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Episode 55: Predicting the MLB Replay System

QUICK HITS
– Lions hire Jim Caldwell, Titans hire Ken Wisenhunt, Vikings hire Mike Zimmer
– Australian Open begins with 108ºF heat
– Alex Rodriguez shenanigans continue

RED ZONE
20: Alabama booster sells merchandise and NCAA doesn’t care
MAKE THE PLAY: Will any significant attention be brought to this in the next two years?
10: MLB owners OK expanded replay use for 2014
MAKE THE PLAY: Will this be received positively by the end of next year?
5: NFL Playoffs – Conference Championships
MAKE THE PLAY: Who moves on to the Super Bowl?

Episode 48: NCAAF – Baylor at Oklahoma State

RED ZONE
20: Jameis Winston sexual assault case gets DNA link
Make the play: Will Winston be unable to play in the BCS National Championship game because of this, assuming the Seminoles make it there?

10: Tigers/Rangers swap Prince Fielder and Ian Kinsler
Make the play: Which team gets more wins next year – Texas or Detroit?

5: Alex Rodriguez thinks baseball is out to get him
Make the play: Will Rodriguez have his suspension eliminated from this arbitration hearing?

REPLAY
(NCAAF) Peter: 4-3, Joel 5-2
SMYNja Leader: (NCAAF) Detlef Schrempf, 34-19
(NFL) Peter: 3-3, Joel 4-2
SMYNja Leader: (NFL) Decaff78, 33-33

PICK 6Joel vs Peter
NCAAF Week 13
Texas A&M at LSU (-4.5) (3:30 PM)
Wisconsin at Minnesota (16.5) (3:30 PM ET)
BYU at Notre Dame (0) (3:30 PM ET)
– Arizona State at UCLA (2.5) (7 PM ET)
Missouri at Mississippi (2.5) (7:45 PM ET)
Baylor at Oklahoma State (10) (8 PM ET)
– Extra Point: Oregon at Arizona (20.5) (7 PM ET)
— Peter: Michigan at Iowa (-6) (12 PM ET)
— Joel: EP

NFL Week 12
Pittsburgh at Cleveland (-1) (1 PM ET)
– Minnesota at Green Bay (-4.5) (1 PM ET)
New York Jets at Baltimore (-4) (1 PM ET)
– Dallas at New York Giants (-1) (4:25 PM ET)
Denver at New England (1) (8:30 PM ET)
San Francisco at Washington (6) (MON, 8:30 PM ET)

Episode 35: Predicting the Steroid Suspensions

RED ZONE

20: Riley Cooper excused from team activities after racial slur
Make the play: Cooper play in a game for the Eagles this season?

10: Johnny Manziel life drama continues
Make the play: Will Texas A&M beat Alabama on September 14th?

5: Baseball impending steroid suspensions are a mess
Make the play: Will Alex Rodriguez get the lifetime ban sentence?

Episode 31: Predicting the Biogenesis Scandal

RED ZONE

20: NHL Conference Finals continue
Make the play: Can Pittsburgh come back from this series deficit?

10: NBA Finals begin
Make the play: Who wins the title?

5: MLB looks to suspend Biogenesis suspects in biggest-ever P.E.D. bust
Make the play: Will these suspensions happen and be upheld?

Episode 8: NFL – Baltimore vs Houston

RED ZONE
20: A-Rod struggles and…scores
Make the play: Does A-Rod play for the Yankees next year? If not, where?

10: Ravens lose defensive stars
Make the play: Does Ray Lewis return next year?

5: MLB Playoff update – LCS
Make the play: Will instant replay be expanded at the end of the year?

REPLAY
(NCAAF) Peter: 21-28, Joel 24-25 – (NFL) Peter: 16-20, Joel: 15-21
SMYNja Leader: (NCAAF) MajorMoses – (NFL) Skulljumper

PICK 6Joel vs Peter
NCAAF Week 8
LSU at Texas A&M (+3.5) (SAT, 12 PM ET)
– South Carolina at Florida (-3.5) (SAT, 3:30 PM ET)
Michigan State at Michigan (-9.5) (SAT, 3:30 PM ET)
Kansas State at West Virginia (-3) (SAT, 7 PM ET)
Florida State at Miami (+21) (SAT, 8 PM ET)
– Washington at Arizona (-7.5) (SAT, 10 PM ET)
– Extra Point
— Peter/Joel: Texas Tech at TCU (+1.5) (SAT, 3:30 PM ET)

NFL Week 7
New Orleans at Tampa Bay (+1) (SUN, 1 PM ET)
Baltimore at Houston (-6.5) (SUN, 1 PM ET)
– Cleveland at Indianapolis (-1) (SUN, 1 PM ET)
– New York Jets at New England (-10) (SUN, 4:25 PM ET)
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (+1) (SUN, 8:20 PM ET)
Detroit at Chicago (-6.5) (MON, 8:30 PM ET)