Bears Top Pats & the Sixers Erase 29 | Football Weekend Best Bets — Coach and Company Friday 10/23/26

Coach opens with the news of the day: the Sixers' historic comeback, Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk revealing his Parkinson's diagnosis (he's in his first season as Southern's head coach), and a Friday college football slate without a ranked team. Then Mikey P and Supi join to break down the Bears' 30-24 win over the Patriots: why Luther Burden III disappeared after a 130-yard first half, Caleb Williams' 308 yards, a tough night for Drake Maye under pressure, A.J. Brown's fit in New England, two touchdowns in the final 14 seconds of the half, and Cairo Santos' 58-yard field goal. Chicago is 5-2 heading into three straight primetime games.

It's Friday, so everybody brings a college pick and an NFL pick. Mikey P rides Trinidad Chambliss and Ole Miss at Texas, Supi likes Miami against Pitt and the Dolphins against the Jets, and Coach goes with Tulsa against Army tonight and the Panthers against the Bucs, with listener Jimbo's Utah and Panthers plays and a Rutgers-Northwestern detour. Picks are the hosts' opinions and lines move. 21+. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.

In Front Page News, the crew reacts to the Sixers rallying from 29 down to beat Cleveland in LeBron James' home debut, Kenny Atkinson's LeBron comments, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's record 141-game 20-point streak ending in a win over Denver. Then the World Series: Rays at Brewers starts tonight in Milwaukee, and Coach wonders who's watching. Coach, who worked at MSG Network before ESPN, tells the Knicks ring story (an employee "ring" email that was a phishing test, and assistants still waiting), plus the 24-hour ESPN interview seminar he had to take twice. Final takes close on Drew Mestemaker vs. Trinidad Chambliss.

Housekeeping: BTT Studios' six shows are all at one audio link and one video link in Coach's bio. Coach and Company streams on YouTube, X, Facebook and Kick. A Stadium Network VOD segment drops later today. The Coach and Bro with Vince Russo is live today at 2 PM ET.

Timestamps
00:00 Cold open: where to watch and listen
01:36 News and notes: the Sixers' comeback, Marshall Faulk, Friday's college slate
02:24 Mikey P and Supi join: Bears beat the Patriots
03:44 Why did Luther Burden III vanish in the second half?
05:40 Caleb Williams' night and the first-half finish
07:20 Drake Maye under pressure and the bad beat
09:32 A.J. Brown in New England
10:24 Where the Bears and Patriots stand
11:23 Football weekend best bets: Mikey P's Ole Miss and Bengals
14:09 Supi: Miami and the Dolphins
15:56 Coach: Tulsa-Army and the Panthers
18:54 Jimbo's picks from the chat, and Rutgers-Northwestern
21:38 Front Page News: the Sixers erase 29 against the Cavs
25:10 Kenny Atkinson and LeBron
25:52 SGA's streak ends at 141
28:42 The World Series starts tonight
32:17 Coach's MSG story: the Knicks ring email
35:47 The ESPN interview seminar, twice
37:04 Final takes: upsets, Mestemaker vs. Chambliss
38:38 Sign-off

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