# Lee Sterling From Paramount Sports With Best Football Weekend Bets

An episode of [Softy & Dick Interviews](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245866571), 18 Sep 2026, 8:48.

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Lee Sterling, gambling expert from Paramount Sports, joins Dave Softy Mahler to share his best bets for the football weekend ahead including the Dawgs game versus Eastern Washington, LSU facing Ole Miss, and the Seahawks game on Sunday versus Arizona. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Want to make a.
[0:04] Speaker 2: Little extra pocket change for this weekend?
[0:08] Speaker 1: Yes, I do indeed. Well, look no further than Paramount Sports'
[0:12] Speaker 1: Lee Sterling to tell you how. All right, here we go.
[0:15] Speaker 2: Our weekly opportunity to talk to our expert in-house handicapper
[0:20] Speaker 2: from Paramount Sports in Miami, South Florida.
[0:22] Speaker 1: It's our friend Lee Sterling. Lee, how are you, pal?
[0:27] Speaker 1: I'm good.
[0:27] Speaker 3: I mean, you've got listeners all over. I mean... Oh,
[0:31] Speaker 3: this kid, Tamor ran into a kid named Tamor, who
[0:35] Speaker 3: is the, I mean, we're talking about a big wig here.
[0:39] Speaker 3: He's the head of football administration for, I mean, Nottingham force,
[0:46] Speaker 3: one of the premier league teams and great kid had
[0:52] Speaker 3: a great time, met him at a bar right outside
[0:55] Speaker 3: the game and loved, Loves your show, and he was
[1:00] Speaker 3: a University of Washington grad. Seattle sports fan, listens to
[1:04] Speaker 3: you every day. And so all I can tell you
[1:08] Speaker 3: is he gave us first-class– hospitality. It's an amazing organization.
[1:14] Speaker 3: If you or Dick ever head that way, go to London.
[1:18] Speaker 3: I'm going to give you Tamor's information. He will take
[1:20] Speaker 3: care of you. One of the greatest individuals I've ever met.
[1:23] Speaker 2: Well, I mean, it's just about time after all these
[1:25] Speaker 2: years that you just finally admit that we're a big
[1:27] Speaker 2: damn deal. Took you about 25 years to admit that, pal.
[1:32] Speaker 2: So welcome to the club. You now know the reach
[1:35] Speaker 2: and the power of this radio show. By the way,
[1:40] Speaker 2: rough week for you on the air last week, but
[1:43] Speaker 2: this is where we play the dip, right? This is
[1:45] Speaker 2: where you pull yourself off the mat and you rally,
[1:49] Speaker 2: and this is always the week. I've been with you
[1:51] Speaker 2: now for a long time. These weeks are going to happen.
[1:54] Speaker 2: They're bound to happen. But the bounce back is the key.
[1:57] Speaker 2: So I love jumping on your wagon this weekend after
[2:02] Speaker 2: what we all went through last weekend. So why don't
[2:04] Speaker 2: we start with the biggest game of the weekend in
[2:06] Speaker 2: college football. I'll be doing the pregame and kickoff for
[2:11] Speaker 2: the UW Eastern game on Saturday. But I'm going to
[2:14] Speaker 2: be keeping one eye on this game as well. Lane Kiffin,
[2:17] Speaker 2: Lion Lane Kiffin. All of a sudden, Sam Levitt has
[2:20] Speaker 2: been upgraded to what? Questionable, I think, now for the game.
[2:25] Speaker 2: LSU Ole Miss in Oxford. Morgan Freeman's going to be
[2:28] Speaker 2: there making his big selection on college game day. Tigers
[2:32] Speaker 2: are given three. The return of Lane Kiffin. What do
[2:36] Speaker 2: you think happens there?
[2:38] Speaker 3: As Morgan would say, start living or start dying. This
[2:42] Speaker 3: is the game of the year, possibly. If it's half
[2:44] Speaker 3: as good as Texas and Ohio State, we're going to
[2:47] Speaker 3: get our money's worth. Now, I do believe that Ole
[2:51] Speaker 3: Miss is going to be tight for this game. Why
[2:53] Speaker 3: do I say that? They've had country-western concerts going on
[2:57] Speaker 3: all week there. I think LSU's just flying in here
[3:01] Speaker 3: for a business trip, and I'm not a Lane Kiffin fan,
[3:04] Speaker 3: but he knows six of the 11 starters on the
[3:07] Speaker 3: Ole Miss defense inside and out, and I think he's
[3:11] Speaker 3: going to exploit them. I think the Ole Miss offense
[3:14] Speaker 3: is the best of the four units, but I think
[3:16] Speaker 3: their defense can be had. They have a lot of
[3:18] Speaker 3: busting coverage. They seem to get tired in the third
[3:21] Speaker 3: and fourth quarter. The right team's favorite, LSU, and at
[3:25] Speaker 3: barn burner, 41-34.
[3:27] Speaker 1: 41-34, take the Tigers.
[3:28] Speaker 2: All right, UW, back in the day, growing up, we
[3:31] Speaker 2: never got to have lines on these games because it
[3:33] Speaker 2: was Division I versus Division II, and now it's FBS
[3:37] Speaker 2: versus FCS, and we have a line. Huskies are given 42-1⁄2.
[3:41] Speaker 2: This is a Husky football team that has been struggling
[3:45] Speaker 2: offensively no matter who they play, and now they're given
[3:48] Speaker 2: 42-1⁄2 against Eastern tomorrow.
[3:51] Speaker 3: Yeah, Eastern is kind of a middle-of-the-road team. They won
[3:55] Speaker 3: one of the games against Northern Iowa. The other two
[3:59] Speaker 3: had some mishaps. They're just not real big at the
[4:02] Speaker 3: point of attack. Nate Bell can run around a little,
[4:04] Speaker 3: but 42-and-a-half with this offense right now, I'm not laying it.
[4:08] Speaker 3: I think they win the game. 51-13, give me Eastern
[4:12] Speaker 3: Washington plus the points.
[4:14] Speaker 2: All right, Niners coming off their trip to Australia. I
[4:17] Speaker 2: got a couple of guys banged up, including Dungas, their
[4:19] Speaker 2: tight end, and they're at home hosting your Dolphins in
[4:23] Speaker 2: Santa Clara on Sunday.
[4:26] Speaker 3: Yeah, Ashton Gentry ran all over Miami. I just don't
[4:33] Speaker 3: think that the Raiders are even a good team. I
[4:37] Speaker 3: think that San Francisco can do whatever they want. They're
[4:40] Speaker 3: not going to show a whole lot. I think they're
[4:41] Speaker 3: going to run the football. Like I said, play close
[4:46] Speaker 3: to the vest here. I'm going to take a different
[4:49] Speaker 3: approach here to this game.
[4:51] Speaker 1: You know what?
[4:51] Speaker 3: I'm going to play both sides. I'm going to play
[4:53] Speaker 3: the 49ers minus 13, and I'm going to go under 45.
[4:56] Speaker 3: I haven't won in this game something like 30 to 13.
[4:59] Speaker 2: All right, those are official picks, the Niners minus the
[5:02] Speaker 2: points and the under 45. Okay, Rams also coming back
[5:06] Speaker 2: from Australia. The difference is they get the extra day
[5:09] Speaker 2: because they're playing on Monday night against the Giants, and
[5:12] Speaker 2: they're giving seven.
[5:14] Speaker 3: Rams were bullied by the 49ers who used 21 personnel.
[5:18] Speaker 3: 30 rushes for 174 yards here. John Harbaugh, before he
[5:26] Speaker 3: had Lamar Jackson, that's what his football teams represented here.
[5:31] Speaker 3: Matthew Stafford wasn't sacked, but he was hit plenty of times.
[5:36] Speaker 3: Eight hits, I counted. Giants defense is rested. Only 52
[5:40] Speaker 3: plays last week versus Dallas. Love their defensive line and
[5:44] Speaker 3: edge rushers here. Her team is favored. I'm going with
[5:50] Speaker 3: the G-men here to pull off the shocker here. Wow. 28-24.
[5:53] Speaker 2: They win straight up, says Lee Sterling. All right, the Seahawks, Arizona.
[5:58] Speaker 2: When these two teams get together, especially down there in Arizona, man,
[6:01] Speaker 2: weird things happen. The Cardinals, by the way, in Arizona,
[6:07] Speaker 2: have not won a game against the Seahawks since the
[6:10] Speaker 2: COVID year of 2020 when Arizona won in overtime 37-34. Arizona,
[6:16] Speaker 2: as a matter of fact, has lost nine consecutive games
[6:20] Speaker 2: overall to the Seahawks and ten of their last 11.
[6:25] Speaker 2: Hawks are given three and a half right now. It
[6:27] Speaker 2: was four and a half. It's now three and a
[6:29] Speaker 2: half with Drew Locke. against Jacoby Brissett. What happens on
[6:32] Speaker 2: Sunday in Glendale?
[6:35] Speaker 3: Keep talking yourself up here and keep trying to gain
[6:38] Speaker 3: that confidence. I think Arizona, remember they were 2-0 last
[6:42] Speaker 3: year before the 1-14 debacle injuries. Their defense still is
[6:47] Speaker 3: not good, I've got to be honest with you. But
[6:49] Speaker 3: Jacoby Brissett has some weapons now, running back with love.
[6:52] Speaker 3: I think that, I mean, the receivers are good, great
[6:57] Speaker 3: tight end. And Drew Locke, now they know what to
[7:00] Speaker 3: prepare for. Seattle escapes a dogfight. Wow. 24-23. I'm taking
[7:06] Speaker 3: the three and a half.
[7:06] Speaker 2: Arizona plus the points. Yeah, I was just looking this up, guys. Actually,
[7:09] Speaker 2: since the end of the 2012 season, the Arizona Cardinals,
[7:14] Speaker 2: I believe, have won one game in Arizona against the Seahawks.
[7:19] Speaker 2: And that was that overtime game we talked about in 2020.
[7:22] Speaker 2: All right, game of the week. Broncos, Jaguars, Broncos back
[7:25] Speaker 2: home in Denver.
[7:27] Speaker 1: What do you like?
[7:28] Speaker 3: Love this game. Biggest game of the week for me.
[7:32] Speaker 3: It will have the strongest units going out to my
[7:35] Speaker 3: paid clients. I'm going to give it to you for
[7:37] Speaker 3: free because we had a down week last week. Broncos
[7:41] Speaker 3: and Jags, just call 800-400-9741 to get the game for free. Also,
[7:46] Speaker 3: we have what's called the NFL Sunday Ticket last year.
[7:50] Speaker 3: Five games, just $ 75. We won 14 out of 18 weeks.
[7:53] Speaker 3: Check it out. Hop on board. We have one for
[7:58] Speaker 3: our clients all three weeks. So feeling good about that.
[8:01] Speaker 3: Let's make it four in a row. ParamountSports.com. All right.
[8:04] Speaker 1: You're the best. Good luck. We'll talk in a week, man.
[8:06] Speaker 1: Appreciate it, pal.
[8:07] Speaker 3: Okay. See you. All right.
[8:09] Speaker 2: Lee Sterling, he likes LSU minus the three against Ole Miss.
[8:12] Speaker 2: He likes Eastern to cover. They'll lose, but they cover
[8:16] Speaker 2: the 42-and-a-half. Niners to cover the 13-and-a-half against Miami. He
[8:21] Speaker 2: also likes the under in that game, by the way.
[8:23] Speaker 2: He says, take the Giants plus the seven.
[8:26] Speaker 1: They went outright. Take the money line if you can
[8:28] Speaker 1: get it.
[8:29] Speaker 2: And the Seahawks in Arizona, he likes Arizona plus the
[8:31] Speaker 2: points against the Hawks. We're going to break. We're going
[8:34] Speaker 2: to talk a little more Mariner baseball. We'll Bill Kruger
[8:38] Speaker 2: and then get to football the rest of the way.
[8:40] Speaker 2: Jetfish 430. Hugh Millen joins at 5. Rick Neuheisel 620 tonight,
[8:44] Speaker 2: courtesy of Taco Time.
[8:46] Speaker 1: Coming up on 93.3 KJRFM.

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