SORE LOSERS: Is This The Real Reason People Have Kids?

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – Sore Losers: Is This The Real Reason People Have Kids?

Date: December 19, 2025
Hosts: Lunchbox, Ray (with guests Morgan and Amy)

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Episode Overview

This lively episode of The Bobby Bones Show: Sore Losers dives into the real motives people have for having kids, modern parenting, the realities (and myths) of how hard child-rearing actually is, and how having children can become a convenient lifelong excuse for bailing on obligations. The crew also touches on podcast burnout, sports stories (including a memorable ball-drop at a Yankees game), and eye-opening personal experiences. Frequent banter, lighthearted sarcasm, and cross-promotions with other podcast personalities keep the tone energetic and relatable, especially for sports fans and parents.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting Up Sore Losers Nation Events (03:23–08:31)

• Event Venue Banter: Lunchbox and Ray discuss hosting the next convention at the Almost Friday bar and Holiday Inn Suites in downtown Nashville. They review its suitability—TVs, sports bar environment, and how wild it gets during college games.
• Brunch & Cake Ideas: Talks about catering brunch at Pins Mechanical and getting a cake that says, “Happy Birthday Losers” for laughs, even if no one has a birthday.
  • Memorable Moment:

    “Put Happy birthday losers. It’s not your birthday. We’re not your friends. But you live in this make believe world where we are, so why not as well lie about that.” – Lunchbox (08:08)

2. Social Media & Podcasting Culture (15:16–21:19)

• Podcast Cross-Pollination & Burnout: Discussion on how many people (even their friends and family) are starting podcasts, most quit, and the reality of not getting paid for years.
  • Stat Drop: “One in three podcasts quit, so eat that.” – Lunchbox (19:06)
• Burnout & Authenticity: Sharing first-hand experiences about why podcasts die and what it takes to stick with one.

3. Interactions with Other Hosts (28:18–42:38)

• Cross-Promotion with Morgan and Amy:
  • Morgan talks about sports-themed gifts for her boyfriend, golf dynamics in relationships, and their competitive/fun experiences on the course.
  • Ray discusses the desire for personal space apart from partners, even in shared hobbies.
  • Banter about podcast names and promoting “Feeling Things” and “Take This Personally.”
    • “The only one we make fun of is Amy’s. We say instead of feeling things, we say ‘feeling yourself.’” – Lunchbox (28:33)
• Amy’s Titans Story: Amy recounts being accidentally hit in the stomach by a Titans field goal kicker during warmups, wishing the moment was caught on video, paralleling Ray’s own failed Yankees ball catch.
  • “He threw the ball to me, hit off my chest and back onto the field. … Everybody around me, boo. They booed me.” – Ray (36:28–36:29)

4. Sports Fandom & Player Stories (46:59–51:37)

• Darnell Washington Appreciation:
  • Morgan highlights her admiration for NFL player Darnell Washington and recounts his tough upbringing, resilience, and the impact of positive mentors.

    "He grew up really poor. He and his brother...in and out of housing...always make it to football practice. There were days he wouldn't eat..." – Morgan (48:47)

  • Ray and Lunchbox tie it back to lessons in dedication and overcoming adversity, comparing it to their own families’ sports experiences.

5. Parenting Real Talk: Is It Really That Hard? (57:20–64:55)

• Challenging the “Parenting is Hard” Narrative:

  • Lunchbox posits that modern parenting is easier than ever—more resources, technology, support—contrary to constant complaints he hears.

    “Can we get to the narrative where, guys ...having a kid’s awesome and easy. I haven’t heard one person say that.” – Lunchbox (57:43)

  • Ray asserts that, while exhausting, parenting isn’t as impossible as many make it out, especially for mature, older parents.

    “There are a lot of dumb ass people in this world...A lot of dumb ass people are able to raise a child. So it can't be that impossible.” – Ray (58:14)

  • Morgan reminds the guys about the unique physical and emotional experience of motherhood and emphasizes empathy.

• ‘Built-in Excuse’ Theory:

  • Lunchbox jokes about the real value of having kids as a lifelong excuse:

    “For the next 18 years of your life, you can blame it on this being and say, I had kids...You don’t have to go to any event, any commitment. You can get out of work a ton for the next 18 years because of this thing.” – Lunchbox (60:07)

• Arguments & Family Dynamics:

  • Morgan shares communication advice for couples and families, encouraging more “I feel” statements instead of direct accusations.

    “You can’t say you’re doing something. You should say, I’m feeling something.” – Morgan (62:11)

6. Parenting, Coaching, and Encouragement (51:49–56:02)

• Ray talks about his move from "player" to "coach" in his kids' basketball leagues—and the realities of coaching little kids with varying levels of interest and skill.
  • Discussion about rim heights and the right approach to helping young kids succeed and enjoy sports.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote/Moment | |-----------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 08:08 | Lunchbox | “Happy birthday losers. It’s not your birthday. We’re not your friends. But you live in this make believe world...” | | 15:16 | Lunchbox | “One in three podcasts quit, so eat that.” | | 19:02 | Lunchbox | “People think we are just stacking cash because this podcast is so big.” | | 28:33 | Lunchbox | “The only one we make fun of is Amy’s. We say instead of feeling things, we say ‘feeling yourself.’” | | 36:28 | Ray | “He threw the ball to me, hit off my chest and back onto the field. … Everybody around me, boo. They booed me.” | | 48:47 | Morgan | “He grew up really poor. He and his brother...in and out of housing...always make it to football practice. There were days he wouldn't eat...” | | 57:43 | Lunchbox | “Can we get to the narrative where, guys ...having a kid’s awesome and easy. I haven’t heard one person say that.” | | 60:07 | Lunchbox | “For the next 18 years of your life, you can blame it on this being and say, I had kids... It’s the perfect cop out.” | | 62:11 | Morgan | “You can’t say you’re doing something. You should say, I’m feeling something.” |

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Timestamp | Content | |-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:23–08:31 | Setting for convention, event plans, “Happy Birthday Losers” cake discussion | | 15:16–21:19 | Podcast burnout, the reality of making money, and why most people quit | | 28:18–34:03 | Golf, relationships, and podcast cross-promotion with Morgan | | 36:28–42:38 | Ray’s failed Yankees ball catch & Amy’s Titans field goal story | | 46:59–51:37 | Darnell Washington’s inspiring backstory, relating to sports and resilience | | 57:20–61:39 | Is parenting really hard? Debunking the myth and the “built-in excuse” angle | | 62:11–64:55 | Communication in families: “I feel” vs. “you are…” statements |

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Tone and Style

The show’s trademark is a mix of irreverent humor, friendly jabs, affectionate nostalgia, and off-the-cuff honesty. The group never takes themselves too seriously, opting for frequent self-deprecating asides, side stories, and authentic hot takes. Even potentially controversial parenting riffs or family-life debates are handled with the playful sarcasm fans expect.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a classic blend of Sore Losers’ sports banter, inside jokes, life advice (questionable at times), and guest drop-ins. If you're curious about what having kids is really like, the unfiltered fears and perks of parenthood, or just want some irreverent takes on podcasting and sports, it's a must-listen—especially the closing segment on why having kids might just be the most convenient excuse in life.

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Transcript

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[Ray]

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[Podcast Announcer]

Oh.

[Lunchbox]

I talked to Baser for the first time in a couple days. She said the watch party and podcast area we're doing at almost Almost Friday holiday in BA.

[Ray]

Dude, that Holiday Inn Suites right downtown Nashville. If you. Listen, guys, if you do not have a place to stay for the convention you need, you can stumble downstairs to almost Friday. And that sports bar is badass.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. The times that we have stumbled in there, it's been pretty crunk, if you will.

[Ray]

They said, we have beer pong. Do you want us to leave it set up for the convention or do you want us to take it down? I said, I'm pretty sure these people will play some beer prong.

[Lunchbox]

Right? Yeah, you take. Sorry, you take the prongs. You set them out.

[Ray]

My bad.

[Lunchbox]

And then there's something with the ping pong ball.

[Ray]

Yeah, the.

[Lunchbox]

That bar Almost Friday we went there and when we went, there were chairs being lifted in the air. Was for a Vols game.

[Ray]

Really.

[Lunchbox]

It. The frat daddies and the sorority sisters take over. That place was a. It was a lot. We said, this is almost too much for us. It was that crazy. So that's what I'm saying. I think it can house the convention.

[Ray]

Yeah, I agree. It looks awesome.

[Lunchbox]

All.

[Ray]

I mean, they have Let me see 5,000 TVs and it is to where there's great seating.

[Lunchbox]

I believe you can have a TV on. Boom. The NFL. Maybe they go all NFL.

[Ray]

I think it's gonna be all NFL.

[Lunchbox]

I was thinking maybe for some office fans. Can they put a sitcom on in the corner?

[Ray]

No.

[Lunchbox]

Right?

[Ray]

Yeah. And then I told one of the sales girls, she said, oh, where are you having the convention this year?

[Lunchbox]

I said, oh, how's it going, toots?

[Ray]

I said, well, we're doing Friday night at John Daly's bar. She goes, oh, my gosh, I love that bar. That one is so fun. It is such a great place. Oh, did you know that it's a Florida State watch party bar? Oh, I like the atmosphere of John Dixon. Oh, so good. That's a good choice.

[Lunchbox]

Thanks for the glowing review.

[Ray]

Thanks, sales lady. Thank you. Now, could you respond to my text Messages I sent you four days ago.

[Lunchbox]

Did you say that?

[Ray]

I did?

[Lunchbox]

Awkward.

[Ray]

I did. I said, hey, excuse me, I'm getting.

[Lunchbox]

The coffee as well. And then, not to make this any more awkward.

[Ray]

Well, I said, hey, do you just not like me anymore or you block me or what? She goes, what? And I said, well, I texted you on Monday. She goes, oh, I didn't get that.

[Lunchbox]

Sometimes they got a lot rolling in.

[Ray]

Come on. I slid it over to her. Slid my phone over. She goes, oh, yeah, send me what you need. Send me what you need. Said, okay, I'll send it.

[Lunchbox]

But what is she going to supply.

[Ray]

The brunch at Pins Mechanical.

[Lunchbox]

That's what I'm talking about.

[Ray]

She is going to work with us to get brunch provided at Pins Mechanical.

[Lunchbox]

Well, what about something similar to what we just had in the kitchen, potentially for brunch?

[Ray]

I think a little more substance.

[Lunchbox]

Not the bagels and cream cheese.

[Ray]

Yeah, bagels and cream cheese seems kind of. It's good, good, but it's not.

[Lunchbox]

You were eating a lot of it.

[Ray]

It's not fantastic.

[Lunchbox]

Okay.

[Ray]

But I did like how they had Christmas bagels. They were red and green, really festive. Really get me in the holiday spirit.

[Lunchbox]

Ho, ho, ho. And here's the deal. Here's the deal. Let me say this. Just give me a moment on that. This guy. Listen to John Sarasani. That's how he talks now, now, right now, just hear me out. He says. I don't know, it's just funny to me how he talks on his Instagram. Yeah, he talks like a preacher slash a businessman, slash he's, like, instructing us. But he's talking about the most common thing. He'll be like, so here's the deal, Right? You know. Right. Yeah, right. No, hear me out here. Right? It's just like, dude, we're just talking on Instagram. This isn't a professional business setting, but just hear me out here. Right? So Covid times, there were restaurants that would let you take your food in.

[Ray]

Do what?

[Lunchbox]

During COVID there was a couple restaurants by us, and they said, hey, we're not serving food because of COVID but you can bring outside food in. Because it was just after Covet ended.

[Ray]

So what was the restaurant doing?

[Lunchbox]

Beer. Oh, yeah. And so that kind of reminds me. We can bring our BYOF to Pins.

[Ray]

Yeah, we're gonna bring. No, we're gonna have brunch.

[Lunchbox]

We're gonna byof.

[Ray]

We're gonna. Providing brunch. Yes. They do not provide food, but you're allowed to have it catered. And that's what we are doing for our Sore losers nation family.

[Lunchbox]

If we're getting a cater, get a birthday cake. I don't care if it's nobody's birthday. Put Happy birthday losers.

[Ray]

Is that what you want?

[Lunchbox]

Happy birthday losers. It's not your birthday. We're not your friends. But you live in this make believe world where we are, so why not as well lie about that And Happy birthday losers.

[Ray]

I'll put it down. I will put it down. Hey, we are interested in having a cake also that says Happy birthday losers.

[Lunchbox]

Got it. I'm in that same boat because I actually listen to podcasts. John Sarasani, and I think he's my friend too.

[Ray]

He has a podcast.

[Lunchbox]

He did. And that's when he was good. And now he just does these gambling things which I can only watch so many of those. And then now he'll just do random one offs on Instagram. So just out here looking at my 10 acre property here in Chicago and I was wondering, is it beautiful when it snows out? Here's your answer. It's just a low key flex of his house and that's his 10 acres.

[Ray]

I got to be honest, that's pretty good.

[Lunchbox]

He's hilarious. But I mean, I don't even know the guy. He's not my friend. But.

[Ray]

But it is beautiful. It is beautiful when it snows, wasn't it?

[Lunchbox]

But he did good podcasts. I don't know why. And it would actually be business stuff. And now he realized, hey, you really don't have to do that.

[Ray]

You just do these videos, talk about.

[Lunchbox]

Gambling and have a hot chick in a poker video. It's that simple.

[Ray]

Yeah. And speaking of hot chicks, my wife. I mean, hot chick.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I hadn't seen her in a minute.

[Ray]

I know you saw her. She was late to our meeting at almost Friday, which was awkward cause we were in there with the people. Did you know we were with the GM of the hotel?

[Lunchbox]

So it actually dawned on me as we were standing there. I think we're with the brass right now.

[Ray]

Yeah, I didn't realize we were with the GM till after we left. And my wife told me, she was like, you know that was the gm, right? And I was like, no, I did not know. That's pretty cool.

[Lunchbox]

Hi there. Do you work the front desk?

[Ray]

Dude, I didn't realize the GM would be interested in the coaches convention.

[Lunchbox]

Well, they had it all set up.

[Ray]

Every Sore losers logo on every single tv.

[Lunchbox]

And I feel like that one dude, what was his Name? He was kind of an audio guy. Jack of all trades. Yeah, I feel like they made him wear slacks and stuff. So they said, hey, we have a perspective. Sorry, I hadn't drank water in like five hours on the bone show.

[Ray]

That's okay. It's called the big show thing.

[Lunchbox]

Big show. We have a prospective person interested in this. Could you throw some dress clothes on? Because he was like, man, usually I lift tables. What are we doing here?

[Ray]

Oh, yeah, what are we doing? You want me to do. Yeah, sure, whatever. We'll figure it out, man. We'll have it done for you on coaches convention Saturday. And I was like, thank you. Appreciate it. But anyway, back to my. My hot wife. My. My wife. That's amazing. You know, she decided we were going to do Christmas cards. So she went through all of our pictures, put Christmas cards together, wrote this big old summary about what's been going on in our life. And they just sat on the counter. And they sat on the counter. And they sat on the counter.

[Lunchbox]

What was there to summarize?

[Ray]

I don't know about what we did this year.

[Lunchbox]

Did she put the convention on it?

[Ray]

No, she didn't mention that. She mentioned, like one kid starting first grade, another kid starting kindergarten, someone losing a tooth, me attempting to get on the prices. Right. Just show bitch. We got a new dog.

[Lunchbox]

365 boneheads.

[Ray]

That's pretty much what she did. I mean, that was basically the summary.

[Lunchbox]

Please send it to me. I got to give you my address.

[Ray]

Yeah, you got to give me your address.

[Lunchbox]

I'll put it in the mail on a Friday night. I'm turning the fire on and I'm reading that sucker and I'm going to laugh my butt off.

[Ray]

Dude, it's so. It's great. And like, like every Christmas card is.

[Lunchbox]

A low key flex.

[Ray]

Oh, it's a low key flex. It's very awkward. It's weird. And hers, she has the three kids as Christmas ornaments. Like their faces are like in the balls across the card. And it's like, oh, Merry Christmas. It's like, well done. Great. And then we have one family photo and one picture of the dog. That's it. That's all that's on there. But anyway, they just kept sitting there and I said, hey, you know, it's almost Christmas. You probably need to mail those out. She said, yeah, well, I went to the post office over here and they were out of Christmas stamps. So I'm going to other post offices trying to find Christmas stamps.

[Lunchbox]

Smart.

[Ray]

I said, no one gives a crap about if It's a Christmas stamp. No one looks at it and goes, oh, what a cute stamp. Oh, that Christmas stamp is so adorable. I'm so glad you put a Christmas stamp on it. No one notices.

[Lunchbox]

You can do a Titans one. Half the price.

[Ray]

Speaking of the Titans, we were watching the game on Sunday, and they. It came on and they were playing the Niners, and baby Box goes, oh, we're probably going to get crushed. What the. Good attitude to start the game, man.

[Lunchbox]

Duff.

[Ray]

Good attitude, boy. And then so I was like, hey, you want me to take it to take him to the post office downtown? Because it's right by where we work.

[Lunchbox]

Know it well, Ray and Bay Designs.

[Ray]

And she said, oh, yes. Would you. Do you mind? I said, yeah. She goes, and make sure you get Christmas stamps for the last. You know, there's like 30 left that she didn't have stamps for. I was like, don't you worry about it. I got you.

[Lunchbox]

It's. And you know who's in line at that one?

[Ray]

A lot of homeless people.

[Lunchbox]

It's usually the people that are mailing in to make payments for a credit card. It's. It's where you don't have a checking account, so you have to make a Western Union or a money order. Because post offices also sell money orders there.

[Ray]

That's what it was. It was a lot of sketch.

[Lunchbox]

Stand in line. I'm like, what happened to the nice old ladies mailing Christmas presents? These guys look like they're straight from skid row.

[Ray]

There's one guy, like, scratching his neck. He's scratching just, like, shaking. And I was like, man. And I said, the aroma in that post office was not good. It was not a good smell. Usually I go in, it smells clean and fresh. This did not smell that way. Kind of smelled like a stairwell in a parking garage.

[Lunchbox]

I know the one. We go to an upscale one now.

[Ray]

Is it pretty nice?

[Lunchbox]

You got to go to the country. It smells like candles. There's the most friendliest guy ever. That comes up. There's Christmas music playing. There's maybe a farmer in line. Other than that, I'm the only person in line. It's epic. Living in the country.

[Ray]

Well, there I was, three deep. So I waited in line. I get up to the counter, and the lady, oh, can I help you? I was like, yeah, I need to get some stamps for the rest of these. I was like, how many come in a book? She goes, 20, I don't damn know. She goes, give me. I said, I'll take 20. She goes, does it matter what kind? I said it doesn't make one bit of difference. Give me whatever stamps you got.

[Lunchbox]

You better hope your wife doesn't see that footage.

[Ray]

And guess what? They were not Christmas. And I guarantee you when these people get them, they're not. No one is going to text my wife and be like, huh, weird. You sent a Christmas car with no Christmas stamp. They're not even going to notice. And my wife's never going to know. And when I got home, she was like, oh, did they have Christmas stamps? I was like, they had a ton of Christmas stamps. No idea if they had Christmas stamps.

[Lunchbox]

I'll need to text your wife then.

[Ray]

Why would you do that?

[Lunchbox]

She doesn't listen to the pod.

[Ray]

Absolutely not.

[Lunchbox]

Well, then I will not text her. I thought she'd understand the joke.

[Ray]

Nope, she doesn't get it.

[Lunchbox]

Well, my wife does listen.

[Ray]

Does she?

[Lunchbox]

Especially when somebody tips her off and they say something like offhand. And she'll be like, what? What was this person commenting this on a picture? I'm like, oh, sorry. We said Arnold died. Sorry about that. And she'll be like, but they'll go and comment on one of her pictures on her Instagram. And she doesn't get like, she's not on the show.

[Ray]

No, I get it. I know she's not. Trust me. Hey, I'm here every day when we do this pod. I know she's not on the show.

[Lunchbox]

So she'll see stuff on the Facebook or on her Instagram. She's like, what is this? Did you comment on sportscent or something or what? What did you guys do on the podcast? People are commenting weird stuff. I'm like, sorry, it crossed over.

[Ray]

My bad. We're like a country star that has gone pop. Sometimes we do cross over and we need to cross pollinate. I don't think we cross pollinated enough this year. Like, we didn't have Amy. We didn't have Morgan from feeling up. We didn't have Movie Mike's Weird Movie. We're. What do you call them? Movie reviews. Didn't have any of them. We didn't do a very good job. We didn't have Bays are on one time. No, you. We did have Baser with your family.

[Lunchbox]

Yep. I got a two minute clip out of them.

[Ray]

Yeah. So we're gonna take a break. We're gonna come back.

[Lunchbox]

Justin thought he wanted on.

[Ray]

Why did.

[Lunchbox]

Dude, he goes, hey, you think I could get on the pod? And I go, well, because he has some time. And I go, bro, I don't think you understand? I couldn't tell you a two hour window of when to be there. And also, they don't like people just hanging around. So I could say if you're cool with sitting an hour. But they're not cool. They don't like people just sitting on a couch for an hour. It weirds everybody out.

[Ray]

Yeah. And that hour he could be used to go look at your kids.

[Lunchbox]

True. And I said, well, also, what do you like?

[Ray]

What?

[Lunchbox]

I think he was thinking there was some compensation.

[Ray]

What's he going to talk about?

[Lunchbox]

And I was like, what do you want a cup of coffee at Whole Foods? I mean, what do you mean?

[Ray]

Yeah, so he needs money.

[Lunchbox]

I'm like, dude, you realize from 2017 till 2019, we didn't make a dollar. People don't realize that.

[Ray]

They have no idea.

[Lunchbox]

Right.

[Ray]

They think we are just stacking cash because this podcast is so big.

[Lunchbox]

I think that's why brother did five episodes. He's like, I'm out. I go, brother, you got to be in it for the long haul.

[Ray]

Oh, did he finish his pod?

[Lunchbox]

Well, he did it and then he just randomly quit. People loved it and then he never did it again.

[Ray]

Huh.

[Lunchbox]

You got to build that backbone. And then the advertisers are interested, then you move on from there. No more advice. We don't need anybody else. Bose knows. And all those people creating podcasts.

[Ray]

Yeah. I mean, next thing you know, Buddy Glass is going to have Buddy Knows Best, and he's going to do his.

[Lunchbox]

Everybody needs a podcast.

[Ray]

Everybody does a podcast.

[Lunchbox]

There's not enough.

[Ray]

You know, there's really not. I mean, there's probably a podcast on every subject, right?

[Lunchbox]

I mean, I bet we could have asked our people, the brass at Holiday Inn, and said, hey, are you guys. Would you want some tips on a podcast? And they'd say, we have been thinking about starting a podcast. So this is cute. What you guys have. We have been thinking about starting a podcast. I mean, my church has a podcast. I'm shocked. My neighborhood doesn't have a podcast. Oh, my gosh, they're going to. This world's gonna keep getting more awkward. My neighborhood's gonna start a podcast.

[Ray]

My. Please.

[Lunchbox]

Facebook crossed over to my parents. Please. Older people do not start podcasts.

[Ray]

Please.

[Lunchbox]

We can't. We can't. I don't need my mom getting all those stories out there of me being a kid.

[Ray]

I got a text from my friend Michelle that said her son was auditioning for their school pod podcast. He's in fifth grade.

[Lunchbox]

Trucker radio. I mean, there's not enough podcasts.

[Ray]

Yeah. And I. I will say, Baby Box one has been very upset. He's like, dad, I am almost halfway through first grade and I haven't been back on the pod.

[Lunchbox]

But read the stats, guys. One in three podcasts quit, so eat that.

[Ray]

Is that true?

[Lunchbox]

I said I read it from that same thing I read about Netflix and podcast partnering up is the same article. I read about one third of them quit. And the most likely to quit, older Americans and lbg, QT Plus. Well, those are the most quit podcasters.

[Ray]

Or Jake Owen.

[Lunchbox]

He did quit.

[Ray]

He did quit. Kirsten Bush.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Ray]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Sarasani. Bob Menery. Bob Menery used to have the biggest sports podcast in America and then just cold turkey, never did it again. But he always talks about how big it was. I'm like, bro, bring it back.

[Ray]

Burnout is a thing, though.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. And it's hard. And you realize there are ramifications to revealing and talking. Yeah.

[Ray]

You let everything out there, some of it's going to come back to bite you.

[Lunchbox]

Well, I think Bob's just lazy. He doesn't like being on a schedule. And we are on a very strict schedule. Three a week. Where Bob was he. Would you miss a week? Then you missed two weeks.

[Ray]

Yeah, three weeks. Tough man.

[Lunchbox]

The lady, the one lady, she goes, will you talk about Bazer's can? This is just random. You ready?

[Ray]

Yeah, I'm ready.

[Lunchbox]

She goes, I work at a church. Will you talk about baser's cancer journey? I said, absolutely. I was sicker than a dog. Punted it to another week. I said, oh, Bazer slam with work. She can't do it, but I can do it. I was sick as a dang dog. And I went to that church, hyped up on Mucinex, hyped up on cough drops, and I did that podcast.

[Ray]

Healed.

[Lunchbox]

No, I still felt bad.

[Ray]

Oh.

[Lunchbox]

And it wasn't four months later, she quit doing the podcast.

[Ray]

Oh, come on.

[Lunchbox]

I am glad I went there on a Wednesday night. Fought traffic, sick as a dog, had the big show the next day, poured my heart out. Podcast folded 1 in 3 quit and I'll hang up and listen.

[Ray]

We'll be right back.

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Ah.

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[Lunchbox]

So that means if the stats are right, either US Movie Mike feeling yourself or taking things personal with my person. Morgan one of them's going to quit according to the stats.

[Ray]

Yeah, I don't Know who it would be? I don't. I don't have any idea. That's a good question.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, we already are a statistic.

[Ray]

We had one quit.

[Lunchbox]

We're a statistic.

[Ray]

We are.

[Lunchbox]

What was I thinking?

[Ray]

We were 1 and 3. We. Hey, we were 3. Now we're only 2. So 1 and 3 did quit.

[Lunchbox]

You start reading those articles, man, I. They're pretty spot on.

[Ray]

You have turned me on to these articles because I always see them and I'm like, oh, that has to be trash.

[Lunchbox]

And it's either. It literally is maybe an article in house, but it comes across. I read them. They're well produced, well put together, and they're usually pretty spot on.

[Ray]

Yeah. Speaking of spot on, there's a guy, I don't know his name. I forgot. I can't find the post on our Facebook page. He's going to the Carolina Panthers game this weekend.

[Lunchbox]

The hockey. The football team.

[Ray]

And he said he's going to be like, second row and he's going to bring a sign and he wants to get the sore losers on the tv, but he's going to have to tie it into the Carolina Panthers. Right?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. So it's spitball.

[Ray]

Like, you're never too young to listen to sore losers.

[Lunchbox]

Not bad. So to tell them that we are a podcast.

[Ray]

I get a chubba when I listen to the sore losers.

[Lunchbox]

That's good. Come on in.

[Ray]

Have we cross pollinated? Come in here. Say hello. Sorry we had to take a weird break there because we had to go take a group picture. And we were said, come now or forever hold your peace.

[Lunchbox]

And what I just realized is, I didn't know I hit the laugh button, but I did. As we were exiting.

[Ray]

Yeah, that's what's like. Hey, is that funny? I don't know what you're doing.

[Lunchbox]

Who knows? I thought of a good one, though.

[Ray]

Tell me why.

[Lunchbox]

When it. When it's fourth down and we got a load on the offense, when it's fourth down, it's a load on Bryce Young. Why don't you just go with a download podcast?

[Ray]

I'm not sure I. That's a little confusing.

[Lunchbox]

Something with.

[Ray]

Let's see.

[Lunchbox]

Give us a listen. Bryce Young doesn't. To the head coach.

[Ray]

Hey, Bryce Young isn't Bryce Young. That wasn't the play call. Quit listening to the sore losers and play football. Too long. Too long.

[Lunchbox]

Why not just keep it basic? This game sucks. Sore losers. Oh, oh. Aren't they actually good? They're fighting for the playoffs.

[Ray]

They're actually. Yeah, they are actually in first place in their division, I think. Tied for the.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, dude. I was reverting back to the Panthers or two years ago.

[Ray]

If they beat the Bucks, they're in first place, I think, or something like that.

[Lunchbox]

Tetra Moria McMillan was a huge draft pick. You want to see somebody that's even huger? Sore Losers podcast.

[Ray]

I don't really like that. Hey, when you're done dowdling, download the Sore Losers Podcast.

[Lunchbox]

Rico Dowdle.

[Ray]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Is the. Is it Riverboat Ron? Is he the coach?

[Ray]

No, no. Dave Canales is the coach.

[Lunchbox]

Ray should have been coach of the year behind Liam Cohen.

[Ray]

Who else is there? Who is.

[Lunchbox]

They don't have a name.

[Ray]

Team Jalen Coker.

[Lunchbox]

We only had McMillan. That's the only guy I know from Fantasy.

[Ray]

Coker. Coker. The Sore Losers, man. I don't know. I'm not really good. I don't really know the sign thing. I'm trying.

[Lunchbox]

To bang the drum. Bang the podcast.

[Ray]

Hey, keep pounding and keep downloading the Sore Losers Podcast.

[Lunchbox]

Keep pound. Keep pounding during the game. Then after pound of Sore Losers download button.

[Ray]

Okay.

[Lunchbox]

Come on, Morgan, get in here. She wants another picture.

[Ray]

What up, girl?

[Morgan]

I just wanted to say thank you.

[Amy]

For taking the picture.

[Morgan]

I didn't know if you guys had started again.

[Ray]

Yeah, yeah, you're welcome. What's up?

[Morgan]

I was. I literally just coming in and say.

[Ray]

No, we need to cross pollinate. We need to cross pollinate.

[Lunchbox]

We want to promote your podcast.

[Ray]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Are you guys also making fun of it at the same time?

[Lunchbox]

No, no, we're literally not. The only one we make fun of is Amy's. We say instead of feeling things, we say feeling yourself.

[Morgan]

Interesting.

[Lunchbox]

Just so it applies to our listeners more. Because the truck drivers actually love that.

[Ray]

Hey, did you get your. Your dude a Steelers themed Christmas present?

[Morgan]

Oh, no, I did not.

[Ray]

Wow.

[Morgan]

No. But I did go sports themed. It's just not Steelers.

[Ray]

Oh, he likes other sports.

[Morgan]

Yeah, he plays golf and he loves to go and play sand volleyball.

[Ray]

Oh, he's a sand volleyballer.

[Morgan]

Yeah, he'll play core volleyball too, but he plays golf.

[Ray]

We didn't know this.

[Morgan]

Sorry. Plays golf is that no lunch has.

[Lunchbox]

Been randomly playing with people he doesn't even know. Why would you not play with her boyfriend?

[Morgan]

They get along. Lunch and him have gotten along.

[Ray]

Yeah. The problem is he has a real job and he works during the week.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Ray]

And so I usually play during the week.

[Lunchbox]

You realize those people can squeeze in a couple hours of golf. I learned that with all my friends. They love it because it breaks up their day.

[Ray]

Do you ever go golf with him?

[Morgan]

No, he's wanted me to. It just hasn't happened yet.

[Ray]

Have you ever played golf?

[Morgan]

Yeah, like once or twice. I'm really good at topgolf.

[Ray]

Well.

[Lunchbox]

Well, let's say this. You really realize if you love a girl, if she plays golf, when bays are said she would ride in the car with me. That was kind of hot. And then we got in fights, and then she hasn't come since.

[Morgan]

But why'd you guys get in fights?

[Lunchbox]

Because golf, you can't be rushed. And Bazer was all about. She'd be like, okay, let's go. Just go the next shot. And I'm like, bazer, that's. This is. That's actually not how golf works. It's all about patience, slow tranquility. And she was like, hit the ball, hit the ball. Storm's coming. Or, let's go to the clubhouse, let's get a drink. And I'm like, that mazer. That's not really working with my golf game. And then it led to a fight. So we haven't golfed since.

[Morgan]

But it was hot that she was interested.

[Lunchbox]

Yes. And girls, go get the outfits. She went and went to Dick's got her three outfits. She wore two of them. Still got to go that third time. But yeah, it's. I think guys, wives go golfing and girlfriends, it's fun.

[Ray]

Dude.

[Lunchbox]

When it was me, Angelina, the late Justin Bazer, that was a blast. That might have been my funnest golfing. Even better when it was you, me and Justin on that mountain course.

[Morgan]

I was gonna say, is it more fun for you guys because you guys think of it as a kind of boys activity away from the house, doing things. Is it more fun when you go with your friends versus going with your spouse or partner?

[Ray]

I would agree with that because I don't like. No offense, I mean, but I. There's times I want time away from my wife. So if she plays golf, and I'm like, I'm gonna go play golf. She's like, oh, I'll come too. It's like, no, no. I want some time by myself. Like, I don't want every waking moment to be me and her. And it would be cool if she played golf, but really, would it? Because it's kind of annoying to do everything the same. Sort of like when we go to Las Vegas, she doesn't play craps because she would be betting the same thing I'm betting. So she goes and does something else. It's so like, why would we want to go to the golf course together? It just seems like that wouldn't be that much fun. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe there's couples out there that love playing golf together, but it just seems like that would be really hard. What do you do with the kids, too? That's.

[Lunchbox]

That's a different angle, and that's a different dynamic. I totally understand that, but the golfing is. Do you play another sport with your wife? I would say.

[Ray]

I would argue hockey.

[Lunchbox]

Hey. Oh. I would say that's the one sport we're able to play together. Bad men, kind of. Crusher basketball, pickleball. I would beat her 15 to nothing.

[Ray]

Is that what they played to.

[Morgan]

She actually did has some athletic ability, and she's not getting the credit here.

[Lunchbox]

I was, like, 10 deep. But she actually did win the home run derby. I did make it. So the women get to step up, like, 10ft more, and they have a shorter home run. Porch smart. So she did win it over me and Justin. But other than that, it's just. Golf is. She takes a swing here, swing there. It is a sport that we can both collectively do together.

[Morgan]

So I will say my boyfriend's been wanting to do, like, a round with another couple, but what it is is the guys play everything, and then the girls just do the putting.

[Lunchbox]

That's kind of sexist.

[Morgan]

No, it's funny because it's like, the girls don't really want to hit because then you're just like. Especially, like, me. I've never played before. Right. And I'm. If I'm trying to drive a ball, it's just gonna end up in the trees. I. That's why I don't golf, because I don't need to be sitting there looking for my ball for six hours.

[Lunchbox]

You gotta do that. That's actually an awesome idea.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So he was like, it'd be fun if, like, the guys will do. And then the girls take over when it's time for the putting, and that's how you intertwine the two. And then you're drinking, having a good time.

[Lunchbox]

You gotta go do that.

[Ray]

Yeah. I don't think you. Maybe you could. I don't know. But I don't know if you could drive the ball into the woods because I don't know if you would hit the ball. It is so hard to hit the golf ball.

[Lunchbox]

Well, my wife took lessons growing up.

[Ray]

Okay, there you go. You've played topgolf, I guess, a couple times.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And I hit the ball there.

[Ray]

Okay, maybe so. I'm just saying when I first went and played golf for the first, I couldn't hit the ball.

[Morgan]

Well, when I. The first few times I've golfed, it was definitely tough. But after I got like the hang of it, I was good.

[Ray]

Okay.

[Morgan]

But for sure, my angle and, you know, and all trying to get in the right area, that was still not good. So that's what I'm saying. Like we would be there for 10 hours if I had to hit every single ball.

[Lunchbox]

It is a very difficult sport. I will agree with you on that.

[Ray]

It's amazing. The ball didn't move and it is so freaking hard to do it. Why? How is that possible?

[Lunchbox]

Because nobody really grew up playing golf. I mean, I look at now we're going to have Feeling Yourself.

[Ray]

Come on.

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[Ray]

Amy, come in, come in.

[Lunchbox]

Get in here.

[Morgan]

Did she not open it?

[Ray]

We said, Amy, come here.

[Morgan]

I don't know.

[Podcast Announcer]

She's coming.

[Morgan]

Wait, so why were you asking me if I got him a steal or something? What was the conversation?

[Ray]

No, no, I just saw. I know. On your Instagram yourself. Come on, get in here.

[Lunchbox]

Get in.

[Ray]

Go over there by raising my.

[Lunchbox]

Get on this one.

[Ray]

What up, girl? Oh, thank you.

[Morgan]

You're welcome.

[Ray]

Come sit.

[Lunchbox]

I'm gonna step aside, I'm gonna produce. This is Amy from Feeling Yourself.

[Amy]

It's called Feeling Things.

[Ray]

How's it going?

[Amy]

Good. What's up?

[Ray]

Did you get your boyfriend Yankees themed Christmas present?

[Amy]

No.

[Ray]

Did you get him sports related Christmas present?

[Amy]

No.

[Ray]

Huh.

[Amy]

I did. Last year. I got him. You got the Derek Jeter ball.

[Ray]

That's when we kind of got the little Easter egg that you were dating someone because you were like, I need something Yankees and I don't know what to get. I was like, wait a minute. So I didn't know if a year later you go back to the same well and go Yankees again.

[Amy]

No, I didn't go back to the same well, now I know like more about him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, oh, he likes the Yankee. I think he had just like I was talking about how he went to a Yankees game or something. So like it was just top of mind.

[Ray]

Do you know. So does he know. Do you know who Aaron Judge is? Do you know who that is?

[Amy]

No.

[Ray]

Oh, so you don't watch Yankees games with him?

[Lunchbox]

No.

[Ray]

Because if you want to tell them a good story, because I was at a Yankees game this year and Aaron Judge, he's the mvp, he was playing right field and he was warming up before the inning and he Was throwing it. Every inning, he would throw the ball to the crowd. And top of the seventh inning, I yelled, yo, Judge, over here. And he pointed at me and he threw me. The ball came right to me, hit off my chest and back onto the field.

[Morgan]

You didn't catch it?

[Ray]

I dropped it. I voted it.

[Amy]

Do we have footage of this?

[Morgan]

You're one opportunity and you couldn't catch the ball?

[Ray]

No, I didn't catch it.

[Lunchbox]

Let me know.

[Amy]

But, like, does anybody have this on camera? Because it's hilarious.

[Ray]

That's exactly what my wife said. And the other couple we were with, like, there has to be footage somewhere there. And the wife. We were. The other wife, we were. She's like. I stopped filming because I just got so excited. Why did I not continue filming? My gosh. And I had a red mark right there on my chest where it hit me. And all everybody around me, boo. They booed me.

[Morgan]

I deserve that.

[Ray]

I got booed. And there's some guy behind me goes, oh, you not catch that, bro? He threw it right to you. Oh, what the. And they. They hassled me. And even after the game, I'm walking out of the stadium and someone walked by me goes, hey, yo's headed, bro. Thanks, man. Thanks.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, you have to tell your dude that story.

[Amy]

Yeah, I'll tell him.

[Morgan]

Judge.

[Ray]

Yeah. Aaron Judge.

[Amy]

Aaron Judge.

[Ray]

He's the in al mvp. And I. I mean, it literally could.

[Morgan]

Have been a really expensive ball for you one day.

[Ray]

Well, not really, because it's not a home run ball. It was him throwing it to me, so it's not really.

[Amy]

Oh, that's honestly, like, it's not even a game.

[Ray]

Right? It's not even a game. Used ball.

[Morgan]

But that's worse that you didn't catch it. You realize that, right? Because, like, a home run ball, like, it would be coming in hot fast, it would hit you and bouncing off. Makes sense. The fact that he threw it to you and it was not going a massive speed and you still didn't catch it.

[Ray]

Yeah, I mean, like I said, I got so excited and I was like, holy crap, he's throwing me the baseball.

[Amy]

You choked?

[Ray]

I choked. It was so cool because he threw it right to me. It wasn't like I had to move my hands. It was. He was 30 yards away and he just. Just pointed at me with his glove step and just. And it was just a perfect throw.

[Morgan]

You're only making this worse for yourself. You realize that, right? The more details you share, the worse it looks for you.

[Ray]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

You ask him, has it been tough doing vacation episodes. And if they have, have they been doing their vacation?

[Ray]

Oh, have you guys been doing your vacation episodes?

[Morgan]

Yeah, I'm done.

[Amy]

Oh, I'm finishing tomorrow.

[Lunchbox]

For what? For what show?

[Amy]

For feeling things.

[Ray]

Was it tough doing vacation, like getting all ahead and everything?

[Amy]

I mean, no, we were building for it.

[Morgan]

Amy may not, but I always record ahead.

[Ray]

Anyway, we only do, what, a couple a week, right? Yeah.

[Amy]

How many do you do?

[Ray]

Three. Okay. Yeah, Way too much. I was thinking you did one, but then I realized you did two, so I stopped mid sentence.

[Amy]

You're like, you only do. Just kidding.

[Ray]

Yeah, but you do one, but you record ahead of time.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but they're also interviews, so I have to edit more. Mine's a lot more in post. Once the interview's done, versus your guys', you can just do yours and upload.

[Podcast Announcer]

Right?

[Morgan]

You don't have to do a lot of editing work.

[Ray]

Oh, we don't edit, period.

[Morgan]

Yeah, we just literally.

[Ray]

We literally just record. Hit record in record. Throw some commercials in there and go home.

[Amy]

So before I bounce, since this is a sports podcast.

[Ray]

Yeah, let's go.

[Amy]

Lunchbox's story reminds me of the time years ago I went to my first Titans game and I went with the Jack Daniels people. You did a lot of work with them, right?

[Ray]

Tom Miller.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Ray]

So you want. You want a funny story about Tom Miller? We went and played golf with him, and he would get up to the green and he didn't want his golf ball to be dirty. When he had putt it, and you'd think, oh, your wife's on his shorts or his pants. He would take his tongue and lick the freaking ball. Oh, every time.

[Amy]

Interesting.

[Ray]

Every time I'm like, oh, my God, dude, it ain't worth that much, but go ahead. Sorry.

[Morgan]

That's a choice.

[Amy]

Got on the field with him, and the Titans are warming up. I don't even remember who they're playing, but he's like, giving us a tour around the perimeter of the field. And who's that kicker that played for the Titans that died?

[Ray]

Bronis?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Ray]

Rob Baronis.

[Amy]

Well, how'd he die? Like, it was car crack, car crash. That's him. So he.

[Lunchbox]

Thanks for bringing this.

[Amy]

Sorry, I know that's a little womp womp. But he was kicking, like, practicing his kicks, and we're walking behind the field goal, and it hits me right in the stomach. And speaking of wanting footage, like, I kept. Like, he was so, so concerned. Like, are you okay?

[Ray]

Are you okay?

[Amy]

Are you okay?

[Ray]

They hurt bad?

[Amy]

Yes. Like, Speaking of, I had a mark on my stomach, and I. All I cared about was where. Where is the footage? Like, just like you felt. It's like, does anybody have this on video? Like, surely of the stadium? Like, somewhere there's cameras. Where is the video? Because, I mean, I got nailed by the football.

[Morgan]

You never got the footage?

[Amy]

No, we never were able to find anybody that had any of it. Like, it just. It all happened so fast, too. It was sort of like, what just happened to me? And then. Oh, I just got nailed with the.

[Podcast Announcer]

Okay.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Ray]

There's my red mark.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah, you're really right on the test.

[Ray]

Wait, hit me right there.

[Morgan]

Did you get the football?

[Lunchbox]

No.

[Ray]

I mean, you didn't even get to keep the football.

[Amy]

No, because it wasn't. It was a total accident. Honestly, we were probably walking back there when we shouldn't have been walking there. But, I mean, who knows? I don't know that it was expected that that was to happen. I mean, who would have thought? But, yeah, I got nailed. And then however many years later, yeah, we found out he was in a car crash. And I was like, that's the guy. His kick. His ball hit me.

[Ray]

Yeah. Oof. Wow.

[Amy]

So, yeah, womp, womp. But, you know.

[Morgan]

Well, at least he was a really nice guy, and he was nice about it.

[Amy]

Oh, no. It was the Jack Daniels guy that was checking on me, not the football player. Like, I don't even think he knew.

[Morgan]

I thought it was a football player that was checking on him.

[Ray]

No, he was way on the field. Like, I did, too. I thought Varonis came running up to you. He was like, hey, are you okay? Are you okay? No, he was a Jack Daniels guy. I didn't do. I was like, oh, man. That's pretty nice that he took time to come check on you.

[Morgan]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[Amy]

No.

[Morgan]

Okay, cool. Cool, cool, cool, cool.

[Amy]

Yeah. No, I never talked to him. No interaction at all whatsoever.

[Morgan]

But.

[Ray]

Oh, man.

[Amy]

Another time I really wanted footage was that time I was in Austin for I Heart Country Festival, and I ran into a tree downtown because I saw a listener that had a Pimpinjoy hat on. And I started freaking out. Cause that was like. It was like right after Pimpinjoy hats came out. And I saw them crossing the street, and I was yelling, and I was like, pimpinjoy.

[Morgan]

Pimpinjoy.

[Amy]

I was walking, and then bam. Ran right into a tree. Like, I thought I was gonna have to go to urgent care because I was so messed up by the tree. And for, like, A week we were trying to get footage from downtown Austin of, like, with all your street cams, surely you have the girl running into the tree. Like, how. How do we have footage of the most random thing? Lunchbox. I feel like if you had video of what happened to you, it would go viral.

[Ray]

Oh, 100%.

[Amy]

That's your viral moment.

[Ray]

And the fact that they booed me. Yeah, for sure booed me. It was so great. And my wife goes, oh, my God, I'm so embarrassed. I'm so embarrassed. I have secondhand embarrassment. I don't want to walk out of the stadium with you. I go, oh, my God. And we had to sit there for the next two innings while people were sitting there booing me.

[Morgan]

You got disowned by whole entire establishment.

[Ray]

It was. It was awesome, though. And then I texted my cousin, though, and he said, listen, it's a better story that you dropped the ball, because if you catch the ball, it's, oh, I caught a ball. Now you have this story where you got hit in the chest, it went on the field, and then the security guard came over, picked the ball up, and instead of throwing it back up to me, he threw it to a different section of the stand.

[Morgan]

He said you didn't deserve it. Yeah, you got double whammied.

[Ray]

Oh, man, that's good. Well, Amy, thank you for stopping by.

[Amy]

Merry Christmas.

[Ray]

Yeah, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, Pimpin Joy.

[Amy]

Oh, feeling things.

[Ray]

Feeling.

[Amy]

Feeling things with Amy and Kat is the Feeling things with Amy and Kat.

[Ray]

Okay, got it.

[Amy]

And Kat is a therapist. It's a mental health minded podcast, but we talk about all kinds of things.

[Ray]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Amy, thanks for the gifts. Yes, very kind.

[Ray]

Thank you for the gifts. All right, we'll take a break. We'll be right back. Are you leaving too, Morgan?

[Morgan]

Yeah. I had a question for you guys.

[Amy]

When do you think we're working? Tomorrow?

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[Lunchbox]

Started it.

[Ray]

God, why do you do that?

[Lunchbox]

Because I think now what we're recording is recording over the other stuff we had recorded.

[Ray]

Are you serious?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, the industry secrets at the very end.

[Ray]

No, no, don't do that.

[Lunchbox]

Why?

[Ray]

Why would you record over everything.

[Lunchbox]

It's just the very end. Where did insider talk.

[Ray]

Morgan, what was your question? Did you already ask us and we got totally off subject or were you never asked it?

[Morgan]

No, I just want to know your guys thoughts because this is my current favorite NFL player that I've been paying attention to. He is a Steelers player, but his name's Darnell Washington.

[Ray]

He's great. He's a big fat dude that should be playing offensive line, but he is so athletic. He plays tight end. He's amazing. Yeah, he's fun to watch.

[Morgan]

He is my favorite player. He's the one bet I've ever made in sports betting.

[Ray]

He's.

[Morgan]

He didn't happen to get the ball that one game, but I bet that he'd score a touchdown because he's so freaking good.

[Ray]

Well, Aaron Rodgers does love throwing him the football.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And every time he does, something happens.

[Ray]

Yeah, well, that's usually with anybody. If you throw in the football, something happens.

[Morgan]

No, like, you know, like he'll throw it to somebody and then you're like, dang, stop throwing it to that guy because he keeps messing up. But Darnell. Nope. Darnell is a beast every time.

[Lunchbox]

Why? You could pick the goat. Aaron Rodgers or DK Metcalf. Another beast. And she picks Darnell Washington. Did anybody even have him on their fant?

[Ray]

Probably not, but if you have a dynasty team. He is on my dynasty team.

[Morgan]

Because he is on your dynasty team.

[Ray]

Yes, because tight ends get more for in this league. It's like their catches are worth two points. So you want more tight ends. You kind of load up on tight ends. And I was like, I'm going to take a flyer on this guy. Earlier in the year when he had one good game and I don't ever put him in the lineup. He sits on my bench, sure. But he is on my team just because I like it.

[Morgan]

You should start playing him, I'm telling you, because he is.

[Lunchbox]

Well, he's not in the playoffs, so he only gets.

[Ray]

He only gets about 30 yards. Let's not act like he's lighting there, but he.

[Morgan]

Well, and it's probably more so not as much in the fantasy side of things, but he's just a fan thing.

[Ray]

You think it's cool that he's that big and he can move like that when he.

[Morgan]

He just knocks people over because he's so fun to watch. He's like £350 and he has a crazy backstory. Like, the fact that he's even in the NFL is cool.

[Ray]

Fill us in. We don't know.

[Morgan]

Well, I'm going to paraphrase a lot.

[Ray]

This is the Morgan Minute, filling us in on Darnell Washington's backstory.

[Morgan]

He grew up really poor. Him and his brother, like, his mom ended up in rehab at. And, like, they were in and out of housing and. But he'd always make it to football practice. There were days, like, he wouldn't eat, and he'd go to football practice, and, like, he had this entire story ended up being a coach either in high school or, like, towards the beginning of college, who, like, really took him under his wing and, like, even helped provide housing for them at one point, and he ended up, like, making it to the NFL. And that coach is now part of the Georgia Bulldogs. I don't know what coach, but his whole story is just wild and. And so cool. Like, he's definitely the underdog.

[Lunchbox]

When did he start eating? You said he was never had food growing up. There was like, how did he get to £300?

[Morgan]

Well, I think at some point he started, you know, getting out, people supporting him. And once his mom got out of rehab, I think things started to turn around for them again. I'm paraphrasing a whole thing that I watched on him, but.

[Lunchbox]

Well, and you're good. The rehab thing relates because a lot of our podcast listeners are in recovery. We have got alcoholics that have put down the bottle, We've got gambling addicts who have deleted the site, and we have got porn addicts who have said, today, I'm not logging into pornhub and I'm not going to spank.

[Morgan]

Are you making all of this up, or did you just.

[Lunchbox]

I believe two of the three are correct. One of them, I may have made.

[Morgan]

Up that last one.

[Ray]

Darnell Washington used to sleep in a U Haul in Las Vegas.

[Lunchbox]

Probably relatable to our listeners as well.

[Morgan]

Which one specifically? Right.

[Lunchbox]

Being homeless.

[Ray]

Yeah. He rented a U Haul to trailer to live in after getting evicted from numerous places. He and his brother bounced through several foster homes before reuniting with their mother, whose housing instability caused a challenge to them. Those experiences foster deep resilience, leading him to keep himself on focus on basketball and football at Desert Pines High School.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And then, yeah, the. The coach who, like, really supported him was, like, a big one. But, yeah, he went on to be, like, from, I think, a high school coach to now working at Georgia.

[Ray]

That's really cool.

[Morgan]

Yeah. His story is just awesome. So.

[Ray]

So it's like blindside 2.0 a little.

[Morgan]

Bit, but, like, not as dramatic. Yeah, it's just more like he really. There was a coach that saw something in him and was trying to help him get to football. And the fact that this kid was like, I'm going to go to football practice every single day, even though he was going through stuff and nobody would have faulted him for not showing up.

[Ray]

Yeah, that shows dedication because like, we started basketball. Baby Box 2 and 3, they started basketball this last week. They had practice a week ago. And then this week already, kids not showing up. Second practice and we already got kids not showing up. And they have houses, they have food. But Darnell didn't have food, didn't have a house. He showed up to practice. That shows you the level of dedication.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Ray]

These five year olds just don't care.

[Lunchbox]

You got to pull up a U Haul trailer, tell him to sleep in it.

[Ray]

Be like, how would you like to sleep in that? Dude, Darnell did. He made it the NFL. What are you doing? You're skipping my second practice. My second freaking.

[Morgan]

Are you coaching again?

[Ray]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, well.

[Ray]

What do you mean? Oh, didn't you.

[Morgan]

You lose last time?

[Ray]

Well, I mean, we lose a lot. I mean, basketball is not my strong point.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, no. Oh, no. What? You've crossed over from the player to the coach. You're no longer. Because you're injured and she just goes, are you coaching again? Yeah, I'm doing it again this year. I've got a couple extra hours in the day. You have just crossed over from the player to the coach.

[Ray]

I've been coaching this whole time. I've coached my kids every sport.

[Lunchbox]

Right, but have you. Are you playing right now?

[Ray]

I can't.

[Morgan]

Oh my gosh.

[Lunchbox]

You're a coach. Oh, you. You're one of the coachers.

[Morgan]

You've switched over. Ray's right, dude.

[Lunchbox]

You're no longer a player. Oh my gosh. You're a coach.

[Morgan]

Oh, he said, are you coaching again?

[Ray]

I'm very confused.

[Lunchbox]

She said it looking down on you.

[Morgan]

I was actually looking down more because they lost last year. So I was like, dang. They got. They invited him back even though they lost.

[Ray]

Here's the thing. This is a whole new squad. We only have two players returning from. From last year. That is Baby Box 2 and his buddy. They are both on the team. Then we got a bunch of Baby Box two kids from his kindergarten class. And then we have my four year old son. A four year old does not need to be playing organized basketball, but he has been wanting to play because his brothers play and the league is four to six year olds. So he is going to be the youngest kid out there and he is not going to be able to do a thing. Okay, LeBron, he's not going to be able to shoot it.

[Morgan]

Well, not with that attitude. If you help him, he might be able to do something.

[Ray]

No, no, he's not strong enough to get the ball to the hoop.

[Morgan]

Again, not with that attitude.

[Ray]

What do you want me to do, inject him with steroids?

[Morgan]

No, just, like, he could, like, pout. You never know what a kid could do.

[Ray]

No, no, I've watched him. We've gone to practice and he hasn't got it up there yet.

[Morgan]

Okay. We'll really empower him to put some oomph behind his.

[Ray]

No, no. We were working on it because, like, last year, we had a girl on our team that she couldn't get it to the hoop either. And then the last game of the season, bucket made. She made a bucket and started jumping up and down on the court. Didn't worry about getting back on defense.

[Lunchbox]

Put the rims at 4ft, they're at 7ft.

[Morgan]

Why are they so high?

[Ray]

7Ft, maybe. Well, it's usually 10ft.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but still a 7ft high for a little kid.

[Ray]

I agree. I don't even. I don't even know. I need to look at the rules. I don't even know what height it's supposed to be at because I have the little windy thing that I'm supposed to when I go to practice. I'm supposed to bring the rim down. I don't even know the rules. And I emailed the league and they're like maybe eight and a half. I don't know. And I'm like, how do you not know?

[Lunchbox]

You should almost make it where they can dunk. How awesome would that be?

[Morgan]

If you have control over the goal, I feel like you just move it down.

[Ray]

Yeah, but you want them to get used to the height. And it's going to be in a game. Because then we go to a game and they're going to be like, what in the world? That rim is so high.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, but you got to build it. Playing NBA. It's suburban private school.

[Ray]

They might.

[Lunchbox]

1/10 of or ain't 1 out of 10 of these kids playing college ball?

[Ray]

Yeah, you're probably right.

[Lunchbox]

Put the rims at three feet, man. Have a day, kid. Once I've seen it now for my own eyes, guys, it's so tough to make it to the pros. I thought I was amazing, and I didn't have a damn chance in hell.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

And These kids that have 10 sports they're playing, and none of them sound like they're any good. They're. They're not even gonna play in high school, much less avoid drug usage and go to college.

[Ray]

I will say baby box three left the first practice in tears because he didn't make a basket.

[Morgan]

Well, see, then you got to give him some more encouragement or he's going to quit. You got to, like, start somewhere.

[Lunchbox]

Do you even have a street where they can play?

[Ray]

No.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, what do you.

[Morgan]

You don't even have a goal for them at home?

[Ray]

No.

[Lunchbox]

Soccer goal.

[Ray]

Where would you like me to put it? You want me to stick a basketball goal in the middle of my backyard?

[Lunchbox]

Sounds like you need to get the savings account on, make some payment, or.

[Morgan]

Out on the street and be out there with them practicing.

[Lunchbox]

I'm going to talk to my guys, see if they can lay some pavement for you guys. You'll go through me, though. I'll be the middleman and you'll.

[Ray]

You'll tell me how much it's going to be.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, but then it'll. Once he.

[Morgan]

Yeah, he'll take some off the top.

[Lunchbox]

We'Ll get it done for you.

[Ray]

What was your question now?

[Morgan]

That was it, though. I just wanted to talk about Darnell. That was all I had.

[Ray]

That's it?

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Ray]

Okay.

[Morgan]

Because it's a sports podcast.

[Lunchbox]

That was good.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Ray]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Promote your podcast. What is Its. Some older people on there? What is it?

[Ray]

Hanging with old folks?

[Morgan]

I like hanging out with the seniors.

[Lunchbox]

Nursing home is.

[Morgan]

Yes. It's called Take this personally. And, yeah, I had. I had my sister on coming up, she's going to talk about being a new mom and fun stuff like that.

[Ray]

What does she know about being a new mom?

[Morgan]

She just had a baby.

[Ray]

Oh. How old's the baby?

[Morgan]

She's 12 weeks now.

[Ray]

What is the one thing she said that you're like, wow, okay. Like, opened your eyes. Like, you didn't realize. Did she talk about.

[Morgan]

I think more like, you know, when, like, you see someone going, and. And you guys can probably relate to this, like, seeing somebody you love, like, go through something new. And there's a lot of things that come with that. And she talks about, like, I shared how I was really worried about her having postpartum or going through any of that, and then she shared, like, her experience with. After having the baby and what that's been like, just through, like, a mom's eyes. So that was hard, but, like, good to talk about.

[Ray]

Yeah. Did she eat the placenta?

[Morgan]

No. She didn't eat the placenta.

[Ray]

Okay, lunch.

[Lunchbox]

Did you have postpartum?

[Ray]

I did not.

[Lunchbox]

Can the man get it?

[Morgan]

I don't think it's called postpartum. I think they can get certain emotions.

[Ray]

It's called life is over depression and also depression.

[Morgan]

Yeah, maybe. I don't know how life is.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know if your sister touched on this, but we got to change the narrative, in my opinion. I don't have kids, but it was hard for people in the 60s because it seems like there was only one person working. Maybe there was no instructional manuals. There's no books, there's no AI. It seems like it was harder then. Can we get to the narrative where, guys, I gotta be real.

[Podcast Announcer]

This.

[Lunchbox]

Having a kid's awesome and easy. I haven't heard one person say that.

[Ray]

Hold on.

[Morgan]

But you can't because you're the guy. You're not pushing out the baby or having the baby come out of you. That's why it feels easy. There is more technology, there's more resources.

[Amy]

Absolutely.

[Ray]

I will say this, I will say people, they hype it up. They overhype how hard it's going to be.

[Lunchbox]

Thank you.

[Ray]

They absolutely do. Now I could see the younger you are how absolutely hard it is because you are not mature. You're not grown up enough.

[Lunchbox]

Preach.

[Ray]

You don't have the capability. It's just so overwhelming. I was in my late 30s, so it wasn't like. It was just like, oh, my God, I have no. Like, I looked at it as. There are a lot of dumb ass people in this world. Correct. A lot of dumb ass people are able to raise a child. So it can't be that impossible.

[Morgan]

Okay, but have you talked to your wife about this? Like, how does your wife see it?

[Ray]

Because she was exhausted. I would say she was exhausted, she was tired, she would get frustrated. But at the same time, it wasn't like. It was like, man, this is like, I don't know what to do. How do I put the diaper on? No. Yeah.

[Morgan]

I do think there's a lot of intuition that comes that people don't.

[Ray]

You just go. It just happens. Like you can reading a book. There's. Every kid is different. So what works for one book is not gonna work for you. You just learn with trial and error. So I would agree with Ray. It wasn't as hard as everybody says. And what about it was exhausting because you're so tired. But it wasn't as hard as everybody said.

[Morgan]

I just. I feel like the things the piece that's missing and I can't speak to it because I haven't had kids is like the mom side of this because that's. That's just a different experience. So I don't know.

[Lunchbox]

Well, you can find out for yourself. What would you want to charge if me and Bazer needed you as our surrogate?

[Morgan]

Oh, gosh, you couldn't charge me enough. I don't. I don't even know if I want kids by myself, let alone carry somebody else's.

[Ray]

Okay, that was breaking news.

[Morgan]

No, I've shared that before.

[Ray]

I didn't know that.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I've talked about that before. I just really more just don't.

[Podcast Announcer]

I don't know.

[Lunchbox]

The question is this with childbirth, having kids, sad learning. That's what it is. Okay, so for all your life, it's always on you. It's your fault. Oh, you couldn't go to dinner. It's your. My bad. That was on me. We say it on the show a lot. That was on me.

[Ray]

You got to take responsibility. Like the other day when I forgot to post the pod, it was like 6 o' clock and I was like, I never posted the pot. I had to admit that was on me.

[Lunchbox]

So for the first time, for the next 18 years of your life, you can blame it on this being and say, I had kids. It was my middle schooler's fault. Sorry. Freshman high school. Never told me he had this. You don't have to go to any event, any commitment. You can get out of work a ton for the next 18 years because of this thing. Nobody acknowledges that. It's the perfect cop out. How amazing is that? It is a built in excuse to Friday, Saturday night, work, phone calls, parents commitments.

[Morgan]

Right. You've had built in cop outs for years. And you have kids. You Irish, goodbye, all the freaking diamond. You have no kids.

[Lunchbox]

But I'm saying you. Especially when they're young. Oh, it was crazy. He had the weirdest toothache. He can't talk. You can just make this crap. It was wild that you would have never imagined what this kid was saying to me.

[Morgan]

So you're telling me you want to have kids so you can have a built in excuse for 18 years and.

[Lunchbox]

The kid can't even defend itself until he's like nine? You can just be like, yeah, that's what you said. Are you freaking crazy? All right. Yeah, Mom, I'll call you back. This kid's being nuts. Like something's wrong with him. Like you can just make up all this stuff, tell him he's Crazy doesn't.

[Morgan]

Need to be having kids.

[Ray]

He's got something there. Because people do it all the time. They blame their kids when they don't want to go somewhere, when they don't want to really do something, when they're invited to something. Little Johnny's not feeling well. There you go. I can't argue with that. Yeah, I'm sorry to hear that. Get little Johnny better. We'd love to have you, but I guess we'll catch you the next time. It's a built in excuse a lot of the time.

[Lunchbox]

And so here.

[Morgan]

That's fair.

[Lunchbox]

Here's the deal. So with baser, I can never say baser. You're like what? The kids say dulu. Baser. You're dulu. You're crazy in the head. I can never say that.

[Ray]

Right?

[Morgan]

Correct. You should never say that.

[Lunchbox]

Has your dude said that to you?

[Ray]

No, I've told my wife you're being irrational.

[Morgan]

Okay. You should also never say that.

[Lunchbox]

But that's a pretty mature way to say it. But your dude could never say to.

[Morgan]

You, you can say, hey, I don't agree with that. Here's what I'm experiencing. You don't say you're rational. You should never say you are doing something. You should say, I'm feeling something.

[Ray]

Okay, I say I feel. You're being irrational.

[Morgan]

No, no, you're missing the point.

[Lunchbox]

That's what you're gonna get from. Take this personally. She just told you how to say it. You can't say you.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you have to be like, I feel like that is not what's happening here. And this is, this is what I think we should do. Or this is how we should handle it. Like, let me know what you're feeling. And you can't ever. If somebody walks up to you and you're having an argument, like, say you and I get into it. I'm like, lunchbox, you're freaking crazy. That's probably not gonna make you feel really good.

[Ray]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You know what I mean? Or like, hey, Ray, you're being irrational. You're probably gonna be like, excuse me.

[Lunchbox]

So Y O U R E. Is that the same as you? You can't say you're. Yeah.

[Morgan]

You just really want to avoid doing that, especially in arguments because like, that builds up resentment over time. Especially like 10 years down the road, if you've heard a bunch of you're this, you're that, you're gonna start believing it and then you're just gonna fight.

[Lunchbox]

All the time, all that to say this. So when you Have a kid, and he's in. I haven't been able to, like, yell at somebody, tell somebody they're crazy, because you can't say that to your wife. When Boomer comes to town, I'm like, dude, I think you're, like, crazy in the head all the time, and it's hilarious.

[Morgan]

You also can't say that to kids.

[Lunchbox]

I tell him he's stupid all the time, and it feels so good to be able to tell somebody that.

[Morgan]

Okay.

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[Lunchbox]

I'm like, dude, no. Hey, how cool does it feel to say this? I'm like, boomer, I'm being serious right now. Like, you're being, like, nuts. Like, cool down for a little bit. I'm gonna go downstairs.

[Nexplanon Advertiser]

Right?

[Lunchbox]

That's so awesome to. That is so awesome to do. You get to boss somebody around.

[Morgan]

No, Ray, you can't say that.

[Ray]

I love it. I love it. I. In a joking way, I'll tell my kids you've lost your mind.

[Lunchbox]

There you go.

[Ray]

But I don't if it's coming out.

[Morgan]

In a loving way. But you just. Kids are so impressionable. Like, they pick up on everything.

[Ray]

No, they do. They pick up on everything. They absolutely pick up on everything. And it's. It's. It's wild what they pick up on. You don't realize that they are paying attention all the time.

[Morgan]

I'm telling you.

[Ray]

What.

[Morgan]

What's his name? Boomer. Yes, Boomer. He's gonna come back, like, 10 years from now, be like, ray always told me I was psycho and I was crazy and I'm stupid, and I'm telling you, it's gonna come back and bite.

[Ray]

You in the butt.

[Lunchbox]

Telling you right now, he's been injured playing basketball. And so, like, for the past five days, I text him every morning. I'm like, hey, man, you're cooked. You should probably hang it up.

[Morgan]

Right?

[Ray]

But that's an uncle being funny.

[Lunchbox]

I get it.

[Morgan]

There's. There, but there is a line. I fair. Like, my family loves to mess with each other. There is a line, but also texting, like, you don't know what the tone is. Like, is he really messing with me.

[Amy]

Or is he serious?

[Morgan]

Does he really feel that way?

[Lunchbox]

I find humor in it. I don't actually think of how he views it.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you should start thinking about how.

[Ray]

Other people view it.

[Lunchbox]

Right?

[Ray]

Oh, all right, Morgan. Well, we don't mean to keep you, but you want to say bye to the truckers.

[Morgan]

Bye, truckers.

[Ray]

And don't leave out the tugboaters.

[Morgan]

Bye, tugboaters.

[Ray]

What do you think about the guys in their tractors.

[Morgan]

Bye, guys in tractors.

[Ray]

Hold on. Say it again.

[Morgan]

Bye to the guys in the tractors.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Somebody stole that sound effect. It was probably Ibiza.

[Morgan]

Wait, so then you have to make it. Make the sound. What is you. A muffler.

[Ray]

Got it. Oh. Say it again.

[Morgan]

Bye to the guys in tractors.

[Lunchbox]

And.

[Ray]

All the guys that. What about the guys that don't have jobs?

[Morgan]

Oh, sorry. To the guys sitting at home.

[Lunchbox]

A lot of them are outside this building.

[Ray]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

And it's sad, but they get good money from the Broadway people.

[Ray]

Yeah. We'll take a break. We'll take a break. Morgan. Thank you.

[Morgan]

You're welcome.

[Ray]

Check out your podcast. Twice a week. No, once a week. Once a week with Morgan Huelsman. We'll be right back.

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[Lunchbox]

It'S gotta be tied.

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[Ray]

All.

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[Lunchbox]

Ah.

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[Ray]

Shut up. All right, guys, look, it's time to make some money. It's the weekend, Ray. This is the last weekend we're giving locks because we're. Yeah, here we go. It's. It's really simple.

[Lunchbox]

Well, no, I don't know if you've addressed it. Isn't there football? I got some email every day for the next 14 days, something like that.

[Ray]

That's freaking awesome.

[Lunchbox]

Is it tonight?

[Ray]

It's a bunch of weird.

[Lunchbox]

It's still football for people that need the action.

[Ray]

Like the other night, did you watch Delaware vs. Louisiana?

[Lunchbox]

Dude, I tell you when I'm out the game. I didn't even know army and Navy were playing in. Baser goes. Well, what's on the tv, right? And I was like, okay, well, I guess there is a game on tv, but I was just telling you there's nothing until the playoffs. Yes, technically, there is a guy going to be throwing a football with a name on his helmet.

[Ray]

Yeah, okay, listen, the Buffalo Bills, they're going to Cleveland. Shadur Sanders sucks. He sucks. Bills minus 10. Take it to the bank.

[Lunchbox]

Sheesh.

[Ray]

Take it to the bank. It's easy money. Listen, the Bengals are going down. No, I don't know. I can't do it. I know I can do it. The Saints. The Saints.

[Lunchbox]

You always love a committed better when he gives up halfway through his bet.

[Ray]

No, I was going to say somebody.

[Lunchbox]

At the window in Vegas do that.

[Ray]

I can't.

[Lunchbox]

You know what?

[Ray]

You know What?

[Lunchbox]

I can't on that one. Sir, will you please take that one off the parlay card?

[Ray]

Here's the problem. No, it's an absolute easy bet. The Bengals are going down to Miami. Joe Burrow, T. Higgins, Jamar Chase. That's all you need to know. Quinn yours is starting for Miami. Sorry, I know the Bengals defense is bad, but with Quinn yours, they got no shot. Give me the Bengals minus four and a half. That's. That's easy money.

[Lunchbox]

And Tua, he was on video playing grab butt with Ramsey or something.

[Ray]

Yeah, just very weird. Very weird. And then another one I don't really get.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, but you realize Vegas just needs you to not get it one way and the other guy to not get it the other way. They need action on both sides of it.

[Ray]

Yeah, I understand that. I totally understand that. But, like, why?

[Lunchbox]

Why?

[Ray]

Tell me why. Can you tell me why the Niners only have to give up six points to Philip Rivers? Listen, I don't think Philip Rivers is good. The Niners defense isn't unbelievable, but Philip Rivers sucks. Give me the Niners minus six at Indy. Take it to the bank. That's three, zero. That's it. Have a great weekend. Have a great weekend. That's three moneymakers for you.

[Lunchbox]

And, guys, I may be incorrect. I am out the game. But I know there's football on New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve. I know there's football on Christmas. I know there's football the day after Christmas. There. There's football every day for the foreseeable future. If you win it one day, get it back the next. If you lose that next day, chase the third day. Once you get to the fourth day, probably call the number, but you're good to Chase for three straight days, especially with family in town. You don't like them. Yeah, kids running around, tell them they're crazy. Fire off another bet.

[Ray]

And then when you win that bet, go to soar losers.com and get your ticket to the convention. Let's go. We want to see you in Nashville in the flesh. Not all your flesh, just in the flesh.

[Lunchbox]

People are booking Airbnb, and you can still. The hotel. Is there still some rooms available?

[Ray]

Yes. Holiday and Suites downtown, It's almost Friday, is connected to it. That's where we're watching the game. And it is podcast. You can stumble down there, get there in time for the podcast, because you know you're going to be hung as balls from Friday night. So you might as well get the hotel room there at Holiday Inn. All right, we'll see. You already did that.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, you did. And I believe five years ago, let's say maybe six sore losers locks came to town. Yeah, he stayed at Holiday Inn. And he was right across from Friday beers.

[Ray]

See, there you go.

[Lunchbox]

Almost Friday.

[Ray]

Almost Friday. All right, ma'. Am. Merry Christmas. That was great for the ladies to stop by. That was random. That was not planned.

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[Ray]

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[Morgan]

Mmm.

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