25W: WE ARE BACK! Bobby’s Airport Chinese Food Rule + What is Your Worst Surgery? + Has Tom Brady Officially Become a Douche? + Eddie is Happy the Cowboys Season is Finally Over

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show: 25W – WE ARE BACK!

Date: January 5, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones, with Eddie, Kevin, and Brandon Ray
Podcast Theme: The crew returns for the first episode of 2026, covering hilarious travel stories, the realities of painful surgeries and rehab, NFL and NCAA football talk, fantasy league heartbreaks, reflections on social media culture, and whether Tom Brady is slipping into "douche" territory. As always, there's plenty of friendly banter, jokes, and honest life reflections.

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Episode Overview

The first show of 2026 is a dynamic mix of sports talk and personal stories. Bobby Bones and the crew share post-holiday tales, discuss the etiquette of eating smelly foods on airplanes, debate surgery war stories, analyze the NFL and college football scenes, commiserate over fantasy football losses, and ponder the reputations of sports icons like Tom Brady in the age of social media.

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1. "Airport Chinese Food Rule" and Post-Holiday Travel Stories

[03:06-07:27]

• Bobby opens by describing his recent return flight from New York through LaGuardia ("It's new and it's nice now"). He recounts sitting near a passenger who began eating homemade Chinese food out of Tupperware on the plane.
  • Bobby Bones: "This guy brought in a full Tupperware set with plastic spoons, plastic forks. Opens it up, and Caitlin looks at me and goes, ‘oh,’ she thinks I farted or something. On the plane, it smelled that bad." [04:45]
  • Group's Reaction: A shared, silent horror from fellow travelers and a new, unspoken bond among those subjected to the smell.
• Weather talk: It was extremely cold in New York, making even 45 degrees at home feel warm.
• They riff about winter clothing and the rare use of long johns. Bobby laments his "bird legs" after someone on Instagram commented on his cold-weather pic.

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2. The "Leg Day" Debate and Accepting Adult Insecurities

[07:27-10:59]

• Social media comments about body image come up, specifically about having skinny legs.
  • Bobby Bones: "Here’s the thing about being an adult. We don’t care anymore." [07:15]
• Crew debates the genetics vs. workout factor for calf size, sharing stories of futile efforts to bulk up legs.
  • Kevin: "I know some dudes that are ripped up who have small calves and they obsess over their calves… it’s very hereditary, right?" [07:51]

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3. Surgery and Rehab Horror Stories

[11:03-22:03]

• The group launches into a competition for "worst surgery ever" stories.
  • Bobby: Details his tough ankle surgery, the unexpectedly slow rehab, and how it made him resent people with "two working legs."
    • "I would get so resentful of people just, like, skipping on television… you don’t even know what you got, man." [17:49]
  • Eddie: Claims rehabbing a severed finger tendon was a nightmare, with gradual, month-long work to bend it again. "I went in and they would make a mold, and they would make the mold to where I would curve my finger about, like a centimeter. And then for one week, I’d work on that centimeter..." [14:57]
  • Kevin: Describes torn rotator cuff surgery that left him nearly absent at home with small kids.
  • Brandon Ray: Had two major foot surgeries with 6-inch screws still in place—still painful, especially in the cold.
• Discussion expands to wisdom teeth extractions (shoutout: “dry sockets”), appendicitis, and childhood trauma (Bobby’s ruptured spleen at age 6).

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4. Social Media & Facebook Rabbit Holes

[25:06-29:29]

• Bobby relays logging into Facebook after years away, prompted by a security warning.
  • He describes Facebook as a place where people “fall for everything”—from AI movie posters (“Rocky 9”) to fake country music drama.
  • Bobby Bones: "My algorithm fed me... Luke Combs tells Lainey Wilson to shove it with her liberal ways. And like, none of that happened. And the comments, everybody’s fired up like it’s true." [27:40]
• Reflects on the generational disconnect, Facebook's age-skewed misinformation, and why he’ll never reinstall it on his phone.

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5. Sports Talk – College Football, Fantasy Football Heartbreak, & NFL Updates

College Football and Coaching Drama

[30:19-33:05]

• Bobby roots for Ole Miss to win the national title, purely for the storylines: "It would be hilarious for Lane Kiffin to leave Ole Miss and them to win a championship when Lane Kiffin left so he could go win a championship somewhere." [30:27]
• Lively discussion about the standard courtesy of head coaches giving a "heads up" before hiring each other's staff and why Shane Beamer’s mad at Lane Kiffin [32:14].

Fantasy Football Frustration

[33:05-36:23]

• Both Bobby and Kevin vent about being #1 seeds in fantasy only to lose in the championship.
  • Bobby Bones: "Going into the last night...he had one player...Bijan [Robinson]…he ended up getting 36 [points]." [33:34]
  • Kevin: "I was number one in both my leagues this year and I lost everything…" [34:09]
• Side discussion about "Skins League" gambling, secret Venmo accounts, and the terror of spouses finding out about the gambling losses.
  • Eddie: "I have an extra side account…like my DraftKings fund fund…and I have enough money to cover there." [36:08]

NFL Conversation: Is Tom Brady a "Douche" Now?

[38:38-43:38]

• The crew debates whether Tom Brady’s post-retirement lifestyle (dating influencers, being seen with celebrities) is ruining his icon status.
  • Bobby Bones: "Is it tarnishing his icon status? Because when he was the best…it wasn’t like he was all over social media." [39:16]
  • Kevin: "I’m getting a little oversaturated or something with him...It’s just too much everything, everywhere now." [38:38]
  • Bobby: Contrasts Brady’s newer "TMZ guy" persona with his old private, championship-winning mystique.
• Comparison to other sports icons of decades past, protected from overexposure and thus staying "godlike."

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6. More Sports Odds and Ends

• Cowboys season mercifully ending for Eddie; lamenting another disappointing year and Diggs’ departure to the Packers [43:46].
• Frustrations about gambling losses (especially big money leagues), major football injuries derailing seasons, and "bad year for football" admissions.
• Technical conversation about NFL rule changes (longer field goals, "kicker balls") and nostalgia for Tom Dempsey’s legendary record despite his clubfoot and missing fingers [52:54].
  • Bobby Bones: "Now you get [football] at the beginning of the year so, yeah, you can put them in the microwave, wrap them up in foil..." [51:41]
• Shoutouts to Jim Abbott (MLB pitcher with one hand) and sports figures overcoming adversity.

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7. Classic Banter & Closing Moments

• Bobby admits to accidentally complimenting his pregnant wife in a way that got him in trouble: "If I was pregnant like that, I’d never leave the house." [55:33]
• Kevin gets called out for only promoting his favorite team’s star for MVP considerations:
  • Bobby Bones: "You can't take credit for when you claimed your favorite team's player as MVP...if you are fighting for somebody that's not your favorite team." [56:33]

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Notable Quotes

• Bobby Bones (on adulthood): "Here’s the thing about being an adult. We don’t care anymore... Once you get to a certain age as an adult, you don’t really care about your legs and how big they are." [07:15]
• Eddie (on finger rehab): "You talk about rehab, you don’t think about rehabbing a finger... For one week, I’d work on that centimeter, bend it about a centimeter..." [14:57]
• Bobby Bones (on online misinformation): "People fall for everything on that page." [26:53]
• Bobby Bones (on Tom Brady): "It makes him seem like a TMZ guy more than an iconic NFL quarterback." [40:40]
• Kevin (on fantasy heartbreak): "I was number one in both my leagues this year and I lost everything..." [34:09]
• Eddie (on gambling): "There’s no way she [my wife] can know about this." [35:54]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Airport Chinese Food Story: 03:06-05:45
• Leg Day/Body Image Discussion: 07:27-10:59
• Surgery & Rehab Horror Stories: 11:03-22:03
• Facebook Musings & AI Fakes: 25:06-29:29
• College Football / Lane Kiffin: 30:19-33:05
• Fantasy Football Meltdown: 33:05-36:23
• Skins League/Gambling Spouse Drama: 35:33-36:56
• Tom Brady "Douche" Debate: 38:38-43:38
• NFL Odds & Ends (Field Goals, Kickers, Jim Abbott): 51:14-55:04

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a blend of camaraderie, laughter, and thoughtful takes on life and sports. From airing travel grievances to football heartbreak, marital honesty, and musings on sports legends, the Bobby Bones crew brings a conversational, irreverent look at January's big themes and their personal lives.

Follow the show: @25whistlessports
Hosts: Bobby Bones, Eddie, Kevin, Brandon Ray

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[Eddie]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

Welcome to the first episode of 2026. And I don't know where you want me to start, but I will start on. We just flew back into town. We're recording this on Sunday night. So we flew back in like two hours ago. And so have you been to LaGuardia in New York airport?

[Eddie]

I've been before. I haven't. It's been a bit.

[Bobby Bones]

It's new and it's nice now. Oh, that's where we flew out of that.

[Eddie]

I didn't know.

[Bobby Bones]

It's all. It's actually great.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Which it hasn't been. And so we're getting on the flight because we spent a few days in New York and I'm not a big judger of what people do on planes. This dude pulled out an order of Chinese food that he didn't get at the airport. So it's not even a story. It's. It's not even a story of someone buying food that stinks in the airport and then opening it. Because Eddie's a big egg guy, just generally speaking.

[Eddie]

Boiled eggs in the morning.

[Kevin]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

And so he makes the room smell like boiled eggs a lot. This guy has a little to do.

[Eddie]

With your story, but go ahead.

[Bobby Bones]

My point is, I don't really judge you on making food smells in that room. They go away pretty quickly. That's your breakfast. But when you get on a plane in a little tube with 200 other people, it's trapped. And he didn't get it in the airport. If in the airport you thought, I sure would like some Chinese food. That looks good. Oh, my flight's happening a little quicker than I thought. I'll take it to go. I'll take it on the plane and eat it. Even then I would go, you're not thinking of others, but I understand. Maybe you weren't thinking at all. This guy brought in a full Tupperware set with plastic spoons, plastic forks.

[Kevin]

He'd done this before in the middle.

[Bobby Bones]

Opens it up, and Caitlin looks at me and goes, oh, she thinks I farted or something. On the plane, it smelled that bad. I look over and he's just going to town on a home, brought super stinky Chinese food meal. And I don't want to look around and. And make the guy feel awkward, but he wasn't. He didn't think anyone would think anything of it. I look over and we all have a bond. These people that I've never talked to before in my life and never met. I still hadn't met them, but we were sitting next to each other on the plane or in rows. I was looking around, they were looking at me. We're like, are you seeing what we're seeing? Guy was going hard. So that was my. That was my experience coming in to today. We were in New York. It's cold.

[Eddie]

Is it? Is it cold?

[Bobby Bones]

It sucks.

[Eddie]

Is it snowing?

[Bobby Bones]

No, it wasn't snowing, but it had snowed before we got there, so there was still some snow on the ground.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

But we were staying in the city, so there was any snow there, because that's so traveled. Yeah.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But it was super cold in New York. So much so when I landed here, when it was 45, it felt warm.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I was gonna say it probably felt warm here.

[Bobby Bones]

It was cutting, like, I went out and I took a picture and I put it on my Instagram, and my nose is so dry from it being cold. Like, I keep grabbing my nose and I put a picture up because I will go out. And I had, like, three layers on top and had a hood up over my ears, but I only had jeans on the bottom because even if I'm packing for cold, I don't really pack things to wear under my pants.

[Eddie]

What are you gonna do? Long johns?

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Like, who does that?

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I told Caitlin. What am I gonna wear? Long johns? I don't even own long johns. And so I posted on my Instagram picture, and I was like, not really a cold guy. And you see, I'm in layers. But do you guys ever wear anything under your jeans?

[Eddie]

No.

[Kevin]

If it's cold, no.

[Bobby Bones]

Don't you just go cold legs?

[Kevin]

Yeah. Maybe, like, throw basketball shorts underneath even then.

[Bobby Bones]

What's that gonna do with how tight my pants?

[Kevin]

Offers a little bit more of, like, a thick layer and some comfort there. Yeah, it helps a little bit, but I don't, like, bring that thinking I'm Bringing these for this top half of.

[Bobby Bones]

My body, I think. Oh, yeah, Your T shirt. I had on a hoodie. Add on a coat. I had on a hat over the top of my head and the hoodie over my ears. Shoes. If I need to wear two pair of socks, I will. But pants? It was just one tiny layer of jean and I was freezing. And so on that Instagram, the guy commented, you should do more leg work. It looks like you have bird legs.

[Eddie]

Oh. Because you're so big up top.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I was. No, I think he just thought I had bird legs.

[Eddie]

Okay. All right.

[Bobby Bones]

Really? Here's the thing about being an adult. We don't care anymore. I think when I was 25, I probably cared a little. Now I know I have skinny calves, but I. We don't care anymore, dude.

[Eddie]

What's crazy? Even, like, when we're, like, full on working out legs, our legs never got bigger. I think legs are just like, you are who you are with legs.

[Kevin]

It's very hereditary, right? Yeah, I believe that too, because.

[Bobby Bones]

I know some dudes that are ripped up who have small calves and they obsess over their calves and they try to make their calves bigger. And I think you probably can change them a little bit if you put the work into it.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But you're right. I think it's mostly genetic.

[Kevin]

Yeah. And when I see dudes with big.

[Eddie]

Calves, I'm like, dang, they've had them their whole life. Yeah.

[Kevin]

Like, you were born with that for sure. No matter what you do, whether you work out or not, you're going to have those calves.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't want to say that's absolutely true, because I do think there is, like, 20% you can change. You're right. Dudes with big calves are mostly dudes that were born with big calves.

[Eddie]

Have you ever done the calf raising machine at the gym? Like, do they still have them at gym?

[Bobby Bones]

Have I done them? Yes. But, like, one time because I don't really feel like they get any bigger. I think I probably even went in my early 20s and tried to get bigger calves, and they never got bigger. After six months or so, it was kind of like the machine. Did you ever go to the Y and they had one that was like a. Not a rope, but like a cloth, and it wrapped around you and it, like, shook you.

[Kevin]

You ever see that one? Sounds like a ride.

[Brandon Ray]

Granny had one of those.

[Bobby Bones]

You never saw those?

[Eddie]

No. Is that so? Like, it shakes your fat.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't really know what it was for because it wasn't like the thing, because we have one at our house now that you stand on and it shakes you. But what that is, is you have to engage your core the whole time.

[Kevin]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

And that's the point of it. It shakes you, and you have to engage your core as it shakes you. This machine, it was just like a strap, like a cloth strap that went on your butt and just shook your butt the whole time.

[Eddie]

Yeah. So, like, when I watch my old black and white movies, they'll show, like, an old teenage. Like a young teenage girl strapped to the washing machine. And she's doing that, and they're like.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, quit working out what movies you watch.

[Eddie]

You know, like, they're like.

[Kevin]

Like that.

[Eddie]

Like that.

[Kevin]

Look, it's only fans, Eddie.

[Bobby Bones]

That is kind of what they had at the gym. Yeah.

[Eddie]

And you see the girl and she's like, I'm losing weight, daddy. I guess the shaking of the washing machine made him lose weight.

[Kevin]

Dang. People are gonna see, like, the shake weights in 50 years from now.

[Bobby Bones]

That was the thing, too. And I think if you use that right, though, there was some benefit to a shake weight because they shook hard. I'm just saying. The same reason you have to engage your core on these new machines.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

If you engage something and it. You shake it. And maybe that's what that machine was for, but it was like a cloth rope that went around your butt.

[Eddie]

I never saw that one.

[Bobby Bones]

Anyway, I just got triggered from that dude saying you do legs and not trigger because it bothered me, because I know what my legs are, but triggered because, dude, nobody cares about that. Once you get to a certain age as an adult, you don't really care about your legs and how big they are.

[Kevin]

Yeah, that's an underrated part of being an adult. I feel like it's not caring nobody, especially about your calves, especially about your.

[Bobby Bones]

Cab, but I did. Did you guys have a part of your life where you were conscious of your calves?

[Kevin]

Oh, yes. Until probably three months ago.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe you're just getting out of this.

[Kevin]

No, definitely a few years ago. I definitely got past it. But I mean, pretty much my entire life, especially playing football and lifting and these guys with big calves and big legs. Oh, man.

[Bobby Bones]

I feel like every dude had a stage where they were obsessed with their calves at some point.

[Eddie]

Yeah, there's never big enough.

[Bobby Bones]

They could have been six months or it could have been six years. But every dude at some point was obsessed with their calves. Especially in pictures where we have five dudes in here. Yeah, you were at a point. I was for sure at A point. I was just embarrassed of them. So my obsession was, I'll try to make them bigger or I just won't. Take a picture where you can see them.

[Kevin]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Were you ever obsessed with your calves?

[Eddie]

Not really, because my leg. My quads are small, so it was all just like one stick. What size?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I didn't have huge quads either, but I felt like I could hide the quad in shorts and shorts. You wear long shorts, you don't really see the quality, man.

[Eddie]

I never worried about it just because I knew they were small and, like, it's just whatever, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you ever lift, though?

[Eddie]

No. Like, in high school, I lifted because that's what everyone did. And then, like, after high school, college, definitely didn't lift a weight. Not one. Then somewhere like, 20s, you know, I would work out a little bit just because I knew I had to be healthy. And then probably the heaviest we've worked out is just like, in the last, like, two years, you and I. I.

[Bobby Bones]

Haven'T worked out in three months because of my ankle.

[Kevin]

You dying?

[Bobby Bones]

I finally got back a little bit this weekend. We were staying at this hotel, and I just went down to the gym and I rode the bike for half an hour.

[Kevin]

How good that feel?

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, good, I guess, in my brain.

[Kevin]

Yeah, exactly.

[Bobby Bones]

But I've lost all ability to have any sort of cardio. It was great, though, because I didn't wear a brace on my ankle for the first time. And I walked all around New York. And it was the first. I say all around. It was cold, so we went in a lot of places. But it was the first time that I haven't been super conscious of my ankle the whole time. There were full blocks where I didn't even think about it.

[Eddie]

That's good.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I'd go, whoa. I haven't thought about my ankle and I haven't hurt it because in the past, if I walked on it for three minutes after the surgery, it would kill me. So that's the stage I am. I go to the surgeon on Thursday, and if I get clear, then I get to do some work on it. I ride the bike because the bike is not impact.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But if I get the clearance from the surgeon this week, I get to finally do, like. Like some mild jogging on a treadmill. I don't know, wherever.

[Eddie]

Are you still PT in it?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, I have that tomorrow.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I go every week, two times a week. And it hurts every time because they make it hurt.

[Kevin]

How long has it been now?

[Bobby Bones]

November, right before Thanksgiving.

[Kevin]

And did you have any idea? Because I'm obviously. No, because I'm going through right now and I haven't even started pt, but I'm like two and a half weeks in. I'm like, this has been awful.

[Bobby Bones]

It's been.

[Eddie]

It was awful.

[Bobby Bones]

It was way harder than I thought it was going to be.

[Kevin]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

I told my wife I'd go into surgery and the next week I'd be back. I'd probably not be able to jog or anything, but I'd probably back. And I was still on a cart.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Scooter. I was in a boot for three weeks. Yeah. I definitely didn't pay much attention to it, but they said if I didn't fix it and then we're gonna have a baby, I was going to be in a boot or with a hurt ankle for probably the next.

[Kevin]

See, that's where you're smart. Like, I can't even lift my kids and they only weigh 16 pounds and I can't live an absent dad. Yeah.

[Eddie]

You can't do one hand.

[Kevin]

My. My wife, like, she's just doing everything by herself. I'm sitting on the couch just like, you need anything else, open a beer. That's it.

[Bobby Bones]

It did get me out of a lot of at home work, though.

[Eddie]

I bet it did.

[Bobby Bones]

The first week and a half, I was on pain pills.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Where it didn't matter what I did or what I wanted to do. I couldn't drive, I couldn't do anything. I was out of it. And then, you know, even though she was pregnant, she had more mobility than I did, so I did very little. Watched a lot of television shows.

[Kevin]

Yes. Thank God for football.

[Bobby Bones]

So, yeah. This first time I had walked your shoulders. Doing what? Like, where are you now?

[Kevin]

I am past the first two and a half weeks. I got four weeks left end of the month.

[Bobby Bones]

And it's just in the sling.

[Kevin]

In the sling, that is. Yeah. I start PT on Wednesday, going twice a week. And then we go back or I go back to the surgeon at the end of the month and hopefully get out of this sling.

[Bobby Bones]

What'd you do?

[Kevin]

I had a torn rotator cuff surgery from football 12 years ago. One of those. I never got taken care of and then just kept getting worse and it turned into a full tear.

[Bobby Bones]

Worst surgery you ever had.

[Eddie]

My finger, when I sliced my finger and they said it was hanging, the tendon was hanging by like a thread, literally.

[Bobby Bones]

That's recent.

[Eddie]

Last five years, five, six years ago. But, dude, you talk about rehab, you don't think about rehabbing. A finger.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, dude, that was because I already. When you said my finger, I was like, I'm gonna let him, dog. That's his worst one. And when you go. We don't understand finger rehab.

[Eddie]

So when they had to sew the tendon back together, my finger was straight and I could not bend it. And they're like, it's gonna be. It's gonna be a process for you to actually make a fist again. And they weren't kidding, dude. I went in and they would make a mold, and they would make the mold to where I would curve my finger about, like a centimeter. And then for one week, I'd work on that centimeter, bend it about a centimeter, and then they would move the mold to about, like, half an inch. Move it half an inch.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh.

[Eddie]

It struggled to bend it.

[Bobby Bones]

Option the movie rights to that.

[Eddie]

It was torturous.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, thanks.

[Kevin]

For granted, though. You do, like, when you. I'm just saying, with my shoulder, like, just the everyday stuff. Going to the bathroom with one. One arm. One hand.

[Bobby Bones]

At least it's your left arm, though.

[Kevin]

Thank God.

[Eddie]

Yeah, thank God.

[Bobby Bones]

And I was super lucky that it was my left ankle because I could still drive because I don't have a standard.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So even fit on the left side, so I wouldn't need it.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But I was lucky there.

[Kevin]

Even me driving, I usually drive with my left hand, and now I gotta drive my right. And I don't feel as comfortable. Like, I can drive easily, but I don't know, I feel like if I have to, like, make a quick decision.

[Eddie]

You can't do it.

[Kevin]

Hope it doesn't happen.

[Bobby Bones]

Worst surgery ever had.

[Kevin]

Yeah. This is it. Well, no, actually, the other one is the. I had an appendicitis. My appendix bursts. And that maybe because I was younger. I was 12. I think the recovery and everything just was a lot worse.

[Eddie]

Is it as bad as my finger?

[Bobby Bones]

Nothing is.

[Eddie]

No, no, no, you can't.

[Bobby Bones]

You're making movies about my.

[Eddie]

Did you get your appendix taken out?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, no. So my spleen. My spleen. Probably a little different. I feel like the append. Is it appendicitis? Yeah, I feel like that's slightly more common. Super dangerous. I'm glad you didn't die.

[Kevin]

Me too.

[Eddie]

Yeah, dude, we're glad you're here.

[Kevin]

They yelled at my parents, like, two more days, he would have died.

[Eddie]

Really?

[Kevin]

They're like, he's a 12 year with a stomachache.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Dang.

[Eddie]

You almost. Yeah, dude.

[Kevin]

But I kept them hanging on, you.

[Bobby Bones]

Know, that's a Good movie too. I fell off a house and fell onto my stomach onto a boat trailer and ruptured my spleen. Almost died that whole thing. That was such a weird. I still have a scar that goes from pretty close to the bottom of my sternum all the way down to, like, my front of my pubic bone.

[Kevin]

How old were you?

[Bobby Bones]

Six.

[Kevin]

Oh, wow.

[Eddie]

Yeah. That's a real thing, Brandon. Don't laugh.

[Bobby Bones]

It's medical.

[Eddie]

Dude.

[Kevin]

Come on, Brandon.

[Bobby Bones]

That the annoying thing about my ankle? Because, again, ankle surgery, it sounds stupid. If you cut off your leg and you can't use your leg, it's so limiting. Ankle, knee, anything on a leg. So I was on a scooter for a while, which was annoying. It was in a boot. Not. I'm sure the arm's tough too, but you have to walk.

[Eddie]

Mm, yeah. Like, the arm. You can't. Okay. You can't grab things.

[Bobby Bones]

You can't wipe your full butt.

[Eddie]

But, yeah, dude, walking. That's.

[Bobby Bones]

That's not as bad as the spleen surgery. I've had a few surgeries, but that one was worse than I thought because I really didn't respect it because I didn't think that I wouldn't be able to walk for a while.

[Eddie]

I know it's easy to say, like, you look at people, right, with, like, two working legs, and you're like, oh, lucky you have two working legs.

[Bobby Bones]

I would get so resentful of people just, like, skipping on television, right? I'd be like, you don't even know what you. You don't even know what you got, man.

[Kevin]

Which you.

[Eddie]

You think. Think that when you're going through it, but then, like, right now that, like, okay, my. Your legs are working now. Like, are you ever gonna think of that again?

[Bobby Bones]

No. But I would compare it to whenever you're sick, you're going, man, I should appreciate when I'm not sick. I mean, if I just. The next time I'm just not sick, I should just be like, life is so good because you feel so bad when you're sick. You ever have those moments, the next time my throat's not sore, I'm gonna live it up. I'm gonna appreciate it so much. And then your throat's not sore, you don't think about it. Never sore. But, you know, I'm trying to really take it in, and I'm starting to get better.

[Kevin]

That's like, I know you' never drank, but Eddie can probably relate.

[Eddie]

Oh, I'm never drinking again.

[Kevin]

When you're hungover and you're just like, I'm never, ever drinking again. Like, I will. I just. I'm sorry. God.

[Bobby Bones]

Like a little bit of self imposed, like, you did that to yourself.

[Eddie]

It is, dude. But you're. You're praying to the gods, being like, God, I'm telling you right now, cut my leg off.

[Bobby Bones]

Messed up. When you're sick, you didn't really mess up.

[Kevin]

You're just like, well, be sick than hungover at some points.

[Eddie]

Dude, hang. Being hungover feels like you're dying.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. But I would say the difference is, you know why and you know it'll be over soon.

[Eddie]

Yes, but it's.

[Bobby Bones]

When you're. It's hard to see that light flu. It's three or four days of. You don't know when you're gonna get better. And the. And the gradual climb back from the flu. You've all had the flu.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's bad.

[Bobby Bones]

It takes sometimes three weeks to get back.

[Eddie]

Yeah, bro. I think covet was worse than the flu. Oh, Covid. The one I had the first covet. The Florida covet. Oh, dude.

[Kevin]

In Florida.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I got it at the, like, the peak of COVID Like, people are saying.

[Bobby Bones]

Don'T get the early peak. Like, the peak. I was doing the frenzy of the.

[Kevin]

Peak of, like, March, April, or it.

[Bobby Bones]

Was like, probably April.

[Kevin]

Right. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

It was like, right when it launched. Somehow Tom Hanks and Eddie got it.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kevin]

We were together.

[Bobby Bones]

America was just completely sad because Eddie and Tom Hanks had Covid.

[Kevin]

Oh, wait, didn't he go to, like, another country or something? Did you go with him or.

[Bobby Bones]

No. And like, the news was like, Tom Hanks, we're all sad. We're like, no, Poor Tom.

[Eddie]

We're losing.

[Bobby Bones]

But Eddie had Covid. And it was so early in the process that it was, if someone has Covid, they could kill you.

[Kevin]

Gotcha.

[Bobby Bones]

And so we made Eddie stay home until he tested negative.

[Eddie]

Correct.

[Bobby Bones]

What we learned later was it could.

[Eddie]

Stick a test positive for, like, two years.

[Bobby Bones]

So Eddie stayed home for Forever.

[Eddie]

Dude. And I would go back to the doctor every week and be like, I need to take another test. And they're like, you've been here, like, every week for a month. It's gonna test positive. Like, it's going. I'm like, will you stick it on my butt? I gotta give it something. Yeah, something else, man. Stay away from my nose.

[Bobby Bones]

Worst surgery you ever had, Mike. Luckily, just wisdom teeth removal, so that doesn't really count. That's.

[Eddie]

You're lucky.

[Bobby Bones]

But that sucks because I've had wisdom teeth Taken out. It's tough. I think it counts too. I think if you have a bad one. I know people that have had wisdom teeth taken out and it wasn't that bad.

[Eddie]

And you have to drink out of a straw for like a week or something. A couple days. Like, what's the worst?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, a few days, I had mine taken. I got dry sockets. Really bad.

[Brandon Ray]

Oh, that's when it gets bad.

[Bobby Bones]

That's when it's. Yeah, it crushed. No, I did. I was on, like, hydrocodone and I don't take that medicine. It hurts. Oh, really? It hurts so bad. I was on hydrocodone. Yeah, I took that medicine. That messed me up. Yeah, it messed me up. My feet were floating and I was like, I stop taking this. I would lay in the bed and my feet would be lifted above my head. Oh, God.

[Brandon Ray]

That's what I felt.

[Kevin]

Before the surgery with the shoulder, did.

[Eddie]

You take the prescribed amount? Like, was that normal for you to feel like that?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

But I thought I flushed them. I flushed.

[Eddie]

Oh, no. You're like. You're like in the movies. I gotta.

[Bobby Bones]

I started to like them, so I flushed them immediately. Brandon, where? Surgery.

[Brandon Ray]

When I was 13 and 14, I had to have two surgeries on my foot.

[Kevin]

I got.

[Brandon Ray]

I have about six inch screws. Two six inch screws in my left foot. And it was awful. And I feel it every day still.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Especially cold because there's a foreign body in your foot.

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Is it trouble with metal detectors?

[Kevin]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, good question.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah. Thank you.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Like at the airport. Sir, you have to go through again.

[Bobby Bones]

Good question.

[Brandon Ray]

There would be, but there's. There's no trouble.

[Kevin]

Do you ever, like, tell them you should check my foot?

[Brandon Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, guys, before I go through, you should know when I was 13 and my friend Eddie, he had a finger rehab that was really hard.

[Brandon Ray]

He's so brave.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Eddie]

It was good to see you guys.

[Kevin]

Happy New Year.

[Bobby Bones]

All that stuff. What. What did you do?

[Kevin]

I did a whole lot of nothing, man. I couldn't do anything. We went to Alabama for a few days at my. My wife's family farm down there, but even then it was just like, I can't do anything.

[Bobby Bones]

Your wife has a family farm?

[Kevin]

Yeah, they have a bunch of acres down there.

[Eddie]

Is that married her?

[Kevin]

Yeah. What a good reason. No. Yeah, so we went down there for a few days, but we had to leave a day early because the kids got sick, too, the babies got sick. So we had to take off out of there and take them to the doctor. They had some ear infections.

[Bobby Bones]

Did they both get sick at the same time?

[Kevin]

Same time?

[Bobby Bones]

Did you get it?

[Kevin]

I didn't. I got like a little tickle in my throat, but nothing more than that.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you want to be away from them once they were sick? So you didn't get sick?

[Kevin]

Well, I was already away from them anyway because my shoulder.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah.

[Kevin]

Yeah. I could hardly play with them, do anything with them. So I was all right. But nobody else really got. Yeah, nobody else got sick. It was just them. And so they're still on antibiotics now, but they're almost done with them. So it's been kind of a crappy break, honestly.

[Bobby Bones]

My wife was asleep by 10. I was asleep by 11, which is.

[Eddie]

Yeah, we watched it. We watched it like we can kind of see downtown from our house. So we watched, like, the fireworks. It was cool because we got to see on TV and in person because, like, it was on TV at the same time while it was happening in person. But we just. I'm dude, new Year's is like, there's nothing. Like, the boys want to stay up. They're excited because, oh, we get to see it till midnight, but we don't do anything.

[Bobby Bones]

You know what I did over the break that I haven't done in probably four years? I added friends on Facebook.

[Eddie]

Why?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't ever get on Facebook.

[Eddie]

Why would you do such a thing?

[Bobby Bones]

And I don't have it on my phone. Like, I don't even have Facebook on my phone.

[Eddie]

So, like, new friend. New friends.

[Bobby Bones]

I went on to. I got on my laptop and I went to Facebook and it said something like, hey, you need to log in. It looks like there's been some fishy account. I got one of those messages. So I went. Went through and kicked out whoever was on it. Got my page back. But it was very easy, so they must have just. I just got the. I guess I got the code.

[Eddie]

The verification code?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, like the authentication code. Yeah, yeah. And I was like, why didn't do this? So let me go to Facebook. And I couldn't log in. So I changed my password, got in, and I had, like, a thousand requests. I hadn't been on Facebook in forever. And so I went through, like, five or six. I added, like, three friends, people that I have.

[Eddie]

The thousands.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, a lot of them. I don't even maintain a Facebook page. And so. And sometimes, though, it'll post. What happens is, though my fit, it's linked through my Instagram, so people think I live an active Facebook life. Like the hundred people from college, a couple from high school. Because if I post something on Instagram, it goes through to Facebook and it also goes through to Threads. So people see it and think I'm on Facebook, but then they try to add me and I'm not. But I had, like, three friends on Facebook.

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Cool.

[Eddie]

That's awesome.

[Kevin]

Did you message them too, or just add them?

[Eddie]

No talking.

[Bobby Bones]

They requested me. I just accepted the invitation.

[Kevin]

Okay. Okay. I thought you meant you added them. Like, you're like, you know what? Now I'm gonna add some people, too. And you went to three random people?

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't go anywhere.

[Eddie]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

I kind of stayed on my own base. The thing about Facebook, that's weird because I did scroll a bit through the feedback. People fall for everything on that page.

[Eddie]

Yeah, because they're all old. They're older people, and older people fall for things.

[Bobby Bones]

Like they had a movie trailer for, like, Rocky 9. I guess it wasn't. It was like a movie picture, like an AI picture. They do those so much on Facebook, they're hilarious. I've not.

[Kevin]

It looked.

[Eddie]

You fell for it, too.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not that I fell for. It looked real. I have a pretty good AI because I use it so much that I can tell most of the time when something is AI, especially if it's a computer generated image. But I saw it and I thought, rocky nine. Have they even made eight? And then I started going through. Yeah, I was going through Balboa.

[Eddie]

Balboa's got a count or something.

[Bobby Bones]

And so they're not making it. And as I scrolled, it was just a lot of fake stuff. It was like there was another one on some country site that my algorithm fed me on Facebook. It was like, Luke Combs tells Lainey Wilson to shove it with her liberal ways. And, like, none of that happened. And then if you look at the comments, everybody's fired up.

[Brandon Ray]

Like, it's true.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I'm talking about. Yeah. They're like, I told you.

[Kevin]

So.

[Bobby Bones]

I had a moment on Facebook.

[Eddie]

That's fun. You gonna go back or are you done?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I don't know that I have interest to go back other than us talking about it, but I think I'm still logged in. So if I go now, you got.

[Eddie]

To get it on your phone.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I will not get it on my phone because I don't. I don't value it so much. And if I get it on my phone, like, this is who my algorithm feeds me because I just haven't been on it a lot. Tennessee Titans fan club.

[Eddie]

Okay. That's you. It's definitely you.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Number one fan.

[Bobby Bones]

Not me. JCPenney.

[Eddie]

Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Gotta ad for JCPenney. I was seeing if there were any other people still post on there.

[Kevin]

Like. Yeah, because I haven't had in almost 10 years, probably there are a few.

[Eddie]

People from my high school that still post.

[Kevin]

Like, what are you thinking? Like, that kind of stuff? Like a Twitter kind of thing, or.

[Eddie]

No, like, they're. They're trips.

[Kevin]

Okay. Pictures.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

People getting back together.

[Bobby Bones]

Now, that's what I'm seeing. I'm. Oh, here's one. I take pictures of radio and TV stations, and I can join. And it's just people in a group that go and take pictures of radio stations and TV stations.

[Eddie]

It's literally that, like, outside this TV.

[Bobby Bones]

Station, it's a tower. I'm looking at a tower, a radio tower. Here's a good one. I got Liar, Liar two, the Whole Truth, starring Jim Carrey and Miles Teller as his son. Let's go. Fake One. Yeah, it's fake one. Yeah. And they believe that crap.

[Kevin]

I watch that.

[Eddie]

Sounds good.

[Bobby Bones]

So, yeah, I added that onto my.

[Eddie]

So what do you have on your phone? Just like Twitter? Instagram.

[Bobby Bones]

No, probably TikTok. Twitter, obviously. Instagram. I think those are three that I use the most.

[Eddie]

You're still Snapchatting?

[Bobby Bones]

No, dude, I haven't used Snapchat. Have you heard the story about our friend that shared his penis with the whole group?

[Kevin]

Yes.

[Eddie]

That was crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

He meant to.

[Brandon Ray]

Just said I was sorry.

[Bobby Bones]

He meant to just share it with one girl.

[Eddie]

Oh, my God.

[Bobby Bones]

Except he put it out on his. On the public line and he was kind of a part of us for a while, so he had some followers. And it's just a picture of his doll.

[Eddie]

Sent it to everyone.

[Kevin]

Wait, it was like. I thought it was just to you guys.

[Eddie]

No, no, he sent it. He put it on his feed. Like.

[Kevin]

Oh, like his story, kind of.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

I haven't been on Snapchat since. When I lived in Brentwood those days. Like, the first couple years we lived here. That was it.

[Eddie]

Mother. Brentwood. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. I guess we can talk about some sports. That is kind of what we do.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm rooting for Ole Miss. Win the national championship now.

[Eddie]

That'd be cool.

[Kevin]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

But no Oregon. I just think it would be hilarious for Lane Kiffin to leave Ole Miss and them to win a championship when Lane Kiffin left so he could go win a championship somewhere.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Ironic.

[Bobby Bones]

I think that would be hilarious.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I would like to see Ole Miss beat Miami. I think that'd be a pretty good game. Although I bet a thousand bucks on Georgia to win the whole thing and they got beat. Indiana looks really good. Oregon looks really good. It's like that side has the two stronger teams.

[Kevin]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

But I don't. I don't think anything anymore.

[Kevin]

Yeah. You don't know?

[Eddie]

Who knows?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Who knows?

[Eddie]

That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

But I think I'm officially rooting for Ole Miss to win just because that would be so funny with Lane Kiffin leaving so he could go win a national championship because he can't probably win one at Ole Miss and them to win one. Yeah, I don't think they will because I don't think their offensive defensive line is strong enough. But that's what I would like to see.

[Kevin]

If you were an assistant coach, do you think you would want to leave and go to lsu? You know, the whole debacle is going through right now.

[Bobby Bones]

You would go to lsu, I think. But the only one that's getting to stay now with the next round Games is Weiss Jr. Yeah. Yeah. And I don't think Lane Kiffin thinks he's gonna even go to lsu, but I don't know. I read today that just Charlie Weiss Jr. Which. The pictures of him as a kid on the sideline of Notre Dame with his dad are really funny.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because he's like 11 with his headset.

[Kevin]

On when Weiss is a head coach there. Yeah, I haven't even seen those.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's funny.

[Eddie]

Gosh, I feel like that. That doesn't feel like that long ago when he was the head coach there.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's.

[Eddie]

So how old is coach. How old is his son? He must be pretty young.

[Bobby Bones]

32.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know. How old's Charlie Weiss Jr. 32.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Wow. That's crazy, dude. That doesn't feel like a long time ago when his dad was the coach.

[Kevin]

Dang. That is crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's probably 20 years ago.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Yeah, that was a long time ago. Now, the name.

[Eddie]

So what was Shane Beamer? I saw something on TikTok where Shane.

[Bobby Bones]

Beamer was upset because Lane Kiffin hired one of his assistants without calling him. Yeah, because generally what's supposed to happen is if you're going to hire somebody from a staff, they won't tell you. No, but you should have.

[Eddie]

It's like a heads up.

[Bobby Bones]

You should have the courtesy to call and go, hey, I want to interview and hire your guy. Because you just want to know before they come in and go, hey, I'm being. I'm going to leave for another job. So you can start getting in the process of finding someone in case they leave. But that. That's in this business, too. Like when I hired Scuba Steve, I called Ryan Seacrest because he was working for Ryan. Yeah, he was working for Ryan, a different position. And I called Ryan, I was like, hey, I am going to interview your guy. I met him once, but just. It's a bigger job than he had with Ryan. And so I think that's generally what the. That that rule is. But that's why Beamer was pissed was because he didn't get a call.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I like how he is on the podium. Just saying all of it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Anyway, go Ole Miss. Oh, get this. So fantasy's over and a big. The big money league that I plan. I had the best team all year and got a buy. I was the number one overall seed. Got a buy the first week, killed the guy the next week. And so I went to the championship and going into the last Night I was up like 34 points. I think going into the last game, he had one player. Can you guess who that player was?

[Kevin]

McCaffrey.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I had McCaffrey that night before because he played on Sundays. Bijan.

[Kevin]

Wait.

[Eddie]

Bijan.

[Kevin]

Oh, dude. Record night, first half.

[Eddie]

That's brutal.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

That's for the championship.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Do you get money for second place?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Okay, good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I got a few hundred bucks for second place and get a little something. But I was. I never am for sure of anything, but I thought I looked at all of B. John's games. His highest, he had a 29 point. A 29 point? He had, I think maybe a 30, but he needed like 34. Something to beat me. And he ended up getting 36.

[Kevin]

Yeah. Fantasy is very frustrating.

[Bobby Bones]

He broke a 70 yarder in the first half. 70 yard touchdown. He scored a touchdown off a pass and then broke. So that was frustrating. But it's fantasy, so I don't get super upset about it.

[Kevin]

I do. I was number one in both my leagues this year and I lost everything I got by in both rounds and then I ended up losing in the league that we're all in together, I got fourth place.

[Eddie]

You were the best team all year.

[Kevin]

Yeah. And then I played. Was it Signs?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Signs in for third. And Puka. Remember that catch that he almost had at the very end on the sideline that would have won me the game?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, for third, though.

[Kevin]

Yeah, for third.

[Bobby Bones]

Who cares about.

[Eddie]

There's no.

[Bobby Bones]

Listen, I feel bad for you. To be the best team in two leagues and to lose. That sucks.

[Kevin]

Yeah. Frustrating.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't even feel that bad for me, though. Except for it was 30. It was like. It's the best game of all year.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I ran into that and he was the one player left. I wasn't that frustrated at a good season. I think I lost two games the whole year, plus that final game, and it was. And that's a big money league. That's fine.

[Eddie]

It's so crazy. This new league, this league that we're in. The one with the. You know, the.

[Bobby Bones]

I call that little money league.

[Eddie]

Yeah, Ours. Yeah, us three. That's little money.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. That's not fantasy.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

What is that?

[Bobby Bones]

That's called a Skins League.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Kevin]

Oh. Oh, God. You're talking about.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Made me not give a crap about fantasy. Like, not give up.

[Bobby Bones]

Because we're losing so much.

[Kevin]

That's fair.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Six. Six guys.

[Bobby Bones]

We're gonna lose like five, six thousand dollars.

[Eddie]

Nope.

[Kevin]

Oh, my God.

[Bobby Bones]

Don't say that. No, no. There's really not a way. We don't at this point, so.

[Kevin]

What point do you want?

[Eddie]

I might not.

[Kevin]

I had somebody, a couple people DM me on Instagram. They're like, hey, you guys need to call Eddie's wife and record it. I don't think we could do that.

[Eddie]

I've given her so much crap about Christmas spending. There's no way that she can know about this.

[Kevin]

That's your fault.

[Eddie]

There's no way she can know about this.

[Bobby Bones]

What are you gonna do?

[Eddie]

Nothing. Just gonna pay it.

[Bobby Bones]

But she doesn't know. I thought she ran the money.

[Eddie]

No, I have. I have an extra side account. Oh, no, but it's not like that. It's not like that.

[Kevin]

Okay. Every year, this extra side account, it's.

[Eddie]

Like my DraftKings fund fund, and I have enough money to cover there. Hopefully, if I have to dip into the regular fund. Dude, I'm in trouble. No, but it won't look so bad. I'll just be like, I'm just gonna take a couple hundred out that. Yeah, Bobby and Kevin. It's this thing we did. No big deal. We lost 200 bucks.

[Bobby Bones]

Whenever I. If I pay you money to do, like, a Bobby cast or something. Yeah, but that goes into your Venmo.

[Eddie]

That goes into my account.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, it does?

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Attaboy.

[Eddie]

So, dude, yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it all that she.

[Eddie]

It's unclaimed money, quote, unquote.

[Bobby Bones]

What if you found out she had an account of money that you didn't know about?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I'd be upset. Probably initially, I'd be upset, but then, once again, dude, we're human. Once you get the human story out of it. Like, look, I really didn't want to do this, but it's part of the podcast. It was good content. Now we owe $3,000.

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[Kevin]

Yeah, I'm getting a little bit like oversaturated or something with them. It's just too much everything or everywhere now.

[Bobby Bones]

Like the thing that, that we as Americans like about our icons is all the information about them isn't out all the time and they're not.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Hooking up with influencers.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Kevin]

Yeah, you're talking about the Alex Earl.

[Bobby Bones]

That's just one part.

[Kevin]

One thing. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So yeah, New Year's Eve, he was Alex Earl and who knows what he was with. But her hands were all. Her hands were like rubb. His back and stuff where that's not just somebody you just met.

[Kevin]

Yeah, for sure. She was very comfortable with him.

[Bobby Bones]

Very comfortable.

[Kevin]

Yeah. Whether or not he was giving it back. Probably not in public. He definitely wasn't. But yeah, she was very comfortable.

[Eddie]

What are you guys upset about?

[Bobby Bones]

No, not upset. I just wonder is it tarnishing his icon status? Because when he was the best, it wasn't like he was all over social media. You didn't know. You didn't know much about him other than he won.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And that was pretty much all we knew was he played, he won, he was great. He's a champion. He's good looking. That's it. A little bit about his wife, Giselle, supermodel, stays private, doesn't put his kids on the Internet a lot. But now there's a couple things. One, he is associated with the Raiders, and they suck.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Owner.

[Bobby Bones]

And I think that hurts him a little bit. Now he can dig his way out, but. But it's like Michael Jordan with the Wizards. You started to go, well, maybe this guy isn't the knowing. So there's that. And it's unfair. He's only been there one year. But they are terrible. They have the number one pick. They're the worst team in the NFL. They'll have the number one pick next year. There's that. There's. Let's say, Alex Earl. There's Sofia Vergara. There's all these chicks he's been rumored to be with. Look, have at it.

[Eddie]

Yeah, he's single, right?

[Bobby Bones]

But the more. So we're not judging him for that, but the more we know about it, the more it seems like he's just a TMZ guy, and then he's on a boat with DiCaprio that he went on a yacht with DiCaprio and all those guys pictures. And again, have at it. But, yeah, it makes him seem like a TMZ guy more than an iconic NFL quarterback, because he could easily be.

[Kevin]

Like, he knows what he's doing. Obviously, everything he does is very calculated. Always has been and always will be. So I feel like everything he's doing now in the public is on purpose.

[Eddie]

So the boat is like, hey, I know I'm going to be. These pictures are gonna get out.

[Bobby Bones]

There's a yacht, and he's out there with DiCaprio. The pictures aren't close, but you probably think there's a chance that it's gonna be seen by someone.

[Eddie]

He's probably just like, screw it, man. Like, let people think whatever they want to think. I'm living my best life.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm sure he is, but it does affect how people feel about him. I mean, you're a massive Patriots fan. I just wondered if you thought he was a little more douchey now.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I do. Even when he went to the. Well, I mean, same with Belichick and his girl. Like, it's just not the same anymore in my eyes.

[Bobby Bones]

The more you know about somebod more douchey they are because we generally are just flawed humans.

[Kevin]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

And we didn't know that much about Belichick or Brady, but that made us respect them because all we knew them for was winning.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

And you let your imagination be like, you know what? They're great people, too. All they do is win. And they don't, like, get in the spotlight and they don't get in Trouble. They're great people. Great people. And then now you see more and more and you're like, they're just people.

[Bobby Bones]

They're just like us.

[Kevin]

Dang it.

[Bobby Bones]

He's just like me, except way richer and better looking influencers.

[Eddie]

Better at throwing a football.

[Bobby Bones]

DiCaprio.

[Kevin]

There's a couple, couple things.

[Eddie]

What about Gronk, is he ruining for you?

[Kevin]

No, Gronk's. Because he's always been like that. I feel like he's always been in the spotlight. Even when they lost super bowl back in the day, he was at a.

[Bobby Bones]

Party and he's always been known for being an idiot.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

If he was Gronk, the educated as he played, who was like this guy just studies his playbook, always knows what's up. And he wasn't even. Wasn't an idiot, but he's just more of a version of what we were already being fed of him. We're getting a different feeding of Tom Brady.

[Kevin]

Yeah, yeah. Completely different.

[Bobby Bones]

Again, it's TMZ guy. And we don't like our world class athletes to be TMZ guy. Which is why all of the athletes from 90s, 80s, 70s, they still remain godlike because there's not all this extra information out about them because they're old now or they're dead and we would only see them when they were doing the thing they were great at, not when they were doing the things that probably make them look different.

[Kevin]

And that's why I wonder with this social media age in the last 10 plus years now that only we're going to know is these athletes and their private life or, or whatever they choose to put on there, you know, like there won't be that Tom Brady before social media where he's a great player.

[Bobby Bones]

But I would say Tom Brady lived in that time where he didn't share. Even though.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I always wonder if that was a Patriot thing too.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know.

[Kevin]

As soon as he left there, he went to the Bucks, became like this outgoing, would talk during press conferences and then he retired and then became part of the media and all that. And he's built since then, but I always just wonder, is that a Patriot thing? But at the same time, Belichick, check. He's embraced it. But that's because of a 23 year old girlfriend.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's weird. I saw another thing about them on tmz. It's her. It was her talking about haters.

[Kevin]

Talking about their haters.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Oh yeah. Oh boy. I didn't see that.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't Know haters. Her and Belichick.

[Kevin]

Oh, man.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, Cowboys. They're done now.

[Eddie]

Done. I didn't watch the game.

[Bobby Bones]

They lost.

[Kevin]

Cool, Cool.

[Eddie]

Great.

[Bobby Bones]

Better draft Giants.

[Eddie]

Better draft it.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, are you happy it's over?

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah. The torture's over. We get to kind of just watch football now for fun. The playoffs are going to be exciting. Just to watch the playoffs. Yeah, that's fine, dude. It's fine. Diggs went to the Packers. I feel like the packers are taking all the Cowboys, but whatever. We didn't want him anyway. We dropped him.

[Bobby Bones]

You cut him.

[Eddie]

You cut him. So packers picked him up.

[Bobby Bones]

I released him, I guess.

[Kevin]

Yeah. Was that been just sour for a year or two now? Like two years?

[Eddie]

Not even two years, no. I mean, he played a few games this year. It's just like. Then he got hurt and then it's like, is he coming back? And there's. He would come out and say, I'm ready to play, but they're not playing me for some reason. Then he played and he was terrible. And then they sat him again. Then they cut him. Who knows? But yeah, dude, it was whatever. Let's get this year's over. Move on. It's like I think Kevin said on the. On the text thread, like, football couldn't end any sooner.

[Kevin]

Oh, yeah, I'm done with it.

[Bobby Bones]

We just have a big bill to pay.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I know, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

That's only going to get bigger from our stupid league.

[Eddie]

This year was a bad year for football.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, two of our first. First and second place teams that we drafted in our league both had injured.

[Eddie]

Quarterbacks and Bill Chiefs and Bengals.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I was watching a.

[Bobby Bones]

The freaking Bengals lost to again this week with. With their quarterback.

[Eddie]

I know, with their quarterback.

[Kevin]

But.

[Eddie]

But Miles Garrett got his record.

[Bobby Bones]

Who cares for a sack.

[Eddie]

Good for him.

[Bobby Bones]

Who cares?

[Eddie]

Yeah, being sarcastic. I know. It was stupid.

[Kevin]

Did you see who's the. The bangle? Zach Taylor. He was a little upset that they stopped the game to celebrate.

[Bobby Bones]

It was so brief though, when they stopped the game. I was watching the game and I watched one because Burrow kind of fell. It really wasn't a big sack, bro. Just kind of slid down.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I also thought he wasn't going to get it because it was fourth quarter. I think by the time that sack happened and the Bengals were needing a score to win the game. And so they were constantly running away from Miles Garrett. I didn't think it would happen. And then it was just like Burrow felon. Miles Garrett tapped him and then Miles Garrett did the pray hands? All the team jumped on him for a second, but they got back at it pretty quick.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I thought it really wasn't that long at all.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't think so.

[Kevin]

It wasn't like an NBA thing where they literally stop the whole thing. Cameras come out.

[Eddie]

What was the college game that never ended?

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[Eddie]

Is it Ohio State?

[Kevin]

I saw the Not.

[Bobby Bones]

I saw the Notre Dame basketball coach charge the ref. But that's cool. I saw that live.

[Kevin]

That was funny.

[Bobby Bones]

That was cool.

[Kevin]

Ole Miss Georgia at the very end.

[Eddie]

Ole Miss Georgia never ended. Cuz they kept saying there was a time left on the clock and after everyone. Dude, they brought out the stage and everything. They're like, they're going to have to remove the stage.

[Bobby Bones]

See this?

[Eddie]

They did it two times.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Where like, okay. Then they pulled the stage back out. They looked at, reviewed it.

[Kevin]

It.

[Eddie]

They did. They said, okay, game's over. They brought it out. No, no, game's not over. They moved the stage back out.

[Brandon Ray]

This coach was so pissed off.

[Eddie]

Yeah, they were like, just, just, just let it run. It's over. Game's over. Let it run It. Ole Miss. Yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

The interim.

[Kevin]

Whoever.

[Bobby Bones]

There's an.

[Sponsor Voice 3]

Oh, football.

[Kevin]

Football.

[Eddie]

It was football.

[Bobby Bones]

I thought you talking about basketball.

[Eddie]

No, it. Football. It was football.

[Kevin]

Yeah. It's at the very end when they got the onside kick and there was like one second left.

[Bobby Bones]

I turned it off cuz the game was over.

[Eddie]

Yes, dude, it was hilarious.

[Kevin]

You made the right decision because is.

[Eddie]

It over or is it not over?

[Bobby Bones]

I thought you guys met basketball and.

[Kevin]

It'S like 10:30 at night. I'm like, like it was an onside.

[Eddie]

Kick and Ole Miss. No, it was Georgia. Georgia was trying to get it back and Ole Miss was not touching the ball. So Georgia touched it. And if that's the case, like no.

[Kevin]

Time comes off the clock.

[Eddie]

No time comes off the clock. So they touch it, game's over. No, it's not.

[Bobby Bones]

You know when I changed it, it was when they threw the backward pass that went out of bounds. They called it a safety.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

And then I looked at the score and I saw the replays after that, but I was like, who cares? It doesn't matter. That all happened after that because they.

[Kevin]

Had to kick it after the safety.

[Eddie]

It ended up being an onside ice on the field. They're like, gotta get the ice off the field. Like from the Gatorade.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I changed it cuz I was pissed. I lost so much money.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stupid. But that Notre Dame, that was, that was Crazy. He was about to kill the ref.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Four point play.

[Kevin]

Yeah, that foul was pretty bad.

[Eddie]

It was a terrible.

[Bobby Bones]

It was bad.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's bad. They didn't suspend the coach, so I thought they should have suspended the coach.

[Kevin]

Oh, they didn't?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think so.

[Eddie]

They didn't do anything. They stopped and.

[Bobby Bones]

Dude, it doesn't matter. You can't.

[Eddie]

Not even. Like, nothing happened.

[Kevin]

Dude, he was.

[Eddie]

He was gonna kill him, but thankfully nothing happened.

[Bobby Bones]

He was a. A thick fella.

[Eddie]

Yeah, he was.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Yeah. That belly was coming out of the shirt. It was crazy, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, he was pit. Well, like, what I wondered when I. Because I didn't watch that live.

[Eddie]

I watched it live.

[Bobby Bones]

You did?

[Sponsor Voice 3]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Oh, wow. Really?

[Bobby Bones]

What I wondered when watching it was what would have happened if they would have just let him go?

[Eddie]

He would have killed the ref.

[Bobby Bones]

He wouldn't have literally killed him.

[Eddie]

The ref was so funny, too. He's like, oh, oh, you're talking to me. And then just kept on walking it, like, just nonchalant.

[Kevin]

Probably pissed him off even more. Yeah, probably just like, oh, no big deal.

[Eddie]

And then that, like, all his assistants grabbed him, like, hey, come on, Coach, come. Whatever. You still have to say, like, good, good game. You have to do the good game line.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I have a friend that's a SEC ref. I think he's the head of the SEC refs. And so I went to. He was reffing an Arkansas game, which he hates doing because he's from Arkansas. And my theory is he's even harder on Arkansas because he knows people know he's from Arkansas. Yeah. So he has to be even harder on them so people don't think he's giving them the benefit of the doubt at all.

[Sponsor Voice 1]

All.

[Bobby Bones]

And so when the game was over, as soon as the game's over, you've seen them all get out. They get out immediately. And they go to a dressing room that's nowhere near any other dressing room. It's like a closet. They get dressed so quick, and they shoot out through another side entrance. And they. And I went up with them and they go out in an elevator that's the back of the building, and they're out the back doors.

[Eddie]

Do they have security with them or anything, or is it just them?

[Bobby Bones]

There was no security with us, and I was walking out with them, but it was very. It was very hastily maneuvered.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Like, they know.

[Bobby Bones]

They immediately went out, went to this room that didn't look like a dressing room, by the way. It was just like A conference type room. They switched their clothes quick. You were in there the whole time, huh?

[Eddie]

That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

They switched their clothes quick. They weren't like.

[Kevin]

Do they talk to each other?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, no, they're talking. They're not like running. They're not scared. There wasn't even a controversial game. The Notre Dame coach wasn't trying to beat them up or anything. And. But because of that, they change the clothes and they go up. They went up the elevator and hopped out like an entrance. That's not a real entrance. And their cars are right there and they boom. And they get out.

[Eddie]

That's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

It's just so nobody. It's just their general mode of operation. So nobody kind of likes with them.

[Eddie]

The chain gang? Same. We get special parking and all that.

[Kevin]

The rest like a locker room, too?

[Eddie]

No, no, we park right by the gate.

[Kevin]

Do you miss the season?

[Eddie]

Yes, I do.

[Bobby Bones]

The Chiefs are now losing to the Raiders nine to six.

[Eddie]

Oh, my God. That's just to make it.

[Kevin]

Patriots are up 31. 10. 1.

[Eddie]

Good.

[Bobby Bones]

That game is good.

[Eddie]

But how much time left in the Chiefs?

[Bobby Bones]

Thirteen minutes in the fourth.

[Eddie]

Okay, that's good.

[Kevin]

Six to nine.

[Eddie]

There's a chance.

[Bobby Bones]

It's good. They've scored. They've. They have six points.

[Eddie]

Who's their quarterback? I don't even know who that is.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah. Ola aiken. And Aiden Oconnell is the Raiders quarterback. Oh, wow. Right now, Aiden Oconnell has 65 yards passing in the fourth, and Oloken. Whatever his name is has 58 yards passing.

[Eddie]

Wow. Good for you guys.

[Bobby Bones]

The lead receiver is for the Chiefs is Noah Gray with 30 yards.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Kevin]

Wow. Is Kelsey even playing? Probably not, right?

[Bobby Bones]

They're going to lose. We're going to lose that money, too, man.

[Kevin]

I saw a replay of a game the other day, and it was a Chiefs last year against I don't know who, and they were like 15 and 1.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm like, oh, they were winning all those close games last year.

[Eddie]

That's what we thought was going to happen this year.

[Bobby Bones]

Miles Garrett sets the sack record in season. And Cam Little kicked the second longest field goal ever.

[Eddie]

68.

[Bobby Bones]

60. No, 68 was the longest. Okay, 67 was today, I believe.

[Kevin]

Yeah. Oh, wow. And they did the dance after. You see his dance.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Here's the thing. We have to stop with these balls because every kick now is long.

[Eddie]

The shaving them.

[Bobby Bones]

And, well, they get them at the beginning of the year, rub them down so they get to beat them up. Yeah, they're the kicker. Balls yeah, it used to be where you would get them week of the game. There's only so much you can do to those balls now. You get them at the beginning of the year. Year. So yeah, you can put them in.

[Eddie]

The microwave, wrap them up in foil for a little bit.

[Bobby Bones]

The kicks are so long and it's that the combination of that the kicks are now longer because the balls are made for easier, better kicks. Yeah, it's that. And combine it with the ball is placed further up the field. Now because of the new kickoff rule. Correct that.

[Eddie]

You're right. It's a 20 yard dude.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like 30 yard plays. Yep. When we saw the Browns and the Bengals. And the Browns be the Bengals, you just know the ball is going to be started 30, 35, two passes. You got a good kicker, right?

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Cam Little. You don't even need to get to the 50.

[Eddie]

Is rubbing those balls down like that much of a difference? Is that really, like, that's crazy how they figured that out. If that guy with half a foot who played for the Saints, if he would have known that, gotten 80 yards.

[Bobby Bones]

But they didn't have time to do that because they got the balls the beginning of the game week. They did do that. They tried in the 60s. Well, at least before this year.

[Eddie]

When was that guy. That guy, he's 60s.

[Kevin]

Right back in the. They probably got the ball like right before the game.

[Eddie]

They only had one game. One ball for the game.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah. I think they use the same ball for every player. That kick was what, 65?

[Eddie]

Oh, I don't remember. I feel like that was 61, dude. Like, I think like 61 was like, wow, that was the record for a long time.

[Bobby Bones]

Tom Dempsey, that's him, set the record, a 63 yard field goal in 1970.

[Eddie]

And you imagine all the kickers then being like, that's not fair. The dude has half a foot.

[Bobby Bones]

He was born without toes on his kicking foot and used a custom shoe.

[Eddie]

You ever see it? His laces were on the heel.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like if you saw a sprinter with robotic legs.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You're like, that ain't fair. I wonder if they felt that way about Dimpson.

[Eddie]

Kevin. He would lace him like behind. The laces were like back in the back of the shoe.

[Bobby Bones]

His legendary kick beat the Detroit Lions, setting a record this year for 43 years and highlighted his incredible feat of playing in the NFL with a physical disability.

[Kevin]

Oh, he's a big boy too, too dude.

[Eddie]

He used to kick how you kick.

[Bobby Bones]

I know Charlie Brown Charlie Brown straight. He was born without toes on his right foot and born without fingers on his right hand.

[Eddie]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[Kevin]

That's what I see right here in this picture.

[Eddie]

Yeah. So. Okay. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But you feel bad now. Yeah.

[Eddie]

That's tough, man, the hand.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Brandon Ray]

Eddie knows what that's about.

[Eddie]

I know, I know this trouble.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe that's why you felt that way.

[Eddie]

That rehab was stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

Jim Abbott.

[Eddie]

Yes. He would kind of just like hold the glove, right? Like just it would lean, put it.

[Bobby Bones]

Like on his shoulder and the, the bend of his arm and he would throw and his hand would go right into it. Yeah, he was born without a right hand.

[Eddie]

That's amazing.

[Bobby Bones]

Hit a 10 year major league baseball career. He pitched a no hitter for the Yankees in 1993. And he would throw. Do you remember Jim Abbott at all?

[Kevin]

No. I mean I know who he is and I've seen the pictures obviously, but.

[Eddie]

Amazing.

[Kevin]

I. I don't know if I like, I don't remember watching him at all.

[Bobby Bones]

I do.

[Eddie]

Yeah, same.

[Bobby Bones]

And he, it wasn't a big deal because he just existed. I mean, he was just awesome or good.

[Eddie]

Just the fact that you couldn't see him put his hand in the glove, like you could see it. Well, it was just like one motion. It was like, whoa.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And then it was ready.

[Bobby Bones]

That's right.

[Eddie]

It's ready to go.

[Kevin]

Yeah. That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

And if they hit it back to him, he catch it and then he would take that. What he would do is he would then put his glove like in his arm, pull out his hand, take the ball out of the glove and throw it.

[Eddie]

That's too much.

[Kevin]

That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

He did all the time on Comebackers. Wasn't a big deal at all. It was just natural. He'd catch it, boom, Put his glove, pull it off with the other arm, take the ball out of it and throw it.

[Eddie]

God, that's amazing.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it was awesome.

[Eddie]

I saw a coach at one of my kids basketball games. He was, he was missing two legs and one arm.

[Bobby Bones]

Missing like he couldn't find him.

[Eddie]

He didn't have it.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, he was maybe born without him.

[Eddie]

Either that or lost him, whatever, don't know. But he only had one arm and he was in a wheelchair coaching, coaching and moving, you know, with, with the one hand, like moving the wheel back and forth. And like, I just thought like, that's amazing that like, if I lost all that, I'd be like, I'm done.

[Bobby Bones]

I made the mistake of telling my wife when she was Starting to get pregnant. I was like, man, if I was pregnant like that, I'd never leave the house.

[Eddie]

Oh, you're pregnant like that?

[Kevin]

Dang, dude.

[Eddie]

What did she say?

[Bobby Bones]

She was like. Like she was starting to get bigger. She was like, this is weird.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I was like, you're handling that. Awesome. Because if I was pregnant like that, I would never leave the house.

[Eddie]

Oh, dude, that's like she just turn.

[Kevin]

Around and walk away.

[Eddie]

Why did you even think about saying that? You didn't think?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, there was no thinking involved. Yeah. Very little thinking. It gets brought up a lot now, I bet. I didn't mean it like that. What I meant was, I'm so insecure that I would be like, oh. And I was trying to say it as a compliment, like, look how brave you are.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Right, Right. Come on, man.

[Kevin]

Such a strong woman.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't have the strength to go out like that.

[Eddie]

I wouldn't do that.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. I think that's it. Anything else you guys have. I do want to say something to Kevin.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You can't take credit for whenever you claimed your favorite team's players the mvp, even if he wins it. If you are fighting for somebody that's not your favorite team. Okay, but you were like, drake May should be the mvp. But you're only saying that the whole time because it's your favorite team.

[Kevin]

No, but I said he's. You're talking about the Josh Allen clip or.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm talking about, period, this whole year where you're like, drake May should be the mvp.

[Eddie]

Mvp. You would say that.

[Bobby Bones]

You would say that.

[Eddie]

Yeah, and he might, because he's the mvp.

[Bobby Bones]

But you were only saying that because you were a fan now, and now it makes more sense. But you can't go back like you were some great prognosticator.

[Kevin]

I said, he's the second coming of Josh Allen.

[Eddie]

You did say that.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but you wouldn't have said that had the Patriots not been your favorite team. That was a big part of why you were saying it.

[Kevin]

I don't know if. If it was a team that I hated. Definitely not.

[Eddie]

You wouldn't say that.

[Kevin]

I wouldn't say that. But if a team that I really care about, then you wouldn't even care.

[Bobby Bones]

To talk about the MVP is my point. Because it's your guy. You were just constantly.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I mean, there's Turned out to be.

[Bobby Bones]

Right. Yeah. Which. And he may not win it. He may win it.

[Kevin]

Yeah, he may.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Yeah. I think. I think he probably. I think he's probably going to win it, which I didn't expect even just a couple weeks ago, but staffers falling off here.

[Bobby Bones]

But yeah, that. That.

[Kevin]

That Falcons game was bad. Yeah, I mean, I can see where you're coming from, but at the same.

[Bobby Bones]

Time, I'm like, no, I'm coming from the exact right spot.

[Eddie]

Would you say it?

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Eddie]

Would you say it if it was not your team?

[Bobby Bones]

No, he wouldn't have been saying it the whole.

[Eddie]

Wouldn't have said.

[Kevin]

Not the whole time, but the last month or so.

[Eddie]

You would say it.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I would. I would say it.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

But like I said, if it was a team that I didn't like, say if it was Brock Purdy.

[Bobby Bones]

Because I'm just not believing anything you're saying at this point because you were just saying it because he's your guy. Yeah, but that would be like three months ago for a Cub or a Razorback to win the coach of the year.

[Kevin]

But it's also because, like, obviously I watch them every week, right? It's like if you don't watch somebody every week, you have no idea how good they really are. So I feel like I was watching them every week and watching how good he was playing, and I'm like, dang, People still don't realize how great he's playing right now.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know.

[Kevin]

And here we are at the end of the year. Mvp. I don't know.

[Eddie]

So you were right. Technically, though, I guess if he does.

[Bobby Bones]

Get it, that's it. Thank you, guys. Appreciate you listening. You can follow over on Instagram 25 whistles. What is it? 25 whistles sports.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

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[Eddie]

Thank you, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. At 25 whistle sports, even on YouTube. Thank you, guys. We'll see you guys later on this week. All right, bye, everybody. Thank you. Theme song written by Bobby Bones. That's me. And performed by Brandon Ray. Follow Brandon on social media socials at brandonraymusic. You can follow the show on Instagram at Bobby bonesports. Thanks to our crew, co host producer Eddie, segment producer at KickOffKevin, and executive producer ikeistro. But most importantly, thank you for listening. I'm Bobby Bones. We'll talk to you next time here on 25 Whistles. This is an iheart podcast. Guaranteed human.