Episode 14 13 The College Bowl Prediction Show

Bye!
It is 830 on the East Coast, it is 530 on the West Coast.
It is the 14th of December in the year of our Lord 2020-3 season 14 episode 13, that's right, the season started in July, don't do the math.
The Clubhouse Podcast is live on the air, we are on hiatus for the holidays but one thing had to get done and so we're going to do it now.
Welcome, we have missed you guys so much.
My name is Rob, I'm the executive producer of the Clubhouse Podcast and I'm going to talk to Alex about something here in a minute because I have a grievance.
But let's bring the boys in shall we?
Russ is already here, Russ is ripper on ready to go and I love it.
Let's bring the boys in shall we?
That way for me.
Oh, I got it right. He is the official fact checker of sooner or greater productions and he's wearing a shirt for the wrong show but that's okay.
You may know I'm a zig-bunu but his mom and even Don Ford, I'm going to call him Don Ford. Hey man, I don't have any college football shirts.
So, plus I'm ready to watch Dynamite after this so that's why I had to put on something to my hero.
And by the way, Russ, if you want to chat in, I have no problem with him typing in his picks too. I have no problem with that, Russ.
I'm going to have enough work dude on the show.
I know, but you're going to, you're going to say Russ is, you know, bottom of your school.
Don put a pin in that.
The bottom of your screen is my co-host and a man who puts up the X when he plays golf.
He is Alex.
Well, it's now that you mentioned that should I spoil it now or save it for the end?
I don't know what you're looking to spoil so I can't catch that.
That we have a sponsored prize for this contest.
Really?
Yeah, and you know, it may not be as nice as a shirt or his lens flare.
I want to give a shout out to my boss. This is what he sent me for Christmas.
Nice. Love it. Andre.
It's a mashup done. It's under the giant, but it's the chronic, the crown cover.
That's nice. So very excited. Thank you. Thank you to him for that.
You had to take some time off of our vacation and to our annual college bowl prediction football extravaganza.
If around the horn is going to steal my bit, I'm going to steal theirs.
We're going to do things a little differently this year.
So the other day I had an idea as it pertained to this particular show and I promise you we will be back first of the year.
There's changes coming, but they're all good changes.
I promise you, let's just say this show is about to kick an old school with this personnel.
Personnel is not changing kids. I just want to let you know.
But we're going to make some changes that are going to make things better for all of us and hopefully you too.
So I had this idea and I called Alex and I was like, hey, man, what if I did this?
And he was like, I'm here for it.
Don does not know what I'm about to do. And that's OK.
Now, we do keep a spreadsheet. You can go to our ESPN group as well.
Please join our pickup league and Alex is going to talk about that here in just a moment.
I have this spreadsheet for us on another laptop over here.
There's a lot going on in this episode. Just know that.
But Don, I'm going to show you what we're about to do. You ready?
I don't think you're ready for this. I don't know that you're ready for this.
I don't know if I'm ready for this. There we go.
As soon as it tells me what I want to do here.
There we go. It's they've changed the interface. Don, are you ready?
I'm watching.
Oh, yeah.
This is high tech. I wouldn't even know how to do.
Beautiful hair breadth and scope of this yet.
This is beautiful already. Yeah.
So for having this template because I am not that talented.
What we're going to be doing is we're going to be going through all 40 something bowls.
And picking the winners. This is not against the spread. This is just straight up.
Don, since I've got so much going on, would you do me the favor of just taking notes and then just sending it to me later.
Okay. What do you mean by taking notes?
Right down the right down means we pick. I can plug them into the spreadsheet.
Okay.
So otherwise, because otherwise, I just just a lot going on right now.
Okay, so you want me just to put the the picks in and that's it.
Yeah, it's like.
Yeah.
Okay.
Give me a second here.
Do you guys still have?
Yeah, I have you. I still have you.
The little Wi-Fi picture on my screen went away and I want to make sure I hadn't lost yet.
I'm just going to type down the teams, but not the bowl or anything like that.
Okay.
All right.
Are you guys ready for this level of amazing about to show you?
Very.
This is the format.
Oh, it's pretty old begin this coming Saturday.
Follow along, play the home game, make your picks on our ESPN group as we're going, whatever you got to do.
Yeah.
Starting it and all of the times I'm going to give you or in the eastern time.
I mean, in the central time zone.
So if you're any other times and just do the math, all right.
At 10 a.m. on Saturday, the very first bowl.
Is the Murdle Beach Bowl.
From Brook Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.
We have Georgia Southern.
Do you like that?
Versus the University of Ohio.
Now on my screen, Don, you are right below me.
So you will start the picks.
Now we will go back and forth for this particular game.
You have the first selection.
I'm taking Georgia, Georgia Southern.
Alex.
I actually agree with Don.
Ohio opened as the one and a half point favorite.
Then their quarterback went into the transfer portal, which means Georgia Southern.
Well, this is going to and the transfer portal is going to play a very large role.
I think in a lot of these picks because as Alex so graciously posted to our social media recently.
There have been more players enter the transfer portal than there are division one football teams.
I believe it's actually three less, but still that's a lot.
So Russ also says Georgia Southern.
Rob, why are you?
It's going to be a clean sweep.
Georgia Southern's got a really cool logo.
What do you see some of these logos that I found?
I'm very proud of this.
You should be.
Noon.
Oh, by the way, unless I say otherwise, it is on the Espin because everything's on the Espin except this next one at noon central on your local ABC affiliate.
It is the cricket celebration bowl.
I think it's going to be the most lopsided game of or at least one of the most lopsided games of the entire bull season.
It's fam you.
Don.
Same thing.
I don't think it's not close to undefeated.
Close.
Yeah, I believe they have one or two losses.
I want to say this is the biggest disparity between two teams in a record.
I think there's one that might be a little bit bigger, but this is a huge disparity between these two teams.
But we all will need the best band battle.
I was going to say half times were you tune in?
Yes.
At one 15 central on the Espin, we go to one of two games being played.
The Caesar superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
For the R and L carriers, New Orleans bowl.
That will feature.
The Jacksonville State Gamecocks.
It's a great logo in it.
Yes, it is.
As they take on the racial occasions of Ula la.
Don, you're up.
I need to go for the home field advantage.
I'm going to go for the Louisiana.
Close enough Alex.
I'm having a moment because I'm debating on changing my pick in real time.
I don't like when we agree.
That's all.
So for them.
So I will pivot.
salmonville State Gamecocks.
I'm with Dawn.
And I just like being able to say,
so there's that.
Although that Jacksonville State will is sharp.
It is.
now it is very good. I purposely looked for like certain ones I couldn't avoid. Yeah,
but certain ones I found these alternate logos that just look awesome. Also, for those of you
playing the home game, here's a tip. If you're doing something like this and you're searching Google
images, search specifically for transparent backgrounds. It may it's not always going to work.
But when it does, man, it looks sharp. I'm just saying.
2,000 right now, sir. Thank you, sir. I appreciate that very much.
2.30 p.m. on your ABC affiliate this Saturday.
We have the first strangely named bowl. As the avocados from Mexico,
Cure Bowl. That's kind of like Cure Bowl from FBC mortgage stadium in Orlando, Florida.
We go back to the Midwest as Miami of Ohio.
Bakes on Appalachian State. Alex, I believe you have the honors. Give me the mountaineers. I'm not
picking Ohio. Done. I'm going to pivot against him. I'm going to take Miami of Ohio.
I was just in North Carolina on a wonderful trip and you can see me be a blithering idiot on
my social media from it. Give me App State, although people in Tennessee can't drop.
There will be a tire with that state twice. If I never happened to that again, it'll be through soon.
Russ also has App State. Up next at 445 Central on the Espin this Saturday. We have seven bowl games
on Saturday. We're coming in hot this year. The Isleta New Mexico Bowl. Now I couldn't find a
transparent background. This is going to be a handful that are going to have the little white
background. I found ones that did, but it didn't have the right corporate sponsor.
I do not know what Isleta is. I don't even know if I'm saying that correctly.
But in this game from University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
my wife lived there for a time. Did you be younger?
The Aggies of New Mexico State take on the Fresno State Bulldogs.
Don, you have the honor.
I haven't been dead against the city of Albuquerque. They actually think I'm insane officially,
so I can't do the home building. Wait. Wait. What?
True story. I'll tell you later. But I can't do anything when I'm New Mexico on this.
So I'm going to do Fresno. Forget the home building advantage. I can't stand Albuquerque.
Just like Alex Hato, I hate Albuquerque.
This is new information. I feel like this almost needs to be a special episode on its own.
I am, I don't, Russ has Fresno State as well.
Well, it's Isleta.
Okay. Thank you for that. I was just looking it up.
But to clarify, sorry. What do they do? I don't know. There's a bunch of different Isleta
things. I believe it is the local tribe. Oh, okay. Okay. But I could be wrong about that.
Don't quote me. And if you are curious, New Mexico State is 225 miles away from Albuquerque.
But that's close enough for home field advantage. I'm taking New Mexico State.
I will only take Fresno State in things related to basketball.
So giving New Mexico State in this game.
Our next game, which I don't, it's been long enough. I don't think you can't just say
before we go any further, we are 16 minutes in. And I am loving the energy of this episode.
The same. I feel like I feel like our batteries are charged. And we are just,
I love what's, I love everything going on right now. Thank you, gentlemen.
But I don't know if we talked about this last year. The LA Ball was the LA Ball presented by Jimmy
Kimmel. And he had a belt made for the winners. It is not Jimmy Kimmel this year.
It is the LA Ball hosted by Gronk.
Hosted WrestleMania now hosting a ball game. From sofa, stadium and
angle wood, always up to go good. UCLA takes on the Broncos of Boise State, Alex.
Historically, I have chosen Boise State. However,
UCLA is losing their quarterback to the transfer portal, but so is Boise and they fired their
coach. So give me the home team in UCLA. Done. I gotta go with Boise. I always liked him.
I can't pick against Boise State. My mom got married in a small chapel in its parking lot.
And they were the first to do the crazy color field. For those of you that don't know we've talked
about this on the show before, they actually have to cover the field when they're not playing it
because it's blue and ducks think it's water and they fly into it and it doesn't go well.
That is all factually accurate. But give me the Broncos in this game. Although again,
I like that UCLA logo. That is sharp one. Russell also has Boise State.
Our final game on the 16th of December,
day after tomorrow. From Independence Stadium and Shreeve Port, Louisiana,
the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, which I remember at time
when my wife and I were first dating. This was on New Year's Eve. And I remember it because
I was working at the bar. She came up there for New Year's Eve with me and I remember it snowed
like crazy that night, both here in Dallas and in Shreeve Port. A&M I believe was in the game that year
if I'm not mistaken. Texas Santa. But not this year, my friend. Although the state of Texas is
represented. Cow. See, I'm gonna throw curveballs at you, Alex, because they don't all have the same
effect. I'm just so glad I have the screen on the side I can see. Takes on the red raiders of Texas
Tech. Don, do you have honors right now? Yeah. I'm gonna take Texas Tech.
Don has taken the team from the Lubbock. He was about half the distance. I'm the
travel. Just remember kids from Dallas to L.A. El Paso's The Halfway Point.
Alex. I have no feel for this one, but with it being the Radiance Technologies, I'm gonna have
to go with the team that has Tech in the name. So give me Texas Tech, the fighting Michael Crab trees.
Cal has had a crazy, strange year. I have seen more from Cal than I have seen from Tech.
Give me, Cal. What did you say, Alex again? Texas Tech. You both got to have a good, real fast.
Yes, the question. I was kind of doing some research. The ice ledda is actually
probable by Leda, which is the community tribal tribal of the I ledda. It's a tribal.
Tribal division. Yeah. All right. Thank you. I was partially right. Don got the full answer.
Russ says Texas is a high school mascot.
All right. We don't have another block of games until Christmas Eve Eve.
But on the 18th of December, at 1.30 in the afternoon on the Espin, by the way, the L.A.
hosted by Gronk Bull is on ADC. Are you hungry, boys?
Could you use a little something from famous toastery, which is it? That is a restaurant?
I heard them talk about it on BNT.
From Jerry Richards and Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
It is the famous toastery bowl.
Western Kentucky. Thank you for not finding the one with a mascot.
I like their mascot, but I like this logo. They are the Hilltowers.
Taking on not the trucking company. Old Dominion. Great logo.
Alex, I believe you have arms. I do. And I have a history with Old Dominion, a close
high school friend of mine wound up actually playing on a full scholarship for their basketball team.
One of the years they went to the tournament. And I hate Western Kentucky.
Even though I have family there, I'm going with Old Dominion.
Russ says this is formerly the Bahamas bowl. That is correct. They did move it domestically
to Charlotte when there were issues.
No, it used to be the Popeye's Bahamas bowl. It reminds me of a terrible towel.
So I'm going to take the WKU.
As will Russ. As will I, because I don't pick Old Dominion unless it's basketball.
I feel like I'm the one on the island multiple times and I love it.
You know, I have a question for you Alex speaking to things like this.
I may or may not have an answer. I make no promises.
I made a statement on my social media yesterday, which I stand by.
I feel like today I have gotten more notifications from fantasy football than I have the entire
season on a day that I'm not even in anymore.
Rob, you make the consolation bracket. You'll make your money back.
No, I won't.
But one of my wounds is against the one seat. So I'll take that. That is fair.
19th of December, in prime time, eight o'clock central on the Espin.
Wait, was there no question? You said I have a question for you and then there was no question.
The question is, have you been getting a lot more of notifications than normal?
Because I must have gotten 70 notifications today.
If you go to my thing, it says no team.
We go to our Fairburg on the 19th of December, right at the street from the house.
The Scooters Coffee Frisco Bowl. Let's take a look at it.
And I got to pass. Never been to Scooters Coffee, but they're popping up everywhere.
I have quality. Scooters coffee is quality.
It's not I have great, but it's good.
I have Scooters and Dutch brothers with a block of each other on main right now.
From Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, Great Park. Love it.
Perhaps he Dallas plays into a match.
You're a participant here. Meet me.
The University of Texas at San Antonio.
No, taking on the thundering herd of Marshall.
Who's got honors? I do. I can take Marshall.
Go through like a couple of those.
I am so surprised.
Give me UTSA.
I'm torn here because you got a love a team called the thundering herd.
But I'm not picking them.
Meet me. Give me UTSA.
Which is also a team I normally pay attention to in basketball.
But who does love the robot?
I also recently put a...
I was like the coyote.
Well, I recently put a post on my social media that apparently there were rules to the coyote
of roadrunner.comic that I did not know until recently.
I found it fascinating.
That was a very fun post.
I try.
December 22nd, 530 Eastern on the Espin.
We're now up to next Friday.
The roofclaim.com Boca Ratonbowl.
I claim my roof. It is mine.
My beloved self.
That's not a great logo.
Why don't they use that more?
I want a pullo.
That'd be nice.
You know the pullo well will shield.
I agree.
My beloved bulls who boy do we struggle this year as we tended to.
Syracuse is who we will be facing in Boca Raton, Florida.
A FAU stadium.
How do you mean I don't have a corporate sponsor for that thing yet?
Because we don't need one and there was a certain donation from a rock-shaped individual for
the show.
Because...
Why am I drawing a blank on what his show was called?
Oh, my God, why am I drawing a blank on ballers?
Oh, because almost all of the stadium shots they did were actually at FAU stadium.
Oh, which in that basketball gym is where I graduated high school.
Alex, I believe you know, it is delightful.
They did a great job with it.
I'm not killing it.
I'm not in basketball mode yet.
That is fair.
But I will take the fighting Tommy DeVito's of Syracuse University.
Sorry, I have to say the fighting Tommy DeVito's of Syracuse.
The passing pies on.
I love that.
Tommy Cutlets.
Don.
I'm going to take Syracuse.
How dare you.
Give me my alma mater.
Oh, we knew that.
Let's go, Bulls.
It's such a great logo.
That is December 21st.
Now we get into December 22nd.
Because that's a prime time game.
It's 7 o'clock on the Espin.
On the 22nd.
Go a little bit west.
A little bit south.
Thought I'd an hour and a half.
Actually more than that.
It's probably about three hours.
Actually going north and west.
I was thinking Orlando.
We're going from Boca to Raymond James Stadium.
Right there by the airport.
For the Bad Boy Moor's Dasparilla Bowl.
That is a great one.
It's a great logo.
Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, boy.
Russ is taking my beloved Bulls.
Thank you, sir.
Suck up.
Georgia Tech.
Love that logo.
Go with the classic logo there.
Nice.
Alma Mater of one Roman Reigns.
Taking on the central Florida nights.
Don.
Georgia Tech.
By the way, this is the Union home.
Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.
I got the wrong logo.
I do apologize.
Your logo is better.
Yeah, this logo is kind of dumb.
Fun fact, the person that I grew up
learning is a different one.
Never mind.
Go ahead.
I just want to make sure everybody understands.
The person that I learned to play golf with,
which is a tease for later,
is in the Sports Hall of Fame for Georgia Tech.
And I will take the UCF night.
Don.
I said Georgia Tech originally.
Yes, he did.
I like to pick teams that don't pick false national championships.
Give me Georgia Tech.
That is a fair statement.
And Georgia Tech looked good against Georgia
in their last game of the season.
So
we now get into next Saturday.
Christmas Eve eve where we have a slew of games.
We started 11 a.m. Central on your local ABC affiliate.
The Birmingham Bowl Southern hospitality.
Serious football.
From protective stadium in Birmingham, Alabama.
Russ has us UCF in the last game.
Detroit Jones of Troy.
Taking on the Duke Blue Divils.
Why did you say it with a Cajun accent?
Because they used to be Adam Sandler.
Used to play a character on.
Sorry, not a lot called Cajun man.
And he was.
I remember that.
And I want at one point he went.
USC.
And then Kevin Neal and was like, really?
That's that's not like you.
And then he goes.
Detroit Jones and he goes, oh, okay.
Now we're back.
Yeah.
Who's got honor?
I believe I believe I do.
All right, Alex go.
And this constantly changing world of college football.
Troy's coach is leaving for the opening in Tulane.
However, Duke's coach and their starting quarterback
are also both leaving give me Troy.
Don.
I am I'm going to take Duke.
Good for the show Patrick George who I've known since I was 14.
Currently works not at Troy, but he worked at Troy for many many years
of giving me Detroit Jones.
11 o'clock a.m.
All still happening, but on the.
You said you said you said sorry.
You said Troy.
What?
Troy.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
I believe that's your first island pick, Don.
I think it might be.
I'm sorry, a bowl.
Coming into us from cramped in bowl in Montgomery,
I love.
Alex, did you look up that sportscasters Christmas thing yet?
I have not.
Okay.
That hit my phone again today and it just makes me giggle.
Oh, yeah, no room at the end.
We're sorry.
I just whoever does that Keith Jackson, it just destroys me.
Incomeliable.
We have the wolf pack of Arkansas state, another very sharp logo.
All of their logos are good.
Takes on the Huskies of Northern Illinois.
Gentlemen, Don, I believe this one's you.
Uh, no, actually you did, uh, I did Duke first last time.
Okay.
I was just trying to divert.
I'll take in I you in I you.
Okay.
All right.
Uh, should we call them the fighting Mikey crafts?
I was going to say it.
Sorry.
Did not mean to step on.
So I will take Arkansas state on the same wavelength.
That's what I have to say about that.
Wolf pack.
Arkansas state, baby.
The wolf pack.
Mickey used to work there.
And if I'm not mistaken, he helped design some of those logos.
If he did, he did a wonderful job.
I actually have a, uh, oversized glass mug in my,
in one of my cabinets.
That's got that he brought back for me.
That's got the logo and blazing on it.
June 30, December 23.
On your local ABC affiliate.
The Lockheed Martin Armed Forces bowl from Aiman G Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas.
Which to the people with dynamite, you were actually closer to Fort Worth.
And you were to Dallas, but it's okay.
Yeah, but for Worth sucks.
But, but you've incredible credit is due.
They were still in Arlington.
They weren't in Dallas, but okay.
Yeah, some antics.
James Madison University.
Me, me, me, me, me, me.
We don't want to follow the rules.
Takes on Air Force.
It actually says Air Force above Falcons, but it's in Black Sea.
You can't see there.
I'll go ahead and jump in on this one.
So historically, if you're picking a bowl game and they might be close,
you're going to want to go with the service academy because they tend to be far more disciplined.
You're not wrong.
And on top of it, James Madison's coach after giving a rousing speech about not going anywhere
and going to see it through is your new coach for Indiana.
Give me the Air Force.
Done.
I'll take the Air Force Falcons.
We also forgot to give our disclaimer, Alex.
What is the one thing you should do with every one of these games?
Take the over.
There you go.
We forgot to say that up front.
Well, I was not saying anything because I've currently been trying to do research
to get mathematical accuracy in my state.
I will not pick against a service academy.
I will not pick against the service academy in the Armed Forces of Bull.
And James Madison can go pound sand.
Play basketball.
We're good.
That's the only second Queen's sweep.
You can't circumvent the rules.
Is it a dumb rule?
Yes, it's a very dumb rule, but it's still a rule.
Don, do you know what we're talking about?
No.
When you go from division two to division one,
yeah, yeah, you cannot buy in the college playoffs
until after your third year in division one.
Oh, yeah, yeah, I heard about that.
They're third year and they ran the table and they're complaining.
Sorry, rules, rules is rules.
And there's no way I would put them up against anybody in the top six.
They beat them 142 to three.
230 p.m. on the Espin.
We go to a place we've already talked about in Boise, Idaho,
for the famous Idaho potato bowl.
Dear God, I like that logo.
It's our cream of chives for butter on the top there.
See, which Wendy's spring back to the bacon cheese potato.
We got rid of it, and I'm a very upset.
One of my favorite notes from any bowl game is coming just a tease.
From Albertson Stadium in Boise, Idaho.
Georgia State takes on Utah State.
Don, take it.
I'm going to take Georgia State.
Okay.
Georgia State opened as a minus two and a half favorite
and lost its last five games and its star running back is in the transfer portal
who backpacked their offense.
However, none of that matters compared to the note about Utah State.
Their star quarterback star being a loose terminology, but the man led the team
is foregoing his senior season to join the Navy seals.
So this is his send-off, and he is the leader of that team.
Utah State will be so motivated they are going to destroy Georgia State.
All right, Alex, we have a new comment in the chat.
You should probably see.
Oh, I see it.
Okay.
Just making sure.
I just, I don't know how it fits.
I don't care.
She's there.
That's what matters.
That is also fair.
But the quarterback of Utah State foregoing playing college football to join the Navy seals.
That is an insane fact.
Respect.
However, Georgia State is the current residence of Turner Field.
And if we say yes, that's a waffle house in it.
Would you say again?
Georgia State, please.
Would Georgia?
Okay.
So Alex, you're Utah, right?
Yep.
Russ and I are in Utah.
John, you, John, you picked Georgia State, right?
Yeah.
And now another,
who the heck names these balls, Bull?
You go to Hencock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, four,
the 68 Ventures Bull.
Yeah.
May I ask a question before we get into anything with this after the team?
You just did.
May I ask a separate question and this one and the one before it?
Absolutely.
All right.
Give us the teams and I will ask the question.
Your precipitants are the South Alabama Jaguars.
And
Eastern Michigan.
Good logo.
I didn't look too much spreadsheet because I forgot which one.
Some of them they didn't have a good logo to say like with their name on it.
Gentlemen.
Yes sir.
Have either of you looked at the spread of any bull games?
No.
I tried not to this year.
I really wanted to go and it's cold as I possibly could.
Okay.
This has the second largest spread of any bull game.
Really?
Can you guess who it is and by how much?
But if I say that then you're going to know who my pick is.
Okay.
Then we can wait or we can skip it.
No, I want I want to make our picked and then I want you to tell us.
Okay.
Done.
Are you ever mind?
I'll go for Eastern Michigan.
South Alabama.
That's what you're saying.
South Alabama.
One of my dearest friends in front of the show Lewis Fisher actually went to South Alabama.
Really?
I don't know about that.
You know, I believe it was South Alabama and we just lost Alex.
So give me South Alabama in this.
Although that logo not as cool as the Eastern Michigan logo.
Here's Alex, he's coming back.
There you are.
Yep.
A little.
I was just saying that I felt like the South Alabama logo not as cool.
It's kind of Penn State.
Penn State's better than that.
But it's very reminiscent.
I feel like that was the rejected Jaguars logo when Jacksonville first got the team.
6 30 p.m. Central 23rd of December on your local ABC affiliate.
We have.
Oh, I got to go over here now because I clicked in the other window to get Alex back in the show.
I apologize.
No, no, no, Paul, you need to do it on purpose.
I just have to pay better attention to what's going on the show.
The SRS distribution lost Vegas Bowl.
I'm on the fence with this logo.
I feel like they could have done more with it.
But it's not four slow.
I appreciate its subtlety while still being very big.
At the wonderment known as a legent stadium that was almost the host
for last year's money in the bank.
The University of Utah.
Takes on the Wildcats of Northwestern.
Gentlemen, by the way, Russ and Eastern Michigan.
Interesting note.
We were talking earlier about how many quarterbacks are in the transfer portal.
Two of Utah's quarterbacks are in the transfer portal.
Oh, we can get the point spread on that other game, Alex.
So Rob, who did you pick?
Because I missed that when I got locked out.
I picked South Alabama because it was blue.
That is fair.
South Alabama is favored by 16.
I almost had heart failure because you said six and I thought you're going to end with T.
Isn't Eastern Michigan where Tim Allen went?
I think you're right because Eastern Illinois was 20 Rome, all right?
Yes.
Yeah.
Don who you got?
Who's he's taking Russ?
Alex is taking, uh, oh.
Alex, did you pick Northwestern?
I did not.
I said two of Utah's quarterbacks are in the transfer portal,
but I'm still taking Utah.
I may not have finished the statement because we pivoted to the spread,
but I'm taking Utah.
I'm taking Northwestern.
I'm going to go to Wildcats as well.
Shout out Mike Wilbond, shout out Jay Dombay.
At 930 Central on the 23rd December because this is the game that always plays late at night
because math.
The easy post Hawaii ball.
I take this logo.
I do too.
It's festive.
It's fun.
It says come hang out and play football.
When it's still daylight where we are.
The coastal carolinas shen seclears.
Take on.
The Aztecs of San Jose State and I love that logo too.
That is a good logo.
Gentlemen, is it the Aztecs?
I thought it was the Spartans.
I can take San Jose State.
Is that the robbery Aztecs?
San Diego State is the Aztecs.
San Diego State was like because I saw them play Notre Dame.
I said correct it.
Russ, that's Coastal Carolina.
It should be Coastal Carolina.
However, they're all world quarterback not only is in the transfer portal,
but it has already, I believe, committed to another school.
And San Jose State has a history of playing in Hawaii so it's not going to be new to them.
Plus, Coastal Carolina is about as far east as you can get in the continental United States.
And then going to Hawaii.
Give me San Jose State.
Don, you took Coastal Carolina, did you not?
No, I took San Jose.
Make that a sweep.
And thank you for recognizing my bit.
Yeah, if I did, that's our video essay.
Jose, no, it's not.
No bulls on Christmas Eve or Christmas day this year.
There's a reason for that.
But on National Retail Return Day,
we have three games starting at one o'clock central on the ESP or Boxing Day in the UK.
That is also true.
And it's also in Canada.
The quick lane ball from Ford Field in Detroit.
I prefer take five.
Bowling Green University.
Goes to the gridiron to take on the golden golfers of Minnesota.
I'll jump in on this one.
Minnesota is losing their quarterback before this bowl game.
But that is a good team.
So give me Minnesota.
Don, I ain't taking Minnesota also.
I want to take a moment and acknowledge Russ with the great pull on the prior game
that the Coastal Carolina mascot just look like the rooster from Rockadoodle do or Rockadoodle.
When you walk that out, oh, here we go.
And you're playing again.
You got to go with the all the matter of Rick Flair.
Give me the golden golfers, baby.
Where are they from?
Minnesota.
Okay, Minnesota.
Your second game on International Retail Return Day.
Right here in our Fairburg from Gerald Ford Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
That is this field at SMU.
This year hosting the first responder bowl, the only bowl I've ever been reigned out of.
That was a great day though, because their DJ was on point.
And we got to go to Casadel Rio afterwards.
So I'm one of my favorite Tex-Mex places.
Great company, great food.
And we were soaked with the bone and rode the train.
But I thought Boise State for five minutes.
This year's parcipitants are a team that was in a movie that didn't exist
when the movie was made, but now exists with a different mascot,
which by the way, now available on Max.
Yes, it is.
This is now available on Max.
And if you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor.
Please all right, I remember I remember the theater I saw it in.
One of my favorite lines in that film, Scott Bakula.
I'm not that old.
Texas State, although not the armadillos.
Takes on rice.
Look at that rice logo.
That is a great logo.
That is my second favorite owl's logo.
I think you've thrown down lately, I'm here for it.
I don't know what's going on with my voice today.
Who's got it?
Oh, no.
Oh, rice.
I can take rice.
I think that this is the unofficial Texas battle.
But Texas State, even though not necessarily connected
and Scott Bakula,
Andre Cremson, bad.
And Kathy Ireland for telling me that I don't need to play with toys anymore.
Give me Texas State forever.
How you doing?
I'm taking right.
Take him right.
Give me the island.
Let's do it.
Oh, Russ is with me.
Russ has Texas.
I did your last game on the 26th of December.
8 o'clock central from Chase Field and Phoenix, Arizona.
A lot of baseball stadiums getting in on this and I like it.
The guaranteed rateball, which one's supposed to the Royal Rumble?
I like that logo.
That is a good one.
Rock, chalk, Jay, Hawk.
Run in Rebels.
I'll jump in.
I love you and LV.
It will always have a special place in my heart.
And there is a 0% chance I would take them.
Give me Kansas.
Done.
Same thing.
We're going to clean sweep that.
I cannot.
I cannot in good conscience.
Take you and LV.
Anything football related.
Although it's a good looking logo.
Let us now go.
One of only 25 ball games with a double digit spread.
27th of December, one o'clock Eastern.
The military bowl presented by Go Bowling,
who also, who also sponsors a NASCAR race now.
Russ has a chance by the one.
From Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.
The Hokies of Virginia Tech.
Take on the green wave of Tulane.
I'm going to take Virginia Tech.
I feel like Tulane is disappointed about winding up in this bowl
because they are 11 and two.
And their coach left for Houston.
Give me Virginia Tech.
My dude Matt Sandler,
old middle school and high school buddy of mine went to Tulane.
He also was once a contestant on Wheel of Fortune.
Give me Tulane.
And now what could be the grossest bowl game of all time?
I do not approve of.
Anyway, Shave Reform.
From Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Duke's Mail bowl.
And yes, they do poor mayonnaise over the winning coach run.
That is that is the grossest tradition.
No, no, no, no.
So gross.
Oh, I feel like if they cancel this bowl,
I think it will lift the curse off of the panthers.
No, Frank Reich is still cursing them.
The University of North Carolina.
Take on the mountaineers of West Virginia.
I have to believe that this bowl begged it to get North Carolina
because potential first overall pick,
Drake May O.
Should be showcasing in this bowl.
Oh, no, no, this is allegedly the rumor.
They wanted to try and get him for this mark.
Oh, it still gets the sound effect.
I didn't hear a sound effect.
But Drake May not playing.
Number one receiver, Tess Walker, not playing.
UNC not having much offense.
Give me West Virginia in the fighting Pat McAfee's.
I can give home field events.
I'm going to give North Carolina.
As does Russ.
I do not like picking against Pat McAfee.
But I am picking with someone who went to North Carolina
who I watched on PTI the other day that has watched every game
and sings the praises of that kid in one Jeff Saturday.
And if Jeff Saturday, also a cult, by the way, endorses it.
Give me North Care. Give me the target.
Loving this island.
Your random fact for the day, the Duke North Carolina
arrival, we actually started in football.
Great HBO documentary.
I don't know if it's on Max or not.
tobacco road should be.
That should be one of the things that's never removed.
Not one and I know you gave Dan this team,
but the one about Michigan Ohio States really well done too.
Oh, I can imagine it being very good.
I'm surprised that this next company has the money for naming rights.
Because AT&T sold them for pennies on the dollar.
And they still have an inferior streaming service.
Shout out YouTube TV.
The direct TV holiday bowl.
From Petco Park in San Diego, California.
The Cardinal of Louisville.
Takes on Detroit Jones.
We will see.
It's watching the USC.
It's it's funny that this
and the Duke's Mayo bowl are back-to-back
because you could copy and paste the same argument of Drake
may not playing because USC has a number of players,
including Caleb Williams not playing.
So give me Louisville.
Russ has Louisville as well.
Donald, what you got?
I said, I'm going to take USC.
I'm going.
I like Caleb Williams.
I like that kid.
Man, that whole team lost a lot of stock this year.
So Al, she said Louisville also.
Yes, sir.
You are on the island.
Okay.
We go to Houston Houston Houston.
NRG Stadium.
That's a great name.
I don't know why I said this.
For the tax, probably because there's NRG
drinks in letter, Kenny.
The tax act, Texas bowl.
I don't know how I feel about this logo
because I see what they're going for.
I don't know how I can.
So I really wanted to take A&M in this.
I forgot I got to say who the tapes are.
I forgot to do that.
I apologize.
That's on me.
The Aggies of Texas A&M.
Cowboys of Oklahoma State.
I wanted to take A&M for firing Jimbo Fisher
as they should have, even though the man gets paid for being terrible.
But if I could run through the list for you, A&M will not have their starting quarterback,
a their number one receiver, multiple D line men and multiple offensive linemen,
all who are dropping out and going into the transfer portal because A&M.
Give me Oklahoma State.
Done.
Same thing.
I hate picking against my conference.
This is my video only time.
Oklahoma State is a team that a lot of people underrated this year and they overperformed.
And Russ says Oklahoma State as well.
I'm right there with you.
Okay.
One word, bedroom.
We go now to 28th of December.
Two weeks away from today.
I did the math.
10 AM.
Because when you think Boston, you think,
wasabi.
The wasabi Fenway Bowl played at Fenway Park.
It's such a crazy place.
Just right there in the middle of a neighborhood.
It's a beautiful location as long as you're not going to pull.
I very much enjoyed the one game I saw there during Poppy's last season.
Shout out to my friend Claire.
Still sure he's brother in the game.
The Mustangs of Southern Methodist University.
Take on Boston College where your cousins from.
I'm not going to give us the full.
You do a great job with it.
Hit it.
But your cousin from Boston.
Thank you.
College.
I can take the home field on this one.
Boston College.
Interesting fact, I almost hate Boston College as much as I
hate the entire state of Ohio.
Give me SMU.
And I love Boston, the city.
But they also lost their last three games against unranked opponents.
And SMU is might be truly coming back.
Sam wanted out of their conference so badly.
They are not taking any TV money in their new conference for the first five years.
Mm-hmm.
Give me the Mustangs because they played well.
Yeah, I don't know how they're going to do in their new house, but okay.
And they're across the street from the angel.
Also true.
Now we get bad boy moors back.
I apologize to bad boy moors.
I put your name on the wrong.
This is the right one.
The bad boy moors pinstripe ball from Yankee Stadium.
They upgraded.
115 central in the Bronx.
Rutgers.
So team in New Jersey not playing in New York.
Not the other way around.
And Miami.
By the way, Russ had SMU as well.
Yes.
So as is a pattern we're seeing in these games,
Tyler Van Dyke is leaving Miami.
So they are losing their starting quarterback.
And if you want another crazy factoid that has these back-to-back,
these teams lost seven of eight in November.
And the only win they had was Miami against Boston College.
Give me the team that actually won one.
Give me Miami.
Done.
Same thing.
Two things.
One.
I strongly dislike Rutgers.
Because in South Florida was ranked second, they ruined our day.
Two.
I dislike Miami more.
Give me the team from New Jersey.
And you're just got a 10-year extension.
So.
So Rob, you're rubbish.
Absolutely.
Okay.
Russ, Miami.
In what could be the craziest bowl we will see this year?
And I pray in the name of all things good and holy,
that at least one of you does not know the factoid about our next bowl,
because I want to be the one that breaks this to one of you.
We go to Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida for the Pop Tarts bowl.
I love this.
Do you know what I'm referring to, Don?
No.
Alex, do you know what I'm referring to?
That's a really vague set up.
So I'm going to have to say no.
For the first time in college football history,
we have a game where the mascot is Edible.
And the winning team will be encouraged to take bites from the Pop Tarts mascot.
No.
I eat this more than just about anything in the world right now.
Hey, they can do the same thing with the Mayo bowl.
No, you get a big jar of meal.
There's a master, but here's here's the part.
No, here's the part that he's not saying, Don, and you're missing this one.
Yeah.
The finish on this one is Rob saying Tony, the tire can suck it.
Yeah, what happened to Tony, the tiger bowl?
That's what I want to know.
They didn't pay for it.
Okay, it's coming.
Okay, we got more from two thirds of the way done.
Really?
Is Edible, gentlemen.
I love this on every level.
As long as it's not.
Make sugar free ones that don't taste like powder.
Your participants are.
The wolf pack of North Carolina state.
And Kansas state.
I'll go ahead and jump in on this one.
I believe this is the first bowl game we've come across.
We're both starting quarterbacks or in the transfer portal.
And Kansas state is a better run team.
So give me Kansas state of Manhattan, Kansas.
I'll take it.
I've seen things.
Wolf pack is back.
I'll leave it.
Earth, North Carolina actually driven through that.
That's what you're taking.
Wolf pack that's Carolina.
Yes, he's taking NC state.
That is correct.
And Russ is with him.
Rappin up the day on the 28th, 7 o'clock central on your Espin.
We come to about three and a half hours south west of where we currently are.
Where the boyhood dream of Sean Michaels.
Makes this probably not where it happened.
I know there's a royal rumble there.
It is the Valero Alamo bowl.
Shout out Valero.
Flash circle.
Arizona.
You can kind of see the name at the bottom if you look real close.
Mm-hmm.
Takes on Oklahoma.
I'm taking local home.
You know, my gut reaction was like, oh, this should be Oklahoma in a walk
until I learned that they're very talented quarterback.
We'll be taking over for bonics at Oregon very soon.
And their offensive coordinator left.
To take a job elsewhere.
Give me Arizona.
They're not, Oklahoma's not in the SEC yet.
I don't have to play that card.
I will play that card.
We welcome you, Oklahoma.
Win this game.
Loving this desert island.
All right, so you're taking Oklahoma on?
Yep, two weeks from tomorrow.
So, we started 11 a.m.
From the only stadium.
To truly host, stadium stampede.
It is the tax slayer gator bowl like this logo.
And it rolls up a ton every year.
Like this low moat.
They'll never host another super bowl.
But I like this.
Clemson.
Kentucky.
I'll jump in on this one.
Yeah.
Clemson struggled early in the year, but figured out their way with about a month left
in the season and turned it on, dominating their last four games.
It is Kentucky quarterbacks.
Last her all because he was turned down for further eligibility.
So give me Clemson.
I'm going to take Kentucky.
When I was a kid, we had a summer youth worker at my church.
And her name was Rhonda Dickerson.
I loved her to death.
She was about 30 seconds from all right.
She was one of my favorite humans.
She went to Clemson.
And would give me grief as a gator fan.
Right over there is a walk in closet.
Inside that walk in closet is a toy box that my grandfather made me when I was little.
On that toy box is a bumper sticker that she sent me.
And in envelope with nothing else, but a note that said guess who.
And it is four Clemson tiger paw prints.
Also,
Florida has not beaten Kentucky in four years and it angers me.
So I am taking Clemson.
I don't know why all of a sudden Kentucky has our number,
along with everybody else apparently, but I am taking Clemson Don.
All right, thank you.
This is taking Kentucky.
Okay, I'm taking Kentucky.
Alex, you said Clemson, right?
Yes, sir.
Okay.
Don, patience pays off.
Okay, because it's time to go to El Texas to the sunbowl.
You know it, you love it.
You can't live without it.
The Tony the tiger sunbowl.
About time.
Please, please, please, let me read this list after you get the themes.
One o'clock central on CBS.
You got to come.
Oh, by the way, the direct TV holiday bulls on Fox.
I forgot to say that.
The Oregon state bevers.
Take on the University of College football in North America.
Notre Dame.
This is the nobody wants to be here, bowl.
Nobody wants to go to El Paso because Notre Dame will be without their quarterback,
Sam Hartman.
They're arguably first offensive tackle in the draft to take in Joe Alt.
They're defensive captain, all skipping the bowl game to focus on the draft.
However, Oregon states, starting quarterback, DJ,
Uyanga, Lele looks like he's going to be playing for Florida state and their coach left.
So I'm going to stick with Notre Dame just because.
As is Ross.
Me too.
But literally so many people not playing in this day.
I'm working.
I've been working on this impression for years.
It's not as great as it should be.
Here I am.
I'm talking about my favorite college in all of North America.
The one I went to.
Give me no today.
It's the best region I've got.
Oh, it's region.
Yes, region.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, I was honestly trying to figure it out.
And then it was I thought it was something else.
I was working on.
I think that's how many of you got this many.
That's how many you've got, right?
But we just filled in actually went to Notre Dame.
He did.
Oh, interesting.
We're not.
I thought that was a kind of a common knowledge thing.
Did not.
Maybe if you're over 40.
Which I am.
And technically you are now too.
Barely.
Okay, over 41.
Hey, I'm just holding you accountable to what you're saying.
That is also fair.
I have to adjust all of my old jokes.
Damn it.
Yep.
He's actually buried in Notre Dame.
That would not surprise me.
And I have been there.
I've seen a game there as I mentioned earlier.
And I have sat in a scene that gave me the perfect.
And I have pictures of it somewhere.
The perfect vantage point for touch on Jesus.
For those of you who don't know the the cathedral.
That's right next to the stadium.
If you sit in a certain level,
you only see the the the mosaic of Jesus from here up.
And it looks like he's signaling touchdown.
That's why they call it that.
And they got a cute little sports bar in the parking lot.
That the entire sports bar from from when you walk into your left,
all the way around the wall and back is a timeline of Notre Dame sports.
Very cool.
All right, where are we?
2.30 p.m. Central, December 29th.
We go to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.
For the Auto Zone Liberty Bowl.
Don't know how I feel about this.
Because it's in Memphis.
But you're showing the Liberty Bell.
Which is in Philly.
Speaking of Memphis.
They will take on the cyclones of Iowa State.
I can take Iowa State.
In the ultimate home field advantage,
this is on Memphis's home field.
And I will still take Iowa State.
Just in Timberlake, went to Memphis.
Or is it fair, I believe.
But I will not pick.
Oh, there's dad.
I will not pick against my uncle's beloved Iowa State Cyclones.
I'm not sure what the dull was in regards to.
Maybe he may have just a dull
for my impersonation of Regis Filment.
I don't know.
That's also possible.
All right, wrapping up the day on the 29th.
In our backyard.
It is the AT&T Good Year Cotton Bowl Classic.
At AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
This will be the test of Alex's resolve.
Mizzou, just hoping to find a better logo.
But I do like that one.
Takes on Ohio State.
So I saw something that made me laugh just a little bit too hard.
Are you aware of what the last version of Mizzou's helmet
were before this current logo that you've used that they have on either side?
Is it the one with the M on it?
Yes, it is.
Okay.
And there is a genuine part of me that hopes they wear throwback helmets with the M
in the exact same script as Michigan.
Just to needle the suck eyes.
We know how much I enjoyed the pregame where they had urban Myers name and they put the
X through the M.
I thought that was hilarious.
And as much as we are family friendly,
I would really like to yell a word that rhymes with duck immediately followed by Ohio State
because I'm taking Missouri.
Don.
You're taking you're taking Missouri.
Okay.
I'm taking out Ohio State without doubt.
You would.
Shout out to my boy Brian.
Know him since that was 11.
I'm going to go with the Ohio State Buck,
guys, who's starting quarterback is also in the transfer portal.
What's the transfer portal anyways?
So it's where kids like in college can go to be recruited by other schools basically.
Okay.
Basically, you're not any more.
Oh, okay.
That's why it's so popular now, Don.
Okay.
Oh, yeah.
It is a revolving door.
There's something's got to happen with that.
It's just too much.
New Year's Eve Eve kicks off.
11 a.m. Central on the Espin at Mercedes Ben Stadium.
And at Mala Joja.
For the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
New Chick-fil-A.
Russ has a zoo, by the way.
Ole Miss.
Russ.
Takes on Penn State.
Penn State.
So interesting thing with Penn State,
their best player is not playing in the game to prepare for the NFL draft.
And that is one chopper Robinson, arguably the best name for a defensive end in the country.
But here's a fun fact about these two teams.
They only had four losses between them.
They were to Alabama,
Georgia, Ohio State, and Michigan.
So the only losses that exist in this game are all very highly ranked teams.
I think James Franklin finally gets over the hump even against an SEC team in Ole Miss,
because I cannot forgive Lane Kippen.
So give me Penn State.
And I'll also throw in because to Mia.
I'm going the other way.
Give me Ole Miss.
I figured you would.
In this case, I will not.
Because I can't pick my gators because they're not in a pool.
Oh, I saw a great one, but I was going to leave it alone.
I was going to say that Florida respects Florida State,
getting left out despite being undefeated.
So they decided to not have a bowl game.
Make it their choice.
You know what makes that really awkward is your picture freezes up,
and then there's Boeing.
So it looked like you didn't hit the board.
One o'clock central, ABC.
We go to Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.
For the Trans Perfect Music City Bowl.
Auburn.
Merlin.
And gentle question.
Sure.
Do you think two as little brother thinks he killed it in that commercial?
Because he is.
He's a god awful.
Because I don't watch commercials.
If you have the chance, look up this commercial.
I can't even remember where it's from.
But I have seen better production value on opening announcements
from high school students.
And that kind of go ahead.
Go ahead.
Out of that kind of spite.
Give me Auburn.
Be safe to.
I'm glad we got through that Monday night game on this week's hard knocks
so we can just move on.
I cannot say I'm not angry with my team right now.
However, at the beginning of that episode, we did get
it was an ink was an ink old.
I don't think it was a monster singing the old school Miami Dolphin's
fight song, which we found out the guy did for every team in the league.
Heartbreaking.
Oh, so angry at that game.
Did that guy from the Titans, if he could find?
I don't know what you're referring to.
The guy that took
Tyrick out for about half the game.
I don't believe he did, but it is added to the list of
hip drop drop tackle footage that will lead to a possible change in that tackling style.
Rob Hootsie pick.
I'm staying in my conference.
Give me Auburn Auburn, okay.
That's a clean sweep.
And now the Titans are now my one of my least favorite teams in the league.
I hope Houston beats them by 50.
For what they're doing this weekend.
Don't think on that.
I can hold.
Well, some news coming out today.
It looks like CJ Stroud may miss the game.
Oh, I know he's been in a concussion protocol, but
Oh, they're saying it's likely he won't miss the game.
With those with with what they're throwing down this weekend.
Not cool.
So I'm saying.
Three o'clock central.
Oh, yes, Ben.
We go to the stadium that holds my beloved dolphins.
We go to Joe Robbie Stadium.
We're the capital one orange bowl.
Also could be known as the consolation game.
Georgia.
And that other school.
May I have a moment?
It is well known for anybody who has spoken with me about college sports or
has watched our show in which case, thank you.
I am a absolute devoted fan of the Florida state seminars.
Despite being undefeated,
the competition committee made the right call.
I agree with you only the only piece I disagree with
is that I don't believe Georgia should have fallen out.
Florida state.
I 100% agree.
But when we have DJ, I can't say his whole last name again.
Does join the Seminoles.
It's going to be on next year.
With that being said, give me Georgia by more than two touchdowns.
I don't, I agree with you on half of your sentiment.
The Georgia party is.
I disagree on the Georgia party.
I don't think Georgia should have gotten it.
Yeah, things that they're the best built team this year.
I just.
I don't see Georgia the way I have seen them in the last few years.
There's just something missing from that team when I watch them play.
Am I picking them?
Absolutely.
Because I would rather lose this pick than pick the other team.
Almost had them.
Man, we always have.
And then they ran away in the fourth quarter.
Quick note.
Yep.
The reason I think Georgia should be in is I feel like their loss to Alabama
was a better quality loss than Texas's loss to OU.
That's all I'm saying.
That's fair.
But I, but I'm also okay with spreading the love around a little bit.
Daddy, I'm going to put my piece in on this.
I know he can't stand forward to state Rob.
And that's fine.
I understand just like I can't stand the ravens.
But if what happened the fourth state happened to the ravens.
I'd be saying the ravens got screwed.
And there's no way that what happened before the state
was to happen in the NFL.
Baby screaming bloody murder.
I can say right now the attorney general for the state is thinking about
suing the NCAA for anti-trust violations.
And I'll add back him 100%.
How a power team conference
who's undefeated is a conference champion of a power team conference
does not get in.
But a team with the worst record who doesn't
win their conference does.
That is a total robbery.
I know he can't stand forward to state.
But what happened to them is wrong.
And they said, well, yeah, next year will be different.
But what about the seniors for this year?
This is a big and lowest trash I've ever seen.
This would never happen in the NFL.
Well, opinions of a few people think of what happened here.
But how are the opinions of a few people can do this?
What happens on the field should decide who goes in forward.
That's why the NFL is so much better than the college thing.
This is a trash to the attorney general of Florida.
I back you sous the NCAA, put this into the total haywire.
So put a junction for the anti-trust violation
and put a hold on to the games.
I backed them 100%.
But I'm going to say right now, I'm going to say forward to state on this.
Because I think they're going to go out and say,
we're going to prove we should have been in there.
That's all I got to say.
The last point you have,
excellently put down as far as like they're going to be the more motivated team.
Yeah.
Respectfully disagree with your statement,
but I understand where you're coming from.
But this is also why they're expanding next year.
This year.
Oh, yeah.
Too bad.
Next year, it's only different story.
I told you I understand that.
That's great.
And this won't happen next year.
Or from down on as long as they can.
Oh, it'll happen, but further down the list.
Yeah, I mean, but that this one,
when undefeated team will not get in, that won't happen.
And, you know, and I just,
I can't know.
Yeah.
Where they six.
With a 16 playoff, Don,
you still run the risk of an undefeated team not getting in.
But they're where they're going to 12 teams.
We're going to six first.
Okay.
The college system will never be right.
In my opinion, you cannot compare the NFL to the NCAA
because you are taking a 32 team system
and trying to apply it to a 160 team system.
There's no way in New Jersey
that it's a fair comparison.
It just isn't.
And.
Yeah, as much of my hatred for that team
in Tallahassee is.
And I make no bones about it.
In my opinion, it's still the right call
because they're layers to this.
In my opinion,
you will not see my opinion is.
My opinion is different, but I respect your opinion.
And we disagree 100%.
That's fine.
And I'm allowed to have mine.
No, I'm not saying you know.
Yeah.
But I believe that the right call was made
because I also don't believe we should have had two SCC teams in this.
One that's going to be, but one that is not yet.
Yeah.
All right.
In the one bowl game that.
I don't think I'll be marking on my calendar
because I wouldn't really even know
truly how to watch it because I don't carry
barstool sports on my Roku.
We go Tucson, Arizona in Arizona.
Stadium for the bars.
The barstool sports.
Arizona bowl.
Toledo.
Wyoming.
No, nobody has any feel for this game
until the Toledo quarterback put in for the transfer portal.
Wyoming stays intact.
Give me Wyoming.
Hey, too.
I got to go my home state.
I like Toledo because they're the rockets.
I'm I'm sorry.
Is it Wyoming or Montana, Don?
That's for Wyoming.
Oh, I did.
I did not remember that.
I actually go up in Montana more.
But it's for my own.
I have I've spent so much time.
Wyoming's not funny for more time.
Just confirming.
I'm not taking shots or just asking.
Yep.
Yep.
No problem.
No bowls on New Year's Eve this year.
So let's go to New Year's Day.
But we do have New Year's Day because that's the thing.
That's important.
And they're probably I don't think there's even a Monday night game that way.
I don't believe there is.
Because I think that's week 18.
So it's not going to matter anyway.
Yeah, they put everything on Sunday then
so that everybody is happening at the same time.
So there's no cherry picking on sitting people.
We go back to Raymond James Stadium
for the Reliah Quest Bowl.
Reliah Quest.
Badger badger badger mushroom mushroom.
Takes on.
Louisiana state.
Before we get too far off.
I apologize Rob.
I didn't hear who you picked for that last game.
Toledo because they're the Rockets.
Okay, thank you.
Don, would you like to leave this one?
Yeah, I'm going to take Wisconsin.
Wisconsin traditionally has a very good defense.
But I think Jaden Daniels and the head LSU offense
is going to be trying to improve draft stock
and the size of their paychecks.
LSU may put up 70 on Wisconsin.
And it might be enough
because LSU don't play defense either.
Give me the Tigers.
Do you see that?
Yes, sir.
I'm not, by the way, a roast took one.
That is true.
I'm not picking outside of my conference on this.
LSU is a team
that I believe is going to go out and show out
because they flown under the radar all year long.
They're going to dominate this game.
As much as I respect the University of Wisconsin,
this will not be close.
And that's going to be on the dooms by the way.
Okay, noon central on your local ABC affiliate.
We go back to camping world stadium.
Because we're going to have one edible mascot in that stadium.
Let's do another one with food
and have the cheese it citrus bowl.
Am I the only thing that just sounds gross as a combination?
Well, I mean, sharp cheddar and apples.
Always a good combination.
Russ has an interesting note in the chat.
Barstool arena bowl will be on the CW.
Okay, CW making moves in the sports arena.
Intentional joke on that one.
No, Arizona bowl.
You said arena.
Oh, that's why I was asking.
I didn't want to step on the joke.
In case it was intentional.
In the cheese it citrus bowl, we have the hawk eyes of Iowa.
And the volunteers, the Tennessee.
I can take out Tennessee scores more points.
Iowa is a great team.
But this is going to be as soon as Tennessee scores 20.
They're going to be beyond Iowa's reach.
Tennessee had a strong start.
Had some issues at quarterback.
Had some injuries.
But I'm not again, I'm not picking against my conference.
Give me the volunteers.
Payton mini net repeat Florida.
In our last bowl before we get to the nitty-gritty.
We go to Glendale, Arizona.
For the verbo fiesta bowl.
Although I've heard people call it just VRBL,
but since they're not all capitalized, I'm going with verbo.
Well, and their own commercial saved verbo.
So my in-laws have booked three different verbo's.
All three were delightful.
We joined them. They were great.
I know a great verbo house that's going to be coming available eventually.
Maybe we'll stay there at some point.
In another another game where I think I know where Alex is going.
Liberty University.
And Oregon.
Classic. Dig it.
Good choices.
I don't know.
I'd use a Donald Duck leather.
Don, do you want to leave this one or should I?
I can take Oregon.
This is the largest spread of any bowl game.
But my favorite factoid in this, besides Bonyx,
going to be trying to improve his draft stock against any
fear your Liberty team.
Oregon had two losses this year.
Would you gentlemen like to guess by the total amount of points that
they're two losses were?
Four, six.
Don is 100% correct.
They lost both of their games by a field goal
through the undefeated Washington Huskies who are in the tournament.
Give me Oregon.
This is one of those few times I wish my mother had a microphone
because her Donald Duck impression is on point.
A couple of weeks ago, my niece got married in North Carolina.
Wonderful ceremony.
She graduated from Liberty University.
I cannot pick Liberty University.
Bonyx will be seated on the bench by the second quarter when they're
up 114 to nothing.
I don't know the point that I was in Liberty school paper,
but at least my finger was.
I don't see Bonyx playing this entire game.
People know what he can do.
He'll play long enough, but they're not going to
risk his draft status.
They're just known.
He'll have highlight tape footage and end of list.
Yep.
Russ is taking Liberty.
Liberty, Liberty.
All right, boys.
Look at Peaboo.
Here we go.
Pasadena, California.
The Grand Valley of Amal.
The Rose Bowl.
For a clock central on the Espin.
The Espin has all of the games here on out.
Alabama.
The very flavor with a bullet.
And me.
Shiggin.
So I'll go ahead and take the lead on this one.
So there's no foul play called.
I love when Michigan is good.
But Nick Sabin operates on a higher level
than any other coach in the world.
Now there's two levels of that.
The leaked rumors of Jim Harbaugh,
not only leaving Michigan after this season,
regardless of outcome,
but having already been targeted
both directions for which pro team he is going to.
And the fact that Nick Sabin just hired a former
assistant coach from Michigan,
who was on that staff.
Give me.
I can tell you which.
NFL team is not calling him.
Yeah.
But the question is, can you peg which one he's allegedly going to?
Enter Ravens.
Nope.
Is there an auto wind involved?
There is not.
Really, that's shocking.
But you're in the right division.
Pacific Northwest.
My high.
Nope.
Okay.
You've got it narrowed down to.
There's only going to be one with an opening.
And let's just say he loves him some Justin Herbert.
Oh.
La Sandra.
This supercharger.
Don who you got.
A while back, I did an official boycott on the WWE.
What happened in Saudi Arabia?
I'm going to do the same thing on this.
My pick is for the state.
I'm not going to watch any of the playoff games.
I'm boycotting him.
I'm not.
May I ask you to do one thing for me though?
Yeah.
Even if you don't pick the games,
I will ask you to join our ESPN
searching for the clubhouse podcast.
Make all your other picks.
Yeah.
So you can still participate in the game with us.
Yeah, but I'm not that acceptable.
Yeah, that's not saying I'm just understood.
You're you're protesting the the the championship tournament.
I'm just asking to make sure you participate in the rest.
Oh, yeah, yeah, but I'm not going to.
No, I heard you out.
Yeah, I'm leaving that at that.
Who you got Rob?
I'm not picking against my conference.
I didn't think so.
Alabama comes to a playoff.
Would it come to a technical postseason?
You don't bet against saving as much as I don't like him.
And I think he is an absolute garbage human.
I know what he's going to do.
I love it dolphins.
I Michigan's going to get stopped.
And it's not going to be pretty.
And they're going to talk about how the whole Harboth thing is going to inspire
that don't care.
Speed kills.
And depth kills.
And he's got both.
New Orleans Louisiana.
We go back to the seas or super dome for the all-state sugar bowl.
Texas.
Washington.
Did you see what Michael Pinnock's junior did at the Heisman trophy ceremony with his jacket?
I did not.
Okay, so as most do at the draft or different things, they tend to add flair to the
lining of their jackets.
Jaden Daniels, who eventually wound up winning the Heisman head pictures of himself hitting
the Heisman pose.
I believe it was at various times during the season.
As the lining, Michael Pinnock's junior had all of his coaches and teammates and staffers
games inside the lining of his jacket.
That was really nice.
But now you're you're applicable.
Factoids for this game.
Washington has more ranked wins than Texas.
But they were all by single digits, as mentioned earlier about beating Oregon by three twice.
Texas won all of their ranked games except for two by double digits.
The two that in question, as I know you'll ask, are the lost to Oklahoma
and an OT win over Kansas State.
In bowl games, it comes down to who can score more because the overs come and
give me the long horns.
Texas.
It pains me to say this because you know, I am very ABT.
This is another one.
Texas runs away with this.
Interesting bit of analysis from Dad.
I apologize, Rob.
What did you say?
I said, y'all come on in.
This is going to be.
Texas is going to leave the big 12th of the bank.
And it's.
That to me is the best two teams in this whole thing.
I don't care who you are.
I don't care what your record is.
I don't care who your mom and them is.
Alabama and Texas are the two best teams in this thing.
I think this I think the sugar bowl is going to be the most fun bowl game to watch.
I think it's just Rob.
If Georgia didn't lose that game and Georgia was in and it came down to Georgia and Alabama,
who would you pick and Georgia Alabama?
I would still go with Alabama because Georgia doesn't have the allure.
As I said earlier, okay.
The first time I met when Georgia bit them,
I called that because Georgia was the better team.
At this point in the game, I'm not betting against it.
I'm just not because they're they're a little bit more equal to me.
And all things being equal give me saving
because he finds ways to win Alex.
Interesting thing is two years ago, the exact same thing happened in the SEC
championship game where Alabama wound up beating Georgia.
As we know, that was the first of Georgia's back-to-back national championship.
So in the tournament, Georgia actually wound up beating them.
So there's a little bit of both sides, but you know what,
those are probably the two best teams.
So I think, and if I'm not mistaken, we all have
everybody who's picking has Texas in this game, correct?
Yeah.
Okay.
So that just leaves us with the one.
All the varbles, January 8th,
6.30 p.m. Eastern on the Espin.
The 2023-2024 national champion will be crowned.
The winner of the Rose Bowl takes on the winner of the Sugar Bowl.
What polls are that?
What stadium?
NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.
Okay.
Which interestingly enough, Houston gets to host.
March Madness Finals and College Football Finals in back-to-back scenario.
But they don't have a, they don't, this, this one's not.
I know what you're reacting to.
I will talk about it in a second, Rob.
But this one isn't just like a bowl like a, isn't this like the,
doesn't, doesn't, it isn't just the national championship.
Okay.
They don't have like, it's not like the Sugar Bowl.
No problem.
No problem.
They get you to be in the BCS where they just rotate.
It's just the national championship.
Okay.
Which is also why it's at Houston that doesn't have a traditional bowl.
Okay.
As much as I said that Texas versus Washington in the Sugar Bowl is going to be the most fun bowl.
The real championship is the Rose Bowl game.
Give me Alabama to beat Texas.
I am the same way.
Okay.
Because you don't beat Sabin twice any year.
Okay.
And I think they have asked them a little bit.
Oh, the fam was 911 checking in.
What's in the boys?
Our friends from Tulsa.
That's it.
That's the list.
Yep.
That's what your final pick for us.
Type her in.
I've been keeping him on the list too.
They're talking ABT, baby.
ABT.
But I just, I don't know.
I think it's still going to be a high scoring game.
But you don't beat Sabin twice.
Yeah.
Like I said, I think they were looking past them the first go round.
And Sabin was just trying to tweak things and dial it in.
And I mean, that was what week two or three.
Like it was early.
It was early.
Milro was still trying to find his feet.
Ooh, rest is going Texas for the big one.
Yep.
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