A Numbers Game | January 26, 2026 | Hour 2

0:00A number has told the story to always do. Swandles, idiots who believe in analytics. This is a numbers game with Gill I like Xander. Gone V sent. Hour number two of a numbers game of these and these sports betting that we're at V sent dot com game. Plus I hard radio YouTube TV series section 158. Thanks for listening this morning. If you are snowed in. Hope you and the family are safe. I know in DC on my buddies in the in the DMV. All their stuff was closed or announced to be closed Saturday. They're like Monday. Everything's done. Everything's out Monday. Good. I mean, if it's looking like that. Cancel it early, right? Let's everybody prepare better. All the federal stuff gets canceled first and everybody follows suit at that point. Not everybody. But most people. Some schools are still like we're going to be real men about this. Send our kids in. I love that. Oh, when I was at school. I was at last school. I was like, oh, everybody else but but ours. Oh, man. Jesus. We get tweets being the book Ryan Hyatt. By the way, Adam Burke still to come on the show. West Reynolds is going to join us here momentarily. We haven't had a chance to talk to West since Indiana won the nadi.

1:00Mm hmm. So we're going to find out if he's still in the afterglow of that. If he's still smoking a cigarette. I wonder if he's still wearing a Indiana gear. That's right. He might be. I paid him on the clock last week on long shots. He might still be at Hard Rocks. They did throw. Right. Last week on long shots. Kill. I did put him on the clock. Like the happy New Year's clock. I was like, you've got one more week to soak this all in. And then we got to lose the Indiana gear. He's like, yeah, okay. Ryan Hyatt enjoying a numbers game. We got tested. I was sitting down on Vison with Gille woke up in frigid west Texas and it was negative far outside with a windshield of negative Marino. So it's only hope Kelly comfortable in the studio this morning. Do you do that? And a mnemonics like that, like football jerseys? Yeah. Get me any. I feel like quarterback. So way more likely than anything else. Oh no, for me, it's all it's all old skin's jerseys. You can tell me a phone number right now. I'll remember it for 20 years just by skin's jerseys. 842. I went area code two. Should I not do that? Sure, you can do it. Two, three, nine, eight, four, two, eight, four, two, nine, seven, three, six, sorry Danny Tony, Peter, study, Jürgen, it's in what was next, eight, four, two, I don't remember, eight, four, two, nine, nine, seven, three, six, Mark Brunel, Charlie Taylor, what was last, four, nine, seven, three, six, uh, Jurgensen, Thysman, Timmy Smith. So I'll just remember that series of jerseys and I can remember forever. There you go.

2:24It's all I do. Sorry, I appreciate Ryan, hi, it's, uh, weather, weather results that way. By the way, it's also funny, like which era you land on with which players. My own mark, my own marker for 20. I like outdoor games, but I do not want the weather playing a part in the Super Bowl. Don't want to see a Super Bowl in the pouring rain or snow and ice. Didn't we have that one in New York where it could have happened? Everybody's got a problem once it's a Super Bowl. Jason H 11 Kelly, I have the TV. It's a good point though, right? Because it's one thing. It's all fun in games until the game that decides it all. Jason H 11 Kelly, I have the TV almost on mute when Roma or Brady are on the game. Thank God for Matt Brown and Mike. Summit yesterday to listen to while watching the game. Shout out to Matt and Mike. Couple good guys. Listen to, yeah, and a couple good guys. Mm hmm. Shrek McFeed. Did I miss the McCarthy to Steelers rant? If not, go on, please, sir. I never ran. I never ran, but I will say this for those who missed it. Mike McCarthy is the new head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and when I say new, the fourth coach in their history. I was astonished by this choice. This is a franchise. This is a franchise that has gone all defense young defense and their three choices, right? Chuck Null.

3:32Bill Cower, Mike Tomlin, who each coach for at least 15 years. You're going with Mike McCarthy? What will happen? I don't know a single yinzer who's happy about this. Was this official yesterday or Saturday? Saturday? Well, that's kind of so. Yeah. They kind of slid that in there, right? This is like the old news. The Friday news dump. Like we're leaving it here. Nobody's working at media. Let it go over the weekend. Yeah. Still to be filled Arizona Buffalo Cleveland and Vegas. If you're your Arizona and Cleveland, and you know, you're getting who everybody else doesn't want. What a feeling. No, it's crazy. Dandy, do the Cleveland Browns list. I know we're going to talk about some of the coach. I was there somewhere real quick. Cleveland, Cleveland Browns list of just the guys that are still in consideration for this job. The Browns job. It's so sad. By the way, Jobsfield, Kevin Stevens, David Falcons, Jesse Minner to the Ravens, Jeff Halfley to the Dolphins, John Harbaugh to the Giants. We just mentioned Mike McCarthy. Adam Schaefter remaining Cleveland candidates, defensive coordinator, Jim Schwartz, okay.

4:36Rams passing game coordinator Nate Sheelhouse, okay. Commanders run game coordinator Anthony Lynn. Oh, for God's sakes and former Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Munkin. Well, surely kill. Good luck, Cleveland. Surely it must be this Rams passing game coordinator, right? Because there's no way you could hire one of these other three guys. I can't hire Anthony Lynn. Can you? I don't think so. Like you really just going to elevate Jim Schwartz, even like I think that makes the most sense. Probably is to me, but it's been a head coach before John Massey. You mean a player like Sam Donald can improve by going to a better organization with the better coaching staff and more talent than the Jets. Well, wasn't it just just the Jets, right? But it was the Niners who won when they grabbed him there. Kyle Shanahan was like, he's pretty good ball player. Last year was great with the Vikings till those last two games. Shoot him a gambling. Gill, I chose to shoot him a gambling God. It got the world beat. Brent Hurley seven is shooting again. He says, Gill, and he's also the, uh, the Dumbo tracker on the mega body says, Gill, I chose not to hedge my pats over sea hawks 125 to one.

5:38Or my 750 to one sea hawks over pats tickets last night, put a big money line bet on the pats and the Super Bowl already having some regret for not going for the middle, but looking forward to a stress free Super Bowl and a nice chunk of change. Beautiful Tony Farmer Tony's market tips are survivor guy. Last man standing pod, agree that Kenneth Walker at six to one for MVP is meh, but there was a point during the first quarter yesterday when he was going off. I'll see how to hide the lead and it was 13 to one at Fandall yummy in my tummy. And finally, and Keet Kedakia, who says, Rams hawks were fun live bending game for Darnell and Stafford passing guards hammered Stafford seven to eight times right before the first quarter touchdown at 250 all the way up to 350, especially after the month punt, same with Darnell right before their end of half drive. Kalshi for the win good on you and Keet, let's go country club and let's do it. The low sticks. I got to get the camera ready for that next time. Here's another one.

6:39This is this is actually maybe the craziest coach story that we haven't really talked about all that much. Another one this morning. I think this is the choices have in this morning bears OC Declan Doyle would draws name from consideration for Eagles offensive coordinator. See, I'm believe this is maybe the weirdest coach story that like we haven't talked about all that much. Nobody wants his job. Well, well, how I mean, all the ones who are like like no names who are forming teams. They're not interested. Yeah, thanks, Cleveland. We're throwing my name. By the way, Philip Rivers has withdrawn his name from the bills job. Just our great national nightmares over there. What was that all? I don't know. I don't know. That's weird, right? Like, why would you announce you're in it unless you really have in conversations. Sounds like it sounds like the quick, uh, whoops. I don't really mean this Diana Rossini. Philip Rivers out of the bills head coaching sweepstakes after interviewing with Buffalo. He's withdrawing himself from consideration. Persources. How is the interview? That feels like it was the interview that better. Or did his wife when he came home was why I was like Phil. Phil, Phil.

7:41All right, here's the deal on the Australian open. So went on Musetti last night. So let's go to the futures board. These are the pre flop number. So the all of these are still alive except for the Naomi Osaka to win the Australian open at 19 to one. But we knew one of them had to be sacrificed by now, right? Cause she would have had to have played Ega anyway. So that was also that was already known that that would happen. Right. So the other four are still alive. Jesse Pagula to win it all at 31 to one. By the way, we are at the business end of the Australian open. The quarter finals begins today. I was up till two in the morning watching this last man and betting. So we have Jesse Pagula to win the Australian open at 31 to one. We have Ega to win it at plus 525. Jesse Pagula is going to be a slight dog against the Nisimova. I like her chances. Ega is a virtual coin flip. I believe against Elena Rebachina. By the way, this is the first women's slam where the top six seeds have gotten to the quarter finals since the 90s.

8:42Wow. Very top heavy slam. Yeah. Rebachina. Yeah. Draft Kings is a coin flip 110 both ways. Yep. Now to win quarters, you got to win five matches, right? To win it all, you got to win a seven to win quarters. You got to win five matches. Well, both of our quarter picks Lorenzo Musetti and Jesse Pagula have one four times. They have one match now because it's the quarter finals, right? One more win and we cash these. Now, in Pagula's cases, I just mentioned, she's taking on fellow American Amanda Nisimova. She's going to be a slight dog here, but I like her chances. We ever at four to one. What I say before this tournament start, Jesse Pagula is the most consistent player in the world. Plus one of four in that match. Yeah. Yeah. I may double up on her. Oh, okay. Yeah, we'll see. The other one is Lorenzo Musetti to win the third quarter. He was at plus 650, by the way, I done the on the Megapod. I took some incoming for this pick, but really, but here we are good for you, man.

9:44I don't remember. It feels like Musetti since the end of last season and starting this season, you've been higher on this guy than he has been on it on a guy, someone on the men's side in a while. The numbers dictated and he is one of the top five players in the world in my opinion. But he's taken on Novak Djokovic and Novak Djokovic is going for his 25th slam. It's all he cares about in life right now. What's the, what's the line on that one? Minus 286 minus 286 on Novak. Yeah. So we knew there was a possibility of playing Novak. Ideally, he would have been taken out, but Novak is here now after a Yaku men's seek with the draw. So Djokovic is well rested here. By the way, Musetti crushed Fritz and straight sets. Yeah. Well, Taylor Fritz crushed Joe Cirolo and straight sets last night. So anyway, we have Musetti at plus 650. We have Pagula at four to one. We still have Pagula and Ega alive for the whole thing as well. I do have a play for today's matches. Who would, who would Musetti have to play if he gets by Djokovic?

10:49He would be on the, I think he's on the center. I think he's on the centers. I'd let me make sure that. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, the brackets are always a center in Shelton, tricky by memory. Doopie doopie doopie doopie. You see, he would have to take on. Yeah. I'm trying to figure out a way to jump in on a Musetti future. Well, I mean, look, he's, he's the rightful dog because it is Novak. Djokovic and no, no, Vak Djokovic is just magic. Yeah. Here's the play for tonight, though. I'm on a Lena Svitalina. This was already given out to subscribers at Vsyn.com slash picks. I am on a Lena Svitalina miss Gael Mulfi. Mulfi. I'm on a Lena Svitalina at plus 167 versus Coco Golf. This should be way closer to a coin flip, in my opinion. Svitalina plus 167 is the tennis play of the day at the Australian open quarter finals. We'll do golf in a bit. West Reynolds will join us next. I'll also do some NBA. It's a numbers game at Vsyn. These sports betting network.

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12:54That highlight will be on loop this coming fortnight. We get tweets of beating the book Billy Charlotte Bois. I do the same thing with phone number scale. I still remember my ninth grade girlfriend's number to this day. Paul Johns, Efron Herrera, Terry Beeson, Jim Zorn, ask for Teresa. Hey, Teresa. Hey, you're not the great boyfriend told me to shout you out. This is where I've begun to gather my things, Mike Mars, 83. Oh, did you hear about this? Sam Darnel's grandfather is the moral borough man. Was the moral borough man? Did you know that really? Do you know what I mean, like it's not shocking? I'm going to try to let me figure out how I can convey this on the air. Do you know what his name was? Oh, someone tweeted, I saw Richard Hammer was his name. Let's put it that way. Mr. B at 10J QK, guess owes the mentalist isn't perfect. Get him on again. Your show for next year's Super Roll prediction. Yeah, he had the irams beating the Broncos, right? 23 to 14.

13:54Jason McKinney, great. Listen to y'all in this fridge a day. It's Johnny you when I woke up and high of Tony D. He says right there. Yeah. High of 33. What was Johnny a nice 19? Wasn't yeah, hoping to get warmed up to Bill Bates tomorrow. That's 40 I believe 40. I believe. Oh, no, 48 Bill Bates was 48 40 40. I was right the first group of Cowboys fan got smart and bailed. On Jerry Jones became a Pats fan during Brady's first Super Bowl. After caching a big ticket, let's go 16th worst big game team of all time. For those who missed it. See, that would have been like my time period. If I was going to transition to a new fan hood, like, I was a Cowboys fan up into that point too. And then it just, I just stopped just betting. Bill Bates 40 Darrell Johnston was 48 on a Cowboy. Yeah, chance copper pot. Oh, what was I going to say about this last one? 16th worst big game team of all time. For those who missed it earlier, I theorized again, Patriots hate wash over me.

14:56I theorized yesterday, is this the worst team ever make a zoo rule? Given the fact that they have the 30 Z schedule per DVO A since 1978. And the fact they scored 16 points in one playoff game to win against a battered offensive line in the chargers. Turned the ball over five times with their next one, recovered two other fumbles that really sealed the deal in their second one. And then played in a sideways blizzard yesterday, 10 to 7. And I asked Aaron shots, DVO A creator and Patriots fan. Are they the worst ever? He says since 1978, though, the 16th worst. Think about that's 96 teams, I believe. That sounds about right. Yeah, chance copper, but I was really pulling for the Broncos so I could see an endless stream of number 48 highlights. Instead, they're going to make me relive the second worst Seattle sports moment in my life for two straight weeks. So the first was July 2nd, 2008. Oh, the sonics. Sonics leaving Mike Rouse. I always use players, Jersey numbers while at the crap stables when I need a nine, give me Jerome Betis. And I use Mitch Richmond instead of MJ when eating five.

15:59That's a good call that I use this more of the crap stable than any rolls. Oh, I'm talking about. He's, wait, we'll see you. Oh, 23. I get it. I get it. Yeah, putting the numbers together. And then last one, Rick Olyay, please rank these three from the worst to the best. Thanks in advance. 2026 Broncos, Pats AFC championship game, Spencer Strider getting lit up by the Metz with the Saiyung on the line. Lenny Kravitz got through Lenny Kravitz. Ladies and gentlemen, West Reynolds. We have not had a chance to talk to him since Indiana became national champions, but he joins us now courtesy the progressive guest line. Still wearing Hoosier's gear, West Reynolds, everybody at West Reynolds one on Twitter. That's the number one. West Mausletov, man, congratulations. Yeah, Gil, thank you. I'm waiting for the shipment to drop this week that says national champions on that Hoosier's gear. So I think that's good for about several more months where until the start of the 2026 college football season coming August. But yeah, great experience. I got to go on a hell of a ride from coast to coast all over the country to support this team

17:04and ended up with that great result in Miami. And to have more fans in their house, I think was kind of like icing on the cake. It's like, we're going everywhere to support this team. Now people will say, oh, you didn't fill the stadium on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington when it was below zero temperatures, by the way, back home in Indiana. So, you know, a lot of other fan bases coping with the fact that we have new college football overlords and they're based in Bloomington, Indiana. Wow, college football overlords. Yeah, but I love that. They should take your championship away now, Wes, because you didn't fill it in the cold. So I get the feeling you we talked about this little off air that it's finally sinking in. It's no longer surreal. But does here is the real question moving forward to next year. They like legitimately have a shot at this again. Don't they? Given schedules. Yeah, I think so, Gil. And I think that's why they're one of the favorites with the usual suspects with the Ohio States and the Notre Dame's and the Oregon's and the Georgia's. What have you? They're one of the shorter prices because by the way, they have one quarterback.

18:08That's now likely to be the number one overall pick in the NFL draft. So who do they bring in to replace him? The number one active leading passer in college football. That's Josh Hoover from TCU. So you're bringing in the talent. The schedule, like you said, even though we don't have the order of it is relatively permissible because you look to kind of semi difficult road games, but against Michigan, who has a first year head coach and against Washington. So the schedule does kind of set up a little bit for Indiana, at least to make a return to the playoff and let alone perhaps go back to back for the national championship. And signety, Kurt Signety feels like he's the best coach in college football by a mile, doesn't he? He should. He absolutely should have. Like he got to do this in two years. I would we were all kind of getting some guff from Notre Dame people saying, oh, Indiana doesn't deserve it. Well, I was like, well, hey, listen up, Notre Dame. You have every resource in the world, your own television contract. And you've been trying to do since 1988, what Kurt Signety got done in two years at Indiana.

19:09So how does that taste Notre Dame? How does that just, by the way, how do you, how do you feel about this? Oh, if Notre Dame is ranked in the top 12, they're automatically in a rule that they've just instituted. This is ridiculous. What a job. Well, they get their cake. They get their cake and eat it too. It was, you know, which is what they've always wanted. And they're not want to join a conference because they got the deal with NBC and all of that. I, yeah, I think it's, I think it's ridiculous to have like an exception to the rule. You, you take the 12 teams and then you go play the games. I, I don't agree with it at all. Okay. Let's go to the NFL before we get to, before we move it forward to the Subaru. I just want to get your thoughts on, on some of the things that happened yesterday. Did you have any problem with any of these? Let's start with the New England Denver game. Did you have a problem in the moment with Sean Peyton going forward on fourth and one? It's chewing the field will try that could have put them up 10 to nothing. Or did that in the, in the moment seem like the proper thing to do for you? Well, in the moment because we see him do it all the time, you know, they're going to go

20:12forward on fourth and short, like every single time. So in the moment, it didn't seem as egregious because you have the number one offensive line. BFF, of course, does the position grades in Denver was number one. And I think any metric would have rated them as one of the better offensive lines in the league. So it's like, okay, can I trust these guys up front to pick up a yard? So, so I understand that at the same time, you know, the weather that was coming in, it's like, well, do you take as many points as you can? So I can understand the criticism, but I can also understand going for it in that situation. I think maybe the fairer criticism of Sean Peyton might be some of the play calling being that he's one of the elite play callers in the league. And I thought, you know, kind of baby to guy and Jared Stidham, who I know is a drop from Bonix, but he's been in the system for three years. And it's like, yeah, to trust him, maybe a little bit more in that situation is difficult as that is to do. Yeah, that's, you know, one thing I didn't mention when going over the game, I didn't, you know, I thought the biggest plays the Patriots made, obviously besides the Stidham

21:14Fumble, which was the biggest of a big, but our offense were the Drake May runs, right? He knew the proper moments to tuck it under and run. And I don't know if Stidham didn't have the instinct to do that, wasn't coached up to do that, but it seemed to me that in that kind of weather, that was always your bailout played. And that stick out to you as well. It did for me. And look, he's not as mobile or athletic as Bonix, but you got to think you got to have some 2B runs. I think a little bit in the game, considering the fact that new England's like impossible to run on. So it's been impressive about the Patriots, I think I was just adding it up, opposing running backs, by the way, in the playoffs against the Patriots, 46 runs for 112 yards. So nobody's been able to run on these guys. So you got to get a little bit more creative, I think, in the running game and maybe use that quarterback a little bit more. What about in the Ramsey Hawks game? Do you have any problem with going for it, fourth and fourth, the sixth instead of kicking a field goal or anything else in that game coaching wise?

22:19I was 50-50 on it because I understand why McVeigh doesn't feel like he can trust his defense at that point when you've given up 31 points. At the same time, you got three timeouts in the two minute warning. You know, you cut it to one, I had a problem with McVeigh not going for two on the second touchdown. That was because you know you're going to need another touchdown. I thought that was egregious to make it 31-26 and then he kicks the extra point again. It's like, man, at some point, you're going to have to go for two because you're going to have to need another touchdown at least to beat these guys. So yeah, I thought that was a little egregious and then I thought taking the time out before challenging the Cooper Cup where it looked like he was short or did he have control of the ball. You got to challenge that right away and if you lose your time out, you're going to take it anyway at that point. So McVeigh, I thought, you know, for a guy that's won the Super Bowl. I thought the two veteran coaches were the ones that were a little bit iffy. Okay. A numbers game on FESET, the sports betting network. If you love the moments that make sports betting unforgettable, don't miss the top 10

23:24most memorable sports betting moments of 2025 hosted by Tim Murray tomorrow, one PM Eastern. Biggest swings, wildest finishes, most unforgettable tickets, relive the moments, the better's won't stop talking about. Watch it tomorrow, one PM Eastern only right here on V sin. That was fun participating in that as well. We get tweets of being in the book, uh, Keano Walker, damn, Gil, if you can remember phone numbers by jerseys, you are the numbers game. Wow. Amen. Nemanix. Nemanix tactics. Isn't that spelled M N? By the way, Nemanix believes M as in Nemanix. Don's other friend Frank speaking of switching team fandom. My brother was the worst. He was a patch Yankees and Lakers fan. Oh, I hate those people. I couldn't stand him in the early 2000, especially when I love the A's and Raiders now both gone from Oakland. Um, I lost the rest of that. Now both gone from Oakland. There you go. Uh, Hoops by Hoots, Notre Dame ranked top 12 gets into the playoff. God forbid a top 12 team makes a 12 team playoff.

24:27Well Hoops by Hoots, I, I recognize the tone in your tweet, but I would suggest to you that no other team gets that guarantee and that's the point. He's always delmine the gap radio with the Rams driving for the winning score. I place a bet on, I placed a bet on the Seahawks plus 135 to win the Super Bowl. Would you take the points and try to middle? Yeah. You know, delmine the gap. Here's the thing. You had conviction on the Seahawks to win the Super Bowl. You made a bet at a right time I worked out for you at least to this point. Yep. Oh, why does everybody have to get cute with this? Everybody's trying to hit a middle. You got a great price. I mean, you know, what are we doing? Don't turn a winner into a non-winner is what I would say. Wes Reynolds kind enough to join us for a second segment again in the afterglove of his Indiana Hoosiers win in the natty before we get to the Super Bowl. Wes, uh, college basketball today, I'm curious. Arizona's playing BYU. Do you think Arizona gets unknocked out from the ranks of the unbeaten tonight? Uh, they, they very well could.

25:29And remember, we talked about Arizona back in November the night after they beat Florida here in Las Vegas. And I mentioned, hey, you know what? Draft Kings and a couple of other places. They are still 30 to one to win the national championship. Now they're about four to one or plus four 50. So, uh, hopefully some of the listeners got in on that. I was able to do so. But Arizona right now, I haven't power rated number two. A couple of weeks ago, I had Michigan four and a half better than everybody. Now it's about a half point. I have Michigan better, Arizona, but they're going to BYU and AJ DeBonza. Of course, that's the all time single game scoring record at BYU on, on Saturday night. It's a tough environment there at the Marriott Center. It's a tough place to win. I think the number is probably right. Uh, haven't bet that game as of yet. Uh, if you've made me, I would lean coogers, uh, in this spot though over Arizona. We will not make you Arizona favored by two. Tonight nine PM Eastern six PM Pacific at the Marriott Center, big game

26:30between Arizona and BYU. You do have a playing college basketball for us though. I do. Let's go, uh, uh, uh, pretty good double header on Monday. A very short card because of the snow and all the winter storm across the country. But Louisville Duke, uh, uh, customary ACC spot on Monday night. I like the cards here plus eight and a half. And I also like the over, uh, at one 57. I think there's still some 56 and a half at a couple of stores out there. But Michael Brown did not play in the first meeting. Uh, uh, they're in Louisville against Duke. So he is back and he's a shot creator. He opens it up for everybody. This guy's going to be a lottery pick. So he's going to be a one and done. If you're called, they played about three weeks ago and Duke ended up winning by 11 despite the fact that Louisville was up by nine at the half. They were actually up by 12. I think late in the first half. But Brown back, uh, I, I think that they're going to create shots. And what they're trying to do, Duke, they're playing a little bit smaller now. So they're using Cameron Booser kind of as the drop because Cameron Booser is

27:30good as he is offensively has not been the best defender. And most freshman and college basketball are not, uh, Booser, another one and done lottery guy. But I thought this was a little, a little bit high here. Uh, Louisville with Brown back. I think is going to help their offense. They beat a good Virginia tech team, by the way, on Saturday by 14 and covered the number, despite the fact that Virginia Tech hit 16 threes. Like when does that ever happen when you beat a team by 14 and you give up that many threes. Uh, so I think that's a good sign for Louisville. I took the points and took the over tonight. Last thing on college hoops. What's the, uh, you know, we're still in January, obviously. March, man, it's some, some time away. But what's the West Reynolds, not the usual suspects under the radar team that you have your eye on that could make a deep march run? Yeah, a couple here. I, I, I kind of think, I don't know if they're under the radar. I kind of think St. John's though is starting to figure it out after they had a little bit of a swoon. Uh, they're kind of starting to figure it out in the, in the big east a little bit.

28:31They've won a few in a row after it looked like, yeah, this team, you know, this could be a bubble team or something. But they're starting to figure it out a little bit. Uh, so looking at them, uh, also, I think Illinois, I don't want to say they're under the radar because now they're in the top 10. But Illinois goes into Purdue on Saturday and gets a win despite, uh, uh, not having Boswell. Uh, their fifth year senior is Keaton Wagler goes for like 46 in Machiairina on Saturday. So Illinois, I kind of thought, eh, they're a good team. Maybe a second weekend team. I don't know if they could reach a final four. I think Illinois, uh, definitely a final four team you want to look at. And then of course, Texas Tech, we saw them knock off Houston on Saturday, even though I still only have Empower rated fourth in the big 12. I think the big 12 at the top right now is the best conference. All right, to, uh, Super Bowl 60 or if Roger Goudelle is listening, large contest 60. Wes Seahawks are five point favorites, four and a half. We'll call it four and a half extra juice here at Circa, or excuse me,

29:33that's courtesy of Draft Kings. That's kind of consensus right now. Seahawks, uh, four and a half point favorites with little extra juice, 46 and a half is the total Levi state him and Santa Clara on the 101 there in the South Bay. What do you think? How are you playing this? Well, not surprising that Seattle got a little bit of the uptick because that's kind of what we see after every big game, right? Whatever you saw last gets moved or either bet into in the market. We saw that in the national championship game. We're in Indiana with seven and a half and then you all of a sudden you saw eight and a half and it's like, uh, is this a bridge too far? I don't know if it's a bridge too far yet in this one, but I'm not surprised that Seattle got the movement because you look at the fact that it looked like a different sport was being played when you compared to those two competition games and that was, that was before the weather even hit in Denver. Like you knew that game. Okay, this is going to be a slog. This is going to be like first and maybe 17 assuming there was no weather is going to win this game. And then you looked at the Rams and the Seahawks is like, is like playing

30:35Maddener a video game. They're just going up and down the field. So I'm not surprised that the Seahawks have gotten a little bit of the uptick. And I think part of that and there's a point to be made here. Some books probably do have futures liability on Seattle. So maybe they don't want any more money. So you might have gotten a little bit of an artificial uptick here. And I think you're going to see a little bit of that over at least the first week before we get to this fortnight, as you mentioned, Gil. You're going to see sportsbook directors kind of mess around with these numbers a little bit. Even though they're taking big action, you're going to see them do that because I know our old friend Chris Andrews even says that openly. Hey, sometimes I'll move a number just to see what I'm going to get because you're not getting, you're not getting like the max limits that you're going to get once the weekend of February 8th comes here where you're taking a lot more action. So it's like, hey, it got popped me for 10 times or 20 times. Okay, if I move it to this number. So I'm not surprised that Seattle got to this point. What my one concern though for Seattle and I've been somebody that hasn't

31:38been a believer in the Patriots to be fair for a lot of the points you mentioned last segment and the easy schedule and whatnot. How is Seattle going to run on New England? Like nobody's been able to run on them necessarily. And Seattle to be fair struggled against the Rams yesterday. I think they ended up at 2.9 a carry. So how are they going to run on New England? So that gives me a little bit of pause before I rush into bet Seattle, even though I think that they're the rightful favor here. Yeah, or does this feel like an in you are old enough to remember as I am some of these 80s matchups, right, where the NFC team would go in against the Broncos, let's say right, the John L way, the young John L way Broncos who were crushing all the AFC teams or the Buffalo Bills and then the NFC team, just like you say, how are they going to run on them? And then the NFC team just NFC team is so much bigger than them on the line. And they just destroy them. I sort of have like blink memories of that, if you will. I'm curious if that enters your mind at all. No, I get it, but a lot of those NFC teams keep in mind where the Dallas Cowboys

32:39who had one of the most talented rosters in the history of the National Football League and the 49ers were in the midst of their dynasty. We don't really have a dynasty team right now in the NFC. Even though the NFC I think has been better than the AFC, but I think that that is now baked into the number here. So I haven't determined what I'm going to do here on this one. I knew that the reaction that we were going to get was immediately Seattle, because it was like New England won that slog and they've been kind of, you know, quote unquote, lucky. If you want to say that, I think that's somewhat fair. And then Seattle looks like they turned it up defensively late in the year where they held the 49ers to what six and three points in the two meetings. That defense is absolutely for real. So not surprised to see this margin right now. Yeah. And I'll say it again. I said it earlier, but we'll say it many times over the next two weeks, the way that folks bet the Super Bowl, right? They tend to take the dog on the money line in a way that they don't during the regular season, regular season they usually take the dog plus the points. So let's see over in the next two weeks if that Seahawks money line gets muted

33:43because of that and just how far will it get muted to become the actual value of all the bets here, money line spread or total. Wes always a pleasure. I won't let the commercial interrupt you a second time. So we'll run before it comes to that. Thank you so much, man. I appreciate it and congratulations again, Wes. You back, guys. Thank you. Wes Reynolds, everybody at West Reynolds of one on the old Twitter machine golf basketball football next on a numbers game. Numbers game on fee said these sports betting network. Unmatched transparency with records updated daily AI betting analysis, real time global betting information and alerts directly from the pros. The sharp plays, you can scan that QR code for more at the bottom of your screen. Sharp plays dot com or the URL is not the sharp plays, just sharp plays dot com. Check them out. We get tweets beating about Corbin. Morning fellas. I know people are sick of Romo and his dumb. Oh, this is big gym every minor play.

34:45But one more thing that really annoys the hell out of me is how many other head coaches in the NFL are considered, oh, quote, unquote, their team on the broadcast. Sean Payton's team. For instance, so annoying, you know, like that. You're like with a head coach gets the possessive for the team. Buddhist Manage speaking my language, Gil, my mother's work phone number when I was grown up was 440 Harry Carson, Harry cars. And please let Kelly know there was a time when you only needed to include the area code when you were calling out of state. It's right out of state. Yeah, only out of state. Yeah, you didn't need an area code when you're calling in state. I think back when I was younger. And I think I wouldn't, I mean, man, you're young. This is Florida in California. I'm talking about it felt like it would, if it was just another county you needed to call in the state. Didn't have to use an area code. And next thing you're going to tell me only one indoor football, I'll be honest. These are that is something I don't remember. Robert Square Bob 2022 was that the end of the pocket passer?

35:48If Matt Stafford had any legs at all, he would have picked up at least five more first downs. They never got you can't have that any more in this era. We saw both winning quarterbacks make huge plays with their legs. Well, yeah, but he still might be the MVP of the NFL. So I don't know about that. I will say this about the Rams though. If you're a Rams fan to you, like we are legitimately the second best, we are going to go down as the second best team in the I'm glad we circled back to them because they like their offense was so good. I know I know what we're tweeting about. And like, yeah, you look, if you just go to the final sequence of plays right in those final couple drives, yeah, sure, they could have done a little bit more and probably won this game. But the defense got carved up in the first half. It was bad kind of throughout, especially playing that soft zone. Sam Darnel was just carving up in the first half. There was that in the special teams. We talked about the special teams all week. It showed up. It was a thing again, another negative against the Rams.

36:48And Stafford had to overcome all that and he did like he did. He was that good. Yeah. And the difference again, special teams between the Seahawks and the Rams, which played out, DVOA had that as the big gap, right? Not the offense is not the defense is, but the big gap in special teams and give it to the to the Seahawks, who really the second half of the season, it was the defense that carried them. And then yesterday it was the offense they carried, though, behind Sam Darnel. Like that's part of it, though, right? He'll like it's the, like the Rams defense, it kind of showed up every now and then down the stretch of the season was not nearly as good as it was at the first half. The Rams doing that against this Seattle defense was damn impressive yesterday. Yep. Torch Day, the one to put the satin in your panties, that sprinkled me Ming. He says, Fandals, Dition out for 50% profit boost for tennis bets. I'm in on Spitalina at plus 246. Can you suggest any other bets that you like using these boosts on? Well, not many of the other matches today, but I should have more tomorrow. That's for sure. Definitely keep track, though, where, you know, which, which shops are offering you, which bonuses on which sports?

37:53Cause yeah, absolutely. You're betting it right the right way with an underdog there, though. Yeah. And David Dwyer, Gill, I thought it was great, a great TV look with the Broncos and Pats playing in the snow. While the East Coast Long Island, well, while the East Coast slash Long Island, I guess that's where he is, was under a blizzard of their own. Yeah, man. I love it. Again, we touched on it earlier. This is where I feel like I'm a thousand years old talking to Kelly, but this is a generational thing, man. That's what we did, man. We played in the snow. We played in the ice. It was mandatory. Like the stuff that they made us do when I was eight years old, there'd be lawsuits if he tried doing it today. Seriously, parents would, would, would, would sue. You can't do what they made us do back then. We loved every minute, except when it was ice, then it was, then it hurt. There was one, there was one winter was just iced over. That was painful. I think I get it. It's gorgeous. It's fun to watch. Like I, we're heading into a Super Bowl, where we're going to talk about this so many times over the next two weeks, but the Patriots and like the games that they've played, how much am I really supposed to take away from those games?

38:54And I, I did concede earlier, right? I'm like, you're right. It's at the same time. It's, it's awesome. And it's also a little, it's also a little ridiculous. Like the Ramsey Seahawks put on a football masterpiece, so an athlete. Yeah, but I do, I do subscribe to the theory that it creates more strategic things and that sort of thing. So I kind of dig it. It's like a pitcher's duel. So usually you can sell me on stuff like that. I don't think there was a, I mean, like the Patriots were just, it's like, let's run the ball, not turn it over. Just give it back to them. You know who agreed with you, my dad. He hated when like a playoff game came down in the comment, like a, like a snowy, he's not fair. You played the whole season. I don't know. We don't know who's a better team is. He was very consistent though, because he was also the guy who said he was a very even playing field guy. He didn't like that in the playoffs. It took away from true reflection of talent. And then in baseball, he was like, everybody should be on steroids. So we can know who the players are. Yeah, totally. If one person, the hero, you should have everybody. That was a great.

39:54They should all be taking it. Like, my dad's justice. I know we're not going to care much. I mean, like we're not going to care starting now about Jared Stidham in that game yesterday. But like, I don't know if Jared Stidham was bad or good. Like, no, like people aren't killing him already. And it's like, I don't think that's fair. I don't know. And Jeff G. Give me the hook says, uh, my favorite Romo line yesterday came later in the game with Jim was explaining how the weather had changed during the game and Tony telling Jim, welcome to Denver, Jim. How many times they say this is the most incredible change from one half to another that they've ever seen. Was it, was it, well, at least they did a great job of the production of backing up all the video timelines. That was cool to see. That was cool. Cause it, yes, it can easily escape. The moment can escape you, right? Was it dance who at some point did the, uh, it was like third, third and 10. There's a big third down. He caught himself. He's like, obviously, I think it was dance. I was pretty good. So they all do a great job. Yeah. Tony's a little much though. I generally do a great job. I don't really know if Brady's any better. And like, I know we're supposed to be like, he's new.

40:56Give him a break. Tom Brady. The great Swami Gator. How do people listen to this guy? Steven A Smith. I want to state for the record and I'm not joking about this. I'm dead serious. I believe that Ryan Clark should have been interviewed for the Pittsburgh Steelers head coaching job. All right. This has been, Kelly Bidlin has some NBA and some golf to talk about. You want to talk NBA first? Yeah. There was some, there was some melsey was circled back to earlier in the show. I don't know what it was. Uh, NBA, we do have a couple early tip-offs today because we had delays from over the weekend. So Pacers and Hawks and 76ers and Hornets early starts today, which is your basketball fan always nice. I don't know. You feel like we've all snowed in daytime basketball. That's going to be a lot of betting on that game. I mean, like, I know baseball is different, but shouldn't there always be like one afternoon game. There should be one afternoon game in every sport. Baseball should be every day, every day. Like that was not even like a conversation, but even like hockey NBA. I'd throw something in the afternoon. You know how many people are just sitting there looking to bet on things?

41:58For sure, NBA players would love that hell. We got to play in the middle of the day. I wish they would be awesome. Uh, I actually landed on the Hawks and Pacers under here. This is a 1040 Pacific time tip off. So 140 out on the East Coast for, uh, Hawks and Pacers, both of these teams struggling mightily with their offenses. Uh, recently since January 1st, this is the 29th and 28th ranked offenses in the NBA. Both teams, uh, hitting the under pretty frequently in their past 10 games, eight to eight of their last 10 for Indiana and seven to the last 10 for Atlanta. So I actually bet small under the 234 and a half for, uh, this game today. And then the one other one, 76ers Hornets, I numbers would say lay it with the Hornets. I don't think I'm going to get that far, though, uh, here, Gil, the 76ers, man. This team, I, this team, I got my own, man. I saw Joel and bead play the most impressive half of basketball that I've seen out of him in years.

42:58Uh, you can laugh. You know, no, no, seriously, here's the sad state. Here's the sad state. Yeah. I texted JVT and Zach. I said, I didn't think he had this left in him. Like I would shit did not think we were going to see half as good as he put on, uh, on display the other day. I, someone watch out for his up play in this game, but I'm making sixers notes down the stretch here. You know, I'm going to, I'm going to go like months without putting in an effort on this show. And then I'm, then for 90 minutes, I'm going to have a great 90 minutes. And I want you to say the same thing about me. That's the best 90 minutes. I did not think you'll have that 90 minutes left in him. Yeah, it sounds seriously. I'm sitting there watching. I'm like, I really didn't think I was going to see this Joel bead ever again. This is impressive. Um, okay, games later blazers at Celtics. This one I have my eye on. I think for anybody who listens to this show regularly can tell where I'm heading here. It's going to be blazers. I've been waiting to see if Denny's going to play though. He's questionable right now. Blazers catch an eight and a half heading into Boston. Boston has been one of the best teams in the NBA top net rating since January. First best offense in the NBA 14th best defense. But this blazers team had not too far behind them.

44:00Plus 4.3 net over their last 12 games. They are nine and three in that span. I will be on the blazers side tonight. If Denny Obdea gets cleared, this number is coming in a bit. But it is not worth going to play the Portland Trailblazers unless you know, for sure, obvious plan. So I'm waiting for that. Only other one I had slight interest in was Warriors Wolves tonight. This number looks about right at seven and a half though. This one then playing again after playing yesterday early on another game. It was delayed in the Warriors showing a big time with no Jimmy Butler. Can you repeat that Denny Obdea sentence? You just said it again. It is not worth putting a bed in on the side until you know if he's going or not. That one until you know, Denny Obdea. Absolutely. There's no way. If a year ago I said that that sentence would come out of your mouth. What would you have said to me? You must have gotten really good over the past year or you were saying, you'll stop it with the dead guy. I'll see it at my way now coming back. Adam Burke's going to join us as well in the next hour and more talk about the enormous Tussle 60 coming up.