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We've got a great show for you today on Talk Back Tuesday.

Let's take a look at the recap screen though

before we bring in the stars of the show, Mikey Bee,

just on fire.

I don't know.

Maybe the check can tell me if he hit the parlay

for the third time in a row,

but we did hit the parlay he gave out as an official pick,

of course.

Oh, I guess that would have been the play.

He didn't give out an extra parlay.

Anyway, two for two for Mikey Bee.

Larry Hartstein goes one for two,

laying that 19 and a half.

How about that?

That one comes in.

Sports line pick doesn't come in.

Mike McClure's pick doesn't come in.

We go three and three.

Not a great day, not a terrible day.

Let's see if we can improve upon 500 though

with John Eimer, with Tom Cassali,

and with Jeff Hockman.

Wow.

Look at buckets.

What's going on?

It's a new look for you today.

You're talking about the Copa Del Rey this afternoon,

or what do you mean?

Tom Cassali, how you doing today?

We've got championship season underway.

You got to be as excited as can be at this point.

We got all the small conference tournaments starting up.

Yeah, I'm excited.

I've been betting college basketball

since early November, every night.

I think it's the same in any season,

whether it's Major League Baseball College basketball.

You get to a point where you're like, all right,

let's get to the postseason, right?

That's kind of where I am right now.

Because the postseason gives you

a different dynamic to bet.

Like these conference tournaments are in neutral courts.

And so I'm looking forward to it.

I think one of the things I'll say though,

if you're, and I'm going to be a stickler on this,

I know people don't want to hear it.

If you enjoy upsets, if you like value

and taking a long shot,

this ain't the time for you.

I'm just telling you,

you look at teams like Arizona and Michigan and Duke,

they don't lose.

But you tell me all the value that they,

I'm going to take this team on the road at home

because they got value against Duke.

They lost by 30.

So I just don't know if we're going to see

a bunch of upsets in the conference tournament.

So that would be just weary

taking like, you know, a Texas to win the SEC.

You know, it's interesting.

And we'll get to a lot of college basketball

later on in the show.

But we've got some people saying Jeff Hockman

that Buckets looks homeless.

And then others saying Buckets looks very studious

and mature Jeff, can you weigh in on this?

Because Buckets didn't want to acknowledge the new look.

I'm going with the ladder.

I think Buckets looks studious, professional.

And, you know, he's very, he's super sharp.

So this look just makes him look even more super sharp.

And by the way, see,

I know there's two tournaments in golf this week.

Is that correct?

Well, there's actually four tournaments.

I mean, we've got the, so what you're talking about

is we got the API, which is a signature event

early wedged tonight, seven o'clock everybody.

But then we've got an alternate event,

the Puerto Rico open, which I love betting those

because you don't have the high flyer names

and you can go down the board

and pick some some outrights

that a lot of people frankly haven't heard of.

But then you've got the live event,

you've got the Joe Berg open over on the world tour.

There's a lot going on.

We'll probably have some silly parlays tonight.

Did you have a follow-up question though, Jeff,

in light of that question?

Well, for the one end done tournament

because I just got an alert saying,

I need to make my picks, which tournament will be on that?

That's going to be the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

This is a signature.

And you want to pick everybody,

don't forget to put your splash sports pick in.

You want to pick a good golfer

because the purse here, the winning,

like the winner's going to get,

I think between 3.6 and 4 million.

So Jeff picks somebody that is like,

inside that top 10 of names for sure.

And is John going to roll the dice today or tomorrow?

It's going to be tomorrow.

Buckets, you're on tomorrow, right?

Do you got to roll the dice tomorrow to pick your guy?

Yeah, I got to have Mike here to tell me

that it's going to be good and workout.

And then maybe it will, maybe it won't, who knows?

All right, well, let's see if you're two soccer bets work out.

Give us a couple picks for a Tuesday.

Absolutely, see it as I'm sure that you are most aware

of we do have EPL action as well as cup action this afternoon.

So I've got a bet for two of those matches,

starting with the Premier League matchup

as born myth will be hosting Brentford.

And if history tells us anything about these two sides,

then goals should be on the menu.

Because when these two teams clash, and for some reason,

they clash a lot.

We always see goals.

If you look at the last six times,

they've played each other dating back to 2003.

The scorelines have been 2-2 draw, 2-1 Brentford,

3-2 Brentford, 2-1 Brentford, 4-1 Brentford,

and a 2-0 win for Brentford in the EFL cup.

I absolutely adore both teams to score

in over two and a half goals at minus 1-15.

Maybe a little bit of juice.

Not for me, I'm fine taking that,

but I know it's not for everyone.

But when you look how these teams play head-to-head,

and if you look how Brentford's playing in general right now,

this is a team that with players like Shotty and Thiago,

they have a tremendous attacking front,

but their backline is a little fragile A.

So I'd be careful trying to bet on an under of this one.

And again, that I expect to see three or four goals.

Then I go to the Copa Del Rey second leg

as Barcelona are hosting Athletico Madrid.

And this is a very tough one for a lot of people

because Barcelona lost the first leg for NIL,

which means they have to overcome a gap

of four goals in the second leg,

which is damn near impossible for anyone,

except maybe Barcelona or Bayern Munich.

But when I'm looking at this game,

I'm looking at a line that I rarely look at,

and that is the corner market.

I'm taking Barcelona to have over eight and a half corners

by themselves with no help from Athletico Madrid at minus 1-10.

They got eight in that first leg

in which Athletico Madrid was pressing,

but in this matchup to protect their lead,

they're going to play 11 in the box,

they're going to park the bus on the backline,

and they're going to let Barcelona take pot shot after pot shot

at them as they go to try to make up this deficit.

I would not be shocked if Barcelona end up

with 70% possession, 12 corner kicks,

and let's say 28 shots.

I don't know if they're going to win.

Or I think they'll win.

I don't know if they're going to qualify,

but I'm expecting the corners to be raining down

from this Barcelona side, see ya.

All right, we got a couple of picks here.

Jen asks if Buckets knew that he made

a, what was it, a Christmas story reference?

I missed it as well.

Buckets, was there a reference thrown in their own purpose?

Like about Christmas?

I guess not.

I guess the answer to that is no.

Yeah, Buckets know.

No, I don't know what,

if it's not, I don't know what you're talking about.

Jen, sorry.

Ray Garcia says Buckets at Athletico Madrid,

team total over one and a half.

And he thought,

boo, boo, Ray Garcia.

We do not like that, because I want Barcelona

to win an Athletico Madrid score in the first half,

Barcelona probably start trying.

So if that hits,

my bet most likely doesn't.

So Ray, I get the logic behind it.

It's probably great value sitting at like plus 250.

If I had to guess,

but not something I'm going to be taken here.

All right, Fred Gilae apparently is the reference

that Jen was talking about.

I didn't get the reference either.

Can I ask the chat a question?

Because I was talking to Jeff and Tom Cicillin.

Tom, you're going to go next.

You're going to go out of play on Cincinnati.

I was asking Tom and Jeff

before the show started what they thought

about North Carolina minus three and a half

at home against Clemson.

I know I bet against North Carolina.

What was it a week, week and a half ago

when they played Louisville?

I was obviously wrong about that as they lost that,

or they won that game.

I kind of like North Carolina laying the points here.

This is not an official play.

I just want to know where the chat weighs in here.

And Tom and Jeff,

we can get your opinions later on in the show on that game.

But again,

Carolina laying three and a half at home,

senior night,

not that that matters too much.

Big game in terms of getting the double buy

in the ACC tournament.

Obviously Duke is on deck for North Carolina.

Let me know if you like North Carolina

or Clemson in the chat.

Tom, you like the Cincinnati Bearcats?

Yeah, we're at the end of the season now,

so you're not getting a ton of line value anymore.

I did think Cincinnati,

based on how the two teams are playing right now,

should be closer to minus two and a half,

minus three on the opening number.

Since BYU lost Richie Saunders,

you knew that was gonna hurt them

because they're not a deep team.

They don't have a ton of scores

and they don't play defense.

And I think that's where the matchup

Boad's well for Cincinnati,

who's healthy now,

who's five and one in their last six,

they're playing better.

But when they struggle,

like they lost at home a while back to West Virginia

in one of those grinder games where they couldn't make a shot.

And that's where they struggle a little bit.

I don't think that's gonna be a problem

facing the second worst defense in the big 12,

which is technically the worst

because I don't,

whatever Oklahoma State is doing, I don't even count that.

But so you're gonna get easier buckets,

plus Cincinnati's defense,

I think is good enough

to at least limit and control BYU

at home short number.

Cincinnati, listen,

still playing for a spot in the tournament.

I like them at home tonight.

Yeah, I like this one as well.

There's a question.

I'm sure there's a lot of college basketball questions,

which we're gonna get to right here on Talkback Tuesday.

But there was a question from Daniel Casey, Tom,

about let's see,

TCU plus nine and a half at Texas Tech tonight at seven o'clock.

Yeah, I may have given out that game at a better number.

90, it went down,

it went down overnight.

It was up 10 and a half.

Listen, I kind of like TCU a little bit here

for a couple of reasons.

Texas Tech has been playing great without topping.

But they're coming off a real emotional upset win at Iowa State.

So I think they regress a little bit here.

And TCU's been very good as an underdog this year.

They're a weird team, right?

They beat Florida, they almost beat Michigan.

They should have beat Kansas when in the overtime.

So they kind of play up to their competition.

They've covered four of the last five in this series.

I could see this being a tighter game

and them staying within the number here.

All right, Jeff, I want to get your,

you don't have an opinion on that game.

Do you, by the way?

Yeah, I like TCU plus nine and a half.

My model really likes it.

I think it should be eight.

So not a ton of value.

But for everything that Tom said

and my model agreement, TCU is to play tonight.

And for the record,

because I don't want to just leave everybody hanging,

Jeff, your model also kind of leaned toward Clemson

in that UNC matchup.

Yeah, it likes Clemson at plus three.

If you can get plus three and a half, even better.

But yeah, the confidence rating was an eight out of 10.

So that's a strong play from my model as well.

And Tom, you agree?

It's pretty much three and a half everywhere at this point.

Is my understanding just based on a recent look?

Tom, you like getting the points there?

If it's three and a half, yeah.

If it dips under a possession there at two and a half,

I think that's a pretty good number to be honest.

For that game, Clemson's going to try to slow that right down

and, you know, bludgeon them to death.

But that's a tough one, I think, at that number.

Yeah, I like UNC.

I'm telling you all, and it's funny

because I'm the one that bet against UNC last week

and I don't make a lot of college basketball bets.

I do like UNC land the points there.

We'll see if I end up making that

an official play on sports.

And I certainly don't want to be bet against Tom and Jeff Hawkman.

There's some golf questions in the chat,

which I'm going to address, especially as it relates

to Matt Fitzpatrick and Colin Moore-Cawa.

The pick I gave out yesterday was on Colin.

That number, I didn't think it was going to move dramatically.

Well, it has on both of those guys,

not only their top 20 numbers,

but their outright numbers as well.

And like really dramatically, actually.

So a lot of people betting those two guys,

if you have golf questions,

I'm going to get to them later on in the show.

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Kason Wallace, I think that says Carson,

but Kason Wallace over 19 and a half points

and assists at minus 128.

That one courtesy of Pratt Beckai again,

Wallace over 19 and a half points and assists minus 128.

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Bucket, it's Jeff Stenberg wants to know,

how do we feel about Tran Mare,

team total over one and a half plus 125?

Do you even try?

I do. So Tran Mare?

Tran Mare?

Tran, Tran Mare?

Is that, is it really Tran Mare?

I would say Tran Mare taking on Newport.

Yeah, Jeff, let's have a little conversation here one on one.

I like the team total.

I think plus 125 is a very playable line

when you're playing the worst defense and worst team in league two.

But Jeff, what I like more, and I want your feedback on this

because maybe we can do a little Jeff John collab here.

Both teams to score is minus 110.

It has hit the last eight consecutive fixtures every time

they've played since 2022.

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I feel like both teams to score might be looked at.

I know you, it's not a plus number, Jeff,

so you'll probably say no.

But let me know if you want to make something happen there

on BTTS for that match.

I would have said the same thing about Tran Mare.

Buckets, do you like your mall to score an assist

at plus 550?

There we go, Thomas.

Yes, I love Lamine.

Do you even try anymore?

Do I even try anymore?

What are you doing, guys?

What are we doing?

No, this looks worse without the glasses, hold on.

Okay, I do like Lamine mall to score or assist.

He's asking about that Barcelona versus that led to co-ficture

we talked about early.

If Barcelona is to qualify, they have to do it

because of Lamine mall's performance.

There's no Robert Lewandowski available,

which means that the guy who has the highest goal contributions

for this Barcelona side has to keep contributing goals

here, his to score line is plus 100.

His assist is plus 130.

If you want to maybe play both of those separately.

But I like throwing them together

at a long shot at plus 550.

I think that's a great shout for a guy

who has shown multiple times.

He's capable of doing just that.

Did you just say contributing and plus 150?

I feel like I heard both of those things.

I think you're gas letting me see it

and you're trying to take me down a peg.

I'm so smart now.

He said contributing.

Okay, either way, before Jeff,

before we get to your pick and I'm going to let you comment

on this, if you like as well,

you've got a college basketball pick

and you've got an NHL pick, Jeff.

But Tom, let me ask you about.

Ray Garcia has a bunch of questions,

most of which we've handled.

But one that's really interesting is he's asking

about UCLA money line.

That game at 11 o'clock tonight,

UCLA hosting Nebraska.

That's a really tricky line.

Even more tricky than I think this North Carolina one.

I think the temptation would be to take Nebraska on the road.

Nebraska's been out on the West Coast

because they just played USC.

So maybe the travel isn't quite as big of a deal.

I'm just speculating.

Any thoughts on Nebraska UCLA?

Yeah, I like UCLA a little bit here at home.

The UCLA's only lost one game at home.

I bet UCLA once all year.

It was that game if you can believe it

and double over time to Indiana.

But there are home and road splits are pretty big.

UCLA plays a lot better at home.

I think it's a pretty good matchup.

Listen, it's going to be,

I think it's going to be a tighter,

lower scoring game,

slight lean to UCLA at home.

If they've been playing better over the last month,

you know, I'm not going to ding like UCLA

for losing the teams like Michigan State

because the top of the big 10 is much better

than the middle part of the big 10.

But UCLA has been beaten some of these other teams.

I think it's going to be a good game tonight.

All right, Jeff, any thoughts on that

and then hit us with Alabama?

Yeah, I don't like that game.

I stayed away from it.

I think the line is just about right.

So I'm going to stay away.

I have one college and one NHL.

So yeah, thanks.

I'm going to go with Alabama plus two and a half

when I put it in at sports line.

It has shift.

It's down to minus one and a half for Alabama,

which I still like.

Look, my model has it at minus four and a half.

We know Alabama's offense, they are humming.

They find easy looks at the rim and from beyond the arc.

The Crimson Tide shoots 77% from the free throw line,

63% from downtown.

You look at Georgia, they struggle shooting from deep.

They rank 215th nationally and they rarely grab

offensive rebounds.

They rank 347th in that category.

The market is overvaluing Georgia's home court advantage

in my opinion and they're overlooking their weakness

and three point shooting and rebounding.

Georgia shot 40% from three in a win over South Carolina

on Saturday and they rarely put back-to-back

efficient shooting games together in a row.

So I don't like that spot for Georgia

and look at Alabama's schedule.

They are battle tested.

They have the second ranked overall strength

of scheduled ninth in non-conference action.

And on the flip side, the Bulldogs are 59th overall,

326th in non-conference strength of schedule.

So this is a very strong system to play

the team that had the harder strength of schedule

this time of year.

And the Tide have feasted on teams without much height

while struggling against taller teams.

Georgia is certainly not a tall team.

My model, like I said, four and a half point favorites

for Alabama.

So we're gonna take Alabama tonight and keep in mind,

the game starts at 630 Eastern.

Okay, but by the way,

because you mentioned that the,

it's minus one and a half,

you can still get the money line

in that minus one 10 minus one 15 range

because that minus one and a half

is plus money in a lot of places.

So just an FYI there, but obviously

if you're a sports line member,

you got Jeff's play at plus two and a half.

We got more college basketball to talk about,

but Jeff talked to me about the Colorado Avalanche tonight.

Colorado Avalanche.

Now they played last night, that's okay.

They're minus 145 on the money line.

Now I put this in at sports line

after they played the Kings last night.

The money line was minus 160.

So I opted for the minus one at minus 105.

I think minus 145 is a terrific line and here's why.

This is a spot that I look for a lot in the NHL,

since I've been handicapping since 1998.

Colorado lost to the ducks two to one

in an overtime shootout on January 21st in Denver,

despite out shooting Anaheim 41 to 16.

The abs are one of two teams,

along with Chip Patterson's Hurricanes,

with an over plus 400 shot differential.

Colorado has an elite high danger differential plus 40.

There are 11th and face off win percentage,

which is their best mark in many years.

And why I think they're gonna be in the NHL finals this year.

Now there is some concern.

Colorado played last night,

but the trip from Los Angeles to Anaheim,

Staples Center, crypto to Honda Center

is 30 and a half miles.

It's not like they have to get on a plane

and travel two, three time zones.

The avalanche are four and five this year

when they play without rest,

but this is a very deep team

and I think they're gonna get the job done.

I'm just gonna trust one of my most profitable hockey systems

that I have used over a very large sample size.

And Colorado, they're aimed to

in their last 10 meetings against Anaheim.

And like I said, they have that revenge

from earlier this season, all over Colorado,

minus 145, that's a banger.

1998 you say.

So of best movies that came out in 1998

or at least some famous movies as you were talking,

I looked it up Titanic, saving private Ryan.

There's something about Mary,

Water Boy came out in 1998

and Armageddon came out in 1998.

Along with a bug's life, a bucket's you had something.

Had what?

Exactly.

Okay, Tom Cassali, talk to me about UNLV money line

because that's another game that's at 11 o'clock tonight.

Do you have any thoughts on that one?

Yeah, you and Alveen's playing better.

She's the money line.

That's a big one.

The line of the day.

Yeah, against the spread.

Oh, okay, let's not do the money line.

Yeah, no, I was actually going to consider it at nine and a half,

but it opened up a little less than that

and then it dropped down to seven and a half.

I think this is going to be an interesting game.

You know, I'm not a big fan of Josh Passner,

the head coach at UNLV,

but he's got the team playing a little bit better now,

especially at home.

I think that could be a close game.

I lean taking the points there.

Buckets, Everton Burnley, both teams

to score is even money.

Oh, it is.

It really is.

This was almost one of the plays I had for the show,

but it's just so tough to trust Burnley to do anything.

They did just score three against Brentford.

So they're clearly capable of it

and they're in a relegation scrap.

So they need to score,

but Everton is just such a frustrating side

because they love playing for these cagey, physical,

one-nail cutting games.

Steve, I do think it hits.

I just, I don't like betting on Burnley at the moment,

but I think it's a great shout, especially at even money.

If that was like minus 130, I probably won it,

but with a plus sign in front of it, I'd go for it.

Ekman says, great call, Jeff Bama is the pick of the day.

Stephen Cook-Relli says,

bash that like family.

And Big Cheesy says,

Alabama State minus one and a half minus one 10, Tom.

I don't know if you have an opinion on that one,

but Buckets, you had something this time, I think.

Do you hear that?

No.

Do you hear the pitter patter,

the little sounds off in the distance of a live bet

in the Azerbaijan Cup going on this morning?

Do you hear that?

I actually did hear that.

I thought, I could see you were mouthing

zero FK versus Sumgaiat first half goal at plus 120.

And I was going to say, see, a plus 120.

Surely, you know, it's a cup game,

so it's kind of crazy.

And you were going to respond by saying Buckets,

zero is playing their best starting 11

for some reason, this cup fixture,

and they have scored three goals against Sumgaiat.

They are dominating in recent fixtures.

They're dominating currently with already three corners

in a lot of possession.

I agree with Cia here.

Cia's live bet on the Azerbaijan Cup

that we'll get a first half goal in the zero game

at plus 120.

See a great shout.

Thank you very much.

Really appreciate that.

Tom, do you have any thoughts

on Alabama State minus 1 and a half?

Anytime it's from Big Cheesy,

you know, I start to consider it.

Yeah, I don't have a huge opinion on that game.

That's not a conference.

I cap a lot.

I mean, I look at it.

So I would go with Big Cheesy on that one.

Jeff, I know you're on Alabama.

Did you look at Alabama State?

I stay away from that conference just like Tom.

Yeah, fair enough.

Let's see.

Tom's Seton Hall minus 1 and a half at Xavier.

Any thoughts there?

Yeah.

Well, Xavier's a tough team to read.

It really depends on how they shoot from the perimeter.

Seton Hall's defense is good.

You know, it has a really good perimeter defense.

I don't think it's a great matchup for Xavier.

I don't love taking Seton Hall on the road.

I think they're better when they're in the underdog role,

but I would lean Seton Hall.

All right, Gipperspick says NHL,

no goal first five minutes Utah versus Washington

and Chicago versus Winnipeg plus 107.

I can't tell, is that a parlay?

Are you putting those two together?

Jeff, do you ever make those no goal

in like the first period or first 10

or anything like that?

Yeah, usually no.

See, I'm looking for, you know, spots with side selections.

And I have been dabbling with first quarter overs

for some of our members that have asked me in the discord

and I've been doing pretty well with those.

But in general, I'm a sides guy in all sports.

So yeah, I'm not, well, maybe proppy can come on

and give a prop for an NHL game.

But yeah, the first five minutes with Utah, Washington,

I would lean no goal in that one

because Utah is coming off a shutout loss

and they have a really good defense,

Washington not so much, but five minutes no goal,

you'll probably cash more often than not with that wager.

And then Chicago versus Winnipeg,

I don't like either team, so I'll pass on that one.

All right.

Zach Kassanki reminding everybody

the early wedge is tonight at seven o'clock.

We'll not only have picks for the API,

we'll have Puerto Rico picks as well.

Is this, do we like Maddy Schmid over at Puerto Rico?

Top 20 plus 186.

Well, Maddy Schmid's one of my outrides.

So I don't mind that.

Plus 186 is a pretty good number for the top 20.

So I think I'm in on that.

Michael Heinz-Smith says,

see if thoughts on Ryan Fox first round leader.

I got to wait for T times to come out.

It's only a 72 person field.

So the T times aren't as scattered necessarily

as they would with a full field event.

Nonetheless, I'm probably going to lean toward

morning T times and because we don't have T times until,

probably the next three or four hours,

I'm gonna hold off on giving out first round leaders.

Although I do think Ryan Fox is a decent look for that.

Buckets, what are your thoughts on leads

versus Sunderland both teams to score even money?

You guys know how much I, oh, both teams to score.

There was another question asking,

oh, and zero scores a goal in the Azerbaijan Cup at plus.

That's the first.

That was the last of applause to see a shot.

He knows it.

Or the Azerbaijany top flight footy leagues.

Let's go and see ya.

The both teams to score bet is very tricky

because there was another question from Dylan Barakot

saying we'd like under two and a half goals.

This game currently is juiced to the under.

It's minus 150 that will get under two and a half goals.

So the books think that we're not gonna see goals in this game

and I understand the logic.

This is one of those two newly promoted sides.

Neither team wants to take a lot of risk

but we have so much head to head data

to look through for these clubs.

And we have a Sunderland side that is kind of falling apart

without Granite Jaka in the lineup.

And even when he's back,

this seems gonna have an adjustment period

that they're gonna have to figure out here.

I do think both teams to score hit, but weirdly enough,

I also think under two and a half goals is gonna hit.

I've got a one one score line prediction.

I don't have the model, I'm not smart enough

even though the glasses might fool you.

But going off of vibes here,

a one one final score sounds right to me

so everyone's happy.

I wasn't fooled buckets, but Steve Lochner is saying,

love me plus money plays buckets the goat

even if he just rolled out of bed.

Ian Lights out says goat.

I'm not the goat, that was,

I can't emphasize enough that was Cia's bet.

So thank you Cia.

What's going on?

I don't even love from this.

Yeah, a lot of people hit that bet.

They got on it right away.

So you're welcome everybody.

Big Lebowski Best Movie of 1998 says Ian,

but Truman Show came out in 1998.

That was a real,

I was literally talking about that movie yesterday.

I kid you not Jeff Goe before we get to the recap screen.

Yeah, I mean, just mentioning 1998,

wow, that really draws some good comments.

Half baked was a movie that people were mentioning.

And I mean, it's a silly movie,

but I thought Jim Brewer was really funny in that movie.

Tom, have we brought up a movie that intrigues you?

From 1998?

Oh, I love the Truman Show.

Yeah, rounder's apparently came out.

I have a fact that you have rounders and rounders

who came out in 1998.

Gosh, so many good movies came out.

Like somebody made the comment,

I hate to sound like old man get off my lawn,

but like it doesn't feel like great movies are coming out.

Just like action stuff and that's,

that's what, that was the old man,

I'll be the old man, these movies stink.

They're terrible.

Buckets, you're the,

Buckets, you're the young man, are we just being old?

No?

Okay, so that's a yes.

Let's get to the recap screen

and we'll get everybody out of here.

Bournemouth versus Brentford,

both teams score plus over two and half goals,

minus one, 15, and Barcelona versus let it go Madrid.

Barcelona over eight and half corners,

minus one, 10, and of course,

Buck's already cashed for you.

He's already one and o on the day.

Cincinnati Bearcats Monday line, minus one, 26.

That one courtesy of Tom Cassali.

Listen to the whole show if you just got to the end,

just make sure you listen to the whole show

because we must have talked about 10 to 15 college basketball

games throughout the duration of this one on talk back Tuesday.

Alabama plus two and a half, minus one, 15 from Jeff Hockman.

He also likes the Colorado Avalanche Monday line, minus one, 45.

And I got to say it,

I was really leaning towards North Carolina,

minus three and a half, I'm not going to do it.

So I don't have an official play,

but we do have the case in Wallace over 19 and a half points

and assists minus one, 28.

That one courtesy of prop bet guy.

Wow, that was a great show.

Little trip down memory lane, down 1998 lane.

Thanks to Jeff Hockman with all those movies.

The parent trap apparently came out in 1998.

Now we're just naming random movies, big cheesy.

Jeff Hockman, thank you.

Tom Cassali, John Eimer, I think that's John Eimer

behind those glasses in that area.

And of course, Ben on the ones and twos and three and fours.

It's been a great day.

Let's continue to make it a great day.

Let's cash some bets along the way.

Ladies and gentlemen, for now, we rest our case.

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