The Stakehouse Sports Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Stakehouse Sports Podcast brings you fun and unique discussions about sports predictions generated through crowd wisdom. Rather than relying on one or two experts, we believe that the crowd is wiser in the long run. Each week Paul and Chris review how the crowd performed over the weekend, identify some things that the crowd got really right (and really wrong), and talk to our best predictors to see how they make their predictions.
Chris rides alone with the Elk Rider Whiskey as he covers a rough week for the crowd as the enter the second half of the season.
Paul and Chris are back to cover the crowd's relatively strong performance in an absolutely bonkers week of game results, and we welcome our weekly winner back to the top of the podium for the third straight week. We also enjoy some Oola Waitsburg Whiskey along the way.
Paul is back and he's brought the whiskey this time. He and Chris toast another strong performance by the crowd while enjoying the Woodinville Whiskey 100% Rye Bourbon. We update the contending teams' authentic records to see who is still for real and who may only be pretending. Finally, we welcome back Mike for his second straight weekly championship.
Chris is flying solo this week with Elk Rider from Heritage Distillery, and he covers two awful barrel wagers, a good supercontest performance, and covers all the games and the crowd's prediction performance. Plus, he welcomes a brand new winner to the Weekly Winner's circle!
Paul and Chris discuss the authentic win records of the 2021 contenders and welcome a first-time weekly champion to the winner's circle.
Paul and Chris get on the back of the Elk Rider to drink through a truly horrible (for them anyway) Week 5, but then they rejoice in another excellent week from the Crowd.
The old standby Woodinville Whiskey Rye rejoins Paul and Chris in Week 4 as they cover all of the games. Another old friend Bryan Cole took home the Week 4 championship while the crowd had another solid week of wisdom.
Paul and Chris enjoy some fantastic Oola Waitsburg Whiskey and celebrate an incredible week of wisdom from the crowd.
2Bar Whiskey is back in the glasses of Paul and Chris as they realize that, after Week 2, the more they learn, the less they know about who's good and who isn't in the NFL.
Chris and Paul enjoy some Heritage Distilling Elk Rider whiskey while basking in the glow of victories by their respective teams and a solid performance by the crowd out of the gate.
We're back and we're bad! Well, we're back anyway, and we preview every team's record and make our bold predictions before the 2021 regular season kicks off.
Chris and is joined by Brian McFadden, the host of the Pigskin Party Podcast, for the second half of a home-and-home series. Brian and Chris talk Game 267 and look ahead to the 2021 season.
Chris and Paul reconvene for the final time (for now) to wrap up the NFL postseason. Paul is enjoying a pint from San Juan Island Brewing Co while Chris continues to enjoy his Backbeat Bourbon from 3 Howls Distillery. After they cover the postseason - and spend way too much time talking Tom Brady - they look ahead to the 2021 season in which, if nothing else, they hope COVID plays only a minor role if at all.
Chris and Paul emerge from quarantine to review their regular season predictions and lay out what they think will happen during the Super Wild Card Weekend games.
Chris is on his own this week with his good friend Grandpa's Rye Whiskey from Bad Dog Distillery. He covers the Week 6 results and the Madden FU Mode that the contenders seemed to be experiencing.
Paul and Chris are back again and toasting two ripping victories for their teams. They also dive deeper into the haves and have-nots among NFL contenders while enjoying some Crater Lake Distillery Rye Whiskey.
Paul is back in the studio and at full strength, and he and Chris cover the Week 4 crowd results as well as who have truly performed the best so far and who has just played bad teams.
Chris is on his own again this week, and he's sticking with the Grandpa's Rye. He also covers the crowd's return to Earth against the spread and the teams that are actually good and the teams who just have a good record but need a quality win or two.
Chris enjoys some Grandpa's Rye from Bad Dog Distillery as he flies solo and covers an incredible performance from the crowd in Week 2 and an even better performance from the overall winner.
Paul and Chris hit the old 2Bar whiskey and toast wins by both the Seahawks and Raiders. They also review the crowd wisdom's performance and deliver some wildly reactionary hot takes.
Paul and Chris preview the NFL season by giving their predicted records division-by-division, and most importantly, explain why they'll almost certainly be wrong. They enjoy some 2Bar Whiskey along the way.
Paul and Chris return from the break and talk about all the COVID effects they foresee. Who has a leg up and who will be a step behind? Also, we enjoy some Fremont Mischief Distillery Rye Whiskey.
Paul and Chris toast the end of an exciting season and riveting finale with some fine Johnnie Walker Blue and they say goodbye until next season.
Paul and Chris enjoy some Bourbon by Knob Creek while looking back on the crowd wisdom performance throughout the 2019 Regular Season.
Paul and Chris take a moment to smell the roses, Four Roses whiskey that is, while recapping the dominant victories by the Chiefs and 49ers in the Conference Championships, and praise the crowd for a solid performance heading into the big game.
Paul and Chris enjoy some Barrel Hitch Bourbon while looking back at the Divisional Round games and reviewing the crowd wisdom's performance during the second week of the NFL postseason.
The 2020 NFL Postseason got off to a fantastic start with 4 riveting games. Paul and Chris cover the games and the crowd performance after the first week while enjoying some Woodinville Whiskey Straight Bourbon.
Paul and Chris cover a wild finale to the regular season and announce the season-long winners for the first annual Stakehouse Sports NFL Season.
Paul is back and he's bad, and he and Chris discuss the questions that are still left to be answered in Week 17 while enjoying some Woodinville Whiskey Double Barrel Blended Whiskey.
Chris pilots the podcast solo this week and covers the crowd's performance heading into the final crescendo of the NFL regular season.
Paul and Chris are back together again and have a dynamite show. We enjoy some more Woodinville Whiskey at the saloon while talking about the high-noon games coming in Week 14.
Chris drowns his sorrows with some top-shelf whiskey while he covers the mixed results from the crowd in Week 12.
Paul and Chris talk through the gut check games that some of the playoff contenders survived while utilizing the remnants of whiskey bottles from episodes past.
Week 10 featured some big wins and crushing losses. Paul and Chris cover all the notable games, and they celebrate the crowd's great performance against the spread with some Russell's Reserve whiskey.
Paul is back in the house, and it's a good thing too because Week 9 was downright scary. Paul and Chris cover all of the games and highlight the scariest results coming out of the weekend.
Bryan steps in for Paul to enjoy some JP Trodden with Chris as they cover Week 8. Many teams will face an uphill battle in the second half of the season, and Bryan and Chris try to figure out which teams have the best chance of surviving the gauntlet.
The crowd started to make improvements in Week 7, and Paul and Chris celebrate with some Heritage Distillery Brown Sugar Bourbon. They talk about the cupcake and beefcake teams and which teams have really been tested so far.
Week 6 was tough for a lot of experts out there, and our crowd was no exception. Paul and Chris drown their sorrows with some Batch 206 whiskey and talk about why this season feels so unpredictable.
Week 5 was a mixed bag of results, so Paul and Chris mix up their whiskey selections with Basil Hayden's and Buchanan's Deluxe while trying to figure out just who is good and who is not.
Paul and Chris dig into the cellar and find some Four Roses Kentucky Bourbon while they talk about where they see each team now that a quarter of the season is in the books.
Paul and Chris pull out some Dark Door bourbon from Wildwood Spirits while covering the surprising victories led by backup QBs and the blown chances by Super Bowl hopefuls in Week 3.
Paul and Chris enjoy some Heritage Batch No. 12 while talking through the inches and injuries that played big roles in the Week 2 outcomes.
Paul and Chris sit down at the Stakehouse to cover the Week 1 games and go over how well the Crowd performed. They also spend a little time at the Hot Take Counter to chat about some overreactions to the first week of games.
Paul and Chris are back at full strength to talk about all of the exciting developments of the offseason and preseason. They also put their dignity on the line with some choice barrel wagers for the season.
Ross Tucker joins Chris for a special bonus episode to share his experience transitioning from football to media, starting a podcast empire of his own, and a few tips for how the average fan can watch games like a pro.
In the final episode of our opening three-part series, Paul and Chris discuss the competition that really draws people in, and that's about earning bragging rights over your friends and coworkers. We also discuss how you can pit your office pool against competing office pools in a crowd vs. crowd competition.
In the second episode of our opening three-part series, Paul and Chris talk about the hidden competitor on Stakehouse Sports: the crowd. We talk through how our predictions generate crowd wisdom, and why we think it can predict value at the sportsbook better than the experts.
Paul and Chris are back after a productive summer, and they are excited to announce that Stakehouse Sports is now an app! We talk through all the new features we are releasing and the new ways you can predict and compete!
Paul and Chris are back with some Elijah Craig whiskey and they talk March Madness and the NFL offseason moves.
The 2018 NFL Season comes to a close, and Paul and Chris celebrate with their first live show at the 520 Bar and Grill. They review the big game and announce the final postseason prediction challenge standings.
Paul and Chris hand out awards to the best of the best and highlight some of the most intriguing results that the crowd produced during the 2018 NFL Regular Season.
Paul and Chris drown their sorrows with some Woodford Reserve as they lament how the coin flip that is the NFL overtime went against the crowd and resulted in yet another Patriots Super Bowl appearance.
Paul and Chris return to their roots and enjoy some Woodinville Whiskey Double Barrel Bourbon while celebrating an outstanding weekend of predictions by the crowd in the Divisional Round.
Paul and Chris continue enjoying more Elijah Craig bourbon while they discuss the solid performance by the crowd in Wild Card weekend, accurately predicting all 4 underdogs to cover and generating an overall net positive for the weekly and overall prize pools.
Paul and Chris are together again enjoying some Elijah Craig bourbon and basking in the glow of an outstanding finish by the crowd in Week 17.
Paul brings along some John Jacob Rye from Mischief Distillery in Fremont, and he and Chris cover all of the excitement and upsets that composed a wild Week 15.
Paul and Chris are back at full strength, just in time for a full slate of games in Week 13. While sampling some more Ghost Owl Whiskey, Paul and Chris cover a solid performance by the crowd despite some crazy results.
Jordan, another Terrific 12 charter member (thank you Jordan!), and Chris review a good week by the crowd capped by some drama at the top of the leaderboard while also sampling some Ghost Owl Whiskey.
Paul and Terrific 12 charter member Bryan Cole (thank you Bryan!) review the Week 11 crowd performance while enjoying some Clyde May's Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
The crowd had a bit of a mixed bag this week, but it is still a fair bit above water. Chris and Paul talk through the crowd's Week 10 performance in each game while enjoying some Chuckanut Bay bourbon.
The crowd continues to tear it up, hitting on 8 of 13 games across the board to improve their season-long accuracy numbers. Paul and Chris cover all the Week 9 games while enjoying the Macallan on the rocks.
The crowd followed up their stellar Week 7 performance with a great Week 8, so Paul and Chris go back to the well for some 2Bars Whiskey. They also review the crowd's performance as the season passes the halfway point (spoiler alert: the crowd is crushing it).
Paul and Chris enjoy some 2Bars Whiskey as they celebrate an amazing performance by the crowd in Week 7 in which it went 12, 12, and 10 with its predictions.
Chris mourns the Raiders lackluster performance in London, and Paul lifts his spirits with some Heritage Distilling Whiskey as they cover a great performance by the crowd in Week 6.
Paul is back off the IR and he and Chris knock back some Boddingtons before their teams head across the Atlantic. They also cover Week 5 which had the crowd's best performance to date.
Chris is joined by special guest and Week 4 champ Jordan to cover, over a bottle of Whipper Snapper Whiskey, the crowd's performance in Week 4 which was bookended by great predictions and great games.
Paul and Chris discuss the craziness that was Week 3 in the NFL and cover the crowd wisdom over a new bottle of small-batch bourbon from J.P. Trodden.
Paul and Chris talk about the crowd's solid performance in Week 2 as they cover all of the games. They also discuss the race for the weekly winner title, fittingly, ended in a tie.
Paul and Chris recap the action in Week 1 of the new NFL season and review the crowd performance while trying to stay coherent as they imbibe some nice Rye Whiskey.
Welcome to another NFL season! We're excited to introduce our weekly prediction competition that will add a little more excitement to your NFL weekends.
Paul and Chris talk about a riveting final game and announce the big winner of the 2018 NFL Postseason Prediction Challenge.
Paul and Chris go through all of the highs and lows of the 2017 NFL Regular Season, and we highlight the select few who hit their predictions right on the money.
The crowd had an excellent conference championship weekend, hitting on 5 of 6 predictions. Paul and Chris discuss the crowd performance review (CPR) for each conference championship game and highlight where the crowd did well and who the best predictors were.
The crowd came in just under .500 in the Divisional Round. Paul and Chris discuss the crowd performance review (CPR) for each game of the second week of the NFL postseason and highlight where the crowd did well and who the best predictors were.
This week we provide our crowd performance review (CPR) during Wild Card Weekend, what went right, and what went wrong, and how the members of the crowd may have had an effect.
Paul and Chris discuss the idea behind crowdsourcedscores.com, how crowd wisdom works and why it can be a new, fun way to watch football, as well as how you can compete in our first postseason contest.