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🔥 Week 9 LOCKS: Rivalry Picks, Upsets & Chaos in the Big 12 | Cincy, KU-KSU & More! (S4//E28) · Cocaine Willie

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  Do you actually have to be on cocaine to be in this
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  You are listening to yet another edition of Cocaine Billy, the
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  I am your commissioner. Bob Trollsby and I will be
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  Matt Marchesini. We're doing yet another
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  asynchronous episode where we're just going to be doing our
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  locks, sharing player prophecies and and doing that whole thing
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  All right, so taking a quick peek here at Locks, just let's
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  recap where the standings are at.
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  So capping off last week, both Matt and I went four and one on
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  the week. I'm finally slowly but surely
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  creeping my way back into the race here for the standings.
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  Matt still leads 25 and 15 overall on the season.
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  I'm at 21 and 19 on the season, so just a couple games back
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  there, just a couple games back. We'll see if we can close the
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  gap this weekend. And then Chef, Oh, poor Chef.
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  Chef, you take Matt's, you take Matt's record, you invert that.
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  And that's what Chef said. He's at 15 and 25.
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  He's the bag boy this week. And shame on him.
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  He didn't record his episode with his bag on.
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  So Chef went two and three last week.
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  You know, just to recap some of the picks that we made, I'll
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  start with with Matt since he's first on the leaderboard.
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  He had Houston plus 1 1/2 versus Arizona, he had BYU plus 2 1/2
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  versus Utah. He had UCF -7 1/2 versus West
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  Virginia, he had Alabama -7 1/2 versus Tennessee, and he had
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  Iowa -2 1/2 versus Penn State. That is the one that didn't hit.
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  Iowa ended up not covering that matchup for whatever reason.
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  Strangely enough, just Iowa's offense, man, Iowa's offense.
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  I will go through mine now. So Houston, I also had plus 1
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  1/2 versus Arizona, I had BYU plus 2 1/2 versus Utah, I had
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  Texas Tech. That one did not hit.
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  That's my sole loss of the week. I had Texas Tech -7 1/2 at
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  Arizona State. Fun game, Fun game for sure, but
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  just didn't, didn't quite didn't quite cover their Arizona State
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  with the dub and knocking Texas Tech off their off their high
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  horses. National game I had Georgia Tech
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  plus 1 1/2 at Duke. I had South Florida -21 1/2
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  versus Florida Atlantic. So those all hit with the
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  exception of Texas Tech and Chef.
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  Poor Chef the two that he had that hit.
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  He had TCU -2 1/2 versus Baylor and in his national game he had
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  Notre Dame -9 1/2 versus USC, West Virginia plus 7 1/2.
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  Not even close to hitting at UCF.
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  Texas Tech -7 1/2 at Arizona State he also had that did not
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  hit. And in his sicko game he had
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  East Carolina -17 1/2 versus Tulsa who apparently covered
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  that spread. So with that, we're going to
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  move on. I'm going to share my Week 9
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  locks. I'm going to go through mine.
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  I'll give my player prophecy, and then I'll throw it over to
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  the other guys with their recordings to kick it off.
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  We do three Big 12 games, one national game and one sicko game
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  every week. I'm going to start off with my
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  Big 12 games. Cincinnati, I have -4 1/2 versus
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  Baylor. Just don't really, I don't
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  really trust Baylor. I think they're going to
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  probably start to pack it in this season.
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  They've lost their biggest rivalry game against TCU and
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  Dave Arand is fighting for his life at this point.
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  If if they don't get this winning in Cincinnati, I think
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  it's going to spell doom for Dave Aranda and the rest of that
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  Baylor roster. Some of the guys that they've
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  assembled through the years. And you know, I it's one of
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  those cases where it's they're probably just going to pack it
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  in. They feel like the type of team
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  that would do that. Moving on.
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  I've got BYU riding high. This could be a let down look
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  ahead situation, but I'm going to go ahead and choose to
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  believe in BYUI. Don't know if it's necessarily a
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  look ahead when you count the bye week that's going to be
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  happening for them after this week, but I digress.
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  I've got BYU plus 3 1/2. They're Rd. dogs at Iowa State.
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  Iowa State's kind of falling apart at the seams.
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  I get that they had a bye week last week, but it it seems like
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  they're still dealing with some health issues that are that are
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  detrimental to their ability to succeed on the gridiron.
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  So give me the Cougs in that match up.
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  I'm going to go with Baylor's rival TCU -16 1/2 points at West
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  Virginia. I, I at, at first glance, I
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  thought this was just a lot of points.
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  And then when I looked at West Virginia and who they've lost to
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  this season and in the margins of, of defeat that they've
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  encountered against teams that are worse than TCU, like UCF,
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  losing by 30 plus points there. It just seems like a recipe for
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  disaster for West Virginia, despite the fact they're at home
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  and they have performed better at home, but they've, they've
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  lost some games there at at home as well.
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  So I just, yeah, West Virginia Rich Rod, it's, it's, it's not
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  an overnight turn around for West Virginia, for Rich
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  Rodriguez in his return to Morgantown.
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  My national game. I have the fight and call
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  inclines the Texas A&M Aggies, much to my chagrin.
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  I, I hate them very dearly. I've got them -2 1/2 at LSU, who
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  similar, similar story here to Iowa State.
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  They're they seem to be falling apart at the seams, you know,
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  losing some games they they probably shouldn't shouldn't be
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  losing, losing in a fashion that they probably shouldn't be as
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  well. And I'm not a believer in LSU.
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  So A and MI think can easily cover the 2 1/2 point spread.
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  That's a really low line there a small amount of points.
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  I think they can pretty easily cover that with the Colin Klein
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  offense that they're running right now for my sicko game.
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  This is truly, truly, truly some sicko stuff that we have going
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  on here. We've got Georgia State.
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  Georgia State is currently one in six overall and they are
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  playing A1 in six team. The South Alabama, whatever they
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  are. Georgia State, I believe they're
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  both O and three in conference play.
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  So yeah, Georgia State has to cover 6 1/2 points against South
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  Alabama based on some of their track record, who they've
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  played, who they've lost to, it seems like they're the type of
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  team that can put up just in general more points then South
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  Alabama has has proven that they're able to.
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  So strictly looking at box scores, you know, box score
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  reader right here. Guilty.
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  I'm going to take Georgia State here in this match up against
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  South Alabama. And then the rounded out before
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  we get out of here, my player prophecy versus KU for this
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  weekend for K State, I'm going to say that K State muffs A punt
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  or kick return that leads to a touchdown for KU.
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  That will ultimately be the difference in the game because
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  that seems to be the way that this matchup has gone,
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  especially on the KU side of things.
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  I believe that the fortunes are going to be reversed this year
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  and that K State will now be the culprit, excuse me, of a special
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  teams error that's going to be detrimental to the outcome of
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  the game for them. So I'm going to take that.
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  That's going to be my player prophecy.
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  That's going to do it for my predictions, my locks for the
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  week. Stay tuned for the other guys.
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  Chef's going to give his picks, Matt's going to give his as well
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  and we will splice those together.
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  Hey everyone, this is Fireball now with Cocaine Willy here to
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  give you my locks for this week after a really great week last
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  week I went four and one. I'm looking to continue that
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  trend as we move forward here into week 9.
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  Now just a week 8 update, or at least a recap of Week 8.
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  In my pics, I went three and O. In the Big 12, I picked Houston
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  to beat Arizona. I picked BYU to cover 2 1/2
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  versus Utah. I picked UCF to cover 7 1/2
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  versus West Virginia. My national game of the week,
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  Alabama dominating Tennessee. They were 7 1/2 point favor in
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  that game. My sicko game of the week was
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  Iowa versus Penn State. Iowa did not cover 2 1/2 points
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  at home versus Penn State. If they did, that would have got
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  me a 5 and O. Let's talk about Week 9.
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  Some interesting games in the Big 12.
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  I am going to start with Utah. Utah at home versus Colorado.
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  I think Utah is going to cover the 13 1/2 points at home.
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  They did look, I mean, all right, against BYU and I think
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  BYU is extremely, extremely good.
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  I don't like Colorado is that good.
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  So I think Utah will cover the 13 1/2.
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  Cincinnati probably the biggest surprise in the Big 12.
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  They're a 4 1/2 point favorite versus Baylor.
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  I am taking the Bearcats to cover 4 1/2 against a fledgling
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  Baylor team. And then I am picking in the
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  Sunflower Showdown, KU to cover 2 1/2 points versus K State.
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  I just don't know if K State is going to be able to win a game
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  on the road and I did pick KU to win this game if you listen to
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  our last show, 3127. So I am taking KU to cover 2 1/2
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  in the National Game of the week.
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  Who would have thought at the beginning of the season a
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  national game of the week, Vanderbilt versus Mizzou.
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  Vanderbilt is a 2 1/2 point favorite at home versus the
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  Tigers. I am taking Vanderbilt in that
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  game where college game day is coming to town, coming to
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  Nashville for that one. And then my sicko game of the
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  week I am taking Wyoming, 5 1/2 point favorite over Colorado
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  State who just fired their head coach.
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  I think Wyoming beats up on Colorado State in Laramie.
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  Now lastly, I do want to put together my player prophecy
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  versus KUI. As you probably have heard with
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  the other guys, last week I had three touchdowns for tight ends
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  versus TCU, they only had two. So I was pretty close, pretty
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  close. So hopefully I can get this one
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  this week. I do think my at least the
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  player prophecy this week, I'm going to continue the tight end
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  route. I am going to pick two tight
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  ends specifically. I think Braden Lofton has a
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  touchdown and I think Garrett Oakley has a touchdown versus
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  the Kansas Jayhawks. That's going to do it for week
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  9. Locks and my player prophecy.
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  This is fireball mat with cocaine Willie.
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  See you later. Go cats.
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  Boom, I'm back. All right, so it's sorry I
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  didn't get to join you boys for the KU week.
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  Internet garbage, storm, power outages.
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  Didn't want to have to put you boys through that 'cause you
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  guys would have just got annoyed with me.
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  But I'm here for the locks. I'm here for the locks.
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  I haven't done too well this year, but I feel like the turn
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  around is going to happen probably right now.
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  And if you want to follow me, you know, follow your boy chef
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  Andre Napier on Twitter, I'm there.
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  It's not spelled exactly like it is right here on this little
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  banner, but nevertheless, always the more we're going with these
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  Big 12 locks 1st and my first one is BYU at Iowa State.
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  OK Iowa State is coming off of a bye and BYU is undefeated, just
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  coming out of the Holy War. This is the definition of a trap
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  game. But I cannot for the life of me
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  bet against BYU getting plus points.
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  They're undefeated. There are 11 in the country.
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  Iowa State. Do they even have enough players
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  to play? They they're stinky.
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  They're stinky, Boo, Boo. And I've been betting on Iowa
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  State and they've been failing me.
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  So obviously I just have to, you know, reverse it, flip it and
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  reverse it. So I'm going to take BYU plus 2
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  1/2. I think that's pretty easy for
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  me Now this next line, Baylor at Cincinnati.
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  I think Cincinnati, Scott Satterfield, not a good coach.
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  Maybe this is his Sonny Dykes kind of season where he just
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  prevails when everything is against him.
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  But I think he I think he's on the right path.
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  He's got good players, I'll say that, and I think they're doing
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  the right thing. Baylor is, is Dave Aranda
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  pushing back towards that hot seat?
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  They're going to. If they lose this game, they're
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  going to be back to 500. I don't know.
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  I'm going to go Cincinnati -3 1/2 here, though.
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  I think that's the play. I think they are.
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  I got them probably a touchdown favorite over Baylor.
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  I just think that Baylor relies on their offense a little bit
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  too much. I think the defense for
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  Cincinnati can be very similar to what KK State did against
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  them. I'm going to go with Cincinnati
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  -3 1/2. I just think I trust these teams
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  that are at the top of the 12 right now and it's whole proven
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  otherwise. I'm going to have to.
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  I'm going to have to ride with them.
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  So that's where I'm at with that one and I'm going to I'm I, I
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  don't I haven't even looked. I'm going to be honest, I
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  haven't looked at what the other boys, my boy Matt, my boy
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  Fireball Matt and my boy Bob trolls be have even put in.
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  I don't know. But I'm going to go with the K
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  State game. I know they didn't predict that
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  K State was winning this game. I am still riding with them.
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  I think K State has turned a corner on defense.
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  I think we are a better defensive team and I don't think
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  KU is as good on offense as the teams that we just played.
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  I think TCU and Baylor both clear this KU offense.
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  Now can we do anything on offense?
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  I'm not sure, but KU's defense is stinky poo poo.
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  They can't stop the run. Mind you, we we might not have
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  Dylan Edwards and it might be raining, so we might have to run
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  the ball. I am going to go with KUK State
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  plus the points plus 2 1/2. I think on the road I think we
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  outright win. I'm going to take the money line
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  on this, but I, I think K State plus 2 1/2 is the way to go.
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  I think it's just, I think it's just the obvious choice.
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  I, I think KUKU is not nearly as good as we think.
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  They have beat some bad teams in my opinion, and I think K State
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  is turning the corner. So that's where I'm at with that
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  one. My national game of the week
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  does Ole Miss Lane Kiffin because of the Billy Napier
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  firing. I think he's target #1 and Lane
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  Kiffin is very public. He's very out there.
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  I think he can be easily distracted.
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  They're just coming off of a loss.
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  They're going on the road with the Florida rumors rumbling.
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  I think Lane Kiffin just does not have it.
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  I think OU -5 1/2. I think this is OU bouncing
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  back. I'm almost 100% sure they were
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  on a buy, but I'm not. I can't.
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  Yeah, I think they were on a buy, but I no, they weren't.
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  They beat, they won last week. Give me OU -5 1/2.
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  I think they are starting to figure it out what they need to
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  do. They ran the ball a little bit
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  better last week. Lane Kiffin distraction.
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  This just does not bode well for this Ole Miss team.
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  And I think I don't know, man, I I just don't trust that spot.
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  And I'm I'm a little bit, I'm a little bit confused on what I
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  should do in this situation because there's a lot of good
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  national games in terms of the Vanderbilt in that line 2 1/2.
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  But I'm going to stick with this one.
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  The SEC matchup, I think OOU comes out -5 1/2.
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  Give me that. And then my stinky, absolute
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  nasty, sicko game. We're going to the Mac.
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  We have to go to the Mac. The Mac is where it's at.
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  O MIT. Oh, UMass, sorry, not Ole Miss.
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  I still got Ole Miss on the brain.
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  UMass O and seven dumpster fire. They might be getting pushed
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  back down to FCSI. Don't know if they can stay in
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  the ranks. No one shows up to their games.
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  Mind you this is on the road at Central Michigan.
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  Central Michigan is 15 1/2 point favorites.
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  I don't think that's enough. UMass stinks.
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  They are garbage. I'm going to take the chippewas
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  -15 1/2 to get it done. Where do they play at?
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  That's a good question. I don't remember where they play
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  at. Obviously the middle part of
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  Michigan, but nobody likes Michigan, right?
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  That maybe that's the Ohio State in me, but I'm going Central
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  Michigan -15 1/2. I appreciate you boys.
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  I, I should I give an interesting stat.
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  I think I should, right? I think, I think this is a Jace
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  Brown game. I think very similar to what the
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  Cincinnati game for KU. What happened with that
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  situation where that guy went absolute bananas, 11 catches for
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  like 100 and maybe 80 yards or two tuds.
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  I don't think he has that kind of stat line, but I think Jace
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  Brown is back to healthy. He's sponsored by Crocs,
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  absolutely massive. I think that's really cool.
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  Give me Jace Brown for seven catches, 105 yards and a
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  touchdown, I think. Maybe it's a little rainy, but I
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  think the with KU loading the box to try to stop the run, to
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  make it a concerted effort to try to stop the run.
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  And maybe Avery Johnson and Joe Jackson, because they've been so
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  porous against the run and having that bye week, I think
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  they're leaving themselves a little bit vulnerable for the
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  over the top post route to Jace Brown.
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  Give me Jace Brown for seven catches, 105 yards in a TUD.
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  That's where I'm at, boys. I appreciate you guys.
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  I know. I wish I was there for that KU
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  interview. It probably would have been fine
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  after the power came on, but I would have been late.
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  I didn't want to have to do that.
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  I'm sorry for not showing up. I'll try not to let that happen
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  again, but Ohio weather is nasty, so I'm back.
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  You got my locks. Hopefully we rebound and we're
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  back on top. Let's go, boys.
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  Go cats. If you're stopping by Auntie
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• 22:07
  I'm at Bob Trollsby, Chef is at Chef Andre Napier and Fireball.
• 22:11
  Matt is at Matt Marchesini. Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
• 22:15
  We're all coke and no joke, Wildcat country.
• 22:18
  Let's ride.