Coop Is Heartbroken Over Kyler Murray + Weekend Recap

Summary

Bussin' With The Boys: Coop Is Heartbroken Over Kyler Murray + Weekend Recap

Episode Date: March 6, 2026
Hosts: Cooper Comstock, Jack McPherson, Mitch Carsley, JP Hovey
Duration covered: ~01:35 to 42:53

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Bussin' With The Boys" is a laid-back offseason pod, with the regular hosts catching up after the Super Bowl lull. The central theme: the heartbreak sports fans feel when beloved athletes leave their team—via trade, retirement, or free agency. The show balances comedy, nostalgia, and real emotional moments, with Jack ("Coop") openly grieving over Kyler Murray's departure from the Cardinals, anchoring the second half of the episode.

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Main Segments & Key Discussion Points

1. Weekend Recap & Nashville Stories

[02:39–14:28]

• Broadway Adventures:

  • The weekend marked Nashville's first nice-weather day of the year, which the group planned to celebrate on Broadway.
  • Hype for Aldean’s Whiskey Row rooftop, but plans were derailed when the venue still had winter tents up. Matt’s group audibled to Aldean’s bar instead.
  • Cooper: “Sometimes, like, you just need some dance music for vibes...” (05:11)

• Mishaps and Social Antics:

  • Matt partied hard Friday night, nearly missing Saturday plans.
  • Anecdotes of miscommunication and group chat chaos—especially with "Clump," a friend known for FOMO, who missed out due to Matt's “fumble.”
  • Competitive spirit between friend groups, and a “charges to the game” moment when Matt’s prospective love interest was recognized by another friend.

• House Parties & Pool Day Teasers:

  • The crew reminisces about past themed vlogs, especially an underwhelming Christmas caroling video.
  • They’re overdue for more house/pool party content.
  • Planning more themed events, with a suggestion to vlog these for their audience.

• Unique Nashville Events:

  • Mitch attended an "Always Sunny in Philadelphia"-themed DJ set—a blend of music with show references and visuals.
    • “I was decked out in Always Sunny gear, having probably too much fun. Really tired on Sunday. Leave it at that. But it was a good time...” (10:33, Mitch)
  • Encouragement for more adults to throw themed parties:
    • “No better excuse to get dressed up than just going out and dancing and having fun with your friends.” (12:58, Mitch)

2. Shop Tours & Explaining the Podcast Life

[13:19–19:23]

• Hosting Family at the Studio:

  • Jack discusses hosting girlfriend Addie’s family, including the challenge of explaining the quirky podcast workspace (basketball hoop, keg, memorabilia).
  • “Trying to explain, like, yeah, like, we do have a meeting room, though. This is our meeting room...” (14:07, Jack)
  • The novelty of the NFL memorabilia for visitors never gets old; it’s a “reset” for the hosts.

• The Perpetual Question: 'How Do Podcasts Make Money?'

  • JP and Jack commiserate about repeatedly explaining podcast monetization models to skeptical parents: “It’s always so hard to explain.” (15:54, Jack)
  • “I know inside his head... he’s probably like, ‘Dude, what? There’s no shot that anything he’s saying is support for the show...’” (16:43, JP)

• Meeting the Parents—Nerves and Tattoo Anxiety:

  • Mitch expresses pre-meeting jitters about Shannon’s traditional parents, especially hiding tattoos.
  • “...back when I’m in college, trying to hide my tattoos from my parents. But it’ll be cool.” (19:37, Mitch)

3. Heartbreak: Athletes Leaving Your Team

[20:58–42:34]

Personal Player Loss Stories

• Jack’s Baseball Wounds (Rangers):

  • Ian Kinsler traded for Prince Fielder—particularly rough since Jack owned new jerseys right before their exits.
  • “Ian Kinsler publicly said, ‘I hope the Rangers go 0 and 162.’ And I was like, damn, what do I do? All I’ve done for you.” (22:19, Jack)
  • Unique connection to Josh Hamilton: “My sister played softball in the same league as his daughter...he was super cool...just like a dad.” (23:46, Jack)

• Cooper’s Chiefs/Mets Pain:

  • Loved Jose Reyes and David Wright; disillusioned when they departed the Mets.
  • Chiefs heartbreaks: Eric Berry (cancer comeback), Jamal Charles, Larry Johnson.
    • “When me and my brother were playing football in the side yard... I’m wearing those jerseys, and I’m acting like Jamal Charles.” (25:46, Cooper)

• JP’s NFL Agony (Falcons & Titans):

  • Michael Vick’s legal saga and departure from Atlanta.
    • “When you’re in the front yard, everybody’s Michael Vick. And after he got arrested...I’m in the court case looking like, are we sure this is what happened?” (27:23, JP)
  • Heartbreak over college stars lost to injury (e.g., Marcus Lattimore for the Gamecocks).

• Mitch’s Titans Trauma:

  • A history of fan pain: McNair, Eddie George, Derrick Henry, A.J. Brown, Kevin Byard, Jurrell Casey, etc.
  • A.J. Brown’s draft day departure still stings the most, especially after buying his jersey:
    • “If I have to pinpoint one that hurt the most, it’s probably A.J. Brown...I just got an A.J. Brown jersey, four months. It’s real, dude. The jersey curse is real.” (30:35, Mitch)

4. Coop’s Deep Dive: Kyler Murray Heartbreak

[32:58–42:34]

• A Lifelong Fan’s Journey:

  • Kyler Murray’s legend in Texas HS football (“didn’t lose”), then at A&M, then OU.
  • Jack grew to root for Kyler through his NFL rise with the Cardinals (“he wins rookie of the year...”).
  • The promise of his early Arizona years (almost 8-0 start), but a series of collapses and injuries followed.

• Ultimate Disappointment:

  • "[Kyler] was the first one where I legit have to argue for him. No one's arguing against all these other players that I've grown up loving. I really wanted it to work out." (37:47, Jack)
  • “The Cardinals releasing him, it just sucks because I just felt so right, and then you’re just wrong.” (38:15, Jack)

• Seeking Kyler’s Redemption:

  • Where should Kyler go now? Jack supports Minnesota, would “root for that team.”
  • "I want him to win, like, 12 games and go to playoffs...I need people to see what I saw. I know y'all get that." (38:15, Jack)
  • Considered the irony of Kyler replacing Stafford with the Rams and beating the Cardinals twice a year: “It would be just poetic justice for the Cardinals organization...” (41:29, Jack)
  • Still loyal, still hurting: “The moral of the story is it sucks.” (42:21, Jack)
  • “I just—I don’t even care if I make it through. I want Kyler to make it through.” (42:26, Jack)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “It’s always hard to give a tour of this place. You walk in… her dad’s all about it, so it was fun... But it is funny. We walk in, have a basketball hoop and a keg.”
  — Jack, on the podcast workspace (14:07)

• “[Michael Vick], he was never in attendance of the dog fights. It just happened on his property.”
  — JP, deep in Vick-fan denial (27:23)

• “You feel responsible. You’re like, this is a Jersey curse. We all have Jersey curses!”
  — Jack, on getting player jerseys before their trade/retirement (22:57)

• “The most stressful time of your life is the preseason before you know what is the year.”
  — JP, on sports fandom hope (38:43)

• “I just—I don’t even care if I make it through. I want Kyler to make it through.”
  — Jack, in heartbreak (42:26)

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Important Timestamps

• [02:39–09:48]: Weekend recap, Broadway stories, Nashville bar culture
• [10:15–12:42]: Themed parties and DJ nights
• [13:19–19:23]: Explaining podcast careers to family & shop tour stories
• [20:58–26:16]: Sports heartbreaks—baseball and football tales
• [32:58–42:34]: Jack’s full story about Kyler Murray, athlete heartbreak theme climax

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Original Tone & Style

The episode is classic Bussin’—relatable, teasing, occasionally sentimental, but always conversational and quick-witted. The hosts swap memories, rib each other, and get real about the nagging sadness of player departures, with Jack’s Kyler Murray saga hitting especially hard.

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Final Thoughts

While the show is rooted in NFL fandom, its true heart lies in the universally relatable agony (and comedy) of losing your sports heroes. The episode is both a support group for jilted fans and a hangout session full of stories, laughs, and a bit of therapy. As the boys say: “Guys need an outlet for this kind of thing.”

Transcript

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[Jack McPherson]

What's is this episode 38 dude, not a lot of athletes. I just looked it up.

[Cooper Comstock]

Ready when you are.

[JP Hovey]

All right. Welcome back to another episode of Inside the Bus with your host, Cooper Comstock, Jack McPherson, Mitch Carsley and myself, JP Hovey. This is a this is an off season pod. We don't have a whole lot for you guys today other than arguably the most important topic in any sports fan's career and that is heartbreaks of athletes leaving your team or retiring from the sport. Maybe we're going to give you our top athletes that broke our hearts due to retirement or trades or portal whatever it may be. But other than that, it's after the super bowl week. It's always like kind of a two to three week lull in the office of things trying to get figured out for next year and guys are in and out of the Office doing things. So that's why we have a little bit of a.

[Jack McPherson]

A shorter.

[JP Hovey]

Shorter episode for you guys to.

[Cooper Comstock]

Bit of a Lighter Squad.

[JP Hovey]

Lighter squad. Who would like to. We want to talk about our weekend first.

[Jack McPherson]

Let Mitch rip it about the weekend.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah, that's right. That's right.

[Cooper Comstock]

This. This weekend was supposed to. Was the first nice day, like over the weekend in Nashville. And I mean, I don't know about y', all, but, like, it. The weather was perfect and it's like, it's super nice out right now, so it was like. And Matt and I were talking about last week on the show how were going to hit. Hit the town, hit Broadway, hit Whiskey Row, Kind of just get after it for the first nice day we get.

[Mitch Carsley]

Before you continue, how many days have you been on Broadway this year? Was that last year or.

[Cooper Comstock]

That was. That was last year. Was my resolution not to go as

[Mitch Carsley]

much 12 times total, average, once a month.

[Cooper Comstock]

And I. Yeah, and I think I definitely broke that, but I don't think it was like. Think it maybe went like 15 to 20 times.

[Jack McPherson]

Right.

[Mitch Carsley]

I'm just curious that you're not keeping that up this year.

[Cooper Comstock]

No, but this year I've only been twice. It was March 6th. Yeah, it was. It was after. After the snowstorm. I went to the Preds game, and I was only there for like, an hour, so I don't know if that really counts. And then this past weekend, but. So I'm walking. Me and my couple of my other friends are walking down to Broadway to meet up with Matt. Get this text. It's like, bro, we're chopped. All of y' all know Matt and his. His lingo and how he acts. It's like, oh, this probably isn't that big of a deal. But then he's like, we audibled to Aldean's Whiskey Row. Had the. The tent up still, which is. I feel like this is the. I don't know, Jack. You can correct me if I'm wrong because obviously you've lived here, but do they normally put up tents on rooftops and stuff to, like, for winter?

[Mitch Carsley]

Because there's a spot in my neighborhood called Mercado.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah.

[Mitch Carsley]

Got a nice rooftop. And they put up one of those plastic tents and they've yet to bring it down. When the weather's great and it's not cold enough anymore, I don't think it's going to get cold where you require that. I can see it being an issue on Broadway because it's just seven days a week. People are Churning out there. So you got to keep the patrons happy. But yeah, it does kind of ruin the whole vibe for sure.

[JP Hovey]

So it was opening weekend.

[Cooper Comstock]

That's in like you check the weather, you know, all week. Hey, it's going to be perfect.

[JP Hovey]

Matt was talking about it for three weeks. He had the 21 day forecast, pulled up and he said, mitch, whatever. It was March 1st and this was back in February around the Super Bowl. Yeah, March 1st, be ready. We're going to out or we're going to Whisky Row.

[Cooper Comstock]

And I was excited. I like that. Like, that is my. If I had to pick one on Broadway, that is my favorite part. Especially the rooftop, because obviously you get the view of the downtown and stuff. And like, normally they have really good DJs and it's like, don't get me wrong, I love live music, but sometimes, like, you just need some dance music for vibes and stuff. So we were looking forward to that. Tent was up, received the word chop text. So then we, we just went to Aldean's and met up with Matt Ryan, chef, and like their whole squad of Shout out Carter. Yeah, Shout out Carter, Shout out Scott.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah.

[Cooper Comstock]

It was really the only two people that I know from their crew. But we had a good time. I mean, I had my crew, he had his. So we were kind of like separate. We weren't as intermingled as I was assuming. We probably would have been at Whiskey Row. But it was still like a gorgeous day out. Like, Matt hit it too hard on Friday night because he had to go. He went to some influencer party.

[JP Hovey]

He was in the section with the Montana boys at Barstool.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah, I mean, just casual Matt weekend.

[Mitch Carsley]

I was like, my personal help.

[Cooper Comstock]

Oh, 100%.

[Mitch Carsley]

It's a Montana boys party at Barstool in Nashville.

[Cooper Comstock]

And I had literally told him. I'm like, matt, like, we have been looking forward to Saturday. Do not blow your load on Friday night and get too, too banged up. I get a FaceTime him, it's like 11am Just hair crazy. He's like, bro, I just woke up. Like, what did I tell you, man? He's like, bro, Gia daddy sitting right next to you. What are you gonna do? I'm like, you didn't say your words where? He's like, no, I didn't.

[Jack McPherson]

You know, it's kind of funny. We haven't. I guess I don't know if we want to get into the whole, like, Matt aborting mission to clump and all that, because that stuff is so funny. But what's hilarious about it kind of being a flop. Like, obviously a good time, just not, like, how it was hyped up to be is. So Addie's family came in town, and I was. We were driving out of. And I guess they were with. At Ryan's. We were driving out of the gate because I was taking them, like, her dad to see the office and stuff. So we were driving out, and I see Ryan and the boys, like, fist bump because they see me, and they, like, you can tell they've already been. They, like, the vibes are so high, and they're like, I roll my window down. I'm like, hey, we're going to the bus. Y' all want to come? Like, kind of joking. They're like, oh, we're about to meet Mitch and Clump at Whiskey Row. Like, we're about to get active. And, like, they just look so happy. And then to hear on, like, Monday, when like this, hey, it was a disaster.

[Cooper Comstock]

It was. It wasn't all. It was cracked up to me.

[Jack McPherson]

It wasn't all. But it was funny to see how excited they were.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

Not that I'm, like, praying on their downfall, but

[Cooper Comstock]

it's just funny.

[Jack McPherson]

It's just funny in hindsight because I'm like, man, they're about to have the time of their lives.

[Cooper Comstock]

The. The whole clump stuff was funny because, like, he had said, like, I'll meet y' all out.

[JP Hovey]

Like, well, I'd move my clump in the first place.

[Cooper Comstock]

I don't. I mean, he said when we had Brooks birthday party at the house, and I don't remember. I think some of y' all may have came. I don't know. Like, if not, it wasn't that big of a deal. But Clump had said, like, hey, I want to roll through and, like, get after it for, like, he wants to be ferta. Yeah, for sure. And, like, he. He makes. Makes an effort, even if it's only for 30 to 45 minutes. Like, that's really all you. But, like, he wants to. I feel like he has FOMO for sure, in a sense, which is, like, completely understandable. But, like, he made it seem like he was going to come out. Obviously, he was in communication with Matt, not me and Matt. Like, we were there for a long enough time to where he could have been, like, hey, we're not going to Whiskey Row. Come to Aldean's. Like, Matt fumbled that for sure. But, I mean, you get. Y' all know clump, he kind of blows it out of proportion every once in A while, but for sure.

[Jack McPherson]

Funny when he was telling the story, though.

[JP Hovey]

I know.

[Cooper Comstock]

Like, he, he for sure Matt did fumble and not like, not say we audibled, but Klump also blowing it up to a little bit more than it was. But it was still a good time. Like seeing Chef Ryan and like, the boys get after it a little bit. And like, my one buddy Gay, like, Matt was talking to a girl. My one buddy Gabe was like, I work with that girl. Watch this. And like, immediately went up, was like, hey, what's up? And then Matt like turned around. What just happened? And I'm like, charges to the game, bro. But they ended up just. They're like, that was just one of Gabe's co workers, so it's just kind of funny. But all in all, it was a good time. It was fun. We'll have to.

[JP Hovey]

You got to do a part two. It sounds like, oh, there. The redemption arc there.

[Cooper Comstock]

There will be a part two. And I feel I low key this part. This idea just popped in my head. I feel like it'd be fun to vlog it, but I also feel like that would be a terrible idea.

[JP Hovey]

You could get, you could just get a little like minute and a half long montage.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

Like disco lines behind overdue for our next ITV vlog.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah. The last one we did was the Caroling one and that thing flopped. So if you're watching this right now, go check that out. Is a good time.

[Jack McPherson]

I mean, we'll guarantee. We're guaranteed to have another pool day

[JP Hovey]

one that got to have that.

[Mitch Carsley]

Hopefully it will. I went over and saw his house.

[JP Hovey]

Oh, true.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah.

[JP Hovey]

Better than Taylor's invite.

[Mitch Carsley]

They're, they both bring different aspects of it, but they're, they're very similar pools.

[Jack McPherson]

Gotcha.

[Mitch Carsley]

You know, same shape, same layout where it's like the Bahama Landing and like a little hot tub area.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah, I just need some water and a tea.

[Mitch Carsley]

It'd be great. It's a great place to play the tea game. So.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah, I'm assuming he has a deep end.

[Mitch Carsley]

Yeah, yeah, I think so. I went over there during the ice storm, so get in the pool. But yeah, also on the note of weekends, I, Loki, had a hitter of a weekend. I went to an always sunny in Philadelphia themed DJ set.

[Jack McPherson]

What?

[Mitch Carsley]

And it was unbelievable. My buddy was opening for this guy Tristan, who's a friend of the show. The show. Tristan Thompson. Shout out the boy, not to be confused with Tristan Thompson. Yeah, I, I, I. He came in and I thought he just wanted to go and support his Buddy. And then on Friday night, he's like, dude, I'm opening for this guy. And I was like, well, this is gonna be fun. I end up picking up the guy from the airport the next day. I'm, like, running around shuttling people. The original location they were. They were gonna do it at did not have an LED wall. And the show is, like, very visually dependent on all these time codes that match with the music that have, like, clips from the show mixed in with, like, trippy visuals. And the guy's like, I might cancel it. I'm like. I'm like, you're. We're not. Why would you cancel it? You just play music, and people are gonna dance. They ended up switching into a different location in East Nashville called the Office. If any of the listeners know about the Office, you know that it's a little dungeon in East Nashville that plays some solid house music. And it was. It was so much fun. We had a bunch of friends show up. I was decked out and Always Sunny here, having probably too much fun. Really tired on Sunday. Leave it at that. But it was a good time, and I hope that there's more things like that. I forgot how much I love house music, and I know Matt Malone would identify with this. It's probably not here to just be like, dude, oh, man.

[JP Hovey]

They don't understand.

[Mitch Carsley]

But it was good. I enjoyed my weekend. Got to see some friends.

[Cooper Comstock]

And how does. Beautiful. So how does, like, a. Like, an always sunny DJ set kind of, like, is trippy to me. I don't understand how that, like, works.

[Mitch Carsley]

So, like, it was just, like, a house set with, like, the music they were playing was awesome. But in between songs, they would kind of thread, like, funny one liners from the show or, like, you know, running jokes. They have. If you ever watch Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and, like, there's a couple songs, like, from the show that they would mix in with music, and it was a blast. They were all like, there's so many people dressed up, like, in costume, which I didn't anticipate. Overall, great participation on. On the crowd and. And the DJs. It worked out well, man. We had fun.

[Cooper Comstock]

So for. For lack of a better term, like a big booty mix type.

[Mitch Carsley]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That could land that link for sure. It was a little, like, deeper house, but I'm not gonna get into the

[Cooper Comstock]

semantics of it all.

[Mitch Carsley]

Yeah. So. But overall, go to more house shows. That's my. I'm gonna try and do that.

[JP Hovey]

Slept on part of adulthood is themed parties.

[Mitch Carsley]

I swear man, no better excuse to get dressed up than just going out and dancing and having fun with your friends.

[JP Hovey]

So shout out to the people that put those on, too.

[Mitch Carsley]

Comment. The next theme party that we should attend.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah. Or throw.

[Mitch Carsley]

Yeah, we're through. We might just take matters into our own hands and step up.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah.

[Cooper Comstock]

Just have a party at the shop.

[Jack McPherson]

That would actually be so fun.

[JP Hovey]

What I always think is kind of funny, like, when you showed Addie's parents the shop. Well, yeah. What was their reaction? Because so many times, dads especially, like, so this is where y' all work, huh?

[Jack McPherson]

So I wish. So her family's town, but her mom was in town. It was her dad and her sister, so her sister got a job in Nashville. Congrats to her. She's moving here soon.

[Cooper Comstock]

So shout out Addie sister.

[Jack McPherson]

We went and looked at, like, where she's working, working, and I did all that, but I. I showed them here and. Yeah, it's always hard to give a tour of this place because it's, like, you walk in and, like. Yeah, like. Like, her dad's all about it, so it was fun and, you know, like, showed him the bus and. But it is funny. We walk in, like, have a basketball hoop and a keg. It just, like, trying to explain, like. Yeah. Like, we do have a meeting room, though. This is our meeting room.

[Mitch Carsley]

Like, here's a streaming room.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. Where's the buzz? Oh, it's on the other side of, like, where we do all our shows. But it was fun. I. I always enjoy being, like, a little tour guide and showing people the

[Mitch Carsley]

shop because it's such a different world that people get to experience. We're so normalized. Then when they come in, you kind of see, like, oh, wow. Yeah. Like, this is a. It is interesting thing we have going.

[Jack McPherson]

A few weeks or months ago. I don't even know how long it's been. Addie has a friend who. Her and her husband are, like, big fans of. Of busing. They watch all the shows, and so they're. They're in Mississippi, and they, you know, they came to Tennessee and showed them around, and it was awesome to show them. Like, they're hitting Will's pose in front of the bus and every.

[JP Hovey]

Every, like, just marquee spot of the shop.

[Jack McPherson]

They're just, like, getting a picture of, like, Delaney's jersey and stuff because they're big Titans fans, too. That's awesome. But, like. Like, nights like that, or whenever I'm showing some of the office, and they're like, about it. It Is so cool because I'm just

[JP Hovey]

like, it gives you a good reset.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. I'm like, oh, yeah. This is like the, the locker room set. But they're like, oh, this is like places there.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

And like clay. All the, all the NFL gear that's like in the loggers. I'm like, oh, yeah, that's like a. That's a Pro bowl jersey. And I don't think about.

[JP Hovey]

Right.

[Jack McPherson]

Like, if you're a football fan and you're. Yeah, I want to see how cool

[Cooper Comstock]

I did that one time with like my years. Taylor. Taylor's helmet. This is his Titans one is the Michigan one. They're like, whoa, this is so sick. Yeah, it's like we do get like numb to it all and like, it is kind of cool to like, see other people happy.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. That's always my favorite part.

[JP Hovey]

That it does. Addie's that this. He like consume podcasts.

[Jack McPherson]

I don't know the extent of. I don't think so. I think, I mean, he's like, obviously aware of ours and has he ever

[JP Hovey]

asked you the question, so how do podcasts make money? No, dude, that's like one of.

[Jack McPherson]

But I have been asked like, yeah, dude, when I first got the shop and I was explaining to like family friends, like in the summer, like out at the lake, I'll go and you know, like, answer all the questions. Yeah, I'm just like, I don't even know how to explain this. I know they're just kind of like, oh, cool. Cool. Like, oh, you do graphic. You do what? Yeah, I'm like, oh, so it's hard to. It's always so hard to explain.

[JP Hovey]

Sitting parents are like a little bit older too. They're in their 70s. And you know, still to this day, I don't think they fully understand like the concept of the podcast basically be run like a local TV or a radio station where we make money the same way through advertisements. And I've had to explain it to them so many times. And I'm just. I always laugh inside because I know inside his head Mr. Furman said he's probably like, dude, what? There's no shot that anything he's saying

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[JP Hovey]

Actually real yeah See how long this lasts.

[Jack McPherson]

I'm lucky because I know Addie explains it to her family.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

Far better than I could so just

[Mitch Carsley]

explaining

[Jack McPherson]

but that's the thing is I don't have to explain like they know like they're in the loop.

[JP Hovey]

She's done the work.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. She's. She's better with words so it's like I just. I'm just showing they they're like they already know.

[Cooper Comstock]

Have you had to try to explain it to Shannon's parents?

[Mitch Carsley]

No I didn't match it's parents. I will in a month. They're coming so vlog opportunity.

[Cooper Comstock]

For sure.

[Mitch Carsley]

I am pretty sure her parents a little more traditional too but he I don't know.

[Cooper Comstock]

I don't want to talk too much

[Mitch Carsley]

about the parents before I met them. Yeah yeah. I'm excited. Keep you guys in the loop.

[JP Hovey]

And she does graphic design so I feel like they're a little bit aware

[Mitch Carsley]

of they understand it because she a very similar lane that I do.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah.

[Mitch Carsley]

Like I understand like what I'm trying to explain my job to somebody. A lot of times I'll end up just being like I'm a producer on a show. Exactly. Try and get into the weeds of it and they're like, okay, cool. But yeah, I am a little nervous. I won't lie to be transparent, bro.

[Cooper Comstock]

It is so. It's scary to meet.

[Mitch Carsley]

Like, somebody's parents told me her dad is not a fan of tattoos and he knows I'm. But I'm like, man, it's like, hopefully it's gonna be one of those.

[JP Hovey]

It's gonna be warm outside too.

[Mitch Carsley]

It's a cold weekend. I'm like, sweatshirts, jackets, all, like back when I'm in college, trying to hide my tattoos for my parents. But it'll be cool. He's. He kind of like, keeps tabs, like, from afar and like, I think he enjoys kind of what we do and. Which kind of makes me nervous because I know some stuff we talk about.

[Cooper Comstock]

It's nothing a good stream.

[JP Hovey]

On that last post, Jack,

[Mitch Carsley]

I really didn't think about it, but. Yeah. Well, now I'm. I'm just anxious.

[JP Hovey]

We go to Jack's Instagram tomorrow. It's. Everything's been archived.

[Jack McPherson]

You gotta. You gotta borrow Jared's meta glasses.

[Mitch Carsley]

Honestly, I'm gonna bring. I'm glad you mentioned bringing Addie's parents here because I'll definitely have to bring them to the shop and they're probably gonna have the same reaction.

[Jack McPherson]

It Honestly, and it helps. Like, I mean, I've. I already like, had met her dad and her sister and like the people that I brought here been hang out before that. But it helps, like, loosen up. So like, any awkwardness when you can kind of just walk around.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

Kind of just be like you have

[JP Hovey]

things to explain a little bit.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

Things to talk about. It's just. It'll make it easy.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah.

[Mitch Carsley]

You guys want to get around.

[JP Hovey]

Look at this clip that I had from last week.

[Jack McPherson]

This.

[Mitch Carsley]

Where Coop dominates on the One28 on Twitter.

[JP Hovey]

Last time Jack and JP talk about their Twitter career earnings in the back corner. Shout out Elon the next topic. Unless.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah. Something happened.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah. Well, unfortunately, Coop had to experience a little bit of heartbreak this past, I guess yesterday when Kyler Murray K1.

[Jack McPherson]

And it sucks when you know it's coming too.

[JP Hovey]

What was it like when you. When you got that news?

[Jack McPherson]

Well, I want to. I'll. I'll dig into Kyler, but I want to go last because I. You know, that comes with a story that's like you.

[JP Hovey]

Right.

[Mitch Carsley]

That's like, I just can't see him in any other jersey.

[Jack McPherson]

That. And also like, for me, that's always worn red.

[Mitch Carsley]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

That's a journey that I feel like I've been on since middle school.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

So I'll see the Texas guy, too,

[JP Hovey]

which I'm sure you'll get into.

[Jack McPherson]

I'll get in.

[Cooper Comstock]

That.

[Jack McPherson]

I got. I'll start with a few other ones from when I was younger, because these are just kind of funny. Like, big Rangers fan, as y' all know, big baseball fan. And when you're 10 to 14, it just matters more.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

Like, I can live a little bit more with Kyle. Like, I understand, you know, what's going on, the business.

[JP Hovey]

You've grown up. You're a little bit mature.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. You know, I'm not 13 anymore. Even though I'm still heartbroken, it hits different. Yeah, but Ian Kinsler was my favorite player on the Rangers, and they traded him for Prince Fielder. Great player and. But he was my favorite player. And I just remember the breakup being so bad. Like, Ian Kinsler publicly said, I hope the rangers go oh and 162. And I was like, damn, what do I do?

[JP Hovey]

All I've done for you.

[Jack McPherson]

I'm like, dude, I was your biggest fan. My cousin called, you pop out Kinsler every time you're up to bat. I almost threw hands, so that one was tough. And then. And then Prince Fielder, you know, the new guy. And then you start to like him. I, you know, I start to warm up to him. He's a good player. Like, he. He's good. I. I get his jersey. I kid you not. The next day, surprise retirement.

[Cooper Comstock]

Did he, like, break his neck or something?

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah, he had, like, neck issues. And it was like a. Like an unscheduled, like, just pop up press conference. I'm done. Just bought his jersey the day before. Just fully, like, had bought in.

[JP Hovey]

And when you're 13, that's something you don't heal from.

[Jack McPherson]

You feel responsible. You're like, this is a Jersey curse. We all have Jersey curses. This is Jersey curse.

[Cooper Comstock]

How did you feel about when, like, Josh Hamilton, everything happened because he went from Rangers to Angels.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. The Hamilton stuff is like, is. Is so different because, I mean, he was so good. He wasn't even, like, a niche play. Like, Kinsler was good. Like, those teams were good. Kinsler was like, like my hero. Like, Josh Hamilton was mvp.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

And then, you know, you like all the off the field stuff, and he just, like, felt different. And, like, when he left it, you know, like, I still understood all this stuff, that it was still sad, but I was like, third time, like, oh, he must be a bad person. But you know what's funny about Josh Hamilton, though, is he's not A bad person.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah. Stay with me From North Carolina, too, by the way.

[Jack McPherson]

Stay with me. My sister played softball in the same, like, league as his daughter, as Hamilton's daughter. And he would always just be at the park, like, just playing football with, like, the boys, just catching, like, before the game. Like, when the softball player, when all them warming up, like, he was just like. Yeah, he was just like a dad. And he was. He was super cool. Like, it was just like all these. All these little kids are obviously fans. I think I only was around him when he did that once, like, throwing the football, but, like, he would do. I didn't go to all the. All the games, but he would. He would throw the football around. He was cool.

[Mitch Carsley]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

And then all the problems, like, so, you know, shout out Josh Hamilton.

[JP Hovey]

Shout out Josh Hamilton.

[Jack McPherson]

But those all hurt. And then y'. All. Do y' all want me to get into Kyler?

[JP Hovey]

I feel like, do you need some time?

[Jack McPherson]

Y' all do some of yours because I got me and Kyler. Go back.

[JP Hovey]

Mitch, you said you had.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah. I mean, for. As a Chiefs guy. Well, to talk about baseball, first, I was a Mets fan strictly because of Jose Reyes and David Wright. And then everything that happened with them, like, I was like, once they got shipped out or I think Jose Reyes got busted for drugs or something.

[Jack McPherson]

So it's like, that's such a good pool. I haven't heard of Jose Reyes in years. And he. He was like the COVID of baseball game.

[Cooper Comstock]

I think it was 2k, 2k 11, maybe. I was almost going to say seven or eight.

[Jack McPherson]

Oh, yeah. It was like eight.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah, but like, that. Those were my baseball guys. But then football wise, like, being a Chiefs fan, the three guys that I can think of the most are Jamal Charles, Larry Johnson, and Eric Barry. And like, the Eric Barry story arc, Jack, obviously, you know, from him being a Vol. But like, him getting cancer and then missing an entire year, then coming back for the season opener. Did he have a pick six?

[JP Hovey]

Pretty sure.

[Cooper Comstock]

He had a.

[JP Hovey]

He at least had interception.

[Cooper Comstock]

Yeah.

[Mitch Carsley]

Yeah. Crazy. One of those God moments.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah.

[Cooper Comstock]

Where it's like, this is. This was, like, going to happen all along. Kind of like how after the demar Hamlin stuff, that the Bills were going to take the opening kickoff for a touchdown. Like.

[JP Hovey]

Right.

[Cooper Comstock]

That's one of those things where it's like it was written already kind of thing.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah. Script is nice.

[Cooper Comstock]

Those two. Those are three guys where, like, I have a Larry Johnson jersey. I have a Jamal Charles jersey. It's like when me and my brother Were playing football in the side yard. Like, I'm wearing those jerseys, and I'm, like, acting like Jamal Charles trying to be super fast or Larry Johnson, like, trying to truck my brother kind of thing. Yeah, those are players where it's like, oh, I'm Larry Johnson right now. Oh, I'm like, as everybody kind of has when they're. They're playing, like, their backyard sports. But those three guys were. It's like, damn, that one. Those ones hurt.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah, I can go. Mine's quick because I'm not a massive pro sports guy, but I do have one, and it's a little true. I am a Titan.

[Jack McPherson]

Like, socks do go hard.

[Mitch Carsley]

They do.

[JP Hovey]

I would like to be a Titans fan. I just. I hate that I'm. I mean, I. I'm pretty close.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah.

[JP Hovey]

By low. It. But I still feel like the low is I still. I haven't put in that.

[Jack McPherson]

That pain, so you got to earn it. Yeah.

[JP Hovey]

You got put in the pain.

[Mitch Carsley]

I think just associating your brand and identity with Titans is enough pain to. That you're in. So.

[JP Hovey]

I'm a Titans fan.

[Jack McPherson]

Hey, just wait till the Falcons get Kyler Murray. You'll be back on board.

[JP Hovey]

True. And that's. It's like, you know, I never left the Falcons, but if I had to give an athlete. He didn't retire anything. But Michael Vick. Yeah. And I was, you know, one of Michael Vick's number one fans. The black jersey was my first NFL jersey I ever owned. And when you're in the front yard, everybody's Michael Vick. And, you know, I went to the lengths of. After he got arrested, I was still. I'm in the court case looking like, are we sure this is what happened?

[Jack McPherson]

And him and Josh Hamilton, man, who are we looking up to?

[JP Hovey]

I know. I'm like. And, you know, are there pieces that, you know, maybe the media is not telling us? So I'm learning, you know, hey, Michael Vick, he was never in attendance of the dog fights. It just happened on his property. Then I'm hearing, you know, maybe he went to jail for tax evasion, not the dog fighting. So I'm looking for all these excuses so I can still argue for him at the lunch table. And maybe that wasn't the greatest look on me, but I promise you, he's

[Cooper Comstock]

not a bad guy.

[JP Hovey]

It was his cousins, man. It was all of them.

[Jack McPherson]

He wasn't locked up for life. I mean, he came back and played. So there's something there. There's something there.

[JP Hovey]

Which was. Which was awesome. But it hurt me when he left the NFL Eagles.

[Jack McPherson]

Vic was good.

[Cooper Comstock]

I. I remember when, like, obviously being like, outside of Philly, everybody around me is Philly fans. Like, I remember watching, like, the local news, and there were people, like, picketing at, like, the Eagles facility, pissed that they. That they signed Vic, and they were literally saying, hide your beagle, vixen Eagle. Like, and it was all over, like, local Pennsylvania news stations.

[Jack McPherson]

Wasn't he right after McNabb to.

[Cooper Comstock]

I think there was. There was a year in between. I think it was like Kevin Cobb or something.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah, pretty sure Kevin Cobb.

[Cooper Comstock]

But then. Then Vic came in and it was like, Vic and then Foals. And it was kind of back and

[JP Hovey]

forth a little bit because I'm still. I had on. They did like, a documentary series on Norfolk State where he's coaching right now, and it's on bet. And when I'm watching all the behind the scenes of Michael Vick's life, I'm just like, God, I love this guy so much, man. Like, he just needed love in his

[Jack McPherson]

life, and I could have given it to him.

[JP Hovey]

I could have given it to him.

[Jack McPherson]

I wish I would have known.

[JP Hovey]

Known him back then. I was 11. But, yeah, so I would say him and then other. Just pain ones. My number one pain, I guess, would probably be an injury taking away Marcus Latimore from My Gamecocks. That one stings. Or Trey Smith, another injury that happened to a South Carolina receiver. But that. That's kind of my extent.

[Cooper Comstock]

Jack, what about you?

[Mitch Carsley]

I hate this question because not only does being a Titans fan mean you're subjected to a life of pain and misery. We've also had a handful of great players leave. And starting back at the beginning with Steve McNair. Steve McNair didn't forget he went and played for the Ravens, ended his career there. People forget Eddie George ended his career in Dallas. Those were two of our franchise guys that really stapled, like, what the team was and gave it identity. And then you obviously can talk about Derrick Henry, A.J. brown, Kevin Byer, Darrell Casey, Logan Rya, Johnny Smith. I mean, I wouldn't even throw Tannhill in there because he just retired.

[JP Hovey]

Ernest Jones.

[Mitch Carsley]

Yeah.

[Cooper Comstock]

Mariota.

[Mitch Carsley]

Mariota. I mean, there's so many. If I have to pinpoint one that hurt the Most, it's probably A.J. brown. Just because of this, the. The platform that it happened on at the. At the draft. I'll never forget where I was. I was in Knoxville in a hotel with Thomas, another friend of the show, and I was taking the and because I work for my job here, I always have push notifications on. I just see my phone start blowing up and the jersey curse. I just got an A.J. brown jersey.

[Jack McPherson]

Four months. It's. It's real, dude. The jersey curse is real.

[Mitch Carsley]

And then I get another jersey for the Titans and Nate. Bang. Shout out. Nick Bane, homie. We need to get Nate on the show too. Yeah, yeah, but he gave us all custom Oilers jerseys. And this is right before we signed or drafted Will Levis. I My favorite number is eight and I chose eight only for Will Levis to be number eight. And it's like it says Mac on the back. And so many people like my friends will fuck with me and they're like, damn, like you're wearing that Levis jersey again. And I'm like, literally stop. I'm about to like tape like a one on it.

[JP Hovey]

And the jersey's so fire too.

[Jack McPherson]

It is.

[Mitch Carsley]

I wear it all the time. So like, whatever. But yeah, the Titans have been littered with a bunch of guys that have left in unfortunate circumstances. But I mean, that's why we love this game.

[Jack McPherson]

You know, it's the beautiful game.

[JP Hovey]

Julio Jones.

[Mitch Carsley]

Yeah.

[JP Hovey]

D Hop Adrian. Adrian Peterson.

[Jack McPherson]

Hey, Cardinals legend too.

[Mitch Carsley]

Cardinals legend. But yeah, it's good to talk about this stuff. Guys need an outlet for this kind of thing.

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[JP Hovey]

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[Mitch Carsley]

can't talk about, you know, your feelings and really what goes on in your head when. When your favorite athlete that's most likely younger than you now your current age,

[Jack McPherson]

but that's life that is live. Should I get into it?

[JP Hovey]

You got to get into it, man.

[Jack McPherson]

I'm ready. Also, I didn't even mention this one, and I'm. I'm not going to get into this one. It'll actually get me mad. Oh, Luca. Yeah, But I feel like everybody knows how, how just stupid that I'm not getting into it.

[Mitch Carsley]

So I'm not getting upset today.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah, I'm not getting upset today. Only about Kyler. The sucky part, you got to realize about the Arizona Cardinals is they've had one good quarterback in their franchise history before Kyler, and it was Kurt Warner for a couple years. And like, obviously you saw they went to the super bowl as a wild card, like, came that close. I was still really young when that game happened. It doesn't hurt as much. So all I've really known is like one playoff run and then despair. And for Kyler, when I'm growing up in dfw, like in middle school, all you hear about is Allen High School. Kyler Murray. This is the best high school football player ever. Like, he doesn't lose. He.

[Mitch Carsley]

How far is that from your hometown, Allen?

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah, not far. It's all dfw. So they would play state championships and state playoffs at Cowboys Stadium. Now they do it at the Star, and people would go just to watch Kyler Murray play. He's a Texas high school legend. You know, he's got all these offers. He's number one recruit, all that. You know, he goes crazy like, we're on middle school. Like, the high schoolers feel older than high schoolers. So Kyler Murray, in my mind when I'm in middle school, is just some legend grow up a little bit. You know, he goes to A and M. Kind of is an afterthought. You don't really think about Kyler Murray at A and M. He played a few snaps there, you know, kind of like, you know, I'M not thinking about Kyler Murray anymore. I'm. I'm about to go to college. I get to college, first year of college, all of a sudden, Kyler's at ou. He had backed up Baker the year before. He's. I'm. I went to Oklahoma State, so I'm not rooting for Kyler Murray my freshman year of college.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

It's. I'm not rooting for him. I don't like him. That's. I feel like that's pretty fair, natural. But I'm watching the Cardinals just stink it up with Josh Rosen, the Rosen one. So freshman year of college, I'm watching the Cardinals stink up with Rosen. We stink. We're back. I mean, we're right back to where, you know, we never left. But spare. Yeah. Fast forward to the draft. Kyler Murray comes in. He's going to be the savior of Arizona. And what sucks so bad is I'm. I'm. I'm back on Kyler Murray. Like, I'm like, okay, I've been following his career. Like, I'm. I'm. I'm riding for Kyler Murray. And he wins rookie of the year. He shows all this. All these flashes, all these flashes. His second year is even better. He's Pro Bowler. He's showing all these. Like, he looks like an MVP candidate at the beginning of the year. And then, you know, the second year, they're, you know, they're still rebuilding. They're not as good. They fall off. Second half of the year, it can be kind of written off. Third year, they start eight.

[JP Hovey]

No.

[Jack McPherson]

Like, they look unstoppable. Kyler opened with, like, one of the greatest opening week performances by quarterback ever, statistically, here in Tennessee against the Titans. Like, he just went off that game. And I was like, we are like,

[JP Hovey]

that was a Taylor game. No, no, no, no.

[Jack McPherson]

It was.

[JP Hovey]

It was.

[Jack McPherson]

Yes. Yeah. So the Cardinals looked like world beaters first eight weeks of the season. Kyler kind of gets hurt at the end of the packers game. They lose on Thursday night, First loss, really good packers team. AJ Green forgot to turn around. He's an idiot. Honestly, that might have been the downfall of the Cardinals. So the Cardinals kind of spiral out of control after that, and it's just, like, never the same. And Kyler let. This past season, you know, like, takes a bullet off the head in the Titans game, never comes back in for the rest of the season. People are talking about how good Jacoby Brissette is. And even though they didn't win a single game with Them the year before, you know, Kyler was first half of the year really good, and then they fell off second half of the year. It was another coaching change. So you can kind of write out, like, okay, well, they're showing progress, and then it gets hurt this year. And you just kind of know, like, this was the year. And I knew that going in, and I know I had said that before the season, like, this is. Like, this is, like, it has to happen this year, and then it just doesn't. And out of all the people, it's easy to ride for Larry Fitz growing up because that. There's proof. Like, there's nobody's refuting Larry Fitz or Dirk Nowitzki.

[JP Hovey]

So I was hated on Tyler's.

[Jack McPherson]

The first one where I, like, legit have to argue for him. No one's arguing against all these other players that I've grown up loving. And so I just. I really wanted it to work out. Not even for. And I'm. Wherever he goes, I. I will be rooting for that team. I, like, if he goes to Minnesota, I kind of want him go to Minnesota, and I just want him to win, like, 12 games and go to playoff and, like, they didn't have to win a Super Bowl. Yeah, I need. I need people to see what I saw. I know y' all get that.

[JP Hovey]

I get that.

[Jack McPherson]

But it just. The Cardinals releasing him, it just sucks because, like, I just felt so right. And then. And then you're just wrong. It sucks.

[Cooper Comstock]

You can just.

[Jack McPherson]

I was writing for him for seven years, and I was just wrong at the end of the day, and I still don't feel like it wrong, but I have to, like, kind of admit it. Like, no, it just didn't work out.

[JP Hovey]

Didn't work out. But this story's not over all of

[Cooper Comstock]

the pauses and stuff in that, like, you can just feel coup working through his thoughts and just feeling all of the.

[JP Hovey]

When he started saying this was the year. I think as a sports fan, the most stressful time of your life is the preseason before. You know, what is the year?

[Jack McPherson]

I put out so many tweets saying, this is it. That's that, like, I ate a lemon for him. Literally, I could have eaten the lemon in week four. That's how. That's how south it went.

[JP Hovey]

Preseason of the year, man.

[Mitch Carsley]

Oh, y' all are ahead of the Titans in the draft, which I still don't even know how the Titans are the fourth pick, but that's because, I

[JP Hovey]

mean, Cam Ward effect, baby.

[Jack McPherson]

That. That Watch party. The Cardinals Titans

[Mitch Carsley]

Looney Tunes ass game.

[Jack McPherson]

Cardinals were up like 21 to 3. Me and Addie left, like, we'll watch the rest of the game at home. Like, sayonara, suckers. And then we get home and it just starts crumbling. The. The Tyler Lockett touchdown. If you want to call it a Tyler. If you want to call it a Tyler Lockett touchdown. I don't even know. The Amari D. Mercado probably cost Kyler Murray his career. It's honestly, like, there's so much that happened that game that is just ridiculous. But anyways, I. I gotta move on. And what sucks is we're about to get Malik Willis, and it's like. That's like the. We have Kyler at home, dude.

[JP Hovey]

Malik to Marvin.

[Jack McPherson]

Someone called Malik to Mike Willie.

[JP Hovey]

True.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. But I just see Cardinals Twitter like, we're. We're leading the league. Willis sweepstakes. Sweepstakes. Malik Willis.

[Mitch Carsley]

He's gonna get paid 50 million for two years?

[Jack McPherson]

Hell, no.

[JP Hovey]

But you gotta ride for him. You know that.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. Well, it's gonna be a tough year.

[JP Hovey]

You do. There's all different kinds of fans in the world. I feel like you are definitely a fan. That, like, the player does have to work for it.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. And that's what people didn't see with Kyla, man. They thought he just didn't work for it.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

All these cod graphics, which were hilarious. But you'll see Kyler. You'll see him.

[Mitch Carsley]

Where would you like to see him end up?

[Jack McPherson]

I want either Minnesota, because I like. They're.

[Mitch Carsley]

They're in a purple jersey. Kind of doesn't.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. The thing. What's funny is he grew up a Vikings fan.

[JP Hovey]

Oh.

[Jack McPherson]

Kind of on some bandwagon stuff. Because he. He said he didn't grow up. Well, he said. He said he didn't grow up a Cowboys fan because they were ass.

[JP Hovey]

That was Oklahoma State coop talking right there. Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

I crept out a little bit. It just. Is this what it feels like to have an ex? This sucks.

[Mitch Carsley]

Especially when I say you're on good terms with.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah. And I'm gonna go see him do good for Minnesota. I want to go to Minnesota. I would. I kind of want to say Steelers, but I just. I don't know.

[JP Hovey]

No, you don't want Steve.

[Jack McPherson]

I want him to have weapons.

[Mitch Carsley]

Like, you think he ever changes his number?

[Jack McPherson]

No, he's K1, man.

[JP Hovey]

I know, but it's either K1 or K9.

[Jack McPherson]

Yeah, but there's already K9. He's been. He's been number one. I was talking about Kenneth Walker. That's Kenneth Walker's name.

[JP Hovey]

I was thinking, yeah, somebody else.

[Jack McPherson]

But, like, he's been one since wherever, but since he's K1, I don't know. Like, I don't even care what his number is. Just go ball out. I don't know where else he'd go. Another interesting one. And it would kill me, but I would. It would be just poetic justice for the Cardinals organization, which I support, is if he went to the Rams. Stafford, like, dude, I was thinking about this. There's people that. That think he could go to the Rams and take over for Stafford when Stafford's done. Watch Kyler whoop the Cardinals ass twice a year. I mean, we already lose to the Rams twice a year anyway, because whoever's

[JP Hovey]

getting them is getting them on the minimum. Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

The Cardinals owing money.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah.

[Jack McPherson]

Which. Good for him. The Cardinals feel good. Yeah.

[JP Hovey]

Such a toxic relationship.

[Jack McPherson]

Moral of the story is it sucks.

[Cooper Comstock]

You'll be all right. You'll make it through.

[Jack McPherson]

I hope so. I just. I don't even care if I make it through. I want Kyler to make it through.

[Cooper Comstock]

Well said.

[JP Hovey]

Higher purpose. It's a good deal.

[Mitch Carsley]

Let's do it.

[Jack McPherson]

What are we at?

[JP Hovey]

37.38Episode 38 minute.

[Cooper Comstock]

I think that's a sign.

[Jack McPherson]

That is a good time.

[JP Hovey]

See you guys next week. We'll have more to talk about next week. Even though this was a great therapeutic

[Jack McPherson]

podcast, therapy more than anything.

[Mitch Carsley]

Talk with your homies about their. Their NFL X's.

[JP Hovey]

Yeah. Stay tuned for Jack's vlog. Meeting Sharon Shannon's parents. Yeah, that'll be fire. And we'll see you guys next week.

[Jack McPherson]

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