Philanthropy (The Picks), new audio loaded

Philanthropy is 11-4 (73%) so far this year. Jump on this train or get run over by it. Here are the picks this week...

Alabama -9 over Arkansas (Arkansas is one of the worst teams in D1, they prove it this weekend)

Troy +21.5 over Ohio St (love this game, love this game. Troy could shock em. We will absolutely take more than 3 tds though)

Air Force +9.5 over Utah (I don't care if Utah is ranked, this game is ALWAYS close. Air Force 9-1 ATS in last 10, we will gladly take the 9.5)

Wake Forest +4 over Florida St. (I will believe it when I see it from the Noles, until then I will take the better football team as a road dog)

MTSU +6 over Arkansas St (I could not believe this line. MTSU pounds these guys every year. I like that Blue Raiders team because they covered for us last week. Take MTSU. Easy pickins)

The NFL goofy parlay is the Chalk Parlay of the Year!
Bills -9
New England -12
Giants -13
Denver -5.5

Bert Sugars picks (to cover)-- Fresno, Rutgers, Utah, Purdue, LSU

I loaded up Denunzio, Wallace, Mumme on the player if you missed them...

Micheal Heisley: 215th richest man in America

The Grizzlies owner has a net worth of 2.1 billion dollars, good enough to put him in the Forbes 400 List. Forgive me when I don't feel bad when he loses money with the Grizzlies. I have always been puzzled with contingent of fans that defend the consistent cutting back in spending on the team that has hurt the product from all angles. Grizzlies losses for him is like me losing 10 bucks. The facts are not that Heisley is a great owner that is willing to spend, the facts are that Heisley was an owner that was willing to spend. There is no debate that both the basketball and business sides have been downsized financially drastically in the last few years. Now we are at a point where there are less season ticket holders for the Grizzlies than any other team in the league. He did spend money, he did not make money back and so now he is gonna limit losses until he can get rid of the team. Listen to him talk about when the team was in the playoffs. He talks about them like they won a damn championship, or even 1 game. All you have to do is hear him and you get the sense that he sits behind a closed door and says, "We made the playoffs three straight years and these people still would not support this team enough, so screw it." The dude is so out of touch with Memphis and the fans it is amazing. "I will be around more, I will be more involved, blah blah blah." He comes in one time a year and says it, and we will hear it again this year. There is apathy from the fans and the team on the business side and basketball side is run on the cheap. Don't listen to me or any other media member (esp. the ones in Heisleys pocket), just ask any Grizzlies employee or former employee what they think about the franchise. The local owners had enough and they rolled out, and the only hope is that one day the team will be sold to someone that wants to have the team survive and thrive in Memphis (which is admittedly wishful thinking). I love the last line of the Forbes write-up:

Computer salesman became turnaround whiz. Used $150,000 profit from selling home and $10 million in bank loans to acquire Conco, maker of sewer and drain equipment. Expanded holdings; bought several near-bankrupt Rust Belt manufacturers. Today Heico operates 40 companies. Earnings generated through steel, construction, equipment. Founded private equity firm Stony Land Partners 2007; returned investors' money 2008 after credit crunch hit. Owns pro basketball's Memphis Grizzlies despite several efforts to sell team.

The team I care about, the team some of you care about, is a throw away line at the end of the profile. That seems about right.

The Article: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/54/400list08_Michael-Heisley-Sr_93KG.html

Gary Pinkel, Jim Grobe, and Terry Bowden (the audio)

#5 Missouri coach Gary Pinkel joined us on the show and talked about his team so far, building a program, Chase Daniel, etc.

#18 Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe talked about what he thought about Ole Miss, the extremely rare philosophy they used when building Wake, the Florida St. game coming up, etc.

College football analyst Terry Bowden talked about the season so far, whether coaches know what the point spread is in a game, why the spread offense is trending down, if Matthew Stafford is elite, the game he lost because he was trying not to "show to much" because of who his opponent was the next week (great story), etc.

I thought all three of them were really interesting today. If you missed any of them, they are loaded in the player...

Scheduled for this week (so far)

Missouri coach Gary Pinkel
Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe
College football analyst Terry Bowden
New Mexico St. coach Hal Mumme
New York Jets (and former Vol) Shaun Ellis

Another winning weekend (what's new?)

The Go To the Bank Week 2 NFL parlay of the year was 3-oh, 3-oh, 3-oh

The college games were 3-2. UAB could not get us one stupid touchdown. New Mexico St was on the Nebraska 2 yd line as the clock ran out, almost the backdoor. Oh well, we caught a break with Iowa taking a safety at the end.

Mental note: Kirk Ferentz has no regard for the point spread.

Kansas still covers like they were born to do it.

USC might be the Patriots this year in college. (no point spread too big)

Philanthropy record goes to 11-4 (73%)

You should easily be a bazillionaire by now.

Philanthropy (The Picks) w/ audio

Never doubt the great Vinny Verno. Comin off a blazin 5-0 last week. If you do not live in a mansion and drive a luxury car, blame yourself. I am trying to help you here.
Philanthropy Record is (8-2, 80%) this year

UAB +30 over Tennessee (if UAB can get me one TD, Tenn has to get me by more than 5tds. no way)

MTSU +17 over Kentucky (I could not believe this. Kentucky has a totally garbage offense. This is insulting)

Iowa St +13.5 over Iowa (again, totally insulting. Iowa St. always covers in this game, and now it is almost a 2td, give me a break)

N Mex St. +25 over Nebraska (I am ridin with my boy Hal Mumme and Joe Lee Dunn on this one. Nebraska struggled with San Jose till the end, 25 is too many)

Western Michigan -8 over Idaho (Idaho is the worst team in D1, and injured. This line should have been 20, we get it at 8)

The goofy NFL Parlay is the Go To the Bank Week 2 Parlay of the Year!
G- Giants -9 over Rams
T- Titans +1 over Bengals
B- Buffalo +5.5 over Jags

bert sugars picks (all against spread)---
Cal, Michigan, Virginia, Vandy, Georgia

My new favorite college football player, Sylvester Croom and John Chavis (Audio)

There is the very real possibility that my favorite player in college football this year is Karlin Brown, and I have never seen him play. When the middle linebacker at Miss. St. went down and they needed a replacement... they will now turn to Karlin Brown.
Brown will start in the Auburn game on Saturday night for the Bullies and I cannot wait. Why? Because Karlin Brown is my size. Wait until you see him. He is 5'8" 195lbs. It seems impossible. I looked up his videos on Rivals just to see if this is for real. This dude is starting at middle linebacker in the SEC against Auburn. I cannot remember the last time I anticipated watching a player more. Karlin Brown, do your thing, mangle and destroy.

I asked Sylvester Croom about Karlin Brown, his team losing to La. Tech, minority coach hires, etc. I have loaded the audio if you missed it.

I also loaded the audio of Tenn. Def. Coor. John Chavis joining us on the show.

Chris Wallace segment, Linda Cohn (The Audio), todays show

Scheduled for the show today...
Mississippi State coach Sylvester Croom
Tennessee Defensive Coor. John Chavis
ESPN.Com's Ivan Maisel
Herrington and Movies

The Chris Wallace weekly segment is loaded in three parts. We busted his chops about a possible Zach Randolph deal, etc. Linda Cohn from ESPN joined us on the show to talk about her new incredibly revealing book about her life. Cohn is loaded in the player also.

What rhymes with Vinny Verno? 5 and ohhhh

And Vinny Verno is.............. 5 and oh, 5 and oh, 5 and ohhhhhhhhhh! That photo is actually of me. I burst into friggin flames, authorities had to come and put me out.

I give picks, they win, everyone becomes millionaires. The picks are always posted on Friday and if you slept on this, boo to you. Roser just told me he is drivin a Bentley to work on Monday. Philanthropy. I am a philanthropist. Woooo hoooooooo!!!!!! Updated Philanthropy record... (8-2, 80%)

Philanthropy (The Picks), Denunzio returns (Audio)

Here are the games this week, Roll with Vinny Verno or don't roll...

Kansas -20.5 over La. Tech (this will be known as the Kansas blood bath for yrs to come)

Southern Miss +17.5 over Auburn (too many points for a non-crappy team to get)

Air Force +3 over Wyoming (hard to defend team against a team we always win against)

La Monroe +12.5 over Arkansas (La Monroe could be favored in this, Arkansas is total crap)

Arizona St -14 over Stanford (last year combined score...79-6.. come on)

The goofy parlay is... The Not walking through that door Week 1 PARLAY OF THE YEAR!

Cincy -1 over Baltimore (Johnathan Ogden is not walking through that door)

Dallas -5.5 over Cleveland (Bernie Kosar is not walking through that door)

Jacksonville -3 over Titans (Steve McNair is not walking through that door)

Bert Sugars Picks

UConn -7 over Temple

Northwestern -6.5 over Duke

G Tech +7 over BC

Texas Tech -10 over Nevada

Denunzio Picks-- Dolphins, Bengals, 49ers, Saints (against spread)

You are welcome degenerates

Vandy ssssssssssstttttttttttttttttttrrrrrrrraight up! How bout that? Bravo Bobby J. I had your back. Home teams catchin points on a Thursday, we love ya at the Verno household.
Giants hit too. What a beautiful Thursday night.

Just wait till tomorrow when I drop some more winners on that head. You should just go ahead a make reservations to your restaurant of choice. Philanthropy is too easy this week.

Welcome to the NBA Darrell Arthur

Nice. He and Chalmers got caught smokin some weed in their room. Hey, that rookie symposium is stressful.

Mangino tried

We were one yard away from 4-1 on the picks, ended up 3-2 instead. One yard away because my man Mangino was trying for us. The dude is up 40-10 and refuses to run out the clock. He has got his starter in behind center, and he is trying to score to get it to 47-10. Kneeling is for the weak. The RB got tackled at the friggin one yard line with the clock running out. I can't get mad about that. I still love this guy, he tried for us, even if they should have hung 70 on FIU. I could not help but laugh. Mangino has always respected Philanthropy.

Philanthropy, Bobby Bowden and Bradie James (The audio)

Audio of Bobby Bowden on the show and Bradie James on the show is loaded below.

Philanthropy (the picks)
never say that we don't give back to the community...

Kansas -35.5 over Fl. International (Kansas might score a hundy)
Pitt-13 over Bowling Green (McCoy goes over 2 bills)
Utah St +12.5 over UNLV (both these teams suck, so I take points)
Tulsa -14 over UAB (UAB is horrid, Tulsa is good, who needs more analysis?)
Ohio +11 over Wyoming (Come on Solich, come through, Wyoming is crap)

Philanthropy Record (0-0)

and as always, the goofy parlay is the...

Louisiana Losers Parlay of the Year!
Auburn -26 over La Monroe
S. Miss -10.5 over La Laffer
Miss St -8.5 over La. Tech

Bert Sugar's Picks
Temple -7 over Army
Clemson -4.5 over Bama
V Tech -9.5 over ECU
Louisville -4 over Kentucky
Fresno +5.5 over Rutgers

Excuses, Excuses

3-3 on the degenerate games. Troy, Vandy, and Wake come through
now to the losers...
--Utep is an absolute piece of crap. Almost 500 yds of offense to Buffalo? That is ridiculous and embarrasing at the same time. I hate Utep now.
--Oregon State, how about you throw a backwards pass in the endzone again with the game in the balance? Or fumble with the game on the line? Boooooooo.
--NC State was in that thing and then their QB was on a stretcher. Can't plan for that one, but geez, Troy Aikman played through 5 million concussions and he still talks well. Come on dude. Just kidding.

So we were 3-3 on degenerate games, but it is clear that the games we lost were fixed. If we lose, the game was fixed. Period.

Darrell Arthur has to pick up his mom from the airport because her flight was moved to today, so he moved him to next week. Never mess with mama.
The rest of the show for today is the same as scheduled.

The picks, the Friday show, new audio

The 6 Degenerate Game picks for the games tonight given on the show were (if you wanna keep up with my brilliance)...
Utep +3.5 over Buffalo, NC State +14.5 over S.Carolina, Troy -7 over MTSU, Vandy +3.5 over Miami (ohio), Wake -12 over Baylor, Oregon St. -3 over Stanford

The show tomorrow will feature Bobby Bowden, Darrell Arthur, etc. The rundown is below...
Friday Show:
3pm- Grizzlies draft pick Darrell Arthur comes in studio
3:40- Philanthropy (season debut)
4:20-5- Commercial Appeal's Jason Smith preps preview
5- Florida State coach Bobby Bowden
5:20- Memphis D Coor Tim Walton
5:40-- Weekly Cigar with Bert Sugar (lovable losers debut)

New audio includes the Grizzlies GM Chris Wallace weekly segment (broken into 3 parts)

Next two days on the show...

(scheduled to join us on Thurs, Fri)...

Florida State coach Bobby Bowden (Roser hit trifecta- all 3 Bowden's in a week)
Memphis D Coor Tim Walton
Tenn O Coor Dave Clawson
Grizzlies draft pick Darrell Arthur swings by the studio

The predictions from the show (SEC 2008)

SEC East
Florida wins it
Georgia
Tenn
S Carolina
Kentucky
Vandy

SEC West
Auburn wins it
Bama
Ole Miss
LSU
Miss St
Arkansas

Surprise team is Ole Miss, Disappointment is LSU, Les Miles downfall begins now Saban's players are all in NFL and he is gone within 3 years

Florida wins the SEC, Tebow wins another Heisman

Terry Bowden and Fantasy football expert Dave Richard (The Audio)

College football analyst Terry Bowden joined us on the show to talk about the upcoming season, his dad and his future plans, his brother and the Clemson/Bama game, the spread offense, etc.

CBSSports.com Fantasy Expert Dave Richard gave fantasy football tips on the upcoming season including sleepers, busts, strategies, etc.
Both Bowden and Richard are loaded in the player.

Cardinals All-Star Ryan Ludwick, Clemson coach Tommy Bowden (The Audio)