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Week 13 Matchups + TNF Madness, Wheel of Shame - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/1

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The Betrayer and Owl remain matchup antagonists

One host says the current fantasy matchup is against the Betrayer and immediately identifies Papa Josh; another says the opponent is the other side of the betrayal, Owl. Later a visible look becomes 'Owl sabotaging,' and Al is named as the person asking whether lonely Deonte Harty is a viable pivot after being the only soul who played him the previous week.

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Jason recommends pre-buying a championship trophy

FootClan Friday selects Runaway Train for the recurring $100 FantasyChamps gift card. With championship season approaching, a host says that according to Jason he should pre-buy hardware as a call-your-shot gesture; the worst-case outcome is handing the unused trophy to a friend.

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The Abanikanda runs drop gets its origin story

The hosts warn that the isolated sound cue makes no sense without offseason context. Jason and an unlabeled host had liked buried Jets rookie Israel Abanikanda, whose name became 'Abana kinda don't want none unless you got runs, hon'; the desk explicitly says that is where the sound effect comes from, then clarifies that 'runs' means a running back running rather than diarrhea.

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Papa Josh headlines a subscription surveillance brainstorm

Conflicting open-practice observations lead the desk to ask Brooks for other examples; he replies only 'I don't.' When another player is merely 'not spotted,' the hosts brainstorm flying Papa Josh from practice to practice with binoculars, putting AirTags on players, and building a movement-speed app. Mike is directly asked whether he is in, says he is 'super in,' signs up, and agrees to pay the subscription fee.

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Mike controls the gates of Michael Pittman City

A proposed punishment asks whether someone can be removed from the built-the-city. The hosts explain that Pittman City welcomes everyone only until they walk out or turn their back on Michael Pittman, that repentance can earn readmission, and that Mike holds the actual key and lets people in or out as he pleases.

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Old Nana puts Mike in a painful one-eyed mask

The live Fantasy Faceoff snapshot has an unnamed host at 4-4-4, Jason at 6-2-4, and Mike at 2-6-4 before the Wheel of Shame lands on Old Nana. The disgusting cigarette-smoking old-woman mask has a hair cover and Velcro, looks pirate-like, and leaves only one useful eye before the desk says, 'Don't smoke, kids.' A direct Mike lineup prompt identifies the wearer, and the close says the mask presses into his giant head and eyes while raising the possibility of a third straight disgusting mask.

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Jason forces Brevin Jordan into Fantasy Faceoff for fun

Mid-show, Jason is caught smiling over old Brevin Jordan material and directly confirms that he is forcing Jordan into the lineup just for fun, predicting it will be why he is shamed next week. Fantasy Faceoff later reveals the $2,500 minimum-priced tight end in Jason's entry, replacing $4,100 David Njoku and living on the edge.

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Hosts route three live research requests to Kyle

During matchup talk, a host assumes Kyle is checking Joe Flacco's middle name, directly asks him about Kyren Williams never facing a stacked box, and then asks whether Fletcher Cox is definitively out. The transcript leaves the reply voices unlabeled and explicitly says the Cox answer is not yet definitive.

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Jason concedes at halftime to activate Jalen Hurts

For two straight weeks, Jason has conceded his fantasy matchup during the Eagles' bad first half because he rosters Jalen Hurts. He plans to do it again against San Francisco, explicitly calls it part of the ritual, and the desk predicts two concessions per game if Hurts starts alternating productive quarters.

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Jason has been a Zach Moss truther for as long as he has known the name

During the Fantasy Faceoff lineup read, Jason introduces $4,600 Zach Moss as his start of the week and says he has been a truther for as long as he has known Moss's name.

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Episode notes

A matchup update revives the League of Record betrayal language: one host faces the Betrayer, explicitly identified as Papa Josh, while another faces Owl; later a visible look from Owl becomes an alleged attempt by Al to sabotage a Tank Dell question with his lonely Deonte Harty play. FootClan Friday awards Runaway Train a $100 FantasyChamps gift card, then a host cites Jason's advice to pre-buy championship hardware and hand it to a friend if the title call fails. Conflicting open-practice reports expose a broken information pipeline. Brooks is asked to remember the other examples and answers only 'I don't'; after another 'not spotted' report, the hosts brainstorm flying Papa Josh from practice to practice with binoculars, AirTagging every player, measuring starting-wide-receiver speed in an app, and charging Mike a subscription. The episode also explains the Israel Abanikanda sound cue: offseason interest in the buried Jets rookie became 'Abana kinda don't want none unless you got runs, hon,' explicitly meaning running-back runs rather than diarrhea. Hosts repeatedly route live research prompts about Joe Flacco, Kyren Williams, and Fletcher Cox to Kyle, although the transcript does not safely attribute each unlabeled response to him. Jason says that for two straight weeks he conceded his matchup during Jalen Hurts's bad first half, plans to do it again, and calls it part of the ritual. Michael Pittman City reveals its rules: loyalists are welcome, repentant defectors can return, and Mike controls the only key. Fantasy Faceoff opens with an unnamed host at 4-4-4, Jason at 6-2-4, and Mike at 2-6-4. The Wheel then lands Old Nana, putting Mike in a cigarette-smoking, Velcro-fastened, one-eye pirate-like mask that hurts his giant head. Jason knowingly risks next week's shame by replacing $4,100 David Njoku with $2,500 Brevin Jordan for fun, then calls himself a Zach Moss truther for as long as he has known Moss's name.

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