Seattle won the game - Bad Bunny won the day

Summary

Dan Bernstein Unfiltered: “Seattle won the game – Bad Bunny won the day”

Podcast: Dan Bernstein Unfiltered
Date: February 9, 2026
Host: Dan Bernstein
Producer/Co-host: Matt Abbatacola
Episode Focus: Super Bowl 60 Recap – Seattle’s win, Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show, Commercials, Olympic Highlights, and Chicago Sports Updates

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Episode Overview

Dan Bernstein and Matt Abbatacola deliver a no-holds-barred breakdown of Super Bowl 60 – calling out the dreary game itself, lauding Bad Bunny’s halftime spectacle as the true highlight, and diving into the commercials, Olympic moments, and Chicago sports news. The tone is classic Bernstein: sharp, witty, Chicago-centric, with Matt chiming in for spirited debate and comic relief.

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Super Bowl 60: The Game (00:56–17:34)

• Seattle Dominates, Patriots Falter

  • “It was exactly what we thought it was going to be, where the Seahawks kick their ass and make them like it.” – Dan (00:49)
  • Both hosts agree the football was forgettable, with failed offense and little excitement.
  • Patriots QB Drake May’s injury was revealed after the game, explaining his poor showing:
    “Did they tell us that Drake May got an injection in his shoulder? At what point was anybody supposed to know?” – Dan (09:16)

• Game Analysis

  • The lack of drama, offensive failure, and dominance of Seattle’s D-line.
  • “That front four destroyed the Patriots offensive line the entire game.” – Matt (15:20)
  • Consensus: If May were healthy, maybe Patriots win 2–4 out of 10 times, but Seattle clearly superior.

• Annoyance With ‘Trend’ Overreactions

  • Bernstein cynically addresses media overreactions about how this “field goal duel” marks the NFL’s supposed directional shift:
    • “Everybody just chill. Seriously, relax. Not everything sets new trends. … It’s just a thing that happens in this particular blobby NFL.” – Dan (13:03)

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Super Bowl Commercials: Hits, Misses, and WTFs (03:10–08:20, 33:30–36:40, 57:00–58:14)

• Underwhelming and Forgettable

  • Both hosts remark on confusion and desperation in many expensive commercials.
  • “By the time I realize the category of product or service being advertised to me, I forgot what you were saying.” – Dan (02:41)

• Favorites & Flops

  • Good Ones (Matt):
    • Pepsi polar bear taste test: blindfolded bear picks Pepsi over Coke.
    • Rocket Mortgage “Good Neighbor”: Heartfelt, timely.
    • Uber Eats (McConaughey & Cooper): Playfully funny.
    • Cashmere Body Spray (“Is it Cake?” parody).
  • Bad Ones:
    • Coinbase crypto karaoke and random AI workout/therapy ads: “Awful. … What is this for?” – Matt (03:22)
    • State Farm’s Bon Jovi and McBride; Ben Stiller’s banana farmer spot: Not funny.
    • Dunkin’ with Ted Danson: “He looked like a corpse.” – Dan (07:11)
  • Recurring Frustration:
    • Commercials loaded with celebrities for no apparent reason, not targeting younger audiences:
    • “If you’re aiming at like 55 year old people… I don’t think young 20s go to Dunkin Donuts for coffee.” – Dan (07:28)

• Meta-Commentary on Celebrity Ad Cameos:

  • “All it does is remind us we’re gonna die.” – Dan (57:42)
  • On the “digitally de-aged” actors: “Whatever they did for Ted Danson, make sure that’s never done for me.” – Dan (56:43)

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The Halftime Show: Bad Bunny’s Tour-de-Force (17:34–26:55)

• The Main Event of Super Bowl 60

  • “That halftime show was pure joy.” – Dan (01:08)
  • Bernstein and Matt effusively praise the direction, visuals, and the story woven through Bad Bunny’s performance, calling it “more than just a halftime show” and “beautiful art.”

• Symbolism and Inclusion

  • Bernstein lauds the messaging:
    “All he said was, we are all America. … It was the polar opposite of divisiveness. It was including an entire hemisphere of the planet and saying, the only thing stronger than hate is love.” – Dan (21:21)
  • The show highlighted Puerto Rican culture, with references to Hurricane Maria, the power grid (the telephone poles), and solidarity with Latin America.

• Language & Cultural Pushback

  • Matt addresses criticism for Spanish being the primary language:
    “It’s not on him to make me understand what he’s saying. … That’s his native tongue. That’s the language he speaks.” (20:19)

• Political and Cultural Backlash

  • Relentlessly calling out critics and right-wing outrage:
    • On presidential criticism: “Dancing is offensive to children. How many thousands of times are you mentioned in the Epstein Files about actual sex trafficking for pedophiles?” – Dan (22:53)
    • Lampooning those who tie culture war rhetoric to a performance about unity and love.

• Cameos and Post-Show Party

  • Noted appearances: Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Jessica Alba, and post-halftime show festivities outside the stadium.

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Olympic & Sports Potpourri (36:42–51:54)

• Winter Olympics Highlights

  • Breezy Johnson wins US Gold in Downhill Skiing
    • Both hosts lament her overshadowed victory amid the Lindsey Vonn injury drama.
    • “She won the gold medal. But no one knows that because… the story was Lindsey Vonn was cheering from the helicopter, but the other woman actually won.” – Dan (43:19)
  • Matt jokingly takes responsibility for “jinxing” Lindsey Vonn by speaking of her injury, then seeing it happen minutes later.
  • Discussion of figure skating (“quad god” Ilya Malinin), US team’s win, and the peculiarities of freestyle hockey.

• Chicago Bulls Check-in (46:13–51:02)

  • New-look Bulls still out of sync, exhausted by Billy Donovan’s fast pace; concerns about Jaden Ivey’s health and effectiveness.
  • Bulls’ recent trade shenanigans result in lost draft capital.
    “You traded damaged goods and there are people who would lose their jobs over that.” – Dan (49:17)
  • “Isaac Okoro can’t be called ‘Ice’ anymore—bad time for the nickname.” – Matt (50:52)
  • Call for nickname suggestions: “If you have an idea out there as a listener… just send them in.” – Matt (51:02)

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Food, Family, and Chicago Local Color (32:03–36:04)

• Super Bowl Eats
  • Dan makes pescatarian halibut chowder for himself (“Oh my God. It was so good.” – Dan (33:13)), with bacon and shallots.
  • Matt whips up sheet pan nachos, pizza bread, and “hella good” French onion dip—opting for store-bought due to time.
  • Both note local grocery shortages (clam juice, sauce) and playful banter about “pizza heart plug” naming.

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Miscellaneous Local and Cultural Buzz (27:15–31:56)

• Curling in Chicago
  • Bar curling at Kaiser Tiger; stories about “Russ from Chicago Window Guys”—household window installer and curling evangelist.
  • Promotion of a charitable curling event for the Mason Wasz Foundation (Crystal Lake Ice House, Feb 15; tickets $25).

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Notable Quotes

• Dan on the game:

  • “The football was just horseshit.” (09:12)
  • “Not everything sets new trends … It’s just a thing that happens.” (13:03)

• Matt on Bad Bunny:

  • “It was like a beautifully displayed Broadway play with wonderful cinematography, telling a great story about Puerto Rico and the struggles that his country goes through.” (19:11)

• Dan on cultural inclusion:

  • “You have to be the worst of the worst of the worst human beings on the planet to find that production anything other than beautiful and joyous and fun.” (18:54)

• Matt on commercials:

  • "If you’re going to criticize the commercials, fucking watch. Seriously, like, what the fuck?" (06:09)

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Key Timestamps

• Super Bowl Game Discussion: 00:56–17:34
• Commercials & Ad Review: 03:10–08:20, 33:30–36:40, 57:00–58:14
• Halftime Show In-depth: 17:34–26:55
• Olympic Highlights: 36:42–45:38
• Bulls Talk & NBA Trades: 46:13–51:02
• Curling/Chicago Charity: 27:15–31:56
• Food Recap: 32:03–36:04

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Closing Thoughts

This episode will be remembered for its candid take: the football was “bad,” the commercials a “mess” of nostalgia and confusion, but Bad Bunny’s halftime production—a vibrant, complex, and unapologetically Latin showcase—was “the only thing that mattered.” Listeners get engaging Chicago sports opinions, honest Olympic talk, and plenty of communal flavor, with the hosts’ trademark blend of snark, heart, and smart analysis.

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For Bulls nickname suggestions or to chime in on any topics, email Matt at [e-mail].

Transcript

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And.

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And that's what happened. And it was all fairly simple and not particularly entertaining.

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Not even close to being entertaining. It sucked.

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It's okay. It was bad.

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No, it was not okay. It sucked. It sucked.

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Look, it didn't all suck. That halftime show was pure joy.

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Okay? All the football sucked. Yes, I'll say that the day itself didn't suck overall, but the football content was terrible.

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I was unsuccessful in turning my television on exactly at kickoff because I wanted to see what Green Day might do. I thought they might do something interesting, and they did nothing interesting. And they did a little greatest hits medley, and off they went. And that was that. And I kind of said, huh? All right.

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Yeah, I didn't really pay attention to Green Day. I mean, it was on, but I was in the kitchen doing stuff, so I wasn't really focused on it.

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I flipped that on and then I went back to the golf because the golf was really fun at the end. Matsuyama, the old whatever Japanese is for choke job, is what that was. That was an absolute choke at the end where he was losing control of the driver. And then he subs out of three wood and he can't get that in the fairway either and got her up, wins another tournament. So he's. He's got two already this season. So it was, it was a nice watch. Although whoever was was heckling and screaming in the mid twice in the middle of Matsuyama's backswing, once on a putt and then another one on the drive where he stops his swing. I know that the Waste Management Open is the place where, oh, it's gonna be rowdy. It's the rowdy drunken people don't make noise when somebody's Standing over a putt. And don't make noise in somebody's backswing.

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I mean, regardless of what tournament it is. But you shouldn't bring the rowdies there.

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Stop doing that.

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So the rowdies don't belong.

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So I settle in for a little football. And the commercials were bad. First of all, this is when you can really learn how desperate companies are, what they're spending and what they're pushing. My problem with all the ads is by the time I realize the category of product or service being advertised to me, I forgot what you were saying.

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Well, there were. There was a couple that were like that, where by the end of it, I was like, what?

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What is this? Right?

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And then their name pops up at the end. So one of the.

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What am I supposed to buy? Tell me what I'm supposed to buy. That's all I want to know.

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Worst ones was. I don't know if Coinbase is the name of the crypto, but the karaoke type thing, it was awful. And we're watching it going, what is this for?

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And then the. And then the weird ones where they're doing an ad in something say, these ads shouldn't be in your AI. And I did. I don't. I have no idea what you're talking about.

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Oh, yeah, he was working out, and then he was asking AI to help his workout. And then I. The guy. The guy who was selling him trainers was selling him something.

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And then there was one where he.

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When you're using AI, you shouldn't have ads pop up. That's what it was.

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He was at his therapist, and therapist was an older woman hitting on him.

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Yeah. So it was. Yeah, that was not good. So, you know, I know we. We look at commercials different. For me, on Super Bowl, I just want to be entertained. Like, it's. It's. It's supposed to be a day of entertainment, and I want your commercials to entertain me. There were some good ones. I know we. Again, we view them differently. There was one that. That was aired before the game even started from Manscape. Like the shaving thing.

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Yeah.

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And it was like loose clumps of like. Like nether region hair on the ground or on the floor that were singing. Know if you saw it, it was. It was really funny.

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I saw singing toilets.

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No, this was the. Yeah, this was like clumps of. Of like, pubic hair singing. It was really funny. Okay, that was good. The State Farm one with Jon Bon Jovi, and it was terrible. It.

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Oh, Danny McBride is that.

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It was awful. Yeah, McBride.

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Like the Ben. The Ben Stiller one where he falls off the stage.

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I did the. For.

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Yeah, that was for a banana.

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No.

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Like the Banana Farmers or something.

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I don't know. Yeah, I didn't. I wasn't a big fan of those. Okay, so here's some good ones, though, that really stood out. Pepsi using the polar bears was great.

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I don't know if I saw that one.

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Okay, so it was a polar bear doing a blind taste test of Coke Zero and Pepsi.

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Okay.

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Sugar free. And it picked the Pepsi, so it takes the blindfold off it. It was, like, disappointed in itself. It was really, really good. That was great. There was one from Rocket Mortgage about being a good neighbor, and I thought it was leading up to the, you know, Jesus gets us commercials, but it was Rocket Mortgage and I thought it was a really, really nice theme for what's going on in our world today.

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Okay.

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Uber eats with Matthew McConaughey and Bradley Cooper was really good. You didn't see that one either?

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No, I did.

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I thought it was good. Matthew McConaughey busting his. His balls. I thought it was. I thought it was funny.

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Overs done.

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Guy Fieri with the Bosch commercials were great.

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Come on.

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You got it. The crypto one was bad. Did you catch the one? Cashmere body spray?

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No.

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So it's. It's. You know that show. Is it cake?

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I know that. The bit.

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So, you know the. The whole thing. So they make cake and they're supposed to decide, is that really cake or is it not cake? And so the contestants are like, oh, I think the camera operator, the boom operator is cake. And the woman's like, I'm. I'm not cake. And she's like, well, you smell like a pistachio cake. And she's like, oh, it's cashmere body spray. And the host takes a knife. Let's find out. Is she cake or not? She goes off running. You got to see it. It was funny. I don't know. Were you not? So here's the idea. If you're going to criticize the commercials, fucking watch. Seriously, like, what the fuck? You're going to sit there with a dirty look on your face?

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I'm criticizing the ones I did see.

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The two that you saw.

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I saw. I saw a bunch of them ahead of time. Like the William Shatner one. I told you I watched him ahead of time.

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I didn't even like the William Shatner one either. It was fine.

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But, like, there's one joke, okay?

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The Bud Light with Peyton Manning, Post Malone.

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I don't Think I saw that one. I like the Levi's butts one. That was fine. That was. That was.

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Yeah. Xfinity with the Jurassic Park. Yeah, that was good. I saw that Hellman's with Andy Samberg.

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Yeah, but I don't, I don't like that. The computer de aging.

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Well, yeah, it's. It was clearly odd looking, but yeah, it's all like.

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Oh, the one where Ted Danson came out and he looked like a corpse.

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Yes, that's the Duncan one, wasn't it? Was that. Is that the Duncan one? Yeah, with all of them. That's Ted dancing. Yeah, but when in Ben Affleck dancing.

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Came out, I literally said, oh my God.

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Yeah, no, it was. And that was not a good commercial. I mean, you've got. You've got 12 recognized celebrities in there.

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Not recognized by. By us. If you're aiming at like 55 year old people.

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Yeah, I don't think young 20s go to Dunkin Donuts for coffee. I guess we do here. Okay. Did you see the.

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Don't you remember these lovable people from.

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This show 30 years ago?

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Oh, look, celebrities.

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The Andy Samberg, Hellman's mayo where he plays Meal Diamond. My God. All right, we're done with that. The rack bowing list. Not very long. There was only three. Adam Vinitari got a rack boat in a Guinness commercial. Scarlett Johansson got a rack boat in a Ritz cracker commercial. Like, you don't need to eradicate Scarlett Johansson. She's part of Avengers. Like everyone in the world. Like $632 million at grossed. You don't need to do a rack bower. Oh, hey, Scarlet, let's go get a cracker. Why?

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You're Charlotte Scarlett Johansson. You also like Ritz crackers. Checks, notes and then. What's crackers?

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You're the. You're the big pharma expert.

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What's what govey sell Wegovy.

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Yeah. What is Wegovy?

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That's a GLP one.

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Okay, so they Iraq bowed DJ Khaled.

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Well, that's mandatory. That doesn't count.

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Why?

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Because DJ Khaled has it in his contract no matter where he is.

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Well, yeah.

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Yes. You must say his name. His whole shouldn't have. His whole bit is saying his own name. Remember when he was in one of the Pitch Perfect abortions that they put that horrible Pitch Perfect one maybe. Oh, God. It's one that like burns your brain out.

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Yeah.

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And like all they had to do was they said DJ Khaled 100 times.

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So they did it in the Govey commercial. Okay, so that was it. It was only three. At least. I tried staying awake and watching all the commercials. I had a hard time staying awake.

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But the football was just horseshit.

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My eyes were burning, watering.

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And did they tell us that Drake May got an injection in his shoulder? At what point was anybody supposed to know after, oh, by the way, he had a numb shoulder, which is why.

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He couldn't hit a target to save his life.

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He throwing lollipops over the middle of the field. My God.

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Yeah. At one point, Natalie's like, why is he throwing that ball so high? I don't know.

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Because he can't throw right.

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It was terrible. That was an awful game.

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It was so bad. But you know what was really good? Our picks.

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Yeah. Three of my four props hit and I had the plus 15 because they missed the two pointer.

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So the only thing I missed on was the slot for how many points by which Seattle would win. I had them between 8 and 14.

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And I had the 15 plus and.

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You had the 15 plus, and we.

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Were right there because they make that two pointer. I know you get it doesn't happen. Yeah. So that's the only thing that got.

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The only thing. But. But I got the A.J. barner touchdown. Yeah, I got A.J. barner over the yardage quickly, and I got Drake May. Ultimately, it was. It was by a yard and a half, but I got under the yard that. That big 38, five rushing, and then.

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I got lucky with my guessing on the kickoff. So Seattle received the opening kickoff and it was a touchback. So they're getting ready to. To kick off. And the Patriots kickers there, and they're like, oh, his touchback percentage this year is 26%. I was like, oh, no, that's not good.

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Oh, I should have checked that.

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I should have looked at that. I probably should have checked. And it was a touchback.

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There you go.

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So I won both those right away. And then I won on Seattle with more first downs, which wasn't even close. And what I missed on was a converted fourth down attempt because there wasn't any.

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Yeah, you're right.

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This, this NFL season, there was not 1 4th down conversion attempt in the game because it was all fucking field goals and three and outs and punts.

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You know how stupid a lot of NFL coverage is? I've already heard. I've already heard.

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Oh, no.

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That. Well, maybe this will. This super bowl win is now the new trend. It will change people's minds about going about going for it. You always take the field goals. And this is the. The pendulum is swinging back. Everybody just chill. Everybody chill. Seriously, relax. Well, now the defensive coach. This is it now. Now in football. This is the new thing. Forget these offensive minds and call plays. We need a defensive mind who can play. Just stop. Not everything. Not everything sets new trends. Yes, there are stupid owners who say, get me that. I want an Oompa Loompa. I want an Oompa Loompa. Father, get me an Oompa Loompa. And that's what the ownership Class is they're all Veruca Salt, but I understand that. But not everything is some sort of genesis of a trend. It's just a thing that happens in this one particular game sometimes. It's just a thing that happens in this particular blobby NFL where so little separates the very bottom from the very top and injuries and conditions and all that. It would be silly to start drawing all of these hard and fast conclusions from one bad football game.

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Right. And it really was a bad football game. The left side of the Patriots line looked like Bears from last year. I mean, it's just the 2024 season.

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I'll say this Braxton Jones on the open market, his age, he's doing a lot of money. He can do that.

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Yeah, yeah. Well, we can certainly do that. What it was, what was done last night for New England, that's a starting left tackle, right? You couple that with the fact that Drake May apparently had a numb throwing arm, I mean, you're not going to have any success. So I mean, there's a possibility if he's healthy, that they go out and they beat Seattle like they play a week, a week later. Because that's what this NFL season was.

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I think if they play 10 times that maybe a healthy Drake May allows them to win four. Maybe. I was going to say two.

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Okay.

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But same goes for the Bears. Could have won the super bowl this year.

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Correct.

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Correct.

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The Bears could have won.

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They probably Seattle's better team.

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They are.

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Seattle's definitely better. I think Seattle, Seattle beats this Bears team 8 out of 10. 7 out of 10. But it could have been one of that game. Could have been one of the others.

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I don't know that many because what I would have, what I was watching last night, I would have liked to have seen Ben Johnson scheme as offense to protect against that front four. Because that, that front four destroyed the Patriots offensive line the entire game.

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It wasn't just that they had McDaniels wired. It's like he was listening to the headset they had every. They their defensive backs, when they weren't blitzing, were running the routes of the receivers better than the receivers they were.

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They were. And one guy that I will highlight who was unbelievable in the game was Christian Gonzalez. That guy. But to do that in the super bowl on that platform was unreal.

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Well, he was doing it all year. But also for him to be doing it on a night when Bad Bunny called out all of these South American Spanish speaking countries and Central American Spanish speaking countries, and I don't Know if Colombia was mentioned, but I believe.

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I think it was.

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I believe Christian Gonzale is Colombian, and that was.

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It may not have been the.

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The by far. By far, the highlight of the evening was there were two highlights anymore.

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Any more football stuff? No. No. Or do you want to get into Bad Bunny?

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I don't know.

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I.

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If we. If we double back to. We can double back to. I think. I think forward progress is going to be the spot for all the football stuff.

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Okay.

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Because there just wasn't. What do you say? You kick their ass, man.

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Right?

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They kick. They made. They made that offense. Made a really good Seattle defense look like the 85 bears.

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Yeah.

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And had them competing with him for records. Like, they're good.

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They're not that good.

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I don't think they're that good.

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No, but they're good. Yeah. Yeah.

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I would have liked to have seen them with somebody who could throw the ball down the field and try to take the top off of him a little bit.

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Yeah, he just. He couldn't. He couldn't throw. He couldn't.

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And they couldn't protect him well enough.

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Yeah. Well, he had a pretty bad playoff run. Four games, 21 sacks. I mean, it just. His completion percentage was low. It just. He.

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How did they let us start that game without knowing that his shoulder was. That hurt?

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Yeah. I didn't know again, maybe unless I missed it or you missed it, but I didn't know that he had a shot till after the game was over.

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I didn't either.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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I don't get it. But. Yeah. That halftime show, though.

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Okay. It was more than just a halftime show.

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Yeah.

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That was as well directed and executed, if you really think about. And somebody, I'm sure will do this for us. But the actual camera work, the cinematic work that was done with that camera doing that long take, whoever was actually working that camera as a magician, the direction, the costumes, the choreography, the music, the fabulous Lady Gaga stuff. I thought Ricky Martin sounded incredible. And all of it. That was so joyous. It was just pure joy. And how you can watch that without a smile on your face. How is it humanly possible unless you're seething hatred and fear? Unless the only way you could not enjoy that is if you're a miserable human being.

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Right. Full of racism and hate.

[A]

Absolutely. Hateful, miserable, awful. You have to be the worst of the worst of the worst human beings on the planet to find that production anything other than beautiful and joyous and fun. It was wonderful.

[B]

Yeah. And from an artistic standpoint, the storytelling the symbolism. And I read about it a lot this morning because I don't know it. Watching it in real time. What the deliberate intention and actions from Bad Bunny were. It was like a beautifully displayed Broadway play with wonderful, wonderful cinematography, telling a great story about Puerto Rico and the struggles that his country goes through, his nation goes through. But here's the thing, and I'll be completely honest with you. As a guy who I speak a little bit of Spanish, is it awkward to sit for that length of time to not hear or know naturally anything that's being said or sun. It is. Yes. It is awkward. Is it his fault or his responsibility for me to not understand his language? It is not. It's not on him or Spanish speaking people for me to understand your language.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Is it awkward? Yeah, because it's an extended period of time. But that didn't take away my enjoyment of what I was watching and hearing from a music standpoint.

[A]

Was Lady Gaga singing in Spanish.

[B]

Lady Gaga was English. And so there you go. You'd be happy there. But all the stuff from Bad Bunny. But. But again.

[A]

But it sounds good.

[B]

It does sound good. That's what I just said. But if you choose to be angry about it, it's because you hate and you're full of racism. That's the point. That's the point. It's not on him to make me understand what he's saying. It's not his responsibility. That's his native tongue. That's the language he speaks.

[A]

And it is. It's very fast. And even for those of us who Puerto Blari comprehend their room. Poquito de Espanol. It was very, very hard.

[B]

Yes, it's very hard. Yes, it's very hard. But. But that's okay. Because it's. It's an. It's art. Enjoy it for what it is.

[A]

It was.

[B]

Or you could go back to that, you know, that bullshit that MAGA people wanted to put on with their emotional support. Halftime show with Kid Rock, who's a piece of shit, period. Yeah, that's English.

[A]

Go.

[B]

Enjoy that. And his lip syncing. That's fine. Enjoy that.

[A]

I'm not. I don't even know where or what that was. But the garbage is what it was. The.

[B]

You're so full of hate and racism. You need an alternative show.

[A]

It wasn't just that. This is what I get back to is when someone says the only thing stronger than hate is love. And that the overarching theme. He's gonna be divisive. He's gonna be divisive. And all he said was, we are all America. We're all together. Central America, South. It was the polar opposite, all of North America, of divisiveness. It was including an entire hemisphere of the planet and saying, the only thing stronger than hate is love. For anyone to take that as an attack on them. If somebody could say, the only thing stronger than hate is love, and then you say, I'm being attacked.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Then what do you represent?

[B]

Hatred, racism, fear, isolationism.

[A]

Fear? Are you afraid of that? You're afraid of something that beautiful and fun? You're afraid of that? Why? What's so scary about happiness and joy and love? That's scary to you?

[B]

Yeah, it's disgusting. It's what it is.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And you talk about, oh, you know, he's not gonna sing in English. And, you know, and then President Orange guy goes off on it and says, it's terrible. And it's offensive to the kids that are there watching the dancing. Really? Pedophile Island. You know what? Fuck off, man. Seriously.

[A]

Dancing is offensive to children. How many thousands of times are you mentioned in the Epstein Files about actual sex trafficking for pedophiles?

[B]

Right?

[A]

How many thousands of times?

[B]

Thousands upon thousands upon thousands.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Like, come on, dude, it's time to go away. Seriously, it's enough. Enough's enough, man.

[A]

And then to add insult, he said, and change the kickoff rule back. I am not a crackpot.

[B]

Right. Make America great again. Change the kickoff rule. I've enjoyed the kickoff rule.

[A]

What?

[B]

It's made for better, better kickoffs this year.

[A]

What? I don't get it.

[B]

Anyway, it was great. It was very entertaining. The symbolism through it, the storytelling was wonderful. It's just. It was. It was really, really powerful stuff. Good stuff. And I'm so glad that I read about it this morning. You know, they talk about.

[A]

Yeah, I have to go back and watch it again. Could you see, like, in. In his little casita there? That was Pedro Pascal and Cardi B. Jessica Alba. They were all there, just hanging out.

[B]

Cameos. Yeah, just sitting there hanging out. It was really great. And then, you know, it's. It's really amazing. Like, all this fear of, like, oh, he's not going to sing in English. It's not, you know, it's not synonymous with football, and it's not American. Okay. You know what the most popular song was over the last year in this country? Golden in the K pop Demon Hunters. Okay. Like, anime movies are, like, some of the most popular movies in our country. Didn't. Didn't Parasite win A. An Oscar for best movie, or am I making that up? Yeah, you wouldn't remember. I. Yeah, I did. Okay. Was that in English?

[A]

One of the best movies I've ever seen.

[B]

Ever seen. Right. No, it's all right. It's all fabricated over some fraud election that he lost in 2020. That's all it is. If you look at where ice is at and what they're doing in this country, it's the states that he lost. That's all it is. And it's hidden behind this whole idea of, oh, we're trying to make America safe and make America great again, fine. You want to be stupid and fall for those lies because you're full of hate and racism, Great. Go ahead and do it. I enjoyed the halftime show. I didn't understand a lick of what he said. I still enjoyed it because it's fucking beautiful art.

[A]

I didn't know at the end why those telephone poles were there. And I understood afterward that it had to do with the problems with their electrical grid and had to do with.

[B]

Power outages, consistent power outages, and why it exploded and.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

So again, in the moment. Didn't know that. Read about it today. There was an article in Forbes put.

[A]

Out, and, yeah, they're doing all this search stuff, and I'm like, oh, that's really cool. And like, oh, that was everything. Had a story on the rolling power outages.

[B]

The jersey he wore, number 64, for the death toll from Hurricane Maria. The claimed death toll was 64. When it's clearly a lot more than that. So there was a purpose in the storytelling. The symbolism of everything he did that was more than a halftime show. And apparently it continued on after the halftime show.

[A]

They were still partying. Yes.

[B]

They took it outside.

[A]

They were still dancing and partying, waving their flags around from all of those countries. Yeah, yeah, it was. That will be my takeaway, my memory there. And I guess there's football memories. Great story for Sam Darnold, and it's great that a. And I thought, I think Mike McDonald is a smart guy and a good guy, and I have no reason to not be happy for him. And watching him with his family, watching John Schneider with his family was really nice. But by the time it was over, I was done.

[B]

Yeah. It was.

[A]

The moment. The moment that thing was. Was done, I was like, Super Bowl.

[B]

60, I'll look back on as the bad bunny halftime show. That's what that super bowl was. Oh, yeah. Then be like, oh, yeah, the Seattle one. Sam Darnold. That's A nice story. Kenneth Walker had a great game. The kicker, whose name I already don't know, had a lot of field goals.

[A]

Punter was great.

[B]

New England punted a lot.

[A]

Punter was really good. Yeah, yeah. So.

[B]

So that'll be the bad bunny. Halftime show. Super Bowl. That's how that'll be remembered.

[A]

If you need windows, you got to go to the window guys because they're the best. They are. And I am. I'm not kidding right now. Finally, finally, finally. Now that the weather broke, they are putting in the windows. I just got a text from my wife. They're here. Oh, really? They're going out. They're going about their work as we speak.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

The entire upstairs is being redone. Russ and. And Russ is going to be so proud of me. You know what I did Friday night? You broke a window? I went curling.

[B]

Oh, you did?

[A]

I did.

[B]

That's right.

[A]

It was like fake bar curling. It wasn't Olympic curling. We went over to Kaiser Tiger, the bar at Ogden and Randolph, and they have two lanes in the back. They have two. And you reserve them. They give you a little lesson. And I was totally joined it. I did, actually. I had scoring shots on five in my last seven. I just. I couldn't decide if I was righty or lefty.

[B]

Because you're anorexic, right?

[A]

Yes, because I'm amphibious.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I had a difficult time figuring out other than it was righty or lefty, but it was. It was. It was fun. It was. It was a nice time.

[B]

Wait, is he a big curler?

[A]

Russ? Yeah, huge.

[B]

Oh, really? Okay.

[A]

Huge. Oh, Russ is like. It's all he cares about is curling. I mean, windows and curling. One of the clubs.

[B]

He's not curling through the windows, but.

[A]

No, one of. One of the main actual real curling clubs. I forgot which one has a window. Chicago window. Guys in this in the middle of the ice. Like, that's big advertising. Yes. Yo, yo. He is a. I don't know.

[B]

He was a huge.

[A]

Talk your ear off. He's a proselytizer about curling.

[B]

Interesting.

[A]

Hey, you know, you guys really should do a curling segment or maybe a whole curling podcast. If we. Honestly, if you announced tomorrow that 312 Sports is doing a curling podcast, he'd probably come in and co host it and back it.

[B]

I didn't know. That's funny.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Huge. Huge. But more importantly, the windows that are the best at the best price. 847-302-9171. The five star reviews, all [e-mail] and when you hear all this other stuff like, ooh, this other window places, buy one, get one free. That's fine. Go get your quotes, get your quotes, talk to those people, get your numbers, get all the quotes and then go to Russ. And Russ is going to give you the best windows at the best price. He'll match all those. He'll explain what's real and what's not real. When they talk to you, the most important thing is when the install time comes around, it's all his people. Everybody else uses these subcontracted laborers or third party installers. He doesn't. Everybody works for him. Even the people coming to measure. Don't worry about it. It's all Russ. You can contact him on anything and he knows Everybody involved. So 847-302-9171. Check out Russ. Five star reviews and you can talk to him about curling if you want to. If you want him to hang out in your house for a while, you talk about curling. He will. He knows everything. ChicagoNowNowGuys.com you know, I wanted to mention.

[B]

If you're interested in curling, speaking of curling, there's an opportunity this weekend On Sunday the 15th, one of our very old and good score listeners, government fromage. Government from my Michael Woz is his name. He was a longtime contributor to who you crapping. He actually has a foundation. It's the Mason wise foundation, named for his son who tragically died at the age of three and a half. And they have a family fun event this Sunday at the Crystal Lake Ice House.

[A]

Spent a lot of time there.

[B]

Have you really?

[A]

Oh yeah.

[B]

So it's, it's 25 a ticket. And the great thing about, about the foundation Mason was foundation that a majority of the money they bring in goes out to help other people. Like it's not one of these charities. The, the board is all, all, you know, volunteer with their time. There is no, you know, there's very little overhead in what they do. They run the organization out of their, out of their home in Algonquin. So everything that they bring in just goes back out again. And so this Sunday is a really good family fun opportunity. There's going to be some figure skating exhibitions, opportunity for curling. Now the, the curling spots are limited though.

[A]

Yeah, that's real curling.

[B]

Really Curling? Yeah, real curling. You have to sign up for it. So just go to Masonwas do. It's M a S O N W a s z masonwas.org for all the information about what they're doing this Sunday. The 15th. It starts at noon at the Crystal Lake Ice Ice House.

[A]

Tickets are only 25 bucks a person.

[B]

25 bucks for everything. Wayne Messmer will be there, who's a good family friend. He's gonna sing the anthem. He'll be there for autographs and pictures. Of course, you all know Wayne Messmer, but it sounds like a, like a great, great afternoon. It starts again, noon, Crystal Lake Ice House. You want to do curling. A lot of, lot of fun events there for family too. So make sure you check it out. Go to mason [e-mail] all right, so.

[A]

Let'S talk about what was really important yesterday that can redeem anything. And that's the food.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

I actually did finally get inspired to do something and I was so excited because I said, you know, this. I'm going to do something pescatarian. And that will include both Beth and Zoe because they will both like this because I thought it'd just be. And Zoe said, no, thank you. And Beth said, yeah, no, thank you. And I said, would either of you just taste it? Even like, no, not interested. And I said, you know, screw it. I'm making this entire recipe just for myself. And I did. And I made. This is based on our conversation on Friday Feedback Friday. There's a follow up there too, with. With our guy Robert.

[B]

Yep. Oh, yeah, I saw. I saw that. Yeah.

[A]

You say it looked great. It did. It did. He took your advice. But I did a mashup for Seattle and New England. Okay. I so happened to have several pounds of line caught halibut in my freezer that my friend had given me. His. His buddy does an annual fishing trip every year and comes back with all kinds of stuff from British island of British Columbia. And I'd already made the salmon that he gave me, but I had all this halibut.

[B]

I didn't know.

[A]

So I made a halibut chowder. I got a recipe for it and then I worked off of that recipe to tweak it a little bit. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. It was so good.

[B]

How good was the halibut?

[A]

It was. Everything was great. Everything was great. And I think it was important how you cut it. There's the way it cooks in the soup. And it was. I impressed myself.

[B]

Good.

[A]

The only thing I swapped out shallot for, it called for onion and I used shallot. And then at the beginning, you're supposed to make four strips of regular smoked hardwood smoked bacon. And then at the end, you put these big bacon bits. Like, I didn't do bacon bits. I did like bacon chunks on the top and it wanted you to drain the bacon fat.

[B]

You kept it in.

[A]

I cooked the vegetables in the mirepoix in the bacon fat. Yeah.

[B]

As you should do.

[A]

Yeah. So those are the changes I made.

[B]

Other than that. And you just use regular bacon.

[A]

I used the Mariano's deli counter house brand.

[B]

I get that all the time.

[A]

Four strips of that? Yeah.

[B]

Good. I'm glad it turned out. Yeah. I made the sheet pan nachos, which are good. And then I did your butt plugged pizza bread.

[A]

Heart plugs.

[B]

A heart plug.

[A]

Pizza heart plug. Sorry. Yeah. Did you make the garlic bread or.

[B]

No, I did not. I just, I. I bought everything because I just. I ran out of time during the day. I was doing a lot of stuff with Jackie earlier. So yeah, I just bought the Mariano's or the Kroger brand. And then I've used. Yeah. Sweet Italian sausage. And then I did. I was gonna make sauce, but I bought sauce too.

[A]

If you're.

[B]

But if you're the brand. Mids M I D Ostreous Mids pizza sauce. No, it's really, really good. It's certainly. They might want to consider a name change because like a younger generation. Yeah, it's mid.

[A]

Well, there's Rao's.

[B]

Yeah, Rao's, I think.

[A]

Are you sure it's Rao's? Okay. Yeah, I thought it was Rao or.

[B]

No, it's Rao's.

[A]

Weird pronunciation.

[B]

Yeah. So. And theirs is good. But they only had the spicy sauce left. People must have been doing a lot of. Lot of pizzas at home because it was all sold out.

[A]

I noticed that people had to be making seafood soups and chowders.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I got the last clam juice.

[B]

Oh really?

[A]

The very last. I had to climb up and reach all the way back up. Top of the very last. Snow's eight ounce clam juice.

[B]

Yeah, Mariano's too. Was also all sold out of the chili sauce that's common, which is in that, like that, that crock pot meatball recipe.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

So that was all gone too. But yeah, no, the pizza bread turned out really good. Really enjoyed it. Did the six cheese blend and I enjoyed that. And then I also bought a. A container. I was figured I was just buying everything as it was. The hella good dip, the French onion dip for like chips, ruffles. It's good stuff.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

It was good. It was good. And then I found a brand of this non alcoholic. It was called an unrum and cola. So like, like a non alcoholic spirit.

[A]

But they can spice it up and.

[B]

It was in a can already. Print.

[A]

It was pretty good.

[B]

Got to enjoy that. It made me seepy, though. Oh, no, that was the football. The football made me sleepy. That's right, dude. Seriously, my eyes were burning. Like I want. I just wanted to take a nap. It was not good. I had the fire on. I was sitting right in front of the fire and I was like all warm and toasty and.

[A]

Go ahead and take a nap.

[B]

I was trying to, but I just. I couldn't. I didn't want to miss the commercials.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And then criticize them without seeing them.

[A]

It wasn't great. Like, somebody I know was not great.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And. And by the way, let me ask something. Have you ever heard of somebody named Breezy Johnson? Does that name ring a bell? She's a skier.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

A skier who did.

[B]

Who.

[A]

How do you know the name of that skier?

[B]

Because I watched her gold medal run yesterday. Yes.

[A]

See? Won the gold medal, right?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

American skier won the gold medal.

[B]

Correct.

[A]

A lot of people don't know that.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I could feel terrible for Breezy Johnson.

[B]

Why?

[A]

Because she won the gold medal. Is a woman who won the gold medal for the US in downhill skiing. And she is a footnote. She's kind of.

[B]

Well, she was overshadowed by Lindsey Vaughn.

[A]

Footnote.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You couldn't even find Breezy Johnson's name. This is supposed to be a life changing achievement. A US Gold medal skier. Do you like. But it was Phil and Steve Mayer. Do you remember what happened when Bill Johnson won the downhill? Do you remember? That was it.

[B]

I don't.

[A]

Peekaboo Street.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It was Deb Armstrong. Was that her name?

[B]

I remember.

[A]

I remember the name. Look up Debbie Armstrong.

[B]

She won a gold medal.

[A]

I believe so.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, I remember these names. And this Breezy Johnson, a great name. A memorable name. Like the street won the gold medal.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

And she's an afterthought.

[B]

Yep. Because the Lindsey Vaughn story, I understand that.

[A]

But it sucks that she crashed and she's a warrior and she went out and carried out of the arena on her shield and all that. But how about a little love for the. Over here. She won the gold medal.

[B]

All right, dude, I got to tell you this. So Natalie's been watching the downhill skiing. She loves it. And she was really into and behind the Lindsey Vaughn story because it's really impressive. I mean, you rupture your ACL and she's still going to ski.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So Saturday night, where we hear the. We're watching the Olympics and it's like, oh, the Women's downhill skiing final is. It'll be like 4:30 in the morning. It aired in Chicago. So she sets a recording for. Because she's going to want to watch it, you know. So I wake up yesterday morning and we go downstairs, we're making coffee, and she goes right to the TV to turn on the recording. It's like 8:30, so obviously it was, you know, happened four hours ago. And I said, oh, you didn't. You didn't look at your phone? She goes, no, I wanted to stay.

[A]

Away from my phone.

[B]

I don't want to know what happened. I go, yeah, it's terrible. Lindsey Vaughn, she crashed apparently. I. I guess something happened. Really bad crash. And she got airlifted off the mountain by a helicopter. And she's like, you serious? I go, no, I'm just kidding. I had no idea. I made that up. I was joking. I was just trying to fuck around with her. And so we're sitting there watching, and I'm standing in front of the TV and I'm watching, and then 13 seconds and she crashes. And I'm like, oh, God. I'm like, I didn't know that happened. I got. I was just kidding.

[A]

You killed Lindsey Vaughn?

[B]

I did it to her. And then I'm in the kitchen, and Natalie's like, oh, my God, there's a helicopter coming forward. I'm like, no, you're kidding. I look over, sure enough, there's a helicopter.

[A]

And then. Then you probably had to go back and say that. You know I was kidding, right? And.

[B]

No, I. I said it right away. I was like, oh, yeah, she crashes and they. They have to airlift her off the mountain. It was bad. I got, you know, she had like, a compound fracture. It was a bone sticking through her leg. And she's like, all right, you're being an idiot. I go, I'm just kidding. I have no idea what happen. And then, sure enough, it happens. So. I'm sorry. To the Vaughn family.

[A]

That's all you. That is all you. That was like me killing Harry Carey.

[B]

I remember that. What did you. How'd you kill Harry Carey?

[A]

Like, the day before he died. Don't you remember? It was like. It was a. I went off on what was going on with the Cubs and what Harry did to Josh Lewin. Remember they hired Josh Lewin and Harry was a complete prick to Josh Lewin?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Tried to freeze him out because he was bitter that they didn't hire Chip.

[B]

So you just set him ablaze?

[A]

No, And I called him out. I said that as you Know, for somebody with his standing in the business and his role with the Cubs and for him to be this bitter and selfish and treat Josh Lewin, it was awful. It was awful what Harry did to Josh Lewin. And in all because he was pissed off that they didn't hire Chip and he basically. Well, this is when Josh was to sit in with you. He's like, no. He single handedly torpedoed the entire broadcasting plan out of bitterness and spite. And I went off on him and I think the next day was dead.

[B]

He died. Yeah. Yeah. And then a week later, they buried Chip with Johnny Red Kerr.

[A]

With all of his family.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Yeah, I remember that now. Make that his son Skip.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

All right. So you killed Harry. I destroyed Lindsey Vaughn's legs. Yes.

[A]

You mangled Lindsey Vaughn. Stop doing it.

[B]

Dude. I felt so bad. I felt so bad. I was like, oh, no.

[A]

Yeah, but just Bree. And also then I looked up Breezy Johnson, and apparently she was nowhere to be found for a performance enhancing drug test. And this is a while ago, but for. I guess she had. She was banned for 14 months or something like that because.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

Yeah. There's a rule that says you have to be available to be tested. And they could.

[B]

It usually works easier that way.

[A]

They called it a whereabouts issue. It's like, hey, there's a test. No, over here. You cannot find me. I know. I don't know where I am.

[B]

Wait, who did you say won the gold medal? Debbie Reynolds was an actress. No.

[A]

Breezy Johnson. No. Oh, Deb Armstrong.

[B]

Oh, Armstrong.

[A]

Yeah, look it up. I know Debbie Reynolds is. I know she didn't win. Although, did you know that she did not know how to dance before Singing in the Rain? That she had to like Gene Kelly's like, oh, we hired her. She didn't know how to dance. And they had to run her through, like, a dance.

[B]

Someone taught her how to dance in the rain.

[A]

Someone taught her how to dance for the show. For the movie Singing in the Rain.

[B]

Oh, for the movie. I think Neil Armstrong was an astronaut.

[A]

Dan. Correct.

[B]

Who are you asking about?

[A]

Russ Armstrong. I was asking about the Chicago window guys and Russ and his curling achievements.

[B]

What's her name? Debbie Armstrong.

[A]

I think that was right. Wasn't she on the COVID Si.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Here we go. Yeah, you're right. Deborah Ray Armstrong, former World cup alpine ski racer from Seattle, Washington, home of the world champs, first Olympic gold medalist from a US. From the US in women's alpine skiing in 12 years.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

So, yeah, good for her.

[A]

Yeah. I remembered that because she was.

[B]

The point of it.

[A]

Again, the point of it was Breezy Johnson. When you can find her, when you know where she is, because sometimes she goes missing on you. But when you can find her. She won the gold medal. But no one knows that because.

[B]

So why did Debbie Armstrong get overshadowed?

[A]

She didn't. You're missing. My point was we. We. We know. The fact that I know that name is because they actually celebrated her winning a gold medal.

[B]

Oh, okay. I get it. We're not celebrating Breezy because her teammate got find her.

[A]

And the story was Lindsey Vaughn was cheering from the helicopter, but the other woman actually won.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

I don't. I'm not sure you do.

[B]

I don't know. I get it now.

[A]

I don't know if you. I get it.

[B]

We haven't celebrated Breezy's. We can'.

[A]

Find her. Right. Well, no, no, no. Now we can find her. When they were trying to test her for peds, they couldn't find her.

[B]

Okay, I get it.

[A]

That's how the story went. I learned all of that in my voluminous research.

[B]

So you. You read that Lindsey Vaughn had, like, emergency surgery?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Yeah. On her leg. Yes, but stable condition. Again, I'm sorry.

[A]

Yeah, it's your fault.

[B]

I feel bad.

[A]

That one's on you.

[B]

Did you watch any of the figure skating?

[A]

No. Beth did.

[B]

I did. It was good.

[A]

Was it?

[B]

It was good. That. What's his name? Ilya. Ilya something.

[A]

Malin.

[B]

He's like 21.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

He, like. He put into performance. He's had like a 200 score.

[A]

They call him the quad God. They do, because he spins four times.

[B]

Oh, is that what it is? I thought he had a massive quads.

[A]

No, that's Anthony Herron. Quadzilla. Oh, no.

[B]

Is that why they call him quad God? Because he can spin four times?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And no one else spin four times?

[A]

Other people have tried, but they're all dead. I made that up. Okay, maybe that's the Iron Lotus.

[B]

If you try, you explode in the air.

[A]

Yeah, no, it happens. I get it confused sometimes.

[B]

So then the American team won the team competition. I didn't know that. They did, like, a figure skating team competition.

[A]

They should have all out there at once, though. If you're going to do a team competition. Everybody got your figure out. Figure it out. No, it's like the stories that Dennis Savard used to tell about being unfrozen pond when there were games going in all directions and you had to know who your teammates were and you had cross ice games at the same times as full ice games. You had diagonal games going.

[B]

That's stupid.

[A]

That's why Dennis Savard said he developed eyes in the back of his head and his little spino Rama.

[B]

Wouldn't somebody, like, just step forward and be like, hey, should we play at different times?

[A]

It's Canada. You don't know.

[B]

Why don't you guys play at noon? We'll play at 1, then they can play at 2.

[A]

That's not hockey.

[B]

No, it's all played noon instead.

[A]

That is soft and hockey. Everyone plays at same time. Hockey culture and everyone figures out. Yes. That's how they do it.

[B]

Yeah. And then the women's team, US hockey team, they. They beat Finland 5 to 0.

[A]

Cool.

[B]

That's all. That's all I've seen.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I haven't seen much. I'm still looking for the basketball and find it.

[A]

So. Speaking of basketball, I watched this new look Bulls team that's a gooey. And I can't really figure them out other than the fact that they are not in shape to play the kind of basketball right now that Billy Donovan wants to play. They can do it for two and a half, three quarters, and then they're gassed. They're just. They're out. They're done. Because he's like, go, go. Play fast, play fast, play fast. And they're just. They're just sucking wind out there.

[B]

Is Giddy back playing or is he still on the bench?

[A]

Giddy's still. Still on the bench. I will say that I think Anthony Simons already is better than Kobe White.

[B]

Yeah, he's better. He's better. He's a good player.

[A]

He's a better basketball player. Kobe White, but.

[B]

Well, enjoy him now.

[A]

Yeah. Because he's already making 28 million and I don't know what he's going to make on the next deal. But yeah, Anthony Simons is a really, really good player. And everybody else will have their moments.

[B]

They don't.

[A]

They have no idea what they're doing. They have no concept what they're doing. And I like Nick Richards being a, you know, a big guy who could actually defend the rim. He was doing. So I don't. I'm just still trying to figure out who everybody is. Also, if Jaden Ivy does not get his quicks back, that would really.

[B]

He's not good.

[A]

Well, can't move. He. He would be good.

[B]

He just moved.

[A]

He can't get around anybody. Yeah, he cannot. He has to resort to old man stuff. He's got to resort to, like, Demar moves and he's 23. Yeah.

[B]

That's not good.

[A]

That little, that lefty behind the back, it's almost like the, the Steve Coulter stanky leg move that he's got. Like, he's. That's old man stuff. You shouldn't be using that to get around one guy your age. No.

[B]

What they play tonight though? Their favorite tonight. Who are they playing?

[A]

Brooklyn 6:30.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

They're playing the Nets. I've got some picks for you coming up later, but I'm really worried about Ivy. He can shoot it, he can pass it. Did you see him whip a pass directly into Simons balls?

[B]

Oh, I didn't. That's probably a bad, bad way to go about it.

[A]

It's hysterical.

[B]

Did he catch it?

[A]

No.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

He just. He threw it at like 80 miles an hour right off his teammate's dick.

[B]

But what, so, but what's the concern? Because is he. Wait, is he. Is he. Is his contract expiring at the end of this year?

[A]

Ivy?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Or is he restricted free agent? Restricted free agent.

[B]

Okay, well then if you can't play, you can't play.

[A]

Right?

[B]

Move on.

[A]

I don't know if he's going to get a big money blowing everything up. He can still play, but he's. That is not the guy I saw in playing college.

[B]

And then the Colby White trade, apparently the calf injury. So they're losing a draft pick.

[A]

Yeah. And that's bad because it's supposed to.

[B]

Be two second rounders. Now it's just one.

[A]

No, it was going to be three second rounders. Now it's two. Because you traded damaged goods and there are people who would lose their jobs over that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

This is also after they got docked for tampering for the Lonzo ball trade. Most people in those positions don't get two of those. That's two bad screw ups. And when we record organizations win championships this week, we're going to talk about the effect of what happens, the chilling effect around the league when it's understood that you traded damaged goods.

[B]

Yeah. Guys don't want to deal with you.

[A]

It's, it's.

[B]

Yeah, it's gonna make it a lot harder.

[A]

And I get back to the. That whole thing we went through with Kenny Williams and Mike Sirotka.

[B]

Oh yeah.

[A]

Gord Ash and the Blue Jays and the differing narratives there. But that's an issue. But I do think it's fun to have new Bulls. It's always fun as long as they lose these games.

[B]

Right.

[A]

I think it's perfect if they play hard and they do some exciting, fun things and they want to lose. 136 to 125. Go ahead. Perfect. Just, just lose on the way out. I watched a little college basketball as well.

[B]

One more bull saying real quick because I watched that game too. The one thing we need to do. And AK gave it to us last week in his presser. Yes. Postgame after the trade deadline, Isaac Okoro, Ice. We need a new nickname. Name. He needs a new nickname. Yeah, I think he can't be. Can't be Ice anymore.

[A]

Yeah. Probably bad connotations.

[B]

Yeah. It's just not a good time, not.

[A]

A good time to be nicknamed Ice.

[B]

So if you have an idea out there as a listener for Isaac Aoro and a new nickname, just send them in.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Send it to Matt.

[B]

Dan at Matt.

[A]

Matt at 3:1.

[B]

You can leave Dan a voice message anytime.

[A]

You can. You can go to Matt's house and knock on his door and yell at him. You can go find, yell at me. I want you to follow Matt around and yell nicknames at him.

[B]

I need a new nickname for Isaac.

[A]

Isaacor. A new nickname. Yes. Yeah, mat. Com. And that way as executive producer he's in a much better position than I to sort through everything and make sure that we are taking this as seriously as it demands.

[B]

Feel free. Matt at 3one2Sports.

[A]

Illinois and Michigan State. As I was trying to flip in between the games and then go back and watch stuff and watch things and so everything was sort of out of order. I had to watch these basketball games like Pulp Fiction and because it's, it's hard to watch two games at the same time.

[B]

That was Saturday night. Yeah, yeah, it was a good game.

[A]

And it was, it was a really good game. Illinois, Michigan State. But first of all, the cutaways to these jerk off coaches between Izzo screaming and scowling and purple and there's Underwood who just looks like a movie villain. All I know he's not. I know he's not. But all of the scowling and screaming and at one point Izzo's like punching the air in front of his plates. It's enough already. Stop acting like such an ass. Coach your team. Were there good calls? Yeah. Were there bad calls? Yeah, it went both ways. Illinois is, is. I go back to exactly what I said the first time I watched them play a. Yep, they have the bones of a Final Four team. They're big and long and they can shoot and they can pass. But again, I don't know why Brad Underwood isn't trying to Lengthen the game by fouling, using your timeout. So you're right in that thing late and you're probably not going to win. But you got to do this stuff. There could be a tournament game again where Wagler's shot isn't falling and when he shot stuff like run some plays for him, run some off the ball plays for him that I didn't understand why he's standing there dribbling. Everything's off the bounce, everything's a ball screen. Send him around a couple times, run some floppy action stuff. Little bit of single, double baseline chase, staggered screens, that, that's your best shooter. Get him open and you got all kinds of motion stuff you can do off of that. I just, I didn't think the man to man offense, the zone offense was, you know, has, has been okay this year, but that's it. Izzo's going to come at you and Izzo is going to play aggressive man defense. Where were the weak side back cuts? If they're extending, extending, extending, challenging your guard to guard passes all that back, cut him to death. Make them pay for their aggressiveness. I also think that they're a little slow of foot defensively and as good as Stojakovic is. And I think he's really good. They're all really good. But I love Stojakovich's polish on his offensive game and I think it'll translate. There's a lot of guys on that squad that are going to play professionally. I don't think all NBA or all of, I should say all of them will play NBA ball, but they're all going to play. Most of those material players are going to be professionals somewhere because there's just a lot of size and skill and talent. But I do think that they're susceptible to one of these little tournament guards that you're going to have one of these days where there's, there's some mid major kid on a heater that can get past your front line just, just because of quickness. So they're going to have to figure that out if, if and when that happens and if Wagler is struggling to get his own offense off the bounce. Run some stuff for him, man, you know, give him some help. But they've got time to fix that and we'll see. They're, they're, they're really good.

[B]

Yeah, they play tomorrow night, they're at home against Wisconsin and then their next the, I mean just looking at the schedule, the 27th, they play Michigan, they're hosting Michigan, but in between so Wisconsin tomorrow, Indiana, USC, UCLA. Before that big matchup on the 27th with Michigan.

[A]

Yeah, a lot of time to figure out what they are and, and, and what they can and can't do in tough games. And that's. Tough game. You go to Michigan State and play that team and deal with that crowd. That's a tough game. And they're really talented. Fears a really good player. And that guy Scott, they've got some. Was that his name? The defensive guard who's really good. And they're. But it showed me. Even though they lost, Illinois is. They're a very, very formidable basketball team. I just think it's going to. There's going to be a couple of games in the tournament that they're going to have to scratch and claw. So it might not be until the Final Four, but they're going to. There are. There are some other squads out there. Last note before we get to DBU picks. Happy birthday to Joe Pesci today.

[B]

Oh, how old is he? 83. Nice.

[A]

That's why I'm doing it.

[B]

Yeah. Nice.

[A]

Yeah. Joe Pesci is 83 today. That's old. Joe Pesci is older than my parents.

[B]

Yeah, he is old.

[A]

You don't think about it with actors just because they don't age. The movies don't age. You know, we see them. That's why every time you see an actor in person, out at a restaurant or something, they always look 10 years older or more than you think. Just because of how recently you've seen them in something when they were much, much, much younger or. Or digitally de aged or attempted to be digitally de aged, like Ted Danson. Whatever they did for Ted Danson, make sure that's never done for me.

[B]

And the Jurassic park commercial, too.

[A]

That they did a better job there. All of a sudden, Ted Danson came out that was going to eat people's brains.

[B]

Zombie Ted.

[A]

Dan, seriously, what the hell was going on? And it just. I don't know. Look at these delightful people from a television show you remember from years ago. Isn't this. If you're over 50, isn't this fun to see these people again? No. Is all it does is remind us we're gonna die. But that's all it is. It's like, hey, here's. Don't you remember when he was young? Handsome Joey from Friends. That's Joey from Friends.

[B]

Okay, so you saw that commercial and the first thought in your head was, I'm gonna die.

[A]

We're all gonna die.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah, that's my thought. From any commercial.

[B]

All right.

[A]

I mean, no matter what, like, it could be Mayor McCheese. And that's my first thought, is we're all gonna die. Which is, you know, it's all also kind of a freeing thought. You know, you don't really worry about all that much then.

[B]

Well, we all are gonna die.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It's inevitable.

[A]

Yeah. So, yeah, most commercials, once I can figure out what you're selling me once. I know. I thought it was only during the Bulls games when there's, like, the man in the blue suit and then Bill Curtis says stuff and I have. I've not a thought in my mind what you're selling me.

[B]

Yeah. Again, Super Bowl Sunday. I don't care. I just want to be entertained.

[A]

Well, and we were. And I hope that we can say the same of this program. And our friends at My Bookie are there right now because we've got basketball, we've got college basketball. Soon there's going to be baseball, there's golf. I almost gave you. Maybe I'll think about that when the next DBU picks rolls around. Because I was going to think about what the number was going to be on Akshay Bhatia. And he made a little run at the end of that one, too. So there's all kinds of things for you to bet on as we watch these sports and our TV and wait for the thaw to come and the fish to arrive. If you ever wanted to get in on some of this stuff, it is right now with my bookie. And that's because of our prom code. It's only three letters. It's easy to remember. So give it a try. D, B, u. Go to MyBookie AG. And I know there's a lot of people shopping around because of fees and taxes and everything else. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised when you go to MyBookie AG and use that promo code to get your first bet covered. Up to 500 bucks. If it doesn't hit, you then have a bet back, bonus token, and you can run it right back. One account, one wallet, whatever you like. You like parlays? There's parlays. You like spreads and money lines and live betting. They even have a casino that you can hit, too. It's all in one place, all at MyBookie AG, all with the promo code, DBU. So don't just watch a game. Make it pay with my Bookie. That brings us to our DBU picks that are presented by my bookie. We're hot. We've been hot on the football stage. Here is some Bulls stuff for you tonight. A 6:30 start against Brooklyn. I'm still trying to figure out this Bulls team, but what I like for tonight is an Fernie Simons 20 or more points and Isaac not Ice Okoro. We need that new nickname, Matt, at312sports.com for the Isaac Okoro nickname. I have him for two or more Steel. Okay.

[B]

I have two games that I'm putting together tonight. Miami is hosting Utah and laying eight. So Miami minus eight. Minnesota is hosting Atlanta. And we're going to give six and a half. So that's Miami minus eight, Minnesota minus six and a half.

[A]

That is Dan Bernstein, Unfiltered. And it has been brought to you in partnership with my bookie, Dan Bernstein.

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Unfiltered.

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Unfiltered. On 312 Sports.