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The Bill Simmons Podcast

A Classic Josh-Vs.-Lamar Battle, the Week 1 Panic Meter, Guess the Lines and Parent Corner With Cousin Sal

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.529.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Cousin Sal to react to Week 1 of the NFL season before guessing the lines for Week 2 and closing with Parent Corner (3:08). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Cousin Sal Producers: Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Steve Ceruti Post your job today at linkedin.com/simmons The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠ www.rg-help.com⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Bill Simmons podcast, brought to you by Fandul Sportsbook. We're also brought to by the Ringer

0:04.3

Podcast Network, where I have a new rewatcher was coming for you on Monday night. We did Legend

0:08.7

of Billy Gene, 40th anniversary of an absolute cable classic. It was on all the time in the

0:13.5

mid-80s. Chris Ryan and I broke it down. It's a one for us because it's the first week of football

0:17.5

season. We figured we could sneak it in. Also on the Prestige TV podcast, there's a great new show on HBO called Task. And me and Mal, I'm sorry, me and Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney, Mallory's not on it. But the other two are, and we're breaking down Task on Sunday nights. Right after the episode goes up on HBO, you can listen to our recap episode about it. So the first one's up

0:38.5

every Sunday night, we'll be doing that. And it's an awesome show. I highly, highly, highly

0:42.5

recommend it. I recommend all of our Ringer podcasts, obviously. Football season, this is our time.

0:49.1

Basketball's coming. Pop culture is in full swing. And we're excited to serve all kinds of content i would highly

0:56.2

encourage you to check out our two one's a relatively new college football podcast the other is

1:00.5

brand new the ringer tailgate with van and joel and tate and then uh todd mcshay's podcast

1:05.6

just a staple has already turned into an awesome podcast for us so they they're going live on YouTube on Saturday on staggered times.

1:13.5

Tailgate is first and then and then McShay is after that.

1:17.3

And then last but not least, the Ringers Sunday pregame, we launched that today too on our YouTube channel.

1:22.9

So subscribe to ringer gambling on YouTube and all of our stuff is on YouTube and on Spotify

1:28.3

video as well.

1:29.5

Coming up, week one, Cousin Sal, we're back, baby.

1:34.5

Let's take a break.

1:35.4

Let's bring in Pearl Jam and then the Cus.

1:37.4

It's the Bill Simmons podcast presented by Fandall and the NFL is back and thank God.

1:42.5

Fandall has everything.

1:43.4

They got an awesome app. They have SGPs. They have great futures. They have good prop bets. Live betting. Your way bets. Clean app. It's great to use. I've been using it in for a few years. Every time I go back to Boston or any place that has Fando and I get to use it. I'm always excited. I'm on an airplane runway.

2:18.7

You done the airplane runway? Yeah. Oh, everybody. Airplane runway. There should be a button. The runway button. I'm on the airplane runway. I got to get this in. Get your bets in, build something bold, make every game feel bigger. Download the Fando app or head to fando.com slash BS to get started. The ringer committed to responsible gaming.

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