RICO BOSCO THREATENS DAVE PORTNOY | PICK EM WEEK 4

Summary

Barstool Pick Em – Week 4 (Sept 17, 2025)

Episode: "RICO BOSCO THREATENS DAVE PORTNOY"

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Episode Overview

This week’s episode dives into the ongoing chaos of college football gambling with Barstool icons Dan "Big Cat" Katz, Dave "El Pres" Portnoy, and Rico Bosco. The trio recap last week’s picks (most of which were terrible), needle each other about personal and professional drama, dissect trends in both Barstool office dynamics and college football, and offer up this week’s picks—mortal locks included. The show hits the news cycle with some talk on Barstool’s internal changes, the wild Texas Tech Viceroy saga, Dave’s quest to optimize the new Barstool lineup, and plenty of classic panel banter. As always, expect roasts, inside jokes, cliches, and questionable gambling wisdom.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Recap of Last Week & Gambling Misery (02:27 – 04:03)

• Dave: Claims he did "kind of good real life, but oh-and-seven in NFL".
• Dan: Admits, "I just can't win in the NFL right now" (02:45), foreshadowing the picks carnage.
• Rico: A bad week continues. Records: Dave 23–18, Dan 48–48–2, Rico 14–26.
• They joke about Dave "squeezing out" Rico's picks, causing his record to tank.

2. Drama Over Rico's Family at Pizza Fest (05:17 – 07:50)

• Dave is agitated that Rico brought his family to Pizza Fest:
  • Dave: “He brought his family in, which I thought was bullshit, if we're being honest.” (05:22)
  • He jokes about not wanting to see Rico as a 'real guy' and how it messes with his ‘hitman’ mentality.
• Dan: Equates it to coaches bringing families to postgame pressers.
• Dave: “A dirt bag move by Bosco… To be with your family... in front of Dave’s face.”
• Rico claims his wife wanted to meet Dave and Dan, and “there was no sympathy… it was just hello.”
• Dan: “Meeting your wife, just knowing what you’ve said about us… have to be off the charts.”
• They laugh about Barstool security intervening, and debate if human shields are being used.

3. On-air Friend Betrayal: The "Fake F***" Incident (08:07 – 09:03)

• Dan accuses Rico of celebrating a touchdown, then pretending to commiserate.
• Dan: “Just don’t fake fuck me.” (08:58)
• Dave: “You 100% did NOT put the friendship above the paycheck.” (09:03)
• Rico admits to putting bets before friendship but pretends otherwise.

4. Show Changes & Bosco Benching (10:46 – 17:19)

• Dave contemplates rotating the lineup after last week’s positive show without Rico.
• Dave: “I'm going to figure out what I think works… If that means Bosco goes on the pine, he goes on the pine.” (11:19)
• Dave reflects on different hosting styles (wants ‘Stockton’ not ‘Iverson’), gauges T-Bob’s fit, and references TV analytics for building the best lineup.
• Rico: Takes it in stride: “What’s good for Barstool is not always the best for you… We got a deep, deep lineup.” (13:56)
• All acknowledge basketball season may see a different pecking order.

5. Office Migrations & the “Transfer Portal” (14:50 – 16:24)

• Dan and Dave roast Rico for referring to job moves as being “in the transfer portal.”
• Dave: "You're in the same company!" (15:23)
• Dan: Playfully suggests Rico’s always threatening a move for leverage.

6. Utah Viceroy Fiasco & Social Media Policy Rant (21:28 – 25:07)

• They dissect the Texas Tech Barstool Viceroy’s (student rep) Twitter meltdown.
• Dave: “That kid's the worst from Texas Tech.” (21:28)
• Explains brand account policy: No personal opinions/takes.
• Dan: “You shouldn’t be tweeting your personal opinion from a brand account. Anything.” (22:13)
• The group jokes that prior Texas Tech reps were ‘rats’ (Rico), and Dan points out Rico’s tendency to trust random fans too quickly.

7. Deep Dive: College Football TV Rights Draft (34:09 – 36:17)

• Dave and Dan discuss the Big Ten TV rights “draft” among networks, which determines who broadcasts which games.
• Dave: “I would love to see a televised draft… walk to the podium.” (35:02)
• Detailed explanation on how picks play out (“Fox gets the first three”).
• Rico notes it’s risky: “You could get a game in the middle of October… somebody shits the bed, and you’re stuck with it.” (35:44)

8. Featured Game Picks & Degenerate Analysis (20:29 onward)

• Each game preview blends legitimate stats with classic cliches and roasts.

Utah vs Texas Tech (21:28 – 27:22)

• Picks: All three on Utah -3.
• Main factor: Home-field advantage, Texas Tech off-field drama.
• Rico: “The key here is they got to turn them over… Texas Tech’s quarterback 11 TDs, 1 INT.” (26:37)
• Dave (mocking): “Keys to the game from Bosco: win the turnover battle. That is some big time analysis.” (27:22)

Illinois at Indiana (27:58 – 34:09)

• Dan: Indiana -4.5; Rico: Indiana & Under; Dave: Illinois
• Goofy side debate about Rico’s D3 football “career” at Nichols College.
  • Rico: “You never had leadership in a locker room in Division 3 football. Six tackles, MIT, one INT against Endicott. Huge win on the road.” (28:57)
  • Dave: “Anybody could play football where he played…” (31:02)
• Ongoing bickering over whether it’s an “accomplishment” to play D3 football.

Miami vs Florida (37:03 – 39:56)

• Dan: Miami -7.5; Dave: Florida +7.5; Rico: Under 50.5
• Rico and Dave debate if teams quit after being out of contention.
• Dig at Rico’s college team for losing streaks and “quit factor.”

Auburn at Oklahoma (39:23 – 42:30)

• Rico: Oklahoma -6.5 for their defense.
• Dan: Leans Oklahoma due to defense and Venables.
• Dave: Oklahoma, referencing Sooners crushing New Mexico, making Michigan loss look better.

Michigan at Nebraska (42:36 – 44:52)

• All favor Michigan -2.5.
• Dan: “I think it’s a must-win for Michigan… and for Nebraska. Vibes game for the rest of the season.” (43:55)
• Tangent on defending dual-threat QBs prompts classic Bosco cornerback analysis.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dave on Rico’s family at Pizza Fest (05:22):
  “I don’t want to know that there’s other people involved when you’re being what, like, yes, you’re a despicable guy. So I see your family… I shouldn’t have to—they shouldn’t be in my thought process.”
• Dan roasting Rico’s D3 football:
  “What does this have to do with... Coaches were always good with the film. They know, hey, look at this guy. Looks like that shoulder hangs a little bit.” (29:37)
• Rico, defending himself:
  “You never had leadership in a locker room in Division 3 football.” (28:57)
• Dave on airing internal drama:
  “It's not so much an indictment of Bosco… I'm going to see what the best show is. If that means Bosco's on the pine, he's on the pine.” (11:19)
• Dan on social media rules:
  “You shouldn’t be tweeting your personal opinion from a brand account. Anything.” (22:13)
• Dave’s line about hosting styles:
  “If you look at, like, we’re talking the Molly Qum… like First Take where you have a host and you have two people who go back… I’m a sling. Like, I’m so worried about hosting…” (11:19)
• Classic degenerate line from Dave:
  “I'm writing a note, keys to the game from Bosco: Win the turnover battle. That is some big time analysis.” (27:22)
• Rico’s gambling truism:
  “There's like 12, 13 weeks left. You got to figure out a way to go two, three games above .500 each week and just build and build and build, and we'll see. We'll go from there.” (03:53)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Personal recaps & misery: 02:27 – 04:03
• Pizza Fest family drama: 05:17 – 07:50
• "Fake fuck" touchdown incident: 08:07 – 09:03
• Barstool lineup rotation/benching: 10:46 – 17:19
• Viceroy social media saga: 21:28 – 25:07
• Utah vs Texas Tech pick: 21:28 – 27:22
• Big Ten network TV draft explained: 34:09 – 36:17
• Illinois vs Indiana & D3 football roasts: 27:58 – 34:09
• Picks for Miami/Florida, Auburn/Oklahoma, Michigan/Nebraska: 37:03 – 44:52

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Picks & Cards Highlight

Mortal Locks & Moneyline Parlay (Key Picks)

• Dan: Over Illinois/Indiana (52.5)
• Dave: Illinois (+4.5) as Mortal, Memphis ML for underdog
• Rico: Michigan -2.5 (bully ball), and Florida State/Kent State over 56.5
• Three-way Moneyline Parlay: Memphis, Tulsa, Arizona State
• Respect Overs: Arkansas/Memphis over 62.5, Ole Miss/Tulane over 61.5, and additional five-team over parlay.
• Ongoing jokes about taking Florida State second-half team total, leading to exasperated mocking from Dave.

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Episode Tone & Style

Lively, irreverent, and combative—this is classic Pick Em energy. The hosts are blunt, aggressively honest, and relentlessly needle each other about both on-field and off-field woes. Gambling advice is often a mix of legitimate football insight and pure superstition or cliche ("win the turnover battle"). The episode is peppered with inside references, roasts about D3 football, family, social media beefs, and trademark Barstool sarcasm.

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Conclusion

This episode is much more than just college football picks. It’s a window into Barstool’s chaotic group chemistry, the mechanics of sports media, and the absurd drama of online gambling culture. Through all the bickering—from Rico’s fake reactions to Dave’s lineup maneuvering—the genuine camaraderie and competitive spirit keep Pick Em one of the most engaging sports podcasts around.

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Essential Barstool wisdom for Week 4:

• “Always bet the Over.”—a rule that’s rarely wrong, at least in spirit…
• And if your podcast cohost brings his family to the office, don’t fall for the human shield routine.

Transcript

[Rico]

Hey, pick' em listeners. You can find every episode on Apple.

[Dan]

Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube Prime.

[Rico]

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[Dan]

What's up, boys? How we doing?

[Rico]

Good. What's going on?

[Dan]

Good. Feeling good, Dave.

[Dave]

Good. Had a good week last week.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Dave]

You did not.

[Dan]

Not.

[Dave]

Not in real life, but, like, I mean, I did kind of good real life, but I was like, oh, and seven in NFL, so it didn't matter. One in six.

[Dan]

Yeah. NFL. You and I were texting Dave on Sundays, like, I hate this. I hate gambling. I was like, yeah, I'm just. It's the. I just can't win in the NFL right now.

[Dave]

NFL, stupid. It. I may be.

[Dan]

Out on the NFL.

[Dave]

Mad at the NFL. The NFL's dumb.

[Dan]

The Jaguars. I know this is a college show, but the Jaguars and Cardinals combo on Sunday was so brutal.

[Dave]

I actually had Carolina. That was my only win.

[Dan]

Oh, geez. That was just like. The Cardinals just decided to play two and a half. They scored on the opening drive of the second half, and they're like, all right, we're good. Like, we got this game. We don't have to worry about anything else. Rico, how are you doing? So. So the records. Bad week for me. Bad week for Rico. The records now are Dave is in first place, 23 to 6 or 23 and 18. I'm 48. 48 and 2. Rico's 14 and 26. The squeeze out by Dave has been successful. Ever since he squeezed me out and limited my plays, I've gone the opposite direction. Direction. So congrats to Dave on that. Rico, you've had a bad, bad run.

[Rico]

Yeah. There's like 12, 13 weeks left. You got to figure out a way to go two, three games above.500 each week and just build and build and build, and we'll see. We'll go from there. But it's been ugly. Yeah, it's definitely been ugly.

[Dan]

Yeah. And your. Your mortal Iowa State almost lost outright.

[Rico]

Yes. I do think if that kid doesn't run into the kicker in the first half, it changes a little bit of the course of the game. Okay, cover covers the first half. Number. They Got a. About 7 minutes left. Arkansas State takes forever to come back down on that drive. They did go right back down and score. I think that changed.

[Dave]

Wasn't there, like a holding call?

[Rico]

There was some, definitely, Definitely. Oh, yeah.

[Dan]

You got the luckiest call in the whole game.

[Rico]

Yeah. At that point, though, the holdings didn't necessarily affect the spread. You would have needed a miracle kind of to that degree.

[Dan]

But you got the luckiest call in the whole game, though.

[Dave]

Facts. Like, they could have lost the game.

[Rico]

Yeah, yeah, I know. But at that. At that point, I, like, I, I'm.

[Dave]

If I'm not how big of a favor. So what are we talking about?

[Dan]

They won by eight, right?

[Rico]

Yes.

[Dan]

So what are we talking about?

[Rico]

You like, I, I, yeah, it was a bad pick. I'm not trying to defend. I do think in the first half, things could have changed. They could have covered the first half, which I also had.

[Dave]

I mean, that's life. I mean, I know.

[Rico]

Yeah.

[Dave]

We'd all be dead, like, things.

[Rico]

Awful, awful, awful penalty. Awful penalty.

[Dave]

No, awful pick.

[Rico]

Awful pick, too. Yeah. Awful pick.

[Dave]

Right?

[Rico]

But.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Rico]

How's pizza Fest? Pizza Fest. Good.

[Dave]

Yeah. Yeah. It's always a good event. You were there, right? Oh, yeah. I saw you. You brought. He brought his family in, which I thought was bullshit, if we're being honest.

[Dan]

He did.

[Dave]

I texted Dan instantly. I'm in the rv. Rico brings in his entire family. That is bullshit. I don't want to see them. I don't want to know that there's other people involved when you're being, what, like, yes, you're a despicable guy. So I see your family, and it's like, oh, they're calling my husband Hitler and this horrible dude. And I go see them. People like, daddy, is that the guy who, you know, says you're the worst guy alive? Yeah, it is. I shouldn't have to. They shouldn't be. In my thought process. Dan said, I think, accurately, human shields.

[Dan]

Yeah. Yeah, he did. He did it, like, a few months ago. I met his whole family, and I was.

[Dave]

I don't want to see them.

[Rico]

I want.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Dan]

This changes everything in my head. Like, now I got to see you as a real guy. Like, I don't want to do this. I don't want to. I don't want to be put in this spot. So, yeah, he's. You know, it. It's like when a. When a coach loses a game, and then they have their kids at the. At the presser after, and they're just like, look, I'm just a dad. Like, you know, tough loss, but I'm just a dad.

[Dave]

That's what Canelo did. I hate when people do that. I won. I have a great family. The Mike Rapole. Whenever he loses a horse race, he takes a picture with his kid eating n scream as. I don't want to see it.

[Dan]

Yeah, it's a very Coach K move. It's just like, oh, actually Wins and losses don't matter to me. It's about the. It's about the big picture. No, it's not.

[Dave]

Yeah, but they, they. They matter a whole hell of a lot when you win. Like, I. It's only when you lose. So anyways, I didn't want to see it. I thought it was a. A dirt bag move by Bosco.

[Dan]

I agree to be. To be with your family on a Saturday afternoon and bring it in front of Dave's face. Dirtbag move.

[Dave]

It wasn't like I really. They came in, they came out. Whoosh, whoosh. It was just clearly intentional Bosco move.

[Rico]

No, not this time. My wife is like, listen.

[Dan]

What?

[Rico]

You know, do you think we can meet Dave? It's been years and years. Like, I'd like to say hello.

[Dave]

Sorry.

[Rico]

Yeah, I mean, it's very appreciative. There's no. There was no sympathy. There was no, like, holding it over your head. It was just.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Rico]

Hello.

[Dan]

Appreciate it. It was also in, out. It's also crazy just meeting your wife, just knowing, like, what you've said about us. Like, you, like. I know when I met her, I was like, oh, very nice to meet you. But I'm thinking in the back of my head, the things that have been said in that household about me and Dave and how much we've ruined his life have to be off the charts.

[Dave]

Security Mike and Security Pat moved in closer. They don't know what was about to happen.

[Rico]

There's also a lot of ownership.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico]

She said, you know, you shouldn't. You shouldn't be an asshole for, like, there. It's. It's accountability.

[Dan]

Okay. Okay. It was fun having you here, Bosco, for the stream. Good stream on Sunday. Good chop with the boys. Did you see Dave? Did you happen to catch the fake fuck that he did to me, which was such a Bosco move? Was that not the most Bosco move of all time?

[Rico]

They put time back on the clock, Dan. I could sniff what was going to happen. I felt bad for you. It's your. Yeah, but you were still kind of in it. That put it away. And as it turned out, I didn't need that exact touchdown, but I didn't need the. Everybody scored 100.

[Dan]

For people who don't see it. Didn't see it. To score a touchdown. And he scored a touchdown in my face. And. And Rico cheers and then goes fuck. Like, trying to get. Trying to pretend like he was mad with me. And then he's like. But he's fist pumping. It was a fake. Fuck you Fake fuck.

[Dave]

I saw it on.

[Rico]

Yeah, I put. I put the friendship above the page.

[Dan]

I don't care. I don't care. That was the point. It's like you should root for your bet. Just don't fake fuck me.

[Dave]

Right? I know you 100% did not put the friendship above the paycheck at all.

[Dan]

That's the opposite.

[Dave]

Yeah. So.

[Dan]

All right.

[Rico]

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[Dan]

Yeah. What's.

[Dave]

I think he may be off the show.

[Dan]

Oh, no.

[Dave]

Well, we got.

[Rico]

Listen, I said it for a week. We got one week, Dan. We got a deep lineup. If he says I'm not hitting, I'm not hitting. So the best you could do is go to the cage and I will have six fucking donuts and I'll be swinging. But we have a deep, deep lineup. There's no Woe me T. Bob's great. The show was unbelievable. Would have been nice to talk to Dale Lanning, being a ducky guy, but it's. That's how it works. Deep lineup. Figure it out. Get in the lab, get better. He's the boss. He makes the call.

[Dave]

It's not so much an indictment of Bosco. I'm figuring out the thing I think most people know the rundown. I like hosting. I can host it. I get the subjects. I go down a good flow. This show host isn't always my thing. Like, like, if you look at, like, we're talking the Molly Qum who got fired, but, like, the first take where you have a host and you have two people who go back and I'm, I'm a sling. Like, I, I. I'm so worried about hosting. I'm not being able to do the other. So I thought last Monday's show with T. Bob, who I was definitely worried about T. Bob being too much when I'm on it. Like, T. Bob, I just need him to serve it up and not do exaggerated laughs and let, like, the people around. I thought it went really good. I text him, and it was a good show. The. And I wasn't even there, and it's really hard to do it remote, but I thought it was good. So I'm moving around. And if T. Bob is the host, that works with me and Walker and maybe Jay will. I don't even know Jay will, but that I'm going to see what the best show is. If that means boss goes on the pine. It means boss goes on the pine. I j. Will text. He goes, am I out? I go. I'm figuring out rotations. I put it in Basketball talk. It's show three of I'm going to figure out what I think works. That was the first show. When it ended, I'm like, okay, that was pretty good.

[Dan]

Yeah, it's. Listen, it's hard to do. It's. It's hard to figure out. Like, this is why when we, When Dave, you and I talked about it, I was like, we need someone who can host, who can kind of run point, and that's why T. Bob. I was like, T. Bob should do that. And you got to get comfortable with T. Bob.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Rico]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And I don't want Iverson running the point, putting up 40. I need, I need Stockton. I need him just dishing.

[Dan]

Right. Right. And I think he's. He's very coachable, and he did a good job. But, yeah, it's a, It's a hard. It's also a hard show to figure out the flow because everyone's doing one week, one day. So it's not like you'd be able to figure it out a lot faster if you were doing it every single day, five days a week. You would have it, like, done by the Week two, but you're. You're on week three, and you've only done three episodes.

[Dave]

And it's like the flow of figuring out funny videos to get in that you want to talk about that would be rundown videos. Like, we spent a lot more time talking NFL and cult. Like, when. When we do the rundown, it's like, all right, NFL college. It's a quick convo. You go. And then you're hitting the funny video. So it's a lot of just figuring out. It's. It's figuring it out still. And Bosco, our first show I didn't think was great. Again, it's not you. It. It works. It's you that you got suspended for a week. And we're figuring things out.

[Rico]

Yeah, I mean, the suspension was justified. Anytime you get hit first and then react, that's. That's justified.

[Dan]

So.

[Rico]

But yeah, let's. You know, for all the. He can't change. He's fucked up. He's an asshole. He's a dirtbag. What's good for Barstool is not always necessarily the best for you. But putting barstool in front three years ago, you can't do it. You won't do it. Here we go. What's good for the team? Let's do it. We got a deep, deep lineup, and we're definitely probably adding more people. So let's get going.

[Dan]

They said you'd never do a show in the Dew.

[Rico]

And you.

[Dan]

And you stepped up to the plate and did two. That's true, right?

[Rico]

Against my own will. After being assaulted. That's a great point.

[Dave]

Attacked the guy and got suspended.

[Dan]

But that's very big of you, Rico, that you. That you're okay with this. But it does sound like.

[Dave]

Have you met his family, Hank?

[Dan]

Yeah, yeah. In the office last year.

[Dave]

He brought in the whole family.

[Dan]

Yeah, well, he came.

[Rico]

He was in the portal. He was heavily in the portal.

[Dan]

What? Rico. Rico has. Has. Has. Dave. He's. He's. He's obviously. You've seen it. The song and dance of maybe Willy Woney would move to Chicago. He likes to talk about it in college basketball terms. So he's like, big transfer in the portal.

[Dave]

Like, transfer from New York to Chicago.

[Dan]

Yeah, that's how he talks about himself. Oh.

[Dave]

So they were in the Chicago office.

[Dan]

And I do think he actually would like to move. I think it's genuine, but, yeah, big transfer in the portal. That's what he says.

[Dave]

Not even a transfer. You're in the same company.

[Dan]

Big transfer in the portal.

[Rico]

Got to keep it light.

[Dan]

Keep it light. I've. I've been enjoying Bosco this year. He's been fun but it does stink because it sounds like Dave. You keep saying we're going to figure it out but it sounds like the Bosco not on the show has already been figured out.

[Dave]

Well again I'm going to be in Chicago next week. T. Bob's going to host a Monday. We'll see how dynamic is with me there maybe it's more of a remote we're figuring it out. This is where again I'm he's using the portal. I'm using out figuring I'm using figuring my rotations basketball in in an NBA season analytics where where at like game four. So a long season figuring out what works but I certainly liked I thought that was our best show and and and I'll try to build on that to try to create our best Monday shows.

[Dan]

What did the analytics say Rico?

[Rico]

What was that analytics in terms of Dave finding out the best or best well coaches the five best guys on the court. What's the highest plus minus best duos Ken Palm they look at when this these two guys are on the court. It works the best. So yeah analytics I also think which.

[Dave]

I said earlier which applies to J. Will and applies to Bosco a bit. They're basketball guys first.

[Dan]

True. So true.

[Dave]

Maybe when basketball rolls around there's more of that in Walker's definitely football. I mean Walker and I have a great dynamic. We've done a lot of shows together so we'll see. We're figuring it out.

[Rico]

There's a lot of. There is a lot. There's a lot of shows. It's a long deal good to go.

[Dave]

And this clearly is not.

[Rico]

Yes.

[Dave]

This isn't like a punishing boss or shot at Bosco.

[Rico]

Absolutely not. Yeah it could be any. It could have been any person on any of the five day weeks in terms of what can work and what could be the best rotation.

[Dan]

Well I don't know if anyone would have gotten suspended one week but yeah that's fair.

[Rico]

That's fair to Dan. You got to be better.

[Dan]

Yeah. Because you did put yourself in the spot to have this happen. Were you guys forced to do into the casino? Well no, that was Jackie tables because.

[Dave]

I had absolutely nothing to do with any of that.

[Rico]

He's right.

[Dan]

It was Jackie tables and gas in the poker tournament. I had nothing to do with the poker tournament.

[Rico]

Great episode though.

[Dan]

Great episode though. Did numbers all right. Also Dave, what did you think what they think about were they happy with Big Noon? It was fun being your PR person.

[Dave]

Well, what I thought was interesting on that one, and I tweeted out, you're like, I'm going to answer the questions like, you will. It'll infuriate people. I'll be your pr.

[Dan]

I answered it like, I thought you would have.

[Dave]

Yeah. No, you didn't.

[Dan]

It was funny. Rob Stone just being like, I know. He actually had this pizza thing scheduled for, like, six months.

[Rico]

Like.

[Dan]

Yeah, I know. Yeah. It was fun, though. Those guys are the best. It was a lot of fun. Went out to dinner with them Friday night. Like, they're easy to work with. So it. It's fun. And we're going to be in Utah on Saturday, so we're doing, I assume.

[Dave]

No gambling in Utah. Right?

[Dan]

I. Not only no gambling, but I was looking it up, and it's like, if you. If, like, you and I make a handshake bet, I think we go to jail.

[Dave]

Can you drink?

[Dan]

I think you. I think there's some places you could drink. But, yeah, I was. Because I had the same thought last night. I was like, I got to get my bets in. I bet you it was no gambling. I was like, let me just double check. Who knows? Maybe there's. Maybe that's something Mormons do. And I don't know. And it was literally like, no gambling, no cards, no nothing. So.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Yeah. But I'm excited to go. Looks beautiful.

[Dave]

I've never seen it. New campus. Always fun to see these places. They actually invited. I wanted to do it, but I don't know when we're leaving to, like, the. The student section. It's like, we are the best student section in the country. They actually want you and I. They're like, we do all these traditions come in for the beginning of the game, but I don't know that well.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico]

All right.

[Dan]

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[Dan]

Let's, let's talk about those games. We got Texas Tech at Utah starting us off. So we again, we'll be there. Big noon kickoff. We're going to do the barstool college football show. Then big noon kickoff. Dave will be there early, get there early.

[Dave]

7Am was starting.

[Dan]

Although I think it'll be a good crowd because they've.

[Dave]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan]

Like big. They were saying Big 12 League. Some of these schools, like, you know, they don't usually have shows come, we're going to be there. We're going to do a double header shout out. By the way, Northwestern ended up being a great crowd. I don't know if you saw some of the clips.

[Dave]

I saw the end of it. Yeah, I saw that they showed up.

[Dan]

It was a shitty, shitty weather and they showed up. So yeah, Utah, Texas Tech. Texas Tech. It's right now it's sitting Utah minus three over under is 57 and a half. I think Dave, you got to bet this. You got to bet this. Utah. Just, just out of spite for the, the kid that's trying to like pretend that we fired him because he said thoughts and prayers to Charlie.

[Dave]

Hey, that kid, that kid. I hate that kid.

[Rico]

Got your culture trying to do gotcha culture.

[Dave]

That kid. That kid. I I didn't even know what was going on and I see a post Texas Tech kid saying I'm a fraud like crazy. Side note, our I didn't love the way our people handled it either. Like before you fire a kid over something like this, you could just suspend them and be like let me kick it up the chain to be like how we handle. But the whole thing was a shit show. But that kid's the worst from Texas Tech.

[Dan]

Yeah. So people who didn't see the Viceroy program, it's a hard and fast rule. You cannot tweet anything that's personal. So you have your personal account. You could tweet whatever you want from your personal account.

[Rico]

But your, your.

[Dan]

The actual Viceroy account is a brand. It's a brand account. It's like, it's like. Remember they found like the Chargers, though. These are funny tweets. But the char. The old, the guy who used to run the Chargers account, when Twitter was like brand, brand new, he would tweet like, really want to go to PF Changs with my wife tonight. Like hungry for P. F. Changs. Like, he would just tweet that shit. You could look it up. It's very funny. But it was like when Twitter first started and it was a guy running the Chargers account and he was just tweeting off top of his head. You can't tweet anything personal. He tweeted thoughts and prayers, which is not a problem if you like, it's obviously thoughts and prayers, but you just tweet it from your personal account. And then he like basically said that we're the worst people and Dave fired him. And I'm a fraud. Yeah. For political reasons. It's like, no, it's just you. If you have a Twitter account, a Viceroy brand account, you shouldn't be tweeting your personal opinion or personal anything, Anything.

[Dave]

Like any, any account, like Wendy's night, whatever. You're not going to see them doing personal now. He's going to be like, how is that even a political. It doesn't matter. You told not to do it beforehand. Like it is a political thing. We're not trying to have 18 year old interns we don't even know with 200 of them deciding what they can tweet and what they can't. So there's a back and forth after this with are the people running the Viceroy programs. He's also, by the way, calling people like from, like in the company, like, you're an asshole from the branded account. Just use your social.

[Dan]

Right.

[Dave]

And before I even knew any of this happened, he had written like an essay how I'm a fraud and shit. Like if he reached out to me, I may have been like, you made a huge mistake. Don't do it again. And you can continue to run the thing. Like, but he didn't. He went nuclear before I even knew it was an issue. And in like, we have a million people who commented on that assassination from their personal accounts.

[Dan]

Right, Right. And it's.

[Dave]

You can still get fired from your personal account depending on what you do. Like they're. But Everything goes personal.

[Rico]

Right?

[Dave]

But, like, that doesn't mean you can just do. Still, if somebody's like, you know, I'm a big fan of the kkk, like, you'll get fired if you do that from your personal account. So that doesn't mean you can do anything, but your personal is pretty clear. If you have a personal opinion on world views and you're not talking about Texas Tech or Texas tech sports, which 100% of the posts to that point is about Texas Tech and Texas Tech sports, you're a caretaker of the account. You're not putting your personal interest bias, whatever it may be, on that account. Like, what if somebody went the other way? Is like, Rip George Floyd. Like, that's political too. We don't want that on the branded accounts that aren't yours. And so it's pretty simple.

[Dan]

And it also, it turned into a point where he was. He's now kind of almost using Charlie Kirk's death to. To try to grow his own personal.

[Dave]

And be like, yeah, he's like, unfollow this one right. Follow this one right? And make it stink.

[Dan]

Yeah, you're. It's grifting at that point. All right, so I'm taking Utah for that.

[Dave]

Yeah, that. You sold me, Utah.

[Rico]

Reminder, the Texas Tech kid before him was also a rat.

[Dan]

So, see, Rico, this is the crazy part.

[Rico]

You now have.

[Dan]

We have a guy who, like, has, like, this is a legitimate thing. And then Texas deegs, who by all accounts is just a die hard stoolie, who. Who you thought was inner circle after meeting him for like two seconds, made good content by sending us your DMs. He's not in the same boat as him.

[Rico]

Right, that's fair.

[Dan]

And then he just. He just throws in Texas digs in the. In there being like, yeah, that guy sucks too.

[Rico]

He sucks for different reasons.

[Dave]

The kid before ran the account, Dave.

[Dan]

He's the kid. The kid before is the kid that Rico literally put into his, like, inner circle dms.

[Dave]

And then Rico, Texas Tech intern. You did.

[Dan]

Yeah. And then. And then the kid.

[Rico]

I didn't know he was.

[Dan]

And then the kid told us. He sent us a screenshot, which again, good job, because that's. That's funny as fuck. And then this is your you problem, Rico. You let people into it. I'm just saying. Yeah, I know.

[Rico]

I got it. I got to get better. But, Utah, for me, the key here is they got to turn them over the quarterback for Texas Tech, 11 TDs, one INT. So Utah's got to get to him. With those turnovers. I like Utah at home minus the three.

[Dan]

Yeah. If we're really talking about this game like Utah, I'm taking Utah -3 just because they're home. Both these teams, I think are very good, but both these teams have played no. 1 because Texas Tech is absolutely whooped up on Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Kent State, Oregon State. Utah beat ucla, who might be the worst team in the country, Cal Poly. And Wyoming at Wyoming, which is a little tougher, but Wyoming's not very good. So yeah, I'm just taking the home team minus three. That's.

[Dave]

I'm. I'm writing a note. Keys to the game from Bosco. Win the turnover battle.

[Dan]

Yeah, that's a good one.

[Dave]

That is some kid. That is some big time analysis.

[Rico]

Right? You're right. You're right. All right, that's fine. I'll just. Well, that's fine, that's fine. I'll cliche you to death now. Go ahead.

[Dan]

Let's go. How many can you get off?

[Rico]

Let's do it.

[Dave]

Let's see, let's clean. Let's. Let's see what happens.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Dave]

It's about to get awful cliche ish in here.

[Dan]

Illinois at Indiana. Indiana's -4 and a half over. Under is 52 and a half. I'm excited for this game. It's crazy where we're at. Like if you told me 10 years ago, Illinois and Indiana would be a top 20 matchup and big time stakes. Because it does feel like this could be an elimination game for potentially a at large college football bid if either the, if the winner of this team can take care of business. They have a couple. I think Illinois plays Ohio State. Whatever. This, this game though will be the tiebreaker. I'm going to take Indiana minus four and a half. I just think they're, I think they're, they're good again. And I love, I love Belam, I love Altmeyer. I just think Indiana at Indiana. I'm taking Indiana minus four and a half, Rico.

[Rico]

The home team is always more motivated and defense travels. So I'll take Indiana in the under.

[Dan]

Nice.

[Dave]

I don't agree with the home team. That's a bad cliche. The defense travels. Cliche.

[Rico]

I'm a cliche too, but that was. Can I open it up? Can I actually speak? Can I actually speak or you want cliches? Because. Well, I don't even, I don't even has one interception. You got to figure out a way to turn him over. I played in the defensive backfield. You've Listen you built a fuck with different guys. You built a fucking empire. That's great, like, whatever, but you never had a fucking leadership in a locker room in Division 3 football. Six tackles, MIT, one INT against Endicott. Huge win on the road. You don't know what it is. I blow. You never get off the line on me. Even at 38 and 25 down, you never get off the line on me.

[Dave]

What does this have to do with.

[Rico]

Coaches were always good with the film. They know, hey, look at this guy. Looks like that shoulder hangs a little bit. Maybe a quick pop. Quick pop more in that shoulder. You're never getting off the line. Game prep.

[Dave]

You done.

[Dan]

I like that. Never getting off the line on Bob.

[Rico]

You got to figure out a way to throw different defenses at that kid and make interceptions, cause problems. That's not crazy. That's not just cliche. He's got 11 TDs and one int. You got to figure out a way to get to the turnover.

[Dave]

They play. Nobody.

[Rico]

Throw a different blitz package at him. Corner. We're showing different things. We're rolling this. We're looking like it's four. We're rolling down to three.

[Dan]

You got to win the turnover battle.

[Rico]

You got to figure out a way to turn him over at home. Got to figure out a way to do that.

[Dan]

Got to.

[Rico]

And obviously I like Willingham at home.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico]

Because Utah.

[Dan]

Probably turn him over and it's Utah at home.

[Rico]

We've been talking about this for 10 years. They're great at home.

[Dave]

Correct. That's why I'm not so concerned. Like, you don't go into it. Just, first of all, a turnover battle. Yes. It's the most important statistic in football.

[Dan]

Thank you. All right, now address the fact that you would never be able to get off the line against Rico.

[Dave]

At this point, I probably couldn't get off for anybody. I know it's him. He's not.

[Dan]

There we go. Two, zero, Rico. You just won that.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Rico]

Thank you. Yeah, I. I do like the under here.

[Dave]

Like, anybody could play football where he played football anyway.

[Rico]

No, that's not.

[Dave]

That's not true. Anybody? Not true. It's just not anybody.

[Rico]

It's not true.

[Dave]

If you were a warm body, you could play football.

[Rico]

Okay.

[Dave]

Who couldn't play football? Nichols. Who couldn't play football there?

[Rico]

Who? You had to be recruited. You didn't just take any. No.

[Dave]

You don't have to say, I want a helmet. They give you a helmet, you're on the team.

[Rico]

That's bullshit.

[Dave]

That is not bullshit. Nichols has a Big recruiting budget. Give me a break.

[Rico]

Not big, but they definitely go up and down.

[Dave]

Anybody can play football. You had, like. I don't even know why you would. Like, who wants to play Division 3 football?

[Dan]

Sounds like a guy who can't get off the line. Against Dave Irving, against Rico.

[Rico]

This is an accomplishment to stay. I mean, not everybody's going to play.

[Dan]

No.

[Rico]

To be like, oh, it's not an accomplishment.

[Dave]

MIT is not an accomplishment. That is not MIT football. Beating MIT football, not an accomplishment.

[Rico]

Okay. Were you recruited for Division 3 baseball?

[Dave]

I would say, like, me not really.

[Rico]

Recruited, but you don't want to continue your career. You didn't want.

[Dave]

I went to Michigan because. And I tried to walk on because, like, you know, Division 3 baseball, by the way, is different than football. You're not getting, like, hit and banged up and stuff.

[Dan]

Yeah, this is. Rico had a.

[Rico]

That's even more a testament to your character.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico]

You just made his point for him.

[Dave]

You made my point for me. Who would play D3 football? Bosco. Crazy psycho shit.

[Rico]

Rico, what was your record at Nichols? We were down to Jackie Google. I'm not hiding it. All right. I'm not hiding. My bad. We had in the first game our old conference quarterback my freshman year. 09. 5 and 4. 5 and 4. 2 and 7, I believe. 2 and 8. Lot of injuries. Lot of injuries.

[Dave]

The first game, two games that you won Emerson and MIT.

[Rico]

No, we went 5 and 4, sophomore and junior year.

[Dan]

Did you win the MIT game?

[Rico]

We lost on a 45 yard field goal in the rain.

[Dave]

Where do you play at mit.

[Rico]

In that field? They got a field?

[Dave]

They do.

[Dan]

So you had good stats, but your team lost against mit.

[Rico]

Were those all little, like, Indian engineers and stuff? They're disciplined. You want to talk about guys with a disciplined game plan? Those guys are disciplined. No offsides. Look up MIT's offsides in that game. Jack, how many? Probably none. It's like playing a service academy.

[Dan]

Yeah, that's true.

[Dave]

Mit.

[Dan]

Discipline, Dave. You don't know discipline. All right, Illinois and Indiana. That's what we're on right now. Indiana's -4 and a half over. There's 52 and a half.

[Rico]

I do like the defense. I'll take the under.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Dave]

Dave, I like Illinois, the quarterback. I think it's a close game. Field goal game at the end. I will say I'm totally confused. No idea. Thought I understood what channels games are on. I have no idea. Was there a draft or something? Like. This game's on NBC.

[Dan]

Yeah, I talked to them last.

[Dave]

Yeah. Like Michigan, Nebraska. I would have sworn was going to be like a big noon kickoff game. That game's on cbs. I thought Fox had like the Big Ten.

[Dan]

No. So I talked to some of the people over the weekend because I was like, how. You know Evanston? How are we here? I know obviously Northwestern's not having the best season, but Oregon's good. They have NBC, CBS and Fox. They sit down and they do a television draft. They draft weekends.

[Dave]

That's so cool.

[Dan]

I know. I said we need to televise that. Like, I would be interested in watching.

[Dave]

This, so you should walk to the podium.

[Dan]

I know because I said. I was like, oh. I said to the guys, like, oh, I'm sure we're going to do Oregon, Penn State, whiteout. And they're like, no, NBC drafted that. They have the night game.

[Dave]

So I do. Does Fox have. Because the first picks clearly Michigan, Ohio State. Right. So do they always have the first pick? Fox?

[Dan]

I think they said they get the first three, I believe.

[Dave]

Got it.

[Dan]

So that's how they got. They get Ohio State, Michigan, and then they get. They picked Ohio State, Texas.

[Dave]

Got it. Got it. I think they have Ohio State, Penn State too.

[Dan]

I think that's super dirt pick.

[Rico]

That's super risky too. You could get a game in the middle of October, early November, you're like, like this gonna be lights out and somebody shits the bed and you're like, now you're stuck with it too.

[Dan]

You know, I also was trying to. I was trying to get. I was trying to like do strategy talk with some of the behind the scenes Fox people. I was like, why wouldn't you just take. Why wouldn't you not take Ohio State, Michigan, knowing that game has to be played at noon anyway.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Dan]

And they're like, we got to do it out of respect. I was like, oh, I'd fucking. I just leave that. Knowing they can't pick it. But I guess. I guess that's like being a partner in something.

[Rico]

I don't know.

[Dan]

I just try to.

[Dave]

Why couldn't a different channel pick it?

[Dan]

Because they. I don't think CBS and NBC wouldn't run a game at noon.

[Dave]

Just out of principle.

[Dan]

Right. I don't think they. Yeah, I think out of principle because that's the. I think they have the allotted windows. But yeah, it's fascinating. I wish. I really would love to see a draft. I also. Rico, you'll appreciate this. I was at a dinner, we had a bunch of Fox people there and I was giving them all my best ideas and all my best ideas were literally just like, play a college basketball game after the super bowl, move the crown up. And what was the other one? It was just basically all like, give me more gambling things. But I was like, they liked the idea of the. Of a college basketball game after the Super Bowl.

[Dave]

Good idea.

[Dan]

All right, Miami, Florida. Florida -7 and a half over under 50 and a half. If you bet Florida last week, I feel bad because that was the right side and TJ Lagway sucks. I'm going to take my. I'm going to take Miami in this game. I just think they're really, really good, and I think their lines are really, really good. I had Miami last week against usf. There's got to be some point where there's a little bit of a quit factor with Florida. That was a demoralizing way to lose that game. Like, be. Be your defense. Hang that tough. And then DJ Lagway throw five interceptions. So I'm gonna take Miami minus seven and a half. Dave, what do you got?

[Dave]

Repeat of the rat. Last week I was on Florida. I thought it was a rat. They should have covered this week. Again, the line looks like a rat. So again, I think this time they cash it. I'm taking Florida. Keep this one close.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Rico]

Rico, you talk about the quit factor. I do think the defense holds a little longer here. They only gave up 18 points.

[Dave]

Guys quit at Nichols during the course of the season.

[Dan]

I tell you when.

[Rico]

No, we did not. Great coaching play for your brothers.

[Dave]

So what was your record senior year?

[Rico]

2 and 8.

[Dave]

So you never quit?

[Rico]

No.

[Dave]

Jack, can you look up the end of the season for them? On it.

[Dan]

Those engineers. They got discipline.

[Rico]

18 points to South Florida. Last week, Florida's defense gave up 10 first downs to LSU. We know in a row.

[Dave]

That sounds like a team that quit.

[Dan]

Oh, so wait. They started the season two and one.

[Dave]

What was the score of the final game? Lost the final game. Won the Nets two, then lost seven in a row. They lost 42, 14 in the last game. Yikes.

[Rico]

Okay.

[Dave]

Who is that too?

[Rico]

Winnick. Now it's wne. Western New England University.

[Dave]

That's a real school.

[Dan]

Yeah, man.

[Dave]

Curry. I've never heard of them. Beverly, right?

[Rico]

Powerhouse. Powerhouse.

[Dan]

They ran the league.

[Rico]

Oh, they did look them up. They're fucking animals. They got a great pro, but baseball program, too.

[Dave]

Shout out.

[Rico]

J. Brew. I think that the deep. You know about Miami's defense? I like the under 50 and a half here.

[Dan]

Okay, Dave, what was your pick here? Florida?

[Dave]

Yep.

[Dan]

Okay. All right, next game we've got Oklahoma at Auburn, Auburn -6 and a half over under 47 and a half. Obviously big deal because it is. What's his name going back against Auburn? Jackson, Arnold. Sorry, it's Auburn at Oklahoma. My bad. Auburn at Oklahoma. Jackson Arnold going back, Oklahoma -6 and a half over under 47 and a half. What do you guys have for this game, by the way? The Miami games in Miami as well. Sorry, I misspoke. Rico.

[Rico]

Michigan. I like that they finally have given Underwood. What'd you say?

[Dave]

Michigan.

[Rico]

I wrote it down in order. I apologize. What'd you say? I'm sorry.

[Dave]

You don't listen at all. You don't even think of listening.

[Rico]

I was definitely upset about digging into the memories and trying to undermine my athletic abilities. I did write it down in the order he sent it in.

[Dave]

You played corn about.

[Rico]

What'S the game, Dan?

[Dan]

I didn't. This is. This moment happened, by the way, Dave in the cave on Sunday. He. Max was sitting next to Rico. Max was talking about the game and Rico was like agreeing and having a conversation with him. And I had to stop the conversation. I was like, max, just so you know, Rico's talking about Meek Phil. He's not talking about the game with you. He's so obsessed with whoever's talking about him behind him. They were having a conversation and Max thought he was like normally just talking about what they're watching the whole time. Rico was just being like, yeah, he sucks. I was like, rico's talking about Meek Phillies. Not talking about Patrick Mahomes. Max. So that's the boss.

[Dave]

He's McFeel's a pusher.

[Rico]

Big time pusher. Big time pusher.

[Dan]

Yeah. No, all. You know what, you know what made Bosco upset? He was wearing. Bosco was wearing a red shirt and he bet on the Eagles. And Meek Phil just said, that's a tough look.

[Rico]

He also though I go with. He gave a Mets update and I said, what are the Giants doing? Because they're in the race. And he goes, they're playing right now against the Cowboys. Like I said, I need a third. Like I'm bigger than my promise. Like it's been two weeks. No HIPAA lady's not answering the phone. Like again, you keep putting the stick in there and then when the tiger eats you, oh my God. How could this animal do it? Just pray the fucking lock stays, Phil. That's all I gotta say. You want to keep putting the stick in Oklahoma minus the six and a half.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Rico]

Greater in the defense. I like the defense.

[Dan]

I think the defense is what I'm. I'm betting on here. Their defense is. Is tackles. Well, Venables, I love Mater. I bet him Heisman 16 to 1. Dave, what do you got here?

[Dave]

Yeah, I mean, I bet stupid really hurt my day. I thought Temple, I. I thought Temple would stay within the 23. First half, first quarter. Because I thought Oklahoma would have a letdown coming off Michigan. I know Temple stinks, but watch out. That New Mexico team looked pretty good, so I think Michigan would be pretty good. And they got slaughtered by Oklahoma. So I'm going to take the Sooners here and make that Michigan loss look a little better.

[Dan]

Okay. Last game, Michigan, Nebraska, Nebraska -2 1/2 over under 45 and a half.

[Dave]

I think I know who Bosco likes.

[Dan]

Oh, yeah, that's true. I'll start. I like the over in this game. I do think Michigan's gonna be able to run the ball. I like the over 45 and a half.

[Dave]

I love. I love Biff ball. Everything he says is funny. He. They won't let him wear the sleeves, the short sleeves. He said he almost overheated and had to rip it off during the game. He called Underwood Batman his DNA. Now, Underwood ran the ball last week and I've been begging for it and they've said we're gonna let him run. And, and if you watch the highlights, the guy can run.

[Dan]

Yep.

[Dave]

So it adds a whole new element. I actually did Matt Rules podcast yesterday, so. Yeah, okay. Yeah. But I like Michigan. This is, this is a must win for Michigan, so hopefully they get. I kind of think it's a must win for Nebraska too. I think if either of the teams have visions on the playoffs, they need to have it. I'm going to take Michigan. They're at home. Big game. Big game.

[Dan]

Okay. Huge game. You have to win.

[Dave]

Yes.

[Dan]

You have to win. You can't lose to the mission.

[Dave]

I mean, if they lose this and, and, and go on to feed the rest of the way, they're in. But that's a very hard thing to do if you think they've lost these two. They need this game.

[Dan]

It's also kind of a. I don't want to say it's like. But if Nebraska wins, Nebraska's on the rise. And then it'd be like, oh shit, where's Michigan going? Kind of thing. A vibes game for the rest of the season. If you.

[Dave]

Yeah, I mean again, the quarterback and we have a great recruiting class, but I think Michigan's still team be reckoned with this year. So I Expect them to win.

[Dan]

All right, Rico, do you have any reasoning for the Michigan pick?

[Rico]

Yeah, I think they finally let Underwood play a little bit more. Like Dave said, open up the offense. I like Underwood here. I like Michigan. Michigan minus the two and a half.

[Dave]

How do you defend that as a cornerback at Nichols, you got a, a quarterback you can run, throw. What are you doing?

[Rico]

You gotta, you gotta get pressure on the defensive line. I mean, you know that like, that obviously is the key. Like you're hoping your guys are getting to him a little bit quicker, but you worry if he's got an arm. You obviously gotta worry about the routes. So I'm not worrying about him crossing the line till he gets across, but he definitely causes problems.

[Dave]

Good, good analysis.

[Dan]

That's really good analysis. Thank you, Rico.

[Dave]

Don't worry about him running, but once he crosses the line of scrimmage, he may turn into a runner. So you got to watch out as.

[Rico]

Far as a corner. Yeah, yeah, I'm.

[Dave]

I'm not. Yeah, yeah, that's what I asked for. It was good.

[Rico]

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[Dan]

Bosco, you want to do your cards? Yeah, give it to me.

[Rico]

Purdue plus 24 and a half now. They hung with USC last week.

[Dan]

Who?

[Dave]

I had that.

[Rico]

It's a good pick. I think I had usc. Not great. Everybody's talking, you know, Dan, I know you're doing it a little bit of like a shtick or kind of, you know, funny. Not a stick.

[Dan]

Not a stick. Not a stick.

[Rico]

Okay, don't. Okay. I already got him turning on me.

[Dan]

I'm.

[Rico]

I'm just.

[Dave]

I don't even know what you're talking about.

[Rico]

Notre Dame saying Notre Dame running the table, 10 and 2. Like being in the playoff. You know that. Like that. Oh, we're bound to have that conversation.

[Dan]

Not a shtick.

[Dave]

I think that will happen.

[Dan]

Yes. That's not a. I don't think you know what a shtick is. I'm. I'm giving my actual thoughts. Whether they run the table or not, I have no idea. Because they have defensive problems. My whole point was there is no difference. This year versus last year, Notre Dame threw two games. Last year, they lost to niu. They had to run the table. This year, they lost to two college Football playoff teams. They have to run the table. So everyone's saying the season's over. I think they're in the exact same spot they were last year.

[Rico]

Okay, then you clarified it. I apologize.

[Dan]

What part of that would ever have been a shtick?

[Rico]

You know, you're right.

[Dan]

I'm a writer. I'm a writer.

[Rico]

No, not necessarily. Right.

[Dan]

I'm a writer.

[Rico]

We'll. We'll sort it out. Not necessarily a shtick, but, like, the immediate thing of, like, oh, well, Notre Dame can still be in the playoff and kind of 100.

[Dave]

They win out. They're going to get in.

[Rico]

They can. Yeah, they will. I. I don't think they. That's the thing. I don't think they.

[Dan]

That's.

[Rico]

Well, that's where I'm supposed to have. Okay. And that's where I'm switching the conversation. Maybe they're just not that good. They still got USC down the road. Maybe Notre Dame. Granted, they did play two very tough opponents.

[Dave]

What are we talking about Notre Dame for?

[Rico]

Because they play Purdue and he has Purdue and I got Purdue. So, like, I'll take the points here with Purdue. Maybe Notre Dame is not that good.

[Dan]

Yeah, okay.

[Dave]

Okay.

[Dan]

He's going on my stick is a stick.

[Dave]

Bet I forgot they were playing Purdue. So that's my.

[Rico]

Speaking of teams who are just horrible, Oklahoma State is a dumpster fire. And it's a shame because I love Gundy. I'll take Tulsa plus the 12 and a half. I also. I think we should do this, the three of us. You know, Dave used to do it, and he got real close. I. You obviously Saw some double digit outright upsets Last week a3 a3 teamer in terms of moneyline between the three of us at the end like hey that's I think they win it on the field I will put Tulsa in that money line Georgia State Vandy under 53 and a half and Florida State second half points over 20 and a half what gets to the mortal it goes coincide with immortal Wait, second half what.

[Dave]

Is that a real bet?

[Rico]

You can place yes, yes shout out DraftKings the best in the business Florida State second half points over 20 and.

[Dan]

A half that's a real bet. Yes yes okay.

[Dave]

All right I got Memphis plus seven and a half at home against Arkansas.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Dave]

Sorry Dan. I think Wisconsin should be favored by 10 and a half versus anybody I'll take Maryland. I agree Oregon minus 35 and a half Oregon State this is civil war.

[Rico]

Not allowed to say that but yes that was used to be the name.

[Dave]

I Oregon State's terrible. I like Tulane plus 11 and a half against Ole Miss and the over 61 and a half the kid, the quarterback by Jew he. He went through all that shit there I think he was accused of rape Then they said it wasn't rape but you're not allowed to have sex at BYU so he had to leave anyways but this kid just has winning quarterback play Florida I already gave +7 and a half Rat Miami Illinois +4 and a half Indiana I like the over in that too 52 and a half and I like the over Michigan State USC 56 and a half and then Michigan plus minus the two and a.

[Rico]

Half while Dan's doing his car Dave, think of your favorite Moneyline outright. Go ahead, Dan.

[Dan]

All right, I got Oregon -35 and a half I'm with you there, Dave. I think Oregon State is really really really bad FIU -6 at against Delaware this is based on Bear giving me Delaware last week against Yukon they won outright as eight and nine and a half point dogs they played an overtime game that's an emotional tank they wanted to win that game. Now they got to go down to FIU. FIU minus 6 Arizona State plus two and a half they're off I believe a bye week I also just.

[Dave]

No, they played last night.

[Dan]

Oh yeah. Wait, who did they play last night?

[Rico]

That's a state Texas didn't go over.

[Dan]

The I was Kenny Dillingham talking about how important it is to recruit in Texas Little juice there. I like Kenny Dillingham. I'm going to take Arizona State plus two and a half another rivalry game, the Apple Cup. Washington minus minus 19 and a half against Wazoo. They were off a buy. Wazu is really bad. This is a spot. I'm taking the spot. Kansas minus 13 and a half. They were off a buy going against West Virginia. West Virginia just with an unreal comeback. Backyard brawl, emotional letdown. I'm taking Kansas -13 and a half. Coastal Carolina is dead. So I'm taking South Alabama -14 and a half. And now I have a string of. Oh, sorry. Rice minus two and a half. That's my Thursday bet. I have a string of overs that I'm going to throw out there. These are teams that I bet the over with and one in the first three weeks.

[Dave]

And I'm going add Kansas. I like the thing. Add Kansas to my card.

[Dan]

Here's my respect overs. Arkansas, Memphis over 62 and a half. Ole Miss, Tulane over 61 and a half. TCU SMU over 64 and a half. Tennessee UAB over 68 and a half. Army, North Texas over 50 and a half. My respect overs. I got five of them. I basically just was like I had fun betting these teams. I haven't had a lot of fun to start the season gambling. I'm just going memories, nostalgia.

[Rico]

You gave out that Arkansas Ole Miss over last week then.

[Dan]

Yeah, that was easy.

[Rico]

Oh my God.

[Dan]

So much fun.

[Dave]

Rico, how big you. We just need an underdog. What how you want how for your thing that you just came up with.

[Rico]

A money line like you used to do. Yeah, right dog. Yeah. Three. Yeah.

[Dave]

All right. So I'm going to do my mortal first because I have unnamed in nine minutes. But my mortal is Illinois. I love Illinois in that game and for Rico's thing Memphis to beat Arkansas.

[Dan]

Okay. I'll go with my mortal by the way mortals, I'm 3 and oh Zupy 3 and oh Ebo 2 and 1. Everyone else is 1 and 2. My mortal is going to be Illinois. I gotta. I gotta look at oh as well. No, no. So over in that game. So I just have to look on the app because I have DraftKings up and it doesn't have Illinois listed over 52 and a half. Oh wait, is that screw up the parlay? Jack just won't be live in Illinois. All right. We could pick. We'll pick up.

[Rico]

We didn't run.

[Dan]

No, no.

[Rico]

These are these Moneyline parlay and this.

[Dave]

One and then that way there will.

[Rico]

Be two pick and parlays up and then people can bet.

[Dan]

Okay, great. That works. All right. It's great. So over Illinois Indiana is my mortal Hank. Can I take Florida State second half over 23 and a half. Is it 23 and a half?

[Rico]

20 and a half.

[Dan]

22. No, you cannot take that as immortal.

[Rico]

I will.

[Dave]

I don't have a lot of time. That is Oklahoma crazy. I. I got. That is just the dumbest Florida State. Aren't they a 50 point favorite this week? They could be up 50 at half and then you don't play. That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[Rico]

Okay, we'll see.

[Dan]

We'll see. Zupy Utah minus three. Okay.

[Rico]

Michigan minus two and a half. Bully ball.

[Dan]

Okay. I'm going to add that to my card.

[Dave]

Notre Dame -24 and a half.

[Dan]

Okay. Anyone else before Rico Austin? No. Okay.

[Rico]

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[Dan]

Rico finishes off Florida State.

[Rico]

Kent State over 56 and a half. Florida State might get it done themselves.

[Dan]

That's it.

[Dave]

Why not the first half total points versus second because usually in these huge spreads they they go crazy in the first half and then you can be the victim of them not even trying the second. So I'm curious the logic.

[Rico]

I do think they will get out to a big number. I think I'm putting myself if Florida State doesn't. Let's Say they play okay and it's 24 nothing at the half. I think those starters will still play through the third. Well, they'll. Where they'll.

[Dave]

Do you think that's what's going to happen in the first?

[Rico]

I think they're going to be comfortable at about 28 to 31. 28, 31 Nothing at the end of the first half. They don't pull guys in the third quarter. They will play at least two drives, probably the entire third quarter. I think that offense gets me at least the 14 I need. I think the defense could go get seven because Kent State's that bad.

[Dave]

What's. What's the.

[Dan]

And then in the fourth quarter, half, 45 and a half. The second half over is 23 and a half. No, no, but he's taking.

[Rico]

No, I know, I know, I know. I need three touchdowns. I'm gonna go get one on the opening drive when Florida State gets the ball, and then maybe they. If they have to, they pull their guys. I think I'm getting one from the defense and I think.

[Dave]

What's the first half?

[Rico]

Florida State, the first show.

[Dan]

First half, Florida State total is 30 and a half.

[Dave]

Can I add that to my card? First half, Florida State team total.

[Dan]

I think, Dave, you got to go first half over, second half under.

[Dave]

I don't want a lot. I. But I'm more comfortable with the third, like 31st half than 23 or 22nd. So add that.

[Dan]

It's a. It's. It's a fun pick Bosco. This is why I love pick him. Because this is going to be a discussion somehow.

[Dave]

Yeah. Glimpse into the madness of Bosco's brain to come up with this pick.

[Dan]

If I had to guess, it's going to be a clip of Bosco, like screaming at the TV in his basement whenever this game is played. And on pick him next week. Being like they had the ball in the red zone with 2 minutes left, and then they decided to kneel and it's like. Yeah, we know.

[Rico]

Well, which. Dan, you. What do you want to do? You want. You. It's. You got two guys on opposite side of the fence.

[Dan]

I'm riding with Bosco. I'm taking the over. Second half, twenty and a half.

[Rico]

Twenty and a half. But the Jack, the Mortal is the over in the game.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Rico]

56 and a half.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Rico]

And then, Dan, give me a money line and let Dave go.

[Dan]

And then I'll do Arizona State.

[Rico]

Arizona State. Okay, let's search that reminder.

[Dave]

Oh, that's immortal.

[Dan]

No, no, that's the.

[Rico]

For this money line.

[Dan]

He's doing some weird thing. I don't know, because.

[Rico]

Hold on, hold on. All right, wait.

[Dave]

Arizona, minus the last two years.

[Rico]

Dave has always been able to sniff the three money lines in terms of straight dogs and got real close. And those are fun to see when it's.

[Dave]

Whatever.

[Rico]

There's a huge ticket. Like three of us.

[Dave]

That shout out Kelly in Vegas. She was the one who was doing those to start. Yeah.

[Rico]

All right. It's plus 20.

[Dan]

Speaking of which, can we be done with Brian Robinson?

[Dave]

Yeah, I'm done with him.

[Dan]

All right. Thank you. That was a little. We didn't.

[Rico]

2876. 2876.

[Dan]

I.

[Dave]

Listen, I had. I just had everything wrong. Like the end of that Monday night game. Falcons, Bucks. Like, I had was no Bucks. Bucks. Texans. I had Texans straight. And then I had Chase. Dumb parlay.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I just need it. Like, if the Bucks scored, I needed it to be Evans, and then I would have won. Or just not score. They run the ball.

[Dan]

All right.

[Dave]

I gotta do the end name.

[Dan]

See ya.

[Rico]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Good show.