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First OptionSuper Bowl Recap -- A Game for the Ages, or a Lackluster Performance?We recap Super Bowl LVIII, diving into why the Chiefs (unfortunately) emerged victorious and comparing this Super Bowl to other notable ones!2024-02-2631 minFirst OptionFirst Option Update: What to Expect in the Near Future!We give an update listing the exciting content listeners can expect from First Option soon!2023-08-1421 min
Weekly Sports BreakdownFirst Option Special episode!Check out this special episode of the First Option podcast with guest star Max! Find max on instagram at @max_dezz and give him a follow for us!2023-07-2639 minFirst Option2 Truths and a Lie w/Special Guest! | First option Ep. 47Hey everyone! Welcome back to a new episode of the first option podcast, where we play 2 truths and a lie with special guest Max Dessner! Go Follow max at @max_dezz on instagram as well!2023-07-2639 minWeekly Sports BreakdownFirst Option Special EpisodeThis is a special from our First Option podcast, were we talk about superheroes playing sports! Make sure to go and follow first option for new and exclusive content!2023-07-1434 minFirst OptionThe Superhero Show!Welcome back to First Option! We have a unique show today, where we pose a single question: What should happen if superheroes were to play sports?2023-07-1434 min
First OptionWSB Flackback - 2 Truths and 1 Lie!Listen in to another one of our archived episodes of 2 truths and 1 lie, exclusively on the First Option page!2023-06-2923 min
First OptionWSB Flashback - 2 Truths and a Lie!We’re bringing back one of the oldest, and most popular, games from our channel! It’s 2 truths and 1 lie, the game that will have you saying “huh” and “wow” throughout the episode! In addition, we will be back with a BRAND NEW 2 truths and a lie with a couple of guests next week, so stay tuned!2023-06-2838 minFirst OptionWeekly Sports Breakdown Throwback--Should NCAA Student Athletes Get Paid?Hey everyone! We’re away on summer break this week, but we wanted to keep our listeners listening! So have a look at this old debate over whether NCAA athletes should be able to get paid or not, especially in light of recent NIL deal rulings!2023-06-2108 minFirst OptionNBA Playoffs 2023--Will the Celtics Become the First to Come Back 3-0 in a Series?We discuss the NBA Conference Finals and preview the NBA Finals!2023-05-2925 minFirst OptionNBA Playoff Preview--Can a Team with a .549 Record Win the Finals???We make our votes for the Regular-Season MVP, preview playoff teams, and make predictions for the Finals!2023-04-1649 minFirst OptionSuper Bowl LVII Predictions--Who will have won more games this season in the Cardinals' stadium than the Cardinals have?We briefly go over the 2023 playoffs and predict who will win Super Bowl LVII2023-02-1245 minFirst Option2023 NFL Playoff Preview--are the Vikings the most fraudulent team ever?We look at all the NFL teams with playoff prospects and make predictions for how they'll do!2023-01-0846 minFirst OptionNFL 2022 Week 2 Predictions-- The first game in 36 that the Lions are favored in is against the Commanders?We predict the winners, both to win and against the spread, of all the games in Week 2 of the NFL season.2022-09-1836 minFirst OptionNFC Predictions Part 1: who's a contender this year?We predict the breakdown and predict the records of teams in the NFC West and East, and label them as contenders or not!2022-08-2146 minFirst OptionWeekly Sports Breakdown--our old series!!!For a throwback, listen to the final podcast of our old series, Weekly Sports Breakdown!2022-07-2133 minFirst OptionNFL Awards Predictions--is Coach of the Year the most meaningless award?He look back on the NFL Awards Predictions we made for last season and make new ones for the upcoming year!2022-07-1952 minFirst OptionMost Unbreakable Records - How long was the longest tennis match ever?We look at two sports records that we think will never be broken!
Link to Emerging Allergy Treatments (EAT): emergingallergytreatments.com2022-07-1243 minFirst OptionNBA Free Agency - The Nets are Ruined!We discuss NBA Free Agency and more!2022-07-0638 minFirst OptionFrom serious to sensational - what are our favorite sports to watch and play?We discuss the NBA Finals and each of our top 3 sports to watch and play.2022-06-2834 minFirst OptionNBA Finals Predictions - Upstart vs. Established!We predict who will win the NBA Finals!2022-06-1032 minFirst OptionNBA Conference Finals Predictions - Could Asher score a single point in an NBA game?We predict who will win the East and West Conference Finals, and compile 5-player teams from the three divisions in the Western conference, debating which is the best!2022-05-1941 minFirst OptionNBA Playoff Predictions - Will the finals be a rematch?We predict the NBA Finals and debate about the best single-season teams ever!2022-05-0833 minFirst OptionSuper Bowl LVI: A crazy game for a crazy playoffs?We recap the NFL Playoffs and break down and predict who will win the upcoming Super Bowl!2022-02-0747 minFirst OptionWeek 18 Predictions - Who'll make the cut???We predict the winners of Week 18 and therefore who will make the playoffs!2022-01-121h 09First OptionNFL Week 16 Reactions + Week 17 Predictions - The race to the playoffs is upon us!We react to Week 16 of the NFL season and make both straight-up and against-the-spread predictions for Week 17!2021-12-311h 01First OptionNFL Week 14 Reactions + Playoff Predictions - If you pick the favorite every time, you could get the record!We react to a crazy Week 14 and make predictions as to what the playoffs will look like!2021-12-2257 minFirst OptionNFL Week 14 Predictions - Will Tom Brady face Bill Belichick in the Super Bowl?We make predictions both straight-up and against the spread for Week 14 of the NFL Season!2021-12-121h 02First OptionNFL Week 12 Predictions + Playoff Picture - Who's gonna make it to the postseason?!We predict the week 12 games both straight-up and against the spread, and reveal who we think will make the playoffs this year!2021-11-2854 minFirst OptionNFL Week 11 Reactions + Predictions: Is Week 10 the NEW craziest week of the season?!We react to the craziest week of the 2021 NFL season and make predictions for Week 11!2021-11-2157 minFirst OptionNFL Week 10 Reactions + Predictions - Was Week 9 the craziest week of the year?We react to Week 9 of the NFL Season and make predictions against the spread and straight-up for Week 10!2021-11-1454 minFirst OptionNFL Week 9 Predictions - Are there even any good players in this week???We make predictions against the spread and for who will win in Week 9 of the NFL season!2021-11-0846 minFirst OptionNFL Week 8 Reaction + Predictions - How is the NFC so much better than the AFC?We react to Week 7 of the NFL season, predict who will win and who will beat the spread in some of the best games of Week 8, and take our midseason picks for who will make the AFC and NFC championship games!2021-10-3126 minFirst OptionNFL Week 7 Predictions - 6 byes in one week???We predict who will win Week 7's games and who will beat the spread!2021-10-2438 minFirst OptionWeek 5 NFL Reactions + Week 6 Predictions: What is up with the Chiefs???We react to and breakdown the performance of all the NFL teams so far this season, and make predictions for Week 6!2021-10-1539 minFirst OptionWeek 3 NFL Reactions + Week 4 Predictions Part 1: Are the Panthers the most transformed team this year?We react to Week 3 of the NFL season and make the first part of our Week 4 predictions!2021-10-0133 minFirst OptionWeek 3 NFL Predictions - Can Rams-Bucs be one of the top matchups this year?We react to Week 2 of the 2021 NFL Season, make predictions for Week 3, and highlight the games to watch this weekend!2021-09-2651 minFirst OptionWeek 2 NFL Predictions - Has the NFL turned upside down?We react to Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season and make predictions for the games in Week 2!2021-09-1641 minFirst OptionWeek 1 NFL Predictions - Get ready for a new year!We pick who will win each matchup outright and against the spread for this week, and highlight the games that you HAVE to watch!2021-09-0635 minFirst Option2021 NFL Honors Predictions - Can Washington sweep (or at least get one)?We predict the winners of the NFL Honors (individual awards) for the 2021 season, from comeback player of the year to MVP!2021-08-1829 minFirst OptionWeekly Sports Breakdown Throwback - Asher was ranked WHAT on the ESPN 2021 Bracket Challenge???We go over two 2021 NCAA March Madness brackets that we made in a competition, and talk about some exciting developments with one of Asher's other brackets (this podcast was created in the middle of the March Madness Tournament).2021-08-1126 minFirst OptionWeekly Sports Breakdown Throwback - Two Truths and a Lie!We play two truths and a lie, sports edition, in a throwback episode from our last podcast!2021-08-0830 minFirst OptionAFC Playoff Predictions - Bills or Browns?We who will be in the AFC playoffs this year before the season starts!2021-08-0417 minFirst Option2021 NBA Draft Reaction - What are the Grizzlies doing?We react to the lottery picks of the NBA Draft and look into some of the more surprising ones throughout the first round!2021-08-0128 minFirst Option7/30/21 News - Podiums, Picks, and new Players!We give you the news about the Olympics, exciting new NBA developments, and tell you what's going on in the NFL!2021-07-3008 minFirst OptionNFC Playoff Predictions - Who's gonna be in the picture?We each make predictions about which teams will be in the NFC Playoffs in which order this upcoming NFL season!2021-07-2829 minFirst Option7/26/21 News - The weirdest Olympics in a long time!We give you global, NBA, and NFL news, particularly crazy stories from these already crazy Olympics - trust me, you can't make these up!2021-07-2614 minFirst Option2021 NBA Finals Reaction -We react to and breakdown the recent 2021 Finals, giving our thoughts on why the Bucks won and how this Finals went!2021-07-2528 minFirst Option7/23/21 News - Olympics and NBA Titles!We tell you what's going on in the sports world, so you can be in the know and mark your calendar for future events!2021-07-2307 minFirst OptionMeet the TeamMeet the First Option Team, Jackson and Asher! In this episode we give you important information, such as default episode release dates, different types of episodes, and more!2021-07-1501 minWeekly Sports Breakdown2021 NFL Draft - Who won out and who fell on their face?We react to the top picks of the NFL draft and predict who will make the upcoming NBA playoffs!2021-05-0439 minWeekly Sports BreakdownFINAL WEEKLY SPORTS BREAKDOWN PODCAST - CHECK OUR NEW ONE, FIRST OPTION, OUTOur final weekly sports breakdown podcast! We play over-under, and tell you about our brand new podcast, First Option, on which we will be doing more or less the same thing but with a substantial upgrade!2021-04-1933 minWeekly Sports Breakdown4/11/21 March Madness Reaction 3 - Baylor is the champ (and not Jackson)!We react to the end of arguably the craziest March Madness ever, and reveal the winner of our bracket competition!2021-04-1219 minWeekly Sports BreakdownMarch Madness Bracket Battle 2 - Asher's bracket is the 26th best in the country?We tell you about Asher's crazy bracket, break down what's been happening with one of the craziest ever March Madness tournaments, and compare our brackets!2021-03-2826 minWeekly Sports BreakdownNPR Student Podcast Challenge - Should College Athletes Get Paid?We debate the controversial topic of if college athletes should get paid or not for the NPR Student Podcast Challenge!2021-03-2808 minWeekly Sports BreakdownMARCH MADNESS ROUND 1! - Is Asher's bracket really the 70th best in the country?We recap round 1 of March Madness and see how our brackets held up against it!2021-03-2232 minWeekly Sports Breakdown3/13/21 Over Under - Who will win the first matchup of our new sports trivia contest?We play a new sports trivia game, Over Under! Over Under works like this: one contestant asks the other to name a certain amount of players/teams to have accomplished (or not accomplished) a certain feat, and attaches an over under to how many players/teams the other contestant must name; should they meet this number, while only guessing incorrectly a certain amount of times (this number is also decided by the question-asker), the contestant wins; if not, it's a point for the other!2021-03-1430 minWeekly Sports BreakdownNBA All Star Game + Dominant Season Draft - Is the best season ever also the least known?We recap NBA All Star Weekend and make a mock draft of the single most dominant sports seasons (for teams) in history!2021-03-0934 minWeekly Sports BreakdownTwo Truths and One Lie 2/26/21 - Our first guest makes an appearance!We play Two Truths and One Lie, Sports Edition, with our first guest!2021-02-2730 minWeekly Sports Breakdown2/22/21 Two Truths and a Lie - Misconceptions and Conundrums!We play Two Truths and a Lie Sports Edition!2021-02-2238 minWeekly Sports Breakdown2/19/21 - We already miss the NFL!We give this week's major sports news and predict the NBA All-Star Reserves!2021-02-2038 minWeekly Sports BreakdownTwo Truths and One Lie 2/15/21 - It's getting trickier!We play Two Truths and One Lie, Sports Edition!2021-02-1527 minWeekly Sports BreakdownNFL Super Bowl Recap - Don't bet against Tom Brady!We reveal the winner of our playoff predictions, recap Super Bowl 55, and make our top ten power rankings for the next NFL season!2021-02-1334 minWeekly Sports BreakdownTwo Truths and a Lie 2/8/21 - Stop using NBA facts!We play two truths and a lie, Sports Edition!2021-02-0823 minWeekly Sports BreakdownSuper Bowl Weekend! - Who will come out on top in the big game and our predictions?We go over our playoff prediction records and make our predictions for the Super Bowl!2021-02-0632 minWeekly Sports BreakdownOne Week Before the Super Bowl - Was the average over-under in the first NFL season really 10 points?We play Two Truths and One Lie, Sports Edition and grade the recent Rams - Lions trade!2021-02-0352 minWeekly Sports BreakdownNFL Championship Week Recap - Cheese Rolling is Actually a Real Sport!We go over our prediction records, recap the NFL Championship Games, and play 2 Truths and a Lie, Crazy Sports Facts edition!2021-01-2759 minWeekly Sports BreakdownNFL Championship Week - It's just "Montrez"We make our predictions for the NFC and AFC championship games, and make power rankings of the top ten teams in the NBA after the first few weeks have played out!2021-01-241h 13Weekly Sports BreakdownNFL Playoffs Semifinals Part 1 - Asher has taken his first lead in predictions!We go over our prediction records, rank the major positions of all 4 remaining NFL teams, and react to the blockbuster James Harden tried that just happened!2021-01-211h 18Weekly Sports BreakdownNFL Playoffs Week 2 - Who will advance to the NFC and AFC Championship Games?We go over our NFL Playoff prediction records from last week, make our predictions for the winners of Week 2 of the NFL Playoffs, and predict the winners of NFL MVP, Comeback player of the year, Defensive player of the year, Offensive player of the year, Coach of the year, Offensive rookie of the year, and Defensive rookie of the year.2021-01-161h 04Weekly Sports BreakdownNFL Playoffs Week 1 - Who will advance past the first round?We announce the regular season predictions winner and begin our first round of playoff predictions!2021-01-0956 minWeekly Sports BreakdownNFL Week 17 - Can Asher make up 2 games to tie or beat Jackson?We go over our prediction records, make predictions for Week 17 of the NFL Season, and explain our predictions for who will make the playoffs!2021-01-031h 12Weekly Sports BreakdownWinter Special - Can Asher make up 3 wins to win against Jackson with only one NFL week to go?We go over our prediction records, highlight key playoff scenarios for the NFL, and predict the winners of major NBA awards for the 2020 - 2021 season! Below are the picks that me and Asher made for said awards:
Asher:
Most Improved Player: Christian Wood
Rookie of the Year: Anthony Edwards
DPOY: Giannis Antetokounmpo
Scoring Champ: Trae Young
MVP: James Harden
First Team All-NBA:
PG: Luka Doncic
SG: James Harden
SF: Kevin Durant
PF: Giannis
C: Anthony Davis
Jackson's Picks:
Most Improved: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
ROTY: James Wiseman
DPOY: Ben Simmons
Scoring Champ: James Harden
MVP: Giannis
First Team All-NBA:
1. Luka Doncic
2. Donovan...2020-12-301h 13Weekly Sports BreakdownNFL Week 16 and NBA Start - Who will be the top ten teams in the NBA this season?We go over our NFL game prediction records, predict games in Week 16 of the NFL Season, and predict the top 10 teams in the upcoming NBA season!2020-12-271h 11Weekly Sports BreakdownNBA Tip-Off - Who can construct a better team using the best players in the league?We go over our prediction records from Week 15 of the NFL Season, recap Week 15, and draft 10-person teams using the best players in the NBA!2020-12-231h 29Weekly Sports BreakdownNFL Week 15 - What will be the outcome of the biggest game of the regular season?We go over our prediction records, make predictions for Week 15 of the NFL Season, and break down must-watch games!2020-12-2056 minWeekly Sports BreakdownWeek 14 - Can Washington Stay at the Top of the NFL?We go over our prediction records from last week, make predictions for NFL Week 14, and highlight the games that you must watch!2020-12-131h 03Weekly Sports BreakdownNFL Week 13 - Will Asher's new strategy to win against Jackson in prediction records work?We recap Week 12 of the NFL, make predictions for Week 13, and offer a glimpse of what the playoffs may look like in a few weeks!2020-12-061h 10Weekly Sports BreakdownNFL Week 12 - Will the Broncos revolutionize the game of football?We go over our prediction records from last week, make predictions for the games in NFL Week 12, and highlight the games that you have to watch!2020-11-291h 10Weekly Sports BreakdownWeek 11 - Don't throw this week out of the window!We look back at Week 10, predict the outcomes of the Week 11 games, and highlight the best games of the weekend!2020-11-221h 15Weekly Sports BreakdownWeek 10 Part 2 - More Predictions, Playoff Picture, Fantasy Advice, and More!We make the second half of the Week 10 predictions, give you a Tuesday Night Football recap, show the Playoff Picture, and offer valuable Fantasy Advice! Who could want more?2020-11-1545 minWeekly Sports BreakdownWeek 10 Part 1 - Can we make a good team out of the worst in the NFL?We make the first half of our picks for week 10, tell you who to start in fantasy for the Thursday night game, and try to draft two good teams out of the 4 worst in the league!2020-11-111h 03
Weekly Sports BreakdownNFL Week 9 Breakdown - A Show for all ShowsWe break down our picks for Week 9 of the NFL Season, plus our top 5 power rankings and breakdown of the best games the NFL has to offer!2020-11-0846 min