Big Shot Bob Pod with Robert Horry

Nobody had this on their bingo card: the Lakers are the best team in the West. Episode 284 of the Big Shot Bob Podcast opens with LA at 10-2 after a win over the Hawks, Luka Dončić sitting on a scoring list that's just him and Wilt Chamberlain, and Harp reporting from the arena on Luka's back-and-forth with the Hawks' loudest six-man section. Robert Horry explains why most teams blitz Luka the wrong way (hint: it's your legs, not your hands) and has some advice for Walker Kessler, starting with a jump hook.

The Warriors have won eight straight, Steph Curry is playing like he's 25 again, and both Steph and Draymond are crediting rookie Yaxel Lendeborg for the energy. Jokic, on the other hand, doesn't look like Jokic yet. Bronny James jawing with a Detroit fan about money gets zero sympathy at this table. The Sixers sit on top of the East heading into Celtics–Sixers on NBC, which gets Rob talking about why he didn't say a word to anybody on the Lakers after he left until he retired. Then Doc Rivers vs. Giannis: Rob says let the man tell the truth, while Jenners isn't sold on the timing.

Also this week: Wemby's 52-and-24 night, Lendeborg surprising his mom with a new house, and Juju Watkins back to looking like Juju for USC.

On the college football side, the guys go at it over the jump to a 24-team playoff and the end of conference championship games, and nobody here is mourning the Notre Dame rule. Rob went 6-1 last week to take the lead in picks, and this week's card has Tennessee at Texas A&M, Missouri at Georgia, USC at Indiana, Florida at Kentucky, Utah at Arizona, and Texas at LSU at night in Death Valley.

Big Shot of the Week goes to Jonah and Lucas Marshall, two brothers from Palm Bay, Florida, who paddled a borrowed kayak and a paddleboard through floodwater to get a mom, her son and their dogs out of a flooded house. And this week's game is Before or After the Ring: were these NBA players born before or after Robert Horry won his first title on June 22, 1994? Rob's knees felt every answer.

00:00 Episode 284 open: Lakers are the best in the West?

01:05 Rob's TV picks: Best Medicine & Vision Quest

03:20 Lakers at 10-2, Luka's historic start & the Hawks fans

05:57 How to blitz Luka the right way

07:58 Walker Kessler: great shot blocker, zero post moves

10:51 Warriors' win streak, vintage Steph & the West standings

14:04 Bronny James vs. the Detroit fan

17:35 Sixers on top of the East

20:58 Celtics–Sixers, Tatum vs. Jaylen & life after teammates

24:34 Rest of the East & the NBA's new anti-tanking rules

26:10 Doc Rivers vs. Giannis

30:43 Wemby's 52-and-24 night

32:17 Yaxel Lendeborg surprises his mom with a house

33:34 Juju Watkins is back

36:56 The 24-team College Football Playoff debate

45:32 Power Four scheduling & RIP the Notre Dame rule

47:29 College football picks

54:02 Big Shot of the Week: Palm Bay kayak rescue

55:32 Game: Before or After the Ring

It's Friday, which means The Shoot Around. Robert Horry, Rob Jenners and B-Dawg are back with your questions, and K-Mac kicks it off by asking for an official ruling: did the Clippers' in-arena host really rip one on the mic during a dance team intro, or was the clip doctored? Our sound guy has thoughts.

We also take a minute for Patrick Stewart, who passed away this week at 86. Professor X, Captain Picard, the American Dad! voice work. The guys also remember Tim Curry and Dolly Parton from a rough year of losses. Then Tim sends in the Brewers kid crying on the local news after the World Series and asks if we've ever been that happy about a team winning. Jenners goes back to building the Braves' 2021 World Series broadcast, Harp talks Rams, and Horry explains why beating the Spurs in '95 felt bigger than any of his seven rings.

Jaylen Brown's $20,000 toilet makes ocean sounds when it flushes, so naturally we spend way too long on Horry's toilet. Garrett puts seven legends at a table (Bird, Magic, Kobe, LeBron, Steph, Shaq and Duncan) and asks who gets up when MJ walks in. Plus Lamar Odom is on OnlyFans now, and Horry tells the story of the guy at a car wash who offered him $450,000 cash to be the face of a dispensary. He said no. Harp and Jenners are still not over it.

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00:00 Intro: It's Friday, It's The Shoot Around

00:34 K-Mac: Did the Clippers Host Really Fart on Mic?

02:50 Remembering Patrick Stewart, Tim Curry & Dolly Parton

04:54 Tim: Were You Ever This Happy to See Your Team Win?

07:26 Horry: Why Beating the Spurs in '95 Topped the Rings

08:20 Jaylen Brown's $20K Ocean-Sound Toilet

11:14 Garrett: MJ Wants a Seat. Who Gets Up From the Table?

13:27 Weirdest Story of the Week: Lamar Odom on OnlyFans

14:57 Horry Turned Down $450K to Be a Dispensary Spokesman

We're a day late this week (Election Day off, you understand), but Big Shot Bob is back with plenty to get through. Robert Horry, Rob Jenners and B-Dawg open with Giannis calling Luka one of the best scorers ever, then spend real time on the biggest news in sports media: Ernie Johnson says this is his last season hosting Inside the NBA. Horry talks about what it meant as a player to hear EJ say your name, Harp shares what Ernie is like off camera, and the crew makes the case that nobody should even try to replace him. Retire the name with him.

Then it's injury week. Anthony Edwards is out at least two months after knee surgery, Chet is down with a patellar tendon tear, and Jaren Jackson Jr., Haliburton and Ja are all banged up. Horry has a theory: guys go from zero to 100 without ramping up, and too many of them skip the weight room. He brings receipts, including the time Penny Hardaway told him he doesn't do legs, and explains why Giannis, Dirk and Steph got stronger and lasted. Plus congrats to the Valkyries on a Game 7 title win over the Dream.

Around the league: the Sixers are 7-1 and the guys argue over whether Boston boos Jaylen Brown in his first trip back, the Grizzlies' hot start ends against (of all teams) the Pelicans, Draymond picks up his first ejection of the year with Dillon Brooks flying in from the rafters, Yaxel Lendeborg keeps putting up numbers for Golden State, and the Hornets and Thunder announce jersey retirements for Muggsy Bogues and Russell Westbrook.

Over to college football. FSU finally fired Mike Norvell, and his $50 million buyout lands him on the Mount Rushmore of coaches getting paid to sit at home. The guys talk NIL and why athletic departments are underwater, then make picks on a loaded weekend: BYU-Utah, Texas-Mizzou, Alabama-LSU, Oregon-Ohio State, Kentucky-Tennessee, Miami at Notre Dame and Georgia at Ole Miss. Big Shot of the Week goes to the Red Baron pizza guy who shut down a prankster, and we close with a game of Inside Inside the NBA. How well do Horry and Harp know the show?

00:00 Intro: A Day Late After Election Day

01:25 Giannis Says Luka Is One of the Best Scorers Ever

03:45 Ernie Johnson's Final Season on Inside the NBA

08:02 Who Replaces Ernie? Nobody. Retire the Name

12:00 Anthony Edwards Out After Knee Surgery

14:15 Injury Week: Chet, Jaren Jackson Jr., Haliburton, Ja

15:11 Why Players Keep Getting Hurt: Hit the Weight Room

19:43 Valkyries Win the WNBA Title in Game 7

22:10 Sixers 7-1: Will Boston Boo Jaylen Brown?

25:25 Pelicans Hand the Grizzlies Their First Loss

28:58 Draymond's First Ejection & Dillon Brooks

30:54 Yaxel Lendeborg Is Playing With No Fear

34:08 Jersey Retirements: Muggsy Bogues & Russell Westbrook

36:56 FSU Fires Mike Norvell & the Buyout Mount Rushmore

41:05 CFB Picks: BYU-Utah, Texas-Mizzou, Alabama-LSU

45:18 CFB Picks: Oregon-Ohio State, Kentucky-Tennessee

47:43 CFB Picks: Miami at Notre Dame

50:32 CFB Picks: Georgia at Ole Miss

54:14 Big Shot of the Week: The Red Baron Pizza Guy

59:08 Game: Inside Inside the NBA

Shoot Around is back. It's been about a month since our last Friday show, and the official explanation is that Rob Horry is an old man who has to sit out back-to-backs. Episode 150, with Robert Horry, Rob Jenners and Brandon "B-Dog" Harper.

It's Halloween weekend, so we start there. Harp has wanted to go as Blade for two years and keeps putting it off. Horry stays in when he's in LA because the whole city turns into a street party. The last time he dressed up was in San Antonio, as a Grim Reaper nobody recognized.

Then your questions. Marcelo wants to know if players hear the arena music, and whether the home team gets a say. (Also, Marcelo, Hornets-Wizards tickets were cheaper than a bottle of Dasani at the game.) Q asks about the NBA putting chips in basketballs, and Rob Horry is not a fan. Craig asks if Rob ever thought about naming his son Junior. He did name his son Robert, and he'd change it if he could. The upgrade story on the school trip is a good one.

In between, we argue about Jay-Z headlining the Super Bowl and who we'd pick instead, from Drake to Morgan Wallen to the Foo Fighters. Then Horry admits he listens to country music, which was supposed to be a secret.

We finish with evil genius moments. A guy on Reddit swapped out a road sign 13 years ago so he could make a right turn. Rob Jenners tops it with the story of his old boss, a glass studio door and a pack of half-pound weights. And Horry explains what was really going through his head on the Steve Nash body check.

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00:00  Shoot Around is back
00:54  Halloween plans and Horry the Grim Reaper
03:47  Do NBA players hear the arena music?
05:42  Jay-Z and the Super Bowl halftime show
07:44  Who we'd want at halftime instead
10:22  Should the NBA put a chip in the ball?
13:33  Naming your son after yourself
17:01  Evil genius moments: the road sign
18:48  Rob's revenge door
22:53  Horry on the Steve Nash body check

For the first time in about a month, all three of us are in the same place. Robert Horry is back to work (and a little cranky about it), Harp is back from the casino, and Rob Jenners is off the road. Episode 282 of the Big Shot Bob Podcast.

We start with the WNBA Finals. A'ja Wilson has five MVPs, so who's her NBA comp? Then the fight: Game 6 between the Dream and the Valkyries tips at 12:30 on a weekday in Atlanta and airs on E! and SyFy. Harp says the NBA should have stepped in for its little sister. Rob says this one is on the WNBA. Rob Horry has a simpler fix, and a story about the Lakers getting rushed off the floor in Philly to celebrate a title in a back hallway.

From there: is State Farm Arena the best building in the league when Atlanta actually shows up? The Knicks sent employees a fake championship ring email as a phishing test, then handed assistant coaches empty boxes. That leads to Horry pulling out his own rings on camera and explaining why the '95 Rockets ring, from his favorite title, is the worst one he owns.

Also this week: Jalen Williams' ankle injury and why nobody needs the slow-mo replay, Kawhi's knee (again), LeBron's golf swings during the anthem, a Warriors rookie getting under Luka's skin, and the defensive rule Horry teaches kids that you will never forget. Plus the Cavs blowing two big leads, the early unbeaten and winless teams, and Harp finally turning in his playoff picks with a week of games in his back pocket.

We close with college football picks (Auburn-Ole Miss, Georgia-Florida, Northwestern-Oregon, Miami-UNC, Ohio State-USC), a fight over whether Harp gets credit for the weeks he missed, Big Shot of the Week, and a higher-or-lower game on new guys in new uniforms.

00:00  Intro: the whole crew is back

02:09  WNBA Finals and A'ja Wilson's five MVPs

03:48  Game 6 at 12:30 PM: whose fault is it?

09:41  The Hawks floor and no on-court celebration

14:59  Is State Farm the best arena in the NBA?

18:16  Darkened crowds and viral fans

20:20  Knicks ring phishing scam and empty boxes

22:27  Horry's championship rings, best to worst

29:02  Jalen Williams' injury and the replay problem

31:42  Kawhi out again with knee inflammation

34:41  LeBron's anthem golf swings and Sixers ratings

36:51  Warriors rookie vs. Luka

40:05  Horry's defense rule (and a T-shirt idea)

42:11  Cavs collapses, unbeaten and winless teams

45:19  Harp's playoff picks: East

48:24  West picks and the Lakers' big man problem

53:56  College football picks

1:03:27  Big Shot of the Week

1:04:43  Game: Welcome Back, higher or lower

NBA SEASON IS BACK!!! And the crew is... mostly back. Harp phones in from the casino floor at Harrah's Cherokee Valley River in Murphy, North Carolina, Robert Horry is squeezing us in before a flight, and Rob Jenners is just glad real basketball tips off tonight.

We start with the Lakers waiving Dalton Knecht. Robert isn't surprised, shares what his old college coach told him about Knecht's scoring, and names a couple of teams that should go get him (Denver, you need a shooter). Then it's ring night at the Garden. Robert knows the other side of that one. His first year in San Antonio, he had to sit there and watch the Spurs get rings for beating his Lakers. He also tells the story of the 1995 Rockets ring that came out looking cheap.

From there it's Steph's ankle scare, the Porzingis illness, Draymond showing up heavy, and Ben Simmons tearing his Achilles right when he looked like himself again. We also get into the NBA's memo cracking down on certain prop bets, and why the leagues' sudden moral compass is hard to take seriously when the sponsors are sportsbooks and beer companies.

In the WNBA Finals, the Atlanta Dream finally won a Finals game and Angel Reese put up some history. We talk about the viral clip of her walking off when she didn't get the ball, and Robert explains what he'd tell her and what Shaq used to do instead.

Harp had to bail once the afternoon show took over his table, so Robert and Rob lock in their East and West playoff picks without him. His are coming next week. Robert has the Wizards in the playoffs (with an asterisk), Rob has the Celtics second in the East, and we'll be holding all of it over each other until April.

We close with the college football weekend where five of the top seven teams lost, picks for Miami-Pitt, Indiana-Michigan, Tennessee-South Carolina, Texas A&M-Alabama and Ole Miss-Texas, Big Shot of the Week for Brooklyn Green, and a game called Number One With a Bullet: how many No. 1 overall picks did Robert play with?

00:00 Intro: The Crew's Back-ish

02:48 NBA Opening Night & the Lakers Waive Dalton Knecht

07:41 Opening Night Schedule & Knicks Ring Night

08:38 Sitting Through Someone Else's Ring Night

11:07 Will the Sixers Spoil the Knicks' Party?

12:22 Wednesday's Slate & the Clippers

13:51 Steph's Ankle & the Porzingis Illness

17:17 Draymond's Weight & Off-Season Conditioning

21:40 Ben Simmons' Season-Ending Achilles

23:34 The NBA's Betting Crackdown Memo

27:24 WNBA Finals: The Dream Get Their First Win

28:14 Angel Reese's Viral Walk-Off

33:54 Eastern Conference Predictions

39:21 Western Conference Predictions

45:13 College Football's Chaos Weekend

46:52 College Football Picks

53:51 Big Shot of the Week: Brooklyn Green

55:57 Game: Number One With a Bullet

1:03:03 Does Going No. 1 Even Matter?

1:05:11 Wrap-Up

Episode 280, and B-Dawg is somewhere out on the ocean on a Carnival cruise, so it's Robert Horry and Rob Jenners holding it down. Bob's calling in from Vegas, where he's working the Lakers preseason game for season ticket holders. That gets the guys talking about the new ownership, what it means to be a Lakers legend, and why Bob respects teams like the Rockets that keep bringing back the older guys who never saw the big money. (Also: Bob is never getting on a cruise ship. Jaws, the Titanic, the Poop Cruise and a 6'2" shower for a 6'9" man. Case closed.)

Walker Kessler says he's been asked to be the Lakers' defensive anchor, and Bob is not a fan of coaches handing out roles. "Your role is to win games." That turns into Luka's defense, Devin Booker shutting people up at the Olympics, and whether anybody ever had to tell Hakeem or Tim Duncan to anchor a defense. Also on the table: LeBron calling Mike Breen a liar over the Embiid practice story, Paul George's rough Celtics debut, John Collins grabbing Dillon Brooks by the throat five minutes into a preseason game, and the Knicks shutting down extension talks with KAT, Josh Hart and the rest.

The WNBA Finals are set with the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream, and the Dream are stuck playing for a title in a 3,500-seat arena. The guys go back and forth on where it should have moved (McCamish seats 8,600, for the record), whether the Angel Reese haters owe her an apology, and who wins it.

Then football. Nick Sirianni kicks it short with eight seconds left and loses in London, and the Commanders sit in field goal range and let the clock run out for a tie. Bob tells the story of an inbound play at South Alabama from his freshman year that still haunts him. He was at Georgia-Alabama with his son Nick and has thoughts on the missed PI, the targeting no-call and Kalen DeBoer's sideline moment. Kentucky walks off another one, LSU turns out to be fool's gold, and Arch Manning takes some heat.

College football picks for Ohio State-Indiana, Florida-Texas, Auburn-Georgia, Alabama-Tennessee, Mizzou-Ole Miss and Notre Dame-BYU. The Big Shot of the Week goes to Ben Miller and the neighbors who pulled a 90-year-old woman out of a pond in Champaign, Illinois. And in How About Them Underdogs, Bob goes 4 for 5. The one he misses? His own '95 Rockets.

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00:00 Episode 280 and Harp's on a cruise

01:35 Why Bob will never go on a cruise

03:38 Bob in Vegas and life as a Lakers legend

07:35 Teams that take care of the old-school guys

11:58 Walker Kessler, defensive anchor? Bob on roles

15:55 Luka's defense and Devin Booker's Olympic turn

18:01 LeBron vs. Mike Breen over the Embiid story

20:27 Paul George's rough Celtics debut

21:26 John Collins grabs Dillon Brooks

23:29 Knicks shut down extension talks

26:58 WNBA Finals: Valkyries vs. Dream and the arena drama

31:15 Angel Reese and the WNBA Finals picks

33:07 Eagles lose on a short kickoff in London

35:39 Commanders run out the clock into a tie

39:08 Bob's inbound play disaster at South Alabama

40:57 Bob at Georgia-Alabama: the PI, targeting and DeBoer

46:22 Kentucky, LSU and Arch Manning

50:20 College football picks

56:43 Big Shot of the Week: the Champaign pond rescue

58:22 Game: How About Them Underdogs

Friday Shoot Around. Harp is somewhere recovering from a week of NLDS parties, so it's Big Shot Bob and Rob. Rob opens by telling Bob he never has to apologize for springing Allie Clifton on him Tuesday, and then it's straight into the story everybody kept asking about: Gregg Popovich marrying Mary Beth Budenholzer. Bob knows her personally, and his take is simple. Love is love, Pop needs somebody right now, and if anyone deserves a roast it's Bud.

Listener questions carry the rest. Casey asks about the viral Giants game video, the mom carrying a baby and an armful of nachos and the husband asking where the ketchup is, and whether the couple deserves the beating they're taking online. Steven wants to know why nobody believes in Buddy Hield after four teams in one year, which gets Bob talking about what it's like to be a specialist, plus Dennis Schroder and Rudy Gay. Then: which teams can't outspend their own legacy? The Mets, the Browns, the Cowboys and the Jets all get named, and Bob and Rob try to find the NBA version.

The back half goes off the rails in the best way. Rob just finished the Lanterns finale, which turns into the best and worst TV finales ever (Sopranos, Seinfeld, Fresh Prince, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, 24), Rob catching grief for watching Elsbeth, and Bob's movie pet peeve: the guy who runs right past the gun. Plus Reacher's bulletproof walk, John Wick's suit jacket and the monologuing villain.

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00:00 Friday Shoot Around: Harp's NLDS hangover

01:22 Pop marries Mary Beth Budenholzer

04:20 Falling for someone at work

06:10 Casey: the Giants game mom and the ketchup

10:03 Steven: does anyone believe in Buddy Hield?

12:15 Specialists who keep moving: Schroder and Rudy Gay

13:18 Teams that can't outspend their own legacy

15:29 The NBA version: Wizards, Jazz, Blazers

17:42 Lanterns and the best TV finales

20:27 Why 24 got ridiculous

21:56 Elsbeth, The Good Wife and Denny Crane

23:46 Movie pet peeves: pick up the gun

26:28 The monologuing villain

Harp is across the street working the Braves-Dodgers NLDS game, so it's Big Shot Bob and Rob this week. Rob had a surprise sitting in the waiting room, though. Allie Clifton jumps on in the middle of her walk to talk WNBA playoffs: the Dream and Angel Reese, Becky Hammon's "play like ass and only lose by 10" speech, and who actually got her MVP vote. Then she reminds Bob he never won Defensive Player of the Year, and the Ohio State vs. Alabama trash talk starts.

Bob breaks down what he liked from the Lakers' first preseason game. The ball moved, and the full-court pickup took him back to the old "wolf" trap call from his Lakers days, because basketball is like dancing and you have to mess up the other team's rhythm. Is Dalton Knecht the odd man out with all the wings L.A. brought in? Jalen Duren finally signs his five-year, $200 million deal, and Karl-Anthony Towns goes public about his extension. Bob took less money to stay with a winner three times in his career, including turning down Shaq's call to come to Miami, and he explains why his peace of mind was worth $5 million.

Also this week: LeBron's helicopter commute, Hakeem Olajuwon's son committing to SMU and what any young guard should take from the Dream's footwork, Bob still salty about getting bumped from the Macau trip, Mike McCarthy's hot mic, an NFL ref telling Trey McBride exactly how he felt, and a Gainesville call-in that got referred to university police.

College football picks: Texas A&M at Mizzou, Texas vs. Oklahoma, UCLA at Oregon, LSU at Kentucky, and Georgia at Alabama, with Bob in the building in Tuscaloosa. Big Shot of the Week goes to the plumber who helped pull a flydubai jet out of a nosedive. We close with a high-low game on what owners really paid for the Falcons, Rockets, Seahawks, Bucks, Washington and the Blazers, plus the $67 million Rockets story Bob still isn't over.

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00:00 Harp's at the NLDS, Bob's headed to Georgia-Bama

02:27 Allie Clifton crashes the show: WNBA playoffs

04:41 WNBA MVP vote: A'ja Wilson or Kelsey Mitchell?

06:16 Lakers preseason and the old "wolf" trap

08:45 Bob's Defensive Player of the Year snub

09:27 Allie's college football trash talk

11:30 Left on Unread: Allie's rise

12:50 Dalton Knecht, Lakers trades and Jalen Duren's deal

15:36 KAT's extension standoff with the Knicks

21:09 Take less to win? Bob's Spurs decisions

22:47 LeBron's helicopter commute

24:38 Hakeem's son commits to SMU + the Dream's footwork

27:36 Upcoming NBA dates and Bob's Macau snub

29:10 NFL hot mics: McCarthy, Rodgers and a ref

31:05 The Gainesville call-in

33:00 College football picks

37:51 Georgia at Alabama: the Babadook pick

40:18 Big Shot of the Week: the plumber who saved a flight

42:10 High-low: what owners paid for NBA and NFL teams

Episode 278 gets recorded with a playoff game going on about 500 feet away. The Braves and Phillies are playing the NL Wild Card at Truist Park, so B-Dawg spends the first part of the show downstairs dealing with the chaos before he finally makes it in. It's been a day, and you can see it on his face.

NBA media days gave us plenty to work with. JJ Redick had the line of the week about the Lakers' starting five, something very strange is happening behind Austin Reaves during his scrum, and Big Shot Bob explains why he never once did a radio station drop. Walker Kessler reportedly pushed his way out of Utah, Kawhi shut down questions before anybody could ask them, and Tyrese Haliburton and Kyrie Irving both say they're fully cleared. Kyrie is coming up on 600 days since his last game, and Robert wants to see him move before he makes any promises.

LeBron says the Sixers have to get comfortable being uncomfortable, which gets us to the real question: who takes a back seat in Philly? Jenners is worried about VJ Edgecombe. Robert says it's Tyrese Maxey and compares it to what happened to Darius Garland in Cleveland. Then he explains why "who's the alpha" doesn't mean much on a team that wins, using the Shaq and Kobe Lakers as proof. (He did not say he was better than Kobe. Jenners tried.)

Also this week, Jalen Duren's contract standoff and the weight clauses in Detroit's offer, which sends Robert into a story about Pat Riley's body fat tests in Miami and why he was happy to be in San Antonio. Giannis meets his first Florida iguanas. And Steph Curry says he played through blurry vision during the Warriors run. Robert isn't buying it, because teams check everything "from the rooter to the tooter." That's your episode title.

On the football side, Michael Penix drops a live "pause" in his postgame, and Iowa's student radio crew barely survives their call of the win over Michigan in the Big House. Then it's college football picks. Jenners is 3-12 on the season, so he's going full George Costanza and picking the opposite of every instinct he has, including against his own Hurricanes at Clemson. Dan Lanning, Lincoln Riley and the big buyout club all come up along the way.

Big Shot of the Week goes to Erin Howell. An 81-year-old man delivering lost airline luggage in Dallas-Fort Worth brought bags to her house, she helped him carry them in, and then she started a GoFundMe that raised $700,000 so he could stop working and pay for his wife's cancer treatment. That turns into a conversation about the healthcare system, and Robert breaks into an ad read for SureCo out of nowhere. Five and a half years into this show, that's how we found out he's the company's chief impact officer.

We wrap with Preseason Prediction Fails, looking back at how far off Vegas and the NBA GMs were last year on the Spurs, Pistons, Pacers, Knicks, Mavs, Lakers and Thunder, along with this season's numbers.

00:00 Intro: Recording During a Braves Playoff Game

01:05 Anniversaries, Gifts & Grandkids

05:04 JJ Redick's Starting Lineup Comment

07:08 Media Day Photo Shoots & Radio Drops

11:20 Walker Kessler's Exit From Utah

13:45 B-Dawg Arrives & Braves vs. Phillies

16:35 LeBron's Sixers: Who Takes a Back Seat?

24:07 Who's the Alpha? Horry on Shaq & Kobe

25:45 Jalen Duren's Contract & Weight Clauses

28:29 Giannis Meets the Miami Iguanas

30:19 Kawhi Shuts Down Questions at Media Day

33:03 Haliburton & Kyrie Are Back

36:06 Steph's Blurry Vision: The Rooter to the Tooter

39:25 Football Audio: Penix's "Pause" & Iowa's Call

41:43 College Football Picks: The Costanza Method

45:25 USC, Oregon & the Big Buyout Club

51:28 Miami at Clemson Pick

54:37 Big Shot of the Week

56:16 Healthcare & Robert's Surprise SureCo Plug

59:27 Game: Preseason Prediction Fails