It's Rivalry Week and Stanford Steve and The Bear preview all the big games this weekend. Plus, reaction to some minor changes in the CFP. And season win totals on the line
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We Have A Lot Of Hate

"Stanford" Steve Coughlin & Chris "The Bear" Fallica put their unique spin on the world of playing the odds in college football, horseracing and more.

Sports

Stanford Steve and The Bear convene for the final episode of this podcast. They discuss Bear’s rough weekend gambling on the NFL and World Cup final, betting on the service academies during bowl season, criticizing coaches, a Steamer on Saturday, the not-so-pretty games around Christmas, riding the Duke wave, Big Mike’s Holiday Bowl rule, a manufactured disagreement, teams they forgot made bowl games, The Sark Bowl, Bear’s mid-pod Gulf Stream bets, South Carolina’s victory celebrations, Bryce Young and Will Anderson playing in the Sugar Bowl, the College Football Playoff semifinals, if an Ohio State-Michigan rematch would be good for the sport, and which teams play for the national title. Finally, Steve and Bear reflect on their time working together at ESPN and say a heartfelt goodbye to the listeners.
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The Less You Bet, The More You Lose When You Win

Stanford Steve and the Bear preview the biggest title games heading into Week 14, who should scare Kirby Smart more USC or Ohio State, a potential Michigan - Ohio State rematch, Georgia being on cruise control, and the latest portal news. Plus, Steve and Bear keep you up to date on the World Cup!
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All Geeked Up

Stanford Steve and The Bear preview the Week 13 college football slate and discuss South Carolina running out of fireworks while torching Tennessee last weekend, eyeing an under in Ohio State-Michigan, if Alabama can get up for the Iron Bowl, why Steve thinks USC-Notre Dame could be more interesting than The Game, Pac-12 title game scenarios, the one game Bear actually likes, which high double-digit favorite at home you should consider and if people from Missoula are still mad College GameDay when to Bozeman.
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Whole Lot of “Mights”

Stanford Steve and The Bear preview the Week 12 college football slate and talk about if UCLA will ruin USC’s season, what to expect from TCU in Waco, their differing takes on LSU-UAB, Army giving 10 points to UConn, the time Steve played in a 10-3 Stanford-Cal game and a few College Football Playoff scenarios. Then, the guys are joined by Taylor Twellman to preview the World Cup. They discuss exercising caution when betting against Qatar, Iran getting out of the group, the Netherlands’ value to win it all, the French being the French, Japan as an x-factor, Germany’s total team goals, Canada’s speed, if Portugal is better without Ronaldo, Bear’s Serbia bet, if all the stadiums look like FedEx Field and the pressure on the U.S. men’s national team.
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Short on College Football, Long on World Cup

Stanford Steve and The Bear discuss preview the Week 11 college football slate and discuss Kirk Herbstreit’s shout out to the column on College GameDay, if it’s time fade Kansas, Fresno State needing to stay off the strip before facing UNLV, if Drake Made needs a win for his Heisman campaign, Baylor ascending at the right time, why they don’t think LSU will win the SEC West, Steve’s nugget on TCU-Texas, Bear nugget for Steve’s alumni text chains, their thoughts on the College Football Playoff rankings, Oregon and Tennessee’s identical loses to Georgia, and if Steve is nuts to like Mississippi State.
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We Have A Lot Of Hate

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