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Coop
Welcome to episode 37 of Inside the Bus. We have a special episode today. Kind of what y' all been waiting for. Kind of not what y' all been waiting for, but we're gonna. We got stories to tell. So we got some of the B team guys on here today.
Mitch
So we've been continuously told that there has been an ask for this podcast, so we should probably do off. The start is go around and introduce ourselves. We can start down there with Ryan and swing this way. But the. The A team has asked that we. We kind of hit up a B team episode. And I think we've. We've all wanted this to happen. We wanted to have a Super bowl weekend, and so now we're kind of stepping into our rules. So let's start down there and just one by one, introduce yourself. What you do here. A little background for anyone that doesn't know you guys.
Ryan
What's up? I'm Ryan. I work in operations here. You guys last saw me when I was an intern and I called Jared a bitch.
Matt
Damn. Was that the last time?
Ryan
That was the Internet at the same time. That was great. Looking back at that, that was so funny.
Mitch
You called him a bitch to his face.
Matt
We all did. Yeah.
Mitch
Yeah.
Ryan
They gave us, like, context clues on what to do.
Mitch
Got it.
Ryan
Starting in the internship, through the pods, and one of them was to call Jared a bitch. And so what was the question, Mitch? It was like, yeah, describe everybody in one word and.
Mitch
Damn.
Ryan
Gay.
Chef (Jack)
Best part of that is when Matt thought he was gonna get canceled, he's like, maybe I should ask him to take it out.
Ryan
So much.
Matt
I've said so much worse that hasn't gotten taken out.
Ryan
So, yeah, I. I do a lot of operation stuff around here. Do guest booking, travel stuff. Any back end stuff that doesn't really get Seen. So, yeah.
Coop
Goat.
Matt
Blue guy.
Mitch
Big blue guy.
Ryan
Appreciate it.
Mitch
I guess.
Coop
I know y' all know who the I am.
Matt
Y' all probably know who I am too, but I'm the producer of behind the Bus and Inside the Bus. Sorry I said by the OG Name.
Mitch
I think we're behind the Bus. Like, we are weird.
Matt
Well, we can't say that. We'll get sued, but under the bus. Yeah. Back of the bus. Behind the bus. Behind the bus.
Mitch
What's the podcast called? Busing with the.
Matt
But yeah, I do socials here, help edit and produce some stuff. And. Yeah, just excited to be on the B team. Pod excited. I'm usually switching, so it's good to. It's good to have some camera time.
Mitch
Go ahead, Chef.
Chef (Jack)
Oh, is it me?
Mitch
Yeah, sure, Go for it.
Chef (Jack)
I'm Jack, otherwise known as Chef. I am the producer for the Dads podcast. Yeah, I interned here along with Ryan and Matt. I came up here once, and then I also had to explain this bruise I got from drinking with Mitch that's still on my hand and probably never leave. And people ask about it a lot, and I just try to say it's a birthmark, and they go, that doesn't look like a birthmark. And then, you know, up Schitt's creek on that one.
Mitch
I love it. And then I'm Derek. I work socials on for the dads, and I was on goon of the week episode for new employee for Inside the Bus. And so you might have seen me there and that. Or foursquare. 52% of the foursquare committee here at Busting with the Boys. So I know what traditionally you guys do, Mitch, is walk around and just say athletes that had 37. I want to start off one Pittsburgh Penguin. Is it Rakatu Radicu. Who's that guy's name? Hold on. I'm. Google it. That's the only one I had. And it was for you. Is. There's a pen from back in the
Matt
day, I don't know. 137.
Mitch
Jarco Rutu. That was it. Oh, killing me. No, no, that's old head.
Coop
Okay, do you got Sean Alexander?
Mitch
Sean Alexander. That's a huge one.
Ryan
That is one of the best.
Mitch
Lester Hayes.
Matt
Wow.
Ryan
Oldtimer. Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
I got gary Woodland, number 37 on the PGA Tour alltime money list.
Mitch
I love that. Oh, we're looking it up. Yeah. For sure.
Chef (Jack)
It's gonna count for this one.
Mitch
Yeah, there's. Most of these are old guys. 37, not a hot number, which is kind of on our test, Ron R. Was he.
Chef (Jack)
Was he Ron? Is it what happened when he went meta world?
Coop
I think it was.
Ryan
Did he change?
Matt
That's a solid hero's price Tennessee ball, by the way.
Chef (Jack)
Dude, am I the only one that got the prison squad memo today?
Mitch
We.
Matt
I'm rocking fanduel.
Ryan
Derek's rocking a little bit of it.
Mitch
I got a little spooked over on here. Yeah, we did talk about prison stuff in honor of Coop's statement during super bowl week. We were the crew that kind of hung out around super bowl week in office. Made a nice little funny skit video and some other pieces there. But I think our pod eventually will come out in fun. But yeah, Chef, you are the only one wearing. Wearing orange today.
Chef (Jack)
Repping.
Mitch
Perfect, guys. Well, I threw a list of just topics and stuff together as it is one thing that Coop, I thought you brought up that was really smart about the actual podcast that happens here. And what we do is they have 37 episodes of chemistry.
Ryan
Yeah.
Coop
Yeah, we just didn't have it.
Mitch
Yeah, we're getting it. We're getting it. We did have a.
Coop
Should we explain why that episode didn't go?
Mitch
I almost think it's better if we just move on.
Matt
I think we just bury it.
Ryan
Yeah. Yeah.
Mitch
Well, can you pull some comments off the username?
Ryan
Technical difficulties.
Chef (Jack)
I can. I can explain to the wonderful viewers of this show. The audio file for. For one thing, is gone. I have tried to find it. I had the video side of it, and maybe we can throw a little screenshot in there. Mysteriously, the audio is gone and it's. I know it's not my doing. I have no clue where it is.
Coop
We should release it without audio.
Mitch
I think we should do voiceover dubs. I think, like, dub it over would be the best way to do it.
Ryan
Like when. When they talk in Spanish, but yeah, yeah.
Mitch
In English, absolutely.
Ryan
Totally not their voice.
Mitch
But yeah. To Chef's point, the files lost. Hopefully we can find it one day. We might release it with that. But I think the whole point of today is just to put out a nice, good, solid B team epi.
Chef (Jack)
What the.
Mitch
That is the new segment we like to call Train Whistle. It's a great.
Coop
Is it that loud, Mitch?
Mitch
No. I thought I shot some. To the boys. I would love. So, guys, we reached the end of the NFL season. B team was all of our. This. Was this your first NFL season, Cooper? No, this was. Yeah.
Coop
January 2024.
Mitch
Is he giggling over there?
Coop
Because I'm. Because I'm unknown.
Mitch
I've been here I know you are on here, but for the rest of us, this was first NFL season that kind of came to an end. I would love to hear your guys thoughts on either like expectations going into it. I know it's crazy on the social side, it's absurd. In the setup for espn, Chef and I on for the dads and then stepping over and helping expectations versus actually what happened versus what you're looking forward to next year. Because it was fast.
Matt
Yeah, I'd say it was stressful.
Mitch
Your jobs are stressful as shit.
Ryan
Yeah, it was very stressful. But it's. You embrace the suck, so to speak. It's like you get through it. It's football season obviously goes very fast, but at the end of the day it's like we're working where we can post content about football. We don't travel to the games. You would go to ESPN obviously. But like Will and Taylor and like obviously Mitchie went to a bunch of get to go to all these cool places. Matt and I were lucky enough to go to Red river. Like so.
Mitch
Yeah, well. And Matt had one of the greatest tweets and I would say my history of busing, which is the suits. The suits on ESC was so sick.
Matt
Yeah. Suit gate was insane. I'm literally sitting there and like when you get there, like sometimes like stuff like creates its own like, like content. But sometimes you're kind of just scraping like because it's still. It's just like, it's like a serious
Chef (Jack)
talking, like he's a visionary or something.
Matt
I love this mat sitting there. And you're like, well, I gotta, I gotta carve something up. So I was like, you know what if this gets. I forgot what it was. I think it was 300 retweets. They have to wear suits because like I. I took a photo of all of them and I was like, these guys like every time I took it and I was like, they need to wear suits. Like there's something. It's look, it's getting bad. Like it's getting so tweeted that. And I went to go get Taylor some coffee. So I left the studio, I went upstairs and I didn't really check my phone and I come back and Taylor's like, like, he looks pissed. And I was like, oh. Like, what'd I do? And he just looks at me, goes, did you tweet that? And I was like, tweet what? And he was like, the suits. And I was like, oh yeah, that was me. I look over shefter retweeted it. And then they had a Twitter retweet tracker on the screen for tv. It got like. Yeah, it blew up. And then they had to wear the suits. But the suit shit was awesome. Like, wild.
Ryan
Taylor had gout while he had gal.
Matt
Yeah. Yeah. So he was.
Ryan
He was debating cutting the. Cutting half the leg off to show the cat.
Matt
Yeah, well, dude, he wore, like. Yeah, nice little white suit. Will wore the peaky blinder suit.
Chef (Jack)
Or.
Matt
No, he wore the red suit. He looked like a Will Ferrell anchorman style.
Mitch
The best thing that came out of it, though, was shefty.
Matt
That's what Chef. He was so awesome. He went into the bit, and then he wore, like, sleeve tattoo. So many people texted me and was like, does he actually have, like, tats, like, sleeves? And I was like, guys, no, shefter.
Mitch
There's no way.
Matt
But, yeah, that was awesome. Those New York trips are fun. They're quick, but, like, it's like the people you meet, like, the Rock came in and tape Big Dick's Taylor. That was cool. And it's just like.
Coop
Yeah.
Matt
Like, you're in the green room with Stephen A. Smith. You don't know what to say. I don't say anything, but I. I get to, like, see him be himself, and he's the same person.
Coop
Yeah.
Matt
It doesn't change how.
Mitch
I'm curious, Coop. Differences between the years of you was there. I feel like all I've heard from a team is how much it's leveled up and how many things have changed with ESPN and these different things that are kind of going on for Boston with the boys. What is the drastic difference in football season from what we missed to what happened this year?
Coop
For me, this might sound so simple. The biggest change for me from last year or from this year to last year was I just have more people to hang out with when everyone else is gone.
Matt
That's funny.
Ryan
I remember that first when you guys went to Arrowhead for Nebraska, Cincinnati, the. That was, like, the first time that everyone left and it was just us. You're like, dude, this is so much better with, like, people here. It's, like, actually fun now.
Matt
Yeah.
Coop
It used to just be, like, me and Jared and maybe Sherm or one other straggler who didn't.
Ryan
But, I mean, we had a whole squad.
Coop
I don't know.
Matt
I. I mean, now you have somebody to talk to, man.
Coop
It's nice talk to. I. I don't think it was that different this year than last year.
Mitch
Okay.
Coop
I mean, for me, obviously, we had a lot of different Things going on in general, but for me, it was just more boys.
Mitch
That's a good one too.
Ryan
Boys.
Chef (Jack)
Square foot.
Mitch
Square foot Square was great with it. I'd be curious to Chef, you're. You're kind of in it as, like. I mean, Ryan and I and Coop have NFL teams. You have your fandom, but you are the sickest and comes with it. So coming in here with the college football stuff, because a lot of what we talk about is, like, NFL, was it. I mean, what was it like for you, being a Vols fan? The live streams, like, the way from being a fan to it being like, oh, no, this is like a company that can reward this.
Chef (Jack)
Oh, yeah. That part of it's great. The live stream part. I mean, it's like taking a hot iron and stabbing you in the chest over and over while you watch your favorite team play, knowing that this could, you know, be online forever. And you have to suppress whatever emotion you're actually thinking while you're losing. We lost every game that I sat in, so.
Ryan
A lot of fun.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah, no, I. I love it, and I can't. I can't wait to do more next year.
Matt
What was, like, your best memory? Football season. I know, like, you came in second half or kind of midway through it, but what kind of changed? What was like, surprise you and what was like, a change in your previous job to now? I mean, obviously everything, but, like, what was, like, the biggest change and the best thing you liked?
Mitch
Yeah, my first week was week zero, and so it was like, okay, this is happening.
Matt
I guess you.
Mitch
Yeah, started first week, and I started so heavy on my focus initially was like, because I'm a guy that'll throw shit against the wall, like, foursquare. I think it's fun. Like, we're doing musically, we're doing stuff, and I love to do that because I'm like, oh, there's stuff that can come from it. But I was so, for the dads from the start in a good place because I was like, yo, no, this is my job. I want to hit on this. The biggest things for me, I would say, for the football season as a whole, like, genuinely, I come from such a professional background, even agency life, but, like, in sales or whatever I've done, you'll talk about sports and, like, yada,
Matt
yada by the water cooler.
Mitch
Yeah. And like, you know, in meetings or, like, I'll go out. Like, guys in my agency I'm so good friends with, we'll go out and talk. But, like, they are all Titans fans, and that's pretty much it. And so me, I'm like, it's the difference between, like, texting all my boys that are Steelers fans and sitting here being like, yo, Ryan, Aaron Rodgers fucked us that game. Like, why did you.
Matt
Little melting pot.
Mitch
Yeah. And so you see kind of all of it happen, and it's. It's definitely more of like, you're rewarded for the amount of ball knowledge, you know, here. It was definitely frowned upon at previous jobs, so it's just sick. I mean, that's the experience we get to have here, which is cool.
Matt
That's why I get on a lot.
Ryan
Well, hey, I was hyped. I know you were, Chef. To see Matt's fandom come out. When the hockey.
Chef (Jack)
Dude, I'm sitting there watching the hockey game for. We watched the. The women'. And it's not. Yeah, it's the.
Mitch
Which.
Chef (Jack)
It shouldn't matter, Matt. But Matt's sitting there screaming bloody murder at the TV during ot, and I'm sitting there going, we. We went to war playing Alabama, and Matt's just sitting there like, oh, it
Mitch
is what it is.
Chef (Jack)
It's all good.
Matt
Guys, you're the. You're the Southern cat. Like, you're the Southern SEC guy. Like, I. If, like, I'm not a faker. That's. I think you should respect it. Like, I went to Tennessee, but, like, I didn't grow up a Tennessee fan. And so it's like, if I was just trying to fake it. Like, I grew up watching the balls. Like, of course I root for. For the Vols, and I'm behind you and Jack watching this game, but it's like, I'm not going to be a faker about it. I'm not going to be like, obviously, I'm going to be surprised.
Mitch
That's a good spin zone.
Matt
I grew up playing puck. I love puck. It's my favorite sport. Like, yeah, I'm tapped in. I love that. So that's where my passion comes.
Chef (Jack)
That's fair.
Matt
You guys didn't think I had any passion, Just nonchalant, Didn't care about anything.
Chef (Jack)
No, it's all a different beast out there. You were the guy, though. After we lost at home, you would, like, still go hit the bar and be like, yeah, I'm gonna.
Ryan
I remember we had that conversation. You're like, all right, so if your favorite team loses, like, if the packers lose, are you going out? I'm like, no, yeah, that's correct. You go home, bro.
Chef (Jack)
You're a loser. It's time to go to sleep.
Matt
That's crazy. I'm gonna go get it, because I did what?
Ryan
Remember after we lost that one game and then me and you went out?
Matt
Oh, yeah. Well, no, you did go.
Coop
Yeah.
Matt
So Ryan.
Ryan
We lost.
Mitch
Bears. Yeah.
Ryan
It was the playoff game that we. You went out after I called Ryan so mad.
Matt
So Ryan calls me. This is funny.
Ryan
So, yeah, you got it.
Matt
I'm at the bar, and packers lost the Bears. It's funny because my dad called my dad. Die Hard, Packer fan, shout out.
Mitch
Your dad?
Matt
Yeah, he calls me. I'm at an engagement party, and I didn't. I put him on speaker because I thought it'd be funny. He was like, this.
Mitch
That.
Matt
All this. Like, he was so pissed. I was like, dad, like, it's okay. Like, it's all right. And then we go to the bar, and then, like, 30 minutes in, I get a call from Ryan. He's like, what are you doing? And I was like, so mad. I was like, I'm at the bar, like, you all right?
Ryan
He's like, no.
Matt
Oh, this is where it happens. I go. He goes, where you at? I was like, I'm at losers. He's like, I'm a loser. He's like.
Ryan
He's like, yeah.
Matt
He's like, the packers are funny.
Mitch
Yeah.
Ryan
He goes. He goes, I'm a loser.
Matt
The packers are losers. He's like. And I was like, so, you gonna come? He's like, yeah. I'm each. In 30 shows.
Ryan
I haven't moved in 45 minutes.
Coop
Which is true.
Matt
Yeah.
Mitch
Yeah. At least you recognize that.
Matt
Yeah. You're like, you know what? I'm gonna just.
Mitch
When you didn't go right out after, you were just like, I'm gonna sit here, punish myself, and embrace.
Ryan
Yeah. All the pain it got.
Matt
The room got a little too loud with it being quiet. You're like, you know what, dude?
Ryan
That might have been the worst 45 minutes of my life, but, yeah, man.
Mitch
It's good, though. No, I think the football season here, too, like, you get.
Ryan
I mean, you.
Mitch
You are the number one person of it, where you put a take out there. And necessarily, if we have, like, a football take, it's different. But, like, you're. I'm not wearing a jersey for a guy younger than me.
Matt
Yeah.
Mitch
And things like that. It's so funny in the football season because everyone will be working, and then one person says something, and just meerkats pop up and just get the cameras ready. Here we go.
Matt
That's what I'm saying. It's like we work in an environment where it's like, you say something, and if it's, like, a little outlandish, all of a sudden, there's, like, three cameras in your face. And that's happened quite a bit. Wouldn't have it.
Ryan
Anyway, hypothetical question.
Mitch
Yeah.
Ryan
If Patrick Kane has a son and his son is better than him.
Matt
No, I'm not wearing his son's jersey.
Ryan
I don't believe that. And he's on the.
Chef (Jack)
And he's on the ground.
Matt
I'm going to. Going to be stopped wearing jerseys by the age of.
Ryan
If the Blackhawks don't.
Mitch
You're going to go into a game,
Matt
and I'm a father, and I'm taking my son. I'm not wearing a jersey.
Mitch
The worst part about it for Matt.
Ryan
What about in your living room, though? Sitting in your living room?
Matt
Yeah, I'll have it hung up.
Mitch
Yeah, hung up and signed.
Matt
Hung up and signed.
Mitch
Because that guy will mail it to him.
Matt
Yeah.
Mitch
Like, please wear this. The worst part was I said the. Matt, do you want my jersey? I said, my dad had a take where once you start wearing jerseys of guys younger than you, that's how you know you're old. My first jersey, that was Bud Dupree. He was born, like, two weeks younger than me. And I said that to Matt. And Matt. Matt just made a statement of, like, oh, yeah, I don't, like, wear jerseys of guys younger than me. And the Avalanche, bro. Just down on it.
Chef (Jack)
It's a lame take.
Matt
It's not a lame. I would be sitting there and this is, like, when Nil was starting to get big at around all college. And, like, I'd sit there in class and, like. Classes, huh? What'd you say?
Ryan
Back in the 2000s?
Matt
Back in the 2000s. Yeah, like two years ago. But, like, you'd see, like, your classmates, and they'd be wearing, like, like, shirts of, like, dudes that are in their class. And you're like, dude, you're wearing this guy's last name. He's sitting next to you. He's asking you for an answer. Couldn't do it. Couldn't do it.
Chef (Jack)
I can at least see where it's like a college with a college athlete. I could at least be like, all right, fair enough. But, like, with pro athletes, they made it.
Matt
Yeah. And you didn't.
Mitch
A Jackie's USA jersey, though,
Matt
that would
Mitch
be, you know, like, that's probably the one. To your point about Patty K's kid and, like, the Jack rooting for hockey.
Coop
I told you.
Matt
But I told you I wouldn't do it like I bought a black. I bought a Blackhawks jersey last year.
Mitch
Yeah.
Matt
I bought a Winter classic jersey in New York City at the NHL store. No last name too cheaper that way. I stand on it.
Mitch
Really?
Matt
Yeah. Yeah.
Mitch
I mean there's less blank jerseys or. Yeah. So like the. When the. I don't know if you guys were all here for but the Premier League had a giant event and they would
Ryan
iron on for what? What were you saying?
Mitch
The Premier League had a big event on Broadway two years ago and that you could bring your blank jersey and if it was prem they would put one player on each and I got a Marcus Rashford which is useless but it was cool. Next one we have on the list here is kind of the expectations versus reality of working at Bus. And we can combine that with every
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Mitch
See terms first impressions of everyone. I know that we've all kind of talked about this here and there a little bit on a show or here or something like that, but I obviously we've talked in depth about it. Just like how different this is than what you expected to do in production or like how different this is than maybe what you guys were kind of planning on doing. I mean, Coop, I know you were in the sports field before coming in here, so I don't know if I'm assuming the Peach bowl was a little bit different than bus.
Coop
Yeah, they. I mean I was in a big old corporate office in Buckhead, Atlanta wearing like business cash every day. I don't remember having like a.
Ryan
Any.
Coop
I don't. I don't know, my life was in a whirlwind at that point, and then I just come here, and this is such a different thing. I didn't really have expectations, and it's kind of like the wild west, so I really don't. I really don't remember having, like, any crazy expectations. And also, like, that this was a position that was new. It wasn't like, you know, I was here. And they're like, all right, we're gonna figure out what your role is while you're here. So I kind of just figured it out.
Matt
You're a pioneer.
Coop
Pioneer.
Matt
Maybe pioneer.
Coop
I did think I'd travel a little more, but I'm. I've traveled a few times. Hey. And it's fun.
Mitch
We were talking on an episode. I switched. Everyone was just like, oh, where's your favorite place you travel? Do you travel? And it got around the room, and it got to me, and I was like, boo. At the zoo. At the Nashville Zoo.
Coop
Because when I was doing, like, my research, I already, like, was familiar with usin. I was like, man, they take the whole squad everywhere. I'm gonna be on the road.
Matt
Left yo ass behind.
Coop
But, I mean, y' all know I don't care.
Ryan
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Matt
That's Cooper nasty, man.
Chef (Jack)
I haven't. I haven't traveled either. I don't.
Mitch
Yeah, no, it's fine. It's cool.
Ryan
It's fine.
Matt
Me and Ryan were on the PJ to. For Red River. Yeah.
Mitch
Actually, tell that story. Ryan snaked his way onto the PJ twice, talking about New York.
Ryan
Yeah.
Mitch
Red river, too.
Ryan
Oh, my God.
Mitch
Because the New York trip.
Ryan
Yeah. That was twice in four or five days. Yeah. So Red river was on that Saturday, and G was moving into a new apartment, and he was like, can you go for me? I'm like, what am I gonna. Like, you think I don't want to go? I'm like, obviously, yeah, I'll go. Would love to. So go. Obviously, we do Red River. That was awesome. That first time, like, flying private. I was like, dude, this is Shane Gillis. Insane. Shane Gillis, meet Shane Gillis. Yeah. Terry Black's amazing food coming to Nashville soon. And then so a week from that Saturday was Rutgers homecoming. I went to Rutgers, if you can't tell. And college football, so birthplace. College football. Yes, sir. Chop. And so I was gonna fly home that weekend, and then I kind of put it together in my head that Will and Taylor flew private every weekend or every Wednesday night from Nashville to Teterboro, which is less than a half hour from where I grew up. And I'm like, dude, this would save me, like, half of a plane ticket. I'm like, all right. I talked to Klomike. You think they'd be fine with that? He's like, yeah, go ask him. I talked to Will. He's like, hell, yeah, dude. Let's go. It's like, all right, awesome. Hopped on the jet. Taylor was like, oh, you're coming with us. I'm like, oh, no, I'm just going home. He's like, oh, all right.
Matt
I'm a private bird to go home.
Mitch
Your mom's like, I'll be at the airport. You're like, no, I'll text you the address. It's a private airport.
Ryan
I was texting one of my buddies, and he's like, aren't you supposed to be at the airport? Your flight takes off like, 8:30. It's like 8:15, you know, obviously. And I'm like, no, I'm just walking on the plane. He's like, what? I'm like, it's different.
Matt
It's different around here, man.
Mitch
I love that, though. I think the other thing that. That I've. I obviously have seen more on with for the dads is like, your friendship with Will. But the friendship with Will and Taylor, the friendship with the bus guys like it. My expectation wasn't that they were just, like, talent or anything like that, but you just never know coming into it. Like, I knew Will from bus or from barstool than busted. I knew of Taylor. But, like, I talk about, like, you and Will, like, I'm assuming that you had an expectation and kind of avail that was kind of pulled aside when you got to meet him, right?
Matt
Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
I mean, it was odd for me because I grew up like a Titans fan from Nashville. So I watched the first episode they did. Like, when it was episode one, I was like, oh, two Titans. Taylor, Juan, and some practice squad guy. They're doing a podcast. This sounds fun.
Matt
Body bag.
Chef (Jack)
And I mean, that was the truth in the moment. Now Will is. But, yeah, so I watched. So I've always kept, like, in touch with busing forever. So it was odd, like, showing up the first day and you start shaking hands and like, hey, we're getting on the bus right now. In the moment, it's definitely like, oh, this is, like. This is pretty cool.
Matt
That text from Taylor, did you get. Did you get the text from Taylor?
Chef (Jack)
Yeah, I was like.
Matt
I was like, holy.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah.
Ryan
And then.
Chef (Jack)
And then you start to get to know him. Like, Will's very. As everyone knows, like, will takes a little bit to warm up to you. So I think I interact with him like twice. Maybe maybe like two or three times the first, like two weeks. And then once I started helping out before the dad started talking to him a little bit more, trying to throw some jokes in there. And he kind of gives you that little side eye.
Mitch
He does.
Chef (Jack)
And I'm like, I hope this goes well. And then it just over time, like, he's awesome. He's like, yeah. You know, when you, like, are doing a podcast, Mitch, you know, like, he's very. He can be very easy to get along with and work for and whatnot.
Mitch
His. I mean, so I used to be like, yeah, it's a good one because I used to be like director of social media agency and do like all this heavy stuff. And one of my first meetings with him when I got hired, I, like, I didn't know his. His experience level at social media, but like, he was like, hey, we should do the thumbnails this way. And started. I was just like, okay, cool. He gets it. Like, like, it was really impressive to watch him break down social in a way that hadn't been implemented in agency life a little bit. So same there. You and you and I know you won best friends with Taylor at the award show, right?
Coop
No, Jared did.
Mitch
Jared did. Okay. I think Jared needs to watch out for Matt climbing the Taylor the one best friend rankings.
Matt
You're on the phone last night.
Mitch
Get out.
Matt
We're on the phone last night.
Ryan
That was flirting with them, dude.
Matt
That's just my point.
Mitch
Who wouldn't flirt with Taylor, to be fair. Pause. I would flirt with Taylor.
Matt
Great looking. But I mean, yeah, he just has. I mean, he loves hockey and he knows that I love it too. And just with all this Olympic buzz. We were doing all this stuff when he was. I was just cutting videos for him, like every day during the Olympics because he was doing more bits and then we were. We've been doing the bet together and all this stuff. So I mean, yeah, me and him have developed a really good relationship.
Chef (Jack)
Oh, sorry. I'm really hoping we can get the squad on the World Cup. Oh, I'm hoping that guys. I'm hoping people buy in the World Cup.
Mitch
That'll be here. That's the. Yeah, we'll be good. We'll be in there. I'll be working from the stream. Really?
Coop
People who don't care about soccer care about the World Cup.
Mitch
It's.
Ryan
That is true.
Coop
I speak from experience.
Mitch
Speaking of. So that's a good transition. To one of our topics. What other things should busin be at? I think one of the funniest things that I hear Matt say is, man, we should have been 11 last night with the hockey team. Or, like, should have been there. Me, obviously, with Chef World cup go
Matt
sideways half for that.
Mitch
What other things are you guys, like, excited for busing to dip toes and because I think busing from the start has been football heavy, we're branching out. We're getting more. We had Bryce Harper on the pod, and so it just seems like it's becoming larger than just helmets and pads. So what other events are we looking forward to?
Coop
I'll build off the Bryce Harper thing because I don't know what the numbers are right now, but I'm pretty sure you know that. Yeah, it's. It's going off.
Mitch
And obviously the clip of them catching was awesome.
Coop
Yeah. So much good content for that. And obviously Bryce Harper is a huge name. So, yeah, you know, you're not gonna get Bryce Harper every time you do a baseball guy. But, you know, getting more baseball start. It is. And there's a lot of baseball guys, you know, like, from around here. I know Mookie Betts, Brent Rooker, like, you know, around this area, there's. There's some. I don't want to say layups, but, you know, I feel like a lot of our, like, viewers like baseball, you know, like, I just want to get more baseball. That's a selfish thing for me too,
Mitch
is like, when they have the best. I would say they have the best All Star game. I think I could say.
Ryan
Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah.
Mitch
Like, yeah, yeah.
Coop
Getting more baseball.
Mitch
Yes.
Chef (Jack)
It matters for home field.
Mitch
Yeah.
Matt
Not anymore.
Coop
Not anymore.
Mitch
But it's still a real cool.
Coop
It's still a real game.
Mitch
I'm a Pirates. When did that. I don't know anything about baseball.
Coop
A couple years back.
Ryan
Oh, very recently.
Mitch
That's a. That's a good.
Matt
I don't know why that's. That should be a part of it. I think that's sick.
Coop
Nope. That lost the Rangers a World Series, so that.
Matt
Nevermind.
Mitch
Ryan. That's good. Anything for that.
Ryan
I love the MLB talk by Coop and I second it. Similarly, I mean, unfortunate that the time just came, but like, NBA All Star weekend. Yeah, dude. Sick. No, dude, the guys do hate basketball.
Mitch
I would pay a lot of money to watch the two of them in a celebrity All Star game.
Ryan
I guess I'm where. I'm thinking of the All Star weekends of the old days, like when we were younger.
Mitch
Oh, yeah.
Ryan
16.
Coop
Those are those are dead.
Mitch
Once shorts started getting higher at Basketball Jam.
Ryan
Reggie Jackson in the. In the skills competition, bro.
Mitch
So sick.
Chef (Jack)
We do need to get back to and one shorts.
Matt
Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
That would revive a lot of. That would fix a lot of issues.
Matt
I. I think that they should. I mean, you know where I'm gonna go this. But I think they should go to like a Stanley cup final game.
Mitch
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Matt
Like a game 7 or any finals of any.
Mitch
Yeah, I'm with you.
Matt
Any finals event. Like, not like. I mean, I know it's hard to get into those, but like. Yeah, any like finals game but them.
Mitch
On the whole. At the wasteland too, dude. Like that. That type of energy. Yeah, that energy. They.
Matt
I mean, I know it's super bowl week. I don't know if it's always super bowl week, but waste management. They should always be. It's.
Ryan
Or.
Matt
Or get a crew there.
Mitch
It's usually three years ago, but it was just really.
Matt
Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
I mean, it's that I would love to see us get into. It'd be fun to watch him go to a sumo wrestling tournament.
Matt
Wrestling.
Chef (Jack)
I was gonna. I helped that one in the back of the head, Matt. But I'm glad you're the one.
Matt
Oh, good. I'll let it out because you got a micro wrestling all in on that.
Mitch
Have you guys ever heard of medieval mma?
Matt
No.
Chef (Jack)
Yes.
Mitch
In Nashville. It's at the Nashville Palace. They wear full medieval outfits and hit each other with swords and maces, bro. I went once. We had turkey legs in one hand, beer and the other just screaming.
Matt
That'd be a good vlog, bro.
Ryan
Like Medieval Times.
Mitch
No, not even. This is literally. I'll show you a video. They kick the absolute out of each other. I'm all in.
Coop
I've never been in Medieval Times.
Ryan
That's.
Mitch
You should. Medieval Times rips.
Matt
Yeah. I think that would be all of that and maybe a little Olympics. If we can get a torch bearers. Yeah, the torch bears. Will and Taylor. The torch bearers. That would be unreal.
Ryan
One of them closes it.
Mitch
What is that?
Matt
2028 Summer Olympics.
Ryan
Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah. Two years telling. I'm trying. I'm starting to think like, maybe we should go gator hunting down the bayou. Like they did the media fishing vlog. Yes. I'm like deep sea fishing.
Matt
I think. I think what's the more growing out
Chef (Jack)
the most expensive things.
Mitch
I think now we're just looking at trips.
Matt
I think what's good about us growing is like the more personalities they're starting to buy in. They're getting more interest, like, because they're hearing all of our different sides. Like, everybody's got their own, like, little niche. And yeah, I think they're really buying into it, which I really respect them for. Like, they pay attention to all of our lives and, like, what we like. And there's always conversations about everything. And I think, like, what? What's up?
Mitch
Mitch is doing his Mitch thing over there. Oh, they care enough that they heard. It's just mad we didn't say nascar. They will with nascar. Just wait.
Ryan
Riding on the high Olympic hockey.
Matt
It'll be over.
Chef (Jack)
Have you gotten them to go to a NASCAR race?
Unidentified Speaker
No, I got him to go.
Ryan
I got Taylor to get.
Mitch
We should
Chef (Jack)
and get two RVs. Get the whole squad down there.
Ryan
He's like,
Mitch
we pitched the idea of Delaney does and it's just Delaney doing stuff and we take him to NASCAR first and we show them how fun that.
Chef (Jack)
And then it's a million dollar idea.
Mitch
That's what I'm saying. Delaney does. I do like that transition though too, because one of the things that I've always heard here is the off season. I mean, chef, obviously, with his cooking stuff like the ability to be in this universe, but to take your talents and move it in different directions.
Matt
Talking about Matt's weekends, talking about Matt's
Mitch
weekends, making fun of them.
Chef (Jack)
Do you want to tell them what we got this weekend brewing up?
Matt
Nah.
Mitch
Well, I do want to hear what you guys have planned for the off season in terms of if there's anything that you like, really do want to try here. I think the cooking is the perfect thing for it. If not, the answer is no, and that's totally fine. But I've always heard of the.
Matt
They had the. A team had that with like, little hobbies that they've been trying to do.
Mitch
Mitchell side quest flag football accomplished.
Matt
What was my one? Oh, I was gonna do more skits and I didn't. So maybe. I know. Damn. So, yeah, I don't know if you
Mitch
could hear that, but Mitch called him a skit right now.
Matt
Yeah, I really gotta. I want to build my platform more, so I need to do more funny skits, but. I know, I know. I appreciate that, but Coop, summer hobbies. Summer hobbies. A hobby you want to pick up, not a side quest. A hobby.
Coop
I mean, mine's kind of copy me. My. My side quest was like posting more my video game and you didn't.
Matt
But your tick tock's been live.
Ryan
Hey, did you ask him or are you let him explain her t Shut the up. All right.
Coop
But for the off season, I. I want to get into. I just want to join, you know, I like, I'll play with anybody, but I just want to join a random intrail softball team. Or not intermural, but like, you know what I mean?
Mitch
No. Yeah. And a Nashville sports league. Yeah, just a.
Coop
Just a random team with a bunch of dudes that I was like, I just want to go out and play
Matt
Father Iron boys, have a team, so sign me up.
Coop
Yeah, I just gotta be fun.
Mitch
No, he said random.
Ryan
Yeah, random.
Mitch
That's random. That's a good one, though. I do like signing up for random ass stuff.
Coop
I just, I. I've missed out on the last few years being able to do that and. Yeah, I know. And I always get jealous of Mitch because, you know, he's got a game. He's like, I got a game tonight. It's Wednesday. I'm like, I'm doing nothing.
Ryan
I was down. We didn't have numbers.
Matt
I could do a flag team in the fall. I think that'd be so fun. Well, I got hockey, but
Coop
I gotta get on softball, man.
Matt
Yeah, dude, I live for beer league on Sundays. Like, I live for it. We have second round, the playoffs Sunday.
Ryan
What are you doing on Wednesday nights?
Mitch
Recovering for Sundays.
Matt
Recovering for Sundays. Yeah, that's. I slid right out of his mouth. I get sleep Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. That's like, I sleep, I hibernate, I
Mitch
rest up, I refresh electrolytes.
Matt
Meanwhile, I could be making skits. Yeah.
Mitch
Hey, we've had some skits come out. I'll write them for you. Yeah, Ryan, you got a off season kind of hobby you're looking for?
Ryan
I got to get back into playing basketball, man. I have been trying to play for so long. The last time I consistently played was back when I was working at Rutgers with the football team. After it was like, probably this time of year, some of the guys, we would go after work to the. The actual court where they play and like their practice facility. The basketball teams. One, we would just run fives for hours. Yeah, it's awesome. I mean, I played basketball in high school.
Matt
I loved it.
Coop
I'll get in.
Ryan
Got to get back into it.
Matt
Yeah, all my boys are in. I can. I'll send you some info. All the boys are in church league ball.
Mitch
Churchley ball is real.
Matt
Church league ball got competitive back in the day.
Mitch
Unreal. We had guys leave the high school team to play church league because they're like, the coach sucks and I want to go have fun Dude. Yeah, it was tough.
Ryan
Love it.
Matt
Yeah, we could get a squad over there, but I'll play some. We. I measured my arm. Arm length today. What, 39 span?
Coop
Yeah.
Matt
Wingspan. I get some boards. Can't do anything else.
Mitch
But, hey, that's a good one.
Ryan
We need a Robins.
Mitch
I like that one. Dennis Rod chef is out from cooking. I know. Yours is golf, right?
Chef (Jack)
Yeah. End of the season Last year to 13 handicap, looking to get the single digits. It would be a dream of mine. I just want to be good at golf, that's all.
Matt
Like vlog. Some of your golf too, like.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah, that's in the works.
Mitch
Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
I'm brewing something.
Matt
We need some bus and summer golf videos.
Chef (Jack)
I would love some 2v2 golf. Like, fun golf stuff. Take a couple cameras out.
Ryan
Scramble.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah, a couple. 2v2 scrambles or whatever we can think of that. And then.
Mitch
So fun.
Chef (Jack)
That. And cook a little bit more. Yeah, those are the. Those are the two big ones for me.
Mitch
That's sick, though, Derek. I mean, same with Matt and the skits. Like, I have so much fun writing those.
Ryan
You crushed on that?
Matt
Yeah.
Ryan
You killed it when they were at the Super Bowl.
Mitch
Thank you. That one. Right? And for sherms fun one. But I have a g and I are working on a couple. We have a couple other ones. Like, I. I told clump, I was like, I really want to step up there. I'd love to advance that a little bit just because we have the. The people in office. Like, the T shirt one was super fun. So get that up a little more. And then. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, man, I'm getting married this year. I'm 33. I don't got too much time to do some stuff. I had knee surgery a couple years ago. I ain't playing no random sports. But there's a lot of stuff personally I'm excited to do. Like, rightmore is just one of them. So the skits fit into there, which will be fun. I got some stuff that will be a good time. That'll be good. I think we can. I don't know how far out we are, Mitch, but I got about one more topic that fit perfect. What do you think you're the best in the office at? Obviously on the list. I put Matt with sex, but that was a little bit of a joke.
Matt
Not even true, though. It's not even true.
Mitch
It's cool. Humble king. What? Is there something that if you guys were like. No, no, I. I would clean the office at this thing.
Coop
I'll Start.
Mitch
Because mine's FIFA and it's. It's. I'm sure there are people here that are talented at it. And I'm sure there's people that like to say they play FIFA. It's not close.
Matt
That's because of this morning, man.
Mitch
It's. It is he whack.
Chef (Jack)
If you gave me.
Matt
He waxed me three out and I work out.
Mitch
I do a little work. I play FIFA. I go back to work when Mitch gets here.
Chef (Jack)
Derek is very good.
Coop
Matt, were you best at dude?
Matt
I don't know.
Coop
Talking.
Mitch
You are a troll.
Coop
Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
Clump's already got the throne on that.
Ryan
What are you talking. Wait.
Matt
Best in the office.
Mitch
You'd be the best at hockey. No.
Matt
Yeah, but that's boring. I'm trying to think about.
Mitch
Hockey is boring. You heard it here first from Matt to the office.
Matt
I wouldn't. No.
Unidentified Speaker
I have something for you.
Mitch
What?
Chef (Jack)
You need a mic?
Matt
Say it with your chest before you say it, bro.
Unidentified Speaker
It's not a good thing. It's not even a bad thing. It's breaking up the redundancy of the office. It's like everybody's locked in, doing their thing. And then here comes Matt just talking
Mitch
about anything, whatever, when he stands in the arena, bro, freestyling favorite.
Chef (Jack)
Dude.
Coop
There's enough.
Matt
Like, I'll get my work done, but like, I cannot sit still. Like, I've just never been like that. So I just like to go walk over the uncs. We need, see what they're up to, see what the whole squad's up to.
Ryan
It's so funny when he just gets up and goes into the middle.
Matt
Matt will just come into.
Unidentified Speaker
Come into our corner.
Matt
I just come in the corner. I just say some bullshit that'll make them talk.
Mitch
And then just.
Coop
I looked at Jared yesterday, I think at about 3:30 and said, Dude, I think Matt's been going since 9:30.
Matt
What, talking? Yeah, dude, I love to talk. Truly. I like to get the boys, like when we're all locked in. I get it, we're all grinding, but it's like, you know, I like to
Mitch
get the boys a little loose. Yeah.
Matt
Let them joke.
Mitch
It's needed in this environment.
Matt
Yes.
Mitch
Otherwise this will be not the job.
Matt
It is if it was. Yeah. As I say, it gets a little tense. We get a little locked in. But you know what? I'm going to say some dumb shit that's gonna embarrass myself, but it's for the greater good in the bigger.
Mitch
Hey, egos die at the door, bro. You gotta. You Just for the love team over ego.
Coop
Do you want to give us a little freestyle on the.
Matt
No, I'm not. It's not 3 o' clock yet.
Mitch
We'll do that on our own pod.
Matt
Yeah.
Mitch
Cooped is there.
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Coop
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Mitch
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Mitch
I mean, they're just like. I'd clean at this graphic design.
Matt
Boring. What about video games?
Ryan
Honestly?
Coop
Joking.
Matt
What about video games?
Mitch
Very clearly.
Chef (Jack)
Video games.
Matt
Yeah, probably.
Coop
Which one besides FIFA?
Mitch
I think I. I think I'd clear you.
Coop
You clear me on FIFA for sure. I don't.
Mitch
I don't play Smash Bros. Not Mario Kart, though.
Coop
No, not Mario Kart. Maybe Smash Bros.
Mitch
I mean, you cook it the show
Coop
or Call of Duty.
Unidentified Speaker
I would say Fortnite. No pubg.
Coop
I'm out of. Out of the. The goon squad here. I probably am the best.
Ryan
Pubg.
Matt
Who's the second best? Let's list them.
Mitch
Coop. Sure, I think. Anyone else good but Sherman, he doesn't
Coop
get on as much. I can't really say that though. I don't really get on this much sex or whatever. Jared's last on pubg.
Ryan
Oh, really?
Mitch
Well, it's better than Jared.
Coop
Yeah, but I mean, honestly, I probably don't. I'm probably worse than them now because they both play way more than me, but damn. Yeah, that's a good one.
Ryan
Pubg.
Coop
Video games. God, it feels lame to say it, but I probably am.
Mitch
We need to do a decathlon. Just 10 games.
Matt
Video games. I respect them.
Coop
I do graphic design and video games.
Mitch
What do you got, Ryan?
Ryan
One one that came to Mind or came up recently. Always very good at. Great one. Great job. That's really rich. Is like quick math, bro.
Matt
We were.
Ryan
Dude, we were talking a couple weeks ago.
Mitch
Does it have to be accurate?
Ryan
He's what?
Matt
He's good at math.
Mitch
Give you quick, man.
Ryan
I mean, I'm. I.
Matt
The guy knows numbers.
Mitch
Also.
Matt
He's my spell checker. Like, I bet. Hey, I need you to spell.
Mitch
This is multiplication division, too.
Ryan
Yeah, probably better at multiplication, because that's okay.
Mitch
So if I did seven times, I
Unidentified Speaker
think I would put mine. I put my knowledge up to you with that one.
Ryan
All right.
Chef (Jack)
Can we throw a number out?
Coop
Holy. Meet him at the Ram.
Matt
Yeah. You can't just be saying, I got you.
Coop
I got you.
Matt
I got you. We're gonna do one. Here we go.
Mitch
You know what? Mine also would be Words per minute. I type like a
Matt
minute.
Ryan
I always do those typing tests.
Mitch
I love the type racer. All right, Matt's got one.
Matt
Cooking nerds. All right. 19 times 3.
Ryan
57.
Matt
Yeah.
Ryan
Holy.
Mitch
Were you participating, Mitch?
Chef (Jack)
That was quick.
Matt
That was quick. All right, all right.
Mitch
One more. Two Double digits.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah.
Mitch
Hold on. C. Get out. Okay. No, no, no.
Coop
19, three.
Mitch
What the hell are we doing?
Matt
23 times. Oh, yeah. 56. We might get copyrighted for that, bro.
Mitch
No, no, I won't.
Coop
I'm clicking my tongue.
Ryan
11,000, 368. Is that crazy?
Mitch
It wasn't fast either.
Matt
So wrong. Jesus, man.
Ryan
Wait.
Unidentified Speaker
1,000, 268.
Ryan
Oh, 20.
Matt
Patty Kane. 8, 8, 12. 88.
Mitch
John Fonso. He sees it.
Unidentified Speaker
Ryan's at 11, 000.
Matt
Yeah, right?
Mitch
He was faster, though. I do love that though, chef.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah. I would say that I would be the best in this office at a Name that song challenge if we went 50 rounds, all encumbered. Any genre? No, I'm just saying you do a quick, you know. Yeah. Two hour thing. I have a wide range.
Matt
I feel like Derek would go ahead with you, bro.
Unidentified Speaker
I think G would hold his own.
Mitch
That's why I'll tease it real quick. That's why I'm so excited for the music league.
Chef (Jack)
I had a good talent of, like, human jukebox kind of brain. Like, I can remember songs. I can remember who sang them pretty well.
Mitch
I love that.
Chef (Jack)
I've always been good at it.
Mitch
That's a fun. That's a party trick. Like, a fun good one.
Chef (Jack)
It is. My dad's the greatest at it, and it's scary to watch.
Mitch
Do you know what random superpower I have? I can look at actors and be like, oh, that guy was in this TV show and that movie and that. Like it's not identifiable to me but like it's what I do and it's so funny.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah.
Mitch
That's a good one too though.
Matt
That is a good one.
Unidentified Speaker
The way you said your dad is good at naming songs. My dad is good with like naming cars. Oh, that's a. That's a 67 Chevelle.
Chef (Jack)
I'm not kidding. If you put my dad any song from 70s to 2000s with scary accuracy, I've dug so deep and he knows, he's like, oh, that's that. And on this album. And I'm like, like, what the hell is going on?
Mitch
I can tell you if it's a car or not.
Matt
Yeah, I know.
Ryan
Nothing's operating at my co worker.
Matt
Yep, yep, yep.
Mitch
Nailed it.
Matt
What are you guys excited about for next football season or this off season? This summer? Are you guys stoked for anything?
Mitch
I get married.
Matt
Yeah.
Ryan
That's sick.
Mitch
Add that in there. That's awesome. That's all.
Coop
I'm not even thinking. I'm just excited to have a break from Cardinals football
Mitch
that might trump my marriage.
Ryan
The classic picture going into of the off season that NFL memes always post. It's like there's one half of it's the. The guys in the bus, like in a bus looking out.
Mitch
Oh, happy and dark.
Ryan
Half of it is pitch black. It's like these football fans, like all the bad teams. Sorry, Coop. And then all the good teams are like looking or they're upset. The people who have bad teams, they're all happy because football's over.
Matt
But an explanation.
Mitch
I love that though, and that's a fair point to it. There is going to be a day coming up soon where we wish we saw the jets play the Raiders. There's going to be a day where we beg for football coming up here soon enough.
Ryan
So I mean, the combine's best startup.
Mitch
So I love. Dude, the draft is my Super Bowl. Yeah, the combine. I love that so much. I'm so excited to watch children decide my happiness.
Chef (Jack)
Summertime's a great time. The bad day in summer is a great day. The weather's nice out.
Matt
Warm weather. I'm excited to dinner reservations.
Ryan
Lake day out here.
Mitch
Rooftops.
Ryan
I'm excited to experience my first lake.
Coop
I'm excited to play tea again.
Mitch
Dude, they all told me about it last year.
Ryan
I know. Yeah.
Matt
Wait, what?
Ryan
First birthday. I don't know if you weren't talking
Mitch
late days Party cove before there was an incident.
Ryan
A day on the Lake.
Matt
Oh, a day on the lake.
Ryan
Mitch went for the planting boat.
Matt
Yeah,
Ryan
yeah, no, I know. That was.
Matt
I know.
Unidentified Speaker
Coop got the invite.
Matt
Our friends.
Ryan
The first weekend of the internship.
Matt
What'd you do? Right?
Mitch
Know.
Ryan
I don't.
Mitch
He didn't do anything.
Coop
It's when y' all got invited out to Broadway.
Matt
Oh, everybody got invited except for Coupe.
Coop
I remember cuz everybody else was gone. Right.
Matt
You probably would have hung longer. Yeah.
Ryan
Jack and g were in St. Louis.
Coop
Was gone.
Chef (Jack)
You didn't miss out on much.
Matt
Mitch couldn't hang for anything.
Unidentified Speaker
I think I was. Of everybody out, like, acting the most sober.
Matt
I was. I.
Mitch
Were you the drunkest?
Matt
Me and Ryan.
Unidentified Speaker
The next morning, I was hurt.
Mitch
Yeah. Yeah.
Matt
Me and Ryan were fine.
Mitch
That's
Chef (Jack)
tequila shots at Tin Roof. And then I think everyone went downhill, bro.
Unidentified Speaker
I mean, the. I looked at. Like, I was talking to one of you, and I looked and I saw cheese. I'm like, how. How the.
Matt
Did you get in?
Ryan
Yeah.
Matt
Are we taking the turns out this summer, too? Is that a tradition?
Chef (Jack)
Got it.
Matt
Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
Got it.
Matt
Yeah. Come on.
Mitch
Nah, dude. You guys, if I'm there, you're there.
Matt
Hold the ship.
Ryan
Yeah.
Mitch
One day or a year on Broadway,
Coop
he's got to pass the torch to y'. All. Y' all got to go take him out.
Mitch
Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah.
Ryan
It can't be one day a year, because that'll be.
Matt
Yeah, that'll be fun.
Ryan
Talk about the plans. Fair.
Coop
Fair.
Chef (Jack)
Yeah.
Matt
I can't talk about the plans.
Mitch
Nothing.
Chef (Jack)
No, don't leak.
Ryan
You just had to be there.
Mitch
Don't leak the files.
Matt
I won't link the files, bro. I won't link the files.
Mitch
Mitch, what are we on? On time, brother. We. Oh, we can still go if you guys want to still cook a little bit.
Ryan
Happy to.
Mitch
Beautiful. Let me see what else we had sitting in this list.
Coop
Mitch, I'm dead serious about tea. I've been thinking about tea since.
Matt
Bro.
Ryan
That was.
Coop
I cannot wait for that game again.
Ryan
Almost beat Taylor.
Mitch
Yeah.
Unidentified Speaker
So this is. It's a game that I grew up playing. You have a golf tee. It's a super simple game. Golf tee, grab a deep end, somebody goes in, puts the tee at the bottom of the pool. It floats up, and then everybody is around the pool. Once it gets to the surface, you yell, T. You have to go in, try and grab it. If you grab it, you're safe.
Coop
Derek, if you want a visual.
Mitch
So it's just like elimination chamber.
Coop
We had a ITB vlog on it. It was our first vlog, and it's not too long. It's got like, not too hard to find.
Unidentified Speaker
It's got like 10,000 views.
Ryan
It's kind of like World cup elimination style.
Matt
Right.
Ryan
That's the specialty. Because it's like the last person who doesn't score, whoever doesn't grab it.
Mitch
Yeah,
Chef (Jack)
but not as much. We don't need as much barbecue there because that was.
Coop
Yeah.
Ryan
Shout out, Jay. That was a masterpiece. Chef had a terrible chef.
Matt
He got too drunk.
Mitch
It was the heat, right?
Matt
Got too drunk.
Chef (Jack)
I had two beers. No.
Mitch
Yeah.
Chef (Jack)
I was dehydrated and I wasn't working. That's what you get for not working out for four years. I jump in doing a preacher chair and my right calf just cramps. So betrayed.
Matt
That's how we knew he was the right man for four.
Chef (Jack)
Cramped in a pool. You know that like, especially if it's your leg getting like waddling out of the pool becomes like hard. And so I was sitting there when I finally got the cramp to stop.
Coop
Right.
Chef (Jack)
I. No, I didn't throw up. I stood up and I think the blood just came to my head. And I went straight to Taylor. I was like, I need to walk inside immediately.
Mitch
He said, where's your safe? I need to see. I need to see your guns. It was.
Chef (Jack)
It was a dark day for. For the boy. That was a like. That was a big, like, look in the mirror. Like, I have to start working out again. Like, this is so sad that I almost passed out at my boss.
Matt
I thought that was hilarious because we
Mitch
haven't had a night out since I've been here. Other than Brooklyn Bull. That was really. They only like drinking the watch party. Yeah. That was the only drinking thing that was a Sunday. But that's what I'm saying. It's like I. I missed all the summer stuff.
Matt
We only went out once. All of us.
Mitch
Broadway and a boat. Weren't you here for the.
Unidentified Speaker
You were here for the Saturday Stream. Some were drinking the tailgate.
Mitch
Yeah, I had to. We were driving an hour to do some family things with cat side, so I couldn't. I definitely set up vibes and had music playing and we streamed a little bit. But I mean just full on, you know, a little venture, I think.
Matt
I think that's like something that we need to do this off season is like do more stuff together like that 24 hour stream. So we're not doing that.
Mitch
I would ask, is there any motion? We won't little stay in this room. Is there any motion with that or is it hush, hush, like we're not talking about it because it won't happen. The. The thing for anybody not knowing is there was a fantasy football.
Ryan
It's not gonna happen.
Mitch
And there was a punishment for the last place team. And going into it, my team was supposed to. With Mitch, not make the playoffs. But there was like an error or something with the app and they didn't pull out. T. Higgins. And so then they went to the Loser bowl and then they lost. And it's kind of been hush hush till this exact moment. Huh? My bad.
Matt
Yeah. Shut the up.
Ryan
Matt is hurting.
Mitch
Q brought it up.
Coop
Yeah, I've been bringing it up all week.
Mitch
True. It isn't just these people.
Matt
Yeah. What are you guys looking at me. It's up to y'.
Mitch
All.
Matt
It's not up to me. Me.
Mitch
So is it? What?
Coop
It's.
Ryan
Yeah.
Matt
Yeah. That's nice.
Mitch
That's probably the worst. But it would have happened if it wasn't like, respect to it.
Matt
That's kind of sick.
Mitch
It might have happened already if it wasn't him. That was like. If it was.
Chef (Jack)
If it was. If it was me and Mitch and
Mitch
I lost, we would have done it.
Chef (Jack)
We? Me and Delaney are the ones that fought him for last place.
Mitch
Mitch and I would have raced NASCAR for 24 straight hours. That would have been so sick.
Unidentified Speaker
Daytona 500, full race.
Mitch
I would have been next to you with a water bottle. Just.
Chef (Jack)
Did I ever tell you what Delaney. Because we were in that last place battle, what Delaney was telling me, he was sitting there, he's like, don't worry, man. Like, I'm gonna have it. It's gonna be crazy if we lose. Like, we'll make it the best time ever. And he was starting to tell me like, what we would do. And I was like, delaney, I can't. He should just be on camera for
Ryan
camera for this dude.
Matt
I would do it with him.
Chef (Jack)
I'd be on camera if it was me and Delaney. We have already done for Will. We would probably just.
Matt
Well, I don't think Will would agree with Delaney's ideas. That's what I was saying.
Mitch
Do you think that if you just did the 24 hour stream like yourself, Like, I think that'd be fun and
Ryan
I think Will would really appreciate it.
Mitch
But no, no, no. Then I would be like, well, we'll have to do his own. I guess. Matt did it.
Matt
I can't just do a 24 hours.
Ryan
What if you do a 48?
Matt
Why are you making him longer?
Mitch
Yeah, what if you did a whole week?
Ryan
Because he's the boss man, what if
Mitch
you did, like a month?
Matt
If you put me. If you put me. Okay. I would do the 48 hours
Ryan
with
Matt
a bunch of, like, food that I like.
Ryan
Okay.
Matt
A bunch of beers and Sydney Sweeney.
Mitch
We can do probably one of those things for sure. Two of those things. Maybe. I don't know about the food.
Coop
Imagine how much we'd have to pay city Sweeney to hang out with you, huh? So imagine how much we'd have to pay.
Mitch
She watches the show.
Matt
What are you taught? Yeah, say hi. She's a friend of the show. And I don't think we would have to pay her. I think she would do it.
Mitch
I think she would just do it.
Ryan
Man. Knows her on a personal level.
Mitch
Yeah.
Matt
What do I not bring to the table?
Ryan
Cooperation.
Coop
It's not about me. It's about Sydney Sweeney scene. I would hang out with you. You'd have to pay me.
Mitch
But I didn't lose offering to hang out for free.
Matt
Yeah, dude. Hey. We couldn't get Sweeney, so we got
Mitch
Coop, the silent third partner. Coop and Taylor were just there.
Matt
Yeah.
Mitch
Yeah.
Matt
I'm excited. Chirps.
Ryan
The chirps are.
Matt
I'm excited for time.
Ryan
We're gonna tie in.
Matt
Use it Fun.
Mitch
Yeah, I saw the clips of that and stuff of that. I'm excited to see that.
Matt
That's a fun couple's gonna recreate it.
Ryan
30, 20, 10, 5 minute conversation.
Chef (Jack)
Dad combine will be sick now. We can bring our dads.
Matt
Yeah, I don't think I could bring J Train. Dude. He's so old head now he has. I think he'll just watch and drink. I think I'll just give him to watch and drink beers.
Mitch
Chip would just walk every.
Coop
It's not like we did anything crazy.
Matt
Yeah, J train.
Mitch
Yeah, but Jared's dead.
Matt
J Train will fold after anything, though.
Mitch
Like, if I was a dad that age and I saw Jared's dad, Mr. 700 State Marathons, I'd be trying to pull up for.
Matt
For some beers. Yeah, he'll just drink just like good old Wisconsin. Oh, you need anything? Need some beers?
Mitch
I get you some beers, dude. We should beercart that.
Matt
Yeah, that combine's cool.
Chef (Jack)
Good.
Matt
It's gonna be a fun summer.
Mitch
It's gonna be a fun.
Ryan
What are we at now, Mitch? As it's 2-52-52, let's call it on.
Coop
That's a good one.
Mitch
Who wants to.
Coop
Who wants to sign us out?
Matt
Patrick Willis.
Coop
That ain't how it works.
Matt
52.
Coop
That ain't quite outwards.
Mitch
That was sick, though. That's a good way to close the show. Coop, as the only member, it's probably for you to.
Coop
But I brought us in and now y' all got, you know, an episode under yalls belt. I want one of y' all to sign off.
Mitch
Go ahead, Matt.
Matt
No, I'm not gonna. What episode is 37?
Coop
Yeah, next episode's 38. You know all the stuff.
Mitch
I think this is what G does.
Matt
That was episode 37 of Inside the Bus with the B team. I'm comment below. Who's better, A team or B team? Who do y' all like more? And maybe we'll just kick the other people off when y' all comment. B team. Appreciate it. Subscribe Comment like and as always, yeah,
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Matt
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Mitch
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Chef (Jack)
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Mitch
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Matt
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Matt
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Chef (Jack)
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Mitch
Okay, you get the idea.
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Mitch
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Matt
Guaranteed Human.
This long-awaited episode is a “B Team Takeover”—the oft-requested roundtable featuring the unsung heroes behind Busin’ With The Boys. With the “A Team” (Will Compton & Taylor Lewan) out, the production, social, and operations squad take center stage for a candid, freewheeling discussion about work culture, football season behind the scenes, life at the bus, and hopes for the future. It’s a loose, funny, and surprisingly thoughtful dispatch from the “back of the bus.”
[00:50-04:39]
[04:39-05:26]
The crew mirrors the staple A Team ritual: randomly reminiscing about athletes who wore the episode number (37), including:
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[06:44-14:48]
[13:27-16:00]
[16:11-18:18]
Spontaneous outbursts are common: “One person says something wild, and just meerkats pop up with cameras.” [16:21, Mitch]
Matt’s take: “I’m not wearing the jersey of a player younger than me—by the time Kane’s son is playing, I’ll have stopped.” [16:46, Matt]
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[23:37-26:27]
[26:43-31:59]
[32:00-36:29]
[37:26-44:46]
[45:33–55:16]
The episode closes with some gentle ribbing about who should sign off, a call for fans to weigh in on A Team vs. B Team, and appreciation for new experiences as the crew develops its own chemistry and traditions.
Sign-off line: “That was episode 37 of Inside the Bus with the B team... Comment below who’s better, A team or B team? We’ll appreciate it. Subscribe, comment, like, and as always—” [55:24, Matt]
Conversational, self-deprecating, and full of inside jokes, this episode is as much about the culture and daily life behind Busin’ as it is about sports. The group’s chemistry is less polished than the A Team’s—deliberately so, per their own admission—but their camaraderie is infectious, and the content provides an authentic, underdog look into what it’s really like to keep “the bus” running.
Perfect for BWTB fans wanting a deeper look under the hood, or anyone curious about the realities (and chaos) of working for a top-tier sports podcast.