Latest / TripleAlphas / NFL Week 2 Recap & MLB Update
Transcript
- Josh DeMage: Welcome back TripOps SportsSuck. I'm Josh. It's Bryce right there. It's Roy right there. pod one fifty. Fifty away from two hundred by the way. Yeah, we'll just start with our and we're just jump into it. I was trying to think if we need to do anything before, but I don't think so. We had week two of the NFL. Let's go over the scores. I have them right here. I didn't want to pull them up this way, this time. I'll start. I'll go. Thursday night football, Buffalo hosted Detroit in the new Bills Mafia Stadium. Bills win at 4131. And then we didn't have anything till Sunday. There go. Carolina takes care of Atlanta handily 34-3. In an ugly one, Minnesota in a s it's a really a swamp game. Beats Chicago. Caleb Williams goes out early. avoids a major injury though. Minnesota wins nine to three. Philly goes to Tennessee, wins 24 to 20. Score on basically a last second touchdown. I think it was like 18 seconds left or something. But yeah, Philly wins 24 to 20. New England takes care of Pittsburgh handily at home, 20 to 3. Jets and the Packers in New York go to overtime. Jets or Green Bay comes back and ties in regulation and then wins it in overtime 20 to 17. In a two-hour weather delay, Cleveland beats Tampa probably the center of the week 23-19. but right behind in another stunner. New Orleans goes to Baltimore and wins it 24 to 17. Cincinnati goes to Houston and Houston's offense couldn't get going. 20 to 6 for Cincinnati. And then Denver at home bounces back after their week one loss. They win against Jacksonville 20 to 13. The Vegas Raiders with another upset. 26 14 over the Chargers. Chargers start 0 2 this year. San Fran takes care of Miami at home single handedly. I forgot about Dallas. They're up here. In my favorites. Dallas at home takes care of Washington 37 20. Shane Daniels leaves with injury. another dislocated elbow. And then Sunday night, great ball game. Kansas City beats Indianapolis 33-30 in overtime. And then Monday night football, Giants fans worst nightmare, about half their roster gets hurt, dart out for the year. Rams win 28 to 6. All right, guys. I didn't even notice that Roy left. Brice: Yeah, we lost Roy like immediately. Josh DeMage: okay, well, we're just gonna keep pushing. All right, Rice, what do you think about this week? Any thoughts, takeaways? Brice: I mean, obviously I gotta talk about the Bears a little bit. just n literally nothing in this game went our way. And you said Caleb went out early. He actually went out like late in the fourth quarter. it just everything that we had going ended in a fail somehow. Like we finally marched down the field DeAndre Swift fumbles on the one. We finally march down the field again after that. Sam Rose drops a touchdown. Like, it's just I get the conditions and stuff. And I thought the Vikings defense played decent. I don't think that they dominated us like I've been seeing on social media. Like, if we don't have a drop touchdown and a fumbled touchdown, the score looks a lot different than 9 3. And if Caleb doesn't go down for the last two drives of the game, one of them being on the five yard line, I think that also looks different. So yeah, it is what it is. I was in a dark place Sunday night, so I didn't really watch much else football. I thought Caleb was probably out for the season after grabbing his leg like that, but it was literally best case scenario. So Josh DeMage: Yeah. yeah, I didn't take a whole lot from the Bears game, honestly. It was just awful conditions. Nobody could do anything. Vikings offense couldn't do anything 'cause of the conditions. Bears offense couldn't do anything for the conditions. You play that wet of a game, ball's just gonna be f you're just gonna fumble and not be able to throw the ball well. It's gonna be a low scoring game. I actually I really didn't want to talk about games so much. I kinda wanted to talk about teams' first two weeks and t my thoughts. I will say, you know, I I came into the season thinking in the NS NFC East, Washington and New York were the two worst teams. and now they both lose their quarterbacks for the foreseeable future. Those two will finish in the bottom two, just for that fact. I think Buffalo looks as good as I've seen them. Again, we're two weeks in. I understand injuries are gonna happen, but their defense is at least playing some decent football. and we already know their offense is gonna do good. Atlanta looks just Downright horrific because they don't have a quarterback. I mean Roy might be on the the call next. I mean he's he's on the chopping block of playing quarterback soon, so and another team, Green Bay, I think they look like shit so far. again, I know they're they're still a little rattled with some injuries offensively. They let some receivers go to let some other people play. They haven't started off good. Doesn't mean they can't get going again. I'm not overreacting or underreacting. I'm just saying what I've seen through two weeks. and the last team I want to talk about, I'm not going to talk about the Chargers. They just look horrific as well. is New Orleans. I mean, they were minute or they were one play away from knocking off the Lions in Detroit let last week or two two weeks ago. And then last week they go into Baltimore and beat the Ravens. I don't have much high hopes for s the New Orleans Saints, but the fact that you play two, I mean premier offenses at least, and they're right there in both games. I'm I'm gonna be honest, they probably should have beat the Lions if they get the extra point. Instead of going for two, they get the extra point. But yeah, hats off to the Saints and what they're doing then there, Kellan Larren, former Cowboys legend. So that's about all I got. Roy, you got anything from this week? Roy: for NFL yeah. No, just I mean injury bug. I mean, how many injuries can you say up and down the NFL? now I saw I heard you talk about I missed all of Bryce's stuff. for you do you talked about bad teams. I mean I I the teams that have been bad in my opinion. I mean Dolphins are bad, which we kinda knew. But you're gonna say, like you said, the Giants and Washington lost their starting quarterback for a year. That's just that just I mean, their backups I mean, they're just not Jameis Woodson looked god awful after when he came in now. other teams I thought didn't have not looked good. I mean the Buccaneers, what the hell with them? I I they got a lot of injuries going on, but man, Baker Mayfield looks terrible. you let Mike Evans go and your receiving quarters has not I mean, Buka hasn't looked good. It's just not been I mean if that that toe injury he has has been bad. It's just not been what what the what I thought they would be. The the Chargers l yes. Yeah, they gotta get rid of that Mike Dani McDaniels. What he's trying to do with the personnel that they have. I mean, did you see watching that game? I watched some of it. I there was at least nine drops. I mean, the receiving core cannot catch a ball to save their life. It's unreal. And then the blocking scheme, I mean, Justin Herbert's running the entire time. There's just I mean, just the way just the way he's it's like they got two out there trying to run the ball. And that's not Justin Hubert or Herbert, that you know. It's Mike McDaniels Josh DeMage: Yeah. Roy: has got to figure something out or get the hell out of there. the the team that surprised me the Raiders. Raiders look actually pretty good. I've been kinda surprised by them. but yeah, this the the Sa the Saints actually I feel I feel like are a pretty dang good football team. but overall I just I've been surprised by the injuries. I mean Nico Collins, I mean just everybody. It just I mean Jalen Reed out for the year. Just I mean, it's just been a crazy how thing people are getting hurt. I don't know if it's because of the lack of hitting they're getting in the practice you know, off season to now. But this has just been crazy these first two weeks. Josh DeMage: Yeah, I agree. okay, I'm gonna go over our week two predictions. Roy, you and Bryce both tied 11 and 5. some games that went each other's way. Roy, you actually had a few games different than all of us. I would say you had the one that was most different. You did get the Vikings over the Bears, me and Bryce had the Bears. you also had the Pats, me and Bryce both took the Steelers. Bryce on your end, you had the Bengals, correct? Me and Roy both took the Texans. We all missed the Chargers game. We all missed the Bucks game. We all miss the Ravens game. And then Roy, you missed the Giants game and the Rams game by yourself. Me and Bryce both got that right. So Roy and Bryce both 11-5. I was one back at 10-6 for all of NFL. So our two weeks. I still hold the best record, 21 and 11. and Bryce and Roy, you're both one back of me at 20 and 12. So that will be our NFL update. So let's move it on to week three. Bryce, you wanna type? Brice: Yep. Josh DeMage: All right. I will I'll go ahead and read it. Falcons on Thursday night football will go to Lambo. is it at Lambeau? Let me make sure. I don't want to have the Roy: I assume it is. Josh DeMage: every single one backwards. Okay, it's in Lambeau, so we're right. Falcons at Packers. I'll go first. I'm gonna take the Packers with the Falcons quarterback situation. There's just not much hope there. Brice: I am also taking the Packers. As bad as the Packers look, the Falcons look like they're the worst team in the league this year. Josh DeMage: Yeah. Roy: The fo about I've I'll take Packers. Josh DeMage: B. John Robinson though still looked good. Ch Brice: He does look good, he's on my fantasy. Josh DeMage: I know. Chargers go to Buffalo and play the Bills. we'll get Roy stuff later. I don't know what his Brice: Yeah. Josh DeMage: connection issue is. I've never seen it like that this before ever. Chargers go to the Bu Bills. I'll take the Bills. Brice: I agree with you. Chargers are terrible. Josh DeMage: Next one, Panthers go to Cleveland. Both teams coming off a win. Bryce, all you go first. Brice: I am going to take the Panthers. Even though Cleveland got a win, I still think Panthers are good team. Josh DeMage: I do too. The Panthers defense has actually been pretty horrific to start. I know that got skewed Brice: They'll give up three last week. Josh DeMage: Well, I know, but I'm saying I know it's skewed because of the week one. but they still actually have given up a lot of rushing yards. I anticipate that to come back down to earth a little bit. They're just too good defensively. I mean it's a defensive football team first, honestly. So yeah, I'll take the Panthers as well. next one, Jets go to Detroit. I'll take the Lions on this one. Brice: I'm actually gonna take the jets on this one. Josh DeMage: Wow, look at that. J E T S Jets Jets Jets. That's Bryce gonna that's Brice: More like B E T S bets Bets Bets is I'm throwing a bunch of heaters out this Josh DeMage: That's gonna be Bryce all weekend. Brice: week. Josh DeMage: He'll be painted green. next one. This should be a good game. I think this is a very evenly matched game. Texans go to Indianapolis to play the Colts. I'll go first on this one because this is the first close one that I'll pick. Texans are 0 and 2, but they've been close both games for the most part. I'm gonna take the Colts. I think they're playing a little better than the Texans are right now. Brice: I actually agree with you. I think the Texans are a pretty bad team this year. I don't think the defense is playing as well as they have in the past, which has really Josh DeMage: Yeah. Brice: carried them. And they're that offense is horrendous. Josh DeMage: Yep. Next one. Chiefs go to Miami to play the Dolphins. And I don't think it's close. I'll take the Chiefs. Brice: yeah, I agree. and Roy Josh DeMage: Yeah. Brice: is inputting his, so I'm going to read that he took the Packers, Bills versus the Chargers, the Panthers versus the Browns, and the Jets versus the Lions, and he's about to do the Texans Colts, I believe. Josh DeMage: Next one for us. Titans go to play the Giants. Ooh, man, this is a hard one now. What do the Giants look like with no Dart, with no Brian Burns on the defensive side? are the Texans Brice: The league neighbors went down too, didn't he? Josh DeMage: good enough to go in there and get a win? I'm gonna say they Brice: The Titans. Josh DeMage: are. I'm gonna take the Titans in this one. Brice: I'm I'm actually still gonna take the Giants. Although I don't think they'll win a game after this the rest of the year. 'cause Jameis Winston, I mean, he looked very, very bad. Like, even for Jameis Winston's standards, that was the worst I have ever seen him play. He was delivering balls ten feet below where they were supposed to be. But I think Cam Scatabou's gonna run all over that defense, so Josh DeMage: Yep. Next one. The Bengals go to Pittsburgh to play the Steelers. Steelers did not look good at all last week. I expect them to look better. I still think the Steelers are a solid team. They to me they're I know it's a different coach and different environment. I still think they're like a five hundred team. I am gonna take the Bengals though. I think they've been playing really well the first two games. Brice: I agree. We're taking the Bengals. Josh DeMage: And then Seahawks at Commanders, man. I feel like we got a lopsided week this week. Feels like Seahawks and Commanders, I'll take the Seahawks without Jaden Daniels. Brice: Yeah, me too. Josh DeMage: Patriots go to Jacksonville Una. That's a solid one. Bryce, I'll let you go first on this one. Brice: I am taking the Jags. I s I just don't think the Patriots are that good of a team. Josh DeMage: Yeah, this is like a fifty fifty toss up for me. Patriots looked good last week against the the Steelers. Jag's coming off a loss, but we're hanging in there with Denver. I'll go Patriots. I'll go to the team that's playing a little bit better. Next one, Cardinals go to the forty niners. I'll take the Niners. Brice: Me too. Josh DeMage: And then Vikings at Buccaneers. I'll go first on this one as well. I'll take the Vikings. Brice: Man, I do not want to take the Vikings, but Tampa Bay has been so horrendous, so I'm going to Josh DeMage: Next one, Ravens go to play the Cowboys. Right now this game is expected to be played in Rio, not Dallas. Dallas loses the home Brice: So Josh DeMage: game because of it. Bryce, I'll let you go first on this one. Brice: I'll take the Ravens. Cowboys the fast few years have not been able to stop the run very well. And if their offensive coordinator actually gives Derrick Henry the ball, I think they'll he'll run for two hundred yards, so. Josh DeMage: Yeah, Cowboys have I actually th they haven't been great against the run, but they've been even worse against the quarterback scramble, which I expect Lamar to do. even though I don't know if t wide receiver for the Ravens. Flowers, Zay Flowers. Brice: Flour. Josh DeMage: I don't know if Zay Flowers is gonna be playing, which I think that helps the Cowboys in their pass defense. and I expect the top cowboys put up points. I think it can be close, but I'm gonna take the Ravens as well. Raiders go to the Saints. I would have for the each of the last two weeks I would have picked the Raiders, but man, the Saints seem to be playing decent. I'm gonna roll the Saints. Brice: I agree. Tyler Sho Shuck or whatever has actually been playing really good. Josh DeMage: I mean he should, he's twenty seven, he's in his prime. It's only his second year, but he's twenty Brice: True. Josh DeMage: seven years old. Hey Roy. much Roy: I'm back finally. Josh DeMage: better. Much better. Yeah, that was that was a tough showing. Brice: Hey, it's not cutting out either. When you were talking earlier, it was like every two Roy: what the heck happened? My internet went out. Brice: or three words I could hear you. Roy: All right, so I picked the Saints on that one. Josh DeMage: Yep. Rams will go to Denver. Ooh, that's a nice game. Roy, I'll let you go first, even though I already know who you picked. Roy: I'll f I picked the Rams. Josh DeMage: And Bryce, you wanna go next? Brice: Yeah, I got the Rams. Josh DeMage: Yeah, I think Denver's defense can slow Denver's defense has not played their top game yet, but I don't know if Puka's gonna play. Can I put a caveat on this one? If Puka plays, I wanna take the Rams. If he doesn't, I wanna take the Broncos. Is that fine? Okay. Brice: Yeah, that's fine. Josh DeMage: So I don't I personally think he's going to play, so you can write Rams. If he does not end up playing, I can just go in and change it. next one. That was was that Sunday night football this week? Ooh, that's a good one. Roy: That's Sunday night. Brice: Yeah, this one's fun. Eagles, Josh DeMage: I thought Yeah, and Monday night Brice: Bears is the next game Monday night football. Josh DeMage: football. Eagles will go to Chicago to play the Bears. I'll go first and I'm gonna take the Eagles on this one. I just don't think Caleb Williams is gonna play this week, even if he's back next week. I think they give him a week and I don't think it's enough against the Eagles. Brice: I I'm actually gonna ride with the Bears. Last year it was we destroyed the Eagles and it wasn't even with Caleb, it was our run game. Our run game with Ben Johnson is very good and not in sloppy weather, I think we're gonna run all over the Eagles. Roy: I'd be concerned about Josh DeMage: In the room. Roy: your your line was not very good. Has not been good this year. Brice: I they're swamped. Roy: Well, even the last two weeks I feel like they haven't done in your receiving core I really haven't been. I think it's been the Caleb Williams show of running the running the ball, it's been it. Brice: Well we ran for two hundred and sixty yards week one. Josh DeMage: Yeah. Roy: And how many was Kayla Williams? Brice: Sixty. Roy: He's he him making plays a lot of it. Josh DeMage: All right, so those are our picks. Roy, do you wanna Brice: Roy's leave. Josh DeMage: talk about anything from week two? I know you were talking a little bit and we could hear you patchy, but we didn't really get anything out of that. So is there anything you Roy: Yeah. Josh DeMage: want to go over a little bit? Roy: I just talked I talked about the injuries. That's all I talked Josh DeMage: Yeah. Roy: about. How just the injuries and how tough it was. No, not I mean just I can't believe how I mean I it how hard how bad it's been. I mean, I don't think we've seen this many injuries of key players. Not just you know, we usually Brice: Yeah. Roy: get like but it's been I mean, every team has had like a key player on the IR and it's just unre and then I don't know what Brice: Did you Roy: it's an NFL problem that they're that they this last two years in a row they've just said that it's been a problem. Brice: Do you guys happen to know who the bear starter will be if it's not Caleb? Josh DeMage: Yeah, Roy: Keen Josh DeMage: I do. Yep, Brice: Case Keenum. Josh DeMage: Minneapolis miracle. Brice: Last time he completed Roy: I didn't know he's still in the league. Brice: a pass over twenty yards was pre COVID. Josh DeMage: Yep. I did read that because what's his face is in c concussion protocol. What's that? Brice: I bet you can't name his backup. I bet you can't name his backup. Josh DeMage: no, I can't go below that. Usually three is the max I'm getting. Who is it? Brice: Think his name was Moss Miller or Miller Moss. Roy: from USC? Geez. And then went to Louisville? Josh DeMage: I was just about to ask, is that the US C guy? Roy: Then went to Louisville. Brice: I have no idea. I just heard his name for the first time today. Josh DeMage: Roy, I'm I that's who I'm thinking it is, so I think you're right. Roy: No, that is it's Miller Moss and it's Josh DeMage: Miller Moss, we are thinking of the right guy. Roy: Mm, God, he went to Louisville for graduated ended up finishing the last year in Louisville. And underperformed. Josh DeMage: I did not know that he spent his last year in Louisville. I just thought he left USC. Okay. Brice: Yeah. Josh DeMage: that's all I got for NFL. I think that takes us to college football. Roy: Alright, what a week. I mean, it was a lot of good games. started off on Wednesday or on Thursday night. Friday night, I mean. Or Thursday night started, but for Wednesday Thursday Friday night, Wake Forest gave Miami two the wide I mean came down to fourth quarter. Miami ca squeaked out a thirty-three twenty victory. Houston, Texas Tech. I mean the battle of the Texas. Twenty-eight twenty-six Texas Houston. Did you see that game? Houston went for two. did not get it, so Josh DeMage: I I did not. Roy: it was a good game. other ones, Notre Dame beat Michigan State, which is always good from getting Michigan State. the Old Miss LSU. I don't know if you guys got to watch that game. Great game. 3224 Josh DeMage: Well, that was such a good game. Roy: Old Miss. Brice: Yeah. Roy: Kentucky taking care of Texas AM upstate 3120. Alabama take care of Florida State 50 to 36. Tennessee took care of Kenshaw State 42 to 9. Louisville beat SMU 41 to 31. Michigan took care of Mich UTEP 52 to 17. Clemson takes care of North Carolina 28 to 20. Any other good Illinois took care of Southern Illinois 48-10. There's some other good games. Let's see. Josh. You went six and four with the w with this week. I went eight and two and Bryce, after going two and nine last week, goes ten and somehow. Josh you and I missed the northwestern Colorado game. Josh DeMage: So I gotta stop you right there, Brice: Keep running my Josh DeMage: Roy. Brice: name through the mud, Josh. Josh DeMage: I gotta I gotta stop you right there. Cause last week at during the college football section, I stopped right after this and I looked and I said, Bryce, I don't want this to come off rude. I don't think I've seen a worse week than two and nine. Bryce, I don't know if I've ever seen a tenant or a perfection. Now I know we've never seen it in NFL because I'm I'm actively keeping track. None of us have gone perfect in an NFL week. I don't remember if anyone's gone perfect in the NFL or in college. But I mean, what a Roy: I don't know. Josh DeMage: stunning back to back weeks, just unbelievable. Brice: That is how you pick up the ball and you just start running. This is I heard someone yell, run the damn ball. Roy: Yeah, go go two and nine to ten and Brice: I quit I quit doing the stupid trick plays and shit. I just ran the damn Josh DeMage: Yeah. Brice: ball, that's what I did. we lost Roy again. Josh DeMage: Yeah, I I I mean we knew it was coming, you could hear it. He was so good for like Brice: Yeah, I sort of wasn't. Josh DeMage: five minutes. Okay, well I'll just pick it up from Roy there. yeah, what an unreal week. I really thought LSU was gonna come back there, and that would have been a such a big flip for me, but couldn't happen. I'll tell you what though, I checked the score of that Colorado Northwestern game. I was baffled. I don't know if you saw it. I don't know the final score, but when I looked, it was Brice: I did. I was gonna pull that up. Give me one sec. Josh DeMage: like forty-eight to nothing or something like that. It was outrageous. Brice: I remember what I said last week. That fucking pump-up speech was the worst pump-up speech I have ever seen in my life. Josh DeMage: I gotta find this final score. Forty one to seven. That was the final score. And I looked at it probably when it was forty one to seven and I was like, my. okay. Brice: I'm pulling this video up real quick. Share If you guys would have seen this, there's no way you would have been on him. Josh DeMage: Man, I I'm ready to run through a brick wall. I could play it. Sh Atlanta, give me a call. I can play it. I can play this week, Atlanta. Brice: Yeah, that shit made me turn my work alarm off. I was not hyped up to do literally anything. If you guys would Josh DeMage: Okay. Brice: have seen that, there's no way you would have been on Colorado. And I preached that last week and you still did. Josh DeMage: I actually didn't know they had a female strength and conditioning coach. That's kinda cool. I'm gotta be the first one. Roy: Can you hear me now? Josh DeMage: You're you're patchy, but you're okay. Liberty will go play Bryce, you wanna type? I will pull up the thing. You just need to tell me the game. well I can find the first one. Brice: Liberty versus Coastal Carolina. Josh DeMage: Yep. Liberty is two and a half point favorites. There's not a damn chance I'm picking Liberty. I'm picking Coastal Carolina. That's my school. Brice: I knew you would. Josh DeMage: That's my school. Brice: I will take liberty in that game. Josh DeMage: It is at Coastal Carolina. Roy: I'll say coastal Carolina if you can hear me. Josh DeMage: Right. That's right, Roy. All right, what's the next game? Brice: Next game is S D S U versus Toledo. Josh DeMage: San Diego State. I was just there. at Toledo. Toledo is three point favorites, and I will take Toledo. Brice: Yeah, I agree with that. Roy: I'll take Toledo. Brice: Next game is Ball State versus Kent State. Josh DeMage: Ball State is going to travel to Kent State, Kent, Ohio. Kent State is three and a half point favorites. Bryce, I'll let you go first. Brice: Gimme can't stay. Josh DeMage: I am in an agreement so I'm gonna take Kent State as well. Roy: I'll take Kent State. Brice: Next game, all miss at Florida. Josh DeMage: Old Miss God this one saw this earlier in the week. Old Miss is going to travel to Florida and Florida is gonna be three and a half point favorites. Roy, go ahead. Roy: I'll take Florida. Josh DeMage: Wow. Okay. I'll go next. Brice: I'm actually also taking Florida. I took Ole Miss last week. They had a lot to play for last week. This week is different. Roy: Let down. Josh DeMage: You're gonna take Florida as well, Bryce? Brice: Yes. Josh DeMage: Okay, I'm gonna take Old Miss. Florida has not won a big game in about, I don't know, nineteen years. I'm gonna take old miss. Brice: Next game is TCU versus USC U at C F. Josh DeMage: USC Brice: UCF. Josh DeMage: U C F. Alright, UCF. Got it. TCU is going to travel to Orlando, Florida to play UCF and TCU is three point favorites on the road. Bryce? Brice: Give me the horny toads. Josh DeMage: Toads, I'm in agreement with you, Bryce. Horny toads. Roy: Take TCU. Josh DeMage: Roy. Brice: Right. Roy: TCU. Josh DeMage: Okay. Brice: Next game is Oklahoma State versus West Virginia. Josh DeMage: West Virginia. Oklahoma State is going to travel to Morgantown, West Virginia, and West Virginia is one and a half point favorites. I'll go first on this one. I'm gonna take the road team and the underdog. I'm taking Oklahoma State. Brice: Yeah, I'm gonna take the home team just because it's so close. Josh DeMage: Okay. Next one. Roy: I'm gonna take West Virginia. Brice: The next one is Oregon versus US. Josh DeMage: Okay, there we go. Oregon and USC. Brice: Yep. Josh DeMage: Oregon is going to travel to Southern California to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Also was just there. Oregon is three point favorites on the road. I'll let Roy, I'm gonna let you go first on this one. Roy: Yeah, this is a hard one. I am going to go God damn it. I'm gonna go Oregon, things they're gonna get together. Josh DeMage: Yeah. Bryce? Brice: I'm gonna go Oregon because they're running back. Josh DeMage: Yeah, I wanna take Oregon. I w I wanna take USC now that you guys both did it, but I just don't think USC's better than Oregon. I know Oregon's been bad the last two weeks. I'm gonna take Oregon on the road. Brice: Next game is Tennessee versus Texas. Josh DeMage: I'll go first. I don't know I think they were up top actually. Yeah. Eleven AM start. Texas will go to Tennessee, Knoxville. and Texas's four and a half point favorites. I'll go first. I'm gonna take the Longhorns. Brice: I'm gonna take my volunteers. Roy: I'm taking Texas. Brice: Yeah. Next game is Illinois versus OSU. Josh DeMage: Illinois is going to travel to Columbus, Ohio to play at Ohio State. Ohio State is just barely favored at 26 and a half. I will take the buckeyes on this one, unfortunately. Brice: I almost believed you when you said barely at first. I was like, How? Roy: I was ho I'm taking it the buckeyes. I would I'm trying to get to Indiana sometimes so I can take Ohio State plus the points plus the over because Ellino's defense is so goddam terrible. Ohio State will score fifty points. Brice: Yeah, probably. Josh DeMage: Or Illinois can upset the world and just end Ohio State's season after losing last week. They can end it right now. Roy: I'll take that I'll take that over. I lose money on that, I would take it. Brice: If we went to the game, Josh, they probably would have done Okay, last game is Michigan versus Iowa. Josh DeMage: Wow. Iowa is at Michigan. Dang it. they're going to the big house. Michigan has five and a half point favorites. I don't know what the under is, but I would take it. I don't care if the over under six, I would take the under. I'll go first on this one. I think they're gonna do it. I'm gonna take Iowa to go into the big house, walk out with a win. Brice: Roy said Michigan. I am actually gonna take Michigan as well. They played a lot better this week. Josh DeMage: Alrighty. Now, before we move on out of college football, last week I know Roy said it 10 0 for Bryce, 6 4 for me, 8 2 for Roy. Our college football overall score, Roy leads at 28 and 10. Three back of Bryce, three back is Bryce, excuse me, 25 and 13. Two back of Bryce, five back of Roy, me, 23 and 15. But our overall record for all NFL A and NCA, this is the one that matters. Roy leads at 48 and 22. Three back is Bryce in second, 45 and 25. And I'm five back or four back of Roy, one back of you, Bryce, 44 and 26. We're all right there still. so yeah, that's what we got. And I don't think we have anything else left for football. That's gonna roll us into MLB. And something I forgot to mention last week about MLB, instead of talking about the standings, we're gonna talk about our draft game, which I forgot to talk about last week. It's over. We have a winner. Nobody's gonna catch Roy. He's got 5 02. I am nine back, but I'm just you just not making up nine games. and Roy's team is sizzling right now. He's put up about four to five wins a day the last two or three days. So Roy's gonna walk out of there with a win. I am gonna fish in second. I'm nine back or yeah, I'm nine back five two to four ninety-three. And Bryce is twenty back of me, so he's thirty back of the lead at four seventy. So it's gonna finish Bruy, me, Bryce. so Bryce, you're gonna have number one picks next year. You're gonna be locked and loaded. didn't do Brice: Yeah. Josh DeMage: me squat this year. Picked the Mets as a tier three thing it had help and they were the worst team maybe in the fucking sport, so. but yeah. It was a good run. and we did do some rookie of the year w predictions and Cy Young's and all that. Worth points, still not gonna matter because I don't think anyone's gonna win more than one. I think I could win NL Rookie of the Year. Don't think I will, but I could. And I think you guys could win AL Rookie of the Year. Again, not gonna matter in the standing. So unless something crazy happens. Roy's gonna be your winner. Brice: It's crazy I didn't pick the NL V P 'cause it's gonna be Picrow Armstrong. Josh DeMage: Yeah, you picked Shohei Otani. I mean loser. Brice: So Josh DeMage: Yeah, the MVP actually didn't count toward our thing. It was only rookie of the year in Cy Young's, because we kind of just assumed Otani and Judge would win if they both played. Brice: Yeah. Josh DeMage: but all right. So let's go to the standings. We're not gonna go through all of them. The Tampa Bay Rays have won the AL East. They have clinched it. They will be the number one C in the American League. it's not really close. The New York Yankees have clinched the number one wild card. They will host a playoff series in New York for best of three. the Red Sox are 99% sure that is the team that's going to be the number two wild card team going to New York. So you're almost likely going to see the Yankee and the Red Sox in Yankee Stadium for the second straight year. The AL Central and the ALS have not had winners yet. Cleveland still has a one game lead over Chicago in the AL Central. caveat. White Sox do own the tiebreaker, so all they have to do is tie. If the White Sox tie, they win the division. it's coming down the wire here. but we're gonna see who wins it. And then the other team is almost guaranteed at this point to make the playoffs. I they are three games up of the team out, either the White Sox or the Guardians, whichever one falls. it would need they would need a collapse. They basically need to lose all the like five games left or f four game. Brice: Yeah. Josh DeMage: excuse me, four games left in the season. So both those teams are gonna be in probably. And the AL West right now has a tie. Houston and the Rangers, but Houston owns the tiebreaker. They're both 78 and 79 under 500 currently about to be in the playoffs. Brice: That's insane. Josh DeMage: And another you know, and I'm I think we've voiced our opinion that I mean I do not agree with how the playoff bracket is set up at this point. Whoever wins this division, winning record or not, are going to be a higher right now, they're gonna be a higher seed than the New York Yankees, who are Roy Clapp: Thanks. Josh DeMage: ninety and sixty-seven, are gonna be below a seventy-eight and seventy-nine team. So, Brice: Yeah. Josh DeMage: I think we they gotta make a change. But Right now, Houston does own that. And then the team that does not win is 90% not going to get in. So that that is a big race for those. but let's say it's the National League. The Braves have won the National League East. The Brewers have won the National League Central, and the Dodgers have won the National League West. So those are your one through three seeds. They're jockeying for positions right now. I think Milwaukee or Milwaukee's gonna hang on to the one seed. The Brute or the Dodgers are two games back. Actually, they're one and a half, because I don't know if they've played. Brice: All three of those are clenched first seed. Josh DeMage: I mean one, two, three and playoff standings, Brice: yeah. Josh DeMage: not their divisions. They've already won the division. And then Atlanta will be the three seed. They're too far back. They're 92 and 65. but the National League wild card, I'll tell Roy Clapp: We're good to go. Josh DeMage: you what, it's not a debate on who's gonna be in, basically. It's gonna be the Cubs, Padres, and Phillies, but the order is up for debate, and that's awesome because that's a home playoff game or a road playoff game, and that's a big difference. Brice: Yeah. Josh DeMage: currently how it sits as we record. The Chicago Cubs would host the San Diego Padres in Chicago, and the Phillies would go to Atlanta to play the Braves in a three-game series. But that Cubs, Padres, Phillies could alter in any way. so that is absolutely not a lot. So, with that being said, Bryce. First, I want to ask you, who would you rather play? It doesn't matter home or away right now. Atlanta, San Diego, or Philly? Brice: I think Atlanta's probably the worst team in the NL playoffs, in my opinion. Josh DeMage: Okay, so you'd at that point you would hope to be the sixth seed, the last seed in, which I mean really doesn't matter, you're still in. Brice: See, here's the thing is I wouldn't because I still want to be a home team. Roy Clapp: Okay. Josh DeMage: Okay. So you would r that that actually leads me to the other question. You would rather be a home team than figure out who you play. Brice: Yeah, I I actually saw Anthony Rizzo and David Ross talking about it on a podcast today. And Anthony Rizzo's like, We should get the last seed that way we play the Braves who we match up well with, and then get the Dodgers, who we also match up well with and I'm like, Yeah, we match with those two teams but those are both away games in playoff atmosphere. Josh DeMage: Yep. Brice: That's just that's tough. Josh DeMage: Yeah, this first series, no matter who you play, if you're the road team, you're a road team, all three, if it takes that many. Brice: Yeah. Josh DeMage: you will not play a home game. So, and then you would start assuming yeah, because you would play one of the one two one or two seeds, you would start the first two on the road against them. So yeah, it'd be a lot of playoff road games to start, but yeah, I'm really fascinated. I watched San Diego play over the weekend in San Diego. Electric environment. And you could tell that it was all it wasn't a playoff game, but you could tell they were rampant for the postseason. It was seventh inning, late, and it was still sold out. It was just a great environment. not to change the subject, I got to see the San Diego Padres, Dodgers, and Angel Stadium. Had a good time out there. San Diego had the best stadium I've seen by far. But yeah, Roy, I don't know if we can hear you right now. yeah, I can hear you good. Roy Clapp: Can you hear me? Brice: Yeah. Last phone now. Roy Clapp: I just switched to my phone, it said screw it, I got off the stupid computer. Josh DeMage: Yeah. all right, Roy. Then let's talk about the AL here a little bit. Yankees are gonna be the number one wild card. They've already locked it in. They're ninety nine point nine nine, gonna play Boston. I think the only way is if Boston loses out and the Rangers or and the White Sox and the Guardians both win out. I think that's the only chance they don't play Boston, which is not gonna happen probably. Roy Clapp: Yeah, we're just playing boss. Josh DeMage: Yeah. thoughts, predictions, what do you think? Roy Clapp: I'm not, mean, with when you got to the pitching staff that we have, I'm not too worried about the short series against Boston. I think we can outpitch them. It's the hitting I'm still a little worried about. I've been actually encouraged by some of the hitting we've done lately. I'm kind of getting, you know, am I concerned that it was judge going to be able to come back? I don't know. You know, that's early in the postseason. I'm not worried about judge. It's later, know, when it longer the series, you longer in the playoffs, the more you're going to need to hitting. so that's where I get concerned. This, the first series, I'm not worried playing Tampa or anything longer. Yes. Then that's where we're going to get some trouble. defensively, I think we finally figured out where we can play our defensive guys. I've actually been very impressed with our young guys, lately. So hopefully our bullpen is kind of come together. I still a little lenient, but when you get. The postseason don't let our starting pitching go a little bit longer, so which is better because our pitch, but they're going to move Warren to the bullpen. They'll move some guys. It will be better in the bullpen as we get into the playoffs. Josh DeMage: Yeah, I agree. yeah, Boston it Roy Clapp: The thing is, if you can get past Boston and Tampa, the other side is not that good. So the winner of these Josh DeMage: it's yeah, you're in. No. I agree. Roy Clapp: three is gonna probably be in the World Series, firing any injuries or anything going Josh DeMage: Yeah. Roy Clapp: bad. Because the White Sox Guardians and Astros. I mean, just imagine the Astros are gonna be the, Josh DeMage: Astros slash Texas Roy Clapp: they're what? Josh DeMage: Astros or Texas, they're both tied. Roy Clapp: Well, just look at they are there. They could be the first losing division winner. I mean, that's ridiculous. So. Josh DeMage: Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yeah, and I think we've all stated how bad the playoff thing looks. yeah. Roy Clapp: Well, format's terrible, if we can get past, it's so much Boston, it's Tampa. The problem with Tampa is they just do little things right. Josh DeMage: Yep. Scrappy. Roy Clapp: And that's what kills us, kills us against them. But if we can hit against them, we'll be all right. Josh DeMage: Yeah, you know, most of the time going in, the Yankees are usually playing decent. I can't remember a playoff series or playoffs that the Yankees have come in like ice cold. again, it's not this year. They're playing decent. I I like our stuff against Boston. I think Boston wins game one. If they pitch Tully, we can't hit lefties. We just can't. He strikes out 10 plus at every nine. I expect to lose game one. I they gotta. Probably battle and win too straight, but I think we can beat Boston. I I actually take a different approach. I really don't think we have much of a shot against Tampa if we play They are just better than us. They I don't know how. They have double magic, but they're better than us. the Roy, you said it, they do the little things right. they put the ball in play, they bunt. It's gonna get cold, it's gonna get harder to hit. They can't hit already, but they somehow scrap runs across. So I I just think the Yankee season ends in the ALDS against Tampa. Roy Clapp: My problem with the Yankees, the Yankees have not been to a World Series without a superstar in their lineup. and a judge does not come in there, where's the superstar? mean, Cody Bellinger, yes, but I mean, without a superstar to carry the load, it's just gonna be tough. Josh DeMage: Yeah. Well, and let's be realistic, if Judge can play, he can only DH. And if he can only DH, guess guess who's not in the lineup? Roy Clapp: then you take, then what do you do with rice? Josh DeMage: Either Ben Rice or Luis Garcia Jr. are two best hitters. So someone's gonna Roy Clapp: Yes. So yeah. Josh DeMage: be sitting. so yeah, I just don't think the Yankees have a great chance this year. And, you know, as good as their pitching is, you look at that Boston series, they're one bad start away from being done. I mean You go out and throw Garrett Cole or, you know, Carlos Rodan and they give up five or six. I mean, you can just pretty much kiss it goodbye, because that's our true advantage. but we'll see. you never know. I've seen I've seen worse teams make it to a World Series, so all hands on deck. I'm excited. I really like since we start this podcast, we've had a good run of both our teams both being in the playoffs for the most part. So that's been a good run. So excited to see it. I'm really fascinated to see this in a wild card and the div the round play, the wildcard round the National League, because that's just I mean, those are World Series matchups that are being played in a wildcard round. I agree. Not even close. Roy Clapp: The National League is way better teams than by far. Josh DeMage: Every team in the National League deserves to be in the playoffs. Everyone. okay, I don't think I have anything else for baseball. I think that just takes us to our miscellaneous and me and Bryce both don't have a game, but I know Roy's got a question. Brice: Yeah. Roy Clapp: shit. I just have a question because I was I was watching MLB TV the other day and they asked this question. I was just gonna see if you guys could come up with it's a Major League Baseball question. All right. It's about ballparks. All right. Outside of Fenway the Green Monster named the next four tallest walls in the stadium. Josh DeMage: outside of Fenway, that's what you said? Brice: Doesn't Houston have one, Josh? Roy Clapp: The backside of the green monster in Fenway, name the next four tallest walls. Because Josh DeMage: Cleveland. Cleveland's got one. Roy Clapp: the Fenway is at 37 feet, 37 feet, two inches. What's the next four? Cleveland is not one, no. Josh DeMage: Cleveland is one. That there's no way. Their wall's almost as big as the Green Monster. Roy Clapp: Now according to this thing that I read earlier, they said no. Josh DeMage: I'm Yogi. Brice: Josh, doesn't Houston have a really tall wall? Josh DeMage: Cleveland's though, but you can say it. Brice: Yeah, let's go Houston. Roy Clapp: Houston's center field wall is 24 feet. is number four. Josh DeMage: I'm gonna have to I have wow. Ha What about Bry this is De Bryce, what about Pittsburgh where the kid fell? Brice: That's what I was literally about to say. I was thinking Brewers, but I like, I don't think it was Brewers where he fell. It's definitely Pittsburgh. Roy Clapp: No, Pittsburgh is not on the list. Josh DeMage: Yo, what are you doing? Brice: Josh, we have things we're doing. Lock the dog in a closet. Josh DeMage: What's that? Brice: Locking in the closet. Roy Clapp: All right, so you got Houston. Still missing the second highest or the second, third highest and then the fifth highest. Josh DeMage: Hall walls. Brice: Mm. Roy Clapp: Think West Coast. Brice: Seattle. Josh DeMage: Yeah, I don't think got a tall wall. I don't know if they're counting Arizona center field 'cause it's they don't really have seats, so I don't know if is it a is it technically a wall or just goes to the top of the stadium. Roy Clapp: Yes, Brice: Yeah. Roy Clapp: Chase Field Center Field is number three on the list, 25 feet. Josh DeMage: Yeah. See, it's weird though because there's no seats above it, so I I don't really count I guess it is a wall, but like it's just the back of the stadium. Brice: Yeah, it's the friend. Josh DeMage: Colorado. Brice: What about Miami? Don't they have a weird wall on one side? Josh DeMage: No. They used to have a weird wall. I think Colorado might be it. It's close. Brice: It would make sense if Colorado had a tall wall. Roy Clapp: Now think farther Josh DeMage: All Rada? Roy Clapp: west. Brice: Sandy A. Josh DeMage: the giants. Roy Clapp: Giant's right field wall is 25 feet. Josh DeMage: What was the fourth place one that we said Houston? How tall was it? Roy Clapp: Houston and then you got one more it's 24 feet. And then you got one more that's in that's the fifth. It's more century located. Josh DeMage: Not the royals, not the cardinals. Mm, it's not Wrigley. think it's Wrigley. It's not the White Sox. Brice: No. They're all the same all the way around. Josh DeMage: could be the twins. Roy Clapp: The twins at number five at 23 feet. Josh DeMage: Yeah. Interesting. Roy Clapp: Let me look up Cleveland. Josh DeMage: Tell you what, progressive field to me looks just as tall as the damn green monster when I see it. I'm sh just shocked that's not on there. Ugh. Roy Clapp: I'm looking it up. Josh DeMage: No, I mean I believe you. I'm just saying it's it's like one of those where it just it looks so big. Roy Clapp: It's 19 feet, it says. It says Josh DeMage: I mean I believe Roy Clapp: it's known as a little green monster, but it's only 19 feet. Josh DeMage: Yeah. I actually do have a game and it's gonna be pretty quick. I saw it on John Boy and I really liked the idea. I'm gonna go through some players, and I want you to name what team you think of when you hear this player, okay? So the first one I'm gonna start with, Marcelo Zuna. Brice: Yeah. Roy Clapp: No, man, I think of him. Brice: In our cardinal. Roy Clapp: Really? I get, I mean, I... Probably. I guess a land, I know. I might think of him as a Cardinal, but then the Tampa, or as a Miami Marlin too. Josh DeMage: See I I think of him as Marlin, so okay. Next one, Williadamez. Brice: Giant. Roy Clapp: Dodger, or a brr. Josh DeMage: See, I think of him as a Ray. The only three teams he's played for. next one, Sonny Gray. Roy Clapp: anything but a fucking Yankee. Probably as an Oakland A's. Josh DeMage: Okay. Brice: Yeah. I guess Cardinals. What was the team he was at? I can't remember what team that was now. Josh DeMage: He'd been on the Twins, the Athletics, the Yankees, Roy Clapp: Reds. Josh DeMage: the Reds, the Twins, the Cardinals, and the Red Sox. Brice: Yeah, I guess probably Cardinals. Josh DeMage: See I f I see Sunny Gray as an A. Let's do some other ones. How about Dansby Swanson? I know this one's gonna be off for Roy or for Bryce, excuse me. Brice: Yeah. Roy Clapp: I mean, I always see him as a, No, I just see him as a brave. Josh DeMage: You see him as a cub? Yeah. A brave? Yeah, I see him as a cub now, but Brice: for like five years. Josh DeMage: yeah. next one, Nick Castellanos. Brice: That's a Philly for life. Yeah. Roy Clapp: I see him as a filly. Josh DeMage: See, I don't I see him as a red. Brice: Not a cub? I would see him as a cub before our Phillies. Or for the reds. Josh DeMage: Yeah. Okay, next one. I got two more for ya. Michael Waka. Roy Clapp: I mean, it's so hard to see him not as a Kansas City Royal right now, but I can see him as Brice: Yeah. Roy Clapp: a Cardinal. Josh DeMage: Yeah, I see him as a cardinal. I always will. Brice: I would say royals. Josh DeMage: And the last one, Nelson Cruz. Brice: Twin. Roy Clapp: He's always I mean, he was so good as a ranger. Josh DeMage: See, yeah. I I see him I see him as a Ranger because of the 2011 World Series with David Fries. But if you don't count that moment, when I think about watching him, I think of twins. I agree. but yeah, he's played for the Brewers, Rangers, Orioles, Mariners, Twins, Rays, Nationals, and Padres. So a lot Brice: Yeah. Josh DeMage: of options. So I saw that on John I also saw which maybe I'll do it next week. It was what hat would this guy wear into the Hall of Fame? And it was people like Mac Scherzer, Justin. Roy Clapp: That's what you're gonna say, where do you see a max surge or? Josh DeMage: Me, I see him as a national, it's where he won all the Cy Young's. Roy Clapp: Yeah, I mean can see that. I mean just got, I for some reason I see him as a fucking tiger and Josh DeMage: Yeah. The other another argument was Justin Verdlander. What do you see him as? Most people said Tigers. Roy Clapp: and Astro. Josh DeMage: To me though, I see he's an astro. Like he that's where he dominated. Roy Clapp: He's an astro. Josh DeMage: But I do think he would wear a Tigers logo in. But yeah. I maybe we'll do that next week. But I saw that game. I was like, ooh, that's a good one. Because it's quick, you can roll through it. But yeah, it makes you think of some of the teams that they've played for. So all right, hit the like button, subscribe, comment, and we will see you next week. Peace.