WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.200 Then think of yourself at all until you you know, 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:06.200 in fact, sometimes you probably should think of yourself a 3 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:07.960 little more than you do whenever you just get wrapped 4 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.320 up and being a parent. So he also told me 5 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:12.599 that when it comes to, you know, going too every 6 00:00:12.640 --> 00:00:16.359 single game courtside with my media seat and all that, 7 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.719 and and being away from my family on nights when 8 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:23.559 Louisville basketball's playing and then they're playing on a Saturday, you know, 9 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:24.920 those things take a lot of time if you go 10 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:27.320 and do the full game day coverage. And he said, 11 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:29.120 eventually you won't want to go. You'll want to be 12 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:31.839 with your son. You will want to have those experiences, 13 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:33.119 and you'll be able to do both and it'll be 14 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:35.159 fine and you won't be caught up in what people say, 15 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:37.240 oh it was. And he sit in courtside, he's he's 16 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:39.119 just a fa Like he said, you won't it won't 17 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:42.600 even matter. You'll miss going to games because you're going 18 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:44.679 to watch your son play sports, your daughter play sports. 19 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:46.799 And I'm like, yeah, right, it's a known thing, like 20 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:49.439 I don't miss Louisville games. And now it's like, yeah, 21 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:51.039 I'm not gonna be there. I'm going to go do 22 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:53.759 stuff with my family, so I didn't think he would 23 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:56.280 be correct, but in fact was he was correct. So 24 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:59.560 shout out to Benetti and congrats to to John and 25 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.560 Alicia on becoming new parents. And again congrats on the 26 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:07.599 sex brother first time having sex one exactly, A one 27 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:09.599 for one, one for one. All right, I'm just going 28 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:11.560 to throw it to you, man, because you've not probably 29 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:13.319 you've probably been chomping at the bit this week to 30 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:17.159 talk some football, because you've been probably talking football here 31 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:19.879 and there in the mornings with Cruz and with mister 32 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:24.840 Gus Allen. But what matchup on the board on Saturday 33 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:28.159 are you most confident in when it comes to your. 34 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:29.519 Picks, I'll say you, well, first of all, I do 35 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:31.200 want to give myself a pat on the back for 36 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:33.359 taking old miss money line last week. That didn't tell 37 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:35.680 you for me, I've got another one that I'm not 38 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:39.040 as confident enough to take the outright up set. But 39 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:42.439 I love Tennessee plus nine and a half against Georgia, 40 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:44.920 even though it is on the road. I'm starting to 41 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:48.439 not be much a believer at all in this Georgia 42 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:51.480 team being among the elite of the elite, and I 43 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.840 know this is a home game for the Bulldogs. But 44 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:55.680 I do feel like this is going to be a 45 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:59.000 good opportunity for Tennessee to kind of take advantage of 46 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:02.280 a reeling Georgia team. And I just even if they 47 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:03.959 don't win, I think nine and a half is a 48 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:05.319 pretty good spread for them to cover. 49 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:09.599 Yeah, I probably will stay away from this, but if 50 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:11.759 I was going to play, that would be it. I 51 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:13.879 just think it's too many points for a Georgia team 52 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:17.280 that their loss to Ole Miss really made it to where. 53 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.639 I mean, I guess technically things could still work out 54 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:26.080 for them, but this is probably the most adversity that 55 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:28.759 George's hit under Kirby Smart, maybe since like his first 56 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:30.759 year or something like that, to where they've had this 57 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:33.520 many losses this late and they're clearly just not I mean, 58 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:35.000 like last year they had the one loss and it 59 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:37.800 kept them out of the playoff, right and before that 60 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:39.840 they won two national championships in a row. 61 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:41.400 So they're still really good. 62 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:43.400 But you know, I think Tennessee's pretty good as well, 63 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:45.960 and I believe Tennessee's young quarterback will in fact play, 64 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.439 So again, I'll probably stay away from that, but if 65 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:50.120 I was going to get in, that would certainly be 66 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:53.080 what I would do as well. I've got a pick 67 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:56.759 that I am so confident in that I'm worried that 68 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:59.879 maybe there's something that I don't know, and it could 69 00:02:59.919 --> 00:03:01.680 be because I don't follow the big tennis close as you. 70 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.759 How is Illinois only two and a half point favorites 71 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:05.680 against Michigan State. 72 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:08.919 I'm with you, and I base a lot of that 73 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.759 off of the fact that I saw Indiana completely mow 74 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:14.479 Michigan State to the ground on the road, and of 75 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:18.719 course this Michigan State team will be going to Illinois. Yeah, 76 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:20.840 I'm just as confused about that one as you are. 77 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:22.479 I like that, I don't kid it minus two and 78 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:22.840 a half. 79 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:27.719 I mean, I just I don't understand how this isn't 80 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:29.879 you know, six and a half seven? I mean, right 81 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:36.159 now in the sports line projection here their formula twenty 82 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:39.280 eight to sixteen. I mean that that absolutely seems like 83 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:41.000 the score we could see. In fact, I wouldn't be 84 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:43.919 shocked if Michigan State doesn't even put up sixteen because 85 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:47.680 their offense isn't great and obviously Brett Brett Beilama is 86 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:50.120 a really good defensive coach, so you know, you gotta 87 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:52.759 keep in mind Also, Michigan State is coming off of 88 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:56.080 a bye week, and prior to that they lost forty 89 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:59.000 seven to ten to Indiana and then they lost at Michigan, 90 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:01.319 who everybody now knows, this is nowhere near what they 91 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:03.479 what they you know, not even what they were last year. 92 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:04.840 But they're not They're not that good of a team, 93 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:08.240 you know. I know, Illinois has struggled. They're lost to Minnesota, 94 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:11.159 you know, not a great one. However, they were underdogs 95 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:13.360 in that game and Minnesota's turned out to be. Like 96 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:15.360 maybe PJ. Fleck was right when he said something that 97 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.399 you know, most coaches would never want to say, we're 98 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:21.360 the best uh two and four two tamall time something 99 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:23.480 like that, like, you know, which he actually might have 100 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:25.319 been right, but it's just not something you typically want to, 101 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:28.360 you know, brag about. But yeah, I uh, I've taken 102 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.720 this one. I feel great about it. But if it 103 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:32.759 doesn't come through, I'm just going to assume that those 104 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:35.199 who set these lines knew something that none of us 105 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.600 know and they got us. What's next for you? 106 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:39.800 Yeah, I kind of feel the same way about the 107 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:42.879 next one that I'm taking, and that's BYU minus two 108 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:45.319 and a half at home against Kansas, And I know 109 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:48.079 Kansas is coming off a big win against Iowa State 110 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:50.600 last week, which that was another game that I was 111 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:52.360 confident in at least when it comes to what I 112 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:54.279 thought the Cyclones will be able to do. But they 113 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:57.079 now appear to be in reeling mode after they started 114 00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:00.160 off with a really good undefeated whatever it was, not 115 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:02.279 to no record that it could that it was. But 116 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:05.199 now you've got a BYU team who they're kind of 117 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:07.720 in the same boat as Indiana where they're kind of 118 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.279 fighting against committee, like is their schedule really that good? 119 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:12.439 Are they going to be? Are they a legitimate playoff team? 120 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.680 This is one of their another moments to not necessarily 121 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.480 prove to the Committee that they're they're worth it. But 122 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:20.879 I think they're gonna come into this game, especially with 123 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:23.560 it being at home, knowing that they need to really 124 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:27.240 take this Jayhawk team down convincingly to really show the 125 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.399 Committee that they do belong, especially if they end up 126 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.000 taking a loss at some point before the Big twelve Championship. 127 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:34.680 So I think BYU minus two and a half is 128 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:36.519 a fairly safe bet this weekend. 129 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:40.600 Yeah, I don't. I mean, I've watched BYU very little 130 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:45.199 since early on this year, and I can't claim to 131 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:47.439 say if you watch them, you'll know that they're better 132 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:49.600 than what the Committee's where the Committee is putting them. 133 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:53.920 But I mean their resume is phenomenal here, and I mean, 134 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:56.639 I don't know if i'd say they're like the most. 135 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:58.959 I actually think SMU has turned into the most disrespected 136 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.560 team to the to the the Committee and the rankings 137 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:05.480 and whatnot. But BYU, I mean I like that. I 138 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:08.600 mean it's another one of those games where I'm surprised 139 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:11.399 the lines not a little bit bigger. Now this next one, 140 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:15.959 for me, it's it. I'm gonna trust my judgment here, 141 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:20.120 trust my trust, my gut. But if it doesn't work out, 142 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:23.639 it'll be because this team turns into what a lot 143 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:26.079 of teams turn into when you start getting these weekly 144 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:30.240 updates from the Committee to where you know you're feeling like, 145 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.959 you know, hey, everything's it's it's it's it's in our control, right. 146 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:34.480 Uh. 147 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:36.600 We we can't get too caught up in what the 148 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:38.720 Committee thinks of us. We know that if we handle 149 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:40.680 what we got to handle, we're gonna be there regardless 150 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.920 because we're gonna win our conference. And that's SMU SMU 151 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:46.680 is really good. Boston College is really not. They just 152 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:52.480 made a quarterback change, Castellanos is transferring out. SMU looks 153 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.879 looks better every time I watch them, and the now 154 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.040 the number is huge, But SMU's at home and they 155 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.319 have more. First of all, they have a huge, huge 156 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:04.199 fan base, a lot of support, and they probably have 157 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:08.680 more momentum than they've had since they got caught cheating 158 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:10.759 before you and I were alive and when our parents 159 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:14.759 were little kids. I mean, SMU is a monster right now. 160 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:16.879 I'm not saying they're going to win the national championship. 161 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:19.959 Maybe they end up getting humbled whenever they get to 162 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:23.120 the college football playoff. We shall see. But right now, 163 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:26.600 I mean, they beat the hell out of Pitt. Did 164 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.199 have a close call against Duke, But other than that, man, 165 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:33.319 they've been really, really impressive this entire season and that's 166 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:35.560 a lot of points. Again, nineteen and a half is alive. 167 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:39.199 But Boston College, you know, I know, they did beat 168 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:41.439 QS last week and that was viewed as like them 169 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:44.439 maybe getting their season turned around because they benched Castellanos 170 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:47.040 and went in a different direction. But SMU at home 171 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:51.000 with the momentum they have and look, maybe I need 172 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:53.800 to rephrase the whole thing about them being a potential 173 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:56.120 team that gets caught up in the rankings and they're 174 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:59.160 not as focused. I mean, in fact, SMU dropped in 175 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:01.800 the rankings and they still have I mean again, the 176 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:06.920 comparisons to Texas and Penn State and SMU by every 177 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:09.800 metric other than name brand is insane. And when you 178 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:13.639 look at SMU dropping outside of the top twelve, top thirteen, 179 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:15.600 I think they're like at fourteenth now or something like that, 180 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:17.839 and those two teams are sitting in the top four. 181 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:19.600 I mean, SMU is going to be hungry to make 182 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:21.639 a statement and beating the hell out of Boston College 183 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:24.240 probably won't do much for the committee, but you know 184 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:26.600 it'll at least be all they can do in that situation. 185 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:29.360 So I hate being so confident in a pick that 186 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:32.440 has this many points nineteen and a half, but I'm 187 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:35.159 believing in I'm believing in SMU here that. 188 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:37.559 One has become a stay away from me. I looked 189 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:39.399 at it earlier this week and I think it was 190 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:41.279 around sixteen and a half or you know, you know, 191 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:43.879 a lot more manageable looking. But as it's gone up 192 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.360 and I was putting together my board for the week. 193 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:49.000 That just to me, of course, I don't pay attention 194 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:52.000 to eight smu on you doube. Yeah, it's it's a 195 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:53.559 lot you never know when a team's going to put 196 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:56.080 in a down performance potentially. 197 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:00.840 Yeah, I think if this was at Boston College, if 198 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:04.279 this was you know, maybe twenty one and a half, 199 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:07.960 I probably still consider but stay away. But I I'm 200 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:11.120 I'm gonna trust SMU here. What else do you like? 201 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:14.840 Actually? I like WKU minus twelve and a half against 202 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:19.039 Louisiana Tech this weekend and it just at home. Really yeah, 203 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:21.120 and I don't know much about you know, the personnel 204 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:23.120 for each team. I know WKU is much better than 205 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:25.519 Louisiana Tech. I think Louisian Tech maybe only has two 206 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:28.559 or three wins on the season. So to me, although 207 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:31.320 there's not a lot of you know, methods, why I'm 208 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:33.440 choosing other than just you know, knowing I'm gonna lum 209 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:36.120 of WKU and that they're typically pretty good against the 210 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:39.919 bad CUSA teams. I like to think that wk you 211 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.440 can get fourteen points or more, or as it's twelve 212 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:43.720 and a half at this point, they can get a 213 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:46.360 couple of scores on the is it the Bulldogs? Is 214 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:47.360 that what Louisian Tech does? 215 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:49.720 I think so, Yeah, I think so. I mean, there's 216 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:52.960 no way John Alden's the company man's alma mater is 217 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:55.919 gonna lose the week that he announces that he's having 218 00:09:55.919 --> 00:09:57.399 a baby, you know what I mean. I mean it's 219 00:09:57.879 --> 00:09:59.039 they're not gonna let you down. 220 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:03.120 And people asking me what the the female name for 221 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.639 for Kurt would be, by the way, like Kurt Signet. 222 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:08.879 Really I don't think there is one. Unfortunately, I would 223 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:10.919 name my child after Kurt Signetti. 224 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:13.159 Yeah, I mean if you did, I wouldn't you know, 225 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:16.240 I Uh, I wouldn't. I mean I wouldn't be surprised. 226 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:17.559 The guys on top of the world. I mean it 227 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:20.159 would be justified given how phenomenal Kurt Signette has been. 228 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:22.120 But I can't think of the word Kurt or the 229 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:24.600 name Kurt and thinking of like any type of female 230 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:26.480 version of that. That's that's close to it. 231 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:27.840 Yeah, but I'm trying. 232 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:30.240 I'm trying to find the the simulation here for uh 233 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:31.440 is that game tonight? 234 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:37.279 No? They play? I think it's new. Yeah, there're CBS tomorrow. 235 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:42.919 Yeah, so the the let's see, Yeah, I mean Western Kentucky. 236 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.240 They're seven and one on the on the years at 237 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:46.960 seven and two. 238 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:51.399 Louisianteka is three and six. Yeah, I mean, look, this 239 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.000 is and and w k U. 240 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:56.399 I wish I could pull it up here on sports 241 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.000 line because I know that this is not uncommon for them. 242 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:04.440 They've been good against the spread for like years six 243 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:08.480 and three this year, and usually they they'll cover as 244 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:12.080 dogs at times, So here they are obviously favorites. They're 245 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:15.200 a lot better than Louisiana Tech. So I like that. 246 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:17.480 One probably won't be something that I that I get into, 247 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:19.960 but I certainly do think that would if I was 248 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.679 going to get in, that's the route that I would go. 249 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.120 Now there's a game here that I want to get 250 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:26.600 in on, but I can't figure out what to do, 251 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:30.240 which probably means I shouldn't shouldn't get involved here. But 252 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:35.200 miss Missouri and South Carolina right now, I think I 253 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:38.240 just me just double check here on fan duel because 254 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:41.200 I know this has changed in the last because what 255 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:44.600 I'm looking at on sports line shows South Carolina minus fourteen, 256 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:47.120 but I think now it's down to minus thirteen and 257 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:52.039 a half. I want to take South Carolina here, but 258 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:56.240 because I think that they're better, and you know they've 259 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:59.440 got momentum Missouri has. You know, they were lucky to 260 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:02.600 survive against their rival last week who's having a really 261 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:06.200 bad year Oklahoma. It's probably one that I'll end up 262 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:08.960 taking South Carolina. But I need your thoughts on it. 263 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:10.559 Is that too many points? I mean, I know you're 264 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:11.519 not as familiar with. 265 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:14.679 I don't think i'll say this about Missouri. I think 266 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:16.799 I think you would agree with me on this. Missouri's 267 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:19.960 probably been the most overrated team in college football all 268 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:23.320 season long. They get the bump simply because they're in 269 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:26.519 the SEC and that their losses are to Alabama and 270 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.039 what is it is Texas A and M their other 271 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:28.879 loss in the season. 272 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:32.559 So Missouri has lost to Texas A and M by 273 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:34.600 thirty one, and they lost Tobama thirty three. 274 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:37.120 They didn't score on them. So I just I don't 275 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:39.039 hate Boston College. 276 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:41.159 Their best win, dude, is Vandy and they beat them 277 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:42.879 by three and they were lucky to win that game. 278 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:45.480 Yeah, I don't. I don't like or I don't dislike 279 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:47.440 the pick at all. I of course I won't be 280 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:49.039 betting on it just because I don't feel like I 281 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:51.559 ever do terribly great and betting on the SEC. I 282 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:53.840 say that after taking Ole Miss money line last week. 283 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:56.440 But uh, it's just a very it's a very weird game. 284 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:59.039 You have a team that has has one extra loss 285 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:01.320 in your their rank, two spots ahead of them, but 286 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.279 they're also favored by two touchdowns. It's pretty crazy, I think. 287 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:08.159 Yeah, I mean, I have no doubt that South Carolina 288 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:11.399 is gonna win. And it did jump up, by the way. 289 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.399 I think it started at South Carolina minus twelve and 290 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:15.360 a half and now it's it went to fourteen. Now 291 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:18.440 it's down to thirteen and a half. So South Carolina 292 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:20.799 is that I mean, looking at South Carolina's resume, it's 293 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:23.320 kind of wild. They they they are like Louisville to 294 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:27.200 where they don't have the big win auctually I'm sorry 295 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:28.840 they do. They have Texas A and M, which is 296 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:31.360 a huge win for them because text A and M. 297 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.240 You know, that's not the tex A M is not 298 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:35.039 an elite team, but certainly a good that's a good win, 299 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:37.320 is what I'm trying to say. But their losses are good. 300 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:41.240 They lost to Alabama by just two points, they lost 301 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.360 to Ole Miss and they got blown out. But now 302 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:45.639 look at Ole Miss and then they lost to LSU, 303 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:49.399 who you know, that's not a great loss, but it's 304 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.279 certainly not a bad one. It was just about three points. 305 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:53.159 So if you look at the two teams, they have 306 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:56.399 very similar records. They have, you know, I think they're 307 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:58.240 ranked right next to each other in the playoff rankings 308 00:13:58.279 --> 00:13:59.799 like twenty two and twenty three, or maybe that's the 309 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:02.639 eight people. But you know, when you look at each 310 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:05.759 each team week by week, I mean South Carolina's a 311 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:08.240 lot better. So again a lot of points here. I've 312 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:10.159 got two big favorites that I'm trusting, and my hope 313 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:12.080 is that with it being this late in the season 314 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:14.879 and the teams that are big dogs, maybe they just 315 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:17.919 you know, maybe they submit late, and these two teams 316 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:20.559 that have big spreads to cover, maybe they can they 317 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:23.480 can find a way to pull through. All right, do 318 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:26.080 you have any thoughts on basketball? Like, I know you 319 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:28.039 haven't paid much attention to it, and I don't blame you, 320 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:30.039 especially that you've been having to get up at like 321 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:31.679 three o'clock in the morning this week. But let me 322 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:34.000 let me tell you what we've got in action, and 323 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:35.720 I'll probably get to some of these games later because 324 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:37.480 I already have a feeling for what I want to do. 325 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:40.639 But listen to this slate just for Friday night, company 326 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:44.080 Man Alabama at Purdue. I mean that's number two versus 327 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:46.919 number thirteen. That's tonight Alabama basketball will be at Purdue, 328 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:50.559 Arizona at Wisconsin number nine, number twenty one, Ohio State 329 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:52.879 at number twenty three, Texas A and M number fifteen, 330 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:55.879 Marquette at Maryland number twenty, Florida at Florida State. And 331 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:57.840 then these are matchups that aren't ranked teams, but these 332 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:00.159 are big matchups for early on in college basketball. I'll 333 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:04.840 TISU at Michigan, SMU at Butler, Virginia at Villanova, Virginia 334 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:07.759 Tech against Penn State, West Virginia at Pitt Georgia at 335 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.759 Georgia Tech. I mean that that's like a night of 336 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:13.559 basketball that you would get like in the like the 337 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:16.679 you know, the Prome time like us. 338 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:19.399 Or something like that. Yeah, I'll tell you what. So uh, 339 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:22.320 I do have a little bit of thoughts on Purdue Alabama. 340 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:24.840 And it's more so and this may sound homeer ish 341 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:27.080 of me, being of course an Indiana fan, but it 342 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:30.960 wouldn't surprise me even though this game isn't Wes Lafayette 343 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:34.399 If Alabama comes into Macki Arena and runs the table 344 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:35.759 against the boiler Makers tonight. 345 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:40.919 Yeah, I mean, I just don't think you can expect 346 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:45.120 to replace Zach Eady's production really by anybody. I don't 347 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:47.600 even mean, it's just not realistic. But like what they're doing, 348 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:50.480 like they're just not I mean, Eadie, I know you're 349 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:52.200 an Indiana fan, but I actually think you agree with 350 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:54.600 me when I say this. We've had the conversation many times. 351 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:58.320 Eadie was as rare as you'll find in college basketball 352 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:01.360 for a guy that is that physically imposed, and yet 353 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:03.559 he didn't need to come out of the game and 354 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:06.240 get a lot of rest. I mean, he had good stamina, 355 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:08.960 he was pretty strong around the rim obviously, you know 356 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:11.080 you don't want to get him out and guarding perimeter players. 357 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.759 But like the dudes for Purdue that have been able 358 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:16.600 to put up some pretty good numbers, Foster loyal Or 359 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:18.799 and then what's the other guy's name, Braden Smith? Is 360 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:19.279 that his name? 361 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:20.399 Yeah? You got them guards. 362 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:22.720 Yeah, So, like those guys are good players, but they 363 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.879 were able to put up numbers and really shine and 364 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:29.159 even a minor role compared to Edie because of Edie. 365 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:31.840 You know, without somebody that's going to command what Zach 366 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.960 Edie commanded in college basketball, you're just I think, you know, 367 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:38.919 they're just going to be. I think at the end 368 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:40.879 of the year, Purdue will be a tournament team. They 369 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:42.639 might even get a decent seed because I don't know 370 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:44.519 how low to the Big Ten is, but like they're 371 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:46.240 nowhere near going to be what they were the last 372 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:50.360 few years. And Alabama is legit. They've had some I guess, 373 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:52.799 some stretches of play where they look vulnerable, but the 374 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:54.840 talent is there. It'll be a big time atmosphere, a 375 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:59.039 big time moment, and I definitely think Bama is the 376 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:00.000 play tonight. What's the spread? 377 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.919 Let me see what two and a half in favor 378 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:04.839 of Alabama and one one thing that aure hammering it 379 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:08.519 there without Daniel Jacobson. That's the guy I mentioned a 380 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:10.279 couple of weeks ago, who is the seven foot four 381 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:13.200 guy who is kind of the pseudo replacement for Zach 382 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.799 Ed's not you know, he wasn't, of course expected to 383 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:18.119 be somebody to be nearly as good, but he's out 384 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:19.640 for the rest of the season. I believe for the 385 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.079 boiler Man. 386 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:22.799 Yes, and they've got another giant that they put in. 387 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:24.759 But I think it's like the young kid who like 388 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:27.440 is probably not even going to get it. I mean, 389 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:29.920 he's going to play, but he's playing time is going 390 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:32.359 to because of the guy you mentioned has been hurt. So, 391 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:34.119 you know, I don't want to dance on the grave 392 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:35.880 of Purdue because I don't think that that. You know, 393 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:38.000 I don't think that they're going to fall off completely, 394 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:40.759 but they're not going to be nearly what they were 395 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.559 in recent years. 396 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:45.000 And Alabama, maybe they come out upset Alabama tonight. 397 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.440 No, not happening. We're taking it hammer Bama minus two 398 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:51.200 and a half. Bama football is taking some steps back 399 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:53.480 this year. Bama is a basketball school now, at least 400 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:55.559 tonight they are, let's hope that happens, like is a 401 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:59.359