The Rundown Take
We Got Our Win — Did You? Week One Bragging Rights and the Aaron Rodgers Standoff
The U Talk NFL Edition opened with both hosts 1-0 and only one of them willing to enjoy it. Devin's Raiders won, Larry Frank's Steelers won — and Devin spent the first fifteen minutes trying to make Frank publicly credit Aaron Rodgers for it, live on air. Frank's official position: "Chris Boswell got me the victory. Every now and then a virgin gets lucky."
Key Takeaways
- Frank refused the Rodgers props on principle — it was the Jets, it took a 60-yard field goal, and "I don't like him, never did, never will" — then doubled down by picking Seattle OVER his own Steelers in week two.
- The Cam Ward watch turned grim: the Titans line is "going to get him killed," he has to learn to throw it away, and the panel demanded X's promotion from the practice squad after watching seven drops in one game.
- The Florida State bandwagon got flamed by name: fans who ghosted all last season now posting again — "Will.i.am, you wouldn't even answer the phone last year." Devin wants FSU good for the rivalry and unbearable for nobody.
- The app news firmed up: waiting on Apple clearance, and the freebie era is over — memberships at $3.99, $5.99 and $9.99, with merch included, a VIP question room, and every future guest interview living behind the app.
- Week 2 picks featured Frank's upset special (Saints over a Purdy-less San Francisco) and Devin's Jets-over-Bills flier, with the chat receipts officially archived.
Rocky's Round Robin
The segment of the night: Rocky called in and executed a scorched-earth lightning tour of every division — Dolphins suck, Rodgers "needs to be in a wheelchair on the sideline," Lamar's a choke artist so Burrow takes the North, Bucs win the South by default, and his Bears take the North despite a quarterback who "wears fingernail polish." Nobody was spared, including both hosts, and it was glorious.
Family Court: Tomlin Division
Jamal Davis's call detonated the annual Steelers argument: Frank blaming Tomlin for a decade without a playoff win, Jamal blaming the roster spending — T.J. Watt's health, Russell Wilson's money, the tight-end contracts — while Devin cheerfully admitted the Raiders would absolutely make every dumb trade being described. The Stallion closed it out from an eighth-grade football sideline, standing on his prediction that Mike McDaniel is the first coach fired.
"It's better to be 1-0 than 0-1. Right now I'm celebrating — they can say whatever they want until week two."
Hype show Thursday for Miami-USF, recap Sunday with AO, Real Talk Monday asks whether men and women can really be just friends. The network is expanding — and no more freebies.