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Casuals with Katie Nolan
ROAD TRIP! Turf Farms, Xmas Sports, and Big Questions of 2026 | with Dan Soder
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Hello! It’s the podcast that definitely wasn’t squatting in an Airbnb. Today, Katie and Dan provide a post-Christmas update on their cross-country road trip and break down Katie’s surprisingly elite Wii Golf game. Then, Katie and Dan talk about the NFL vs NBA battle over Christmas Day (30:51), Brock Purdy’s incredible 5 TD performance, the Worst-to-First Payts, loser Super Bowl parties, Myles Garrett vs Aaron Rodgers, the backwards-cap-wearing Lions fan who didn’t convince anybody that he’s not an absolute tool, plus sacrificial Pop-Tarts, stolen shopping baskets, and Big Questions for the New Year… which includes an update on the Nolan-Soder wedding.
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A
Hey, college football fans, the postseason is here. And if you're watching the best teams in the country battle it out, you need game day food that comes ready to play. That's where Eckrich comes in.
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B
With big crowd pleasing flavor and no.
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A
Stress prep, Eckrich is the MVP of any home game. Smoked sausage on the grill, deli meat stacked high. No penalties, no reviews, just pure winning flavor. So forget the X's and O's.
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B
The winning play is Eckrich.
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A
Take it to the house with Eckridge, the official smoked sausage in deli meat of the college football playoff.
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B
Guys, thanks for helping me carry my Christmas tree.
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A
Zoe, this thing weighs a ton. Drewski, lift with your legs, man.
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B
Santa. Santa, did you get my letter?
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A
He's talking to you britches. I'm not.
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B
Of course he did. Right, Santa?
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A
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B
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A
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B
Hey, Dan, did you see that Josh Allen and his wife Hailee Steinfeld gifted his entire offensive line a quarter of a cow for Christmas.
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A
That is the most inconvenient gift you can give someone because how do you know I have the freezer space?
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B
Yeah, that is true. I'm looking at these bags because I saw it in a video. I pictured it like a. They cut it in quarters and dropped that whole big thing off. Yeah, and I was gonna say that's very inconvenient. How do you know I can cut this?
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A
Yeah, you think I'm a butcher, but.
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B
They butchered it up. Yeah, but still, it's still a lot of freezer space.
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A
Here's the thing about these. There's a lot of great stuff that you can, like, order and get shipped to. There's like state companies and stuff that do that. But these are for people that have, like, extra freezers. If you live in a big city, you have one refrigerator.
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B
I'm thinking of specifically a sponsor of this podcast who sent me a bunch of stuff and I was like, I don't have the room for all of this shrimp.
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A
I don't think people understand that when you live in a large city, space is the most precious thing in the world.
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B
But they live in Buffalo.
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A
Sure, that's what I mean.
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B
And they're offensive linemen, so I think they've got fridges. They love meat.
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A
Yeah, you're right.
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B
These boys need meat.
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A
For the intended recipient, probably a perfect gift.
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B
Kind of a selfish gift. Kind of like giving your wife a vacuum cleaner. Giving your o line meat.
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A
Bulk up, fatso.
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B
Eat up.
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A
I need you stronger next year with filled with more meat.
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B
Eat up, big dog.
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A
Eat up.
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B
Hello, I. We're in a hotel, so I can't scream at you. Hello, and welcome to Casuals, the sports podcast that aims to get you caught up on everything happening in the world of sports without boring you. Except this time it's on Christmas vacation. So today I think we're going to maybe miss a bunch of sports news, but that's okay because what we are going to talk about is, you know, one of the biggest weeks in football of the whole year. And so that's mostly where the podcast is going to focus today. I'm Katie Nolan. If this is your first episode, I'm Happy holidays. Maybe go back and try a different one. I don't. This is a. I'm sorry, I'm coming off. Coming out a little hot here, but I'm Katie Nolan. I host the show, joined today by my fiance, the love of my life, the very funny comedian Dance otter.
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A
Best intro. Yeah, great intro.
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B
Sick.
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A
Love it.
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B
And we are on our holiday road trip. Every year we drive across the country from where we live in New York to Denver is the ultimate endpoint where we see his mom and spend Christmas there with her and some of Dan's family and then drive our way back. We stop halfway in between and then, you know, whatever. We're in Chicago right now where we.
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A
Make our first stop on the way out there to see your family.
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B
That's right.
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A
And on the way back is a little re energizing point.
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B
Right.
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A
Little charging station where we get to see the family again, but a lot more casual.
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B
Right. Well, usually what happens is by now my parents have left Chicago and it's just me, my brother, my brother's wife Dan, their child, obviously, and we sort of just have like a kids hang.
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A
Yeah.
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B
But this year, because there's an actual child, my parents have opted to stay longer because they want to spend as much time with baby Charlie as they can. She's two and change. And so they're out here. They're still staying in the guest room at my brother's house. So Dan and I, on the way back, like I said, normally we'd crash there. It's just sort of a crash. We had to get an Airbnb this.
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A
Time, which we haven't. We come to Chicago a lot to visit your family when you're doing this and you're lucky enough to have the means to get an Airbnb you want to find. We're not get. We're getting regular Airbnbs. We're just looking for one that checks all the boxes, and we haven't found that one yet. The one last year. It was too many. It was too up and down with the stairs.
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B
And I get it, that's a lot of Chicago. But we got a lot of bags, and if it's a lot of up and down and a dog, it's just. It's not as convenient.
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A
It just was. It was chaotic.
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B
Yeah, it was a little much. Quads looked nice, but my knees were.
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A
A aching ass was on planet 10.
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B
The ass is fat.
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A
So this year, on our way out, we got an Airbnb. That was great. It was great, except the. The beds kind of sucked. The room was really hot. The one good bedroom had a door directly to the outside, which is scary. Past a certain age, you can't stay at a hotel like that. The door right out to the outside is scary.
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B
I don't know what that is about. You're right. When I was younger, I don't think it bothered me at all. And now I go, they'd be right there.
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A
Yeah.
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B
We saw a hotel off the high. Motel off the highway. Right off the highway with doors to the outside. I'm like, I would be so scared.
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A
I've stayed at before, but it's hard to relax in that where you just hear 18 wheelers going by every five seconds.
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B
Yeah.
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A
This one, we were like, great, this is a great Airbnb. But I found another one on the app when I found out that we weren't going to be able to crash. At your brother's. I was like, great, we'll find out.
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B
On the way back. We'll try this one.
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A
And it looked really nice because we're.
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B
Goldilocking in Chicago because we come here a lot and we get AirB's. We're trying different ones every time to go, which one's the one?
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A
Just so we can find. Find the one.
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B
Right.
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A
So then when you have family in another town and you have something like that figured out, it's just another step that's just easier.
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B
It's already automatic.
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A
Let me see if the place is available. Great. We can rent it now. We can. Now we're walking distance. We can go see the. The baby, all this stuff. Walk our dog. So we had one in the chamber reserved. We drove Christmas, we have Christmas. We leave Denver after Christmas, drive to Nebraska. Had a wonderful time at the Holiday Inn Express. Connected to the Bennigan's.
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B
Yeah. Really? That Bennigan's.
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A
We switched our order in Merle Hay.
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B
We got that Merle Hayle Hay. We got that Kilkenny wrap instead with.
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A
Side of honey must really good.
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B
And a side of Ranch. Was an audible by you?
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A
Yeah.
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B
That I should have seen coming. It was a check down, but it was really delicious. Just a tasty little.
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A
Great fries.
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B
Yeah. Really a good time.
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A
I'm glad Holiday Inn Express just does business the way we need it.
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B
Sure. Let's get to the point of this because we have so much more to get to. And I feel like we're down in this story. We get to this Airbnb that we booked for this trip, and it was a mess. First thing that happens is there's a random man outside asking Dan, like, you staying at that Airbnb? Dan just goes like, what? Yes. Like.
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A
It was also a third story. Walk up with all of our luggage, which I was doing in. In a rainstorm. It was pouring rain and I had to walk up metal stairs, like just banging around, splashing in puddles. And then this old guy's just outside asking very specific questions about the Airbnb. We're staying in that.
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B
At first you're trying to be neighborly. So you try to say like, oh, hello, Howard. You don't want to be that person who reacts like, who are you? What do you want?
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A
Yeah.
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B
But then he starts asking questions that I'm like, stop answering those. Yeah, those are. Why would. Who is this man? What do you want to know this for? Then we go inside the place. The beds aren't made.
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A
It was. Someone was staying there.
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B
There's hair on the wall of the shower, all the towels. All of the towels, instead of being folded, are. You can't tell if they're dirty and they're not wet, but they are hung over the hooks that you have in a bathroom that you use. Once you start using a towel, there's two fake potted plants. They're both knocked over, and all their, like, real dirt or fake dirt is all over the ground.
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A
So more than likely the cleaning place for the Airbnb never showed up. What it looked like was that old man was staying in that place because.
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B
He had said, when does your stay end? And I had tried to book there. And he named the woman whose name is associated with the residential reservation and basically was making it sound like he was trying to haggle with Dan over Dan's stay because it was somehow interrupting his. And then Dan is like, okay, whatever, like, I'm not giving you any more information. We go inside the house looks like that. There's two mugs out, like they've just been used by two people.
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A
There's a blanket on the couch tossed in a way that I. That when Katie wakes me up when I fall asleep in. In our. In my office on my couch, and I have the blanket over me, and she's like, dan, you gotta go to bed. It's like 1:30 and I'll go. The way I toss it over the couch, that's how it was tossed, right?
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B
I hadn't noticed that, but I took.
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A
A picture of it because I was like, that's. Like, that's not.
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B
And again, the beds are unmade. So it's just like all the woman was basically with. Dan was like, I'll send a cleaner over. Our fault. And he was like, no, I'm not staying here. I'm freaked out now. I don't know what's going on, but I think somebody was just sleeping in here and it wasn't me.
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A
It's clear that this woman runs a ton of airbnbs in Chicago and is not micromanaging them, right? Because sure, it was a cleaner or it was a squatter, whatever. The reason being, she put no pushback. When I went, hey, this is completely unacceptable. I paid X amount of dollars for this. It's not clean. It looks like someone's standing there and this guy outside's talking to me. And she didn't even go, maybe. Let me. Let me give you a discount. She went, yeah, I know. I'll give you the. I'll give you a refund. I'll start the refund.
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B
And so Dan snapped into. Into get it Fixed Mode and did that. Argued with Airbnb about getting his money back, but also was like, I'm booking us at a hotel that I know is pet friendly. It's not that far away. And so that's the very long intro for us to let you guys know. We are recording this in a hotel.
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A
But let me just say.
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B
Yeah.
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A
For those who are casuals of traveling, here's another casual tip. If you have a dog, Hilton's will allow a dog for a small fee. So just know that any Hilton will let you have a dog. I think that's nice to know when you're traveling with a dog.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Whereas if you go what hotel should I look at? Hilton's and Hyatt's really, really good about letting you travel with a dog. Good to know, especially one that's fat.
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B
They don't sponsor this podcast, so we'll be bleeping there. No, I'm just kidding. You can leave it.
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A
Toss me some some members juice, dude.
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B
Yeah, for real. So that's where we're at. That's setting the stage for you guys. We were going to talk a little bit up here about how our Christmas went and the various things that have happened so far in this road trip since we talked to you guys last week. I have some emails here that Brady and Chris sent over that I was going to read. I wanted to show you, Dan. This is from J and it says and others with similar sentiments. So this is from many people. Hi, Katie and the casuals. Listening to your podcast on a solo Christmas cousins walk in Columbus. And I heard your Tuesday pod start off talking about Maui, Ohio, from someone who was born and raised in Northwest Ohio. I'm here to back up your and Dan's correct pronunciation of Mommy. You do in fact say Mommy or Mommy like you guys said it, albeit kind of creepy. Oh, you mean Mommy. We're in Mommy.
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A
Stay in Mommy, Ohio.
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B
I love it here in Mommy.
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A
There's a lot of sexy hotels and mummy there really aren't.
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B
But there. But we've tried two.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Or is that the other place we switched hotels?
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A
Kearney, Nebraska.
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B
We've only done one in Mommy, but we won't say it because people could find us. Yeah, we gotta be more secret.
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A
It is right off the highway.
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B
Thank you, Jay and others for letting us know. We should also say we revisited last year. We went to Scooters Coffee and hated it and then felt like maybe we'd been unfair. Went back this time. We were not unfair.
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A
If you want to know why I have heat for Nebraska, it's not like I haven't tried to evolve.
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B
Right.
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A
It's that they keep stepping in it.
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B
They keep stepping. They keep going. No, come here. It's okay. There's no poop. And then you look down and you're like, I'm standing in poop.
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A
We had this moment. We were driving through Nebraska yesterday or two days ago, and we had drank our morning coffee that we got leaving Colorado.
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B
We've been doing a lot of coffee.
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A
A lot of coffee. And then I said, why don't we give Scooters a second chance? You looked it up. We.
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B
So that we would approach with our order because we did that earlier in the week at Dutch Brothers Coffee. It's my first time ever having that.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And I was like, I feel like I'm walking into something that's going to overwhelm. So I had looked up the menu and we had it. And it really helped. Really help with, like, in and out. Because everybody does their menu different.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And it's very hard. You get very. I get. When they go, what can I get for you? And you're like, I don't know. I'm looking for everything.
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A
Very extravagant. Names at all these places. Like a triple Duncan, a triple mousse chocolate.
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B
Right. Trail mix. And you're like, wait in the drink.
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A
This is a lot.
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B
Yeah. And so looking it up, I thought would help. We picked what we were gonna get. We pull up to Scooters, and the girl in the scooter's drive through goes, I know you're on the nice list. Cause your vibes are immaculate. What can I get started for you today?
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A
Oh, we both. We both.
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B
Brutal.
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A
I've never felt worse for a person at their job.
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B
I know.
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A
Knowing that she has to say, I.
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B
Wondered if it was that one every time or if they must have a list of like six from corporate. And they get to choose a different one every time because. Freeze email.
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A
If you work at Scooters and you know this.
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B
And maybe we're just being not naive, cynical. Maybe these are just Midwest kids who love talking like that.
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A
Nope.
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B
Maybe it's like Chick Fil A. Maybe everybody just really loves working there.
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A
Yeah. They go, hey, everybody. I just love helping you out and getting you nuggets. Can I tell you right now, our podcast producer in the room is asleep.
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B
Myrtle. Yeah. She's asleep at the wheel. So if we're popping our peas or we're peeking or whatever, that's absolutely Myrtle's fault. We will be firing her.
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A
I was gonna try to get her snoring on film. She woke up a little.
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B
We've got plenty of time. We're not even in the sports part of the podcast yet. So anyway, we went to Scooters, and it sucked. We're done with you Scooters. It sucks. And they tried try to do so much with, like, we put a cold foam on top, and then we put a little bit of the cream in the actual coffee. And by the. I had the coffee for maybe an hour, and the ice was fully almost melted. And the bottom of the drink was like little beads of curdle. And I was like, what is this? Why is this happening in a. In a thing you offered. I didn't mix those two. If those two things don't mix, don't give it to me. Don't offer it to me. You picked this?
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A
Within my first five SIPs. I had to fight diarrhea. Yeah, I didn't have it, but I felt my stomach.
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B
You talked it down. I went, hey, I don't have time for this.
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A
I didn't drink for a good. I didn't drink a sip for a good 20 to 30 miles.
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B
I was wondering why.
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A
Because I was like, my stomach is about to kick.
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B
Yeah. So, Scooters, you stink. Dutch brothers, welcome to the family. I can't have you a lot because you are like sludge. Like sweet, sugary sludge, but welcome to the family. I had the. Speaking of which, I had the Annihilator, and that was. That thing was tasty. Now, obviously, family annihilation. Not. Not as cool as its name. No, because its name is very cool. Really sad thing, but people gotta stop killing their. Oh, hold on. Sorry. Pause for snore. That's good. That was bad timing, probably.
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A
That was the snore cam.
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B
Perfect.
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A
Sorry, I had to cut to the snore cam.
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B
Let's use that to move on to our second email. It's from Justin. It says, I've been meaning to write for months. I seem to recall hearing on a past episode that Chr. A Barry Bonds fan when I was 12. And you're a Barry Bonds fan.
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A
Big Barry Bonds fan.
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B
Dan's a big Barry Bonds fan. When I was 12 years old, I was in Denver, shout out with my dad, visiting family while he was there on a work trip. This was late June 1993. So, Dan, paint a picture. Where are you? A quick picture.
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A
I'm 10 years old. January 93. January 93. The Rockies aren't out yet, so I'M still a huge. I mean, you know, Colorado has no baseball. I'm a Giants fan living in Aurora. Ten years old, just. I think I have, like the stereotypical 90s, parted long hair, look handsome, maybe rocking some Tevas.
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B
We were staying at a nice downtown hotel, and the Giants were in town to face the Rockies. Little did I know the Giants were staying in the same hotel. I was a huge MLB fan at the time and was so excited to run into Barry Bonds in the main lobby one morning. I got up pen and a piece of paper from the front desk, and I mustered up the courage to approach him and politely ask him for an autograph. He looked me dead in the eyes, made a fist and told me to piss off.
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A
That's very funny. And it's very, very funny. It's very Barry Bonds. Very believable. Barry Bonds action. I'm sorry. Just as a date. Autistic person.
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B
Yeah.
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A
He said this happened when?
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B
Late June 93.
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A
Okay, so that is. Yeah. The first game. I thought he said January. June of 93.
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B
I might have said, I'm all over the place.
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A
Let me just tell you right now, it changes everything. June of 93, I'm turning 10 years old. I'm going to Jurassic park for my birthday party. The movies in theaters, the Giants. I went to a Giants Rockies game, maybe the same series he's talking about.
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B
It sounds like it because this was in Denver.
- [18:30]
A
Eric Young hit a home run for the Rockies. It was unbelievable. Barry Bonds is a supreme asshole, and it's one of the reasons I love him.
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B
Justin says, Being that I was 12 years old, him raising his fist to me legitimately scared me.
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A
Yes.
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B
And I ran to the elevator as fast as I could. Needless to say, I have not been a Barry Bonds fan since that day.
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A
I bet that made Barry and whoever he was with laugh so hard. Yeah. Like maybe Robbie Thompson or Kirk Manwaring. And they're going like that kid fucking.
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B
That's so funny.
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A
Kid freaked out.
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B
I wonder. I know it's probably not possible for you, Justin, but I hope you can look back at that with adult eyes and laugh at it. I get it. If for you you're too close to it, but I think for us, I go like. That wouldn't make me hate Barry Bonds. Of. Makes me.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Think he's kind of funny.
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A
Well, yeah.
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B
Fist to a child and just.
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A
And also, this is pre Internet, so you can act however the hell you want to.
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B
God, what a good point.
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A
And you could just act.
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B
Nobody would ever make a Reddit post that said there's no proof, but there's no.
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A
There's no security cams. You were just walking around and what a. I think in sports, sure, Barry Bonds is one of my favorite players, but I think it's great to have villains. I think it's great to. A part of sports fandom is having a bad guy. Yeah.
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B
Let's talk about some of the other stuff that happened on this road so we can switch into the part of the podcast people are here for, which, by the way, whoever's editing this, Chris or Brady, we'll put a time code in the description of the episode. So if you genuinely just want the sports stuff, you can skip. But very quickly, here's some of the things I jotted down in my notes app throughout our. Our ride. I wrote Parker Posey. This has become one of my favorite inside jokes for us.
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A
What car company is that for?
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B
Great question. I have no idea. There's a.
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A
There's a car commercial where Parker Posey is, like, talking about how great the.
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B
Car is and she's driving.
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A
The view that you have several different ones where there's. She's, like, with her family. There's like a long one where. But there's a part.
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B
But the view that you have is. Is as if the camera's looking in the windshield of the car. So you see Parker Posey driving, and she's talking right to the camera.
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A
And then she says all this things the car can do. And at one moment, she makes a jerking motion with the wheel.
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She, like, completely jerks the wheel to one side. And then the next shot in some.
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Of the commercials is going up steps.
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Is her on a bridge. And it's like, did she just drive her family off a bridge?
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She just. Family annihilate.
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B
So the joke, the running joke has been anytime anything happens that we. I don't know, when you feel bad and you are like, oh, no, I messed up. I made a mistake. You go like, Parker Posey. You, like, pretend to. Maybe that's an inside joke. Maybe we should just leave that where it was.
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It's fun, though.
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Should we tell them about graft turf? I mean, on the drive out here, we pass a lot of farms. And at one point, I was driving and Dan said, that's a turf farm. And I thought he was joking because I didn't. I'm dumb, I guess. And I didn't know you grow turf like that.
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A lot of people don't drive through the middle of this country and realize how much shit we grow.
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I Just didn't think turf was that.
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I'm not really that familiar.
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Real.
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A
I can't speak on it because that was.
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B
You were like the all rightfully. You were like. It was all green. It was all looked like grass.
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A
And we were going through a time where it was very like, like dry and everything was dead. And this looked middle of summer, like lush green.
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B
And then there was a sign that said turf farm. So I was like, damn, that really is where they grow the grass and or fake grass. And then we got in when they were coming into Denver, there was a huge turf farm. And I got excited to be like, look, Dan, a turf farm. And the company was called Graff Graf Turf. Graf Turf.
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It sounds like you have a speech impediment. Graf Tuf.
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B
Oh, I love my Graf Tuf.
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A
I like to play on Graft Hoof.
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B
I only play on Graf Tuf.
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A
So that was making us laugh driving into Denver. Oh, I love to play on Graf Tuf.
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B
Oh, Graf Tuf. And then what was the Ilif?
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A
Cause in Iliff there's a. Yeah, there's a street that I grew up near named Iliff.
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But there's a town we drove through right before Grafturf called Iliff. And so I said, I liff in Ilif. And I love Graf Tuf.
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A
Yeah, Speech Impediment Alley. We were in Speech Impediment Alley.
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B
Boy, that really did it for me. Just like the Jesus metal sculpture I've seen that boy for. How many times have we done this road trip? 3.
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A
3.
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B
And there's this guy on a hill carrying a.
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It's before Fort Morgan.
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B
Well, we know this now. We didn't know this then.
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A
Well, we thought he was down.
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B
We thought he was. We thought he ascended.
- [22:48]
A
For people that aren't might not ever do, this drive between Kearney, Nebraska, in Denver, Colorado is fucking brutal.
- [22:59]
B
It's the worst leg. It's the worst leg of the trip by far.
- [23:01]
A
It's not even close how bad of a leg of it is. Sure, if you get the Rockies. When you get to like a certain part in eastern Colorado where you start seeing the mountains come up and that's fine. Everything else sucks.
- [23:12]
B
It's really flat. It's really flat and boring. There are long stretches where if you need a gas station to pee, you've got to wait. It's just really. It's the. Of the all the legs of our trip, it's the one that has the least going for it, I tell you. Smells like poop. I know that doesn't Matter to Dan, who can walk through smells. He's. That is his disability.
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A
What did we say yesterday? I said in. In Superman, when Superman holds. When Superman holds Lois Lane's hand and they fly, and he shows her what it's like to fly. Since I can't smell, my superpower is I let Katie fart around me, and that's me grabbing her hand and flying. Cause she can just rip ass. And I'm like, it doesn't affect me. I lost my smell. Cause of COVID if anyone's wondering. But it was already dull. But we're driving tomorrow. Chicago to New York in one shot, which is 12 hours.
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B
Cause we're nuts.
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A
But I would tell you right now, I look forward to that drive more than I do Carney to Denver, which.
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B
Is only like five hours.
- [24:16]
A
Five and a half. Yeah, it's a little over five hours.
- [24:18]
B
It stinks. It literally stinks. And it stinks. And that's why we thought Graft turf was so funny. One of the things that we do see, we're delirious is this Jesus metal sculpture where it's a guy. It's just, like, a thin, hammered metal sculpture of a guy carrying a cross.
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Giant cross.
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B
A giant, like, way too big of a cross. Up a hill. There's nobody else with him. It's just like he's underneath the left arm and main body. Body of the cross. But we couldn't find him.
- [24:44]
A
Well, and I'm gonna tell you, Katie was getting, like, sad, disappointed.
- [24:49]
B
Yeah.
- [24:49]
A
She was like, where's my guy? Where's my guy with his cross?
- [24:52]
B
Because he lets me know. Keep going.
- [24:54]
A
Yeah.
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B
Even when the burden is twice your size, you gotta keep going.
- [24:58]
A
And so we get to. I think we, like, we drive past Big Springs where we slept. If you want to go, listen to my podcast, where we did it live from the parking lot.
- [25:08]
B
They changed the Motel 6, you guys, it's not a Motel 6 anymore. It's big something. And I think we just can't read that wor. That's in between.
- [25:14]
A
Massage parlor next door. Still kicking, though. Talk about a big end, that rub and tug. Still pulling off farmers. But we were driving, and we were like. Katie was like, is this thing gone? Then I heard the disappointment set in her voice.
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B
I was sad.
- [25:30]
A
And we keep driving, and then just over the hill.
- [25:33]
B
And I got so nervous to see him, because I was like, oh, do I look okay?
- [25:38]
A
What do I say to him? Let's keep going.
- [25:40]
B
And then we just drove by, and that was really it. Christmas Day. Can we talk about the perfect Wii game. We play Wii Golf. My mom, Trish and Dan.
- [25:51]
A
My mom. The only video game my mom plays on a system is Wii. I got her a Nintendo Wii.
- [25:57]
B
An important distinction because, you know, just like every boomer, she's got to be playing cell phone games.
- [26:01]
A
It's crazy.
- [26:02]
B
They're all playing iPad, cell phone games.
- [26:03]
A
Sweet Crush Sound on toddlers and Boomers.
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B
Sound on. On your games. How dare you.
- [26:09]
A
Toddlers and boomers are obsessed with phone games.
- [26:12]
B
They love them.
- [26:13]
A
Everyone else, we can move on to a system console, A handheld, as I look at my Steam deck. But my mom loves golf. She's a huge golf fan. She loves playing golf, and I got her a Nintendo Wii, like, 15 years ago, and she has played the same nine holes of Wii Golf. We. We've. I've been playing it with her for 15 years. She loves it. It's her. Like, in the winter, she has a couple drinks and she's like, let's play some Wii Golf.
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B
It's great. It's the most fun.
- [26:45]
A
Katie and I go for a cousin walk.
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B
Nice.
- [26:48]
A
Or a lover's walk, if you want to call it that. And then we play Wii Golf with her. I'm gonna tell you right now, I've been playing this with my mom for 15 years. We're not great at it. We're pretty good. We do. Sometimes we do good, sometimes we do bad. Katie comes in immediately ties the high score within two years of playing this game, then shows up this Christmas and drops four eagles.
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B
Yeah, guys.
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A
In nine holes.
- [27:16]
B
No big deal. Four eagles. Talking about some crazy.
- [27:19]
A
A par four. She got it into a par a two par, two par fours. She dropped it in two strokes. Then she gets it in two, three strokes on two par fives. It was just. She's chipping in. She's just. The approach shot looks great. My mom's getting jealous. I will deal with the heat from that. I know my mom would be very embarrassed to hear that, but it was true.
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B
No, she was very supportive, but with.
- [27:43]
A
The tinge of jealousy. That being said, that wasn't even the.
- [27:48]
B
Christmas game I was talking about.
- [27:49]
A
I know. I wanted to bring that one up. I wanted to hype you.
- [27:52]
B
I did. You'll notice we're not saying that it was that I won the game by a lot because I did completely fall apart on holes eight and nine, which.
- [27:58]
A
But she won by a stroke, which.
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B
Then Trish and I think we tied. I think Trish then later brought up, when I told her it was a perfect Christmas, she said well, not perfect. And I was like, oh, no, what did we. What was wrong? And she said, I bet you would have liked to have holes 8 and 9 back.
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A
Crazy. Also crazy moment to find out my mom is an elite shit talker. My mom is like. My mom is like Reggie Miller good at talking shit. That she was like, bet you want that eight.
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B
She, by the way, lost that game. She lost that game.
- [28:29]
A
She did.
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B
She came in third in that game.
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A
And she wants to talk shit.
- [28:32]
B
But fine.
- [28:32]
A
But we had a family game. This is the first game of the day where we all played after opening presents. We all hit four under on.
- [28:41]
B
We tie. A three way tie. We had never done that.
- [28:44]
A
We didn't. Never done.
- [28:46]
B
Never even came close to doing that. Usually one person is way off. And honestly, it's usually me. I'm usually having a meltdown game where I go, this is stupid. The wind doesn't even make sense. What are we doing this for? Or I try one of your guys's crazy trick shots and hit a tree. And you guys go, oh, you were one pixel to the left. And I'm like, I hate this. I don't understand. You guys been playing this for 15 years.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And then I melt down just like that. That was just me doing a dramatic representation of me.
- [29:11]
A
Very accurate.
- [29:12]
B
Thank you. I get really upset. But this time we all got the same score. And I thought that was amazing.
- [29:17]
A
Very fun. Very fun thing on Christmas to go. Hey, good job, everybody. Now let's move on from this golf game.
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B
Yeah.
- [29:23]
A
And then we got to watch football all day.
- [29:24]
B
Yeah, we did. This was. I was gonna, I guess will still be our transition, which I will then have to toss us to an ad break. But we watched the Christmas football games and this isn't the actual football of it. That commercial really upset us. I don't mean to be a hack, because I feel like most people on the Internet were probably upset with this as well, but when we saw that Netflix spoiler commercial.
- [29:49]
A
Okay, here's the deal. Netflix, you want to do a commercial where you spoil your shows, then release all of the show at once, right? Because the reason you fucked up my squid game thing. They did. Netflix did a thing where said, here comes a bunch of spoilers. And then they spoiled their show.
- [30:07]
B
And if you're not watching the TV all the time, you miss the first few seconds where it wasn't out loud. I think it was silent.
- [30:14]
A
Did a countdown. It goes, but it doesn't.
- [30:16]
B
Didn't say it. I think it was just on text, on screen. Of it being like we're about to spoil all of our shows. And then. Or maybe it did say it out loud. I don't know. I just know I missed that part.
- [30:26]
A
Listen, in the environment of Christmas, where things are happening right, meals are being prepared, people are cleaning up from earlier, shit's going on. You can't do this. Because I looked up and Squid Game was spoiled for me. Yeah. To the point that I don't really care to go and watch it. Katie said she might go and watch it.
- [30:44]
B
I think I'm gonna still finish it.
- [30:45]
A
I know what happened. And I'm kind of like, fuck you. Because by the way, we did watch Squid Game, but then when they did the second part of this season's coming out, we just didn't pick it back up. And then they spoiled it.
- [30:58]
B
I don't like the second part of the season thing. I don't. And I'm curious to know your thoughts about Stranger Things because I gave up on that show, I think, after the second season. So I'm not still in it with you. But the way that they're releasing it is very.
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A
You know what, man? I think everybody feels this. I'm just like, inundated. There's too much stuff to watch. And there's stuff. Especially when you. For you casuals, you become. Start becoming more of a sports fan. You sports, you have to watch in the moment. It's fleeting. It isn't a thing that you can pick up. We got into Shogun late. We can still talk to some people about show.
- [31:33]
B
God, it's so good. We just finished it. It's so good.
- [31:36]
A
But you can't do that with sports. Sports, you have to stay on it. You have to watch it or it will get spoiled. What sucks about this is it's like, hey, Netflix, let me watch your shit and then move forward. But I didn't watch Squid Game. Game. And the thing with Stranger Things is I do want to watch it. Your brother's caught up. He said it's good. I will watch it. But I'm not excited about it.
- [31:57]
B
Huh. Why? Just because the way it split up, I lost momentum. Yeah, I get it. It's also been. These kids are grown. They're grown adults.
- [32:06]
A
Yeah.
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B
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B
Let's talk about the football, because we mentioned it before, I actually will start this section with my take, which is that the real war on Christmas is football and basketball.
- [35:17]
A
Yeah. It's not saying Christmas or merry or happy holidays.
- [35:20]
B
No, it's. It's here. It's upon us. And it's Christmas versus. It's football versus basketball.
- [35:25]
A
Can I tell you what? I'm a football fan first and foremost.
- [35:29]
B
Yeah.
- [35:29]
A
NFL.
- [35:30]
B
Yeah.
- [35:30]
A
Love the NFL. Can't get enough of it. Back up. NFL.
- [35:34]
B
I know.
- [35:35]
A
Christmas is NBA. It's always been NBA.
- [35:38]
B
It's supposed to be NBA this year.
- [35:40]
A
You always get to see premium matchup of teams that you want to see on Christmas. There can be a football game. You get Thanksgiving already. Football.
- [35:51]
B
Yeah.
- [35:52]
A
You can have.
- [35:53]
B
It does feel selfish. It does feel selfish. I'll say. We didn't watch any basketball this year, so I feel like we. If we're casting votes, we voted football.
- [36:05]
A
I understand how we voted with our pocket, but I'm telling you, it was also. Because this is the first Christmas that this was available like this.
- [36:11]
B
Yeah.
- [36:11]
A
This was the first time they Thanksgiving, Christmas with football.
- [36:14]
B
Is it because wasn't the Beyonce halftime show. Wasn't that.
- [36:17]
A
There was two games last year and.
- [36:18]
B
There was two games. Oh, and then a third game on a different channel.
- [36:21]
A
Yeah, they did three this year.
- [36:22]
B
Yeah.
- [36:23]
A
And it's because of Netflix. Netflix doesn't have NBA. You had to give Christmas back to basketball.
- [36:28]
B
Yeah, I think they. They deserve it because I do feel bad we didn't watch any basketball this year.
- [36:33]
A
But there's also. So, like, the thing about football is we're reaching the greatest week of football and the year. Yeah, it's not even close. Yeah, it is. The greatest sports month is October, but the greatest week of football is in between Christmas and New Year's.
- [36:49]
B
Right. Because now we have college football playoffs. Right.
- [36:54]
A
You have regular season last week, regular season, NFL, which feels like playoffs. It's pre playoff playoff.
- [36:59]
B
Yeah.
- [37:00]
A
You get the. You get the Falcons. I mean, the Buccaneers and the Panthers for the NFC South. You get the Ravens and the Steelers for the AFC north and then you get the 49ers and the Seahawks for the number one seed in the NFC. It's just.
- [37:19]
B
It's a tasty little treat.
- [37:20]
A
Tasty little treat. And that's so great. We don't need Christmas to give Christmas to NBA. Here's what the NBA needs to do. It needs to start getting people hyped so that you don't have the serotonin crash after the Super Bowl.
- [37:38]
B
Yeah, you're right. You need to.
- [37:39]
A
This is.
- [37:39]
B
When's a good time to start transitioning into caring about stuff so that when the super bowl happens, you're like, no, no, I already care about basketball.
- [37:47]
A
Yeah. Because when football ends with such a loud bang.
- [37:51]
B
Yeah.
- [37:52]
A
That you want to have something that you can go to. And what's funny is, you know, I'm a Denver Nuggets fan. People try to talk to me about the Nuggets in November and December. I'm useless. I watched, you know, I, like, check the score and I. Overtime game the other night against the Timberwolves were.
- [38:06]
B
I think Jamal Murray and Jokic combined for, like, 90 points.
- [38:09]
A
Yeah. But also Jokic had, like, 30 of it in overtime. It was crazy. Yeah, I pay attention to that. But I'm pretty useless as a Nuggets fan until the 49ers season's done, and then I'm like, all in on the Nuggets. So this is why Christmas is important, because it goes, hey, just heads up.
- [38:26]
B
Have a little basketball before the best football week of your life.
- [38:28]
A
You know what Christmas basketball is? It's Punx Tawny Phil. It's like, if it sees it, if the NBA sees its shadow, there's going to be six more weeks of football. And if it doesn't, then it's like, all right, we're going to have an early NBA season.
- [38:41]
B
It also feels like Christmas football took away from it, made this Sunday kind of lame as hell.
- [38:48]
A
Well, it didn't feel like Sunday.
- [38:49]
B
Like, there was cool stuff, but that 4 o' clock window was.
- [38:54]
A
I mean, thank God it was two games. Thank God it was Eagles, Bills.
- [38:58]
B
Thank God one of them was good. And it was Eagles, Bills. But that's who was even the other Raiders.
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A
Giants.
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B
Yeah. Both 2 and 13 or something like that.
- [39:06]
A
Crazy stepdad versus deadbeat dad.
- [39:08]
B
But let's talk about the Patriots beat the Jets. Thank you very much. The Patriots absolutely routed the Jets.
- [39:13]
A
We woke up early because Katie wanted to get to Chicago to watch the Patriots with her family.
- [39:18]
B
I didn't want to miss it.
- [39:19]
A
She's a Pats fan. That's what I'm saying. I'm saying that. So you don't.
- [39:21]
B
Yeah, No, I was just saying to them I didn't want to miss. I was trying to. I was doing an ad lib.
- [39:25]
A
But what's funny is we were. I didn't want to miss it, but we were. When we were talking about what time we wanted to leave Nebraska, I said. She said, oh, well, we're losing an hour in the Patriots of the early game on Sunday. And I'm thinking to myself, all right, well, this would be a good game. Let's try to get there as soon as possible. I said, who you guys playing? She went, the Jets. I went, it's going to be over by the time we get there. And it was.
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B
Yeah, it was.
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A
By the time we got to Chicago.
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B
They made us wake up really early.
- [39:54]
A
It was halftime, and it was 28 to 3. 5 to 3.
- [39:58]
B
My family was at a children's museum. They didn't even stay home a while.
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A
It was 35 to 3.
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B
Well, let's go, pate. Sorry I care, you know. Sorry my heart's in it.
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A
Your Patrick's won.
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B
Sorry. My Patrick's had to win. And sorry. Win the AFC east again. Sorry we went from worst to first. Sorry.
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A
Worst to first.
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B
Sorry, everybody.
- [40:14]
A
And, man, if I'm a Titans fan, I'm devastated. I'm harassing the ownership.
- [40:21]
B
Yeah, I'm pissed. I'm pissed. You let Mike Vrabel walk out that door.
- [40:24]
A
I'm first. You let first. I'm mad. You let the. That dumb GM trade AJ Brown, and that's what upset Vrabel and then Vrabel. They had a bad season, and you guys kick Variable to the curb. And now he's worse to first at the team he won Super Bowls on. You gave him the storybook. I mean, the Patriots look great. Drake May looks phenomenal.
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B
Thank you.
- [40:45]
A
Stefan Diggs out here.
- [40:47]
B
I mean, the crazy Christmas post. We don't have to spend too much time on it. But when he posted in his stories on Christmas, Christmas with various sons of his. Or maybe one of them was a daughter.
- [40:57]
A
Just babies.
- [40:58]
B
Various babies experiencing their first Christmas. And then one of the pictures is Cardi B. Holding the baby that you had together. And you're. You basically say, like, don't hold him so tight, you're gonna make him gay. I don't know what. I don't know what. I don't know what a lot of people were like. Wait, so it wasn't just an Internet rumor? Stefan Diggs really did have this many babies. The same year he had a baby with Cardi B. I think he was.
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A
Running four pregnant ladies at the same time.
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B
He just was able to get away with that's misinformation until you post it on your own story. And everybody was like, wait, so you really are out here fathering multiple children? You're starting families across this great nation.
- [41:36]
A
It's crazy. It's crazy. I always wanted. When Tom Brady had his first son and then he went and married.
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B
Oh, that one. Yeah.
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A
Yeah. But then he went and married Giselle and had his other kids with her. I always wanted his son Jack to grow up to be, like, the Big bad and, like, play linebacker at Ohio State. Like the reverse of his dad and just be like a dog and just like, terrorize his other kids.
- [42:04]
B
Yeah.
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A
Because I think that's what's funny about having multiple families, is really. You can start a little clan battle.
- [42:09]
B
Yeah. You know, like, they can all fight for your love.
- [42:12]
A
Yes.
- [42:13]
B
Yeah. That's fun.
- [42:14]
A
So little family of warriors.
- [42:15]
B
Yeah. So anyway, the Patriots beat the jets, clinched the AFC East. The Bills lost to the Eagles on that failed two point conversion, which was tough because Josh Allen's always doing all of it. And then on that last play, he's.
- [42:27]
A
A single mom that works too hard.
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Loves her kids, loves his kids and never stops. Gentle hands and the heart of a fighter. He's a survivor. But in that moment, there were gentle hands, open and outstretched in the end zone waiting for that two point conversion pass, and it did not make sense.
- [42:42]
A
Sometimes I would use AI to put Josh Allen in the REBA beginning, but he. I agree completely with Michael Strahan. I was watching the post game on Fox and Michael Strahan was like. I didn't know the stat until he said. He was like, why not kick the extra point when your defenses held Philadelphia to, like, 21 yards or something like that in the second half? And you're like, yeah.
- [43:07]
B
Do you think part of it is because the reason they were in that situation in the first place is because their kicker missed an extra point?
- [43:14]
A
Yeah.
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B
So do you think maybe they were like, if he misses this extra point, people will kill him. He'll be murdered.
- [43:19]
A
Yeah, that's a good point. That's a really good point.
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B
I don't.
- [43:23]
A
I just think it was kind of. Sometimes when people go for two, you get it because, like, they're beat up and maybe that's what it was. They're beat up. It was rainy and wet, but sometimes they see it and I go, don't do that. And that's what it felt like last night. I wanted to see more game. That's why I wanted to watch Philly and Buffalo keep playing.
- [43:41]
B
I know it was a good game, but ultimately the Bills lost it and the Patriots have won the AFC East. I just want to make sure I said that one last time, that the Pates have won the AFC East. Who would have guessed? Not me. Brock Purdy turned into Josh Allen for a night is what Brady wrote. Totals five touchdowns and the Niners beat the Bears 42 to 38.
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A
He had how many touchdowns?
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B
Five.
- [44:03]
A
How many. You know how many night touchdowns? Five back to back games of five touchdowns.
- [44:10]
B
Whoa.
- [44:11]
A
Here's the thing about Brock Purdy. Keep him underrated. Keep going for a day. He was Josh Allen for a day. He's a fucking wife.
- [44:21]
B
He's a winner, but he can't dance.
- [44:23]
A
I don't give a shit. He hit the Dougie once successfully enough that his black teammates didn't think it was horrible.
- [44:28]
B
I think they were just hyping him up. I think they were just being supportive because that is not the Dougie.
- [44:32]
A
It's Kirk Cousins with the chains on. On the plane.
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B
Yeah.
- [44:35]
A
You know what I mean?
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B
Sure.
- [44:36]
A
Let him rub his head and go, hey, great job. Here's the thing about. I love Brock Purdy. I just love him. His World War I face, his little.
- [44:44]
B
He's such a boy.
- [44:45]
A
He's just. I just loved. I love Glock purpose. Purdy.
- [44:48]
B
Glock Purdy.
- [44:49]
A
Glock lock. Purdy.
- [44:51]
B
He keeps that fang on him.
- [44:52]
A
Yeah.
- [44:54]
B
Jesus.
- [44:54]
A
But that game was so much fucking fun.
- [44:56]
B
It was fun. I mean, just trading back and forth. That was awesome.
- [45:00]
A
God, and to see the Bears and Niners in a game that means something this late in the season was this 1993. And that. And that guy Jason's getting yelled at by Barry Bonds.
- [45:11]
B
Did you just get that?
- [45:12]
A
I don't know. I think it might have been Justin. Damn it.
- [45:15]
B
Really, really close.
- [45:17]
A
I was pulling back, Justin.
- [45:18]
B
I'm sorry. I'm gonna hit him about that. I'll get him back in line, but.
- [45:22]
A
Yeah, but listen, the. The. The block, the Brock Purdy disrespect. Can people stop with it?
- [45:29]
B
Is it disrespect or is it just. They're not worried about. They're not thinking about him. He's not like a.
- [45:35]
A
Well, they need to.
- [45:36]
B
Yeah, because.
- [45:38]
A
Name me an elite receiver that he has.
- [45:41]
B
Juan Jennings.
- [45:43]
A
Would you consider Joanne Jennings? I do, because I love 3rd and Juwan. But I'm saying, outside of the 49 fans, Ricky Pearsall, 49ers fandom. He doesn't have a superstar wide receiver. He doesn't have. When Kittle wasn't on the field yesterday, he had Tongas.
- [45:54]
B
Kendrick Bourne.
- [45:56]
A
Yeah. Who you guys disregarded. And he came home.
- [45:59]
B
Relationships end.
- [46:00]
A
Listen, came home to the bay area.
- [46:01]
B
Can't be with someone forever.
- [46:03]
A
But my point is, everyone wants to find a reason why not to pay. When we renegotiated with Brock Purdy to get him that deal, everyone was like, you paid him too much. He's not worth that. He's not worth it. And then he goes and wins and you go, then what is the. What's the worth then?
- [46:17]
B
What's this then?
- [46:18]
A
What are you looking for with worth? I want a quarterback that wins football games. And he won one last night. Him in that tattered defense anchored by Alfred Collins eats a can of beans.
- [46:32]
B
This is a song that Dan wrote last night in front of my family. With my family. It was delightful. They delighted in this. No idea where it came from.
- [46:40]
A
It was that joint that I smoked at halftime, probably.
- [46:42]
B
And he said, alfred Collins eats a can of beans.
- [46:47]
A
Yeah, it was when Alfred Collins. Gotta stop. I love Alfred Collins.
- [46:50]
B
So that's for.
- [46:51]
A
I love our defense so much. I love having Robert Sala back. Everything's right in the world.
- [46:56]
B
You really did feel like.
- [46:58]
A
Remember how hyped I got when we signed Robert Sala again?
- [47:01]
B
I remember before you even signed him when the rumors started and you were like, rumor head has it Robert Sal is coming, but daddy's coming home.
- [47:09]
A
I mean, I love Robert Sall.
- [47:10]
B
Hot daddy's coming home. I mean, he is a Daddy. He's got 10 kids, I think.
- [47:14]
A
So he's got a lot of children.
- [47:15]
B
And I get it.
- [47:16]
A
And he. And then we always tell the story of Katie and I got to go to the Super bowl in 2020. The Niners, Chiefs in Miami. And we went to the afterparty and Robert saw it. What was he eating?
- [47:29]
B
A seafood tower. But sad because, you know, they. They. For casuals that don't know. The two teams in the super bowl both have to book these g gigs for after the super bowl parties.
- [47:39]
A
Like post super bowl parties.
- [47:40]
B
They. They. But they have to book these big venues because it's like for the post party if they win. But if they don't win, they just have, like, catering in these giant venues and entertainers that are like, I'm sure big marquee names don't perform anymore, but like Snoop Dogg or no Lil Wayne eventually came to this losing party.
- [48:01]
A
Jabberwockies.
- [48:02]
B
Jabberwockies were there, there, but we left before Lil Wayne because it was. Didn't show up till like 4am or something like that. But anyway, the loser still has the party. So it's like a very sad bus to a very sad venue.
- [48:15]
A
It's the saddest. It's the. It's the biggest, saddest party you'll ever go to.
- [48:20]
B
It's crazy. It's. And like the Jabberwockies are saying thing or like the DJ was saying into the mic, y' all had a good season. Don't worry about it. You made it here. You made it here. A lot of teams didn't make it here and you did. You'll get them next year. You came in second place. You played real hard out there.
- [48:38]
A
At the time, my lifelong friend Mike McDaniel was the run game coordinator for the 49ers. Sala was still the D coordinator. And so Sala was with Mike McDaniel. And then we were hanging out with Mike and his wife and we were all standing around the Seafood Towers. Robert Sala told us what play lost them the Super Bowl. It was one of the most surreal moments I've ever had as a fan.
- [49:02]
B
As he's like dipping a giant shrimp in a cocktail sauce.
- [49:07]
A
That wheel route really killed us. But he's back and they found a way at the very end to stop him. Yeah, possibly. I think one of only three stops we had all night.
- [49:17]
B
Yeah, it was a. It was a real shootout. Real barn burner, as they say.
- [49:21]
A
Man, oh man. It leads to 49ers Seahawks for the number one seed in the NFC, which.
- [49:26]
B
Is just an old school storied rivalry that I think everybody loves. And that'll be Saturday night. Yeah, the main game of Saturday night again, Saturday day is going to be Bucs, Panthers and they are also playing for. For a chance to get into the playoffs. They're playing for the division title and Sunday night will be Steelers and Ravens for their division title because the Steelers lost to the Browns, a game that I don't think people thought that was even going to be an option. The Browns love. They're obviously out of it. They're playing spoiler to the Steelers and.
- [50:04]
A
They love to spoil it for the Steelers.
- [50:06]
B
And Miles Garrett was going for the sack record and he needed one more.
- [50:11]
A
Sack and he wanted to do it this week because obviously the regular season in the NFL has been extended by a game a couple years ago.
- [50:18]
B
And so anybody who had the record before could argue that he had an extra game. So it's not fair that he gets to. But whatever he. It will still count if he does it next week. But he wanted to do it this week and he didn't get it. And after the game, Myles Garrett said something to the effect that he felt Aaron Rodgers was more concerned about Garrett not getting the sack against him than he was with winning the game and that's why they lost, which is great.
- [50:43]
A
Shit talking between rivals.
- [50:44]
B
It's really beautiful.
- [50:45]
A
You go, you don't even. You cared more about me than getting your job done. And he's like, don't say that. But then I saw someone online say caring about Myles Garrett not getting the sack record over the win is peak Aaron Rodgers.
- [50:56]
B
Right. Because it's not even caring about getting your own record record. It's about not being the guy who lets the other guy set his own record.
- [51:04]
A
And can I just say this again, as a Barry Bonds fan, sports is great because of villains and if this was a reality show, Aaron Rodgers is.
- [51:14]
B
Getting a villain edit.
- [51:15]
A
He's getting a villain edit and it's a great run as a villain.
- [51:19]
B
Yeah, he really is. He said. I mean, to an extent I feel like they were more worried about keeping me away from Aaron Rodgers than getting the worst win. And I think that's what came back to bite him. So they'll have to fight it out with Baltimore next week, which is great.
- [51:32]
A
Yeah. And I'm very excited about that game.
- [51:34]
B
We have an update on DK Metcalf who I think, I don't know what ended up making it into the episode, but we had a conversation about it on the last time we did one of these last week and I think we might have edited out because by the time it came out the story had evolved so much.
- [51:48]
A
Yeah. My guess when originally when we were talking about the story was that I, I think we didn't know. We watched the game and then we were driving the next day.
- [51:55]
B
DK Metcalf, receiver for the Steelers, grabbed a fan in the stands. It wasn't. They didn't see it in game so he didn't get in trouble. But the broadcast caught it that he like yanked this guy down. He like grabbed him by his shirt or his wig and then like shoved him back up into the stands. He got a two game suspension. He appealed it. The appeal was upheld. So he is not playing for the last two games of the season, which was really a huge part of. I mean you notice his absence in that game against the Browns. They had no, you know, deep threat guy they could get a big pass off to. So then we had heard. Then the story evolved to DK saying that the guy. This was your guess, was that the guy had said a racial slur.
- [52:38]
A
I mean, it's a pretty. Pretty easy guess. Most of the time when you see a black athlete try to lose it against something at a white guy, you go, I wonder what would be said to have that reaction.
- [52:50]
B
And then I believe dk, or at least his agent or somebody came out and did say that's what happened.
- [52:54]
A
A racial slur. The guy said that he didn't. The guy came out and said that he.
- [53:00]
B
All he said was his full name, and he didn't say anything offensive. Then it comes out that these two have history. That DK had complained about him at a. For a. At a. When he played for the Seahawks.
- [53:10]
A
Yes, it was when the Seahawks were playing the Lions last season, he had a problem with the same fan. He asked that the fan get removed.
- [53:19]
B
And then people that were in the crowd with that fan confirmed and corroborated that whatever the guy had said, they didn't repeat it. But whatever they had said was offensive and. And had upset them or whatever confirmed it.
- [53:31]
A
Dude's a dick.
- [53:32]
B
The dude. So the guy. But I. I maintain that what shifted public perception is that the fan held a press conference. The fan that is at the center of this controversy who at the time of the controversy was wearing a woman wig. So it's very fun. We could have gone on not really knowing what this guy looked like or who he was.
- [53:53]
A
Like Sza or. No, I mean, what's her name? Sia.
- [53:59]
B
With the. She wears a wig in front of her. Yes, exactly.
- [54:02]
A
That.
- [54:02]
B
We could have gone on not knowing who he was. He calls a press conference alongside his lawyers, and he shows up to the press conference in a suit and a backwards hat.
- [54:14]
A
Crazy. Every time. Old school movies or whatever, or even on the news when someone would be getting interviewed, like, let's say it's a farmer, and they realize they're on camera, they always take their hat off real quick and hold it to their chest and go, well, I'm sorry. I didn't know I was on camera like that. This guy was leaving the house in a suit and went, you know what will really top this look? A hat.
- [54:37]
B
They need to know I'm a fan.
- [54:39]
A
He turned. Turned it backwards.
- [54:40]
B
Oh, God.
- [54:41]
A
A backwards hat at a press conference nullifies anything that you say.
- [54:46]
B
You sound like Colin Coward. Why do you remember that? Remember when Colin Coward Was like, I don't want my quarterback wearing a backwards hat.
- [54:52]
A
Oh, I don't care about him. He. He's anti Brock Purdy. So. Colin Coward.
- [54:56]
B
Oh, yeah, sorry. I forgot that was fresh.
- [54:58]
A
Hey, Colin, remember when you said TUA was better than Purdy? You.
- [55:02]
B
All right? Let's not start, like, full sports media beef on my podcast.
- [55:05]
A
All fight him.
- [55:06]
B
The views of our guests do not reflect. So, anyway, I didn't know if you had seen any of this press conference.
- [55:13]
A
It is really hard to get me upset, but there's two things. Animal abuse, racism. Like, I get hot right away. Like, I can feel it. My face gets all warm. So I guess I want to be crystal clear about one thing. I didn't use any brick racial slurs, no hate speech. I mean, none of that stuff at the game. To Kaylin, if you're watching this, man, just. If you could just say that, please. Like, my family's getting threats and stuff, and it's not cool. So whether you said that or not, I'm sure you didn't want that to happen to the family.
- [55:52]
B
Even if you did.
- [55:54]
A
Like, I forgive you, man. DK has said that he doesn't like when people call him by his full name.
- [55:59]
B
Repeatedly.
- [56:00]
A
Repeatedly.
- [56:00]
B
It was part of his complaint. Was like, don't. Why? So why call him that again?
- [56:05]
A
And then also doing it from the. From the source of, like, you're a complete victim, right? This thing came out of nowhere and bit you in the ass.
- [56:11]
B
I forgive you.
- [56:12]
A
I forgive you. Such. It's. There's nothing worse than faux empathy or.
- [56:16]
B
Faux, like, just really embarrassing to be flanked by your lawyers with palm tree. Whatever those tropical plants were behind you.
- [56:24]
A
Had a rainforest cafe.
- [56:27]
B
Talking out of the side of his mouth, which is.
- [56:30]
A
Unless you're doing Peter Griffin, which is not okay.
- [56:32]
B
It's also, like, a metaphor for being a sneaky racist. Like, when you go, like, he talks out of the side of his.
- [56:38]
A
In fact, I've never. In 15 years.
- [56:41]
B
He had to think about it. He. He sits up like the thought occurred to him and goes, actually, 15 years of being a season ticket holder, I've never said the N word. Okay, buddy? That's obvious.
- [56:54]
A
He goes, actually, you know what? I did say it when I was singing along to a Wu Tang song on the way to the airport.
- [57:00]
B
So this guy.
- [57:02]
A
I got to be honest.
- [57:03]
B
It sucks to suck this bad that everyone immediately goes like, dude, you suck. I do not care anymore. I'd like to be clear. I don't think a football player should ever grab a fan I think the interaction should always be non physical you. I think for the most part you should try your best to ignore anything anyone's saying and not even say back to them. It gives them too much power at the same time. This guy fucking sucks.
- [57:27]
A
Yeah.
- [57:28]
B
So case closed for that for me. Because that guy sucks.
- [57:31]
A
That guy sucks.
- [57:32]
B
That guy sucks and is clearly just a little annoyance. You know, he's just one of those.
- [57:37]
A
Like take away season tickets.
- [57:40]
B
Yeah, I would. I'm sure there's a line, a line of people to buy them. It's that every time team that always has like a line to get you.
- [57:46]
A
There always is like a waiting list.
- [57:50]
B
Okay, let's talk about the Pop Tart Bowl. So the, the Pop Tart bowl was this past week. That should have been Notre Dame and byu. No, because I think BYU took Notre Dame spot. But I'll tell you, nobody wrote in here who BYU beat, so I don't know who it was. BYU won the Pop Tart Bowl. And within that game, Booger McFarland declared that his favorite bowl memory was spending an entire $987 per diem in 1996 at an Atlanta strip club before the Peach Bowl.
- [58:27]
A
Dude, come on, how fun is that? They give him $1,000 and he goes, I know what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna go to an Atlanta strip club.
- [58:34]
B
It was his first per diem ever.
- [58:37]
A
Oh my God.
- [58:38]
B
He said, I went to one nice establishment and I gave it all away. They have some good wings though, which they do. The lemon pepper Lou wing. Lou Lemon pepper wings. Lou Williams and I have something in common.
- [58:49]
A
Damn. Yeah, so he went to Magic City. Yeah, he went to Magic City and dropped a G. Which probably doesn't even.
- [58:55]
B
Get you that much.
- [58:55]
A
Like in the 90s, $10,000 today. He had a lot of money. By the way, BYU beat Georgia Tech, heck, 25, 21 in the pop Tart Bowl.
- [59:05]
B
That's right. And the Pop Tart bowl, it's got crazy again this year.
- [59:10]
A
They sacrifice. They do the Pop Tart sacrifice. Which human sacrifice is their way of soft launching human sacrifice back into civilization.
- [59:17]
B
Well, yeah, because people are cheering it on. What's crazy is you've got like people cheering on these. And also the, the sacrifices themselves, like dancing as they go down, as they descend into their toasty demise.
- [59:29]
A
Now you think I'm crazy, but in three years now, when the virgin Atlantic bowl sacrifices a virgin, you're gonna be going, I don't know. I don't think they are into the.
- [59:38]
B
Same toaster you think they would get it.
- [59:40]
A
They don't even clean it. She's gonna be just lousy. Covered in different frostings. Yes.
- [59:44]
B
S' mores in BlackBerry frosting.
- [59:47]
A
Different fillings.
- [59:48]
B
And then they eat them. Then all the people eat them.
- [59:51]
A
The humiliation ritual they do is the head coach of BYU had to eat a handful of popcorn tart, which is so funny to do to a team, by the way, if the Pop Tart bowl is a mid tier bowl where you're just taking like two teams, but when it's the two teams that might have made the playoffs and then they're forced to just eat a handful of Pop Tart after they win is such a subtle fuck you to their mentality of like, hey, you just barely missed the playoffs. Now eat a handful of strawberry cake, you dick.
- [60:27]
B
Yeah. And what is it? Because it's definitely not Pop Tart.
- [60:29]
A
No, they don't make a Pop Tart that big.
- [60:30]
B
They don't make a Pop Tart that big. I was gonna ask, does a BYU coach have to be lds?
- [60:38]
A
No, they don't care.
- [60:39]
B
It says a coach isn't required, but it is a strong preference. Most head coaches typically are.
- [60:45]
A
It's almost as if the Mormon religion would bend its rules and regulations for benefit.
- [60:50]
B
Was Bronco. Wasn't Bronco Mendenhall their coach?
- [60:53]
A
I don't know, but what a name.
- [60:54]
B
I know know. Wasn't he a former BYU coach? Yeah. Is he Mormon? I don't know. I'm looking it up in real time personal life. He's married. He's a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints.
- [61:08]
A
Wow. I bet if it happens, they are stoked. I mean like, I bet if they get a Mormon coach and they are like, they're like, oh, he's everything.
- [61:20]
B
Yeah, yeah. Kalani is not. That's their current coach. Oh, wait. Coaches are members. Wait, maybe he is. Okay, never mind. I don't know. I'm just so curious. Do the players have to be.
- [61:35]
A
No.
- [61:37]
B
Are a lot of them.
- [61:38]
A
I think a lot of them are, but I don't think. I don't know what the percentage of them are, but I think it's a. I mean, listen, it's a very big D1 football program. Program. I don't think you're going to be able. That'd be like saying that all the Notre Dame players are Catholic. I think like, yeah, there are those that, that do believe, but I don't think it's.
- [61:58]
B
Well, it's also like army and Navy. Like those are actual.
- [62:00]
A
Those Air Force, Army Navy, they're all serving.
- [62:03]
B
Right. So that's almost kind of. That's.
- [62:06]
A
I mean, I always think it's crazy that Stanford and Notre Dame hold their players up to the same academic, like, need is the rest of the students. So, like, the D tack. Shane always makes this point. Shane Gillis, about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He goes, that defensive tackle does calculus. Like, he has to academically be up to snuff at Notre Dame. Similar with Stanford. You know what I mean? Like, you're looking at Harvard and Yale and all these players, and you're going like, oh, it's crazy. You're like, yeah, these guys are also, like 4.0 students. Yeah, it's crazy. Versus where you can go to, like, Miami and have a 1.2 GPU and they have another kid taking your tests. It's just crazy to me that, like, there are all these little differences between universities.
- [62:48]
B
Yeah.
- [62:48]
A
But I don't know if. I don't think all BYU players are Mormons.
- [62:52]
B
Are Mormons. Michigan hired Kyle Whittingham to replace Sharon Moore. We're not going to talk about that because we don't have a lot of time, but he had just stepped away From Utah after 32 years on the job. So we'll keep an eye on that, I guess. Lane Kiffin. I saw this one. He stole a shopping basket from his daughter. Landry posted on Tik Tok that they sent him out shopping for the first time. Question mark. Question mark. I don't know how that could possibly be possible.
- [63:20]
A
Football lives.
- [63:21]
B
Yeah, but you're. You've gone through your whole life. You've never gone to the store.
- [63:26]
A
Think about it. He's the son.
- [63:27]
B
Don't care. Go to the store.
- [63:29]
A
He's the son of a famous coach. He's just like, incubator. Incubated. He's just like a little incubated baby.
- [63:35]
B
Makes you wonder what the specific situation was, where he needed to be the one to go this time. Like, why break with.
- [63:40]
A
Probably a fight. Probably a fight with his wife where she was like, you do not. You don't even know how to go to the store. And he was like, I'll go to the store. And then he just absolutely messed it up.
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B
He came back from the store with the shopping basket. Not a cart, but a basket. And when his daughter was like, what are you doing? He was like, well, what else was I supposed to put it in?
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She was like, the bags. And then he said they were charging for bags. He thought he got around.
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Kiffin, you just got a Bonus. Because the team you abandoned won a college football playoff game doesn't pay attention to money you just got. I don't know anything about the money in the contract. I leave the numbers to the numbers guys.
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Wait till you find out how much he overpaid for those groceries. I hope the. The place leave the Krogers is like, he gave us $2,000 for $50 worth of groceries.
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Buy a bag. And also, how do you hear them telling you about the bags and not go like, that's what I'm supposed to. Well, even then, Lane Kiffin can't be held liable.
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Can I tell you right now, if I'm an LSU commit and I see this little blunder, I might. I'm thinking about re. Uncommitting.
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I might go like, hey, buddy, are you able to turn a light switch.
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On before I sign to your program? Make me eggs. Excuse me. Excuse me. Make me scramby eggs.
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Before I sign to your program, should I put this metal knife into this socket?
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He goes, can I do it for you and find out? Yes.
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Crazy. Just a Crazy. Just another chapter in the hilarious story of Lane Kiffin. Okay, let's talk a little bit about romance, because on Christmas, it was announced that Jordan woods and Carl Anthony Towns are engaged. Carl Anthony Towns proposed to Jordyn woods and posted. We don't know if it happened on Christmas, I guess, but the post was Merry Christmas, and it was them getting engaged. No, say congratulations to them.
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Congratulations to them.
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Don't get married before us.
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They will.
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Take your time. Plan it nice. Take your time.
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But they also have so much money that they can just hire a lady that's gonna do it where they just have to show up on a. Yeah. Oh, can we real quick talk about the obsession Al Michaels has with Travis Kelsey's wedding party?
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Oh, yeah, he did bring that up a lot.
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All he kept talking about with Herb street was how who's he gonna invite?
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Can you imagine? Can you imagine having to deal with that list?
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Al, are you trying to get an invite?
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I think he is, because she went on Taylor Swift, was on Graham Norton, and made some sort of joke about how everyone's getting invited, how it's a big. They're having a big one, and everyone even she's met once are getting invited. And so I feel like Al Michaels heard that and was like, if I make a strong enough case, I might be able to go to this wedding.
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That swag bag is going to be off the charts.
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I think it's just a swag bag.
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I think A swag bag is swag of weed. Bad weed.
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I don't think she gives out swag at her wedding.
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She gives you a bushel of 90s weed that has sticks and stuff.
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And here's your bushel of swag.
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I had this smuggled over the Mexican border myself. That's why it smells like cologne.
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Good luck with the seeds and the stems.
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You're gonna get giggly.
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In other relationship news, Christian. Oh, gosh. Are we doing Pulisic? I don't know Pulisic. Pulisic. I've heard it so many different ways.
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You're the name expert.
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I know. I gotta get this one down before next summer. Or do I? Christian Pulisic aggressively has come out and denied rumors that he's romantically involved in with Sydney Sweeney. There were rumors that she's 28, he's 27, and they started, I guess after her March breakup from her fiance. Man, that guy like got out right before her big pop off. Like, what a poorly timed. I mean she was doing well, but like, imagine being engaged to her and then that's broken off and now she's like the. I don't know. I saw a picture. She's everywhere. So a picture of her sitting on a block of ice. Like, what is this? What are we doing? What's the messaging?
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I'm interested to see how she. Her career ages over time. She's white hot right now. I just wonder in five years if we go, yeah, she's still in a bunch of movies. Or if we go, oh, her.
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He said, please stop with the made up stories about my personal life.
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By the way, just even to be kind of linked to her. If you're a young guy, pretty awesome.
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I would just not say anything.
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I'm linking her to Shane Gillis. I heard.
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I thought you said. Yeah, young guy.
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Shane's young. He's in his 30s. I'm in my 40s.
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Good, that's a good friend. Need to hold sources accountable. It can affect people's lives. Sweeney has been publicly with Scooter Braun since October. And Pulisic.
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Isn't he a piece of shit? Isn't Scooter Braun a piece of shit? Isn't he the one that bought Taylor Swift's entire album?
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I'm not deeply enough in the trenches to know if people came back around on him, but I don't think fondly of him. I know personally I don't have a good.
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Yeah, he bought your whole entire.
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He was just been very mean to me.
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He bought all your records?
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No, I'm anti all scooters because that coffee suck so bad. So I don't. I've never met a scooter.
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I like scooter, honestly. I. The one that taught me balance when I was five. And then I learned. I taught myself how to ride a bike.
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That balance bike. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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But everything else off.
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Yeah, sure, yeah. Razor lime, get them all away from me. I don't mess with scooters.
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Yeah.
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I. I barely even get near a Vespa, to be quite honest. Coffee's that bad.
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Damn.
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He's been in a relationship with pro golfer. Not scooter Scooter, but Pulisic, the name I'm trying to avoid saying has been in a relationship with pro golfer Alexa Melton since 2024. So for them, clearly not dating Sydney Sweeney, but whatever. Let's wrap this up with Brady has a little bit in here. I didn't see this before, but we'll try it now and if it doesn't work, we'll just tell them to cut it.
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Sure.
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Cool.
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Cool.
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This is called Big questions for the new year.
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Great.
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Okay, great. Um, the producers. This is what he wrote. Producers have asked us to answer some of the biggest questions for 2026. Okay. Will a quarterback win his first Super Bowl?
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Yes.
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Because this would be anybody in the playoffs except Aaron Rodgers, Jalen Hurts, or Matthew Stafford.
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Yes. I think we see a first time super bowl champion.
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That's exciting.
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I hope.
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Second question. Will Bad Bunny nail it or at least be better than the All American halftime show?
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I think by leaps and bounds. I don. Think you understand that they are pulling people. That All American halftime show. Did they announce who it is yet?
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Six weeks out, they still have not announced any performers and have a questionnaire on their homepage asking fans which genres of music they would like to hear.
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So what I've noticed from the years of watching the super bowl and the halftime show is that to have a performance like that in that amount of time and to have it impact, you need to be dialed in and practicing and rehearsing it. Bad Bunny tours constantly. He has giant shows. I think he's going to do a fantastic job. I don't know any of his music personally, except for the one that was on the WWE 2K23 soundtrack or 22 soundtrack. But I think he's going to have a really big performance. I think the other halftime show is going to to be way funnier.
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I know. But here's what we have to do. Here's what we have to do as Americans is We cannot watch the, like, hate. Watch the other one for the laughs.
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So you can't give it the clicks.
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We have to let it go off on its own.
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Wait for it to be.
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And watch it clipped up.
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It'll be clipped up.
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Somebody else is going to have to do that. They're going to have to fall on the sword and watch the all American halftime show celebrating faith, family and freedom. No football, just faith, family and freedom. On 2, 8, 20, 26. Put on by Turning Point USA.
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And no rabbits. There'll be no rabbits at this halftime show.
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Good ones or bad ones? This is absolutely insane. Six weeks out. I don't think Turning Point USA knows enough to know what they aren't prepared for. Like, they don't even have any idea of how big of a. This is a big.
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I think Erica Kirk's gonna come out in a top hat and do one of those old timey. She goes, when I'm missing my Charlie, I turn to my JD And I dance with my Vance. And then he's gonna come out with a top hat and he's gonna go.
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I've got Vance in my pants when.
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I'm dancing with my lady. And then they're gonna have a courtship.
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Oh, God.
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This is how JD Vance is gonna leave his wife for Erica.
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Oh, my God. I mean, all believable. And Kid Rock, probably.
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Kid Rock stinks.
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Kid Rock will probably be there shooting a joke giant case of court Bud Light that he has paid for.
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Now, see, okay, I'm. Now I'm in.
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Okay. He's buying it. And then to show them.
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Okay, now you see, at first I was out, but now I'm in.
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I just can't wait to see who it is. But again, we have to all.
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You should also look up. Anyone listening should look up that Kid Rock grew up as a rich kid. You should look that up. It's very interesting. He grew up a very. In a very wealthy family. Family. So it's very interesting that that's your whole vibe when you're a rich kid.
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Next question for 2026 from our producers. Is Bill Belichick going to co coach the New York Giants?
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No, but someone that likes it when the Giants stink. Please.
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No, but please.
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What if that.
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I actually would hate it. Because if it was good, if he was good, I would be upset.
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Would you?
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Yeah. Because of the Giants and how many Super Bowls we gifted them.
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I think they took them from.
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I think they were gifted. And that's where we can differ. Let's not let it break us up.
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Took them from your hands.
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Yeah. Well. And again we are allowed to disagree.
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What a year I've had being a sad old girl. Yeah. And she, like, does the thing where she slumps down on the wall with.
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Her jacket sliding off her shoulder.
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Faith and freedom in family.
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Family.
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And then J.D. vance comes out with more eyeliner on.
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Than usual and dances on a chair.
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Goes, I've been thinking about being a bad.
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Remember the super bowl halftime show with Britney Spears and I believe also NSync, Aerosmith and Aerosmith and run DMC. Yeah, that's. That's that. But JD Vance would be the Britney Spears years part sick between either the team or the government. Will the United States not embarrass itself during the 2026 World Cup? I think we will embarrass ourselves.
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If you ever had someone marry someone in your family, like someone in your family marry someone that sucks. And then you just, like, there's a moment at the family where you try to be nice at, like, the family reunion. And then you go, I think that's how the World cup team's gonna to have to treat everything going on in the World cup, where they go, hey, things are kind of tough in our family right now, but I still love my family. So, like, we're just going to try to win for us. I don't know. It's going to be crazy. I think the World cup, in the Olympics, there's going to be moments where we're truly embarrassed as a company. As a company. That's all America is now.
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What a Freudian slip.
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It's kind of true.
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I know.
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But then I think there's going to be moments where people find true patriotism in the World cup and the Olympics. That old school.
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You'll always be able to find it.
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The good news. It feels so good. That's how I felt in the four countries.
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Four nations.
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Four nations and how I feel about the world.
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Big hockey fan, Dan Soder.
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I'm a new hockey fan. That's why. I don't know.
- [75:27]
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No, that's okay.
- [75:28]
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But World Baseball Classic is how I feel. Like, I want to buy an American hat. I want to get a Bryce Harper American jersey.
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I know.
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A
Like, I'm super stoked for the red, white and blue.
- [75:36]
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Do you see? He took all his blood out and then spun it around and put it back into his. He took a third of his back blood out.
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A
Was he Keith Richards? What?
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B
Did Keith Richards do that?
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Yeah. When he was, like, trying to get over heroin.
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B
Was he, like, bloodletting?
- [75:47]
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I don't know. You should look it up. People should look it up. I don't. He talks about it in his book that I read 12 years ago.
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Oh, all right.
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Maybe like that Bryce Harper's gonna play lead guitar for the Stones. All right. Hey, Bryce, take him away. He's just shredding. That'd be sick.
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B
Next question. Will any of the Stranger Things kids become a star in 2026? I don't know.
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Why?
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That. I don't know what he's trying to say. I think he's trying to be shady. That feels shady because everyone's.
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I haven't watched it yet, but everyone says their acting stinks.
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It does.
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A
Yeah. I don't know. I just.
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Oh, yeah. I saw someone say, I've never seen someone's acting age work get worse as they get older. I'm like, what? Have you never heard of child stars before? That's what they all are.
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Child.
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It's all, like. It's an incredibly difficult, like, job to age through.
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Yeah. There's only. There's not a lot of people that make the jump from childhood.
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No.
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And there is a lot more now than ever.
- [76:40]
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Right. But there's also a reason a lot of them make a jump, and it's towards, like, drugs and such.
- [76:45]
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Well, you get an Ariana Grande, but then you get the guy that just trashed the motel from that other Disney show.
- [76:51]
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No. It's really sad.
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Yeah.
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But at least we can buy a shirt from Target that has the NFL logo in the middle. Like, Rob Lowe's hat. Just a. An NFL shield. And then above it, it says stranger. And below it says It. It says things.
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One of the worst piece of merchandise I've ever seen.
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I took a picture of it. We were walking through Target, getting all of our stocking. Stocking stuffers for the next day. It was on Christmas Eve or the day two days before. Whatever. We were walking through Target, and I'm like, what is this? I took a picture. It's an NFL shield. And just the words Stranger Things. Who the hell came up with that merch?
- [77:29]
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It is. It's worse than finding a wrong team. Super bowl champion shirt.
- [77:36]
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Yes.
- [77:36]
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Because you go, this is. Which we did.
- [77:38]
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We did. Then turn the corner and see, like, all the Denver merch and then a Lakers jersey. And Dan rightfully took it and put it in the back. He was like, why are we. You don't get. You can't buy a Lakers jersey here.
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You can buy a bunch of nugget stuff.
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B
Right.
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Which I'll put in the front.
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B
How dare they. Yeah, how dare they.
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Get out of here.
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Are the Avalanche going to take home another Stanley? Stanley cup? They are 28, 2 and 7 as of writing this Sunday night. They easily have the NHL's best record. You're not an Avalanche fan, though.
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A
I'm not. I'm a new hockey fan and I'm a Boston Bruins fan.
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B
But what happens if the Avalanche go on a run?
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I think good for them. They won the cup last year and you didn't even see me react.
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I would let you.
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Why? I don't have.
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If you wanted to.
- [78:21]
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In 96. It was fun. I was like. I was in middle school when they first got there and they won. I think I cared a lot. Little bit. I had an Avalanche shirt, as did everyone in Denver. And then in oh one, I watched that playoff run because I had a fake id and it was really fun to drink beers while watching their series with the Stars and then them beat the Devils. But I'm not an ass. I like Peter Forsberg because he's from Sweden.
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They didn't win a Stanley cup last year. I was like, what are you talking about? They last one in 22.
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Oh, well, that year you saw me not care.
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B
Yeah, true.
- [78:51]
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I don't. The point is, of course I'm going to get. Get that wrong. I'm not an Avalanche fan.
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Right. Fair.
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A
So good for them. I have friends that are going to be excited.
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You just aren't going to care.
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I'm a Boston Bruins fan.
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I didn't know that you were this serious about it. I thought you'd be a little bit of.
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Oh, and by the way, when the Boston Bruins go to the playoffs, I'll know. I'll be watching.
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I don't even. We can't even. Let's not even. Will the Thunder break the 2016 warriors record for wins in a season? They were 73. They went 73 and 9.
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I hope they don't.
- [79:20]
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The Thunder. I believe what they meant to Write here are 27 and 5. They are on pace to go 69 and 13. They lost to the spurs twice in a row last week, but they could still do it.
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I hope they don't.
- [79:31]
B
Okay. And I don't think they. I don't think they will.
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There's Nuggets fan. I don't.
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Yeah.
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I don't like it.
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Right. Will the Dodgers 3 Pete.
- [79:40]
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I hope not. God, I hope not. God, I hope not. Oh. Cause they already said it. Dave Roberts was like, let's ruin baseball.
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I know.
- [79:49]
A
Come on. Someone else. Except the Average or Yankees.
- [79:54]
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Thank you. Because the last team to win three straight championships was the 98, 99, and 2000 Yankees.
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Fun as hell.
- [80:00]
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No, they weren't.
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A
I know you hate it as a Rock Sox fan, but I just can't as a Giants fan. Come on.
- [80:08]
B
Yeah, we can't have that.
- [80:09]
A
Come on, Gigantes.
- [80:11]
B
And then last question. Will we get a Soder Nolan wedding before GTA 6?
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I hope so.
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B
That's currently 11, 19, 20, 26. I do not think.
- [80:21]
A
No, no, I think GTA 6 is gonna beat us.
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B
I think we would have to. Well, they can still push it back.
- [80:26]
A
Also, does this count if we go to a courthouse and just do it and then we plan a bigger wedding later?
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I. From what I've heard is if you don't have that planned when you go to the courthouse, you never do the bigger wedding. Yeah, you just go like, ah, we'll put that off another year. And we would do. I know us. We would do that. We just need to make a decision this year within the next couple months of what we're doing. Myrtle just flopped back. Are you two finally talking about this? Okay, that was a good bit, Brady. Good job writing that bit. Okay, we're gonna take a quick break. When we come back, Chris has sent over what you guys can watch if you want to watch some sports this week, so we'll let you know about that right after a quick break.
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Tolls, this holiday trip is draining my wallet.
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Yeah, but we'll get to see all our family.
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A
You're festive.
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Of people saying he's gonna be the number one pick.
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Yeah, well, this is your chance. That's again Thursday, January 1st, 4:00pm Eastern on ESPN. Number two, the 2026 NHL Winter Classic. You know that amazing game every year outside in a fridge in a frigid place and we enjoy some outdoor winter hockey. It's on Friday, January 2nd at 8pm Eastern on TNT. It's the new York Rangers at the Florida Panthers. What are you talking about? At Florida Panthers Winter Classic. Disgusting. And not just because I hate that team more than anything. Okay, and then the number three is the the opener for the unrivaled season. It's a doubleheader. It's Monday, January 5th on True TV. It's going to be Mist vs Hive at 1pm Eastern and Vinyl vs Laces at 2:15pm Eastern. I know Brady's rooting for the Laces because it's the only team that has an S and you can catch that then there. Okay, that's it for the podcast. Three hours into it and she just about to start barking because someone's having a conversation in the hallway. So we'll let her bark while I read off the the end of the podcast. Thank you everybody for listening. I hope everyone's having a happy holiday and that you had a good Christmas or or Hanukkah or whatever you celebrate and that you have a fantastic new year. If you want to reach out to us, you can do that by email. Casuals with Katie nolanmail.com our voicemail is 646-801-0043 on IG and tick tock we are asual as the podcast. I'm Katie Nolan. That was Dan Soder. We love you, we mean it and we'll see you next week. Next year. Bye.
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Yeah, but we'll get to see all our family.
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You're festive.
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