Best Bets and Locks: Alabama-Georgia, Red River & NFL Week 5 | The Spread Zone

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Rizzuto (2:03)

What is happening, people? This is The Spread Zone. It's Wednesday, October 7th, 2026 And we're recording at Noon Central. And fellas, it is officially the best time of the year. October football, guys. That's right. October football. So today we're talking college football, week six, NFL week five. And as always, our mission is simple. We're trying to make our listeners money with smart picks, hopefully good numbers and no chasing.

My name is Rizz, that's Anthony Stalter, that is Tim McKernan. All right, so let's, before we hand out fresh tickets, we got a grade last week.

Tim, the keeper of the spreadsheet. How did we do? Thank you.

Tim McKernan (2:43)

My pleasure.

Monster nerd, so I enjoy entering all of this data and getting our results. We've got a couple data points that I think are really positive for this podcast, Rizz. But let's recap last week first. Nothing really huge anyway or the other. Anthony went four and three overall, and you and I went three and four. Where the data starts to get interesting is the overall record. Anthony, you are 61% against the spread to date. I'm 59% against the spread to date, 19 and 13, and Rizz 9 and 14 against the spread to date, 39%.

But here's where we start to have some trends that I think gamblers may want to pay attention to. Anthony, after going 3-0 last week on his NFL picks, is now 8-2 against the number in the NFL. 80%, Anthony.

Anthony Stalter (3:35)

Hey, strong start, feeling good, but we got to go one day at a time, right?

Tim McKernan (3:41)

I'm telling you, but you're an NFL podcast.

Anthony Stalter (3:42)

It's one podcast at a time.

Tim McKernan (3:43)

One podcast at a time. So far, though, it's time to tail Anthony Stalter, is what I say. I went 2-2 on college last week, but I'm 14-5 on the year on college, it's 74%.

Anthony Stalter (3:54)

That's a baby.

Tim McKernan (3:55)

And 6-0 on my locks. And I gotta be honest with you now, it's kind of like leading a tournament as you head down the final few holes. Now you get a little tight. Now you gotta feel like you gotta deliver for the people.

Anthony Stalter (4:05)

Sure.

Tim McKernan (4:05)

And so I feel some pressure this week and I wanna try to deliver. Overall, Anthony, 3-2 on your locks, Rizz 2-2 on your locks. So we are converting at 11-4 overall on our locks.

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Excellent. Which is a nice data point as well.

Rizzuto (4:20)

I had a couple of bummers last week. First off, Navy plus 3.5 at Air Force. Navy loses 14-9.

Tim McKernan (4:26)

Yeah, you barely lose.

Rizzuto (4:26)

I lose by the hook.