Prod Mat's BOLD FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS!!!

The worst part about writing is actually just sitting in the same place and typing for fifteen minutes.
(I recorded this right after Peyton Manning's 7 touchdown performance in that Thursday night game.)

Here we go:

1. Peyton Manning is going to break the record for passing touchdowns this year. I think it's safe to project him for a 80 TD season. I mean is it really that far fetched to assume he will throw four TDs a game for the rest of the season? That puts him around 64 touchdowns, add a few 5 TD games in there and 70 is right in his wheel house. Is 80 really that unrealistic? Honestly, I'm guessing he just starts playing in the NFL like a fourteen year old kid plays Madden; he's just going to have some ridiculous stats.

2. Sam Bradford throws for 5,000 yards. If you listen to the podcast you know some of the other hosts of the show like to stretch this out and act like I said 6,400 yards. While I think 6,400 isn't that far out of Sam's realm of possibility, I'm just going to play it safe and stick with 5,000. Especially considering the record for yards is 5,476 by Drew Brees and only 6 quarterbacks have ever passed for more than 5,000 yards and 3 of them are Drew Brees. (Also, no Rams' reciever will have more than 1,000 yards.)

3. Rams break the all time sack record which is 72 set by the 1982 Chicago Bears. The Rams had 52 sacks last year. Not bad, but I expect Robert Quinn and Chris Long to step their game up another level. The Rams defensive line is just amazing, like eight dude's that could be starters. The  linebackers are athletic, so hey, get a few blitzes rolling with them and watch the sacks.

4. Cincinnati is going to be good.

And this is why. You don't mess with James Harrison.

5. New England Patriots go 5-11. I'm not feeling Tom Brady this year. I don't think the Patriots are going to be very good this season. I wanna see their best running back play a little more, then maybe I'll change my mind... Blount. No playoffs.

6. If Danny Amendola and Wes Welker are both healthy, Amendola has a better season. They are clones of eachother, but Amendola is younger. Advantage Danny.

7. I don't think Russel Wilson is going to be very good. Name another starting QB that's under six feet tall... I'll wait... Drew Brees? Thought so. Drew Brees is amazing and Russel is no Drew.

8. Derius Heyward-Bay. I just got a good feeling.

9.            AFC Championship: Chiefs vs. Bengals              NFC Championship: Rams vs. New York

Superbowl: Chiefs vs. Rams

10. Andrew Luck will have the best season out of the rookies from last year.

Hustle on HuSTLers,

Prod Mat

Adventures in Podcasting

(Editor's note: This was originally posted on Saturday, August 31st, 2013. Written by Big Rudy.)


My name is Rudy. One day my two brothers and I decided to do a podcast...and then the craziness started.

You see, when I came up with this idea, I was thinking that at the very least, it was something to DO. I'm married, have two beautiful children, am on the wrong side of 30, live in the suburbs on a cul de sac. People like me shouldn't be putting out content like "who would win in a fight? Clinton or JFK?" I'm not supposed to do that sort of thing. I should be skipping work and golfing or something, not discussing tv shows that happened 20 plus years ago or talking about heroin overdoses that I witness in a parking lot on a Friday morning. I'm not supposed to, but I do.

What went wrong? What the hell happened here? I opened Pandora's Box and threw a Hail Mary and used the Contra Code at all the same time and it started to slip away. My brothers are extremely talented and funny. Superstar MC and Danny Blow are creative A type personalities. Damn near everyone of our friends that we've brought on has been a home run. This wasn't supposed to be this easy. The hard work was figuring out how to get this stuff on the internet. I've been waiting for us to stink a show up, to put something out so horrible that I would shake my head and quit talking forever. But it hasn't happened. It's only gotten better. I've only been doing this for two months! Don't I have to pay my dues to get this good? Short answer: NO.

I was asked by Katie (Caputa's ladyfriend that appeared on HuSTLe City's Guide to More Pro Wrestling) "What's a podcast?" My reply? "It's like a radio show that nobody listens to." I think I was pretty accurate with that response. My friend Rick Lewis, who is the chef at an excellent restaurant named Quincy St. Bistro in South St. Louis asked me, "What do you guys talk about?" My reply? "Nonsense." I was very accurate with that one too. But it is more than that. It's something that is as funny and wonderful and creative as anything that I've been a part of. It's a show about friends who like to LAUGH. It's about not taking a damn thing too seriously because in the end, what are the things you remember that get you through the rough times? Is it the time you got your ass beat? Or the time you got laid off because your company decided to ship some jobs overseas? Or the time you had your heart broken? No, it's the times you sat with your buddies and someone said something so funny you were still laughing when you woke up the next morning. That's what the HuSTLe City Podcast is about.

My insecurities are still there. My fear of putting my name on something that sucks. My fear of just not being good enough. They all linger but they have faded. I used to listed to AM/FM radio for ten hours a day while rolling around HuSTLe City. The good shows aren't there anymore except for the Morning After on 920 AM. Gone are the Howard Sterns, the sports talk shows that actually had opinions, the DJs that actually said something ENTERTAINING. All that is left are yesmen, whores, and dummies. It's a crying shame. Corporations that don't understand entertainment at all are putting this crap on the air and they wonder why the money is disappearing. Huh. Whenever I feel like I'm not good enough, I put the radio on for fifteen minutes (or as long as I can tolerate) and after that, I feel like I'm the greatest audio personality in the world and my crew is pound for pound the best in podcasting.

So it is an adventure. It's exciting, it's full of surprises, it's audio pandemonium. And it's as real and lassiez-faire as anything on the radio or television today. (F in French Mrs. G? Eat my ass.) Hustle on hustlers.

Must See Flicks: Highlander by: TripD

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So the other night I was perusing my Netflix and I came across a movie that I had totally forgotten. A little gem called Highlander. Highlander jumps from 1500's Scotland to 1985 New York City. I love 1980's New York, dirty, crime ridden, filled with pimps and whores before Giuliani fucked it all up. So how it works is that there are certain people, people you may know. They look like you, act like you, maybe they are in the same room as you right now. Looking at you with those cold dead eyes, just watching and waiting. These people in the world of Highlander are Immortals. Conner MacLeod is one of these Immortals.

Highlander features sweet sword fights, awesome training montages and Sean Connery wearing peacock feathers. MacLeod must come to terms with his immortality. He is banished from his village when he doesn't die from a wound in battle. Alone he meets Heather this Scottish dime piece. This is when Highlander asks the big question. Conner not aging must sit and watch the slow creep of death overcome his mortal wife, its a bum session. Is it better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all? I say yes. That's a wild thing to think about. Knowing that the love of your life will get wrinkles, need help going up the stairs wilting and there you sit looking like a 25 year old stallion. You've shared the memories been through it all together but you know that at some point she's hitting the road and you are at square one, alone. I know one thing it might be worth loving and losing but I going though that pain is something you only do once. 

All the songs in Highlander are done by Queen. Check out the vid on the left for some sweet shit. This movie also will crack you up with all its 80's goodness. Such as a lone police helicopter some how sneaking up on a sword fight. When one of the combatants runs off the popo meekly says "Hey stop"....awesome. Christopher Lambert is a total rock star. He laughs all the time in this movie, in weird awkward spots and to be honest he looks half-mental. Like Simple Jack mental....full mental. Sean Connery I'm pretty sure just did the movie because he wandered on to set on his way to the pub. Try the house beer it's fucking great. Scotland, have another on me I'm buying.

 The 80's has its great share of awesome bad guys. Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet, and James Hong in BTLC. For my money I'll take Clancy Brown as The Kurgen. Anytime you have a "THE" in front of you name instant credibility. THE Triple D sounds nice actually....say my name. Kurgen is the hardest of all immortals, he crushes it all day. Clancy Brown is perfect, psychically imposing and his voice is one of the best most distinct in the biz. If you haven't seen this flick get on it, if you have and haven't seen it in a while pop it in (mmmm) and enjoy.

Rating: 3.5 Arches 

Question

If you were immortal how long would you last before you behead yourself?

Answer.

350 years

Question

What kind of sword would you roll with to do some kick ass decapitation?

Answer

I wouldn't use a sword a Ditch-blade is what you want.

So why watch this movie let Sean Connery tell you WHY. HuSTLe on.

THE TRIPLE D