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James, Man, how you doing? Doing great, Scott.
We had a positive Week 1, so starting off on the right foot,
yeah, I I put it in the show notes.
I I had my money line parlay of which I will do another one of
like all favorites and it was Clemson Clemson's the team that
got me. I threw them in, which totally
suck because I won the parlay all through Saturday and then
it's just like hanging out there to wherever that that Clemson
Duke game was like Monday. It's like oh this, you know,
that's easy money. I'm not going to cash this thing
out. And then hey, what do you know,
top ten team goes down on the road.
It happens. Doesn't happen in Bloomington,
but it happened to Clemson. And it's such a nice guy like
Dabo Sweeney, you really hate to see it.
He's a he's a God fearing man, my friend.
He's something. He is.
So let's let's talk about the the lines this week.
We'll go in order. So that gives you time to get
ready and talk about your Indiana Hoosiers.
We'll talk about the line. But also, as a fellow Indiana
fan and someone who's going to be there this weekend, I want to
give you a chance to talk about your Hoosier football team.
But I U is a favorite at home. Don't get too used to those
those words put together, but it's there.
Now Indiana is a 34 1/2 point favorite over Indiana State.
I will take Indiana State in the points.
That's a lot, a lot of points and like even the best triple
option teams of all time, like I'm thinking like Tom Osborne
Nebraska triple option would put up that kind of points.
But that's about it. So I don't expect a a real
shootout here because TomTom Osborne's not walking through
that door. Yeah.
And neither is Lawrence Phillips.
Well, I think we all hope Lawrence Phillips isn't walking
through that door so. You know, it's it's it's a
situation where I don't think the Hoosiers are going to be
able to exert their will on Indiana State and think of the
Idaho game from last year. I believe they were.
I I like not to, but go ahead. Yeah, but they were heavy
favorites in that game as well and the damn near lost it.
You know, I think the defense looks really good against Ohio
State. How up will they be for Indiana
State? Yeah, and you know, and and it's
a weird, you know, it's a Friday night game, which is kind of
weird for what's Tom Allen think about those?
I don't know. I could give a shit what Tom
Allen thinks about it. It's just, you know, he's got
other things he needs to be focusing on, you know, and and
who scheduled this. I'm guessing you know he had a
hand in the schedule right? I don't, I don't know.
So I did. I listened to the post game and
he said that this was scheduled by the Big 10 or that the Friday
night was scheduled by the Big 10 which I'm I don't know but
let's I'll give him benefit of the doubt on that.
Obviously the Big 10 didn't schedule because not a Big 10
game, but I I I do think probably per the network deal,
they each team probably has to play one Friday night game.
Okay. Well, you're getting a lot of
money from that deal, so suck it up, buttercup.
You know, like. You know, like what a ridiculous
thing to be complaining about. Just go out and play your game.
You know, and I mean I get he's partial to high school football
because he's a high school football coach who hasn't proven
that he's a great college coach yet.
And that's that's the way I will get it because what I saw from
the offensive side of the football was just football
malpractice. It was.
I get they were trying to play some rope, a dope and really
kind of like. Shorten the game.
But a certain point you got to get off the ropes, you know,
because Ohio State just kept scoring.
I mean, the defense was good, but you can only hold them 23
points. They still got 23 points.
You know, at some point you got to score and they didn't seem in
any hurry to do that. And you know, once again, we saw
it. The lack of halftime adjustments
from Tom Allen. So if the Indiana State keeps
this thing closed at halftime, don't expect the Hoosiers to
pull away and cover would be my my thought on this game.
So take Indiana State. Take the points.
I'll just I agree with you on all of that.
I'll kind of I've been thinking more about this and I saw some
comments by Walt Bell this week on Twitter or I know it's
accents. I will call it Twitter.
I'm going to be the. It's like, it's like I have a
friend in high school who went by Danny and it's just his whole
life was Danny. And then all of a sudden now
he's a professional and he goes by Dan and it's like, yeah, no,
you're Danny. Like it's just you don't you
don't get that for me. Same thing with Twitter.
It's like you're just Twitter. Anyway, Walt Bell had some
comment about, you know, yeah, you know we probably pitter like
played pitter patter too long or something like just we were
basically like you know like they they weren't really going
like doing enough of the offense early on.
And it's like that's the really frustrating part is like you're
you're 10, three in the start of the third quarter against Ohio
State. You have I mean I'm not saying
if they would have opened up the playbook they would have won.
But I know that you know playing pitter patter using Walt Bell's
words but you're not going to win.
You're never going to beat Ohio State 12 to 10 with a safety or
13 to 10. Like you're going to have to
score. You look at like again the the
aforementioned Duke game they they brought it.
It's like they realize like oh we're we're going to we got a
chance to beat Clemson and they did it again.
I'm not sure Indiana had the horses to do it.
I'm not sure if they couldn't open up the offense because it's
you know how State's defense wasn't was not allowing them to.
But it it sure felt like they were holding back and they they
it felt like they went into that game like the rest of the fan
base did assuming like I just don't want to get killed.
And then once it's 10 three they were like wow wow.
It's like too late to adjust. It just it it it it, it
continues to leave a sour taste in my mouth because I don't feel
like, again, I'm not sure we would have won the game, but it
felt like there was an opportunity there to do
something, just to at least give yourselves a shot.
And it felt like we didn't even do that.
Well yeah, I mean this is this could be a program changing
season defining win. You know what I mean?
This could make people's careers.
You beat Ohio State and you know I mean and I you because it just
doesn't happen right and and and you're forfeiting that
opportunity it, it seems like to go for it to try to win the
game. And quite frankly, there's a big
problem with the strategy of let's just keep this thing close
and hopefully he got a victory at the end because do you think
there's any way Big 10 officiating would allow that to
happen? No one.
And you look at the way when when Ohio State has lost to kind
of, you know, non Michigan, Penn State, you know, non top tier
programs, it's not a game that was really close to eked out a
win. It's like it's like that Purdue
game a couple years ago where the other team just lands a
knockout blow and has three or four just crazy plays and
suddenly they're up, you know, 21 to 7.
And then it's like then then Ohio State's trying to run it
back and trying to figure out a way to win.
And then like you're trying to hold on to that lead.
Like it's never I I can't remember a game where it's been
like nip and tuck the entire time and then the the massive
underdog has come out ahead. Exactly.
So you know, I think the strategy going into it is is
flawed and then the execution I think was even worse.
And that that gives me grave concerns.
What are you expecting? We will move on to the other
games and be quick with it. But what are you expecting is
something Galen and I touched on like I I think you just have to
win this game against Indiana State Friday night.
Do you think you know? Galen was said he kind of
thinks, you know, style points matter.
I I see that. But I look back to, you know,
Idaho last year and it's like they just won.
And you know, looking back and like, yeah, a lot of things were
harbingers of problems. But I I just think at this point
like we're kind of past, we're past moral victories.
We're also past like you know, a win that like if we beat Indiana
State, you know 52 to 0, it's not like I'm going to feel much
better. So to me it's like I just think
you got to win. I don't really care how it looks
outside of like, you know, having to have a fourth quarter
drive to win the game or something, but what's your
feeling? They can't lose the game.
That's why I didn't. That's why I didn't make that an
option like you lose the game and it is.
It's it's overtime. But you know, they go out and
they win 52 to nothing and they look good doing it.
That would really. Make me think twice.
I mean, if they, if they came out and I don't know, the
offense looked completely different, you know they were
throwing a passing attack out there or something, you know,
great. I would be totally happy with
that. If they came out and they had
perfected the triple option in a week and looked really good
doing it, I could even live with that.
Although I do have a big problem with that because I'm worried
Jalen Lucas is going to get hurt.
He's a guy who's very effective out in space.
He's undersized. They still affect you out in
space because you can't square him up, you can't get a good
lick on him. The only way you can do that is
if he's running straight up the middle and they just keep
handing the ball and running him straight up the middle and he's
going to get hurt doing that. You need to get him the ball out
in space. So if if they if they start
doing some of those things and they look really good doing it,
yeah, that could, you know, turn my pessimism around a little
bit. If it they come out there and
they win, you know, 23 to 21 on a last second field goal.
I think it's a harbinger of horrible things to come.
Yeah, I mean, my counter would be this.
Then we'll move on. Like if if they come out and
win, you know, just lay the smackdown and they beat them,
you know, beat Indiana State 35 to nothing.
I'm again, why? I think it's just you got to win
and move on is I'm not going to feel much better because if they
go out the week after and then just get demolished by
Louisville or lose to Louisville or can't move the ball against
Louisville or like have a really bad showing against Louisville,
it's not like I'm going to be like, well, but you don't forget
Indiana State. They they kind of figure it out
like they can turn it back around.
Like I'm just going to be like, all right, well, Indiana State's
bad. They're just a really bad team
and we're able to beat really bad teams.
Unfortunately, we don't play anybody else bad the rest of the
year except for maybe Akron, but really not so that that's that's
where I look at this Indiana State game.
I'm just like just win. Like just win, move on.
And I'm not sure you're going to read anything or take anything
out of it. Yes.
Just win, baby. Just win, baby Al Davis.
All right, moving on now. We'll now we'll speed through.
Illinois is at Kansas to one of no teams.
Kansas is a 3 1/2 point favorite at home.
All right, so last week we had Illinois losing to, what was it,
Toledo? And we were almost right until
field goal. With five seconds left, Illinois
almost lost at home to a Mac school.
Take The Jayhawks, lay the points.
You can also get them for three if you shop around that line.
I love, I love you shopping around.
Ohio State actually has a bigger line this week.
They're at home. They're hosting Youngstown
State. I feel like they play them every
other year. Ohio State is a 41 1/2 point
favorite. I I hate these big lines, but
what would you would you go over under here or I don't even know.
I say stay away folks, that's what I say.
I might look at the under, but I'd stay away if I'm forced to
take it. I would take 41 1/2 points but I
got a feeling they might try and do something different, but I
don't know. It's just going to bet this
game. Who cares?
I mean, you know these, this is one of these, you know
Youngstown State, you know, I mean what what do you what's
going to happen there? It's going to be 42 to nothing
or it's going to be like 35 to seven or something like that.
So I would probably take the points if I had to.
I'm I'm going to use Ohio State as a money line parlay where I
know they're going to win that game.
Well, definitely and just lock that in.
But yeah, it's, I would say like if you're Marvin Harrison Junior
and you want to win the Heisman, you've got to start throwing up
some stats now. How stupid were they to only
target him? What?
He got like 3 or 4 targets the entire game.
Yeah. I mean dude come on Ryan Day.
The over under for his yards is 93.
I had the over. Let's let's let's think about
Scott is gambling a little bit. Well, I had that too.
But regardless, yeah, so hear the ball more than that.
Delaware at Penn State, I don't have a line.
It's it's off the board unless you have.
I don't. Have one.
Either. Yeah, bet Penn State money line
on a parlay if you can get them. Next up, oh man, this.
This is going to be a juicy game.
This is noon on Fox. I'm excited to watch this.
It's Nebraska at Colorado. Colorado.
Like, immediately the darlings of college football.
And rightfully so. Nebraska doing exactly what
Nebraska does every year pissing games away.
I mean it's Colorado is a three-point favorite to me.
This is like my I love Colorado to cover three.
I I think they could be good. I think Nebraska's find a way to
mess this up. But I'm I'm taking your Thunder.
What do you think of this game? Okay, so Nebraska covered for us
last week. And we're going to take him to
cover it 3 1/2, which you can get if you shop around.
I've already put it in a parlay so I'm kind of locked in on
Nebraska 3 1/2. I changed my mind earlier today,
but I was like, well, too late. I'm already in so, so that's the
way I have to go. You're going to, you're going to
hate yourself. You're just going to hate
yourself during that game. I talked myself into Colorado is
going to have a let down. And and I think they're going to
be cocky against Nebraska. And I don't think Matt Rule is
an awful coach. Although I do not think they
have a very good football team. That's all fair.
Here's a question for you. Just just I'm asking this off
the You're right there, man. Easy on me to get you a cough
button. Oh, the kids went back to school
and they brought every virus known to man back in this house.
All the covids you have, all the variants at your house.
Yeah. So here's a question I have that
was a friend and I were talking about my my buddy was saying,
you know, I don't know why any other school didn't hire D on
like just for schools that are at that level like take a shot.
And I'm like, I totally agree. And he was saying, you know like
if you're I, you want to hire D on.
I'm like, well, yeah, I would have loved it.
Like I don't think that would have been a fit culturally, but
for a variety of reasons. But I was like, I also think
it's not like there's other there's other Dion's out there
available. He is Dion is like singularly A1
of 1 where he has like just the cachet.
He has the cred. He has you know one of the best
if not the best quarterback of all time.
Also has the coaching you know has has coach and has the
history and like has that cred. Now we, I was trying to think
like is there anybody else like Dion out there?
Because I was thinking like like, you know if I you tried
this they'd mess it up and hire like Joe Flacco or something.
Like just not the. It's like I don't, I don't think
there is another Dion title. Pete, you're going to see other
schools try to emulate this, but I just don't think there's
another person that has all the pieces that Dion has.
Well, I mean, probably not many that are as accomplished as he
was as a player, but certainly, I mean there are plenty of
former players who have gone on to coaching careers that have
been pretty good. But who's out there that I U
could go grab? Not I U, not I U I'm just, I'm
just saying like I'm just saying theoretically of any school,
this is not an I U. It's just like if you're if
you're a low level BCS school or top five school like and you
want to if you're going to emulate the Dion thing like who
who else? It was just it was kind of a
theoretical like. Who else?
Peyton Manning. Yeah, I mean, he doesn't have
the coaching. Yeah, he would.
He would be there. Maybe.
Eli. He'd have the cachet, you know,
Like, didn't Jeff Saturday coach in high school football down in
Georgia? Although his stint with the
Colts didn't go too well, you know, But I mean, I was thinking
like I was thinking like Ray Lewis.
Phillip Rivers just coaching his kids like a high school team.
What about Ray Lewis? I don't know.
Does he? Has he ever coached?
I'm sure he could do it. Got to give it a couple years.
Anyway, it's just you're you're. I think you're going to see a
lot of people trying to emulate the Dion thing.
But anyway, have fun rooting for Nebraska.
They cover that line. Good times with that.
All right. Here.
Here's another win for you. You were on, I think you you
definitely picked Fresno State to keep it close with with
Purdue. I I push you on the money line
there. You didn't go for it.
Probably should have. Purdue owned one after paying I
think 1.2 million to have Fresno State come into West Lafayette
and beat them. Purdue is now going to Virginia
Tech to see. I love that entrance.
The inner Sandman entrance. That was all over Instagram last
week. I love that Purdue will get it
face to face. They are only a 2 1/2 point
underdog at Virginia Tech. What do you think?
Well, last week we did have Fresno State to cover and we had
the over and I'm going back to the well.
I'm taking the over 46 1/2. That Purdue defense looked bad
against Fresno State and the offense seems to be able to move
the ball fairly well. Mockabee has a pretty good back,
so I'm going to take the over here.
I'm loving it by the way. I love this over Okay Is it your
Is it your lock of the week? It is not Okay.
You love it, but you don't really love it.
All right. Next up, I've got it in a parlay
with my lock of the week. So Next up you have UTEP playing
Northwestern. Northwestern is a 1 1/2 point
underdog at home. I'm going to take Northwestern
on the money line. Oh wow.
Okay, you'd like them to win. They're slide home dogs.
UTEP sucks just as bad as Northwestern.
I mean, this is this may be the most unwatchable football game
of the season. The over under on it is 38 1/2.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
That's not good. All right, Next up I got.
This would have been a great mid 90s basketball matchup at UNLV
against Michigan at the Big House.
Michigan, you know, really, really starting off their season
strong with some tough opponents.
Michigan, a 37 point favorite at home.
Again, I hate the big lines. They couldn't cover last week.
I don't think they cover this week.
Take UNLV in the points fair, fair call.
We have Richmond at Michigan State.
I have no line on this game as well.
Yeah, I do not either. So add Michigan State to your
money line Parley. Although they looked, they
looked really bad for 1/4 till they look at.
Then they figured stuff out last week you get Central and then
figured and and started moving the ball.
But Central look like for a while they were going to to
really cause Michigan State's problems.
Yeah, those Mac teams are scrappy.
Yeah. All right.
Next up we have Iowa on the road at Iowa State.
Iowa State is a four point underdog at home against the
Hawkeyes over under at 3636. Folks, this is my lock of the
week. Take the over 36.
Okay, you're you're again. You're going to hate yourself
when Iowa is scoring like 12 points, but go ahead.
So did you know Brian Ference, offensive coordinator at Iowa,
has a clause in his contract that if Iowa does not average 25
or more points per game this season, he is fired?
Yes, I saw that. That's wild.
They scored 24 last week, so he's got some making up to do.
That's a great clause. And this dude fighting for his
damn job give me the over. And that's such a low number
too. I mean, it's not going to take
much to get to 36, my friends. This is my absolute lock of the
week. If I could play the harmonica
and it would record it, I would be playing a harmonica right
now, so. Where's your slide whistle?
Where's your kazoo? What else do you have over
there? Yeah, they're up in my son's
room. He's the one with all the wacky
instruments. Yeah, we need a new gimmick.
You get a sound board or something, we'll come up with
something. I have a sound board.
It'll be, it'll be it'll be in play next week.
I'm just working on mic issues. So we'll we can we can have
digital sounds. They can be at it.
All right. Next up, Eastern got so many Big
10 teams. Eastern Michigan at Minnesota.
Rowing the boat. Minnesota is a favorite. 20 1/2
points. Yeah, this is a tough one.
Nice to come back from Minnesota.
I wasn't super impressed by their quarterback, but 20 1/2
seems a bit high, so I'll take the points.
Next up, Charlotte at Maryland. Maryland is a 24 1/2 point
favorite at home. I hate to do it, but I'm
thinking to take the points again.
Although I also like the under here.
It's at 51 1/2 so that could be in play, but 24 and a half's a
lot of points so I might look at taking those.
All right, last two we have Temple at Rutgers.
A fun. Old school you know, East Coast
matchup. Rutgers is a 8 1/2 point
favorite at home. Over Under is 44 1/2.
I like the under here. Rutgers doesn't move the ball
well. Temple doesn't move the ball
well. I think the under is a great.
Play here Last game of the Big 10 slate. 730 Game on ABC.
The Wisconsin Badgers are traveling up to Washington for
sorry, Washington State, one of their last times of being a big
power conference team. Sorry, Washington state and
Wisconsin is a six point favorite on the road.
Yeah, over under 59. I I might be tempted at the
under here. I also think that Wisconsin will
probably cover this. They started off pretty slow
last week, but then they kind of figured a couple things out, so
this will be a good test for him.
Wazoo is not exactly a House of horrors to play in.
So you know, I think they'll probably be fine and should
cover this, but I think it might be lower scoring than some
people expect. All right, man, that's that's
our slate. Do you have any good parlays
you're putting out? We got our adopted team,
Southern Cal. That's right.
That's right, almost covered the
over by themselves last week when they scored 66 points.
So this week they play Stanford. By the way, I know gambling's
all about money. Like, I feel like that should be
like I used to get a bonus. Like if you bet the over and
then one team just covers it on their own that you should get
like, it's like getting blackjack.
You should get like, you know, your bet and a half back or
something like points betting or something, you know, Yeah, yeah.
So this week though we've got him at 69 1/2 okay.
So they had to put up 70 to cover by themselves.
But I do think the over hits as they take on the Stanford
Cardinal, so take the over again on Southern Cal.
We're just going to ride this, I think, with our adopted team
here all. Right.
And then and then, yeah, my bad on that.
But then do you have any other parlays to talk about?
Yeah, so here I've got a couple, you know, one of these.
I've been taking some long shots with some free bets recently, so
I've got one that's a five way parlay and here these are just
some games that I really like. OKI took the over 55 1/2
Vanderbilt Wake Forest. I like Notre Dame to beat North
Carolina State over 63 which is an alternate line.
I took SMU, Oklahoma, Iowa team total over 19 1/2 points and
over 65 1/2 Ole Miss two lane. My $10 free bet would pay out
$106.07 so so hopefully that'll come through.
I also like the I took a three-way teaser so I ended up
getting over 64 Stanford US C / 40 1/2 Purdue Virginia Tech and
over 30 Iowa, Iowa State. So that's the three-way teaser
of the week and I will be posting that to X as well.
Also make sure you you check out for any promos, check all your
books, see what they're giving away all.
Right. I just put together a a parlay
for you. All right, let's hear it.
Hold on, I got to get to. That's refer button to my bets.
All right. You ready?
I'm ready. All right, Colorado to win on
the money line. Notre Dame to win on the money
line. The Iowa.
Iowa State Game over 36 1/2 based on your advice.
UNLV to cover that 37 1/2 point spread.
Alabama money line, Wisconsin money line and USC money line,
$10 bet will get me 161. Not bad.
Who's going to screw it over for you?
That's a great question. It'll be Nebraska, will be
Colorado, and you'll be kicking yourself.
It's going to be Nebraska beating Colorado.
It could also be Notre Dame, just because I was just looking
for odds there and I don't care enough about them that they
could lose one of those games. Or or it could be like, yeah,
but those are probably the two, the two honest, to mess me up
the most, that's going to be awesome.
Nebraska just We're going to hate them either way.
I think Notre Dame is going to beat Ohio State in a couple
weeks. Oh, all right.
I like it, so I've been waiting for a line to pop up for.
The keep looking man. Fanduel's got like I said,
Fanduel's got a lot of those those late lines out.
So all right, make sure, make sure everybody's checking X I'll
be posting our bets over the weekend.
I will be down in Bloomington for the game this Friday night,
so. That's right.
Will you be in a Galen's tailgate?
I will. I will be over at Galen's
tailgate. So I'll stop by and say hey.
Enjoy, man. Have a great time at the game.
I unfortunately will not be there.
I'm playing. Have a couples golf.
With my wife. So we're doing a couples golf
scramble and we'll have fun with that.
That sounds like a good time, too.
It is, man. It's Friday night.
You know, it's Tom Allen's mad about high school football.
You know, we have golf scrambles.
Like there's a lot of stuff going on Friday night.
You know, I you should. I'm a firm believer that Friday
night is it's. Golf scramble night.
Come on. Golf scramble night.
Nothing else. Hell yeah.
Ridiculous. All right, James, I appreciate
it. Good times.
Be safe that not there everybody.
We'll catch you next week. And for James, this is Scott for
Crimson Cash signing off. Oh, the kids went back to school
and they brought every virus known to man back in this house.