25W: Bobby's Childhood Rollerblading Stories + Is CJ Stroud Really Just Dak Prescott? + Why Eddie's First Kiss Was with Joe Montana

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show — 25W: Bobby's Childhood Rollerblading Stories + Is CJ Stroud Really Just Dak Prescott? + Why Eddie's First Kiss Was with Joe Montana Date: January 19, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of "The Bobby Bones Show" (25 Whistles) dives into a blend of sports talk—especially NFL playoff discussions and coaching changes—and light-hearted personal anecdotes. Bobby, Eddie, and Brandon Ray swap stories about viral social media, rollerblading nostalgia, betting highs and lows, and first crushes. The episode maintains the show's signature banter, merging football analysis with humorous, sometimes self-deprecating, memories from childhood.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

1. Viral Social Media and Facebook Feed Frustrations

• Bobby shares a viral story: A TGI Fridays manager fired for closing early on Christmas, which has taken off on social media.
  • “I don't think there's anybody running TGI Friday's TikTok. ...People are killing them in the comments.” (Bobby, 04:02)
• Skepticism about online causes:
  • Bobby is wary of scams but will support people he knows personally on Facebook.
• Facebook Algorithms & AI Content:
  • Critique of how much Facebook has become filled with “AI garbage.”
  • “A third of my Facebook feed is nothing but AI garbage... fake garbage that's trying to trick you.” (Bobby, 07:13)

2. Gambling Wins, Woes, and Watching Sports (11:04-13:36)

• Bobby hits a big parlay and discusses the rush and comedown of sports betting.
• Eddie’s “gambling break” after his wife catches him betting at a basketball game.
  • “It was cool…to watch games without betting on it.” (Eddie, 13:05)
• Discussion on which sports are worth betting on (football dominates; golf is too unpredictable).

3. NFL Playoff Recaps & Hot Takes

Seahawks vs. 49ers Discussion (14:21-19:24)

• Commentary on the Seahawks' electric stadium and the “12th Man” origin.
• Injury woes for the 49ers and coaching rumors about Robert Salah and Mike McCarthy.
• Memorable quote: “If the Titans get a warm body, that's a good hire by the Titans.” (Bobby, 18:42)

Bills at Broncos (22:36-26:52)

• Cold weather analysis: Bobby jokes about not wanting to play football in cold cities.
• Bo Nix’s injury and how quickly it became public knowledge.
• “These games look freaking miserable.” (Bobby, 23:38)

Patriots vs. Texans & Is C.J. Stroud Just Dak Prescott? (27:18-30:12)

• C.J. Stroud’s poor performance earns jokes about “regression” and “ripping his face off to reveal Dak” (28:03).
• “Stroud has regressed twice: rookie year to year two regression, year two to year three regression.” (Bobby, 28:27)
• Patriots’ unexpected success under new coaching, thanks to Mike Vrabel.

Bears Win & Caleb Williams Praise (32:17-35:22)

• Excitement over Caleb Williams' improvisational skills and clutch plays.
• Discussion of how defenses exploit cold weather games for turnovers.
• “He would just seem bigger, faster than everybody else out there. So if you're a Bears fan, that's pretty awesome.” (Bobby, 34:07)

Quick Coaching Gossip

• Talk about coaches with colorful personal histories—including Dave Canales’ book about overcoming personal struggles.

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Lighthearted Nostalgia & Personal Stories

Slapstick at the Skating Rink (37:25-44:40)

• Eddie describes a gruesome roller rink injury at his son’s birthday.
• Bobby reminisces about being a skilled “limbo” skater at Crystal Palace, and his first and only “couple skate”—awkwardly cut short by being picked up by his uncle.
• Best Skating Songs: “Rump Shaker” by Rex-n-Effect, “Let Me Clear My Throat,” and ‘90s/early 2000s R&B staples.
• “The only people I couldn’t beat were the ones who did the splits.” (Bobby, 39:46)

First Kisses with Sports Legends (44:28-46:12)

• Eddie’s first kiss was with a girl he liked because she “looked like Joe Montana.”
  • “A part of me was just, I like Joe Montana, I like her—this works out.” (Eddie, 44:54)
• Bobby’s first was with a girl resembling Randall Cunningham; playful, tongue-in-cheek tone.

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Miscellaneous Banter & Closing Segments

Super Bowl Predictions & Patriots Fever (48:29-54:11)

• Brandon picks the Patriots to win it all—nervous fandom and positivity clash.
• Discussion about potentially going to the Super Bowl in San Francisco and the logistics that would entail.
• “If you beat the Broncos hobbled, you're in the Super Bowl, dude.” (Bobby, 53:40)

Death-Defying TV and the Thrill of Danger (54:11-60:14)

• Conversation about why people watch risky stunts and sports—hoping (morbidly) for a crash, injury, or miracle feat.
• NASCAR, UFC, bull riding, demolition derbies—why these attract casual viewers.

Rodeo and Local Celebrity Sightings (60:14-61:20)

• Bobby and Eddie’s memories of demolition derbies, mutton-busting, and even George Strait roping at the rodeo.

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• On Facebook’s AI Content:
  “It's all AI garbage. I saw this morning that Ronnie Dunn had signed a $10 million deal on Netflix… it's obviously so fake.” (Bobby, 07:13)
• On Betting and Losses:
  “I hit a big one… made $2,000 or something. Lost it all back, of course.” (Bobby, 11:04)
• On CJ Stroud & Dak Prescott:
  “It's a picture of CJ Stroud ripping off his face, and behind the skin is Dak.” (Bobby, 28:03)
• On First Skating Rink Crushes:
  “The girl that I kissed, dude, I liked her because she looked like Joe Montana.” (Eddie, 44:30)
  “First girl I kissed like a Randall Cunningham.” (Bobby, 45:04)

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Key Timestamps

• 04:02 – Bobby discusses the TGI Fridays viral firing story
• 11:04 – Big betting win, parlay talk
• 14:21 – Seahawks-49ers recap & 12th Man origins
• 22:36 – Bills at Broncos, Bo Nix injury (and cold weather complaints)
• 27:18 – Patriots-Texans recap; the “Stroud = Dak?” meme
• 32:17 – Bears’ dramatic win, Caleb Williams praise
• 37:25 – Skate rink injury story; Bobby’s childhood skate prowess
• 44:28 – First kiss stories (“Joe Montana” reveal)
• 48:29 – Final Four playoff/Super Bowl predictions
• 54:11 – Danger TV: stuntmen, NASCAR wrecks, bull riding fascination

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Overall Tone & Flow

The episode blends quick humor, playful jabs, and sports geekery. Bobby’s natural skepticism of viral charity stories and AI fakes is contrasted by nostalgia for a simpler pre-social-media childhood. Football recaps are detailed yet conversational, while personal stories add warmth and relatability. The crew’s camaraderie, running inside jokes, and candidness ("I just liked her because she looked like Joe Montana!") keep the tone light even as they debate coaching futures and the pressures of fandom.

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Useful For:
Anyone wanting a mix of NFL playoff talk, reflections on betting and fandom, and hilarious ‘90s childhood nostalgia—with memorable lines and real camaraderie. Even non-sports fans will appreciate the personal anecdotes and the show’s ability to weave together pop culture, humor, and football.

Transcript

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[Eddie]

This is a podcast called 25 whistles.

[Bobby Bones]

Talking football and they all wear a whistle yet stupid.

[Eddie]

But what.

[Bobby Bones]

What did you expect? It's a podcast called 25 Whistles. 25 Whistles.

[Brandon Ray]

We are good.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, welcome to the show. Let's blow the whistle. Thank you very much. Have you guys seen the video of the guy that got fired from TGI Fridays?

[Eddie]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

That hasn't made your algorithm. No.

[Eddie]

What happened to that guy?

[Bobby Bones]

It's been going for a few days now. Mike, have you seen it? I've not seen it. Oh, man. Usually Mike sees the stuff that I see. There's a guy, he is a manager at TGI Fridays, and again, I'm gonna say there's two sides to every I've only seen his and he said, hey, they asked me to work on Christmas Day. I was a manager. So I had to say yes. He had let all his employees off already, didn't know they were going to open on Christmas Day. And he said, anybody want to volunteer? And he wouldn't force anybody to work. So there were three people that worked totally. One that worked the kitchen. I messed it up a little bit. Two servers who was also hosting. And so all four of them together had to work on Christmas Day at a TGI Fridays. And it was slammed. And he said he was surprised at how slammed it was because it was Christmas Day, but it was the only place open in Town. And I can definitely understand 3pm on a Christmas day, people will go anywhere.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Families are all together and you're just looking to get out of the house. So he said it was so just obscene with how many people showed up that they couldn't keep up. And he was back in the kitchen cooking and. And he's telling the story from the driver's seat of his car. And he said they couldn't keep up. So they closed an hour early. They just didn't have the manpower. So they said, hey, nobody else. I think they stayed open till like 8 on the sign. And they were like at 7 o'.

[Commercial/Advertisement Voice]

Clock.

[Bobby Bones]

We couldn't take anybody else. So did the day. Went back to work that following Monday. Whatever. They fired him because he closed the business an hour early and he's telling the story. And he had been a very lightly successful influencer, meaning nothing to do with TGI Fridays. He was like a movie man. That. That was the thing. He had like a bunch of VHS behind him and he was just talking about movies.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

So this wasn't in the area that he normally talked. And it exploded. And I don't think there's anybody running T.G.I. friday's TikTok. You go over there, it's swampland. They have killed that place in the comments. So he wouldn't take any money from anybody.

[Eddie]

Huh?

[Bobby Bones]

He said people are reaching out, trying to give me venmos and trying to. He said, I don't want any money. I'm going to start over. But it's been. And I get it. Once you watch something once, it gives you a little more. But if you watch it twice, it's going to hammer you with videos for a while.

[Eddie]

About that.

[Bobby Bones]

And I just didn't know if that had been in your algorithm at all. No.

[Eddie]

So are now you getting. Are you getting now like a bunch of all the updates? People getting fired?

[Bobby Bones]

No, just this one story. It's one fire.

[Eddie]

I got fired from the library yesterday.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm getting all of his updates and then people talking about it.

[Eddie]

Okay, okay, so.

[Bobby Bones]

But it has been. I mean, these videos are getting not hundreds of thousands of views, hundreds of thousands of likes. And so I didn't know if it crossed your.

[Eddie]

Wow. No. So do you ever watch a video and you're so moved by it, where you're just like, I'll donate to this guy's cause? Like, that's surprising to me that people would hear that story and be like, I want to donate to him.

[Bobby Bones]

The ones that I will actually pay attention to it, because I think everything's a scam on social media. Even I know everything's not. But I go into it thinking everything is a way for somebody to get money from me until you convince me it's not.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

There are some of them that start, hey, if you can watch this video for 45 seconds, it'll help me. And if they look like they're going through something, like, if they don't have any hair because they've been through chemo, like, I'll watch 45 seconds of it because then I know they're getting paid per the video.

[Eddie]

And you're really not getting scammed because it's just your time. 40 seconds.

[Bobby Bones]

Rarely do I just throw money at something. I'll see a video link. I've really gotten back into Facebook recently.

[Eddie]

Really? Hey, dude, welcome back.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know why it's on my phone.

[Eddie]

You're getting older, man.

[Bobby Bones]

I've never had it on my phone. And check this out. If I go to my Facebook app, I now am logged in.

[Eddie]

No way. And you weren't.

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Eddie]

You never had the app? Oh, in the. Tied to meta.

[Bobby Bones]

But I've had Meta, dude.

[Eddie]

I've had, like, tied to Instagram.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I had an Instagram forever. I'm telling you, I've never had Facebook on my phone. And the reason I've kind of gotten back into Facebook, it's like my fifth string now.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So once I go to TikTok and I'm like, I'm kind of tired over here.

[Eddie]

Are you. You're not posting on it, though. You're just watching.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I got a couple stories. The first story is I go TikTok. Nope. Okay. I go to Instagram now. Kind of bored over here. I'll go to Twitter. Okay. Kind of bored over here. LinkedIn. No, I'm just kidding about LinkedIn.

[Eddie]

LinkedIn.

[Bobby Bones]

I guess Facebook is now my fourth string. I might go to the ESPN app before that. Or I'll go over to Netflix and make sure the podcast. My podcast is still up, coming soon. But I've started to go to Facebook, and Facebook is garbage. It triggers me more than anything else because it's all AI garbage. It's. I saw this morning that Ronnie Dunn had signed a $10 million deal on Netflix. The story of Ronnie Dunn. And that the.

[Brandon Ray]

Did you.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like two heads. It's like Ronnie's real face looking left, and it's an actor playing him looking right. It's obviously so fake, but I would say a third of my Facebook feed is nothing but AI garbage.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Fake garbage. That's trying to trick you. I like AI and I use it for things. You know, I made those videos of me doing selfies with people.

[Eddie]

Yeah. It's awesome. You kind of. You kind of got a little crazy with that.

[Bobby Bones]

I've done three, and they're different. They're different people.

[Eddie]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

They're super fun. I saw a guy do it with 70s and 80s TV shows the other day, and I was like, oh, I'm a fan of this. I'm not just making them. I'm also a fan of this. But people are coming at me. Hard going. AI. AI slop. No, no. Slop is if you're just making a bunch of crap. Bunch of fake crap. Trying to fool people or just. My stuff is art.

[Eddie]

Once I saw you with Will Smith, I'm like, oh, God, those are all.

[Brandon Ray]

My favorite television slap you, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Beavis and Butthead.

[Eddie]

Beavis.

[Bobby Bones]

That looked awesome.

[Eddie]

That did look awesome. But what's so funny is they all just like, pose for the selfie and then, like, see? Yeah. And they walk away.

[Bobby Bones]

Tell me you don't think those are interesting.

[Eddie]

I think they're funny.

[Bobby Bones]

Funny.

[Brandon Ray]

They look legit.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what helps a little bit. It looks like. Because where. And I've hit up. And Reed helps me with these. If I can't get the prompt exactly right. Go read. Help me. He had to help me. Beeps and Butthead because I couldn't get me walking into the cartoon.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. Even the guys in the background are cartoon.

[Bobby Bones]

Right. Yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

Producers.

[Bobby Bones]

So.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. You have to, like, build the set. But I look like, in transition at times, like Ryan Seacrest.

[Eddie]

You do.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, my face turns a little bit.

[Eddie]

It's weird.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So I'm not great. You got to buy tokens to use, like, high, high effort. AI.

[Eddie]

Oh, really?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. But then people will come at me online going, the stupidest things are like, that's a. I. I'm like, well, no, no. Crap.

[Eddie]

Like, I'm not hiding that, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

That was all fake.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. People are dead.

[Bobby Bones]

There's dead people in every one of them. Rogers. And I think that's. That feels different to me than this slot. But I've done three.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

My point is, Facebook is people trying to trick you. The only thing that I would donate to, though, is on Facebook because I will see people from, like, 11th grade.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Going, hey, my cousin has cancer. I believe them because I used to know them. And so I'll be like, all right, here's 500 bucks or something. Yeah, I don't donate to people just on TikTok. If I just see their story. Because I tend to not believe anyone until there's a reason for me to believe them.

[Eddie]

And that's interesting. I think Facebook is kind of that. It's the only place where I keep track of, like, everyone from high school. Like, they're. I don't know if they're on Instagram. I don't.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you get on Facebook?

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you. It's my third year.

[Eddie]

It'd be my third of my rank. I go Instagram, and then I'll go Twitter. And then I'll go Facebook.

[Bobby Bones]

Not TikTok.

[Eddie]

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Forget Twitter. I'll go Instagram. TikTok. Twitter, Facebook.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, Facebook. My fourth is.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

But it sounds like you're on it more.

[Eddie]

Oh, dude, I'm on it all.

[Brandon Ray]

Like, you go on every day. Like once.

[Eddie]

I would say. I would say, like, once every other day.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, no, no, I'm on every day now.

[Brandon Ray]

You're on it.

[Bobby Bones]

For the record, I have it now on my app, so now I click through and I told you, every day, somebody's fighting somebody from the View.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's. That's fake. Yeah, that's fake, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Every day, some country artist is telling Whoopi Goldberg from the View how it is, and they got their finger in her face.

[Eddie]

You know what's crazy, though? There are some news stories where I'll click on it and be like, oh, that's crazy. And then, like, I look at it. It's like, from a year ago.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah, that happens a little bit.

[Eddie]

I do that too.

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Brandon Ray]

It resurfaces for whatever reason.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I guess it more than resurfacing, it's giving it to you for the first time because you never saw it from a year ago.

[Eddie]

Just let it go, man. There's more news.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, everybody good?

[Eddie]

Yeah, we're good, man.

[Brandon Ray]

Doing great.

[Bobby Bones]

I hit a big bet this weekend. I hit one of those where you bet like seven things at once. Seven leg parlay. And I hit a big one and ended up making. I sent it to you guys. Made like $2,000 or something.

[Eddie]

Is that the one I told you to cash out?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Eddie kept going cash out like, three times. I was like, up the button. I was like, up 100 bucks. He's like, quit being stupid. Cash out. And I was like, now I'm gonna ride this one out. Luckily, I did, cuz I made like 2000. I lost it all back, of course.

[Brandon Ray]

Of course.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, because I had it. I'm like, you know what?

[Eddie]

House money, baby.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm down so much. I'm just gonna. So, yeah, I did a bunch more parlays and didn't hit, but it was fun. I had a good. It's almost. Gambling season's almost over.

[Eddie]

Nah.

[Brandon Ray]

Until March.

[Eddie]

It's in March, and then golf is starting.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't bet golf.

[Eddie]

Oh, did you have to bet golf?

[Bobby Bones]

Golf is so hard to bet because it's like you're just throwing a dart at a. At the mat.

[Eddie]

Yes. But if you bet on Thursday and your dude wins on Sunday.

[Bobby Bones]

I know. I've never won.

[Brandon Ray]

Have you ever won that, Eddie?

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

You lose everything. You're out of your mind, dude.

[Eddie]

But you gotta understand, I put a dollar on it. So if I hit, like, you know, Sergio Garcia. Well, back in the day, I remember a Sergio Garcia one that I hit, and I made, like, 160 bucks.

[Bobby Bones]

Back in the day, it's like, if I bet Lee Trevino, hey, he's resurfaced. So for me, once football ends, that's my biggest part of gambling. Season's over a little bit on Arkansas, but then I don't like to be. I don't like to be double angry.

[Eddie]

Because if they lose and then.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And then a little bit March Madness.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's fun.

[Bobby Bones]

But football is mostly where I'm draftking it up for the most part. So now I'm just getting all the bullets out of the chamber.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So I hit big and I'm low, and I'm going down the blades of glory. I'm gonna make it all back. So we. I was betting, and I sent you guys, hey, I did this 17 part. I just hit one and sent it to you guys. And Kevin's like, I'm in. And Eddie's like, I'm in. And Kevin and I went, crap.

[Eddie]

That was a big deal for me, dude. I hadn't gambled in two weeks. And so, like, I. And the reason I stopped gambling was because the last time you said, ride with me, boys, and I was at the basketball game, and I couldn't get service, and my wife saw me on top of the bleachers trying to get service.

[Bobby Bones]

Did she make you stop?

[Eddie]

No, she just said, like, I think it'd be good for you if you just took a break. Because every time.

[Bobby Bones]

Making you stop.

[Eddie]

Yeah, every time she said she'd see me, I'd be trying to get service. Or like, hold on. Give Me a second. I got to, like, place this bet real quick. It was all just trying to beat the clock because you know how it is. Like, odds change quickly. And so when it was two weeks ago, she saw me in the bleachers. I quit. Two weeks, dude. And it was. It was cool. It was actually interesting to watch games without betting on it.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't really like watching games if my team's not in it. I don't have fantasy player on it, or if I don't have any money on it, I don't like gonna watch a random game.

[Brandon Ray]

It has to be, like, a really good, like, interesting player.

[Bobby Bones]

I love sports, but I'm just not gonna watch, you know, the Browns and Steelers.

[Eddie]

But it was the playoffs, so, like, you're still watching the game, right? Like, you're watching. It was Bills, Jaguars, right? Whatever. You're just sitting back. You're like, cool. Oh, interception. Nice. Not like, dang it.

[Brandon Ray]

Oh, God.

[Eddie]

Why could you just catch the ball? Because when. When you're gambling, dude, you're yelling at the TV so bad. It was cool.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't yell at the TV so mad ever.

[Eddie]

Oh, you don't?

[Bobby Bones]

No, never.

[Eddie]

Oh, dude. My wife will see me pacing and be like, come on, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you need to take a break. Yeah, I'm gonna join her now. You need a break. By the way, though, everybody only gamble if it's fun.

[Eddie]

It's so much fun.

[Bobby Bones]

Entertain. No, no, I'm saying only do it.

[Brandon Ray]

Don't do what Eddie's doing.

[Bobby Bones]

So much for entertainment purposes. Only make have it if you're going to gamble it. We can do some games here. Let's do the game. That was the terrible game. First 49ers at Seahawks. When that game started, was that Sean Alexander up in the. On the ledge?

[Brandon Ray]

Oh, I didn't see that.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Was he there, the 12th man?

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Probably bald, but he didn't have Alexander on the back of his jacket. But I kind of missed it. But that Seattle man goes crazy. And who had the 12th man first? Texas A and M or Seattle?

[Eddie]

I think Texas A and M. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I think so, too, because the story.

[Eddie]

Goes, like, back in a long, long time ago, like, they needed a 12th man and, like, somebody from. Or they needed a player. They were one player showing.

[Bobby Bones]

They pulled him from the stands, and.

[Eddie]

Somebody stands, like, I'll play. So that's. That's the story.

[Bobby Bones]

That was a long time ago, and I think. And I've seen it, so I don't know if it's Every year, but possibly it is. They do all of the walk ons to play kickoff.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

They put all the walk ons on for one play and they kick off and.

[Brandon Ray]

Oh, that's awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. What would be awesome is if, like, the other team just ran it back every time. Every time the other team just. Just runs through them and runs it back. I think it was Sean Alexander.

[Brandon Ray]

It says he was not mentioned at the game, so I don't know if it was or not.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe not. Either way, it looked like a big, bald, muscular black dude who looked like he used to play ball. But that. That stadium goes hard.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. Who was it? Seats right. Go vertical. That's what I'm trying to find out.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

Doug Baldwin.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's who it was. Doug Baldwin. Is he a big, muscular, bald dude?

[Brandon Ray]

He is.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. I only saw him. I didn't. I didn't walk up and see it, and I just saw it wasn't Sean Alexander's name on the back. Dude, I think I draft Doug Baldwin over Sean Alexander right now in the league.

[Eddie]

He's huge.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, he looked good. Yeah. So they won. That touchdown, that kickoff return, that's all they needed.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, it was over right after, like.

[Eddie]

Right at the beginning. Yeah, the first one.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Because San Francisco scored six points.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

No, they literally won after the kickoff.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah, that's it. That's all they needed. They didn't need anything else to lay it on them.

[Bobby Bones]

They won. That was seven points. Beat all six points that San Francisco had.

[Eddie]

Dude, that defense is crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

And then McCaffrey got hurt.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, it was. And then the Niners defense, I mean, they're down, like, all their guys. They just didn't look like they could be on the field with them.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I mean, they. They're missing all their big players. Although they kept saying Fred Warner may come back.

[Brandon Ray]

I know. Next week. Did you see the videos of him last week, like, practicing? I was like, he does not look.

[Eddie]

Like he should be playing during the game. They said he was gonna.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, no, they kept saying even when he got hurt, they were hoping he could come back at the conference championship game, so. But probably better. Yeah, he didn't. But Salah is in the conversation for the Titans head coach job. He's done Salah. He's in the final round. Would you.

[Brandon Ray]

If you were a Titans fan, would you want that?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I think solid's a great. You can't have somebody go to the jets. It not work and hold it against them.

[Brandon Ray]

Especially with Aaron Rodgers, I guess at.

[Bobby Bones]

Quarterback, just in general, that you can't have somebody go to the jets or the Panthers or the Browns and them not perform and then hold it against them because you aren't going to win there.

[Brandon Ray]

Man, it was just so bad. But you're right, it is the Jets. Nobody's been good there since what, Rex Ryan 15 years ago.

[Bobby Bones]

There are three dysfunctional organizations and it's those three, like Total Dysfunction.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So, yeah, I wouldn't mind that.

[Brandon Ray]

And the pressure is a lot less here in Nashville than it is in New York.

[Eddie]

Well, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You would think, though, that Southern hospitality, they would aim to get an offensive guy since they're kind of building it all on. On Cam Ward. Cam Ward, Yeah. But get a culture guy.

[Brandon Ray]

There's a lot of guys out there. Right.

[Bobby Bones]

But also they're not gonna, they're not gonna take. They're not gonna get their first pick. They're not gonna get their 10th pick. I wouldn't or I wouldn't interview with the Titans if I had a shot to get a decent to good job this year or next year.

[Brandon Ray]

And there's a lot of openings.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I saw they were talking to McCarthy.

[Brandon Ray]

He.

[Bobby Bones]

He is the coach. Well, now that Buffalo just fired their coach, but believe that Sean McDermott. That's true.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Yeah. That is surprising though, Brandon. Surprising.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't know what he was saying over there.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I couldn't believe that in an accident.

[Bobby Bones]

Now that they fired McDermott, his winning percentage may be higher, EV. But McCarthy is the coach with the highest winning percentages out there. Just waiting.

[Eddie]

Yeah. He won a Super Bowl.

[Brandon Ray]

He hasn't coached since Dallas.

[Eddie]

Dallas.

[Brandon Ray]

So I guess it wasn't that long ago.

[Bobby Bones]

If the Titans get a warm body, that's a good hire by the Titans.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. And he's an offensive guy, right?

[Eddie]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Yeah. He was calling the place for the Cowboys.

[Bobby Bones]

You talking about McCarthy?

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I think Salah is probably a better longer term investment. Salah went to San Francisco and did a pretty good job with the defense.

[Eddie]

Yeah, he did.

[Bobby Bones]

They got hurt all year.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

With the power plant next door.

[Bobby Bones]

Exactly. Brandon, anything about McDermott you want to say? Dude, I just. I just think he's a great coach. I guess they were just done with him, but I think anybody would be lucky to have him. You couldn't believe it.

[Eddie]

I couldn't believe it. He's a great coach. You know he had skin cancer.

[Brandon Ray]

Like recycled.

[Eddie]

Yeah. That's why like everybody just saying stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

Now to make everybody else look at him.

[Brandon Ray]

Is that.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that.

[Brandon Ray]

AI, come on.

[Eddie]

No, he had skin cancer. And that's like. It's trouble. Like, during day games, you know, like, he had to wear, like, a hat and cover himself up. Oh, I did not know that.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you know Canales cheated on his wife and was addicted to porn and then wrote a book about it? I saw that.

[Eddie]

Is that where the cancer coach.

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Eddie]

Everyone?

[Bobby Bones]

Have you not heard that?

[Eddie]

Uh, yeah. How does that get out?

[Bobby Bones]

He wrote a book about it.

[Eddie]

Okay, well, that's how it gets out.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Does he write a book just to kind of, like, let everyone know, hey, you're not alone out there. Like, this happened to me, too? Because that's a hard one to admit.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it?

[Brandon Ray]

We haven't read the book, obviously, but he probably makes himself look not as horrible in the book, I assume.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Brandon Ray]

I got never heard about this.

[Eddie]

I know exactly what went down.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. If you're gonna stay with me, his.

[Eddie]

Wife said, if you're gonna stay with me, you're gonna let everyone know what happened.

[Bobby Bones]

Exactly. I'll start writing the book and we're.

[Brandon Ray]

Gonna make money off.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, ma'.

[Brandon Ray]

Am.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, ma'. Am. Chat gbt. What would you write if you were me and you had to. Hypothetically speaking. Anyway.

[Eddie]

Wow, that's crazy.

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[Bobby Bones]

Earlier in the day Bill's at Broncos. What a great game. I don't know if you heard, but the after effects of this.

[Brandon Ray]

No way. Really?

[Eddie]

Go ahead, Brandon.

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead, Brandon. I can't believe it. Can't believe what? I can't believe Sean McDermott got fired. Sean McDermott got fired. Anyone would be lucky to have him.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

That's crazy. Everything after the game was crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a great game. Yeah, it's really a great game.

[Eddie]

It was.

[Bobby Bones]

I was thinking about this too. Allow me. If I were a really great ballplayer coming out of college, they're giving me a first, second, third round draft grade and they said we're going to draft you, but we're going to draft you to the Bills or the packers or the Bears. I think I may just retire. I don't want to play in the cold. These games. I'm just not going to play football rather than playing the cold.

[Eddie]

I don't know how they do that. I know they get paid a lot of money and like, yeah, you know what, it's just one day. But dude, that looks miserable.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm out. Yeah, I'm going to go play baseball. I'm also inventing that I'm a great baseball player as well. You're an athlete just like John Elway.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, you're an athlete.

[Bobby Bones]

These games look freaking miserable.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's terrible.

[Brandon Ray]

And then the fans in the stands with their shirts off.

[Eddie]

That's even worse.

[Bobby Bones]

Like the two guys in the Bears game.

[Brandon Ray]

I saw one guy. Was it the Bears game where he had. I love something but he looks so cold. I'm like, dude, what are you doing?

[Eddie]

And then I saw a kid. Did you see a kid in like.

[Bobby Bones]

12 year old child abuse?

[Eddie]

Like it's terrible.

[Bobby Bones]

Child abuse.

[Eddie]

I want to be just like my dad.

[Bobby Bones]

Josh Allen had four turnovers. But I'll say this about these cold weather teams in games that it sucks because you're just not going to have the stats as the Warm weather, guys. Because later in the season when it's cold, when it's snowing, you just not. You're just not going to have the passing yards. You're just not going to have that. Of guys that are playing warmer in.

[Eddie]

Domes, you get turnovers, too.

[Bobby Bones]

So, yeah, that sucked. And Bo Nicks wins the game. I thought when Kevin sent over the screenshot, I think a lot of people did this. I saw a tick tock of a Broncos fan being shown that Bo and he didn't believe it.

[Eddie]

I saw it.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

He was just gotten back from the grocery store.

[Bobby Bones]

Shut up. I don't believe it. He goes, I'm on ESPN now. I don't see Bo Nick's broken ankle. And his wife is, like, happy about it. She's like, no, look at it.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that was evil.

[Bobby Bones]

So he. I don't think she was. I think she was laughing because he didn't believe it. But still, it seemed a little hurtful. But, yeah, he broke his ankle.

[Brandon Ray]

It was so, like, just nonchalant.

[Eddie]

But kneeling.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it wasn't kneeling. Yeah. They said that to be funny.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You believe too much, AI.

[Eddie]

Dude, I believe it all, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

If it pops up on tick tock, I'm like, wow.

[Brandon Ray]

A couple plays earlier, he had like a run out to his left.

[Bobby Bones]

Rollout. Rollout.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. And he ran the ball, but he still popped up like nothing happened.

[Bobby Bones]

And he walked off the field. He was limping a little bit when the game was over.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And then, I don't know, five minutes after at the podium. Hey, yeah, he's out. He broke his ankles. Gonna have surgery. Yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

And the way that Peyton just like.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I mean immediate.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

Which was surprising. Like this. You would think it would at least take a couple hours. Maybe the next morning, something like that. I mean, you didn't want to get anymore.

[Bobby Bones]

Probably want to get ahead of it. Yeah. Like, enough people probably knew at that point that they just had to say it to get it out there, because if they didn't, somebody else was going to. That's what I think.

[Brandon Ray]

Probably. It's just crazy how they knew right away.

[Eddie]

Are they just folding at this point? Like, is it over?

[Bobby Bones]

No. There's a funny picture, though, of Stidham when he was at Auburn, and Bo Nix was doing visits before he committed to Auburn and he was going to play at Auburn. Obviously his dad played at Auburn, was a legend there. But there's a picture of Stidham with Bo Nix and he's in full gear, and Bo Nix is like a Kid. They're not. The age difference isn't much. A couple of few years.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. But one was probably like 15, 18 or something like that.

[Bobby Bones]

Huh.

[Brandon Ray]

Between them two, you're saying Stidham and him?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't. Yeah.

[Eddie]

What, three years?

[Brandon Ray]

A couple years.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that what it is?

[Brandon Ray]

Probably.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So that picture was kind of fun. But Stidham's what got one career win, hasn't thrown a ball in two seasons.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. Patriots drafted him.

[Eddie]

Well, that's ironic.

[Brandon Ray]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Crazy.

[Eddie]

No, it's not.

[Bobby Bones]

I think that Stidham is obviously a downgrade, but you weren't basing. Your whole team wasn't built on Bo Nicks. It's built on the defense.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. And they have Sean Payton, like. Yeah, he's still. I think I want to say Situm's the highest or one of the highest paid backups. So I think that's Sean Payton letting you know, like, hey, I like this guy. We need to keep him around.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think that Denver wins, but because I think that Denver will probably win.

[Eddie]

I'm just wondering what the whole morale is around the team. Like, as soon as it's like, oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Man, it probably sucks, but again, that team wasn't built on Bo Nicks. If it was Caleb Williams, I think it's different.

[Brandon Ray]

So Stafford, Drake, May. Yeah, definitely different.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm just saying he's just naming the quarterbacks, man.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, it's all the quarterbacks left.

[Eddie]

Drake, May.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin's got his Patriots jacket on.

[Brandon Ray]

That's right.

[Bobby Bones]

Feel pretty good about. Well, we can talk about the game first. The Patriots beat the Texans. CJ Stroud's terrible.

[Brandon Ray]

Awful. I thought he was going to get benched.

[Bobby Bones]

I thought they were going to call me to come in.

[Eddie]

How many. How many turnovers? Four.

[Brandon Ray]

Four.

[Bobby Bones]

He had four interceptions. And that's. That's not even the fumbles.

[Brandon Ray]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Just. It was a bad game.

[Eddie]

I will say Drake May needs to.

[Bobby Bones]

Protect the ball a little bit. Yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

He was pissing me off, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

It was a winter weather game.

[Eddie]

He's done it when it wasn't a winter game.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. It just made me upset because, like, first half, it's like, all right, cool. But you gotta understand, the second half, you got Will Anderson over there and.

[Bobby Bones]

He was out of his mind.

[Brandon Ray]

Daniel Hunter. I was just like, okay, let's draw something else. Because sitting back there for seven seconds, that ain't working.

[Bobby Bones]

There was a really funny picture that was sent in my Latino Cowboys fans text group. It's all my Mexican friends and me.

[Eddie]

It's so stupid.

[Bobby Bones]

And so it's a picture of CJ Stroud ripping off his face. And behind the skin is Dak.

[Brandon Ray]

Dak, Yes. I need that picture, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

I laughed out loud.

[Brandon Ray]

I got Cowboys friends.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not a Cowboys hater. And Dak played pretty good this year.

[Eddie]

Dak played great.

[Bobby Bones]

Didn't have a defense.

[Brandon Ray]

I take Dak over C.J.

[Eddie]

Yes. C.J.

[Bobby Bones]

I take.

[Brandon Ray]

Yes, that was bad.

[Bobby Bones]

But C.J. stroud has regressed twice. Rookie year to year two regression. Year two to year three regression.

[Eddie]

What is. Was it his rookie year where he had no interceptions for a long time? I think till the last game.

[Brandon Ray]

I don't think it was that long. But it was long.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it was long. It had to be his rookie year because he.

[Eddie]

Again, because everything else is bad.

[Brandon Ray]

And then once they lost their tight end in the game, too, they're already out. Nico Collins. I was like, okay, we have to win.

[Bobby Bones]

Schultz.

[Brandon Ray]

Schultz. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It was a bad game for the Texans. Good job for the Patriots, dude.

[Brandon Ray]

Good for you. I'll take it, man. I'm not gonna apologize. I also want to say thank you to the Titans because I'm so glad they fired Mike Vrabel, man. Like, this is unbelievable.

[Bobby Bones]

So stupid.

[Brandon Ray]

Unbelievable. Like, what's her name? Amy Strunker, I think is the owner. They couldn't get along and they fired him. And I'm just sitting here a couple years later just like, thank you. Because he fell into our lap. And then shout out Robert Kraft, too, for firing Mayo.

[Bobby Bones]

Because that was a tough. I mean, you had to commit.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. And not a lot of owners will, like, put their ego to the side and be like, okay, we were wrong here, but we have this chance to make it right. And obviously they made it right. We talked about beginning of the season. I was like, yeah, if we won eight or nine games, that's cool. And now we're in the AFC Championship and like.

[Bobby Bones]

And against a crazy.

[Eddie]

A broken.

[Bobby Bones]

A broken Broncos.

[Eddie]

Broncos.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, you might.

[Eddie]

You guys could go.

[Brandon Ray]

We have a legit shot.

[Bobby Bones]

I think you're the fate. I looked this morning. What are you?

[Eddie]

Four.

[Brandon Ray]

Four and a half. When I. That's what it opened as. Crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

You're a four point favorite going to Denver.

[Brandon Ray]

But we are.04 in the playoffs. All time in Denver.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't have to like, counter it.

[Eddie]

That doesn't matter.

[Bobby Bones]

All I'm doing is.

[Brandon Ray]

I'm a fan, though, guys. I gotta think negatively. So I can wait for the positive.

[Bobby Bones]

This is your positivity. For me though.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's right. You go to Denver and you're the favorite. That's pretty cool. Yeah, that's pretty cool.

[Brandon Ray]

It's freaking awesome. I'm ready.

[Eddie]

And there's no chance. There's no chance. At the beginning of the season, you thought that the Patriots had a chance to actually go to the Super Bowl?

[Brandon Ray]

No, not at all. I was like, yeah, we signed all these guys. This is great. Sounds great. We got variable cool, like if we make the wild card. That's freaking awesome.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that'd be cool.

[Brandon Ray]

And like yesterday after the game last night at like 9 o', clock, I look at my wife and I'm like, I can't believe that Patriots are in the AFC Championship. Did you cry? This is crazy. No, maybe. Maybe this week if they win, I might cry.

[Eddie]

Brady, I like your Bledsoe jersey.

[Brandon Ray]

Oh, yeah. I think that was my dad's back in the 90s. Yeah. And then it'll be my boys next. It'll be awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. That's crazy. It's crazy that Drake may took the big step that he did.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

A big part of that, especially with the Bears and with the Patriots, are those second year quarterbacks taking a massive jump based on the coaching that they got. They came in right, Both of them.

[Brandon Ray]

Right. Yeah. And both. And even we haven't gotten to it really yet. But Caleb Williams, I'm just like, God, he's so fun to watch.

[Bobby Bones]

Even Bo Nix.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. And Bo Nix, he. I thought he was kind of like the least out of them, if you, if you will, I guess. But I'm like, dang, he looks really good and moment doesn't look too big for him. But yeah, Drake's. He still does have to protect the football, especially against the Denver defense.

[Bobby Bones]

But that run when he dope, I just credit even Stroud. I'll give him a little benefit of the doubt too. It was a winter weather game. I think you just start with two interceptions. Just count on you're going to have two interceptions and a fumble. When it's a game like that, that dive for the first down whenever they punch it out, that's.

[Brandon Ray]

It was a busted play to begin with. So it was like. Oh, no.

[Eddie]

It's almost like if it's a winter game, like the, the whole strategy for the defense is like punch out first before you tackle. Like punch, do the punch first because we're gonna get turnovers.

[Bobby Bones]

That punch though would get me beat up because I'd punch and miss and like hit in the neck or something.

[Brandon Ray]

What's crazy is like when you see the guys catch the ball and they haven't been touched yet and a DB comes over, he doesn't touch him, he just goes punches from up top, dude. Just down. And I'm like, dang.

[Eddie]

You're right though. A lot of that. I bet a lot of those miss also.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like I think I would hurt my fist. I'd be like, ow.

[Brandon Ray]

Especially in the cold.

[Bobby Bones]

I swing. Ow. I hit it. I punched the shoulder pad. Ow. You missing the helmet hurts. Okay. You want to talk about the Bears?

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Amazing. Yeah, amazing.

[Bobby Bones]

All of that game was fun.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't like the cold. That part was miserable. But Caleb Williams is awesome. He's so fun to watch that throw, that throw, to commit.

[Brandon Ray]

Oh my gosh.

[Eddie]

Was that. Was that lucky or was that just an awesome throw?

[Bobby Bones]

And yes. Okay, one to know where there's single coverage in the corner of the end zone where you have the best shot. To also drop back to like the. It was like a 40 yard. It's like a official like a 14 or 15 yard pass.

[Eddie]

He went back.

[Bobby Bones]

But it's what you do whenever, whenever I play college. EA Sports, College football.

[Eddie]

Get some space.

[Bobby Bones]

You just run back as far as you can and throw it because you know he's got the arm strength. Yeah, all of that. But also a good play by Kemet because he pushed off, but also he didn't let the defender know the ball was coming. You'll see these old videos of Randy Moss talking about how he would play and he wouldn't lift his eyes at all if the ball was coming. If he's being. If a defensive back was on him, he wouldn't look up. He would see it coming and just keep his eyes normal. And it was a real skill that he had like tracking, it was keeping. Because you're trained as a fourth string former defensive back in high school, you're trained when the eyes go up, arms go up. Yep. And his eyes would never go up. And the next thing you know he just catches the ball and they're like, what the crap?

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So Kemet never wide eyed it.

[Eddie]

That's gotta be so hard.

[Bobby Bones]

Locked out. They were hand fighting, locked up, commit pushed him off and the ball had to be dropped right there. There was. I thought it was. I thought they were gonna win the whole Super Bowl. As soon as that happened, I was like, this is God's pick. They're now gonna win the Super Bowl.

[Brandon Ray]

And if you're a Bears fan though, he would drive me Crazy. But he would be the most fun thing ever to have as your quarterback, because every play you're sitting there, you're kind of like a Steph Curry, where you're just like, he's gonna do something amazing. And it could either go in or it could go out. You know what I mean?

[Eddie]

And then you start thinking, like, every fourth quarter, like, ah, come back time, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, because they won seven or eight games, like that fourth quarter especially. But he.

[Brandon Ray]

They.

[Bobby Bones]

They kept saying Chris Collins would be like, yeah, he's the greatest athlete on the field. He needs to just be that. And he. Then he would. He would just seem bigger, faster than everybody else out there. So if you're a Bears fan, that's pretty awesome. He rips that football that you get to come back next year, and it seems like you have everything in place. Obviously, they need to patch up the defense a little bit, but they have a great receiving core. Although DJ Moore. I was watching who's the former backup quarterback played at Missouri, who made, like, Daniel. I was watching Chase Daniel break down the film of that last play.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, and the interception, or. Yeah, yeah, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, the interception.

[Brandon Ray]

Or where D.J. morton, like, flatten out or something.

[Bobby Bones]

He was like, this is the laziest ride I've ever seen, really. Just watch from three angles. He was like, this is just lazy. The route's just lazy. And this is, you know, why the interception happened. Great game. Matthew Stafford, if he wins at the Super Bowl, I think he goes into, like, the top 10 quarterbacks of all time. Exactly.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

It's weird to think of, but.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, Yeah, I mean, that's fair.

[Bobby Bones]

He's. He's got the numbers. He just only has one super bowl, and I just threw top 10. I'd have to really look.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, I was just trying to think of 10.

[Bobby Bones]

But, yeah, I would think that.

[Brandon Ray]

And he didn't play all that great either.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I think he's hurt.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, probably.

[Bobby Bones]

But also, I think Caleb was hurt because he kept grabbing his finger during the game.

[Eddie]

Well, he'd hit a helmet early in.

[Bobby Bones]

The game, so he kept grabbing his. They'd show it in the huddle. I would do that. Even if I wasn't hurt. I would do that. I'd have a little limp or like a. Or like a finger, and I would be grabbing it during the game. So I had an excuse.

[Brandon Ray]

Well, C.J. stroud, they said that he hit his, too, and he threw one bad ball and looked down at his hand. I'm like, yeah, I do the same thing.

[Eddie]

Oh, every time yeah, interception. Grab my arm, beginning of the game.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I would do it without even interception. Just so I had. So they'd be trying to find it the whole time. Do it in pre game.

[Brandon Ray]

So, like, people already just no going to that game.

[Eddie]

He's hurt. He's hurt.

[Bobby Bones]

We gotta update on our NFL Skins League. I just can't find the link right now.

[Eddie]

Yeah, Kevin kind of told me before we started here. I think it's wrong.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, let me. What? What? I just asked him to update it just now.

[Eddie]

Oh, really?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So it probably was like 52 and now it's. Right, like 50 or like 5?

[Brandon Ray]

You want me to say he did update it, Eddie, since we spoke before.

[Eddie]

He did update it?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, no, I literally just text him, said, update it.

[Eddie]

Okay, good.

[Brandon Ray]

And he did.

[Bobby Bones]

What is it now?

[Brandon Ray]

49?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's great. That's exactly what I thought because the number he gave me was like 53 or something. 53. And I was like, 51.

[Brandon Ray]

Not act like you.

[Eddie]

No, 52.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, my God. Yeah, you guys are driving well, because.

[Eddie]

Because I thought. I thought at least. We'd at least make $300.

[Brandon Ray]

So we're made 200.

[Bobby Bones]

We're at 4900 right now.

[Eddie]

That's great.

[Bobby Bones]

The most we can lose next weekend is $200. The most we can lose now overall is 300 bucks.

[Eddie]

That's great.

[Bobby Bones]

So our. We're going to owe this league. If we're at 49, 5200 is the most we're going to owe. Okay, most. That's fine. The best we can do. If we win next week, we're gonna win $400. Okay. So that'd be at 45. And then we can win. We could get down to 4,000.

[Brandon Ray]

Love that.

[Eddie]

Okay. That'd be nice.

[Brandon Ray]

Hey, I know it's been a bad year, but, like, in all the Skins League years that he's done this, has there ever been a better, like, pick for your money than the Patriots? They're safe. I'm not even saying that's a Patriot fan. I'm just saying you're right, because that was our last. That was the last pick, right?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I picked the Dolphins.

[Brandon Ray]

Wins, lose the loser. But still, it was.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah. I picked the Patriots, like, fourth.

[Brandon Ray]

Like, man, if we. If it wasn't for them, though, I.

[Bobby Bones]

Only picked them because of you. I was like, let me give Kevin somebody to Route 4.

[Brandon Ray]

I love it. Thanks, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you're welcome. Eddie was at a skating rink watching games. It was up on the screen above the skaters?

[Eddie]

Yeah, me and two other dads. And it was my son's birthday party, so I felt a little bad about that, but did you skate? No, no, no, no, no, no. My skating days are over. I did think about it and my son did say, like, dad, come on, come out with us. And I was like, you know what? I'm gonna skip out on this. But, dude, it was crazy because they had to shut down the rink for 30 minutes because somebody poop in the pool. No, this girl fell and, dude, it was like a quarterback, like, snapped her ankle. It was snapped. It was like the. You know, she was laying on her side, roller skate backwards.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm surprised they shut the rink down because I bet that happens at a rink a lot. I would mostly picture, like, the old school Madden game where the ambulance comes out and drives over the people, throws somebody in, gets back out, and the game goes on.

[Eddie]

It was more of a process. They had to get all the kids off the rink. Like, all right, everybody off. Everybody off. And then there was a police officer on site. The police officer came out and kind of looked at it. Radioed EMS showed up, fire truck, all of it. And they did everything. And then the rink as surgery, as everyone was watching.

[Brandon Ray]

No, dude, put it back together.

[Eddie]

They cut the skate off. Just. I'm telling you, it was like football.

[Brandon Ray]

Is it Bo Nicks?

[Eddie]

Dude, they cut the skates off with scissors.

[Bobby Bones]

Her mom had a press conference right after. Yeah. Tabitha is going to be out for the next birthday party.

[Brandon Ray]

Hey, we believe in Molly, though. We're good.

[Eddie]

It was crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Our younger sister is going to step up and have a good time for the rest of the party. Yeah, that sucks. I bet that kind of crap happens if you own a roller skating rink. Do you have sign a waiver?

[Eddie]

Yes. I mean, it says there when you.

[Bobby Bones]

Dude, I bet you wavered like crazy.

[Eddie]

Yeah, you have to. Oh, they're good.

[Brandon Ray]

They're covered and they're insured like crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

I used to roller skate, like.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, I was good back in my day. Wait, wait.

[Brandon Ray]

Define good.

[Eddie]

Oh, you knew he was going backwards.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, a little bit. I was good. I'm talking about. We had a place in Hot Springs that I would go once a week called Crystal palace, and on Sundays if I could get a ride into town. And I saved up and bought my own skates. I was probably 12, and so I would take my own skates. And they didn't allow in line. They didn't. No, no blades.

[Eddie]

Okay. They allow that now, but I mean, they inspect it they've got to make sure no dirt has touched that. It's got to be clean. Squeaky clean.

[Bobby Bones]

That makes sense. So these were all four wheel and I was really good at limbo. The only people I couldn't beat were the people were the people that did the splits. I couldn't beat the people that did the spl.

[Brandon Ray]

Dude, that's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

But I could do like a one side, like leg out and get down limbo. I was really good. But when the splits, the splits getters came, I could not compete. I did win a couple, but mostly I'd get top three. So I'd get like a free coke.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They still do that. They still do little games like that. Did you ever race?

[Bobby Bones]

No, they didn't have races, but we did stuff like chicken dance. But you do that out there. Yeah, that was fun. And they did limbo and they would do a couple skate. I never really had the courage to couple skate because I never had a girl that would like couples skate with me. And if you knew me, you definitely would because I wasn't cool at school or anything. But there weren't a lot of kids from Mountain Pine that went to Crystal Palace. And so once one time ever did I meet a girl at the skating rink and couple sk. You like hold hands. And I'm like 12, maybe 11, and this is the only time ever and I'm holding hands and I'm skating with this girl and I'm really feeling myself. And in walks Arkansas. Keith picked me up and I was so embarrassed and I threw her hand away.

[Brandon Ray]

He didn't see.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know if he did. He's probably proud. But yeah, I threw her hand away. And then she died right after that.

[Brandon Ray]

Oh, dude, that's favorite song to skate to.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, there were a couple always like, this is the Rump Shaker.

[Eddie]

Okay. Here.

[Bobby Bones]

All I want to do is I.

[Eddie]

Got zoom, zoom, zoom, boom, boom.

[Bobby Bones]

Just shake your up like Rex and Effects. Rump Shaker was one of my favorite ones to skate to. When they played that I get out there.

[Eddie]

So when you heard the saxophone.

[Bobby Bones]

They played DJ Cool. Let me clear my throat. I think a little bit too, either that maybe that was back for one a couple times after I was older. But mostly I think Rex and Effects.

[Eddie]

Was a good one. You didn't like any of the 70s throwbacks, like the little standalone.

[Brandon Ray]

They didn't do a lot of those disco.

[Eddie]

Yeah, they do. They bring. They're bringing that back now.

[Bobby Bones]

They would do she Got the Motion in the ocean. She got skills.

[Eddie]

Oh, hold on.

[Bobby Bones]

Call Me bad, I think.

[Eddie]

Oh, is that Calling Me Bad? I thought it was a rock song. No.

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Eddie]

Huh. I thought that was like. I think that's Easy Top.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, she got. No, I think it was. Let me look.

[Eddie]

Color Me Bad. Dude coloring. That was awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

It says All For One. Oh, it's All For One.

[Brandon Ray]

That's what it is.

[Bobby Bones]

I'd get those groups confused because they were like.

[Eddie]

They didn't have a lot of hits.

[Bobby Bones]

They were like singing groups, but they weren't boy bands because they were a little too old and, like, they had too much facial hair. Yeah, that's what it was. It was Color Be Bad.

[Eddie]

I remember he did have kind of like a five o' clock shadow.

[Bobby Bones]

Right. Color Me Bad had. I wanna sex you up.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And then they had All For Love. And then what was. Who was the group you said? Brandon. All For One. They did the.

[Brandon Ray]

I Swear.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, the John. Yeah, I swear. I think. All For One. Were they Hispanic?

[Eddie]

Nah. Were they?

[Brandon Ray]

I thought so, but I think.

[Eddie]

I think they. Man, we didn't know that.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe they just all had one Hispanic guy, one white guy.

[Eddie]

But they were All For One, so.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, we hired All For One for a radio event once at. At KISS FM in Austin. Okay, here we go. All For One. They're from Lancaster, California, an American male RB group best known for I swear so much in love. Oh, they had I can love you, like, which is. Oh, yeah. John Michael Montgomery. They did two. John Michael Montgomery. Really? Yeah.

[Eddie]

Did they know John Michael Montgomery. Kind of like a handshake at a bar.

[Bobby Bones]

Kind of like the label who had him do it. Got it. Wait. Yeah. Listen to the Bobby Castle. John Michael Montgomery.

[Eddie]

Okay. He talks about all that.

[Bobby Bones]

Alfred Navares.

[Eddie]

Well, that's a Hispanic fella.

[Bobby Bones]

I just want to say his name, make sure. I went crazy. They had a guy named Delias Kennedy. Sounds Irish.

[Eddie]

The Delia's part. I don't know about that.

[Bobby Bones]

We just start picking all their names.

[Eddie]

I don't know.

[Brandon Ray]

Just guess their origin.

[Bobby Bones]

Tony Boer. Awake. Probably German. Polish. Polish. And Jamie Jones.

[Eddie]

That's American.

[Bobby Bones]

Dude, Grab bag. Hey, dude, they're all American.

[Brandon Ray]

They're all for One.

[Bobby Bones]

They're all for One. For one, that's correct. Oh, man. Those are the days of the skating rink. I'm sorry about her ankle, though.

[Eddie]

No, I didn't know her. She's.

[Brandon Ray]

I mean, wait, young girl.

[Eddie]

Like, she was probably in her 20s.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I thought she was like 10.

[Eddie]

No, no, no. Kids don't hurt Themselves, Dude, Kids fall.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that was you then when that happened to you, dude.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because you broke your arm, right? Yeah.

[Eddie]

But no one stopped for me. No one called anyone I had to like.

[Bobby Bones]

But you got off the court. You came off.

[Eddie]

All on my own. Yeah. And honestly, I didn't think anything was wrong with me until about an hour later. That's when it was just like, oh, this is really hurting. And then the more time goes by.

[Bobby Bones]

Because your adrenaline was pumping.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah, because.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

Racing room.

[Eddie]

I don't remember. Did you ever escape, like, at the rink?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, dude, like, as a kid.

[Eddie]

Yeah, all the time. First kiss at the skating rink.

[Brandon Ray]

Dang.

[Bobby Bones]

What was the rink called?

[Eddie]

Fantasyland. Fantasyland. And the girl that I kissed, dude, I liked her because she looked like Joe Montana.

[Bobby Bones]

Nice.

[Eddie]

Isn't that crazy?

[Bobby Bones]

Crazy. Fourth grade crazy. No. What about her look like Joe Montana?

[Eddie]

Everything. Her hair, like, her face.

[Brandon Ray]

Face, yeah. So you wanted to kiss Joe Montana?

[Eddie]

I don't know.

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[Eddie]

Dude, a part of me was just like, I like Joe Montana. I like her. This works out.

[Bobby Bones]

You get no judgment for me.

[Eddie]

Thank you, man.

[Brandon Ray]

You are from me.

[Bobby Bones]

First girl I kissed like a Randall Cunningham.

[Eddie]

There we go.

[Brandon Ray]

Big fan.

[Eddie]

You're a big fan of Randall.

[Bobby Bones]

Loved it.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You know punter at unlv?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. The girl you kissed, huh? The girl, I guess, was the punter. You know, the Cunningham.

[Eddie]

Also, I saw a crazy story on TikTok about him. I think he was on a podcast talking about how he took Whitney Houston on a date to an island.

[Bobby Bones]

I haven't seen that.

[Eddie]

Randall Cunningham. Yeah, he, like, he asked his agent or something. He's like, you think you can hook me up with Whitney Houston? And they went to some event, and he's like, she's right there. You can go talk to her. And he said, hey, you want to go on a date with me? And he is like. She's like, sure. Where? He's like, let's go to this island.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you're right. Randall Cunningham and Whitney Houston had a brief, publicized romantic connection in the late 80s early 90s, highlighted by Cunningham flying Houston a private jet for a date to Antigua.

[Eddie]

Baller.

[Brandon Ray]

Dang, that's legit.

[Bobby Bones]

When Cunningham pursued her heavily, even leaving a preseason game for her, she ultimately preferred men with a street edge.

[Eddie]

Oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I get it. Leading to a relationship with Bobby Brown. That's why girls always left me. They wanted to be from the streets. And I'm like, I'm from the streets with that cred. Oh, Dan. That's cool.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's pretty cool.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a good story.

[Eddie]

It's cool watching him tell it and then he was just like, yeah, man. It was just fun, man. We just had a couple days in the island. It was fun, man. We didn't do anything. Just hung out, talking. Okay, sure.

[Brandon Ray]

Music.

[Bobby Bones]

Was it on. On the smoke?

[Eddie]

Yes. Was that recent January 8th? Yeah, that was it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. That's a good story. May have to watch. That's only four minutes here on the YouTube. All that smoke, the clip, all this, all the smoke. I think it's all the smoke.

[Brandon Ray]

All the smoke, yeah.

[Eddie]

You play it right now?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I'm not.

[Eddie]

We just listen to it.

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[Bobby Bones]

Alright, so we got four teams left. Who's gonna win Super Bowl?

[Brandon Ray]

Patriots.

[Bobby Bones]

How can you be so negative and go like, I'm a fan, I have to be negative yet then you go super positive by picking your own team.

[Brandon Ray]

Because it's all like a mind. You're working in your mind. For this game, specifically on Sunday, I gotta be like, oh, I don't know. It's gonna be tough. It's gonna be tough. And then they win. I'll be like, nice.

[Eddie]

Even though deep inside your mind, you're like, this is awesome.

[Brandon Ray]

Like, same with the Texans. Like, I had a good feeling about the Texans.

[Bobby Bones]

You were the favorite.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. And we won that game. It was close at some points, but, like, for the most part, it was like, okay, we're handling this game.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you worry that the team, the human part of them will go, nah, they don't have a quarterback. We have to, like, really get ready.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. Like, I don't like being the favorite because then all the pressure, I feel like, is on them. And the Patriots for this whole year have been like, oh, they're not really that good. The Texans defense is good. And then now it's like, well, now the Broncos are out their quarterback, so now the pressure is on the Patriots. Like, you have to win this game now, even on the road.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't mind being the favorite because I have to, like, have that logical conversation of, well, if I'm the favorite, it means that with no bias whatsoever, people think that we are the better team or the have the better circumstances. But I understand your loser logic. I'm just positive this year. It's my thing.

[Eddie]

It's different. You.

[Brandon Ray]

Well, it's probably because you're a Panthers fan and they had such a good year.

[Eddie]

That can't be it.

[Bobby Bones]

I think I'm just shifting because I have money on the Patriots.

[Brandon Ray]

That's right.

[Eddie]

Are you truly positive or are you just kind of like, Irish?

[Bobby Bones]

You can't get more positive than me right now.

[Brandon Ray]

Wow.

[Eddie]

Is that right?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. If. Cause we're going out to San Francisco to do some stuff before the Super Bowl. If the Patriots make the super bowl, are you going to stay two extra days?

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, right now I'm trying. We're. I was talking to my wife last night. We have to. We're figuring out, like, how we can get a babysitter. Like, she wouldn't come, but just to help her out for a few days.

[Eddie]

Oh, gosh. She would stay here.

[Brandon Ray]

She would stay here, but she needs. She needs help.

[Eddie]

Got it.

[Brandon Ray]

When there's two of them. So being gone for a couple days is one thing, but like, four or five days, that's a different thing.

[Bobby Bones]

It'd be five, I guess, because you couldn't really get back.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Until we got back. That super bowl and New Orleans, because I freaking.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Flew us back. Which I. Fun fact that I didn't know until flying out because we flew. We took a bus down there last.

[Eddie]

Year as a tour bus.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

You make it sound like we Greyhounded it. All of us.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, fair. I didn't think that because buses are just so prevalent in nature here.

[Eddie]

Next stop, Tucson.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a good point.

[Brandon Ray]

We.

[Bobby Bones]

We took a tour bus because we played a charity show in Alabama on.

[Eddie]

The way down Mobile and then Atlanta. Atlanta, Mobile.

[Bobby Bones]

Play two shows.

[Brandon Ray]

That's right.

[Bobby Bones]

So we went down and Eddie and I, Raging idiots and Matt Stell. Just us three, right? Yeah, we went down, played two different shows, and then Matt just went to the super bowl with us because I got us an extra ticket. And then I flew us back private so we could get back to the show. Who? The radio show. The next morning. But I didn't know that it cost extra. It already cost a lot to fly back private that it costs extra to fly out the night of the super bowl because you have to buy a slot because there are so many planes there.

[Eddie]

Oh, my. And you found out when you got the bill.

[Bobby Bones]

I found out when they were like, hey, what slot do you want? And I was like, I don't know. Earliest one out. And they're like, well, you understand that each of these slots cost money. And I was like, I don't. I've never flown post Super Bowl. And they're like, yeah.

[Eddie]

Is it earliest? More?

[Bobby Bones]

No, cheaper. It's first come, first serve.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

But the slots are expensive. It's like the three out. All three hours after the super bowl week. We left quick after the game. Like, as soon as over. We got in a car, flew out. Yeah. And then we got stalled because was there a, like, a Trump Lane?

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, Trump was on the. He was. Where was he taking off or something like that.

[Bobby Bones]

Or he was Air Force One or Air Force Two was there. I think it was Air Force One. They wouldn't let us out because of that.

[Eddie]

Once we were already at the airport. Yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

We were on the. Like, we're.

[Bobby Bones]

That's when Kevin was, like, trying to float with Adam Sandler.

[Eddie]

Yes, I remember that.

[Bobby Bones]

So, yeah, you had to. I had to pay to get us out of there. Or you had to wait till the next morning.

[Brandon Ray]

You want to do it again this year? Maybe.

[Bobby Bones]

I do not.

[Brandon Ray]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm like, I'm not going to the game. I don't care who's in it. I don't care that much. It's too Far away. I got to get back for the show, so I'm not going to the game.

[Brandon Ray]

Okay.

[Eddie]

But you can.

[Brandon Ray]

I know, I know. And my dad and brother will probably come up too, because they're in Southern California. Not that far.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's good.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. So I also don't think that the.

[Bobby Bones]

Tickets are always expensive, but I don't think they're going to be that expensive. I just don't see a team with a massive following.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, I mean, if you're not a fan of one of these teams, you're probably like, man, this kind of sucked. These last four.

[Bobby Bones]

And it's far. It's like, yeah, San Francisco.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. Seattle will probably. Well, like, represented if they make it just for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

But the Rams don't have any fans, so I don't think that, like, they.

[Eddie]

Do all the celebrities.

[Bobby Bones]

Exactly. And they're going to be there anyway. The Rams don't really have, like, a passionate fan base.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. Some are in Oakland, some are in LA. I think we're in St. Louis.

[Bobby Bones]

The tickets won't be cheap, but I think if you wait till like, day of, the tickets will be a whole lot cheaper this year than last year.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, that's probably what we'll do. And at the very least if we. I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

But that's. If you get in, like, you gotta win. But that's crazy. If you beat the Broncos hobbled, you're in the super bowl, dude.

[Eddie]

Your team's going to the Super Bowl. That's crazy.

[Brandon Ray]

Hey, don't. No, not yet.

[Bobby Bones]

You just.

[Brandon Ray]

One game at a time. One. One game at a time, guys. One game.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm gonna go with the Rams.

[Brandon Ray]

Really?

[Bobby Bones]

I think it's just. I'm just gonna be a contrarian. Seattle's so good.

[Eddie]

I got Seattle. I mean, they're just so good, dude. All around so good.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, I got Seattle.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm just gonna be a contrarian.

[Eddie]

There.

[Bobby Bones]

That show on Netflix is coming out where the guy climbs the building skyscraper. Live on Alex Honnold this week. The reason people will watch that is he's gonna die is to see him die.

[Brandon Ray]

Right?

[Eddie]

He's gonna die. I mean, how do you climb this skyscraper with.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think he dies. I think he makes it. I don't think he would do it if he didn't think he could make it. He's the guy that doesn't get nervous. Right. Because he's got something like, off about him. If you ever watch the documentary, it's called Free Solo.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Oh, he's A free solo guy.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, did you ever watch the documentary I did? Yeah.

[Eddie]

That's the guy that stays in his camper. Uh huh.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. There's like those pull ups and stuff.

[Eddie]

He climbs El Capitan.

[Bobby Bones]

He did climb it, yeah. Free solo.

[Eddie]

Free solo. No, but El Capitan, it's a rock.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, no harness.

[Eddie]

This is a building, dude. Like, in a city where, like, what's on the building? Just glass.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, there's got to be more than just glass, otherwise he would need tentacles.

[Eddie]

Like Spider Man. He's got glue.

[Bobby Bones]

The suction cups. Yeah. But I think that's obviously what'll pique people's interest, is the possibility of him falling. It's like Evel Knievel back in the day. It was to see if he would actually fall in the Grand Canyon.

[Eddie]

But he would. And he would crash sometimes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but he would always crash kind of on land.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

It was the only time I saw him crash was on the ramps that he would do, not over the Grand Canyon. And then there would be people with blank fire blankets and, like, you know, fire extinguishers immediately.

[Bobby Bones]

That's when. The 23rd.

[Brandon Ray]

Friday.

[Eddie]

That's Friday. Friday night. And I'm so excited. Where is he? He's like, it's somewhere in.

[Bobby Bones]

It's in like, Dubai or something. Taiwan.

[Brandon Ray]

Taiwan.

[Bobby Bones]

Somewhere. We haven't been. All those places are kind of the same. We haven't been there. We're not sure where they are.

[Eddie]

And the wind. Wind's got to be a factor, right? Like, once you.

[Bobby Bones]

Have you watched anything about it?

[Eddie]

Not about that, just the teasers. And I did watch Free Solo, although I thought Free Solo was the guy that cut his arm off. I guess not.

[Brandon Ray]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

That's the dude.

[Brandon Ray]

90 day or. What was that?

[Bobby Bones]

That was peeing your mouth. Peeing your mouth.

[Eddie]

157 days.

[Brandon Ray]

150 days.

[Bobby Bones]

Didn't he pee in his own mouth? Did he survive 127 hours?

[Brandon Ray]

There you go.

[Bobby Bones]

That's like Taiwan and Dubai. You know, we just say stuff. But I'm pretty sure he drank his own pee, right?

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

To survive.

[Bobby Bones]

Had to break his arm to get out. Yeah. You thought that was him. Now he's climbing a. That's why you think it's so dangerous.

[Eddie]

He's not gonna save it here, buddy.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. What else do we watch? To think maybe somebody will die? Nascar.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Brandon Ray]

Ufc.

[Eddie]

Ufc.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think anybody's gonna die. Like, I literally watch that just to see if I watch to see who wins.

[Eddie]

Okay, so let me ask you a question. When you street fight. And like, I remember when I worked in the news, there was a fight downtown or something. The guy, like, got clocked one time and he died, but now I'm thinking, is it because he hit his head on the concrete?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Eddie]

Not the punch.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Eddie]

So in ufc, if there's a soft. I mean, it's not completely soft, but I mean, it's not hard.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, they also train on how to. How to fight, how to take a punch. They. I think that's.

[Eddie]

I don't think they know how to. I mean, how do you like those. Some of those punches or kicks are.

[Bobby Bones]

Blind, but I think you've also strengthened your jaw so much.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Even at the point of, like, your neck. You know, when they put those weights on their head, even boxers or fighters, and they put those. It's like a leather thing on their head, and the weights are on the bottom of it. That's like. To strengthen your neck so you. If you get hit, your neck doesn't break.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I think there are a lot of things that go into that.

[Brandon Ray]

That's training.

[Eddie]

NASCAR has gotten really safe ever since they had that device or whatever that. I think it's the one Dale Earnhardt refused to use, which is.

[Bobby Bones]

They make them all wear it. Is it the same thing where the straps on your head, you put the weights on it?

[Eddie]

No, it's just like a.

[Brandon Ray]

Strengthening your neck.

[Eddie]

It's like a neck brace where it just doesn't make your head move in any kind of contact or whatever. But, you know, in the past, you'd see a wreck and you'd be like, oh, gosh, this is so bad. Now you see a wreck and you're like, that looks bad, but he should be okay. And sure enough, they're always okay.

[Bobby Bones]

But, I mean, part of the reason it casual to watch NASCAR is for the racks.

[Eddie]

Yes. Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

This will be crazy for the fall.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

What else?

[Eddie]

Do people still walk on wires?

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I was gonna say when they do those walk on wire things. That's why people watch for the most part and see if they'll fall.

[Eddie]

Circuses, we go there to see people.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't. I know that makes me uncomfortable. I don't. I don't go to circuses, but I don't.

[Eddie]

Do you know what's crazy? Are the guys in motorcycles in the ball.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's crazy. That's crazy because if the timing's a little bit off, they're gonna hit each other. Pop. Mm.

[Brandon Ray]

What about, like, people skydiving?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't really watch that.

[Brandon Ray]

No. Do they tell, like on clips and certain. No, I'm just saying on your phone, like, come across that.

[Bobby Bones]

But you can't just watch, like a good one like this. You're watching live to see what happens. If there's a skydive clip that makes my newsfeed, it's because the shoot didn't open or something crazy happened for sure. You like that?

[Brandon Ray]

I watch those ones.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I mean, there's a, you know, like somebody panicking because an engine went out in a plane. I always watch those tiktoks.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Mostly I'm just thinking about, like, things we'd be drawn to live.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Let's see.

[Bobby Bones]

What about bull riding? I guess I don't watch, though, to see Saturday mornings, man, if they might die.

[Eddie]

Really? You just see if they make eight seconds.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't really watch a lot of.

[Eddie]

Bull riding, but, you know, the kids love bull riding. Like my kids, you know, there's so much on tv, but if I ever stop it on bull riding, everyone stops what they're doing to watch.

[Brandon Ray]

Really?

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

Just for how long, though? Like, a couple is cool. And then like the fourth, fifth one, you're like, all right.

[Bobby Bones]

I used to go to rodeos as a kid. We had them that came through Arkansas a bunch three times a year. But that bull riding was only part of it. It was the main event. But there was usually two nights. Night one was crash up derby. And then when your car couldn't go anymore, you had to break your stick on your window. That's the only way they'd stop pounding, like crushing you with cars.

[Eddie]

Oh, they were real car Demolition demolition derby.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah, that's probably the real word. We used call it crash up derby. Demolition derby.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I've seen that. That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Have you Never been.

[Eddie]

A long, long time ago, but did you drive in it?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Eddie]

Okay. You just watched.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

Just making sure.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm going to say I went to a bull riding too, but I didn't ride the bull.

[Eddie]

Dude.

[Brandon Ray]

I remember.

[Eddie]

I, I, I was. They were trying to get me to ride a steer when I was 12 years old. They're like, come on, come on, ride a steer.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm mutton busted.

[Eddie]

Did you. Oh, that's the, the lambs.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

Nice.

[Eddie]

How did you do? Eight seconds.

[Bobby Bones]

Nah, I was too old to do it. Our church group went and they were like, you should go mutton bus. And I did. And I. It was, it flew off immediately.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's hard.

[Bobby Bones]

And I was too old for it. Anyway, it was like me and a bunch of six year olds, and I was, like, 12. I was going to Crystal palace tomorrow.

[Brandon Ray]

Anyway, we were in Greece one time when I wrote a donkey, because that's how they get around on the little islands. And I was bigger than the donkey. And I felt so bad, too. I was like, this is.

[Eddie]

How far did it go?

[Brandon Ray]

Like, up hills.

[Eddie]

Here she's slapping the butt. Come on.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah, the friends and like, dude, that donkey looks miserable. Like, I know. I feel awful.

[Eddie]

You know, I saw George Straight rope at a rodeo. George Straightness. George Straight and his son.

[Bobby Bones]

Dude, my uncles used to rope with George Straight.

[Eddie]

There you go. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Is this AI or is this real?

[Eddie]

I saw it in person. Brandon.

[Bobby Bones]

This is back in the 90s.

[Eddie]

You see them on Facebook. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, thank you, everybody. Thank you for being here. We'll be back later on this week. Anything else you want to say?

[Brandon Ray]

Kevin, who you got tonight?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, by the time people hear this, it could also be Tuesday. So I don't want to be wrong. That's probably Indiana.

[Eddie]

I don't want to be wrong. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I'm just jumping. Most people that. I'd say it's 50. 50 Listen to this before the night. Some listen to it on Tuesday. So I go Indiana. Why not?

[Eddie]

Let's go Hoosiers.

[Bobby Bones]

I think it'd be more fun if Indiana won.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it would.

[Bobby Bones]

Oddly, they're. I mean, they're the biggest Cinderella ever, but they're not at all. Yeah, yeah. It's a. It's odd. Like, there are some people that are rooting for Miami because they're the underdog, but also, I'm rooting for Indiana because they're, like, the ultimate underdog.

[Eddie]

Ultimate.

[Brandon Ray]

Right. The program itself, forever.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah. You.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah. Indiana.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

That line's crazy, though. Eight and a half.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that what it is now? Yeah, you should bet that.

[Eddie]

No, That's a lot. I think I'm gonna quit again. I'm out.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, we'll see you guys later on this week. That's it, everybody. Goodbye. Thank you. Theme song written by Bobby Bones. That's me. And performed by Brandon Ray. Follow Brandon on socials at Brandon Ray Music. You can follow the show on Instagram at Bobby Bonesports. Thanks to our crew, co host at producer Eddie, segment producer at Kickoff Kevin, and executive producer at Mike Diestro. But most importantly, thank you for listening.

[Brandon Ray]

Listening.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm Bobby Bones. We'll talk to you next time here on 25 Whistles. This is an iHeart podcast.

[Brandon Ray]

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