MLB, WNBA, Soccer, CFB, Tennis, NFL ILB Rankings, News & Notes, Best Bet

welcome to the Madison Miller podcast today is Thursday August 29th 2024 St WNBA MLB soccer college football week one begins tonight that's right predictions and such and the predictions will be posted on this feed at some point um US Open NFL inside linebacker rankings news and notes and best bet we'll start with baseball um we'll go over the results from yesterday and we'll look ahead to today's games um suspended game resume um from Tuesday Rangers over the White Sox 3 to one Cubs beat the Pirates 14-10 after being down seven runs and put up six in the ninth impressive win for them Guardians over the Royals 75 Astros over over the Phillies 10 nothing Mariners over the ray 62 A's over the Reds 96 Nats over the Yankees 52 Red Sox over the Blue Jays three nothing Braves over to twins 51 so best bet wins Cardinals over to Padre's 43 Brewers over to Giants 53 Rangers over to White Sox 43 Tigers over to Angels 32 Rockies over to Mars 82 Dbacks over to Mets 8 to five Dodgers over to O's 6 to four all right so 1:00 this afternoon Angels Tigers Jack [ __ ] totz and kaider Montero um let's see here um tigers - 162 Angels plus 136 over9 overs -06 under- 114 Angels plus half is - 46 tigers - plus 122 over 2 o'clock Giants Brewers Hayden bird song and Aaron svali Brewers minus 136 Giants plus 116 over8 and a half overs - 105s - 115 Giants plus half is -82 brw - plus 150 I like the over um Rangers white socks um Nate avaldi and Nick Nini Rangers -50 White Sox plus 205 over under eight and a half overs minus 122 under even money Rangers - half is-50 white so plus half is plus 125 um I'm going to go contrary and under eight and a half and even money because of avaldi on the mound uh Pirates cards or Parra cards at 215 my bad um Michael King and sunny gray pick them minus way over under 7 half overs minus way orus 118 under - 104 Padre's plus 46 cards plus is 78 Michael King's been red hot making the jual trade look a little better from a Padre's perspective so I'm going to take the Padre's and minus way and it's not saying it's a win because Michael King has an ER just north of three wotto is the one of the biggest reasons right if not the biggest reason why the Yankees are in first place I mean you could argue judge but like they're the two most valuable players arguably in the entire American League if not two of the three Marlins Rockies three o'clock Valente boso and Bradley boock Rockies minus 120 Marlin plus 102 over under 11 half over Z money under-22 Marlins plus 46 Rockies plus half isus 76 I'm going to take the Marlins at plus fo2 outright 3:30 Mets Dbacks David Peterson and Ryan Nelson dxus 116 Mets -2 over under eight and a half overs -2 under- 120 Mets minus plus 162 dback plus 96 I'm taking the metus to bounce back SP Peterson's been good 5 o' a red that's a weird start time for Cincinnati um JT gin and julus or Julian agular Reds minus 126 a plus 108 over under 10 halfus 10 a plus half is- 76 redus plus 46 I love the under that's way too high of a total 630 Braves Phillies Charlie Morton and Chris Sanchez Phils - 154 Braves 130 over under eight and a half overs -5 under- 115 Braves plus half isus 62 Phils minus plus 34 I like the under a lot 7 o'clock Jay's Red Sox Bowen Francis and cutter Crawford Red Sox minus 142 J's plus 120 over under 8 and a halfus 20 J plus is minus 64 Red Sox plus 36 like the over e money 8:00 Royals Astros Brady sender Hunter Brown great matchup ALCS preview potentially Astros minus 154 Royals plus 130 over under 8 overs - 114 under-6 worlds plus2 is- 64 Astros - half plus 36 I'm going to take a shot here and go to Kansas City at plus 130 and last but not least O's Dodgers Kate Povich and Bobby Miller Dodgers minus 154 O's plus 130 over under n overs -5 th- 115 o plus half is- 162 Dodgers plus 34 I'm going with the over but this is also a good opportunity for Baltimore to get within a half game of the Yankees with the Yankees being idle today all right now move on to the WNBA um we will uh recap yesterday look ahead to oh wait that's a lie um no game ST that's right Sparks over to Liberty 9488 fever over the sun 8480 Mystics over the sky 7470 links over to Mercury 8976 and the storm over the dream 8581 so no games to tonight and no games on Labor Day Monday either in the W all right now move on to soccer um we'll go over notable results and look ahead to everything going on today um we'll start with La Liga um athletic over Valencia one nil valido laganas nil nil draw batist kfe postpone Atletico espanol nil nil draw and aalz over real soy do 21 two games today one o'clock you have Jona and osasuna um jonaus 145 Osuna plus 380 draw plus 280 um I'm going go with the draw plus 280 that's a good number 33 Los pomas Real Madrid Real Madrid minus 350 Las pomas 8 to one the draws plus 440 Real Madrid's going to win um I'm going to go over three and a half goals though at plus 140 as the pick L an MLS game yesterday Columbus beat the Union One nil ya yaboa in the 75th minute scored to give Columbus a one nil lead um yeah keep winning big games going by their the Champs in Philadelphia um might have just gotten hot for a couple weeks we'll see [Music] um we have Champions League qualifying I'm sorry Europa League qualifying Playoff round couple of matches um results from yet um we don't have any results never mind um so this is uh second legs one o00 you have petrol cub and lud goritz um little gorus 120 petrol Cub plus 350 drop plus 240 um lud gorit is going to win minus 120 is cheap I actually like that but I'm going to go over 2 half goals plus 108 elsborg and mold um elsburg leads one n and aggregate elburg plus 125 mold a 21 d plus going elb plus 125 a p and rigga rias leads 2-1 on aggregate AP po isus 75 Ras plus 490 draw plus 290 I'm going to go with the draw plus 290 here 2 o'cl um Bas and FC Lugano tied at aggregate Bas is - 220 Lugano is plus 550 the draw is plus 340 under two and half goals plus6 anderlecht and Dynamo Minsk um one one nil and aggregate for um and they're Le I don't see lines up for that anywhere um Ajax and Jag Leonia Ajax Le four1 on aggregate Ajax minus 50 Jag Leonas 10 to one the draw 6 to1 Ajax is going to blow it away um meaning like you're going to blow them out um not blow it but blow them out of the water might as well over three F goals um 230 fcsb and GL glind they're tied on aggregate that's 230 fcsb is plus 110 last is plus 250 drop plus 230 I'm going with FCF spe plus 110 245 hearts and Victoria pleas pleas leads one n and Aggregate and they're even money Hearts is plus 60 drop plus 240 I'm going go with hearts at home plus 60 for the upset 3:00 you have tsbt and macabi T Aviv T aiv leaves 3 nil on aggregate they're minus 105 um FK BTS plus 250 drop plus medum going VAB all right I'm going to go with m Ki at minus 105 there rapid Vienna and Braga it's 3:00 um Braga plus 140 Vienna plus 180 draw plus 250 Braga plus 140 and bra lead two on on aggregate Shamrock and pook pus 1885 shamro plus 490 dra plus 330 um I'm going to go under two half goals at minus 106 and then banal Luca and fing VAR um bar baros is bi 65 borac is 5 to one the draws plus 260 I'm going over two and half goals at minus 106 so there you have it for Europa League qualifying and um I know we have a lot of soccer to do on tomorrow's show now I'm going to preview and predict tonight's college football games I apologize in advance just like on Friday's show last week I will only be doing projections featuring teams that will be playing FBS FBS but I will go over the entire slate and make some picks without my data along the way for everybody else that is playing tonight so an exciting night notth less and hopefully on tomorrow's show we'll have um everything for you all right so six o'clock tonight on the Big 10 Network it's howed and it's Ruckers Ruckers is giving 38 and a half total is 51 and a half um Howard is not supposed to be any good in the uh uh um whatever conference I think they're in the Mak um the total is low as well so I'm actually going to take the over in this one 7 o'clock on the ACC Network Western Carolina and NC State NC State's giving 32 total 61 to have NC State's supposed to be good this year um I think I'm going to lay the points um nc& and Wake Forest um wake is giving 33 totals 50 and a half um this is another over I like New Hampshire UCF ucf's ging 38 and a half total is 59 and a half um I was just doing it actually no that's weird UCF is 16 and a half um I beted on ESPN bet I'd still take the over as well um Jackson State you Monroe um yman Rose only giving a whopping five and a half against Jackson State total is 44 and a half and that's a low total I'm I'm going to go with the over in that one Lafayette Buffalo um Buffalo is giving three and a half total is 44 and A2 um I'm going to lay the points with Buffalo forom Bowling Green Bowling Green is giving 15 and a half totals 59 and a half um I'm going to go with the over um Central Connecticut and Central Michigan again Central's giving a whopping 31 half total 54 and half this is one I think I'm going to late the points um ESP P tonight Arkansas Pine Bluff and Arkansas Arkansas is giving a whopping 50 and half total 58 and half I'll go with the over I think Arkansas could do that by themselves decain Toledo Toledo's giving 27 and half tot 53 and a half I'm actually going to lay the points with Toledo 8:00 on thec network M state gets number 11 Missouri uh Missouri his favor I have whopping 49 and half total 16 half I could see this being a closer game than expected maybe Missouri is looking ahead a little bit so I'm going to take Murray State in the points maybe Missouri wins by 40 and then they still win the game I mean I know teams are all about style points these days but not in that game um lynen wood against number 22 Kansas um Kanas is giving 49 and a half total is 62 and A2 um I'm gonna go with the over that one too that's a high number though 8 o'clock on FOX today North Carolina Minnesota this is the game of the night um I have a projection for this one I project Minnesota as a six-point favorite total 54 and 112th and FanDuel has it North Carolina has a one and a half Point favor total 51 after so this flip Minnesota was favored now Carolina's favored I think the wrong team is f here I'm going to take Minnesota plus one a half and plus 110 to win the game straight up on ESPN Tonight you have North Dakota State in Colorado so favoritism towards the laughing stock of college football in my opinion May who knows maybe they're going to be decent this year but to me they're The Laughing stop of the sport Colorado's giving 10 half total 56 half the bison are not the same team as they used to be I'm dread this but I'm going to L the points for Colorado I just don't like rooting for Deion Sanders in Colorado I just think they're too they're hype machine and the other FBS FBS game Co Carolina and Jackson State on CBS Sports netork my projection is Jacksonville State by 15 total 50 and 112th and it is Jacksonville State by only 3 and half totals 54 and half I'm going to lay the 3 and 1/2 with Jacksonville State Al corn State and UAB um UAB is giving 29 and a half to 56 and a half um alorn stinks so I'm actually going to lay it with UAB um Southeastern Louisiana in two lane to's giving 27 half total 54 and a half first game without Michael Pratt that team's still pretty good I'm going to lay the points with two lane um Northwestern State and Tulsa um Tulsa a 36 and Half Point favor tuls 54 and half Tulsa stinks I mean Northwestern States not supposed to be any good either but I'm going to take the points cuz I don't think Tulsa is very good I don't think Tulsa should be that big of a favor against anybody that's kind of like Hawaii L over the weekend um last weekend I mean 9 o' Southern Utah against number 12 Utah Utah's probably monsterous favorite yeah 39 and half to 55 and a half I really like the over big tenic EAS Illinois in Illinois Illinois giving 29 half to 49 and half I like the over that's a low number and then 10:00 on True TV Sacramento State San Jose State San Jose State's only a two and a half Point favor total 61 and a half that's telling Sacramento State's a good FBS team I'm going to take this as an upset I'm going to take Sacramento State plus the points and plus 105 to win the game straight up now we'll go over the US Open results from yesterday and look ahead to today second round started yesterday we'll start with the men's um 2C Novak jokovic over lasso deer in three sets in the walk over 12C Taylor Fritz over Mato bartini in three sets 18 c r over G mles in four sets 18 Lorenzo MTI over mmar kek mic in five sets 13 seed Blen Shelton Over Roberto Batista ago in three sets 28 seed Alexi papin over Pedro Martinez in three sets JC Chang over Roberto CPA in three sets Francisco kamana up set 17c Ugo hbert in four sets six seed Andre rublev over Arthur render neck in five sets 40 seed Francis Tia over Alexander shenco in three and a walk over four seed Alexander Zera over Alexander Mueller in three sets Talon Gasport over 21 Sebastian viz in two sets um Brandon nashim over Arthur Kazo in three sets n gor deit over ranki hgat in three sets 32c Jerry Lea over Mitchell Krueger in um five sets Thomas AER over 2019 Francisco culo in five sets and then today 11 o'clock you have Thomas machak and 16 Sebastian Corda Jordan Thompson 7 Hubert Heros 3 Matel arnaldi and Roman saulin Mata beluchi and Chris o Connell wanty jenx CER and Alex Michaelson um 1:00 daasi kakas and luno Gorges 130 31 SE flabio caboi and zizu Bergs 10 seed Alex deer and AO vran um Fondo Diaz aosta and 25 seed Jack Draper 2115 24 seed Arthur Phils and Gabriel Doo um Tristan schul Kate and Jacob menik 230 David gin and Adrian Menino 3:30 Mariano naon and Dan Evans 5:00 forell 14 seed Tommy fall um Tommy Paul um seven seed I'm sorry 7:00 five seed toil MV and Fabian mazeron and 815 3C colos alarz and BK vanan Chul all right women's from yesterday Payton Sterns upsets 12 seed Daria kakina in two sets 27 seed Alina SP Alina over anina canina in two sets three seed Coco go over Taj Maria in three sets um 20 SE Victoria AAR ranko over K barell in two sets 24 SE donovic over GRE Min in two sets 13 Emma dvar over Aron Russ in two sets two seed ARA Blanka over Lucia brunetti in two sets 29 of Karina Alex rova over Iva jovic in three sets 19 Marta kuk over Harriet Dart in two sets WF W over Dian Parry in two sets 17 qw Zang over Erica Andria in three sets 14c Madison Keys over Maya joint in two sets 26 Paul Bosa over Taylor talson in two sets Elise Martz over Al Tomic in two sets Julie Neer over mayuka uchima in two sets Elena Gabriela Rose upsets 18 barbora kova in two sets and now um two underway right now um 30C Julia Pua and zuu Wong and Clara toson and 18 Diana Schneider and then also 11 o'clock about to get under the way Anna bondor and 15 Anna Ken Gia 1215 2011 Mir Andria and Ashlin Krueger Caroline doly and Sarah arani 31 SE Katy Bolter and Jessica buas 1220 Marie busov 16 L Samson noo one um 1:00 22 C be hot of Maya and Sarah sorz um Vera lenko and Anastasia poova Carolina plusa and 5c Jasmine Pini 2 o' wantd gch and Ana Shahara 2:15 Sophia Kennan and 60 Jessica Pula 3:00 elizab beta kajo and 25 s pav jakova 4:15 4 SE Elena rakina and Jessica ponet 7:00 Naomi Ahsoka and Carolina muchova and 9:00 Caroline wasoski and ranata zarazua so there you have it for us open for today next we are going to do NFL inside linebacker rankings um 64 players every teams starting inside linebacker or middle linebackers or just they would say will and Mike and some teams do slot in the middle like depending on how teams set up so without further Ado here we go 64 Omar speeds Rams 63 Troy Anderson Falcons 62 Christen Rose boom Rams 61 Demetrius Flanigan fulls 49ers 60 Kenneth Murray Jr Titans 59 Devon white Eagles 58 Isaiah McDuffy Packers 57 Jordan Brooks Dolphins 56 Divine Dal Alo Raiders 5 Jake hon Texans 54 Dion Henley Chargers 53 Trenton Simpson Ravens 52 KJ Britt Buccaneers 51 zier Franklin Colts 50 Aziz Al shaher Texans 49 Cody Barton Broncos 48 Dorian Williams bills 47 Kaiser white Cardinal 46 Alex Singleton Broncos 45 an Fernie Jennings Patriots 44 Michael mcfaden Giants 43 Quay Walker Packers 42 Jack Campbell Lions 41 EJ speed Colts 40 deont Clark how boys 39 Jerome Baker Seahawks 38 tral Bernard bills 37 Zack Bon Eagles 36 Alex anzelone Lions 35 alandon Roberts Steelers 34 Robert spine Raiders 33 M Wilson senior Cardinals 32 Blake Cashman Vikings 31 Tyrell Dodson Seahawks 30 Pete Warner Saints 29 termaine edwins Bears 28 Eric Hendricks Cowboys 27 Denzel Perryman Chargers 26 Drew tranel Chiefs 25 Joey Josie juel Panthers 24 Von Pace Jr Vikings 23 vad oon Jaguars 22 sha Thompson Panthers 21 Logan Wilson Bengals 20 Jan Bentley Patriots 19 Nick Bolton Chiefs 18 David long Jr Dolphins 17 Kaden Ellis Falcons 16 Ernest Jones ivth Titans who was just traded from the Rams um 15 Devin Lloyd Jag 14 Jordan Hicks Browns 13 Germaine Pratt Bengals 12 Bobby oerk Giants 11 Patrick Queen Steelers 10 CJ Mosley Jets nine Frankie louu comman eight Quincy Williams Jets seven Jeremiah OSU coroa Browns six TJ Edwards Bears five lante David Buccaneers four Bobby Wagner commanders three roquan Smith Ravens two Demario Davis Saints and number one Fred Warner San Francisco 49ers um Fred Warner I think I had one at this position last year him and Zario Davis are easily the best two at that position um this position isn't topheavy but it's really really deep this year like to the point where when I do my projected worth against the spread there could be potentially 40 or more guys at this position that' be worth either half or some of them maybe the top I would say nine on this list are probably be worth one point to their team maybe some guys below that because of what team they're on as well so um there you have it for the inside linebacker rankings now move on to the news and notes for today um it's a lot um the Chargers are cutting Tony Jefferson um which uh isn't shocking then just coming down moment ago um James Bradbery has a leg injury expected Miss six to8 weeks that's brutal for Philadelphia also out to start the season is Steelers guard Isaac somalo the former eagle with the pictoral injury not good news for them either um Drake May on qb1 decision as um jacobe Bret won the job um he has no regrets over how competition played out with Jobe brasset um I genuinely believe that they gave their job to brassette because their offensive lines really really bad and they didn't want Drake May to to go through what Bryce young went through last year so I see why they did it I can't kill the Patriots but at the same time I would have went with Drake may even though the Pat's offensive line is horrific um so um Colts GM Chris Balor defends himself about um his tenure in Indie if it gets me fired so be it um Frank Gore Jr back to the bills as he goes to the practice squad um how about this the athletic reported that an anonymous agent said that the vibe around the Jets is terrible and the they're in complete disarray that sounds like the Jets but the Jets have high expectations they're favored the win their division this year the Browns are cutting Tyler Huntley so we'll see who picks him up um the Browns work Deshawn Watson steals they create 35.8 million in cap space Um Zack Taylor spoke too soon on Jamar Chase as he walked back his comments when um talking about Jamar chances of playing in week one dvin cook is signing with the Cowboys I think that is a big deal I think he's actually going to start for them over Ezekiel ellot he's better than Ezekiel Elliot but if Zeke starts that's favoritism because it's Ezekiel Elliot and was one of the best Cowboy running backs this Century um Brandon auk may get a 45 Grand daily fine if he misses team activities amid Holden for new contract um the Celtics signed Lonnie Walker so that's an interesting signing um The Warriors goal for um pod zimsky eight to they want him to shoot eight to 10 three-pointers per game really that's crazy um so Colorado's Oregon allegations as the Buffs alleged ducks access practice footage ahead of last year's matchup geez I just think that Dion's just starting crap I really really do shador signs with Nike that's not surprising um so Mike Tomlin warns Falcons about um Fields packages before their week one matchup as um Russell Wilson was named their starter over fields um I think Justin Fields should have been the starter he's better than Russell Wilson at this point listen I was the one saying that the Bears should have kept fields and traded the number one pick to a team like the Giants who desperately need a franchise quarterback or they should have traded to New England they could have gotten Marvin Harrison at three um but the case against a team like that trading like the Giants for instance because they have a lot of holes on their roster I mean so does New England that's I mean and the Bears right at the same time I understand why they made the decision because they feel that Caleb Williams is going to be Patrick Mahomes but we don't know that the Bears certainly think that um how about this um Brian Kelly doesn't like osc's helmet says he says K codes on helmets just don't feel Collegiate to me I agree Brian Kelly Josh Allen of the bills was voted as the biggest trash talker and most overrated um I could see why I can see why um the Boozer twins to set up visits to Duke Miami and Florida um I feel like they're going to end up in Florida I don't think they're going to go to Duke oh maybe I'm wrong so Carlos Boozer did go to Dukes they're they're they might end up going to Duke but maybe one of them goes to Duke one goes to Florida why do I feel like one of them's not not going to go to Duke and then Messi's back in training for the first time since the ankle injury in the Copa final so that is a good news for Miami so there you have it for the news and notes last but not least my best bet of the day brought to you by FanDuel um there is a couple of these that I like but my favorite one is in baseball yesterday's was obviously a winner and I got to be honest best BET's going to involve a team that I got involved with yesterday and this is only because I just think that this is going to be a low-scoring game I'm not going to lay a lot I am going to lay a 20th of a unit on under eight minus 110 between the Braves and the Phillies for my best bet of the day so there you have it for the show I'll be back tomorrow with a absolute monster of a show it's probably going to be a 90minut show so be prepared everybody hope you guys have a great day everyone