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Lunchbox
All right, sweetie pie, buckle up.
Ray
Good job. Or ring the bell on their bike.
Lunchbox
Okay, kid, give it a try.
Eddie
Nice.
Ray
Or remember their elbow pads.
Lunchbox
Knees, too. Okay.
Ray
Yep.
Lunchbox
There you go.
Ray
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Dr. Joy
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Eddie
Yeah. Yep.
Ray
Yo, yo.
Eddie
Yeah, yeah. Where's the music? I don't hear the music.
Ray
Music's not gonna be ready for you.
Eddie
Hello?
Ray
I can't hear myself.
Eddie
Gotta plug in your headphones.
Ray
Hello? Got it.
Eddie
There you go. Now try it again. Yo, yo. Is it working?
Ray
No, it's frozen for the minute.
Eddie
Okay, well, how are we going to do the intro without the music?
Ray
We never do it right away anyways.
Eddie
I know, but this time I wanted to do it right away. I want to switch things up on you. Since it's Friday, I was like, do something different.
Ray
And, guys, check out the Instagram. Actually, it won't be posted anymore, but I did a picture of when Lunchbox and Arnold signed his internship deal for $200. I put a picture up there on our Instagram, but it'll already have been deleted and erased.
Eddie
You can always repost it.
Ray
True.
Eddie
So we'll repost it.
Ray
We'll throw it up there again. It's a phenomenal picture. I'm glad that we were able to capture people do Engagement photos. This was the moment he signed his deal. It's pretty cool. Pretty cool thing.
Eddie
Would you like me to tell you about how happy I am right now?
Ray
Is it about Kansas?
Eddie
No, it's. No, Kansas is like, they're done. Like they, they got taken out back. They're dead. Like it's over. Like, we'll be back next year. We'll see. In the fall, college basketball starts again. They're not any. Any longer a factor. They. We don't need to talk about them. Let's do the intro and I'm going to tell you about my frustration.
Ray
Are you a San Antonio spurs fan because Popovich coached at Kansas?
Eddie
No, I'm a San Antonio spurs fan because everybody liked Jordan and the bulls in the 90s when they were a kid. But then I also, I worked for the San Antonio spurs when I was in college at the University of Texas at San Antonio. And once I was around the organization, it was first class. And I was like, this is where my heart lies.
Ray
How's it going, Manu? Hey, Mr. Ginobili. Hello, Mr. Dunkman. The twin Towers.
Eddie
Hey, Parker, how you doing, man? You're a rookie. I'm a rookie too. My first game. Your first game? Yeah. Cool. You want to play one on one? Cool.
Ray
Eva Longoria, would you like to play this game? Pin the tail on the coyote.
Eddie
Yeah. That was when we moved to the AT&T Center. That was not at the Alamo Dome. Just so you know. That's when it all went down.
Ray
So Boomer was wanting to go to the sweet 16 or is it just the final fourths in San Antonio?
Eddie
Final Four.
Ray
So Boomer's gonna go to the arena. How far is the arena from the riverwalk?
Eddie
About a block. Two blocks, three blocks? It's right down there.
Ray
It is?
Eddie
Yeah. It depends on where on the riverwalk you are, but there's different access points. But it's right by it.
Ray
I gotta tell him to walk to it.
Eddie
He's really going to the Final Four.
Ray
No. Oh, they're coming back here. I was hoping you would say the sweet 16s in San Antonio.
Eddie
No. No.
Ray
Gotcha.
Eddie
Nope. Just Final Four, man. Final Four, national championship. And you can sit way up there where you can't even see if you want to sit. Go to the Final Four.
Ray
Dude, if my 17 year old nephew is going to a final Four before me, I would go jump off that bridge.
Eddie
That would suck. Do I know anybody? I know some people have been to Final Four, but I can't think of anybody off the top of my head.
Ray
I had buddies one time in college, they go, hey, you want to go to the Big east tournament in Madison Square Garden? And I was like, no, man. I'm not a Big east fan, dude. Why would I go to that? 20 years later? Probably should have gone to that.
Eddie
That'd have been pretty cool.
Ray
I'm an idiot.
Eddie
Not bad. Yeah, Grandma and Grandpa went to Kemper Arena a lot to watch. The Big 12 championship. I think it was Kemper Arena. I don't know where they played, but they went to the Big 12 title a lot, and I never went. That's pretty cool. Good story. Let's start it.
Ray
All right, we're gonna do it live.
Eddie
Arnold, are you ready?
Ray
Thank you, my friend. How have you been? How was spring break? Oh, Bonnie Blue was as advertised.
Eddie
Did you do some plumbing for her?
Ray
Yeah. So you guys heard about those? A thousand guys. I was 1001.
Eddie
Wow. Way to make us those plumbers proud, man.
Ray
You guys stayed at that Cancun resort, right? Wow.
Eddie
Wow. That's pretty cool, man. Good thing you didn't go to Costa Rica.
Ray
They're still investigating that.
Eddie
I know. That one's weird. I still don't understand. Are you gonna start it?
Ray
Yeah, we're gonna do it live.
Eddie
Arnold, why'd you look at me like I was crazy?
Ray
Because I was thinking about if I was gonna mention anything about the Costa Rica stuff, but I'm just not going to.
Eddie
Thank you.
Ray
Because three days before the 14 year old died, Brett Gardner's son, they ate at a restaurant. It was the exact restaurant that I was trying to get Bazer to stay at the hotel this summer.
Eddie
Oh.
Ray
But that's not necessarily the restaurant that made him sick. That restaurant has come out. La Mariposa, the butterfly. They have come out and said they ate three days before the kid fell ill at our restaurant. Get off us. The food poisoning came from another restaurant. They already came out in the public and said that. Get our name out your mouth lot. Berry Posa is five star. Beautiful views and monkeys. Let's do alarm.
Eddie
Arnold, are you ready?
Ray
All right. We are the 1, 2, 3, sword losers.
Eddie
What up, everybody? I am Lunchbox. I know the most about sports, so I'll give the sports facts, my sports opinions, because I'm pretty much a sports genius, y'all.
Ray
It's Sizzin. I'm from the north. I'm an alpha male. I live on the north side of Nashville with Bazer, a Broadway girl, my wife. We have 2.2 acres. Die of a heart attack when I'm 72, white picket fence. It is golf season. It's 70 degrees, coach. It's been phenomenal.
Eddie
It's been awesome. It's a great time to go golfing, dude. It's so beautiful outside. And it's gonna be beautiful. Except for this weekend where it's supposed to rain tomorrow. It's supposed to rain Sunday, so don't try to go golfing on Saturday or Sunday, but that's okay. But you know, we do have tomorrow, Ray.
Ray
Yeah, March Madness.
Eddie
Well, we do have March Madness tomorrow, Ray, but we have something even bigger, better, more important.
Ray
Day four, Major League Baseball.
Eddie
I would be day. Well, no, it'd be day five because he had two days over in Japan. Then they came back and they've played. And you know what's stupid is that today, after all the teams played Yesterday, they give 90% of the teams the day off today. So dumb.
Ray
And I. I just want to say this. So it's on record. The Dodgers will be the greatest team in the history of Major League Baseball. The record is 117 wins, I believe set by the Seattle Mariners in 2003. The Dodgers will win over 117 games. Per the statistical season, they can lose two games a week. Do the math. 40 weeks, it's less than that. 35 weeks, even less than that. They would have to go a hundred. It's 117 and 45. So they can lose 45 games. So there must be 20 something weeks. They can lose two games a week.
Eddie
Yeah, you might want to look out. Cause Mookie Betts is sick. He has not. He's been losing weight rapidly, so I don't know what is wrong with him. So that already hurts them. They're pitching. They seem to always get hurt. So you might want to watch out for that. Kershaw is good for about three starts.
Ray
Yeah. Yamamoto just called. He'll be fine. And he'll hang up and listen.
Eddie
Great point.
Ray
And also they have Tescar Hernandez, Max Muncie, Freddie Freeman. Showy bets. Bets. Hurt with a hurt. That doesn't matter. Will Kirby.
Eddie
Will.
Ray
Will Smith.
Eddie
Would you like me to tell you what's going on tomorrow? Yeah. Tomorrow's a big day, man.
Ray
Ray, I'm getting a divorce.
Eddie
Tomorrow at 9am Baby Box 3. Will take the field for the first time in the history of his life for his soccer game.
Ray
Kid run out there with your wings spread.
Eddie
For the last three years, he's been throwing fits on the sidelines because he could never get in the game because he wasn't Old enough. He watched brothers play baseball, basketball, soccer, and he wanted to do all of them. And it has now come to the point in his life where he is three years old, and that is old enough to kick the old soccer ball around.
Ray
Kid, go on the pitch. Don't be a Keith. Was he a soccer coach or just baseball?
Eddie
Baseball, basketball.
Ray
Oh, Specialized only in those two spots.
Eddie
Specialized. He was. I knew him as a baseball coach, but he used to coach basketball.
Ray
Did he dabble in the running? How did you become a runner?
Eddie
I was just a runner, naturally. I don't know, kids.
Ray
I want to see those legs fly. Start running.
Eddie
I became a runner because in fifth grade, they were having a citywide competition, and it was a mile race, and my buddy, Russell Valdez was in sixth grade, and he was doing it, and the sixth graders ran before the fifth graders. And he ran and he didn't get him. He didn't get a trophy. And I was like, dude, why didn't you get a trophy? And he goes, it's harder than you think. Got to be top 10. I was like, well, I'm going to get a trophy, kid.
Ray
I'll train you on the trails.
Eddie
And so I went out, got top 10, got a trophy.
Ray
Can I tell a top 10 running story?
Eddie
Go for it. Yeah.
Ray
In middle school, I never ran with a school before, but sixth grade, I said, I'll do track, though. I don't have to work on the weekends with my dad. And so I ran, and they said the first top 10 made me think of it. Get the best jumpsuits. Get the very brand new Saratoga Middle School jumpsuits. They just got them. They only got 10, dude.
Eddie
Saratoga, those were legit back in the day.
Ray
Some women, some men, they're gonna be purple. They got just baggy dope. It's like, what is Drew Brand Bieber. These are just like those. And so for. They told us months before, and I thought, why don't I just train for it? I could easily finish top 10. But nobody knew I was a runner because I hadn't run younger. And so I was like, why don't I just train? So for months, I trained for this. And this is when I first learned how to. What is it called when you. Is it when you. You groundhog. What's the animal? Dirt bag it.
Eddie
I don't know what that is. Oh, sandbag. Sandbag.
Ray
This is when I learned a sandbag. So we'd be at school and kids would say, hey, you guys been getting ready for track? No, man, I'm getting Ready? Oh, did you hear? Top 10 gets a jumpsuit. Oh, that's nuts. Yeah, I ain't training. What do you think, I'm crazy? So the whole two months, I acted like I hadn't been training guys. I'd been narrowing my time down. I got it from. It was a mile, so I got it from 10 minutes to 9 to 8.
Eddie
Damn, you're really moving.
Ray
Yeah, so I improved four minutes over two months. Day came, we did the mile run, and it was through the city. So it wasn't an exact mile. It was like 1.5. Finished up top 10. Probably number 8. And all the teachers blown away. Oh, my gosh.
Eddie
Oh, my. How did you finish top 10?
Ray
Everybody in school, since when are you a runner? And that's when I learned guys work in silence. The stuff you put on Instagram, you don't always got to put out your workouts on Instagram. Nobody knew that I was working out for two months, and I easily finished top 10. When were you a runner? I have been the past two months, you dumbass.
Eddie
I wanted that suit.
Ray
Like, none of y'all trained for a brand new suit.
Eddie
Dude, it was simple.
Ray
I would crushed everybody.
Eddie
Yeah, what you're doing behind closed doors, that's when you're going to get better. Going to practice with your team. That's just. That's surface level stuff. If you want to get better, you got to go in the backyard and practice. So, anyway, tomorrow morning, we will be out there, and as the coach, you know, I'm not going to let him go out on his first soccer game and not be the coach. And so he will be getting the start. I mean, I may be a little biased, but I will be playing him in the starting lineup.
Ray
Go get him, Ronaldo.
Eddie
And so I decided, hey, we should have a team meetup. You know, get to know the team. Hey, introduce each other. Hey, nice to meet you. Good to see you. What's your name? Cause these kids, I don't know if they know each other. They all go to the same little school, but do they really know each other? I don't know who the parents are, just so they know who I am.
Ray
Guys, want to grab a drink? German Town.
Eddie
So Tuesday night, I said 5:30 at.
Ray
The park, the pub.
Eddie
And I told them a week in advance, and everybody's all on board. We're going to get pizzas. We'll bring pizzas. It'll be a great time. 4:00 Tuesday, the texts start rolling in.
Ray
See you next Tuesday, Sarah.
Eddie
Charlie can't make It. Malcolm can't make it. Billy can't make it. Samantha's not going to be able to make it tonight.
Ray
Don't like pizza.
Eddie
We ended up. We have 11 kids on the roster. We had eight cancellations.
Ray
It was you in the boxes.
Eddie
It was me and 12 other kids on the team and a homeless guy.
Ray
Hey, brother, you spare us lies. I always like the squares, then crust, please, brother.
Eddie
But my whole thing is, you knew all week you weren't coming. We waited till 4 o'clock, an hour and a half before saying, oh, we're not going to be able to make it. We could have just canceled it. If you didn't want to do it in the first place, just say, hey, I don't want to do it. I don't want to do the team meetup. I think it's a waste of time. And I would have totally understood, so that's fine. But we still had pizza. We were still at the park having a good time, and that's when the weird guy shows up.
Ray
I beat you to the punch.
Eddie
You stole my story, man.
Ray
If it's a park in Nashville, trust me, you're not alone.
Eddie
We got the pizza over there, and this guy comes over and is like, man, I'd really like a piece of pizza.
Ray
Oh, man, this kid meetup couldn't have gone better.
Eddie
And we're like, yeah, man, you want to go? Yeah, yeah. What kind you got? We got pepperoni and cheese. I'll take pepperoni. All right, cool. He's like, what are you guys doing? What's the celebration?
Ray
You kids stay in school, brother, don't end up like me.
Eddie
And we said, oh, you know, it's soccer team meet up. And he is like, oh, I'm not a fan of soccer.
Ray
Oh, buddy, you got to play the part. You're eating their pizza.
Eddie
And I'm. He's like, yeah, I just. I never. I never let my kid and his kids with him. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Ray
There was a kid at the park with this dude?
Eddie
Yeah. They're both very strange.
Ray
Oh, I assumed it was a vagrant.
Eddie
Well, they may have been.
Ray
It was a kid vagrant with his papa.
Eddie
Yeah. And he was like, I never let my son play soccer. And we're like, oh, that's too bad. He goes, yeah, I just don't. I don't agree with violence against women.
Ray
Well, got a point there. What's the point? I don't get it.
Eddie
I'm like, what he talking about?
Ray
Rugby. I'm like, what's he talking about? Domestic abuse.
Eddie
I'm like, well, we haven't played soccer too. And he goes, yeah, I'm not going to do it, though. I'm not going to soccer.
Ray
Well, it's not used like that, right? No.
Eddie
Play soccer. He goes, soccer. Violence against women. I'm like, oh, my God, he hit you. Wow, dude.
Ray
He went with a domestic violence joke.
Eddie
I had no idea what he was talking about. And we were all just like, oh.
Ray
And your wife there?
Eddie
My wife's there.
Ray
Love it. And then she gave him a courtesy laugh.
Eddie
Wife gave him the courtesy laugh. And that's when he was like, I'm in. And cousin Andrew. And I said, no, Andrew was there. Oh, he was there. And we went, other side of the playground.
Ray
How's Andrew's tickets been looking? You able to get him some tickets to the kids game?
Eddie
Hey, I can get him tickets that game. But the Reds game yesterday, that was all on his own. And so Andrew and I, we go to the other side of the playground, and I see the wife stuck there, and she comes up to me later. She's like, oh, my God. He gave me five more dad jokes after that. Because I gave him the courtesy, laughed on the soccer. And she doesn't remember the joke. She's like, I didn't try. Try not to pay attention. I was just trying to get out of there. And you and Andrew just left me. I'm like, yeah, we saw an out. You were cornered. We're gone. Then he's over at the monkey bars and he's helping his kid with the monkey bars.
Ray
Here's where I got asked the question. Let me butt in. Are you allowed to play on the equipment with your kids?
Eddie
You can.
Ray
Okay. Do parents do that?
Eddie
Some.
Ray
All right.
Eddie
You play chase, play tag, you know, run up and down.
Ray
Am I allowed with baby boomer, Buddha boomer to get on the monkey bars with him?
Eddie
100.
Ray
Okay, so it's not weird that guy, vagrant and vagrant kid are on the monkey bar, right?
Eddie
They're just having a good time. Here's where it gets really awkward. And I don't understand. This guy's like, social etiquette, Ray, slap my wife's butt. He's helping his kid get on the monkey bars. And baby box two goes, oh, you have a. He had a boot on. He goes, oh, you broke your foot. And he goes, no, I didn't. He goes, yeah, you got. You got a cast on your foot. He goes, no, it's a boot. And he goes, oh, but then what happened to your. You know, if it's not broken. Why do you wear a boot? And he goes, oh, I got a cut on my toe and it got infected and I had to have a toe amputated.
Ray
Whoa. This guy's had a bad run of it.
Eddie
I'm like, dude, just say you have a broken foot. Like, there's no need to let the kid, like, go into detail about you chopping off your toe to the kit.
Ray
He doesn't need to learn about the anatomy, right?
Eddie
He doesn't need to know. He's like, yeah, so they had to cut off my toe. And so then my son's freaking out.
Ray
Hey, buddy, save the AIDS talk.
Eddie
Hey, man, like, I understand you didn't actually break your foot, but for a five year old, just say you broke your damn foot.
Ray
Hey, would you not mind breaking down the COVID novel coronavirus? I'll explain that in five years.
Eddie
I don't need my son worried because now he's like, dad, look, I have a cut on my arm. Does that mean I got to cut my arm off?
Ray
What, are you going to break down Justin's job doing electrophysiology? Not today, vagrant.
Eddie
And after he told him he had to cut off his toes, like, guys, we got. Hey, this team meetup, it was a pleasure, guys. It was nice seeing the other two kids. We got to go. Let's pack up the. Should we leave the pizza for that guy? No, let's get the hell out of here. And so we packed up the pizza and we went home. That was the team meetup. So it was bad to start, and then it got worse by the awkward. Dude, why do people have to be so weird and awkward?
Ray
They are. And that must be his tool belt. He has dad jokes and then he goes hardcore serious. Talk about a foot injury. Yeah, just gloss over it. Say you're wounded.
Eddie
Hey, kid, let's play. That's it. I mean, hey, you got a broken foot. You don't really have a broken foot. Just say broken foot. Don't say they had to chop off a toe, man.
Ray
Well, I lost a toe drunk on Broadway. I was thrown in the drunk tank and they said I was gonna lose my whole foot. Or a toe. I chose the toe. Daddy, he lost his toe. Just say you like boots.
Eddie
Who cares?
Ray
It's a kid.
Eddie
And we'll be right back.
Ray
Introducing Instagram teen accounts. A new way to keep your teen safer as they grow. Like making sure they always have their seatbelt on.
Lunchbox
Alright, sweetie pie, buckle up.
Ray
Good job. Or ring the bell on their bike.
Lunchbox
Okay, kid, give it a try.
Eddie
Nice.
Ray
Or remember their elbow pads.
Lunchbox
Knees, too. Okay.
Ray
Yep.
Lunchbox
There you go.
Ray
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Dr. Joy
Sonoro and iHeart's Mikeultura Podcast Network present the Setup, a new romantic comedy podcast starring Harvey Guillen and Christian Navarro. The setup follows a lonely museum curator searching for love. But when the perfect man walks into his life.
Ray
Well, I guess I'm saying I like you, you like me.
Dr. Joy
He actually is too good to be true.
Ray
This is a con.
Eddie
I'm conning you to get the gelato painting.
Ray
We could do this together.
Dr. Joy
To pull off this heist, they'll have to get close and jump into the deep end together. That's a huge leap, Fernando, don't you think?
Ray
After you, Chulito.
Dr. Joy
But love is the biggest risk they'll ever take.
Eddie
Fernando is never going to love you.
Ray
As much as he loves this job. Chulito, that painting is ours.
Dr. Joy
Listen to the setup as part of the Microsoft Tura Podcast Network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Lunchbox
Hey, y'all, it's your girl, Cheekies. And I'm back with a brand new season of your favorite podcast, Cheekies and Chill. I'll be sharing even more personal stories with you guys, and I know a lot of people are gonna attack me. Why are you gonna go visit your dad? Your mom wouldn't be okay with it. I'm gonna tell you guys right now. I know my mother and I know my mom had a very forgiving heart. That is my story on plastic surgery. This is my truth. I think the last time I cried like that was when I lost my mom like that, like, yelling. I was like, no. I was like, oh. And I thought, what did I do wrong? And as always, you'll get my exclusive take on topics like love, personal growth, health, family ties, and more. And don't forget, I'll also be dishing out my best advice to you on episodes of Dear Cheekies.
Dr. Joy
So my fiance and I have been together for 10 years. In the first two years of being together, I find out he is cheating on me, not only with women, but also with men. What should I do?
Lunchbox
Okay, where do I start? That's not love. He doesn't love you enough. Because if he loved you, he'd be faithful. It's going to be an exciting year, and I hope that you can join me listen to Cheekies and Chill Season four as part of the My Cultura Podcast Network, available on the iHeartRadio app and Apple podcasts. Or wherever you get your podcasts.
Ray
Yeah, end it. Morgan looked in, but.
Eddie
Oh, she wasn't saying that. Yo, yo, listen, before we go on, I forgot to do something.
Ray
Hold on. Are you hearing yourself?
Eddie
Yeah. You got to plug it into that headphone jack right there. You see it? Yo, we are in a studio we've never been in. It's really weird. It's two microphones, and you face the wall, so I'm not even looking at Ray. Like, it's so strange. He's to my left.
Ray
We don't have any music or anything.
Eddie
This is really weird. Like, should we keep going or should we just wait?
Ray
No, it's rocket dude, man.
Eddie
I just want to say I should have started the show with this, but I got to say happy 70th birthday to my father today. He came into this world 70 years ago, and he has been kicking butt ever since. So happy birthday, Dad. I don't like the number 70. It's a little weird, but you are 70 years old, and that's freaking crazy. So happy birthday.
Ray
Happy B Day, Pops. Thanks so much for coming and doing the podcast. The times you've done it, you always give us those awkward stares. I don't know if you approve of what we're saying. You disagree with us a lot. You come in with good points, though. And you've carried the podcast at times during vacation because you do the box family pod.
Eddie
And sometimes you just look at us, probably because you can't hear us, because his hearing is not the best. But you say something and you look at him, and he's just like, is he looking at me because he can't hear me? Is he not saying anything because he doesn't have anything to say, or he's just an idiot? I don't know.
Ray
And also, some people that aren't in the radio industry. That's why I don't think my dad. I think my dad would do a lot of pauses as well, because he doesn't understand. You always have to fill the dead air. You can do good thoughts, but you have to have filler sentences. Like, at the end of the day. Would you ever say that in real life? No, but you say it on a podcast because it gives you time to say your next thing. You can also say, well, lunch. The reality of it is, and you're basically saying nothing. But that gives you two seconds to think of what your next reality is that you're going to say.
Eddie
When I look at it this way, that gives you time to come up with what way you're going to look at it. When I look at it from that point of view, I can see your point. I mean, it makes no sense. It's just hogwash. But you're just. It's sort of like when you have an essay for when you had a test and it was essays. If you just restate the question, you are basically getting some kind of points because you're restating what they said. So it's obviously something to do with that. So just restate the question. You already got at least five points on the essay test.
Ray
South beach told me the exact same thing. We had a. Was it a physics. Not physics. It was when you. It's psychology. And he goes, hey, one of my buddies back in the day told me you just ask yourself questions when you're doing what? Did I say psychology? Yeah, yeah, psychology. So I believe it was Aristotle and stuff. So he goes, if you ever just run out of something to say, go, is that really what it is? Is that what he was thinking? You just ask a question and he goes, it makes you think that you're deep and you're pondering it. And it usually did.
Eddie
Well, I have a question.
Ray
I can't say it was a guaranteed A, but I didn't fail.
Eddie
Is Aristotle philosophy or psychology?
Ray
Threw it out there.
Eddie
I don't know. I. I don't know which one. I think it's philosophy.
Ray
What is that?
Eddie
Well, you hear something?
Ray
The vent is cooking.
Eddie
You can hear. I don't hear anything.
Ray
I heard it moaning.
Eddie
Yeah. So anyway, I mean, I think it might be philosophy, not psychology, because my roommate John in college.
Ray
It is. It is.
Eddie
He changed his major from criminal justice to philosophy just because he found out criminal justice was going to take four and a half years. So he got a philosophy degree. And he would come home and have the stupidest arguments I've ever had in my life. He'd be like, hey, dude, how do you know you're not asleep right now?
Ray
That's deep chest day.
Eddie
And no, not. Not chest day. We'll get to chest day in a minute. I'm disappointed in his behavior. No, he would be like, how do you know you're not dreaming right now? And I'm like, that's just stupid. And he goes, no, well, argue. Tell me how you, you know, you're awake.
Ray
He was trying to debate.
Eddie
He was trying to debate because he was.
Ray
He.
Eddie
That's what he had just learned in his philosophy class. And I was like, I don't care about your philosophy class. I Don't want to sit here and argue about it. He's like, yeah, you would pass philosophy, dude.
Ray
It reminded me of my debate class in college. I only did one because I was going to be on big Brother and I thought I got to be better at debate. And one of the guys on big Brother, Eric Barry, his name was Eric, he said he took debate. And I go, well, I got to take debate in college.
Eddie
Well, that young kid, Corey, that was on a couple seasons ago, he went to Vandy. He was a debate dude.
Ray
That's so that's what it is. And I learned a lot in debate. But the one thing I didn't do great at, debate, one of my final debates, some kids at school taught me about Adderall. I'd gone my entire college career without doing Adderall.
Eddie
Okay, tell me more.
Ray
And the day before the debate, they said, hey, it'll really help you think. Concentrate and you'll be really intense and focused. So I just took like, we call it a no J. Just a portion of an Adderall. My. At the time, my ex girlfriend had a subscription.
Eddie
Whatever you call it, prescription.
Ray
And so I took the half Adderall. Debate went well. We won ace the class. Everything was great. Except for after the class. I stayed after and talked to the professor for 45 minutes. I never even talked to the guy in an entire semester. Oh, look at the time, man. That's why you never take an Adderall, bro. I debated with Bro for 45 straight minutes.
Eddie
I gotta be real with you. I've never had an Adderall. I've never had it. I've never needed it. I don't think I needed it, dude. It's.
Ray
You're. You're fine. The thing with it, Adderall does. You have conversations that in the moment are great and you're great it actually. You come up with words. You're doing all these filler words, man. You're. You're just a genius. But the next day, probably shouldn't have that conversation. You're open to having conversations and going really in depth in conversations that you really have no business even really going into.
Eddie
Yeah, well, I just wanted to make sure we said happy birthday to my dad. And then I just got a real text that's gonna really. It's really stupid. And I don't even know how to respond because I told You Baby Box 3 has his first soccer game tomorrow morning.
Ray
We already covered that.
Eddie
Well, we have a group text for all the parents on the team, and one of the parents just Texted. Hey, coach, can you text me the address of where the game Is valid? No, it's not valid. You went to the website to sign up for the league. Just go to that website and look at what the address is.
Ray
Do you not realize what a coach is? A coach is a conduit to make these parents lives easier. Can you give my kid a ride? Hey, two hours of childcare for free. Go to practice. Great. You're just making parents lives easier. That's them. You're being used.
Eddie
Yes, but I can't believe you can't look up where the game is at when it's at the same spot every week. It's the same place you signed up.
Ray
You ever think back if you had a parent?
Eddie
If.
Ray
No teeth Keith. Kid, I'll take care of all this. All the times parents use no teeth Keith. What do you mean? Kid? I love doing it. The rides, the quick meals, the three hours of childcare homework. Making them do it in the vehicle while they were driving. Dude, all the times you were basically just a glorified babysitter. If you're a coach.
Eddie
Bray.
Ray
Are you serious? I thought I was a good coach.
Eddie
I don't think that I am considered a glorified babysitter. I do see your point though, but I don't think the parents used no teeth Keith.
Ray
My dad. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. He easily did for kids with gas money.
Eddie
Because here's the deal. Keith didn't have any money, so he wasn't buying us meals.
Ray
Kid. I'm gonna bet $5. Password, Willie Mays.
Eddie
It's like the one time he was like, oh, kid, we gotta get to the gas station. We're gonna run out of gas. Oh, kid. And we pull into the gas station and he goes, Put $2.50 in. That's it.
Ray
That won't even get an ounce. Kid.
Eddie
I said $2.50. He goes, yeah, I need the other 3.25 for a can of Copenhagen.
Ray
Hey, those are the days you remember when you're counting pennies. You remember the exact stuff you bought at a gas station.
Eddie
That was the funniest thing to me because I'm like, what do you mean you're only getting 250? You have like $5. He goes, yeah, kid, I got to get a can of Copenhagen. And the other time, hey, Keith picks me up. Where are we going? Don't worry about it. I'm like, well, what time are we going to be back? Quit living so white. What do you mean? He goes, don't live so white. All concerned about the time and where we're going. Can we just not go somewhere?
Ray
You're sharp edged, kid. Be smooth.
Eddie
And I'm like, okay, yeah, I'll just be relaxed. 30 minutes. All right, Keith, Really? Where are we going, kid? Just relax and enjoy the beautiful sunshine and the wind blowing. We got the windows down and I'm like, what are we doing, kid?
Ray
Listen to Bob Marley. Don't worry, kid. Be happy, kid.
Eddie
Hey, kid, don't be so white. I'll never forget him saying, don't be so white. Like, is that a white person thing that we worry about?
Ray
Time could be a white knuckle. It means you're one of those.
Eddie
I don't know. But we went and had apple pie. We sat down at the restaurant in Hutto and he was like, they're like, oh, do you know what you want? I was like, no. And he goes, yes, we do. And I was like, I haven't even looked at the menu. He goes, we'll take two pieces of your warm apple pie.
Ray
You always remember those exact money things, though, when it comes to change in sense and getting gas and not having that much. Do you remember the last time you spent how much you spent on gas?
Eddie
God, it was like 56.
Ray
Not that one. The time before specifically.
Eddie
No.
Ray
What about the time before that one?
Eddie
No.
Ray
Okay, but you remember, dude. I remember distinctly my change cup. I had no money when we first moved here and I went to the gas station, I randomly had $6 in change. The lady, bless her, counted it all out and let me get $6 in straight change of gas at that gas station below our building. Right now that I'm in a high rise and I look over on, if that isn't full circle, I don't know what is.
Eddie
That's pretty dope, Ray.
Ray
That's a hell of a story. But I don't remember the last time I got gas or the time before that or the time before that. Actually, I do, because now if I don't get a discount, we do the Kroger thing. Oh, so we use the Kroger card all the time, only get groceries at Kroger and then it discounts Shell Gas. So if I don't get. The other day, I got a dollar off every gallon.
Eddie
Stop.
Ray
Do the math. 20 gallons, I save $20.
Eddie
That's really good.
Ray
So if I don't get 50 cents or a dollar, I don't. I'll do it for 30 cents too, because you end up saving 7.
Eddie
That's pretty good.
Ray
So if it says no discount. I'll just get $2 worth of gas. I'm just like, kid, just like, hey, waiting for that discount.
Eddie
That's like. I mean, I'm telling you, we were driving with no teeth one time and the gas lights on. I'm like, kid, we gotta get gas.
Ray
That's a beacon, kid, to tell you, don't worry, be happy, kid.
Eddie
Oh, kid, just relax. We got plenty of gas. Keith, the gas light is on. Dude, the gas. Kid, just. I mean, why. Why are you so stressed? You can drive so far on the gas light.
Ray
You can go as far as the fumes take you. And then after you start to huff.
Eddie
And kid, Keith, you got to worry, like, the gas light, kid, there is nothing to worry about. I do this all the time. Smash cut. Ten minutes later, run out of gas. And he gets out of the car. God damn it, kid. Slams the door, shatters the window.
Ray
Oh, he did. It was a double whammy, dude. Hey, Rain's poor dude comes.
Eddie
I mean, kid, don't stress out about it. We're stranded on the side of the road, and this is before cell phones.
Ray
You start stressing yet?
Eddie
Hey, kid, you still. That guy's like, we still good, man? Like, don't. Do I need to relax now? I mean, what's going on? I mean, hilarious. And I don't know where else is it gonna go, but yeah. So should I reply to this moment? Do I respond and be like, it's easy. Just go to the website, or do I just be nice and send the address? Because I don't know the address, so that means I would have to go look it up. She can Google it just as easy as I can Google it right now.
Ray
In the world that we all google, you can tell the people that are just being lazy when they say specifically that. Yeah, then you're. Oh, you're not Googling it. I get it.
Eddie
Like, I mean, the game's tomorrow. You have 24 hours to go ahead and look it up and see where it is. The other.
Ray
The other day, Abby had to deal with the same thing. She has people hit her up. Hey, not for work purposes. I'm not going to get too much in the weeds. But they'll say, hey, where is this? And she goes, we're both Googling it. Why couldn't you Google it?
Eddie
I just. I don't even understand it. I'm like, I. I don't know. Like. And I. I'm.
Ray
I'm.
Eddie
I want to text my wife and be like, are these people serious? Like, are they really serious. And I understand. I may do that sometimes with my wife, like, hey, do you know what this is? And she'll look it up. But I thought maybe she would know ahead of time, like hey, where are we going? But this is infuriating. It's three and four year old soccer. I am not here. Just look it up. Look it. And it's so easy.
Ray
Is it known that the website is the bible?
Eddie
I don't know. Here's the thing. When they the league emails you, like, hey, you've been registered or here's the, you know, whatever your first game, your game schedule, the email has the name of the place we play. Just click on the link. It has a link to their website. It's not that hard because we did.
Ray
Cares team people didn't know the importance of the app. You download the app, everything's there for you. Hours of the gym hours, the pool, when the pool opens, when the events are, what time the events are, if there's alcohol. If there isn't alcohol, who's allowed? Are dogs allowed? Can you bring kids? It was all there. But the people that didn't know the app, typically the 50 and 60 year olds, we would have to explain to them it's very simple, make sure you download it because then they would seem very ignorant. Whereas they just were ignorant about the app, not in life in general.
Eddie
Well, good. I don't want to be ignorant in life in general.
Ray
So I'm saying they're probably 50 or 60. That's going to be me when I have kids.
Eddie
Wait, you think they're 50 or 60 with a 3 year old? Yeah.
Ray
By not knowing the bible for whatever event or part of it, that means that they're older, anybody our age and younger gen zers if you have any. I mean they would have had kids like 16, but, but what I'm saying is we, we all know that that's a sign of an older person or a lazy person.
Eddie
So. Yeah. Happy birthday, dad. Once again, Happy 70th Birthday. Your present is in the mail. Oh yeah. I got you a present this year. Congratulations to me. It's really from the kids. They wanted to buy it for you, so hopefully you enjoy it. Do you still buy your parents birthday presents?
Ray
Yeah, we do. Bazer's good about that.
Eddie
Like we. I never really do and I realize, you know, it's kind of rude of me not to buy my parents something.
Ray
It's so easy. What's. You know, your dad, barely know your dad. He would love something construction related. Get him a hammer Engraved dad of the year. Grandpa. The year. A year. Or how many times he has to hammer something.
Eddie
There's something. Thank you for not making. I thought you were about to say, when's the last time he hammered your mom? And I was like, got stop you. I was about to just like die the base.
Ray
You can take any basic gift, engrave it, any simple thing, put a picture on it, a moment in time. Hey, I took this picture of you when you were working on the toilet.
Eddie
You know what I did do one time on Christmas, and this was a few years ago, I bought them a clock and I took pictures of all their grandkids and cut them up and put them all over the clock money. Only problem is you can't tell what damn time it is because it's like all the kids are covering the numbers in the spot and you're just kind of guessing. Like I think it's about 5:20, maybe it's 6:20. I it's just kids faces everywhere and it looked. And the bad part is I did it before they had all their grandkids. So some of the grandkids aren't on there.
Ray
And gifts money wise don't make a bit of damn difference. Baser. I didn't tell her any prices of any or Christmas gifts. I always just keep it. I just want to know what ends up doing the best, most expensive gift she never uses. I never told her the price of it, but it just, it just tells me, guys, price on anything don't matter. If the heartfelt stuff, the stuff that's practical, she can put in her office and actually use on a daily basis. 60, $70, that stuff she used, the 501 she's used twice. And when was Christmas?
Eddie
It's like, kids, man, you think you got them this badass gift. You think you got them the creme de la creme. You think, oh my gosh, they're gonna open this and be like, oh my gosh, this is the coolest toy I've ever seen. They are more interested in the box. They are more interested in the box that you put it in, that's a cat. Than the actual toy. And they'll sit in the freaking box. Look, dad, I'm driving. Dad, pull me around. Dad, push me. Oh, I'm on the train. And I'm like, what about the toy that I thought was the creme de la creme? Like that was the top of the line cool toy. And you care about the box.
Ray
I've been getting on Boomer for gifts of mine that I gave him that he doesn't use. So I went back up north. Surprise Christmas, real quick.
Eddie
Yeah. And in and out.
Ray
Yeah. I realized there's a handful of hats I've given him, he just has hanging on the wall. And I go, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I would have worn these hats. I was being generous. I gave him a Ryan Herd buffalo hat. Dope. I gave him when I had the great one. Company that went under the Citizen Raymond.
Eddie
Rest in peace.
Ray
Yeah. I told him, here you go. I would love this stuff, but I think of you. Enjoy it. I found out he's just hanging them on the wall, bro. I went up there, I took some of them, I brought him back down here. I was like, you don't wear it. You don't get to keep it. And so then now, when he came down and visited, I go, I'm giving you this hat. I'm giving you this hoodie. If I don't see you posting pictures and wearing it, I'm coming and snatching it back.
Eddie
How does he hang them on the wall? Does he have just, like, a wall of hats?
Ray
Yeah. And I go, no, no, no. I didn't give you this to just work as some decor, bro. I wore this hat every day. Taking it. I grabbed it, took it right back. So this time, he came down with the Ryan Hurd hat on. And I was like, I knew you didn't wear that thing. And now he's got to show me that he wears it.
Eddie
I love it. Hey, Boomer. Hope you're doing well, man. And happy birthday, dad. Once again. Hopefully we'll see you soon. We'll probably FaceTime tonight, maybe before the games. Cause there's some this thing called March Madness. MLB started yesterday.
Ray
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Lunchbox
All right, buckle up.
Ray
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Dr. Joy
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Ray
Well, I guess I'm saying I like you, you like me.
Dr. Joy
He actually is too good to be true.
Ray
This is a con.
Eddie
I'm conning you to get the Delano painting. We could do this together.
Dr. Joy
To pull off this heist, they'll have to get close and jump into the deep end together. That's a Huge leap, Fernando, don't you think?
Eddie
After you, Chulito.
Dr. Joy
But love is the biggest risk they'll ever take.
Eddie
Fernando is never going to love you.
Ray
As much as he loves this job. Chulito. That painting is ours.
Dr. Joy
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Lunchbox
Hey, y'all, it's your girl, Cheekies. And I'm back with a brand new season of your favorite podcast, Cheekies and Chill. I'll be sharing even more personal stories with you guys, and I know a lot of people are gonna attack me.
Eddie
Why?
Lunchbox
Are you gonna go visit your dad? Your mom wouldn't be okay with it. I'm gonna tell you guys right now. I know my mother and I know my mom had a very forgiving heart. That is my story on plastic surgery. This is my truth. I think the last time I cried like that was when I lost my mom like that. Like, yelling. I was like, no. I was like, oh. And I thought, what did I do wrong? And as always, you'll get my exclusive take on topics like love, personal growth, health, family ties, and more. And don't forget, I'll also be dishing out my best advice to you on episodes of Dear Cheekies.
Dr. Joy
So my fiance and I have been together for 10 years. In the first two years of being together, I find out he is cheating on me, not only with women, but also with men. What should I do?
Lunchbox
Okay, where do I start? That's not love. He doesn't love you enough. Because if he loved you, he'd be faithful. It's going to be an exciting year, and I hope that you can join me, listen to Cheekies and Chill season four as part of the Michael Tura Podcast Network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Eddie
And boy, March Madness. I know. Ray, you were asleep. Oh, my gosh. Going to talk all about it right after this. We'll be right back.
Ray
You want to just roll?
Eddie
Might as well.
Ray
Yeah. I mean, because I think it will rock.
Eddie
Yeah, might as well.
Ray
I can talk about whatever because I watched it all.
Eddie
What? Yeah.
Ray
Highlights. I saw a 13 minute package on Texas Tech. Arkansas.
Eddie
That is not good enough. It is.
Ray
I saw when Arkansas was up 16. I saw when it tied. I saw the overtime. How did they lose that game? 10 minutes left, they were up 16.
Eddie
No, no, like four minutes left. They were up 13.
Ray
12 or 13.
Eddie
Oh, my gosh. This, like, here's the Thing I'm watching that game just going. Arkansas was unconscious from three in the first half. They're not a very good shooting team.
Ray
And I have a theory on how a team can come back but continue.
Eddie
And they just kept shooting threes even though they're not good at shooting threes. In the second half, they weren't going in, the threes weren't falling. They're turning the ball over. They're taking bad shots. And Texas Tech, that coach, he out coached John Calipari. He said, man, we're not getting rebounds. We need to get some size in there. Their size is bothering us.
Ray
Top in.
Eddie
So instead of having just one big.
Ray
Man on the floor, Top in.
Eddie
They brought in their other big man and they had him on the court at the same time, which they never do. And they started getting offensive rebounds. They started dominating. And it was just like, oh my God. In this. It reminded me watching that game was exactly like Memphis versus Kansas in the national title game. When was that? 2008, I believe.
Ray
Oh, yeah, I was in college. I saw that one.
Eddie
Yes, Memphis had this huge lead, Chalmers. Yes. Huge lead. And then all of a sudden, Memphis couldn't hit free throws. They start turning the ball over and Kansas has this miracle comeback. And that's exactly what happened last night.
Ray
And here's my theory on it, guys. If you really think about it, A team's up 16, so that's five possessions. The three point line has changed and evolutionized the game of basketball. So if you get a three, then that's. You're down four possessions, you get one stop and you're able to make it again. Then you're only down three possessions. That's a minute. If it's, you know, I get if it. They're going to try and run the clock if it's at one minute, but if it's still at about three, you got two possessions in a row where you score a three. So then you're down nine and you have three. All you need is five consecutive possessions. And in gambling, five rolls, five blackjack hands. That's how you win it big. Is it rare? Not rare, but is it hard to do that? Yeah. All you need is five straight blackjack hands and you're going to have a hell of a time. Same with craps, five in a row possessions and you can overcome 15 points. That's not a lot.
Eddie
No, it's a hell of a lot. And it was unbelievable. And as you're watching it going, this isn't really going to happen. They come down they're down by three. They shoot the three and they brick it. Arkansas gets the rebound and they foul a do. And this dude against Kansas couldn't miss. 60% free throw shooter sank them both. Goes the line, one and one brick. Texas deck grabs the rebound, starts dribbling. Dribbling. What, what, what, what? Clock issue. Clock issue. Got it. Got to review the clock. It didn't start in time.
Ray
That wasn't in my highlight package.
Eddie
Exactly. You didn't see them miss the first three and then the guy missed the free throws. That's what was huge. They had a chance to ice it.
Ray
They could only include so many things in a 13 minute highlight package.
Eddie
And so they go over there and they get the clock right, they draw up a play. Boom, boom, three. Oh, bananas, bananas. It was pure pandemonium. And then overtime.
Ray
Well, before overtime. You don't think nerves get to a guy. I always love really analyzing the final shot as the buzzer's going up. I mean, the guy shot it so flat and so short. I don't know who their guard is. Is it Williams or Thomas or Henry or Jimmy or Davis? I know it's not Adu or the other guy.
Eddie
Wagner.
Ray
Yeah, that the third and he shot it up and I always love to analyze it. Dude, I mean, he just got alligator arms and just shorted it and it wasn't even close. I mean, it hit the front iron.
Eddie
You're right.
Ray
The final shot. You don't think nerves play a factor? That guy was straight nervous. That had no arc on it.
Eddie
And then overtime was great. Back and forth, they go up by three, they come down, hit a three. It was fantastic. Tech scores with like five seconds to go and or eight seconds ago, I don't even know. And then Wagner thinks he's a hero. Dude, I hate to tell you, John L. Davis was their best player and I don't know why they weren't giving him the ball when it was crunch time. When the, you know, you got to have a shot to tie it to go to double OT or to win it in the regulation. They gave it to Wagner both times. Davis was their best player. Wagner dribble straight down, didn't look for a single pass, right hand, side, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble.
Ray
And a bad shot.
Eddie
And a bad shot and Arkansas goes home. And then it was a fantastic game.
Ray
What Was with the 9:30 start time? What are we doing?
Eddie
What are we doing?
Ray
How is that possible? And we're not even on the East Coast. That game didn't get over till 2am if you're in New York.
Eddie
But if you're in New York, you did not see the end of that game.
Ray
You went to work. You got up, hey, let's do McDonald's and go take the kids to school. I got to go to work.
Eddie
I mean, I texted Chess Day, a proud Texas Tech graduate.
Ray
And I said, oh, Billy went there a year.
Eddie
Really?
Ray
Yeah.
Eddie
Just a year.
Ray
Yeah. And then he transferred to T. State.
Eddie
Okay. I said earlier yesterday, I said, good luck tonight. Hope there is a Tech watch party and it's a celebration for you boys. He said, thank you, Circus. Him and Scott are big. They both went to Tech Elite. They said, thank you, sir. We are going to need it. I'm nervous playing against John calipari. Whatever.
Ray
Cauliflower.
Eddie
11:45Pm I texted him, holy ass. Nothing back.
Ray
I woke. Yeah, I woke up to this.
Eddie
So I texted him again. I said, if you went to bed thinking it was over, I'm going to have words for you this morning. 7:14am Painful joy, dude. I know I lost a stripe and I know it.
Ray
That was Aristotle. That was deep.
Eddie
I watched three fourths of the game. It wasn't going our way. We were down by 12 and I went to bed.
Ray
He was the lucky charm.
Eddie
He goes, I was so tired. I'm happy we won, but my stomach hurts right now. F wreck them. I said, hey, man, sleep is more important. It just proves to you that Texas Tech doesn't need you to win. I said, it also reminds me of that one fateful Saturday when we were down in Austin, Texas, and we went to that bar at Burnett in 183, and I approached you to watch Texas Tech versus Texas in football. And Texas scores a touchdown with like 30 seconds to go. Crabtree, you went crying in the bathroom, only to come out five minutes later to realize that Texas Tech had won because Crabtree had caught a ball on the right hand side and snuck into the end zone. And he said, thanks, man. Plus, when I woke up this morning, what exactly crossed my mind was Crabtree.
Ray
All over again, but he's not on the team.
Eddie
But he went to Tech. It's the same scenario. He thought the game was over, so he left and didn't watch the end. I mean, and then, boom, they win.
Ray
And how close we were. Guys, I root for my friends teams. You guys all know that. Just kidding. But how close we were to Arkansas going to the national championship? Because next game they're Going to play Auburn's dog crap.
Eddie
And Florida.
Ray
Right. I'm talking about this side of the bracket. So they'll play Florida. Florida's got a guy hurt. Their big guy. And Clayton's the stud. Maybe. Other than that, Florida ain't great. So I honestly think I will say.
Eddie
This Arkansas love about Florida. I've been watching them. They have not impressed me at all.
Ray
Yeah, thanks. ESPN saying, oh, Florida, the most popular pick. Why the tall dude? I don't think he's very good. But Clayton is their most efficient player. He's damn good and he's going to play in the league. I think Arkansas could have beat Florida and then with Michigan State and Ole Miss, say Ole Miss wins. Michigan State dunzo. And then Auburn hasn't been very that impressive. Maserati might be hurt.
Eddie
I hope Maserati hip is okay. I don't know.
Ray
Hip pointer. So you're talking in Auburn, Arkansas. I think Arkansas could have gone the national championship. We dodged bullet. I got to go, man.
Eddie
Really?
Ray
Well, I think we might. But I'm just saying if we're looking.
Eddie
Ahead, I'm going to tell you what though.
Ray
Bones almost had a national championship.
Eddie
You know what? I'm ready for Alabama. Duke is going to be unbucked.
Ray
Freaking put up 113 points, dude.
Eddie
When did I don't bet.
Ray
When did the overhead. At halftime.
Eddie
Hey, what is happening? Here's my thing. Not only them, duke put up 100, Arizona put up 94. I mean, there were points out the wazoo.
Ray
I warned my dad about this. I said, I know you've just been watching Big Ten, Michigan State putting up 60 a game, but there's teams out there that are rocking a hundred. Now, just FYI, when you put on one of these games, it's going to look like a track meet.
Eddie
Dude, Alabama, they said they didn't even have to make a two pointer and they had won the game.
Ray
Well, and look at. Because of all the threes. Look at the stats. The only efficient guy was Sears. He played a damn good game. He was high 20s, which efficiency wise is through the roof.
Eddie
And Nelson, can you please shave the mustache? Dude, you look like a creeper. You look like an absolute pedo.
Ray
Guys, look at the numbers. ESPN is not going to tell you the only efficient player was Sears, which is cause for concern. I think Duke rolls. I don't know the line, but Duke will win.
Eddie
I'm going to tell you this right now, though.
Ray
Sorry, Brownlee.
Eddie
Duke looks awesome. They are. I didn't realize. Knoppel. Knoppel nipple.
Ray
Caniple.
Eddie
Canipple. I didn't realize how big he was. I should have paid more attention. I thought he was like 6:2. The dude's like 6:8.
Ray
And they have the main. James is huge proctologist.
Eddie
The big guy down low is 712. He is a monster.
Ray
And Cooper Flag is next level.
Eddie
He's.
Ray
He's a skinny Luca dude.
Eddie
That is so crazy. It is so Cooper Flag is really good.
Ray
Glad he's back. He's to the league right after this, supposedly.
Eddie
What if he comes back? This is what I want to see. I would love for this dude. Maybe they don't win the national title. Hopefully they don't win the national title. Please, no. Duke win the national title.
Ray
Oh, their side of the bracket, they got it covered. Houston ain't stopping them. Purdue ain't stopping them. The other stuff is crap. I mean, sorry, I love the Vols, but you can. Balls, please.
Eddie
Here's my thing.
Ray
Duke goes the national championship. Do they beat Auburn or not? Is the question I would love.
Eddie
Unless the spurs get the number one pick, then I do not want any of this to happen.
Ray
Then we want Wimby.
Eddie
Then we want Wimby and Cooper. But what I am saying is I would love for Duke to lose. And this freshman who's the overall number one pick, no doubt. Like he's going to be number one to say, you know what?
Ray
I don't know. Bite your tongue when you're talking to me. Watch out for that kid out of Wisconsin, Tanjay.
Eddie
Stop.
Ray
I just threw a name out there.
Eddie
He's good, though. But he's not.
Ray
What about Jace Richardson? Jason Richardson's son?
Eddie
Stop. Stop. What about Hunter Dickinson?
Ray
What is he doing? Is he done?
Eddie
Dude, he's dead. Like, he signed with Costco. And he is. He is. He is. He is a manager in training, okay? He's in the MIT program. Not. Not mit, the school. MIT Manager in training.
Ray
I don't care what he said. He played good final game.
Eddie
Stop. He did not. I turnover. No, that cost us. He had an efficient game. You can't have an efficient game if you don't score a point in the second half. You can't be efficient if you give up five offensive rebounds. You are not efficient. You. You're a bum. You're an absolute freaking bum.
Ray
But anyway, what's your point about the draft?
Eddie
Spurs? I would love Cooper Flag to be like, you know what? I want to win a ship. I didn't win a ship. I'm coming back. He has that hunger that desire that losing doesn't sit well with him, that the money can wait. He's going to make plenty of money in college. So wait a year and come back and play college basketball. That would be phenomenal.
Ray
But the worry is Arizona just got some big guys. Duke won't be the best team. They just got the brawny kid and they got another stomach.
Eddie
Let me tell you about Arizona. I'm never going to trust Arizona. They never. Every year I pick them, they never do it.
Ray
Who's the stud? The guy kid they just got out of high school.
Eddie
Pete or Po Po Petite. I don't know. I have no idea. But phenomenal game, Duke. Alabama is going to be fantastic. I love watching Alabama because they just run non stop. They do not slowly dribbled up the court. It doesn't matter. They just come out. Run, run, run, run, run. Duke better be in shape because they're going to be running.
Ray
Thanks for that, Auburn. Duke. That's all you need to know. We got to take a break.
Eddie
We'll take a break. We'll be right back.
Ray
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Dr. Joy
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Ray
Like making sure they've got the right gear for writing. Knee pads.
Eddie
Check.
Ray
And helmet.
Dr. Joy
Done. See you, dad.
Ray
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Eddie
Teenager and the content they can see.
Dr. Joy
Sonoro and iHeart's Mike Kultura podcast Network present the Setup, a new romantic comedy podcast starring Harvey Guillen and Christian Navarro. The setup follows a lonely museum curator searching for love. But when the perfect man walks into his life.
Ray
Well, I guess I'm saying I like you, you like me.
Dr. Joy
He actually is too good to be true.
Ray
This is a con.
Eddie
I'm conning you to get the gelato painting. We could do this together.
Dr. Joy
To pull off this heist, they'll have to get close and jump into the deep end together. That's a huge leap, Fernando, don't you think?
Ray
After you, Chulito.
Dr. Joy
But love is the biggest risk they'll ever take.
Eddie
Fernando is never going to love you.
Ray
As much as he loves this job. Chulito, that painting is ours.
Dr. Joy
Listen to the setup as part of the Mike Cultura Podcast Network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Lunchbox
Hey, y'all, it's your girl, Cheekies. And I'm back with a brand new season of your favorite podcast, Cheekies and Chill. I'll be sharing even more personal stories with you guys. And I know a lot of people are gonna Attack me.
Eddie
Why?
Lunchbox
Are you gonna go visit your dad? Your mom wouldn't be okay with it. I'm gonna tell you guys right now. I know my mother and I know my mom had a very forgiving heart. That is my story on plastic surgery. This is my truth. I think the last time I cried like that was when I lost my mom like that. Like, yelling. I was like, no. I was like, oh. And I thought, what did I do wrong? And as always, you'll get my exclusive take on topics like love, personal growth, health, family ties, and more. And don't forget, I'll also be dishing out my best advice to you on episodes of Dear Cheekies.
Dr. Joy
So my fiance and I have been together for 10 years. In the first two years of being together, I find out he is cheating on me, not only with women, but also with men. What should I do?
Lunchbox
Okay, where do I start? That's not love. He doesn't love you enough. Because if he loved you, he'd be faithful. It's going to be an exciting year, and I hope that you can join me, listen to Cheekies and Chill Season four as part of the My Cultura Podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Ray
This has got to be our last segment.
Eddie
I don't like things dying, Ray, but I'm going to tell you something.
Ray
Well, your mic wasn't on.
Eddie
Do you have any death music?
Ray
Yeah, it's playing.
Eddie
No, you have to have some kind of death music, dude, because.
Ray
Oh, none of it's approved.
Eddie
There has to be some. Any music crime pod.
Ray
Oh, that's all you need to say, anything, dude. This remote doesn't work.
Eddie
Here we go.
Ray
I'm dead serious. It doesn't work. Do you want me to take this remote's batteries?
Eddie
No, because then how are you gonna. Well, you're gonna have to do something to end the.
Ray
It just will never end.
Eddie
Oh, my gosh. I don't even know if you need the death music, but I'm just gonna tell you it's the end of. Wow. All right. You're taking the battery. This is awesome. You are taking the battery out of one mouse, putting it in another mouse. So when you need to end the show, you're going to have to take the battery out of that mouse to put in the other mouse. I don't even know if this death music and what I'm about to say, my prediction even is worth this much, but I'm just going to tell you that we have seen the death. The end of something that we all love is now gone. And it sucks, but it's the absolute truth.
Ray
Okay, we're ready for it, man. I.
Eddie
You got it?
Ray
Yeah, I just have one button that I gotta click.
Eddie
There it is.
Ray
It worked.
Eddie
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children.
Ray
Out of this remote.
Eddie
What is. That's a great idea.
Ray
Yeah, dude.
Eddie
Children of all ages.
Ray
AAA's.
Eddie
Oh. I'm here to announce that we are leaving radio. I'm not leaving radio. But the death. The end of Cinderella. We are never gonna see Cinderella in March Madness again. Thanks to nil. There is going to be no team at the mid major level that stays together four years and has that one shiny moment where they upset three teams in the tournament. Nil Money is too lucrative for them to stay at Hofstra, at Colgate, at San Jose State. Those times are gone. Oral Roberts, they will not have the power to go three rounds deep. Yes, they may win a game like Roberts.
Ray
Just give me a heads up when you're gonna say Roberts. Yeah.
Eddie
Sorry. McNeese State, they won a game this year, but then they got annihilated the second game. Ora Roberts?
Ray
No, the boombox guy. His name's Aura. Oh, Aura.
Eddie
I like him. He's going. He's going to NC State with Will Wade. But the reason is that these teams usually could upset the big guys two, three games in a row is because they've been together for four years and they have that chemistry and they maintained it in the tournament where these other teams are thrown together one year, a bunch of freshmen and they get hot. Now at the end of every year, those mid major guys, they're leaving their program, they're going to big schools. The guy that was on Oakland, I don't even know his name, but he's Townsend. He was on Arizona this year.
Ray
Iona.
Eddie
Iona, they're going somewhere else. If you look at.
Ray
Iona went to another school and then that guy played the school that he used to play on. Clayton. Clayton for Florida is from Iona.
Eddie
Is he? Yeah, that's what I mean. Iona.
Ray
The gay guy. The guy for the Auburn. The Miles Kelly from George Mason?
Eddie
No, not Miles Kelly.
Ray
The other guy.
Eddie
Jabroomi.
Ray
George. No, George Mason. Kelly's from George Mason.
Eddie
Where was Broomy from? I don't know. Oh, my God.
Ray
Broom school. Where?
Eddie
Jaheim Broom. Jaheim Broom. Auburn. Auburn.
Ray
You really should pull up the Facebook post that Brownlee did because it shows all the schools of the starting five in the suite 16 where they started at.
Eddie
Hey, Broom. Played at Morehead. State.
Ray
Hey, look it up on our Facebook. It's all the schools of the Sweet 16 teams where they started at and one of the only ones, Purdue, that has starting five. That all started at Purdue.
Eddie
That's pretty interesting.
Ray
Duke was as well. Was pretty high up there.
Eddie
Yeah, they have to have some transfers, right?
Ray
Yeah, some. But some of the schools, you didn't know which school it was in the sweet 16 because they had that many guys.
Eddie
Can I be honest? When I looked at the graphic, I didn't understand it.
Ray
It took me a minute. That's why I'm statistical season.
Eddie
But that's what I'm saying. I watch like this has been the most chalk boring March madness that we've seen. And it's all. I really believe it's all because of Nil. And when you go look at the transform portal right now, everybody from a small school is in the transfer portal. Not saying that major guys aren't leaving, but it's like, oh, I had 19 points a game at Towson. I'm transferring. I'm out of here.
Ray
The only portal I'm checking out is the dentist portal, you know?
Eddie
Oh, you got a dentist appointment?
Ray
No, I already did. Did my mouth guard come in? Check the portal.
Eddie
Nice.
Ray
People log on.
Eddie
Check your. Your medical portal, dude. Yeah, I got an appointment at CVS today because my sore throat will not go away. This freaking allergies or whatever.
Ray
Hold on, kids, I'm getting in the portal. Oh, dad, you're going to another school radio station. No kids, just a hospital appointment. Getting in the portal. For old people, portals are great.
Eddie
I do.
Ray
I did have Bazer. Her s used to be delayed weeks, months. Now after an appointment, boom, she gets in, she can see her tumor markers, she can see her pressures, white blood cells, red blood cells, all of it instantaneously because of the portal. So the portal is good for that?
Eddie
Yeah. I mean, I got a text like, hey, your. Your results will be available on the portal. Portal dude. And I'm like, check the portal. Check the portal. So I'm going to go portaling too, man. But yeah, it's amazing that the. Cinderella is dead. That is my prediction. After watching this season of March Madness, we will no longer see Cinderella. It's over. Goodbye, have fun.
Ray
And there's no facts on any of this or anything I can source or quote or give you my bibliography. But they've been saying these nil deals, there's really no. I mean, some have documentation. They do, but it's. It's. It's. I guess there's a gray area where some of these kids aren't getting the total amount they were promised from an nil.
Eddie
Well, that's why the guy, the quarterback left u at lv. He wasn't, he wasn't getting his money.
Ray
It's these kids aren't getting all their money because it's some guy at a car dealership with a greasy snake oil salesman shaking a hand and he's not paying all the way.
Eddie
It's wild. It is wild.
Ray
They said they're going to start a bunch of different stuff. They're going to be regulations and parameters.
Eddie
Show me how it is. The wild wild west. How are you going to reign it in? You had to have the rules in place before it started. Now it is just boom. But if I am a coach, if.
Ray
You aura can get holding a boombox, get a deal with BW Threes and make $300,000 quarter of a million more than the players. Yeah, it's a gross world we live in guys. But you know what? I'm here together.
Eddie
I would do this if I am the head coach at Kansas if my name was Bill Self and I'm talking to someone that I'm going to in the transport portal. Whatever I'm going to say, look, I'm going to make them so they need to have contracts like they do in the NBA.
Ray
They do. But there's other stuff I'm sure outside of it. Oh yeah, hey, that, that amounts only 700,000. We'll get you a car.
Eddie
No, no.
Ray
And then you don't specifically say the car. Then you get down there, it's a RAV4.
Eddie
What I'm saying is you are locked in here for two years just like the NBA. You sign a two year deal.
Ray
Did we have a contract for this podcast for years. And then you got you shouting from the rooftops, hey, first thing I'm going to do is sign a contract. Like people do stuff all the time without a contract. You just shake a couple of hands, right?
Eddie
But I'm saying if you don't want them to all transfer out if you want to keep your team together, they all sign a two year deal when they come to your school.
Ray
Genius.
Eddie
That's my philosophy. Cinderella's dead. March Madness this weekend. Baby Box 3 takes the soccer field tomorrow for the first time ever. Tell you all about it. Happy birthday dad. Have a great weekend guys.
Ray
Glad to start all that over again. Glad Major League Baseball is back. It is truly fascinating. I've said it once, I'll say it again. The Dodgers are Going to set the all time win record of 117 wins. They'll tie it. They'll beat it.
Eddie
Are they three and oh yeah, they're.
Ray
Going to have over 118 wins this year. It's going to be the greatest team on turf. Enjoy that. March Madness is phenomenal. Going to be some wacky games tonight. You're probably going to see a Kentucky outdo the Vols. Weird stuff like that. Auburn a huge favorite. Purdue a huge favorite. Houston a huge favorite. Houston plays Purdue.
Eddie
I said I don't know how Purdue is a huge favorite.
Ray
There's going to. There's going to be some weird stuff because thank yesterday it was all 40 point wins.
Eddie
It's Marshall 40 point wins.
Ray
Alabama won by 35.
Eddie
You know what's crazy? BYU didn't even play bad and they got blowed out. Alabama Finn to win it. That is the Alabama squad that I picked to go to the final four. I don't know if they can shoot that well against Duke. Duke is a bunch of long dudes. All their arms are about the length of a car. I am like shocked how big they are. I did not realize Koppel was so big. Didn't realize James was so big. Cannibal. Whatever his name is.
Ray
It literally is knipple.
Eddie
I know.
Ray
Okay.
Eddie
And I literally didn't understand. I keep saying it wrong.
Ray
It's the best name ever. When I heard the announcer said, I said how you ever going to forget that cannibal? The guy's great.
Eddie
Yeah. So I don't know. It's going to be great. I thought last night Texas Tech was great. Arizona made it a game. At the end it was back in edge of your seat drama. It's great. Great basketball. This is high level stuff. Alabama Duke's going to be the game.
Ray
Of the tournament so far and nobody's talking about it. NBA is winding down. You got a couple of weeks left. NHL is winding down. You got a couple weeks.
Eddie
No one cares.
Ray
I do. I do.
Eddie
They're watching NHL?
Ray
Yes. Who?
Eddie
Who's good?
Ray
We have a vested interest. We had the Golden Knights. We had them when they were like in third place. They're now in first. They're fighting for first. And we have the Capitals to be the best team in hockey. They're up by a game. So it's all coming down to these final two weeks or else these futures stuff, you can throw it out the window. Over to you, man.
Eddie
I'm out of here, man. Happy birthday, dad. Love you. And we'll probably FaceTime you tonight. Like I said earlier, dude, is big weekend. Big weekend. But looking like rain coming in tomorrow, isn't it?
Ray
Dude, I've been just chipping off the back patio.
Eddie
How's it looking?
Ray
Good, but I just haven't taken my game to the course.
Eddie
You did that one day.
Ray
But I'm saying I'm snake bit from that.
Eddie
That was that. Hey, that course was a little rough on you. I'm sorry.
Ray
And I saw some dude tweet the other day. I wish I knew who it was. Wish I knew his name. Wish I knew the exact source, bibliography and quoting and citation. Guy said, when you play golf in the wind, it sucks. It totally is a misrepresentation of your golf game.
Eddie
Well, obviously.
Ray
Then why did we play?
Eddie
Well, you don't think the pros play when it's windy outside? They just stop playing because the wind. No, you got to learn to adapt. You got to learn. You got to adjust your game. He had a different shot, but here. We got invited to a bachelor party. Want me to read it real quick?
Ray
Well, yeah. I just switched the remote over, though. I have a battery.
Eddie
What's up, coachers? Me and my boys are coming to Nashville for St. Patty's weekend and was wondering if we could do a podcast with y'all on the 17th or 19th. Yeah, I've been a day one listener since I was 17 years old. I'm now 23, married, and about to be a lawyer. You guys have gotten me through many long nights of studying through school. If not a podcast, a shout out would be amazing. I'll hang up the phone and listen.
Ray
She. She the.
Eddie
The batch daddy. John Bachelor. I just saw this.
Ray
We will see you St. Patty's Day. What is it, 20? 26?
Eddie
I think he meant this year. Man, how did I miss this? Oh, man, my bad. Batch daddy. We should have had you come in on the podcast. Let me see. He said the 17th. What would they that have been? That have been a Monday. He could have come in.
Ray
Dude, Mondays are our worst days. What are you talking about?
Eddie
Or 19th Wednesday. He was here till Wednesday. He could have come on a Wednesday. Oh, man.
Ray
When did the Australian come?
Eddie
I don't know.
Ray
Friday.
Eddie
Sorry, Batch daddy.
Ray
Man, Mackers. Hey, we went to. We did Mackers on a Friday. That's the best day for us is Fridays.
Eddie
Yeah.
Ray
Oh, but we never know our schedule, so there's literally no way that we could even give you a window of when to come in. And I'm pretty sure that we have to co. Let you in at the garage, and then we have to let you in again.
Eddie
Yeah. Batch. Baddie match, Daddy. Sorry about that. But, hey, congratulations on getting married and being a lawyer, dude. I'll let you know when I need to sue someone. All right. Have a good weekend. Why would you do that to me?
Lunchbox
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Eddie
Let's not forget that David Bloom was a professional con artist, so you didn't stand a chance.
Ray
But my dreams soon turned into a Nightmare.
Lunchbox
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Ray
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Dr. Joy
Hey, sis. It's Dr. Joy from Therapy for Black Girls. We've had 400 episodes of Conversations, growth and healing, so we're celebrating. Join us for a special episode with internationally recognized yogi Chelsea Jackson Roberts as she shares wisdom on mindfulness, movement, and motherhood. I waited later to have children, and I still have exactly what I knew that I wanted. You don't want to miss this special episode. Listen to Therapy for black Girls on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
Eddie
I was always around it. Hollywood saved me.
Dr. Joy
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Eddie
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Dr. Joy
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The Bobby Bones Show
Episode Title: SORE LOSERS: Why Are People So Creepy?
Release Date: March 29, 2025
Host: Premiere Networks
Summary:
In this engaging episode of The Bobby Bones Show titled "SORE LOSERS: Why Are People So Creepy?", hosts Ray and Eddie dive into a lively discussion that intertwines sports fervor, parenting anecdotes, and personal reflections. The episode navigates through various topics, offering listeners a blend of humor, insightful observations, and relatable stories.
The episode kicks off with Ray and Eddie experiencing minor technical difficulties with their introductory music, setting a lighthearted tone. Amidst resolving the audio issues, Ray shares a fleeting moment on their Instagram where a picture of Lunchbox and Arnold signing an internship deal was briefly posted before being deleted. This sparks a conversation about the fleeting nature of social media content and the importance of capturing memorable moments.
Ray (02:00): "And, guys, check out the Instagram... but it'll already have been deleted and erased."
Eddie suggests reposting the photo, emphasizing its significance as a milestone in Arnold's journey.
Ray and Eddie transition into their passionate discussion about sports, particularly focusing on basketball and baseball. Eddie expresses his affiliation with the San Antonio Spurs, reminiscing about his college days at the University of Texas at San Antonio and his admiration for the team's first-class organization.
Eddie (02:57): "Everybody liked Jordan and the Bulls in the '90s when they were kids... this is where my heart lies."
The conversation swiftly moves to the Final Four, with Ray confidently predicting that the Los Angeles Dodgers will surpass the Seattle Mariners' record by achieving over 117 wins in Major League Baseball. Eddie counters this with concerns about player injuries, specifically Mookie Betts' health, introducing a critical perspective on Ray's optimistic forecast.
Ray (07:26): "The Dodgers will be the greatest team in the history of Major League Baseball... They can lose 45 games."
Eddie (08:19): "Yeah, you might want to look out. 'Cause Mookie Betts is sick..."
Despite the banter, both hosts display their deep knowledge and enthusiasm for sports, making predictions and analyzing team performances with fervor.
Shifting gears, Ray and Eddie recount their experiences as soccer coaches for their young children, Baby Box 3. Ray reflects on Spring Break, while Eddie shares his strategy to engage the kids by organizing a team meetup aimed at fostering team chemistry. However, their well-intentioned gathering faces unexpected challenges when multiple parents cancel, leaving them with only a handful of kids and an unforeseen homeless individual seeking pizza.
Eddie (14:31): "We got the pizza over there, and this guy comes over and is like, man, I'd really like a piece of pizza."
The hosts navigate the awkward encounter with humor, highlighting the unpredictability of coaching youth sports and the complexities of interacting with unexpected guests. This segment underscores the themes of patience, adaptability, and the occasional unpredictability inherent in parenting and coaching roles.
Delving into personal stories, Ray shares his middle school running experience, illustrating his dedication and the lessons learned from working silently towards personal goals.
Ray (10:25): "And so I went out, got top 10, got a trophy."
Eddie chimes in with reflections on parental gifts, expressing his evolving perspective on meaningful versus superficial presents. The conversation touches on the significance of heartfelt gifts over materialistic ones, emphasizing genuine connections over mere appearances.
Eddie (37:15): "I thought you were about to say, when's the last time he hammered your mom?"
Both hosts explore themes of familial relationships, personal growth, and the importance of meaningful interactions, adding depth to the episode beyond the surface-level banter.
As March Madness heats up, Ray and Eddie immerse themselves in detailed analysis of ongoing basketball games, highlighting key plays, player performances, and strategic decisions. Ray offers a statistical theory on how teams can overcome significant point deficits through consecutive three-pointers, drawing parallels to gambling strategies.
Ray (43:41): "All you need is five consecutive possessions. And in gambling, five rolls, five blackjack hands. That's how you win it big."
Eddie critiques player decisions and coaching strategies, particularly focusing on Arkansas' loss and the inefficacy of certain player choices under pressure.
Eddie (46:20): "They gave it to him both times. Davis was their best player. Wagner dribble straight down, didn't look for a single pass..."
The hosts' passionate discourse provides listeners with in-depth sports insights, peppered with personal opinions and humorous critiques, reflecting their deep engagement with the games.
The conversation shifts to the broader implications of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals on March Madness, with Eddie expressing skepticism about the sustainability of "Cinderella" teams—underdogs achieving unexpected success—due to the lucrative opportunities that lead players to transfer schools.
Eddie (62:32): "It was a couple of weeks left... there's a gray area where some of these kids aren't getting the total amount they were promised from an NIL."
Ray agrees, discussing potential regulatory measures to control the chaos introduced by NIL deals, suggesting that stricter contracts could preserve team chemistry and competition integrity.
Ray (65:06): "If you don't want them to all transfer out if you want to keep your team together, they all sign a two-year deal when they come to your school."
This segment highlights the intersection of sports, business, and ethics, offering listeners a thought-provoking look at how external factors are reshaping traditional sports dynamics.
As the episode nears its end, Ray and Eddie wrap up their discussions with final thoughts on ongoing sports seasons, maintaining their characteristic humor and camaraderie. They reflect on past experiences, share last-minute predictions, and acknowledge the continuous evolution of both their personal lives and the sporting landscapes they passionately follow.
Ray (66:36): "The Dodgers are going to have over 118 wins this year. It's going to be the greatest team on turf."
Eddie (67:01): "Cinderella's dead. March Madness this weekend. Baby Box 3 takes the soccer field tomorrow for the first time ever."
Their closing remarks reiterate the episode’s blend of sports enthusiasm and personal storytelling, leaving listeners with a sense of anticipation for future episodes and the ongoing narratives in both the sports world and their personal lives.
Notable Quotes:
Conclusion:
"SORE LOSERS: Why Are People So Creepy?" offers a multifaceted exploration of sports passion, parenting challenges, and personal growth, all delivered with the hosts' trademark humor and candidness. By weaving together sports analysis with relatable personal stories, Ray and Eddie create a rich and engaging narrative that resonates with both sports enthusiasts and listeners seeking authentic, heartfelt conversation.