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PICK ’EM THURSDAY _ WEEK 2
PICK ’EM THURSDAY _ WEEK 2
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Welcome to High Confidence, the podcast about getting high and letting weed make college football bets. I'm your host Joey. This is our Pick 'Em Thursday Week 2 episode.
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I just finished smoking Australian weed Toad Venom, and it has me absolutely baked. This Toad Venom came from my plug out of Michigan. Last week, the Paradise, the sativa had me couch-locked.
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But this week, the Toad Venom, the hybrid, got me focused right now. So let's get to the board. Let's check out this week's games. Let's see what kind of picks we gonna end up making.
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First game on the board is number one Ohio State versus number four Texas. This game is Saturday, 7:30 in Austin, Texas. Austin, Texas is one of my favorite cities in Texas.
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The girls in Austin, Texas are a little bit freakier than the girls in San Antonio. Let me tell you something. I'm not gonna get into details. I'm just telling you, if you happen to be in Austin,
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you're gonna have a good time. Texas is the favorite to win the game outright, making Ohio State the underdog. The spread in this game is one and a half points.
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Ohio State is plus one and a half, where Texas is minus one and a half. Texas is favored to win by one and a half points. The total on the game is four and a half points.
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Let's get to the game notes, 'cause this is where the meat and potatoes of the pick comes from. Texas has lost its last two games against Ohio State.
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The Buckeyes beat them 28-14 in the college football playoff semifinals two years ago, and 14 to seven last season in Arch Manning's first road start.
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Texas' leading rusher after week one is a brother named Hollywood Smothers. Ohio State has a sophomore running back named Bo Jackson. Let's take a quick break here and let's look at these dudes.
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I wanna see what Hollywood Smothers and Bo Jackson look like. The one that looks scarier is probably the one I'm going with. Hollywood Smothers. Images. Let's put...
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Oh, Hollywood Smothers looks like a L seven square head Fred. He's not my guy. Let's see what Bo Jackson, Ohio State, looks like. Where we at with it?
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Oh, Bo Jackson from Ohio State looks like Chief Keef. Okay. [laughs] He looks like a fucking murderer. All right? I'm leaning towards Ohio State already because Bo Jackson looks like Chief Keef.
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Let's go to the last game notes. Before this game, Texas is holding a free concert headlined by Robert Earl Keen with Shiny Ribs opening. I don't know if you know who Shiny Ribs is. I don't.
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So let's look up Shiny Ribs because maybe, maybe, maybe Shiny Ribs is gonna be the reason Texas wins. Shiny Ribs. Oh, okay. Oh, Shiny Ribs is one of them. Shiny Ribs got on pimp suits, Steve Harvey edition.
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Fucking gators. He's got on a motherfucking pimp hat. Ah. Texas got Shiny Ribs showing up. His name is Shiny Ribs. This a, this a tough one. This is a nail-biter. Let's look at the bets.
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The money line, we already talked about, is plus 100 for Ohio State, minus 118 for Texas. The spread, Texas is favored by a point and a half, so do we think they're gonna win by two or more?
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And then the total's 49 and a half. We think we're gonna go over. It's a lot of things, but I'm gonna go with Ohio State and Bo Jackson, the Chief Keef lookalike.
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I think he's an absolute murderer from O'Block, 300, whatever the fuck it's called, Glo Gang. I think he's gonna kill something. I think he's gonna have a breakout game. I think he's gonna have 100 yards.
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Shout out to Ohio State sophomore running back Bo Jackson. You're the reason I'm going this direction. Well, let's take Ohio State at the spread at one and a half. That's what I think.
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I don't think Texas is gonna win by two. I think Ohio State's gonna win. I don't know by how much, but I think they're gonna beat them. Let's go to game number two. Appalachian State at East Carolina.
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This game is Saturday at 12:00 PM Eastern Time in Greenville, North Carolina. East Carolina is favored to win the game outright, making App State the underdog. The spread in this game is six and a half points.
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App State is plus six and a half points. East Carolina is minus six and a half point. Therefore, East Carolina is favored to win the game by six and a half points. The total on the game is 56 and a half points.
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Let's get to these game notes. App State once held a Mr. and Mrs. Youssef contest connected to the history of its mascot. Contestants were judged partly on their hog calling and chicken calling.
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[laughs] Okay, so the boys at App State are about that hog life and that chicken life, and they keep a baddie with them, okay? 'Cause Mr. Youssef got a Mrs. Youssef. I like that App State.
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I like that y'all keeping marriages together, keeping love alive. Next game note. East Carolina tight end Canaan Hamlet played 38 games for App State before transferring to ECU this year.
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His first college catch was actually against East Carolina before he eventually became a Pirate. Oh, we got a little Twilight Zone going on with my man Canaan. Let's see what Canaan fucking Hamlet looks like.
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Let's see if he looks like a dog. 'Cause if he looks like a dog and he's out here switching teams, I like him. Canaan Hamlet. Okay.
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He like one of them dudes you can't tell if he get busy or not, but he kinda got the look, but then at the same time he don't got the look. I'm fucking with him. I'm fucking with my man. I- He got points for me.
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Greenville has a barbecue spot called Bee's Barbecue with no phone and no website, and they close whenever the food runs out. This restaurant is so tied into the area, it sits on Bee Barbecue Road.
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I don't know why I give a fuck about this. I gotta, I gotta go to my producer. This note doesn't stick with me. It doesn't mean shit. It really boils down to do I think App State with Mr. and Mrs.
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Youssef- And their hog-calling and chicken-calling is better than my man Kanan, who's out here switching teams, and look like he might be about that life, but also looks like he may be passive. Let's look at the bets.
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The Moneyline bet is App State plus 215, East Carolina minus 265. East Carolina is favored by six-and-a-half, so do I think they're gonna win by more than seven points? And the total on the score is 56 and a half.
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You know what? I'm gonna go with East Carolina and my man Kanan. I'm gonna say Kanan from Power. That's your name. I don't know if I'm pronouncing it right. I'm going with my man Kanan. He's out here switching teams.
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He's looking like he could be mid. He look like he could be great. I'm going for greatness. I'm taking App State and the six-and-a-half points if they're gonna win by seven or more.
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Let's go to the third game on the board. Number 11, Oklahoma at Michigan. This game is Saturday at 12:00 PM in Ann Arbor. Oklahoma is the favorite to win the game outright, making Michigan the underdog.
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The spread in this game is five-and-a-half points. Oklahoma's getting negative five-and-a-half, and Michigan is getting plus five-and-a-half. Oklahoma is favored to win by five and a half points.
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The total in the game is 43 and a half points. Let's get to the game notes. Michigan beat Western Michigan last week 13 to 12 on what I'm calling the most bullshit play I've seen in college football.
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That was absolutely bullshit. So they're already not looking good for me because they got some bullshit last week.
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Ann Arbor's Hash Bash grew out of the case of John Sinclair, a poet who received a 10-year sentence for possessing two joints. Damn.
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A 1971 rally for him at Michigan's arena featured John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Steve Wonder, Bob Seger. My man John Sinclair got 10 years for two joints, and then he had the gang at the time come out.
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John Lennon, I would consider him the Drake of the time. His baddie, Yoko Ono. Stevie Wonder, I mean, come on. He really had it lit. I wonder if my man ever got out. Did John Sinclair...
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Did Ann Arbor get John Sinclair free? Oklahoma has a horse-drawn Sooner Schooner, and it tipped completely over on-field during a 2019 game while making a turn. Wait a second. The Sooner Schooner tipped over?
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Oh, that means a motherfucker been drinking. And you know we are a pro-weed podcast, so anything that has anything to do with liquor is not for us. I ain't fucking with Oklahoma right now.
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You see, Ann Arbor has the Hash Bash, and they out here putting on concerts to free my man John Sinclair. Free John. And Oklahoma out here fucking drinking, can't turn corners, can't spin the fucking block.
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I'm not fucking with them. It's time to make a bet. I'ma tell you, I'm not fucking with Oklahoma, I'll tell you that. Oklahoma is minus 210 on the Moneyline bet. Michigan is plus 176.
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Oklahoma's favored by five-and-a-half. Do they win by six or more? You know what? I'm gonna go with Michigan winning outright.
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I am taking the underdog because even though Michigan had that bullshit last week, I'm not gonna get too emotional. Yes, I am. Yes, I am. I just lied that fast 'cause I can't stand the drinking. We're going with
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Oklahoma five-and-a-half. That's what we're gonna go with.
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We're going with Oklahoma five-and-a-half because I think it's gonna be a close game like it was last time, and I think Michigan's gonna win, but I think they're gonna win by less than six points, so that's the better bet.
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I'm taking Oklahoma five-and-a-half. So the next game, Wake Forest at Purdue. Shout out Purdue, West Lafayette, Indiana. That's my people. That's my people. This game is Saturday, 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.
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Wake Forest is the favorite to win the game outright, making Purdue the underdog. The spread on this game is two-and-a-half points. Wake Forest is negative two-and-a-half points. Purdue is plus two-and-a-half points.
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That means Wake Forest is favored to win by two-and-a-half points. The total in this game is 49 and a half points. Here's the game notes. The Wake Forest Demon Deacon mascot started because of a fraternity dare in 1941.
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The student showed up wearing a top hat tails while riding into the game on a live ram. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Stop. You mean to tell me in 1941 a student put on a top hat and tails, that's a jacket,
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and he rode into the game on a live fucking ram? Where the fuck do you get a ram from? Where? This team is resourceful. Wake Forest is resourceful because they can come up with rams out of fucking nowhere.
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Yeah, I like them. Purdue has a football tradition called The Breakfast Club where students wake up early, put on costumes and bar crawl before the games.
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So the first game note is about a motherfucker riding a ram into the game, and the second game note is about a fucking breakfast club? Fuck a breakfast club. A guy just rode in on a fucking ram.
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Y- your response to that is fucking tea and crumpets? Fucking donuts? You gotta be shitting me. Purdue, come on. I need another game note. Give me something that makes sense.
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Purdue running back Fame Ajogbe had 87 rushing yards and a touchdown in last week's opener. This week's Purdue offensive coordinator described the way he runs as having a lot of body violence.
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Why is your coach watching your body like that to say you got body violence? This is not Purdue University, this is Paul's University. Purdue, I love you. You're the hometown. You're fucking up. I don't like it.
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I like this kid riding in on a fucking ram. I don't give a fuck if it's 1941. People aren't even riding rams in 2026. I'm not talking about a 1500. I'm talking about a live fucking ram. Let's look at the bets
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The money line bet Wake Forest minus 152, Purdue 126. Wake Forest is favored by two and a half. Do they win by three or more? The over-under on the game is 49 and a half. Yes, Wake Forest is gonna beat that ass.
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Wake Forest is gonna beat that ass. That ram-riding motherfucker is gonna come in, he's gonna get that team hype, and they're gonna beat the shit out of them. I'm taking Wake Forest at two and a half points.
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They're gonna beat the motherfuckers by more than three. You can best believe that shit. All right, game number five, Arizona at number 15 BYU. This game is Saturday at 3:30 PM in Provo, Utah.
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I don't know what the fuck Provo means. Is it short for Provo lone? Who knows? BYU is the favorite to win the game outright, making Arizona the underdog. The spread on this game is seven and a half points.
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Arizona's plus seven and a half. BYU is minus seven and a half. That means BYU is favored to win by seven and a half points. The total on this game is 47 and a half points. Let's get to the game notes.
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Arizona is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Bear Down, a model that came from a dying quarterback, John Button Salmon, in 1926. That's fucking sad. Jesus fucking Christ.
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I don't want to read any more of the game notes. My man John Button died. They, they got the Bear Down model for him. That's depressing. Let's move on. Bear Bachmeier's brothers are named Hank, Tiger, Buck.
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I don't give a fuck. All that shit's weak. I don't give a shit about the first one. Don't give a fuck about the second one. Let's see what the third one has to offer.
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BYU freshman receiver Legend Glaser scored three touchdowns in his first college game last week, two receiving and one rushing. He was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week. Okay, this guy's name is fucking Legend?
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Let's, let's get a look at Legend Glaser. Legend Glaser. Let's see what he's got going on. Can we count on him? Oh, Legend Glaser, he look young. Look like a young Bronny James. All these kids with this fucking hair.
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Oh yeah, I like this guy. I like Legend. I like Legend. Legend gonna cook something. He's gonna cook something. Let's look at the bets. Let's look at the total. I don't think Arizona's gonna score a lot of points.
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I think it's gonna be under. I think it's gonna be a blowout, but I think it's gonna be under. I'm gonna take the under at 47 and a half. All right, let's get to the final game on the board.
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Iowa State at number 21, Iowa. Uh-oh, Iowa versus Iowa. In-state rival game. I like that. This game is Saturday at 7:30 in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa is the favorite to win the game outright, making Iowa State the underdog.
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The spread on this game is 13 and a half points. Iowa State plus 13 and a half. Iowa minus 13 and a half. That means Iowa is favored to win by 13 and a half points. That's an ass-kicking, fellas.
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The total on the game is 40 and a half points. Let's get to the game notes. Iowa's visiting locker room is famously painted pink because former coach Hayden Fry believed the color might calm opponents.
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Michigan coach Bo Schembechler hated it so much that his staff once covered the pink walls with white paper. Oh, okay, we got a little psych-out going on. I like that.
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The game will feature the first drone show in Iowa football history. At halftime, 300 drones are supposed to fly over Kinnick Stadium, recreating Iowa football images.
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In 2011, the Cy-Hawk Rivalry introduced a new trophy showing a farm family gathered around a bushel of corn. People hated it so much that organizers scrapped the trophy just four days after unveiling it.
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Listen, this is a bunch of bullshit. The game notes for this game are a bunch of fucking bullshit. It don't tell me enough information. But this is what I'm gonna do.
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The fact that Iowa's a 13 and a half favorite over Iowa State lets me know they're gonna get their ass kicked, and they're probably gonna get their ass kicked by a lot. Iowa State's gonna lose the game for sure.
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Let's take Iowa straight up. All right. Those are the bets. Lock them in. I went three for three last week off the sativa Paradise. You heard it here first. I'm going six for six off the hybrid Toad Venom.
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It's your man Joey. Thank you for tuning in to High Confidence. I'll see you on Tuesday for Payday Tuesday
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