Skip to content
TrackPodcasts
sportsJan 1, 202645:19

A Numbers Game | January 1, 2026 | Hour 2

A Numbers Game

About this episode

In this hour of A Numbers Game, Gill Alexander and Kelley Bydlon play Are We Sure and answer questions around sports. Also on the show, Chris Fallica from Fox Sports joins the show to chat College Football Playoff storylines.

Get instant access to expert picks, public betting splits data, and pro betting tools when you join VSiN Pro. Grab your first month for only $9.99 or take over 15% off an annual subscription when you use promo code: POD25. Click Here to get started.


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get every episode summarized

Each time A Numbers Game publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.

Email me new episodes

Free for 3 shows. No card needed.

Hosts & guests

Transcript ready

765 searchable segments. Every word is indexed and playable.

A Numbers Game | January 1, 2026 | Hour 2

A Numbers Game

0:00
45:19

Full transcript

A Numbers GameA Numbers Game | January 1, 2026 | Hour 2. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

This is Vincent, the sports betting network. The numbers told the story of the always down. Swindle's 80 to believe in the analytics. This is a numbers game with Kill Ivexander gone. Vincent, our number two with numbers game and Vincent, these sports betting network, Vincent.com, Game Plus, I Heart, Radio, YouTube, TV, and of course, Series XM, Channel 158, Kill Ivexander, LA Midland. Alongside Happy New Year to you and yours. 2026 is upon us. Can't believe it. Can't believe it. What's the earliest New Year's Eve you remember in your life? How old were you? What do you mean? Like staying up to midnight kind of thing? That's a good question. I feel like it like age. I don't know. 678, something like that. You start to like remember that stuff? I remember 11. I don't remember because I remembered. I might be out a little on the early side. I'm deaf before 10 though. I remember before the age of 10, like getting like, it was like always the opportunity to stay up a little later than you were allowed to before.

Even if it wasn't midnight. The reason I was just informed on the break that our own Danny Higgins, who filled in for you for four days last week. Yeah. Who we affectionately call Danny. Daddy. Danny Higgins, when you ask yourself, all right, who do you know that ever went to Times Square in New York City to ring in the New Year? That glut of humanity, that sea of humanity in freezing cold temperatures, typically, in Times Square. Danny Higgins once went because a girl roped him into it in high school. Was it Danny? High school. And Danny said, you asked the question, how long were you there for? And Danny's response was, it's shocking. Fourteen hours. He had to be there. I can be getting an end. Oh my God. Something that I will never be doing. No. Can't even imagine how many thousands of dollars you'd have to pay me to attempt to that. Oh my God.

The whole thing. We were also talking about parades. Just miserable. Unless you have kids who goes to a parade. I don't know. It's the same fireworks. They watch as a parade on TV. Yeah. I don't always want to come across as the Grinch, the Grouch, whatever. I love Christmas. I guess I'm a New Year's Scrooge. Yes. Scrooge. That's what I was looking for. Thank you. Yeah. I'm with you. It's the same. I mean, we kind of, we make fun of a phasic floor with the fireworks. It's the same. I don't like it. It was going to a parade. I'm with you. I don't like it. It's just getting there and standing with all those people. No. I'm good. Danny. Hey. Unless you're West Reynolds. Again, if you're West Reynolds today or any idiot of fan, you have a blast. We were just talking about the software. And I mentioned it earlier. Reese Davis doing reports from out there in Pasadena. He's, it's like a monsoon out there right now. We got, we got, you know, several hours here before game time. The first game kicks off in less than an hour between Oregon and Texas tech. Alabama and Indiana kick off at 4 p.m. Eastern 1 p.m. Pacific. So we got time. But man, if they were playing right now, good God. Yeah. We get tweets made in the book line movement on that first game.

By the way, I should bring this down to two now. Yeah. One and a half, too. So I got my, I got my Texas tech two and a half in while you and Tim were talking. Those are, those are pretty much gone everywhere, everywhere. Funny coming Texas techs away. I really do think the defense is going to rule the game. I'm on, I'm on the red raiders. Larry fresh pumps. He's those pictures. He says, I just followed the trend, my friend. My first picture is when you were still at the south point. Years later, it's circa. So he got frames on just like you mine in both cases. Jason Stark. Thank you, Larry fresh. Happy. And thank you for all the Chipotle. By the way, Jason star happy new year. Gilling Kelly may 2026 be a profitable year. You too, Jason. Money gun. Guzz who's fighting for the top. In circa millions. I just want to set out an NFL playoff trend for this coming year in case everyone forgot. Oh, yes. Thank you for reminding us of this. Since the 2003 season, every time the San Francisco 49ers have qualified for the playoffs, they have advanced to at least the NFC championship game. Love the glasses. Thank you for that last comment. What he wrote, what I'll extend it further.

Since the year 2003, the San Francisco 49ers have either missed the playoffs entirely or gotten to at least the NFC championship game. That is a ridiculously unbelievable stat. Thank you for reminding us of that. Good coach. Okay. Tronsky. Hey, Gil, I heard all these listeners begging on your new glasses had to tune into the Visa and watch app to see what all the hullabaloo hullabaloo was about. They're not so bad. You're rocking a bit of an Elton John. Look, you be you. I hope you feel better and happy new year. Thank you, Tronsky. Appreciate that, man. And prime time. Cowboys underscore comes. I mean, join all the different comps. Yeah. Really. Yeah. Buddy Holly. I got Humpty. I got Elton John. So they're racking up today. Got Groucho Marx. Yo, hey, man. Prime time says, thanks to your little buddy Kelly Billy, showing up for work today, seemingly sober. My first plus money ticket of the year cash. Give that kid an undeserved vacation. In fact, ship him now. And he could do the polar bear plunge day here in minus 18 windshield. Peace and love. Were you in the DMV prime time?

Where are you? What? Minus 18 windshield. Wow. Okay. We'll get to more tweets here coming up. I just want to get us to are we sure? Let's do it. You think you know what's going on in the sports betting world? Are you sure? I'm positive. Gill and Kelly tackle the hard-hitting questions on another exciting addition of are we sure? Marissa Tome featured in that little. That's right. Medley right there. I learned. A little follow up here on. I'll pay you this quick. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, no. No prior history with blood clot. So this was caught. Luckily, this was caught by doctors. So he is going to admit. That's why he will be out for this game on Sunday. That is a very serious matter. Chris Bosch of the Miami Heat. Most most recently had to retire because he had a chronic. It was deemed a chronic blood clot problem. And therefore you simply cannot risk playing at that point.

But if it is a one-time event driven thing like some kind of trauma. I got a blood clot from the second Achilles surgery that almost killed me, by the way. But because because you could trace it back to an event. Then you're okay to go after that. Blood thinner maybe for a blood thinner is maybe for a while. But Olave with the blood clot. Very serious matter. Yeah. I was hearing about him too much. Yeah. Wendy, we feel like we've learned a lot about this through Wimbledon. Yama going through that as well. And Yama hyper extended his knee last night. We didn't talk about that. He's okay though, they think. Sounds like he's going to be okay. But test test to come today. Yeah. His quote last night was basically I'll be back for the next game. Oh, so very positive for women Yama. But that's still going to go under all the test today. That's good to hear. Hi, Gil. Yes, sir. Are we sure we will see more upsets today in the college football playoff? By the way, that Miami upset becomes the largest upset in the short college football playoff history. Of in this current format of the two years. And and we should say we both got to the same time and the fifth straight of five.

Where the team that had rest lost. Right. The team want to buy if you will lost anything to that to you. It's way too small. Way too small. Yeah. Yeah. I really think overall this time of year, it just comes down to so much coaching and how you manage this time of year anyways that that's I'll put it on them. I'm not sure. Obviously, but I have Texas Tech. So that's my upset today. Are we sure Miami should be behind Indiana and Georgia on the futures board to win the national championship? No, but I think it's those three. I think Miami's got pro man. They got pro players on that defense boy. That was with the question you asked him. I didn't want it. It's kind of like a boring answer. That was the biggest thing that stuck out to me last night. I was like a Sean NFL players flying all over that field. Sean Taylor rest in peace, but man that had Sean Taylor vibes. This team does on that defense. Next. Are we sure week 17 was the swing week in the MVP race and Drake may will win it.

I'm sure it was the swing based on the betting market, but no, I'm not sure Drake may win it. I'm I lean towards the JVT theory. I do think Stafford wins it in the end. I think a lifetime achievement award is coming from that Stafford. Are we sure if the Patriots get the one seed seed Mike Vrable wins coach of the year? Yes. I think so. Unless Kyle Shanahan gets the number one seed in the NFC, but I still think Vrable will get the sadly. I think Vrable will get the nod. If they both get the one. Yes. I still think they're. Vrable again. Yeah. I do think that will happen. That's my hunch. Are we sure the Seahawks are the rightful favorite to win the Super Bowl? No. No, I think the Rams are better football team. Yeah. The Seahawks needed, I mean intervention from the universe. Devon Taylor will be coming back at some point. Yeah. It's important to remember. So remember how we talked about the whole conference bets, right? Like the AFC last year. Yeah. We got some guys on the NFC this year. How about this one? I found yesterday. How about specifically narrow it down to the NFC West teams?

Plus 130. Are we sure the NFC West plus 130 to win the Super Bowl is a bad bet. So you could get Seahawks. There's Rams. Seahawks are five to one. Rams are plus five 50. Niners are eight to one. What was your question? Are we sure plus 130 on the NFC West is a bad bet. Uh, so let me answer it. Let me answer it mathematically first. Plus 130 is about exactly what it should be mathematically. Good on the book then. Because it feels like we've just been doing this for years where we uncover the simple answer of the other way. If my math in head is correct, then it plus 130 is exactly what it ought to be mathematically. So I'm sure that's a proper pricing, but you're asking me is it a good bet? Yeah. More art than that. Yes. And math. Yeah. I wouldn't bet it a plus 130. More art. More art. Yeah. I wouldn't bet it a plus 130 because I would rather pinpoint a team.

Are we sure Fernando Mendoza should be minus 220 to be the first overall. Okay. This is the one whenever you ask number one, pick in the draft questions. These are the ones that I'm always very comfortable saying I have no idea. So, but okay. So that part's interesting to me because I agree. I still feel like we haven't gotten much signal on who this is truly going to do. And yet his odds keep getting shorter. That's surprising. Well, because of the Raiders have number one is the thing right now. That's true. If the Raiders lose, the Raiders have number one. And the Raiders need a quarterback. The thinking is that Mendoza is their guy. I guess at this point. So yeah, it makes sense. Are we sure on January 1st, January 1? J. Go to Salis and there should be minus 450 to an MVP in the NBA. Yeah, because aren't you just fighting an injury at this point? Yeah. It's probably a rifle price, but the. What's this price now? Minus 450. Oh, God. I'd be crazy to bet it though. At the same time. Yeah. Well, it is why we pointed out before we got the official. Yogic news was like minus 270 might not be a bad bet though.

Yeah. Like minus 450's. All right. This one's for you and Chris Foster, who I'm enjoying. Oh, I like it. Join throwing a little fuel on the fire. Are we sure LeBron James is better than Denny Ovidia? I'm not sure. But do you know why at this moment in time? Yeah. Oh, no, he's definitely not. Do you know why I asked this question? Why? I caught this even a little late. First wave of all-star voting in. Yes. Yeah, with more votes than LeBron James. As it should be. Denny Ovidia trying to be the first Israeli ball player to ever make an NBA all-star game. Yes. At this moment in time. At this moment in time. You think LeBron's not even close to the ball player, Ovidia. He's at this moment in time. Stop it. Stop it. And the wizards are idiots. Let me just write that out. Yes. As I did at the time. You're here because you want an edge. That's what separates listeners from winners. But let's be real. Mindset alone doesn't get bets home. The sinkclubs win because they've got the tools. The data and the discipline. And now so can you. Visa Pro gives you access to the same real-time insights the sharps use.

No secrets. No fluff. Just actionable info that moves markets. Tap the link. It's why serious betas are turning knowledge into profit. With Visa and Pro. Back on a numbers game live from Circa Resort Casino downtown Las Vegas. Kill Alexander Kelly Midley in the hissy how pumped you for the I you know, we always talk about what's your favorite day of the sports year, the sports betting calendar. And I usually always say, October's the best month right, football on the weekends, baseball playoffs in the middle. But man today is awesome. It's a great one. It's a great one. Great. As my dad used to say, don't call me. I'll call you. I'm gonna be on my couch. Hours on end of football. I think everyone will be we get sweet speed in the boat. Colin Murphy. Are we sure that Dan landing isn't an overrated coach? He's at Penn State's number, but we know big game James doesn't beat top 10 teams.

You go through his resume over the past few years. It doesn't appear that landing wins. Many game big games either. Well, we'll find out what Christopher Lee has to say about that here on the in moments. GV New Jersey, New York Happy New Year's guys have watching on Game Plus. They just ran a commercial for a pain relief belt from a company called Dr. Hose after you talk Sugar Bowl with Tim Murray, didn't know Lane Kiffin had either a doctorate or his own pain relief company. Not sure I got that. SS at S underscores lies known one happy New Year. When Vincent started, I started DVRing follow the money and then a numbers game would come would come on after I'd watch a bit. But something was getting to me. I said, I know that voice. And it came to me. It's the voice of the guy who'd come on after midnight at KMEL. He says, you're a real cool dude. Well, thank you, SS. I don't really like talk about that. You know how it is. By the way, it's after 10 p.m. That's how I get crazy. Thank you, Sly. Appreciate that. Jason H 11, LOL Danny Higgins, the things guys do to get to get.

To score. Yeah, that's right. Michael birds, Gil Kelly remembers because he's young. We're the olds. We forget. FYI, I'm older than you. What does he remember? I can't remember what you're talking about. I don't know. I do either. Let's see. Scoob has got parades who watches parades. Well, I can tell you one for sure. That's my mom. 99 and a half years old had to make an early trip to the nursing home to make sure she was in her recliner and had the proper channel on the TV. Happy New Year, Gillie Kelly. Well, I hope your mom enjoys it. 99 and a half man. Scoob, but you're going to live forever. And then Doug Tuddle saying the score bet still has two and a half on the Oregon Texas tech game. Well, that's going to be straight for sure. Martin Bernstein, Gil, I went to the New Year's Eve at Times Square in 1978. First thing I did was go to the Rangers game at MSG, then walked up to Times Square. It was the best time of my life. I was 16 years old. You have to do it once. Plus, you have to be young. Well, there you go. That's the problem. Yeah. That ship is sale. I don't know. Do you think when you were young, is this something you would have wanted to do? No, even while I was young, I was like, oh, hails. No.

Me and you were young at different periods of time, too. Like, no, this is still not something I would ever want to have done. And I want to say that Martin Bernstein made me agree with me or not. But I want to say that when I was a kid, it seemed to be way colder, more consistently on New Year's Eve than it is now. It's almost like the, it's almost like the, the climate has, has changed or something. Jamie Lave on New Year's is the aura farmer of all hot days. Why do we do this to ourselves? That being said, Happy New Year, gentlemen. Jamie, Happy New Year to you. That is a great comment. Ryan Thompson, you know, the visa app has been locked into a commercial loop for the past 10 minutes. Really? Oh, we got to work on that. Thank you for the tweets on this. Thank you, Derby Day Day. Happy New Year, fellas. Am I still in the Happy New Year window? Yes. Your transparency on Wednesday and losses yet another reason I have not watched the four-letter network AM shows and years cheers to a fantastic 2026. Thank you, Derby Day Day. We tell you when we lose to. That's for sure. Ladies and gentlemen, he is kind enough to join us on this morning for not one, but two segments. And he is a very happy man. He is a Miami alum involved in their athletic

department while he was at the University of Miami. I saw a big fat Miami ring that he was wearing a couple weeks ago when he was in town. He's the bear. He's from Fox Sports, the emperor of the Bearbets podcast is Chris Velika. Everybody courtesy the progressive guest line in HD. Look at clean, have clean cut this guy is clear. Yeah, clean cut for sure. I think finally around 315 AM Eastern time, maybe 330 is when the text and the stop flowing. And I finally ultimately crash coming down off the high of that game. So yeah, I'm a little a little rough this morning. The sunburn still is still going. The peeling head, but I couldn't be happier right now. It feels really good to have Miami football matter again and really ultimately care about it and think back to when when I was there, like you'd mentioned, and when I would cross over a couple of years with Mario Cristobal as well. So this was in the middle of the 58 game on winning streak and winning national titles. It just feels good to have the program really matter again right now.

I have to share with folks. You'll I think I enjoy this. That the dynamic of us watching this game last night because we're on the group change exchanges me. Me Chris will Todd and then Fezick could. Fezick have been more annoying in his anti Miami rhetoric last night during this game. Yeah, well, it was going to be it was going to be 31 6 right. Yes, that was his call 31 6. Yeah, and then and then 21 20 and we got the scoop. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, I did my best to not to not chime in until until Todd came back with the 21 20 and I think I had some choice words. Yeah, but I did good. I did try and act on it best behavior. Yes, and do the all when you lose you say a little when you when you say less. Yeah, it was it was tough last thing. Well, I completely understand coming off of the high even I who just had a bet on it. I didn't go to Miami. I took a while for me to come down from it too. That ball game was awesome. Your let me get your analysis on it. The your big takeaway from that game was what if you had to

give one headline. That Miami can win games without they have they have multiple paths to win games. I think everybody just assumed that Malachi Tony was the only threat that they had an offense and you knew that Matt Patricia and they lost eight defense were there were going to take him away and it was going to take CJ Daniels to have a big game. It was going to take him and marry him to have a big game. It was going to take some other guys to get involved. Georgia trader had a big third down catch. Marty Brown came in and play like they have other players and other ways and Carson Beck's numbers weren't necessarily fantastic. He didn't turn the ball over. He made a bunch of big short throws and a couple of monstrous crambles in the game. They're in a great place right now with the biggest thing that they're going to have to deal with down moving forward this week is just kind of the rat poison is Nick Sabin who mario crystal lock coached under just everybody like it every itty like me out there now saying that

they have a legitimate chance to win the national title. The worst thing that could happen to Miami today is Ole Miss pulling an upset over Georgia and Miami headed into the fiesta ball is like a four or five point favor to say when that game and much rather have a a pickup tight game be a dog against Georgia and the whole Carson Beck story as well. Well congratulations to you by the way that you brought up when you brought up Malachi Tony. I didn't even bring up that play. I think it was the third quarter. He catches a pass. He fumbles it. Fumble the fumble on the bounce right back to him. Bounce is not only does it bounce right back to him. He scooped it with one hand in like without missing a stride. So even the ball was bouncing their way. That was awesome. I think I think the scoop with one hand was because his injury from what I hear was like I think you got hit on the other arm which caused the fumble and that's why you can only use the other hand because the other the other the other arm with the other arm was it was injured at the time. So who knows we'll say we'll see a lot of big plays in that game that go and notice the field

goal by Carter Davis the 49-yard field goal of every struggle that's with us for keep that make that game a two-possession game against. It was big the second and third downs on Ohio State's final drive. The great job by Jacobi Thomas to come up and take Jeremiah Smith across the middle away that created the sack that put him in third and 20 and then they got off the field. Those two played a good great. I don't know have they given the Royals award out yet because they haven't they might just want to do the re-vote right now and just say oops I'm sorry I just give it to it was always you you brought up that field goal and I didn't seize on this during the recap either that feel low to go up 17 to seven in the moment as a Miami backer I was not happy with that decision by Christopher I was like oh no they missed this field goal this is this is an awful thing and he drilled it and I was like okay well this might be our night. What about this let's start with the first game because this kicks off in about 35 minutes we just had a tweet about

they don't trust Dan landing in a big game situation you do though. Yeah I do he been honest day last year in the regular season and he pulled out some stops to do it. I have no issues with with Dan landing as a coach I think he's very very relatable to players I think he does a good job but lost the lost a game to Indiana okay well it happens you'll lose games you lose in the play up after a month off that it happens. I like Oregon today big massive game in the Circa Friday football invitation by the way I have the ducks the leader Chris Biserro has Texas tech as his best bet. So big swing game here but I do like Oregon I think they have more avenues to win the game they create trunk plays at a higher rate than anyone in the country I don't think this game is going to be a game where you're going to see either team drive the ball up and down the field with much success against the other teams defense so I do like Oregon and I like the Texas tech team total under 24 and a half because I just don't trust Baron Morton and those

skill guys right now against what I think will be a very motivated Oregon defense off of that fourth quarter late lay down against Jam you last week I think that's going to serve them well this week going against a Texas tech. Okay those are his two bets again he's on Oregon on the money line excuse me Oregon money line or go against the spread what did you have you may as well go money line I mean you just to see yourself maybe over time and it comes into a two point contest or whatever yet I pay pay the extra just to Oregon money line I find that. All right he's got it Oregon minus two though officially Texas tech under 24 and a half team total which tracks again with Dr. Bob's strong opinion on the game under Texas tech versus Oregon which again the first to kick off 35 minutes from now more with Christopher Lee to the bear on the other side fresh off his cruise office Miami victory on the other games today maybe we'll poke his brain about tomorrow's games as well next.

Right now is the best time of the year for betters and the all new boomers sports book is bringing you the action football hockey basketball and more use code visa in 250 when you son offer boomers mobile account they'll match your first deposit up to $250 in bonus bets plus get minus 105 on all pro football spreads every regular season game download the boomer sports book app today learn more at betwithboomer.com must be 21 and over terms of conditions of live bet response and whatever you do don't tell don't tell my sent you this is Joe Asher might wait take something off off the top there so I'm not involved just go visa in 250 there you go by the way we're at West Reynolds our own West Reynolds is over there at the the Rose Bowl parade that's he tweets out simplified because he's looking at a Marine there. I just retweeted this I'm rooting for West today man just I'm just I'm just rooting for West this is West's day what a day Indiana would have thought yeah man I still don't believe it we're already

here I don't believe it. We get tweets being in the book Charles and Connecticut I'm feeling phomo not wishing you guys happy new years yet and that you made declare it late to do so tomorrow so hope 2026 is great for the whole ANG family and listeners you two Charles and Connecticut at who Homer Rob Graham I've been listening to guys since like 2021 and I have no clue that the bear was a canes fan that's awesome car and bear cheer for my teams. And he's a pro and Jon Osher hey gill is an LSU fan it was great to see CJ Daniels make big plays including the clutch first down at the end of the clinch it Christopher Liga congrats on the win and I'll be cheering for CJ and the canes to win the title this year that looked like a title game last night yeah it did Derek win happy new year from Hattiesburg all South Mississippi is putting for Georgia go dogs y'all do a great job thank you Derek and Lance Schaefer I found visa after the lockdown I've been betting for 20 years 2025 is my first profitable year and it's all thanks to Gil Kelly Mitch Polly and all the others have visa and love your guys show thanks for everything I won

over five figures this year they go Lance when it go and Rob Graham can you please tell the bear at a boy I truly love that hat let's bring him back in Chris Vellique of the bear um so many questions here Chris one first of all you just you just went on a cruise I have many non for more questions here before we get back to your bets what your favorite island on the cruise was returning to St Thomas was that my my favorite experience on the cruise I loved uh I loved and uh Antigua was was great but I got back to St Thomas where my wife and I were married and her parents had a place for quite some time uh going back there and just seeing like the that little the shopping areas and just seeing the restaurants and the the places we used to go to and see how the the community is bounced back after those hurricanes was uh was really good and they got my father and a lot of to pay up on his preseason bet on the Miami Notre Dame game we made the bet before the year loser loser at pays a lunch at tap and still which basically tap

and still is five guys with the bar essentially burgers fries hot dogs funnel cake and alcohol so picture five guys and alcohol I'm like a waterfront and you got what tap and still is um I forgot that you got married at St Thomas what a what an awesome destination wedding that is okay and then the other thing west just tweeted in from the Rose Bowl parade you've gone to many many Rose bowls over time and what did you say to us off air oh they're the parade the parade is like here and like the Rose Bowl game is like here in terms of the Pasadena community like the parade is everything wow and we used to have our production meetings uh for the for New Year's morning they would probably end around four thirty years so in the afternoon afternoon five o'clock you'd go back you'd be going back to the hotel and then get it sent to go to dinner they'd be already claiming their plot of land on the parade route uh with their they're sleeping bags or because it gets cold at night out there uh at this time of year but you end up parade the parade

far more important amongst the locals uh than the game good for west by the way that's an awesome yes it is yes it is maybe once in a lifetime top up time opportunity for him so I hope I hope the weather doesn't dampen as well I love it um speaking of that game Chris was on last time when he already gave us Oregon minus two versus Texas Tech in a game that kicks off in about 25 minutes and the Texas Tech Red Raiders team total under 24 and a half versus the ducks today what about that game in Pasadena which again the rain still fallen over there uh you don't have a side you're not playing the total how are you playing this I'm playing one thing simply Indiana for record the first sack of the game uh with minus 140 uh last time I checked at Draft Kings I just think uh Indiana the way they can get after the quarterback even with the injury to daily on the defensive line Alabama can't run the ball I would expect them to be a pass heavy offense especially early in the game little luxury juice from the IUD defense early on uh Indiana record the first sack and by the way I just want to

I know the audience out there and a lot of the social media community uh they have their people that they like to follow and either fade or tell and uh one of those people that I think a lot of people like to fade it is book it with Trenton book it with Trent just kind of put out uh Texas Tech plus two and a half is like a mega moral max oh boy do we do with that information as you uh see fit oh boy all right let's go to the uh the third of the three today oh missing Georgia you have a couple props in this game yeah I like you and I we were talking about this on the the group thread as well and I may be too guilty at times of look reading into numbers and psychology but the fact that this number hasn't hit seven at least I haven't seen it hit seven it seems to me they are inviting all the Georgia money possible on this game I haven't heard one person mutter the sentence this week well what uh on the basketball that I just did a little while ago but mutter like I like Ole Miss in the game seems like everybody is on Georgia could Georgia

win the game easily uh sure they could because Ole Miss couldn't get a stop in the first meeting but Ole Miss didn't get stopped until the fourth quarter of that game so Georgia now is better yes they're gonna have Colby Young back yes um I am not playing the side just because I don't want I don't want to hate myself after the game one way or the other by saying damn why did I take Georgia when I had a feeling that Ole Miss was going to be the right side or why did I why did I get sucked in by the number you knew Georgia was a better team but I played a couple of things based on what we saw in that first meeting uh I played Lawson Lucky uh Georgia's tie-down anytime touchdown give him like plus 425 for someone that game touchdowns in that first game uh the other tie-down Oscar Delt also could be live that the score touched out but clearly Mike Bobo and the Georgia offense found something with that Ole Miss defense in that first meeting where they utilize their tie-down so well in the um in in the red zone so a lucky lucky score touchdown

and then Trident Chambliss to score a tiny time touchdown at a really nice number as well he uh I think his legs will be a big factor as well in this game especially again once they get down in in the red zone so a couple of anytime touchdown scores so sorry I don't have a little bit more on the subject but this just feels like everyone is Georgia and over and I just don't like being involved in games where it seems that everybody is yeah is you is you in the same way I threw this out earlier I just threw it out I'm curious what you think the absence of Lane Kiffin won't matter against the two lane right like like in like in in the Ole Miss's last game but against Georgia do you think it might matter I don't because Charlie West Jr is the guy who calls the plays he called the plays when when Lane was there and think think that the the tweak that the listener uh I forget who it was we just talked about with Dan Lanning is Dan Lanning everyone a big game is he overrated it's going what big game to Lane Kiffin ever way yeah it's true he when it caught you winning a big

game like I love Lane I like Lane I think he's a great offensive by any relates to players but I think that might be a little bit overblown it would especially be in that you have the main offensive play callers and staff coming back for the for the for the run here I know this is a strange question to ask on a great day where we're coming off the Miami win and we got three quarter finals left today but there are four random bowl games tomorrow we won't talk to you before then do you have any plays in any of those final bowl games I schedule don't okay I don't I really scaled back a lot of the other bowl games this year just because I found super hard in terms of who's going to play who's not going to play motivation just games that I like we always like to have the conversation about if this game is taking place at noon on a Saturday during the college football season would you be would you be betting it a lot of my incident a lot of my cases it was no and I'd be I think being away may have also helped my calls to kind of stay away

from those games but yeah I did not play anything I know what wait for us just I think aside that a couple of people that I respect you like tomorrow I think it's tomorrow against Mississippi State. Let's let's close out with this go back to your canes where we started the hypotheticals on the canes three and a half point dogs against Georgia if that is the semi final matchup one and a half point favorites against Ole Miss do you think that those are proper I thought Miami would be a little bit law a little bit bigger of favorite against Ole Miss I don't think that game would close one and a half for sure and I certainly don't think that Miami Georgia matchup would would close north of three so I see Miami taking money in both of those matchups and we'll see what happens he finally when the real bet started happening yesterday we saw the whole public and the little filler bets get it up there 9.5 and then the big bets took place yesterday and the big smart like money wasn't he right so we'll see what happens I'm hopeful that two wins wait for when

a match about it was pretty impressive yeah I think you're right about that three and a half two I don't know what Georgia would have to do today to keep that at three and a half that seems like it's headed back towards three Chris congratulations and good luck enjoy the day my friend thanks you guys enjoy the good enjoy the dance while three awesome games today Chris Vallique right here on a numbers game a numbers game on fee set these sports betting network start the new year office a better better with the recent pro subscriptions final week to save 50% off the regular monthly price with our holiday special sign of now again visa pro access through May 1st for just 79 dollars including daily best bets real-time betting slits or draft kings and circa AI-powered prop tools and 24-7 video on the visa to watch app covering everything from the college football playoffs and NFL playoffs to March madness and my master plus you'll receive our college football playoff betting guide complete with expert brackets team incidents power ratings CFP and bold

best bets and previews for every bold game start the new year with an edge go to vc.com slash subscribe that's vs i m dot um slash subscribe we get tweets made in the book prime time I wanted to clarify where he was he said I have a voyna the DMVs and all costs he says I'm in the Malibu of the Midwest shaboygan the Malibu of the Midwest let's go that's where his his negative windshield is the Malibu of the Midwest Darren Frazier I think we might have fixed this by now but I'm not sure he says the recent watch app was down he says how can I start 2026 without a full show of my favorite guys thank god for serious XM so I can still listen while missing gill's great glasses and the skinny Kelly Bidley happy new year boys happy new year being worked on I don't know where we're at on it but it is being worked on we got guys with hammers and nails and that kind of stuff yes Isaiah down there yeah yeah Isaiah he gets a nice acting robots yeah computers got his hat on the flashlight that's right yeah what a couple quick updates kill please first of all how about a a shot of the circuit book where it is just filling

I just was outside there we go there's the book what you are not seeing on screen if you're watching at home the line of people that is about 25 deep waiting at the stand up here to get seated in 90% Oregon jerseys lot Oregon jerseys out there and then gill looking at this game this is pick them or one everywhere on the Texas Tech side now we have jumped the fence it is gone to Texas Tech Fandals out to a point half on Texas Tech this is like that Miami money late yes yes yeah we were talking we were talking about this a bit off air this might be like a very elementary subject I know for a lot of people but like these games I think these four games maybe the best examples of you needing to have multiple books multiple outs we saw that number yesterday you know I sat there when I sat in the show if it's nine and a half so I'm gonna wait and see if it gets to attend okay that didn't work out but luckily you could jump back in I was still able to get an eight and a half or everybody was at seven and a half pretty much yeah didn't

matter in the end but still you want to get the best the number okay same thing today Texas Tech we made out we you thought you had a bad number at one point you did have well I was like I was the guy what you know I thought oh this is I thought the opposite I thought it was going to go the other direction I was like of course the money's going to come in on Miami all weekend it never did until the very end right proven for you know CLV in the end on that but it also what is it also tell us in both of these games that we are super close to the sun and that we operate in our little corner of the world we're you know getting ahead of stuff is the name of the game but really 90% of the public right 95% whatever the percentages they are wait until a couple hours before the game they're like oh wait the games on and this stuff like gets me excited to do these shows because you are right it is so few days where we're like oh my gosh a football game move three points like this are you know two and a half points legalized sports betting did this right where it's like it's as if there's tens of millions more people betting on games

and then I out man I'll update these other ones still still not a seven out there from oh miss Georgia might be too early for that still six and a half in other words yeah still six and a half every as Chris kind Chris and Tim kind of said right a little odd that it is like six and a half just flat basically everywhere Alabama Indiana we are starting to see more seven and a half pop on the Indiana side so was kind of bringing that up before because we started we started the show and Boyd Fandall was the only book I was looking at that had a seven and a half out there so if you were pro Alabama that would be the book now you got to kind of got to shop around in draft kings if you're in a draft king state or if you're in a vatestations really the only flat sevens right JD and Florida happy new your boys let's get at it today and all year Texas tech money finally showing up he's showing Texas tech is a one and a half yeah this was on the way to where it is now one and a half point dog when he when he tweeted in 25 minutes ago Michael Burns amazing you forgot asking Kelly wins the first New Year's Eve you remember my god the

brain no I did ask him though in the end I don't get it um what I don't understand I didn't understand was he amazed by my answer I mean I don't remember specifics I would I have to when I have to decipher the tweets it doesn't really work out so much um this is from Chris Heath magic Johnson is the grand marshal of the Rose Bowl bull parade a few years ago this is so random he said a few years ago it was Gary Sinise isn't he like an actor and like CSI is probably that Gary Snews looking up Rose Bowl parade lieutenant Dan is that what you watch those shows well no lieutenant Dan from my fours go oh that's right yeah there's nice Norman Vegas 30 years ago today the improbable once in a lifetime happening north western playing in Rose Bowl that was I don't know what I would have the same reaction I didn't even know what you were like I didn't pin you as a CSI guy oh my gosh sorry I'm a berry my brother and sister real quick they are they were the worst with that stuff they can watch like CSI for like

five hours and like law and order they must not be alone they must not be on the dormant Norman Vegas 30 years ago today the improbable once in a lifetime happening north western playing in the Rose Bowl that was before greed money and TV killed the grand daddy of them all there's a game played at the Rose Bowl but it is not the Rose Bowl game he says Rose Bowl committee still has so much control over this stuff and is that still such an under the radar thing what is this a react oh this is a Durban P24 is is reacting to oh we're basically they were killing Todd for not a lot of the guest chair to be the champion or acting like he was a champion of the guest chair Durban says Chris has to get Todd on Tom a Felica has to get Todd on bad beats with Van Pelt either becomes a sports center stable or Scott and Steve block bears number and all socials afterwards no one between GRP wins a it's George everybody says shout out to Gil for admitting to having a losing year betting on NFL futures I know the feeling just wait until you see my results on Monday George George acts like we don't like is he acting like we don't

admit that or is he being sincere in his I think he's being sincere all right we'll accept that way GRP GRP says he didn't do well either yes it's a bad year man there's no shame in that uh this is from uh my oh my gazilles duke 90 this is it's too soon it's too soon I know it was the late 70s but you can't make onwarsadot parade jokes you can't do it it's too soon uh Larry fresh update the Megapod bylaws to include the 118th's compromise guests are 118th of a real person that the the guest chair does in fact win a championship to see the proxy time square for new years new year's eve I did this in 2000 2001 you have to get there by 5 p.m. you're stuck in the same block all night and there's no access to bathroom second year I was smart brought a chair in a bag and made a hundred dollars or hundreds of dollars selling handwarners this year people sold diapers oh that sounds like fun yeah and on and on to the break it on we'll get to everybody's I promise but we got to review all the bets I'm on the Panthers tomorrow not tomorrow I feel like it's Friday yeah Saturday I have the Panthers I had them tomorrow that'll be some I was about to

say Sunday Panthers Saturday plus three at the Buccaneers got it during guessing lines and then the Falcons minus three versus the Saints which I got the best of both of those numbers got them both during the guessing lines day and then afterwards with the Falcons because they weren't up during the show B. Jean offensive player of the year at 150 to one it's down to 25 to one at Caesars and then the Super Bowl final is charges versus Rams 28 to one charges versus nine or 66 to and then my college football hit Miami last night plus eight and a half got Texas tech today plus one and a half got Indiana minus six and a half in Georgia minus six and a half we've been reviewing those for over a week now Indiana to win the college football championship attend to one by the way again if you're wondering hey when are the semi finals one of them is a week from today and one of them is a week from tomorrow semi finals in college football you sir uh pistons in the NBA for me laying five today may actually a lot of four and a halfs out there now so you can get a little bit better number than I did today uh just reminders we discussed what yesterday this is definitely staked down for me it's day after New Year's Eve pistons coming off a log road trip uh who knows

what we might get between them and Miami but pistons third best uh net rating in the month of December 94 over that time straight up um lane five with them at home against the Miami Heat and then Texas tech on that with that's my only college football bet so far today I'm sure we'll be adding but so far just the two and a half with Texas tech and then for NFL this weekend Chargers Broncos under 40 and a half Ravens Lane the three and then a ten point teaser 49ers Texans and jaguars in that it does feel like a Friday doesn't it yeah you have to remind me come in tomorrow yeah Tim Murray he's on Indiana money line in Georgia money line parlay today that's how he did he's playing it today Indiana Georgia money line parlay uh and then uh Christopher Felica as well as he on the show I believe we're not mistaken uh Oregon minus two versus Texas tech kick off in five minutes or thereabouts Texas tech team total under 24 and a half in that same ballgame and then later Indiana to record the first sack at minus 140 in their game against Bama and then in the final of the quarter finals the last of the quarter finals I should say Trinidad Chambers of Ole Miss

anytime touchdown plus 170 and loss and lucky of Georgia anytime touchdown plus four 20 those are all the bets this is a shot how long ago was this Danny would you say this is two hours ago anyway we don't know what it looks like now is two hours ago at the Rose Bowl where there are squeegeeing water out of this place look at that towels everywhere man I got I mean that field is about as great of a field as any yeah I'm looking up the parade right now it's the driest it's looked at a long time looking better now looking better that was it earlier my goodness a deluge a tsunami just kidding don't have that what is bad crack next unscripted and we'll take you through the opening sequences of the ballgame next on a numbers game it means that these sports betting network

More episodes

More from A Numbers Game

View all episodes →