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Hour 3: Doug Farmer previews CFB Week 4, National Cheeseburger Day
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(upbeat music) Shoot you out, it's our three of the G-back nation on 105-3, the fan cowboy's back to work today, a lot going on, and we'll have more on them coming up just a little bit later in the program. Right now, we're gonna turn our attention to the world of college football, and one of our favorite college football talkers, Doug Farmer from covers.com joins us now here in the G-back nation and a good afternoon to you, sir. How the heck are you? - You make me blush, call me one of your favorite college football talkers. I'll take that any day of the week and twice on our Wednesday. - It's huge, yeah boy, we love it, you know, and you bring it. Tell us about this, Texas in the number one spot. Are they better than Georgia right now? - Are they better than Georgia right now? Sure, I'll give you that. We just saw how much Georgia's offense struggled last week. Are they gonna be better than Georgia in November? You have to give deference to Kirby Smart. We have seen this machine he has built. I see Sarkeesian, great coach. I love watching his offense when it's clicking, but we have to give some deference to what Kirby Smart has built, and just trust that Georgia's gonna get the SEC Championship in the end as much as Texas fans hate hearing that. - How much of an idea you have on the Longhorns quarterback situation? Do you think there's any controversy is just arch until Quinn's right? How would you approach that? - I don't mean this to be bad radio. I don't care. It's Monroe this weekend. There's an off week, and then it's Mississippi State. We're having this conversation three weeks too early. Is Quinn beat up? Yeah, it's an abdomen strain, something in there. And we've seen that really messed with players' seasons, but the fortunate part for Texas is they've got weeks to get right. Archie looked great. Archie's gonna handle Monroe. Archie's gonna handle the idol week. I'm very confident. He can beat idol week. And he's gonna take care of Mississippi State 'cause they just can't manage Texas's defense no matter what the offense does. Get back to me from before that October 12th game in Oklahoma. And if Archie's really shined, maybe we have a conversation, but most likely it's Quinn Ears. He's a possible number one draft, but give some leeway to him getting right from this injury. - Hey Doug, how good really is Ole Miss? I'm just really curious. I mean, I see them putting up points every week. It doesn't seem like the schedule's been very good. I mean, you know, the opponents have been making payouts and stuff so they get these games, but how good is Ole Miss? - You know what's curious about this Mississippi team, we are used to Lane Kiffin. We have loved watching him get cocky in his play calling for years. What's curious though is this one is not based on explosive plays. They have the number one, a success rate on drop backs to pass at 57.3%. That's not a completion percentage. It's much more difficult to have this kind of number on a success rate. Number one on the country at 57.3. They are more or less just succeeding most of the time on the drop back without the explosive balls. We haven't even seen that yet. That time will come because we know Lane Kiffin too well. So I think they're better than we realize just because we haven't seen Lane Kiffin really let loose with the Arsenal. - Doug Farmer with us here from Covers. Doug, I'm drinking the big red Kool-Aid, man. I am all in on Nebraska. I think they're back. They're seven and a half point favorites at home against Illinois. Top 25 matchup on Fox. Are you with me on the Huskers? - I am and you know, I hadn't checked that line today. I love hearing it's down to seven and a half 'cause I'm hoping to get, I haven't met my Nebraska money yet, I'm going to. I thought it was still an eight. I would love to see a touchdown pop up. Nebraska should handle this game with ease. We do not yet give enough credit to how quickly and how well Matt Rule built these lines. Then Nebraska defensive line, we saw what it did against Colorado and I, more than anybody. Landpoon Colorado's grocery bags across the offensive line. But still Nebraska made it pay for that. Nebraska defensive line is something for everybody in the country to worry about. I'm in. I'm looking forward to that Ohio State game. Do I think Nebraska wins? No, but I'm looking forward to it because that will be a real blue blood, blue blood, historic type of game and with a defensive line like that, it should at least be competitive this weekend. Yeah, I guess I'm already looking past Illinois to equity. Let that line drop though. I'd love to get me that even touchdown. - How about the OU's first SEC matchup versus Tennessee? How do you see this one going here, Doug? - It's really too bad for Brent Vanibold. He's a really good coach. He's an okay recruiter. His problem that he has on his hands is his timing. No matter who was coaching Oklahoma, this start of the SEC was gonna be tough. There are touchdown underdog at home. That doesn't happen in Norman, yet here we are. They're going against such a good Tennessee team. And Oklahoma's defensive backfield is not gonna be up for that task. Let alone it's offense trying to keep up with Nico and company. I like Oklahoma. My one trip to Norman was one of my favorite college football experiences, but you can't get behind the juniors right now or in my opinion, much of their SEC play. Their offensive line is a problem that has not yet been fully understood. - What was so great about your trip to Norman? - I mean this sincerely. I have dealt with some college football fan bases who were just mean. And you know, we can glamorize that. But when you're a visiting fan, you want to at least feel you're gonna have a fun day. The Oklahoma fans were thrilled to see opposing fans 'cause they knew it was just gonna make for a better environment. And that kind of hospitality, yeah, the good banter back and forth. Always and forever in necessity. But to not feel threatened in any way, the Oklahoma fans were fantastic and I forever commend them for that. - Tennessee adding a 10% tax to pay the players basically. Is this about to become the norm? - Well, I think the only piece of that that will not be the norm is just outright acknowledging what it is. We all know these ticket prices are already through the roof. They're gonna go up a little bit more. The schools are gonna gloss over it. We've all bought concert tickets on Ticketmaster and you think, hey, I got a good deal. $28 and they end up costing you 61 apiece. There's those taxes and fees that they don't tell you about out of the gates. We're just gonna add more taxes and fees like we do on every other transaction in corporate America. - What are you thinking about this big 12 matchup? We got Utah going to Stillwater. They're favored by two on the road against the Pokes. Two old ass quarterbacks with Alan Bowman and Cam rising right now, but arguably the two best teams in the big 12. - Arguably the two best teams in the big 12. - I'd rather just say in arguably the best team in the big 12 and by that I mean the Utah youth. If Cam rising is healthy and we believe he is. We have every reason to believe he is, but Kyle Wittenham is also as reliable as a magic eight ball with health updates. If Cam rising is full go, Utah's offense elevates this program. We've known for years, feels like decades, how good a Utah defense under Kyle Wittenham can be. And now he has an offense to play with too. Utah deserves far more credit than it's getting. Cam rising in my opinion is worth more than the four and a half points. We've seen this spread move since it opened out as Utah's a two and a half point underdog on Sunday. Cam rising should move this at least to three, if not three and a half. I've been all in on Utah all. So let's say since mid July, I have not seen any reason to change that. And Oklahoma State has yet to look that impressive. - Doug, how bullish are you on Michigan traveling the USC? - I am not bullish at all. I think the he wolverines have a lot of problems on their hands. I think this offense and its inability to score were the field matters most. I do want to know and I looked it up to make sure it's, this game is in Ann Arbor. It is at Michigan. It's not going to matter. - Oh, I'm sorry, I'm in there. - I thought we went the other way with that. My apologies to that. - I clearly wasn't sure. 'Cause I didn't correct you out of the jump. I had to check to make sure I had it right. USC's going to come in there and we can make a big deal of USC in the back. The USC's played at Notre Dame every two years in mid October. This is not that abnormal. It's going to be fun to watch in the big 10. I don't believe in Michigan's offense. And now you have Colston Loveland's question and we'll be only returning starter from 2023. And he matters both in the run game and the passing game. You know what usually downgrade an offense 'cause the tight end is injured? When he's the only reliable piece of this offense, if he doesn't play, I am downgrading that offense significantly. I really like USC in this. This line is down to five and a half. So you're getting under that key number of six. Should be a low scoring game 'cause Michigan's going to try to shorten the game, knowing its offense is a problem. But if USC can convert in the red zone, USC's going to win this easily. What is your best bet of the weekend? My best bet of the weekend is going to surprise you. I really like Miami, Ohio was a 28 point underdog at Notre Dame. What is very curious about Marcus Freeman, many things. And the Notre Dame team is going to be entertaining to watch as we've already yo-yoed twice with them this season. Marcus Freeman has done very well away from Notre Dame Stadium. In his 30 games as Notre Dame head coach, he's going 12 and five outright and 12 and five against the spread away from Notre Dame Stadium. But at home, he's eight and five outright, seven and six against the spread. It's difficult to put a finger on that, but we're at a point here where you have to acknowledge that it's amplified. Miami, Ohio getting a full four touchdowns. Chuck Martin has a solid defense. Chuck Martin has a savvy football coach. And Chuck Martin is universally respected. Notre Dame's not going to run up the score even if it has a chance. I think Miami, Ohio keeps this optically competitive, not actually competitive. But close enough that I cash that 28 point ticket. - I love it, dude. I fell in love with that guy as soon as I saw him go viral for calling out Alabama for stealing their kicker over the off season. That dude is an absolute legend. What about the coach in Florida? Oh, Billy Napier. How many more days until he's gone? - Boy, you know, our news cycle these days, you said the coach in Florida, I was really worried you're going to say the other one. But folks, just to say, Mike Novell is fine. It's 84 million dollars coming on its contract. Billy Napier, this is getting rough. I'm hoping he's there as long as possible because my second best bet every week until he is fired is way too Florida is down and then live bet against Florida because that team will not compete once it's losing. It won't even think about it. This is my most reliable money maker this season. Miami gave us an exhibit of exactly how Lopsai can get. I hope Billy Napier is their head coach through that Florida state game, just so I can fade that way nine more times. - Speaking of Florida state, that guy's going to have to eat the poop, huh? - I, you know, we've all said things we shouldn't have. We've all made claims or said we could do something. Most of us are not dumb enough to do it on social media. - Yeah, man, that one's bad. FSU, terrible right now. Now, I want to go back to Georgia for a second. You think they're going to get it together as the season goes on. You have faith and Kirby's smart. What is happening? What are their issues right now? - The easiest one to just broadly say is Carson Beck misses the safety blankets of Vlad Mckonke and Brock Bowers. It's a more fun sentence if you say Carson misses his safety blankets of Vlad and Brock 'cause the names there, Carson, Vlad and Brock just really gives you that good down home southern charm. They're missing those reliable pieces. Give Carson Beck a few weeks of on Saturday's live action. He will develop that chemistry with his receivers. He's a more live arm than he's giving credit for. That's why he's Quinn Ewer's primary competition to be QB1 this coming spring. Carson Beck deserves a little bit more credit than he gets 'cause he doesn't have to put up fireworks when he has that defense at the backstop. Give him some time to find that reliability with this new set of targets. I have to assume Kirby Smart has figured that out and it will come. - So only week four, three weeks down but any early Heisman odds that you're looking into. - Well, I like my first three plays to start the year. I insist two of them are still valid. The first three plays were Carson Beck, Riley Leonard and Cam Rizie. And I think we can scratch off Riley Leonard but if Cam Rizie comes out this weekend and really puts one on Oklahoma State, people are going to notice. And then after that Michigan walloping high, I picked up a little bit of share of Quinn Ewer's at six to one. I regret that now 'cause the price is so much better but how much were running off stat lines against Louisiana Monroe and Mississippi State really going to matter to his Heisman campaign? Sure, the gross numbers he's going to lose out 700 yards and eight touchdown passes. He's still going to have massive wins when it matters and that is how you win the Heisman. It's the wins as much as the stats, usually the wins more than the stats unless your name is Lamar Jackson or Robert Cooper III. - Dougfarmercovers.com sort of college football adjacent Baker Mayfield says Bryce Young's story not written yet. Are you surprised how much Bryce has struggled in the NFL? - You know, I hadn't seen that quote. I like it coming from Baker Mayfield because there's a bit of some credibility coming from him that, hey, you can come back and do something. I am surprised what is most jolting in that conversation is there was no massive consensus among those smarter than you and me of Bryce Young or CJ Stroud. There was no just distinct all one is good, one is bad. It was, hey, these two are both going to succeed. CJ Stroud's probably better but they're both going to succeed and in retrospect, this is not meant to be a hot take. This is just meant to say we might end up with this historical comparison. - Peyton Manning and Ryan Lee's kinds of levels of disparity of career. - Yeah, great stuff. Doug have a great week and we'll catch you up with you soon. - You know how to get to all of them, thanks guys. - Salute, Dougfarmercovers.com. Okay, out of the world of college, Dion Sanders says reporters are envious of college athletes. What do you think about that? He thinks the media has become too hard on the players and says jealousy is to blame, lashed out at yesterday's presser. Once upon a time, you guys never attack college players. Now they're making more money than y'all and some of y'all are envious and jealous about that. Adding your job does not say attack. If they didn't play well, leave it at that. - A lot of haters. - A lot of haters, man. - Has criticism of college players grown significantly here in the NIL era, Ryan? - I'm trying to think about that because I do think that there's a lot of things that have taken place now with gambling and things like that that when players do make mistakes and I've seen players respond to, well, you know, hey, you don't tweet at me when I make plays and I make you money. - Yeah, you're saying it's the media? - Yeah, I just say an overall. I think a lot of the media and stuff, but we all kind of feel like this is our job to report when they play well, you say they play well and they play poorly and you have to have analysis. And that's the thing, I think with college players, it's unfortunate because they are college players, but they have now stepped in that realm of being paid. - It is different, but it's tough. That part of it, I have really no problem criticizing professional players. College players are a little different from it. - They're younger, for sure, and they're not making a ton of money. - I don't know, I don't follow college fan bases closely enough to say one way or another where their Deion is right. - We, I know the things with LSU and stuff is myself and watching the games. I try and really, if they make mistakes, I try and keep those myself or me and Helman kind of-- - 'Cause you're from the old school where we just didn't do that. - Yeah, you know, I don't-- - These fan bases go out of control though. I mean, especially just now with the transferring. I mean, we had like, some of these fan bases are gonna go and find their parents' businesses and they're gonna go on Yelp and just go one star, terrible reviews. Now their family's business is tanking 'cause they're transferring from Oklahoma to Ole Miss or whatever it is. Like, there are some psychos out there. - Yeah, but he's calling out the media. - Yeah, he's not calling out message boards. - I don't know about the media. - The media thing, I don't know. - I'm sure people feel a little bit more like justifiable in criticisms now. - Like, 'cause you're actually earning money. 'Cause guys, you know, I'm sure there's been some level of uptick on that. I mean, you've been talking on the radio, I feel a little bit better about saying somebody, some 19-year-old kid's name 'cause he's making maybe a million dollars. Those critiques now feel a little bit more reasonable than, say, a decade ago. - Yeah, when they weren't getting paid at all. - Yeah, you're like, real amateurs. - Yeah, kind of being exploited. Top 10 at 4.20, coming up next. We'll check where you're taking it. - It's a big time day. Every single year you circle this on the calendar. It's National Cheeseburger Day. 8, 7, 7, 8, 8, 1, 1, 5, 3, out of choice. You want the new Best Burgers in Dallas list? Or the top 10 Fast Food Cheeseburgers ranked by USA Today. That's next in. - Hey, Mike Valenti here. Hosted a cash to ticket alongside my partner, Jim Costa. It's really simple. Are you tired of podcasts claiming there are a bunch of pro bettors when they live in their mommy's basement? Are you tired of podcasts that claim they hit 80% of the games? When, really, they just lose like most of us. Think cash to tickets, the spot for you. We're real, we're transparent. We're having a hell of a good time with it. And we sit there and we're there for the sweat with you guys. We're just trying to figure it out just like you. Follow and listen to Cash the Ticket on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. (upbeat music) - The nation. - Yeah, buddy. Welcome back. G back nation. It's time for Woolchuk's top 10 at 420 segments brought to you by the Frankel's Life is Unpredictable Accidents Happen. If you're hurting an accident, do just somebody's negligence. Call the Frankel's for a free consultation. 214 or 817-333-3333, go to FrankelFirm.com. It's also brought to you by Cars For Kids. Donate Today CarsForKids.org. And here he is, Zach with an H. You're woolly bully. - Thank you very much. Happy National Cheeseburger Day. And we will get to the best burgers in Dallas. Courtesy of the Dallas Observer before that. I do need to slide in some stars updates for ya. Dallas Stars season. Getting ready to crank up here. But Jason Robertson, Stars leading story. Here we go. He's gonna miss most of the camp. Dr. Handevis just removed from his foot at the end of July. That does not sound fun, but Robost still expected to be ready to go for the start of the season. And Thomas Harley got himself a new deal. Two-year contract to stay with the Dallas Stars. So did Esselindel, who will get a fat contract as well. He should be retiring as a Dallas star. I believe it was a five-year extension for him. So we'll get ready for Dallas Stars playoff hockey. Probably their last chance to be able to hoist Lord Stanley's Cup with this current group of veterans. Yeah, Jamie Bana, free agent after this year. And man, I don't know, you know, this is an older veteran group. You're gonna be running out of opportunities. Now is the time. But on National Cheeseburger Day, who do you think of when we talk cheeseburgers? For me, there's one guy. Gerald Buddy, Brian Braddis. Andy Reed. - Andy Reed. - Andy Reed. - He's got a section on his play call. It's like the Cheeseburger section. - Yeah. - Where he's got a bunch of different cheeseburger plays. He knows the cheeseburger better than anybody. And here was Andy asked by a reporter about Cheeseburger Day. - Which is National Cheeseburger Day. Do you think you might have to celebrate? - Yeah, McAfee just sent me a cheeseburger from McDonald's. I thought that was unique. McAfee's unique. So I can't wait to enjoy it. - I believe you when you say it, coach. And I don't blame you for one second. You'd like to think McAfee got him what? The double quarter pounder would choose. If you're Andy and you find out McAfee's got a Mcdonald's burger in there for you, or do you want it to be the Big Mac? I mean, I don't know. Are they double Big Mac now? Are they double still double Big Mac in? - Man, I am so partial to the Big Mac. - Big Mac's delicious. The fact of how messy it is, but it's just so... Every bite's so good. - I think for Andy, though, I probably want to go double quarter pounder, though. I mean-- - Double quarter pounder, thank you, yes. - Even a Big Mac is just kind of like a double slider for him. - Yeah, 'cause you have a double quarter pounder with cheese and then add Mac sauce? - Yeah, what you do is you sub the ketchup and mustard, you add lettuce and you add Mac sauce. And now you've got yourself a quality Big Mac. That is the double quarter pounder with cheese. - I think it's like a Cheeseburger promotion going on at Mickey D's, though, right? Like 50 Cent Cheeseburgers is like a rich person. - I think everybody, all of these fast, you change, you're doing a little something. I think they got the dollar Junior Bacon with cheese back today, Lucius. - Wendy's? - Just on the Wendy's app. But they're doing it for a dollar. - They ought to quit. - Yeah. - Yeah, they ought to quit. And I say that respectfully. They charge like $4 for the Junior Bacon Cheeseburger and they bring it down to its dollar price where it's supposed to be. - This is a special. - Yeah, well, just for today, you can go back to the good old days and get that dollar Junior Bacon with cheese. Now we're kind of, you know, this is ridiculous if you're charging. - I wonder if Andy's like just an everything on it guy. Did he ever, does he ever said? I've never even asked him that. - I think he was asked about which burger chain he, he likes In-N-Out. - He likes In-N-Out. He's a California guy. - Yeah, he's an In-N-Out guy. - Yeah. - Yeah, there's not a cheeseburger he's turning down. - No, but I wonder if there's a specific way that he likes his burger. I've never even asked him that. - I would be, I think, the go-to question. - He's got In-N-Out burger than original Tommy's in Los Angeles and then a place called the Hawkins House of Burgers. Also in Los Angeles, so, but I don't have the DT, he says five guys is up there. Let's see, he says, you gotta have your cheese, you gotta have a little mayo and ketchup. - There you go, go combo. - Hold the mustard, that's a questionable take. - Okay, okay. - And you can hold the pickles too, he says. But then he'll take the rest. I'll tell you what. - Nearly a home run till he included the mayo. - I've been, I've been introduced recently to the bread and butter pickles. - Those are nice. - Just recently? Dude, butter in your whole life. - I do not, I've been living under a rock of sorts. - I've never heard of them. - I've never heard of them. - Bread and butter pickles are fantastic. - They are, does bread it? - It's the greatest flavor. - No, no, nothing about it, the way it looks, or even tastes, the canote, spread, or butter. But it's a sweetness to them. - It's absolutely delicious. - Yeah, the best tasting pickle in the world. - Yeah, they're very, very good. - And it's a must have now on every cheeseburger. - Yeah, I'm not gonna fight you on that. Here's the Dallas Observer. They've put out the best burgers in DFW. Where's your favorite burger place in Dallas? 877-881-1053. The honorable mentions on here, and really they just said 18. So I'm just going in order of what they put them. But Wing Fields gets love. - Let's go, it's good. - We've talked Wing Fields plenty of time. 5650 Village Glen Drive. - Just order one for the family. - It's huge, cut it in the eights, yeah. It's a giant burger. - Yeah, we call them hubcap burgers. So damn huge. - Hubcap burgers. Sorry, they're like a full pounder. They started 10 bucks. - That's like on a plate. That's probably two pounds of ground beef in there. - Yeah, so they do like challenge level servings. So this might be a good place that we can take it to Eric, excuse me, 2615 South Beckley. - Don't have anything to do afterwards either. - That would be a nap time. - Yeah, 'cause you're gonna put your feet up, brother. - Yeah, this thing looks like a gosh thing. Mondo burger. - Yeah, double with bacon combo. Gonna run you a full 20 bucks. - Worth it. - Looks huge. - Yeah. - I mean, their patties are gigantic. - Yeah, they're passing the eye test. I'll tell you that much. - It's a platey. - They better not be false advertised beyond this one. - No, and it does not look like it. And a lot of people were shouting out wing fields on the Twitters as well. Sky rocket burger, which has multiple locations across the DFW. - I don't think I've ever eaten it one. - I've never heard of it. - Sky rocket burger, I've heard good things about. There's one. - There's two on four. Just texted it in and said you're welcome. - I'm on a scouting report, please. - If he would, give us a text on the screen. - So they're single with cheese, 749. But the add-ons, they've got spicy mayo, secrets, grilled jalapenos or onions. You can get all of them, just say yes, please. But their burgers look pretty damn good. Angus beef patties that they ground on site. That's what they're doing there at Sky rocket. - 903 says coaches box in Duncanville. You got blackjack. - Oh my God. - Yeah, we're gonna get to blackjack. - Oh my God. - Surf camp off Commerce Street. - That's fine, guys. - That's good. Yeah, I guess good, bro. - Engine box? - Yeah, yeah. Big greasy burger, though. - That's so cute. - The bag is greasy. - It's so good. - Yeah. - That one's ripped down my dang foot. - The paper that the burgers in is greasy and it's got kind of melted cheese on it. They've done it right. - Yeah, yeah. - They've done it right. - They've done it right. - They've done it right. - The paper. - Yeah, the cook got a new point in his ear and it's pointed backwards. - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, he better. - He talking to somebody else by cooking your burger? - Yeah. - Jumped about to be dude. (laughing) - The rodeo goat, being texted in rodeo goats, also known to mention on here. - Oh, gosh, very good burgers. - It's just so amazing. - Yeah. The peak in off Peak Street is an honorable mention, as well. The Lil Kahuna is their favorite house burger. It's $10.50, two one-third pound patties. Comes with a scratch thousand island dressing along with a slice of American cheese. Just simple and classic and they're open until 1.30 a.m. - Oh, love that. Love that about a place. - Yeah. - Maple and motor right over here about four miles away. - Maple and motor made the list as well. - Terrific. - Yep, maple and motor made the list. Meridian made the list. We also have Knox Bistro, which is an honorable mention as well. It's a knife and fork type of burger that they want you to have here. But this is like a fancy, it's a classic rich French peppercorn cream sauce that's ladled over the patty. So they call it a pool of love on the plate that they're doing on here. - I texted my family about two months ago, maybe six weeks ago. There was this festival in the Sunnyvale ISD campus area. And these guys had a burger truck from Arlington. I gotta, I have to get the name of it. - Yeah. - 'Cause we keep threatening, we're gonna go to Arlington and find the actual restaurant. - It was that damn good. - That one was burgers. So stand by, just stand by. - Okay. 10, Kenny's burger joint, which has locations in Frisco. - Kenny's is good for all their things. - Yeah, Kenny's is a bunch of different burgers. - Yeah, they're Italian restaurants. - Yeah. - Rockin' roll tequila. - Yeah. - You're rockin' roll tequila? - I brought you guys some meatball subs from Kenny's-- - Kenny's, yeah. - Very good. - Yeah. - You guys like them food. - Remember the square, the focaccia bread, the square bread with the meatballs on it, bro? - Yeah. - focaccia. - focaccia. - focaccia? - focaccia. - Hudson House comes in at number nine. We got some Texan. Hudson House also does weekdays, three to six. It's a happy hour. Burgers only 10 bucks during the happy hour. They also do half price oysters. I've had the Hudson House burger, it's good. - Isn't it really? - Classic, it actually is good. - 'Cause it's like a brunch spot for us over the way in Los Colinas area. - Yeah. - Never tried the burger. - The burgers we're trying. And especially if you go for the happy hour, which when we need a day off to be able to do that. - Yeah. - But it's worth it. - And it's broadcast from there to be great. - Hyde Bar, Greenville Avenue, makes the cut as well. Opened in deep alum, they got caramelized beer onions. Beer's are the burgers made from a blend of brisket and chuck. - Oh, yeah. - Chuck. - Chuck, pickles and garlic, aioli on a brioche bun. It's what they're serving on there. It's the burgers. - That wall chuck roast. - Oh yeah, that Hyde Bar sounds delicious. Good friend, beer garden and burger house. East Dallas makes the cut. This burger, two six ounce smash patties, double American cheese simply dressed with Kupai mayo. - I love the smash patties. - Kupai, is that the Japanese mayo? - I think so. - Yeah. - They just smash and flavor into these freaking patties because these smash patties are just outstanding. I'll tell you what it is. - Everything I see now is like smash burgers. - I'll tell you what it is. It's that flat top, they cook all that stuff on that flat top and that flavor just sits right on top of that thing. And you just, you push that thing down and you're getting all that flavor from all day of cooking on those burgers. - Yeah, it's money, dude. - I did, unfortunately, I said only $10 at $817. If you're taking your family out to eat, dude, you can find a burger for 10 bucks these days around here. That's a good deal. - Yeah. - Are they saying that 10 bucks is a bad deal? - Yeah, I mean. - Well, when it's your happy hour, like, "Hey, this is like our specialty price." - So you get 15 bucks, typically, I'll save the five bucks. - I was hoping your specialty price was gonna be a single digit in a rocket. - Like $5? - Yeah. - Well, it's always not doing the $5 footies anymore. - Exactly, it's, I mean, it's tough. You go to a water burger, how much are you paying for a burger now? - You're gonna go to a sit down place. These burgers aren't cheap anymore. - Yeah. - Yeah, you shout out to Chili's for their... - Chili's a good deal. - They do, Chili's has a good deal, Rockin'. - They still have like the old fashioned, the old timer, whatever that burger will tell them. - Old timer with cheese. - Yeah, old timer with cheese. Is that a, that's a Chili's thing, right? - It is a Chili's thing. - They're the Verdi burger with guacamole on it. That was another good one back in the day. - Six, we've got Dells, charcoal burgers, and Richardson, drive by that all the time, from '75 coming up here. Number 11, double meat, double cheese mustard, lettuce, tomato, and pebbles. (laughing) It's a double, double. - Burger smurrled right off your tongue. (laughing) - You know, exactly what it is. - No, right at home. - It's delicious. - Burger smurr, at High Fives 1804 McMillan Avenue. - Okay. - Never heard of this, but I like the name of it. Go for the Maverick, two patties with smoked bacon jam, helped together with hope and a toasted buttery bun. I guess the hope is 'cause it's so damn big. - Probably not holding it together, baby. - Then we got blackjack pizza. - Yes. - You have told us about Lucius. - Yes. - That is a sleeper right there. Now that is a good value, 650 for a single patty cheeseburger. And they say that their burger's pretty damn big. - The pictures of these look absolutely divine. - Blackjack pizza. - Yeah. - But the burger. - The burger, they got wings that are good. They have a full menu. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Wow. Where is this? - This is off MLK Junior Boulevard. - Yeah. - So I've went on St. Augustine Road. - I've heard about that. - Yeah. - Didn't she carry Richardson say that? - Yeah. - Oh, is that the one she did? - Yeah. - Yeah, yeah. - She did. - Yeah, it's good stuff over there, bro. - Wow. - Bistro 31 Highland Park Village comes in at number three. He uses a blend of whole brisket and chuck around in-house with some New York strips and filet mignon thrown in for good measure. - See that right there, that's going the extra mile. That's not cutting any corners. - You're grinding, if you're grinding. - That's a fancy one right there. - That's flavor town. - Number two is ATB Strow, 8305 West Chester Drive. This is in University Park. They got high fat content, dry aged meats that they're mashing up in their burgers. - So let's go in there. - And that's all their smash style. But number one. Salt, all good cafe, 2934 Main Street. They started this in Deep Ellen. It was an institution 20 years ago and now they've got a 10 ounce burger that doesn't mess around Eric. Melted white cheddar cheese, lettuce tomato bacon and horseradish brine pickles from Huns, which supply pickles to a long list of Dallas restaurants. - See when I'm judging a burger, I just want to know how good is your patty. That's the thing, right? - Yeah. - And what kind of a bun have you paired it with? - Right, you know, because all the, putting the salad on top, you know? Those are, those are variables that, you know, or just kind of like how good did you source the lettuce? Not how good did you pack that flavor? - Yeah, put the meat and the cheese and they got voted best cheeseburger in Texas. - If you're, if you're patty decides to like the grease decides to kind of seep into the bun, I'm giving you high marks for that. - When they go the extra mile, it's hosting that bun too just a little bit. - Yeah, buttering it. You just get that grease in the bun with the patty. - But if you are a pickle or tomato guy and you can, you can see the difference between a quality tomato laying on that patty. - I can do without the lettuce. - Or a quality pickle, you know, the best, the best fast food pickle going to Popeyes. And it's a, it's a world of difference between all these other places. Sorry, Chick-fil-A, you know? But it's just a different kind of pickle. - Well, they're have passionate with their spicy sandwich. - Thank you, old Chuck. Chef D's catering, by the way. - Put some spicy sauce on it. - I totally agree with it. - I totally agree with it. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - You want to fight? You want to fight through the damn breath? You go ahead and need some spicy marination. - Got two. - Oh, spicy sandwich. - Well, I'm wrecking my hair for the smiles, Chick-fil-A shirt, damn it. - Yeah, you're a lifer. - Taking shots over here. - You're a lifer at heart. - Yeah, and I'll tell you a little talk. - Coming up next, Chief, what's in store. - Yeah, we got a little hodgepodge here. Got some NFL sad stats and little week three GTS next year in the nation. - Thank you very much, Lucius. G-back nation here on 105. Three, the fan. Hope you're having a great day. Loads of Cowboys news will hit that coming up in the expressway at 520. Here's Chief with some sad stats. That's a sports hodgepodge. - Yeah, yeah, a little hodgepodge. Got some sad stats in here. Also going to play a little week three GTS so you guys keep your fingers away from your keyboards. But I did want to acknowledge just how sad I'm becoming the more and more I learn and hear from. - Everybody don't have burgers here right now. - Well, there's that. - Maybe hungry. - I know. - That was a really good start every year, man. - I wish I was Andy Reed right now eating that McDonald's burger. - Yeah. - Well, Mike Tyson talking about the upcoming fight. I mean, this just doesn't... - Are you guys with me now? He's going to get rocked. - Well, did you see what happened to him? - Yeah, no, no, no, he failed. I mean, he got knocked down the first round recently. - I didn't see that. - I mean, yeah, at the age, it's like... - It's a geriatric. This is a sentence this week from USA Today. This is a quote from Mike Tyson. He just said it's hard to walk right now. - Yeah. - I know the feeling. That's a sentence that this guy just said as he's gearing up for a fight. He does acknowledge that in two months from now, he's going to be perfect though. So he's two months away from perfection, but right now it's just, you know, it's hard to walk. And at that age off and off and ulcer, you know, I would imagine it is pretty tough to walk, probably tough to envision yourself getting into a ring and taking punches. - Maybe one of the most unforgettable lines he's ever uttered in the buildup to a fight. I want to eat your children. And from that, we have devolved to, I can barely walk right now. - It's pretty remarkable, man. Okay, week three, NFL. Guess the spread. We start with a woolly-bolly Thursday night football. The Patriots go to New York to take on the Jets. Guess that spread. - Four. - Jets is the home favorite. - Yeah. - Let's go. - We got Jets minus four. - Let's go team. - And then let's also go with the cast. - I don't like either of these teams. You kidding me? - Oh, of course not. Yeah. Yeah, I'm not telling you. - Tell me this is horrible. - You just guessed the spread. - Next week you might, next week you might, I liked the game either. - On Thursday night. - Dallas and John. - Now I'm going to like that game. That's going to be 40 to nothing Cowboys win. - Yeah, that's going to be a get right game. - There we go. - After the back to back. - Yeah, minus four, give me the Jets. - Okay. - That's a six pointer. - That's a six pointer. Says Gavin Dawson. - That's a six pointer. And then Brodus. - Two and a half. - Two and a half. Dawson wins six and a half. Jets are a six and a half point favorite tonight at home versus the Patriots. - The box score on the Patriots over there. - Uh, no. - They played better than I think. Then I thought they would at least. - Then I think. - It was box score. It buys me what you did. That's good. - I thought that was kind of funny. - Yeah. - All right, here we go. - I'm not going to tell you my formula. 'Cause then you'd actually have a chance here. - I know, because I think it is. - Let's start with Dawson on this one. New Orleans welcomes Jalen Hurts and the Eagles into town. No AJ Brown on a short week. Saints are rocking in Roland. Guess that spread. - New Orleans. - Clearly four. - New Orleans minus three. - I think it's clearly four. - Okay. - No, no, I'll go. - Minus three. New Orleans. - I'll go Saints minus five. - Brodus wins Saints minus two and a half. Two and a half point favorites. - Two and a half. - I'll take one out. - We should all go take Saints two and a half. - We're going to keep the Eagles ass. Nice job, Brian. - Thank you. - How's box scoring it? - Yeah, yeah, you were. Let's see. - How's box scoring it? - How about this one? (laughing) - No, sorry, I can't watch 87 games a week. - No, I don't tell you what. - This Sunday, we're box scoring. - You have a TV package that you could if you wanted to. - I know, that's right. - We have the Battle of the two and o's here. Houston's going to Minnesota. Brodus gets that spread. Vikings hosting the Texans. - That is going to be Vikings plus two. - Ooh, I like where your head's at there, Brodus. We'll check. - Vikings minus two? - Okay. - And Dawson. Pick him. Vikings are a home dog. Two and a half. Brodus wins again. - And this is a home dog after just being seen for him. - Yeah, man. - That's the- - That's the- - Leaving a darn old- - Professional gamble. - Not even, not believing in darnold. And I am excited- - I think it's more about the Texans. - Yeah, the Texans have played two bad teams and they've struggled in both games. It wasn't like they were running away with some pretty victories. So I understand that now Joe Mixon is not likely to play. And- - Ooh, I'm sensing Vegas mistake. - I need to mix into play. - I'd be all over the Vikings as a home dog right now with the Texans. - I love the home dog. - Yeah, and the blitz is- - Fed payoff. - I'm excited to see the Texans and how they, and CJ Sprout how he handles this Brian Flores Blitz package. Because it got, it caught an old party slip in a couple of times. Okay, let's see here. What's another fun game we have the- - Commanders. - Yeah, the commanders. - What's the commander's spread? - Who do they got tonight? - Yeah, they got Cincinnati, right? They're at Cincinnati. - Yeah, they're in Cincinnati. Cincinnati by a touchdown. - I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say bingles. - I'm gonna say bingles six. - Eight and a half. - Seven and a half. You guys are all right in the ballpark there. - It's getting it. - But it's the double header Monday night football extravaganza. - What are we doing now? - So you also have Jacksonville going to Buffalo. Buffalo's at home. Guess that spread, Zach Wollchuck. Six. Bills is a six point home favorite. Dawson. - Ooh, that seems a little rich. Let me get four and a half. - Oh, you got me there. Jacksonville plus four and a half. - Yeah, that's exactly what it is. It's a four and a half point home favorite there for the Bills. Sunday night football in Atlanta. On Arthur Blank night, free hot dogs and bags of chips. It's gonna be night. It's good for morale in the building. Atlanta's at home and the Chiefs are coming to town. - Ooh, Kansas City plus three. - Kansas City as a road three point favorite says, Zach Wollchuck. - Is that Kansas City plus three or minus three? You see? - I'm saying Kansas City is a three point favorite on the road. - Okay, so you're saying Kansas City minus three? - Minus three. - Yeah. - We sit plus. - I sit plus. - Oh, you just make it sure. - Oh, my bad. - I was watched dog in him. - Thank you. - I'm gonna go. Atlanta is a four point home dog. - Atlanta is a three and a half point home dog on Sunday night. - I think that's three and a half. - Yeah. - And you nailed that one. - How about this one? Detroit going to the very Frisky, Arizona Cardinals, Tyler Murray lighting it up Cardinals at home with the Detroit Lions with a little bad taste in their mouth off the L. - You mean the line favorite by two? - I'll take Lions by three. - Give me Arizona plus five. - It is Arizona plus three three point home dogs to Detroit. Give me the Cardinals. I'd be all over that. - You nailed it. - How about Detroit being 25th in the sport as it pertains to passing expected points added through two weeks. - 25th. - But that's not very good. The rushing attack doesn't look quite the same as well. So we're watchdog indeed Detroit Lions. And then before we go to football's finest fellas, have we decided we have a triple bet payoff? Maybe you want to announce it coming up next in football's finest, but at some point we're going to have to commit to a Friday payoff live at Shakerton's in Arlington. I think I'm doing with the, I think I'm going to do the National Anthem. - Okay. - You think I'm going to go live. - I like that. That's a good National Anthem. - Take a mic and sing actually sing it over to the speakers. - I'm going to see. I'm going to make sure if we can get it through the loudspeakers in the building, but it's definitely going to be on the air and loud enough for everybody in there to have to, you know, watch me fight through that. - Join us at Shakerton. So it'll be in a chant to show afternoon of broadcasting a triple bet payoff. And yes, I will announce my payoff on the other side. And we'll see if we can coax one out of Broadus as well. That's all coming up next right here. - Hey Mike Villetti here, host of Cash The Ticket alongside my partner, Jim Costa. It's really simple. 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