page. Obviously Evander was around, so he's
able to work with him. I think with the new
editions coming in this time probably has been good and
probably give the team a little bit of Socier five games,
like let's go win those five and get it for
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them going into playoffs, and if you do that, then
you kind of see how your cards a lie the
rest of the way.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
How difficult is it because the season is so long
and there's different breaks, How difficult is it to find
that form and to find it at the exact time
you need to because with the season length, you see
teams that are there and then they fall off and
then they're back. But it feels like you just have
to have a unbelievable feel of how to get it
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going in the right direction at the most opportune time.
And obviously health and injuries play a big role, but
it feels like there's a lot that goes into this.
For a coach or a manager at this level to
be able to kind of dictate how you get them
to play the best at that time.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Yeah, I mean, look when one interesting thing, you won
this watershow two years ago.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
There never it really was a severe.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Dip in form, and if there was, there was a
couple of draws, you know, there was never really.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
A concern form.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
And then last year I thought the first half of
the season team was in maybe even better for him
the twenty twenty three and they actually dropped after in
the home stretch and obviously we're eliminated in the first
round by New York City. This year, it's been kind
of stretches, right. You had the stretch in April started
into March actually with the win going to Nashville and
getting a two to one win. Then you had a
perfect month of April, the four straight wins, so you
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were at five straight wins. At some point, you were
at seven of eight victories across your league games going
into middle of Bay and remember that's when the team
jumped in the first place for the first time all year,
and you're like, all right, let's go, Like came on.
You had a big game up in Columbus you got
a draw out of it, no big deal. And then
it was Atlanta, Dallas and DC. You had three you know,
very poor teams. So the team was gonna take over,
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right And remember a conversation. We had an many lost
draw loss and the forum going into that international break
was a disaster and you got one point out of
the possible nine against the situation where you really thought
you should get all nine. But then they had to
break some time to think about it. They came back win, win, win,
all on the roads England, Montreal, Orlando City. Obviously Lando's
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very this year. Came back with a home win against Chicago,
and the tough loss against Columbus turned round with Inter
Miami and Salt Lake and then I draw up Miami
and you're like, okay, well again.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
They find a form.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
But they come out of the league's cover break and
obviously you've struggled. Got to win in Portland three to two,
but the three straight one nail losses at home. So
it's the biggest roller coasters. Hopefully now that you know
it's going back to those those victories and positive results
coming out of the losses that we've seen. I think
it's hard and I think you look at Nashville and
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I mentioned they're in a little bit of a tough
run of form. They've lost four or five matches, and
that's coming off of us. They wish they were almost unbeatable.
Ahead of that, they were playing really really well, you know,
before things kind of fell off and we're picking up
win after win. So you know, these two teams are
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not unique to it. Had a little bit of a downswing.
Now obviously they are red hot and Columbus is going.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Through it right now.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
They've dropped off, so it's going to be very intriguing
to kind of see who who turns it on. And
it's always been said like a lot of you know,
getting in the playoffs in the right rhythm and then
getting red hot at the right time. You know, look
at what New York Red Bulls did last year. They
got red hot at the right time and ran all
the way through to them a lot of the final.
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I think something that's been interesting, and I was talking
to somebody about this earlier this week, is that I
can't remember many games I'm gonna try to go through
before we come on the air tomorrow night and cut
it up, is how many nights has Pat Newton been
able to put out his very best eleven of what
he had available at that moment in time on his roster, Like,
that's not gonna be the case tomorrow, even with with
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most of the team healthy. You'll being wolbedo, he's still
out right and it's going to be for a couple
of weeks.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
So that's not making an excuse.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
That's been a reality. It's been a little bit unlucky
that I imagine there's only been a couple of nights
where he's truly felt like he's had his best eleven available.
But listen, this team certainly had the pieces and the bodies,
and now they have the weapons. You know, it's on
whatever Pat Newton thinks is the best starting eleven. They
have weapons on the bench to come in and help.
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We saw that at the end of the last nights
where he had like fourteen strikers on the field at
some time. You know, and it'll be telling, but they
might get to a quick start against Nashville.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
If outside of the quick start strategically, what is in
your opinion that the biggest key to not only get
a win, get three points, but to erase these struggles
that they have been dealing with at home.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Oh it's the two guys are top and hitting, Muktah
and Sam Surage for Nashville, and they've been so good
this year. Surge all the Many League O Soccer twenty
goals on the season, Muktar looking like an MVP agin
when everyone was saying his performance had been dropping off
the last few years, and look the numbers certainly had
since he won the MVP.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
A few years back. But they're both playing at.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
A really really high and impressive level. So if you're
not shutting down Surge and must then they're gonna hurt you.
And we've seen games this year in Nashville has scored
a whole bunch of goals and then those two certainly
have been involved. So defensively, he's going to be strong,
you know, patvel that that Matt I picked up really
mindor and occumists to be training this week.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
He's back into it.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
I was out there today, he was training at full
So I expect that Matt'll be able to go. Robinson
is healthy again after the break, miss those two games
going into it, but he's been training and now as
a contract extension, which is huge, so I think it
starts with those two guys being in there together there
and then whomever else that Pat puts together, you know,
as part of his starting eleven. But you've got to
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be really strong defensively against this.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
National team, and.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
I truly believe like you got to find a way
to snap the scoreless streak, you know, get a goal
in the first fifteen minutes and take the pressure off everybody.
Everybody lets hail a little bit, and then you could
push forward and watch way through the game plan.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
And win that match. Me gee, the voice of FC Cincinnati, Tommy,
you're the best. We're about to do our Pickham segment next.
I've got the Ravens and the Browns on the sheet,
the numbers eleven and a half. Are you laying the points?
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Yeah, that's give me, give me eleven and a half
for sure.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
Alright, alright, what's your response to saying that Derrick Henry
is hard to.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Shut off?
Speaker 3 (14:27):
Isn't that like my fourteen year old son comes to me.
It's like, Dad, did you I'm like the son, you're fourteen?
Do you understand that that's a bad thing to say?
I don't. I don't care if he's thinking about if
I'm the running back for the Ravens, Like I'd be
really easy to stop, but you don't say anything.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
No, keep keep your mind.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
He goes back in it and about all the time,
and our friend Terry Nelson to give him him grief
about it. But it's like Terry, Terry was was with everything.
What he called it, the group of single played for
the bear right, like you know, a couple of points,
couple read that, so and so forth down the line
of steels blocks. He's he's he's the average of the
quadruple single and he you know, he he hooks up
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with Bill Cook outside of practice, going in the Crosstown
street out and tells and guarantees victory against Navier.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Ye guarantees victory. And he said, this is back in
the day.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
So you know, there's no cell phones like you have
the room phone, like the house phone. It makes up
six thirty in the morning with the phone ran and
you know who's on the other line read in the
morning paper with his coffee not good. He goes, get
to my office right now and like the whole walk over,
you know exactly what was gonna be, you know, And
and Huggs read him to ride act ye, and you
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all better win because you just guarantee it. So you
don't go find you boys and tell them to win
the game for.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
You and hope they wanted to look like and hope
that you're not one on one in space with Derrick Henry.
Speaker 6 (15:51):
Right, Like when does when do these things work out
for you? Never for anybody like Johnson? Right, Like, just
stop talking please like this you.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Wach fourteen and oh if you're gonna run your mif yep. Yeah, Tommy,
you're the best man. I see. We had to finish
it the same.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Ay, Now you get the first time.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I'm excited about tomorrow night.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Now you get me a first.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Well, we got to a great weekend, Tommy. It's your
round up. I love you guys. Thanks Tom, Love you Tom.
Thanks Friday, Love you man. Friday Football Frenzy continues next
with our picks for the week on the fifteen thirty
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Speaker 3 (16:32):
This afternoon at three for Bengals pep rally on the
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Speaker 7 (16:39):
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Speaker 2 (16:47):
Oh yeah, we got picks to Magnan Friday. It's our
three thanks to Penn Station, thanks for listening to the
Friday Football Frenzy. We disagreed on what the overall record
was from week one. I know you're about five games
ahead of me.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
I'm gonna go with what you said, which was thirteen
and six yep for me, yep, And you were what thirteen.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
And six, that's nineteen. I think I had eight wins.
It pushed me at eight and eleven.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Eight and eleven, Okay, so you've got the early lead
if I'm not mistaken. I was perfect in the high
school swear five and oh you were all right.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Well, let's get it started. I'm eventually gonna have to
start picking out the high school level with my head
and not my heart. But thus here we are again.
That's what led me to perfect. We leave things off
on a Friday, and they call them Purple Fridays on
the West Side, all the aura. But this is a
battle on North Bend Road. Elder travels to Lasal. They
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take on the Lancers. Elder Lassal, who you got? You know,
I was talking with the people in the office this morning.
These are West Siders, These are Purple Friday guys. These
are elder people.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
I was talking with and they said, tonight maybe the
last chance for Elder to get a win for a
while because of that schedule. So for that reason, I say,
Elder understands the significance of what is at stake, and
they go on the road and beat less out Ramsey
the Panthers, Doug Ramsey and the Panthers stay perfect. How
about this the Fox nineteen game of the week at
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the high school level? Three and oh Lebanon at three
and oh Anderson. If I'm not mistaken, We've said this before.
I think Anderson's coach is the one that never punts.
Oh it could be like fourth and thirty backed up
on their own ten yard line and they go for it.
They never punt, and I believe they kick on side
kicks exclusively. Okay, interesting with that, what you want, I'll
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take Anderson. I think they're the raptors. Now maybe the raptors.
I was gonna say, I'll take Dan Campbell and Anderson
if that's the case. But more than anything, because I
once played a game at Lebanon when Sydney came down
to Lebanon to play a game and I made a
tackle and they announced tackle made on the play by
number seventy one Austin Elmer. Oh that's it's not my name,
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gimme Anderson.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
I like that. I like that good reasoning. Ye, Princeton
is at Lakota West. Princeton the Vikings at Lakota West. Yeah,
what do you think I got Lakota West? Okay, Now,
who are you taking? This is a tough one for
me because Princeton at the start of the year, they
jumped out all over Moler Moeller, came back and eventually
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wins the game. They dominate cole Rain, which everyone's doing
right now. They had a good win on the road
forty seven to nothing at Sycamore. I think this one's close.
I just think Lakota West is a little bit better
in this one. Tonight. You're following me around aboard so far. Yep.
Here's well, we probably won't differentiate here because Sydney takes
on Butler tonight. Yeah. And I did my research, huh.
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And last week Sydney was beaten down by Stebbins like
a Grand Canyon mule. Butler beat down Stebbins yep vsav Yeah,
Butler beats down Sydney. Butler got a decent team this year.
Speaker 4 (20:03):
I was, I said last week, I expressed, I expressed
my doubts about the Yellow Jackets and the regime change
over there, and a source told me that one and
nine is less likely than to ten for the Yellow
Jackets this year.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Boys.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
So I'm gonna take the Aviators at home, which is
a beautiful stadium, beautiful stadium. I'll take Butler at home,
and then the fright next door to the Sack by
the Way, Friendling Activity Center, friendly confines of deer Park
High School with my dear friend right down the hall,
Willie Cunningham.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
We've been going back and forth all week. We have
a double or nothing hot fudge Sunday bet on this
game tonight. I've said it once and I'll say it again.
You won't find a better OH to three team in
the Tri state area than the Redding and Blue Devils.
They have been tested many times this year already. They
played a good Williamsburg team. They played a very good team.
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They took Aiken to the ropes last week. Deer Park.
Not so much Belmont Schroeder, nor would they've not played
anyone reading has beaten Austin deer Park seven years in
a row. Seven straight times have the Blue Devils beat
the Deer Park Wildcats. Go ahead and mark it up,
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make it eight. Reading goes and gets some road kill.
They beat the Deer Park Wildcats for the eighth straight year.
Speaker 4 (21:28):
My sources inside both organizations tell me injuries will play
a role in the availability of key players tonight, and
for that reason, I'll take deer Park to end that streak.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Let's get to the college game. Number twelve, Clemson at
Georgia Tech. Some are asking Austin, is Clemson fraudulent? Is
Dabo fraudulent? I don't think they are. Because of the
quarterback play, I'll take Clemson. They're only laying three and
a half. Give me the Tigers. Yeah, this is a
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number that surprises me. I think Clemson is better than
three and a half, even if they're on the road
at Georgia Tech. I think this is a get right
game for the Tigers. They win comfortably. Give me Clemson.
What about the Crimson Tide. They're gonna host Wisconsin and
they're gonna lay twenty one and a half for Luke
fickle squad. They're not good in Madison. No are they
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good enough to cover twenty one and a half? No,
they're not.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Alabama win this game running away, Kaylin de Bor will
quiet the doubters at least for a week. They'll dominate
Luke Fickle and everything will be good to go.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
This is classic late score. Lose by twenty Bama wins.
Wisconsin is the team that covers. Okay, Now, we have
a friend in the sales department that is a diehard
South Carolina fan. They're number eleven in the country. They
host the Diego Pavia Pavia Pavia. He runs his mouth
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a lot, he do be talking, but my goodness, has
he backed it up. It's a good football team in Vanderbilt,
but it's a really good South Carolina team. The number
is four and a half. I'm comfortable laying four and
a half with the game being at South Carolina. Give
me the game, cos Yeah, I'm right there with you.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
It's tough to go into the House of the Cocks
and come out victorious. I got South Carolina winning that
game and covering that four and a half and shutting
up Diego Pavia, Pavillo whatever you want to call him.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Yeah, shut out. Trey from sales. Now, I do think
those two teams do have a common opponent, South Carolina,
I believe. Have they already played Virginia Tech. I believe
they opened the season with forty four to eleven. Vandy
dominate him forty four to twenty on the road. There
is a common opponent. But you and I both agree
South Carolina gets to win. How about Florida? The gauntlet
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of the schedule just getting started. LSU not overwhelming last
week in their win Florida. Is there any chance of
a bounce back here? LSU is laying a little more
than a touchdown at seven and a half. What do
you think?
Speaker 4 (23:56):
So two weeks into the season, the Florida Athletic director
had to issue you a vote of confidence for Billy
Napier in a statement. The beatdown that he is about
to receive at the hands of Brian Kelly and the
LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge is going to be so
bad that Florida has no chance, no choice but to
fire Billy Napier after this performance. LSU in a route.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
L USU's got the best quarterback in the country. They're
at home. They knock off the reeling Florida Gators go
Tigas LSU wins and they cover Texas A and M
at Notre Dame Austin the line of six and a
half have not seen Notre Dame since that disappointing opening loss.
I think they use the week off, they figure out
that they are a run first team. They pound the rock,
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they beat Texas A and M, and they cover the number.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
To be honest with you, I thought that this game
was at Kyle Field, But you're telling me it's in
South Bend. Oh do you want me to double check?
Can you double check that for me? No, you're right,
I see it right here. It's at Notre Dame Stadium.
Damn it. I had already taken Texas A and M,
so I'm gonna stick with Texas A and M.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
All right, how about this one early good SEC matchup,
at least on paper, Georgia, who I feel like I
don't know anything about against Tennessee. The volunteers are playing
host to Georgia and the line is three and a half,
getting three and a half for the home team.
Speaker 4 (25:20):
What do you think, Uh, Georgia is going to smoke
these dudes. Tennessee doesn't deserve my love after switching to Adidas.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
I think the environment's gonna be awesome. I think Rocky
Top's gonna be rocking through that field. But I think
at the end of the day, Georgia easily covers three
and a half. I was shocked it was just three
and a half. I think Tennessee is still breaking in
a new quarterback. Give me the Bulldogs, South Florida. Impressive
resume so far, Boise, they beat Florida, They're not gonna
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sneak up on anyone anymore. They go to number five Miami.
I was a little surprised at this being seventeen and
a half, so much so Austin that I'm like, well,
that number is way too And then I remembered our
good friend Dan Horde, and he said, if you're surprised
by a spread, someone knows something that you don't. I'm
surprised at seventeen and a half. That's why I'm taking Miami,
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all right.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
I'm gonna take South Florida because it's never easy with
the Hurricanes. They always find a way to make it
more difficult than it's supposed to be. And I think
there's a chance USF knocks him off and becomes the
story of college football more than they already are. But
if they don't, I think it's a close game. Okay,
the Bobby's versus the BUCkies. Oh You at number one
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Ohio State Bobby's BUCkies thirty and a half?
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Is that too many points?
Speaker 4 (26:39):
Austin? At first I said yes, I really did. But
I still believe in Ohio State. And it's gonna be
a night game, a night atmosphere at Ohio Stadium. Buckey's
fans only get one or two of those a year,
usually only one. They're gonna go nuts for. This atmosphere
is gonna be awesome. Buckeyes will cover that They're gonna
win by five touchdowns. At least that would be good
(26:59):
for thirty five points. Don't think it's gonna be an
easy game. I wouldn't be surprised if at the half Ohio.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Is hanging in there. I do, for what it's worth,
like the over in this game, because I do think
oh You will score some points. Finally, this number just
came up. Okay, I just checked with DraftKings. Northwestern State
at Cincinnati forty three and a half. Ooh, forty three
and a half. I'd take it up the sixty three
and a half. If I had to give me the
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Bearcats to run rampant on the Demons tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (27:30):
Yeah, you said that the expectation should be to win
this game by fifty, and I stick with that. Sanderfield's
a bunch goes cuckoo for Coco puffs at Nippert Stadium
in a blackout. All right for the Bearcats, gimme uc oh. Oh,
you see there it is.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Let's get through. The NFL. Bears at Lions minus six
and a half. I think the Lions bounce back, and
I think they have something for their former offensive coordinator
Ben Johnson.
Speaker 4 (27:57):
Ben Johnson knows them too well. Bears covered. They lose
the game, but they cover six and a half in
a close win in Detroit.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
All right. Bear Bills at Jets. For whatever reason, I
feel like the Jets always play pretty well against the Bills.
I don't think the Jets win the game. I do
think they cover six and a half at home.
Speaker 4 (28:12):
I think this line is an overreaction to a bad
Buffalo defense and a good Jets offense, and week number
one water finds its level. Buffalo covers the number dominates
the Jets. I like this some separation here. Seahawks at Steelers.
Super impressed with that Steelers offense. I think their defense
finds their level and I think they take care of
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the Seahawks at Homan cover the number. I do have
the Steelers covering, but I do think there's a good
chance Seattle wins this game. I think it's a low
scoring game. I think the defenses kind of start to
show up a little bit here. I'm a big fanta
Seattle's defense. I'm gonna say Seattle keeps it close, but
Pittsburgh wins twenty four to twenty and covers at number.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Broncos at Colts, I think I already know where you're
leaning in this one. Colts were very impressive in Week one.
I just need to see more of it. I think
bo Knicks and den Or they need a rebound from
their Week one, albeit a win was not pretty. Give
me the Broncos to cover one and a half. As
the culture of the home dogument, I'm right there with you,
Uh Bucks at Texans. I put this on there because
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I think it's an interesting one. Because the Texans start
zero to one, Bucks come from behind and get a
win in Week one. Texans do not want to start
zhing two. But I also think that the Bucks are
going to be a team that people think can go
the distance in the NFC. These are exactly the types
of games you go on the road and win, and
for that reason, I'll take the Bucks minus two and
a half.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
I don't know what you've chosen as your win Schulers
cheesy spread of the week, but this one is the
one that jumped off the paper at me. Stinks to
high Heaven, give me Tampa to crush this number. Did
you take the Texans? I took the Buck, You took
the Bucks. I'm with the Bucks, don't I don't get that.
I don't understand why the Texans are favored.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
What about the Browns and the Ravens. I always throw
the AFC North games on here, but the numbers eleven
and a half. I know Cleveland played well last week.
I know the the Ravens had the absolute melt down at
the end. I think the Ravens get right. I'll lay
the eleven and a half.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
Yeah, I'm right there with you. Thirtieth anniversary. I just
saw that they painted the end zones the way they
did originally thirty years ago in nineteen ninety six.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
It's gonna be sick. Give me Baltimore Eagles at Chiefs
Super Bowl rematch. Chiefs feel like they're reeling a little bit.
I saw earlier in the week. Does anyone fear the
Chiefs anymore? That's a great question. I don't think the
Eagles do. I think they go in as a one
and a half point road favorite and they win the
game and cover the number.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
This is a voodoo magic, evil Chiefs victory. They find
a way to win that they're not supposed to and
they cover that number. I got Kansas City winning.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
Now, normally it's one thing just to do it because
it's local, but I think nationally this is one of
those games you got to keep an eye on. So
let's make this Austin our win Shulers spread of the weekend. Okay,
can we do that? Yeah? Thank you to our friends
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Jags three and a half point favorite, usually two and
(31:22):
a half three points for just being the home team,
which I think makes this almost to pick them. I
think the Bengals make a statement. I think the Bengals
for the first time under Zach Taylor win in week two,
for the first time under Joe Burrow. They go to
and zero. Give me the Bengals to knock off the
Jags and cover the number.
Speaker 4 (31:38):
A lot of people didn't hear this earlier this week
when Zach Taylor met with the media, but when he did,
he dropped a Marvin Lewis line. Oh, he said, I
see better than I hear. Those were the exact words
that came out of the mouth of Zach Taylor aran
and I stand by those words. I see better than
I hear. When it comes to the Bengals defense, I
saw a little bit of it against the Cleveland Browns,
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but I didn't see enough of it. I'm not confident enough.
I've said all summer that this is a trap game
and the Bengals need to watch out for it. I
don't want to do this, but I think Jacksonville wins
the game, and so for that reason, I think they
cover the number.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
I'll take the Jags here it is. That's our picks.
If you agree or disagree, let us know. At Tony
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when we come back, and then we will open it
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Speaker 8 (32:52):
Again Monday afternoon, It's the Tony and Mo Football Show.
Join us at Twin Peaks in Westchester as we talk Bengals,
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Speaker 2 (33:06):
Three fours.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
Again the York Harris Advader, the Philadelphia Legend, Groves and
the Villages have gone from down Florida not being so
ahead five to four.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
It is that our wind Shoolers call of the day
that has made some folks here in Cincinnati perk up
a little bit because the Mets lose again, meaning the
Reds go into their weekend series against the Athletics one
and a half back in the wild Card. They're tied
with the Giants, who take on the uh the Dodgers
with Yoshi Nobu Yamamoto, Yamalone Kershaw and Tyler Glass now
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on the mound. And I believe, I believe these Mets,
who are ice cold Austin. I believe they've got a
head two or though they host Texas, but I think
de gram is going to pitch in this series for Texas.
They got they got Jacob de Grom and then they've
got Patrick Corbin in the first two games of the series.
(34:11):
Do the Texas Rangers, If I'm not mistaken, the Texas
Rangers are the best pitching team in baseball. You would
have to double check me on that. But the way
that they have pitched all together this season has been really,
really good. From an era standpoint, they are the tops
in all baseball.
Speaker 4 (34:30):
All right, yeah, right, this guy knows ball. I thought
about baseball in a month and I've nailed that, nailed
it three point four to three. E r A nailed it.
By the way, I got the NFL game deview on
in here on NFL Network, Greg Rosenthal, Patrick Claybahn, and
Cynthia Freeland. They make their game picks. Yeah, two out
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of three. Just picked the Jags, Oh boy, to beat
the bank.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
By the way, our Winshulers call of the day, you
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You can also throw a pass without a receiver. You're
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Speaker 4 (35:14):
I will say Marcus Mario Mariota through Marcus Mariota threw
a touchdown pass to himself in a playoff game once. Okay,
fun fact in Kansas City too. There it is write
that down. Quick Hits.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
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Speaker 7 (35:31):
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Speaker 2 (35:44):
Somehow, some way unbelievable. He's walked back across the street
and he spent his last couple hours at Rally House,
kind of like a game of Frogger crossing Montgomery Road
and now you're gonna you're gonna head down the hall.
I have yes, what are you doing down the holiday?
I'm working with Eddie and Jason Williams today. Can't just
have my afternoon off? No, no, no no, and Austin. Yes, man,
(36:05):
I've been told that we're mainly going to talk about sports. Okay,
so I get just I get to stay in my
lane talking about it like a conspiracy thing. Like when
I did it, we like it was legit, Like, hey,
we got to call this guy he kind of like
wears a tinfoil hat. Yeah, legitimately. And I was like, well,
this is kind of out of my element, but let's
give him a call. Yeah, ask me. You know, you
(36:25):
like any lines this weekend? Any games pop out to you?
He didn't know it, had no idea. Yeah, I am.
Speaker 8 (36:30):
We We are interviewing a guy with the Trans Siberian orchestrama.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
That's real.
Speaker 8 (36:34):
I'm gonna yeah, I'm going to ask him who he
likes Bengals or Jacks. That might be my only question.
I've never known anything less about something.
Speaker 2 (36:41):
What Sunday come down to in your opinion.
Speaker 8 (36:44):
So I think the Jaguars are a really interesting team
because I think there's a lot of upside there. Liam
Cohen is a great offensive mind. He might be kind
of weird, but he's a great offensive mine. Trevor Lawrence
is very talented. I'm intrigued by how the rookie season
is going to go for Travis Hunter. They've got a
great underrated wide receiver and Brian Thomas only had one
catch last week. They did get Travis Edieen going like
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there's good offensive weaponry there. So that worries me. I
wonder emotionally and mechanically because all the all the talk
for months has been get off to a good start,
get off to a good start. Isn't just go one
to Oh, that's obviously a good first step. I wonder
is there some sort of letdown based of we got
our win. We didn't start zero to one. Now we're
(37:29):
coming home. We just got to show up. Emotionally, I
would like to think this team is more mature than that,
but you know, let's face it, the Browns offense was
never really gonna test the Bengals.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
I think Jacksonville's will. Sure, I'll get to talk more
about this with you Sunday at the Holy Grail. Yes,
we'll be on for a pregame show with Ken Brew.
I'll also see it tomorrow. Line just came out forty
three and a half for the Bearcats. They should cover it.
They should win by fifty at least they should They
should win by nine touchdowns. Yep.
Speaker 8 (37:59):
I mean, I do not want to show any disrespect
toward a college football team that I know is going
to show up and try. They're young, they just got
beat sixty six nothing. It's FCS. This is not a
game that this is a game where if you're there
at halftime, you're like, all right.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
Yeah, correct, you know, yeah, get to see some young guys.
Speaker 8 (38:22):
But unfortunately, I don't know that they could play well
enough for anybody to change their mind about this time.
Speaker 2 (38:28):
I'm going to buy. And then you get a test
to Kansas.
Speaker 8 (38:30):
They lost to Nebraska and they were underwhelming against Bowling Green.
So if you felt like this team coming into the
season is going to be six and six, chances are
you still feel like they're going to be six and six.
I don't know that there's anything they can do tomorrow
to make anybody feel any better.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
Lastly, in thirty seconds, we mentioned the pitching matchups that
the Giants have to face with the Dodgers. The Mets
are going to see de Gram and the Reds get
the Athletics, who are a great hitting team. They do
not pitch well, but by some way, some how, they're
a game and a half out of the wild card.
And it's interesting again for the Reds.
Speaker 8 (39:03):
Five and one against Oakland, Sacramento, loss, Oaklamento whatever we're
calling them. Five and one against the A's and Pirates,
six and four against everybody else might not be likely,
but it is doable.
Speaker 2 (39:15):
Eighty five wins? Does it? Maybe? Eighty four? Eighty five wins?
Does it credible? That we're getting to talk about it
all thanks to the New York Mets. Thank you. I
turned it off. I watched the first inning last night.
They scored four. I'm like, up, there goes that same thing.
I started watching football. Yeah, I got the alert on
my phone. Reds are a game and a half back. Unbelievable.
It's fun, unbelievab it's fun. Enjoy down the Hall.
Speaker 8 (39:36):
Eddie and Jason Williams have a great Friday. Williams are
still mad at me because they made fun of his
that'll be good. Then, Green College.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
iOS pep Rally is here. Moe's heading down the hall.
I'll see you tomorrow for the UC game. I'll see
a Sunday the hold. Anything Dan Horde's a part of,
or anything Moegger is a part of. That's a have
a great rest of your Friday, Brendaman and Jones. Baseball
is next the ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports station.
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Speaker 2 (00:35):
All right, welcome back. It is our three thanks to
Penn Station. Thank you for listening on the Friday Football Frenzy.
You know what time it is because we get a
chance to talk a different type of football each and
every Friday. This with the man you know him as
the voice of FC Cincinnati. The Orange Blue Back in
action tomorrow against Nashville. It's a big one and we
got to discuss it now with Tom Glad Tommy g
(00:57):
what's up Tommy? Hello, Tony, Happy Friday.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Glad to be here with you in our normal slot
and glad to get get back to work Saturday night
and hopefully see a win inside of the QL Stadium.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I can't imagine how good it is for you to
be able to get back to work and maybe erase
the bad taste that was Sunday lingering because we have
to do it. Let's rip the band aid off. Let's
not hide it to the back. No, we have to
wait till the end of the segment. You're right, everything
shaping up for what you needed. Joe Flacco turning back
(01:31):
the hands of time. The defense holds the Bengals to
seven yards in the second half, and yet you're left
coming up just short at the end of the game.
What were your overall takeaways from last Sunday? Defense was
really good? I think I think that's fair.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I'm out there in the running for Defensive Player of
the Year again. You know, I was a couple of
rookies shine, Joe Flaco did en off.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
You know.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
They kicking game was obviously tragically disappointing. You know, I
had a friend I'm interested in your take on this situation.
I had a friend asked, you know how or not
two really good kickers in the NFL?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Yeah, because it does feel like some kickers, like fifty
five is a chip shot anymore?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Right, Like the pool should be really deep considering there's
how many how many?
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Uh uh what do we call it? One division?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
One FCSS championship division whatever, Like how many college football
teams had a high level more there?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
One hundred and fifty at least one hundred and twenty five.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah, at least, right, so one hundred and twenty five
are the first drink kickers. And I mean you walked
out a specialist before, like they got like three of
them on every team, and like, how how is the
pool not so deep that like every guy's a stud?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yeah, it's just that's a good tragic you know, I
don't know what.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
And look, maybe maybe this kid is a stud and
they just had a really really bad.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
End of the game.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
This might be crazy, but the style of football that
is used in the NFL and specifically the K ball,
and then the width of the hashes and uprights in
the college football and it's all different.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
So I think there's a huge We need some uniformity.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Yes, I've always said that uniformity and the rules and
the dimensions all of it between college and the area.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
I mean you listen when when going from college baseball
to college to whatever level you land at, like the bases,
or my son's playing at mejor league baseball at fourteen
years old. He's playing at Major league baseball lengths. Right, Yeah,
you know the back at ten foot? Who want your
kids older than my ten or eight or nine something
like that, Right, It's like the hoop's not moving at
(03:46):
that point. Yeah, so yeah, maybe that needs to be explored.
But that part was frustrating obviously. The Lake trying to
drive there and win the game. I mean, it's just
it's it's just so unfortunate for.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
My brown gets easier.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
This was Yeahdi and the Ravens are kind enough to
settle bate their thirtieth anniversary of moving to Baltimore.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Clear complete coincident coming off a disaster.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Yeah, I mean, I don't get dear. And then home backers, yeah,
who look awfully good?
Speaker 5 (04:17):
Yep?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
So what And soccer, Yes, let's talk FC Cincinnati orange
and blue.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Now, no more orange and brown or orange black, Let's
go to orange and blue.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Well, we talked last week about the disappointing results for
FC Cincinnati as of late. When we spoke last week,
they were coming off the one nil loss to Philly
and you had the weekend off, you had some time
to kind of regroup, and now here comes to Nashville.
Team Tommy, we we talked about this before. The Eastern
Conference standings are so tight that if you don't take
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care of business against Nashville, you could slide back from
second to maybe even fourth by the end of this weekend.
This is a massive, massive game in a standings perspective,
and if you had any hope of catching Philly, feels
like you got to get three tomorrow night. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
I mean, obviously the lost two weeks ago. It was
pretty devastating as far as pushing you five points back
with five games to go, which is a really cooky situation.
But now all of a sudden you're staring it down
and you're only two points ahead of Nashville, who's, like
you said, in fourth, and with a win, Nashville jumps
ahead in the table and they just get a little
(05:27):
bit complicated from there. So yeah, you're home in another
playoff like match. Again, it's a really good team, a
team that you might see in the playoffs, a team
that you want to make sure you're ahead of in
the standings because you know, I just Dina's not gonna
win any tiebreakers on goal differential except for maybe Columbus
right now though who plus four is there?
Speaker 2 (05:47):
The plus six?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I mean National's in fourth place at plus sixteen or
land On Miami in fifth to sixth, but plus fourteen,
So they're gonna win those tiebreakers if they have more
wins and they're even on point term, sorry, if the
wins are even in the points or even to go
to the gold differential and those guys will have the advantage.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
So listen, it is so important to find a way
to come out.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
To have the right intensity from the jump, to to
have the right plan because the national team is good,
albeit they've struggled a little bit. They've lost some of
their form, you know, over the last couple of weeks
and league play as well. So it'll be really interesting
to see one team that takes control early. You know,
the home goal scoring drot Now, the two hundred and
ninety minutes without a goal at home, I haven't gone through.
(06:30):
I'll do it tomorrow and see I don't. I would
imagine that since Pat Nooning took over, the team has
not gone two hundred ninety minutes at home without a goal,
or even three straight games, which would be tw hundred
and seventy minutes. They get to go back twenty minutes
into that game at Miami, which seems like an engal
months ago. It was two months ago. Now, I guess
that Miami game the third.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Goal seven minute.
Speaker 5 (06:50):
So yeah, that's a little bit of a hedge scratcher,
and I'm sure that a lot of attention in time
pat kind of acknowledge as much was spent on it
during break the good news some of the new guys
back in.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Brenner a lot of time to train here. Did you
have a chance to stay with him with the Bearcats game?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I didn't get a chance till who knew it was funny.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
I was sitting there on my Saturday off and looking
at the media and who knew that that Threnner being
at that game was like the international break social media
post that I needed. Yeah, he was just unexpected of
everybody who who might show up on the sideline a
good and good on him for not you know, taking off,
going to be turning name from being here and taking
in the Bearcats game. And they got a Jersey's gonna
(07:32):
give a gifts. That was pretty cool. But you know,
so he's had time to get you know more ingrained
into the system. You know, Kevin Dunkan unfortunately was away
on international break so.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
They didn't really get to work together.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
But uh, you know, Kevin, Kevin back in training today,
so you know they've been able to hopefully get more
on the same page. Obviously Evander was around, so he's
able to work with him. I think with the new
editions coming in this time probably has been good and
probably give the team a little bit of Socier five games,
like let's go win those five and get it for
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them going into playoffs, and if you do that, then
you kind of see how your cards a lie the
rest of the way.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
How difficult is it because the season is so long
and there's different breaks, How difficult is it to find
that form and to find it at the exact time
you need to because with the season length, you see
teams that are there and then they fall off and
then they're back. But it feels like you just have
to have a unbelievable feel of how to get it
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going in the right direction at the most opportune time.
And obviously health and injuries play a big role, but
it feels like there's a lot that goes into this.
For a coach or a manager at this level to
be able to kind of dictate how you get them
to play the best at that time.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Yeah, I mean, look when one interesting thing, you won
this watershow two years ago.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
There never it really was a severe.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Dip in form, and if there was, there was a
couple of draws, you know, there was never really.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
A concern form.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
And then last year I thought the first half of
the season team was in maybe even better for him
the twenty twenty three and they actually dropped after in
the home stretch and obviously we're eliminated in the first
round by New York City. This year, it's been kind
of stretches, right. You had the stretch in April started
into March actually with the win going to Nashville and
getting a two to one win. Then you had a
perfect month of April, the four straight wins, so you
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were at five straight wins. At some point, you were
at seven of eight victories across your league games going
into middle of Bay and remember that's when the team
jumped in the first place for the first time all year,
and you're like, all right, let's go, Like came on.
You had a big game up in Columbus you got
a draw out of it, no big deal. And then
it was Atlanta, Dallas and DC. You had three you know,
very poor teams. So the team was gonna take over,
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right And remember a conversation. We had an many lost
draw loss and the forum going into that international break
was a disaster and you got one point out of
the possible nine against the situation where you really thought
you should get all nine. But then they had to
break some time to think about it. They came back win, win, win,
all on the roads England, Montreal, Orlando City. Obviously Lando's
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very this year. Came back with a home win against Chicago,
and the tough loss against Columbus turned round with Inter
Miami and Salt Lake and then I draw up Miami
and you're like, okay, well again.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
They find a form.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
But they come out of the league's cover break and
obviously you've struggled. Got to win in Portland three to two,
but the three straight one nail losses at home. So
it's the biggest roller coasters. Hopefully now that you know
it's going back to those those victories and positive results
coming out of the losses that we've seen. I think
it's hard and I think you look at Nashville and
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I mentioned they're in a little bit of a tough
run of form. They've lost four or five matches, and
that's coming off of us. They wish they were almost unbeatable.
Ahead of that, they were playing really really well, you know,
before things kind of fell off and we're picking up
win after win. So you know, these two teams are
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not unique to it. Had a little bit of a downswing.
Now obviously they are red hot and Columbus is going.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Through it right now.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
They've dropped off, so it's going to be very intriguing
to kind of see who who turns it on. And
it's always been said like a lot of you know,
getting in the playoffs in the right rhythm and then
getting red hot at the right time. You know, look
at what New York Red Bulls did last year. They
got red hot at the right time and ran all
the way through to them a lot of the final.
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I think something that's been interesting, and I was talking
to somebody about this earlier this week, is that I
can't remember many games I'm gonna try to go through
before we come on the air tomorrow night and cut
it up, is how many nights has Pat Newton been
able to put out his very best eleven of what
he had available at that moment in time on his roster, Like,
that's not gonna be the case tomorrow, even with with
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most of the team healthy. You'll being wolbedo, he's still
out right and it's going to be for a couple
of weeks.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
So that's not making an excuse.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
That's been a reality. It's been a little bit unlucky
that I imagine there's only been a couple of nights
where he's truly felt like he's had his best eleven available.
But listen, this team certainly had the pieces and the bodies,
and now they have the weapons. You know, it's on
whatever Pat Newton thinks is the best starting eleven. They
have weapons on the bench to come in and help.
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We saw that at the end of the last nights
where he had like fourteen strikers on the field at
some time. You know, and it'll be telling, but they
might get to a quick start against Nashville.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
If outside of the quick start strategically, what is in
your opinion that the biggest key to not only get
a win, get three points, but to erase these struggles
that they have been dealing with at home.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Oh it's the two guys are top and hitting, Muktah
and Sam Surage for Nashville, and they've been so good
this year. Surge all the Many League O Soccer twenty
goals on the season, Muktar looking like an MVP agin
when everyone was saying his performance had been dropping off
the last few years, and look the numbers certainly had
since he won the MVP.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
A few years back. But they're both playing at.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
A really really high and impressive level. So if you're
not shutting down Surge and must then they're gonna hurt you.
And we've seen games this year in Nashville has scored
a whole bunch of goals and then those two certainly
have been involved. So defensively, he's going to be strong,
you know, patvel that that Matt I picked up really
mindor and occumists to be training this week.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
He's back into it.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
I was out there today, he was training at full
So I expect that Matt'll be able to go. Robinson
is healthy again after the break, miss those two games
going into it, but he's been training and now as
a contract extension, which is huge, so I think it
starts with those two guys being in there together there
and then whomever else that Pat puts together, you know,
as part of his starting eleven. But you've got to
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be really strong defensively against this.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
National team, and.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
I truly believe like you got to find a way
to snap the scoreless streak, you know, get a goal
in the first fifteen minutes and take the pressure off everybody.
Everybody lets hail a little bit, and then you could
push forward and watch way through the game plan.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
And win that match. Me gee, the voice of FC Cincinnati, Tommy,
you're the best. We're about to do our Pickham segment next.
I've got the Ravens and the Browns on the sheet,
the numbers eleven and a half. Are you laying the points?
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Yeah, that's give me, give me eleven and a half
for sure.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
Alright, alright, what's your response to saying that Derrick Henry
is hard to.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Shut off?
Speaker 3 (14:27):
Isn't that like my fourteen year old son comes to me.
It's like, Dad, did you I'm like the son, you're fourteen?
Do you understand that that's a bad thing to say?
I don't. I don't care if he's thinking about if
I'm the running back for the Ravens, Like I'd be
really easy to stop, but you don't say anything.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
No, keep keep your mind.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
He goes back in it and about all the time,
and our friend Terry Nelson to give him him grief
about it. But it's like Terry, Terry was was with everything.
What he called it, the group of single played for
the bear right, like you know, a couple of points,
couple read that, so and so forth down the line
of steels blocks. He's he's he's the average of the
quadruple single and he you know, he he hooks up
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with Bill Cook outside of practice, going in the Crosstown
street out and tells and guarantees victory against Navier.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Ye guarantees victory. And he said, this is back in
the day.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
So you know, there's no cell phones like you have
the room phone, like the house phone. It makes up
six thirty in the morning with the phone ran and
you know who's on the other line read in the
morning paper with his coffee not good. He goes, get
to my office right now and like the whole walk over,
you know exactly what was gonna be, you know, And
and Huggs read him to ride act ye, and you
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all better win because you just guarantee it. So you
don't go find you boys and tell them to win
the game for.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
You and hope they wanted to look like and hope
that you're not one on one in space with Derrick Henry.
Speaker 6 (15:51):
Right, Like when does when do these things work out
for you? Never for anybody like Johnson? Right, Like, just
stop talking please like this you.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Wach fourteen and oh if you're gonna run your mif yep. Yeah, Tommy,
you're the best man. I see. We had to finish
it the same.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Ay, Now you get the first time.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I'm excited about tomorrow night.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Now you get me a first.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Well, we got to a great weekend, Tommy. It's your
round up. I love you guys. Thanks Tom, Love you Tom.
Thanks Friday, Love you man. Friday Football Frenzy continues next
with our picks for the week on the fifteen thirty
Cincinnati Sports station. It's a Big Cy.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
This afternoon at three for Bengals pep rally on the
official home of the Bengals, Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 7 (16:39):
Cincy three sixty is back on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati's
sports station.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Oh yeah, we got picks to Magnan Friday. It's our
three thanks to Penn Station, thanks for listening to the
Friday Football Frenzy. We disagreed on what the overall record
was from week one. I know you're about five games
ahead of me.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
I'm gonna go with what you said, which was thirteen
and six yep for me, yep, And you were what thirteen.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
And six, that's nineteen. I think I had eight wins.
It pushed me at eight and eleven.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Eight and eleven, Okay, so you've got the early lead
if I'm not mistaken. I was perfect in the high
school swear five and oh you were all right.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Well, let's get it started. I'm eventually gonna have to
start picking out the high school level with my head
and not my heart. But thus here we are again.
That's what led me to perfect. We leave things off
on a Friday, and they call them Purple Fridays on
the West Side, all the aura. But this is a
battle on North Bend Road. Elder travels to Lasal. They
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take on the Lancers. Elder Lassal, who you got? You know,
I was talking with the people in the office this morning.
These are West Siders, These are Purple Friday guys. These
are elder people.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
I was talking with and they said, tonight maybe the
last chance for Elder to get a win for a
while because of that schedule. So for that reason, I say,
Elder understands the significance of what is at stake, and
they go on the road and beat less out Ramsey
the Panthers, Doug Ramsey and the Panthers stay perfect. How
about this the Fox nineteen game of the week at
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the high school level? Three and oh Lebanon at three
and oh Anderson. If I'm not mistaken, We've said this before.
I think Anderson's coach is the one that never punts.
Oh it could be like fourth and thirty backed up
on their own ten yard line and they go for it.
They never punt, and I believe they kick on side
kicks exclusively. Okay, interesting with that, what you want, I'll
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take Anderson. I think they're the raptors. Now maybe the raptors.
I was gonna say, I'll take Dan Campbell and Anderson
if that's the case. But more than anything, because I
once played a game at Lebanon when Sydney came down
to Lebanon to play a game and I made a
tackle and they announced tackle made on the play by
number seventy one Austin Elmer. Oh that's it's not my name,
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gimme Anderson.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
I like that. I like that good reasoning. Ye, Princeton
is at Lakota West. Princeton the Vikings at Lakota West. Yeah,
what do you think I got Lakota West? Okay, Now,
who are you taking? This is a tough one for
me because Princeton at the start of the year, they
jumped out all over Moler Moeller, came back and eventually
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wins the game. They dominate cole Rain, which everyone's doing
right now. They had a good win on the road
forty seven to nothing at Sycamore. I think this one's close.
I just think Lakota West is a little bit better
in this one. Tonight. You're following me around aboard so far. Yep.
Here's well, we probably won't differentiate here because Sydney takes
on Butler tonight. Yeah. And I did my research, huh.
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And last week Sydney was beaten down by Stebbins like
a Grand Canyon mule. Butler beat down Stebbins yep vsav Yeah,
Butler beats down Sydney. Butler got a decent team this year.
Speaker 4 (20:03):
I was, I said last week, I expressed, I expressed
my doubts about the Yellow Jackets and the regime change
over there, and a source told me that one and
nine is less likely than to ten for the Yellow
Jackets this year.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Boys.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
So I'm gonna take the Aviators at home, which is
a beautiful stadium, beautiful stadium. I'll take Butler at home,
and then the fright next door to the Sack by
the Way, Friendling Activity Center, friendly confines of deer Park
High School with my dear friend right down the hall,
Willie Cunningham.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
We've been going back and forth all week. We have
a double or nothing hot fudge Sunday bet on this
game tonight. I've said it once and I'll say it again.
You won't find a better OH to three team in
the Tri state area than the Redding and Blue Devils.
They have been tested many times this year already. They
played a good Williamsburg team. They played a very good team.
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They took Aiken to the ropes last week. Deer Park.
Not so much Belmont Schroeder, nor would they've not played
anyone reading has beaten Austin deer Park seven years in
a row. Seven straight times have the Blue Devils beat
the Deer Park Wildcats. Go ahead and mark it up,
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make it eight. Reading goes and gets some road kill.
They beat the Deer Park Wildcats for the eighth straight year.
Speaker 4 (21:28):
My sources inside both organizations tell me injuries will play
a role in the availability of key players tonight, and
for that reason, I'll take deer Park to end that streak.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Let's get to the college game. Number twelve, Clemson at
Georgia Tech. Some are asking Austin, is Clemson fraudulent? Is
Dabo fraudulent? I don't think they are. Because of the
quarterback play, I'll take Clemson. They're only laying three and
a half. Give me the Tigers. Yeah, this is a
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number that surprises me. I think Clemson is better than
three and a half, even if they're on the road
at Georgia Tech. I think this is a get right
game for the Tigers. They win comfortably. Give me Clemson.
What about the Crimson Tide. They're gonna host Wisconsin and
they're gonna lay twenty one and a half for Luke
fickle squad. They're not good in Madison. No are they
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good enough to cover twenty one and a half? No,
they're not.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Alabama win this game running away, Kaylin de Bor will
quiet the doubters at least for a week. They'll dominate
Luke Fickle and everything will be good to go.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
This is classic late score. Lose by twenty Bama wins.
Wisconsin is the team that covers. Okay, Now, we have
a friend in the sales department that is a diehard
South Carolina fan. They're number eleven in the country. They
host the Diego Pavia Pavia Pavia. He runs his mouth
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a lot, he do be talking, but my goodness, has
he backed it up. It's a good football team in Vanderbilt,
but it's a really good South Carolina team. The number
is four and a half. I'm comfortable laying four and
a half with the game being at South Carolina. Give
me the game, cos Yeah, I'm right there with you.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
It's tough to go into the House of the Cocks
and come out victorious. I got South Carolina winning that
game and covering that four and a half and shutting
up Diego Pavia, Pavillo whatever you want to call him.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Yeah, shut out. Trey from sales. Now, I do think
those two teams do have a common opponent, South Carolina,
I believe. Have they already played Virginia Tech. I believe
they opened the season with forty four to eleven. Vandy
dominate him forty four to twenty on the road. There
is a common opponent. But you and I both agree
South Carolina gets to win. How about Florida? The gauntlet
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of the schedule just getting started. LSU not overwhelming last
week in their win Florida. Is there any chance of
a bounce back here? LSU is laying a little more
than a touchdown at seven and a half. What do
you think?
Speaker 4 (23:56):
So two weeks into the season, the Florida Athletic director
had to issue you a vote of confidence for Billy
Napier in a statement. The beatdown that he is about
to receive at the hands of Brian Kelly and the
LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge is going to be so
bad that Florida has no chance, no choice but to
fire Billy Napier after this performance. LSU in a route.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
L USU's got the best quarterback in the country. They're
at home. They knock off the reeling Florida Gators go
Tigas LSU wins and they cover Texas A and M
at Notre Dame Austin the line of six and a
half have not seen Notre Dame since that disappointing opening loss.
I think they use the week off, they figure out
that they are a run first team. They pound the rock,
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they beat Texas A and M, and they cover the number.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
To be honest with you, I thought that this game
was at Kyle Field, But you're telling me it's in
South Bend. Oh do you want me to double check?
Can you double check that for me? No, you're right,
I see it right here. It's at Notre Dame Stadium.
Damn it. I had already taken Texas A and M,
so I'm gonna stick with Texas A and M.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
All right, how about this one early good SEC matchup,
at least on paper, Georgia, who I feel like I
don't know anything about against Tennessee. The volunteers are playing
host to Georgia and the line is three and a half,
getting three and a half for the home team.
Speaker 4 (25:20):
What do you think, Uh, Georgia is going to smoke
these dudes. Tennessee doesn't deserve my love after switching to Adidas.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
I think the environment's gonna be awesome. I think Rocky
Top's gonna be rocking through that field. But I think
at the end of the day, Georgia easily covers three
and a half. I was shocked it was just three
and a half. I think Tennessee is still breaking in
a new quarterback. Give me the Bulldogs, South Florida. Impressive
resume so far, Boise, they beat Florida, They're not gonna
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sneak up on anyone anymore. They go to number five Miami.
I was a little surprised at this being seventeen and
a half, so much so Austin that I'm like, well,
that number is way too And then I remembered our
good friend Dan Horde, and he said, if you're surprised
by a spread, someone knows something that you don't. I'm
surprised at seventeen and a half. That's why I'm taking Miami,
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all right.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
I'm gonna take South Florida because it's never easy with
the Hurricanes. They always find a way to make it
more difficult than it's supposed to be. And I think
there's a chance USF knocks him off and becomes the
story of college football more than they already are. But
if they don't, I think it's a close game. Okay,
the Bobby's versus the BUCkies. Oh You at number one
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Ohio State Bobby's BUCkies thirty and a half?
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Is that too many points?
Speaker 4 (26:39):
Austin? At first I said yes, I really did. But
I still believe in Ohio State. And it's gonna be
a night game, a night atmosphere at Ohio Stadium. Buckey's
fans only get one or two of those a year,
usually only one. They're gonna go nuts for. This atmosphere
is gonna be awesome. Buckeyes will cover that They're gonna
win by five touchdowns. At least that would be good
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for thirty five points. Don't think it's gonna be an
easy game. I wouldn't be surprised if at the half Ohio.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Is hanging in there. I do, for what it's worth,
like the over in this game, because I do think
oh You will score some points. Finally, this number just
came up. Okay, I just checked with DraftKings. Northwestern State
at Cincinnati forty three and a half. Ooh, forty three
and a half. I'd take it up the sixty three
and a half. If I had to give me the
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Bearcats to run rampant on the Demons tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (27:30):
Yeah, you said that the expectation should be to win
this game by fifty, and I stick with that. Sanderfield's
a bunch goes cuckoo for Coco puffs at Nippert Stadium
in a blackout. All right for the Bearcats, gimme uc oh. Oh,
you see there it is.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Let's get through. The NFL. Bears at Lions minus six
and a half. I think the Lions bounce back, and
I think they have something for their former offensive coordinator
Ben Johnson.
Speaker 4 (27:57):
Ben Johnson knows them too well. Bears covered. They lose
the game, but they cover six and a half in
a close win in Detroit.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
All right. Bear Bills at Jets. For whatever reason, I
feel like the Jets always play pretty well against the Bills.
I don't think the Jets win the game. I do
think they cover six and a half at home.
Speaker 4 (28:12):
I think this line is an overreaction to a bad
Buffalo defense and a good Jets offense, and week number
one water finds its level. Buffalo covers the number dominates
the Jets. I like this some separation here. Seahawks at Steelers.
Super impressed with that Steelers offense. I think their defense
finds their level and I think they take care of
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the Seahawks at Homan cover the number. I do have
the Steelers covering, but I do think there's a good
chance Seattle wins this game. I think it's a low
scoring game. I think the defenses kind of start to
show up a little bit here. I'm a big fanta
Seattle's defense. I'm gonna say Seattle keeps it close, but
Pittsburgh wins twenty four to twenty and covers at number.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Broncos at Colts, I think I already know where you're
leaning in this one. Colts were very impressive in Week one.
I just need to see more of it. I think
bo Knicks and den Or they need a rebound from
their Week one, albeit a win was not pretty. Give
me the Broncos to cover one and a half. As
the culture of the home dogument, I'm right there with you,
Uh Bucks at Texans. I put this on there because
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I think it's an interesting one. Because the Texans start
zero to one, Bucks come from behind and get a
win in Week one. Texans do not want to start
zhing two. But I also think that the Bucks are
going to be a team that people think can go
the distance in the NFC. These are exactly the types
of games you go on the road and win, and
for that reason, I'll take the Bucks minus two and
a half.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
I don't know what you've chosen as your win Schulers
cheesy spread of the week, but this one is the
one that jumped off the paper at me. Stinks to
high Heaven, give me Tampa to crush this number. Did
you take the Texans? I took the Buck, You took
the Bucks. I'm with the Bucks, don't I don't get that.
I don't understand why the Texans are favored.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
What about the Browns and the Ravens. I always throw
the AFC North games on here, but the numbers eleven
and a half. I know Cleveland played well last week.
I know the the Ravens had the absolute melt down at
the end. I think the Ravens get right. I'll lay
the eleven and a half.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
Yeah, I'm right there with you. Thirtieth anniversary. I just
saw that they painted the end zones the way they
did originally thirty years ago in nineteen ninety six.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
It's gonna be sick. Give me Baltimore Eagles at Chiefs
Super Bowl rematch. Chiefs feel like they're reeling a little bit.
I saw earlier in the week. Does anyone fear the
Chiefs anymore? That's a great question. I don't think the
Eagles do. I think they go in as a one
and a half point road favorite and they win the
game and cover the number.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
This is a voodoo magic, evil Chiefs victory. They find
a way to win that they're not supposed to and
they cover that number. I got Kansas City winning.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
Now, normally it's one thing just to do it because
it's local, but I think nationally this is one of
those games you got to keep an eye on. So
let's make this Austin our win Shulers spread of the weekend. Okay,
can we do that? Yeah? Thank you to our friends
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Jags three and a half point favorite, usually two and
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a half three points for just being the home team,
which I think makes this almost to pick them. I
think the Bengals make a statement. I think the Bengals
for the first time under Zach Taylor win in week two,
for the first time under Joe Burrow. They go to
and zero. Give me the Bengals to knock off the
Jags and cover the number.
Speaker 4 (31:38):
A lot of people didn't hear this earlier this week
when Zach Taylor met with the media, but when he did,
he dropped a Marvin Lewis line. Oh, he said, I
see better than I hear. Those were the exact words
that came out of the mouth of Zach Taylor aran
and I stand by those words. I see better than
I hear. When it comes to the Bengals defense, I
saw a little bit of it against the Cleveland Browns,
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but I didn't see enough of it. I'm not confident enough.
I've said all summer that this is a trap game
and the Bengals need to watch out for it. I
don't want to do this, but I think Jacksonville wins
the game, and so for that reason, I think they
cover the number.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
I'll take the Jags here it is. That's our picks.
If you agree or disagree, let us know. At Tony
Underscore Pike fifteen at Audiellmore a quick touch and go
when we come back, and then we will open it
up for quick hits. Still to go Friday Football Friends
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They're not consistent enough. The way up fourth grader disects
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Speaker 8 (32:52):
Again Monday afternoon, It's the Tony and Mo Football Show.
Join us at Twin Peaks in Westchester as we talk Bengals,
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Speaker 2 (33:06):
Three fours.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
Again the York Harris Advader, the Philadelphia Legend, Groves and
the Villages have gone from down Florida not being so
ahead five to four.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
It is that our wind Shoolers call of the day
that has made some folks here in Cincinnati perk up
a little bit because the Mets lose again, meaning the
Reds go into their weekend series against the Athletics one
and a half back in the wild Card. They're tied
with the Giants, who take on the uh the Dodgers
with Yoshi Nobu Yamamoto, Yamalone Kershaw and Tyler Glass now
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on the mound. And I believe, I believe these Mets,
who are ice cold Austin. I believe they've got a
head two or though they host Texas, but I think
de gram is going to pitch in this series for Texas.
They got they got Jacob de Grom and then they've
got Patrick Corbin in the first two games of the series.
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Do the Texas Rangers, If I'm not mistaken, the Texas
Rangers are the best pitching team in baseball. You would
have to double check me on that. But the way
that they have pitched all together this season has been really,
really good. From an era standpoint, they are the tops
in all baseball.
Speaker 4 (34:30):
All right, yeah, right, this guy knows ball. I thought
about baseball in a month and I've nailed that, nailed
it three point four to three. E r A nailed it.
By the way, I got the NFL game deview on
in here on NFL Network, Greg Rosenthal, Patrick Claybahn, and
Cynthia Freeland. They make their game picks. Yeah, two out
(34:53):
of three. Just picked the Jags, Oh boy, to beat
the bank.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
By the way, our Winshulers call of the day, you
can have a football party without win Shulers chief spreads.
You can also throw a pass without a receiver. You're
not going to score points with either one of them. Oh,
so make sure you have plenty on hand. They've got
four options original, Sharp, Jam, Bacon, and pepper Jack. I
love them all, although I will you will too.
Speaker 4 (35:14):
I will say Marcus Mario Mariota through Marcus Mariota threw
a touchdown pass to himself in a playoff game once. Okay,
fun fact in Kansas City too. There it is write
that down. Quick Hits.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
Next Friday Football Frenzy ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station.
Speaker 7 (35:31):
The Bengals are on the Pro three sixty continues on
ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati's sports station. It's time for Cincy
three sixty Quick Hits at THESPN fifteen.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Somehow, some way unbelievable. He's walked back across the street
and he spent his last couple hours at Rally House,
kind of like a game of Frogger crossing Montgomery Road
and now you're gonna you're gonna head down the hall.
I have yes, what are you doing down the holiday?
I'm working with Eddie and Jason Williams today. Can't just
have my afternoon off? No, no, no no, and Austin. Yes, man,
(36:05):
I've been told that we're mainly going to talk about sports. Okay,
so I get just I get to stay in my
lane talking about it like a conspiracy thing. Like when
I did it, we like it was legit, Like, hey,
we got to call this guy he kind of like
wears a tinfoil hat. Yeah, legitimately. And I was like, well,
this is kind of out of my element, but let's
give him a call. Yeah, ask me. You know, you
(36:25):
like any lines this weekend? Any games pop out to you?
He didn't know it, had no idea. Yeah, I am.
Speaker 8 (36:30):
We We are interviewing a guy with the Trans Siberian orchestrama.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
That's real.
Speaker 8 (36:34):
I'm gonna yeah, I'm going to ask him who he
likes Bengals or Jacks. That might be my only question.
I've never known anything less about something.
Speaker 2 (36:41):
What Sunday come down to in your opinion.
Speaker 8 (36:44):
So I think the Jaguars are a really interesting team
because I think there's a lot of upside there. Liam
Cohen is a great offensive mind. He might be kind
of weird, but he's a great offensive mine. Trevor Lawrence
is very talented. I'm intrigued by how the rookie season
is going to go for Travis Hunter. They've got a
great underrated wide receiver and Brian Thomas only had one
catch last week. They did get Travis Edieen going like
(37:06):
there's good offensive weaponry there. So that worries me. I
wonder emotionally and mechanically because all the all the talk
for months has been get off to a good start,
get off to a good start. Isn't just go one
to Oh, that's obviously a good first step. I wonder
is there some sort of letdown based of we got
our win. We didn't start zero to one. Now we're
(37:29):
coming home. We just got to show up. Emotionally, I
would like to think this team is more mature than that,
but you know, let's face it, the Browns offense was
never really gonna test the Bengals.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
I think Jacksonville's will. Sure, I'll get to talk more
about this with you Sunday at the Holy Grail. Yes,
we'll be on for a pregame show with Ken Brew.
I'll also see it tomorrow. Line just came out forty
three and a half for the Bearcats. They should cover it.
They should win by fifty at least they should They
should win by nine touchdowns. Yep.
Speaker 8 (37:59):
I mean, I do not want to show any disrespect
toward a college football team that I know is going
to show up and try. They're young, they just got
beat sixty six nothing. It's FCS. This is not a
game that this is a game where if you're there
at halftime, you're like, all right.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
Yeah, correct, you know, yeah, get to see some young guys.
Speaker 8 (38:22):
But unfortunately, I don't know that they could play well
enough for anybody to change their mind about this time.
Speaker 2 (38:28):
I'm going to buy. And then you get a test
to Kansas.
Speaker 8 (38:30):
They lost to Nebraska and they were underwhelming against Bowling Green.
So if you felt like this team coming into the
season is going to be six and six, chances are
you still feel like they're going to be six and six.
I don't know that there's anything they can do tomorrow
to make anybody feel any better.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
Lastly, in thirty seconds, we mentioned the pitching matchups that
the Giants have to face with the Dodgers. The Mets
are going to see de Gram and the Reds get
the Athletics, who are a great hitting team. They do
not pitch well, but by some way, some how, they're
a game and a half out of the wild card.
And it's interesting again for the Reds.
Speaker 8 (39:03):
Five and one against Oakland, Sacramento, loss, Oaklamento whatever we're
calling them. Five and one against the A's and Pirates,
six and four against everybody else might not be likely,
but it is doable.
Speaker 2 (39:15):
Eighty five wins? Does it? Maybe? Eighty four? Eighty five wins?
Does it credible? That we're getting to talk about it
all thanks to the New York Mets. Thank you. I
turned it off. I watched the first inning last night.
They scored four. I'm like, up, there goes that same thing.
I started watching football. Yeah, I got the alert on
my phone. Reds are a game and a half back. Unbelievable.
It's fun, unbelievab it's fun. Enjoy down the Hall.
Speaker 8 (39:36):
Eddie and Jason Williams have a great Friday. Williams are
still mad at me because they made fun of his
that'll be good. Then, Green College.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
iOS pep Rally is here. Moe's heading down the hall.
I'll see you tomorrow for the UC game. I'll see
a Sunday the hold. Anything Dan Horde's a part of,
or anything Moegger is a part of. That's a have
a great rest of your Friday, Brendaman and Jones. Baseball
is next the ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports station.
Speaker 5 (40:10):
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