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The second round of the 12 team college football playoff is here. We pick the games and preview how we think each team can win each game.

We both think Penn State is going to beat Boise State, and we give our take on what must happen if Boise State were to win.

Notre Dame and Georgia seem like evenly matched teams that are both happy to play a slow packed rock fight of a game. It all depends upon Gunner Stockton.

Texas is the heavy favorite against Arizona State. It's hard to know if ASU is just good at beating up on BIG12 teams, or if it will translate against Texas. We will find out!

And finally we get the rematch of Ohio State and Oregon. This game should not be happening in the second round, but I'm happy we get to see it. The Rose Bowl is the best setting in all of college football and we're expecting another awesome game between these two. As far as we can tell these teams seem evenly matched, and we're expecting a lot of scoring.

NFL Week 17 is here. We share our picks and preview of the games we are watching.

Games we are picking:

Chiefs at Steelers

Ravens at Texans

Seahawks at Bears

Colts at Giants

Cowboys at Eagles

Packers at Vikings

Falcons at Commanders

Lions at 49ers

Games we're watching but not picking:

Chargers at Patriots - Drake Maye is one of my 'must watch' QBs.

Broncos at Bengals - How can we not watch Burrow continue this MVP calibre season

Jets at Bills - Josh Allen is still in the running for MVP, and the Jets can still find a new way to lose

NFL WEEK 16 is in the books:

Michael Penix Jr finally got his first NFL start and win. Penix looked poised in the pocket and accurate with his throws. The only blemish was an interception that was entirely Kyle Pitts fault.

Lions, Vikings and Packers all hold serve and continue to prove the NFC north is the strongest division in the NFL. All three teams are in the playoffs and all three could make it to the Super Bowl.

The colts set a franchise rushing record as Jonathan Taylor seems to have learned his lesson to hold onto the ball across the goal line.

The Commanders come back to beat the Eagles as Jayden Daniels throws for 5 TDs. Jalen Hurts leave the game early with a concussion. This is bad timing for Hurts to get injured given how strong the Eagles look in all phases of the game.

Ravens took care of business against the Steelers keeping their chance to win the division alive. Staying in the AFC North the Bengals beat the hapless Browns keeping their slender hope for a playoff birth alive.

The Jets found yet another way to lose in the ongoing disastrous second season with Rodgers. Not to be outdone the Giants put in an even worst performance, leaving the city of New York with nothing to cheer about.

The Panthers put in a great performance beating the Cardinals.

The Chiefs took care of business against the Texans in a game that was overshadowed by a gruesome injury to Tank Dell.

In today's episode I share the results of a recent CT Angiogram that revealed a 20% narrowing in one of my coronary arteries. With high Lp(a) and at 50 years old this is not surprising, however it is concerning and I do not want any further narrowing.

We discuss the importance of early screening and testing and what can be done with diet exercise and supplements. I share my plan moving forward and will give progress updates as I move along.

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First round of 12 team playoff saw all four home teams win in decisive fashion.

None of the games were particularly close with dominating performances by Ohio State, Notre Dame, Penn State and Texas.

Does this mean the playoff committee got it wrong, or were first round blowouts inevitable?

It seems like reseeding the teams might be required to make the first round more competitive next year.

NFL week 16 picks and preview.

Games we are picking:

Broncos at Chargers

Steelers at Ravens

Bucs at Cowboys

Browns at Bengals

Vikings at Seahawks

Saints at Packers

Lions at Bears

The first ever college football playoff is here. First round has awesome matchups.

Join us as we talk through each match up and who we are picking.

NFL Week 15 is in the books.

Josh Allen looks like the MVP, and the Bills, Ravens and Chiefs are separating from the rest of the AFC.

The Eagles, Packers and Vikings are joining the Lions at the top of then NFC.

Injuries are piling up:

Detroit Lions suffer three more season ending injuries to key players including David Montgomery, Alim McNeil and Carlton Davis.

Patrick Mahomes, TJ Watt, and Geno Smith may all have suffered ankle injuries that might keep them out of next weeks games, and Nick Chubb broke his foot.

Turnovers:

The Browns, Titans, Colts, Bengals, Dolphins, and Panthers all had 4 or more turnovers, which is totally unacceptable this late in the season.

Bad Offenses:

The Steelers, Chargers and Seahawks offenses continue to sputter and look shaky going into the final games of the season.

Broncos win despite 3 INTs from Bo Nix.

DeVondre Campbell quits on the 49ers and gets a 3 game suspension. Jonathan Taylor drops the ball before crossing the goal line in what continues to be the most infuriating trend in football, the show boat ego drop.

Davante Adams goes off, but it's too little too late.

And Derek Stingley pics off Tua twice while covering Tyreek Hill to help secure a big time win for the Texans.

It’s common to hear the term “functional training” but do you know what it means? Do the people using the term even know what it means?

You can design workouts to optimize for maximum strength, hypertrophy, running, swimming, cycling, climbing, and every other style of movement and sport.

The goal defines the function, and the function defines the workout.

In today’s episode we walk talk through how to define what functional training is and how to think of your goal first and then decide how to set up your workout.

Bill Belichick is the new head coach at University of North Carolina.

Belichick's father coaches there in the 50's but perhaps his more relevant connection to the school is their greatest ever player, and possibly the greatest pure football player he ever coached Lawrence Taylor.

Taylor has already mentioned in an interview that he loves the idea of Belichick coaching at UNC and Taylor still loves the school and how it was a major formative part of his development as a person and player.

With all of the success in New England with Brady it's easy to forget that Belichick's also won two super bowls as a defensive coordinator with the New York Giants and Lawrence Taylor as their star player.

Belichick coached Taylor from his rookie season through to his retirement.

In today's episode we give our takes on how we think this could work and how it might not. Could Lawrence Taylor be a key to attracting top players and build UNC into a national title contender immediately? We will find out!!!