World Cup Money, Boomer Beef, and Dating Advice from a Robot Colin Cowherd

Summary

Casuals with Katie Nolan – Episode Summary

Episode: "World Cup Money, Boomer Beef, and Dating Advice from a Robot Colin Cowherd"

Date: March 3, 2026
Host: Katie Nolan with Isabella, Chris, and Brady
Produced by: SiriusXM

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Brief Overview

In this lively episode, Katie Nolan and her Casuals crew deep-dive into the chaos surrounding the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup (from geopolitical fallout to organizational mess), explore the sport world's big stories (like a marathon mix-up and SNL's latest sports cameos), and have some fun with tech—including a literal AI version of Colin Cowherd, who doles out both hot takes and surprisingly solid dating advice. The team also debates outrageous sports challenges, breaks down “should you say that out loud?” moments, and picks AFL teams. Their rambling, irreverent, curious tone brings fun to even the trickiest news.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. World Cup Woes: Money and Geopolitics

• Timestamps: 04:00–21:00

💥 Impact of Global Events on Sports

• Discussion on the effect of US/Iran/Israel conflict on major sports events:
  • Cancellations and disruptions in F1 (Bahrain Grand Prix) and Champions League.
  • U.S. military action’s timing versus the Olympic Truce and its disregard.
  • The issue of ensuring athlete safety and Olympic ideals during hard times.
• Quote (Katie, 07:34): “The Olympic Truce… you’re not supposed to attack another nation. It was a time for peace and that doesn’t matter anymore, I guess.”

🏆 Iran’s World Cup Participation in Doubt

• FIFA may disqualify Iran or Iran may withdraw; replacements could be Iraq or UAE.
• FIFA's governance seen as “vibes-based” and opaque.
• FIFA’s first “Peace Prize” given to Donald Trump is ridiculed.
  • Quote (Katie, 10:45): “They gave Donald Trump the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. Feels 0 for 1, right?” (Brady)

💸 World Cup U.S. Hosting Drama

• Cities like Foxborough threaten to withhold event licenses unless FIFA/federal government pay upfront for security costs (~$7.8 million), with a looming deadline.
• FIFA is running the US World Cup centrally from Florida, not via local committees—creating confusion.
• FEMA (the disaster agency) incredibly put in charge of distributing World Cup funds—a running joke.
  • Quote (Brady, 16:55): “It’s absolutely just because they rhyme. FIFA, FEMA. You know damn well they were like, ‘close enough, have FEMA do it!’”
• Multiple cities have canceled fan festivals; uncertainty abounds.
• Overall tone: “Is anybody in charge of anything anymore?”—widespread skepticism and snark.
• Quote (Katie, 18:40): “Is anybody in charge of anything anymore? Of making sure the stuff you say is gonna happen? Because it really feels like… Short answer, no.”

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2. Sports Technology: AI Colin Cowherd

• Timestamps: 23:00–31:21

🤖 Fox Sports Releases Star AI

• Fox Sports app debuts an AI Colin Cowherd, which generates hot takes and can even answer fan-submitted sports takes or personal questions in Cowherd’s voice and style.

• Isabella, representing Gen Z, has never heard of Colin Cowherd, to the group’s amusement.

  • Quote (Katie, 24:10): “Any context you have about Colin Cowherd?” (Isabella): “No, not at all.”

• The team tests Colin AI with silly and deep questions. Sometimes the bot gets oddly profound:

  • Dating Advice:
    • AI Colin (30:25): “Stop trying to get women to talk to you and start being the guy who makes it easy to talk… calm energy, good eye contact, and actual curiosity. Ask one simple question, then shut up and listen… when you’re not desperate for a result, you instantly get more interesting.”
  • Katie: “In a world of Andrew Tates, be AI Colin Cowherd.”

• The AI sometimes answers with awkward self-aware questions. Is sports media now so formulaic, it can be replaced by bots?

  • Quote (AI Colin, 28:12): “This app is a celebration of tech… but it’s also an indictment because it proves most sports talk is just repeatable noise with different volume.”

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3. Hockey, SNL, and the USA/Canada Rivalry

• Timestamps: 31:21–40:40

🏒 USA Hockey Celebrations and SNL Cameos

• Women’s USA hockey gold medalists get a better SNL reception than the men.
  • Hillary Knight’s joke: “It was gonna be just us, but we thought we’d invite the guys too.” (33:23)
• Flava Flav throws a Vegas party (“She Got Game”) for women’s hockey; big brands pitch in.
• Auston Matthews, American captain for the Leafs, booed at Toronto’s first home game post-Olympics—discussion on Canadian/American tensions and “boo-or-moo” (37:15).

🏆 Marathon Misfire

• Timestamps: 40:40–45:30
• Jess McLean, lead runner at the US Half Marathon Championship, followed the lead vehicle off course and lost.
  • USATF admits course was not marked but refuses to change results.
  • Quote (Katie): “What’s the point of a lead vehicle if you’re not going to lead me?” (43:25)
• The group is split on athlete’s responsibility versus event accountability.

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4. Segment: "Should I Have Said That Out Loud?"

• Timestamps: 45:30–54:55

🌟 Celebrity and Athlete Soundbites

• Shia LaBeouf’s Mike Piazza beef (46:48): Calls out Piazza for not signing autographs; group agrees this would’ve been better journaled.
  • Katie: “That could have been a journal entry, you know?” (47:30)
• Boomer Esiason calls skier Eileen Gu ‘insufferable’ for thoughtful interviews while noting “she’s a very attractive woman.” The squad is unimpressed, hears “ok boomer” vibes.
• College Football’s Diego Pavia: Asked at the combine about misconceptions, claims not to care what people think, which the group universally doubts.
  • Brady: “There’s no sentence ever said more often by people who feel exactly the opposite.” (51:57)
• Tage Thompson's “never going back to the White House” comment: Interpreted as an accidental shade at Buffalo Sabres’ lack of Cup wins.

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5. NFLPA Report Cards and Draft Combine Weirdness

• Timestamps: 54:55–59:47

🏈 NFL Players Grade Their Teams

• Miami ranks #1 again; Steelers plummet to last place (Art Rooney called out for facilities).
• Jets' and Steelers' poor grades perhaps “coincide” with Aaron Rodgers’ presence.
• Bizarre combine interview stories:
  • Projected #1 pick Fernando Mendoza asked by a team if he’d consider getting arrested to “drop” in the draft (58:21).
  • Katie: “I could see me being a dickhead working for a team… but do we think this is real?” (59:12)

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6. Sports, Parties, and Outrageous Challenges

• Timestamps: 61:10–77:15

🎉 Ridiculous Sports & Night Out Stories

• Kevin O’Leary wears $19.2M MJ/Kobe autograph card necklace to Actor Awards—mocked for ostentatious display.
  • Katie: “This guy just needs to be a little more scared… that’s an awful lot of money around a yankable part of your outfit.” (62:53)
• Detroit Pistons horn malfunctions—blares for 12.5+ minutes. Group devises hilarious “concessions purge” rule: free beer/food during future horn emergencies (66:47).
• Atlanta Hawks’ “Magic City Night”: Features wings and merch, but not dancers.
  • Group feels this waters down the strip club tribute. “It’s a hot women place with wings, not a wing place with hot women.” (68:17)

⚡️ Viral Challenge Debate: 24 Tacos, 24 Beers, 10 Miles in 24 Hours?

• Prompt: Can you run 10 miles, eat 24 tacos, and drink 24 beers in 24 hours?
  • The panel debates strategies and admits defeat (“borderline alcohol poisoning”), with only Brady feigning confidence.
  • Katie: “If I could just breathe them in…” (75:53)

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7. What to Watch This Week & Listener Interaction

• Timestamps: 79:55–end

📺 Sports Viewing Guide

• SheBelieves Cup—USA vs Canada (Mar 4, 6:45pm ET, TNT)

• AFL Season Opener: Carlton Blues vs Sydney Swans (Mar 5, 3:30am ET, WatchAFL.com)

  • Listeners encouraged to pick an AFL team—Isabella lobbied to support Fremantle Dockers.

• World Baseball Classic—Chinese Taipei vs Australia (Mar 5, 10pm ET, FS1); USA vs Brazil (Mar 6, 8pm ET, Fox)

• Paralympics Highlights: Para ice hockey, wheelchair curling, Oksana Masters’ medal chase.

• Notable fan emails:

  • Christian: “God is a Gale!” re: St. Mary’s basketball rivalry.
  • Ben: pitches Fremantle Dockers as Isabella’s AFL team.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “[FIFA] can kind of do it based on vibes. What do you mean by that?” —Katie (08:48)
• “In a world of Andrew Tates, be AI Colin Cowherd.” —Katie (31:21)
• “That part you can say out loud. The rest you need to take to a therapist.” —Katie on Shia LaBeouf (47:43)
• “What’s the point of a lead vehicle if you’re not going to lead me?” —Katie (43:25)
• “Nothing makes you seem smaller than lying about how tall you are.” —Katie (53:11)
• “I love that—‘most decorated athlete.’ They’re the most sparkly!” —Isabella (89:50)

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Memorable Segment Timestamps

• World Cup and FIFA confusion: 04:39–21:00
• Colin Cowherd AI Demo: 24:10–31:21
• SNL Hockey Monologue: 33:18
• US Half Marathon fiasco: 41:56–45:30
• Should I Have Said That Out Loud? (incl. Shia/Boomer/Diego): 45:30–54:55
• NFLPA report cards and Mendoza's 'crime' question: 54:55–59:47
• Magic City Night and Horn Malfunction: 65:49–69:37
• “24 tacos, 24 beers, 10 miles” challenge debate: 70:30–77:15
• Sports to watch and AFL team picks: 81:06–89:26

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Overall Tone & Takeaway

The crew keeps things irreverent, skeptical, and cross-generational, offering up news, rants, and laughs. Silliness abounds through robot sports hosts and food/beer endurance challenges, but there’s no shying away from real problems with international politics, sports governance, and genuinely “should you say that out loud?” moments. Fans of all levels will enjoy the playful camaraderie, accessible explanations, and balance of sharp critique and genuine sports love.

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Love you, mean it. See you Thursday (audio) / Friday (video) for more Casuals chaos!

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[A]

Hey, Isabella, did you see that you can now rent the cottage from Heated Rivalry on Airbnb.

[C]

I may have heard that and I don't know. Would you rent it?

[D]

Yes.

[A]

What?

[C]

Yeah, absolutely.

[A]

There's going to be a huge line. There's like no way. Especially when something like this gets announced with such a rabid fan base. Yeah, there's no way we're getting on that list. But I would absolutely go.

[C]

Also, I had no idea until Heated Rivalry that cottage. Not everyone has the same idea of what a cottage looks like. Because in my head I'm thinking of like that quaint little cottage in the Holiday in Ser. England. And then you see the cottage, you see the cottage and heated robber and

[A]

I'm like, this is a fucking miniature. It's gorgeous. It's like all glass. You're like, this is more of a cabin.

[C]

But I think, I think it's like, I think they say cottage in relation to like vacation house in Canada. I think that might be.

[A]

That makes sense. I guess.

[C]

I think that might be a thing.

[A]

Look it, you're teaching us about international. I mean, I don't know. I don't know.

[C]

100%.

[A]

I mean, it's confirmed with my mother. She said it was a fact. She reported it. That's per Isabella. You can post that elsewhere. Just make sure you attribute it to Isabella. She says cottage means vacation house.

[C]

Yeah, exactly.

[A]

Okay. You want to go to this?

[C]

Yeah, I do. Cottage cheese.

[A]

That's right. And that's just cheese you keep at your cottage.

[C]

Yeah, exactly.

[A]

Vacation cheese.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Hello. Wow. Hi. And welcome to Casuals, the sports podcast that doesn't care what you know. We're just here to talk about everything. Do you want to know what's going on in sports? We want to tell you all the stuff, lots of pages of it. What do we got? Coming up today, the implications of the goings on on the world of sports. A huge controversy in the U.S. half Marathon championship. Shia has labeouf with Mike Piazza and should he have said that out loud? The return of a fan favorite segment. Projected first overall pick Fernando Mendoza encouraged to get arrested. And we will debate the likelihood of drinking 24 beers, eating tacos and running 10 miles in a single 24 hour period. I'm Katie Nolan by the way. I'm the host of the podcast joined today as it is Tuesday, Wednesday if you're watching us on YouTube. YouTube.com katienolan by my casualties, the production crew here at Sirius XM we have Isabella, our sports newbie.

[C]

Hello.

[A]

We've got Chris, our editor.

[D]

Hi.

[A]

And Brady.

[B]

Hey everybody.

[A]

Sometimes it runs away from me, sometimes I can't get a hold of it. If you want to get a hold of us, Our email is CasualSWITHKATYNOLANMAIL.COM Our voicemail is 646-What? 646-810-0043. In typical me fashion, you take this away from me and ask me the phone number. I don't know. I barely know the mad dog phone number and I say that every single day. 646-801-0043. On IG and TikTok we are at Casualsthepodcast. We usually start this pod with something we call the yap, which is where I take something that's that I've been noodling on and I go blah blah, blah blah blah to you about it. Sometimes what the yap serves as is like a place where we can talk about the stuff. I don't want to make these three have to talk about on camera. Like intense political situations. And so we're just going to. Obviously things have changed since we saw you last in that there is. What are we legally calling it? Major combat operations. Right. We can't call it war, but there are major Epic bacon Operation Epic bacon or whatever the hell they named it.

[B]

Epic fury.

[A]

Epic fury. Sorry. Happened in the. In the night on Friday. The LOL operation LOLcat. So that was Friday night in Iran. Yeah, right. We are the United States is combat maxing for sure. We're getting mogged Friday night and it was in Iran, Israel and the United States, you know, doing it. We're going to talk about the impact that it has on the sports world, because that's what we do here. We do sports. There is a testing event for the F1's Bahrain Grand Prix that's already been canceled. The new F1 season starting next weekend, right, in Australia. And after that, they've got races in China and then Japan. Six weeks from now is the Grand Prix in Bahrain in April. Bahrain, Qatar. And are we saying Qatar, sorry. And the United Arab Emirates have all been affected by the strikes and all of which are set to host an F1 race at some point this season. So it's feeling like those may be in jeopardy. Uh, so we'll keep an eye, I guess, on that. Bahrain, if you don't know, is an island just off. It's in the Persian Gulf, and it's just off of, like, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. So it's like right in that area in the water. 4 Asian Football Confederation Champions League games have been postponed. Did you see this? South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said on social media Saturday she's working to get three former SC basketball players, Tiffany Mitchell, Mikia Herbert Harrigan and Destiny Littleton, home from their professional teams in Israel. The US has breached the Olympic truce. I guess we don't care. Maybe I'm the only person on earth who cares about this. The Olympic truce started back when, you know, in the ancient times with Greece, that they. And then they revived it in the 90s. And it basically states that one week before the main opening ceremony of the Olympic Games through one week after the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games. You're not supposed to do this. You're not supposed to attack another nation. Originally it was to keep the host city state from being attacked and also to make sure that athletes and spectators could travel safely to the Games without being in any sort of danger. But it extended to. I don't know. I remember they made a big deal about it when we were kids in the Olympics and being like, this is a time for peace across the world, and that doesn't matter anymore, I guess, which is interesting because, you know, the United States has violated it before. I believe the strikes in Iraq or Afghanistan may have been in violation of this in the past, but, yeah, just pretty cool, because the United States hosts the next Olympics in la, so pretty cool that the Paralympics start this upcoming Friday. Right?

[D]

We have events before that. But, yes, the opening ceremony isn't opening ceremony.

[A]

Right. So thumbs up on that. Also the World Cup, Iran's place in The World cup now is in doubt. They rank number 20 in the world. FIFA can essentially do whatever they want to replace them. FIFA, FIFA is one of those things, you're like, you can't really look at it for too long because you go, what do you mean they can do whatever they want? What do you mean? The regulations say they can kind of do it based on vibes. What do you mean by that? What does that mean? According to ESPN.com it's unclear if the state backed Iranian soccer federation could refuse to send its team to the 48 nation tournament that starts June 11th or the US government could effectively block the team. Saka's governing body, FIFA has declined comments since Saturday. And this was the comment they gave on Saturday. This was Secretary General Matthias Grafstrom said it would, quote, monitor developments around all issues around the world, end quote. So that guy's got a finger on the pulse. That guy's, that guy's tuned in, knows what's going on, keeping an eye on all of it everywhere, all the time. You know, like in a God type of way, I guess.

[B]

Soccer Santa.

[A]

It's just crazy. According to Article 6.7, FIFA shall decide on the matter at its sole discretion and take whatever action is deemed necessary. FIFA may decide to replace the participating member association in question with any other association. And I also saw somewhere that Iran would be fined if they pulled out. Depending on when they do it, if it's closer to the actual World cup or, or what the. The number of the fine varies. I saw in here that likely Iraq or the UAE would replace Iran if they were to be replaced by another Asian nation because those are the down in the rankings within the. This is wild. Then this I'll feel kind of they can just pick anybody they want to replace it. Okay.

[B]

Expectations of FIFA are just bottom of the barrel.

[A]

Well, and then just quick reminder, FIFA gave Donald Trump the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at the World cup draw in December of last year. When Iran got their, their group and it was New Zealand, Belgium and Egypt, a group they could have finished second in. New Zealand is a low rank. Belgium is one of the weaker top seated nations. Egypt obviously has a difficult team to beat, but you know, certainly not impossible for Iran to come out of that group that again was picked right after they gave Donald Trump the very first Peace Prize. You know, they were like, we invented this prize and we're going to give it to Donald Trump.

[B]

It feels 0 for 1, right?

[A]

Doesn't feel like not a lot of

[B]

peace came out of it.

[A]

Who we giving it to next.

[B]

You know, I've performed one wedding ceremony and they like, they lasted like nine months total. This feels about, about the same hit rate.

[A]

This also reminded me of a story I saw that the board of Peace, which is Trump's, I don't know, you know, if it says peace on it, Donald Trump's involved. I don't. They're with, they're with FIFA partnering to rebuild Gaza with soccer stadiums, 50 FIFA arena mini pitches located near schools and residential areas within three to six months. Five full size pitches across multiple districts for professional use within 12 months and a state of the art FIFA academy and a new 20,000 seat National Stadium within 18 months and three years. Well wouldn't that be. Oh, I guess within 18 months and three years. I guess somewhere in between. So three years. Anytime you've been a part of a construction project, when have you ever hit an early deadline? I don't think that's ever happened. I also feel like I can't imagine this being top of the list of the of priorities. They also looking into it, I couldn't get any sort of confirmation they've worked with any of the like Federations of Palestine that would be like, hey, we're working on this. I don't like the way this feels but I don't know enough about it to know how to properly criticize it. So I'm just bringing it to everyone's attention. I don't like the way it feels.

[C]

Yeah, like my heart hurts.

[A]

Right. And I don't know why this would ever be top of the list of stuff where. And then this is something I saw in an article about that but feels relevant to the. In an interview with Sky News on February 2, Gianni Infantino, giant baby. Sorry, it's just the Italian. It's the Italian translation giant baby, who is the head of FIFA, said that implementing a ban on Israel would be a defeat, adding that he will explore the possibility of changing FIFA's statutes to prevent national teams being banned, saying they quote, should actually never ban any country from playing football because of the acts of their political leaders. I don't know, I just found that interesting also. Oh, more fun. Sorry, we have a couple more fun things to get into before we go to a break. And the fun thing is that the World cup here this summer already a mess because no one's paying for anything. This is per the New York Times, the five person civilian board of Foxborough, Massachusetts. It's an 1800 18th, sorry, 18,000 residential city. Is Foxborough technically a city?

[B]

I don't even know if it qualifies as a city or a township. It is tiny.

[A]

Yeah. Foxborough.

[B]

It's a stadium and some motels.

[A]

Yeah. Well, and hotels. Yeah. That's where the Patriots play. It has hotels now. Brady, how dare you? The crafts really built up the area around it.

[B]

Okay, but outside of that, outside of Patriot Place itself is a tiny little town.

[A]

Yeah, it's very, very small. Again, like I said, 18,000 residents. So they've got a civilian board, and five people sit on that board. And they are threatening to withhold the entertainment license FIFA at Gillette Stadium if no one pays the 7.8 million dollar bill that it will cost for security by March 17th. That's ne two weeks from now, March 17th. It's. That's St. Patrick's Day, also known as the day that Tom Brady left us. How I always remember it. Yeah. He announced it as The Mar. The St. Patrick's Day of the COVID year. So we're all home crying into our green beer, and he was like, I'm going to Tampa Bay. And I was like, this is the worst.

[C]

It was.

[A]

Yeah. When he went to Tampa Bay. Yeah.

[C]

He was on the Patriots for that long, bro.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, that's crazy. In my mind, I'm like, oh, he was on there till maybe like 2010. No.

[D]

Whoa.

[A]

Wow. That's. Yeah, that's. We could be doing better, I guess, on that.

[C]

I'm so stoked. No, no, that's.

[A]

No, no, Us. I mean, if we don't tell you, how would you know? That's the whole premise. So that's on us. But, yeah, does that.

[C]

Clearly not loyal.

[A]

Thank you. Finally. Finally she comes around.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What was I saying? Okay, so they need this license in order to play these games. The games. There's seven scheduled World cup games in Massachusetts. Two for Scotland, two for Norway, one for England. A quarterfinal. Only one game is not mentioned in that. So I don't know what that secret seventh game is, but there are seven games scheduled there, and if they don't get a license, they won't be able to hold the games there for NFL games. So when the Patriots play, this is typically handled by the Kraft family, but the crafts are subletting the stadium to FIFA, basically. And FIFA doesn't want to pay, I guess. This World cup, the 2026 World Cup, FIFA has taken unprecedented direct control, managing operations from centralized hubs in Coral Gables, Florida, rather than relying on a traditional local organizing committee in the host country. Do we know why they've decided to do that?

[B]

Because FIFA is an international Florida man. I don't know.

[A]

I mean, really. I mean, really, they're at home. Just what. What makes you go like, you know what? Forget boots on the ground. I think I'd like to handle this. All from a call center in Coral Gables, Florida. I think that's the best way to handle what appears to be a sprawling. There's what, 11 cities.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Why would you do all of. Okay, apparently they secured all those cities, secured a combined $625 million of funding within Donald Trump's one big beautiful bill. Last summer, Boston was allocated $46 million in funding. And yet the funding is still to be administered. They have not gotten it yet. Who's in charge of it? Why, fema, of course. Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is in charge of getting the FIFA. The money from the bill to the funding of the. That doesn't.

[B]

Oh, my God. It's absolutely. Just because they rhyme. Oh, you know damn well. They were like, they sound close enough. We'll have FEMA do it.

[A]

Yeah, but fema. I think we're all on the same page. FEMA and FIFA don't rhyme.

[B]

I'm trying to think from the perspective of the people who try to decide who should do it. The big FIFA. Fema. Fema. Fema. Yeah, fema. Was that FEMA do it.

[A]

How is FEMA don't. They didn't. Are we. What's going on? Hey, real quick, everybody, bring it in. What's going on? What is going on? Why is this? How in it? And if I had to. Okay, so the New York and New Jersey World cup host committee has canceled. This was in February. Last week they decided to cancel their fan festival that had been planned to be held at Liberty State park in Jersey City. Shout out. I almost just said Jersey shitty. And I wouldn't amend it, but I lived there once, so I'm allowed to shout out Liberty State Park. It's very pretty, but also not pretty. They can't. They had to cancel it. And then the chief operating officer of Miami's FIFA World cup host committee has warned it may be forced to cancel its official fanfare festival this summer unless it receives funding from the United States federal government within the next 30 days. And I just don't know why. Why they. Is it possible. It's not possible. We're going to have a World cup here and they're going to say that all this funding was acquired, but they're not going to give the money. Right. This doesn't feel like. Haven't done it.

[B]

Yet they're starting to cancel things. Like the dominoes are already falling.

[A]

Okay, what happens if they don't get the license? Like, literally, what happens if by March 17th they don't secure this license in Foxborough? Where do those games then go?

[B]

We'd have to find somewhere else.

[A]

I don't. Is anybody in charge of anything anymore? Of making sure the stuff you say is gonna happen? Because it really feel like.

[B]

Short answer, no.

[A]

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[A]

Okay. Hi, welcome back. Hi. Good to have you. Good to see you.

[B]

You need a longer break?

[A]

Yeah. Can I just take the rest of the day? I just feel like such an obligation to make sure we have all the information we need and I don't feel like anybody else is feeling that obligation. Do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean? Like, we work in sports and I'm supposed to be able to go like here comes the World Cup. And instead I'm going, here comes the World Cup. And it's just like, what do you want me to do? This feels like an absolute mess. We took a break for a reason, Katie. Hey, did you guys see this? On Friday, Fox Sports released an AI version of their host Colin Coward on their app. So starting Friday, users on the Fox Sports apple can now click Sports AI in the lower right hand corner and that gives them Sports AI with Colin Coward a hot take generator where a digitized version of Colin will not only give hot takes on the news of the day in his style, but also respond to audio takes from the user in Colin's same style. Isabella, any context you have about Colin Coward?

[C]

No, not at all.

[A]

Never heard this name before in your life?

[C]

Nope.

[A]

If you look a picture of him up. Have you seen that face before? It's C O W H E R D. But I, as, as previously discussed,

[C]

never seen this man's face?

[A]

No. Never once. Damn. Colin Coward, you are not reaching the youth. Sorry, you're not breaking through with the Gen Z. Non sports fan. Colin Coward has been on the radio for a long time. Brady, what would you guess? 20, 30?

[B]

20, 20 years? Probably.

[A]

I mean, got to be maybe even more than that.

[B]

20 years nationally. Yeah, probably much longer.

[A]

He's like one of the bigger talking heads in. In hot take culture.

[C]

Like he's in that band.

[A]

No, no, he doesn't wear a giant suit. He just. He just talk. His head talks. And look, Colin is very good at what he does. And as with any take culture anytime he's got some bad ones throughout history. Personal fave was the John Wall take. I don't know if Brady or Chris have a personal favorite. Least favorite Colin Coward take.

[B]

Backwards hat guy was eternally my favorite. That Tony Romo couldn't win because he had a backward hat on which determined that evolved into Matthew Stafford can't win a Super bowl because he wears his hat backwards. Which thank you for winning one for all of us basic white guys.

[A]

Matthew, Chris, did you have a favorite Coward take through the years?

[D]

See, I wasn't that familiar with him.

[A]

He's not a fan. Colin, if you're listening, there was only

[D]

a select few programs that we really got in Australia. I watched a lot of Mike and Mike, that was the big one for us. I don't know how much Colin we got. I think I might have dabbled a little bit when I first moved over here, but he hadn't quite.

[C]

I dabbled in Colin.

[A]

I tried it. I didn't love it.

[D]

You know, never. Never quite got into him a lot. So I haven't really been excited. Exposed to a lot of his. Well, I guess for the best, you

[A]

know, who has artificial intelligence. We made an AI Listen to hours and hours of Colin Coward talking so that they could make this AI Colin Coward. Now, Brady, you spent some time with it over the weekend.

[B]

I spent way too much time with it. Way too much time. So initially, it sounds really clean, like, disturbingly like Colin Coward's voice and style. I'll play the first clip. I started with it with a basic take of Casuals. Would the Red Sox be better off if they never traded Raphael Devers?

[A]

Oh, what did he say?

[E]

Yes, and it's not even close because you don't trade a.905 OPS bat with 15 homers and 58 runs batted in in 73 games, then replace him with a package that doesn't sniff that impact.

[B]

Okay, so a couple flaws there. The reading a number out loud. The robot struggled with it. Got a little more specific to the show. I asked this.

[A]

Wait, hold on. I wanted to. I thought we were gonna say other things that were wrong with it because the use of sniffing in package. That close. I don't think. I don't think Colin would have done that. Okay, what did you. What else did you ask it a

[B]

little more specific to Casuals. Should the Patriots be called the Pates?

[A]

Okay, what did he say instead of the Pats?

[E]

It's the Pats. Clean classic. And it actually sounds like football. The Pates sounds like a fancy spread you put on crackers, not a team that's forcing five turnovers in the playoffs and dragging people into the mud in Foxborough. The brand is toughness, not brunch.

[A]

Well, it's on you, Paulie. That's your pants. Nobody used an accent. Who the fuck said Pate? Nobody's bringing up Pate. What the hell? And what's crazy is you said out loud pate.

[B]

Yes, I verbalized.

[A]

You chose to write down P, A T E S. Oh, that's even more offensive. It's like that's. You didn't even ask it about Pat. That's absurd. Fix it, Fox. Fix it. Fix sports.

[B]

So ultimately, it led to the existential question I asked. Colin's Colin bot itself. Is this whole app a celebration of technology or an indictment of most sports talk being Extremely formulaic.

[A]

Okay, Colin, what say you?

[E]

This app is a celebration of tech because it gives you speed, personalization, and a take on demand. But it's also an indictment because it proves most sports talk out there is just repeatable noise with different volume. So do you want sports talk to be smarter or more entertaining?

[A]

Why is he. Why is he asking you a question? Okay.

[B]

Giving away your whole game?

[A]

Colin, you're giving the takes, bro. What do you want them from?

[C]

Us,

[A]

man? I. Where did everybody in sports get this idea that people want personalized takes? From Colin Coward And a personalized sports center and a personalized. It's like, I don't want to have to make my own. I don't want to. I want them. I want them to go, here's the big stuff you need to know, and then give it to me. All of a sudden, they're doing this, like, personalize your own so you never have to hear about women's basketball. You're like, what are you. What is this? Why is it like this? Who's this for?

[B]

I think it's for lonely people who want to shout at their phone.

[A]

No, I think it's for the AI company, and I think it's for. I mean, what did Colin Coward have to sign over to say? Like, yeah, you can put a fake me in the app. Also, we gotta. Maybe we got. Maybe this needs more investigation. Like, what happens if you. If you ask it? Like, colin, women aren't answering my calls. I'm really struggling with the ladies. How can I get a woman to be interested in me? You know, what if you ask it for, like, dating advice?

[D]

We should try.

[C]

Do we want to test it right now?

[A]

I mean, can we talk to him live? Joining us now on the show? I mean, we could do that. We could just say we booked Colin Coward as our guest, and then every day just interview this. Like, Colin, thanks for being here. Thoughts on FIFA building soccer stadiums in Gaza.

[C]

Thoughts on the cottage.

[B]

Did you know you can see what you got, Colin, how can I get women to talk to me?

[E]

That's not a sports question, but I'll give you the real answer anyway. Stop trying to get women to talk to you and start being the guy who makes it easy to talk, calm energy, good eye contact, and actual curiosity. Ask one simple question, then shut up and listen. Most guys lose because they're performing, not connecting, and don't chase the outcome. When you're not desperate for a result, you instantly get more interesting. Quick gut check. Are you struggling more with the approach or keeping the conversation going once it starts.

[A]

Wow. Not bad. I hate to do a complete 180,

[C]

but hey guys, if you want dating advice, I just call him gal.

[B]

Did they accidentally create a dating advice?

[A]

I mean, I like that he goes, that's not a sports question, but I'll answer it anyway.

[D]

Let me go into this three minute rant on what you need to do on dates.

[A]

Stop thinking about how to get them and start thinking about being the man who's makes conversation easy. It's not bad. In a world of Andrew Tates be AI calling Coward,

[B]

there's a way better answer than he had on the Epstein files.

[A]

Somewhere there's a database going, this one phone keeps asking me about the Epstein files.

[D]

You think it's just one person doing this? Everyone?

[A]

Yeah, true. It is true. Like releasing any AI version of yourself. It's like they're going to ask you all the worst possible questions. But anyway, I look forward to using that for content for months to come. I think we should hear from AI Colin Coward every single episode. If you have a question you'd like to ask him, don't do it on your own time. Email us or call us and leave us a voicemail and we'll get his answer live on the air. It's a huge get for us. We got Colin Coward this week. Let's update the USA Hockey of it all again. We've talked about this before. The nature of this story is that every day there was a new chapter. I believe because of the timing of how our episodes are released, I really think we missed out on getting to talk about Brady Tkachuk having to address that fake video that the White House Twitter account posted of him being mean to Canada, unfortunately, because that is probably one of the funnier aspects of the story and we just can't because it was so long ago. But what happened more recently? Saturday night, Jack Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Hillary Knight, Megan Jacques and Megan Keller were all on SNL alongside Connor Story from Heated Rivalry. What a talented. Connor Story is so talented. His accents. That promo. They did one of the best promos I've seen for snl and I've had friends that have hosted recently in a really long time. So shout out to Connor Story for that and for this. Do we have the audio of the joke that Hillary Knight made from that monologue? Let's play that.

[C]

You sure do.

[A]

Nice. Oh, wow.

[B]

Hillary, Megan, it's so cool that we're all here.

[A]

It was gonna be just us, but we thought we'd invite the guys too. It's Cute. It's cute and it's funny. And good thing we included all those applause because the women did get a much bigger problem.

[C]

That first person who goes, yeah, yeah,

[A]

they got a much bigger pop than the men. And why did Jack Hughes J'. Accuse.

[B]

J'.

[A]

Accuse. J' accuse you of wearing the wrong jersey. Why was he wearing. Everybody else had on what, the blue ones and then he had a white one on. I was like, buddy, you already got half of your teeth. You know, we know it's you. We know the difference.

[C]

Oh, it was probably in the wash. Yeah, maybe, maybe.

[A]

But, yeah, they were there. They wore their gold medals. They also, the men were like, oh, we haven't won a gold medal since 1980. And Hillary Knight was like, the last time we did that was two whole Olympics ago, meaning, like, we wrinkled a lot. So I thought that was fun. I saw people online going like, oh, and we'll move on from it because we know how to take a joke. And I was like, yeah. On the joke show, on the longest running show of jokes, this is where jokes go. This is where you're supposed to go make those. Not when you're the president calling to congratulate somebody on their achievement and in the process throwing under the bus another team that also achieved the exact same same thing. Just, they're women. You know what I mean? But, hey, let's not relitigate an update on the Flava Flav of it all. Remember, he said he was gonna. He offered the women time in Vegas. He's gotten like a ton of brands and hotels have stepped up and been like, we'll. We'll offer this for free. We want to donate this. He's invited a bunch of people. I know Coach Jackie, she's an influencer on that. I follow on Tick tock. But she's, you know, on all of them. She got invited to go. She was like, I'm freaking out. And nobody else here understands why. Flava Flav just invited me to she Got Game is what he's calling it, July 16 through 19. And they're turning it into, like, a big event, which should be really fun and interesting. And we didn't want to go. It's fine. Road trip, you know, you didn't have to. We don't have to. We can support from afar. Vegas. You reach an age where you're just like, I don't know.

[C]

I've never been.

[A]

No, you.

[D]

I don't think I've ever entered the stage where I liked Vegas.

[A]

Yeah, you did you ever go?

[D]

Yeah, I hated it.

[A]

Yeah, it's. Well, it is a lot. It's certainly a sensory overload. I thought about moving there really after college. I heard the rent was really cheap. You could get like a two bedroom apartment with a nice pool and for like 400 bucks a month. So I was like, what if I just move there and bartend, save up a bunch of money and then leave? And then I was like, you know how many people have had that thought? And then they get caught in it and they never get out. So I just didn't end up going. And I don't think I would have done well out there. But you know that age where you go anything. I could do anything. I could move anywhere and be anyone. I was almost her for a little bit.

[B]

I've seen Bostonians in a mid Atlantic summer. I don't know how Vegas weather would have done for you.

[A]

That is just too oppressively hot all the time.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, but hey, should be fun for. I mean, 7-16-19, that's like very hot.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Like as hot as it gets. But they'll be inside probably a lot. Other updates on the Canada USA Hockey. Did you see that Auston Matthews, who was the captain for the United States men's team at the Olympics? Okay, Isabella. He's also the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs. So he plays for a Canadian team, though he is an American. And when his name was called during player introductions in his first home game back since the Olympics, he got booed. Now, is it possible they were saying, matthews, you always have to check with these boos. If it's just they could have also been mooing.

[D]

Another subtle Simpsons reference. They could have.

[A]

They could have also.

[B]

I was saying boo. Urns.

[A]

They could also have been mooing is what Isabella said. I want to make sure we don't move on.

[C]

Yeah, I know. I was like, so no one thought that was funny?

[D]

No.

[A]

What did you mean by why would they be mooing?

[C]

I don't know.

[A]

Great. Yeah, right? It does sound like boo.

[D]

It does.

[A]

You know, and that's just what you gotta expect is gonna. I saw a Canadian reporter be like, listen, you can have your own. Americans can be mad at you for one thing, for the whole Donald Trump Cash Patel of it all. But like, Donald Trump is threatening the sovereignty of Canada as a whole. Like, has repeatedly said, they're the 51st state. Like, we're gonna take them over. And so to a lot of Canadians, chumming up to that guy isn't. They're not. It's personal in a different way for them. So this is unsurprising to me. You know, is what it is. Right.

[D]

Makes sense.

[C]

My heart hurts.

[A]

I know we can move on from it. Darren Ravel. Oh, Isabella, if I had time. His last name's Ravel.

[C]

This whole time I couldn't find him online because I thought his last name was Love. You guys need to pronounce.

[A]

No, here's the thing.

[C]

So much better.

[A]

You not being able to find Darren Ravel online is a blessing.

[C]

Okay?

[B]

It would break Darren Ravel to hear

[C]

that I got like some random person on LinkedIn. And I was like, why is this guy related to sports?

[A]

Honestly, that's kind of the perfect description of Darren Ravel, some random person on LinkedIn. Because that is the energy Darren Ravel brings to the function. We used to have a segment on Garbage Time called Delete youe Account where we would talk about the worst tweets of the week, basically. And at the end of the segment every week we would decide who needed to delete their account.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And every week it was Darren Revelle. Because every week Darren Revel would come from the top rope and just tweet something that you'd go, what the fuck? Darren Ravel. Why is this your take? His take this week? I guess this was technically last week. Remember after the. After Jacques scored that goal, the game winning goal for the gold, people were like, where's the puck? Remember someone called into fan service, Isabella. And they were like, where's the puck? It turns out the puck has been located and it is going along with other memorabilia from the. Those. The Olympic Games. It's going to the Hockey hall of Fame. Okay? The Hockey hall of Fame is in Canada. And so according to Darren Revelle, that's the stupidest thing he's ever heard because it's a piece of American history and he thinks it's absurd and other crazy words that, that this hockey piece of, you know, hockey history is going to live in Canada where no American will ever go see it.

[C]

But aren't you. Aren't you playing the sport? Yeah, kind of.

[A]

Yeah. I also think it's kind of cool to put the puck in there and go like, come look at this puck, you losers. Hey, losers, come look at the puck. That got it done. He thinks instead that it should be housed at the Smithsonian.

[C]

Now, I don't know, you know. Okay.

[A]

I don't know if it's. I don't know if it's like US History like that.

[C]

Yeah, no, you know,

[A]

other items that will be Displayed at the hall include the game winning puck from the women's gold medal game. They're inviting it so that they don't get impeached. A Hillary Knight Jersey, a Connor McDavid jersey and a and a Nylander jersey, a William Nylander jersey. Apparently an IIHF official collected the puck after the game and gave it to the Hockey hall of Fame. Which is what I thought. It was so weird. Everybody was like, where's the puck? I was like, oh, I don't know. The people who take it and put it in halls of fame probably took it and they did. Do you think it's stupid? It's in Canada. Isabella I don't. Great. Moving on. Okay, this, take that, Revel. This is quite a story. Now if you had asked me are you guys going to cover the U.S. half Marathon championship, I'd say I don't know. Probably not. And then I saw this story and we couldn't. Not so the 2026 US Half Marathon Championships were in Atlanta on Sunday and American runner and race leader Jess Mlan she was ahead by a lot. She had a pretty big lead and then was taken in the wrong direction by the lead vehicle which had veered off of the designated route. By the time Mlan realized the error, turned back and rejoined the correct course, the race order had shifted dramatically and she crossed the line in 9th place.

[D]

Brutal.

[A]

Quote I was making my way into what I thought was the final mile of the USATF Half Marathon Championships when I followed a police escort motorcycle, the official lead vehicle, and a media motorcycle off course for about a thousand meters. McLean shared on Instagram post race I had to come to a stop, make a tight and complete U turn and run back onto course as a national championship title and a world team spot slipped away. The outcome carried significant consequences because along with being en route to capture her first national title, McLean would also have secured an automatic berth to the 2026 World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen. Ninth place official finish also meant missing twenty thousand dollar first place prize awarded to the national championship. I would be so pissed.

[C]

There's no kind of like I don't know well.

[A]

So after the race they filed protests with the usatf, which is USA Track and Field. They challenged the result, the protests were denied. Then they appealed it and in a statement, USATF said the appeals jury found that, quote the event did not meet USATF Rule 243. The course was not adequately marked at the point of misdirection. However, they also concluded there was, quote, no recourse within the USATF Rulebook to alter the results, order of finish so everything stands the way it is. Bro, what's the point of a lead vehicle if you're not going to lead me?

[C]

Where were they going? Taking a break.

[A]

They took them. They missed a turn. I guess they went the wrong way. I have literally one job. I know.

[C]

Literally one job.

[A]

Now, of course, when you see a story like this, the first people who are going to be commenting on it are, like, people who follow and watch this sport all the time. And I saw a lot of people going like, sorry, man. It's the racer's job to know the course. And I'm like, okay. And I'm obviously, like I said, not watching a lot of marathon racing, so I'll default to. If that's the case. I get it. But then what is the point of that lead car if not to leed. It's in the lead. It's in the name.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Is it like a security thing or something like that? Perhaps?

[A]

Meaning what?

[D]

Is that why it's there? They're just making sure there's no, like, obstructions or anything in front of the leaders. They. The course is clear.

[A]

Yeah, but then why go off course? It's like, how. How do you. What do you just forget? Were they just, like, listening to a song they really like? I'm gonna take the scenic route. And then they go, oh, my God, this lady won't stop chasing. Oh, my God, it's a race. Oh, my God. Wait, I'm leading a race.

[C]

Oh, shit. I'm on the go.

[A]

I thought. I thought this lady was just, like, chasing me down. What the hell? Damn, that's. I'd be really pissed.

[D]

Yeah. Not the way you want to lose.

[B]

I can't imagine running 12 miles and then have it, like, brain already breaking and then having to make the decision. Oh, shit, that's. I'm not. So they just. Did they just take a wrong turn? Do I have confidence and my own exhausted brain to stay on course? Can't process anything.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

To have no thought.

[A]

Yeah. I'm supposed to just be in a flow state. I can't go. Like, I know better than that car. Oh, just follow the car. And it sounds like that's what she. I mean, it was a motorcycle. Sorry.

[D]

She went further than everyone else anyway, so you got to take that into consideration with that final time. Okay. You know, she might have finished however many minutes behind the person who came

[A]

first, but she had to run a lot further.

[D]

She had to run further. What's the average? She might have still Won. That's what you got to do.

[A]

That's what Chris Kessler got to do. So now you guys got to do it.

[B]

Cowherd bot said tough shit, Jess.

[A]

Okay, that's good. That should be how we. If we come to a real quagmire and we can't get to the bottom of the answer, we should go like coward. What do you think? Okay, it's time for the return of one of our favorite segments. It's. Do we have a drop for this? We don't, right? Should I have said that out loud, which is instances of things people said this week or over the last. I don't know, guys, work with us, week and a half things that we've heard said that maybe would have been best left up here. Let's go ahead and start with. With Shia LaBeouf. Okay, so listen, Shia LaBeouf did an interview with Cal. Is it Callahan. Andrew callahan on Channel 5. Shia LaBeouf has. Was recently arrested, I want to say twice, for like an assault situation down at Mardi Gras. And in this interview says a lot of stuff that you're like, okay, hate that. But I just. For the sake of sports, there is buried in this fever dream of an interaction. There's one sound bite in regards to Mike Piazza, former MLB catcher. Let's go ahead and take a listen to Shia LaBeouf on Mike Piazza.

[F]

Remember trying to get Mike Piazza's autograph?

[D]

You know, I mean, for my whole

[A]

life, Mike Piazza, were you waiting outside

[B]

the fence every day?

[F]

This guy, bro.

[A]

So, yeah, we used to go to the Dodger games. Big Brothers program used to give these tick Dodger game. Me and all of them dudes be sitting in the parking lot. Brent Butler always signed Hideo Nomo always signed Mike Piazza.

[B]

Just a cold heart.

[A]

Piazza, you're a bro.

[B]

Shout out. King of drag buns Brett Butler.

[A]

Should he have said that out loud?

[C]

I don't.

[A]

Look, it's like a longstanding Le Buff. He's clearly got buff with the guy. If you wait outside of a stadium every that many times, it could have

[C]

been a journal entry, you know?

[A]

Yeah, you probably could have just journaled

[C]

it and it probably would have been more productive for you if you did

[A]

journal it right instead of calling him a motherfucker.

[D]

Still, one of the five worst things that he said in the.

[A]

I know what's. It is crazy the amount of things he said. And then you're also like. And then he went at Mike Piazza signing autographs. It just didn't really fit. So actually, I Would say if we were taking all the stuff he said in that. That's the only part I would have said out loud. Actually, that part you can say out loud. Rest of it you need to take to a therapist. Let's keep going on this. Former NFL quarterback Boomer Assian's been saying quite a a lot lately, hasn't he? And last week, maybe if not the week before, he took aim at Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Goo, who was a very polarizing figure because she skied for China as opposed to the United States. During his WFAN show, he called Goo insufferable for how she conducted herself throughout her interviews at the Winter Olympics. Don't let me tell it it. Let's hear from Boomer himself.

[B]

She's a very, very attractive woman and she's extremely bright.

[A]

She went to Stanford.

[B]

But if you listen to her post participation interviews, she's insufferable.

[A]

She is what? I mean, that's it. That's the point, I guess. I don't know why you're bringing up. That's crazy.

[C]

Because of the interviews I've seen of her. I'm like, wow, she's has such thought, thoughtful answers and she's so present.

[A]

She's so capable of thinking through what she's gonna say before she says it.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

The correct thought, the correct response after listening to, oh, here's what's up with

[C]

your fucking chair, bro.

[D]

I think it was his mic stand. I think it was his mic stand. But still the point remains.

[A]

Wait, wait, wait, wait. My heart's aflutter at the thought of starting a media beef between Boomer Esiason and Isabella. I remember being like, listen, did you fart in the middle of that take? Hey, Boomer. Hey, Boomer. Okay, Boomer. Yeah. So, you know, I just feel like a lot of that was unnecessary. Why did you start out by telling me she's hot? Also, why did it sound like at the start of it, like he was doing. She's a very kinky girl. Like, she's a very beautiful woman. Like, what is this? I hate this remix. I don't want to be here.

[F]

So.

[A]

Okay. I just feel like Isabella, what that is is probably just somebody bristling against a woman, sounding so smart when she talks, you know, when they go, oh my God, look at her thinking before she speaks. Yeah, how insufferable. Don't set a standard like that. I like to speak and then later think if I have time. You know, that's Boomer's approach. So. No, he shouldn't have said that. Out loud. Now let's go to Diego Pavia. Checking in with him. Do you remember his backstory, Isabella, Yet?

[C]

He's a college player, right? And he said that he was like 6 foot, but he's not.

[A]

Yeah. He lied about his height. He also remember when what's. His face was on the sideline. He said he could date his mom.

[C]

Oh, Theoban.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

He was the one that kept trying to get with Tate McCray, right?

[A]

Maybe.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And he's also the one that when Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman, Diego Pavia went to the club and screamed all the haters. While wearing his turtleneck and chain or fuck all the voters.

[A]

Fuck all the voters. Not the haters. The voters.

[B]

The haters were fine.

[A]

Even the ones who voted for him. At the draft combine, former Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia was asked if he believes there are misconceptions regarding his personality. Here's what he said.

[D]

One thing about me is I don't care what people think about me. I think that just comes from, you know, God has a. Has a plan for me regardless. But the way the media is, is they're supposed to put out, you know, clickbait and things like that. That's how people get views, and that's how people make money. I understand that.

[A]

You know, it's like. It's like when you make a point, that's like, yeah, I guess. But it. That's not why this is happening to you. You are. This is the way that he is.

[B]

I don't care what people think about me. I think. I don't think there's any sentence that is ever said more often by people who feel exactly the opposite way.

[A]

So true.

[B]

Like, I want everyone to know. Everyone needs to know that I don't care what they think about.

[A]

I don't care what they think about me. But the voters, it's like they're telling you they're paid to tell you what they are. Not paid, but enlisted to tell you what they think about you. And you. It really bothered you. So we're not buying this at all. Is anyone bought. Do you guys, like, are you back in on him?

[B]

Out.

[A]

No. At the combine, did they measure him? How tall is he?

[B]

5, 10, even, which actually gave him an extra eighth of an inch over his Senior bowl measurement. It's still 2 inches shorter than he claimed he was for his entire career.

[A]

But he's growing.

[B]

He's a growing boy.

[A]

He's a growing boy.

[C]

Drink your milk.

[A]

I thought you had said earlier that it was 5, 8, and I was like, you cannot at 5, 8, round up to 6, 6, you just can't. But 5, 10, you still can't. Okay, but I just want you to

[C]

know it's okay to be 5, 10.

[A]

It's okay to be.

[C]

It's okay to be 5, 6, 5, 7, 5, 8. Whatever it is.

[A]

5, 5. I'll even say lower than what Isabella said.

[C]

Hey, I'm not trying to say five, four. It's okay to be whatever.

[A]

Be five.

[B]

No. One of you said a limit, and the other one's still going.

[A]

Isabelle's like, please, please, let's not go any lower. It's not okay. But just be how tall you are. Nothing makes you seem smaller than lying about how tall you are. Because then when I find out how tall you really are, I'm subtracting 2 to 3 inches from that anyway. And then I have a bonus because this one has no audio. And the point of the segment is that we play audio that people said out loud. Right. But there is a quote, and it does fit the conceit, which is, should I have said this out loud? Tage Thompson, from the Buffalo Sabres hockey team, it's okay if you don't know that. Was interviewed. He was asked by Matthew Fairburn, who is the Sabers reporter for the Athletic. They were talking about the Olympic victory in Team usa, which Tage Thompson plays for, and the celebrations afterwards. Now, when asked about their trip to the White House, Tage Thompson said, everyone in that locker room is a Patriot.

[E]

It.

[A]

We love the country. Anytime you put on that jersey, it's the best feeling in the world. Presenting your country and playing for the men and women who fought and served for your country. We get to enjoy such great lives here, and it's because of those men and women. I couldn't be more proud to be an American and do it with the group of guys that we had. Obviously, going to the White House is such an honor. It was a very cool experience and something that I'll probably never get to do again. Now, for context, Isabella, when you win a championship, when you win something at the end of the season, if they were to win the Stanley cup, that team is often invited to the White House. Yeah, just like if you win the super bowl, they invite the team to the White House. And so Tage Thompson, at the end of his little Patriot rap, said, it's pro. I'll probably never get to do it again. Which is like.

[B]

You can't say that the Sabres have never won a Stanley Cup.

[A]

I mean, I think that part Felt almost like born into us. There's like. No, that's innate knowledge as a human. You just know that Buffalo didn't do it, you know? But, yeah, Isabella, it should be mentioned, but they haven't ever had the postseason success one would need.

[C]

And then he's like, I'm just being honest.

[A]

He's like, listen, I gotta go with the national team, because when else am I gonna go? Am I right?

[C]

These guys.

[A]

I just love that. I thought it was great. Great. Okay, that's. Should I have said that out loud? Slate. More Combine news. I know you're dying for it. First is, I just want to say, because we told you last week that they're no longer doing those NFLPA report cards because the NFL filed a grievance and they won that grievance. Kayin Kaylor from ESPN said, f your grievance, I'm gonna publish him anyway. She got the results of the NFLPA survey of the players and published the results. So if you're interested in how your team did, you can go find them. Just search on the Internet and AI Colin Coward will pop up like the little paperclip on Microsoft Word and he'll take you. He'll hold your hand and take you right to the results. The biggest news headlines from them. The Miami Dolphins ranked first again. That's the third year running they've ranked first overall by the nflpa. The Pittsburgh Steelers ranked dead last for the very first time. Number 32. They've been doing this survey for four years. This is the first time that's ever happened for Pittsburgh. They got low marks, especially for facilities. And Art Rooney's ranking last for willingness to invest in facilities. And the Steelers locker room, which also received a failing grade. So not good. And penisy penis got a B.

[C]

That's a crazy sentence.

[A]

Yeah, I know.

[B]

Can I just say, there's a variable here that wherever Aaron Rodgers is, has gotten an F for the last three years.

[A]

Huh. Interesting.

[B]

He was with the Jets. He left and their grades went up and now the Steelers are dead last.

[A]

Huh. Interesting.

[D]

Whoa.

[A]

Are you implying that Aaron Rodgers is a harsh grader? So when asked, he's just giving Fs

[B]

across the board or he's just tanking the vibe wherever he goes?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That locker room just becomes.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Anyway, penisy penis, another penisy penis got given a B. Do we. Do these cards become public again? Is he going to take back his.

[A]

It's funny. You get something. I mean, we're assuming. I mean, Woody Johnson probably had a hand in it, but we don't actually really know it was him. It is funny if you're like, no one's allowed to see these. And then they're like, okay, this one says you're super hot and everybody loves you. And then you go like, well, we could probably.

[D]

This one, we'll just put out one

[A]

more and then we'll be done after this. This one. Let this be the very, very last one. So, yeah, you got an F in 2025 and a B in 2026. And then also out of the combine, Fernando Mendoza, We've talked about him a lot. He's that heckin football player who won the national championship and is projected to go first overall in the draft, which is coming up in April. He revealed that during the pre draft process, one team asked whether he would consider getting arrested so that he would slide down draft boards and be available later to other teams. We have the audio of this. Let's take a listen. What was the one most bizarre question you got?

[B]

It was, hey, maybe you should get arrested. And I was like, you know, I was a little confused. But then I was like, the slide. So hopefully I don't get arrested.

[A]

I don't get that one. So you can slide in the draft. Can you tell us who said that

[B]

it was not one of the teams at a formal interview with.

[A]

So I'm not gonna.

[B]

I don't want.

[A]

I don't want to expose the team. I'm so confused because were they joking? He said like, what's the craziest question? She asked what the best question was or whatever, and he said that I should get arrested. Now that's not a question that's. That's willing to get arrested. Have you thought about getting arrested? But they said you should get arrested. And I could see me being a dickhead working for a team and going like, hey, hey, can you get arrested so that you don't have to go to Vegas and instead can come to my team? But do we think this is, like, real?

[B]

Even if it's not, it's an insane thing to add. These are all job interviews. Insane thing to ask somebody.

[D]

Yeah, it's because a lot of these, A lot of the questions that these. Whoever's conducting the interviews, they just want to see how the player's gonna react. Right? Like, that's 90% of the time you want to see, oh, yeah, what's up, mom?

[A]

Wasn't somebody asked, like, about their mom being a prostitute or something?

[B]

Yeah, I don't want to even say who it is. I feel like that's unfair. But, like, just asking them, trying to call that out to them, like, face to face, it's rough.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I think the NFL is, like, intentionally tried to soften on those in the past years, but they get weird.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Well, because they don't have a ton of time with them, I guess. And so they're just going, like, throwing out questions to see how they react and respond in. But it's. I don't know. The whole process seems kind of like a mess to me.

[B]

Picturing Fernando Mendoza, like, trying to get arrested. Like, just jaywalking back and forth, being like, I'm committing my first crime. Someone arrest me.

[A]

Here I go.

[B]

I am doing a crime, sir.

[A]

Oh, I'm taking more than I put it. I'm reaching up into this vending machine.

[D]

Guys, I'm loitering.

[B]

I took a penny but did not leave a penny.

[A]

Oh, guys, Guys, I changed videotape is not. I did not indicate that I was going to change lanes. I've been driving in the passing lane. Hello. Is anyone gonna. Also, funny to think that Vegas would care if he got arrested. Vegas would be like, hell, yeah. Finally this guy's gonna fit in. Because right now, I mean, it was probably Vegas that asked him. They were like, can you get arrested? We need you to have a little edge before you come play for the Raiders because you're heckin. Heckin good at not saying any curse words. It doesn't really fit into our culture, you know?

[D]

Hey, that culture gets routinely graded pretty high on these AFL NFLPA cards. So they're doing something over there. Yeah.

[A]

Hated Vegas. I mean, Chris, really? Choose a side. Choose a side, dude, Vegas rules or Vegas sucks. What's it gonna be?

[D]

Sucks?

[A]

Can you ask Colin Coward, Does Vegas suck? Does Vegas suck? Okay, then we compile these three stories. Cause we can just do that because it's our podcast and we can just do whatever we want to these. We're calling this little bit. Could we interest you in a night out? A lot of people spend their nights out in sports, and a couple stories have happened on big nights out for people sports or sports adjacent. Let's start with Kevin o'. Leary. Because we hate ourselves, right? Kevin o' Leary from Shark Tank, the famously the guy who's known for saying that you need to give him a dollar of whatever he's investing in in perpetuity. He's the guy that always sets up any deal he does with any company to make sure it pays him for the rest of his life without him having to do anything. But he also played Milton Rockwell in Marty Supreme. So he was at the 2026 Actor Awards, which if you're like me and you were confused and you said, look, I know there's a lot of awards during awards season. Surely I'd have heard of this one before. I've never heard of the Actors Awards. And then you looked at the step and repeat and you said, it says sag. Are these the SAG Awards? Yes, they've rebranded as the Actor Awards. Okay, so those were this weekend. And Kevin o' Leary showed up in LA wearing a basketball card hanging from a diamond necklace reportedly worth $19.2 million. The card features basketball legends Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant along with their autographs. He purchased it for $13 million, helping it break the record for the most expensive trading card to be sold at an auction. And I believe it was encrusted in like Tiffany. I think that I saw Tiffany.

[C]

That's crazy.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Diamonds and whatnot all around it. This nerd hate this, man.

[A]

I mean, it's like, I don't know

[B]

why he evokes such a strong reaction

[A]

out of me, but I see you're right. It's like wearing this. Is somebody gonna jump this guy? I mean, why. Why would you wear that at such a. This guy just needs to be a little more scared. You know, we were just like, that's an awful lot of money around. A yankable part of your outfit. It that I could just make off with that.

[B]

What are we dangling my money, my money laundering effort around my neck?

[A]

The comfort to go like, yeah, check this out. Would it kill you to have put on like a nice, like fashion instead of just dangling. It's just so much.

[D]

It also didn't look that great.

[A]

No, it looked tacky shape. It looked tacky. He's tacky. This is a tacky look.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

And to just go like, yes, really expensive card. Like people are going to be like, cool, dude, you wore a lanyard. I really love that. I think that's really cool. I really want to spend time with you. I don't know. I just. When I see somebody with something that expensive on, I go, okay, someone kick his ass. I don't know.

[B]

The best thing Michael Jordan could do with his life and he's done a lot, would be to come out and say, I didn't sign that. That's not me.

[A]

Invalidate the whole thing. Yeah. He would take him to court in perpetuity. There's no chance that he would let him get away with possibly. Remember at the beginning of this basketball season when we're like Michael Jordan joining NBC. What. In what capacity are they gonna you. And it was one sit down interview that they cut up and released slowly through the course.

[D]

Yeah, it didn't last very long.

[A]

Remember when we all thought he was gonna maybe be in the. We were like, whoa, is he gonna do like play by play? Is he gonna be a studio analyst? No, he's gonna sit down with Mike Tirico one time and they're gon different times and then just slowly trickle this interview to us throughout a. It's just very funny.

[D]

Many people have noted that we've heard him interviewed on Fox a whole lot more over the past couple of weeks because of all his NASCAR success, which

[A]

we should mention haven't heard on the NBC the who's the racer? What's the race?

[B]

Tyler Reddick.

[A]

Yeah. Tyler Reddick won the first three NASCAR races of the season and he races for Michael Jordan's. Yes. This huge. It's like a big first guy to

[B]

ever win the first three races of the year.

[A]

Yeah. Awesome. Fantastic. Back to the night out thing that we were in the middle of doing. The Detroit Pistons on Friday. A game between the Pistons and the Cleveland Cavaliers was delayed roughly 13 minutes after an arena horn short circuited and couldn't be turned off. 12 and a half minutes straight. 12 and a half, half minutes straight. The disruption took place with 7 minutes and 24 seconds remaining in the third quarter and it forced fans and players to withstand the horn booming inside of the arena. After play resumed, the Pistons rallied. They won 122 to 119 in overtime despite Kade Cunningham being fouling out in regulation.

[B]

Could you make it through all 12 minutes?

[A]

No.

[B]

Like what? How long are you sitting in that seat when that thing is going off?

[A]

Man, I think I would ear pretty early recognize it was time to go to the bathroom because once you're seven minutes in, I think a wave of people would go like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. And then you'd be stuck in a line. And I don't want to be in a line listening to a horn. So I feel like pretty shortly after it was decided that the thing was stuck, I was, I'd go, I'm going to duck out real quick.

[C]

I think when something like this happens, they should have a rule like how they do in baseball where you were saying, like, if someone's like losing really badly, it's just a mandatory like, like loss. So if your stadium is up for that long, you lose, you lose.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Wow.

[D]

You got to give everyone free drinks or free food. Yeah.

[A]

There needs to be some sort of compensation. I need to be compensated for my time.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

The whole time that. That the siren is blaring, everyone can just go to the beer machine and. Free for all.

[A]

You want to do a purge? You want to do a concessions purge?

[D]

The entire 12 and a half perpetuity

[A]

for the duration of the. Horn blaring. Damn. That would. Actually, I'd be down for that as a promotion as like, come on down to the Detroit Pistons horn blaring night. Anytime that horn starts to go, all food and drinks at concession are free. As soon as it stops, if you don't have a seat, you're out. I don't know. I added that at the end. It's musical chairs. It's something.

[B]

It would be the most unhinged thing to ever happen at a Pistons home game.

[A]

It's not fair to tell jokes that Isabella won't understand. Brady.

[B]

No, we've shown her this, haven't we?

[A]

Oh, yeah, we did. We showed you malice.

[B]

We did show her the malice at the palace, although.

[A]

We showed her. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

She almost asked her on our test about it.

[A]

That's right. I remember.

[B]

Here's the one thing they asked. Run.

[A]

Our test is coming today. She goes. Oh, from malice at the Whatever. No, no, no. Okay. Speaking of promotion nights, the Atlanta Hawks just announced one. They are paying tribute to Atlanta's famed strip club Magic City on March 16 by offering the club's famous lemon pepper wings along with music and exclusive merchandise. TI Will perform at halftime, and the team says the dancers will not be part of the festivities.

[C]

What?

[B]

The one thing? Well, the wings would be two. One of the two things.

[A]

Yeah, but that's not. This isn't a wing place with hot women at it. It's a hot women place at. With wings.

[C]

What?

[A]

So it's like if you're doing a magic city night.

[C]

I don't like that.

[A]

Why aren't you just letting them, like, date, do the, like, I don't know, a pre game dance or. I mean, they don't have to take their clothes off. They can.

[B]

You're saying it's optional?

[A]

Take their clothes off?

[C]

Yeah. I don't like this.

[A]

Just let them dance.

[C]

Yeah, that's the.

[D]

Our horn knot is so much better than this.

[A]

I know. Well, okay, so to me, it's not really magic.

[C]

This is not a night I'm interested in.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, look, I'll take the wings, I'll take the merch, but, like, get the midnight ballerinas involved. Yeah. Why aren't they being invited? They should at least get free tickets to the game. If the Hawks will give them free tickets to the game, then that's fine by me.

[B]

I feel confident that plenty of Hawks give them free tickets to the game.

[A]

That's different. I want the team to give them free tickets to the game. Okay. If you're gonna profit off of their brand, they built that on their backs, their necks and their backs, and then the other two parts of that song. You know what I mean? God. Disrespectful. How do you. How many meetings do you think they had to go through to get that approved? How many do you think the Atlanta had to be like, listen, hear me out. Magic City Night. Now, I know what you're thinking. Like, I'm just, like, picturing the meeting of them pitching Magic City Night.

[B]

10 years.

[A]

I'm guessing 10 years they've been trying to get this thing through. It's been held up in paperwork starting pre Covid. Yeah, they started when the lemon pepper wing situation with Lou Williams happened. That's when they started. Side note, lemon pepper wings are delicious, Absolutely delicious. They just are secondary to the other meat, the other breast meat that is available at Magic City, in my opinion. Okay, so that was our fun little segment called can we interest you in a night out? And now to wrap up this beautiful podcast. Today, we had an email come through that I had actually seen this on another social media site of people having these debates. You know, popular debates throughout the history of the Internet are like, is a hot dog a sandwich? And like, the 999 challenge. Now, this one comes to us in an email from Evan. Chris, do you have Evan's email pulled up and can you read it to us?

[D]

I do. Evan says, hi, Katie. And the casualties you might have seen this prompt making the rounds on social media about whether it's possible to run 10 miles and consume 24 tacos and 24 beers in 24 hours. I thought it might be a fun discussion, especially with Katie's experience with the beer mile. What do you think? Could you do it? And what would your strategy be? Love you, Mean it now.

[A]

Love you, mean it. Sorry. Love you, mean it. Evan, thank you for writing in. I love Isabella. Deep in thought. I.

[C]

Yes, it's like a 9:00am to 9:00am

[A]

yeah, you got to choose your start time. For me, the clock is gonna start as soon as I start running my 10 miles. I'm gonna run the 10 miles first. Or maybe I would eat A taco or two first and then run like wake up, eat the taco, then run my 10 miles. Then I'm gonna eat as much as I would need to in tacos after that. So I think I could probably do like four or five after having run 10 miles.

[C]

Miles.

[A]

And I could probably, because I'm not drinking any beer before I run. It's just not gonna happen. As my experience running the beer mile, the hardest part is the sloshing. You do not anticipate that when you're. Because the beer mile is you run a quarter of a mile and then you chug a beer, you run a quarter of a mile, you chug a beer, you run a quarter and you keep doing that. And it's the. As soon as the chugging was over and you'd start running, it was like burp city. And like, you could feel the like. And so I'm not drinking the beer until the running has finished and I'm getting the running out of the way early.

[D]

And then firstly, how long do you think it'll take you to run the 10 miles?

[A]

Okay, so if it's. I'm gonna say if I'm doing a five minute mile, giving myself plenty of time, then 10 miles would take what, 50 minutes.

[C]

That's really good.

[B]

That's incredibly ambitious.

[A]

Right, so it's. We'll say I'll do a 10 minute mile and it'll take 100 minutes. What's. Am I doing this math right?

[C]

Probably about two hours.

[A]

It's gonna take me a long time.

[C]

Yeah, I would definitely run, run. I would do the 10 miles force. Or you know what I might do? Break it up into basically two days of doing the same thing.

[A]

Five miles one day, five miles the next.

[C]

Yeah, do like five miles, have some tacos and beers, then the next day give myself some, some like five hours to sleep and then run another five miles.

[A]

I did consider, I did think about putting a nap in here. Yeah, I do think that might help in terms of like resetting your.

[C]

For me, the hardest part is breaking up the beers. Yeah, that's really hard.

[A]

24 beers in 24 hours is like borderline alcohol poisoning.

[D]

I'm not sure I could do that. Yeah.

[A]

With kids and having to be responsible

[B]

for them and all of these three feats. There are two I've definitely done in my life. I've never run 10 miles. That looks like the big challenge.

[A]

Yeah, 24 hours.

[B]

I feel like if I can walk

[A]

24 hours, place is like a, is a, A lot.

[C]

That's I feel like I would have to separate eating the tacos and the beer, too, because the beer is so filling. So, like, I wouldn't be.

[A]

You know what? I'm talking crazy. I. The tacos and the beer. I'm going together, like, now. Did they specify the size of a beer?

[B]

I was worried about the type of the beer. Like, if we're talking, like, bud lights,

[A]

you weren't allowed for the Beer Mile. I don't think we were allowed to use a light beer. Oh, for the beer Mile, it had to be. I think we were doing Bud Heavies, like an ipa. I don't know why. I just feel like I specifically remember not being allowed to use a light beer.

[B]

Well, that's just torture.

[A]

And for the 999 challenge, which I also did, because I've been. I'm not new to this. I'm true to this. We could only find tall boy beers. So we were, like. We were, like, trying to do the math of, like, this counts as a beer, and there's, like, still a little left, and that counts towards another. It's kind of. We got lost in the math.

[D]

So we're not counting Coronitas, the little, tiny Corona bottles?

[A]

No, but maybe for Isabella and I, that'd be 24 beers is a lot in 24 hours. The tacos are the easiest part.

[C]

Yeah, I could eat tacos.

[A]

I'm gonna say I probably couldn't do this.

[C]

Yeah, I don't think me neither.

[A]

Go ahead, tell us you can. Please.

[B]

I know. I think I can.

[A]

It. What's your. What? Walk us through your schedule.

[B]

So, I mean, if I can just walk on a track and eat tacos and drink beers, I probably finish and then have to just do, like, 12 beers for the rest of the day, and that's.

[A]

You think you're. I'm sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. I just want to make sure we're understanding. You. You think you would be eating the tacos and drinking the beer while running? It says running 10.

[B]

Like, a low shuffle, like a really slow run.

[A]

Nope. Sorry. Well, yeah, but you're not going to be able to Low shuffle, slow run. 10 mil called drinking a beer.

[B]

Yeah. No, I think I can do this.

[A]

So start again. How. What's the schedule? Walk me through how you would do this.

[B]

Okay. One mile, ten times. See, the. The mileage is the hard part. One mile, two mile. I'm trying to think of how many times I've ever run multiple miles at

[A]

once and still thinks he can do it. Is the funniest part, I think.

[B]

Well, it's, it's the, if I could walk it just do like 40 laps around a.

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In 24 hours. That's like, if I could look at the 24 beers, I'd be fine.

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If I could smell them, if I

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could just breathe them in.

[B]

All right, so it would be. Figure out how to do the. Yeah, you're right. I would have to do the. Figure out how to do the 10 miles and then start maybe four beers while running.

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This guy.

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Tacos while running and then 20 each after. It's going to take me too damn long to run 10 miles. That's, that's probably the bigger problem.

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Yeah.

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Gears are turning. Like I have all of the false confidence of a middle aged white male

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thinking we do see it. We are watching that.

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Really can't really figure out yet to

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say anything that makes me go, maybe he could. So I think we all, we all can't do it. Brady says he can. So maybe someday we'll block out 24 hours and we'll just put a camera on Brady and give him 24 tacos, 24 beers. We'll get childcare. We'll take care of the child care and, and get you a big track and we'll just watch. That would be great content for me.

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That essentially makes you Mr. Beast. Congratulations.

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Thank you so much. I'm locking you in a supermarket and let's see how long you can survive. All right, so three of us are honest with ourselves and then B B B B B's here. Let's, let's go ahead and take a quick break. When we come back, Chris is going to do us all a favor and tell us what we can watch if we want to watch. Watch some sports this week. This is casuals and we'll be right back.

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Who Weekly airs twice weekly with brand new episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays. Listen and follow who Weekly and Odyssey podcasts available now for free on the Odysee app and wherever wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back. It's the end of the first episode of the week of Casuals. Don't forget we drop every Tuesday and Thursday on all audio platforms and the video drops on Wednesday and Thursday. I mean, sorry, Wednesday and Friday on YouTube.com Katie Nolan before you tell us, Chris, what we can watch if we want to watch sports this week, I want to flip. I want a role reversal really quickly because we got an email that I'm gonna read to you.

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Wow. Okay.

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From Christian he said Howdy casualties. I was listening this week and Chris mentioned the St. Mary's Gonzaga rivalry game as something to watch. I'm a St. Mary's alum, so this made me super excited to hear. Well, as St. Mary's won the official the final official WCC matchup, I think you should declare SMC as the official winner of the rivalry by saying God is a gale on the pod. Our official slogan. Logan thank you for what y' all do. P s Chris wasn't joking about it being one of the best rivalries in sports. When I was in college, I worked in athletics. Taking in game stat. Oh, taking in game stats. So when we beat the Zags at home in my junior year, I got a front row seat to watch the fans storm the court and trample a lady. Was intense. Oh, and the woman was mostly okay. Just a sprained ankle.

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Okay, good to know.

[A]

So that's good. So that's. Thank you, Christian. And then Chris, did you want to say the thing you God is a gale. Yeah. You've always been. You've been saying that.

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I've been saying that since 2009 when I first became a St. Mary's Gales fan.

[A]

That's right. Okay, now that that's out of the way, what can we watch this week if we want to watch some sports?

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The first thing, I'm going to start from the number three here because I got these in the wrong order. We're going to start off with the she Believes Cup. Oh, she Believes is playing against Canada. Whoa. In the she Believes Cup. It's gonna be spicy. That's on Wednesday, March 4th at 6:45pm Eastern. You can watch that on TNT now. USA beat Argentina in their first match, 2 nil. Although bad news for us, Trinity Rodman left the game with the back injury in the final two minutes. She's been dealing with back injuries throughout her entire career. We don't know her status as of recording this as to whether she'll be available for that match against but we

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do know she was very pissed about being taken down and injured in her back. So keep an eye on that. But Wednesday, March 4, 6:45 Eastern on TNT. We can watch she Believes Cup USA versus Canada. Have those two nations met up in anything big recently? Okay, what else?

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The second thing, the thing that I'm the most excited about watching this week, the AFL season, Australian football is coming back this week. The first game of the season will be Thursday, March 5th at a delicious 3:30am Eastern. You can watch this game on watchafl.com with a subscription. That's Carlton against Sydney. Our Carlton Blues against the Sydney Swans. Jagger Smith, he's in line to debut for Carlton.

[A]

Nice.

[D]

After a year on the sidelines, I'm sorry to say Ruzio Fantasia is no longer on Carlton at the end of last season. So he will not be playing, not playing anywhere. Not, not quite good enough anymore, unfortunately. He had a good career. He had a long career, injury plagued career and just got to the stage where his body wasn't able to hold up to the rigors of an AFL season, so he's no longer on a list.

[A]

Oh man. But we still got Jagger biggest Fantasia fan podcast out there, I think.

[D]

But now he can be the biggest Jagger Smith.

[A]

I had just finished my costume of a broom of a dancing sentient broom.

[D]

You can still use it.

[A]

I was gonna go to the games and unfortunate. Okay, what else?

[D]

It's gonna be big. I got a quick email from Ben, if I may, about this, who's also very excited about the AFL season beginning up and he thought it would be fun for each of the casualties to pick an AFL team to follow. Unless it's just all Carlton. But Ben also said said his only stipulation is that he would please pick Isabella's team for her. With all the strongest international with the strongest intentional bias in the world, I would love Isabella to follow my team, the Fremantle Dockers for the following reasons. Are you listening, Isabella? To the following reasons why you should be a Fremantle Dockers fan. They are the only team in the league to wear predominantly purple.

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Nice.

[C]

Okay.

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Fremantle have been in the AFL for 30 years now and have never won a premiership and have only reached the grand final once in their history. Meaning if you jump on board now, you'll be part of the celebrations of the inevitable first premiership which is going to happen within the next few years. I promise.

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He promises.

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And last but certainly not least, Fremantle's captain is Alex Pearce. An incredibly rare specimen of football player in that he is well spoken, progressive, thoughtful, supports multiple worthy causes, is an indigenous first nations Australian which is also rare for a club captain, and not to mention he is a gorgeous 6 foot 7 hunk of muscle with a magnificent God like head.

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What's his name again?

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Alex Pierce.

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P A R, C E. That is some flow.

[A]

Oh shoot. I don't wanna. Alex. Oh wow. Yeah, no, it's fine.

[C]

It is.

[A]

It is what you said. Out of respect for. It is what you said. I can I say I would love us to get a campaign going against white mouth guards. We are at a stage with veneers where when you. When somebody wears a white mouth guard for a second there it just looks like they have the most comically white straight across teeth. It's like. I wish. You know what I mean?

[B]

Every now and then back to back segments of Mr. Beast hate.

[A]

Wait, what did Mr. Beast. He has bad veneer.

[B]

Oh, they're huge.

[A]

I try not to look at that

[B]

when he the Mr. B smile on the. On every YouTube video.

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Oh, I Don't know this for sure, Isabella, but it looks like Miley Cyrus might have gotten hers resized.

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Oh, I did see that she had them, but I didn't know if someone said that they got them removed. She got them.

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I don't know. I don't think you can get them removed. I think the. The worst part about. And this isn't all. Oh, that's.

[C]

That's just when you shave the tooth,

[A]

I think you shave the tooth down to a little nubbin and then you pop on the new tooth. So it's like. Like if something were to happen, you just have these little I know where the wild things are teeth, which is crazy.

[D]

Anyway, Isabella, sorry. You got going to jump on board the Fremantle train. You sticking with Carlton? What are your thoughts here?

[A]

Sticking with Carlton.

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How about this? I need to. Let me. I need to watch a clip. I need to watch a clip of both teams and then I'll figure out how I feel. Okay.

[A]

And what are you. If I may. Sorry. Not fair enough to me. What would you be basing it on? How they move the ball around.

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Yeah, yeah, I'll show you.

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Carlton have beaten Fremantle in some devastatingly fun ways for me over the past few years. So I'll show you some of those clips.

[A]

Who are some of the other teams, Chris?

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In the league? In the entire league.

[A]

I mean, Brady and I theoretically get to choose, right?

[D]

Our arch rivals, Collingwood, Magpies or Bombers.

[A]

Right up your arm.

[D]

Can't stand either of those guys.

[A]

Magpie's kind of like an oriole, isn't it?

[B]

It.

[D]

Yeah, it's like Hawthorne Hawks.

[B]

Dark Pokemon.

[A]

Hawthorne Hawks. That's. They just. That was one meeting.

[D]

Geelong Cats.

[A]

Who?

[D]

Geelong. Cats.

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Geelong.

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Geelong.

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Yep, Geelong. Okay, Cats.

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Gold Coast Suns.

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Right.

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Greater Western Sydney Giants who have the greatest song, like the club song. Sing a little for me. There's a big, big sound from the west of the town. It's the sound of the mighty giant Feel. The ground is shaking. The other teams are quicking in their boots. Before the judge.

[A]

Did I just see Chris dance? That was sick.

[D]

That song actually does get me to get.

[A]

I think for a million years you'd say yes. I thought you were gonna say no. Go look it up on YouTube.

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Have you ever heard of the Cat Empire? Because the guy from Cat Empire, I think co wrote it. The guy from what Cat Empire? Do you know the band Cat Empire? Maybe. It's just they're a Melbourne band.

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Very cool.

[D]

That's fun.

[A]

Cat Empire, though. Sick. What's the Sydney team? The Swans The Swans. Pretty okay.

[C]

All right.

[A]

I don't know. I could. Well, I'll choose a team. I can go for Carlton for now. Jagas Smith if he gets hurt. I'm also out though. I don't want to be.

[D]

Jesus Christ. All right.

[A]

If that were to happen, I'd have to go.

[D]

All right, fair enough.

[A]

Okay. And then there's one more right thing we can watch if we want to watch sports.

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Well, Baseball classic starts this week. USA against Brazil. That game will be on Friday, March 6th at 8:00pm Eastern on Fox. But the opening game of the World Baseball Classic, that'll be Chinese Taipei against Australia on Wednesday night at 10 o' clock Eastern on FS1. And then the championship game will be in March 17th in Miami. So we've got a, you know, couple of weeks of baseball 17th.

[A]

So much going on that March 17th. They better let the Foxborough Council know if they're gonna give him that money.

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Exactly. And also a reminder that the Paralympics beginning this week, we mentioned it a little bit earlier on on we've got like para ice hockey, which is going to be a lot of fun. The USA are playing Italy on Saturday, March 7th. That's open gender. There's only been three women who have played in the Paralympics in the past where they're getting the fourth one who's playing for Japan this Paralympics. That's going to be really exciting to see. Wheelchair curling USA faces off against Latvia in the mixed doubles on Wednesday at 1:05pm and then a name to keep an eye out for as a USA fan, Oksana Masters. 36 year old Oksana Masters. She's set to compete in the Paralympics as part of the paranordic skiing team. She's focused on para, cross country skiing and parabiathlon in the sitting division. She's won 19 Paralympics medals and is one of two Paralympians to have competed in seven Paralympics. She's 36.

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Wow.

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She's competed in seven Paralympics. She's the most decorated winter U.S. paralympian in history and the first Olympian to win seven medals at a single Paralympic Games, which was in Beijing in 2022. So incredible, incredible athlete. Oksana Masters.

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Damn.

[A]

Something to keep an eye on.

[C]

I love how when sports uses the term decorated, when it's like they have a bunch of medals, I don't know why I'm like, that's cute.

[A]

I love that they're the most sparkly,

[C]

they're the most decorated gymnast. No biggie.

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Yeah, she's got the most tchotchkes dangling from her in various places. We'll be following those Paralympics and talking about the big stories as they happen. Same thing with the wbc. We save most of our baseball stuff for later in the week because we have a guest who's a big baseball fan coming in. So we figured we'll get to most of those stories later in the week. That, though, I think is the end of this podcast. Did I miss anything big that's early. No, that's everything. That's literally everything. You couldn't possibly need anything else. Every single thing. Check done. All right. We love you and we mean it. Thank you for listening and. Or watching and. Or right. Both, mostly. Please do both. And we will see you back here on. You know, I still don't know how to do this because audio wise Thursday, video wise Friday, later in the week. We'll see you later in the week. This has been casuals and we love you so much. Bye.