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Bets of the North finishes this show with a big announcement of how it will be betting this season. But first, Tyler Shoemaker and Doug Lesmerises talking betting early lines, watching line movement, and live betting.
Doug seems to understand it, but still loses money at it.
Among the early games where the guys check the lines and discuss whether making a bet now makes sense are Iowa State-Iowa, Nebraska-Colorado, Alabama-Wisconsin, Georgia-Alabama, Ohio State-Oregon, Kansas State-Colorado and Ohio State-Michigan.
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From Michigan and Washington to Penn State and Oregon, from Syracuse and Cincinnati to Iowa State and Ohio State, record predictions for all 28 Northern power conference teams are locked down on this Kings of the North.
Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis mark down their records and reasonings, giving you an easy way to pat them on the back come December, or, more likely, call them out for being wrong.
⢠Notre Dame, the Northern ACC schools, and Oregon and Washington are up first
⢠Then it's the former Big Ten West schools
⢠Then the eight Northern teams in the Big 12
⢠Finally, the teams from the old Big Ten East
Thanks for joining Kings of the North, and see you for our new schedule of live shows, starting at noon on Monday. -
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What college football quarterback matchups have you most excited this season? Something involving Texas' Quinn Ewers, maybe against Michigan, Oklahoma or Georgia?
A Big 12 showdown involving quarterbacks like West Virginia's Garrett Greene, Colorado's Shedeur Sanders, Kansas State's Avery Johnson or Utah's Cam Rising?
A Big Ten game with Oregon's Dillon Gabriel, Ohio State's Will Howard, Penn State's Drew Allar or Nebraska's Dylan Raiola?
On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis welcome guest Ari Wasserman for a draft of the 15 best QB matchups in college football -- and most of them are in the North.
Doug and Bill start the show with a rundown of all 28 quarterback situations in the North, and then Bill gives his Northern Power Rankings of Quarterbacks.
And then the guys end the show with Whatcha Watching, Eating and Thinking with apple pie cinnamon rolls, bad endings to great TV shows, the best way to podcast and more.
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College football win total best bets are on the menu on Bets of the North with Doug Lesmerises and Tyler Shoemaker.
Each of them pick five win total over-unders, hitting teams like Notre Dame, Rutgers, Nebraska, Colorado, Syracuse and more â and disagreeing on Illinois.
Then itâs a Group of 5 best bet, a Dawg Mentality best bet, and a Cy-Hawk Super Combo.
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Who will win the Heisman Trophy? What outrageous events may happen this college football season? On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are ready to make some picks for the 2024 college football season, and Doug is wound up about it, starting with a draft of 10 Heisman Trophy candidates. Players from Penn State, Utah, Kansas, Ohio State, Oregon and Kansas State are among those who come off the board.
Then Doug and Bill make their official Heisman Trophy picks.
They follow that with three Outrageous Predictions on undefeated seasons, rushing touchdown records, Alabama's year, an ACC champ, a 2,000-yard receiving season and more.
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Which college football freshmen in the North could get on the field in a big way in 2024? From Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith to Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola to Notre Dame linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa to Iowa punter Rhys Dakin, the North has plenty of young talent.
On this episode of Kings of the North, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises run through the best freshmen around. (02:30)
Then they list 10 things they love about the 2024 college football season, including hot seat Southern coaches, second-year quarterbacks and teams ready for their best seasons in 20 years. (36:30)
Then Brett Ciancia of Pick Six Previews joins the show to talk about overrated and underrated teams. (58:17)
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Betting on college football is part of the game now. So while some of you might be trying to enjoy it, maybe you want a little help.
Bets of the North is here to do that.
This weekly college football gambling show will hit every Friday morning with betting insider Tyler Shoemaker, and his proprietary T Shoe Index, joining Doug Lesmerises and adding some smart math to the football conversation.
But itâs fun. Betting on sports shouldnât feel like homework.
On this first show. Doug and Tyler run through tips for making smart bets, including advice on parlays, player props, season win totals and betting on less popular teams.
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Changes to how college football teams recruit players and build rosters are ahead, and Doug Lesmerises has inside info on the future of the sport after attending a personnel and recruiting conference with almost 700 staffers from college football in Nashville.
That discussion includes an interview with Mark Pantoni, the general manager of Ohio State football.
But first, Doug looks at the energy of Nebraska football and the questions around Colorado football and what that might mean for their Week 2 matchup.
How ready is Nebraska freshman QB Dylan Raiola?
Why does everyone like to pile on Colorado?
And what's the stat that proves Nebraska could make a major leap this season?
Plus the energy at Utah, the cool leather helmets at Illinois and more.
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On this Kings of the North, the discussion about the latest Michigan news around the NCAA's look at Connor Stalions and alleged sign-stealing is on the minds of Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis. They believe the general debate around Michigan is all wrong and not focusing on the most important part of the story.
They dive into that, but first they have a few show announcements, a look at an unfortunate Notre Dame injury, some sophomore slumps at running back in the North, and Doug's visit to Penn State over the weekend.
Then it's a lot of Michigan and finally a look at the preseason coaches poll, which loves No. 1 Georgia much more than Doug and Bill think is appropriate.
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Oregon and Washington are moving from the West to the North with their shift from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten, and on this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis talk about how the Ducks and Huskies will fit into their new realities.
To assist that conversation, they are joined by two guests: long-time Pac-12 analyst Yogi Roth, now a Big Ten Network announcer and the creator of a new media outlet called Y-Option; and Washington beat writer Andy Yamashita of the Seattle Times.
Yogi interview - (51:52)
Andy interview - (1:10:36)
But before that, Doug and Bill run through the start of preseason college football camps, hitting especially on the teams that got an early start to practice this week as they discuss Utah, Kansas, Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan State, Rutgers, Illinois, Minnesota and Notre Dame.
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The Kansas Jayhawks and the Kansas State Wildcats are officially joining The North, as on this episode, Kings of the North swells to 28 Power Conference college football teams.
Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis explain why they are adding these Kansas schools to the teams they will cover, and they reset the state of two rising football programs.
They are aided in that cause by several interviews with Jayhawks and Wildcats:
⢠Kansas State coach Chris Klieman (9:03)
⢠Kansas deputy athletic director Collin Sexton (33:11)
⢠Kansas State safety Marques Sigle (46:49)
⢠Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor (53:15)
⢠Kansas State announcer and former QB Stan Weber (1:09:10)
Then Doug and Bill wrap up with their desire to get to the Kansas-Kansas State game this year, and they look at other major Northern games those two will play against Illinois, West Virginia, Iowa State and others.
Welcome to Kansas and Kansas State and thanks for joining Kings of the North. -
An Indiana lineman who gets told he looks like a plumber, a Maryland linebacker who wants to take our jobs, and a deep discussion about Michiganâs future are part of this Kings of the North from Day 3 of Big Ten Media Days.
Doug Lesmerises starts things off with a rant about Paul Finebaumâs comments on Penn State coach James Franklin.
And then Doug and Bill Landis interview:
⢠Indiana lineman Mike Katic (09:08)
⢠The Athleticâs Bruce Feldman about Michigan (20:18)
⢠Oregon tight end Terrance Ferguson and Minnesota kicker Dragan Kesich together (36:31)
⢠Maryland linebacker Ruben Hyppolite (49:18)
⢠Washington safety Kamren Fabiculanan (1:01:19)
⢠Minnesota running back Darius Taylor (1:10:27)
⢠Michigan safety Makari Paige (1:16:31)
⢠Oregon linebacker Jeffrey Bassa (1:22:30)
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New Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork came from Texas A&M, so he knows both sides of North-South college football.
In this Kings of the North, Bjork joins Doug Lesmerises to discuss life in the Big Ten compared to life in the SEC.
Is the Big Ten as aggressive as the SEC?
Bjork also talks about the future of college football and funding other sports.
He has an idea â the NFL could pay college football for serving as a de facto minor league.
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Big Ten Media Days Day 2 brought another round of college football talk, including a focus on how much Penn State fans would embrace a spot in the 12-team playoff, or whether they'd only be frustrated if that bid wasn't followed by a win.
On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis welcome several guests:
⢠Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins on maybe being the Big Ten's best defender and serving as the right-hand man for Hawkeyes' defensive coordinator Phil Parker. (05:22)
⢠Nebraska coach Matt Rhule on playing football in the snow and re-establishing the Cornhuskers standards. (11:00)
⢠Audrey Snyder of The Athletic discussing Penn State coach James Franklin saying the Nittany Lions are one of the few teams that could win 10 or 11 games and not please their fans. (15:40)
⢠Michigan State running back Nate Carter on a reset in East Lansing with new coach Jonathan Smith. (36:53)
⢠Nebraska center Ben Scott on helping freshman QB Dylan Raiola prepare for the season. (45:45)
⢠USC offensive lineman Jonah Monheim on looking like a Man of the North while playing in Southern California. (55:22)
⢠UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond on his roots at Michigan State and Ohio State helping to lead the Bruins into the Big Ten. (1:04:09)
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Ohio State, Purdue and Rutgers head coaches sit down with Kings of the North on this episode, as players from Wisconsin and Illinois also stop by at Day 1 of Big Ten Media Day in Indianapolis.
Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis kick off the show with a discussion of how much juice the Big Ten brought to the Tuesday proceedings (not enough).
Then it's off to interviews with:
⢠Ohio State head coach Ryan Day on why he'll be the best head coach he's ever been. (15:05)
⢠Purdue head coach Ryan Walters pushing back on the Boilermakers picked to be last in the conference. (26:20)
⢠Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano explaining why this will be his last job, and not wanting Doug to share his Rutgers record prediction. (36:11)
⢠Wisconsin tackle Jack Nelson on how fired up Badgers fans are for the Week 3 home game against Alabama. (51:03)
⢠Illinois defensive players Seth Coleman and Gabe Jacas explaining why they left Florida to play college football in the North. (58:20) - Seth, (1:03:23) - (Gabe)
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Ohio State was picked to beat Oregon for the Big Ten title, and Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel and Michigan cornerback Will Johnson were named the Big Ten preseason players of the year in a poll conducted by Kings of the North.
On this episode, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis reveal the choices of 33 voters from across the conference, and discuss their own picks for:
⢠The full predicted Big Ten standings, 1 through 18
⢠The Big Ten title game participants and champion
⢠The number of Big Ten teams predicted to make the College Football Playoff
⢠The voting for Preseason Offensive Player of the Year
⢠The voting for Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
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Alabama's Nick Saban leaves a hole in his sport as large as any sporting figure since Michael Jordan retired from the Chicago Bulls. With so much changing in college football, it's possible everyone is underestimating how big the Saban void will be.
On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises is joined by guest Dan Wetzel of The College Football Enquirer to dig into Saban's legacy and examine whether anyone can replace him as the King of College Football (sorry Kirby Smart, it won't be easy as some are making it out to be.)
Doug and Dan discuss:
⢠Is Saban the greatest college football coach of all-time?
⢠Was Kalen DeBoer the right hire to replace him?
⢠How hard is Saban to replace?
⢠Whatâs the expected drop-off for Alabama?
⢠Which team could be next up to dominate like Alabama did for the last 15 years?
Then Doug and Bill Landis talk about the latest from SEC Media Days and what DeBoer and Texas coach Steve Sarkisian had to say.
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Georgia football coach Kirby Smart addressed reporters at SEC Media Days on Tuesday -- but why wasn't he asked about the repeated driving issues of Georgia players while the cameras were on him?
On this episode of Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis discuss the way Georgia football should be viewed for now -- as a rogue program.
The guys cover what Smart did say to reporters about driving problems when the cameras weren't on, the baseline of Georgia driving arrests in the last year-and-a-half, the way the media has handled Georgia's problems (often poorly) and why Smart should be compared to Urban Meyer and not Nick Saban.
Then they decide what Smart should do to try to fix the issue and how media and fans should view Georgia until this gets better.
There's also some talk of why Smart isn't at Nick Saban's level, why LSU's Brian Kelly wants to play in Ireland, and what SEC commissioner Greg Sankey thinks about the future of college football.
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At Big 12 Media Days in Las Vegas, on Day 2 Doug Lesmerises talked to West Virginia coach Neal Brown and quarterback Garrett Greene about the ârecklessâ quarterback play that could put the Mountaineers over the top this season.
The Colorado punter stopped by to talk punting for Coach Prime; and the conference chief marketing officer explained how Big 12 branding (hello Nelly and wrestling!) can help this chesty outlaw conference promote its football.
Also, Adam Rittenberg of ESPN talked Big 12 coaching futures and Shehan Jeyarajah of CBS Sports discussed the league without Texas and Oklahoma.
⢠Garrett Greene (02:46)
⢠Neal Brown (07:06)
⢠Wyatt Milum (15:52)
⢠Adam Rittenberg (18:41)
⢠Mark Vassett (46:00)
⢠Tyrel Kirkham (53:23)
⢠Shehan Jeyarajah (1:09:06)
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The Big 12 Media Days kicked off in Las Vegas on Tuesday and Kings of the North was on the scene to talk Northern college football.
On this show, Doug Lesmerises brings you interviews from three Northern teams. In order, get ready for:
⢠Cincinnati punter Mason Fletcher (06:21)
⢠Iowa State receiver Jaylin Noel (15:36)
⢠Utah defensive tackle Junior Tafuna (21:45)
⢠Cincinnati running back Corey Kiner (26:49)
⢠Cincinnati right guard Luke Kandra (33:09)
⢠and Cincinnati athletic director John Cunningham (39:50)
Check out the Kings of the North YouTube feed for live shows Tuesday and Wednesday night, and come back Wednesday for more interviews with Colorado, West Virginia and BYU.
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