Dave Sentences Rico To One Final Ryde | PICK EM WEEK 8

Summary

Barstool Pick ‘Em – Week 8: Dave Sentences Rico To One Final Ryde

Podcast: Barstool Pick ‘Em
Date: October 15, 2025
Hosts: Big Cat (Dan), Dave Portnoy (Pres), Rico Bosco
Episode Theme: Rico’s “Spring Break House” Resurrection, Gotcha Culture, First Class Drama, and CFB Week 8 Breakdowns

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Main Theme & Purpose

This week, the boys dive deep into Barstool’s inner soap operas and office drama before veering into all the highs and lows of the upcoming college football slate. The big headline? Dave offers Rico Bosco “one final ryde”—an on-camera ticket to the highly anticipated Barstool Spring Break House, setting up plenty of behind-the-scenes gamesmanship and vintage Barstool banter. The trio also unpacks gotcha culture at Barstool, unpacks office class divides (literally—who flies first class), and delivers their picks for Week 8.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. “Gotcha Culture” and Life Off Meds

• Beginning Banter (01:34 - 04:45):
  • Dan prods Rico about "gotcha culture," referencing last week’s gotcha complaints and Rico’s suit-and-tie episode.
  • Rico admits to being late to a funeral by two minutes (“That’s a lot.” – Dave, 01:55) and claims he’s “off the meds, but a little more self-breathing”—seemingly in better mental shape.
  • “You got to live with your sins.” (Rico, 02:58) as he fesses up about requesting episode cuts in Pick ‘Em’s past.

2. Internal Barstool Drama: Birthday Parties and First Class Lists

• Birthday Party Saga (03:45 - 04:48):
  • Rico updates the crew on the infamous 40th birthday party drama—RSVP still pending, hotel covered, transport not.
• First Class List Controversy (11:11 - 16:00):
  • Dave is shocked to discover a “first class list” exists, sparking a debate about who “deserves” company perks.
    • “Our company is overall very confused… If you make money for the company, fly first class… But, like, overall, to have that many people… It’s thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars.” (Dave, 12:37)
  • The crew jokes about making Sass (who saved the company so much $$$) the only person on the list; Dave vows to dismantle the system moving forward.
  • “We just live in a delusional, spoiled brat world.” (Dave, 14:31)
• Office Numbers Talk (17:42 - 19:04):
  • Rico’s off-meds Pick ‘Em performance is “up 30%” says Dan, sparking laughter and inside jokes about tracking viewership.
  • “It’s a numbers league.” (Rico, 19:29)

3. Spring Break House: Rico Gets Sent Back to the Ryde

• Rico’s Invitation (20:25 - 25:45):
  • Dave offers Rico a spot on the February Spring Break House show—with the creative twist of elimination-style voting for a cash prize.
  • “You get your ass whooped. You gotta put on the Carhartt jacket and get serious.” (Dave, 05:10)
  • Dan and Dave hype Rico as “unbelievable content” for the show, especially in “no meds Bosco” mode.
  • Rico jokes about “doing a cycle” for the show, promising to bring “roid rage” and classic Bosco energy.
  • “Call my wife now.” (Rico, 22:10) – prepares to break the news live later (see Memorable Moments).

4. Behind the Scenes: Viral Episodes, Numbers, and Social Team Drama

• Ratings Banter (18:28 - 19:04):
  • The highest-rated episode? The Bosco–Nadu casino episode.
  • “Bosco puts asses in the seats.” (Dave, 18:41)
• Barstool Social Team Antics (27:25 - 32:05):
  • Humorous recounting of team member “posting bikini pics” without context and echoes of “Deep Cuts” Barstool lore.
  • Internal teasing about office gossips, odd old social media moves, and office legends.

5. Football: CFB Coaching, Pyramid Tiers, and Picks

• Coaching Carousel and Buyouts (39:53 - 48:45):
  • In-depth talk about the crazy world of college football buyouts and contracts (Dan explains agent/coach maneuvers and why there are $50M buyouts).
  • Dave’s confusion over why coaches can just leave contracts: “If they’re under contract… Why can Signetti leave for Penn State unless he has it written in?” (Dave, 45:04)
• CFB Pyramid / Playoff Race (40:01 - 41:43):
  • Dave’s current playoff tier: Ohio State, Miami, Indiana, Texas A&M, Texas Tech (“can beat anybody right now,” 41:43).
  • Dan argues Alabama should be included; Dave is skeptical.
• Upcoming Games and Week 8 Picks (54:23 - 79:45):
  • Rapid-fire analysis for Vanderbilt, Georgia-Ole Miss, Tennessee-Alabama, Utah-BYU (with BYU trip planning), and USC-Notre Dame.
  • The Pick ‘Em leaderboard is recapped mid-show (Dan leads at 51%, Rico down at 42.6%).

6. Spring Break House: Roster Planning

• Nikki Smokes, Ella, Katic, The Deutsch guy are set to return with Rico (32:28 - 33:30).
• “Maybe a couple strangers. Maybe Nadu. We’ll see.” (Dave, 32:50)
• Dave proposes a new spin: “an elimination... every night somebody’s going home, last man standing gets some cash prize.” (Dave, 23:55)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On “Gotcha Culture”:
  • “It feels like asking questions becomes Gotcha Culture.” – Dan (02:22)
• First Class List Take:
  • “We just live in a delusional, spoiled brat world.” – Dave (14:31)
• On Ratings:
  • “Bosco puts asses in the seats.” – Dave (18:41)
• On Spring Break House:
  • “No meds, Bosco... Spring Break’s out. Panama City, let’s go.” – Dave (22:13)
• On CFB Coaching Buyouts:
  • “I don't get how you can lose the guy in the contract though. That makes no sense to me.” – Dave (44:44)
• On Rico's Evolution:
  • “You're not causing car crashes left and right. Like, he's still driving like a maniac, but there's no car crashes.” – Dan (29:53)

Top Banter

• Rico Calls His Wife About Spring Break (79:59–81:13):
  • Rico: “Dave gave me the opportunity to be on what they’re calling Spring Break House…so I’ll be away for a week.”
  • Wife: “You want me to teach and watch our children by myself while you're in Key West with 21-year-olds?”
• Dave’s Follow-Up:
  • “Imagine couples therapy. Bosco and his wife as a show. I’d pay more than a teacher.” – Dave (81:13)
  • “You just added her to the show. Content out of your wife, that's a lot for somebody… Now you're calling your wife on the show live.” – Dave (81:45)

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Notable Timestamps

• [01:40] – Opening banter, gotcha culture, Rico off meds
• [11:11–15:22] – First class company drama
• [17:42] – Pick ‘Em performance tracking, Bosco up “+30%” off meds
• [20:25–25:45] – Rico officially invited to the Spring Break House show
• [27:25–32:05] – Bikini pic social drama, Barstool lore
• [39:53–48:45] – College football contract/buyout debate
• [54:23–79:39] – Game-by-game picks, in-depth matchups
• [79:59] – Rico calls wife about Spring Break House (hilarious, see above)
• [81:13] – Couples therapy podcast proposal
• [82:00] – “Bosco Industries” episode drop tease

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Tone & Final Impressions

Classic Barstool Pick ‘Em: uproarious, often-chaotic, filled with inside jokes and office drama but grounded by genuine football enthusiasm. The boys blend real betting talk and risqué office gossip, with Rico serving as the lightning rod (embracing his resurgence). The ‘gotcha’ sub-theme runs throughout, with self-awareness about Barstool’s indulgent “spoiled brat” culture. The “Spring Break House” hype injects fresh energy, as does ongoing jabs about analytics, work ethic, and who’s “in the mix” at Barstool.

This episode is a must-listen for Barstool fans, office drama fiends, and college football degenerates alike.

Transcript

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[Dan]

Okay. Week eight. Pick them.

[Rico Bosco]

Boys.

[Dan]

Rico. Any funerals? We good?

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, we're good.

[Dan]

Then what I. What I just asked.

[Dave]

You didn't go, right?

[Rico Bosco]

Yes, I did go.

[Dave]

How late were you?

[Rico Bosco]

Two minutes.

[Dave]

That's a lot.

[Rico Bosco]

Truth.

[Dan]

Okay, I got a question right off the top. I think we're. I think too many things are being called gotcha culture at this point. I was. I was watching back pick them from last week and you showed up in a suit and tie and Dave and we. And I think Dave said like, why are you wearing that? And you go, it's fucking. Well, it's gotcha culture now. No, I don't think I said like, that's a question.

[Rico Bosco]

I didn't say it about that. I don't think. Did I?

[Dan]

I don't know. But it's I. It feels like asking questions becomes Gotcha Culture.

[Dave]

If we are gonna go back to Gacha culture, because I did see a clip where he's a. Come on, dude. Hey, dude, I never asked for anything to be cut out.

[Rico Bosco]

That is.

[Dave]

I mean, you have asked for no less than 3,497 things to be cut out. I mean, we. We went through a time period where you would ask for entire chunks to be cut out every single episode.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, back in the day, probably.

[Dan]

That's accurate. All right.

[Rico Bosco]

Back in the day, you're right. Yeah. You got to live with your sins.

[Dan]

How are you doing, Rico? Because I was laughing, because I was just like. I can't remember the exact phrasing, but it was like, everything's Gotcha culture now. Listen, we got to find the Gotcha culture everywhere. Do you think maybe there's a Gotcha culture show in the works that we could do?

[Rico Bosco]

I don't know. Maybe. Yeah. It's gotta be something.

[Dan]

Okay. All right, so why?

[Rico Bosco]

What?

[Dan]

No, I'm just. I'm asking.

[Dave]

Meds on or off?

[Rico Bosco]

The meds still off, but a little more self breathing, maybe.

[Dave]

Okay, good.

[Dan]

Just maybe you show up to, like, people's work and, like, you know, like, people can complain about their co workers. Then you show up and you're just like, gotcha culture. Like, cut it out. I don't know. Just an idea.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dave]

All right.

[Dan]

So off the beds. How's. How's your week going, Rico? How's. Oh, where we at with the 40th birthday guy?

[Rico Bosco]

Back, I guess. I mean, cooled off a little.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

Why? What's the smell?

[Dan]

I'm asking. I haven't talked to him.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, it's. Yeah, Backed off a little bit. Okay.

[Dan]

I mean, look, I'm just asking. I brought some things to the show. Sorry. You can bring anything to the show. You got anything?

[Rico Bosco]

Not after last week, no. I don't have anything. No. Yeah, I was on the text with Dave. Dave was like, I want it on record. I was provoked.

[Dave]

I was like.

[Rico Bosco]

He was. That's accurate. Yeah. I mean, that's a call like. It is. So I did. I kept poking the bear, and he was like. Dave was like, ace up his sleeve. So that's how it works. But, yeah, I do think he was genuinely trying to look out for me, but in that.

[Dave]

Is that birthday party gonna need, like, tsa?

[Rico Bosco]

No, we'll behave. We'll behave.

[Dave]

We'll be.

[Dan]

So you're gonna go to the birthday party but not cause a problem?

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, it's being. I'M still. I still haven't officially RSVP'd, but we're working on it.

[Dan]

That's.

[Dave]

Is he covering your cost to get there?

[Rico Bosco]

No. Hotel room? The hotel rooms, yes, but not the transportation.

[Dan]

Okay, Dave, question for you. Is Sharon more the guy?

[Dave]

Well, we're going back to work this week, Dan, so that's. That's what you got to do. You gotta. You get your ass whooped. You gotta put on the Carhartt jacket and get serious.

[Dan]

That was. I feel like it works with Harbaugh because Harbaugh is a psycho, and he's had the history of building a program. He's had the history of, like, when he puts on the blue collar jacket, there's something about it where it's like, he's not joking. He's not. It's. It's authentic. He.

[Dave]

He.

[Dan]

It's just authentic. Jerome putting it on felt a little like Halloween was happening. And he's trying to. He's trying to, you know, dress up like Harbaugh used to be in the big bad Michigan.

[Dave]

Got to go to work. That's something that Bosco would say, you know, put it behind you. We're on to Washington. As Belichick in his prime would say, I. I am not going to declare him the guy. There's a lot of people in Michigan circles, I think, who believe he is not the guy. I think it's too early. But I will say this, and I know Blutman rants about it. I happen to agree with it.

[Dan]

You.

[Dave]

You have to make decisions. There's no. I'm not there yet. I want to see the rest of the season play out. We. I think the quarterback's very good. I hate to play calling, but if. If you believe he's not the guy, there's no point waiting around. Like, even the Patriots. The Patriots, with Gerard Mayo, like, hired him, fired him really quickly, and they got the guy. They got variable, and it turned everything around like that. So I want to see how this year plays out, but I need to see improvement. And I don't know what happens if we do the same exact thing that we do every year with him or last year, which is stink, and then beat Ohio State. I mean, if he doesn't beat Ohio State, I'm probably at he's not the guy already mode. But if he keeps thinking and then beating Ohio State, then it's a confusing situation.

[Dan]

That would be. That would be something. If he just never loses Ohio State but keeps going, like nine.

[Dave]

Because in a weird way, then I just it's like, okay, I can kind of live with that. Like, if we don't win, if we go oh and 10 and then beat Ohio State every year, I can talk my talk. I can do that. I can, I can kind of live with that.

[Dan]

Yeah, he allows.

[Dave]

Yeah, you can't go 010 and then lose to Ohio State and have nothing but like, we still have that. So it's not good. And it wasn't just that we lost usc, because I certainly thought we could lose to usc. It was, I mean, we got dominated. So that, that was a problem.

[Rico Bosco]

It is frustrating watching. You're like, the play calling, play calling, absolutely right.

[Dave]

And, but you, but that is how Harbaugh called plays. But he got away with it because they were so much better than everybody and they were, they, they dominated the line. They got away with it. This team isn't there and you got to adjust.

[Rico Bosco]

Also. You see the kid's arm and you see some of the playmakers you have at wide receiver in these little flashes. It's like, hey, let's, let's let it out. Let's, let's open it up a little bit.

[Dave]

They, they don't believe in play action, pass for some reason. They don't believe in maybe throwing on downs that you think they're running, which makes it, it's hard for anybody to throw on third and eight, third and nine, third and 10, and they're doing a whole hell of a lot of it. So this is the long answer. Is he the guy? I'm not going to say he is the guy. I'm not going to say he's not the guy. I'm going to say, if he stinks this season and loses to Ohio, we got an issue. He stinks. If he stinks this season and beats Ohio again, buy some time. I, I, if he keeps doing that, I, I never get rid of him.

[Dan]

Yeah, yeah, I did like your clip after where you're like, the problem is Chiron talks all this and then he let. And then I start talking all this and then we can't back up the. It's like, that is the problem for you.

[Dave]

Shiron talks a lot, right? He, like talks a lot. I mean, you go into the Coliseum, you're like, we're only here. We this sold out because of us and this. And, and then it's like, oh, he thr the Carhartt jacket and forgets about. It's like, I can't.

[Rico Bosco]

I'm in it.

[Dan]

Because you used to, you used to take your cues from Harbaugh where Harbaugh @ the end, like, especially you could really tell when he thought he had it. Like, you could kind of read the tea leaves of like, it's. This is going to be a no doubter. And now you're in a different world with Sharon where you have to kind of guess, like, is he talking shit because he just talks or is he talking shit because he's going to win?

[Dave]

He also coaches I in. In my opinion, like, some of these losses, like, he's just trying not to lose by 40, right. Like, it's. You're down two scores and you're running the ball in the fourth quarter. It's like, what are you doing?

[Rico Bosco]

So.

[Dan]

Yeah, okay.

[Rico Bosco]

Stream was very funny though. I know it was brutal for you, obviously, but I thought you did. That was very funny. Some of the stuff.

[Dan]

What was the stuff you watched? Like, whole thing. You were tuned in.

[Dave]

You're waiting to see if.

[Dan]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

All right then. Oh. What?

[Dan]

I'm just saying. God damn it. Come on. Well, we can't have.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, I mean, I had three TVs going, like, in terms of the broadcast.

[Dan]

Which one had sound?

[Rico Bosco]

None of them. I thought that. I thought Dave's broadcast had more like intrigue.

[Dan]

He's.

[Rico Bosco]

It's funny stuff going on. It's a Michigan fan commenting on his team. That's what I was watching. All right, fuck you then.

[Dan]

What the fuck?

[Dave]

Come on, Master Dan.

[Dan]

Come on. Why? Someone's got to make a show here. You didn't bring anything today, Rico.

[Dave]

All these years you thought I was the pledge master.

[Dan]

Someone's got to make a show. All right, fine. You know, we'll do our picks. Alabama, Tennessee, two and a half.

[Rico Bosco]

All right, dude. Like that could be.

[Dan]

I'm just saying.

[Rico Bosco]

You brought it.

[Dan]

Yeah, I just said. All right.

[Rico Bosco]

It also, like. I mean, there's things you can reference. There's things you can reference. Then again, like during the week or.

[Dan]

Right.

[Rico Bosco]

He was watching the game, like, did.

[Dan]

You know about the class list?

[Dave]

Did you know about the first class list?

[Rico Bosco]

Didn't have a clue. What? What's what you think I'm on it.

[Dave]

Well, you're clearly not. I read the list.

[Rico Bosco]

Oh, yeah? I ain't on it.

[Dave]

No, I. I know. I read the list.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. All right, so I wouldn't know about it. I don't know about.

[Dave]

That list is being dismantled. There is no first class list. If people want to fly first class, you can ask. I didn't know that list existed either. People are taking that. The wrong Francis is taking Totally the wrong way. Like, I didn't know that list existed. I don't know where it came from, why it came from. Maybe the Brianna thing was a true story. That that's where it's like, why is she flying in the back of the plane when she was making a ton of money for the company?

[Rico Bosco]

That.

[Dave]

That may have prompted it. But I didn't know, like, there was an actual. Like, this person flies. This is all brand new to me.

[Dan]

I think it's older than that.

[Jack Mack]

Honestly, I think.

[Dan]

I thought it was. I. I didn't know there was a list. I thought it was a pen, like, Erica decision. Like, when we became more corporate.

[Dave]

There's an element. There's an element of. I think like our bookers in our. Sometimes people don't use their brains. So it's like it. It was to take that decision away from them possibly.

[Jack Mack]

I knew, I knew there. We went on a flight, may have been in the super bowl, and there was a bunch of people on first class, which some of them weren't on the first class list. So I, I was just confused. But I was way in the back and I was like, how are those people in first class? And someone told me there was a list.

[Dave]

Our company is overall very confused. It's like, if you make money for the company, fly first class. If. If you don't, you probably shouldn't. But, like, overall, to have that many people. Do you know how much money that, like, costs to like, fly? The difference between, like, it's thousands and thousands of thousands of dollars. My guess, if you ask people, you can fly in the back of the boat or first class, a lot of people. But you get the money. I bet a lot of people, like, give. Give me the money. So you know that that's kind of crazy. So when I'm going down the list and looking, it's like, obviously the PMT crew makes money, so it kind of starts there. Foreplay, People are confused with that. I'm sure I'll talk about this unnamed foreplay sort of operates as an independent business. Not like they have. If they want to fly first class, it comes out of their budget, right? And then like, so, yeah, it's up to them. That's not me. It doesn't. It's. It's. It's their, it's their kind of budgets. Francis mad. He's like, oh, I didn't know four point. But that's where it's a little weird because as I understand it, a Francis flying first class, I do not believe comes out of the first. Out of the foreplay budget. Because I don't think he's actually like, in their whole setup. So that's a little different.

[Dan]

So Sass screwed it for them, for everyone.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Should SAS get on the. I'll just say this. Should Sass now be the only person on the first class list? Because he saved everyone so much. He saved Barstool so much money. Like, I'm just saying, like, if he saved us thousands, I think he should get a medal of honor and be the only first class list person.

[Rico Bosco]

That's like the irs. I heard if you, like, report somebody, you get a 10% of whatever they bring in.

[Dave]

We have a wildly spoiled company. Like, when we travel to other places. The super bowl, whatever. You talk to these other companies. Their A list talent isn't flying first class.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Like, it.

[Dan]

It.

[Dave]

We just live in a delusional, spoiled brat world. And it's like, everyone wants more money. Everyone wants more money for the contracts. Everyone wants more money for the bonus. Everyone wants us. That. And everybody wants to fly first class. And it's like, all right, well, this all costs money. Like, I. I don't know what you guys. What world you live in. So. Yeah, the first class list, which I did not know existed, is going to be dismantled. It doesn't mean nobody can fly first class ever again. But it's like, you're not. There's not just this hard and fast list, people getting mad or where I saw everyone say, oh, KFC me. It's like, well, KFC doesn't have some huge money makers, so. And I don't even think he travels. But when I was looking at the list, I'm just going down. I know they make money. I know they make money. No, that's. That was what was going through my head.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Dave]

But I didn't know the list existed.

[Dan]

So list is done. But you didn't.

[Rico Bosco]

You.

[Dan]

You skirted around the question, can Sass be the only person on the list?

[Dave]

So the Sass even. Was Sass going to travel first class to his own private comedy shows?

[Dan]

Yeah, Call of Duty.

[Rico Bosco]

Call of Duty League.

[Dan]

Yeah, Call of Duty League. Wait, can we go back though? Rico, why are you mad at me for pointing out that you definitely were listening to Dave stream on full volume because you were expecting you might come up?

[Rico Bosco]

No.

[Dan]

Why are you mad?

[Rico Bosco]

I thought it was. I'm not. It's just you're. You're trying to send me back, like, at all Times. You want 2017, Rico.

[Dan]

No, I don't like you A guy can progress.

[Rico Bosco]

That's all.

[Dave]

You should also watch that stream and be like, hey, never has treated me different because like, if I said like Healthy Debates was a total disaster, which it was. You took that generally like, you know, oh, he's attacking me. But no, I. And even for when I said the. The, the mascots was a total disaster, I didn't even watch it. I was just going by clearly the numbers tell you the show is a disaster. It wasn't a personal attack on anybody. Anybody with a brain can be like, well, it started this and it has 1% of the audience. That show didn't work.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

I think you go if you go back to Healthy Debate when you said, yeah, it's time to change it up.

[Dave]

It's.

[Rico Bosco]

And like. And then pull the plug. There wasn't much pushback in terms of crying and whining. If you do watch back that tape. All right, let's take a quick break in the action to tell you about our friends at game time. The NFL is in full swing. Tailgates pack stands that buzz before kickoff. But getting in nightmare queues, price jumps, getting logged out mid click. All you want is to be there, beer in hand, losing your voice with the crowd. The Game Time app gives the advantage back to fans. It's the. It's the hack for unlocking amazing tickets and experiences in a few taps. It's incredibly easy to use. And the game time guarantee means you can Trust you'll get 100% authentic tickets on time and at the best price. Plus fees are always included. So what you see is what you pay the Bears off.

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[Dan]

Speaking of good segue, Rico, you're tracking the pickup numbers.

[Rico Bosco]

It's good to keep track of where you're at.

[Dave]

Yeah, I saw numbers that said off meds. Bosco is plus 30%.

[Dan]

Whoa. Is that true?

[Rico Bosco]

That's a problem in the calculations. Yeah.

[Jackie]

What episode was our highest watched episode?

[Dan]

Bosco, that's not. No, no, no.

[Rico Bosco]

That's the first. So this is Jackie's more. No, this is Jackie's more to come Tweet now he knew something was up. That's the ride in the pregame with the ads. He acts like he just woke up.

[Jack Mack]

This is like when.

[Rico Bosco]

Let's counter punch. Okay, let's.

[Dave]

No.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Jack Mack]

There's plenty of counter punches.

[Dave]

Rico, what is the highest rated episode?

[Jackie]

Episode number two.

[Dan]

And who. What was that episode?

[Jackie]

That would be the casino episode with our boy Nadu, I believe.

[C]

Oh.

[Dan]

Oh.

[Dave]

Well, we've always known they do Bosco puts asses in the seats. That's never been agreed.

[Rico Bosco]

I just.

[Jack Mack]

The first.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Jack Mack]

The first two episodes are also statistically always the highest too.

[Dan]

So should we try to. Should we go back to if we brought. Because if we brought.

[Dave]

Yeah, I think you just opened Pandora's box.

[Dan]

So we. If we brought Bosco and they do here for another episode this year, you're going to say it's not going to be.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Oh, okay. Okay, okay. I mean it's good that we're up 30%, but does that. What are you trying to say, Jack? You saying that Rico's got a. When he. When he goes. Why are you tracking the number? You're just tracking the numbers. I like that.

[Rico Bosco]

It's good to keep. I mean, Dave, it's a numbers league, but yeah. I mean.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

Hey, let's have a good year. Yeah.

[Jackie]

Part two of my question. Are we worried that some of the riders are getting a little out from under your control? Specifically the one posting the numbers.

[Rico Bosco]

I think guys can be excited. I think guys can be excited about a good year.

[Dave]

What.

[Rico Bosco]

What is that?

[Jackie]

I don't think Rico wanted those numbers out there. And our boy JFK Chicago seems to be a loose rider.

[Dave]

The he didn't want numbers are public.

[Jackie]

That you're tracking them like we were talking and you said that JFK Chicago is a loose. He's a loose cannon.

[Rico Bosco]

He's. He got a few. You got a few wild boys out there. Yeah.

[Dave]

What was the thing you got mad at Gaz for in the office the other day?

[Dan]

Gotcha Culture. Dave.

[Dave]

What was that?

[Rico Bosco]

He. Well, he's like. We're running back. Well, I don't know if it's. Or. You said it. Yeah, I guess it is public. You're running back some version of Summer House.

[Dave]

Oh, Summer House.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Yeah, I saw that. I will move it out of March if you need it to be. If that's the issue.

[Dan]

Oh, perfect. Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

If you want me to go 100%. All right, no problem. Do I think a washed up 38 year old. What does he bring we'll see.

[Dave]

But married, that's a yes. For you to be part of spring break house if I move it out in March.

[Rico Bosco]

If you think that me at 38 and married and boring relative.

[Dave]

I don't think you're boring the game. I don't think you're boring. All right. Because I can do something with this where maybe I put, like, people. Vote someone out of the house and there's a cash prize.

[Dan]

All right.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. I've never. I haven't. I don't say no. So. Yes. If you move it around, figure it out. Yeah, no problem.

[Dave]

All right.

[Jack Mack]

Are you going to rig the ball game again?

[Dave]

Don't.

[Rico Bosco]

Come on. I was watching that last night.

[Dan]

You were watching?

[Rico Bosco]

Every once in a while, if there's nothing good after the games end, I fire it up. It keeps. It just. It keeps you. It's old poker players, man. They can't tell you when they had two kings and they won. They tell you the fucking time they got beat on the river. This is what pushed. Like, this is what pushes you.

[Dan]

Okay. I like that. That's like watching. Yeah. You're like.

[Rico Bosco]

Oats wins by 30 against fucking Missouri.

[Dan]

We ain't running back that tape.

[Rico Bosco]

We're running the next one. Hey, we lost the Kentucky, you know, a month ago. Like, this is what they did. Like, fine toy man. You. Both of you guys are your own success stories.

[Dave]

With that February springboard break house.

[Rico Bosco]

Bosco is in, if you want me.

[Dave]

Yes. I think you'd be good.

[Rico Bosco]

Great. No problem.

[Dave]

Okay, great.

[Dan]

This is awesome.

[Dave]

Great.

[Rico Bosco]

Call my wife now.

[Dan]

Is there any gotcha culture involved in this, Dave?

[Dave]

No, this is great. This is. He said he wants. He's asking me if I think he'd be good. Content. Yeah. For the spring break house. I think he would be unbelievable. No meds, Bosco. Spring breaks out. Panama City. Let's go.

[Dan]

Can.

[Jack Mack]

Can. Can Rico get one veto on a cast member if he needs it?

[Rico Bosco]

Why?

[Dan]

Who?

[Jack Mack]

I'm just. I'm just thinking ahead.

[Dan]

But we just. We just did. We prove that when they do and Rico are together, the views go skyrocket.

[Dave]

I know. No, I had until Hank just said it. I didn't even cross my mind.

[Rico Bosco]

Having a great year, Hank.

[Dan]

No, I'm trying to help you. Wait. Hank was having a great year?

[Rico Bosco]

No, it was sarcastic.

[Dan]

Oh, yeah. Okay. Sorry. My bad.

[Rico Bosco]

He killed me last episode. Even trying to joke around. He fucking killed me.

[Dave]

Bring the napkins.

[Rico Bosco]

Is that what you're going to do, Dave Bosco?

[Dave]

I just said I. It didn't Cross my mind. Until a minute ago I didn't know that. Now it's crossed my mind and I can't rule it out. Yeah, but I didn't know. First of all, Nadu has retired from the company.

[Dan]

Hold on, Dave.

[Rico Bosco]

He didn't see.

[Dan]

He didn't see the numbers and the spike for the episode two. If he sees that. Yeah. Could it cost us like hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring him back? Yeah. But he might be interested again.

[Dave]

So. February, February, Panama City, Bosco on the boardwalk. I love it.

[Rico Bosco]

Okay.

[Dan]

You got another ride in. Yeah.

[Dave]

I mean you, you in a week straight. And I am going to put a twist like maybe that's it. It's an elimination. Like every night somebody's going home who's ever last man standing get some cash prize. So it's like elimination spring break. So you got to get along but you got to eliminate people. I know you, Bosco. This money, this cash, there's a light at that end of the tunnel. You're playing a win.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, I'll be a good wingman for people.

[Dave]

This is going to be good.

[Rico Bosco]

Maybe I'll do a cycle. Maybe I'll do a cycle too. I like getting in shape over the summer. Maybe I'll get off the regular juice. I'll get on the real juice.

[Dan]

That'll be sick. Jack. Boss. Imagine.

[Rico Bosco]

Imagine roid rage.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Oh my God.

[Dan]

Oh baby. Okay, do we. Does anyone have anything else that we.

[Rico Bosco]

Want to bring by the way also to get back to gas.

[Dave]

I just want to clarify. You're in like I. This isn't a joke. I don't want to text after the show.

[Rico Bosco]

You're in. No problem.

[Dan]

I love this. I love this for you, Bosco. You're going to fucking rock down there.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, man. It's head of the company says you're in something great.

[Dave]

Yeah man.

[Rico Bosco]

What have I text you? What have I text you the last couple of times? Dave? Thanks for the opportunity.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

Great to be in the mix.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

Every time you go to it.

[Jack Mack]

So are you kicking out after one day again like the Fox show?

[Dan]

Oh, good question.

[Dave]

Well, well I didn't kick him out. He got Wally pipped. He, he, he attacked the do and.

[Rico Bosco]

He counter attacked was touched first.

[Dan]

Also high also highest pick them views of the year.

[Dave]

Yep. And then it just, it flowed better because I, I'm not a good host so I, it wasn't intentional. And. And to Bosco's credit, he's still very much a part of the show. He's doing a great job. He sends all the topic subjects doesn't complain. He's just a behind the scenes guy on that show. But when. You know what I'm going to request from now on, when the credits roll, do we have credits on Wake Up Barstool? If we do or we don't, we are going to have them from now on. And Bosco will be named as like a producer.

[Rico Bosco]

Love, very nice of you. It's very nice.

[Dan]

Very nice.

[Rico Bosco]

And there's still opportunity to get in a chair down the road as you said, right? Yep.

[Dave]

College basketball for sure.

[Rico Bosco]

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[Dave]

Like, yeah, which is nasty.

[Rico Bosco]

I text him, I said, good, tweet even with that, like, let it roll off. You know what I mean? So, yeah, it's having a good year.

[Dan]

Good.

[Rico Bosco]

I'm dialed. I'm dialed. Yeah, now I'm going to do. I'm going to do juice.

[Dan]

Yeah, now you're going to be a fucking.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Roid rage everywhere you're going to be.

[Rico Bosco]

Oh, yeah, maybe I'll reach out to. I might reach out to some of the social team too and get tips on, like, if I take pictures of people in their bikinis and post them, what they think will be the best.

[Dan]

I don't know what that means.

[Rico Bosco]

That's a deep cut.

[Dan]

Who, who are we talking about?

[Jackie]

Stewie's clubhouse.

[Rico Bosco]

Neely Boy.

[Dan]

He takes pictures of people in Our Girls.

[Rico Bosco]

I did it once. Yeah.

[Dan]

What?

[Dave]

And Post posted it.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. On Viva. Acting like it was that had anything to do with whatever. But, yeah, it's all right. Beach house gang. The bikini gang.

[Dan]

What?

[Jack Mack]

He would just, like, screw. There was a point where he was, like, just taking people's personal Instagram stories and just, like, blasting them on Viva. It's kind of weird. He did it to me. It was a little weird.

[Dave]

He blasted your personal story. What's so interesting about your personal stuff?

[Jack Mack]

That's how I felt.

[Dave]

What was it?

[Jack Mack]

I forget exactly what it was, but it was a very. It was one of those things where you see, like, that, that doesn't, like, a lot of things go on Viva. And that felt like a weird. It was like this.

[Dave]

You don't.

[Dan]

And you have no idea why.

[Jack Mack]

It was a while ago.

[Dan]

I, I, I could maybe he stopped doing that. Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

He was told to. Yeah.

[Dan]

Whose bikini picture did he post?

[Dave]

H. Like, how do you know this.

[Dan]

This is what I'm saying. Like, and then he gets Dave. And then he gets mad at me. And then he gets mad at him Dave. And then he gets mad at me for saying, oh, did you have volume on high on Dave's stream? Yes. You did. I got, I gotta do this.

[Rico Bosco]

We're gonna do this. I got miffed.

[Dan]

I got miffed. Rico, it's okay. You're literally like, you're, you're, you are back. You are. Like, last week's episode of Pick him was one of the best we've ever done. I'd put that down as like, hey, what's Pick Him? That would be like, maybe the fifth episode. Be like, gotta watch this.

[Rico Bosco]

It was great.

[Dan]

You're back. It's okay to embrace it. Like, you're fucking. You're watching Dave's stream with full volume while you got a full college slate on your off time. You're rewatching survivor for the 7,000th time. You're talking about someone on our social team posting a bikini picture six years ago that we have no idea about it. You are back. Don't get upset about it. Me calling it out.

[Rico Bosco]

Appreciate it.

[Dan]

Yeah, you are back.

[Rico Bosco]

Like, this is dial.

[Dan]

This is vintage Bosco rewatching Surviving.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Tuesday night.

[Rico Bosco]

Right. But not causing car crashes left and right. Like, he's still driving like a maniac, but there's no car crashes.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

I'm putting all my mind to one thing. Like, just be successful.

[Dan]

So, okay, so whose bikini picture he posted?

[Rico Bosco]

I don't know. I mean, I don't know. Like, I dragged them in. I'm not dragging them in. I'm just.

[Dan]

You 100% know what?

[Dave]

Drag who in. So you're saying the bikini picture was posted. The person on the bikini complained?

[Rico Bosco]

No.

[Dan]

So you complained on behalf of them.

[Rico Bosco]

The way the story was told to me was that he was reprimanded. Don't do that.

[Dave]

So some. Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

And then I filed that one all the way to the back of the mind.

[Dave]

And then when you walk in, down the mark out of the book takes a left into your cube and just unloads information company secrets to you. That's how it goes.

[Rico Bosco]

No, there's things that pass through every once in a while. Yeah, that was one I put in the back of the bookmark.

[Dave]

I don't even know who Neely boy is. Does he work for us full time?

[Dan]

Yes, he does. He ages three up three years.

[Rico Bosco]

That's.

[Dan]

That's probably why Bosco. Bosco's hoping the ink's not dry. That's why he brought that up. He just posted that he re upped. And Bosco's hoping. Hey, maybe we did this. Didn't fully go through yet. We can stop the presses.

[Jackie]

Maybe he could be Rico's social guy in the spring break.

[Dave]

Not a bad idea. Jack Mack.

[Dan]

Oh, good call.

[Dave]

Not a bad idea.

[Jack Mack]

Get you a veto, Rico.

[Rico Bosco]

Well, let's. Let's check. Let's stay. Fair is fair. Let's check Jack's social calendar. He got anything in April that he's trying to send people to so he can go. Go nose down a couple of places? Can we check that? Let's check that. I'd be happy. Got anything going on in April?

[Jackie]

I'd be happy to.

[Dave]

What's April?

[Rico Bosco]

February. February. February.

[Dan]

February.

[Rico Bosco]

Sorry.

[Dan]

February.

[Dave]

February.

[Rico Bosco]

You got anything going on February? No. Okay.

[Dave]

All right. So maybe Jack Mack will be Rico's social guy.

[Rico Bosco]

I do think you need no neutral social guys, though.

[Dave]

Well, you just requested him, so I don't hate that. Jack Mack will be Rico Bosco's social guy.

[Jackie]

Rico around.

[Dave]

There we go. That's locked and loaded.

[Dan]

Oh, that's great, Bosco. That's a good suggestion.

[Rico Bosco]

Good suggestion. We are.

[Dave]

Good suggestion.

[Dan]

Oh, this is going to be awesome. Content. Awesome. Content. All right, well, what else?

[Dave]

Anybody else?

[Rico Bosco]

What is the. What's the cast look like? What are you thinking?

[Dave]

I think we will have the return of Nikki Smokes. Ella, Katic. Those will be the only returning cast members so far. You. We made that. Donnie Deutsch guy is in The Deutsch.

[Dan]

Is gonna be there? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I called him last night, told him, hey, this is what we're gonna do.

[Rico Bosco]

So he's gonna be in the mid mix.

[Dave]

Yeah. And maybe a couple strangers. Maybe they do. We'll see.

[Rico Bosco]

Okay.

[Dan]

Yeah. I mean, we gotta at least take a look. Yeah, we don't want it.

[Dave]

The reason I'm not gonna run back the exact same cast. It got too boring. Right. So, like, we don't need, like, Danny and Jackie like, dating and like that.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dave]

So those. I haven't decided. Annika. I don't know if Annika and Nikki are good or bad together yet. She's a bubble player, I guess. But definitely Nikki, Ella and Kdick are in. You're in. That's in Deutsch, I think, are the five that we're looking at so far.

[Dan]

It's good squad.

[Dave]

Fill out. Round out three more still.

[Dan]

That's good squad. Really good squad. All right, Rico, do you have anything else before we do? Some picks? Talk some college football.

[Rico Bosco]

I like how this show. I mean, this is how, you know, you're on a heater. This show went from Dan being like, fuck you, Alabama, Tennessee, under, to a slew of topics. So that's how it works.

[Dan]

Well, listen, I was episode Dan.

[Rico Bosco]

It's a compliment.

[Dan]

I know. What I was gonna say was, you know, sometimes this show, it's like you gotta. You gotta kind of like pull the. Pull the thing on the lawnmower to get it started. So I pulled a couple times. There wasn't anything starting. And now we're. Now the engine is running and we're.

[Dave]

We haven't picked exactly. We haven't picked the exact location. Bosco, any spring break spots that you're partial to?

[Rico Bosco]

No, I never. Never went so. Well.

[Dave]

Good. You get to live out your dreams.

[Rico Bosco]

First time. Yeah.

[Dan]

Dude, that's gonna be so sick. Bosco, you with like, like a bunch of 18 and 19 year olds.

[Rico Bosco]

What do you guys think? What do you guys think of the aac? You guys, Big South Florida?

[Dan]

Oh, we gotta go.

[Rico Bosco]

Challenge is getting.

[Dan]

Can we at least get, like. Can we at least make sure that the house has, like, one TV so that Bosco doesn't? Because, like, there's gonna be probably a big game or something.

[Dave]

Maybe wherever we are, they do a family. A group outing to a college hoops game. We get a suite.

[Dan]

Oh, man, that would be sick. What's Alabama's schedule in February?

[Rico Bosco]

I don't know if the top of my head, but the only. They Would be. Yeah. I mean, I don't know how far the only Florida school. Wait, hold on. I'll make sure I'm not.

[Dave]

Vegas is certainly an option. Panama City is an option.

[Dan]

Cancun.

[Rico Bosco]

Need the passport. Get the passport.

[Dan]

Fired up.

[Rico Bosco]

All right.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

I think at the end of this. Yeah, well, that'll be a good bonus feature. We'll call my wife at the end. It's gonna be a good. We'll put it behind a paywall. Make it a fucking little extra feature.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Dave]

Volunteered that.

[Dan]

Yeah. What?

[Dave]

You volunteered?

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Dave]

You said the team. The team, the team. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

At any point, they could cut your minutes. So the guy's going to give you minutes right now.

[Dave]

Take them.

[Rico Bosco]

Right, right.

[Dave]

Make the most of those minutes.

[Dan]

Bosco, you did something I would not do. Like Dave, I. I'm. I do not want to be on the spring break house.

[Dave]

Me neither.

[Dan]

Right. So credit to Bosco. He's the only one out of the three of us that stepped up, remember?

[Dave]

And as Larry.

[Rico Bosco]

And he did say it genuinely, where he's like, listen, you'd be, you know, like, you would be good. It's not.

[Dave]

Yes.

[Rico Bosco]

It's a punishment or against your will, throwing you down there.

[Dan]

That's. Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

It's funny to mix it up. Like you look at.

[Dave]

I think you'd be very good.

[Rico Bosco]

Me, Nikki and Katic is a fucking, you know, that's a. It's. That's a good little run right there to build off of.

[Dave]

You could even, like, you know, spring a break. When he went down there, he hosted. It could be Bosco break.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Like hosting a bunch of different, like, bikini contests and stuff.

[Dan]

The Dante role of, like, the old head.

[Rico Bosco]

You.

[Dan]

You will be in your. You'll be very, very good. You're. I mean, you're an entertaining guy on camera.

[Jack Mack]

Is the Dawn. Not on the. On the.

[Dave]

It's up to the Dawn. The dawn has not asked to go, so I'm not forcing him. Like, I sent out that. No, I sent that company email. I said, anybody interested, let me know.

[Dan]

He.

[Dave]

I haven't heard from him.

[Dan]

No chance.

[Dave]

Basically, the entire cast wanted to run it back, which is not going to happen.

[Dan]

No, you can't.

[Jack Mack]

But if he wants to go, I.

[Dave]

Think we'd let the dawn go.

[Dan]

He's good. Yeah. Don is good. Yeah. He definitely doesn't.

[Jack Mack]

Don Bosco. Rico.

[Dan]

Oh, fun. Okay. Any. Any other. Any other business. Anything else? I'll leave the Karaba stuff for unnamed.

[Rico Bosco]

Sure.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

What I'm afraid to ask anybody got anything Else, what do we got?

[Dan]

You're afraid to ask if anyone's got anything else.

[Rico Bosco]

Who knows? You never know the way this show is going.

[Dan]

Jackie, you got anything else?

[Jackie]

Sadly, I do not.

[Dan]

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[Dan]

Sorry. So Dave is in first 51%. I'm at 50.7, Rico's 42.6%. Ebo's in first and Bob Diako six and one. I'm five and two, Zupi's four and three, Hanks four and three, Rico's four and three. Jack Mack is three, three and one. Dave is two and five. I had a terrible week. I got fucking killed. I'm actually going to take a little step back this week. Go lighter card because I need. It was one of those weeks where I could not catch a single break a single game I needed. And so I'm taking my like little refresher week where it will be like 15 plays.

[Dave]

It's tough to watch that Auburn game and Georgia quarterback get yelled at for not sliding.

[Dan]

Yeah, that and then Auburn got so fucked. Fucked with the. They should have been up 17 nothing. I know everyone's talking. Everyone's talking about the timeout and the clap fumble was. Was so brutal. Indiana was insanely impressive.

[Rico Bosco]

That was really good.

[Dan]

And cry. They're really good. They could, they could, they could win the national title.

[Dave]

They're very good.

[Dan]

Yeah, I had that one.

[Dave]

I'm trying to think so if you're.

[Rico Bosco]

This is the kind of the question I had to like big picture. If you're making a pyramid teams right now in college football, Ohio State is at the top of the pyramid but I don't think the levels below are that much like it's really far between that next level. I also think there's a lot of teams in that 2, 3 level that are all really interchangeable. It's gonna be a very. If everything stays chaotic as it seems like it's gonna be a really, really entertaining playoff again, you know like I don't think Ohio State is. Their defense is unbelievable. I don't think they're head and shoulders above everybody. Maybe we don't know enough yet but like I, I don't know. There's a lot of just good teams. I think this playoff is going to be really entertaining.

[Dave]

You know, Ohio State you could argue hasn't played anybody but they, they in last week was their least impressive performance against Illinois. I don't know. I mean their clear one Indiana is very good. I still think Oregon could be heard from before this is said and done. And then I think you got a lot of teams just like what you're saying. I think the SEC is all very close and mushed together. You got Big Ten teams in the middle mushed together. Texas Tech, my. My top five. I think there's a clear top five. And then now will they stay that way. But the five teams that I would say are well deserving of the top five and then there's a gap is. And we never mentioned them. We don't know but we haven't mentioned yet. You have Ohio State, Miami, Indiana, Texas A and M and Texas Tech. Those are five teams to me that I think you can argue can beat anybody right now. Below that I don't think there's anyone.

[Dan]

I'd get. I'd get Alabama pretty close into there.

[Dave]

I'm not sold on them.

[Dan]

I think that everyone is, you know that week one got everyone off. Ty Simpson is so good.

[Dave]

That's my Heisman pick. I only put ten grand on it but. Well, I know that's a lot but not a lot for how much I bet but yeah, I Don't, I don't see it. I, I, I'm not crazy impressed by them. I mean, A M has been wildly impressive. They're undefeated, they're beating good teams, they're beating them easily. They beat Notre Dame. I think Notre Dame's gonna be in the playoffs. Yeah, I think they're gonna win out. And I think Notre Dame, tough to say with two losses, but Nordame I think can beat anybody.

[Dan]

So I, you know, by the way, I will push back a little. Ohio State like we, they have beaten, they bought, they beat Texas, they beat Washington. Washington is 6 and 1 or 5 and 1. And because they lost to Ohio State and the way they lost to Ohio State, everyone's like, Washington sucks. If Washington was in the SEC in 5 and 1, you know, they'd be ranked.

[Dave]

Well, I agree with that point. If you said if Washington put on Georgia colors or Alabama colors and was playing the same football, Tennessee, everyone would be blah, blah, blah. Yes, they lost badly to us. They fine. But they also were down. They came back. But they get whooped by Maryland for like almost the entire.

[Dan]

Yeah, they won, but they won.

[Dave]

Yeah, no, I listen, I think they're six point underdogs versus us this week, which I think is a bit big.

[Dan]

Yeah, I would agree. And then obviously James Franklin getting fired, that was crazy how fast that all unraveled. Like, I think we all knew it could unravel, but had the speed of which it went downhill.

[Rico Bosco]

Insane.

[Dave]

They're in overtime versus Oregon. They're going to be arguably the number one two team in the country. Favor for the national title. He's secure as can be. He's all wrapped up in his blankets, nice and toasty. And he's gone.

[Dan]

Right.

[Rico Bosco]

Dan, you know a little bit more about this. I was with Dave. Dave said this to the the buyout money is to protect the school from him taking a bigger job. And then it's also to protect and then it's counter, it protects the coach if he does get fired like that. Like, how did, like I'm with Dave, the buyout, the fact that buyouts get this crazy. I never fully understood how we got to this where there's $50 million buyouts.

[Dan]

Because every single time a big job comes open, the agents, mostly Jimmy Sexton call up and they say, hey, this guy's like, you saw last year when Saban retired or what two years ago, right? Saban retires, Jimmy Sexton calls up, he has, I don't know, 20 of the top coaches in the country. And he says, hey, My guys take about, take call from Alabama, we should probably rework the deal. And you know, it's, it's, the whole thing is, is, it's, it's nuts. There shouldn't be these buyouts, like, Right. They're nuts, but they're all scared of losing guys and then.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, I don't know.

[Dave]

I don't get how you can lose the guy in the contract though. That makes no sense to me.

[Dan]

Well, them leaving, how can they leave.

[Dave]

If they're under contract?

[Dan]

Right, but isn't there a buyout? Like if Penn State wants to hire Indiana? Isn't. Don't they have to buy out Indiana?

[Rico Bosco]

They got to pay Indiana the rest of that money.

[Dave]

Yes, yeah, but, but, but. All right, so let's say they want Signetti, he's under contract and Indiana just says, no, he's under contract. Why can Signetti leave for Penn State unless he has it written into his contract? I can break my. Like that seems illegal.

[Dan]

Like why you're saying. Yeah, no, I agree with that. I don't know, like in Major league.

[Dave]

Baseball or pro sports, if a guy's on a contract and the Patriots are like, I want that guy. That guy can't just be like, all right, I'm going to go. Like, I don't get it.

[Rico Bosco]

It's convoluted business.

[Dan]

Yeah, no, I agree with you. That doesn't really make much sense at all.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Dan]

And then, yeah, I don't, I could.

[Dave]

See Indiana being like, all right, we'll entertain it if you want to pay us hundreds of mil, whatever.

[Dan]

And.

[Dave]

But that's a negotiation. They're like, we'll let you. Why do you need it pre written. It seems like he can't leave. He signed a 10 year deal. He's with us for 10 years. You want him. Well, this is how much we take for him. You could be like nothing. You could be a billion dollars. But I don't know why it's like pre. Unless these coaches is more. I think these coaches. I don't know how we've gotten here, but it's just standard practice in this industry. That's what you do. Which seems insane. Like it's not with athletes. Like NFL, you cut a guy's gone.

[Dan]

Yeah. I guess the counter argument would be like you, I mean you wouldn't have that in the real world at all. Like where a contract is just like you can't get out of your contract ever.

[Dave]

Talent business. We do talent. Espn like.

[Dan]

Yeah, but they could leave.

[Dave]

Yeah, but you can't go to like a competitor.

[Dan]

Like, like are hard to.

[Dave]

Scott Van Pelt can't be like, Fox just offered me way more. I'm leaving espn, going to Fox.

[Dan]

But that does happen, does it not?

[Dave]

No, contracts end and they go it.

[Dan]

No non competes though are hard to like, aren't they hard to. To keep anyway.

[Dave]

I mean there's different. Different rule like rules on it, but in a talent, it doesn't happen.

[Dan]

Yeah. All right. Someone explaining to me online. I don't fully understand it either.

[Dave]

Like, even. Even we've talked to different. Like if we just want to be like, oh, we signed contract with this advertiser, they're offering us more. See, and we can't do that.

[Dan]

Yeah, right. See what you're saying. I was thinking more. Yeah. Contracts ending. But yeah, it is weird. The whole thing is weird how it all works and how much these guys are getting paid to not work. And it's. It's crazy. James Franklin, I don't know if you saw I offered him a $1 job on the cream.

[Dave]

I like that. Yeah.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Because he needs to. The supposedly he has to make an honest effort to go get work so they don't have to pay the contract or it would eat into what they're paying.

[Dan]

Right. So he's making. If he wants to make an honest effort, he can come and clean the. Clean the ice cream machine. I'll give him a shift. His shift is one day a year.

[Jack Mack]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I mean, the flip side is as much as we say it's awesome, I do think, like, I'd be happy. I think a lot of the things that drive these nutcase football coaches, like, they don't want to be fired. They don't. They don't want the money to like, go sit on their ass unless you're coach.

[Dan]

Oh, yeah. And also there is. And again, it's. It's, you know, $50 million for James Franklin. There is the other part of all of his assistants are most likely gonna get fired too. Those guys are not making $50 million. Those guys are making pennies.

[Dave]

I mean, how many assistants does he.

[Rico Bosco]

Have moved their families from Vanderbilt and yeah, that's where.

[Dan]

How many got a staff of like 30 or 40. Right. Like so, you know, like, you know, whether it be coaching staff, but also like personal assistants, guys, you know, some of my stay. But a lot of them will probably have to go find another job.

[Rico Bosco]

So one of my. One of my former college coaches is on that staff.

[Dave]

That explains a lot.

[Dan]

Oh, okay.

[Dave]

That's not nice, Dave.

[Dan]

But it was crazy. It was crazy. All right, should we. Should we. Should we do some games?

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan]

All right. Here we go. We have five ranked on ranked matchups this week. Great card. Dave, will. You'll be in Provo for the Holy War.

[Dave]

Holy War.

[Dan]

Are you. That's going to be awesome. That's going to be very exciting.

[Dave]

You know what? They. Fox did call. They're like, it was too late. It's like, they'll help pay for you guys to bring the whole show here. They want barstool here. The caveat. There's no swearing in the show.

[Dan]

No, no. Also very funny that, like, I. I am not going to sit. We're not going as a show. But I did. I wonder what the reaction is gonna be if you talk shit about Cosmo. I had some people mad.

[Dave]

Yeah, I think they take Cosmo, sir. I mean, listen there. I'm sure Cosmos gonna be a big part of the show. Cosmos a big part of what they do.

[Dan]

Yeah, yeah. You'll. You'll definitely be introduced to Cosmos.

[Dave]

Oh, 100%. I saw last year when they did the show. He was like. He.

[Rico Bosco]

He.

[Dave]

He was a center. Like, you know, they have those podiums. He was doing his thing on the podium.

[Dan]

Yeah. Yeah. It's crazy.

[Rico Bosco]

I did have one thing from last week, Dave, in terms of that big new. And that's what reminded me. You met the mop guy at Michigan.

[Dave]

I did.

[Rico Bosco]

Coach Church.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

How'd that go?

[Dave]

It's. He's like, I was the guy Rico's talking to when I. He was holding the mop. I go, you're that guy. He goes, yep. That was pretty much it.

[Rico Bosco]

All right.

[Dan]

It's a good combo.

[Rico Bosco]

Fair enough.

[Dan]

Combo. Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

I thought there was more. Austin text me. He's like, we met the mop guy. I was like, okay.

[Dave]

Yeah. He said, michigan will be top five preseason.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. I think they're being slept on, but they're very talented. They got a big one two weeks against St. John's no, that's not a big one. Scrimmage.

[Dave]

That's definitely not scrimmage.

[Rico Bosco]

I'm saying, like, in terms of. Yeah, like, it's. That's a good test.

[Dave]

Well, it's not a big one. A scrimmage, that. A scrimmage.

[Rico Bosco]

Well, it's a big test to see where you're at. When are you getting out to Provo? They got the. One of the best freshmen in the.

[Dave]

Country, kid, flying out Thursday night.

[Dan]

You want to see the basketball hoops? You want to see the court, kids?

[Rico Bosco]

Unbelievable. I'm Going to be number one in the draft next year.

[Dan]

You want to see the court, Dave? We can get you hooked up.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, yeah, Bosco, I'll make a call. Yes, I'll hunt down if you want to go to practice. I will hunt people that BYU is not right now in my circle, but I can get there.

[Dan]

Oh, all right, well you can do it for me. Yeah, let's get. She said, see what you can do with.

[Rico Bosco]

For him. All right.

[Dan]

Love that.

[Rico Bosco]

All right, work on it. I'll work on it Friday.

[Dave]

I'd like to meet this kid. He said number one kid in the draft.

[Rico Bosco]

He's going to be.

[Dave]

Yeah, he's a woman.

[Rico Bosco]

I say his name wrong. The bansta. He's. He went to high school in Utah.

[Dave]

What does that mean?

[Dan]

So you don't know the answer to the question. You just say I don't know.

[Dave]

I don't know.

[Dan]

Just say I don't know.

[Rico Bosco]

I don't know if he's. Well, listen Dan, if he. I'm narrowing it down. If he went to high school in Utah, he narrows it down a little bit. I don't know.

[Dave]

I would have said if he went Utah to byu, but there's a lot of non Mormons in Utah.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, that's true.

[Dan]

Just say the words. I don't know. I guess what it's okay to be to not know if the fucking number one pick is Mormon or not. I don't fucking know.

[Rico Bosco]

His first time at a Latter Day Sage church he tweeted was in May. So I don't know if that's.

[Dave]

That would seem like no then.

[Rico Bosco]

Right.

[Dave]

Can you set up a one on one for this kid?

[Rico Bosco]

For me? I don't know if I could set up a one on one.

[Dan]

Why not?

[Rico Bosco]

But I mean he. I don't know his schedule. I don't know the practice time. I don't know if they're traveling for a scrimmage. I will work on it. That's what I can do. I will work on it.

[Jack Mack]

I can help you, Rico.

[Rico Bosco]

He grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts. You guys love to talk about.

[Jack Mack]

Yes, I can. I can help you.

[Rico Bosco]

St. Sebastian School.

[Dave]

You know him? You know man.

[Jack Mack]

No, but I, I can help. I think I can get to someone that does pretty, pretty, pretty easily.

[Dave]

Who? I don't.

[Jack Mack]

I'm gonna give him my her reveal. Sources know him though.

[Rico Bosco]

That's good.

[Dave]

I know.

[Jack Mack]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Donnie. Donnie.

[Dan]

No, no way.

[Rico Bosco]

He.

[Dan]

He went to. Yeah, he went to high school in Utah for one year.

[Rico Bosco]

Right.

[Dan]

So I knew he's probably not More me. Probably.

[Rico Bosco]

Probably not.

[Dan]

Yeah. BYU probably gave him the most money. Yeah, they have crazy money now.

[Rico Bosco]

They got money. Yeah, they're gonna be very good.

[Jack Mack]

It's a big Mormon community in Brockton, though.

[Rico Bosco]

For real. Shows off the rails.

[Dan]

Okay. All right, here we go. So you're gonna set that up.

[Rico Bosco]

So I am going to work on that. And I know Jack's probably got a fucking hard on back there being like.

[Dan]

Wait till this falls through.

[Rico Bosco]

I said I will do my best to work on the meeting.

[Jackie]

No scrimmage this weekend, so he's open.

[Rico Bosco]

Okay.

[Dan]

Dave, congratulations.

[Dave]

Pizza review.

[Dan]

Oh, love that. Dave, congratulations.

[Dave]

I'll take him on pizza review.

[Dan]

On doing a pizza review with the future number one pick.

[Dave]

Thank you.

[Dan]

Yeah, that's huge. Okay, LSU of Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt minus two and a half over under 48 and a half. Who wants to start?

[Dave]

I think Vanderbilt's almost the class of the acc outside A and M. I was impressed with the way they played against Bama. I think they bounced back in this game. I love Vanderbilt here. Love, love, love, love, love.

[Dan]

Okay, I'm gonna take Vanderbilt as well, -2 and a half. I'm also gonna take the over 48 and a half. I don't think Vanderbilt can. I think finally LSU will be able to throw the ball a little bit against the Vanderbilt defense. That can be thrown on a little bit. Rico.

[Rico Bosco]

I like Vanderbilt as well. I thought Brandon had a decent point. Like Pavia could still get back into that Heisman take. I don't love lsu. I like Vanderbilt. I'm taking Vanderbilt at home here, minus the two and a half.

[Dan]

Okay, Ole Miss. Georgia. Georgia minus seven half over under 54 and a half.

[Dave]

Also, I was going to sleep on how bad Ole Miss last week. Let's not sleep on how bad ole miss was 33 point favorites against Mississippi State. They squeaked by that game and that's why point with the entire sec. That. Yeah, I know. You had to look ahead. I have no idea what's going to happen. You guys go first. I'll listen. But I have no. I. I'm not. I don't know.

[Dan]

Yeah, I. Okay. So I saw last week coming also Lane calling out the student section. I was like, oh, wow, this is a fiery take. Like calling out your own student section. Then I saw some of the videos of the student section. He was right. That's like these are the type of games that Ole Miss trips up. You know what I mean? Like they've so. So that's how I'm viewing it, Dave. As bad as Last week was in the past. Like last year against Kentucky. They lose the game. They actually won this time. So it was bad, but they won. I'm just not. I don't know if Georgia. Georgia's good. Georgia's not. Georgia great. Seven and a half. It feels like a lot. And Georgia doesn't scare me to like blow anyone out. So I'm going to take Ole Miss. That's just. I just don't think Georgia has that like absolutely pound you level that they've had in the past. I think.

[Rico Bosco]

I don't. I think you're right on that sense, Dan. Georgia's not vintage Georgia.

[Dan]

Right.

[Rico Bosco]

I still think we talk about that pyramid. Maybe people are saying again because it's not as shiny as years past. Georgia, I still think is pretty good. Lost to a really good Alabama team. I want to take Georgia on the side here. I agree with you. It's a ton of points. I'm going to take the under. I still believe in Georgia's defense and that unit has been playing pretty well. I'm going to take the under. I think Georgia wins the game. I'm not confident enough to lay the number. I'm going to take Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Missouri, Mississippi, under.

[Dave]

I'm going to take Georgia, but I don't. I'm not going to bet this in real life. I just. I'm not that old Miss. I know what you're saying. Kentucky, but like Washington State to me is one of the worst things in college football. So I don't get that last game at all. I know it's a look ahead, but that was, that was eye opening. I'm going to take Georgia.

[Dan]

Yeah, just one of those things. Like I expected it. So it didn't. It wasn't as eye opening, although I didn't expect them. I mean, losing outright would have been really bad. Washington 34.

[Rico Bosco]

They were laying 34 in that game.

[Dave]

Give you an idea. Penn state, Northwestern was 21. Penn State, UCLA was 24. They were 33, 34 point favorites, by the way.

[Dan]

Washington State, I just want to say they're not. I think you might be confusing Washington State with Oregon State.

[Dave]

No, I don't think I am, dan.

[Dan]

Washington state's 3 and 3. They're not. They're bad. But like Oregon State is the team in those two. That is. They just fired their coach. They're non competitive. They're losing by 60.

[Dave]

Non competitive. The. They lost to Washington 59 to 24. They. They lost in North Texas 59 to 10.

[Dan]

Right. But if you watch that Washington. Washington State game. Washington scored 28 points in the. In the fourth quarter. That was a little bit closer because I remember. I think I've had Washington in that game. And it was like, what's going on here?

[Dave]

42 to 3 at halftime is awesome.

[Dan]

Well, they got squished by South Florida. Yeah. And their offense is awesome.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. Wazoo's in the team picture of worst Power 4 teams, though. Without a doubt, I think. Are they Oklahoma State?

[Dan]

Are they four anymore?

[Rico Bosco]

They're not. Oh, yeah, you're right. I always lump them in. You're right. I apologize.

[Dan]

It's okay. Wisconsin's in that category.

[Dave]

Yes.

[Rico Bosco]

Oklahoma State.

[Dan]

I had to go fight with a chancellor.

[Rico Bosco]

Now.

[Dan]

I don't even know this. Who this woman is.

[Rico Bosco]

I think West Virginia is down there, too, obviously.

[Dan]

Yelling at her all the time. She doesn't care about. She's like, what was. Actually, I don't want to get him in trouble because I think his lawsuit's doing okay. What do you say? An anti anti football pussy.

[Dave]

That's the chancellor.

[Dan]

No, I. That's what. I'm saying my own words. But we have a friend who might have used that words before.

[Dave]

Yeah, I know.

[Rico Bosco]

The friend is.

[Dave]

Who are you talking about?

[Dan]

The. The. I'm saying that you. The Wisconsin chancellor is a.

[Dave]

Is an anti anti football pussy.

[Dan]

Yeah. Yeah, I think so. I think she is. Can you call a woman a pussy?

[Dave]

Yes.

[Dan]

Okay, so there it is. I just did a quote.

[Dave]

You're using a quote.

[Dan]

I'm using a quote.

[Dave]

I'm.

[Dan]

You. I'm merely using a quote, people.

[Dave]

That's a quote.

[Dan]

That was just a quote. Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

All right.

[Dan]

What. What? Next game. Next game. Next game. Tennessee. Alabama. What a card, boys. What a Saturday. Doesn't it feel like we have. Maybe it's because of the College Football Playoff and there's just always elimination games, but it feels like every Saturday has been loaded. Tennessee at Alabama. Alabama minus eight and a half over under 50. Eight and a half. Dave, I'll start with you.

[Dave]

I'm taking the points. I'm taking Tennessee, and I'm taking the over. I listen again, I've said it like 10 times. I have Ty Simpson when the Heisman. So I was all over that 20 to 1. But I am not sold in Alabama. And I continue to say, I think the SEC has a lot of teams that are very similar. I think Tennessee gives them a good game here. So I'll take. I'll take the points.

[Dan]

I'm. I'm not. I'm a little more sold On Alabama than you are. I just. Eight and a half is so many points. That feels like. And but what hasn't sold you on Alabama is just Florida State because I actually thought the fact that they beat Vandy and Mizzou.

[Dave]

I don't think Mizzou is any good. And then. And Vandy it like to me all the shit that Diego Pavia talked and Vanderbilt beat him last year and then Vanderbilt goes into Alabama and could have beat them if they didn't fumble inside the five and throw an interception. To me that's a ringing. That is means Alabama is just like everybody else now in the SEC. Old Alabama wins that game by 100. They could have lost.

[Dan]

Okay. But here's, here's be my counterpoint. Obviously they're not old Alabama. I'm not, I'm not saying they are. Saban Death Star Alabama last year was very similar where they beat Georgia, you know, in. That was actually at Alabama. Right. That Georgia Alabama game last year they beat Georgia and then they. The next week they fall flat on their face against Vanderbilt or it might have been the week after this year Alabama beats Georgia. So we knew they could get up for Georgia because they always get up for Georgia. Then they take care of business against Vandy, take care of business at Mizzou on the road. So they're not Death Star. But I do think what they've done their body of work in the last three weeks. They're making the steps back towards that. And it's not like last year where they would have a big win and then they would go lose to Oklahoma on the road.

[Dave]

Yeah, I just think they're very beatable.

[Dan]

The one thing that makes me nervous about Tennessee is they. I don't know if you guys saw any of that Arkansas, Tennessee game. I was watching back some of it and they got gassed on the ground.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Dan]

240 yards.

[Dave]

Yeah. I was with Big T. It could have been a little bit of a look ahead.

[Dan]

Could have been. But remember Tennessee the week before that went to Mississippi State and that was a very tight game. So Tennessee's been a little. I don't know, they've been a little shaky. Eight and a half though. Fucking kills me. I'm going to take the over in this game.

[Rico Bosco]

Taking the overall points.

[Dan]

Yeah. Over I lean Alabama. If I, if I had, if I had gun to head. Utah, BYU. Dave, your game. Holy war. BYU is plus three and a half over under 49 and a half.

[Dave]

I'm taking BYU, but I don't love the game. I Won't touch it. I'm just taking it strictly because the game is at byu.

[Dan]

Yeah, I'm going to take byu, too. I hate. I hate having to bet on a Bach Meyer in a big game and he wears 47. But it's at BYU. This just feels like one of those games you just take the home team, doesn't it?

[Dave]

That's what I'm doing. Yes.

[Dan]

I don't know if they're.

[Dave]

Utah. Very excited to see the hatred in this rivalry.

[Dan]

Yeah. Because it seems. It's real and it seems like it's hatred, but it's also maybe a little classy hatred.

[Dave]

No, I don't know that it is.

[Dan]

Well, they don't swear.

[Dave]

I think they're gonna swear. I'll keep you posted on if I hear swears.

[Dan]

I'd like to know how many.

[Dave]

I don't think they publicly swear, but I think they very much swear.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Dave]

Yeah, I'll keep you. I may get like a little, like, umpire counter thing. Just every time I hear a swear.

[Dan]

Yep.

[Dave]

Click. I'll come back with how many swears I heard.

[Dan]

Because if you text me at like, you know, I don't know, like 10am and you're like, hey, I've heard like 20 swears. I might. I might up my bet on BYU.

[Dave]

I'm going to get a counter. I think I'm going to hear swears.

[Dan]

It's going to be a swear game for me. It's going to. That's going to decide.

[Dave]

I'll report back.

[Dan]

Okay, what's your pick here? You're taking Utah.

[Rico Bosco]

Utah. Stanford Riders taking Utah.

[Dan]

Okay, last game. USC at Notre Dame. This is an elimination game. USC still has some games ahead of them, so they could, you know, there could be a world where USC wins this game and both these teams don't go to the point. We were looking at.

[Rico Bosco]

We were looking at this. Yeah. Usc, if they get through Notre Dame, which is a tough ask on the road, obviously eight and a half or whatever. It's at seven and a half now. Eight and a half. Nebraska at Nebraska. Not, you know, can't throw your clicks on the field and win Northwestern, Iowa, and then it gets you to. At Oregon and then ucla, who's playing better. But, like, USC is going to be in the mix if they get past Notre Dame here, too.

[Dan]

Dan.

[Rico Bosco]

As well.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

As much as USC could still lose.

[Dave]

This game and went out and they'd go.

[Dan]

Yes, yes. No, Dave's right.

[Rico Bosco]

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

[Dan]

No, no.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. They would have one Big Ten Loss. Yes.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan]

The reason why I said this is an elimination game, and you're right, Dave, is that Notre dame. It is 100%.

[Dave]

Notre Dame's gonna win or else this.

[Rico Bosco]

Is their only win left. This is the only time to get a showcase win.

[Dave]

Right. You don't have to yell at us. That's what we just said.

[Dan]

Yeah, we just said that. I. I think it is an elimination game for USC as well, because I do not think that USC is going to run the table after this game. I think they will. I think they will probably. They have to go at Nebraska and at Oregon.

[Dave]

They'd be. They'd be in a Michigan situation like Michigan. Michigan runs the table. They're still in. It's just unlikely, seeing what we've seen, that they will run the table, Cor.

[Dan]

So I think it's more like usc, I'm assuming, is not going to run the table. They're going to lose to one of Nebraska or Oregon. So in that, in that respect, it is an elimination game because if they win this game, they can lose to Nebraska and Oregon and still be.

[Dave]

I was putting a lot of respect on Nebraska's name. I'll say that.

[Dan]

I listen.

[Dave]

Nebraska hasn't beaten a ranked team in 100 years.

[Dan]

Cincinnati's pretty good. I agree. Nebraska's kind of. They're looking. Nebraska is a control your own destiny team.

[Dave]

Yeah. And Michigan smashed them.

[Rico Bosco]

But they got some distractions with rule, though.

[Dan]

But they have to play. They have to play at Nebraska. And that you.

[Dave]

I did text. I texted Will to be like, why is your coach leaving? He said he don't think he's leaving, but there are tornado sirens going off in Lincoln.

[Dan]

No. Oh, no.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Am I crazy to kind of want James Franklin at Wisconsin.

[Dave]

Now? That's a great question.

[Dan]

Jason. My pick, by the way. That's my official endorsement pick.

[Dave]

I'm surprised you're not. He just never do it. Like, if you said, my guy leaves, Sharon's fired. I would want Dillingham.

[Dan]

Oh, I would definitely want Dillingham. But Dillingham to me, seems like a type of guy who. He's, you know, from Arizona, he's Arizona State. Like, he, he is committed to building Arizona State.

[Dave]

You don't. I think I could pull him out of there.

[Rico Bosco]

To Michigan.

[Dan]

Yeah. I mean, I would love Dillingham. That I didn't even.

[Dave]

Maybe he wouldn't go to Wisconsin. No offense, but like Michigan premier.

[Dan]

No offense taken. I. I know exactly where I stand.

[Rico Bosco]

And he'd have this quarterback for another. What Two years.

[Dan]

Listen, he.

[Dave]

That. Well, that's the thing, though. We were talking about this the other day in today's nil, and this is what Signetti did. Signetti took his JMU team, which is also. Is instantly good and it helps moving forward. But you assume if Dillingham left, he'd take the quarterback wherever he goes. Levitt. And then they're instantly good. So that's the crazy part when the. When you take a coach, really, if you're looking at a new coach, you should look at their team too. It's like, all right, who can you take with me? Because if you are instantly successful, that helps you then get recruits and stay successful.

[Dan]

Yeah, no, I agree. I. Listen, I'm. I am. I'm realistic about Wisconsin. I am trying to. I'm trying to scratch and claw for Wisconsin to get back to a Tier 2 Big Ten team. That's our ceiling. So that's why.

[Dave]

Yeah. So then I think James Franklin would be a good.

[Rico Bosco]

Great.

[Dan]

Yeah, you told me. He wins the games he's supposed to win and we go. We win nine games. I'd sign up today.

[Dave]

There's nothing in that contract, huh? That's like you can just go right. You get fired. Go right to another Big Ten team.

[Dan]

I don't.

[Dave]

I wonder if you forfeit everything.

[Dan]

I don't. I don't know. I don't know. I am, though. Jason Eck, NM, he's a Badger.

[Dave]

He's got juice.

[Dan]

I love that guy. I think they need to go with someone who understands Wisconsin and has some juice. You know what I mean?

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Yeah. Okay, so Notre Dame, usc. I'll just say because Dave said his. My mortal is going to be the over in this game. 61 and a half. I don't over.

[Dave]

You love modeling.

[Dan]

I love it. Well, I. I got off it and I've lost. The winner in this game, I think has scored 30 plus points like 9 out of 10 years.

[Rico Bosco]

You know, they're talking about end in this. I just read an article today. There's like possibility this. This ends.

[Dan]

They're not okay. Well, I would be shocked. It would have to be from usc.

[Dave]

Notre Dame.

[Dan]

Is Notre Dame going to end it?

[Rico Bosco]

I will. I'm taking USC plus the eight and a half. I am higher on USC than people think.

[Dan]

Do you know Notre Dame's tradition with the Stanford, USC thing? They always. So they set that up so that every year Notre Dame alum and the team can go to California like right before Thanksgiving. So they do it. It's either Stanford at home early in the year, USC later in the year, or USC at home early in the year, Stanford later in the year. So I would be shocked.

[Rico Bosco]

The article says there is a feeling of. For bonding surrounding this game. However, voting for bonding for foreboding. Yeah, you're right.

[Dan]

For bonding would be like, they're even getting closer. Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. There is a feeling of foreboding surrounding this game, however, as there aren't any more Trojan Irish games scheduled moving forward, so. And. But the series is now in danger because of. Well, I don't really know, actually. So based on. Unless this guy's full of shit. I did read that today because it popped on my timeline. It was like, 10 USC, Notre Dame games. That shaped the history. My dad, obviously, growing up, talked about that. The 55 points in a row, the green jersey game with the Trojan horse. I was in college with friends rooting for Notre Dame and the Bush push. Like, you know. Yeah, it's. It's. I read it all, obviously, but now they're saying it might not, so.

[Dan]

That would shock me. That one would shock me. I'm not saying you didn't. You don't have.

[Rico Bosco]

That would be. That would suck.

[Dan]

That would shock me. Shock, suck. All right, what do you got?

[Dave]

In this game, I actually had the over as well. Also shout out. I don't know how many times it's hit in a row now, but Caitlin Clark gave me, like, in week two. I'm like, we were just talking best. She's like, I just bet Jeremiah Love to score two TDs every game. He scores two TDs every single day.

[Dan]

Yeah, he's awesome. He's awesome. Did you guys see, by the way, people getting mad because Caitlin Clark being a Cubs fan makes sense From Iowa.

[Dave]

But he wouldn't put on the.

[Dan]

Yeah, she wouldn't put on the Tyrese Halliburton. But do you. Do you guys know the story?

[Rico Bosco]

No.

[Dan]

Tyrese Halliburton.

[Dave]

Oh, I thought you meant she was.

[Dan]

She what?

[Dave]

She went to a game, they gave her a jersey, and because she was a cheat, a cult. She wouldn't put on a cult.

[Dan]

That. That she did. But then Tyrese Halbern. So they were showing, like, you know, Tyrus Halberton rooting for the Cubs, too. And I guess. I don't know if this is exact fact, but the story goes that Tyrese Halliburton was supposed to throw out the first pitch at a Brewers game, and then he eliminated the Bucks and they canceled it. So he's like, fuck you guys. Which Is very funny. Very funny. Wait, what was your pick in this game, Rico?

[Rico Bosco]

I like usc. A lot of points. I think it's gonna be high score. I think just I'm take usc.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

And to that point of everybody saying Notre Dame runs the table, I think go contrarian. I like USC to be in the mix to that Oregon game down the road. We'll see.

[Dan]

But okay, let's do cards. By the way, Rico, can we be done with Iowa State? I called that correctly. I got in your hole. But you've been chasing.

[Rico Bosco]

Stupid, stupid. And then I lost the Prop of the year the next day.

[Dan]

Bro, you had prop of the Year?

[Rico Bosco]

I texted you about it. Yeah, Dobbins, I missed that.

[Dan]

Jerry fucked me so bad on Sunday. I. No one's ever fucked fucked me worse. He got a tip from a guy who's been asking for a job for like five years and who's already given.

[Dave]

Us a bad tip.

[Dan]

Yeah, and. And pretended like it was. He didn't tell me who it was. I found out later who it was, but he pretended that it was like some insider tip. That was incredible. And I just. Just buried me.

[Rico Bosco]

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[Dan]

Okay. Rico card?

[Rico Bosco]

Sure. South Carolina plus the five and a half. I think they can win the game outright. I'm going to take Ohio State first half minus 14 and a half and the over in the game, 40 and a half.

[Dan]

Okay, so can I say one thing about this game? And I listen, I'm not, I'm not saying bet Wisconsin. You'd be fucking a moron to bet Wisconsin. The one thing I would make me nervous about betting Ohio State in this game is I do think Ryan Day and Luke Fickle are friends. So I do think there might be an element of. I'm not going to rub his nose into it when he's about to get fired. That's all I'm going to say. There could be an Ohio State running out the clock situation. We don't. But first half is different. First half is.

[Rico Bosco]

Well, I took first half. I did like the game over. Dan to be. I mean, I think Ohio State's going to get some short fields unfortunately. Like of course, with your offense.

[Dave]

Like.

[Rico Bosco]

And at that point he's doing an injustice to his kids. He's got to run a play. No, like if they start on the 46, he's got to run.

[Dan]

I saw a stat. Wisconsin's quarterback had a 0.8 passer rating against Iowa. If you just drop back and throw the ball in the dirt 20 times, that's like a point two or something. It's, it's. It was crazy. It was crazy.

[Dave]

So I had that Iowa Wisconsin in like you said, bet and scared. Dan, when we were talking, I had it in for Iowa and I didn't do it because I'm betting scared.

[Dan]

I'm the most scared better there is in America right now. It's.

[Dave]

Can't win that and scared.

[Dan]

And that's all I'm doing every night. I'm like, oh, I gotta, I gotta win these. And then it's like something goes wrong. It's like, I gotta get it.

[Dave]

I did put 50. Did put 50 grand on the pass on the Super Bowl.

[Dan]

And they're gonna be in the playoffs.

[Dave]

The 35 to 1.

[Dan]

They're definitely gonna be in the playoffs. Okay, so Rico, go ahead with your card.

[Rico Bosco]

Sure. Georgia Ole Miss under Wyoming Air Force over a and M -7 and a half against Arkansas. I think they could pound them. Memphis UAB over 63 and a half. I wanted to add Memphis. It's a clear look ahead for Memphis. UAB just fired their coach. I still think Memphis pounds them, but I'm going to take the over 63 and a half. USC plus eight and a half. Utah minus three and a half. Vandy minus two and a half. And you want the mortal now?

[Dan]

No, let's wait. I'm going. Like I said, I'm going short cards. So I'll add a couple. But everything that we've said so far. And then I'm going to take UNLV Boise over 62 and a half and Texas Tech minus nine and a half. I'm scared. I gotta. I gotta limit my plays this weekend to try to get back on track.

[Dave]

Dave, this card scares me a little because I have a lot of overs and to me that just means you have a big square block on your head. But I'll start Minnesota plus eight and a half at home against Nebraska. I keep betting against the brows. I keep winning. They keep are too big of favorites every week. They're not very good in my mind. So I think this is a close game. Vandy minus two and a half. LSU is the first. I already told you, it's my mortal. I love vandy here. Northwestern - three and a half at home against Purdue. Indiana -27 and a half at home against Michigan State. I think. I think Indiana is like those old college teams like Cade McNow and UCLA at home. They may win by 50 every week. A&M Arkansas over 6111 half. Maryland, UCLA over 521 half. Iowa at home minus 21 half against Penn State. I do not think Penn State rallies the ships here. They got no quarterback.

[Dan]

Who's the. Who's the interim?

[Dave]

I don't know.

[Dan]

How fat is he?

[Dave]

That's a good question.

[Dan]

I'm gonna look it up.

[Dave]

Let me know again. USC, Nordheim over 61 and a half. Tennessee plus seven and a half or eight and a half, whatever it is. Over 58 and a half in that game. Syracuse, Pitt over 55 and a half. Missouri, Auburn plus one half at home against Missouri. Auburn's been people saying Hugh freeze on a hot seat. That's bullshit. He's just had horrible luck this year. The team's not that bad.

[Rico Bosco]

You're good.

[Dan]

He's in shape.

[Dave]

Oh, great. Stanford plus 17 and a half at home against Florida State over 53 and a half.

[Dan]

Okay, let's do mortals good show. A lot of ball talk on this show.

[Jack Mack]

Hank taking Wisconsin.

[Dave]

Oh, wow.

[Dan]

Plus 25 and a half. Yeah, for that reason I heard.

[Jack Mack]

Yeah, I heard Fickle and Ryan Day are friends. So.

[Dan]

Yeah, I mean I, I just. Listen. There's a world where they could try to take the foot off the gas and still cover the spread. That's the only thing that makes me Wisconsin is that bad. But I do think there's going to be. They're not going to try to run it up on them. It's a ballsy pick. Ballsy pick. Zupy.

[Rico Bosco]

Texas 12 1/2 at Kentucky.

[Dan]

Okay. You nailed that game, by the way. Dave. I was way off.

[Dave]

Texas, Oklahoma.

[Dan]

Matier shouldn't have come back.

[Rico Bosco]

He's not healthy.

[Dan]

No, like, you could just see the way he was throwing the ball. It just. He rushed back.

[Rico Bosco]

They close five. Five games through the rest of the way. Evo, Louisville plus 13 and a half.

[Dan]

Add that to my card.

[Rico Bosco]

That's a Friday nighter.

[Jack Mack]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

At Miami.

[Jackie]

I'll take Duke minus one and a half.

[Dan]

Duke minus one and a half. Oh, by the way, add California minus 10 to my card. UNC has to go all the way to the west coast. Late game. That's. That's a question.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, I was looking at that and love Cal's offense the past couple of weeks.

[Dan]

Yeah, well, I don't like anything about.

[Rico Bosco]

About UNC.

[Dan]

Yeah, yeah. Also, also add Clemson -10 to my card. I. Clemson's starting to do the thing where they're just starting to get.

[Dave]

They get.

[Rico Bosco]

Okay.

[Dave]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dan]

And they're like under the radar. Like, oh, Clemson's just killing teams.

[Dave]

That happens all the time. Things that start slow turn around and you gotta. You gotta. You gotta be on it.

[Dan]

Yeah. You forget. You forget that they exist almost. And then you're like, oh, I had them against unc. I didn't have them last week. I should have of who they killed last week.

[Dave]

I mean, it's tough to tell UNC just maybe such a show, but.

[Dan]

Yeah. Oh, no, I think they killed BC last week. Did they kill BC last? They did.

[Dave]

They beat BC like a drum last night. BC is terrible too.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Jackie]

Jack already went Duke minus one and a half.

[Dan]

Dave, you have your mortar is Vandy. Mine is over in usc. Notre Dame. Rico, finish us off.

[Rico Bosco]

I'm going to take UNLV Boise. Over 62 and a half.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Dave]

All right.

[Rico Bosco]

Well, bonus show you what? Call my wife.

[Dan]

Hello.

[Rico Bosco]

Hey, sweetheart, you're live.

[Dan]

Okay. Hi.

[Rico Bosco]

Dave gave me the opportunity to be on what they're calling Spring break House.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

In February. So he thinks I'll be good. There's possibly a cash prize. So I'm like, you know, I'll be away for a week in like either Key west or Cancun or something like that in February.

[Dan]

Okay. All right. I mean, what do you want me to say?

[Dave]

You know what I'm gonna say, but it's fine.

[Rico Bosco]

Well, what are you gonna say? I don't know.

[Dave]

What am I gonna do?

[Dan]

Teach and watch our children by myself.

[Dave]

While you're in key west with 21 year olds.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. So that's. Sorry, that's the breaks.

[Dan]

Does it. Okay, that's. It's not. Not fair, but okay.

[Rico Bosco]

All right. Thanks, Dave. No, we'll figure it out. All right, I'll see you later.

[Dave]

Hey.

[Jackie]

All right.

[Dave]

This is an improvement. I can't believe we're having your wife. Now, as your wife, what does your wife do for work?

[Rico Bosco]

Teacher.

[Dave]

Would she be interested in a job? Imagine couple therapy. Boss going his wife as a show.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, let's keep that one.

[Dave]

I bet I'd pay more than a teacher.

[Dan]

I would guarantee you would.

[Rico Bosco]

Okay.

[Dave]

Couples therapy. Imagine that show.

[Rico Bosco]

Where did that come from?

[Dave]

It came from you calling her live on the show.

[Rico Bosco]

You get a call in the middle of the day, somebody's gonna go away for a week. Like.

[Dave]

No, I mean, you just added her to the show. You didn't have to do that. You just added her to the show. Content out of your wife, that's. That's a lot for somebody. You couldn't say his government name. Now you're calling your wife on the show live.

[Rico Bosco]

I thought it'd be a good reaction. It's pretty funny.

[Dave]

Yeah. So, couples therapy.

[Dan]

Incredible. Bosco. New Bosco.

[Dave]

A double or salary?

[Dan]

When's Bosco Industries episode two coming out?

[Rico Bosco]

This week.

[Dan]

All right.

[Dave]

What'd your head just pop up? How much does a teacher make? Can't make a ton. Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

They do pretty well. You said double her salary.

[Dave]

I. If I haven't, I have an idea of what it could be. Couples therapy podcast. That would be unbelievable.

[Dan]

Oh, double. Could she get. Could she get a contract, though? That's not year to year.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, that'd have to be like a 10.

[Dave]

If we double the salary now, the contract becomes void if this podcast skips a week, but couples therapy, I may even.

[Dan]

Maybe even.

[Dave]

I'm like the therapist.

[Dan]

Oh, imagine you two on a couch.

[Jack Mack]

It's not worth it, Rico.

[Dave]

Why, that would be a bonanza.

[Rico Bosco]

Just says this. Real joke, right? Nope, it's real.

[Dan]

Imagine. Oh, no, I'm just saying she thought spring break was a joke.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, no, that's.

[Dave]

Wait till she hears this next offer on the table.

[Dan]

Ten years. Bosco's fighting, scratching and clawing for year to year. His wife's on a ten year deal.

[Rico Bosco]

Hey, listen, she never had any fatal mistakes.

[Dan]

Oh, man. Love it. All right. Good show, boys.

[Dave]

All right, Couples therapy featuring the Bosco's.