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Set 2: GBF- Josh Allen is Really Good (w/Bear) · Stugotz and Company

• 0:10
  Speaker 1: God bless football.
• 0:12
  Speaker 2: Mikey, a God bless football.
• 0:15
  Speaker 3: Stu gots.
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: Thank you, buddy. Just me and you today and bear
• 0:19
  Speaker 2: in about 10 minutes. Yes.
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: Bears in London. He is there for Kansas and Arizona state.
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: We will talk to him again. In about 10 minutes,
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: we had an NFL game last.
• 0:31
  Speaker 2: Night, Mikey.
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: A couple of decent college football games coming up tonight.
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: Nice college football weekend, game of the year, LSU and Mississippi.
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: And then, of course, the NFL. And on Sunday, we'll
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: forget everything we saw on Saturday night because that's what
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: the NFL does. What'd you make of the Bills last night?
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: They opened up their new stadium. Beautiful stadium. It's nice.
• 0:52
  Speaker 2: Josh Allen is overwhelming. My God, Mikey.
• 0:57
  Speaker 3: It is so disheartening to watch that man play football
• 1:01
  Speaker 3: because you can do everything right and he'll still beat
• 1:06
  Speaker 3: you in some way. I'm just curious, why does he
• 1:11
  Speaker 3: hate James Cook so much? Why does he hate James Cook?
• 1:15
  Speaker 3: And I'm saying this as a James Cook fantasy football owner.
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  Speaker 3: I'm wondering, why do you hate him so much that
• 1:23
  Speaker 3: you take all of that man's touchdowns? Because he does.
• 1:26
  Speaker 1: Two of them last night. James Cook still gave you one.
• 1:29
  Speaker 1: He gave you 135 yards if you have him on fantasy.
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  Speaker 1: He had a good game, I mean.
• 1:32
  Speaker 3: Yeah, but I mean, listen, when you're playing Josh Allen
• 1:36
  Speaker 3: and you have James Cook, every one of those seems
• 1:39
  Speaker 3: a little bit more painful.
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: Yes, but that's why some people would say stay away
• 1:45
  Speaker 1: from James Cook because Josh Allen's going to take some
• 1:47
  Speaker 1: of those rushing touchdowns, you know?
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  Speaker 2: Some, not all.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, come on, man.
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: I want to give you the stats here on Josh Allen.
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  Speaker 2: Two games.
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  Speaker 1: It's like video game stuff, man. He has completed 67%
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  Speaker 1: of his passes in two games. And one of them
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  Speaker 1: was against Houston in that defense.
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  Speaker 2: 582 yards.
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  Speaker 1: He has five touchdown passes.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm certain he's rushed for, I don't know, three
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  Speaker 2: or four more. So let me check. He has nine
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  Speaker 2: touchdowns in two games. Josh Allen.
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  Speaker 1: Has rushed for four, thrown for five, hasn't turned the
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  Speaker 1: ball over. He is playing the game. He is playing
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: that position, Mikey, really. And I hope he wins a
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 2: I do.
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  Speaker 1: I root for that guy. I would like to see
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: him win a Super Bowl. I'd like to see Lamar
• 2:35
  Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl. You're shaking your head no, but
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: I am telling you, he is playing that game as
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: well as you can play. He is playing that position, Mikey,
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: as well as the position can be played.
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  Speaker 3: Two things can be true at the same time, and
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  Speaker 3: what you said is absolutely true. There's no denying it.
• 2:51
  Speaker 3: He is playing that position so well right now that–
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  Speaker 3: You can't blitz him, which takes away an entire defensive scheme.
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  Speaker 3: You can't blitz him because all he'll do is run
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  Speaker 3: outside and either hit a big pass or he'll run
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  Speaker 3: for 17 yards, and now your defense is gassed. He
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  Speaker 3: puts so much pressure on opposing defenses, and he puts
• 3:14
  Speaker 3: even more pressure on opposing offenses because it's almost like
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  Speaker 3: you can't punt. You can't punt because when he gets
• 3:20
  Speaker 3: the ball, he's going to score. That being said, I
• 3:24
  Speaker 3: hate him. I hate him for so many reasons. I
• 3:32
  Speaker 3: think you can be a whiner in the NFL. Tom
• 3:35
  Speaker 3: Brady was a whiner. Every time Tom Brady was breathed
• 3:38
  Speaker 3: on wrong, he called for a flag. You can do that.
• 3:42
  Speaker 3: I respect that. You can be a tough guy. Baker
• 3:45
  Speaker 3: Mayfield's a tough guy. Baker Mayfield's going to put his
• 3:47
  Speaker 3: shoulder down. You're going to tackle him. He's going to
• 3:50
  Speaker 3: get up and he's going to flex on you. You
• 3:52
  Speaker 3: can be that, but you can't be both. And Josh
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  Speaker 3: Allen tries to be both. He'll put his head down,
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  Speaker 3: he'll run you over, and then all of a sudden
• 4:00
  Speaker 3: when he gets touched in the pocket, he'll go, where's
• 4:03
  Speaker 3: my flag? Where's my flag? Josh Allen is my least
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  Speaker 3: favorite player in the NFL. That being said, we are
• 4:09
  Speaker 3: watching probably the surest Hall of Fame start of a
• 4:14
  Speaker 3: season that I've ever seen.
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  Speaker 1: He could be your least favorite player in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: but you respect the hell out of him, don't you?
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  Speaker 3: How do you not?
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  Speaker 2: Of course.
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  Speaker 1: Like when you're talking about him whining a little bit,
• 4:25
  Speaker 1: you're just finding things to pick at because I can't
• 4:28
  Speaker 1: imagine the amount of calls that aren't made. He plays
• 4:33
  Speaker 1: such a physical style.
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  Speaker 3: He also flops a lot. And that's, there's plenty of
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  Speaker 3: evidence of that. And it's again, it's not that it's
• 4:40
  Speaker 3: not the flopping. I don't mind the flopping. I respect
• 4:43
  Speaker 3: the flopping, but then you can't run somebody over. You
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  Speaker 3: can't do both. That's all I'm saying. You can flop
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  Speaker 3: and scream and, ah, he killed me. He killed me.
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  Speaker 3: And then throw a 30-yard pass down the field for
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  Speaker 3: a touchdown. You can do that. Or you can run
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  Speaker 3: people over. You can do that too. But you can't
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  Speaker 3: do both. You can't be this physical specimen who's hurting
• 5:05
  Speaker 3: people when they try and tackle you and then scream
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  Speaker 3: when someone breathes on you wrong. You can't do both.
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  Speaker 2: I understand what you're saying. You're very passionate about this.
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  Speaker 2: You can't do both. I got it.
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  Speaker 1: I am not certain a player means more to his
• 5:17
  Speaker 1: city and his organization that Josh Allen means to that
• 5:19
  Speaker 1: city and that organization. Can you think maybe Lamar Jackson,
• 5:22
  Speaker 1: if I'm being honest, Lamar means that much to Baltimore,
• 5:26
  Speaker 1: to that organization and to that city, that city loves
• 5:29
  Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson and they should. Both of them are all
• 5:32
  Speaker 1: time greats. I hope they both win a Superbowl, but
• 5:35
  Speaker 1: Allen means so much. He loves being a Buffalo bill.
• 5:39
  Speaker 1: And the Bills love having him as their quarterback. And
• 5:42
  Speaker 1: I hope they win a Super Bowl. But I don't
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  Speaker 1: think Bills fans are going to look at him any
• 5:46
  Speaker 1: differently if he doesn't win one.
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  Speaker 2: You know? I really don't.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, you kind of have to, right?
• 5:50
  Speaker 4: Jim Kelly.
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  Speaker 2: They love him.
• 5:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they do love Jim Kelly. But Jim Kelly... I
• 5:58
  Speaker 3: don't know if you can love somebody. I mean, I
• 6:01
  Speaker 3: don't know if you can love him as much as
• 6:03
  Speaker 3: that if he doesn't win one.
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  Speaker 1: Because.
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  Speaker 3: He didn't run into a juggernaut the way the Bills
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  Speaker 3: ran into the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you could say the Chiefs, but the Chiefs
• 6:16
  Speaker 3: weren't in it last year. Neither were you.
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  Speaker 4: Right. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: You know what I mean? Like, at some point, Josh
• 6:22
  Speaker 3: Allen always messed up in the playoffs. And I'm not
• 6:24
  Speaker 3: trying to. I'm not continuing my hatred of him in that.
• 6:27
  Speaker 3: That's just a fact. At some point, he didn't get
• 6:30
  Speaker 3: it done in the playoffs.
• 6:31
  Speaker 2: It's not apples to apples. That's fair.
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  Speaker 1: Because what Jim Kelly did was take his team to
• 6:35
  Speaker 1: four consecutive Super Bowls.
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  Speaker 2: They should have won the first one against the Giants.
• 6:38
  Speaker 2: You're right. They ran into a juggernaut the next three.
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  Speaker 2: But they were so resilient.
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  Speaker 1: And Kelly was in the middle of all of that
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  Speaker 1: in terms of being able to lose the Super Bowl
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  Speaker 1: not once, not twice, not three times.
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  Speaker 2: Four times and still get back there. Right. And so
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  Speaker 2: Buffalo loved him for that.
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  Speaker 1: He made it to four, did one, but they almost
• 6:57
  Speaker 1: feel bad for, you know, with Josh Allen.
• 7:01
  Speaker 2: I do wonder what happens there.
• 7:02
  Speaker 1: If Josh Allen never makes it to a Superbowl, right.
• 7:05
  Speaker 1: If Buffalo fans will embrace them the way they've embraced
• 7:08
  Speaker 1: Jim Kelly. It's an interesting conversation.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Yes.
• 7:12
  Speaker 3: From the other side, are you worried about the Lions?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they have a problem on defense.
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  Speaker 3: I'm very worried about that. They don't only have a
• 7:20
  Speaker 3: problem on defense. I mean, the defense was the defense
• 7:22
  Speaker 3: was not good. But again, you can chalk it up to, hey,
• 7:26
  Speaker 3: that's Josh Allen. But he didn't look good against Tyler.
• 7:28
  Speaker 3: They didn't look good against Tyler. And the offense, I
• 7:33
  Speaker 3: think in the beginning they had a game plan and
• 7:36
  Speaker 3: it was awful. And then towards halftime and the second half,
• 7:40
  Speaker 3: they said, okay, we're going to throw out our game plan,
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  Speaker 3: and we're just going to chuck it to Amon Ross St.
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  Speaker 3: Brown as much as possible.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: They've given up 72 points through two games, Mikey.
• 7:51
  Speaker 2: And again, you're right. One was Buffalo. Houston gave up
• 7:53
  Speaker 2: a lot of points to Buffalo.
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  Speaker 1: But it's the 30 points they gave up to the
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  Speaker 1: Saints that I'm concerned about.
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  Speaker 2: They should have given up more points to the Saints.
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  Speaker 1: But unlike Buffalo, Mikey– Buffalo can give up 30 points,
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  Speaker 1: and Josh Allen's going to score 40. Detroit can't give
• 8:08
  Speaker 1: up 30 to 35 points every night because their offenses
• 8:10
  Speaker 1: are going to score 45 every night.
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  Speaker 2: Josh Allen is, you know? Crazy. And their offense is high-powered, Detroit.
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  Speaker 3: It's good. Think about it. They are a failed two-point
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  Speaker 3: conversion away from being 0-2.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Wow.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: The Lions.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. The Bills 2-0, man. Overwhelming. Overwhelming.
• 8:30
  Speaker 1: And yet somehow I feel like he's still not going
• 8:32
  Speaker 1: to win the Super.
• 8:33
  Speaker 2: Bowl this year.
• 8:37
  Speaker 1: It is time for this week's edition of Studio Gots.
• 8:41
  Speaker 1: 2-4 last week in college, 5-1 in the NFL. Let's
• 8:44
  Speaker 1: start with the college slate. Big college football weekend coming up.
• 8:48
  Speaker 2: I am 6-6 on the season as we.
• 8:50
  Speaker 1: Head into this monster college football weekend. Let's start with
• 8:54
  Speaker 1: tonight's game. Miami, minus 20.5. They're taking on Wake Forest,
• 8:59
  Speaker 1: the Deacs. Miami, to me, is the most talented team
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: in the country. This is a game where they would
• 9:04
  Speaker 1: normally struggle. I think Miami wins, and they blow out
• 9:07
  Speaker 1: the 2-0 Wake Forest Demon Deacons. The Canes minus 20
• 9:11
  Speaker 1: and a half. Buy it down to 20. The Canes
• 9:14
  Speaker 1: win by 34 points.
• 9:17
  Speaker 2: On the road. It's a blowout. Wake Forest tonight. Texas
• 9:20
  Speaker 2: Tech staying with Friday night. They are minus.
• 9:23
  Speaker 1: This is a sneaky big game right here, Mikey A.
• 9:26
  Speaker 1: Texas Tech is minus seven and a half.
• 9:28
  Speaker 2: They're at home. They're taking on Houston. Buy it down
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  Speaker 2: to seven. Take Tech. They win.
• 9:32
  Speaker 1: They cover Texas Tech by 14 points at home. louisville
• 9:36
  Speaker 1: another sneaky big game take it on smu louisville minus
• 9:41
  Speaker 1: one and a half they win they cover louisville by
• 9:44
  Speaker 1: a touchdown north dakota plus 24 and a half at
• 9:49
  Speaker 1: nebraska this is more of a bet against nebraska than
• 9:52
  Speaker 1: it is on north dakota i have no idea if
• 9:55
  Speaker 1: north dakota is any good in fact when i asked
• 9:57
  Speaker 1: mikey what the line was i asked him if it
• 9:59
  Speaker 1: was north dakota State.
• 10:00
  Speaker 2: It's not. It's North Dakota. They're plus 24 and a half.
• 10:04
  Speaker 2: They're at Nebraska.
• 10:05
  Speaker 1: Nebraska will win, but they're not beating anyone by more
• 10:08
  Speaker 1: than 24 points this year.
• 10:10
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry. Nebraska wins.
• 10:12
  Speaker 1: North Dakota covers Nebraska by 14 points at home.
• 10:16
  Speaker 2: Another big underdog. Michigan State.
• 10:19
  Speaker 1: Pat Fitzgerald plus 29 and a half at Notre Dame.
• 10:24
  Speaker 2: Buy it up to 30. Mikey is laughing at me.
• 10:29
  Speaker 2: Notre Dame wins.
• 10:30
  Speaker 1: Michigan State covers Notre Dame by 21 points at home.
• 10:34
  Speaker 2: And finally... The big game of the weekend. It is Mississippi.
• 10:38
  Speaker 2: It is LSU. Mississippi plus two and a half at home.
• 10:41
  Speaker 2: Buy it up to three.
• 10:42
  Speaker 1: But I do think Mississippi wins the game outright. Mississippi wins.
• 10:46
  Speaker 1: They cover Mississippi by a field goal. Let's get to
• 10:50
  Speaker 1: the NFL week two here. Five and one a week ago.
• 10:54
  Speaker 1: Five and one.
• 10:55
  Speaker 2: That felt good, Mikey. It's rare that I get off
• 10:57
  Speaker 2: to a five and one start. You impressed a little bit?
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  Speaker 3: A little bit. A little bit. But I was still
• 11:00
  Speaker 3: angry at you about college, so.
• 11:03
  Speaker 2: Thank you. And taking a jet, even though they covered. Right.
• 11:07
  Speaker 2: I'm going to do it again.
• 11:08
  Speaker 3: No!
• 11:09
  Speaker 2: Spoiler alert.
• 11:11
  Speaker 3: Here we go.
• 11:11
  Speaker 2: NFL, Bucs, minus six and a half.
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  Speaker 3: Eight and a half.
• 11:14
  Speaker 4: I'm sorry.
• 11:14
  Speaker 2: They're taking on the Browns.
• 11:16
  Speaker 1: This is more of a bet against the Browns than
• 11:18
  Speaker 1: it is on the Bucs, although the Bucs need to
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: win this game.
• 11:20
  Speaker 2: The Browns are really bad. They are just bad.
• 11:24
  Speaker 1: The Bucs need it. They have to get this win.
• 11:27
  Speaker 1: They are minus 8.5. Buy it down to 8.
• 11:29
  Speaker 2: The Bucs win by 17 points at home against the
• 11:33
  Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns.
• 11:34
  Speaker 1: We go to New York. Jets, home opener, 1-0. Take
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: it on the 0-1 Packers. Jets are plus 3.5 at home.
• 11:42
  Speaker 1: Buy it up to 4.
• 11:44
  Speaker 2: Doesn't matter.
• 11:45
  Speaker 1: Jets win the game outright. They beat the Packers and
• 11:49
  Speaker 1: win by three points at home. We go to Foxborough.
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: Patriots taking on the Steelers. The Steelers didn't win a
• 11:55
  Speaker 1: game last week.
• 11:56
  Speaker 2: The Falcons lost the game. I am going to take
• 11:58
  Speaker 2: the Patriots. They need this game.
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: They're 0-1. Don't want to start the season 0-2. The Steelers,
• 12:03
  Speaker 1: they got to win already. So not as urgent as
• 12:06
  Speaker 1: the Patriots are going to be. Minus four and a half.
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: Buy it down to four. Patriots win and cover. Patriots
• 12:12
  Speaker 1: by 10 points at home. Bears, Caleb Williams, best quarterback
• 12:16
  Speaker 1: in the history of the NFL. Take it on Carson Wentz,
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: I think. Maybe it's Kyler Murray. I have no idea.
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: The Vikings have no idea on a week-to-week basis. Buy
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: it down to four. Chicago wins. They cover the Bears
• 12:29
  Speaker 1: by 13 points at home. Chiefs, minus six and a half.
• 12:33
  Speaker 1: They're taking on the Colts. This is Sunday Night Football.
• 12:35
  Speaker 2: Is that right, Mike?
• 12:37
  Speaker 1: Danny Dimes, Sunday Night Football.
• 12:39
  Speaker 2: Chiefs, why did I go Danny Dimes and not Patrick Mahomes?
• 12:42
  Speaker 3: Todd, yes.
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: I guess I'm wondering why the Colts are playing on
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football. But the Chiefs are minus 6.5, buy
• 12:49
  Speaker 1: it down to 6.
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  Speaker 2: The Chiefs win.
• 12:51
  Speaker 1: They cover the Chiefs by 14 points at home. And finally,
• 12:56
  Speaker 1: Jackson Dart, the Giants, plus 7.5. Monday Night Football, they're
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: at the Rams. Man, do the Rams need this. It'd
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: be interesting if the Rams started the season 0-2. The
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: Giants already got a victory.
• 13:09
  Speaker 2: They're 1-0.
• 13:10
  Speaker 1: Buy it up to eight. The Rams are going to win.
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: The Giants will cover. The Rams by four. And Jackson
• 13:16
  Speaker 1: Dart and them boys get the cover.
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  Speaker 1: God bless college football, Mikey A.
• 15:01
  Speaker 3: God bless all football, Bear.
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: God bless football, mate. Oh, jeez.
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: He is in London for the big Arizona State-Kansas tilt.
• 15:14
  Speaker 4: I am. I've seen a couple. I've seen a European
• 15:17
  Speaker 4: football match already. Crystal Palace League match on Thursday night,
• 15:23
  Speaker 4: which was fantastic. They won 4-0. I am going to
• 15:26
  Speaker 4: Bournemouth on Sunday to watch Liverpool-Bournemouth down on the south coast.
• 15:30
  Speaker 4: So fun times here in and around a little work week.
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: Mikey, why are you wincing? Why are you making a face?
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: What happened there?
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: Because he said he saw a match where one team
• 15:41
  Speaker 3: didn't score, and he said it was fantastic. And I'm
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: just wondering why.
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: Why? Thank you.
• 15:47
  Speaker 3: Finally, someone on my side.
• 15:49
  Speaker 4: It was 3-0 at halftime. There was a penalty kick.
• 15:53
  Speaker 3: Barnburner.
• 15:54
  Speaker 4: There was a penalty kick in the first half.
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: I mean, 3-0 at halftime is like being down 49-0
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: in a football game.
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: There was a.
• 16:01
  Speaker 4: Red card in the second half, and the LEC, the
• 16:04
  Speaker 4: Polish team, the fans that had traveled at the 65th
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: minute decided to let off this unbelievable show of flares
• 16:14
  Speaker 4: and lights and fire. It was great. It was like
• 16:18
  Speaker 4: their entire section was on fire. Fire with Flair. They
• 16:21
  Speaker 4: didn't care that they were down 3-0.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: They were there to have a good time. Bear, how
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: are you going to navigate?
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: I can't imagine too many fans from Kansas travel to England.
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: No, they did. Arizona State's not there. I mean, why
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: would Arizona State go to England?
• 16:37
  Speaker 4: I've gotten stopped. I've gotten stopped in the streets by
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: both Arizona State fans and Kansas fans. We saw both
• 16:44
  Speaker 4: of the soccer match last night. There are people that
• 16:49
  Speaker 4: have planned vacations around this as well. I don't think
• 16:53
  Speaker 4: it's going to be 80,000 people at Wembley like the
• 16:56
  Speaker 4: stadium holds, but there are more people here than I
• 16:59
  Speaker 4: think you would expect.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: How many hours ahead are you right now?
• 17:03
  Speaker 4: I am five hours ahead of you.
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: So, Mikey, what I'm wondering here is how Bear is
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: going to navigate the game of the year, LSU and Mississippi.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: I think it kicks off at 7.30 or 8 o'clock,
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: which is like 2.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: In the morning his time. How are we going to
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: navigate this?
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: It's a problem. 12.30 a.m. London time is not– it's–
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: It's not going to happen for me, unfortunately.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: The good news, Bear, is being where you are, you
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: could probably avoid spoilers. So if you could somehow record
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: the game, maybe get it on your phone, you could
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: wake up. I don't know what your travel schedule is,
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: but that might be a nice thing to watch on
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: the plane ride home. Sounds like you can navigate some
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: stuff here.
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: It's nearly impossible to do it that way these days.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: It is. It's impossible.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: The last time I did it was when a horse
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: was running for the Triple Crown at the Belmont, and
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: somehow I imagined– to avoid it the entire day.
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: I'm not certain.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: It's possible, but Mikey's right. That's a great way to
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: go home. It is watching that game.
• 18:02
  Speaker 4: It is. I could probably navigate. That would be a
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: good way to occupy the train ride from London to
• 18:09
  Speaker 4: Bournemouth on Sunday morning.
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: There you go.
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: Perfect. Great idea, Mikey. I knew we'd keep you around
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: for some reason.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: Bear, what do you imagine?
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: We've had so many people out talking about this game
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: What do you imagine that scene's going to be like, Oxford, Mississippi,
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: on Saturday night?
• 18:28
  Speaker 4: It is going to be an absolute hate fest, and
• 18:30
  Speaker 4: it's going to be absolutely glorious.
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: There is genuine hate and disdain there. It's an awesome
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: setting for college football in the Grove, but they literally
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: hate Lane Kiffin. And Lane loves being the villain. He truly,
• 18:48
  Speaker 4: he is totally fine with it, just absolutely. I am
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: the villain. I am the character. They hate me. Fine. Good.
• 18:56
  Speaker 4: I think he absolutely loves it. In terms of the game,
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: I kind of like Ole Miss a little bit.
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: You know how.
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: In this game. I know I am in the minority here.
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: I wonder about Ole Miss, I mean, LSU's offense just
• 19:11
  Speaker 4: a little bit. Levitt was more running around in the
• 19:15
  Speaker 4: opener against Clemson. Then they finally got it going against
• 19:18
  Speaker 4: a bad lot tech team in the second half. Yes.
• 19:21
  Speaker 4: I think that home field is going to count for something.
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: And with Lucas Canero, their kicker, he is an absolute weapon.
• 19:27
  Speaker 4: So a close game, I certainly think favors Ole Miss.
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: And I don't know if either team is capable of
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: blowing out one or the other.
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: Bear, do you like being at games like this, like
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: in your job? Because I imagine that for everybody else,
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: it's this visceral thing. But for you, it's work. And
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: you're like, how the hell am I going to get
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: out of here when the show is done? Now I've
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: got a with all this. Is this something you like?
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: Or is it more of just a nuisance for you?
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: Are you talking about either where I am right now
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: in London?
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: No, no, no.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: He's saying if you had to work a game like this,
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: would you enjoy it? Would you go to a game
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: like this if you weren't working?
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: Oh, God, yes.
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: Great. It would be great because I love the scene.
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: I love the raw emotion. I love the flavor. And
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: I've always said college football needs characters.
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 20:22
  Speaker 4: It makes it great. And to have a character like
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: Lane and the fans, we go from loving him last
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: year to completely hating him. I would love to be
• 20:32
  Speaker 4: there this weekend. Yeah.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: But how about from a work standpoint?
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: If if Big Noon was at this game and you're
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: working the game, it's a different atmosphere for you, right?
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: Because you're working.
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: It's a much better atmosphere, though.
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: OK, OK. No, because that's where Mikey was getting to.
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: The content I know is much better. I'm just sitting
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: there going the logistics of trying to get in and
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: out of there. All that stuff. It's like, oh, my God,
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: I don't care. Just get me home.
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: No, no, no. I never thought it. The only time
• 21:03
  Speaker 4: I would think about it that way would be if
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: it was like a really, really late night and it
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: was kind of like one road in, one road out
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: type of deal. But for the show content with the
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: signs and man on the street, all the elements, it
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: kind of, I can remember being there in the Grove
• 21:22
  Speaker 4: in 2014 for the Alabama Ole Miss game. when Ole
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: Miss wound up going to number one. Ole Miss beat
• 21:28
  Speaker 4: Alabama that day and wound up getting ranked number one
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: in the country. And it was like the perfect, it
• 21:33
  Speaker 4: was our first trip there. And the scene was great.
• 21:36
  Speaker 4: The storyline was great. It built up and like our
• 21:39
  Speaker 4: show kind of kicked off what at the time was
• 21:42
  Speaker 4: like arguably the greatest day in Ole Miss football history
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: by upsetting Alabama at the end of the day.
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin, this is a win-win situation for him because
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: I believe that he'll figure out a way to give
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: himself credit regardless of who wins the game. I built
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: that team over there that beat my LSU team where
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: I'm so far– this is why I left Mississippi to
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: go to LSU because he's that kind of guy. The
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: Sam Leavitt report, that made you laugh out loud, right?
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 22:08
  Speaker 4: It was literally the first thing I did. I'm like, unbelievable.
• 22:12
  Speaker 4: And then he put Leavitt on there. He put Weeks
• 22:15
  Speaker 4: on there. He put– Let me just put all of
• 22:17
  Speaker 4: my best players on there. The number of people that
• 22:23
  Speaker 4: believe that that was an accurate injury report, I hope
• 22:26
  Speaker 4: would be like under 0.5%. I love your point about Lane.
• 22:32
  Speaker 4: That is a great point because if they do lose,
• 22:35
  Speaker 4: it's going to be, yeah, a lot of those guys
• 22:38
  Speaker 4: are on my team, and it was good to see
• 22:39
  Speaker 4: that they could draw up enough energy and ire and
• 22:42
  Speaker 4: animosity to hate me so much that I got them
• 22:44
  Speaker 4: motivated to beat me. That's a great point.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: Right, and it will take me a minute to get
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: LSU to where I got Mississippi.
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: Just give me a minute, right? A classic win-win.
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: So it seems like, just to be clear to the
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: audience here, is this a confident lean on Mississippi here?
• 23:01
  Speaker 4: It is. I wouldn't say a confident lean. It's a lean.
• 23:06
  Speaker 4: It's one of those where if I got to circle
• 23:10
  Speaker 4: the number on the old pool pick this week, I'll
• 23:13
  Speaker 4: take Ole Miss. But I'm not going to get too
• 23:16
  Speaker 4: heavily involved in the real money and bet in this one.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Some interesting games tonight. There's one sneaky big game tonight.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: But this is interesting. Miami plays tonight. How are you
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: going to navigate that? They're at Wake Forest. They're taking
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: on the Deacs. The Deacs are 2-0. I love the
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: games tonight, by the way. But how are you going
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: to navigate watching your Hurricanes at 3.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: In the morning?
• 23:36
  Speaker 4: I don't think it's going to happen, unfortunately, at 3
• 23:39
  Speaker 4: in the night. I might be able to make the
• 23:42
  Speaker 4: first half from like 12.30. to maybe 2 a.m., but
• 23:47
  Speaker 4: I don't think we're going to– hopefully it won't be
• 23:49
  Speaker 4: a game and hopefully we don't have to worry about it.
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 23:52
  Speaker 4: Fortunately, it's not going to happen. I'm also concerned about
• 23:56
  Speaker 4: the other game tonight, the Texas Tech-Houston game.
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: That's the sneaky big game, yeah.
• 24:01
  Speaker 4: I love Texas Tech in this game, by the way.
• 24:03
  Speaker 4: Do you? It's seven and a half. Houston, it feels
• 24:07
  Speaker 4: like a dog with fleas, in my opinion. Everybody is
• 24:11
  Speaker 4: high on Houston. After last week, Texas Tech went to
• 24:14
  Speaker 4: Oregon State. It was a four-quarter game. Oregon State played
• 24:18
  Speaker 4: Houston to a four-quarter game in Houston earlier this year
• 24:22
  Speaker 4: as well. So I'm not buying it. I think it's
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: a great buy-low spot for Texas Tech. And the atmosphere there,
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: Lubbock at night, is a weird place. I think they're
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: going to be getting after it. I think that home
• 24:37
  Speaker 4: field is going to make a difference. I think it
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: might have been just a little bit of a look
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: ahead for last week up in Corvallis for the Red Raiders.
• 24:45
  Speaker 4: It does concern me a little bit that they did
• 24:48
  Speaker 4: have that wild card, well, wild cat package, rather, for
• 24:51
  Speaker 4: Tommy Castellanos in there, which didn't make much sense. Do
• 24:54
  Speaker 4: they trust Will Hammond? But I think this is a
• 24:57
  Speaker 4: great spot. for Texas Tech at a discounted number.
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: All right. We wrote that down, Mikey. We have that. Yes.
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: He gets mad at me every time I ask. What
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: do you have on that piece of paper? Is it
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: just say Texas Tech and Mississippi right now?
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: It's Bears bets from last week, and then they can
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: see right there. It says Texas Tech.
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: He's got a ledger.
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: I got a ledger. Which is how I know Stu
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: went one and four last week.
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: I didn't go one and five.
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: How about the week before?
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: I went four and two.
• 25:26
  Speaker 4: I mean, what?
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: Have you done for me lately?
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: Well, the latest thing I did was five and one
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: on NFL picks.
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: The most recent thing I've done a bear.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: What do you make here of a Oregon losing that
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: game to Oklahoma state? Dan Lanning for me is I
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: like the guy. I know his players like him. I
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: know the school's in love with him for me. He
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: is as overrated a coach we have in America.
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: He is.
• 25:56
  Speaker 4: I love Dan as a person, too.
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: I put you in a bad spot. I know you did.
• 26:01
  Speaker 4: You did put me in a bad spot.
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: I really did. Don't say it. I said it, okay?
• 26:06
  Speaker 4: No, no. But that was a horrible loss.
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 26:09
  Speaker 4: You can't lose that game. You beat that team 69-3,
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: I think it was, last year. And you go on. Look,
• 26:18
  Speaker 4: I expected them, and I think we might have talked
• 26:20
  Speaker 4: about it last week. Maybe you start slow because of
• 26:24
  Speaker 4: the early kick. And then you get into it. But
• 26:27
  Speaker 4: for a defensive line that was supposed to be one
• 26:30
  Speaker 4: of the best defensive lines in the country, they couldn't
• 26:34
  Speaker 4: get a stop. The offensive line looked very problematic. It
• 26:40
  Speaker 4: looks like an issue there with two new coordinators where
• 26:43
  Speaker 4: maybe he's kind of regretting some of those hires. Dante
• 26:46
  Speaker 4: Moore has been sporadic. There have been some reports that
• 26:49
  Speaker 4: maybe he's a little beat up that allegedly had a
• 26:52
  Speaker 4: hamstring issue, which I don't know about. But that was a–
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: is it going to be maybe a wake-up loss like
• 26:58
  Speaker 4: Ohio State had in 2014 when you lost a game
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: to Virginia Tech as a big favorite at home and
• 27:04
  Speaker 4: then you go on and win the national title? I
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: don't know. They'll win by a million over Portland State,
• 27:10
  Speaker 4: I would expect. That game next week, USC really determines
• 27:15
  Speaker 4: their fate. They have to win that game or else
• 27:18
  Speaker 4: then you're putting yourself in a position– where you're going
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: to have to win at Ohio State at the end
• 27:23
  Speaker 4: of the year to make the college football playoffs. So
• 27:25
  Speaker 4: that's going to be an interesting spot next week in
• 27:29
  Speaker 4: the Coliseum, Oregon, at USC. The look-ahead line on that game,
• 27:34
  Speaker 4: I remember, was Oregon minus 10. And now I believe
• 27:37
  Speaker 4: with FanDuel, it's down to one, one and a half
• 27:39
  Speaker 4: or so. So hopefully if you bought some USC early on,
• 27:42
  Speaker 4: you're in a great spot. But yeah, I'm befuddled by Oregon.
• 27:47
  Speaker 4: I thought they had the fewest amount of questions of
• 27:49
  Speaker 4: any team Coming into the country, Jeff Schwartz, my co-host
• 27:52
  Speaker 4: on Bear Bets, watches the offensive line religiously, and he
• 27:57
  Speaker 4: did not like what he saw there.
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: At least Ohio State can justify, hey, had a good loss.
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: It's against Texas. It's on the road. It was a
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: close game.
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: Oregon landing needs to hope that Oklahoma state is good
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: for the remainder of the year.
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 28:14
  Speaker 4: And that's the thing. Or Oklahoma state was a team
• 28:16
  Speaker 4: that people thought could kind of be a little bit
• 28:18
  Speaker 4: of a dark horse sleeper contender in the big 12.
• 28:21
  Speaker 4: And they lost to Tulsa the week before. And everyone's like,
• 28:24
  Speaker 4: Oh my God, Oklahoma state must absolutely stink. And I
• 28:27
  Speaker 4: think that was added to the total shock value, but
• 28:30
  Speaker 4: I'm glad you brought up Ohio state because I don't
• 28:32
  Speaker 4: know how you can downgrade them off of that game.
• 28:36
  Speaker 4: It was a game. They should have been leading by
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: a hell of a lot more going into halftime and
• 28:41
  Speaker 4: a couple of empty red zone trips and short field goals.
• 28:44
  Speaker 4: And they led for the majority of the game and
• 28:48
  Speaker 4: get tired out late, like three 70 yard drives because
• 28:51
  Speaker 4: kind of got, manhandled late in that heat so maybe
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: that's a concern but i don't know it's to me
• 28:58
  Speaker 4: that game counts like a half a loss right like
• 29:01
  Speaker 4: if it's a tie break at the end of the
• 29:03
  Speaker 4: year yes but not in there nine and three and
• 29:07
  Speaker 4: someone else is ten and two or like ohio state
• 29:09
  Speaker 4: gets the edge for going down there playing i will
• 29:13
  Speaker 4: say there is a situation with ohio state where does
• 29:17
  Speaker 4: julian saying maybe have a big game problem But you
• 29:20
  Speaker 4: look at that game, he missed some throws. You look
• 29:23
  Speaker 4: at the Indiana game and the Big Ten championship game
• 29:27
  Speaker 4: was not great. Miami was not great. So he's going
• 29:31
  Speaker 4: to have to win one of these games, I think.
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: Or you don't necessarily have to be a superstar. You
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: don't have to be at your best. You just have
• 29:38
  Speaker 4: to go out and play fine. And he's had a
• 29:42
  Speaker 4: couple of injuries. So that might be a little bit
• 29:45
  Speaker 4: of a storyline as the season goes on. But Ohio State, clearly,
• 29:49
  Speaker 4: is still well in control of their playoff destiny.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: We'll get to your picks in a second. Check out
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: his podcast wherever you get your podcast. Bear Betts doing fantastic.
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: Am I crazy to like Miami minus 21 over Wake
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: Forest tonight?
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: I'm working out my picks here, Mikey.
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: You already gave your picks.
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: I know, but I'm checking with Bear to see if
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: he's okay with them.
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: I feel better about them going into the weekend.
• 30:17
  Speaker 4: I mean, I couldn't play Wake Forest. The one thing
• 30:23
  Speaker 4: I hate about these big numbers is at some point
• 30:26
  Speaker 4: they are going to have potentially an off night where
• 30:30
  Speaker 4: You're not throwing five touchdowns and three incompletions, and it
• 30:34
  Speaker 4: doesn't all click on the road. Watch tonight because they
• 30:41
  Speaker 4: are down guys in the secondary, and the way in
• 30:44
  Speaker 4: Gio Lopez and the Wake Forest offense is pretty good
• 30:47
  Speaker 4: and can hit on some big plays. Would not surprise
• 30:50
  Speaker 4: me to see Wake Forest score some points tonight.
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: All right, take the canes off, Mikey.
• 30:55
  Speaker 4: I don't feel good about it. I would take the
• 30:59
  Speaker 4: over if you had to take anything in that game.
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: Yes, by the way, I think that's a good idea.
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: A good loss should be a half a loss. I'd
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: be okay if Ohio State was one and a half
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: and half.
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: Yes, thank you.
• 31:11
  Speaker 4: Thank you. I have your affirmation. That's all I need.
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: It's a good idea.
• 31:15
  Speaker 3: Who's the committee that gets to decide?
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: What's a good loss?
• 31:19
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: I mean, Texas, I don't know. It's a good question.
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: I haven't thought it through yet.
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: But Texas, you know, winning at home against Ohio State
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: is not a bad loss. Ohio State was in the game,
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: should have won the game. It's not a bad loss.
• 31:31
  Speaker 3: So then Texas should have gotten a good loss last
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: year when they lost at Ohio State, no?
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: Fair, yes, but I'm just implementing the rule this year.
• 31:39
  Speaker 4: I mean– Can't do it retroactive. That's the misnomer about
• 31:44
  Speaker 4: last year, and people are kind of harping on that. Oh,
• 31:47
  Speaker 4: why are you playing these games? It cost Texas a
• 31:49
  Speaker 4: college football play. No, it didn't. It cost Texas a
• 31:52
  Speaker 4: college football playoff spot last year. We're surviving against Mississippi
• 31:56
  Speaker 4: State and losing in Florida in poor fashion. And all
• 32:01
  Speaker 4: those close, ugly calls they had. throughout the year. They
• 32:04
  Speaker 4: did not play their best football until the very, very
• 32:07
  Speaker 4: end of the season. And it was what happened in
• 32:10
  Speaker 4: between there that ultimately cost them a spot. It wasn't
• 32:12
  Speaker 4: the loss.
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: Yes, you're right.
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: Let's get to your picks here for this weekend. Mikey,
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: we should have a way to do this, like medal stand.
• 32:20
  Speaker 2: I don't know. I feel bad. We just put Bear
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: out there.
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: He gives us a handful of picks. He doesn't classify
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: if they're five-star, four-star, three-star.
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: I mean, anyway, go ahead. What do you like this
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: weekend there?
• 32:33
  Speaker 4: I mentioned Texas Tech. That's the game I like.
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: I already put it in.
• 32:37
  Speaker 4: I put it in. I like South Carolina laying three
• 32:42
  Speaker 4: and a half against Mississippi State.
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 32:44
  Speaker 4: I like Mississippi State last week, and we had them,
• 32:46
  Speaker 4: and they were an easy winner at Minnesota. But I
• 32:49
  Speaker 4: think this week, the hype train's filling up on the Bulldogs.
• 32:54
  Speaker 4: And Kamario Taylor is now a name that everybody knows, quarterback.
• 33:00
  Speaker 4: probably a little bit of a bad spot for them
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: going to South Carolina who gets their best defensive player,
• 33:06
  Speaker 4: Dylan Stewart back. When our sellers is showing a little
• 33:09
  Speaker 4: bit more of the running game ability that he showed
• 33:12
  Speaker 4: a couple of years ago that made him a very
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: highly thought of quarterback. This feels like a really good
• 33:18
  Speaker 4: spot for South Carolina laying three and ass. I like them.
• 33:22
  Speaker 4: All right. Played Northwestern at school near and dear to
• 33:25
  Speaker 4: your heart. Yep. Laying three and a half against Colorado. Yep.
• 33:30
  Speaker 4: Colorado had that big win in Atlanta against Georgia Tech
• 33:33
  Speaker 4: earlier in the year. But I think what we're going
• 33:35
  Speaker 4: to see as the year goes on, that might be
• 33:38
  Speaker 4: more of a reflection on Georgia Tech than it was Colorado. Clearly,
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: they controlled the line of scrimmage and ran the ball
• 33:45
  Speaker 4: a little bit better. But Northwestern in that running game,
• 33:48
  Speaker 4: I think they can have success there. against Colorado. So
• 33:52
  Speaker 4: I laid the three and a half with Northwestern there.
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: I like that.
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: They're a decent team. They just extended their head coach.
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: But yeah, they are a decent team. I like that
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: at home.
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: Yes, go ahead.
• 34:01
  Speaker 4: I like Maryland plus the three against Virginia Tech. Another
• 34:07
  Speaker 4: one of those underrated hate type games. James Franklin bringing
• 34:11
  Speaker 4: Virginia Tech to Maryland. So I think Maryland plus the
• 34:14
  Speaker 4: three is the right side there. And I'm going to
• 34:16
  Speaker 4: hold my nose.
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 34:18
  Speaker 4: One more time.
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: I love that.
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: I love this. The whole thing last week of the week. Yes. Yes.
• 34:25
  Speaker 4: And I'm going to take Florida state plus the points
• 34:27
  Speaker 4: against Alabama. Okay.
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: Can you do it while holding your nose though? You
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: have to do it.
• 34:34
  Speaker 4: I can't believe I'm doing this. Florida state plus the
• 34:39
  Speaker 4: points against Alabama. Alabama had that great second half in
• 34:43
  Speaker 4: Kentucky last week. Nobody wants a piece of Florida State
• 34:46
  Speaker 4: right now with how they played and that loss against SMU.
• 34:50
  Speaker 4: The fans are booing Mike Norvell on the team. Alabama,
• 34:54
  Speaker 4: of course, is going to blow them out after losing
• 34:56
  Speaker 4: Florida State last year. Just seems like a lot of
• 35:00
  Speaker 4: points here. It does seem like a lot of points here.
• 35:02
  Speaker 4: Everyone is just assuming that Alabama is going to win
• 35:04
  Speaker 4: this game by three or four touchdowns, and they might.
• 35:07
  Speaker 4: But I think Florida State will win. hang around just
• 35:12
  Speaker 4: a little bit. Kroma in the running game, they've been
• 35:14
  Speaker 4: pretty good. The Russians can't throw worth a lick.
• 35:17
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 35:18
  Speaker 4: So that'll be a big problem.
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: You're not saying Florida State's going to win.
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: You're saying Alabama, a little bit of a letdown spot.
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: They're going to win. Just not cover the spread. That's all.
• 35:25
  Speaker 4: I was going to say, do you know what 34-17 is?
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: Cover.
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: Yes, it's a win for you. Right. You got your.
• 35:32
  Speaker 4: Carolina blue on today. What do you think of the
• 35:34
  Speaker 4: Tar Heels going to Clemson this week?
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: I wear this because I only have five of them
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: and they're all different colors. I wear them in rotation.
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: Mikey is nodding his head. So I just happened to
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: wear Carolina blue today.
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: I listen.
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: We did win loss with Carolina before the season started
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: and I had them going undefeated.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: I love you.
• 35:54
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 35:54
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: But I will tell you this, if they lose two
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: or three games, Belichick's getting fired. I mean, there's too
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: much smoke around that thing, man.
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: It's crazy.
• 36:06
  Speaker 4: It's kind of ugly around there right now. Son's gone.
• 36:08
  Speaker 4: Michael Lombardi is gone. Yeah, it's problematic.
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: Well, Bear, we appreciate it. Enjoy London. It's almost dinner
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: time for you.
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: What, Mikey? What happened?
• 36:19
  Speaker 3: Bear doesn't watch any NFL? We're not doing any NFL
• 36:22
  Speaker 3: with Bear?
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot about the NFL picks. My bad.
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: Well, I didn't know how focused he was because he's
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: in London. He had long travels. I didn't know, you know,
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: he's not going to be able to watch some of
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: these games. I didn't know if he was going to
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: pick them. What am I talking about?
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: It's Bear.
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: He picked these games seven weeks ago. Mikey, I'm sorry.
• 36:43
  Speaker 4: I didn't see a second of the Bills game last
• 36:45
  Speaker 4: night just because, again, it was on.
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: The Bills are good.
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll save you the watch. The Bills are very good.
• 36:53
  Speaker 4: I saw the final score.
• 36:57
  Speaker 3: Final score was a liar.
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: I will tell you this. I like the Lions.
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: I told Taylor I'm in a suicide pool, and I
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: already chose the Lions to win the game, and Taylor
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: talked me out of it, and I ended up taking Buffalo,
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: and I'm glad that he did.
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: Good. Yes.
• 37:12
  Speaker 4: Good, but the final score– and this was the highest
• 37:16
  Speaker 4: scoring week one ever. Like the games are kind of non-dramatic,
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: non-compelling and like kind of boring when it's like, Oh, well,
• 37:25
  Speaker 4: how many places are going to take the score touchdown
• 37:27
  Speaker 4: this time? Oh, how many days are going to like,
• 37:29
  Speaker 4: there aren't any stops.
• 37:31
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, listen, you get the ball.
• 37:34
  Speaker 4: You're basically in scoring range because team cross gets like
• 37:37
  Speaker 4: the 45 and it's a 61 yard field goal and
• 37:39
  Speaker 4: all it's good.
• 37:40
  Speaker 3: It's good.
• 37:42
  Speaker 4: Like, You've got to add some defense back in this game,
• 37:44
  Speaker 4: a little bit of drama.
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: Yeah, not everything can be 4-0, Bear.
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: And if you want defense in the NFL, just watch
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: the Steelers.
• 37:52
  Speaker 4: Yeah, but do they get to play Cooper Rush every week?
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: That's a good point.
• 37:57
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: Well, then just watch whoever is playing Cooper Rush that week.
• 38:03
  Speaker 4: Tell me the Carolina Panthers this week.
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Carolina is a very interesting team, an entertaining team.
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: So who do you like here, Bear? By the way, again,
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: I was 5-1, Stu, you guys. Was it 4-1 or
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: 5-1 last week?
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: We'll give you 5-1. Double credit.
• 38:20
  Speaker 3: Oh, no, it was 5-1. It was 5-1.
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: It was 5-1.
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: Mikey's going to hate this. I love the Jets at home.
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: So anyway, who do we like, Bear?
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: I like the Titans. I know that's horrible to say. Bear.
• 38:34
  Speaker 4: Terrible last week.
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: Bear.
• 38:37
  Speaker 4: The Eagles only had 10 first downs in that game.
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah, should he hold his nose, Mikey?
• 38:41
  Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know how he's not.
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: I'm holding it.
• 38:45
  Speaker 4: I'm going to take Titans plus seven points against the Eagles.
• 38:49
  Speaker 4: How can they be any worse? I think the Titans'
• 38:52
  Speaker 4: defense is still serviceable. And as I just said, Eagles'
• 38:58
  Speaker 4: offense was more of a big play type of thing.
• 39:01
  Speaker 4: A couple of big scoring plays, 10 first downs in
• 39:03
  Speaker 4: the game. I don't know, seven points with an absolute– disgusting,
• 39:08
  Speaker 4: ugly dog. I mean, that seems like potentially you're going
• 39:13
  Speaker 4: to look down at like the picks distribution this week
• 39:16
  Speaker 4: and you're going to see about 75% of the tickets
• 39:19
  Speaker 4: on the Eagles. And you never want to be on
• 39:21
  Speaker 4: that side, even though I will say in the NFL,
• 39:23
  Speaker 4: that's kind of been the way it's gone lately. I
• 39:26
  Speaker 4: do like the Patriots as well against the Steelers.
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: A little bounce back?
• 39:36
  Speaker 4: I think it's a bounce back. I think the Steelers'
• 39:38
  Speaker 4: win was more about the Atlanta Falcons and Cooper Rush
• 39:41
  Speaker 4: being absolutely atrocious, getting that defensive score. I know no A.J. Brown,
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: but I would think that As long as the offensive
• 39:50
  Speaker 4: line of the Patriots can block a little bit, I
• 39:53
  Speaker 4: think they'll be okay. Those are my two favorite games.
• 39:59
  Speaker 4: I think I like the Houston Texans as well as
• 40:04
  Speaker 4: a bronze medal play against Cincinnati. Not just because you
• 40:08
  Speaker 4: hear this injury report about Burrow, but the Bengals, that
• 40:13
  Speaker 4: shouldn't have been a game last week with Tampa Bay.
• 40:15
  Speaker 4: Tampa Bay just turned the ball over a million times
• 40:17
  Speaker 4: and If they turn it over once instead of four times,
• 40:20
  Speaker 4: they'd probably go to Cincinnati and win. So I think
• 40:23
  Speaker 4: Bucs might be a little bit overrated or a little... Yeah,
• 40:28
  Speaker 4: Bucs are a little underrated, I think, at this point.
• 40:30
  Speaker 4: The Bengals might be a little bit overrated coming off
• 40:33
  Speaker 4: of that win. And you never want to say, oh,
• 40:35
  Speaker 4: it's a must win. It's do or die week two. But...
• 40:39
  Speaker 4: If the Texans lose this game, they're 0-2 against two
• 40:43
  Speaker 4: seeming contenders in the AFC, and who knows what that
• 40:46
  Speaker 4: does in terms of seedings, potential wild card, whatever else.
• 40:50
  Speaker 4: It really is a must win. You've got to be
• 40:53
  Speaker 4: a little bit impressed, excited, positive, optimistic on the Texans'
• 40:59
  Speaker 4: offense last week, putting up all those points, too.
• 41:01
  Speaker 2: That's what Mikey was saying, because you know that defense
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: is going to show up every single week, but the
• 41:05
  Speaker 2: big question you had was C.J. Stroud. He made the
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: turnover late. He made some bad.
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: Plays late, but if they put up 30-plus points, they're
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: going to win just about every game.
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah. All right, Bear, enjoy London. We appreciate the time.
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: As always, hopefully you'll be able to avoid the LSU-Mississippi
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: score and march in on the train to a plane,
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: wherever the hell you're going.
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: We love you, buddy. Bear Betts, check it out wherever
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: you get your podcast. Thank you, buddy.
• 41:30
  Speaker 4: You got it, guys.