Is the CIA Covering Up The Havana Syndrome? (ft. Jerry & Blutman) | March 10, 2026

Summary

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Macrodosing: March 10, 2026 – “Nano Dosing with Blutman: News, Bachelor Parties, Havana Syndrome, March Madness & Conspiracies”

Hosts: PFT Commenter, Jersey Jerry, Big T, Mad Dog McKenzie

Special Guest: Liam “Blutman” Blutman

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Episode Overview

In this special "Nano Dosing" edition, the Macrodosing crew (minus Arian, who’s out of town) welcomes recurring character and friend of the show, Liam "Blutman" Blutman, for a wide-ranging, freewheeling conversation. The team dives into pop culture news, breaking NFL free agency, little-known current events, conspiracy theories, and classic sports nostalgia. True to Macrodosing form, the episode is equal parts hilarious banter, genuinely informative, and peppered with their signature tangents. Highlighted is Blutman’s innocent, often oblivious approach to the news, prompting the crew to quiz him on current events and conspiracies with both amusement and affection. ——

Key Segments & Insights

1. Introducing Blutman & Office Nostalgia

Timestamps: [01:53]–[04:48]

• The team re-introduces Liam “Blutman” Blutman, explaining he’s not a total rookie but hasn’t had a full episode to himself (“Guest of honor today is Liam Blutman.” —Host, [01:54]).
• Nostalgic talk about how long they’ve been in the Barstool office, their favorite (and least favorite) seasons, and how the team’s relationship with the city and each other has grown.
• Humorous exchanges around summer vs. winter in Chicago—and the “mat shorts”/bathing suit debate.

2. Vegas Advice & Bachelor Party Philosophy

Timestamps: [04:55]–[11:17]

• The crew plans a Vegas bachelor party, seeking authentic Vegas advice from native Blutman.
• Blutman, rather than the Strip, advocates for local spots: “We’re going to Magic Noodle, which is an Asian restaurant—handcrafted noodles. Then we’d probably just hang at the house, maybe the Red Rock Casino.” —Blutman, [05:17].
• Extended banter on bachelor party duration: ideal is “two-and-a-half days,” with debate over leaving early versus maximizing the experience.
• Jerry reveals a personal grudge over his own bachelor party getting “nixed” for Max’s trip ([08:30–11:00]), highlighting the team's love of guilt trips and long-standing inside jokes.

3. Travel Pet Peeves & Airport Observations

Timestamps: [12:03]–[16:49]

• Hilarious sidebars on early airport flights, lounges, airport attire (from pajamas to designer gear), and odd travel trends.
• “They let anybody in [the airport lounge] now…I don’t go to the lounge anymore because they let anybody in.” —Jerry, [13:00].
• Critique of airport lounge food (“everything there is super dry,” [13:17]), and love/hate for lounge cereal and dry food options.

4. Blutman vs. The News: A Pop Culture Current Events Quiz

Timestamps: [17:04]–[21:19]

• Jerry puts Blutman on the spot about his awareness of non-sports news: “Do you know there is a war?” (Jerry, [19:45]). It’s revealed Blutman only learned about the latest US war via Twitter jokes, mixing up Navy basketball with military headlines.
• The group tries to explain recent global news—the Iran conflict, Chinese Taipei naming controversy, and Taiwan/China branding confusion.
• “I didn’t put two and two together… the Navy was maybe involved in the war.” —Blutman, [18:30].

5. The Havana Syndrome & Energy Weapons [24:41]–[27:12]

• Out-of-nowhere current events: Host summarizes the latest on “Havana Syndrome” — mysterious illnesses caused by alleged Russian “microwave” energy weapons, as covered on 60 Minutes.
• "Three sources tell 60 Minutes that undercover agents purchased a miniaturized microwave weapon from a Russian criminal network. Secret US military lab testing...resulted in symptoms similar to Havana Syndrome." —Jerry, [25:15].
• Speculates about technology’s application to sports (“this has Belichick written all over it,” [25:43]) and the wild world of post-Cold War spycraft.

6. Breaking NFL News & Sports Fandom Therapy

Timestamps: [27:22]–[35:51]

• The group reacts to live NFL free agency updates in real-time. Includes debates on lefty QBs, the emotional whiplash of being a long-suffering Atlanta Falcons fan, and using sports to cope with life’s disappointments.
• “If you asked me, I would rather have Tennessee be the 12 seed in the College Football Playoff than the Falcons win the Super Bowl easy.” —Jerry, [28:30].
• Amusing side-quest into infamous Falcons scandals and their place in suffering sports lore ([29:33–34:13]).

7. World Baseball Classic & International Sports Discourse

Timestamps: [35:51]–[42:24]

• Spirited debate: do US athletes care about the WBC? Are other countries more passionate? Blutman is nonchalant: “I could not care less about it now...I have the same outlook as Bryce Harper: ‘this is cool, but it’s not the Olympics.’” —Blutman, [36:26].
• Banter about nationality eligibility, basketball vs. baseball passion, tournament quirks, and the differences in cultural sports stakes.

8. US Sports Tragedies: The Angels and Mike Trout’s Invisibility

Timestamps: [42:24]–[44:02]

• The legacy of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani: baseball’s greatest talents stuck in MLB misery (“Imagine having Shohei and Mike Trout on the same team...and they never won a playoff game.” —Jerry, [41:53]).
• Debates about whether Trout is the “most forgettable superstar” — consensus: yes, and Angels are an object lesson in organizational sadness.

9. March Madness, Mid-Majors, and Iconic Archetypes

Timestamps: [58:35]–[77:53]

• Blutman shares sleeper teams and cult favorites for NCAA tourney (“Northern Iowa...Santa Clara...UCLA women’s basketball — that’s the best team in college hoops regardless of men’s or women’s.”—Blutman, [60:22]).
• Love for the quirkiest March Madness archetypes: three-point specialists (Jack Golke), beefy forwards (DJ Burns), and “chunky white dudes with terrible beards” ([68:40–70:13]).
• “My favorite archetype? Big black guy down low...just a big body.” —Big T, [68:40].

10. Conspiracy Theory Deep Dive: Testing Blutman’s Knowledge

Timestamps: [104:21]–[115:45]

• Jerry quizzes Blutman on 3 wild current events/conspiracies:
  • Brain cells playing Doom ([104:29]): Scientists teach brain cells in a dish to play a video game. Collective reaction is fascinated but creeped out.
  • Government-released radioactive ticks/Lyme disease ([106:43]): The hosts explain how declassified documents suggest US military released radioactive ticks in the 1960s, possibly seeding the modern Lyme disease epidemic.
  • Epstein conspiracy updates ([112:19]): Discuss the prison guard who googled Epstein before his death, and money deposits—casting further suspicion on the official suicide narrative.
• Blutman’s knowledge is limited: “Is Area 51 a conspiracy?” (Bloodman, [110:20]). Team proposes a future series “Explaining Conspiracies to Blutman.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Bachelor Party:

  • “How long should a bachelor party be?” —Big T, [06:49]
  • “Two-and-a-half days...Friday afternoon, Saturday, Sunday. Then go home Monday morning. Got that built-in day to recover.” —Host, [07:15]

• On Fandom Pain:

  • “If you asked me, I would rather have Tennessee be the 12 seed in the College Football Playoff than the Falcons win the Super Bowl easy.” —Jerry, [28:30]

• On the Falcon’s Sad History:

  • “…Everyone goes to jail on this team.” —Jerry, [29:33]

• On the WBC:

  • “I could not care any less about [the WBC]. I have the same outlook as, like, Bryce Harper. He’s like, ‘This is cool, but it’s not the Olympics.’” —Blutman, [36:26]

• On Mike Trout:

  • “He likes having October off so he can watch the Birds in the playoffs.” —Host, [43:35]

• On Sports Salaries:

  • “He signed a 12-year, $426 million dollar deal in 2019.” —Jerry, [43:49]

• On Conspiracies:

  • “The only is. Is Area 51 a conspiracy?” —Bloodman, [110:20]
  • “Do you know about the island? Do you know who’s been there?... Mr. Beast.” —Jerry & Bloodman, [114:52]

• On Airport Attire:

  • “They just banned Crocs at the Tampa airport.” —Mad Dog, [15:36]
  • “I think it’s a bit because they wanted to do—they said pajamas too.” —Jerry, [15:37]

• On Food Prices:

  • “I went to Chili’s and had a great time and the bill was, I think, $68...with two kids.” —Big T, [91:49]

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BONUS: “Blutman Schoolhouse” – Podcast Plans Ahead

The hosts announce plans for a future spin-off segment/video series where they introduce Blutman to the most infamous conspiracy theories, giving his fresh-eyed reactions for comedy gold.

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Final Thoughts & Flow

This episode is a Macrodosing classic. It careens between headline news and absurd minutiae (“What happens if you drop a million ants from a plane?”), pivots from niche sports stats to conspiracy theory breakdowns, and showcases the group’s chemistry. Blutman functions as a foil for the world-weary, deeply online hosts—his bafflement a running joke that becomes (ironically) a commentary on modern information overload. Veteran listeners will love the inside references; new listeners will be charmed by the authenticity and hilarity.

If you missed it:

• You’ll get the lowdown on March Madness trends, NFL news, why airport lounges are scams, and why no one should trust breakfast restaurant economics.
• You’ll also discover which conspiracy theories are overdue for a “Blutman Explainer”—stay tuned for future episodes/segments.

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Transcript

[Host]

Hey, Macrodosing listeners. You can find us every Tuesday and Thursday on Apple podcasts, Spotify or YouTube Prime. Members can listen ad free on Amazon

[Bloodman]

Music watching like I'm watching golf, I'm watching tennis, some of the college basketball, a lot of hockey. And I tweeted out if we ever go to war about the Navy defense. They didn't play defense in the last four or five seconds. If we ever go to war and this is our na. This is the defenses fighting our country. We're in trouble in instantly. People like Bloodman. We're at war right now.

[Jerry]

Is that how you found out?

[Bloodman]

I didn't. I didn't put two and two together, but the Navy was maybe involved in the war. And then. And then.

[Host]

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[Bloodman]

I like that.

[Host]

Guest of honor today is Liam Blutman.

[Bloodman]

Thanks.

[Jerry]

I better clap it up. Is this your debut?

[Bloodman]

No, no, he's been on third. I was here once for sure second on a FaceTime.

[Jerry]

What was the other time we had

[Host]

him on when we were doing Name the Dudes by the numbers?

[Jerry]

Yeah, that's right. But. But never. Like we're bringing Blutman on for a full episode.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

No, he's definitely been on for a nano dosing.

[Jerry]

Okay.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Like when we first moved to this office,

[Jerry]

it's been. It's been so long now.

[Host]

We've done a lot of episodes.

[Big T]

How long have we been here now?

[Jerry]

Two And a half years.

[Big T]

Really?

[Host]

Yeah.

[Big T]

Wow.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

Coming up on three years in April.

[Big T]

Damn.

[Host]

Was when I moved here, I think.

[Jerry]

Yeah. But the office wasn't ready till.

[Host]

Office was ready.

[Jerry]

They told us July.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

And it was mid November.

[Host]

I just wanted to get that first summer in. First summer was. I mean, they're gonna write books about that first summer one day.

[Big T]

Big T. I hate summer.

[Host]

Really? Yeah.

[Big T]

I. I like being outside for the golf.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Big T]

But after that, I'm out.

[Host]

You're spring guy.

[Big T]

Spring's good.

[Jerry]

What. So if you like the weather, what do you dislike about?

[Big T]

Well, because I don't go to beaches. You know what I mean?

[Bloodman]

Okay.

[Big T]

I don't go to really pools or anything like that.

[Host]

What do you wear when you do go to a beach?

[Big T]

Bathing suit.

[Host]

Standard. Yeah, standard. Okay.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Host]

I didn't know if you were like a jerk, like a basketball jersey guy.

[Big T]

No, no.

[Host]

At the beach.

[Ad Reader]

No.

[Big T]

But I kind of like it.

[Host]

No, no offense. I could see you wearing a basketball jersey at the beach.

[Big T]

I might start doing that if I

[Host]

go to a beach. Well, you know, like the. The fit that you were getting into for a while, it was like the super long and one. Basketball shorts.

[Big T]

Yeah, I like that. I still got them at home.

[Host]

Yeah. Yeah. Bring that back for March.

[Big T]

I. Sometimes. That's my pajamas. Sometime at night, you wear the.

[Host]

The big mat shorts.

[Big T]

Big, big mat shorts.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

Night time. Yeah, I love it. Yeah. I. I like the summertime. Summer gets a bad rep. There's a lot of people that. That don't like it because it's too sweaty, too hot. Summer, that's when all the fun happens.

[Jerry]

Have y' all been through a winter here?

[Host]

Yeah, winter.

[Jerry]

That'll make you appreciate.

[Big T]

I do. I do hate the winter here, for sure.

[Jerry]

So you hate summer. You hate winter.

[Big T]

I like fall.

[Jerry]

Okay.

[Big T]

Falls. I like wearing a hoodie.

[Jerry]

You know, the three weeks that we have Fall.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Bloodman]

I like summer here. Makes me appreciate the winter here.

[Host]

What do you mean?

[Jerry]

Explain.

[Bloodman]

Because I. Because everyone's. Oh, Chicago summer this, Chicago summer that. No, it's still just hot. I'm sweaty. I want to stay inside because remember, at the end of the day, I'm orange and the sun hates me.

[Host]

Yeah. Well, break down the years that you've spent in various cities. Blubbing.

[Bloodman]

Los Angeles for a few.

[Host]

Like, were you born there?

[Bloodman]

Born. Born in Tarzana, California. Lived in the Agora Hills region for a few years. Moved to Vegas. I'd say either three or four to about 24 with a little back and forth from Vegas to LA sprinkled in there. And then Vegas to Chicago.

[Jerry]

Bad places to live if you don't like the heat.

[Host]

Yeah. So you're, you're trashing Chicago summer, but you moved here from Vegas because it's still so high.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

Okay, Bloodman, I got a question for you about Las Vegas, and you might be the best person to ask about this. So we're going to go, I believe, the first weekend of May, we're doing Max's bachelor party in Las Vegas. What. What should we do in Las Vegas on a bachelor party? What would you do?

[Bloodman]

Well, those are two completely.

[Host]

I want to know the Bloodman answer.

[Bloodman]

Well, I, I, I grew up in Vegas. I've lived in Vegas for a long time. Not ever going to the Strip. The Strip is a place that a guy like me goes if I want to go see, see a sporting event. That's why I go to the Strip. So anything that you're going to do at a bachelor party, I'm not going to do. If I had a bachelor party in, what I would do is I'd say to my fellows, hey, this is what's happening. We're going to go to Magic Noodle, which is an Asian restaurant. Handcrafted noodles. We would go there and we would eat some food. We'd probably go to my house, probably the house, probably do that. And then I just say to the fellows, hey, where do you guys want to go to dinner? And then they tell me where we want to go there, and we go dinner, and we just, we'd have a great night. Maybe go to the casino, Red Rock Casino, and, and do something there. I don't know.

[Host]

Okay, so you would go to Magic Noodle and then back to your house.

[Bloodman]

I love Magic Noodle. Yeah.

[Host]

Do you think Max would be allowed to go to your house when we're in Vegas?

[Bloodman]

No. So. No, because only my mom lives there now.

[Host]

Okay.

[Bloodman]

Because Marky's back in LA right now. When I, when I said my house, that was just kind of creature of habit, like what I would have done as a kid, which we don't, we don't got my childhood house anymore.

[Host]

No, I hear you. I hear you. Going to the house. Sometimes that, that is one of the downsides of going on a, a long trip or like a bachelor party is like, sometimes you just want to go home for a second. It's like spend the night at home. Tap in.

[Big T]

How long should a bachelor party be? How many days you think?

[Host]

I think kind of depends on where the person's at in life. And who this person is. But I would say, like a good rule of thumb for like just a friend who's getting married. I would say two and a half days.

[Big T]

Two and a half.

[Bloodman]

Okay.

[Host]

Two and a half days. Right? Is that. I feel like that's Right. The sweet spot.

[Jerry]

So you're saying Thursday to Sunday?

[Host]

I'm. No, I'm saying. Oh, well. Okay, here's the. Here's what I think would be perfect, would be like a Friday afternoon, you all meet up, then you got Friday afternoon, Saturday, Sunday, and then you go home on Monday morning. Got it. And then you have that Monday built into recover.

[Bloodman]

Okay.

[Host]

I think that's probably. Now if it's like, that's. If it's in a place like Vegas. I think I'm also kind of mixing in the Vegas factor because I don't want to spend five days in Las Vegas. But if it's like a cool destination and it's a fun trip, then. Yeah, I could see that. I could see like four or five days.

[Jerry]

You're doing five days.

[Host]

If it's a really cool trip.

[Big T]

Like an island, you mean?

[Host]

Yeah, yeah. If you're going to like.

[Sponsor Rep]

Yeah.

[Host]

And it's maybe if it's a guy that, like, has been going through a lot and like all the boys are rallying around, so pumped that he's getting married. It's like we're going to do. Do it big for your birthday, dude. You've been through so much, you know what I'm saying? Like that kind of guy. Why? What do you think?

[Big T]

I think three full days.

[Host]

Three full days.

[Jerry]

Mine's day and a half.

[Host]

One day and a half.

[Jerry]

Getting there Friday at noon, leaving Sunday at 6:00am 6:00am I think my flight's at 6. Yeah. By the way. By the way.

[Host]

Wait, you're. You're choosing to wake up at 6am after the big day of your back?

[Jerry]

The flight was sleeping, by the way. This, the last five minutes is how I found that my bachelor party got nixed for Max's.

[Host]

I.

[Jerry]

Listen, I. I didn't never specified that. He just said that he couldn't go. It's because he's going to his real friend's bachelor party.

[Host]

Well, it's also a work trip.

[Jerry]

No, it's fine. I don't care.

[Host]

It's definitely a work trip.

[Jerry]

Let me. Yeah, but I'm leaving at like 6 or 7am on Sunday. What? Why? What do I need to stick around on Sunday for?

[Host]

You just give yourself a treat at your bachelor party. Don't force yourself to wake up at 5am My trips.

[Big T]

Where are you going, Big T?

[Jerry]

Going to Denver, Colorado, because the Atlanta Braves are there. Oh yeah. Leaves at 6, so that means I got to be there at 5, which means I need to be up at 4. If we go to the casino that night, I just might not go to sleep that night.

[Host]

Yeah, that's. That's crazy. Big T, Give yourself a treat and. And have your flight be at like.

[Jerry]

Should I try to change this?

[Host]

Yes.

[Big T]

I say you stay an extra day. What do you got planned?

[Host]

That's honestly insane that you. It's a Sunday. You've got the entire day and you're like, I'd like to get out of there. I'd like to beat the traffic.

[Jerry]

Let's see what. Well, I'm always an early flight guy. I like to be in if I can be back on my couch at 10:00am I love that. Yeah, it's better hanging around at the airport all day. Let's see what. What they'll let me change it to.

[Host]

I. I got to build in time for the hangover. I just realized I'm. I'm talking bachelor party in a room full of three guys that don't really drink that much.

[Jerry]

And here's the other thing you know about me. You know. You know I'm a first class guy.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

So the. The money you spend on the first class. I'm willing to take a. A flight that's not as desirable. Instead of upgrading that, I'll. I'll be in first class on the worst flight.

[Bloodman]

That's a savvy move. I might need a steal.

[Host]

Big T's got the.

[Jerry]

Oh, dude, if you want legs, he needs the first. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. If I get that they're charging another two hundo to leave at 8. 15. No, thank you.

[Host]

You know what, Big T? Congratulations. Getting married. I'll pay for that. No, I'll pay for your.

[Jerry]

No, because then. Because. No. Because then it's no, no, no.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

But is not even that much better.

[Jerry]

Right. I'd much rather have the guilt trip that you didn't go on my bachelor party, which I believe was scheduled first to go on Max's than. Than the two hours that's so much more valuable. One time someone not going to say who forgot to call me on my birthday. Very important person. And they offered me $100 to never bring it up again. And I regret taking it every day.

[Host]

Yep.

[Jerry]

Because I got the worst end of that deal.

[Host]

Yeah, you did.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Host]

That's. That's such a valuable. Such a valuable Base to have in the hole.

[Jerry]

Right.

[Host]

Mad Dog McKenzie. It's not just me. Like, that's insane. That Big T put his flight at 6am Right?

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Yes. After his own bachelor party. Yeah.

[Host]

When he has the entire day. It's Sunday.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

But it's also not shocking from coming

[Jerry]

from Big T. I just always do whatever flights the cheap.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

But generally, unfortunately, yeah, I've. I've been on many a 6am flight due to budget restrictions of my own, but on my own bachelorette party someday, I don't think I would be like, first flight out, let's go.

[Jerry]

I mean, we're not doing anything Sunday.

[Host]

Everybody but you could sleep in.

[Jerry]

I don't do anything on a day I'm traveling. If I'm trapped, that's it. I actually, when we went to San Diego, I had to fly home at like 8pm that was the worst day of my life because I had to walk around. I was checked out of the hotel. I had to walk around San Diego with a suitcase.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Of your life. Because you were.

[Jerry]

I was also violently hungover. I did end up stumbling into a random bar. The ut. UT was playing a. An NCAA tournament baseball game, and there was a group there on a bachelor party from Knoxville, and they were UT fans and they were. They were Big T believers. I just sat with them and we watched the.

[Big T]

That's a great point. What about a place? Now, you said your checkout was, what, 11:12 from your hotel?

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Big T]

What about a spot where people. Some people don't like to go sit in the airport? What about if we build these little tiny offices where people go stay until they check into their flight? It's kind of like an Airbnb. But you're not paying the full price for the Airbnb. You're paying for like a couple hours.

[Bloodman]

It's kind of like an airport lounge, except you're not the airport.

[Jerry]

Right?

[Host]

Yeah. But not everybody can have the access

[Big T]

to the airport lounge. You know what I mean?

[Jerry]

Well, now they do. Now they let anybody into the lounge.

[Bloodman]

Really?

[Jerry]

Yeah. I don't go to the lounge anymore because they let anybody in.

[Host]

You just pay. You can just pay like at. On the spot.

[Big T]

Really?

[Host]

Yeah.

[Big T]

That's not right.

[Bloodman]

How much does that cost?

[Host]

I want to say like 50 bucks or.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Big T]

And what do you get? You get food. I never been to a lounge before.

[Jerry]

Yeah, there's shitty food, alcohol, very bad food.

[Bloodman]

Really?

[Host]

Like the dry. Everything there is super dry. So it doesn't matter what you're getting. If it's the chicken, it's going to be dry. If it's a muffin, it's going to be dry. If it's one of the desserts, going

[Jerry]

to be really dry cereal. I'm always there in the morning, as we've discussed. So they've got, you know, your Fruit Loops and such.

[Host]

Yeah, dry. Yeah, Fruit Loops. Very dry. And all the milk dry.

[Jerry]

I'll do. I'll do a dry cereal.

[Bloodman]

I. If I have cereal, I'm not doing it with the milk.

[Jerry]

No, yeah, no, I'll do either, but I'll just sit. I'll just eat it.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jerry]

You won't do milk, period. See if I'm doing a milk guy. Me neither. But just with cereal. If I'm doing cereal with milk, that's an event. If I'm just. Oh, there's cereal in there. Let me grab some. I'll just do a couple.

[Big T]

Got it.

[Jerry]

Do a couple handfuls.

[Host]

Got it.

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[Host]

Yeah, it's. It's at the airport. I always felt that there's. There should be a gym too. Like have a place where you can work out. So does you get there early?

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

So does Sean Duffy.

[Host]

Sean Duffy thinks that.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Yeah.

[Host]

Hell yeah. Well, he know Sean Duffy thinks like get dressed up.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

He also wants to put. He wants you to wear a suit and also he wants to put like chin up bars in your. In your terminal.

[Host]

Chin up. I'm saying like make an actual gym. Like one that you check into.

[Big T]

Yeah, but aren't you going to be all sweaty?

[Host]

Locker room showers.

[Bloodman]

Suit.

[Jerry]

Did he say suit?

[Host]

He said get dressed up.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Get dressed up.

[Jerry]

I. I don't. Suit's ridiculous. But we do have to do something about the pajamas. I got no problem. Actual pajamas.

[Host]

I got no problem with pajamas on.

[Jerry]

Really?

[Host]

Yeah, no problem.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

They just banned Crocs at the Tampa airport. Why?

[Jerry]

I. I think it's a bit because they wanted to do. They said pajamas, too.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Oh, okay.

[Jerry]

I mean, they did release a thing, but, like, obviously it's unenforceable. But I do, like, the pajamas is a bridge too far.

[Big T]

Unless you're kids.

[Bloodman]

I feel.

[Jerry]

Even sweatpants. Fine.

[Host]

Even sweat.

[Jerry]

You're willing to give people no pajamas.

[Big T]

What about the people, you know who pisses me off? The people that go to the airport that are. That have like, all the designer clothing on them, like the Gucci, the Louis Vuitton, just. They want to just stand out. Like, they're so rich. And then this happened multiple times to me. You go on your flight and they're just, like, in the middle seat in, like, 36B with, like, all this designer clothing on. It's like, what are we doing? Doesn't make any sense.

[Host]

Yeah, I. I've seen, like, people getting really, like, wearing really, really fancy shit, and I like it. I like it when they do it, like, as a. As a duo, when there's a husband and wife.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

Dressed up together. Like, they're traveling basketball team. Like, they. They got the same sweatsuit on, like, same bags that they have. They're, like, sometimes the same T shirts that they make for themselves. Yeah. I like those couples. Those couples, I feel like they stay together.

[Big T]

They do definitely stay together. For sure.

[Host]

We got a lot to get into today. Big T wanted to, like, explain the news to Blutman, because we. Blutman. Do you. How much. How much attention do you pay to, like, stuff that happens outside of sports?

[Bloodman]

If it's on Twitter, sometimes I'll see it. Most times scroll by. I'm not watching the news.

[Jerry]

Well, so when we're not ringing, when we found out Arian couldn't be, we were talking about, who do we want to have on? And I was like, I'm. I. I want to know how much Blutman knows of what's going on.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jerry]

Because, like, you know, I heard you talking about you were watching Marist Mary Mack yesterday, which I was watching Travesty.

[Bloodman]

In that game there not being a shot clock violation doesn't make much sense.

[Jerry]

Neither team knew what was going on, by the way. Maris was going to let them dribble it out to, like, six seconds, down a point, then they get a shot clock violation. Doesn't get called mar. Anyway, heartbreak for the Red Foxes. No. John Dunn had no. I believe that's his name. No clue what was Going on sad, sad day. I'm the. I'm the number one Red Foxes guy in this office. Everyone knows that 100%. But so, so I know you're watching stuff like that, but, like, do you know. So I want to gauge where you're at, news wise.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, I mean, this is a. Probably a good weekend to do it because so, like yesterday while I was watching, like, I'm watching golf, I'm watching tennis, some of the college basketball, a lot of hockey. And I tweeted out if we ever go to war about the Navy defense. They didn't play defense in the last four or five seconds. If we ever go to war and this is our na. This is the defense of our country. We're in trouble instantly. People like Blutman, we're at war right now.

[Jerry]

Is that how you found out?

[Bloodman]

I didn't put two and two together that the Navy was maybe involved in the war. And then. And then we had the Chinese Taipei Taiwan debacle, to which a tweeter informed me, hey, bud. This is why. I don't know what was going on there. I just thought the baseball team was called Chinese Taipei because that's what they do in the Little League World Series in wbc. So I thought that this is like a baseball team situation where they brand themselves.

[Jerry]

No, it's because the WBC is woke

[Bloodman]

that I did that. I kind of sort of learned, I really didn't understand it, that the type

[Host]

was the name of the team. Like, like the Commanders.

[Bloodman]

I like.

[Host]

We're the Chinese Taipei.

[Jerry]

Well, like Japan. Japan calls their baseball team Samurai Japan.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

Which is pretty sick.

[Host]

That is awesome.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, I kind of thought it was just. This is how we're branding our team so more people know who we are. I don't know. That's how they do it. Little League World Series. So I think a lot of us have become accustomed to referring to Taiwan's Chinese Taipei. I don't know. It's the same place.

[Host]

That's how they get you. The plan is actually working to perfection in the brain.

[Bloodman]

They got me and the brain scrambled for a bit and then it was back to watching Minnesota State high school hockey.

[Jerry]

So you do know there is a war event.

[Bloodman]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jerry]

With. With what country?

[Bloodman]

Iran.

[Jerry]

Okay. Okay. I was so. You know that. You know that dialed didn't know the Navy was sunk. We sunk one of their ships with a torpedo.

[Bloodman]

Battleship.

[Jerry]

Yeah, we did.

[Host]

We sank their battleship. Did you hear the story behind how we did that? No, I. I would encourage you to look it up and Read it because I've only read like headlines and first paragraphs of news articles about it, but

[Jerry]

best way to consume it is.

[Host]

But so we were taking part in a, some sort of like demonstration or event with various other navies from around the world. And the Iranian navy was also at this event that we were at and that battleship was there along with our sub in the area. And then I think they had to cancel the event because war was happening. And so we just sunk their battleship outside this event in India. Like nowhere close to the actual conflict in Iran. But it was like a target of opportunity that was right there that we knew was there because we were doing like a demonstration.

[Jerry]

It was like may as well.

[Host]

Yeah, it's like we're at a game, a game preserve. You know, like those rich people in Texas that have, yeah, they got ranches with fences and they're like, I want you to stock this with the antelope. And then next, next March, I'm going to come down, we're gonna bring the fellas, we're gonna shoot all of them.

[Jerry]

We weren't planning on stopping at McDonald's, but one was there, one was there.

[Host]

And so it was like, okay, you

[Jerry]

know, I guess we could get the Coke Zero for a dollar.

[Host]

Yeah, we got the play plays here.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Host]

So yeah, that's, that's my understanding of what happened with that.

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[Host]

So Blutman, are you familiar with the Epstein files?

[Bloodman]

Cognizant of it and everything. Could not be motivated one bit to go learn anything about it.

[Jerry]

That's probably for the best.

[Host]

It is. Honestly, it's stuff that I. We wish I. I did not know. Jerry, do you wanna. Have you been paying attention to the Epstein phone?

[Big T]

No. I've seen they deleted 65, 000 files.

[Host]

Yeah, they deleted a lot of stuff. And there's some stuff they haven't put out yet. And then they put it out and then they go back and they delete more.

[Big T]

Yeah. Bad people, man.

[Host]

Bad people. Bad people across the board. And then just this morning, Ohio State University's president resigned after having an illicit affair. Was it with an un. It was with a staffer.

[Jerry]

It's for everybody.

[Bloodman]

I only saw that because it was college slash wake up barstool.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Bloodman]

Otherwise that might have flown on the radar until now.

[Host]

Also in the news today, we've got a little bit of an update on Havana Syndrome. Have you guys. Have you guys heard of the Highest Clue? Okay, so like 10 years ago, a bunch of people that worked for the US Government, and some of them work for, like, the State Department, some work for possibly the CIA. They started reporting that they were feeling like, these physical symptoms of, like, nausea, dizziness, headaches, stomach upset, and they couldn't figure out what's going on with them. And the speculation was that they were all working in, like, the same area, that other, like, spies from foreign governments had some sort of invisible weapon that they were directing at these people that was making them feel upset, dizzy, etc, and they couldn't prove anything because there's no, like, there was no tangible weapon that they recovered there. It was just like, hypothetical. Like, we think that this government might have, like, an energy weapon. That's fucking us all up. So 60 minutes just put out a report yesterday that the Russian mafia is selling this energy weapon and that they've seen the energy weapon and that they have been using it to mess with people. It's like a. Like a cube almost. It's like a microwave technology that they can aim at somebody and then it just fucks them up.

[Bloodman]

Wow.

[Host]

Is that what you read, Big T?

[Jerry]

Yeah, but. And they said the fact that our agents were able to buy it from just the Russia. You said it was the mob. I just saw it was Russians, I assume Russian mafia. Yeah. That means the Russian government has lost control of it. So now that could be used by anyone on anyone.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

So now if you. If you just have a connection somehow to the Russian mafia, you can buy this invisible energy weapon.

[Jerry]

They said it was like a microwave.

[Host]

Yeah, it uses, like, microwave technology and it doesn't kill people. Right. That we. I. Maybe if you. If you use it for too long.

[Jerry]

Three sources tell 60 Minutes that undercover agents purchased a miniaturized microwave weapon from a Russian criminal network. Secret US Military lab testing of the device on rats and sheep has resulted in symptoms similar to Havana Syndrome. A confidential source says

[Big T]

it's crazy, the stuff they got.

[Host]

I mean, you could. This could be used for all sorts of. All sorts of uses.

[Bloodman]

Yeah. Like testing out men. See would be interesting.

[Host]

Yeah. I was thinking, like, this has Belichick written all over it right now. You could see. You could see if Saban. If he gets back into college football. Oh, Indiana.

[Bloodman]

Oh, for certain.

[Host]

Signetti. Signetti's on the phone right now with the CIA being like, get me one of these concentrated energy weapons. We got a tougher schedule next year. I mean, the University of Michigan. Connor Stallions, actually, so shout out. Connor Stallions. I think he's got a new project that he's working on. He. He actually DM me the other day. I need to respond to him asking if you could come talk to me about it. It might have something to do with this directed energy weapon.

[Jerry]

That's real?

[Host]

Yeah. Oh, that's real.

[Jerry]

He wants to talk to you about his new project.

[Host]

Yeah. Yeah. It sounds promising. Let's see exactly what he says. I mean, I don't want to. I want to put him on the spot too much, but he reached out. Yeah. Last.

[Jerry]

Like, last week, I see him pop up in the likes of Brandon in my college football videos from time to time.

[Host]

He's a big T. Believer.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Host]

Confirmed.

[Jerry]

I think he is a follower.

[Host]

Confirmed.

[Jerry]

If you follow, I have. I reserve the right to call you a believer. I don't know that I. I'm choosing to call him that at this time,

[Host]

but let me see exactly what this was about. I don't want to give away. Okay. I don't want to give away what he's working on, but I do. I. I have a phone call pending with him, so we're gonna discuss. And it could have something to do with this directed energy weapon.

[Big T]

How much was it? Did they say how much they purchased it for?

[Host]

No, I don't think so. But I mean. Name your price. Yeah, name your price.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Breaking moves.

[Host]

Breaking moves.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Falcons are making a strong push to sign to a.

[Host]

Let's go.

[Big T]

Big for the brand.

[Jerry]

No, you're getting. God, that's not real.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Espn. Push notification.

[Host]

Espn. They pushed it.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

They pushed it to my phone. NFL Network reporting.

[Host]

Congrats, dude. So it's not good. Yeah, I mean, you got all the lefties now, right? That's not good. All the lefties. You know what's crazy?

[Jerry]

I. I'm close. I'm close. I've. I. I think I said on this show I've kind of just completely abandoned the Atlanta Hawks. I no longer consider them one of my favorite teams. I haven't watched a game in years. I. The problem is the NFL is so omnipresent that you can't, like, not have an NFL team. I can't just pick up another one. That. But I hate these guys. I actually hate them. Like, I don't enjoy watching them. They don't. I don't care. If you asked me, I would rather have Tennessee be the 12 seed in the College Football Playoff than the Falcons win the super bowl easy.

[Host]

Really? Yes.

[Jerry]

So, like, it's not even, like, even if they win, because I care about Tennessee way, way, way, way, way more.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jerry]

And that's. Those. Those guys are playing real football with real guys, not this Tua.

[Host]

What does that mean?

[Jerry]

I don't know. I'm just. I'm just talking. But I. I don't know. I hate him. I hate him so much.

[Big T]

Well, there had to be a point where you were a bigger Falcons fan than you were Tennessee fan. No.

[Jerry]

Yeah. As a kid, probably the Falcons. I mean, when Mike.

[Big T]

What happened to that?

[Jerry]

Like, what happened? The Falcons happened. Like, Mike Vick was sick. Yeah. Then. Then he goes to. To prison. And then we have Chris Redmond and. And Joey. Joey Harrington. Then. Then they get Matt Ryan and. Okay, now we're back again. And then they fuck it up three or four times, and now they're just in this wasteland of Marcus Mariota and Desmond Ritter and Michael Penix.

[Host]

It is interesting that, that. Yeah, look, the. The quarterback controversies that you've gone through. I would imagine that having your star quarterback arrested for a federal dog fighting investigation has got to be one of the ones that will make a casual fan just quit the team entirely. Right?

[Jerry]

Yep.

[Host]

You can't draw that up anywhere.

[Jerry]

Then we had a guy piping in fake crowd noise.

[Host]

That happens everywhere.

[Jerry]

Well, we got in trouble for it. His name also happened to be the name of the team's star wide receiver, which was interesting. Then we had our team ask guys at the combine, like, if they were gay. Then we had the defensive coordinator's son prank call a guy in the draft to pretend that he got drafted. There's just. It's. It's. It never ends, you know? Then. Then we finally get a pass rusher for the first time. In a decade he's in jail. Everyone goes to jail on this team.

[Host]

Not two or two is a good guy.

[Jerry]

Also, who was the guy, the, the running back that was jerking off in his car?

[Host]

Oh. Jamal, there was, there was also the. Kellen Winslow jerking off in his car.

[Jerry]

Hang on, I'm. I'm not.

[Host]

I just remember Kellen Winslow. He was. He was cranking hog in like a Home Depot parking lot.

[Big T]

That's crazy.

[Host]

Yeah. They think Chicago's got a carjacking problem.

[Jerry]

But was it Jamal Anderson?

[Host]

I don't want to say yes. Yes. But I don't want to say confirmed but yes.

[Jerry]

But was. It was a. Yeah.

[Host]

The dirty bird. The dirty bird guy.

[Jerry]

I'm not seeing but it was, it was a. A masturbation thing, right?

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

Oh, okay. But this was after he. This was several years ago.

[Host]

He was not on the team.

[Jerry]

Jamal Anderson was not jailed after exposing himself at a quick trip on Wednesday morning. So that's good.

[Host]

That's good. Yeah. But two is. Two is a fine backup. Is he?

[Jerry]

Well, he'll be the starter at the beginning. Right. I think Pinnock's is still hurt.

[Host]

One interesting thing is the Falcons, they have a obviously left handed starter and penix now Tua, their backup is left handed and their center is also left handed. I believe it's the only center quarterback left handed duo in the NFL. And now they got two of them.

[Bloodman]

Two of them.

[Host]

That's pretty crazy. Yeah, two because apparently if you have a left handed center it like with a quarterback, a right handed quarterback.

[Jerry]

Well, I know receivers don't like left handed quarterbacks because the ball spins opposite, ball spins different. But now both are left handed. So now that they'll be used to that.

[Host]

That's all you got? Yeah. All right. Jerry, who. Who do you want the Steelers to sign,

[Jerry]

man?

[Big T]

I. I'm hoping for Aaron Rodgers. Well, I think that's already. That's a done deal. I think already he's coming back for sure.

[Bloodman]

I don't.

[Big T]

I would like a wide receiver for sure. You know like a big name. I'd like that.

[Host]

Brandon Ayuk.

[Bloodman]

No.

[Host]

Okay.

[Big T]

About the dude from the Jags.

[Host]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bloodman]

Yep.

[Host]

I like him.

[Bloodman]

Play football.

[Big T]

I like him. Yeah, he's got a lot of potential.

[Bloodman]

I like him. He's scared of taking hits.

[Big T]

Yeah, we could fix that. We could fit. Fix that. I think the offense is actually going to be pretty good with McCarthy.

[Host]

They look better at the end of last year too.

[Big T]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host]

McCarthy knows what he's doing. Yeah.

[Bloodman]

Is there anyone you Want draft and Jerry, guys.

[Big T]

I mean, the only thing I've seen is that clip with that Sony. Sony kid with the combine. He looked great. So what's his name?

[Host]

Sony Styles.

[Big T]

Sonny Styles. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he looked great. That's all I've seen about at the combine.

[Host]

I hope that you guys get Brandon Iuk. Well, we were close. Was it last year, the year before?

[Big T]

Steelers were very close to landing him and just kind of fell through. But he's a. He's a bad person, I think. I wouldn't want him.

[Host]

He's done some weird stuff. Weird guy. The fact that he just kind of stopped playing football. Yeah. Also raises a lot of red flags. I'm just. I'm. I'm concerned that the commanders are going to get him.

[Big T]

I just don't want him or Diggs. I'm out on Digs.

[Host]

Out on Diggs.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

I would like Alec Pierce.

[Big T]

It's a good name.

[Host]

Alec Pierce's. Yeah, he's. He's different.

[Big T]

Yeah, he's very good.

[Jerry]

I found what I was thinking of. I was thinking of Eugene Robinson being arrested the night before the super bowl for soliciting prostitution.

[Host]

He did that.

[Jerry]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I'm not Jamal Anderson, who it does seem, did get arrested for a masturbatory offense.

[Host]

But also you have Eugene Robinson, Right?

[Jerry]

I was. Because I knew it was right before the Super Bowl.

[Host]

Yeah. No, Eugene Robinson, he was the Walter Payton man of the year.

[Jerry]

Really?

[Host]

Yeah. And he got arrested the night before the super bowl for picking up a hooker.

[Jerry]

Did he play in the game?

[Host]

I don't. I think he did. Yeah. I think. I'm pretty sure he did. And then they lost.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Host]

That's just a classic Falcon story.

[Jerry]

Yeah. I mean, we've got dozens of those. Yeah. He did play in the game.

[Big T]

Wow.

[Host]

I would like. I would like to see Alec Pierce as a Washington commander. I would like. We need some help on the offensive line. We need a center. I think we might be in the Linder bomb market.

[Big T]

Defense is old, though.

[Host]

Defense is very old.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, you gotta.

[Big T]

You gotta get younger on D. We

[Host]

gotta get very young, very young on defense. Yeah. But also we need a center badly. What do you think about paying a center 20 million a year and no

[Big T]

problem with it, as long as he's the best.

[Host]

Might be the best. Blutman, what are you looking for in free agency this year?

[Bloodman]

Where people go?

[Host]

Yeah, same.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, that'd be pretty cool. I'm more so looking forward to. I'm just. I want to see where Malik Willis goes really bad. I want to see where Kyler goes. I want to see where Kyler goes because I truly believe he's closer to winning World Series than he is a Super Bowl. So I'm curious to see where Kyler goes.

[Host]

Is he closer to winning a World Baseball Classic than he is World Series?

[Bloodman]

Yeah, that's a tough question.

[Big T]

Nationality.

[Host]

Is he. Oh, he's. He's American.

[Big T]

Okay.

[Bloodman]

But he has.

[Big T]

He seems like he has a little Asian.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, I think he is Blasian.

[Host]

I think he's got a Korean. Korean grandmother. So he could play for Korea for sure.

[Bloodman]

Be a big get.

[Host]

Do you guys think when it comes to World Baseball Classic, are you in the mindset that this is a. It's an exhibition, or do you care about it?

[Bloodman]

I could not care less about. Quite honestly, I cared about as a kid when I cared about baseball, but I don't care about now. I have the same outlook as, like, I guess, Bryce Harper. He's like, this is cool, but it's not the Olympics.

[Jerry]

This is why we're not going to win, because of guys like you.

[Bloodman]

Fair Bobby. I'm not in the locker room. I'm not even a fan of the team. They have Jeff D. Lowe, who is a fan of the team. So they have good energy. Guys. Aaron Judge, I. I've heard needs to be able to give better speeches. That's not on me either. The other countries seem to take it more seriously, are more passionate about it. Good for them. I think it's ludicrous to say you'd rather win a World Baseball Classic than a World Series.

[Jerry]

That's how much it means to those guys.

[Bloodman]

I guess that's what happens when Kike Hernandez plays in the World Series seven times a year.

[Host]

Yeah, but if you're. Yeah. If you're not on, like, a Major League Baseball roster, this is the most important tournament ever.

[Jerry]

Also, like, well, Kiki Hernandez said he's. He's played in four World Series. Whatever it was in this means more.

[Bloodman]

I don't know. It's tough with baseball because, like, you got legitimate dudes who have only ever known the United States of America. They're playing for Korea and.

[Jerry]

And Italy.

[Bloodman]

Italy and Brazil. It's like, you're not even. You're not 100%. You're not authentic. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's not. It's not. It's not hockey. With hockey. I don't know, man.

[Host]

Tell me more about hockey.

[Bloodman]

Aside from a few blips in a system and These guys are playing for where they were born. Unless you have like a Thomas Harley who was born in Syracuse, was duel and plays with Canada. Unless the Olympics are hosted by China and you have to come up with a bunch of Americans and Canadians and stuff who are able to resonate with China.

[Big T]

Is USA the best team by far in the wbc?

[Host]

I wouldn't say by far.

[Jerry]

No.

[Host]

No. Japan's really good.

[Jerry]

Dominicans lineup is insane.

[Bloodman]

The US is like minus 115 to win.

[Jerry]

But we shouldn't be.

[Host]

We played Mexico tonight.

[Bloodman]

American bias.

[Jerry]

Mexico's solid.

[Host]

Yeah, Mexico's good team.

[Jerry]

We don't. We don't have the pitching to beat Dominican Republic.

[Bloodman]

You don't have the heart because. Well, I guess school ball found it.

[Jerry]

But those guys hit homers and run around the bases like they just hit off in game seven of the World Series and pool play. Yeah, we're not beating those guys. Then you got to play Shohei.

[Bloodman]

I did. I. So I this jarred me on web today. Meek said U.S. hasn't won a WBC since 2017. Is that jarring?

[Jerry]

Well, I think there's only been one.

[Host]

Yeah, it was Japan and then U.S. good stat, meek.

[Big T]

I thought this happened every year.

[Bloodman]

I thought like every three. Okay, every three years.

[Jerry]

But that's 2020 calendar.

[Bloodman]

They didn't play in 2021.

[Jerry]

I don't think so, Covid.

[Host]

So Japan won the last one and that was extra innings, right, against the United States?

[Jerry]

No, I don't think so.

[Host]

Oh, it was it one run game though, right?

[Jerry]

Yeah. Struck Trout out.

[Host]

That's right.

[Jerry]

In the game.

[Host]

Yeah, that. That's right. That was. That was crazy. Is Trout on? He's not on the roster this time.

[Bloodman]

That's sad.

[Host]

What's up with Mike Trout? Wait, I. I feel like Mike Trout will go down in history as the most forgettable superstar when you take into account like how good he was at his sport. There's nobody like him in the history of American sports.

[Jerry]

A guy that there's someone exactly like

[Host]

him will enlighten me.

[Jerry]

Exactly like him. Like so much like him. I can't believe you're. Same sport, same position.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jerry]

But had had more aura so people remember him more fondly.

[Host]

Go on.

[Jerry]

Ken Griffey Jr.

[Host]

I mean, King. Different. Much different story than. You know what I'm saying? With Mike Trapp. How like Mike. It's the exact Same King Griffey Jr. Was the most marketable superstar of his entire generation.

[Jerry]

Right. He had more aura, but in terms of career, it's almost identical.

[Host]

Well career but I'm talking about like a forgotten guy. A guy that nobody talk. Everyone talked about Ken Griffey Jr. The kid, the swing.

[Jerry]

I understand but like could have been one of the best hitters ever. I mean still hall of Famer but like injuries derailed him, right?

[Host]

Mike Trout, you could look at his stats that he already has even with the injuries and be like this guy was the best hitter of his generation.

[Jerry]

I don't, I don't know that that was true.

[Host]

But like I'm, I'm talking about a guy that he was great, he was awesome. That is that incredible at his sport. That much of an outlier at his sport that has failed to register in the the national conscious as a superstar.

[Bloodman]

Well, I'll never forget. I'll never, never forgive Mark Blutman. Two weeks before Mike Trout got called out to make his debut I said hey Mark, we are at the Angels game. I think playing the Orioles may say hey Marky, can I get a Mike Trout jersey? Said nope, that guy's never even played a game. Why would you get that? Got Pujos instead. Terrible decision on Markey's behalf. Maybe one of the worst decisions in human history.

[Host]

Mark Plotman, he would have. That jersey would have been worth a lot of money, right?

[Bloodman]

Definitely early investment. That means more to the heart than it does Price.

[Jerry]

It does all time player though. Albert Pujols, not for the Angels.

[Bloodman]

But yeah, who cares? That was why I cared about baseball.

[Host]

Wash all162 what about the just the Angels franchise in general. Depressing case study in sadness.

[Jerry]

Imagine having Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout on the same team for several years.

[Host]

Anthony Rendone, right.

[Jerry]

Great player and they. They never won a playoff game. They went to one.

[Bloodman]

They went they well before with Trout. They played the royals in that one series and got swept I believe was that 2014 the Ohtani one I think maybe was one playoff series. I don't even know who they played

[Jerry]

but I believe they didn't win a game. I mean that would certainly never won a series.

[Bloodman]

But yeah the Angels kids when I was a little kid were way more fun. Eric Ibar, Sean Figgins, those are names that resonate and meant something.

[Host]

Oh Joan Figgins, Love that guy.

[Big T]

Has he completely fell off Trout? I don't keep up with baseball.

[Jerry]

He's just always heard and focused on. He's only 30.

[Bloodman]

He loves the Eagles, hunting, golf and fantasy football.

[Jerry]

Yeah yeah.

[Bloodman]

He's got a great life the Last few years.

[Jerry]

130 games. 2982. 119 36. 53.

[Bloodman]

He made his own golf course. It's beautiful.

[Jerry]

Probably not as much as you think.

[Host]

I'm gonna guess career earnings for Mike Trout? 190 million.

[Jerry]

No, I would say more.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jerry]

285.

[Host]

Okay.

[Bloodman]

I hope 13 is my guess.

[Host]

313.

[Jerry]

303.

[Host]

Damn. Good for him. Good for him. If I were him though, I would have. You know what? He's got a good life. He's got a really good life.

[Big T]

Do you think he wanted to just play somewhere else?

[Host]

No, I don't think so.

[Jerry]

I think he had an opportunity to leave and didn't.

[Host]

He likes living in Southern California. He likes having October off so he can go watch the Birds in the playoffs.

[Bloodman]

Yep, true.

[Big T]

Good point.

[Host]

Okay. I don't think he watches Major League baseball playoffs or the World Series. I think he's just like locked in on Philly.

[Jerry]

Yeah, he signed a 12 year, 426 million dollar deal in 2019.

[Host]

We got five minutes until free agency tampering opens up. Guys love that five minutes.

[Jerry]

Breaking news is two are going to happen today, I think.

[Host]

Well, they're going to announce to us. So the way the NFL, we're in the pre, pre tampering period.

[Jerry]

Right.

[Host]

So tampering is not free agency, but tampering is legal at noon today.

[Jerry]

And then they'll announce that things are happening. But they won't happen then.

[Host]

They won't happen for a couple days.

[Bloodman]

Okay.

[Host]

But also things have been happening over the course of the last two weeks, which is before the tampering period opens. There's just so much tampering going on. It's a great sport. Max Crosby to the, to the Ravens over the weekend. What do you think about that, Jerry?

[Big T]

Yeah, I mean, I mean some of the best edge rushers in that division. You got tj, you got Crosby now Miles, Garrett, Hendrickson.

[Host]

I think he's gonna leave. He's either gonna go to Ricky Scoops, Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay, Dallas or the Commanders. Those are my three places.

[Jerry]

He's good.

[Host]

He's a very good player.

[Big T]

Yeah, I'd want him if I'm the Commanders for sure, you know, but yeah,

[Host]

that's going to be a crazy division. The, the purple Max Crosby jerseys, it

[Big T]

didn't really do nothing like I thought. It's like, doesn't it looks weird.

[Host]

Well, you don't like Ravens jerseys?

[Big T]

Well, yeah, fair, but yeah, it just

[Host]

looks weird as a Steelers.

[Big T]

Well, I'm just saying it like when I'm looking at Max Crosby like I think, I think a Dallas jersey would. Would be like, oh, that's hard.

[Bloodman]

I don't know. Crosby in the All Black Ravens uniform on Sunday.

[Big T]

Yeah, that could, that could hit. The All Blacks are nice.

[Bloodman]

I I around the blast. That was. That's one of the rare sports trades where you look at it, you analyze it. It's just. This is 50, 50. This is great for both sides. Both sides got the job done. Terrific stuff from both front offices. It's rare that you see we could compliment both franchises for what they were able to do. Nobody, no, nobody got fleeced. Unlike the Chicago Buffalo trade, where you and I both believe Buffalo got fleeced back.

[Host]

Yeah, go on.

[Bloodman]

I given up a second for DJ more crazy. 20, 26 crazy. Rolling him out as your WR1 when you're trying to supply Josh Allen with more weapons feels a bit ludicrous. I think DJ Moore is just a slightly better version of Khalil Shakir right now. I was a massive DJ Moorhead for years and years. Three great years in Carolina, one terrific year in Chicago. The last two seasons, he's made two massive plays for Chicago, but he's been injury ridden, too. Aging again. Giving up a second. Expensive.

[Big T]

Do we think we'll ever see Josh Allen in a different jersey?

[Host]

No, no, no.

[Bloodman]

I think he's.

[Host]

He's a one jersey guy.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

He's made enough money, too. Jerry, you disagree?

[Bloodman]

I disagree.

[Big T]

Where would you see him eventually? It's got to get to a point where a guy just gets tired, you know, tired of getting close, but he doesn't get there. I think that's going to take a toll on him these next couple years. I think it'll be on the move, probably. And then within the next five years,

[Host]

where would you say.

[Bloodman]

You've actually almost convinced me to a team, but I'm curious what your team is that you think.

[Big T]

I don't. I don't really have a team right now. I just feel like. Okay, years ago, would you have said rogers? I just feel like nowadays guys are just.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, this is where you're right.

[Big T]

This is just like what they do.

[Jerry]

People are asking, is Josh Allen the Mike trout of Connor McDavid's? All right.

[Host]

Josh Allen the Mike Trout of Connor McDavid's. No, no. That's terrible. Terrible example.

[Jerry]

Why?

[Host]

I think because Josh Allen, you could say Dan Marino, you just say, damn, Marino.

[Jerry]

But that's not as funny.

[Host]

That's true. It's very accurate. He's the Cristiano Ronaldo of Connor McDavid's.

[Jerry]

Ronaldo's one how many trophies?

[Host]

Zero World Cups.

[Jerry]

How many Champions Leagues? I don't care La Ligas.

[Host]

I don't care about any other trophy in soccer. I literally do not care about an FA Cup.

[Jerry]

Well, nobody cares about an FA Cup. I care about except for like Crystal Palace.

[Host]

I care about the World Cup.

[Bloodman]

I care about the Caribo Cup.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

Shout out.

[Host]

Are you a soccer guy? A World cup guy?

[Bloodman]

No, but like I'll watch. I actually like. I've been watching some soccer with Zahn Moresh and Big T sometimes in the cave on Tuesdays Wednesday swear and they play. It's fairly interesting. I would like. I think soccer's been doing very well in the social media sphere the last few weeks. There seems like there's a full out brawl happening. An interesting storyline happening. The Wrexham stuff is pretty interesting. I think soccer is having a good time.

[Jerry]

Massive one this week. Blutman Champions league round of 16 Man City Real Madrid.

[Bloodman]

That is a big one. That's big for Jeff.

[Big T]

Yeah. A big Holland investor.

[Bloodman]

Big T. Like I watched the Wrexham Chelsea. I watched the second half just in case need to get anything up on social and like it was interesting to watch. I peel people forget the last soccer game I ever played in. Hat trick retired 8 years old.

[Jerry]

That's the way to do it.

[Bloodman]

Yeah. I could have been the one to

[Big T]

save the U.S. what happened to Freddy Adu?

[Host]

Good question. He. He never grew.

[Big T]

He never grew.

[Host]

He was anointed as like the next Pele.

[Big T]

Yeah, like a mega star.

[Host]

He did commercials with Pele. We signed him to D.C. united when he was like I don't know, 13 years old. I went to his first game at RFK Stadium. He didn't get in until like the 70th minute and they just kind of stood around midfield and they just. He stayed small and he. He was like five foot five.

[Big T]

What do you think he's up to today? What's he doing today? Freddie and do.

[Host]

I hope I'm wrong but I could see him getting fat. Let's look him up. I hope I'm wrong about that. For the record.

[Big T]

I can see that blood.

[Host]

Let's see. He was signed to D.C. united

[Jerry]

at

[Host]

the age of 14 and then he played for 15 teams in nine different countries. So he probably had a great. He had a great life. I mean he's still alive but he had a great career.

[Bloodman]

He got.

[Big T]

He didn't get fat. I think he just got a little plump. Just a little chubby.

[Host]

Yeah. He had a. He had a good life. He said he's had a An interesting journey. He's gotten to travel a lot. He got to play sports for a living.

[Big T]

You think he definitely still thinks about it, though, like.

[Host]

Yeah. I mean, because he was there. Were honestly calling him the next payload.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

Like the best player in the history of the world.

[Big T]

That's gotta be a lot of pressure.

[Jerry]

Do you know who our next teenager is?

[Host]

That's an interesting way to put it in soccer.

[Jerry]

And the US's next great prodigal teenage soccer player.

[Host]

Yes, I think I do. It's the German guy, right. He's like. He's born in Hawaii.

[Jerry]

I don't think so. Oh, because there's a guy, Kevin Sullivan. I don't.

[Host]

Okay. No, different guy. But we do have a defender who's like 19 years old, born in Hawaii. He's played for the U.S. juniors team. He just got called up by Poke to the last US camp. He might be on the roster for the World cup, but he's still figuring out if he wants to play for the US or Germany for national teams. Because I think either his dad or his mom is German, but he was born in Hawaii.

[Jerry]

We got to put a stop.

[Host]

He's played for all the US Junior teams. He's. He was on our. He went to our training camp. Once you go to a training camp.

[Jerry]

Yes.

[Host]

For a country you should not be allowed to then.

[Jerry]

Agreed.

[Host]

That's being a traitor. I would say, like, if you get all our secrets and then you go to Germany and you're like, hey, I.

[Jerry]

We used to put people in prison for that.

[Host]

We did. We used to lock them up in Alabama, as a matter of fact.

[Jerry]

Oh, really?

[Host]

Yeah. Big. Big prison camps down there for that. This guy, if he. If he goes to Germany and he gives the German national team all the secrets as to how to finally beat the United States in soccer, that guy's a traitor.

[Jerry]

We're playing them here right before the World Cup.

[Host]

That's okay. He better. If he fucking goes to Germany before that game and he joins their team. But he's a beast. He's. I think he plays defense for. I'm going to forget which German club team, but he's really good.

[Jerry]

Well, this kid I was talking about, he's like 16, and he plays on the Philadelphia Union, and he's. He signed a deal with Man City, like, two years ago, but it doesn't take effect till he turns 18, I think. So he's still got another year or two, and he's supposed to be incredible.

[Host]

What's this guy's name?

[Jerry]

Kevin Sullivan.

[Big T]

Let Me ask you guys something about soccer. Obviously you got the, the forwards, midfield, and the defenders and whatnot. What if everybody was just a forward?

[Jerry]

Okay, elaborate on that.

[Big T]

What if everybody was just, hey, this is what I score goals and like, there was no such thing as a defense. Like, yes, they're going to play defense, but their main thing is you're probably

[Jerry]

gonna get counter attacked into oblivion and give up six goals.

[Big T]

Well, I think it'll be a lot more fun. I think you'd have like 10, nine games. You know what I mean? Like that matches.

[Host]

Jerry's actually like very. A very high level soccer thinker with that take.

[Big T]

Yeah, that's.

[Host]

No, that's like galaxy brain. There's some.

[Jerry]

You think it's like.

[Host]

No, there's some European coaches. Yeah, go ahead.

[Jerry]

You think the, like the, the bell curve where it has the, the regular guy in the middle and then the two guys on the ends, the regular,

[Host]

the guy on the left is like just score goals all the time. And in the middle it's like having a solid defensive structure is important to a balanced soccer game. And then the guy in the end

[Jerry]

is just like, score all the time.

[Host]

There's some European coaches that have done kind of what Jerry's saying, which is just like positionless soccer. Yeah. They kind of know that you're supposed to be a defender at times. You're supposed to be in the midfield. That's where you typically are in the field. But it makes it very, very difficult for defense to, to match up against you if they don't know where your guys are going to be going. Yeah, and there's, there's one style of soccer. It's called gigan pressing. You know about gigan pressing?

[Bloodman]

No.

[Host]

So it's like kind of. It's counterintuitive when you commit a turnover. That's when everybody on your team just swarms to the ball like a maniac in the first, like five seconds after a turnover.

[Jerry]

Okay. So my friends and I do this when we play NHL and it doesn't go well for us.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

When we turn the puck over, everyone go, guy who just got it. And then they, they, they kill us.

[Host]

Yeah. In, in hockey it's a little bit different, but in soccer it, you wouldn't think that it would work because it exposes you to the counter attack. But actually when you get a quick turnover right after committing a turnover, that's when.

[Jerry]

Now you're on the counter counter, which

[Host]

is more deadly than the counter attack.

[Jerry]

But what if you turn it over after that?

[Host]

Then you might be kind of. Yeah, but if you're not. If you're not, like, a great, skilled team, if you're not, like, one of the top. Top two or three teams in terms of, like, the talent that you have on your roster, it's worth the gamble to do that.

[Jerry]

I mean, Pep does what you described to. To some extent, but, like, he still plays with defenders.

[Host]

Yeah, he does.

[Jerry]

Like, you got to have some guys back there to.

[Big T]

Well, yeah, that's what I'm saying, though.

[Host]

Okay.

[Big T]

How do I explain this a little bit better? We're gonna have defenders, but they're not real defenders. Those are goal scorers.

[Jerry]

Okay.

[Big T]

You know what I mean?

[Jerry]

I mean, Man City does that a little bit.

[Big T]

Oh, really?

[Jerry]

Kind of.

[Big T]

I didn't know that.

[Jerry]

But, like, you. You still want to have guys that can play defense, and. Yeah, you. You got to have strong safeties.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

Jj, it's your last line of defense.

[Big T]

I just want more goals, you know? I just want more goals.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Big T]

Like, I'm tired of these 1 0.

[Jerry]

I do think we're. We're getting more goals. I don't have evidence of that other than anecdotal, but I. I'd like to look at the numbers. It feels like we're getting more goals.

[Host]

We had Roger Bennett on from Men and Blazers, and we.

[Jerry]

Good interview.

[Host]

Yeah, he's a great dude. Love Roger Bennett. I put this idea out to him for soccer. What about just having a clock that stops in the last 20 minutes of the game?

[Jerry]

So I listened to the interview. I enjoyed it. I don't understand how you're going to have it stop at some points, but not the whole game. Well, you can't, because then you would still need added time for the first 25 minutes of the second half, Right? Yeah.

[Host]

You can't have it stop every stoppage and play.

[Jerry]

Why not? Because we do for every other sport.

[Host]

I know, but a game could go on. Like, for. In football, the clock doesn't stop all the time. It's only the last couple minutes of the halves.

[Jerry]

Well, it stops on every incompletion.

[Host]

Well, in completions. Yeah, but like, going out of bounds and things like that.

[Jerry]

All right, so don't stop it when the ball goes out of bounds. Stop it when there's a foul, or

[Host]

I think if you saw. After the 60th minute or the 70th minute, whenever you want to do it, whenever the referee blows his whistle, boom, clock stops. And you can all see it up on the board. Stop clock. Because wasting time is the. That's the worst part of a soccer game, I think late in the second half, when everyone's pretending to not know where the ball is and guys are getting confused and they're like, oh, no, the penalty was. I thought it was up here. The ref has to, like, blow the whistle. No, take it back 50 yards back there. That. That is such a tough watch for

[Big T]

everybody laying down for a long time

[Host]

after the magic Brazilian sponge that they bring out, where they have a sponge and a bucket of water, and then they wring the sponge out onto the guy's knee, and the guy's knee's fine.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Host]

I hate that.

[Bloodman]

Yeah. Soccer players have the least integrity of maybe any human.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Bloodman]

That's why that. That does make it a very severe watch.

[Host]

And there's ways that you can fix it. It's because of the game. I don't. I don't blame soccer players. They've just kind of taken advantage of what the rules tell them that they can do.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

And so you gotta. You gotta legislate this out of the game.

[Bloodman]

Apologies to you on Alec Pierce.

[Host]

What happened?

[Bloodman]

Yeah, he's not.

[Jerry]

He's not.

[Bloodman]

It's not. Call me.

[Host]

What is it?

[Jerry]

Do we have news?

[Bloodman]

Yeah, it's on Shafty. I could say it.

[Jerry]

Yeah, just tell us.

[Bloodman]

He's. He's a cult.

[Big T]

Wow.

[Host]

Oh, look at this.

[Jerry]

God damn.

[Big T]

This is big. Big T. Falcon signing Zacchaeus.

[Jerry]

Oh, reunion again.

[Host]

Love that.

[Jerry]

That's. That's. I said all. Last year, all we were missing was a lama day. Zacchaeus.

[Bloodman]

And it looks like Daniel Jones has gotten the transition tag. Okay, damn.

[Jerry]

We're just going to be breaking NFL News the day after.

[Host]

It's just gonna be all NFL Colts.

[Jerry]

Everybody just look. Y' all should have seen the three of you. Just scrolling.

[Host]

Well, I just really wanted Alec Pierce. I think he's an elite deep threat.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, that's tough.

[Host]

Whatever. I'm not upset. I'm not upset. Everything's gonna be fine.

[Bloodman]

It's okay to be upset.

[Jerry]

It's March, dude.

[Host]

It is March. It is March. I'm. I'm excited for the tournament.

[Bloodman]

I'm very same. I'm pumped.

[Host]

Give me Bloodman. When you get back from this ad read, I want you to give me your top three teams that might not win any games in the tournament, but that are Blutman teams that are fun to watch. That you stamp.

[Bloodman]

Okay.

[Host]

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[Bloodman]

Yep.

[Host]

This is March.

[Bloodman]

Yep.

[Host]

The best time of the year. Yep. Give me your top three Blutman teams.

[Bloodman]

Okay, well, prefacing this with one is the UCLA women's basketball team. That's the best team in college hoops regardless of men's or women's. They could beat anyone on any given weekday or weekend. So ucla. What you should do when you make your woman's bracket is Sharpie them in to win it all.

[Host]

Okay.

[Bloodman]

That's a guarantee. Big T. Okay. Yeah.

[Jerry]

I think the Lady Vols aren't doing hot this year.

[Host]

Okay, I'm sorry, who's the best player on ucla?

[Bloodman]

Lauren Betts for sure.

[Host]

Okay.

[Bloodman]

She's got a commercial too.

[Host]

Oh yeah, that's right.

[Bloodman]

That's how you know. That's how you know it seems serious when they get the AT&T commercial. Okay, so obviously again pressing this. I've been checked out. College basketball, you know this, I know this. The listeners definitely know this. A team to give based on minimal research and not really watching much of it. Northern Iowa, they were able to win their conference tournament as a 6 seed. I believe they have like one of the best defensive analytical metrics in the country. I think that that's an interesting team to look out for is Northern Iowa. Growing up as a college basketball fanatic, a super Fan, you yearned for good classic Northern Iowa teams. It still breaks my heart that I didn't get to see Northern Iowa play in the Sweet 16 in Anaheim. The year 2016, where it was Oklahoma in the Final Four because Nor and Iowa blew the game against Texas A and M. I'll never forget that. Never forget them. I want to watch West Washburn play in person so bad. So we'll look, we'll keep an eye on this Northern Iowa team. Pft. You and I shared a moment on a football Sunday long ago, but it was in this regular season. It was over Santa Clara. You bet Santa Clara. You bet Herb Sendex team. They went at Xavier BM outright. They're having a terrific season. I know Luki Blutman's watching every single minute of Santa Clara hoops this season. I think we gotta be better about giving Santa Clara some respect. They're like 27th on Bartorvic, which.

[Host]

I know what that is. But Big T was asking about Partor

[Bloodman]

Vic's Ken Palm if it was free and better.

[Jerry]

Yeah, it's.

[Host]

It's better. The.

[Jerry]

The real nerds love Torvik.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, I Bart guy. Long through, probably run on seven years now being the Bart guy.

[Host]

So when it comes to Herb Sendak, that guy is the most. No nonsense human being alive. I think he's a Pittsburgh guy and

[Bloodman]

he kept Jalen Williams in check.

[Host]

Yeah. This guy a nonsense guy. Guy. Jerry, you would. You would love this guy. He is just, like, as old school as they get.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Host]

I don't think he ever, like, opens up. I don't think he has a computer.

[Bloodman]

Love that.

[Host]

I don't think he knows how to what the Internet is. Love it. I think he just thinks about basketball from the time he wakes up to the time he goes to bed.

[Jerry]

Am I nuts? Was Jerry not there when we interviewed him on Thursday?

[Host]

Oh, yeah, Jerry, you were there. He was on our show.

[Jerry]

We. We interviewed this guy last week.

[Big T]

Oh, he was pretty dry, right?

[Jerry]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Big T]

Okay. That's the guy.

[Host]

Yeah, he was the guy. So we. We get him on the show, and then in our ears, one of the producers goes, all right, this guy seems like a fun guy that we can joke around with a little bit. And we, like, introduce ourselves to him, and then Jerry looks at us and he's like, I don't know that we can joke around with this guy. He doesn't like to joke around, which is honestly fair. Sometimes what you want in a basketball coach, right?

[Jerry]

He got off that call and cussed out somebody for putting him on that.

[Bloodman]

What the hell?

[Host]

Well, he knows that. He's gotta like you gotta lobby for you guys. Yeah. All right, so.

[Bloodman]

So it's Santa Clara, Santa Clara, Northern Iowa and then have to give a heartfelt shout out to North Dakota State. As a Dakota man like myself, they beat our. No, no, no, sorry. St. Thomas. Minnesota lost to North Dakota in the semis. Tyler heroes little brother threw the game away for St. Thomas.

[Host]

That was bad.

[Bloodman]

That was really bad of him. And I guess one more team to keep an eye on. Well, two fins up. You got fins up.

[Jerry]

Shout out.

[Bloodman]

Long island crazy. Nebraska stealing that but saying we're just showing respect. That doesn't make any sense. Nebraska signed themselves up for a first round, first weekend exit because they're stealing fins up from Long Island. And then Queens in North Carolina makes their first ever NCAA tournament. First year eligible, I believe after the transition rule expired. The worst rule in sports. They're merging with Elon this summer. They're becoming one of the Queens are becoming one. I don't exactly know what's happening if like they're both keeping their athletics programs or who's keeping what in the divorce or the marriage. I don't know what's happening. But Elon is the only school in North Carolina that to not make the NCAA tournament, but by marriage they are.

[Host]

Yeah, that doesn't make a lot of

[Bloodman]

sense because like they're merging with Queens in the summer, but they've never made. But with Queens doing it technically Elon has in some sick and twisted way.

[Jerry]

Do you know about Chase Johnston from High Point?

[Bloodman]

Yeah, he's like. He's like Dollar Store Golky.

[Jerry]

He's 61 of 129 from three on the year. Oh, of three from two. He's taking three two point shots. Missed all of them. He's 47% from three.

[Host]

Why do you call him Dollar Store Goalkeeper?

[Jerry]

Because I feel like Golke did the same thing. He was like oh, four from two.

[Host]

Yeah. Yeah. They wouldn't let. His coach would yell at him.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Host]

And. And a lot of those shots that he ended up shooting from two points were like barely two pointers. Yeah, like mistake two pointers.

[Bloodman]

Maybe I'm misremembering the goalkee magic, but I felt like he averaged more points per game. At least I know this Johnson kid averages like six a game.

[Host]

The last goalkee's more for sure.

[Bloodman]

The last time Johnson made it to. I looked up this morning was February 5th, 2025. It's been a long time since the kid made the two but go. So Goalkeez. Feel like I gotta look it up. What was goalkeeveraging?

[Big T]

I'm gonna say 10 to 12, because

[Jerry]

this I think he had. He'd made the most threes in the country.

[Bloodman]

Golke was averaging 13. Yeah, 13. This kid Johnson was average. He spent like four or three schools, maybe playing five, six years, maybe seven. He's averaging, like, his point per game have gone down per year.

[Big T]

I think Goki was so wet.

[Jerry]

That game was awesome.

[Host]

Go get. Listen, we're gonna get another goalkee.

[Big T]

We need one.

[Host]

There will be another goalkee. That happens.

[Jerry]

You know who it was supposed to be? It was supposed to be Belmont. They're like 40% as a team from three. And they got bounced.

[Bloodman]

And I tweeted three weeks ago and I texted Rico, I said, give me Belmont, sweet 16. And then I just had to go and quote that. It's like, former college basketball guy for a reason, because that was a bad, bad mix. Who was.

[Big T]

Who was that other guy we were big on a couple years ago in Hoboken?

[Bloodman]

The Hoboken Cave.

[Host]

Marquis Noel. No, they're Jelly Walker.

[Big T]

Jelly.

[Host]

Yeah. Jelly Walker was a beast.

[Bloodman]

They don't make them like jelly anymore.

[Jerry]

Is that uab?

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Host]

Although the Marquis Noel run that he had. Yeah. For Kansas State was pretty incredible, too.

[Jerry]

Yeah. I was at that. That Sweet 16 game against Michigan State that went to overtime. It was right before Tennessee lost it.

[Big T]

Was that the Bosco off rhythm clap.

[Host]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure was.

[Jerry]

Although I think he did that before the Elite Eight, which is when they lost.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Bloodman]

And then that coach got fired the other week. He took the. The names. The last names off their jersey because they didn't deserve it. And then he got fired right after.

[Host]

What's your favorite, like, archetype of a March Madness guy? By that, I mean just like a. A role player or a style of human being that gets big and famous for, like, one week in March that you love to watch. So, like, a Jack Golke would be an example of that. Like, white guy, only shoots threes, has the game of his entire life in the biggest moment possible.

[Big T]

I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go opposite. I'm gonna go with a big black guy.

[Bloodman]

Like a DJ Burns. Yeah. From NC State.

[Host]

Yeah. Just a big black.

[Big T]

Big body.

[Host]

Okay.

[Big T]

Big black guy down there, low body.

[Jerry]

And people, by the way, Google DJ Burns. Tennessee. So he started at the University of Tennessee. Just Google. No Google. Look at the picture. He was not fat as a freshman at Tennessee. And then somehow, while playing college basketball. Gained 50 pounds. It's incredible. And he was awesome.

[Host]

That's. Yeah. I mean he's a small guy.

[Big T]

What about the, the. The big white kid with the glasses, where does he play?

[Jerry]

Robbie Avila. Yeah, St. Louis. They're good shout out Josh shirts.

[Bloodman]

They actually just lost by like 30.

[Jerry]

Yeah, they're kind of limping into the. The finish, but they're a good team.

[Host]

I was going to say I. I like a kind of chunky white dude with a really terrible beard that kind of plays a power forward slash center type position. Probably like 6 foot 8. So more of a power forward depending on who he's playing against. Really bad beard on this guy. Excellent, like bank shooter and good passer in the lane. I like, that's one of my. And he always has like a giant super wet T shirt underneath his jersey. He like comes out, he. He takes his, his warm up jacket off to do layup lines and he's already got that thing drenched with sweat.

[Bloodman]

You were like almost exactly describing Cameron Krautwig until the shirt. Yeah, Cameron I love.

[Host]

I'd say he's probably like 25% of what I was thinking about there. Yeah.

[Bloodman]

With the. He. He had the mustache which was hit or miss. I love that loyalty. Lola Chicago team. That team. That team was good to me.

[Host]

She's dead, right?

[Jerry]

She.

[Bloodman]

She died last season. And Loyola Chicago.

[Jerry]

Yeah, they're terrible.

[Bloodman]

That'll. That'll go down as my greatest take, maybe ever. Then Lamar Jackson Heisman is Loyola Chicago Final Four.

[Jerry]

You called that before the tournament in December.

[Host]

Wow, that's crazy.

[Jerry]

Didn't believe the balls, I guess. Should have won that game.

[Bloodman]

And you need a lot of magic mech. That oral Roberts Sweet 16 was a good one too. That one was in February. Maybe I may. Maybe I gotta get back in college.

[Big T]

Dave didn't Dave hit a crazy bet. Fdu, right?

[Bloodman]

Fdu?

[Jerry]

Yes. Thinking he bet fau.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, saw FDU in the hotel. Thought it was fu.

[Host]

Yeah, that was crazy that.

[Big T]

Do they win back to back games?

[Bloodman]

Well, they won the.

[Jerry]

Go to the Sweet 16.

[Bloodman]

They won the first four, then won the.

[Big T]

Okay, gotcha.

[Bloodman]

The round one game against.

[Big T]

Yeah, but I thought they made a

[Bloodman]

little bit of St. Peter.

[Jerry]

I thought they went to the Sweet 16.

[Bloodman]

Oh yeah, they did. They.

[Jerry]

Who else did they beat?

[Bloodman]

I don't remember.

[Jerry]

They beat Purdue. Hold, hold. Everybody. Hold on.

[Bloodman]

Wasn't Kansas State. I don't remember number.

[Big T]

I'm nervous to be honest. For this, for this tournament?

[Host]

Yeah. Why?

[Big T]

Why? You know, it's just like you get you get so into it and then it's like you're betting on somebody's. Somebody's teams. Like I have zero research on any of these teams.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Big T]

But I feel like that could be a good thing sometimes.

[Host]

It could be. Yeah.

[Jerry]

No, we're wrong. They lost to FAU.

[Bloodman]

Okay. Yeah. It was St. Pierre's made the sweet 16.

[Jerry]

They make. They went to the elite eight.

[Bloodman]

Yes.

[Jerry]

Then they got murdered by Purdue. Right.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

So no, North Carolina. They beat Purdue.

[Bloodman]

North Carolina blitz them. This is a fair topic of discussion, which I know this isn't exactly a college sports show, but we are talking about a lot of college sports. People are lobbying that the mid majors need to completely transform their conference tournaments to cater to the one seed that should. I think that's ridiculous.

[Jerry]

Why?

[Bloodman]

Because I have. I have a list of some teams

[Jerry]

pragmatically and just for like the good of the sport. They should pragmatically because it will make them more money. If like the Missouri Valley wanted Belmont in the ncaa.

[Bloodman]

Of course.

[Jerry]

Because Belmont could have gone on a run. They were awesome.

[Bloodman]

They could have, but they didn't do what they needed to do.

[Jerry]

Right. So it makes sense for the Missouri Valley to cater to Belmont to try to get them in the tournament because then it makes them more money. It would have been great. Like Northern Iowa might be good. We don't really know. Nobody's really watching me.

[Bloodman]

I think that that's the beauty of March though is kind of my thing. It's. It's a high variance deal to play in a high variance tournament. Like you never know what's going to happen. I think it's ludicrous that people were saying Navy should have had a buy all the way until their conference championship. That's insane.

[Jerry]

That's what the West Coast Conference does

[Bloodman]

to semis, which is like if you want to play that way fair. Look at what happened to Sunbelt. There was a six way tie for second place in a Sunbelt. All those teams that tied all six teams didn't win a single Sunbelt tournament.

[Jerry]

The Sunbelt Bragg. You know about the Sunbelt, Brady?

[Host]

I do, yes. Insane.

[Bloodman]

Georgia Southern playing their sixth game tonight, which is at the time this comes out yesterday. Six games, six days to make it to the NCLA tournament.

[Host]

So they can be. Are they gonna be Troy?

[Bloodman]

I don't know. I'll root for him. We have some Georgia Southern magic pond water in the office.

[Host]

What does that mean?

[Bloodman]

They have like this pond at Georgia Southern with magic water. I love how much I could show you don't have in here. No, I could find it after pioneers

[Jerry]

of the option offense shout out Eric Russell.

[Big T]

Irk.

[Jerry]

You don't know about Eric Russell.

[Host]

I'm not familiar with legendary coach Erk.

[Jerry]

Yeah, I, he was like, he's the guy who taught the option to Paul Johnson, I think.

[Host]

Oh, cool. No, I'm not familiar with his game. We also have Kenneth Walker, just signed with the Chiefs.

[Big T]

Did he really?

[Bloodman]

I saw that was. That's tough.

[Big T]

Wow.

[Bloodman]

So, Big T, with your catering to the one seeds in the conference tournament, you'd have lost 20, 21. Oral Roberts, who was the four seed in their conference, make sweet 16.

[Jerry]

You know, be that as it may,

[Bloodman]

you lose 20, 21. Ohio, who finished fifth, was the best team in the Mac off.

[Jerry]

But man, you're talking to the wrong guy because I don't like the way the NCAA tournament operates either.

[Bloodman]

Explain.

[Jerry]

I think everybody loves to talk about how much they love the Cinderella teams and whatever until St. Peter's is in the elite eight. And now all of a sudden.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, they're all hypocritical. They're all hypocritical. Yeah.

[Jerry]

So I think, which is why I

[Bloodman]

think it is hypocritical that that's what you love and that's what you want to take. Not you specifically, you figuratively. That you love the upsets and everything in March and then don't want them to happen in the conference tournament. If.

[Jerry]

Yeah, see, I'm the opposite. I want both or neither, I suppose. I, I. The NCAA tournament is incredible and awesome. It's also objectively the worst way to decide the best team.

[Bloodman]

I mean. Yeah, I don't disagree with that, but that's why it's the most entertaining.

[Jerry]

Yeah. And that's. And that's why people love it.

[Bloodman]

And then they're going to expand to 934 teams and it's going to be the worst thing ever.

[Host]

Yeah, I agree. It's not, it's not like the most fair way possible to decide, especially in a game like basketball where you can have a much worse team.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

Beat a better team. But that's why we love it. That's what makes it fun.

[Bloodman]

Such a high variance tournament. Which is why it's crazy to me that the lead up. I grew up always believing as a massive college basketball fan that conference tournaments were just as big, just as big of part of March Madness as NCAA Tournament conference tournaments started and springed the beginning of March Madness. People have kind of strayed away from that now, which I don't get gangrene. The variance there when you're trying to play in the high variance tournament just doesn't make sense to me. Why'd you get away with it, buddy? My brain.

[Jerry]

I say this every year. I like conference tournament week better than the NCAA tournament.

[Host]

It's real.

[Bloodman]

It ripped my heart out. Probably more than the NCAA tournament because you get attached to those mid major teams. Furman. I saw a clip last night. I felt like I relived the Furman Chattanooga game a few years ago where David John Baptiste had three at the buzzer. They're going back and forth on file May. That game broke my heart as a Furman guy.

[Jerry]

Why? That Chattanooga team was awesome.

[Bloodman]

I was. I. Bob Ritchie, Furman, Truth or Jordan, Lyons, the Gang. I love those Furman teams. Furman beating Malzek made my life.

[Jerry]

Was that the. That was the Chattanooga team that should have beat Illinois?

[Bloodman]

Yeah. And I backed Chattanooga. They had. I forget their big man's name, but Kofi Palm and a blender.

[Jerry]

They lost 54, 53.

[Bloodman]

They should have won that game and they. They couldn't convert anything. It was a rough job too.

[Jerry]

Oh, I remember. I remember who the big guy was. It was a Kansas transfer.

[Bloodman]

I don't remember.

[Jerry]

Silvio d'. Souza.

[Bloodman]

Oh my. The chair.

[Jerry]

Yeah, the chair guy.

[Bloodman]

You know this guy?

[Jerry]

Jared?

[Big T]

No. I think I love the name though.

[Bloodman]

Is he still playing?

[Jerry]

No, he. He would. He played at Kansas and they got in a huge brawl with Kansas State and he threw a chair at a guy.

[Bloodman]

Oh, God.

[Host]

Jesus. Yeah, it was intense.

[Jerry]

And I believe we being Tennessee played them the next game and they had like nobody suspended, like nothing happened.

[Host]

Big T, what are the schools that you like to see lose the most in March Madness?

[Jerry]

Well, I obviously number one with a bullet, Kentucky. That should happen pretty quick this year, Memphis. But they never make it anymore. Vandy, obviously. And then I've developed a strong dislike for Purdue because we don't perform well when we meet up with them in the tournament. So when they lose to like a 14 as they usually do, that brings me joy as well. Those are the main ones.

[Host]

Yeah, those are pretty standard ones. I would say, like Vandy is. Is unique to you.

[Jerry]

Yeah, I mean, they don't make it a ton either.

[Host]

What about Bloodman? Do you have any teams that you like to see lose?

[Bloodman]

I would like to see lose. I would like to. Give me three seconds. Think about. Let's go back to big.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jerry]

Oh, you're passing it back.

[Host]

I just did three seconds.

[Bloodman]

I want, I want to. I want to see St. John's go far because it pushes Rico's buttons by want to see Rico win in the end? Like I'd love like a St. John's Elite Eight exit right before the Final Four to see and ride that Rico Bosco roller coaster for two weeks. Weeks would be sensational.

[Host]

We need St. John's against.

[Bloodman]

Against Alabama really bad.

[Host]

That's what we need.

[Bloodman]

Let me, let me try and find other. Other program. Women's, Yukon Women's. You don't need to win.

[Host]

No one said anything about Duke basketball. Nobody likes to see because people forget

[Big T]

people for like I mean I don't love them but like I like them.

[Host]

You respect them.

[Bloodman]

20.

[Host]

Yeah, yeah.

[Big T]

I respect Shire.

[Host]

I enjoy seeing them lose.

[Bloodman]

2015 national champion Duke Studio manager Alex Blutman shout cousin Alex.

[Jerry]

Yeah, people do forget that.

[Bloodman]

People. People forget that.

[Jerry]

Some didn't know why.

[Bloodman]

Why do you think they haven't won since? Wow.

[Host]

Did he get canned?

[Bloodman]

No, he graduated. Went to Harvard Law School. You're stuck with me. Cousin Alex is a smart blotman. The really smart one.

[Host]

I've got your Duke polo shirt too.

[Bloodman]

Thank you.

[Host]

You were nice enough to let me borrow.

[Bloodman]

You could wear that for this tournament.

[Host]

Maybe I could, yeah.

[Jerry]

What kind of lawyer is he?

[Bloodman]

Smart guy. I don't know what lawyer. He's. He's. I could send you the clip.

[Jerry]

I found his. His resume for academic coaching services as well.

[Bloodman]

Yeah. Impressive.

[Jerry]

Harvard Law School, Duke University.

[Bloodman]

He wants to wrote a letter to raising canes when he was in high school because canes the size of the chicken got lessened. I believe Graves wrote back to him.

[Host]

Was he right?

[Bloodman]

Yeah, he was right. Then I got free meal out of it.

[Host]

That's how they get you until they get you to shut up.

[Big T]

You heard the new new trend, what people are doing now.

[Host]

What?

[Big T]

So people will pick up receipts in the parking lot. You know, some people are scumbags and they'll just throw the receipt on the ground in the parking lot. People will go pick up that receipt, go into the store to a Walmart, let's say go get like the item or the items and then just walk out with them.

[Host]

That's a trend.

[Big T]

Yeah, I've seen a lot of people doing that on. On Tick tock and get away with it.

[Host]

Would you ever do it?

[Big T]

One guy was doing it like I guess in a nice way. He would ask people for their receipt in the parking lot and then he would go inside, get the item like a tv, walk out with it it and then bring it back. Be like, hey, you know, you got to be careful.

[Host]

Gotta be careful with that.

[Big T]

Yeah,

[Host]

it's a good trend. Oh, did you see Kai Trump and her latest YouTube video? I did not know she. Her YouTube video is I brought the Secret Service to Erewhon. Where's Airwind's? That super expensive grocery store in Los Angeles?

[Big T]

I never heard of it.

[Jerry]

Oh, you would hate this place, Jerry.

[Host]

You would hate it.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

It's not Jerry place.

[Host]

Mad Dog McKenzie. Can you guys give a rundown of, like, the things that you can buy at Erewhon?

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

You can buy green juices. You can buy cauliflower Mac and cheese. Oh, you can buy granola. That's like $15, and it comes in a glass jar.

[Host]

How much of the strawberries?

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Strawberries, probably between 10 to $12 a carton. Oh, they do a lot of smoothies that are collaborative with celebrities, like the Hailey Bieber smoothie.

[Big T]

I will say I am in the market to start smoothies.

[Host]

Okay.

[Big T]

Just because now I'm in this, like, Call of Duty world where a lot of players have smoothies and they all look really good.

[Host]

What do you mean? Like, they endorse smoothies.

[Bloodman]

They.

[Big T]

They drink or eat. Do you eat, drink or eat a smoothie? Okay, so they drink while they're playing. They drink smoothies.

[Host]

It's one of those things where, like, if you're gaming all the time, you don't have time to, like, cook meals, sit down, eat a full meal. Might as well drink while you play.

[Big T]

Yeah. I don't know if they're bad for you or good for you.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

It depends.

[Jerry]

They can be either.

[Big T]

Got it.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

If you. If you made them yourself, Jerry, like, if you just put in a blender, they're probably way 10 times better for you than if you went to, like, Panera or, like, a Smoothie King or something. Those are just, like, basically milkshakes that have, like, fruit flavor in them.

[Host]

So what do you put in?

[Big T]

Like, what's. What's a good smoothie? Like, so, like, to me, I'm thinking of, like, a blueberry banana and like a peanut butter.

[Ad Reader]

Yeah.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Big T]

That's good, right?

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Peanut butter. And then, like, like, protein powder, if you want.

[Big T]

Got it. Okay.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

And then, like, water or, like, milk or, like, some sort of yogurt if you want it thicker.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Big T]

What do you do? Do you do milk or water in. In smoothies?

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

I do water, but I'm not a huge milk person.

[Jerry]

Got it.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

But a lot of people do, like, coconut water.

[Big T]

Okay, okay.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Something like that. But, like, the binding agent, a lot of people do Or a lot of, like restaurants do orange juice as a Orange juice.

[Host]

Wow.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Yeah, that's. That's a personal preference. I mean all of it. The nice thing about smoothie, it's like you put whatever you want on it.

[Jerry]

Jerry, I'm on Erewhon's website. What do you think? A dozen non GMO corn slash soy free pasture raised medium eggs cost a dozen? Yeah.

[Big T]

7.99.

[Jerry]

14.99.

[Big T]

14.99. Wow.

[Bloodman]

This is a good game.

[Jerry]

What do you think? Half a gallon of whole raw A2 milk. I don't know what A2 means.

[Big T]

Half a gallon.

[Jerry]

It looks like half a gallon. Would you agree that's a half gallon?

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Big T]

Go 8.

[Jerry]

99. 1299.

[Big T]

Yeah. It's expensive. It's expensive milk there.

[Bloodman]

I heard of this place for the first time two days ago because a clip of Cameron Brink was going viral where she was talking about she pays her personal chef $7,000, I believe, a month, which is more 500 more than her WNBA salary pays her a month. And she brought up this area. One place is where the girl shops and why it was so expensive.

[Big T]

So this is only for rich people can shop here.

[Bloodman]

$7,000. A bit much for a personal chef a month.

[Big T]

Do they accept ebt?

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Highly doubt.

[Jerry]

I don't know.

[Host]

I doubt it. I doubt everyone does.

[Bloodman]

Well, what. What's a personal chef supposed to be a a month? I don't know.

[Host]

It depends.

[Jerry]

Like if that sounds probably right. Normal 80 grand.

[Host]

If you got to share your personal chef with somebody else.

[Jerry]

I mean, you got to figure the only people that have personal chefs are really rich, so, like, you can't pay them 30,000.

[Big T]

What's the cheapest personal chef you think you could find?

[Bloodman]

I wouldn't be opposed to hiring one with you, Jerry.

[Big T]

Yeah, like, what's the cheapest one you could find?

[Host]

It's got.

[Big T]

There's got to be like 50. There's got to be like a grandma out there that's just like bored. That's like, yeah, I'm down, dude.

[Jerry]

But you're. I thought you meant as a, like a professional.

[Big T]

No, no.

[Jerry]

Let's find out.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

It says on here that they can range between. This is in Chicago, between forty to a hundred dollars an hour.

[Host]

Yeah, it's a lot.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Plus the groceries.

[Big T]

Oh, yeah, I forgot. You're paying for the groceries too.

[Host]

Yeah, yeah.

[Big T]

They're not buying it.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

And. Yeah, and again, they're probably going to high quality grocery stores and like butcher shops.

[Ad Reader]

Yeah, everything like that.

[Big T]

So I will say this. I'm A guy who I like to do to grocery shop.

[Host]

Okay.

[Big T]

Because I like to see what I'm getting. Right.

[Host]

Yeah. So.

[Big T]

And I've been doing a grocery shop for the family for years now, and I've noticed every year it gets worse and worse and worse and to the point where it's like. And now we all make a pretty good living here. I'd say, like, at some point we're not going to be able to keep up at the pace it's going.

[Host]

Right.

[Big T]

Like, like, as I've watched a grocery shop for the week go from like a buck 50, a buck 60, to now it's like 350. How does that, how does that happen? I don't understand how.

[Jerry]

Inflation.

[Big T]

Yeah. But, but, but, but we're still getting the avocados from Mexico.

[Host]

We're still, we're still, we're, you know,

[Big T]

we're still renting it. Keep the tomatoes from California. Like, what changed? So I think it's the farmers maybe saying, nah, we're done with this. We could put our own price on it.

[Host]

Time for us to get rich.

[Big T]

Yeah. Time for fair, I guess.

[Jerry]

So part of it is you mentioned Covid. During COVID they said all the prices went up because of the supply chain or whatever. It's harder to get. And then they just never went back down. Yes. People still paid it.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

So nothing ever went back to.

[Big T]

Because nobody has the balls to, including myself, to say, no, we're not paying

[Bloodman]

for this because we didn't survive.

[Jerry]

Well, yeah. I mean, you're, you're inelastic on some of that stuff.

[Host]

I think a lot of it has to do with bigger and bigger companies that buy up all the food companies and then they answer to their shareholders because they're publicly traded companies.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Host]

And so if they want to increase the stock price, they have to do things like cut corners on. Yeah. Distribution. Or they cut corners on how they store the food. Yeah. Like little nickel and dime, bit by bit by bit. And then the product gets worse. And then they're also charging more money for it because they have to give shareholder value. So over the course of years and decades, things that you once loved get worse.

[Big T]

Can I say something that's been bothering me for two years now? And I kept a secret. I got the quiet.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Big T]

I never mind paying for a good meal. I'm a guy who, if it's good, no problem. Charge me what you want. This place was fantastic. One of the best meals I've had in a very long time. And two years I've Been keeping this inside. I'm not a drinker. Wifey's not a drinker. So we don't get drinks. We get food and you know, whatever. Non alcoholic maybe things she gets whatever. We don't get no drinks. We get a seafood platter for two, which was delicious. We got two dinners, we got a dessert, and that was it. And the bill was. The bill was around 7, $800.

[Host]

Would you get to eat steaks? Okay.

[Big T]

You know what I mean?

[Host]

Nice steaks.

[Big T]

The worst, the best of the best steak, loaded size. The. The two sides. I forgot to mention two sides. Sorry. Now I. I want to say this because I'm not gonna like. This place was fantastic. Prices were just ridiculous.

[Bloodman]

You.

[Big T]

You shouldn't be able to charge that. What they charge.

[Host]

That's crazy.

[Big T]

Maple and ash.

[Host]

Okay.

[Big T]

It's been bothering me for two years and I have to say it because I'm on a podcast now and I

[Host]

just thought about it.

[Big T]

They. That that should be illegal. What they're doing over there.

[Host]

I've never been there.

[Big T]

That what they're doing over there is illegal.

[Jerry]

Now, Jerry, just to play devil's advocate, you. You paid it though.

[Big T]

I paid it? Yes, of course I paid. I'm not gonna pay it.

[Jerry]

No. But I'm saying like they can do. And then that place is booked. It's hard to get around.

[Big T]

Oh, yeah, yeah, it's very hard to get.

[Jerry]

So, I mean, it's, it's. Somebody's paying it.

[Big T]

That's the problem. We're all paying it.

[Jerry]

So, Jerry, some. Some economists would say that if they're booked up and people are paying whatever they're charging, they may actually be charging too little.

[Big T]

But you know what they know what they do.

[Host]

They put.

[Big T]

They put your name on the menu. You know what I mean? Happy birthday. Happy Valentine's Day. And that does. That does nothing. That, I mean, that does nothing for me. Nothing.

[Jerry]

Have you been back? Back?

[Big T]

No, Never will go back.

[Jerry]

Never back ever.

[Big T]

But one of the best meals I've had.

[Jerry]

Right.

[Big T]

Hate to say it.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

You know, and you paid for it.

[Big T]

I paid for it.

[Host]

They did make a profit off.

[Big T]

There's not a world where two people should go to dinner and the bill should be 700.

[Jerry]

I agree. I was going through it in my head trying to think of how you got there. Yeah. How much?

[Big T]

I think, I think the seafood platter was 200 by itself, especially for.

[Host]

For a couple that doesn't drink.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

Like you could order a bottle of wine at a nice restaurant and a lot of these Bottles of wine are 100, 200.

[Bloodman]

Really?

[Jerry]

No.

[Host]

For a bottle of wine? Yeah.

[Jerry]

Oh, yeah.

[Big T]

No.

[Host]

At a really nice restaurant.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

That's how they get.

[Big T]

A hundred or two hundred. For how many glasses are in a bottle?

[Host]

Like four. Four to five.

[Big T]

How many glasses to get drunk?

[Host]

It depends on your tolerance. Like, I. I have three glasses of wine. I feel a little tipsy.

[Big T]

So you're not even getting drunk for the.

[Jerry]

Yeah. You need a second bottle.

[Big T]

Bottle. Oh, my God.

[Host]

Yeah. No, If I have four. Four glasses of wine, I think I'm probably. Probably at a 0.08.

[Bloodman]

When you drink wine, do you want to get drunk?

[Host]

No. I mean, I think those really nice bottles aren't. To get drunk.

[Big T]

Okay.

[Host]

I don't know for people that really like the flavor, but what I'm saying is, like, that's a crazy price that you paid for a meal with no bottles of wine. Yeah. Zero bottles.

[Bloodman]

One.

[Big T]

I went to. I went to Chili's and. And had a great time. And the bill was, I think, 68. Yeah. With two kids. One of them doesn't eat food.

[Jerry]

Kids doesn't eat real, baby.

[Big T]

Like. Oh, like a meal. Like, I'm just wanna eat a meal. You know what I mean?

[Bloodman]

That makes sense.

[Big T]

668.

[Host]

Yeah. I mean, you used to be able to go for a dinner for two for like 20, 30 bucks. Yeah. Back in the day. Sad. What's happening. It's not getting cheaper, Jerry.

[Big T]

No, it's not.

[Host]

Nothing's getting cheap. When was the last time something got cheap?

[Jerry]

Cheap TVs.

[Host]

TVs.

[Jerry]

Good point.

[Host]

Yeah. TVs are really the only thing we got going for us now.

[Bloodman]

Falcons tickets.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Bloodman]

I don't know.

[Host]

I mean, running back.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

We. We used to have. We used to have nice dinners out. You'd go on a date, you could go to a movie for five bucks a ticket.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Host]

And now we don't have any of that. But you can get a free agent running back for like. Like 2.5.

[Jerry]

Arian signed that contract, then everybody said, that's enough.

[Host]

Yeah. Yeah. That was the top.

[Jerry]

No more of this.

[Bloodman]

What.

[Host]

What's the.

[Big T]

What year Are we in? 26, right?

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

You nailed it.

[Big T]

What do you think? What do you think it's gonna look like in 2040?

[Jerry]

The economy or running backs.

[Big T]

When you grocery shop, how much does it cost you?

[Jerry]

I mean, it depends. I do, like, a lot of small trips.

[Big T]

So you don't do one big one for the week?

[Jerry]

No, I'll go two or three times.

[Big T]

Okay. You're out, then I need somebody who does one.

[Jerry]

It helps. It help ease the pain.

[Bloodman]

Fair.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

I do. Like one big trip a week.

[Big T]

Okay, so how much are you spending right now in 2026?

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Like, I'll go tonight to Trader Joe's and it'll probably be like 100 bucks.

[Big T]

Okay, what do you think that's gonna look like in 2040?

[Jerry]

I mean, just take inflation from the last 15 years.

[Big T]

It's got to be 200, 250.

[Jerry]

No, not 250.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

No, no, but like 180.

[Jerry]

1 50.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

100. I don't know.

[Big T]

That's not that bad.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Yeah, I mean, granted, I.

[Big T]

Maybe I'm overreacting.

[Jerry]

It's not that great.

[Ad Reader]

I mean.

[Bloodman]

No, it's not. You're not overreacting.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Granted, I live in a major city.

[Bloodman]

Expensive. When you go to like a breakfast. Oh, my God, what a breakfast is.

[Jerry]

You know why I've thought about this, Blutman? Because they know they've got you by the balls. Nobody goes out to breakfast just for. For the hell of it. It's. You've made a decision the day before. Like, either you're going with people or you've made. Nobody wakes up in the morning, says, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to get dressed at 8am and I'm going to go out and do this. They know they have you, so they can charge whatever they want.

[Bloodman]

No, sometimes you just wake up and you're like, hey, I want. I want House of Pancakes today. And you go to the House of Pancakes with the Fells in Vegas. Yeah, we text her, you want to go get pancakes? Go get pancakes.

[Jerry]

If someone texted me to get breakfast on less than 12 hours notice, there's a 0% chance I'd ever go. Unless in one minute morning of no.

[Host]

And you never assume that you're absolutely. Yeah.

[Bloodman]

Wow.

[Jerry]

And I'm not even. I'm up early, but I know.

[Host]

Jerry, The Steelers just got Michael Pittman traded with the Colts.

[Big T]

Really?

[Bloodman]

Wow. Wow.

[Big T]

I like that. That's cool.

[Bloodman]

What they give up, which is a

[Host]

late round pick swap and you're signed to extension, so.

[Bloodman]

Okay.

[Host]

Co a good deal for the Steelers.

[Bloodman]

That's pretty nice, jj. I like that. Let's go.

[Host]

You got the money, why not spend it? Today's episode of Macro Dosing is brought to you by Shady Rays. It's sunglass season. That means it's sunglasses losing season. How are my Shady Rays? Basically the same quality as the 200 sunglasses that I used to buy. Well, I'm not exaggerating they feel every bit as premium as the expensive brands that I've owned in the past. Meanwhile, I'm wearing Shady Rays to the lake, on the boat, at the game, on the job site. Because if I drop them in the ocean, they replace them. If they get knocked off the dock, they replace them. If I sit on them one day, they replace them.

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[Bloodman]

I'm a Malik Willis guy.

[Host]

I am too, but I might be.

[Bloodman]

I'll never quit him.

[Host]

I might be a lafleur Malik Willis guy like that. That was a good fit that they had.

[Bloodman]

I know. I just, I. I do agree with that ball. Never be able to quit Malik Willis. There's a reason that so many of us were so incredibly high on him at liberty before he like he falls off in pre draft process. Whatever. Got a raw deal in Tennessee. I'm. Well, I. If you give me a choice between Malik Willis and Kyler Murray today and taking Malik Willis 10 out, I want nothing to do with Kyler Murray. I've gotten too much flack for my Kyler Murray disdain. When all I am about Kyler Murray is correct, he has a better shot. I said World series earlier. He has a better shot at winning a CDL championship with Bush than he does a Super Bowl. Also, Ricky Scoops was also right on Kenneth Walker, Chiefs Ricky Scoops. The NFL is trying to get rid of this guy and it's not right. They're trying to erase him. Kenneth Walker, Ricky Scoops. Oh, why they're trying to make sure because Ricky Scoops is right. Too much about things that they don't want leaked. So they're trying to crack down on Ricky Scoops, which I know is probably close to you because it's a dog inside dog Insider.

[Host]

Yeah. Leroy was the first. Yeah.

[Bloodman]

So like Leroy paves the way for Ricky Scoops and we're going to take it away from Ricky Scoops. That's not right at the NFL, dude. The insiders are all angry at him. That dog eat dog world.

[Host]

That does make sense. They were not happy with. With Leroy.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

When Leroy is breaking the News. Back in 2019, 2020, there were some very powerful enemies which like there for. For Leroy's snout. It was actually sad to see.

[Bloodman]

And I don't even get being an enemy of that like.

[Big T]

Or I.

[Bloodman]

Sorry. I don't get how you could be so irate about it. You had the chance to crack the story and. Or get the story player. You should have done that.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Host]

If the dog's beating you.

[Bloodman]

Dog beat you.

[Host]

Wouldn't you rather have a dog beating you a dog that generates no salary, then have somebody else like a new actual human insider in the game that's breaking all the news and liable to take your job like.

[Bloodman]

Or AI Insider. Yeah, AI Insider. Fry on the come up.

[Host]

Leroy was never going to steal Adam Shefford's job. But after Shefter got upset about it, he kind of wanted to. He kind of wanted to steal that job.

[Bloodman]

But.

[Host]

Yeah. Shout out Ricky Scoops. I need. I need the commanders to do something.

[Bloodman]

They will.

[Big T]

They will.

[Host]

They'll do something. I need. I need them to do something.

[Big T]

Might not be the right thing, but

[Host]

they did resign Laramie Tunsil, which is good.

[Big T]

Okay.

[Host]

But that's like resigning your own guy. I just. I'm convinced the longer we go.

[Big T]

Can I say something?

[Host]

We're going to get pregnant and I

[Big T]

don't want you to get mad at this. I think the Terry. The Terry contract could be bad contract.

[Host]

Okay, let's talk about it. I disagree because.

[Big T]

Okay.

[Host]

I think that Terry McLaurin played really well last year. He was injured for several games. That was a bummer when he gets injured right off the jump and he's got a. Had a quad problem. Kind of like a hip injury that doesn't really heal. That was concerning. But that's really the first time he's had a bad injury where he's missed time in his career. Exactly.

[Big T]

I will say this. That's how it starts, though.

[Host]

Yeah, that's where it starts. But then he came back and he played the rest of the Year. And he was really good when he played the rest. Yeah, he was really good.

[Big T]

I get it. But I don't know.

[Host]

I don't know now. If he gets injured, like, week one or two this year, then I'm gonna

[Big T]

be like, you're panicking.

[Host]

I'm panicking. Yeah. Panic button. I'm thinking about it. But, like, guys. Guys are allowed to get hurt.

[Bloodman]

Of course.

[Host]

Yeah, they're allowed to get hurt. I'm okay with my guys getting hurt. Yeah. It happens.

[Bloodman]

Yep.

[Host]

I never want to be a guy that's, like, talking about a player saying, like, oh, this guy's soft, or this guy can't stay healthy and getting mad at the guy. A lot of times it's not their fault that they get hurt. It's not anything they did.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Host]

Kind of a freak situation. I'm chalking last year up to freak situation.

[Big T]

Okay.

[Host]

Now, I hope that the commanders are making some moves on Linder Bomb.

[Bloodman]

That'd be great. Did you guys see? This is a NHL NFL thing. Have you guys seen this? This fella's tweet about the Sabers and Bills.

[Jerry]

Yes. No.

[Bloodman]

Okay. I'm gonna find this. Oh, we should.

[Jerry]

Also, we haven't gotten any of the three stories. I wanted to see if Blutman knew about 2018.

[Bloodman]

In the summer of 2018, this guy tweeted, had a guy who called himself a psychic call me three times today, told me that the Bills are winning the Super bowl in 2027, but the Sabres will have won the Stanley cup in 2026. The Sabres have the longest active playoff drought in pro sports, 14 years. They're like, fifth in Stanley cup odds right now. They're an unbelievable, unbelievable turnaround identity team. They're electric to watch. And the Bills would then get over the hump in 2027. This guy calls himself a psychic.

[Host]

This is bad news for the jets, by the way. Oh, it's bad news for the Jets. Well, because the. The jets, the only thing they've got going is.

[Bloodman]

Oh, yeah.

[Host]

The playoff streak thing for the Sabers. So once the Sabers make the playoffs and the jets have the longest playoff streak drought.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

In sports.

[Bloodman]

Not good.

[Host]

Not good. No.

[Jerry]

How long?

[Bloodman]

Also, the. The Angels aren't far behind.

[Host]

When would that be the last? I think it's the last time they went to the AFC Championship game with Mark Sanchez, Right?

[Jerry]

No, because that would be longer than that.

[Big T]

That.

[Bloodman]

The Colts game.

[Host]

And then p. Because they didn't go with Fitzpatrick when you said the.

[Jerry]

The Sabers was 14 years. Sabers is 14 and that would be 16, right. Or 15.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

This says 2011.

[Host]

They went in 2011.

[Jerry]

So are they tied?

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Playoff game was the AFC championship on January 23rd, 2011.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Host]

There we go.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

The Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Steelers.

[Jerry]

Oh.

[Bloodman]

So sabers 15. And I have discalculated and saying no,

[Jerry]

this says jets is 15 and sabers is 14. So the jets is the longest.

[Bloodman]

Oh, whoops.

[Host]

But if the. No, but they flip flop. So there's like a time of year after the Stanley cup playoffs where the Sabers have the longest streak in sports.

[Jerry]

Okay, wait, no. The Sabers last postseason appearance was the 2011 Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

So they have made it more recently.

[Bloodman]

Wow.

[Host]

But wait, at some point their streak is going to become. They flip. I know. They flip flop. I don't know how it works, but memes always.

[Jerry]

Sabres went to the playoffs.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

More recently than the jets in terms

[Host]

of number of days since that franchise, number of seasons since that franchise has been to the playoffs.

[Jerry]

Yes.

[Host]

So but the jets, it was. It was in 2011 or was it the 2011 season?

[Jerry]

It was January of 2011.

[Host]

Okay, so it was the 2010 season for the jets then, right?

[Jerry]

Yes.

[Host]

And then they go in January of 2011 and with the Sabers, they go in April of 2011.

[Bloodman]

Yeah. April 26th looks like the last.

[Jerry]

We're doing a bodybuilding.com thing.

[Host]

We are. I'm just trying to remember the. The way that Memes has explained it to me where at times the Sabers have a longer streak.

[Jerry]

It doesn't seem like that's accurate.

[Host]

I might not be the longer streak. It might be a different way.

[Bloodman]

People have called it the longest act of trial in sports.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Bloodman]

Feel like other people have said that.

[Host]

In the meantime, I looked big T asked Blutman about one of the stories.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

So. So the whole reason I wanted to have Blutman was because I've got three stories here, Blood, that are in the news. I want to see what you know about. About these.

[Bloodman]

Yes.

[Jerry]

Do you know about the brain cells that played the video game Doom? So you know nothing about this?

[Bloodman]

I know what brain cells in Doom are. I don't know.

[Jerry]

Okay, so these scientists had. I think it's 200. Pardon me. I'm not. Okay. I forget the exact number. But these scientists had human brain cells that they put in a petri dish and connected it to like a computer chip and taught the brain cells how to play the video game Doom through like electric pulses or something. And it could do it.

[Bloodman]

What? I don't. I. I got. I don't like petri dishes?

[Jerry]

Yeah. Never anything good.

[Host]

No.

[Bloodman]

No. They look gross. And I've never been petri dish guy. I don't have other thoughts on this. It's odd and I don't know. I don't like that.

[Host]

I think that's. That's a very fair thought.

[Jerry]

800, 000 neurons figured out how to navigate, shoot and survive a video game without ever being alive.

[Bloodman]

Yeah. That's not neat.

[Host]

I feel like there's. There's nine stories that happen every week. That would have been the biggest story ever in 2010. Yeah, right. Also the Sabres will. They'll tie the jets for the longest active streak in sports if they don't make the playoffs. Meaning was it 15 seasons, 14 seasons when the season's over. Yeah. So it would be like the jets would. The jets would pull ahead.

[Jerry]

But that's stupid.

[Host]

And then the Sabers would tie them.

[Jerry]

The Sabres have been to the playoffs more recently. There's a very easy way to.

[Host]

More more recently. But in terms of seasons.

[Jerry]

Okay, but they're going to go to the playoffs this year, so it doesn't.

[Host]

So it doesn't matter.

[Bloodman]

First in their division. One of the coolest stories in sports history if they actually win the cup.

[Host]

Yeah, I agree.

[Bloodman]

That that level of suffering for so long they were dead in the water. Yeah, they were dead in the water at the beginning of the season. Make a GM change and things just completely flip.

[Jerry]

All right. Blubman, do you know about the government releasing radioactive ticks that cause Lyme disease?

[Bloodman]

No. And on. I don't think I'll ever fully understand what Lyme disease even is. It doesn't sound that bad. But it is.

[Jerry]

Yeah. It's not great, but I don't think it's like life threatening.

[Bloodman]

Oh yeah. Then I'm correct. I'll never understand.

[Jerry]

But Declassified documents expose US military releasing 282,000 radioactive ticks sparking Lyme disease epidemic in 40 years. Cover up. The US military released 200,000 radioactive Lone Star ticks labeled with carbon 14 across Virginia sites along bird migration routes from 1966-69. Before the experiments, these ticks were not found north of the Mason Dixon line. But they soon established populations on Long island for the first time. It goes on and on. But I guess there are These documents that Dr. Robert Malone has something to do with.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jerry]

And they say that the government may have started Lyme disease.

[Bloodman]

This.

[Host]

It's been. It's been a theory for a while that the government had something to do with it. Anytime you're you're like, dropping insects like it's carpet bombing someplace. I feel like that's. There should be a lot of red flags that go up being like, hey, this is. This is like superhero or super villain bad stuff that we're doing.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Host]

And also, it brings to light the question of, like, how. How do the ticks get dropped out of an airplane and survive?

[Jerry]

Is, are they light enough that they

[Host]

just kind of float down?

[Bloodman]

Yeah, this. This is.

[Big T]

Ticks fly.

[Host]

No, they don't have wings, but, like. Well, if you drop it. If you drop a tick, it doesn't, like, it doesn't go super fast.

[Jerry]

What's the terminal velocity of a tick?

[Bloodman]

Remius the.

[Jerry]

You.

[Host]

That sounds like a great question for AI.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Big T]

What happens if you drop like a million ants from a plane?

[Host]

That's what I'm saying. Like, would they die?

[Big T]

Yeah, I don't think so.

[Host]

I. I don't think they die. I think. I think the wind resistance on the way down would kind of make it a soft land.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Did we do this with squirrels?

[Host]

We did it with squirrels, but we have. We haven't done this with. With ticks.

[Big T]

Squirrels are definitely dead.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

No, no, really, that was our whole thing. Was that, like, squirrels don't reach. Wasn't it? Pft.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

They don't reach a high enough velocity to kill them.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

If they're dropped from. Or if they fall from whatever height

[Host]

now, if they land on their head, then yeah.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

Terminal velocity of a tick is two to seven miles an hour.

[Host]

Oh, that's. That's leisurely.

[Jerry]

Similar to a slow jog.

[Bloodman]

So they're being dropped from the sky.

[Jerry]

That's a. That's a very fast jog. Well, seven two is a nice.

[Host]

Two is a nice easy pace. Yeah. But, yeah, if you land on, like, a leaf or the grass, that's a nice soft landing, I would imagine.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Big T]

I gotta go record real quick.

[Host]

All right. See.

[Bloodman]

Appreciate you guys. Bye, Jerry. This. This is one of those things, stories, things that really makes me think how crazy it is. Like, that's a complete. That's happening on a completely different world than I live in.

[Jerry]

The government starting diseases or what.

[Bloodman]

Yeah, whatever. You like that. That's not in my stratosphere. I can't believe I live in the same world as that. I guess.

[Jerry]

You know, I'm. I'm starting to think, as we've done this show for five years and we've kind of done all the conspiracy theories there are to do, I feel like Blutman isn't in that World. No, we might need to do a video series of just going over the biggest conspiracy theories ever with Bloodman.

[Host]

Explain them all. Like from ground zero. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep.

[Jerry]

Literally, ground zero.

[Host]

Yeah, we could do that.

[Bloodman]

Where's ground zero?

[Jerry]

Okay, see, there's a lot of zeros. This is why we need to do this.

[Host]

Ground zero.

[Bloodman]

The only is. Is Area 51 a conspiracy?

[Jerry]

Oh, yeah.

[Bloodman]

Okay. Well, that one. I am cognizant of Area 51. Las Vegas. 51s, of course, Area 51. I feel like I'm hip to that in some way. There's alien beef jerky, which is a place, I believe, Baker, California, that you drive through when you're driving from Vegas to la and vice versa. You gotta go to alien beef jerky. It's great. So we go and get that. But it's all Area 51 themed and stuff. Then at some point in Vegas, when you're driving. I feel like I could be an idiot. I feel like we've tried to see Area 51. No, that. I could make that up. I don't know. Dude, area.

[Jerry]

The real conspiracy about the UFO, it's the government.

[Bloodman]

Well, Area 51s is all UFOs. I thought Area 51s was aliens.

[Jerry]

It is, but, like, I'm just talk UFOs. People see the UFOs, they go, oh, it's aliens. No, it's not. It's the military.

[Bloodman]

Gotcha.

[Jerry]

They've got. They've got. You can't even comprehend.

[Bloodman]

Gotcha. Yeah. Then there's the moon. I know that one.

[Host]

Of course you know the moon. Yeah.

[Bloodman]

I don't know if that happened.

[Jerry]

What do you think killed jfk?

[Bloodman]

I know nothing about that.

[Jerry]

See this? We. We should do this.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

We gotta talk about gun.

[Big T]

Yeah.

[Host]

Someone with a gun, probably.

[Bloodman]

Yeah.

[Host]

So just one person with a gun.

[Bloodman]

I don't know.

[Host]

Or is it multiple?

[Jerry]

I.

[Bloodman]

All I know is the image. He's in the car. The girl's next to him.

[Jerry]

The girl.

[Host]

The girl.

[Bloodman]

His wife.

[Jerry]

Yeah.

[Host]

Jackie. Yeah. All right, well, we will. I think we should definitely do that. We should get blubbing back on to just run through the greatest.

[Jerry]

Maybe. Maybe a video series.

[Host]

Yeah, video series sounds good.

[Bloodman]

Okay, what's your third story?

[Jerry]

The prison guard who googled Jeffrey Epstein minutes before he died. Did you see that?

[Bloodman]

I did see that. That one got thrown into a longtime group chat. I mean, I scrolled past. Past it.

[Host]

So this. This lady not only googled Jeffrey Epstein, but she's also had payments that were deposited into her Zell account in and around the time of Jeffrey Epstein's death.

[Jerry]

I did not know that part.

[Host]

Yep. And there was a. An interview with one of the inmates that said that they overheard her talking about Jeffrey Epstein's death and how they need to do things to, like, fake the cameras before the investigators got there. Now it's an inmate interview with the FBI, so you can take that with a grain of salt. But it is out there in the. In the record.

[Jerry]

I think the. The psyop is working on me because I'm almost to the point now where it's so comical and ridiculous that I think maybe it really. What? He just killed himself, you know, and they were googling him, and maybe all this crazy shit just happened because it's so stupid.

[Host]

It's gotten. It's gotten so crazy that now it's almost reversing itself. Yeah. And now it's like, this is the conspiracy.

[Jerry]

Yes. I actually think I'm on the. The new. The real conspiracy, which is that there is no conspiracy.

[Host]

Okay. Would that have anything to do with the fact that Trump is being more and more implicated?

[Jerry]

No. Okay. I'm not even.

[Host]

Totally unrelated.

[Jerry]

Well, I don't give a shit about Trump, but I'm not even talking about the, like, the island stuff. I'm talking about killing himself.

[Host]

Killing himself. And for me, it's gotten to the point where I. I always thought that there was some weird stuff going on with Epstein. I wouldn't be shocked if he was, like, alive.

[Jerry]

I wouldn't either.

[Host]

Overseas. I wouldn't be shocked if, like, Jeffrey Epstein was, like, secretly, like, living in a mansion somewhere.

[Jerry]

Well, that's the thing. They had.

[Host]

Just gaming all day.

[Jerry]

We know they had a fake body that they wheeled out of there.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

Now they claim it was to wheel out the real dead body. Who knows, Right?

[Host]

But still, that's not really something that. That prisons do A lot is like, sure, have a fake body that gets wheeled out. So it opens up a lot of questions.

[Jerry]

How much do you know about the whole Epstein deal?

[Bloodman]

No, I'm out on the.

[Jerry]

Do you know about the island?

[Bloodman]

I know there's an island.

[Jerry]

Okay. Do you know who's been there?

[Bloodman]

Mr. Beast,

[Jerry]

we really should do this.

[Host]

Yeah, we will.

[Bloodman]

I don't have a clue about nothing.

[Jerry]

You're good at coming up with punny names on the spot. What would the name of this show

[Host]

be for Educating Blutman on conspiracies? Yeah, let's see.

[Jerry]

We got area 50 blood.

[Host]

Oh, area 50 blood's not bad. I. I need to. I need to think of this for a longer period of time.

[Bloodman]

You think an alien actually looks like the little green guy?

[Host]

No, I don't think they're little. I don't think they're green.

[Bloodman]

I think they are cool. It's a cool mascot.

[Big T]

The.

[Bloodman]

The green alien?

[Host]

Yeah. Like the cartoon guy. Yeah, I like. Yeah, I. I hope that's what they look like. But they're like the big, gray, silver giant head, big eyes. I don't like those aliens.

[Bloodman]

I like the green alien that looks like you could just chat with. With the black eyes. Those are cool. Yeah.

[Host]

We will do this video series if you're down, and I will think of a funny name for it. I don't have one right now, but I'm. I'm sorry. Bloodman. Big T. That's okay.

[Jerry]

No, you'll come up with something great.

[Host]

We'll have a great one. All right, well, we will see you guys on Thursday. I think we're going to do Ticketmaster Live Nation. They might be the most universally hated company in the country, right?

[Jerry]

Yeah. Do we have any polls on them? Approval rating?

[Host]

I don't know.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Negative. I can't. I can't understand why someone would approve them.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jerry]

If you just really love events.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

But I think you would hate Ticketmaster if you do really love events.

[Host]

Yep.

[Mad Dog McKenzie]

Because they're making it harder for you to love the event and attend the event. And more expensive.

[Host]

Okay, well, we will see you guys on Thursday. Love you guys.