Chicago Bears - making PROGRESS towards a new stadium in state?

Summary

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Episode: Chicago Bears - making PROGRESS towards a new stadium in state?

Date: February 10, 2026
Host: Dan Bernstein
Producer/Co-host: Matt Abbatacola

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on current developments in the Chicago Bears' ongoing negotiations with the State of Illinois regarding the proposed new stadium in Arlington Heights. Dan and Matt dissect the political maneuvers, leverage, and financial realities behind the headlines, while also touching on wider sports-business trends, Bears’ legacy dilemmas, and the impact of public financing on taxpayers. The show’s signature blend of sharp Chicago sports talk and irreverent banter is on full display.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Bears Stadium Politics & Negotiations

• Negotiation Status ([01:26]):

  • Recent statements from Governor Pritzker suggest "progress" in talks with the Bears on a stadium deal in Arlington Heights.
  • Artificial or "arbitrary deadlines drive decisions": Both hosts note the posturing by stakeholders, with the Bears leveraging potential Indiana relocation, though few believe it’s a true threat.
  • "George McCaskey does not want to be seen as the guy that took the Bears out of the state." (Dan, [04:21])

• Financial Realities vs. PR Spin ([02:52]):

  • The Bears’ public claim to commit $2B is scrutinized as likely insufficient for a true NFL-caliber stadium and entertainment district.
    • Dan: "It's gonna be way more than the 2 billion you say you're gonna put forward." ([03:08])
    • Matt: "Unless they're building like a 40,000 seat... soccer stadium or something." ([03:14])

• Who Holds the Leverage? ([06:08]):

  • Pritzker’s comments interpreted as Illinois winning the negotiation.
    • Dan: "What Pritzker is saying is we're winning the negotiation. ... The leverage belongs to us, the taxpayers." ([06:08])
  • Main sticking point: property taxes and “tax certainty.” The Bears’ request for certainty is decoded as seeking tax breaks, but local schools need future increases as land value grows.

• Taxpayer Protections & Public Investment ([07:50]):

  • Dan pushes for a system: "As that land becomes more and more valuable... The Bears should pay their fair share." ([08:22])
  • Infrastructure (roads, transit) is acceptable for public outlay, but direct stadium subsidies to wealthy owners is not.

• STAR Bonds Explained & Potential Expansion ([09:36]):

  • STAR (Sales Tax and Revenue) bond programs allow future sales tax revenue to pay off development, but are presently prohibited for pro stadiums in Illinois.
  • Pritzker did not rule out legal changes ([11:12]).

• Will the Bears Leave?

  • Both hosts assert the Indiana threat is hollow, noting the McCaskey family's aversion to being "the ones who moved the Bears."
  • "If you can find a better deal than this in Indiana, go." (Dan, [13:23])

2. Broader Reflections: NFL & Stadium Deals

• Critique of public funding for stadiums ([04:40]):
  • Dan: "Giving money to billionaires to help them make more money... is always, always, always bad."
• Super Bowl Host City “Extortion” ([13:42]):
  • The hosts mock the process of cities courting the NFL for Super Bowls, which often require expensive commitments.
  • Dan: "No, I'm a no thank you on the whole Super Bowl thing." ([14:01])

3. Sports Gambling and Celebrity Investment

• Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Investment in Kalshi ([27:19]):
  • Discussion on prediction market platforms where bets can be placed on anything—including sports and world events.
  • Suspicion around timing of Giannis’ investment, right after heightened trade rumors and market hype on his future.
  • Dan: "For Antetokounmpo to be like, hey, oh, by the way, after all that... now I own all this or a lot of it..." ([30:01])
  • Analysis of regulatory loopholes: these platforms can avoid sports gambling rules since they claim to be “prediction markets.”

4. Super Bowl Injury Transparency & Football Absurdity

• Patriots’ Left Tackle & QB Health ([20:49], [22:53]):
  • Recap: Patriots’ left tackle played with a torn knee ligament, giving up 14 pressures—“one of the worst games any left tackle has ever had.” Quarterback required a numbing injection and couldn’t throw.
  • Satirical discussion on the lack of injury reporting transparency.
  • Dan (mock scouting): "First thing you look for in a left tackle, second leg." ([26:11])

5. Quick Hits & Banter

• Bulls and the NBA trade deadline aftermath ([40:20]):
  • Enjoyment in watching new, untested lineups, even in losing efforts.
• White Sox Spring Training Optimism ([52:26]):
  • Both hosts discuss what would constitute progress for the Sox—“just be a serious organization.”
  • Low expectations: "Let's aim for that. Let's shoot for 70 [wins]." (Matt, [56:39])
• Olympic Update ([58:16]):
  • Quirky coverage of Winter Olympics: Breezy Johnson wins gold in downhill skiing, but breaking medals is the big controversy.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Negotiation Leverage:
  "Things we put on the table are things they're willing to do. What Pritzker is saying is we're winning the negotiation." — Dan Bernstein ([06:08])

• On Stadium Subsidies:
  "Giving money to billionaires to help them make more money... is always, always, always bad." — Dan Bernstein ([04:40])

• On the Indiana Threat:
  "If you can find a better deal than this in Indiana, go." — Dan Bernstein ([13:23])

• On NFL Host City Demands:
  "After you gave us the full menu. That full ransom note... No, thanks." — Dan Bernstein ([14:08])

• On Transparency in Football Injuries:
  "First thing you look for in a left tackle: second leg." — Dan Bernstein ([26:11])

• On Kalshi and Prediction Markets:
  "For Antetokounmpo to be like, hey, oh, by the way, after all that... now I own all this or a lot of it..." — Dan Bernstein ([30:01])

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Significant Timestamps

• [01:26] — Bernstein introduces the latest positive signals from Springfield about the Bears.
• [02:52] — Discussion on the Bears’ $2B stadium budget and the reality of total costs.
• [06:08] — Pritzker’s progress comments decoded as “taxpayer leverage.”
• [09:36] — STAR Bonds program unpacked and legal limits in Illinois discussed.
• [13:23] — Bernstein dares the Bears to test Indiana’s sincerity: "If you can find a better deal than this in Indiana, go."
• [14:01] — Sarcastic dismissal of Super Bowl extortion.
• [20:49] — Patriots’ injury woes in the Super Bowl.
• [26:11] — Satirical “two legs” scouting priority for left tackles.
• [27:19] — New story about star athlete investing in sports-adjacent gambling ventures.
• [52:26] — White Sox, Cubs, and low bar for hope.
• [58:16] — Breezy Johnson wins Olympic gold, and comical Olympic medal glitches.

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Tone & Style

• Sharp, irreverent, unflinchingly honest: Dan Bernstein’s decades of candor in Chicago sports media are on display as he punctures PR posturing and exposes political gamesmanship.
• Smart banter: The co-hosts riff quickly on city politics, league extortion, negotiation theory, and the very human foibles of sports fandom and administration.
• Chicago-centric, but with broad relevance: While rooted in Chicago sports, the themes echo national dynamics in stadium finance and sports business.

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For New Listeners

If you missed the episode, you’ll come away understanding:

• Why the Bears’ stadium project impacts both sports fans and Illinois taxpayers.
• The fiscal and political chess match underlying public funds for pro sports.
• How league strong-arming, billionaire leverage, and legacy anxiety shape stadium deals.
• The cultural and regulatory shifts in the world of sports gambling and athlete investment.

The Bears want a new palace, but Springfield is holding more cards than ever. And as Dan says—if the Bears can find a better deal, “go.” But don’t bet on it.

Transcript

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[Dan Bernstein]

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[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abaticola]

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[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abaticola]

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[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abaticola]

No, we're not.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, we're not. That's right, we're not. Hey, we're getting some good news. It sounds like from Springfield, where there appears to be, for whatever reason, the powers that be are not saying that the Indiana bluff is what is causing them to move. But artificial deadlines drive decisions. Arbitrary deadlines drive decisions. And this is one of those that apparently has what Governor Pritzker refers to as progress in the negotiations between the Bears and the state of Illinois and the legislature to try to get them to actually inhabit the land that they bought with the intent of building a stadium.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right.

[Dan Bernstein]

Which when you say, doesn't that sound really stupid? Yes, it does sound really stupid. They bought the land to build a stadium, and then they pretended to be like, we're not gonna do. They're not gonna build the stadium here. Didn't you buy the land? Yeah, but we're gonna go somewhere else and rent a place somewhere else.

[Matt Abaticola]

Cause we don't.

[Dan Bernstein]

And everybody's sort of waiting for this to run its course, and then everybody can sit down at the table and talk about things. I remain dubious about the amount of money that the Bears actually have said.

[Matt Abaticola]

They would put 2 billion towards the stadium.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, it's going to cost significantly more than that. And this is what I am waiting to see is when they have said we will pay for the stadium, I don't think you know how much it's going to cost.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right. So unless they're building like a 40,000 seat replica of if they're building a.

[Dan Bernstein]

Soccer stadium or something. But it may just be they're going to have to pare down or slow walk the rest of the entertainment district or find other ways to do that if they're just going to start, hey, the stadiums up. Stadiums first. And it's all parking lots and land for now. And then look at building it out over time. Okay. Whatever you got to do is like none of it may really matters to me other than how it affects me as a taxpayer because it is a television studio and you can build it here and you can build it there and the all that matters to me is will the Bears pay their fair share of property taxes and will they build their own stadium? It's gonna be way more than the 2 billion you say you're gonna put forward. I don't mind some infrastructure. That's what government's for.

[Matt Abaticola]

Correct.

[Dan Bernstein]

Cause that helps people too. But here's the latest. This is what we have. And Pritzker was talking about the Indiana bluff and he says, well, I never take anything as a bluff. I'm concerned about making sure we're attracting businesses or keeping businesses in the state of Illinois there. Tells me it's essentially out of respect to the other side of the negotiating table because of course it's a bluff. And what is being clear in the reporting is that George McCaskey does not want to be seen as the guy that took the Bears out of the state.

[Matt Abaticola]

Which is what we talked about. Like that legacy.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. And you know what that is? That's leverage. If the state knows that and knows he's really not going to leave. And again for me, fine. If he did, doesn't matter. Don't. If you want to stick them with a terrible deal, fine. As long as Illinois doesn't enter into a bad deal. And giving money to billionaires to help them make more money, no matter what you want to point to, is always a bad deal for the taxpayers eventually. It's always, always, always bad. So how can they make it not as bad? Pritzker said there's a lot of discussion A lot of ongoing conversation with the Bears and frankly, progress that's been made. So I'm pleased about that. And Cam Buckner, who we've quoted before in this space, is he still wants to keep the Bears in the city, but he, as long as he's there, I know that they're not gonna roll over too much. There are forces in there that are aligned, that do represent those of us who live in Cook county and in the state, the city, wherever it may be. However, this is going to work. But Pritzker said specifically, I think there's a real possibility that many of the things that we put on the table to work with the Bears on are things they're willing to do to stay in the state of Illinois. Now that, to me was the key.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yep.

[Dan Bernstein]

Things we put on the table are things they're willing to do. What Pritzker is saying is we're winning the negotiation. He's saying the Bears are willing to make those compromises to stay in the state. That means the leverage belongs to us, the taxpayers, as represented by our elected representatives. And I don't know exactly what the Bears are willing to do, but when they say tax certainty, what that means are tax cuts. What's critical isn't the infrastructure commitment. It's not them building, helping with roads and exits and traffic congestion and signage and all of that and building a ride share lot or whatever that may be, and that's all great, that's going to make people's lives better. The key is what the Bears will pay to those school districts. And whatever plan is in place doesn't have to be a locked in. That's it, set rate. And here's your tax certainty. When the Bears say certainty, they mean they would like to pay zero in taxes. They know they're not going to. They know they're going to pay some. But if I'm the Arlington Heights schools, I am making sure that as that property becomes more and more valuable, which it will, the point of assessments. And when you watch, you know, Fritz Kagi's commercials where he's on the seesaw right now talking about how the individual homeowner has been squeezed and some of the large companies have been getting all these tax breaks, this is exactly what he's talking about. And Fritz Kagi is going to have a difficult time running on the platform on which he's running if all of a sudden everybody just rolls over and the county is part of this being like, well, you know, I guess this is what you got. So the Bears, as This is structured should, as that land becomes more valuable, pay their fair share.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's all. It doesn't have to be the value increases.

[Matt Abaticola]

They should pay more taxes.

[Dan Bernstein]

And if there's a graduated system that says we can lock in this for these years, or if you build just a stadium, it's worth this, right? You had a hotel, it's worth this. It's like playing Monopoly. You put hotels and houses on a property, it's worth more. And that's all we're dealing with here, is the very, very basics of it. And at the moment, based on everything Pritzker has said, I trust that one way or another, especially with these comments that make it sound to us in his first public comments mentioning progress. We'll say it again. Many of the things that we put on the table to work with the Bears on are things they're willing to do to stay in the state of Illinois. Good. Squeeze them. Squeeze their nuts. Yar. If George McCaskey is under pressure, wherever it may be, whether it's the echoes of his mother's voice in his head, echoing her father's voice in his head.

[Matt Abaticola]

Or just his own reflection or just.

[Dan Bernstein]

What he thinks is right, squeeze him, that's leverage.

[Matt Abaticola]

Now, another aspect that Pritzker talked about yesterday was the possible expansion of Illinois's Star bond program. So if you're not familiar with the Star bond, it's the sales tax and revenue bonds, municipal bonds, rep. Aid using future sales tax revenue generated by a designated development area. So, and that was. That's what the state of Kansas used to entice the Chiefs from Missouri.

[Dan Bernstein]

The question is, who's losing out then?

[Matt Abaticola]

Right.

[Dan Bernstein]

Because that money's got to come from somewhere.

[Matt Abaticola]

It's got to come from somewhere. So it's come. It comes from revenue generated by the Bears being there in Arlington Heights, and then they're using that extra revenue generated from that tax to then pay off the bill of what was then there to build the stadium.

[Dan Bernstein]

So.

[Matt Abaticola]

But here's the thing, though. Yeah, it's.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, you're just borrowing against the future is all you're doing, correct?

[Matt Abaticola]

100%.

[Dan Bernstein]

I mean, and.

[Matt Abaticola]

But it does.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's a matter of when, not where.

[Matt Abaticola]

It helps. It helps the areas that want to develop not have that money up front, that guarantee. So, yeah, it all makes sense. He talks about star bonds. They can, you know, generate truly transformational economic growth. So he's into it. But here's the thing. The way the current law in Illinois, it prohibits the use of Star bonds for new Professional sports stadiums. So that's the issue right there. So are they willing to expand and change the way the law reads for Star Bonds in Illinois? So when asked, when pushed about it, Pritzker, you know, when asked about it, does this mean that this is not a possibility for the Bears? He says, no, it's not leaving the door open that it could possibly change in the future.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, everything's negotiable, right? Correct. Obviously everything at the moment, no. But to have that opportunity, what would you give up? This is exactly what a negotiation is, but larger picture. It sounds to me like George McCaskey really does not want to leave.

[Matt Abaticola]

He does not.

[Dan Bernstein]

And that some of this stuff he's signed on to. If Kevin Warren is in his office saying, look, we don't have the cash to do all of this right now on our own. And I. I still think when I look at it from a distance, the issue to me is, do the Bears have the money to do this on their own? And I've been told that it's. It's a reach as far as the actual cash on hand to do what they got to do.

[Matt Abaticola]

I'm really curious where the rest of the money comes from to build a Stadium, because 2 billion is not enough.

[Dan Bernstein]

Nope. It's not even close.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right? It's not enough.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's not even close to being enough.

[Matt Abaticola]

And Pritzker also said we're not doing anything that's bad for the taxpayers here. I mean, I'm not. We're not throwing money at building a stadium for anybody.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, that's. He's said that. And if he gets weaselly on that and comes away with something, that we're going to know it because we know a bad deal that is just dressed up and lipsticked.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right.

[Dan Bernstein]

They're not gonna do that because we know too much about these bad deals. The one in Kansas is a terrible deal. That is a. That's a total rollover by a state government and it's handouts to a billionaire that. I trust that that won't happen. But we will see when this whatever graduated tax plan gives the Bears their quote, unquote certainty. I am guardedly optimistic at this point that Pritzker can land this thing in a spot where, if the Bears really want to stay in Illinois, I call that bluff. Get real close, walk right up to it. If you can find a better deal than this in Indiana, go.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

And if they go, great, that'd be awesome. Then Illinois is completely off the hook and gets all the advantages of having a Team nearby called the Chicago Bears and doesn't have to take away from tax dollars to go to people who need it a lot more than billionaires do. So we'll see.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. And I wonder how that would all. Let's say that scenario does play out. And when we talked about the extortion that the NFL puts on host cities for super bowl games.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's still Chicago, right?

[Matt Abaticola]

It's still Chicago. So does Chicago pony up all of the expenses to be extorted to have the Chicago Bears host a Super Bowl?

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm a no, thank you in Indiana. No, I'm a no, thank you on the whole super bowl thing.

[Matt Abaticola]

After looking at that.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, after you. You gave us the full menu. That full ransom note.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, no, thanks.

[Dan Bernstein]

That you read the entire thing clipped out by hand from magazines and taped onto loose leaf paper.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right. One letter at a time, one letter at.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's a lot of work to put that thing together for the NFL to do that. But it does sound like that there has been some thaw. There's a little bit of detente here, but you still have an opportunity to squeeze the Bears over their desire to remain in Illinois. And that made me feel a little bit better when Pritzker said that it sounds like the Bears are going to be amenable to the state's demands and the legislature's demands, our demands as taxpayers. It's ours.

[Matt Abaticola]

What I don't get is the cities that fall for the extortion of the NFL because, like, what if the city says, back to the NFL. All right, if we don't do this, what happens then? Oh, we go to a different city. Oh, no, no, no. We can't have that. I mean, it's not like they're threatening anything.

[Dan Bernstein]

Maybe they are. Think about that.

[Matt Abaticola]

All right? If you don't do this, we're going to kill you.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. The NFL probably has its own personal army. Who knows? Yeah, we don't know.

[Matt Abaticola]

Wait, so if I don't pay your extortion ransom here, what happens? Well, then we'll go somewhere else.

[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abaticola]

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[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, shoot.

[Dan Bernstein]

Did you accidentally hit.

[Matt Abaticola]

No, it's a halftime show. They're trying to get in here.

[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abaticola]

Not now. Later. Later. Yep, we'll get you. All right. Thank you.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, no.

[Matt Abaticola]

Sorry about that.

[Dan Bernstein]

You made me stop my lascivious bumping and grinding.

[Matt Abaticola]

I know. I'm sorry.

[Dan Bernstein]

There are children watching, Maddie. There are impressionable children, and they're.

[Matt Abaticola]

There's nothing I can do. The door just opens.

[Dan Bernstein]

I know. They come in here and they infect us with their. With the rhythm.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, they were all here earlier, and I said, not during this show.

[Dan Bernstein]

I've been told the rhythm is gonna get you. Well, I think I got got. You did get get. I guess it was. And now I'm corrupting the children of America with my lascivious grinding and bumping between shows.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, they were here before, and then I said between, not during. I'm sorry.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, we had a little miscommunication here.

[Matt Abaticola]

My bad.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. Maybe something lost in Translation, if you will.

[Matt Abaticola]

Maybe.

[Dan Bernstein]

Is that what it was?

[Matt Abaticola]

Maybe.

[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. Sorry about that.

[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abaticola]

No, don't do that. You'll offend people. I know.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's so offensive, right? Soon the palleterias will be back. Or palleteros, I should say. I hope. I hope they haven't rounded up all the popsicle guys. They probably have. I don't know what I'm going to do then without my. My palette. Alimon. Well, my guy that summer's coming.

[Matt Abaticola]

My guy that sells fruit outside Union Station, he's still there on the bridge.

[Dan Bernstein]

All right, good.

[Matt Abaticola]

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[Dan Bernstein]

As long as my politeros are out there where I'm fishing.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, he's got music playing. I get a nice fist bump in the morning. I say hello.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. Yep. But they're evildoers.

[Matt Abaticola]

I know you know that. You got to be careful.

[Dan Bernstein]

That makes you obviously evil. Hey, so Will Campbell. Guys, come on. We can't. Okay, they're good. They're good. Just. Gosh. Okay. I just have to work that out of my system now. All right? Are you guys good? You figure that out?

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, we're good.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay, Just text him to make sure that that doesn't happen again. Will Campbell had a torn knee ligament, and apparently that's why he sucked ass. He gave up 14 individual pressures in the super bowl and was terrible from the moment the game started. He getting absolutely dog walked and motorboated and all the things that happen to people.

[Matt Abaticola]

And now starting left tackle was hurt.

[Dan Bernstein]

Your quarterback was hurt right the starting left tackle skipped out on the post game, which. For which he should be fined. You can't do that. And now.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, did he really? I didn't know he skipped. Yeah, maybe he was getting treatment.

[Dan Bernstein]

He didn't talk to anybody.

[Matt Abaticola]

Surgery.

[Dan Bernstein]

He didn't talk to anybody. He allowed 14 pressures. That's the most in any game during the 2025 regular season or postseason. He had one of the worst games any left tackle has ever had. And now he's like, oh, I have a torn ligament in my knee. What are we doing? Yep. What are we doing first? But then we like, halftime. We find out that the starting quarterback had a xylocaine shot in his. In his shoulder.

[Matt Abaticola]

His arm was numb.

[Dan Bernstein]

What was the doctor that numbed Chelios? Lewis Kolb. Was that his name? Remember that?

[Matt Abaticola]

How do you remember that?

[Dan Bernstein]

Because Terry did a whole thing about. He noomed his newts. Do you remember that? Chris Challenge was hurting, and they brought the doctor over, this doddering old doctor stuck a needle in him and numbed his entire lower body.

[Matt Abaticola]

That's right.

[Dan Bernstein]

I think that's right.

[Matt Abaticola]

It was cold.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. Gave him an epidural or whatever it was, and he went on the ice and fell down like an octopus.

[Matt Abaticola]

Exactly.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, what the hell happened to him? Ooh, Dr. Noomda's newts.

[Matt Abaticola]

Noomdes Newts.

[Dan Bernstein]

And I guess they did it to Drake May. And now find out that the left tackle. I said, what are we doing here? Can you help me? Like all of this entire football. Military industrial gambling complex. And they had a Super Bowl. They had a Super bowl with a left tackle who shouldn't have been playing.

[Matt Abaticola]

And a quarterback who couldn't throw.

[Dan Bernstein]

And a quarterback who couldn't throw. Right. Is there any.

[Matt Abaticola]

It's the Blob.

[Dan Bernstein]

Like how, but with everything. You're betting on the coin toss. They take the coin out of this tiny little hermetically sealed container. Did you see that? He's like, here, touch the coin. You have chosen wisely, my precious.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right.

[Dan Bernstein]

And he runs up there, and he chose the coin, but he's like, oh, how's the left tackle? Oh, he's got a torn ligament in his knee, and he's awful. He's terrible.

[Matt Abaticola]

Put his leg off.

[Dan Bernstein]

What about the starting quarterback? Oh, he can't feel his arm.

[Matt Abaticola]

No arm. No arm nor leg. We're good.

[Dan Bernstein]

What are we doing? You sound so resigned with all of this that's happening.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, I just. It didn't matter. I mean, I had them winning by 15 or more. So it's, you know, and it all worked out, thank God.

[Dan Bernstein]

But.

[Matt Abaticola]

I guess, you know, maybe as a, as a Patriots fan, you get some comfort knowing why it was so bad. Because your quarterback didn't have an arm and your left tackle didn't have a leg.

[Dan Bernstein]

It was a five point spread. Shouldn't it have been more.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yes.

[Dan Bernstein]

Wouldn't it have been more if they knew the quarterback couldn't throw and the left tackle was dead?

[Matt Abaticola]

When I'm an idiot, I'm confidently saying they're going to win by 15 or more. Like I'm the idiot. Yeah. It shouldn't have been five.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, no.

[Matt Abaticola]

But hey, it certainly fed into the narrative that a lot of people had that Drake, May and the Patriots didn't deserve to be there because you look at all the head coaches that were fired and offensive coordinators that were fired and bad quarterbacks they played against in the regular season that they weren't really legitimate to represent the AFC, although they went through the AFC playoffs and 1. So I don't know what more you want.

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't know. And one of the games is in a blizzard and everybody seemed to like that.

[Matt Abaticola]

I saw stupid, an odd stat that doesn't mean anything the other day, but quarterbacks that make it to the super bowl in their second year never make it back.

[Dan Bernstein]

Second year. Was Stan Humphreys one of those?

[Matt Abaticola]

I don't know, but I could find it. But Dan Marino was one.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

Drake May, obviously.

[Dan Bernstein]

Because Marino is still the youngest.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yes. Wasn't Drake's not younger?

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't think so.

[Matt Abaticola]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

I think Marina, I believe Marina was. I think May was the second youngest.

[Matt Abaticola]

Okay. Yeah. There was like four or five quarterbacks that made it in their second season and never made it back.

[Dan Bernstein]

Somebody eventually will.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, good luck to the Patriots.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes, indeed.

[Matt Abaticola]

I would say next time you make it, though, make sure your quarterback has an arm and your left tackle has a leg. I'm just that. That is my free advice to my guy.

[Dan Bernstein]

He allowed 14 pressures in one game.

[Matt Abaticola]

That's not the playoffs. That's one game. He was terrible.

[Dan Bernstein]

You're the left tackle in the Super Bowl.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, Ben Johnson.

[Dan Bernstein]

You know what? I guess that just happens.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. Ben Johnson's like, I'm not going to fuck around the left tackle. I'm going to move my left guard to left tackle and get a guy that hadn't played a snapped all year to play left guard.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yep. And do okay.

[Matt Abaticola]

Because it's important that the left tackle has two legs.

[Dan Bernstein]

I like your football Thought there.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right.

[Dan Bernstein]

I do see that. That's an advanced football thought when you're scouting.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

First thing you look for in a left tackle, second leg.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yes.

[Dan Bernstein]

Because you don't want to see that as a negative.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right.

[Dan Bernstein]

You know, positives, you know, strong anchor against bull rush, resets well, vicious hand punch, bends at the knees and not the waist.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. You don't want to see like negative, negative. Strong anchor, leaned up against trees.

[Dan Bernstein]

Negatives, has one leg.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right. You know, I don't know.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's going to drop him a couple of rounds in our book. Yikes. Okay. I just remind somebody next year when Roger Goodell is talking in the lead up to the super bowl to ask.

[Matt Abaticola]

Him about that, the left tackle, if he has two legs.

[Dan Bernstein]

Just the idea. The injury report, what we're supposed to know, why we're supposed to know it, what is you expect teams to actually say about their players, etc.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, I'm jotting it down now because I think.

[Dan Bernstein]

Save it.

[Matt Abaticola]

I mean, for the Bears. I'm concerned about the left tackle position for the Bears. And so when I go through, maybe there's a late, later round draft pick they can make. I'm going to make sure that they all have two legs.

[Dan Bernstein]

Good, good. I appreciate that.

[Matt Abaticola]

Writing it down.

[Dan Bernstein]

Good. Settled with. And we'll table that for later. Did you see, by the way, that Giannis onto Takounmpo is now an investor in the prediction market? What app platform? Kalshi. Okay, I did see it.

[Matt Abaticola]

I'm not.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

So it. Is it a betting app? Is it. You make bets?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, it's. It's one of these. Bet on everything where it's like you can bet on an earthquake, you can bet on elections.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, so it's not just sports.

[Dan Bernstein]

No. You can make a market in anything happening. There's a great south park episode about this.

[Matt Abaticola]

Can I make a market on me eating dinner tonight?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yep.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yep.

[Dan Bernstein]

All right. Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

Can I bet on it then?

[Dan Bernstein]

Technically? Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. I mean, I don't think you're going to get real good odds. Oh, that's kind of the point. You can make a market and obviously the likelihoods if you're just depending on how you're doing this business, but you can just make a market in something. And Giannis Antetokounmpo announced it is the timing of the announcement that just was a little bit strange because we went through this whole saga with him leading up to the trade deadline. Remember, he and his people were demanding a trade. They were investigating a trade. They were Exploring a trade. All of these words that were used, all these euphemisms for the possibility and the changing possibility that Giannis Antetokounmpo would be traded.

[Matt Abaticola]

Where did he go? Where did he end up?

[Dan Bernstein]

He didn't go anywhere. He didn't go anywhere. And I think the defector Chris Thompson. This is the best sports writing being done in the world in one place. The best sports writing outlet right now is, no surprise, is defector.com and they tracked here the phrases that were used. January 28th, he was ready for a new home. February 2nd, the trade market had started to progress and the Bucks were dishing counter offers. The afternoon of February 5, Shams Charani of ESPN that the Bucs had resolved to keep Antetokounmpo through the end of the season. And then all of the Kalshee bets on Antetokounmpo's future resolved at the deadline said to the disappointment and financial setback of those who believed all the hype. So this was a really active Kalshi market. And then it was the next day that he announced his investment in the Kalshi platform.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, that's questionable at the very least.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes, it's certainly questionable. Nothing can be proven, nothing can be. I don't know what can be subpoenaed or even with Kalshi being this international company that claims, by the way, and this is probably a discussion for another time, but the prediction market businesses that can do sports are obviously making most of their money through sports and they're not regulated the same way. So technically, because there are these larger prediction markets, they're not governed by the rules that affect gambling and they don't need the same sort of federal sign offs and they believe that they're above and beyond the states even, and all of these legislations that's all pending for Kalshi and Polymarket to say, oh, we're not, we're not bound by any of this stuff regarding sports gambling because we're already covered by existing language and sort of grandfathered. I can't say that, you can't say that anymore that we're allowed to be continue doing what we're doing because of what the law was at the time and it's in the courts at the moment. And it's gonna fundamentally change everything if in fact they're immune to a lot of these sports gambling laws nationally, statewide, et cetera. So for Ana de Campo to be like, hey, oh, by the way, after all that and all that money that was bet on wither Giannis, he says, now I own all this or a lot of it, or I have an ownership interest in it.

[Matt Abaticola]

So the best case scenario is that he saw everything that took place surrounding his own future in the NBA and said, hey, I might want to get involved with this, and I'll just do it the day after the trade deadline.

[Dan Bernstein]

Happens, which we know is clearly not what happened. And based on the actual words of his announcements, none of it makes any sense because they don't use words that mean anything. His. His tweet was, everyone is online. The Internet is full of opinions. I decided it was time to make some of my joining Kalshee as a shareholder. We all on Calshi now. I don't know what any of that means. Yeah, I don't.

[Matt Abaticola]

At first I thought. I thought it was like a granola, like, based cereal.

[Dan Bernstein]

Kashi.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, I got that confused. And the term is legacy.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. Thank you. Instead of grandfather. Thank you.

[Matt Abaticola]

Legacy.

[Dan Bernstein]

Legacy.

[Matt Abaticola]

There you go.

[Dan Bernstein]

Even that. Even legacy sounds like old school, college.

[Matt Abaticola]

It's not granola. And. And now he's. He's all on it. We're all on it. Everyone's on it. Because the Internet has opinions, which are generally bad.

[Dan Bernstein]

Right. But the point of Kalshee isn't about. It has nothing to do with opinions. Nothing. It just has to do with whether or not you put money on something happening or not. It isn't really an opinion market.

[Matt Abaticola]

No, it's not. So, like, someone could put money on the fact if I eat dinner or not tonight.

[Dan Bernstein]

They could. Yeah. But, you know, there has to be. There has to. The market has to exist. I don't think you're going to end up with much of a market of people saying, no, you're not gonna eat dinner. And then if you say, well, I'm gonna skip dinner. Is Maddie gonna skip dinner?

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

This is what the south park episode was kind of about, of just how.

[Matt Abaticola]

We could create a market here through the shows, I think.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, our own platform or our own.

[Matt Abaticola]

No, like whether or not you and.

[Dan Bernstein]

I eat dinner tonight. I'm eating dinner. I'll tell you right now, it's a bad bet. I'm eating an enormous dinner tonight.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, there you go. So then I would bet that you would eat dinner.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's right.

[Matt Abaticola]

I got insider information.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, you do. Exactly. From the person who's going to eat dinner. See, this is next level.

[Matt Abaticola]

See how that works?

[Dan Bernstein]

Next level. Stuff you're doing.

[Matt Abaticola]

I get it now. I'm on Cowshi, too.

[Dan Bernstein]

I just would love to know exactly. I Mean, the scenario that you paint is obviously unreasonable. And I would just love to know if he had any financial involvement. Especially the way the NBA is trying to put this genie, you know, back in the bottle here. And now that it's out and Adam Silver and everyone's lobbying for it to be out, and they knew there were going to be bumps in the road, they knew there were going to be questions. But all this stuff we're talking about right now, when the questions are too numerous and too large, the leagues are eventually going to have some issues here. So this is all part of the growing pains of living in this new world where everything. You can gamble on actual world events, you can gamble. Is Keir Starmer going to lose his job over the Epstein files? Because in other countries, people feel shit.

[Matt Abaticola]

Are resigning, people feel forced out.

[Dan Bernstein]

Where people. There are consequences to being involved with a large pedophile. A large pedophile ring.

[Matt Abaticola]

Human trafficking ring. Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

And all of the pedophilia. In other countries, people are ashamed of that.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right. It's a bad thing, right?

[Dan Bernstein]

In this country, it's not a bad thing. Apparently people wear it as a badge of honor.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right. You just go out and get an emotional support halftime show.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes.

[Matt Abaticola]

And by the way, genie is an outdated term, too. I think magical spirit is the more gender friendly. You don't say genie anymore.

[Dan Bernstein]

Genie doesn't have to be gendered.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, it doesn't?

[Dan Bernstein]

No. Do you ever see Aladdin?

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. It's a male. Male genie.

[Dan Bernstein]

We don't even know. Might be.

[Matt Abaticola]

Wasn't a dude.

[Dan Bernstein]

It was Robin Williams voice.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, yeah, that I know.

[Dan Bernstein]

We don't know.

[Matt Abaticola]

But he also once played a woman in a movie.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, he played a man dressed as a woman.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

Right.

[Matt Abaticola]

This is Doubtfire.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. Great movie. Never saw it.

[Matt Abaticola]

I am almost done working with you.

[Dan Bernstein]

I never.

[Matt Abaticola]

Seriously, I think we're real close to being done.

[Dan Bernstein]

I mean, I get the. I get the idea.

[Matt Abaticola]

You don't get shit.

[Dan Bernstein]

We're real close to being done over Mrs. Doubtfire.

[Matt Abaticola]

And we're adding to the list. The list just keeps getting. It's like beyond understanding right now.

[Dan Bernstein]

I didn't think that the dividing point.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, you didn't think that Mrs. Doubtfire would be the straw that broke the camel's back.

[Dan Bernstein]

I did not. I didn't think it was gonna be Mrs. Doubtfire.

[Matt Abaticola]

I assumed everyone.

[Dan Bernstein]

Wait.

[Matt Abaticola]

Truth be told, Rudy, I get truth be told. Remember the Titans? Fine, whatever.

[Dan Bernstein]

I had a bet on it. I already.

[Matt Abaticola]

I just made Miracle.

[Dan Bernstein]

I just made a ton of money.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, did you have it on Cowshi.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh. I had bet that Mrs. Doubtfire was gonna be the one.

[Matt Abaticola]

I just. I can't believe. Believe me, it's just real close.

[Dan Bernstein]

I think I've seen all the relevant scenes.

[Matt Abaticola]

I think I'm just close to being done.

[Dan Bernstein]

Teetering on the edge. So I would just keep an eye on.

[Matt Abaticola]

On that.

[Dan Bernstein]

It just makes the whole Giannis thing seem really sorted.

[Matt Abaticola]

Speaking of breaking up, did you see the Cardi B and Stefan Diggs? No. So they apparently broke up in the middle of the Super Bowl.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abaticola]

Because she. I think she is. She's with child. His.

[Dan Bernstein]

And doesn't he have a lot?

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, he does.

[Dan Bernstein]

He has a few.

[Matt Abaticola]

But apparently there was a different woman there that he has a son with that was at the super bowl and sitting front row. And when Cardi B found out, it became a problem, and so they broke up in the middle of the super bowl. And the $1.2 million she spent on the post game party, neither one attended because they'd broken up and gone their separate ways.

[Dan Bernstein]

So.

[Matt Abaticola]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, let's see. Didn't care. Didn't care. Still don't there. Thank you for informing me.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, I mean, I'm just saying, you know, there are a lot of reasons why people can separate and break up. And, you know, Mrs. Doubtfire isn't that much of a stretch.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay, I. I will. I'm. I'm chastened now with the series.

[Matt Abaticola]

Really surprised. Like.

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't know, it just didn't really interest me. I saw him put his face in the cake and I knew that that was sort of the bit. And I don't know, it's like. I did see Kindergarten Cop.

[Matt Abaticola]

You did?

[Dan Bernstein]

Does that count?

[Matt Abaticola]

It's. Well, it counts for something.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

I mean, and I liked it.

[Matt Abaticola]

I. We're still. I mean, I still like kindergarten.

[Dan Bernstein]

I just want to make sure I don't get any points for having seen Kindergarten Cop.

[Matt Abaticola]

Don't make me open that door and leave.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, you can't, because they're too busy out there.

[Matt Abaticola]

Did you hear them in the hall? Yep, there they are.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

I'd rather be out there with them than with you. No movie watching bastard.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I like it.

[Matt Abaticola]

Is that good? Yeah, yeah, it's real good.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's good. Now, if you're able to go find me Swing as Tropical. Now then, that's my happy music.

[Matt Abaticola]

What is that?

[Dan Bernstein]

Do you remember my happy music? Me Swing Astropical.

[Matt Abaticola]

I thought it was. Was it the girl from Empanema or la?

[Dan Bernstein]

No, that's Dick Duran's Happy Music.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, that was Dick Jaran's headset. That's right.

[Dan Bernstein]

That was Dick Jaran's headset. No, but my Happy music was me. Swing Est Tropical. What is it, Nicodemus? I forgot exactly who did it, but that's. Yeah, that's good.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, it was Joe, the Christmas music guy.

[Dan Bernstein]

Joe Spence. That's happy music, too. Absolutely. I was watching the Bulls last night when I was trying tracking the prop bets. Porque porches muy divertido.

[Matt Abaticola]

It's no bueno.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, we better stop. We're going to want to. People are gonna get mad. What the hell are you saying? No, he's doubting about the NFL Blob.

[Matt Abaticola]

Get in here again.

[Dan Bernstein]

We gotta fix the door. Just fix the door. There's like a pet door underneath. Yeah, either the band can get in here or maybe one of the trumpeters, and then the NFL blob can poke its ugly little head in there.

[Matt Abaticola]

All right, so you're watching the Bulls.

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm watching the Bulls. And it's.

[Matt Abaticola]

I thought the Nets were bad.

[Dan Bernstein]

They are, okay, but.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, that's right. The Bulls are bad, too.

[Dan Bernstein]

They just. They haven't been able to practice a couple of things. They don't know. They don't know what anyone else is doing right now. They're all kind of running around out there. So it's unbelievably sloppy. Some of these players might be good and looking forward to talking about this, all the individual players on OWC a little bit tomorrow. Because my co host of OWC is loving this. He loves bums, he loves NBA players playing street ball, and he loves novelty. So you turn over more than about half your roster, right? And they're all out there like, oh, who's this guy? Who's that guy? Oh, that guy's fun. Oh, maybe they'll keep this guy. And they're not going to keep everybody. Colin Sexton is a trip, man. He's hilarious. He never shuts up. Did you see him flip off the rim last night? He missed a free throw and he gave the finger to the rim.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, okay. Flipped off the rim.

[Dan Bernstein]

Flipped off the rim.

[Matt Abaticola]

I thought.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, he jumped on the rim.

[Matt Abaticola]

I thought you meant he jumped on it and flipped off.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, he missed a free throw and he was like, fuck you, rim.

[Matt Abaticola]

Wow.

[Dan Bernstein]

Don't say that about the rim. Hey, this is a family production.

[Matt Abaticola]

Gave the rim the finger because he couldn't have given it a job, too.

[Dan Bernstein]

The whole thing is just. It's pretty ridiculous. But they Lost, which is great. Just keep on losing.

[Matt Abaticola]

Keep losing. Yes.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's perfect. Give me a couple hours of fun and then get tired because they're all tired. They're unbelievably tired because none of them are used to playing these minutes. And Giddy is out and Tre Jones is out and Jalen Smith is out and Nick Collins is out. Wow. Zach Collins. Excuse me. I keep on. Zach Collins is out and they're just. They're so tired that they're gonna. It's perfect that you can see. Watch Dillingham and watch Anthony Simons and watch. Okay. All right. You scout a little bit. It's perfect. It's like going to watch the combine here, like the NBA.

[Matt Abaticola]

Is it as entertaining as Medieval Times anymore or no. Or is it less entertaining?

[Dan Bernstein]

I think for most it's going to be less entertaining.

[Matt Abaticola]

How about for you? Is it for entertaining?

[Dan Bernstein]

For me, it's a little more entertaining because I love the scouting part of it. I love sorting through these guys, deciding who might fit, who might not fit, who does what, who's at the right age, where they are contractually.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. But deciding, like, how they fit, though. You have to know what the plan is. And like, what. Like, what are you. What are you building around?

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, all that matters, the problem right now is Fits. What? What's the question? You're fitting Giddy and Modus and maybe the man who needs a new nickname and Isaac Okoro.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, we've had several come through, so thank you for that one that came through.

[Dan Bernstein]

Matt12sports.com do you feel good doing that?

[Matt Abaticola]

Does it make you feel better?

[Dan Bernstein]

So much better.

[Matt Abaticola]

Get a little revenge.

[Dan Bernstein]

So much.

[Matt Abaticola]

One guy said that we had a friend growing up named Isaac. They called him SAP. And of course it evolved to Ball Sack. So what? I call Isaac Earl Ball Sack.

[Dan Bernstein]

We could do that. It's Ike or Zeke.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, but I like Isaac. And they made it into Sack and then Sack became Ball Sack.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's good. Yeah. I'm never against calling somebody Ball Sack.

[Matt Abaticola]

I'm not either.

[Dan Bernstein]

I won't call him that.

[Matt Abaticola]

Not a winner yet, but we'll keep that there.

[Dan Bernstein]

I can't use this. Victory. But I can't pronounce Yabu Saleh Ball.

[Matt Abaticola]

Sack is a finalist.

[Dan Bernstein]

Are you playing Yabosule? Okay, so it's our finalist. Ball Sack for Isaac. Ball Sack. Okoro.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yes.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abaticola]

Thank you.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know who fits yet. I just keep on getting tired and losing. And I also. I don't know if Jaden Ivy can play anymore. Yeah, like, I know he can play, but he's, he is a shell of himself. He can't get around a guy.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, but I again, and I hate to say it again, but like what you're, you're building around Josh Giddey and modest and Modest Bozellas. I mean, are those, are those really the central pieces of building around a.

[Dan Bernstein]

Championship for a caliber team? No, you still need the guy. Yeah, like neither one of those guys is the guy.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right. So you're not really building around them. You don't know what that invisible or that that unknown piece is yet.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, you had a chance last year to do this when you should have done it. And maybe you could have had that, that guy down there.

[Matt Abaticola]

And so I just wonder, like, what's the value, Dallas, outing these guys? Because you don't know what the guy is you're going to build around.

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't know.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, you enjoy watching. That's all I'm going to say.

[Dan Bernstein]

I know you will. Thank you. I'm going to. I like hanging out.

[Matt Abaticola]

I'm going to continue betting against them.

[Dan Bernstein]

I like hanging out. Well, well, especially if they get a lead late. If they have a lead in the third quarter, you know they're going to tire out and they're going to lose it. Yeah, they're going to because they, they're not used. They're all winded and out of shape. And Yabu Sally is really out of shape. He's a fat.

[Matt Abaticola]

What about the other guy?

[Dan Bernstein]

Nick Richards?

[Matt Abaticola]

No, not Yabu Sally, but Yabu Saya.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, Yabu Suli.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yabu Sule.

[Dan Bernstein]

Is he in? I hope so. I hope he's in better shape than Yabuzeli because Yabuzeli is going to shoot it every time he touches it. And I kind of like that he's out there. He is 280 pounds of three point shooting. So let him get after it. If you want something great for dinner and I may do this tonight. Okay. You know, I like to do breakfast for dinner every once in a while. One of my favorite dinners is a huge steak and eggs meal. And when you have Omaha steaks ready in your freezer and then you remember, oh, I've got all that Omaha steak stuff in the freezer, it opens up a panoply of ideas. And if you're like, I am and you want to get excited and a lot of ideas about what that big meal is, Steak and eggs for dinner. I think that's it. I think I'm gonna do that tonight. And I can do it with. I think I'm gonna do two or three of the filets mignon. What do you think? I think two is enough. I think I should ask, what are.

[Matt Abaticola]

They, like six ounces? Eight ounces?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I think. I think they're like eight. Like six. I think six. So three.

[Matt Abaticola]

You could do three?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. You could do it.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I think I might do three of them. And the best when they're individually packed like that. You can make these decisions because everything is pre portioned, and when you have it all on hand, it's all there. It's all pre portioned. It's right there. And if you just want to defrost it, you can kind of snip around the vacuum pack thing. You throw it in the sink, and in like 15 minutes, it's fine. And Omaha Steaks allows you to have all of these options for high quality proteins on hand. And I like to do a pan sear on the filets, like crusted. I rub them with kosher salt and black pepper, do a hard sear on either side, and then just to, you know, purple in the middle. I want the middle even a little. Cool.

[Matt Abaticola]

Do you really?

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, yeah. Okay. I mean, so the steak, it's such a good piece of meat. Yeah, I know that you want it just right.

[Matt Abaticola]

How do you do your eggs? You make them runny?

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I'll do three sunny side up eggs. Okay. And this is. I just. I'll eat around. I'll eat the whites first, and then I smash the yolks in the roasted chunk potatoes with the onions. And I do scattered, smothered, covered.

[Matt Abaticola]

That works.

[Dan Bernstein]

A little bit of shredded cheese on the top. Now I want that. Maybe you do smash burgers. Maybe you want a slow cooked all day pot roast. Whatever it is. Even high protein snacks. Omaha Steaks arrives in the giant box, and then you decide where everything goes. But there's no feeling like that. And I've been an Omaha Steaks customer since I was a little kid, and I remember that feeling. I remember, oh, see that box? And then we take it out. Back then it was dry ice. It's not dry ice anymore, but I remember. And then we would have fun with the dry ice, and my dad would show me. Like, this is. We talked about what? Sublimate. We learned about sublimation, about how the CO2 skips the liquid and goes directly from solid to gas. So we had these little. What is that, physics or chemistry? Chemistry.

[Matt Abaticola]

It's called science.

[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abaticola]

Take a big metal pot and flip it upside down.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

Put your steaks on top of that. That metal pot in the packaging. Put another metal pot on top of that. So the bottoms are.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

Put your meat in the middle. That's how you defrost them.

[Dan Bernstein]

Really?

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, it conducts heat so it'll make it.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, yeah. That's a clever little trick.

[Matt Abaticola]

There you go.

[Dan Bernstein]

I always just sort of threw them into lukewarm water.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, you could do that. But this will. This will go a little quicker for you, too.

[Dan Bernstein]

Really? Do you know what that is? Do you remember years ago, there was that, like magic thaw, like an infomercial. It was just a piece of metal.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, I know. I don't.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, yeah. It was called magic thaw.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. You just had two pots in your cabinets.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's the same thing.

[Matt Abaticola]

Save money.

[Dan Bernstein]

Cool.

[Matt Abaticola]

There you go.

[Dan Bernstein]

Today I learned.

[Matt Abaticola]

Give it a try.

[Dan Bernstein]

See?

[Matt Abaticola]

Thank you for that talk about science.

[Dan Bernstein]

There you go. You've blinded me with science. Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

That's what we do here. We inform, we entertain, and, you know, we offend. Sorry.

[Dan Bernstein]

The rhythm has gotten me. Yeah, I know. Or as Rakim would say, the rhythm hit him.

[Matt Abaticola]

Love, Eric. Being Rakim.

[Dan Bernstein]

Of course.

[Matt Abaticola]

You do so good.

[Dan Bernstein]

They sing in English. I don't know what the hell they're saying neither. At least it's English. I think it is. I don't even know I wish I could understand any of it, but I can't.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, there was. Lady Gaga was there for you.

[Dan Bernstein]

But. And actually speaking of science, you want to go see Thomas Dolby?

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, let's do that.

[Dan Bernstein]

You can. Thomas Dolby's in concert April 20th at House of Blues and you can win tickets at the 312Sports app.

[Matt Abaticola]

You got it there?

[Dan Bernstein]

I do. So go to the new free.

[Matt Abaticola]

Got it. Found it.

[Dan Bernstein]

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[Matt Abaticola]

That's great.

[Dan Bernstein]

So yes, you can enter those things if you'd like to win. White Sox pitchers and catchers are reporting today. They're getting started. And I think my take on the White Sox is show me you're serious about baseball. Just be an actual serious major league baseball organization this year and play do everything the right way. I know you're not going to win a lot of games. You might lose 100 again. But they do have some prospects worth watching. Everybody wants to see Colson Montgomery and there's another Montgomery because everybody's going to. Elizabeth Montgomery is going to be there. In general, Montgomery is going to, to be there and obviously Munaka Murakami whose name was misspelled on his locker. Of course. I don't know how did, how did that happen? How did you get a name plate on his locker with a misspelling on it? Come on.

[Matt Abaticola]

They can't get that right. They're not right either.

[Dan Bernstein]

Come on. Where they put the bidet upside down.

[Matt Abaticola]

Like a water fountain there and be.

[Dan Bernstein]

Like there you go, sit on that thing, kid. Uh, he's going to be fun, but just understand. And we'll get to see him in the WBC because he's playing for Japan of the wbc. But just, just know he's all or nothing. I think the best comp I've heard yet. I said Joey Gallo and Joe Sheehan comps him to Russell Branyan Oh, I.

[Matt Abaticola]

Thought you were comping him to Joe Sheehan.

[Dan Bernstein]

No.

[Matt Abaticola]

Okay. Joey Gallo or Joe Shean, right?

[Dan Bernstein]

No, no. I think Joe Sheehan said, think Russell Branion, not Russell Brand. No. Yikes. But, no, that Russell Branion, you know, big all or nothing kind of swing and three true outcomes. That. That would be the guy. So I'm. I'm not quite ready for baseball yet. I know you're supposed to say you are.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, I'm not there yet. We're getting there. We're getting there, but not. Not quite yet. I mean, we're 12 days away from the combine.

[Dan Bernstein]

Right. It's combining. And if you look at the weather forecast, I'm going to declare it. I think we're in, like, pre spring now.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. 40, 44 today, I think.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. But I think we're out of the. There's going to be no more deep freeze. I'm getting ready. I'm still waiting to get really.

[Matt Abaticola]

I hope so.

[Dan Bernstein]

Really starts when Stacy Green over at Park Bait, when she posts the first little fishing report when they open up. Park Bait at Montrose.

[Matt Abaticola]

I hope you're right.

[Dan Bernstein]

Coho are moving in when they're open, when it. When it's six in the morning or five in the morning and Stacy's there and the. And the live baits all there. That's when we know spring is here. So that's what I'm keeping an eye on.

[Matt Abaticola]

But for the White Sox, just show you that they can play baseball.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, just show me that everything matters to you. Like, Will Venable was an upgrade over Dipshit. And now that they've got a little better understanding of who they have and who matters and who doesn't, they don't really have anybody good. But they got some guys who could be. And I'm not going to go out of my way to sit down and watch whole games yet.

[Matt Abaticola]

But really, even regular season, like, you're not going to really.

[Dan Bernstein]

I mean, not with another team.

[Matt Abaticola]

That's a good question. What do they have to show you that until you sit down? I mean, are we looking at 20, 27?

[Dan Bernstein]

No, no, no. I'm just saying there's some guys who, like, it's, you know, somebody who. You really want to watch pitch or you really want to watch? You know, I keep an eye on stuff. I'll have it on here and there, and I'll flip. But I'm not going to commit to sitting down and watching White Sox baseball.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

Because there's just. You're in charge of that because there's just nothing. That's fine.

[Matt Abaticola]

I'll do that.

[Dan Bernstein]

Really? In it.

[Matt Abaticola]

I'll do that. As long as you keep the basketball stuff on watch. I'll. I'll keep the. The baseball, obviously, you know, looking forward to Cubs and getting started and opening day and I can't wait. So. Looking forward to that. And I'll keep an ey. White Sox, I think the White Sox. What did I say? Did I say. What did I say? 67 wins. What is that? 67 and 95.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yep.

[Matt Abaticola]

So let's do that. We can. Let's. Let's aim for that. Let's shoot for 70. Let's get to 70. How does that sound? White Sox, 70 and 92. Let's get the 70.

[Dan Bernstein]

That'd be an improvement. More important than the record is identifying real players. Yeah. Identifying who. Who matters who you know is a representative major league player. Or better than that.

[Matt Abaticola]

Right.

[Dan Bernstein]

If that's Kyle Teal, if that's your guy. Minecraft. I know you love Minecraft. I know you do.

[Matt Abaticola]

A good ballplayer right there.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, and then, you know, maybe. Maybe Murakami is going to be, you know, more than a novelty.

[Matt Abaticola]

I think we should go to opening day. You want to do that?

[Dan Bernstein]

Maybe. Okay.

[Matt Abaticola]

Okay.

[Dan Bernstein]

When is it?

[Matt Abaticola]

It's like the first game of the.

[Dan Bernstein]

Season, and then we just, like, get here and hop the red line and whatever.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, we'll figure that out. We should go.

[Dan Bernstein]

Do you want to get credentialed or you want to go as fans?

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, let's just go as fans.

[Dan Bernstein]

You sure?

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, let's go sit among the people.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

Would the 108ers have us?

[Matt Abaticola]

I don't know. What does that mean?

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, you know, the 108.

[Matt Abaticola]

What do they do?

[Dan Bernstein]

Section 108.

[Matt Abaticola]

Are they friendly?

[Dan Bernstein]

They can be. They can be ornery.

[Matt Abaticola]

I don't want to have to defend you.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I know, I know. I don't know where we stand with the 108, but they're a particular subset of White Sox fandom.

[Matt Abaticola]

They have a particular set of skills.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. Yeah. Like drinking in their underpants. I think you know what this means when you hear this music of. On 312 sports. It means it is time for a Matt Abaticola Olympic update.

[Matt Abaticola]

All right, so just want to keep you up to date on what's happening in Italy. I'm not sure if you're aware of the Olympic games going on, Dan. These are, by the way, the winter Olympics that are currently happening. Top story, though, right now. We have some More information on Lindsey Vaughn. Complex fracture of the tibia.

[Dan Bernstein]

Ouch.

[Matt Abaticola]

It's not good. It's not good at all. Like, I saw, like, x ray pictures of things, and it's just, man, is it bad.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abaticola]

Like, multiple shards of bone. And, like, that requires immediate, like, immediate attention. So we know that she had surgery with multiple surgeries after the fact as well. Yeah. So.

[Dan Bernstein]

All right, so that's. But did Breezy Johnson win the gold medal or not?

[Matt Abaticola]

Want to update you. Breezy Johnson did win the gold medal in women's downhill skiing. That is. It's official that she won a golden for the United States.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abaticola]

So.

[Dan Bernstein]

But she is now an honorary member of the 2005 White Soccer World Series champions. Because that didn't exist and it isn't.

[Matt Abaticola]

Acknowledged, we're going to recognize her on this show.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yes. With Breezy Johnson, the actual United States skier who won the gold medal and is also now on the 2005 White Sox.

[Matt Abaticola]

When it comes to Olympic sports, Breezy Johnson is our.

[Dan Bernstein]

She's.

[Matt Abaticola]

That's our athlete for this show.

[Dan Bernstein]

Even though for a while you couldn't find her because she didn't show up for drug tests.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, she was supposed to join us for an interview right now, but she didn't show up.

[Dan Bernstein]

Didn't show up.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I couldn't. Yeah, I don't know. She's busy.

[Matt Abaticola]

1:30 today. Oh, actually 1:10 today our time. USA women's hockey. They take on Canada.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's a big rivalry.

[Matt Abaticola]

It is a big rivalry.

[Dan Bernstein]

They don't like each other. You know what you can do when they meet?

[Matt Abaticola]

You throw out the record.

[Dan Bernstein]

Absolutely. As far as you can. Correct. Well answered. Thank you.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yes.

[Dan Bernstein]

All right.

[Matt Abaticola]

And then, of course, the big story of the Winter Olympics there in Italy, the gold medals are breaking. Like, apparently, when you're wearing the gold medal and you have it, like, on a little ribbon around your neck, and if you were to jump up and down and celebrate, they apparently fall off the ribbon and they land and they break.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's a design flaw.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, it is a design flaw. We have our guy that. We have a correspondent in Italy named Max Attention.

[Dan Bernstein]

Okay.

[Matt Abaticola]

They're all over it.

[Dan Bernstein]

All right, good.

[Matt Abaticola]

So they're going to find out why the medals are breaking.

[Dan Bernstein]

Max Attention is there. He's going to find out why this is breaking news about breaking medals.

[Matt Abaticola]

He's the official 312Sports Hubbard Broadcasting correspondent in Italy.

[Dan Bernstein]

Have you ever worn an Olympic medal?

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, my God. All the time. Because I have dozens sitting at home just randomly.

[Dan Bernstein]

So I'VE I had a. I know.

[Matt Abaticola]

I've never worn an Olympic medal. How have you worn an Olympic medal?

[Dan Bernstein]

Because some friends of.

[Matt Abaticola]

Did you medal in crosswords?

[Dan Bernstein]

I could actually. No, I probably couldn't. Looking at some of the times of some of these monsters out there.

[Matt Abaticola]

That's the Spring Olympics.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah, I'd be like a practice squad player on that team. But I probably would be a practice squad player on that team. I'd be like right on the. On the. On the edge of how to cusp of being an average size. The Ross. But the. No, I'm well above average. I'm saying if they had. If they had a. Like a. Because I, you know. You know, what's your Warren.

[Matt Abaticola]

Crossword puzzling.

[Dan Bernstein]

That's a great question.

[Matt Abaticola]

Like a six. Would you be like hall of Famer?

[Dan Bernstein]

If you're asking. Honestly, I. People have asked me if I'm going to tournaments and if I'm going to compete and all that. And the answer is no, because I don't want to. I've talked to my therapist about this because part of me has really wanted to compete and I don't want to because I don't want to take something I love for what it is and.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, it's like a. It's like a safe place for you. Peace of mind kind of thing.

[Dan Bernstein]

I don't want to put that. That part of my brain. I do not want to.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, it's like there's a new one coming out where you like. So it's. It's two parts like a biathlon. But you do crosswords and shoot guns.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I do that.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, fishing would be better if you do.

[Dan Bernstein]

That'd be better if I couldn't represent the country in a combination crossword fishing event. Yes. I don't have. My earthly existence would have very little point to it. I think it would be. I'd be reduced to absolutely nothing.

[Matt Abaticola]

That'd be a great event for the Spring Olympics.

[Dan Bernstein]

Crosswords, fishing and cooking. Cooking and sports opinions.

[Matt Abaticola]

No, leave the sports opinions.

[Dan Bernstein]

How about whining and worrying because you.

[Matt Abaticola]

Don'T stick to sports?

[Dan Bernstein]

Could there be a worrying team?

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, my God. You'd be the captain.

[Dan Bernstein]

Can I do that at all?

[Matt Abaticola]

No one else would show up. They would just hand you the gold medal.

[Dan Bernstein]

Welcome to the inaugural Insecurity Games.

[Matt Abaticola]

Our winner is Dan Bernstein.

[Dan Bernstein]

It's over. You'd get on the podium and Nervousness, Worry and insecurity. The 300 meter feast. Freestyle fear. Well, he's one again. He's too scared to even Even start the race. Wait, did it come.

[Matt Abaticola]

It's a better one.

[Dan Bernstein]

Ooh, they changed up, guys.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. This is a fiesta Day primera. There you go.

[Dan Bernstein]

The yesterday primera.

[Matt Abaticola]

It's not only the voice. It's the face, though.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, you got to make that face. You knew that voice different. Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

All right, so the gold medals are. Oh, wait, how. Wait, how have you worn a gold medal? What color was it?

[Dan Bernstein]

Our friends. I wore a. I had a silver on. And then she also had us holding her bronze medal.

[Matt Abaticola]

Who's that?

[Dan Bernstein]

This. They. Well, let me. Let me go back and say that the reason why we were doing this was.

[Matt Abaticola]

Is this a long story, or is it. Huh? Is it a long story, or is it. Is it concise and to the point?

[Dan Bernstein]

Are you.

[Matt Abaticola]

No, I'm just asking.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, you're kind of being.

[Matt Abaticola]

Am I being a jerk?

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

You're feeling.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, not. No, it just sounds like you're.

[Matt Abaticola]

You need an emotional support. Halftime.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, I absolutely need an emotional support. Have to. No, it. It. It sounds like. It sounds like you're in a hurry.

[Matt Abaticola]

No, I'm not in a hurry because you're typing now, and I just want you to tell the story.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, I'm not going to tell it now.

[Matt Abaticola]

No, tell the story.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, because you're going to make fun of me.

[Matt Abaticola]

Maybe I'm not going to make fun of you.

[Dan Bernstein]

No, you're too late. You're right.

[Matt Abaticola]

Anyway, our friend. Who was it and why did you have her?

[Dan Bernstein]

Kaylen K. How. Who was a great player for Harvard and a friend of Beth's and Caitlin and her wife were. They had done some stuff over at McFetridge. Hockey. They had helped out with helping kids and getting equipment together for kids who wouldn't otherwise be able to play hockey. So they were involved in that, and they came over to help with one of Jason's practices. We got to watch Caitlin out there skating with the peewees.

[Matt Abaticola]

Nice.

[Dan Bernstein]

Which was a blast. And she's. I mean, obviously a great, great, great player. I think an Olympic captain. And she had won a gold and. Or bronze and a silver and for. So for after practice, she was gonna have all the kids put the medal on and all that. So Beth was holding both medals in her purse.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, wow.

[Dan Bernstein]

And I'm sitting there, I'm like, why is your purse so damn heavy? So she said, look, I've got an Olympic gold medal, Olympic bronze medal. And there. So I'm like. And so I put it on, and I. God, this is really heavy. And she's like, well, Put the other one on. Have you seen the pictures of, like, Eric Haydn with all his metals on?

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. It's heavy shit, man.

[Dan Bernstein]

It hurts. It's really heavy. Really. And I know they changed the makeup of some of these.

[Matt Abaticola]

Well, apparently they're made of plaster here, I guess, because they're breaking.

[Dan Bernstein]

They keep breaking. Stop breaking. It's just. What's the word? The inshittification of everything. A perfect representation for where the world.

[Matt Abaticola]

Is with sort of like the Super Bowl.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah.

[Matt Abaticola]

Representation of the season.

[Dan Bernstein]

Yeah. Because they didn't speak English. And that is our Olympic update. And it has been brought to you in part by my bookie. Hey, kill the Gillette. It's enough of the Gillette. Lose it. Kill the music. Make sure that you have your account set up in my bookie with our promo code, because there's all. There's just stuff out there you got to get ready for college basketball. Pro basketball is opportunities, especially post trade deadline. If you're smart about what you're doing, that sometimes you're going to find some inefficiencies in the way the lines are set. Because nobody knows there aren't enough sample sizes with some of these newly constructed teams. And if you saw what the Utah Jazz were doing when they were taking out starters. There's all kinds of ways to play this right now. So it's one account. It's one wallet. You can bet the spread. You can live bet second halves. There's a casino. You can hit the casino during commercials. Everything's in one place. MyBookie AG. That's it. MyBookie AG. When you have the promo code, DBU, your first bet is covered up to 500 bucks. If it doesn't hit your bet back, bonus token is there, and then you can run it back. So it's up to 500 bucks and say, oh, there, I'm out 500. No, you're not. Because with the bet back, bonus token, you can keep rolling. Just make sure that you use our code, DBU when you register and deposit at MyBookie AG. So don't just watch these games. Make them pay with my bookie.

[Matt Abaticola]

Don't close it yet. I got a question for you. So I just stood up to throw something away and, like, there was, like, sparks and like, through my headphones.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, I probably got a loose wire.

[Matt Abaticola]

Is that safe? No, like, it shocked me. They shocked me.

[Dan Bernstein]

Well, shock. Call one of the. Called Ken Shock. That happened to me. Really?

[Matt Abaticola]

I got shocked. You think it's the plug?

[Dan Bernstein]

Did you shock the monkey? You're right.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah. No, fine.

[Dan Bernstein]

Just. It was weird.

[Matt Abaticola]

It was like an electrical shock, superhero, you know, like static. Like a static shock. Like one of those. That's what it felt.

[Dan Bernstein]

Maybe you become electro.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, as long as I'm not radioactive.

[Dan Bernstein]

I'm not uptight, not unattractive. I know. You got me singing because the guys out there.

[Matt Abaticola]

No, no, no. You were singing before that. You were singing commercials earlier.

[Dan Bernstein]

I was. You wouldn't stop. I know, because there was an emailer that put this old score commercial in my head and I've been singing it.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, you were on repeat yesterday. Now you're on repeat today with that.

[Dan Bernstein]

Sorry.

[Matt Abaticola]

Yeah, yesterday it was.

[Dan Bernstein]

Hey.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, you know who the Bears do offense coordinator is?

[Dan Bernstein]

I do.

[Matt Abaticola]

I do too. Want me to tell you?

[Dan Bernstein]

I do. It's Press Taylor for more options. Okay, Say bye now. Although yesterday somebody did email. I think it was Chris who said, it's Oprima. Oh, boy, now you're gonna piss people off. That's kind of feeling you really want to make people mad. Don't call him Press Taylor. Call him Oprima.

[Matt Abaticola]

No, don't do that.

[Dan Bernstein]

Paramas Opciones.

[Matt Abaticola]

Oh, no.

[Dan Bernstein]

Oh, no. That is it.

[Matt Abaticola]

You're not a run of business. Save your life. You jer.

[Dan Bernstein]

Till Friday. I'm bringing this all back Friday. Wait. Just wait.

[Matt Abaticola]

That's one of my favorites.

[Dan Bernstein]

I love that. Friday gonna be fun. And everybody's got their full name on it too. So, yeah, Friday's gonna be fun. This has been Dan Bernstein Unfiltered, brought to you in partnership with my bookie, Dan Bernstein unfiltered.

[Matt Abaticola]

Unfiltered on 312.