Loaded Week On The Gridiron: Betting NFL Season Kickoff + CFB Week 2 | The Spread Zone

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All right, welcome back to the Spread Zone. It is Wednesday, September 9th, 2026 We're recording at Noon Central, and football is officially in every day has something mode, guys. Yes. All right, college football week two is loaded, and the NFL kicks off tonight. And the mission here on the Spread Zone is always the same. We're here to make our listeners money. My name is Riz, Tim McKernan, Anthony Stalter. Fellas, week two in college, week one in the league. And does it not feel like Christmas morning? Oh, it certainly does, Riz.

Tim McKernan (2:12)

I enjoy it. I enjoy it quite a bit.

Rizzuto (2:14)

If Christmas morning, of course, was every morning, right? From now until, I don't know.

Tim McKernan (2:20)

Mid-February?

Rizzuto (2:21)

Mid-February, yeah. Well, we got Friday. Friday's a day off, I guess. I guess we got a Wednesday NFL game.

Tim McKernan (2:28)

That's right.

Rizzuto (2:28)

Thursday NFL game.

Tim McKernan (2:29)

Over in Australia.

Rizzuto (2:30)

Right. So Friday's off, right? Nothing Friday.

Tim McKernan (2:33)

Well, that's a shot at Missouri and Kansas Friday night in Lawrence, Kansas. NFL-wise, there's nothing. NFL-wise. I got it, got it, got it, got it.

Rizzuto (2:40)

And then, you know, we're all into college football.

Tim McKernan (2:42)

And then, Tuesday, you got Maxon, bet overs. Yep.

Rizzuto (2:45)

All right. Well, here's the plan. We'll do three picks for college, three picks for the NFL, and then our locks of the week, a different pick, our most confident pick. So college football week two, we'll dive right in. You know, this is where we start separating vibes from reality. You know, week one could be a mirage, you know, new quarterbacks, you know, weird rotations, conservative game plans. Week two, guys, now we got tape, now we got tape now. Now there's pressure. Now the market starts to overreact, I think.

What are some of the marquee matchups this weekend, Tim?

Tim McKernan (3:21)

Without question, perhaps the biggest non-conference matchup of the entire calendar year is taking place in Austin, Texas, as number one Ohio State travels to take on the Texas Longhorns.

Rizzuto (3:34)

That's the lights, the noise, the wear back energy.

Tim McKernan (3:37)

Oh my goodness, it'll be a Jim Dandy. They had the opener last year in Columbus. This year, they both got easy wins this past week, and they will play Saturday night. The eyes of Texas will be upon the Buckeyes, Riz.

Rizzuto (3:49)

What about Oklahoma at Michigan? Another one, the big house. Yeah, the big house. Oklahoma goes up St. Arvin.

Tim McKernan (3:55)

Here's how many boys are playing that one. No.

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Five and a half's the number.

Rizzuto (3:59)

I am. Yeah, I'm gonna touch that.

Tim McKernan (4:01)

There you go.

Rizzuto (4:02)

Of course, Michigan gifted a victory over Western Michigan. Of course, everybody's thinking, let's load up on Oklahoma.

Tim McKernan (4:09)

What will Tony Stalter do?

Rizzuto (4:11)

I don't know if I'm there yet.

Tim McKernan (4:13)

You know who had Tony yet?

Rizzuto (4:14)