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Get up. Good morning, everybody. My name is Bart Winkler. This is the Bart. Winkler Show.
But it is nothing. Without you. And you are well aware of that, I would hope, by now. And we are celebrating whoever can make it. I know a lot of you are bummed you can't.
Um this was again just supposed to be a day where me and Tim Shea went to the brewer game. It has turned into a giant tailgate.
So, I want to say some things about that. If you're not going. You can skip two minutes or whatever. Got Ryan Horvach coming up later in the show. We'll talk to some Packers.
He'll respond to a voicemail that we played earlier in the week from Tyler. And uh we'll talk college football. As well. And then I got some voicemails to play. A lot of voicemails coming in this week on the various shows.
And want to make sure that we get them. Yeah. Um, okay, Tailgate is coming together. 1840 Brewing Company, they're down in Bayview. They are supplying F uh five cases of beer.
So we figure five cases of beer, I don't know, 60-some people, not everyone's going to drink one. You should be able to try one of their beers.
So they're going to bring a bunch of beer and some tents and other stuff that you need for a good tailgate.
So make sure that you do try that. And, you know, it's a great brewing company. I'm so happy that Marty and everybody are on board, and this is going to be a great fun time.
So, check them out. Had a couple of the beers throughout the week. Very, very good. Uh I I do drink beer. I went in there.
Marty says, I know you're not a beer guy. I'm a beer guy. I can only handle about one or two before Tum Tum Hurdy.
Okay.
So th th that's why I switched to the rum. I think the acidicness of the soda helps and the The the the pilsners, the wheat. The barley, the hops in the beer. Kind of slows down. the old Tom Tom.
But they are very good, and they're going to have some beers. I've got like. I don't know. I've got some beer I'm bringing. I don't expect to be able to We've got some beer, but if you want to dr bring like bring your like maybe bring maybe bring some.
Maybe if you if you bring your own beer. And like a six pack or Whatever. If you don't bring beer, you'll be able to have a beer. But if you're if you want to have Several beers. You may have to bring some of your own beer.
Um I believe Jerry's bringing chips. What am I bringing? Oh, I'll have the condiments. I think I'm gonna have I'll take care of the buns. And uh Matt in the Falls Is really, he's come together.
Matt in the Falls. is I I like he sent me a green screen and I'm like Man, this guy is the best. And and um Now he's like, basically, he's planning this tailgate. And so we all owe him a tremendous amount of gratitude. And uh He's going to come through with some meat.
And We should have enough for everybody. We sold out the 50 tickets, so I think we're at like 60 people. But then I think there's people that are coming that haven't told me.
So I just want this to You know, not suck. I was going to buy some like koozies or something fun, but. Uh I didn't I couldn't rush the order. I mean, I've been thinking about this for five months. Why didn't I get, you know, whatever?
Then I was going to buy a flag and. I didn't. My wife's like, you're gonna buy a flag with your name on it? Like. At a political rally?
I go, no, no, it's the name of the show. But So, no flag. We'll just be in the Euchre lot. You'll be able to find us. We should have one of the 1840 brewing tents up.
So look for that if you need to look for anything. as their they're the they're the official sponsor of this tailgate.
So, thank you for them. And I was okay, so I was gonna buy like a hundred dollars worth of koozies. And then I thought. I'm gonna take that $100 I'm gonna spend on buns. Instead.
And like meat and other stuff.
So we'll do that. And yeah, just come on by. I've got a little grid.
So I've got two spaces where I'm gonna that's where my car will be, but then I've got four spaces.
Now I'm wondering if that's enough. I think I don't know if that's enough room. But we'll get there early. You know, you can hang out, like, you can spread out a little bit.
So, it's going to be fun. I'm excited for everybody to meet everybody and looking forward to the Tailgate, most definitely. I want to play some voicemails? Um, just kind of reflecting on everything that's happened throughout the week. The Brewers I'm recording this on Thursday.
Two games not so great in LA. This kind of sucks. You know, the Cubs are feeling the momentum. They had their nice little dumb win. against the White Sox the other day, but Uh yeah, look, the Brewers, I think, are a good team.
But there's a lot of teams that are a lot better. The Braves are better. The Dodgers are better. There's a lot of teams that are better than the Brewers. That's why it's a bite to the apple year.
Because in the playoffs, in the playoffs, this would probably be what would happen. You'd probably go to LA. They probably lose a couple. But you got to have the hitting come through. You got to have the pitching come through.
Obviously, I'm not breaking any news here, but this series in baseball, I don't think it means. The Brewers go to L.A. and lose. But right now that's what's happening. And the playoffs, anything can happen.
It's baseball. We all know that.
So I'm not too discouraged, I'm just trying to See how this thing plays out in the time being. Um brewers are out west. Again. Lot of voicemails throughout the week. First one from the aforementioned Matt in the Falls.
on the Carl's Place voicemail line. 402-915-BART, 402-915-2278. Check out Carl of ET.com backslash BART. I believe Carl will be at the tailgate if you have any questions. Golf simulator questions.
All right. Um So This voicemail is specifically to Evan. who was having some Concerns earlier in the week, Evan Heffelfinger about what he should do with an engagement ring. and if he should shop with his soon to be bride.
So Matt with some excellent advice. Hey, Evan, it's me. Listen, it sounds like you're about to really fuck up this engagement ring thing, so I'm just calling in to stop you. Um one. Do not buy the ring blind.
Under any circumstances. because you are going to puck it up. Dreaming of her ring and this moment. Her entire life. And if you get her a square diamond when it's supposed to be Uh you know, a circle or uh pendant shape or whatever You're gonna destroy it for it.
So just Just talk to her, go with her. I did it. We did it. Worked out great. She loves her ring.
Don't surprise her. Second, don't cheap out and don't be the guy that, you know, has his girl settle on some like Fucking stupid. ass stone that isn't a diamond.
Okay, that's fucking embarrassing. Any girl? Who's not wearing a diamond? You know that her boyfriend is a Trump and a loser. her husband or whatever she There I am.
If this girl is not wearing a diamond, That does My man is a loser. And he pour any Sucks. You got me the city. little Like five dollar rhinestone.
So Just get her a diamond ring and get her a Involved. End of discussion.
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This is something that Evan could go and pick up and surprise his lovely Uh pre-engage. His pre his preance. Isn't that a word people say? Preyance, that's what I was trying to think of the other day. She's not a fiancé, she's a preoncé.
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Welcome back to the show. I think there was a break there.
Sometimes I Set up a break and then there's not a commercial. And there may have been, but if you listen to this in two months, there might not be.
So I don't know. Either way. We also talked about the Brewers Stadium financing. Uh Spark Guy has been beating the drums. that we should take every little bit of this seriously.
Don't kick the can down the road. If the brewers are even hinting at moving. We need to act now. Barge, Spark guy here, one kind of talk. Listen to the Good Episode with Evan Heffelfinger and Ty Dunn.
Two things. First I can blaver the point. The last five calls I've made have been P afraid of this brewer's crap. And I feel like uh People still aren't. We got to get our stuff together.
And I don't know. It feels like people are in denial. Feels like me in 2015, as a former Republican, Republican at the time. saying Donald Trump wouldn't happen.
So guys got to get on point, but I'm not going to belabor that one. Half a finger. Great guy, great guest. I do think ASE prepares for potentially getting engaged It's got some stuff wrong, man. One, You might get engaged in a year.
Why? Put it on a card. If there's ever a point to put something like that, even a major purchase on a credit card, you do this. Do it. If he if it's the right one, Evan, you got to do this.
Like, what are the interest rates? 18, 20% on a credit card? few thousand dollars because you wait a year, you're going to if you a year from now, if it doesn't work out because you waited on cash, you got to do it. Just do it if you want to do it. Two, getting friends and everybody else involved in the proposal.
You won't be involved with them in ten years. just do it with her, make it special.
So that's my marriage and engagement advice. Really hope the best for Avan. Finally, LaFleur. Hearing LaFleur's comments, which you've talked about how the offense looks like it's in flow now and they're running his system I hate to be the bearer of bad news to Packer fans, but they were hired at the same time and LaFleur is basically the Packers bad nankey. And I can speak from Bear's experience, that twenty eighteen season is still heartbreaking.
Trubisky turned out to be a bust overall, but he has physical attributes. And watching that season and the following season, where Nagy made him run the system rather than take advantage of his athleticism, I still think they could have made a Super Bowl run. Jared Goffen is up in that Super Bowl. Like You have a guy who loves this system so much. We'll see how it plays out.
I do think it is a time capsule to take care of right now, because it doesn't get exciting when it gets bad. And I think all the concerns about LaFleur are now magnified, and I wouldn't have much confidence that Matt LaFleur is the strong Type A, type take this team by charge.
So, all right, dude, that's all. I'm also glad he brought up Matt LaFleur reports out of. Packers practice on. Thursday, Wednesday they seemingly had a good practice, and then on Thursday the Patriots came for blood. And there were about five plays in a row with fights.
And you're seeing that. The Titans and Vikings had a fight, the Packers and Patriots had a fight. You know, I think we got to a point where we realized what preseason was. We're like, okay, fine, this is a watered-down product, that's fine. We don't we're not gonna see the starters or ones go against the ones and everyone was fine with that But then these teams started doing that in the preseason only in joint practices when only like 200 people can go see it.
So they are doing real live football. It's just by the time the preseason game happens. It's it's not that. It's a bunch of the other guys fighting, which is still good. You know, it's good to learn your team.
It's good to have some of these guys Maybe break through, but The real football is happening during the week. That we don't get to see unless we go to Green Bay or visualize the tweets of Andy Herman. And that that stinks for a lot of us. 'Cause I want to see this stuff, but I mean, put it on T V. They're playing football.
They're giving, they're doing the product that we want to watch on Saturday night. Saturday night, we're going to see Jordan Love for a series or two again, and we're not going to see the ones go against the ones. Bengals didn't play any of their ones. I don't know what New England will do, but they get all their work in here in a controlled environment, and then we pay to go see it or have our little parties and then. We don't get to see it.
So that, I think. It is weird. And a flaw. LaFleur, the Packers got kind of punched in the mouth again, that phrase that I hate. Hashtag Carver High, hashtag people forget.
The uh The thing around LaFleur is that his teams do kind of get punched in the mouth. and they don't have a fighting attitude. And they do kind of wilt. And I know there was some discussion online about that. Yesterday, but if I I d I just I don't I don't want to read too much into a practice, but I think it is a concern.
that the Packers probably were feeling pretty good about the Patriots. And and how they kind of played against him on Wednesday. And then on Thursday. I think they were maybe underestimated what they were up against.
Now, I'm just. detailing this from descriptions and tweets. I didn't see it. I don't know, that sucks, but That is a concern for LeFlore. It's a big year for LeFleur.
Probably bigger for him than Love, I would say. Uh that can be a mm-hmm mm-mm.
Next week, perhaps. Uh you know what? I got another one from Matt in the Falls. Regarding the stadium. Hey Buart, it's Matt in Waukesha County.
I'm just calling.
So offer a counter on the version. I think it's great. You ought to have You guys in Milwaukee pay for everything. Um Okay. not give any money back to the city.
Actually, right. I mean, I live in Waukesha County. I buy tickets online secondhand. I buy a parking pass. I drive to the game.
Just park, go to the game, and leave as soon as I can. When I go to a brew game, it's like how little time. And how little money can I possibly spend? It's like a game. And being in Waukesha County, I'm really good at that game.
Um which is great.
So if you guys down in Milwaukee County just keep paying for everything for us. I'd really appreciate it. Let's see how It saves me a few bucks. you know, the five bird games I go to a year.
So I'm I'm loving it.
So Yeah. I got no problem with it. Very nice. Very nice. Very nice.
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So get on that as summer's winding down here. I saw a tweet that we are no longer getting a... 5 AM hour sunrise until April. Yeah. For those of you that get up in the morning, and are the first to hear these shows.
I don't get up that early any more. I I sleep in. until my son comes in and kicks me in the face. Or my wife yells at me for snoring. I got a problem.
I don't think I got the sleep apnea. I think I got the The uh Sleep capnia. Capt 'cause of Captain. Ah, Captain. Captain.
Yeah, All right, we had Chuck Freeman on the show. A lot of people liked Chuck Freeman. to hear Chuck Freeman on. I'm glad. I was really excited about that.
I kind of disagree with Hot Take Jake's assessment about the end, but. You never know. We'll see. Was this a nice little thing between me and Chuck, or if we did a full week? Would we start coming to blows?
Uh hot take Jay Cong with a couple things, including That here's Jake. Good morning, Bark. It's your boy Hottake Jake, let me talk to ya. First things first, I got to start with a sports take. I heard on Wednesday's podcast that You said we were talking about robot umpires, and I have to confess something to you, Bart.
You're the problem. When you say things like, I believe there should be a human element in this. That is giving these idiots license to be terrible at their job. Like You are pragmatic like me, my friend. I'm very surprised because it's like: okay, we have a solution here.
And then let's just not use it. Why? Well, because it's just always been this way. Yeah. That seems so just counterproductive to me, but I digress.
I gotta address the elephant in the room. having Chuck Friedman on the show. And I'll be honest with you, it gives me a little bit of hope because when I heard and saw that Chuck was on, I was like, oh, God, here we go. And then I listened and it's like You know what? Yeah, he was terrible.
But it's not like I hate the guy, so it actually gives me a little bit of hope for the day when Aaron Rodgers comes back to Green Bay. Maybe I won't be. Violently screaming at him and calling him every name I can think of. Maybe in my old age, I'm just getting a little bit softer. But I do have to address one more thing.
You had said on the show that like You guys could get back together, and now it would be smooth sailing. you know, that if you were if you were to make it like a thing going forward, but I got news for you, Bart. You guys wouldn't have made it another 20 minutes. You could hear it. starting to creep out into the conversation.
And I'll be honest, it was awesome to hear it start to creep back into the conversation. Anyways. Great job as always. See you at the tailgate. Bye-bye.
I don't I think I think we'd be good. I've matured. I'm telling you. I know me. I've matured.
Chuck once told me, I'm still he was like acting real weird one day. And he goes, I'm still the same old son of a bitch I've always been. And I like. Reference that a lot. And I say that and no one ever knows what I'm saying.
Why would they? It was a conversation off air I had with Chuck. But if I ever say I'm still the same old son of a bitch I've always been That's me channeling Chuck. He hasn't changed. I've changed.
I've matured. Okay, I used I'm so mature that I say mature now instead of mature. That's how much I have matured.
So I I think we'd be Gangbusters. Uh Paul and Grant were on the show and of course batting average came up. And there's Paul's side, which every number is nine different stats. And there's Matt in the Falls again. There's Matt in the Falls.
Strong week for him. Matt in the Falls side, which I agree with. Hey Bart. team batting average for life here. These new stats are are just silly.
Wins, runs, created plus. Like they're just nurtured math equations to make the good players look good and the bad players look bad. It's like you see this stuff with stocks all the time where people like Pick and choose metrics. You make things look good. It's a camp.
the good players have good numbers, but wins what like This is like theoretical Nonsense. that a single baseball player can create eight wins for his team. Like, what are we even talking about? That's absurd. There are so many other factors.
In All of this Like batting average is just straight up. Out of one thousand times, how many times are you getting a hit? It's not like taking into account the weather or, you know, who's playing left field or whatever, it's just how many times you get in a hit. to say you're creating a win. when you're one of nine players is like Saying we should Wins as a quarterback stand.
It just doesn't make sense.
So just keep the old stats, they were fine. This is just Nerds getting bored and looking for ways to sell subscriptions. To dump shit. Very funny. I LOL'd.
You don't just say I laughed. You say I LOL'd in real life now. That's how you say laugh. I did LOL in real life. When I heard That voicemail for Matt.
Horvat coming up, Ryan Horvat. I'll play him a voicemail that he. I I mean, I don't know. Tyler, I think Tyler was a little harsh on the voicemail. From earlier in the week.
But I'll play that voicemail. And then we will talk some Packers. and a little bit of college.
So that's all coming up with Ryan Horvot. Couple of other things. Um the contest I have going is on my Or my Twitter. You see it in newspapers, it's always he said on X, comma, the platform formerly known as Twitter. It's just weird that this whole thing turned to X and we just all go and live on our merry way.
Like it's never, but it's X now. It's just a bad name. I'm on X. I mean, I get what Elon's doing. He's perversely obsessed with the letter and wants to fuck it, but it's.
It's a weird name for a thing.
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Splashsports.com backslash. Winkler. All right, Horbot next. And I guess that's all I have to say about that. Joining me now is Ryan.
Yeah. Horval. Hey, Bob. Hey, how's it going? Hi Yvan.
I've been good. I was in a good mood this morning. Told you I wanted to hop on the podcast because I have big news regarding the Green Bay Packers. Wanted to talk some college football. And then, right before we're jumping on to record, you tell me that you're going to play a voicemail where some guy from my own home city is going to shit on me and he hates on me, and he hates me, or something like that.
So now. I'm confident, curious, whatever Sparky likes to say about what the heck's going on here. It was a voicemail that came in on the Carl's Place voicemail line. Carl of Et.com back slash Bart. You could fit a golf simulator in in that house of yours.
Mine? Yeah. No, no, no, but it's the final year on my contract, and then I plan on buying a house, and so. I'll wait and maybe do that next year, but yeah, that's that's that's the plan. Get me in touch, I'm definitely in.
But not in the apartment, I don't know. I probably know, I definitely could. Problem is, my kids are always running around. Anyway, tell me more. I'm intrigued.
So Tyler I don't even think that he is reacting to something you said on here. It might have been. And the uh On the infamous Curtin Long podcast? Your tweets about whatever. Let me wait a minute.
Hold on. If he's from Chicago, is he a Bears fan? Because I've been doing nothing but hyping the Packers up.
So I don't know where Tyler is. No, he's a Packer fan.
Okay, then play the. I played this the other day on the show, but you need to hear it. Oh Jesus. And I wouldn't like I wouldn't do it if I didn't think I just I feel like you need to. I feel like he is accusing you of being a lot of things you're not.
So here we go. Everything. I I think I figured them out. He is every Illinois person that is looking for an identity over the past 20 years. Orbot had some sort of connection to Wisconsin.
And I know a few of these people, and there are some awesome Packers fans in the Chicago area. But where about changed? Good things change. I don't care about Key Hayden. The idea that you draft T Hickens over Jordan Lowe, the odds of that are so small.
He was what, like the third wide receiver of that draft and somehow Horbach randomly knows and has to hate the Packers organization because of it is beyond me.
So I figured it out. He is Gary Wolfo of the Packers now. He is, it already has an inside track. He can destroy us from within and death. who his favorite quarterback right now is.
Justin Fields. I think he's a closet fair stand. I don't think this is going to stop until someone calls him out. And I am exactly the person to do it. Uh, Mark, longtime listener, uh, if you're my fair person out there, if you're ever at Will Northwoods In, your tab is on me.
All right, nice, free tab. I think what we should do is me and him should box for charity. I'll be home, yeah, one thing is fight. I'll be home in Chicago actually Saturday. We could set it up and I'll box them.
10 rounds. You got that when you get pissed, there's something that happens with your lip and your nose. And it's happening. It's not even test. I'm just saying.
You're ready to fight. Like, who the fuck just like calls up and just starts? This is why I hate, like, this is why I consider, like, do I even want to. Do this bullshit anymore, dude. Because it's like.
Who the fuck is this guy accusing me of what? Dude, go back, and I've been, you know, this. Like when Justin Fields was at Ohio State, I mean, we were doing a show. I was doing the college football show with Don and them, and I love Justin Fields. And then I was like.
Motherfucker. We even said this during the draft. We're like, not the Bears, not the Bears, because we want to like Justin Fields. And then the Bears drafted Justin Fields.
So Like, this is the thing. I get older, and I still love the Packers, and I'm going to root against Justin Fields. Like I might bet on them. I honestly feel like better about the Bears than I do about the Lions. I feel like the Lions are being hyped up a little bit too much.
I don't know. I've been very pro-Justin Fields. But I am starting to think maybe he does stink. I mean, maybe he does, but I don't know. My biggest bet in the end of the day.
When people are like, oh, he's a running back. Oh, he's whatever. I'm like, no, Justin Fields is good. I saw him be good. He's good at Ohio State.
He threw the ball all the time. The Bears are.
Well, the problem though at Ohio State, the one thing though, is he was a one-read quarterback. You know what I mean? Like, he couldn't get to that second progression. And in that offense, You know what I mean? Look who he was throwing the ball to.
No, I'm just kidding. Hey, that's okay, Tyler. You could hate me for no reason and shit all over me. That's okay, buddy, even though I don't know who you are. He could have just actually like.
You know, said all that to me. Gary Wolfel of the Packers. Do you have a response to that? That's kind of what pissed me off a little bit. Like, if he was just like with the T.
Higgins stuff. I'm fine with that. I was really, as you know, though, I really like T. Higgins at Clemson. The problem is, I watch a lot of college football.
So, like, I fall in love with dudes that I think Green Bay should take, and then when they pan out and end up being Future Hall of Famers. Oh, and he did say a slight connection to Wisconsin. Horvat's grandpa called the Braves winning the World Series. My grandpa was actually Gordy Gillespie. His brother did that.
His name was Earl Gillespie. Oh, your uncle. Your grandpa, your uncle. I don't even hate this narrative that I hate Jordan Love because I didn't want Jordan Love when Aaron Rodgers was under contract for four more years and wasn't going anywhere. I was just, I didn't see the reason to draft a backup quarterback.
And I like wanted to see what Jordan Love could be in the league, even if he's going to be a project. Like, I want to see what Anthony Richardson is. I'm curious. I didn't think it was fair that Jordan Love had to sit behind some hippie for four years, even if I love the guy. You know what I'm saying?
Who knows? It probably was the best thing to happen to Jordan Love, though, to be honest with you. You don't get that in the NFL anymore. Guys aren't drafted into good situations like Green Bay. Guys are drafted into terrible situations.
That's why everybody's like, oh, C.J. Stroud sucks. Does he or is he playing for the Texans? And he went against Bill Belichick in the Patriots' defense in his first preseason game. Bryce Young had no offensive line at all, which is weird because that's supposed to be the Panthers, one of their strengths coming into the season.
Anyway. I'm not the gear right now. Is this also on the Dan Shaney YouTube stream, Dan Shaney Insurance, work home? Car Whatever you need insurance on, Dan will help you out. Dan will be at the tailgate.
I'm doing a brewer's tailgate. But all I can focus on is you have a very nice tan face and I'm like I look like a strawberry. Yeah, I've been by the pool a lot. That's why. Why is my face so red?
Is it the lighting? Did you did you have a couple of cocktails last night? I don't think that's relevant. Let's run back the NFC championship game from a couple years ago against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Let's remind everybody that Green Bay wins that game if David Bakhtiari doesn't get hurt.
Right. If he plays and everyone, Aaron Rodgers got sacked in that game five times. Aaron Rodgers balled out in that game, except for obviously when he shit the bed in the red zone, because he was trying to force the ball to Devontae Adams. You know why he was trying to force the ball to Devontae Adams? Because he never fully got on the same page as MBS, just never was a thing.
I wish it would have happened because I always liked MBS, friend of show. Remember, he was walking his dog while on the show. You had EQ St. Brown, who's below replacement level in the NFL. You had.
I mean Who? You know, I mean, so my point is, he doesn't force the ball to Devontae, and nobody could ever complain about that. If fucking T. Higgins is on the other side, and you know how I know this for a fact? Because I watched T.
Higgins doing the fucking playoffs for the Bengals and playing a Super Bowl.
So fuck off, Tyler. No, that's the thing about Jordan Love is. I long to be loved. We did not like the pick. And I think that.
Had they drafted A T Higgins or a guy that would help. I mean, they were on the s doorstep of the Super Bowl. And they took long term over short term, which. is fine But we were so close that we thought like get a guy the the receivers after Devontae sucked. You know?
Um We thought, okay, another weapon would be good. And then I I I don't know when I when love first got drafted I said The way that this is a success is Love has to win a Super Bowl, but so does Rodgers. Rogers needs to win another Super Bowl because you essentially. Borrowed from some of the like Could they have won a Super Bowl if they drafted if they drafted something if they never drafted Jordan Love? Like Could they have won a Super Bowl?
We'll never know. But I think when they drafted Love, they gave up that fourth-round pick and they drafted A.J. Dillon around higher, and they drafted. Uh Josiah DeGuara Four rounds higher before he was going to go.
So I've always argued that by taking love. You could have had a guy in the first and second. We forget that a fourth round pick got trade and then. AJ Dillon was never going to go in the second round. DeGuara was never going in the third, so you cost yourself almost twice.
Now, that being said, I can still think that. I didn't like the pick. If they were going to win a Super Bowl, but then you know think that Jordan Love can be good. And I do think Jordan Love can be good. And I don't know that we have enough, like, you know, we're trying to dissect these passes from weird angles and.
In scrimmage, and it's like, we just need to see him against the Bears. And I think everybody thinks he's going to throw like Two touchdowns or one interception, and have like 210 yards and look like a total system QB. I just don't think people are ready for what if Jordan Love throws four T D's. What if Jordan Love is that good. I don't think that we've prepared for that.
Yeah, I mean, I would actually kind of, I mean, okay, so back then I wanted T. Higgins, but. I mean, I would probably walk back even. I'm always going to bring that up as far as why Rogers didn't win another Super Bowl, just because I thought that there were some moves that they could have made for him. But now, like, long term.
They made the right decision. And I kind of disagree now. I always said, yeah, Jordan Love has to. You know, he has to win two Super Bowls, or he has to win a Super Bowl since Aaron Rodgers did that. But I've kind of changed my mind on that, right?
Because. I mean, Rogers only won one. And people will always use that against him for his time in Green Bay. And same thing with Brett, which I know is, you know, Brett sucks now off the field, but I loved him growing up. But growing up, like, I love both of those quarterbacks, and every season to me was fun.
Not so much the shitty seasons where they missed the playoffs and both of those guys played harrowball. Like the last year of Rodgers, I was just kind of ready to move on. Like I said on this podcast, there was a couple of years afar of where I was ready to move on and I kind of wanted to see Rodgers. That's why it was easier for me to make that transition. But it's so hard for me to be like, you know Uh you know Fucking Brett was a choke artist because.
You know, he had some good defenses, but all the time in the playoffs, it wasn't always his fault. You know what I mean? Like, they lost some really close games. They lost, like, you know, fourth and 26 and shit. Like, he couldn't have done anything more.
And they probably should have traded Aaron Rodgers for Randy Moss, for him, but they made the right decision there. Green Bay usually makes the right decisions. And you know, Rodgers probably could have won a couple more Super Bowls. If Brandon Bostick doesn't jump in front of Jordy Nelson and they go to that Super Bowl, they probably win, man. He has another week to heal up.
Let's remember how hurt he was, right? You know, if a punt and a kick aren't blocked against San Francisco and we get the Rams the next week at Lambeau. We had just beat him the year before in the playoffs. I don't think anything changes. I don't think Matthew Stafford changes that as much as I like Matthew Stafford.
Rogers, that could have been two right there. You know what I mean? Like, let's say they had a better defense when Lidarius Gunter is covering Julio Jones in an NFC championship game. That team had no business being there.
So it's hard to say, oh, Rodgers only won one ring. It's just like, oh, the Packers won one ring.
So let's say Jordan Love goes to eight Pro Bowls and he's really good. But they have the same issues that, like, last year were like top 10 defense. And then it's like, oh, no, 28th against the run again. Oh, they can't cover a simple crossing route. Every tight end kills them.
Kyle Rudolph kills them. And. I can't really fault Jordan Love for that.
So I don't know. I feel pretty good about Jordan Love. I feel like I don't. You know, I don't wanna, he's gotta show something. This year, he can't be like a project this year.
Everybody's like, Know, um, we got to see what we have, but also we got to remember it's his first year. It's his first year, but he's not a rookie. He was a first-round pick that you moved up to draft. But when I think about it, it was probably he's got to be good. Because I would rather have Jordan Love, and I feel better about Jordan Love.
than anybody like other than Bryce Young. As far as this year, because it ended a disaster with Rogers. And if you weren't going to make Devontae happy and Rogers was going to want out, I would rather have Jordan Love than this like obsession that people have with Sean Clifford, who sure he could be a serviceable backup. But I never want him that shit's fake. No one's really.
I know, but like, you know what I mean? I would rather have Jordan Love than Will Levis. I would rather have Jordan Love than Anthony Richardson. Yes, I would. I would rather probably have Jordan Love than C.J.
Stroud. Um so You know, it's probably the right decision. Wish they would have gone T. Higgins because I wanted more Super Bowls for Rodgers. He's my favorite quarterback of all time.
Justin Fields is not my favorite quarterback. Everybody in the world knows that Aaron Rodgers is still my favorite quarterback. And it's fine, I could root for the Jets and I could root for the Packers because one's in the AFC, one's in the NFC. And as soon as Rodgers retires, I'll never think about the Jets ever again. But I want him.
If the Packers aren't going to win a Super Bowl this year, I want Aaron Rodgers, Randall Cobb, Alan Lazard, Adrian Amos. And you know, fucking Billy Turner, Tim Boyle, you know, Tim Boyle to win a. To win a Super Bowl. If the Packers can't. And also, you know, everybody keeps focusing one last thing on how it's like, oh, no, fuck the Jets.
We want the Jets to suck because we want the better draft pick. Trust me, it's not going to matter. Goodkins is going to draft like some dude from Iowa that doesn't even start until week four with slick back hair and huge muscles or a running back with huge legs.
So it doesn't matter. You know, you're going to get the same dude anyway. And you also, what you want is the Jets to be good and to find a way to protect Aaron Rodgers with that shitty offensive line because don't they need him to play like 65% of the snaps? And I'd hardly care about that. Exactly.
Like, I just want Jordan Love to be good. Here's why I bet the Packers over seven and a half wins, and this is my favorite bet. The Bears defense, I still think, is shit. I mean, they spent a bunch of money on linebackers in the year 2023. If Goudekin says draft picks live up to the hype, All eight or whatever the fuck on def on defense.
This team should be a top 10 defense, like we said last year.
Well, I was talking to Eric Eager, who, yeah. He was, he said something. He's like, every time we do this with a defense where they're really young and look good on paper. It's usually the next year when they actually are good. And so Because I thought last year.
I said there's going to be a handful of times where you call whoever. Like you associate with being a Packer fan, like, I'd call my dad and say, I just can't believe how good this defense is. I thought like I thought this defense was going to be legendary. And he's saying, well, when that happens, it usually like. Takes a year.
And I know they got to figure out what to do with safety. whatever, but The defense on paper, like does look really good. I don't understand how the defense could suck. If the defense sucks, Joe Berry's the biggest idiot of all time. Here's the thing: I don't think the defense will suck.
That's why I think maybe they do end up winning the NFC. If you can't take these guys and make a capable defense out of them, you might as well not have a defensive coordinator.
Well, and that was the problem is like last year Just, I mean, for example, the defensive backs were playing 10 yards off the ball. And then in the exit interviews, you know, Joe Berry, they played better towards the end of the season. But also I didn't want to take away too much because they played some shitty quarterbacks, but they did. Like the last five, six weeks of the season, the defense gave them a shot. To make the playoffs, the offense just didn't do their job, but in the exit interviews.
You know, he, Joe Berry talked to everybody and he was like, you know, what could I do differently? And this year they want to be more physical. We saw that in the preseason. Like, they're going to get up at the line of scrimmage. They're going to play more press man coverage.
And that's what we all want, right? And also, like, they weren't healthy last year. Devondre Campbell regressed. He also missed four games and then just wasn't the same player. Rashawn Gary is obviously a huge loss when you lose him.
He's your best pass rusher. Preston Smith regressed. He should have a better year this year. Kenny Clark had his worst season as a pro.
Now you're going to move him out of position. He should have a bounce back season. Dean Lowry's finally gone. Like Dean Lowry was solid those first three years as a run defender, but like then Dean Lowry has just been below replacement shit for the last couple of years. Let's all be honest here.
I feel a little bit better about Quay as long as he doesn't punch an assistant coach or a trainer on the field. And we'll see what we get from Wyatt. You know, if he could stay healthy this season, I think his issue was just like the same issue that a lot of those SEC guys got when they moved to the Midwest. They're just not used to that cold weather. That's a bitch for a dude that's lived in the South for his entire life.
I still think he's going to be a good player. And then on the offensive side of the ball, I love Jaden Reed, and he's everything that I've wanted because, you know, we talked about this every time we did a show together when they would do the pre-snap motion stuff and they would have their gadget guy. It's like, yeah, this is cute. But does Tyler Irvin really threaten a defense? Jaden Reed, I think, I loved him at Michigan State.
Yeah, I like Torre. You know what, I really can't wait to see. And I want to see the Rasul Douglas safety project because I think they need to find a way to get Valentine on the field. And I know it's only the preseason, I want a bigger sample size. But I was listening to There's a good podcast that I listen to every once in a while.
Bet the board, and they have this doctor on, and he was talking about the Packers' team injuries. And he brought up Eric Stokes, and he said that he wouldn't be shocked if Stokes wasn't available fully till week four, and that he probably wouldn't be himself until like week 10, week 12. It's just a tough injury for a defensive back to come back from.
So if he's not going to be himself, I want to see more of Valentine, him, Jaire. You know, I mean. I just don't know what Savage is. I know he's looked, I guess, a little bit better at Camp. I'm not there.
I could just read the tweets, but I'm almost done with him. It's been two really shitty years after a decent rookie year. And then, you know, we'll see what we get from the other dudes, you know, Ford and them. Ford was pretty good. He was probably their fourth best defensive player, actually, last year, if you look at the grade.
So I feel good about this team, as long as Jordan Love's not a complete disaster, and he shouldn't be. I do think there will be some mistakes. But I'm cool with that. He could throw some picks. I would rather Jordan Love have some fav in him.
Then I mean, I want him to be smart with the football, but every once in a while, some of those years with Rodgers where he wasn't really Rodgers, he would just hang on to the damn ball for too long. And he better not do that this year with the Jets, or he may die by week three with that shitty ass offensive line, unless they trade for Bakhiari, of course.
So, what do you think about realignment? Hate it. What about you? Let me tell you, UCLA's schedule this year. Yeah.
This is UCLA scheduled this year. Coastal Carolina, non-conference. They won't play them again. At San Diego State, they're not going to play them again. NC Central, I don't even know what that is.
At Utah, Utah is going to be in the Big 12 next year. Um At Washington, they're going to the Big Ten. At Oregon State. They're going to be in the later on the conference at Stanford. They are fucked.
Colorado, big 12, Arizona, big 12, Arizona State, Big 12. USC Big Tan. And Cal. They're fucked.
So there's two teams on this schedule. Shit, I only thought it was one. With what well no they play Washington State. Yeah, they don't play Washington. Yeah, one team on this whole schedule.
I said Washington State, I meant one team on this whole schedule. That they might even possibly play USC next year.
So, one game on the schedule that they're going to play next year is so bonkers. Because I just named everybody in like. The what all these I hate it. I hate it because. I think the biggest reason I hate it.
Yeah. Oregon and Rutgers having to play and sending their volleyball teams. Like, what are we doing? This is fucked. I don't think that you can separate football either because.
They're like the money makers. The problem is. It's never going to end. Like we're not going to get to a final This is it, you know. There's been Nebraska goes here and The big East dissolves, and now all of a sudden Colorado wanted to jump, and USC, and then it's just going to be like.
Next year, I think Florida State's going to go somewhere. Yeah, uh, Clemson's gonna leave, and then you're gonna have these conferences be like. The SEC is gonna be like, why do we have Vanderbilt? And the big 10's going to be like, we don't really need Rutgers anymore. And then they're going to cut, it's just, it's not going to end.
Which is the problem with me. You can never get. Like, yeah, if you don't have rivalries, okay, whatever. But you create rivalries by playing the same team over time. And if you're hop, skipping, and jumping conferences all the time.
You're never gonna get like what are, I don't. I'm still not accustomed to Texas A ⁇ M. being an SEC team. And now they're good, Texas A ⁇ M next year is going to play Texas. In the SEC.
That makes no sense. Yeah, and Exactly, and I don't like it. And I called this like years ago, though. Ultimately. You know, with NIL money coming in, and it's going to turn into, we've always complained that there's no minor leagues.
For the National Football League, like we're kind of going to see it this year with Brock Bowers, who plays for Georgia. Like, he has no business having to go back and play college football because he would have been a first-round pick. We saw this with Clowney a couple years ago and Leonard Fournette. And now, at least, these guys get to make money, they get NIL money. They obviously also take out like insurance on themselves because if they do get hurt, think of all the money-you know, that's life-changing money for generations that they're losing out on, having to go back to college.
So, ultimately, this becomes the minor leagues, and I think it becomes like the AFC and the NFC, and it's the SEC and it's the Big Ten. Those are going to be the two power conferences. The expanded playoffs are ready here. Everything comes down to money. I've always hated change, though, like growing up.
As a Notre Dame fan, my favorite rivalry was Michigan, and half my friends were Michigan fans or went to Michigan and You know, half of us were Notre Dame fans and so that week was always awesome. And now that rivalry is dead.
So I hate it. Also, you think about like the other sports. Yeah, I mean, in football, we'll get over it in a couple of years when we get awesome matchups, like when. Luke Fickle has Wisconsin as the fourth-ranked team in the nation, and USC is number two, and they're playing on a Saturday night in prime time. We'll be like, you know what?
This is freaking cool. But uh Think about it in like volleyball. Like you said, man, like they should almost just separate this from how they do this for football. Because Think of those like January trips. for women's volleyball.
Men's basketball, anything though, you know, like What is Rutgers going to go and play against USC? No, like you're going to tell Oregon, okay, yo, basketball, we'll schedule.
So you're at Rutgers, at Maryland, at Penn State. And it's one trip and you go.
Well, okay, but... Also I'm like in college to be a nurse. Right. And I'm going to miss a week and a half of school. I'm just playing volleyball to like.
Be a student athlete and have a career track to be Uh Enterprise renter car management trainee. Like I hate it, man, and it all comes down to money again. And College football to me, and I know everybody doesn't agree with this. You know, I mean, in the South, they love college football. Like, if you're in Madison, people love the Badgers.
But I figured out when I wanted to talk Badgers, like, You know, most people in Milwaukee don't really give a shit. They just started to care about the Bucs when they started to win basketball games. Milwaukee likes the Badgers when they're. Good. You got to be undefeated.
And they have to have, they at least got to be like five and all. But yeah, so yeah, exactly.
So, in my opinion, though, college football is a perfect thing. I don't know why you would ever mess with it. The rivalries were perfect. Everything was great. But, like everything else, money took over, and TV deals took over, and greed took over.
And, like, look at these fucking guys that are running these conferences, dude, too. It's going to come out that half of these guys are shitbags. You know it. I mean, I don't want to be too negative here, but I just feel like all these guys, like these rich owners, like anybody with power ends up being a terrible person. There's a reason why they got that money.
You know, it's like Dan Snyder here. He's finally gone and the people can't stop celebrating. What an awful human being. And he was just able to own an NFL franchise for just years and run it into the ground. But that's like how I see a lot of these old, greedy bastards in college football, too.
You know, like when I really got to cover the sport for a couple of years, when I was living in Iowa, and I'd have to go to like Big Ten Media Day and stuff. And you start like seeing some of these people, even like the boosters that are pumping money into these programs. That's what ruins college football. I'm glad the kids are getting paid, I think they deserve it. you know um Some of the endorsements are a little bit ridiculous.
Like, I don't know why Arch Manning would need $8 million when his family's fucking loaded already, but whatever. Like everybody what's Buddy's last name in Friday Night Lights? Buddy Garrity? There's a lot of buddy Garrity's in the world. Yeah, the world's run by Clubby Garity.
Yeah. But they like I there was one tweet going around Thursday about this. Uh High school stadium in Texas. It's a 10,000-seat stadium. It's beautiful.
The town has 20,000 people in it. It's got ten thousand seats for Paul Stadium.
Well, yeah. Dude, did you watch that? I mean, did you watch the Johnny Manzell Netflix thing? Like, that's no, not yet. I've always been obsessed with Texas football.
I read like Friday Night Lights and Because I'm a loser and I love college football. Again, this is why I fall in love with guys like T. Higgins and stuff, because I follow the pipeline and the recruiting. I used to. And I'm not going to lie, I still do, but I don't do like the message boards and stuff anymore.
But yeah, I like to know who's going to be good in a decade. Helps you, especially if you bet games for a living.
Okay.
So what are some college bets I should do? I think I booked Mark somewhere you did it over under. Like in May. And I bookmarked it 'cause I was gonna go to Potto and play 'em all.
Well, like, so I'm actually going to be doing, and you could listen to this show in Milwaukee, even you, Tyler. Oh, actually, you live in Chicago. Boo, Scat. What do we call people that live in Chicago, Bart? Fibs.
Yeah, Tyler, the fib. Not me, though. I don't live in Chicago. I'm here in beautiful Maryland. Wait, so you're going to have a weekend show.
That's going to add 1250. Oh, yeah, so hopefully I do weekends and it doesn't air on 1250. Because 12 only airs bet QL on the weekends.
So, so see, I didn't in. Like, I didn't know this because I don't work the weekends usually, but I chose, I wanted to do a college football show, and they signed off on it. It begins next Saturday, week zero, nine to ten my time, which is what time are you guys, Bart? Eight to nine? Yeah.
8 a.m. to 9 a.m. All right? It's the Beck QL kickoff, college football. It's going to be awesome.
I'm going to be hosting. Uh and I'm gonna be giving you know My favorite plays. She's trying to help people. You know, bet smarter. Anyway, on all that, though, but because it doesn't start until week zero, I need a little more from week zero.
Yeah, I mean well Okay, we'll get to that in a second. I mean, well, I like Navy. Is 22 and a half point dogs. No, like, okay, maybe at Notre Dame overseas, that's cool. But then.
In prime time, it's Uh Either UMass at New Mexico State or Ohio at San Diego State. USC hosts San Jose State, but that's on Pac-12 network. No one gets that. Yeah, nobody gets that. And that's going to be just an ass beating anyway.
I mean, what should those four teams do? And I'm. Yeah. the Pac-12 teams that are left. Dude, I mean That's the thing.
Like, who the f and Stanford is so awful right now. as well. And I don't see that changing anytime soon. I have no idea what happens with those teams. I mean, the ACC, I guess, right?
That's probably their best bet. They don't want them. There was one guy who tweeted. Um Pac-12 should grab the best football schools from the American and Mountain West Conference.
So the conference would be. Stanford, Cal, Washington State, Oregon State. Memphis SMU, South Florida, Tulane. Boise State, UNLV, Colorado State, San Diego State. That's not a Power V conference.
Yeah, no. And then you're see, it's like no one in Florida should be playing anyone on the Pacific Ocean. Yeah, yeah. I mean, who gives? Yeah, fuck those teams, to be honest.
I got your game of the day and your bet of the day, actually, for week zero. I'll give it to you right now, actually. I love. UTEP this season, and they are now one-point favorites on the road against Jacksonville State. This game kicks off.
5.30 p.m. my time. Right? And uh, I got UTEP this season actually over five wins, so we could actually just uh. Start there because you asked for one of my uh Favorite, favorite college football bets.
Let me make sure it's still five. It is. Oh, nope.
Now it's five and a half. It's minus 135.
So UTEP over five and a half wins. I like this one. I like them week one, minus one. They're 10 to one right now to win conference USA. I bet that as well.
Western Kentucky is the favorite. They're plus 125, which makes sense. They bring back their quarterback, who's awesome, Austin Reed, and most of their playmakers on offense. But they only have four starters back on defense. UTEP this season, their win total, again, only five and a half.
15 returning starters. They get Western Kentucky at home in the biggest game of the season. They also play Liberty, who's the second best team that they'll see. They won five games last season. They were five and seven.
I think their floor this year is seven wins.
So I can't believe the win total is only five and a half. The road schedule is awesome. They only have one conference opponent that had a winning record last season. They bring back their quarterback, Gavin Hardison. He's got a really big arm.
Their running back. Deion Hankins is back, their top receiver, Tyron Smith. He actually went and was at Texas AM for like two weeks. He could be a pro. And then he went back to U-Tep for whatever reason.
They have the best offensive line in the conference. Four starters are back, seven starters back on defense. I love their coach. And I like them a lot this season.
So, over five and a half wins, and I like them minus one. Week one. I'll just give you all of them i if you want. I bet.
South Carolina under six and a half. Look at that schedule. Spencer Rattler looked pretty good to close out the season. He should be fine. I don't know that he's going to end up being a first-round pick like we projected, but that defense.
You know, there's only a couple starters back. That's a terrible schedule. I don't think they get the seven wins.
So I went under six and a half on South. Rip them all off. All right, Arizona State. Under five. Arizona under five and a half.
Wow. Over eight and a half. Really big, really big. Miami. over seven and a half.
Maryland. Over six and a half. Here's my favorite in the ACC. Pit. Over six and a half, I'd play that over seven.
Texas State. Over four and a half. Texas. Yeah, just don't ask no questions on that one. What is Texas State?
Four and a half wins. They're going to win at least five games. We'll get to that in a second here. Kansas, I bet under six and a half. But now it went down to five and a half.
So I would stay away from that. But six and a half Texas state. We'll get to them in a second. You said rattle them all off. Buffalo under seven.
Memphis over seven and a half. San Jose State over five and a half. Here's a big one. Florida Atlantic. Over seven wins.
Tom Herman's the coach there now. I think they win the conference. I think they win 10 games. Florida State over nine and a half. Clemson over nine and a half, and Clemson to win the ACC and national title.
Texas over nine and a half, Texan, Texas plus 110. You got Dabos back? He's just spent the last three years bitching about. Not being the champion. Yeah, Lincoln Riley's brother is the play caller there now.
Cade Klubnick's the quarterback. He's a five-star. I don't love the wide receiver room.
Well, somebody will step up, but I like the running backs. Will Shipley's back. Really good defense. I think they'd be. Because, um, what's the kid's name?
Nick Sweeney, still there, or whatever. They always put him in when they're up 69, nothing. I have no idea. Oh, I don't know if he's still there. I hope not.
I hope not. Oklahoma over nine and a half, Vanderbilt over three and a half, Nebraska under six and a half, South Carolina under you got money on all of these. All those. Heisman. Marvin Harrison Jr., 35 to 1.
We haven't seen a wide receiver win the award since Devontae Smith. You go back, you look at his numbers that year. I think Marvin Harrison is going to put up bigger numbers. And I don't think Kyle McCord's going to be the highest man.
So I bet him. I bet Jaden Daniels at 18 to 1, but he's down to 9 to 1. I wouldn't bet anything like that. I'd wait until. Maybe like week three or week four, see if he could get a better number.
And yeah, that's what I got in college football. Love Wisconsin this year. I think that. They could be like a sneaky college football playoff team. Or they could really fuck me out of a lot of money, but I think their floor is 10 wins, right?
Like you look at their schedule, dude. And Um Your toughest game in the West division is against Iowa, and you get that game at Camp Randall. You get that game at home. I like Tanner Mordecai. I know he looked like dog shit in the spring game.
He threw four picks, but we got to remember: it's a completely new offense. Braylon Allen's back. They're still going to pound the football. Not your typical Wisconsin defensive line, but Luke Fickle really coaches up talent. I think that they uh they're gonna be a really sneaky team.
And I love Wisconsin this year. Also, Last night, I bet I want to throw this out there. I haven't told anybody about this. I bet Penn State 18-1 to win the national title. I think that like we talk about fishing.
Yeah, Penn State's defense. I don't know if their defense is as good as Michigan's, but it's pretty freaking good. They also got this really good transfer. Chop from Maryland, who had five and a half sacks for Maryland last year.
So they get better on defense, even though they lose like a defensive back like Joey Porter Jr., their secondary might be even better this year. And then offensively, I think they upgraded quarterback.
Sorry, Sean Clifford fans. I think Drew Aller is a way better quarterback. And Everybody talks about Michigan's running back room, and I get it because Blake Horam's the man, and Donovan Edwards completely torched Ohio State, had over 100 yards against TCU in that playoff loss. But Nick Singleton and Katron Allen, Penn State's running back room might be better than Michigan's. I think their running backs end up being better.
Man, this is a preview for your college show. It's information overload.
Well I mean, I'm going to have still tons of shit because I'm going to be betting, like, all types of weird stuff.
So. Penn State wins the national title 18 to 1. I just really like the price. I mean, because Ohio State 6-1 and Michigan, 7-1. And I'm like, wait a minute.
Like Penn State gets some of these games at home. At Happy Valley. I could see them beating Michigan at home, dude. And I could see Ohio State. Beating Michigan.
Because is Ryan Day really going to lose the hardboff three years in a row? If he does, Harbaugh's going to the NFL next year, guaranteed. Harbaugh's going to the NFL anyway to get out of his suspension. You know, that's fucking bullshit. I'm not even the biggest hardball guy, but he bought a couple kids a goddamn cheeseburger.
But it was during COVID protocol. Yeah, but like we all had to eat Bart We did. And who's going to turn down a free burger? Exactly. We need actually, I would argue that that was the time that we needed burgers more than ever.
Like when Mike McCarthy needed football more than ever, they're going to always need burgers. Oh. Could we talk Dallas Cowboys really quick? I bet them to win the Super Bowl. Good.
They're good. They're going to win that division. The Eagles, I don't know if they're going to be like a complete disappointment, but I think they're like a 10-win team. I think that's going to be the big shock in the end. He's going to win Rodgers McCarthy week two.
McCarthy is going to get his revenge. How the fuck How is that offensive line going to block Micah Parsons or any of those dudes up front? You know what I'm saying? Why am I rooting for Mike McCarthy over Aaron Rodgers? How did that happen?
Ah. You're not watching hard. You don't like Aaron Rodgers on hard knocks. I think he's hilarious. I like Aaron Rodgers on hard knocks just fine.
I don't like that. He is doing all these things with the Jets that he didn't do with the Packers, like take a pay cut. Oh. Well, I think he would have like his young receivers. I think he would have if they would have taken care of Devontae.
How did that magician do what he did? That's fucked up. I need to know that. Especially the Super Bowl prediction one. Yeah, that was insane.
That Super Bowl prediction was wrong, though, because the 49ers don't have a quarterback. But Dallas does. I think Dak Ball's out this year. I love the Brandon Cooks pickup. And I think Michael Gallup maybe bounces back.
That first year after a torn ACL, Which is kind of what worries me about Rashawn Gary a little bit. Just. For pass rushers, there's usually a little bit of drop. And then, like, the second half of the season or that second year off that injury is usually when you bounce back.
So, if you have Gallup, CD Lamb. Cooks.
Now there's no fucking Zeke to take away the carries from Tony Pollard. I think Dak is so pissed off about his picks last year that he goes under 12 and a half picks. That's another thing I like. And I think the defense is even better. Parsons is awesome, and they brought in Stephon Gilmore, who.
In 2019, he was the defensive player of the year. I know he's another year older, but he was really solid, graded out pretty well last year.
So I like Dallas this year a lot. And I don't care that McCarthy's calling the plays. I want him to be calling the plays because I want them to run the ball with Tony Pollard.
Okay.
We will do picks with Horvad throughout the season. We're going to aim to air those on Thursday so we can actually do the Thursday game. Yeah, that's the plan this year. Or I'll record them and then give the Thursday game and then save the rest for Friday. You could do that.
You could just toss it on there, like the Thursday preview, and then here's the picks for Friday. Yeah, but we'll record on Wednesdays. Yeah. The good thing about though giving out the picks like by Friday is we get them in. Before the final injury report, so we don't bet shitty numbers.
You know what I mean? Yeah. Like if Jordan Love, for whatever reason, ever catches COVID. I don't want to lay three points with the Packers with your boy Sean Clifford. Hey, and could you guys, here's my biggest fear for this season.
All right, me and Sparky on Curtin Long did. Confident, curious. Curious, concerned. And I said, I'm confident that the Packers are going to win eight games. I'm curious to see.
If Jordan Love could be. As good as he's looked this summer. And I'm concerned about I want to root for my fucking team this year. And enjoy the season if Jordan Love is good. I don't really need like people like, oh, Horvat, you wanted to win a Super Bowl for your favorite player all time.
You hated the pick. I never hated Jordan Love. I didn't want Jordan Love to be drafted that season by my team because I wanted help for the team that had just played in the NFC title game. and got shit on by the 49ers.
So Hopefully, everybody has mercy on me because I'm with you guys. I got my Jordan Love jersey. I got the white. I got the green. I got the fucking throwback.
I got my jerk. I cut off the sleeves of one. I've been wearing it to the gym, pumping 21s. Everybody's like, hey, Jordan Love's going to be good. And I say, fuck yeah, way better than Sam Howell.
You losers. Fuck the commanders, but listen to Toby anytime he's on the fan. Kids doing a great job. Went to a nationals game with Toby, got hammered. His team beat my team because everybody beats up on the Cubs.
I keep getting excited. I'm like, oh man. Oh, yeah, and here's another thing Tyler could shit on, Tyler, in Chicago. I am a Cub fan, though. Why don't you guys just die?
Okay, like the Cubs get the White Sox, who are a dumpster fire. You guys go to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers, who all of a sudden are the best team in baseball, right behind the Braves. Cubs can make up some ground on you guys.
Well, I guess they did actually win last night, they hit the walk-off grand slam. But still, two and a half games back. Wednesday. If I was you guys, just because of your upcoming schedule, you get the Rangers, I believe, right? The Cubs get to feast on some dog shit teams.
So you guys better take care of business against better teams. And. Then we get that series against each other. I hate the new. Schedule to be honest in Major League Baseball.
They didn't play the Reds after the All-Star break. Once we don't get the Cubs, don't get the Cardinals. And this is the year I want the Cardinals because they're dog shit and I hate all their fans. You don't get to make up ground on the teams in front of you. Yeah, the only Cardinal fan I like is Matt Pauly because he came on my show on a Saturday one time.
All the rest of them. But But hey, I'll be rooting for you guys to be a wildcard team. Is that cool? We just win the division. We deserve it.
Desperately have to go to the bathroom. All right, man, I'll see you. Peace. Live post-game show Saturday night. I'll be there.
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