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Hutton & Withrow: Braves Playoff Collapse, Ronald Acuña Jr. Trade Talk & NFL Week 5 Picks | Hour 2 · Hutton & Withrow Show

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  Speaker 1: Chad, what is Ronald Acuna's biggest issue in the postseason?
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  Speaker 1: You were laying this out for me yesterday a bit,
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  Speaker 1: and you've come with some numbers here that will probably
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  Speaker 1: surprise a lot of people.
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  Speaker 2: Well, his biggest issue is he doesn't hit in the postseason,
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  Speaker 2: and that was the Braves' biggest issue throughout this postseason.
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  Speaker 2: I think we got the runners in scoring position number
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  Speaker 2: for the Braves that we're going to show you also
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  Speaker 2: that is historically bad. It is so bad that the
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  Speaker 2: last time numbers were this bad for the Braves offensively,
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  Speaker 2: I think was 1966.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: If I'm correct, and that's not Braves, here it is.
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  Speaker 2: Braves won for 23. That's an 0-43 average with runners
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  Speaker 2: in scoring position in the series against the Dodgers. Second
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  Speaker 2: lowest batting average in a postseason series in MLB history
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  Speaker 2: with a minimum 20 at-bats behind only the Dodgers in
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  Speaker 2: the 66 World Series who went 0-22. Ronald Acuna specifically.
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  Speaker 2: I'll go back to what I said yesterday. When did
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  Speaker 2: the Braves win the World Series?
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  Speaker 1: Without him.
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  Speaker 2: It was without Ronald Acuna. This is now a trend
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  Speaker 2: in the postseason. He's bad. I don't know what happens
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  Speaker 2: to him, but he is bad. Ronald Acuna is an
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  Speaker 2: emotional player who plays on the edge, who oftentimes does
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  Speaker 2: not play very smart, but he plays with that fire.
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  Speaker 2: That fire gets extinguished every October. Every time he is
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  Speaker 2: healthy and playing, and by the way, it's few and
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  Speaker 2: far between now that he's actually healthy. He's certainly not
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  Speaker 2: been healthy for a full season in quite a while,
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  Speaker 2: but he has been really bad. So bad that there's
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  Speaker 2: one person posting that maybe there's a comp for Ronald
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  Speaker 2: Acuna Jr. in the postseason. And that is this man.
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  Speaker 2: He is the Dak Prescott of Major League Baseball postseason. Really,
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  Speaker 2: really funny with this one. Ronald Acuna Jr. also apparently
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  Speaker 2: deleted all Braves stuff from his social media, which it's now–
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  Speaker 2: he put a Spanish word in there, and he had
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  Speaker 2: Braves things before and described himself as a Braves outfielder
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  Speaker 2: or player and all this, and now he's gone away
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  Speaker 2: from that. The first response was amazing. Someone said– I
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  Speaker 2: don't speak Spanish, but is this Spanish for strikeout when
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  Speaker 2: he changed his name to this word? He's bad. I
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  Speaker 2: love the guy. I love what he's done for the Braves,
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  Speaker 2: but I found myself asking the question tonight, are the
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  Speaker 2: Braves better off trading him and moving on from this?
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  Speaker 2: The crowd booed him mercilessly with a runner in scoring
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  Speaker 2: position in two outs, first pitch ground out to end
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  Speaker 2: an inning. I mean, they booed throughout the TV timeout.
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  Speaker 2: There's plenty of videos of how loud the boos got.
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  Speaker 2: Acuna was asked about the boos postgame through his translator.
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  Speaker 1: He owned it.
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  Speaker 2: He said, they have every right to boo. Based on
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  Speaker 2: my talent and ability, I did nothing. I did nothing
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  Speaker 2: the entire postseason, and they have every right to boo.
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  Speaker 2: But looked very upset, very angry. I don't know what
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  Speaker 2: his future is like with this team. He's a guy
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  Speaker 2: who's not healthy very often. And then when you get
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  Speaker 2: in those moments, I mean, Hudney, you can't. Michael Harris
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  Speaker 2: was the only guy who showed up. for the Braves
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  Speaker 2: in the postseason offensively. Matt Olsen wasn't good. Drake Baldwin
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  Speaker 2: was not good. Go down the lineup. Austin Riley had
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  Speaker 2: the one moment in game one against the Phillies with
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  Speaker 2: a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. Other
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  Speaker 2: than that, you had a bunch of no-shows offensively for
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  Speaker 2: the Atlanta Braves. Their pitchers showed up. Ray Kerr certainly
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  Speaker 2: showed up.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he did.
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  Speaker 2: My guy, Ray Kerr, God bless Ray Kerr for what
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  Speaker 2: he was able to do as the spot starter in
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  Speaker 2: two of those winning games for the Braves. But the
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  Speaker 2: rest of the lineup outside of Michael Harris, not good enough.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure how you guys beat the Phillies, given
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  Speaker 1: all this. But I will say, Chad, in game three,
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  Speaker 1: bases loaded, fifth inning. Acuna's at bat, I believe, in
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  Speaker 1: one of those. There's still something about him, man, where
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  Speaker 1: I think he's going to do something when he's at
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  Speaker 1: the plate.
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  Speaker 2: I look at his face.
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  Speaker 1: There's still the electricity that I'm drawn to when he's
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  Speaker 1: at bat.
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  Speaker 2: And I look at his face when he comes to bat,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm thinking, you're out. You're out already. You could
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  Speaker 2: just see it. Even like every home run that was
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  Speaker 2: hit his way, Phillies and Dodgers, he doesn't move, which
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  Speaker 2: is a bad look for the pitcher. Yes. You just
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  Speaker 2: stand and look forward. As the ball's hit, don't even
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  Speaker 2: make an effort to run back because you know it's gone.
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  Speaker 2: He did that repeatedly. He looked like a guy that
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  Speaker 2: something's going on, that he's not happy with his place.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know why. The one thing that I will
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  Speaker 2: second-guess is Walt Weiss, who was great all season. And look,
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  Speaker 2: this was a great season to be a Braves fan.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't expect him to win the division. They had
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  Speaker 2: a great year. They beat the Phillies, which I'm super
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  Speaker 2: thrilled about.
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  Speaker 1: Won a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody's going to lose the Dodgers. The Dodgers are the
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  Speaker 2: team that's about to win three straight World Series, likely.
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  Speaker 2: And then baseball is going to shut down and everyone's
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  Speaker 2: going to blame the Dodgers because of that. So I
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  Speaker 2: understand losing to the Dodgers in a four-game series where
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  Speaker 2: every game was competitive and you got one of them.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not overall bummed about that part of it. It's
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  Speaker 2: just if you're the Braves in any team, your stars
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  Speaker 2: have to be stars at some point. The Dodgers can
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  Speaker 2: afford for Shohei Otani to no-show offensively, which he has.
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  Speaker 2: so far in the playoffs. They keep moving him down
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  Speaker 2: in the lineup. They can afford that because they've got
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  Speaker 2: so many dudes that can come through for them. That's
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  Speaker 2: very highly paid. The Braves can't afford to have a
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  Speaker 2: complete no-show from Ronald Acuna Jr., and that's what they got.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know why Walt Weiss kept batting him second.
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  Speaker 2: That's the one thing, getting back to it, that's the
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  Speaker 2: one thing I'll second-guess of Walt Weiss. Move his ass
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  Speaker 2: down in the lineup. You have no problem shuffling that
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  Speaker 2: lineup and moving other guys down. He should not have
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  Speaker 2: been batting second throughout the postseason.
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  Speaker 1: So you're just trying to get him on base with
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  Speaker 1: a walk and use his speed or something? I'm just
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  Speaker 1: trying to figure out why it benefits the Braves to
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  Speaker 1: have him second in the lineup.
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  Speaker 2: He's not overly patient. In fact, he was striking out
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  Speaker 2: looking way too many times in this series. He wasted
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  Speaker 2: a challenge early in one of the games that was
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  Speaker 2: clearly a strike that puts the team behind the eight
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  Speaker 2: ball because now they have– there were just too many
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  Speaker 2: decisions that were foolish. Of Ronald Acuna. And again, I
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  Speaker 2: don't think it's a good look when you're not trying
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  Speaker 2: to go get a home run ball in the postseason.
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  Speaker 2: I'll say this too. I love Ozzie Albies. I want
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  Speaker 2: Ozzie Albies to stay. And I know there's a push
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  Speaker 2: to get him out too and go trade and move on.
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  Speaker 2: Can't loaf in October, dude. That should have been a triple.
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  Speaker 2: And I know the guys behind you didn't do much,
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  Speaker 2: but maybe just maybe you score on that pop-up or
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  Speaker 2: you score on a ground ball and suddenly it's a
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  Speaker 2: one-run game in that spot. And credit John Smoltz, Braves legend,
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  Speaker 2: for saying that in the moment. He said, my question
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  Speaker 2: is whether or not Ozzie Albee should be standing on third.
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  Speaker 2: based on where that ball was hit. The left fielder
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  Speaker 2: knocks himself out on the wall. The ball comes all
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  Speaker 2: the way back in the infield. You're jogging around first
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  Speaker 2: and don't kick it into gear until you see that
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  Speaker 2: it's not caught and it's not a home run.
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  Speaker 1: And this is an issue, right? Like early in his career, right? Well,
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  Speaker 1: that's an issue with Acuna. I don't know if it's
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  Speaker 1: been as big of an issue with Albies. And it's
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  Speaker 1: very un-Albies-like, I think. I would expect that from Ronald Acuna.
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't have expected that from Ozzie Albies. But that's
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  Speaker 1: an unacceptable, unforced error. in a playoff game of that
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  Speaker 1: magnitude in October, you.
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  Speaker 2: Sprint full out.
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  Speaker 1: You have to.
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  Speaker 2: Unless that thing's an upper deck shot and you're certain
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  Speaker 2: of it.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to go.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to go, and you've got to be on
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  Speaker 2: third with nobody out to ensure that somebody's going to
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  Speaker 2: bat you in at some point. Maybe it changes the
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  Speaker 2: Brady strategy. They should have bunted him over the way
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  Speaker 2: that game was going regardless, but maybe they bunt to
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  Speaker 2: get him in from third. So many different things can
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  Speaker 2: happen when you're standing on third base to start the
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  Speaker 2: inning as opposed to second.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you score and you– Maybe you rally back in
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  Speaker 1: that game, unlike what we saw.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, disappointing. And now the Braves have a big
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  Speaker 2: quandary with Ronald Acuna Jr. and what to do with
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  Speaker 2: them moving forward. And possibly Ozzie Albies, too. We could
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  Speaker 2: see a new look Braves team next year. They could
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  Speaker 2: run it back with the guys. And look, I understand it.
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  Speaker 2: If they want to run it back with the guys
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  Speaker 2: under contract, they just won the division. I could totally
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  Speaker 2: understand making that move also.
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  Speaker 1: And then you have the lockout coming or the strike
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  Speaker 1: or whatever, the player strike.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, nobody's running it back, I should say. Nobody's going
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  Speaker 2: to run it back because the Dodgers are going to
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  Speaker 2: win the World Series, and everyone's going to blame the
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  Speaker 2: Dodgers for the lockout.
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  Speaker 1: I've got one big thing on every NFL game. Thursday
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  Speaker 1: night football coming up. There are Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0-4,
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  Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys 2-2. Cowboys favored by 8.5 over under 47.5.
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  Speaker 1: I think it was 77. 47.5 there at Hard Rock Bet.
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys lead the league in points scored per drive. The
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  Speaker 1: Bucs lead the league in turnover rate per drive. They
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  Speaker 1: allow 40 points off of giveaways. The Buccaneers have 14
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  Speaker 1: plays that have gained 15 or more yards. That's the
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  Speaker 1: fewest in the league right there. Cowboys are going to
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  Speaker 1: look to take advantage of the Bucs' defense. They bring
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  Speaker 1: the blitz. That's what they're known for, Ty Bowles. The
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  Speaker 1: problem is they blitz 40% of the time. They rank
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  Speaker 1: second to last in pressure rate, and that means the
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  Speaker 1: secondary is toast. So Tampa Bay is without Antoine Winfield
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  Speaker 1: and could be missing Benjamin Worson on the back end.
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  Speaker 1: Sunday night football is Baltimore at Atlanta. Falcons favored by 3.5,
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  Speaker 1: over under 43.5 at Hard Rock Bend. Atlanta's offense... They've
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  Speaker 1: caught absolute fire. Chad's quarterback is there. They're hanging 45
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: in New Orleans after scoring 35 against Green Bay. Here's
• 11:56
  Speaker 1: the Falcons. All of a sudden, the favorite against the Ravens,
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: who are 3-1. The Falcons have generated 11 plays of
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  Speaker 1: 25 or more yards over the last two games. Baltimore's
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  Speaker 1: ground attack is the key here. They get after it.
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  Speaker 1: They have a league-best 5.5 yards per carry. And the Falcons,
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  Speaker 1: they haven't been good on interior runs, so... They rank
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  Speaker 1: 24th in the league. That's the game. Will the Falcons
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  Speaker 1: be able to run up and down the field on
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  Speaker 1: Baltimore with their passing game and their potent offense right now, Chad?
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  Speaker 1: Or is it going to be King Henry in this?
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  Speaker 2: Well, Hutton, we joked and laughed about all the national
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  Speaker 2: TV games for the Falcons this year when that schedule
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  Speaker 2: initially came out. thinking, what does the NFL know that
• 12:39
  Speaker 2: we don't? Well, apparently they knew that the Falcons are
• 12:42
  Speaker 2: the next coming of the greatest show on turf because
• 12:44
  Speaker 2: offensively they have been lining it up since my guy
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  Speaker 2: Michael Penix, with an X, Jr., has reentered the playing field.
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  Speaker 2: Amazing job by the Falcons. I'll be watching. This is
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  Speaker 2: an exciting team, Hutton, and they have turned it around quickly.
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  Speaker 1: Yep, they have. Monday night, it's Buffalo at Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 1: Bills taking on the Rams. Rams favored by three, over
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  Speaker 1: under at 54.5. Buffalo aiming to rebound from that home
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  Speaker 1: loss upset to New England. Matthew Stafford and the Rams,
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  Speaker 1: they've got their season back on even ground, so to speak.
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  Speaker 1: They won that road contest against Philadelphia 24-20. This is
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  Speaker 1: the highest total of the Week 5 board, 54.5. Josh
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  Speaker 1: Allen enters the second right now in the NFL in
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: total touchdowns. He's got 12. Gregory Rousseau, he has 6.5 sacks.
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  Speaker 1: But Stafford's release time, 2.34 seconds. That neutralizes any pass
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  Speaker 1: rush that Buffalo may have in this game. I'm interested
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  Speaker 1: in that, too. That's coming up Monday night. All right,
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  Speaker 1: Sunday morning, London, Philadelphia against Jacksonville. Home game for the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars here. They're favored by 7.5, over under 41.5. That's
• 13:54
  Speaker 1: a low total there. Jacksonville's rolling at 3-1. It's their
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  Speaker 1: best start since 2007. Philadelphia, they've lost two consecutive games,
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  Speaker 1: and they've scored just 27 total points over those two games.
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  Speaker 1: Travis Hunter's having a great start to the season. Jacksonville's
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: defense right now ranks second in red zone efficiency. That's
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  Speaker 1: making it hard on Jalen Hurts, and it sounds like
• 14:14
  Speaker 1: he may have Will Shipley next to him in the backfield.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, they've got a new tackle. They're going to
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: have a new center. They traded that away this week.
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  Speaker 1: Some changes to the Philadelphia offense, Jack.
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  Speaker 2: Another game in London.
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  Speaker 1: I just.
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  Speaker 2: Every week.
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  Speaker 1: Every week.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like it's really lost that special feeling of
• 14:34
  Speaker 2: having NFL games abroad. When you see this every single week,
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  Speaker 2: it feels like there's an 8.30 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: Kickoff. Yep, I agree. This may come back up in
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  Speaker 1: Hard Rock Prop later in the week. Sunday afternoon, San
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: Francisco against Seattle. So the winner here is going to
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: be leading the NFC West. You've got the 49ers. They've
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  Speaker 1: got the NFL best 58th. best point differential plus 58
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  Speaker 1: all the season uh they had not a lot of
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  Speaker 1: sack until last week but Brock Purdy still he's got
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  Speaker 1: the best passer rating to the NFL you've got Leonard
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  Speaker 1: Williams on the other side for Seattle he's got a
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  Speaker 1: sack in four straight games and so that's a front
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  Speaker 1: front seven matchup there that's going to be intriguing uh
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: you've got an offense averaging 30 and a half points
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  Speaker 1: per game at home uh speaking of that um Chad
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: Chicago Green Bay oldest rivalry in football Chicago by two
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  Speaker 1: and a half. Chicago enters as the road favorites. Rare there.
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  Speaker 1: Three and one. Following back-to-back really good defensive performances. Dominated Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 1: Dominated the Jets. And here comes the Bears defense. They
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  Speaker 1: surrendered just 19 points combined over the last two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: And they pressured the quarterback on 42% of those dropbacks.
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  Speaker 1: They have been on fire defensively.
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  Speaker 2: Like Richard Dent and All these other guys are over
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  Speaker 2: there now. Otis Wilson. It's the 85 Bears all of
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  Speaker 2: a sudden. What happened from that first week where it
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: was a track meet against the Panthers and now the
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: Bears defense just clamping down, bearing down on everybody. I
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: love it.
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: Minnesota and New Orleans. Saints are hosting here Sunday at
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: 1 o'clock Eastern. Vikings favored by one and a half.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: You got the Vikings coming into the Caesars Superdome. New
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: Orleans has dropped three straight. They have allowed 80 points
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: over their last two games. Minnesota leads the NFL with
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: 18 sacks through four games. I'm leading Minnesota here. I've
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: already bet the game. Why not, right? You've bet it
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: like it's already happened. Yeah, you bet this game like
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: it's double the spread. Minus one and a half, double
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: the spread. Detroit and Arizona. Interesting matchup here. 2-2 against 1-3.
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: Detroit looks to shake off that wild road slip-up that
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: they had in Carolina. Arizona's sitting at 1-3 because they
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: can't hold on to fourth quarter leads. It's not like
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: they suck. They're just not good. There's a difference there.
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: They can't close out games. Arizona very close to being 2-2, 3-1.
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: But you are what your record says you are, right?
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: They're 1-3. They need this. Detroit really needs this on
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: the road. This is the team that you circle and
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: you say you're going to beat whenever the schedule comes out.
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: How about the Las Vegas Raiders? I know they lost
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: to Kansas City, but 3-1. And now they're on the
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: road against the New England Patriots. The schedule makers always
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: tend to get something right, Chad, where you've got New
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: England who just got a great win last week. Now
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: they're hosting one of the surprise teams of the NFL,
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: tried to get back on the winning ways and get
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: to 4-1. Patriots favored by 3.5, over under 45.5. And
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: you've got Kirk Cousins. He has 11 touchdown passes through
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: four games. Brock Bowers, he's got a league-leading 32 receptions
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: for tight ends. And New England's defense, they're at fourth
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: in zone coverage passer rating allowed. So they're going to
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: try to neutralize him that way. Here's Vrabel. This is
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: one of those games that Vrabel wins the game he
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: had last week. And then this is the one that
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: comes down to the wire. You've got some weird field
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: goal game coming up. I lean Las Vegas in this.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: Do you?
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: I lean New England. I think they turned their season
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: around last week with that win in Buffalo. That felt
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: like a game changer for them.
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: Huge.
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: Where it was because Drake May was really struggling. He
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: comes out, plays well. They win that game. Now Drake
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: May's talking about maybe we didn't land on the moon.
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: as americans so i don't know how that plays into
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: this game also but i do like the patriots regardless
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: of conspiracy theories their quarterback i think the patriots the
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: right team is favored in this game okay i think
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: they get it done against the raiders and i love
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: this raider story but i don't think it's here for long.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: Okay if the raiders win are you a believer Still not? Yes. Okay. Yes.
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: Because they'll be 4-1 at the turn there. I will believe. Okay.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: Interesting matchup there between coaches, too. First-time head coach, and again,
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: you've got Vrabel. Sunday, 1 o'clock, Indianapolis-Pittsburgh. Both teams need this.
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: Indy visits following their win in London. Jolly old London.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: And the Steelers are on 10 days rest. This is
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: a huge advantage here. I know that the Steelers lost
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: to Cleveland. But they're coming on 10 days rest. Meanwhile,
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: Indy just recently flew back from London. That's not beneficial
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: to the Colts. Keep that in mind. Steelers by 2.5, though.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: 44.5 is the total. Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers offense,
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: they have been handcuffed on third and long. They convert
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: just 24% of those opportunities. And he's always pissed off
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: for greatness.
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: I feel like 10 days rest for Aaron Rodgers is
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: like putting that guy into a time machine. He could
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: come out and play like he's 37, not 43 in
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: this game. That's going to de-age him. This is a
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: Benjamin Button effect to give a veteran aged quarterback like
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: A-Rodge 10 days rest. I think he's going to come
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: out and sling it and look at least six years
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: younger than he is.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: Two and two and two and two there. Denver and
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: the Chargers. You've got the Broncos, Chargers, 2-2 against 0-4.
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh's Chargers staring down the unthinkable there. Bo Nix
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: and the Broncos looking to steady their season after running
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: into the 49ers' buzzsaw. The Chargers' rushing offense has cratered.
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: They're averaging just 68 yards per game. That is last
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: in the NFL. Differ's got to take that one, man.
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: This won't be the surprise. Giants and Commanders. Commander's favored
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: by 3.5.
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: Why?
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: Because Jake Daniels is scheduled to return after missing the
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: last two games due to a dislocated left elbow that
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: happened in Week 2. He's been cleared to practice. He
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: will wear a protective brace. John Harbaugh, they're sitting at
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: 3-1 behind Jameis Winston. and that hard-hitting defense. And Washington's
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: coming off a loss, Chad, at 1-3. They're who lost
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: to Indianapolis last week in London, and now they host
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: the Giants, who do believe. Big Blue, I believe, are
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: believers in their coach and, surprisingly, in their quarterback in Jameis.
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: And don't forget about that man in the backfield, Chad's man,
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: Cam Scadamore.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: Dan Scadaboo, who I believe would take his helmet off
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: and run face first into a brick wall if it
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: meant a fourth down and one pickup. That guy, there
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: is no denying the passion he has for the game
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: of football and how he plays the game. He's my guy.
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: Speaking of my guy on my fantasy team, shout out Reno.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: It's my team and Reno going head-to-head, the only two
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: undefeated teams remaining this week. 4-0 versus 4-0. We got
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: the head-to-head matchup this week. So there will be one
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: undefeated team left in our fantasy football league for our
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: shows league after this.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: Week when me and Reno do battle. Reno did a
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: lot of research for the draft. I was impressed.
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: He chose.
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: I know. He's great. He's got a great team. You
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: do as well. But is JT still around? No, he lost.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: JT lost. He'll continue to lose, too.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: He'll continue to lose. Maybe he's the Cleveland Browns.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: The JT's team was full as gold to start the
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: season the way they did. He was squeaking by them,
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: playing bad opponents that week, people getting hurt. He's going
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: to start losing a lot more. So he's either the
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: Raiders or the Browns? because both are 3-1. I would
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: say more Raiders than Browns. The Browns on the road
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: against the Jets.
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: If the Browns are for real, you go on the
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: road and you win this game because the Jets are 1-3.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: Jets favored in this by 2.5. Defensive slugfest coming your way.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: You've got Todd Munkin's Browns. They had that gritty win
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: over Pittsburgh. Again, 10 days rest. The Jets' offense, they
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: stalled in Chicago. They converted no red zone trips into touchdowns.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: They're typical. But they were facing that stingy Bears defense.
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: The Browns defense, they're allowing just 16.5 points per game.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: And the Jets have failed to score more than 17
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: points in three consecutive games. Bengals-Dolphins. Joe Burrow leads the
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: NFL in passing completion percentage when he's not pressured. He
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: gets it to a receiver nearly 80% of the time.
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: Miami's defense generates the lowest pressure rate in the league,
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: just 18%. So take that for what you will. And finally,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: the Houston Texans and the Tennessee Titans. The 0-4 bowl
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: and the Houston Texans are favored by 7.5. 7.5. AFC
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: South battle here. The lowest over-under in Week 5. 37.5.
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: is the over-under. Brian Dable's offense, you've got all those turnovers.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: They convert a very low percentage of third downs. Meanwhile, C.J. Stroud,
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: it's not like he sucked. He threw for over 300
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: yards last week. He's yet to turn it over this year.
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: He faces a tight secondary that's only allowed four touchdowns
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: through four games in the passing game. And Cam Ward
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: has three touchdown passes in four weeks. Houston Open, by
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: the way, is a three-and-a-half point favorite. That number has
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: swelled to seven-and-a-half as I look at it right now. Wow.
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: And the total, though, has gone down, of course.
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: It could be rainy on Sunday in Nashville. Let's go
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: ahead and do it here. Wrong team favorite. Titans are
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: winning this football game. Titans are winning this football game
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: for the mere fact that if they lose, I think
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: 0-17 is truly on the board for this Titans team.
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: If they lose to 0-4 Texans at home, I don't
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: think 0-17 is going to happen. I truly believe that's
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: not going to happen. I think they win. I think
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: that Cam Ward, who has been playing a bit better,
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: has a good enough game in this one, and they
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: find a way to get it done. D'Amico Ryans, he's
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: taking over defensive play calling.
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: He is.
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: I think the Titans. I'm going to go ahead and
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: say it. Wrong team favorite. Titans money line this week.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: That's what I'm playing in a hard rock bet. I
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: appreciate the bold take there. But?
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: Will Brian Dable even let his quarterback throw the football?
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: But?
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: There's a but coming.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: Here's D'Amico Ryans on why he took play calling away
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: from Matt Burke and the head coach will be calling
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: plays just like the head coach opposite him in Robert Salah.
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: It's a tough decision to make, Christy, and it's also,
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: you know, as a head coach, I have a lot
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: of tough decisions I have to make, and it's always,
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: you know, my decisions are not always a popular opinion,
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: and I'm not in this role to please a lot
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: of people's opinion, right? I have to do what's best
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: for this team and make sure I'm leading in that way,
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: and unfortunately, everybody isn't happy when you make changes, when
• 25:45
  Speaker 3: you make decisions from my chair. Everybody isn't happy, and
• 25:48
  Speaker 3: that's okay. because I know everything that I try to
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: do and strive to do is for the men in
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: that locker room to give those guys as best a
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: chance as possible to go out and win our first
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: football game.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: Get ready. I kind of like the fact that he's
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: taking over right now.
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: I don't love that for my Titans pick. I don't
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: listen to that, and I don't immediately get more confident
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: about the Titans winning that game when I.
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: Hear that, Hudson. Unleash hell. I think this is the
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: get-right game. They're viewing it like that. I just... I mean,
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: I don't... Titans got to prove it, man, before I
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: take them. I mean, the Texans have at least shown
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: that they can come back from 0-3. They did it
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: last year. And they're cooked if they lose to this
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: Titans team.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: But doesn't a 7.5-point line feel crazy regardless? Yes. I
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: understand the Texans being favored, but over a touchdown is
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: crazy to me.
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: I mean, they... Yeah, it is. But it opened at 3.5.
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: That's what's also crazy is it's gone up to where
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: it is right now. Chad, that's one big thing on
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: every NFL game. Well done, Hutton. Coming up, wait until
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: you see the weather forecast for Bama and Georgia. And
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: we discuss why they didn't change the kickoff time. We've
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: got that. Plus, we also have today our Hard Rock
• 27:06
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• 27:14
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• 27:52
  Speaker 2: Also, was he trying to break Clay's rim as he
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• 28:15
  Speaker 1: So this tropical storm, hurricane, this is really affecting your plans, Chad.
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: You've been keeping up with the weather, just like Alabama, Georgia,
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: and a lot of other states throughout the Southeast. Here's
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: the latest from the trackers. that we have here, uh,
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: for the hurricane. Uh, did we, is it, I say us,
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: did we figure that out?
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: Sure.
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: Okay. Sure. Uh, the category one this morning, you can
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: see where it's headed. Um, yes, Chad, I, I agree
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: with you now on Sunday here in Nashville. Um, but there's, uh,
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: you know, who knows which direction this ends up going.
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: I would hate to be the decision maker that says like, Hey,
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: we're just going to sit, we're going to sit still
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: and just play this game as scheduled Tuscaloosa. But, um, Man,
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: it is going to be a deluge, to say the least.
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: There's the wind coming up Saturday.
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: That's going to be the key in this. If it's
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: really windy, what that's going to look like, that's going
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: to affect the game big time and how it's played, certainly.
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: I like weather games. Bring it on to a certain extent.
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: You want everybody to be safe. I just got another
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: update just now. It's currently 400 miles southwest, the hurricane is,
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: of the mouth of the Mississippi River and moving 80
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: miles per hour, apparently. The wind gusts right now are
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: 80 miles per hour. I think the only good news
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: with this, if you want to call it good news, Hutton,
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: for sporting purposes, it keeps getting earlier and earlier when
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: it's going to make landfall. So it started early, like
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: 6 a.m. Saturday morning, then they moved it to 3 a.m.,
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: then 1 a.m. Now they're saying anywhere between 8 p.m.
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: and 1 a.m. Friday night. It's going to make landfall
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: in the Gulf and then work its way north. So
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: the worst stuff should be out by kickoff on Saturday night,
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: which is good news.
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that is good. And you can see, going back
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: to the forecast for Saturday, only one inch of rain
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: was forecasted here. So it's not the slip and slide
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: that I was expecting there. But the wind is the game.
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: That's what it comes down to with gusts of 38
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: miles per hour, which direction, all that stuff, who wins
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: the toss. that could play a huge factor in the
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: outcome of this game and what is massive for the
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: SEC overall.
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: Well, and my plan, you know, and I can give
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: you guys an update on Monday, but it's looking like
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: it's okay for us to leave early Sunday morning with
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: everything out, as long as there's not too much damage,
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: whatever this storm does. So they're talking about a five
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: to seven foot storm surge on the coast. So we'll
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: have to see what all that looks like before we
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: head down the way. I'll be able to have a
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: boots-on-the-ground report for you guys, hopefully on Monday's show at
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: some point with what it looks like in the Gulf.
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: Some poor bastard, Chad, is going to draw two balls
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: on this weather map at some point.
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: It's a favor to everyone. I've also noticed on social media,
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: a favorite of a lot of people on social media
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: is just anybody you get caught in a still shot
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: with your mouth open, putting a cylindrical object next to
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: the mouth. The mail is his favorite pastime.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: Oh, they love doing that?
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: People on social media, I'm seeing a lot of that. Yeah, people,
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: very clever. People are very clever is what we're saying. Yeah, look,
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: how does it change the actual game with how it's
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: going to be played out? I saw that Chauncey Bowens,
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: fine running back for Georgia, is out. It looks like
• 31:48
  Speaker 2: for this game, got hurt against Vanderbilt. The team that
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: runs the ball better, you would think, has the chance
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: to win. And I know Georgia still has a really
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: good running backs. One of which is coming back, but
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: we'll see what it looks like on Saturday night, but
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: it's going to be interesting to follow.
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: Chad. I remember, uh, it was, uh, Stanley cup final,
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: or was it, maybe it was the Western conference finals
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: for the Preds here, 2017. We had Kenny Albert on
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: the show. Uh, great dude. Remember he came on for like,
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: I don't know. It wasn't like an hour or anything,
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: but like he get, he was calling the, he was
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: calling the game later that night and gave us plenty
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: of time. It was really good. Um, He's 58 years old.
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: He had scheduled a colonoscopy for Tuesday morning. But on
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: Monday around 6 p.m., word came in from Fox Sports
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: that Joe Davis was under the weather, so Kenny needed
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: to fill in. And so he's midway through his colonoscopy prep,
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: which I have not done, but I dread. And he's
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: able to start prepping for the baseball game. That's whenever
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: things went south. fluid, as the article says, pun intended.
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: I can't imagine that. Kenny Albert, terrific play-by-play guy. Joe
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: Davis was the one, I think, who was out sick,
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: and then they called him. He couldn't do it.
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: Brandon Godden ended up doing the game.
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: He was great.
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: He's the Braves' normal play-by-play guy for Braves vision. He
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: stepped in on the national stage last night and called
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: game four, and I thought did a terrific job. He
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: typically does a very good job with play-by-play. So all's
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: well that ends well, and I only hope that colonoscopy
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: for Kenny Albert worked out well.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: I don't mean this to be flip it with it.
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: Baseball prep would be pretty easy, right? Yeah.
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, again, like Brandon Godden's easy. You call
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: him in to do it. He did the Braves all year.
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: He just did a Braves-Dodgers series in August. So he's
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: no prep necessary.
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: He's ready.
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: He's got it in the mind. He's got all the rosters,
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: everything ready to go. So I think that part of
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: it's easy.
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: And I'll say, man, I give him props, too, because
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: I know of play-by-play guys who just have someone else
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: do every bit of prep for them. They have two
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: in some cases. At least he's like, yeah, I had
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: to stop everything and try to do a little prep,
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: try to prep baseball and colonoscopy. Yeah, bane of my
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: existence there.
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: The hardest part of calling games is preparing to call
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: the game. So if you have someone to do all
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: your prep for you, I have zero sympathy.
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: For anyone who does that.
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: Anybody on ESPN who has a researcher or the big
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: networks that does it, I'm like, your job is easy.
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: Give me a break on how hard your job is.
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: I feel like you can tell. There's chaos going on
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: on the sideline, and it can be difficult at times.
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: But if you've got someone doing your research for you,
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: and prepping everything for you, 75% to 80% of the
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: job is done. When you show up ready to call
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: a game, if you're actually prepared and ready, the game
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: itself is easy to call. So that's a myth I
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: want to throw out there. So many of these people, man,
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: they work so hard prepping. There are people who legitimately
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: have a research team that gets everything ready for them.
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: If you have that, I do not want to hear
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: about how hard your job is. Your job is fun.
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: Your job is not that hard. You're not out there
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: digging ditches. Give me a break. The biggest pain in
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: the you-know-what about calling a game is preparing to call
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: the game. It's not actually calling the game.
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: Calling the game itself is fun. I would say the
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: high school level is probably the most difficult to prepare.
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: Because there's really nothing. There's no rivalries and there's no
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: consistency to rosters, to depth charts, anything like stats. And
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: then meanwhile, as you continue to go, NFL, I mean,
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: 53-man roster, 48, yeah, 45-man game day roster. And if
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: you're calling for one team, you just have to memorize
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: the other team. I mean, I say just have to,
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: but yeah, it gets easier as you go because everything's
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: provided to you stats-wise. You just have to put in
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: the work.
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: Well, our buddy Don Davenport has talked about this calling
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: games for ESPN on the sideline versus doing high school
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: football and basketball games, which she does, and she'll be
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: the first to tell you, way easier doing the college
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: games because of so much information available from those schools.
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: I mean, it is information overload on every type of
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: media notes, depth charts, everything else you need. And in
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: high school, it's so much harder to find, which makes
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: everything so much more difficult. Again, but you know what
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: it is when you get to the games and do them?
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: They're fun.
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: It's fun.
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: It's fun calling high school football on Friday nights.
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: The prep can be too. As long as the coaches
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: are willing to play ball.
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: Talking to the coaches can be fun. Actually writing out things,
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: not fun. That's the only part of the job that's
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: not fun. But if you have someone doing that for you,
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: then everything is fun.
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: Chad, apparently Gene Simmons was in Nashville last night. Who knew? Oh, really?
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: One of our places, Jeff Ruby's.
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: How many people asked to pose with him with his
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: tongue out?
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: I don't know. He's got a ball cap on. I
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: would recognize him, but I would do a double take
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: after I walked by. He's got a ball cap on
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: and stuff.
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: This is like when I was in Asheville, North Carolina,
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: and saw Alice Cooper at the restaurant that I was at.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: And I'm like, I know that's Alice Cooper. There's no
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: doubt in my mind that it's Alice Cooper sitting.
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: In the corner of this restaurant. Great golfer, Alice Cooper.
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: Used to always compete with Vinny. Coming up. We have
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: some locks, the Hard Rock Lock, right here on huntingwithroseportandstate.com.
• 37:24
  Speaker 4: What's up, Clay Travis, owner of the future WNBA franchise,
• 37:28
  Speaker 4: the Nashville Balls, number one draft pick, Enos Cantor here,
• 37:32
  Speaker 4: getting a little workout in. We're doing a big interview
• 37:35
  Speaker 4: for Sporting State and the Clay Travis YouTube page. I
• 37:38
  Speaker 4: think we were just talking. Several of the things that
• 37:40
  Speaker 4: were said in the interview are going to go viral.
• 37:42
  Speaker 4: You guys are going to love it. Enos, I'll let
• 37:45
  Speaker 4: you christen the basketball court here and show us just
• 37:47
  Speaker 4: what you're going to do to the women in the WNBA.
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: Let's go. I'm excited.
• 37:55
  Speaker 4: I'm telling you, 100 points per game, he's going to average.
• 38:00
  Speaker 4: These bitches have no idea what they're in for from
• 38:03
  Speaker 4: the baddest bitch of them all.
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: Enos, Cantor, Frida.
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: See you guys. It is time for our Hard Rock
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: Lock of the Week. Chad, let me tell you, you
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: have in our Sorry, going for the bundle. In going
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: for the bundle, you went Texas and OU. That is
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: exactly where I'm going in my hard rock lock because
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: it dropped. It dropped by a point. We'll show it. Yes,
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: seven and a half.
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: But you don't believe in jinxes, which I love. So
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: hopefully we're not jinxed by both of us feeling so
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: strongly about this one.
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: No, seven and a half, man. Again, it went down yesterday.
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: You had it at eight and a half, what, 24
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: hours prior. Look, this is Texas' defense. We saw it
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: firsthand in Knoxville. You've got turnover woes for Oklahoma. This
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: is a lockdown defense and an offense for Oklahoma that's
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: going to struggle to score against anyone right now. But
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: they're 109th nationally, offensively. It's also a team that's struggled
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: to score the last couple of seasons against Texas in
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: this game. I understand it's a rivalry, and they'll come
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: ready to play. But Texas will as well, and they're
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: the better team. That's my lock of the week, Texas
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: minus 7.5.
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: I'm starting to think the under in this game might
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: be a separate lock that I'm going to play. between
• 39:31
  Speaker 2: Texas and OU because you look at those stats between
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: Mateer and Arch Manning, and they're pretty similar so far
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: this year of what they've both done statistically.
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: But I'm with you.
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: This was my leg of the parlay, so I like it, Hutt.
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: I like my overall record playing games on Friday night
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: in college football. I went back and looked with Hard
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: Rock Bet. I'm 11-1 playing Friday night college football games,
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: whether it be spreads, money line winners. I had Northwestern
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: last week as my lock. or one of my bets.
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: They got it done against Penn State. I'm going back
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: to the Friday night well. This is a Jonathan Hutton special.
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: I am logging in right now to play this.
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: 9.15 Central Time on ESPN in Provo, Utah, a place
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: that Hutton and I have visited for a game on
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: a Thursday night game. Beautiful, beautiful setting. In the Wasatch
• 40:19
  Speaker 2: Valley of the Wasatch Mountains.
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: Great dinner.
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: In Provo, Utah. Went to Sundance, Robert Redford's place, for dinner.
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: Had a nice merlot with our red meat that night.
• 40:29
  Speaker 2: It was a fantastic outing in Provo.
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: Dr. Sidney McPhee got it done for us, man. We
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: threw football, had a great backdrop. It's a beautiful setting.
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: You have to go. It's a bucket list moment.
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: The BYU Cougars, Hutton, are going to feast on the
• 40:43
  Speaker 2: finest steaks ever. and finest red wines after they blow
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: out Iowa State in this game. Ten and a half,
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: not enough points. BYU big over Iowa State Friday night.
• 40:54
  Speaker 2: My great record on Friday night continues as I move
• 40:57
  Speaker 2: to 12-1 with this lot.
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: I mean, I put down five right now to win 10.55. Hey,
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: if you want to hear.
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: My other Friday pick, since I'm so good on Friday nights,
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: I think Iowa wins on the money line at Washington.
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: They're a three-and-a-half-point underdog on Friday night. And I think
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: fool's gold on Florida State and how well they played
• 41:20
  Speaker 2: against Virginia.
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: Even though Louisville is struggling, I think Louisville wins by
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: more than a field goal at home. They're a three-and-a-half-point
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: favorite over Florida State at home. Those are the other
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: games I'll be playing on Friday night. But I'm hot
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: on Fridays, Hutton. Friday's been a big, big day for me.
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: Let's go. I'm going to parlay all three of those.
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: $ 5 wager plus $ 7. 38. to win $ 41. 91. And you can
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: take the $ 5 that I just did if you're a
• 41:46
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• 41:49
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• 41:52
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• 41:56
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• 42:02
  Speaker 1: this genuinely. I love the app. It's very easy to use,
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: and it's easy to find the game that you're looking for. Again,
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: Chad just brought up a couple of them. And I've
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: already made the bet. I can scroll easily, find the games,
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: and I'm locked and loaded. Check us out and roll
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: with us there. Again, Chad's going Iowa, BYU, and Louisville.
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: He's taking and laying the points for BYU and Louisville.
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: Give me Texas. Give me Texas. As Davy Crockett would say.
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: And go down there and win. Let's go down. Let's
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: go down and win. Let's win our locks. For the record, though,
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: Chad's lock. Chad, say it again.
• 42:41
  Speaker 2: My lock is BYU minus 10.5 over Iowa State. And Hutton,
• 42:45
  Speaker 2: I just parlayed the same Friday night parlay that I
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: mentioned to you, that you parlayed, very easily at Hard
• 42:50
  Speaker 2: Rock Bet. And I say this in all honesty. I'm
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: a complete convert to Hard Rock Bet. It's the only
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: app that I use.
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: Enjoy the next round. So I'm loving it. Straight ahead
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: right here on Sporting State. He's Withrow. I'm Hutton. Putney Withrow. Mornings,
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: 8 a.m. Eastern.