As it says above, we are without our buddy Opi today as he made out with Bear at poker and caught the Dominican Black Lung disease. Bear does his best Opi impersonation by sucking at introductions, but we had a lot of laughs anyway. There's a lot of just banter but it gets really silly at the end when we PREDICT THE PLAYOFF TEAMS FOR THE FBFL!!

YouTube Link: Opi & the Bear Episode 174 Bear, Grandpa & the Boys

6:15 - League Love

16:38 - Ryan's Dreadful, Disgusting, Deluge of Drama

22:20 - Opi's Ominous Thoughts (Chat & Gambling)

36:07 - Brimbo's Blunder of Wonder (Chat & Fantasy)

1:15:40 - Week 11 Predictions that went wrong

1:17:58 - Week 12 Predictions Sure to go Wrong

1:18:09 - Boom Player of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:19:52 - Bust of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:21:03 - Sleeper of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:22:48 - FBFL Big Baller Team (FBFL)

1:24:17 - FBFL Butt Fumbler Team (FBFL)

1:26:13 - NFL Predictions (NFL)

Bear brought back some 3rd world disease and is on several different medications that make him tired and weird. Ryan & AJ make up for it as they have some massive amount of cross-talk going on today which makes the points hard to hear, but makes the commentary a lot more giggly. We do some chit-chat about the past couple weeks and then roll on through some Fantasy GM'ing of other teams and then call it a little earlier than usual so Bear doesn't fall asleep at the wheel.

YouTube Link: Opi & the Bear Episode 173 Not EVERYTHING Stays in the DR

2:43 - League Love

14:08 - Ryan's Dreadful, Disgusting, Deluge of Drama

25:04 - Opi's Ominous Thoughts (Chat & Gambling)

34:16 - Brimbo's Blunder of Wonder (Chat & Fantasy)

1:08:47 - Week 9 Predictions Sure to go Wrong

1:08:58 - Boom Player of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:11:02 - Bust of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:13:08 - Sleeper of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:15:29 - FBFL Big Baller Team (FBFL)

1:18:26 - FBFL Butt Fumbler Team (FBFL)

1:21:40 - NFL Predictions (NFL)

Week 8 starts the wind up to the wind down and we spend a LOT of time just talking football itself. Of course fantasy rules the roost here but just talking NFL with a lot of liveliness. You also get the best of both worlds thanks to the spirit of Halloween as Opi spends a lot of time changing his masks so you don't have to look at that mug the whole time. Grimbo comes in HOT with a lot of GM questions for both the NFL & the fantasy league stirring up some great conversation. Lastly, as we announce, we'll be out for a couple weeks as the guy doing all the AV work will be on a beach sipping on something refreshing!

YouTube Link: Opi & the Bear Episode 172 GM'ing OTHER Fantasy Teams is FUN

5:17 - League Love

25:07 - FBFL Scoreboard

34:19 - Opi's Ominous Thoughts (Chat & Gambling)

57:45 - Bear's Blunder of Wonder (Chat & Fantasy)

1:32:37 - Week 8 Predictions Recap (FBFL)

1:43:27 - Week 9 Predictions Sure to go Wrong

1:43:52 - Boom Player of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:47:08 - Bust of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:47:08 - Sleeper of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:45:33 - FBFL Big Baller Team (FBFL)

1:48:58 - FBFL Butt Fumbler Team (FBFL)

1:53:09 - NFL Predictions (NFL)

Why did we call it "The Grim Episode" and he's not even in studio? Because it's short and stubby, that's why! It was literally Opi & the Bear so we cut out a lot of extra and just talked football and then fantasy. We keep it pretty upbeat but definitely miss the troops!

YouTube Link: Opi & the Bear Episode 171 The Grim Episode

12:59 - NFL Recent Trade Talk

41:30 - Shortened section of Bear's Blunder of Wonder where we just go over some fantasy decision making.

59:36 - Quick Prediction Recap

1:02:53 - Week 8 Predictions as usual

1:02:53 - Boom Player of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:05:54 - Bust of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:08:10 - Sleeper of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:11:07 - FBFL Big Baller Team (FBFL)

1:12:25 - FBFL Butt Fumbler Team (FBFL)

1:13:16 - NFL Predictions (NFL)

We get Grimbo back this week so we're at full force as we continue along our merry ways of getting most predictions wrong. It's more of the same for the most part but Opi & Bear introduce and explain the leagues "Grudge Week" and they discuss the matchups and even give the games bowl names. We come up with some stupid but fun names for bowl games so the NCAA may want to have a listen in case they're tired of stupid shit like the Tostitos Bowl or the Duke's Mayo Bowl……just awful! Anyway, hope you enjoy and if you want to get more involved and see the information that the guys talk about, it'll be on the screen for those watching on YouTube.

YouTube Link: Opi & the Bear Episode 171 - Name That Game

4:42 - League Love (came up with a way to keep the name - MISC Leagues)

23:24 - Ryan's Dreadful, Disgusting, Deluge of Distillery Drama (FBFL)

30:40 - AJ’s Boisterous and Bitter Brewery Belly-Aching (FBFL)

36:27 - Opi's Ominous Thoughts (Chat & Gambling)

56:48 - Bear's Blunder of Wonder (Chat & Fantasy)

1:33:03 - Week 6 Predictions Recap (FBFL)

1:37:22 - Week 7 Predictions Sure to go Wrong

1:37:31 - Boom Player of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:39:19 - Bust of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:41:05 - Sleeper of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:42:29 - FBFL Big Baller Team (FBFL)

1:44:05 - FBFL Butt Fumbler Team (FBFL)

1:46:17 - NFL Predictions (NFL)

Bear is starting to get some production value on YouTube as he's learning the software and how to create scenes. Next up, trying to figure out how to get Opi's mic to be a little louder, but then again, that may work against the crew and we may lose watchers/listeners. Bear did forget the record button and we figured it out about 10 minutes in and we started over, but we got it all. We also added in some visuals for certain sections so you can actually see what we're talking about. Other than that, it's the same ole same ole as we break down FBFL games, NFL games, and individual fantasy players throughout the discussion. Lots of laughter and lots of energy even though we're missing Grimbo for this week due to illness, and we have a KILLER montage at towards the end when we introduce the NFL predictions for those watching on YouTube.

YouTube Link: Opi & the Bear Episode 169 Having Some Fantasy Fun

3:53 - League Love (came up with a way to keep the name - MISC Leagues)

18:54 - Ryan's Dreadful, Disgusting, Deluge of Distillery Drama (FBFL)

23:37 - AJ’s Boisterous and Bitter Brewery Belly-Aching (FBFL)

28:42 - Opi's Ominous Thoughts (Chat & Gambling)

48:13 - Bear's Blunder of Wonder (Chat & Fantasy)

1:20:27 - Week 5 Predictions Recap (FBFL)

1:23:02 - Week 6 Predictions Sure to go Wrong

1:23:07 - Boom Player of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:24:47 - Bust of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:26:56 - Sleeper of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:28:28 - FBFL Big Baller Team (FBFL)

1:30:34 - FBFL Butt Fumbler Team (FBFL)

1:33:17 - NFL Predictions (NFL)

We did it! Back on video and this one is pretty fun both on video and on the audio alone. Bear did play around with transitions for the video side of things giving some more visuals as we talk showing close ups as we talk, predictions and the weekly hottie that Opi chooses. As far as content, it's the usual except we're missing AJ though he dials in from work, listens, and fires off the occasional text for us to read to the listener. We had a fun night of chatter and are learning to spend a lot more time talking fantasy overall and not just about the FBFL. Last thing, why are the podcasts a little longer? We don't pay anyone to cut these and we're not doing it twice. We cut the video, post it, export the audio from it and post it. Sorry all, that's just asking too much from 4 guys with busy schedules.

Opi & the Bear Episode 168 YouTube…we're back!

6:39 - League Love (came up with a way to keep the name - MISC Leagues)

24:34 - Dirty Randy’s Dreadful, Disgusting, Deluge of Distillery Drama (FBFL)

28:41 - Ryan’s Boisterous and Bitter Brewery Belly-Aching (FBFL)

32:22 - Opi's Ominous Thoughts (Chat & Gambling)

58:17 - Bear's Blunder of Wonder (Chat & Fantasy)

1:33:24 - Week 4 Predictions Recap (FBFL)

1:37:19 - Week 5 Predictions Sure to go Wrong

1:37:30 - Boom Player of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:40:50 - Bust of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:43:19 - Sleeper of the Week (All Fantasy)

1:46:57 - FBFL Big Baller Team (FBFL)

1:49:43 - FBFL Butt Fumbler Team (FBFL)

1:54:15 - NFL Predictions (NFL)

Stupid Bear!! The guy who has worked hard on getting us up and running on YouTube made a rookie mistake and forgot to hit the "Record" button for video. We also changed a setting that MICROSOFT SUGGESTED we change for better sound quality and it causes a cut out if there are multiple sounds going, thanks for that Microsoft!! We finally got good sound and in a week, back to bullshit. Other than that, we had a pretty good podcast and we're giving advice as to who to play for some FBFL teams who look to have the depth to make choices. So, if you want to watch the YouTube video, I still made one and it's the sound of the podcast to go with a picture video of your podcast guys.

Opi & the Bear Episode 167 YouTube…A One Week Wonder

4:54 - Football is Life (the old League Love that we had to change thanks to YouTube and Copyrights)

19:37 - AJ’s Dreadful, Disgusting, Deluge of Distillery Drama

24:05 - Ryan’s Boisterous and Bitter Brewery Belly-Aching

28:51 - Opi's Ominous Thoughts

48:28 - Bear's Special Song for Fantasy Owners

51:36 - Bear's Blunder of Wonder

1:19:12 - Week 3 Predictions Recap

1:22:40 - Week 4 Predictions Sure to go Wrong

1:22:48 - Boom Player of the Week

1:24:34 - Bust of the Week

1:26:18 - Sleeper of the Week

1:29:39 - FBFL Big Baller Team

1:31:21 - FBFL Butt Fumbler Team

1:34:25 - NFL Predictions

1:40:08 - Bear Reveals a Vegas Conspiracy Theory

1:42:03 - AJs Games