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James, I'm back. How did you do without me?
I mean, I know you miss me for a week, but how was I was gambling
for me on your week off? Well, we did pretty well, we
posted on Twitter and we had a very, very good week.
So I think it was like, 7 and 3 or 7 and 1, or something like
that. And up 70, some bucks.
So very good. Nice bouncy.
Probably would have won the harmonica bet last week, I'm
still up for of, we're still at 423 for the week, but I could
have used another and Other week was going to work where we were
at YouTube TV didn't work. Try to pull up some of the
gaming apps, the Action Network, see some of my bets were doing.
It was just, it wasn't working a different country.
So and I also did spend a lot of time trying to figure it out.
Well, yeah, you're excused. That's quite all right.
Thank you. Well, we look at this week,
we'll save our thoughts for Indiana at the end.
They do not play this week mercifully.
Yeah, yeah, for all of us. Thanks, thanks everybody.
But first one, keeping Trend, as we called in week one, Ohio
state is still a double-digit favorite.
Even though they're playing on the road, they're probably
playing their toughest Road game of the year, they're at Penn
State. They are still coming in as a 15
and a half Point favorites. I thought about this one for a
harmonica bet level. Like I'm that's a big number.
I think Penn State's good. It's going to be a new in-game.
It's not going to be a knight whiteout, which maybe might have
given Penn State a little more Rashad, but I I don't think this
is the game. You're going to have a bet on,
but what do you think? Ohio State, can they cover 15
and a half in Happy Valley? The over-under on that game
Scott is 61. Is that correct?
That is what I see for, for bed, MGM.
Yes, That's your back, baby? Right there, take the over on
this game. Okay, I'm gonna and I'm going to
throw in a little extra for you here to Ohio State team, total
over thirty eight and a half. I think that I think they hit
that too. So that's why I love this over
61 here. The Buckeyes have scored at
least 49 points in five straight games the over his hit and five
straight games Penn State's over his hit in three of the last
five. Is and so I think we're going to
see some points and Happy Valley on Saturday.
We know the Buckeyes are going to put up points.
I think their defense is porous enough.
That Penn State can also put up a few, you know, touchdowns so
yeah. Give me the over on that, and
you should be putting 10 bucks on that as well.
Oh, I will be you played the harmonica.
I have to look at that scenario. Contract the rules, right?
Yeah, this is real. So I have a little bit put off
because I mean, I thought I can't guess over unders to like,
I thought the harmonica was always going to be point spread,
but we'll let this one slide. I'll put the money on it and if
I win, I'll always love it. You know, betting in war.
So to speak the over-under on this game opened at 55 and a
half, so we're able to get anything under sub 61, you can
get it for as low as 60 and a half and as high as 60 to right
now, depending on what book you're looking at.
So you can look at an alternate lines.
But say you got one of those single game parley boosts or,
you know, a free single game, parlay better.
This is the big thing there. Hawking now because your chances
of winning over crap that's why they bet on them.
But if you got one of those and you're feeling a little you know
frisky well take the over, take the OSU team total over and then
you know tossin OSU and it you know maybe an alternate line
that you like maybe get them under two touchdowns at 13 and a
half or something like that. But this might be one.
I might do something like that on, because I kind of like, I
think it's going to be a fairly high scoring game.
I think it's going to be like, 49 to like 24 or something like
that. It's kind of where I see this
game plan out, so I'm probably going to put a couple bucks on a
single gum game part away. I'll post that on Twitter.
Okay. Now, I just, I love looking at
the the line movement and you taught me this to kind of try
and get those lines early. So if you were able to hop on,
you know, an over-under like 56 or 57 that would have Devon a
great pickup. Well, and that's the thing.
If you're doing the same again, part away, you don't feel so bad
buying down on those points so you can get a, you know?
Well hey maybe I want 56. Well you can get that you're
just you know combine it with some other things you know.
So you can be fine. Doing that the Rutgers Scarlet
Knights who are not the worst team in the Big Ten because they
can beat Indiana. They are traveling to Minnesota.
They are a 14 and a half Point underdog.
Who that hook there. So get them at 14, at some
places and and so if you can get them at less than 14,
definitely, I like Minnesota at Twin by two touchdowns, at least
hear the over-under on this game is 40.5, which seems kind of low
to me, but I also don't trust either of these offenses to
score enough points. So give me the Gophers 14, but
I'm not. Going to be betting on this one
and the over-under. If I'm looking at that, I would
shade towards the under We have Illinois.
Who Indiana be somehow? They're ranked 17th in the
country. Illinois is going to Nebraska.
Illinois is a seven and a half Point favorite.
Yeah, that it needed a win over. Illinois is more and more
mind-boggling every week and maybe Bret Bielema is just using
that as motivation for his team. I don't know what's going on,
but give me the Illini, and I'm going to play those points.
I don't think the brassicas very good.
It would annoy seems to be pretty decent.
So yeah, all they all lay a touchdown on them.
I feel like if Indiana played Illinois next week for more news
like it's just feels like maybe Illinois, came in and see enough
tape, I don't know. But that, that game is more and
more perplexing as the week's go by.
I hate to say it's got. But is it possible that Tom
Allen smoking mirrors and refusing to name a key starting
QB? Actually worked and it might
have been enough of A Wrinkle to throw be him off his game.
It's it's popping in. This is the, I mean, This is the
best the best wind since like in the last two years.
For Tom Allen, right? Like yeah, I was waiting for a
two-year stretch but you're right and unfortunately he's
probably going to learn the wrong lessons and go double down
next year. Like just just have like total
smoking mirrors for everything. We have a know who?
Yeah well quarterback. I've never heard of it.
Hopefully we don't even know what the position is we're
running Wishbone. Like maybe we're not, maybe we
are, maybe we're going to never plant.
Who knows? All right, we have got the over
unders. Keep going down.
This is about as bad. An over-under matchup.
As you can have, we have Northwestern at Iowa.
I may be Iowa at Northwestern might provide a slightly lower
over under but you have Iowa favored by 10 and 11 and a half
at home. It this is again.
Another reason I will die on this hill, I have 18 more months
of this. The Big Ten West is just
garbage. Like, in know, Other division
would Iowa be a double-digit favorite at home?
But yet in the Big Ten West, they are there at 11.
A half Point favorite and the over unders 37 and Iowa's
garbage. Like none of these things, add
up to making me ever, get off the stuff that the Big Ten West
is absolute garbage, but anyway, a lot of stuff there, Iowa
Northwestern. What do you like?
Well, if you if you look around, you can still get 37 and a half.
So, take the under and Watch this people.
God, don't watch this football game.
Its name wouldn't be good for you.
You scare me with these unders Ivy, you've had the bed Iowa
under his before. Didn't calm down, calm down.
You're not been every one of these, and the bets I recommend
are the ones that go up on Twitter.
So, you know, you people will know.
And a lot of times these games are in there or in some sort of
parley, if some sort fair enough.
All right. Next up is Michigan State season
on the line. They are three and four, you
know, for having such a bad year, they're only three and
four, but they're at Michigan. And Michigan is a 22 and a half.
Favorite. But yet this is the kind of game
that Michigan State, always plays tough.
And it does have that feel where it's like Michigan State can
have a dumpster Fire season but they beat Michigan and all is
right. Do you like the Spartans to
cover that you like the Spartans moneyline?
What you feel here? No, I do not like the Spartans
money online. I think Michigan would probably
cover. Just I know it's rivalry game
and I hate to do this. And I normally would never do
this in a rivalry game, but I just don't think Michigan
State's that great and Michigan. Seems to be kind of the real
deal. I mean, their toughest game so
far, was probably the Maryland game and I don't think that
Michigan state is as good as Maryland.
So I don't know. It's a rivalry game though.
So, do with that, what you will, I like the over here, as well.
It's 55. I think.
That'll probably end up hitting, but if Michigan State's wins,
it's going to be an under type game.
So, you know, that's what that's, I think, what they're
hoping for some ugly, you know, 18. 217 they squeaked it out
Victory. I don't see that as likely
There's a real real tasty moneyline parlay on the table
here. If you look at like, you know,
all moneyline to wins Ohio State, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa
Michigan. that, that seems Pretty tasty.
So someone's going to screw that up.
Who is among that group is more most likely to screw it up.
It's a great question. I would say probably Iowa,
although Minnesota could too. I think it's probably Illinois
because it's a road game in Nebraska.
And you know, but And it would annoy, I mean, let's face it,
they're not, you know, 1948 army or, you know, you know something
like that. You know this isn't what?
The Grateful great great call. Wow, that's a, the last great TV
could think of, I was channeling.
My inner be no cook. I guess, I don't know.
Before we before we move on to Hawaii, it's been two weeks
since we talked Indiana has lost a Maryland Indiana has lost to
Rutgers Galen. I have done one pretty one,
postgame pod but let's give you some time to chat about IU
football how how you feel and how things how things different?
Now that were two weeks later. Things aren't different.
They still suck. And the quarterback still sucks
and continues to play every down and the coaching staff continues
to be inept and unable to make any changes within a football
game that are effective. So, really nothing much has
changed in the last couple weeks, other than the record and
the record in the loss column. So, you know, I mean, I don't
know, I guess we're just stuck with this.
You know I mean I don't know what else to say you do at this
point. I mean I don't see how it's
going to get better. We don't we won't win another
game this year. I can tell you that I don't
think so either. I've been saying for a couple
weeks now and I've said in crackpot, I'm not sure.
We will be a within single digits on spread the rest of the
year. Oh no, well, Michigan State.
Now, that's all Road and it's on the road.
Yeah, yeah. I mean, and if Michigan State,
we could go out and upset Michigan, coming forget about it
will be, you know, 12 to Half Point dogs or something easy.
So, yeah, I guess unless Purdue like loses out or something, but
I'm with you. And I'm not sure, I think we'll
probably lose out as well and I'm not sure we'll cover any of
those spreads the rest of the year either.
Yeah. It's a, it's a sad State of
Affairs and you're not there, I guess, you know, you're not
getting rid of Tom Allen. So I don't know what else can
be, what else they can do, you know, I mean, so at this point,
I guess we just get back to where we were when I, you
football was a laughingstock doormat every year and wait for
basketball season. I mean, I guess that's why I'm
back to you. I have been an IU football fan,
my entire Her life. So like my first games were in
the ER you know, the early 80s mid 80s, you know, when I was
old enough, you know, to know what's going on.
So I've been through this a lot and so I just got a problem was
Tom. Allen made me believe for a very
small period of time and and I should have never let that
happen. I should have known better.
Yeah, don't ever believe but you and I are in similar boats
because I started to go to games and probably like 88 87, 88 like
right near the the middle, the Heyday, the Mallory era.
So I've been at this awhile to, maybe it's our age and you know,
I'm staring down the barrel of like, you know, I'm right in
that point where I have as many seasons ahead of me as I have
behind me of watching. I you football.
Hopefully more ahead but something feels different about
this. Like this is almost more
depressing because Cuz we've had we've been bad but we've been
bad to start careers like, I mean, you know, Kevin Wilson was
the 0 and 11 and then like, you know, one no big ten games as
first year. 1 is s but it's like you're building something.
You have some players in the pipe, you're kind of excited.
You you looking for growth. We've been bad at the end where
it's like all right you know Mallory has to garbage years and
cigar we're going to fire him and we'll get somebody else
thinking. It's going to be good not
knowing it won't. I don't remember a situation
like this where we're just were Whining.
We're bottom of the Big Ten, but we're not at the beginning or
the end of any cycle like we're right in the middle of a
coaching cycle and we know that nothing is going to change for
two to four years at any of the high level coaching positions.
And so it's like that's that's a weird spot to be in and it's
also very resigning that it's like, I'm not optimistic for the
future because I know there's not we're not growing towards
something and we're not going to have a quick change, a coach.
It's like this is I don't know, man.
Do you feel any of that if we were in the middle of Jerry to
Nardo's last season? And you knew for a fact, we had
him for another two years, at least after that.
How would you feel? Because that's what it feels.
Like, I'm watching here. I mean, this is dinardo era, IU
football, and this is just a train wreck, you know, no, one
more star do one more, big 10 games.
All right, well, okay, so this is Denardo s would even worse.
If you don't. Like, you know, why thing is,
you know, when we had antwaan Randle out, we were a bad
football team, but man, they were fun to watch, you know,
when Kevin Wilson took over, we were a bad football team.
The man we were fun to watch because, you know, at least we
played a agreeable side of the ball.
We're just bad on both sides of the football now, and none of
it's fun to watch. Yeah.
Now it's it's pretty impressive. A sketball season is right, as a
true IU football fan. I will remind you the basketball
season is right around the corner.
Yeah. I mean, but is this like we've
both been at this for a while, like is this enough to make you
check out of IU football for like seasons on a time?
No, no. I mean, that's how I like to
spend my Saturday afternoon. I mean, that's what I do.
So, you know, I'm not going to like, you know, stop watching
football, you know, and I'm still watch out you football and
I still root for and I'll still have some action on the games so
it's not enough to make me check out, but A much less likely to
drive down a Bloomington to go to a game you know I've already
debated. Am I going to go to my annual
game next year? You know really you're already
thinking about that for next year.
Well I'm gonna end up going because it's not a really about
the game but you know like right but that's why I'll be going.
I won't be going for the game. You know, I'll be going for the
other things included with going to the game.
So you know I mean they You could have had me if they were
to turn this thing around, but we should have known better, you
know, with such a fluky weird season that that would be the
one time would be actually pretty decent and I'm not sure
we'll ever win a Big Ten Championship in my lifetime but
I don't remember for sure. I don't foresee that happening
in my lifetime. Maybe my son's life time, I
don't know but but you'd say in our life you know in the last 30
years aside from the Schools that just joined the Big Ten
peasant. Every other school been to a
Rose Bowl. Yeah, you know I mean that that
is mind-boggling bad. You know I you going now also
hold the record for most of the losses ever by a division one
college football team with over 700.
Yeah, well, it's you mentioned, you know, the coming down for
other things. Like I've definitely hit the
point, we have two more games. I've talked to my wife about it,
like we're planning on coming down for Penn State and Purdue.
But now we're in the mode of we're going to come down
earlier, enjoy tailgate more. Probably be at the game last but
like everything now is highly weather-dependent - I still have
a nine-year-old 26 year old and you know it's like if it's going
to be really cold or wet or snowy like we're out.
Look it's like I'm If we were good, I debate but it's like now
everything is weather dependent for us.
See the beauty of it is you can use your kids as an excuse to so
he like it's too cold for them. When were secretly is don't want
to have to schlep all the way down there and sit on the cold.
Watch this football. Yeah but it's funny, you
mentioned the Big Ten, you know, winning the Big Ten title.
I will say this, I stand by it. I've been saying this for
probably 15 years and now it's like we've gotten to a point.
Two things that I've always said, are colliding, like I was
like we ever make a Rose Bowl of probably be like with a Rose
Bowl, doesn't exist anymore. Like we missed our chance and
we're probably barreling toward that time.
When the Big 10 PAC, 12 thing is gone because we've destroyed the
Pac-12. But I always said this, I would
say it now with maybe like the college football, playoff or the
Big Ten title game or I'm not sure what, but I always says for
the Rose Bowl for the last 15 years, that if I, you would have
made the Rose Bowl, like I was going to go, like, I didn't care
what it. Son tickets.
You know, I had the talk with my wife, like what number is too
high. I'm like, there's not like, I
mean, I think even if we're in like the 20, 30 grand range,
like I'm going and I'm going to go to the Rose Bowl because my
point was always this, my grandmother was born in 1911 and
she passed away in 2008 by all intents and purposes.
She had a very nice long healthy life that we would all hope to
have. She was cognizant and doing
well, all through those, you know, whatever 96.
Years. She saw, I you make one Rose
Bowl like it, her lifetime. She had a good run.
She got one shot at it and she didn't and she was like a huge
football fan but she didn't go. And it's like, I hope to live
90-plus years. Like I can't if they're going to
make one. I can't like well I'll get the
next one. It's like it's like Halley's
Comet. You're going to get one shot in
your life maybe you better go. So I would say that's all I you
football fans. Like, maybe the bar is making it
to the Big Ten title game now like That's not as tough a bar
to climb. But yeah, I'm with you man.
Like, if we ever make a run at any of that stuff, like, we all
should just go immediately and go do it because it's not like
we're going to do it again. Yeah, I mean when the comes made
the World Series I was absolutely in Chicago, you know?
I mean so I mean I totally get what you're saying and I would
have done the same thing. The Rose Bowl that would've just
been amazing, you know, experience and by you could have
made it and I could have gone. I definitely would have.
But as it stands doesn't look like that's going to happen in
its current format. But I don't think a Big Ten
title game is the end all be all I would want to win that title.
If if we're talking about Like, you know, because winning the
the conference that's what I want, you know, and that I think
would include the title game. Yeah, I think that's me.
Gotta Give me that would be the Dream Season that's the
equivalent of going to the rolls Bol if you're not going to go to
a role as well. That's the equivalent for me a
great. Although I do think, I think in
two years were going to go to the Rose Bowl Parade.
I'm just like, I want to go. Do it looks like fun.
I've always wanted to see it in person and obviously, I use not
going to get there for me to be watching them.
So I'll go rude on. You have a root on like in
Wisconsin or somebody or probably, Ohio State.
But anyway, let's get to our last game of our picks, your
Hawaii rainbows. They are hosting Wyoming and
there are 10 point Underdog at home.
Ten and a half Point. Underdog at home, over under 50
and a half. Give us your give us your
Hawaii. Take.
This is definitely definitely under pick.
I think this gives going to be super low scoring.
Both of these teams are are notorious for the under and I
see no difference here. Hawaii still struggles to I move
the ball, although their defense has shown Signs of Life lately.
They had a pretty good scrap against Colorado State last
week, but were unable to pull it out in the end, which was good
because we bet against them on Twitter.
So, I like the under here. Okay, keep our Hawaii rainbows.
Look alive. And there you go, man.
So yeah, keep up with James on Twitter at cribs and cast, 260.
You put everything up there and you can Along with them and have
good weeks. Like you did last week even did
some my in-game wedding last week.
So if you're following along, while you're watching the games,
I'm posting my in-game beds. We took Purdue because it had a
sweat for a while. When they got down early and
took him plus a bunch of points and keep our fingers crossed and
ended up covering. So so those in-game bets are a
great way to go people. If you're if you're not sure on
a line, give it a few minutes into a game, you'll get a better
feel for then. Go ahead.
Bat or let's say, Michigan, Michigan State Michigan's up by
23, you know, their, that's their spread.
So they will say, Michigan, State scores.
I don't know. A touchdown and then gets a pick
six or something. And all of a sudden about 14 to
nothing, well, that line is going to swing huge, you know.
So you know, that might be the time, you know, or if there's
not a lot of movement, let's say, well, they, you know,
there's not a lot of movement, it still has Michigan State plus
you know 20. Well they're already up a The 14
and you're getting an additional 20 points, that's 34 total
points, you just got 11 points, more than what you got, you
know, to start the game or would have got to start the game.
So, the in-game betting is a lot of fun.
I highly recommend it. Give it a shot, see what you
think. Totally agree.
And I look at like that Penn State, Ohio, State game.
Like that's probably how I'm going to play it because I think
Ohio State's going to win. But yeah, even if Penn State got
up by ten nothing or early, it's like that's great because that's
probably dropped that. A game line to probably like 7
or 8. And now, it's like now I can get
Ohio State's cover seven and I'm really happy this.
This method also works great in the MBA because every NBA game
is just a game of a bunch of runs.
So you'll see the lines move like crazy on an NBA game.
You'll be able to get both teams in any NBA game.
Probably getting Five Points, that's it, you know, it's a
point within the game usually, so a lot of fun there if you
guys haven't tried that, Yeah, I bet against the Pacers is going
to be fun this year, because not only, is it, like your I want
the Pacers to lose as a Pacers fan.
So I feel I feel good betting against them and rooting for it.
I'm wearing a Pacer shirt right now.
And the thing is there tanking, but they're tanking with class,
you know, they're still putting up a little bit of fight, you
know, they're still getting close to covering some spreads
but Benedict math or and has been hitting his over points,
totals on a pretty regular basis.
So keep an eye out on that. It's funny there like my fantasy
football. All team, like I watched the
pace like that. You think they're pretty good?
Like, I know they're bad areas are the worst team in the league
but it's like, dude, Halliburton and matheran.
It's like they're I like that core but I really bad like that.
Yeah, they're bad but they're fun to watch, right?
I mean there Kevin Wilson football, you know, I mean, All
we got to do is add Victor, so, all right, enough enough,
basketball, talk, James, it's been a pleasure as always.
We'll catch you next week and for everybody out there,
listening, appreciate it. As always enjoy the weekend off,
without some IU football, you do have IU exhibition basketball.
So let's get that going. But till next time, appreciate
you guys all for listening, this is Scott for Crimson cash
signing off, come stai. They're bad but they're fun to
watch, right? I mean there Kevin Wilson.