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Lee Sterling - @paramountsports · The Sean O'Connell Show

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to the sean o'connell show your source for
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  Speaker 1: the best youth football coverage here's oc from the murdoch
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  Speaker 2: Fm our next guest lee sterling paramount sports gets hot
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  Speaker 2: and stays hot in the college football the nfl and
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  Speaker 2: even if you're a Big UFC or MMA fan. He's
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  Speaker 2: got picks for that as well. ParamountSports.com, 800-400-9741. Lee Sterling
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  Speaker 2: joins us again to talk about some of the picks
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  Speaker 2: of the week.
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  Speaker 3: Hi, Lee. Hey, how are you? You know what's crazy?
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  Speaker 3: I was just hearing the news and watching the win.
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  Speaker 3: How does Israel Bonfim misweight by 7 1⁄2 pounds?
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  Speaker 2: That is so unprofessional, and you're just not trying at
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  Speaker 2: that point. Now, if it's a super late-notice fight, you've
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  Speaker 2: got to make sure that your manager negotiates that in,
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  Speaker 2: catchweight opportunity, which the UFC doesn't like to give you.
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  Speaker 4: But that's a bad, bad sign for Israel Bonfim.
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  Speaker 3: And I was going to go against him, too. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, let him sit in the sweat box for
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  Speaker 3: a few hours, see if he can get even closer,
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  Speaker 3: and then I'll put even more money on Prado.
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  Speaker 2: Let's talk about the picks of the week here, Lee. Well,
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  Speaker 2: first of all, staying hot from last week. 3-1-1 on
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  Speaker 2: the picks you gave us last week. You got a
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  Speaker 2: really interesting slate of college football this weekend, and we're
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  Speaker 2: starting off hot with a top six matchup. Alabama, Georgia, Bama,
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  Speaker 2: one and a half point favorites in this barn burner.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and I just checked the weather, and it looks
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  Speaker 3: like we find maybe a light drizzle during the game,
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  Speaker 3: but That field ranged super well. And, you know, these
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  Speaker 3: two teams could end up meeting again in the SEC
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  Speaker 3: championship game or the college football playoffs. It's tough to
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  Speaker 3: go against top-tier quarterbacks. But you've got to pick one
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  Speaker 3: to go against here. Maybe it's Gunnar Stockton. And as
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  Speaker 3: good as he is, I mean, he's a winner. He
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  Speaker 3: could win a national championship. He is that much of
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  Speaker 3: a leader. A lot of times on third and seven,
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  Speaker 3: he'll make the throw that moves the change. He'll dive
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  Speaker 3: for the first down. His team feeds off him. And
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  Speaker 3: the defense is really good. They're linebackers. Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if I've ever seen linebackers that can
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  Speaker 3: pursue sideline to sideline like these two guys. But The
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  Speaker 3: difference here is I think injuries to their running backs.
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  Speaker 3: Top two guys might be on a pitch count, and
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  Speaker 3: maybe one or two of their top three receivers may
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  Speaker 3: miss this game. So I think Alabama has more quick
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  Speaker 3: strike capability on offense and defense. Yeah, they give up
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  Speaker 3: more yards and points, but they also have eight interceptions,
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  Speaker 3: and they've taken two to the house. I just think
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  Speaker 3: that Alabama at home with Keelan Russell, quarterback, just more dangerous.
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  Speaker 3: They can go to the house. on any play on you.
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  Speaker 3: I like Alabama. Should be an instant classic here, 30-27.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to save the BYU and Utah games best
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  Speaker 2: for last here, so we'll get to some NFL picks.
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  Speaker 2: The Rams are three-point favorites against the Bills.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know. The Rams, we talked about the Rams.
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  Speaker 2: We crowned the Rams before the season started as the
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  Speaker 2: eventual Super Bowl champions. They still haven't had Aaron Donald
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  Speaker 2: and Miles Garrett playing together. That will happen eventually. They
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  Speaker 2: are three-point favorites against the Bills team that also has
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  Speaker 2: Super Bowl expectations. Are we getting a preview of what
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  Speaker 2: we might see in the last game of the season?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I think it could happen here. I do like
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  Speaker 3: the setup, though, for Buffalo coming off seven turnovers the
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  Speaker 3: last two weeks. Rams defensive unit shows so many different looks,
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  Speaker 3: but Josh Allen is seen. He just needs to be
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  Speaker 3: a little more careful with the ball. If they were
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  Speaker 3: coming in 4-0, I think the Rams might knock them
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  Speaker 3: off here, but I think they have a chip on
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  Speaker 3: their shoulder a lot of times when teams travel off
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  Speaker 3: of a loss. If they're a top-tier team, they get
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  Speaker 3: a couple guys back, especially on the defense. They're a
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  Speaker 3: dangerous team here. So I like Buffalo. Last team with
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  Speaker 3: a ball wins. Give me the bills here, 34-30.
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  Speaker 2: Seahawks, Niners. Niners are my team, Lee. Tread carefully here.
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  Speaker 2: Seahawks are favorites at home.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we had them last week, and as long as
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  Speaker 3: they don't take any more injuries, I think they should
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  Speaker 3: be okay. This is a great setup. San Francisco was
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  Speaker 3: coming off the short week last year in the playoffs,
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  Speaker 3: had to travel to Seattle in the NFC divisional round
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  Speaker 3: and got blown out 41-6. I think they have the
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  Speaker 3: better quarterback right now. I think Brock Purdy's playing the
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  Speaker 3: best football of any quarterback in the league, and I
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  Speaker 3: think Sam Darnold, something's missing right now. He's not clicking
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  Speaker 3: on all cylinders, and Seattle, here's a tell, tells you
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  Speaker 3: how bad things are at running back. They were thinking about,
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  Speaker 3: and not just for a minute, until they brought him
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  Speaker 3: in for a physical on signing Joe Mixon. Are you
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  Speaker 3: kidding me here? I like San Francisco. I think they
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  Speaker 3: exact that revenge here, 27-23.
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  Speaker 4: Let's go. That's what we need.
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  Speaker 2: The game of the week, Boise State, who I think
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  Speaker 2: is the best group of six team we have in
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  Speaker 2: the country. They're six-and-a-half point favorites in a conference matchup
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  Speaker 2: against Fresno State.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, they want to get that game for free. This
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  Speaker 3: has become a big game all of a sudden. So
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  Speaker 3: two teams playing at a high level, you want to
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 2: I really wanted your help with this one. We've been
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  Speaker 2: talking about it kind of all week and certainly a
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  Speaker 2: lot today. Big injury news at BYU. They're down their
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  Speaker 2: top two running backs. One of their best linebackers is out.
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  Speaker 2: Raider DeMooney they thought was going to be a starting safety.
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  Speaker 2: He's yet to play any significant time this year. BYU,
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  Speaker 2: ten-and-a-half-point favorites. It's a night game tonight at Lavelle Edwards
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  Speaker 2: Stadium against an Iowa State team that, after getting beat
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  Speaker 2: up by Utah, showed a lot of life last week
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  Speaker 2: and ran all over the place. Ten-and-a-half feels big to me, Lee.
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  Speaker 2: I wanted your thoughts.
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  Speaker 3: I feel the same way here. You know, Bear Bachmeier,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, the kid has heart. Running from the football,
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  Speaker 3: he's a leader. But they just don't have quick strike
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  Speaker 3: capability on offense. I mean, the defense, probably the hardest-hitting
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  Speaker 3: defense I've seen in a couple years. They smack you.
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  Speaker 3: I would not want to face them. But on offense,
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  Speaker 3: I don't see this team scoring 30, 40 points. So
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  Speaker 3: do you want to lay double digits to a team
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  Speaker 3: that has a running back that can do it all,
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  Speaker 3: running the football, catching the ball out of the backfield?
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 3: And they've got confidence. You know, they played with Iowa
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  Speaker 3: on the road, lost by three, didn't give up against Utah.
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  Speaker 3: So I think it's going to be a low-scoring game here.
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  Speaker 3: I think BYU escapes here 21-17, but I'm taking the
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  Speaker 3: double-digit points here in the Cyclones.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, I thought that might be your pick.
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  Speaker 2: Also, Aiden Flora, who you just referenced, a running back
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  Speaker 2: who can do it all, against Utah, they held him
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  Speaker 2: to four yards a carry. That's still a respectable average, but...
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  Speaker 2: They went away from him too much in that game.
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  Speaker 2: He only got 13 carries in that game against Utah
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  Speaker 2: because they were trailing so much after a really bad
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  Speaker 2: first half. If they can stay the course and keep
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  Speaker 2: feeding him the ball, even if they're trailing against BYU,
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  Speaker 2: I think we're talking about exactly what you're mentioning here,
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  Speaker 2: a much closer game.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, I agree with you 100%. He's a whale of
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  Speaker 3: a football player. You know, I don't know, sometimes you
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  Speaker 3: see guys like that and they don't project to the
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  Speaker 3: next level. This guy might be able to find his
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  Speaker 3: way onto a roster and even contribute.
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  Speaker 2: Little baby Christian McCaffrey, for obvious reasons, you get that comparison.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Big one tomorrow night at Rice Echo Stadium. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if you've seen the iced-out, white-out uniforms that they're
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  Speaker 2: planning for the night game, the hand-painted helmets. Everyone in
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  Speaker 2: the fan base is really fired up about that. The
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  Speaker 2: players are fired up. And they're a big-time favorite. I've
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  Speaker 2: seen it 15 and a half, 15 points. against the
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  Speaker 2: Kansas Jayhawks team that so far has looked pretty hapless
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  Speaker 2: against Power 4 competition. Lee, I'm trying to not be
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  Speaker 2: overconfident here. I'm trying to not be like, oh yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Utah's going to smash this Kansas team. But everything on
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  Speaker 2: tape shows me that they should. Tell me how this
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  Speaker 2: game goes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and they're reckless with the ball. I mean, they
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  Speaker 3: will try sometimes to push the ball down the field,
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  Speaker 3: but you have a young quarterback who's talented. He can
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  Speaker 3: make a lot of throws, but You know, sometimes that
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  Speaker 3: gets you in trouble here. This game actually, what's interesting,
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  Speaker 3: I look back, Kansas did cover in their last game
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  Speaker 3: of 2025 against Utah by a half point. So this
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  Speaker 3: kind of counts as a revenge spot here. But they
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  Speaker 3: just don't give me any reason here to think that
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  Speaker 3: they can pull it off. Utah is hot. Only a
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  Speaker 3: bye week could stop them. Way Sean Parker, 174 rushing
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  Speaker 3: yards and two touchdowns versus Iowa State. And their number
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  Speaker 3: three defense nationally today. giving up just 10.3 points per
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  Speaker 3: game here. I think they're going to get three-plus turnovers here.
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  Speaker 3: That'll be the difference, even special teams. I think Utah
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  Speaker 3: does a number here on Kansas, 41-17.
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  Speaker 2: Win and cover for the Utes, according to Lee Sterling. Again,
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  Speaker 2: Paramount Sports stays red hot. James, my producer, just whispered
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  Speaker 2: in my ear. In the Falcons-Ravens game, it looks like
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  Speaker 2: former Tyler Huntley is going to be starting in this game,
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  Speaker 2: and the Falcons have been one of the surprises of
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  Speaker 2: the NFL for me.
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  Speaker 4: What do you think about that game?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think Atlanta, and I kind of identified it
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  Speaker 3: when they came back and they got their quarterback, they
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  Speaker 3: were going to be a tough out. They might be
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  Speaker 3: playing the best football right now in the NFL, not
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  Speaker 3: just offensively. Their defense is feeding off of it also.
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  Speaker 3: So most of the yards they've given up has been
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  Speaker 3: in the second half. Tyler Huntley is This is the
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  Speaker 3: only team he seems to be able to be the
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  Speaker 3: right fit, but he just can't push the ball down
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  Speaker 3: the field, and that could be a problem against his defense.
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  Speaker 3: Hate to say it, but I like Atlanta here. I
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  Speaker 3: think they win in cover 30-20. See what I did there?
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  Speaker 4: I just got you all listening.
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  Speaker 2: I got you a little bonus pick from Lee Sterling. 800-400-9741, ParamountSports.com.
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  Speaker 2: Lee is the best in the business. Always great catching
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  Speaker 2: up with you, my friend. We'll chat again next week.
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  Speaker 3: You too, buddy.
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  Speaker 4: Take care.
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  Speaker 3: Be safe.
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  Speaker 4: Great stuff from Lee Sterling, former quarterback himself, by the way.