The College Football Playoffs Are Set | Dec 9, 2025

Summary

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Macrodosing Podcast Summary

Episode: The College Football Playoffs Are Set
Hosts: PFT Commenter (A), Arian Foster (E), Big T (B), Mad Dog McKenzie / D, Others
Date: December 9, 2025

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Overview

This episode centers on the announcement and controversies surrounding the 2025 College Football Playoff (CFP) lineup, the implications for smaller programs, the often-maligned selection process, and a wide array of cultural topics—from Pantone’s “Color of the Year” to Netflix’s Hollywood merger chaos. Power dynamics in college football, playoff expansion, bowl traditions, and general sporting culture all get their moment, as do riffs on pop culture, tech, and some classic Macrodosing tangents.

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Table of Contents

1. College Football Playoff Selections and Controversies
2. Odds, Outrage, and Small School Dreams
3. Bowl Game Gifts & Declining Traditions
4. Identity, Travel Mishaps, & Losing Things
5. World News: FIFA, Trump, and the World Cup Draw
6. Pantone Color of the Year—Rage Against “Cloud Dancer”
7. Freedom of Speech: UK’s Joey Barton Sentencing
8. Pop Culture: The Taylor Swift Era(s) Never Ends
9. Cultural Sidebars: Tech, Theaters, & the Streaming Wars
10. Prediction Markets: What's the Deal?
11. Jeff D. Lowe on the Netflix/Warner Drama
12. Other Notable Quotes and Moments

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1. College Football Playoff Selections and Controversies <a name="cfp"></a>

• Main theme: James Madison (JMU) and Tulane, both Group of Five teams, making the Playoffs is historic and controversial. The hosts dissect perceived snubs, strange ranking logic, and the backroom alliances that guide the process.
• "We are playing by the rules that... we were told at the start of the year. If you're mad, blame the system." (A, 04:52)
• The rankings are widely viewed as arbitrary and reverse-engineered to fit committee narratives.
  • “All the rankings before the last one mean absolutely nothing.” (B, 06:37)
• Head-to-head logic only applies when convenient:
  • "They just wanted Miami and Notre Dame side by side to justify their pick." (A, 06:44)
• The ACC’s influence (via ESPN) and how TV deals shape who gets in.
• Notre Dame’s reaction (“take our ball and go home”) by refusing to play a bowl game after snubbing.

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2. Odds, Outrage, and Small School Dreams <a name="odds"></a>

• Point spreads: JMU massive underdogs to Oregon (from 21.5 to 20.5).
  • "I immediately bet on JMU at 21 and a half points. That's a lot. Does JMU keep it closer with Oregon than Tennessee did with Ohio State last year?” (A, 08:53)
  • “I would pick Oregon to win by more than 25." (B, 09:23)
• Physical mismatches between Power Four and Group of Five.
  • "It's going to be a physical mismatch and that's okay." (A, 09:56)
  • “One of these days, a Group of Five team will upset a Power 4 team in the playoffs.” (A, 11:24)

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3. Bowl Game Gifts & Declining Traditions <a name="bowls"></a>

• Nostalgia for bowl-game gift bags (PSPs, gift cards, branded gear).
  • “Thanks for making us millions, here’s a video game…and a blooming onion.” (A, 16:37, group riff)
• Changing attitude: More teams now skip bowls when slighted.
  • “10–15 years ago, players just wanted that gift bag!" (A, 15:15)
  • "Now, they're opting out and I agree with them." (F/Mad Dog, 15:15)
• Funny anecdote: Arkansas’s Jeremy Sprinkle suspended for shoplifting at Belk during the Belk Bowl gift run (B, 16:46)

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4. Identity, Travel Mishaps, & Losing Things <a name="identity"></a>

• The hierarchy of most stressful things to lose: Phone, keys, wallet, dog.
  • “Phones first. Then...keys, then wallet.” (E, 18:03)
• Travel anxiety: PFT’s adventure getting ‘red carded’ by TSA for lack of Real ID.
  • “I got red carded going through TSA security...felt kind of cool.” (A, 21:50)

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5. World News: FIFA, Trump, and the World Cup Draw <a name="fifa"></a>

• Trump receives inaugural FIFA Peace Award—created seemingly for him.
  • “It was invented for him. Are they going to give it to somebody else next time?” (A, 25:42)
• FIFA’s excessively long draw show.
  • “This all could have been done in 10 minutes—took three hours.” (B, 23:59)
• Notable story: Iran vs Egypt in the “Pride Match” in Seattle—ironic and controversial given both countries’ stances on LGBTQ rights (27:00 onward)
• “Soccer” as a British word and linguistic pet peeve.
  • "The word ‘soccer’ is their fault." (B, 25:13)

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6. Pantone Color of the Year—Rage Against “Cloud Dancer” <a name="pantone"></a>

• Pantone’s Color of the Year: Pantone 114201 “Cloud Dancer” (a neutral white).
  • "It's a neutral white that brings calm clarity and creative breath in a noisy world." (A, 31:32)
• Twitter/social outrage over picking a “colorless” color.
  • “Hey Pantone, you’re fired. You really chose white in these times?” (Katie Rogers, via B, 33:09)
• Debate about whether anyone is actually upset, or if it’s just for clout/social media points.
  • “If you know somebody upset about the Pantone color of the year, refer them to a hospital.” (A, 36:04)
• Group riff on preferred colors and streamer lighting vibes.
  • "Ghost purple...it's just a beautiful, like, metallic, bioluminescent-esque color." (E, 34:33)

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7. Freedom of Speech: UK’s Joey Barton Sentencing <a name="joey"></a>

• Former soccer player Joey Barton given a suspended prison sentence for offensive social media posts.
  • “I'd say it's about a third as bad as a daily Barstool comment section.” (B, 36:58)
• Discussed the difference between UK and US free speech laws.
  • "I don't think you should be allowed to call people pedophiles online...That's defamation." (A, 38:24)
• Barton called others a ‘nonce’—explained as British for ‘sex offender.’ (39:01)

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8. Pop Culture: The Taylor Swift Era(s) Never Ends <a name="swift"></a>

• New Swift Eras Tour behind-the-scenes docuseries; enthusiasm and light ribbing toward the endless ‘drops.’ (48:50–51:44)
  • “She’s just dropping. I will eat drop after drop after drop.” (A, 52:14)
  • Mad Dog McKenzie (D) excited to see Taylor and Travis [Kelce]’s relationship.
  • Debate on how much Swift content is too much, and parallels to sports docuseries.

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9. Cultural Sidebars: Tech, Theaters, & the Streaming Wars <a name="culture"></a>

• Netflix rumored to buy Warner Brothers, leading to speculation about theatrical windows and media consolidation.
  • “What if Netflix did pop-up locations for movie releases?…giant screens, full service.” (A, 62:12)
  • Group shares amusement at the possibility of Netflix opening ‘theaters’ in five years.
• Movie theater upgrades and the luxury experience trend.
  • “Upgrade the film aspect…maybe like the Vegas Sphere.” (E, 64:13)

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10. Prediction Markets: What's the Deal? <a name="markets"></a>

• Introduction to prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, where users bet on real-world outcomes with money.
  • “I think we’re going to be going in a strange, dystopian direction.” (A, 65:45)
  • Noted absurd result: Antonio Brown inexplicably leading Polymarket’s odds to be next New York Giants head coach (A, 76:40)

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11. Jeff D. Lowe on the Netflix/Warner Drama <a name="jeff"></a>

• Jeff D. Lowe breaks down the Netflix/Warner deal:
  • Suspicion Warner is setting up a deal to fail for a “breakup fee.” (C, 68:47)
  • Paramount Circle (Ellison family) poised for a hostile takeover.
  • “The biggest concern: Netflix would shrink theatrical windows, killing movie word-of-mouth and box office.” (C, 70:21)
  • Warner owns enormous IP: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, DC, etc.—not just studios but the content backbone of Hollywood (C, 71:53)
• Jeff’s Holiday Movie Picks:
  • “Jingle All the Way—an underrated holiday staple.” (C, 73:44)
• Knives Out opinions, and an absurd endorsement for a ping pong movie starring Kevin O’Leary (“Mr. Wonderful”) (C, 74:47)

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12. Other Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments <a name="quotes"></a>

• On losing things:
  “Wallet’s really taken a drop over the last ten years…” (A, 18:13)
• Arian’s proposal:
  “If you’re talking shit about someone online, you get to challenge them to a Gulag…government funded, straight fists in an octagon.” (E, 40:16)
• On sports documentaries vs pop music:
  "Documentaries about the Chiefs era...then an album about the book about the movie about the era." (A, 48:29)
• Tech Nostalgia:
  "David Bowie pretty much predicted the entire Internet." (A, 55:05)
• Pantone, parodying outrage:
  “If you know somebody that is upset about Pantone the year…drive them to a hospital.” (A, 36:04)

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Notable Timestamps

• 03:38: First mentions of CFP snubs, JMU in the Playoff (system talk)
• 08:51: JMU as 20+ point underdogs—odds breakdown
• 15:47: Bowl game gift nostalgia—PSP stories, Outback gift cards
• 21:50: PFT’s TSA “red card” story
• 27:00: Pride Match—Egypt v. Iran
• 33:09: Pantone outrage begins
• 39:01: Joey Barton court case (“nonce” explanation)
• 48:50: Taylor Swift 30-for-30 banter
• 62:12: Netflix theaters satire
• 65:35: Preview of episode on prediction markets
• 68:13: Jeff D. Lowe on Netflix/Warner deal
• 73:44: “Jingle All the Way” as a holiday classic

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Overall Tone

• Conversational, humorous, and irreverent as always; the group toggles between sincere sports analysis and tongue-in-cheek commentary on cultural absurdities. The mood blends deep-dive knowledge with banter and playful skepticism.

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FINAL THOUGHTS

For CFP fans: this is the essential irreverent post-selection episode, with big laughs, sharp criticism, and a heavy dose of “the system is rigged.”
For everyone else: come for the football, stay for satire on colors, crypto, culture wars, and conspiracies.

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Transcript

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Welcome back to Macro Dosing. It is Tuesday. It's December 9th. We got myself, Aryan, Big T, Mad Dog McKenzie. And today's show is being brought to you by our great friends over at Game Time. We're a few days into the 12 days of game Time, which means they're giving away prizes every day with a $5,000 grand prize at the end of the day, if you still have not entered, go to 12daysofgametime.com. It's free. It only takes a few seconds. That's the number 1212 days of game time.com go there. Enter this season. Game Day is celebrate. Game Time is celebrating the moments that made people fans and that they have been enabling those moments for the last 12 years. Now, big T, what was the first game or concert that you went to that made you a fan?

[B]

First game, I mean, it's probably before I can remember.

I mean I've been going to Braves.

[A]

Games since I was two knee high to a grasshopper.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

Aaron, do you remember the first game or concert you ever went to?

[E]

Oh yeah.

[A]

What was that?

[E]

First concert was Usher and Nas. Wow. Yeah. I went with my. My boy. I was a third wheel on his date. I was like, 12. He said, come to the concert. Like, I. Nas, is my dude, so love the first part. Second part was Usher. And I was like, you know, everybody all hugged up and I had, you know, got a little. Got in my fifi because I ain't had nobody with me.

[A]

It's okay, though. It worked out sad.

[B]

Where was that?

[E]

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[A]

Arian saw other people dancing with girls, getting close, and then he. He nodded his head like Cam Newton for the rest of his life. He's like, all right, here we go.

[E]

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[A]

Yep. Yep. And that's. That's a moment that'll change your life. And these are the type of moments that game time is celebrating. Big T, do we have any. Any good football games coming up on the calendar?

[B]

Well, I don't know that you phrased it correctly. We do have. I pulled up a football game that will be of interest to you. I don't know how good it is.

[A]

All football games are good, brother.

[B]

Okay, that's. That's a fair point.

[A]

They're all good dogs.

[B]

I can get you James Madison in the college football playoff at outs and stadium against the Oregon ducks for $173.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Which is an even better deal than it sounds because that stadium is not big at all.

[A]

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[B]

And that's perfectly fair.

[A]

We are playing by the rules that. That we were. That we were told at the start of the year. It's the system. You can be mad at the System. The system does stink. And don't get me wrong, I agree with you on that point. There are two group of five teams, JMU and Tulane in the College Football Playoff. People are very upset about that. They're clamoring for Notre Dame, clamoring for BYU or Texas or Vandy. But guess what? Blame the acc.

[B]

I actually think you got very lucky that they put Miami in because had they not, I think there was a real chance they would have put Duke.

[A]

I. So of course I was nervous when they were unveiling the names. I thought that there was an outside chance they might do that at the last second. But going into this weekend, I felt pretty confident that if we won and that if Duke won, we were going to be in because they ranked us last week.

[B]

And I still would have said more than 50% chance it would have been JMU. But there was a real chance that if they didn't put Miami in, they weren't clamoring to leave out a broadcast partner entirely for the second time in three years to put JMU in.

[A]

So, yeah, I mean, obviously, yes, the ACC being in bed with ESPN and all that like that, that is a factor at the end of the day. But since they put us 25, they telegraphed a little bit. They put us 25 last week. If they, if they were looking ahead and, and they saw obviously Duke would have a chance to win the ACC championship game and if they wanted to make that move, they just simply would not have ranked us. And that way JMU would not be able to complain about getting jumped in the rankings by anybody because they would not have put a ranking next to her name. So I, I was pretty confident about that.

[B]

I was also, yeah, as we learned all the rankings before the last one mean absolutely nothing.

[A]

They don't mean anything.

[B]

Literally nothing at all.

[A]

They don't mean anything. And guess what? They're going to reverse engineer it to fit their arguments and, and get in the teams that they want to. And I saw this coming a mile away with, with Miami and, and the whole Miami, Notre Dame, Alabama mix up. I knew that they were just itching to put Miami and Notre Dame side by side. So then they could be like, now we can look at the result of the head to head game.

[B]

The, the thing is, they actually, I guess did adhere to the, the messed up like terminology they use the whole season. We're like, well, the head head doesn't matter because they're not directly next to each other, which made no sense. But then they actually did put them next to each other, and then they changed it. So I don't know why that's a thing for them.

[A]

They could have just put them next to each other to begin with. It was all our hands are tied here. They're not next to each other based on the rankings that were handed down by the Lord above.

[B]

Yeah. It was an insane way to get to the correct result. Yeah, I think. But the way they did it was very odd and strange.

[A]

I agree. And they screwed up by putting Miami. What was. Miami was ranked number 18, I think, at the start of the playoffs, the first one at start of the playoff rankings. And then they gradually move them up, and then Miami and Notre Dame did not play football last weekend, but somehow they got put next to each other. Because sometimes the championship games in conferences matter, sometimes they don't, depending on which team is playing in them. And yeah, Miami got. I bet on Miami last Tuesday when the rankings came out to get into the playoffs, because I thought the scenario might play out.

[B]

Did we talk about that on this show?

[A]

I'm not sure.

[B]

I forget if we did, because I did as well. I bet BYU, Moneyline and Miami to make the playoff at plus 700.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because my thinking was either BYU wins, in which case, fine, then you win that they were plus 410 moneyline, or they lose and then they drop and now Miami and Notre Dame are next to each other, and then they have to put in Miami, which turned out to be correct. And I won some money.

[A]

There you go. Good job.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Big T, I got a. I got a question for you. You're a real college football guy, connoisseur of the sport. JMU is going to be a. I think they're down to 20 and a half point underdog.

[B]

It's under 21.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Hold talk while I do something.

[A]

I can only imagine what you're doing right now. They. They came out as a 21 1/2 point underdog. I immediately bet on JMU at 21 1/2 points. I feel like the 21 1/2 is a. That's a lot of points, especially going through that 21 number. And then as of yesterday, they had dropped down to 20 and a half. So I'm not sure where they're at right now. But the question is, does JMU keep it closer with Oregon than Tennessee did with Ohio State last year?

[B]

So that score was 42 to 17, 25 points. That's 25. I would pick Oregon to win by more than 25.

[A]

Okay. All right. This is. This is my mission.

[B]

Now okay to not lose by 25.

[A]

Keep it closer than the Vols did last year.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, yeah. Good. I. I hope they do.

[A]

I hope they do too. The. The reality is.

It'S probably not going to be competitive.

[B]

I wouldn't count on it.

[A]

Our offensive line is.

[B]

Buddy, they is not built.

[A]

You remember when Liberty played against Oregon a couple years ago? You remember how much lost by 60? You remember how much bigger Oregon was than Liberty? I think we're bigger than Liberty, but it's going to be a physical mismatch and there's a handful of guys on JMU that I think could play for Oregon. I think our defensive end to here White could play and start for Oregon. He's probably going to be a star at a major program next year. I think that we've got. We've got a couple players. Running back Wayne Knight, I think he could be in the rotation at Oregon and we might have a receiver that could be in there too. But overall, physically it's going to be a. It's going to be a mismatch and that's okay.

[B]

Troy was giving James Madison all it could handle at home until their quarterback got hurt.

[A]

Well, J. MU also is a big time second half team and we won by three scores.

[E]

Yeah, they.

[B]

They made it look more convincing than it was.

[A]

We held Troy to. What was it? Negative 26 yards rushing on the day. Like the.

[B]

Jamie, is that what it was?

[A]

Yeah. The JMU defense is legitimately good. It was not our best game. In fact, it was one of our worst games that we played all season. But Big T was also a neutral site game right in Harrisonburg.

[B]

Right at, At JMU Stadium?

[A]

Yeah, at. Well, in Harrisonburg. I don't think that we're allowed to say that the game took place at Bridge 4th Stadium.

[B]

It's like what the World Cup's doing where it's Dallas Stadium and New York Stadium.

[A]

I don't think that we're allowed to say that that was a. That was an interesting, interesting choice made by the Sunbelt. But yeah, I don't think we're anywhere close to physically to what Oregon's got. But one of these days there will be a time when A group of five team upsets a Power 4 conference in the playoffs.

[B]

I'm not convinced of that.

[A]

I actually wouldn't be shocked if Tulane kept it close.

[B]

I would.

[A]

Given that Ole Miss doesn't have their coach.

[B]

They lost 45 to 10 this season.

[A]

I'm aware, I'm fully aware. I'm just saying I Wouldn't be surprised if they kept it close.

[B]

I would be surprised if they kept it close. Tulane lost their coach, too. He's just still kind of coaching.

[A]

That is true. And how does that work? Like, JMU is in the. The same situation where Bob Chesney's going to UCLA and we have Billy Napier is, is the new coach. Are they getting travel with the team?

[B]

Yeah, they'll usually like when at bowl games and stuff, the new coaches will go, but they're not involved at all.

[A]

They'll just be sitting in the corner chair in the hotel room.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Watching another man coach their team.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

Arian, did you pay attention to the College Football Playoff rankings?

[E]

I mean, I see. I've seen them, but I didn't really, like, mull over them like that.

[A]

So they, they decided not to penalize Alabama for getting their ass kicked in the SEC Championship game. And I understand why. In theory, you should not. You should not take into account the championship games. I get it. You don't want to penalize teams for going to a competitive game against a very good team and losing when you've got other teams that will be in the playoff that didn't have to play in that game. I understand the concept behind that, but I thought that, I thought Alabama got beaten soundly enough where they would have no choice but to take it into consideration.

[E]

Yeah. I only watched part of that game and they didn't look like one of the better teams in the nation. But I don't know. This, this whole system is kind of. Nobody really knows what's going on right now.

[A]

It's kind of screwy.

[E]

Yeah, it's a little hectic. Yeah.

[F]

I feel like even the guy that was like, making the choices didn't know.

[A]

Oh, he's a clown.

[F]

He's like so insane.

[A]

Yeah, Hunter Yuricheck is a clown. He's. He said that he told the committee to go back and. And watch the Miami Notre Dame game, which is essentially giving them instructions like, put Miami in over Notre Dame and head to head should mean something. So like Big T said, I think they got the. The correct decision was made given the rules that were in place, but the way that they got there was just kind of insane and very, very stupid. But then Notre Dame. I'd like to hear from you, MacKenzie, regarding Notre Dame and their reaction to getting left out of the College Football Playoff being. We're going to. We're going to take our ball and go home. You're going to leave us out of the playoffs. Fine. We're not playing a bowl game. See how you like that.

[F]

Yeah, I'm honestly happy about it. Like, what's the point at that? I understand people are like, oh, you're just wimping out, like you didn't get what you want, so you're just gonna like stop playing. But at the same time, it's like, if they're gonna keep you out, like, don't give them then the satisfaction to go just like play a game and like, let them make money off of it sort of thing. And I think people are like, oh, this sucks for the team. Like, they made it like a team decision. At least I wasn't there. I don't really know. But from what they're saying is like the players and the coaches and everyone all decided together. So, like, if they wanted to play, they'd be playing. So it's like, I don't think we need to feel bad for the players because they probably voice that. But yeah, I think. I don't really. I would have enjoyed watching a game if they were to play another one. But I completely, like, agree with their decision to not play a bowl game.

[A]

I don't think this would have happened like 10, 15 years ago. No, because. No, the bowl games, the players were like, I'm gonna get that gift bag. I'm gonna get. Give me the gift bag of the Beats by Dre headphones.

[B]

Used to mean something.

[A]

Give me the. The nice, like suede messenger bag. What did you get for your. For your games, Aryan?

[E]

Oh, man.

We got. I remember getting a psp.

[A]

Oh, that's sick.

[B]

That rocks.

[F]

That's cool. Everyone got that.

[E]

Yeah, I got a psp. What else? It was like. I think it was like a. Because I played in the Outback bowl. So I got like this. I don't know how much was. It was a lot. A gift card to Outback Steakhouse.

[A]

That's awesome.

[E]

I forget it was long. It was almost 20 years ago though.

[B]

Do you remember? I forget what team or player it was, but they were playing in the Belk bowl and they took them to Belk and gave them all like a hundred dollar gift cards or something. And the guy stole from the Belk that they were getting for free.

[A]

Oh, no, I don't. I don't remember that.

[B]

I'll have to find who it was.

[A]

It's very funny that looking back at that era in college football, they were like, hey, thanks for. Thanks for making us millions of dollars this year. Here's a video game.

[E]

Isn't it cool? Yeah.

[A]

Okay, we'll Throw in a blooming onion.

[B]

PSP was ahead of its time, though.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Arkansas's Jeremy Sprinkles. Sorry. After being suspended for shoplifting at bowl sponsor.

[A]

I mean, in his defense, they took him there to get free clothes, right? Yeah. And he just took too much.

[F]

I was gonna say, did he go over, like, the allotted amount or something?

[B]

No, I think it was pretty. Razorback and Virginia Tech players were each given $450 to spend in 90 minutes at Belk Quality retailer. By the way, it's part of their bowl game swag ahead of Thursday night's matchup.

Police say sprinkle attempted shoplift. Eight items were $260 from the store. Among them were a Ralph Lauren shirt, pair of boxers, two collared shirts, Nike black crew socks, and two wallets.

[A]

Two wallets.

[B]

For all those belt gift cards.

[A]

Yeah. That's good point.

[E]

I just got a new wallet.

[A]

What'd you get?

[E]

I don't know. It has an apple air tag on it, though, which is pretty dope.

[A]

Oh, I like that.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

What. What would be the worst things to lose? Can you rank like the four worst things to lose?

[E]

What do you mean?

[A]

Like phone, wallet, car keys. Yeah.

[C]

Keys in general.

[E]

I think you just named the top three.

[A]

In what order, though?

[E]

Phones first.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Then. Then wallet. No, then I said phone, keys, then wallet.

[A]

Yeah. While it's really taking a drop over the last ten years or so.

[E]

Yes. It's not as important. Nobody really cares cash like that anymore.

[B]

What does new car key cost if you lose that? It's not cheap.

[E]

Never really lost a car key. Me neither.

[A]

Probably like a maybe couple hundred bucks.

[B]

Yeah, I think it's not cheap if you lose your wallet. That sucks. But you cancel everything and then get new ones.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

I haven't like a car key key in probably like 15 years. The cars I have, like, now there's the fobs.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

You just change the battery out.

[A]

But does yours pull out where you have, like, the ignition key that's. That's hidden inside of it?

[E]

Yeah, it does, but I don't ever use it. Yeah, you're right.

[A]

Yeah, I would say. What about dogs? Got to be up there, too.

[E]

A lost dog. Yeah.

[A]

Losing your dog. God forbid.

[B]

I would put that one.

[E]

No, still the phone.

[A]

How's Django doing?

[E]

He's good, man. We check up on him. I'm gonna go visit him after. After the pod today. They send videos. They love him. He's doing well. They got him. They got him. They got him on a straight line, so I'm Excited to get.

[F]

How long is he there for?

[E]

2 and a half weeks.

[A]

Oh, that's nice.

[E]

Put that in boarding school.

[A]

Love that.

[E]

Shape up little.

[A]

I love that. I. I did not lose my wallet, but I did. I found myself in a position over the weekend where I. I flew out of Chicago to go to Harrisonburg on Friday morning to go to the JMU Troy Sunbelt championship game. And as I was leaving Chicago, I went through the TSA PreCheck plus clear line to get out of there. And when I got to the airport, I realized I did not bring my passport with me. I only had my ID, which is not real ID compliant. But since I. I've got the TSA PreCheck plus clear, I was able to get on the plane no problem. Then flying back out of the Charlottesville airport, they don't have TSA pre check or clear. Oh, no, they do have pre check, but no clear.

[B]

Some place don't have clear.

[A]

So I was coming back and there was nobody in the security line. And I go up to the agent and he's like, put your ID in this machine. I did that. And then he just looks at me like, you. And he was like, what ID is that? I was like, it's a New York State id.

[B]

And he's like, wait, you don't. You haven't gotten an Illinois driver's license.

[A]

Don't. Don't worry about it. Don't worry.

[C]

What are you.

[B]

The cops just don't get pulled over. They'll get mad.

[A]

Well, yeah, I know. That guy got mad at me, too.

[F]

Too late.

[D]

Yeah, the cop.

[B]

Well, that was because it wasn't a real id. He doesn't know where you live?

[A]

No, but the cop got mad at me in. In Chicago. And he asked me, he was like, how long have you lived here? And I was like, a little bit. And then we had a little. We had a little standoff. And he did not ask me exactly when did you move here? Because he knew that I would not answer that question.

[B]

I think you have 60 days.

[A]

Yeah, something like that. So.

[B]

Just too short, by the way.

[A]

I agree.

[B]

Should be six months, but.

[A]

So the. The TSA guy, he's like, that's not real ID compliance, sir. I was like, I know I left my passport at home. And he goes.

If you do this again.

And it's next year, there's a chance you could be fined $45.

And I was like, okay. And then he handed. And then he handed me. I got red carded. He handed me. He handed me a red card. I. Is my.

No, I don't have my backpack in here. I still have it in my. In my backpack. I got red carded going through TSA security, and it's just a red piece of paper that says you need to get a new ID or else you could face delays on a future flight. And I go through tsa, the guy's like, well, we're going to have to do some additional security on you. I just walk through as a normal person would, and then just get my bag. Absolutely zero change in the. The screening process. And I handed back my TSA precheck card and the red card that they gave me to the lady at the end that was collecting the TSA precheck cards. And then she gave me the red card back. She goes, no, you keep this one. This one's for you. So I've been red carded and, gotta be honest, felt kind of cool sent off. Felt kind of cool to get the red card going through the airport there. But, yeah, I guess I do need to get a new id, but I usually travel. My passport, I just forgot to bring it this time. So, hey, I got back and that's all that matters. We'll get back to nano dosing a second. It's brought to you by Kraken. Every holiday season, we give the same gifts. Things people don't need, don't want, won't remember. But this year, Kraken, the official crypto platform of barstool sports, is offering something with real potential. The gift of Bitcoin. Here's how it works. If you're new to Kraken, sign up before December 24th. You will receive $50 in Bitcoin as a holiday gift. And if you're already a Kraken user, you'll get a $125 bitcoin gift card to give to someone who hasn't joined yet. It's simple. Get bitcoin, give bitcoin, go to kraken.com giftofbitcoin and start gifting with intention disclaimer, not investment advice. Crypto trading involves risk of loss and is offered to US customers, excluding New York and Maine, through PayWord Interactive Incorporated. Terms apply. Big T.

A lot going on in the news. You want to start with the pantone of the year?

[B]

Yeah, I actually do want to start with that, but since you said red card, that naturally leads into another story.

[A]

Okay, yeah, yeah, let's talk about that. The FIFA World cup draw on Friday. The pageantry, the extravagance, the showmanship by FIFA. All first rate.

[B]

That this all could have been done in 10 minutes took three hours.

[A]

I'd say probably less than 10 minutes.

[B]

It was outrageous.

[A]

It was. Well, I mean, the College Football Playoff show was three hours yesterday.

[B]

No, but they do the rankings in the first 15 minutes. They do one, they do an A block. That's like a little preamble. Then they come back from commercial and they give you the rankings. Yeah, that's how it should be.

[A]

FIFA took 90 minutes to get to the first draw. At least 90 minutes. Oh, by the way, congratulations to President Donald Trump on winning the first ever Peace Award, the FIFA Peace Award for Excellence in Peace. And soccer. Excuse me, in football.

[B]

He was up there banging for to call it football, which, by the way, this. You want to teed off the word soccer is a British word. They came up with it in, like, the 1800s because they wanted a distinction between association football, that's where the soc comes from, and rugby football. And at the time, like, school kids would just add, er to everything. Like, they would. They would. That's how the slang was. So they started calling association football soccer. It's a British word. In many parts of the world, they still call rugby rugger for the same reason.

[A]

Did not know that.

[B]

Yes, it's a British word. It's their fault. And then they're like, oh, you Americans, it's your word, it's your thing.

[A]

I mean, that's. Yeah. In your face, England. I didn't realize.

[B]

It pisses me off every time.

[A]

Thank you for educating.

[B]

You're welcome.

[A]

So, yeah. So President Trump, after accepting the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize Award, which I believe.

He also invented.

[B]

I think it was invented for him.

[A]

It was invented for him. Are they going to give it to somebody else next time, or is it going to be Trump next time Again?

[B]

I think it should be given to somebody else, but it should be named for him. It should be the Donald Trump. Donald J. Trump, FIFA Peace Award.

[A]

Do you think he had any hand in designing the award?

[B]

I didn't get a good enough look at it. I did see that he recently redesigned the Kennedy Center.

[A]

Yeah. The medallion metal. Yeah.

[B]

So maybe. I don't know.

[A]

I. I would like to know the behind the scenes of how. How this award was designed. And then curious to see when it's in Saudi Arabia, if MBS gets it.

[B]

Is that where the next World cup is?

[A]

No, the next one is, I want to say, like, all over Asia. I think.

Could be wrong about that.

[B]

We're getting a little too broad with the, like, now it's us, Canada, Mexico. Next. It's just all of Asia.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

These teams are traveling. I saw the potential England travel schedule. It was. They go like Atlanta to Mexico City to Vancouver, back to Atlanta, to Kansas City.

[A]

Oh, England got fucked. Yeah, big time in the draw, too.

[B]

The story I was talking about, though, in relation to the draw was that did you see who is playing in the pride match?

[A]

I did see that. It is Egypt and Iran.

[B]

That's correct.

[A]

Playing in the, In Seattle. In Seattle in the pride match. Yeah. Once again, that is Egypt and Iran.

[B]

That had to be on purpose.

[A]

I think that FIFA might just be that incompetent.

[B]

But why, why did they designate the pride match beforehand? Maybe see who we've got in there.

[A]

I don't know. That's a great question. I don't know why FIFA did it, but it's, it's ridiculous. And the whole World cup draw was just insane. FIFA sucked its own dick for about 90 minutes saying that they were the number one purveyors of joy in the world and how they've done more than any other organization to, to ensure peace. And then when Trump got his award, he went up there and he, he did a little ad lib. He, I think on the way to, to the Kennedy center in the morning, he kind of thought through what his remarks were going to be and he's like, oh, we're talking about soccer. Let's, let's talk about the name. Let's talk about the name because it's FIFA, which is football, but we call it soccer. So he said, when you look at what has happened to football in the United States, which is soccer in the United States, we never seem to call it football because we have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that's called football. But when you think about it, shouldn't it really be called this is football. There's no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL. It really doesn't make sense when you think about it. So I. What was the reaction to this big T in conservative circles?

[B]

This is the. I saw him say that, but I didn't see a word of it. Reaction wise.

[A]

Yeah, I think this is just getting chalked up to Donnie getting on a mic and, and just kind of doing a tight five.

[B]

Are you, are you. Were you anticipating people getting mad about that?

[A]

I did the second this happened. I'm not a, I'm not usually a big. Imagine if Biden or imagine if Obama said. But I did think to myself, imagine if Obama got on A microphone was like, we should stop calling it soccer and we should call it football. We should change the name of the NFL. I did think about that. I thought about what the reaction might look like for that.

And I think you kind of have to think about that a little bit.

[B]

Yeah, that's fire.

[A]

So Trump gets up there, he pulls the United States out of the. The bin of ping pong balls that say United States. And. And then he went on his way and they did. They did the draw. And. Buddy, was it rigged? I love it. We get Australia.

[B]

It's not as rigged as. As you thought it would be. No.

[A]

The. The most important match by far is who you play in group B in group two. The. The second group of teams where the US Would normally be.

[B]

Well, you're assuming that we get out of our group.

[A]

No, no, I'm saying in our group, the most important result that we got was Australia.

[B]

You're saying pot two.

[A]

Pot two.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Yeah. Pot two. Yeah. I probably shouldn't. Yeah, the group. Whatever. Pot two, which is the team. The group of teams that the US should have been in, if we're just going by world ranking, but since we're the host country, we're put in pot one.

The last ranked team in pot two was Australia, so we avoided a matchup against almost every other good team in the world.

[B]

But then we got Paraguay, who's not easy.

[A]

They're not easy.

[B]

And then probably Turkey, which is maybe the best team of the pot 4.

[A]

I would like to avoid Turkey if possible. I would very much like that. Where would Italy be playing if they qualified? Do you know?

[B]

I'm not sure.

[A]

It's pretty funny that Italy's not in it yet.

[E]

Yet.

[A]

But, yeah, I think. I think Shaq did a great job. I think Wayne Gretzky.

[B]

What? I was just fixing to say Wayne Gretzky. We got to get somebody up there who can read. That was painful. Caraco Caracco in North Macedonia.

[A]

Yep.

[F]

He's been hanging out with Biz too much.

[A]

He has.

Yeah. Great job, Wayne. I don't know. I'm very happy with the way that the draw turned out for us.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

We avoided Any other really good team.

[B]

I'd say B plus.

[A]

B plus. A minus. I'd say that's probably about right. So, yeah, US doesn't really have any marquee matchups in the opening round, but that's fine. I'm okay with that.

[B]

Best game we're probably going to play is here against Germany. I got my tickets on Friday.

[A]

Let's go.

All Right. So you want to talk about Pantones.

[B]

Big T. Yes, I do.

[A]

Okay, so I know you guys have been waiting for this. The Pantone of the year has been announced.

It is Pantone 114201 Cloud Dancer. It's a neutral white that brings calm clarity and creative breath in a noisy world.

What do you think?

[E]

Like you beo?

[A]

I like a neutral white.

It's not an exciting white.

Yeah, I mean, it's. It's white. It's. The color is like white. They picked white.

[B]

How many whites are there?

[A]

Oh, a lot.

A lot.

[E]

A bunch of them.

[A]

There's a ton of whites, and they. They would complain if they were not selected.

[B]

Well, there's a lot of people complaining that this one was selected.

[A]

Okay, so I could be wrong about this. I have not seen a single person complain about the color that was selected.

[B]

Oh, you haven't?

[A]

I saw the tweet that you sent over where there were two people.

[B]

Well, you just said you haven't seen any.

[A]

Well, I saw two people. I'm gonna.

[B]

Those are the two videos that went really viral. There. There are a lot. I have. I have bookmarked people's comments, too.

[A]

I'm gonna count that as as basically zero people. For all intents and purposes, zero people are upset.

[B]

So 2 mega viral video. But put those aside. Here's a guy.

[A]

Yeah. If two videos go viral, that's still two people.

[B]

But you don't think that could be indicative of some more people being upset?

[A]

I don't. I. I don't think anyone's upset about this.

[B]

Okay, you could be right.

[A]

But those two people that went viral for being upset, it's very funny that they're upset about this. What did they say?

[E]

Where does the video that they're upset? I haven't seen this.

[B]

It's in the. I sent it in the thing. One woman said, hey, Pantone, you're fired. You really chose white in these times. You're fired. This is Katie Rogers. Feng shui. I know the danger of that kind of messaging, and I'm not having it. Really, really bad choice. Then another woman said, you're not going to convince me this wasn't an intentional move. Pantone just released their code of the year for 2026, and it is severely lacking pigment. It's white. Not a good look. Is white even a color? No. Try again. I actually like that angle. The color of the year isn't even a color.

[A]

Yeah. Mocha moose was the color of the year last year. If you're keeping track of all This. I don't think. I don't think anybody is actually upset about this.

Except for those, Those women.

[B]

Yeah. You're. You're negating their lived experience.

[A]

I am, yes. 100% I am, but I don't. Yeah. I don't think anyone is Superman. I'm looking back over the years. It's been a pretty diverse selection. I see some greens, some turquoises here, some pinks, some reds, some browns, some pastels, some purples, some blues.

[B]

I've got some color.

[A]

What's that?

[E]

It's always been purple, but I found a.

A new derivative of it.

Ghost purple.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

It's just a beautiful, like metallic.

Bioluminescent, esque. Color is gorgeous.

[A]

It is good.

[B]

I would describe it as the color of the LED lights behind a video game streamer.

[E]

Some like that. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, I like it.

[A]

That's a great color vibe.

[E]

It's beautiful color, man.

[A]

It's also known as Japanese maple.

[E]

That sounds delicious.

[A]

Now why do you think. Why do you think streamers use that. That color more often? It's like always a blue or a purple, sometimes a green.

Because it just feels good.

[B]

Vibrant colors.

[A]

Looks futuristic.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

I sent you over some more people upset videos, by the way. Some more mad people Pantone. More like tone deaf, said one woman. This one said, call me too woke. I don't care. It's giving. Sydney Sweeney has good genes. You're gonna choose white and market it as a soothing reset. For who, babe? Who is that soothing?

[E]

Who's that soothing babe?

[B]

Seems like some people are a little upset.

[A]

Maybe. Maybe like five.

[E]

I also list keeps growing.

[A]

I also think.

[B]

Right.

[A]

I also think that most of these people are just trying to get clout. So they're saying outrageous stuff.

[B]

It's possible.

[A]

I don't think anyone in the real world is upset about this. If you know somebody that is upset about the Pantone the year, by the way, refer them to a hospital.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Like offer to drive them to a hospital.

[F]

Therapy.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I think you're being very dismissive of these people and their feelings.

[A]

That's okay. I will, I, I will accept that and agree with it. What else we got in the news today, Big T. We did.

[B]

We did color. We did Pride match. We talked about Notre Dame refusing a bowl. Did you see. Do you know who Joey Barton is?

[A]

I do not.

[B]

He was a soccer player like 10 years ago. He has been given a suspended six month prison sentence in England for his social media posts that I went and because it just keeps saying social media. Social media. I would looked up what he said, I'd say it's about a third as bad as a daily barstool comment section.

[A]

He. He called somebody a pedophile. Right.

[B]

So I didn't see that. He compared to soccer commenters to Fred and Rose west, who I guess were serial killers in England. Yeah, he said they were the Fred and Rose west of football commentary. Then he also posted a manipulated image where their faces were superimposed on a photograph of the West. The image was ruled grossly offensive by the jury. People do that to people who work here every single day, all the time.

[A]

I read that he used the word nonce. N, O, N, C, E. Okay. Which is. I believe that's like British slang for pedophile.

[B]

Is it? I thought that just meant like dumbass.

[A]

I think that's. If you read it enough online, it gets. It gets turned into that. But I think it does mean.

[B]

He also posted a commentary about Aluko, who I guess is a female soccer commentator, describing her as a, quote, Joseph Stalin Pol Pot category for, quote, murdering hundreds of thousands of football fans ears and dismissing DEI as, quote, a load of shit. And this gets you six months in prison.

[A]

Yeah. Does mean sex offender.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Comedy.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

In post directed at Vine, Barton repeatedly referred to him as a, quote, bike nonce and implied he might be connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

[A]

There you go. So that's probably it.

I don't think you should be allowed to call people pedophiles online or accuse them of being pedophiles online, unless if they are, then you can say it. But like, that's. That is a.

That's defamation.

[B]

I mean, people do that in the United States every single day. But if you, if you particularly in regards to Epstein.

[A]

Yeah, you can call Epstein a pedophile for sure.

[B]

No people connected to Epstein that there's no evidence of yet.

[A]

Right. But like, if you call a complete stranger a pedo online, there is a thing called defamation. Now you don't go to. You don't go to prison for it.

[B]

But he wasn't. He was sentenced for.

Quote, intent to cause distress or anxiety. It was not defamation from. From the knots, I think just from everything.

[A]

Okay, so how long is he in prison for?

[B]

Well, it's suspended, so he has an 18 month period where he has to do community service and if he doesn't get in trouble again, that he doesn't have to go to prison. But if he. I think if you get like a ticket or something and go back to court.

[E]

Hello.

[A]

Adorable.

Adorable.

[E]

She's an.

[A]

Oh, my God, you can't say that.

[E]

Absolutely, I can't. Yesterday she took all this and just went and wiped it. Just wiped off.

[B]

She's a baby.

[A]

That sounds fun, though.

[E]

Don't mean she's not an.

[A]

Did she think it was all elves on a shelf?

[E]

No, she knows. Exactly. And then she takes my key because I have a keyboard right here. She takes my keys and just starts picking them off. She takes the keys off. So I always have to continually find them. No, it's pretty easy to take off, but yeah, my baby's strong. But I have a. I have. I have a new law. I want to add a. An amendment to my political run.

As long as what y' all are talking about, new law. If somebody's talking shit about you or if you talking shit about somebody else online or in person, you get to challenge them to a gulag.

Right? And where, where you can't murder anybody, right? But you can fight them and you can beat shit out of somebody.

[A]

Okay, this, this will calm a lot.

[E]

Of online discourse down because you. If you say that shit again, I'm going to have to put in my gulag request on you. Yeah, no weapons, straight fists, you in an octagon, knuckle up.

[B]

I'm totally fine with your proposal. It's just like, are you going to fly out to. To fight people?

[E]

This is government funded. We're going to cut. Oh, so, okay, yeah, we're going to cut. We'll put you in a hotel, right? We're going to cut. Instead of. My original proposal was 15% of the military budget. We're going to go ahead and do 20%. 5% is additional gulag resources. Strictly gulag resources.

[A]

So if you, if you are offended, you want to gulag somebody, you then contact the government, and the government picks that person up and flies them out.

[E]

And says, you have been. You have been requested. No if, ands or buts about it. This is what it is.

[F]

It'll.

[A]

It'll.

[E]

It'll. It'll calm down the talking. It'll calm that down. You know what I mean?

[A]

Could you see that?

[E]

Oh, you will Gulag, brother. Let's, let's. Let's run it.

[B]

Is there a limit to your annual allotment or can it. Is it as many as you want?

[E]

I think it's as many as one. This is kind of like a purge, too, you know what I'm saying? This will keep a lot of violent people, right? And you can't gulag nobody for no reason. Matter of fact, here's another. I'M helping the economy because I'm creating jobs Now I'm creating jobs because I'm going to have a gulag committee. Right. You can't just pick a random person. Random old lady. Like, I want to gulag her dog. I don't like the way she looked at me. Nope, that's not ground grounds. That's not grounds enough. They have to be agitating towards you or say defamatory comment and.

Let'S get it in.

[A]

So dudes couldn't just be like, I want to gulag Sabrina Carpenter.

[E]

Can't, can't, can't. That's, that's the thing I say. That's weird. No, no, no.

[A]

Fly her out.

That's my government money for flying people out.

[E]

Your haircut fits exactly the kind of guy would do some like that right now.

[A]

You like the frosted tips?

[E]

Frosted tips? You dyed your hair?

[A]

I, I frosted the tips. Yeah.

[E]

I can't, I can't tell from this angle.

[A]

I guess I like it.

[B]

I'll take a picture and send it.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

You feeling. You feeling real?

1998. Ish. I feel you, dog.

[A]

Me and Hank. Me and Hank lost Mount Rushmore season on part of my take. So our punishment was we had to frost the tips and we had to get spray tans, which we both got.

[E]

You did look a little redder. But sometimes the color on my. Yeah, my screen is, is a little more vibrant.

[A]

It was worse yesterday.

[E]

Okay. I, I, I, I can't tell much of a difference. I'm. Keep it a bean.

[A]

Hank was borderline problematic with, with his spray tan.

[E]

Yeah. Can't relate. But I started following Hank on, on his lefty Instagram. Yeah.

I think he needs to go back to the right. I'm keeping a bank.

[A]

Oh, no. Oh, why is that?

[E]

I'm just looking at it. I was like. And maybe he's, he's new, so he's still trying it out, but it just, it looks like more of a natural swing on his right with his right.

[A]

See, I, I did. I disagree because he's only been doing this for a couple weeks now.

[E]

Right.

[A]

And he's a lefty in a lot of stuff that he does. Like, I think he swings a baseball bat left handed. I think he throws left handed. So he's a natural lefty and he's just never tried to do it for golf. And I think that, I don't know, it looks smoother to me.

[E]

Really?

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

I don't know. I think it's not specifically. I guess it is the swing Technically, but I'm looking more at the way his body moves is. It's more natural with the right swing, but it could be because this is new. But we'll see. I hope it works out for.

[A]

I hope it does too.

[E]

Oh, golfing update. I'm now a 7.7 handicap.

[A]

Wow.

[E]

Yeah. It's getting scary. Scary hours.

[A]

That's huge.

[B]

I'm right behind you.

[E]

Pause.

[B]

Yeah, pause.

[E]

Like 32, but creeping on right on that bumper, baby.

[B]

I mean, in the context of how many numbers there are, that's an infinitesimal amount.

[E]

It's a pretty big difference. Yeah, but come on, man.

[B]

No, but I'm saying when. Think of how many numbers there are, they're infinite. So 7 to 32 is nothing.

[A]

That's true.

[B]

And it's really 8 to 32.

[E]

So I'm, I'm, I'm with you.

[C]

I'm rooting for you.

[E]

I hope you. Yeah, I hope you get down to.

[B]

Scratch soon, Big T. I wouldn't count on it, but.

[E]

Yeah, me neither. It's all good.

[A]

I plan on, on joining you in single digits within the next two years. Arian.

[E]

I love it. I love it. I think golf is so fun, but when, like, you can actually, like, pull up at any course and play the course and enjoy your time, rather than. I'm about to lose 30 balls today. Yeah, it's a. It's a great, it's a great feeling. It's a great experience.

[A]

Yeah, getting that, that spot where I'm, I'm shooting bogey golf for the most part is fun.

[E]

That's good. Yeah, that's. That's fun to do. That's 90.

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, that's. You're having fun playing golf if you're hitting a bogey on every hole.

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[E]

I actually did watch the first.

I think some of the first half. Yeah, they got the best defense in the NFL. It's, it's, it's fun to watch. Shout out to Miko.

[A]

Man, their defense is scary.

[E]

Yeah, very scary.

[A]

And then they had their offense didn't look bad at all in the first half last night compared to what it has looked like. Then it kind of slowed down in the second half and then Andy Reid went for it on fourth and one from like their own 30 yard line in a tie game. They didn't get it. And then the Texans won the game. Andy Reid. I don't know what that was all about. That's pretty crazy stuff.

[E]

I tell you what, man, Patrick Mahomes is looking, not looking too good right now. And I don't mean from like a running standpoint. He never looked good running. I'm just talking about like pocket presence, decision making. His arm's always been elite. But like I was watching one of these plays where he hit, clearly had a little crossing route wide open. But he was just so spooked and that could be it. He's having to deal with a lot of pressure, but he was so spooked that he just uncharacteristically missed his. Missed the dude that was wide open.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, he's looked off. The Chiefs, I think, are dead. They're not officially dead, but for all intents and purposes, I think that they're out.

[E]

Yeah, it looks like it.

[A]

I don't see them coming back.

[E]

Bills dynasty era.

[A]

No, it's. It's the end. It's the end of this era for the Chiefs. They have to evolve into their next era.

They've got plenty of errors left to go through, I think.

And listen, if this era is over, then what they can do is they can just release like four different documentaries about the era and tweak them slightly and put them out in theaters and then their fans will pay money to go see it. Then you can do a book about the era. Then you can do a movie about the book about the era. Totally. And then you can do an album about the book about the movie about the era.

[B]

I found out this morning there's a, there's A documentary coming out this week.

[D]

Yeah, there is.

[B]

What is that? Is that of the tour? Is that. What is this of?

[D]

Yeah, it's a six episode documentary about the behind the Scenes of the Eras tour.

[A]

Why only six episodes? Why not? Why not 10? Why not 30?

[D]

Look, you can't have it both ways. You can't say she's greedy and then say why are you only six?

[A]

Well, no, that's what I'm doing. Six episodes is. That's a lot of episodes.

[D]

It was a year and a half long tour.

[B]

I went to this tour four years ago and I went to this tour.

[D]

Two and a half years ago.

[B]

It was 2023.

[D]

No, it was 2023. Spring.

[B]

Okay, so three years ago.

[D]

Two and a half. It ended last year.

A year ago. It ended a year ago. This weekend.

[B]

When will be the last piece of content released by Taylor Swift about the ERAS tour?

[D]

This might be close. Like this might be it. It's the behind the scenes of the eras tour.

Of how she made it. It's the most. It's the most successful tour in history.

It's the behind the scenes mechanisms of how it was made. My ass will be sat down to watch and I'm excited. And then also again.

For my freak ass relationship to their relationship. Then you get to see like Taylor and Travis in the early days of their relationship and see their connection. I think because he's in the trailer like four times.

[A]

That will be exciting. I'm happy for you. Thank you. I'm not going to yuck your yum.

[D]

Yeah, they made. They make 30 for 30s about shit all the time. That happened 20 years ago.

[A]

They do.

[D]

This is my 30 for 30.

[A]

But is this like the second or third 30 for 30?

[D]

No, she. The other things that she released like in a theatrical way way.

Were the actual concert.

She had the Heiress tour concert, movie and then the extended one.

[A]

What was the extended one that had.

[D]

The Tortured Poets Department, the new album on it that she was touring with.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

So there was that.

This is, I believe, going to be like sit down documentary style of how this was made. Those other two were. There was no like talking in it. It was just start to finish concert.

[A]

Okay, Got it.

[D]

You know what I mean?

[E]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

So this is like the behind the scenes part.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Which I'm very interested to see how this was all made and how she decided on everything.

So I will be. I'm excited. This is a. This is a 30 for 30.

[A]

I do think that it might be interesting finding out how the biggest tour of all time got put together.

[D]

Yeah. Even from a standpoint, not of Taylor Swift. Just looking at it as a feat of the music industry. Whether or not you like her.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

It's the most successful tour of all time and it lasted for almost two years and made billions of dollars. I think just if you're interested in music or how those kind of things happen, I think it's an interesting look at it.

[A]

Okay. I won't hate on this too much. It is funny though how she. She's just dropping. I will eat drop after drop after drop.

[D]

And she's promoting it a lot, which she sometimes doesn't like promote stuff that she does that much. And she's been posting about this like on her grid Instagram. So I'm excited.

[A]

So it's official.

[B]

On the grid.

[D]

On the grid.

[A]

It's on main sis.

[B]

And all six come out at one six thing. Or is this a weekly?

[D]

I believe it's all six come at once.

[A]

Okay, that's good.

[B]

It's not as bad for me.

[A]

That's good.

[D]

Yeah, you can. That's a day.

That's just a. That's just a Saturday. It's cold. We have nothing to do.

[A]

It is cold. That's a fact. It's going to get colder.

[D]

I don't like the sound of that.

[E]

I can't relate. It is now 56 degree and I'm going to go golfing a little later.

[D]

That's really. It's not. It's not great here. This is going to be a long winter.

[A]

Yeah. Buckle up.

[E]

I'm going to Panama City on Thursday too.

[A]

That's going to be great. Enjoy.

[D]

That's awesome.

[A]

Enjoy the canal, man.

[E]

I'm gonna be all up in the canal.

[A]

You want to talk about a feat? Watch a documentary about the building of the Panama Canal. Make the Heirs tour look like a walk in the park.

[D]

Yeah, I'm sure.

[A]

I mean it was. It was an engineering feat. They carved. They carved a path from the Atlantic. I don't know actually which way they went, I think from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

[D]

I actually 100% agree with you that the Panama Canal was probably a bigger feat.

[A]

Okay. All right. Good, good. Thank you for admitting. Put that on a quote card.

[D]

I'll give you that one.

[B]

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[E]

I couldn't, like, I couldn't think about what your hair reminded me of. And it's David Bowie.

[A]

I'll take it.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Ziggy Stardust. David Bowie changes legend. I fuck with David Bowie.

[E]

He had one of the most profound.

Statements on the Internet pre. The Internet as we know it today.

[A]

Yeah, he did.

[E]

It was like, just when it was just getting started, and he was like, this is a monster, and I don't think you have any idea how this can go, like. And the dude was like, it's just like, for, like, you know, you can listen to radio and read some stuff on it, right? You can read some articles. He's like, you know, you have no idea what this can become. And I was like, yo, that shit was. It was brilliant. Way he broke it down, even pretend.

[A]

To paraphrase it, David Bowie pretty much predicted the entire Internet.

[E]

He predicted viral stuff. He predicted all that. It was brilliant. It was like in the 90s, right, when he. When he first.

[C]

Early.

[E]

Yeah, yeah. Pretty much nailed it on the head, dog. Holy.

[A]

Shout out, David Bowie.

[E]

Shout out, David Bowie.

[A]

What else we got today? What else in the news? Anything else you want to get into from this weekend?

[E]

Aaron.

What happened this weekend?

[A]

Oh, mtg was on 60 minutes.

[E]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah, mtg was. She's obviously not running. She's decided not to run again for Congress. She's been going at it with Donald Trump. She's going scorched earth on Donald Trump.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. So she's basically saying he is not doing any of the things that she was advocating for that she was. She was promising to her constituents with Trump that Trump had been talking about in the lead up to his election. And she talked about how she met with him regarding the Epstein files. And she expressed to him, per Marjorie Taylor Greene, that the victims deserve to have all the information released in the Epstein files and have the people who were associated with it held accountable for their actions. And then Trump screamed at her, allegedly, and said, people are going to get hurt if you release those files. And then she got some death threats, allegedly from people. She told JD Vance and Trump about it. Trump said some mean things back to her, which she did not divulge. She just said it was very mean. My guess is he probably just called her Marjorie Trader Greene again. And. Yeah, they're not. They're not doing so well anymore. Seems like it's officially broken up between.

[E]

The two of them hate to see it, man.

[A]

I think she's also, she's positioning herself for whatever her next career move is. I feel like she's going to use this to get into media.

[E]

Really?

[A]

I think so, yeah.

[E]

I think she's burned that bridge already.

[B]

Oh, I think she's setting up to run for governor or Senate or something.

[A]

You think so?

[B]

Because now she can position herself as. I'm actually America First. I stood up to Trump when he was abandoning the American people and what he said he stood for. I, I think this is positioning her for. To run for something else.

[D]

She posted a graphic on her Twitter this morning.

Comparing her not taking any money from AIPAC versus Donald Trump's contributions or Donald Trump's donations that were like 230 million. And she said, like, I'm actually America First.

[A]

Yeah. She's drawing a distinction between MAGA and America First.

[D]

It's still mtg.

[A]

Still mtg. She's saying that America first means America first and MAGA means whatever Trump says it means.

[E]

She's not wrong.

[A]

I just don't. I think she's still very popular in her district, but I can't see her.

Like defeat if somebody, a hand picked person runs against her for governor of Georgia. If like Trump endorses somebody and goes all in campaigning for them. Do you think that Marge would stand a chance against that person?

[B]

I mean, you just have to see who it is. Like Brian Kemp is a huge Trump guy, right? The current governor.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But he, he was elected a long time ago, so I don't know. I mean, Georgia has two Democratic senators now.

[A]

That's true. Yeah.

[B]

I mean, went back to Trump in 24, so.

[A]

They did. Yeah. Trump did try to pick somebody in a statewide election there. His name was Herschel Walker.

[B]

Didn't go well.

[A]

Did not. Did not pick well.

[B]

I think she could, she could be.

[A]

Governor Herschel Walker, man, he is the United States ambassador to the Bahamas, I believe.

Pretty good gig, man.

[E]

I wonder how that the air from China is doing.

[A]

Oh, yeah, that was blowing over here.

[E]

He's still in our good air. Yeah.

[A]

We got anything else?

[D]

R.I.P. olivia Nuzzy.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

At what? Vanity Fair?

[A]

Yeah, she got, she got the ax over there after doing a pretty unimpressive interview. I don't know why she did. She was less prepared for that interview than Hunter Yurichek was to talk about the College Football Playoff. And that's hard to do. That's hard.

[D]

Yeah, that's hard.

[A]

She was like, I didn't know you were going to ask me all these questions about my affairs.

Yeah, yeah. No, no. I don't know if it. Does anybody read Vanity Fair? Who reads Vanity Fair?

[D]

I don't think I read. I mean, I. I know I don't read Vanity Fair, but they, they have some like, cultural zeitgeist moments throughout the.

[A]

Year through this year.

[D]

Just like in general.

[A]

I mean, I guess it's all about who they have, who they, who they employ, because, like, good writers are still worth something. But the name Vanity Fair, I feel like just magazines in general have not been really a thing that people have cared about for a long time now.

[D]

Yeah, I think they misjudged that one, though.

[B]

I remember when Sports Illustrated coming in the mail was like the biggest day was every two weeks.

I think it was two a month.

[A]

You could get it. I feel like you get it weekly.

[B]

Maybe it was. But either like, that was the best day of your week or however.

[E]

He's a big guy. I was the East Bay guy.

[A]

East Bay was awesome.

East Bay was great. Sports Illustrated would get here and I would go straight to the bathroom, take a crap after school, read Rick Riley.

[E]

Oh. Thought she was about to say to the swimsuit edition. You went straight to the bathroom.

[B]

I thought so too.

[A]

No, no, I would never say that about Rebecca Romaine and her many appearances in the swimsuit issue that I very much enjoyed as a 13 year old. I'd never say that.

[B]

Now close, personal friend.

[A]

Now close, personal friend. Rebecca Romaine. And her husband's okay, too. He's a good guy.

Oh. There was some, some major news that broke on Friday. I need somebody to explain this to me because there were parts of this company, parts of the Internet at large that I saw just absolutely freaking out about this news. But I need somebody to explain to me what's going on here. So Netflix and Warner Brothers are trying to merge. Correct? Netflix is trying to purchase.

[B]

It's.

[D]

Yeah, Netflix is trying to purchase Warner Brothers.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

And hbo.

[A]

Max, I've got an idea for Netflix.

[E]

Okay.

[A]

We're seeing this concept work in fashion. We're seeing this concept work in music and other forms of art. What if Netflix did these pop up locations?

Yeah, yeah, but where people could go to see, like the new Netflix movies in an immersive environment. I'm talking about like a giant screen. Giant screen.

[D]

Can you buy snacks?

[A]

You could serve. You could serve meals there if you wanted to.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Maybe some drinks, maybe have a bar, popcorn. People go, what a great date idea. That would be right, to go see a movie that you're really excited about and go see it on, like, the biggest screen that you could possibly watch.

[D]

It on and get, like, these huge, huge recliner chairs.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

It'd be very funny if Netflix came out with movie theaters in the next five years. I think. I think there's a good chance that they do that.

[B]

I mean, they're putting their movies in theaters now, so.

[A]

Yeah.

I'm in contact with Jeff, if they.

[E]

They could upgrade theaters, like, and I'll be in, like. There was this. I remember I spent a little bit of time in Oregon, and there was this, like.

Very. It was. It was. It was a. A movie theater, but had, like, a really good restaurant. Like, really good restaurant. A bar, had, like, specialty cocktails. And then the theaters were. They had big ones, but they had, like, boutique ones where you could do, like, anywhere from four people to, like, 16. But they were, like, really comfortable, like, homey vibe couches and layouts. So it wasn't, like, seats and it wasn't, like, recliners. It was, like, really good furniture. It was really. It was a really dope place.

[B]

Yeah. I was gonna say, I think if you go to the right theater now, theaters are almost like, not all of them have done this, obviously, but there are specialty ones that have pretty much, like, I think, done it as well as we possibly can. I'm looking right now. I'm trying. There was one in New York that.

[A]

I would go to that was upgrade the.

[E]

The film aspect of it, because a lot of times I'll go to the theaters and it's. It's dim lit, and the brightness. I feel like the brightness needs to come up a little bit. And so, like, maybe do those. You know how they have. Have you seen, like, the ball in Vegas or something? Like that.

Sphere that. Yeah, yeah, the sphere. You go. But that kind of like, LED panel with. In theaters now. Because I think the film aspect of it, it's. The quality is not as good.

[A]

I know what you're saying.

[B]

Yeah, I don't know enough about that.

[A]

But I think sometimes that's. That's part of the charm, is, like, the film look doesn't always look super. Super impeccably crystal clear.

[B]

Oh, Arian, I'm looking at the look the theater is called. I pick. That's the one I was talking about in New York, and it says there's one in Houston.

If you haven't been. You should go check it out. It's. It's good. And they have, like, the recliners are in, like, these pods, so you're closed off. Like, you're in like your own little deal.

And the food's good.

[E]

Check out real quick, though.

[A]

I've got an idea, by the way. Tell me what you guys think about this for maybe Wednesday's show. What do you guys think about talking about prediction markets?

[B]

I like that because I don't understand it at all. I mean, I understand it.

[A]

I'm starting to understand it, and I don't think I like it.

[B]

I. Me neither.

[A]

I. I think that we're going to be going in a very strange.

[B]

I don't understand how it's legal dystopian.

[A]

What is a prediction market like Kalshi and Polymarket, where you can just bet on things happening? Where you can bet like, oh, I think I this person is going to be the next president of the United States or I think this person is going to be the next head coach of the New York Giants.

[B]

DraftKings is supposedly integrating that.

[A]

Oh, really?

[B]

I think so, yeah.

[A]

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[B]

Can you hear me?

[C]

Good, good. Standing outside a great American Christian institution, hobby lobby right now.

[A]

Oh, I love that.

[B]

Get you some good stuff in there. Building.

[C]

I'm building, building the trophy for the dozen super bowl event.

Anyway, yeah, that's where I am right now.

[A]

You're building my next trophy for me?

[E]

Yes, I.

[C]

Yes, I am, champ.

[E]

Yep.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I appreciate that. Thank you. So can you just explain to us the news that broke, I think it was on Friday, about the Netflix Warner Brothers merger and why people are freaking out about it?

[C]

Yes. If you want a good, a good course on media conglomerate hostile takeovers, a really good documentary on HBO called Succession, you should check out, you can get a good little good, good little recap how all that works. But that's honest to God, like actually very similar to what's happening here. So Warner Brothers, they're basically finding a way to have somebody else own them. And some people do believe that there was intent with them trying to get a deal with Netflix. The deal sounds like 8 billion or so. Whatever it is.

They're trying to get this deal with Netflix because they know it won't go through because if it doesn't go through, they collect like a 5.3 or something billion dollar payday which they could very much use. So some people think that it's like rigged in that sense where they wanted Netflix to take the deal because they know the regulars aren't going to accept it and it's not going to push through and Trump's going to stop it because then they'll get a big payday. People think that because the Ellisons are good friends, the billionaire Ellison are good friends with Donald Trump and David Ellison is the CEO of, I think Skydance Media is his CEO, but they own and run Paramount and they've long time been considered the company that was going to buy and take it over. So now they're doing a hostile takeover to exactly what happened in the show success. Those who watched it where they go and they try to find a way to convince shareholders that they have the better deal, blah, blah, blah. And then they basically bear hug Warner Brothers and taking it over. So it's kind of this whole mess now. Where can Paramount find a way to get the shareholders and everybody to agree to do that deal and hostilely take over Warner Brothers or Warner Brothers accept? Well, they basically have Warner Brothers and Nephilim, you know, go through and get pushed through by waiters. I think it was like a eighth date that Paramount has now placed on it. And Paramount said, like, hey, we'll do a better job of handling your assets. We'll. We'll make sure that the feed industry and our theatrical releases aren't touched because people worry about that with Netflix.

[A]

All right, why. Why would the Netflix Warner Brothers deal. Why would that be bad for the consumer?

[C]

I. I do think I'm gonna know something. I'm a big theater guy. I think there's a little excessive doom and gloom. I think there's too many people in Hollywood who hate this or like, no, they wouldn't let Netflix release like the Batman or like the next whatever big movie on Netflix only. But they're big into the theatrical release windows being super, super small. Which means, like, you know, tomorrow they'll come out with, I don't know, whatever X movie.

[E]

But we'll.

[C]

You will use Barbie 2 for it as an example. Say they come out with a Barbie 2 or Oppenheimer 2. It'd be in the theaters for 30 days and then it would be on streaming. And yes, it would never make the money that something make or something like this year. Great example. Warner Brothers. Sinners.

[B]

Sinners.

[C]

Original concept, young director, kind of a hot cast. Yeah, it did well at the start, and then it got this word of mouth and it blew up and made a lot of money. It would have never. Would have never happened had, you know, they throw it on HBO Max a week later. And that's the biggest concern for people because some, some of him, Warner Brothers, for example, during COVID they put everything on. On streaming. The day of Dune debuted in theaters and on HBO Max. And people worried about that. And then they kind of got talked out of that. People were like, stop doing that. And they actually went away from it. Apple is an. Apple's another one, which kind of been impressive. Apple, you know, the F1 movie this summer. Yeah, F1 only went to streaming like a couple weeks ago. That movie came out the week of the dozen tournament in June. That was months ago. So Apple's kind of the opposite. But Netflix is the polar opposite of everybody else. And that's why people are worried. It's like you're going to ruin the theater industry because you're not give any movies a chance to succeed.

[A]

Okay, that makes sense.

[C]

So and Warner Brothers owns a lot. They own the rights to Harry Potter. They own the rights to Lord of the Rings and all the DC stuff they own. Like, this isn't just buying some, like, you know, whatever off on the side studio. This is a. A huge Acquisition of IP and like random. So it is a huge deal.

[A]

How big of a player is Netflix Studios in, in Hollywood right now? Because I know they produce a lot of their own stuff now. Are they, are they close to being on the level that Warner Brothers is on?

[C]

No, because they don't own the IP Now. They do have a lot of people that work with them. They have three Oscar contenders this year. They have Frankenstein's gonna get a Best Picture nomination. They have the Knives out franchise. Won't get nominated, but going to be an Oscar. Discussions. They had Jay Kelly with Adam said they have Adam Sandler. That's probably their biggest IP is Adam Sandler at this point. But no, they don't have the original IP and the names that Warner Brothers. Warner Brothers is rivaled really only by Disney essentially in terms of what they own. And then you could probably argue more because they have this large back catalog of like very famous movies. You know, the example that we had our show yesterday, Project Big Screen, Go subscribe or Kirk joked about their email they sent out. They were like, you know, I don't know exactly what the first two they use, but they're like big movie franchises and properties that Warner Brothers owns, like Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Casablanca. And that's like kind of an alarming thing to hear. It's like, what, are you gonna revive, like, these old school movies and remake them? So I, I understand the doom and gloom because like, they do own a ton of stuff from like, new big properties to like old school, like, like prestige Hollywood things.

[A]

Okay, all right. Well, thank you, Jeff. Do you have any, any holiday movie suggestions? If you were to say, like, okay, people are going to be traveling for the holidays. Spend time with the family. What's. What's on Jeff D. Lowe's December Must Watch List?

[C]

They go to the classics, man. The Home Alone. And also, you know, I'll tell you.

[B]

One of my favorites that gets slept on.

[C]

Jingle all the Way with. On a short anchor.

[A]

Yeah. Great movie.

[C]

That is. That is a. That is a fantastic. That should be a staple. That is like the, the holiday rush. Looking for a toy. It defines the Christmas season. So, yeah, I'll always hype up Jingle all the Way.

[B]

Real quick, Jeff, I saw you hyping up the new Knives out movie. I've seen it. I thought it kind of stunk.

[C]

Thought you didn't like it. Why didn't you like it?

[B]

It's. Well, I shouldn't say stunk. It was fine. Distant third in that series like by a country model I actually, actually I.

[C]

Have no problem with that because I've seen people say they love the second one the most. I love the first one the most. I had a great time with it because it kind of different vibe than the others. But I, I kind of, I don't have an issue with Daniel ranking a third. I, I think, like, they all kind of have something for everyone. I've kind of enjoyed all of them with the first being, I think, number one. But no, that, that, that's fair.

[B]

I think the first one was awesome. The second one was really good, and this one was meh.

[C]

I'll leave you with this. Get your tickets to see Marty Supreme. Get your tickets now to see that movie because that movie's unbelievable and it's. What an awesome.

[B]

It's about a ping pong guy.

[C]

And when I tell you Mr. Wonderful, Shark Tank's own Kevin O' Leary turns in one of the best supporting performances of the year.

[B]

Oh, man.

[C]

I'm not just saying that. That is, that is a tried and true fact. He is dynamite in that movie and so is former barstool Idol contestant Luki Lunchbox. Also fantastic. These are, these are real things I'm saying that I'm not making up, and they're very true.

[A]

I love that. I love that. Well, thank you, Jeff. Appreciate you educating us and good luck building that trophy. Feel free to just.

[C]

Yeah, good, good, good luck to you in the college football playoffs.

[A]

Thank you, Jeff. Feel free to just engrave my name on that trophy.

[E]

We'll do it.

[B]

We'll do Jeff.

[D]

I'm still a free agent in the Dozen, by the way. Just, I'm just, I'm still a free agent.

[C]

Oh, big, big. That's not what I'm hearing.

[D]

No papers have been signed.

[C]

Okay. All right, good to know.

[E]

If you need it, if you need a co host for the Dozen, man, I'm open. Holla at your boy.

[C]

Should Arian, Should Arian Foster be the commissioner of the Dozen?

[A]

He could be commissioner. He could be. What does Jeopardy. Do the Clue Crew?

[C]

I actually, I actually, I actually want a commissioner who can hand down. That's actually not a joke. I I the commission offered. Somebody was turned down. I, if AR wants be the commissioner.

[E]

That does the matic. That is absolutely all for I'm Mino.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

I, I if, if he's one. Can you imagine Aran laying down suspensions on people cheating in a dozen?

[E]

Yes, absolutely.

[A]

Absolutely.

[C]

All right. I like that this might happen.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

All right. Thank you, Jeff. Well, that does it for nano dosing. Love you guys. Also on the on Poly market right now. The reason why I want to talk about this is because I I looked at who will be the next New York Giants head coach yesterday and for some reason the favorite on Polymarket is Antonio Brown at 45% and it was.

[B]

Marcus Freeman at one point point.

[A]

And I have no idea who is spending actual currency on inflating Antonio Brown's chances of being the next Giants head coach and how that works out. My guess is it might be Antonio Brown.

[E]

Plus they deserv they deserve not to have currency if that's the I think.

[A]

Antonio Brown might be spending six figures on Polymarket right now just to have his name at the top of the list in the hopes that maybe if enough people see it on Polymarket they'll be like, oh, this is happening because Polymarket is right. I don't know. I don't know what's going on, but it's kind of crazy. He is at.

47.6% right now.

I have no idea. All right, well we will look into it and we'll do an episode on it on on Thursday. Until then, love you guys.