RICO GOES OFF THE MEDS & ANNOUNCES HIS NEXT CHAPTER | Pick Em Week 6

Summary

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Barstool Pick Em: "RICO GOES OFF THE MEDS & ANNOUNCES HIS NEXT CHAPTER" | Week 6 (October 1, 2025)

Hosts: Big Cat (Hank/“Dan”), Dave Portnoy (Pres), Rico Bosco
Notable Guests/Contributors: Jackie Mac, occasional mentions of other Barstool personalities

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode of Barstool Pick Em dives deep into the evolving dynamics between the hosts, notably Rico Bosco’s decision to go off his meds and embark on a new show, his ongoing contract saga, and the unique “gotcha culture” that permeates both Barstool and the broader sports gambling industry. The crew’s signature blend of personal drama, office politics, and degenerate gambling is interwoven with their picks and commentary on the major college football matchups of Week 6.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Early Season Records and "The Parlay Win" ([01:30]–[04:10])

• Standings Recap: Dave leads with 56% (40–31), Big Cat is holding steady, and Bosco trails at 42%.
• Parlay Reflections: The crew celebrates a rare parlay hit, with Dave admitting:

  “I did bet the pick em parlay… I haven't won anything and I won it.” – Dave ([01:54])

• Bosco jokes about host loyalties and playing the “villain,” hinting at shifting alliances and show storylines.

2. Rico Bosco “Off the Meds” ([04:09]–[05:01]; [22:41]–[24:32])

• Reveal: Dave confronts Rico about rumors of being "off the meds," to which Rico candidly confirms.

  “I'm off. It's been a couple weeks.” – Rico ([04:59])

• Rico describes the struggle to refill prescriptions and how “a lot of balls [are] bouncing up there.”
• Impact: Dave is amused but concerned:

  “When you're not on meds, I mean, you're a true psychopath, right?... It was great for the show last week. But, like, you've lied before, too, about being on meds.” ([04:44])

• Later, they reflect more philosophically on "madness versus genius":

  “All the great artists and musicians, if they were on meds, they wouldn’t be known. They’re at their best when it’s like A Beautiful Mind.” – Dave ([24:39])

3. Barstool Office Drama: Jackie’s Oktoberfest Trip ([05:48]–[12:01])

• Jackie returns from a mysterious Oktoberfest trip, sparking intense questioning.
• The hosts tease Jackie about having a “sugar daddy” and abandoning peak football season for Germany.
• Humor & Gotcha Culture:

  “Who goes to Germany with a friend of a friend?” – Dave ([08:25])
  “He had the setup. Did you have to blow him?” – Hank ([07:09])

• Ultimately, the group concedes that Jackie, despite bad timing, just took up a classic “friend of a friend” trip and there's a running gag about office “sugar daddies” and Barstool’s culture of side deals.

4. Contract Culture & "Gotcha Motherfucking Culture" ([17:20]–[21:15])

• Jackie prods: Is Rico’s new show a contract negotiation ploy?
• Rico explodes about “gotcha culture,” defending the timing/logistics of his show’s creation:

  “This is what they say. They're like, why do you have a temper? Why you an asshole? It's gotcha motherfucking culture. It's the same fucking thing every motherfucking time.” – Rico ([18:40])

• Dave explains why Rico is always given one-year deals:

  “He quit, Hank. He tried to murder people. He's run people out of the company... you always need the carrot to keep the dog walking.” ([25:43])

5. Ongoing Industry Banter: Sugar Daddies, Office Culture, and Loyalty ([12:01]–[14:15], [25:09]–[28:13])

• Conversation on side hustles, Barstool's unique loyalty web, and the local "sugar daddy" culture.
• Exchanges about Bosco’s loyalty to Jackie and office intrigues (including mentions of personalities like Riggs, Jerry, etc.) add rich color to the in-house drama.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On gotcha culture:

  “I like... it's not... I don't want points.” – Rico ([26:53], referencing his ongoing self-reflection and progress)

• On parlay wins:

  “You could ask me any question. That's what they wanted to know: how much did Bosco put on that parlay.” – Hank ([03:29])

• On contracts & performance:

  “You quit, Hank. He tried to murder people. He's run people out of the company... you always need the carrot to keep the dog walking.” – Dave ([25:43])

• On the chaos of being off-meds:

  “There’s just random synapses when you’re not on the meds. Things are just like a galaxy of just weird shooting stars going on in your head.” – Dave ([44:09])

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Key Football Picks & Analysis

1. Standout Games Discussed

• Wisconsin @ Michigan (-17.5) [30:14]

  • Dave: Michigan “wins by 100.”
  • Hank: Takes Wisconsin +17.5, more out of loyalty than logic.
  • Rico: Michigan, referencing how far Wisconsin has fallen.

• Vanderbilt @ Alabama (-10.5) [34:44]

  • Hank and Dave: Like the points with Vandy (“too many points”), wary of Bama’s inconsistency.
  • Rico: Alabama, expects a post-Georgia flex.

• Texas @ Florida (+6.5) [38:44]

  • Hank: Texas (-6.5), citing Florida’s banged-up D-line and lackluster offense.
  • Dave: Florida (“at some point, they're in these games…”).
  • Rico: Texas (“but don’t wanna root for Florida”).

• Miami @ Florida State (+4.5) [40:34]

  • Hank: Over 53.5, expects fireworks.
  • Dave: Florida State; placed a pre-UVA loss future on them, sticking to it.
  • Rico: Detailed QB stats; ultimately takes Carson Beck/FSU, but admits his logic led him into a corner ("I put myself in a corner." – [42:05])

2. "Mortal Locks" and Card Highlights ([52:23]–[54:07])

• Hank: Notre Dame–Boise over 62.5 (“Notre Dame’s offense is the real deal, defense still shaky.”)
• Dave: Adds Notre Dame–Boise over, Houston +10.5, and Maryland+6.5 as his ML underdog.
• Rico: Georgia -20.5 (confidence boost game), multiple overs (Illinois-Purdue, Army-UAB).

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Inside the Barstool Machine

Media Business, New Projects, Sponsors ([14:15]–[16:32]; [21:15]–[23:23])

• Rico’s “new show” has a soft launch, discussed as part of both career growth and “something to show” come contract renewal (and possible sponsor partnerships like Neutrophil and GameTime).
• Dave is skeptical that such sponsorships are real until content actually airs, reflecting real-world cynicism about behind-the-scenes sports media sales.

On Self-Improvement and Past Transgressions ([26:31]–[26:53])

• Rico candidly discusses the darkness of his past microaggressions (e.g., following Hank to his car), suggesting his growth but also the ever-present risk of regression.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:30 – Records, parlay talk
• 04:10 – Rico’s meds, “true psychopath” mode
• 05:48 – Jackie grilled on Oktoberfest trip (sugar daddy jokes)
• 17:20 – Rico erupts on “gotcha motherfucking culture”
• 25:09 – One-year contract logic & the carrot analogy
• 28:36 – “Gotcha culture” mirror observations
• 30:14 – Wisconsin–Michigan picks and Big Ten talk
• 38:44 – Texas–Florida, why take (or not take) Florida
• 40:34 – Miami–Florida State: Rivalry with a twist, QB analysis
• 52:23 – Mortal Locks and wrap-up picks

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Overall Tone & Style

• Fast-paced, competitive, and confrontational — lots of ribbing, inside jokes, and frequent pivots from gambling analysis to personal/professional drama.
• Language is blunt, irreverent, and unfiltered, true to Barstool's brand.
• Dynamic: Dave’s pragmatic cynicism, Rico’s manic energy, and Hank’s steady, self-deprecating leadership anchor the show.

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Closing Thoughts

For Barstool fans and football bettors alike, this episode delivers the brand’s trademark combination of picks, personal confessions, intra-office beefs, and the unpredictable mood swings of a man “off the meds.” Standout moments include the grilling of Jackie over Oktoberfest, Rico’s candid contracts logic, and Dave’s recurring reminders about discipline, both on and off the gambling field. The picks are almost secondary to the stories—but aren’t they always at Barstool?

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Transcript

[Hank]

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[Rico]

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[Hank]

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[Rico]

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[Hank]

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[Hank]

Boys, what's up? It is week six. It is Dave in first with 56%. He is 40 and 31. I am 81 and 70 with 53%. Bosco in last 26. 35 for 42%. How we doing, boys? We're five weeks into the season. Going into week six. Feels like we starting to know some more shit. How we feel it.

[Dave]

I will say I won. I. I did bet the pick and parlay the normal one. Not a huge bet in my scheme, but I haven't won anything and I won it.

[Hank]

So.

[Dave]

That was nice.

[Hank]

Yeah, that was nice. I. I had. I had that over that Arkansas, Notre Dame over.

[Dave]

Yeah, that was easy.

[Hank]

Needed that bad.

[Dave]

Utah State was a back door last second touchdown. So that saved it. And then what was the third one?

[Hank]

What?

[Rico]

Oregon.

[Hank]

Yeah. Yeah. Which is a great pick. Bosco, do you have anything to say for former rider Henry Lockwood? No. Rico. Rico is white. Rico. Oh. If he had anything to say to you. Sorry.

[Rico]

It just would have been so much fun, Hank. To play the villain. You go in there fucking quacking, and Max, like, you and Max are ying and yang. Like, you would have been able to throw it in his face, which you love doing. Like, I don't. I don't know. I know he's your. You know, he's your guy now, but, like, I was your guy forever. It would have been a good one to play the villain.

[Hank]

Yeah. You know, you're right.

[Rico]

You were right.

[Hank]

You were. You were dead right. It was. It was a good atmosphere. It is a bit of a cult, but it. I wish I was. I wish I was on the Ducks. Yeah. Stay penned for a reason.

[Rico]

Great fans are passionate.

[Hank]

Passionate, passionate fans. Yeah.

[Rico]

What happened with the flight? You were just. That's it. You just missed.

[Hank]

Yeah, I just woke up too late. Yeah. Yeah, that was tough. He missed a flight, Dave.

[Dave]

Yeah, I saw that.

[Hank]

Yeah, it's. Hey, listen, he owned it. The tweet where he was just like. For all the people saying I'm childish and immature, you're right. What are you gonna do? You got me on that one.

[Rico]

Yeah. It's be Rabbit. I am white, I am dumb.

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Rico]

Do live in a trailer with my.

[Hank]

Mom, by the way. I got a funny anecdote. So the playoff baseballs here. Very fun. I was at the Cubs game on. So we're taping this on Wednesday. I'm gonna go to game two. But I was at game one as well, and there was four stoolies sitting in front of me, and, like, you know, it was, like, maybe the second inning, and they realized they, like, recognized my voice. I took Eddie and Titus, and so they're like, oh, like, what's up, guys? And I was like, all right, here comes a question. They're like, we got one question for you. Like, like, just totally off the record. And I was like, what? And he just goes, how much did Bosco put on that parlay? You could ask me any question. That's what they wanted to know.

[Dave]

I heard you were off the meds.

[Rico]

Yeah.

[Dave]

But you're back on now.

[Rico]

No, still off.

[Dave]

Because there's a problem with them getting them or. Why aren't you on them?

[Rico]

I don't think they're necessarily, like, the greatest. I ran. I was taking two. They upped it to two. I was taking two. I ran out of one, and then I was calling and then you just like, I hate. It's like, I call. I'm like, listen, I need her to call me back. Like, because you got to get on a zoom to get it. And then she don't call it. You lose track. So it's been a couple of weeks, so a lot of. A lot of balls bouncing up there, but trying to.

[Dave]

Yeah, because, like, when you're not on meds, I mean, you're a. You're a true psychopath. Right?

[Rico]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And I don't know if that's good or bad. It was great for the show last week. But, like, you've lied before, too, about being on meds. No, that.

[Rico]

I mean. Yeah, I'm. I'm out.

[Hank]

I'm off.

[Rico]

I'm out. It's been a couple weeks.

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Okay.

[Hank]

Good or bad? Or is that, like, content?

[Dave]

It's good till someone. Something really horrific happens.

[Rico]

Yeah. There. And there's a lot of pokers out there, Dave. There's a lot of pokers.

[Hank]

So who's the number one poker?

[Rico]

Dave's guy, Phil.

[Hank]

Oh, Meek is the number one poker.

[Dave]

I am a big, Meek guy.

[Rico]

I know. Yeah, I know. He's a poker. He's a poker.

[Hank]

Meek threw up before the Mets final game.

[Dave]

Oh, that.

[Hank]

It was crazy. We were just sitting in the cave, and he was just like, I got to go throw up just out of nowhere. All right, so who's the. Is. Is anyone else poking you? Is Jackie been poking you?

[Rico]

And that's his job. Yeah. I mean, I don't. You know, it's not. I don't cry like that. This inherent of the job, like, that's what he's supposed to do. I'm not sitting there going, oh, poor me. But it is difficult to deal with.

[Dave]

Like, I had some people from last week be being like, you've really gotten soft. Because I let Jackie get off without saying exactly what he was doing when he was like, oh, I got offered something. Like, by who? By what? Like, what are you talking about? He's very vague. He just shut up and didn't really do it. But he should have had to declare exactly what boondoggle caused him to leave in the middle of college football, NFL, and leave his job to go to Germany.

[Hank]

Yeah, he. He has a sugar daddy.

[Rico]

He's got a sugar daddy.

[Jackie]

No, I. I didn't get offered anything. There was just.

[Hank]

He got. He's a sugar daddy.

[Dave]

He said, you had a great opportunity.

[Jackie]

No, it was just like, they had.

[Hank]

Who's they?

[Jackie]

This guy we know the opportunity.

[Hank]

Sugar daddy. Mr.

[Rico]

Opportunity is a great name.

[Hank]

Who.

[Dave]

Who is this guy?

[Jackie]

Friend of ours in Chicago. It's nothing.

[Dave]

How'd you meet him?

[Jackie]

Just, like, out at the bar.

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Dave]

What, the friend of a friend?

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And why does he do.

[Hank]

What. What.

[Dave]

What made this such.

[Jackie]

He's just been to Oktoberfest and had reservations. I put my foot in my mouth and I'm an idiot.

[Dave]

Oh, he's been to Oktoberfest.

[Jackie]

I know. I'm an idiot. I'm an idiot.

[Hank]

I'm an idiot.

[Jackie]

I'm an idiot.

[Hank]

So did this guy pay for everything?

[Jackie]

He had the whole setup and. No, we still paid. We still paid.

[Hank]

He had the setup. Did you have to blow him?

[Jackie]

I am an idiot.

[Dave]

I. How much was it?

[Hank]

How many blows?

[Dave]

What did you misspeak about?

[Jackie]

Because I said good opportunity. I was just saying that. I was. I just am an idiot. I should not have said it.

[Hank]

All right, well, so then speak correctly now. You. You. Oh, Rico's love, by the way. Look at his face. I just caught his face out of the corner of my eye.

[Dave]

Yeah, so why. What should you have said?

[Jackie]

I should have just been like, I'm a fucking idiot and shouldn't have gone on this fucking.

[Dave]

What? Explain the trip.

[Hank]

Yeah, explain the whole timeline of the trip. So when did you see the.

[Rico]

See the outfits, Dave?

[Hank]

No, I didn't send us the outfits. Oh, my God. You dressed up as the. You did the leader hosen.

[Jackie]

I did do the leader Oz.

[Hank]

Oh, my God. I didn't know that.

[Dave]

I want to hear who this guy is. I want to hear who the trip is.

[Hank]

The.

[Rico]

I want it all.

[Hank]

Wait, so when we were. So when we're sitting in the cave 12 hours into a Sunday, you're. You got leader hosens on.

[Jackie]

I did have leader hose, you scumbag.

[Dave]

Why are you protecting this guy?

[Jackie]

I like. I. I don't. I'm not protecting him. He's just a friend of a friend. Like, he just had.

[Hank]

Who goes.

[Dave]

Who goes to Germany with a friend of a friend?

[Jackie]

No, we went with my friends, like, my friends. But I don't know this guy. So he's. They're friends with him closer.

[Hank]

So.

[Jackie]

But like, I went with, like, my buddies.

[Hank]

Oh, my God.

[Rico]

Boss man. Boss man, pick up the phone.

[Hank]

Oh, my God. You are such a piece of shit. Look at that picture. Dave, the glasses.

[Dave]

What a piece of.

[Jackie]

Thank you, Rico. That's.

[Rico]

Jack. This.

[Dave]

I know.

[Rico]

It's fair game. I come in fair game. Trying to stay in my lane.

[Dave]

But you posted it. You dumb.

[Hank]

That too. I Know.

[Jackie]

I know, I know, I know.

[Dave]

So what are you being like? Oh, Rico, you fight.

[Jackie]

I know. I. I'm saying I understand.

[Dave]

Understand.

[Jackie]

I understand. I understand.

[Dave]

There's no part of you, like, maybe it's not the season. Like you to take vacations to Germany.

[Jackie]

I thought that if. If I only did it for two days, it wouldn't be as bad the weekend. But I like the way it was. It worked. Was. I was. Well, it. It's not going to make any sense. I'm an idiot.

[Dave]

Why are you explaining? Did this have any, like. Like, so this in your mind and I'll find out. This had nothing to do with barstool.

[Jackie]

Had nothing to do with Barstool? No, 100%. Swear on my life.

[Hank]

Meeting the guy had nothing to do with barstool?

[Jackie]

No, it did not.

[Rico]

I swear.

[Hank]

Is the guy a stooley?

[Jackie]

He's never brought up barstool to me in my life. I swear.

[Hank]

He sniffed your hair. Has he sniffed your hair?

[Rico]

What's left of it.

[Jackie]

I'm confused by the sniffing the hair.

[Hank]

I'm asking if he sniffed your hair.

[Jackie]

He has not sniffed my hair. No. Also, that was. That was rude, Rico. I. I know it's going away, so go ahead. Go ahead with what?

[Hank]

Give us a timeline.

[Jackie]

Flew in Sunday, October.

[Hank]

When did it come? When did you get the call being like, hey, Oktoberfest, we on.

[Jackie]

This is a long time ago. Long time ago. I mean, I have to go back and look. I mean, months. Months.

[Hank]

And we got time.

[Jackie]

I mean, it would have been in part. It would have been in person at it. When we were all hanging out somewhere.

[Hank]

Okay.

[Jackie]

Then they were trying to get me to go to Europe for a week. I was like, I think that's a really.

[Dave]

They. Your friend.

[Jackie]

Sorry, I just keep saying day. My friends were trying to get me to go to Europe for a week.

[Rico]

The soda boys.

[Jackie]

And then I was like, I think that. I don't think that would be good during football season. And then I booked it. I literally went for 60 hours.

[Dave]

Weekend.

[Jackie]

No, it was just. Well, yeah, it was Sunday.

[Hank]

60 hours. Is that more than two days? That's a crazy way to say three days. And it was more than three days.

[Dave]

I honestly don't know what FS1 would say if I'm like, well, I know we go to a show and we sign this contract, we do this deal, but I think I'm just going to fuck off to Oktoberfest. Skip one of them.

[Jackie]

My goal. Yeah, I. 100% stupid decision. I am retired. Retired. From doing that ever again because.

[Dave]

Yeah. You've done it multiple times, right?

[Hank]

Yeah. You. You got to go to Oktoberfest.

[Jackie]

I did.

[Dave]

And didn't you travel somewhere else, like, on exotic vacation during football season?

[Rico]

That was the smack record years ago.

[Jackie]

I did go. I did have a South Africa trip.

[Hank]

What was that? What was that?

[Jackie]

Smack.

[Rico]

Smackfrica.

[Hank]

Jack does do a very good job. He's just really bad at planning his vacations at home. Go anywhere in the summer.

[Jackie]

I am done. I am done.

[Hank]

No one gives a in the summer. True. Yeah. Where you stand on this, Hank? You're not a vacation shamer. I'm not a vacation shamer. I. I don't think the opportunity had anything to do with Barcelona.

[Dave]

I will.

[Hank]

I will have Jax back there. Okay, so it's just an opportunity. But a great opportunity is a great opportunity. Which sounds like just his friends wanted him to go to Oktoberfest. Yeah. Yeah. And this guy was gonna pay for some hair sniffs. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, that makes sense. I. I don't know what it is about. Is it. Is it. It looked like a good time, too. We have, like. We have, like, a sugar daddy culture at barstool. It's weird. Jerry had one. Jack has not a sugar. Rico has one. Like, I don't have one. Nate oats.

[Dave]

Oh, Riggs has one.

[Hank]

Riggs has one. Yeah. What is up with that, Dave?

[Dave]

Yeah, they.

[Hank]

They.

[Jackie]

They.

[Dave]

They like getting benefits. They're like, you know, in college where they go, then. Now you can do anything, but they're like, under the table. Benefits.

[Rico]

Friends of the benefit, friends of the program.

[Hank]

Okay, Rico, though, is that your favorite? 10 minutes to pick him ever. Close.

[Rico]

Yeah, close.

[Hank]

Yeah, it was pretty good for you. All right, let's take a quick break.

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[Hank]

Oh, yeah? Congratulations.

[Dave]

What time's that air?

[Rico]

Should be tonight, 7:38, depending on.

[Dave]

Good timing.

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Dave]

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[Rico]

All right, I'll talk to my guy.

[Hank]

Yeah, let's get it. Let's get it.

[Dave]

But I like it. It's working. Hey, hopefully it's good.

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Rico]

Yeah, I think it's. I think it's got some stuff behind it for 20, 26 already, so we'll see.

[Hank]

I've watched this old.

[Rico]

You mean? Yeah.

[Hank]

No, yeah.

[Dave]

No.

[Hank]

What do you mean?

[Dave]

I'd be stunned if that's true, Dave.

[Hank]

What do you mean?

[Dave]

Okay, that's just like Annika caught texting me. Be like, hey, Game time wants a sponsor, Me and Nikki's pod, whatever the fuck that is. Like, can we get on the network? Well, a, then we get sued for what Nikki says, and B, you think they give a fuck if they're on your pod or we're just spreading it around.

[Hank]

Who? But, Rico, you. You said someone to me. That was. I haven't heard before.

[Rico]

Right. It was approached to me. It's not me running around.

[Dave]

I just have a hard time feeling, though, I know how our sales people work, that we've sold something for something that's never even aired.

[Rico]

Yeah, I think it's something. We're building the relationship with a client. It seems like they like it, so.

[Dave]

All right. I hope I'm wrong.

[Rico]

What I'm told.

[Dave]

I don't think I am, but I hope I'm wrong.

[Hank]

All right.

[Rico]

I think it's a mutual friend of ours. Dave, too. Like, it's continuing that relationship.

[Hank]

What, now we're talking in code? Rapoli?

[Rico]

No, hair doctor. Oh, what's told? I'm just waiting on the paperwork. Okay, so, like. Yeah, I know how it works, man. Like for all the, you know, like neutral, you lower your head.

[Dave]

Neutrophil.

[Rico]

Yes. You go out and fucking do it. And at the End of the year, you have something to stand on.

[Dave]

All right, I love that.

[Rico]

And you can ask Daniel Bosco business the same thing with Hank. Fucking like, you know, there's no crying to Hank with different shit. It's like, hey, Hank, I got an idea. Like, you mind jumping on the phone five minutes? Like, what's gonna help me with my career? There's no bullshit. Same with Dan. Like, we go three months at a time without talking. Like, true.

[Hank]

We still tax.

[Rico]

Well, no, it's not. But it's not negative, Dan. But it's like, you. Let's use your time, man.

[Hank]

Like, it's like, again, like, how you weaponize that against me, by the way. I want to just get that on the record.

[Rico]

No, I don't want you to.

[Hank]

I'm not.

[Rico]

Weapons on the weapons.

[Hank]

I don't. I leave you alone. So, like, I should get credit for leaving you alone?

[Rico]

No, it's not.

[Hank]

We do tax.

[Rico]

It's.

[Hank]

It's.

[Rico]

It's. It's just not going back into the fucking Manhattan beach convo.

[Hank]

All right.

[Rico]

With him going, you're right. You know what? I don't know.

[Hank]

Or when you.

[Rico]

I don't know. And then me hanging up and it's like, here we go. Is going to set off a bad bath.

[Hank]

You're right.

[Rico]

When you hung up that phone, Manhattan Beach. Yeah. When you hung up the phone, you were like, you. You know.

[Dave]

Well, I was on you saying, yeah.

[Rico]

Yeah, you better fix it. You better fix it. And for the most part, I've done a good job fixing it. Every day is a battle. I don't have meds, but every day's a battle.

[Dave]

But, like, big problems.

[Rico]

The great opportunity, like, you laugh with your friends here, like, enjoy it. Do work and get it done.

[Hank]

I will say opportunity. I will say, uh, I should clarify.

[Rico]

Because it's not as good an opportunity than to go to Oktoberfest. But it. Barcelona is a good opportunity.

[Dave]

Agreed.

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Jackie]

Rigo, does you starting this show late in the year have anything to do with contract coming up?

[Rico]

See, this is. But this is. This is where he can't fucking help himself. And it's Gotcha motherfucking culture. Okay, let's time it out. Since you won't give. Since you. No, that's. Nobody asked a loaded fucking question. You fucking knew it. Okay, this is the boss. Both bosses here. Let's lay it out. Okay? Season starts February or January, running through till football. Football still the bread and butter of this company. Dave, would you say yes? Okay. And then in March, Jackie Boy While you were at fucking weddings doing God knows fucking what, Dave and Dan. Without again looking for a pat on the back or like, you know, elevating myself. March Madness, some of those storylines, where did I rank in terms of how that was?

[Dave]

Hi. Great.

[Hank]

Hi. Okay.

[Rico]

There we go, Jack. So in April and May, when we cut. When we conceptualized the idea and sat down three days a week, here's what we're gonna do. We're really gonna put it to the paper. And then in June, July, August, we start filming this stuff and rolling it out all through my own fucking connections when it starts debuting at the end of September. Yeah, Jack, that timeline makes sense, you fucking dick. So, yeah. And does it help, obviously, at the end of the year? Yes, Dick, but. But it's logistics, which I fucking worked in third party jerk off.

[Dave]

You know, Boss, Boss.

[Rico]

This is the fucking thing. This is what they say. They're like, why do you have a temper? Why you an asshole? It's gotcha motherfucking culture. It's the same fucking thing every motherfucking time. Know what goes on in the inner working. Same thing. Yo, Dave, why? Oh, you post a. You could post a video by your fool, you run like, buddy, it's 4 sec. Like, are they. Should we be diving into your fucking day or this and that with Dan? Oh, you did this. You. You don't know the fucking behind. What's going on in the wall, man? Like, it's the somebody's.

[Hank]

Why was I posted?

[Rico]

What video?

[Hank]

What?

[Dave]

For a second, that part, I got lost.

[Rico]

I'm saying if. If there was a commenter or a troll or some dickhead to like, dive into four seconds of your life, be like, whatever you like. You don't know what's going on, man.

[Hank]

Right.

[Rico]

Lay it. Get out the whole picture, you know? Okay. You shouldn't be counted every fucking second.

[Hank]

Right?

[Dave]

Culture. Culture sucks. And I will say, listen, I was watching the Yankees Red Sox last night. Big ads for Neutrophil all over the bullpen. Big budget. And they're in the Bosco business. I didn't know it. They're in the Bosco business.

[Rico]

What with my luck, the paperwork's gonna go through, but.

[Hank]

Okay, well, we'll see.

[Rico]

We're staying positive.

[Hank]

What? You didn't.

[Dave]

What are you talking about?

[Rico]

No, I'm saying it's just finalizing, that's all. I don't want to get ahead of myself.

[Hank]

Okay, so you. You didn't answer Jack's question, though.

[Rico]

Yeah, Dan, you wouldn't.

[Dave]

Pledge master.

[Hank]

Question. I'm Asking.

[Rico]

All right, Dave, let me ask.

[Dave]

We had come to a finality of a discussion and you rebroad it up.

[Hank]

I didn't. I just said answer the question.

[Rico]

No, he's yes. Which I addressed. He's right. Dave, let me ask you a question as an employee coming to you. Take me out of the equation. Someone comes to you every year. It's on a one year deal and at the end of December, what's the first usual question or how you kind of approach, like, hey, first off, it's difficult. Like when you have five minutes. We saw that play out a couple weeks ago, how it goes. But like, you might only have 45 seconds in front of this guy. Like, all right, what do you got? You got. You got two minutes. What do you got? It's like, all right, well, here's what it did. I did what I did. I'm in the mix this and that. But like, here's the new thing that you say, go do something yourself. Yeah, this is where it is. So, yes, at the end of the year, I definitely did Dan, want to have something for that. And that's been from your advice as well?

[Dave]

Yes.

[Rico]

So you can't do the gotcha thing with that as well?

[Hank]

Not gotcha.

[Dave]

Who's gotcha? No, the only one gutter in here is Jackie tables trying to get the heat off him. Being in Oktoberfest, it's just tough.

[Rico]

It's tough because, like, you know, it's at the end of the day, like, who do you answer to? I answer to these two guys doing a pretty good job, staying the fuck out of the way, laughing at things, working on it, getting things going and then. But here it is. It's the gotcha culture. It's fucking this, it's fucking culture. The beach house bikini boys and this and fucking everybody.

[Hank]

Who's the beach house bikini boys?

[Rico]

Neely.

[Hank]

Oh, and who is the other bees?

[Rico]

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[Hank]

Okay. All right, we're, we're already there.

[Dave]

I mean, it's quite clear we're descending down a. No meds Rabbit.

[Rico]

Yeah, but, yeah, Dave, I agree, we're teetering, but with this. But I'm trying, I'm doing dedicating as much as I can to work and making it work.

[Hank]

The meds back in the mix is what Dave is saying, I think.

[Rico]

But pick him at the end of the year too. What's he going to like? You need a good. Pick him, man. I mean, what do you want? There you go. BC +4. Like, what do we want? Like, let's, this is the show you guys have said. I've tried to. For as much as like, you don't got it. I've come in here, been like offensive play rate and third down conversions. You guys, that ain't what it's about.

[Hank]

Like, you've been great this year.

[Rico]

P at the end.

[Dave]

Listen. And I wrestle with it every night because it's like, I, I, I. Where do you find that line in the madness? I think you're right about it. I think it may be time maybe if you were doing two pills, maybe do the one half a pill, come back up a little bit. I think we're, we're starting to get, you know. Ever play that game Excite Bite? Like the, the.

[Hank]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rico]

And you.

[Dave]

All the bike overheats and you just break down. You're getting into that red area on Excite Bite where it's like you got to take it down a couple levels.

[Hank]

Just take one personal.

[Rico]

There's a lot.

[Dave]

Yeah, and that's, that's a, that's a Bosco no Meds trademark. The only one in the world with, you know, a life outside of here. So we're getting there. First guy ever to have kids.

[Rico]

Don't see. You can't say you're doing good all the time.

[Hank]

President.

[Rico]

You can't say that. You can't do that.

[Dave]

Well, I'm saying the whole goal.

[Rico]

What is my goal? Every day. Perform and stay out of fucking trouble. And then. And not give you shit of the crying and the fucking. Figure it out, dude.

[Dave]

Mix in some meds.

[Hank]

Just one. Maybe we got it. Maybe we got to be. You know what? Maybe, maybe we got to be like a, like, like, like when Stella, you.

[Dave]

Know, all the great artists and musicians, if they were on meds, they wouldn't be known.

[Rico]

Right.

[Dave]

They're at their best.

[Hank]

Right.

[Dave]

When it's like A Beautiful Mind.

[Hank]

Right.

[Rico]

Right.

[Hank]

But maybe, maybe we do like, like when I have to give Stella meds because she's getting old.

[Rico]

Like just, just hide in the food.

[Hank]

Yeah. Just throw one in a little cheese and just be like, here, Bosco, have a little cheese. Just have a chance.

[Rico]

I've taken like the, the motto has been no setbacks. Dave. The same thing. Right. Hey, wake up. Barcelona's probably not working with the format we have.

[Dave]

Great.

[Rico]

Which I agree with. Like that form, like has it works. You got too many things to host. T. Bob runs it. It's why we hired the guy. I've always been pro of bringing in new guys. That's always been my motto. Yeah.

[Dave]

And Bosco, by the way, every time, very helpful. He's still sending links. He's been helpful too. So that is a, that is a nice. It's a good move. I appreciate it. Now I. The contract thing with it, but I appreciate it.

[Hank]

Right. And, and the boss.

[Rico]

No, well, that's, no, it's just do. Well, if you gave him more than.

[Hank]

A one year deal, then you, you.

[Rico]

Could always do that argument.

[Hank]

He's always.

[Dave]

He quit, Hank. He tried to murder people. He's run people out of the company. Guys like that, you don't put on multi year deals. You always need the carrot to keep the dog walking.

[Hank]

Great.

[Rico]

And you, and when you have four or five fuckups, you don't. Yeah. You don't get the leash.

[Hank]

Yes, I, I. So back to Bosco Industries. I do think that maybe debuting it during MLB playoffs isn't a great idea. I do like the series though. We talked about it. Rico. You sent me some videos. I think it's got some legs. I, I'm a big proponent of it. I think it's good.

[Dave]

I, I would avoid Red Sox, Yankees tonight as the air Date. You're not going to get much. We got that. You could get a Hogdale coming in. I probably won't compete as that.

[Rico]

Appreciate that.

[Hank]

Yeah, no problem. Welcome. And you have been. I. I will say the. The. The three month. We do text, but. Yeah, you have. Not you.

[Rico]

You.

[Hank]

We didn't go back to when. You remember when you followed me all the way to my car. Like, you don't do that anymore.

[Rico]

Every once, you know, like, listen as much as every once in a while, I'll go back to check myself. I'll scroll through, like, old texts to. To remind yourself, like, how bad you were. You know, like, you got to look at that. So, like. So that's what I'm saying. Like, I like. It's not. I don't want points.

[Hank]

That's dark. That's dark. That's.

[Rico]

Watch game T. Coaches watch game tape.

[Hank]

Yeah, that's some dark.

[Dave]

Who's cackling like a little girl, Hank?

[Rico]

Yeah, it's. It's tough for supporting a cult. It would have been so much more fun, Hank, if you were quacked out today.

[Hank]

If you were quacked out, it would have been great. I rode. I've been a rider all year.

[Dave]

I had him. Yeah, I had him.

[Hank]

All right, should we do some picks? That was some good stuff, boys. That was good. That was good triangle offense that we had going. And I'll say this about Jackie because I know people are going to come after him for the opportunity. I told Jackie before Pickham started, like, he is. He's probably the only guy who can still get that Bosco. So he does serve a nice purpose on the show.

[Rico]

Well, yeah. I mean, listen, if I fuck up, you two are going to eviscerate me. But the goal. Yeah, the goal is trying not to fuck up yourself. Like, lean into it when it does. Like, when you, you know, you bring the neighbor in. Like, you do this, that. Whatever. Like, all right, yeah, it's. You fight fire.

[Dave]

But, like, the thing that drives me nuts is Bosco has some underlying strange loyalty to him, too. Like, the fact that that Hoyen garden hose and garden picture wasn't already out there, like, is crazy because Oscar likes their friends.

[Hank]

They actually are friends.

[Dave]

But the minute. The minute wouldn't hesitate to run Bosco over with a car.

[Rico]

Back it up.

[Hank]

But that's also his job.

[Dave]

And peel out on his face.

[Hank]

That's also his job in pick him.

[Rico]

World, but it's Field of Dreams, dude. You can't go back. Moonlight Graham. When I turn to Gotcha Culture it's too far gone for me.

[Hank]

It does get right.

[Rico]

Although Jack Mack last night on the stream did say, like, I am kind of a Gotcha Culture guy to other people. Oh, well, yeah, ignore that.

[Hank]

No, no. Duh.

[Rico]

Yeah.

[Hank]

Where do you think you came up with Gotcha Culture? You looked in the mirror, you're like, oh, gotcha culture. Like, imagine if Nadu popped up right now. I wonder what his thing is with Nagacha Culture.

[Rico]

High school basketball starts in a couple of months.

[Hank]

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[Hank]

Big Noon Kickoff. I'm putting this game on here. It shouldn't be on here, but it's Big Noon Kickoff. Wisconsin at Michigan. Michigan's -17 and a half over under is 43 and a half.

[Dave]

This is going to be you guys by 100.

[Hank]

It's going to be bad. It's going to be bad.

[Rico]

You'll be your point total. Dan. I think it's 12 and a half.

[Hank]

I mean, I don't think Wisconsin going to win another game this year. I really don't. I think it's that bad. So it's. It's time for a full reset. But Dave will be there. Big noon kickoff will be there. I'm not going to be there because we're not doing.

[Rico]

You're gonna check in with Dusty. Dave, you stop by a practice?

[Dave]

No. So I'm gonna be there. And they are having a practice, like, Friday, the debut of Go Go Gray's Knock on Wood. Friday at Keeneland. So.

[Rico]

Oh, yeah.

[Dave]

Ms. Watermelon is entered in the 10th at Keeneland, so there's no way I was missing that, like. So I'm. I'm flying in after the race.

[Hank]

Are you gonna get some Burgoo?

[Dave]

Yeah, probably. Although it's supposed to be 80 there on Friday.

[Hank]

Oh, that's a little too hot. I love Keeneland.

[Dave]

Yeah, I can't wait. I'm, like, nervous, excited. It's been, what, three years that I've. Since I started Go Grace. I haven't had one horse get to the gate. A lot can happen between now and Friday, but flying to Keeneland tomorrow morning.

[Hank]

Is Elio gonna go?

[Dave]

Oh, sorry, no.

[Hank]

Okay.

[Dave]

What.

[Rico]

Where do you think it stacks in the odds?

[Dave]

I don't know. I mean, morning line is 8 to 1. You never know if people are gonna know it's my horse. How aware people. If they are, the horse will get bet down and be no value, probably. But the horse can run.

[Hank]

What race?

[Dave]

It's the last. The tenth.

[Hank]

Okay.

[Dave]

The horse can run.

[Hank]

I. I'm. I will be tuning in. That's Friday, right?

[Dave]

Right.

[Hank]

Opening in Keeneland.

[Dave]

First day.

[Hank]

Yeah. All right. So I'm gonna.

[Dave]

I'm not gonna see Dusty. I think Michigan wins by a thousand here. I think Michigan is a team that I. I have a star on them, that they can elevate themselves into the upper echelon. I was really impressed with Nebraska. I don't think the score show that. Who's Nebraska. But they're physical, they're mean. If the quarterback keeps developing, we could have something. But I think they absolutely smashed Wisconsin here.

[Hank]

I'm going to take Wisconsin plus 17 and a half. I have to. I have one question for you, though, Dave, about this game. Brandon Walker brought up a decent point. Bryce Underwood's looked awesome the last two games. Biff Poggy was the coach. They were running him.

[Dave]

I saw this.

[Hank]

Yeah. Sean Moore has not run him the same way. Or is there any hesitation on that?

[Dave]

No. I think Charon caught so much heat for the way they called the game in Oklahoma that they changed the whole. And took the brakes off.

[Hank]

Yeah. All right. Rico.

[Rico]

Michigan.

[Hank]

Okay.

[Rico]

Sorry.

[Hank]

No, it's fine.

[Dave]

I'm on the call, too. Yeah, right.

[Rico]

Yeah. But his program is.

[Hank]

I'm going for rider of the year for years.

[Rico]

Wisconsin betting. Wisconsin in the big farm, man. And the fucking.

[Hank]

It's bad.

[Rico]

1500 yard running back was fun. We've gotten to a point, like, it's kind of a sad season of the history Wisconsin. Like, you know, Wisconsin, like, what the fuck's going on there?

[Dave]

I remember sitting. I think he's gone. Wisconsin just smashing Michigan. Yeah.

[Hank]

Just like ran it down your throat.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Rico]

It's just the older you get, the more you watch these, like, Taunt used to set your watch to it and you're watching them disappear.

[Hank]

I know it's bad.

[Dave]

They kind of did the rich rod thing. Like, you are who you are. Yeah. Like, totally try to transform what you're doing. It sets it back.

[Hank]

But the thing that's crazy about Wisconsin, too, is like, I don't think anyone in the world thought Fickle was a bad hire.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Hank]

You know, I mean, it was a home run hire. He was the most. You know, he's one of the top three names that was out there. It just hasn't worked out. It sucks. I'm. I'm pretty bummed about it, but hopefully they can figure out a way to get it turned around. Maybe next year. Maybe win a game this year. You know, Billy Edwards might be back, which would be good because that's the other part that, like, Fickle has done some bad things and made some bad decisions. He's also had some incredibly bad luck with all three of his quarterbacks getting hurt in the three years he's been at Wisconsin.

[Rico]

What has been the reason, Dan, to watch? Like, is it the nil you didn't get the players you went away from the linemen.

[Hank]

It's partially nil. It's partially doing the whole dairy raid thing. It's partially the quarterbacks getting hurt. It's partially the new Big Ten.

[Rico]

It's.

[Hank]

It's a lot of things. It's like a perfect storm that's all gone the wrong way for Wisconsin. And yeah, you got to figure out, you got to have like a gut check maybe this offseason and be like, what the fuck are we going to be?

[Rico]

Yeah, you worry. You could be in Nebraska where it's like, you're bad for a long time.

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Rico]

You know?

[Hank]

No, it sucks. I'm bummed out about it. All right. Vandy at Bama. This is a good game. Bama -10 and a half over under 55 and a half. Bama coming Off a huge win at Georgia. Vandy didn't cover but dominated Georgia or Utah State. I'm gonna take Vandy in this. I just think it's too many points. I know that this is and here's why. I think Bama will always get up for that Georgia game and I know they're not going to be looking past Vandy from what happened last year. I don't know if Vandy can win the game like they did last year but. And I'm very impressed with Ty Simpson but ten and a half points. Diego Pavia, like give me ten and a half points with that guy. I, I, I, I'll take Vandy.

[Dave]

What is his Heisman odds? Imagine if he wins this game.

[Hank]

I don't know. That's. Let me look it up right now.

[Dave]

You never hear his name. I agree. I think it's scary.

[Hank]

Very scary. Because it might be like Bama has flipped the switch.

[Dave]

Yeah, I don't know if they have because they start look like that in the first half and they kind of struggle in the second. I actually took Ty Simpson to win the Heisman. I took a flyer on him before last week and after the first three series I'm like I can cash this ticket but I, I like Vandy and.

[Hank]

I like the over here, Diego Pavio. 1700 plus 1700. So right now it's Dante Moore plus 750 Ty Simpson plus 850 Jeremiah Smith, which I wouldn't. Jeremiah Smith might be something worth looking at because there's been a lot of quarterbacks that have not really separated and I do think that Ohio state's going to start smashing the Jeremiah Smith button.

[Dave]

So I got, I, mine went from 20 to eight.

[Rico]

Ty Simpson.

[Hank]

I have, I have Jeremiah Love at 25 to one. It's still 25 to one. I do think that Notre Dame is going to go to the playoff. All right. What do you, what do you have here, Rico?

[Rico]

I'll take Alabama. I'm going to take Alabama just in a sense of that. I think last week may have shifted the season now and they can really get it rolling. I know there's a lot to worry about with Vandy obviously last year in Pavia but at home I think they take care of business. It's a like where, it's a where Bama flex it game.

[Dave]

Like this is where I'm totally off on because and I've been saying this for a while, I, the, the Alabamas and the Georgia just aren't who they are anymore. So I think like I had Alabama Last week to beat Georgia, but I don't think Georgia's that great. Georgia could already have two losses and Vandy has definitely improved. So I just think the SEC and people have been coming out. I think it's a mishmash of decent team.

[Hank]

The SEC is. Is kind of like the Big 12 this year and that there are a lot of really good teams and not one superpower.

[Dave]

Not even close to a superpower.

[Hank]

Right. Because, like, you throw out the teams like Ole Miss, Texas A and M, Tennessee, lsu. I know they struggled at Ole Miss.

[Rico]

But like Nussmeiers out, there's.

[Hank]

There's a lot of teams in the SEC that are like, holy shit, this Mizzou. There's a lot of good teams. The sec, there's not one team that you're like, that team is head and shoulders above everyone else.

[Rico]

Listen, I love Oregon, but do we know if anybody is head and shoulders above. Is there a clear cut?

[Dave]

I know Iowa State, Oregon, Penn State, right now are the three best.

[Hank]

Penn State?

[Dave]

Yeah, I still think so.

[Hank]

Okay. Ohio State definitely is, I think, head and shoulders.

[Dave]

But again, you never. We talk about this in Ohio State. I mean, Washington may not be very good. They dominated kind of Texas.

[Rico]

So you don't know.

[Dave]

It's like, it's still so early.

[Hank]

Yeah. All right, next game, Texas. Texas at Florida. Florida plus six and a half over under 41 and a half. I love this game, boys. I love this game. I'm taking Texas minus six and a half. This is a. This is a lightning bolt game, Dave. This is. I was going with Florida all week and I was like, arch Manning sucks. And then I looked into it a little more. Florida is banged up on the defensive line. Florida has not been able to score against elite defenses, which Texas still has. They had a bye week. I think Arch is going to do just enough. I think you're going to see a better Arch in the field.

[Dave]

More than just enough.

[Hank]

Yeah, but no, I actually don't. I don't. I don't think he has to do more than just enough. That's what I'm saying. Like, I think Florida's. Oh, I think Florida is going to score in like the 10 to 14 range. So it's not going to be that the Arch has to light the world on fire. I went into this week being like, I'm going to take Florida no matter what. And then I started looking at it more. It's like, why would you think that? Because I think a lot of people are thinking that, like, Arch, first SEC game since week one, you know, he's played nobody. He looks like shit. I'm going to take Texas minus six and a half.

[Dave]

Well, I ate the cheese and I've taken. I've eaten the cheese about three or four weeks. I keep taking Florida and they keep not covering and I keep waiting for these lines to be bigger and they're just not. This time they're at home. I'm taking Florida. Okay, I heard everything. I just, at some point they're in these games. I know the break or two is going to go their way and they may win it. So I'm going to take Florida.

[Rico]

Okay, Rico, I don't want to root for Florida. To Dave's point. I've watched this play out like I will take Texas. Florida probably smarter number based on everything you're saying at home. They will get the break. That will be the, you know, the swing play that changes things. But with that said, like, I don't want to root for Florida. Don't like watching them. I'll take Texas.

[Hank]

Okay, next up we got Texas Tech at Houston. Interesting game. Houston.

[Dave]

Houston look like fucking pissed last week.

[Hank]

So I was thinking about it. I think that might have been the classic look ahead. I think, I think Houston is live in this game. I know Texas Tech is really fucking good. I like Willie Fritz as a coach a lot. I think they're going to be in this game. I'm going to take ten and a half.

[Rico]

And it was moving that started I think at 11 1/2 12. I like Houston as well. Dave and Hank, you don't get to.

[Dave]

Say it with a Y. I hate the game. I'm going to take Houston, but I hate the game.

[Hank]

Okay, last up, Miami at Florida State. This is a great game. Taking a little luster out of it because Florida State lost to Virginia. Florida State's plus four and a half over under is 53 and a half. I'm going to take the over in this game. I'm a little nervous. If I had to, if I had to go side, I'd probably lean Florida State. But I do think Miami's really fucking good. But like this is one of those like gut check games for Florida State. After again, maybe. Looking ahead. What do you got, Dave?

[Dave]

I have a big question mark. I don't know what I think. Miami could be really good or I. But maybe I, I don't know. I have a hard time reading them still. I'm going to take Florida State. I put a championship bet on them which obviously blew up real quick right before they played Virginia because I thought they beat Virginia, then beat Miami. I have far less confidence now, but I'll stick with them at home. Plus the points. Classic rivalry game.

[Hank]

Okay, let me see what Danny Boyd.

[Dave]

Can say about it.

[Rico]

Comes down to quarterbacks for me. Carson Beck in one score game, 64% completion percentage, averages 261 yards. Has a 12 TD to 5 INT ratio. He's 5 and 2 in those games. Castellanos is 5 and 6 with a 36% completion percentage. Averaging 131 pass yards, 18 TDs, 11 ints. In a one score game. I will take Carson Beck, but you.

[Hank]

Don'T want this to be a one score game. Like the line's four and a half. You don't want this to be a one score game.

[Rico]

I put myself in a corner.

[Hank]

Yeah. Like, you know what I mean?

[Rico]

You're right. But if someone's okay. Yes, that's a. We had a good run till now. Great way to keep it in check, Dan. Gotta call you guys out.

[Hank]

I like me wrong. I like the stats. But like if you are taking -4 and a half on the road, you're hoping that it's not a one score game.

[Dave]

Castellanos was pretty electric down the stretch last week. I will say a couple of picks. I noticed when you called him out on that. Where is those, what are those gifts where the guy has the mask, like smiling but behind it, you know, he's like freaking out. That kind of scene that kind of seemed like Bosco's face when you called him on that.

[Hank]

Yeah, it's a light call out. It's not a. Listen, the stats are good. It's. It's. If it's a, if it is a.

[Dave]

One and you're not being attacked, Rico.

[Rico]

No, no.

[Dave]

Why?

[Rico]

That's why I didn't freak out. Like you laugh about it again. That's what you're supposed to do.

[Hank]

Yeah. If, if it is a one score game, Carson Beck would be the better quarterback. But if you're betting -4 and a half on the road, you are hoping that is not a one score game because that will be very good.

[Dave]

You could eke it out.

[Hank]

Yeah, you could. Yeah.

[Rico]

I also love Miami's. Yeah, I mean Miami's defense. I think crystal ball's got to go get it.

[Dave]

So like, what does that mean?

[Hank]

He's got to go get it.

[Rico]

He's, you know, he's been.

[Hank]

Was.

[Dave]

Crystal ball is going to go get it.

[Rico]

Mean he's been. He's been on the ledge of Elevating to the playoff.

[Hank]

Here's the mask.

[Rico]

It would be nice if Miami gets over the hump and gets to the party. These are the games you win to go get the conference get to the playoff party. Okay, so crystal ball's got to go get it.

[Hank]

He's got to go get it. He's got to go get was a.

[Dave]

Let me break this down this game now Chris Wall's got to go get it. I did.

[Rico]

And Miami's. Miami's defensive coordinator is an Oxford guy. So Oxford Mass. Shout out. Oxford, Mass.

[Hank]

Okay. All right, let's do our cards.

[Dave]

Dave, you got your Oxford, Mass.

[Hank]

Is that where I thought he was talking about? Is that a 10?

[Dave]

What? Why are you shouting on Oxford, Mass.

[Rico]

Yeah, buddy of mine I played with in college was from office catching up this weekend. He's like, that's, that's what happens.

[Dave]

There's just random synapses when you're not on the meds. Things are just like a. A galaxy of just weird shooting stars going on in your head.

[Rico]

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[Dave]

All right, Michigan, my 16 and a half against 17 and a half right now. 17 and a half stealing that extra point.

[Hank]

I mean it's looking at the lines right now. What do you want me to say?

[Dave]

Penn state, I have 25 and a half against UCLA, I have that as well. I think they come back and absolutely smash this team.

[Hank]

You know, by the way, UCLA has not led for a second second.

[Dave]

It's crazy.

[Hank]

That's insane.

[Dave]

Maryland plus six and a half at home against Washington. They're undefeated Maryland, so. And Washington is coming off that tough loss. USF minus 27 and a half against Charlotte. BYU minus 19 and a half at home against West Virginia. Vandy plus 10 and a half and over 56 and a half against Bama. I took Florida. We already talked about Tech plus six and a half against Texas. I like Michigan State plus eleven and a half at Nebraska. I don't think Nebraska should be fucking double digit favorites versus anybody. Florida State plus four and a half against Miami at home. I like the fighting. Brandon Walker's 14 and a half tough loss last week, but I think they're pretty good.

[Hank]

Can I say something?

[Dave]

Oh, what?

[Hank]

Reveley died.

[Dave]

So that. That's good. Bad. Oh, I thought Reveley was misstate.

[Hank]

Yeah, no, that's bully. I think it was a retired revelry. So it's not the revelry that's in. So I think it was the retired revelry died. The current revelry still there, but all revelry died. I just wanted to throw that out.

[Dave]

If it was current, that would affect it.

[Hank]

Okay.

[Dave]

Okay. That's my card.

[Hank]

Okay. Rico.

[Rico]

BYU minus the 19 and a half. Illinois, Purdue over 56 and a half. Army, UAB over 57 and a half. Navy had 295 yards on the ground against UAB in the rain. UAB is 128th versus the run, 128 points per game. UAB is. Offense is also 44th in yards per game. And Army's QB health is getting a little bit better. But their defense allows 100 points per game. That's gonna be a score festival.

[Hank]

That UAP game with Navy didn't go over though, right?

[Rico]

Navy.

[Hank]

I wanted.

[Rico]

I laid it with Navy. I'm going to be honest, Dan. I don't remember the total. I know Navy covered.

[Hank]

All right? I just. I think I lost.

[Rico]

But it was in this. It was in the six. It was in the 60s. It was I think 42 to 20 or 38, 23. Can we double check?

[Hank]

I'm looking it up right now. Hold on. What fucking. What are they? What are they? The Conference usa? No, the. Is Navy now.

[Dave]

I think they playing.

[Rico]

UAB is playing Army.

[Dave]

And what are you looking for?

[Rico]

He's looking for.

[Hank]

I'm looking. He's talking about. I had American. I think the. I had that game. Yeah, no, it did. It went over all right. Yeah, it did. It did. I'm gonna add that to my card as well. 56 and a half. Yeah, I just. For some reason I thought I lost.

[Dave]

It because they only scored 14 points the second half.

[Hank]

Yeah. Yeah, I. I thought for some reason I lost that. Okay, keep going.

[Rico]

I just got tagged. That gotcha culture thing.

[Hank]

What?

[Rico]

Nothing. I got a notification. It's not good.

[Hank]

What was the notification?

[Rico]

Nothing.

[Hank]

What? What was the guy.

[Rico]

I saw something that. This will be another soon failed RICO idea.

[Dave]

So now is that just a random person?

[Hank]

Yes.

[Dave]

So how do you get that?

[Rico]

Well, it's via.

[Dave]

Like you're tagged in it.

[Rico]

I got tagged. Yeah, but it's.

[Dave]

But why are you having random people's tags?

[Rico]

Like via another show? Yeah, it's via another show going on right now.

[Dave]

So it's.

[Hank]

Sorry.

[Dave]

You mean somebody on our end tagged you? Yeah, it's like one of our accounts.

[Rico]

No, it's. Yeah, like a quotes account for another show of ours. Yeah.

[Hank]

Was it Neely boy?

[Rico]

No.

[Hank]

Sorry. Who said that? Who said that?

[Rico]

Kirk.

[Dave]

That's tough.

[Rico]

Yeah, it's tough. It's tough when.

[Dave]

But you just got to think now Kirk. Kirk will try to kill everybody. You just. It's not a personal thing. His. His job is to tear everybody down. Not really, but that's how he views it. Like he tears me down more than anybody. Like he. So you just got to let that go. He's not doing that personal. He's a miserable guy who wants to tear everybody down.

[Hank]

Keep moving the ball down the field.

[Rico]

Box doesn't want you to win.

[Dave]

Keep moving.

[Hank]

No, he doesn't.

[Dave]

He wants everybody to lose, including him.

[Hank]

Keep moving the ball down the field.

[Dave]

Wake rocked it. Look, he's in his. He didn't like that.

[Hank]

This just derailed the whole thing.

[Rico]

You.

[Dave]

You should turn off the mini hand comments because now we're talking about it. It's just going to intensify.

[Rico]

Wake +7 can't quit this team. I'll take the over in Oklahoma. Kent State 53 and a half. I know Matier's out. I do just think this Kent State team gift gift of over. Like they can't stop anybody. I also think they got a little fight to go get us like the 14even Oak against Oklahoma. They do non stop go. There's gonna be a ton of possessions. I agree with you. Michigan State plus 11 and a half. If you look at rule his double digit Wins in Big Ten play. Purdue 2023 and 2024. Illinois in 2023, Wisconsin in 2024. Not really like knocking you off the page in terms of phenomenal teams. Now is Michigan State a little bit overrated at 3 and 1 or whatever they are. Maybe. But I'll take Michigan state plus the 11 and a half is probably the.

[Dave]

Worst of the teams that you listed there, but go ahead.

[Hank]

Good stats.

[Dave]

We'll see. Love.

[Rico]

Texas State minus the 13 1/2. Arkansas State. Texas State is off of a buy. Arkansas, Arkansas State. D is awful. Texas State will outscore him.

[Hank]

Uh, State is the team that you, you went against with Iowa State. Are you chasing that?

[Rico]

Maybe.

[Hank]

Okay.

[Rico]

A little bit. I didn't even.

[Hank]

That's okay. We all do it. We all, we all try to try to get our revenge somewhere down there.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Hank]

Houston plus games every week.

[Rico]

Houston plus the 10 and a half. Memphis, Tulsa over 57 and a half. What's the best bet?

[Hank]

No, I'll do my card first. I'm going to take Cincy minus one and a half. Memphis minus 20 and a half. I'm riding with Rico. UAB Navy over 50 or is 57 and a half. Yeah, seven and a half. Penn State minus 25 and a half. I agree with Dave. I think they're just going to. This is going to be James Franklin flexing. Nebraska, Michigan State. I'm taking the over 48 and a half. I don't think Michigan State's defense, they're. They're lost on defense. BYU -19 and a half. I'll start with my mortal. Going back to the well, it's treating me well. So mortals. Bob Diaco, I'm five and oh, Zupy's four and one. Ebo's four and one, Hank's three and two. Rico's three and two. Jack is two two and one and Dave is two and three. I'm going to go Boise. Notre Dame over 62 and a half. I think Boise is going to play loose. They have this like running back by committee now. That kind of works. Notre Dame's CJ Carr is the real deal. Jeremiah loves the real deal. Price is the real deal. They got guys everywhere on offense. Their defense are still trying to figure it out. So I'm going to take over 62 and a half. Notre Dame, Boise.

[Dave]

Hank, add that to my card that Notre Dame over. Also add the Houston plus. What if it's ten and a half?

[Hank]

Yeah, I'm taking Miami minus four and a half. We have that Carson Beck Heisman ticket. This would be a game they need to ball out and Chris Wall's got to get it. Yeah, he's got to get it. He's got to get it. Soupy, I like Penn State. Okay. Minus 25 and a half. Gross.

[Jackie]

I'm going to take Michigan and EBO is taking Houston. Texas Tech under 15 and a half.

[Hank]

Okay, Houston under, under 50 and a half. I actually kind of like that play. Add that to my card. Rico.

[Rico]

Georgia Bulldogs -20 and a half is a list game.

[Hank]

No, they're no SEC.

[Rico]

It's still Kentucky. Kentucky's been pesky. They won by an average of 16 points a game, I believe with Kirby Smart. But I think Kentucky's down. Georgia's got to get back. Confidence booster at home think they roll. Georgia just keeps it going. Georgia minus the 20 and a half.

[Dave]

They don't shout out.

[Rico]

Whitney.

[Dave]

They're not keeping it going.

[Rico]

Keeps the season going. You can't have two losses in a row. If they lose two in a row, it really derails the season. Keeps them. Yeah, guys keep me in check. I respect it.

[Dave]

I misunderstood the way, like. Well, they lost last week, so I got confused. But keeps their season alive maybe was a better way to say it.

[Rico]

Iron sharpens iron.

[Hank]

Okay, Dave.

[Dave]

Michigan, I think they just. They win this game by 30 plus.

[Hank]

Okay. He's got Michigan minus 17 and a half. Yeah.

[Jackie]

Can we also do the underdog Moneyline parlay? They've been crushing.

[Hank]

Well, it didn't work.

[Jackie]

I know. But it's been doing really, really well.

[Hank]

Okay.

[Rico]

Yes. Why are you deterred, Dan?

[Hank]

Because when I give picks out, I have to bet them and I don't. I'm going to lose this one. Is that a fair answer?

[Rico]

It's fair.

[Hank]

If you make me say a pick out loud, I then go bet it and then I lose it. That's fair. So it's not my favorite, but it's fine. We're going to do it. We're going to do it. I'm going to find one.

[Dave]

I'm going to try not. I know you guys like Miami. I like Florida. I'll give mine as Maryland plus six and a half at home against Washington.

[Hank]

Okay. By the way, add Clemson, North Carolina, over 46 and a half. What a bummer of a game that is. Over 46 and a half.

[Rico]

Okay, well, this one would be Moneyline. Dave, you want Maryland moneyline plus 200.

[Dave]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Hank]

Oh, also at Arizona, minus 20 and a half. On my card, Oklahoma State's dead and I thought they'd get a bounce back from the coach. They actually hung tough for a half against Baylor. All right. I'm trying to find one. I'm trying to find one. I'm trying to find one. What do you got, Rico?

[Rico]

Houston.

[Dave]

This will Be a big one then.

[Hank]

Houston. Fuck. Kind of like Wyoming at home. That's a dog shit game. What's it at right now? Houston. And what was it? Maryland. I'll do. I'll do. I'll do. Florida State. Florida State. Moneyline.

[Dave]

All right.

[Hank]

I like that. Houston, Maryland, Florida State.

[Dave]

Big one. That's going to be a big, massive one.

[Hank]

Massive one.

[Rico]

35, 43. 35.

[Dave]

43 to one, by the way. Just to talk. Well, you guys are probably deep asleep. I was fighting for my life last night. I had.

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Rico]

Oh, I blogged it. That's unbelievable. That fucking alley.

[Dave]

Oop.

[Hank]

Oh, in the W. Yeah, I had.

[Dave]

I had close to $4 million potentially if the Fever won the championship. Now I had it 39. One because I would.

[Rico]

Florida. I had everything.

[Dave]

They. They had no business making this far. Their team was decimated. Kelsey Mitchell gets hurt.

[Hank]

What round are they in?

[Dave]

They lost in overtime last night to get to the finals.

[Hank]

Oh, that would have been an incredible head spot.

[Dave]

I know.

[Hank]

Damn. I'm sorry, Dave.

[Dave]

And. And in overtime, Aaliyah Boston fouled out. And with 26 seconds left in regulation, Kelsey Mitchell hurt. Caitlin Clark hurt. Sophie Cunningham hurt. It. They. The fact they even got that close is crazy, but it. I kind of could have probably at that point guaranteed half a million to a million hedge.

[Hank]

Jesus sucked.

[Rico]

Dan, I just sent the layup. If you could see it. That's the play at the end.

[Hank]

Okay, hold on. Let me see.

[Rico]

Brutal.

[Hank]

What time was this game on?

[Rico]

9:30 start.

[Hank]

9:30.

[Rico]

TV3. Last night.

[Hank]

Okay, hold on, I'm watching. Oh, that was to win.

[Dave]

No, I don't know what he's talking about.

[Hank]

Oh, the COVID The back door cover.

[Dave]

That's why I was like. I didn't even know what the you were talking about. I just.

[Hank]

They need. He needs him to win.

[Rico]

I know. He needed him to win. I know. And he got his heart ripped out also. But anybody who bet it, that's also a bad beat.

[Dave]

Betting that like that at the end, that was okay.

[Rico]

Synapse.

[Dave]

You understand? I. I had him.

[Rico]

I knew. Yes, yes. I apologize. Yes. You. You take precedent. Yes. There's also a bad beat.

[Dave]

That wasn't even that bad of a beat, if we're being honest.

[Rico]

All right, I'll get better for the next one.

[Dave]

Let me.

[Hank]

Great show, Rico.

[Dave]

Hold on, hold on.

[Rico]

It's done, dude.

[Dave]

I mean, that wasn't that bad of a beat. That would have been like a pretty nice play. It actually would have been a bad beat for Vegas. Now it's a baby. It's overtime. So obviously you shouldn't spread. Spread was seven and a half. But I'm talking about. I had. Yeah, I had him straight to win a million. I had them with Florida Gators, who won the national championship. That was a parlay put in. That was 25 grand to win 1.3 million. I have them with the Red Sox to win the American. I have them a million different ways. That's what I was talking about. Wasn't even a bad beat. No, I mean, it was a bad beat because it went to overtime and you're plus seven and a half. But I can't even believe they got to overtime because their entire team died.

[Hank]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Is that a. A tick when you're doing that? That means, like, maybe.

[Rico]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I don't know.

[Rico]

I don't know. It's a good show.

[Dave]

Good show.

[Rico]

Have a great weekend. All right.

[Dave]

Yeah. Good luck, Ms. Watermelon.

[Rico]

Yes.

[Hank]

All right.

[Dave]

See you.

[Hank]

All right. See you guys.