Speaker 1: Miami playing Indiana. The National Championship Game goes tonight. We
are gonna take that game apart. Plus, we're gonna have
business right at the top of the should jumping right
in there. Look at that, everybody, look at that. Joe's
already screwing up. Anyway, We're gonna take apart in the
National Championship Game. We're gonna look at every single NBA
game on the board, every single NHL game on the board.
We're gonna take a part some college basketball. We're gonna
look ahead to the division to the Championship a weekend
coming up in the NFL. Sean McDermott fired, Brian Power
joining us. I'm Lawrence Presman. This is the best betting
show ever.
Speaker 2: Pry.
Speaker 3: I sometimes I learn a little slower than I should,
but I will say I have learned to not shot
out Joe. I don't think we're supposed to be on
that shot.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 1: Supposedly Monday, Supposedly last Monday, you guys did a great
show that nobody will ever see.
Speaker 2: No the Lost tapes. Wow, I was this close to
doing a audio dub over, which would have been quite
quite hilarious with oh no, mister Bell. It would have
been it would have been awful on so many levels.
So I opted not to do that. I just I
just opted to do the show twice so we can
see Steve Merrill. That's basically it.
Speaker 1: At Steve and Steve. Brian did text us today privately
and said, hey, can I come on the show today
instead of Brian.
Speaker 2: No, he did not say no. Absolutely, did not happen anyway,
did not happen.
Speaker 1: Oh hey, Josh Allen just fumbled. Sorry, just happened right now?
Speaker 2: There you go, right now?
Speaker 1: Oh did it again?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, so shall we recap? Should we? He just
drew an interception as we spit. Yeah, excellent on the
wrong side of the field for all people betting the
under Oh wait, that would be me. Anyway. Let's get
into the championship game first, and then we'll reminisce on
the good vibes that happened in the ALLA this past weekend.
Miami playing Indiana tonight, and you know what, kudos to
both of these teams. Unbelievable that they that Miami is there.
And obviously we've gone Indiana a huge fricking favorite. A
total in this game of forty seven and a half
forty eight, but we have had money coming in on Miami. Guys,
we're down to seven and a half at most places. Brian,
I'll go to you first. Firstly, why is this game
starting so late? People need to sleep? And then on
top of that, how do you bet it? I know,
but it's college I know, but it's college football. You
know it's gonna be five hours. You know we're gonna
have like a two hour intermission. There's gonna be seven
million things going on, and we're gonna be watching the
fourth quarter at one fifteen in the morning.
Speaker 2: Anyway, I don't.
Speaker 3: Think it's good. Well, barring overtime, I don't think it's
gonna go that late.
Speaker 4: But I don't know.
Speaker 3: There's an argument that the game could have taken place
on Friday, but whatever, let's talk about betting the game.
Like you said, Pres, I'm not surprised about every money today.
I talked about it with Ross and Ralph on the
Blitz last Thursday. We all agreed that Miami money was
gonna show on game day. I'll be honest with you,
and I'm interested to hear your guys's rebuttals. I actually
don't know if the spread's high enough. I get that
it is a it was a big reaction relative to
the look aheadline for this game, But I also thought
the look aheadline to this game, Joe and Prez is
ridiculously short. At five hours there's Indiana was five and
a half in this game. I would have bet very
large on Indiana as it is. I bet Indiana before
they beat Oregon at plus one thirty five to win
the national championship. So in terms of the side tonight,
I'm very comfortable where I'm at having that position. I
just need Indiana to win, and I think Indiana is
gonna win. Quite Frankly, I don't want to bet against six.
I know that this is interesting. If Indiana, who was
a one hundred to one preseason one hundred and one
preseason odds to win the championship, if they do in
fact win the championship tonight, Joe, it would be the
longest preseason of odds of any champion in a major
sport proer college since the nineteen ninety nine Saint Louis
Rams were one hundred and fifty to one.
Speaker 4: Here they went.
Speaker 1: So I'm going to jump in right now and tell
you to stop being North American centric, Okay, like there
is a world out there, a big NHL. Yeah, Leicester City.
So that ends that, Brian, good one, good try though, Brian,
you know there's a world out there. Thousand to one
bro Yes, okay, so yeah, let's not let's not be
xenophobic Americans for the day. If that's okay. Anyway, I
suppose what you like that word? Yes, No, I'm America today.
Oh okay, as a Canadian, I'm American. Okay. So anyway,
but Brian, I do I do agree. Listen, the line
does feel short too, and you look at Indiana. I
mean it's not like they don't cover seven and a half.
They covered seven and a half eight out of their
last ten games, so they are they are a team
that creates distance. So I don't disagree with you. Joe.
What's your initial take on this game? Okay, so there
we go. Said they you.
Speaker 2: I'm just guessing they shouldn't show up tonight then, right,
I mean the games are over. I get there. Should
don't don't even bother showing up, Miami. It's a great season. No,
it's gonna break season. Don't show up. There's not a
chance in hell that they can actually win this game,
much less stay within a touchdown because, uh, you'd have
to go back how many years to find out the
last time Miami was actually blown out of a game here.
So yeah, no, but yeah, let's let's go with that. Indiana,
just give him the trophy. It's over.
Speaker 4: He didn't say that, Joe.
Speaker 1: The two of you guys should get you guys should
get a room or something.
Speaker 2: You're just saying it's you know, the market apparently thinks
they shouldn't show up here tonight. It's over. Oh well,
it's a good thing they got to play the game,
because you know, the best team doesn't always win. Guys,
you know we noticed that. You can.
Speaker 3: I ask you a question though, Joe, because I think
I'll ask you two questions actually. Number one, do you
think the look do you think do you think the
look ahead line? Do you think the look aheadline was short?
Like that's been like that's been one of the two
big talking points, like, oh the look before Indiana destroyed Orgon,
it was sitting at five and a half and then
it was an eight and a half, People like, oh
my god, that's an overreaction.
Speaker 4: Do you think that five and a half.
Speaker 2: Was too short. Yes, Okay.
Speaker 3: Also, and this is I'll open this up to everybody
and please comment down below with your thoughts as well.
What are we assigning Miami for home field advantage in
this game? I cause that's been like a very interesting
debate that I've seen over these last you know, eight
nine days, because you can't assign them full home field
and that this is not a true home game, or
do you.
Speaker 2: I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't think there's I don't think any to be
honest with you, I think this line is what it
would be on a neutral field.
Speaker 2: Joe. Now there is a there is an edge he
They're going to be in their same locker room. Even
though they're the away team, they're still assigned to the
same locker room. So this is going to be very
familiar territory here for Miami. There's gonna be a ton
of Canes fans, and there'll be some Indiana fans there
as well, with the majority the people in that building
and more importantly on that sideline will be very familiar
with the University of Miami. So yeah, I think there
is is it three points? No? Is it a point?
Probably somewhere in that ballpark there, But.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think it gets I don't think
if they're which is why it's basically the same, because
it's seven and a half now, and I think on
a neutral the Hills you might get set up. Josh
Allen just fubbled. Sorry, that's all. Yeah, that's about half
the point. I don't the point takes you to six
and a half, and I I would be betting Indiana
at minus six and a half on a neutral field.
I'll tell you that. Total wise, guys, I mean, this
is an interesting total because from an offensive perspective, it's low.
In other words, Miami just put up thirty one twenty four.
They put up thirty eight, thirty forty one, thirty eight
forty two. This team can score Indiana fifty six points
last game thirty eight fifty six. They have gone over
fifty five points four of their last eight games. But
then conversely, on defense, you got Indiana holding Alabama to three,
Ohio State to ten, per Due to three, Wisconsin is seven,
Maryland to ten, Ucla to six, MSU to thirteen. Brian,
where are you going total wise in this game? Because
it is it really is an interesting number.
Speaker 3: Well, I'm sure Joe and his mascot would can her
here that a big key to the game for Miami
is what they've been doing all year, and that is
the fact they are number one in the country in
first half points per game allowed, giving up just four
point seven. I think, Joe you would agree that that's incredible.
It does not behove Miami to fall behind in this game.
I don't see them necessarily coming from behind to win.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 3: Indiana is not far behind Miami in the first half
points per game allowed department.
Speaker 4: They give up just six point two.
Speaker 3: These are two of the top five teams in the
country points per game allowed, and Miami's offense has had
trouble getting out of the gate, at least into the
first two of the three playoff wins. They did not
score an offensive touchdown against A and M obviously until
the fourth quarter, and they had just one offensive touchdown
before the final minute against Ohio State. I don't know
if that was filmed immediately after that, but the Old Miss,
the Ole Miss defense obviously not on the same level
as A and M Ohio State. Indiana and I will
point out, I'm sure Joe will want to make this
point as well, that the Miami defense is probably at
least on par in the same neighborhood, if you will.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they got great numbers too, Brian.
Speaker 3: At least on par with the Ohio in Ohio State
defense that held Indiana to a season low thirteen in
the Big Ten.
Speaker 1: That's a great point. That's a great point. And you
look down here, Joe, and they held Ohio State to
fourteen A and m to three, pit to seven. It's
a really interesting total. Any quick thoughts.
Speaker 2: There, Well, that total didn't rise. It appears that the
total what forty eight, forty eight and a half is
an open and what have we done at forty seven
forty seven and a half?
Speaker 1: There are still forty eight and a half's out there though,
So it is, and there's a forty seven out there,
so bit all over the map in that regard.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think arguments can be made on both sides.
I can make the argument that a congratulations, you blew
it out an Alabama team that shouldn't even been in
the college football playoff number one. Number two, you beat
the most overhyped team in all of college football in Oregon,
and congratulations there because that you had already beaten them
once and you were gonna beat them again twice because
Dan Lanning can't figure out how to win a game
against any elite competition. So that leaves me with the
only thing to compare these two teams would be a
common opponent. And what common opponent would that be? Oh
Ohio State. That's right, an opponent in which Miami made
them look silly and in which Indiana struggled mightily there.
They also struggled against Iowa. They also struggled against Penn State.
What are those two teams have in common? They don't
have half the defense Miami has. So if they are
going to blow Miami out, well they're gonna have to
do it right from the get go. Praz So I
for me, I don't understand if I'm betting Indiana. I'm
betting it over right, unless you think all the Indiana's
defense is somehow it's it's so good and so elite
that Miami's offense an offensive line with an average weight
of what three hundred and twenty pounds versus the average
two hundred and sixty pound defensive linemen of Indiana, and
they're somehow not going to move Indiana around left and
right to be able to run the ball. Yeah, I
got to see it to believe it.
Speaker 3: Two best teams in the country in the trenches are
these two teams? In my opinion, I don't think one
or a sixty pound weight advantage. Yeah. The big team
for Miami Joe. Their pass rush I thought, actually was
not as good as expected against Ole Miss Shambliss had
time to throw in that more time, at least more
time to throw than I expected in that semi finals.
Let's remember the Miami safety is suspended for the first
half of this game due to that kind of silly
targeting rule that I don't think any of us really like.
They probably need to change that, but look, it's the
rule and he's out the first half.
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, I mean, like the targeting that happened when
the running back jumped over the guy in the Chicago
game and got kind of like in the head yep,
but there was no flag on the play. That kind
of targeting correct, Yeah, something like that. Okay, Well, that
leads us right into what did we learn and this weekend?
And I'm going to start guys, here's a couple of
things we learned. We learned that CJ. Stroud should not
be signed to a long term contract under any circumstances
is he's not going to be a great quarterback in
this league. Okay, so there's hot take number one. Hot
take number one, Hot take number two. We learned that
the yurr of the turnovers against the press continues.
Speaker 2: Correct.
Speaker 1: I had five percent play on the bills. Josh Allen
turned the ball over seven hundred times. I had the
under in the Houston, New England game, Basically almost every
score was off of a turnover on an incredibly short field.
Uh so the turnover you're from hal continues for the press.
We also saw three quarterbacks have brain cramps. Uh yeah,
what did we learned? Do you not know how to smell?
What the hell is that?
Speaker 2: Joe? You kept saying what we learned? So what we
learned is watched ahead.
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just on my accent. Now we weren't.
Speaker 2: Did you not hear what we learned? Because I'm waiting.
Speaker 1: For what we learned?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I do.
Speaker 1: I say Lord, You're right, I say Lord, and I'm
okay with it. I'm okay with it, guys. We also
bo Nick's hurt his ankle on a kneel down. M
That is uh That is impressive. That is impressive. I
feel so bad for him. Caleb Williams is for real.
H Ben Jonson has problems changing gears And I do
want to talk about the going or it on fourth
down a little. H Brian will leave that topic for now.
We'll come back to it. Uh yeah, Brian, That's pretty
much what I learned, dude. I was on Buffalo, I
was on the under in, I was on the I
was on San Francisco. Wow, that was the That was
a bad bet by me. They did not show up
at all. And how good is Seattle? Are they the
front runners right now?
Speaker 2: Briy?
Speaker 1: You go first?
Speaker 3: Well, I mean that was the one game where there
was clearly an inarguable deserved winner. I mean, you know, look,
you return the opening kick for a touchdown that completely
changes the game script.
Speaker 4: Who knows, but I mean not forty one.
Speaker 3: It's not enough to you know, say, well it would
have been different forty one to six. It's forty one
to six. You hit the nail on the head. Though,
as as far as the other three games go, you
didn't even need to watch the games to understand why
who won one.
Speaker 4: It's a turnover Battle's just that simple.
Speaker 3: You can't if you're Buffalo and Houston, you can't go
on the road and turn the ball over five times
in the plass You're not gonna win. I mean, you
saw the They showed the stat during the telecast of
Buffalo and Denver that.
Speaker 4: Road teams who lose.
Speaker 3: The turnover battle by three or more are one are
now one in eighty six all time. So when Buffalo
was in a position to win that game, I was
a sty is, like, I can't believe they might pull
this off. Obviously, yeah, yeah, And it cost McDermott's job.
And you know, yesterday I had a terrible day myself.
Yesterday Press five percent loser on the Rams team total
over twenty six and a half, even with overtime. I
don't get there. It was Sean McVay picked one hell
of a time to call his worst game of the year.
Speaker 4: I thought, oh, well, I understand what he was doing.
Speaker 3: I don't understand what he was doing at all. You're Stafford.
Something was wrong with Stafford yesterday. I don't know what
it was his hand, I presume, but he was missing
throws he was completing all season, and you're throwing twice
as much as you're running. Despite the fact you look
at the Chicago Bears defense over the course of the year,
they can be run on.
Speaker 4: In my analysis for the game.
Speaker 3: You can check it out at my page wt dot
bus slash VP, I said, expect a healthy dose of Korum,
expect a healthy dose of Williams. Let's just run it
right down their throats. And all I can say is
is that Sean McVay must have gotten his own head
and decided, well, everyone's expecting I'm going to do this,
so I will not do it because I don't understand
the offense.
Speaker 1: I want to jump in here. I want to jump
in here. Sorry, Joe, I know you're up next, but
I I want to make mention of what you're saying, Brian,
because where it really got horrible to me wasn't even
so much what you're saying. I agree with you from
the whole game perspective. The play calling was off, and
it wasn't balanced, and they did not take advantage of
Chicago's defense. And on top of that, Chicago came out
edge rushing. There were wheel routes all day or the
rams they didn't throw one. There were screenplays available all day.
They didn't take advantage of that. But most importantly, Brian,
at the end of the game, they ran the ball
three times in a row, including third and six. Matt
Stafford is the best player on that football field. How
do you not let him get the first down and
ice the game? Instead you run an inside draw? I mean,
it was just what the howl was Sean mcvagh thinking
that was.
Speaker 4: The one time I would not have run the ball
that was not to lose. And I know Joe concursive.
Speaker 2: Joe Matt Stafford's finger right here. Uh oh, that's uh,
that's exactly what I think of Sean McVeigh. Asking him
to throw more than forty times in a game is
beyond me. Uh.
Speaker 1: But even worse than that in that weather.
Speaker 2: Even worse than that was the simple fact that Caleb
Williams is for real press the guy is a joke.
How long do you think you're going to be able
to continue that kind of crap and think you're gonna
get away with it in the NFL? But let me explain,
might be the single worst weekend of coach and quality
of football. Fundamentally, I can't believe these are supposedly the
best teams in the NFL, I've seen I have seen
Division two college games with more discipline, with better ability
to hold onto Every game this weekend involved teams turning
the ball five can't hold onto the ball. The coaching,
the play calling all specialty.
Speaker 5: How do you allow Seattle to start the game off
by running it bad ninety five yards for a touchdown
and then your first possession you fumble it back to Seattle,
so you gave an extra three?
Speaker 2: What are we doing?
Speaker 1: Same with Joe, It's exactly the same with the Bills.
James coach does not buffle the ball there they have
a chance to go up fourteen to three. The whole game.
Speaker 2: Change and McDermott, what are you having? What are you
asking Josh Allen to do with under thirty seconds before
that happened?
Speaker 4: What do you do it?
Speaker 1: It was just just stupid by Josh Allen. You didn't
need to run the ball, but it just took egging
a bloody knee.
Speaker 2: But again, the worst fundamental football I've seen in years.
You're either not coaching these guys, they're not ready coming
out of college. Something is wrong here, because if these
are the best football teams we have in the NFL,
oh Listen, this is awful on so many different levels.
Speaker 3: This has been an odd year in the NFL, for sure.
I think there's not that the teams that were the hallmarks,
the cheap Ravens didn't even make the playoffs. Obviously, it's
just a wide open year. I do think that the
Seahawks and the Rams happened.
Speaker 2: And now we have seven coaching Where are you shipping
now all these coaches?
Speaker 1: Nine do you think McVeigh? How ast do you think
McDermott gets a coaching game?
Speaker 2: Oh if he doesn't get a home coaching game, Yeah,
in a half hour. There are guys that.
Speaker 1: Will just got to be Baltimore. Gotta be Baltimore. He
is perfect for Baltimore.
Speaker 2: I don't get it. Where are we shitting out all
of these great next wave of coaches, Because as far
as I see all of these supposed great assistants on
all these teams, they all sucked. Every one of them
sucked this bast in the playoffs. So I don't know
where you're pulling out all of these had new head coaches.
I'll tell you a thirty year old guy with more
experience than the three of us, barely more experience than
the three of us that we don't play the game,
and that's going to be their next head coach. PP
what I mean, come on, what are we doing?
Speaker 3: People love in the comments section to point out that
I never played football, by the way, and I'm sure
they're gonna say it again here.
Speaker 4: They love to point that out that I know that
I never do.
Speaker 2: I didn't.
Speaker 3: I did play freshman football. Joe didn't play. I didn't
play much.
Speaker 4: I was on the team.
Speaker 1: Though I played rugby for three years.
Speaker 2: There you go close enough.
Speaker 4: Full yeah, Canadian football.
Speaker 2: But the way you should have just as good a
chance of being the Browns next head coach as this
guy that they're interviewing in a second time.
Speaker 3: Thirty years old is insane. It would be the youngest
head coach in league history, and it's we already have
a record number of.
Speaker 1: You know, Sala, Sala, better get a head coaching.
Speaker 2: I agree.
Speaker 3: Sometimes the thing is you could be a great coordinator,
not a great head coach. Now, he was a great
head coach in New York.
Speaker 1: If you go back and go look at New York's
record with.
Speaker 2: And they said no. So he wanted to keep Sam
Donald and they said no.
Speaker 1: So if I'm the Bills. It's Robert Seller. That's who
I would take as my coach because of the weather,
the conditions. I think that guy got a bum wrap
in New York. But you know what, who cares?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just don't know. I can't see the quality
of football getting better in any of these situations.
Speaker 1: Who's he going to be head coached for that case?
Speaker 2: But he's not enough case because that team should have
ended up with just three wins on a season, but
instead he somehow got that game. It's almost fricking we
Oh yeah, I mean, but he played for him, so
you gotta agree with that. I'll take that any day.
And he's also interviewing with Detroit today for the ROC job.
Speaker 1: So yeah, well that to me, that to me makes
so much sense. That makes so much sense to me.
But I think I think Butlo is gonna go as
Stefansky went, all said and done.
Speaker 2: That's my gut.
Speaker 1: Atlanta, Atlanta, that's a good point. I forgot about that.
Speaker 2: Another edition of what we learned. Yes, there you go.
Speaker 1: We need a better graphic for that, Joe, we need
a better ride for that.
Speaker 2: I think the spelling says it all.
Speaker 3: Pres what okay can I say one thing because just
to go back. I know, I know we're past it,
but it just goes back to a previous because Joe
was talking about discipline. One final point I do want
to make going back to the Miami Oh yeah, just
it's real quick. Miami was a top ten penalized team
in the country. Indiana bottom five, so that is one edge.
Speaker 2: I think.
Speaker 4: Okay, there you go.
Speaker 2: Bye.
Speaker 4: I thought that was that was good. I thought that
was a good point.
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, yeah, well it wasn't. Okay, boys, it's time
for our parlay of the day.
Speaker 2: All right, I'm going with.
Speaker 1: The Winnipeg Jets minus one thirty five in Chicago on
the money line. The Winnipeg Jets, Brian.
Speaker 4: I'll go with the No.
Speaker 3: One's not going with the boy j'all go with the
Brooklyn Nets plus eight and a half against Phoenix.
Speaker 4: Look the Phoenix Suns.
Speaker 3: I get that they cover the spread every game, but
this is I mean, they're an eight and a half
point road favorite.
Speaker 4: Now, come on, they're.
Speaker 3: Still at best the sixth best team in the Western Conference.
I think Brooklyn, brook Baby, give me the eight and
a half with them.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, all right, I'll throw a dog out here
as well. I am gonna go Albany getting four and
a half five actually over against Vermont. Vermont has absolutely
no business laying this kind of number against anybody. I
will back Albany plus the points here for my leg
on that parlay press.
Speaker 1: Okay, so stupid question from a dumb Canadian. I don't
have a cluer. Lemoine is what's the dolphin population in Lemoine.
Speaker 4: It's a religious thing.
Speaker 3: So we went through this many many years ago on
the Adulph Oh.
Speaker 6: The religion of dolphins. Yeah, a rayed a dolphin. Look,
I don't it's whatever you do is fine.
Speaker 2: Let me show you some of the co eds press,
because because BP has actually shared this with us in
the past, these are Lemoyne co eds. Okay, there you go, Doc.
Speaker 3: Now they're jotting down Joe Rani's phone number.
Speaker 4: By the way, President that picture. That's what's going on there.
Speaker 1: Yeah, of course, I'll tell you they're fighting for Joe.
Uh yeah, So okay, so that that makes total sense.
The Lemoyne Dolphins excellence. Yes, while we're on team Namings,
I just want to say that they had a when
the Toronto Raptors were named. It was a city wide vote.
Speaker 2: Oh was it always the Raptors? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Always, So I want you to know. I want you
to know the name the Raptors were up against.
Speaker 2: Oh, what was the second choice?
Speaker 1: Toronto is known for having the the tallest building in
the world. It's not anymore. There's I think in one
of the Arab countries that are taller, or Malaysia. I
think it's Malaysia that's taller anyway.
Speaker 2: Which was ironic.
Speaker 1: But okay, the Toronto Towers was the second choice. Oh
does that make the most sense to you?
Speaker 3: There you go, more learning moreland that I did not
know that I'll say. I'll say also the what we learned,
I was surprised that it took, uh, it took the
NBA two years to realize. No one in Vancouver heard
about the NBA. Remember the thing that was that was
short lived?
Speaker 1: Grizzlies, Yes, because you know, Vancouver's got a whole huge
population of grizzlies.
Speaker 2: And that didn't make any sense either.
Speaker 1: But but what a missed opportunity with the towers. I mean,
it's basketball tall. People. We are known for the Cen Tower,
Like morons should have just called that. They should have
it's called the Toronto team Davy. Again, we found out
that Brian Power does not know the Davy reference.
Speaker 2: Time.
Speaker 1: Okay, guys, early look for the division. I'm gonna tell
you right off the bat, I have not handicapped either
of these games yet. I'm just gonna give an initial impression.
I goddamn love the Denver Broncos here. I love him
so much. But I might not my tomorrow, but right
at this particular moment, I'm loving on the Broncos. As
for the Seattle Rams game, I'm looking at the over
right now, and if I can get three, I might
take the Rams. But yeah, the play that stands out
to me at this moment is is Denver Brian.
Speaker 3: I mean, I think the obvious reaction on the AFC
Championship game with Denver is to say it's an overreact
to the bon Knicks injury.
Speaker 4: I mean Jared Stidham.
Speaker 3: Though I know teams have gotten it done with backup
quarterbacks before I saw Nick Foles had a pretty funny
tweet yesterday, But I mean Nick Foles is a guy
who at least expan Jared Stidham.
Speaker 4: I don't know, do I want to put.
Speaker 1: Is he well same, Jeff Hostedler. I mean it's not
but it's not about that. From my perspective, it's about
the pass rush. If you want me, what Houston was
able to do. Pass rush wise, they were all over
Drake May and Denver has got banana faux fama and
he is going to eat Joe. What's your initial thoughts.
Speaker 2: In the New England game or the are we doing well?
Speaker 1: Come back to you for the NFC.
Speaker 2: Oh, okay, all right to me? I think it's all uh.
I think the public is just going to continue to
run to bet New England and all the value is
going to be on Denver and that's going to be
the I would also look at the over My initial
look is at the over here, and I think points
are likely coming.
Speaker 3: We talked about we talked about turnovers obviously a lot
in discussing this past weekends games. Let's not overlook the
fact that New England was pretty lucky not to turn
the ball over more Drake May put the ball on
the ground place. Yeah, I was able to two of
his own fumbles. You know if he if Houston recovers those,
we could be talking about a much different final score there.
Speaker 4: I think people need to make note.
Speaker 1: NFC wise, Brian, what are your initial thoughts?
Speaker 3: Rams really dominated that first meeting? Our pardon me, Seattle
actually dominated dominated the first meeting, and and but we
had so many turnovers. The second game was so interesting
with Seattle coming from behind.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 3: I think these are the two best teams in the
NFL right now. I think deserve Conference finalists teams. I'm
kind of right on market with that one, obviously. You know, Joe,
his point as well taken about that the value will
be on the Denver side in the AFC, but here,
I'm pretty much right on market with this number. So
I may be looking to do something other than play
aside in the rubber match between the Seahawks and the Rams.
Speaker 1: Joe, NFC thoughts, what version of Sam Darnold do we
get you?
Speaker 2: I just don't know. I mean, listen, there was right
up until kickoff there was a ton of questions for
a guy that had not thrown the ball since he
pulled his oblique on whether or not he was even
going to be able to throw the ball. But as
luck would have it, he didn't need to throw it
off a lot in that game. But they lost Shamaneh
looks like now he's uh, there's a lot of questions.
They're down, you know, their top running back. They have
not thrown the ball well at all in the second
half of the year. Here it looks like they took
away Jackson Smith and Jig, but he does not look
even remotely close to the same receiver he did in
the first eight to ten games of the season. So
you know, at some point that defense is great, don't
get me wrong, but at some point they're gonna have
to throw the ball down the field. Running is not
is not going to work. And against the Rams, they
might force Sam Donald to have to be a lot
more productive pushing the ball down the field. And from
a health perspective, you might have Drew Locke versus Jared
Stidham in a Super Bowl. Is what I'm telling you.
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Speaker 4: And I know Steve is important. I didn't know he
was a world leader.
Speaker 3: Obviously, National Championship Game tonight, guys. I have a great
record in these National Championship Games last couple years.
Speaker 4: You could check it out on my page.
Speaker 3: Last year we had a BUKA over his receiving yards total.
Two years ago we had Michigan laid the points against Washington.
They won by three touchdowns. Three years ago we had
Brock Bowers over his receiving yardage total. That'll be it,
pres That's.
Speaker 4: All you know.
Speaker 3: I've only been I've only played three championship games. I
was joined since since. You guys have been so kind
to have me here at a way to talk. I
do have a best bet on tonight's game. It is
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We bounced back for me pretty wretched Sunday, quite frankly,
so I'm eager to cash tonight.
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lots of love. Okay, we got a bunch more to go.
We got the three rundowns, NBA, NHL College Basketball. We
will be doing the mailback section tomorrow as we start
every week Tuesdays we begin, so please make sure to comment.
And before we get into any of that, it's time
for while some business, Joe, It's time for some business.
Let's get to it, and I got the college football
bet for you guys, period. End of story. I am
seven and two in the bulls this year. Nobody has
a higher win percentage than me in the college football
bowls this season. But that's only this year. I have
the highest win percentage in college football bowls in the
last five years. I am seven in two this bowl season,
and I am thirty eight and twenty two in five
years of bowl betting. I don't know like you got
a short term record, you got a love term record.
And my play tonight is a four percent play. I've
won five in a row and I'm on an eight
and two run in four percent plays. I don't understand.
Tell me who's doing better than that. Explain to me
why you would rather bet somebody else's college football when
I am the number one win percentage college football expert
this season and over the.
Speaker 2: Last five years.
Speaker 1: There you go, and I have an NHL play tonight,
and I'll tell you something. My NHL is on freaking
fire right now. That is correct. I've won three in
a row. I'm on an eight and two NHL run.
I am destroying the sport over the last few weeks
and over my lifetime. You all know me as one
of the best NHL betters alive. I gotta play with
you up in NHL. It's a total I goddamn freaking
love it. And I have an NBAN college basketball play.
Those are bonus plays to you guys if you buy
my all access pass Joe, And are you know my
college football play tonight? I know my college football play tonight,
Our listeners better know my college football play tonight.
Speaker 2: Okay, York turn thanks total sense. Pres. Yeah, college football game,
National Championship. You can listen. You guys know I want
Miami to win and to cover, but that is not
my play in the game here tonight. It is actually
a little bit different here tonight. Why because it's probably
the biggest value play on the board in that game.
So you can actually go get that over at wager
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Speaker 2: Let's go all right, let's do it here as Martin
Luther king Day, starting early in fact one o'clock Eastern time,
Bucks at the Hawks, and we are seeing some Hawks
money continuing to roll in as well as some over
money in this game, and I agree with the over.
You also have little afternoon action with the Oklahoma City
Thunder licking its wounds after losing to Miami. Is a
double digit favorite in Miami a couple of nights ago.
Now they're in Cleveland taking on the Calves, and we've
seen nothing but under money coming in this one. Here
Calves are getting six and a half, and you know what,
I'll take these six and a half. Meanwhile, the Clippers
no Kawhi Leonard, but does it really matter because they're
playing the Wizards here tonight, So the Clippers should have
no problem laid the seven seven and a half. The
Knicks are at home. I have no idea who's going
to play for them. Head scratching here as farther, whether
Bronson or Heart or anybody else is going to be available.
But before you run in late ten and a half,
no if Cooper Flagg is trending the play for Dallas
here tonight. See if he is back in that one.
If not, the Knicks should have no problem handling business
the Jazz and the Spurs. Not interested in laying sixteen
and a half points right now with the Spurs, but
I would be interested in maybe an over in this
spot here figure out if Lori Marknen is playing or not.
The Pacers taking on the Sixers. Pacers should not be
getting eight and a half points anymore at this point.
They've showed they are much better than they were two
months ago. And the Sixers, while they can't seem to
cover anything, the Suns and the Nets. It's the Nets.
We'll back the Suns. The Celtics and the Pistons also
a great game here tonight in a battle of two
Eastern Conference teams nobody saw being number one and number
two in the conference right now. Pistons laying three and
a half. I like the over in that one. And
those Heat taking on the Warriors here tonight. Jimmy Butler
is playing. That should be a lot of fun. But
I think the under is the best bet here tonight
in that one.
Speaker 1: Prez Joe ten hockey games tonight, and I absolutely love
this card. I don't know why I'm blurry today, but
if I do that with my hand, there you go.
Well the unblur. Let's get into it. Buffalo playing Carolina.
Hats off to the Buffalo. Oh, Josh Allen just fumbled.
Hats off to the Buffalo Sabers one of the hottest
teams in the league playing incredible time to fade the Sabers,
and it starts tonight. Take Carolina in regulation. Washington playing Colorado.
We're gonna go with the under in this game. Pittsburgh
playing Seattle. We're gonna go with the over in this
hockey game, especially if you can find a five and
a half and there are some five and a half's
out there. San Jose playing Florida. Matthew could chuk back
starts tonight. I think it galvanizes this Florida Panthers team.
I like them in regulation at minus one twenty five.
Soda playing Toronto. Don't love the spot for Toronto, guys.
I'm really worried about Minnesota. They just are coming off
of a horrible stretch. They have not won a regulation
game in seven straight games. I am concerned. What are
we gonna do? Instead, We're gonna look to play under
the total in this game. I've been riding the over
in Toronto games of late, I think we're gonna see
a really strong defensive effort by both teams. Take the under.
Vegas playing Philadelphia. I like Vegas in regulation here, guys,
I think Vegas is a bet on team moving forward.
I really like Winnipeg tonight playing Chicago. I think what
Peg gets it done? Minus one forty, I don't even
mind it in regulation at plus one ten one fifteen.
New Jersey playing Calgary, I think New Jersey is the
play hair, guys, minus one twenty. I think New Jersey's
a bet on team moving forward. I think Calgary is
a bet against team moving forward and the Rangers. I'm
gonna look to play under the total of six and
a half, and I like over the total.
Speaker 2: I do not.
Speaker 1: I like under the total in the New York Islanders
Vancouver game. That's it, joke. College basketball is all yours.
Speaker 2: Oh interesting, pres there? I like that last bit that
it was pretty fun. All right, let's talk not exactly
the biggest of college basketball cards here, but there are
some intriguing matchups. We'll start with. How about Yale taking
on Columbia and yeah, Yale lane eight and a half
nine points, in this spot, and I kind of like
them here at Holmes as the Bulldogs. Well, they ain't
gonna play fast, but they do do a great job
of getting out and getting easy buckets in transition because,
believe it or not, they actually play defense here. Now.
They don't do well against seems like Cornell or Columbia,
but they should have our Harvard rather, But they should
do a pretty good job here against Columbia. I know
it's a big number, but they've scored at least eighty
four points against the Lions in each of the last
five meetings that they've had. They've won the last three
at home by an average of twenty five points. I
think that kind of domination continues in this one here tonight.
We also have maybe the best game on the card
here tonight, GW taking on George Mason. You're Atlantic ten
battle here with these two teams that returned to the
lot of starters are very well experienced, and this line
has been going back and fourth two and a half,
one and a half, two and a half, even so
on three and a half pop up a little bit
earlier here. But GW and George Mason, I think is
gonna come down to one thing. I think George Washington
has an absolute chance to be able to get this
game done here. I know Mason has been pretty darn
impressive here. I know the Patriots are at home, but
I think GW has got an opportunity to put it
all together and get one one of the better wins
on this season. They've been close. I think now is
the time that they can get it. And don't forget
I told you Albany getting it done as part as
our parlay of the day. Make sure you sprinkle a
little something on the money line. Do not trust Vermont
in any way, shape or form, especially to win by margin.
So I will take the points in Albany.
Speaker 1: Joe and Airy, thanks for doing this with me. What
a great show. Brian Power kicked aask. We'll be doing
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football bet, both Joe and I our college football bets
are not the same, and they're not different. Well they
are different, I don't I mean they're not the same.
They're not against each other, so you can play both.
Thanks guys, lots of leve We'll see you all tomorrow.