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Jan 20, 2026
A Numbers Game | January 20, 2026 | Hour 2
A Numbers Game | January 20, 2026 | Hour 2
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0:01
The numbers tell the story, they always do. For those idiots who believe in analytics. This is a Numbers Game with Gil Alexander on VSiN.
0:09
Back on the Numbers Game, hour number two, right here at VSiN, the sports betting network, vsin.com, Game Plus, iHeartRadio, YouTube TV, and of course, SiriusXM channel 158.
0:17
Gil Alexander, Kelly Midland still to come, Drew Dinsick standing by, Jeff Erickson will join us. Um, Kelly may have a, uh, NBA win total to share with us a little later on. I do. Bet that. Uh, Paul Carr, how about that?
0:29
Some midweek Champions League coming up as well. Chumping on it. Oh, plus we just talked about Indiana being historically just this amazing, in terms of American sports, at 100 to 1 pre-flop.
0:39
Only the greatest show on turf, Rams pre-flop, were longer odds to win the title in North American sports. But I, I referenced Leicester City, who won the Prem, I, I think it was 2015, I believe it was.
0:53
Um, Paul Carr was at ESPN at that time, and he has some pretty interesting insight into that period of time, how he had to explain to the ESP- to his ESPN cohorts this pre-legalization of gambling- Right...
1:07
what exactly that meant at the time. At 5,000 to 1. B- books won't put out those numbers anymore. 2015-16 season. 2015-2016, so it was right before VSiN, basically. Right. Um, nothing will ever be quite like that.
1:20
Oh, and a little later on, since we were talking about tennis earlier, let's do a little, uh, stage of elimination comps. Yeah. We'll do- I th- I think the ones I put together, nobody got eliminated yesterday, right?
1:30
Nobody got eliminated. All right, good. [laughs] We'll, we'll do some, uh, matchups. Something I meant to check this morning and absolutely did not. That's right, the Australian Open.
1:35
Uh, ladies and gentlemen, he joins us to talk NBA, NFL, I don't know, maybe some Winter Olympics. Who knows what's gonna come out of his mouth. Maybe some wine.
1:43
Drew Dinsick, @whale_capper, the host of not one but two podcasts, The Deep Dive with Drew Dinsick and Andy Molator, and NBC Sports Bet The Edge with Jay Croucher and Drew Dinsick. Maybe not in that order.
1:54
Maybe it's Drew and Jay. How you doing, Drew? Good morning. I'm doing well. How are you guys? We're doing very well.
1:59
I, you know, uh, the first thing I wanna ask you is you famously come on here after the Dodgers win the World Series, and you say, "Yeah, guys, you know, I get a five to one on the Dodgers.
2:08
I roll to the bar once they win the World Series. I bragged to everybody." [laughs] Do you do something similar in college football? I know it's not your, like, main sport, but do you get involved at all? Yeah.
2:18
Uh, and a little disappointed that the Hurricanes weren't able to- Oh... get a win last night, because I was ready to come on this show and, uh- [laughs]...
2:25
and declare that Duke football was the rightful national champions as the champions of the ACC that were not invited- That's right... [laughs] into the tournament. Uh-huh.
2:35
If the third-best team in the ACC had won the national title, you believe I had the paperwork already, already filled out to, uh, claim this national title o- on behalf of Duke football, who of course won the Sun Bowl in spectacular fashion.
2:47
Uh, we went on... We went to the Sun Bowl and we beat the Sun Devils. I mean, c- come up with a more impressive bowl combination than that. I can't. I love that they gave you paperwork, though.
2:55
That's the best part of that story. [laughs] [laughs] I know you had to fill that out. Every fan has to fill that out. Yes. Every guy who attended the school. That's right.
3:02
Um- Well, n- not everybody that attended the school, but some- someone with authority needs to claim it, right? Understood.
3:08
You, you, you know, you know, like, how, like, uh, some of these schools have national title claims for, like, the 1898, uh, you know, national title and stuff like that. Well- Right...
3:16
you know, you gotta fill out the paperwork or else it's not valid. And then when they take it away from you in violation, they take the paper away. I know. They take- It makes, makes sense. Right.
3:23
It's, actually, they, they put a giant red stamp on it. It's very embarrassing. [laughs] All right. Well, I'm sorry it didn't- It's deflating.
3:29
[laughs] I'm sorry the, the Hurricanes didn't cooperate so that you could come on the show and talk about that that way. Um, but there- [laughs]... there it is once again. Uh, we talked about it earlier this morning.
3:38
Other than that, though, uh, yeah, no skin for me in the, uh- Okay... minor league football championship. [laughs] The minor. Well, let's talk about the major.
3:44
[laughs] Let's talk about the majors then for a second, if we would. How did your divisional round go? Did the, uh... Did your w- magic carpet ride of betting in the NFL continue in divisional round? Oh, yeah.
3:54
Yeah, it did. Yeah, winning, winning weekend. Uh, I had Broncos, which was a gift. Uh, I had Seahawks, which was hilarious. [laughs] Yes, it was. That one, that one, that one I got...
4:06
So, you know, that one, uh, closed bad. Uh, and I was a little nervous going into that game, and then by halftime I was just laughing. By halftime? How about after the first s- play of the game?
4:14
Right, first play of the game- Yeah... I was like, "Oh, I guess we're, I'm, I'm even up now." [laughs] Yeah. And, uh, yeah, let's just, let's just win from here. Um, but yeah, that one was great.
4:23
Uh, Patriots and the over for me on Sunday morning was awesome. Uh, that Keelan Booty touchdown took me over- Whew...
4:29
and really kind of clinched the Patriots cover for me, and I was just running around like a maniac excited, 'cause that was such a good, such a good play, such a good catch. What a catch.
4:38
Um, and then, uh, I had, I laid Rams. That was my loser. Um, and s- boy, was it close, though. [laughs] If that fourth down touchdown doesn't get converted- Oh, my God...
4:50
they win by seven, and then I'm really, then I'm just absolutely laughing four for four on sides, and I would've had, had myself a little party. But, um, ultimately the Rams come through.
4:59
That's my entire futures book, so that was a relief. Um, and that game was entertaining as can be. Uh, you just have to tip your hat to what Caleb Williams did with that throw. Yes, you do.
5:08
He had, like, uh, Andy and I are joking, you know, I don't know if you know this, um, and, uh, I can't remember if we've nominated you before, but, uh, the, uh, the week between the, um, uh, championship games and the Super Bowl when there's nothing to talk about, we do the, uh, the, the Divies, uh, where we give out our NFL awards- Oh...
5:28
uh, for the season. Um, and they have a gambling t- uh, you know, twist to them obviously.
5:33
And, um, but this year we have a new category, which is gonna be the top throw of the year, and, uh, it's just gonna be four Caleb Williams throws.
5:40
[laughs] I think the two that he had in the Packers game, the one at the end to tie it and the one to win it, uh, the second, you know, the Packers throw from fourth down that, uh, that c- got them back into that game, and then his fourth down touchdown against the Rams was just unreal.
5:54
I c- I still can't understand how that happened. That was, that was one of the most ridiculous things I've seen on a football field. I, I mentioned- Yep...
6:01
I mentioned yesterday that- I had a visceral reaction, the only comp of which was the Minneapolis miracle when Stefon Diggs got behind the Saints defense. Yeah. Where I slid- Oh, yeah...
6:11
my whole body slid down in my chair and my arms went over my head. [laughs] This is exactly what happened with the Kaleb touchdown. Like you just can't- Yeah... process immediately.
6:20
Your brain is a beat behind what just happened. You're like, "How? What? Oh my God." Yeah.
6:25
Um, by the way, you said, you said- Yeah, for, hey, for the Rams to come back and, uh, win after that, that's, that's heart of a champion stuff if I've ever seen it. Here we go. [laughs] Yeah, they gotta earn it, Drew.
6:34
Here we go. [laughs] There's no point voting on this, that's right. True, they have to actually do it before you cash. Drew's like stumping for it. Drew's lobbying for it. This isn't college football. Yeah.
6:42
[laughs] That's right. Uh, okay. So knowing that you have Rams futures in, in, in tow- Yeah... how do you see these two games- Yeah... here this weekend on Sunday? I'm adding Rams if it gets to three.
6:55
Um, but two and a half is not, I don't sincerely object to that price. Um, I, I'm closer to a pick, but obviously the difference between two and a half and a pick in this type of game is pretty negligible.
7:07
Um, and I think that total, uh, is a bit high. Um, but I haven't played it yet. Um, the, um, matchup of interest for me in that one is obviously McVay's offense versus McDonald's defense.
7:20
Um, McDonald had every answer in the book to just, uh, make the wizard Kyle Shanahan look inept two times in three weeks. Uh, he is cooking with gas right now.
7:32
They have a very relatively, you know, healthy defense with, you know, elite players at all three levels. I don't, I don't, I'm not 100% sure what the plan is for McVay here and, um, I'm very hopeful that like,
7:46
I'm hopeful he's not just overthinking things a little bit. Um- Well, didn't he look like he was the other day? I mean- I mean, good God. Yes. That was not good from him. Yes. Yeah.
7:55
I mean, if you're gonna grade McVay on his performance in Chicago, I think he gets like a D, maybe a D plus.
8:02
Um, I guess I'm gonna give him a D plus 'cause he finally pulled his head out of his behind in the over- you know, in the final drive in overtime.
8:09
Um, but, uh, you know, the, the writing was on the wall pretty clearly to, you know, to try to use your heavy personnel and, um, you know, and, and really get the, uh, get things going on the ground.
8:20
And instead it was almost like he overthought it, and he was like, "We're gonna catch them by surprise and have Stafford throw the ball 50 times." [laughs] That's right.
8:25
And that was, um, a poor decision considering the elements- And again... and the conditions. And, and honestly- And again...
8:31
like the Bears' defense, and again, the Bears' defense played up obviously, which affected things.
8:35
But, um, yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm a little concerned that McVay's in his head because the plan f- that McVay had for the Bears is probably what he should do to Seattle.
8:44
Um, I don't think the Rams are gonna get much going on the ground in this contest. Uh, Seattle's run defense is pretty much perfect.
8:51
Um, and I think the Rams are gonna have to find ways to, uh, to be creative with their, um, heavier personnel in passing sets probably. Um, and I would like to see them really exercise some of the second...
9:03
You know, some of the, the, the tight end, uh, opportunities where you can get...
9:07
You know, some of the linebackers for the Seahawks aren't quite as good in coverage as you would d- you know, you would hope if you were, uh, you know, gonna stop 12 and 13 personnel consistently.
9:17
So, um, that's, I think, what he ought to do. Now, whether he does that, I, you know, who knows? Like, like I said, McVay doesn't seem to... He's not throwing his fastball for some reason.
9:28
Uh, and hopefully he's saving it for this game [laughs] because he's gonna need it. So, uh, on the other side, matchup-wise, Rams' defense impressed bigly, uh, against the Bears.
9:37
Obviously, you know, the, the play we mentioned was, uh, a bit of a broken play, but, uh, otherwise I thought they stepped up, uh, pretty impressively and, and, uh, came up with some really key stops.
9:48
Now, you can move the ball pretty consistently on them if you can play clean football. I don't know that I trust Sam Darnold to do that.
9:54
Uh, I think that the game probably is gonna be decided based on how effective the interior D line is for the Rams in generating quick pressure on Sam Darnold up the middle.
10:05
Uh, the interior offensive line for the Seahawks is still a weakness. Um, they are a bit of a boom-bust running attack.
10:11
Um, there's definitely a world here where I think the Rams' defense can keep the Seahawks into the high teens, uh, in which case they just need to get to 20.
10:19
Uh, and, uh, if I'm gonna make a call, I'll call Rams, uh, 23-17. There it is. Calls the score. The McVay thing, I, I don't wanna gloss over that. The McVay thing is a little concerning. I mean, I always talk about...
10:31
I, I think the definition of a great coach is one who can adjust on the fly, right? To just be able to see that whatever you prepared for all week long, "Hey, look, my X's and O's aren't working. I'm tossing this out."
10:43
He just could not get out of this mode. They had 11 carries like deep into the third quarter. You know? That was their tally at that point. That has to concern you a little bit, that you can become that myopic. Yeah.
10:57
It concerns me a lot. My entire book on the Rams was based on like, this is the coaching quarterback with the most experience.
11:05
Uh, the idea of like standing back and being like, McVay wins three Super Bowls in his career, sure. [laughs] Yeah. Yeah. I, I, no, no, uh, no, no flag there.
11:14
Um, but, uh, what he's done to this point through two playoff games has been a little bit confusing and, um, yeah, I, uh, I'm not sure what's going on. Yeah. But it does have me, uh...
11:25
It does have me, it does have my head on a swivel. I also mean, you know, Stafford didn't play a very good game, yeah. I was just gonna say, Stafford's been janky too. And this is- Yeah...
11:32
this is now, yeah, this is now two out of his last four games where it's not the same kinda clean guy we saw through the first 10 weeks of the season.
11:39
So, um, yeah, I mean all, all the warning signs are there, but you know what you got going for you if you're the Rams? The other quarterback is Sam Darnold.
11:46
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12:58
We get tweets, betting the book, y'all are the best. For real though, you really are. This is, uh, from Norm in Vegas, "Could Indiana have happened if college players weren't getting paid?
13:08
Also read yesterday that players entered the portal, didn't find what they wanted, tried to go back to where they were, only to find their positions were filled."
13:15
No, man, it, it's, it's definitely a sign of the times with Indiana, but that's what makes it so awesome, right? That there is this sea change, that the earth is off its axis with college football.
13:26
So in that respect it's, it's exciting that, that in Indiana it can happen. It can happen with Kurt Signetti either, right? Specifically.
13:33
And, um, do they have to work out a whole bunch of the other stuff regarding a transfer portal? Yes, absolutely. It's still a very, uh, very much a work in progress.
13:40
Steve- Forget what I was laughing about with this the other day, but it's the... Yeah, I was very much one of those people that said, "These college kids deserve to get paid."
13:47
I didn't have any answers for you after that, okay? No, that's it. Like, I didn't have any, like- You, you, like many, hadn't thought it through. Right, yeah, I didn't have any suggestions for how this should work.
13:54
They should just get paid. Steve Groenewold, uh, "Gil, with the instant success of Indiana with Signetti, do you think my Michigan State Spartans have a chance with our new coach in Pat Fitzgerald?
14:03
Had some great teams at Northwestern with less talent." Yeah, he did. "Love your show breakdowns and the breakdowns of the games." Thank you, Steve, I appreciate it. Um,
14:10
hey, man, now every school in America, right, is gonna, every big time school is gonna think to themselves, "Why not us?" Mm-hmm. "Why not us?" And you j- you still have to hit lightning in a bottle, right?
14:20
Like, I mean, it just doesn't happen like this. This is a fairy tale story. As we said, it's reflected in the pre-flop odds of 100 to 1. This just does not happen. Um, but could it happen? Could, sure.
14:32
Pat Fitzgerald, great coach. LosVegas514, "Yo, I didn't know who, who Abella Danger was.
14:37
I looked at the Wikipedia page and in her personal life section it mentioned she was in the stands during last night's ESPN broadcast." [laughs] "Now I know exactly who she is." I love how quickly this get updated.
14:46
That's exactly right. Bye weeks, [laughs] bye weeks picks. "Enjoy the taco on being honest with yourself." Oh, good. "Uh, being too close to the sun on betting also works in the investing world.
14:54
Often ignoring the day-to-day noise, i.e., not being too close to the sun, is best for long-term success." Jack O'Laquire, "Gil, on the McAfee show they talked about the refs on the game being known to let the boys play.
15:04
But at what point does it become ridiculous when a call or non-call can affect the outcome of the game? They definitely let them play. Don't know if it's good or bad."
15:10
Yeah, that was definitely, uh, definitely a theme last night. They sure did let them play. Tugs on jerseys? Yeah, sure, let them play.
15:17
Nathan Mallinson, "Thanks for a great Australian Open podcast and all your tennis and wine content." Oh, Drew, Drew deserves all the credit for the wine content.
15:25
"Spare pair of tickets to Queens Men's Final mentioned on your pod as the most beautiful court in tennis. If both of you, or either of you and a plus one can make the trip, let me know."
15:33
Hey, Drew Dincic, kind enough to join us for a second segment. Yes. We just got a, we just got an invite to, uh, the Queen's Club in England on the grass. There you go. Oh, yeah. Beautiful. Yeah. Well done.
15:43
Probably in, in, uh, the power ranking of non-majors I'd like to attend- Oh, yeah, it's up there... Queens I think is second. It's second for me, I think. What's first? I would put r- I think Rome first.
15:57
Um, you ever see, like, how beautiful those grounds are? Oh my God. Like day one or day two of Rome, if you can, like, walk around the grounds, it'd be pretty spectacular. Monte Carlo's up there, too.
16:06
Um- I'm shocked you're not bougie like me and go to Indian Wells... but Queens, those, those are probably the top three. Wait, why do you never go to Indian Wells? What's your story? Well, I w- I eventually. I, I...
16:14
'Cause the, um, it's ski season. [laughs] Yeah, it's- It's a bad time... there you go. There's the answer. It's ski season. It's, uh- That's the difference... it's a bad time. It's ski season.
16:23
Um, all right, I have a couple questions. Well, no, I have one question for you before we get into the, uh, Patriots and the Broncos.
16:29
You mentioned, 'cause I do this show, the, the podcast that I do between the conference championship and the Super Bowl that week, and I've done it for 15 years now, is the Vegas Lifestyle Show.
16:37
I think it's our 15th or 16th annual coming up. Ooh. It's amazing, um, that we've done it this many years. You said you do something called the Diveys and you're not j- What are the, why is it named that?
16:45
[laughs] Well, the Deep Dive. Deep Dive. Oh, the Deep Dive. The Di- the Deep Dive Awards. The Dive, this guy. Yeah, the Deep Di- yeah, we just, it's, it's a mouthful. The Deep Dive NFL- Gotcha...
16:53
Gambling Awards Show is a mouthful, so we just, we abbreviate it, you know. And did you said you're n- you're not sure- Yeah, Andy wanted the, Andy wanted the Deepies, I wanted the Diveys.
17:00
Yeah, the Diveys went- And we go back and forth. The Deepies. Yeah, Diveys. Yeah. The Deepies. [clears throat] You say, and, and- Ho- honestly- Yeah...
17:06
honestly, it's just an excuse for Andy to make an in memoriam video of all the coaches and GMs that got fired. [laughs] That's really all that.
17:13
That, that was, that was kind of like, th- that was, that was the setup is, like, we really just need an in memoriam. Yeah.
17:19
And to put all these guy, you know, dumb, d- you know, like the, like find the dumbest face picture you can and put it to slow Sarah McLachlan music, you know. And it's like, "Yeah." Oh, God. Yeah, yeah. Beautiful. Yeah.
17:30
Gone but soon rehired. [laughs] Uh, yeah, and just kind of flash through all the, all the firings. That's, that's really the whole- Speaking of which we didn't-... that's the whole gimmick...
17:36
we didn't mention Robert Saleh hired as the Tennessee Titans head coach. Uh, for those who missed it when watching college football last night. And Jeff Hafley, uh, hired as the Miami Dolphins new head coach.
17:47
Uh, he of course, uh, a coup- so a couple defensive guys for Tennessee and Miami. Uh, okay, Drew, to New England and Denver, what are your thoughts? Did you bet anything here? Uh,
17:59
I have Patriots to win the AFC that I am s- stay, like sticking to. Um, and
18:10
I thought this was gonna be a more fun handicap than if it was just Bo Nix Patriots because there's obviously a, a moving part that, uh, is solvable. But, um,
18:20
you know, the, the s- kind of trying to come up with the right downgrade to Stidham, uh, is, uh- I don't know. It, it, though there's no real basis for it.
18:32
You just kind of are going with your opinion, and you're gonna backfill the reasons why, I think. Um, so it's pretty much a stay away. I don't think I'm probably even gonna watch this game [laughs] honestly.
18:43
Uh, yeah, I'm, I'll, I'll watch the second half probably. But, um, yeah, there's- It's gonna be the Celts... there's not a lot. There's not a lot. There's not a lot. I am actually, yeah. I mean, I- Yeah, I know it.
18:53
Do you think I'm making it up? I gotta get, I gotta get some, I gotta get some warmup laps before, [laughs] before we go to Italy. I gotta get my legs in shape. This, this kid is special.
19:00
And, uh, yeah, conditions, conditions look pretty good [laughs] over in Mammoth. So, uh, heading up Friday and, uh, coming back Sunday.
19:07
I'll be home for Rams-Seahawks, but, uh, probably gonna miss a good amount of Patriots-Broncos. Okay, I'll bite. When are you going to Italy? Not, not I get- You said you're going to Italy.
19:14
Is that- In quote, in quotes, I'm gonna mi- I'm gonna miss- Yeah... a, a good amount of Patriots-Broncos. [laughs] You, you threw in you're going to Italy then? Yeah. I'm- He's on Olympics coverage.
19:22
Yeah, I'll be in, uh- It's Olympics coverage. That's right... I'll be in Cor- yeah, I'll be in Cortina.
19:25
Uh, s- uh, w- we're gonna see curling, uh, luge, and, uh, and most importantly, women's, women's alpine, women's downhill. Uh, it's gonna be very, very, uh, exciting.
19:38
They're, they are skiing the Cortina Tofana, um- Sure... course, which is, uh, one of the most beautiful and most well decorated of all the FIS alpine courses.
19:49
So, um, gonna be very cool to see the downhill and the super G and the women's combined there. Um- Any-... decent chance that we get Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin as a team for the USA, which is pretty cool.
20:00
They'd be heavy favorites to win the women's combined, I would guess. Um, but it's gonna be, uh, a lot of fun to, to see and ski, uh, Cortina, Alta Badia, the Dolomites. Um, fired up.
20:11
Any more, uh, any betting numbers we have on any of these? I mean, anybody posting stuff yet? I didn't find anything s- I'm waiting for, I'm still waiting for, uh, actual specific markets.
20:22
Um, so I don't have anything bet now. No. There's really not a lot of liquidity outside of maybe some prediction markets.
20:26
But I will tell you that, uh, if you are looking to kind of get into the spirit of things and you want to see something very, very cool, um, w- watch the winning run from Wengen, Switzerland, men's dow- alpine downhill last weekend.
20:42
Um, the best skier on Earth is this Swiss guy, Marco Odermatt, and this is effectively his home course where he's won four in a row. And, uh, it is such a cool course. It's basically looks like a bobsled course.
20:54
It's crazy that these guys are on skis doing this. And, uh- It is incredible... the whole entire hillside is just...
21:00
The whole entire hillside that has the view of most of the course is just full of people who, like, hiked up and skied there. It's crazy. Uh, you know, crazy that this is the way things are.
21:11
Um, and it's like, it, it has, like, Tour de France feel, you know? With, like, like, all the people where you're like- Right... "How did they even get there?" Yeah.
21:17
[laughs] Like, "What, what are they doing on top of this mountain?" Um, it's the same kind of vibe. And, uh, uh, Odermatt coming down this course, I, I'm just gonna throw it out there.
21:26
You gotta guess at what his top speed was on skis. Um- God, I'm not gonna guess... 83 miles an hour. No, faster. 123 miles an hour. He... [laughs] That's a little too fast. Yeah. He topped out at 93 miles an hour. 93.
21:41
Which- That was pretty damn close... even silly. Yeah, not bad... like, the idea of going 93 miles an hour on two skis is just absolutely- Yeah, terrifying... I, I don't know how it's possible. Can you imagine?
21:50
Don't know how it's possible. God. But it was a beautiful run. And, uh, and they keep improving the quality of ski broadcasts because the drones now- Oh... fly over the course. Wow.
21:59
And so basically you're getting, like, the sweeping view, uh, from overhead of these guys doing these runs, and it's, uh, and it's just absurd.
22:06
You get a, a, a much more true, uh, understanding of the relative speed, and it's just like, it's mind-blowing. My, that sadly makes a lot of sense, right? I don't think I, I don't think I could.
22:15
My, my dad, till the day he passed away, was always like, "Franz Klammer, 1976, the best." For the Olympics. The Olympics.
22:22
I didn't think about, I didn't think about the drone for skiing before, but- I'm more of an Axel Lund Svindal guy. [laughs] Oh, that's okay. You're an Ingemar Stenmark kind of guy.
22:29
[laughs] Uh, real quick before you go out, give us an NBA pick or two for tonight. Uh, best bet on the board is the Minnesota Timberwolves minus 12, minus 12 and a half. Um, they have a- Give me two...
22:41
humongous advantage, 15 wide, over, uh, Utah. Minnesota playing really, really well right now. Even without Naz Reid, I think that's a lay.
22:49
Um, I do, I, I don't mind going to war with the Golden State Warriors in the absence of Jimmy Butler at three and a half.
22:55
I think they're m- they are playing extremely good right now even, and will be fine without him for a couple of games. Uh, and weirdest bet on the board for me, the Sacramento Kings.
23:05
Um, not exactly sure what's going on, but the Western Conference is, like, upside down right now. All of the terrible teams are playing well. That includes the Kings. Drew Dincic, everybody.
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Gil Alexander, Kelly Bittling alongside. We get tweets and beat in the book. Y'all are the best. Uh, Tim Bowers, "Drew is one of my favorite Numbers Game guests.
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But after listening to the Australian Open megapod, I did try to find the YouTube clip he referenced about Osaka and Serena. I feel kind of bad about doing so, but I did not find it, if it makes him feel better."
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Uh, that was one of the things that came up on that. By the way, the Austra- the, the, uh, downloads on the Australian Open pod, through the roof.
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And, uh, Kelly's smiling because Kelly had an influence on it because, uh, among other things, Drew talked about Australian wines per Kelly's request on the podcast, and Drew was just telling us off air, he got a lot of incoming.
24:05
He was panned for some of his stuff. Well, part of the reason I wanted to bring it up was just 'cause, like, I know they have a wine region.
24:11
I don't know that I've ever had a good Australian wine, so it was funny to me- Yeah... to even tease that Drew was gonna talk about this. That's pretty much what he got the incoming on.
24:17
And then he really did his homework, right? Yeah. Had a great suggestion, and then he, like, he's sending me, he's sending me screenshots right now of conversations of, uh, him getting killed for it. Oh, is he really?
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It's kind of funny. [laughs] Uh, Tim, Tim Bowers, by the way, uh, 2018 Osaka-Serena, that was when Osaka won her first-... major at the US Open. Serena was a terrible sport about it.
24:39
Osaka ends up crying, and then somehow the public gives Serena credit for comforting her. You made her cry. Anyway, sorry you didn't see footage of that. Primetime Leon Sanders, "Yo, hey man.
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Heat wave in the Malibu of the Midwest. Two degrees Fahrenheit, only minus 20 wind chill. Surf's up." There you go, not bad. Steve New York- One day...
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Steve New York Football Giants42, "What are your thoughts on this prop? The Patriots are plus 130 to lose the Super Bowl, given they'll, will likely be underdogs against both Rams and Seahawks.
25:07
I think this is a great angle if you think they're winning Sunday. You'd have the favorite at plus money." Uh, yeah, I'd have to, like, actually do the numbers- Uh, yeah...
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and the parlay calculator there, but it makes- I think that checks out... I think it checks out, I believe. I did bet, I bet a look ahead. Yeah. We talked about it yesterday. I did lay that three.
25:22
I found the th- uh, stations had those up in town. Yeah. Um, Jeffrey S.
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Devore, "Sitting on the taxiway waiting for our gate to open Sunday night at O'Hare the Caleb fourth down touchdown pass occurred, with a plane erupting in cheers one by one as our livestreams weren't all in sync.
25:38
Surreal head-shaking sports moment." That's awesome. Everybody reacting to the, uh- That's cool... the Caleb Williams touchdown pass to Cole Kmet, which once again, was a fourth and four at the 14, if I'm not mistaken.
25:50
And he was 26 yards behind the line of scrimmage at the 40 off his back foot. Just incredible.
25:57
James Fessler, "Is your better half coming on in hour three to break down Naomi Osaka's entrance outfit from last night, and how does that factor into your [laughs] focused on the match handicap?" I missed her outfit.
26:06
I missed her kit. By the way, speaking of, uh, outfits and kits as the kids call them, can, can we put Jannik Sinner in something better than mustard and brown? Uh, that feels like his style though.
26:17
You're the number one tennis player in the world. Can, can Nike, can Nike- [laughs] Can Nike send one out... do better than putting you in a Padres uniform? Good God. That's great.
26:24
You see a girl who played, uh, Madison Keys last night with her face tattoos? [laughs] Thanks to you I did. Oh, man. Yeah, that's- Some nuts... that's something. She out now? She gone? She's gone. Ah.
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Madison's in though. Maddie's still in. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, Jeff Erickson kind enough to join us [laughs] now.
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He is a founder of Rotowire, and he's kind enough to join us each and every Wednesday on the show, um, to talk National Football League fantasy most of the season, but obviously now we are beyond fantasy and just into bets and props and that kind of thing.
26:50
Jeff, good morning to you, sir. How you doing? Good morning, gentlemen. I'm doing well. Um, just enjoyed that game last night, really fun. Uh, now looking, trying to hone in on, uh, this upcoming weekend.
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Pretty soon I'm gonna have to really dive more into the NBA and the NHL when we host Prop Points after the Super Bowl. Looking forward to that. That's right. So when does, when does that start for you and Nick?
27:11
Uh, shortly after the Super Bowl. Shortly after the Super Bowl.
27:13
Uh, I forget the exact date off the top of my head, but, uh, we'll be, uh, filling in and, uh, you know, for the, for the next, like, five, six months after that there. We'll talk a lot of...
27:22
You know, we'll still talk NFL, but we'll have a lot of daily basketball, hockey, uh, baseball once that fires up. We'll do a lot of baseball preview stuff. We're really looking forward to doing all that again.
27:33
It's different being on the other side of the screen there i- in the, you know, in the proverbial big chair. Is it a, uh, peaceful transition of power between John Hanson and you two? [laughs] Or is there a coup?
27:41
Oh, absolutely. All right. It's, it's- John, John and I go way back. Yeah. Uh, we, we both had, you know, the original shows on SiriusXM Fantasy. So, uh, yeah, uh, love John. Okay. Just keep your eye on Whalen.
27:52
Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Keep your eye on Whalen. He feels like he has some authoritarian vibes in him. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. [laughs] He might try to, like, hold on past August or something. Yeah. I don't trust that kid one bit.
28:01
No, he's the greatest kid in the world. All right. Let's talk about these two games and where you landed. Let's start with the Patriots and the Broncos, which Drew just told us he may not even watch.
28:09
He don't have anything in that game.
28:11
Uh, it is of course the, uh, the Jared Stidham game now for the Broncos, and just one of the more, and we have to say it again, there's not enough times we can say it, one of the most emotionally roller-coastery things we've ever seen in sports, let alone the NFL, for the Broncos to advance and then find out unbeknownst to anybody that their starting quarterback Bo Nix was hurt and no, and no longer able to go.
28:32
Yeah. What do you think? The way they dropped that too. "Oh, by the way- Yes... he's got an ankle injury. He's out for the playoffs." For a while. [laughs] Incredible. Incredible. But there was no way to know.
28:40
Uh, I asked this of Kelly yesterday. I'm just curious before we get to your, your props. Do you believe... Uh, 'cause some people are, are a little skeptical about this.
28:48
Do you believe the story that Nix broke the ankle on that sort of innocuous two-yard loss on that final drive, or do you believe it happened on the kneel down, and that they're trying to sort of save face by saying it was the play before?
29:04
I don't know. Um, I, I, I haven't gone all Zap Rudder on it there- Yeah... and, and gone frame by frame. Uh, but I think it... I t- I tend to believe them. I, why would they lie?
29:13
Uh, maybe it was, like, you could think... I n- and he supposedly got stepped on a little bit on the kneel down. He did. Maybe that would've been a final straw sort of thing. Yeah.
29:20
But I would think that the initial aggravation probably happened on the run. Probably happened earlier in the game for all we know too, you know? Sure.
29:25
It's just, like, the, you know, you get that gradual wear and tear, and it's just the last thing that causes it to snap. Uh, but just brutal.
29:32
So I, the, the question on this side on this game is, like, how many points is Bo Nix versus Jared Stidham worth? That's right.
29:37
I've had a hard time figuring that out, uh, because, just 'cause he's, hasn't played so much. But, you know, Peyton at the same time targeted Stidham. He wanted to get Stidham. That was one of the first...
29:46
I think maybe the first hire they made after Peyton was hired.
29:49
Um, and you know, he had those cou- a couple of games when they were, uh, exiling Russell Wilson, just like they were doing, uh, Derek Carr the year before in, with the Raiders.
29:58
Um, you know, it, it's, it's interesting to kinda see, okay, well let's look back on Stidham's past. There's not much to look back on there, but at least I, I'm confident that he's no Max Brosmer at least.
30:07
[laughs] We're confident in that. [laughs] He is- Yeah... north of the Brosmer line- Yep... as we like to say. All right. So what, well, you have a couple props here. Where'd you land? I landed on a couple things here.
30:18
Uh, one, uh, someone's gotta catch passes, uh, for, for the Broncos. Uh, 'cause we know that they, they're gonna be probably without Patrick Bryant. Uh, he, he had another concussion.
30:29
You know, he, he missed time with the first concussion. This, you know, a really bad one. I think that was at the end of the Jacksonville game. Um, so he's probably out, and we might not see Troy Franklin either.
30:38
So I like Evan Ingram to get more than two and a half receptions. He only had three catches last week- But I, I think they're gonna have to turn to him a little bit more often in this game against the Pats.
30:47
So I like the over two and a half receptions for Engram, uh, in this one here. On, on the, on the Pats side, uh, I think the Rhamondre Stevenson rush number is a little too low at 48 and a half.
30:57
Uh, he is clearly the better of the two Pats backs right now. Has been so for, like, the last month. Uh, and I know that the timeshare thing hurts a little bit as far as that goes.
31:07
We just saw James Cook run very effectively against the, uh, Broncos in that game in the divisional round. I think Stevenson gets over 48 and a half rush yards here. Okay. Like that.
31:17
Um, let's go to game two, 'cause you do... We, we stop at two in the first game, right? Uh, let's go to game two then. Obviously, the NFC Championship between the Rams and the Seahawks.
31:26
The more and more key of the matchups, um, who will be the representative from the NFC? You have two props in this as well. Yeah, two running back props here. Um, Kenneth Walker is gonna get a lot of buzz.
31:37
You know, w- with, uh, the injury to Charbonnet, uh, and, and how well Walker ran last week, how well Walker ran in the game against the Rams the last time they played, that number's pretty high at 86 and a half.
31:49
I think that's a... I think that number is just a high number to hit. A lot of things can go wrong, uh, for it not to work out, and it didn't work out in the first game against the Rams. Uh, I, I think this, this...
31:58
That was a little bit of a bonkers game. Remember he had one huge run in that game. He had the one huge screen pass, too. He had a, he had a massive game in that game against the Rams. But it, it's like boom or bust.
32:08
I don't see him getting the steady drumbeat of runs. So I think I'm gonna take the under 86 and a half rushing yards in this game. Uh, especially 'cause I, I... You know, they always say there's nobody left.
32:18
Well, there's always somebody left. [laughs] Whether it's Halani, whether it's a, you know, they bring Acres off the practice squad. [laughs] You know, th- there's always someone that's gonna weigh in a little bit more.
32:27
I don't see them just going Walker, Walker, Walker the whole time through and it having it work. So I'm gonna go under 86 and a half on that one. All right. You have one more you said in this game? I do. I do.
32:37
Uh, on the other side, um, Kyren Williams is, I think, a pretty small number at 53 and a half. Uh, you can get that over at MGM. I've seen 55 and a half at DraftKings, so shop around. Uh, but I, I just...
32:49
Th- they have their... Dotson's back healthy. Remember he got hurt in this game against the Seahawks last time out, got stepped on, um, to the point where the de- uh, I forget the defensive, uh, lineman who did it.
32:59
He got suspended for the fol- subsequent game for doing so. But he's a big part at their right guard, and I think that, that's a really, uh, big aspect of this Rams run game.
33:07
I think Kyren Williams gets over the 53 and a half rush yards. Okay.
33:11
Uh, Jeff, I'll just ask you this, uh, 'cause I asked this of Kelly yesterday, which is what's the, what's the matchup you, just from a fan's perspective, maybe even from a betting perspective, what's the matchup you most want to see?
33:21
What's the one you least want to see? Well, the one I most wanna see is Rams/Seahawks. I'm so excited that we get to see this matchup here, but- Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm sorry. I meant for the Super Bowl. My bad. I know.
33:29
For the Super Bowl. He was choice edition. Yeah. Yeah, I, I, I was, I was doing a fake answer there. Sorry. [laughs] That's all right. My bad. [laughs] Um, but I'll go, uh... I, I wanna see, uh...
33:38
I, I, I kinda wanna see Rams/Pats. Uh, Seahawks/Pats would be fine, too, in that we have some history with that one, too. So either way, I th- and some history for both of those games, actually.
33:48
So either one of those are gonna be fine. I just don't wanna see Stidham in the Super Bowl. I'm sorry. Yeah. Sorry, Broncos fans. I think, I think we all kind of feel... That, that's why I asked that question this year.
33:57
I know that doesn't make Broncos fans happy, but it just kind of... It's kind of like we talked about earlier. We got a show to worry about, okay? We gotta, we gotta do two weeks- Sorry. Two weeks of Stidham is a lot...
34:05
we gotta do two weeks on this game. [laughs] Exactly. But let's, let's get J- uh, Jarrett Stidham back at Auburn for some insight. Thank you, Jeff. Appreciate it very much. Jeff Erickson, everybody. My pleasure.
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34:43
We got tweets. Beating the book. Bullet Godfrey, "Don't know if you have, uh, went over your tennis plays earlier, but I expect better from you." [laughs] He showed me he parlayed them all together.
34:54
[laughs] So, uh, again, winners on, uh,
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last night, winners on Ethan Quinn on the men's side, Wang Xinju on the ladies side, Sorana Cîrstea on the ladies side, and, uh, the big, uh, dog at plus 320, Laura Siegemund beating Ludmilla Samsonova. The loss,
35:11
the one loss on Rebecca Sramkova, who lost to that hamburger Jelena Ostapenko. I'll try to do better, Bullet. Sorry. Yeah. Come on, man. My bad. Geez.
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Uh, this is from, uh, Bill Roland, who says, "Who knew Fezzik doubled as an offensive coordinator when not gambling? No wonder he's so good at the NFL."
35:27
Uh, he believes that Steve Fezzik looks like Bill Callahan, who the Falcons just hired as their new offensive line coach. Oh, man. I haven't seen Bill Callahan l- recently. Let's check him out.
35:36
I, I guess I can see what he's saying. Callahan's hair is not as, uh, impressive.
35:42
Mortal Capper, "For the Vegas lifestyle pod that you do, uh, between the championship week and the Super Bowl, I'll be traveling to Vegas to sign up for Survivor August 28th through the 30th.
35:51
First-time contestant planning to stay at Circa. Will be coming to town alone. Best way to spend a hot August day in Vegas? Stadium swim and Circus Sports Book all day?" Yeah, it doesn't get much better than that,
36:02
to be honest with you. Especially if you got bets going. Especially if you're betting, yeah. Indiana Jet, "Best hangover ever." [laughs] Talking about the Natty. Yes. He's got a picture of, uh...
36:12
He's in the stadium last night, Mendoza on the big screen. Nothing but Indiana Hoosiers fans still in there after the game. That's awesome.
36:20
And then James Fessler showed me the picture of Osaka entering the court y- coming onto the court yesterday. I guess this was too late night.
36:26
I decided I wasn't gonna stay up till 3:00 in the morning last night, but I didn't see this. My goodness. What are we doing? What do they do? This is, like, a day before it starts or something?
36:33
No, no, no, I think that's how she came out on the court, I think. Oh, wow. Oh, I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong. No, I think you're right. I see tennis shoes underneath there. Yeah, she got tennis shoes.
36:41
I think she just... And then she just takes off that getup, and she's got her tennis outfit on. All right, now I'm actually a little bit more impressed. Wow. These girls are some...
36:48
Uh, let me just say this 'cause we haven't, we haven't, uh, talked about the game for about an hour now 'cause we had nothing but guests. But
36:54
just, again, it cannot be emphasized enough how amazing this is from just a North American sports perspective, what the Indiana Hoosiers pulled off.
37:02
And I just wanna, I just wanna shout out the Hurricanes also, a team that I had plus 450 to make, to make the college football playoff. Remember, right before the few seconds before the announcement,
37:14
no one actually thought, or most people didn't think that the Hurricanes were even gonna get in the 12 team field. Mm-hmm. They do get in because, quite frankly, and the reason I bet it, games have to matter, right?
37:25
They have to matter. Them beating Notre Dame week one has to matter, and they did, and it did, and finally they got in. And in the end, those Miami Hurricanes, who barely were given the right to get into this,
37:38
end up going on their own little magic carpet ride that got them all the way to having the ball with a chance to win it at the end. So think of all the things that Indiana did in that game. If they don't accomplish
37:52
one of them, right, if they, if one fewer good things happens to Indiana, Miami probably wins this football game. You don't get the block punt, obviously. You don't convert the fourth and four touchdown.
38:03
You name it, right? You don't convert the previous fourth down, whatever it was. Indiana's season will just go... I, I don't know that we can
38:12
think of another team in anything where they just made all the big plays all season long. And I know for those who had Miami tickets, it's a tough pill to swallow 'cause there was a lot of money that folks were
38:26
hoping to make. But- A lot of people bet them to win the championship, right- Yeah... when the, when, when you made that bet- That's right... then made the playoffs. They- They had 100 to one on Miami...
38:32
laddered up, right? Yeah. They had a lo- they had huge tickets on it. Boy- Sorry, they, they almost did it, man. They really almost pulled it off.
38:39
But this Indiana team is, is historical, and I just, I just think, I will always think of them as that team, that they made every play all season long that they had to. It, it's just incredible.
38:50
And remember, was it the opening game against ODU? Did they give up the, the first touchdown on the ki- was it a kickoff or a big, long touchdown early? They were, like, down seven-nothing 'til the season started.
38:59
Um, but- I don't remember, but it's Indiana football, man. Indiana football. Like, they were, I mean, th- this is the team with the most losses, right, in college football history.
39:06
Like, this, they've been doing this for a long time and being really bad at it for a long time, and they are national champions today. 16 and 0.
39:13
It is funny how you think of teams, 'cause I think of, I always think about that UVA basketball team that won the national championship. Mm-hmm. Um, was that 2019 UVA? Was it with, uh- It sounds right...
39:22
Tony Bennett and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, those guys? Um, what's my man's name? I'm already forgetting his name now. Geez, ha- this is ha- what happens when you- DeAndre Hunter. No, not DeAndre Hunter. 2019.
39:33
2019, that's correct. Um- Ty Jerome. Ty Jerome, that's my guy. Ty Jerome, so I can't even think of his name. That's my guy. The, uh, that team I will always remember as, we always overuse this term team of destiny.
39:44
Mm-hmm.
39:44
I always think of that team as team of destiny, not only 'cause they lost to UMBC the previous year as a, UMBC a 16 to beat a one, but also just the nature of those wins in the tournament, the, the Purdue game, the Auburn game.
39:59
Just, uh, I mean, it's just incredible, not to mention the national championship itself. Just the nature of those wins, you're like, "Nothing is go- this is just team of destiny."
40:07
The universe has just, has written it, and this Indiana team I'll always remember as the, as the team that just nothing phased them. They did everything right.
40:15
Yeah, I think all the, all the questions we're getting, you know, about what's the future of college football, and can we see a team like this again? That's all fair. It's all fair, and I, it, I don't know, right?
40:24
Like, maybe we will. Maybe this is a trend that's gonna start here, but it's still, it's still Indiana football. Nobody expected this, 100 to one. Incredible story.
40:32
D- DGen Southern Gen says, "I don't know about you guys, but I know I won't be able to remember last night's championship game without a Bella Danger, much like I can't remember Super Bowl 23 without John Candy.
40:41
Two true masters of the respective crafts." Do you know the John Candy reference? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. For those who don't. No, they show it on, like, it's...
40:47
Yeah, I, I don't, obviously I haven't even seen, I haven't seen that Super Bowl. I wasn't al- didn't see that Super Bowl.
40:53
But John Candy, like, anytime you flip on NFL Network and that, anything from that Super Bowl, John Candy's always shown. The, well, the story was that was the Super Bowl the Niners beat the Bengals. Mm.
41:03
The second Niners victory over the Bengals in terms of Super Bowl history.
41:06
But at the beginning of that final, what proved to be the game-winning drive for the Niners, which famously was a Montana to John Taylor touchdown pass, at the very beginning of that drive- But even, like, even this, I've heard this story a million times, yeah...
41:19
deep in, deep in their own territory, Montana gets into the huddle, and before he calls the play, looks up at the stands and says to everybody in the hundle, everybody in the huddle, "Oh man, look, John Candy's up in the stands."
41:29
[laughs] That was, that was the John Candy day. As, like, the, as the cooling moment from Joe, right? Yeah, yeah. Like, it calmed everybody down. Like, "Hey, look, there's John Candy." Yeah.
41:37
And, and, uh, DGen Southern Gen, I, I'm laughing. I laughed so hard when I first read the tweet 'cause, yeah, I think it's gonna be a few years until I forget about that too. Hey, he's allowed to go to school.
41:46
He retired. It's hilarious, man. Good for her. It's hilarious. You have an NBA, uh, player too for us. I got a few tonight actually.
41:52
A- as Zach Cohen said on Hardwood Handicappers today, he was shocked at how many players I had. Yeah. Which, uh- Share with us, sir... four in total for me. That is a lot. Wow, wait a minute.
42:01
With only seven games on the board, it's a lot. What are you, what are we doing? Yeah, I know. There was a, Dr- Drew made me feel a lot better, uh, when he went over h- some of his 'cause we do share a couple.
42:10
Um, okay, I'm on Rockets and Spurs. How about this, Gil? Side and total for me in this game. Uh, laid three and a half with the Rockets on the opener yesterday. We have a lot of rest situations tonight in the NBA.
42:22
I think every game except for one involves a team that played la- yesterday, so just something to be aware of if you are going bet in the NBA today. No Stephen Adams for the Rockets. Back-to-back, though.
42:32
Wemby's still on, kinda been on minutes watch here. He racked up 31 last night, so I'm a little interested to see how much he is going to play tonight for San Antonio.
42:41
Then rolling into Houston, Houston's offense has been struggling mightily recently. They're about middle of the pack right now. Uh, in offensive rating over their last 10 games.
42:49
A lot has been made of their, uh, their struggles. Actually, the last 10 games, their 22nd offensive rating. Um, I like them though, San Antonio coming off that back-to-back.
42:57
If there's any Wemby minute, uh, limit, I, I do like Rockets. Laid three and a half. I think four, four and a half is fine. I would cut it off at five.
43:05
Like the under born in this game, both these teams defensive-wise, top six defenses over the past few weeks in the NBA. The under has hit in nine of the last 10 for San Antonio, and nine of the last 10 for Houston.
43:18
So I bet under 223 and a half last night. Yeah, that's what I got, uh, last night. 221 and a half is where it's kinda settled in at. I still like the under, uh, in that game. A...
43:30
Drew mentioned it, I laid the big number with the Wolves on open, 10 and a half points, uh, on the road tonight against the Utah Jazz. It is currently 12 and a half [laughs], 12, 12 and a half. I, Drew brought it up.
43:43
He was landed at that number. I, I, it would only be Wolves or nothing for me. You're gonna have Markkanen likely out of this game, but check back in on that.
43:51
I think if you haven't bet it yet, I would wait till we have Lauri Markkanen official news.
43:55
This is just, I'm only saying that about this team, Gil, because yes, with some of the bottom feeder teams, I'm pretty sure, uh, Lauri Markkanen dealing with an illness, the Jazz front office is saying, "Hey, Lauri, you take all the time you need.
44:08
All the time you need," okay? [laughs] Just make sure it's 100%. That's right. Make sure you come back 100%.
44:13
So Naz Reid questionable for Minnesota tonight, too, but these are, you look back the last couple weeks, this is second-best net rating team in the Minnesota Timberwolves, six and three, smashing opponents, plus 11.5 net rating over that time.
44:25
And the Utah Jazz, minus 13.2 with the worst defense in the NBA. Back-to-back situation for them. Laid it with the Wolves.
44:33
And then the one that I'm, I'm nervous about, was glad to hear Gil, uh, Gil, but Drew was on it too, Gil, is the Sacramento Kings. And, uh, we are oppo our friend Carl Sack. Oh, really? Yes. Wow.
44:45
So he released the heat today. Oppo. So I'm on the Sacramento Kings, who my nu- my numbers have Sacramento as a, just playing as a better team right now than Miami. Kelly Hoops Bidlack. Oh, it's on. Fired away.
44:55
I know, right? Fired. I took two and a half for Sacramento till you can get a better number now. Thanks to Carl. Paul Carr, Premier League picks.
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