2024 Barstool Pick Em Championship Week

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Okay boys, Barstool Pick'Em Championship Weekend. We are, let's see, Rico, it feels like the Pat Hill is right in, oh no, Dave's still in this. Dave's still very much in this. Yeah, he got a pretty big lead, he's got what, a 10 game lead, doesn't he? No. Wait, am I looking at the right sheet, or is this an old sheet? He had a big week. I went 8-3. He's got a 10 game lead. Oh, I'm looking at the wrong sheet. Alright, he's got a 10 game lead, so it's over. Congrats on the Pat Hill. No, not yet, not yet. You could still get real cold. He'd have to really choke or I'd have to get crazy hot. I tried to do my every game thing and I texted Jack after the first lead, I was like, I can't do this, I can't sustain this, because I bet everything that I say and I looked at the first minute and I was just like, oh my god. I was just like, kickoff happened, I was like, oh, 1-9. I was like, I can't do this, this can't happen. So, but you're going to fight, Dave, right? No, of course. You got to fight. Of course, yeah. I thought I was doing better, I thought I was going to have a better week, I knew Rico was hot. I've been checking how he's doing, trying to catch, so. What are you going to do? Congrats. I'll take one last fire at it. Yeah. Alright, so what do you guys, what do you guys want to talk about with the college football stuff? Or we have. I have a couple other things. What? I was going to say, anything big obviously happened since the last game. The last episode is obviously Michigan. Yeah, Michigan bullied Ohio State. Dave basically ended the state of Ohio. Yeah, and I'm sure that'll be college football talk, like, and I've talked about it a lot, and I did the rundown with Ev and Tate, and it's crazy. I'm still speechless over it. I don't know how. It made the play. It made the playoff so interesting, because I really don't. Like, Ohio State will celebrate, but they have a losing season, even if they win the national title. So, it's crazy to say that, it's crazy to think that, and I've heard it forever. I haven't really lived it, where, like, you can be 0-10, 10-0, but if you beat a rival, it's a winning season. I mean, Michigan walked into Yost, the hockey rink. Like, they won the national championship. I mean, people are acting like Michigan won the national championship. It's the same vibes. It's kind of crazy. It's like, oh, my God. Like, no one cares. It's Jerome Moore went from potential hot seat, I would say, with people being like, is he the guy? And I didn't believe he was, because of all the turnover. But there were whispers, like, Bosco. Why do you keep slinking? I don't know. It's a heavy mic, so it drained back the laptop. I'm good. So, are you paying attention? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn't see it go, though. I was looking at you. It was just his eyes on the thing. Sorry. You fuck up all my rants. So, Jerome Moore went from, like, whispers, like, is he the guy? He's, like, entrenched. I mean, people can't be happier now with their season. So, yeah, everything, it really. And they're not. Like, better than we thought they were. I don't really know. I mean, the entire season, we had no quarterback. You had no offense. They played that game with no offense, no quarterback. Ohio State didn't try to stretch the field and go to their strength. They just, they puked on themselves. More than any team I've ever seen ever. And Michigan, by the way, like, it wasn't like they pulled the rabbit out of the hat. I mean, that goal line interception they threw. It was the worst pass ever in the history of football. So, crazy day. I haven't had a game like that where if you set off the record, it's not Michigan. You have to put your net worth on this game. Like, I'll give you, I'll double your money if you can take Ohio State money line. In dark places, I may have tried to make that bet. Like, that's how little confidence I had in Michigan. Now, it. It changed. Well, like, I was watching it. They go down the field. We stop them for three. And I was like, hmm, interesting. Then we go down and we're moving. But when we get stopped on fourth and goal, I'm like, all right, that's it. This game's over. The interception turns into a touchdown. From that point on, I was locked in. I'm like, I don't know what's going on, but something's not right in this game. And it just went the whole time. It was incredible. It was as on my, like, edge of my seat as I've been for a game. I just couldn't believe what I was watching. I truly couldn't believe. And it was the perfect event of just like, I can't believe I'm watching this. I cannot believe we're going to beat this team again. And then the fight at the end and all the clips coming out. I mean, Jack Sawyer's clips of being like, fuck these guys. Like, I'm sick of watching them put the flag in the stadium. You got to beat them. Yeah. And even the rant and just everything after. And Ohio State fans like this. And Ryan Day just being like, what happened? That clip. He's like, what happened? Just standing. It was everything. It was cinema. It was one of the more incredible Saturday games I've ever seen in my life. I mean, I just did not see it coming. Yeah. You texted me, like, maybe two hours after. And you're like, can you believe it? And I was like, honestly, no. Like, I watched that game, and I was just. It was somewhere around. It was not the first missed field goal, because I know that was early for Ohio State. And the second missed field goal was late. But it was, yeah, somewhere around the third quarter where I was like, this is crazy. That second missed field goal. After we turned the ball over. So they're starting to drive at, like, our 20. Like, all right. And even then, I was still going to laugh at them. I'm like, you guys are so bad. And then they go three out. And the guy misses the field goal. Not even close. I made the video then laughing. Like, this is pathetic. It was surreal. I haven't had one of those days. It was kind of like a Super Bowl or major event day where I just, I was glued to everything. The rest, like, we're putting out merch. I couldn't get enough clips. I'm reading articles. It was. And then I hadn't seen yet, like, Big F's face. Oh, yeah. No, I was doing the same thing. I was just going. I was literally going, like, on my Twitter search bar. It was just, like, Stool Presidente, Double Vodka Don, Ohio's Tate. Just, like, going back, jumping back and forth to see, like, have they said anything? Are they saying anything? Tate got a cruel little reminder that you don't win at this company. Like, that was, there's no nothing for that. Like, it just. And you know what? I told Tate this, but, like, in a fucked up way. This, watching him lose that game, you see how much. how much it means to him. He was basically, like, on Sunday when he came back, because he drove back on Sunday morning, he was, like, crying talking. Like, when he would talk, there would be, like, cry would come out. He was so, like, beat up. But in a weird way, it, like, started the process of him earning his stripes with you. Like, you getting to just noogie him. Yeah. It's, like, he's not all the way there, but it started the process where it's, like, he's getting it. Through no doing of his own, but he just got thrown in. And even that clip he had with, like, him and Will Howard, it's, like, Will Howard promised me three. I mean, Will Howard. Holy cow. He was bad. I liked Will Howard, too. He's a K-State guy. He's just not the guy at all. But he's a K-State guy. That was the problem. I wish I knew how to do the stream. I had a K-State guy. I did a therapy spaces after the game for Ohio State fans in, like, a Kansas State. And I was, like, is this? Is this him? Is he a puke-on-his-shoes guy in big game? Everything. The fact he got, it just, like, I perked up when he got knocked out. I'm, like, ooh. Everything about it was just crazy. Kyle McCord after the game openly taking shots at Ohio State. It was just one of those days. It's just one of those days. And I don't think there's ever been a person whose brain is broken more by a simple comment than Ryan Day and Jim Harbaugh. Jim Harbaugh. Yeah. You know, born on third. His whole, like, life and brain. Because he wins games. He's, like, 60-10 or something as a coach at Ohio State. He's fighting 47-1 against them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He doesn't lose the Big Ten. Yeah. But when he plays Michigan, his brain locks up and he just pisses down his leg. Because that was, it wasn't, like, the whole time you're watching that game and being, like, well, they'll just throw it outside to their studs and, like, this game will be over and he'll break it, like, a 70-yard pass. And he just, they never did it. And it's, like, you have this fucking, you know, $20 million Ferrari and you're just not going to put it over 35 miles an hour and just let Michigan bully you. It's almost like when he was screaming at the end of the Notre Dame game, I posted the clip, talking, he was acting like it was Michigan. Like, we're not physical. The Lou Holtz, that's it. He's, like, if you can't. Harbaugh has instilled in him, if you can't run between the tackles, you're not a real, like, Big Ten, you're not a worthy team. And he just can't stop trying to do it. Jim Harbaugh should get a part of this win because it is insane. If you look at Michigan's team and their defense, their two, like, stud corner defensive backs are out. They have weaknesses on the outside with the pass. Their only, like, elite, elite strength is, is literally right up the middle. They have two tackles that are insane. And by the way, Ohio State has a banged-up offensive line. And it wasn't like they were running up the middle and the plays were dead instantly. Yeah. They weren't even coming. It wasn't like there were holes or they were getting pushed. They'd run up the middle and get smashed. It was like, it was crazy. And every time they did it, like, I was begging at one point. I'm like, I would rather lose when Michigan, trying to throw on for, like, because, but they were doing the same thing we were doing. It was like watching each other. It's like run, run. Even the play we broke. By the way, I think Mullings is like an NFL running back. The guy is fucking awesome. They don't have a great line. But he, the run he broke was third and set. Like, we, it was almost like the USC game. Like, we don't even pass when we have to pass. We just run. It's crazy. It was, it was one of the best games. Like, I was rolling around. I could not believe it. Like, I could not, I just couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it. But it's like, it brought me so much joy and happiness and watching other people's tears. And I don't know why, I don't know how they're just to break an entire. I didn't think we could break them more. Yeah, you did. We could break them more. You did. You broke them, like that, I've been saying it all week. That was a, you know. Top five bad loss. When you put it all together with the last three years, the Michigan, like, you know, Stallions, the National Championship, Ryan Day, everything. And then have a year where you're 20-point favorites and you lose that game. He's, Ryan Day's the new John Cooper. Where it's like, he just gets great guys and can't beat Michigan. But even with that, like, Michigan was never that bad going. Yeah, no, right. This was a, yeah, I mean, that's the big, I think, biggest spread in the history of rivalry. Yeah, it was crazy. I did think. Like, I said, I thought Michigan turned a little corner. Like, I thought they could hang within 20. But to win it, never in a million years. Never in a million years. Yeah, it was nuts. And now they're ruined. The playoffs, it doesn't, like, it just doesn't matter. No. It, I don't know whether Tate will change. I've seen him say they don't want to go. I don't know. I don't know how they'll react. Because they're just as, they could easily win the whole thing. Oh, yeah. He, no, Tate has, Tate has figured it out. Because he came in on that Sunday, on Sunday morning. He was just like, if we win a national title, Dave's just going to claim it's his second national title. Because he, he owns us. And I was just like, yep, you got it. Like, you got it. It's, it's not, not good. Yeah. And I mean, again, nobody has screamed it louder than Ohio State. Like, number one, beat Michigan. That's all that matters. This, this isn't, they could try to revisionist history and be like, well, we won the national title. You didn't win the Big Ten. You lost us. You won this Fugazi thing. So, it, it, I'm interested to see how they do. But, man, it's a no, it's a lose-lose. Because if they lose, it's a disastrous season. If they win, it's a disastrous season. They had a disaster. We ruined their entire program. Period. It's crazy. It's crazy. Hey, Pick'Em listeners, we're going to take a quick break. We're going to take a quick break. For a message from one of our partners. Hey, Kirk Herbstreit here. When Hertz said they needed a football analyst, I assumed they wanted my help. Turns out they wanted Peter, my dog. I didn't even think Peter knew ball. Well, technically, he knows that ball. Now, Peter's part of the Hertz Gold Squad. And we'll be making weekly picks throughout the college football season. So, whether you're coming to the stadium to cheer on Peter's picks, or kicking off your own road trip, book direct at Hertz.com. slash Peter. All right. Now, back to the episode. All right. Other, anything else about rivalry weekend? I'm sure we're going to talk. We talk the same things. I'll die on the South Carolina. It should be. And I, by the way, I have Alabama. I have 100 grand on Alabama to win the whole thing. Which I don't think they have a shot to win. But I think they can get in, obviously. But I. You don't put weight that they beat them head to head? I put more weight on how you're playing right now. Okay. And I think what they always do, it's kind of like March Madness. You're using shifting, shifting arguments. It's like, I've heard a lot of, well, Miami lost two of the last three. Well, if you're looking at that, like how you're doing down the stretch, Alabama lost a week ago to a terrible Oklahoma team and got smushed. So, to me, to me, that factors in, in what's it? Six in a row now for Georgia? Is that the longest win streak in the SEC? No. This year? For South Carolina? South Carolina? Has anybody won six in a row at any point? Texas probably did, right? Yeah, Texas, Texas. We've only lost one. We had to. I, I, I knew this was going to happen. I said it last week. And going to beat Clemson on the road? I, I just, if, if you're going to say, well, the amount of losses matter, well, then Miami has two and Alabama has three. And then if you're going to say, well, Miami lost two of their three, so it's how you're playing. Well, then I'll take the team with more losses. And yeah, I know they lost to Alabama and Ole Miss, but the Alabama one, I'm fine. The Ole Miss one, you can argue more. Losing two points on the road, that's a factor. Where you play. Ole Miss, yeah, you got to throw that game out. I would, because Ole Miss, you know, lost. Yeah, Ole Miss smoked them, but Ole Miss has lost down the stretch more. I just, they're the hottest team in college football. And I do think if you're going to. If you're going to look at the teams at this point, LSU, they, they got, they beat LSU. They got fucked. Yeah. The, the counter to that, because that's all this is right now is just everyone just coming up with their talking points. The counter to that is Alabama absolutely murdered LSU and at LSU, like you go common opponents. It's, I, I just knew it was going to happen. I want to see South Carolina because South Carolina would be more fun. And I feel like the, I'm just sick of, I'm sick of like the, the Alabama team. I'm sick of the Alabama, Jalen Milrow thing. Like I want to see sellers in this playoff, but I just knew this was going to happen. I think as you get down the road, the argument is generally what it ends up. Who do you think is the best team right now? And for me, that is South Carolina. And then when you start, because like what you said is a fair point. Well, LSU got smoked by Alabama. That's like, you're starting to look at body work. I am comfortable with South Carolina's body of work because I'm looking at how they're they're playing right this second. They are, in my mind, the hottest, best best team at this moment like I don't think Alabama is very good right now no no playing well no no and neither is Ole Miss because I mean they just lost don't lose to Florida don't lose to Oklahoma down the stretch right I think the one uh thing that could happen that would be a real travesty is uh SMU losing and then Alabama getting in which I think they're already floating that I saw somewhere they're already floating that SMU loses Alabama's in over them yeah that's bullshit you shouldn't get dinged for having to play an extra game like it's it's kind of like USC a couple years ago remember USC played in against uh Utah in the Pac-12 they lost by like 20 and then Ohio State jumped them who wasn't playing in the Big Ten championship game like that's you like SMU should just sit out if that's the case what would happen if they sat out this game they'd have to put them in right right I think so I I mean I I agree and I disagree it's like why would why would South Carolina get in over SMU if SMU loses it's not necessarily a comment for me on SMU it's the it's it's putting in Clemson like I know they get in the automatic bill but that's bullshit I agree it's it it it's not an SMU thing but I have a hard time stomaching those two two teams from the ACC going specifically Clemson it's like you know what your conference fucked yourself that's kind of because I mean Clemson yeah like you're putting Clemson in over South Carolina who just beat them five seconds ago at their place so yes I I I just don't I don't like the idea and I if you ask me right now who do you think's better teams South Carolina or SMU I'd say South Carolina but I don't like the idea of having play the whole season I mean SMU lost one game week one to BYU who's had a very good season by three points I know their schedule is not the strongest but at some point wins and losses should matter and if you're one win versus a three loss team I think the one win team should get the nod there especially in a power five yeah I I don't disagree I just then then like I but it's so stupid then you have a you literally have Clemson in over South Carolina who it's so stupid it's disgusting the fact that we could be looking I'm so excited for this college football playoff it's if it's zombie dabbo and zombie Alabama you know getting in it's gonna suck because like those teams are not I don't they shouldn't be in this tournament but they they're very much alive I just need somebody here at the end which I do think is a fair I get the extra game like I know the college basketball team tournament very much pays attention to how you're playing down the stretch yeah that's a that should be a factor in this that is why I am dying on South Carolina like I you put South Carolina and I think they can win the whole fucking thing yeah I mean I mean I don't know if they can win the whole thing because it would be you'd have to win four games against some really tough teams but I they would be in it like I wouldn't be shocked to make a win two games run type of thing yeah well what if yeah I mean if South Carolina got the 11 instead of Bama right now they'd be Notre Dame and then SMU that's not a horrific draw yeah I mean if South Carolina got the 11 instead of Bama right now they'd be Notre Dame and then SMU that's not a horrific draw the way South Carolina's playing I don't think there's any mega teams anybody outside of Oregon has the non-traditional powers the SMU the Boise's any of the other brands I could see winning this no problem yeah I'm excited it's gonna be awesome anything else from the weekend Rico no I did get I have a I got a Black Friday how do we end up doing Dave Black Friday well I saved it okay great all right you could save you could save all the details for unnamed but I had one I had the the number of the person who had the biggest fall off from last year in terms of promotion hold on let me pull it up Rico Bosco Rico Bosco down 40% oh my god says who but Rico also had the most Rico also had the most last year no he had the most promotion overall of the whole company I mean, that's just a hateful stat. That's when you win the kid. The kid turned his ACL. Wait, wait, wait. What do you mean? And you're at the hospital bed like Vince McMahon fucking slamming him. You fucking dick. The kid fucking rolled his ACL. Like, we're in a good spot and you want me to come down here? Oh, you're talking about the Alabama tree. Hey, come here. Come here. I'm going to fucking kill you. Come here. I'm going to put you in a hospital bed. Okay. All right, hold on. We got to separate. Why do you need to be here, Rico? Who gave you that? Why do you need to be here? We got to separate. We're running wild. We got to separate. Who's running these stats? I also had the most. Yeah, I know. I just said you had the most. We just said that. You didn't let me finish. I said you had the most. This is the world I live in. Just fear of all time, all times. Fear. Gaz called me last night. He was fucking giddy on the phone. He was like, hey, I got something for you for Pickham. Rico had the biggest drop off from last year. And I was like, no fucking way. He's like, well, he also led the league in promotions back to back years. So I was like, oh, okay. So you guys. So I guess. You had last year. For some reason, you had such an insane promotion year that you technically had the biggest drop off this year, but you still had the most promotions out of anyone at the company. Well, last year, he was really. Yeah. Last year was year one of trying to prove is that's like, that's like right now what Mincy is doing with old, like overcompensating. Did you see his promotion? That was just a screenshot of the fucking Barstool Sports store logo. That was it. Brutal. Just a screenshots of the draft. But I will say, Dan, these are the features. Yeah. Well, we had a serious conversation yesterday, Dan and I, and we didn't come to conclusion whether he's just an asshole or, or like mentally like slow. Yeah. Why not both? Yeah. I watched surviving. He could be slow. Yeah. Like, but he also could be an asshole because he does a lot of asshole shit. I mean, the compliment. Thing was so funny, but he does a lot of asshole shit. That's like, he's just a very selfish, but then he does stuff that looks like his brain's functioning at like one. He may be a puppy. Like it's tough to really he's Kaiser. So say to me at this point where I don't fucking know, like he may be so dumb. Nothing processes. I like, did you see him trying to fill out the name? And the B yes, it's crazy. That's not for laughs. That's he's that dumb. That's just straight up. No, I think he might've probably maybe forgot that you compliment them in the gambling cave in the surviving episode. And then when he watched it again last night, he probably got re-excited that you said that. Yeah, I know. He probably was like, oh, this is present day. He's like my, my coworkers love me. Yeah. Unbelievable. But yeah, he is. He may be that dumb. Yeah. He's in, but he also might be that selfish. Uh, so congratulations Bosco. You led the, led the league in promotions. So two years in a row. Yeah. Two years, two years in our note, two years in a row, the school, the team up north really came through on black Friday. Oh, that's huge. But, uh, but Bosco, what do you want? Do you want to, I mean, you did a great job. I'm just doing my job. You didn't like that stat. That was funny. That guy, that's a good stat. It's a good, it's from gas to, we're in a good place and guys like he just can't help himself. He was, he was like laughing as I picked up the phone when he called me, he was like, I got something for you. Uh, so separate the, that from the other part of the rant you just went on. Um, was this kid good? The, the Achilles kid. Yeah. He was the third. He's the third leading. Oh, it's a, Oh no. What are we going to do? I mean, when you're 11, all the guys, it's not as big of a problem. You're 11 deep. Phylon's got to step up. Uh, Holloway's got to, those points have to go to other guys. So young blood's coming. Young blood's coming back or, or debuting soon. We've got a big one against Carolina tonight. Young blood's a person or like you have some freshmen. No, young blood is the guy. That's his name. Chris young blood. Why are you wearing a pod trace hat? Hank pods. He put a future on this year. Well, my brother lives in San Diego. My nephew, 12 year old. He did put a future on him. He was riding hard with the pod. That's a horrific reason to wear a hat. My brother lives in San Diego. I like San Diego. What the fuck's wrong with that? He wants to move to San Diego. He wants to. He wants to, to move to San Diego. We can only wear one dude. We can only wear one brand. We'll we'll do. We'll move to San Diego. The 47 brand has 47 bro. They're the best. I know, but they have teams. They, I, like, I don't want to wear Boston hats every single day. The, the minute Bosco gets here, we'll move to San Diego. Uh, all right. So wait, is Bama fucked? Is it Rico Bosco? No, we're not. No, we're not. It's your best player. No, it's not our best player. It's our third best third leading scorer. Mark Sears. I was here. It was your best player. No, he's our third leading scorer. Your best shooter. He's the best shooter. Oh, we got all the guys who can shoot. We got guys who can shoot. So we'll be all right. Oh, that's going to be a problem. We're going to get, it's a big one tonight against Carolina. They got a rally for Latrell. They got guys dancing on his grave. Like, like Dan, you got to let's rally. How, how was I dancing on his grave? You were just like, Oh no. Like you, I didn't mean it's a pocket. Oh no. I didn't know if you'd see it. I said, Oh no. What do you want me to say? I said, Oh no. And I tagged you in it. Yeah. Fair enough. I, you're the first person I think of when I think of Bama hoops. So I was like, Oh no. Oh my God. Yeah. Did you know, did it, did, did oats tell you before that? No, I didn't. We didn't. they lost so i didn't text them but i was i obviously knew it was bad so he but he didn't he didn't feel like he was giving you some inside information before he doesn't need to give me ever tickle your belly like that he never tickles your belly yeah he gives me some stuff oh nice okay talks about practice and stuff like that but you know how many times have you touched in nato's this season good question uh after every win and then he had we had a call he had to deal with something personal how many times has he replied he replies every time jack you fucking jerk just ask what wait what nato's had to deal with something personal and he called you yeah he was looking for something in new york city that's all i can say a restaurant pasta something like that yeah he was looking for advice what new york like new york tourism that's all i'm saying so what what was it nothing you can't tell no recommendation was it legal yeah it was legal jack i mean hank shut up what the fuck what was it what did nato's call and ask for advice for he's like you're a new york city guy like give me the rundown of this certain thing i'm looking at in new york city i was like all right no problem bathhouses i can see your dick broadway what was he asking for why you're looking for tourism things you realize in new york rico like if i was going to nantucket i would call dave where would i go for a restaurant like no you somebody's back i would not pick up that and i know you would say rico call me for a restaurant and not like rico call me on nantucket and i had to tell him some inside information when you be this secret of rico people are going to run with this with the wildest imaginations all right he was looking for he was looking for tourism type things in new york so so you're like go to the empire state building go see the statue of liberty go to times square a little bit a little bit more intricate than that but yes what what did you say what did he ask you i'm not airing him out it was just tourism he's like i'm coming to how is it airing out if it's tourism it was tourism that's the best way to describe it tourism sex tourism no dan i mean that's what you mean but when the local not know about the touristy stuff good point yeah you're giving us when you get when you leave this void people just jump into it with the worst possible thoughts okay why can't you say what you told them when is the last time you did it have i ever done it or gone there it's a whole it was a hotel it was a hotel recommendation oh my god then why won't you just say that because i don't want dan knowing everything he doesn't have to know everything what are you talking about that's not even knowing anything i i also think you'd be like the last person i asked for a hotel recommendation all right you give him a hotel what hotel do you give him i'm not telling you it was there it was in it was a midtown but then he was looking he's like is brooklyn that far away different things like that got it so you you're basically where you're his google maps yes yeah i'll take that i'll take that route any any way to get in you know what i mean any way to get your ring here is yelp yep oh i don't know why the the answers got so elusive there that was crazy so we're okay we're 11 deep well 10 deep 10 deep we'll be okay we can't have another no no we cannot have another injury right so let's make sure we don't have another injury yeah exactly right and i'm sure you're not rooting for it i'm not i said oh no that's all i said uh okay wait jack before we get to the games do you have anything here we go oh no i just have a well yeah i mean i have a graphic made for when rico wants to announce his full movement to uh chicago oh to you guys i couldn't get it on the tv so let's see possibly even made it like a like a recruiting commitment and go live with that puppy oh wow this is sick yeah let's see two versions i have it yet shit i sent a pmt pics fuck sorry come on jackie it's early oh damn my picture with three ls uh that looks good should we go with it should we put it on you know what i'll buy a billboard i was looking at billboards yesterday 175 a month oh i'll buy a billboard for sure let's get this on a billboard just give us the date bosco i'll add the date for when we gotta go i gotta go i gotta go see it we gotta go see it maybe maybe jack could you have it uh in like parentheses pending geico how it goes yes yes so we just have that i got you we just make sure pending geico um by the way dave i i texted you last night you got a guy kid danny wolf he's he just i didn't know we were already in big 10 play yeah i think we do like a couple games and they go back for break they do a i mean you have to play a shitload of games now with the new conferences yeah yeah yeah it was uh he's good michigan's gonna be pretty good i actually bet them uh versus xavier was the xavier they beat him by like 40 yeah i'm going to see him at the jimmy v when's that next tuesday who they playing they're playing arkansas cal get the root against cal oh wow where are you going down to bama for a game i'm working on it i'm probably not going to go till february i wanted to go until february i wanted to go until february i wanted to go next week but uh it couldn't work out i thought you were going down for a game against like purdue or something no i was thinking about creighton but it's just too tight right now i gotta go when you announced that was last year yes yeah yeah but you didn't have the date yeah but i didn't have the time the time the time the time um yeah you got to get to a game right yeah i'm trying to go in february hey pick'em listeners we're going to take a quick break for a message from one of our partners stelle blue coffee's new can lattes are here crafted with 100 percent columbian coffee each can is a good source of protein and comes in two smooth flavors espresso cafe mocha and espresso sweet cream and whether 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is so huge or two and the eagles are live they have an easy schedule coming down the pipe yeah yeah uh is it pipe is it pipe or pike pike i think i think and then pipe is also like isn't that pitching yeah down the pipe isn't pike like very mass specific pipe is for me that's why i said pike mass pipe i thought pipes like pipes but i thought pipes run down so it's like down the pipe yeah maybe it is pipe i thought i said i'd be like generally it's pipe but i massachusetts i could see it pipe was like i've also heard down the pike yeah i thought pipe was uh down the pitching is it down the pike or down the pipe the phrase down the pike initially was used to mean in the course events more recently in the future pike here is for turn pike yeah turn pike i do not think it's a massachusetts think tank so you got jersey turn bike i think turn pike's just a road name all the turn pikes mass turn pike jersey turn pike that's all i know sick that was turn pike talk uh ohio has a turn pike too oh there we go zoopy ohio's on the board the i i thought pipe down the pipe like pitching it down the pipe too yeah because people say pipeline like when you did sales jobs they would always be like what's in your pipeline i'm definitely down the pipe yeah pipe right right that's i've heard that for pitching not down the pike for pitching yeah but in sales they say pipeline so i thought it was down the pipe like what do you have down the pipe oh a turnpike is basically any road that has a toll on it yeah yeah pipeline for sales right so that's why i thought they would say down the pipe but they don't say down in sales they're not like what's down your pipeline it's like what's in your pipe we're down the pike pitching like down the pike we're just doing an episode of mean girls right now 35 pikes in the states i just want to learn i don't want to say it incorrectly well i'm i'm an idiot so i don't know like i yeah you know i i say dumb shit all the time i i think dumb thoughts i'm a moron uh okay let's talk some games i love this uh college football championship saturday the fact that we have a couple games that are winning get in makes it so much fun so we'll do that one first unlv boise state in uh boise so this is truly winning get in boise is a four-point favorite over under 58 and a half rico what are you thinking i like boise i like the way genti runs it's a dream season for boise i think they close it out minus the four i will take boise what's the way he runs he runs great and he's a great running back fucking built for the nfl he's having a great season like yeah i think he's i think boise is you know boise's ready to go give me boise dave taking you in lv i I could see this be a fuck-up game. Obviously, I wish it was on neutral. It's not. But I haven't been blown away by UNLV, I mean, by Boise at all. So I'm going to take the points and take UNLV here. I'm in one of those spots because Boise's getting in either way, right? Probably. No, no, no. This is winning it in. If UNLV wins this game, they're in. Okay. What happens if they lose? If they lose, it's UNLV? Who is it? Yeah, UNLV, right? No, I just said if UNLV wins this game, they're in. Oh, winning it in, winning it in. Yeah, I thought Boise may get in either way. So I'm taking UNLV. I was going to say I'm in that weird spot, but I'm not. It's irrelevant. I was going to say, like, never mind. I'm taking UNLV. Wait, what is the weird spot? I think I know what he's doing. Well, there is no weird spot because it's winning there. I thought Boise had a chance to get in even if they lost, which would mean Alabama's out, which means I should be rooting. I don't like having to root for Alabama to be in the playoffs, is my point of view. Yeah. But I have to because I have that bet. Yeah, no, if UNLV wins this game, they're going. Yeah. No, I thought Boise, I thought they could steal Alabama's spot. No. You're saying they can't. No, because what was Boise's, let's see, college football playoff. What's Boise's current ranking? You know what's confusing is that because they do the rankings, they also show the bracket, and the bracket confuses you because they're not going to be in the playoffs. Yeah. Because you see Boise right now is four. Because they're the top ranked. But they're not even close to that. Power five or whatever, right? Correct. Or non-power. Yeah, Boise's 10 right now. Yeah. And Alabama's 11. So if they lost, they'd fall behind. Yeah, they would 100% fall behind. Okay, I'm going to take UNLV plus four. I think this is going to be a close game. There's also that pressure of like, hey, you win and get in for, you know, UNLV has the same pressure, but it feels a little different because Boise's at home. And. You know, they've had the better season. Okay. Next one. Jack, you tweeted that graphic from Pickham? I thought we could. Whatever. I got Nate texting me. You're moving. Oh, my bad. I didn't mean to do that. I just wanted to let people know. That's the worst punishment anybody can have right there to get the dog on the scent. Geico came through with a reasonable policy quote. Just delete it. Yeah. Or update it. Be like, not yet. Yeah. All right. Yeah. Reply to it. Be like, not yet. Just reply to it. Yeah. Ignore it, Nate. Yeah. No, just reply to it. Say not yet. This is just a graphic when it does happen. Which is pending. Pending. Yeah. Yeah. Say just not yet. Okay. Iowa State or Arizona State. Another win and get in. So Big 12 championship is Kenny Dillingham has got Arizona State on fire. Iowa State. I actually had Kansas State in that game, Rico. I don't know if you watched it at all. I did. Iowa State finished strong. That just felt like an Iowa State always loses that type of game. But they held on. Arizona State's minus two over under 51. Dave, I'll start with you. Arizona State is right up there. Seems with South Carolina and being very hot down the stretch. I'm going to take Arizona State. I'm excited. That is a team I am excited to see in the playoffs. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to take them as well. I mean, either of these teams will be. It's obviously like program changing for either of these teams to make it Rico. I mean, I'm buying in on Dillingham. Obviously, Campbell's a great coach with Iowa State, but I'm buying in on Dillingham. I'm being ready to go. I'll take Iowa State sweep for the day. I love that all these games are like they're they're less than a field goal. It's crazy. Yeah. It's going to be a nuts championship Saturday. All right. The big one. Georgia, Texas, Texas minus two and a half over under forty nine and a half. Not as that. Not as big. Unfortunately, because it's not both these teams are in obviously the buys up there, but it does feel like we've gotten the the big twelve, the ACC, the Mountain West. Those have gotten better because you have like real stakes. The SEC, the Big Ten. It feels like it's not as important because both teams are going to go. But Texas minus two and a half over under forty nine and a half. I this is a game I'm going to tell you right now. I'm going to get wrong no matter what, because it's a get wrong game for sure. I've just been I've been zigzagging wrong on Texas all year. Zigzagging. Actually, I did have Georgia Tech. So last week, but I just can't get Texas right. So, Rico, what do you got? I think I'm going to take the under. I could see the defense is coming. I know George obviously ended up that game got wacky as it turned out late, but I think the defense to show up here a little bit of a slow start. I'm gonna take the under forty nine and a half. I think it's what it's at right now. Okay, Dave, what's up with the quarterback? They're slow every time. What's up with his sexting game? He's just. He just sends the horniest Snapchats ever. Carson Beck. With his face on him and shit? It's crazy. Like, you can't. Snapchat was built that you could be like, oh, that wasn't me. Crazy. But he just keeps doing that. Crazy. Georgia, I feel like they're the biggest frauds out there. They had, like, one game against Texas, right? Where they smashed them. Was it Texas where they smashed? They smashed Texas in Austin. And that game has redefined how everyone looks at them. But they stink. They also beat. Everyone stinks. I'm taking Texas. You're taking Texas. They beat Tennessee, too. Georgia has by far. I don't think Tennessee's any good. I don't think anybody's good. Georgia has had, by far and away, the toughest schedule. They've played everyone. I mean, they should have lost to Georgia Tech or could have lost to Georgia Tech. They could have lost to Kentucky, right? Who else? Well, lackadaisical against fucking UMass. They're just not the same team to me. Yeah. I'm taking Alabama. Somebody's going to win. So, I don't. But I'm taking Texas. But I think everybody stinks. Yeah, I'm going to take Texas, too. And this is probably the classic, like, you reversed it from the first time when I had Georgia the first time. Or, sorry. No, I guess I had Texas the first time. Lost. And I'm going to go back to Texas. I think it's more that Georgia just played an eight-overtime game. That was super emotional. Like, they got to be a little bit spent from that. And Texas has, like, the we got killed, we have to make the adjustments angle. That game was over. I fell asleep. I went to sleep in, like, the third quarter, watched the highlights. They had, like, Georgia Tech at third and, like, less than one and fumbled, right? The game was over? Yes. And it was probably targeting. And I got lucky, though, because I had Georgia Tech plus 17 and a half. And then when Georgia Tech went up 17-0, I bet Georgia plus, like, 280 on the money line. So it doubled up. Doubled up. That rarely happens. Rarely happens. Okay. Next one. Penn State, Oregon. Oregon is minus three and a half. Over-under is 49 and a half. I don't really know what to make of this game. This is. I mean, Franklin in a big game. I know. That's what you make out of this. Ducks. Quack, quack. Ducks. Quack, quack. Yeah, Rico. Big. Quack, quack. Big? Not big. Definitely not big. Nobody's capable of big. I'm taking Penn State. I could see them winning this game. And it's one of those big games that, and I do think it matters, it's one he didn't see coming. Like, this is not, like, he wasn't, Penn State was not expecting to be in this game. So it's not like a build-up. You circle it on their schedule. Here comes Michigan. Here comes Ohio State. This thing, they were getting ready for the playoffs. And then, bang, lightning strikes. And you're suddenly, oh, we got practice. There's actually a clip of him being like, good news, bad news. Tomorrow, you're still without off. You don't. We're going to the Big Ten Championship. I think Penn State could win this game. Rico, you're going to Oregon? You're going to Oregon? Yep. Okay. I'm going to go Oregon as well. I just, I don't know. Penn State. Penn State's good, though. Fuck. Nobody is. Nobody's immortal this year. Not much better than anybody else. Nobody is immortal this year. It's an unbelievable playoff. Yeah. Shit. I hate this. That's the crazy thing. What would they do if it was four this year? You'd be fucking nuts. No, it would actually be an incredible championship Saturday, if you think about it. Because Penn State-Oregon would be a win-and-get-in game. Clemson-Georgia, or Georgia-Texas would be a win-and-get-in game. So it would actually, it would kind of work out in a weird way. Well, who else would be in? Yeah, that's the thing. Who else are you putting in? If it's four, it was a crazy four if it's this year. It would be the way. It would be the winner of Texas-Georgia. It would be the winner of Penn State. It would be the winner of Penn State versus Oregon. It would be Notre Dame. With Notre Dame being in. Yeah. And then it would be like, you'd have to, it'd probably be Ohio State or Tennessee. Someone would go up because they didn't have to play. But it would be, it would, they would be, I mean, it would, they'd be able to figure it out. The drama. It'd be drama. Yeah. It would. All right, last game, Clemson-SMU. SMU is. Two and a half point favorites, overrunners 56. This is a win and get in game as well, I think. I know that what should happen is if SMU loses, they should still get in. What I think will happen is if SMU loses, Alabama will get in. I have no problem with that. I have no problem with that because I can't have this conference getting in too. I just can't. I can't have Clemson in and then like South Carolina, no, it wouldn't be them. I just, you just lost. You just lost your rivalry game at home. I can't do it. I'm going to take SMU because I. I don't want that situation. I do not want Clemson in the playoffs. Yeah. I'm going to take the over. I think there's a lot of points in this one. Over. I like the over as well, Rico. I agree. There's going to be a lot of points. I'm just pumped for fucking Championship Saturday. And then next week we got the Heisman. No hedge. Yeah, big night. I mean, that thing's a done deal. Yeah, I was trying to think, like, in my head, like, how many yards Jenty has to get in touchdowns. 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