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Dan
3, 2, 1 okay Barstool pick them. Week 11. We are back. We're coming down the home stretch, boys. Rico. Dave. Good to see you, Rico. What's up? What's up? College basketball's back. What are we thinking?
Rico
I mean the playoff rankings came out last night. I've never been more invested. You know, it's in terms of whatever. Yeah, college basketball is back. That just means there's more on your fucking tv.
Dan
I can't ask you. What was that?
Rico
I don't like it. I've seen the chirps. People like pick them go bye bye. Pick them like. College football, I've been saying all year, it's been a phenomenal year. Fucking, you know, invested in it, blogging it, watching it. Like, I ain't dipping away from college football. I ain't dipping away from college football.
Dan
That was.
Dave
Someone told me the stats, by the way that you are throwing. I forget who said it, but like every year starts bigger and then each episode like it goes kind of the same trajectory. So we're like at the same.
Dan
Like we're gonna have, we're gonna be the same exact spot at the end of the year as every year on pickup.
Rico
Yeah, Greer has said that there's a downward tick in all football shows across the board.
Dave
But so just saying like if you, if you hypothetically using that as a bargaining chip, like we're 60% up. Who the just the person you were negotiating with may retort with. Well, I think it's the same year over year.
Jack
Year's not over.
Rico
Total views.
Dan
Well, it is. College basketball's back.
Rico
Total views are up. Whose side are you on, Dan? That's a hell of a joke, Rico. Ride of the year. Quarter four. You're have a weak quarter four.
Dan
Well, I mean some of us.
Rico
It is what it is.
Dan
Listen, I know we, before Dave came on, we were having this conversation. You said, I've had a hell of a year. I said, what do you mean?
Rico
We got.
Dan
You think, you think Kurt Signetti is, is telling Indiana, hey, hell of a year, boys. Way to go. We still got two months left of the year.
Rico
It's agreed, it's fair.
Dan
But you're, you're saying hell of a year.
Rico
I love doing the show every week.
Dan
I do too.
Rico
We've brought it every week.
Dave
We love having you. I just throwing out what I, I forget, was it Greer who said that? I, I, I doubt Greer would have told me that directly. Probably Gaz.
Dan
This all just started because I said college basketball back, by the way.
Rico
Yeah, it's just people picking on your demise. They're always looking. You know, it's tough. You battle through.
Dan
What's your demise?
Dave
I like that jumpsuit. UMass.
Rico
Thank you. Yeah. Coach Mark.
Dan
That was the most, by the way, the most action game ever last night. I don't know if you guys saw any of it, but it was. There were. There was, I think two separate times. There was double fumbles on a play. It was just beautiful. What did you win? I went one and one. All right, Rico. I just think college basketball's back. That's all I'm saying.
Rico
There's more on the tv, man.
Dan
Yeah.
Rico
Excited.
Dan
Yeah. Okay.
Rico
See Rapole. See Rapoli on Saturday. We got a big one on Saturday.
Dan
Yeah. You go into the game.
Rico
Yes. Oh, game time.
Dan
What time's the game?
Dave
But you're not sitting with him, right?
Rico
Noon? No, I'm not sitting with them. We're doing something probably before. We'll probably have a bet. He wants another bet. We'll have another bet going, so.
Dan
So the gate. You're going to MSG on Saturday?
Rico
Yep.
Dan
So you're going to Ms. BYU? Texas Tech.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
Okay. Yeah, listen, it's, you know, it's a big game in the Big 12. Shout out the Big 12. We love the Big 12. Love the Big.
Dave
Huge game in the Big 12. Very similar vibes with that line to Cincinnati.
Dan
Yeah, you fell for that one, Dave.
Dave
Well, I knew it was coming. Yeah, I didn't. I didn't bet it in real life, actually, but similar. I like BYU again, but it's a. It's a humongous this one. People love Texas Tech, so maybe I. I like. But BYU off a buy, getting that many points.
Dan
The Utah Cincinnati game last week was like every now and then. Because I've been doing this a long time, been losing money a long time. Every now and then one will happen where I'm like, maybe you have learned something. Maybe you have learned something with this whole thing and you're like, maybe getting a little smarter now. I'll probably step on a rake, you know, tonight and bet something I shouldn't bet. But it's just every now and then it's nice to see one and be like, maybe you have learned it so. Because that was a. That was a no doubter.
Rico
Yeah. How was. I was burritos with Elio.
Dave
Well, it's only can happen. It's like, it's an unbelievable stat. But when I've gotten shut out placing bets and it doesn't happen often, like, I get my bets in 99% of the time, maybe five times a year, max, something happens and I get a bet shut out. I win that bet 100% of the time. So the Breeders cup is switching channels like a motherfucker. It's like, because it goes up, the NBC has it. But NBC also is called football. So college football is going to rule the day. So it's going from NBC to Paramount to USA Network, all over. Now you have a couple options. You could have just watched it on FanDuel TV the entire time. I hate the announcers on FanDuel TV because they're so bad at picking horses. They get in your brain. But more importantly, I was at the Ohio State game. Ohio State, Penn State, shout out. Brady Quinn stayed at Mirfield Country Club, where they do.
Jack
The place looks sick.
Dan
That's like where they do the places. Best courses.
Dave
Yeah. Where they do the Memorial. So he set it up. We had a cabin because Elio was there. Cam, my girlfriend, she. She bets horses. We need a living room.
Dan
So awesome.
Dave
Place was awesome. For whatever reason, the only channel on the entire tv. And they had every channel sac. Now they had them all. This was not hdtv. It was like, kind of blurry. The horse race, that's the only channel. So we went to Paramount where they also. The app you didn't have to change. Now I get streaming and is behind. It was like five minutes behind. I. And like, I placed two bets that didn't get in one of them. I swear the horses were three minutes away from getting to the gate. It's like, race closed. And of course it won. 100. I think I sent it down 160 grand. 100. And I sent him a screenshot of this race is closed. So that happened to me twice. You cannot win when that happens. Also, like, it is frustrating with horse racing. Like NBC and Paramount, they do not have minutes to post on the screen, which is absolutely the most insane things they.
Rico
That's day one.
Dan
Shit. Yeah. And they're Peacock, by the way. You're. I think you're talking about Peacock.
Dave
Peacock.
Rico
Peacock.
Dan
Because I was checked it after you sent it to me, I was like, holy shit, this is a crazy, like, gap here.
Dave
And yes.
Dan
And. And obviously, if you're on the DK horse, you can see when it's happening. But if you're going through a whole day of college football and horse racing and you just are watching the tv, you're in your head just seeing the TV being like, all right, I got five minutes. I'll go check.
Dave
I mean, they weren't even close in it. And they don't put it. I think if you're a streaming service doing horse racing, you have to put delay. Like, you have to constantly be like, get your bets in faster. And then on top of it, they're. They're like talking about the Classic on Friday while there's horses getting ready to run. It's like, what in the. Who the is watching Paramount? Peacock. Who is watching Peacock on Friday at 3 o', clock, caring about the Classic the next day. It's. It's. It's lunacy. It's like the only people watching horse racing on Friday of the Breeders cup are people betting those races as they go. So, yeah, the contest. Me, I did terrible. Elliot did terrible. Cam actually did really good in the Breeders Cup Challenge, and it got down to fierceness Verse. Forever Young Rapole told us he liked Fierceness. I bet on Fierceness all the time. We're fiercest. And then right before. So Cam went all in on Fierceness. But before the bet, Elio takes his phone and. And starts playing Forever Young the song out loud. And he's like, I'm Mr. Big Race. I always get the big races. He's like, I love Forever Young.
Rico
Yeah, he picked it before.
Dave
So we said we switch. We're like, all right, if you love Forever Young, we'll switch. He goes, no, keep it.
Jack
Oh.
Dave
So we kept it. And that was the end of that. So, I mean, I love those two days, but they always end the same way. We go broke.
Dan
Yeah, that's. I mean, him. Him playing Forever Young is like, you have to.
Dave
He wasn't a man.
Dan
He was not a man. He wanted credit. He wanted credit. If it hit.
Dave
Yeah, it's like, we'll switch. Because we're not, like, sold on fierceness. And he's like, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Dan
Keep it.
Dave
But I am.
Rico
Big race.
Dave
Elliot's the only race he wins. The guy Chris from DraftKings Horse texted after. He's like, elio has won every one of those king of the tracks that we've done.
Rico
He.
Dave
Elliot wins one race a year, and it is the big race.
Dan
Oh, man. I was like, the. The gr. The Homer Simpson or the Grandpa Simpson meme where he puts a hat on the thing and then picks it up and gets out. That was my Breeders cup, because I basically. I think I played, like, three races in a row, lost everything, and just was like, all right, I'm out. Like, I got too much other shit going on.
Dave
It's a lot going on on those. On those. But, yeah, Mirfield is beautiful. Dublin, Ohio, is, like, one of my favorite towns in, like, the world.
Dan
Yeah, it's great. It's great. Yeah.
Dave
Awesome universe. They have every.
Dan
And that. And that. That golf tournament. Sick.
Rico
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Dan
All right. So, Rico, are you mad? Jealous? What were your emotions watching Jerry hit another big bomb because Dave said it correctly. Dave's like, I want to come back. Dave was mad. Dave was like, I fucking hate.
Dave
I hate him.
Dan
He's like, I want to come back to. When I come back to, you know, Earth, I want to come back.
Dave
Die. I want to come back. Jai fucking hate him.
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
So when he text me the next day, he's like, I want to buy a steak and.
Dan
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Dave
Like, deal with Austin. You negotiate with Austin. He's like, I don't. Like, he's too hard to deal with.
Dan
Good. What? So what were your emotions, Rico?
Rico
Good. You weren't good. Shut up.
Dan
Come on. Dave literally said he hated. He was like, I hate him.
Rico
Yeah. The only. The only critique I text Jerry, like, great. I've not. We.
Dan
I do.
Rico
I've been great with Jerry this year. The only thing that people are getting mad about, we do a touchdown scorer.
Dan
Show and like Jerry's up on Sunday morning.
Rico
So like it reminds people again with the DraftKings app. Like, follow your guys and go. Look. You can see it all.
Dave
That makes the more infuriating. The guy has nothing. He's just.
Jack
Hold on.
Dave
Putting out 3 billion to one winners. Of course it makes you mad.
Dan
But he did put it in the DK betting group. He did, Right. So there were actually a lot of people. What? It was late. Well, I mean, he. Yeah, I mean, sometimes guys bet late. No, but he tweeted.
Bryson
No, he it up.
Dan
Yeah. Oh, he did. I was.
Jack
I went to check on the betting group. It wasn't there. He tweeted it and it was like 20. There was a couple parlays where there was a bunch of picks. I was like not going to go back and forth because I think I was. I was driving or I was getting in the car and then I got it. I was like. While I was in the group, I put it in at 11:57.
Dan
Oh, all right.
Rico
Well, in his circle of like, he doesn't text me right away of what he's got or at all. So, like, that's.
Dan
Well, he plays so many. And that's the only reason I had it was I made this. This happened three weeks ago where he gave me.
Dave
I can't. I haven't won a parliament. I can't get a guy to throw two touchdown passes. He's picking QB runners and nobody deserves it less than him, honestly. Maybe Mincy.
Dan
Yeah, Mincy. Mincy's hit some bomb part. I know he doesn't deserve what. But Jerry. You can get on the Jerry plan if you want to be on the Jerry plan.
Dave
No, it's too. Well, it's like a craps role. It's like, what am I going to get in now? No. So I would have put a thousand on it that if like, I can't do less than a thousand.
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
So it's like half a million. You would won on that.
Dan
You would have won. Yeah. Tax ticket tax was.
Dave
So Dan. Is that. Now I understand that you damn people who won that you get tax instantly and not. It's not like, hey, be a good boy and report it. It's like they don't give it to you. They take it right away. That's the same as horse racing.
Rico
Correct.
Dave
It's a tax ticket where if you do like, I can bet 100 million on a game just like, you know, patriots minus three and a half. Whatever. That's not a tax ticket because the odds are. But are. Are equal. But if you have these crazy odds, it's taxed instantly. Now would it have mattered what state you're in or is that.
Dan
I think it was federal. So it was, it was 300x. Is the, is the, is the cutoff. Yeah.
Dave
So Jerry must have been so mad about that.
Dan
Oh, you should have seen the, the group text me. Jack and Jerry. We. I mean I, I was just backing Jerry because he obviously gave me the winner, but we, we were threatening Jack's life many times like that.
Rico
If they put.
Dave
If that.
Dan
If they sent that to the, to the police station, Jerry and I would be out in cuffs quickly with some of this.
Dave
I could see like sometimes there's all the. In politics, like protests and all these crazy protesters and Jerry's just doing a side tax protest. Yeah, and tax tickets.
Dan
Jerry was doing the. He was like using me as the. He was like texting Jack, being like, this is big Cat you're talking to right now. Like, this ain't no chump change like all this shit. It's like, Jerry, you're. You'd be just as mad if it were me or if it was you. So. But yeah, it was. It was a crazy hit. Obviously. Dave, you know how I gamble. I'm still down a lot. People were very upset about that. It's like, what? I don't really know. They. They can't comprehend that I'm down. I. I get.
Dave
Well, that's where the tax thing is outrageous.
Dan
That's where it's. Because I'm down on the season and I still got taxed.
Dave
Totally. So I mean I, I thought it was going to lose because they got the false start when.
Dan
I know you be sneak, but I know.
Dave
Yeah, listen, it, it. I. I was very upset when I saw. I mean I like, I'm. I know how much you're down, so. I was not mad about you winning, Dan. You bet a lot. You. But Jerry just bothered me.
Dan
Yeah. Yeah. I mean it's, it's. This is why your feelings were. My feelings three weeks ago or four weeks ago. This is why I got on the Jerry plan. Because I would just lose, lose, lose, lose. And then he would be like, oh, I just hit a 7,000 to one ticket. So now I ha. He has to send me every parlay. He does.
Dave
Yeah. I gotta think he's done now for like at least three or four years.
Dan
Oh, you mean winning. Yeah, he does the dumbest shit. But he also. He is the Jerry system takes, like, he. He'll be, like, three away. And he texts me on Monday night because I do. I'm staying on the Jerry system. He was like, did you, like, eyeballs emoji? I'm like, what are we. What. What's going on? He's like, did you see the parlay? We were like, four things, like a Jacoby Brissette interception, a Dak Prescott touchdown, and, like, CD Lamb, like, something away from hitting. It's like. So now he's. He thinks everything's close, so it's good.
Dave
I haven't had a fucking parlay all season, and my parlays aren't that difficult to get to.
Dan
Yeah. What, the two touchdowns? It just made you.
Rico
I. I like those because I like passing touch. Like.
Dave
Yeah, I was one.
Jack
I.
Dave
Three of the four hit Daniel Jones. Daniel Jones sucked it up.
Dan
Yeah. Well, he scored a running touchdown.
Dave
I know.
Dan
Yeah. That was huge.
Bryson
Did you see that? Jerry wants to add a feature to the DraftKings sportsbook where people can tip him when his parlay hits. He's been pitching this idea for the group chat where if you put a parlay in and then it hits, people have an option where they can tip you off their winnings.
Dave
It's actually. It's actually like a group great feature. Not for Jerry, but, like, that is a great feature for the app.
Dan
Yeah. But also very funny that Jerry is the one.
Dave
Yeah.
Dan
Yeah. He's just. He. He. With something like this, and it's just. He's. He's willing and dealing. Yeah. So. So, Rico, to answer the question, you were definitely mad. Come on.
Rico
I was not mad. I haven't had a fucking spat with Jerry all year. We've been fucking. We. We joke around. We break Jack's.
Dave
Were you jealous?
Rico
We do this show you.
Dan
Yeah.
Rico
Because you can hit those like it's. And the shit he cooks up, I would never think to do four.
Dave
How much did he make? 90.
Dan
90.
Dave
You wouldn't like that little 90 right before the holidays.
Rico
Yeah, it would have been unbelievable.
Dan
How much did it been?
Rico
Unbelievable.
Dan
Oh, yeah. Meek. Meek.
Rico
One.
Dave
Like, 5,000, I think.
Dan
Yeah. 10 bucks. That was great. That's brutal, Rico. That. Oh, that. Okay, so now I see. Jerry doesn't bother you. No. Meek bothers you.
Dave
Well, that's. But that's what I mean. Meek bets. 10 bucks wins 5 grand. Bosco has a free 5 grand bet. Doesn't even come close. That's where it's just, like, tough.
Dan
So meek. Meek bothers you to the. Because I could see out of your face right now? Meek. Is meek the number one enemy right now in your. In your world? You know, obviously, Nadu. But in your world?
Rico
Yeah. I think part of my plan is not showing your hand, but.
Dave
Yeah. That's spectacular poker.
Dan
Yeah. You're really doing a good job of hiding your anger towards Meek.
Rico
Trying day by day. It's a struggle.
Dan
What. What struggle? What is it with Meek? What's your problem?
Rico
He's a habitual line step up.
Dan
Oh, yeah.
Rico
And just a poker. It's got your culture. It's, you know, so it's just tough, you know, I don't know.
Dan
It's.
Rico
Is what it is.
Dan
He's bothering you. He's been bothering you.
Rico
Yeah. It is what it is.
Jack
Okay.
Rico
He's relentless, you know? Relentless, Right?
Dan
Yeah.
Jack
But that's what makes Meek.
Dan
Meek. Yeah. I mean, that is what. That's why Dave has him on FS1. Like he likes. He likes Meek's energy.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
That was a big hit for Meek. I forgot that he had that shit. Yeah. It's okay, Rico, to say that you were mad or jealous because I. Like I said Dave. Dave's reaction was my reaction a month ago when he hit one of these. Like, I was like you.
Dave
I think my two things were, holy congrats. Text one. Text two. I hate Jerry, right?
Rico
Yeah. I think it's just jealous because I can't cook that up. I just can't cook that up. But, I mean, he's hot.
Dan
Yeah.
Rico
But he goes through spells. I mean, last year he was miserable during March.
Dan
He's 0 and 8 on. He hated.
Rico
Hated it.
Dan
Yeah.
Rico
Oh, and 8 on the signs, like. Yeah. So.
Dave
Yeah.
Rico
But he's on a hot run now.
Dan
Okay. Anything else? Oh, do you want to talk college football rankings real quick?
Rico
Well, a little bit, yeah. The afc. I mean, the acc, I should say. ACC is in trouble, obviously, with Virginia being that low. But the one we touched on a little last week, and then I put up that poll. I, you know, I got back once we finished, I was like, all right, let me kind of clarify this. And the poll was about 50, 50 straight down the middle. If Texas finishes here with the win over A and m and goes nine three and Notre Dame's 10 and two, who do you think has a better resume? Now I know they're not going to hold out Notre Dame, and it's hard to do that with the brand. I think Texas has a better resume. So with wins over Oklahoma, A and.
Dan
M. So when I asked if you had anything about the rankings, you wanted to just do this hypothetical again. That doesn't. That hasn't happened or. No, we could do it.
Rico
I get excited for hypothetical.
Dan
Right.
Rico
What do you want me to say.
Dan
With the hypothetical that we're discussing is we don't know what the rest of the whole. Like, you're just doing Texas and Notre Dame in a vacuum. What. What does everyone else do that.
Rico
There's a. There's a. Definitely layers to it. But then we'd be doing it for a week. We'd be. Just be breaking out all the. I'm just saying. Yeah. You can only do. You can only do hypotheticals in the back.
Dan
Let's just.
Rico
Let's focus on the one vacuum. If it comes down.
Dan
One vacuum.
Rico
Notre Dame. Texas and Notre Dame. I think Texas would have a better resume than Notre Dame. I really do.
Dan
Did you bet Texas to go to the playoffs?
Rico
No, but their odds are moving. I have seen that.
Dave
I think they both go in that scenario.
Dan
That's. That's my point. It's like, who else. Who else has lost in this scenario? Because there's other games that have to be played, right?
Rico
Yeah.
Dave
There's a lot.
Rico
There are layers to it. That's all I was saying. I just. Texas.
Dave
We get it.
Rico
Okay.
Dan
You do love Texas. It's fine.
Rico
I think they're interesting. Yeah. I think they have a lot of season in front of them.
Dan
Okay.
Rico
They could go get a big win.
Dan
What. Do you have any. Any thoughts on the actual rankings? Not what is. What happens to Texas if they lose a game?
Rico
No, not really. I mean, it's just more, you know, it's more of the same. I mean, big. Big Ten and SEC and Notre Dame take up eight of the 12. You know, Virginia. The ACC is in serious trouble. We saw that in Miami. They're cooked. I don't think they're making the ACC champions. I don't think they can. You got the group of five with Memphis in there, which is interesting because Memphis blew a game to fucking uab. Memphis should be. Maybe Memphis would be higher than Virginia. I don't really know. But yeah, that's it. I mean, you got. That's kind of what we got. SEC, Big Ten, Notre Dame and the Big 12 is fighting it out. And one of them is going to go way down this week when BYU and Texas Tech play. And then that's kind of it. Yeah.
Dave
I mean, if that's a close game, if BYU loses, like a close game at Texas Tech, that won't hurt them that much.
Dan
No, I don't think so either. I think. I think the. I think Big 12 can definitely get two teams in. I think the ACC has one team in Virginia being the top team at rank.
Rico
That's about it.
Dan
At 14 is. Is pretty much depth to the ACC in that respect. And yeah, the only other thing that made. Didn't make sense to me is Notre Dame, I thought was a little too high in terms of Texas and, and Oklahoma and Miami. Like the games should matter, but we already knew that they don't.
Dave
Yeah, Miami is tough. I mean, Miami. Miami has two horrific losses, like in three weeks.
Dan
Yeah, SMU is not that bad of a loss. And I mean, it isn't a good loss, but in Louisville's a good team. Yeah, I'm not. Listen, I don't.
Dave
I'm not throttled by Louisville.
Dan
I'm not a Miami fan because I think that this happens every year to them, but they didn't lose to like nobody. Yeah, but it's just.
Rico
We ever get an explanation of why shooter McGavin was at that SMU game? See an SMU guy?
Dan
I honestly, I got to tell you, Rico, I wasn't even looking for an explanation. But I can get on.
Rico
Me neither. Me neither.
Dave
I saw. I was there. I wasn't like, I got to do a deep dive on this.
Dan
That's fair.
Rico
You guys got bigger problems. You know, you're more.
Dave
Oh yeah, I could. By the way, I don't think it's crazy. Someone seemed to be like, why is he there? I think that's a fair thought, right?
Rico
Yeah, it was part of the sheet I knit, you know, it was part of the headlines. I'm watching it all. Yeah, I got you.
Dan
What was part of what sheet?
Rico
Like every Saturday after the games, we send over, like, he's part of the. Wake up.
Dave
He's been a great. He's super, super helpful part.
Rico
I sent it to you the one week you were traveling, Dan, Just in case.
Dan
I appreciate that. Yeah.
Rico
Yeah.
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I don't know.
Rico
Shoot him, McGavin. It's interesting.
Dave
Interesting.
Dan
Yes, it is interesting.
Jack
I.
Dan
It sounds like you should have looked it up.
Rico
Yeah, but it's a.
Dan
With AI now, cuz I gotta say, I'm not interested. But I. You should have. You should just like figure. You cry could figure it out pretty quick. Quickly, right?
Rico
Yeah, we'll see. But you get these convoluted things like, oh, he was paid. You don't get straight answers. I don't think you get straight answers anymore on the Internet. It bothers me. It bothers me. Bothers me.
Dan
What are we talking about? What are we talking about?
Bryson
He did not go to smu.
Dan
He didn't go to smu. We got to figure this out now. We got to get to the bottom of this, boys. I wish Rico had done his, but it's college basketball season, so he. He's got other things on his plate.
Dave
He may have just been there.
Dan
Might have just been there.
Dave
I'm seeing he joins ACC huddle from Miami. Maybe he was doing something with ACC Network.
Rico
Yeah, it's just nobody knows why he's there.
Jack
I don't see any gaps.
Bryson
Been to multiple games before. It says he's. He's a celebrity guest and fan for multiple games for smu.
Rico
Okay.
Bryson
But he went to Hobart College in New York.
Rico
Right?
Dave
Interesting.
Dan
All right. All right, well, I'm happy we.
Rico
At least we dove in.
Dan
We dove in. We need to dive in and we dove in.
Dave
Yeah.
Dan
I mean, he was with Bryson.
Jack
Bryson went to smu.
Dan
Yeah. Bryce wants him as smu, so. Okay, good discussion.
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Dan
All right, let's talk. Let's do some games. We have right now the standings. Dave and I tied up 51.9%. RICO at 41.7%.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
It's horrible what's happening, Rico, that's it.
Rico
It's been a bad year. You've had horrific years. It's been. It's been a bad year.
Dan
41.7%. Go fact check.
Rico
Probably not. Yeah, it's from probably. It's a low bar. It's a low bar.
Dan
What's going on? What do we got to fix? Let's. Let's get back to five.
Rico
I mean, we got to change the outcome.
Jack
Big Cat would start bombing to try and get back to.
Dave
Yeah, two and a half. It was two and a half last week.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
I bet Texas minus two and a half when we, when we, when we did it, so.
Rico
Oh, I got. Yeah, well, this is a half baked.
Dan
No, I had them. I had Texas minus two and half. I won.
Dave
Oh, right.
Dan
Yeah. What? What?
Dave
North Carolina was the one, Ash. I thought I'd maybe pick them, but I. I guess it in that you gotta.
Dan
You gotta start like you, Rico.
Rico
You.
Dan
You. The difference between guys like me and you. You say, oh, I'm having a bad year. What do you want me do? I'm having a bad year. I would. And then you just start watching college basketball. I would fucking grab everything I got and load up the. Load up the. The chopper. Load up the.
Rico
Every game on the board.
Dan
F18 and just start going crazy. Just drop it everywhere. Carpet bombing.
Rico
Maybe next next week will be every game on the board. Instead of reading it out, Jack will just pop the graphics on the screen instead of. I'll give it to him before and then he can just pop it on.
Dan
Or just do one get. Or just pick one game that you love a lot and bet like quarter, half, team total.
Rico
That hasn't been working, Dan. You usually have half baked ideas about gambling. Okay, don't get me wrong. Georgia last week was not the right side.
Dan
Yeah, of course.
Rico
Not at all.
Dan
Of course.
Rico
But it is, it is frustrating when that kid has the opportunity to cover and he does make the right play down the list of tiebreakers, somewhere in the rankings or whatever. Do you think ATS should be one of those?
Dan
Yeah, I thought the ATS should be. There you go part of it. They'll never do it. But yes, Kansas City got absolutely smushed, Dave.
Dave
But. But they like were.
Dan
Yeah, they were, but they like.
Dave
There was like four minutes to go. They had the ball at like midfield. They. They went. They didn't get a first down. And then all of a sudden it was an avalanche.
Dan
Yeah, it was similar to the Iowa State BYU game the week before where it was like, oh, this game is close. And there's just, you know, what game, by the way, drove me insane. I don't know if you guys watch it all, that Tennessee, Oklahoma game, Tennessee should have been up like three touchdowns in the first half. It was so insane watching that game. They would. All they did was move the ball easily. Then they would have a turnover and then Oklahoma would trot out their fucking kicker with the short shorts and he'd kick a bomb. And it was like how, like the yardage was like 300 to 70 at halftime. And Tennessee was down.
Dave
That was halftime of North Carolina, Syracuse. The. I, I, I did. My two monster plays were UNC, Kansas State, so I broke even. Syracuse had one complete pass in the first half. I was winning.
Dan
Yeah, yeah.
Dave
One. Yeah, it was one of 14.
Dan
It was crazy.
Dave
And Bill Belichick, he does have them turned around a little bit, which I said and spotted. But he coaches still like he's the NFL.
Rico
He.
Dave
He'll punt on 4th and inches from midfield. It's crazy.
Dan
Yeah, I, I had that as well. I had Unc as well. That was easy. I was.
Rico
You spotted that? Yeah, he called that.
Dan
Yeah. Okay, let's do, let's do some games. We got five games. We got some great games. We got. I threw in lsu, Bama, because of name recognition. Also kind of an interesting line. But let's start with BYU at Texas Tech. Texas Tech is minus 10 over under 62 and a half. I, I'm going to take Texas Tech. I'm going to take Texas Tech -10. Listen, I think BYU is good.
Rico
Are we sure it's 62 and a half?
Dan
Oh, 52 and a half. Sorry, I misread it. I haven't read that. 52 and a half. Yeah. Oh, that sounds like you have the. Over.
Rico
Yeah, I do have.
Dan
Okay, I, BYU is good. Texas Tech defense is, is the best unit on the field. I'm wondering, the. BYU's running back got hurt. I think he's going to play, but who knows if he's 100%, he's a big part of their offense. And I just. Yeah, Texas Tech -10. I don't know. It's like this is similar to the Utah game. To me, it's like, just take the, Take the home favor. I know BYU is better than Cincinnati, and I do think byu, it's not like a fluke, but I think Texas Tech's defense is, is, is going to be lights out in this game. What do you have, Dave?
Dave
I'm basically the King of Provo. I can't, I cannot turn on the Cougs. I'm going to take BYU here. Would it shock me if they didn't cover. No. Would shock me if they won. No. And if they win, forget about it. Like they're punch them in the playoffs. Punching everything. But I'm going to roll with BYU here, Rico.
Rico
Byu and the over.
Dan
Why do you like the over?
Rico
I know you got Texas Tech defense. I do still think you can, you can, it can. 53 is not a crazy amount of points. I'm looking at what, 30, 24. Like that's still, you're still playing pretty good defense. So, you know, you could hold the team to 24 in college. And that's a phenomenal day in my opinion.
Dave
So.
Rico
Yeah, I think, I think I get it. I think I get the.
Dave
Overall, I disagree with that. But I do not think 24 is a phenomenal defensive performance. Phenomenal.
Rico
Yeah. Above average. Yeah, you're right. Above average.
Dan
I got good. Okay, good.
Rico
Okay, good.
Dave
I, I, I can live with. Okay, average. Phenomenal.
Dan
They play good enough. That's a good enough performance. 24.
Dave
Yeah, that's like phenomenal. Phenomenal is like 10 and under, I'd say.
Rico
I got you. It's been a tough year for the Bison. We're giving up like 60 a game, so I'd kill for 24, so I'm getting used to that.
Dan
Is that Nichols?
Rico
Yeah, yeah. Tough year.
Dan
That, that 500. That kid who ran for 500 yards. Crazy.
Rico
Gave up 92 in a game. It's good. We'll get back.
Dan
92?
Rico
Yeah. A little nil boost.
Dan
Did you guys see that clip of. Sorry, Rico, if you want to take off your headphones. I know you don't want to talk college hoops because you don't want the scales to think that you're doing college hoops. What I'm giving you this is a trigger warning. You can take off your headphones right now if you don't want to. Did you guys see that? That three? The, the, the women's game? 72 to nothing. And the girl hit the three in the third quarter.
Dave
Oh, I haven't, I haven't seen it.
Dan
Oh my God. It's such a funny. It's, it's such a funny, like. Yeah, dude, it was crazy. I've never seen anything like it. I guess the whole team had the flu and they were only and played.
Rico
A back to back. I saw Jack Mack did at Tick Tock.
Dan
They were playing. Oh, so you are up to date on college hoops.
Jack
No, 72 to nothing is 72 nothing.
Dan
I just sent you the clip, Dave. It's just so funny. It's. Yes, you did see it, Rico.
Rico
I saw that.
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
It's a headline.
Dan
How is Bama doing?
Rico
Want to know? We got a big one Saturday.
Dan
Oh, that one's St. John's yeah.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
Man 72, nothing.
Dave
Oh. To make.
Dan
And then she got the board. She was getting hot.
Jack
Yeah.
Rico
The gap in women's.
Dave
That's crazy, because that was, like, a smooth throw.
Dan
I know. It was wet. It was truly wet. How did I even get on this? I don't even know.
Jack
I don't know. I don't know.
Dave
Oh, Nichols College.
Dan
Oh, yeah.
Rico
Having trouble? Having trouble.
Dan
Yeah. Okay, let's. Let's keep it moving. So. So I got. I got BYU or. Sorry. I got Texas Tech. Dave's got byu. Rico, you've got BYU in the over and the over. Yes. BYU in the over. Okay, next up, we're going to be there Georgia at Mississippi state. Mississippi State's plus eight and a half over. Unders 57 and a half. I'm excited. We're going to Starkville. Brandon still thinks there's, like, a 10% chance we're fucking with him. Dave.
Dave
Yeah, no, we're gonna go to stuff. We're gonna be there.
Dan
Which is so funny because I'm actually, like, mad at us that we didn't, like. Imagine if we gotten on the flight and the pilot was just like. All right, 45 minutes to des Moines. We'll land soon.
Rico
We just.
Dan
Okay. Your whole family's in Des Moines now, but we're gonna be in Starkville. Come out and see us. We're very excited for this. Apparently, there's this celebrity or. Yeah, there's a baseball game on Friday night, Dave. That has, like, all their alum playing, too. Like, Rafi Palmero is going to play like Will Clark. Yeah.
Dave
I had no idea. I mean, why would I? But Walker didn't tell me that.
Dan
Yeah. Yeah.
Dave
I think I'm staying, like.
Dan
Well, yeah.
Dave
Watch the game from my. The hotel.
Dan
Yeah.
Rico
Dave, I know it. I know it's really bad, but you think you could, like, pop a few and get back out there and show them Mississippi State? Oh, that's fair.
Dave
All right.
Rico
He said celeb. He did. Rewind the tape. He did say celeb.
Dan
No, he doesn't have. He doesn't have shoulders.
Dave
I understand that. He also said celeb alumni. Got it.
Dan
But he also. Shoulders.
Dave
I don't have shoulders. I was fishing. My. I almost broke my body fishing yesterday. With the shoulder?
Dan
Yeah.
Jack
Fishing for what?
Dan
Fish.
Dave
We had different.
Jack
Different types.
Rico
Is that your new motto now? You cat, you're only gonna eat it if you catch.
Dave
No. So I. It's hard to get fresh fish somehow in. In the Keys because everybody, I guess, is a fisherman, so they catch their own fish. So through connections to connections or people have reached out. Guys, like, my buddy's a fisherman. He can, like, probably bring you back extra. You can just meet him at the dock and, like, get it perfect. So I texted the guy, he's like, well, I can't really sell you fish because I don't have a commercial license. But, like, you want to come out and catch fish, like, as a first time, it's like, all right, I'll try to do this relationship. It was a disaster. I mean, it was windy, the boat. I threw up in my mouth. I was soaking wet. We were like, we're out there for like five, six hours from 6:00am it like, I had to tell the guy we got to go in. Like, I'm like, I'm not. I'm sick to my stomach. I mean, the boat was fucking rocking. But we caught. To answer your question, it was pretty much yellowtail snappers caught. You can only catch 10 a person, so we got about 20 of them. It's very cool, though. You can bring your in the Keys, you bring the fish to the restaurant, they cook it for you, which is kind of sick. So we brought the fish in a bag. They made a great dinner. Chef Michael's awesome. But yeah, the fishing, like, I gotta get a fisher. I'm not. I always say I like to be on the water, but not on the water, right?
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Jack
Do you have a boat?
Rico
Did you.
Jack
Did you bring a boat from Miami?
Dave
No, I don't have a boat. We were on a fishing boat. It looked like the inside of this thing looked like the orca and Jaws.
Dan
What?
Dave
Like, I was. I was very, very seasick.
Jack
Yeah, those don't smell good.
Dave
It didn't smell bad. It's just. Was very windy and rocky yesterday. Like, I need perfect.
Rico
If it was.
Dave
No, no, like waves, I probably could have done it. But this thing was. Guys, like, sit up front when we go out. It's a good view. I'm talking. We're getting smashed by waves in the front. I was soaking wet.
Dan
What what do you mean, get fish? I don't understand what you're saying. Like, there's. Is there a market anywhere?
Dave
Correct. No.
Dan
How.
Dave
It's a hat. The closest market to me to get fresh fish is like, half an hour away.
Rico
Is that the one that's always closed or is that a different.
Dave
That one's close, but always close. Like Nantucket. You go to market two minutes away. Anywhere you go to the market two minutes away, you can.
Rico
There's a market by, like, the dogs away.
Dave
No, I thought you'd be able to see. Go out there and just like, fine. But I. I know.
Dan
Jeez, that's a problem.
Dave
It's a big problem. Well, yeah. I mean, I have enough fish now for like. Because we. We vacuum sealed some. The fish is running our life. I was so tired, I didn't even want to go out. But it's like, well, we got this fresh fish now.
Rico
I've been.
Dave
My life is being run by this fresh fish.
Dan
What.
Rico
What are your five favorite fish?
Dan
Oh, okay.
Dave
Five favorite fish.
Dan
Yeah.
Rico
Like, you're going to a restaurant and you're like, here we go.
Dave
All right.
Rico
Or death. You know, like we've done.
Dave
I mean, I don't know that any are more than others. Like, I probably like a lot of the same fish that everyone likes. I like salmon. I like snapper. I like halibut. I like grouper. I like swordfish. Oh, sword.
Rico
Yeah. That's all my top five. That's the only one on my top.
Dan
What's your top five, Rico?
Dave
I just said clams.
Rico
Really?
Dave
Lobster is not a fish.
Dan
What are you talking about?
Dave
Lobster and shrimp are not fish.
Dan
And clams.
Dave
Those. Not a fish.
Rico
Clams, not a fish. You're right.
Dan
All right. Eat food.
Rico
Seafood.
Dan
Seafood.
Rico
Let's say any fish.
Dan
You're right.
Rico
You're right.
Dan
Say, wait. Say the top five you just said again.
Jack
Calamari.
Dan
No, what were the top five? You said lobster. Clams.
Rico
Lobster, clam, mussels, swordfish, and shrimp.
Dan
So you said 1 you1 fish.
Rico
You don't understand the concept lobsters in the fish family?
Dave
No, not.
Dan
No, you don't.
Dave
Okay.
Rico
All right, so let's do sea. All right. It's five favorite seafood. You wouldn't do it that way.
Dan
You wouldn't say, let's go out and get some fish and then be like, oh, I got a lobster. No, no, that's seafood.
Rico
But you can go, cat. Yeah, you can go catch a lobster.
Dan
It's a crustacean. It's 100% shellfish.
Rico
You don't catch shellfish.
Dan
They're not fish.
Dave
Not a fish.
Dan
They don't swim.
Jack
You set traps and they walk into them.
Rico
Yeah.
Dave
What's a shellfish?
Rico
I think.
Dave
What, the shellfish?
Dan
No, a lobster is not a fish. It's a crustacean.
Dave
Yeah, crustacean. But what is a shellfish, then?
Jack
I think those are just things that live in the ocean.
Dave
Well, so does the lobster.
Dan
No, I'm saying, like, shellfish, aquatic invertebrates with a hard outer shell divided into two main categories. Crustaceans.
Jack
Shellfish is for the allergy. Shellfish is for allergy. That's like an allergy term. What, like people that are allergic to shellfish. Like, a lobster is a shellfish, but that's just for, like, if you have an. What do you call it?
Dave
You're saying the only reason the word shellfish exists is for allergies.
Dan
They're crustaceans and mollusks. Mollusks are the clams, oysters, scallops. But I just look as I.
Dave
If a lobster is a shellfish, I think he can kind of rear end around here.
Rico
But there's muscles like mussels, clams, like.
Jack
That'S all shellfish, too.
Dan
No, that's right.
Dave
They're not.
Dan
Shellfish are not fish.
Rico
Correct.
Dave
Fish are not fish.
Rico
All right, very cool.
Dan
I meant vertebrates, while fish are vertebrates.
Dave
Confusing that you'd call them a fish, but.
Dan
Yeah, but in no world would.
Dave
No, I didn't think a lobster was a fish.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
If you're like, hey, I want. I want to go get. And you. And then you come out with. With.
Dave
On. All fish have to have fins.
Dan
Yeah. Swim. There's no way.
Rico
I guess I meant on the menu when they sort it. Fish, meat, poultry, fish.
Jack
Lobsters.
Rico
In that fish category.
Dan
That's why when you asked Dave, I was like, what kind of question is that? I don't think I could rank my top five fish. It's like whatever's on the menu.
Bryson
Yeah.
Rico
No, but, you know, going in.
Dave
I like fishy fish. Oh, crab.
Dan
Stop saying that.
Dave
Who do you say?
Dan
Crab.
Rico
Crab.
Dave
No, not a fish.
Dan
Rico, you don't have a time.
Dave
Let me tell you this. Let me tell you this.
Rico
Crab.
Dave
Like, let me tell you this. Let me tell you this.
Dan
Heard that one before.
Dave
You can't see. Fish don't walk on land. So like a crab you can see just walking on the beach.
Dan
Correct.
Dave
A lobster can walk on, like, a rock. A fish don't do that.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
Rico, my point is, don't give me.
Dave
One of those fake. Yes. Yeah.
Rico
No, you're right. Yeah. I mean, I'm not a fish connoisseur. I meant more eating wise. But you, you know, because that's how the conversation started.
Dan
No. You don't have a top five fish. No, the conversation started with you.
Dave
He don't like fish. He only said swordfish. You don't like fish?
Rico
You know, I do. I like cod, but I like crustaceans more.
Dan
Right.
Dave
Like cod.
Rico
Yeah.
Jack
I think.
Rico
You don't like lemon and garlic on there.
Dave
I. I don't think you know fish.
Dan
I don't think. You know what. Not really.
Rico
I'm not. I'm not a massive fish eater.
Dave
Nobody says their favorite fish is cod.
Dan
No.
Rico
Yeah. I don't really dive into, like, when you're gonna go to a seafood place.
Dave
Like, you don't know what. Do you know what, like, color halibut is?
Rico
I've definitely heard of it. I haven't eaten it.
Dave
Right, you're just not. That's fine. But, like, that's. Yeah, it doesn't know anything about fish. Is like, well, I like a good cod.
Dan
And also someone who doesn't know anything about fish being like, hey, what's your top five fish?
Dave
And I. Oh, by the way, I like. Mine's crap.
Dan
Yeah. Rico, you don't have a top five fish. That's what I'm saying.
Rico
No. Maybe that's New Year's resolution. Get more. Get more into fish. So. All right, so what are your five, Dave? I'll try some.
Dave
I gave you. I like salmon, halibut, sword, snapper.
Dan
Like, I'm not a fish guy either. You asked me my top, Luke.
Dave
A lot of it. Let me educate you. Like, when I'm in talket, fluke is everywhere. Like, fluke's on every menu that's local here. It's snapper, mahi, mahi. They do have swordfish further out. But, I mean, like, it was like I was seeing, like, I saw a lemon shark yesterday go right by the boat. It. It. There's like, nurse sand sharks. I'll show you. I don't know if I have this thing. It was a lot. It was just too rough. Like, I'm trying to fit in here and get on the boat. The guy. Very nice guy. The fisherman, the captain. But he wasn't like, I'm like, I'm sick. And he's like, no, you're doing fine. Like, no, I'm sick.
Rico
Don't tell me how I feel.
Dan
I don't like that. Yeah, yeah. Rico. I don't know. Like, I'm not a big fish guy, but I think I could. I think I could go three fish in before I be like, I don't really know the difference or care. Like salmon and tuna.
Rico
Yeah. Not a tuna guy, because I don't. Like, as a kid, it was tuna in the can.
Dan
Okay, well, that's. And then I think tuna about. We're not talking.
Rico
I know I'm very. I'm picky with stuff like that, so I got skeeved out by the cans and stuff.
Dan
You're not a fish guy. It's fine.
Bryson
He's a chicken tenders and French fries guy.
Rico
Yeah, yeah.
Bryson
Child. Child.
Dan
Yeah.
Rico
All right, Jack. You're right, Jack.
Dan
What was that? What's wrong with that?
Rico
Nothing. He's just straight. You don't call me a child. I. I like the cr. I just listed all the stuff you do.
Dan
Well, you are. You are a child. They put spinach in your.
Bryson
In your breakfast food at the final four, and you, like, practically thought someone, like, shot you.
Jack
You can't drink milk.
Rico
No, I didn't. No, I did not act. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I did not act like someone got shot. I ordered it. I said, hey, no spinach. And then when it came out, I said, oh, yeah, no spinach.
Bryson
Super, super calm.
Rico
You think I flipped out on the guy? Was 9:00am you think I flipped out on the guy?
Dave
Probably not capable.
Rico
You're saying I. Okay, you were there.
Dan
All right, here we go.
Dave
It's Jackie.
Rico
Story time. Jackie Bonds and Noble. Here he is.
Bryson
He just.
Rico
And now here it goes.
Dave
Okay.
Bryson
Oh, that was all.
Dan
At all. Right, so that was a good fish talk. I still can't believe you just said my five fisher.
Dave
Crab, mussels, turkey, Crazy.
Rico
I gotta get more into fish. I gotta get more into fish.
Dan
Okay.
Dave
What. What did I say? My five were.
Dan
You said, no, no.
Dave
I want to see if Rico actually pays attention.
Dan
Cooper.
Rico
Halibut swordfish. He definitely said, that's more than.
Dave
That's good. Yeah, yeah, that's good enough. Salmon, snapper.
Dan
Salmon.
Rico
I've had salmon, though. Yeah, I've had. I like it with the crust.
Dave
That makes you sound like an infant, though, when you're like, I've had salmon.
Dan
Oh, I've had that, Daddy. Yeah. Do I like this? Do I. Do I like it?
Dave
Like, how old are you?
Rico
38.
Dave
Yeah. So, I mean, I expect you have encountered salmon at some point in your life.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
You've also lived your entire life like. Like five miles from the ocean.
Rico
Yeah. Yeah.
Dan
It's not. It's not like I like. Yeah.
Dave
She'S great.
Rico
I. I like fish top.
Dave
That's why I ended up being on high seas. Like.
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
A Captain Ahab last yesterday on the ocean.
Dan
Fish is good because it doesn't fill you up the same way way.
Dave
It's good. Fish is good. It's great. Chef Michaels cooked it up great. They flash fried it was fucking great.
Dan
Actually read like the visual of Rico being like, dude, fish. I like fish, but it's so heavy and he's just sitting there with a seafood tower is just too much like these crab cakes and calamari.
Rico
Crab cakes are good. Calamar is fucking good. Yeah.
Dan
Yeah. You basically like. My favorite fish is crab cakes.
Rico
No, my favorite fish is lobster.
Dan
Yeah, Lobster.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
Okay. Mississippi State, Georgia. I don't know how we got there, but that was good. Mississippi State plus eight and a half. Over, over, under 57 and a half. We'll be there. Come see us. It's going to be awesome. Dave, what do you got in this game?
Dave
I think Mississippi State keeps it close. I had them last week.
Dan
Yep.
Dave
They won the game. I thought Arkansas shouldn't be favor as anybody. Mississippi State's been good at home. Tight games. Definitely still playing for Levy. So I like and I don't think George is some juggernaut. I say it every single week and every week I'm proven correct. So I will take Mississippi State here.
Dan
Rico, did you write a. Did you write about Georgia kneeling it and say it was a bad beat?
Rico
Nope.
Dan
Good. We're learning.
Rico
Read the headline of the blood. Learning.
Dan
That's really good. Because I had people saying it was a bad beat and I was like, it's not a bad beat. It's a unfortunate.
Rico
Pull the tweets.
Dan
Pull the tweets.
Rico
Pull the blog. I wrote the thing I said it was never the right side. They were never covering. At best, you were on a push at all. But it is still very frustrating. The kid had the opportunity to go in and then I said the against the spread record should matter somewhere down the tiebreaker.
Dan
Which by the way, so I'm going to take Mississippi State. Eight plus eight and a half. Mississippi State is eight and one against the spread. Right? Good. Against the spread. Rico, what do you got?
Rico
Mississippi State.
Dan
Okay. You had Georgia last week.
Rico
Yeah. I do still think Georgia's a playoff team. They're not a superpower, but they're still. I know every. You know, everybody used to Jordan. But yeah, Mississippi State at home also like, you got to factor in Brandon being there and the element of like getting his guts ripped out again.
Dan
We're not gonna. We're not gonna be going to the game, so.
Rico
All right, well, he'll be telling you he's in town. That's fair.
Dan
Yeah.
Rico
He's involved in. He's in the atmosphere of the game.
Dan
I just wanted you to.
Rico
Atmosphere of the game.
Dan
I just wanted you to know so that you don't bet it being like he's ripped out. He might. We're not going to be going to the game. All right. LSU. Bama. Bama minus 10 over under 49 and a half. Does LSU get off the mat at all?
Dave
Who's the coach?
Dan
The coach is.
Dave
Fat or not fat.
Dan
I think it's DJ Jerkin. No, no. Frank. Frank Wilson. He is not fat.
Dave
I'll take Bama.
Dan
I don't know though. He could be. What was his. What was he. What was he coaching before? This is a running back.
Dave
Sounds like a widening Bama.
Dan
I really wanted it to be a special teams coach. That would have. Dad would have done it for me.
Rico
Yeah.
Dan
All right.
Rico
Bama as well.
Dan
I guess I'll take Bama as well. Bama minus 10. All right. Last two games. Big games. These are playoff implication games. Oregon, Iowa. Iowa plus six and a half over. Under is 40 and a half. I. I wish this was a night game just because I would like to see. I think Iowa could. Could really win this game. They're going to be in this game. Iowa's not bad. They're. They're like, I, I don't know.
Rico
Before the season, Dave, that was your team. You were like.
Dave
And I love Iowa, but I've almost loved him so much. I feel like they're gonna get blown out. I already bet that the game I took Iowa, it was a 100 star play, but I'm not giving it out as 100 star play because I'm starting to have grave second thoughts about it.
Dan
But you bet it is a hundred star play, but you're not giving out as a hundred star play. Yeah. Okay. That's a. That's accountability from our tout service.
Dave
Yeah. Because I bet it didn't give it out. And it no longer feels that way to me. To the almost the point I'm starting to think Oregon may kill. I'm. I'm on Iowa, though. I hate how much I like them.
Dan
Shit. So this is. I see exactly where your brain is going right now. And now I have to either like, hop in the hole with you. Oh, man, that's a pickle. You just put me in yeah, well.
Dave
I'm in a pickle.
Dan
Well, you're. But you put me in a pickle. Because if you had just been like, I like Iowa. I probably.
Dave
I liked them so much when I came out.
Dan
Yeah.
Dave
But now I'm like, I think they could get smoked. So I'm.
Dan
Yeah, I like Iowa. I didn't know that about what you thought about Iowa to the point that you like. Or.
Dave
I was like, I shouldn't have liked them so much. It almost like Kansas State. It was like I loved him instantly. And we all like everybody. Like, it's like, there's something off here. That's how I feel about this game.
Rico
Dog with fleas, as Bear says sometimes.
Dan
Rico, what do you got?
Rico
I'll take the over. I'm worried a little bit about Oregon. They have no wins against really anybody. They got to go get this one if they. If they want to be a legitimate title threat. They're still a playoff team, but they got to be a legitimate title threat. You got to go win this game to elevate the resume. But I do think it's an over. I like the over as well.
Dan
Okay. I like the over. 40 and a half. I think I'll take Iowa. Are you going to tell me if you switch?
Dave
Yes. I mean, if I switch, I. It's. I give back $20,000.
Dan
Oh, you can't switch. You're in.
Dave
Yeah. If you told me I could cancel it and rethink it right now, I would, but I can't.
Dan
I'll take Iowa. Plus six and a half in the over forty and a half last game. Texas A and Mizzou. Mizzou is plus seven over. Under is 48 and a half. Mizzou.
Rico
This is a.
Dan
An elimination game for Mizzou. They're on. Their true freshman quarterback, Bo Peel is out. Matt Zollers is in. He was the kid who played for the second half in the Vanity.
Dave
Yeah, he looked pretty good.
Dan
He did. He did. But he's got. He's. He's starting in this game. Texas A and M. I don't know. I mean, they're just really good. I. Yeah, I'm.
Dave
I'm sold on that team. My problem with this team is I could easily see them winning and not covering, but I'm gonna stick with A.
Dan
And M. Yeah, I think I am as well. I'm going to go A and M minus seven. I just. I. I've. I've too many times look for ways to be like, oh, I don't know if Texas. They're just good and they're just faster than everyone and their, their offense is explosive. They jump on you. This yeah, I'm going to take I listen, I think Mizzou's had a nice year, but they've had to step up a couple times and they haven't, they haven't able to meet it. So I'm going to take Texas A and M minus 7. What do you got, Rico?
Dave
A.
Dan
Okay, I do.
Rico
I think there's a tier they're in that tier right now. They of of elite. A and M's playing really, really well.
Dave
I like A. I think it's that A and M's good and it's a, a combo of the sec. Maybe you could argue the same as the like Big Ten in a way but like there's nobody that outside of those two teams in the and Ohio State and in the Big Ten and in the sec, nobody is great maybe besides A and M. So it makes them look even better.
Dan
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Dan
Okay, let's do Cards. I'll do mine real quick. I have Wake Forest plus seven at Virginia. I have. I have a couple really gross ones for you guys that you can just tell me. I have Friday night, Memphis minus four and a half. I will be playing my action. I don't know what it is. I'll release it. I'll text it to Jack and he'll put it out on the barstool. Pick them social. So I have week force plus seven, Memphis minus four and a half. UConn plus nine and a half. That's strictly a Duke is playing. I like the spots. When a team has to play out of conference for a random game in the middle of conference schedule. Like Duke is in a conference race. They're in there. They can go to the ACC championship game. They have the random game against UConn in the middle of November. What's the effort going to be when that game literally doesn't matter because Duke is a three loss team. All they have on the table is can they win the ACC. So UConn plus nine and a half. You want the grossest one. You ready for the grossest one? Right?
Rico
They want to guess B is a bc.
Dan
Yeah. Plus ten and a half.
Rico
Nah, I'm going the other way. I like smu.
Dan
Well, yeah, no dough. You like smu. Do you saw them win last week? No, see, but I mean that's that. You have to fade SMU after beating Miami. The way they were celebrating the big. Yeah, like I don't want to take. Boston College is a terrible team.
Rico
I've got some you this year though. I have liked SMU this year.
Dan
That's just a. That's just a gut. You have to. You have to fade a team like that after they've just won a huge game on campus. Now they're going to play a dog shit team.
Dave
What's that game gotta be?
Rico
Noon. Noon.
Dan
I mean that's, that's a. That's as sleepy, as crappy as a spot as you can get. All right, that's what. That's my card so far. I will have ads. Rico, why don't you go.
Dave
All right.
Rico
Memphis, Tulane over 55 and a half. SMU minus the 10 and a half. Duke, Yukon over 65 and a half. Dan talked about the effort. Wake forest, Virginia over 48 and a half. Clemson minus two and a half. I really like Clemson in that spot. They're both in like dire straits, but that's one of those. Like, it's like a pissing match. Like it's bad for Clemson. It's bad for smu. But Dabo can't let it ever get worse for him than it is for ssu. He's got a beat. He wants to still rub it in in Norvell's face. I'll take Clemson. Utah State -9 and a half against Nevada. UCLA, shout out the Bluntman's, -1 and a half against Nebraska without Raiola. And then you want best bet.
Dan
Not yet.
Rico
Okay.
Dave
I hate the card. I hate it.
Dan
I don't like it either.
Dave
Last week I hated it. So I have Mississippi State. It's really small. My card, eight and a half. BYU ten and a half. Iowa. What is it now? Six and a half.
Dan
Iowa is six and a half. BYU is. I just want to make sure because we all have these. BYU is 10. Okay.
Dave
And then I have UNC minus seven and a half against Stanford. That's all I got. I got four. I'll. Maybe I'll add some. But I hate the card.
Dan
Okay, let's go with our mortals. I'll start. I got my mortals on Friday night. I have Houston -1 and a half at UCF. Houston obviously had the big win two weeks ago. Fell flat on their face last week against West Virginia. That was. I mean. Oh, wait, no wait. Was that two weeks ago. I might have my weeks. I think last week they lost to West Virginia. Right, right. So that was a very typical big, big win Houston wins at. Where did they win on? I'm going to find it.
Rico
TCU maybe?
Dan
No, Arizona State. They wanted Arizona State. Came back home, got smoked by West Virginia team. That's really bad. That was a. That was a. You could see it coming after a huge win. Now they have a refocus going to ucf. I like Houston minus one and a half, Hank.
Jack
Georgia minus eight and a half against Mississippi State.
Dan
Oh, wow. Right. Right in his face. A Zupi. Yeah.
Dave
I love Oregon.
Dan
Minus six and a half.
Jack
Yeah.
Dan
Minus six and a half. That's good for you, Dave.
Dave
Why?
Dan
Because last week we all said Kansas State. You won. At least a few people liking Oregon.
Dave
Yeah, I was thinking Zupi was ebo. So that's good.
Dan
No, I'm not that good.
Bryson
I'm gonna take Indiana, Penn State over 48 and a half. And then EBO has Washington minus 11 and a half against Wisco.
Dan
Yeah. Probably a good bet. I also kind of. By the way, I. I don't know if I'll get there. I kind of want to Bet Penn State plus 14 and a half.
Jack
I was thinking that.
Dave
I don't Know if I'll get quarterbacks so bad.
Dan
I know, and Indiana is so good. But it's just like this is the one spot that you could pick out and be like, hey, you could maybe, you know, Penn State. Penn State doesn't have anything after that. You know, I mean, this is it.
Dave
Yeah.
Dan
So. And it's a home game. Dave, what's your mortal unc?
Dave
My seven and a half at home against Stanford.
Dan
Okay.
Dave
Like I said, I think he's got him playing better.
Rico
Rico, UNLV -4 and a half against Colorado State.
Dan
What's the reasoning?
Rico
Listen, UNLV's defense is not phenomenal, but I think they'll outscore Colorado State, who's got a bad offense. UNLV can score. They've been in a ton of high scoring games. They get it going. I like the offense. UNLV minus four and a half.
Dan
Oh, also, I don't know if you guys bet the Washington State, Oregon State game. That was the most frustrating game of my life. I just want to shout out that game because that was one of those games like, why are you watching this? And the kid missed. Washington State should have won that game. It was similar to unc, was similar to Tennessee. They were dominating them. They, they got a, they got a punt return. They're down three. The spread is minus three. They got a punt return. They got all the way into the red zone. Running the ball just down their throat. Start passing, get stopped. Kid misses like a 28 yard field goal. It was just. Oh, and those are the games that just make you feel sick. You're like, why, why am I watching this? I have better things to do. But yeah, okay. Good show, boys. Good show. We'll see everyone at Mississippi State on Saturday. Come on out. Let me get the location real quick to shout it out if anyone's listening in the area. Who sent that?
Dave
I'm excited about that baseball game. I didn't know that was happening.
Dan
Yeah, I might. So should I stay? You have, you have a two bedroom place. I guess I'll just stay at the hotel. But I'm gonna come over and watch it.
Dave
Yeah, I have no idea. It was too bedroom. I didn't know anything.
Dan
Yeah, Mississippi State. I don't know. We'll. We'll put it in the. We'll put it in the. The graphic in there, in the show, in the YouTube. All right, everyone, subscribe. What are you smiling? What are you smiling?
Rico
I got a piss, so I was, I was never gonna be impolite, but.
Jack
All right.
Dan
All right.
Dave
Let the little boy go to the bathroom.
Dan
Yeah. All right. See you guys.
Podcast: Barstool Pick Em
Date: November 6, 2025
Hosts: Dan “Big Cat” Katz, Dave “El Pres” Portnoy, Rico Bosco
In this week’s episode, the crew dives into Week 11 of the college football season, touching on everything from the latest College Football Playoff rankings to wild gambling swings, big wins, and personal gripes within the Barstool universe. The tone is signature Barstool—chaotic, combative, and loaded with inside jokes. Along with their college football picks, the guys go off on tangents about bad beats, seafood preferences, and personal gambling heartbreaks, ensuring plenty of entertainment for both die-hard fans and casual listeners.
BYU at Texas Tech (52.5 O/U):
Georgia at Mississippi State (8.5, O/U 57.5):
LSU at Alabama (Bama -10, O/U 49.5):
Oregon at Iowa (Iowa +6.5, O/U 40.5):
Texas A&M at Mizzou (Mizzou +7, O/U 48.5):
True to form, this week’s 'Pick Em' episode is a riot of gambling bravado, lighthearted arguing, and the group’s unique blend of inside jokes and rivalry-fueled banter. From bad beats to bizarre tangents (seafood, anyone?), the episode delivers all the unpredictability and camaraderie fans expect.
Next Up:
Dan and Dave will be at Mississippi State this weekend. “Come see us, it’s going to be awesome.” (52:50)