THE MOST CHAOTIC PICK EM EVER - Pick Em Week 7

Summary

Barstool Pick Em: THE MOST CHAOTIC PICK EM EVER – Week 7 Recap

Podcast: Barstool Pick Em
Hosts: Dan "Big Cat" Katz, Dave "El Pres" Portnoy, Rico Bosco
Date: October 9, 2025
Episode Theme: A hilariously chaotic, off-the-rails week of gambling talk featuring emotional spirals, internal Barstool drama, questionable funeral attendance, and, somehow, college football picks.

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Episode Overview

Week 7 brings utter chaos to the Pick Em podcast. The crew—Big Cat, Dave, and Rico—delivers their usual blend of banter, personal drama, and (alleged) football insights. The episode kicks off with Rico revealed to be in a suit en route to a funeral, spurring an unusually long detour into personal stress, internal Barstool politics, and "gotcha culture." The crew jokingly refers to this as the "Fly episode" (a reference to an oddball Breaking Bad episode), with content swinging wildly between football analysis, interpersonal feuds, and stream-of-consciousness comedy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Rico's Funeral Attire & the Domino Effect

[02:00–08:00]

• Rico shows up on camera in a suit, revealing he's attending a funeral for someone “very close.” This completely derails the show as the crew unpacks the decision to podcast instead of attend on time.
• Dave and Big Cat relentlessly question Rico’s priorities and emotional state, half-joking, half-concerned.
• "The guy's dead. He's not coming back." – Dave Portnoy [05:54], offering gallows humor.
• Rico tries to brush off concern: “We go for 50 minutes, and then... we’ll be okay.” [05:59]
• The confusion and lack of clarity about funeral logistics is a running bit.

2. "Gotcha Culture" & Internal Barstool Drama

[08:10–13:00]

• Dave brings up receiving a tip to "check on Bosco’s well-being," likening it to missing pre-9/11 red flags. This sets off further spiraling and jokes about surveillance and “rider” loyalty.
• Internal squabbles bubble up—Rico is upset about being compared to Max (another staf member) amid Barstool’s incident-related public blowbacks.
• “If I ain’t saying it, you don’t say yes.” – Rico Bosco [10:32], speaking to fans about complaints on his behalf.
• The cast debates fairness in reactions to on-air outbursts among staff and the "rider" fan base’s tendency to stir controversy.

3. Rico’s Stress, Release Schedules, and Staff Tension

[13:10–16:00]

• Tensions with producer "Jet Ski" and Jack Mac come to a head over scheduling, with Rico admitting he “lashed out on the people closest to [him]. That’s an apology. Shouldn’t have done that.” [22:47]
• The crew digs up group chats and backstage suspicion, leading to playful accusations and a live airing of grievances.

4. The “Fly” Episode Vibe

[15:00–18:00]

• Big Cat likens the show to Breaking Bad’s famously odd Fly episode: “This is... a little bit erratic Pick Em right now... like a super artsy, weird episode, like the Fly.” [15:11]
• Everyone vacillates between confusion and hilarity, poking fun at the entire production.

5. College Football Picks & Gambling Analysis

Ohio State at Illinois

• Pick consensus: Big Cat & Rico on under 49.5; Dave on the over.
• “I think they can win ugly 30-10, something ugly.” – Rico Bosco [35:24]

Alabama vs. Mizzou

• Consensus: Tough read; Big Cat & Rico on Alabama -3, Dave contrarian on Mizzou.
• “I’ve never had less of a read on a game. I think in the 20 years of doing this.” – Dave Portnoy [36:47]

Indiana at Oregon

• Big Cat: Oregon -7
• Rico: Oregon -7, under 55.5
• Dave: Over 55.5, no play on side
• “I love the quarterback Mendoza. I think they can put up points.” – Dave Portnoy [39:53]

Oklahoma vs. Texas (Red River)

• Big Cat & Rico: Oklahoma (even with backup QB Arch)
• Dave: Texas, citing rivalry reversals.

Michigan at USC

• Big Cat & Rico: Over 57.5; both lean Michigan’s physicality.
• Dave: Michigan +2.5, expects dominance up front.
• “I think Michigan brutalizes a soft USC team.” – Dave Portnoy [43:23]

6. Miscellaneous Picks & Mortal Locks

[45:38–51:56]

• Everyone runs through their full cards and mortal locks. Highlights:
  • Big Cat: Michigan as mortal lock.
  • Dave: Arizona State +5.5 as mortal lock.
  • Rico: Iowa State -2.5 (“You gotta win the qualifiers to get to these title shots.” [50:23])
  • Zupy: Tennessee -12.5
  • Ebo: Maryland +6.5

7. Side Tangents & Notable Moments

• Big Cat/Dave "truce" on being each other’s PR antagonists on Fox Sports [29:17–31:16]
• Rico’s 16-year grudge with his old football coach and recent “burying the hatchet” [51:17–52:05]
• Discussion of whether anyone "wants to see you fail" at Barstool, with producer staff getting dragged in playfully and sometimes sincerely.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You go to a funeral.” – Dave Portnoy, incredulous [17:14]
• “You ever heard the term, like, scary good? ... Now we might have a monster we can’t control.” – Rico Bosco, about himself [26:54]
• “Why would you dress up for a funeral if you’re not going to get there?” – Dave Portnoy [14:07]
• “Danny Hurley throws up before games and then wins national titles...” – Rico Bosco, explaining his stress before release weeks [24:06]
• “We might have a monster we can’t control – like he’s got it.” – Rico Bosco [26:54]
• “This is maybe the most artistic Pick Em we’ve ever done.” – Dan Zupke [52:40]

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Episode Timeline (Timestamps in MM:SS)

| Time | Segment | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:00 | Rico reveals he’s at a funeral, triggering chaos | | 07:40 | “Bomb” drama and accusations fly | | 09:35 | Big Cat explains unfair fan comparisons between Rico and Max | | 13:00 | Producer drama: Rico’s “Jet Ski” and Jack Mac complaints | | 15:11 | “Fly episode” comparison cemented; show loses all structure | | 22:47 | Rico apologizes for lashing out (“You lash out at those closest...”) | | 24:06 | The Danny Hurley analogy/“let me be a wacko” stress rant | | 29:17 | Big Cat/Dave Fox “PR war” truce | | 35:09 | Official picks segment starts | | 43:02 | Michigan-USC game preview and picks | | 45:41 | Full cards and mortal locks | | 51:17 | Rico’s old football coach grudge story | | 52:40 | Closing out the “most artistic Pick Em ever” |

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Tone & Style

The episode is signature Barstool: self-deprecating, acerbic, and at times absurd. The guys roast each other mercilessly, segue into genuine internal Barstool tension, and then swerve back to making gambling picks with a mixture of bravado and feigned expertise. They thrive in the chaos, with an anything-can-happen energy that frequently supersedes the ostensible football analysis.

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Summary for New Listeners

If you were hoping for pure football analysis, you got more of a comedy-of-errors episode—a wild, can’t-miss blend of inside jokes, neurotic breakdowns, funeral confusion, and, yes, a few actual picks for the weekend’s games. The gambling advice mixes real conviction with sharp humor and zero guarantee of success: “Fade us at your own risk.” This is why Barstool Pick Em remains one of the most entertaining sports podcasts for both diehards and casual listeners alike.

Transcript

[Dan Zupke]

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[Rico Bosco]

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[Dan Zupke]

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[Rico Bosco]

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[Dan Zupke]

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[Rico Bosco]

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[Dan Zupke]

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[Dave Portnoy]

Am I here?

[Dan Zupke]

Yep, yep, you gotcha. Do you got us?

[Dave Portnoy]

No. It says safe driving mode.

[Dan Zupke]

Are you on Bluetooth? Are you in a car?

[Dave Portnoy]

All right, I got you. I got you. I can't see Rico. That's what I was trying to figure out.

[Dan Zupke]

Whatever.

[Dave Portnoy]

Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

But that's. That might be a setting where you have.

[Dave Portnoy]

Oh, there it is.

[Rico Bosco]

Where you have speakers.

[Dave Portnoy]

Why you dressed up?

[Rico Bosco]

I got a funeral.

[Dan Zupke]

Are you home right now?

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan Zupke]

I'm sorry for your loss. No, no. I'm sorry for your loss. I didn't know. Yeah, I'm sorry for your loss.

[Dave Portnoy]

You go. One time's a funeral.

[Rico Bosco]

10:30. How are you going to get there when we end? I'm going to go.

[Dave Portnoy]

You're going to be late to the funeral.

[Rico Bosco]

A little bit Yeah. I mean, yeah.

[Dan Zupke]

Why did you tell us that you had a funeral?

[Rico Bosco]

Well, I wasn't gonna. Were we gonna move it to 8:30? Like we moved it a couple times. It's not a big deal, dude.

[Dan Zupke]

Moved into a different time. I would have done this afternoon or something.

[Dave Portnoy]

It's all good.

[Dan Zupke]

Sorry for your loss.

[Rico Bosco]

It's all good.

[Dan Zupke]

Well, that's a. That's a bummer.

[Rico Bosco]

No, it's all right.

[Dan Zupke]

I knew you had. I knew you had a loss, but I didn't know the funeral was this morning. Like that would have. You easily can chime up and be like, hey, I have a funeral.

[Rico Bosco]

This person. Closely, very closely.

[Dan Zupke]

We can't see you, Dave. But it doesn't. I guess it doesn't matter very closely.

[Rico Bosco]

But you're gonna be late to the.

[Dave Portnoy]

Funeral because of pick them.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, I mean, years ago, like it was, you know, you got to move things around. Like I let you guys know the.

[Dave Portnoy]

Funeral is, is we can a funeral, a close funeral that feels like a.

[Dan Zupke]

Reversal on us to make us feel.

[Dave Portnoy]

Like, hey, you gotta take your groceries or you gotta like go apple picking. That's different than a funeral.

[Dan Zupke]

All right. And then to come in a suit, you. You knew this would come up.

[Rico Bosco]

The first question I had today was, does anybody have any bombs? Because I got a list of some.

[Dan Zupke]

I don't have any bombs.

[Rico Bosco]

Does anybody have any bombs?

[Dan Zupke]

Rico, that's not a bomb that you came to the pick them with, with, with the suit. And, and then you're like, yeah, I got a funeral, but I'm moving around. And now I, I do feel, I feel bad, but like also, I don't.

[Dave Portnoy]

Even know Dan, if I should bring this up, but I got an anonymous tip that was like, you know how if you suspect something before 911 and you don't feel, say anything and then 911 happens, you feel bad like you knew someone's like you just bettered. Like I have to say something. You have to check on the well being of Bosco.

[Dan Zupke]

Oh no. This is. The alarms are all blinking red. Yes.

[Rico Bosco]

Oh boy.

[Dave Portnoy]

And now he's dressed so I don't even want to go in. I mean I have, I. Are you all right, Bosco?

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. Do you have a bomb? Do you have a bomb today?

[Dan Zupke]

What a question to start.

[Dave Portnoy]

I don't, I don't know what that means.

[Dan Zupke]

Do you have a bomb, Dave?

[Rico Bosco]

So your only thing was somebody said just check in on me. That's it.

[Dan Zupke]

Was there a bomb attached to that message?

[Rico Bosco]

But you have no like gotcha culture Bombs, Nothing.

[Dave Portnoy]

I don't know if you consider this gush culture.

[Rico Bosco]

It was.

[Dave Portnoy]

I think it was. Got your back culture.

[Dan Zupke]

Oh. But the person. What Rico's asking was, was that this message sent, by the way? Can we. Dave, do you have Zubi? Do you need us to see Dave?

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, we're gonna have to get Dave.

[Dan Zupke]

You're just. You're just like the wizard of Oz right now.

[Dave Portnoy]

Oh, okay. Wait, wait. Yeah, so when I did that here, this.

[Dan Zupke]

There we go. Nope. Yeah. All right. Okay.

[Dave Portnoy]

Got it.

[Dan Zupke]

All right, so, Dave, what Rico is asking is this person. They just reached out and said, hey.

[Rico Bosco]

You guys are rider.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, Right, right. Just to make sure that Rico's okay. They didn't also include, like, hey, I got this bomb that you can blow up in his face?

[Dave Portnoy]

No, it was trying to prevent a bomb.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, Yeah, I appreciate that. All right. Yeah, I got some things.

[Dan Zupke]

I. I feel like you. I feel like we got to go quick. I feel like we're gonna tape pick him, like, tomorrow or something. You have a funeral, dude.

[Rico Bosco]

We'll be okay. Like, all right. We'll be okay. I guess.

[Dave Portnoy]

The guy's dead. He's not coming back.

[Rico Bosco]

We go for 50 minutes, and then, like, you make. We'll be okay.

[Dave Portnoy]

Are you at the funeral house?

[Rico Bosco]

No, I'm not.

[Dave Portnoy]

What do you mean, we go for 50 minutes? That means the funeral started according to your timing. It starts in an hour from when.

[Rico Bosco]

We started this thing.

[Dan Zupke]

Is it the funeral or the wake?

[Rico Bosco]

Funeral went to the wake last night.

[Dan Zupke]

Oh, my God. Like, because the wake. I understand. Like, you can. You know, you can go at any time.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dan Zupke]

Funeral is a funeral, Rico.

[Rico Bosco]

All right.

[Dan Zupke]

How far away is it?

[Rico Bosco]

15 minutes.

[Dave Portnoy]

Oh, so you're not getting there?

[Dan Zupke]

No, I mean, this is crazy. This is disrespectful to the deceased. All right.

[Rico Bosco]

It is that, I guess, that's the bomb. I knew it. I knew it. Today I had a list. I was feeling myself. I was going to get out in front of my skis, and then here we go. But.

[Dave Portnoy]

All right, you dressed. You're dressed. Like, what do you. You're dressed. Why would. Of course we're going to ask you why you have a black tie and it looked like you're going to a funeral. I didn't know it was a funeral. But when you answer, the funeral starts. Yeah, very close. With this person. It starts in 20 minutes.

[Rico Bosco]

It's.

[Dan Zupke]

You wanted us to bring it up. Otherwise you would have had a T shirt on.

[Rico Bosco]

That's gotcha culture.

[Dan Zupke]

That's not gotcha culture. Rico, you're wearing a suit and tie.

[Rico Bosco]

The first definitely not gotcha culture.

[Dan Zupke]

All right, first question is going to be why are you in a suit and tie?

[Dave Portnoy]

All right, all right.

[Rico Bosco]

I got my list.

[Dan Zupke]

All right. Chat. Hold on. Recall.

[Rico Bosco]

What's Jack got? Here we go. Jack's got nothing. Dr. Culture is dead. I like that. I saw that. I appreciate that.

[Dave Portnoy]

It's a great shirt.

[Dan Zupke]

Subscribe to Bosco Industries.

[Dave Portnoy]

Great shirt.

[Dan Zupke]

See that shirts in the, in the shop right now.

[Dave Portnoy]

Dave, It's a great shirt.

[Dan Zupke]

Bosco Industries.

[Rico Bosco]

Dave, how's the dog? I did see it's a tough week.

[Dave Portnoy]

Well, I mean she's doing much better. She's nothing compared to what you're going through. All right.

[Dan Zupke]

Wild question about you have a congrats on the death in the family. Okay. All right. Go, go, go. Keep going.

[Rico Bosco]

Congrats on the 50.

[Dave Portnoy]

50.

[Rico Bosco]

Dan.

[Dan Zupke]

Thank you very much. It's been in a while since we did. I tried to get set up by Hank to go accept this big check yesterday but didn't and the Cubs won. So made the right choice. Also the woman, my 5050 lady, she sent me a very nice. She gave me a very nice note. It was awesome. Everyone's just cheering me in. The in Wrigley, like go back to back, win it again. So it's been fun.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. The Max thing, Dan, the reply guys are not doing me a favor by lumping me into this shit.

[Dan Zupke]

They are not there.

[Rico Bosco]

I want that on the record and like, you know, as much as people get hard, we got. We got unnamed in an hour. People love when Rico's got to go to the couch. Dave, let's do a little role playing. Okay. Like let's reverse.

[Dan Zupke]

Hold on. Before you do that, Dave has. There's zero percent chance.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, he don't really care. He might not care. I might be getting out of myself.

[Dan Zupke]

Max get mad at Hank in the gambling cave.

[Dave Portnoy]

Yes.

[Dan Zupke]

A lot of people immediately they try to play the game of oh, big cat, you're such a hypocrite. If Rico did this, it would be talked about on pick him forever. He'd have a four month suspension. This is bullshit. Blah, blah, blah, blah blah. And to my reply to that always is never for a second did I think Max was going to physically hurt Hank. I don't think Hank thought that either. Also, Rico has not been suspended for doing stuff like that. He's had a job for life. So it's like it doesn't make any sense. They basically try to say oh, it's so unfair what you do to Rico and then you let Max do it. Max is different than Rico in that Max can, you know, kind of like he grabbed Hanks hat through it, grabbed his phone through it. I never for one moment was like, max is about to punch Hank.

[Dave Portnoy]

Well, aren't Max and Hank friends?

[Dan Zupke]

They're like very good friends. That's the point. Yeah. So it's like there's to play the. It's just not even close to Rico versus Big T or Rico verse.

[Dave Portnoy]

Right.

[Dan Zupke]

Someone else who he doesn't like. So. But yes, go ahead, Rico. I agree. It's fucked up that people reply that because then eventually I have to just say something because, like, guys, what are we talking about? Like, this is not the same.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan Zupke]

And this is the.

[Rico Bosco]

You know, we all have a cross to bear. Like, these are the sins I got to carry. I might have to carry them forever. But again, like, if we played it the other way, like if it came if I was crying to you, Dan, or I was crying to Dave, and it comes up on unnamed. Like, let's play the reversal. If I'm like, oh, Dave, you know, it's unfair match get to do this. If I was Dave, I'd be like, hey, buddy, you go to work in sweatpants. You got a pretty good job. You're in the mix, you know, like.

[Dave Portnoy]

You like flying on the tree. I don't know what we're talking about, all right? I honestly, I don't. I'm totally confused on what. What you're talking about right now.

[Dan Zupke]

I think there are people who think.

[Rico Bosco]

They can speak for me, that I. That I should be offended on things. And I want it known that, like, if. If I ain't saying it, you don't say yes.

[Dan Zupke]

That. Is that so.

[Rico Bosco]

Rico, you're talking to your people, the.

[Dave Portnoy]

Riders, right now, publicly.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you are. No, because Rico's right. Like, what happens is people then start complaining to me and you, Dave, being like, oh, it's bullshit. Like, it's kind of. It happens with Mincey all the time where people like this guy. Like, this guy doesn't have a job, but Mincey does. It's like they're all separate cases. I don't know what you want me to do. Not every single person is exactly the same. Rico flipping out and throwing a High Noon can at Big T or like shoving someone is very different than Max and Hank.

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah. I didn't even know this was a comparison. So it's a non.

[Rico Bosco]

Fair enough. They. But they're you know, they think like you play the video.

[Dave Portnoy]

When you say they, you're talking about your own people.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah. It puts Rico in a bad spot because he doesn't want the comparison either. He understands there's different to control the riders.

[Dave Portnoy]

This seems like a U issue, Rico. That's fair.

[Rico Bosco]

Well, this is the public forum. Yeah. This gets in. You know, there's some guys who think they still want to do that, but yeah, it's.

[Dan Zupke]

You know, this is town square, Dave.

[Rico Bosco]

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[Dan Zupke]

We're dressed.

[Dave Portnoy]

Are you on? Are you still off meds, by the way?

[Rico Bosco]

Oh, yeah.

[Dave Portnoy]

Oh, wait, that, that was a change.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, that changed from last week because last week you're like, I'm kind of off them now. It's a. Oh, yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

No, it's.

[Dave Portnoy]

I think like, what's the problem with Jet Ski?

[Rico Bosco]

What do you mean?

[Dave Portnoy]

I heard you got some problems with Jet Ski.

[Rico Bosco]

No, I was stressed about drops. We operate two different ways is how we operate. He's very even keeled. I'm very up the wazoo. So we. It worked out and I was stressed that when things it was going to drop during the, the, the game. He would have got that way. He dropped at the right time. We killed it. He killed it.

[Dan Zupke]

So you're good with Jet Ski?

[Rico Bosco]

Yes, obviously. You got Jack Chirping in, too. What did I do? Nothing, Jack.

[Dave Portnoy]

Whatever.

[Rico Bosco]

Go ahead.

[Dan Zupke]

What? Jack, do you. I don't know what's going on. Right.

[Rico Bosco]

He's sending negative tweets about when things are going to drop. Like he's going to drop during the game. It's like, obviously, we know not to do that.

[Dan Zupke]

Well, this is.

[Rico Bosco]

Relax.

[Dan Zupke]

This is like the cr.

[Dave Portnoy]

Like this, which is skipping this funeral. Just skipping like you're just gonna miss. I. I'm very confused. Why do you dress up for the funeral if you're not going to get there?

[Rico Bosco]

You're not. I'll get there. I'll get there.

[Dave Portnoy]

You're. You're going to walk in mid funeral?

[Rico Bosco]

No.

[Dan Zupke]

Did you tell anyone? Did you blame anyone on you being late on me and Dave?

[Rico Bosco]

No, no.

[Dave Portnoy]

But, but, but, Rico, I. There's no chance if you. If you are telling the truth when the funeral is, you have no chance.

[Rico Bosco]

Okay.

[Dan Zupke]

We send us a picture from the funeral.

[Rico Bosco]

Sure.

[Dave Portnoy]

What do you mean?

[Dan Zupke]

Oh, all right. Well, keep going. Let's keep going. Let's move the ball down the field.

[Dave Portnoy]

This is as confused as I've been.

[Dan Zupke]

It's. It is how it works. Good week.

[Rico Bosco]

Right back in the teller.

[Dan Zupke]

Hold on. This is a. You have to admit, this is a. A little bit erratic. Pick them right now. It's kind of like, you know when a show does, like, a super artsy, weird episode like the Fly, and everyone's.

[Dave Portnoy]

Like, I don't like.

[Dan Zupke]

People love it. People hate it. I feel like we're in the middle of the Fly episode on Breaking Bad where it's like, I don't really know what's going on, but I'm kind of.

[Dave Portnoy]

I don't. I don't know what's going. He's dressed for a funeral for a guy or a girl. I don't know who. Who he says he's very close to. He's just not going to make the funeral.

[Rico Bosco]

So I.

[Dan Zupke]

It also confusing is like, confused that we would ask what's going on. It's a. I, I, I. Right now, I'm 100% on the rotten Tomatoes Fly episode. This is. This has been all over the place. But I would like you to keep going. I, I'm enjoying it.

[Rico Bosco]

All right, well, this is the last.

[Dave Portnoy]

One on the list.

[Rico Bosco]

When it's time to answer, we know. I've been on the electric chair. We know. When it's time for Dave to answer, he's got to answer Dan Zupy yet to, you know, maybe his day comes. Doubt it, Austin. Doubt it. Jack has even answered when he's got it. The person who's got an answer right now in terms of the electric chair is Hanky.

[Dan Zupke]

Hanky, please. I'm.

[Rico Bosco]

I've always answered this. This spin zone is disgusting that you're trying to say you brought down State.

[Dan Zupke]

Pennsylvan. Time out. We're going all the way. Give context. Dave is so confused right now.

[Rico Bosco]

This was on the show story.

[Dan Zupke]

You're basically starting with, like, where we last left off conversation.

[Rico Bosco]

Okay, all right.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

Dave, he goes against Oregon. He goes there. He's doing the whole tour white out. He's dancing and parade tours of the shower. Yeah. He's rubbing it. Rubbing it in everybody's face and then fucking. Yeah, right. That's fair. They. They. They lose. He know. He knows he's going against me. They lose. And now he's maybe cursed the program. Like, they should be mad at him. That's what I'm saying. Like the. The state pen people should be having Hank on the fucking the block right now.

[Dan Zupke]

But I'm. That's a cross I'm willing to bear. It's for four riders.

[Dave Portnoy]

Just stupid.

[Dan Zupke]

All right, all right, Dave. It's the fly episode. There's. You don't like.

[Rico Bosco]

Okay, all right, all right, fine. Tough day.

[Dave Portnoy]

Well, I mean, like, you go to a funeral.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dave Portnoy]

What do you want me to curse Penn State?

[Dan Zupke]

I mean. Okay, all right.

[Rico Bosco]

What do you got? What do you got? What do you got today? You got anything on the list?

[Dave Portnoy]

No.

[Rico Bosco]

Okay, then let's. Let's just do the pick. Then when every comment is just, oh, man, they only stuck to football this week. Boring, boring, unsubscribe. And then it hurts me at the end of the year. Now what? Like, this is a fly show. This is a circus. What do you want me to say? I had a whole list. Well, I don't even know.

[Dave Portnoy]

Like, if I do this, I mean, here.

[Dan Zupke]

Here's here. Here's what I got.

[Dave Portnoy]

All right. You want to know what I got here? We got here. We got bad on the verge of losing it. That's not good. Gotta recalibrate. You've had an A plus year. You gotta finish, though. How you doing, buddy?

[Rico Bosco]

Bad.

[Dave Portnoy]

Hate hearing that. You need to chat? Nah, it's just not good at all. In what sense? I have an incompetent editor and a band of co workers who want to see me fail. Nobody wants to see you fail. How do we get back on the right track? Gotta get Jet Ski to stop lying about when he can release.

[Rico Bosco]

Come on. Man, come on, dude. All right, dude, you asked me.

[Dave Portnoy]

Ready?

[Dan Zupke]

Ready?

[Rico Bosco]

All right, you ready? Here we go. Ready? Bama minus two. And if that goes in.

[Dan Zupke]

That's.

[Rico Bosco]

That's it. That's. That's. That's it.

[Dan Zupke]

That's.

[Rico Bosco]

That's it, Dave.

[Dan Zupke]

That one.

[Rico Bosco]

Like, I've never asked. All right, Bama minus two and a half. What are you talking about?

[Dan Zupke]

Rico, can I. What is going on right now? Does your mic break?

[Dave Portnoy]

Where'd he go?

[Dan Zupke]

Oh, he's back. Can you talk?

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah.

[Dan Zupke]

What was that last?

[Rico Bosco]

Or did I break it? No, you're back. You can tell?

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah.

[Dan Zupke]

What was the last part of that message?

[Rico Bosco]

In the mo.

[Dan Zupke]

In.

[Rico Bosco]

In the moment, we all say things that probably shouldn't be repeated, so. And now. All right, whatever. You could tell that guy, too, that 40th birthday. Good luck getting that off the ground. Good luck, buddy.

[Dan Zupke]

I. I think he's gonna be able to get the 40th birthday off the ground.

[Dave Portnoy]

No, not if. Not if.

[Rico Bosco]

No, not if.

[Dan Zupke]

We do some.

[Rico Bosco]

We go down the hole and we do something.

[Dan Zupke]

Oh, we do some dark stuff.

[Rico Bosco]

We do some dark stuff. We hire some guys. Well, is that. Is that gonna be in. Is that gonna be in. I lost my. My. My mind in five minutes. Stressed about a release of an album. Like, are you gonna put this in the episode?

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah, okay, fine.

[Rico Bosco]

All right, whatever.

[Dave Portnoy]

Why would that. What?

[Dan Zupke]

What.

[Dave Portnoy]

What was so bad about that? That's a guy.

[Rico Bosco]

I was losing my mind. It's not true. You gotta trust your guys. I was losing my mind.

[Dan Zupke]

Well, you.

[Dave Portnoy]

You came at me like, you have nothing for the show. You just wanted to be football.

[Dan Zupke]

I wasn't.

[Rico Bosco]

Well, you provoked. You're right.

[Dave Portnoy]

You're right.

[Rico Bosco]

All right.

[Dave Portnoy]

You took a stick and you're like, you got nothing. You got nothing.

[Rico Bosco]

All right, whatever.

[Dan Zupke]

Dave had something.

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah. I wasn't gonna do it. I was gonna be a good guy.

[Dan Zupke]

That was the guy who sent me.

[Dave Portnoy]

That was like, don't do that. But he didn't preface it. He didn't lead with, I show you this. You can't do it. He sends it. He goes, don't use that. And I go, I can't promise that.

[Dan Zupke]

And that is also the blinking red lights guy.

[Dave Portnoy]

Yes.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah. Because that did. Ok, that's like.

[Dave Portnoy]

I have to say it again. It's like, I have a sense something bad's about to happen. Check on your guy. Don't use it for content. I'm like, I can't promise that.

[Rico Bosco]

I'll try not to.

[Dave Portnoy]

And I tried not to.

[Dan Zupke]

He did credit to Dave. He tried not to, but then Rico.

[Dave Portnoy]

Started to be like, you got nothing.

[Dan Zupke]

What?

[Dave Portnoy]

Just come on this show. You have nothing. You just want to do picks. All right, fine, I will. I have something. Now I'm going to have to use it.

[Dan Zupke]

Damn. What was the last part of that?

[Dave Portnoy]

I don't know.

[Rico Bosco]

A lot of laughs from Hanky over there.

[Dan Zupke]

I'm not. This is like. This is not laughing. Serious as a funeral when you're like. Someone says something really up and you just laugh like you don't know how to react. Nervous? Yeah.

[Dave Portnoy]

All his co workers out. Oh, well, that's.

[Rico Bosco]

That's Jack sending bad tweets.

[Dan Zupke]

Wait, what happened?

[Rico Bosco]

What did I do? When to release. When's this drop? I wasn't going to bring any of this up. You're a. You're a lion. He brought it up. What are you talking about right now?

[Dan Zupke]

I should have brought popcorn to this because I am very lost now.

[Dave Portnoy]

And this poor guy who's dead or.

[Dan Zupke]

Girl enjoying the art.

[Dave Portnoy]

40Th birthday is going to be so mad.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah. Because that 40th. Well, he's got some big plans for.

[Dave Portnoy]

It now Rico's got to try to sabotage it.

[Dan Zupke]

He's going to do some dark stuff. And I. I'll say this right now. As. As you can see, I'm wearing the Bosco sabotage.

[Dave Portnoy]

He's looking out for him.

[Rico Bosco]

He's looking out for him by then.

[Dan Zupke]

Bosco sinking him. If you tell me what you.

[Rico Bosco]

I'm having a great year. Like, stay out of the way, buddy.

[Dan Zupke]

Bosco, you let me know. I got an invite to that 40th birthday. If you need me to go as an undercover rider and try to try to take the whole thing down, I'm in.

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah.

[Dan Zupke]

Okay.

[Dave Portnoy]

How many times you gonna let this guy leave?

[Dan Zupke]

That part is crazy. I've been telling you that forever.

[Rico Bosco]

God forbid. I think people are like actually looking out for me. He was. He is spy for you.

[Dan Zupke]

He actually was whatever he is this time.

[Dave Portnoy]

He was whatever.

[Rico Bosco]

I fucking. I lost my mind in. In, in the release of being scared. And also Jack being like you holding this hostage.

[Dan Zupke]

When are you releasing it?

[Rico Bosco]

Like, it just gets to you, so you lash out on the people closest to you. That's an apology. Shouldn't have done that.

[Dave Portnoy]

What?

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, I mean, you got a big thing that you're building. Like you, you, you know, like you want to fine tune it, make sure everything's great.

[Dave Portnoy]

This is Bosco Industries.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, Here.

[Dan Zupke]

What was the last part of that message, Dave?

[Dave Portnoy]

So I got It. Let me see here. I gotta like flip it all around.

[Rico Bosco]

Look at Alabama game.

[Dave Portnoy]

Rico, nobody wants to see you fail. How do you get you back on trap? Get Jet Ski to stop lying about when he can release things. I. I have an incompetent editor in a band of co workers who want to see you fail.

[Dan Zupke]

There's not a band of people. Oh, that's. That's Jack.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, it's Jack.

[Dan Zupke]

That's Jack. Wrong. Got it. That's Jack. That might be true. Jack does want to see. I enjoy.

[Dave Portnoy]

I don't want to talk about this. If you go, roll the tape. So you just want your picks. You got nothing. You don't have anything to do. You got no bombs.

[Ad/Disclaimer Voice]

All right.

[Dave Portnoy]

It wasn't meant to be a bomb. By 40th, he wanted to help you.

[Rico Bosco]

Good luck.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, good luck, buddy. Hope, hope you hope. You hope the band gonna be so.

[Dave Portnoy]

Mad that he's getting threatened. He's a big fan of yours, Bosco. Have you checked in on our guy, Bosco? Like you may want to check in.

[Rico Bosco]

On his well being. Yeah, but Danny Hurley throws up before games and then goes and wins national titles. Like, so if it's working. Leave me the fuck alone, dude. Let me be a fucking wacko. It's like you said, like Quentin Tarantino takes a fucking bag of shrooms, goes in a bathroom, and the next thing you know, he's got a fucking Oscar winner.

[Dave Portnoy]

Like, you texted him, didn't you?

[Dan Zupke]

He text me.

[Rico Bosco]

See, that's the gotcha culture.

[Dan Zupke]

He text me. That's gotcha culture.

[Dave Portnoy]

That is gotcha culture.

[Dan Zupke]

That's big time gotcha culture. We got to get it out of this fucking company big time.

[Dave Portnoy]

Why were you so adamant that this couldn't go in the podcast? Of course it is.

[Rico Bosco]

All right, whatever.

[Dan Zupke]

You're also Rico. Here's what you say. Jet Ski. Jet Ski. Listening to this right now. Dude, shit gets said in the. In the heat of the moment. Like you said it was Danny Hurley right before he goes out. You say shit to people. You say shit that you regret. Everyone in this room, everyone in this world has said shit that they regret and they would love to take back. In the heat of the moment that happens. Who cares? Shows you got that fucking. It shows you got that dog back in you.

[Rico Bosco]

You also don't know the ins and outs of everybody's day. He's getting pulled in a million different directions. Doing this to go like it's. Yeah, it's uncalled for, but you're stressed. Like, you get Stressed. And you got guys fucking, like, looking to drag you down. So that's how it's going to go.

[Dave Portnoy]

And that's Jack Mac.

[Rico Bosco]

Yes, yes, yes. Incorrect, incorrect, incorrect Culture. I'm done with. You're done. Okay. Yeah, because you got got. No, because that's what happened is then you saw the little jailhouse. They said, hey, Jackie, I could have brought up. I could have brought up you about Jack and you didn't like it. Like, I called Jerry in the gambling cave and he has you on speaker. Like, I don't bring that.

[Dave Portnoy]

Those conversations was Jesse not know that you talk about?

[Rico Bosco]

No, no, no. Because Jerry was like, when's it gonna go? And everyone he's seeing what Jack's saying. But I didn that up. Whatever. Jack, you.

[Dan Zupke]

Play the song. Rico, the song of this. The fall. That was. That feels like 10 years ago.

[Ad/Disclaimer Voice]

When.

[Rico Bosco]

When is the.

[Dan Zupke]

That should be the out. Yeah, that should be the outro. The song of the fall. Jack, what is it? What was it? Jackie, Jackie, tables.

[Dave Portnoy]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Dan Zupke]

That was great.

[Rico Bosco]

Episode got taken down. We can't play it. No, I'm kidding.

[Dan Zupke]

Oh, okay. What are you looking for, Rico?

[Rico Bosco]

Nothing. When is the show job, Marie? You and Jet Ski keeping it hostage. Then he's tweeting. He's like, you got a real winner here. He's doing this. Max is going. I'm hearing rumors about you and Sully. Like, all right, that's fine.

[Dan Zupke]

Just keep.

[Rico Bosco]

It's fine. You want to see a guy break? We'll see.

[Dan Zupke]

They are.

[Dave Portnoy]

That's a threat that you're gonna break?

[Rico Bosco]

No, I'm just saying I'm no, Like, that's the thing.

[Dave Portnoy]

Like, well, you said. I'm just saying.

[Dan Zupke]

You'll see.

[Rico Bosco]

I just said for you, they want to see it. They want to see, like. They want to see a break. But, like, you know, like, you ever heard the term, like, scary good? Like, maybe he's putting it together. He's staying out of the way. He's get. For all the years he didn't get it. He's getting it. But, like, now we might have a monster we can't control. Like, he's got it, it's got it.

[Dan Zupke]

It's got a culture. But Bosco, you realize is the least you got it.

[Dave Portnoy]

You're. You're got nothing right now.

[Rico Bosco]

You're.

[Dave Portnoy]

You're spiraling out of control.

[Dan Zupke]

Bosco, this is like. Bosco, this is a situation where it's like, you. You're. You threatening in front of me and Dave. It's like you Know, like when they do the, the whatever. The commission report, the 911 Commission, they're like, oh, yeah, the CIA knew that the Al Qaeda moved to. To America.

[Rico Bosco]

You're saying a lot of things that are.

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah. Like, scary. Like, you want to see me create a monster? Maybe you created a monster. Like, I don't.

[Dan Zupke]

40Th birthday is being ruined. All right, all right.

[Dave Portnoy]

You're right.

[Dan Zupke]

All right, all right.

[Dave Portnoy]

I'll tone it down.

[Rico Bosco]

Tone it down.

[Dave Portnoy]

This poor guy is funeral. I mean, it's like, it's brutal.

[Dan Zupke]

We got to get going because it's got to get to it.

[Rico Bosco]

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[Dan Zupke]

By the way, Dave, I have something. Rico, you ready? That doesn't involve you at all. You ready?

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan Zupke]

Dave, would you like to officially truce on each other being our PR representatives? Because you got me back pretty good. I got you. For people who don't know Big Noon Kickoff week three after Michigan lost Oklahoma, I went on Big Noon Kickoff. And I was like, Dave made up Pizza Fest because he didn't want to show. Then this past week, Dave was on Big Noon kickoff calling me a coward for not showing to Wisconsin. Michigan. Dave and I were not scheduled to go to either event. He was not scheduled to go to Evanston. I was not scheduled to go to Ann Arbor. Neither of us ducked.

[Dave Portnoy]

Well, if Wisconsin was good, you would have gone to that game.

[Dan Zupke]

I don't know. It's more.

[Rico Bosco]

You would have gone to that game.

[Dan Zupke]

No big news. It would cost us money. I wasn't going to that game.

[Dave Portnoy]

Wisconsin was good.

[Dan Zupke]

If Michigan had won, you might have gone to the Evanston game.

[Dave Portnoy]

I doubt it.

[Dan Zupke]

Maybe Pizza Fest. It was very funny, though. I had a shocking amount of people. And not. It was a low amount, but still shocking. Like, probably six to eight people reach out to me and be like, I heard you got in a really bad car accident. Like, how do you watch Rob Stone?

[Rico Bosco]

One of them.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, might have been. It was crazy. I was just like, what? How did you watch that clip and think. I was literally in a fucking sling moving my arms back and forth. So that was like a funny crossover where it's like, you forget our chemistry and, like, barstool inside jokes and then going to Fox and it's like, oh, yeah, I guess you probably shouldn't joke about being in car accidents, but people.

[Dave Portnoy]

Are still thinking, I. I want college football games to continue. If someone got struck by lightning and died in the middle of the game.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, it's. It's hard. It's hard. It's hard to make the jump up. All right, Bosco, how you feel? That was. That was not about you.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, it was good.

[Dan Zupke]

Okay. We good?

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dan Zupke]

College basketball is coming back soon.

[Dave Portnoy]

Bosco, you want to go to the Big 12 media day?

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah. But what do you. You know what? The ideas I had didn't necessarily work. Like, what do you. What do you want me to do?

[Dave Portnoy]

Like, I don't.

[Rico Bosco]

I don't know.

[Dan Zupke]

What about the squirt gun flower?

[Rico Bosco]

I don't.

[Dave Portnoy]

I don't like that. I don't like that.

[Dan Zupke]

Okay.

[Dave Portnoy]

All right, then. Never mind. I was just. They texted me yesterday. I don't know. I'll ask. You're the only guy I can think of, so never mind. Don't have to go.

[Dan Zupke]

It's.

[Rico Bosco]

It's not that.

[Dan Zupke]

It's.

[Dave Portnoy]

If you.

[Rico Bosco]

You like to nail it. So, like. But if. If, you know, if you don't.

[Dave Portnoy]

Well, I can't hold your hand, right? Like, I don't know what you want. Yes. I don't know what you want me to do here. I just asked, and if you don't want to go. But this. That answer. Well, I don't know. Like that. All right, then we won't do it. No big deal.

[Rico Bosco]

You talk about a guy coming in high to an episode, and then Leaving low. Holy.

[Dan Zupke]

You were coming in high. You're going to a funeral.

[Dave Portnoy]

Can't be lower.

[Dan Zupke]

What are you talking about?

[Dave Portnoy]

You can't be lower.

[Dan Zupke]

All right, you have a funeral, you're.

[Dave Portnoy]

Going to a literal funeral.

[Dan Zupke]

That's as low as you get.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, I know.

[Dave Portnoy]

Which by the way, you're just not going to. Which is going to be overlooked. I don't understand.

[Dan Zupke]

All right, all right, let's do, let's do some picks. Let's do some picks so we can get Bosco out the door. By the way, standings, I'm at 53% in first place. Dave, you're at 52%. Bosco, you're at 42%. Bob Diaco standings. I lost my first mortal. That Notre Dame game, that was brutal. I. You know when, I know it was so far off and over, but you know when an over is fucked? When you get a fourth and one on the goal line on the opening drive and they don't get it, it's just like it doesn't matter. Whatever happens for the rest of the game, you're fucked up. We also had some crazy. The Vandy beat was terrible.

[Dave Portnoy]

Vandy vanity. That cost. I bet our parlay. That was our parlay. That was the pick and parlay.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah. That was so fucking brutal. I mean they just, just tackle the guy. I like Colorado worst.

[Rico Bosco]

Colorado.

[Dan Zupke]

Colorado. Yeah. Tcu, Colorado. That was crazy. Did you see that one, Dave? No, they were, they were upset. The spread was 13 and a half. TCU had like a 75 yard run to. With like no time left to the.

[Dave Portnoy]

The Alabama game that just. They were covering the whole fucking game. And by the way, Pavia fucking choked.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, that was brutal, Brutal, brutal, brutal. So I'm five and one, Evo's five and one, Zupy's four and two, Hanks four and two, Rico's four and two. Jack, you're two, three and one. Dave, you're two and four. Let's do our card or. Sorry. Our games of the week. It's brought to you by DraftKings rivalries. The marching bands, the Upsets Saturdays are made for Football and DraftKings sportsbook is celebrating college football's game of the week with a special profit boost for all customers. Just opt in for the game this Saturday and you'll score a single use profit boost token for the game. Whether you're betting on your go to team or an underdog, Saturdays are yours to own with DraftKings Sportsbook. Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app. Use code pick. That's code pick for all customers to get a special profit boost on the college game of the week in partnership with DraftKings Sportsbook. The crown is yours.

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[Dan Zupke]

We're going to be there. Ohio State at Illinois. Illinois plus 14 and a half over under is 49 and a half. I'll start with you, Bosco.

[Rico Bosco]

I'm going to take the under and trust Ohio State's defense. The way they've been playing.

[Dan Zupke]

I like that they have been ugly.

[Rico Bosco]

I think they can win ugly 30 to 10, something ugly.

[Dan Zupke]

I don't think they've given up a touchdown in two games. I believe. I know they didn't give one up. Yeah, no, they didn't give one up to Minnesota or Washington. Their defense is insane and Illinois is banged up. I think this is a game where Ryan Day, I would lean Ohio State. We're going to be there, though. I feel like this is a game where they're up big and they kind of take the air out of the ball and just do enough to get out of there because that feels like what Ohio State's doing right now, where it's like we're just so much better than teams. We can just, we can play it like 75% speed. So I'm going to take the under 49 and a half as well with you, Bosco.

[Dave Portnoy]

Dave, I like the over actually here. I think that, like, is this thing not spinning? Am I the wrong way?

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, you are.

[Rico Bosco]

Let me see here.

[Dave Portnoy]

All right, I It's low. It's 49. I think Ohio State's offense is very good. Illinois's defense is not very good. So I think Ohio State will put up points and I think Illinois will put up points whether it's in a blowout or along the way. But you'll have enough points to get over that. Over. So I like the over.

[Dan Zupke]

Okay, next game. Great card this weekend. Alabama Mizzou. Mizzou is plus three over. Under is 51 one and a half. I've struggled with this game because I.

[Dave Portnoy]

Do think I've never had less of a read on the game. I think in the 20 years of doing this.

[Dan Zupke]

It's crazy. I think Ty Simpson is so good. Mizzou is good.

[Dave Portnoy]

What is his Heisman now?

[Dan Zupke]

Let me look it up. Mizzou is good. Drinkwitz got him. Got the boys rolling. They have.

[Dave Portnoy]

I'm not convinced Missouri is good. That's my problem.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, they have not. So they played two real games. They beat Kansas.

[Dave Portnoy]

Should have lost the Kansas.

[Rico Bosco]

Potentially.

[Dan Zupke]

That final score is misleading. They covered the spread with that long run at the end and they beat South Carolina, who stinks, who's not very good. The other games they played is like Louisiana, UMass, Central Arkansas.

[Rico Bosco]

That's the question I have here. Not who have you beaten? Two of you played and like South Carolina we don't think is that great. Kansas, not that great.

[Dan Zupke]

Tyson.

[Dave Portnoy]

Is that like a riddle? It's not who have you beaten? Who have you played the most often?

[Rico Bosco]

The question is usually who have you beaten? Like all these teams have beaten somebody good. Missouri hasn't even played anybody good.

[Dave Portnoy]

South Carolina again, like, isn't that like the same thing? Kind of. Just different ways say the same thing. Not to pick on you, but isn't it.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dave Portnoy]

Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

They are weird that you're like, it's.

[Dave Portnoy]

Not who have you beaten, but who have you played?

[Rico Bosco]

I meant the question being asked.

[Dan Zupke]

The ty Simpson is six and a half to one, Dave.

[Dave Portnoy]

I go in 20 to one.

[Dan Zupke]

Holy shit. That's nice.

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah, I bet it before the Georgia game.

[Dan Zupke]

I like that. That's real nice. What do you got in this game, Rico?

[Rico Bosco]

Bama.

[Dan Zupke]

I hate this game.

[Rico Bosco]

So do I. But I'll take Bama.

[Dan Zupke]

I'm going to go with bama as well. Minus 3. I.

[Dave Portnoy]

I've been on this take. I was unimpressed with Bama against Vanderbilt. Like I. I was. I came out of that Bama Vanderbilt game more impressed with Vanderbilt and more convinced like everyone. The SEC is kind of mushed together. So I. I think I'm taking Missouri here. But it's more just because they're home. I don't know that they're any good. I just don't think Alabama is great. So I'll take Missouri just because they're home.

[Dan Zupke]

Okay, next game, Indiana at Oregon.

[Dave Portnoy]

Wait, who'd you take?

[Dan Zupke]

I Took, I took Bama minus three. Okay, Indiana, Oregon, Oregon minus seven over, under 55 and a half. I'm going to take Oregon minus seven. They're off a buy. Dan Lanning does feel, Dan Landing actually feels kind of like there's their corollaries with Kurt Signetti. Remember the Dan Lennon game, the Colorado game a few years ago? Like when he could put it on you, he's going to put it on you. And I think Indiana's good. I just think Oregon's on in a different class. Like, I think Indiana can definitely, you know, make it back to the playoff. I think they're a good team. I think Oregon's just that level above it. I, the teams that I have in that level right now are Oregon, Ohio State and Miami. Those are the three teams right now that I think are a step above everyone else. So I'm going to take Oregon -7. What do you got, Rico?

[Rico Bosco]

Oregon in the underground as well. I know Indiana, you know, obviously they can score, but I do trust Oregon's defense as well. I'm gonna take the under.

[Dan Zupke]

Dave, what do you have in this game?

[Dave Portnoy]

I'm totally on the other side here. I like the over. I think in the end I love the quarterback Mendoza. I think they can put up points. I'm not gonna touch the spread, but I, I, it, I, my instinct is, is a close, high scoring game. I, I'm taking the over.

[Dan Zupke]

Okay. The only thing that makes ME Nervous about -7 is Signetti is definitely a spread coat, 100%. He's, he's definitely, if you're not gonna, if you're not gonna win, cover the spread.

[Dave Portnoy]

And I'm not convinced Oregon's totally in that next level yet. So that's gonna be close.

[Rico Bosco]

That win against State. Pen gets knocked down a little bit.

[Dan Zupke]

I don't see it that way.

[Dave Portnoy]

Me neither.

[Dan Zupke]

I see it, I see it the opposite. I think Oregon beat Penn State twice.

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah, I'd agree.

[Dan Zupke]

You know, it's not, it's not like, oh, ucla, like Penn State's not very good. Penn State had an entire year to get ready for that Oregon game. They emptied the clip against that Oregon team. They had nothing left. So Oregon beat him twice.

[Dave Portnoy]

I like that. Take.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah. All right. Second last one. Oklahoma, Texas, Red River.

[Dave Portnoy]

Don't do that.

[Rico Bosco]

Don't do what?

[Dave Portnoy]

Snort into the mic like that.

[Rico Bosco]

I didn't mean to do that. I apologize.

[Dan Zupke]

John Mate here, probably not playing. I mean, he's like, it's all up in the air. I don't know. Do you Think he is playing.

[Dave Portnoy]

Dave, I assume that line was with him playing.

[Dan Zupke]

I thought so too but it's like I don't know, it just feels like it's back and forth and I guess maybe Oklahoma could just be keeping him. How effective he's going to be.

[Dave Portnoy]

I like Texas with that line thinking he's playing.

[Dan Zupke]

I think Texas just. And I was way off. I thought Texas, I thought Arch was going to have a good game against Florida. Florida fucking killed them. That was. I know it looked close in the end. Billy Napier, his clock management, he just gave him a free timeout at the end of the game. Arch is just lost in Oklahoma's defenses for real. So I'm going to take Oklahoma minus one and a half whether he's playing or not. Just because I think that this could be. I usually love betting the over in this game. I will not be betting the over in this game because I think this could be a like 1310 type of game.

[Dave Portnoy]

Dave, I'm on Texas. I think this, this game, the Red river rivalry is generally a get right game for the team that needs to get right and you don't expect it. The line I thought he was playing like Florida was due for that win against Texas. That was like I think my money line pick or whatever. So I like Texas here to beat Oklahoma again the teams are all. There's no super teams. Oklahoma has the one win really against Michigan but that's an early Michigan team. So I like Texas here.

[Dan Zupke]

It's probably smart to take Texas at this point in the week because if John Mateer does play officially is in I would see it probably Oklahoma finishing is a small favorite. If he's ruled out it will probably be north of three for Texas so you'd get a nice discount at minus one and a half.

[Dave Portnoy]

Outline to me is that he's playing but who knows.

[Dan Zupke]

Rico, Oklahoma. Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

I like them even with the backup. I just maybe like Arch ain't the guy. I'm just gonna go with Oklahoma.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, I'm betting on Oklahoma's defense more than anything. All right. Michigan at USC final game of the night or our five game card. USC's minus two and a half over under is 57 and a half. I'll start. I'm going to take the over in this game. I like the over in this game. Dave.

[Dave Portnoy]

I'm going to take Michigan. I hope we brutalize them. Obviously USC is a very different team on the road versus home and the Big Ten has seen this travel. It's a huge advantage for whatever team is home in these travel scenarios. But I'm going to go based on Michigan's just a tougher, rougher team. On the line of scrimmage. I think we have a wide receiver who's starting to show himself as a potential one in mccauley and the more every game that Underwood plays, he gets better. So I just think Michigan brutalizes a soft USC team. That's what I'm hoping for.

[Dan Zupke]

Rico.

[Rico Bosco]

Michigan, I agree with that as well. Very tough. I listen, USC is good. I was on them early. People kept being like, they're going to end the season not ranked. I was like, watch out for usc. Turns out they're not as tough as we thought. I do like Michigan here in this spot.

[Dan Zupke]

Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

Their style of play I think travels well even across the country. And early, whatever it is, I'll take. I'll take.

[Dave Portnoy]

What do you mean early?

[Rico Bosco]

What is this? What is this? 7:30pm all right, then I'm off on that one.

[Dan Zupke]

That's okay.

[Dave Portnoy]

I look good.

[Rico Bosco]

Accountability.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah. You got a funeral in a minute. So like, you get your heads other places.

[Dave Portnoy]

Are you gonna walk in and sit so everyone looks and turns back at you?

[Rico Bosco]

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

[Dan Zupke]

Okay. Yeah. Is it like a save? A save. This your seat is saved like up front or are you gonna sit in the back?

[Dave Portnoy]

No, sit in the back.

[Dan Zupke]

Okay. All right.

[Rico Bosco]

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[Dan Zupke]

All right, let's do our cards. Rico, you start.

[Rico Bosco]

Sure. Bama minus two and a half. Oregon minus the seven and a half is what I wrote down last night. Under 50. 55 and a half TCUK State over 56 and a half. UNLV minus six and a half and over 65 and a half. Oklahoma minus one and a half. Maryland plus six and a half. Michigan plus two and a half. Georgia minus three and a half. Which terrifies me with the Ole Miss look ahead on deck, but I just trust Kirby. Utah minus five, five and a half at night. South Carolina plus nine and a half against lsu.

[Dan Zupke]

I like that, I like that Georgia pick. It's on my card. I think Auburn can't, I mean, they can't. Jackson, Arnold, like, just. He holds the ball forever. He gets sacked like ten times a game. Dave, your card.

[Dave Portnoy]

Michigan plus the two and a half against usc. This game. I love tomorrow night. Washington plus ten and a half at home against Utah. Rutgers, I think it is tomorrow night. These two teams played last year. I took Washington. They dominated the game and lost. It was. I ranted about that game for about an hour. I think Washington smokes them. The over in Illinois. Ohio State already gave four and a half. I like the over in Oregon. We already gave this. Wait.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah.

[Dave Portnoy]

Oregon. Indiana over 55 and a half. Iowa minus three and a half out. Wisconsin. I just think Wisconsin's horrific. I'm sorry, Dan. Texas already gave out. Some of my writing here is getting a little bit touch and go. I like Auburn opposite you guys at home against Georgia. Arizona State plus five and a half against Utah. I think that goes down a while. Arizona State always plays close games. I could see them winning that game. Maryland plus six and a half against Nebraska. That was a good cover for Michigan State. That would have been devastating if they didn't come back. They were winning in that game versus Nebraska the whole time. The over in Arkansas and Tennessee 68 and a half and Tennessee 12 and a half and Florida plus 7 and a half against A and M. I think Florida. That's a big win for them to build on. They kind of turned the corner last year a little bit. I think that game goes down to the wire.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, I, I, I, I agree with that pick. I like that pick. All right, I'll do my card real quick. That, that, that was the moment, Dave, on Saturday when you're like, if Michigan State doesn't cover.

[Dave Portnoy]

Yes.

[Dan Zupke]

Just like, just because it was right after Vandy, it was like, holy shit, is this.

[Dave Portnoy]

And they were covering the whole game. They brought in a backup quarter. Michigan State's quarterback, I think, said he doesn't give a fuck about their fans. Which is a hilarious thing to say.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah. All right. My card. I have Texas Tech -14. I have Utah State. That's a late game. Plus one and a half in Hawaii. I like Rutgers. Washington over 59 and a half on Friday night. I like Dave, your. Your personal revenge pick there. Florida state pit over 58 and a half. Maryland plus six and a half. UNLV minus six and a half. I'm with you on that, Rico. Georgia minus three and a half and BYU minus one and a half. By the way, Dave, I heard a rumor that there's a chance we could be going to byu. I wish I had known that before I talked all that about Cosmo.

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah. So I think we're either doing the Holy War or asu. But I mean, we don't have to.

[Rico Bosco]

I mean it's.

[Dan Zupke]

I talked a lot of about Cosmo.

[Dave Portnoy]

I know I said I actually recommended. My vote was the Holy War. I'm like, I think that it. It will be there early. It's like by. You kids aren't drinking. If we go to Arizona State, they got to be up. I know we love the Coach Dillingham, but we'd have those kids like party. What are they gonna be up at like 7am maybe?

[Dan Zupke]

I don't know. Big noon kickoff. Arizona State is awesome. All right, mortals, I'm taking Michigan. Michigan. Oh, love that. Yeah, same. Okay. Hey. Oh, let's go. I think this is bully Ball City. I think it's bull.

[Dave Portnoy]

Oh, they're gonna totally try to bully. But I see Sharon too. He's like, yeah, the Coliseum is going to be sold out because we're here. Lincoln Riley hated. He's like, I don't care what that guy says.

[Dan Zupke]

All right. Zupy.

[Rico Bosco]

Tennessee minus 12 and a half against Arkansas.

[Dan Zupke]

That game should have a lot of points. I wanted to. I looked at that over. It's like 68 and a half. You need. So you need such a perfect game for 68 and a half.

[Rico Bosco]

Jackie Utah minus six. And Ebo has Maryland plus six, nine.

[Dave Portnoy]

Okay, good.

[Dan Zupke]

I already had it on my card, Dave.

[Dave Portnoy]

Arizona State plus five and a half.

[Rico Bosco]

Rico finishes off Iowa State minus two and a half. You look at. Listen the two years we were good in college, our defensive coordinator to treat it like a boxing match, like you gotta get to the.

[Dan Zupke]

You.

[Rico Bosco]

You gotta win the qualifiers and then get to the title shot. When you're in the divisional race. If you look at Iowa State here, they got a brutal run down the way. Byu, Arizona State, tcu. You got to win the qualifier to get to these title shots. I like Iowa State minus the two and A half against Colorado.

[Dan Zupke]

You've been chasing Iowa State.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, a little bit.

[Dave Portnoy]

Quoted your Nichols coach there.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah, I like that. What was the quote?

[Rico Bosco]

He was a big boxing guy. He used to show us the Mickey Ward Gotti Gotti fights. Yeah. And then.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

And then he was like, you got to win the qualifiers to get to the title fight. Like it was Curry or Plymouth State. Like we knew. So we had A beat teams. Okay. Hank. We had a B teams to. To get there and. Yeah. So just actually buried the hatchet with him from like 15, 16 years ago. Reconnected with him, so.

[Dave Portnoy]

Oh, wow, that's. That's. That's good.

[Dan Zupke]

What was the. What was the fight about?

[Rico Bosco]

Playing time? Little bit. Yeah. So then we were doing a video for my buddy going into the hall of Fame, and I reached. I wanted to get all the people to say congrats. And then I needed him, and I reached out to a buddy. I'm like, listen, just don't say it's me. We don't like each other. Like, get him to send you the video. And the guy was like, if you want. If he wants me to send him the video, you have him call me. Like, we'll play. Nice. Bury the hatch. I'm like, all right. So we had to have an awkward conversation, but. But as it turns out, you know, little things don't matter that much, so.

[Dan Zupke]

I Love that. A 16 year grudge over playing time. I love that. Rico.

[Rico Bosco]

He also left us. We were billed into a championship thing. He left to go take a head spot, so. But he turns out he's a good guy.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah. What do you mean?

[Dave Portnoy]

He was an assistant.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah.

[Dave Portnoy]

And you got mad. He went and took a head coaching job.

[Rico Bosco]

I did it on a whim. We had to find out, you know, it was like word of mouth.

[Dan Zupke]

Where'd he go?

[Rico Bosco]

Wasn't really a team meeting. Yeah.

[Dave Portnoy]

Where do you go from Nichols to.

[Rico Bosco]

Where we're already in the weeds?

[Dan Zupke]

It's.

[Dave Portnoy]

Where did he go?

[Rico Bosco]

Well, the school's closed now, so Mount Ida. But he's a good guy. It's a good guy.

[Dan Zupke]

They close because of him.

[Dave Portnoy]

No, no, no.

[Dan Zupke]

Okay.

[Rico Bosco]

You overreact a little bit, you know?

[Dave Portnoy]

Yeah.

[Rico Bosco]

That's all it is.

[Dan Zupke]

Yeah. All right, listen, this is maybe the most. It's 10:20. 10:20.

[Dave Portnoy]

All right. Yeah. So you're 20 minutes late.

[Rico Bosco]

No big deal.

[Dan Zupke]

This is the most artistic picking we've ever done.

[Dave Portnoy]

Everyone, Bordeaux is not going to be happy.

[Dan Zupke]

Please subscribe. We're taking that thing down.

[Rico Bosco]

Yeah, we're taking it down.

[Dan Zupke]

We're taking it down. All right. See, everyone? Good show.