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Dan
Okay, boys. Barstool. Pick them. Championship weekend. We are. Let's see, Rico. It feels like the Pat Hill is right in. Oh, no, Dave's still in this.
Dave
Dave's still very pretty. Big lead. He's got what, 10 game lead, doesn't he?
Dan
No, wait, am I looking at the right sheet or is this an old sheet?
Dave
He had a big week.
Rico
I went eight and three.
Dave
He's got ten game lead.
Dan
Oh, I'm looking at the wrong sheet. All right. He's got a 10 game lead. So it's over. Congrats on the.
Rico
Not yet. Not yet. You could still get real cold.
Dave
He'd have to really choke or I'd have to get crazy hot.
Dan
I tried to do my every game thing and I texted Jack after the first lead. I was like, I can't do this. I can't sustain this because I bet everything that I say. And I was. I looked at the first minute and I was just like, kickoff happened. I was down. I was like, oh, 1 and 9. I was like, I can't do this. This can't happen. So. But you're gonna fight Dave, right?
Dave
No, of course you gotta.
Rico
Of course.
Dave
Of course. Yeah. I thought I was doing better. I. I thought I was gonna have a better week. I knew Rico was hot. I've been checking how he's doing, trying to catch. So what are you gonna do? I'll take one last fire at it.
Dan
Yeah. All right. So what do you guys. What do you guys want to talk about with the college football stuff or. We have. I have a couple other things.
Rico
What I was going to say. Anything big obviously happened since the last game. The last episode is obviously Michigan.
Dan
Yeah, Michigan. Michigan bullied Ohio State. David basically ended the state of Ohio.
Dave
Yeah. And I'm sure that'll be college football talk, like. And I've talked about it a lot, and I did a rundown with Ev and Tate, and it's crazy. I'm still speechless. Over at Ohio, it's made the playoffs, so. Interesting, because I really don't. Oh, like, Ohio State will celebrate, but they. They've had. They have a losing season even if they win the national title. So it's crazy to say that. It's crazy to think that. And I've heard it forever. I haven't really lived it where, like, you can be 0 and 10, 10 and. Oh, but if you beat rival, it's a winning season. I mean, Michigan walked into Yost. The hockey rink, like they won the national championship. I mean, people are acting like Michigan won the national championship. It's the same vibes. It's kind of crazy. It's like, oh, my God. Like, no one cares. It's Sherrone Moore went from potential hot seat, I would say, with people like, is he the guy? And I. I didn't believe he was because of all the turnover. But there were whispers like, bosco, why.
Dan
Do you keep slinking?
Rico
I don't know. It's a heavy mic, so it. It drained back the laptop. I'm good now.
Dave
Are you paying attention?
Rico
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn't see it go, though. I was looking at you.
Dan
It was just his eyes on the thing.
Dave
Sorry, you up all my rants. So Cherone Moore went from, like, whispers like, is he the guy? To he. He's. He's, like, entrenched. I mean, people can't be happier now with their season. So, yeah, everything. It really. And they're not, like, better than we thought they were. I don't really know. I mean, the entire season, we had no quarterback. You had no offense. They played that game with no offense, no quarterback. Ohio State didn't try to stretch the field and go to their strength they just, they puked on themselves more than any team I've ever seen ever in Michigan, by the way. Like, it wasn't like they pulled the rab out of the hat. I mean, that goal line interception they threw was the worst pass ever in the history of football. So. Crazy day. I, I haven't had a game like that where if you said, off the records on Michigan, you have to put your net worth on this game. Like, I'll give you, I'll double your money if you can take Ohio State moneyline in dark places. I may have tried to make that bet. Like, that's how little confidence I had in Michigan. Now it changed. Well, like, I was watching it. They go down the field, we stop him for three, And I was like, interesting. Then we go down and we're moving. But when we get stopped on 4th and goal, I'm like, all right, that's it. This game's over. The interception turns into a touchdown. From that point on, I was locked in. I'm like, I don't know what's going on, but that something's not right in this game. And it just went the whole time. It was incredible. It was as on my, like, edge of my seat as I've been for a game. I just couldn't believe what I was watching. I truly couldn't believe. And it was the perfect event of just like, I can't believe I'm watching this. I cannot believe we're going to beat this team again. And then the fight at the end and all the clips coming out. I mean, Jack Sawyer's clips of being like, fuck these guys. Like, I'm sick of watching them put the flag in the stadium.
Rico
Got to beat him.
Dave
Yeah. And even the rant and just everything after an Ohio State fans, like, just. And Ryan Day just being like, what happened? That club. He's like, what happened? Just stand. It was everything, it was cinema. It was. I, it was one of the more incredible Saturday games I've ever seen in my life. I mean, I just did not see it coming.
Dan
Yeah, you, you texted me, like, maybe two hours after, and you're like, can you believe it? And I was like, honestly, no. Like, I was, I watched that game and I was just. I, I, it was somewhere around. It was not the first miss field goal, because I know that was early for Ohio state. And the second Ms. Field goes late, but it was, yeah, somewhere around the third quarter where I was like, this is crazy. Like, you just.
Dave
That second miss field goal after we turn the ball over so they have the. They're starting to drive at like R20. Like, all right, we. And even then I was still get. I'm going to laugh at them. I'm like, you guys are so bad. You could. And then they go three out and the guy misses the field goal. Not even close. Yeah, I made the video then laughing like, this is pathetic. It was. It was surreal. I haven't had one of those days. It was like kind of like a Super bowl or major event day where I just. I was glued to everything. The rest, like we're putting out merch. I couldn't get enough clips. I'm reading articles. It was. And then I hadn't seen yet. Like big fascy.
Dan
Oh yeah. No, I was doing the same thing. I was just going. I was literally going like on my Twitter search bar. It was just like stool Presidente Double Vodka Don Ohio's Tate just like going back, jumping back and forth to see like, have they said anything? Are they saying anything?
Dave
Take. Take out a cruel little reminder that you don't win at this company. Like, yeah, that. That was you. There's no. Nothing for like it just.
Dan
And. And you know what? I told. I. I told Dictate this but like in a fucked up way he. This watching him lose that game. I. You see how much it means to him. Like he was basically like on Sunday when he came back because he drove back on Sunday morning, he was like crying talking. Like when he would talk there would be like cry would come out. He was so like. Like beat up. But in a weird way it like started the process of him earning his stripes with you like you getting.
Dave
Yeah.
Dan
You get it to just. Yeah. Like it's like not. He's not all the way there. But it started the process where it's.
Dave
Like he's getting through. Through new no doing of his own. But he just got thrown and even that clip he had with like him and Will Howard, it's like Will Howard promised me three. I mean Will. How. Holy cow.
Dan
He was.
Dave
I like Will have.
Rico
I liked Will Howard too. He's a K State guy. He just not.
Dan
But he's a K State guy. That was the problem that I said.
Dave
I wish I knew how to do the stream. I had a K State guy. I. I did a therapy spaces after the game for Ohio State fans in like a Kansas State. And I was like, is this him? Is he a puke on his shoes guy in Big game everything. The fact he got it just like I perked up when he got knocked out. I'm Like o. Everything about it was just crazy. Kyle McCord after the game, openly taking shots at Ohio State. It was, it was just one of those days. And it's just one of those days.
Dan
And I don't think there's ever been a person whose brain is broken more by a simple comment than Ryan Day and Jim Harbaugh. Jim Harbaugh saying, you know, born on third. His whole like life and break because he wins games. He's like 60 and 10 or something. As a, as a, as a coach.
Dave
Ohio state, I think 47 and 1.
Rico
He doesn't lose the Big Ten.
Dan
Yeah. But in. When he plays Michigan and his brain locks up and he just pisses down his leg because that was, it wasn't like the whole time you're watching that game being like, well, they'll just, they'll just throw it outside to their studs and like this game will be over and he'll break it like a 70 yard pass and he just. They never did it. And it's like you, you have this, you know, $20 million Ferrari and you're just not going to put it over 35 miles an hour and just let Michigan bully you.
Dave
It's almost like what. When he SC was screaming at the end of the Notre Dame game. I've posted the clip talking. He, he was acting like it was Michigan. Like we're not physical. The Lou Holtz. Yeah, that's it. He's like, if you can't. Harbaugh has instilled in him. If you can't run between the tackles, you're not a real like Big Ten. You're not a worthy team. And he just can't stop trying to do it.
Dan
It's it. Jim Harbaugh should get a part of this win because it is insane. If you look at Michigan's team in their defense, they're too like stud corner. Defensive backs are out. They have weaknesses on the outside with, with the pass. They're only like elite. Elite strength is literally right up the middle. They have two tackles. And by the way, Ohio State, Ohio State has a banged up offensive line.
Dave
Yeah. And it wasn't like they were. They were running up the middle and the plays were dead instantly. Yeah, they weren't even coming. It's like it wasn't like there were holes or they were getting put. They'd run up the middle, get smashed. It was like it was crazy in every time they did it. Every. Like I was begging at one point, like, I would rather lose with Michigan trying to throw on for like, because. But they were doing the same thing we were doing. It was like watching each other. It's like, run, run. Even the play we broke Mullet. But by the way, I think Mullings is like a NFL running back. The guy is awesome. They don't have a great line, but he. The run he broke was third. And like, we. It was almost like the USC game. Like, we don't even pass. When we have to pass, we just run. It's crazy. It was. It was one of the best games. Like, I was rolling around the. I could not believe it. Like, I could not. I just couldn't believe it. I could not believe it. I still can't believe it. But it's like, it brought me so much joy and happiness and watching other people's tears and I don't know, Ohio. I don't know how they're just to break an entire. I didn't think we could break them more. Yeah, you break them more. You did.
Dan
You broke them like that. I've been saying it all week. That was a, you know, top five bad loss. When you put it all together with the last three years, the Michigan, like, you know, Stallions, the National championship, Ryan Day, everything. And then every year where you're 20 point favorites and you lose that game. He's Ryan Day's new John Cooper, where it's like, he just gets great guys. He can't beat Michigan.
Dave
But even with that, like, Michigan never that bad going.
Dan
Yeah, no, this was.
Rico
This was 500 team.
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
I mean, that's the big, I think, biggest spread in the history of rivalry.
Dan
Yeah, it was crazy.
Dave
I did think. Like I said, I thought Michigan turned a little corner. Like, I thought they could hang within 20. But to win it, never in a million years. Never in a million years.
Dan
Yeah. So it was nice.
Dave
And now they're ruined. They. For the playoffs. It. It doesn't, like. It just doesn't matter.
Dan
No.
Dave
I don't know whether Tate will change. I've seen him say they don't want to go, Dawn. I don't know. I don't know how they'll react because they're just as. They could easily win the whole thing.
Dan
Oh, yeah, he. No, Tate is. Tate has figured it out because he came in on that Sunday. On Sunday morning, he was just like, if we win a national title, Dave's just going to claim it's his second national title because he. He owns us. And I was just like, yep, you got it. Like, you got it. It's. It's not.
Dave
Yeah.
Dan
Not Good.
Dave
Yeah. And I mean, again, nobody has screamed it louder than Ohio State. Like, number one beat Michigan. That's all that matters. This, this is it. They could try to revision his history. Be like, well, we won the national title. You didn't win the Big Ten. You lost us. You won this Fugazi thing. So it, I'm interested to see how they do. But man, it's a no, it's a lose lose. Because if they lose, it's a disastrous season. If they win, it's a disaster. So they had a disaster. We ruined their entire program, period.
Dan
It's crazy. It's crazy. All right, other, Anything else about rivalry weekend or.
Dave
I, I, I'm sure we're gonna talk. We go, we talk the same things. I, I, I'll die on the South Carolina should be and I, by the way, I have Alabama, I have 100 grand on Alabama to win. What do you think? Which I don't think they have a shot to win, but I think they can get in, obviously. But I, I don't put weight that.
Rico
They beat them head to head.
Dave
I, I put more weight on how you're playing right now.
Rico
Okay.
Dave
And, and I, I think what they always do, it's kind of like March Madness. You're using shifting, shifting arguments. It's like I've heard a lot of, well, Miami lost two of the last three. Well, if you're looking at that, like how you're doing down the stretch, Alabama lost a week ago to a terrible Oklahoma team and got smushed. So to me, to me, that factors in, in what's it, six in a row now for Georgia? Is that the longest win streak in the SEC this year?
Dan
South Carolina, South Carolina.
Dave
Has anybody won six in a row at any point?
Dan
Texas probably did, right?
Dave
Yeah.
Dan
I, I, yeah, I, I knew this was going to happen. I said it.
Dave
And going to be Clemson on the road. I, I just, if, if you're going to say, well, the amount of losses matter, well, then Miami has two and Alabama has three. And then if you're going to say, well, Miami lost to the three, so it's how you're playing, well, then I'll take the team with more losses. And yeah, I know they lost to Alabama. Ole Miss, but the Alabama one, I'm fine. The Ole Miss one, you can argue more. Alba losing two points on the road, that's a factor. The, where you play. Ole Miss. Yeah, that you, you gotta throw that game out. I would because Ole Miss, you know. Yeah. Ole Miss smokes him at Ole Miss has Lost down the stretch more. I just. They're the hottest team in college football. And I do think, if you're gonna look at the teams at this point, lsu. They. They got. They beat lsu. They got.
Dan
Yeah. The counter to that, because that's all this is right now, is just everyone just coming up with their talking points. Counter. That is Alabama absolutely murdered lsu. At lsu, like, you go common opponents. It's. I just knew it was gonna happen. I want to see South Carolina because South Carolina would be more fun. And I feel like the. I'm just sick of. I'm sick of, like, the Alabama Jalen Milro thing. Like, I want to see Sellers in this playoff, but I just knew this could happen.
Dave
I think as you get down the road, the argument is generally what it ends up. Who do you think is the best team right now? And for me, that is South Carolina. And then when you start. Because, like, what you said is a fair point. Well, LSU got smoked by Alabama. That's like you're starting to look at body work. I am comfortable with South Carolina's body of work because I'm looking at how they're playing right this second. They are, in my mind, the hottest, best team at this moment. Like, I don't think Alabama is very good right now. No.
Dan
No.
Rico
Playing well.
Dan
No, no. And neither is Ole Miss because, I mean, they just lost. Don't lose to Florida. Don't lose to Oklahoma down the stretch.
Dave
Right.
Dan
I. I think the one thing that could happen that would be a real travesty is SMU losing and then Alabama getting in, which I think they're already.
Rico
Floating that I saw somewhere. They're already floating that SMU loses. Alabama's.
Dan
Yeah, that's bullshit. You shouldn't get dinged for having to play an extra game. Like, it's kind of like USC a couple years ago. Remember USC played in against Utah in the PAC12. They lost by, like 20. And then Ohio State jumped him who wasn't playing in the Big Ten championship game. Like, that's. You. Like, SMU should just sit out if that's the case. What would happen if they sat out this game? They'd have to put them in. Right. Right.
Dave
I think so. I. I mean, I. I agree and I disagree. It's like, why would.
Dan
Why would South Carolina get in over SMU if SMU loses?
Dave
It's not necessarily a comment for me on smu. It's the. It's. It's putting in Clemson. Like, I know they get in the automatic Bill, but that's.
Dan
I Agree.
Dave
It's. It's not an SMU thing, but I have a hard time stomaching those two. Two teams from the ACC going, specifically Clemson. It's like, you know what? Your conference fucked yourself. That's kind of. Because.
Rico
I mean.
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
Like you're putting Clemson in over South Carolina who just beat them five seconds ago at their place. So.
Dan
Yeah, that's. I just don't. I don't like the idea and I. If you ask me right now, who do you think is better team South Carolina or smu? I'd say South Carolina, but I don't like the idea of having play the whole season. I mean SMU lost one game week one to byu who's had a very good season by three points. I know their schedule is not the strongest, but at some point wins and losses should matter. And if you're one win versus three loss team, I think the one win team should get the nod there. Especially in a Power 5.
Dave
Yeah, I, I don't disagree. I just. Then. Then like I. But it's so stupid. Then you have a. You literally have Clemson in over South Carolina, who.
Dan
It's so stupid. It's disgusting. The fact that we could be looking. I'm so excited for this college football playoff. It's. If it's zombie dabo and zombie Alabama, you know, getting in, it's going to suck because like those teams are not. I don't. They shouldn't be in this tournament. But they. They're very much alive.
Dave
Somebody here at the end, which I do think is a fair. I get the extra game. Like I know the college basketball team tournament very much pays attention to how you're playing down the stretch. Yeah, that's a m. That should be a factor in this. That is why I am dying on South Carolina. Like I. You put South Carolina and I think they can win the whole fucking thing.
Dan
Yeah, I mean. I mean I don't know if they could win the whole thing because it would be. You'd have to win four games against some really tough teams. But I. They would be in it. Like I wouldn't be shocked. They make a win 2 games run type of thing.
Rico
Yeah. Well, what if the. Yeah. I mean if South Carolina got the 11 instead of Bama right now, they'd be Notre Dame and then smu. That's not a horrific draw. The way South Carolina's playing.
Dave
I don't think there's any mega teams. Anybody outside of organized. The non traditional powers, the smu, the Boise, any of the other brands I could see Winning this. No problem.
Dan
Yeah, I'm excited. It's going to be awesome. Anything else from the weekend, Rico?
Rico
No.
Dan
Oh, I did get a. I have a. I got a Black Friday. How do we end up doing Dave? Black Friday. Okay, great. All right. You could save. You could save all the details for unnamed, but I had one. I had the number of the person who had the biggest fall off from last year in terms of promotion. Hold on, let me pull it up.
Dave
Rico Bosco.
Dan
Rico Bosco down 40%.
Dave
Oh, says who?
Dan
But Rico also had the most. Rico also.
Rico
I had the most.
Dan
He had the most promotion overall of the whole company.
Rico
I mean, that's just a hateful stat, like Vince McMahon fucking slamming him, you dick. The kid rolled his ACL like we're in a good spot. And you want me to come?
Dan
You're talking about the Alabama tree.
Rico
Kill you. I'm gonna put you in a hospital.
Dan
Wait, hold on. We gotta.
Rico
We gotta be here.
Dave
Rico.
Dan
Who'S running separate.
Rico
I also had the most. Like.
Dan
Yeah, I know. I just said you had the most. You didn't let me finish. I said you had the most.
Rico
This is the world I live in. Just fear of all time, all times fear.
Dan
Gaz called me last night. He was fucking giddy on the phone. He was like, hey, I got something for you for pick him. Rico had the biggest drop off from last year. And I was like, no fucking way. He's like, well, he also led the league in promotions back to back years. So I was like, oh, okay. So you guys. So I guess you had last year for some reason you had such an insane promotion year that you technically had the biggest drop off this year, but you still had the most promotions out of anyone at the company.
Dave
Well, last year he was really? Yeah, last year was year one of trying to prove his. That's like. That's like right now what Mitzy is doing with all like, overcompensating.
Dan
Oh, did you see his promotion? That was just a screenshot of the fucking barstool sports store logo. That was it.
Dave
Brutal.
Jackie
Just the screenshots of the draftkings.
Dave
But I will say, these are the futures.
Dan
Yeah. What?
Dave
We had a serious conversation yesterday, Dan and I, and we didn't come to a conclusion whether he's just an or. Or like. Yeah, mentally, like, slow.
Dan
Yeah.
Jackie
Why not both?
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
I watched Surviving. He. He could be slow.
Dan
Yeah. Like, but he also could be an. Because he does a lot of.
Jackie
I know, but the compliment thing was so funny.
Dan
But he does a lot of. That's like he's just a very selfish.
Dave
But then he does stuff that looks like his brain's functioning at like 1. He may be a puppy. Like, it's tough to really.
Dan
He's Kaiser. So to me, at this point where.
Dave
I don't know, like, he may be so dumb. Nothing processes. I like, did you see him trying to fill out the name in the.
Dan
Yes. It's crazy.
Dave
That's not for laughs. That's. He's that dumb.
Rico
That's just straight up.
Jackie
No, I think he might have probably maybe forgot that you compliment them in the gambling cave in the surviving episode. And then when he watched it again last night, he probably got re excited that you said that.
Dan
Yeah, I know. He probably was like, oh, this is present day. That is a two of.
Dave
He's like, my. My coworkers love me.
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
Unbelievable. Oh, but yeah, he may be that dumb.
Dan
Yeah, he's in. But he also might be that selfish. So congratulations, Bosco, you led the. Led the league in promotions.
Dave
So two years in a row.
Dan
Yeah, two years.
Dave
Two years in a note. Two years in a row. The school, the team up north really came through on Black Friday.
Dan
Oh, that's huge. But Bosco, what do you want? You want to. I mean, you did a great job.
Rico
I'm just doing my job. I'm just doing my job.
Dan
You didn't like that stat? That was funny, that guy.
Rico
That's a good stat. It's a good. It's from gas who were in a good place and guys like. He just can't help himself.
Dan
He was like laughing as I picked up the phone when he called me. He was like, I got something for you. So separate the. That from the other part of the rant you just went on. Was this kid good? The. The Achilles kid?
Rico
He was the third. He's the third leading scorer.
Dave
Oh, I saw it.
Dan
He's the third leading scorer. What are we gonna do?
Rico
I mean, when you're 11, all the.
Dave
Guys not as big of a problem.
Dan
You're 11 deep.
Rico
Phylon's got to step up. Holloway's got those points have to go to other guys. So Youngblood's coming back or debuting soon? We got a big one against Carolina.
Jackie
Like you have some freshmen.
Rico
No, Youngblood is the guy. That's his name. Chris Youngblood.
Dave
Why are you wearing a Padres hat, Hank Pods.
Dan
He put a future on this year.
Jackie
Well, my brother lives in San Diego.
Dave
My nephew, like a 12 year old.
Dan
He did put a future on him. He was riding hard with the.
Dave
That's a horrific reason. To wear a hat. My brother lives in San Diego.
Jackie
I like San Diego. What the wrong with that?
Dan
He wants to move to San Diego. He wants us to. To move to San Diego. We can only wear.
Jackie
We can only wear one brand of hat.
Dan
We'll. We'll do. We'll move to San Diego.
Rico
The 47 brand has every.47, bro. They're the best.
Jackie
I know, but they have teams they. I like. I don't want to wear Boston hats every single day.
Dan
The. The minute Bosco gets here, we'll move to San Diego. All right, so wait, is Bama. Is it Rico Busco?
Rico
No, we're not. No, we're not.
Dan
It's your best player.
Rico
No, it's not our best player. It's our third best.
Dan
Third leading scorer.
Rico
Mark Sears.
Dan
I was hearing it was your best player.
Rico
No, he's our third leading scorer.
Dan
Your best shooter.
Rico
He's the best shooter. Oh, we got other guys who can shoot. We got guys who can shoot, so we'll be all right.
Dan
Oh, that's gonna be a problem.
Rico
We're gonna get. It's a big one tonight against Carolina. They got a rally for Latrell. They got guys dancing on his grave. Like, Dan, you gotta. Let's rally.
Dan
How. How? On his grave?
Rico
You were just like, oh, no. Like, oh, no.
Dan
I didn't know if you'd see it. I said, oh, no. All right, what do you want me to say? I. I said, oh, no, and I tagged you in it.
Rico
Yeah, fair enough.
Dan
I. You're the first person I think of when I think of Bama Hoops. So I was like, oh, no.
Rico
Oh, my God.
Dan
Yeah. Did you know. Did it. Didn't. Did Oats tell you before that? No, I didn't. We didn't.
Dave
I mean, they lost.
Rico
I didn't text them, but I was. I obviously knew it was bad, so he.
Dan
But he didn't. He didn't feel like he was giving you some inside information? Does he ever tickle your belly like that? He never tickles your belly.
Rico
Yeah, it gives me some stuff.
Dan
Oh, nice. Okay.
Rico
Talks about practice and stuff like that, but, you know.
Zupy
How many times have you touched a NATO? It's this season.
Dan
Good question.
Rico
After every win. And then he had it. We had a call. He had to deal with something personal.
Zupy
How many times has he replied?
Rico
He replies every time, Jack, you fucking jerk.
Zupy
Just ask.
Dan
What? Wait, what? NATO's had to deal with something personal and he called you?
Rico
Yeah, he was looking for something in New York City. That's all I can say.
Dave
A restaurant Pasta, Something like that?
Rico
Yeah. He was looking for advice.
Dan
What?
Rico
New York, Like, New York tourism. That's all I'm saying.
Dan
So what. What was it?
Rico
Nothing.
Dan
You can't tell. Recommendation.
Jackie
Was it legal?
Rico
Yeah, it was legal, Jack. I mean. Hank, shut up.
Dan
What was it? What did Nate Oates call and ask for advice for?
Rico
He's like, you're a New York City guy. Like, give me the rundown of this certain thing I'm looking at in New York City. I was like, all right, no problem.
Dan
Bathhouses.
Rico
I. You're a dick.
Dan
Broadway. What was he asking for? Why you're looking for tourism?
Rico
Things you realize, Rico, like, if I was going to Nantucket, I would call Dave. Where would I go for a restaurant?
Dave
Like, no.
Rico
Somebody's backyard. Say, rico, call me for a restaurant.
Jackie
And not, like, rico, call me on Nantucket. And I had to tell him some inside information.
Dan
When you be this secretive, Rico, people are going to run with this. With their wildest imaginations. All right?
Rico
He was looking for. He was looking for tourism type things in New York.
Dan
So.
Dave
So you're like, go to the Empire State Building. Go. Yeah. Statue of Liberty. Go to Times Square.
Rico
A little bit. A little bit more intricate than that, but yes.
Dan
What it was. What did you say? What did he ask?
Rico
Not airing him out. It was just tourism. He's like, I'm coming to New York.
Dan
How is it airing out if it's tourism?
Rico
It was tourism. That's the best way to describe it. Tourism.
Dan
Sex tourism.
Rico
No, Dan, I mean, that's what you're.
Dave
But that's what people are.
Jackie
But wouldn't a local not know about the touristy stuff?
Dan
Good point.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
You're giving us. When you get. When you leave this void, people just jump into it with the worst possible thoughts.
Rico
Okay.
Dan
Why can't you say what you told them?
Rico
When was the last time you did it?
Dan
Have I ever done it or gone there?
Rico
It's a whole. It was a hotel. It was a hotel recommendation. Oh, my God.
Dave
Then why won't you just say that?
Rico
Because I don't want Dan knowing everything. He doesn't have to know every.
Dan
What are you talking about? That's not even knowing anything.
Dave
I. I also think you'd be, like, the last person I asked for a hotel recommendation. Recommendation.
Dan
All right, you give him a hotel.
Dave
What hotel do you give him?
Rico
I'm not telling you. It was there. It was in. It was in midtown. But then he was looking. He's like, if. Is Brooklyn that far away? Different things like that.
Dan
Got it. So he you basically were. You're his Google maps.
Rico
Yes. Yeah, I. I'll take that. I'll take that route. Any. Any way to get in. You know what I mean?
Dan
Any way that gets your ring here is Yelp.
Rico
Yep. Oh.
Dan
I don't know why the answers got so elusive there. That was crazy. So we're okay? We're 11 deep. Well, 10 deep.
Rico
10 deep. We'll be okay.
Dan
We can't have another injury.
Rico
No, no, we cannot have another injury.
Dan
Right. So let's make sure we don't have another injury.
Rico
Yeah, exactly.
Dan
Right.
Rico
And I'm sure you're not rooting for it.
Dan
I'm not. I said. Oh, no. That's all I said. Okay, Wait, Jack, before we get to the games, do you have anything?
Zupy
No, I just have a. Yeah, I mean, I have a graphic made for when Rico wants to announce his full movement to Chicago. You guys, I couldn't get it on the tv.
Dan
So let's see.
Zupy
Bosco even made it like a little recruiting commitment. Just let us know when we can go live with that puppy.
Dan
Oh, wow, this is sick.
Zupy
Yeah, let's see, two versions.
Dave
Don't have it yet.
Zupy
Shit, I sent a PMT pits.
Dan
Fuck. Sorry. Come on, Jackie, it's early. Oh, damn. My picture last night. That looks good. Should we go with it? Should we put it on? You know what? I'll buy a billboard.
Zupy
I was looking at billboards yesterday. 175amonth.
Dan
Oh, I'll buy a billboard for sure. Let's get this on a billboard.
Zupy
Just give us the date, Bosco. I'll add the date for when we gotta go. Commitment.
Rico
I gotta go. I gotta go see it.
Dan
We gotta go see it. Maybe. Maybe. Jack, could you have it in like parentheses? Pending Geico. How it goes?
Zupy
Yes, yes.
Dan
So we just have that.
Zupy
I got you.
Dan
Just make sure. Pending Geico. By the way, Dave, I text you last night, Danny Wolf. Is he just.
Dave
I didn't know we were already in Big Ten play.
Dan
Yeah, I think we do, like a couple games and they go back for break. They do. I mean, you have to play a shitload of games now with the new conferences. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was. He's good.
Dave
Michigan's gonna be pretty good. I actually bet them versus Xavier. Was it Xavier? They beat him by like 40.
Rico
Yeah, I'm going to see him at the Jimmy V. When's that? Next Tuesday.
Dave
Who they playing?
Rico
They're playing Arkansas. Cal. Get the root against Cal.
Dan
Oh, wow. Where are you going? Down to Bama for a game I'm working on it.
Rico
I'm probably not going to go till February. I wanted to go next week, but it couldn't work out.
Dan
I thought you were going down for a game against like Purdue or something.
Rico
No, I was thinking about Creighton, but it's just too tight right now. I gotta go.
Dan
When you announced that was last year.
Rico
Yes.
Dan
Yeah. Yeah. But you didn't have the date.
Rico
Yeah, I didn't have the time of the game.
Dan
Time. The time. The time. Yeah. You got to get to a game, right?
Rico
Yeah, I'm trying to go in February.
Dan
Okay. All right. Let's get to our games. It's brought to you by Amazon and Thursday Night Football. Thursday Night Football is on. It's only on Prime Video. This Thursday, it's an NFC north showdown is the packers take on the Lions. This is going to be. I'm very excited for this game. Join Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstream, Kaylee Hart Tongue for this exciting matchup. Coverage begins at 7pm Eastern with football's best party, TNF tonight, live from Detroit. Not a Prime member. Not a problem. Simply sign up for a 30 day free trial and you can cancel at any time. It's the packers and Lions at 7pm Eastern on Thursday Night Football. It's on Prime Video restrictions apply. See Amazon.com Amazon prime for details. Dave, do you what you just have the Texans Future in the NFL correct?
Dave
I. I thought about doing Lions at 350, went down to 250. I think it's back up to 290 because they didn't look good and the Eagles look good. But yeah, the Texans suck.
Dan
I think the NFC is going to come down to whoever gets that one seed. That's why tomorrow night is so huge.
Rico
And the Eagles are live. They have an easy schedule coming down the pipe.
Dan
Yeah. Yeah.
Rico
Is it pipe? Is it pipe or pike?
Dave
Pike, I think.
Dan
I think. And then pipe is also like. Isn't that pitching?
Dave
Yeah, down the pipe.
Jackie
Isn't pike like very Mass specific?
Dan
Pipe is for me.
Dave
That's why I said pike. Mass pipe.
Rico
I thought pipes, but I thought pipes run down. So it's like down the pipe.
Dave
Yeah, maybe it is pipe.
Jackie
I mean like generally it's pipe but I. Massachusetts, I could see it.
Dan
Pipe is like.
Rico
I've also heard down the pike.
Dan
Yeah, I thought pipe was.
Dave
Is it down the pike or down the pipe? The phrase down the pike initially was used to mean in the course events more recently in the future. Pike here is for turnpike. Yeah, turnpike I do not think is a Massachusetts thing, Hank. So Jersey Turnpike I think turnpike's just a road name.
Dan
All the turnpikes.
Dave
Mass Turnpike, Jersey turnpike, Turn bike.
Rico
That's all I know.
Dan
Sick. Those turnpike talk.
Jackie
Ohio has a turnpike too.
Dan
Oh, there we go. Zupy, how's on the board? The. I, I thought pipe down the pipe. Like pitching it down the pipe too.
Rico
Yeah. Because people say pipeline. Like when you did sales jobs, they.
Dave
Would always be like, what's definitely down the pipe.
Dan
Yeah, pipe. Right, right. That's. I've heard that for pitching, not down.
Dave
The pike for pitching.
Dan
Yeah.
Rico
But in sales they say pipeline, so I thought it was down the pipe. Like, what do you have down the pipe?
Jackie
Oh, a turnpike is basically just any road that has a toll on it.
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
Yeah. Pipeline for sales.
Rico
Right. So that's why I thought they would say down the pipe.
Dave
But they don't say down in sales. They're not like, what's down your pipeline? It's like, what's in your pipe? Where down the pike. Pitching. Like down the pike.
Dan
We're just doing an episode of Mean girls right now.
Jackie
35 pikes in the states.
Rico
I just want to learn. I don't want to say it incorrectly.
Dan
Well, I'm, I'm an idiot, so I don't know. Like I, you know, I, I say dumb all the time. I, I think dumb thoughts. I'm a. Okay, let's talk some games. I love this college football championship Saturday. The fact that we have a couple games that are winning. Get in. Makes it so much fun. So we'll do that one first. UNLV Boise State in Boise. So this is truly winning. Get in. Boise is a four point favorite over under his 58 and a half. Rico, what are you thinking?
Rico
I like Boise. I like the way Genty runs. Is a dream season for Boise. I think they close it out minus the four. I will take Boise.
Dan
What's the way he runs?
Rico
He runs great and he's a great running back. Built for the NFL. He's having a great season. Like, yeah, I think he's, I think Boise is, you know, Boise's ready to go. Give me Boise.
Dan
Dave.
Dave
I'm taking unlv. I could see this be a up game, obviously. I wish it was on neutral. It's not. But I, I, I, I haven't been blown away by unlv. I mean by Boise at all. So I'm going to take the points and take UNLV here. I, I'm in one of those spots because Boise is getting in either way, right? Probably.
Dan
No, no, no. This is winning it in. If you don't wins this game. They're in.
Dave
Okay.
Rico
What happens if they lose? If they lose, it's unlv. Who is it?
Dave
Yeah, unlv, right.
Dan
No, I just said if UNLV wins this.
Rico
Oh, winning in. Winning it.
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
I thought boys didn't get any of the. So I'm taking ulv. I was gonna say I'm in that weird spot, but I'm not. It's irrelevant. I was gonna say, like, I. I. Never mind. I'm taking unlv.
Dan
Wait, what is the weird spot?
Rico
I think I know what he's doing.
Dave
Well, there is no weird spot because it's winning there. I thought you would. I thought boys had a chance to get in even if they lost, which would mean Alabama's out, which means I should be rooting. Like, I don't like having to root for Alabama to be in the playoffs is my point of view. Yeah, but I have to, because I have that bet.
Dan
Yeah. No, I. If. If, you know, he wins this game, they're going. Yeah, because.
Dave
Well, no, I thought Boise. I thought they could steal Alabama's spot. No, you're saying they can't.
Dan
Okay. No, because they're. What was. What was Boise's. Let's see. College Football Playoff. What's Boise's current ranking? You know, it's confusing. Is that it? Because they do the rankings. They also show the bracket, and the bracket confuses you because you see Boise.
Dave
Right now is because they're the top. Right.
Dan
They're not even close to that.
Dave
Power five or whatever. Correct or non power.
Dan
Yeah. Boise 10 right now.
Dave
Yeah.
Dan
In Alabama's 11.
Dave
So they lost. They'd fall behind.
Dan
Yeah, they would 100% fall behind. Okay, I'm going to take. I'm going to take UNLV +4. I think this is going to be a close game. There's also that pressure of, like, hey, you win and get in for. You know, UNLV has the same pressure, but it feels a little different because Boise's at home and, you know, they've had the better season. Okay, next one.
Rico
Jack, you tweeted that graphic from Pick him.
Dan
I thought.
Zupy
I thought we could.
Rico
Yeah, whatever. I got. Nate texted me. You're moving.
Dave
Oh, my bad.
Rico
I didn't mean to do that.
Zupy
I just wanted to let people that.
Dave
That's the worst punishment anybody can have right there. To get the dog on the scent.
Jackie
Geico came through with a reasonable policy quote.
Dan
Just delete it.
Zupy
Yeah.
Dan
Or update it. Be like, not yet. Okay. Yeah. Reply to it. Be like, not yet.
Dave
Just reply to it. Yeah, ignore it, Nate.
Dan
Yeah, no, just reply to it. Say not yet. This is just a graphic when it does happen, which is pending, pet pending. Yeah, yeah, just not yet. Okay. Iowa State or Arizona State. Another winning get in. So Big 12 championship is Kenny Dillingham has got Arizona State on fire. Iowa State. I actually had Kansas State in that game. Ricardo, if you watched it at all.
Rico
I did.
Dan
Iowa State finished strong. That just felt like an. Iowa State always loses that type of game. But they, they, they held on. Arizona State's -2 over under 51. Dave, I'll start with you.
Dave
Arizona State is right up there. Seems with South Carolina and being very hot down the stretch. I'm gonna take Arizona State. I, I, I'm excited. That is a team I excited to see in the playoffs.
Dan
Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna take them as well. I'm, I mean either of these teams will be, it's obviously like program changing for either of these teams to make it. Rico.
Rico
I mean, I'm buying in on Dillingham, obviously. Campbell's a great coach with Iowa State, but I'm buying in on Dillingham, them being ready to go. I'll take Iowa State sweep for the day.
Dan
I love that all these games are like they're, they're less than a field goal. It's crazy. Yeah, it's gonna be a nuts championship Saturday. All right, the big one, Georgia, Texas, Texas - two and a half over under 49 and a half. Not as that, not as big, unfortunately, because it's not. Both these teams are in obviously the buys up there. But it does feel like we've gotten the, the Big 12, the ACC, the Mountain West. Those have gotten better because you have like real stakes. The sec, the Big Ten. It feels like it's not as important because both teams are going to go. But Texas minus two and a half over under 49 and a half. I, this is a game I'm going to tell you right now, I'm going to get wrong no matter what because.
Dave
Yeah, it's a get wrong game for sure.
Dan
I've just been, I've been zigzagging wrong on Texas all year. Zigzagging actually. I did have Georgia Tech so last week, but I just can't get Texas right. So Rico, what do you got?
Rico
I think I'm going to take the under. I could see the defense is coming. I know George obviously ended up that game got wacky as it turned out late, but I think the defenses show up here a little bit of A slow start. I'm gonna take the under 49 and a half. I think it's what it's at right now.
Dave
Okay, Dave, what's up with the quarterback? There's. Every time I look what's up with his Sexton game?
Dan
He's just, he just sends the horniest snapchats ever.
Dave
Carson with his face on him and shit.
Dan
It's like crazy. Like you can't Snapchat was built that you could be like, oh, that wasn't me crazy. But he just keeps doing that crazy.
Dave
Georgia. Georgia. I am. I, I feel like they're the, the biggest frauds out there. They, they had like one game against Texas right? Where they smashed them. Was it Texas where they smashed.
Dan
They smashed Texas. In Austin they smashed Texas.
Dave
And that, that, that, that game has redefined how everyone looks at them. But they stink.
Dan
They also.
Dave
Everyone stinks. I'm taking Texas.
Dan
You're taking Texas. They beat Tennessee too. Georgia has by.
Dave
I don't think Tennessee's any good, but Georgia. But he's good.
Dan
But Georgia has had by far and away the toughest schedule they've played everyone.
Dave
I mean they should have lost Georgia Tech or could have lost Georgia Tech. They could have lost to Kentucky. Right. They were the laxadaisical against fucking UMass. They're just not the same team. To me. Yeah, I'm taking the Lou. Alabama, somebody's going to win. So I don't. But I'm taking Texas. But I think everybody stinks.
Dan
Yeah, I'm going to, I'm going to take Texas too. And this is probably the classic. Like you reversed it from the first time when I had Georgia the first time or sorry, I had. No, I guess I had Texas the first time lost and I'm going to go back to Texas. I think it's more that Georgia just played an eight overtime game that was super emotional. Like they got to be a little bit, a little bit spent from that. I'm going to take in Texas has like the, we got killed. We have to make the adjustments angle.
Dave
That game was over. I, I fell asleep. I, I went to sleep in like the third quarter, watched the highlights. They had like Georgia Tech at third and like less than 1 and fumbled. Right. The game was over.
Dan
Yes. And it was probably targeting and I, I got lucky though, because I had, I had Georgia Tech plus 17 and a half and then when Georgia Tech went up 17 nothing. I bet Georgia plus like 280 on the money line.
Dave
So. Doubled up.
Rico
Doubled up.
Dan
That rarely happens. Rarely happens. Okay, next one Penn State, Oregon. Oregon is minus three and a half over. Under is 49 and a half. I don't really know what to make of this game. This is, I, I went in a big game. I know out of this.
Rico
That's what you make out of this. Quack, quack, quack, quack.
Dan
Yeah, big.
Rico
Quack, quack.
Dave
Definitely not big. Definitely not big. Nobody's capable big. I'm taking, I'm taking Penn State. I could see them winning this game. And it's one of those big games that, and I do think it matters. It's one he didn't see coming like this. There's not like he wasn't the. Penn State was not expecting to be in the game. So it's not like a build up. You, you circle it on their schedule. Here comes Michigan, here comes Ohio State. This thing, they were getting ready for the playoffs and then bang, lightning strikes and you're suddenly up. We got practice. There's actually a clip of him being like good news, bad news to you still have off. You don't. We're going to the Big Ten championship. I think Penn State could win this game.
Dan
Rico, you're going to Oregon, you're going to Oregon.
Rico
Yep.
Dan
Okay. I'm going to go Oregon as well. I just, I don't know. Penn State. Penn State's good though.
Dave
Fuck, I, I, Nobody is.
Rico
Nobody's immortal this year. Nobody is immortal this year. It's an unbelievable playoff.
Dan
Yeah.
Rico
That's the crazy thing. What would they do if it was 4 this year? You'd be fucking nuts.
Dan
No, it would actually be an incredible championship Saturday if you think about it.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
Because Penn State, Oregon would be a win and get in game. Clemson, George or Georgia. Texas would be a win and get in game. So it would actually, it would kind of work out in a weird way.
Dave
Well, who else would be in.
Rico
Yeah, that's the thing. Who else are you putting if it's 4? It was a crazy 4. If it's this year, it would be.
Dan
The winner of Texas. Georgia. It'd be the winner of Penn State. It would be the winner of Penn State versus Oregon. It'd be Notre Dame.
Rico
Notre Dame being.
Dan
And then, and then it would be like you'd have to, it'd probably be Ohio State or Tennessee. Someone would, would go up because they didn't have to play. But it would be, it would, they would be, I mean it would, they'd.
Rico
Be all figured out the drama. It'd be drama.
Dan
Yeah, it would. All right, last game. Clemson, SMU. SMU is two and a half point favorites, overrunners56. This is a win and get in game as well. I think. I know that. What should happen is if SMU loses, they should still get in. What I think will happen is if SMU loses, Alabama will get in.
Dave
So I have no problem with that. I have no problem with that because I can't have this conference getting into. I just can't. I can't have Clemson in and. No. And then like South Carolina. No, it wouldn't be them. I just. You just lost. You just lost your rivalry game at home. I can't do it. I'm going to take SMU because I don't want that situation. I do not want Clemson in the playoffs.
Rico
Yeah, I'm going to. I'm going to take the over. I think there's a lot of points in this one over.
Dan
I like the over as well, Rico. I agree. There's going to be a lot of points. I'm just pumped for fucking championship Saturday and then next week we got the Heisman. No hedge.
Dave
Yeah.
Rico
Big night.
Dave
I mean, yeah, that. That thing's a done deal.
Dan
Yeah. I was trying to think like in my head, like how many yards Genti has to get in touchdowns. I think if he gets eight touchdowns, that might be in trouble on Saturday or Friday night.
Dave
He maybe need more than eight.
Dan
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Dan
Okay. Cards. We got anything else that we want to throw on there, Dave?
Dave
Cards? Yeah, yeah, I'm doing the whole card. I have to. Western Kentucky Friday night plus three and a half over 57 and a half against Jackson, Jackson State. I got army plus five against Tulane. I got UNLV plus four over 58 and a half in the Boise game. Ohio plus two and a half against Miami. Arizona State minus two against Iowa State. Texas minus two and a half against Georgia. Marshall plus five and a half against Louisiana. Over 56 and a half. SMU minus two and a half against Clemson. And then we have Penn State plus two and what's it, three and a half. What's Penn State?
Dan
Three and a half.
Dave
Three and a half in over 49 in it. 49 and a half. Why do I have the over written there? I don't like the over in that game. No, just Penn State.
Dan
Okay, rico.
Rico
Tulane -5. I think Tulane got their loss out of the way. I think Army's a little banged up. I think Tulane takes care of business. Boise minus four. Clemson. SMU over 56 and a half. Georgia, Texas, under 49 and a half. And we'll do it right now. I mean, Oregon's the best bet, minus three and a half.
Dan
Okay, you just jumped the gun on me. Yeah, that was crazy. I always say middle school at the end. Okay, I'm adding. I also like tulane minus five or four and a half. Now, I'm gonna take the under 45 and a half in that game. I like the over in Western Kentucky. Jacksonville State over 57 and a half. I'm gonna take Miami of Ohio minus two and a half. And I'll say, my mortal. Let's do it. Hank, wait. By the way, it's. It's officially official. Evo has won it. Congrats. Yeah.
Rico
Bob Diaco.
Dan
Bob Diaco. Incredible season for mebo. He went 10 and three. Is that right?
Dave
Yeah. Fire three.
Dan
Insane. Okay, go ahead. Ducks. Ducks, Ducks, Ducks. Fly together. James Franklin. Big game. Okay, Zupy. Arizona State minus a two. Arizona State.
Zupy
Me as well.
Dan
Jackie Ibo.
Jackie
Penn State plus three and a half.
Rico
I think it closes.
Dan
Inside the. Inside the hook.
Dave
Come on.
Rico
He's sharp. He doesn't. He bets with his heart. I mean, bets with his mind, not his heart.
Dan
Okay, Dave.
Dave
The over in Marshall. Louisiana, 56 and a half.
Dan
Okay, I'm going to go the over in Clemson. SMU56. Good show, boys. Good show. We'll do. I don't know what the schedule will be. We'll do one bowl game one. And then we'll do one in January when we. Maybe before the semifinals to wrap it all up and have. You know, Rico, you can get a celebration. You can get.
Dave
It's not over.
Rico
So no show next week?
Dan
No, we'll do. Yeah, let's do no show next week. And then we'll do a show right before Christmas break. And we'll just break down all the bowls.
Dave
All right.
Dan
All right.
Dave
See you guys.
Dan
All right, see you. Bye.
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