Against the Spread

Chris Smith is back to helm the ship and he and George Templeton start off with a few tips for The Masters golf tournament. Then George rants about two pieces of conventional wisdom he's sick of hearing repeated over and over again.
Then they go through the schedule. George has a lot of confidence in Tennessee on Thursday night and in a lot of points when Justin Herbert and Tua Tagovailoa face off this Sunday. Chris and George go head-to-head on two different games, one of which is one of Chris' strongest plays of the week. So who will be right on those this time?

With fearless leader Chris Smith under the weather this week, George Templeton takes the conn but because of the 2020 presidential election he needed help figuring out what direction he should take for week 9 of the NFL. Enter friend of the program Jarrett Bailey who helps him go through the entire schedule. Jarrett even starts preaching a bit on giving up on quarterbacks too early, much to the approval of the host.

Host Chris Smith and George Templeton take a deep dive into the huge Seattle-San Francisco matchup and pick a side on who will win. And one of them calls out lack of faith in the 49ers by the hosts of the 4th and Gold podcast, Javier Vega and Matt Barr.

The hosts also disagree about the massive game in the AFC North between the Steelers and the Ravens plus a quick discussion of horror movies with Halloween this weekend.

This week host Chris Smith and co-host George Templeton face off on a series of issues. Who is the right team to take on Thursday night? Was Houston right to go for 2? Did the Dolphins make the right decision to turn to Tua? All that plus a Chris rant and a look at all the games this week.

Chris Smith returns and pulls the reins in on co-host George Templeton after his wild rant about Ron Rivera last week. George does take another shot at Rivera in this week's rant and one at one of his predecessors in the Washington hot seat.

After that Chris tries to help George figure out which side to take on the big game between Cleveland and Pittsburgh and explains why he may take the Jets and the points this week against his beloved Dolphins.

With normal lead host Chris Smith out for this week, George Templeton takes the controls and discusses a plethora of subjects with James Aguirre, Free Cash Crew member, and long-time PFN betting analyst.

George blows his top with a long rant about Ron Rivera's benching of Dwayne Haskins and why it means nothing's changed in Washington. James has a lot of praise for Justin Herbert, explains how closing line value works, and some of the analytics he uses to gain an advantage of gambling on the NFL.

Chris Smith and George Templeton start the episode with a look back at some terrible near misses in week 3 before moving on to some big disagreements in week 4. One of those involves a specific game, the other is about totals and whether the trend of overs will continue or not. George has another rant at the Falcons which includes a cameo appearance from a sitting member of the British parliament. Chris not only makes a compelling case for the Dolphins to cause the Seahawks some problems this week, but he also breaks down a sweetheart teaser and how to structure it correctly.

This week Chris Smith and George Templeton are joined by the former lead host and great friend of the program Ryan Gosling. The panel says which predictions look good and which ones don't after 2 weeks. George is sick and tired of coaches trying 2-point conversions too early in games. Chris actually loves the Dolphins, for once? And Ryan Gosling says things about the Dallas Cowboys that have to be heard to be believed.

After starting the NFL's opening week with some excellent predictions, host Chris Smith and co-host George Templeton both got bruised up by some near misses and surprising results. But they are confident of coming back this week. Chris loves beating the public's overreaction to certain results and gives you a week 1 loser that will win as an underdog. George leans into the overreaction with 1 big favorite that will get to 2-0 plus he defends both controversial offensive pass interference calls.

This week's episode sees Chris Smith and George Templeton introduce another new member of Pro Football Network's Free Cash Crew, Jarrett Bailey and gives his view on week 1 lines. There's also a celebration of Chris' winning bet on Mitchell Trubisky starting week 1, George dissecting the Saints attempt to get Jadaveon Clowney and a look at strategies to win your survivor pool.