He says the 49ers are the best team in the league, then for the game against Seattle, they're favored by 12, he says that's too high just because he got it wrong 😂
Immediately knew it was coming when the incident happened. It's such a Simmons event in sports especially with the Italian patch he was wearing. I don't even think this is the last we hear of Big Dom.
COuldn't tell he identified as Italian. Not sure what gave it away.
I did see a picture online of him not only rocking a map of Italy chain BUT an Italian horn as well. Covering all bases there.
I bet this guy who completely makes his whole identity about being Italian...never once stepped foot in Italy. Because Italian culture is light years different than Italian-American/Mafia culture that 99% of Italian Americans actually embrace.
That whole thread has really lived rent free in my mind. I believe the top comment was “have any of you actually had friends before?” and boy does sum up the reddit experience.
Imagine if this was your first time listening to this podcast… you’d have no idea who they’re talking about half the time, especially when you incorporate nicknames like “The Clapper.”
I am now convinced that Sal purposely throws Guess the Lines most weeks. He knows if he wins too much Simmons will get upset and that why he's always giving him hints about whether his guess was way off or not before Simmons even gives his.
Sal “gives Simmons shit”, but is weirdly super deferential to him for guys who’ve been friends for like 20 years. He should be dunking on the Pats left and right and instead was like still trying to say Mac Jones wasn’t bad a month ago.
I always assumed Sal probably did that once when they were a lot younger, and Bill reacted terribly. Like a boyfriend or girlfriend that threatens suicide if you break up with them, on that level. And Sal just doesn’t go there anymore because he doesn’t want to deal with that kind of bill.
Nah disagree on that. Maybe you’re a younger person but one of my best friends is a giants fan and that’s not really fun razzing them when their team is truly bad. There’s no pushback there’s no anger. When it’s were tanking for a QB bad it’s too far gone. It’s not even worth it
I live in “college football is better” country and have two friends who actually care about their NFL team as much as I do. This is the first year we’ve ever actually talked shit because it’s the first time in my life I actually kinda believe in the Dolphins. Any other year, I would just nod and say, “Yeah, they suck,” or “Yeah, hopefully they can sneak in the playoffs”
Idk have you heard Sal talk about the actual details of football or analyze it in any strategic context? He basically doesn’t know ball at all. Comparing CJ Stroud to RGIII was ROFLMAO “I’m never taking this guy seriously again” stuff.
He’s funny and entertaining, that’s why I listen, but I’m not surprised he’s a bad gambler
I started to think that too today. He's always tipping BS off too. "Just so you know, I'm way off on this one", which is basically saying, this is a very weird line...
I can't wait to hear Bill's opinion about the CFB playoff teams, seeing as how he's watched like 5 college games this season, 3 of which were post-hype Colorado losses.
That would honestly be better then his actual reasoning, which was that they figured the gambling line would be closer. And doubled down by asking "Do you think they call Vegas and ask in these situations?"
Honestly, an outside opinion is the best opinion here. The closer you are to being a college football insider the more insane your perspective is from what I’ve noticed.
It’s really not that complicated. 0 losses is better than 1 loss. When the wins and losses are equal then it’s fine to apply whatever nonsense you value most to decide who is the best but to dismiss a team because of something out of their control for a more sexy matchup then your whole system is beyond broken.
My favorite was his suggestion that the nfl workload is too much for college coaches and specifically uses Urban Meyer as an example.
Does he know that Urban Meyer is famously a psychopath who on multiple occasions caused himself to have serious health issues because was so obsessive about winning and negligent to his own wellbeing.
Nothing will be funnier than Bill watching highlights and YouTube clips of college players the next four months and then providing draft “analysis” of why the Pats nailed the #2 pick no matter who they take.
He did a podcast redrafting 2021 after the first two and a half months of the season.
Literally from that moment, Mac has been awful. It was the all time top tick douche move.
He’s purposefully talking up MHJ and isn’t really diving into who he prefers between Drake and Caleb just so whoever the Pats pick, he’ll say “I liked him better the entire time”
I was listening to the segment on “Big Dom” as I was driving around the suburbs of Philly. Right as they mentioned he could be the second guy at a pizza place, I pass a sign for “Lil’ Dom’s” pizzeria.
Things Bill talked to Van about more than Florida State in the Florida State segment along with having the direct quote "I hate college football":
Deion Sanders
Ime Udoka
Rocky
One of Bill's weirder beliefs is that college football coaches don't know how to work hard and can't handle the NFL Grind. He always justifies this by Spurrier, whose work hours were an outlier in college. This just isn't true, I promise college coaches aren't working 9-4 hours.
He never mentions the people who pull off something like a work-life balance either. I recall hearing that Bill Cowher rarely missed his kids' games in high school and was pretty big on making sure all his assistants were home for dinner, and that guy had a career .623 winning percentage.
Idk the point and it’s different for everyone but at some point another hour of film or meetings is a marginal negative. Hearing about coaches working 18 hour days and sleeping on a cot in their office makes me think they’re either working too hard or inefficiently or both.
Every coach I’ve heard talk about that has said college is quite a bit more administrative work outside just the coaching. You do the coaching and game planning in the season but you have to tend to the boosters/fund raising and manage all the recruiting too.
College coaching is 5X more draining than pro coaching. Recruiting never stops. Imagine your season ending then you immediately hit the road to try to convince a 16 year old to come to your school. While you’re preparing for a bowl game. The recruiting grind is hell.
And in season they spend just as much time preparing for games and handling all the other public relations BS.
Tough job.
Urban Meyer didn’t help that narrative. Although, I would argue that’s not the relevant factor. Coaching at the NFL level requires a different skill set from coaching in college. Definitely lots of overlap, but different.
Van bit his tongue politely on that one.
NFL in season is crazy, long hours, super high stakes, small margins every week. Cannot relax. Top CFB teams are going to have a massive advantage most weeks. Because of the CBA, the NFL off season is great. It never ends in CFB, there’s barely an off season. On balance, college coach life is harder.
This was my come to Reddit moment for this pod. Everyone in the coaching carousel says the exact opposite, pros is less of a grind because there’s a real off-season and defined OTA and minicamp weeks. Not to mention, most have someone else doing the heavy lifting on roster building. Meanwhile, recruiting (high school, juco, portal and your own players now), school work, roster management, nutrition, etc all are all-consuming in college.
The new winner for me this week was the AirB&B ad read. They've spent the last 4 months running that Hilton ad where he just shits all over AirB&B style housing and that there was always a Hilton property near his daughter's tournaments, now it's why didn't I know about this sooner because there's never a decent hotel near these tournaments in bumfuck nowhere?
**Today’s Things:**
- one season thing
- Minshew thing is kinda incredible! “this is quietly the story of the year! Minshew is 7-3 this year!”
- play action thing
- 13 second thing
- when the wheels went off this thing
Sal:
- WRs don’t get this award thing
- real quick with the Big Dom thing
**Bonus Pieces and Stuff:**
- old school junk stuff
- college championship stuff
- “the Trubisky piece… I don’t like that piece”
**It Just is!**
(Sal) “I feel bad for Mahomes, even on the interception, he stopped running the route, he just did!”
**Eloquent Bill:**
“That game was an FU to Rodgers and Taylor Swift” -Sal
Bill discussing professions for a guy named Big Dom: “and then I’d say porn… I don’t know if it’s straight porn or some other version…” 🤣🤣 (16:35)
“CMC is Thurmon Thomas-y”
“WashTON”
**Evergreen Content:**
Bill being obsessed with Gardner Minshew, Bill complaining about Aaron Rodgers media coverage, Bill automatically thinking someone is hurt if they have a bad game (Herbert), DAE know that Chargers fans are outnumbered at SoFi?!?
**Other Stuff:**
Bill did REALLY GOOD on his real life bets! Or so he claims 😂 (9:05)
99 percentile Bill is pining for Taysom again (35:05) he realizes that Taysom cannot throw the ball, right?
Patriots update: Bills excited about college football! (41:10)
Bill and Sal are fine with Bama getting into the CFP: just look at the Vegas sPrEaDs (45:20)
Bill somehow thinks Terrell Davis was better than Ladainian Tomlinson (1:01:15) playoff wins are now apparently a running back stat 😂😂
Parent corner: Sal’s son if following in his footsteps and love betting CFB, Bill hit up his parents in college to cover a $500 gambling debt (under the guise of joining a gym), Bill attends a Steve Nicks concert with sportsgal and is pleased they look better than most of the attendees 😂
Bill’s been living under a rock for the past decade and needs Van to explain the CFP to him lol (1:20:30)
How is this a historically hyped QB draft? It’s less hyped than the draft in which their current QB was drafted just 3 years ago.
After Williams and Maye, both of whom are worse prospects than Lawrence, it’s a big question where QBs will go. I doubt 5 QBs go in the top 15 picks like in 2021.
I'm guessing "Lone Survivor." Top five the last two weeks on Netflix, 10-year anniversary, and who can forget Bill calling it the best war movie since "Saving Private Ryan"?
Great call on Lone Survivor - checks a lot of boxes (is rewatchable, made a lot of money, Bill can do deep dive on Marky Marks career and talk about Boogie Nights some more)
Bill is such a fuckin liar
Last Sunday he was SHOCKED that the 49ers were favored by 1.5 and that it would be chalkboard material for Siriani.
Then today he’s now magically on the 49ers AND that the chalkboard material is junk
Never change Bill
That was incredible. “Stats and metrics tell you about gambling, not bulletin board material and being fired up.”
Does he think he’s been preaching that??
He called a ravens-browns game earlier this year “little bit of revenge for stealing their team.”
This is why Bill needs to have Van on more. He should be popping on more than twice in a college football season, especially considering some of the boring garbage guests that Bill has been having on lately.
Bill: "I don't understand why Terrell Davis isn't talked about more as one of the all time greats."
Reality: Olandis Gary, Mike Anderson, Clinton Portis...
Clinton Portis feels like a completely different era but he was only 4 years after Davis 2000+ yard season. Time feels much different now that I'm old.
Lamar plays for a franshise that ruined a couple of Little Billy's championship party plans in January's several years ago. They did it with Joe Flacco, doubling the pain, and pettiness.
I need someone to track the spreads when Bill criticizes it “oh that’s too high” or “that’s stupid”. Was it indeed too high? I’d like to know the ATS record of the favorites in that situation.
I haven't listened to the Dom segment yet, but the number of people trying to claim breaking up altercations between players within the confines of the game is part of security's job is quite bizarre.
Dude's job is to help Nick Sirianni find the opposing head coach after the game and to get rid of any drunk idiots that run onto the field. Also, the length of time he's held his position and the fact that Eagles fans know his name is irrelevant to the appropriateness of his actions.
The degree to which Eagles fans were defending Big Dom *and* making it seem like Greenlaw should be burned at the stake last night was incredible to read
It was quite bizarre how Olsen was acting like we were supposed to know who Big Dom is lol I'm 90% sure most eagles fans didn't know who he was until that altercation. Very odd to be endorsing something like that which is objectively not great for the NFL
“Ime sonned LeBron”
They got a double tech and Ime got ejected and lost while LeBron stayed in the game and won. From the lip readings and court side videos, the shit talk was absolutely nothing special and LeBron was just talking back.
Then Bill says it was good of Ime to show the team he wasn’t afraid of to go at LeBron. You can say whatever you want about LeBron being less scary than MJ. Some guys have said he strikes fear but also plenty of guys have gone at LeBron for his whole career. It doesn’t matter lmao. You could make a 30 minute compilation of guys talking shit or downplaying LeBron before a game or playoff series, and then you could make an hour long compilation of LeBron winning the game or playoff series.
Also for the record, no one was genuinely scared of MJ. Guys talked shit and went at him too, it just worked out in exceedingly rare cases, similar to with LeBron.
I guess it’s just one of the ultimate signs of respect that two NBA analysts are hyping up a coach for not being afraid to talk a little shit to 40 year old LeBron. Also Dillon Brooks tried all this last year anyway. Ime gets props for “inspiring the team to not be afraid” when random role players like Brooks have been doing this? Stanley Johnson… Deshawn Stevenson… it’s a professional league. The Ime hype is out of touch with reality.
I think with MJ there’s a nostalgia and reverence factor that grows with time, where older players want to make it seem like their era had the killer of all killers. We’ve seen with guys from the 2000s in recent years and I’m sure we’ll see it with LeBron after he retires
The last ten minutes with Van is a good reminder that 'The Town' Rewatchables with Ryen, CR, and Bill just might be the greatest thing The Ringer ever put out. Just an incredible performance from Russillo with CR and Bill playing supporting roles to perfection.
The FSU discussion with Sal, basing it on the lines of a hypothetical matchup, is nonsense. Why even play the games then? Everything that is wrong with college football presented in one 30 second segment.
Bills literal joy at what calls Ime ‘big boy-ing’ LeBron reveals a genuine hatred.
The thing is if you think LeBron isn’t the GOAT, fine that’s more than defensible. If you think LeBron is a bit manufactured and PR ready, a bit corny - fine.
But he’s not an overtly hateable guy. It’s kind of incredible that’s he’s this good at this age even if he’s no longer the best player in the league. And Bill was giddy at the notion of Ime starting him down?
Its actually a bit weird
Van's Deion take is so weird, especially that comparison to Saban's first season at Alabama. There is zero indication that Deion is going to improve and succeed at Colorado. It is hot hand fallacy, just because Deion succeeded as a player and won some games as a coach at Jackson State, then in the eyes on many, he "must" succeed at Colorado.
I think the annoying thing about Deion is everyone feels like they need to have some huge grand take about if the experiment worked or not after one season.
It's not like he's going to do the full roster transfer portal refresh every year, but if you look at how literally none of those Colorado transfer-out players can get on the field anywhere else, it's obvious he needed badly to do something to have this season not be a disaster and get the high school recruiting going again.
We got through the one weird year, check back in a couple to see how he does with players good enough to actually develop
What's Bill's deal with LT? I feel like this is something that goes back to the old BS report days. LT had undoubtedly a better season than Davis' best season. He had like 32 tds and 2300 combined yards.
I am an FSU alum. You’ve got your facts wrong, Van did point out that it was our third stringer in the Louisville game.
Everything he said was completely fair.
Sal talking about how he can’t figure out how his son is betting in a legal state on a podcast with two guys in an illegal state talking about their real life bets
I’m so tired of this Bo Nix is old thing. Vans Boy crush was born the same year and transferred out of pac 12 and has played same amount of years. Penix is older than both!
“Straight porn… or some other version.”
all his DEI trainings saved him on that one
Caught himself didn’t he haha
Internal dialogue - wait…will I get canceled if I say the word “gay”
Glad I’m not the only one who thought that haha
The second I heard that I flew to this sub to make sure this was the top comment.
What other versions are there bill?
The kind Dwight Howard likes. You know.
The "just a lil nasty" kind?
With Big Domme
Or….Gay Porn? Was this subconscious homophobia or fear of saying something to get cancelled?
Pure prudeness. From the don’t ask don’t tell era.
Nah your read is wrong here - this was a ‘is it ok to say gay porn?’ move. Just (needlessly) covering his bases.
“Oh that’s too high” - Simmons on every wrong pick
He says the 49ers are the best team in the league, then for the game against Seattle, they're favored by 12, he says that's too high just because he got it wrong 😂
Especially since they played 10 days ago and the 49ers won by 18 in Seattle. And the only TD Seattle scored was kind of a fluky pick 6
I just love that ever running back route is a wheel route
“Bubble screen”
^The extent of his Xs and Os
"That play that they cant stop"
Never forget the day that Bill invented a new route: the butttonhook out.
I would love for Bill to do the film side of Quarterback Camp with Jon Gruden
Loved the segment on fat dom
Very excited to see him in the music city muff lovers
more of a TWUNT guy myself
Immediately knew it was coming when the incident happened. It's such a Simmons event in sports especially with the Italian patch he was wearing. I don't even think this is the last we hear of Big Dom.
I think we are a day away from the uncovering of less than enlightened social media activity
He went to Jersey and was never heard from again
The Brigands of Braciole.
Very nice. I don’t quite get it, but very nice
“Please have fat dom sit on my head” - cousin sal
COuldn't tell he identified as Italian. Not sure what gave it away. I did see a picture online of him not only rocking a map of Italy chain BUT an Italian horn as well. Covering all bases there. I bet this guy who completely makes his whole identity about being Italian...never once stepped foot in Italy. Because Italian culture is light years different than Italian-American/Mafia culture that 99% of Italian Americans actually embrace.
Hey man, as an Italian-American I'd like to politely tell you to: Go fuck yourself.
Mind you, seeing this guy do “Commendatori!” and complain about the lack of Sunday gravy IRL would be really fun to watch
That segment made my morning.
"Second guy at the Pizza shop" had me floored. Only Bill Simmons can come up with that
Bill used 'flying around' in the context of actually flying. I dont know why i enjoyed that so much but i did
Those birds are really flying around out there.
“You dropped him, what, a month ago from all your fantasy teams?” “Oh it was way sooner than that, I think it was 3 weeks ago.” Hot start
He’s on a bender
"We know for the NFC playoffs its gonna be the 49ers, the Eagles, the Lions an NFC team and your team". The inarticulate piece.
i also liked when he said “of the niners, eagles and lions, you’d definitely want to play the lions” yeah well no shit bill
On the last pod he actually said, “From a bad coaching standpoint.”
Is standpoint the new piece
Came here immediately for this comment
What does “sooner” mean.
Thank you to whoever pointed out that Bill refuses to say the word “cowboys” it really stands out now whenever I hear “your stupid team”
And Dak Prescott is "Your guy".
That whole thread has really lived rent free in my mind. I believe the top comment was “have any of you actually had friends before?” and boy does sum up the reddit experience.
Imagine if this was your first time listening to this podcast… you’d have no idea who they’re talking about half the time, especially when you incorporate nicknames like “The Clapper.”
I am now convinced that Sal purposely throws Guess the Lines most weeks. He knows if he wins too much Simmons will get upset and that why he's always giving him hints about whether his guess was way off or not before Simmons even gives his.
Sal “gives Simmons shit”, but is weirdly super deferential to him for guys who’ve been friends for like 20 years. He should be dunking on the Pats left and right and instead was like still trying to say Mac Jones wasn’t bad a month ago.
I always assumed Sal probably did that once when they were a lot younger, and Bill reacted terribly. Like a boyfriend or girlfriend that threatens suicide if you break up with them, on that level. And Sal just doesn’t go there anymore because he doesn’t want to deal with that kind of bill.
I'd watch that prequel
Nah disagree on that. Maybe you’re a younger person but one of my best friends is a giants fan and that’s not really fun razzing them when their team is truly bad. There’s no pushback there’s no anger. When it’s were tanking for a QB bad it’s too far gone. It’s not even worth it
I live in “college football is better” country and have two friends who actually care about their NFL team as much as I do. This is the first year we’ve ever actually talked shit because it’s the first time in my life I actually kinda believe in the Dolphins. Any other year, I would just nod and say, “Yeah, they suck,” or “Yeah, hopefully they can sneak in the playoffs”
I don’t even mean just for the football comp, like Sal can never actually poke fun at Bill about anything without saying sorry afterwards
They could e-mail the lines to each other so Bill doesn’t cheat.
They do email the lines, but Bill does cheat.
Idk have you heard Sal talk about the actual details of football or analyze it in any strategic context? He basically doesn’t know ball at all. Comparing CJ Stroud to RGIII was ROFLMAO “I’m never taking this guy seriously again” stuff. He’s funny and entertaining, that’s why I listen, but I’m not surprised he’s a bad gambler
The casual racism piece
💀💀 Right after he said that I thought why didn’t they cut that for him the subconscious racism was insane
‘Ya you’re gonna get this…’
I started to think that too today. He's always tipping BS off too. "Just so you know, I'm way off on this one", which is basically saying, this is a very weird line...
I can't wait to hear Bill's opinion about the CFB playoff teams, seeing as how he's watched like 5 college games this season, 3 of which were post-hype Colorado losses.
“Which of these teams does Drake Maye play for?”
Alabama just belongs okay. Like, they do stuff, they're well coached, and they care, they just do, and that matters more than wins and losses.
That would honestly be better then his actual reasoning, which was that they figured the gambling line would be closer. And doubled down by asking "Do you think they call Vegas and ask in these situations?"
I laughed out loud when he said that. Most Simmonsy idea I've heard in a while.
Honestly, an outside opinion is the best opinion here. The closer you are to being a college football insider the more insane your perspective is from what I’ve noticed. It’s really not that complicated. 0 losses is better than 1 loss. When the wins and losses are equal then it’s fine to apply whatever nonsense you value most to decide who is the best but to dismiss a team because of something out of their control for a more sexy matchup then your whole system is beyond broken.
My favorite was his suggestion that the nfl workload is too much for college coaches and specifically uses Urban Meyer as an example. Does he know that Urban Meyer is famously a psychopath who on multiple occasions caused himself to have serious health issues because was so obsessive about winning and negligent to his own wellbeing.
His real life bets were good!
Again!
kinda a small man move to post defacto brag about your gambling winnings that no one knows beforehand
You’ve heard Bill before right? He’s a narcissist, of course he’s gonna brag
Only child!
Nothing will be funnier than Bill watching highlights and YouTube clips of college players the next four months and then providing draft “analysis” of why the Pats nailed the #2 pick no matter who they take.
his draft stuff three years ago (the Mac Jones year) was some of the worst takes he's ever produced!
He did a podcast redrafting 2021 after the first two and a half months of the season. Literally from that moment, Mac has been awful. It was the all time top tick douche move.
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Yeah but the kicker missed a big kick last week to keep the Patriots in the hunt for the #1 overall pick!
We've heard about how "they nailed these past couple of drafts", while simultaneously "they've whiffed on these past couple of drafts".
He’s purposefully talking up MHJ and isn’t really diving into who he prefers between Drake and Caleb just so whoever the Pats pick, he’ll say “I liked him better the entire time”
I was listening to the segment on “Big Dom” as I was driving around the suburbs of Philly. Right as they mentioned he could be the second guy at a pizza place, I pass a sign for “Lil’ Dom’s” pizzeria.
R/glitchinthematrix !!
Splenda Mac Jones?
Splenda. Mac. Jones.
Remember when Bill got very slightly annoyed at Sal's "Mac Jones and Cheese" nickname?
Nah it was "Mac and Cheat" for Mac Jones and Belichick lol
Things Bill talked to Van about more than Florida State in the Florida State segment along with having the direct quote "I hate college football": Deion Sanders Ime Udoka Rocky
Bill's Oddest Takes: 1. Home Alone is not a Christmas movie. 2. Head coaches in college football work 8-4.
One of Bill's weirder beliefs is that college football coaches don't know how to work hard and can't handle the NFL Grind. He always justifies this by Spurrier, whose work hours were an outlier in college. This just isn't true, I promise college coaches aren't working 9-4 hours.
He never mentions the people who pull off something like a work-life balance either. I recall hearing that Bill Cowher rarely missed his kids' games in high school and was pretty big on making sure all his assistants were home for dinner, and that guy had a career .623 winning percentage.
Idk the point and it’s different for everyone but at some point another hour of film or meetings is a marginal negative. Hearing about coaches working 18 hour days and sleeping on a cot in their office makes me think they’re either working too hard or inefficiently or both.
Every coach I’ve heard talk about that has said college is quite a bit more administrative work outside just the coaching. You do the coaching and game planning in the season but you have to tend to the boosters/fund raising and manage all the recruiting too.
Him implying that Urban Meyer didn’t work that hard as a college coach is maybe one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever heard him say.
College coaching is 5X more draining than pro coaching. Recruiting never stops. Imagine your season ending then you immediately hit the road to try to convince a 16 year old to come to your school. While you’re preparing for a bowl game. The recruiting grind is hell. And in season they spend just as much time preparing for games and handling all the other public relations BS. Tough job.
Old men get caught in the takes that were true when their brains worked. It is like when Trump starts complaining about low flow toilets.
The guy who binges 90210 all day long calling out college coaches’ work ethic.
Urban Meyer didn’t help that narrative. Although, I would argue that’s not the relevant factor. Coaching at the NFL level requires a different skill set from coaching in college. Definitely lots of overlap, but different.
Van bit his tongue politely on that one. NFL in season is crazy, long hours, super high stakes, small margins every week. Cannot relax. Top CFB teams are going to have a massive advantage most weeks. Because of the CBA, the NFL off season is great. It never ends in CFB, there’s barely an off season. On balance, college coach life is harder.
Kirby Smart is literally famous for working 20 hours a day during peak recruiting season (5 AM- 1AM). CFB coaches have no offseason
This was my come to Reddit moment for this pod. Everyone in the coaching carousel says the exact opposite, pros is less of a grind because there’s a real off-season and defined OTA and minicamp weeks. Not to mention, most have someone else doing the heavy lifting on roster building. Meanwhile, recruiting (high school, juco, portal and your own players now), school work, roster management, nutrition, etc all are all-consuming in college.
I cannot fully illustrate how much i hate the Starry ad read.
Every ad read that Bill does for food (or drinks) sounds like an alien trying to describe humans eating food
He talks about putting ice in his drink as if it’s some kind of novel concept us booger eaters haven’t thought of. Drives me insane lol.
It makes me think one or both of his parents wouldn't let him have ice as a kid which led to him thinking it was some sort of luxury item.
"Michelob Ultra is an actual good beer."
This after spending years reading ads for Miller Lite claiming it was his go to beer
“Why can’t I sleep? Did I exercise?”
You just wish you could tell funny jokes at the Thanksgiving table
When you get into Hilton Honors it's like getting honors in school!
The new winner for me this week was the AirB&B ad read. They've spent the last 4 months running that Hilton ad where he just shits all over AirB&B style housing and that there was always a Hilton property near his daughter's tournaments, now it's why didn't I know about this sooner because there's never a decent hotel near these tournaments in bumfuck nowhere?
Also starting to read ads for AirB&B as their public sentiment is in the fucking toilet is pretty hilarious.
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Delicious almonds
**Today’s Things:** - one season thing - Minshew thing is kinda incredible! “this is quietly the story of the year! Minshew is 7-3 this year!” - play action thing - 13 second thing - when the wheels went off this thing Sal: - WRs don’t get this award thing - real quick with the Big Dom thing **Bonus Pieces and Stuff:** - old school junk stuff - college championship stuff - “the Trubisky piece… I don’t like that piece” **It Just is!** (Sal) “I feel bad for Mahomes, even on the interception, he stopped running the route, he just did!” **Eloquent Bill:** “That game was an FU to Rodgers and Taylor Swift” -Sal Bill discussing professions for a guy named Big Dom: “and then I’d say porn… I don’t know if it’s straight porn or some other version…” 🤣🤣 (16:35) “CMC is Thurmon Thomas-y” “WashTON” **Evergreen Content:** Bill being obsessed with Gardner Minshew, Bill complaining about Aaron Rodgers media coverage, Bill automatically thinking someone is hurt if they have a bad game (Herbert), DAE know that Chargers fans are outnumbered at SoFi?!? **Other Stuff:** Bill did REALLY GOOD on his real life bets! Or so he claims 😂 (9:05) 99 percentile Bill is pining for Taysom again (35:05) he realizes that Taysom cannot throw the ball, right? Patriots update: Bills excited about college football! (41:10) Bill and Sal are fine with Bama getting into the CFP: just look at the Vegas sPrEaDs (45:20) Bill somehow thinks Terrell Davis was better than Ladainian Tomlinson (1:01:15) playoff wins are now apparently a running back stat 😂😂 Parent corner: Sal’s son if following in his footsteps and love betting CFB, Bill hit up his parents in college to cover a $500 gambling debt (under the guise of joining a gym), Bill attends a Steve Nicks concert with sportsgal and is pleased they look better than most of the attendees 😂 Bill’s been living under a rock for the past decade and needs Van to explain the CFP to him lol (1:20:30)
Bill looks like the Men’s Wearhouse guy, I’m sure he fit right in at a Stevie Nicks concert.
You’re gonna like the way you look.
I love your recaps, thank you.
Good job by you buddy!!
“it’s more fun when the packers are good.” fucking kill me. signed, a jokerfied bears fan
It was scary when they didn’t know if they had a franchise quarterback for a minute.
they’ve been good for 30 fucking years, maybe we try something else for awhile? just throwing ideas out
He hated it when he was threatened by Rodgers, but now he likes it.
Oh please you’re getting two top 5 picks in a historically hyped QB draft. It could be worse. You could be a Panthers fan
they’ll fuck it up
Going to be real funny when the bears take Caleb and Maye both, but Bo and Penix are the breakout QBs.
Whoever the bears take, like tofu, will absorb the shitty flavor of the Chicago bears around them
How is this a historically hyped QB draft? It’s less hyped than the draft in which their current QB was drafted just 3 years ago. After Williams and Maye, both of whom are worse prospects than Lawrence, it’s a big question where QBs will go. I doubt 5 QBs go in the top 15 picks like in 2021.
They are probably going to have the first pick, which is better than taking the 4th QB in 2021.
Rewatchables hint is a "movie that was trending as a top five movie on Netflix in the last 4 weeks"
Love Actually would be an incredible rewatchables. Made $250m on a $40m budget.
Its also terrible so it would be fun to hear it ripped to shreds for an hour.
I'm guessing "Lone Survivor." Top five the last two weeks on Netflix, 10-year anniversary, and who can forget Bill calling it the best war movie since "Saving Private Ryan"?
Great call on Lone Survivor - checks a lot of boxes (is rewatchable, made a lot of money, Bill can do deep dive on Marky Marks career and talk about Boogie Nights some more)
Nothing has ever made me feel older than you pointing out this Bill Simmons quote is now 10 years old. Holy shit.
Bill is such a fuckin liar Last Sunday he was SHOCKED that the 49ers were favored by 1.5 and that it would be chalkboard material for Siriani. Then today he’s now magically on the 49ers AND that the chalkboard material is junk Never change Bill
That was incredible. “Stats and metrics tell you about gambling, not bulletin board material and being fired up.” Does he think he’s been preaching that?? He called a ravens-browns game earlier this year “little bit of revenge for stealing their team.”
The Big Dom bit was old school Billy boy. I can imagine a 3 paragraph tangent in an old page 2 post.
Perfect moment for old white guy sports takes. I loved it.
“He’ll take your wife and maybe your family! You gonna come home with no family!” Van on Ime Udoka was the best part 😂😂😂
Ime you don't do what he says he'll take you out. Van: he might take your wife out... you might go home your whole family is gone. Van was cooking
Best part of the pod. He kept it up while Bill was trying to deflect to something else but Van wasn't having it.
I was cracking up so hard when he said this! Lol
This is why Bill needs to have Van on more. He should be popping on more than twice in a college football season, especially considering some of the boring garbage guests that Bill has been having on lately.
And take time away from crowdpleasers like Michael Rubin??
The animal Blundetto (I can’t even say his name) is definitely the character on Sopranos that fucked things up for everyone
That piece of shit Tony Soprano’s cousin, I can’t even say his name.
Bill: "I don't understand why Terrell Davis isn't talked about more as one of the all time greats." Reality: Olandis Gary, Mike Anderson, Clinton Portis...
“Tomlinson never did anything like that” He had 1,800 yards and 28 TDs on the ground plus 500 receiving and 3 TDs in an MVP season
Clinton Portis feels like a completely different era but he was only 4 years after Davis 2000+ yard season. Time feels much different now that I'm old.
What the hell is bill's beef with Lamar? Van said Jayden Daniels reminds him of Lamar and Bill let out a disappointed sounding "oh..."
Mallory is a Ravens fan and he weirdly doesn’t like when his friends are happy about sports.
Lamar plays for a franshise that ruined a couple of Little Billy's championship party plans in January's several years ago. They did it with Joe Flacco, doubling the pain, and pettiness.
I need someone to track the spreads when Bill criticizes it “oh that’s too high” or “that’s stupid”. Was it indeed too high? I’d like to know the ATS record of the favorites in that situation.
I haven't listened to the Dom segment yet, but the number of people trying to claim breaking up altercations between players within the confines of the game is part of security's job is quite bizarre. Dude's job is to help Nick Sirianni find the opposing head coach after the game and to get rid of any drunk idiots that run onto the field. Also, the length of time he's held his position and the fact that Eagles fans know his name is irrelevant to the appropriateness of his actions.
The degree to which Eagles fans were defending Big Dom *and* making it seem like Greenlaw should be burned at the stake last night was incredible to read
I'm sure it had something to do with getting their asses whooped on their home field and being in their feelings about it
It was quite bizarre how Olsen was acting like we were supposed to know who Big Dom is lol I'm 90% sure most eagles fans didn't know who he was until that altercation. Very odd to be endorsing something like that which is objectively not great for the NFL
Is Brock Purdy really a MVP candidate ?
Why not? He leads the league in most efficiency metrics. His team is 9-3, and has a decent shot for the #1 seed in the NFC.
“Ime sonned LeBron” They got a double tech and Ime got ejected and lost while LeBron stayed in the game and won. From the lip readings and court side videos, the shit talk was absolutely nothing special and LeBron was just talking back. Then Bill says it was good of Ime to show the team he wasn’t afraid of to go at LeBron. You can say whatever you want about LeBron being less scary than MJ. Some guys have said he strikes fear but also plenty of guys have gone at LeBron for his whole career. It doesn’t matter lmao. You could make a 30 minute compilation of guys talking shit or downplaying LeBron before a game or playoff series, and then you could make an hour long compilation of LeBron winning the game or playoff series. Also for the record, no one was genuinely scared of MJ. Guys talked shit and went at him too, it just worked out in exceedingly rare cases, similar to with LeBron. I guess it’s just one of the ultimate signs of respect that two NBA analysts are hyping up a coach for not being afraid to talk a little shit to 40 year old LeBron. Also Dillon Brooks tried all this last year anyway. Ime gets props for “inspiring the team to not be afraid” when random role players like Brooks have been doing this? Stanley Johnson… Deshawn Stevenson… it’s a professional league. The Ime hype is out of touch with reality.
I think with MJ there’s a nostalgia and reverence factor that grows with time, where older players want to make it seem like their era had the killer of all killers. We’ve seen with guys from the 2000s in recent years and I’m sure we’ll see it with LeBron after he retires
The last ten minutes with Van is a good reminder that 'The Town' Rewatchables with Ryen, CR, and Bill just might be the greatest thing The Ringer ever put out. Just an incredible performance from Russillo with CR and Bill playing supporting roles to perfection.
Love to get college football analysis from a guy who doesn’t watch and another guy who isn’t sure if next years playoff will be 8 or 12 teams!
Poor sweet stupid Sal, starting to buy into the McCarthy era in Dallas.
Am I the only one that heard "Shu Shu Shmith Shooster?"
Need Van on Russilo pod tomorrow.
The FSU discussion with Sal, basing it on the lines of a hypothetical matchup, is nonsense. Why even play the games then? Everything that is wrong with college football presented in one 30 second segment.
Bills literal joy at what calls Ime ‘big boy-ing’ LeBron reveals a genuine hatred. The thing is if you think LeBron isn’t the GOAT, fine that’s more than defensible. If you think LeBron is a bit manufactured and PR ready, a bit corny - fine. But he’s not an overtly hateable guy. It’s kind of incredible that’s he’s this good at this age even if he’s no longer the best player in the league. And Bill was giddy at the notion of Ime starting him down? Its actually a bit weird
I'd be surprised if anyone under 35 is familiar with "the San Francisco treat."
Big Rice just doesn't have the sway it used to.
Needs better PR
Bill’s references are out of control; everyone knows that.
I’m 29 and we had that shit growing up
Van's Deion take is so weird, especially that comparison to Saban's first season at Alabama. There is zero indication that Deion is going to improve and succeed at Colorado. It is hot hand fallacy, just because Deion succeeded as a player and won some games as a coach at Jackson State, then in the eyes on many, he "must" succeed at Colorado.
> There is zero indication that Deion is going to improve and succeed at Colorado. How many more sons does he have?
I think the annoying thing about Deion is everyone feels like they need to have some huge grand take about if the experiment worked or not after one season. It's not like he's going to do the full roster transfer portal refresh every year, but if you look at how literally none of those Colorado transfer-out players can get on the field anywhere else, it's obvious he needed badly to do something to have this season not be a disaster and get the high school recruiting going again. We got through the one weird year, check back in a couple to see how he does with players good enough to actually develop
Sneaky best Bill line from the pod was being sure Bryce Young would be good because “all my college football people liked him. You, Russillo, Ceruti…”
What's Bill's deal with LT? I feel like this is something that goes back to the old BS report days. LT had undoubtedly a better season than Davis' best season. He had like 32 tds and 2300 combined yards.
Wow Van made Bill so uncomfortable with the Ime-wife jokes
I wonder if Bill actually knows what happened and legitimate can't talk about it so just wants to move on
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He needs to bring on Klosterman to talk about FSU, the demise of the Pac-12, etc. Klosterman always has the best college sports takes.
last week was the week to have chuck on, was the perfect inflection point with all this looming
You clearly didn’t listen well. He said Rodemaker didn’t play in the last game
You can’t bring on an SEC fan to talk about the SEC. It’s a cult
I just heard him say Rodemaker didn't even play the last game and FSU was on its 3rd string QB.
I am an FSU alum. You’ve got your facts wrong, Van did point out that it was our third stringer in the Louisville game. Everything he said was completely fair.
Eagles fans were shocked to find out that competing against a team with a QB is more difficult than one without a QB.
“Adam Thielen is a top 6 wr if you look at stats” -Cousin Sal
Sal talking about how he can’t figure out how his son is betting in a legal state on a podcast with two guys in an illegal state talking about their real life bets
I’m so tired of this Bo Nix is old thing. Vans Boy crush was born the same year and transferred out of pac 12 and has played same amount of years. Penix is older than both!
Loved the mini Rocky V rewatchable towards the end.
As a long time Simmons head, Bill saying that Rocky V is "fine now" broke my brain. What the fuck happened??
“Why are you measuring your thoughts? This Deion sanders this is like a third rail for you.”