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From NBA Load Management To Panthers’ Backfield Shake-Up | Who Ya Got S4 EP4

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Two sports junkies, one packed slate. We open with the NBA’s uneasy truth: fans want intensity while teams manage minutes. Should the league cut to 65 games—or even flirt with a college-length season—to boost health and meaning? We unpack why money, records, and broadcast windows make change unlikely, then use that lens to read the early standings: the Bulls as a genuine early riser and the Pacers looking exactly like a team carrying playoff hangover and injury strain. It’s not overreaction; it’s pattern-spotting.

Then we dive deep into the Panthers comeback after a shaky start. Bryce Young flashes late-game poise but needs cleaner starts to stop digging holes. The backfield debate ends here: Rico Dowdle’s burst, contact balance, and chunk gains demand RB1 usage, while Chuba’s reps should be situational. Jimmy Horn Jr. is a spark on jet sweeps and money downs, but we want more vertical shots to punish soft shells and create explosive plays. On defense, Jaycee Horn is playing elite ball, and we make the case for letting him travel with WR1s when the matchup tilts. Coaching matters: Dave Canales gets measured criticism on personnel timing and sideline tone. This roster needs urgency, not comfort—habits that build a new identity, not “same old Panthers.”

We zoom out to the Falcons’ split personality—primetime killers who nap at 1 p.m.—and then trade jabs over the College Football Playoff picture. Ohio State and Alabama look like staples, Texas A&M deserves more respect, Indiana’s QB is surging, and Vanderbilt becomes a lightning rod for belief versus résumé. We land on a simple throughline across leagues: consistency, coaching courage, and putting your best playmakers in positions to win. And yes, we cap it with Dodgers Game 7 energy and a playful test of fandom receipts.

If you’re here for sharp takes, real tape talk, and a little chaos, you’re in the right place. Follow, share with a friend, and drop your bold prediction in the comments—who’s real, who’s a mirage, and who flips their season next week?

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Cold Open And Show Intro

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You can look look on our Instagram. I was pointing, I said, we're coming back. We're gonna win. And they did. Like, dude, this is it. Dodgers. I'm in. So I earned my stripes last year in the postseason. So now I am a Dodgers made man. And then last year, I spent about three or four grand on tickets at a Dodgers game. So that also gives me the right. So yes, I'm in.

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Yes, we were sitting right there at the field in VIP. This is former Chicago bear Desmond Clark. And y'all hit me on many podcasts. But when y'all hit me on Pick'em Pros, y'all know it's all about family. This ain't just business.

SPEAKER_03

All right, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome back. You know who it is? I am Derek Thompson. I'm Diego Thompson. And who are we with Pick'em Pros? We're the Pick'em Pros coming back at you in the house with a special episode of Who You Got. How you doing? Doing good. Okay. Chilling. All right, chilling, chilling.

NBA Now: Load Management And Season Length

SPEAKER_03

In the in NBA season. Uh in NFL is at the midway point.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Um, you know, NBA is about, you know, second week or so. We've got, you know, Amazon, um, Peacock coverage, uh, ESPN, uh all over the place. Just awesome, man. Great. Yay.

SPEAKER_02

Is it? Yeah, is it? Yeah. For for now it is until until everybody starts load managing. But uh well, looks like they've already started it.

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Or there's just injuries.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I was gonna give them two weeks, but it seemed like it was more like the two days. Yeah. Everybody started load managing.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, exactly. And then Jordan just talked about how weren't like load management and right in the middle of load management. Yeah, it's crazy. Yeah, yeah. Well, that's that's the new new uh NBA, but uh really need to I mean they just need to go down to like 65 games. Yeah, I I would even say like 40, 45, like 42. Oh my gosh. Well, that would be amazing if it were a 42 game season or 41 game season or whatever, cut it in half, but we know that's never gonna happen.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, yeah. I'm like, I just I just think it'll be better if it was like more than college, but not like because college like 30, 33. Right. But like if it was like I wish it was like a little more than that, but not like not like too much. It was too much. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Five, yeah. Yeah, that'll at least with the NBA, that won't happen. Yeah. Just due to record books, due to money, uh, revenue, they that would never happen. It would have to be uh an entirely new league that just started off uh with you know billions of dollars and just started with you know the 40-something game schedule. Yeah. It would have to start like that, and they would have to start making more than what they already do in the NBA. That's the only way that could possibly happen.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I can see with the record books too. Like, you know, because then the records would be uh start being unchasable and it would be right, yeah, exactly,

Early NBA Surprises: Bulls Up, Pacers Down

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exactly.

SPEAKER_03

Well, man, so let's let's get into um you know some of the storylines here with the NBA. So it is um, you know, you made your predictions. You made your predictions before the season of your top 10 teams, uh, where they would finish to finish the season, you made your prediction for the East and the West. So, man, what's your biggest um surprise so far? And and what are you not surprised about with your list, or what was your right or wrong so far to this point? How would you break that down?

SPEAKER_02

I think the biggest surprise has to be the Chicago Bulls. I mean, they're they're five and oh. Ooh, yes. They beat had some quality wins against the Pistons, the Magic, and the Knicks. Um, so yeah, they're they're one of the only undefeated teams left. I think they're only them in the Thunder. Yeah, that's it. That's crazy.

SPEAKER_03

Of course, yeah, yeah. Well, what do you my my Chicago Bulls? You doubted my Chicago Bulls.

SPEAKER_02

Uh so you're Chicago Bulls now.

SPEAKER_03

Yes, I am from Chicago.

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All right, you just saw you magically became a Dodgers fan like last year.

SPEAKER_03

I am I am a strong Dodgers fan as long as they win game seven tonight. Yes. Really? I see. All right. Yes, yes. You know how I roll.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, but uh, I'd have to say the biggest I'm not surprised about is the Pacers. I mean, they're yeah, they are 0-5. I mean, I I didn't think they'd be 0-5, but yeah, but I did I did not think that they would be be back like they were last year. I knew that it would be a slip losing like that in game seven to the finals.

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Yeah.

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Um just just that on emotionally in all of them.

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Yeah.

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Then uh losing Halliburton too.

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Yeah.

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One of their best players.

SPEAKER_03

So uh yeah. You you did call that. You called, you absolutely called the fact that the Pacers would think you said they would finish was um tenth. 10th, yeah. You did say 10th. Good gracious. Yeah, you said they finished 10th. I thought you were crazy. Uh, and then as good as they looked against the Thunder game one, I said, oh man, yeah, Diego's gone. He's gonna have to, you know, eat this. But you said you were the most confident in in that one.

SPEAKER_02

And so far that game, you know, it's it's regular season, right? And you know, the Thunder had that was a back-to-back for the Thunder. That was right after the overtime game against the Rockets. And and the and the and the uh the Pacers are probably fired up for that game in particular because for sure, because how they lost. So for sure. That that game, I'm not that shocked about being close, but the season outcome I think is gonna be about what I said.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, yeah, I agree. Yeah, I think they even lost to the Hawks. So yeah, geez. Doing bad.

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All right.

SPEAKER_03

All right, man.

Panthers Midseason Check-In

SPEAKER_03

Well, let's let's uh switch gears to your Carolina Panthers. All right. Let's dive into them. The four and four Carolina Panthers. Uh, they were four and three. All right.

SPEAKER_02

Still still technically a winning record. Okay. 500.

SPEAKER_03

Uh I don't know if 500, I don't know if it's a winning record.

SPEAKER_02

Technically, it's not. Well, it's not a losing record, all right.

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Okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, just nice zero, zero. It's basically the start of a new news. It's basically the start of a new season.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, okay. We got to get the terminology right. It's like Garrett used to go eight and eight with the Cowboys back in the day, called them eight and eight Garrett. Um Tomlin. I will gladly take eight and eight. That's nice. I would think that. The way they word it, phrase it for Tomlin is never had a losing season, is how they, you know, they phrase it there. So never had a losing season, you know, uh, it's kind of how they do it. But um, you know, it's interesting because there was a lot of hype from Panther, you know, people that love the Panther fans.

SPEAKER_02

There's hype for some national people. There are some people that had the Panthers winning a 8-10 game. Okay.

SPEAKER_03

All right.

SPEAKER_02

So there's like a few, and not not like super popular, but it was some.

SPEAKER_03

There were some, some people. But then um when they started off 0-2, then of course everyone's like, oh, they're they're awful, they're terrible. Uh, same old Panthers, they suck. Now, you did say week three, they were gonna turn it around, and they they did win week three, so you're right about that. But um, just how would you rate the season so far?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I mean, we haven't been 500 in a while or over 500 in a while, so I this is definitely a success. I mean, yeah, it'd be four and four midway through the year. Uh, I'd say that that is a definitely, definitely a success. So at the end of the day, I'm happy with that.

SPEAKER_03

Okay. Yeah, you're happy with that? What what about what about Bryce, man? Because it's been back and forth, up and down. Red Rifle had to step in. So I guess he's hurt currently.

SPEAKER_02

He he came, he's back this week. So yeah, because it red rifle played so bad.

SPEAKER_03

He just I I was shocked by that.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, but um, I don't know. I guess he just doesn't have anything left in him, I guess, now it looks like it. But um, but yeah, but with Bryce, it's just he needs to play consistent. You know, he just needs to play how he does in the second half, fourth quarter when he's coming back or you know, when he's trying to finish finish off these games throughout the whole game. Right. Like he'll start off so bad and he'll have like a bunch of these, all these turnovers, yeah, and then he'll play start playing well later in the game. Or sometimes just play bad the whole

Bryce Young’s Consistency Problem

SPEAKER_02

game. Sometimes he might play good for one of the whole game. It's just too, it's too inconsistent. I just need him to be, you know, the best version of Bryce more often. And I think that's when we take off.

SPEAKER_03

Okay. Well, I hope we certainly see that, man. Yeah, I hope we see that. I want you to see uh some winning, winning Panthers seasons here because it's been a it's been a while, I think, since your first year watching the Panthers is the last time you had that. That was about eight years ago. Yeah, pretty much, yeah. So let's talk about Rico, Rico Doddle, man. So, I mean, uh played big time. Uh, man, so happy for my fantasy, but played big time when Chuba was hurt. Yeah um, then typical Panthers style, Chuba came back and uh carries diminished. I think Chuba's getting the majority of the carries. Yeah. Um, man, what's your take on the whole situation with uh with Rico and Chuba?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I mean, I get the um the first game coming back, kind of splitting carries because Chuba was our top guy at first, but um, you know, the second game, it was just it was just clear that you know, going into Buffalo, you know, when because when every time and every time you see with him split carries, Chuba would run the ball and you'd get like maybe a yard or two. Yeah, and Rico would just explode to his like five or six. Yes. Or sometimes he'd even break one in like 20, 25. Like he he like Chuba just doesn't look like he he's an explosive runner right now, but Rico looks like he can break one, you know, to the house or get get a big first downs. And it it's just clearly Rico. Like if you see him without Chuba, he's a mate, he's 200-yard runner type type of guy. And you in which in with Chuba, he's still he's still better. So I think now, and now they officially made the change. Right. So Rico's gonna be starting guy, so he's gonna be getting more of the carries, but I think that's they waited a week too late. I think if they did this stuff earlier in Buffalo, maybe the outcome would have been different. I mean, I know it was 40 to 9, but um, but there are a lot of plays in the first half that could have changed the momentum. Yeah, that's a good thing. Or at least, or at least made it closer. Right. Like it shouldn't have been that big. It definitely would have been a closer game. Yeah, to where we were able to use the running game later in the game to where but but we ran Chuba so much it just messed us up later. But yeah, so I'm I'm

Rico vs Chuba: RB1 Debate Settled

SPEAKER_02

just glad we're gonna be using Rico more because he I'm happy. I wish we I hope, hope, hope we re-sign him. So I think the future, the future could be really bright.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, yeah, they definitely need to re-sign him. So yeah, I hope they can can pull that off. All right. What about uh Jimmy Horn Jr.?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, um I'm glad he's playing. I mean, the minute we put him in, we went three and oh with him. That was with him, and we inserted Rico into the mix. But um yeah, he's I like what he's what we've been doing. He he made a big fourth down catch to secure the Dolphins game. Um he's had a few other catches and he's been running the ball also. They've been getting him in jet sweeps, handoffs, getting him in open space, which is good because with a player of that speed, and uh when you get him in open space, yeah, it's over. He could be he could go to the house, he'd get big first downs. But I do want to see him more more often like the deep passing game. Like, because I see there are some times where like or Bryce or Andy would hold on to the ball too long, yeah. And you know, that and they they just have to anticipate because I see him run and I see him like like just totally like burst, burst past the line to get to get past, but he just but the QBs just don't see him. Yeah, and like I I think we could get more, like more like 30, 40 yard chunk plays instead of like clutch fourth downs or like yeah, five-yard passes. Like I I could see like big time deep deep ball plays. That's what I want to see.

SPEAKER_03

I agree. I mean, and if you're gonna I mean, my gosh, if you're gonna hold on to the ball that long, can we throw some deep passes? Exactly.

SPEAKER_02

Like we're gonna hold on to the ball and then take us. Like that's the thing that messes up. Like we were down, we were down we're it was like a three, it was like a three possession game, two possession game at the at the half. And Andy held on to the ball, took the sack, and just ran the clock out. Yeah. That totally messed up the momentum. We were down 17 and we could have been down 10. Yeah. We would

Jimmy Horn Jr.’s Role And Deep Shots

SPEAKER_02

have been down 10 or 14, have been a two-possession game instead of three possession games. That totally messes up.

SPEAKER_03

Exactly. Exactly. So, man, moving on to another player here, uh, player that you had a lot to say about uh earlier, JC Horn, our uh corner, who uh at one point when he signed his deal was the highest paid corner in the NFL.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Um a little questionable. Uh I certainly questioned it. You questioned it. Um, but uh how do you feel about his play so far?

SPEAKER_02

I feel he's been playing really, really well and really elite. You know, he had it's the Jets, he had those two interceptions, the one of the one of them, the one-hand interception in the end zone. And um, yeah, just getting uh get getting past deflections too, like when the ball's going his way, batting it down, like just just do just doing his thing, totally locking up the receiver whenever the ball comes his way, either deflecting area, picking it off. Um yeah, he just really doing his thing and um and allowing a really low passer rate. I think he's allowing like a six percent QBR or something, like it's really low. Yeah. So um, but the only thing I don't like is that I don't know, this might be uh the defensive coordinator's fault, but it's like he doesn't always travel with the top guy. Oh, like when we played Dallas and there was no CD, but there was George Pickens, yeah, he was going off. But they had they had Mike Jackson, the second, the second corner on him for most of the time. And yes. I I don't understand. Like if J J C I I tell he's one of the best corners in the league. I see it now. He's playing a lot better. Okay. But um, so I don't see why he's not trailing with the best with the best guys.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, and that's that's definitely, you know, decorinator scheme.

SPEAKER_02

I think even even he should like say something. Like he probably has. Yeah. But yeah, so it's probably more of a decorator.

SPEAKER_03

So yeah, a lot of them they they don't want to have their corners travel for, you know, whatever reason. That's more of a more of a an old school thing.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, but I I think, you know, when you got a guy like that, you gotta at least

JC Horn’s Elite Play And Scheme Fit

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try it out.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, I I agree. And then I mean, again, when you have George Pickens up there going off, I mean switch stuff up. Yeah, yeah, certainly. I mean, they they could have lost that game because of that. So yeah. That's a that that's a great point. Um, and then man, to finish up with the Panthers, so coach, coach uh Dave Canales, man, what's your take on his job so far?

SPEAKER_02

Um, I mean, I honestly don't think our success is really because of him. Um I think he actually's actually been holding us back a little bit with the Rico Dowdle decision the last two weeks. Yeah. And uh not playing Jimmy Horn until what was it, week five? Yeah, yeah, it's crazy. Some of the decisions he's made are just a little questionable. And um, yeah, just and and when we're getting blown out, just like clapping, like you know what I'm saying. I don't always like I think we need more of like I think we need the we need a coach is gonna come in and be like rah more rah-rah because not just to be rah-rah, it's just because of the team we are. You know, because the Panthers were the same old Panthers, right? They're always horrible. Right. I think we just need someone that's gonna come in, be determined to change our mindset and just just change, just change this to like a new version of the Carolina Panthers. Like just say we're tired, we're sick and tired of being the same old Carolina Panthers and we can be we're gonna be different this year. Yeah, like I just think if that's not what he's gonna do, I think we need someone that's gonna do that.

SPEAKER_03

Somebody that's gonna bring that fire, that intensity to be able to bring that out of us. Yeah, because we need to have that chip, that chip on our shoulder.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I want us to be a like a legitimate surprise team. Like I I always want think we might be the surprise team, it's always some other team. Yeah, yeah. Like we we need to be the surprise team. Exactly.

SPEAKER_03

Um yeah, exactly, exactly. Okay, I love that. I love that. Well, let's uh let's

Dave Canales: Philosophy And Leadership

SPEAKER_03

move on to uh another team that um a lot of people always want to say is gonna be the surprise team, and then they sometimes look like the surprise team, and then a lot of times they don't. And those are the Atlanta Falcons. Yeah, that's really true, yes. Yeah, and so I I want to call them the primetime Atlanta Falcons. Uh, do you know why I want to call them the primetime Atlanta Falcons?

SPEAKER_02

I think I think I know why, yeah. Yeah, yeah, because you know, they they always play well in prime time, then one o'clock game, they get a little less sleep and party, and they're not as well and that don't play as well.

SPEAKER_03

Yes, yes. We know there's a lot to do in Atlanta, but for whatever reason, you know, when it's uh when it's a one o'clock game where they got beat, what, 30 to zero by the by the Panthers. Uh there was another game where there was a blowout or recently, what was it, last week they lost. Who did they play? They played um.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, yeah, no, I know they got blown out last week.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, I don't remember who they played. They got blown out last week into an inferior opponent. And so that just continues to, you know, happen to them in the one o'clock slot. But man, you put them, ooh, Sunday night prime time. They're looking, you know, uh Michael, Michael Penix Jr. is getting accolades like crazy, and your guy Bijan, he's living up to that ESPN fantasy number one ranking that he gets every year. But one 1 p.m., they're truly um, you know, not not quite um all the way woke up yet. Yeah, need to get their hours in. Yeah, yeah. Gotta get those hours in. Come on, Atlanta. Come on. All right. So uh next topic, man, college football. Uh college football. We are, I think we're getting to the point now to where it's gonna be the final uh the playoff rankings and uh man, holiday was just past Halloween. So we're really getting into football, football season here. Yeah. Uh so man, a lot of a lot of ways we can go with this. Um, one, you know, my my Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt Commodores, you know. Your Vanderbilt. Yes. Yes. My my my Vanderbilt

The Enigma Of The Atlanta Falcons

SPEAKER_03

Commodore is led by QB Diego. Uh this should be your team, you know. But uh man, they are doing their thing. They've been overlooked uh many, many times. But uh, you know, I watched the the special that they had on Netflix, and that really got me understanding. And got you hype. Just what type of squad they are. And now the now the rest of the nation is seeing this because they're ranked number nine right now.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I mean, they're ranked number nine. They haven't playing well recently, but um, I don't know. I just don't know what if they're actually a true championship contender right now. I mean, I think they're a good, they're a nice team. They could get into the playoffs, but I just don't know if they're um I just don't know if they're a true championship contender because the way they played versus Bama, um QB was QB was playing really bad, and you know they made a lot of mistakes, and I just don't think they can afford to do those against some of the people.

SPEAKER_03

I think I I think that was a one-off, man. I think that was one of, you know, that was the only bad game of the you know year for Diego. A lot of uncharacteristic turnovers, you know. Bama, they were fired up to you know get revenge on them. Again, Bama's a great team, but no, I think Vanderbilt's gonna be right there, man. People cannot sleep on Vanderbilt. Uh, I'm I'm a believer, man. I believe in Vanderbilt.

College Football Playoff Picture And Vandy Talk

SPEAKER_02

All right. Good luck with that. Y'all win the natty.

SPEAKER_03

We might. We might, man. No, no. Uh, I mean, hey, you know, well, they're looking good. They they could have beat Bama in Bama. So no, they couldn't have.

SPEAKER_02

They could not. They couldn't have, no.

SPEAKER_03

If you if you if you take those three.

SPEAKER_02

The QB didn't have 10 turnovers and they would have won.

SPEAKER_03

Yes. If you if you remove those three interceptions, they would have won that game. So I guess so. Have a shot.

SPEAKER_02

If you move every mistake they made, they would have won the game. Yes, yes. Take away all Obama's touchdowns if you won the game.

SPEAKER_03

Take it away, they win. They do. All right. Yeah, I think they win that. So yeah, I believe in them. I yeah, I'll I'll yeah, I will say they will they will pull it out. That's who I'm I'm I'm Vandy all the way. I'm not wavering. Good luck, good luck with that, man. Not waving.

SPEAKER_02

Well, they do play Texas. They play is Arch playing or he actually is playing. That's a win. Yeah, I bet he is playing.

SPEAKER_03

I'm sure they are I yeah. I'm I'm surprised they didn't say, nah, man, take take your time, take the extra time you need. I think Arch probably pushed the black. Oh, I'm sure he did push. Yeah. I'm sure he did push. Yeah. Yeah, man. So man, you got okay, Ohio State, right? Clearly, clearly, you know, cream of the crop there. They're doing their thing. Um, you got, man, Texas AM.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, and they're not really being talked about, but they're they're they're they're they're having a monster year.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, Texas AM. And then, of course, hey, gotta give them a shout out, Indiana, man.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, yeah. They got a Heisman candidate, probably the Heisman favorite right now, the quarterback. Um playing really well. Bama has been playing really well.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, you gotta put Bama in there. Do you have a top five college? What would your top five be? You know, my top five would be Ohio State, Bama.

SPEAKER_02

Okay. Texas AM. Okay. Then I'd have Indiana. Yeah. And um I'll give it to Ole Miss.

SPEAKER_03

Oh Miss, okay. Yeah, yeah. I'm not mad at that. Yeah. Ole Miss, Ole Miss. You don't have Vandy in there. No. But uh, okay. No, just no. Nah, that's okay. We like to, we, we like to shock the world and just we like to have it. Please. Yeah, we like the element of the world.

SPEAKER_02

We are not worried about it.

SPEAKER_03

Okay, keep on doubting us. You keep us. We will, we will.

SPEAKER_02

You don't have to tell me twice.

SPEAKER_03

All right, Diego, I'm hungry, man. You want something to eat?

SPEAKER_02

I do. Yeah, what you in the mood for?

SPEAKER_03

Man, let's go for let's go for pure green. We need to keep it healthy. Oh yeah, yeah, I like that. All right, I got it. Let's do it.

Dodgers Fandom And MLB Game Seven Hopes

SPEAKER_03

All right. And lastly, last topic before we get on out of here, man, my LA Dodgers. So the time of filming. Yes, my LA Dodgers.

SPEAKER_02

Ever since the playoffs that you were like, oh, my LA Dodgers.

SPEAKER_03

I was who was with the Dodgers last year? I was with the Dodgers last year. Yeah, when they won the Natty. No. When they won the championship. We were on the brink of elimination. You were riding high wearing your little San Diego Padres hat. You had us eliminated. I did not waver one bit.

SPEAKER_02

Literally just became a Dodgers fan when they got outani very much.

SPEAKER_03

I have had a Dodgers hat for at least the last 20 years.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, but you you've not been like a Dodgers fan. You never like I don't know. I I've had a Dodgers hat.

SPEAKER_03

Did you did you buy the hat? Um no. Your mom actually bought the hat because for my 30th birthday, she um took me to San Francisco to see Barry Bonds and see the it was the Dodgers versus the uh Pondres. It was the Dodgers versus I mean not the Padres, my bad. It was the Dodgers versus the um Giants, right? And so she bought a hat of both teams. So yeah, she had that. But I think you were gonna find that. I had Dodgers before that. I actually bought, wait, wait, no, no, no. I bought a 88, I think it was 88, 88 or 89. I bought a World Series shirt when I was in LA. So you bought a shirt from when they won the World Series. I did that. So it shows the band the bandwagon. No, no, no. And I have like a second or third cousin that played for the Dodgers. So yes. I I can't recall his name right now. I have to ask my dad, but we did have a we had like a distant cousin.

SPEAKER_02

Did you grow up a White Sox fan?

SPEAKER_03

Well, I grew up in Chicago, so I mean, hometown, you get that. But again, you you can have multiple teams, okay? Have multiple teams and the Dodgers. I don't know about that. The Dodgers were always they were always in the mix. I don't think you have multiple teams. You're always in the mix. But now you have favorite, you have multiple favorite players. Now listen, when you become an adult, then you have freedom of choice. Okay. So now that I'm an adult. This is common ball knowledge. I uh I made my decision that the Dodgers were my team. Okay. They were already in the mix. I have family that played for the Dodgers. Okay. Now, you know, this is it, and they were on the brink of elimination. I could have ran away. When? When were they on the brink against your Padre? When last year last year in the playoffs. You had them down. What was it? 2-0? You had them down. You thought it was over. You were talking jump. And I had, you can look look on our Instagram. I had the Dodgers back. I was pointing, I said, we're coming back. We're gonna win.

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SPEAKER_03

And they did. Like, dude, this is it. Dodgers. I mean, so I I earned my stripes last year in the postseason. So now I am a Dodgers made man. And then last year, I spent about three or four grand on tickets at a Dodgers game. So that also gives me the right. So yes, I'm in. Yes. We were sitting right there at the field in VIP.

SPEAKER_02

No, I'm my low-key at the switch, low-key.

SPEAKER_03

You might, yeah, come on.

SPEAKER_02

Might consider.

SPEAKER_03

Yes. So yes. Yep. I'm Dodgers. So anyway, so it's what, November 1st right now? Yep. They um just pushed him to a game seven last night against Toronto, and they play tonight. So Oltani should be pitching tonight, should be the starting pitcher. And uh, hey, whenever this comes out, it'll be after the fact. So uh hopefully they they pulled it off.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, it really should because the Blue Jays really aren't that much of a contender. I love it.

SPEAKER_03

Look low-key think the Padres could beat the Toronto's tough. They're batting. Are they their batting is next level?

SPEAKER_02

See, are are they that good or is it just next level?

SPEAKER_03

Um bail us out twice. And now Otani's gonna bail us out tonight. And Mookie about that, man. Mookie just got a clutch hit, so now he's back.

SPEAKER_02

I just think I just think y'all might might just be playing. I don't know. I don't think the blue jays are really all that, you know? No, they are you gotta think about this. Are you he in this position just because, you know, of the comp of the competition? You know, because the blue jays, I don't know, I don't know if they're actually that good. You don't you don't really know.

SPEAKER_03

They they won more game, they won what, 94 games this year? Yeah, but that's the regular season. They won more game than the Dodgers did in the regular season. Yeah, but something about them. I don't know.

SPEAKER_02

Something about them.

SPEAKER_03

You know what I'm saying? Man, that's like it's something about the Pacers, is why you just can't get it in. Something about them. I don't know. Yeah. You're tripping, man. All right. Well, man, we're gonna get on out of here. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

Sounds good.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, we got some big games. We got some big games to watch, so we're gonna get on out of here. But thanks for all the love and support. Thanks for checking us out. Hope you enjoyed this uh latest edition of Who You Got. We will see you next time. Uh, until then, enjoy sports, enjoy family. We'll see you then. Pick them pros.