Against the Spread

The final Against the Spread is the final PFN podcast and hosts Chris Smith and George Templeton welcome back two alumni of the show, Ryan Gosling and James Aguirre. After George finds the humor in the Rams-Lions swap of picks and quarterbacks, the panel gets down to business with Super Bowl picks, and potential prop bets to target. Anytime TD and first TD scorers get a lot of air time, as well as potential non QB MVPs, the color of the Gatorade that will be dumped on the coach and weather-related props. The show signs off with an appreciation from George of the Podcast Division and everyone who was in it.

Cohosts Chris Smith and George Templeton load up on the teasers again after success in the Super Wild Card round with them. George discovers the perfect nickname for Chris after he hedges yet again (and you thought it was only with the Dolphins). George declares that a road team will definitely win this weekend and Chris gives you which one it will be. And can New Orleans not only beat Tampa Bay a third time but blow them out a third time? Plus a major announcement from Chris early in the show.

Host Chris Smith is dominating the NFL with teasers in the back of the season and this week gives you a two-team tease that is likely to continue his hot streak. Before that co-host George Templeton tears into Joe Judge and his comments about what the Philadelphia Eagles did in the fourth quarter against Washington. George also brings you another Infante parlay that works off Chris' teaser bet. There is also 1 playoff game that scares both hosts off. Listen to find out which one it is.

No better way to finish off 2020 with the return of Chris Smith to Against the Spread albeit with a slightly different beginning to the show. Chris has to rant about Dolphins fans and it's very justified. Co-host George Templeton wishes doom on the Colts after last week and that forms the basis for his main bet on the final weekend. Chris can't resist one more emotional hedge against the Dolphins before the season finishes. Plus a single-game Matt Infante parlay you can believe.

This week, with co-host Christopher Smith attending to Dad duties for the holiday season, George Templeton rides alone. But Chris has made bets this week and they includee a single-game (Matt Infante) parlay for the Christmas Day game between the Vikings and the Saints.
There is a mini rant inside a detailing of who were Grinches in the NFL in 2020 and necessarily it includes many coworkers here at Pro Football Network.
Then it's the key games on the NFL slate. Is there any hope for the Pittsburgh Steelers? Who wins the battle for the NFC West between the Rams and the Seahawks. And the anticipated shootout between Tennessee and Green Bay plus more.

With normal host Chris Smith not here to celebrate his epic Week 14 betting triumphs, George Templeton takes the captain's chair and welcomes in the self-proclaimed betting "expert" and founder of ProFootballNetwork.com Matthew Cannata to go through Week 15. Before hitting all the key games, George goes on a wild rant about Taysom Hill and the Saints. Then we listen to why Matthew resolutely backs Miami Dolphins to beat New England, one of his two big locks this week. Also George points you towards some potential live underdogs.

On this week's episode host Christopher Smith puts all his chip on the table Jim Fassel-style with not only his biggest teaser bets ever but a huge investment in one of the teams in prime time this week. George Templeton goes on a mini rant about the Philadelphia Eagles and compares coach Doug Pedersen to an underneath Looney Tunes character. Plus George takes a plunge with a team that Chris vowed never to bet on again with its current coach in charge.

Chris Smith returns from his week away to find a particularly cantankerous co-host George Templeton. In the rant George takes dead aim at the NFL and the way they accommodate the worst offenders of the COVID19 policy and discipline teams that follow the policy to the letter.
Then it's the slate of games highlighted by a big disagreement on the Indianapolis-Houston and George taking another shot at Taysom Hill.

With normal host Christopher Smith dealing with Thanksgiving week family commitments, co-host George Templeton takes control and after sitting in on Fantasy Force last week brings on Tommy Garrett (also of Moneyline and Wine) from that pod to talk this week's NFL slate. Tommy also brings a very plausible theory behind the postponement of the Ravens-Steelers game from Thanksgiving night. And it concerns one of many prescient bets Chris made early in the season.

Chris Smith and George Templeton are back and while Chris blames his reappearance on the pod for a poor week last week, he aims to bounce back strong with his biggest bet of the season. George uses his rant to make the case that Minnesota's Dalvin Cook is the MVP and leads to a good back-and-forth debate on that issue. There are some live underdogs George likes this week. And Chris has some potential unders that could come in due to weather conditions you might want to jump on before the number goes down.