Rico Bosco Negotiates His Contract With Dave Portnoy | PICK EM - BOWL PREVIEW

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I saw a video of you just mean-mugging Mike Meek-Phil. Like, Meek-Phil was, like, enjoying doing festivities, and you're just, like, look like you pooped your pants in the background. Is that true? Have you seen the video? I saw the video. I read those a little bit of a reach. Did you see Bosco in the background? He was not happy. He, like, just beside him. I wouldn't say beside himself. I think I made a little bit of an eye roll. You had a lot of eye rolls, a lot of disgust in your face. So it was a good party? Other than you being disgusted by Meek-Phil? Yeah, it was a great party. It was good to say hello to everybody. It's been a great year. What was the tweet about you versus the data team? Yeah, that's just jack fucking. So Gaz is sitting there with Greer. I'm obviously saying hello to Greer. And Greer's like, you know, I don't, like, you know, I don't know. I don't know what's not me. I'm like, Greer, I know, man. Like, it's all good. And then he's like, it's the guys I work with and this and that. And, like, they came over and we were kind of just busting chops. That's also a lie. It's Greer. What do you mean? Yeah, probably. But I don't know him well enough that he could be. It's like Scooby-Doo. Is that a stress ball you got today? It was on the desk. I thought it would be. I thought, we'll see how it goes. What are you nervous about? Nothing. Just keep the hand motions at a limit. So, yeah. So Greer's like, oh, these are the guys. I'm like, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't like these are the guys. And just like to break the ice. I'm like, Greer says you guys run crooked numbers. They start laughing. We start laughing. It's like, whatever. I'm like, who do you guys like, Alabama or Oklahoma? And they're like, I have no idea what you're talking about. All right. Happy holidays. Like, good to go. It was very low key. But you know, that's what Jackie's going to do on a Thursday in between, you know, expensive bottles of wine picked up by Gruden. I'm sure that was very nice of him. But, you know, that's that's par for the course. Like, you can't get too worked up about it. We all know the people that were there know what happened. The Internet tells a different story. So that's life. Yeah, that is life. Yeah. I mean, every time I hear it, it just reminds me, obviously, of that. Like, can you guys see there? Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's the day that our relationship with Penn died. When boss, oh, had Gruden in a headlock for about an hour and a half. She's Snowden. Snowden. Had Snowden in a headlock for an hour and a half. And two days later, we were done. Listen, you are a victim of your old sins. You can only get better. Like, that was a clear. You were really similar. You were really upset about the accusations that you cornered him, which you cornered him. Yeah. Again, not an excuse. Self-inflicted. Pretty drugged up during those times. So I've gotten way better with that. And, you know, taking the advice like you got to laugh it off, you know, like make fun of yourself. Have fun with it. So let it let it water off a duck's back. I think they say. It sounds to me like Gaz called you over to talk to the data team and then text to Jackie Tables. And I got something that I've been sitting on and especially with this shirt that Hank's wearing. Oh, what is going on with Hank's hair? Oh, I lost a bet. At least that's better. Yeah. You just you just thought it was like you thought he just thought he was like 17 and like hanging out on South Beach or something. I didn't know what he was doing. Yeah. So I look so I look young. Yeah, you do look young. It's like Mike Piazza. All right. Well, we haven't had a show in a couple of weeks. We do some cleanup stuff. Dave, your college in institutional chaos. They got to. Yeah, there's so much going on there. And I'm like on the outside. I'm not. I'm not. I get a couple of leaks here and there. I talk to more coaches than I do. There's no communication or nothing for Michigan. Not that I deserve it or anything. But there's a lot of chaos there. And the more you delve into the way the school is set up, which I kind of knew when I kind of didn't know you got these regents who I think they're voted on. And these guys like run the school. Basically, there's like five regents. And from what I've gathered, there's infighting. There's jockeying for power. Some of them are ward manual fans. Some aren't. So everyone wants to hold on to like a power struggle. We I tweeted it, and I maintain it. They should just for the football be like Larry Ellison's the head of the football thing. He picks the 80. Everything goes through him. They get the money. Single chain of command. But right now there's too much infighting. I don't. I don't know how they anybody would sign a coach at Michigan right now. I don't even know who like we're under investigation. Is the AD going to be there? I don't understand what they're doing. Maybe they have a plan. Maybe they're waiting for Kalen DeBoer until the Alabama. You hear rumors that fine at this point. I take anybody good because every day that goes by, I don't see how these kids are going to stay there. We have major problems. And I just I don't know how you start when you don't even know who's running the show. Yeah. And I have no idea who's running the show. Like who can be like hire this guy who has that? You should be Larry Ellison. Then de facto, Dave, go get it. I'm telling you, if someone said you have the resources, I could get Kenny Dillingham in 24 hours in 24 hours. He'd be the coach of Michigan. If you said, Dave, go get your guy. You have the financial backing. We'd have Kenny Dillingham. If you want to go the way of which I've heard some people say they could clean it up, get away from Harbaugh. Totally. We need a man of honor, courage, whatever. Get Munkin. He'll go do it. Like there's people out there, but you need we and maybe they're ahead of the game. Maybe they're people from Michigan are sitting here listening to this and laughing at me being like, Dave doesn't know what's going on. We have it under control. We're waiting for this to happen. I hope I'm wrong. To me, it seems every single day that goes by, unless it's Kalen DeBoer, in which case Kalen's like already locked up, but he's like, I'm finishing with Alabama and I don't want this thing to leak to laughter. Unless it's him, I don't know what they're doing. Every single day that goes by seems like a major, major problem. So it's chaos. Has Dillingham made a comment on it or has anybody said some about it a lot? I think he's been, my interpretation of his answers is if Michigan came with a great offer and he was convinced we're not chaos, he'd be interested. How can you not? I know he loves Arizona state, but how can you not be interested in Michigan now? Well, it's a shit show. That's how you can not. Yeah, correct. I said Taylor one. And I, Taylor thinks we have. I have no idea. At one point, thought i was getting on a plane to fly to ann arbor like someone reached out they're like will you sit down with like the ad and the regents like they'll listen to you i'm like yeah fine and and that was total garbage so i don't know what i don't know what they're doing i don't know what they're doing but i think it's a lot of people probably there who are holding on for relevance power i will say on the other side i don't think michigan knew from what i knew about everything everyone's like they waited till the signing date i do not believe that's the case can i think can i ask a question i may i can i hear the question and then decide no i got i'm just asking questions questions should be allowed to be asked okay if michigan had beaten ohio state would sharon moore be coaching them in the playoff right now yeah probably so but this is a theory i don't know anything anything the the way this goes is he broke up with her and when that happened she then went like they were in lockstep nothing's happening nothing's happening everyone hears the rumors i love these guys like fucking i i gave the the the big ev example like big ev tweeted like if the things i'm hearing are true michigan has big who's telling you that like the hoagie sandwich big ev like everyone heard the same fucking rumors everyone's acting like they're josh pate some great source the it was the worst kept secret like you heard the rumors but if the two grown adults consenting adults are being like there's nothing going on here there's not a whole fucking ton you can do until she comes forward with these allegations and everything in proof now to answer your question dan they say from what i've gathered he broke up with her she didn't like it she came forward i've heard people be like there's regents there's people behind who like enticed her somehow coerced her whatever you want to say to come forward and get this do i think maybe there's something to that and if they win those people this does this just pushes off maybe now the holding the butter knife to himself threatening to kill himself well that that's just you know if you listen if you're gonna do it big do it big like i well you were and i were texting like when i'm in the middle of this controversy everyone's talking about michigan everyone's talking about michigan it was that big to lose it was a spectacular step up to fuck up it was a spectacular crash out in 24 hours it was quite something and i mean i thought it was fake at first when they're like he just got arrested and you're hearing all the things before they're like reported it's like he was holding a knife towards like what like what are we talking about they got this girl's name on a pizza at the brown jug saw that i thought that was fake so i texted the guy i know the guy go is this true and he's like yeah i'm like why the fuck is her name on your menu and he's like uh we just put the the everyone on the michigan athletic staff rotates through it's really bad timing i'm like that sounds so unbelievable yeah and she's a nobody then he's like well i rated their pizza 1.2 he's like if you didn't do it 1.2 it would have been your name on it nice kid but i'm like i it's like i don't even know if i believe what you're telling me i heard credibly that ward manual was fired at one point in in uh john beeline was a replacement temporary ad like i heard that credibly i thought changed i then it's like ward saved his job because regents voted for him by the way i think that is the move if you don't know what you're doing get rid of ward and i it's nothing against him but he's under an investigation get john beeline get the woman who coached their softball team who by all accounts is like revered across the sport and won national championship yeah bring back some stability get somebody who everyone agrees is like morally on in the right spot but i don't know how they're just doing nothing and the only thing i can imagine is there's people who feel like if you get word award you lose your in to influence so it it's a bad scene and every day that goes by i feel like hurts the program more and more yeah it does feel that way but you're michigan you'll figure it out unless it's kalen deborah like yeah you will figure it out it's just it to me it's like all right how many years of damage are you doing like the portal opens what january 1st and i would say am i right about that yeah i think it does so it's like what are you not gonna have a coat you're not gonna have anything and anybody can go anywhere yeah so that's the shit by the way about the signing date that i don't really this isn't old school like these kids can all leave in a week and a half yeah hey pick them listeners we're gonna take a quick break for a message from one of our partners football is back and with draft king sportsbook september comes with a boost all september long opt in and get a 50 profit boost every game day with the draft king's 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championship two years i think i gotta take that title i yeah i mean the ending was obviously tragic yeah yeah there's different things here i still don't consider connor stallion like connor stallions to me did not cheat like people can say what they want he was in the crowd he's a smart guy and he did things that are gamesmanship i have absolutely no problem with any of it and i'm not going to lie to you i'm not going to lie to you i'm not going to lie to you this this is like a totally and again the people blame ward emmanuel like how are you supposed to know the guy you hire is going to have an affair and show up how you joan howard's the punch like the hockey coach thing i think is pretty typical for hockey and people being pussies but like some of these things are not ward's fault to me but but i don't know that you can come back from this haven't like seven dudes been arrested uh we've had yeah i mean but there's fucking shit on every single like the michigan state guy i forget his name is like dude you guys forfeited games you have larry nasser you have all like there's always shit everywhere if you dig deep enough in this yeah and some of the arrests i mean a dui like all right you got dui that's terrible but like a lot of people getting duis breaking into the the offensive coordinator matt weiss breaking into like that one's bad i don't i don't stand for that no let's clear up sharon ward sharon is not a michigan man like there's a lot of people trying to be like oh i think it was jim rome like you gotta stop hiring within michigan well he we didn't hire him within michigan he went to oklahoma he coached at louisville and harbaugh harbaugh is a michigan man he went there he did but like he's not a michigan man so don't say we the michigan man ideal has never been more alive in my mind listen to me talk i don't like i don't like the michigan men who are abandoning what being a michigan man is like jake butt who's nice no we are still michigan men and the people like it i gave the perfect analogy it's for everybody and dan you're one of them it's for the people who can't get into the club they want to get into and they just hate that club and they drive by it they throw tomatoes and like i hate that club but if you ever got that invite you'd be the first one into that club so the michigan man club is under attack by all the people who've always been like i hate that club i hate that club i hate that club i hate that club like what's so good about that michigan man club and yes we're having down moment but we're still deciding the fate of the world and still have presidents and everyone's still saying it's the top five job so you're not going to get me to backpedal on michigan man do we want to attack our our mistresses with butter knives no that's that's not a michigan thing that's more of an oklahoma barry switzer thing if we're being honest and to your point like the of the if the michigan man thing is still strong you if doing beeline and the softball coach you could re-fortify the michigan man club and you're not going to get me to backpedal on a michigan man club be like hey yeah so i honestly if you're i i don't know where they're at with the search like at one point it seemed like the dillingham at one point it seemed like his deborah is it deborah i'd be happy if you don't have any of these guys on the hook go get jeff munkin that will end the michigan man this guy is the army coach he's a great motivator he's like stern morals and i think he's a great coach you have to bring an offensive coordinator obviously but like i just don't know how i assume something has to be going on we can't just be sitting there being like well we got to figure out what's going to happen with this investigation like i saw i think the president of the school give a speech the other day total dork boy like i don't trust that guy as far as i can bowl there's just a lot going on at Michigan right now I I do love these moments because you like obviously the the stalking and um Sharon going into the girl's house aside because that part's like that's real like you know that's a serious thing and he's been arrested all that stuff but everything else you're just a pig in shit playing it up on online like the people just when you I think it was something like you were saying Sharon Moore is not a Michigan man he he never went to Michigan unlike Jeffrey Dahmer who ate people and went to Ohio State and like he did go to Ohio State and he did eat people yeah I actually I forgot I wore that shirt before Jeffrey Dahmer went to Ohio State I had that made I also I keep I'm I've said I had like 10 different lists going like the uh you were on it for something Dan I forget there was a couple questions yeah it just like if you're if you're saying Michigan did something you're on a list if you're doing this I'm keeping a list I said I'm gonna file a class action lawsuit people were tweeting me being like Dave's gonna sue you oh man that's a fucking call imagine that fucking call oh man okay so all right so that's Michigan uh Bosco how we're have we have we done the contract uh no are we it's almost it's 13 days left in the year yeah he's a pretty busy guy so you know um I assumed it would somehow get brought up today but I thought probably pick up the phone after the phone call or after this pick them if that makes sense is it is it true that you texted him after the Netflix announcement and said hey looks like there's some more ziti for everyone that is not true okay it's good that you that's what Jackie tables told me that's what Jackie tables told me past sins but no it's stick to the plan it's row premiano you get what you get you don't get upset what was that uh my friend's mother you get what you get you don't get upset row for me okay yeah yeah uh and shout out row um and you know it's yeah but it's it's obviously a great thing for us it's uh in a line of great things that have happened in the past couple of years so yeah onward and upward obviously well said Dave yeah I gotta I mean we're we're getting ready to um close out the year and we're gonna be back in a couple of weeks and we're gonna be back in a couple of weeks and we're gonna be back in a couple of weeks and we're gonna be here my biggest problem before I can get to that is I gotta figure out how to look at spreadsheets if we're being honest yeah they yeah can I say the spreadsheet is it spread spreadsheet just to me or spread seeds in general no no Dave I think I like I got the same format in Chicago office and it was I have to like I feel like it's 80 year old man drawing a line across literally impossible it is literally impossible it is literally impossible it is literally impossible it is literally impossible look at our spreadsheets um and I said that I I wrote back I go I gotta get this spreadsheet because it's a master spreadsheet of everything with a zillion columns and when you print it it's for ants and like if you're looking on like the screen it's the point I I don't know what to do so I I replied to like our CFR I'm like I need to be able to print this and be able to read it to look at it and I'm like I need to be able to print this and be able to read it to look at it and he it was Kim too our HR they actually Aaron our CFO got nervous because he replied did you see Dave's email with a crying emoji like oh no yeah and I knew he fucked up I didn't really care I think it's like because I'm an old man like I can't I don't want to look on the computer I need it in front of me on paper I've always been a paper guy um and he actually apologized this morning first he lied he's like oh I don't want to look on the computer I need it in front of me on paper I've typed it like by accident my pocket driving I didn't care it's a nothing thing but he was rattled this morning but yeah so before I can get to you Bosco like this is this is like the enlarged spreadsheet yeah and it's just like so we gotta get to Bosco we gotta get to Bosco like that's how people end up like robbing the company for hundreds of millions I can't read the spreadsheet so someone could hack into that spreadsheet game over game over bring the whole house down we're gonna say hey well the the Netflix deal when you were negotiating it Dave obviously it's it's sports shows that are you know the the three shows that are on there was was there any conversations about like a you know college football gambling show hypothetically I think seasonal hurts us Hank well I think more than that Dan being on PMT like I don't know that they want to double dip a Dan like if you look at the three shows they're all totally unique people but no there was four with zero talk of uh this show making it right well you don't have to scowl I'm just telling you no I like yeah Hank's trying to like he's having fun I'm curious I I knew that like that I think there's still people out there who love like the always DeLulu and this and that like not I kind of know what's going on so you are DeLulu okay all right that was Jackie you're entitled you're entitled to your opinion how so Jack you're entitled to you I mean just referencing back to last episode a certain t-shirt was worn I think Bosco thought he was gonna get a piece of that pie when it was completely based around a certain guy in Tampa Florida that's pretty delivered to me that's that's a that's a fair point have we made any further ground on that deal Bosco uh Jack to be honest that's none of your business I like it I like it Bosco I don't think it's really any of yours either okay then it's then it's not you and I are two guys who have nothing to do with that deal have you guys seen the video it's not then it's not but when Meek Phil comes in I don't know it's a couple weeks ago Knox and Bosco freaks out yeah and like and he looks like he's dressed like a teenage girl he's wearing Timberlands but it looks like Uggs it was his first day in Timberlands he couldn't he couldn't get the corner correct baggy sweats yeah the corner up his new his new uh Timberlands his turn yeah yeah all right so are we gonna I mean the contract will be done the Dave sounds like Dave's got the spreadsheet now ready to go spreadsheet's insane there's gotta be ways to look at this hopefully someone like huge is is either above or below your Rico that'd be good on the spreadsheet yeah because then like Dave misreads the line oh it's like holy nah we've already had massive we've already had accounting errors in that we're not going back down that's true we did on that one in what sense wait what one so the one where this is like Bosco yeah yeah yeah we overpaid Bosco too much money he knew it never said thank you and then acted like I knew he was getting paid too much don't do drugs kids yeah so you but did you know you were overpaid I did I did I thought that the number we agreed on you did a thing where it's like at the at the end when the when the actual thing gets sent it's something different I did think that but again I was up what you thought you thought we agreed on price and I just for the hell of it paid you more yeah the show was ripping but uh yeah to an extent yeah what do you mean to an extent yeah so in so many words yeah I don't I yes yes yes yes yeah you thought we agreed on a price after big negotiation we paid you more without telling you right you believe that still a little bit no no back then yes yeah right yeah out of the kindness of your heart that's a good that is a good spin zone you can use back then just back then right back then could be last week back then could be yesterday Bosco will you be attending the all company meeting on Monday I will be filming a video that is sold but we have crafted out the period to get on the call yes I know a lot of people are you talking about Jackie and Rose Sparks they get that big hard erection for the fact that I'd be out of the office but the video sold that's what you're doing so ready to go uh and in fairness we were supposed to film today and moved it off of today based on the schedule so you got to go to Monday and that's how we roll so but okay you got a timeline in terms of meeting Dave or no you guys are talking right now with us yeah I mean saying I mean the spreadsheet yeah you have to see we could turn the cameras off and just do it right now I feel like those cameras would not be turned off you're probably right well I'll tell you I'll tell you how the conversation will go because this is how it goes sure what are you thinking that's what you're gonna say yeah yeah okay what are you thinking what are you thinking percentage no don't say numbers just say like all right what are you thinking 30 percent percentage just say a percentage what are you thinking all right yeah I'll I'll calculate that we'll have the conversation on the phone well I mean you've got to be thinking a percentage right what's your percentage 30. start high start high no that's how you get no no but this is look right now it's not a negotiation so you can this is trial balloons how do you think it went what are you thinking that's that's how it's gonna go what do you think that's great I'm I'm yeah I mean you've been pretty fair so there you go 20. oh I've been you know more than fair yes yeah you've eaten my insides Literally, that was a literal sentence. A literal. his belly you attacked my stomach i did what percentage is fair dave it's for him to say where are we gonna start you want to start at 30 hank could we get any part of the monologue just like a little bit for the people you know okay uh on the sheet on the sheet alfred martin and gay pat those are who separate rico who sam sam martin real name's alfred okay so bosco little the monologue you know sam's on my team listen you know that you know the the people pick them this this makes their dick hard this is what they go this is what they come in for this is what they're tuning in for i actually i got i got a uh a guy i know who's a big pick them uh pick them fan who uh his name might rhyme with uh backs calente said that he he got a text last night that there might be negotiations and he said i he said he got hard the minute he read that text yeah that's what the people come for yeah so are we gonna give it to the people we don't have to but i rico you know i know that you know you've been thinking about you know the numbers and jackie tables blindsiding you with those a few few weeks ago and how you're going to basically sell that as a good thing somehow and that's part of your monologue give us that how can you prove that you've had a good year even though the numbers might read that they're down a little bit uh i'd say intangibles yeah diving for loose balls hot assists clapping on the bench you know intangibles i would say hank that's the pitch so i like that pitch you need guys who are doing that do nba players get paid more for clapping on the bench i don't know guys he's he's about to like strangle that stress ball yeah yeah there's like fucking cum coming out of it um i don't know jack was a full slate of sports last night like you could have got some clips at the party so whatever i just think if we're hanging our hat on the numbers being so great this year like i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know like a contract negotiation right now would add to the numbers and you could hang your hat that's a fact the price could go up with the views on this show that is a fact do you think if you polled like family feud 100 listeners of uh of uh pick them does rico make more than that like do you think people would guess how much does bosco make do you think people the majority would be under or over what they think under you think that they would they he makes more than what people think correct but i think that's the whole company that's not a bosco that's not a bosco specific one it's a great spot to be there's some there's some salaries that would make people throw up blood everything just looking at the number and that's not i'm not talking about bosco no guess somebody else gaz just sent me this what i said it's not about you okay it's uh mincy uh well this he sent it to our sales guy nick what's up nick i know game time is ending but see if there's any credit still laying around for two lane old miss playoff game we'll do numbers but no big deal obviously i guess you guys are streaming in chicago he's not going to be there he's going to the game he's not going to stream and uh you told him to go i had i told i was like oh yeah i gotta watch it i'll take 100 ownership of that it was i was sitting in my office on a friday afternoon and he walked by and he was like what's the plan with the streams like i'll be here for everything and i was like yeah yeah yeah and i said yeah yeah and then on monday morning i walked in the office i was like did i say yes to him being on every stream and i went right to him and i said oh miss too late you gotta be there you gotta fucking be there like that that's a mince he's off the hook yeah he's off the hook he's off the hook on that one for sure yeah i mean you need him there that's it will do you need him there yeah i need him there more than anything but that's his team versus his you know summer all's his guy at two lane like he needs it's the mincy bowl he needs to be there how can you do the mincy bowl without mincy yeah um all right so all right no no negotiations that's fine i i as someone's going for rider of the year i respect the decision uh hope it goes well when you guys do talk like i just so you know possible i'm not in like a hurry to talk to you so if you're expecting like hey when are we sitting down that's not happening on my end no you're too big yeah i know i i got it but well all right yeah not in a hurry there is yeah are you looking to get it done by the end of the year what do you mean done like if you never come to me your checks will keep coming right i'm like i oh you're not going anywhere i knew that there's no yeah there's no fucking woe is me shit i got it but yeah the current deal expires the 31st that's all it's like it's just a matter of i mean we do this every year like that's all yeah we do it on pick them generally all right it's just just might stay the current deal rico that's that's that's the concern that's what i'm saying yeah correct yeah whereas you could do it right now and get it done but that's you don't have to like i'm not it's not just you i'm not like people on year-to-year deals oh you a lot it's different with everybody some people like hey can i sit down and talk to you they'll make no sense uh we'll go on our way they get a deal other people like hey my deal's up i want to stay here good you're good to go if you don't say anything checks keep coming same exact thing you're just at will okay do you not get that no i do yeah i get it you have a chance to maybe get more right now like all i'm saying is one of the chances we can get a multi-year deal dave it's better to be it's better to be one-to-one really okay he's doing me a favor all right it took me a little while to realize that but i like that yeah you get to negotiate every year a hundred percent bosco has done everything within his power to get fired and he's still here so he's not going anywhere and if uh bosco industries blows up i know i'm gonna have a henchman in my office being like i want 98 of the profits of this show yeah that's that's not that's not accurate okay that's for 98 settle it 76 but like friends and family i mean yeah all right i mean you want it you want it all right oh you have it oh yeah you had it ready to go the whole time you had it ready to go the whole time i want that on the record for everyone's like oh hey jackie big cat trying to push him to do this he came to him he's the guy who's like i never thought i'd win this award but oh here's a speech i love it bosco you're the best you gotta be prepared okay all right don colione i come to you on the day of your daughter's wedding uh all right listen i mean you know it's i know everybody thinks like again like the delusional not everybody can get a raise you guys are running a business that i totally understand in terms of the big time deals that cash a lot of checks around here nobody puts in more hours on those deals that then get those done uh a while back you did say hey if you want more money go fucking earn it i think i've done everything i can to start to put myself in a position with solid content and sell stuff to get to that threshold obviously there's stuff that's sold this year it hasn't it's or into 2026 but that money's not on the books for 2025 so i get all that been pretty brand friendly with sponsors trying to get things done with that move it as it goes you look at house call in terms of the gambling channel a lot of those videos are pretty high viewed uh it checks the box in terms of draft kings of hey we want to do touchdown scores check that initiative provide good content pick them's obviously had a record year bosco industries i do believe we're building with that yeah i'm yeah i mean it's a record year unless i quit the company like that we're never going to replicate that that's a that's barry bonds he was on juice we were all on juice fair uh we're all on juice we're all on juice um you also i don't think people thank enough you've set up some things with us where you provide a lot of opportunities for us to earn money as well in terms of additionally to your paycheck which is extremely fair you've always been pretty fair i apologize for those years where i didn't always handle it the best but again i like i do want to win i didn't go about it the best way i'm always going to push myself every year i'm never just going to be like oh i'm okay with and being content with flat i i am going to push myself i want to go out there and earn a a million dollars so in terms of sticking to the plan i think i've done that nobody's more fair than you if you're gonna ask me for a number i don't have a number i have a goal i want to earn a million dollars in 2026. that's where i'm at so day by day stick with the plan uh i think the content's been great and and you keep it going so in terms of numbers like oh i need this i need that you send me a number i'd make a face it is what it is you trust the score board and it takes care of itself i have pretty good confidence that i think you're going to take care of itself so that's where we're at okay you want to earn a million dollars next year so that's what you that like uh what do you mean like uh your paycheck to be a million dollars without a doubt yeah i mean and i say that and people are gonna be like you you don't have a chance to bring in a million dollars you get that okay okay bikini boys we get that we get that bikini boys we get that bull that's what i that's what i'm no dude that's what i'm curious he wants to be responsible it's not making you don't want your paycheck to be a million dollars you want to bring in a million dollars for the company you yes and you need and that that million dollars is probably not going to hit next year you need to build as you keep going you've said all the time sell stuff what does this person bring in you watch unnamed you watch where you're at what does this person bring but again you mean you mean there's a million dollar if rico bosco is not here you're getting your your made a face before i said you're saying if rico bosco is not here our our net revenue would why are you why are you making a face or are you trying to spend it negatively no he's asking for clarification yes if rico bosco is not here our net revenue would be minus a million dollars the company that's what you're saying or it's time out wait yeah time okay yeah time out time out are you saying you want your w2 to be like a million dollars that that's what i'm asking yeah in the sense that wait you want your w2 to be a million dollars we're still in a time out just so we know yes we're still in a time yes yes i i again i think coach coach speak okay like we're gonna go out there and fucking pummel him we're not really gonna pummel him dave like it's been a while since i've seen him in a time out since you've been in a locker room speaking in hyperbole so to speak like yes you keep building no i don't get it i'm lost i'm lost we're like when you're when you're when you're starting pitcher you want to go out and throw a perfect game every game you want to throw a perfect game every game but if you go out and throw you know seven shutout innings like you're happy with that but but just just this one point the million is it is it bring in a million or make a million for yourself that's what i'm asking i'd like to bring in a million dollars okay that's different i would like to bring in a million oh so so it's what i said if you're if if you i'm not saying you're leaving don't do this if you're gone we would net revenue be minus one million because you brought in specifically clients are like we need bosco that is a thousand percent the goal and do i think i'm going to get there by the end of 2026 probably not let's be fucking realistic but you got to love that you build that fucking build and you fucking build and you fucking build a million dollar earnings might be way down the road i love that but but but you know i'll tell you what dan and i is then we're asked wait you want your w2 to be a million and you're answering yes to that oh that was confusing that was i thought i was in defense mode no i would like to bring in a million dollars yes that's a great start there and then hey guess what when you bring in a million you're way closer to earning a million down the road so that's correct that is that's correct and that's a great thing where you said you want to bring in for the company a million so it got a little hairy there because you weren't understanding what we're asking we thought you were asking for a million yes which i may have passed out no man yeah i know that's i know okay boys are in the zoom they're already fucking tooling it with ai and quigs you may have some bad clips coming out of this that's fair that's fair that's fair that's fair that's fair that's fair that's fair but no no no you can't clip what a time when we're in a timeout listen again you get right you get a little worked up you're a little nervous i lost my ball but yeah i i i think that's pretty level-headed i like that that's been the plan the entire fucking way and you look at how it all lays out like taking off a wake-up bar so after a week almost not doing that shit just keep fucking rolling man every day it's very hard to do that it's very hard to do that you know what i'm saying it's hard to get to what you said but if you get there i would say you're almost virtually set for life in terms of not set for life but you're gonna make a lot of money at this company if those are what we need we need the people that like if they leave the advertiser like i'm going with them like that yeah you got to get to that you got to get to that yeah it's a good speech great speech i don't know that it earned you a nickel next year but it was a great speech all right i love the attitude it's great what is is there is there like a a roadmap dave or like a path now that you've heard that of how he can how he can work towards that like he's already he do you he gets credit for one of those does he get credit for one he gets credit for one of the hair sponsor right or is that separate yeah a little bit how many more of those do you think he needs he needs to stack them up now is the hair sponsor leaving it's a really hard thing to do i don't know the one close right yeah i was a i don't know i mean i i've said this a million fucking times and i like it's like a broken record but like do i consume caller daddy no is like pmt what i've been like oh you got to do this no it what are you shaking your head i'm saying i don't know i'm already i'm almost i'm shaking shaking my head knowing that you don't i don't have the fucking second of the shows but if a check comes in from somebody no i'm saying it's hard for me to ever give advice how do you create more money i don't know like caleb caleb i don't know i don't have the answers i don't have the answer i don't know i don't have the answer i don't know i don't have the answer i don't have the answer i don't know i don't know i don't have the answer i don't know i don't have the answer was here for seven years without one thing to hang his hat on or however long he was here and then sunday conversation comes out and it's a monster so like content i've said this a million times it's like if you're a baseball manager and you have a pitcher who throw i'm not saying i'm not this is not about rico but if you throw 87 you can't just be like hey it would really help if you threw 99 on the black like it is a talent business it's hard to tell people and everyone's so i don't have the answer hey pick them listeners we're going to take a quick break for a message from one of our partners it's fran from chicks in the office the weather is getting cooler and abercrombie's fall drop has everything i need for the season the best-selling anf sloan taylor pant is a 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we're in a dream job for basically everyone in the world so it's just we're coming so far from you being one of the worst employees the company's ever had to doing what you do i'd expect from anybody who works here agreed yeah now we're here i dialed up yeah i think the last two were pretty good too it's not like it's been it hasn't been a coming out of horror show of like bad bad and like now all of a sudden he gets it it's when you guys said you got to turn it around i do think i've well we said that a hundred times yeah but the real one like the like the when i was standing on the plank and it was like well yeah i mean yeah you you got the army vet to thank you for that every day because he he had it and i i people don't believe this i talked to him i said it's up to you i will i like him but i would never let him back if that happened and i won't i i will respect this decision there's no way he's working here if you have even an inch of a problem with him he's like nope give him another chance every day okay so then dave was going to just send you what what the bump is because you heard the speech i heard the speech okay good yeah it's great did you have did you have the other thing the last note on there did you have two minutes after we finished this in terms of ideas for 2026 no i can do it later but i'm driving to miami for the jake paul joshua fight right after this all right no sweat but i i'm happy to do it next week great yeah that's that's all it is it's one of those things that i'm going to do next week those things where like you need it's a lot of it you need dave's approval like i got i got this i got that like so i don't think you do need my approval for a lot of it but we'll we'll see what it is yeah yeah yeah it yeah i got yeah yeah like unless you're having some big budget project what do you need my approval for okay right it won't be big budget definitely not what do you need my approval for you're one of the best content guys in the business maybe i say like again it's only a two-minute conversation but i say something you might I'd say, well, I kind of like that, but fine-tune this. It's two guys standing around the sauce pot. Like, little garlic, little onion. What if you could have two of the best content guys in the business help you right now? I'd help you. I'll always help you. Conversation. I'd always help you. Yeah, I just. You do have us right now. Come on. Because after this, I also have. And it's promo. If it's a good idea and they like it, then it's like the people will listen to it. And then it's good promo. I guess it's actually a good point, Hank, because if it's all so bad, they just shut it down and then you just think of the next two and then call them in a month. Yep. So, all right. Yeah, I got two off the top of my head. Let's go. Both video series. Yep. All right. You went to that high school game in Ohio that they moved to Cincinnati. Correct. It seemed like the two fan bases were very heated, storied different shit like that. Eddie put something up of a high school game in Chicago. He said they truthfully hate each other. Mm-hmm. Everybody has done documentaries on the Celtics, Lakers. Everybody's dove into Ohio State, Michigan. Red Sox, Yankees. Like, we've all done that. Sports is a massive, massive field out there in terms of. It marked it. Finding these fucking stories in Tennessee. Well, now, you build towards Tennessee, but locally, Bosco-Bergen football, that's only a car ride. You start there. Their football teams have been broadcast on ESPN. Those games are crazy. My college roommate played at Bosco. Yep. And building and finding somebody. Down the road where in Tennessee, two high schools, one guy lit another guy's fucking fence on fire because they hate each other. The mailman won't deliver over there. A barstool spin on a documentary. That's true. A mailman won't deliver. I'm just saying. I'm throwing it out there. I'd love to find the guy. Imagine that interview. That'd be fucking electric. Yep. Like, I'd love to go into that. We all love it. Like, every story, Dan. I mean, what's the clip that's floating around right now? The Georgia kid won't sing fucking Rocky Top at a Christmas show. He's like five. This is why we love it. I fucking hate these guys. I'd love to build towards those things where you're going to South Dakota and you're going here or weird type of traditions with stuff like that. But a documentary barstool spin type of style on, like, true, true rivalries. Hey, they've been playing for 100 years. There's a weird trophy. Something like that. Would love to get that going. Now, it's a little. It's down the line because I think football and basketball obviously move the needle the most. So that could be the end of 2026. But I'll tell you what. I'll knock on doors and find two softball teams in a rec league. That fucking hate each other. And the cops got to get called to that. Like, you just. You start and you figure it out. And you fucking knock on doors. So, like, that's the first idea in terms of that. Knee jerk. Yep. I have a knee jerk as well. If I saw something like this, I would probably watch it and find it very interesting. I do not think you slash we are capable or I should say the return on investment would be nearly. Worth it. We've kind of gone down the dock side before. We did some good ones. They're not the easiest things to sell. They're pretty expensive. Now, if you can get this in a internet format where you're doing it quickly and it comes across and you don't need a lot of resources, maybe. I think it's really hard. I wouldn't. Yeah. I wouldn't. I think full-blown dock is not necessary. Yeah. So, how long is this? You need like a dock talk. Yeah. So, that. TikTok docs. That was my. Thing is like the actual video. What you're talking about, it sounds interesting. I like the idea. The execution is very difficult. Like, putting together a documentary is not an easy thing to do. You have to get hours and hours of footage. And that hours and hours of footage will give you like one minute of content. And so, doing that is not. It's just not easy. Documentaries cost. And again, can you do it man-on-the-street style? Maybe. But it's like. Really, really. Like, we paid a lot of money when we did those docs. To third-party people. Yeah. Um. Yeah, like a TikTok doc. I mean, Jake's sitting in here. Like, if you. Instead of sitting down and setting up the lights and shit like that, if you went into the tat, like you go to fucking, I don't know, Rozelle, New Jersey and the two teams meet each other. And you're just walking and talking with the guy, a little guerrilla style thing. But he's mic'd up. Is that way easier to execute? Can I throw out an idea? Yeah, sure. Okay. So, I think that the key to this whole thing is to find the crazy. The crazy guy, right? The mailman who doesn't deliver. The guy who goes to every high school game. You find the crazy guy. You have him on Jerry and Terry. And then you go to a game with him. And it's social clips when you go to the game. That feels like it would be a quicker, easier way to get people invested. And then, you know, obviously you could get bigger than that. But that's something that's a little bit lower barrier to entry that you can accomplish with a low budget. And see where. You know what I mean? If you do five, six of those and everyone's like, well, that was incredible. Because, like, Eddie does something similar where he has, you know, on the dog walk, he has people come in all walks of life and he interviews some weird characters. That is great. Weird characters are great. Right. No, yeah. Eddie's video kind of inspired it. Like, he put that height. He's like, these guys hate each other in this high school basketball game. Like, they fucking hate each other. So, I'm like, I'm in. Like, I'm in on that. So, figuring out how to do that. So. Okay. All right. Yeah. And then similar kind of off of the same type of thing. I mean, listen, we're in the gambling cave all the time. Streaming's type of huge. It's the same thing kind of with fans. Man, crazy fanatic type people, you know, like, going to their, like, the fucking license plate guy for the Giants. Like, what does his fucking house look like? Like, going in there and he's got six million collectibles and, like, adding up, like, again, like a vlog typos type of thing. Yeah, I spent this much money on collectibles and, oh, this is a rare type thing. Like, diving into people's kind of caves or, like, fandom, the story of their fandom, a day-to-day, so to speak, of how fucking nuts they are in front of the TV. The fan cave type thing, again, social clips, build to a series, if that, whatever. Those are the first two off the bat. I'm going to have fucking 10 more in a month. That's how I'm dialed. But, yeah, those are the first two off the bat. So, my knee jerk again, both these things almost sound like directorial type things, which I do not think is your strong suit. You're a documentarian. Sounds like 60 minutes. Like, you're, no, I don't see you in the director's chair with something like this. I think the idea is, again, if I've seen the license plate guy, I think people have done him, the idea is certainly, like, if I came across this on social media and it's like you swipe right, you see it, like I saw one on Eminem versus, like, Suge Knight the other day, it sucked me in and I'm watching it. This does not seem like your strong suit, but if you could do it, because it really doesn't involve me. It doesn't involve you, to be totally honest. Like, what you're talking about is a faceless degree. It's really like you're not even on camera to me. It's all about the other person. Okay. Yeah. That makes sense. I mean, you would be mixing it up with them, so to speak, but I get what you're saying. But both of these, especially, both of these, especially the second one, the second one you could just go do. Just try it. Right. You know? And I also think they're, like, a lot harder than. Easier said than done. Like, we've thought of this type stuff multiple times. It's just hard to accomplish. Yeah. But they're good ideas. They're just. Yeah. The lift is very difficult. But yeah, try. Yeah. Try the license plate guy. Go visit him. Yeah. Take a camera, go visit him. Like, weirdly, Dan has done the best one of this ilk of. With, like. With Detroit Dawn and Superfan. Yeah. Like. Yeah. And that wasn't, like, that wasn't a documentary. That was literally me just figuring out where they sit and just buying a ticket next to him. Right. Yeah. I mean, day in the life. Yeah, I agree. But, yeah. So that's also what you do. Just fucking go and sit next to one of these guys. Find the craziest St. John's fan and go sit next to him for a game. That's it. Like, that's a video. Yeah. That doesn't have to be a documentary. That's just a video. That's a video right there. I like the ideas, though. You're mad. I'm absolutely not. Okay. I don't think he's mad. Okay. I just. I'm just basing it off the stress ball. When the stress ball gets moving. Yeah. Hey, Pick'Em listeners. We're going to take a quick break for a message from one of our partners. Feeling lucky? You should be. Meet the new Lucky One Sweet Tea from Miss Peaches. The vodka drink that's positively doing good. Made with real tea and real vodka. Non-carbonated. It's 100 calories. And here's the scoop. Their new sweet tea is the only vodka-based sweet tea on the market. Simple ingredients in a smooth, full flavor that makes it taste just like the real sweet tea. Best part? Every can helps rescue dogs find their forever homes as they work to a goal of donating $1 million to dog rescues in 2026. So if you love true sweet tea, this one's a no-brainer. Pick up a Lucky One Sweet Tea today and give back one can at a time. All right. Now back to the episode. No, but Dave, to your point, though, like, yeah, I'm not the center of it, but it could still be, like, that's your thing. Like, yeah, all right. You're saying be the center of it. All right. I'm not saying be. I'm saying that's not one to be a center. I don't know what. Listen, I've matured. I'm not going to try to push buttons. I'm not going to say what I'm going to say. Go ahead. Push the button. What were you going to say? I don't know that. you're a leading. a leading man come on that felt like a button i know listen there's certainly value you're great in our dynamic that we've had for 30 years or whatever 16 presidencies when you're with me getting your buttons pushed i can't turn away when you're the leading man i fall asleep i don't know how to fix the made it about 59 minutes all right i don't think that's a bad thing what he said bosco i i i i don't know there are some things i'm not a leading man either it's not a bad thing are not great at like it's just it's not a bad thing he's saying that you will have like your interaction with us make all of our interactions better but it seems like when you're outside the traditional bosco which is real like your best value is always in our in the interplay and office and things i i don't know when i see bosco industries healthy debates i i press the snooze button i wish i didn't like because again and i'm not the ultimate jake hit the volume so it doesn't i'm not the ultimate i'm not the ultimate arbitrator of what's great i've already said that there's things here that have been wildly successful that aren't necessarily my cup of tea so that doesn't mean it's just from me seeing it the internet i've said this to a million times the beauty of the internet is it tells it tells the truth but bosco this isn't a bad thing because it's it's kind of like what you're saying with like like the crazy fan thing that video like you can go make that you don't have to be the leading man it's about the crazy fan you know what i mean yeah no yeah no i get it so it's not a bad thing that he's saying i just don't know he's a director yeah that part that's hard i can't yeah i wasn't trying to be a director but yeah okay all right but you get like your best moments are within the office interplay agreed but the office like interplay is not at all times and you're trying to build things to be sold now it's you said you haven't watched a second of it but it also puts the bosco industries contradictory so the bosco industries no i i i have watched a second or two of it i've tried okay that's why you should move here this office is buzzing okay you and jerry you and jerry that by the way the touchdown that video that you do on gambling every week is going to be a i want to be a guest that that that's a great i tune into that it's fucking awesome i mean maybe it is you and jerry i don't know maybe it's you jerry and meek you guys are you and jerry are great together on that like that's a great i watched that as a fan oh my god look at the stress ball this thing is getting murdered the stress ball has gone i don't think i've said anything unfair like hank do you agree with everything i've said yeah i mean i think like i i think rico gets more of that upset at hearing the leading man thing but i think i'm one of them i think there's a lot of people that aren't like there's few leading men at this company yeah i would say the same thing about jerry jerry is very i think jerry's very talented and you know obviously there's the the after he quit jerry after dark there was a stretch where he wasn't doing a lot he does a lot now and i think jerry's a great ensemble guy in the mix like he he adds funny things his reactions all that stuff and i think jerry would agree i mean it's hard it's sort of the throw 99 analogy it's like i i'd love for it to be the case though who doesn't want that's what we're trying to do but it i haven't seen it yet but you're you maybe have one of the biggest disparities between like must watch when you're interacting and then like snooze button when you're not for me okay doesn't mean by the way i straight i say this every fucking time it doesn't mean i'm right and i'd love to be proved wrong but if you're asking for my honest opinion that's what it is hey we got things to work towards i like i like i like your drive bosco and i'm happy to talk to you talk you through some of these ideas as well anytime like are you ever going to be the three hitter no are you ever going to be a cleanup hitter no you know could you be the nine hitter that's the coach says hey you're really lead off you're our second lead off guy maybe but being a nine hitter on a on a world series contending team you're right and you can make a lot of money like i i'll say it if you left i would be heartbroken you add a lot to everything that goes on here so it's like the the the it might not be in the the numbers or leading man videos but like you are an integral part to barstool in my mind right so hey what's a good what's that's a good what's a good average in terms of a youtube series then in terms of numbers i think i think 100k plus like that that starts moving needles i think obviously like like every video 50k is is solid i think once you get into the like 100k plus every episode you're like oh this is there's money there you know and how many people are how many brands are or at 100k every single episode or what's more the average not a lot but that's the thing it's like you have to do really well to to get to that level where it's like you're saying bosco industries is all i'm not dave i'm asking like this no 100k like views i thought you said construction like or i thought you said i thought he answered it was i'm and that's what i thought he said no no i'm asking constructive questions no he was saying like what you know when do shows like get viewed as being big shows yeah it's it's consistency and and and a lot of clips too now like clips gotta go crazy too so yeah okay all right should we talk football uh by the way we should dave netflix deal did you uh what has the reaction been for you on your side good i mean i've obviously had some people be like the sellout part of it i say this and i sent it to to the pmt guys who i think were debating it internally and i sent to me it was the biggest no-brainer deal that i've seen cross our desk and like to me it was the easiest decision to make um sucks for the the few people who don't have netflix which i didn't even know those people existed um but a great deal great deal for us very happy about it and i think it'll time will tell increase audience as opposed to take away from audience yeah i agree with that i think it's always a good thing to do and i think it's a good thing to do and i think it's a good thing to do and i think it's a good thing to do and i think it's a good thing to do and i think it's tough whenever we make a change and i understand uh the people that are upset like those are you know people don't have netflix that it's hard to change people's uh rhythm and what they do but i think that this is like one of those ones where it's like hey i get it you're upset can you give us we've built up enough equity can you give us at least a chance to to try to get this yeah and i tweeted to the wrong guy but it's like give me a break like first of all we've always been a for-profit business we've always been a for-profit business we've always been a for-profit business this is people have gone to spotify rogan left the cooper left like and went to spotify people go to different areas netflix like we've and i said that to dan on text we tried to get on hbo we tried to get on netflix years ago and we're told no this isn't like some change and and by the way we probably would have fucking paid to be on those on those channels now they're paying us it was an absolute no-brainer not to mention the fact we have a lot of audio mostly so yeah i get people complaining the internet definitely seems like an echo chamber from my perspective we have people who always are trying to make more money want we need to make money it's like that's the world so just an absolute no-brainer great deal and i'm excited about it yeah and the the audio part like we we i think it would be a different calculation if we were only video where there are some podcasts like we built we we built pardon my take as a podcast eighty percent of our audience we look at the numbers every day eighty percent of our audience is audio only um and it does suck for the few but i i i think you can trust that who the fuck doesn't have netflix i also think when you have something that's like if you you know if if you i listen to this thing it's free for me to listen to or watch and then it goes behind a paywall that's upsetting you can still consume part of my take for free correct if you watch it on you know your laptop at work there's desktop websites where you can listen to it and if you're at work you're listening in the background anyway so and and that part of it i think people are super over dramatic where it's still free and what in what do we like yes it's the odd this they are acting like it's some crazy every the nfl is on 13 different everybody's we're gonna be the only ones in the world who are like no thanks we're just gonna keep we will turn down all this money to go to again i don't even i know it's crazy and i know it's a paywall i don't even consider netflix a paywall that's how like accepted i view netflix and if it was and honestly like when we were talking to dave like we said i said like if this were another streaming service it would have been a hard no but netflix is the one streaming service that i feel like is so ingrained in everyone and the same part the part that i didn't explain well when we did it on when we talked about on wednesday is people envision netflix as it is right now netflix is building out an entire interface for video podcasts will it be a little bumpy i'm sure because everything is but i and we're a big central part of it like we're going to be featured on it we're going to be like a big tent pole of what they're building i i think that like and you guys are fucking so established it's like it yes you're people like oh you're not going to grow the growing you guys continue to grow but it's infantile and you can't because you're so big like biz is fucking texting me every day he's like i want all my content on netflix 90 million subscribers that will see sandbaggers everything like it this was a win when i get a few people and you're always gonna get complaints but biggest no-brainer in the history of earth for us deal wise i really believe that yeah and we also thought about it hard like that it wasn't a yes you did it wasn't a flippant like oh yeah like we dave brought it to us and we it took us a while to be like all right let's talk through everything like we're not we're not just like throwing all the fans aside being like oh yeah well fuck it we'll just get more money it's like we we thought about this it was a long and what would they say when we're trying to get the rundown on hbo like five years ago six ten years ago where they people gone nuts to me it's always like erica i told you erica texted me um once you saw the deal she's like 2017 erica would have murdered for this deal like it's not like we we've been trying to get deals and partners that's how you grow yeah all right well i'm excited so yeah we'll have more details and i think also the the one part that that sucks it's unavoidable is like we always hate having to announce something and then the weight you know what i mean like it would be that and that sucks because people can't vision it once it happens again trust us that it's gonna i don't expect it to not work well i'll be the first person to say it didn't work but i i think it's gonna be a home run i really do agreed to be massive uh okay let's do picks one last thing david yeah what was the headphone comfort controversy which way are you trying to spin this thing what was the headphone country i thought it was a re-gift oh yeah it was not i mean you it was just such a crazy gift to give the inside man like just it was a very nice gift yeah it's not a re-gift i mean you saw that and i saw the receipt yeah i thought it was a re-gift it was just so out of left field like what what made you think of that i you never miss an episode of pick them uh in that sense you could always listen to it but also i like getting stuff that i necessarily like need or it's like a like a uh expensive so to speak but it's like i don't know if i want to justify that that's how i like to receive that made no sense that was a re-gift one of the all right like i need a really i need a really nice pair of sneak or like a nice pair of sneakers or headphones would you buy gifts for people for what you want so to speak yeah it's like i look at that you walk the aisle you're like i really could use those i've been looking at that like i really want those and it's like well i don't know if i want to spend that much so what yeah what'd you say i said she appreciated it what are you talking uh the gift uh inside man inside man got it yeah okay uh football hey pick them listeners we're going to take a quick break for a message from one of our partners on game day get sub stacked high at 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that thing i don't want it's making me nervous ah they then they won't send me sort of like the fbi doesn't give out their sources then you burn the source is it someone that sent it to gas and gas texted you or if someone just texted you directly listen i'm re-watching homeland right now one of my favorite shows i'm midway through season two i don't remember what happened you can't burn your sources yeah by the way dave i got one who's on this call i got one for you yeah no probably there's somebody there's a probably there's probably spies in the fucking control room we should have locked that off like area 51 yeah whatever so i think who's in the room with you rico just jake bass he wouldn't turn around i know who it is it is what it is i have a good guess who go celtics that's all i'll say greedy go celtics it's gas go celtics yeah yeah playoff polly yeah playoff polly by the way speaking of bama we might have our we might have our first uh intern of the 2026 summer yeah did that come through maybe okay maybe ot no i don't want to say who what are you laughing at but we might have an insert set it yeah all right okay uh college playoffs are you guys did you know that that idea was already done no i didn't i was when he was saying it i was i was a man i was queue up the bullpen queue up the bikini boys like i was envisioning roan because i remember it was such a funny clip of roan with the bills guys who thought they could impact field goals and they would blow against the tv and they would get it it was concussion protocol they would push guys yeah they would push guys like left and right it was so good oh this is i mean he did this years ago yeah we we've put out a lot of it was for it was for pro football show because yeah he did he did yeah you know what he did he i think he went to license plate guy okay yeah it's like it's we've put out a lot of content so yeah and we did say it's not reinventing the wheel no so right okay uh the let's see i can't get into bowl games that aren't the playoffs same it sucks they've ruined it i don't know who's playing so i have playoff picks and i don't have anything else i'll maybe add some let's do the playoffs alabama and oklahoma alabama is a one and a half point dog over unders 41 and a half what do you guys got in this game rico i like oklahoma and i like the over i know that's going to hurt the people obviously in tuscaloosa but i think the defense is the numbers a little low here obviously 41 defense but uh i'll take the take the over i can i can hope they can overlook this uh i i what i sure do too um you should go watch a game with roll tide willie there's a there's one of your fans um i like oklahoma but when i say like that's a gun to the head i don't like this game at all yeah i'm gonna take oklahoma but i hate this game i hate this game okay uh next game miami texas a&m miami's plus three and a half over under 48 and a half that over and under has come down big time dave wish this was under three because for some reason i thought it was close to one or two when it opened and i loved uh a&m and i i know this is like threading the needle because i really expect a&m to win this game but it would not shock me if it came into the wire i'll take a&m this is a bet game for me three and a hook make me a little nervous especially over time which i could see i think it's gonna be i just think a&m is gonna win the game okay i like the over 48 and a half and i'm gonna take texas a&m plus or sorry miami plus three and a half because i do think it's gonna be a tight game bosco i'll take miami i uh i think it's gonna be close i think they could win it um a&m could also be a schedule merchant in the sack they played bad teams in the scc and the only team they played with a pulse was texas they lose um i'm gonna go with miami here to to to take it okay next game the mincey bowl two lane old miss uh old miss is minus 17 and a half over under 56 and a half i'll start i'm gonna take old miss i think it's gonna be a tight game i'm gonna take a tight game they're gonna walk walk i think they're gonna absolutely kill them yeah i have a double pick here i'm just gonna go old miss oregon this is like old like ncaa basketball take all the one seeds and you're at worst probably going two and two like i just don't see any way both these teams like don't cover end up in close games one of them will and i think you have a chance maybe both so it's a double i'm already giving my second pick because it needed the logic but i'm going old miss and oregon okay rico uh yeah i like old miss here minus the 17 and a half i really do uh i will say the line moving is a little odd to me but it opened out like 20 or 21 yeah what so you you like level attack level of talent i think the old guys are a little pissed off they still got the offensive coordinator i'm going with old miss okay uh last game so dave you already got oregon i'm gonna take james madison plus 21 just as a friendship bet with pft i'm gonna root for him bosco i got the duckies Again, level of talent, I just think it's a different element. have any uh do you have a mortal and we're gonna do one more pick them the pick them finale will be after the new year we'll do for the uh college football semifinals that'll be the pick yeah let me whip through my card okay yeah go through your card i i i i gonna be honest i don't know how much like bowl season is just kind of yeah yeah same zap it out of me hey pick them listeners we're gonna take a quick break for a message from one of our partners hey alabama stella blue coffees new canned lattes are here and in a store near you crafted with 100 colombian coffee each can is a good source of protein and comes in two smooth flavors espresso cafe mocha and espresso sweet cream whether you're braving your morning commute or chasing your pup stella blue cans are for those always on the go and for those who care stella blue is more than just great coffee it's about giving 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byu wins that game but i think it's close um illinois tennessee over 61 and a half duke arizona state over 49 and a half cincinnati plus six and a half against navy there you go okay so my mortal i i will add i will try to put out a full card uh i just don't know but my mortal is actually opposite of that one dave i'm gonna take navy minus six and a half i just like i like military school and bowl games they're just you know guys don't want to be there and and then you're you're running you know more importantly that nobody wants to play against the option right right who wants to get cut block for three hours right all right bosco you got a mortal or a card i got both of them yeah uh i locked this in immediately i already liked it and then i loved it the minute they announced that this is going to be his last game out in utah i think utah is going to crush nebraska what's the spread 16 and a half it is very very big all right i'll add that to my card i think they're gonna crush them uh arc state plus one and a half tonight kennesaw state plus three and i got a lot of favorites which i hate too but nc state minus four and a half oklahoma uh plus the points and the over miami plus the three and a half old miss oregon utah state minus one and a half over toledo louisville plus 45 and a half i gotta make a run at pat hill unlv minus the six and a half love this and the over 65 and a half fade the mac hawaii on christmas eve in hawaii um central michigan northwestern under 43 and a half minnesota minus two and a half utsa minus seven and a half pit ecu over 57 and a half state penn clemson under 48 and a half for all the people asking my uncle has retired from the pinstripe bowl okay did not get a team so that streak he left undefeated uh byu minus four and a half san diego state plus the three virginia missouri over 47 and a half app state georgia southern under coastal carolina la tech under usctcu over vandy and the over arizona state plus i love this and the over texas minus seven and a half michigan i don't know what's going on there utah we touched on navy and wake and arizona smu uh over 51 and a half if rico can win pat hill he deserves yeah at least five you just unloaded a clip that's got to be five percent dave yeah listen hank you get what you get what you're entitled to i'm just like you get what you get you get what you're i will get i will walk in 10 if he wins the pack wow oh rico my mortal is iowa plus four and a half against vandy rico's that it's 10 not enough i had a question that i don't think i should ask oh you gotta ask it now is that uh what that wasn't i don't think that was a negotiation that was just a fact it's not it's just a clear yeah it's like clarification go ahead don't don't don't okay no no no you got to do it now shut up clarification i think i know what the clarification give us a clarification you still recording yeah this is a big clarification i am bigger than my problems okay i want clarification see this is this shit though like they again it's the same thing like nobody puts a line in front of jerry like they put pokers in front of me and then well you made the face and then you said clarification i i nobody put the line or pokers phil phil just walked in like you done recording like yeah all right so forget phil clarification well they have no show though no is that what he's asking yeah because it's run long but stay focused clarification yeah come on let's clarify no i think i leave in a good spot no come on i'm not gonna close the case you're living everyone you're leaving this is like the case howie jerry seinfeld i choose not to run yeah close the case can you text me the clarification and i won't say it i already know what it is what go ahead what it what was it no if you're not gonna say it i'm not we'll say it at the same time okay you gotta be honest deal okay on the count of three i'll count it one three two one is that on top of the raise did you ask for a million dollar salary which you haven't been given is it on i just heard me say yes million dollars you gotta so that's a clarification is that telling you gotta stop is that telling you he hasn't been granted a raise for your own safety stop is it on top of the 10 is that a threat for your own safety stop wait what was that that was a threat to me safety for his own safety he's got to get what does that mean for your own safety yeah yeah he doesn't like yelling so it's safe safety of yelling meek doesn't like yelling that's a great spin zone it spins on pretty good on the spin zones today oh yeah that was the question yeah right and again we you we'll see how it all shakes out yeah all right so it's on top of the race no okay so that would be a guaranteed 10 total raise yes that's a great that's a great race yeah it's great yeah okay uh mortals for everyone else hank duckies okay wow hank's gonna tune in the stream are you coming streaming this weekend bosco yeah oh nice hank's betting packers in in oregon i think it's gonna be a great stream i think i'm i think i'm mid like one two like i mean we got we got a big fucking game sunday night i know okay bounce back i'll be there for both about the rings hank the rings yeah like he's got rings i think all patriot fans can say they got rings yeah that's the point of being a fan yeah people get so mad about that dave i got a question for you are you worried at all about the time the eight o'clock time i'm worried about the time i'm worried about the you mean falling asleep yeah i'll take adderall okay i've like finally transitioned myself to dave if i text him past 8 30 i'm not getting a response till the morning is the four o'clock slate loaded could you take a nap during the four o'clock so you're not gonna get a roll i'm gonna be up late no friday the fight thing adderall and then i'm gonna be sunday adderall double adderall all right zoopy you're uh mortal texas a&m all right jack uh miami plus three and a half and ebo has jmu oregon under okay all right good show boys all right see you all right we'll see you this weekend bosco excited yep all right later