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Jan 15, 2026
A Numbers Game | January 15, 2026 | Hour 2
A Numbers Game | January 15, 2026 | Hour 2
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This is VSiN, the sports betting network. The numbers tell the story, they always do. It's one of those idiots who believe in analytics. This is the Numbers Game with Gil Alexander on VSiN.
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Hour number two of the Numbers Game at VSiN, the sports betting network, VSiN.com, Game Plus, iHeartRadio, YouTube TV, and of course, Sirius XM channel 158. Gil Alexander, Kelly Midlan.
0:27
Kelly Bidlan, for those who only pronounce things phonetically. Can we show this rendering of, uh- Yeah, that's why I sent it in, man... of the, of the Commodore's new stadium? Sent it to Danny.
0:34
I said, "We gotta grab these 'cause-" With a- "... Gil's gonna wanna see this every segment." Look at that. Daytime, daytime shot. Now, none of those buildings, by the way, surrounding it exist. Look at the moat.
0:43
That's, yeah, that's the, uh, acro- uh, on this side of that water is the State of Maryland. Um- That is, that is awesome... uh, as you see in the background, right?
0:50
The Capitol Building, the Washington Monument, and then beyond the Washington Monument is the Lincoln Memorial. So the shot from the other side is actually cool with that kind of silhouette in the background.
1:00
But that's, it's the east, the very east corner of DC, the District of Columbia. And there's the night shot of it. Ooh. Look at that. I like the re- I like the renderings where, where some stuff is obviously fake.
1:10
Like, uh, uh, Larry, go back to the other one, uh, the, the daytime one where you pointed out the buildings. Yeah. Like, those buildings around it aren't real. Those are the fakest looking buildings ever.
1:18
[laughs] Like, we couldn't even, we couldn't put a little bit more effort into making it look like a realistic building? Nothing exists there at this moment.
1:25
Like, why is there, why is there grass, like, where windows should be on those buildings? [laughs] It's very, it's very E friendly, apparently. That's what, that's what- Oh, man... that stadium's gonna be.
1:35
Take the Whitehurst Freeway from where we went down there. Good stuff. Uh, we get tweets at Betty the Book. Dave Sager, whose Twitter handle is scrabble star 56, which will explain the nature of his tweet. Oh.
1:46
You ready for this? All right. It says, "Gil, if we had a drinking game based on how many times you describe that hokey tennis contest as awesome, we'd all be a little loopy.
1:55
Easily your most overused descriptor in general. Love the show anyway, LOL." [laughs] Scrabble star. Scrabble star. Wow. Hey, uh, hey, Dave. Hey. Nobody likes an English teacher, okay?
2:05
But, uh, help us out with some synonyms then, okay? Jeez. Cheap prop bets. Over under nine and a half tweets about hedging a big Miami ticket today.
2:12
[laughs] Having said that, how likely is it that the liability the books have has an impact on the line? I actually have a hard time seeing Indiana as an eight and a half point favorite. Am I off?
2:21
Uh, that would depend book to book, for sure. Um, but I'm with you on the eight and a half. Like, again, I just described, even as a guy with an Indiana ticket, there, there's no justification for that line today.
2:31
To, to, I, I only want- I wanted to ask Tim that question about where do we close at, 'cause I, it did jump out to me yesterday too, that South Point took a stand at nine. Nine.
2:41
And they're the only ones I see going that way. My mishpucha's got a nine out there. Uh, yeah. And those guys, those guys know what they're doing, so. Hall of Famers. Prime time Cowboys_Cubs1.
2:52
"Yo, hey man, so great to have golf back again. First round leader on Cashmere Keith." Hell yeah. "Let's go, Kelly," he says. I wore, I wore my cashmere for Keith today. And took a country club and K.
3:01
Michael Midlan's man, Crush Keegan, for top 20. "And ham sandwich on Keegs to win it. Peace, love, and yo," he said. Peace, love, and yo.
3:08
I mean, I wanna say good luck, but you know, I'll be r- rage, I will be full of FOMO rage if Keegan wi- whenever Keegan wins when I'm not on him. By the way, man- Full of it...
3:17
you, you know what's, it's not used enough, the betting term, I bet a ham sandwich on it? Mm-hmm. Not used enough. Mm-hmm. Jay Rood used to say that when I used to do shows with him at MGM.
3:24
He'd be like, "Yeah, you know, we'll lose a ham sandwich on that." JD in Florida, "Account loaded and ready for the Aussie Open parlays. We killed it last year. Love betting hardcore tennis. Good luck." You too, man.
3:35
Jesse Welch, "With the expertise of Samich, I think the term horse hockey needs to be used regularly in his segments. Such a wasted opportunity, fellas." Do you see what I responded with there?
3:44
It, it is, I never thought about this before, but he loves horse racing, he loves hockey. Yeah. There's kind of a sport that combines those two. It's called polo. [laughs] They probably, he seems like he'd play polo.
3:54
S- yeah, Samich's gotta pick it up, man. You, you can play that in, uh, you don't have to be y- a young man to play that game.
3:59
And by the way, I don't wanna, I don't want to, uh, before we move into other betting stuff, I don't wanna, uh, ignore this story this morning. Yeah, yeah. This is from, uh, Kirk Chamberlain.
4:07
He's among a couple folks who have tweeted this in. Dave Purdum, uh, wrote a, uh, a piece over at ESPN.com, and now it's being picked up by NBC News as well.
4:17
Um, but 20 people have been charged in connection with a sweeping basketball game fixing scandal. The FBI probe marking the latest gambling scandal in high-level sports.
4:29
Uh, the, the long and short of it is that federal prosecutors secured indictments against 20 people accused of rigging college basketball games in America and pro hoops games in China, according to court papers unsealed in Philly yesterday, or today rather.
4:43
[laughs] Kelly's reaction is to laugh. I'm, I'm sorry. [laughs] I'm so sorry. I didn't, I didn't see the initial tweet about the, uh, the professional games in China. I didn't either.
4:54
I'm laughing because I have heard multiple people bring up in years past like, "Oh, uh, either you're betting on Chinese professional basketball or staying away from it because you know where the, you know where the fix is in."
5:05
The suspects face a slew of charges that include alleged bribery in sports, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aiding and abetting. I, [sighs] okay. And by the way, and then there's also
5:17
high stakes gamblers named in this as well, on top of the suspects who are players. Hmm.
5:24
So, and I won't go through all the names, but basically, the fixers engaged in a point shaving scheme involving more than 39 players on more than 17 different NCAA Division I men's basketball teams, who then fixed and attempted to fix more than 29 games for millions of dollars in bets.
5:40
And on and on and on till the break of dawn. And you and I, can we really just, uh, w- let's just tell everybody what our reaction was off air. Yeah. We'll just, we'll just be, uh, completely honest about this.
5:51
[laughs] Completely transparent. We have become so numb to this. Like, think about the Chauncey Billups thing and the Terry Rozier thing, and how big of a deal it was that morning. Yeah. It was massive.
6:02
And, and then it just kind of went away into the ether, and then we see a massive thing like this where if we had brought up this story I don't know, right after PASPA was ruled unconstitutional, right?
6:13
We would all lose our minds. I see it on this day, I recognize that it's a very serious thing, and then Kelly, I just wanna move on and talk about the first overall pick- Me too... in the NFL draft. Me too.
6:21
Uh, does it feel like- Because it's not surprising... we, we, we've all heard about the 24-hour news cycle. It feels like betting incidents like this are on- I agree... like a 12-hour news cycle.
6:32
I mean, we all said at the, at the time the Chauncey Billups thing was like one of the most massive things to happen in the history of sports. Nobody talks about it three months later.
6:40
Chauncey Billups on the poker side of things. Yeah. But also, also linked to that. Yeah, yeah, it was linked to that. You know.
6:45
Um- I'm sitting here a week ago talking about o- betting over on Trail Blazers win totals, like. Yeah. Well, let's talk about this real quick.
6:53
Oh, by the way, Shooter McGammon also says, Brent Hurley70 says, "Uh, thanks for the shout-out." He's the guy who tracked all the dumbos on the MegaPot.
6:59
He says, "Only been tracking dumbos for two seasons, but I don't know if we'll ever have a season quite like last year with Antonio Pierce with six total- Yes... wins and nominations."
7:06
Yeah, he was a run- I even, I remember that. Yeah. He was a runaway last year. His, his- Okay, I, I- His name is on the trophy... I got two quick hitters for you. Yeah.
7:14
Uh, did you see the story about the Commanders, uh, hiring DJ Williams, the son of Doug Williams? Yes. So they, they hired, uh, Blau, the former Lions quarterback, as their OC. Mm-hmm.
7:25
Which was not a very sexy choice, by the way. No. But yeah, DJ Williams, Doug Williams' son, is now the quarterback coach. Quarterback coach, yep. Yeah.
7:31
And then as Chri- Chris Foster did, uh, did bring up during the break, and I, I chuckled when I saw this come down this morning too, that was your immediate reaction.
7:38
Just wanna let you know, breaking news, Jonathan Kaminga is demanding a trade away from New Orleans. [laughs] And I said- He, he, he's getting benched every other night. But he, guess what?
7:45
He's fi- we've finally hit the breaking point for Jonathan Kaminga. It's like your girlfriend breaking up with you, and then you're like, "You know what? I'm outta here." [laughs] That's what Kaminga's basically saying.
7:53
I'm through with her. Yeah, that's right. [laughs] Uh, by the way, Draco May says, "The most fascinating story has to be the Texans in that stage of elimination thing we just did.
8:03
If they win it all, they're gonna give Stroud 200 million, ruining their future. Worth it? Probably," [laughs] he says. I don't know, that tweet went everywhere. All right, the, uh-
8:14
Other one I wanna bring up from the NBA last night, Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg. Did go down. Still waiting for kinda reports on what it's going to, how bad it's gonna be. He had- Thought it was his ankle, right?
8:24
Yeah, it's his ankle. He had one of those where it kinda got, someone stepped on it, and he kinda got, rolled it, twisted it as he was trying to break away. So, y- you know, it's kinda tough.
8:33
It's not the, it's not the n- I, I'm gonna bring up the same, I forget who we were talking about, the non-contactee. That was Jokic, right? Yeah. It was like, it's, it's contact 'cause a foot's on him. Yeah.
8:42
But the, like, way he moved out of it did not look good. So, interested to see, um, s- see how long he's out for, if any time at all. But the- But some shops have pulled Rookie of the Year odds.
8:53
These NBA awards are all being, well, the Rookie of the Year doesn't have a games m- floor. Correct, which is huge, 'cause if you- Yes...
9:00
if Cooper Flagg only, l- let's say he is out, but he's out for two weeks, I don't think it matters at all. He still wins the thing. Right.
9:06
But, like, you pull up rookie stats, stats, Kon Knipple is still, I, uh, I mean, he's outscoring him right now. I think just be aware.
9:14
If that, if that news comes down, I mean, I've already got some Kon, uh, tickets from earlier in the season, so I don't think I'll be adding, and he's the only person I would c- would consider.
9:23
I think Edgecomb at 25 to 1. These are current on FanDuel? Yeah, these are current on FanDuel. Cooper Flagg minus 900, Kon Knipple plus 650 s- everybody else, starting with VJ Edgecomb at, uh, 25 to 1 or longer. Yeah.
9:34
I, I don't, I think a lot of people would ask about Edgecomb, whether you should jump in on him.
9:38
I think that separation's pretty fair b- between Kon and him, Gil, so I, I really think if w- if for some reason we hear Cooper Flagg's out for the rest of the season, sure, ba- I, I think you could ru- jump in on Kon Knipple today.
9:50
I'm not expecting that, but sucks, man. For a season, Mavericks just cannot get. The whole past year- That's amazing... what a disaster. But again, from, from a awards, rules perspective- Yes...
10:02
again, Rookie of the Year does not have a floor of games. In other words, with MVP, you gotta play 65 games. Why, which is why Wembanyama's not a bet, which is why Jo- Jokic- Mm-hmm...
10:11
is not a bet, which is why SGA is minus 400. But here, Cooper Flagg, it's gonna, he's gonna get the benefit of the doubt on this no matter what. I don't even know what he'd have to miss. Yeah.
10:23
For, like, like, he'd have to miss a month, and Kon Knipple would have to maintain this level of play, if not get better. Yep. One more, because we touched on this yesterday. This won't, this won't take long.
10:38
This'll be 30 seconds. Oh, first rou- yeah, first overall pick? Yeah. First overall pick has gone, uh, just haywire now. Fernando Mendoza minus 7,000.
10:47
This because Dante Moore, I kinda figured this was gonna happen, though. I'm surprised this wasn't built in already, but people thought Dante Moore was coming out. Dante Moore is going back to Oregon.
10:57
Rayol was like, "What? He's doing what?" I know, right? Uh, Mendoza, [laughs] Mendoza's minus 7,000. Uh, and remember, Trinidad Chambless is still trying to get back to Ole Miss, like he hasn't let that go yet. Right.
11:11
'Cause otherwise, to me, it's Mendoza or Chambless. But again, I'll make the point.
11:14
I think because Tom Brady is involved in this, and he has said he will be involved in this, I believe, and I have nothing to go on, but I'm just, my s- me speculating, I think Tom Brady looks at a guy like Mendoza and says, "Hmm, that guy understands what he's looking at on the field.
11:28
That's a guy in my image." That's my guess. When's the last time, feels like it's been a few years now, that January 15th we've had a favorite like this? Minus 7,000. I don't remember ever.
11:40
For, for a guy that, you know, a month and a half ago we were like, "We don't even know how good he is." I took a little Chambless on Cal Sheet, ridiculous numbers.
11:47
So, Danny just told me he is, uh, DraftKings has reposted Chambless is 30 to 1 there. This is FanDuel where he's 75. I got him at 6% on, uh, Cal Sheet. Coming back on a Numbers Game at VSiN, the sports betting network.
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. We get tweets, beginning the book. Scott, New York Mets 16, "So let me get this straight.
14:45
Kelly is still accepting birthday wishes 45 days after the fact, but Merry Christmas/Happy New Year only lasts for four to five days?"
14:52
Well, I didn't say I wanted a happy birthday, I just pointed out it was the same day it was my birthday. "Can we make K. Michael Biddland Day a national holiday?" he says. That, that sounds... Yeah, we should.
15:02
Ray in Texas. [laughs] Uh. I don't know what time of year it would be. Sometime in the summer. Why have we never had a holiday, Stevie Wonder, for your birthday? Hmm.
15:14
Uh, Ray in Texas, "Wouldn't this fit DC perfectly for the new stadium for the, for the Skins?" Yeah, the first renderings of the Commander's new stadium. Uh, he's talking about the columns.
15:22
So most people nationally are saying, "Oh, the columns because it elicits the monuments," right? Right. Yeah. That's not what I see. What I see is just the, again, the silhouette of RFK.
15:32
I love that they did a nod to RFK. Joey Bag of Tennis Balls- Like right around, like on the outside of the stadium.
15:38
So they're saying those columns, which, like, it, it looks like- Yeah, yeah, no, I see the same thing you do. Yeah. I remem- I remember RFK enough to- Yeah... yeah, to see that. That was, uh, someone, who was it?
15:46
Jensen this morning- The column... said it looks like the fabulous forum in Inglewood, is what he, he's thought it looks like. Hmm. Joey Bag of Tennis Balls. Joey is a, uh, Joseph Torres.
15:53
Uh, Joseph Torres, he is a, uh, umpire in tennis. Uh, but he goes by Joey Bag of Tennis Balls on Twitter. He says, "Looking forward to the Australian Open podcast this afternoon.
16:01
You're right," he says, "Pegula is so consistent and totally worth four to one in her quarter. Hope to maybe see you at the Delray Open if you attend this year." Oh, man, when are we doing that trip, man? Let's do it.
16:12
Numbers game at the Delray Open. The... No, you know what? No. Randall- I can't even. I can't even anymore. The last time I was down there, uh- I'ma be down there... this past summer, I didn't go there at, at Christmas.
16:23
Love Delray Beach. I used to live in Delray Beach. Delray Beach Open used to be one of the most fun sporting events to go to every year because you could just go watch some lower level tennis, right?
16:33
It's not the big stars, but it's still big t- big enough tennis tournament. It's a, it's a 250, I believe. Yeah, 250. Yeah.
16:37
And then you just walk out onto beautiful Atlantic Avenue, go to a great restaurant or bar right by the beach. And you know what, Gil? It's all gotten way too condo buildings- Eh?... offices everywhere, man.
16:49
[laughs] Just no little beach town at all anymore. I, I didn't know which way, what you were gonna say. [laughs] Yeah. Way too, pause, uh-oh. I don't know the word. Del Boca- I don't know the word I'm looking for.
16:57
Del Boca Vista. I bel- Last time I was there, I was like, "Let's go to this place," this one bar I used to hang out. Like, "Oh, it's an office building now. Never mind." Okay. Just- Crap on Delray anymore, you want to?
17:09
Still love it. Zach Cohen joins us now courtesy Progressive Guest Line. You can follow him on Twitter @bettingonx. Part of the glue that holds this whole operation together. Zach, good morning to you, sir. Good morning.
17:20
How you guys doing? Doing very well. You said we have a, uh, splashy, sexy new Australian Open, uh, page on the website. Is that true? Yeah, we're going to have a really nice-looking landing page for it.
17:32
I'm going to be doing my daily best bets for it. We'll throw the mega pod up on there. We're also gonna do, like a daily recap and look-ahead video.
17:39
So I'm gonna be doing like eight to 12 minutes, uh, uh, video, you know, stuff every single day. So we're going to have a little bit of extra stuff for the Australian Open this year.
17:47
I will tweet that link out as soon as it's ready. Let's go. All right. And we're gonna save all your Australian Open thoughts for the mega pod later today, so w- we'll, we'll skip over that right now. Uh, NBA. Yep.
17:58
You got some thoughts there. You got a couple props you'd like to share. Yeah. The first one is Anthony Black over 15 and a half points at minus 115. They're playing the Grizzlies in Berlin, uh, pretty soon.
18:09
Uh, like, uh, I believe it's like 11:00 PM... 11:00 AM Pacific Time. Mm-hmm.
18:13
So it's, it's an early tip, and this is just a game where Black's going to be playing without Jalen Suggs, and this season, when he has played without Suggs, that has meant some good things.
18:22
I mean, he's averaging around 20 points per game when he is playing as their starting point guard, and I do think this is a pretty strong matchup for him because the Grizzlies are not very strong when it comes to defending pick and roll ball handlers.
18:33
They're also one of the weakest teams in the league defending above the break threes and 20% Of Black's points come from above the big th- above rank three. So I do think this is going to be a game where he plays well.
18:43
I mean, the Magic are getting back Franz Wagner today, so the Wagner boys are back in Germany today, and I do think that that's going to help the Magic a lot.
18:50
But I do think that Black's still going to have a high enough usage rate to get to 16-plus points. All right, and then, uh, Jusuf Nurkic were over 22 and a half points in rebounds versus the Mavericks. I go Nurkic.
19:03
Yes, Jusuf Nurkic. I don't know if I accidentally texted in by accident- Oh... with Nurkic or not. I'm Ron Burgundy with names. Sounds like a language, but yeah. [laughs] Yeah.
19:11
But yeah, I do have Jusuf Nurkic over 22 and a half points in rebounds tonight against the Mavericks.
19:17
Over the last 10 games, Nurkic is averaging 15.4 points per game, 11.7 rebounds per game, and I really like this matchup for him because the Mavericks are obviously missing Anthony Davis.
19:27
He'll be out for the next six or so weeks, and also missing Derek Lively II over, you know, the rest of the season.
19:32
So this is a team that's all of a sudden pretty undersized at the center spot and a little bit weak inside. Uh, they've been having trouble on the glass. They've been having trouble around the basket.
19:41
They're one of the worst teams in the league defending inside 10 feet, and that is where Nurkic does most of his damage.
19:47
So I do think he's going to have a pretty impactful game as a scorer, and I also think he's gonna dominate the glass. I figured Zach knew a player I didn't know about, being an NBA hardo, hosts the Hardwood Handicappers.
19:56
Oh, completely fair, yeah. Yeah. NFL, Broncos, Buffalo. Like that last one Which way did you go here? I took the Broncos on the money line earlier in the week when it was plus money.
20:05
I, I just think that having the extra week of preparation is going to be absolutely huge for Denver. I mean, Sean Payton is one of the best offensive coaches in the league.
20:13
So even though this Broncos team has been a little bit up and down offensively this year, I do think that getting to attack this bad Bills defense with the extra week to prepare is going to be really beneficial for them.
20:24
And defensively, I kinda like the fact that this is, you know, an elite secondary going against a team that really doesn't have a great group of wide receivers.
20:31
And I know that Allen extends a ton of plays with his legs, but I do think it's going to be hard for his receivers to kinda create separation, even when he's able to do that and get outside the pocket and give them extra time.
20:41
I think Denver's defense is really going to show up in that game. All right, I'm gonna skip the, uh, the Niners-Seahawks game 'cause I, I'm tipped off as to where you're going with that, but let's go to Sunday.
20:50
Uh, Texans and the Patriots, you got th- you got a three and a half on the Texans? Yeah, I got three and a half at minus 118.
20:58
I would still take three if that's the way you needed to do it, but I, I just kinda think that this Houston defense is going to really give New England problems. I don't think that May played all that well last week.
21:08
I think that, you know, it's his first taste of post-season action, and having to go against this Texans team, definitely not, you know, the greatest of match-ups. Like, they have an unbelievable pass rush.
21:17
They have a really reliable secondary. And I do think that if Nico Collins is out there, this is a game that Houston can win outright. Hopefully, he is. I'm not sure whether that'll be the case.
21:26
But if he's not, I still like the three and a half because I think this is a game where the Texans really limit the Patriots offensively.
21:33
And I think that Stroud, while he was awful last week, like, he's still good for a, a big throw or, or two a game. Like, I think he throws one of the best deep balls in the league.
21:41
It's just a matter of, you know, getting a clean pocket and having time to set his feet. And I think one or two big plays in this game might be enough for them to do what they need to do offensively. I'll say it again.
21:50
He cannot possibly play any worse than he did the other night. Can he? [laughs] Question mark. Uh, all right, and then the Bears- Hopefully got out. Yeah, the both... [laughs] Absolutely. Bears and Rams.
22:00
You are not buying the magic carpet ride anymore. You're taking the Rams. You're laying the, laying the points. Yeah, I've actually bought the magic carpet ride all season.
22:09
Like, I think while other people were saying that Chicago was lucky, I was defending them and saying that they were just a team that's good at, you know, winning close games and, you know, it takes something to get into those situations.
22:19
But I do think that this just feels like a really big discount for a Rams team that you look at EPA per play, you look at net EPA per play, they're the number one team in the entire NFL.
22:29
Uh, if you look at rbsdm.com, a website that I use for EPA per play numbers, they're the number one team in tier one. Chicago is in tier three.
22:37
Like, there are several teams listed above this, uh, Bears team, and I do kinda think that the Rams are gonna be able to move the ball against Chicago, even if the weather is bad.
22:46
And I think that defensively, I like that the Rams actually played the Lions last year when Ben Johnson was, you know, the coordinator for that Detroit team and held them to 20 points in regulation.
22:57
I just think that they know what to expect from this offense, and it's a worse offense in, uh, Chicago than what we saw with Detroit. So I kinda like the matchup, and I think that this is way too short of a number.
23:07
All right, and then with the Seahawks, let me, let me, let me see if I can walk through this.
23:11
Seahawks, you don't, you like the Seahawks, but you don't wanna lay all those points, and then Indiana, you like Indiana, but you don't wanna lay all those points, so you're combining them. It's that simple.
23:21
Yeah, it's that simple, and there's nothing, [laughs] nothing more to it. Yeah. I like the Seahawks to win. I don't wanna lay seven and a half.
23:26
I think that Seattle's defense, you know, we saw them give San Francisco a lot of problems in week 18.
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I think that maybe the Niners play a little bit better offensively in this game, like they really should be able to, even without, you know, George Kittle, who just tore his Achilles.
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But I think the Seahawks can play a lot better offensively than what we saw the last time these two teams met. I thought they left a lot of points on the board in that game. So I like them to win.
23:46
I think Indiana actually can cover that number against Miami. I just, you know, I was looking for ways to play the Seahawks, and I was like, "I don't need to do it with an NFL game.
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I can do it with a college game," and it just makes it a little easier for me to take the Hoosiers on the money line rather than laying, you know, eight to nine points. So a little money line parlay.
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With all these, by the way, see if the money line parlay is the better bet than the tease, right? Which you shouldn't be doing in college football anyway. So money line parlay for Zach. Yep.
24:11
The, uh, Seahawks and the Indiana Hoosiers.
24:14
Uh, real quick, just before you go and in the last 20 seconds, what's your, now that, uh, as football clears, how much, what's the percentage pie you spend on basketball, and what's the percentage on tennis now moving forward?
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I would say it's, like, 40% for both and then 20% everything else, like wherever I need to pitch in.
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And then obviously March Madness comes around really soon, and that consumes me for, you know, two, three weeks in a way that's, like, unimaginable.
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So I'll be kinda, like, sitting here at my desk from, like, 6:00 AM to, like, 2:00 AM during March Madness. But then once that stops, things slow down a little bit for us.
24:47
I always tell people, like, we have, like, a teacher's schedule in sports. We do. It's a beautiful thing. Coming back. Thank you, Zach. Appreciate it. Coming back right here on The Numbers Game with Mike Somich next.
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alongside. Uh, this gentleman has himself a podcast. It's called Sharp Money, which he does with our buddy, Patrick Maher. Mm-hmm. Haven't heard from Pat. I gotta talk to Patrick. I gotta text Patrick.
25:23
Hope he's doing all well. Yeah, man.
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[laughs] Uh, but I'll tell you who I don't have to text is Mike Somich, 'cause he's here with us right now to talk horses, to talk hockey, to talk football, anything that's on his mind with his Som-O-Bombs.
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You can follow him @SomOBomb18 on Twitter. Mike, courtesy of the Progressive Guest Line, how you doing, man? Uh, doing great. Just got in from my morning polo match. [laughs] Uh, excited to be here with you boys.
25:46
That's right, on Twitter they are, they, they, they figure you as a polo player. It's Gil for you, Mike. Based on all your loves. Your- I, I actually have played polo once before. Wow. It was not pretty.
25:56
I will probably never play polo again. [laughs] You've played polo before? So you can ride a horse. Yeah, there's actually- Do you know how to ride a horse? I do know how to ride a horse.
26:04
Up in Saratoga, so Saratoga Springs, home of Saratoga Race Course, there's a big polo grounds. Um, and I had a friend who was playing polo, invited me to come out and try it.
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I tried it for about 15 minutes and I was good. Didn't need any more than that in my life. Wow. How would a Mike Somich, Drew Dincic podcast go? Where they just, like, out bourgeoisie each other?
26:22
Well, they should do it while playing polo. That's right. [laughs] Yeah, yeah, yeah. I, I- Yeah... I've consumed alcohol at a polo match before. Oh, that's good. I know that will not shock you. Yeah, yeah.
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I have never attended such a thing. Yeah. My people don't usually attend those events. We're only gonna do Florida. [laughs] My people don't usually attend those events.
26:36
All right, Mike, uh, let's start with horse racing, um, because that's your, that's your go-to brand. We'll start there.
26:43
Uh, before we get to something here this weekend, do you have any derb- like, way too early derby plays for us? How about that? I do.
26:53
[laughs] Uh, this is, this is like, one of the most fun parts about the Triple Crown trail is the hype trains that get rolling. Yes. And we have, don't have a great three-year-old class this year.
27:02
I think this is one of the more wide open Kentucky Derbies we've seen since Mage won four years ago.
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That means that, like, when I see three-year-olds debut, meaning debut, they've never run a race before, this is the first time they're on the track, and I'm really blown away, I get way too excited about them.
27:18
We saw one last weekend. The horse's name is Chief Wallaby. Uh, debuted in the fourth race at Gulfstream Park last Saturday, going seven furlongs on the dirt.
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Trained by Bill Mott, who won the Kentucky Derby last year, Junior Alvarado rides. He rode the winner last year as well. He looked fricking awesome. I mean, just n- did not get asked around the turn.
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They were going fast. When Alvarado asked him in the top of the lane, the horse just took off. Very, very mature horse. Not available in most future pools yet. Ooh. Like, that's how early we are here. Yeah.
27:49
Um, but we'll have to see if that one pops up, and if so, I'll, I'll probably drop a win wager on, especially if I can get somewhere in the 50, 60 to 1 range.
27:56
That always trips me out about Derby, like this early, like you used to have to, when Johnny Avello was at The Win, you used to like walk up to Johnny and be like, "Hey, Johnny, can you put up, uh, Chief Wallaby on the board with a number for us?"
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40 to 1 at Caesars. I miss those days. 40 to 1? 40 to 1 at Caesars. You said you miss- That's not bad... you miss those days, Mike? Yeah. I miss those days. I rem- I have, I...
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Back when I owned race horses with a buddy of mine, he had Justify at 250 to 1 at The Win, and, uh, he, he literally had to ask the question, "Hey, how much can I get?"
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And this is the name of the horse, and that was before Justify debuted. Now, not a lot of places are going to book bets like that in the race site anymore. Let me just focus on the first part of that sentence. Yeah.
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Oh, I heard it too. Yeah. 'Cause I heard nothing afterwards. I, I, I don't wanna hear any of it. Quote, "Back when I owned the horse races." Back when I owned the horse races. Wow.
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[laughs] That's when he was playing polo, okay? I heard nothing. You guys are killing me today. [laughs] I heard nothing after that. We're not saying it, Mike. No, I, I, I'm envious. Uh, it's okay.
28:46
And then you have something in horse racing this weekend, yes? Yeah, yeah. So if, if you're interested in the Triple Crown, if you wanna follow it, check out VSiN at the Track.
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We've got our own YouTube page, got our own podcast. We're gonna cover everything Triple Crown as we head toward the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks. This weekend is Le Compte weekend down at Fair Grounds.
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That's the feature race. Derby points on the line. I really like the number five horse, Golden Tempo here, eight to one in the morning line. Sharri Devout trains. Jose Ortiz takes the mount. He's her main rider.
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Uh, first time this horse is gonna go two turns. That's the big question mark, but there's a lot of speed signed on. Golden Tempo came from off the pace last time.
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I don't think distance is a problem based on the pedigree, and Golden Tempo awfully live in Le Compte, race number 13 at Fair Grounds this Saturday, eight to one on the morning line. Okay.
29:32
I st- I st- I, I ke- I keep getting tripped up by something he said. Did you just say he's gotta make two turns for the first time? Yeah, so the, the first race of his career was around s- was six furlongs. Okay.
29:43
So they only go one turn in six furlongs. You're only on the back stretch- Oh... the far turn, and then the home stretch.
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When you're going a mile and a 16th, which is the distance of Le Compte, or a mile and a quarter the distance of the Kentucky Derby, you start around the finish line.
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So you have to go around the first turn, the back stretch, the far turn, and then through the stretch. Gotcha. So it's, it's often a challenge for horses going from one turn to two turns. That's why I mention it.
30:05
So far, everything Mike has said, we've double backed on. I, I know. I've had to stop him. [laughs] I just started thinking about turns in a horse track. I'm like, "They don't go all the way around the track?"
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Apparently they don't. All right, let's see if this part goes- Yeah, I'm gonna shut up... let's see if this part goes better. Hockey. [laughs] Uh, what do you, [laughs] what do you have in the NHL tonight?
30:20
Uh, we are gonna go to the Minnesota Wild, currently my favorite hockey team on the planet right now, because my St. Louis Blues are aw- absolutely awful.
30:28
Uh, Minnesota Wild added, uh, Quinn Hughes via trade couple weeks ago. They have just gotten better and better and better. This is a team that's also starting to get healthy.
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I don't get their, think they're getting the full respect in the market yet. A team that I was high on at the start of the season, faced a ton of injuries, now we're starting to flip the script on it.
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Uh, the Winnipeg Jets on the other side have majorly disappointed throughout this season. Right now, Minnesota minus 140 on the money line. They're not a good overtime team. They're not a good shootout team.
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So let's just play them in regulation. [laughs] Let's go Minnesota plus 105 to win in regulation, and just take out the overtime and the shootout side of this. Take the better team at plus money in 60 minutes. I like it.
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Okay, to the National Football League.
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I ask this question on the Megapod every week, which is, uh, if you had to play every single game, but you got one free pass, one game you wanted no part of on the side- Which game is it?
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You have a distinct game this week, it appears, based on, on the bets you have, which is... And it's reflected in the line, I guess, right? Bills, Broncos, you want no part of that? Yeah, I don't want any part of that.
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If you wanna tease the Bills up to seven and a half, go for it. I... Have fun. Uh, if you wanna try and play Harvey rushing props, go for it. Have fun. As far as the side, I... Like, this should be one and a half.
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The line is right. And, and- Yeah... we don't have to bet every game. A- and to me, this is the one where I didn't bet it at open when I could've gotten plus one and a half on Denver.
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I'm not gonna bet it now when it's, it's right where I think it should be. I understand why people think through Harvey rushing props are great.
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I'm a little concerned because we've seen McLaughlin get some more of the carries there, and we've seen Harvey be a receiver more than a runner in certain cases. So I don't wanna play that on that side.
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I, I don't mind, I know a lot of people like the Seattle Buffalo teaser. I can get behind that if you wanna throw it in there. I just, I, I, I think this game is correctly priced, and that, that Broncos and Bills game.
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Pro tip, we don't have to bet every game. Mm-hmm. Absolutely. Okay. You do have conviction, though, on the Niners and the Seahawks later on Saturday. Which way you going here? Yeah, I do. Look, the, the...
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I realize this line is probably a little bit juiced up. It's seven, and I wanna play Seahawks minus seven here, so make sure you find the seven, not the seven and a half that's over there at Circa right now.
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Was two and a half for Seattle week 18 in San Francisco. Now, if you do the point and a half for home, that means this line should be right around five and a half for Seattle.
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My argument to that is, A, you lost Kittle, and B, if you go back and you watch that week 18 game, it was 13 to three going on 30 to three. I mean, that was a dominant performance by Seattle.
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I don't think people realize just how dominant it was. You go back and you look at total yards, Seattle doubled them up. It was 23 to nine in first downs in that game for Seattle.
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They had a downs turnover early in that game, missed two field goals. They left so many points on the board.
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I, e- and they still would've covered seven and a half, by the way, despite leaving all those points on the board.
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And then you go back and you watch the week one game, and you kind of forget, when the 49ers were completely healthy, they really struggled to move the football against that version of Seattle's defense, which is worse than the current one now.
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I, I think Seattle should be, uh, uh, sitting somewhere around the eight and a half type number here. So I'm happy to go out, find the seven, lay the seven with Seattle.
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I think they, they control this game on the defensive side of the ball. All right, let's go to Sunday. Texans and the Patriots to start the day. Which way are you betting this? I, I can't get to three and a half here.
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I just can't do it. We just saw the three and a half with the Chargers. Are you telling me the Texans would be a, a, a pick 'em on a neutral with the Chargers?
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[laughs] I would back the Brinks truck up on the Texans there. Mm.
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I have, I would have the Texans almost as a full field goal better, and now you're telling me I'm getting the exact same price in New England that I was just getting on the Chargers with the Texans?
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Yeah, give me the three and a half here. I'm with you. I get it, there's no Nico Collins. I understand Stroud wasn't great. There is no way I could be told that this should be three and a half.
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If you wanna say three and make an argument around the Collins and Stroud stuff, fine. But the other side of three is just wrong to me, so I'll take the Texans with three and the hook.
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You and I are simpatico on that one. We're oppo on San Francisco, Seattle, but we are dead on on the Texans together. And then the, uh, Bears and the Rams. Yeah.
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I, this is another one where, like, if you told me I could get the Rams minus one and a half on a neutral over the Packers, I would be backing up the Brinks truck. Uh, give me the Rams minus the three and a half here.
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I think the Bears have been, uh, phenomenally coming back in football games. You gotta love what they've been able to do.
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You can't fall behind to the Rams like they've been falling behind to other teams here and be able to, to kinda claw your way back.
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I think the Rams take care of business, uh, and lean a little bit toward the under just because of the temperature and the wind that we're seeing, but I, I like the Rams minus the three and a half as the best bet in this game.
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Mike, we love you. We always learn something. Kel- Kelly and I are simple humans. We always lo- we always learn something when we share this. I got one more question. Oh, yeah.
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And Mike, have you ever rode horses on the beach with crashing waves splashing into you? [laughs] 'Cause I feel like you pro- you're a Cali guy. No. You have to have done that, right?
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I, I, I have rode horses up a volcano- Oh... but never on a beach with splashing waves. I'm gonna leave you with this. It's more badass. Horses go the opposite direction in Australia and in Europe.
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Do you think those horses can also turn the same way they turn in the US, or do they struggle with it? I'll let you think about that one. I'll answer it next time I'm on. This guy. What a tease. This guy. Deep tease.
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[laughs] I bet they struggle with it. When's the next Sharp Money podcast with you and, uh, Patrick Maher? We will be on Sunday, or Monday morning covering the, these games, talking about next weekend.
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You got, uh, VSiN at the track today. Okay. VSiN at the track. Nice. So Somich doing the horse racing thing today- Yeah... and then he does Sharp Money on Monday. Thank you, Mike. Appreciate it. You, you got it, guys.
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37:51
Uh, let me try to rattle through a bunch of these 'cause I'm, I'm backed up, man. Backed up on these tweets. This is, uh, from, uh, we'll start with where- Well, the Samaich segment had to be a hit.
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Oh, can I just say this off, uh, the Samaich thing? 'Cause w- I, I followed up on that whole thing. So anyway, for those who are interested, and by the way, yes, I was interested. So the horses, right?
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It's fascinating, man. We, uh, so our horse racing- Yeah... is counterclockwise, right? Right. Okay. In Australia and England, historically, they have always gone clockwise.
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So the question that Samaich was asking was, do the horses get affected by this?
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And I'll try to do my best to sort of explain what he was explaining to me, which is, he said they don't because at the speed at which they go, right, they're, they're relying on their inner muscles to make those turns, and so it doesn't affect them.
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But he does say every once in a while you will see some musculature difference. Well, I was just gonna say. Yeah, on the side of the body.
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If you, if you were a classic American horse, wouldn't your, like, left shoulder then be way more jacked? Well, that's kind of what he was saying. I'm not sure if- Also- I'm not sure if jacked is a horse term.
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I'm pretty sure it is, okay? [laughs] I'm pretty sure it is, Gil. Uh, also, like, how many horses, though, are going, like, you know, how many American horses are racing in Europe and vice versa?
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Yeah, we'll have to- I guess we didn't get to that part... we'll have to have him back on. I don't know. I to- I told you. You were laughing at this too.
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Like, the, I had to follow up on the two turn thing 'cause it was all of like eight months ago that I learned that horses just run in a sprint like in England sometimes. Yeah. They're just like, "Go."
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Like, just go one way straight. Ace to Cardano, "The Giants are gonna spend $100 million to still have the worst coach in the NFC East.
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He's supposed to be a team building guy like Sirianni, only Harbaugh isn't good at it." Oh, wow. Ace to Cardano going in on John Harbaugh.
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[laughs] Some, some Mike Samaich riding horses or renderings here on Twitter as well. Yeah, what he, yeah, what he did himself, so that was supposed to be him. J- That was AI version of Samaich playing polo.
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Jesse Welch, "Ah, yes, I recall the previous polo expedition quite well. 'Twas a superb outing indeed."
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This is, uh, Fred Leonards, "My only hesitation with Jesse Bugula in quarter number three, are we sure her finances are in order? Love the show." Thank you, Fred.
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Yeah, you know she's got to fight for every W, every dollar. $7.5 billion heiress. Not to be confused with Emma Navarro, who's a pauper with a $1.5 billion fortune. Man, I don't know, man.
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That, that family's just sunk a bunch of money in for a new stadium. Things are tight right now. Things are tight. Her dad is the owner of the Bills- Yeah... and the Sabres.
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Joe C, our buddy, apparently Kendrick Lamar showed up at his daughter's, uh, picture day today. Wow. Whoa. There you go. Big get. Jesse Welch, "Don't worry, Kelly.
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Reminder set for next December to tweet happy birthday to you." Thank you, Jesse. Linda Cardia. We always love it when we have a, uh, a lady who tweets in, 'cause we don't get much-- We don't get many of those. Mm.
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Just full disclosure, we don't get many of those. But Linda says, "Was Kelly calling Samaich an old guy earlier on the show? And by the way, I actually enjoyed the relaxed Todd Wishnev yesterday.
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Much easier to listen to. Thanks for the great shows every day." Thank you, Linda. You enjoyed the, uh, the depressed, sick Todd Wishnev yesterday? I don't think I called Samaich old earlier.
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Not on the segment, but I think so. Or maybe on Twitter you did or something. I don't know. Maybe. He's older than me. Apparently, apparently he had a past life where he owned horses, so I don't know. He owned horses.
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It's like a- Maybe he's 65, and I just, he just looks great. He's, he's owned horses. [laughs] Riding them up and down volcanoes. Him and, him and Drew on a podcast, it would just be like this. T- They'd be like, "Mm.
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Mm." "Mm." [laughs] Be their whole conversation. [laughs] Uh, JasonH11 also- Oh my God... gave me the, uh, rendering. Everybody giving me the renderings of the Commander stadium. I lo- I love you all for doing it.
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It is glorious. He says, "The new stadium rendering looks amazing. Even the combination pot farm/parking garage next door seems [laughs] to fit into the surroundings."
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Oh, I, we came back from break, I think it was two segments ago. I was, I was over here laughing so hard. [laughs] Uh, to, to, from Jesse's tweet, 'cause that's what it looks like. It's the edge of DC.
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It is really, like, the corner of it. Nothing is there, right, except for that stadium. Yeah, I just don't get why the, uh... Yeah, there it is. There it is. You can see it. Why are the buildings...
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Again, do you remember the, what was the movie, guys, that Will Smith did, uh, Legend or whatever? Was like this, the, I Am Legend, where the zombies, and it's like the grass is growing out of New York. What?
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That, why are these buildings, like, th- there's grass is growing out of these buildings.
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D- Daryl Green, who of course won Super Bowls playing games there and is Hall of Famer, he, when, when they were breaking down the old RFK, he did a, like, a TikTok where he's sitting outside a chain link fence out there like, "Man, there's glory days [laughs] behind us."
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Like he just spent a day. It was like, it was just gr- growth vegetation growing over the area. Oh, my God. Paul Zang- I mean, as we've done this deep dive, I have a feeling that is on purpose, Gil.
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Like, maybe it is a go green sort of like, you know, initiative for parking garages or something. Oh, there's supposed to be malls there and everything. Yeah, yeah. It's like a whole thing.
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Paul Zang, "I read the buildings surrounding the new stadium are parking garages." Yes, they are. Merle Betts. Yeah. "Two days in a row, Gil, with the Seinfeld iconic one-liner.
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Not that there's anything wrong with that." I remember saying that the other day. And today, Del Boca Vista, "What's next? More sports betting scandals? Yada, yada, yada." Pretty much. Oh, Xavier82 helping us remember.
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We had the English teacher who, uh, or the Scrabble star who, who, uh, tweeted in earlier. Xavier82 says, "Good morning, gents. Awesome, uh, awesome synonymous." This is synonyms for the word awesome.
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He says, "Amazing, incredible, wonderful, fantastic, excellent, marvelous, astonishing, and remarkable." All true. And he says, "For outside the box, dope, epic, lit, sick, fat, the bomb, slaps.
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Ha ha, have a lovely day." Thank you. Appreciate it. Apparently I'm incapable of going around the English language. RN Diggity, "You got to bag it up.
43:15
Hey, Gilly and Kelly, a group of us will be making our annual trip to Vegas for the big game in three weeks. We stay at Aria. Any recommendations for the best lounge/piano bars in that area of the strip?"
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You seem like a lounge guy, piano bar guy Well, you got the dueling pianos down at what, New York, New York Lounge. I don't know. My new thing, well, my new thing is the high limit lounges.
43:36
I don't know Make a reservation at Delilah's Yeah. Well, you can- That's, that's what you're talking about- Carbone... but, but don't crack. Yeah. Master of Puppets, "Love the show. I love Nick's stats about the Rams."
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Was that Nick Whalen yesterday? Um, "With that said, that's the whole year. The last six games says something different. Now add weather and that Bear magic and we have upset city." Master of Puppets likes the Bears.
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Oh, Crack coming up next hour. He says, "Can you unpack this a bit when you're on, uh, with Crack later? It's definitely worth addressing and I agree with you." Oh, Crack tweeting out that Ben Affleck,
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the actor Ben Affleck, mentioned that his son asked him for money to gamble. Oh, I did see that. Yeah.
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I didn't see that, so I'd love to talk about that with Crack, 'cause- It's like his, like, it was like his 10-year-old son or something like that. [laughs] Uh, yeah. It's not a laughing matter, by the way.
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DGen, Southern Gen, "Gil, surprised you didn't consider Q3 winner to be Learner Tien. Tien beat Mehdi here in five sets last year in what was essentially his coming out party." Not that kind of coming out, Kelly.
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"Ladies love Learner. That's why they call him LLL Cool J." Um, he's great. I love Learner Tien. I was betting on him at the, uh, the qualies here in Vegas last year.
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Um, but yeah, his numbers aren't good enough to win the quarter in my humble opinion. Great player, though. And, um- 13-year-old son asked him for 100 bucks- 13... to bet on sports.
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Um, I, I'll find out from Crack what the answer was 'cause I'm curious about this. This is, I will just say this, Gracie, right? Mm-hmm. My, my favorite person in the world. Um, Gracie, who is now
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19 years old, just turned 19, but, like, all the dudes, like, all the kids in her high school- I remember you telling me the one story... they're all betting. Yeah. They're all betting on stuff.
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And I, of course, I ask Gracie, I'm like, "What, what are they betting on?" She's like, "I don't know." But I, I, one of them was in the back, was, we were driving somewhere about six months ago.
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He was on prize picks, I believe. Uh. And he just has opinions. He's bet on, and, you know, it's, it's a little alarming- Yeah... that all these, yeah, that everybody is doing it.
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Um, Joey Bag of Tennis Balls also adds, "Kelly's 800 text number again for the show. Wanted to leave my personal information for you, Delray and UNLV in March." He's, he's doing the umpiring at Delray. He's serious.
45:43
That's awesome. Yeah. Uh, and then- I love that term... and then Brian M, "If you wanna bet horses running straight, you can bet on quarter horses in the US, some big, uh, payouts.
45:52
Others are like, uh, not so much," he says. Billy Charlebois, "Hoping in the futures breakdown we can get, uh, Kelly's left shoulder jacked ratings for horses."
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[laughs] Uh, you gotta lean into that when you make that turn, right? I can see it. I'm, I'm pretty sure it is, Gil. All right, here are all our bets.
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Uh, I'm on the Niners plus seven and a half at the Seahawks, as mentioned earlier in the week. I'm on the Texans plus three at the Patriots. I'm with Sam Obama on that one as well.
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Uh, the tennis, I haven't made my, uh, my Australian Open ones because I was seeing them in real time on the show this morning in terms of futures, but as far as my year-long futures, remember Jannik Sinner to win exactly three Grand Slams at plus 450, Iga to win exactly two Grand Slams at plus 350, and then yesterday I added a couple golf season longs, um, in the same vein.
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Scottie Scheffler to win one major at minus 125 is where I got that at, and then Marco Pengy, Marco Peng to win Rookie of the Year. What's my number there? Uh, plus 550. There you go. Marco Peng. You, sir.
46:52
I have one NBA bet tonight, Celtics on the money line against the Miami Heat. I just bet this. It was kind of a, uh, it was a strong lean.
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I was gonna leave it alone to see where the market moved, and mo- moving to the Boston side, and then, um, saw someone that we respect is on that side as well. So I'm on the Celtics.
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Uh, all right, NFL this weekend, Seahawks I laid to six on open bot, a little bit back with Niners plus seven and a half, laying Patriots two and a half. Uh, Drake May, over 35 and a half rushing yards.
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I added that one yesterday. I think dude might have to run a bunch this week. Josh Allen, over eight and a half rush- rushing attempts. Guess what? I think that dude might, might have to run a bunch this week too.
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Bills plus 250 to win the AFC. I'll recap everybody else's bets on the other side, and Kelly's. Got some Sony Bet bets as well. And Crack, unscripted on a Numbers Game at VSiN, the sports betting network.
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