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Triicky Takes

by Austin Freed, Billy Weltlin, Connor Vann

Come hangout with Box Score Network’s Austin Freed, Billy Weltlin, and Connor Vann, as they navigate the world of sports, giving their hottest takes along the way. Email us [email protected]

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Episodes

  1. NFL Week 5 Preview

    We missed on TNF but we are predicting every single other game on the slate for the week, plus one hypothetical matchup between the two teams on bye weeks.

  2. MLB Playoffs Update and Predictions

    Who are the best teams in baseball still standing? Our thoughts on the MLB playoff race.

  3. The Top 10 Teams in the NFL

    We each give our 10 best teams in the NFL

  4. Your Fantasy Draft Should Go Something Like This

    Listen as we live draft our longest running fantasy football league. The actual draft no mock draft fake stuff, real stakes.

  5. Preview of 2026 in the NFC

    going through the entire NFC's wins projections and picking if we think they will reach it.

  6. Weird Rules and AFC over/unders

    What happened Monday night?? hit us up on twitter @triickytakes if you have any ideas for rules.

  7. All Star Reactions and June Team of the Month

    The June TOTM features a lot of lesser known players! Plus who do we think got snubbed from the ASG?

  8. The All Stars of May

    Our MLB Team of the Month series returns for May 2026!

  9. Could Baseball get a salary cap?

    MLB hasn't had a salary cap in... ever. Could we get one in 2027? Will there even be baseball in 2027? PLUS our top 5 and bottom 5 NFL teams right now.

  10. Fielding the BEST MLB team from April

    April has ended so our Team of the Month series returns!!

  11. Happy Draft Day 2026!

    This is our NFL Draft superlatives video where we cover things like which WR has the best hands or Which player will fall the most during the draft. Let us know who you like for these superlatives!

  12. Our Mock Draft (2026)

    We finish up part 3 of our Mock Draft by doing the full 1st round this time.

  13. Fights are fun!

    A big brawl in the MLB inspired us to rank our top 3 MLB fights. Plus we continue our MLB 1st round mock draft!

  14. ABS and the ABC's of the Draft

    ABS as in Automatic Balls Strikes has been in play in MLB for a week now. Plus we start off our mock draft for the NFL with the top 11 picks.

  15. It's Bingo Time!

    Baseball Bingo was a blast last year so we wanted to run it back. This year we combined our MLB season predictions and our Bingo board.

  16. A Classic World Baseball Classic

    The WBC is gaining popularity every time it comes around. This is why.

  17. Everything you missed in NFL Free Agency

    The boys are back and diving into the NFL Free Agency frenzy.

  18. Baseball and Drama

    Drama first, then we give our MLB team tier list for the 2026 season.

  19. The Changing of Seasons

    The smooth transition from Football season to Baseball season is upon us. And this year we have the gift of the World Baseball Classic.

  20. Our 2026 Super Bowl predictions

    Who ya got- Seahawks or Patriots? We are not in consensus... listen to see who the outlier is and why this could be an upset.

  21. Sports have been fun lately

    Hall of fame voting was a massive win and these NFL playoffs are on a generational run for entertainment value.

  22. This years Playoff bracket has some crazy potential

    I wonder what the record for combined total seed of the Super Bowl matchup is... we predict it will be 10. Listen to find out how.

  23. Reshaping College Football

    We have lots of ideas on how to improve the current state of College Football, let us know what ideas you like!

  24. This Hall of Fame Ballot is WEAK

    This crop of first year guys is pretty weak; we gave our thoughts on if any of them will even make it to year 2. Plus, Dr. Freezy gives his rookie report on his first batch of evaluations.

  25. A Lighthearted Conversation About Sports Gambling

    The MLB Awards were announced and we start the show talking about the hot debate of Cal Raleigh vs Aaron Judge. Then we had to get deep into discussion about the sports gambling problem that has been at the top of sports media recently.

  26. Everything we know about the 2025 World Series

    Please, we want 7 games.

  27. Talkin' ball

    NFL, College, MLB. This is pretty much what the guys usually talk about when not recording.

  28. This is a 'Bag on Head' Situation

    We decided to make an NFL teams tier list, but from the fans' perspective. Let us know if we ranked your fan experience correctly. And don't forget to watch the Tricky 50 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBHLfRBNM6k&t=2s

  29. Sad Man Talks Into Microphone

    Listen live as Connor's favorite MLB team gets eliminated from the playoffs. And stick around as we discuss the rest of the MLB playoff picture.

  30. Voter fatigue is a real thing

    With the two best players in baseball on track to win the MVP awards again, do we see other players overtake them due to voter fatigue?

  31. Last Week Was Fun

    Week 2 had some potential game of the year candidates, let's hope week 3 can keep up the energy.

  32. Our 2 Favorite segments in One Episode

    We are so excited to be back in the NFL season and doing the Triicky 50 again. check it out on YouTube! August team of the Month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjsLoEUOrvQ&ab_channel=BoxscoreNetwork Triicky 50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWPXKZPVVo4&t=7s&ab_channel=TriickyTakes

  33. The NFC is tough to predict

    This week the boys continue picking over/unders for every team's win total, this week in the NFC. But for some reason the NFC was a bit trickier than their AFC counter parts.

  34. Some spicy AFC takes

    Are we taking the over or the under on every team's win total? We start with the AFC this week.

  35. How many All Stars made our Team of the Month?

    The All Star Month might not have been the biggest month for the All Stars.

  36. Caution: Hot Stove

    Wow, that came out of nowhere...

  37. All the Stars and All the Snubs

    Who was the biggest snub we missed? And who do you want to see starting for each league?

  38. The Best of June

    Caleb Perdue joins Austin and Connor as they pick out the best ball players from the month of June.

  39. These takes are as hot as the weather

    NFL offseason hot takes and predictions are always fun.

  40. Big Scoops by the Bay

    Rafael "Big Scoops" Devers is headed out west to San Fransico in the biggest trade in MLB this year. Also, we create our MLB All Star ballot.

  41. O captain my captain

    Did you know that only 3 MLB teams currently have a team captain? What if every team had to have one?

  42. It's time we make our own rules

    The NFL has a neat system where they propose new rules this time of year, how would we vote on them? Plus, we throw our own rules into the mix.

  43. A unique take on power rankings

    We made power rankings but didn't tell each other

  44. Dynasty rookie rankings

    Dynasty leagues are doing rookie drafts about now. Our league just drafted so now we can spill our rankings to the public. Here are the top 5 rookies at each position.

  45. Grading the graders grades

    NFL Draft grades are always fun, but Mel Kiper's grades did not sit well with us, so we revised his grades.

  46. The Draft Episode

    enter our Mock draft competition! https://mockout.app.link/9khuK5vzJSb

  47. The Masters of Power Ranking

    I couldn't figure out how to get Nico Iamaleava's name in the title but we also talk about him, along with the 2025 Masters and doing our first MLB power ranking of the season.

  48. Can the real All Stars please stand up

    March Madness has ended which means it is time to divert our full attention to baseball. This week, we try and predict the MLB All Star starting lineups, but we're only 10 games into the season.

  49. Nobody asked for this but we did it anyways

    We redrafted the top 10 picks of the 2024 NFL draft because we thought it would be fun. We were right.

  50. Predicting the American League is tough

    The A.L. seems to be tougher to analyze this year, so here's an hour and a half of us attempting to predict every teams record.

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Come hangout with Box Score Network’s Austin Freed, Billy Weltlin, and Connor Vann, as they navigate the world of sports, giving their hottest takes along the way. Email us [email protected]

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