#50 Meg Wilson and March Madness

Summary

Bubba On the Lake – Episode #50: Meg Wilson and March Madness

Date: March 18, 2026
Host: Bill "Bubba" Bussey
Guests: Meg Wilson Bryant ("Meg Wilson"), Betty Lou Bussey, Hunter Bussey

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Episode Overview

Episode #50 of Bubba On the Lake is a milestone celebration featuring beloved returning guest Meg Wilson Bryant, alongside co-host Betty Lou Bussey and recurring segment host Hunter Bussey. The episode is a lively blend of lake life stories, reflections on friendship and aging, plenty of laughs, and a deep dive into the 2026 NCAA March Madness Bracket Challenge. Listeners are treated to storytelling, candid talk about navigating dating later in life, supportive "life coaching," and all you need to know to join the podcast's signature bracket contest.

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Key Segments and Timestamps

• [01:15] — Opening remarks, show updates, and Bracket Challenge announcement
• [09:48] — Main segment: Meg Wilson Bryant & Betty Lou join Bubba in-studio
• [17:00] — Meg discusses life changes, struggles, and finding her groove
• [19:04] — The challenges and comedy of dating in your 50s
• [27:08] — Pickleball, hobbies, and getting back into social circles
• [32:38] — "Life coaching": comedic and real advice for Meg, Bubba, and Betty
• [41:01] — Meg’s radio history, career pivot, and memories with Bubba
• [45:45] — Update on family dogs and the importance of pets
• [46:46] — Laughs, movie quotes, and more friendship stories
• [56:38] — Bracket Challenge deep dive with Hunter: NCAA picks, how to join, tips
• [67:24] — Baseball talk: World Baseball Classic, random sports knowledge
• [72:32] — Closing thanks, milestone reflection, and final thoughts

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Main Discussion Points & Notable Moments

1. Celebrating 50 Episodes & Community Growth

• Bubba reflects on passing 50 episodes: “...a little milestone. We're just over one year doing the show ... We hoped to do 40 shows in that calendar year and we were able to do 49. So we were a little ahead of the game.” (01:15)
• Listeners are thanked for their support, and new podcasts and guests (Riley Green, Joe Scott Morgan) are teased for future episodes.

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2. Announcing the 2026 NCAA Bracket Challenge

• Bracket contest returns: $500 cash prize (up from $200 in merch last year), a podcast guest spot, and a permanent spot in “Bubba’s Contest Hall of Fame.”
• Bubba highlights: “The prizes are getting better here. Thank you for helping us with that. ... Spread the word, my friends.” (06:30)
• Sign-up instructions direct listeners to bubbaonthelake.com under contests.

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3. Meg, Betty & Bubba: Friendship, Driveways, and Comedy Gold

Arrival Hijinks and Directional Mayhem

• Banter about Meg’s struggle to find the house and challenges with “the driveway of death” sets a playful tone:
  • Meg: "Anybody that knows me... in driver's ed in high school, Coach Love...used to put an L and an R on my hands..." (10:37)
  • Betty: “Oh, that driveway. ... We've always had a weird driveway. ... you better expect some steep driveway because he thinks he's got to have some kind of view or something, you know?” (12:44)
  • Bubba: "Literally that's what we call a religious experience. You have to have faith to come down our driveway." (13:12)

Driver's Ed Disasters

• Betty recounts an old story about slamming on brakes at her driving instructor’s terrifying command:
  • Betty: “It was blood curdling.” (14:49)
  • Meg: “So, Betty... in a driver's ed car, you were told to stop and you didn't look in the rearview mirror. You just locked it down, right? ... your Driver's ed teacher tells you to gun it.” (15:36)

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4. Life Changes, “Interventions,” and Support

Meg’s Recent Struggles & The Power of Community

• Meg opens up about battling post-holiday blues and life transitions:
  • “Every time around the first of the year, I think I get a little seasonal... life changing things this year at the end of last year that were hard and sad...I just hadn't bounced back as quick." (17:20)
• Bubba and Betty rally with encouragement, promising to “get you back in your groove." (18:30)

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5. Dating in Your 50s: Real Talk

Truth, Humor, and the Search for Companionship

• Meg explains: “That’s the problem...I don’t think y’all realize there’s not dating in your 50s. Different scenario.” (19:04)
• They discuss online dating fears, generational differences, and what Meg is looking for:
  • “I really would love somebody that loves sports the way I do... and I would like for him to have a relationship with the Lord.” (22:19)
• On "love bombing": "It's like coming in hot... flowers, nice places... but when that stops like, pretty quickly... then it's like ‘Okay, so I think we need just go ahead and get married’ ... it flipped pretty quick." (23:31)
• Betty’s advice: “Get over yourself. You're all right... Don’t be so dang picky.” (26:06)

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6. The Pickleball Solution & Finding Joy

• Betty enthusiastically prescribes pickleball for Meg’s social and wellness needs:
  • “Maybe your path to happiness is pickleball.” (28:45)
  • “...get yourself out there on that court...you’ll meet people. You may meet whoever you're supposed to date out there.” (27:08)
• The group laughs about hobbies—they recommend continually trying fun new things for happiness and connection.

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7. “Life Coaching”—Tongue-in-Cheek Advice

• The crew jokingly assumes the roles of each other’s life coach:
  • Bubba: “We could be co-life coaches... Now, keep in mind, we're not qualified to give you any advice.” (39:39)
  • Betty to Bubba: “You don’t really need help with your life ... other than ... probably lose a little weight. ...that’s easier said than done.” (33:14)
  • Meg: “I just need a Bubba. You do need a Bubba.” (35:07)
• Themes of self-acceptance, lighthearted honesty, and supporting friends run strong in this segment.
• Notable lines:
  • Bubba: “Just don’t be too picky. Betty said that, not me.” (39:16)
  • Betty: “Things your mom should have told you!” (43:00)

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8. Radio Days, Podcasting, and Lake Life

• Meg reminisces about her radio and podcast past: “Radio has always been... I love helping people. ... I miss radio. ... There’s just so much about it.” (38:50)
• Bubba and Meg recall long friendship and career crossings: “My connection with Bubba has always been... kind of that connect.” (44:31)
• They swap notes on jobs, working from home, and life after office culture.
• Lake life, pets, and routines (pickleball, Bible study, Tabata, mahjong) frame the group’s positive, community-focused tone.

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9. NCAA Bracket Challenge: All the Details ([56:38])

Hunter’s March Madness Breakdown

• Hunter: “It's like my Christmas. Are you kidding? This is amazing. It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” (56:43)
• Bracket contest details:
  • Sign up on bubbaonthelake.com — $500 cash, podcast segment, Hall of Fame spot.
  • ESPN Tournament Challenge app or website hosts the bracket group.
  • Tips for creative/fun bracket nicknames: “It would just make my life, to be quite honest, a living hell ... trying to track you down who ESPN 900,000,999 is.” (63:41)
  • Group expected to hit 700+ participants (58:29), previous winner: Rob Sudrith.
  • Key 1-seeds: Arizona, Michigan, Florida, Duke (Hunter predicts Duke, with Michigan as deepest team).
  • “If you don’t know much, just click ‘autofill.’ ... ESPN experts never get it right, but it’s as good a way as any!” (69:22)

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10. Bonus Sports Banter & Closing Thoughts

• Bubba & Hunter talk World Baseball Classic, Venezuela upsets Team USA, the global baseball scene:
  • “Is it true Venezuela was playing to get their president back?” (67:34)
  • “Baseball was invented in the U.S. ... but Central America has taken the ball and ran with it, no pun intended.” (68:35)
• Bubba ends the episode with appreciation:
  • “50 episodes in...all because of you folks that are listening right now. Thank you so much ... Until next time we sail into port, remember, God loves you and we do too.” (72:32)

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Notable Quotes by Timestamp

• On driving challenges:
  • Meg: “Coach Love at Southside High School used to put an L and an R on my hands...” (10:37)
  • Betty: “We've always had a weird driveway...you better expect some steep driveway because he thinks he's got to have some kind of view or something.” (12:44)
• On dating at 50+:
  • Meg: “There’s not dating in your 50s. Different scenario.” (19:04)
  • Betty: “I would suggest Pickleball. Because you used to play tennis... You’ll meet people, you may meet whoever you’re supposed to date out there.” (27:08)
• Life coaching wisdom:
  • Betty: “Get over yourself. You're all right. ...Don’t be so dang picky.” (26:06)
• Bracket Challenge hype:
  • Hunter: “It’s like my Christmas. Are you kidding? This is amazing!” (56:43)
  • Bubba: “$500 cash, come on everybody. ...Inflation’s getting everybody. Free money!” (69:00)
• On happiness and self-acceptance:
  • Bubba: “Just laugh. Just have a smile on your face. Put that on my grave—he just liked to make you laugh.” (49:09)
  • Meg: “I’m happy. I am happy. I had a great life. Adding somebody to that at some point... and even if it’s not, you know, you’re good anyway.” (43:00)

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Themes and Tone

• Warm, Southern storytelling laced with relatable humor
• Honest talk about aging, dating, friendship, wellbeing, and family
• Good-natured self-deprecation, encouragement, and a focus on community—both on the lake and among listeners
• Equal parts sports banter (March Madness, baseball, sports culture) and authentic conversation about life’s transitions

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Quick Links/Actions for Listeners

• Join the Bracket Challenge: Navigate to bubbaonthelake.com, Contest section.
• Podcast Feedback: Call 308-BIG-LAKE or email via the website.
• Follow for Updates: Subscribe, turn on notifications, and follow on social media.

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Closing

Episode #50 is brimming with laughter, affection, and small-town charm, balancing real talk about middle-aged milestones with the joy of sports, friendship, and personal reinvention. Whether you're looking to win big in the NCAA Bracket Challenge or just want in on the community's jokes and wisdom, Bubba and friends deliver a feel-good show worth tuning in for.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Bubba]

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[Hunter Bussey]

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[Bubba (Host)]

hello, friends, neighbors and associates everywhere. Welcome to another edition, as a matter of fact number 50 of Bubba on the Lake. I'm your semi retired, mostly washed up host, formerly of the Rick and Bubba show and now your official host for Bubba on the Lake. We're broadcasting from the Melayella Studio. It's the show is also known AKA as the people's Podcast. Let's not forget that our website is bub on the lake.com and our message line where you can call and leave us a message. 308 Big Lake. We always love feedback from you and email and on the comment line we always take those into consideration and weigh those against what I think. So listen, we got a lot going on so let me remind you to subscribe, turn on notifications. We don't want you to miss anything on the show. Follow us on social media. All of that is so important in the new world of podcasting and the Internet. All of those things play in and are very important. We want to thank you, our sponsors, everybody who's part of the party here today. And you know, how about episode number 50, a little milestone. We're just over one year doing the show. We'd hoped to do 40 shows in that calendar year and we were able to do 49. So we were a little ahead of the game. We have a lot going on and some of the future podcasts coming up. We have a commitment from country music superstar Raleigh Green to be in studio with us. And also Joe Scott Morgan, medical examiner, rock star. If you watch Fox, if you follow Nancy Grace, you know who Joe Scott Morgan is. He is a medical examiner. I actually Work with him at Jacksonville State. He's an instructor there. They have a. They've made a whole program based on what he's doing there. So there's a lot going on with him. And he's also on several podcasts with True Crime, which is a huge, huge genre in the podcasting world. So we're looking forward to having him on a little bit later. He's committed. Riley's committed. We have some other folks that are in the process of committing. We don't want to say anything until they do, but we're going to get them in. We have a great show. Also need to tell you about the bracket challenge. It's back. The bracket challenge is back. If you go to the website Bubon the Lake.com go under contest, you will see under the active contest label, the 2026 NCAA March Madness bracket Challenge. Join the group and submit your bracket. Okay. Last year now. Well, let me tell you what you get first. Okay, let me back up. The winner gets $500 cash for $500 cash. That's up from $200 in merchandise last year. So $500 cash. You will get a segment on the podcast to talk about how you filled out your bracket, how you did it, and possibly the most important, you will go into the new website. Bill Bubba Bussy's hall of Fame. Now, that is. It's actually called Bubba's Contest hall of Fame, if I can just get that correct. Rob Sudrith won that challenge last year, and he is up there proudly displayed for winning the 2025 college basketball tournament Challenge. So you can join Rob up there. And this, this hall of Fame will stay up as long as we're doing the show and the podcast. It's going to be there forever, basically. So you want to be a part of that. Hunter's fixed us a nice graphic for it. And of course, the bracket contest is brought to you by the Tailgate Tailgate show, our other podcast. So go ahead to espn, sign up, find our bracket, and go ahead and fill it out. Now, you can do all that from our website. So don't. I know doing the brackets is such a huge thing nowadays. Everybody loves to do it. And you could win 4, $500 cash. Spread the word, my friends. So the prizes are getting better here. Thank you. Thank you for helping us with that. Oh, y' all are too funny sometimes. So in the news, Operation Epic Fury is still at the head of the. Of all the headlines, and that is continuing. We are continuing to dismantle Iran. I should say Iran's ability to create havoc in the world. Now, a large part of that has already been destroyed. They don't have much of a navy left. I don't think there's an airplane or a school bus or anything that'll still run in their country. Have you seen all the celebrations of the Iranian people who are so happy that we are trying to help them establish a government by the people? Incredible. I don't know if you have you seen the ones from Cuba? The Cubans are protesting, they've been burning things and they're chanting, USA, USA. Mr. Trump, come get us. So they're wanting some freedom, too. So we may have a domino effect. It may be the spring that communism and dictators fled the globe. That would be nice, wouldn't it? So a lot going on there. We'll keep you updated on that as it happens. This show. Let me tell you about this podcast. We had a return visit from Meg Bryant, Meg Wilson Bryant. Meg's an old friend of mine. We used to work together in radio at several places and her and Betty, when I set them down with a live mic, all I have to do is just tell them go and I just sit back and listen. It was fun. We had a good time. And I think you will enjoy our time with Meg Bryant. She is always a hoot. She's actually done a morning show before and she's just a very, very funny person and always enjoy having her on the program. We'll also hear from Hunter. He will get us up to date on the brackets and who's in, who's out and talk a little more about the Bracket Challenge. I'm going to let him kind of handle that part of that. So folks, thank you for joining us. We will get started without further ado and we're going to hear from these sponsors and we'll be right back with a visit from Meg Bryant. You're listening to Bubba on the Lake.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

One, two, three.

[Bubba (Host)]

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[Bubba (Host)]

We're here with with Meg Bryant or Meg Wilson Bryant as she's officially known. Meg, how are you doing?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'm doing good.

[Bubba (Host)]

You have to get in that mock now when it's your turn to talk, just slide it over.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah, I'm doing great. I mean once, once you get the driveway of death passed, you're good. Well, first of all, let me just get past the drive the driving direction chair for me.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, we'll discuss that in just a minute. Also joining us, the lovely Betty Lou. Betty, how are you hun?

[Betty Lou]

Hey, can you hear me?

[Bubba (Host)]

I got you loud clear check folks. Yeah, yeah, we're trying to use one mike here on the TV set today. That may be a mistake. We'll see how that works out.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Like singers.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, maybe you, you were coming to, to our house and we keep having this, this thing over and over where you can't seem to follow direction.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Anybody, Anybody that knows me, I, I mean like in driver's ed in high school, Coach Love at Southside High School used to put an L and an R on my hands because if somebody tells me to go one way, I'll go the other. And I'm starting to see maybe this might be the reason. I'm also having some difficulties in my hand dry.

[Betty Lou]

Well, there you go.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, we, we've had that situation with Betty too. I'll tell her to go right and she'll start going left and I'll say the other right. The other right. The other right.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Well, he always tells me the same way. He always tells me to do the same thing. But then sure, he's telling me to do something else which people make fun of. The way I say, how do you. Siri, Siri, Siri.

[Betty Lou]

I Say Siri. Siri, whatever.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

And people make fun of me for that.

[Betty Lou]

Like syrup.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Like syrup.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Anyway, I, I just finally said Bubba, said meg, for the love of God, turn that off and listen to my voice. Yeah, I'm like, yes, Father, I will do that.

[Betty Lou]

Well, the fact there's a big orange sign that says 63 left. You know what?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I turned way before then. That's right.

[Betty Lou]

I know you didn't see the big orange sign.

[Bubba (Host)]

I knew this podcast would have it made. All I have to just let them go.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I did watch the. I never know what to call that vehicle. You're so obsessed with that.

[Betty Lou]

Y' all been the dagum Tesla cyber truck.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So it was going up your driveway, but you didn't. But you should have had it come down the driveway.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Cuz that's the.

[Betty Lou]

What did it?

[Bubba (Host)]

I can't remember. Yeah, it did. It did that too.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Oh yeah. It just. It wasn't filmed coming down the driveway.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That's what I would have liked to see.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, if you know the difficulty we have going up our driveway, you would appreciate that you may see the big rut on the side of the driveway.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Don't tell me that, because normally I'm good going up. It's.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Oh, no.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, I noticed Betty's car. She had one tire with mud all over on the back. Right. And I would say, I would say, honey, honey, are you running off the driveway? No, no, it's not me, it's not me. And I said, betty, you got one tire muddy. We got a big muddy place in the yard. How. How can that be?

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, I have no idea.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

It's an adventure. It's a whole nother adventure.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, that driveway. Oh, any house we've lived in in the past 20 odd years, really. Even before that, we've always had a weird driveway. I can count two houses. Three, counting the first one we moved into at right after we got married, that had flat driveways. Other than that, you better expect some steep driveway because he thinks he's got to have some kind of view or something, you know?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Well, you know when you start to go, you can't see.

[Betty Lou]

I know.

[Bubba (Host)]

So literally that's what we call a religious experience. So you have to have, you have to have faith to come down our driveway.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

What this is all about for me, this is my journey, like some people do. A journey of ayahuasca or whatever. Yeah. Is the driveway.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. What is that? Happy something. What is it called that, that.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Do you know what I'm talking about?

[Betty Lou]

That actress Did a movie. Something about, I don't know, be in bed.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

This should be. This. This is going to be.

[Bubba (Host)]

I'm just sitting here listening.

[Betty Lou]

I mean, Julia Roberts did some movie where she was on some journey. Something about being happy. This and that. I don't know.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You talking about that? Was that Eat, Pray?

[Betty Lou]

Yes, yes. It was kind of stupid. I'm sorry.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

And you're talking about standing by if you need me.

[Betty Lou]

I have no idea what I was.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Well, I don't personally wouldn't know myself, but is supposedly this thing that causes a religious experience? They go out and they do. I guess it's drugs. I don't. I'm not exactly sure, you know.

[Betty Lou]

Okay. Yeah. No, but I mean, I can imagine, I guess. You know what I mean?

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, speaking of driving, I saw Betty's old driver's ed coach and teacher this week.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Funny, we were just talking about.

[Bubba (Host)]

And he loves to tell a story about Betty and driving, and he didn't think she was looking in the rearview mirror enough, so he yells stop. To get her to slam on the brake.

[Betty Lou]

Just yell, stop. He goes, stop. Like there's a mass murder.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Oh, my God.

[Bubba (Host)]

Isn't that what I said? He screamed stop in that. Exactly what I said.

[Betty Lou]

It was blood curdling.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Stop.

[Betty Lou]

That scared me to death. So of course I slammed the brakes on.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Right?

[Betty Lou]

What do you say that. I don't. You know what I mean. Well, what do you say? He didn't see a dang thing. There was somebody right behind us. He didn't think I was looking in the rearview mirror. Well, no, I didn't look in the rear view mirror. Somebody.

[Bubba (Host)]

Really? Really? He. He didn't look in the rearview mirror. He didn't know somebody was on your

[Betty Lou]

bumper, Wasn't looking in the mirror. Oh, listen, I thought we were going to either one, get beat up, our number two rear ended, you know what I mean?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

For sure.

[Betty Lou]

And when we did look in the rear view mirror, there was a upset gentleman throwing his hat on the ground and headed towards our car. And then he goes, gun it.

[Bubba (Host)]

Gun it.

[Betty Lou]

I don't know if he told you that part or not, but, honey, I know how to gun it.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That's awesome. That's not the problem.

[Bubba (Host)]

The gun it.

[Hunter Bussey]

Oh, no.

[Betty Lou]

I.

[Bubba (Host)]

So, Betty, let me be sure I got this. In a driver's ed car, you were told to stop and you didn't look in the rearview mirror. You just locked it down, right? So some poor guy behind you almost rear ends you, and then he is highly pissed, gets out, and then your Driver's ed teacher tells you to gun it.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Sorry, Coach Miller, we talked about both of our coaches, our drivers and teachers.

[Betty Lou]

Yes, yes.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, you know, he. He told a slightly different version of that. He said. He said that he yells, stop. You stopped. And this driver almost rear ends you. And you can tell the driver's very mad, and he tells you to go on, and you go on. He says that car passes y', all, gets on the. In front of y' all and stops.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Oh, and there's gonna stop.

[Bubba (Host)]

And he gets out on the side of the road and is trying to flag y' all down to get you to stop. And he. And he said, gun it, Betty. Gun it.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Oh, oh, oh.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Driver's Ed. Do they even do driver's head anymore?

[Betty Lou]

I don't. Well, yeah, because we got behind a car when we went somewhere to Auburn the other day, and they. There was one. Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

And once again, it brought this story up.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Yes. Oh, my gosh.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Those were the days with me telling mine.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah. Of how directionally challenged.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Yeah, I guess so.

[Bubba (Host)]

So we. We have another issue here, Meg. You. You've been struggling lately. You're usually very happy, upbeat person, and

[Betty Lou]

get on up under that bus just

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

like a counseling session. Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

So having an intervention.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah, you tell me. You told me that you. You were struggling. I mean, that. That's not like you. What's going on?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I. Well, every time around the first of the year, I think I get a little seasonal.

[Bubba (Host)]

Can you spit it out? I don't know why my camera won't stay over there on you. It keeps trying to go back specific. Do this. Do this hand signal right here to the camera. Well, I just cut mine off doing it. I'm sorry. I got to do it back. See when the light flashes three times? Stop.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, it's three. You're good.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay, I'm good.

[Betty Lou]

Now you're just saying, oh, my dear like that. I'm kidding.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'm kidding. I was like, oh, my God, what did I just do around the first of the year? I think I kind of zone out. Yeah. I kind of struggle a little bit. And then had some life changing things this year at the end of last year that were hard and sad and. And I just hadn't bounced back as quick. And I told Bill the other day, I said, man, and everybody's just like, where's our cheerleader? Where's Meg? Where's. So this was just good for me today. Bubble's like, you're gonna get out of the house. You're gonna come do some stuff and we're gonna. Oh, yeah, we're gonna. We're gonna get you back in your groove or something. I'm like, well, it's gonna take a lot.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah, Stella's got to get her groove.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, Stella. That's exactly what I was thinking, but I wasn't gonna say it, but I'm glad you did. Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So it's okay.

[Bubba (Host)]

So, Meg, you know, I. I can't help but notice, I mean, you don't currently have a boyfriend, right?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I do not.

[Bubba (Host)]

Do you think that would help the situation?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah, if it was a good. Yeah, if it was somebody probably good. And. And fun and.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, you. You know, you. You're a lot of fun.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, I think you are, man.

[Bubba (Host)]

You're an attractive girl, and you oughta. You ought to be able to pull somebody, you know.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That's the problem, though. I don't think y' all realize there's not dating in your 50s. Different scenario.

[Bubba (Host)]

Now how. Tell me how. How is it different?

[Betty Lou]

Well, let's just say being married in your 50s is kind of a completely different animal. You know what I mean? Let's just face it, Betty.

[Bubba (Host)]

What do you mean by that?

[Betty Lou]

Well, you know what I mean.

[Bubba (Host)]

No, I don't know what you mean.

[Betty Lou]

Spot. They used to be. You know what I'm saying?

[Bubba (Host)]

Do what?

[Betty Lou]

You know.

[Bubba (Host)]

What was that?

[Betty Lou]

You know what I'm saying?

[Bubba (Host)]

Wait a minute. Clarify that last.

[Betty Lou]

Here we go.

[Bubba (Host)]

Clarify. Clarify your last comment before I have to answer email about it.

[Betty Lou]

No, I'm just saying things.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

And mature women.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, yeah, mature women and men. I mean, we all change and it's, you know, things are a little different, you know, so. And just in general, I guess, our mood changes.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Let's move.

[Bubba (Host)]

How do you different.

[Betty Lou]

Let's move to the mood.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Let's stay up next.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, all right, go ahead.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

He's like, okay, yeah, here we go. Talking about you.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, you ain't got no problems, do you? Everything good.

[Betty Lou]

I don't have any problems. No, I'm pretty good. Yeah, I played pickleball yesterday. I'm all good. You actually, so did.

[Bubba (Host)]

I played pickleball for about an hour.

[Betty Lou]

He sure did. His first debut since the niece.

[Bubba (Host)]

I didn't want to blow a screw out or the glue or something, so. But I just played about an hour.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Maybe that's something. Some. Several people have told me that. That I need to play.

[Betty Lou]

Okay. That would be a good place to meet. You would love pickleball.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

That and there's a huge opelica Community.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

I'll have to hook you up with Susan, a friend of mine that moved there to Opelaka from here and she plays pickleball all the time.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'd be a complete beginner.

[Betty Lou]

Yes. It doesn't matter.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Who cares?

[Bubba (Host)]

So y' all too. You just turn the switch and y' all go. That's what I love about it. It's funny. I'm enjoying watching it over here. So. So, Meg, if you. Have you been dating? Have you. You said dating in your 50s is hard. What do you mean by that exactly? Well, get over there.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

A little.

[Bubba (Host)]

Look upset. Microphone.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I knew he was gonna do this. Yeah, I. I think it's just. I don't want to do any like the sites and stuff, and I. And all my friends keep trying to get me to do the sites, but I'm afraid.

[Bubba (Host)]

Online, you mean?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah, I'm afraid I'd find maybe the craziest one. I don't know. I just. And I know a lot of my friends who've met that way, so I'm not putting it down. I just don't know.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, I get it. It's a little scary. I can't imagine.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

But I also feel like because she's

[Bubba (Host)]

taken, she ain't got to worry about it.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'm. I'm 55, but I think I very young. 55. Right. In my mind, I'm still very.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. You know, I know. I have no idea how old I am. I'm so old.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

But I feel very young, so I don't know.

[Bubba (Host)]

Let me tell you the. The problem. I had to tell Betty how old she was the other night because she thought she was.

[Betty Lou]

I think. I'm kidding.

[Bubba (Host)]

She thought she was one age. And I said, honey, I know your birthday. You're this age. And she was depressed cuz she was two years older than she thought she was.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I don't care what age you are. You're a hot mama. Hot mama.

[Bubba (Host)]

That's what I tell people. I said I'm married to a smoke

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

show, you know, But I don't know.

[Bubba (Host)]

So, Meg, what are you looking for exactly? I mean, we're gonna have to have a dating game here on Bub on the lake or what?

[Betty Lou]

What's that music?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Well, I. I would be open to that because I've definitely said I would be open to my. My friends and people who really know me to help me with that journey. So I think I really would love somebody that loves sports like I do. That's. That's a pretty big deal.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I think that would be. Yeah, that sounds good. Sports.

[Bubba (Host)]

You can't. I mean, what about a local sportscaster or anything? If you had any luck with those.

[Betty Lou]

Okay.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

No, don't. See, that's why I can't trust you,

[Bubba (Host)]

because why you could. I've just asked if you said his face is now. No, you said sports. I thought, well, yeah, that'd be a good.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Somebody into sports that likes sports, maybe likes to go to games and that kind of thing. That's. Yeah. Music. I love music. I mean, I need to stop. Start with the most important that I would like for him to have a relationship with the Lord. That would be pretty important.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That's good.

[Bubba (Host)]

If you find those.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So those things.

[Bubba (Host)]

So how has dating been? I take it that you've had some fails out there. The way you're. You're describing this have not been that.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I haven't been that interested in dating. I think I was trying to. And then the one person I did. It was just. It was.

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, I'm sorry, Meg. What.

[Bubba]

What was that?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

There's just a lot of not what people say on the air, but it just. He love bombed me. Do you know this term? Do you love bomb me? It's a. It's a term somebody had to share with me.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah. What is. I've never heard.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

It's like coming in hot, like, I mean, like flowers, you know, taking all the nice places for dinner.

[Bubba (Host)]

Wait a minute.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You.

[Bubba (Host)]

What you don't want to be, of course.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

But when that stops, like, pretty quickly, and then it's just like. Okay, so I think we need just go ahead and get married and. Oh, yeah, it flipped. It flipped pretty quick.

[Betty Lou]

So, yeah, all those came in too fast.

[Bubba (Host)]

I've never heard.

[Betty Lou]

Tried to progress the relationship.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yes, Love bomb.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Very fast. Very fast.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, Meg, you just said you're in your 50s. I mean, you got a lot of time to mess around, you know, Come

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

on, let me send me back into

[Betty Lou]

my dinosaurs over here, Bill. Really? Really?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah. No, I feel. I feel like this could be. I mean, I know now more what I want and what I don't want. I feel like I would be a better. A better fit for someone because I've learned and grown a lot over the last several years myself.

[Betty Lou]

Well, yeah. Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You know, there's a lot of people that make a lot of money off telling people what they should look for.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah, Yeah, I mean, I've heard. We had a discussion the other night about this is kind of a new profession that's come on the stage Called life coaches.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay, so just for dating or for life, you know?

[Bubba (Host)]

I don't know. I mean, what. I've looked into it. It sounds like everything your mom told you.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

So who. Yeah, I know. I don't know. Two or three people, I guess, that

[Bubba (Host)]

are life coach, you know, life coaches.

[Betty Lou]

I don't know them that I've been to. You know what I mean? But. And I don't understand all of it, really, or why, you know, who's going to these people, you know, or do you not?

[Bubba (Host)]

I guess people need coaching in life.

[Betty Lou]

I know. Like, I consider most of my friends. We just all kind of talk, and they coach me in life, you know what I mean?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

And like. Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

What kind of coaching have you needed?

[Betty Lou]

I really didn't need much, but you know what I mean? When I need something, I'll. I'll ask.

[Bubba (Host)]

I try to coach you what I can do.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You pay these people a lot of money?

[Betty Lou]

I hadn't paid anybody anything. I'm saying.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Oh, on these.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, I think it's. Yeah. I'll just. I kind of want to become a life coach, you know what I mean? Because I can tell y'.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

All.

[Bubba (Host)]

I think it only takes $195.

[Betty Lou]

Okay.

[Bubba (Host)]

You can become one.

[Betty Lou]

Kind of tell you.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

I can. I'll help you out.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So.

[Bubba (Host)]

So what would you tell me?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I was gonna say, so what would you tell me?

[Betty Lou]

The guinea pig.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

I won't even have to pay me.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay. That'd be the first one.

[Bubba (Host)]

So what does Meg need to do?

[Betty Lou]

Number one.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

Get over yourself. You're all right.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

You'll be just fine. You know what I mean? And don't be so dang picky. You're all right. The right person can come along. I'm really not.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'm. I'm open.

[Betty Lou]

Okay.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'm open.

[Betty Lou]

What, we have an age preference as far as the dating other than the sports. I don't know. I'd have to talk to you a little more, and we'll probably want to get into that on the air, but I'd help you, you know, whatever.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

You got to.

[Bubba (Host)]

Please don't bang on the desk because it's really rough on everybody listening and. So what kind of questions? Oh, I'd like to know.

[Betty Lou]

No, I just.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Just.

[Betty Lou]

I don't know. Like, I know you have a strong relationship with the Lord.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I do.

[Betty Lou]

That's in place.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes.

[Betty Lou]

That should be number one. I feel like. Yes. What else you gonna. You know what I mean, Base your life on?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

But there does have to be other things besides that, Right?

[Betty Lou]

Well, what do you do for happy? I mean, you've got to do things that bring you joy.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Somebody has recently told me that I need to get a hobby. Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

What is your hobby?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Right now? I really don't have one.

[Betty Lou]

Okay. I did. I would suggest pickleball.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

Because you used to play tennis. I did say, get yourself out there on that court in Opelika. You'll meet people. You may meet whoever you're supposed to date out there. Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

This pathetic. You never know.

[Bubba (Host)]

Good old pickleball. Pickleball. Love, they call it.

[Betty Lou]

Just get yourself out there.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay. You know, and we talked about me. Bubba's mentioning age. I'm. I'm good with. I think because I'm younger. I'm 55, so I probably wouldn't go too much younger than 50. Yeah. It would just.

[Bubba (Host)]

Why you. Why are you putting up boundaries? I mean, love knows no age.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I am watching this show on Netflix called Age is Just a Number. And there's like, several of them that have no idea because, like, the women look really, really good. Like, this one guy's 27, looks like Prince Harry. He's amazing. And he starts to date this girl. He has no idea because they don't find out to the end.

[Betty Lou]

And they make their age or whatever.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

She's 54.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, wow.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So that's a pretty good difference.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

But they seem to have a lot in common. But her here's gonna be the kicker, which I don't have children, so her children.

[Hunter Bussey]

Oh.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Are younger than him or older than him.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, wow.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So that might be a. Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

All that is is that's just worry about that. You're just gonna get joked about that at your family get togethers, but other than that.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

And I mean, would you be open to an older guy if he was.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah. If he was still active. Active and.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You know, wanted to.

[Betty Lou]

I mean, you don't want to have to help him get a straw in his mouth or anything. You know what I'm saying?

[Bubba (Host)]

But you just want him to be active and out there. Right, Meg? Right.

[Betty Lou]

You don't want anybody running around oxygen.

[Bubba (Host)]

You want somebody that's out there ready to go.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Right.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Pickleball.

[Betty Lou]

Pickleball.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

This might pickle.

[Betty Lou]

I'm telling you. Maybe your path to happiness is pickleball.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

I'm just saying it.

[Bubba (Host)]

And you probably. You probably take a husband, let you be a stay home person if you wanted to or you want to. But do you want to be or you've always worked.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Lazy thing. I. I wouldn't have said that. And I don't know that I would want to be there all the time, but I would love to get involved with, like, philanthropy, work and different things. You know, I would love to do that. So, yeah, if that came about.

[Bubba (Host)]

Betty, what do you. Would you recommend it?

[Betty Lou]

Recommend what?

[Bubba (Host)]

Staying at home? Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, I love staying at home. I can play pickleball. I mean, I take care of the house. I have things.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, you do.

[Bubba (Host)]

You take care of the house and laundry and cleaning, all that stuff. But you got some free time.

[Betty Lou]

I do the bookkeeping for this thing. And that's probably. Good grief. I mean, just today I was trying to.

[Bubba (Host)]

Betty is learning broadcast and podcast terms.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes, I love that. And so I thought we were going to have Hunter on here because, see, I. I told. I told Bubba that Hunter and I might could help each other. Like, Hunter might know somebody and I might know somebody for Hunter.

[Betty Lou]

Well, he is. I know we were talking about that after church today, but, you know, bless his heart, I don't think he's quite ready for the podcast pairing yet.

[Bubba (Host)]

You know, he edits this, so he's going to take all of this out. Y' all are talking about him. It's gone.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Come on.

[Betty Lou]

Anyway. But, yes.

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, well, let's. Let's take a break. We'll regroup here and we'll be back with Meg Wilson Bryant and the lovely Betty Lou in just a minute on Bubba on the Lake.

[Betty Lou]

Uh, where's Bubba?

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[Bubba (Host)]

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[Bubba (Host)]

Well, we're back here to the sounds of laughter in the studio as Meg Wilson Bryant has brought her high energy act in here. And she's joined by the lovely Betty Lou as they are discussing life coaches. And Betty is thinking about becoming one.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Really?

[Betty Lou]

I tell you what, be the guinea pig.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'll be.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. I mean, let's just be great for

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

me because I don't have to.

[Betty Lou]

I don't know, I mean, how many hours are we talking here a day? Trying to straight be a pretty heavy

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

deal to begin with.

[Bubba (Host)]

Some heavy lifting over there. So, Betty, what would you tell me as a life coach?

[Betty Lou]

Well, why would you need help? You're all right. You're the one doing this podcast. I mean, you're.

[Bubba (Host)]

I know, but I mean, would you. Would you. Is there anything you would say, hey, you need to work on that or.

[Betty Lou]

Well, you know what I tell you all the time.

[Bubba (Host)]

So what is it?

[Betty Lou]

I mean, I'm always telling him, you know, he's.

[Bubba (Host)]

What is it?

[Betty Lou]

People are going to think I'm a horrible wife. But no, you ask me sometimes what can I do to improve myself? And I said, probably lose a little weight. I mean, that's the. You know what I mean? And that's easier said than done. And I know it is, you know, because I'm five foot tall.

[Bubba (Host)]

The answer to everything here at the house.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, I know. No, it's not. No.

[Bubba (Host)]

You know, the bushes need cutting. How about lose some weight? You know, we need to paint the dock. Lose some weight.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You know, it's magical.

[Bubba (Host)]

If I lost weight, we'd have no problems. None.

[Betty Lou]

I don't know what we talk about.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I will say this on, on this journey that I had been on until I kind of got off in the seasonal depression started in January. I had. I've lost about £85. Yeah. I feel probably better than I felt in my 20s or 30s.

[Betty Lou]

Yes. So. Oh, I know.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah. I mean, that's the truth.

[Betty Lou]

I lost a good bit of weight before we moved here full time. And now that we live here full time.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

We are partying like it's 1999, you know, type stuff.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

There is always something going on.

[Bubba (Host)]

I've lost eight pounds in the last ten days.

[Betty Lou]

Well, I've gained. No, not in the last ten days. Since we've lived here two years. Yeah. And my five foot frame cannot take any.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, before we leave your life coaching on me, is there something positive you

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

could add open the door to that?

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah, I asked for it. I knew. I knew what the answer was.

[Betty Lou]

Well, the fact that I said, what do you need help with? Speaks volumes. You don't really need help with your life.

[Bubba (Host)]

Was there any positive you could throw my way over here?

[Betty Lou]

You're very positive. I mean, nothing about you is negative. Other.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I just need a bubba. You do need a bubba.

[Bubba (Host)]

You do.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. I wish he had a little clone,

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

but you know, you know that he does have a little clone, but I make it jail and sometimes that's true.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, that's true. Forgot about that.

[Bubba (Host)]

Listen, I know a couple, they get. It's 30 years difference in their age and they're happy as larks.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That's. Yeah, I mean, I, I think like I said, watching that show, it's on Netflix. You need to check it out.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. And it's called what

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Age doesn't matter.

[Betty Lou]

Okay.

[Bubba (Host)]

There's many. But something positive. What would you say positive about me other than.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, we're still on that.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah. I'm fishing for some.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You're a.

[Betty Lou]

You're a great husband.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Wonderful.

[Betty Lou]

You have a good. Shut up. You have a good relationship with the Lord. You're a good leader.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Can they see what you're doing?

[Bubba (Host)]

Not at this moment.

[Betty Lou]

I hope not. Anyway. You're a great father. You know, you have a lot of positive attributes.

[Bubba (Host)]

But you've got another term used in the past that I lie. I'm a fan of.

[Betty Lou]

I don't know. What are you talking about?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Huh?

[Bubba (Host)]

Attentive.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, he's very attentive.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, he is. As a.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So what would you say about Betty if you were a life coach.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, Lord.

[Bubba (Host)]

I would say, well, she don't need much. I mean, she's in pretty good shape. You know, she's a smoke show.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You know, we've always.

[Bubba (Host)]

She's always funny and always laughing. She's, you know, my best friend and.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

See, I know, and I.

[Bubba (Host)]

You know, I was just telling her a minute ago that I wanted to sit and talk to my best friend and she was kind of busy with something else.

[Betty Lou]

Bridgerton. But anyway, so sometimes.

[Bubba (Host)]

Sometimes I choose bad times to want to talk.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Right. Okay.

[Betty Lou]

Well, we talked all morning. You know what I mean? And I figure I'm doing something else right at the moment, but. Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, well, Betty is fun to talk.

[Betty Lou]

That big hog on the wall.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

But anyway,

[Betty Lou]

I think, oh, my God.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You just gotta look up there and

[Betty Lou]

you go, there's a big old javelina. And did you kill that?

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah, in Texas.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Wow.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, it's impressive. It's got a big nose.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Bubba (Host)]

And you want to be sure it's dead because it'll bite back teeth.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

Serious about it.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay. Life coach. Bubba to me now.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, let's see, Meg, I hadn't really planned on diagnosing your case, but diagnosis, I would say that you. I think Betty's right. You need to. To quit worrying about yourself and chill out just a little bit because you're fine. You're a great person. You messing the camera. My hand doing that. Let me put it back where it needs to be. These are. Yeah, they have AI controls. I'm trying not to get my hands up in the wrong way. I just. I think you need to put a little more time into getting out and meeting people and you'll. You'll meet some people.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I know I've got you a little bit more.

[Bubba (Host)]

You got kind of tunnel vision work a little bit, yeah. Work. Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

So you don't work with any guys that you would be. No. I guess interested in that.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Probably be some kind of conflict. Well, I mean, you know, some weird.

[Betty Lou]

You might could find another job easier and you could find a guy. I mean, you know, there you go.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'd open the doors for all kinds of stuff.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, Meg, you. I mean, how it's work. Everything going good or you. You know, you've been out of the radio business for a while and I've always thought that was where your sweet spot was, so to speak.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah, he's. He's a good one. Yeah. Radio has always been. I mean, I. I love helping people. So the last 10 to 12 years been you know, in. In health care. But I love. I miss radio. I love radio. Radio. There's. There's just so much about it.

[Bubba (Host)]

We know podcasting is a lot like radio mega, if you knew that.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes, it is.

[Bubba (Host)]

That camera is just not. It's not liking having two of you over there. It's struggling to try and decide where to go, and it won't let me. It won't let me control it. That's what's even worse. Bring it back around. There we go. Maybe that'll do it for a minute. So. Yeah, Meg, I think you just need to get out there and meet some people. I think you got a lot to offer, and I don't think you're gonna have any problem. Just don't be too picky. Betty said. Betty said that, not me. Maybe we should be. Should we be co. Life coaches?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

Well, we could. Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Kind of invested in me anyway.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, we could.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Kind of. Take me.

[Bubba (Host)]

Now, keep in mind, we're not qualified to give you any advice. Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

I'd have to preface that first thing with anybody. I help y' all record.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'm happy. I am happy. I had a great life.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Adding somebody to that at some point.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Yeah. And even if it's not, you know, you're good anyway. You know, just. Just find somebody you want to go to the movies with to start with. You know what I mean? Number one, if you want to go to the movie or whatever, this is all gonna go. I don't know.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

He's gonna be opening it up.

[Betty Lou]

Let's go play pickleball.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Let's go to the resume, too.

[Betty Lou]

There's a ton of good movies coming out, by the way, so this would be a good season to start all this. Yeah, Sounds good. Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

So, Meg, look, let's go back biblical. You said you wanted a good godly man. It. The Bible says it's not good for a man to be alone, so it also means it's not good for a woman to be alone.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Exactly.

[Bubba (Host)]

Because the man could not have somebody else unless the woman was there, you know, under our basic interpretation.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah, I do agree with that. I do think that there's some people that might be called to be single. I. I thought for a while.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah, I know they are. There are some.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I don't know that I'm.

[Bubba (Host)]

Paul talks about that.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You know, so to each his own. But, yes, I believe that community. And it's just funny. This is.

[Bubba (Host)]

So Maggie used to do a radio show on sunny 105.7, and in Gulf Shores. And how long did you do that?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I think it was a couple of years, two or three years.

[Bubba (Host)]

So, you know, have you thought about doing that again or doing your own podcast or something?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah, I mean, I'm definitely open to what. To what God's got. I mean, there's no telling. I have all the podcast stuff, you know, I mean, I don't know. It's something you never know. You never know. There may just be. You know, God may open that door, and I'll be. I love to come up here and do it, do it with y'.

[Bubba (Host)]

All.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I mean, this is just awesome. This is.

[Bubba (Host)]

Do you like my TV station on the desk? I bought it. I got as much in here as I can fit.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You have. But what you've done with it is fantastic.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

Thank you.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I mean, you've opened it up more. More since the last time I was here.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Which I was thinking. I'm trying to remember the last time I was here. It must have been around how long

[Bubba (Host)]

you were here doing the tailgate. Tailgate show.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah. Because we didn't. I came up Christmas Day, but we didn't do a show.

[Betty Lou]

No. As far as the. Yeah, it was the tailgate show.

[Bubba (Host)]

And I know a guy that's always looking for talent and always looking for good salespeople, so maybe I'll get together, do a little both.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

Doing a morning show is tough because you got to get up so early.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

You have nothing wrong with middays. Not a thing.

[Betty Lou]

That's something you could help me with. I need to learn more about the sales side of this podcast, probably to be able to help out. You know what I mean? Yeah, I feel like. So, anyway, I mean, I've told. Now he's gonna.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

He just says the right amount, and I'll. I'll just come help myself.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, we're still. You know, we're. We're still kind of a small operation trying to get our bearings about us,

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

but Betty becomes a life coach.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

Then we'd have a line of people out here needing advice.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Because they want me to tell them

[Bubba (Host)]

what, you have to get you an office somewhere.

[Betty Lou]

Yes, I would. Yes.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Natural advice. You give them that, Eve.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You're good at that. Sure.

[Bubba (Host)]

It's like things your mom should have told you.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

I started to write a book one time. Things that my mom told me that now I know are true, that I didn't necessarily believe at the time.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

But when she said pay yourself first, I didn't understand it. Now I do.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

And wish I had more.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Oh, exactly.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, exactly. Oh, well.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Because that's not a selfish thing. That's.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Put your oxygen mask on first kind of thing.

[Betty Lou]

Well, that's what they tell you to

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

do on those flies.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah. Because you got to help other people.

[Betty Lou]

Yep.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

All right. What else we going to talk about?

[Bubba (Host)]

So 37 years married this summer. About that.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. I have to get a calculator to figure that one out, too. Just like my age.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I didn't know y' all right in the beginning, but I've known you all a very long time.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Over probably 30 years.

[Betty Lou]

You knew us. You knew us before Hunter was born in your. Or maybe when I was pregnant with Hunter when we met. Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

So that's. What is Hunter 28.

[Bubba (Host)]

Seven. Let's see. This is a.

[Betty Lou]

He was born in 98.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah, he's eight.

[Betty Lou]

That's what I thought.

[Bubba (Host)]

28.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. So you've known us almost 30 years.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You know, it's kind of unbelievable, though, because my connection, talking about radio, my connection with Bubba has always been because when I. When I worked for them, then I went and went to Auburn and started working for the Auburn network, and that was his connection.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

And then kind of helped with a little bit of a connection at Sunny 105 and Go Shores.

[Betty Lou]

Right.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So he's always kind of been that kind of connect.

[Bubba (Host)]

You know, I've met the couple that bought that station at the ABA conference. Very nice couple. They were from up north somewhere, but they had radio stations, and I can't remember where. Gosh, it was like Iowa somewhere. And they bought that one as a. You know, it's kind of do their retirement. So I thought that was really cool. They were really. Oh, yeah. And they've got a monopoly almost there in the Gulf Shores, you know, Orange beach area.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Oh. And I did. I had so much fun doing that. Everything. I mean, like, I got to do some cool stuff when. When I was on sunny 105.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Not to mention all the stuff I got to do with y', all, too. But, you know, it was just because I was so engulfed.

[Bubba (Host)]

And we have our own dog here in the podcast. It's getting a lot of air time.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Ruby has become the mascot, and Levy's

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

right behind her, as she's not one is one to be.

[Betty Lou]

Right. Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

She's a little more bashful.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Ruby, though. She is.

[Bubba (Host)]

Better give everybody update on Ruby while we.

[Betty Lou]

Ruby's doing great. Yeah. She got great blood work results about a week ago, and they told me to bring her back in three weeks. And we're slowly weaning her off most of her medicine. So she's doing great. Yeah. She's.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Tell you there are hearts.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That was part of the end of the. The year for me because I had to put down my dog of 14 years. Years and.

[Betty Lou]

Right.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Was that stuff because they just become our.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, yeah. Well, they're. You know, God gave them to us to be companions. They're not humans. They're not on the same level, but he did give them to us as a blessing and something we should enjoy. So I don't have a problem with that.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You know, I got to bring up. I told Bubba. He called me about something one day.

[Bubba (Host)]

As a matter of fact, I had a guy tell me one time, don't trust anybody, doesn't own a dog.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Oh.

[Bubba (Host)]

And it's pretty much been true.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, it really has.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So you called me this week and we were talking, and I, of course, I always laugh when I talk to him. I said, I think this is more. I've laughed more talking to you in the last five minutes. And we were just talking. He always asked me. He. It didn't matter. Like, we. None of the. Like, I was always single of the sales team and so. But I made him laugh when he said, well, how you feel like you just got burned on this dating thing? I mean, like, what. I was like, what did I say? That MIG really messed with me.

[Bubba (Host)]

You started quoting Top Gun. What? Cougar said that MiG really messed with your mind.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

No, it's the guy behind Cougar. Yeah. Hey, we got. We got an issue. That MiG really messed him up. Oh, no, it's above. It goes. You know, it's a great analogy when you get burned in love.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Yeah. So when was the MiG. I don't understand. When was this?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

A while back.

[Betty Lou]

Well, I'm a. Now, you know.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

Well.

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, you're analyzing now versus mid. Okay.

[Betty Lou]

Yes.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Over the last three or four years.

[Betty Lou]

Okay.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, you know, Cougar turned his wings in after that. He just. He said he was holding on too tight.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

He was.

[Bubba (Host)]

And when Maverick. Maverick had the traumatic thing, losing co pilot, his navigator.

[Betty Lou]

Goose.

[Bubba (Host)]

Goose. And he didn't want to engage again, but he finally had to engage.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

You know, and then look what they did.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Look. So maybe that's. Maybe that's your life.

[Betty Lou]

Don't turn your. Don't turn your wings in.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I'm not gonna turn my wings in,

[Bubba (Host)]

Coach Betty, I think every situation you should quote lines From a movie or from a famous song.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Me too. Oh, Christmas vacation is one.

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, you. Oh, you got plenty for that.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

On the way here, because he was saying, you know, he's been asking all about this. I was screenshotting going down the road. I had man eater. Come on. What was. Lord, I had all these songs.

[Betty Lou]

Come on.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That.

[Betty Lou]

I was just like, oh, yeah, she's a man eater. Oh, there she goes.

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, there she goes. Watch out, boy. She'll chew you up. Oh.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, me. Watch out, mig. Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Is it getting hot in here?

[Betty Lou]

Oh, it was hot when I sat down. I've already tied my sweatshirt around my waist.

[Bubba (Host)]

I'm not hot at all.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

People that are married love when you make people that are single uncomfortable, you know?

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, really? Pointing out is that I didn't know that existed.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You want to kind of, since y' all are married and been, you know, been the whole married couple. You're like, well, tell me what's going on with your life? And then you think, oh, and then, well, who are you dating? Yeah.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. I try not to do that. I'm probably. I don't. Oh, I know. He does.

[Bubba (Host)]

What?

[Betty Lou]

You are the worst doing that.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I don't think.

[Betty Lou]

What are you talking about, though? I mean, because I usually.

[Bubba (Host)]

I'm just. I'm just trying to cheer people up, you know? What do I want to do? I want everybody to be happy.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

You do want to.

[Bubba (Host)]

I want you to laugh, even if you have to laugh at me. I don't care. Just laugh. Just have a smile on your face. Put that on my grave. He just like to make you laugh, you know, That's. I can go with that.

[Betty Lou]

Mine is. She did what she could.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah. I love that.

[Betty Lou]

She did what she could, folks. And that was it.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Y' all are such a great match. That's what I love. And I still say she needs. She needs her own podcast.

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, nobody. Nobody's arguing that. But I don't.

[Betty Lou]

I need my own bookkeeper. I know that because I can't do both.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah, we listen. She. She doesn't have time to do a podcast, Meg. What are you talking about?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

That is true.

[Bubba (Host)]

She's got. What is that you do? The forbidden dance. What is that?

[Betty Lou]

Tabata is not the forbidden dance.

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, it's limbada. I'm thinking limbada.

[Betty Lou]

That's just what we call it. It's basically group exercise and tabata for so many minutes. You do.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

It did sound like that was in the movie money can't buy you luck when you say, oh, that was there

[Bubba (Host)]

Was a movie called Lombada.

[Betty Lou]

The old movie with McDreamy in it?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yes.

[Betty Lou]

I love that movie. He rode the lawnmower and went and got the girls.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay. So he was going to go to prom. He didn't know how to dance. Oh, yeah. He turned it. He was going to find a dance station. Well, his brother came in and played a trick on him and put him on. Put him on a channel that was doing the.

[Betty Lou]

Yes. Oh, bless his heart.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

So he. He learned. If that's even.

[Betty Lou]

That's hilarious.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Who knows?

[Betty Lou]

Or whatever. Yeah. Tabata is just group exercise.

[Hunter Bussey]

Okay.

[Bubba (Host)]

Now, what is that other thing you do? That game y' all play with?

[Betty Lou]

Are you talking about mahjan? I have not. I've. I've watched it being played once.

[Bubba (Host)]

Mahjan. The kind of creeps me out a little bit. I don't know.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

It's real popular.

[Betty Lou]

It sounds popular.

[Bubba (Host)]

It sounds like you're doing something with a Ouija board or something. You know what I mean?

[Hunter Bussey]

I don't know.

[Betty Lou]

There's no Ouija board. I'm afraid I can't sit still long enough to play mahjan. And I certainly can't not talk long enough.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I know everybody's playing it, but I have no idea what it is.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, it's towels and it's. You pick your pattern and blah, blah. And I know somebody's going to call and say she has no idea what she tells. And that's right, because I've only watched it played once.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I love Bonka. Now you split.

[Betty Lou]

Nothing like Bunco. Nothing like. I like Bunko, too. But yeah, the tile thing, Mahjong or whatever, you really gotta concentrate and you gotta figure out your pattern, you know, from your card. And then it's something about the tile. I don't really understand it all. But anyway, you gotta dear me, he's still Lombarda. And over there.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Not low enough right now.

[Bubba (Host)]

Can you.

[Betty Lou]

He is not. You can't go low enough, I can tell you that.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Can we switch this?

[Bubba (Host)]

We're both. We're both on camera right now.

[Betty Lou]

Shoot.

[Bubba (Host)]

So you got. You got. What's your workout? The name of it again?

[Betty Lou]

Tabata.

[Bubba (Host)]

Tabata and Maja or whatever.

[Betty Lou]

I don't play mahjong. I just went one time.

[Bubba (Host)]

I thought that was what the. The wise men were. Mahjongs.

[Betty Lou]

What? Good grief.

[Bubba (Host)]

Oh, that was Magi. I'm sorry, Mad.

[Betty Lou]

The Magi? Yeah. What?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

People are gonna think that we're on something.

[Betty Lou]

Oh, I know. Yeah. We've had mellow yellow zero. That's It.

[Bubba (Host)]

That's it. We're. We're enjoying delicious melo zeros here in the Melee studio.

[Betty Lou]

In the Melee yellow studio. Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

There's just been. I mean, this has been good for.

[Bubba (Host)]

So what else? What else, Betty? You got Bible study. Do that too.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah, do that.

[Bubba (Host)]

Then you got pickleball.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

And then some more pickleball. And then every now and then, try

[Betty Lou]

to get a walk in some. Yeah, whatever. I need to do more weight bearing exercise, which we all. That would be a good tip. Okay. For our age. Pick up the old weight bearing. Yeah. You know what I mean? Because our bone density starts going. It does, you know, start. Yeah. How does it's going?

[Bubba (Host)]

No.

[Betty Lou]

You know. Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

So what is your. What is your prescription for Meg here? And then we can move on to another topic.

[Betty Lou]

I've already told her.

[Bubba (Host)]

Just summarize it so I'm sure we got it.

[Betty Lou]

How do I summarize this? Just get yourself out there.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Okay.

[Betty Lou]

And don't take yourself too serious. You know what I mean?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

I don't think I take myself too serious.

[Betty Lou]

I think at times. At times you must. Because every now and then, I mean, every now and then you're like you are today. And then sometimes we don't hear from you for a while and you tell us you were stressed or whatever you say. I forget.

[Bubba (Host)]

We call that when Meg goes missing.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

And so let me tell you, whatever. When people say that. Okay? So everybody has said the same thing to me. When you go quiet on social media, something's not right.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

And I noticed that I do kind of go, yeah, introspective. And I get a little.

[Bubba (Host)]

And you just need to watch that budget around the holidays.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah, yeah.

[Betty Lou]

That's a good tip.

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Sure. My ex officious.

[Betty Lou]

Yeah. Oh, my gosh.

[Bubba (Host)]

Maybe you don't need to tune into this.

[Betty Lou]

But anyway.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, folks, we're here at the lake and as you can see, we are having fun. And we'll be back in just a minute. We want to thank Meg and Betty for sitting in. You're listening to Bubba on the Lake.

[Hunter Bussey]

You're listening to Bubba. Bubba on the Lake.

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the water or off? Experience Lake life to the fullest at Russell Lands on Lake Martin Want to know what's going on around Lake Martin? Check out the calendar of seasonal events that include Fridays on the Green, naturalist events, fireworks, concerts, poker runs, boat shows, juried art shows, boat parades and much more. If you're here for the weekend or if you've made your home at the Lake Russell Lands is where community and the land come together. To learn more about upcoming events, visit Russelllands.com come see what Lake Life is all about. Well, folks, we're back and it is March. And that of course, if you're a sports fan, that means madness. Joining me in the studio, Hunter Bussey. Hunter, how are you doing?

[Hunter Bussey]

I'm good.

[Bubba (Host)]

How are you?

[Hunter Bussey]

It is the most wonderful time of the year.

[Bubba (Host)]

You love this, don't you?

[Hunter Bussey]

Oh, it's like my Christmas. Are you kidding? This is amazing. It's the most wonderful time of the year.

[Bubba (Host)]

I will say the bracket picking gets completely out of hand. The number of people that do that and how they do it is just crazy. And of course we will have our version of it too. The NCAA March Madness Bracket Challenge is back in play. If you go to the website bubbaonthelake.com hit the contest button and you'll see it right there. You want to join that and file your bracket. It's all part of the big ESPN competition. But here's the difference. This is what's different with ours. If you win, you're going to get $500 cash, you're going to get a segment on the podcast and you're going to go into Bubba's Contest hall of Fame, where you will stay until this show and this podcast is taken down someday in the future, hopefully a long way off some days I wonder. But you will join Rob Sudrith, who was last year's winner and he is the only member currently in Bubba's Contest hall of Fame. So you'll be in rare earth, rare atmosphere when you win this. So last Year we gave away $200 in merchandise. This year, a big jump in the prize, $500 cash hunter. How's that shaping up?

[Hunter Bussey]

So currently, as it stands as we're recording this, it is Wednesday, the day before the tournament starts officially. Now, we've had some playing games, but where it stands right now, currently we have 242 submissions in the group, which is a lot if you think about it. It's kind of crazy that, you know, we're. We're kind of. It's kind of cool to see the amount of people that join this because, you know, we put it out, you know, thinking like, okay, you know, last year we had nearly something people at one point.

[Bubba (Host)]

Much more last year.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, yeah. It was around mid-700s.

[Bubba (Host)]

Wow.

[Hunter Bussey]

And it was because, you know, you had all the local teams in there, so there was a lot at stake and a lot of people were into it. Auburn missed the cut this year. Bama's still in. So it's going to be an interesting tournament for sure. You also have, you know, those coveted one seeds that are in there that.

[Bubba (Host)]

So who are the ones? Yeah, who are they? And a lot of times this matters. Sometimes it doesn't matter.

[Hunter Bussey]

No, no, no. And last year, the tournament was all chalk, and if you know what chalk means, it's. You know, the highest seed always wins. And there wasn't really a lot of upsets last year, and a lot of that has to do with nil. But this year's 1 seeds, Arizona, the number one overall seed. You have Michigan, you have Florida. And let me pull up the. The official bracket in Michigan. Michigan, to me, is the deepest team, but everyone has Duke winning. And almost every bracket that has been made out of the 17 million on ESPN's Bracket Challenge has 24% have Duke winning the national championship. And then after that, it's Arizona and Michigan.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, I think given Duke's history, that's not a big step out now. I mean, if you don't know anything about it, you could guess Duke and be right half the time. So tell me about our bracket challenge. How do you do it? Now, we're. We're part of the ESPN bracket challenge, but our part of it. So you. You go in. How do you. How do you sign up? Walk me through it.

[Hunter Bussey]

You download the ESPN Tournament Challenge app on whatever app store you have, if you're on iPhone, Android, Sam, you know, whatever you have, you download that, you sign in, you use. If you have a Disney plus account, Hulu, ESPN plus, you just sign in with that account and then we have a link to the group. I've posted it. Dad's posted it. It's on the bubble in the lake page. Tailgate. Tailgate show page. But basically you just type in if you want to find the group. It is the Bubba on the Lake bracket group. And the picture just so it's distinguished from everything else is Mickey Mouse dunking the basketball like Michael Jordan in a Statue of Liberty form. So I'm really excited about this and if last year is any indication of how crazy it can get down the stretch because at one point it came down to who picked the score the closest and it came down to Ross.

[Bubba (Host)]

It came way down, real close.

[Hunter Bussey]

A lot of people had Florida winning and, and you know, no question, they were the hottest team this year. They're kind of the same. I think they will repeat. But I have Duke as my champion. They. I have them facing Duke in the final four. So it, it's going to be an interesting tournament for sure. I am curious to see how Alabama plays out with. You know, they have had a recent roster shake up with them so their run could be in jeopardy, but they're deep. And as long as you got LeBaron Filon on the floor who in my opinion is one of the best players in the country and he will be a top NBA draft pick after this is all said and done. Wouldn't shock me if Alabama went on a little run. If they can hold strong.

[Bubba (Host)]

So very possible. Nate Oates, great coach and he gets the most out of his team. So on our website I went and I just clicked on it and it said join the group and. And you go from there. So you said something about the app, but you don't have to have the app.

[Hunter Bussey]

No, no, you don't have to have the app. You can also go to the website, go into contest and the link is there. You'll see the graphic that I made for the bracket challenge this year. Click on that link, sign in, make your bracket, submit it and you're good to go.

[Bubba (Host)]

And I love the names, the nicknames of some of these guys. I had a good nickname last year. I can't remember what it was now. Do you remember?

[Hunter Bussey]

Oh Lord, I don't know. I don't know.

[Bubba (Host)]

Bubba something. And it had to do. I can't remember the name. I thought it was really funny, but there you go. It didn't last apparently.

[Hunter Bussey]

Sorry.

[Bubba (Host)]

It's too many. Getting up early.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah. And two. And another thing, if you are interested and by the time you're listening to this. We're going to try to get this out as soon as we can. The tournament officially starts. Even though there are the first four games, which are like.

[Bubba (Host)]

I don't count the play in.

[Hunter Bussey]

No, no, no. The point. Even though it is technically a field of 68.

[Bubba (Host)]

Sure.

[Hunter Bussey]

The tournament officially starts Thursday at 11:15. That's when I'm going to lock the group, lock the brackets, and we are locked down and we are ready to go for the rest of the tournament. For the rest of the month.

[Bubba (Host)]

Okay. I'm just looking at some of the nicknames on here, and they're all very funny. Some of them are really funny. My favorite one so far, Where's Bubba? Yeah, that is good. That is good. Thank you, sir.

[Hunter Bussey]

There was. There's one friend of mine, his last name is Key and his bracket is the answer. Key is what.

[Bubba (Host)]

I just saw that.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, I like that, too. So, got a lot of good names, a lot of creative people. And now I will say this just for clarification.

[Bubba (Host)]

This is funny, Woods. Big, beautiful bracket. Yeah. Yeah, that is funny.

[Hunter Bussey]

So on the ESPN website, by default, it says ESPN fan, you know, 900,000, whatever. If you could please change that. If you can't come up with a creative name, please change it to your first and last name. So I know who it is. So I'm not trying to shuffle through WHO ESPN 900,000,999 is.

[Bubba (Host)]

Is.

[Hunter Bussey]

Because that would just make my life, to be quite honest, a living hell if I'm trying to go through this. I'm trying to figure out. Try to track you down who it is. So.

[Bubba (Host)]

But again, see George Bailey on there?

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah. And some of my friends are in there. And now, just to clarify, like last year. Yes.

[Bubba (Host)]

Got a. Got a bracket in here. All right. Thank you, Taylor.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah. And a couple of my friends are in there, too. I think EG's in there, too. Who we've had on the Tailgate. Tailgate show. So it's going to be a fun tournament. And again, if you could please change that to your first and last name so I know who it is. If you can't come up with a creative name. But it's going to be a fun tournament. And again, I'm going to clarify. Me and Dad's bracket is in the group, but it does not count towards the results. We're just in it for the fun that.

[Bubba (Host)]

Wait a minute. I can't win the money.

[Hunter Bussey]

No.

[Bubba (Host)]

Why not?

[Hunter Bussey]

Because you're handing out the money. You're the one handed it out. It's your contest. But, yeah, I'm excited. March is always fun. And it's, you know, one of those things where, you know, you get excited about it. You get excited about basketball and with the College Football Playoff. I wish that the same type of, I guess, bracket format could happen with college football, but it's such a different type of vibe, it would be hard to do. So this is always fun to look forward to every year. And I'm glad that we're doing this in year two and can't wait to see who the winner is.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, we gotta. We gotta grow this thing. We're going to catch last year's number, if nothing else.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, I honestly.

[Bubba (Host)]

Here's a good one. Meathead. 5:30. So. Yeah, like that, huh? This is funny.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, Some of the names I could go.

[Bubba (Host)]

Then there's some people that just put their regular name.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

[Bubba (Host)]

Here's one real creative.

[Hunter Bussey]

Mike Owens and my friend Duncan Jones. You got that in there? And then there's one. Where was it that I saw it made me laugh. Where is it sassy for Honey. Saw that one, too.

[Bubba (Host)]

That.

[Hunter Bussey]

That one's good.

[Bubba (Host)]

That's fun.

[Hunter Bussey]

It's just like a lot of, you know, it's a lot of creative names, but if you could. If you can't come up with it, first and last name. So I know it's you. And that way it's not like we're trying to solve the Da Vinci Code to track you down once you run the tournament.

[Bubba (Host)]

Right. So I haven't done my brackets yet. I've been thinking about it, but I hadn't done it yet, so I'm gonna have to.

[Hunter Bussey]

Well, if it's anything like I bought died last year, Mom, I don't think submitted a bracket in the group. She just made one and we walked it through with her. I can't remember if we recorded that or not, but if you remember, she was like, I like their colors. I like their mascot.

[Bubba (Host)]

Right?

[Hunter Bussey]

Oh, there. That's a beautiful little college town. I'm like, mom, look, it's as good as any.

[Bubba (Host)]

It's as good as any other way to do it, you know.

[Hunter Bussey]

Oh, goodness gracious. But yeah, besides this going on and it, you know, as far as, like, sports goes, it just ended last night. The World Baseball Classic. Have you been watching this?

[Bubba (Host)]

You know, I have not, but I know a lot of people have. And I was on Classic country this morning with Coach Chris and they were. They were talking about it. So it was kind of a big Deal, I guess. I know we lost to Venezuela. We did.

[Hunter Bussey]

We did. Who have the bra? My favorite player currently in baseball, Ronald Acuna. He plays for the Atlanta Braves, if you can stay healthy. They. They won last night. It was considered a big upset because if you look at Team USA's roster, we're stacked. I mean, it's the best players in the major leagues that are American players, so. But the tournament happens every four years. It's like the Olympics for baseball. Because I don't think they have Olympics in the baseball anymore. Baseball in the Olympics?

[Bubba (Host)]

I don't know.

[Hunter Bussey]

But yeah, I. It was fun to watch. And honestly, the. The Winter Olympics bled over into this because I paid really close attention to men's and women's hockey just because. Why not? And it kind of bled over, get

[Bubba (Host)]

out more, you know.

[Hunter Bussey]

Well, I'm a sports geek. I can't help it. It's how I was born. It's where I'm at right now. But it was. It was a great tournament. And now.

[Bubba (Host)]

Is it true Venezuela was playing to get their president back?

[Hunter Bussey]

I don't know if that's what. Someone made the joke yesterday. It's like at. I was at the. At a basketball game last night, and it was. The baseball game was going on during the basketball game and. And, you know, news broke that Venezuela will beat Team usa. And some older gentlemen behind me goes, I can't believe. Can't believe they do that when we gave them their freedom. It's like a shame on them.

[Bubba (Host)]

That's funny. Well, there's a lot of good players from Venezuela and you know, the warm weather states always seem to have. In countries always have better baseball because I think they get to get out

[Hunter Bussey]

and play in the air like Venezuela, Dominican Republic, those teams. Like, the fact that, that we beat Dominican Republic is. Was a miracle, in my opinion. But when you have Paul Skeins on the mound, it's.

[Bubba (Host)]

Well, it's, you know, they, they. Baseball was invented in the U.S. yes. And you know who invented it? No. You gotta. His last name. Can you get close?

[Hunter Bussey]

No.

[Bubba (Host)]

Doubleday. Does that ring a bell? No, but. But Central America has taken the ball and ran with it. No pun intended, you know?

[Meg Wilson Bryant]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

So anyway. All right, Hunter, so you need to go to Bub on the Lake dot com.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah. Hit the contest.

[Bubba (Host)]

Contest.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yeah.

[Bubba (Host)]

You'll walk you through it. Go from there. We'd love to see you on there. $500 cash. Come on, everybody. Inflation's getting everybody free money.

[Hunter Bussey]

Free money. I mean, it's not free, but it's free money for you.

[Bubba (Host)]

You'll get a segment on the show. We'll talk about how you picked your bracket and you will also go into the Sports hall of Fame, Bubba's Contest hall of Fame and join Rob Sudrith, who won last year. So do those brackets. Guys, we lock it down Thursday at 11:15 when the first game starts.

[Hunter Bussey]

And two, if you don't know how to fill out a bracket, there is an autofill option and it'll let you pick a preset from one of the ESPN experts who, you know, never get it right. I feel like. But last year, if it's anything like it was this year, I think it might be chalk. Just based off what I've seen.

[Bubba (Host)]

I mean, you're really opening this up, aren't you?

[Hunter Bussey]

Well, it's just. I think that.

[Bubba (Host)]

Man, it's chalk.

[Hunter Bussey]

Well, that. No, I mean, that's the term. I mean that's.

[Bubba (Host)]

They say it on hipping it up.

[Hunter Bussey]

I don't know what you want me to say. The higher C is going to win. That's boring.

[Bubba (Host)]

It's chalk.

[Hunter Bussey]

But if you don't know what to do, hit the autofill option again. We'd love to have you participate. It'd be a lot of fun. It's. It's the most wonderful time of the year. Like I said, I enjoy it. I like seeing people's picks. And once the brackets lock at 11:15, you'll be able to see everyone else's picks as well and their percentages.

[Bubba (Host)]

I, I feel like there's always some first round upsets, you know, a 12, five, whatever. I don't know how the matchup falls, but you know, that's, there's always a four or five in there. That, that bites it early.

[Hunter Bussey]

You there the, some of the games last night, there was a, there's a team that was in the tournament a couple years ago that I thought was going to pull it out. Do you remember umbc?

[Bubba (Host)]

Yeah, I know who you're talking about.

[Hunter Bussey]

They were a 16. Yeah. UMBC. So they, they were a 16 seed and they beat Virginia, who was a one seed the year before we played them in the Final Four.

[Bubba (Host)]

Right. Okay.

[Hunter Bussey]

So that was, you know, when all that. Because that had never happened before.

[Bubba (Host)]

When Auburn played.

[Hunter Bussey]

Yes. When Auburn played.

[Bubba (Host)]

Yes. I know you're used to being on the barn.

[Hunter Bussey]

I'm sorry.

[Bubba (Host)]

I'm sorry. Yeah.

[Hunter Bussey]

Sorry. But yeah. So again, you never know what can happen. But I personally, I think it's going to be chalk. But I'd love to see what you think and that's what you know this tournament challenge is for and a chance to win $500 and a spot on the website and get on the podcast. I mean what, what better way to have some fun with it?

[Bubba (Host)]

Hunter, thanks for handling this. Of course, appreciate Logan's run. Logan about to run. Taking care of the web part and we'll have a lot of fun with it. So go ahead and sign up now. Don't be locked out and be late. And we'll be right back with more Bubba on the Lake.

[Hunter Bussey]

It's Bubba on the Lake.

[Bubba (Host)]

Bubba on the lake.

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[Hunter Bussey]

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