kitten would hit the wall if that cat was our D-line...

but love the gif anyway!

I like Ed well enough, but he has a service he sells that sometimes contradicts what conventional wisdom is, and so he'll get extra salty about things just to stick out.  I also do think that with other analytics systems out there getting more press and (perhaps) being more accurate, it causes some acrimony when Ed says "it'll be close" and Brian says "S&P says this will be a blowout" and everyone sort of agrees Brian is right.  Though Ed being "ask Bill Connelly what numbers he would trust" after Brian pointed out his numbers gave UM an overwhelming advantage was a bit hilarious.

He and Brian do disagree a lot but I don't think he does it just to be contrarian. I love the dynamic he brings as it's great to hear Brian get riled up. Without someone like Ed on the panel the segment would be too close to a bunch of Michigan homers stroking eachother.

I like having people for Brian to get exasperated at, because it's good chemistry.  

My only gripe with Ed is that since I don't know anything about his numbers, when he says "My numbers say . . ." that doesn't mean much to me.  I'd love for him to publish a hypothetical porfolio where he bets his prediction against the Vegas line for a year to see how he does.