RICO BOSCO THREATENS DAVE PORTNOY | PICK EM WEEK 4
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The transcript features a lively discussion among Barstool Pick’Em hosts Dave, Rico, and Bosco as they analyze college football matchups and share betting strategies. They highlight key games such as Utah vs. Texas Tech, Indiana vs. Illinois, and Florida State vs. Kent State, with each player offering unique picks and reasoning. The conversation blends sports analysis, personal anecdotes, and critiques of team behavior—particularly regarding Texas Tech’s social media controversy and the handling of a young intern. They also promote DraftKings Game Day, offering new users a promotional code (BSS) for rewards and access to live betting. A major recurring theme is the hosts’ humorous and heated debates over team performance, with Bosco frequently clashing with others over picks and integrity. The segment ends with a focus on a bet on Florida State’s second-half points over 20.5, while also touching on broader issues like team discipline, public image, and the unpredictability of college football. Throughout, the tone remains energetic, self-aware, and deeply rooted in the community-driven nature of betting culture. The hosts emphasize their deep understanding of the games, despite frequent misjudgments, and celebrate the unpredictability and passion that define their content.
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What's up, boys?
How we doing?
Good.
What's going on?
Good.
Feeling good.
Dave?
Good.
I had a good week last week.
Yeah, you did.
Not in real life, but like, I mean, I did kind of good in real life, but I was like
0-7 in the NFL, so it didn't matter.
1-6?
Yeah.
NFL, you and I were texting Dave on Sunday.
It's just like, I hate this.
I hate gambling.
I was like, yeah, I'm just, it's the, I just can't win in the NFL right now.
NFL is stupid.
It is.
I may be, I mean, for now.
You might be just out on the NFL.
I'm just a bit mad at the NFL.
The NFL's dumb.
The Jaguars, I know this is a college show, but the Jaguars and Cardinals combo on Sunday
was so brutal.
I actually had Carolina.
That was my only win.
Oh, geez.
That was just like, the Cardinals just decided to play two and a half.
They scored on the opening drive of the second half, and they're like, all right, we're good.
Like, we got this game.
We don't have to worry about anything else.
Rico, how are you doing?
I'm good.
So, so the records.
Bad week for me.
Bad week for Rico.
Horrible.
The records now are Dave is in first place, 23 to six, 23 and 18.
I'm 48, 48 and two.
Rico's 14 and 26.
The squeeze out by Dave has been successful ever since he squeezed me out and limited
my plays.
I've gone the opposite direction.
So congrats to Dave on that.
Rico, you've had a bad, bad run.
Yeah, there's like 12, 13 weeks left.
You got to figure out a way to go two, three games above 500 each week and just build and
build and build and we'll see.
We'll go from there, but it's been ugly.
Yeah, it's definitely been ugly.
Yeah.
And you're, uh, you're mortal.
Iowa state almost lost outright.
Yes.
I do think if that kid doesn't run into the kicker in the first half, it changes a little
bit of the course of the game.
Okay.
Cover it covers the first half number.
They got a three and out about seven minutes left.
Arkansas state takes forever to come back down on that drive.
They did go right back down and score.
I think that changes.
Also, wasn't there like a holding call?
There was some definitely, definitely.
You got the luckiest call in the whole game.
Yeah.
At that point though, the holdings didn't necessarily affect the spread.
You would have needed a miracle kind of to that degree, but you got the luckiest call
in the whole game though.
Facts.
Like they could have lost the game.
Yeah.
Yeah, I know.
But at that, at that point, I'm like, I'm, I'm, if I'm not, how big of a favorite were
they?
21.
What are we talking about?
They won by eight, right?
Yes.
You.
Like I, I, yeah, it was a bad pick.
I'm not trying to defend.
I do think in the, in the first half, things could have changed.
They could have covered the first half, which I also had.
I mean, that's life.
I mean, I know.
Yeah.
But the kid made us all be dead.
Like things could change.
Awful, awful, awful penalty.
Awful penalty.
No awful pick.
Awful pick too.
Yeah.
Awful pick.
Right.
But yeah.
Ah, that was pizza fest.
Pizza fest.
Good.
Uh, yeah.
Yeah.
It's always a good event.
You were there, right?
Oh yeah.
I saw you.
You brought, he brought his feet.
He brought his family in, which I thought was bullshit.
If we're being honest, I texted Dan instantly.
Well, I'm in the RV.
Rico brings in his entire family.
That is bullshit.
I don't want to see them.
I don't want to know that there's other people involved when you're being in a, what I like.
Yes.
You're a despicable guy.
So I see your family and it's like, oh, they're calling my husband Hitler and in this horrible
dude.
And I got to see them.
People like daddy.
Is that the guy who, you know, says you're the worst guy alive?
Yeah, it is.
I shouldn't have to, they shouldn't be in my
thought process.
Dan said, I think accurately human shields.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He did.
He did it like a few months ago.
I met his whole family and I was, I don't want to see them.
I want, yeah, this changes everything in my head.
Like now I got to see you as a real guy.
Like, I don't want to do this.
I don't want to, I don't want to be put in this spot.
So yeah, he's, you know, it's like when a, when a coach loses a game and then they have
their kids at the, at the presser after, and they're just like, look, I'm just a dad.
Like, you know?
It's a tough loss, but I'm just a dad.
That's what Canelo did.
I hate when people do that.
I want, I have a great family.
The micropoly, whenever he loses a horse race, he takes a picture with his kid eating ice
cream.
That's bullshit.
I don't want to see it.
Yeah.
Oh, Hey, it's a very coach K move.
It's just like, uh, Oh, actually wins and losses don't matter to me.
It's about the, it's about the big picture.
No, it's not.
Yeah.
But they, they, they matter a whole hell of a lot when you win.
Like I thought that it's only when you lose.
So anyways, I didn't want to see it.
I thought it was a.
A dirt bag move by Bosco.
I agree to be, to be with your family on a Saturday afternoon and bring it in front of
Dave's face.
Dirt bag move.
It wasn't like I really, they came in and they came out.
Whoosh, whoosh.
It was just clearly intentional Bosco move.
No, not this time.
My wife was like, listen, what, you know, do you think we can meet Dave?
It's been years and years.
Like I'd like to say hello.
It's all right.
Yeah.
I mean, it's very appreciative.
There was no, there was no sympathy.
There was no like holding it over your head.
It was just, yeah.
Say hello.
Yeah.
Appreciate it.
It was also.
In out.
It's also crazy.
Just meeting, uh, your wife, just knowing like what you've said about us.
Like you, like, I know when I met her, I was like, oh, very nice to meet you.
But I'm thinking in the back of my head, the things that have been said in that household
about me and Dave and how much we've ruined his life have to be off the charts.
Security Mike and security Pat moved in closer.
They don't know what was about to happen.
There's also a lot of ownership.
Yeah.
She said, you know, you shouldn't, you shouldn't be an asshole for like there it's, it's accountability.
Okay.
Okay.
It was fun having you here Bosco for the stream.
Good stream on Sunday.
Good shop with the boys.
Did you see Dave?
Did you happen to catch the fake fuck that he did to me, which was such a Bosco move?
Was that not the most Bosco move of all time?
They put time back on the clock, Dan.
I could sniff what was going to happen.
I felt bad for you.
If it's your team, you were still kind of in it.
That put it away.
And as it turned out, I didn't need that exact touchdown.
But I didn't need the fake fuck.
Because everybody scored a hundred.
For people who don't see it, didn't see it.
He bet Amon Rod to score a touchdown and he scored a touchdown in my face and, and Rico
cheers and then goes, fuck.
Like trying to get, trying to pretend like he was mad with me.
And then he's like, but he's fist pumping.
It was a fake fuck.
You fake fucked me.
I saw it.
Yeah.
I put, I put the friendship above the paycheck.
I don't care.
I don't care.
That was the point.
It's like, I, you should root for your bet.
Just don't fake fuck me.
Right.
I know.
You 100% did not put the friendship above the paycheck.
At all.
That's the opposite.
Yeah.
So.
All right.
Makes sense.
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It was a good Sunday.
Might not be out there for a while, but it was a good Sunday.
Yeah.
What's I think he may be off
the show oh no well we got listen i said it from the get-go what we got one week dan we got a deep
lineup if he says i'm not hitting i'm not hitting so the best you can do is go to the cage and i
will have six fucking donuts and i'll be swinging but we have a deep deep lineup there's no woe me
t-bob's great the show was unbelievable would have been nice to talk to dan lanning being a
ducky guy but it's that's how it works deep lineup figure it out get in the lab get better
he's the boss he makes the call it's not so much an indictment of bosco i'm figuring out the thing
i think most people know i the rundown i i like hosting i can host it i get the subjects i go
down a good flow this show host isn't always my thing like if you look at like we're talking the
molly quorum who got fired but like the first take where you have a host and you have two people
who go back and i'm
i'm a i'm a sling like i i'm so worried about hosting i'm not able to do the other so i thought
last monday's show with t-bob who was definitely worried about t-bob being too much when i'm on it
like t-bob i just need to serve it up and not do exaggerated laughs and let like the people around
i thought it went really good i text him it was a good show the and i wasn't even there and it's
really hard to do it remote but i thought it was good so i'm moving around and if t-bob is a host
that works with me and walker and maybe i'm going to do it again i'm going to do it again
maybe jay will i don't even know jay will but that i'm going to see what the best show is if
that means boss goes on the pine it means boss goes on the pine i jay will text he goes am i out
i go i'm figuring out rotations i put it in basketball talk it's show three i'm going to
figure out what i think worked that was the first show when it ended i'm like okay that was pretty
good yeah it's so listen it's hard to do it's it's hard to figure out like this is why when we
when dave you and i talked about
it i was like we need someone who can host who can kind of run point and that's why t-bob i i was
like t-bob should do that um and you got to get comfortable with t-bob yeah yeah and i don't want
iverson running the point putting up 40 i need i need stockton i need him just dishing right
right and i think he's good he's very coachable and he did a good job but yeah it's a it's a hard
it's also a hard show to figure out the flow because everyone's doing one week one day so
it's not like you'd be able to figure it out a lot faster if you were doing it every
single day five days a week you would have it like done by the week two but you're you're on
week three and you've only done three episodes and it's like the flow of figuring out
funny videos to get in that you want to talk about that would be rundown videos like we spent a lot
more time talking nfl and call it like when we do the rundown it's like all right nfl college
it's a quick convo you go and then you're hitting the funny videos so it's a lot of just figuring
out it's it's figuring it out still but and bosco our first
show i didn't think was great again it's not you it it's you that you got suspended for a week and
we're figuring things out yeah i mean the suspension was justified anytime you get
hit first and then react that's that's justified so but um yeah let's you know for all the he can't
change he's fucked up he's an asshole he's a dirtbag what's good for barstool is not always
necessarily the best for you but putting barstool in front three years ago you can't do it you won't
do it here we go what's good for the team let's do it we got a deep deep lineup and we're definitely
probably adding more people so let's get going they said you'd never do a show in the do and
you and you stepped up to the plate and did two that's true right against my own will after being
assaulted that's a great point attack the guy and got suspended but that's very big of you rico that
you uh that you're okay with this uh but it does sound like have you met his family hank yeah
yeah in the office
uh last year he brought in the whole family yeah well he came he was in the portal he was
heavily in the portal what rico rico is has has uh dave he's he's he's obviously you've seen it the
song and dance and maybe willie won't he will move to chicago he likes to talk about it in
college basketball terms so he's like big transfer in the portal
like transfer from new york to chicago yeah that's how he talks
about himself oh so they were in the chicago office and i do think he actually would like to
to to to move i think it's genuine but yeah big transfer in the portal that's what he said
not even a transfer you're in the same company big transfer in the portal
gotta keep it light
keep it light i've i've been enjoying bosco this year he's been fun but it does stink because it
sounds like the bosco not on the show has already been figured out well again i'm gonna be in
chicago next week t-bob's gonna host on monday we'll see how dynamic is with me there maybe it's
more of a remote we're figuring it out it this is where again i'm he's using the portal i'm using
out figuring i'm using figuring my rotations uh basketball in in an nba season analytics where
we're at like
we're at like
game four so it's a long season figuring out what works but i'd certainly liked i thought that was
our best show and and i'll try to build on that to try to create our best monday shows what did
the analytics say rico what was that analytics in terms of dave finding out the best or basketball
coaches the five best guys on the court what's the highest plus minus best duos ken palm they look at
when this these two guys are on the court it works the best so yeah analytics i also think which i
said earlier which applies to the best guys on the court which applies to the best guys on the court
applies to jay will and applies the bosco a bit they're basketball guys first true so true maybe
when basketball rolls around there's more of that in walker's definitely football i mean walker and
i have a great dynamic we've done a lot of shows together so we'll see we're figuring it out
figuring there's a lot of there's a lot there's a lot of shows it's a long deal
good to go and this clearly is not yes this isn't like uh punishing bosco or shot at bosco right
absolutely not yeah it could be any it could have been any person on any of the five day weeks
in terms of what can work and what could be the best rotation well i don't know if anyone would
have gotten suspended one week through but yeah that's fair that's fair too dan you gotta be
better yeah because you did put yourself in the spot to have this happen what you guys forced to
do into the casino well no that was jackie tables because i had absolutely nothing to do with any
of that he's right it was jackie tables and gas into the poker
tournament i had nothing to do with the poker tournament great episode though great episode
though did numbers uh all right uh also dave uh what did you think what would they think about
were they happy with big noon it was fun being your pr person uh yeah well what i thought was
interesting on that one and i tweeted out you're like i'm gonna answer the questions like you will
it'll infuriate people i'll be your pr i answered it like i thought you would have yeah no you didn't
it was funny rob stone just being like i know he actually had this pizza thing
scheduled for like six months like yeah i know um yeah it was fun though those guys are the best
it was a lot of fun went out to dinner with them friday night uh like they're easy to work with so
it's fun and we're gonna be in utah on saturday so we're doing i assume no gambling in utah right
i not only no gambling but i was looking it up and it's like if you if like you and i make a
handshake bet i think we go to jail
can you drink i think you could i think there's some places you could drink but yeah i was
because i had the same thought last night i was like i got to get my bets in i bet you there's
no gambling i was like let me just double check who knows maybe there's maybe that's something
mormons do and i don't know and it was literally like no gambling no cards no nothing so yeah yeah
but i'm excited to go looks beautiful i've never seen it new campus always fun to see these places
um they actually invited i wanted to do it but i don't know when we're leaving to like the the
student section
it's like we are the best student section in the country they actually want you and i they're like
we do all these traditions come in for the beginning of the game but i don't know that
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we got texas tech at utah starting us off so we again we'll be there big noon kickoff we're gonna
do the barstool college football show then big noon kickoff dave will be there early get there
early 7 a.m we're starting although i think it'll be a good crowd because yeah yeah like big they
were saying big 12 like some of these schools like you know they don't usually have shows come
we're gonna be there we're gonna do a double header shout out by the way northwestern ended
up being a great crowd i don't know if you saw some of the clips i saw the end of it yeah i saw
that they showed up it was a shitty shitty weather and and and they showed up um so yeah utah texas
tech texas tech uh it's right now it's sitting utah minus three
over under is 57 and a half i think dave you got to bet this uh
you got to bet this utah just just out of spite for the the kid that's trying to like pretend that
we fired him because he said thoughts and prayers to try that kid that kid i hate that kid it's got
a culture gotcha culture trying to do gotcha culture that kid that kid i i didn't even know
what was going on and i see a post a texas tech kid saying i'm a fraud like crazy um side note our
i didn't love the way our people handled it either like i they before you fire a kid over
something like this you could just suspend them and be like let me kick it up the chain to be like
how we handle but the whole thing was a shit show but that gets the worst from texas tech yeah so
people who didn't see the the viceroy program it's a hard and fast rule you cannot tweet anything
that's personal so you have your personal account you could tweet whatever you want for your personal
account but your your the actual viceroy account is a brand it's a brand account it's like it's
like remember
uh they found like the chargers those these are funny tweets but the chart the old the guy who
used to run the chargers account when twitter was like brand brand new he would tweet like
really want to go to pf changs with my wife tonight like hungry for pf changs like he would
just tweet that shit you can look it up it's very funny but it was like when twitter first started
and it was a guy running the chargers account he was just tweeting off the top of his head you
can't tweet anything personal he tweeted thoughts and prayers which is not a problem
if you like it's obviously thoughts and prayers but you just tweeted from your personal account
and then he like basically said that we're the worst people and dave uh fired him and uh i'm a
fraud yeah for political reasons it's like no it's just you if you have a twitter account a viceroy
brand account you shouldn't be tweeting your personal opinion or personal anything anything
like any any account like wendy's night whatever you're not gonna see them doing personal now he's
gonna be like how is that even a political it doesn't matter you were told not to do it beforehand
like it it is a political thing we're not trying to have 18 year old interns we don't even know
200 of them deciding what they can tweet and what they can't so there's a back and forth after this
with um are the people running the viceroy programs he's also by the way calling people
like assholes from yeah he's like in the company like you're an asshole from the branded account
just use your social right uh
and before i even knew any of this happened he had written like uh an essay how i'm a fraud and
shit's like if he reached out to me i may have been like you made a huge mistake don't do it
again and you can continue to run the thing like but he didn't he went nuclear before i even knew
it was an issue and in like we have a million people who commented on that assassination
from their personal accounts right right and it's also you can still get fired from your
personal account depending on what you do like they're but everything goes personal right but
like that doesn't mean you can just do still if somebody's like uh you know i'm a big fan of the
kkk like you'll get fired if you do that from your personal account so that doesn't mean you can do
anything but your personal is pretty clear if you have a personal opinion on world views and
you're not talking about texas tech or texas tech sports which 100 of the posts to that point is
about texas tax and texas tax sports and you're not talking about texas tech or texas tech sports
you're a caretaker of the account you're not putting your personal interest bias whatever it
may be on that account like what if somebody went the other way is like r.i.p george floyd like
that's political too we don't want that on the branded accounts that aren't yours and
so it's pretty simple and it also it turned into a point where he was uh he's now kind of almost
using charlie kirk's death yes
to try to grow his own personal and be like yeah he's like unfollow this one right follow this one
right it's not making it stink yeah you're it's grifting at that point um all right so i'm taking
utah for that yeah that you sold me utah and reminder the texas tech kid before him was also
a rat so no we don't see rico this is the crazy part you now we have we have a guy who like has
like this is a legitimate thing and then texas deagues who by all accounts is just a diehard
who who you thought was inner circle after meeting him for like two seconds
made good content by sending us your dms he's not in the same boat as him right that's fair
and then he just he just throws in texas deagues in the in there being like yeah that guy sucks too
he sucks for different reasons
the kid before ran the account
the kid before is the kid that rico literally put into his like inner circle dms and then rico
a texas tech intern you did yeah and then and then the kid i didn't know he was and then the
kid told us uh he sent us a screenshot which again good job because that's that's funny as
fuck and then this is your you problem rico you let people into i'm just saying yeah i know i
gotta i gotta get better but utah for me the key here is they gotta turn them over um the quarterback
for uh texas tech 11 tds one int so utah's got to get to them with those uh turnovers i like utah at
home uh minus the three yeah if we're really talking about this game like utah i'm taking
utah minus three just because they're home both these teams i think are very good but both these
teams have played no one because texas tech is absolutely whooped up on arkansas uh pine bluff
kent state oregon state utah beat ucla who might be the worst team in the country
paul polly in wyoming at wyoming which is a little tougher but wyoming's not very good
so yeah i'm just taking the home team minus three that's i'm i'm writing a note keys to the game
from bosco win the turnover battle yeah that's a good one that is some kid that is some big time
analysis you're right you're right you're right all right that's fine i'll just what i'm gonna
click that's fine you want to open up that's fine i'll cliche you to death now go ahead
a bosco friend
let's go how many can you get off let's do it let's see let's clean let's see what happens
okay it's about to get awful cliche ish in here all right uh illinois and indiana indiana's minus
four and a half overrunners 52 and a half i'm excited for this game uh it's crazy where we're
at like if you told me 10 years ago illinois and indiana would be a top 20 matchup uh and
big time stakes because it does feel like this could be
an elimination game for potentially a at-large college football bid uh if either the if the
winner of this team can take care of business they have a couple i think uh illinois plays
ohio state whatever this this game though will be the tiebreaker uh i'm gonna take indiana minus
four and a half i just think they're uh i think they're they're good again and i love i love
i love altmeyer i just think indiana at indiana i'm gonna take indiana minus four and a half
rico the home team is always more motivated and defense travels so i'll take indiana in the under
nice i don't agree with the home team that's a bad cliche the defense travels cliche
i'm a cliche guy too but that wasn't can i open it up can i actually speak can i actually speak
or you want cliches because well i don't even i don't even has one interception you gotta figure
out a way to turn them over i played in the defensive backfield you've listened you built
with different guys
you built a fucking empire that's great like whatever but you never had a fucking leadership
in a locker room in division three football six tackles mit one int against endicott huge win on
the road you don't know what it is i'd blow you never get off the line on me even at 38 and 25
down you never get off the line on me what does this have to do and our coaches were always good
with the film they know hey look at this guy looks like that shoulder hangs a little bit
maybe a quick fucking pop
more in that shoulder you're never getting off the line game prep you're done i like that
never getting off the line on box jerk you gotta figure out a way to throw different defenses at
that kid and make interceptions cause problems that's not crazy that's not just cliche he's got
11 tds and one int you gotta figure out a way to get to the turnover they play nobody
throw a different blitz package at him corner
in different things we're rolling this we're looking like it's four we're rolling down to
three you gotta win the turnover battle you gotta figure out a way to turn him over at home
gotta figure out a way to do that got to and obviously i like willingham at home
yeah because utah probably turn him over and it's utah at home we've been talking about this for 10
years they're great at home correct that's why i'm not so like you don't go into like it just
first of all the turnover battle yes it's the most important statistic in football thank you
all right now address the fact that you would never be able to get off the line against rico
at this point i probably couldn't get off first anybody i don't know it's him he's not there we
go 2-0 rico you just won that thank you yeah i do like the under here like anybody could play
football where he played football and no that's not that's not true anybody not true it's just
anybody it's not true if you were
a warm body you could play football okay
Who couldn't play football?
Nichols, who couldn't play football there?
Who?
You had to be recruited.
You didn't just take anybody.
No, you don't have to.
You show up, say, I want a helmet.
They give you a helmet.
You're on the team.
That's bullshit.
That is not bullshit.
Nichols has a big recruiting budget.
Give me a break.
Not big, but they definitely go up and down.
Anybody can play football.
I don't even know why you would.
Who wants to play Division III football?
Sounds like a guy who can't get off the line against Dave.
I mean, against Rico.
He's scared of Bosco.
It's an accomplishment.
I mean, not everybody's going to play for Michigan.
No, to be like, oh, we beat MIT is not an accomplishment.
That is not.
MIT football, beating MIT football, not an accomplishment.
Okay.
Were you recruited for Division III baseball?
I would say, like, me, not really recruited,
but. You don't want to continue your career?
You didn't want to at any point. Oh, no, I went to Michigan, and I tried to walk on,
because, like, you know, Division III baseball, by the way,
is different than football.
You're not getting, like, hit and banged up and stuff.
Yeah, Rico had a commitment.
That's even more a testament to your character.
Yeah, you just made his point for him.
You made my point for me.
Who would play DIII football?
Bosco.
Crazy.
Psycho.
Shit.
Rico, what was your record at Nichols?
We were down to. Jackie.
Oh, Jackie.
I didn't hide it.
I'm not hiding it.
I'm not hiding it.
My bad.
We had, in the first game, our all-conference quarterback
my freshman year.
Answer the question.
0-9, 5-4, 5-4, 2-7, I believe.
2-8.
A lot of injuries.
A lot of injuries the first year.
So you were in the two games that you won,
Emerson and MIT?
No, we went 5-4 sophomore and junior year.
Did you win?
Did you win?
Did you win?
Did you win?
Did you win the MIT game?
We lost on a 45-yard field goal in the rain.
Where do you play at MIT?
On that field.
They got a field.
They do?
So you had good stats, but your team lost against MIT.
Were those all little, like, Indian engineers and stuff?
Yeah.
Who the hell is on MIT?
They're disciplined.
You want to talk about guys with a disciplined fucking game plan?
Those guys are disciplined.
No offsides.
Look up fucking MIT's offsides in that game, Jack.
How many?
How many?
None.
It's like playing a service academy.
Yeah.
That's true.
MIT.
Discipline, Dave.
You don't fucking know.
Discipline.
All right.
Illinois and Indiana.
That's what we're on right now.
Indiana's minus 4.5.
Over there's 52.5.
I do like the defense, so I'll take the under.
Okay.
Dave?
I like Illinois, the quarterback.
I think it's a close game, field goal game at the end.
I will say I'm totally confused.
No idea.
Thought I understood what channels games are on.
I have no idea.
Was there a draft or something like this?
Game's on NBC.
Yeah.
They draft it.
I talked to them last.
Yeah.
Like Michigan, Nebraska.
I would have sworn was going to be like a big noon kickoff game.
That game's on CBS.
I thought Fox had like the Big Ten.
No.
So I talked to some of the people over the weekend because I was like,
you know, Evanston, how are we here?
I know obviously Northwestern's not having the best season,
but Oregon's good.
They have NBC, CBS, and Fox.
They sit down and they do a television draft.
They draft weekends.
That's so cool.
I know.
I said we need to televise that.
Like I would be interested in watching this.
Yeah, you should walk to the podium like that.
I know.
Like the draft.
I know because I said, I was like, oh, I said to the guys,
like, oh, I'm sure we're going to do Oregon-Penn State whiteout.
And they're like, no, NBC drafted that.
Hi.
They have the night.
They have the night game.
So does Fox have, because the first pick's clearly Michigan-Ohio State, right?
So do they always have the first pick, Fox?
How do they decide who has the pick?
I think they said they get the first three, I believe.
Got it.
So that's how they got, they get Ohio State-Michigan,
and then they get, they picked Ohio State-Texas.
Got it.
Got it.
I think they have Ohio State-Penn State too, I think.
That must have been their third pick.
That's super risky too.
You could get a game in the middle of October, early November,
and you're like, this is going to be like,
lights out, and somebody shits the bed,
and you're like, fuck, and now you're stuck with it too, you know?
I also was trying to, I was trying to get,
I was trying to like do strategy talk with some of the behind-the-scenes Fox people.
I was like, why wouldn't you just take,
why wouldn't you not take Ohio State-Michigan
knowing that game has to be played at noon anyway?
Yeah.
And they're like, we got to do it out of respect.
I was like, oh, I'd fucking, I'd just leave that knowing they can't pick it.
But I guess, I guess that's like being a partner in something.
I don't know.
I just try to.
I couldn't have a different channel pick it.
Because they, I don't think CBS and NBC wouldn't run a game at noon.
Just out of principle.
Right.
I don't think they, yeah, I think out of principle,
because that's the, I think they have the allotted windows.
But yeah, it's fascinating.
I wish, I really would love to see a draft.
I also, Rico, you'll appreciate this.
I was at a dinner.
We had a bunch of Fox people there,
and I was giving them all my best ideas,
and all my best ideas were literally just like,
play a college basketball game after the Super Bowl.
Move the crown up.
And what was the other one?
It was just basically all, like, give me more gambling things.
But I was like, they like the idea of the,
of a college basketball game after the Super Bowl.
It's a good idea.
All right.
Miami, Florida.
Florida minus seven and a half, over under 50 and a half.
If you bet Florida last week,
I feel bad because that was the right side,
and DJ Lagway sucks.
I'm going to take my, I'm going to take Miami in this game.
I just think they're really, really good.
And I think their lines are really, really good.
I had Miami last week against USF.
There's got to be some point where there's a little bit
of a quit factor with Florida.
That was a demoralizing way to lose that game.
Like, be, be, your defense hang that tough,
and then DJ Lagway throw five interceptions.
So I'm going to take Miami minus seven and a half.
Dave, what do you got?
Repeat of the rat.
Last week, I was on Florida.
I thought it was a rat.
They should have covered this week.
Again, the line looks like a rat.
So again, I think this time they cash it.
I'm taking Florida.
Keep this one close.
Okay.
Rico.
You talk about the quit factor.
I do think the defense holds a little longer here.
They only gave up 18 points.
Did you guys quit at Nichols during the course of the season?
I tell you when.
No, we did not.
Great coaching.
Play for your brothers.
So what was your record senior year?
Two and eight.
So you never quit?
No.
Jack, can you look up the end of the season for them?
Uh, those engineers, they got discipline.
18 points to South Florida.
Last week, Florida's defense gave up 10 first downs to LSU.
We know in a row.
That sounds like a team that quit.
Oh, so wait, they started the season two and one.
What was the score of the final game?
Final game won the next two, then lost seven in a row.
They lost 42 to 14 in the last game.
Yikes.
Okay.
Who was that to?
Winnick.
Now it's WNE, Western New England University.
That's a real school.
Yeah, man.
Curry.
I've never heard of them.
Curry is a powerhouse.
That's in Beverly, right?
Powerhouse.
Powerhouse.
Curry's in Beverly.
Powerhouse.
They ran the league.
Oh, they did.
Look them up.
They're fucking animals.
They got a great baseball program, too.
Shout out Jay Brew.
I think that we all know about Miami's defense.
I like the under 50.
a half here okay Dave what was your pick here Florida yep okay uh all right next game we've got
Oklahoma at Auburn Auburn minus six half over under 47 and a half obviously uh big deal because
it is uh what's his name going uh back against Auburn uh Jackson Arnold uh sorry it's Auburn
at Oklahoma my bad Auburn at Oklahoma Jackson Arnold going back uh Oklahoma minus six half
over under 47 and a half what do you guys have for this game by the way the Miami games in Miami
as well sorry I misspoke uh Rico Michigan I like that they finally have given Underwood
what'd you say Michigan
I wrote it down in order I apologize what'd you say I'm sorry you don't listen you don't even
think of listening I was definitely upset about digging into the memories and trying to undermine
my athletic ability
uh I did write it down in the order he sent it in well you play you played cornerback
what's the game what's the game Dan I didn't listen I apologize this is this moment happened
by the way Dave in the cave on Sunday he Max was sitting next to Rico Max was talking about the
game and Rico was like agreeing and having a conversation with him and I had to stop the
conversation I was like Max just so you know Rico's talking about the game and I had to stop the
talking about Meek Phil he's not talking about the game with you he's so obsessed with whoever's
talking about him behind him they were having a conversation and Max thought he was like
normally just talking about what they're watching the whole time Rico was just being like yeah
he sucks I was like Rico's talking about Meek Phil he's not talking about Patrick Mahomes Max
so that's the Bosco he's Meek Phil's a pusher big time pusher big time pusher
yeah no all you know what you know what made Bosco upset
He was wearing, Bosco was wearing a red shirt
shirt and he bet on the eagles and meekfield just said that's a tough look he also though i go with
he gave a mets update and i said what are the giants doing because they're in the race and he
goes they're playing right now against the cowboys like i said i need it like i'm bigger than my
problems like it's been two weeks no hippa lady's not answering the phone like again keep putting
the stick in there and then when the tiger eats you oh my god how could this animal do it just
pray the fucking lock stays phil that's all i gotta say you want to keep putting the stick in
oklahoma minus the six and a half okay great here in the defense i like here in the defense i think
the defense is what i'm i'm betting on here their defense is is tackles well venables uh i love
matier i bet him heisman 16 to 1 dave what do you got here yeah i mean i i bet stupid really hurt my
day i thought temple i i thought temple would stay within the 23 first half first quarter because i
thought oklahoma would have a letdown
coming off michigan i know temple stinks but watch out that new mexico team looked pretty good so
i think michigan would be pretty good and they got slaughtered by oklahoma so i'm gonna take
the sooners here uh and make that michigan loss look a little better okay uh last game michigan
nebraska nebraska minus two and a half over under 45 and a half i think i know who bosco likes
oh yeah that's true i'll start i like the over in this game i do think michigan's be able to run
the ball i like the over
45 and a half i love i love biff ball uh everything he says is funny he they won't let him wear the
sleeves uh the short sleeves he said he almost overheated and had to rip it off during the game
he called uh underwood batman his dna now underwood ran the ball last week and i've been
begging for it and they've said we're gonna let him run and and if you watch the highlights the
guy can fucking run yep so it adds a whole new element uh i actually did
podcast yesterday so yeah okay yeah um but i like michigan this is this is a must win for
michigan so hopefully they get i kind of think it's a must win for nebraska too i think if either
of the teams have uh visions on the playoffs they need to have it i'm gonna take michigan
they're at home big game big game okay huge game you have to win yes you have to win you can't
lose to the mission i mean if they lose this and and and go undefeated the rest of the way they're
in but that's a very hard thing to do if you think they've lost these two they need this game it's
also kind of a i don't want to say it's like uh but if nebraska wins nebraska's on the rise
and then it'd be like oh shit where's michigan going kind of thing a vibes game for the rest
of the season if you yeah i mean again the quarterback and we have a great recruiting
class but i think michigan's still team to be reckoned with this year so i expect them to
win all right rico do you have any reasoning for the michigan pick yeah i think they finally let
underwood play a little bit more like dave said open up the offense i like underwood here i like
michigan michigan minus the two and a half how do you defend that as a quarterback at nichols you
got a a quarterback who can run throw what are you doing you gotta you gotta get pressure on
the defensive line i mean you know that like that obviously is the key like you're hoping your guys
are getting to him a little bit quicker uh but you worry if he's got an arm you're obviously
got to worry about the routes so i'm not worrying about him crossing the line till he gets across
but he definitely causes problems good good analysis that's really good analysis thank you
rico don't worry about him running but once he crosses the line of scrimmage he may turn into
a runner so you gotta watch out as far as a corner yeah yeah i'm not yeah yeah that's what i asked for
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give it to me purdue plus 20
four and a half now they hung with usc last week who i had that it's good pick i think i had usc not
great uh everybody's talking you know dan i know you're doing it a little bit of like a shtick or
kind of you know funny not a shtick not a shtick not a shtick not okay don't okay i already got
him turning on me i'm just i don't even know what you're talking about notre dame saying
notre dame running the table 10 and 2 like being in the playoff you know that like that oh we're
bound to have that conversation not a shtick i think that will happen yes that's not a i don't
think you know what a shtick is i'm giving my actual thoughts whether they run the table or not
i have no idea because they have defensive problems my whole point was there is no difference
this year versus last year notre dame through two games last year they lost to niu they had to run
the table this year they lost to two college football playoff teams they have to run the table
so everyone's saying the season's over i think they're in the exact same spot they were last year
okay then you clarified it i apologize what part of that would ever have been a shtick
are you right i'm a writer i'm a writer no not necessarily right i'm right let's well i'm a
writer we'll we'll sort it out not necessarily a shtick but like the immediate thing of like oh
well notre dame can still be in the playoff and kind of 100 they went out they're gonna get in
yes yeah well i i don't think they that's the thing i don't think they that's well
okay and that's where i'm switching the conversation maybe they're just not that
good they still got usc down the road maybe notre dame granted they did play two very tough
opponents what are we talking about notre dame for because they play purdue and he has purdue
and i got purdue so like i'll take the points here with purdue maybe notre dame is not that good
yeah okay okay uh he's going on my shtick it's a shtick bet i i forgot they were playing purdue so
that's my bad uh thank you speaking of teams who are just horrible
uh oklahoma state is a dumpster fire and it's a shame because i love gundy i'll take tulsa plus
the 12 and a half i also i think we should do this the three of us you know dave used to do it
you got real close uh you obviously saw some double digit outright upsets last week a three
a three teamer in terms of money line between the three of us at the end like hey that's i think
they win it on the field i will put tulsa in that money line uh georgia state vandy under 53 and a
half and florida state
second half points over 20 and a half what gets to the mortal uh it goes coincide with the mortal
wait second half what is that a real bet you can place yes yes shout out draft kings best in the
business florida state second half points over 20 and a half that's a real bet yes yes okay
all right uh i got memphis plus seven and a half at home against arkansas okay uh sorry dan i think
wisconsin should be favored by ten and a half or anybody i'll take maryland i agree uh oregon minus
35 and a half oregon state this is civil war not allowed to say that but yes that was usually the
name i oregon state's terrible uh i like tulane plus 11 and a half against old miss and the over
61 and a half the kid the quarterback the uh by jew he he went through all that shit there i think
he was accused of rape then they said it wasn't rape but you're not allowed to have sex at byu
so he had to leave anyways but this kid just has winning quarterback play uh florida i already gave
plus seven and a half rat miami illinois uh plus four and a half indiana i like the over in that
too 52 and a half um and i like the over michigan state usc
six and a half and then michigan plus uh minus the two and a half
while dan's doing his card dave think of your favorite money line part uh outright
go ahead dan all right uh i got uh oregon minus 35 and a half i'm with you there dave i think
oregon state is really really really bad uh fiu minus six at home against delaware this is based
on bear giving me delaware last week against yukon they won outright as eight and nine and a half
points
dogs they played in an overtime game that's an emotional tank uh they wanted to win that game
now they're going to go down to fiu fiu minus six arizona state plus two and a half uh they're off
i believe a bye week i also just know they played last night oh yeah wait who they played last state
texas didn't go over the uh i would say kenny dillingham talking about how important it is to
recruit in texas little juice there i like kenny dillingham i'm gonna take arizona state plus two
and a half another rivalry game
the apple cup washington minus uh minus 19 and a half against wazoo they were off a buy
wazoo's really bad uh this is a spot i'm taking the spot kansas minus 13 and a half
they were off a buy going against west virginia west virginia just with an unreal comeback backyard
brawl emotional letdown i'm taking kansas minus 13 and a half coastal carolina's dead so i'm
taking south alabama minus 14 and a half and a half against wazoo they were off a buy going against
kansas minus 14 and a half and now i have a string of oh sorry rice minus two and a half that's my
thursday bet uh
I have a string of overs that I'm going to throw out there.
These are teams that I bet the over with and won in the first three weeks,
and I'm going to –
Add Kansas.
I like the thing.
Add Kansas to my card.
Here's my respect overs.
Arkansas-Memphis over 62.5.
Ole Miss-Tulane over 61.5.
TCU-SMU over 64.5.
Tennessee-UAB over 68.5.
Army-North Texas over 50.5.
My respect overs, I got five of them.
I basically just was like – I had fun betting these teams.
I haven't had a lot of fun to start the season gambling.
I'm just going memories, nostalgia.
A little three-week nostalgia.
You gave out that Arkansas-Ole Miss over last week, Dan?
Yeah, it was easy.
Oh, my God.
So much fun.
Rico, how big – we just need an underdog?
What – you want – your thing that you just came up with.
A money line like you used to do.
Yeah, so –
Outright dog, yeah, three – yeah.
All right, so I'm going to do my mortal first
because I have unnamed in nine minutes.
But my mortal is Illinois.
I love Illinois in that game.
And for Rico's thing, Memphis to beat Arkansas.
Okay, I'll go with my mortal.
By the way, mortals, I'm 3-0, Zupi's 3-0, Ebo 2-1.
Everyone else is 1-2.
My mortal is going to be Illinois.
I got to look at –
Oh, as well.
No, no, no.
Over in that game.
Sorry.
Uh-oh.
I just have to look on the app because I have DraftKings up
and it doesn't have Illinois listed.
Over 52 and a half.
Oh, wait.
Is that screw up the parlay, Shaq?
Just won't be live in Illinois.
All right, we can pick – we'll pick up –
We didn't run –
No, no, these –
We'll run Rico's money line parlay and this one,
and then that way there will be two pick-em parlays up,
and then people can bet.
Okay, great.
If that works.
All right, that's great.
So over Illinois-Indiana is my mortal.
Hank?
Can I take Florida State's second half over 23 and a half?
Is it 23 and a half?
20 and a half.
20 and a half.
No, you cannot take that as a mortal.
I will take –
I don't have a lot of time.
That is such a stupid, crazy –
That is just the dumbest –
Florida State, aren't they a 50-point favorite this week?
They could be up 50 and a half and then you don't play.
That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Okay, we'll see.
We'll see.
Zoopy.
Utah, minus three.
Okay, Evo.
Michigan, minus two and a half.
Bully ball.
Okay, I'm going to add that to my card.
Notre Dame, minus 24 and a half.
Okay, anyone else before Rico?
Austin?
No.
Okay.
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Florida State, Kent State, over 56 and a half.
Florida State might get it done themselves.
That's it?
Why not the first half total points versus the second?
Because usually in these huge spreads,
they go crazy in the first half,
and then you can be the victim of them not even trying the second.
So I'm curious the logic.
I do think they will get out to a big number.
I think I'm putting myself, if Florida State doesn't,
let's say they play okay, and it's 24-0 at the half.
I think those starters will still play through the third.
Do you think that's what's going to happen in the first?
I think they're going to.
They're going to be comfortable at about 28-31.
28-31-0 at the end of the first half.
They don't pull guys in the third quarter.
They will play at least two drives probably the entire third quarter.
I think that offense gets me at least the 14 I need.
I think the defense could go get seven because Kent State's that bad.
What's the spread against 20 and a half total points?
You've got guys showcasing themselves now as backups.
45 and a half.
The second half to go over is 23 and a half.
No, no, no.
But he's taking Florida State.
No, I know, I know, I know, I know.
I need three touchdowns.
I'm going to go get one on the opening drive when Florida State gets the ball,
and then maybe if they have to, they pull their guys.
I think I'm getting one from the defense,
and I think I'm getting two more from the backups.
For sure.
First half's Florida State total is 30 and a half.
Can I add that to my card?
First half, Florida State team total.
I think, Dave, you've got to go first half over, second half under.
I don't want to lie, but I'm more comfortable with the 30 first half
than 23 or 22nd, so I add that.
It's a fun pick, Bosco.
This is why I love pick them, because this is going to be a discussion somehow.
Yeah, it's a wild glimpse into the madness of Bosco's brain
to come up with this pick.
If I had to guess, it's going to be a clip of Bosco, like,
screaming at the TV in his basement whenever this game is played
and on pick them next week being like,
they had the ball in the red zone with two minutes left,
and then they decided to kneel.
And it's like, yeah, we know.
Well, which, Dan, what do you want to do?
You got two guys on the opposite side of the fence.
I'm riding with Bosco.
I'm taking the over second half, 20 and a half.
20 and a half.
But, Jack, the mortal is the over in the game.
Yeah.
56 and a half.
Okay.
And then, Dan, give me a money line to let Dave go, and then I'll do that.
Arizona State.
Arizona State.
Okay, let's search that.
Reminder of DraftKings.
Oh, that's your mortal.
No, no, that's the money line.
He's doing some weird thing.
I don't know.
Hold on, hold on.
All right, all right.
I'm not doing weird things.
For the last two years, Dave has always been able to sniff the three money lines
in terms of straight dogs and got real close.
And those are fun to see when it's whatever.
There's a huge ticket.
Like, the three of us.
That shout-out, Kelly in Vegas.
She was the one who was doing those to start.
Yeah, all right.
It's plus 28.
Hey, Dave, speaking of which, can we be done with Brian Robinson?
Yeah, I'm done with him.
All right, thank you.
Done.
That was a little.
28-76.
I'm done with him.
28-76.
I, listen, I had, I just had everything wrong.
Like, the end of that Monday night game, Falcons, Bucs, like, I had,
was, no, Bucs, Bucs, Texans.
I had Texans straight, and then I had Chase dumb parlay.
I just need, like, if the Bucs scored, I needed it to be Evans,
and then I would have won or just not score.
They run the ball.
All right, I got to do it with the end game.
See ya.
Good show.
Podcast Summary
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The hosts, Dave, Rico, and Bosco, discuss their weekly college football picks, including bets on games like Utah vs. Texas Tech, Indiana vs. Illinois, and Florida State vs. Kent State, while also criticizing controversial team decisions and social media policies.
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The transcript features a lively discussion among Barstool Pick’Em hosts Dave, Rico, and Bosco as they analyze college football matchups and share betting strategies. They highlight key games such as Utah vs. Texas Tech, Indiana vs.
Illinois, and Florida State vs. Kent State, with each player offering unique picks and reasoning. The conversation blends sports analysis, personal anecdotes, and critiques of team behavior—particularly regarding Texas Tech’s social media controversy and the handling of a young intern.
They also promote DraftKings Game Day, offering new users a promotional code (BSS) for rewards and access to live betting. A major recurring theme is the hosts’ humorous and heated debates over team performance, with Bosco frequently clashing with others over picks and integrity. 5, while also touching on broader issues like team discipline, public image, and the unpredictability of college football.
Throughout, the tone remains energetic, self-aware, and deeply rooted in the community-driven nature of betting culture. The hosts emphasize their deep understanding of the games, despite frequent misjudgments, and celebrate the unpredictability and passion that define their content.
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