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Rafael Esparza Interview · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 2: With Jake Wimberley. Hour 2 of your radio show brought
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  Speaker 2: Esparza's plays because he doesn't miss. Well, he doesn't miss much. Esparza,
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  Speaker 2: welcome in, brother. How you doing? I appreciate you adjusting
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  Speaker 2: on the fly for Friday.
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing well. You know me. I'll always adjust for you.
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  Speaker 1: Unless we're talking high school football, then I'm not going
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  Speaker 1: to adjust.
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  Speaker 2: No, I try to keep the high school line. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we may get in trouble with the school board if
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  Speaker 2: we start throwing lines on high school football. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we could throw some theoretical lines, but we'll do that
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  Speaker 2: for another day. All right, so college football tonight. Let's
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  Speaker 2: go there first. Penn State at Northwestern. There's only three
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  Speaker 2: games tonight. Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh. That may be the highlight
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  Speaker 2: of the night. I think Penn State gets back on track.
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  Speaker 2: You can tell me if you disagree. But Pittsburgh at
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  Speaker 2: Virginia Tech. James Franklin trying to stay undefeated. Pittsburgh, a
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  Speaker 2: nice football team. Pittsburgh getting two. The total is at 54-and-a-half.
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  Speaker 2: Are we going to see any fireworks or weird upsets
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  Speaker 2: on a Friday?
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  Speaker 1: I think one, first of all, I like Virginia Tech
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  Speaker 1: in this game, only laying us off two-and-a-half. I just
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  Speaker 1: really like this team. I think they're buying in with
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  Speaker 1: the new head coach, the new systems that they're running
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  Speaker 1: both sides, defense and on offense. I'm just not sold
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  Speaker 1: on Pittsburgh. I think by Tech and enter Sandman, Metallica
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  Speaker 1: will be blaring. on this game. Give me Bob Tech.
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  Speaker 1: If we do see an upset, I think it's the
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  Speaker 1: Big Ten game. Northwestern, who's opening up their new football
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  Speaker 1: stadium tonight. They welcome Penn State, who were covering up
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  Speaker 1: a horrible showing last week. This Northwestern team, they gave
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  Speaker 1: Indiana everything they got. They were double digits, 20-point underdogs,
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  Speaker 1: and only lost by a single digit. I like Northwestern
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  Speaker 1: to come on top. They're laying only plus two and
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  Speaker 1: a half.
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  Speaker 2: Rafael Esparza, make sure to get him at vsi.sports. And,
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  Speaker 2: of course, find him on Instagram, TikTok. He's all over
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  Speaker 2: the place. And, of course, we appreciate him being here.
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  Speaker 2: All right, any chance North Carolina hangs around with Notre
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  Speaker 2: Dame tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock? I know we'll get
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  Speaker 2: to Mississippi State and Alabama momentarily. Same slot kickoff time
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  Speaker 2: on NBC. Domer's giving up 21.5. That totals at 47.
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  Speaker 2: And I did see something about a piece of all
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  Speaker 2: the assistant coaches when they signed their contracts at North Carolina.
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  Speaker 2: There was some sort of a buyout clause they didn't
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  Speaker 2: realize was in there. Is Notre Dame going to absolutely
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  Speaker 2: run them out of their own building tomorrow?
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  Speaker 1: There's two blowouts that could be very ugly tomorrow. And
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  Speaker 1: this one is one of them. I think Notre Dame
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  Speaker 1: puts a butt whooping on UNC. And when Shockwave Devil
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  Speaker 1: gets handed to them tomorrow, because who does Clemson have
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  Speaker 1: to play tomorrow? They have to play Miami. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think Notre Dame puts a very, very lopsided number
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  Speaker 1: up on North Carolina. All right.
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi State, Alabama, 11 o'clock kick. Looks like the weather
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  Speaker 2: has shifted for the good. You may get a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of a dry track. There may be some rain
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  Speaker 2: later in the ballgame. But Alabama, minus 5.5, that's kind
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  Speaker 2: of where this line has settled out, 5.5 to 6.
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  Speaker 2: The total is at 60.5. Two dynamic quarterbacks, all the
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  Speaker 2: history in Tuscaloosa. Alabama chose to drive over tomorrow, which
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  Speaker 2: means they're going to have to get an early, which
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  Speaker 2: they'll have an early start regardless, but they'll have to
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  Speaker 2: have a little earlier start to get up. stretch, eat,
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  Speaker 2: then get on a bus, be there two hours early.
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  Speaker 2: You're talking at 9 o'clock. We've seen that affect teams before.
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi State, can they take it into the fourth quarter?
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  Speaker 2: Can they win it outright?
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  Speaker 1: I think they can. They just need to shut down
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  Speaker 1: the running attack of Alabama. They can do that. And, yes,
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  Speaker 1: I think the Cowbells can easily win this one. I
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  Speaker 1: can't say Mississippi State's going to win this game because
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  Speaker 1: then it would ruin my track record. That's why they
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  Speaker 1: keep on winning games. So Alabama wins 59-0.
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  Speaker 2: All right, looking at some others. All right, so Michigan
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  Speaker 2: has looked very lethargic. You know, Bryce Underwood has not
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  Speaker 2: looked great. They're going to Minnesota. P.J. Fleck, row the boat,
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  Speaker 2: sweater vest, all the things. Shiny bald head on P.J.
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  Speaker 2: Fleck with the sunglasses at 11 o'clock tomorrow. Michigan is
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  Speaker 2: a six-and-a-half point favorite. That total is at 43-and-a-half. Feels
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  Speaker 2: like Minnesota may have a shot to win this game
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  Speaker 2: outright as well.
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  Speaker 1: I think they do, and boy, if they do, the
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  Speaker 1: head coach of Michigan probably wishes he stayed in Utah
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  Speaker 1: or retired. I just think Underwood is a complete flop.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like his play. How is his mental state
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  Speaker 1: for this game? Even though Minnesota has struggled so far,
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  Speaker 1: especially in the red zone, a roll of the ball
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  Speaker 1: can keep this game interesting. I have Michigan winning, but
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  Speaker 1: I don't have them covering.
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  Speaker 2: West Virginia-Iowa State, a Big 12 matchup. Iowa State, the
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  Speaker 2: home team, they're giving up three points. That total is
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  Speaker 2: at 53.5. Rich Rodriguez trying to read this West Virginia 2.0
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  Speaker 2: has gone okay for him. It's not where they want
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  Speaker 2: it to be. Who do you like in this one?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they're coming off a bad showing back-to-back. I'd like
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  Speaker 1: this game to go over. I think everyone thinks we're
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  Speaker 1: going to see an under game, but I think we're
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  Speaker 1: going to see a high-scoring game. I know everyone looks
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  Speaker 1: at that Iowa State-Iowa game like, oh, they did that game.
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  Speaker 1: But that game's always under on that one. I like
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  Speaker 1: the way Iowa State can move the ball. I think
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  Speaker 1: we see some points scored in this one.
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  Speaker 2: College game day is going to Iowa for Iowa-Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: You and I spoke on this one the other night
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  Speaker 2: on the patio. But just to kind of revisit it,
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State minus 14.5, totals at 45.5. This has been
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  Speaker 2: a one-sided affair between the Hawkeyes and the Buckeyes. Can
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  Speaker 2: Iowa– they're going to play really good defense, but, man,
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  Speaker 2: they've got some receivers that they're going to have to
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  Speaker 2: chase all day. Better athletes on the Ohio State sideline.
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  Speaker 2: Can Iowa bring them down into the mud and make
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  Speaker 2: them play a four-quarter ball game with a chance to win?
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  Speaker 1: That's the only way Iowa has a chance to win.
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  Speaker 1: They need to muddy this game up. They need to
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  Speaker 1: make it one-dimensional. Make Ohio State punt. Make Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: offense watch the game. So that means you have to
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  Speaker 1: establish the run early. Because if they don't, and the
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  Speaker 1: best player in college football, right receiver, Ohio State, who
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  Speaker 1: I think should be the number one pick in a draft,
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  Speaker 1: if they can't stop him and they can't stop the
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  Speaker 1: scoring Ohio State, there's no way Iowa's offense can go
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  Speaker 1: toe-to-toe with Ohio State's offense. Iowa needs to muddy this up.
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  Speaker 1: If you're going to bet Iowa, make sure you get 14.5
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  Speaker 1: and not 14.
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  Speaker 2: Florida with a big win over Ole Miss last week.
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  Speaker 2: Ran them out of the swamp. Now they're on the
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  Speaker 2: road at Missouri. Missouri took it on the chin to
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi State. Tigers at Missouri back home, they are sitting
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  Speaker 2: at getting 5.5. That total is at 57.5. Drinkwood's still,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's done a good job, but he cannot
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  Speaker 2: win a top 25 matchup, it seems. Can he do
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  Speaker 2: it tomorrow?
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  Speaker 1: I like the over on this game. Don't forget, Mississippi
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  Speaker 1: State hung up a big number against Missouri. We saw
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  Speaker 1: Florida hung up a big number against Ole Miss. I
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  Speaker 1: think both teams hit the 30 mark. I like the
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  Speaker 1: total just because I'll be rooting for Florida just because
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  Speaker 1: my twin brother and all his family went to Mizzou,
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  Speaker 1: so I always have to cheer against them. But I
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  Speaker 1: like the over more than anything else because I think
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  Speaker 1: we're going to see a lot of points scored.
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  Speaker 2: Let's jump into some NFL real quick. Cowboys at Texans
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  Speaker 2: battling the great state of Texas. Houston's the home team.
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  Speaker 2: They're given three points, had totals at 48. Which Texas
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  Speaker 2: team do you like?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I lean towards Dallas, but I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: take the over on another one because Dallas is defensive. Ooh,
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  Speaker 1: they got Porter, who has a bad back. They ain't
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  Speaker 1: going to do anything. Their defense still has question marks.
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  Speaker 1: Dallas does. I think C.J. Stroud could put some points
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  Speaker 1: on the board, and we know Dallas could put some
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  Speaker 1: points on the board.
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  Speaker 2: Rams go across the country at Philly. They are the
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  Speaker 2: favorite by 3.5 totals at 42.5. Two teams that will
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  Speaker 2: have a say of some kind in this NFC race.
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  Speaker 2: Which team gets the leg up?
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  Speaker 1: I don't think Philly's going to have a say. They're
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  Speaker 1: just coming off a bad loss to us. an almost
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  Speaker 1: 40-year-old quarterback in Chicago, and now you have a short
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  Speaker 1: week and you have to play the Rams in that defense,
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  Speaker 1: and you're missing your right receiver one, the Eagles can't
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  Speaker 1: even run the ball on Monday night. I like the
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  Speaker 1: Rams on the road.
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  Speaker 2: Patriots are almost a touchdown dog at Buffalo. This totals
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  Speaker 2: at 50. There's reports Patriots may be without two players,
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  Speaker 2: I believe a corner and a defensive tackle. I know
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  Speaker 2: I'm right on one of those. I think it's the corner.
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  Speaker 2: Can the Patriots hang around? Can they make it interesting
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  Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter?
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  Speaker 1: I think they can hang around. I got New England winning,
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  Speaker 1: but it wouldn't shock me if they maybe lose by
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  Speaker 1: four or five or six points. I'll take the plus
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  Speaker 1: points on this one.
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  Speaker 2: We've got, let's see, Broncos at 49ers. This will be
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  Speaker 2: the 325 game in the afternoon. San Francisco giving up
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  Speaker 2: two and a half. That total is at 47 and
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  Speaker 2: a half. Good matchup here, AFC-NFC.
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  Speaker 1: I actually like the Denver Broncos in this one. I
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  Speaker 1: know San Francisco's undefeated, but I like the way Denver's
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  Speaker 1: defense is getting back to Denver defense week after week.
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  Speaker 1: I'll take Denver in this one. Give me the road team.
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  Speaker 2: Let's wrap it on Monday night. Falcons at Saints. The Dome,
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  Speaker 2: always fun to be at, especially on a Monday night
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  Speaker 2: football game. Saints minus 2.5. That totals at 47.5. A
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  Speaker 2: divisional ballgame here between the Saints and Falcons.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I say grab a two-and-a-half win shot if we
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  Speaker 1: see a three just because, A, it's on Monday night. B,
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  Speaker 1: it's the anniversary a couple weeks ago of the Miracle game,
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  Speaker 1: the first game after Katrina where the Saints won where
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  Speaker 1: Gleason blocked a punt, ran it back for a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: And who did they play that game? They played the
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  Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons in that game. So I like to say
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  Speaker 1: it's a very soft number at two-and-a-half.
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  Speaker 2: What else is going on this weekend?
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  Speaker 1: We got football. We got UFC 332 in Salt Lake City.
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  Speaker 1: We have baseball playoffs continue tomorrow, WNBA playoffs tonight, Game 3.
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  Speaker 1: What else has been going on? NHL dropped a puck
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  Speaker 1: this week, so it's always, always full schedule. Don't forget,
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  Speaker 1: we have two weeks before the NBA hits off.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, and you got 60 days of straight football from
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