In the second hour, Dan Bernstein and Laurence Holmes held their weekly Solid Wall of Sound segment, previewing the Bears-Panthers matchup Thursday night by listening back to notes and analysis from Score football analyst Patrick Mannelly, Score football analyst Anthony Herron, Prime Video NFL analyst Andrew Whitworth and more. BetQL Daily host Joe Ostrowski then joined the show to share his best bets for the Bears-Panthers game. He also discussed the Cubs' odds of signing two-way star Shohei Ohtani in free agency and the Heisman Trophy race. Later, during the High Noon segment, Bernstein and Holmes discussed Tracy Chapman becoming the first Black songwriter to win CMA Song of the Year honors.