Oh my goodness. Good morning, good afternoon. Whatever it is for you I hope you're having a fantastic day.

My name is Zach Schomler. This is Strong Opinion Sports episode 378.

No music today, no countdown,

trying to be low-key, not very loud.

It is inappropriately late here in Hawaii.

It is, what time is it?

Let me look at my phone. It is 12.12 PM, which means it's 6 a.m. on the East Coast, which is why I'm recording. I want to get this out. And so let me not waste any time. I want to get into the show. We'll start with the headline.

In the opening game of the NFL season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Dallas Cowboys 31 to 29.

There's a lot to unpack here. First of all. Dallas Cowboys 31 to 29.

There's a lot to unpack here.

First of all, it was an incredible game,

like really fun to watch.

And I think as fans of football, we got spoiled.

I mean, to have the first game of the NFL season and the way it did

you know with a minute and 24 seconds left on the game Tom Brady gets the ball down one point

needs a field goal to win he got the field put together a great drive had a great throw down the left sideline to Chris Godwin back shoulder fade

And then Ryan suck up nailed the game winner from 36 yards out Buccaneers win Now I have to admit this game was a lot

closer than I expected and I have mixed emotions about it. First of all I

predicted that Dallas would go six and 11 this year and I'm already feeling a lot of

pressure people are messaging me telling me I got to back off of my take and

backtrack and you know how could you say six and 11 and look I could be

wrong you know you make predictions you're bound to get some of them wrong, but and like also I'm very open to changing my mind.

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