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Bowl Season Money: CFP and Bowl Game Best Bets · Targeting Winners: A College Football Betting Podcast

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Hello everybody, welcome to targeting winners first episode
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of 2026. Sadly to college football season
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is coming to an end for me, it's coming to a merciful end.
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So I'm always joined with by Darren and Peter.
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Darren, how you doing up there is warming up any at all?
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Yeah, it's above 15. You know, T-shirt weather,
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'cause you know, that's what we do up here.
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And I mean, you guys know you're from here originally.
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Anything over 10 T-shirts mandatory.
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Tank top. But yeah, glad to be here, man.
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And like you said, we're running out of, we're running out of
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season. We got a game going on as we're
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sitting here. We got a game coming up 4
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tomorrow and then like 3 more playoff games and then.
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Yeah, as we're recording, it's 3 nothing, Indiana with 13 minutes
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left in the second period. So, Peter from the beach, from
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Mexico, you're back late. You look like you're hiding from
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a drug cartel. What's going on?
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Everything all right? That's what I'm doing.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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It's happy New Year, everyone. Good to be here today.
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Yeah. Way, way late night.
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Very tired, haven't been outside.
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It's beautiful out there, but I'm not going outside.
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So happy to be here doing this. And my New Year's resolution is
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to stop with the very bad picks and turn this thing around.
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So we'll see how that goes. So, so wait, wait, I have a
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question. So you're you're tired 'cause
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you made it to midnight and. Get home to almost 55 AM so.
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What, like 11:00? I was done.
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Tim, you know we had a picture of Pete not making it to
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midnight that lives in targeting winners lore.
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I I I did not send that to you, but I've.
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I've got it. If I had known you wanted the
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reference that I would have. I did not.
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I, I mean I know, he said when do you want to record?
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The later the better. And I'm like, he can't make it
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till 12. He's old like we are.
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What is he doing? But good for you man,
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Congratulations because I was in bed 6 hours before you.
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No, no. Never again.
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Bad idea. Don't do that.
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We're too old for that. Don't do it.
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Yes. One star do not recommend yes, I
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will since we're on the topic my New Year's resolution, I'm not
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going to make so many futures bets.
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I think I got called out a little bit by one of the
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commenters on the YouTube video saying we didn't bet out any
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bets. So then I just went nuts and I
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think I made like 24 futures bets.
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That's that's high that's a lot so that and I think I'm going to
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resolve to not. I think I forced some bets this
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year, so I'm not going to try to get the three.
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If I only see one or two, then I'm only going to make one or
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two bets. That's also good for the
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bankroll. We cover that in bankroll
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management. Darren, your New Year's
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resolution. It's similar to one that I
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thought I was going to do last year because apparently I'm a
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moron. I didn't entirely stick to it
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and I I thought of this when I bet on Air Force thinking that
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they could actually beat Pete's Hawaii Rainbows even with their
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poor defense. Yeah, I decided right then and
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there, you know what? Stop betting on teams that have
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really, really bad defenses. And what did I do on the last
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show? 2 of my 3 bets were on teams
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with shitty defenses. And how'd that work out?
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USC did not cover the 6 1/2 and tackled like a bunch of third
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graders on that game-winning touchdown by TCU.
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And then I bet on Duke, who I was fortunate to get a push out
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of that also an absolutely terrible defense.
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So as usual, I learned nothing. But I'm going to write that
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down. Yeah, I I just have to stop
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thinking the teams with bad defenses are going to do good
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things for my bankroll. So that's mine.
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We can see why you bet on Duke. They are the ACC champions and
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it just means more. Obviously I was.
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I had the wool pulled over my eyes.
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I actually thought that they could beat a team that had 19
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people in the portal starting. Jeff Sims, valedictorian of
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Turnover University, and he looked like Joe Montana.
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So you know, Lucky likes Lucky to get the push out of that.
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But learn my lesson. I have a pending bet with
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Georgia tonight. For the most part they actually
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play defense so doesn't mean they'll cover, but if they lose
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the bet probably they won't give up 50.
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But shit, I just jinxed the I'm sorry.
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Yeah, I'm sorry. We both are playing the six and
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a half of Georgia. Yeah, no more teams with crappy
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defenses. Well, we are in bowl season,
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It's winding down and we did have our Bowl Mania contest.
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We're going to pull this up. We're getting down to the nitty
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gritty of it. I think we're down to the final
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five here. Darren, run us through it.
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Yeah, I know three of these people that are competing.
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There are a couple with 14 as well, but with our leader, our
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main man Jeff with 21. Elaine Skiff in yoga school.
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Yes. I mean, he was destined for
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greatness in this contest with that entry name.
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But yeah, like I said, I just put the top five in there.
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Like I said, we got a game pending, We got a game going
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tonight, four. And then what, three more
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playoff games. So less than 10 games to go.
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I just kind of sent you the top five there.
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So Jeff's in the lead. Jay Williams, I think his name
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is Jeff also. Wouldn't swear to it.
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He's hanging in there two games behind Jeff Parley.
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Paul, long time original friend of the show who texted me a
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three team parley that he did bet yesterday and I won't give
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it away, but he needs Alabama to win the game.
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So yeah, he's in there as well. Your boy Mattie Olson completing
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another successful fantasy football season from what I've
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heard. Last place.
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Yeah, well, at least he gets to participate in the first round
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of the draft this year and T Nelson hanging in there with 15.
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So those people still realistically have a shot, but
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it looks like it's a battle that Jeff's there, we'll have a new
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champion. Swifty Scott not.
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Yeah, your your FSU hating friend is struggling a little
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bit this year and for anybody new to the show and first time
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in the contest I am ineligible so don't don't feel bad ESPN.
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You can't create a group apparently unless you create an
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entry. So whatever I'm in, just ignore
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that I'm one. Just drop all those numbers down
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1 and that's the actual. Stance like win Ben Stein's
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money but different. Exactly.
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You, you'll win all three of our money.
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But you know, Tim, you know how it is.
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You know we do the show sometimes you got to show why
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you're the people that do the show.
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So putting all those young whippersnappers in their place,
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'cause I believe last year I won this as well, but, you know, had
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to pay 'cause whatever. But yeah, I mean, at least I'm
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doing this, but you know, whatever.
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Thanks, USC, because you cost me in the in the pool as well, but
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I digress. But yeah, couple Jeffs heading
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into the heading into the home stretch with the best chance to
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win our. Money.
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All right, well, good luck to those two as we wind down to the
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editor Bowl season. I posted a question you guys in
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the text chat we had. Gronk had a bowl.
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Snoop Dogg had a bowl. Tony the Tiger had a bowl.
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Is there a person or a celebrity you would like to see have a
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bowl game and if so like what kind of bowl or what household
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product they we had the Dukes Mayo bowl.
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We had a mow lawnmower bowl. What would you like to see?
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Have you guys thought of anything or any any celebrity,
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any I don't want? I don't want the bowls to kind
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of go away. It seems to be like that's where
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all this is headed. But I mean, I don't know if you
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watched any of the Duke Arizona State game yesterday, but who
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doesn't want to jump in an huge inflatable bowl of Frosted
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Flakes? I mean, that's one of the best
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screenshots of bowl season. Was that Duke receiver doing the
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backsplash into the Frosted Flakes?
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I mean, we talk about motivation, but a lot of these
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bowl games mean something to these kids.
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And I and I hope that whatever the NCA does to to screw with
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the postseason, I hope they leave some of these bowl games
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'cause they are fun. Like I said, more often than
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not, the kids seem excited to play in them.
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I mean, yesterday in the Dukes Bowl, besides Frosted Flakes,
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you got a guy ejected for spitting on the ground.
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You had some other guy ejected for two unsports while I conduct
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tells you before halftime. So those people in the bowls
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don't matter camp, you're just, you're not watching, man 'cause
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these kids like to play. But yeah, I don't have anybody
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specific. I mean, I would love to have
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like a targeting winner's bowl, but, you know, maybe someday.
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So well, Pete, do you have one or should I just go on and give
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I I just went all out. I had a brainstorm and I just
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went with it. I made a graphic.
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I think this would be like right up there with the Pop Tarts bowl
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and the Frost and Flakes bowl. Let's do yours.
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So if you're watching on YouTube again, thanks you please like
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and subscribe. I have the Weird Al Yankovic
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tofu bowl perfect. I mean, Can you imagine
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everything you could do? I I I had I made-up a little
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thing here and it's got quality lost state versus transfer
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portal A&M. And the opening line is portal
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A&M favored by 3 1/2 with over under a 62 1/2.
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I just think this screams with everything you could do with
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Weird Al. Like, could you imagine, like if
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Virginia Tech's playing in the game and they come out to Enter
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Sandman, like off to Never Neverland and then like, it's
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like a polka version of the songs, you know, have, I don't
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know, some random like Barry Manilow and David Hasselhoff
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working the chain gang or something?
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I mean, it'd be totally off the wall crap.
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I think this would be great. I think everyone would enjoy it.
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I'd know people who went to a concert with this guy.
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He said it was like one of the best concerts that you've ever
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been to. He puts on a great show.
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I don't know your thoughts. I think this would be I think
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this would be a a Grand Slam family friendly.
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The whole family would like it. He's dancing with a rubber
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chicken in this graphic some for some reason.
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I mean, any thoughts? On how you work with your drugs
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people, this is how you. Work with your drugs.
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I know it's called dope for a reason but so oh Indiana
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touchdown. It is now 9 to nothing.
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Extra point pending Charlie Becker, 21 yard reception TD.
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Another fraudulent SEC school getting ready to have their
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season end. No, come on, there are no bad
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teams. That's right, I forgot.
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They just don't care when they lose.
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I just hope they all have fun. That's right.
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When they win, it's an important bowl game.
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They're the best in the world. When they lose, the bowl game is
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meaningless. So.
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Yeah, I hope the Buckeyes had a great time losing yesterday.
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It was. It was just a damn shame to see
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them lose. I know you're like that.
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I haven't seen any pictures of anyone getting naked running
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around the beaches of Mexico, so I guess.
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You are, by the way, can I just say Paul texted me last night
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and was really scared of seeing Pete run around naked on this
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week's show. So Paul was very happy when he
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tunes in to see that you at least have a shirt on.
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I can't speak for the bottom part of you, but at least you
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have an upper upper article of clothing on which will make Paul
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very happy and probably make Tim and I very happy as well.
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But. All right, let's go into the
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bowls Tomorrow. We've got the Armed Forces Bowl,
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1:00, Fort Worth, TX, Texas State.
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It opened at 10 1/2, went to 11 1/2.
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I actually got it at 13 1/2 over under 59 1/2.
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Darren, let's start with you. What are you thinking about this
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game here? A lot of opt outs.
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Yeah, you may have not gotten the best number, but you still
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got a good one because Texas State is now laying 16 1/2 as
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well with the total sitting at 55 1/2.
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If you are a DraftKings guy. Yeah, I I still like this number
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you got. I don't know if I would go any
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higher than this. I mean, Rice change our offense.
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They're pretty much run first most of the time now.
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But the odd thing is Texas State actually has a better run stats
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than Rice does here. So not a successful offensive
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transition for Rice in 2025. Their quarterbacks in the
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portal. So that's obviously a huge
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problem for Rice should limit their scoring.
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And for Texas State, their thousand yard rusher is actually
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playing in their thousand yard receiver Bo Sparks is supposed
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to play as well. So I like this one here.
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I I wouldn't touch it at 16 1/2. But yeah, if your number is is
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available anywhere, which I highly doubt at this point.
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Yeah, I do like Texas State here.
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I think Rice going to have tough time slowing them down and a
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tough time scoring as well. Yeah, I think Rice is showing up
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to a gunfight with a library card for this one backup
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quarterback if they're going to pass the ball about as much as,
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you know, Barry Switzer, the old wishbone teams in Oklahoma.
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So, and it's just not that much. I think it works for a little
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bit. I think they keep it close maybe
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for 1/4, but then I think Texas State just pulls away.
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I think the match up is just too big of an advance for Texas
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State. I think that's the way it's
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going to go. They're going to pull away at
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the end and I don't mind, even though it opened at 11, I don't
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mind laying the 13 1/2. Any final thoughts, Peter?
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Yeah, I agree. With what you said, I mean, it
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total opened at 59 1/2. It's come down.
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I think you said it was 55 1/2 now Darren or something like
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that. It's I thought about playing the
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under and that 59 1/2 just because, yeah, I don't know what
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Rice is going to do. I mean, Texas State's going to
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score. I don't, I don't know what Rice
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is going to do. I don't think Texas State's
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going to score almost 60 by themselves.
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So I thought it was a pretty good under play, but I decided
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not to play it just 'cause I just didn't know what's going to
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happen with the opt outs and all of that and what that would turn
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into. But it still seems like AI mean
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if I was going to do anything, I'd probably lay those points
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and not play the under, especially at that 55 1/2
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number. So.
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But I agree with what both of you said.
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Yeah, I wonder how many points Rice would score.
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I mean, I don't know if I mean, Texas State's going to score.
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I don't know if they could got that high so hey, some back door
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cover probably with rice getting like the 10th point or something
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so. Yeah, that's what concerns me.
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If that number coming down to who knows what, it goes 5554,
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yeah. Some kind of back door thing
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that that that worries me here. And the extra point was good,
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had nothing. Indiana, Carly Paul's watching
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that. So there's my official pick,
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Texas State -13 1/2 in the Armed Forces Bowl.
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We are going to move on now to the Liberty Bowl, OK 4:30 in
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Memphis, TN Cincinnati, the line opened at -6 1/2.
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I believe it moved to 7 1/2 over under opened at 57 1/2 and moved
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to 54 1/2. Maybe had an opt out.
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What's whatever happened to going down with the ship?
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What's up with that? So they had a defensive tackle.
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Cincinnati had a bunch, including Dante Corleone.
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So we talked about him in the Big 12 preview earlier this year
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just cause of his name. But I don't know, Peter, we'll
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start with you. Where you going on this one?
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I'm too many opt outs for Cincinnati, you'd think.
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Yeah, this felt like the Army game all over again, right.
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When I looked at it where, you know, I, I assumed, you know,
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that the, the number's high 57 1/2.
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I thought it's come down a bit, but still high number.
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So I, I was thinking under, under, under, right.
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But what happened in the Army game, right?
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Army scored too many Dang points.
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You know, UConn scored some, like some more than I thought
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they were going to. And that scared me right away
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from this game, right? I I was going to go the under
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here and I thought, well, yeah, half the team opts out for
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Cincinnati. Somehow they'll score, I don't
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know, 1417 points. You know, Navy will score a
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bunch and this thing will somehow go over, which which
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will just infuriate me. So I decided.
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Not to play it for all. Those reasons, because it really
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should be an under and, you know, I would feel comfortable
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normally betting this is an under, but at the moment, yeah,
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I just can't because I just feel like it's going to be an Army
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thing all over again. So I did not do anything with
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it. So those are my thoughts.
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Darren. First off, kudos to you for your
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Navy going down with the ship reference.
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I see what you did there. That was that was that was very,
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very sharp of you there. But yeah, the yeah, the
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Cincinnati opt out list is insane.
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I mean, I'm looking at one that was updated earlier today.
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We already talked about Brendan Sarsby.
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One of their running backs is declared for the NFL draft.
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Their other one is hitting the portal.
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You mentioned Corleone. Looks like they've got two other
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lineman in the portal. They've got a linebacker that
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declared for the draft and seven players in their secondary, all
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of them entering the transport portal.
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So I would assume none of these gentlemen are playing here.
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But I mean, even from an injury standpoint, neither team has a
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ton of injuries that I can see. But I mean, Navy's coming into
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this basically a complete team. I wish I had seen this at 6 1/2.
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I would have been all over this. Any sevens out there really
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highly juiced? DraftKings looks like they had
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one at a -, 120. But FanDuel and a lot of other
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places are already at 7 1/2 here.
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So you're not getting the best number.
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If I had to do anything, I would still lay that, but I'm just not
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going to like Pete said, I mean, Army even put up some points on
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these guys. I don't know if I can fully
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trust Navy's defense even with all of since he's opt out, so
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I'm going to let this go. But if you played Navy at 7 1/2,
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I wouldn't be mad at you all. Right now, we're getting down to
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the end here. We got the Holiday Bowl,
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Arizona, SMU opening line, Arizona minus a point and a
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half. It's now -3 the over under
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opened at 52 1/2. It has moved to 51 1/2.
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This is 8:00 at San Diego. I think you both have bets on
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this one. So, Peter, let's start with you.
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Yeah, so this is the one where I decided to fire.
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So total 52 1/2 here. You know my my thoughts on this.
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I mean, neither defense is terrible, right?
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They're not great, but they're they're decent offenses tend to
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be efficient. Both of these teams have have
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went back and looked at their scores of of late.
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I mean, they've been hitting unders quite a bit.
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Both of these teams, which kind of feels this feels like a 4547
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to 50 point game in total, something like that.
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It's just kind of where my mind is looking through, you know, he
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was playing and it looks like pretty much everybody's playing
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other than a couple opt outs here.
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So it it feels like it should be a pretty decent game, honestly
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to watch with most of the most of the players playing.
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So yeah, it feels like a, you know, 4750 point game under that
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52 1/2 total to me. So this is the one game I felt
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comfortable playing this week. So I'm doing 1 unit.
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You want unit on the under 52 1/2.
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All right, got the graphic up. And Darren, obviously, we'll go
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to your pick now. Yeah, and again, this is one
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thing I hate about bowl season is, you know, we're doing this
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show, we got to get our bets in and I've I've got a terrible
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number already. I'm looking at DraftKings.
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Arizona's now getting a point and 1/2.
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So I'm on the wrong side of a three-point swing here.
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That being said, I still think Arizona's the better team here.
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And I think from a motivation standpoint, I mean, last year
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Arizona only had four wins. I think we expected Brent
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Brennan to maybe get fired, Fafita to maybe leave, McMillan
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would go on to the draft and Arizona would be a dumpster
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fire. But they're A9 wing team and I
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think there's something to be said for finishing with double
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digit wins. I think you're going to get a
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fired up Arizona here. This is being played way out
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West. I don't put too much into SMU
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flying all the way across the country because they probably
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had ample time to get out there and get acclimated to the time
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change. But one thing about SMU, they
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are 11 and 2. Two of those losses are at the
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Big 12 teams. So I'm not sure whether that
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means the Big 12's a little bit better than the ACC this year.
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But for whatever reason, SMU has not handled the Big 12 very
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well. Yes, Arizona's three losses are
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against the Big 12, but that just happens to be the
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conference they play in. But yeah, get me Fafida and the
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Wildcats here. I think they're going to be
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psyched. They're going to be pumped to
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get A10 win season. So even though my number is
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asks. At this point if you're a
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DraftKings player, hell take the point and 1/2 with Arizona cuz
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it's still like -108 on the money line so you might as well
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get that point and a half. But yeah, if I laid a point and
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1/2 with Arizona, I think they went here.
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All right, uh oh, we're down to the last one.
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I believe this is the Dukes Mayo Bowl 8:00 in Charlotte, NC.
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We got Mississippi State open as a three-point favorite.
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The over under opened at 55 1/2. Has since moved, I believe last
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check to 53 1/2. Couple opt outs for Wake Forest,
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couple for Mississippi State. Peter, let's start with you.
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Were you coming down on this one?
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Yeah, I, I thought about the under at that opening 55 1/2
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number. Now that it's come down a bit, I
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I'm not, I think it's, it's just coming down too much for me.
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And I think it it would probably continue to come down a little
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bit more off of that. I think before before kick off
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of this game, I think I think it's about right.
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And I think this game will probably end up around, you
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know, 5152 points, something like that would not be
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surprising. I think you're going to see a
21:20
good amount of scoring here, but not not a really fast tempo in
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this game. So I, I would expect, you know,
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kind of a a moderate tempo here in both sides.
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Certainly Mississippi State can score.
21:31
They score in spurts and so I think you'll see some of that
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play out in this game. So that's what I would expect is
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this. I think it actually will be a
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pretty interesting game as well. Once again, most of the players
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are playing, which is good, which is good to see for a bowl.
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So I like, I like to see that. But yeah, I decided to I guess
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pack up my ball and go home 'cause I don't like the number
21:50
so much. So that's my thoughts here.
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Yeah, this game is really interesting to me.
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And I, I was gonna actually ask you about this PB.
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You had already addressed it. I'm surprised this total kind of
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went down a little bit because Mississippi State's defense is
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really, really not good. Wake Forest isn't great either.
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But you do have two quarterbacks here who I am interested to
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watch. I mean, Robbie Ashford is
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excellent. He does bring a running element,
22:16
as does Camario Taylor, who is probably going to start this
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game from Mississippi State. He could be a breakout star in
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the SECI believe blah Chapin is out of eligibility.
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This guy came in and started the Egg Bowl.
22:30
Wasn't great but but showed some flashes of what he could be.
22:33
So I'm excited to watch this game.
22:35
Just as a fan. I did not touch this at all
22:38
'cause I don't know what the heck Mississippi State's defense
22:40
is gonna do here. It's it's usually pretty bad,
22:44
but I mean, nobody's confusing Wake Forest, you know, as a 45
22:48
points a game team here. But I want to see these two
22:50
quarterbacks play. If I had a lean at all, it would
22:55
be to the over 'cause I'm not understanding why it's coming
22:58
down the under 53 1/2 of DraftKings is actually juiced
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-115 so it might even drop further.
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But yeah, I kind of leaned the over just 'cause these
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quarterbacks, they're both dual threats and, and Mississippi
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State's defense is horrible and they lost their defense
23:13
coordinator. He got fired.
23:14
They don't even have an interim defense coordinator announced at
23:17
this time. So, I mean, could an already bad
23:20
defense get worse with no direction?
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It's certainly possible, but we'll see.
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I mean, that Damon Claiborne opt out for Wake Forest is a little
23:29
concerning since he had over 900 yards and 10 TDs.
23:31
But yeah, I lean over. But I think I I'd watch this one
23:37
more as a fan and who doesn't want to see, you know, somebody
23:41
get a bowl of mayonnaise dumped on them to end bowl season?
23:44
I mean, kind of seems like a great way to kick in the new
23:46
year, but. And the things they put the Mayo
23:49
on, I think last year someone get the doughnut, the glazed
23:53
doughnut and the mayonnaise. I don't, I'm not buying that at
23:55
all. No way.
23:58
Yeah, I wouldn't recommend having tasty snacks during the
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the timeouts in the booth because they will have them.
24:03
And that, that Mayo is not like, you know, that's not like
24:06
regular Hellman's miracle web. I mean, that's got like some
24:09
tangy that's like Mayo on roids. I mean, I, I'm like, yeah, I
24:15
just can't not not. OK, yeah.
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Maybe they can combine your bowl games and put it on some tofu.
24:26
There you. Go and let Weird Al take a bite
24:28
of it and see how he is. I'm sure.
24:30
I'm sure he would. All right, let's review our
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bets. Peter, why don't you go first
24:38
since you're up there? Yeah, hopefully this is a winner
24:41
this time. So Arizona SMU under 52 1/2.
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That's my only bet for this week.
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Darren, what you got? Yeah, none of us had anything
24:51
with Indiana and Bama, but we do have some bets for later on
24:55
tonight. I did lay the 6 1/2 of Georgia
24:57
overall miss and I did lay a point and 1/2 with Arizona over
25:01
SMU. All right, and I also have
25:05
Georgia -6 1/2 over Ole Miss and I do have Georgia Ole Miss under
25:09
55 1/2. And I did lay a unit on Texas
25:12
State -13 1/2 over Rice. That'll do it for the first show
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