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Billy Gill
Feeling lucky?
Mike Fuentes
All bets are on Bookie, the hilarious.
Lucy
Comedy from Chuck Lorre and Nick Mackay.
Mike Fuentes
Starring Sebastian Maniscalco as an old school.
Lucy
Bookmaker just trying to stay alive in.
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A world of bad beats.
Billy Gill
Does a house always win? Find out as Bookie returns for season.
Lucy
Two December 12th on max.
Mike Fuentes
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Billy Gill
Mikey eh?
Lucy
God Bless football.
Mike Fuentes
Fuentes God Bless football. Stugas thank you Mike Fuentes we were just having a discussion. I believe that football in the snow looks fun.
Billy Gill
Oh my gosh. Yeah. Yes, yesterday. Honestly, can I tell you what I thought when I was seeing Yesterday, what I was like, this is what the super bowl should look like.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
Billy Gill
And I know people would hate that that's what the super bowl looked like. But, like, that was football.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, that was.
Billy Gill
We watched football yesterday. Yes, we get rid of those crappy. Respectfully, to all graphics people out there. Get rid of those crappy, like, negative graphics that they put on the screen where, like, you see the numbers, like, in gray and you see the fake yard markers, because, by the way, those are always off by, like a yard. I don't know how incredible technology, they can even get it that close. But, like, you can always see they're slightly off by, like a yard. Get rid of that. Get me a guy or a gal that goes out there, throws like the salt or whatever on the line. We see little squiggly, and then we just see like an outline of where the field is. That's what I want.
Mike Fuentes
Right?
Lucy
Good effort. Graphic guys. Get out of here.
Billy Gill
Don't need the technology. I need some pig skin. I need some football. Not your fancy schmancy graphics.
Mike Fuentes
So what you saw last night was football.
Billy Gill
That was football. That was football last night, by the way. Also, he's right.
Mike Fuentes
I mean, it was football. Yes.
Billy Gill
Mack Jones.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, what about him?
Billy Gill
How about you play with all your shoes on? Big tough guy walking around with no shoes.
Lucy
Mac Hollins.
Billy Gill
Mac Hollins. Yeah, exactly.
Mike Fuentes
Transition.
Billy Gill
Mack Jones should play without his shoes on, too. But Mac Hollins, he wants to play.
Lucy
They won't let him.
Billy Gill
Oh, please. Get out of here. What? What. What does that look like? What does that mean? Are they going to kick him off the field for not wearing shoes? They'll find. Yeah, something.
Lucy
Maybe give him a 15 yard penalty, too.
Billy Gill
Man, do it. They have enough of a lead. They can. They can afford it.
Mike Fuentes
You mentioned Mac Jones. They left the. The back door open for Mack Jones and he walked right through it. Jesus. Did that hurts.
Billy Gill
I feel so, like. What a bad start to the week already. Yeah. Using Mac Jones.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, it's all right.
Billy Gill
It's, you know, it's a rough one.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, it is. Speaking of. That was football. Michigan, Ohio State. That was football. Was it? It was.
Chris Sims
It was Big Ten football.
Mike Fuentes
It was wonderful.
Lucy
It was wonderful.
Mike Fuentes
It was great. It was.
Billy Gill
Well, it was wonderful because Mikey's happy with the result.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Lucy
Yep.
Billy Gill
Had he not been happy with the result, he would have said it was terrible game.
Mike Fuentes
We don't ignore college football here on God Bless Football. Lucy will join us in studio. She was at the game. The game. Not Harvard, Yale. She was at.
Billy Gill
Oh, she was at that one, too.
Mike Fuentes
She was at that game, but it's not the game. The game is Michigan and Ohio State. And there was a fight afterwards, and Lucy was on the field. And so we will talk to her about that coming up. The College Football Playoff. I guess the. The picture is becoming clearer, although it's very confusing. What stood out for you yesterday, Billy, with the NFL, like there anything besides the snow and that's football. Was there anything that stood out to you? I mean, Eber Fluss is fired. I mean.
Billy Gill
Yeah, Eber Fluss is out. Oh, we had some college coaches get let go of yesterday as well, because for a lot of people, the season ended on Saturday.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
Yeah. So I know lots of openings out there, including in my alma mater, but that's not. Not something we're going to cover.
Mike Fuentes
Should be one in Miami.
Billy Gill
Whoa.
Mike Fuentes
I said it. I don't care. I said it. He's bad in big games. I'm sorry.
Billy Gill
I have a game that I want.
Mike Fuentes
Fourth down, for crying out loud.
Billy Gill
I have a game I want to play with Lucy. Also, by the way, I have an important announcement. I'm going to make it. You know what? Forget it. We're just going to make it right now.
Mike Fuentes
Really?
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
Okay.
Billy Gill
If you're a fan of God Bless Football, you're a fan of the work that we've been doing over the past year. Not this year, but just in general. Fan of the work we've been doing.
Mike Fuentes
Body of work.
Billy Gill
I will tell you that there was an initial committee meeting for the bcs, and this week we're going to have our first BCS standings be released. And next week we will have our final BCS standings released. So back to back weeks. We didn't want to. Not that. Not to get into the specifics, but we didn't want to have a situation where we had, you know, we're just doing things for fun, a big joke where we're just putting teams here and there, moving around. Now we get serious when we need to get serious. So the initial didn't want to influence the committee either. The initial BCS will be out this week, followed by the final one next week. Week. So that's an important announcement that we need to get out there.
Mike Fuentes
Well, thank you, Billy.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah. Penn State in a conference championship game, huh?
Billy Gill
Well, okay, so my announcement was. Was the BCS thing. I have a game that I want to play with Lucy.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
And it is the winners amongst the losers.
Mike Fuentes
Really?
Billy Gill
Yeah. And I'll explain that when we get to that. It's not. Not to be confused with winners and losers presented by Smirnoff, the world's number one vodka. Please drink responsibly. That's something that we're going to be doing later today.
Mike Fuentes
I have a game for you guys.
Billy Gill
Okay. Oh, by the way, some. You asked me something that stands out. Commanders are good.
Mike Fuentes
The commanders are good. Yes. Jaden Daniels is good.
Chris Sims
Should we check back in on Chris Sims's prediction from last episode of God Bless Football?
Mike Fuentes
What happened?
Chris Sims
He thought the Titans were going to upset the commanders because he didn't believe in them, right?
Mike Fuentes
Well, yeah, you know, you bet the Titans, didn't you?
Chris Sims
Oh, hell no.
Mike Fuentes
You've been mad about this since yesterday. You took the Titan. No one would be.
Lucy
Yeah, you really.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, it's just.
Billy Gill
It's just he's in a mood today.
Mike Fuentes
No, no.
Chris Sims
The Titans is made. You remember it.
Mike Fuentes
It's on you for listening to Chris.
Chris Sims
I didn't put money on him.
Mike Fuentes
I am on a heater right now. Stew, you got NFL and I took Washington, so, I mean, listen to me and stop listening to Chris Sims.
Chris Sims
Crazy.
Lucy
I stopped. I stopped listening to Chris Sims when he told me Zach Wilson was going to be good. Like, you just. You gotta. You gotta find that line and then just don't cross it again.
Billy Gill
There's still time on that one.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, is there? No, no, Billy's right, Mikey. It took Gino Smith like a decade after he left the jets to get it right.
Billy Gill
There's still time on that one.
Chris Sims
Sam Darnold, too.
Mike Fuentes
Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
Billy Gill
I believe, and I could be wrong, I believe that the Jets, I saw this stat, are the first team to lose twice in a season to players they drafted at quarterback.
Mike Fuentes
Jesus Christ. Yeah, that was a good loss, though.
Lucy
So.
Billy Gill
By the Jets.
Lucy
So do you think Aaron Rodgers is going to be good in a decade or.
Mike Fuentes
I don't know.
Lucy
How's that going to work?
Mike Fuentes
I don't know.
Lucy
That one going to work.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, that was a good loss for the Jets. It was absolutely. Yes. I don't want to win games. I don't want to win games and I don't want the jets benching Aaron Rodgers. He gives our team the best chance to lose.
Billy Gill
You understand? You don't even know who's going to be making the decision on your next quarterback, correct?
Mike Fuentes
No idea.
Billy Gill
So the idea Woody Johnson you had, you know, he may not even be on the. In the organization at that point, right? So you're. You're just hoping that the person that they hire is going to get it right without Even knowing who that person is.
Mike Fuentes
Yep, I know.
Lucy
Billy.
Mike Fuentes
Billy, welcome to the Jets.
Lucy
Lifelong Jet fan.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
Lucy
I already know. They're not going to get it right.
Billy Gill
So that's.
Lucy
I already know.
Billy Gill
So why are we excited about them losing?
Mike Fuentes
I don't know. It's a good loss. I mean, that's all we have.
Lucy
I mean, it's better than winning.
Mike Fuentes
By the way, Billy, we spend our entire time as Jet fans looking towards April and May. Yeah.
Billy Gill
I don't know why we're talking about the jets, because this is definitely not how we should be starting the show in the first segment. But by the way, if you want to see the jets lose.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
Along with us, come out. We're going to be at Dolphin Mall this coming Sunday. Mikey's going to be flying into town. If not, you can watch us on YouTube. It's going to be another Sunday service. I think we're calling it Presented by Smirnoff. And you can kind of little watch along. Dolphins, Jets, 1 o'clock Eastern.
Mike Fuentes
Nice.
Billy Gill
Come out. You can watch it if you're in the Miami area. If not, we'll be on YouTube.
Mike Fuentes
Excellent. You mentioned Sam Darnold. That was a great win yesterday in his last three games, three wins, 811 passing yards, seven touchdowns, zero interceptions. Darnold went trailing by 13 plus points in his career. Was Owen 25 till yesterday.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah. Crazy NFL. I have a game for you, Billy.
Billy Gill
Okay.
Mike Fuentes
It's called I Could See It.
Billy Gill
I can see It.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Lucy
Oh, I can see It.
Billy Gill
How does this work?
Lucy
I Can see It.
Mike Fuentes
Well, it's a game called I Could See it.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
And you only have two options. Your options are I can see it or I can't see it.
Billy Gill
Okay, this is different than don't look Now.
Mike Fuentes
It's a totally different game.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
Called.
Lucy
Completely.
Billy Gill
It's called I Can See It.
Mike Fuentes
I Can See It.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
Billy Gill
You forget the name.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
Okay. It's called I Can See It.
Lucy
All right, I can see that.
Billy Gill
Do I have to close my eyes?
Mike Fuentes
It's Monday afternoon. Yeah. Maybe you might want to close your eyes now.
Billy Gill
We're getting into don't look now territory.
Mike Fuentes
Okay, well, do it how you want to do it.
Billy Gill
Okay. I'll keep my eyes open for this one.
Mike Fuentes
Okay.
Billy Gill
But I'll just stare off into my Smirnoff bottle.
Mike Fuentes
So the name of the game is I Could See It.
Billy Gill
Yeah. Godless Football, presented by Smirnoff. We do game days. Please drink responsibly. Smirnoff company New York Company. Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
You were helping him out with a disclaimer.
Billy Gill
I know what we're saying.
Lucy
I saw that pause. I saw that pause.
Mike Fuentes
That was.
Lucy
Oh, what's next?
Billy Gill
I got it. I know what we're doing.
Mike Fuentes
I could see it. The Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl.
Billy Gill
I cannot.
Mike Fuentes
I cannot. No one can see it, huh?
Billy Gill
I cannot.
Lucy
I cannot see it.
Billy Gill
I cannot see it.
Lucy
I cannot see it.
Billy Gill
Is this how the whole game works? Do you now help me see it or no?
Mike Fuentes
Well, no, I'm not going to try to help you see it. I, too. When I closed my eyes last night, Valhalla, I, too, could not see it. I was trying to see it. I wanted to see it.
Billy Gill
I cannot see it because I want.
Mike Fuentes
Lamar to be in a Super bowl, but I just couldn't get myself to seeing it. Yeah, okay. I could see it.
Billy Gill
Can I do. Can I. Do I have notes on how we can make. I can see it better.
Mike Fuentes
See it or don't see it?
Billy Gill
No, no, no. It's called I can see it.
Mike Fuentes
Okay. I could see it. Your notes.
Billy Gill
No, I'm writing them down mentally, and then I can give them to you after. But I imagine we do it, like, at an optometrist office, and we have, like, the big board.
Lucy
Number one or number two?
Billy Gill
Yeah, we have, like, the big board, and it's blurry. And you're saying, I can see it. And you're saying what it is. And then as you're saying what it is, you're then describing why it is that you can see it. And then you go up to the thing, and it's. It's just black, and then the black removes.
Mike Fuentes
Right.
Billy Gill
And then if I can see it, it's crystal clear. If not, it's still fuzzy.
Mike Fuentes
Got it. I like it. So the Ravens are great audio for that.
Billy Gill
We need a budget. But.
Mike Fuentes
No, but you have your eyes. You're looking into that thing that they use for. For the sight test, and you're saying the Ravens are way off in the distance. You can't see it.
Billy Gill
Exactly.
Mike Fuentes
Right.
Billy Gill
Maybe we'll get a budget next year. We'll see. Probably not. I can't see that.
Chris Sims
I have a stat for you regarding that. Can you see it?
Mike Fuentes
All right, go ahead.
Chris Sims
Lamar Jackson and the Ravens are now 0 and 5 when they have to pass more than they run.
Billy Gill
Wow.
Mike Fuentes
Wow.
Billy Gill
Okay. I can't see it.
Lucy
Mvp, though, right?
Chris Sims
I can't see Lamar as an mvp.
Billy Gill
Josh Allen's mvp. Yeah.
Chris Sims
He has to be.
Mike Fuentes
Really?
Billy Gill
He.
Mike Fuentes
Oh, you can see that?
Chris Sims
Yes, I see it clearly and firmly.
Billy Gill
From across he's had. He's had now multiple. And this is a dumb way of measuring it, but he's had multiple MVP moments on the year.
Mike Fuentes
He has. Yes.
Billy Gill
He had the big run fair that won them the game a couple weeks ago, and then he had his Chiefs his hook and ladder yesterday.
Mike Fuentes
Right.
Billy Gill
That was so unnecessary because they were already blowing them out.
Mike Fuentes
Awesome. Because that's football.
Billy Gill
That is football. And him then diving like Superman towards the end zone. Again, totally unnecessary. And, like, if he somehow gets hurt, you're like, ah, the way it was.
Chris Sims
Scored was crazy because it's a reception. Touchdown with no reception. Because Amari Cooper has a reception.
Billy Gill
He.
Lucy
And a passing touchdown.
Billy Gill
He. He got credit.
Mike Fuentes
He could do it all.
Billy Gill
He got credit for a passing and receiving touchdown on that play.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah. Mvp.
Lucy
Run it in two in one play, and then I'll be impressed. We can all give me a rushing, receiving, and passing touchdown in one play. Then I'll be impressed. Till then, get out of here.
Billy Gill
He had it in a game, right, Yesterday, A passing, rushing, and receiving.
Mike Fuentes
He did. Justin Tucker's a problem, huh?
Billy Gill
Okay, hold on. We're playing. I can see it.
Mike Fuentes
He's a major problem.
Lucy
That was supposed to be a winner or loser.
Billy Gill
Thank you.
Mike Fuentes
Sorry. Someone gets.
Chris Sims
But this also goes with his Ravens. Can you see him in the Super Bowl? And because of Justin Tucker, I say I can't see.
Billy Gill
I could see this as I don't see them going to the super bowl, but I can see a scenario in which they go to the super bowl and he wins them the super bowl on kicks.
Mike Fuentes
So wait a second. You can't see them going to a Super bowl, but you could see that. But you could see that.
Billy Gill
Yeah, of course. Redemption.
Mike Fuentes
So you're doing the eye test, and you can't see the thing off into the distance.
Billy Gill
I don't see it. But if. You know, if. If something happens, that's how I see it playing out.
Mike Fuentes
All right.
Billy Gill
You have another. I can see it.
Mike Fuentes
I do.
Billy Gill
Okay.
Mike Fuentes
Steelers in the Super Bowl.
Billy Gill
I can't see that.
Mike Fuentes
You can't see that.
Lucy
I can't see it.
Mike Fuentes
I can see it.
Billy Gill
I can't see that.
Mike Fuentes
Oh, I can see it. No. Can you see it?
Chris Sims
I mean, they scored a lot of points.
Billy Gill
They looked good.
Mike Fuentes
Russell Wilson was so good.
Chris Sims
They know they had it in them.
Billy Gill
You know, they looked good yesterday. It was the second most yards that he's passed for in a game in his career. He had 414 passing yards, three touchdowns.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
An interception. That shouldn't have been an interception. It should have been a pass interference, correct?
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
A whole nother thing. He looked really good. And I heard after the game that. Because I think they were saying, like, well, why. Why'd you decide to, you know, pass? Is that the game plan? Like, no, wasn't the game plan. He just saw something. He decided, I'm gonna pass today. Yeah, good season for him. Nice redemption season for him after he was discarded by Sean Payton. By the way, if that situation, we had to choose winners and losers. No losers. Both winners in that situation. Sean Payton was right with Bo Nicks and Russell Wilson was right. And, you know, I guess believing in himself, he goes out. He was on the Steelers now, and he's. He's great. And by the way, Justin Fields, nice little. Nice little. Nice little job that he has there. Basically go out there when they just need a first down at the end of the game for victory formation, which, by the way, I don't understand how it is that the team doesn't know Justin Field is running.
Lucy
They're gonna run.
Chris Sims
He's gonna run every time.
Lucy
He's going to run it.
Mike Fuentes
They're peeling him into run.
Chris Sims
Every time.
Billy Gill
And catch you a first down to go to victory formation. If Russell Wilson is not on the field, you know Justin Fields is going to run this ball. Why can't you stop it? Also, why are the Bengals bad?
Mike Fuentes
I don't know. Best four and a team in NFL history. But yes, they're bad.
Lucy
How are they easily.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
How are they bad?
Mike Fuentes
I don't know.
Billy Gill
Joe Burrow.
Lucy
They gave up 42 points or 40 something points to the Steelers. To Russell Wilson and the Steelers. That's why they're bad.
Mike Fuentes
Their defense is bad. Last week I asked Chris Sims, are the Bengals going to ruin Joe Burrow's career? The Bengals don't spend money.
Billy Gill
It's a crazy question to ask because of where we thought they would be with Joe Burrow.
Mike Fuentes
They went to a Super Bowl.
Billy Gill
It's crazy. Like, as soon as they went to the super bowl, you thought, wow, like, this is. This is going to be his conference.
Mike Fuentes
Him and Mahomes.
Billy Gill
Yes. No. And you thought at the time, like, he's taking this from Mahomes. Yes and no.
Lucy
In the, in the fourth quarter of that game, the Steelers were lining up and Russell Wilson could have been calling the play at the line of scrimmage and not in any kind of code, being like, we're going to run it right here, this gap right here. And the Bengals still couldn't stop them. It was. It was hard to watch.
Mike Fuentes
Well run organization. Pittsburgh Steelers paying Russell Wilson no money to give him that production.
Billy Gill
I mean, as opposed to the jets.
Mike Fuentes
Who are paying $37 million.
Billy Gill
Okay, but hold on, like that. Okay, that. But like this is.
Lucy
What's their draft pick gonna be?
Billy Gill
This is an anomaly. This is an anomaly. And now it's kind of like, and this is like a weird question, but like now what do the Steelers do next year? I don't know.
Mike Fuentes
You know what I mean?
Billy Gill
Like now the Steelers are in a weird position where, okay, they have Sam Darnold, they have Russell Wilson.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
On. On a ridiculous million dollar contract. He's not going to play for a million dollars next year.
Mike Fuentes
No.
Billy Gill
But he seems to be the better of the quarterbacks. So what do you do next year if you're the Steelers? Do you resign, Russ, for like a crazy amount of money. Justin Fields, they haven't really trusted again, except for the situation where he goes out and he runs it. They're too good to actually get a quarterback in the draft. So like, fun year for the Steelers. But I'm leaning towards, and this isn't the game we're playing, these are all bad losses or bad wins for the Steelers because they're not going to win the super bowl and they're not setting themselves up for future success.
Mike Fuentes
Bookmark. So it's a new game called I'm leaning towards. Go ahead, Mikey.
Lucy
So, Billy, what you're telling me is the Steelers took an over the hill quarterback on the downside of his career for pennies on the dollar and then used him to go win a bunch of games. Sounds like you already know who their quarterback's going to be next year.
Billy Gill
I understand how everything goes back to the jets with you guys.
Lucy
Sounds like you do.
Mike Fuentes
Well, it does. And it doesn't matter.
Lucy
It goes back to Aaron Rodgers.
Mike Fuentes
18 consecutive winning seasons. It doesn't matter who his quarterback is going to be next year. He's still going to go 9 and 8. We talk college football with Lucy next.
Billy Gill
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Mike Fuentes
What?
Billy Gill
God bless football is presented by Smirnoff. Please drink responsibly. The Smirnoff Company New York, New York. I don't know how you couldn't have an idea right off everywhere.
Mike Fuentes
Billy, guess what?
Billy Gill
What?
Mike Fuentes
Lucy's here.
Billy Gill
Hey. Where'd she come from? Hi, Lucy.
Stugatz
Ohio.
Billy Gill
Was there a three shot? Because then it's sitting there the whole time while we were talking and I pretend not to see her. Doesn't really work. Kind of hope that was the case.
Mike Fuentes
I should be worried about the camera shots, but I'm not.
Billy Gill
Nah, you know, Right. It's better that way. Just be loose. I need you thinking less.
Mike Fuentes
Right. Lucy, how was your weekend?
Stugatz
It was interesting. Yes, it was.
Mike Fuentes
Right.
Stugatz
We chose. So we went to the Ohio State Michigan game.
Mike Fuentes
Right. The game. Right.
Stugatz
Very chill.
Billy Gill
Back to back weeks of the game for you.
Stugatz
Yes. Back to back weeks of the game. We went to this game. I went into this game with a bad attitude. I just want to make that clear.
Mike Fuentes
Really? Why?
Billy Gill
Why?
Stugatz
It was 20 degrees out.
Billy Gill
Okay.
Stugatz
Freezing, single digit tips, temps when we got there, feels like. And then I was like, well, this game is going to end in like a 45 to 7 final. That didn't happen. Everything turned around and then things. Rose got pepper sprayed.
Billy Gill
Oh. What?
Mike Fuentes
What?
Stugatz
Rose got pepper sprayed. She's okay.
Billy Gill
Okay.
Stugatz
She's chill. But she did get pepper spray.
Mike Fuentes
Wait, so Rose who works here at Metal Arc Media, she was at the game with you?
Stugatz
Yes.
Mike Fuentes
You guys are on the field after the game?
Stugatz
Yes.
Mike Fuentes
The melee breaks out.
Billy Gill
Yes.
Mike Fuentes
Pepper spray starts flying.
Stugatz
Yes.
Mike Fuentes
And Rose caught some pepper spray?
Stugatz
Yes. Rose's left eye. But she's good now.
Mike Fuentes
Okay, chill.
Stugatz
She gets the day off.
Mike Fuentes
Wow.
Stugatz
Maybe that's some incentive to get pepper sprayed in the future. You get A day off.
Mike Fuentes
Right. If she gets the right attorney, she could have years off.
Stugatz
That's what I'm saying. They had to pay. Both schools had to pay like $100,000. I think all of that money should go to Rose.
Mike Fuentes
I agree.
Billy Gill
Do you think it was a good week for fights? It was a good week for planting flags on the field also.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
Do you think that. Because obviously I believe that Michigan was the first team to plant the flag this weekend.
Stugatz
Yes.
Billy Gill
Do you think that the players were aware of this situation because it seemed way too coincidental that every team decided we're going to do this.
Stugatz
I think that some of them were. But there were enough like close games to where like I'm assuming at. Because Arizona, Arizona State I think was 3:30 and that they didn't plan a flag. They planted a pitchfork.
Billy Gill
Yeah, right.
Stugatz
UNC NC State, they probably saw it. Florida, Florida State, they probably shot. I saw someone put together a one shining moment video of all the fights.
Lucy
From this weekend because there it was amazing.
Stugatz
Oh, it's so many fights this weekend. Like we saw the, you know the. Michigan was the only one that used pepper spray.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Stugatz
But there was stuff with byu, Houston, there was stuff with UNC NC State, like ever. They were so. Oh, Auburn, Alabama. So many fights this weekend.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
Billy Gill
The pitchfork, by the way, I like the pitchfork. I.
Mike Fuentes
As opposed to a flag.
Billy Gill
I do. But honestly like these fake fields are ruining it because nothing goes into them. So then like you just kind of mess up the field, it doesn't plan, then it just kind of falls sideways. I think that the pitchfork specifically I was watching, I'm like, man, if, if I was a junior I would go like for the other team I would go, I would take the pitchfork and I would snap it in half. Even though we just lost. I would do it and just be like an iconic player for my team. Even if it was like. And I would get like all the nil money. Because you'd have that mom moment forever where you go and you get your rivals pitchfork and you just snap it into. See.
Stugatz
No, that's a brilliant point because like Jack Sawyer for Ohio State senior. What do you have to gain out of this?
Billy Gill
No, you got it.
Stugatz
Nothing. Yeah, I guess he'll be like a legend in Ohio State. I think it just sort of focuses on the fact that you lost four times.
Mike Fuentes
When, when Billy started that sentence, did you think that the response was going to be that's a genius thought?
Billy Gill
Are you asking me?
Mike Fuentes
Yes. There's. There's no way.
Billy Gill
I mean, can I tell you something.
Mike Fuentes
But you and Lucy are kindred spirits.
Billy Gill
I think. I think that my thoughts are good thoughts. I don't come out here with intentionally outrageous thoughts.
Mike Fuentes
I got it.
Billy Gill
I think that they're good thoughts. And in fact, I'm usually confused when they're rejected as good thoughts. I don't understand why it is that other people don't understand. These are good ideas.
Mike Fuentes
Yes. Ok. I'm sorry. Did I offend you?
Billy Gill
I have a game for Lucy.
Mike Fuentes
I have a game for Lucy too. But let's do your game. It is, it is Lucy or Goosey. But hold on a second. Lucy, at any point, like, were you nervous being down on the field there?
Stugatz
No. Because it happened so quickly, right? I. So Rose had the camera. That's why she was close. Okay, well, she'll do anything to get a good shot. We really appreciate that about her. What makes her so great at her job? So I was about 10 yards back from the whole thing happening, right? So once Michigan players started running to us and it was like, very clear that they had been pepper sprayed. Like the sort of the first, like, like, moment where I was like, what's happening? As a Michigan player ran out to us, started throwing up. My immediate thought was, like, up. Tough games, really cold out. Like, that's probably what just happened. And then another player runs up and he's like, like profusely crying.
Mike Fuentes
Oh, my God.
Stugatz
I think he got pepper sprayed. At that point, we started to run because we're like, oh, my God, are we gonna get pepper sprayed? Rose was not with us at the time. Rose was there. So, like, I wasn't scared because it happened so fast, right? And then Rose and I. Rose is one of my, my very good friends. I love her deep best friend. She is someone who I, I, I. We have spent so much time together. So we're very, very close. So my first in, my first reaction when she got pepper spray was to laugh.
Billy Gill
So, like, of course you do with your friends, right?
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Stugatz
And so I wasn't really scared. It immediately went to, like, Rose got peppers.
Billy Gill
If it was Harry, would you have laughed? Or if it was Harry, you would have been like, oh, Harry, are you okay? Where's the line, Thomas?
Stugatz
I would have, I would have laughed. I think I would have laughed for most, okay, most people. And I made sure as I was laughing to be like, hey, Rose, if my laughing bothers you, I can do my best to stop.
Billy Gill
I'll laugh over there.
Mike Fuentes
Right?
Stugatz
I would not have been able.
Billy Gill
I'm not gonna stop laughing. I'LL just laugh further away.
Mike Fuentes
I'll move a couple of steps over here.
Billy Gill
Right.
Stugatz
Harry was so, like. He was like, are you okay? Are you all right? Are you good? And I'm like, pointing at her, laughing as a camera. She got pepper sprayed.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Stugatz
But I made sure she was cool with it. And she said that if I had gotten pepper sprayed, she would have done the same thing.
Billy Gill
You might be a bully.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, well, yeah, but Rose said she would have done the same.
Stugatz
Yeah, Rose said she would have laughed at me, too.
Billy Gill
Yeah, right. I could see that.
Stugatz
I guess, was also laughing.
Billy Gill
Then she asked someone, am I blind?
Stugatz
Yeah, she did ask someone if she was.
Mike Fuentes
Oh, Jesus Christ, Billy. You would laugh at me. No.
Billy Gill
Oh, it's so funny. You would laugh at me.
Mike Fuentes
You would laugh at me, Billy.
Billy Gill
Yeah. I mean, probably.
Mike Fuentes
You'd help me, but you'd laugh at me.
Billy Gill
Not in the moment. Yeah. I mean, probably. Yeah. Be funny.
Lucy
I assume you're allergic to. You're. You're immune to pepper spray.
Billy Gill
St. Gots.
Lucy
Like it sprays. Yeah, I assume it sprays off me.
Mike Fuentes
Just.
Lucy
Just.
Mike Fuentes
Just.
Lucy
Just grabbing another heater, like.
Mike Fuentes
No.
Billy Gill
I'd probably honestly be apologizing to other people for your actions after you got pepper spray.
Mike Fuentes
I deserved it.
Billy Gill
Not just that, but like after the pepper spraying, like, where you just be screaming. It's not like it just let him kind of wind himself down.
Mike Fuentes
Let him work it out.
Billy Gill
Exactly.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
Stugatz
Rose was too chill. That was my take. Yeah, she was like, way too chill.
Billy Gill
I'm surprised he even told you that she pepper sprayed. You didn't just try to walk?
Stugatz
She was on the ground.
Billy Gill
Yeah. Hard to hide it.
Mike Fuentes
I wish. Do we have a poll? Can you walk off pepper spray? I mean, I don't think it's a thing. You walk off like a hamstring. You don't walk off.
Lucy
Blink it out.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, blink it out. Right. It's better. Billy, you have a game for Lucy here.
Billy Gill
Yeah, it's not really a game. It's more of a question. But I just. I'll call it a game. So here's the way that it works. It's called Winners of the losers.
Mike Fuentes
Wow.
Billy Gill
And this is how it works. We are trying to find out or you're just going to tell us the winners. So who it is that benefits the most from losing and not playing in their conference championship? So it's the winners of the losers. Now, I think an obvious one. And I got a lot of crap for saying this earlier because I said they should strive to be the winners of the Losers and their fan base hated this. When I said it was Indiana, I said I could see a scenario in which Indiana loses the game to Ohio State, but they benefit because they don't lose a conference championship and maybe sneak back in. And I think that there's another winner amongst the losers. And I know that here it's not going to be well received at all. I see a scenario and you can now tell me I'm an idiot right after this. I see a scenario in which Miami sneaks in depending on who wins. If. Okay, if Clemson wins, then they're not getting in. If SMU wins and they're a two loss team.
Stugatz
What do you mean if Clemson wins, they're not getting in?
Billy Gill
No, if Clemson wins, Miami's not getting it.
Stugatz
Oh yeah, yeah.
Billy Gill
Because Clemson will get in and then smu.
Mike Fuentes
Clemson wins the ACC championship game. Yes.
Stugatz
Miami's out.
Billy Gill
I entirely. You don't think they're a winner amongst.
Stugatz
The losers out of your three against unranked opponents? These aren't losses to South Carolina. These aren't losses to BYU like what SMU has. I. Clemson is very much in position to be a bid stealer. And I just don't see any situation where Miami makes it because like their, their strength of schedule is not strong. No matter what people might tell you, it's not. The ACC is not a strong conference.
Mike Fuentes
Agreed.
Stugatz
Miami never played Clemson or smu. They didn't play the top teams in this conference. So I just don't see any way that with a loss to Syracuse and Georgia Tech, which like Georgia Tech's not a bad loss, Syracuse isn't a bad loss, but they're unranked teams. Like there's just not.
Mike Fuentes
And there's two of them. Right.
Stugatz
And so if SMU wins, SMU is in. I don't really see a way Clemson, Clemson's not going to get in without winning Miami. I just, I. What? It's like a 30 chance or something. They make it. I just don't see that happening. Things would have to be like unbelievably chaotic this weekend. But still, like if you're in your conference championship game, there's a very, very high likely chance that you will make the playoff. Whether you lose. I just don't see there being spaces for Miami because if you're going to take a three loss SEC team or Miami, you're going to take that SEC team.
Mike Fuentes
No doubt.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
As they should. Yes.
Stugatz
And they should.
Mike Fuentes
Wait, so if Clemson wins that game, does SMU get in?
Stugatz
Potentially, Yeah. I mean, I Think they're good? I think. No, they're really, really good. They've got one loss on the season. I think it really does depend on the way the game plays out where, like, if Clemson beats the brakes off of smu, then, yeah, your. Your eye test is going to fail. You're probably not going to make it. But right now it feels like SMU is. Is. I don't want to say, like, a full lock that Oregon is the only, like, real lock to make the playoff right now. I really think that SMU is most likely going to make it. And, like, Clemson lost to South Carolina in a really close game. Like, it wasn't, you know, a blowout by any means. Clemson is not a bad football team, but I just. I am leaning towards SMU this weekend, but I think SMU is in. I really, really do.
Mike Fuentes
All right. Are you ready for Lucy or Goosey?
Stugatz
Always am.
Mike Fuentes
Okay, this is very exciting.
Billy Gill
Did the big. Is the Big 12 going to block out Indiana from getting in?
Stugatz
I don't believe so. So the Big 12 is a very just like. Like, oh, my God situation.
Mike Fuentes
It's so weird.
Stugatz
Talk to your kids about the Big 12, okay? It's not really safe for young viewers right now. Arizona State and Iowa State are playing the Big 12 championship game. Iowa State 10 win season. First tin win season ever in Iowa State history. So congrats to the clones. They did not play any of the Big 12 teams. I think they only played, like, one or two of the Big 12 teams that had a winning record. Like, they haven't really had that, like, quality win. You could say their best win is Iowa or Kansas State. Arizona State has kind of done some work over the last few weeks, so I don't see a way that the Big 12 loser makes it in just because that conference has just sort of cannibalized itself just to the craziest extent. And neither team is really Arizona State more than Iowa State has has sort of proven that they have some, you know, kind of extra padding to their schedule to help boost their case for the playoff. But I don't. I don't see the Big 12 having two teams.
Billy Gill
I'm just worried that.
Stugatz
Strong enough.
Billy Gill
Well, no, but they even won, right? Because, like, at a certain point, Indiana may get blocked out because only a certain number of teams can make.
Stugatz
So the big. So the Big 12, I think, will only get their automatic. Yeah, I don't think they're going to get another spot.
Mike Fuentes
What stinks is the most exciting team in the Big 12 won't make it.
Stugatz
Colorado's not making it.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
No, but I'm saying, like, Even the Big 12 champion is going to be. Is a worse team than Indiana.
Stugatz
Oh, no, that's. No. And that's sort of the issue you run into with this playoff. And, and my, my sort of understanding is I'm very curious to see the way that conference championship week bleeds into what the playoff looks like, because I kind of think the next sort of step this will take is getting rid of conference championships, which I'm actually okay with because you're going to see a lot of teams that are punished for losing their conference championship game that now have to play an extra week.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Stugatz
Like, it's a brutal situation. Like I know we kind of talked about a little bit earlier. Ohio State, you should not be happy at all. You should be miserable. Everything should hurt. You lost Michigan for straight years. Might have helped you just a teeny tiny bit because now you don't have to deal with the brutality of playing Oregon. And you're probably going to get a home playoff game.
Billy Gill
Right.
Mike Fuentes
You're still getting it.
Stugatz
You shouldn't be happy. I beating Michigan, that's the top winner amongst the losers. But it might help you just a little bit. This whole system is just very odd right now, and I do like the automatic bids. But you run into an issue where, like, Iowa State is probably not as good as some of these SEC and Big Tit. Iowa State's not as good as Ohio State or Indiana.
Billy Gill
For Indiana, four Big Ten teams realistically would have to get in. Right. Because like, you assume Penn State will get in, Oregon will get in. Right. Because they're in the conference championship game. Ohio State is going to get in.
Stugatz
Ohio State, Ohio State's in.
Billy Gill
So like, fourth is Indiana right now. So they, they may benefit also from the SEC not being. They could also very good.
Stugatz
They could also. We don't know what Penn State's going to do.
Billy Gill
We.
Stugatz
No one expected to see Penn State here right now. Penn State could easily go to bed against Organ. Like if Penn State plays Oregon in a way that's really, really bad, Penn State could potentially drop out. I don't see that happening. I'm saying that I don't.
Billy Gill
But that's the weird, the weird scenario that we were talking about where you have someone playing for the conference championship, losing, being out, and then a team that didn't qualify gets it.
Stugatz
Yeah. So my take with Indiana's, I think they're in a better spot than people think they are because Alabama has three losses Georgia could potentially go into this with three losses if they lose to Texas this weekend. The sec Ole Miss has three losses. Like the SEC has eliminated a lot of their teams have eliminated themselves. So I think that Indiana is in a better spot because you have the five guaranteed bids and that leaves seven at large. I think that the ACC is the only conference that has the potential to get two teams in. But if SMU wins, that's now out of. Out of.
Mike Fuentes
It will just be smu, just smu.
Stugatz
Clemson won't be there. So it still leaves seven spots that's either going to go to three Big Ten teams, three SEC teams. Someone else in the mix there. I still think that Indiana is in a good spot because right now where this is recording Monday Indiana was 10th. So right now, if the playoffs started right, right now Indiana is in. I don't. I kind of think they're still going to be same. I really, really do. I think that they're not their resume, but their body of work, the way they have played has been good enough. Also they beat Purdue 66 to 0 this weekend.
Mike Fuentes
Right.
Stugatz
Purdue had 67 total yards.
Mike Fuentes
Crazy.
Stugatz
Indiana 66 points. That's right.
Mike Fuentes
Now Purdue's not good, but Indiana was making a statement.
Stugatz
Purdue is the worst team in the Power 5 right now.
Billy Gill
Do you. Do you think it's a down year for the sec? Because some people are saying that and I feel like it's. They just made a super conference. You know what I mean? Like they have to all beat each other up. Someone has to lose every one of these games.
Stugatz
I would say yes and no. I think I look specifically at the way that like and I know I've done this. I talk a lot of about the acc. They're a bad conference. Georgia Tech probably should have won that game this week.
Mike Fuentes
They should have won that Game 8.
Stugatz
Overtimes for Georgia to beat Georgia Tech. Georgia is a much better football team team than Georgia Tech is. I think the SEC is closer than it's ever been. I think there's more teams at the top that are at a like equal playing field. NIL has opened that up. Nick Saban retiring has opened that up. It's Texas has opened that up, not Oklahoma. I'm sorry to you ou, but I do think that the SEC is still a really good conference. I feel like the Big Ten's a little bit better. But it's also hard to tell because we're always like, I hate to be like the media tells you, as was the media, but the media is always telling you that The SEC is the best conference. For my entire life, the SEC has always been the best conference. I don't know if that's the case right now. So I don't necessarily view it as a down year. It's just a weird year. It's a different year. Kind of like what you said.
Mike Fuentes
I would say this. If it does come down to Alabama or Indiana, I want Alabama in. I think Alabama's better.
Stugatz
I don't think so. Really not the way that is played.
Mike Fuentes
Okay.
Stugatz
Losing to Oak because, like, if you lost a close game to Oklahoma. Yeah, that's not great.
Mike Fuentes
Right?
Stugatz
You got your. You got the brakes beat off of you. Against, against Oklahoma, a bad, injured, broken Oklahoma team kicked your ass. Like, you don't deserve to be in the playoff if you lose a game like that. And Alabama is just. They're a team where you're like, sure, they have all the talent, they could win the national championship, but they haven't really put together, like, a really great performance this year. Even the Georgia game, yes, that was a win. The first half of that was amazing. It's been all downhill since. I think Indiana is the team that has earned it a little bit more because Alabama isn't beating Vanderbilt. They're barely getting past South Carolina. They did beat Auburn, but, like, it's Auburn. Everybody beats Auburn. A M. It's just Indiana, I think, has earned more.
Mike Fuentes
All right, a couple of quick ones here, Lucy or Goosey. If Penn State loses a close game to Oregon, they're still getting into the playoffs.
Stugatz
Yeah, absolutely. They built. They built the playoff to put pension in there.
Mike Fuentes
Okay. What if they get blown out?
Stugatz
If they get blown out, I think that changes. Changes things a little bit.
Mike Fuentes
Really?
Stugatz
If it's a. If it's a 35 nothing game, it's going to be hard to convince you that Penn State's one of the best 12 teams in the country. And I do think they are. I think Penn State is like always firmly in that, like 7 to 10 range of the best teams in the country, which is a good place to be. It's not.
Billy Gill
It's not this year.
Mike Fuentes
This year. Right.
Billy Gill
Normally it's fired outside looking. It's like, we got to get over seven.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah. It took Georgia. You mentioned overtime before. Georgia. Georgia Tech. It took that game to remind us just how ridiculous the overtime rules are in college football.
Stugatz
Lucy. But I, I have to say I love. My favorite thing about the overtime rules is like, they're just like. They're so made up. Yeah, they're so made up. Somebody Somebody pitched them and the response was like, all right, why not, I guess. Sure.
Mike Fuentes
Can we just stay on the same side of the field?
Stugatz
It has got to be so embarrassing to do the little walk over to the other side of the field every single time. Like, it's like. It has the same energy of, like, riding a bird scooter around, like, the ick.
Mike Fuentes
Lucy or Goosey? South Carolina should make the playoff.
Stugatz
I. I'm gonna go goosey right now.
Mike Fuentes
They're playing so well.
Stugatz
They are playing incredibly well. Sellers is, like, one of the most fun players in college football. I'm just saying Goosey because I kind of think that, like, it's going to come down to, like, a South Carolina or Indiana type of deal, and I'm gonna root for Indiana in that situation. Right. I. I wouldn't be mad to see South Carolina in the playoff. They have the full energy of a team that could. Could completely screw up somebody's season. Could pull an upset. Also could get blown out in the first round. You just don't know what you're gonna get. I would like to see them in the playoff, but I don't necessarily know if they're going to make it.
Mike Fuentes
All right, last one for you, Lucy. We went long here. Lucy or Goosey? Marcus Freeman will leave Notre Dame to coach the Chicago Bears. Lucy or Goosey? Billy. That's a rumor that's out there. You're making a face. It's a rumor that's actually out there. Marcus Freeman leaving Notre Dame. I don't think it's gonna happen. I can't see it.
Stugatz
Goosey, why would you willingly want to coach the Chicago Bears?
Billy Gill
Why would you do a great job? Yeah, but he's got a great, cushy gig where he blows one every year. They love him. You can't. You can't say anything about Mark.
Stugatz
No, it's. The transition from college to the NFL rarely works. It rarely. It's a completely different sport. I just don't see that working. I. I don't that. I. Marcus, don't do that to Jeff. Jessica.
Billy Gill
No. Where are you going this week?
Mike Fuentes
Stay put.
Stugatz
We are probably going to the Big Ten championship game.
Billy Gill
Oh, wow.
Stugatz
Indy is a great host city for this event, by the way. It's always a lot of fun. It's. I've had a good time and I was lost by 45 points every time I've gone, and I still have fun. So that's how great of a host.
Mike Fuentes
Last one. Lucy or Goosey? Georgia beats Texas.
Stugatz
I'm gonna go Goosey I think Texas wins this time around.
Mike Fuentes
Really?
Stugatz
Yeah. They had, they had.
Mike Fuentes
George is out then they had.
Stugatz
No, I think Georgia still.
Mike Fuentes
Georgia's going to lose it still get in.
Stugatz
Georgia is going to be the three loss SEC team that makes it to the playoff. Book it. Take it to the bank. Thank you.
Mike Fuentes
Wow. Book it and take it to the bank. Lucy, thank you as always.
Stugatz
Lucy guarantee.
Mike Fuentes
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Billy Gill
You got. Yo. We are running out of time. This week's episode of God Bless Football.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
Billy Gill
A little long in the first, a little long on the second and. And we still have Philly's big board bets brought to you by. And we have a surprise in that one next segment.
Mike Fuentes
Really?
Billy Gill
And we have Winners and Losers presented by Smirnoff, the world's number one vodka please drink responsibly. Coming up in this segment.
Mike Fuentes
So there's a surprise next segment. The big board bet that you're not going to share with us. Now you're teasing it for next segment, correct.
Billy Gill
It's big breaking news.
Mike Fuentes
Wow.
Billy Gill
Bbn.
Mike Fuentes
Exciting.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
On a Monday.
Billy Gill
You have anything? You guys have any top fives? Anything we got to get to or anything like that or.
Mike Fuentes
No, no, I don't have. I don't have top fives. I think we need to get to winners and losers, don't we?
Billy Gill
No, we do, but I'm just asking if you guys have anything that you want to get in. I don't want to make it seem like I'm hogging up the show with a bunch of different segments that I'm doing.
Mike Fuentes
I got my game in. Can you see it? And so I'm good.
Billy Gill
Did you have any more of those or. No, it's just the two.
Mike Fuentes
I did have some more.
Billy Gill
Oh, you want to do Quick Light?
Mike Fuentes
Can we get one?
Billy Gill
Can you see it?
Mike Fuentes
Get one?
Billy Gill
Yeah. Can you see it?
Mike Fuentes
Maybe Green Bay packers make the Super Bowl. Can you see it?
Billy Gill
Make the Super Bowl? Yes, I can see it.
Lucy
I can see it.
Billy Gill
Yeah, I can see it.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, I could see it.
Billy Gill
Okay.
Lucy
I could see it.
Mike Fuentes
Now you have the Lions and the Eagles.
Billy Gill
You don't need to do anymore. You don't need to do anymore.
Mike Fuentes
Why? Because we can all see it.
Billy Gill
Yeah, you can see it.
Mike Fuentes
Okay.
Billy Gill
Any others?
Mike Fuentes
I'm just surprised you can see it so clearly, that's all. Sorry.
Billy Gill
Is that quick?
Chris Sims
Is it snowing in Lambeau? Because then I might not be able to see it.
Mike Fuentes
It's snowing. No, I can't predict the weather. I could just tell you that the packers are going to make the Super Bowl. Can you see it if it's snowing?
Chris Sims
I can't see it.
Mike Fuentes
Right.
Chris Sims
Because they're outdoors.
Mike Fuentes
Okay.
Chris Sims
I can see the lines because it's a dome and there's no weather.
Mike Fuentes
All right, I got a couple more.
Billy Gill
Okay, quick, quick.
Mike Fuentes
Bill Belichick, Bears. Can you see it?
Billy Gill
I can't see it.
Lucy
No, I can't see it.
Chris Sims
It's not coaching in the NFL.
Lucy
Can't see it.
Mike Fuentes
All right. I had a tough time seeing it as well.
Billy Gill
All right.
Mike Fuentes
Mike Vrabel, Bears. Can you see it?
Lucy
I can see it.
Mike Fuentes
I can see it.
Chris Sims
If you squint.
Billy Gill
I can see it.
Lucy
I can see it.
Billy Gill
I see it.
Mike Fuentes
Mike Frable, a little fuzzy.
Lucy
Yeah, I could see.
Mike Fuentes
Mike Variable, Ohio State. Can you see it?
Lucy
Oh, I could see that.
Mike Fuentes
I could see it.
Lucy
Oh, I could see that.
Mike Fuentes
I could see it. I could see it.
Billy Gill
Poor Ryan Day, man.
Mike Fuentes
Well, if Ryan Day wins a national championship, they should still fire.
Chris Sims
I feel like Ryan Day.
Billy Gill
I feel like.
Chris Sims
I feel like Ryan Day is a great place to start. Winners and losers.
Billy Gill
Wow.
Lucy
Ryan Day to the Bears. Can you see it?
Mike Fuentes
I can't see it. No, I can see it.
Lucy
I can see it.
Mike Fuentes
I can't.
Billy Gill
Oh.
Mike Fuentes
Ben McDonald. Can you see it? Bears.
Billy Gill
I can hear.
Mike Fuentes
I can't see it.
Billy Gill
I can hear very loud.
Mike Fuentes
What are we doing?
Lucy
Yeah.
Billy Gill
Time for Winners and losers presented by Smirnoff, the world's number one vodka. Please drink responsibly. I have two winners and two losers.
Mike Fuentes
Wow.
Billy Gill
We don't need to get to all of them today. If you guys have winners and losers, you'd like to contribute also. You can just tweet us if you'd like. Tweet us, hashtag winners and losers, and send us your winners and losers for the week. And you will get nothing. But we'll see it and then we'll laugh.
Mike Fuentes
So, yeah.
Billy Gill
Oh, wow. Good winner, good loser.
Mike Fuentes
You have two winners, two losers.
Billy Gill
Two winners, two losers. First winner. And this winner I had selected before the game was even played last night.
Mike Fuentes
Wow.
Billy Gill
The winner, Josh Allen.
Mike Fuentes
He's a big winner. Yeah.
Lucy
It's a good one.
Billy Gill
Big winner.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
Billy Gill
Not just loves the snow, he loves his girlfriend. Now his fiance, Josh Allen, is engaged.
Mike Fuentes
Loves.
Billy Gill
Love. You know what? I love love as well. So, Joshy, we may have had our history in the past, but I love that you found happiness. Josh Allen, my first winner of the week.
Mike Fuentes
Yes. All right.
Chris Sims
Send the invites to the studio.
Billy Gill
Yeah, exactly.
Mike Fuentes
We'll be there.
Billy Gill
What do you think we're going to do for his bachelor party?
Mike Fuentes
I have no idea. Well, it's in your hands. What do you think about you're going.
Lucy
To go to Subway?
Billy Gill
Do I have to plan it?
Mike Fuentes
You're his best man.
Billy Gill
Oh, boy. What do you think about a wedding gift?
Chris Sims
Maybe toaster.
Billy Gill
A lot of responsibility.
Chris Sims
Espresso machine.
Billy Gill
I do wonder.
Mike Fuentes
Go.
Lucy
Hands on a gravy boat.
Chris Sims
There you go.
Billy Gill
I wonder if they'll have a registry. Anyways, that was my first winner of the week. Now you want to lose her?
Mike Fuentes
Yeah. Go ahead.
Billy Gill
My first loser of the week, presented by Smirnoff World's number one. I don't know if we're waiting for music or not. First loser, the cheese.
Mike Fuentes
Bring it back.
Billy Gill
I know you're thinking, the Chiefs, they won. How are they the losers?
Mike Fuentes
They won. Yes. Yep.
Billy Gill
Man, the Chiefs. And I love the Chiefs. You guys know I'm part of Chief Kingdom, right? Everybody knows.
Mike Fuentes
We do know.
Billy Gill
Big part of Chief Kingdom.
Mike Fuentes
Yep.
Billy Gill
A text Ed Rhea after almost every game about the Chiefs. I have my Chiefs fan in there, buddy. Ed.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah. Yeah.
Billy Gill
Ed and the Chiefs. I didn't text them this week because, oh, boy, they won that one. But the Chiefs have not been impressive. They are the least impressive one win team I think we've ever seen. I'm not even saying I we have ever seen. Yeah. One loss team. Yeah. I'm Still. I'm still kind of broken up about that whole Mac Jones situation earlier in the show.
Mike Fuentes
I got it. Yeah.
Billy Gill
I'm just making all kinds of mistakes today.
Mike Fuentes
You're really. Yeah, I am.
Billy Gill
I am. I think. I believe they have the worst point differential of a one loss team of any team that's ever been at this point in the season. Yeah, not great. Not great. The Chiefs right now.
Mike Fuentes
Keep the music on. Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Can you see it? I can see it, I don't think.
Lucy
Can you not see it?
Billy Gill
I don't think.
Lucy
How can you not see it? It happens every year.
Billy Gill
How could you not see it?
Mike Fuentes
Billy can't see it. Hold on, let the man speak.
Billy Gill
I don't think I can see it this time.
Mike Fuentes
Oh, my God.
Billy Gill
I don't think that I can see it this time. It took a botched snap, right, That I don't even know why they were snapping and not just kicking a field goal at that point. The only reason I know why they would have been doing it is because the Raiders had already missed three field goals in the game. So it's kind of like we need to get this as close as possible. But still, I don't know if I can see it.
Mike Fuentes
All right. He can't see it. Me and Mikey could see it clearly. Fuentes could see it clear. Why couldn't. Why wouldn't you be able to see it clearly? It doesn't matter. Billy can't see it. You have another winner.
Billy Gill
I'm going to give you another loser because it's kind of related to what we were just talking about right now. Justin Tucker.
Mike Fuentes
Loser.
Billy Gill
Oh, poor Justin Tucker. He missed three kicks yesterday. Two field goals and an extra point. Yeah, he. Yesterday was a bad day for kickers. Sneaky bad day for kickers. A lot of kicks were missed yesterday. We had a situation where Justin Tucker was going back and forth this entire season for most accurate kicker of all time in terms of like field goal percentage. And I believe if I'm. If my memory is not failing me, which it has been all episodes, so it probably is, right. I believe that like last week or the week before, Cairo Santos passed him because Justin Tucker was missing. And then Cairo Santos yesterday decided, you know what, I don't want to be number one. I'm going to miss a bunch of field goals yesterday as well. Yeah, everyone was missing kicks and Justin Tucker, I believe, is now leading the league in missed kicks. This season, A one time sure thing now has fallen on hard times. So much so that people there Were rumblings after yesterday's game. During yesterday's game. Not even after the game of. Is it time to move on if you're Baltimore.
Mike Fuentes
So he had. He had three missed kicks yesterday. First time in his career. He does lead the NFL with 10 missed kicks this season. And there are talks about them moving on.
Billy Gill
Crazy. From Justin Tucker, by the way, in the game we played earlier. Can you see it? I did not see the Ravens making the super bowl, but I did see a scenario where if they did, Justin Tucker wins them Super Bowl. So.
Mike Fuentes
Right.
Billy Gill
Bit of a roller coaster ride this year for Justin.
Mike Fuentes
Billy, the Ravens, five losses by a combined 22 points. Tucker has missed field goals and extra points. A total of 22 points. Yep. He's the reason.
Billy Gill
All right, My last winner.
Mike Fuentes
We're kicking his way out of the hall of Fame.
Billy Gill
He might be doing that. My last winner real quick is just Russell Wilson. And we kind of went over that one earlier.
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, I have a winner real quick.
Billy Gill
Really?
Mike Fuentes
Yeah. They lost, but Carolina, what a win.
Billy Gill
They're not. They're not. They're not terrible.
Mike Fuentes
Bryce Young.
Billy Gill
They're. They're not good, but they're not terrible.
Lucy
They're not terrible.
Chris Sims
Carolina might have a quarterback.
Billy Gill
I kind of. I kind of.
Mike Fuentes
A little bit.
Billy Gill
I kind of see something. I don't know what. I don't know what it is. I kind of see something. Yes, in Carolina.
Lucy
I can see it.
Mike Fuentes
Can you?
Billy Gill
What?
Lucy
I can see what is to be.
Billy Gill
Determined, but we can see it.
Mike Fuentes
I could see us all owing Frank Reich an apology. How about that?
Billy Gill
I mean, that he drafted him. He should not have been fired. He didn't want to draft him.
Mike Fuentes
Also, he did not want to draft.
Billy Gill
He was right about that one.
Mike Fuentes
I take my apology back. Yes, he did want C.J. stroud and he's regressed. This is crazy. Wow.
Billy Gill
So we don't know if Frank Reich an apology.
Mike Fuentes
We have no idea. Bbbs with a big announcement. Next.
Billy Gill
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Mike Fuentes
It's easy. You just have to score a ton.
Chris Sims
Of leads and figure out a way.
Mike Fuentes
To turn them all into customers. Plus manage a dozen channels, write a.
Chris Sims
Million blogs, and launch a hundred campaigns all at once.
Mike Fuentes
When that's done, simply make your socials.
Billy Gill
Go viral and bring in record profits.
Mike Fuentes
No sweat. Okay, fine, it's a lot of sweat. But with HubSpot's AI powered marketing tools, launching benchmark breaking campaigns is easier than ever. Get started@HubSpot.com marketers. All right, wrapping it up here on God Bless Football. We have The Broncos and Browns tonight. That means I'll be sleeping by 8:15. 8:30. Billy.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
The BBBS are coming up. This is very exciting.
Billy Gill
I told you I have big news.
Mike Fuentes
Yes, but before. Well, that's. I was setting you up for that. Before we get to the bbbs, your picks and you've been on fire.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
Ut some big news. Last segment about the bbbs.
Billy Gill
Yeah, we do have some big news. So Billy's Big Board Bets brought to you by.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
Six B's.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
Has a seventh B this week.
Mike Fuentes
What?
Billy Gill
Because what? Billy's Big Board Bets brought to you by has a sponsor. It's Billy's Big Board Bets brought to you by the comedy series Bookie. Oh, wow. From Chuck Lorre and Nick Makai starring Sebastian Maniscalco. Season one is now streaming on Max. Season two debuts December 12th.
Mike Fuentes
All right.
Billy Gill
Billy's Big Boy Bets brought to you by Bookie.
Mike Fuentes
That makes sense. Yeah, it does.
Billy Gill
Very exciting. I'm excited that we have a sponsor.
Mike Fuentes
I am so excited and I'm excited.
Billy Gill
Starts with a B.
Mike Fuentes
Yes.
Billy Gill
It's just all coming together.
Mike Fuentes
For years around here it's been Billy's Big Board Bets brought to you by. Dot, dot, dot. And now there's no more. We're sorry you lost your sponsorship.
Billy Gill
Get out of here. It's brought to you by Bookie. My first one this week. We got to go through this quick because I got three this week as I normally do.
Mike Fuentes
Okay. So Browns and Broncos tonight and Billy has three picks.
Billy Gill
I do have three tonight on the season. 33 and 60 16. We had a 30 last week, which is magical. And we never faltered. We were never doubting it even though it happened with about 10 seconds left in the game. First pick this week. Billy's Big Boy Bets brought to you by Bookie is bonix.
Mike Fuentes
Oh, wow.
Billy Gill
Over 219 and a half passing yards, the Browns are 15 and path defense, they allow 214.4 yards per game. Ynicks has passed the 209 that he needs to get five straight weeks and six of the last seven weeks. I think that Bonix is going to do it. I will tell you that I was conflicted because I wanted to do Jamis over.
Mike Fuentes
Sure.
Billy Gill
But I went with Bonix.
Mike Fuentes
Okay.
Billy Gill
On the situation.
Mike Fuentes
Denver Broncos AFC Championship Game Mikey, can you see it?
Lucy
Can't see it.
Mike Fuentes
Can't see it. Fuentes? Can't see it. Can't really see it. Huh?
Lucy
But they're the ones that beat the Ravens.
Mike Fuentes
Yep. Yeah, they are the ones that beat the Ravens. You're right. At home, they'll play the Ravens.
Chris Sims
Big upset.
Mike Fuentes
Yes. The Ravens should be getting the home game. They won't. The Broncos will get it. The Broncos will be the. You're right. You're poor. Lamar Jackson. All right, Billy, Pick number two.
Billy Gill
All right, my next one is Cortland Sutton, over five and a half reception.
Mike Fuentes
All right.
Billy Gill
I was conflicted on this one.
Mike Fuentes
Why?
Billy Gill
I'm going to tell you, I was conflicted on this one. He has hit the over on five and a half receptions the last five weeks. Last five weeks, the Broncos have been hitting on all cylinders.
Mike Fuentes
Yes, they're very good.
Billy Gill
So he has hit it the last five weeks. He also, the last five weeks, has hit the over in yards that he has for the game, which is 64 and a half.
Mike Fuentes
Wow.
Billy Gill
Five straight weeks, he's done that. And I was tempted to do the over in yards, but I did the over in receptions of five and a half.
Mike Fuentes
Okay. Yeah, I like it. I mean, if you think Bo Nicks is going to throw for that many yards, then it stands to reason that Cortland Sutton would have that many catches, I guess.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Mike Fuentes
I don't know. Not really excited for this game. Browns.
Billy Gill
Really?
Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
Billy Gill
Okay.
Mike Fuentes
It's not the Broncos. It's the Browns.
Lucy
A couple of bees.
Billy Gill
All right. Here's my other one.
Mike Fuentes
Where, again, I just wish one of them was good. Anyway, go ahead.
Billy Gill
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Mike Fuentes
Right.
Billy Gill
Season two debuts December 12th. My final one.
Mike Fuentes
This is exciting.
Billy Gill
Jerry Judy over 58 and a half receiving yards.
Mike Fuentes
Wow.
Billy Gill
Jerry Judy has done this in the last four weeks. And this one, I was going back and forth. I wanted to go with Jerry Judy over four and a half receptions, which he has easily done the last couple weeks. But I wanted to spice things up a little, if I'm going to be honest with you. I didn't want to do over on receptions for Corland Sutton and Jerry Judy. So I did the yards for Judy. I did the receptions for Courtney. Suddenly, yes, Jerry Judy revenge game. Yeah, I.
Mike Fuentes
The lame one. But yes.
Chris Sims
Let's not get bogged down.
Billy Gill
I was so tempted. I was so tempted after I did these to flip Cortland Sutton and Jerry Judy and do the yards and the receptions for the opposites. But I'm not gonna do that. Okay. No.
Mike Fuentes
Los dos.
Billy Gill
I'm sticking. No, I'm. I don't. I don't want to do the same the same prop for two different people. So I'm sticking with receptions on Sudden and I'm sticking with the yards on Judy. But but over four and a half receptions for Jerry Judy, again, not an official pick is a gift.
Mike Fuentes
Right?
Billy Gill
A gift.
Mike Fuentes
Once you write it down on that board, you don't need to confirm that you're sticking.
Billy Gill
It's final. But four and a half is a gift even though it's not officially one of the picks this week. Hey, God Bless Football everyone.
Mike Fuentes
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Episode Summary: GBF- Monday Hangover: I Can See It
Podcast Information
In the December 2, 2024 episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz titled "GBF- Monday Hangover: I Can See It", hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz, along with co-hosts Billy Gill, Mike Fuentes, Lucy, and guest Chris Sims, delve into a comprehensive discussion on recent sports events, focusing primarily on football. The episode intertwines insightful analysis, humorous banter, and interactive segments that engage both seasoned fans and newcomers alike.
Football in the Snow and Graphic Critique
The conversation kicks off with reflections on a recent football game that took place in snowy conditions. Billy Gill expresses nostalgia, stating, “Yesterday, can I tell you what I thought when I was seeing yesterday, what I was like, this is what the Super Bowl should look like” [02:42]. However, the hosts are not shy about sharing their frustrations with modern game presentations. Billy criticizes the in-game graphics: “Get rid of those crappy, like, negative graphics that they put on the screen” [02:48], advocating for a more authentic viewing experience that focuses on the game rather than overlay graphics.
Performance Reviews: Mac Jones and Team Dynamics
The discussion shifts to player performances, particularly focusing on Mac Jones. Billy Gill voices his disappointment: “What a bad start to the week already... Mac Jones should play without his shoes on, too” [04:13]. This humorous take underscores a broader critique of team strategies and player effectiveness. The hosts collectively agree that traditional gameplay should take precedence over technological enhancements in broadcasts.
Billy Gill makes a significant announcement regarding the College Football Playoff (BCS) standings: “There was an initial committee meeting for the BCS, and this week we're going to have our first BCS standings be released” [06:10]. He emphasizes the importance of maintaining integrity and seriousness in the standings process, ensuring that it’s not treated as a mere formality but with the gravity it deserves.
Lamar Jackson and Justin Tucker’s Impact
The hosts delve into detailed analyses of key NFL players. Chris Sims challenges Lamar Jackson’s MVP prospects: “I can't see Lamar as an MVP” [13:02], especially after recent performances where the Ravens struggled when relying heavily on passing. Conversely, Justin Tucker becomes the focal point of criticism due to his recent struggles: “Justin Tucker was going back and forth this entire season for most accurate kicker... now leading the league in missed kicks” [47:14]. This segment highlights concerns about consistency and performance under pressure.
Team Performances: Jets, Chiefs, and Steelers
The conversation extends to team performances, with particular attention to the Jets’ coaching decisions and the Steelers’ quarterback situation. Billy Gill remarks on the Jets' uncertainty: “They have enough openings out there... but that's not something we're going to cover” [05:36]. The Steelers’ reliance on Russell Wilson is scrutinized, questioning the sustainability of their strategy and future prospects.
In the "Winners and Losers" segment, the hosts evaluate standout performances and disappointing outcomes from the week.
Winner: Josh Allen is lauded for his engagement and performance: “Josh Allen, my first winner of the week” [44:52]. His consistent playmaking abilities despite challenges make him a standout figure.
Losers: Justin Tucker is named a loser due to his multiple missed kicks, which have significantly impacted his team's performance: “Justin Tucker is now leading the league in missed kicks this season” [48:23].
Introduction of New Sponsorship
Billy Gill introduces the "Big Board Bets" segment, now sponsored by Bookie, a comedy series: “Billy's Big Board Bets brought to you by Bookie” [51:11]. This sponsorship marks a new collaboration, adding a comedic flair to the betting predictions.
Predictions and Analysis
Billy shares his predictions for upcoming games, focusing on key player performances and game outcomes:
I Can See It Game
The hosts engage in the interactive "I Can See It" game, where they predict the likelihood of teams making it to the Super Bowl. This playful segment blends humor with sports forecasting:
Lucy or Goosey Polls
Throughout the episode, polls such as "Lucy or Goosey" prompt the hosts to make quick predictions on various sports scenarios, adding an element of spontaneity and fun.
College Football Playoff Structure
The hosts provide a critical examination of the current College Football Playoff structure, debating the merits and potential pitfalls of the BCS standings and automatic bids. Stugotz remarks on the competitive balance: “The ACC is not a strong conference” [29:18], while Billy Gill highlights Indiana’s potential despite challenges: “Indiana is in a better spot than people think they are” [35:06].
SEC and Big Ten Dynamics
Discussions reflect on the shifting dynamics within major conferences:
The episode wraps up with a blend of upcoming game predictions, sponsor messages, and final thoughts on the week’s sports events. The hosts maintain a balance of critical analysis and lighthearted banter, ensuring an engaging experience for listeners. Key takeaways include the scrutiny of player performances, particularly in high-stakes games, and the ongoing debates surrounding playoff structures and team strategies.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps
This detailed summary captures the essence of the episode, highlighting key discussions, insights, and humorous interactions among the hosts. Notable quotes with precise timestamps provide authenticity and allow readers to reference pivotal moments in the conversation.