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A Numbers Game — A Numbers Game | January 2, 2026 | Hour 3. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
The numbers told the story now is now swandles idiots who believe in analytics. This is a numbers game with kill I like Xander gone. He sent our number three of a numbers game of feasts of these sports that he never feasts a calm game Plus I hard radio YouTube TV and of course here's sex of channel 158 kill Alexander. They've been led in the hissy Oh, there it's circa still to come this hour. We're gonna talk a little tennis pumped It's back baby. Let's go. Did you look? Do you look at those at a time at all? No, I have no idea what's coming No idea what's going to be a lot. We're gonna go through goes go say me and then he's gonna be one There's gonna be one reason to say you know me well. This is a bad usually how it goes. Yeah We get tweets beating the book You got your whip around to this from a tray edge He says you always take me back with the 90s R&B references, but this third base combo this morning is the best Can't tell you how many people I've stumped over the years without reference and the video Oh third base was awesome tremendous
Again, Kelly pop goes the weasel the weasel goes pop. Mm-hmm Buddhist man way too early 2026 in numbers game topic power ratings. You ready for this number five self-deprecating Starbucks TV survivor strategy segment A lot of s's right there for prime minister and baseball historian and author Pete nice references Three gatorade flavor rankings two common cold radio and number one tax law radio Yeah, you got it buddy tax code radio. I want to follow up on tax code radio. Oh, it's the worst As you can crack and didn't mention it. I was a little surprised over the past 24 hours. So starting yesterday We have a new hand-paid threshold here in Nevada $2,000 instead of the old 1200s. You don't get a W2G of tax form anymore at 1200 bucks Yeah, exactly right here's the thing where you fall asleep all the all these slot machines and everything. Yeah, I asked a slot About this like a month ago. I was like, hey, do you think like these machines are really gonna be ready on January 1 to not lock up when you hit
$1200 or more and off the record will not name the casino will not name where they work at she looked at me Look to be dead the ice-gale she goes Kelly if this is figured out within the first four months. I would be shocked I love that this is your own personal why-to-k anxiety Well, it's that combined with us getting tax more. So it's like that's where it's I'm gonna calm down a bit But literally I was walking out of here yesterday was walking out yesterday saw someone hit for like 1400 something yeah, lock them up and then I saw the delivery of just the cash and no W2G Do you like how I fell asleep in the middle of the tax code? Yeah, sorry about that chance cops got clean up for a Physic and crack. Yeah, my knee switch. They're not gonna say it. I gotta say it. You know, you're the you're the cleaner up That's right chance copper pot my new year's betting resolution is to use prediction markets I opened my calcium count yesterday. It was very good for betting live College football spreads and I love watching the market move real-time after you take a position. It's awesome It's just awesome. Mm-hmm. No, you might run any you might run in trouble with the alive stuff
you know up against a lot of Robin Hood traders. Let's just put it down. Yeah Okay Continue with the whip around because we gotta get to we only did the two Saturday games Again, I had a I have a bet on Carolina plus three we went through the playoff implications of both that game Carolina and Tampa and San Francisco Seattle Also the games within the games when it comes to NFL awards will you go over again? So the The Fort if the four Seahawks win if the Seahawks win the Rams Game on Sunday matters because then the Rams can get the number five seed But if the San Francisco 49ers win It don't matter. It doesn't matter. There's six period Okay Yeah, go see then you're already locked in Seahawks five six seven or long. Okay. Correct go go Seahawks five Rams six Packers seven I like you like that. That was so that was something an hour ago. I meant to ask you Oh, yeah, forgot to ask you and didn't look it up off air myself really bad job
It's it's about the clearest of any year heading into the final two weeks of the season Now the final week about the clearest a pit playoff pictures have ever been Okay, so Sunday Packers Vikings didn't want to mention this you and Steve were talking about it a little bit I s changing McCarthy back at practice. Listen is probable To play on Sunday. There it is. I'll tell you man. I'm it's it's some I'm monitoring though If if old Brosmers out there again I don't care who the Packers are I don't care that it's Clayton to and I'll be taking seven and a half points You mean 51 yards passing didn't exactly exactly in a with a game with a 35-and-a-half total if I'm catching over a touchdown still I'll be in on the Packers. I don't care Who's going over the Packers Malik? No, it's going to Clayton too. Layton soon is going. Yeah. Okay This is just again from a handicapping standpoint. This would get we started this with guessing lines on Monday Some of these games are impossible to figure out unless you know exactly whose play I'm just I'm not ruling out yet kill That Max Brosmer is the worst quarterback to ever play in the national football. Wow. I'm not ruling that out yet
He has not proved otherwise and is what two starts Yeah Well, can't really can't really argue Nathan Peter bit is the great man's far better is the name I was thinking of it Why is just said? No, I'll take Nathan Peterman right now Peter didn't Peterman throw five picks in a half Didn't he do that probably I think so Okay, so that's the Packers and Vikings Packers again locked in to the number seven seed They will travel to either play the Bears or the Eagles wild card round next week. Wow playoffs next week Colts at Texans Texans are ten and a half point favorites Texans can still win the AFC South if they were to win and Jacksonville were to somehow lose That'd be awesome very unlikely Jacksonville's a two touchdown favorite basically in their game But the Texans their consolation prize is hey We still get the five seed and travel to play either Baltimore or Pittsburgh as the four seed man Maybe that's not a pleasant thing to think about but for some it might they're thinking. I have no play in this game Uh Texans in a ten-point teaser for me. I am Steve Steve as well. Was that what it is like?
He's a slightly different legs were Houston, New England and Denver. He's good. Yeah Um, okay rounds at bangles. I will have it there. I will have a three-legged ten-point teaser. Although I didn't uh Make it yet, but I will have it here by the end of the show. What are you thinking Niners? You like to the Niners? I like the writers. I think I do. Yeah browns and bangles this game means nothing to nobody except for draft position Oh Miles Garrett can get the sack record right? He's a half sack behind TJ Watt and Michael Strayhand for the most sacks in a year For again the length of period of time as they've been tracking sacks stats 22 and a half for a watt and Strayhand 22 currently for Miles Garrett But who knows man like to Deacon Jones and more sacks than that did Reggie Uh Reggie white hat more than that I'm sure um what's I have no play here bangles seven and a half point favorites I would imagine the bangles will roll here. This might be a survivor play for one of the remaining six though on the bangles Have you seen a number of the bangles have the angles ever knocked out anybody in survivor? I'm curious
Is that ever happened? Not this late a season. That's gonna say this new ground Um, have you seen a price on Garrett for the sack? No Be either I'm gonna find that. It's got to be it's actually not up at draftings. That will be large. That will be a large minus price Just just don't do a Brett Farve and sit down for that's all we think so too. The question is like at what point does it get too big? Great I don't want to be that guy better. No better. No I don't want to be that guy Yeah, just don't just don't do the Brett Farve thing and lay down like you difference right here next Also in the early window on Sunday cowboys at Giants Nothing to play for here other than the Giants beating the Raiders last week means that the Raiders are in the Driver's seat for the number one pick in the draft if the Raiders lose that Raiders have number one Giants are two right now. I don't think the Giants want to ruin this anymore I think the cowboys are gonna be a millions play for me. I may even have a bet on the cowboys It's just that I just don't want to have actual money. I know on a game that doesn't matter. I know
So probably not there's a couple of these I'm I'm with you there for in this you know I can tie this back into the bangles too right bangles and cowboys for whatever reason They appear that they are going to roll out their their dudes and play this for I get Dak get Dak as many passing yards Hopefully be the NFL passing yards leader and I don't know what they're doing with these two teams But yeah, it's looks like they're gonna try to finish it out with all their guys kill and um Giants yes after last week They have every every he can't win two games in a row to finish the scenes now would be bad You yours your dad come back later that you're taking dead probably I'm okay with it next Uh saints at Falcons says at Falcons remember if the Buccaneers win on Saturday this game matters Because if the Falcons then win it's a three-way tie-top the NFC South three eight nine teams and the Panthers would be the one in the playoffs I think the Falcons for this strong here. I know there's Tyler Schuck ticket holders I want him to finish with a flourish Or for the rookie of the year campaign no crystal larvae for the Saints Falcons three and a half point favorites
I bet the Falcons on Monday minus three One of them that was thinking about this game on the way in yeah Tuesday morning by the way about it's three I think there's two different prop angles here if you are if you are Monosano brought to some about the old all-time scrimmage yards with B. John You're betting over on B. John props. You better be sprinkling in offensive player of the year I'm just going to I'm going to add that and then Tyler Schuck Again, this this line goes from two and a half to three and a half Based off that Falcons win on Monday and then the the playoff tie-in now We have I think this is jumped a little too much the playoff tie-in should matter because the Falcons exactly Doesn't affect the Falcons themselves. This is what I'm talking about We move from two and a half to three and a half like to me It's just because I think the Falcons are vastly superior team that the Saints are I didn't bet it. I'm just saying that's a big move and it would be Saints or nothing for me No, I was gonna bring up with Tyler Schuck where his current rookie of the year number is
I'd probably just look at playing props over on him in this game I was impressed by the way with the with the how the Falcons have stuck together under reheat Morris How they played against the Rams and I will just say this for your Falcons player fan whatever you have got to be thinking To yourself. How did we botch this division? Yeah, totally how are you with me on this though? So what's Schuck now like plus 180 or something? Yeah What is he has to win this game and he's got to put up a good performance, right? Yep I'm same game parlaying Schuck props in the money line with the Saints and I feel like they're very aware of this too By the way his rookie of the year possibility. I feel like this but the Saints themselves. Oh, yeah. Yes. Yes So and going forward a bit probably yeah, I'm with you like hey, let's salvage something out of this Yeah, it gets you something out of the year. Yeah, I get it Yeah, at least we have the I just think you're here price wise. You're getting better price if you do what I'm talking about Psycho Montessano the aforementioned Michael Montessano just uh China said my new year's resolution is to not bet the NBA defensive player of the year Oh wait, forget it I took case and wallets to have a bet at 50 to one. Okay for 2020 70 says my new year's resolution is not bet the NBA defensive player of the year mark
And here you like yeah Titans and Jags real quick Jags my third chicken. I put them into 10 point teaser when it was 12 and a half Jags win they win the AFC South if the Jags win and somehow the Broncos and Patriots both lose The Jags are the number one seed Unlikely but just for the sake of thoroughness. That's the story. We'll continue our whip around tennis next on a numbers game 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 pros win because they've got the tools the data and the discipline And now so can you be some programs you access to the same real-time insights the sharps use no secrets no fluff Just actionable info that moves markets tap the link and see why serious bettors are turning knowledge into profit with visa and pro
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I'm not one of these people spicy food. If it's too spicy, it just ruins the experience Are you are you differ are you a buffalo guy or a different flavored wing guy different flavored wing guy interesting? I'm pretty pretty strict buffalo and give it to me pretty hot But it's not it's not something that enters my life like there's no there's never a time where I'm like you know what I could really Use today's wings It's never a thing especially like the we're like the options. They have it like buffalo wild wings We're it's like yeah, give me the spicy chili garlic Thai wings I don't really think about that much. Yeah, Auburnist on Twitter. Here's a Pete Pete nice gem Listen to the Beastie boys audiobook for the chapter. He reads on the beef between the two There's a great part with MCA heckling them. Oh, man. I'm all about that Does he does he read it in Pete nice's voice? Yeah Um, and Jason H 11 is my resolution just get the upside app. Uh-huh Oh, well commercial humor All right, we got to continue the whip around because we got to get to Zach. Let's do the tennis We'll do the tennis when Zach is on with us. We can both chime in on the tennis like that NFL whip around continues
What's next next up? We have the dolphins at Patriots Okay, so Patriots win in Broncos lose into the late window now four to five easter Late window just as I planned Saturday early window late window as we've done this perfectly For two two games on Saturday and one segment all the early window and another here's the late window Patriots win Remember they've already clinched the AFCs But if they win in the Broncos lose the Patriots are the number one seed and this is Drake Bay's Final resume point for his MVP candidacy by the way you hear Drake may getting off on Get going off on people who said they face their easy schedule He's like look, they're all NFL players man come on Yeah, okay, okay What else is he supposed to say right or other fell players I got no play on that but it I have decided to stay away from that leg as a 10 point Relig teaser. Yeah, you and I had the conversation off air. It's the yeah one one the I think of the ones that you would consider throwing in a 10 point teaser this week
Concerns me the most I could just see this being at dolphins Mike McDaniel stand up for one game Some of these teams man like cowboys bangles dolphins just to try to get one W at the end of the year without Chiefs that Raiders chiefs are five and a half point favorites. Ola docket Going for the chiefs I want to know part of this five and a half 36 and a half the Raiders lose they get the number one pick in the draft Raiders aren't going to mess this up Raiders remember are like hey, uh Brock Bauer's hey Uh, Mike Crosby. Why don't you guys sit these last two games out? Yeah, I don't think this is like it's like two It's two teams I'd ideally like to fade on this final week, right? Like you know you know the Raiders made it very clear last week What they're trying to do and the chiefs spots that we pointed out all the last couple weeks have really come true Where it's like they've never been in this situation for like 10 years now like just they can start the offseason early for once finally Is that Travis Kelsey's last game? Let's make a market calcium. I'm going to go with I'm going to go with no
Only based off one thing. How little do you feel like you've heard about that from from the chiefs him just in national media the past So you're like the chiefs would have built that up more here that guys getting married Lions it bears Bears win They are the two seed in the NFC playoffs bears lose Eagles win Bears are the three seed lions eliminated bears by three Yeah, lions in that same crew by just named of like teams that are gonna be too frisky on week 18 Dan Campbell, I can't let his guys just lay down. I did say this earlier in the week I said that a little tongue to cheek. I wonder if Dan Campbell Is thinking to himself he would never admit this, but I wonder if he's thinking to himself Yeah, this kind of looks bad for me because like we were awesome with Ben Johnson And now we're not so awesome now we're playing Ben Johnson. It might mean something to him I'm even trying to think Gill that might be on a week 18 where there are plenty of games that mean you want no part of yeah, that might be number one for me
Yeah, jets of bills now here's another team again right because the bills It's only about seeding their seven point favorites at the jets if there was ever a spread that felt like a placeholder That's how I approached it on guessing lines. It's this one Because what are we gonna get? We're gonna get Josh Allen for a drive Okay, so he can continue his starting streak and then what It is Josh Allen from Sean McDermott just a little while ago quote good to go. Okay for Sunday I don't think why I don't I don't know why we would see anything else other than what we've described all week And the line has moved though in Buffalo's favorite from we just showed seven Yeah, this was at draft Kings earlier drafting is all the way out to eight and a half On the bills It gets a little bit of a ridiculous over adjustment because I think we all kind of know what's gonna happen with Josh Allen I think it's exactly what you just said that's still what I expect to happen It's for him to take one snap play maybe play one series just like you did a year ago In this exact same situation and then get off the field
The number five or in the NFC we know that the Packers are seven And we know that some two of the three NFC West teams are gonna end up five and six Whoever's not the number one seed In the aFC the five six and sevens are all up for grabs With jags Texans bills and chargers all in the mix All that I got another prop one. I'll throw out is a James Cook I think he's been pretty vocal about him wanting to be the Russian yards leader This year, so it's probably gonna be the Russian yards. It could be a lot of cook just on the ground against the chest Russian yards. I have to check it. See this is it kind of thing is better So that we never pay that I never pay attention to we're like what what is it lead Because b-john has over 1400 How many is James Cook have 1600 wow 1606 Jonathan Taylor's number two. Okay. He's on this number four. Yeah Amazing All right, that's it is fun. We're gonna have to do like a weekly bet on that with me and you next year
Like the stats that every fantasy player knows that Gillette Kelley are completely unaware Who leads the NFL in Russian yards. I don't know of no idea commanders and Eagles Eagles are sitting folks Again, Eagles are NFC East champs first back to back NFC East champ since 2004 when the Eagles did it Eagles win bears lose the Eagles are the two seed as is any other combination right Eagles lose or bears win Then the Eagles are the three seed getting a home game in wild card weekend I'm changing my answer. This is the game. I want nothing to do. Yeah, this is also this is Josh Johnson though Go for the Commodore's against Tanner. That's That was the what did Jay jvts say to Tanner McKee believe Tanner McKee truth or he said truth or that's right Cardinals at Rams again. This is seven and a half But we don't know if this game matters yet to the Rams. Why be by that again If the diners beat the Seahawks on Saturday the Rams are locked into a six seed this game won't matter
So Can you really play this unless you have like stupid conviction on the Niners and the Seahawks Then you could somehow correlate it, but remember this might not matter. I don't I don't I just don't know Things that are easy to say on a Friday. I have a feeling by the time we get to kick off like regardless of where the Rams are at We're gonna see them sitting some guys some surprise. We haven't heard more of that this week But we we see how McVeigh approaches the preseason like this is you're gonna risk guys getting Already got Devonte Adam sideline. Oh beer man the Kirk tells me that on a polymarket. They do have a Kelsey market Kelsey'd retire. Yes Minus 300 Oh, interesting interesting. He says Charges at Broncos Broncos win. They are the number one seed in the AFC. It's that simple By the way, the Broncos leg is one of my three team 10 pointers, and I'm a little I'm a little scared about it Yeah, we're talking about that off the air. I like this better than the Patriots one though That's what you the late landed on the late on Broncos. That's correct. Tray lands go over the charge. Yep
I'm on the under, but I bet it on open at 40 and a half honestly. I had 37.5. I'd probably still bet under I think way Nick Wayland brought that up the other day trivia question that Joe P to post to be yesterday What NFL coach what current NFL coach has more rushing yards than Bo Jackson had in his illustrious NFL career What What current NFL coach had more career rushing yards than Bo Jackson had it is Jim Harball Fantastic question Sunday by five yards. Why that's job like Sunday night. I was gonna throw. I mean we just Like we're just gonna throw his name out there just because we've been talking these guys But I did not think that was gonna be the answer by the way I went through all 32 coaches and said it had to be him or I was like the Sean Payton get yards and the scab games No, so it had to be Harball easily going and then Sunday night the game for the AFC North Whoever wins is that is the AFC North title holder and the loser is out If it's a tie the Steelers are the AFC North champs and the Ravens are out Ravens favored by three and a half on the road
Yeah, I played Ravens at three lightly. What's the T.J. Watts status? Do we know yet? I'm not playing and I wouldn't play it at three and a half. Let me see if I can find before break major hint questionable from the Steelers defensive coordinator who says great to have him back quote, there you go Tennis was that code NBA and NFL next as well. It's at numbers game at visa these sports betting network A numbers game on fee said these sports betting network numbers game live from Circa Resort Casino downtown Las Vegas kill Alex and they're Kelly Midland alongside We got to get into it was that because we got a bunch to get to we got NBA to talk about we got NFL Teen to talk about but we got tennis that you're going to throw out us as well. That's right You know what else I'm just realizing real quick is that me and you are finally feeling better I'm ready for the week to start. Yes, I'm ready to get going this week. Yes He's been in a fog for five days. You know, you know, it's as great as these these college football games
We talked about endlessly in the first hour Just so great yesterday and the day before Semis in front of us. I'm my brain because we have a week 18 has not yet fully grasped. Yeah, the NFL Next weekend, dude next is awesome next week's football schedule is crazy semi-final Thursday night semi-final Friday night. Yep And then super wild card weekend and then we have don't we have one wild card game on on Saturday Starved on Saturday Saturday Sunday Monday all super wild card games two on Saturday three on Sunday one on Monday. There you go Wow, assuming they did the same way they did last year. Yes, right. Zach Cohen joins us now courtesy the progressive guest line You can follow him on Twitter at betting on X here on this day after was a January 2nd I can't even keep track anymore. Happy New Year Zach. How you doing, man Happy New Year. How you guys doing? We're doing very well. We were just talking off air United Cup has started Zachary beat Osaka Salana Sierra. Who did she meet again?
Somebody and then move or lose the Yeah, who's us Madera? I think you're right and then Come on and then already, you know, by as who's not a hardcore got beat some more. It's like I'm glad I'm sitting out the United Cup. You ready for some tennis questions from Kelly. We can answer them together. Yes All right gentlemen. Yeah, absolutely. I'm going fully. I have two picks up. I'm fully in already He's already he's already got two. So okay, these are all going to be ATP and WTA end of year ranking props end of 2026 end of 2026. Okay, these are up at draft Kings Uh, you can go go there now check these out. So I'm going to start with this is just odds to be the ATP world number one at the end of 2026 Yannick center minus 120 that's your bet Carlos Alcras plus 110 Svera 15 to one FAA 18 to one Novak 30 to one Musette 40 to one who said you said it right correct You went to correct me. I got it. You're correct. Ten of seasons back. It's center minus 120 for me. Is that
Yeah, I think I'd go with center. I mean center has more like results to defend But I do think that he's just the more sturdy player. I think that you know, Alcras also made pretty big coaching change at the end of the year You know, you wonder how that's going to affect him to start the 2026 season That is that is the most underrated thing in sports by the way for if you're a tennis hard Oh, you know this but Carlos Alcras broke off from his coach his long time coach won Carlos Ferreiro And if you make that kind of coaching decision you typically will do it You know before the the ATP finals even or at least after that he waited until like a minute ago to do it very strange Next All right next up gonna continue with the men here Okay, now we have over unders just on where they're going to finish in the rankings at the end of the season All right, Zachi Zachi you get first dibs on these all right So Yannick center for example and Carlos Alcras both listed at one and a half over on center both these over under minus 120 Make your jokes about the straddle now Carlos Alcras over one and a half minus 155 under one and a half plus 110
Um, oh my god. I got definitive thoughts. I was just saying yeah, that was the same number Okay, good thing the pricing is right on the under one and a half Shelton over six and a half 120 under six and a half 120 Fritz seven and a half in Tiafo 30 and a half all juiced at minus 120 All right, let's do it. Let's actually do it together Zach on account of three for center one two three under Under yeah Alcras there for over right over. Okay. Okay. Okay. This will be interesting shelf. This is right one two. I go over. Oh, I go under sorry Yes, I think I think this is the year where Shelton gets really I mean his high his high point I think he's in the top six. Can you guys please make this like a show side bet so I could randomly bring it up throughout the year This is interesting. Yeah Fritz seven and a half. Which way you go on that I go under on this one like he I think it's two years in a row. He's been under seven So I do think that he shouldn't finish there. I'm gonna go over so that's where you and I flip flop on children Fritz
That's the difference. Yeah, and then Tiafo boy. I don't know. This is tough when you get to 30 and I don't even know why he's listed It's because he's popular, but yeah He's listed because Kelly put him there Hey, you know what usually that would be the case. These were all the men listed. I believe. Oh really Yes, and I like Francis Tiafo though he said go under 30 and a half. I'll go under I think I heard him recently saying he needs to take you needs to take tennis more seriously That he hasn't been as focused as he needs to be usually that means he's going to take it a little bit more seriously So I'd say under I'll go with that. Can you imagine ever saying something like that if I just came on here What do I want to like resolutions was I'm gonna take this show more serious? That's right. Can you imagine what I figure I'll I won't bail it in from now on. Yeah, gotta think I know where to the women's side All right, odds to be the end of your number one Saba linka minus 160 ega shfiad and tech plus 120 cocoa 401 actually look at all these single digits here. Wow Coco four to one and this emova six to one on Draven nine to one Pagula nine to one Rebaka nine to one
Is this is this really just a two-person conversation still? Let me Let me start with that. Is it only two? I I still feel it's one and I feel it's Two and a half fish-ish-ish But I'm still going to ega. I plus 120. I think it's two for world number one But I think it's completely open ended if you're talking about who wins a grand slam this year Well said. I think that you will be I think it was a really good bet to be number one Because I do think she'll win the French Open this year. I think she looks like she's much better on grass and hard courts So I think there's going to only be improvements from what we saw last season But I do think they're multiple. There'll be multiple grad slameters Okay, now is the tunnel aim for the bet that I predicted Gil Alexander would want to make after this segment the overunders for the end of season rankings for the women Saba Lanko one and a half Okay, under 155 over plus 110 ega lighted two and a half you could get under two and a half or minus 155 Gil Alexander give me that is that not the bet give me that cocoa three and a half minus 120 both ways
But Gula six and a half the under minus one 25 and Madison keys the under minus one twenty four Here's how I would go go over arena under Shvattek under golf under Pagula over Maddie Keith Zachary yeah, I got the exact same that Pagula one stands out is like a really good bet the under agree agree Oh, is that is so is that your favorite bet? She's just so consistent Yeah, I'm the woman side. That's my favorite one. Yeah, well, and you know with when it comes to a story like hers every dollar that you can pick up throughout the season You've got to grab Kelly's always very worried about her which is very worried about her finances Thank you Kelly. That was fun tennis War torn country club to Remember Emma Navarro only worth 1.5 billion just in Pagula were 7.5 billion. It's a big difference. Yeah Okay, what are your two tennis plays of the day Zach if you could share I have a rinky hijakata money line against Philip Beeselich in the Brisbane qualifying That's just the one where Beeselich I think is a little bit of a better clay court player than anything else
He struggled towards the end of 2025 and hijakata is playing at home So I kill in that match and then I have a talent greek sport to win a set against Alexander Zverev in the United Cup And that's just because those two kind of always play bangers I think that like five of their last nine have featured greek sport at least winning one set And they play a lot of tie breakers in Zverev is a player that usually starts the year slow So I think the greek sport coming off a pretty bad 2025 season will probably be pretty eager to get back out there for 2026 I think you could serve as way to a set greek sport as a gamer And Sasha Zverev may never win a slam Can I please get a live shot a recorded shot of you tomorrow at 530 on a Saturday, Zach Jumping off the couch during that match and be like banger like I call Banner NBA today anything Zach Yeah, I have a bunch so I have like seven plays for the NBA tonight I'll just do my sides and you can go over to bson.com for my player props Or listen to hardwood handicapers that's up as well I have the wizards plus one and a half against the nets tonight
It's the second leg of a back-to-back for Brooklyn and Washington has kind of been sneaky good lately They've won three of their last four games their seven and three against the spread Over their last 10 and when you look at the season-long numbers They're the worst team in the league when you look at net rating We're just a really terrible number but over the last 10 games It's only like minus 2.3 or so. So I took the wizards plus one and a half I this team is starting to kind of figure some things out And I do think the only advantage that the nets have when looking at rest towel and everything is coaching or Jordy For net is one of the best coaches in the league But I think Washington will get the job done there and you've got no Okay, I was actually going to check on Igor demon who's been awesome recently He's a bit upgraded, but no cam Thomas no Nick clax and no Michael Porter Jr. in that game for the nets All right next side. Yep, so it's all the best players on the nets team or you know pretty much out So it's going to be really tough for them to win this game What else you got sides wise I took the hawks plus seven and a half against the nicks which I hate myself for doing because I you know last week
Which is you know last year that I wasn't gonna take him again for a while But at the same time New York's gonna be playing without Josh hard again I believe they could also be without Mitchell Robinson And this is a team that looks you know borderline soft without those two players hard as a player that is very good Defensively is a very good rebounder And if they are losing Robinson to that's another player that does a really good job on the offensive glass and makes them better defensively And this hawks team has been a little bit better lately. They're covered in three straight They just had a really big win over the timber wolves in New York One six and one against the spread over the last eight games and just really hasn't looked great For the last two weeks or so. So kindness is again the next pie win, but I do think it'll be close Okay for the rest of Zach's picks you can go to visa.com slash picks tennis is here Zach Uh, we will be all of our picks. Zach's in line at visa.com slash picks for all subscribers For the rest of the calendar year. That's 363 days. Thank you Zach. Appreciate coming back. We can cap all the bets next You
Numbers game on fee sent these sports betting network live from circle resort casino downtown last week Numbers game kill Alexander Kelly Bidlin on a Friday Man that's scheduled we went through that schedule for next week That is awesome. Yeah Thursday night Friday night college football Two wild car round games on Saturday three on Sunday and then one on Monday night Perfect weekend for my is does it get better than that? No, it does not I honestly think I'm like by this by the time the Super Bowl run comes around It's like okay Super Bowl. Let's have a game. Let's play it already two weeks of hype right and championship week Feels kind of sad because you know it's over But this with a wild car we get in the division round come on. Okay. So I always say division round. Yeah Is my favorite weekend of the year betting then sports bet it would have sports weekend of the year If this is I mean this isn't going to be like this every year, right? But like the college football playoff rolling right into super wild car weekend
That is a ridiculous five-day stretch ridiculous Tronsky John Oshar hey Gil with tennis on the horizon. Do you like pairing either alchorazans Center to win the Australian open with a College football playoff shot and aFC winner shots And so wide open are we sure that either center alchoraz are winning this thing similar to 2025 Yes, I am sure that center alchoraz are winning this thing It's just tennis. Yeah, it's just the way that the ATP tour is now is that those two guys are on the mountaintop I mean jokovic jokovic will have something to say about all this right. He's still trying to win his 25th And there is one would think that if anybody else can do it The dude went to all four semis last year isn't saying you know, you know, it's so he's the only fly in the ointment Gil I almost asked you by normal jokovic question during that segment But I thought my biggest takeaway from putting together those graphics at least Was that the indication from the odds at least that they're it's far more of a runaway
On the men's side than the women's side. Yes, I couldn't believe how many as you couldn't believe how many women were that closely Punched up to ega and saba linka. Well, it's also if you went through the the women's tour There's like 15 of them who have won a slam Ega has the most followed by saba linka and osaka ega has six osakans have a link at four But there's so many that have one yeah Maddie keys so if you can't and I mean she's so she's number one slam Oh Deep run. Oh, she made deep runs, but she didn't want to do it. What is she's adorable This is from Good contribution. This is from Sam S. Gilly in a bit of a survivor pickle. I have Kansas City Great theory. He says Dallas Philly Jacksonville Pittsburgh available. Who would you take? Oh, don't do this to me You got this far on your own Sam Samuel Stark Statcus He says for added context seven others are still alive. So maybe you need to make a playoff run Thanks for all you and Kelly do happy new year. Sam, I'm not going to offend you by giving my you my opinion
I think you will uh you'll figure you'll figure out the right one to do You have Jacksonville available. Why would you take them? I don't know Eric Bigeo letting us know from William Hill seizures that they have baseball win totals up and they've had them up since Thanksgiving How about that? Yeah, Jensen Lewis be better. Come on Jensen Lewis. He's responding to Jensen Yeah, come on Jensen Lewis co-host by the books with Captain America Dave Ross Preceses every Monday through Friday and I oh yeah five S six nine When does the ESPN 30 for 30 about Harbaugh come out? What would it be called? Yeah, I got more rushing yards than Bo Jackson. It's amazing We underrate Jim Harbaugh as an NFL quarterback We've gotten a lot of like tweeted the year candidates like that's that's a good one Am I allowed to say the one that we were texting about? I don't think you could claw claw machine. Oh Yeah, sure I didn't follow up anymore on this but we got this uh tweeted us and there's a claw machine Benning act or something being discussed in California. So of course we got the tweet tag
We're like where's Jason at? Where's Jason get it? Tweeter the year candidate already that's gonna be the one to beat who's that Jessica Wyman? Who was that? I don't know I am feel so bad. I don't remember it But it's way I read it the same exact way he did where I was like there is no way that this is this is a thing Without Jason Garland being involved. He's got his fingerprints on Yeah, here are the here are the bets again from guessing lines earlier in the week and from the day after panthers plus three at the bucket years on Saturday for me Falcons minus three versus the Saints on Sunday those lines are I believe a half point off in both cases at this point I got half point to the better My three team ten point teaser Niners plus 11 and a half Texans down to minus a half and a little dicey But I'm gonna take the Broncos minus two and a half. Why why do I not feel secure about the Broncos of minus two? Yeah, I hear yeah because because we don't trust this offense very much Yeah, be John offensive player. They are 150 to one if you see the latest number one of the latest numbers on be John 25 probably let's go keep coming down. That's where they deserve to be
Even lower than that. I think there is an actual possibility Super Bowl finalist chargers Rams 28 to one Super Bowl finalist charges 49ers 66 to one I will add to those in the next weekend. Then of course this one. Let's bring it home Indiana to win the college football playup, which I made right after they beat Oregon 10 to one Let's go Mr. Bidley Yeah, nothing from me NBA tonight. I gave a wow and Zach said he had seven bets in the NBA. It was a little shot to hear that Yeah, I did not expect that I was looking at the Pelicans. They just ruled a couple guys out. I was looking at the Grizzlies You know, we had the conversation early in the week of the When some of the NBA minds meet right like they like I've almost it's almost where I've got myself in trouble a little bit here recently Where man, I've just been on the same page. I don't say in trouble Got been on the same page with some of the guys we respect so much and it's just man All been going bad at the same time. They have funny text exchange with a JVT early early this morning
He goes goes Lakers tonight. No, but well, I was looking at the Grizzly So I guess that makes it an easy one. I'm gonna write that off and not better than I will say this to you in my in my observation following Carl Sack Bet unders at your own peril like it just doesn't matter how How good you look late in these games at halftime with two minutes left whatever it is It just feels like if they are eat that overs that that the the NBA Axis is gravitating towards overs in a way that the market has not quite caught up to yeah It was well that was something we thought we're really gonna see at the beginning of this season You remember that and they kind of didn't work out that way, but I honestly I've kind of taken the approach I've kind of stuck to that approach this whole season It's been less totals from me this year than than usual and you know me even even regularly I'm probably 70 30 sides versus totals, but this year it's probably like 80 20 or less Okay NFL week for me Chargers Broncos under 40 and a half got an open Ravenslaid three on open 10 point teaser from me 49ers
Up to 11 and a half Texans down to a half Jags down to two and a half Okay, so what do we what do you oh you did Jaguars when they were lower that's right. Yeah, okay Uh, and then JVT was on earlier Jonathan Vontoblco host of uh Money moves with story monitor Tony. He's on the Eagles minus four call himself a 10 number key truth or Eagles minus four against uh Washington on Sunday Stevie Feseck was here. He's got a three-legged 10 point teaser He went Texans minus a half Patriots minus a half Broncos minus two and a half neither you or I We're willing to take the Patriots in this yeah Yeah So there's that I can't hate state Steve obviously took the ones where he's going through the 10 the sevens the threes I get it Tennis baby from Zach Cohen. We're back. He's on a rinky hijakata today versus Philippe misalitch Hijakata can be found at minus one fifty two ish. That is a uh, that's a quality I believe and then in the United Cup talent greekspur
Plus one and a half sets at even money versus Sasha's vera. So in other words greekspur is got to get a set He's got a win one set in that one top five tennis name talent greekspur. Yeah, I love real. I don't know why but I do Talent talent. It's like my hawks. Yeah, you know And then greekspur. He's gamer NBA wizards plus one and a half hawks plus seven and a half and again for all of Zach's plays He's got tons of them visa.com slash picks for subscribers And then in the college football semi finals we didn't get to this was Zach We were having on college football in the first hour. I should have gotten to this was ag But he's on the Hoosiers minus three and a half versus Oregon in the national semi I'm gonna be on I haven't made the bet yet, but I'm gonna put him in I'm gonna be on Indiana and Miami both I just I feel like Miami batches up well with Ole Miss as great as chambles And those wide outs were yesterday especially Wallace. I just feel like that Miami defense. It's been amongst boys Are we snoozing on this? I think we got a bet Miami here today. Who's just gonna win it all, but maybe let's go. Yeah, I'm bet my am
I mean two two and a half and boy. I think we got to do that right now We'll find me a two and a half somewhere and bet that. Yeah, because it's everywhere. I'm seeing this three All right any last thoughts before we leave for the week. You know what I do. I do actually have a last thought I was gonna bring up yesterday shout out to Ken who listens to us every day I don't know about you It's been a rough week for you and they were both kind of sick on on Tuesday I took it like really easy was trying to recover trying to sleep a lot Wednesday was New Year's Eve, right? I got my days right. Yeah, I was like, you know what? I did this whole like try to nap in everything yesterday I didn't really work didn't really help but go down the end play through some free play for like a couple hours And then I'll shut it down early so like the afternoon I went down to the am right and I wanted to avoid all the New Year's Eve crowd and Ken sit Run go up to the bar Ken sit in two seats down. He looks over and he's like Kelly Bidlin And then he almost immediately scolded me for being there. He was like you and you and guild need to rest up You need to go home very nice. Ken great to meet you and good call out. It was true. I went home right Soon after the nicest people were at Jay Sullivan sent me puffs tissues from across the country best fans on the planet
I told that I told that to Deborah saw a fascist house. She goes oh my god. That's the nicest thing I've ever heard that She's more impressed by that than anything we've ever done Jay Sullivan. Thank you Money moves after prop points next with John Hanson from Vison these sports betting network enjoy
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