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Ray
Cameras? No. No. Did you want to do cameras? No. We'll do cameras. We'll do cameras. In a minute we'll do this and then we'll take a break and then we'll do cameras.
Bazer
That's a good idea.
Ray
Yeah. Because I got an embarrassing story for you, Ray.
Bazer
So I was in bed with another man.
Ray
No. But I am one week from Las Vegas, Nevada. I am one week from smelling and hearing the ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. And the I am one week from that.
Bazer
Never heard of her.
Ray
Oh, she is a beaut. And she has been waiting for me. She has been calling my name. And in one week I go see her.
Bazer
So what is your strategy? Are you thinking now? Is your wife going?
Ray
Is the first question incorrect? Wife is not going.
Bazer
That's actually huge.
Ray
Why?
Bazer
Because sometimes you try to entertain with baser. Hey, just sit on this machine and play with me. That's not how you make money. How you make money is having A plan and doing it how you make money is how I taught her at the end of the trip. Hey, you want to do craps with me together? And instead of just throwing 200 in a slot, what if we sat here for three hours and played one role, two roles, three roles. Then we chill. We made so much dang money going with strategies instead of hoppity hop machine. This, that you got to go in with an idea an mo.
Ray
I will say the one advantage of my wife not being there is I will be able to play craps more because she likes to gamble. But if we're playing craps, us being at the same table, she's probably going to do the same kind of bets that I'm doing. So you're not going to make any money or you're going to make the double amount. You know what I mean? Like, it's not the same. It's not fun because she's betting the same thing I am. Like, at a blackjack table, you're getting different cards. At a craps table, you're getting the same dice roll. So it's like, okay, this is real exciting. Cool. I lost money. Did you lose money? Yeah. You had to have lost money because you were betting the same thing I was.
Bazer
Games you can play with your chick. Roulette, None. You play solo. We're trying to make money. Thanks.
Ray
Blackjack, you can play separate because there's different cards for every person sitting at the table.
Bazer
Are you an idiot? Roulette with your chick. You want to lose $200 in about two minutes? Oh, I did. I did 10. I was being conservative. What did you do? Oh, I just did 250s. Well, nice. We're down to 75 bucks. All right, I'll just do one. Oh, I can't. Table minimum's 20. It's a nightmare.
Ray
I assume with all the lack of people going to Vegas about how it's been. They're begging you to come to Vegas. Like, they are giving you such great deals to come to Vegas that the table minimums have to be lower.
Bazer
I don't know about that. I follow tons of people on X that are in Vegas and on Instagram and. And all the media tells us Vegas is dying. Vegas is dead. I have this club promoter that works at Tao. Every Saturday and Sunday. It looks like 10,000 people there at a pool party. And he goes, vegas is dead. And it's like, people just raging, dude.
Ray
Like, the Flamingo, the Link, and something else. They have a package where you can go for three nights, $300 and they'll give you $200 in food credit. That's how dead they are.
Bazer
It costs $100.
Ray
Yes.
Bazer
To party balls for three days.
Ray
That's what I'm are desperate for. People, they are giving away money and, and hotel rooms because they need people there.
Bazer
And it's not like. I wouldn't say they're losing money. I think it's their quarters. They like telling their investors if they have them, I don't really know how they're set up. Hey, we made money. Oh, look at our quarter last year. I think just in their heads, it's not as good as it was a previous year. It wasn't as good as it was in the 80s.
Ray
It wasn't as good as last year. And when you. You start losing money compared to last year, you can't continue down that trend. Or else you lose money the next year, then you lose money the next year. Next thing you know, you've been losing money for three years straight. They are trying to get butts in seats, drinks in hand, and money in their pocket.
Bazer
You gonna try and go to the place you told me in Bayser to go to? Staten Island? Ellis.
Ray
Ellis Island. I will try to go to that. I'm gonna. Because it's supposed to be cheap. It's supposed to be fun, it's supposed to be awesome. And with no one else, like, I'm. I can just go by myself. Boom. Let's go. Pop there, pop here, pop anywhere.
Bazer
You have the perfect set up. Because you don't have the biggest duties. Bones from the big show is doing the most. You. What do you do? Just like you bop in backstage. Hey, Kelsey Ballerini. How's it going? Excited to perform. Great. Boom. You're back to the tables.
Ray
Basically, I bop in, bop out, bop in, bop out, bop in, bop out.
Bazer
Have they given you your schedule yet?
Ray
No, not yet.
Bazer
Well, that's a problem because you got to get an idea. Oh, don't want to do the crap. You can't fill in. Do craps when you got to be somewhere at noon. You can't. Craps ain't popping off at 10:00am no, no, no.
Ray
Craps is a nighttime game. It's very rare. The tables are hopping during the day. It feels weird playing craps during the day. It just the same energy. It's just different. But I don't usually get my schedule. Here's the problem is I start making a plan. I start making a schedule. I'm gonna go eat at this restaurant. I'm gonna Go here. And I don't get a schedule till probably Thursday night. And it's like, oh, you gotta be somewhere. I'm like, well, never mind. Cancel those dinner reservations. Oh, cancel that. Can't do this. It's like they wait till the last minute when I've already got things planned. It's sort of like when we go to Austin and for I heart Austin and I have my golf outing with Garrett, Greg, Jacob Charles. No, he doesn't play golf. Sorry, batters box. I know you weren't invited and you were offended, you got your feelings hurt, but had to see the boys. And it's like every year I try to play in that golf and then randomly they'll hit me and like, oh, actually, we need you somewhere at one o'. Clock.
Bazer
What?
Ray
One o'? Clock? You said I was free till six.
Bazer
But. But you're going to be able to multiple sessions. It's not like you're just going Friday night. You think you can definitely play some Friday, play some Saturday, and then are we squeezing some in on Sunday?
Ray
Oh, we absolutely squeeze some in on Sunday before we head to the airplane. Last year, it was a bloodbath. Vegas might as well have taken my credit cards and just charged whatever they wanted because they were kicking my ass. And as I was walking out of the hotel to get a cab or an Uber or a Lyft, whatever I took to the airport, I don't remember, I stopped at a roulette table and the roulette table was hopping. It was hopping. And there's people throwing money, throwing money. So I start betting and I pulled out this little slip from my pocket, and if I still have it, I should still have. Oh, where the heck is it? Oh, boy. Don't tell me I lost it. Don't tell me I lost it, Ray.
Bazer
Well, we don't have video going, so nobody knows. Oh, you found it.
Ray
No, I didn't find it. I want to show it to you. Oh, my gosh. Did my kids get. Oh, my gosh. There was this girl that worked in the AT oh, no, here it is at KISS FM in Austin. Katie Claussen was her name. She goes, oh, we go to Vegas all the time, her and her husband. And she was like, this is what we like to play on roulette. And she drew this little map.
Bazer
You got to put that on the Instagram.
Ray
She put this and she drew this for me. It has been in my wallet for almost 20 years. And I played it. And this was the first time every year I'm like, oh, I'm going to play it. But I have my system. But my system had been losing. So I sat down at this table as with my bags as I'm walking to the cab line, and I pulled out this card and I played it and I hit two in a row and brought back some freaking money.
Bazer
Let me see the other side because what I'm looking at is three dots.
Ray
That's it.
Bazer
That's the system. Yeah, I have a system has a better system than that.
Ray
It's $50 on 10, 11, and 12. It's $20 on 23, 24. And then it's $50 on 31. 32 and 34. And 35. I guess I can't it start? Yeah, there's a crease in it. Sorry. 35. So you put it on the four corners. That is her system. And I played it. And boy, did I hit two in a row. And I really. And I'm still kicking myself because there was a bunch of people playing and I don't know, these guys were throwing big money on these numbers. And number 32, there was a stack about yay high. I mean, there was people throwing hundreds, hundred. And I mean, they had all. Everybody for some reason thought 32 was hot. And I was like, wow, they're crazy. And that's how I hit is 32. But I didn't throw anything, just on 32 with them. I just had it on the all four. And they were all going crazy. It was Banana Ray, guys from Dubai. No, I don't know where they were from. They. They think they were from America.
Bazer
But what games are you going to play?
Ray
I'm going to play blackjack. Blackjack, craps, roulette, the big three slots.
Bazer
You're doing slots?
Ray
I do slots.
Bazer
See, if Bazer's not with me, I would never do a slot.
Ray
I mean, I very rarely do the slots. Very rare. But every once in a while you got to try them, man, that you can hit. You got to do the Wheel of Fortune because you want to spin that wheel. And then there was a ping pong one that I played one time. The other ones. Oh, and I play buffalo.
Bazer
Yeah, I'd say kind of.
Ray
I still got from that one Buffalo, man. It goes. Your money goes quick.
Bazer
I know, but we went and hit it years ago. It doesn't mean those machine and they. I don't like that. They changed the location. No, because the buffalo was right next at the Cosmo to the cage. And then they move the machines. That has to mix something up.
Ray
They do that on purpose.
Bazer
And people tell me, oh, they don't hit anymore. Well, yeah, I don't even. They move the Buffalo to the other side of the room next to the bar. What? It was right next to the cage. There was. I mean, it was. It was a cagey environment. You had people coming in, giving money, people getting more money, people yelling, people cheering. You had all the new people, residents coming in, checking out. You have people that are leaving the place mad. It was the perfect setup to play slots. Now they're in the corner, and I got to go, like, in a dimly lit room and play Buffalo. All pass. Thanks.
Ray
So, yeah, that's my plan. That's really my plan. Going to Vegas. Besides that, nothing, really. Probably bet some sports. It's going to be amazing. It's going to be a great week. But it's one week away. And I want to tell you that last week, I went back to school night, right, with the kids. You know, you go meet the teachers. Didn't really need to meet the kindergarten teacher because Baby Box 1 had the same kindergarten teacher as Baby Box 2.
Bazer
He's a year older.
Ray
But as a. Out of respect, you want to go to the teacher's little speech and, you know, things like that. And who the heck is that dude?
Bazer
I mean, these podcast rooms, even with a sign that says on air, we have somebody trying to break in the room every single day.
Ray
It's really annoying. So anyway, I. I go in, and my wife's like, all right, listen, you've got to get a guy's number. You've got to meet somebody.
Bazer
Whoa.
Ray
She was like, you've got to meet parents. You never meet the parents, Yankee. And so I'm sitting there, hey, man, can I get your number at Baby Box 2's desk? And there's a dad and a mom sitting right to my right. The kid that sits right next to my son and another, like, his table had three parents out of the five parents that sat at that table. It was crazy in that session because they have three different sessions.
Bazer
Oh, you have two dads, and, I.
Ray
Don'T know, we brought up something about soccer. And the dad starts talking, and he's like, oh, do your boys like soccer? Oh, yeah, they love it. We go to the National SC games. He goes, oh, we've been a few times. Blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, oh, this dude might be cool. Let me go ahead. And I was like, well, hey, man, if we don't ever use our tickets, let me text you, I'll give you our tickets.
Bazer
Wow. That's quite an offer.
Ray
Let me get your number.
Bazer
You're just going to randomly give a guy tickets for free or hey, if we're not using our tickets, maybe we can come to a negotiation.
Ray
No, it's here's. And here's the thing. He's like, man, that is awesome. Are your boys really into sports? I was like, oh my God, they love every sport. Blah, blah, blah. He goes, dude, I work in the athletic department over at Vandy.
Bazer
Wow, that's a transaction.
Ray
And I said, oh, really? He goes, yeah, dude. So like, we get tickets to any sporting event, so if we're not using them, I'll hit you up.
Bazer
What the Pavia give them to us.
Ray
And I'm like, wow, okay, amazing. Like, this sounds great, dude, let me get your number. And I said, I'll text you real quick. And that way you have my number area code. And so I said, what's your area code? 6. 1, 5. I don't think it was 615. I'm not sure what it was. But I texted him. I was like, hey, man, met you back to school tonight. Just wanted you to have my number. Cool. Meeting you. Hopefully we'll chat soon. Never replied.
Bazer
That went well.
Ray
Never replied. And that was a week and a half ago.
Bazer
I told you I shouldn't get guys numbers, honey.
Ray
And so last Saturday, NSC had a game and I couldn't go to the game. Nashville soccer club had a game and I was like, all right, dude, let.
Bazer
Me text this dude on my birthday.
Ray
No, no, I guess it was the week before. Oh, sorry, sorry. It was the week before.
Bazer
Freaking kidding me.
Ray
It was Labor Day weekend.
Bazer
I would have went and got housed.
Ray
And so I hit him up, man. I was like, hey, man, just me again. I met you at back to school night. And I was like, national soccer club. We had talked about it at back to school night and looks like we're not going to be able to use the tickets tonight because we have other obligations. Just wanted to see if you wanted to take your family to the game with. With our tickets. And Ray, what did he say.
Bazer
He called you?
Ray
No, I never replied.
Bazer
An over two. Was he drunk at back to school night?
Ray
I don't know, man. It was a little awkward. I. I did what my wife said. I asked the guy, hey, man, let me get your number. Thought he was cool. We talked about soccer, talked about this. And he's like, oh, you know, my kids, my daughters are into it to a certain extent, but then they get bored. He goes, we. But we go To a lot of, you know, the Vandy sporting events. I'm like, yeah, man, well, it's perfect. Like we, we had sports in common. Like we had that foundation. He even said, yeah, man, like if I, if I don't use the tickets, I can give you our tickets at whatever Vandy sporting event. And then when I actually text him, he doesn't text back. That's twice. Twice. How many do I text him ever again? Or is that it? Like, am I done?
Bazer
I almost think the way you guys hit it off that you entered the number incorrectly. And the way to get over that hurdle is immediately call and be like, hey, I'll call you and then you'll have my number. And then you see if his phone rings that way you know that it was perfect. The chances out of, what is it? 4, 3, 7 and 3, 210 numbers. And it's hurried and you got kids grabbing at your legs, putting their thumb up your ass. You're going to enter a number incorrectly. I bet you're texting somebody else.
Ray
Dude, I never thought about the call.
Bazer
It's just like learning somebody's name. When you're doing a phone number, you're going to screw it up. Learning somebody's name. Unless you repeat it to them five times, you're never going to remember it. So I'm always like, oh, yeah, I'll dial it in right now.
Ray
What?
Bazer
It was Sarah. Cool. Or never mind. Not a girl's name. It's a guy.
Ray
Dan. Dan before you were married. Yeah, Dan, Dan.
Bazer
Yeah, Dan, Dan.
Ray
Call you.
Bazer
Oh, it's lighting up. Oh, perfect. Dan, Dan. There's so much room for error.
Ray
Yeah, so maybe I am. Maybe I should text and be like, hey, man, am I texting the wrong number? Is this not you?
Bazer
You fake him with a butt dial. Oh, hey, man, I guess I butt dialed you. Sorry, you didn't mean to call you.
Ray
Or you just go, hello? And they're like, hello?
Bazer
And I'm like, you called me, dude.
Ray
You called me like, no, you called me. Oh, that's my fault, man.
Bazer
Oh, hey, man, you want those tickets? Oh, you didn't call me. Oh, my bad, dude.
Ray
Oh, my fault. So, yeah, so I'm sitting in this awkward, like parallel where I'm just like in no man's land. I got the guy's number, put myself out there. He's not giving himself back. He giving nothing back to me. Nothing in return.
Bazer
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ray
I mean, I, I saw. You know what I saw? I saw us on a Saturday afternoon with the Pavia Brothers getting smashed at a Vandy game.
Bazer
They got to jail on that one.
Ray
Yeah, yeah, no, I know, but that's why I thought, man, how crazy be if we ran into them at the tailgate? Me, you, Justin, out there with the Pavia brothers. We become best friends. Pavia comes over and starts hanging out on the pod.
Bazer
The Vandy tailgates don't get as crazy as you'd like them to.
Ray
Oh, really?
Bazer
Pretty tame.
Ray
I never really been. I don't even know where they tailgate. Like, where do they tailgate? Because they don't really have a big parking lot by the stadium.
Bazer
They don't. You're right next to the stadium. Unless they've changed with the new construction. The time me and Cruz went. You are the cool thing. Three blocks from the stadium. But I think we were partying in the parking lot for engineering. We were on campus. I mean, there was people taking shots in, like, the nursing department parking lot, baby.
Ray
Like breast milk or like real shots.
Bazer
Shots, shots. Okay, but your vehicle is on Vanderbilt campus, huh?
Ray
Yeah. Cause I'm just trying to think of where they would put up tents and, like, do they block off roads so you can put up tailgates in the.
Bazer
Middle of the road? No, there's some roads, but I believe those might have been alumni and stuff. But I'm telling you, it's small.
Ray
But now it's big. The stadium looks big now, so it could be different.
Bazer
My advice right now is pretty old.
Ray
I'll text him. I'll be. Hey, man. Thinking about going to the Vanity game this weekend. Where can I tailgate that? And since you work in the athletic department, you probably know all the answers.
Bazer
And for whatever reason, I think we didn't drink at the tailgate.
Ray
Huh?
Bazer
Me and Cruz didn't.
Ray
You? Hold on. You were going to a football game? Tailgate. Going to the football game, and you had no drinks?
Bazer
I think you couldn't drink where we parked. You were not allowed to have alcohol.
Ray
Oh, times have changed, right? So times have had to have changed, right? No, that was eight, ten years ago, dude.
Bazer
For you, I'm hoping it is this crazy scene, but the memory.
Ray
But I'm not going to the game. I don't have any Georgia.
Bazer
We played AJ Green, and it was basically just the Georgia people throwing down. Vandy didn't really have that many tents.
Ray
Oh, so maybe that's why he. I don't know. But yeah, I just wanted to give you. I put myself out there like my wife asked me to do. Dude hadn't text me Back next time. I got it. I'm going to call first, text later.
Bazer
What is the place called? You're in, like, a weird place. Not penitentiary. There's another word with a picture. You're in penitentiary.
Ray
The pavilion. No, no, it's close. Parthenon.
Bazer
Close to that word. But you got to think of it. This is. It actually improves your memory.
Ray
Hold on. I'm in prison.
Bazer
Palladium or something. You're in perennium. You're in this weird place between heaven and hell.
Ray
Yeah, I mean, I'm stuck in no man's land. No man's land.
Bazer
No man's land is a way to say it.
Ray
Is that the word?
Bazer
No, but that'll work. You're in no man's land right now.
Ray
Pump. No, not Pomp and Circumstance. That's the graduation. I'm in.
Bazer
Penitentiary.
Ray
Penitentiary.
Bazer
It's close to that.
Ray
That's prison, man. I'm. I'm in.
Bazer
A weird spot.
Ray
A pickle. That.
Bazer
That works.
Ray
Okay, I'm in picadilly.
Bazer
But no, you're in that weird place where he hasn't text back. You've sent text. What is it?
Ray
Purgatory.
Bazer
Purgatory. Purgatory was a p. Got it. You're in purgatory right now. I hope you get out.
Ray
Thank you, ma'. Am. And I. I just don't want any school events. But if he doesn't text me before a school event, like, I can't talk to him. Like, I can't walk to. Hey, man. How you been, man? How you been? Like, what's up, dude?
Bazer
No, I didn't text you, man. I got a new cell, honey. Give me your phone number.
Ray
Yeah, I don't know. So. Yeah. All right, well, we'll take a break. We'll come back and. Yeah, we'll do cameras. Finally.
Bazer
Yeah.
Ray
Yeah, finally for the first time this week. We'll be right back.
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Your local Ferguson showrooms. Again, I forgot, but I got big news. I got a huge announcement. Are you ready, Ray?
Bazer
I'm gay.
Ray
No, I mean blind. No, that's not it, dude. That's not it.
Bazer
You're leaving the pod.
Ray
No, no, that's not it either. I would never do that to you. I would not say. I would not break the news to you live on the pot. I mean, people have been asking him for this. They've been begging for this. They're like, dude, why don't you guys do this? And I said, you know what? I sat at home, I thought about it, I was like, you guys are right. You guys are 100% right. You're drinking prime. My kids would love you right now. My kids would love you. Damn it.
Bazer
I wish I'd have got that when your kid was here.
Ray
Yeah, no, but no, I decided you're right. Monday, Coaches convention. Five tickets on sale. On sale Monday. You heard me. Coaches convention, five tickets on sale Monday.
Bazer
And you can pay with bitcoin this year.
Ray
And you can also do payment plans starting Monday. Monday, Monday, Monday. Monday, the 13th, 15th of September. Soar. Losers. Coaches convention. Five tickets go on sale.
Bazer
Boom.
Ray
And listen, we're not going to have all the fancy descriptions up. Like, I've been telling my wife, like, look, she's like, I got to make them perfect. Like, no, we have to get the tickets up so people believe that it's happening. We can worry about putting the details in the next week or two. Then we will be able to put the details up. Just get the tickets upsell up on sale, make sure there's payment plan options available. And that is all happening on Monday.
Bazer
Write a check our butts can't cash.
Ray
No, that's not it. I'm just saying we got to get this train moving. My wife keeps making excuses about, oh, we got to do this. We got. I'm like, no, they just need to know the tickets are there. They need to be able to buy tickets. So Monday you can start buying your tickets to coaches convention five if you want to meet Callaway in the flesh. Coaches convention 5.
Bazer
He is minus 10,000 to 1 odds to be comeback coach of the year. So he is a heavy favorite.
Ray
Yeah, but I don't know.
Bazer
The.
Ray
The weed brothers from Colorado, they have not been the last couple. No, they didn't. They didn't come last year so they could get comeback coaches of the year.
Bazer
For taking a couple off and then.
Ray
And then making a reappearance. Tall guy. He's not going to come. He doesn't like Nashville is what I've been told by Miguel. So I don't think tall guy will be here. Cappy. Oh, he'll be here. I don't. He's not comeback player of the year. I don't know what he is, but he. He'll be here.
Bazer
Yeah. Cappy has randomly hit me up about some gambling talk, but it's. He just said, always bet the Yankees or. Who was that? That wasn't even Cappy. That was our dude. That was our guy. Our guy that loves to gamble.
Ray
Brandon.
Bazer
Brandon and his wife went to some rundown casino.
Ray
Some rundown.
Bazer
And then he goes, hey, always bet Yankees on 9 11. He was right. He won.
Ray
He did win. I have never followed. I haven't had to look and see if that stat is actually correct. If the Yankees always win on 9 11. But if he put it on Facebook, it has to be accurate.
Bazer
I got to say, props to us. Two Vegas ones. An abject failure after that. Vegas. And then Nashville 2003, 23, 24, 25. Wow. To have another convention. I can't believe we've had five.
Ray
We've only had four. But we're going to be having our fifth this next Coming winter. So you can buy tickets on Monday. I can't wait.
Bazer
Wait. Was. So the first one was before the pandemic?
Ray
No, it was after it was coming out of the pandemic. That's when it happened is when I was in the shower washing the left armpit. And I was like, dude, everything is starting to open back up. People have been cooped up in their houses. They haven't been able to go anywhere fun. We have to throw a party. And a party was thrown.
Bazer
I mean, people are cooped up in their houses. I still came to work every day. My life did not change. I might be the only person in America that's life didn't alter one iota.
Ray
Oh, yeah, you are. And then I did see. I saw something online. I am trying to confirm it that the win Las Vegas. Whoa.
Bazer
It's going to be in Vegas.
Ray
Nope. Is getting rid of the triple zero on the roulette wheel. They are banning that from their casino. Finally. I don't know what made them think that was a good idea to add it to the wheel in the first place. Especially when you didn't tell me about it a couple years ago when I put some money down on the roulette wheel and it hit palm tree. And I had never seen a palm tree and I didn't know what it meant. And they go, oh, no. We just added another green. We didn't have a number, so we put a palm tree on it. Wow, thanks. Take my money.
Bazer
Yeah. The greens, guys. Back when I was online gambling, so there was. There's European roulette and there's American roulette. American roulette had two greens. European roulette had one green.
Ray
Why don't we play Amer European? That is amazing.
Bazer
So which one do you think I would log into and play European, I hope right? So I never understood what. Why anybody on these online gambling sites. No longer. They're offshore. They're. No, they're illegal. Why would you ever play American roulette when you can play with one green and your dumb A was playing with three?
Ray
No. Didn't even notice, man. I promise you, I didn't even look. I just walked up the table, put my money on it. And I think that's what happens is people that don't know that are just there kind of casual. They don't really play roulette. They don't realize that three is a disadvantage to them that they are losing percentages on their chance to win. And they just. Oh, yeah, I'm just here for a Good time. Let's get drunk, me and the boys. What up, frat daddy? What up, frat daddy? What up, loafers? What up, loafers? What up, khaki shorts? What up, khaki shorts? What up your Izod shirt? I don't know what kind of shirt they wear, but they wear the collared Izod or whatever lamelo ball shoes or the, the polo. Oh, dude. What's up, broski? What's up, broski? Yeah, man, we're from Ole Miss, man. Oh, yeah, we're. Well, we're from lsu. Let's just play some roulette. Oh, yeah. Hey, man, you got a sig, man. You got a sig. Woo. College, bro. Man, there's three greens. That's how roulette is, man. Woo. No.
Bazer
And you guys may think that this is just me. This is me being me. When I used to gamble, it was me in college, I was the only guy I would be in a room. This is me. Just to say I. I don't really like the allure of everybody gambling at the same time. All these frat daddies, I get to that in a minute. When I gambled, it was me in college, in a room all by myself. Everybody's just drinking little bit, watching the game. But I'm cheering for usc. I'm cheering for Stanford. I'm cheering for Penn State. Come on, let's go.
Ray
Whoa.
Bazer
What are you yelling for, man? Are you from Penn State? No, dude, I bet on it, man. Oh, really?
Ray
Wow. How'd you bet on it?
Bazer
I was the only kid in the room that was betting these games.
Ray
Billy.
Bazer
What, you did a parlay? Go halvesies on the next one then. Now with all these 30 frat daddies in a room rooting for the same bet, all yelling. I always like how secret it was.
Ray
Yeah, I didn't have that in college. Like, I didn't bet on anything because there was no betting, bro.
Bazer
The coolest thing is I went to a Christian school and I was on the phone, it was. I'm this old. Where you would call the sportsbook and they would place it for you. Because I couldn't log in on the website because our school block, it was Christian, they blocked all the websites. So I call him on the phone and I'm walking to dinner. We had to go between 5 and 6. So it's like 5pm I'm walking to dinner with all these Christian dudes, Christian myself. And I'm like, man, I'm like, yeah, yeah, you want to. I want to go right Michigan State. Go. Michigan State plus 12. All right, yeah. Bet, put, put 50 on it. All right, later. And my one friend goes, did you just place a bet? And I go, yeah, dude. I place it with my bookie. It was unheard of to bet back then. And now that everybody's doing it, it's just, it's group thing. So the reason I'm saying all that, guys remember, you don't got to do their bets, bro.
Ray
Come on, bro.
Bazer
Hammer the minus three, bro.
Ray
Hammer it.
Bazer
Hammer what you want to hammer.
Ray
Hammer her, hammer him, it doesn't matter. Love is love is love. Or hammer the bets. I don't care. Whatever you want to do. Hammer the keyboard on Monday morning.
Bazer
And yes, for the tickets, but also just because people are hammering the three greens, you don't have to do it. No, you can step back. I'm going to wait and play in Europe. I'm not going to play in America where there's two greens. So you don't got to bet the same stuff other people are betting. But you do have to go to the convention with that one. That's group thing.
Ray
Yes, everybody wants to do that. You know where we're saying, think for yourself, be an individual, do what you want. No, no, no. This is what you want. I mean, I believe our boy from Sydney is coming back for the convention. He had emailed saying he might come to the convention and that he said, I think you need a visitor from down under for the convention.
Bazer
I was like, bring it, Blooming Onion at Outback. I came up here for the racetrack and watched the soccer and watched the lacrosse.
Ray
I said it'd be really smart for you to give a write up to your daily newspaper about the convention since you're a newspaper reporter.
Bazer
Can I tell you because you're still a week out from Vegas, right?
Ray
I am a week out from Vegas.
Bazer
Can I just give you a warning, something that I did in Thanksgiving? I was looking back at pictures last time I was in Vegas and a mistake I made. I don't want you to make the same, please. Because I was so excited to go to Vegas. This is unforgivable. So I'm a column better. And I told you guys on the podcast, so there's a three columns. So it's like the 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36.
Ray
Okay.
Bazer
Actually, that one might start it.
Ray
It doesn't matter. I understand. It has been a matter since there's three columns. I got, I got the gist.
Bazer
So I'm A column better. And I was sitting there right before Thanksgiving meal, right before in Vegas with Bazer. She's getting mimosas at the bar. I have this image just burned in my memory. Just beautiful. We're at what. It wasn't. Was it Paris? It's the one with palm trees and stuff. And it. It might have been the Mirage. It might have been Mirage.
Ray
But then it's no longer.
Bazer
It's not Mirage. It was. It was Vegas. It was Paris.
Ray
Okay, so we were at Paris.
Bazer
She's getting drinks at the bar.
Ray
I've never really had good luck at Paris. I've never really won any money at Paris.
Bazer
Which it was Paris.
Ray
I know you just said that it.
Bazer
Was Paris because it was where I would stay with Michael on the couch.
Ray
Okay, so it's Paris.
Bazer
Bazer's getting mimos, closes at the bar. And I go up. I'm having a blast doing the roulette. I did columns. So I did my first column, and middle column, boom, win. I would do third column and middle column, boom, I win. I was up 2,250. It was great after the day bore before because we got rinsed, and I was so excited to gamble. I put. I'd say in each one of my columns. I was building it up. I had $50, so I had a hundred dollars on the table. And instead of putting it in the columns, I put 50 on the number 35 and 50 on the number 36. So I would have won 50 times 36 if I. If it would have hit 50 times 36 equals. I don't want 1800. And the. The roulette guy spins it. And I was like, yeah, I won another column. Yeah. The guy goes, you didn't have that column covered up. You put it on two numbers instead of the two columns. And so it went from me thinking I had won $50 because you actually put 100 out to win 50. 66% odds. And I had actually just put it on two numbers, so I had about 4% chance. And I missed that number by one number. Salt in the wounds. And the guy goes, I had no idea why you were cheering. You had lost. I go, oh, my gosh, dude. I put my money instead of on the columns, on the individual numbers. I was that excited to gamble.
Ray
Yeah. That's like. I was at Casino Royale one time, and as Garrett was there, my wife, Garrett's wife, Ryan, we're there. And Casino Royale, let me tell you, that is the lowest of low on the Las Vegas Strip. Lowest a low. And they had a Roulette table. This is. This is how old this place is. It had a roulette table, and then it had two roulette tables on each side of the wheel. So it was split. Like, you had one roulette table over here, and it was all managed by one wheel.
Bazer
Confusing.
Ray
Yeah. So you could have a bunch of people over here and a bunch of people over here, and you only spun one ball, and it got it, and.
Bazer
It was for both tables, not so confusing.
Ray
And I walk up, and they're gambling. I'm like, oh, man, I've been losing my ass.
Bazer
Lunch Vegas or lunch Austin.
Ray
So I go, all right, whatever. And I throw 50 on red 21. Spins. Red 21. Sorry, sir. That's an invalid bet. What? The maximum you can bet on a number is 25. That's a. That's not a bet.
Bazer
And you put how much?
Ray
50.
Bazer
Oh. They let it hit and then took it away.
Ray
Told me it was an invalid bet.
Bazer
Dude, how did you not sue that place?
Ray
And here's what I should have done.
Bazer
That would have been 1800. That's the same thing I did.
Ray
I was. I'd been drinking, and I probably should have raised hell and said, let me talk to the pit boss. And they should have just given me the bet for the $25.
Bazer
Yes.
Ray
But they didn't give me anything. And I was like, this is bull crap. I'm never coming back. Instead of yelling at him, I should have said, I need to talk to the pit boss. Give me the pit boss. Look, man, my money's on there. I didn't see the sign. So my wife just pay, you know, like, whatever. Save 25. My wife 25 mine, and we get all that money. Or just give me half of whatever it is, because I put the bet down. So obviously I would have put 25 down there.
Bazer
And you obviously had a flight home to think about this instead of in the moment. You didn't think of any.
Ray
I didn't think, and I inebriated, and I didn't think about talking to the pit boss. And they were like, man, that sucks. And we left. I was like, I'm not gambling here anymore. And it wasn't until hours later when I sobered up, like, maybe the next day, that I was like, why didn't I call the pit boss over and be like, hey, man, like, I got the money out there. Why don't you pay me for the max bet that you can bet, and we'll call it even? But I didn't even do that. I just Stormed off in anger.
Bazer
You got to love alcohol. When I was in Vegas for Thanksgiving games, I was being cocky. And it was the Cowboys, they were losing so bad, I threw the bet ticket in the trash. Just being cocky.
Ray
Yeah.
Bazer
And Bazer's there and I'm all laughing everything. Then it started getting closer. So I then reach in the trash can and get my bet ticket back out. And then they. It was a bad pass, I believe, at the very end of the game. So then I threw the bet ticket again in the trash can. So it was me playing with the trash can for, like a matter of 10 minutes, all because I was drunk. So, guys, never do the throw your bet in the trash can. Nobody's watching you.
Ray
Yeah, no one cares that you're throwing it in the trash can. You're doing it for dramatic effect. Like Jimmy on Big Brother when he threw his sunglasses earlier this season. But by far the worst season I've ever watched in my life. It is so freaking frustrating. But no one cares. You're doing that act for yourself. No one is paying attention to you flipping your glasses, going, and I'm going to get some respect. Or someone's not watching you get mad at your bet and throw it in the trash can. Because you know what? People are losing their ass all over. And then other half are winning. They're looking at the screen. They're not looking at you and the trash can.
Bazer
And also, watching other people make dumb drunk mistakes is just as fun.
Ray
It is.
Bazer
And way better than you making those dumb drunk mistakes. So instead of putting everything on a football game, put a little bit. Watch the people that put everything on it. Instead of putting everything on a roulette wheel, put 20 bucks. Watch the people that put everything on it. Yeah, and I'll hang up.
Ray
And if you want to see people make mistakes and drunken mistakes at that Monday tickets go on sale coaches convention. 5searlosers.com we'll take a break. We'll be right back. Hell of a plug.
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Ray
Ray, we got an email one week ago tonight. You know what we did? We celebrated your birthday Ray. We went to Pitts's house. We did a special podcast. We got an email. What's up losers? You said no one listened to the episode where you were live from Pitts's house. But I thought it was great listening to you guys being dudes over a couple of drinks. Watching football with a die hard fan of one of the teams was entertaining. You should definitely make that a regular thing. Maybe a live stream question mark. One other thing you might enjoy. I listened to you with my two boys in the car and didn't think they pay any attention. The other day during the intro my 3 year old yelled Sore losers. It was a proud dad moment. I often wear my original Sore Losers podcast shirt and he knows the names of the each face. He says Raymundo Lunchbox and He who shall not be Named. Keep up the good work. Josh from North Dakota.
Bazer
Good stuff. That's a good guy.
Ray
That is a great guy. Joshua, North Dakota. Thank you. I appreciate it. And speaking of the pod baby box went over to the Neighbors who is a fourth grader and third grader to play some soccer the other day. And I don't know what happened. I wasn't there.
Bazer
What was your segue? Speaking of what?
Ray
Speaking of the pod.
Bazer
Okay, I don't know. I thought you said. I did. You say, speaking of a great dad. I said a great guy.
Ray
I didn't say that.
Bazer
That would have been an amazing segue. Speaking of a great dad, Ray, I'm gonna tell you a story about myself.
Ray
And Baby Box comes home. He's like, dad, dad, I'm not playing with him anymore. I'm like, why? Because they weren't playing right. They weren't playing right. And I kept telling them, hey, that's a handball or that's out of bounds. And they called me a sore loser. He goes, and not like the pod we do, but a sore loser we. And I'm like, who is this guy? You've done the pod one time and now it's the pod we do. Who do you think you are? So wait, wait, tell me that one more time. And I made my wife come over there. And he goes, yeah, Mom, Mom. They were calling me a sore loser and not the pod that we do. And she goes, oh, really? He goes, yeah, I mean, I do the pod, but a sore loser is like someone that's not good when they lose. It throws a fit and cheats. And that's not me, Mom. And I was like, all right, bud. Well, then don't go back over there and play. Ten minutes later, he went back over there to play. He just wanted to come and tell us. They were calling him a sore loser, but not like the podcast. And I was like, man, this dude really thinks he's a part of this pod.
Bazer
That is the namesake, though. Sore loser.
Ray
Yeah, he's going to inherit this because, I mean, the eggs. I can't really pass it down to your eggs. So when he gets old enough, he's going to take over the pot. But that was a pretty cool moment.
Bazer
I haven't heard Bazer do that yet. That we do. I haven't heard her because it's. It's our podcast.
Ray
Yeah, I know.
Bazer
I signed the contract.
Ray
I agree.
Bazer
That we never had for a couple of years, but then we had one.
Ray
And now we do. And now we're under contract to do pods and put them out so people will listen and hopefully they'll buy their tickets like we said last segment to the convention. They go on sale Monday.
Bazer
Here's my question.
Ray
Yeah.
Bazer
What was our biggest attended Vegas, like The first one.
Ray
First Vegas was the biggest.
Bazer
Attendant biggest. And so wonder when we put tickets on that convention. I think, I think last year we were down because we put them on late.
Ray
Yeah, we didn't put them up till like October or something.
Bazer
Okay, so then we're ahead of the game. That's all I care about here.
Ray
Here's the thing. Every year, this is what I say. Every year, I say every year, I.
Bazer
Say, we need to make money.
Ray
No, every year I say, we are going to put them out earlier, put them on sale earlier. We're going to plan it better. We're going to have it booked, everything lined up. But then smash cut. I look up and six months has passed since the last convention. I'm like, holy crap, how has it been that long? Because you get so excited and enamored with it and it goes through your head and then boom, you forget about it. These people, they're planning the super bowl two years in advance. They don't wait till six months before and start being like, man, we should probably come up with some plans for the convention. That is not how you have a successful convention. But this year it's going to be great. And we were going to put on tickets on sale in August. That was my original plan. August 1st. After last convention, I told my. I was like, August 1st, they have to be on sale. We missed it by a month and a half because we're just not. I'm not organized.
Bazer
Give your speech about Lollapalooza.
Ray
Oh, well, yeah. And then my kids are excited because they got these little fair tickets, carnival tickets, I guess. I don't even know what it is from their school. And it says, oh, because they did some reading challenge or they did something where they cleaned up the hallway. I don't know what they did. They cleaned up trash on the playground. So they got a ticket to the state fair, admission free. And they both bring one home. We got to go to this. We got to go to this. I was like, okay, I promise we're going to go to it. We're going to look, we're going to take your ticket and we're going to get in free. And then I look at the ticket.
Bazer
Sorry, son, that's for the lower class.
Ray
And it says ticket is only valid Monday through Thursday. Well, how convenient is that? My kids go to school Monday through Thursday. So we're not going to be out at the State Fair at 8 o' clock at night on a weekday. Yes, I know, it's crazy. They got to get their sleep they're grouchy after a long day at school. So now I have to go this weekend and pay full price for all of us to get into the state fair because my kids are so hyped about it. And I don't even know what it has at it. I don't even know what is going on. I don't know what rides they have. But we are going to the state fair this weekend.
Bazer
State fair in Texas, if there was one in Austin or it was a county fair or something.
Ray
Maybe county fair.
Bazer
When I worked promotions, I would set up every day and it lasted two or three weeks. I would end my internship at the sports show and I would go set up inflatable for this dang fair. And I would ask myself every day that I set it up, why are people coming here? But it must be for the kids.
Ray
It's a lot for the kids. I know my sister. My dad has taken the grandkids when they're in Austin. I think it's to the rodeo fair. I don't know. And I know my sister's kids all won goldfish because she was. They're like, can we play this game to get a goldfish? Like, yeah, no one ever wins that. They all three 1. And my sister has done such an amazing job of keeping the goldfish alive that they're now so huge she had to buy a bigger tank. And the goldfish are two and a half years old. And she's like, how, like, goldfish don't make it this long. My brother's. His son's goldfish lasted three days.
Bazer
Batter the box. Same thing as Kittle.
Ray
Oh, man. Hey. Same thing as Purdy. Same thing as Jaden Reed.
Bazer
But you know who that is.
Ray
He's the wide receiver of the Packers. He broke his collarbone last night.
Bazer
I thought we were still sticking with the 49ers.
Ray
Oh, sorry. Same thing as Brandon Iuk. I think that's all that's injured. I don't know. McCaffrey's calf.
Bazer
Caffrey's good.
Ray
Yeah. So, yeah. So we're going to the state fair. Man, I'm excited about the state fair. I don't really know what's going to be there, but I'm assuming they're going to have funnel cake, which is always a fantastic option.
Bazer
Well, people will go there earlier because I had to set up at 10:00am yeah.
Ray
Oh, yeah, it's on a set. Well, we have soccer games tomorrow, and then one of baby Box's friends has invited him over for a play date afterwards. And to have pizza.
Bazer
And then they would make me take down our table and inflatable because they said people may steal it overnight. Who would steal that crap? And why can you not have a couple security guys outside of a fair?
Ray
Well, people will steal anything. It doesn't matter if they need it, they want it. If they see something that's unchained, untethered, they're going to steal it.
Bazer
I looked at our promotions director in the eyes and I go, there's not one thing at this entire fair worth over $10. Why would anybody break in and steal any of this?
Ray
That's a great question. It's the same thing with we take.
Bazer
It down, take it back to the radio station, then put it in the vehicle tomorrow and bring it back out here and load it up and inflate it again every day for three weeks. About this fair you're talking about.
Ray
Yes, but this is a nightmare.
Bazer
But this is a nightmare.
Ray
But you say, why would people steal something that's worth nothing? It's sort of like back in Austin.
Bazer
They could steal our generator that was probably worth a couple hundred. Yeah, that's it. They would strip off of our generator.
Ray
But it's just like back in Austin, we used to have these things called prize whores that would show up at every remote.
Bazer
Was there not a more PC name for them?
Ray
No, Ray.
Bazer
They were actually called Price Gouging Jizz.
Ray
No, they didn't price Gouge anything. They came for the free CDs, the free movie tickets. And they would drive all over Austin for a free CD or a free hat. And they would be at every single radio remote you could name. If you're at cricket wireless from 1 to 3, and then from 5 to 7, you're going to be at the Walmart across town. You're going to see the exact same people. They drive through Austin traffic to come get this free crap. And you know who they are.
Bazer
How's it going, Betty?
Ray
You know exactly who they are. So when they would come walking up to the table, I would slide all the crap off of it and leave one koozie.
Bazer
You actually got involved in care.
Ray
Oh, dude. I cared because I want the real people, the little. I want the real people that I've never met to come get a T shirt. These people have got 50 T shirts. And they'd be like, oh, you got any shirts? I'm like, nah, man, sorry. And then they'd stay there. They would.
Bazer
I don't know if I do. Are you prize?
Ray
Or they would come up and I'd and then a new person would come up, like, oh, here, you want a shirt? And they'd be like, oh, I thought you didn't have any. I'd be like, oh, I just looked down, I found one.
Bazer
Just realized we got one more. Sorry, prize.
Ray
But you say, why would people steal things that have no value? But what turned out is that these prize ors had a group text, and they'd be like, hey, I'm going to the, you know, 711 on Lamar. Are you guys going to be at that remote?
Bazer
Yeah, I'm ready to.
Ray
And so while they would go to the remote, one of them that was in the group text was going to their houses and breaking in and stealing all their stuff. And he would always show up late to the remotes.
Bazer
Oh, is this serious?
Ray
Serious, real deal, like, legit. He would go steal, breaking their houses. But my question is, they had a.
Bazer
Crime ring within their own group tag.
Ray
Yes, because he knew who was gonna be at the remote. So who wouldn't be home? Who? He could go steal the cd. I mean, what could you steal from them? They can't have anything because they're obviously not working because they're at every single remote.
Bazer
Well, how did the cops bust them with a CD and koozie? It was like, wait a minute, man.
Ray
You got more than one koozie. That's definitely not yours. How did.
Bazer
Can I get some of those handcuffs? Yeah, you can get over here, you mother. Whoa.
Ray
Well, yeah, that was what it is. And if you want to see what they. Listen. You want to see a great movie? Guys, I'm going to tell you a great movie. Hands on a Hard Body. It is filmed by a RA. It's about a radio station giveaway of a brand new car where you have to keep your hand on the car the entire time. That is gold watching. That is a great TV show. And it reminds me of the people that would show up at remotes every single time. And I can't wait. Like, the fair. What's great about the fair is all the people. It's a great people watching experience.
Bazer
Well, and I bet it hasn't changed. I bet there's gonna be a table, there's an inflatable, and a generator, and there's a radio station there setting up, and there's some schmuck that's gonna have to tear it all down, schlep it into the vehicle and take it all the way across town and do the same damn thing the next day for two weeks straight.
Ray
You're right.
Bazer
All in that Little ticket that your kid brought home. It just brought all the memories back.
Ray
Yeah. It's gonna be a great day, man.
Bazer
But I will say I did hit on a girl, but she spoke Spanish.
Ray
Oh.
Bazer
So she started texting me their phone numbers. I. I think I was texting. It was a Mexico number.
Ray
Oh.
Bazer
So it was like. I think she had more digits. You guys can fact check me on this. But she would only text in Spanish. So then with Carlos, I would have to type it into Google and see what she was saying. I would have to translate it.
Ray
Huh. That makes it tough to date, ma'. Am.
Bazer
But I could only see her at the fair. Oh. Because that. She was like Carney.
Ray
Wow. Hey. Step on up. Step on up. Let me guess. Your birthday. Let me guess your birthday. Yeah.
Bazer
But I never. It never progressed because it was just a fair relationship. The fair left town, and that was it.
Ray
She drove out of your life forever.
Bazer
I think she worked one of the tents. But it's just like she always had to work. She could never leave there. And I could never explain to her in English. We weren't. It was a Lost in Translation. She never realized I wanted to go on a date. I think she just thought I was asking questions about the fair. She thought I was talking about a corn dog, you know, and you were.
Ray
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Ray
I don't know. I don't know.
Bazer
I'm dead serious. Carlos would translate in his phone.
Ray
Dude.
Bazer
To realize what she was talking about. The only person I could get a number from is somebody I didn't even speak the same language as.
Ray
That's great.
Bazer
Dude. That was low. I mean I. I was bottom of the barrel. I can't even freaking find somebody who speaks English to date.
Ray
Yeah. Hey. Lunch. I was looking for the bet slip. I tagged you in on Facebook. I know the Bears lost, but you didn't have to hide it. Ha ha ha. Brandon Woods. I don't know what you're talking about, man. I didn't hide anything on Facebook. The Bears suck. And here's what's sad is the packers are really good. After watching last night, they're really good. And it makes me sick is I don't understand how they can be so good all the time and the Bears just can't ever figure it out.
Bazer
Who mp Who? Parsons.
Ray
He's fine. But Jordan Love looked good. I mean they just looked good. Matthew golden, who's supposed to be their stud rookie. He doesn't even play.
Bazer
Thank God we didn't get him. Justin, props on not selecting him. He's the one rookie that doesn't get balls.
Ray
He gets nothing but yeah, I mean a college football. Georgia, Tennessee.
Bazer
That's a big game.
Ray
That's the biggest game of the weekend.
Bazer
Christina Aguilera versus Stockholm. So that'll be in the afternoon. 2:30.
Ray
Say. Say that again.
Bazer
The quarterback, Joey Aguilera. We call him Christina Aguilera. And then Stockton the backup guy.
Ray
Oh, John Stockton's little son.
Bazer
He's a quarterback for Georgia. And then we got like a guy named Star. Thomas Squirrel White left the team. I'm still trying to learn the guys names.
Ray
See, that's the hard part is you don't know the guys names. Like I'm watching, like they're showing clips of Kansas basketball practice at. On Twitter and I can't. I'm like, what's that guy's name? He's new. I don't know him. What's that guy's name? I don't know him. He's new. It's. It's tough.
Bazer
Well, you guys are well behind. The favorite is Houston. They're returning all their guys. The Big 12. You guys are about fifth in the Big 12, dude.
Ray
Houston has everybody and they got some great recruits.
Bazer
Uzon's back.
Ray
I mean, they choked away the national title and they're the favorite this year. I get it.
Bazer
Yeah. You return the guide when it was player efficiency. He was one of the top player efficiency guys in the entire March Madness. And he's back on the team. Oozon.
Ray
And they got to come to Lawrence. You do not want to come to Lawrence. Dude. We are so stacked.
Bazer
Is next year when they're going to add 100 teams for March Madness?
Ray
Luckily, they're not doing it yet. It's going to be. Listen, it's going to get out of control.
Bazer
Well, at least Tennessee Tech will get in. And Middle Tennessee State.
Ray
Yeah, I can't wait, man.
Bazer
Peay University in Trivecca, Tennessee State.
Ray
Hey, the Concordia Tornadoes are going to get in the Seguin. What is their slu? Seguin Lutheran University. I think someone's got to fact check me on that. But I used to go up there and hang out with a chick that went there. Seguin University. I don't know. It was like a Christian school, but.
Bazer
We know there's a lot of schools in this country. I couldn't figure out for the life of me the shooting what campus it was on. Utah Valley University.
Ray
Yeah.
Bazer
I never heard of so many colleges in America.
Ray
So many.
Bazer
And they're all gonna get into March Madness.
Ray
Yeah. And some of them, I'm like, do they really have people that graduate from there? And.
Bazer
Well, careful. My mom went to a school, John Wesley. It lost its accreditation.
Ray
Really? Yeah.
Bazer
So she graduated and then she could never say she graduated from there on her resume because when she. After she left, it went defunct and went bankrupt. And so she. They lost their seal of accreditation.
Ray
Wow. My dad, he went to go visit a school in either North Dakota or South Dakota. I don't know which one. He drove up there with my grandpa and they Checked it out and they're like, yeah, this is the second biggest city in our whole state.
Bazer
Your dad was gonna go there.
Ray
Yeah. And my carpentry. No, for school. Maybe play some football. I don't know what he's going to do.
Bazer
Dad was going to carry the pigskin.
Ray
And he goes. He looked at his dad and goes, ain't for me. Let's go.
Bazer
Grab your hammer.
Ray
Hey, way too small, man. Way too small. It was like middle of nowhere, north or South Dakota. And he was like, this is the second biggest city. Back to. Let's go with a dude in a dorm room.
Bazer
And no chicks are allowed until weekends.
Ray
Yeah. So I don't know, but what do you got? Oh, you're going to see Manziel this weekend, man.
Bazer
See Manzel, me and Justin.
Ray
I'm gonna try to pull up, dude, pull up. I'm gonna try to pull up.
Bazer
We're for sure doing it because Bones made me commit to it. And he goes, well, so you do it, son. Gonna do it. And I said I'm gonna do it. So as a 40 year old man, dude, I'm gonna go down, get with all the kids, the college kids and get Johnny Manzel's autograph, get a picture and see Skis perform, man. I heard that kids a real deal.
Ray
Don't know anything about that. Never heard of Ski.
Bazer
Well, he's coming up on the scene. He's a white rapper. He's like a.
Ray
How long has he been coming up?
Bazer
It's been a ten year come up.
Ray
Okay, he's coming up. Yeah, he's. He's next, right?
Bazer
But he.
Ray
I mean, you never. Beautiful.
Bazer
Most beautiful voice of an angel coming out of this guy that looks like he lives in the middle of Nebraska and is a Corn Huskers fan.
Ray
Huh? Okay. Yeah, well, I'm gonna. I'm gonna see if we're going to the fair on Saturday or Sunday and if I can make it, dude, I'm gonna pull up to Johnny Manziel.
Bazer
And I had to watch friggin NFL highlights all week packages on YouTube packages on NFL.com because I didn't have the package.
Ray
You sure do like packages.
Bazer
Didn't have the package. So now I'm buying the $10 red zone. So I can watch that on Sunday because all I had was Jets, Pittsburgh and then Titans in the afternoon.
Ray
Oh, you're not going to see the Titans this weekend. They're playing the Rams, man. Matthew Stafford, Puka, Devonte Adams. I mean, come on.
Bazer
Ain't got tickets, but I do need to go to a game this year. Because last year all I went to was a preseason game.
Ray
Yeah, I haven't been to a game yet. My kids want to go. Just tickets are too, too pricey, man. I'm not paying that kind of price for this weekend. For any weekend. Dude. I tried to go see him play the Patriots last year and it was $110 a ticket.
Bazer
So let's fact check you.
Ray
I'm telling you, last year, upper, Upper deck, the top of the stadium was $110 a ticket plus fees just to go see them play the Patriots. I was like, I'm not doing it.
Bazer
Rams, Titans, $56.
Ray
Where?
Bazer
There's your view.
Ray
Okay.
Bazer
You're inside the stadium.
Ray
Yeah. How high up are we? My kids can't even see the field, man.
Bazer
And you can see the construction behind.
Ray
Yeah, you can. But at least that's the shady side, right? Maybe I'll take them on if I. What. What. What have you.
Bazer
On game time.
Ray
God, I gotta remember that's the best one.
Bazer
$58 each, including fees.
Ray
Oh, that's okay.
Bazer
And you can wait right, until game.
Ray
Time or hence the name, and go right outside the stadium. Take the boys and.
Bazer
But they could jump, though. They could go up to 75. Then you're screwed. Which happened. We went to Vanderbilt in Purdue and we had to grease the guy at the turnstiles. And me, Kevin Baza, were able to just sneak in. Then his tickets got too high. It was like 200 a ticket.
Ray
Yeah. And happy birthday. No teeth. Keith. Yesterday was his birthday. Kid, I tried to call you, but you did not answer. So happy birthday. And I know you're a little sad about Rock Purdy, but there's nothing finer than being a 49er.
Bazer
Kids celebrate the birthdays because there's too many deaths in this country. Kid. Thanks for the phone call. I celebrated with cake, kid. And a couple beers.
Ray
Kid.
Bazer
And a bet. Willie Mays, 49ers to cover without Purdy. And with that Pierce, all kid. And without Kittle, kid.
Ray
All right, boys, we gotta do some locks. Here we go. It's easy. I mean, speaking of those Rams versus the Titans. That Rams defense is so gross and so disgusting. The Titans offense looks absolutely putrid. Are they going to be able to move the ball better than they did against Denver? Maybe. But I don't give a crap. The Rams can't beat them by a touchdown. They're five and a half point favorites. Give me the Los Angeles Rams. Matthew Stafford, Puka Devonte. They have star power everywhere. Who do the Titans have? I don't know. Give me the Rams minus five and a half. Take it to the bank. Then the other one. Dude, let's go out to Arizona. And I know, I know, I know it's weird to trust Kyler Murray. And this is the Short Bowl. This is Bryce Young versus Kyler Murray. Who can. Who's tall enough to ride a roller coaster? Neither one of them. But they play in the NFL. One plays one. I don't know what the hell he does. The Carolina Panthers are God awful. They are awful. Give me the Cardinals minus six and a half. Gosh. Trusting them to win by a touchdown is rough. And take it to the bank. And then last but not least, guys, I don't know why the Dolphins are bad, right? The Dolphins suck. They got rolled. I mean, there's two games this weekend that I just don't understand. The Dolphins suck. They suck, but they have to be better than what they showed. And they only had to beat the Patriots by one and a half points. Give me the Dolphins. Give me the Dolphins to get it right. I don't think they're good, but I think the Patriots suck. Dolphins minus one and a half. Take it to the bank. New England going to Miami in the like early in the season cramps, the heat, the humidity. They're going to wear out by the.
Bazer
Fourth quarter, I've heard. To deal with the cramps, eat bananas and pickle juice. Lamar Jackson said, oh, okay.
Ray
That's pretty cool.
Bazer
That's what he had to have on Sunday.
Ray
Oh.
Bazer
He said that's why they didn't go for it on some plays because he needed pickle juice and coach knew he was cramping.
Ray
I didn't know that.
Bazer
So inside info, guys. I'm gonna go college, give you a college lock. This is Bayser approved and allowed. Thank you. Needed that little clarifier there. I don't know if you've seen this. I don't even know if it's UCF or usf.
Ray
Oh, yeah. Usf Southern Florida.
Bazer
That's a dang good bowl team, boy. And they get 17 and a half against Miami. Carson Beck, who dated the Cavender twins. Then they went and got a boob job. He got robbed at gunpoint because he left his garage door open. Got his car stolen. That boy is weak. You gonna bring that? I. I've heard those Florida games, weird things happen. Usf, Florida boys, Miami Florida boys. Weird stuff happens when the floor. It's a Florida boys on Florida boy crime. Give me USF + 17 and a half with Bynum. Kid might win the Heisman. They might make the playoffs as the small five and lock it up. 17 and a half. USF.
Ray
Bind them. Have a good weekend, guys.
Bazer
Seriously, a team from one of the smaller five conferences has to get in the best ranked that wins their conference. It's either going to be Boise, unlv, USF, or Tulane. And right now, it's USF is the favorite. They beat my. They could win this game outright, much less get 17.
Ray
I mean, they already outright beat Boise State. Then they. Then they outright beat Florida.
Bazer
Lagway.
Ray
Is there any way they're going to be able to keep it going? I mean, that is a lot to ask.
Bazer
Ain't got to keep it going. Lay the 17 and a half.
Ray
Oh, lock it up. All right, Goodbye. Don't forget, set your alarms Monday. Tickets on sale. Sore losers dot com. Hope to see you in Nashville.
Bazer
What time are they on sale at?
Ray
Oh, yeah, I forgot to say that.
Bazer
Do it during the big show. I'll tell Bones.
Ray
Yeah, yeah, okay. Okay.
Bazer
Yeah, do it at 9am I'll do it. See if I can get a plug during the big show.
Ray
All right, 10am Central.
Bazer
All Ask Bones if he got a plug.
Ray
Okay, I'll do 10am Central. Rare.
Bazer
Doesn't plug mean gun, drugs, or butt plug? No, it's a plug. I believe in earplug nose plug. In the south, if you got a plug, that means you got a drug dealer.
Ray
Oh, yeah? Didn't know that, Right? Or if you hit a golf ball in the sand trap and it gets plugged like it's buried for the Manzel event.
Bazer
I got us a plug. Ray, what the hell does that mean?
Ray
I don't know. All right, we got to go. Maybe stanchion got you into that.
Bazer
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Date: September 13, 2025
Hosts: Ray and Bazer
This episode blends classic “Sore Losers” banter about gambling in Las Vegas, sports fandom, and everyday life mishaps. The major storyline is Lunchbox’s awkward attempts at making “dad friends” and the social misadventure of being ghosted after trying to connect with another parent. Interwoven with this are spirited discussions about Vegas gambling strategies, tailgating, state fairs, and the highly anticipated announcement of Coaches Convention 5.
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| Time | Segment | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------| | 01:40 | Vegas trip plans & gambling strategies | | 12:07 | Lunchbox’s “dad friend” ghosting story | | 24:03 | Coaches Convention 5 ticket announcement | | 28:03 | Triple zero roulette & Vegas pro tips | | 32:40 | College sports gambling nostalgia | | 33:15 | Vegas betting errors | | 41:57 | Listener email, “Sore Losers” family moments | | 44:56 | State fair plans; county fair & “prize whores” | | 53:52 | Bazer’s fairground romance, language barrier | | 57:54 | NFL, college sports, game tickets, rapid-fire picks | | 65:02 | Weekly locks: NFL & College football |
The episode is lighthearted, self-deprecating, and rambunctious—full of in-jokes, storytelling, and riffing between friends. There is no shortage of laughter, tangents, or gentle ribbing, but genuine moments of vulnerability and camaraderie shine through (especially in Lunchbox’s tale of dad-friend rejection).
“Lunchbox Is Ghosted By A Dude” encapsulates the Sore Losers' unique blend of sports fanaticism, real-life misadventures, and locker-room banter. From prepping for Vegas to the awkward quest for suburban friendship, listeners are treated to stories both hilarious and relatable. Throw in some betting strategy, convention hype, and a peek at parenting fails, and you have a densely packed, highly entertaining listen for longtime fans and newcomers alike.