3rd & Soul - Podcast

The boys do a little NBA housecleaning…the Warriors are really good, and Ant would like Anthony Davis to figure out where Brooklyn’s at! But with the Superbowl coming this Sunday the boys spend most of the podcast giving very amateur analysis of the upcoming game, as well as making their picks, score & MVP predictions. Zero chance they are all happy come Monday morning!

The boys take a moment to hail Mariano Rivera and his unprecedented voting into the MLB hall of fame…and muse how a unanimous vote has never happened before. After Ant’s obligatory Brooklyn Nets discussion, they all discuss how the game has changed with the prevalence of the 3 point shot. Finally, there’s a robust convo about what they saw during NFL championship weekend…god damn Patriots.

Is James Harden the greatest scorer of this generation? The boys don’t seem convinced. The wild card round has proved the guys aren’t as smart as they think…let’s see if they do any better picking the divisional round games as they play, ‘which QB do you trust?’. At least they seem to agree (mostly) on who will be taking home the NFL awards this year.

In the first pod of the New Year, the boys start with the NBA where the Bucs are surging, the Lakers decidedly aren’t, and the Warriors are treading water and could use a doctor. With the NFL regular season ending, they also talk about some teams that have questions to answer such as the Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Dramas…er, Steelers. Finally, they pick the wild card games.

The boys are back together for the holidays! Ant & Cole catch us up on the goings on in the NBA, including waaaay too much discussion of the Brooklyn Nets and a newcomer to the MVP race. Then, after some lamenting about the NY football squads, they have a loose and leisurely chat about all things NFL, including where they stand in the pick ‘em competition, Dgoode’s latest top 10, and some surprising quarterback revelations!

In this mini-pod, Derek catches us up on his latest NFL top 10...no New York teams need apply. After that he updates fans on Anthony, Cole, and his standings in NFL pick-em, then (very) quickly previews the week 10 slate of games. His Thursday night pick was so wrong

The three major sports colliding seems to have an, um…euphoric effect on our hosts today as Ant spends a little time on the baseball corner, followed by Cole and Anthony rejoicing the start of the NBA season. Derek asks why NBA players look rusty and if Lebron looks odd in Purple & Yellow. Ant makes very good on his Detroit Tigers bet, but Cole was tricked by the Fitz-magic. Dgoode’s NFL top ten doesn’t include the Jets or Giants, but somehow those teams dominate the chat.

Dgoode is flying solo this time, and is preaching patience and trying to stay calm here. He mostly succeeds as he talks about what’s going on with our NY Giants. He loves you Eli, it hurts him to say negative things, even if Anthony was saying the same stuff 2 weeks ago.

The Giants won. Have a beer…or six. Anthony and Derek are obviously in celebration mode as they recap all the week 3 games. There is a lotta movement/disagreement in Dgoode’s top 10. The sky is falling in New England. The ACL tear monster visited San Fran on Sunday. Shame on you Cowboys. Yankees, quit streaking so Ant can watch you live in Oakland…help a brother out!

They’re a tripod again! Anthony is back, so we get an update on the state of the Yankees and the state of California. Week 2 was a little cray & the boys follow suit. Man oh man, the NY Giants got some ‘splainin’ to do! Remember A.J. Green? Baltimore does. Famous Jameis is about to be Wally Pipp-ed, and Mahomes-my-god!