09-02-25 - Brady's Back Following His Kidney Surgery Looking Better And Toledo's Back After His Mom's Passing - John's Tire Issue And His Sighting Of Coyotes Humping In His Yard Had Him Wondering About Signs

Summary

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Holmberg’s Morning Sickness – Arizona

Episode Summary: September 2, 2025

Episode Title: Brady's Back Following His Kidney Surgery; Toledo's Back After His Mom's Passing; John's Coyote Sighting and Tire Woes

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Overview

In this engaging and candid episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness, the team—John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo—reunites after major personal events: Brady’s kidney removal surgery and Toledo’s mother’s passing. The group dives into coping with health issues, family loss, and the absurdities of everyday life. Alongside honest health talk and dark humor, John recounts a bizarre coyote mating encounter in his front yard, explores possible symbolic meanings, and shifts into classic football banter as the NFL season nears.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Brady Returns After Kidney Surgery

• Health Update & Recovery:
  • John marvels at Brady's improved appearance, noting, "Your skin's a better color. Like you look ... I didn't realize you may not have looked healthy before" (05:55).
  • Brady describes the changes post-surgery: less swelling, improving mobility, and feeling more alert.
  • The removed kidney had a sizable tumor (“meatball”)—a fact recounted with classic Morning Sickness irreverence: “He sent me a picture of the kidney, something you'd send back at a restaurant” (03:38).
  • Regarding future steps: Brady will have to meet with doctors for ongoing monitoring and may eventually require a transplant; where they'll place a new kidney is still up for discussion.
  • Discussion about wearing (or not wearing) compression stockings after surgery, questions about post-op care, and commentary on weight loss as a key health goal.

    “A healthy weight makes it a lot easier on that single kidney. And then the new kidney gets introduced to this beautiful new house. It's gonna be great.” — John (11:32)

• Food Talk and Adjustments:
  • Hilarious and slightly mocking descriptions of hospital food:

    "It was boiled chicken. And I opened the top of it, and it was untouched. This guy's not touching that." — John (08:57)

  • Transition to healthier foods at home, monitored by his wife Ronnie, and the pressure (mostly joking) from his cohosts to stick with veggies and low salt.

2. Toledo’s Return After Family Loss

• Personal Loss & Grieving:
  • Toledo shares the experience of his mother’s passing, describing the emotional complexity:

    “It’s weird, the sense of... relief and the little sense of guilt... I was so happy that she was gone.” — Toledo (15:32)

  • He recounts the surreal and exhausting moments at her passing, his stepfather’s characteristic bluntness, and darkly comedic family dynamics.
  • John and the others balance sympathy with signature irreverent ribbing.

3. John’s Tire Troubles and Coyote Sighting

• Everyday Frustrations:

  • John humorously contrasts his cohosts’ life-changing events with his own “crisis” — a persistent low tire pressure warning.
  • The hosts turn the mundane into comedy, poking fun at each other’s priorities.

• Coyotes Mating Incident:

  • After a monsoon, John observes two coyotes copulating in his front yard, leading to awkward attempts to shoo them away and some philosophical musing on omens.

    “And there’s just two coyotes just banging away in my front yard... The one on the bottom looks over at me like, ‘Hey, pervert.’” — John (19:43)

  • The team riffs on Native American symbolism and the possibility of the incident portending an uninvited houseguest.

    “That turns me on, baby... The symbolism is that someone will be moving in at your place.” — Brady (21:52)

  • They elaborate further with imagined coyote-porn scenarios—riffing on how long the animals stayed, their positioning, and speculating about the “meaning” of the event.

4. Football Banter and Dallas Cowboys Drama

• NFL Season Anticipation:
  • Excitement builds for the NFL season kickoff, with back-and-forth between John and Brady about quarterbacks, game readiness, and preseason hype.
  • Critique of preseason college football rankings as empty spectacle:

    “How do you have the number one team in the country, have a quarterback you’ve never seen play at all?” — John (30:20)

  • Cowboys documentary, Jerry Jones’ decisions, and the economics of the NFL salary cap are discussed at length, with scathing assessments and plenty of jokes.

    “He’s a functioning alcoholic. That was a big takeaway.” — John, about Jerry Jones (35:27)

• Sports Hot Takes:
  • John’s rant on hating “old people doing well in sports,” referencing Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson, drawing laughs.

5. Camaraderie, Humor, and Coping

• Despite the serious health and grief topics, the tone is ultimately supportive but full of the show’s trademark dark, irreverent banter.
• Quick pivots between somber reflection and off-color jokes, e.g., dark humor about euthanizing pets and poking fun at each other’s ailments or situations.
• Even after deep discussions, John is quick to redirect to more trivial or ridiculous content, keeping the energy up.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "He sent me a picture of the kidney, something you'd send back at a restaurant." — John (03:38)
• “A healthy weight makes it a lot easier on that single kidney. And then the new kidney gets introduced to this beautiful new house. It's gonna be great.” — John (11:32)
• “It’s weird, the sense of... relief and the little sense of guilt... I was so happy that she was gone.” — Toledo (15:32)
• “She was holding my hand, and I kind of looked at my stepdad, and I'm like, that's it. I think she's gone. It's so surreal.” — Toledo (15:59)
• “If she was a dog, I would have taken her out back and shot her.” — Toledo, quoting his stepdad (16:30) (dark humor)
• “And there’s just two coyotes just banging away in my front yard... The one on the bottom looks over at me like, ‘Hey, pervert.’” — John (19:43)
• “That turns me on, baby... The symbolism is that someone will be moving in at your place.” — Brady (21:52)
• “How do you have the number one team in the country, have a quarterback you’ve never seen play at all?” — John (30:20)
• “He’s a functioning alcoholic. That was a big takeaway.” — John, about Jerry Jones (35:27)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Brady’s Health & Surgery Discussion: 02:44 – 14:44
• Toledo’s Grief After Mother’s Passing: 14:45 – 18:52
• John’s Tire Issue: 17:57 – 18:56
• Midnight Coyote Mating in the Yard: 19:42 – 26:49
• Football/NFL/Cowboys Discussion: 28:04 – 35:48
• Documentary Recommendations/Final Banter: 35:48 – 37:01

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Conclusion

This edition of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness stands out for the depth and honesty with which personal setbacks are discussed, while never shying away from dark humor and absurdity. The crew’s chemistry shines as they balance real talk with relentless ribbing, moving from health scares and family loss to the comfort of sports season rituals and the strangely profound appearance of rutting coyotes. Fans and new listeners alike will be reminded why this show remains an Arizona institution: honest, human, and always hilarious.

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Transcript

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[A]

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[C]

Interesting.

[A]

It is interesting. Because it was only hospital. You don't expect much.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, I can tell. Little things. Like the difference in my legs.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

They're not as swollen as they had been.

[A]

Yeah, your body's got a function without that glop in it. For those who don't know, Brady had a kidney removed. It had a disgusting meatball in it. It was black. It looked like a. Like something you'd send back. He sent me a picture of the kidney, something you'd send back at a restaurant. Oh, let's see it. Oh, nice. You're shaved up, Scott. Look at this. By the way, never ever lift your shirt up like that again without warning me first. But you have to tell everybody. Don't miss it. You got to show up. No, it isn't the only way you can p it off, but it is like. Yeah, you need to. You need to not do that twice again. He's pulled his shirt up, but, yeah, they cut you right through the center there and got your kidney out, and they pulled that thing out. I saw a picture, and it was like, blech. That was disgusting.

[C]

Bigger than they thought it was.

[A]

Yeah, it's nasty. And. But all is well with the cancerous part of the kidney. They didn't see it anywhere else also.

[C]

So far.

[A]

So far, they're keeping.

[C]

I meet with them tomorrow, go over the pathology and how everything's going.

[A]

Yep. Okay, good. And you're feeling good. But it is weird to see. I'm not kidding either. It's like, do you before and you now. It's a different look. Like you're. You look. You know when you see somebody who's like, sure. And then you're like, they're not healthy, but. Because you haven't seen them forever. Yeah, we see them every day.

[C]

You got a part removed from you.

[A]

Yeah, but he. But when you see Somebody every day who's getting sick. You don't notice the difference because it's subtle.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But this is. There's a drastic change.

[C]

Well, I hope that's a good one.

[A]

It's a good change. Yeah. You look. You look a little more awake, I guess would be the words I'd use.

[C]

I am. Have been off the oxy for you.

[A]

Took the 10 hours. Yeah, it's not. Well, don't for our sake. You're not driving, so. It's all right. Just.

[C]

Yeah, I know. I got it with me just in case.

[A]

But right now it's staying out of that pain. You start taking it after it hurts.

[C]

Like even getting up in this chair thought, oh, how's that going to go?

[A]

Yeah. Well, you slice open a stomach, and the next thing you know, there's some. There's some pain probably involved. Well, that's good. And so all that's good. And then now we start the real hard work of making sure that you get a kidney stuffed in there where the old one was, right?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. And that's next. And they go through your back on that one. You're going to get some cool scars.

[C]

Yeah, I think they can do it either side.

[A]

You think they'll cut you open in the middle, go back in through that first scar. Oof.

[C]

Yeah, I'm not sure.

[A]

We'll go. We'll find out. Yeah, you'll. He should have done some reading, but, you know, you'll figure it out as you go.

[C]

Well, I asked him what. He put it on the same side or, you know, in the mission. He's. He said there's a front area that we can put it in. And then, you know, obviously there's a. The space is still available.

[A]

There's an open. Yeah, there's some real estate. You had a.

[C]

You got some real estate in there.

[A]

You evicted a guy, so. Yeah, but two guys, really. Well, yeah, because that third thing was in there disgusting. So. Yeah, they don't. They don't tell you, like, right away whether you've, like. They can't test and say where else it might be. That's got to be off.

[C]

You have to. Yeah, you got to follow up. You know, I'll do some more labs and then.

[A]

But they couldn't, like, right off the bat, biopsy that, say, okay, we got a. This is one of those aggressive ones. And we're going to look here and here and here. Like, I've seen your blood and stuff.

[C]

Well, I think they have it, but I. I guess the results don't come in overnight or something, man.

[A]

Doctors got to get on that. Everything should be overnight. I agree. Everything. They should. Like, they should never put anything in a tube and not test it right away. There's got to be something. Anyway. Well, good. Welcome back.

[C]

Yeah. It'll be eight days since the removal. Yeah, that's that. We're finding that, you know, tomorrow at 11.

[A]

And you have to show up for that. They can't just call you sometime along the way?

[C]

Yeah, we meet face to face.

[A]

It's just a dick move to get some cash out of you.

[C]

Well, that and they're checking everything over.

[A]

I make sure you're all right.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You feel better, though? Well, I mean, obviously the surgery part makes you feel like crap.

[C]

Definitely. You know, you could feel it was the first set of stairs.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Stairs yet?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

How's that? A little winded.

[C]

Felt a little bit for sure. Like if I had to go three. Three more sets.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Oh, you weren't gonna make it. Yeah. You're not gonna do that stair climb you were hoping to do a couple. We're gonna be there. Well, you might be there. I didn't say we wouldn't show up. I am. I am shocked, though, that you're not having to wear the compression socks. The. The circulation.

[C]

Maybe that'll change.

[A]

Yeah, but they would. But they would have made. You should have left with them. Yeah, they would have made you wear them. Usually they make you after anesthesia. You have to wear those for weeks.

[C]

Yeah. And I think they were, you know, we were taking. Drawing blood every.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

A couple times a day.

[A]

Because usually they make you wear those weird thigh high stockings for like four or five weeks. They tried to get me. I only did it for a couple because they're like. Yeah, you've been through anesthesia. You sat. You know, you're going to be. You're going to be sedentary for a few days, and you were, you know, up and down, but not a ton. And that's the more dangerous thing.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You can clot and then get up and drown yourself in blood. So I was kind of looking forward to you wander around in shorts and those beautiful thigh high stockings that they make you wear, but nothing yet. All right, well, good.

[C]

Maybe tomorrow.

[A]

No, they won't. They wouldn't do it now if they didn't do it yet. They won't just go. All right. By the way, we forgot this. You'd sue them immediately.

[C]

Yeah, if. I think if my legs were, you know, swelling up a lot more, you Definitely would wear them.

[A]

But that's a strange thing, especially with that. That Your blood flow. I'm. That shocks me a little, because that seems like now I'm mad that they made me do it the whole time. If you lay in a hospital bed for two days, they always tell you, ah, you got to wear these socks for the rest of your life.

[C]

Also for the shoulder and all of them.

[A]

Every time they put you under anesthesia and that. And then you lay there for.

[C]

Because for sure, you know, you're messing with joints, too.

[A]

No, it's just your anesthesia and your blood and just being said and get up and get drowned by your blood, which is. I don't know. But he's better. That's a good thing. Bunch of people welcoming you back on email. And a few people want to know. First meal after surgery. That's right. Oh, I. I jinxed him. I told him. I said, enjoy your boiled chicken, buddy. And what'd you have When I showed up at the. At the hospital?

[C]

Lovely chicken breast with green beans.

[A]

This thing was the plague of bucket to Brady. It was. I walked by, I see two asparagus brigs sticking out of the. You know, the little cap on top of the thing. I'm like, oh, you got your meal, huh? And he goes, you jinxed me. Because it was boiled chicken. And I opened the top of it, and it was untouched. This guy's not touching that. It was not. What's the first thing you ate out of the hospital?

[C]

Out of the hospital.

[A]

Did you stop off something on the way home?

[C]

No.

[A]

All right.

[C]

No. What did Ronnie make? She made a chicken noodle soup.

[A]

There you go. Yeah, that's. That's pretty good.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

Yeah. Can't go out of the can. That's a lot of salt. Tong didn't sneak a meal in for. Is anyone at your window? That's what we're wondering. We're wondering if that went. Just quiet down, Tom. Window open. Just give me that. That's good stuff, buddy.

[C]

Had the buckeye boys over for the game on Saturday.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

And I had sliced cucumbers and some hummus.

[A]

Hey, that's good for you, Brady. Yeah, I know it sounds terrible.

[C]

Couple of pita chips.

[A]

That's good. Low salt pita chips. Good on you. The real work begins now. I told Ronnie your goal weight is 180.

[C]

Ronnie's been cooking up a storm.

[A]

Yeah, good. Weight is 180, because that's a first. I talked to your doctor, by the way. When we left the hospital, Frank Caliendo Went with me. And we went out there, and Brady was a little confused because he kept looking at. We were very worried about him because it said, pre surgery, your kidneys were running at 34.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then after, with just one, you were at 22. And the doctor said, hey, that's better than we thought. And Brady's like, 22, which is good. And I'm like, no, it is not good. It's just better than dying, which is the next thing. And Frank looked at me, and I'm like. I just shook my head. I'm like, he's on drugs. And then Brady said to us later, we just gotta keep that number going down. Like, no, no, no, no, no. That's. That's death. Any lower than this, you need that number to stay right where it is, which is a good thing that it wasn't at 15 like they expected. So I talked to your doctor after. Or a doctor, not the guy who did the work. And I said, all good in there on this thing? He said, yeah, I think so. He said, he's got a long road ahead of him. And I'm like, what's the most important thing? He goes, get that weight under control. And I said, all right. What's the goal weight? And I threw it out before even answering, like, 185. He goes, that would be a dream. I'm like, awesome. That's what we're doing. Brady's dropping a 185. A healthy weight makes it a lot easier on that single kidney. And then the new kidney gets introduced to this beautiful new house. It's gonna be great.

[D]

The texters sound a little skeptical about the vegetables, too.

[A]

Oh, yeah. No.

[D]

Were there nibbles, or were there actual portions?

[A]

I'll just tell you. Tong will be in the window in an hour. We're good.

[D]

So you can tell the doctor I ate the vegetables.

[A]

Yeah. Not the full portion now. Did you eat?

[C]

I had a turkey sandwich.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Each day, Ronnie made that wheat bread. Rye.

[A]

Rye bread. Better. All right.

[C]

And I'm liking the rye.

[A]

Yeah, you gotta stay off that white flour now. That's gotta go.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

You know what?

[D]

I see the health that you're talking about now.

[A]

It looks different. Yeah, it's good. It's like your face. You do. You must have looked horrible, and we didn't even know it.

[C]

Well, you look like a. I'm probably down 12. 15.

[A]

No, you still look really fat. I'm just saying you look healthy. Well, what a dick. I'm just saying. I mean, he's gonna have to take some punches. Right. Just can't hit him in the tummy. We're not saying you look like you've lost weight here. It's not. You're not a TikTok model. But we're just saying your. Your eyes and your skin look different.

[C]

That's good.

[A]

Yeah, we want.

[C]

We want the color.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, that's the thing. And you know who said it to me is Frank came in once and he goes, he doesn't look good. And I'm like, really? So I haven't noticed any, like, visible change. He goes, no, he just. It just looks tired and unhealthy, like, wow. And you don't today, so that's great. That's great to see morning sickness medicate.

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[D]

Sickness so the kidney and tumor weighed 10 pounds?

[A]

Yeah, it was big. And you see a picture. Smokes, man. It was large, ugly. It looked like if you go to, like, an Italian restaurant, somebody tells you, like, if Larry said, oh, you got to try this Italian restaurant, you're like, okay, what do you get? You get the lasagna, and it shows up in, like, one of those little bowls, like, I was serving gravy dishes, and it just looks a little like the cheese is burned and the sauce isn't exactly the right color. And you'd be like, oh, Larry. And he likes Italian restaurants. Don't look at that. It looks Like a bad Italian dish. Brady showing the picture now. Disgusting. You'd send it back after a bite. You'd be like, oh, this meatball tastes like a tumor.

[C]

It was a brisket.

[A]

Yeah, it's disgusting. And then Toledo's back as well from his mother passing a week and a half ago, which stinks. But welcome back to you as well. And you got to fly out Thursday. Thursday for a service.

[D]

For the service on Friday, man. The adoptive side of the family is Seventh Day Adventists. They go to church on Saturday. So my stepdad's like, nope. Want to knock it out on Friday because they all got church on Saturday.

[A]

They're not willing to, like, double dip.

[D]

I'm sure they're willing to do whatever. It's. My stepdad's like, I don't want to mess with it.

[A]

Yeah. So I just want to deal with these kids. Why even do it, then? Just have a private one and let them have theirs.

[D]

It is kind of. But know not a ton of.

[A]

It just is. So you got to fly back on Thursday. Yeah. Say that you're doing all right.

[D]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

It's.

[D]

I think I told you guys in text. It's weird, the sense of. Maybe you felt it, Brett. But when. When it's over, the sense of relief and the little sense of guilt, you feel that. That they're gone.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Like, I was so happy that she was. She was gone.

[A]

Yeah. Because it wasn't going the wrong way. It was going to be suffering.

[D]

After everything we talked about on this show, it's the worst thing to ever see away.

[A]

Yeah, it is. Were you there when it happened? Yeah. Oh, my.

[D]

She is holding my hand, and I kind of looked at my stepdad, and I'm like, that's it. I think she's gone.

[A]

Wow.

[D]

And so surreal. She has a little finger monitor for her. Her blood oxygen.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

So we're putting that on there, and it's detecting a little. A little murmur.

[A]

Something maybe. Yeah, something.

[D]

So I was kind of like, all right. And we called the. Called the hospice nurse, and we're like, I think she passed. And my stepdad. You gotta understand him. He. He comes over and he's so happy. He was like, I'm so glad all this BS is over.

[A]

Really.

[D]

And he says, if she was a dog, I would have taken her out back and shot her.

[A]

Well, that's not. That's not what you say when the body's still there, because that's exactly.

[C]

I know you'll understand.

[A]

Boy, you're married. I know. You know what? Love feels like you just want to kill him a lot of the times. And, man, did I ever want to shoot this one. Anyway, sorry you lost your mom. Wow. It sounds. You know what? Your stepdad's worse than your real d.

[C]

I would have done it three years ago.

[A]

I should have shot this woman 10 years ago. Yeah. Can I still shoot her? She's not gonna feel it now and just let me have this. Wow. Well, there you go. Sorry to hear that. Especially that last part. Rich, is he gonna. Is that. Maybe. On second thought, he shouldn't do the eulogy.

[C]

Oh, I don't think he is.

[A]

He might, but, geez, what's his name? Rolly. Rolly. Roland. Rolly. Oh, God. So, Hillbilly Montana. I love Roly already. Well, I'm sorry I lost your mother there, boy, but I'd have killed her years ago. It's up to me. This lasted a little longer than we thought. Well, good. And I'm glad. And those are those moments when I. I understand what Rollie's saying. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's better ways to euthanize. Yes. But he's saying, wouldn't it have been nice we had to wait and watch? Yeah. Yeah. You got to sit and watch somebody pass away.

[D]

And for me, it was 25 hours from when I touched down Wednesday to. To when she passed.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And so for him, it had been about eight days from when she really took a turn.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And it was.

[A]

And he's been watching this go that direction all the time. You actually. Your text came in and said you wouldn't recognize her when you first looked. I didn't even know that was. That's terrifying. All right. Yep. Brett, you're doing all right. As well as can be. Worst thing I got going on is that I have that low tire warning on my Jeep. And I know you guys have problems. I didn't think of me. No one ever think of me going on. I don't know. So I put air in it, and it's still there. Let me take a look at it. Yeah, let's get Brady down there to start. Even tires around the high lift.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Let's get you pumping that up. You do anything anymore? You look all healthy now. Would you just sit there like a lump? The. Yeah. And I can't. I'm like, God damn it. I just spent a bunch of money on this thing to get her, and I put air in it. And then I hit the curb this morning, and I heard, and I'm like, do I have a flat tire? I Can't even tell. Everything seems to be just fine. But that's my. I mean, you guys can sit and cry and bitch about your problems all day long. Think of me. I don't know how you do it. I don't need to thank you.

[D]

Thank Brett for recognizing Megan driving you.

[A]

No, I got two cars for that reason. One breaks, I got the second one, and then I need Native Americans to help me out last night. Yes. What? No, I'm not writing any text for that. I didn't say engines. I said Native Americans. Well, Toledo's a jerk for even acting like I have to pay a fine for that. Who knows what you have to pay fines for? But I was. Last night, that storm rolled through, I went to dinner with Megan's fake grandma Paula, who's lovely. Just one of the nicest. People love hanging out with her. She's 94 years old. She's so quick and so, like, you feel like you're just talking to one of us. Except maybe Brady. She's a little quicker than Brady. Like, Brady's going through a thing. So let's not compare them yet. We'll find out who's healthier in a day or two, but.

[C]

Good morning.

[A]

Hey. Just now figured out it's morning. So we get back, and I'm in the front yard after that little storm rolled through. And I looked over, and I'm like, what the hell is that? And, you know, front yard is kind of long. It's a big, long front yard. And I'm looking at him like, is that one of my dogs? I'm like, he's got something. What's going on over there? So I start walking over, and there's just two coyotes just banging away my front yard. Hey, hey, hey. I'm like, get out. Then I got nervous because I recognized one of the, like, a tail. And I'm like, that's coyote. And he's got something. And I'm like, oh, boy. They have neighbor dog, a cat or something. Like, oh, this isn't good. I didn't hear any squealing or anything. And then the one on the bottom looks over at me like, hey, pervert. And so I'm sitting there and I'm staring at him like, what does it mean to see two coyotes in your yard after a storm? And then so I got in my car, and I, like, drove up on the edge and put the lights on them because they weren't budging for me. I'm like, I don't know what to scream at a coyote. It Makes. They're looking at me like, knock it off. We're getting banging. I'm aid man. Who's this guy? What are you, Dean Stormer? Get out of here. So I get the car and put the lights on them. They're jogging down the road, looking at me like, come on. Are you kidding me? It was right in mid thrust, buddy. And they. They ran down the road a little bit. And I have pictures of them. I've got every light on my Jeep. It's 360 degrees of light. This thing is a UFO. It's glowing on its way down the street. And they stop in the middle of the road and look at me like, nah, he's just gonna follow. Just starts humping her again. I'm like, what in the hell is going on? I don't even know. It's breeding season.

[C]

Gotta get it done getting it out.

[A]

But I need native Americans to let me know what the. What does that mean? Yeah, when you see two coyotes banging in your yard. Oh, no. Trying to hold back in the village. I think he can see us. That turns me on, baby. Yeah, it was weird. I should have. I should have turned the stereo a little bit. Hey, guys, Keep it moving. I actually had it half.

[C]

Someone's gonna be moving in at your place.

[A]

What?

[C]

That. That's what it means.

[A]

That means that I get another. Isn't that up to me?

[C]

No, this is the symbolism.

[A]

The symbolism is that someone will.

[C]

They're procreating.

[A]

They're.

[C]

It's creating more people.

[A]

No, that's not how you make people, Brady. Somebody needs to talk to.

[C]

You're gonna knock on the door like, yeah, I need a place to live.

[A]

You think a person's coming out of that coyote? Yeah, I don't think I. Give me some of those pills, all right? The drugs are gonna make comments like that fairly common.

[C]

Just wait.

[A]

Well, it doesn't mean that just because two coyotes banged in my yard. If it is a Native American tradition that a guy's gotta move in with me, I can't say no. Or what? You saw two coyotes have sex in your front yard? I live here now. No, you don't. Get out of here. I'm gonna call the police. Nobody's gonna Grace Furtis, okay? Not to me. I just saw coyotes banging. That doesn't mean you get to stay here. I am chief. Two dogs. I am the one who. You see two dogs in the front yard. It's called to me. Now, I would hope that it's one of those ancient traditions where some 40 foot you know, ancient spirit has to come live in my backyard. That would be pretty cool. Not some Indian with a hobo sack, isn't it? He's not getting in. He's not staying. He's going to jail if he starts hanging around the property too much. It was weird because normally they just scattered. You know, these two fearless. They had no. I do like that song.

[C]

They didn't go on at it for a while. That's why evidently I had to just. And couldn't stop. Had to finish.

[A]

The funny part was he. And that's kind of what I regret not. I should have just watched that because I've never seen that before. Just wait for the coyote. O face. And then he just goes to sleep in my lawn. And she just puts her little coyote hands on her hips. Really turns the TV on. Go get me something to drink. She goes and gets him a towel out of the bag. You know, it would have been awesome. Hey, Johnny, you got a smoke? Hey, come over here, kid. Thanks for letting us use your yard. That was outstanding. Yeah. I don't know, but it was weird because she was on the ground, like, normally, almost like laying flat. She was like, on her side on the ground, and he had her down, and I thought he was missionary style. What are they doing over there?

[C]

Sort of like side door.

[A]

Yeah, kind of side door in that. Like, one of her legs was up by her chest and the other one was straight. All right. Getting her from the side.

[C]

From behind.

[A]

It was. Yeah, he was kind of. He was cutting into the ways. Tong. I'm just gonna call it the tong. Where he delivers through the window. And nobody knows was. It's weird to have seen that. And then I wanted to. Like, I wanted to. Well, I chased him down the road, and then they kept trying to run back. Like, I'd get down the street and I'm like. And I was like a. Like, it was city slickers. The only thing I knew how to do was. Yah. That's the only thing I thought would wrangle them and push them down the road. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm, you know, 10 at night, driving around the neighborhood chasing coyotes. Yeah. Sickness medicate. Kupd. Holmberg's morning sickness. And they finally get to this other front yard. And I pulled into the. I know the. He's a cop. Name's Rob. And I pulled into his driveway, this giant just all lit up Jeep. Every light I have on the. The big AC lights. Oh, it's crazy how bright it gets. And so I'm Rob, if you're listening. Sorry about that. I was the one shining lights into your window.

[C]

He wasn't an alien.

[A]

No. You didn't have to worry about an abduction. Although, soon, evidently, Indians are just going to move into our homes. But then they started to run back to my house. I'm like, no. So I had to go all the way back to the cul de sac, chase them out of there, and. Hi. That's all I knew, but way to go, Curly. Yeah. Says that means that you're just gonna have to have sex with a coyote ugly pig very soon to get. Oh, I have to reverse the problem. Okay. Thanks, Kelly. But maybe. John, wouldn't it be great if Jeffrey Holder from the old coyote radio station had to come live with you? In the spirit of Jeffrey Holder, good morning. I would love some coffee on the coyote. You have seen two coyotes? Yeah. I don't know. It was weird.

[C]

While you're shooting hoops, he's just watching.

[A]

Yeah. Good shot. Excellent word. You've really developed a good day. Thanks. Jeffrey Holder's ghost. I appreciate that. Oh, yeah, it was weird. It says, control your property. This one says, and you see two coyotes banging in your yard, Call ice. That's a very clever way to handle that. That's. I got two coyotes in my front yard, and they're having at it. We're on our way. I'll get that. Tom Holman standing outside. That'd be awesome. Yeah.

[C]

Let's check your backyard. Patrol it. See if there's any kind of potential den. Like, anything, just in case.

[A]

Living back there, I've. Our dogs would spook them enough to be like, yeah, you know, they bark at him. Jack goes right out. They've been in the backyard before. Not. Maybe not these two, but their coyotes have been standing in the yard, and Jack is the lab. And he immediately just beelines with all the noise in the world. And they take off. I mean, they're. If. Unless they're rabid. And these two weren't. They weren't aggressive other than. I mean, maybe the girl should be. I could have. I could have broken up a coyote rape, but she seemed to want to stay with him. You can't. You can't talk sense into these ladies in this case or something with her. They always say a tactical black. When you see, like, a couple fighting, don't involve yourself, because most of the time, the lady ain't going anywhere. She's just gonna be like, he loves me. So it's just. Don't. It's domestic violence, and the coyotes let him have it, but not in my yard. Yeah, I've seen him in the back before. And usually the rabid ones will stand there and you kind of know. But if they're rabid and just standing in your yard, usually they're going through trash or tearing something up. So I haven't seen it. Most of them do have something not to worry about. But it was kind of weird to see, that is for sure. And then, of course, who cares about any of this in two days? We got football, boys. Like real football begins Thursday night. Quarterback, too, don't you? I got a new quarterback. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

There's some new people in the lineup.

[A]

And if your quarterback could tear himself away from a YMCA concert, maybe we'd have. He's got little Village People in him. What color is he gonna paint his nails for the game, do you know? Red, white and blue. He's All American on the opener. Yeah. Football starts officially Thursday. Kind of started this weekend with college. But what are you gonna do? Your Ohio State Buckeye was fun. Yeah. Was it? You don't know. Maybe Texas sucks. You don't know. All arbitrary nonsense at this point to say who's good and who's not.

[C]

Texas has a quarterback that says, you know, it is the first game. You don't know what you're going to get offensively. But you know, to hold Texas earning those seven points.

[A]

How do you know? Maybe Arch Manning. Horrible.

[C]

Both teams have weapons in the offense.

[A]

How do you know, Right? One of them hasn't played but one game in his entire life. How do you know he's any good? That's one thing about hate, about college.

[C]

Just like, you know, you had unseated. No Miami take on Notre Dame, who came in, right, ranked at 8. And they.

[A]

Florida State Beach, Alabama. They keep saying, oh, they upset them. You know, you told everybody they were good. We don't know. Their recruits might actually suck. You don't know. You got to let it all pan out. That's the good thing about college football now is that none of these preseason rankings actually matter. They're just in.

[C]

That first loss doesn't take you out of that.

[A]

But it's for television. It's all it is, one versus big. Yeah, sure, because they pretended when they saw the schedule. We get some big name schools here, let's just rank the hell out of them and fool people into thinking their teams are doing something.

[C]

How good does the team look?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Don't know.

[A]

Don't know. You just want them to wait, like, better three weeks. The one Good thing college used to do was just bludgeon poor schools like Ohio would play Daytona School for the Blind and they would batter them all over the field like, you know, like a trailer park wife.

[C]

This week.

[A]

Oh, you got what you got to make up. So if you don't put 70 on Grambling, you gotta worry.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

That's when you don't know what happened with Texas. You got to win. So it's on the schedule. You put the win on the board. But neither team looked. I watched that game. I'm like, this is awful to watch. There's like, nobody's doing anything good other than the defense. Well, the defenses look good, but that could be because the offenses were inept. Completely.

[C]

Combination.

[A]

Neither of them look like it could do it. There's no preseason. There's no. But they're one versus three. I'm like, who are you kidding? How do you have the number one team in the country, have a quarterback you've never seen play at all? That's like saying.

[C]

That's like saying came in really?

[A]

Of course. His last name's Manning. It's great hype. It's like saying Tennessee's going to win the Super Bowl. They're the best team in football because they've got the number one pick. And we know this. He's not played a whole game yet, but man, oh man, do we know. No, you don't. You don't know anything. ASU struggled a little with nau. It didn't look too good. That was an average to okay performance. They were 28 point favorites and they won by like 13. College football. Let's get to the real stuff. Yeah. Let's start on Thursday with stuff that we actually can quantify with something other than some weird orbs guess like some magic eight ball telling you who's good. That's what. Eagles. Cowboys. Right. Eagles. Cowboys. Thursday. And then he's gonna be running around here running his mouth the whole time. And then the Cowboys making their move, which was huge. Jerry Jones being completely r word about. I got no problem with him not paying Micah Parsons at all. That trade was huge. But don't go on afterwards and tell everybody your team's better because that's what he did. He did a press conference after he traded him. We've had a problem stopping a run for a few years now. You didn't draft a defensive lineman this year until the seventh round. So you've had that problem for a few years and just now you address it by trading your best player away. That don't don't, don't bull the fans. Just, just go out and go, I'm not going to pay him. He was asking for too much and we're not doing that. So we'll get some more people later and we're taking a step back to go a step forward. Just be honest with everybody then all that.

[C]

Yeah, you see these articles. No one liked Micah Parsons in the law.

[A]

Everybody liked, everybody says, oh, he was a cancer. He was no cancer. He was fine. The cancer was. If they paid him $45 million, he'd have been the third highest paid player on the team. And those three players would have amounted to 55% of the Cowboys salary cap. That means you got to pay 50 guys the other, you know, 45%. That's nearly impossible to run a team that way. So Jerry made the right decision financially for once. Well, no, he's been pretty good, but it's just this one just hurts the team and he could have done this months ago. The bigger problem is he could have traded. If this was the thing, he could have traded him for a lot more. Ah, it's football's back. I start turning into Chris Collinsworth early in the morning. I tell you what, football's back, Mike. All right. I'm excited about it. It's going to be a fun season no matter what happens. And I do have a new quarterback and we'll see what my 41 year old quarterback, I don't like looking at quarterback. I'm 53. I don't like looking at quarterbacks in the pros and saying I was 12 when he was born that he should not still be playing. He should be long done. And I also have made it very clear in sports that I hate when old people do well. I hate it. So I have to change my mindset a little bit to have this 41 year old quarterback because he's got to do well or they're screwed. I hate it tells me that the sports in trouble. When Tom Brady won the Super Bowl a few years ago, I'm like, well the sport is in flux. You cannot have a 45 year old quarterback win a Super bowl and not tell me that there has not that the younger players are not getting it done. And then Mahomes comes along, finally gets through that, you know, over the Tom Brady hump. But the fact that Patrick Mahomes was the in that super bowl and watch Tom Brady and they just dismantled it like something's wrong with the league. When Phil Mickelson won the whatever tournament that was a few years ago. Or he was like. I don't know. It's like 50 and he won the US Open or something. Like, what the hell is this garbage? It's nonsense. It just makes fat other 50 year olds sit on the couch going, we could still do something. And you're not gonna. So don't act like it's motivated. You might go out and play golf twice and realize that's too expensive. I'll just go back to the couch and watch good people play it. Nobody ever does anything. I hate when old people do good at things. Hate it. I like my sports to be extraordinary and young. The rumor of Sanders going from the Browns to the. To the Shadors. Yeah, I heard that rumor. I don't know. They're putting Shador everywhere. Yeah, I'd take them. Why not take a flyer? Yeah. Ain't gonna start and stuff him in there and see what he's got. I don't see them making that move at all. We'll see. Shador ain't staying in Cleveland long though. That is not a good marriage. But hilarious. Football. Some guy just sent me a thing that says, let's just get this out of the way now. And it's a picture. Dak Prescott from the Cowboys. And it says, cowboys officially eliminated from the NFL playoffs. Yeah, I think they're out, I think in that division and everything else. But it's back. Very excited.

[C]

Watch that Cowboys documentary. It's pretty unrelated.

[A]

So good. Yeah. Watch the whole thing. And it just. You just walk away saying, Jerry Jones is kind of cool. He's a drunk. I also know that that was what he ran. He's an alcohol.

[C]

He ran hard some days.

[A]

He's still doing it. Yeah. He's drinking the whole time. Do you notice he always had a drink with him during. He couldn't not film that. He's an alcoholic. Like, he's a functioning alcoholic. I took. That was a big takeaway from that. I watched another documentary you must watch. And I'm not even going to give it away. If you've watched it already on. On out there listening and stuff. It's called Unknown Number. Did you watch that?

[C]

No.

[A]

Oh, my goodness. It's about an hour and a half. You will if you don't yell at your tv. You don't have any human emotion. You have to yell at your television. It has a great twist in it. A girl gets cyberbullied at school. A girl and her boyfriend starting in seventh grade. And the twist is remarkable. And you will yell at your Television. You'll be like, I'm tedious. You just start shouting at the people on the screen because, yeah, not only is the twist remarkable, the follow up is even better. It's the strangest documentary I've watched in a while, but it's called Unknown Number on Netflix. Just kill two hours. Check it out. You got nothing until Thursday anyway. There's no good tv. You don't have to listen to your wife anymore talking about, what do you want to do? You've got all your nights covered. It's like, that's it. The logging in right now. Yeah. Oh, it's football widows. I mean, get your black veils out because we are going away for the next 20 weeks and you don't have any more. Why do you guys always have to watch the Thursday game? Because it's on. Other than that, you're running your mouth. Yeah. What else am I gonna do? Exactly. Right? Come on, let's get it together.

[C]

You know when you can run it.

[A]

Yeah. You know when you're messed. You want to stay busy while the game's on. You could fill that gobbledy trap of yours. But keep your head a little low. Yeah. Just drop down. I want to see over. Good place. Let's get a wake up song. Welcoming Brady back. Welcoming Toledo back. Brett's still here. I got a low tire light. I got a lot of problems, right? Oh, yeah. And we'll get a good one. 585-9800 and we'll scream it together. It's 98 KUP, wake up. It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fee. I have heard enough of this.