High Jinx #80

Joe and Ezra with a late-night hangout pod... The fellas discuss Super Bowl Festivities, Irish Goodbyes at the Family Dinner, Nachos, Joe’s childhood introduction to sports betting, getting 5 stars on your Lyft ride home, was it a good season for Detroit despite their 2nd half meltdown against San Francisco, Andy Reid vying for the Coach Mount Rushmore, Kyle Shanahan in big games, Bill Belichick getting another gig, Marshawn Lynch in a broadcast booth, Super Bowl Bets, the greatest national anthem of all time, the Octopus bet, Scorigamis, MVP odds, over/under 8.5 songs during the Usher Halftime Show, and cruise to the finish with Crystal Ball NBA Trade Deadline, the Joel Embiid injury fallout, and spending Spring Break in Surprise, Arizona. 

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00:00: Theme Song & Intro

04:00: Super Bowl Week

25:45: Sponsor of the Week: Stephie B.’s Magic IVs

27:30: Unnecessary Bets of the Week

47:00: Crystal Ball

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High Jinx #80

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00:00: Theme Song & Intro Talk

10:00: SportsWorld in 60 Seconds

11:00: Better win for Buffalo or Worse Loss for Dallas? Going around the league in the NFL

24:24: Sponsor of the Week: Reggie’s Righteous Reverse Spam Call Center

27:30: 2023 Sports Awards

49:00: Lightning Round! College Football Playoffs

50:00: Crystal Ball

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HJ #79

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In this free-wheeling episode, the fellas talk Erik’s life as a new Dad, Ezra’s recollection of the bygone era of late-night AM SportsTalk Radio, Joe’s questionable nutrition choices in high school, and the frightening potential of a newborn baby with the mental acuity of an 18-year old. Then we talk how FSU got completely screwed by the playoff system, but would we have done it differently if we were the committee? Sponsor read ensues with an important message on cashing your checks, we check in on the NFL playoff picture, and ponder whether the Chiefs or Eagles are more likely to return to the Super Bowl. Then, NBA in-season tournament chatter follows, where the guys debate whether it’s been a success or not and what could make it better for next year, we pick the official High Jinx NBA team of the tournament, talk Mark Cuban’s sale of the Mavericks, pick the High Jinx and Low Jinx games of the week in the NFL during Unnecessary Bets, and close the show with Crystal Ball, where we talk MLB hot stove, Division II (now FCS) college football playoffs, and pick Shohei Ohtani’s next destination.

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00:00: Theme Song & Intro Talk

08:00: College Football Playoff: Did FSU get screwed?

15:00: Predicting college football playoff winners

20:15: Sponsor Read: Chuck’s Check Cashing Palace Extraordinaire

23:00: NFL playoff picture update

33:15: NBA In-Season Tournament

42:30: Mark Cuban Sells the Mavericks? What is going on?

47:40: Unnecessary Bets of the Week

58:15: Crystal Ball

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High Jinx #78

The gang is back and more hopeless and brazen than ever. We discuss hiking Lake Tahoe mountains in blue jeans and new boots, the value of a $10 Casio versus an entire NFL scouting department, hard and fast rules about what you can and can’t do when visiting someone else’s house at Thanksgiving, ponder what we’d look like as Muppets, offer our Thanksgiving gameday traditions, and then talk Barry Sanders early retirement, the rise of Tommy DeVito, Ron Rivera not doubling down on a pair of 10s, the Texans fantastic hire of DeMeco Ryans, JJ Watt's potential as a future defensive coordinator, the odds of Bill Belichick getting traded in the offseason, wonder if a defensive player could win MVP, laud the move toward female announcing teams for NBA games, and Kurtis goes all-in against the heinous venture that is Black Friday football.

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High Jinx #77: Thanksgiving Week

00:00: Theme Song & Mountain Hiking in Jeans

13:25: Thanksgiving Talk: sports watching habits, acceptable social behavior

25:00: Sponsor Read: Ernie’s Electric Bikes & More

28:00: Erik’s Alternate Ideas for Sports to Watch

33:00: Unnecessary Bets of the Week: NFL Thanksgiving Games

51:40: Crystal Ball

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We return just in time for the celebrated “pro sports equinox", that special sliver of the year when the big four pro sports leagues are all in action simultaneously. These last few weeks demonstrated some parity in the NFL, with all of the major contenders for the Superbowl suffering some puzzling losses. KC struggles in the high altitude of Denver. Was it Taylor Swift’s fault for not showing up? (Heresy!) The Niners are in the midst of a 3-game skid, and their bye week couldn’t come fast enough. With a puzzling loss to the Jets, a dismantling of Miami, and a squeaker over Washington, Philly needs to pick a lane. In baseball, chaos reigns as the World Series features a match-up of two wildcard teams. Texas looks to finish off Arizona to earn its first ever title, and Corey Seager seems on pace for his second World Series MVP. And, finally, the NBA season is off and running. Chef Curry is showing zero signs of aging, Wemby worked a little magic with a crazy 20-point rally to knock off Kevin Durant’s Suns this week, and the Harden experiment is finally over in Philly.

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00:00: Theme Song & Intro

00:30: Joe is in a weird place with the pro sports equinox

06:45: Erik "Stone Cold Sports Recap Man"

09:15: James Harden Trade Grades

22:45: World Series Check-in: why is there no national juice for these games?

30:28: Sponsor Read: Couch Potato's Yellows

31:15: Unnecessary Bets of the Week: Picking the 14-team Exacto of NFL Playoff Teams

51:49: Crystal Ball

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High Jinx #75!

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00:00: Theme Song & Intro

02:00: NFL Week 4 Headlines: Panthers & Falcons QB messes; Belichick in trouble in New England; are the Texans actually good? 

26:00 Sponsor Read: AverageClass Learning Studio

27:15: Unnecessary Bets of the Week: NFL Week 5, Texas-OU, Colorado @ASU 

40:24: Crystal Ball: Super Bowl Exacto Matchup at 33-1; a revenge-fueled World Series Prediction; NBA MVP Longshots

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In this week's show, Deion Sanders inspires a nation, Joe hates the Dame trade for everyone involved, Taylor Swift turns down the Super Bowl but Remains the Main Event, NFL MVP favorites and longshots, the Unnecessary Bets of the Week, and debate whether 70 points is too many or not enough for the Miami Dolphins.

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00:00: Theme Song & Intro

00:30: Joe has a confession to make

07:19: Dame Trade

17:45: NFL MVP Odds

26:46: Sponsor of the Week: Ronny's Rent-a-Kid

28:00: Unnecessary Bets

47:00: Crystal Ball

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High Jinx #74

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High Jinx #73

The Commanders sent the Broncos spiraling down a Sean Payton parachute dreamscape, the Cowboys make quick work of the Zach Wilson redemption tour, the 49ers outclassed the Rams despite a resurgent Rams offense that is more frisky than people thought,, the Bears look destined for disaster as they’re left reeling after an 0-2 start and the QB is calling the offense predictable, the Chargers once-again Charger in their loss to the Titans, the Chiefs right the ship on the road against Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars, the Bills annihilate the Raiders, Arthur Smith and the Falcons squeak by the Green Bay Packers despite head-scratching coaching decisions that nearly left them in the lurch, and the Seahawks outlast the Lions in a game where no defenses were harmed in the making of this NFL production.

00:00: Theme Song & Intro Talk

10:23: SportsWorld in 60 Seconds, 0-2 Team who Most Needs a Win, First Coach Fired

27:30: Sponsor read: Honey’s Hula Hoops

29:23: Unnecessary Bets of the Week: NFL & NCAA

44:30: Crystal Ball: MLB Baseball edition

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High Jinx #73

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In this week’s World of Sports, Dan Campbell and the Fightin’ Lions bottle up  the Chiefs offense while Tua, Tyreek,  and the Dolphins of Miami go nuclear wasteland, leaving Patrick Mahomes with a wandering eye toward what could have been if his wide receivers weren’t the worst in the NFL, the Cowboys embarrass the Giants on national TV in a game that left even Daniel Jones’s family looking for cover, the 49ers look legit as can be as Brock Purdy continues to Brock Purdy, the Eagles escape with a mistake-filled close call of a win over the Patriots, the Los Angeles Rams dismantle Las Vegas’s 6 win expectations with a rough roughshodding of the Seahawks, the Packers prove there is life after Rodgers as they send the Bears into hibernation, while Jets fans ponder the meaning of life as they, too, must contemplate life after Aaron Rodgers, with his entire Jets career yielding a total of 4 plays and 1 incomplete pass. Plus, Deion Sanders possibly the greatest coach of all time, Jimbo Fisher predictions, and Ronald Acuna putting together one of the greatest seasons of all time.

00:00: Theme Song & SportsWorld in 60 seconds

2:00: NFL Good and Bad 

15:40: Sponsor read: Gemma’s Ghosting Sucks Solution System 

31:00: Unnecessary Bets of the Week

46:35: Crystal Ball 

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High Jinx #72

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In this week’s World of Sports, the Denver Nuggets dismantled the Miami Heat in 5 games to claim the city and franchise’s first-ever NBA championship, Nikola Jokic cements himself as the world’s greatest current living basketball player, LeBron James and the Lakers are left wondering if maybe they were the 2nd best team in the NBA this year, while the Heat went 2–7 in their last 9 playoff games, which is, uhhhh, not great! Oklahoma Women’s Softball team set an astonishing record by going 61–1 this season en route to their 3rd consecutive College World Series title, a fan at the Indianapolis 500 had their car damaged by a ricochet tire, prompting the Indy 500 organizers to gift the fan a brand new car, the Major League Baseball season continues to trot along as they near the halfway point of their 162-game marathon, Novak Djokovic makes history by winning his 23rd Grand Slam tennis championship, and Kurtis went to New York City, where he watched a Yankees game live and in person, but we cannot confirm or deny if he spotted the ghost of Babe Ruth underneath the stadium. We also predict the Over/Unders for 6 key NBA offseason free agents, contextualize the OU Softball dominance, pick our longshot choice for the Men’s College World Series winner, and take our best guess at the type of car Indy 500 gave some “lucky” fan. 

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00:00: Theme Song & SportsWorld in 60 seconds

01:30: Nikola Jokic as the most recalcitrant NBA champion ever; epic run by the Nuggets or weak competition? Picking the 2nd best team in the NBA this year; Next year’s MVP winner prediction

22:30: Sponsor of the Week: Ulrich’s Underwater Dining Extravaganza

24:00: Should the Portland Trail Blazers keep the #3 pick, trade the #3 pick, or trade Dame? Brandon Miller or Scoot Henderson at #2

35:00: NBA Offseason Contract Predictions & More: James Harden, Fred Van Vleet; Austin Reaves; Kristaps Porzingis; Draymond Green; Kyrie Irving

59:30: Over/under 2.5 more seasons for LeBron before he calls it a career

61:30: Lightning Round: OU Softball dominance, Longshot picks for the Men’s College World Series Winner, guessing which car the Indy 500 will give the ‘lucky fan’

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High Jinx #71

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