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Friday Hour 2: Bama Bob on CFB, recapping picks & Mike Palm from Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hi, welcome back Miller and Condon live.
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Jordan Creek Town Center day #2 the final day variety 2 Days of
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compassion Radiothon continues on right through until 6:00
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tonight as the boys come off the bench, Lucas and Sean from 2:00
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until 6, Bama Bob momentarily Mike Palm live from VOS Las
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Vegas. We'll catch up with Mike.
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He will join us. He's got a really good, really
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good offer for Iowa residents only more about that coming up.
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But let's get to our buddy Bama Bob.
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As we talk college football and it's always, I mean, I hate the
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fact that we're at that point, we have to correct our work from
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August just to see how good or how bad we are.
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But at the same time, I'm glad that we do keep track of it and
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see which one of us 3 comes out closer to figuring out this
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college football season when we were killing sagments back in
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July and August. And Bama joins us.
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Hello, Bama. How are you buddy?
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Oh, melancholy can because you know, we're toward the end of
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the season as always, but it's been it's fun and, you know, got
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a got a nice one tomorrow. Army, Navy.
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Always loved that. I do too.
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We get a little bonus later on for the final time, the LA Bowl
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being played with Boise and Washington at 7:00, that will
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that. I don't know where it's going to
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go, if it's going to be replaced, but this is the last
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one out there. So I'm with you.
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I was looking ahead at the calendar, just trying to, you
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know, for the for your sake because I know Christmas and
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holiday time, you're busy with your family.
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Just trying to map out exactly the when you're going to be with
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us because Trent, as you looked at the calendar, we, we got a
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lot of time off during holiday break.
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We really do, anyway. You're fired up about that.
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You know what, I just I and yes, in in some ways I got one for
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you guys that I want to throw at you right off the bat and I
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never put this on the list of things to talk about.
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Really. There is no list this week
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'cause there's only two games to get to Trenton.
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I'm going to ask you the same question, Bama.
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I will give you a choice of Ohio State and Indiana or.
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The field, Ohio State, Indiana or the field?
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Which, Where would you put your money?
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Say they're both even money. Yeah, I.
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Oh boy, if you would have said Ohio State, Georgia in the
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field, it would have been a no brainer.
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And I would because. You don't like India?
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Yeah. You're still not sold.
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You've been. It's just, yes, it's the depth
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of the team. I got to see it now over 3
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consecutive games against elite level competition in the path.
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Likely, it's going to start with Alabama, a team that top to
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bottom. 'Cause that could be a potential
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semifinal in Indiana, Georgia. No, no.
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That would be Ohio State. Georgia would be the semifinal.
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They're the three, right Georgia?
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Yes. I thought it was 10 Horsey's the
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two. Yeah.
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I think I beat Kenneth. I watched the game.
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Yeah, it was going over there. Yeah.
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OK. Indiana's the one they'll take
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on the winner of Oregon, Texas Tech, then if they beat Alabama,
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and then still have to win the national championship game.
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That's a better bet. That's a better bet I wish I
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would have if it if it was that. Because of the way that you put
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it, I think it's really is a toss up though.
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What if you give me Indiana, Ohio State and the field?
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I really just see it as a toss up.
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How about you, Bama? Yeah, how about it?
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Yeah, I would. I would I would do the same.
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I think Georgia is a real contender.
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I've just watched them, you know, more than the other two
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and they're they're just clicking right now.
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I mean, and again, the coaching staff, Kirby Smart, they just
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know how to win. I go back to after they lost.
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I think it was after they lost to Alabama a couple of weeks
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later, they they were on the ropes of Tennessee.
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If that game was 21 seven, they couldn't stop them.
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They figure out a way to win that game in overtime.
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And I I kind of my daughter-in-law is a Georgia
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fan, right? So I got that to deal with.
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But she, you know, I told her, I said Georgia is not going to
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lose again. Georgia is going to run the
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table. They they do hit, you know,
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Texas, whoever, they're going to figure out a way.
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And they did. We saw them against Alabama last
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week. A lot of that is, you know,
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maybe Alabama's offensive deficiencies is but is Ty
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Simpson hurt? But whatever it was, it was a
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blowout in the conference championship game.
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So I think they are a real threat.
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I think Oregon is a threat. I think it's, I think it's
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Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia. I think Oregon is a threat.
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I think Texas Tech has a shot after that.
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I think the rest of them are just kind of pointing for the
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semifinals. But yeah, I would, the way you
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stated it, I would, I would take the field just because I think
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there's, you know, there's a couple teams that can do that.
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And I agree with Trent. I mean, I got to see Indiana,
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but they were impressive, really impressive.
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They weren't against Oregon. They won against Ohio State.
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They want a slugfest against Ohio State.
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Then that's usually not how they play, right?
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You would have thought if Indiana were going to win, maybe
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it's 31283835, something like that.
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But they want a slugfest. And that that to me was as
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important as anything. But, yeah, I mean, Ohio State
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still has the elite talent of anybody.
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You know, when they get, when they get motivated.
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But I want to see Indiana. I have to see Indiana do it. 3
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consecutive weeks against quality opposition because they
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have not played a quality opponent.
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They even played back-to-back quality opponents, much less
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three in a row. So we'll see how that goes.
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Yeah, and Indiana was a pretty important piece of their
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defensive line is he got hurt in a celebration slapping high
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fives with fans as you want as he circled the stadium.
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All right, let's get into a Trent Army Navy tomorrow.
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Your thoughts? It's a game that I think it's
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going to look a whole lot different, you know, if you
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maybe missed last season when scoring actually finally
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happened in this game for the first time in a while.
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Did it go? Did it go over the total?
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It must have, yeah. It did, yeah.
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It was 3113. Oh yeah, you'd have to cause
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it's normally in the 30s. Both these teams offensively
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have progressed forward. The triple option across the
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board is only about 12% of the time.
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Now with both of these teams, we're seeing more elements now.
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They don't throw the ball a ton, not to, you know, mislead.
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What you're going to see, it's going to be basic elements, but
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is a different version of maybe what you grown accustomed to
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with the triple option and what they do.
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Navy does a lot more out of shotgun.
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So it's going to look different if you haven't seen this game
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lately maybe than what you're used to.
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And because of that, I think we're going to see some points
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here. I think this is not going to be
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your traditional 13101713. I think there is going to be a
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little bit more scoring, maybe not enough to go over total, but
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I think it's going to be entertaining in a game like
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this. We've seen it so many times as
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these teams have come closer together, grab the points and I
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think when we get to the end of this hour, I have a feeling I'm
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going to be doing just that. Yeah, I, I, I can't remember the
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last time that this game went the three hour window.
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Right, because the clock's always running.
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Baba, your thoughts? Yeah, I mean, you know what this
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what I how I feel about this game in general, what these kids
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do. True.
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I mean true student athletes, right?
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Forget NIL, forget all that must transfer portal, whatever.
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These are true student athletes. The discipline, what they're
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willing to sacrifice, put on the line for all of us in the future
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is is amazing on the field. I just, I mean, I love this, the
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pageantry in the stadium, all that type of thing.
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I just I've got to get to it. I mean, I just, I just
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absolutely have to one of these years.
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Beau Horvath is a guy that you know, no, not a lot of people
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know about. He's certainly.
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I think he's the difference maker.
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I do too. If he's their leading rusher,
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he's their leading passer. I think he's a kid.
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I don't think he can play quarterback in the NFL.
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But I think this is a kid that if he wanted to, could squeeze
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his way somehow, some way onto an NFL roster either, you know,
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you know, special teams running what whatever slot receiver.
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I mean, I just think he's that good.
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I think he's, you know, he probably won't, but I just I
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think he could. I think he's going to.
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I think he is The X Factor tomorrow and I think he is why
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Navy will win. I agree with, you know, spot on
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as usual. This is not your general, you
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know, triple option. Hey, look, there's a, you know,
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the over under on passes in this game before has been, you know,
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like 10 between both teams and that's usually only with one
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teams ahead. They just they can throw it a
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little bit. They don't a whole lot, but they
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can't. But yeah, I listen, I like Navy.
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I mean, I did. They're just, I think Horvath is
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a difference maker. You know, the spread is going
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up. I'm looking at it kind of open
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at 4 1/2 at 6 1/2. Now.
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I I agree grabbing the points is never a bad bet because you just
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don't know. There's rivalries, guys, and
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then there's this game. I mean, this is just one of
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those, I mean, these guys are going to, you know, serve in the
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armed forces together beside each other.
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And they, it just goes to another level.
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I, I can't explain. I've never been in the military,
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obviously, but I, I, I can't explain it.
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I just know people who have, and whether you played or whether
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you were just in one of those branches that, that this, it
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just means so much to them. Forget the rest of it.
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This is the game one day a year, so I just, I can't wait to watch
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it. I'll be sitting down tomorrow
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too. And I think it's Gary Daniels,
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his last game. I think he's retiring at the end
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of the year. He may do the sun ball, I guess,
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but I think he's done after this one.
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And not that that's the reason to watch by any means.
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No, he's had a career though. He has he and I think he's he's
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taking a lot of crap for his work in the SEC.
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You know he, like every team in the SEC, thought he hated them.
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You. Know good job Gary Danielson.
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Exact 100%. If everybody helps you, then
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you're doing something right. Everybody thinks you're getting
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her team. But yeah, this will be fun
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tomorrow. I'll be watching for sure.
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Good stuff, Trent Washington, Boise State numbers just under
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10. I wonder one part of this is
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what's happening with Jedfish, the potential of him becoming
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the Michigan coach. You know, if something happens
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here, if we start to hear rumblings, what does that mean
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for Jonah Coleman, their great running back?
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What does that mean for Denzel Boston, their great wide
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receiver? Washington's better than Boise.
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But also remember Boise when they certainly when they went to
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that downturn here about a month ago, that was when Madsen was
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hurt. They're a different team.
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When he's in, he's back. Yeah.
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They were so limited offensively when he wasn't in the game.
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Certainly if it gets above that 10, if it gets to the 1010 1/2,
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I think I'm going to be grabbing Boise at 9 1/2.
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Kind of a stay away right now, but yeah, with Matic Madison in
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there, they're gonna hang around.
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It's going to be a competitive game, but just keep an eye on
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the Jed Fish situation and possibly.
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Excellent point. Excellent point Bammy, your
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thoughts? Yeah, I hit it again, stealing
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my notes. I just I think this is a really
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good game to start the bowl season, right?
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There's so much crap in the middle of it.
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You just, you know, choose Detroit and now Troy,
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Jacksonville State where I'm at and there's two Alabama teams.
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It's getting a little run, very little.
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But then you really got to, I mean, you got to stretch at that
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point after until you get to the playoff games on the 19th to
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really struggle to find something that grabs your
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attention. But I think this is a good one
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out of the chute. You mentioned this going away.
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Probably should. I don't know how many teams
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really. Certainly this is just a fan
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base game, right? Nobody in Cal and Socal, unless
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you're an alumni is going to go, hey, let's just, let's go to
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Sofly and watch Boise and Washington on a Saturday.
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It it's a good destination for both these teams.
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I like the fact they got 2 West Coast teams out there.
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I think you're right. Fish is, I think fish is The X
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Factor. Washington is a better team.
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They have been all year. They were kind of in the mix
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for, you know, maybe sort of kind of sneaking into something
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and they they just, they couldn't sustain it.
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But I like the Huskies in this one.
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I, I just, I, I think it's a good, it's a fun, entertaining
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game. Should be entertaining, but it's
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a good game. I know Boise is a group of five,
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but they're kind of a, a group of four, Power 4, whatever.
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They're kind of a de facto, they're like a 4 1/2, right?
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Because they're just kind of always there, you know, the
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conference they play in, but they can compete with, with big
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boys. They've shown in the past.
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They made the playoffs last year for goodness sake.
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But yeah, I think it's just a good game.
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I don't know how these bowl games guys, as you know, are
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just so hard. So many X factors who's playing,
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who's out, who's transferred, What are the coaches doing?
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You know, it's just I you know, again, I'm not a you know, I'm
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not an I'm not a better online because it's a mortal sin and we
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don't allow it here in Alabama. However, you know, to me both
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seeing it's just it's all about live betting and props at some
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point, right? I mean, because the spreads
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initially, when you get, when you get two or three days out,
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it's so hard because we all see it.
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Well, somebody's opted out at the last minute.
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But this one tonight should be fun.
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And what else are you going to do on a Friday night?
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Absolutely. We are pressed on time because
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we have another variety club. We want to make sure we hit on
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that on time. Should we go to the Notebook
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fellas? Yeah, embarrass ourselves.
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You ready, Bammy? You ready to go?
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Yeah, why not? Let's do it.
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Let's just call it. You think so?
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Who won it last year? Did you win last year?
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Trent I. Think so, I think.
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You did. You pulled it on.
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I think I. Could buy a point.
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Yeah, the technicality involved the Russian judge or whatever.
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We, we, you're right. Yeah, we we threw a flag.
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We threw a flag. All right, I don't remember what
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we asked Trent, so I'll just turn it over to.
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You so we got a bunch of different things here.
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Let's start with the group of Five representative.
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Now we got two this year. So you had two actual
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opportunities to get in, but you guys both get a point.
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You both had Tulane in good call out of you.
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I had Memphis. I thought you told me all year I
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had Boise State. No, I'm, I'm looking at the
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notebook right here. See, I didn't.
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Think I had Boise State, so we'll take the point.
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We're up 1. Bama, you got.
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One right away. Let's get to the ACC ACC.
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Championship, you guys again. Similar thought process you both
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had Clemson over Louisville. That didn't happen, no.
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Didn't I had Miami? OK, who?
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Should have been there, yeah. Over Clemson?
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No points for any, no. Points we got blanked in the
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ACC. We need to spend more time on
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that. The better we'll, we'll, we'll
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give Trent, the better, the better result on that.
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But you didn't get a point for it.
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No points. I did say though, at the end of
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that segment, Duke is my dark horse there and I put a ticket
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in, got him at 9:00 to 1:00 to make the championship.
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I never heard him say that, Bama, did you?
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We could change no, we could always know the recollection of
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that. No, no, no to.
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That the embarrassment continues as nobody got the Big 12
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champion myself. All miss Texas Tech.
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We both had Utah. You didn't.
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You and I did Bama. You had Arizona State over
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Baylor. But.
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We do get a couple of points, Texas Tech in the championship
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game for both Ken and myself. Yeah, so we get a couple of
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points in that one. Shut out again, now over 4.
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Bama, how you feeling? I'm not.
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I don't think I'm shut out. I had Tulane, right?
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Well, you got Tulane. Tulane at least in the
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conference championship games. Well, the Big 10.
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That should be good for you. Yeah, I think it's two, one and
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one right now. If I'm keeping score, Miller's
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ahead. Me too, I'm way out in front.
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Well, nobody got the champion Indiana.
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Nobody got Indiana. Nobody had Indiana.
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OK, we all had Ohio State, right?
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No, Bama did not. He had Penn State over Oregon,
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Oh, for six. Now in championship games, Ken,
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you had Penn State over Ohio State, a point for you.
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I had Ohio State over Penn State a point for me.
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So a couple more points tallied up.
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Now this is the time that Bama's got to hit it right.
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It's the SEC Championship. Yeah, this is Bama.
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Got a huge edge here. Do you remember what you had,
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Bama? I think I had Ole Miss in
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Georgia. You had neither of the two.
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You had Texas over Alabama. So you get a point for having
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Bama in the championship game. You get that one.
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But the Longhorns did not make it.
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No. Ken yes, you had Alabama.
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Yes, winning. It didn't.
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Happen. Over Texas.
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All right. And I had Alabama over Georgia.
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So I had both did this, so I had.
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Both participants in there. So when we add up that part of
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it, let's see, I got 1234, can you have 4?
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And Bama, you finished with two. But we're still not done.
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Well, we had more Heisman Trophy winner.
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Oh, this is going to be brutal. Both of you guys had Kate club
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Nick. Yeah, didn't quite happen.
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I was all over club. I was all over Clemson.
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I had Gunner Stockton. Did not happen.
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Didn't happen. We go to 1st.
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Coach fired Bama. I nailed it.
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Bama had Brent Venables. Ken, you had Mike Gundy.
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Bang, that's worth 5. No, no, no, no.
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That's not how this works. I fickle who should have been
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fired. We had our favorite over under
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on the season. OK.
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Ken, another point you had Oklahoma State, you went tandem
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with Gundy getting fired under 5/5 and 1/2 was that number.
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Yes. Good God, talk about easy money.
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I have Kentucky under 4 1/2. They finished five and.
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Seven. Oh no.
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And Bama, what are you doing on the Huskers over 7 and A?
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Half they won 7. They won seven and five.
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I should know better. I should know better.
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Finally, our final four. Yep, and this will have to be
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graded at the end, but we'll just put it out there into the
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ether so everybody knows who the Final Four that we had in the
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college football. This was in August.
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We did this in August. And the national champion also,
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Bama, Bob, you had Clemson winning the national
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championship. I don't think you can go through
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the Pinstripe Bowl to get there. So that's not going to happen.
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You didn't have Georgia in the Final Four, Alabama, who's still
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alive, and Penn State who's also in the Pinstripe Bowl. 2
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Pinstripe Bowl participants. That should have been a question
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he would have. Misunder.
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I must have misunderstood the question.
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That's it, yeah. Ken also had Clemson winning a
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national championship. You had Alabama, yes.
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You also had Penn State and you had Utah in the final, Utah,
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Utah in the Final Four. OK.
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My final four consisted of Alabama still alive.
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Yep, Ohio State still alive. Yep, Notre Dame not alive.
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Should have been. And Georgia, who I had winning
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it all. You could sneak up and win this
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damn thing still. Open.
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It's not over. Unbelievable.
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I think I've been. Eliminated.
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Yeah. I think you're probably all
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brother. I'll text you over the weekend.
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OK, Bama? Next Friday for sure.
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For absolute sure. Thank you buddy.
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Got it. Take care.
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Talk to you then. Thank you Bama.
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Bob joining us is he does each and every Friday during the
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college football season. Fun times that wasn't.
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Brutal. No better than I better
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anticipate. Yeah, the Memphis 1 still upsets
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me. They were 8:00 and 1:00.
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They had injuries. Yeah, I I thought I had that one
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sniffed up and I had a pretty. Nice.
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I was all over Clemson. Yeah, I thought Clemson.
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I bet Clemson. Personally, I thought Clemson
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was going to be a terrific year. More disappointing Clemson or
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Penn State? Who cause Penn State had
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expectations, too. They were everybody in the top
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three. First, yes, that's a great one.
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That's a really good question. I don't know the answer.
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Let's get Ivy from High V Yes, she joins us.
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Hi. Hello gentlemen, I have no
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insights on Clemson. No, no, no.
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So sorry you haven't been breaking down the tape in the
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last 24 hours. I.
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Have not. I have not right?
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So what have you been doing? It's been busy around here.
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The Variety, 2 days of compassion, Radiothon.
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It's been going well. It's been going well, but
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there's still a lot of ground to cover, yes.
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There are. There are time to do so.
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That's the good news. That is the great news.
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We are here until six o'clock 7:00 this evening.
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Yep, with our friends from Variety raising funds for the
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Compassion Fund. And I don't know if you guys
19:20
have been hearing the same stories.
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Unbelievable, Incredible work that Variety is doing.
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Mary Greeley, what they do for the Mary Greeley Hospital and
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the kids and the families that sadly you have to show up there.
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Amazing. Amazing work, and what I love
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the most is variety is right there, yes, in the moment of
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need alongside these families and their healthcare providers.
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And that's what our listeners can help support today.
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Yeah, We heard a story about an unfortunate child who was
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celebrating having their first birthday in the hospital and not
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a lot of family there. And all the staff that's been a
19:50
part of that child's care showed up and threw a birthday party
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and was all because of the compassion fund that they were
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able to, you know, get a cake and get the gifts.
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Just some of the small stuff that we take for granted.
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Amazing. It is amazing.
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Healing power of a helium balloon.
20:04
I tell you, that's something. Doesn't it make everybody
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happier? Yes.
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Yeah. Big balloon people.
20:09
Absolutely, absolutely. But yeah, listeners, if you're
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out there, we'd encourage you if you've got a few extra dollars
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this holiday season, they couldn't go to a better 'cause.
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They couldn't until 2:00. It's your your dollars are going
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to be matched 100% by our friends at the Wild Roast
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casinos throughout the state of Iowa, which there are three
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So, you know, you donate 20 bucks, it instantly becomes
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forty, 100 becomes 2. So that's a really nice thing.
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Thank you, Wild Rose for that. Sorry, Trent.
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Varietyiowa.com/compassion that's where you can go right
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now to donate along with the phone number 515-276-6669,
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515-276-6669. Ivy, One thing we talked about a
20:48
little bit yesterday, the Compassion Project, how how
20:51
quickly these funds get into the families in their hands.
20:53
And you know, one thing I guess it just didn't even think about
20:57
so many people out there struggling, living paycheck to
21:00
paycheck. And, you know, we talked about
21:02
putting some gas in your tank, going to high heat fuel and
21:04
fill, filling up there, going and getting some food.
21:07
But just your bills. I mean, for so many of these
21:10
families, your child's in the hospital, you're not able to
21:12
work. And it's yeah, those small
21:13
things are obviously important, those things day-to-day.
21:16
But then big picture, you know, the bills that are there.
21:18
And that's something also the Compassion Project can help with
21:21
funds for paying your heating bill, paying for your lights to
21:24
stay on in your home, just those things that a lot of times I
21:27
think we just overlooked. Absolutely.
21:29
Yeah. So many of the families that
21:30
we've heard from, you get a diagnosis for your child and
21:33
your life looks completely different in a single moment.
21:36
So yeah, you've got to think about can I work?
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You know, who's going to take care of their other children in
21:41
the home? And that's what the Variety team
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and the Compassion Fund is there to help answer those questions
21:46
in that moment for those families.
21:48
Let's talk about Hy Vee. We're on different hour
21:50
yesterday. So our audience kind of switches
21:52
over just Hy Vee's, their relationship with Variety Iowa.
21:57
Yeah, we've been proud supporters of Variety since
21:59
1983. I don't know how many of your
22:01
listeners were around then, I was barely, but just a long
22:05
history of supporting Variety because they do such incredible
22:07
work at Hy Vee. Our former CEO told us that if
22:10
you have the ability to do good, you have the responsibility to
22:14
do good. And our employees rally behind
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Variety with register roundups with community events.
22:19
We've built adaptive playgrounds for kids so that kids with
22:22
special needs can enjoy just regular kid activities.
22:26
Absolutely. Yeah.
22:27
We were here building bikes yesterday for kids in needs.
22:30
That was awesome. Yeah, our Hyvee construction
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team, man, they are machines. They got it done good.
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Yeah. And those bikes are going to
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ride out the door to kids in needs this holiday season.
22:38
Imagine the look on faces when those are bikes arrive, whether
22:41
it's Christmas morning or whatever they get.
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Them be riding around the living.
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Room. Why not right?
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We outside today? No, we all did no good stuff.
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The number again, 515-276-6669, 515-276-6669 here until 7:00
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with WHO, 6:00 with KX and OS. We will continue to broadcast
23:00
live. Ivy from Hyvee, Yes, thank you
23:03
for stopping by. It's been such a pleasure
23:05
talking with you guys. It's.
23:06
Good to talk to you. Work on that Clemson film work.
23:08
I'll do what I can. I'll do what I can.
23:09
Miller and Condon will be back. Mike Palm joins us from Las
23:12
Vegas. That's next is we take you until
23:15
2 on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
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Hi Mory Condon, welcome back. We'll take you up until 2:00.
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This is our final half hours. We broadcast live from Jordan
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Creek Town Center. The variety 2 days of compassion
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Radiothon presented by high V. The phone number to donate is
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515 and operators are standing by 515-276-6669.
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During Trent's and my shift. Every dollar that's donated will
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be a 100% match by our friends at Wild Rose casinos over the
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three of which in the state of Iowa of course Jefferson,
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Emmetsburg and Clinton. A good partner of Wild Rose is
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our next guest is Circa is sponsored is partnered with with
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Wild Rose and Mike Palm the VP of operations.
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He joins us. Hello, Mike Palm, Trenton, Ken,
24:11
how are you? I'm doing, I'm doing well
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fellas, Speaking of Wild Rose, I'll be doing quarterly events
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on site at one of their three properties in in 2026.
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So I'm excited for that. Good.
24:27
So are we. We're excited to come join you,
24:30
especially the one in Jefferson, although Clinton's really nice
24:33
as well. Really nice and.
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We need to get you up to North Iowa.
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I've been to the. Eppersburg One as of yet.
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Well, Mike, let's let's do this right off the bat.
24:41
The news that that you shared with us the promotion that circa
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and just Iowa residents only only in the state of Iowa.
24:48
This is a real nice gesture as we're going to get deep into
24:52
Derek Stevens wallet. Let's go there.
24:54
Why don't you read the details? Trent yeah, it starts tomorrow.
24:57
It is December 13th through the 22nd and everybody out there an
25:01
opportunity for you to earn a share of $100,000 for every 100
25:05
out for $100 bet. You'll will be entered with a
25:08
share and a second share if you bet over $500 during the period.
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So it's not that you have to put it together, it's all your
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wagers together. You want to make $1010.00 bets.
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That'll hit that $100 marker there, Mike.
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A really fun idea, and as my wife said last night, I think
25:23
all of us would like to get into Derek's wallet.
25:26
Yeah, I'm happy we're doing this $100,000 and it's a little thank
25:32
you to the customers in Iowa who sort of war with us as we rolled
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out the new technology. There were some pickups for a
25:39
couple weeks there, especially with the end game product.
25:41
So it's important to know. Yeah, the 10 day period starting
25:45
tomorrow that goes through the following Monday.
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That way it encompasses 2 NFL weekends and the first round of
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the College Football Playoffs. Each individual customer can
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only win a maximum of two shares.
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One share if you accumulate $100 in wagers during that period and
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two shares if you accumulate 500.
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So it's not one person's going to, you know, come in with
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$400,000 and, and volume is the majority of it.
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And just so for smaller betters, know that they've got, you know,
26:19
an equal footing here. Most anybody can get us 2
26:21
shares, but we're excited about it and it starts tomorrow.
26:25
Yeah, and I'm glad you guys looking after the little guys,
26:27
quote little guys, which I consider myself a member of that
26:31
club. Mike, you mentioned the
26:33
playoffs. I I know that we're a week away
26:35
from it yet. Once you posted the numbers,
26:37
what did you see? Is there one of the playoff
26:39
games next week of the four next week?
26:41
That's that the betters are gravitating more so than the
26:45
others. Well, the first two are getting
26:48
more action in the 2nd 2, the ones that are more tightly
26:50
lined. Obviously the Friday night game,
26:53
which I'm very disappointed and we can get into it if you want
26:55
to or not because that was set up to be Notre Dame at Oklahoma
26:59
for a long time. And my good friend is it runs
27:03
one of the Indian casinos down there and and it's a University
27:07
of Oklahoma graduate. So he had tickets on a 40 yard
27:10
line for me and my family. If it was Notre Dame, they would
27:13
put us up. So I was looking forward to
27:14
going down there next Friday, but that didn't happen.
27:17
But obviously that game, Alabama at Oklahoma, which is a rematch
27:20
and then the for some reason they put the early morning game
27:23
on Saturday as, as Miami and Texas A&M.
27:27
Those two games have gotten probably 3X the volume of the
27:31
other two, which have, you know, 17 and 21 point spreads with the
27:35
the rematch of Tulane and Mississippi and then James
27:38
Madison at Oregon. Well, Mike, you are a Notre Dame
27:42
grad and obviously a lot of upset Notre Dame people from the
27:45
athletic director all the way down take us in a little bit
27:48
after being in the field throughout, you dominate the
27:51
final ten games of the schedule and yet on the outside looking
27:54
in, the frustration and a boy, the hypocrisy of that TV show
27:58
week in and week out. Well, you've got it, Trent.
28:01
The Sham is the TV show. You can't have a TV show that on
28:05
November 2nd has Notre Dame 10th and Miami 18th.
28:08
I believe the committee knew that Miami had beaten Notre Dame
28:11
on November 2nd and then they each, they were both 6 and 2.
28:16
They each win their last four games against common opponents
28:19
because Notre Dame's playing an ACC heavy schedule.
28:22
I mean, they almost have the literally the same results.
28:24
Notre Dame margin of victories a little more than Miami, but they
28:27
beat two of the same teams out of the four and then similar
28:30
teams to in the other game and say one of them balls and the
28:35
other one goes up 9 spots. I mean, it's ludicrous.
28:38
And then you can on the final, we can talk out of both sides of
28:41
your mouth and say we cannot punish Alabama for making a
28:44
conference championship game. But BYU, they didn't look great.
28:48
We're going to move them down. BYU lost the exact same game
28:51
they played in Lubbock. So they as to quote Denny Green,
28:54
they are who we thought they are.
28:56
And Alabama lost by three touchdowns to a team they beat.
29:00
You have to if you're going to downgrade what it's Alabama, not
29:03
BYU. There's just so much hypocrisy.
29:05
If we'd have had no TV shows and we just waited and they came out
29:09
with a bracket, nobody would really be.
29:11
So I don't think anybody would be talking.
29:12
They might debate should an Alabama has stayed in, should
29:15
Notre Dame that there wouldn't have been an outcry and Notre
29:18
Dame would be going play BYU in a bowl game and the world would
29:20
be a much better place. Yeah, you're preaching the
29:23
choir. Absolutely.
29:24
Trent's been on that TV show for years.
29:26
Hated it from the start. And I I like it because it's
29:29
content it gives us. We can make up our own content,
29:32
we don't need those idiots. But I, I.
29:33
Like the fact that it's that it makes for its own segment each
29:36
and every week. Mike, what are you seeing as far
29:38
as winning? Winning it all is.
29:40
And I'm not sold on Ohio State. I know that they're, you know,
29:44
the girl with the curl. Everybody still likes Ohio
29:46
State. I there's something missing from
29:49
this year's group. I don't know if it's on the
29:51
offensive side of the ball. I would lean that direction.
29:53
What are you seeing as far as as you know betters coming forward
29:58
and and making their play? Who are they backing Mike and
30:01
and who are you surprised that maybe they are so?
30:05
Well, Georgia a little bit, but I get that.
30:07
I was thinking about betting Georgia at six to one after the
30:10
bracket came out. I just, I mean Ohio State's
30:13
still less than two to one. I mean, I keep how can you bet
30:16
them at less than two to one? Yeah, I can make some arguments
30:19
for Ohio State. I think obviously the Big 10
30:22
championship game meant a lot more to Indiana than Ohio State.
30:25
You can't convince me otherwise. I think Ryan Day was very
30:28
vanilla and his play calling. I think if there was a rematch,
30:31
he didn't want to show too much, so I'm making a little bit of
30:34
excuses. That being said, they couldn't
30:36
get over 14 against either Texas or Indiana, which is concerning.
30:41
You got this quarterback Iceman, you know, finalists who's
30:43
complete 75% of his passes and you get shut out in the
30:47
second-half. I also didn't agree with trying
30:49
to kick the field goal with 2 1/2 minutes to go.
30:52
I thought if you kick the field goal, Indiana still going to get
30:54
in position to win the game. I thought you had to go 4th down
30:56
there and go for the touchdown. If you don't make it, you don't
30:59
make it. I'm not saying that knowing he's
31:01
going to miss the field goal. I just didn't like it when they
31:03
tried to the field go kick her out after they got stopped on
31:05
3rd and one. To the NFL starts last night
31:10
with what we anticipate is going to be something impactful for
31:14
Circa Survivor is that field is obviously dwindled way, way
31:17
down. But you look at the slate, lot
31:19
of divisional matchups this weekend and some head scratching
31:22
ones. And Ken, we're talking just
31:23
before we got you on Mike. It's up now with Circa.
31:26
The Chiefs are favored by 5 1/2 against the Chargers.
31:29
That's just absolutely befuddling to me.
31:32
What are you seeing and and why the change as the steam
31:34
continues to come in? I guess on KC.
31:37
I don't get it. They don't even have an
31:38
offensive line. I bet a money line partly of
31:41
dolphins and Chargers. I think both both lines are way
31:46
off to me. I I just I, you know, how many
31:52
times can people keep burning money on the cheeks and they
31:54
keep doing it because every week these things is well, this is
31:57
their last stand. Well, this is the other fifth
31:58
last stand. I mean, we just keep going on
32:01
and on and on and on and on about this.
32:03
I can't buy. I just I don't get back a team.
32:06
And I think Harbaugh is going to attack, attack, attack as much
32:11
as he can here with with with a very decent team in the
32:14
Chargers. And I honestly might make this
32:16
game. Casey 1 or 1 1/2.
32:18
I just think it's a pretty outrageous number.
32:21
And I wouldn't have Pittsburgh favored by more than one over
32:23
Miami. Miami's got a path to the
32:25
playoffs here. I know he wants to hear that.
32:27
They played awfully well after the first six weeks and they
32:30
kept their head coach, which nobody could understand.
32:33
But this is a very talented team that had such a horrible start.
32:37
And I just don't buy people who are beating Baltimore because
32:39
there's something wrong with the Ravens.
32:41
There's something fundamentally wrong with the Ravens, and I
32:43
think it's probably John Harbaugh's last run in Baltimore
32:46
as well. Help me out with the Patriots
32:49
and Bills. How do you see this one?
32:51
Bill's just a slight favorite. Yeah, I think if you're going to
32:55
bet it, you take the home dog here off the by, I think
32:59
Brabel's had a lot of time to try to prepare his defense for
33:02
whatever Buffalo is going to throw at him.
33:05
So I'm not going to play the game.
33:06
But I would lean Patriots. You know, they can knock the
33:09
Bills out and they they clench the division with the win here,
33:13
virtually clench it with a tie, if that even came into play.
33:16
But it's Buffalo's last stand about trying to win the
33:18
division. They come off a tough game where
33:21
Cincinnati LED almost the entire game and that snowstorm.
33:24
I just think that the Patriots, scheduling wise, are in a much
33:28
better spot this game. My.
33:31
Bears now over a touchdown favorite.
33:33
It is going to be bitterly cold in that game.
33:36
Certainly you'd think that's going to be impactful.
33:38
We don't. Wind always impacts things.
33:39
But that bitter cold, how that's going to impact things?
33:42
But the Browns come in with the defense.
33:44
Maybe it's just my Bears fandom and the disappointment of the
33:47
last 40 plus years. However, I'm a little nervous
33:50
about this game, should I be? I don't think so because I think
33:55
you saw the formula is just to run the ball up inside against
33:58
this Cleveland team. That's what Tennessee did to
34:00
them with with Pollard last week and I think the Bears are good
34:03
at that. It's a must win for the Bears.
34:05
I mean, this is absolutely a must win.
34:07
If they lose this game, they're not making the playoffs in my
34:09
opinion. And I still think they might
34:11
have to scratch out another win. Can't the losing last night is
34:15
helpful because that makes the South for sure A1 bid league.
34:19
You gotta, if you're a Bears fan, you're a Rams fan, you want
34:22
Detroit to lose and you don't want that.
34:24
That maybe that final week game doesn't mean anything and the
34:26
Lions are out of it. The Bears are already in.
34:30
Mike, we'll let you go on this. I got two more I want to put
34:33
together, if you will, the whatever it's called the NBA is
34:36
doing right now with that mid season championship.
34:40
I know the finals this weekend, semifinals in Vegas, final on
34:43
Tuesday night. Has that been good for business?
34:45
And then Fast forward to next Thursday.
34:48
Boy, oh boy, Prime's got a dinger.
34:50
Seattle hosting the Rams. I think they're the best two
34:52
teams in the NFL, the NBA and their mid season tournament.
34:56
How's that been for business and what do you anticipate as far as
34:59
right next Thursday? You know, I thought this NBA Cup
35:02
was a joke when they started it. But if you listen to the
35:05
players, they love this thing and it's hard to after you
35:08
played it and you get to the semifinals to go back to the
35:11
regular ho hum grind of the league.
35:14
And I said, well, what? It's just, you know, what does
35:16
it do for the players that are making so many million?
35:19
One team gets it where it's meaningful to the WNBA because
35:21
they don't make any money, but they love this and the fans turn
35:25
out and I'm kicking myself because you could have got OKC
35:28
and even money before it started to win it all.
35:30
I mean, they're beating everybody by 4040 points, but
35:33
you know, 24 and one and the average margin to victory is 17.
35:38
This, this team's unbelievable. You could have got 12:50 that
35:41
they would break the winds record this year 2 weeks ago.
35:43
I mean that's gone. That's like down to three to one
35:46
now so and then I want to see Seattle.
35:50
I want to see Seattle because they played the Rams last time
35:56
and Darnell came up small just like he did at the end of the
35:58
year for the, just like he did at the end of the year.
36:01
Now they seem to be getting all the greatest scheduling spots
36:03
ever. They're playing all these teams
36:04
with no quarterback. Rosner with the Vikings you're
36:07
going to have, you're going to have 80 year old Phillip Rivers
36:09
or what? I mean, they're getting a lot of
36:11
breaks in the schedule to where they're a double digit favorite
36:14
every. I want to see him go up against
36:15
the great team and see if Darnold can play like he did the
36:18
1st 16 weeks with Minnesota last year or if he's going to revert
36:21
to that last two games and the game against the Rams earlier
36:24
this year. Good stuff, Mike.
36:26
Palm, Trent and I want to hit on the promotion one more time.
36:29
We'll let you go. We appreciate what you do for
36:31
us, Mike. We'll talk to you next, next
36:34
Friday. Have a great weekend and into
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next week, Mike, thank you. Thank you.
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Good to talk to you, Mike Palm, VP of operations at Circus
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Derek's wallet. So it's not like somebody's
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going to come in and swoop all of those shares.
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I love the fact that they included that in the promotion.
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And oh, Circa Sports sponsors, we have a narrow lead over the
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boys in the afternoon. Just a narrow lead.
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But let's extend it and expand. It yeah, I needed five and O
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just to go at over Mount 502 college, 2 pro and a best bet of
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the week. We kick things off with the FCS
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playoffs. More than anything, this is a
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handicap let down from Illinois State after that historic upset
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win up in Fargo. I'm going to grab UC Davis, lay
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the 2 1/2 pick #2A bowl game. Give me Jacksonville State.
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They can run the ball. That's all I know.
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I'll grab the 2 1/2 against Troy to the NFL.
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Houston. Great defense.
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Still not sure about the offense.
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Arizona now getting 10 in the market.
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Give me the Cardinals plus the 10 on the road against the
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Texans. Going to grab Washington plus 2
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1/2 in Cincinnati. My best bet +3.
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All right, so I'll take the favorites tomorrow, Navy and
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Washington in college, Buffalo, LA 1:00 On the other side of
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you, Trent, I'll take Houston, 9 1/2 as I have it.
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And my best bet is the Los Angeles Rams off the bench
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coming up next, Sean and Lucas until 6.
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