Episodes
Friday Jan 26, 2018
Ep. 39- Reunion (24/1/18)
Friday Jan 26, 2018
Friday Jan 26, 2018
The Boys are BACK! It's a reunion of sorts as Nick, Adam, and Neil are all back together and Off The Bench to discuss the hapless Oilers (1:40); what could've been (8:20); what's gone wrong (10:00); championship windows (17:30); playoff turnover from last year (19:40); McDavid's projection (26:45); The Unbreakable Alex Ovechkin (30:00); the cruel end of Andrew Cogliano's Ironman Streak (32:20); early Superbowl LII preview (34:45); Off season choices for the Vikings (38:00), and Eagles (40:30); the future of Drew Brees (43:15); the polorising force that is Blake Bortles (44:40).
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Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Ep. 38- 2 Man Booth (17/1/18)
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Adam is on the IR (but not the LTIR!) so this week just Nick and Neil are Off The Bench!
First, they dig into some pop culture chatter: Nick catches Neil up on The Bachelor (2:45), then they get into some (long overdue) movie discusse, recapping the big winners from the Golden Globes (7:25) and maybe what can be expected at this year's Oscars (15:40). Then they talk Oilers (25:25), the reality of "championship dynasties" (31:55), reviewing the NFL Divisonal round (42:15), answer an email from the injured Adam (48:50) and previewing the Conference Championship games (54:15) and Neil closes the show the HOTTEST TAKE of 2018 thus far! (57:20).
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Thursday Jan 11, 2018
Ep. 37- 2 Man Booth (10/1/18)
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
2 Man Booth this week! Neil's away for a wedding (though he weighs in with an email from the road), so just Nick and (a concussed) Adam are Off The Bench with week to discuss the latest in sports and pop culture. They get the show started discussing their favourirte contestants on Arie's season of The Bachelor (2:30); Nick gives a brief review of the movie I, Tonya (11:05); then, they delve into the downward spiral that is the 2017-18 Oilers season (14:55), what the NHL's offside rule is really accomplishing (15:30), Nick's ode to the Plight of the disenfranchised Oilers fan (17:15), an underratted factor that could be contributing to the Oilers poor year (20:45); respond to Neil's emial regarding the NHL All-Star rosters (22:50); then get into the NFL talk, starting with the Gruden signing (27:00), review the wild Wild Card Weekend (28:05), and make picks for the Divisional round (34:05); and wrap things up with some Raptors talk (42:45).
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Friday Jan 05, 2018
Ep. 36- Welcome to 2018! (3/1/18)
Friday Jan 05, 2018
Friday Jan 05, 2018
New Year, same us! Nick, Adam, and Neil are Off the Bench for the first pod of the new year!
Nick and Neil get started by briefly reviewing their Swfit-lists (:55) and the release of Justin Timberlake's Man of the Woods (4:00) Then, they get the sports talk going by answering a (late) listener email (6:30) then get into some Raptors talk (10:30), then disect what's gone awry with the Oilers season (14:50) and then finish things off with NFL Wild Card predictions (32:30).
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Sunday Dec 31, 2017
Ep. 35- OTB New Year's Special! f/TSwift (29/12/2017)
Sunday Dec 31, 2017
Sunday Dec 31, 2017
Pop that champagne and pour a glass with your good friends from Off The Bench! Nick, Adam, and Neil bring you a very, VERY, special episode to end 2017 and ring in 2018 with a double episode!
First, the boys talk some NHL and Oilers (2:25), trade scenarios (6:40), the overvauling of draft picks (8:20), the process of building through the draft (12:00) then they move on the NFL and review Neil's season-long pick mistakes (19:25), stories from Week 16 (21:15), Todd Gurley's MVP chances (24:15), discuss AFC and NFC Wildcard scenarios (29:15), and then make Week 17 picks (30:45).
THEN! Adam steps aside and Nick and Neil fearlessly honour the 28 years that the Earth has been blessed by the incomparable titan of pop and breakdown, compare, debate, and discuss their top 28 Taylor Swift tracks of all time (40:20)!
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Wednesday Dec 20, 2017
Ep. 34- NFL and NHL Hanukkah Special! (19/12/2017)
Wednesday Dec 20, 2017
Wednesday Dec 20, 2017
It's been a week, but Nick, Adam, and Neil are back Off The Bench with a special holiday packed episode! They get things started by talking about the state of the Oilers season and roster moves (2:10) and some other NHL news (14:50), then they get into the week that was in the NFL, beginning with the garbage Jesse James reversed call (17:40), and the infamous Index Card ruling (19:10); has Brady locked up the MVP? (21:30); the mortality of Aaron Rodgers (28:00); the mighty LA Rams crushing the once-mighty Seahawks (29:15); Davante Adams' views on football violence (30:30); Week 16 picks! (34:00); NFC (48:20) and AFC (51:10) playoff pictures.
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Friday Dec 08, 2017
Ep. 32- The NHL Show (6/12/2017)
Friday Dec 08, 2017
Friday Dec 08, 2017
Grab your beer and hang out with the OTB Boys, who are back this week with your weekly hockey show! But first, they break down the best reality TV shows of all-time (1:15) talking about the the Russian Olympic ban and whether the Olympics even really matter for hockey glory (13:10); why the World Cup of Hockey is more important than the Olympics (18:20) the advantages to a shorter NHL season (29:50); NHL expansion to Seattle (28:30); brief Oilers chat (35:00); the NHL's best teams (37:55); Fantasy Update (45:20); and everyone's favourite segment! (well... Neil and Nick's anyway...) segment: If The NHL Was One Division and the Playoffs Started Now! (46:25) and we actually get an email!
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Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Ep. 31- The NFL Show (5/12/2017)
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Grab your steaming hot coffee for some steaming hot takes, because Nick, Adam, and Neil are Off The Bench with your weekly NFL Show! The boys begin the show with some sombre talk about the MNF gang war between the Steelers and the Bengals and if the future of professional football can survive its own violence (2:00), then lighten things up discussing who wns the AFC (21:55); the MVP contenders (25:05); Ben McAdoo vs. Eli Manning and whether Eli leaves NYC (31:00); A Game of Thrones: The AFC West Crown (34:10); AFC (38:15) and NFC (41:30) Playoff pictures; Fantasy Update (43:45); and Week 14 Pick'ems! (45:40)
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Thursday Nov 30, 2017
The Oilers Show (29/11/2017)
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
They took a week off, but your Off The Bench boys are back with your NHL episode packed full of Oilers content!
... but first they start with a lil' NBA chatter (1:30); then get into the Oilers tough win against the listless Oilers (2:45) whether the Oilers should try and salvage the season or look to next year (3:40); the changes in the Oilers lineup and PP units (8:00); playing Jesse Puljujarvi (11:30); The Oilers' record last year compared to now (13:30); the value of Cam Talbot (15:00); Nick's rant on the bloggers V. MSM war (17:00); the "slow" NHL teams (24:50); the value of Milan Lucic (25:50); the value of RNH (31:00); an NBA-type strategy for saving cap space (37:50); the overvaluing of dradt picks (42:30); Eberle and Hall's stupid comments on the Edmonton media (44:00); why Joel Embiid is the best professional North American athlete right now (47:00); why the NHL might kinda suck (50:40); fantasy update (54:50).
Our favourite segment: the NHL as one conference and the playoffs started now! (56:40)
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Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Ep. 29- The NFL Show (29/11/2017)
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
A day late, but a couple of beers deep, the boys from Off The Bench is back for your weekly NFL show! They get things started with the biggest story of the year with the ridiculous Eli Manning benching (2:20); then
-- after a brief, and rude, interruption (12:35)
lighten things up by discussing Sean McVay and the surging LA Rams (18:15); whether this is the end of the Chiefs (21:00); whether the Air Raid Falcons back? (24:20); the psychology behind the Aqib Talib/Michael Crabtree brawl (27:10); AFC (32:00) and NFC (34:45) Wildcard looks; some Jaguars/Blake Bortles facts (38:10); Fantasy Update (39:30); PICK 'EMS! (41:55).
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