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This is B-Sense. These sports betting have worked. The numbers told the story they always do. Swindles' idiots who believe in analytics. This is a numbers game with Kill Ivexander gone B-Sense. Good Friday morning, tune in to the numbers game at B-Sense. The sports betting network, B-Sense.com, Game Plus, I-Hard Radio, YouTube TV, and of course, Series X of Channel 189. Kill Ivexander, Kelly Bedlin. Yeah. On this football Friday. Yes. It's F-Sense Friday. You know that. Steve Fesick on the show later. Everything on his mind. And he does have tons on his mind. Both betting and casino-wise. Actually, it's more of a betting focused one. I think the casino stuff is made. Yeah, more sports. Maybe backburner today. Prior to Steve Fesick, we'll do this backwards. Prior to Steve Fesick, Dr. Bob is triumphant return to the show today. He's talking NFL with us. Remember he has retired from college football and college basketball.

But Bob will be here to talk about the NFL. A specific game. Not sure where that game is yet. But we will steer him and he will just roll the ball out on the court really. And then he will do his thing. Chris Faleek at the bear before that. Talking college football bets all of his NFL thoughts as well. Every bet he's got in the holster. Chris Faleek will join his Paul Carr on the Prem. And as they say, so much more. So much more. You never want to underrate so much more. Deep thoughts about the Miami Dolphins with Paul Carr. Oh, yeah. We could do that. Big time game this weekend. Let us begin with the Niners and the Rams from Australia. Well, clearly we can now say with a trap. No, let me stop. We don't know anything still. But ladies and gentlemen, the San Francisco 40 Niners beat the Los Angeles Rams 27 to 7. In a game that was a unremarkable. Yeah. In every, in every possible way. This is one way traffic really.

Well, we'll start at the top where first playing from Scrimmage for the Rams. Freddie Fred Warner knocks the ball down. You're like, well, he's back. He's back. He's still good. He's back. Niners first time they had the ball after that because it was a three and out for the Rams to start the game. First three third down conversions were to Mike Evans. Their new acquisition from this off season. 14 plays 65 yard drive, but they had a settle for it. Eddie Pinero, 20 yard ship shot was 615 left in the third quarter. Are you surprised they kicked the field go there? A little bit actually. I was too. A little bit. I don't know. I felt like we were going to be talking about it either way. Yeah. But I was a little surprised. Yeah, didn't drive me crazy. But I was three to nothing. Niners. I mean, a couple of times later when the Rams had the ball second place second and two with the Niners 49 staffer, Topuka for 39 breaking tackles two plays later. Kiron and from five Kiron Williams seven to three Rams three seconds into the second quarter and maybe we're like, hey, look, it's the Rams. The hype train. Hey, Gil, both teams started off a little slow.

The Rams more, you know, slower than the Niners, but this is now a score that we all expected. Here's where he's got a little ugly. San Francisco first and 10 of the Rams 46 bird. Pretty bad pass picked by Quentin Lake and Matthew Stafford said, hold my beer. Third and 11 at the Niners 36 staffer picked by Renardo Green. Not a good pass either. Seven to three. They trail Niners then going a nine play 86 yard drive that took 407 off the clock. Pretty deep to the Marcus Roberts it for 39 out 10 seven Niners. A lead that would not relinquish 428 left in the second quarter. Stafford was almost picked by Jack Jones later in the half. But that's how that's what the score would be at halftime. Pretty was 17 of 25 for 141 at the at the break. Stafford four completed forward passes out of 11 attempts for 65 yards. The big one to Puka was really the majority of it. 208 to 137 and totally yards of favor of the Niners. Niners come out first thing second half. Debo returns the opening kickoff almost a midfield. Niners then goes seven plays 51 yards took three 57 off the clock.

Pretty to Evans from two out. That's what you expect from Mike Evans sort of a 50 50 ball concentrate. He grabs it 17 seven Niners 11 0 3 left in the third quarter. And then here's where the game sort of goes from competitive to. Oh, this might just be a Niners roll Rams from their own 27 they get to 4th and inches at the doorstep. By the way Puka on third down just stopped shy of the goal line correctly by the way by the way. I think correctly ruled by the officials and then 4th and inches at the doorstep. It looked live like Stafford was completely in on the sneak. But the fish officials were like no he wasn't and I was like what? Replay showed he wasn't not even close. Stop by Osa Oda Gazzua and San Francisco took over their own one yard line. Now if I had given you odds before the season and by before the season I mean 24 hours ago. Yeah, before the Ram season and if I had said to you hey the Rams you know the Rams of Aaron Aaron Donald and Miles Garrett.

I get Aaron Donald in play last night. But these Rams with O. J. McDuffy that they would give up a 99 yard drive this entire season. What would you have made the odds on that? Oh man, that's a great call. I mean, it would have to be for the yes to hit. I mean major plus money, but I don't I have no idea of the out and that happens to a team. Well, they didn't get through three quarters because the Rams won 11 plays in 99 yards. Well, actually it was bleed bled into the quarter. 11 plays 99 yards, 544, perty to D. Bo from 15 out. It's better play than he made all season long. It feels like a Washington last June seriously 24, seven. I'm probably short-changing him a little bit from his skins is his great skins here. 24, seven, nine, or 1257 left. Rams then seconded to it their own 39 Stafford to Higby for five. He fumbles key on white recovers. Niners really can't go anywhere with it, but they kick a pin. Yerrow 56 yard field goal. Bangs it in 27, seven, nine, 43 left. And Rams turnover on downs one on fourth and five of the Niners 49 incompleted 10 for 22 after missing a wide open Devante two plays earlier from Stafford.

Pinheiro would doink a 52 yard field goal and the Rams down 27, seven. I'm curious about this end of game with 3 29 left. They're down 20 from their own 42. They have all their timeouts. They put steps in Benedict where you'll a little surprise. They just ran out the clock. Oh, totally, especially the look are inside the 20. It's it's it's the NFL. Every game is so massive. I was I was pretty floored. So I I actually, by the way, that's your final score 27, seven, perty 25 of 34 for 205. Niners lead in toley yards 379 to 2 90 and Stafford ends up 15 of 25 for 155. Puka got almost half of that was 74. Yeah, I just I mean, you know, it's just it. You're watching that game and you know, everything's gone wrong for the Rams. It's just I think that was him coming in the game was even more of a tell of, oh, the maybe this is even worse like on the sidelines and you know, what's going on with this team? The worry even see. Well, I threw that out in the group chat last time. Like is anybody else surprised by how this how the Rams just sort of.

We're like, yeah, we're good. I I was and didn't score and Fesik who'll be on later. He chimed in. Um, at his own leisure, by the way, he chimed in. Maybe we're all missing the point that the Rams just didn't care at all about. I mean, like and that's that I think that's the that would be the other take, right? But then how do you have that approach in the national football league? Like that it is it every game is worth so much. Every win is worth so much. And I you know, we've had this conversation division game against one of you two big division. I mean, like and this is different from a conversation we've had like all summer about the Dodgers, right? I'm like, they just want to get it. They're not necessarily chasing the best record. They just want to get it. Sure, the Rams are thinking that way too, but it's really it's really easy for things to go wrong. Real quick in the NFL. Also, by the way, that's your home game against the Ninder. Should be pointed out. So I thought that was interesting, but that's a cousin with physics said, but that's a cousin of what I was kind of saying all off season, right? With the travel. I know we can finally put the travel to bed here.

By the way, hey, earlier teams to arrive at Europe and Australia goes to 18 to nine against the spread. That's crazy. But it's kind of a cousin of what I was saying all off season, which is where I believe it will affect the Niners on the way back. Now, you know, they get the dolphins. So maybe we won't see it in terms of win loss, but maybe whatever the spread ends up being, we will see it. That was always my hunch. I said it a number of times. The the insinuation of that are the also the tangent to that is, therefore, the Rams will not be affected as much the way they played it on the way back. And maybe the Rams, who again did the whole test run where they sent personnel, hey, why don't you guys fly to Melbourne and back? By the way, they'll dunk in. You can pronounce it Melbourne, you don't have to say Melbourne, by the way. Nice outfit though. Maybe the Rams the whole time were just like, yeah, whatever happens here happens, but I'm with you. If that is in fact the case, that's awfully casual. It's just pretty shocking.

Offly casual. And then I guess the other, I mean, yeah, okay, take away from this game, Miles Garrett, right, one of the worst games he's ever played. Well, he even said after the game. Quote the worst version of myself that I've put out there saying his knee was not 100% healthy. It should also be mentioned Trent Williams was on the other side of the line. I am so glad you just said that because we did some of these guys we just don't give enough credit. I mean, that is one of if not the best offensive tackles in football. And it's that was a whole of fame battle. You got to watch last night. He's also a giant. Yeah, he is. I mean, I was one tackle and zero pressures. I mean, these were like, I mean, shocking stats from Miles Garrett. And I guess where I was going with that kill is if like you were really putting on this game and his knee was really hurt and why did you bring Miles Garrett? Right. Well, I left him at home too. It's very true. The other thing interesting that that. Kale on black got a lot of the carries for the Niners in the first half. It felt like a bit a little bit of hey, just so you guys know we're going to load manage.

CMC this year. I agree a little bit. Even though I know he was he was playing down the stretch, but there was a little bit of that that was interesting. I thought. The box score itself. I think it's fascinated you go through a fear. You know, if you're a better or a fantasy player, I mean, I like Evans. Evans looks solid. Like I don't. Oh my god. Yeah. I'm sure you had your questions. I had my questions over Evans and Debo and concerns about them of how are they going to look. Mike Evans. If he looks like that every game, he's going to be a major addition for this offense and Debo. Like, I thought he was washed last year. This I don't know if he was washed, but definitely in training camp those videos we saw you. I would have said he was washed. I didn't think you were going to get anything out of that guy this year. Um, we'll see how long it lasts. Congratulations to all who had the Niners. Yeah. As I did on this one, this was this was easy peasy. Well, they were only all this easy as we like to say. Um, Niners would at 27. Seven. I feel like Kelly. I should. These were the two games I had the most conviction on all week. Seattle. At the time it was a land three and a half, right? By game time it was it was three consensus.

Um, I feel like I should be two and a, as opposed to one, oh, and one and millions and one and one and the megapod. Again with the with the sea hawks, lost their start and quarterback five plays in New England touchdown set up by a PI on a woefully under thrown pass by May. Roughing the punter led to a Patsville, the Bay of Ten and nothing touchdown and the gated for the sea hawks on an illegal shift. The lay of game when they had seconded one at the New England three with under six minutes left had a settle for field. I mean on and on to the break it dawn as to why Seattle should have probably covered that. But we'll take the Niners win. It is the NFL. It's Placo. We know how this goes. Congratulations to all that was a pretty dominant performer. It's coming back on a numbers game right here at Beeson. A numbers game on FESEN. These sports betting network. The way it is over. The way it is over college football in the NFL officially underway.

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Unquote. I don't know about that. I think it's going to affect the Niners a little more, but again, Niners have to play the dolphins so we might not see it in the win lost column. He's got a P.A. W. S. Chimney says looking way too much into week one in the NFL again season begins week four. If not five. Okay, P.W. That's right football band for the next three, four weeks. Yeah, that's it. We're just not going to talk about it. What is this point of just like we kind of really it takes four weeks before we really know what's going on. I don't know what is point is. I think that's probably it. It's not that kind of agree with. We know it. Look, it's fun. It's a fun game. It happens to us better get every year right of the week one over reactions week two over. What's it over reaction? What's happening? That there's no question about that. But what are we supposed to do not talk about? I'm not talking about that. Then he got some of the guys to drag their feet adjusting power ratings. Not naming any names right here. Sometimes like there's over reaction. There's like you got to react to this somehow, man. It's not about that. It's about being screaming a roof is four or five years ago. Tampa Basaks as that.

So it's a little injury update. So everybody who had to john stripling for offense of rookie the year. Yeah, seriously. It's not in the killies. So let's just get that off the table. But they're what run test today to find out what it is. Yeah, it sounds like this. So they ruled out a kill. Killing their. It sounds like the other tests are going to take place back in the US from the previous game. AJ Brown, high ankle sprain. That is expected to sideline him for at least four weeks. Let me do what you just did with the last one. You can tear up my AJ Brown offensive player of the year taking that one's toast. So sorry if you've tailed me on that one. And here's the here's the weirdest one of them all. Tom Pelicero reporting about Sam Darnold. Sam Darnold belief to have suffered quote. Unusual muscle strain in the hip area. I are is not currently under consideration. Yeah, this is some weird reporting around this one. Kelly, what happened to you? I don't have an unusual string. I mean, what the past two days we've had an unusual. And then the trim right the meniscus trim for Brock.

I'm in this. Trim. I've never heard these ever before. Just take a little up top. We were talking to Phil every single year. I've never once heard these words. He is never for for an injury. These things have, by the way, when I was a kid, and people of a certain age will remember this. You know, it was a common injury specifically for running backs also. Something needs to call hip pointers. Yeah. What happened to hip pointers? No one ever has hip pointers anymore. What are those now? I don't know. I feel like even stingers are going away. Nobody gets a stinger anymore. Wilbur Montgomery of the Eagles just got himself a hip pointer. Unfortunate for the Eagles. Great call. Yeah. Probably would say I'm Donald As we just like call it different things now. Yeah, maybe it was maybe it was an unusual strain. It's all it was. It's weird because they're using the reporters are using that type of wording. But then they're also seemingly it's like positive news out of Seattle. They're like, this could have been way worse. So I don't really know what to make of that, but we're not going to see it for a week. The thing I'd like to talk about has nothing to do with pro football. But while we were watching the Rams and Niners, which was the opposite of a classic yesterday for sure.

Were you a little by the way, were you a little thrown off by how it's like we knew it was Friday morning. Melburn time the whole time. I know it was so bright. It was so bright. It was like a college football Saturday morning. And it was that's like, this is a little weird. They don't make clouds in Australia. It's crazy. The best tweet I got yesterday. I'm sorry I can't remember who did it because I want to give him credit. But the best tweet was somebody quote him. He goes, he goes, you think the Jonas Brothers traveled early? That's great. That's great. That's great. All the foul ground looks funny too. Oh, the foul ground. Like, you know, like kind of like we're saying what we should have expected that. 100,000 seed stadium. Yeah. Yeah. It's got to be a lot of design for a football field. Yeah. Okay. So the other one was the university Miami was playing football on the other screen against family volume up and found blue. More important game. So the foul blue. Apparently what happens I've found on blue pardon me. What happens there is we have decided we have figured out now we haven't figured out we actually know this to be true.

Pretty much I know this to be true. Yes. So sportsmen usually operate the get you know the marquee NFL game will always get center stage. They also operate under the other principle when there's not an NFL game. The thing that's most bet will often get a screen. But at the found blue what you're saying is they will even override an NFL game. Hey, look, I did I set you that video. It wasn't the very beginning. They did eventually switch to the NFL audio, but I was I was sitting because I brought the something in the draft. Do you remember that my dad's head exploding that they wouldn't put the draft audio on that bit. Why are all these hockey playoff games on it? I can't get the NFL draft. He was losing his mind. I love the foul blue, but it is it's just cobbacle because it's a bit smaller boutique kind of like sports book and it's kind of more old school. Like you come with serious cash and you want your game on. You're good. They'll put it on for you. So it took probably. It's probably like 15 minutes ago. I said I said you that video and I was like I'll like count in the minutes. I'm like how long how long like they got a flip NFL audio on right finally they went there.

Well, so University of Miami. Close game. They had 856 yards of office. How many that can't possibly be true what you just said 856 yards of offense in a 77 to 7 beat down a Florida A&M. They also had 42 first downs. Now here's the thing we're. You know we're live betting all this stuff right. And so at some point I'm just curious by the way there are betting lessons to be learned. I think Fessick might want to talk about this as well. There are betting lessons to be learned in all of this. But like Mario Christobal. What what is enough? Can we like at what point did we decide that like running up the score was okay. And I know this generation's like if you hate it so much stop us. Like come on man. I know you had your fourth string out there and I know you were. I'm just saying he's passing the ball into the end zone up 70 to 7 and up 77 to 7.

Like it's ridiculous. Anyway, one of us might have had an in game under. That's why maybe I'm whining as well because the in game under got eclipsed by the final couple touchdowns. Actually the last touchdown itself could have gotten there. But I'm just saying like that there's a betting lesson in there that apparently no one cares about being. About being kind at the end of football games anymore so I wonder kill and I and I'm with. I didn't have a single betting game so I'm going to side with you here. Okay, because I don't really care. But you're right. Nobody seems to. Nobody seems to operate that way anymore. But the yeah, what the only way you can kind of get up for some of these matchups like this one last night is the old line of like. Hey, these kids have played each other in high school right a bunch of these kids. Right? So I mean, I know it's a little bit different era with all the transfers and the portal and stuff. But still you got a lot of kids from South Florida that end up at these schools and very different levels. So you expect family to come in with a bit of a chip on their shoulder. Okay, they get blown out. Did you do my mind turns the other way like a certain point? Okay, so these kids played against each other in high school.

Like why are we running up the score on them? You know, like it's and they did knock the game down from 15 minutes in the fourth quarter to 10 minutes in the fourth quarter as well. Which is what the third time we've seen that now. I believe so. Yeah, I believe so. There's something. Yeah, something to keep in mind. I should probably check. Maybe I didn't lose that. Maybe I thought I lost it, but I didn't. Um, nope, I lost it. I said I had the under 78 and a half, by the way. Should be pointed out. Oh, my Emmy covers. It should be pointed out the 61 60 point spread 60 and a half somewhere in there. Yeah. Yeah. Pretty easily. Yeah, I know the answer to this question. But my God, you talk about the bedding streaks and how like when you just get on them and they see when you go bad. Do you ever feel like a house rule ever goes in your favor? Like I'll let you know the first time we're all like, well, I got lucky because of this house rule. It happens, but it's certainly seldom it feels like. Okay, so Miami, by the way, eight to one to win the national championship Ohio State Notre Dame, Texas. And Georgia still shorter. Big showed out, of course, between Ohio State and Texas tomorrow.

We'll get Chris Voleka's thoughts on that and all of his college football plays here coming up on the show real quick. September wins update. I know we had a very short slate of MLB games because we got Paul Carr coming up on the other side. I want to squeeze this in. There's only five games in Major League Baseball right now. It's pretty much a scrum. The Dodgers are amongst the group with seven wins Dodgers have seven to it's actually only two teams with seven wins Dodgers and pirates. Did you have that? The buckos are like, we're not done. We could still make the playoffs. They're both seven and two. By the way, a flirtation with a no no yesterday for a little bit Dodgers pirates, both seven and two. Then it's the Yankees and Mets at six and two. The athletics and brewers at six and three hour red socks and our blue jays. Stuck on five right now. Five wins two wins back. Gerely can't say early stages of September. I mean, we're moving up to the midway point because remember, it's a truncated month. That's it about, you know, somewhere around 16, 17 games left in the season for these teams.

That's it. Still time. Every one of these games now is huge. You can't lose to the angels red socks and you can't lose to the athletics blue jays. And yet you did pirates. Seven and two. I think twice right in both cases. That's not good. Yeah, pirates seven and two. I thought the pirates were done so. Yeah, seriously. Late run. Here they come. The one by the way to win September if you're interested in that Dodgers minus 105, which was more or third choice Paul Carr on the Prem three pack of picks next on a numbers game right here at Feeson. A numbers game on Feeson. These sports betting network back on a numbers game live from Circus Doric Sino down town Las Vegas Gill Alexander Kelly Bidlin. Hey, later on the show, we go through every single NFL. My very single remaining NFL game this week. I'm a week number one. An international football league. My millions is in one oh and one start. My survivors not in yet.

You know, people are getting some people are going to get sick of us talking survivor because we love it so much, but we are it's week one. It's week one. It's week one kill. I have changed my mind probably 15 times in the past three days. What I'm doing with my entries obsession. Yeah. I'm going to be a real quick and I do me real quick as unremarkable as as the football game was last night tennis. We split our overs got the over in the Atlanta. Rebaka no win over Coco golf. Rebaka coming from one set down. Rebaka advances to the women's final. The US open to take on a Rena Savalanka who would not let us get the over in the Savalanka. Pagula match yesterday because it was five five in the first. We're trending beautifully and then all of a sudden the Rena Savalanka just went. Yeah, pulverized on Pagula. She was awesome. Too awesome for our over. She made quick work of Pagula after that. Winds it in straight sets. We do not get that one. So we split on that. We lose the pennies on juice there.

No place for me. Probably any more in this tournament. It's the men's semis today. I think both guys are properly favored Ben Shelton. Big favorite over Frances Tiafo. Even though I'm rooting for Tiafo. And then Sasha's very big favorite over a current hatchet off. Sasha's very big Ben Shelton. Look like they're on a collision course here for the men's final. No place for me today in this. Here at Circa is very of minus 435 steeper most other places. You've got Shelton minus 285. That'll be a fun one to watch though today. And then in the women's final, Saba link of minus 145. Rebalken of plus 125. Which I think is also properly priced. Yeah, I looked ahead to that. I'm like, that's exact. I was hoping Saba linka was going to be a much bigger favorite. And then I would have been on Rebalken up. But that's about where it should. I agree. She was impressive. Yeah. Saba linka trying to go back to back to back with US opens. Oh. Yeah. Sitting on four majors. Rebalken is sitting on two majors. Titles that is right now. Where we get tweets to be in the book. Let me just read a couple before Paul Andrew Dessler.

Andrew Dressler, pardon me. Evans and Debo still looking slow. Keep up the great work, gentlemen. Yeah, they're not looking slow after last night. Well, you know, what they, Evans did exactly what you would expect from that Kevin's right. Yeah. I don't think either one of us watched that game and like, oh my god, they're so fast. That's not really their strength, right? I would also, I would also describe it as I had questions about Mike Evans coming into the season. Yeah. Not really concerns. Debo, I had major concerns about Jason H 11. I get a hit point or every morning. I get out of bed. You know what? I looked up hit pointer because I was curious. A term invented in 1967. A deep bruise or contusion to the upper ridge of the pelvic bone known as the Iliac crest or the nearby hip area. But again, used commonly only in sports journalism, usually from a hard blow from a helmet near sports equipment. I don't hear anybody using that term anymore. So maybe I don't know if that's what Sam Darlal has or not. And then Shrek McPhy, I turned off the NFL debacle right in time to hear the crowd audible gasp as Coco was saving a second match. What was that watching it live? You knew she was going to gack it. I thought the crowd was on her side.

Well, they were on her side, but Elena were pocketed as steely. Well, she won Wimbledon. You didn't even see it on her, like no expression on her face. She, she can fight her way through anything. Let's talk some soccer Paul Carr joins us. Paul, as excited for the beginning of his Miami Dolphin season as he is for the Prem being in full effect. He joins us now courtesy of the progressive guest live. You can follow him on Twitter at Paul Carr. And he comes to us from the hardland. How you doing, man? Miami Dolphins, the whole city of the Premier League. I can just hope that the dolphins can get off to an inexplicable hot start like whole city has. What are you hoping for against the Raiders? What are you really hoping for realistically? What are you thinking is the bar here? I mean, obviously you want to win. You then you just kind of trickled out from there. You want to be competitive. You don't want to get blown out by Kurt Cousins and the Raiders. And no Brock Bowers. Mostly just like want to see a team. You know, they lost a lot of players. The offensive line has some promise, but as young the wide receivers.

Who knows? I think I'm starting a wide receiver. So I need to get out there. I would just like to see this look like a coherent team, which is maybe a pretty low bar. Raiders favored by three. It's like it's like the whole season for the Dolphins. Like either like you win this game or you guys will just start tanking again right after it. Boy. Okay. How do we do in the Champions League this week, by the way? Two in one this week. There we go. Yeah, cash to PSG got it done and Napoli arsenals under very easily. So yeah, all car moving the chains. There we go. What he does. All right, to the Prem. Let's before we get to your three picks, give me any macro thoughts here in the very early going. What have we learned? I don't know. I don't know. The teams at the top of the teams at the top. I mean, your top four is Man City Arsenal whole city Chelsea. Obviously we don't expect whole city to stay there. They're still like minus 200 to be relegated, but that Man City Arsenal Chelsea trio is the consensus three best teams. I think for most people, give or take a Manchester United. And but Arsenal still looks like the best team.

They have clear the best defense as we'll get to city and Chelsea half potential. Just unsure if they can hold up over the course of the season. So top three, getting into those top three spots and whole city. And that's kind of a story of the league so far that they're in third place and have a loss and have a good. Given up a goal, but I still think that's fluky. Yeah, Paul, by the way, two and one of the champions, like also two and one in the Prem when he came in gave his three pack of picks for the Prem week ago. And we were joking at one point. If you just keep fading whole city and you still get a two and one every week. Yeah, that that very glad. Last week, I went with the under in the whole city, asked him a game, which is good because I was going to fade him and take villa and it ended up being another meal, no game that whole really should have lost. And the under hit and I would have been beating my head against the wall again had villa not won that and I take them. Okay, let's get to the picks, which include a whole city game. What do you got? Yeah, the weekly. Yeah, how do we fade whole city this week? This week we're going to do both teams to score no in Chelsea and whole city. So essentially with Chelsea at home, you're kind of betting.

Holds not going to score a goal with the back door of maybe Chelsea doesn't too. So mentioned, whole hasn't considered a goal yet. But and they've always and they've scored three goals themselves, but they've taken the fewest shots in the lead that the fewest expected goals at 2.3. They're really in middle of the pack defensively with the underlying numbers. So there are three games where there's obviously some opponent differences in play, but the numbers are starting to be the numbers at this point. So again, polls not a top five team. I don't think they're a top half team. Look at those relegation odds minus 200 or so. Chelsea shouldn't have a problem scoring here. And while they haven't been great defense, I just don't think all is generated enough consistently again less than an expected goal per game. So minus 110 on both teams to score no is my play here. All right. And then Liverpool and full of you have a total. We're going over three and a half here plus 115. And then the last two teams averaging about four expected goals per game total in their matches. The last two have both been three to two games losing to Chelsea and palace.

Their defense has been pretty leaky all season. They will push forward to chase a goal, which is generally a good thing, but it also opens you up at the back. Liverpool's been pretty open to they haven't had quite the attack that they've had the last couple of years yet with most salagon company. And then the last two teams have been in the defense and midfield also has not quite been coherent either. So they're giving up stuff on the other end. They've scored twice in both bitter games. They've conceded twice and two of the three others. So I think we're going to have goals here one way or the other. So over three and a half plus 115 for me. Okay. And then speaking of Arsenal, which you alluded to earlier, Arsenal win to nil. Come just want to play this every week. Not really, but. And then the nil gets on it, plus 115. I get some books will have this listed as a win to nil or win to zero. Some books you can build a parlay of Arsenal win and both teams to score no. But you should be able to get about the same price either way. They've won to nil in four or five games and all competitions so far this season and run a little bit hot.

But they've conceded one goal and only two and a half or so expected goals total in those five games. And we have a track record. This is what they've done for the past two, three seasons. They've been the best defensive team in the world. They don't give up a lot of opportunities and they don't give up very good opportunities, which is obviously a good combination from a defensive perspective. Sunderland three goals in their three games so far, but they played a couple of the worst defenses in the lead. We think in full on the Ipswich. So that's not that impresses impressive that they put up those three goals and four expected goals. So yeah, kind of simple here. Arsenal, a much better team best defense in the world win to nil at Sunderland. All right, Chelsea, Hal City both teams to score no no minus one 10 Liverpool, full them over three to half goals plus one 15. Arsenal, wind nil plus one 15, obviously looking for the three oh sweet, but we'll settle for the two and one. The Paul car moving the chains. Common outcome real quick last minute here. It is 25 years since 9 11, which is just so mind boggling for those of us who remember it to just process that it's been a quarter of a century.

Were you at ESPN yet at that point or was that no you weren't there yet, right? I was a senior in college and I still remember my roommate came tearing down the stairs like I've just gotten up and it's like, you know what's happened. I know clue what was going on and we just kind of sat there and stared at the TV for a huge chunk of the day. Yeah, it was a weird one. So what what in your time at ESPN, what was the so I mean nothing as big as 9 11, but what was what is the give us a glance into a sports broadcast what would go on. I think I remember most like not sports away the news was Sandy hook because that's like an hour from Connecticut. It's kind of the end of a show and there's nothing we could really do you know wasn't like national news, but it just started trickling back in and you know we had like. Researcher live there and stuff like that. That was a tough one to process. Yeah, nothing like 9 11, though in terms of just the broad scope of correct of obviously affecting every human being in this country because we just could not process what was happening.

Sandy hook was its own calamity of course in a different route Paul car with his three pack of plays in the Premier League Paul. Thank you appreciate it. Thanks guys. Have a good weekend Paul car everybody and F L next on a numbers game. We want to college football is done. BTB analytics proved once again their models know what they're talking about posting a 62% win rate last weekend. We're going to see more picks ready to go for week two, but there's so much more than just a pick service that give you access to the model projections for every NFL and college football spread in total. So you can see the edge and cover probability for every team updated as the lines move. They send their official bets directly to you plus offer free tools and educational resources on their site scan the QR code or go to BTB dash analytics.com and use code V sin for 10% off. That's BTB dash analytics dot com. Hey, Danny Higgins producer number 10 is chimed in on Twitter.

Danny Higgins, Danny. He says Danny Higgins who is acting as the voice of football God here. He says can't help it when the other team plays poorly, especially after you've emptied the bench. If you want kindness wrong sport, LOL quote Jimmy Johnson is Miami head coach. I can only coach one team. I wanted them to play as well as they possibly could play. We only know one way to play the game and that's with intensity. Unquote. I know. So I'm not. That's great. And that's your former. That's your former starting quarterback for the Copenhagen towers. Right. I don't think I'm going to get a good name. The team name right. Spoken like a Gen Zier or whatever he is. Bob to miss prime. It just dawned on me. Did crack man say yesterday that his buddy takes betting advice from bar stool. Sir, would you like this Porsche that unicycle and red ball nose really the unicycle that man needs an intervention. Yeah, I thought you saw him throw that in. Evan Klein, my wife's birthday is on 9 11 talk about a buzzkill. Yeah, sure that comes up as the thing now. Chris Heath, 3% of my survivor pool is eliminated so far. What about circus?

And I hope we get some million strategy from FES my proxy deadline is 11 PM Friday 6 PM week one. We don't know the circle numbers yet because they don't come out till after the deadline. So we have no idea how many people got knocked out a survivor with these two games. I would assume it's not that much, but who knows. The real interest will be how many people failed to submit. Well, I'd agree with you, except for they're doing that that buyback thing, right? They're doing the buyback thing. So a lot of people you write a lot of people could have. Just go ahead and give it a shot knowing that they could buy that impossible for us to guess the number of entries that would have done that. But yeah, Grant betting X factors Miami running it up. Do teams start to pump their highs and hopeful starts in games like this. Seems like end of a year they flash up nomination stats to compare. Yeah, but they did take out Malachi Tony and. And Mensa, Darrym Mensa at some point to right. They don't think they play the fourth quarter, but yes, I mean. They're going to do those stats tend to wash. Right. They send to we don't tend to question them in the wash. I should say at the end of the year.

Oh, you got all that against Florida. And Tony Hernandez gentlemen. Thanks for reminding us of the 25th. He says anniversary of 9.11. It's a weird word to use for this. Please remember all who perished on that faithful day. I want to extend my sincere thoughts and prayers to the 343 firefighters who went in while all we're trying to get out. And I think that's what I think is the best way to do that is to make sure that they never ever ever be forgotten. And well, well said Tony and he's so right about. I know Tony is a I believe Tony said he was a former firefighter. I believe the other day. It really was one of the common things that was stated afterwards, which is while everybody was running away. Those like ourselves will never be able to comprehend that kind of heroism. They're just doing their job is they would say, but it was just an unbelievable so many unbelievable stories from the biggest tragedy this country has ever has ever seen. Certainly in our lifetime. Uh, okay. No artful way to segue, but it is weak one in the national football League two games behind us. Full Sunday, slight besides the Monday night or only one Monday night game this week, this time, right.

Boom! We used to have double headers. Boom! Apparently not anymore. Not this week anyway. Um, okay. Let's do these one by one. Shall we? Wait, are we not doing that for the whole season? What? I mean, you've not talked about this, or the Monday night thing. I like the one hour staggered start one, too. I did. I feel like they're not going to do that anymore. Well, why? What's the reason? Well, remember, remember they were doing it where they did it that way, and then they did the separate them by like a full three and a half hours, or whatever? Yeah. I like the one start and half way through, though. You got like half time, and then you get the other game started. Oh, no, I understand. I'm just talking about them in general. Uh, they said the NFL got rid of Monday night football double headers because the league realized the overlapping or back-to-back game format forced fans to choose between competing matchups, rather than enjoying a single showcase. What are you talking about? We have to choose between matchups on Sundays. I mean, it also sounds like a smart business strategy. But, like, why would you... Why would you give it to us in the first place then? NFL executive VP of media distribution, Hans Schroeder admitted

that the league, quote, collectively struggled and realized fans felt like they were conflicted to choose between those games. I guess, I guess they feel Monday night is more sacred than Sunday day. In that respect. I guess. All right, let's start with the early window. Tampa Bay at Cincinnati. Bangles favored by three and a half, total 50 and a half, any play. I do. To improve defenses, I think coming into this game, no Mike Evans on the buck in your side. I'm on the under with Mr. Drew Dinsick here. 51 and a half is where I played it at. Honestly, week one, I think from what we've seen so far, Gil. I think I think unders would be the... If you're asking me totals this week, it's under or past, I think, on every single game from what we've seen past couple nights, at least. I have no play. No play whatsoever. I want no part of this game. That one instance in that, again, Bangles favored by three and a half. No millions played for you, either. No, no millions play. No survivor play. Yeah. From the side, I've got no interest in this. This is one of my... With your classic Megapod questions,

one of the sides, I have no interest in what. No interest in what, so whatever. I do have a millions play on this one. St. Sir at the Lions, Lions favored by a touchdown. I am not in the Tyler Schuck camp, really an accurate down field. I feel like the Lions can cover this game. Lions going from the best point differential but any last place team ever in the national football league. Actually, I think it was the first since like 2003, so I shouldn't say ever. I think there wasn't another team this century that had that distinction to a really easy schedule this year. It starts with this one. I think the Lions cover and I got it in millions. 50 is the total. Any play for you. I got nothing here. This is Manside in total. Will be a pass for me. Again, total feels a little high. I think it would lean under. I'm with you on Tyler Schuck. He's going to continue to have to show me more for me to really buy into the St. Sir this St. St. Girl, but just one note, just interesting to me that this this was seven and a half, but settled in at seven pretty quick. We've just been stuck on this flat.

That really has not moved here in the past couple of weeks. I feel like I'm seeing the ball well after two games, Kelly. Good start. I'm taking the last time. All right. All right. Now here we've got a lot of different opinions on this. Mostly Jets love. I mean, we did have some Titans love from Zach yesterday. Titans are favorite by one and a half at home against the Jets or politics. Yeah, I know. I know David Jensen were talking. It's actually funny for how bad of a game. This is how much talk it's gotten. Right. Not even just on our show. Well, the other shows I've heard a bunch of it, too. I know David Jensen were split on this one. I think I think what you saw out of the preseason with these teams and you got to be careful with how much you take away from the preseason, but I will not get that came out of my mind where the Titans started everybody against the backups on Seattle going in Seattle, just destroyed them. I'm not going to be able to get that out of my mind and Chino Smith actually looked pretty good in the preseason. So I do like the Jets here. It will be a millions play for me, Gil. On the Jets side, I love it as a teaser leg. Hmm. Love it as a teaser leg. I agree with you there. My teaser leg on the Megapod was Jets and Jets said, no, no, I didn't do Jets and Jets.

Jets and Jets and Lions. I know it's not a long play, but I did that. I paired it with the Lions. Ravens at Colts. Ravens are favored by three and a half on the road here at Lucas Oil Stadium. I got nothing here on anything. Total is 48. Yeah, I think this is, I think this is just going to end up being a pass by me, but man, Colts catching three and a half week wanted home. Like, this is not a bad team. I'm struggling a little bit with this number, but I don't think I'm going to get there. Me too. I want no part of it. Also, it might be a millions play for it. It could end up being a millions. If I, like, you know, the fifth one we're always scrambling for. Yeah. I thought through all of them. Yeah. If I need one more, it might be the cool. My five millions plays became very clear when I made them very clear. And here's, here's another one of them. I on in millions, I have the Steelers minus three and a half against the Falcons. It's four and a half now on the two and news. Did you hear what happened yesterday? Yesterday. Just crazy. Just crazy. I let a Falcons quarterback to a taco by Loa suffered an oblique injury in practice yesterday

listed as a limited participant according to the team's official injury report sources telling Ian Rappaport at NFL Network that talk about Loa is considered day to day. Remember, Tua named the starter almost as a de facto starter. Kevin Stavansky didn't want to start him if he had an alternative because he wouldn't do anything in training camp or in these preseason games. Steelers up to four and a half now. I, it's a million. It's already. Kill this. This is where I'm at. Probably millions play for me. I mean, what's, I don't even know what you, what's better? A banged up, if you take the Steelers side, would you rather face a banged up to a try to play through this game or a what Cooper rush Jack strand like it? Man, this is not looking good for Atlanta. And that was terrible news yesterday. Let's squeeze one more here. I think the back on Pittsburgh Hill, like, but maybe survivor and definitely millions, maybe survivor. I already have it in millions. Yeah, okay. Bears at Panthers, bears three point road favorites. I want new part of this game. This was my answer to which game do you want? No part of the one over.

I'm slightly interested in and lean to the Bears. I have not betted though. I think bears team total overs. Probably a good look. Haven't betted though. I've been saying this for three weeks and I haven't betted. All right. We'll do more games later. But first, Christopher Felica, the bear, L also from Fox Sports, all his plays college football and beyond. It's a numbers game at Vison. These sports betting, Ella.

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