Cash Considerations

The Editor-in-Chief of sports handle.com (@Sports_Handle),  Brett Smiley, joins the crew to talk his journey from Poughkeepsie, NY through law school and eventually to the sports betting world where he introduced the "pod-jog" to his life as part of a superstition in making football picks for contests.

After the interview, Smiley sticks around to talk early Super Bowl thoughts and give some visual aids for his process in making plays on Super Bowl props.

The guys briefly hit some NBA & hockey talk before strolling down memory lane for best sporting events been to in their lives and best they attended with action on.

The show closes with the Take A Min. segment as always.

Veteran oddsmaker Joey Odessa (@MMAOdds) talks through the offshore sportsbook experiences he had working at just about every relevant place in the last 20 years when chatting it up with the gang.

After the interview, Joey sticks around to offer up some conference championship analysis for the Packers/Bucs and Chiefs/Bills.

Rapid fire fight picks for UFC 257 follow the NFL talk as Oddessa offers up plays on:

McGregor/Poirier
Chandler/Hooker
Frevola/Azaitar
Haqparast/Tsarukyan
Sanchez/Muradov

Hockey talk sneaks in in the new "Pulling The Goalie" feature where Carl goes hog wild on Canadian team overs before a brief discussion on what cinematic character you'd want to see in real life sports.

The show wraps as always with the Take A Min. segment.

NHL veteran and trash talk specialist Matthew Barnaby (@MattBarnaby3636) joins the gang to talk some of his favorite trash talk stories as well as how he mastered playing blackjack while on the 4th line and how he got involved in the sports betting world.

After the interview, the crew breaks down all 4 NFL playoff divisional round games and offer up some plays:

--LAR/GB
--BAL/BUF
--CLE/KC
--TB/NO

A brief mention of James Harden getting traded buffers the Take A Min. segment where Barnaby drops an awesome story about a trip to Japan that left his team in "tears "when they landed back in the states.

The gang gets a visit from Adam Burke (ATS Radio, @SkatingTripods) to talk the distress of growing up a sports fan in Cleveland as well as his path to the sports betting industry.

Adam sticks around after the interview to lend a hand in breaking down all 6 NFL playoff games for the weekend:

--IND/BUF
--LAR/SEA
--TB/WFT
--BAL/TEN
--CHI/NO
--CLE/PIT

Following the playoff discussion the boys switch gears and share their opinions on the National Title Game and the key information to wait on for Alabama/Ohio St.

The show closes with a brief toss around on the best NFL coaching situation available (ATL/HOU/JAX/LAC) and Take A Min.

The gang welcomes back Dan Neubert to join in on immediate reactions to the college football playoff semis and National Championship matchup between Alabama and Ohio St.

Once college football is down every NFL week 17 game is thrown on the Layin'/Takin' slate and some NFL playoff prognosticating goes down.

The show wraps with the guys celebrating their best bets of 2020 before hitting Take A Minute.

The gang finds some room at the Inn for Dan Neubert (Host- Talk It Out on WEEU) to explain his journey to the sports betting industry and how comparing the sportsbooks in Vegas to the books in PA is like "...oranges to clementines..."

After the interview, the NFL talk gets super sized with 3 additional games to the Run and Shoot 7.

Bonus 3: TB/DET, SF/ARI, & MIA/LV
--MIN/NO (Before the bonus games)
--ATL/KC
--BUF/NE
--PHI/DAL
--IND/PIT
--TEN/GB
--LAR/SEA

Layin'/Takin' gets the hybrid treatment with a CFB/NFL mix:
-CFB
--C. Carolina/Liberty
--Wisconsin/Wake Forest
--Missouri/Iowa
--Florida/Oklahoma
-NFL
--DEN/LAC
--CLE/NYJ
--CIN/HOU
--CHI/JAX

The show closes with some holiday well wishes in Take A Min.

The crew links up to talk with Jeff Dawson (CEO & Founder of East Coast Sports Investors) about his journey through the sports betting industry from his early days cold calling for pick selling scams to starting his own company in the space.

Jeff sticks around after to run down NFL week 15 in the Run and Shoot 7:

Bonus 2: BUF/DEN & CAR/GB
--PIT/CIN
--NE/MIA
--TB/ATL
--IND/HOU
--CLE/NYG
--SEA/WFT
--KC/NO

Layin'/Takin' CFB
--Army/Air Force
--Illinois/PSU
--TAMU/TENN
--Boise St./San Jose St.
--Alabama/Florida
--Tulsa/CIN
--Ohio St./Northwestern
--OU/Iowa St.
--Clemson/ND

Take a Min. closes the show.

Big Dave brings in Jerry Shoebox to bond over their experiences working in offshore sportsbooks & Jerry brings the heat with some insane stories including the time he accidentally left a bag with almost $10K and cigarettes for his "mobbed up" bosses in a taxi in Venezuela.

After Jerry and Dave finish up story time, the crew turns their attention to the NFL week 14 rundown in the Run & Shoot 7.

Bonus 2: NO/PHI & DAL/CIN
--WFT/SF
--ARI/NYG
--MIN/TB
--BAL/CLE
--MIA/KC
--IND/LV
--PIT/BUF

Layin'/Takin'
--Alabama/Arkansas
--Wisconsin/Iowa
--PSU/MSU
--LSU/FLA
--Illinois/NW
--USC/UCLA
--Duke/FSU
--UNLV/Hawaii
--Coastal Carolina/Troy

The show closes with Take a Min.

The crew shakes it up as Big Dave is joined by Royce Dickerson (EA Sports) to talk about his career path from college athlete to ESPN producer to the sports betting industry and now landing at EA Sports as part of the Madden franchise.  Royce also talks his experiences with SEC baseball fans, what makes Todd Fuhrman a pain to deal with and working broadcasts for ESPN at the Westgate during March Madness.

Royce sticks around for the NFL week 13 rundown with the debut of Carl Hascall for the Run & Shoot 7 (+2).

Bonus 2- NO/ATL & DEN/KC
--CIN/MIA
--LV/NYJ
--BUF/SF
--IND/HOU
--PIT/WFT
--LAR/ARI
--CLE/TEN

Layin'/Takin'
--Ohio St./Michigan St.
--PSU/Rutgers
--Bowling Green/Akron
--Ball St./C. Michigan
--E. Michigan/W. Michigan
--SYR/ND
--Iowa/Illinois
--ALA/LSU
--BYU/Coastal

The show closes with the Take A Min. segment.

Ariel Epstein (@ArielEpstein) of SportsGrid joins the crew to talk how watching the Yankees lose the 2003 World Series led her down a career path in the sports betting industry.  Ariel sticks around to help rundown NFL week 12 in the Run and Shoot 7:

Bonus Thanksgiving Games
--HOU/DET
--WFT/DAL
--MIA/NYJ

R&S7
--ARI/NE
--SEA/PHI
--LV/ATL
--NO/DEN
--TEN/IND
--PIT/BAL
--KC/TB

Mo's CFB 2 Min. Drill: Buffalo/Kent St. & San Jose St./Boise St.

Layin'/Takin'
--ND/UNC
--Nebraska/Iowa
--UGA/S. Carolina
--PITT/Clemson
--NW/MSU
--Penn St./Michigan
--Coastal Carolina/Texas St.
--AUB/ALA
--Nevada/Hawaii