A long-lens view at sports, fantasy sports, cryptocurrency, gambling, sports betting and all the digital culture in between. Davis Mattek is joined by a guest on a semi-regular basis to have semi-intelligent conversations about this world of outcomes and analytics.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Who is the face of the NFL
2:30 The Era of Manning and Brady 4:45 Is Mahomes not a pyscho?
8:30 The NFL should stop making it so hard to trade players
17:00 Do you love football or do you just love gambling?
24:30 Nothing has ever been more in the right place than the right time than football
27:00 Soccer In The United States
31:00 Roto Pat Fixes The NBA
40:00 Pat’s Old Man Michael Jordan Rant
47:00 Getting Numbers In Sports Is Actually cool
50:00 Instant Replay Is Actually Bad
1:00:00 THE WHEEL FIXES NBA TANKING
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Davis Mattek is joined by Jake Tribbey of Fantasy Points to preview the UFL in 2025
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Timestamps:
00:00 WHY THE UFL?
2:25 The Actual UFL Product
4:00 How to find an edge in DFS in 2025
6:00 Charting UFL games?
8:30 How Jake Found DFS
12:10 Re-evaluating your own DFS play
14:50 Learning how to use sims to win at daily fantasy
19:10 how similar NFL projections are to UFL projections
22:30 Should you just always fade the absolute stone chalk in niche sport DFS?
24:20 What are the betting opportunities like for the UFL?
26:30 2025 UFL Preview
29:30 The Best Quarterbacks In The UFL
34:58 Who are the workhorse running backs in the UFL?
41:20 the elite wide receivers of the UFL
45:00 UFL Lineup Construction
Davis Mattek is joined by Brian Hooper to discuss the state of American Politics since the 2024 presidential election
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Timestamps:
00:00 Free Speech Never Existed
5:00 The Emptiness of History Without Values
7:30 Inside The Illinois Senate
10:00 How Do Groups Of People Change Political Alliances?
14:30 The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve?
18:00 What Is Happening with Doge?
22:00 Actually Meeting People With Real Values
25:45 Politics Vs Ideology
33:00 Being Strong Is Not Bad
40:00 Brian Union Theories
44:00 Student Loans
49:00 What is the left’s way back in America?
1:05:00 Play Both Sides So You Always Win
Cody Main joins Davis Mattek for a discussion about DFS in 2025, sweating showdown, projecting ownership, lifting weights and much more
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Timestamps:
00:01 What are people doing wrong in DraftKings showdown contests
4:15 Being Directionally Accurate with projected ownership
8:00 Showdown is the worst sweat of all time
10:00 You can evaporate half a million dollars so easy
13:00 How does projecting ownership for NFL DFS actually work?
19:00 How does ownership in DFS work for sports that do not have correlation
26:00 DraftKings ruining achievements
30:00 Is UFL coming to Underdog?
35:20 Being an originator of prop lines
36:00 THIS MAN IS CHARTING UFL GAMES !
41:20 Cody Main Got Jacked
46:00 Sam Sulek Is The Actual GOAT
50:00 Motivation vs Discipline
58:00 Learn To Like Yourself
🎬 An amateur analysis of David Lynch's masterpiece Mulholland Drive, Pat Mayo on Youtube, USA vs Canada, Saudi Soccer, Luka Doncic the Laker, the first time deposit game and more
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Timestamps:
00:01 What the fuck happened in Mulholland Drive?
5:40 Your first experience with David Lynch
9:40 Are Tarantino and Lynch similar at all?
14:00 The most weirdly unsettling movie of all time
17:00 Canada Vs The United States?
28:00 Is Hockey the perfect international sport?
33:01 Is this finally the moment for soccer (Spoiler: no)?
36:01 Should the Saudi’s move their soccer money to the United States
40:00 Why does no one play baseball anymore?
46:00 Fantasy Football is the most luck based fantasy sport
48:45 Adam Silver is so thankful for Luka Doncic and Nico Harrison
55:00 Should Mayo be attacking the algorithm harder?
1:02:15 Is YouTube the new Magazine?
1:06:00 Making a business vs finding hacks
1:14:00 Could Mayo be even bigger than he is?
1:27:00 The First Time Deposit Game Is Rough
1:28:00 Mayo is so old he now has to have a heating pad to run
1:35:00 Justin Tredeau Stepped Down
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A fascinating discussion with a Jack Settleman from Snapback Sports, who made the bold decision to delete a 600,000-subscriber YouTube channel. Learn valuable youtube advice and content strategy insights as we explore the reasoning behind this dramatic move. The conversation delves into social media strategy, tiktok integration, and instagram growth tactics that shaped this unconventional choice.
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Timestamps:
00:01 Deleting A YouTube Account with 600,00 Subscribers
6:01 Is YouTube Shorts even a meaningful driver of subscriptions?
8:10 The Bot Community On TikTok
11:30 The power of narrative
15:30 Being likable is the META
21:30 Optimization vs Authenticity
27:30 The Snapback Sports Demographic
30:30 How Big Is Youtube, Really?
33:45 You would be surprised how in depth thumbnails are
38:00 The mystery of why the human mind clicks on titles
43:30 Sports Betting Content Is HARD
48:14 What are your content consumption habits
50:30 Sports Gambling Twitter is the worst place on earth
56:10 What is worse: knowingly scamming people selling picks OR thinking that you are a winning bettor selling picks (when the picks are bad)?
1:02:30 Do you get lonely working at home?
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Joe Holka joins davis Mattek to discuss content creation, optimizing work flow, YouTube Thumbnails, TikTok, Instagram Reels, The YouTube Algorithm and more
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Timestamps:
2:30 The Psychology Of An Individual Consuming Content
6:20 Content For “Me” vs “You”
9:30 Dealing with not knowing if you are going to be successful or unsuccessful
12:30 Time management is crucial
17:00 The philosophy of thumbnails
25:00 Why Holka is moving away from YouTube
32:00 TikTok Is banning gambling content?
37:01 The “But” “So” Method
38:50 How research works for creating sports betting content
42:00 People say they can do it…but they can’t
48:14 What are you content consumption habits
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Neil Orfield joins Davis Mattek to discuss his DFS origin story, winning the DraftKings Millionaire Maker, starting his own Youtube, the types of content he thinks are successful and more.
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00:00 Neil Orfield Introduction
2:15 Neil’s DFS Origin Story
11:16 Is there value in creating your own projections for daily fantasy?
17:20 Neil’s Milly Maker Win On DraftKings
24:30 Why is Neil not marketing himself more?
34:01 complaining about playoff best ball
39:01 Neil Starting His Own Youtube Channel
47:01 What type of content do YOU want to see?
57:01 What Are Neil’s S.M.A.R.T goals for 2025?
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Drew Dinkmeyer joins Davis Mattek to discuss the NBA actually being awesome, the biggest NBA storylines in the media this season, Zach Lowe being laid off at ESPN, the Chicago Bears, Establish the Run and being the most important person in the NBA projections space, Drew's vision of the future for DFS and much more.
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00:00 Drew Dinkmeyer Introduction
2:30 The NBA Is Actually Great
9:01 Why does no one like the current Boston Celtics?
15:50 The NBA could simply market itself better
23:30 Is the NBA tax apron an error?
31:15 Why the hell did Zach Lowe get laid off?
38:13 What does Drew want to have happen with the Chicago Bears?
41:01 How does Drew Dinkmeyer deal with being so important in gambling
49:00 Drew Dinkmeyer’s vision for the future of fantasy sports
59:30 Drew’s favorite book he read in 2024
1:01:20 Don’t Be An NPC
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Peter Overzet joins Davis Mattek to discuss New Year Resolutions, the problem with winning, how to get fit as a best ball addict, YouTube goals, quitting booze, and much more
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00:00 Peter Overzet Introduction
1:30 The Problem With Winning
6:30 2024 Resolutions: Did We Win?
12:30 2025 New Years Resolutions
15:30 The value of dynamic movements vs just strength training
18:00 Davis And Peter Talk Youtube Shop
25:53 Youtube Goals For 2025
35:30 The difficulty of growing on YouTube and how to do it
44:01 Cold Turkey No Booze Peter
46:20 ….Running a marathon?
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Davis Mattek is joined by Michael Leone to discuss Michael's role at ETR, data science, lessons from best ball in 2024, ultra running, the Buffalo Bills and more!
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00:00 Michael Leone From Establish The Run Introduction
2:30 What is it like to have such a huge impact on the market in fantasy sports and prop betting?
10:00 Leone’s history of daily fantasy sims
20:30 ETR’s role in Battle Royale on Underdog
27:25 How does Michael Leone play DFS now?
31:00 Michael Leone’s takeaways from best ball in 2024
51:00 Running as a hobby
1:07:00 Does Leone hate the Chiefs as much as he hated the Patriots?
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