Hack and Scratch Episode 5
Week 2 area football preview
00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro
00:51 – Welcome: mic batteries strike again, hosts in separate locations; Labor Day is past and the NFL joins high school and college
01:37 – Local preview: Canton-Galva at Blue Valley-Randolph (shot at first 2-0 since 2022), Elyria Christian at Chetopa, Inman vs. Marion, Little River hosts Herington, Moundridge at Sedgwick, Smoky Valley at Ellinwood
03:57 – Sponsor: Farmers State Bank
04:18 – KU vs. Mizzou, Friday night in Lawrence: Friday college games, Isaiah Marshall's debut (14-19, 246 yds), last year's 42-31 collapse, Mizzou favored by 5.5
07:49 – K-State vs. Washington State: 70+ in Colin Klein's debut, the running-back stable (Rodney Fields, Joe Jackson), Avery Johnson in command (15-21, 199)
12:07 – Sponsor: The Citizen Journal daily brief
12:34 – The Top 10 lists: Hack ranks teams, Scratch ranks quarterbacks
13:17 – Hack's Top 10 NFL Teams: Rams, Patriots, Bills, Broncos, Ravens, Seahawks, Bears, Lions, Bengals, Cowboys — plus the first four out (Chiefs, Texans, 49ers, Jaguars)
21:24 – Scratch's rebuttal: Eagles and Chargers belong; Patriots too high, Seahawks too low, Bears out
23:51 – Scratch's Top 10 NFL QBs: Allen, Stafford, Burrow, Maye, Goff, Mahomes, Jackson, Prescott, Lawrence, Herbert — and the names left off (Williams, Hurts, Love, Darnold, Purdy, Mayfield, Nix)
28:47 – Hack's rebuttal: Goff lower, Mahomes higher, Hurts and Baker Mayfield in
32:06 – Mahomes and the Chiefs in one-score games: 11-0 in 2024, 1-9 in 2025 — whose fault? Plus the Raiders' brutal schedule
33:48 – The Back Nine: everyone went 4-3 in week 1; picks for New England at Seattle, Dolphins at Raiders, Broncos at Chiefs, Mizzou at KU, Washington State at K-State, Rams vs. 49ers in Australia, Ohio State at Texas
40:19 – Best bets: Rhamondre Stevenson over 15.5 carries; Oregon -22.5 at Oklahoma State
42:13 – Wrap-up / sign-off
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