Welcome to the Audible, presented by Trader Joe's, the podcast that makes you a smarter,

savier college football fan. I'm Stuart Mandel, joined as always by Bruce Feldman. We've got

quite an episode today, Bruce. We're having on our buddy Ted Greenstein, who a long time Chicago

Tribune, college sports writer, now in the gambling

space, but he's got a book out called quarterback dads that we think people should definitely

check out.

And then, of course, we gave you the first half of our season win totals bets last week.

We're going to do, I think, M to Z.

I know there's no Z teams, but second half of the

alphabet today. But first, Bruce, the story that, you know, by the time you actually put it up

on Monday, I feel like I'd already knew it because you've been telling me all these things in

real time, but very well received your story about coaching your son, Ben, his football team this year, and incorporating some lessons you learn from actual college coaches.

You've seen the response.

What, you know, what's that been like?

Because, you know, like you told me yesterday, you don't normally write about yourself.

Right.

Yeah.

I've been kind of blown away by the reaction to it.

In one sense, I felt like, you know, it would resonate with some folks just because, you know, you right now yourself, you're coaching your daughter's T-ball team and softball.

And I think for a lot of parents, not just dads, you end up involved in your

kids sports in youth sports in one way or another. Hopefully the experiences are positive. Sometimes

they're not. And so I had, and I said in the story, I had helped out coach with my son both in baseball and football. But this time,

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