RICO'S RECRUITING METHODS GET QUESTIONED | PICK EM WEEK 14

Summary

Barstool Pick Em – Week 14: "RICO'S RECRUITING METHODS GET QUESTIONED"

Date: November 26, 2025
Host: Barstool Sports
Main Hosts: Big Cat (Dan), Pres (Dave Portnoy), Rico Bosco
Guest: Ebo

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Episode Overview

This week's "Barstool Pick Em" dives into Week 14 of college football, centering around rivalry matchups, gambling heartbreaks, and the ongoing drama over bowl eligibility and playoff ranking debates. The hosts banter about standings in their Bob Diaco challenge, question Rico Bosco’s high school “recruiting” methods, and break down critical games and Heisman hopefuls. As always, bad beats, bizarre hypotheticals, and inside-joke-laden camaraderie are front and center.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Show Standings, Rules & the Bob Diaco Race

• Opening Standings Rundown (02:44)
  • Ebo: 9-4
  • Rico: 8-5
  • Big Cat: 7-6
  • Others: Jack 7-5, Hank 7-5, Zupy 7-6, Pres 4-9
  • Ebo is confronted for talking trash online while missing multiple episodes, prompting discussion over eligibility for the Bob Diaco challenge.
• Notable Quote:
  • Big Cat: "You can't talk shit if you haven't shown up on the show!" (03:35)
  • Dave: “I think that’s fair." (03:25)

2. JMU, The Group of 5, and Playoff Gatekeeping

• Ebo Advocates for JMU (04:01)
  • Ebo lays out JMU’s case for a playoff spot: best "strength of record" among Group of 5, decries credit given to Tulane and North Texas.
  • Complains about the term “Group of 5 spot”, clarifying it’s for 5 highest-rated conference champions regardless of conference.
• Notable Quote:
  • Ebo: "You beat two nerd schools. Congratulations." (04:28)
  • Dave, harshly rebutting: "This is a joke and they shouldn’t be in the playoffs... they're gonna lose by 100 in the first round." (05:22)

3. Feast Week and College Basketball Nostalgia

• Old vs. New College Hoops Tournaments (08:34–10:09)
  • The group bemoans the lackluster environment of current basketball tournaments compared to the Maui and Atlantis tournaments.
  • Nostalgic about past Thanksgiving gambling memories.
• Notable Quote:
  • Big Cat: “Feast week is important to us. We always lose... but we do it together. My favorite Thanksgiving memory is watching the UConn 4-overtime game on the playground with my kid.” (09:49)

4. Rico Bosco’s Recruiting: The High School Incident

• Key Segment: Rico Speaks at a High School (16:06–20:29)
  • Dave & Dan are bewildered that Rico was invited to talk to a journalism class; they offer $5k for a video of the Q&A chaos.
  • Rico describes fielding bizarre questions, including "How late were you to the funeral?"
• Notable Quotes:
  • Dave: "What type of absolute psychopath invites you to talk to high school kids?" (16:06)
  • Rico: "It's okay to not know what you want to do... just, you know, work hard. It was a convoluted path." (17:41)
  • Dave: “A dad at home... hearing his son say 'Rico Bosco spoke to our senior class today about success'—he has to be fired, you have to pull your kid from the school.” (19:00)

5. College Football Playoff Intrigue & Hypotheticals

• Debate on Playoff Likelihoods (22:25–26:13)
  • Discussion over potential scenarios for Big Ten, especially Michigan’s playoff path.
  • Considerations of “bubble” status, argument over whether losing the Big Ten Championship would knock Michigan out.
• Notable Quotes:
  • Dave: “My ideal scenario is we win, Oregon beats Washington, they go. Michigan's not getting in if they lose the title game.” (24:30–24:49)
  • Rico: “That's where this committee... it's interesting, compelling, dramatic—why it's the best.” (25:44)

6. Insider Banter & Running Gags

• Televisions Debate: (27:19)
  • Rico defends his "five TVs," clarifying two are small gifts and not full-fledged viewing stations.
• Basement Safe Space: (27:53)
  • Dave: "That is your world down there."
• Recruiting Spreadsheet: (15:04)
  • Big Cat jokes Rico should provide a spreadsheet of all the college basketball coaches he knows.

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Game Picks & Gambling Talk

Featured Rivalry Week Matchups (32:10–48:37)

Each host offers picks, insights, and reasoning for marquee games:

- Georgia vs. Georgia Tech (32:18)

• Rico: Georgia blows them out
• Dave & Big Cat: Lean Georgia Tech to cover as a rivalry dog

- Texas A&M at Texas (33:33)

• Big Cat: Texas +2.5, rivalry home dog logic
• Dave: Likes A&M; says they’re underrated

- Vandy at Tennessee (35:50)

• Mixed: Dave & Rico lean Vandy and over; Big Cat—Tennessee safe pick

- Iron Bowl (Alabama at Auburn) (36:50)

• Big Cat & Dave: Auburn +6, home rivalry game
• Rico: Likes the Over

- Michigan vs. Ohio State (38:07–43:43)

• Dave: Picks Michigan, discusses the emotional stakes and Ryan Day’s pressure
• Big Cat: “Gun to my head, Ohio State wins, but… I’m taking Michigan to cover.”
• Rico: “It’ll be a dogfight. Michigan right in it late.”
• Notable Quotes:
  • Dave: "If we win the game, we get to the playoffs. Playoffs start this weekend for us." (49:44)
  • "Ryan Day, if this game is close... he's capable of anything." (40:24)
  • Big Cat: "This is what the rivalry is. It comes down to this game... Ryan Day’s got a Michigan problem." (43:03)

Other Major Topics

• Heisman Watch:
  Big Cat is big on Jeremiah Love (25-1 ticket); debate over whether Mendoza can lose the Heisman with Big Ten title game performance. (22:25–23:49)
• Portfolio/Futures:
  • Big Cat: Texas Tech 60-1, Jeremiah Love 25-1
  • Rico: Oregon 25-1, just grabbed Georgia at 10-1 (51:13–51:37)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | | --------- | ------- | ----- | | 05:22 | Dave | "This is a joke and they shouldn’t be in the playoffs... they're going to lose by 100 in the first round." | | 09:49 | Big Cat | "Feast week is important to us. We always lose... but we do it together." | | 16:06 | Dave | "What type of absolute psychopath invites you to talk to high school kids?" | | 19:00 | Dave | "A dad at home... hearing his son say 'Rico Bosco spoke to our senior class today about success'—he has to be fired, you have to pull your kid from the school." | | 24:30 | Dave | "My ideal scenario is we win, Oregon beats Washington, they go. I don't... Michigan's not getting in if they lose the title game." | | 25:44 | Rico | "That's where this committee... it's interesting, compelling, dramatic—why it's the best." | | 43:08 | Big Cat | "Ryan Day’s got a Michigan problem." | | 49:44 | Dave | "The playoffs are on the line... If we win the game, we get to playoffs—the playoffs start this weekend for us." |

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Show Standings, Ebo Returns: 02:44–06:34
• JMU Playoff Debate: 04:01–06:24
• Feast Week Memories: 08:30–10:09
• Rico’s High School Speaking Segment: 16:06–20:29
• College Football Playoff Scenarios: 22:25–26:13
• Rico's Five TV Defense/Basement Banter: 27:19–28:18
• Game Breakdowns (Rivalry Week): 32:10–48:37
• Heisman Talk & Futures: 22:25–23:49; 50:08–51:37
• Cards & Mortal Locks: 45:31–49:22

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Final Cards & Mortal Locks

Each host rounds up their picks and Mortal Lock:

• Big Cat: North Texas -19.5 (48:52); Texas Tech and Jeremiah Love futures
• Dave: Michigan +10, “We beat them every single year. We're getting 10 points at home.” (49:26)
• Rico: Georgia -13.5, Oregon and Georgia outright futures (49:15, 51:30)
• Others: Michigan +10 (Hank); Miami/Pitt Over 50.5 (Zoo)

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Tone & Style

The episode is typical Barstool: fast-paced, irreverent, a blend of statistical insights and pointed trash talk. The conversations move briskly, fueled by the rivalry week stakes and the hosts' personal investments—not only financial, but emotional.

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Bottom Line

The show balances playful chaos (Rico’s high school faux pas, TV superiority debates) and sharp insight (playoff scenarios, gambling strategy). It’s best for fans who appreciate an indoor-bar banter vibe but still want sharp CFB and CBB takes for their Saturdays. If you want to know whom to root for, where to fade, or just want to feel like you’re in the middle of your loudest, most degenerate sports-loving friend group: this is your pod.

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Transcript

[A]

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[B]

Okay, boys, where's the records? Okay, so we got some stuff we got to hit at the top because Ebo's got to go back to mostly sports. But congratulations, Ebo is back. He's here. He's shown his face. Dave, what's wrong?

[D]

Do you see this light thing on my head?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

I can't get rid of it.

[B]

Why don't you move? If you move up in your seat, it's.

[D]

If I block my head, I've been.

[B]

Yes, right there on the.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Is that that window?

[B]

Why don't you just move your computer a little?

[D]

Let me move my computer a little.

[B]

Like, move your computer so it's not directly faced towards the window. Stop it.

[D]

Well, I'm in a Hotel. I don't have a lot of options.

[A]

I think it's the other window.

[B]

No, no, it's that window. No, no, I think you got it. You got it. I mean that window too, but. Yeah, well, I mean, but the one he was talking about was the one he was at.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, that's better.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, There you go.

[D]

It was right down my face. Now it's good. Okay, now.

[B]

All right. So Ebo is here because I told Ebo, Ibo's leading Bob Diaco, he's 9 and 4. Rico, you're 8 and 5. I'm 7 and 6. Jack. Jack McCarthy, 7 and 5. Hank, 7 and 5. Zupy, 7 and 6. Dave, 4 and 9. That's kind of crazy. I feel like you've done better than that. But I had Ebo here because Ibo was talking shit online on Saturday and I said to him, to me, he was saying, he was saying, how's the weather down there? I won my, my, my mortal. And I said, this guy Ebo hasn't shown up to one pick him this year. And I know that he's got stuff going on, but I said that he can't win the Bob Diaco if he doesn't at least show up to at least one pick him. Is that fair?

[D]

I think that's fair.

[B]

Yeah. So he's here. What's your. What's your mortal this week?

[E]

Mortal this week is probably going to be Utah.

[B]

You. We're going to do the mortals.

[E]

What you want to just do now is.

[B]

Yeah. Do now.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So Utah.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

How.

[B]

How. How is your. Do you want to make a case? Because I do love you, Ibo. And I said you. You had to be here if you want to talk shit. Which you said, I've no problem with. He is. Ebo is my fantasy manager as well in the Mike Trout League. The Ebo. You. I have been standing on the table for jmu. Would you like to use like maybe a couple minutes to talk about jmu to pitch jmu, then you go back to mostly sports?

[E]

Yeah, let's. Let's talk jmu. I mean, if we're going to start with what is most important to the committee, the four letter word over there. ESPN said strength of record, that's their stat.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

We are the number one group of five team in that stat. Strength of record in front of Tulane from North Texas. I think Tulane's getting a lot of credit for being two historically awful power conference teams that they somehow got the schedule at home. Which. Who they beat Duke and Northwestern, who historically are not good.

[B]

That shouldn't count.

[E]

Yeah, you beat two nerd schools. Congratulations. I wish we had thought to schedule two power four teams at home. That's such a good idea that Tulane had North Texas worth worse strength of schedule than we do. So they can't point to our strength of schedule. They try to point to the wazoo game now that we have a common opponent. But all that matters is you win.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

And also they were playing against an NAIA quarterback for some reason.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

So I don't think you can use that as a point. I'd also like to. If. If you would. Can we stop calling it The Group of 5 spot?

[B]

Why?

[E]

It's technically the 5 highest rated conference champions. So if there is a year where there is an undefeated Boise State and an undefeated Sunbelt champion or an undefeated American champion, say we get two of them. Like a 130 Boise State. A 130 USF. They would probably get in over a three loss ACC team. Both of them.

[B]

But this hypothetical. Under this hypothetical there's two conference undefeated and a three loss.

[E]

Yeah. Or maybe a two loss. It depends I guess just what the picture.

[D]

Here's a hypothetical for you. This is a joke and they shouldn't be in the. In the playoffs and it's a waste of a spot. How about that? How about that for a hypothetical?

[B]

Damn.

[E]

You can't be the.

[D]

No, like I just zoned out on it.

[B]

You're a man of the people.

[D]

You're a man of the people and I'm the out. How about that? I don't care about you lobbying to get in over Tulane. North Texas and he's bum like. No one gives a. You're gonna lose by 100 in the first round. They're gonna play someone else. No one cares. Go, go talk about this on another podcast. I know PFT went there. Nobody gives a when you're logging as North Texas, Tulane and some other podunkhead school.

[E]

Fair.

[B]

Well, Ibo, this, this did accomplish the fact that you've. You've. You've punched your time clock and you were very eligible to win the Bob Tiaco. Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And good job.

[E]

Worth it.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Yes. Good job.

[B]

You also knew that was going to.

[E]

Yeah, probably leading to that.

[B]

It was basically. Is it 90 seconds, is it two minutes, is it three minutes that Dave's gonna be like this but good job. You took your lickings. Now you can win Bob Diako. All right. Fair. All right. See youo.

[E]

Take care guys.

[B]

All right. What's up boys? I want Rico. What's Up Diako. I think Rico's.

[D]

I mean, that is ridiculous. On a serious note, it's so stupid, but it's like, yeah, this is college basketball. Like, it.

[B]

It.

[A]

The.

[D]

The. The. The cutesy little upset just ain't going to happen. So, like, it's a total waste of a spot. It's stupid. Like, honestly, that was ridiculous to hear somebody lobby against teams he was lobbying against.

[B]

Like, I, like, I like it just because I do think you should include. Like, I.

[E]

You're also.

[A]

You spend so much time with pft. Like, you're.

[D]

You're very.

[B]

Yeah. I don't know. You're only saying that because he says that so much. But, like.

[D]

Yeah, but there's going to be teams that are left out this year that, like, honestly, you could see making a run to, like, the Final Four, and you're gonna have a team that is a joke in there. So. Not a joke. Not a joke in the sense they had a great season, but there's just, like, no way James Madison, like, can win a game.

[B]

Yeah, I see your point. I'm just saying more that, like, you play the sport and to have it. If you play a sport and half of the sport is just ineligible of ever making the playoff, that's just such a bummer to me.

[D]

Yeah, I. I don't know, though. That should be automatic, right? Like, you can have theoretically a JMU or somebody or a boys or whoever.

[A]

Boys ban it.

[D]

But, like, scheduling big teams, they pull off a big upset, they have a big win, they go undefeated. That's a little different. Like, you look at JMU's schedule like they played Louisville. They lost. Like, they. They haven't beaten anybody. Like, they're. This isn't the team. Like, so it's stupid.

[B]

All right, so EBO is now eligible to win Bob Diako, because he. He had. I know he's got a lot going on. He does wake up barstool on Wednesdays and then he does mostly sports. But when he. When he chirped me, I was like, you can't shirt me. You haven't even been on the show. Now he can. So how are we doing, boys? Bosco, what up? How's. Tough loss for Bama?

[A]

Tough.

[B]

You guys are not. Gonzaga is way better.

[A]

Gonzaga is very good. Yeah. Front court's very good.

[D]

They're in the portfolio.

[B]

Yeah. How's feast week going, Bosco?

[A]

So it's going pretty good.

[B]

Yeah. Are you enjoying everything?

[A]

Fun to watch. Wish the players ERA had a little more juice in terms of the games. Like, the Environments, you know, it's empty. But yeah, it's great. It's wall to wall action. You, I felt so bad for you yesterday with Iowa State. That was brutal.

[B]

I agree, Bosco. I think the players era has ruined the Maui and the Atlantis. It sucks. It. Where's my feast week? My feast week is gone. I don't know if you've seen this, Dave, but they just don't have the same teams playing in Maui or Atlantis. Every team's now playing in the players era into empty gym in Vegas. It sucks. The Maui meant something. It means something to me.

[D]

I didn't know that happened. I've been paying attention, but I haven't watched. I've been, I'm in wine country. I was in Del Mar, so I haven't seen any hoop.

[B]

I was actually getting.

[A]

Michigan's out there too. Michigan's out there.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

They won by gave Dan that a leg one by 50 minus six and a half yesterday. Thank you very much.

[B]

I was actually mad at you, Dave. I was mad at you for about an hour yesterday. I want you to know that because I know you're in. I know you were on vacation. I understand that. But feast week is important to us. We always lose all feast weeks.

[D]

Horrific week.

[B]

Horrific, horrific. But we do it together. We lose together. Like I, I like my memories, like when people are like, oh, what's your favorite Thanksgiving memory? It's like when I was fucking standing in the playground with my like 2 year old and watching the UConn 4 overtime game as we sweat that. Remember that game? Watching.

[D]

Yeah, I was watching it actually at my parents then. They don't have like, I actually am going to my parents tomorrow. My parents don't have like a couch in their place for Thanksgiving, so I actually ordered a La Z Boy to be delivered.

[B]

Just wait, wait. Did you order the whole couch or did you order just a seat?

[D]

A sectional. A little part.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Because they want the whole thing. My dad doesn't want the whole thing. He, that they, he, he has dentist chairs that are so uncomfortable and you literally have to sit on the ground. It's ridiculous.

[B]

That would have been a power move. You got a recliner. You just brought one.

[D]

I almost did. I, I, I asked what was in stock. I almost got a recliner. The other one looked more comfortable. I'm buying. I actually knew. I discuss it because I know my chair is going to be the most comfortable chair in the house and is bought for me. And then like my mom's going to want to sit in it and Then what? Because, like bought it for me. Because you guys won't get a couch.

[B]

Right?

[A]

So.

[D]

But yeah, I got a couch getting.

[B]

I think you need to do a. You need to do a poll on.

[D]

I didn't even tell them.

[A]

They don't know.

[D]

They won't even let me.

[B]

I was going to say you need to pull everyone. You should, you should like text everyone in your family being like, is, if I bought a couch, would anyone be upset? And anyone who, who has any resistance, they cannot sit.

[D]

Well, yeah, we've already gone over this. Like, I go over it every year and it's one of those things. It's miserable when you're there and then you leave and you forget about it. And then Thanksgiving rolls around, you like to know where to sit. It's the worst couch setup I've ever seen in the planet. Yeah, that's brutal.

[A]

In the Thanksgiving sit down holiday, it's all sitting.

[D]

Yeah, yeah. And they, they have two dentist chairs. Then these two uncomfortable couches with no angle. The tv, you just sit on the floor. It's brutal. So I got a couch coming tomorrow. But I remember this, watching that game laying on the floor.

[B]

So back to what I was saying is I was mad at you because that Iowa State game was so brutal.

[D]

I tried to, I missed it. I tried to get that in and it would have been an easy over.

[B]

Yeah. But I texted you a clip and I said, I fucking hate feast week. I'm retired and I think you're in wine country, you deserve vacation. But I didn't get a response for an hour. And I was mad. I was so mad. I had to go because I needed just someone to say, oh my God, that's the worst. I had to go to the Big Guy. I had to call in the Big Guy.

[D]

Elio.

[B]

Yeah, I texted Elio. I said, dave hasn't responded. And then he just wrote back, oh, my God, that's gross. And I just said, thank you. That's all I needed. Now I can go back, back to my day. I just needed one person to acknowledge was so, so bad.

[D]

And he took Michigan. So.

[B]

Yeah. Then I got Michigan and I took the Gonzaga over at the end. Alabama might be my favorite team to, to like they're the most trustworthy team to be down 10 and like they're going to still huck threes. Cause I was in that spot at like 11:30 at night where I was like, if Alabama, it was a 10 point game, it didn't matter. It was 40 seconds left. It's like, if Alabama hits 1 3. We're good. And they did. So thank you, Rico.

[D]

As we're recording this, I like Seton hall today.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[A]

Yeah, I faded him yesterday. I got a lot of fight, plus.

[D]

Six, plus seven against usc. I don't think USC is that good.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. USC struggle with Boise.

[D]

Yeah, they've struggled.

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[D]

Also, I was telling Bosco at Cincinnati, I was sitting next to the head basketball coach. I didn't know who he was, but met him introduced. I'm like, how long you been here?

[A]

Five years.

[D]

Oh, you know, Rico Bosque was like, no, I never heard of him. That was. That wasn't great to hear. And then the guy offered. I'm like, he's our college basketball guy. He's like, oh, give him my cell. I'm like, I absolutely won't do that.

[B]

No way.

[D]

I need enough to do that, too.

[B]

Oh, man, that's. You got no one in Cincinnati, Bosco.

[A]

No, we got to work our way in. I text Dave, thank you for pushing me. Will be better work. He's on the list. He's a target. Work our way up.

[B]

So I'd like an updated list maybe by New Year's.

[A]

All right, sure.

[B]

Just an entire spreadsheet.

[D]

I'm surprised. Nobody at Cincinnati.

[A]

Yeah, some of them are, you know, dead zones. I don't know. Yeah, we got. I gotta.

[B]

What are you. What are you, Verizon? What are you talking about?

[A]

Like you don't know. You didn't know a guy who came up from somewhere else?

[D]

Your hand. What's wrong with your thumb?

[A]

Oh, whiteboard. I was writing on a whiteboard.

[B]

That's all.

[A]

It's just red ink.

[B]

Got it. Doing some whiteboard work.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

But yeah.

[D]

In the whiteboard with your thumb.

[A]

Sometimes. Yeah. If you make an error. I'm a quick like. Okay.

[B]

I did see Joe Yanks did a live yesterday. Live spaces.

[A]

I saw that.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

He was down. Seemed like he was down. Johnny's.

[E]

No.

[B]

Loves the word obviously.

[D]

Why? Speaking of Joe Yanks and things that crossed my desk this week. What type of absolute psychopath invites you to talk to high school kids?

[B]

Oh, I actually forgot about this because it was. It felt like a year ago. But, Rico, we have put it in the YouTube. Put the picture in the YouTube.

[D]

Do we have the video? There has to be a video.

[B]

I. I will pay top dollar.

[A]

Video. What?

[D]

There has to be video.

[A]

There's no video.

[B]

This is. This is similar to like when they put out a.

[D]

How did this come about? Like, why are you doing this? Don't you think this is a problem?

[B]

We're putting a bounty, like, on Osama bin Laden's head.

[D]

And I can't tell if Nadu is serious. He's now saying he's going to speak in front of a class.

[B]

College. No, he doesn't do high school. He does colleges.

[A]

Be his first time in a college class.

[B]

Well, we're education shaming now.

[D]

Just saying.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

The.

[A]

The. One of the teachers there is a friend of mine. I'm obviously friends with a ton of the school. They're like, listen, we. It's a journalism class. English. We've been studying podcasts and like, your history, obviously you've been around forever and you know with.

[D]

Actually know your history.

[B]

Yeah. How much do they look up?

[A]

I think they looked up a lot.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, you're not. You're not. It's been doing this for a long time.

[D]

But what does that mean? That's like. That's like, oh, we know you. Your aviation history. Like, Bin Laden.

[B]

Like, I need this video. I will put. I'm putting a bounty on the video. It's definitely a video cash prize for the videos.

[A]

There's no video.

[B]

If you get me Chris video with audio. 5K cash. No question.

[D]

What did you say? What was your message?

[A]

It was. Listen, like, as a senior in high school, I Think I was just kind of saying it's okay to not know what you want to do in terms of things. They were asking questions about that, obviously the fire department, like, how you get into things, bouncing around a million different jobs. I was basically saying, like, you know, I am where I am, but it's a. It's a convoluted path, like just, you know, work hard. Whatever it was, it was kind of just a bunch of things. There's a lot of Q and A.

[D]

Yeah, well, what was some of the questions?

[A]

First question, how late were you to the funeral? Because they used to watch some of the episodes. So that was one.

[B]

Love it.

[A]

That was good fans.

[B]

What was your answer?

[A]

I said five minutes.

[B]

He didn't make it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Were there any parents who afterwards were like, what was that?

[A]

We have not got any complaints from the parents.

[B]

Because if I was a parent of a child at that school, I definitely would.

[D]

I had a couple of real texts. Be like, what's wrong with this world? From whom you got to withdraw? Your, like, kid from the school principal has to be fired.

[A]

Nah, he's a good guy.

[B]

Do you remove.

[A]

Who was saying what world?

[D]

I got Air it out. I'm going to try to find it.

[B]

Did you pick up any new riders?

[A]

I don't know if I picked up any, but it's always good to add to the numbers. Yeah, yeah.

[B]

You get recruit a little bit. Bosco with. With America.

[D]

I got one. I got one. Imagine a dad at home that. That is a fan of barstool, hearing his son randomly say, this guy named Rico Bosco spoke to our senior class today about success. He has to be fired. You have to pull your kid from the school. His name rhymes with Bill Thompson.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Imagine sitting at Thanksgiving dinner and the kids, like, calls. Calls his. His dad a skill. He's like, where the fuck did you learn that word? How do you know that word?

[E]

Take.

[A]

We'll take. We'll take. Make sure we take Bill off the. The old text, stay in touch list.

[B]

Okay. Did you. I mean, did you. Did anyone ask a Meek Phil question? Is that Photoshop was very funny.

[A]

That was a very funny Photoshop. No, they didn't ask.

[D]

But that's the thing. It's not beyond, like, being real. Like, you're not like, yes, you're having, like, the public conversations and the side corners of the gym. The real conversations are going down and, like, real recruitment of, like, Al Qaeda. Yeah, I got you.

[B]

Did you request no video?

[A]

No, it's just how it is. What does that mean? Like they don't have phones during the school day.

[B]

Well, they were taking photos. Those definitely came from a phone.

[A]

Yeah, that was the faculty.

[B]

There's got to be a video out there.

[A]

All right, Jack, we'll hunt down the video, because what is. This is something I never learned. What does Zap Bruder mean, Dave, when you say that? Zap Ruder as I never.

[D]

That's what the jfk, isn't it?

[B]

It's the name of the guy who took the JFK video.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[B]

I had no idea his name was Pruder.

[A]

Got it.

[B]

So we need the Zapruder film.

[A]

I thought it was a type of camera, so.

[B]

No, it's like the way Abraham Zapruder. He was the guy who had.

[A]

Yeah, you don't see a lot of Abrahams anymore.

[B]

That's a ridiculous name. Not a lot of Abes. But it was, you know, he was born in 1905. That's a. That's a 1905 name.

[A]

That's a throwback. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, he was. So we need that film.

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[B]

What any. Any big picture stuff about the college football playoff? Jeremiah Love should be the Heisman.

[A]

Not unbelievable.

[B]

Not because I have a 25 to.

[A]

1 ticket on him, but Pavia Is playing fucking unbelievable, too.

[B]

I. I thought. I thought Jeremiah Love was totally dead. I think now it's. He has to obviously have another, like, highlight reel against Stanford. And then if Mendoza loses to Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game, I think it's live.

[D]

Putting the cart.

[A]

The horse.

[D]

The card ahead of the horse there a little bit, but that's okay.

[B]

Oh, you mean in terms of Mendoza losing to Ohio State? Yeah, if Mendoza loses.

[D]

By the way, this is a pick them show. This line is rocketing the other way. Like, it's nine and a half now.

[B]

It's ten right now.

[A]

I started back to ten and a half.

[B]

Yeah. The. But it's crazy that Jeremiah Love is back and I love. I usually can't stand the new X algorithm, where if you click on one thing, then that's all you see for the rest of the week. Like you click on one death video or something, you just get gnarly. I love it right now because I tweeted about Jeremiah Love, like three times. And now every single tweet I see is Jeremiah Loves the best running, best player in college football. Just smashing. Retweet on all of them.

[C]

It's great.

[B]

It's great. Shout out Elon. For the.

[A]

For the.

[B]

The algorithm. All right, so any other. Rico, you got any hypotheticals?

[A]

No, we got the Big Ten tiebreakers.

[B]

Yeah, go ahead, give it to us.

[A]

So I guess we're obviously. If Ohio State and Indiana win, they're in. If for Michigan to get in the Big Ten championship game, it'll be Indiana wins, Michigan wins, and then Washington wins. And then for Oregon, Michigan, it would be. Oh, I'm not even going to write that down because Purdue would be in Indiana and that ain't happening. So really the only case is Indiana wins, Michigan wins and Washington wins, which is all very live. Dave, you might be in the Big Ten championship game.

[B]

Would you want to be?

[D]

I don't think he. I think he's right for not wanting to be. My ideal scenario is we win, Oregon beats Washington, they go. I don't. And there is no way that Michigan's not getting in. If they beat. Oh, I was. They. I firmly believe that. I know, I know you're saying. Well, I'm saying.

[B]

No, no. But I'm saying if they went to the Big Ten championship game and lost, I think they would be out.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

That's why I don't want to go.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Right, right.

[A]

You think they would be out if they went to the Big Ten championship game?

[D]

Yeah, I think they could.

[B]

Yeah. That'd be a third loss. I think they would. Because it's not like they're.

[A]

Yeah, but it's a game. They qua.

[B]

That's where it gets hairy because it's like you.

[D]

I'm not saying you're automatically out. A lot would dictate how that game was played.

[B]

Right.

[D]

Like if it's close. But I think they're 100% in if they beat Ohio State and that's it.

[A]

So like nobody's been able to hang with Ohio State. If they took down Ohio State, you get more points in my book for that.

[B]

I understand, but they're, they're, they're a bubble team. And if they lost their third game, it's not.

[D]

What if they go play Indiana and lose by 20? They're not getting.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Yeah, it's not like Indiana going to the Big Ten title game and losing. They're, they're fine.

[A]

Right. Well, that's where it's hard, cuz it's like, all right, yeah. Oh, they lost to Indiana by 20, so we're gonna penalize of that. But it's.

[D]

Hey.

[A]

They also qualified to make that fucking game and took down a monster that everyone is saying is nobody can play with. They played a one score game back. We were still in our fucking pools in August against Texas and ran through everybody else. Michigan beats them. They'll lose points for that. It's tough. That's where this committee. It's, it's very, it's interesting, it's compelling, it's, you know, dramatic. It's, it's why it's the best.

[D]

But interesting, compelling, dramatic.

[B]

This is why it's the best.

[A]

I just, I just defended Michigan. You jump on my adjectives.

[D]

You're not really. I mean, I think it's a fair thing you're saying.

[B]

Did you attack his adjectives?

[A]

He attacked my adjectives.

[B]

He did. No, you did, Dave. You.

[A]

Yes, you did. You said the mocking.

[D]

Compelling, interesting and drama.

[B]

You never attack another man's adjectives. So that's the first, first, first rule of riding. Come on. Obviously that was Joey Yanks. Obviously.

[A]

Obviously.

[D]

I was, I was not attacking him.

[B]

So. Yeah, you should listen to. Just, just tune into a little bit of Joe Yanks live space. Dave. He's. He sounds a lot like Rico Shocker. He loves the Johnny's though. Loves the Johnny's.

[D]

I did hear it, actually.

[B]

Yeah, did see it.

[D]

I did see it. Yeah. Rick Patino is a white suit.

[B]

Rick Patino doing podcasts.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, I saw it.

[B]

I saw radio shows.

[A]

They're not concerned about that.

[B]

Okay. What?

[A]

No, no.

[B]

Rico, were people coming at you for your five TVs?

[A]

Yeah, a little bit.

[B]

Why?

[A]

It's deceptive when you back up, like, yeah, the other two were very nice gifts from you, Dan. I think they're 27 inchers, but they're. They're auxiliary TVs. They're not. It's not like I'm coming down being like, look at how great this is. They're four and fives. Like, when you really got to go big, you roll out four and five. Like. But people like, they're small that computer monitors.

[D]

All right.

[A]

Good thing is it's my basement, so.

[B]

Yeah, it's your basement.

[D]

That is your world down there.

[B]

Yeah. That's your safe space.

[D]

Like nobody. Nobody should. Yeah. That is your escape.

[A]

Imagine a pick them from there.

[B]

I'd be interested. I'd be interested.

[D]

Something.

[B]

I mean, you'd have to take down probably a lot of stuff off the walls. There's probably Dave and I in a dartboard somewhere.

[D]

It'll be one of those things that'd be like a basement. And then there's a secret door to the real basement.

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[A]

Dan. Dan. Dave, did you see this? I know you're traveling. Did you happen to see the Creighton radio call from yesterday?

[D]

Oh, I saw. I saw it on my timeline, but I didn't tweet on it.

[B]

I mean, awesome, awesome.

[A]

Guy loses his mind out by name.

[B]

So what the fuck? He said fun believe. Yeah, wait, hold on, I'll pull it up. He said, fuck, it's.

[A]

It's right up your alley. Like, if it was something else, it'd be like, oh, bad. Beat this and that. Like, this is right up your alley. So it's like, hold on.

[B]

I got was. I was kind of shocked when I heard the beginning of. Was a bad call, by the way.

[D]

Car into the paint, miss the dunk and a foul. What are you talking about? That was two seconds after the play ended.

[A]

Car.

[B]

Oh, maybe he didn't say.

[D]

No, he did. No, he did. He was a foul. He goes a foul. Car into the paint, missed the dunk.

[B]

He might say blocking.

[A]

Blocking.

[B]

He might have said blocking. I thought it was. I wish it was, but yeah, that guy.

[A]

It gets even better. Yeah, he's just. He goes right after him. It's unbelievable.

[B]

Okay, let's get into some games. We got rivalry week. Let's start with loaded.

[A]

Loaded card.

[B]

Loaded card. Georgia versus Georgia Tech. Oh, by the way, the Pat Hill standings. Rico, nice week. Seven and four, good to be back. I'm at 52%. Dave, you're at 51.2%.

[D]

And what was that last week?

[B]

You were seven and five, and then I was 11 and 12 last week. So I'm 52%, you're 51.2. And then Rico's 43.6. I hate. I didn't, for some reason put Charlotte on my card, even though we talked about it. Dave, I gave you the stat. I put it on. It's too many shows.

[D]

That was easy. The. The Kirby stat. I took Bears picks last week. He went one and one. He had Mercer, they lost by 100. But he also had Pitt. So those are one on one for me. In real life, I think I had Georgia Tech maybe on the show.

[B]

Yeah, you gotta. You Gotta. You can't. You can't lose with other people's picks.

[D]

No, you cannot.

[B]

It's the killer. Okay, first game, Georgia at Georgia tech. Georgia Tech's +13 and a half over unders 59 and a half. Recall. I'll start with you.

[A]

I love Georgia. I called it last week with. With Narduzzi. That being a brutal. Like not a brutal spot, a tough spot for him. Go show it. Georgia Tech game at home for them, they just lay an egg. I think it's a dead team.

[D]

They're losing stuff a little bit.

[A]

Pit played Georgia Tech last week and coming in, no. Pit was coming off an awful loss to Notre Dame when he said he.

[E]

Didn'T care about it.

[A]

I backed Pitt in that spot against Georgia Tech. So I went against Georgia Tech. That was good to me. I think the. The air is out of the balloon now. Don't love Haynes. King like Kirby. Smart. Way better. I think Georgia blows the doors off of Amir. Just the games at Georgia Tech. Is it a neutral site actually where.

[B]

It'S Mercedes Benz Dome. Yeah.

[E]

Right.

[A]

So I apologize for that. But Georgia Tech, just after landing egg at home last week, I don't think you get off the mat. I think Georgia kills them. Kills them.

[D]

I think they get off the mat. I like Georgia Tech here to keep this game close.

[B]

I do too. Plus 13 half. I'm more just. Whenever there's a rivalry game, I'll just take the underdog just because. Just weird shit happens. Remember?

[D]

I like that it's actually at that dome. I feel like that Georgia may be able to move the ball a little bit in that dome.

[B]

Yeah. Okay, next one. The Friday game. Texas A and M at Texas. Texas plus two and a half over under 51 and a half. Texas a and M is in. Texas A and M has outplayed anyone in the sec. Texas still, under Rico's hypothetical, still has a shot. I do not think they do, but obviously big, big game. I'm gonna take Texas plus two and a half. I'm gonna do the same thing with rivalry. Home team catch, getting points. Weird shit.

[A]

You don't think they have a shot? You don't think they have a shot at all, Dan?

[B]

No, there's too many two, two losses, teams in front of them. And their loss to Florida stinks.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Who are they gonna jump? Yeah, who are they gonna jump?

[A]

Well, if Vandy loses to Tennessee.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Trying to look at what else. I think Georgia Tech. They jumped Georgia Tech.

[B]

Well, that doesn't matter. Georgia. It's whoever's Going to be in the ACC championship. Right. So that doesn't.

[A]

Yeah, there, there's definitely, there's definitely work to do. They didn't, they didn't help themselves. I mean, but I put my. Yeah, I'm rooting for them to at least have a case. I think Texas wins. Remember, they have for a couple of weeks.

[B]

It's not. They have to get to, to 11 or 12. They have to get to 10.

[A]

Because of the bottom two. Yeah.

[B]

Right. So I don't know.

[A]

Yeah, maybe that might be difficult to do.

[B]

If Alabama loses, if BYU gets smoked in the, in the, in the Big 12 championship game. If Vandy loses, Michigan has to lose. Utah probably has to lose. That's. There's a lot, there's a lot they have to do. I'm going to take Texas though. What do you got, Dave?

[D]

A and M. I think they're, I, they, I listen, they've been good all season. It's one of those things. You go undefeated that conference. I don't care if you've avoided some of the big, big boys. They beat Notre Dame. That's a great win. I don't think Texas is great and maybe playing a little better, but I like A and M here.

[B]

I also like the over. I'm going to take 51 and a half the over. Rico.

[A]

Texas.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Trust him taking Texas.

[B]

You trust them?

[A]

Trust them in this spot? Yeah, I do. I've been saying I'm just going to put my line in the sand. Like I think. I think they deliver at home. We'll see. I think they take care of it.

[B]

Okay, next up we have Vandy at Tennessee. Tennessee minus two and a half over. Under 65 and a half. I took Tennessee on the college football show. I'll stick with it. This is a game I don't really have a strong feeling about. Tennessee impressed me. That was, I think that was my first bad flip of the year. I flipped from Tennessee to Florida because I had a good flip. The Oregon flip was good. Oregon, you know, covered against usc. But I'm going to take Tennessee here minus two and a half. Rico.

[A]

I would take Vandy and the over. I really like watching Pavia play. I think there's going to be a lot of points. I like the over and I like Vandy.

[D]

Dave, I'm going to go with Vandy. I've been on Vandy the whole, whole year. This is a huge win for them. Would it shock me if they lost? No. But this team, they've been ready the whole season. They, you know, this Is not a team that came in settling me like, oh, we get a couple of wins. I really. I think they know their seasons, the line. Playoffs chance on the line. I got. I got Pave and company.

[B]

Okay, next up, Iron Bowl Alabama to Auburn. Auburn plus six over. Under 46 and a half. Same. Same thought. Home team rivalry game, catching points. I'll take Auburn plus six. Their defense can. Can keep them in this game. So I'm going to take Auburn in this game plus six. Rico.

[A]

Over.

[E]

Over.

[A]

Like the over. Yeah. I heard Brandon saying Auburn's offense caught a little bit of lightning. They seem to be a little rejuvenated.

[D]

I don't know why we keep re regurgitating that stat. Brandon did say that you have. You can't say that when they play Mercer.

[B]

Yeah, that's. That's a tough sample size to use for that.

[D]

I go it looked good against Mercer.

[A]

It's fair. Take the over.

[B]

Dave.

[D]

I'm taking Bama. I mean, excuse me, Auburn. I don't think Alabama's anything great. I think it's very close game. Even if you told me you have to pick a winner here, I would. I would pick Auburn.

[B]

Really?

[D]

Yeah. I think they can win the game.

[B]

That would. That would obviously open up some spots if Bama went down here. Okay, last game, the big game. Dave, you will be there. How you feeling about. I mean, you're. It's obviously in Ann Arbor, so you're. You'll have a King's welcome. Michigan's plus 10 over under is 43 and a half. I don't know. Is Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tater? Are they definitely playing?

[D]

It's definitely playing, I think.

[B]

Okay. Because that's.

[D]

Yeah, they didn't play last week. I'm sure they're gonna play. I like Michigan. Michigan is definitely getting better. And. And they had obviously lost Oklahoma in a game they weren't really in. Lost USC in a game they really weren't in. But they've beaten everybody El should have beaten. You win the turn, you lose a turnover. Battle 5 Nothing versus Northwestern and still win a game that's actually a positive. And I think last week was their most complete football game against Maryland, who's not obviously great, but it's the first time they really stepped on somebody's throat. Clearly they're opening it up more with Underwood getting ready for this game. Marsh, number four, the wide receiver. Last couple of weeks come out of nowhere, so it gives them a nice one, two punch. And obviously the mental edge is clearly with Michigan. I am seeing I mean, I saw Titus say it a little bit. You know, there is a bit of Ohio State trying to say the game don't matter. Not everybody, but, you know, they're in the playoffs no matter what. I like Michigan here. Michigan wins this game. They're in the playoffs. It's at Ann Arbor. We've won, what, four in a row. So, yeah, I'm going to take Michigan and I am. I like, guaranteeing a Michigan win? No, but I think they're going to win the game.

[B]

What, so there's no chance that you're gonna let Tate stream with you?

[D]

No, I. He's too. Tate does it. He's a psychopath. You know, like, there's certain people that don't like that you come across. You're like, I don't know that this guy even knows where. Like a joke or a line of the sand. He's a true lunatic. So I. I don't want him in my orbit. Like, Jury, I. I still go back to. To. Unfortunately for him, when he. He said I was trying to sabotage his life because he knew I had a girl, he had a girlfriend, and like, I was trying to break them up. And I still don't know what he was talking about, but he was dead serious.

[B]

He will be there. He'll be at the game.

[A]

He.

[B]

I mean, his. His Ohio State fandom cracks me up because he is. It's. It's 365.

[D]

Like, you can really root for teams without, like, he's somebody. Like, I could see burning down someone's house, and I'm not, but I also.

[B]

Could see it happening and being like, yeah, he was justified. Like, Ohio State fans being like, yeah.

[D]

Like, if Ryan Day loses, he's not beyond burning down Ryan Day's house. Like, he's capable of anything.

[B]

So you and Big ever going to be streaming from Ann Arbor? Yes, I'm excited to watch that stream. I'm going to take Michigan as well. Plus 10. If you had gun to head, I'd say Ohio State's going to win this game. But it just.

[D]

Ohio State fans. The thing is, I know what they're going to do when we beat them. They're going to say, it does not matter. It obviously matters for us because our playoffs on the line and I love beating the piss out of them and they'll never get the size. Like, I will never crown them anything. Like, in this rivalry. To me, if you really want to be like, we had the banner year, you have to win this game and the championship. You can have a Good season. Michigan wins this game. Good season. We're in the playoffs. You beat Ohio State again. It's a good season to have a Hall of Fame season. I don't care if you're Ohio State or Michigan, you have to beat each other and then close the deal. Much like what we did when we won it.

[B]

Rico.

[A]

I think Michigan's going to make it a dog fight. I worry again. You know, it's good that they're getting Underwood. It'll air it out a little bit. I think they're going to need that. You're not going to be able to ground the pound Ohio State despite Dave might think you'd be able to. I mean, they're. But we'll see. I like that they're going to air it out. I think it's going to be a dog fight. I think it's going to be close. I like Michigan, plus the nine and a half. I think they'll be right in it. Late into the third, into the fourth and then we're going to see who makes a play.

[D]

We got to see what saying can do. I've been tooting this guy. I'm very impressed by him. I think he's very good. He hasn't had an ounce of game pressure. And if we can keep this game close. As I keep saying, halftime, third quarter and he has to make plays, I'm very curious to see what happens. He may be able to make them.

[A]

He.

[D]

He strikes me as a very good quarterback, but I know the guy on the sidelines is going to have a panic attack. Ryan Day, if this game is close. So I love to see it. Let's see if this guy has what it takes to beat Michigan.

[B]

Yeah. Michigan gets out to any type of lead.

[A]

It's.

[B]

I mean, it's. I'm excited for this game. It's going to be fucking awesome. Last year you couldn't have had a better like story for the rivalry in terms of.

[D]

You agree with what I'm saying? What, like that for Ohio State? Say they have like, they. They had a Hall of Fame season. They need to beat us.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Especially with what's happened in the last few years. You have to be. Ohio State has to beat Michigan. They can't just keep doing this where it's like, oh, we want a natty, but we keep losing to Michigan.

[A]

Yes, they.

[B]

And this is Ryan Days. This is his issue. He's got to beat Michigan. He's got a Michigan problem.

[D]

Right. 364 days a year.

[B]

Yeah, we saw the same thing. When Harbaugh started at Michigan, he had an Ohio State problem. This is what the rivalry is. It comes down to this game. I'm excited to watch.

[A]

Me, too. I mean, other than Texas, Grambling State, Ohio, Washington is a good win very early in the season.

[D]

I mean, Michigan smash Washington, too.

[A]

Minnesota, Illinois is good. Wisconsin State, Penn. We know what they are. Purdue, ucla, Rutgers. Wisconsin's getting better.

[B]

There's not. Find me a high team. I don't know, two ranked teams in November.

[A]

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[B]

Okay. Should we do our cards. Let's do our cards that are mortals. Dave, you want to start?

[D]

Sure. It's the first time in about a month that I like the card.

[B]

I love the card.

[D]

Navy plus five and a half at Memphis. Mississippi State plus seven and a half at home against Ole Miss. Egg Bowl. Georgia tech. He says 13 and a half. High 14 and a half. Whatever. Georgia Tech against Georgia plus the points. A M minus two and a half. Texas, Louisville minus two and a half. Kentucky Pit plus six and a half against Miami. Over 50 and a half. Michigan, whatever that line ends up. All right. 10. BYU minus 17 and a half against UCF Provo. Dave, I actually did the intro to their hype their hype video last week. Oklahoma minus 10 and a half against LSU. I like Wake plus one and a half against Duke. Penn State minus 13 and a half against Rutgers. TCU minus four and a half against Cincy. I think Cincy is done. Washington plus six and a half at home against Oregon. I actually think they keep that game tight. Vandy plus the two and a half against Tennessee. Wisconsin, third week in a row. We're going to go with these guys. Dan, your guys. This right almost is shocking to me the way it's going right now. But what are they?

[B]

Plus one and a half.

[D]

Yeah, against Minnesota. I like them. Auburn plus six and a half against Bama. Northwestern plus six and a half against Illinois and North Carolina plus seven and a half against NC State.

[A]

There it is.

[B]

Okay, my card real quick. Iowa minus 6. Iowa. Nebraska over 38 and a half. Iowa State minus 14. Virginia. Texas Tech, sorry. Minus 24. Virginia minus 10. Washington plus 7 against Oregon. I do think that's going to be a tight game, especially after Oregon had, you know, that was a big statement win against usc. Now this is a. This is a sneaky, like, very hated rivalry. Oregon and Washington. Mississippi State plus seven. Arizona minus two and a half. Arizona's been playing good ball. Wisconsin plus one and a half. Hottest team in November. UNC plus seven and a half. Pitt plus seven and the over 50 and a half. USC team total over 40 and a half against UCLA. Rico.

[A]

Navy. Memphis over 58 and a half. Jack, I was trying to update him as I go, so anything that's changed, let me know. Utah minus eleven and a half. Ole Miss minus the seven. It is now Air Force minus two and a half. Colorado State's really bad and you're paying a service academy. End of the season. I think Air Force, they're bad too, but they're going to run all over Them triple option. They'll run all over them. K state minus 16 and a half. It's. It's going to be ugly for dion out there. BYU -17 and a half. I think they get some style points against UCF Kennesaw State. Credit to them had a great year. -2 and a half against Liberty. T.O. lane -30 and a half against Charlotte UNLV -8 and a half against Nevada. Wake -1 and a half against Duke.

[B]

Barbershop. Barbershops.

[A]

Barbershops baby. Never never wrong.

[D]

Just early.

[A]

Texas Pitt plus the six and a half. Think they can win the game outright. Michigan plus the nine and a half. Vandy and the over and Auburn. Alabama over 47 and a half.

[B]

Okay mortals time. Hank. Michigan plus 10. 10.

[D]

Good good pick.

[B]

Zoo.

[A]

Miami Pit over 50 and a half. Okay, that's mine too.

[B]

I'm gonna take North Texas minus 19 and a half. They've just been pasting people as a respect pick. I took their team total over last week. They had. They didn't score their first touchdown. It was team total over 38 and a half. Didn't score the first touchdown till There was like 40 seconds left in the first quarter. They ended up scoring 56. That's all they do. Rico.

[A]

Georgia is 13 and a half. Dave. So it's going to be the Georgia bulldogs minus the 13 and a half.

[B]

Okay, Dave. Yours.

[A]

Michigan.

[B]

Michigan.

[D]

You know it would just be crazy not to. We beat them every single year. We're getting 10 points at home. Teams playing well.

[A]

Michigan.

[B]

How much would this bum you out if they lost in terms of like bad, bad losses? You know, I mean listen, ends the.

[A]

Story, ends the storyline.

[D]

The playoffs are on the line. So like you know, I want to be in the playoffs. Like we win this game, we're going to the playoffs. So I really, really, really want to win. You're going to have to deal with all these Ohio people. I mean it, it, it. This is about Michigan more than anything. We got to get to the. If we win the game, we get to playoffs with the playoffs start this weekend for us. So it would really bum me out if we lost.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

What? You're holding Michigan as a future as well Dave, or you're not.

[D]

I don't know what I did with them. I think I already lost. Like I. I don't think I did them alone. I think I was doing like Caitlin Clark in the World Series. Celtics Patriots. I did something with the playoffs. I don't. I gotta look. I actually.

[A]

What are you holding, dan?

[B]

Texas Tech 60 to 1. And Jeremiah Love, 25 to 1.

[D]

That's a great pick.

[B]

That's my portfolio. I need Texas Tech to get that buy because I do think that they're. If they can get into a final four game, I would. I would potentially hedge just because I don't know if they can win it all, but they would.

[D]

I think they can. I think they're.

[B]

I think the defense is awesome. Their defense is awesome.

[A]

I know that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You want to. What are they slated for right now? You think a home game. The home game or.

[B]

They're in the five, but I don't know what the committee will do. I feel like the loser of Indiana, Ohio State would maybe drop to the five. People are saying that's crazy, but I don't know.

[D]

Depends how the game goes.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

It's very close. I know they depend on the Bulls, but a Texas Tech home game at night, that. That.08 games still like at night. Texas Tech's gonna be dialed up. I got Oregon at 25 to 1 very early in the season. I just grabbed Georgia 10 to 1 last night.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I don't think you're. You're. They're never going to be a ten to one dog. I think they're very, very live here. I like my spot.

[B]

I don't hate that pick. Georgia's looks really good. Okay, boys. Happy Thanksgiving. Good show.

[A]

Happy Thanksgiving.

[B]

Thanksgiving. See everyone next week.

[A]

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[B]

Bosco, go. He was quick.

[A]

Exit.