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Are you ready to catch the sports fever and indulge in a nostalgic candy journey? This episode is packed with thrilling updates and compelling insights into the latest sports action and the sweetest Halloween treats. We kick off with a promise of an electrifying weekend as we chat about the New York Yankees' remarkable clinch in the ALCS, the Detroit Tigers shaking things up for an epic showdown with the Guardians, and the suspenseful NLCS face-off waiting for the Mets. Don't miss our take on the WNBA finals, where the Minnesota Lynx pulled off a jaw-dropping comeback against the New York Liberty, and our spotlight on the NFL where the 49ers faced the Seahawks in a game filled with challenges and surprises.
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Shifting to college football, we dissect an array of matchups that have everyone buzzing, like the highly anticipated clash between Ohio State and Oregon. With Ohio State's defensive prowess and Oregon's shaky performances, there's much to debate and predict about the outcomes and rankings following these games. We also cover exciting encounters like Ole Miss taking on LSU, the legendary Red River rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma, and the implications of recent games such as Alabama’s shocking loss. Our analysis doesn't stop there—we bring you insights into games featuring teams like Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, and more, making sure you're equipped with everything you need to enjoy this action-packed college football weekend.
Finally, we take a delightful detour into the world of Halloween candy, sparking a fun and nostalgic exchange of personal favorites and cherished childhood memories. From our love for the airy Three Musketeers and classic Reese’s Cups to the vibrant taste of Skittles and satisfaction of a Twix bar, we rank and debate the best treats of the season. Adding a touch of movie theater nostalgia, we share our fondness for snacks like Bunch a Crunch and cookie dough bites, ensuring a sweet end to an episode filled with sports excitement and candy passion. Tune in for a perfect blend of analysis, predictions, and nostalgia that’s sure to keep you entertained and informed!
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What is going on, ladies and gentlemen? Turn the volume up. The power is back on. On this Friday afternoon, it's your boy, dylan Gotts, joining me, as always from Oney Maryland, mr Cruz.
Speaker 2What is going on? Mr Dylan Gotts, How's your day?
Speaker 1going so far, so good. It's flying by this week. I told you earlier this week we got to Wednesday and it was just bleh. It's been a week, but it's good. Day's flying by. I'm glad I can step out, get an early show in and get it out for the masses tonight, as I have a team outing at Topgolf with my team. It should be a fun time.
Speaker 2Sounds like a good time. Man Gotta show off them skills.
Speaker 1Gotta show off them skills 100%. And it got some massive games in college tomorrow, so I mean it just had to get it in, had to get this in.
Speaker 2Yes, I'm sorry if anybody has a wedding they need to attend to on the 12th of October, but you're going to have to let them know that you're going to cancel. I don't care if it's a blood relative, I don't care if it's a best friend. They're going to be okay with it because, holy shit, what a lineup.
Speaker 1What a lineup tomorrow. What a lineup next Saturday too, which I'm excited for. But I remember when Grimm got married and I think one of the first questions I asked was what does college football schedule look like that day? I would have been there, I would have been there and I was there. But just you know, things like tomorrow don't come very often, so you got to take advantage and you got to enjoy every second of it. So we're getting into it, as always. You can check us out for free on all podcast platforms.
Speaker 1Five-star reviews for the win. Check out the link in the episode to send us fan mail. Let us know how we're doing. Leave anything. I'll read it, don't care. And of course, you can check us out on social media at dj power hour. It's nice to get a friday afternoon showing. Not gonna lie, feels pretty, feels pretty, feels pretty good. So appreciate your flexibility, mr cruz. Um, all right, a couple things to get into here.
Speaker 1A little recap playoff baseball is underway. Still, you had the Yankees-Clich game 4 last night, I believe, against the Kansas City Royals. So they are at the ALCS awaiting the winner of the Guardians and the Detroit Tigers. Detroit Tigers were like a 2% chance to make the playoffs on like August 3rd, and then they just started going on a fantastic run and decided in game 5 to put them in the ALCS. So that should be a good game. You have the Mets who just routed the Phillies and are in the NLCS and they await their opponent, decided by a game 5 tonight Between the Padres and the Dodgers. It's actually a shame that those two teams are just in the divisional series. It really should be an NLCS matchup. But whatever, it's fine. So it should be good matchups, as playoff baseball is neck deep.
Speaker 1Wnba last night you had the Minnesota Lynx beat the New York Liberty. The Lynx were down 15 points with like 5 minutes and 20 seconds left in the game and they went on an 18-3 run to close it out and win. I mean, liberty had a 99.7% chance of winning that game and you just can't blow that lead, not in the finals. You can't blow that lead in the finals. Just bad, just bad, bad bad. Seahawks and 49ers played last night. 49ers dominated the Seahawks. Geno's terrible. He is terrible. He had a one-year wonder. No, sam Howell. No, there's no Sam Howell coming in. No, no, geno Smith is terrible. He had a one-year wonder which revitalized his career. He got paid and he people talk to him like he's a top 10 quarterback. Yeah, he has a good completion percentage, but like he's, he doesn't like the world on fire.
Speaker 2I'm sorry, and he lost to the Giants yeah, I mean, if you think about it, he threw for over 300 yards that game, but they were down most of the game so they had to throw the ball. I mean, it really didn't feel like it was a 300-yard game. The 49ers I mean the thing with the 49ers, though, man, is that they seem to find ways to almost give up games.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2I mean it's a big problem. I don't know what's gonna go on with kyle shanahan when uh, and that whole coaching staff. But they got to figure out why they keep letting these sure games slip. They didn't last night, but damn, it was close, you know, especially when mason went down, uh, who came in?
Speaker 1I, I don't know. They subbed in two guys and they just continued to run the ball successfully.
Speaker 2It's unbelievable how you can just ruining the running back market even more. If you ask me, um, then other than that, I'm pretty sure I heard, like a bunch of people live, that one of the backups to come in and score a touchdown and as he was on his way, he went ahead and baseball slid the goal line. You know sucks to suck, but you know that's a team win. That's a smart move. Drain out the clock. Had a Seattle user first time out at that point.
Speaker 2You know, and it was a smart play. But you know, San Fran, you got to do better. Man, you can't be, can't be making games like that. No, more.
Speaker 1Yeah, I mean it's too much experience of a team to keep giving up leads like that. I mean they gave up, I think 21 points to the Rams, lost that game in the fourth quarter. They gave up like 17 points to the Cardinals, I think, last week and almost lost that game too. Maybe Kyle Shanahan just has that bugaboo where it just he just can't get over it. Nah, I don't know. Falcons man, he just can't get over that home. Nah, I don't know Falcons man, he just can't get over that home. Nah, it's just Wait. He had a 10-point lead against the Chiefs in the Super Bowl too, I believe going into the fourth quarter and they came back and won. Yeah, it was brutal, but that was the script, don't worry about it. Right, right, right, right, right, that was the script, that was totally the script.
Speaker 1And then you have some college football games on tonight. You got Maryland and Northwestern playing, you've got Utah and Arizona State playing, and then you have UNLV and Utah State playing. Okay, yeah, I mean Maryland and Northwestern should be. Maryland should either blow them out or Northwestern is going to cover the 10.5. Unlv is still doing surprisingly well. With Sluka out for the rest of the year. They're still 4-1. They're going to just dominate Utah State tonight and then Utah is a toss-up. Their quarterback situation with Isaac Wilson he's not great, cam Rising who knows if he'll ever play, but I mean their defense is stifling. So I think they should take care of business at Arizona State regardless.
Speaker 1But I wanted to get into TikTok for a second because, holy shit, this was what a week you had, what a. I may have found my claim to fame, unfortunately, but Sunday, sunday afternoon, I'm watching the Broncos-Raiders game and it was probably mid-second quarter, probably about 10 minutes left. In the second quarter it was tied 10-10. For context, raiders got the ball, drove down the field, scored easily. They were up 10-0. And then it was 10-3. And then they got to like the Broncos six-yard line and it was going to be 17-3, and then Gardner Minshew was. Gardner Minshew made a bonehead play, pat Sertain the second took it back to the house 100-yard, pick six and the game just completely turned from that point on now.
Speaker 1At that time in, at that time, in the video that I made it was a 30 second video I was going in on the offense because I was sick and tired of seeing our defense score more points than the offense and it was just putrid again. It was a putrid first half performance again with the Broncos and I took a shot at Bo Nix when probably at the end of it wasn't really fair. I was just in the moment but they were not doing as a Broncos fan, being a Broncos fan at that point. You've just seen it in mediocrity for years. You get sick of it. Yeah, I was. I mean, the offense was doing dick. We scored 13 points in the first half on two field goals and a certain touchdown. He scored more points than the offense. This is what drew me insane.
Speaker 2All right, fast forward, forward 55.5 thousand views later and a whole bunch, and a whole bunch of fucking comments later.
Speaker 1Jesus christ, the broncos came back and won. They scored three touchdowns in the second half. Bo nicks finished with three total touchdowns, no turnovers. It was a really good game by him. The defense did their part the entire game. I mean it was it was a beat down at the end of it. So the video looks bad from that, from that perspective, because of the end of it. Oh my god, I don't know how tiktok influencers, mr Cruz, do this on the daily. My phone was, it was non-stop.
Speaker 2Well, I mean to be fair. They actually they probably have teams responding to comments and they don't respond to every comment, but we don't do that around here. We respond to every single comment over here on Dylan Goss' profile and at the D&J Power Hour, because we ain't afraid.
Speaker 1Not afraid, and I'm pretty sure you went ahead and you challenged people and they still didn't take that shit. I made a part two video explaining more frustration, and not just for yesterday's game. And people are idiots, they still didn't get the entire point. The Broncos just haven't had an offense since Peyton Manning at the end of the day, so it's probably 2014, because 2015 it was um, it was the defense that carried them, but, like I gave, I gave statistics over the last five years or red zone offenses putrid. Their points per game is putrid. They're always bottom tier and total yards I mean, it's again. This is where the frustration came from. It doesn't matter. We've had the quarterbacks, we've had the receivers, we've had the coordinators, we fucking have had the coaches, we've had a new general manager and new fucking owners in that time span and we still can't fucking do anything at the first. I mean, what more do you want?
Speaker 2I don't know man, I do not know, but want I don't know man, I do not know, but you know everything you were saying was valid. I mean, it's not like there's oh, you're about to give a rookie quarterback a chance, like there was no reason to give him a chance at that point. From what we've seen from bo nicks as far now, granted, he had the best game of his career, probably since the tampa bay game, yeah, but still I mean, come on, like I don't understand why so many people went in on you, because it just uh, I mean, just use your eyeballs, man.
Speaker 1Like like yeah, we got Sean Payne, okay. Well, again, play calling is still very lackluster. So many fucking screens behind the yards of scrimmage passes, three to four yard scrimmage. Like Troy Franklin dropped a wide open touchdown, that was a 50 yard bomb. I just want to see more of that to start the game.
College Football Game Day Analysis
Speaker 1Fucking test your second, the secondary man. Like it's no wonder he can only pass for three and a half yards per game because that's all you're doing. And guess what? They're going to press up and play up. It's no wonder he can only pass for three and a half yards per game because that's all you're doing. And guess what? They're going to press up and play up. Like it's not. And it's no reason he can't hit 15 to 20-yard throws across the middle. He's not on time with the receiver. The ball is completely over, fucking thrown because he's just not accustomed to it. Neither the receiver. Like it's a no fucking brainer. Like it's a no-fucking-brainer Like Jayden Daniels is lighting the war on fire. Caleb Williams is getting better week by week. I take that back from like two weeks ago. Like it's unbelievable. And they don't have a better head coach. On paper they just don't Like it's unreal. And people just, yeah, people just they don't want to face the facts and yeah, get out of here. You're not a real fan, go be a Raiders fan. Give the rookie a chance.
Speaker 1This video age Well, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Like like fuck off, like fuck all you all at the time of the video. It was all point it was. If they lost that game, oh my God, I would have been a savant, I would have been. It would have been completely different. Part two still has 14,000 views. I mean it just not bad. I just don't. I did not expect that video to gain life first of all, was not expecting it. It was just a run of the mill, 2 o'clock in the afternoon, fucking video.
Speaker 2Dude, I mean it's viral. It's viral man.
Speaker 1It just pops off when it pops off.
Speaker 2I don't get it either, but it was viral Back on the facts and people still wanted to comment and complain on your post and none of them took up the offer that you went ahead and extended.
Speaker 1So I don't know, I guess, we'll never know how that ends right there. I guess we'll never know. Feel free, come on. You come on and debate, don't care, you don't need to scream, you don't need to call names, you don't need to do any of that. You can debate. You can healthily debate with somebody and really get something behind it. But yeah, it was a fucking week, jesus. So maybe I'll do the same thing Sunday against the Chargers, because I am sure that we're going to score maybe 10, 13 points in the first half and it's going to be the same fucking shit over and over again. Yeah, we got to win that game. You got to beat the Chargers. I don't care that, it's hardball and JK Dobbins looks like fucking Ohio State. Jk Dobbins. You got to win. You got to win. You got to win. It's unbelievable. You got to win, you got to win. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 1All right, football, college football. Cruz, you said it. If you got a wedding to go to tomorrow, don't go. If you got plans tomorrow, cancel them. I don't care what you do. Say you got COVID, say something. Say something to get out of tomorrow, because tomorrow is just a bevy. It is a bevy of top matchups from start to finish. It is Tulsa. It is Tulsa edition. Once again, we're going through the rank games. Mr Cruz, what game? I know you're going to watch them, but which game are you looking forward to the most Now?
Speaker 2I mean, I don't know how you're going to feel about this, especially since you went ahead and you were commenting on where College Game Day was going to be.
Speaker 1Eugene Oregon.
Speaker 2Yeah, you didn't understand why, and I mean thinking about some of the matchups. There are some good ones, of course. We have the Red River rivalry being reborn again. For what is it? The 120th edition of it? That's beyond it. Texas is running it, oklahoma is not Oklahoma. It's not going to be as interesting as everybody's making it seem. I really want to watch Ohio State versus Oregon.
Speaker 1man, I really do. You got plans tomorrow?
Speaker 2I do not. I don't think so. Man, I really do. You got plans tomorrow? I do not. I don't think so. No, In my opinion, this could be the start of a new rivalry that could feed us for the next decade at least. The Ducks have won 34 of 35 at home, Even though Ohio State is coming in as a three-point favorite on the road.
Speaker 1Ohio State has beaten everybody this year by at least 28 points. I'm sorry, that's insane.
Speaker 2They've also only allowed less than seven points per game, they have the number one scoring defense. Ryan Day versus Dan Lanning is going to be huge.
Speaker 1Ohio State. Let me just give you some of their rankings. In the grand scheme of things, they're pretty high. It's going to be a great game.
Speaker 2Ohio State is ranked 23rd in passing yards per game. It's ranked 16th in rushing yards per game. It's ranked 4th in points for per game. They're averaging 46 yards per game. He's ranked 4th in points for per game. They're averaging 46 points per game and their first in points against was 6.8. Wow, now, oregon is ranked 19th in passing yards per game. They're a little better rushing 67th. That's not bad in the grand scheme of things. Yeah, they're ranked 32nd in points for, with 35, and 22nd in points allowed, with 17. It's going to be a game, like I said. Personally, I feel like Ohio State gets the win. Oregon does have that nasty home streak going for them, but it's going to be a hell of a game. Let's see if Ryan Day and Dan Lanik fight this time. We'll see. I got my money on it. Let's have Brutus and freaking the Doug. Let's have them. That would be great too. I'm here for it, man. I'm 100% here for it, ohio.
Speaker 1State-Oregon is going to be the college game. You didn't talk about Ole Miss at LSU Night game. No, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
Speaker 2They're both dogs, they're both fucking accurate dots from the backfield. Yeah Well, I'm sorry. The winner of Ohio State versus Oregon is probably going to be ranked number one by next week We'll see.
Speaker 1Yeah, I mean it should be right, it's the top. What is it Number two against number three? Yeah, yeah, I mean the winner be right, it's the top. What is it number two against number three? Yeah, I mean the winner of that game is definitely going to overtake number one, which belongs to Texas just by default because Alabama lost last week. Yeah, the Red River rivalry is always a good matchup, but I am with you.
Speaker 1I think Texas absolutely rolls Oklahoma. I think Jackson Arnold and their freshman quarterback rotation it's not in sync. It's not good. Their offense has absolutely struggled at times early in the year. And look, I think Oklahoma they got waxed by Tennessee at home two weeks ago. They should have lost to Auburn last week. I don't know how Auburn gave up that big of a lead late in the fourth quarter. They absolutely should have lost.
Speaker 1Quinn Ewers is back and I don't know if I'm Sarkeesian. If I bring back Ewers this week, I probably would trust Arch Manning to get the job done honestly and keep throwing dimes to Isaiah Bond, keep using the running game in blue. I just think this Texas team, I think they're just going to roll them. I don't think it really matters at that point who the quarterback is going to be, because their defense is going to give Oklahoma's offensive line struggles. I obviously understood the blueprint. You know sit out Uris for two games against meaningless opponents. Bring him back against a big game. Totally makes sense in the world, especially if he wants to make a case for the Heisman. It's not going to matter anyway. But I think Texas rolls, I think they're absolutely going to obliterate them by at least 17 points. It's going to be ugly. It is going to be ugly. I'll touch on the Ole Miss-LSU game since, you know, no one else wants to. It's a night game at Death Valley which the atmosphere alone is absolutely fucking ridiculous. It's going to be, it's going to be insane. I can't wait.
Speaker 1Um Jackson dart, and the offense has been guns blazing. So far They've played nobody though. Okay, let's just be honest, they haven't played anybody. And the one team they did play mediocrely, kentucky, who has showed out against Georgia, ironically, and then they, then they lost to Kentucky. Um, jackson Dart is a baller, but the one.
Speaker 1My biggest takeaway from that game against Kentucky is this if you stifle that offense for like two or three drives, I mean they're done. I mean like I don't know what the fuck happens mentally with lane kiffin and the offensive play calling and that offense, but if you get them out of sync, they just they can't recover. They could not recover to save their lives against kentucky. And kentucky's quarterback is bad. Their offense is bad, bro, like they fell apart. I was stunned. I was absolutely stunned watching that game and you know what worries me is it continues to worry me. Ironically.
Speaker 1Broncos defense is fantastic. Top five LSU's defense is fucking terrible, but their offense is balling. I don't know which one I'd rather have, but Nussmeier is slinging it. He's absolutely a dark horse Heisman candidate depending on how LSU finishes, but he is accurate, he, he is great. We have the quarterback, uh. Caleb Durham, the freshman running back, who has really come alive the last couple weeks, is great. You got Kyron Lacy and you got Will Mason at tight end. You got two All-Americans on the line that are going to be top 10 picks next year. It is going to be a punch them, drag them out type battle, but that defense concerns me. They lost Harold Perkins, all-american pass rusher for the year, uh, which hurts. Their secondary is very young. I think there are two starting corners, or freshmen.
Speaker 1It, uh, it could actually be. I hate to say it, but it could be ugly for LSU. It absolutely could look like the South Carolina game when they were down like 20 to nothing or some shit like that. But the problem is, when Ole Miss is up that big, I don't see Lane Kiffin just turning off the gas pedals and really kind of being conservative. So I want LSU to win. They are a three and a half point underdog. Being at LSU at night is just one of the toughest places on planet Earth to play and I think that will help. But like they go down early and the offense gets stifled like once or twice in the first half, man, it could be a rout and that's just not going to be great for them. It's not going to be great for me because Brian Kelly is going to piss me off to no end. But neither here nor there.
College Football Game Day Analysis
Speaker 1Now we get to Ohio State and Oregon. I am with you. Both of them being in the Big Ten now it could definitely kind of renew and kind of be the birthplace of a new rivalry. Because of that, with the playoff formatting to 12 teams, it's almost a lock that both of them are going to get in every single year till the end of time, uh, which makes it for a great capelli rematch. Should the cd line up there? Um the buck guys. They own the matchup all time. They've played 10 times. Ohio state wins nine out of 10 times. It it's just facts. They're 9-1 against Oregon.
Speaker 1The only loss came 2021, at the beginning of the year, when Oregon went into Columbus and beat them, which was a shocker. They beat them by a touchdown. Oregon has not impressed me offensively overall. They should have lost to Idaho. They were tied with Idaho in the fourth quarter and then they fucking came alive and got 10 points, squeaked that one out. They should have lost to Boise State and Ashton Gienti. Plain and simple, gienti ran all over them like he has with everyone else, and you know, look, boise State fell apart in the fourth quarter. That's all that came down to. But they were up 10 to 13 point. I mean they were dominating oregon at oregon. So winning 34 out of 35 super impressive that. That is a hell of a streak. They are going on, but they won.
Speaker 1I get it, they've won, but their offense has been shaky. I I mean you remember the days of, like, lamichael James and fucking you know, when Mariota was there, like and all those boys are just slinging it and running it? Deanthony Thomas, like it didn't fucking matter which way they were coming at you, they were going to come at you and go. Dylan Gabriel, he's got a very high completion percentage. You know he's a a very high completion percentage. You know he's a fifth year senior, like it.
Speaker 1Their passing game is very shaky to start off the games and I just you can't do that against Ohio State. You've got to be on and you've got to score as well. When I look at Ohio State, I mean you talk about their defense give me up 6.8 points per game so far in the season and we're we're six weeks in. I mean it's unbelievable. I mean you talked about their defense Giving up 6.8 points per game so far in the season and we're six weeks in. I mean it's fucking unbelievable. The most anybody's ever scored against them is 15 points. Was that Marshall? I think so. I was watching the game. I think it was Marshall, because Marshall got the ball and then he stormed down the field on the first drive up 7-0. Like it was nothing. I was like what the hell? And then it all went downhill.
Speaker 1But Will Howard, the transfer from Kansas State. He's just another one of those quarterback lined up the last decade of quarterbacks in Ohio State who just is balling out and really making a name for himself. X, Y and Z. But their running back room is ridiculous. With Travion Henderson it juckens as a one-two combination. They're insane. And then you got the receivers Emike Ibuka and the freshman phenom Jeremiah Smith. Holy shit, oregon needs to be on their absolute P's and Q's and their A plus plus game.
Speaker 1I'm not surprised Ohio State is a three-point favorite going into Oregon, because I do think Ohio State can absolutely roll Oregon and not look back. I just think you're too far into the season now. If you're Oregon, where you're, you're rushing, offense is still not clicking. You're gonna go up against a stifling Ohio State defense. It's more pressure on Dylan Gabriel.
Speaker 1I, I just I hope it's a great. I hope you're right. I hope it is back and forth. It is a goddamn shootout and I hope it goes to overtime. I really do. But I think the Buckeyes roll and I hate them. But I, I think Ryan Day, he'll get a signature win. They're gonna move up to number one in the rankings and then the talks will, fight, will again start. Oh, can he finally get it done? No, he. Can he finally get over the hump? Can? Can he get a national title? Nope, probably not. He'll probably get obliterated by Texas in the playoffs. But it's a great weekend of games. The next weekend is going to be just as great. I think you have Texas and Georgia, or Texas and Alabama it's one of the two. I think it's Texas and Georgia, and then Tennessee and Bama. I mean, we're in paradise right now. We're in fucking paradise. That's one of the two. I think it's Texas and Georgia, and then Tennessee and Bama. I mean, we're in paradise right now.
Speaker 2We're in fucking paradise. I don't know man.
Speaker 1Ohio State is slowly becoming the best team in college football. It's just I don't know. It's going to be interesting If Oregon wins tomorrow. Rightfully they should be number one and then I will have fresh perspective about Oregon. It just when you're going up again Now. Bama lost last week to Vanderbilt, so who the fuck knows? I mean, anything is absolutely possible when it's all said and done, and Miami should have lost to Cal last week. But whatever, that was a great game.
Speaker 1In the fourth quarter I got two honorable mentions. I got Arizona at BYU. Byu is ranked 14th in the country. Their offense is slinging it. Their defense was stifling Baylor two weeks ago and then the second half. They just forgot how to play defense. But they still won. Arizona's quarterback and wide receiver connection is just super fucking deadly. I think that could be a good game, but it's at BYU. It's going to be a night game. That crowd is just going to be a menace and BYU will probably beat them by I don't know two touchdowns minimum.
Speaker 1And then you have Penn State at USC. If USC hadn't lost last week and lost to Michigan, this absolutely would have been a good game. Penn State's defense is just as stifling as Ohio State's, especially in the second half. I think they have the best second half defense in the country Penn State does, and their offense I mean their offense is putting it up. But you know close game against Bowling Green up. But close game against Bowling Green Doesn't look good early. But I'm interested to see what Lincoln Riley and company does at home at the Coliseum against this Penn State team. Penn State, I think, is ranked fifth in the country. It could be a really good win for them.
Speaker 1James Franklin just needs to continue to coach how he's been coaching. Drew Allen's been on fire. Their running game tandem has been good, so I'm excited for that game as well. It'll be good, which will then segue right into just NFL Sunday. It's a battle of the beltway. There's been some trash talking going on in the group chat this week, as you're not only going against Grimm in fantasy, but your Washington Commanders are playing the Baltimore Ravens at Baltimore. The 4-1 Commanders, the 4-1 Commanders, the 4-1 Commanders going against the 3-2 Baltimore Ravens. Mr Cruz, what are you feeling about this game? Can Jada Daniels get it done against Lamar? What?
Critical Match-Up Analysis
Speaker 2I'll put it this way If Jada Daniels gets it done against the current NFL MVP, then he's got rookie of the year locked down. Now. Don't get me wrong Ravens are the first true test that the commanders have. I said it last week this is going to be the make it or break it game for the Washington Commanders and it's kind of crazy how similar these teams are if you think about it, if you look at it, the Ravens are 9th in passing yards per game, 1st in rushing yards per game, 2nd in points per game and 26 in points against per game. They started 0-2. They're on three straight. They're hot. Right now they're scoring points. They let 38 against the Bengals happen, but they won that 1-0-T, 1-38. It was a hell of a game. Lamar probably had a play of the year in that when he ended up dropping the ball, throwing it touchdown. Yep Commanders, they're 14th in passing, 2nd in rushing, they are 1st in points for and they're 19th In points against, and we've won 4 straight.
Speaker 1I'm sorry. They're 1st In offensive, scoring in points per game in the NFL. Yes, what a fucking time, jesus. What a time, oh my God.
Speaker 2It's, it's. It's insane man. And but the thing is, over the last two games, commanders have only allowed 27 points per game, 13 and 14. Now, granted, play the Browns, don't have an offense. Get that. Played the Cardinals, who are hit or miss. Let's be honest, Cardinals are hit or miss. They were definitely. They started off hot. Marvin Harrison Jr got a touchdown, opening drive. Looked like it was going to be a long day. Defense went ahead, made their correct adjustments and they went ahead and they ended up rolling them in Arizona. I have a total of $50 riding on this game between Rich and two of my coworkers and I look to fucking collect on Monday.
Speaker 1Damn.
Speaker 2I am sorry. The commanders are going in. They're going to light up that defense, the defensive backs that aren't playing well at all. The commanders are going to win. It's going to go down to the wire. It's going to be a 31-28 final. The commanders win?
Speaker 1Wow, yeah, all right, daniel is two passing touchdowns. Any turnovers? Oh yeah, for sure.
Speaker 2Jake Davis came back down to earth.
Speaker 1Well, we talked about it last week. Like what happens if he has a two-turnover game and just falls to earth.
Speaker 2Right Now the thing is and don't get me wrong Derrick Henry's going to run all over us. Our run defense is kind of putrid right now. You know, our defensive tackle combo of Allen and Payne seem to kind of be waking up a little bit. They got a couple of sacks under their belt. Now they're feeling good. But Derrick Henry, lamar Jackson and who's it? Justice Hill. Yep, that's a three-headed beast man, I'm not going to lie. But we also have one of our own. We got Daniels, we got Eckler, we got Robinson and we got McNichols who's proven to be a great tournament veteran Whoever the fuck that is.
Speaker 2Well, you know his name now, because he's been fucking fantastic.
Speaker 1That's true. That's true. So you know, it's crazy how similar these teams are.
Speaker 2It's going to be fun to watch. I know I'm going to be live texting both the group chat might even have to get some people on FaceTime. I'm going to be talking shit and you know what. If we end up losing, I'm out 50 bucks, I guess. I mean, that's the only thing I can think of. I just I. I just, I don't know man, I don't know. This Commander's team seems different. The Ravens still seem a little shaky, still seem like they're getting their footing right. Seems like everything's going right for the Commanders and Dan Quinn and Daniels. We trust man and Daniels, we trust.
Speaker 1Yeah, I think the biggest thing, I think the biggest component for the game is going to be the offensive line for both teams. If your offensive line can contain the Ravens' pass rush and can protect Daniels and they don't get a blindside blitz or Roquan Smith doesn't fucking wreck havoc and vice versa, if the commanders can get a pass rush against this offensive line and the Ravens, the offensive line for the Ravens has not been what we're used to seeing in the past. Now they're doing their own in the rushing game. As you said. You know Derrick, henry, lamar, company the rushing. If there's a bet for just total rushing yards for the whole game that you could bet on, I would take the over. I don't care what the fuck it is, because it could be bananas, it could be like a 300 rushing our game collectively. In that game, if the Commanders win, jaden Daniels is going to be Rookie of the Year, no question. If the Commanders win, I think the Commanders lock up a 2C in the NFC, plain and simple. I think, looking at their schedule, there is really not a lot of daunting outside of the division, but I think there is a great opportunity for them to sweep the Giants. I think they could sweep the Eagles, because the Eagles are just not sure about. And then you're probably split with the Cowboys, you'll probably lose at Dallas during Thanksgiving, and then you're like winning home, and that will be that Like when you look at the NFC collectively, like the 49ers yeah, okay, they got a win yesterday, but you know long-term who the fuck knows?
Speaker 1And they still don't have McCaffrey. Who the hell knows what that looks like. Jordan Mason has an AC joint issue, but they're on 10 days rest, so he'll probably be back next week. The NFC is not competitive, it's just not competitive. The Vikings I understand the Vikings are 5-0, but like when push comes to shove, like when push really comes to shove, are they sorry, haley? Are they really gonna show up though? Like that's the question. And if you and if you I sure, well, I know that I I mean it's unbelievable. But if you ask Anyone in the media or the experts, you take a Jay Daniels or Sam Darnold With your life right now, they're going to say Jay Daniels, I'm sorry, they're going to say Jay Daniels. So like there's a lot going on On the NFC man. It's a lot going on at the NFC man. It's a weird year man. It's weird.
Speaker 2It's like a new era is getting ready to start. I don't know what's going to happen, especially because you know San Francisco is going to be a cap hell after this year. Yeah, you know they're going to lose a lot of players eventually or have to trade, or, you know, unless the cap goes up. Eagles aren't the same. They're not. They just don't have that leadership. They're not that much of a threat. Jalen Hurts is off when he doesn't have his weapons with him. It's freaking, it's weird man. Vikings 1-2 in the NFC. So that's crazy. Ravens leading the AFC. What North Yep? What 3-2?
Speaker 13-2. Yeah, because the Steelers are bad and their offense is terrible. Yeah, we're now seeing them. Yeah, it's interesting. I mean your defense has showed up the last two weeks, daniels. We talked about it last week as well, his ability to just say fuck it on third and fourth downs. But it's also great play calling by Kingsbury and company to really set him up for good positioning. The running game has been outstanding. I mean it really could be a back-and-forth type game. Seifert is still just. I don't think he's missed since you all picked him up. He's a Justin Tucker right now. Between those two, of just being accurate, I just think. I hope it's a good game because it's going to go one or two ways. Either the commanders are going to cover and it's going to be like a 31-28 game, or the Ravens say that's cute, welcome to the league, and they blow out the commanders by like 20 fucking points, like.
Speaker 2I know it's going to be a good game, but I know that's a very, very good possibility. But last time we played them, in 2012, we ended up beating them and don't forget. I'll ever forget that game because that's when Haloni not a fucked up RG3 is knee and just put our franchise in disarray for the next 12 years. But we're back again and you know it's going to be a great game. Should have been flexed to primetime.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2But you know CBS wanted that ad revenue. I get it, but it's definitely game of the week.
Speaker 1It's going to be a good one, yeah, and hopefully Patrick Queen sorry, hopefully Roquan Smith doesn't fuck up Jane Daniels' knee and repeat history from 12 years ago. Why would you put that out there? I'm just saying, why would you even Not that it's going to happen? Because Jane Daniels, he well, he doesn't still really know how to slide. He's getting better at going out of bounds. But it will be a good game. It will be a good game and I can't believe I have so much high hopes right now for the Commanders, especially if they win that game. But yeah, the competition for the NFC is weak. They just have a really good opportunity to really separate themselves and they're going to be uh, they're going to be like a top three ranking team should they win in baltimore. They just are. I mean, at that point, like what else can you fucking say?
Speaker 2so it's a weird year, man. I'm still kind of adjusting to it myself, like the last time you can say commanders first and points scored per game.
Speaker 1I I probably before we were born, if I take a guess.
Speaker 2I mean especially by week five yeah, that's six.
Speaker 1Yeah, exactly like. That is absolutely, that's absolutely fucking. That is absolutely fucking insane. I mean, yeah, maybe the defense just has to continue to do their job and the offense just needs to continue to do what's been working for them. And the Ravens are going to do the same thing. At the end of the day, they're going to run it with their three-headed monster. Jose Flowers will have a couple catches, mark Andrews will be non-existent, like always, and you know, we'll just see what the outcome is. So I'm curious to see what the trash talking is like. That's a 1 o'clock game, right? 1 o'clock, yeah, yeah, that should at least have been a 4 o'clock game, like goddamn man. I know Fucking. That should have at least been a 4 o'clock game. God damn man, cbs was being fucking greedy.
Speaker 1Last couple things before we get out of here on this Friday afternoon, halloween's coming up. I don't know where your costumes are going to be, but Halloween is three weeks away. I know your girl loves Halloween she does. She was decorating for Halloween as soon as August hit. Jesus fucking Christ, I know, jesus Christ. It looks spooky, it does look good. It does look good, it does look spooky. Does she have a costume picked out?
Speaker 2No, not yet. No, we still got to get on that.
Speaker 1Well, yeah, 20 days away, man, I'm going to have to figure it out. I'm going. Well, yeah, 20 days away, man, 20. You got to figure it out. You also got to figure out which top five candies are, because I mean you can't have Halloween without some candy going on here. So we're going to do a little candy draft ranking. We're going to go five to one, a little untraditional, a little countdown here. I'll go first to number five. Okay, it's going to be the only fruit-esque type candy on here, but Skittles, man, skittles, skittles are just so damn good. Sour Skittles number one seed for me specifically. And then the OG Skittles. I didn't like the tropical fucking fruit versions they try to roll out. No, no, no, no, it's sour, and then it's original. Skittles are where it's at. I mean, they're just so, so good. You know, I know it's a lot of chocolate out there, some coconut, some caramel, but Skittles, they, they good.
Speaker 2I don't hate it, man, I don't hate it. So you know I'm going to stay on topic, especially with number five, especially if we're going to talk about fruity type, and I'm going to have to go with the original Starburst.
Speaker 1Love it, yeah, love it, go ahead. Red and orange were my favorite flavors.
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Speaker 2I'm not going to lie, you can get at least, especially when you get a little two-pack. You never know what you're going to get. That was also fun of it. But Starburst, definitely my number five. And then I'm going to go ahead. I'll lead into number four. Yep, Number four. It's going to be maybe a little bit off-paste. I don't know how you're going to feel about this, but I love me a good old payday. Whoa, caramel and peanuts, that's all you need. I'm telling you payday. It might be an old man's candy, I don't care. Wow, Payday is definitely in my top five and I feel comfortable leaving them at Payday. I don't know Jim, I don't know jim, I don't know it's payday.
Speaker 1I was, I was, I expected payday to be anywhere on the fucking board. Um, that's fair number four for me. Uh, I'm gonna go. Three musketeers, uh, just a light chocolate, light fluffiness to it. There was always, yeah, three Musketeers. I think they're low-key, underrated in my opinion. I can always get excited when I see them around. They're just and they're light, it's fluffy, it's good, it's all around delicious man. I don't know what else to say. But it's good, it just, it's all around delicious man. I don't know what to say, but it's there we go.
Speaker 2Okay, a little technical difficulties um three musketeers used to be my favorite candy, but you know, then I grew up, I got a little bit of taste buds.
Speaker 1Okay, okay, okay, yeah, you got taste buds of a senior citizen over there with a payday, like what? Yeah, that's what I mean exactly. All right, number three. This could be higher and I can argue that it should be higher, but for whatever reason, this time of year, this specific time of year, it's going to be lower. For me, reese's Cup is going to be number three. Now, normally I would put it probably number one, honestly, but when I talk Halloween candy specifically, here's where the Reese's gets me. Reese's Cups gets me at Christmas time, when they do the little Christmas bell, yes, the Christmas bell or the Christmas tree, that's where it really gets me. But Halloween it just falls a little bit, I don't know. Something hits different in late November, december for Reese's, but you know Reese's still top. I mean, it's probably top three candy of all time, let's be honest.
Speaker 1But Reese's, reese's Cup at three, solid, solid three not mad about it okay you know, um, I'm not mad about it either, because that's what I have for my three. There we go see, let's fucking go I'm telling you like it's.
Speaker 2There's just something nostalgic about it. I do like it in christmas time as well, but also like little pumpkins that come out, that they do yeah.
Speaker 1It's clutch, it is clutch. Okay, so number two Yep.
Speaker 2Number two I'm going to have to go Skittles. I love Skittles. Whoa. Okay, I'm not going to lie. They were definitely my go-to, especially for Halloween. The sour Skittles are good, but I like the good old original as well. There's just something classic about it. Purple, red and green were my favorite flavors.
Speaker 1Fantastic, can't go wrong with it. I like Skittles. At number two I got no issues with that. Number two for me I'm going to go Twix you talked about it earlier. Caramel. But yeah, twix, chocolate layer caramel on top, got that crunch to it. It is decadent, it is smooth, it is delicious. I love caramel. Really. Anything caramel is is definitely my, my weak spot. But yeah, I, I always got excited seeing, seeing the twigs and if you got super lucky at the house they gave you like the king size twigs. Oh my god, fucking fucking heaven, right there. Absolutely everyone always knows it, it's, it's, it's marked and then it's talked about.
Speaker 1Number one we might agree here, don't know, I don't think we're going to agree. Number one for me for Halloween candy. It's a good old, give me a break. Give me a break. Wow, break me off a piece of that. Me a break. Wow, break me off a piece of that.
Speaker 1Kit Kat, bar, kit Kat. I can't be mad at it, but we definitely don't agree. Kit Kat. Number one for me for Halloween candy Always get excited. Anytime of year is a good time for a Kit Kat. I just had like a white chocolate one. Oh my God, so, so, fucking good. And then they do like the orange cream circle color ones for this time of year I mean it's just Kit Kats. Kit Kats are just, they're definitely. There's definitely more nostalgia for me, for Kit Kats and Skittles would probably be the two, two underling candies that really stuck out. Honorable mentions on here Butterfinger good. Milky Ways good, the original Milky Way, I do like the Midnight Milky Way with the dark chocolate, the caramel, really good. And then, yeah, I got Kit Kat, number one, all right let's see how you feel about this.
Speaker 2Got Kit Kat number one. All right, let's see how you feel about this. My number one. People always give me a lot of shit because it's really fucking basic.
Speaker 1I think, but I love me a good old-fashioned Nestle Crunch bar man.
Speaker 2Every time I go to the movie theaters get popcorn in a box, a bunch of crunch and even if it like halloween, always look and I would always go bunch of bars first. There's just something about it, something about that puff rice. Whatever it is, yeah, it's just it's. It's definitely one of my one, the number one in my I.
Speaker 1You know what Crunch is hit or miss the bunch of crunch at the movie I will have. I don't know, I don't know why, but with the regular crunch bar I can't. I can't say it's appealing to me. I don't know what it is like. Yeah, like they, like they're like, they're good. I am. I'm a little surprised that it is number one for you. I don't hate it, I don't. I don't hate it. What I know, I don't hate it whatsoever. Um, I like, I, I agree with you the combination of the chocolate and just like the little rice, fucking like crunch-esque finish to it. I mean it's, it's good. When I go to the movies I always get the cookie dough bites. They're just, they're fucking heaven out of here, crunch being number one. I mean Kit Kat's got that same crunch texture to it.
Speaker 2You ever get that one motherfucker that just didn't break a Kit Kat in half and just ate it right with two bite, like one bite right in the middle.
Speaker 1Yeah, three more. Just a fucking psychopath. I'm like what are you doing? Break that shit in half for a reason? All right, you got crunch number one. Yeah, wasn't expected, but you know what? It's fine, totally fine. Like skills. Number two I like the starburst On the payday. The payday still throws me, but it's fine. Whatever, you know, everyone's list Subjective, not the personal here. We're not going to judge. That sounds like your judgment.
Speaker 2No no, no, no judgment here, bro, no judgment.
Speaker 1All right, I got to got for tonight because I have been on fire since, like last Thursday, I I've been on fire one play a day. We'd be hitting it. Um, I got boned by Jacksonville state. I got boned by fucking, uh, new Mexico, all by like a possession. So bitter, um, but it's fine we're back at tonight Could hold my nose.
Speaker 1I'm going to go Utah minus 2.5 at Arizona State. I think they at least went by a field goal. I don't like anything more than a field goal because their offense is very dicey. Their defense really consistently has played well throughout the entire year. Especially in the fourth quarter they kind of clamped down and then. So I got Utah on my suit and a half. Tonight they get to lock and then tomorrow I have no idea what I'm going to do for tomorrow, but looking at tomorrow, I think I'm going to go Penn State minus two and a half at USC as well.
Speaker 1I think their defense is going to get a little leaky in the second half, first time it will happen all year. But I think Penn State is just a better team overall. Miller Moss, the quarterback for USC, he started super well the first couple weeks and he kind of tapered off there, but I think two and a half Penn State. I think that's going to be an absolute lock. I think I'll fan duel whether they're at minus 3.5 or maybe minus 4.5. But drop it down to minus 2.5, you'll still get it at about minus 128. So pretty good, or best moment, return there. And then I got Utah minus 2.5 tonight. Do we have a cooking with Cruz parlay and a half tonight, do we?
Speaker 2have a cooking with Cruz parlay. You know I really didn't look at it, but I do like this one. Right now I'm going to go ahead and say any time touchdown scorer for Derrick Henry against the Commanders. I'm also going to say Denver Broncos plus three. I do like that. And you know, the biggest shocker in this is for Sunday night football. I have Giants winning straight up money line against the Bengals. Bengals have been finding ways to not win the game. I just don't get it. I don't understand it. They are definitely. Joe Burrow said it himself. They are not a championship team right now. And you know the Giants, they ball out against people. They shouldn't. You know, it's just, it's the way of the world right now. It's a weird, weird, weird, weird football season. But if you're going to go ahead and take my advice, even though I have missed on the past two weeks, it's okay.
Speaker 2It's okay, there's always this week price five bucks for when you're 54. So you know there is cooking with Cruz. Again, that is Derek Henry. Anytime touchdown. Denver Broncos plus three and New York Giants money line.
Speaker 1that is, man. I mean your logic for the Giants is pretty on par actually.
Speaker 2I mean they beat Seattle last week in Seattle, yeah, they're playing at home against the Bengals, and the Bengals just haven't been playing good at all this year. I mean, don't get me wrong. Joe Burrow has been playing lights out, but his defense is atrocious and they find ways to win games.
Speaker 1Yeah, I mean, yeah, if they don't go nuclear on the Giants. Yeah, I mean, the Giants probably do win that game, man Right, all right, well, we'll check in next week See how Cuckoo Cruz goes. Maybe he'll get on the win streak here. And then tonight, utah minus two and a half, penn State minus two and a half on Saturday Book it, wrap it, count your money, count all your boys, and you can always count on us to be free on all podcast platforms, as always. Check us out, take a listen, get your entertainment, enjoy social media at DJPowerHour. Click the link at the top of the episode for the fan mail. Really, send us your feedback, reviews, questions, thoughts, comments and more Happy to read them all. We're not scared. I'll debate anybody, take on challenges and all newcomers For Dylan Gotts and Mr Cruz. We are done for the day. Everyone, have a wonderful, fantastic weekend. We will talk to you all next week. Turn the volume down. The power is off. Bada bing, bada boom.
