The guys recap the first week of College football and look ahead to the first week of the NFL season. Minnesota sports superfan Tom Milne joins the pod to preview the Vikings season and give his two cents on what to expect out of each position group. Evan and Fred take a look at the spreads for week one and give their Over’s of the Week.
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In this episode the guys cover the Vikings lackluster 3rd preseason performance, the hot second half of Byron Buxton, and a quick preview of college football week 1. Eric Eager of Pro Football Focus comes on the pod to give a preview of the upcoming NFL season and discuss his work for PFF. Segments include Hammer the Over’s Over of the Week, Unwritten Rules, and Call Ewald.
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The guys give their breakdown of the Kyrie trade, talk some NFL preseason, and preview the Mayweather/McGregor fight. Model 284 creator and contributor Sam Walczak comes on the show to discuss fantasy football and what to expect from the model this NFL season. Segments include I’d Rather Be Regular and Hammer the Over’s Over of the Week.
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The guys dissect the Lebron/Kyrie drama, NFL preseason football, and the Twins recent surge to wildcard contention. Segments include Hammer the Over’s Over of the Week, Unwritten Rules, and Hot Take of the Week.
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Fred and Evan kick off their maiden voyage in the podcast world with a brief sports rundown including an NBA draft and summer league recap, and a review of the Mayweather-McGregor world fiasco. Model 284 Co-founder Marc Richards joins the boys for a quick overview of what the modelers have cooking up in the interview. Obscure sports correspondent Tim Ewald wraps up the show with some advice for the NL West leading LAA Dodgers.
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After an otherwise forgettable first few weeks, this year’s NFL Playoffs were capped off by the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, led by the league’s undisputed G.O.A.T, better known as Tom Brady. Facing a 25 point deficit part way through the third quarter, the legacy of the Brady-Belichick era was put on the line, and the light at the end of the tunnel was looking brighter and brighter for Roger Goodell. Little did he know, that light was a reflection beaming off of Brady’s fifth Super Bowl ring, and he’d soon be on the field coughing up the Lombardi trophy to the team he’s conspired against for the past several seasons. Although he dodged the bullet last year when the Broncos knocked the Patriots out in the AFC Championship Game, the four-game suspension he imposed on Brady to begin the year proved to only fuel the fire in the Patriots’ season of vengeance on the commissioner. Although our Models didn’t contain a variable of this nature, 5 of them correctly predicted the Patriots to beat the Falcons and our spread model had them winning by 9. For the playoffs as a whole, we had two models finish 10-1 (only missing the DAL/GB game) and our average Model finished 9-2. See the tables below for our predictions for all of this year’s games.
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