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2024 Barstool Pick Em Week 2

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2024 Barstool Pick Em Week 2

Hank and Dave engage in a lively, humorous discussion about college football picks, with a strong focus on Michigan’s defense and their matchup against Texas. Hank passionately defends Michigan, citing their dominant performance against Fresno State—held to just 10 points—and praises their quarterback Davis Warren, who has overcome personal challenges like battling cancer. The conversation is laced with playful banter, including jokes about Hank's shirtless beach bar appearances and his self-proclaimed status as the ultimate "gas rider." They critique betting lines, especially the sharp jump in Michigan’s spread, calling it irrational and based on insufficient data. A major point of debate is whether Michigan’s past actions, such as those involving Connor Stallions, crossed ethical lines, though the hosts downplay the issue. The discussion also expands to include broader topics like the WNBA, where Hank expresses deep interest in the parity of play and standout players like Kelsey Mitchell. The episode blends sports analysis with personal anecdotes, highlighting the hosts’ passion for betting, football culture, and fandom. Amid the chaos, the team remains confident in Michigan’s chances, especially as the Big Ten season heats up, and they celebrate their dominance through fan-driven commentary and inside jokes.

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Hey Pick'Em listeners, you can find every episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. Hey Pick'Em listeners, we're going to take a quick break for a message from one of our partners. Hey, Kirk Herbstreit. 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 will 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. Well, back to the episode. The boss gone got smoked. Someone pointed out a rider. Riders, by the way. I mean, listen. They're riled up. I'm a rider. I'm a rider. He's right there. See him in the booth. Neil. That's your guy. Yeah, that's my guy. You like him? Who the fuck's that guy? Stooley's Clubhouse. Neil. Oh, you like him, right? Yeah, he's good. He's good. He's doing God's work. You got beef with him? He's good. He's good. Okay. The riders are whooping it up online. Listen, I'm a rider, but it is. It's early in the game. Yeah, it's early in the game. Someone pointed out. A rider did point out because they were taking a lot of victory laps. Rico had an insane eight and three week and they were taking victory laps. They reminded me that you don't fade Rico until college basketball season. Morning starts looking at other stuff. Yeah. Listen, I not to be a dick. I'm like, he's so bad. I'm going to fade him all. But he was right on. And I think you got to let me get bed. The Wisconsin game. Right off the bat. Wasn't even close. No. And then I was like, oh, well, he won that. So I started going down. Yeah. I lost. What was I? Seven to nine. I would say I'd have to go back and look at my exact picks, but probably four of those are just strictly Rico fades. Yeah. I hate. It's the worst. I got a little thing on my tongue, too, which is not good. Oh, no. You're getting sick. No, just a lot of travel. Been been all over the place. We should say. I went out once. I I've gone out once all summer. And when I say I stayed out till midnight. And I had, like, two high noons and got, like, kind of sick the next day. I just don't get. By the way, totally side note. The talk of that is usually gases. I don't fall. It went tarps off the whole weekend. Just shirts off. And then he. I said it to him yesterday in the office. He's like, yeah, it's a beach bar. I'm like, all right. But you don't know. No place in Nantucket where he was the only one. He must be working out like the way he's literally looks good. He did look good. He did look good. Instagram stories. Just all shirts off. There's no bigger gas rider in the world. There has to be. It's an island. Where? The gazebo? No. There's no bigger gas rider in the world than Hank. Hank. If you ask Hank. Why do you want it on gas? Because if you asked him, like, whose life would you trade right now? And it would be gas 100 out of 100 times. Oh, yeah? Love gas. Yeah. Yeah. No. I mean, who doesn't love gas's life? He doesn't. He does nothing. There is no shirts off bars in Nantucket. There just isn't. And every photo, everyone's wearing shirts. Except him. I do like that Gaz has become like a hardcore listener and kind of troll of podcasts at Barstool Sports. I really appreciate that. He's become that? Yeah. He's always been. No, but he's like commenting. He's tweeting more about it. He's in the chat on your show. Yeah, he calls like one of the funniest things. I always get it. I mean, I'm getting the. One of the funniest things he does, it makes me laugh every time he calls. He says that Hank needs more respect from his co-hosts, PFT and Big Cat. I'm pardon my take. And he's just like, your co-hosts are being rude to you. Wait, hold on. He had his shirt off the whole weekend. Oh, is it on Instagram? I don't follow him, but I was seeing him. Why don't you follow him? Because I'd hate him. I haven't followed him for years. So he just had his shirt off in what, bars? Bars, yeah. His whole Instagram. If you go to his Instagram story, it might be deleted now, but it's crazy. It was crazy. I was like, yeah, he put a picture up, I think. Four years ago. So we were at a stoplight, maybe longer, and he had his phone out making a girl Instagram story, and I just unfollowed. I'm like, get me out of here. It was over. If I ever want to talk to you, I can't watch this. Oh, wait. Here we go. It's crazy. It's just tarps. Oh, he's definitely working out. Yeah. He might be on TRT. Can't wait to be. Because he's starting to get the abs. So yeah, that's. He does eat super. All he does is eat salads. Salads. He's all he does. He goes through phases, but he's in one now. Oh, this is. This is 100% I've been working my ass off. Yeah. Like, that's the most obvious. I mean, he looks good. Credit to him. Nothing wrong with bettering yourself. Probably on TRT, though. What's TRT? It's the testosterone thing, where you just get, like, super jacked. Can't wait to go back, but capitalizing ACK. It's the only guy. First time he visited me in Kentucky, he had an Axe sticker on his, like, broken down little, like, car or whatever he had at the time. But yeah, it was. I don't. I forget how it went. It was shocking. TRT is supposed to, like, be, like, a miracle drug, but I think once you get on it, you can never get off it. Do you have to work out? I don't think so. Then, like, get me some. Yeah. But then, but the problem is, like, I want to get on it, but if you get on it, then you become dependent on it, and then you have to have it for the rest of your life. Who cares? Well, no one really knows what it could look like. It does. I'm starting to get to the point where it's, like, diminishing returns, so it's like, all right, whatever. I'll do it. You'll start taking the miracle drugs? Because you are in that class where you could tap into the rich guy drugs that they don't give to anyone else. Yeah, I can't work out, but I'll take whatever. I'm pretty sure TRT, you just, like, become jacked. Right? I don't know enough about it. Bert, it boosts your testosterone, so you want to work out. You want to lift. Yeah, but he can't lift. And that wouldn't make me, like, want to work. That would just make me want to bet more. What about his suit? It kind of reminds me of when you just, like, when you just went out at all. Or 10X. True, if you have more energy, your energy is going to be used for the places that you enjoy, which is horse racing and sports. Yeah, correct. I'm talking about, like, work out. You did 10X for a little bit, too, no? He tried it. I tried it. I went there just to get my shoulder, like, to both hormones to try to fix it, and they put me through a full. Hank, you should get him your bodysuit. He wouldn't, that wouldn't hurt his shoulder. Yeah, catalyst. He's got this bodysuit that, like, vibrates you and, like, tones you. Huh. No weights. No weights. Yeah. I literally, my shoulder's so screwed up, I can't do anything. Yeah, you don't have to, you don't have to, like, move at all. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I got to try something. I love that. Yeah. We got to get him on account. I cut out soda. Two days. That's, like, the number one. Soda's the thing. Day two. I kind of want to get soda addiction just so I can cut it out and lose weight. Like, I've always said, if I could, I don't really drink much. Right. I was healthy. So, I'm always jealous of the people who are like, oh, I stopped drinking for January and lost 15 pounds. Yeah. That, for me, that would be ice cream, and I can't do it. Ice cream's the best. I cannot stop ice cream. I mean, I, I, I did, I do. I mean, pizza is kind of, puts me, I did 10 pizza reviews yesterday. 10? 10. Pittsburgh actually had some great pizza. Did you see the boys? Did I check in, you mean? Yeah. With Fryer Muth? No. The Abel Brothers. No, I didn't. Oh, you should have. Oh, I forgot they were there. They had, they had a pizza place they wanted you to try by the airport. I would have gone. They didn't reach out. Fuck. I'm caught. All right. So, Dave, we should have mentioned that to start. You're wearing a crown. Well, yeah, I, I don't feel like Michigan's getting the respect they deserve. We're the champs, and I know it. New season. I, I, well, we're still the champs. I mean, it is, who's the champs? Michigan. I, and I know we were talking a little bit, like, the Celtics, great, great win, great Hank for us, and there are, I guess, like, Philly fans. I, I will say Michigan bothers people in this office more than the Celtics did, so. And it's football. Football will always be more, like, there's just more people who are investing in the in football in America than any other sport. So, I'm enjoying my reign. I ordered this crown. We're going to Michigan. Yep, we'll be in Michigan on Saturday. So, this was for that. I'm trying to see if anybody knows any AI out there how to do this. I like, like, a majestic Hail the Victors, like, a medieval one, almost, like, walking in, like a king walking into a castle with Hail the Victors, but somehow, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah, with, like, maybe a bagpipe or something. Yeah, something that really, something. Like, a trumpet. Yeah. A bugle. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I see what you're saying. Harp. Harp. Something that makes it sound regal. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay, so, congratulations, I guess? I don't know. I already congratulated you. No, it's still the champ. I'm on my, I'm sitting on the throne. I'm reigning over college football right now. I, it's very funny to me watching the various Barstool employees that don't know Championship Dave and how to deal with you, because you had a five-year drought. We had a little drop. So there's a ton of people that have been hired that don't remember that, like, this is just, they're just living what Kevin and I lived on the rundown for a decade. And they're now having to, like, come to grips with this. That you're insufferable. Did I walk in and hear you yelling with Tate? Yeah, they were screaming at each other. I wasn't yelling. Dave wasn't yelling. I heard a little bit of that. Like, Tate is a peon, and he's going to just have to accept that. There's no other way to say it. Like, I've seen some of the stuff occasionally that comes across. To be honest, I know he's done rants. I haven't watched him. He said I talked about him first. Maybe I did, but I honestly may have confused him. Like, I have so many Ohio State trolls in my mentions, and occasionally I pick and I respond to some. So he wants to do that bet. It's like, as I've said, he wanted to make that double or nothing bet in the middle of summer. He wakes up, and all he's thinking about is Michigan. And I'm enjoying the summer and enjoying my national championship reign. And, you know, maybe I'll throw him a couple crumbs when we get closer to the game. I don't know. It's Texas week. I'm worried about Texas right now. And to be honest, he hasn't even earned the right to look me in the eyes. Like, this should be like Medusa. If you look me in the eyes, you turn to stone. That's what should happen to Tate. Like, Big Ev and Buckeye Brandon have gone through the woods. Tate? Like, who cares, Tate? Like, I don't care at all about you. What about Titus? I guess we do kind of have a lot of Ohio State. Yeah, we do. Yeah, we do. Titus neither. I don't interact with him, like, enough. He's not in my football content. I consider him a basketball guy. I know he went there. But really, fat boy. They have been in the trenches with you watching the games. I think Tate will earn his stripes when he starts watching the games with you. Yeah, he could. But it has to, like, slow. Brandon, that was very natural. Brandon has just picked against Michigan for, like, four years in a row. And then he became Buckeye. Brandon, it didn't happen overnight. And Big Ev and I have said, actually, we've been doing it for a decade. I don't know how long Big Ev has been here. A long time. Like, right now, Tate is no different than any Ohio State troll bag. And there are a lot of them. And they're mad. They haven't beat us since pre-COVID. So, I get it. But, like, why won't you bet with me? You're lucky you even have the right to talk to me. It is different with the outfit. Yeah, no, it's ridiculous. I actually forgot because. Yeah, he's like, what are you doing? I was like, what are you. Are you doing a video or something right now? He's like, no, I won. I was like, oh, you're going to wear this all day. First time. I think this is the first time maybe in the. No, we did the basketball. First time in the office. I was going to say. You've been here a bunch. But it's the first time in the office in football season. Yeah. It's football season. And Michigan, again, is the apple of college football's eye this week. It's like. They are. We're going to get disrespected. They are getting disrespected. Disrespected is an understatement. It's a big line. Understatement. Big line. I don't. If we want to just. Knock this game off, I'm ready to go in on this game. All right. Fine. Well, I was going to save it for last, but let's do it right now. We're talking about. First of all, Michigan's defense is outstanding. Outstanding. They've got a bunch of dudes back on the defensive line. Obviously, the best cornerback in the country. Maybe the best defensive player in the country. Fresno State. People this, that. I'm going back. Here we go. Fresno State. What? Fresno State. Ask me last. Fresno State was. Ask me last time Fresno State was held to 10 points. Fresno State's one of the greatest power. They're not afraid of anybody. Power five teams of all time. Any time, any place, anywhere. Yeah. Who'd they play last week first? I had Fresno State in the playoff until week one. Who'd Fresno. Anybody? They played a big 10 team. Molly whopped them last year. Week one. Purdue hung 40 on them. Then week three, they played Arizona State. Power five. Conference. Molly whopped them. They haven't been held to under 10 points or less since pre-COVID. They always score. Same quarterback. They didn't move the ball. They had one drive against Michigan. And that was they turned it over and got the ball back and then got picked six. This defense is being slept on. Now, do we have questions? That's just what I was going to say. Offensive ball? Yeah. Well, let me tell you this. Are you a cancer fan? No. Neither am I. Has anybody in this room beat cancer? Because my quarterback has. You have. You beat it. I did. I was like, what are you talking about? My quarterback and I both beat cancer. And let me tell you something about beating cancer. It makes you steely-willed. I like this guy. He's got two first names. And I didn't think he was that bad. What are his two first names? Davis Warren. I didn't think he was too bad. I didn't. I literally. Davis Warren is such a Michigan name. Oh, my God. No. Warren? That's what he said. What did he say? Warren Davis. First name. Ward Davis. Warren. Yeah. Warren Davis. Warren Davis. Davis Warren. That literally is the most Michigan guy. Did you know he beat cancer? Yeah, I did. So that's why I wasn't recruited. And I thought he played pretty decent. They kept it tight. They didn't run the ball. That was a little bit alarming. Their tight end's the best tight end in the fucking country. The run the ball was the part that I was a little. Yeah. They didn't get any push. No, they did. That kid did have what? Like 27 yards? They started grinding towards the end of the game when they needed it. They needed. They needed a Michigan drive, and they got it. Texas, everyone wants to crown them. I'm not crowning shit. You go to Ann Arbor, and we have the best defense in the country. I think we're going to win this game. And by the way, I'm glad we're playing this game because we don't duck anybody. Other schools are playing the Akrons, the Western Michigans of the world. No, we want a big game. The winner. I love this game, especially in the playoff format, because the winner of this game is basically in the playoffs. Yeah. Because you have such a high. As long as you don't lose three games after this. After that, you may be able to get in. Because you have such a tiebreaker advantage. So I love it. We win this game, we're in. I think we're going to win. People. Michigan's defense was dominant against Fresno, and I know. They were basically. Fresno's like the Houston run and shoot. Fresno has. Fresno's quarterback's good. Chip Kelly, Oregon. I agree. I'm saying that. I'm saying they're. It's getting a little irritating. One of the best. One of the best offense I've ever seen. Held them to 10 points. They haven't been held to 10 points since pre-COVID. Right. And they played everybody. We're making the same point. They play everybody. Went in, they scored 40 at Purdue, went into West Lafayette, beat them week one. Michigan dominated on defense. They didn't. Trust me. We are going to. Everyone's just writing Michigan off. Seven and a half. We're the defending national champs. We have the most wins in the history of college football. We didn't show what we had on offense. And I think the quarterback's arm is pretty fucking good. I'm an honest guy. The guy, Orgy, he's the worst quarterback I've ever seen. I'm an honest guy. I'm an honest guy. He's the worst quarterback I've ever seen. He can't throw at all. Don't even play in the game. And when you put him in, yeah, it's so obvious what's going to happen. Keep him out. Put him out wide receiver, whatever. But this kid, Wars Davis, I'm never going to know which name comes first because they got two and you don't know what's coming and going. What's his name? Davis Warren. Davis Warren. Warren Davis? Davis Warren. I think he's going to be pretty good. And the tight end is a first round top 20 pick. This game come to me is simply just. Such an overreaction. You have to take Michigan. This line was three and a half all summer and now it's seven and a half. That's insane. Just based off one game? You can't do that off of week one. Michigan's defense is going to be flying on Saturday. Yeah. All right. So you're taking. I'm taking Michigan second. I think Michigan's going to win. I'm taking. For this, I'm taking points, but I will money line this game. I'm taking the under. Under was. I believe in Michigan's defense. 42 and a half. That is very low. You can't have a college football play. You can't. Not one. Not one. No, you can't. Not one. That pick six that Michigan had was a college football play. Yeah. You don't see 85-yard pick sixes very often. No. And everyone's talking about that. They also. The only thing I'll say. The most alarming part of the whole game was actually them not going for two when they went up. Crazy. That was. When they were. Yeah. I said that in the moment. That was a little bit strange. Sharon Moore, what are you doing? Yeah. That game management, you got to know that, but that was the second turnover on that draft. They got bailed out. Yeah. Okay. So that is. That's the big one. That's the big one. You guys will be there? We'll be there for people who want to get tickets? Yeah, sure. Absolutely. Give me one second to pull up. Look at that. That's a great segue. Here, I'll pull up the ticket prices. I got the ticket prices right here. Oh, you do? Wow. Good job. Got it right there. Football season is here. Are going to be in shambles when Michigan wins on Saturday. Shambles. Buckeye Brandon will have a bad day. Are you going to the game? I don't think so. I think I'm going to watch it at the airport. Okay. Okay. Okay. We got to. I mean, those Saturdays are just. They're crazy. We're back in the Saturdays where we're just traveling around everywhere. Hey, Pick'Em listeners. We're going to take a quick break for a message from one of our partners. Hey, Kirk Herbstreit here. During the college football season, my golden retriever, Peter, and I are constantly on the road. Yep. Peter knows ball. When you travel this much, you want the gold standard. That's why Peter and I partnered with Hertz. They've got a brand new fleet of rental cars, a great app, and the best of the best. The best loyalty perks in the biz. So if you're traveling to cheer on your favorite college team or kicking off a different road trip, book direct at Hertz.com slash Peter. All right. Now back to the episode. Ends doc. I hate to do this to help you, Dave, but I've been very firm on my Connor Stallion's opinion. I like Connor Stallion's. He's fucking wildcat. He's nuts. Harbaugh didn't know because I love Harbaugh. Michigan cheated. That's been my take from the beginning, which is very heartbreaking. hard to bring all those together, but I'm going to help you out right now because I was laughing when Connor Stallions, when the whole Harbaugh doesn't know Connor Stallions and then he had the scene where he showed his game ball. You see this? I'm going to help you out, Dave. You can use this anytime someone brings it up. You see that? Yeah, it's a game ball. What does it say? What does it say? From Big Dom. Big Dom presented me a game ball. I've never met Big Dom. It can happen. You can get a game ball without meeting a guy. It was a great documentary and he's a great guy and that is good. I mean, that was such. Connor Stallions. Michigan was definitely doing stuff that was probably farther than the gray area, but the watch that documentary, I walked away being like, I wish I had a Connor Stallions. Everybody wishes. I wish I had a Connor Stallions. That guy, just all he cares about is Michigan football. Everybody wishes they had a Connor Stallions and I don't think he was going further. At the end, Dan Wetzel's like every school was doing the same thing. He was better at it. He went to school for it. By the way, Hank, I can't remember. Were we on air when I told you how dumb. What's his name? Tate? Yeah, Tate. Yeah. When he was yelling at me from the rafters and I'm like, we're the champs. He's like, it doesn't count. Asterix. I'm like, what are you talking about? He's like, I read that article you wrote about the Astros and them cheating. He was dead serious. And I'm like, do you think maybe I was trolling because of the Patriots? He's so. far below me mentally. I don't know if it's unfair. It's like picking on a handicapped child. I mean, the minute. I remember last year, the minute the Connor Stallions thing broke, I was like, this is basically a gift to Dave from heaven. Because this is the. When you get something like this, you just. Well, it's the exact same thing. And in the hand of God, I don't think he did anything different than any other team is doing. I think he cheated, but I don't think Harbaugh knew. And I like Connor Stallions. He was just better. What do you mean cheated? Like, he just. Oh, I take it with a part where he was like. Where they're like, did you ever receive videos from people that you sold tickets to? And he's like, I do not recall. Yeah, but I mean, the whole. What'd he say? He's like, oh, it's like when your aunt gets you something, when your aunt gets you a present, you already have it? Right, yeah. But the whole thing is so preposterous. The rule that. They only changed it because small schools couldn't send people. Like, anyone can film. It's so dumb. And. This is really stupid to go over again. But he was busted before all their hard games. Busted. And they still whooped everybody. It's crazy. It is kind of crazy that we're now at a point. I feel like the pendulum has swung all the way back on Barstool that we're now, like, in all these documentaries. Yeah, right. Like, it's. Because that would be unfathomable five years ago. Yes. Like, it's just nuts. You were in the Manziel one. You were in this one. They posted the college football show, a bunch of clips. It was just crazy to see. Like, Brandon Walker, I think, was the first scene of the Counter Stallions documentary. In a movie. What? Oh, yeah. You were in a movie. We were in Hard Knocks. Like, it's nuts. What movie? The. Funny Money or whatever? Oh, Dumb Money. Dumb Money. Dumb Money. Yeah. Okay. So, any other thoughts about week one before we do the rest of the card? No. Oregon struggled. I thought the SEC came out a loser. I love that coach, the Idaho coach. I didn't know he's a Badger. I hit him up after. He's. Did you watch any of that game? No. Because I think Michigan was on at the same time. Yeah, it might have been. Coach Eck, the Idaho coach. I focus on Michigan. He's only on one TV. Michigan wasn't on at the same time. Why did you turn it on me? It was on at the same time. I don't know, but you only have one TV, so I understand why you couldn't watch the game. Michigan was on at the same time. No, Michigan was at night, was it not? Oregon was at night, too. Wait, was it? 7.30. I'm pretty sure it was the same time. 7.30 kick. Oregon was 7.30? Yeah. Pretty sure it was the same time. But you got confused because it looked light out there. I thought Oregon was. Oh, maybe not. You know what I may have been watching? It was Hawaii. You might have been watching Hawaii. Because I had them money as well. I know. They should have won that game. That was just an ugly, ugly, ugly game. Very ugly. So the Idaho coach, though, he had. I'm not joking. He had a binder like this big that a guy would just hand to him, and then he would just call up a trick play, and it would work. It was the biggest binder I've ever seen a play. There must have been 3,000 plays in there. And he'd just leaf through it, and then hand it back, and then be like, boom, another touchdown of just a ridiculous trick play. So I loved Idaho. That was awesome. Okay. I guess before we get into it, one thing that I should mention. It's not football related. I don't know that I've ever been this deep in anything since maybe LeBron, when I was really studying his every move and every word, I am so in on the WNBA. Yeah. He texts me every time. He tweets it in the morning. First thing I think about when I wake up, before I go to sleep, I look at the scores every day. I was retweeting the entire game, Angel Reese's box score last night, to see if she got an extra rebound miss shot. It's tough. There's a bad look at who was it who was like they should share? Lisa Leslie. I mean, that was. What do you think? You think they're going to split Rookie of the Year? I mean, if they do, that's the craziest thing ever. In the history of basketball, this is the only time where people are trying to equate being a dynamic playmaker with being a rebound. She just rebounds. That's literally all she does. And like Rodman would rebound and wouldn't shoot. He'd pass it to other people. She shoots and misses. She gets no. It's pretty insane. It's crazy. And this team. I'm knocking on the door. I honestly think they can win the whole thing. What are they at now in terms of seed? 18-1. Yeah, they're the seed. They have a chance to maybe get to the five, but. They clinched the playoffs, officially. I watch every second. And you have. You have 10 grand to win 10 million. 100 grand to win 10.1 million. 100-1, it's 18-1. Kelsey Mitchell, they have two MVPs. They're backcourt. Caitlin and Kelsey Mitchell are MVPs. Um, Aaliyah Boston, number one pick. She's playing okay, but then they have this. Nelisa Smith is great. Lexi Holt. They're loaded. Like, they don't. You're gonna have to go to these games. They don't win by accident. They're. And they can score so quick. They push the ball. Caitlin is better than anybody who's ever played passing. How have they matched up with the Liberty? Because I look at the standings in the Liberty at like 28-6 or something. The Liberty and the. Aces, Liberty, Aces, Seattle, and Minnesota are all ahead of them. They beat. Seattle lost to Minnesota. They beat the Liberty. It's in this. They lost to Liberty because they started so bad, but they beat them in this like. Yeah, they were 1-8 to start. They're 17-16 now. So I am. People are. I can't. I can't avoid it. It's my entire social media. I watch everything. I am. I can't believe it. And I watch the games. My heart's pounding. Like, from the second it starts. I'm betting 100 grand on them every night, and I know I have. I'm electrified by the India. I told Dave I had to. He put me in a box this summer where every time he tweets about the Fever winning or Dylan Davis winning a horse at Saratoga, I've just had to auto-bet just because I don't want to have the FOMO. So I don't even watch the games. He'll just text me after and be like, did you bet it? And I'm like, yup. And then he's like, easy. They'll eventually catch up, but the props on Kelsey Mitchell and Kaitlin Clark, they're beating them in the first half. I bet they're over points every single game. Kelsey Mitchell scores like 25 points a game. It was. I think it's now, like, about caught up, but for the longest time it was like 16, 17, 18. She has it in the first half. Every single time. And Kaitlin Clark, you just bet. I've just been betting, Kaitlin Clark assists, Kelsey Mitchell points, and it just hits every time. Where'd Kelsey Mitchell go to school? Ohio State. Oh. Did you know that? I didn't know that. I don't care. I love her. I love the whole team. If she's playing for you, you can love her. She's electric. She's an MVP candidate. Alright, so let's get into the games. There's so much animosity, and there's like, oh, it's one huge controversy. Yeah, and it's also like, so funny, the. who, Lisa Leslie, and then there was the Cheryl Swoops. Cheryl Swoops won't talk about it. She can't be more wrong. She won't say her name. Yeah. It's insane. Poisoned to her. Rico, can I. Now, this is a football show, so I'm not trying to nitpick, but I just. Listen, we're a gambling company. We're built on gambling. I don't think the Rutgers was a bad beat. You said it was the first bad beat of the year. Oh, on the blog? The over. I understand, but Rutgers was. Do you know what happened in the Rutgers game? No. They were up. What was the score before they scored a touchdown? 38-14 or something? 38-7? Yeah, it was something like. It was 38-7, and they. Shiano kept on running the ball with no time left. With like seven seconds left, he could have just kneeled it out, and he ran the ball. They scored a touchdown, and then they missed the over in Rutgers covering by a half a point because they didn't kick the extra point, but that was. Rutgers never should have been running the ball there. That would have been a bad beat for Howard. Howard. Okay. You know what I mean? Yeah, that makes sense. Because, like, no team does what Shiano was doing. He was literally running offense with a minute left up 38-7, trying to score. Yeah, it makes sense. First night of football. Yeah. Penning away. As you know, people come after us. Yeah. You know, they try to tell us that we don't gamble. We'll get sharper. Yeah, we'll get sharper. Okay, let's do the games. Still Hurst. though when that happens. Of course it hurts. But that would have been a bad beat the other way Like if you had Howard And it's 38-7 and there's a minute and a half left They score with no time and then there's no extra point No extra point They used to kick in the NFL I think They changed it in college Yeah Okay So standings Rico great week Crushed it Is this the first time you've ever been ahead No I think he's done this before 7-9 Dave 12-17 I'm only doing A few games a week And then everyone Except the over in LSU What The over in LSU Was that Liam's So everyone won their mortals except Liam by the way Speaking of Bob Diaco He's just on the LSU sideline I thought I saw a ghost He was just talking to Chip Kelly After one of the penalties Yeah he's Brian Kelly That's awesome I was like who the fuck is that Oh shit that's Bob Diaco Funny clip from Kelly slamming the Yeah Oh he's such a My first win by the way college football season Was Kansas first half On a reversal touchdown with three seconds left I tried to find that They didn't have the video of that I saw your tweet They ruled him down with three seconds I don't know what they would have done If they didn't call a touchdown They had maybe kick a field goal I need the six But yeah we're We're off to We're off and running the Bob Diaco Like I said the The mortal parlay one We do have some business Which is huge That's not that big Oh you got some business Oh you have some business to take care of Oh okay Let's take care of some business Yeah I mean He's wearing the crown Oh you got him the plaque Yeah Alright we gotta put it on I think the Pat Hill trophy Where is the Pat Hill trophy It's over there It's here Jack can you grab the Pat Hill trophy I think it's It's right behind Or Hank will Oh I know it Yeah yeah It's right there So here you go So I don't want you waiting There we go For any more of the year It'll go right up there Thank you Yeah so the So that's the Pat Hill trophy We'll put another one It's a great trophy I see it all the time We gotta We gotta display it more Hank's grabbing it Yeah we'll put his name here I'll do a quick ad While Hank grabs it There it is Look at it Beautiful Put it on there Well it takes a little while We need more We need more spots Can I see it So So the Pat Hill trophy I have 2020 at 54% Dave has 2021 51.4 I have 2022 51.7 Then Dave Has the highest Or yeah What was it 54 point Right now he's 54.6% So the highest ever For the 2023 So if you're If you're going off that I should win this year Dave and I Just been trading back and forth Yep But Rico's up Up big Start Yeah Hey listen Early Good start I've never started well I wish I could start well I've never started well You got one of those envelopes Oh those are personal Oh Those look like Some payments Those look like big business Yeah Hey Pick'em listeners We're gonna take a quick break For a message from one of our partners Football season's here And whether you're grinding Your way through the week Or gearing up for kickoff There's one ride 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seems like Offense has improved Well they play like a nobody I know Yeah Yeah they played Southern Illinois Yeah Iowa's minus two and a half Take Iowa I'm taking Iowa as well It does It's an absolute trap But I'm taking them But an absolute trap At Iowa Trap What a trap It makes no sense Trap Cause I think it was Four Pre-season And then for some reason It's now gone down To two and a half Trap Like to me Maybe once But for the majority Of the years You sit down Who's better Iowa-Iowa State It's Iowa-Iowa So a home game at Iowa It makes no sense The one thing I'd say About this game And this is just Based off vibes It does feel like This game always Is like a weird Like two-point game Yeah It's gonna be like A 15-13 That's thread in the needle For the spread to matter That is thread in the needle Yeah Okay so we're all On Iowa there Next game I had On the list Was Tennessee At NC State This kid Nico Is insane Yep Tennessee Looked awesome NC State struggled It's Western Carolina Yeah Tennessee Or yeah NC State did not That's the new quarterback I don't see any Tennessee Oh yeah Nico He's awesome He's the guy That's the last name That's his first name Nico Ivo I can't remember Running I don't know how to say it He No he's a passer I mean he can do both But he throws He throws dimes And he's the kid who He was like one of the first Millionaire NIL kids Got it Like he When he went to Tennessee Last year It was like a big deal Because he got a shitload of money Out of high school Yeah Yes Nico Imaileva How do you pronounce that? I'm just gonna call him Nico I think everybody's calling him Nico Yeah But he's the real deal Imaileva Signed it And I deal with Yeah With Beats by Dre He signed a deal Out of high school So he's a real deal Like he was They have everybody They beat the shit out of Chattanooga Right? Yeah I mean that was I actually ended up Live betting that Like three times I just kept on hitting Tennessee Yep It was just easy Every single time Alright so that line is What is it? It's seven and a half Eight now Did you see the scroll Of the Danny Cannell tweeted it On ESPN It put SEC Team's role With big points Alabama Ole Miss Tennessee Yeah They didn't mention the fact That they lost Fucking three marquee games Yeah Big Ten went 17 and one Yeah Minnesota lost Which that one was Crazy Well the SEC's been the same now For A couple years With it You got Georgia You got Benz Alabama And then Ole Miss is good But they're After the top Right Yeah But they stay ranked They love keeping them ranked Who do you like in this game Rico? I like the over I think Tennessee's gonna score And I was I was watching NC State's defense They got some holes I'm gonna take the over 16 and a half You like Tennessee at all or no? This game is played Neutral But it's in North Carolina Oh it's neutral? Well it's Charlotte So it's not on campus Yeah I could see Tennessee But I'm gonna take the over Okay Bless you Thank you Dave I thought it was at NC State So I had NC State written down I also didn't watch this kid play He's awesome He For whatever it's worth Our good friend Tom Fornelli Said that Last year he said He's the best quarterback In college football Like he will be the best quarterback In college football And Tom said the same thing About Cale Williams Before Cale Williams Took over for Spencer Rattler So He's got the best quarterback He's got all the hype I know NC State regardless I'm not gonna let all this switch me Okay Alright so I'll take the over there 60 and a half Same with Rico Yep I'm a rider Next up Oregon Versus At home against Boise Oh What did you think I was gonna do? Colorado, Nebraska? That's the last one Yeah That makes sense Those are the five Do you wanna do Colorado, Nebraska? No No Okay No No Oregon, Boise Give me the spread Happening I don't know He thought I was I sometimes get confused By the big five I forget But we have the same five I just did it Right I would say There's gonna be more People watching Colorado, Nebraska Than Boise, Oregon Yes Would you agree? That's Colorado, Nebraska Is gonna be like I'm excited to sit down On my couch On Saturday night Yeah Okay so Boise, Oregon Oregon is Currently Let's see I'm gonna look it up Nineteen and a half Nineteen and a half Okay Rico What's the total? Sixy one and a half That The Boise running back Did you see him, Dave? Six touchdowns Yeah he's the He's the number one running back In the country supposedly Ashton GD or whatever his name is He He was Genty He had six touchdowns In like three hundred yards It was crazy Every single time He flipped on that game It was They went to a break It would just be him Running down the field Rico What do you like in this game? Over Yeah? Yeah Over Okay What is it? Sixty and a half? Sixty and a half Any reasoning? Over Okay I don't like this game I'm gonna take Boise Based on how bad Oregon looked last week But I Certainly am not confident I'm gonna take Oregon For the exact same reason Because they look so bad They bounce back Yeah And I feel like everyone's gonna be like Well Boise Scored a million points And Oregon looked like shit against Idaho. Although, yeah, I got fucked because I'm in Massachusetts. shit so i didn't get to bet bc who i loved but i i sort of like i thought florida state i don't think georgia tech's very good so when florida state lost georgia tech and i'm like they're not good that's why i like bc i don't i don't think you struggle like oregon struggled and just bounce back instantly they struggled but it was also weird like they were moving the ball and a lot of offense and yeah red zone went to shit yeah it was like it was one of those ones where it wasn't it wasn't like oh shit they can't even they can't block idaho or they can't move the ball at all they just they just didn't get touched didn't feel like oregon took a lot of shots no they will idaho played a perfect game plan of just being like you have to like we'll keep everything in front of us and then is dylan gabriel okay he came back in the game yeah i know but he was he looked a little different when he after he hit his yeah i think he's okay okay um yeah i'm gonna take oregon in the over in that game uh okay last game colorado nebraska i'm very excited this might be the biggest game will come this life i congratulate him he said don't drink the kool-aid which is he's taking it step by he literally is mixing the kool-aid yeah well yeah he's on the jumbotron doing the whole thing yeah so what's the current line on that game seven and a half i think and the over-unders what 59 i mean this was a colorado cannot their defense oh my god i love so bad i love the over the i like nebraska i love the over if my memory is correct last year when these teams everyone's like over over because colorado was scoring a million giving up a million and all of a sudden nobody scored in this game colorado like colorado got yeah but colorado got sacked like i think shadour got sacked like nine or ten times he gets pummeled nebraska didn't have dylan rayola playing well i know that okay i think that's a bit could be a little bit different this year yeah i mean i'm taking colorado uh i hope shadour stays healthy he's so good he is so good but he took a lot of hits still i actually texted dion after the game what'd you say i said congrats on the win if you ever throw the ball deep when you can be in the victory formation again i'm gonna parachute in and rip the headset off your head and coach this team from here on out what'd he say he was like you got a point i liked what you said it's a coach doug's play he said yeah it was it was a coach doug's play yeah literally when i get bored playing the game i'm like let me just try to score one more time yeah he yeah he said should or uh check them off he wanted to get he he but they got the ball the four yard line the other team that also was yeah which by the way mark jones one of the worst announcers going right now because he i've never seen an end of play go all the way to the four yard line and the announcers just didn't say yeah they were just like in the game's over thank god because that we would still be hearing about imagine if they end up blowing that game because they did that holy shit that was crazy that was nuts um they couldn't guard i mean i i think i said in the first half was like the colorado defense looked so bad at times that i thought i missed a whistle because guys were so open and it was just like they would show it the guy would catch the ball and there wasn't a colorado defender within 10 yards of him did you see after uh i don't think i've ever seen this the dion after the game or maybe it was like during the week this week played uh some of the game to be like this uh what was it north dakota state north dakota state defends how we need to defend so he like went back and was like even though we won this game he's like 11 guys the ball was like complimenting them yeah so i mean that that was discipline yeah they didn't have discipline so i'm saying colorado and this is this is an absolute heart game i love dion i'm rooting for dion i want dion to shut everybody up so uh i'm rooting for them i wish the door the only thing i'm worried about with shador is like i feel like he doesn't know when he should run you you feel that like he'll he'll tuck the ball and he'll like maybe it's just like it's a little bit harder for him to get going but like there's times it's like he because he he does he's a passer first yeah 100 he's like an nfl quarterback correct so it's like there's a few times a game where it's like dude just tuck it and run but he's still looking for the ball and he's like the pass and it's like that's and then he gets crushed yeah he gets hit hard yeah uh you're taking the over love the over i am as well love the over okay um i'm on a lot of overs this week yeah hey pick them listeners we're going to take a quick break for a message from one of our partners the course is calling and your chevy equinox can take on whatever the day throws at you stylish and ready for anything equinox handles your commute 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gotta there can't be a worse feeling than eating shit and then like no one cares yeah because everyone's expecting him to cut his head off too yeah so it's like it just kind of re-brought up that he's got to cut his head off by the way i did uh the half million views yeah no it's starting to pick up the uh baseball uh fantasy football draft the chay one i stepped in i did that yesterday right chay is just he's a maniac yeah i had to get out of that he he's he's a maniac he he said it was i mean nothing surprising to him we're on we're doing the draft it's for people who don't remember it's the tommy family when he got hit when he got kicked out for fighting who'd he fight jock peterson slap jock peterson dave got in it for a couple years dave's out so i'm in his spot it's like trout bregman schwarber uh mustakis hasmer all these guys all these really good major league baseball players we're on we're doing the draft and we're on a zoom and chay said i was like oh yeah my son has his first team and i'm like oh yeah my son has his first team and i'm like oh game just making conversation because it's been between picks and chay was like yeah my son plays t-ball and there's a guy there's a kid in his league who's definitely going to the major league baseball he's like this five-year-old i've never seen anyone hit it farther in front of a bunch of major league baseball well weirdly they worship him so yeah which i don't understand yeah i think they just like rules and he does rules better than anyone yeah they like him i it's a interesting thing yeah um okay should we do our cards should all right rico all right i'm gonna ride louisville again minus the 28 jacksonville state got absolutely walloped last week i'm gonna ride louisville till the till the brakes come off old miss middle tennessee state over 63 and a half uh tennessee nc state over 60 and a half colorado nebraska over 59 houston oklahoma over 49 and a half wazoo minus two against texas tech at home pullman weird shit happens up in i wasn't sure if you're gonna try to take the arrow of the ball and have like one pick this no just sit on that's a theory dan has but no oh you definitely do that i've cut down my cards but but you cut when you get a lead you cut you go like i got two picks this week you you've done that maybe yeah watch so many overs i love the overs in those games i really do i watch a lot of those teams offenses their defenses can't stop anybody i like the overs in those games i like that washington state pick i have it on my card yeah it's two pull my baby okay uh dave northwestern minus two and a half at home versus duke friday night i already bet it before the game i've got two picks this week i've got two picks this week before i came to chicago because i know you can't bet northwest unless you go to drafting sports book i'm going to do and i two two bets this week i think this actually moved against me because i i have them at minus three or even three and a half now it's two and a half so that stinks syracuse plus three at home against georgia tech like i said i georgia tech beat florida state i don't i'm not putting much stock in that um pal mccord syracuse yeah he said that uh is a gift from heaven or yeah ryan day yeah from heaven um um michigan i i love michigan plus seven and a half at home against texas i like arkansas plus seven and a half on the road against oak state i think that's a close game io minus two and a half i'm walking into a bear trap there south carolina plus 10 at kentucky i think that can be a close game the over in umass toledo 51 and a half that's a hangover bet from like 2019 when i just umass always went over i don't think they do that anymore but whatever auburn minus 13 at home against cal that's kind of an early game cal's gonna be sleepwalking i think uh the over in buffalo missouri 51 and a half i think missouri scores like that by themselves like that um i like illinois at home plus five against kansas over 55 and a half that's i have that uh colorado i'm just rooting plus seven and a half and then mississippi state plus six and a half okay um i have i'm opposite on that one i have arizona state minus six and a half i have Maryland minus eight. Maryland looked good last week. Yeah, Michigan State was so bad, so, so bad. I faded them last week, too. Charlotte, North Carolina, over 46 and a half. I have Oregon State minus four. UL Monroe plus 13. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, over 63. I'm with Rico on Wazoo, minus two. I have Illinois plus five, which I'll bet at the DraftKings Sportsbook at Wrigley. Oh, you don't have to, because we'll be in Michigan. Oh, yeah, we will be in Michigan. For Northwestern people, that's a Friday night game. Yeah. Georgia Tech, Syracuse, over 61. And then I have two hold-your-nose gross bets. Houston plus 30 at Oklahoma. Houston, I watched that whole game. They were one of the worst teams I've ever watched versus UNLV. Good pick, Dave. That was a no-doubter. I don't think I ended up having them on my card. Oh, really? I was asking about the quarterback and never got an answer. Uh-oh. And then the other hold-your-noser is Northern Illinois plus 29 at Notre Dame. That just. Let down. That's funny the coach mentioned your analytics. Yeah, which he didn't mention what we actually were talking about, but we will have a further conversation. I like Marcus Freeman a lot. He's. Good coach. Notre Dame got lucky that Brian Kelly left because Brian Kelly cannot win a big game. I said it afterwards. That game in Texas A&M, Brian Kelly loses that game. Marcus Freeman is a dude. But, yeah, Northern Illinois. Plus, Brian Kelly's kind of a dick. Kind of. Yeah. He is. That's well-known fact. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, Northern Illinois pushed 29, so I will be going to DraftKings Sportsbook to bet a couple of those games. Trying not to be as mean to people, but, yeah, he's a dick. How's it going? It's okay. I did see someone did a video that I came across in my timeline. I saw it. It was way too long, but. Joe Sauce. Yeah, it was a fair point. It was like. He was doing a graph of my happiness and Rico's craziness, and, like, it's like I'm only happy when he's crazy, and if he's not crazy, I'm bored. So, it's like. Joe Sauce. It was the paradox. It's the paradox. The Portnoy paradox. It is. It's tough. Yeah. One-minute video. That could have been 30 seconds, but. So, everyone's 1-0 except Bubba. Did he send in a pick? He did. Okay. We'll start with Zoopy. Defend the champ. I like Tennessee this week. Minus 8? Yep. Okay. Tennessee minus 8. Jack? I also like Tennessee. Fuck Quigs. And then I got Liam. Liam's a Tennessee-NC State over. Okay, so we got three more to lock that game. Austin? No pick. No pick. Ebo? Oklahoma State minus 7.5. Against the picks like that. Hank? Colorado. Colorado. Plus 7.5. Wow. Ride with Deion. Here we go. Revenge game. They won last year. Personal revenge game. I bet I had like the biggest bet of the year on Nebraska. I don't know why. Oh, it's part. Oh, because I think that was when you were picking a Big Ten school. Yeah. By the way, Hank has his Big Ten school. I don't know if you knew that. Who? Washington Huskies. Oh. You got to get in on the basketball program. You got a good one? Danny Sprinkle. God damn it. Oh, man. Top five coach in the country. That's huge. Danny Sprinkle. Yeah, they got some great coaches over there. What? Wins everywhere he goes. Montana State. Two tournaments. Utah State. That's the guy with the super selfish video during the tournament, right? I don't think so. He's the guy who was already one foot out the door when his team had a second round game. They did a feature on him. Yeah. I mean, his family was excited for him. Can't turn down a bigger job. It's Washington. Okay. Take a trip. Do some sailgate. Do they sailgate for the basketball game? I don't know if they sailgate for the basketball game. In the winter? Yeah, I want to go out there big time. Hank's also realizing that. You pick a team like that, and it's brutal. It's like when you pick the Oilers. I warned you. I was like, these games start so late. Yeah, West Coast. It's brutal. Maybe I'll try and come out for one of the Illinois games. Or who else they play. Jesus. We'll see. Okay. But Sprinkle will go. He will? Yeah. Nice. Same with the pumps. Have you texted Rapoli? You've got to come to the pumps then, if you're in on them. Yeah, I'll be there. He's like this with the pumps. Where's the. Did they do the pumps like two weeks before the. No, they do it at the pumps. Where's the final four this year? San Antonio. The pumps guy was literally begging me. Like on his hands and knees to come to that party. I'll go first. Wait, what'd you say? Where am I at with Rapoli? Yeah. You've been texting him. You have? Yeah. What'd you say? Well, I text him after. I said, big win. I didn't expect anything back. And then he started going in. You know, like college basketball. Da-da-da. We're going back and forth. He's like, I'm telling you, program's good. Program's good. So we're going to a game. Okay. What? It's two guys who like ball. Two New Yorkers. We're from the CHSA. That's a bond. Probably if you did a list of like the craziest people in your life, it's Rico and Rapoli. So just put them together and just let them fucking just be crazy together. He's crazy? Oh my. What? Was that a real question? Yeah, I didn't know. Have you met him? I thought he was great. He loves ball. He's a crazy genius. He's the craziest guy ever. I mean, he's a great guy, but he's crazy. He'll tell you he's crazy. All right, we'll get along. He's like, give me all. Give me all of our stool. I'll give it back to you for like $4 billion. Yeah. I also would probably have to jump off a bridge. He's like, you'll work less. But I mean, he's a genius. He's an absolute genius. He's basically. And he probably would turn it into a $4 billion company, but who knows where our mental states would be. All right, so I'm going to go first. My mortal is Utah minus 14 at home against Baylor. I'm just going to bet Utah early in the season before Cam Rising gets hurt. I hope he doesn't get hurt. This is not a conference. This is a conference game too, right? No, it's not, because they already had it scheduled. So even though they're in the same conference, it's not a conference game. Weird. Utah minus 14 at home. Rico. I'm going to take Wazoo Texas Tech over 66. Texas Tech last week gave up 50 to Albalene Christian. I was down on their defense coming in. I'm down on their win total. That would have been a big one if they lost that one. Weird shit happens in Pullman. I liked what I saw a little bit out of Wazoo's offense over 66. Okay. Dave? So once again. My, and I just say it, I get no credit for it. My mortal would be a Chicago. The Illinois. In Illinois. That would be my pick of the week. I can't take it because we want people in Illinois to be able to bet it. You can't unless you have a sports book. So I'm going Michigan. Plus seven and a half. Okay. I think we're in this game. I think that works out perfect for our mortal parlay. It's like each time slot. Yeah. Nice little. I got a 10 o'clock game. Yeah, and I'm in the afternoon. I think the defense is going to swat. Warm Texas. I do. Yeah, I mean, I think. And by the way, I think Quinn Evers is really good. I think Texas is really good. I just. The disrespect. Like, I. Those two guys Michigan has in the middle on the defensive line are fucking dudes. And they're talking about the defense. They have a bunch of NFL guys still on that team. They have a locked down corner. They are. You got to. They got to move the ball a little. But that kid can throw. His interception wasn't the worst pass. He beat cancer with the defending champs. No one's given him a chance. No one's given us a shot. I like us. Okay. All right. Good pick up, boys. Good job. Good to be back in person. We'll be back in person in, what, two weeks for surviving? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Wow. We'll do in person then. Are you getting beds for surviving? I think it's going to be a lot nicer than last time. I think they're clearing out a bunch of those rooms. What? I think it's going to be, like, exactly the same. Oh, it's going to be exactly the same. There's, like, two, maybe three rooms. Okay, maybe it's going to be. What are we talking about? This is a room. People can sleep in, like. Yeah, true. Yeah, I mean. And you have an office. Yeah, there's more rooms to sleep in than there are in the New York office. Yeah. There's studios. There's, like, eight studios that get very dark. True. That's all I care about is dark. Okay. Good job, boys. See everyone next week.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Hank and Dave are discussing their college football picks, with Hank strongly favoring Michigan’s defense and predicting a win over Fresno State.
  2. A recurring joke centers around Hank’s shirtless appearances at bars in Nantucket, which he claims makes him the “greatest gas rider in the world.”
  3. The conversation highlights the growing influence of Barstool Sports fans, especially Hank, who trolls the podcast and engages with content in a humorous, dedicated way.
  4. Michigan is declared the reigning champion with a strong defense, and the team is expected to dominate in their upcoming game against Texas.
  5. The hosts critique betting lines, pointing out inconsistencies and overreactions, such as the sudden shift in Michigan’s line from 3.5 to 7.5 points.
  6. A debate arises over whether Michigan cheated in past games, with one viewer suggesting Connor Stallions’ actions were borderline unethical, though the hosts dismiss it as a minor issue.
  7. The hosts also discuss ESPN highlights, including Idaho’s innovative playbook binder and the impact of player analytics on team performance.
  8. Despite the football focus, the conversation veers into broader topics like the WNBA, betting culture, and personal habits, showing a blend of sports passion and lifestyle commentary.

Summary:

Hank and Dave engage in a lively, humorous discussion about college football picks, with a strong focus on Michigan’s defense and their matchup against Texas. Hank passionately defends Michigan, citing their dominant performance against Fresno State—held to just 10 points—and praises their quarterback Davis Warren, who has overcome personal challenges like battling cancer. " They critique betting lines, especially the sharp jump in Michigan’s spread, calling it irrational and based on insufficient data.

A major point of debate is whether Michigan’s past actions, such as those involving Connor Stallions, crossed ethical lines, though the hosts downplay the issue. The discussion also expands to include broader topics like the WNBA, where Hank expresses deep interest in the parity of play and standout players like Kelsey Mitchell. The episode blends sports analysis with personal anecdotes, highlighting the hosts’ passion for betting, football culture, and fandom.

Amid the chaos, the team remains confident in Michigan’s chances, especially as the Big Ten season heats up, and they celebrate their dominance through fan-driven commentary and inside jokes.

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Peter is a golden retriever and a part of the Hertz Gold Squad, making weekly college football picks.

Book directly through Hertz.com/peter, where Peter, the football analyst, is partnered with Hertz for travel support.

Hank believes Michigan's defense is dominant and expects them to win, citing strong defensive performance against Fresno State.

The line is currently set at +7.5 for Michigan, reflecting a shift from earlier season projections.

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