Almost Athletes with Dude Perfect - Millennial vs Gen Z Guess The Athlete Game + Dude Perfect CEO BTS Secrets

Episode Date: April 1, 2026

Graham and Jackson join Sparky and Garrett to kick things off, diving straight into all the March Madness action and locking in their national champion predictions. Then they hit the opening week of MLB action, NFL referee negotiations and the wild Almost Sport of Ostrich Racing. And then our main event: A Millennial vs. Gen Z showdown in a “Guess the Athlete” game. Later, Dude Perfect CEO Andrew Yaffe joins the show to break down his career before DP, leaving the NBA and joining one of the biggest sports entertainment brands in the world. He shares behind-the-scenes insight into DP World, gives an update on the plan for a Dude Perfect Theme Park and the Dudes quiz him on his Texas knowledge. If you’ve got a question, hot take, or your own Almost Athlete moment, head to AlmostAthletes.com or call [phone]. Presented by Intuit Turbo Tax. Learn more at https://turbotax.intuit.com/?cid=bn_wk_12 Get started for free by visiting http://zapier.com/AA Head to http://shadyrays.com/ and use code: ALMOST for 40% OFF 2 or more polarized sunglasses. 00:00 Graham & Jackson Introduction 01:15 March Madness Updates & Champion Predictions 10:21 MLB Opening Week Recap 18:10 NFL Ref Negotiations 27:20 Almost Sports: Ostrich Racing 32:14 Millennial Vs Gen Z: Guess The Athlete Game 49:27 DP Announcements 53:39 DP CEO Andrew Yaffe Intro 55:07 Duke’s Greatest Basketball Teams 58:20 Andrew Talks His Time At The NBA 01:04:03 Why He Wanted To Be DP CEO 01:07:17 The Dudes & Andrew Share Big Announcement 01:18:01 How Texas Are You? Game 01:27:23 Andrew’s Almost Athlete Moment 01:29:58 2-Minute Warning What to do now: 1. Smash that LIKE button 2. Hit SUBSCRIBE so you never miss a DP podcast moment 3. Drop a comment with who YOU want to see on Almost Athletes next! Subscribe for more! ‪https://www.youtube.com/@almostathletes • • • • Almost Athletes with Dude Perfect is (almost) a sports podcast. Tune in weekly to hear the dudes’ hottest sports takes, great debates, interviews with your favorite athletes and entertainers, and hilarious BTS from all things Dude Perfect. New episodes drop every Wednesday. Follow along on all platforms. Listen to the pod on your morning commute or wherever it finds you: Apple: - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almost-athletes-with-dude-perfect/id1834502483 Spotify: - https://open.spotify.com/show/55gaQm31JIbp6td7QtYsPU?si=6423db3118ac497f Follow Almost Athletes to keep up with the Dudes!: https://www.instagram.com/almostathletes https://www.tiktok.com/@almostathletes https://x.com/almostathletes_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You can ask, is he playing the NFC West? Okay. Graham, do you know what the NFC West is? You have to wait for it. No, I can say, I can say, you set me up wrong. He plays for the AFC. Welcome to Almost Athletes with Dude Perfect, A Wave Original. Follow the show on all social media at Almost Athletes.

Like and subscribe to us on YouTube or listen and subscribe or ever get your podcast. We're your host. I'm Garrett. I'm Spark. And we got, unfortunately, for you guys, Graham and Jackson, the guys are out of town again. So welcome. Thank you. Yeah, glad to be the sub.

Yeah, absolutely, dude. Y'all are the third alternate. So, you know, that's something. Well, hey, that's up from four. Yeah. Always looking up, dude. Sixth minute of the year. I'll take it.

Coming up on today's app, since Jackson and Gramer here, we're going to have a millennial versus Gen Z face off testing our sports knowledge. We're going to check in the first week of MLB action and hopefully last longer than my boy Paul Skeins did in his first outing. We're bringing on the CEO of Dude Perfect. That's right. The head honcho himself, Andrew Yaffe. But first, let's talk about the madness.

That was March. So I'm going to go ahead and say it. Some, uh, Tennessee, Tennessee, they, uh. Is that where you want to start Tennessee? No, I don't. That game's not worth any of our time. Yeah. Actually.

That was a Michigan manhandle. I feel like Duke got robbed. I'm going to go ahead and say it. Yes. And here's why. A self-induced rob. They self-induced robbed, but during that craziness, Dan Hurley, head-budded, a referee. You got to be pretty psycho, and I think he falls just in that category.

He's psychotic, man. That is an automatic. He beef-checked him is what we call that. It's an automatic technical foul, which would have put Duke on the free throw line. Sure, but also put that ref in witness protection if he calls that tea. But it's a T though. I don't disagree. This is like, this is, again.

If that's a regular season game, Again, like, I'm not trying to argue for Duke. Actually, don't care about Duke. I think it's funny that, you know, our CEO's a Duke grader. That's going to be a tough combo today. You know, I don't even care about that. What I care about, again, is consistency. And you cannot let the moment dictate a call.

I don't, you just can't do that. That's not fair to the game. You see that a lot. It's not fair to those kids either. That's a common theme in sport. It is. You remember the missed PI call in the playoff game, Ram Saints very much was a too big of a moment, you know,

type situation. It should have been called. That should have been. I'm with you. A technical foul. Like, I mean, I hate to say it. It was just emotion got the best of them. And, you know, Duke still would have had to go down to make two free throws in a crazy, very emotional situation. Not saying it would have been, but like at the end of the day, that was the right call. To piggyback that, I'm going to sound a lot like you. It absolutely irks me. Pet peeve of mine is when a officiating crew calls a game a certain way for one half and then, completely night and day. All of a sudden, the hand checks a foul.

Just be consistent as a ref. If you're going to let them play early, let them play late and vice versa. So we see the same on that. But what a clutch shot by the kid. I'll tell you what, a freshman, an 18-year-old hitting that shot. Poetic, too, that he's from the state of Indiana.

Final four, Indie. So he took that special, man. You know, my question is, where does this shot land in like all-time March Madness moments? Because it's a one versus a two-see, two blue bloods, Elite 8, you know. It was a good game. It's a great question.

The best way to go about that is think of the shots that are maybe a tad bigger than that. It's a short list. Jordan Poole. Jordan Pools, possibly. But even that was, I don't think that was to go to the Elite 8. No, the Villanova went to win the champion. Chris Jenkins for the championship, I think, is the all-timer. Yeah, for sure. What's funny is Christian Leitner's shot that he hit was against Yukon.

For sure. 36 years ago. So this one felt like 36 years in the making payback. Totally. I do feel for the kid because it was 10 seconds on the dot you could just run it out and take a turnover

and the time's out. Did you see what he saw though? Caden Boozer? I did see what he saw. Nobody's in the front court. But again, but again,

no need. You got two people on you. You just run around. I'm with you. Either he has to get it off quick with some air to get over the top of it or head fake bounce pass

something. I'm just saying if he makes that pass into the front court nobody's there. We're not talking about oh should he have passed the ball? Can he literally not just take a back court violation?

You can't. They haven't even established in the front court yet. So, I mean, yeah, it was 10 seconds on the dot. Worst, you could take the 10 second violation and you're leaving them, what, point four? Was it 10 on the dot? It was 10 on the dot, dude. I feel, that's where my heart goes. I sympathize for the kid who turned it over a little more than the kid who made it.

But what a game. What a great shot, though. What a great shot. It was a half quarter, basically. I mean, it's a long-point comeback, which I believe is the biggest March comeback against a one-seed ever. They were down 19 at one point. And the other one-seed, Michigan. looks the part.

It's such a bummer to me that Michigan and Arizona, they play similar style basketball. Two Titans, man. And I hate that they're the elite. I wish you could kind of reseed a little bit in the final four. You feel like that's the de facto national championship at this point? I do. Illinois does have some good size,

but I don't see either one of those teams beating a Michigan or Arizona. I agree. I agree. I agree. I think the champion's going to be Arizona or Michigan. There was somebody in the comments this week who mentioned that we needed to eat crow, if Illinois beat Houston and so I'll admit

Illinois and the Big Ten in general has had a special go of it I think the Illinois got more than a fighting chance now that they're there They're going to have the home crowd You have to have luck to kind of win Some sports and Illinois Illinois lucked out

I mean at the end of the day It was a huge Huge get for them Because I'm not sure Illinois Takes down that Florida team If they're playing good I agree Fun Michigan stat.

They are, I believe, the sixth team to go at least four tournament games of scoring 90 plus. Yeah. They've scored 90 plus in every game. Still have possibly two more games left. This game right here against Arizona, I think the first to 100 may win. Michigan also beat Gonzaga by 40 this year. Michigan is so good. I actually saw that they're already tweeting to Jalen Rose about like which Michigan team is better.

you know, the 89 or this team. And, you know, if they went, if they, if Michigan wins the national championship, they have an argument that this is the greatest Michigan team of all time. Without a doubt. That team never, never finished the mission, the Fab Five squads, never won at all. Yeah, what a tournament. And I want to shout out Dusty May, who I think, you know, you always try to final four of Florida Atlantic, which is incredible.

But you always try to find the John Woodens before they happen. I think that guy, we're going to look up in 20 years and he's going to be, have quite the resume. Okay, so now that we know who is in the men's final four, I've been horrible at this. Brackett started off well early and it's been atrocious late. So whoever I pick is not going to win it. Who would you'll pick?

I would pick, I actually don't know. I think Illinois is playing really good and Yukon's surviving right now. So I'd go Illinois versus Arizona. Illinois versus Arizona, okay. I actually think it's going to be Yukon versus Arizona. Okay. I'm not huge on Illinois right now. I think they've kind of like...

But Yukon is like surviving. I know. I know. I know. We could see an all Big Ten final if it's Illinois, Michigan. That'd be pretty crazy. That would be kind of cool. That would be kind of cool to have a Big Ten final. They deserve it, dude. They were good all year.

Big Ten was good all year. All year. All year. And they've showed out in the tournament. Granbo, what about you? Probably Michigan, Yukon. Okay. And what about you, Sparks?

Yeah. I mean, if Yukon does it, that would be three out of four first time since the 70s, UCLA, speaking of John Wood. And that would be incredible, officially a dynasty if they not already considered one. Yeah, give me Yukon. I think Yukon does it again. Really? And give me Michigan

Yukon final with Michigan winning the final. Cool. That would be my guess. Yeah, I just hope for good games. A couple of these last games have been just kind of blowouts. Are we cool with like how chalky it is?

Do you all feel like your march is a little subdued when you don't have that Iowa? That's where I started cheering for the Hawkeyes big time because I just wanted to Cinderella. And they had a chance to beat Illinois. They did. They did. So Texas had a chance to beat Purdue.

Yeah. They were an 11 seed. and they were, now they would have gotten absolutely smoked by Arizona. Like Purdue got smoked by Arizona. It might be one of those things you're thankful. You didn't get to this point. They would have got to the elite as an 11 seed,

which is pretty good. Yeah. And even Purdue had the halftime lead on Zona and looked like they were in a prime position to, you know. Yeah. I don't remember. I just saw a thing about the most expensive college teams.

I'm not sure. I wonder who that is. is. Most Kentucky was up there. I think it's Arkansas is actually number one, aren't they? I think it is Arkansas. Based on 2025, 26, NIL data, Indiana, Tennessee, Zona and BYU are among the highest spending. Okay. Exceeding 7 to 10 million. That is insane amount of money they're pouring in to these college programs. 32 mil for Indiana. That's 9 mil more than Tennessee. Other than Michigan, like you're seeing like it, yeah, I mean, Arizona, you can pay your way there. Yeah, how bad do you feel if you're... Pay to win. The Hoosiers right now.

Hoosiers kind of had a... Well, you got your football title, so the sting is a little less. But, man, when you spend nine more mill and you don't even make the tournament, ooh, folks in Assembly Hall, they're thankful they have their football title. Did you see... Speaking of Indiana, do you see Signetti blasts that new transfer from Michigan State for wearing gold cleats at practice? No way.

Man, he's a tough coach. He's a national champion. Yeah, he is. You watch any women's? Yes. Yes. My champion's still there. Yeah, you took the horns. No, I took Yukon.

You did take Yukon. You threw a late audible at the line of scrimmage. That's right. A couple teams can double dip. We talked about the old Gloria's double dip, which hadn't happened since Florida, I believe Jared cooled up, but you got what, Michigan and Yukon, both still in it from the ladies and men's side. Yeah.

What a fun time to be a fan of those programs, huh? Well, okay, enough about basketball. It was opening week, M-O-B, baby. Yeah, it was. Do you know the first time ever it lined up on my birthday? Opening day was on my B-day. Yeah. special. It's like the MLB did that for me.

So I want to shout out Rob Manfred and all the higher-ups there at Major League Baseball for doing that. What a gift for them? Yeah. Really generous. It's fun though. Fun start to the season. We took two out of three in Philly, which is awesome. The Rangers off to a hot start. I'll say one of my favorite things so far that I've learned

is Mason Miller's walkout song this year is electric. What is it? It's electric. Corn. It ain't corn, the light show and all that. Oh, dude. It is one of the greatest. It's a lot.

electric walkout song. I think the coolest walkout I've ever seen was Bryce Harper's living in a big blue world and then he just walks out Grand Slam. Just an incredible walkout.

It's a vibe. But where is this for the starting pitchers? You know, I saw a couple starting pitchers say, where don't we get a little walkout? Starting pitchers, that's actually a great point. They need the starting pitchers should have a walkout like this

and get the crowd so hyped. Anyways, go watch the video if you haven't seen it, it's ESPN. Unbelievable. It would make you feel like you can throw your fastball 95, just from watching it. 105 from Miller. Yeah, man, maybe 115 after that entrance. But, yeah, Rangers. Rangers off to a hot star.

How about the Angels, baby? They look, you know, pretty good. Yeah, Trout dipping back in the time machine. He was like a 13th round pick in my fantasy baseball draft. Happy I claimed him. If you're a fan of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado, Rocky, San Francisco Giants, the athletics or the Chicago White Sox, not a great weekend for you. You're 0 and 3. And you know who's 3-0 though? Miami Marlins.

Isn't that shocking? With those teal jerseys. I was about to say their Sunday teals might be the best uniform in Major League Baseball going right now. Those things are sharp looking. Fun baseball games, man. I mean, you got the Brewers coming back from like eight runs down. Yep. A couple walk-offs have been like a couple walk-offs. And then- They're doing well. So it was just a fun way. I'm just glad baseball. This is why I feel like this end of March, early April is the best time in sports. It's pretty peak, dude. And we haven't even talked Masters, and that's going to be too week, baby.

But you're like, you're getting ready for NHL playoffs, you're getting ready for NBA, you got the Masters, you got baseball season. Sports overload. It is. You got LPGA cooking. I was three monitored up this weekend. Yeah. You have to be.

At this time, that's why it's the best sports time, man. It is. Our boy, Paul Skeins did run into some trouble, though, man. He couldn't get out of the first inning. Granted, his defense behind him was lacking. That was, yeah, it was O'Neill's fault, dude. Uh, catch a fly ball, bro. That's your job.

Yeah. Couldn't get out of the first, though. Tough pill to swallow. Luckily, Paul should make many, many, many of more starts this year. Sometimes you need that to kind of lock back in a little bit. Yeah, see your ERA is 67 and a half. He just went from the World Baseball Classic to this. And, you know, it's just...

There's a lot going on. A lot going on. And Livy Dunn was on Baywatch. Yeah, he's got to, you know, text Livy back too. Ah, it's tough luck. I can't wait to cook you guys in this knowledge-based sports game we're about to play because... Yeah. We're a little one-handed two.

I don't got that much in the 10. It's one. Before we get there, there's a debate. On X, Zach By said, I can't believe I'm even going to ask this, but we're having a split debate behind the scenes at the station. If the Denver Broncos played the Colorado Rockies, 162 times, would the football players win a single game? And the answer is absolutely, you would win multiple games. You think so? I would say, zero.

Multiple games. Yeah, zero. I don't think they win. I actually go nine games. I would actually go as far to say one of my least favorite hypotheticals is like would Alabama beat the Cleveland Browns and it's not even a six touchdown game

I think that's closer than this You just think because pitching pitching alone Well it's like are they fresh every single game Like 162 games is that Like a regular season? It's a regular season I don't think they win one gear I'm gonna be really honest with you fully transparent

I think there's a guy on the on the Broncos that was drafted for baseball that can pitch and win you a game That would be the only way is if the Broncos had somebody that was a baseballer, specifically a pitcher that could somehow go out there and give up. Throw a complete game. Yeah. Give up one run and you score two off two bombs.

Boom, done. I'm actually surprised 34% of people said, yes, they win one. I think this is, like, there's no way. I think the Bama debate against the Browns is a closer game than this. I agree. That's good, though. What about you flip the sports? No.

Oh, no. Even worse. Even worse. Football wins every time. Colorado Rockies won a football game against the Denver Broncos? Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. That's really early.

No. There's a higher chance. I'm CEO of this company. What about the most mental sport? Other than golf? What do you think the most mental is? I think it's a taxing sport. Is that a sport?

I wouldn't consider that a sport. I think baseball is the most. There's a lot going on. You can get in your head way more in baseball than like a football game or. Baseball, there's a lot of moving parts of that. I think the normal fan doesn't see. Dude, you're off a. millisecond and with your swing, everything's off.

Yeah, you also have that quick to realize whether it's a breaking ball or a fastball. And I'm saying when you're that, when you're off just by a hair, you're done. You look foolish. You're too early. You're too late. Can't catch up. And you're looking like Josh Young right now from the Rangers. It's bad, dude.

Hitless and 12 at batts this series. What about tennis? He needs to go down, by the way. Can we talk about it? Mental? No, it's too early. Too early. Okay.

I like to give a month in baseball before I even evaluate numbers. Why shouldn't be a GM. think I'm too quick to decisions. You'd be cutting people day one. Get out of here, dude. First it bad. Strike out looking. You're gone.

He's like, brother, that's our 11 times shortstop. I don't care. I don't care. What about ABS? So I was under the impression each batter had two. They only have two as a club.

So it's really... That made more sense. And I like that because I was too scared. They was throwing an e-break on the game. I was going with it was two as a thing. And I was like, dude, why aren't these guys challenging? But with it two as a club,

you really have to be selective in your timing. that um does not look great what's his name c b bckner oh c buchner's been struggling for years did you not see it was like five back-to-back pitches well like he had five challenges or something this weekend they're all went against them that was like angel hernandez in the playoff game a couple years ago missed like three straight calls at first base which is always a tough look you hate to be that that's a tough look yeah but the biggest ovations in cincinnati were the back-to-back

uh-ohenio suarez at bats where they were just off the plate and they reviewed back-to-back crowds going crazy was the one that, was he the Venezuelan that beat us? Yeah, I think he was on that Venezuelan team. Sure, so I think the ump was out to get him a couple times, unfairly. But I'm in, I'm in on replay man, and baseball's like America's pastime where I'm all into the old,

well, old ways, sparks. I want to let you know, I haven't given up. I haven't given up hope. Bregman's on, Bregman's on Chicago Cubs. Let's go film, let's go get Bregman on the pod. Let's catch a fly ball at Wrigley. and let's eat their new food

accomplished three things for almost athletes, dude, in Chicago. And then we go play Chicago Golf Club. Oh, what a day. And then do a tour show by night. Yeah. That's beautiful.

I was looking at our tour schedule and trying to look at the baseball games. The teams, I'm like, if there's a day game, if there's a matinee, maybe I can take Mitt, pre-show, go out there

and just hang out and left field. The deed will get done eventually. I'll go to enough big league games where eventually I'm going to catch me a foul ball. But I don't want to just be a foul ball. If I sit out and left center and catch a home run ball, just a ball that was in play at some point needs to end up in my hands. You've never even caught a home run ball.

And BP I have, but then not like once it's play ball game on in the actual game. Oh, even I've done the home run ball. Really? Oh, yeah. Back when I was a kid. All right. Should we talk about NFL ref negotiations?

Oh, should you? I'm scared your blood pressure. So the NFL starting to hire and train replacement reps in case they can't come to a deal with the refs union. The NFL is a list of college rest that they had been recruiting. According to the owners, the refs have resisted performance and accountability measures. How much worse can replacement reps be? Ooh, I don't know if we want to know the answer to that.

I don't either. It's kind of like what Greg Sanky says for the SEC reps are like, dude, these are the best rest. And you're like, are they? What's worse than this? You know? Little leaguers, little league games. You've seen that firsthand.

I got to say, dude. I can't even believe it. and start the whole show with this, bro. 8 a.m. Saturday morning. Kids have a soccer game. The weather in Texas is not friendly, dude. It's windy. It feels like 25 degrees.

It's chilly. They start off so slow. Versa team that, you know, they challenge, they barely beat this team last year, but his team should not be challenging these kids. And it's just, it's just grueling. First half, it's one, one. It's miserable. I'm sitting there like,

so mad at my kids. Like, dude, pick it up, bro. Like, I'm not freezing out here for nothing. You regretting even, yeah, having kids in the first place. I cannot wait to have a kid. The other team? Wow. Project In Boppe. Why? That kid is gonna

I'm gonna strictly soccer. You're not doing anything else. No friends. No phone. No nothing. Just straight soccer. And if you're not like top 10 in the nation by high school, I got a deal on you. Whoa. This is

why you're never going to get kids dude uh but uh the other team half time switch goalies and his kid comes out and we're starting to play better whatever and our backline guy he passes it out and i mean it looked like i was playing fifa you know when you play fita and you're like that aggressor who's like you're hitting the x button always slide dacklin studs up six six second dude six seconds after the ball's gone our defender back line passes the ball out and this goalie who is now their striker I mean leaps what I feel like is a five-yard leap studs up takes our defender out dude takes it out nothing nothing a absolute Brexit call that ref had plans and I literally I look I'm trying to be better

and I it was that it was a situation of the weather that my team's performance. I didn't hold back. I didn't hold back. And I actually feel, I mean, it's just ridiculous. If you don't nip that stuff in the bud,

there's no dip that if I go tell my kid to my kid to go do that to another kid, you cannot call it. You cannot call it. Because the precedent had been set at that point. The president has been set. It is a horrible refereeing. Again, I do not care what league age,

whatever you are. You are signing up for that job. You got to take ownership in it. And what do you know? about 10 minutes later Dang, my boy, he did. This kid goes, fouls again.

I'm like, this, this kid's got to go, dude. It's got to be a red card. You got to get this kid out of the field, man. Nobody wants to issue the red in a little league game, but sometimes you have to. Sometimes you have to. Just like the Yukon refs. Sometimes you got to call the tech

that you don't want to do and you'll deal with it because at the end of the day, people are going to come up and after they're kind of, get all, let their emotions out in everybody. You know what? That was the right call. I hate to say it, but you made the right call. So safe to say you're not offering up your services to the NFL as a replacement ref?

No, that's my whole thing about, give me a call. You guys know my number. Roger, if you need a replacement ref for a couple weeks, hit me up, dude. That's kind of electric. Think of a least desirable job. It's like politician ref. Bro, I do not want to be the one over the center, dude, and get smoked by a linebacker, dude. That's another aspect of a fuel job.

You're the field judge in an NFL game. Dude, I mean, I've watched. You got to know where to go. You got to know where to go because that, Drew Breeze, you know, I remember so many times. Like, Drew Breeze, like, Josh Allen does it sometimes, too. He kind of uses the referee a little bit. And he'll, like, have his receiver kind of run off the ref and throw it right behind the ref. And you're like, dude, that's brilliant.

But, man, that defender's coming and he ain't watched. You see some things. I mean, look at hockey, too. The NFL ref, yeah. Same way. We were just at a game. We saw a ref. Yeah, the hockey one that we,

just saw where the ref got a... We saw a Starz game recently and one of the refs took it in the arm. Yeah, he was shaking it. Yeah, they're tough. I think maybe the most underrated one's baseball. Since you, the Little League IG one where I was crying, laughing, where he takes three to the...

Oh, yeah. Yeah. He was just on his knees. Some of those baseball guys... Like a pitch? Do you think, though? It's all tip. I mean, you can see it from the jump from college athletes to the NFL. Is it the same for referees?

I think so. Is it that much different for the quickness of it? Yeah, I do. Like, you can't take the best SEC ref and go, like, go insert one week. I think it's going to be bad. I think so, too. I think if you're casual. As much as I bash the refs, I think they are the best you can get, unfortunately.

I think to the non-casuals, the replacement refs won't make that big of a difference. But if you're watching every Sunday, if you're dialed seatbelt on with Scott Hansen riding for seven hours, you're going to see some pretty bad officiating at times. Dude, I miss Scott so much. He'll be back. I texted him. I wish we had a ref for our office, dude. Like today.

Dude, I was sick. What a fun social that'd be. Yeah, that'd be. Tyler just, we have these like meals provided for the five of us now. And Ty went to Wisconsin today. And he took one bite, dude. One bite. Sorry, Amy.

I know. It's disgusting. Amy's our CPA. She's not going to be happy about that. One bite. And then leaves it on the table. And just to paint the picture. The sandwich is so big.

That's a 15-yard penalty minimum. Like, he's the refs throwing the flag on that. We need to have like kangaroo court, something like that. That would be so funny to have a referee to just come and like, ref the office for a day. Yeah, that's a tech. That's a tech. Is that a tech?

I think it's a tech. Dude, the sandwich was this big. And it was oily too. I got the oil on my hands. He literally grabs it, takes one bite. He's like, man, this is good. I got to go. Like, dude, what are we doing here?

Yeah. Yeah. He's a yellow guard. Dude, that's going to, let's do it. Let's get a referee in our office just to start, like, refereeing our daily interactions. I saw Jones left for lunch about seven minutes early, too. I thought that was time wasting. Yellow, dude.

Or we'll the yellow shirt today. That's so good. How much more efficient would the work day be if you had a referee watching you? Yeah. 10 second violation. What are the penalties? I don't know. We got to come up with penalties.

That's funny. But if you had like, and then, yeah, again, if you like get two yellows and you're out. You get suspended pay for a day, dude. Yeah. They just take your money. It's the opposite of PTO. You have to come, but you won't get paid. That's what happens. Dude. The referee is sitting outside the bathroom door for the people that like to squat on the toilet a little bit too long, you know, on the company time.

That's good. Yeah. You go in there. You're counting down. You're like, hey, I already heard you, I already heard you wipe in there. Get out. You leave the cappuccino machine dirty. That's a penalty. Yeah. I think we got something going on. We'll go talk to HR next. Maybe we'll have Lindsay our head of HR on and maybe talk to her on live on the pod. She can't really, once you're live, dude, you kind of have to say what you, you know, can't get around it, kind of corner her in there. Truth comes out. Yeah. So who here in the office is going to be the biggest villain. Ty would, he would be up there. I mean, because flashbangs are straight red. Yeah.

When he issues a flashbang on a Friday to the edit team, I mean, he's getting sent out. Yeah, immediately. Probably Tyler. Three game ban right off the bat. Cody Jones would, I think, rack up some penalties as the year he goes on. We leave a lot of body armor water half drank around our office. That is true. Well, we're on a shortage. We're on the great drought of 26. Dude, I saw that we're on the great drought of 26.

Yeah. Shout out body armor. It does send them to my door. Those made it to my door, though. They did make some ideas. Yeah. Y'all are getting deliveries to your home. Dude, the almost athlete.

How can we, how can we indulge in some of that? I can give you some alkaline water. Thanks, dude. And I get a 24-pack. You can have two or three. Yes. Six or seven, what you would say? That's great.

Let's, I'm going to give you guys that initiative for later. Y'all go try to find us a referee. I'm sure, I'm sure. That'd be a banger intern real. Andrew, Andrew actually, is about to be on the show. We can talk to them live about making a higher. He knows about, reffing and sports leagues. I mean, Jackson, I can put in a little time.

Yeah, let us. We've got the jerseys. Yeah, let us walk around and I see Luke Mayer, instead of doing work, he's hitting there, sitting dry script and protein, tech, tech them up. Pick them up. I love that. I think y'all would epitomize almost refs. So that's a good pivot point.

Because I want to talk almost sports. Yes. I've got an almost sport today, boys. That's going to be a jaw drop. Thank you, man. Yeah. Transition defense wins ball games. Oh, ostrich racing, man.

I don't know where this happens. Oh, my goodness. Do you see him fall off? Look, similar to horse racing, but with less control due to the bird's unpredictable nature. Is he wearing a polo? What are we doing here, most? Jackson and Graham.

This is exactly why we brought you here because guess where we're going next. Are we actually going? You guys are doing it. Hey, wait. Are we actually doing this? Graham and Jackson are going to Austin race. I actually want to do that.

Can we actually do this? Oh yeah, we're going to do it, dude. Don't you worry? Me and Sparky, Sparks, who are you going to take? Jackson or Graham? Can I see a little bit of training first? Oh, wait. I need to drop.

I would probably pick Jackson. I think so too. He's lighter. Wait, where we got to drop 15 pounds. Dude, they go fast. I'm kind of scared. Oh, so. I've done this before on.

Fantasy Factory way back in the day. You've done this before? With Rob Deerdeck, dude. It's such a funny episode. His cousin's drama and Big Cat did it. Boys, start training now. What do you train for? You have to be 150 pounds or less. Okay, I'm gonna drop 15. I actually think I need to gain 5 pounds.

Yeah, I'm 165 right now. I could drop it, give me. I'm 145 right now. Give me a, regardless, regardless, at least Jackson's doing it. I want to see Graham cut weight for this. Yeah, dude. I honestly, how committed to the big are you, Graham? This is like so much fun.

This is like tying the bull riding, you know? Yeah, a little different. I would argue better. It's a little bit. Would you guys say this is a sport? I think you got to kind of have to be an athlete for this. I mean, to say horseback riding. Like, horseback riding, it's difficult.

Like, it takes it out of you. It takes courage, too. You got to have strong buttocks too. Yeah. Squeezeability. Yeah. I low-key want to become the go of the sport. Dude, you don't want to.

Who's the goat of this? You don't know them. But you can know me, though. Yeah, dude. You don't want to get run over by an ostrich. It's probably some little guy, though. Like, when you think about... Dude, hey, hey, hold on, hold on.

Rewind a second. Rewind a second. These guys aren't under $150,000. That's what I was going to say. There's some chakers, but they're falling off. They might have some special, like, plus-sized birds, I think. Okay, we need to get a plus-side bird for you, right? We need a plus...

Yeah. Jackson and I, the other day, actually, I saw an ostrich, IRL. And it was hit... It was hitting a little dance. Oh, was it? It was hitting, like, the... I think it was like their... dating dance or something, but

alright, so if you guys had to... Pull up a video of the dancing ostrich. Race a horse, an ostrich, or ride a bull. Which one are you going with? Definitely not bull. Yeah, I enjoy my life a little bit. Yeah. But I feel like the clickability on that video is not as fun as an ostrich.

Oh, see, I'm not accounting. Yeah, look at him. They hit that little move. Oh. Hey. That's actually... Yo. That's cool.

If I hit that at the function, It's kind of like a dugie. Like literally every girl is flocking to me, bro. Flock. I get it. Oh my gosh. Like a bird. We got referees in the office and we got ostrich racing.

I got wait. Where is it going to be? You guys know what that is? Yeah, where is it? Where is it? Job security. Is that international? Jobs security.

Osteris happening? It's like, it's in Kansas and Texas. Oh, yeah. I'm from Kansas. Home turf. Oh, you're going back home. Home field advantage. I'm now taking their hands.

Wow. In the ostrich rates. Dude, I'm pumped for you boys. That's going to be fun. I'll go. I'll just support y'all. Shall we transition to the millennial? Is this the millennial versus Gen Z game?

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Welcome back to Almost Athletes. Time to Gameify this bad boy. We're going to play a little game to test our sports knowledge. but we're going to do it in a unique way. One of us, starting with Jackson, is going to wear a headband with a picture of a famous athlete or sports figure. The person wearing the picture

gets to ask us questions about the athlete to figure out who it is. And then it's the next person's turn to wear the headband. So, let's do it, dude. Jackson, go ahead and headband up, brother. And Jackson's-e-see. These are yes or no questions.

I look good. Yeah, you look great, dude. For those of you watching or listening back home, Jackson has picked Shaquille O'Neal. Can I ask, like, what sport? Just yes or no questions. Okay. Is it a male? Yes.

Yeah. Okay. That's one. Is he over six foot? Yes. Mm-hmm. Is he over six, five? Yes.

Yes. That's three questions. You get a maximum of 20, by the way. Okay. Does he play basketball? Yes. He does. Okay.

Did. Okay. So he's retired. You probably should have told me that. Yeah. Dang. Is he African American? Yes.

Okay. Doesn't really much. You have 15 more questions. You're in a really good place right now. Does he play in the Eastern Conference? or did he play in the Eastern Conference? Yes. Did he play in college?

Yes. Okay. Is he known for like playing in college or is he more known for NBA? That's not a yes or no question, James. Yeah, that's right. Good rebuttal, gee. Okay, ignore that one. Did he recently retire, like in the last like two to three years?

No. No. Really? Okay, I might be cooked. Still have 12 questions. Let me get there. Hang on. Let me get there, boy. Okay, does he play point guard? No.

No. Does he play center? Yes. Okay. I think I have it. All right. Let me hear it. Hang on. Let me just ask one more. All right. Did he play for the Lakers? Yes. Shaquille O'Neal.

Give me that. No Lakers, of course. Lakers. Take a look at the picture. Eleven. I go, boy. That's a good good. That's going to be tough to beat.

Eleven. Yeah, okay. I feel like Shaq's pretty automatic, though. Like if they're all on this fame level, like if you get Rosie O'Donnell, that's gonna take, require a couple of questions. This is just sports,

though, right? Or no? It's in the sports category. Okay. Oh, yeah. I know who that is. Oh,

gosh. Dude, that makes it better. That makes it easier. You're like, oh, yeah, I can do it. Good, guys?

Yeah. For those listening and watching, Garrett has been given Rob Grunkowski. Does this person still play professional sports? No. Graham,

why did you say that? I got excited. I got excited. Don't let Graham answer. He didn't finish the question. I just got excited. Sorry. No, he does not.

No. Thank you. Oh my. Wow. Did this person play baseball? No. No. Is that only two questions?

Yeah. Don't ask all at once, Garrett. Did this person play basketball? No. Did he play for the National Football League? Yes. Play for the National Football League? No, yeah.

Okay. Yeah, sure. Retired National Football League. Does this person have any records in the NFL League? NFL? Yes. I, yeah.

Somewhere. Yeah. Yeah. I think so. Bro, sorry. No ball. Cool, dude. Was this person

on the offensive side of the ball? Yes, yes. Was he on the defensive side of the ball? He did one play. I remember he did play defense one time.

He's kind of known for it too. That's kind of more than a yes, no question and answer? Sorry. Yeah, you're right. That's all me. He just got to. excited, you know? That's seven questions?

I have four left, dude. So you know he's an NFLer. You know he's an offensive side of the football. And he's retired. And he's retired. What do we say is our max number of questions? 20, but Jackson already got 11, dude. I only have four. I see. How about this?

Stop, Jackson. Have you tried thinking about just locking in? Gee whiz, dude. Let me lock. Let me cook for a second. It has records, but it wouldn't be a quarterback because he would know he has a record. Does this person play a wide receiver?

No. Kind of. I mean, there's definitely formations. Formations where the person played wide out, but not his natural position. Running back, retired. This person played for the Dallas Cowboys? Never.

Okay, two left. You really got to think about your question here because you've got to dial it in on this question. I know, bro. I know. Offensive side of the ball has records. played one play defensively. I think the one play that's being talked about was actually maybe offense turned to defense.

Like there was a turnover on the play. We're thinking about the Miami game, right? Did this person play for the Patriots? Yes. Is this person white? Yes. Okay, that's my last question. I got to make a guess.

Is it Rob Grunkowski? No! No! It's wrong. I love it. Nice. It's grong. Dude, I knew I sold myself short whenever I brought up Miami.

Did that help you at all? Did it? No, I was, I knew when I said, when you had to think about maybe a thing, it couldn't be a quarterback. Like a record. Well, whenever you were saying running back,

I was like, this boy's cooked. This boy's cooked. Gromk, baby, let's go. That's a good pool. Really good pool. Grimbo. I didn't get cooked by Gin Zier, baby. I can't wait.

I feel good about that. Hey, you're going to have a lot of questions. To keep Graham, no way he gets this. If you get it within 20, I'll actually be surprised. For those watching and listening back home, Graham has picked Danica Patrick. If he gets this inside of 20 questions, I'll give him a hundred bucks. It's just a toughie, especially for you, Graham Crack. You're never getting this.

If G-crack gets this, dude, I would be stunned. I don't even think Cody can. look at it. Cody might even be able to look at the picture and not get it. Cody Jones would get it. Yes, he would. Well, you just gave me a little hint. You said Cody Jones. So I'm going to guess is this in the racing category. Yes. And I still don't think you get it. At this point, now it's just like start ripping out any... Rip it, dude. Dale Earnhardt. No, that's two. That's a question. Who said that it was NASCAR, dude? Is it NASCAR? Yes. That doesn't help me. I know. It's a bad question then.

Lightning McQueen? I don't know. Great guess. No. No. I'm trying to think of racers. I can't believe Lightning McQueen was the second race. Lightning McQueen and like Talladega Knights is like all I know. I'm surprised you know Talladega. Is he white? No. No. No? Yes. Yes. Yes. Well, is that. Flaw with the question.

Yeah, there's a flaw with the question. Oh, wait. Like, I can't ask that. No. It's just a flawed question. It's unanswerable. What does that even mean? It means that part of your premise is wrong. Yes. Is it a girl? Yes. A female, a female racer.

You're cooked, buddy. You're cooked. Go ahead and give up. I'm not getting this. Do you know who this is? Yes, but I would never in a million years be able to guess this. I need to start. Okay, I need to rethink how I'm doing this.

I need to think of like letters now. Letters. Does her name start with a D? Yes. Okay, because I feel like I've heard. of a female with a D name. Yo, you might get this. I'm like low-key, kind of mad right now.

I'm nervous. How many questions am I? You got three left. Yeah, you're at eight. You're doing well. If you get this faster than me, I'll walk off. Diana? Duh. Hey, ask a question, brother. Debra? Ask a question. I don't have a question.

Just ask, is it Deborah? Is it Deborah? No. Oh, that doesn't help. Okay, wait. I only have two left. Yeah. Okay. You gotta ask questions to get there though. You could have two million.

I don't think I need to ask questions. You have to. Or a guess is a question. Dude. Locking it on the D first try is nuts. Because I feel like I've heard of a D racer female. You have. You've definitely.

She's everywhere. Everywhere? Everywhere, dude. And she's not Dale Earnhardt. No. Dale Earnhardt's not she. Delilah. No.

But you still have nine. Or, was it 25 or 20? I don't think I'm going to get this. I think you should now. take the paper off, look at it and tell me if you know, because I still think you won't know. I have no idea who this is. Danica.

Danica is right. Last name? No idea. We have, we have, I will give you this. We have her last name working in the office as a first name. Danica Patrick? There you go. Oh my gosh.

The go daddy.com commercials. I mean, I got it there eventually after I saw her name. And we gifted you that with the NASCAR right off the bat with Cody. Yeah. All right, Sparks. Hey, let's show these little youngins. For those watching and listening back home, Sparky has picked Kevin Garnett. Woo!

This actually gets me jazz, dude. You got this. You feel it in your bones, dude. You already know. Is it Lance Armstrong? Oh, gosh. I like that. Is it a man?

Yes. Did this person play one of the main four American sports? Yes. Does this person still play? No. One of the main... Okay. So a retired main four sporter.

Does this person play baseball? No. Is this person play football? football? No. Does this person play basketball? Yes. That I just burned three of them right there. That was a quick burn. You got four left. Does this person still work within the league, whether it's like a... Low-key L question, dude. I'm not going to lie. Bad question? That was a bad question. Well, he asked it, bro. You have to say yes or no. Don't answer it. I'll let you take it back.

It's not a good question. Yeah, I feel like it does. If the person's either a front office coach or on TV. Okay. Is this person in the basketball Hall of Fame? I don't know. I got to look that up. Look it up for me. So we got a fringe Hall of Famer. Yes. In the Basketball Hall of Fame? Yes.

Did this person predominantly play in the Western Conference? Yeah. Yeah. I think so. Did this person retire in the last 10 years? Yes. Is this person Caucasian? No.

I'm going to throw one off the hip here and just hope that I can tie both G and J. Is my basketball player Vince Carter? No, but not a bad guess. That is a bad guess. because Toronto is not Western. Oh, yeah, fair. That was a terrible guess.

Wow, that was a really bad guess. Now that I can't get 11, I'm just trying to get it sub-20. Is this person American? Yes. Was this person's last stop in the Western Conference? No.

Interesting. Well, technically, yes, but I mean... This person ever played for the San Antonio Spurs? No. It's a clear miss here you're not thinking of. Does this person work in television? Yes. Because I think I know

this is? Who is it? If you guess... Did he play for the Minnesota Timberwolves at some point? Is it Kevin Garnett? It is. It is. I should have asked, did he go to college? That would have been a dead giveaway. He said no, and it would have been like Dwight Howard or KG. All right. That's a tough one. It is tough. So we have a tie... Do we want to do a tiebreaker? I want to do one. All right, I'll go first.

For our tiebreaker, Garrett has been given Ken Griffey Jr. Jackson has been given Joe Burrow. Listen to my question. Does my person play a professional sport? No. Okay. Jackson? Oh, okay.

That's a good question. Okay. Does my person play a professional sport? Yes. Yes. Is my person retired from a professional sport?

Yes. NFL? Yes. It's my person working TV. Not to my knowledge. Okay. Is my person a quarterback? Yes.

You're cooking right now, dude. You're cooking, dude. You're cooking, bro. Did my person play in the NFL? No. Okay, Spark, you have to ask you this question. No, you have to ask Graham now. I have to?

Yeah. Graham, do you know what the NFC is? Yes, he's in the NFC. Dude, I'm in my bag. I'm low-key unstoppable. Okay. Jackson, you got to cool down for a second, dude. Dude, this is...

Gen Z's coming hot on the heels of the millennials right now. Cool down for a second, dude, right? We got this, G. One question at a time. We'll piece it together. You're always good at puzzles, too. Did my person play basketball? No, not professionally.

Oh, he's not even. It's okay. We're trimming. Like great clips. He's getting a little trim. Okay, I just need to know, I just need to know NFC West or NFC East. You can ask, is he playing NFC West?

Okay. Graham, do you know what the NFC West is? Do you know who the teams are? He doesn't. That's what I'm saying. And then it's a bad question. It's a bad question. question.

Yeah. If you're, if you're, if you're a person that know how to answer. Yeah,

and you have to wait for it. You have to wait for it. No, I can say, I can say, no. You set me up wrong.

He plays for the AFC. Dude, ask you. Patrick Mahomes. No. Oh, I thought I,

oh. My person playing the MLB that I already asked that. No, he hasn't, but yes, he, he,

retired MLB, yep. Okay. Was this person just in the playoffs. You can look it up. I need you to look it up. I need you to look it up. As he's

looking at up, I'll go ahead and ask a question. Was this a pitcher? No. I've got Goo Goo Goo ready. Google ready. Googly. Google ready. Google. Gaga. Justin Fields. No. He's trying to lead you a straight.

You have to. You have to. Not try to go. Dude, did you not just hear I mess up on the AFC thing? And he was gaslighting you. Is this a record holder MLB player? So is he a Hitter, like a record hitter?

Yeah. Like holds records for hitting an M.O.B. He said yes. He said yes. Go, Jackson. Shoot your shot, LeTwin. Shoot your shot, dude. Bonix.

No. Wait, no, he was a good guess. That's a good guess. That's an awful guess because he was in the playoffs. I don't know why I guessed that. Yeah, he was tearing it up to until he got injured. Did he play for the San Francisco Giants? No.

Golly, dude. Got this, dude. Come on, dude. You're breathing. You're making my heart rate so high right now, dude. Just get there. I'm right there. I feel it.

That's such an easy one compared to me. That is true. Okay. Is this person on just a really bad team? That's a subjective question, Jackson. Like, if you think about this team, yeah, and you're like,

they're not, yeah, it's a good team. Okay, my question now. Is my person Caucasian? No. Is this,

is like a top 10 QB in the list? Yes. It is? Okay, that's your question. It's like, Sure. Like you think he's top 10? Yeah. Oh, wait. Wait. I got it.

You already asked a question. It's my turn to ask one more. Correct. Right now, you know it's a baseball player that's not a pitcher. Yeah. That's retired. Not on TV. That has some records. You're fried, bro. I mean, that's a large. That is tough. Did he play in the outfield? Yes. Okay, there. That's his question. That's my question. So I have to make a guess after you make a guess.

I'm just go for it. Burrow. Yes. Give me that. That's too easy. That's actually too easy. I mean, I guess I'll just make a guess. Is it Torrey Hunter?

No, you're in the right direction there. King Griffey Jr. Yep. Yep. Such a layup. Give me one more verse Jackson. I can't handle losing. Dude, I'm fine.

You know what? No, I'm done. The kid. Dude, my boy got just... Dude, so easy. And then he said he was a... He played on a... mid-team? I mean, I don't know, dude.

That was actually a bad answer from you. Bro. And then straight off the bat, he goes, dude, I don't you have to look at my phone, bro? Like, in the C. Well, y'all like, clarifying it. I was sitting there. I was trying to know to. And Jared ruined it for us, man.

Oh, I was still going to do that. Hey, game recognized game though, dude. Maybe you didn't know ball. Job boys. This kid doesn't, though. Dude. Gugu was off limits. It's okay. I didn't claim to. I didn't claim to.

Dude, next time we play that game, because I wouldn't have known half the questions you asked about Kevin Garnett. Like, I didn't know he got inducted in the Hall of Fame already. And I didn't know he was on TV. Dirk, I think. Yeah, he's doing the podcast, the area 51 or 41. I didn't know either of those. And I didn't know how long because I was like, dude, he played on Celtics for quite a while. And that's.

Brooklyn, too. And Nets. But then he went back to Minnesota. God, that would have been tough. The Rock would have been tough. Yeah, these are some good ones. Rock. Oh, Romo?

And I pulled Ken Griffey, the kid. That's on me, though. How do I not go? That would have been good. Well, that was fun, dude. Should we hit some announcements before we kick y'all out? Why don't you give it to them, dude?

Yeah, I go. All right, boys. Squad games tour starts in three months. Couldn't be more excited. What? When you're giving like an announcements, dude, that says couldn't be more excited and you sound like you're asleep.

Okay. You ready? Let's cook, dude. Squad game? store starts in three months. I couldn't. Be more excited. There you go. I hope you already see the dudes go head to head against

some crazy talented squads. Check out dudeperfect.com slash tour for tickets and keep a close eye on our socials the next couple of weeks for full for the full guest squad announcements. I'm like sweating right now. I don't really I appreciate you telling the people the announcements and realizing that, it's a tough job.

It is tough. It's a tough job when Ty gets up there and just rips a four paragraph for by memory. Dude's talented, man. He has to look way easier than it is. So anyways, if you didn't understand anything Jackson said, we're going on tour, baby. Sparky, me, the rest of the dudes, unfortunately Jackson as well. Maybe Graham. I don't know. Dudeperfect.com slash tour for tickets, dude. We would love to see you out there on the road with us. We're going to be competing against some sick squads. We're going to be announcing that. I think April 10th. April 10th is the date. So be on the lookout for those.

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Let's cut right to it, Andrew. Least favorite dude. I'm just happy that it's small. means people are actually working at ice parks. Yeah, they are. Yeah, you've voted the question, though. Yeah. Who's not here?

No, yeah. It's, it's, it is one of the favorite questions we ask fans, least favorite dude. Because, you know, we always ask like the favorite dude and, you know, you're going to get your Tyler's. Sure.

98% of the time. I love when you catch the occasional kid who no hesitates when you ask you your least favorite dude. He's like, Cody, obviously. Yeah, like, right. Dude, it's, it's, it's, when we first started doing this,

it kind of was like, oh, dude, like, why are you taking shots to me? And then it just got to be like, dude, that's funny,

man. Like, sweet, we enjoy it. So anyways, it's Cody. My least favorite is, uh, honestly,

Echie was my favorite at a different moment. A different time. It can all be your least favorite at different moments. That's right. Exactly. Depends what I need to get done.

You know, it's hit me with that and I'm like, well, one day of the week. Well, you forgot to mention, he has a Duke alone,

dude. Yeah, we got to go right into it. Fresh off. Yeah, this was not my favorite weekend. I'm Big Duke basketball fan, and we had a great 39 minutes and 55 seconds, but couldn't close. Well, I wouldn't say it was a great 39 minutes, 55 seconds. I mean, you did blow a 19-point lead.

Let's just, that takes time. We did. We did. So I saw us that earlier today that Duke lost three games this year, total of five points. And in the second half, we led by at least, we led for at least 18 minutes and 30 seconds in three of those games. That's crazy. makes the steam worse. Out of the absolute super teams

that Duke has assembled over the years, which one do you think is the most surprising that didn't get it done? It's a great question. That's a phenomenal question, actually. The team, I mean last year,

with Cooper Flagg and Continental, it's a great squad. I mean, you look at it, and they had, you know, a couple other picks. The whole team was playing in the NBA this season. That one could have,

up six in the final minute. They should have closed out. Houston last year. Yep. The Zion team with RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish. That was an amazing squad too. I mean, that team was stacked.

Yeah, that team was, that team was dominant. They couldn't get it done either. So there have been a few over the last few years. A lot of talent. A few fewer championships than we'd like. But that's okay.

It's always next year. And then, always next year. When do we start questioning John Shire, big game ability? I think, I think Coach Shire, be in the lab this offseason, trying to figure out why we have blown three 15-point leads

or four 15-point leads in big games over the last two years. We need to figure that out. So we're not quite at the point. I mean, guys, I think something like 70 and 7 over the last two years, three ACC titles in his first four years. So we're not, we're not questioning them too hard just yet, but we've got to figure this out. I mean, look, Dallas Stars went to three Western Conference finals. Guy had an ultimate end. We fired DeBoer. Look, there's going to be a time where, like,

you don't make the final four with these teams and these rosters that are going to cost you $20 million, man. Yeah. Like Hubert? This is... Hubert getting the ass. Hubert got got.

He would never fit U.N.C. for me. Really? He didn't fit, like, the vibe. But, I got a question. That's enough on Duke, I guess. You know? I'll cry myself to sleep. There's always next year, man.

What year did you graduate, Duke? 2008. How many points per game did you average? 0.00 and I know. I was actually, I was a manager. I walked in the first day. I didn't know this. For one day. I walked in my freshman year, fall. And I was like, I want to be a manager on the basketball team. Like basketball's everything here. I walked in the first training. They were like, you need to give everything to this program all day Saturday, all day Sunday, wear a suit, show up at 5 a.m. if we ask you, I turned right around and walked out. And I was like, that's not for me. I'll go, I'll go work for the newspaper. You're like, I could see myself

fitting in with the camera crazy. Yeah, that's a little better. Yeah, there's your way. If there's any footage of Yafi with the student section, but I would love to see you paint it up, court side. That would be fun. No comment. You worked for the NFL officiating department.

I did. It was actually my first job. Do I need to sit in between? Yeah, this is. I didn't know that. In the interview, that was held for me. That would have been a doc on you for sure. Smart played by Andrew.

Yeah, I kept that one in my back pocket before. So what were you doing there? This was very early in my career. I was cleaning the supply closet. I was mailing officials, their uniforms, and penalty flags. Have you ever, did you ever miss a shipment? Not to my knowledge. Wow, what a stressful job, dude.

I was good at what I did. Yeah, and actually, I was so good at it that they promoted me to game observer, which meant that every Sunday I got to go in, they paid me 50 bucks, they fed me pizza, and I got to watch a football game. literally the best job. Sorry. Better than CEO, dude, perfect. Best job I will ever have.

Look, I'm not, you know, you got to get yourself a better negotiator. $50 in a box of pizza? I was 17. It doesn't matter. Those things are like, those things are like, four hours.

Dude, that's a, I mean, look, minimal wages, is, I get it, but man, dude. Getting paid to do something you were going to do anyway

is, that's as good as a guess. So, did you have to wash the, No, no, no, no, no. This was pre-season. So they actually have to like, once they have their uniform, they have it. Yeah. Okay, it doesn't come back. I, this, not to my knowledge. Okay. Yeah. All right. Any chance you, uh, replacement ref throw your name in the hat? You know,

I thought about it. When I worked there, they talked to me about like, hey, wanting to get involved in the training. Similar to the manager thing, though, it was like, that sounds like a lot of work. They're not. Every Saturday, every Sunday. They're about to go on strike here. And I was thinking maybe, you know, I probably, it might be my time to get into the game. Oh, yeah, they need, they need better refs. And I'm telling you what, dude, if Dan Hurley comes and head butts me, he's not just getting dejected. I'm throwing assault charges on the guy.

You know, ref needs to take this seriously, man. You ask what I do with dude, perfect. I would make some content about Gary becoming a row. Without that, I think we all would watch. Okay, so now fast forward from 17. We do the ref stuff. What transpired after that? Uh, worked a few, went to Duke after that, worked a few different places, ended up at the NBA, uh, spent

pretty, I've heard of them. Yeah, it was a fun place to work, spent almost, uh, 15 years there total, uh, led before I came here was leading all social and digital content for the league. So over us our YouTube and our app and our streaming service, documentary films, all sorts of fun stuff. Any favorite story from behind the scenes with your time in the NBA? Um, so many. What can I What can I say? Can you legally say? Medan World Peace, jumping in the stands? No, I wasn't there.

I wasn't there for that, thankfully. Yeah. One, actually, when I start, right when I started the NBA, I got to go to the 2011 All-Star game. 2011, good year. Great year. Or 2012, 2011, 2012, a long time ago. Los Angeles, this was the dunk contest where Blake Griffin jumped over a car. Yeah, Kia.

And my job was to be a seat filler. And so whenever a celebrity had to get up, go to the bathroom, do whatever they needed to do, I went down, sat court side, got to sit in their seat. So for the dunk contest, I was sitting, front row directly under the basket, Blake Griffin coming right at me, Javelle McGee dunked on two baskets right in front of me.

That was the coolest. Like another moment you can't talk. Dude, this is so fascinating because I know my next hire. I got to get a seat filler for the meeting. dude. That's good. A seat filler for the media. I got to get one, man.

I need it. Hey, dude. Sorry, I'm going to bounce out of here, but we go fill the seat for me, dude. Company's not paying for that just so, you know. Well, yeah, we can make some budget adjustments. I'll tell you what? Seat filler, that's a dangerous job, though. I'd be liable to be like, oh, did you see the Blake Griffin dunk?

X-lax's in their drink trying to make that bathroom stay a little longer. I can fill this seat. That's pretty crazy. Yeah, once I sat down, I didn't get up. So you started as, did you start as like a media person? Like low in media guy? I started doing ticket pricing. So I was like a data nerd looking at how much tickets were priced.

Before AI, dude. This was a long time ago. Yeah, there was barely computers. And so I was trying to figure out how both increase and decrease tickets. And from there went into the media side of the business after that. And then when you went to the media side, obviously you just built up like ever so often you got that next job, that next job. before you're running, how are many people?

Yeah, when I left, I was running, it was about 350 people on my team. So this is tiny compared to what the NBA has going on over there. About 70. 70 plus. Something like that. Good speed limit here in Texas, 70 something. I don't even know a couple people walking around the office, man.

I can't even imagine 300. Yeah, I'm going to come clean. There was a 7 brew person. And I was like, we haven't met yet. I'm sorry, I thought they were on our team. They're like, well, we're so happy to be here with 7 brew. And I was like, that's right. Yeah, you are.

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. We haven't gotten quite to name tags for all employees yet, but we're thinking about it. I don't know what year total at the NBA. You would have been getting some minutes with the NICS. I'm sure that was coming down the line. It was, dude. Close.

That's like the 25-year mark. Yeah, yeah. They let you give you an honorary. It's like senior night. They like let you go out there for a minute just to earn it. But when I started the NBA was insanity as a Knicks fan, which was another great memory of getting a go. That gave every kid in America hope that, hey, you know what? I could do that.

Yeah. The Ivy League kid. Yeah. Yeah. So do we come looking for you or are you looking around? How does that work? A little bit of both. Okay, a little bit of both.

Yeah. I mean, I'm not asking for a friend. You might not remember this. We were at an event and the twins, the five of you were there and I was there. It was a YouTube event. Yeah, I remember, dude. The twins came up to me and just started walking me through a presentation on Dude Perfect World.

And I was like, well, this is something. and we had a long, we probably spent 45 minutes together in the green room and I was like, oh, these guys, these guys have their act together. Wow. They put it on a facade. Good job, boys.

Good job, twins. Twins did a good pitch session. Like six months later, got a call from a headhunter and put two and two together and came on down to Frisco. It was 108 degrees. We shot a video outside.

You had to be thinking. That was one of the stereotypes videos. It was, yeah, with the, with the, at the Rough Riders. Yeah, that we shot at the Ruff Riders. Yeah. And it was hot. And if I survived that, I figured if I can do August, then Frisco, I can do, I can do the rest of the year. I'm just questioning why a headhunter hasn't called me yet.

I was wondering why I didn't get an email back when I put my name in the hat for CEO. Britain. Brother Nature was all about it. He was running the campaign. Yeah. And one Christmas party, I was like, man, I've got this in the bag. Yoffie, blindsided me. I think we're both in the right roles.

Yeah. You think so? Fair? Fair? Yeah. Yeah. So what was it that ultimately made you, obviously you were really seemed happy at the NBA, you were crushing it, elevating up the ladder? What was it about Dude Perfect that was so gravitating that you felt the need to get up and move? Yeah, I mean, one is just a fun place to work. Like, and not just saying that because I get to hang out with you guys in this comfortable podcast studio. The people here are awesome. What we're trying to accomplish is awesome.

the idea that we're building something new and different. Like, I love that, right? Like, totally. The NBA is great, but whether I was there or whether I left, the NBA is still going to be there. Here, we're building something new and different and exciting. And every day, we're adding something to, that Dude Perfect has never done before.

And that's just an incredibly fun mission. You know, we've been talking a lot about how, like, if we were going to wrap what Dude Perfect tries to do into a mantra, it'd be to inspire play. And I'm a dad. I've got a seven-year-old and almost five-year-old

and they're big DP fans. And the idea that I, every day, can go to work and do something that gets them to want to get off the couch and go try, hang out in our driveway and try a trick shot or go in the outdoors. It's really exciting and is really meaningful to me.

And so that's a fun place to show up and it's a meaningful place to show up. I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but the inspire play, just be careful with that. You personally, the kid's all good. That feels like a soft tissue injury

waiting to happen at this point. Yeah, I'm, Achilles these days for us, man. I tore a calf muscle playing golf. So, yeah, I'm past, I'm past my play days. That's pretty almost athletey. Yeah, it is on a long list

of almost athlete moments for me. Obviously, you mentioned it earlier. Dude Perfect World. Want to give the peeps a little update? Yeah, we've kind of left them hanging on that. Yeah, I do. I always say the idea of a theme park is sort of the North Star of our vision, right? Like, but like I, you know, it was just saying I think we love when we get kids out and doing something.

So we're cooking up something here at Dude Perfect that might not be at the scale of a full theme park, but it... Not yet, yeah. Not yet. But it's going to get kids to go to a place and get to try things that they've been watching for years in the videos. Yeah. And that'll be everything from throwing balls to, uh, potentially throwing through things to hitting. Uh, and there'll be more to come on it.

Uh, but we're spending a lot of time here. Dudes, the business team, uh, figuring out exactly where it'll be. Uh, but we'll have something to announce really soon that we're excited about. Very cool. I look forward to that. So yeah. Anyways, we got the book. Operate, uh, dude perfect and panda.

The first one's Operation Trich Shot comes on May 12th. We got squad games tour. Yep, whole new concept. With the squads getting announced April 10th. Yeah, so look for that. That's a big one. Yeah, we got Trickshot. We're calling it Trickshot Town.

I don't know what it's going to be called yet, but that's going to be exciting. We are going to launch maybe a Christmas little thing locally. Yeah. So we got some fun plans. And more to come. And more to come. And I just hope now I hope now I just keep my Achilles, dude, through it all, you know. Yeah, I feel.

Well, it's got to stay seated as much as possible. Yeah, that's what we got you. Squad game store is, you know, it's, uh, it's tough. Um, but yeah, there's a question on here. Are there plans to replace the dudes with robots? I sure hope so. I'd take a robot Cody version over just the normal version. I would take a robot.

Me, I can make it, I can make it more, uh, you know, I don't know. I just am injured all the time now. I can't even run three miles without getting injured anymore. That's a problem, Gary. It's brutal, dude. So you, so you're not going to do the, marathon with me? No, I'm going to still going. I'm still going. I actually have to run tonight. I'm trying to get him to do the New York marathon with me. Look with that. He's trying to kill

me, dude. See this guy? It's for content. It's a big life insurance policy. I'll say that. If I, if I dine that marathon, dude, that's company money just for, yeah, I know. That's what I'm saying. You want to stage it. Golly. 13th mile, you just pass out. All right, well, let's talk about the fun hitters here. Look, we just got done with some year-end reviews here at DP. First time ever, by the way. Yeah. That was, I even got reviews. My, in, go ahead. It was with Kevin and Lindsay, both awesome people. I was more nerve wreck.

My nerves were jumping up and down way more than like a tour show of 15,000 people. And I said that to him, and they laughed out loud. But it's the honest, to goodness, truth. That was new territory for us. Well, I hope I'm not spoiling anything. Spark, you got a pretty good review at one. So we're happy for him. Guys, yeah, I can't even say mine.

Mine was a little. Garrett Lessso. Yeah, I got work to do. But see, that's the thing, though. This is why you do it. He's why you do it. You need to work on. Need feedback.

But here's the deal. We hired a bunch of young kids, some 18, some 19, some 20s. How's the Gen Z adapt in the corporate life? I told Jackson. Jackson, I think, is probably the king of our Gen Z employees. And when he came to me with the idea of starting a DP interns channel. Oh, that was his idea.

Oh, yeah. First thing I said to him was like, Jackson, if I understand what it is you're talking about, probably means you're doing something wrong. And he has lived... He has lived up to it because I have no idea what he's talking about. He made me...

And it's getting 10 million views video and I'll take it. He made me do this one today, which I have to ask and he makes fun of me. He's like, dude, I am sick and tired of describing trends to you. And I'm like, bro, like I... And it was like, dude, I'm gonna say

Travis Scott is dead. I'm like, okay? But he's not, right? And he's like, no, no, no. He's totally alive and fine. But he's like, you're going to act like who's Travis Scott? And then when I say the Fortnite guy,

you're going to freak out. And that was the whole real today. That's a tough sale. Yeah. Sounds like it's going to, it's going to crush. Do you know what I'm talking about, Susie? It does feel like you guys are being asked to do things

and you have no idea why. We have no idea. Oh, yeah, but I think that's part of the charm. It is part of the charm. It's like it's funnier because it's clear. Garrett has no idea what that is about. I will say this for 16 and a half years

or however long until Judah came. Dude, our social guy, which was us for a long time. It was Chad Coleman. They couldn't pay me to do some of the stuff. Judah has made me do the last two weeks. And everyone's like, dude, what's happened to you?

And I'm like, I don't know, dude. He just came to here and telling me to cook, dude. He's selling me on it. It is tough, though. It reminds me of, like, going over and trying to teach my mom a Roku and how to, like, go about that. That's pretty similar with the interim sometimes. Yeah.

Well, yeah, okay. I mean, Gen Z, they're the future of our company, so. So they're, like, fitting in, well the corporate life, you'd say. I think they're doing a great job for what we asked them to do. He doesn't know exactly what they're doing. Again, if I knew what they were, yeah, if I knew what they were doing, we'd have a problem. I don't think you want to be in this job for 20 years, so I have the ability to say this.

I think if I had to put it, if I was a betting man here, dude, dude, I think Graham might be CEO of dude perfect in like 30 years. He's got a little song. I was actually just to call that, by the way. We should do it for you draft. I was like, that's not bad. I heard it from Jared and I was like, but dude, I could see it. it when he's like 50 years old?

Pretty buttoned up for his age. Way much more than I was. I would be honored to be replaced by Graham. His current rate of Meteoric Rise, he might be the CEO in about two years. Whoa. Whoa. I don't know. That's two years.

That's like Dan Hurley putting the face into the rest. He might be our podcast producer in about 10 minutes. That's funny. Ten minutes. Graham needs to figure out who Danica Patrick is before he becomes CEO. That's earlier in the office. episode, Andrew. Glad you weren't here to see that. Family life. So there's dude perfect, but there's also a family aspect. You got up and moved to everybody, but give the people at home a

little tidbit on the family, how large it is. And my wife, Kristen, I got a daughter Hannah. She's seven. My son Leo is about to turn five. Like I said, they're big DP fans. We all moved down here this summer from New York City. It's time to move, dude. Yeah, someone should have told me before we moved in the middle of June. Yeah. It's hot here. But if we can survive a summer, you know, we can survive, we can make it work. So golf season's a lot longer here.

That's great. That's true. There's some other. The kids haven't seen the tornado season yet. We're about to enter it. You've seen it. Yeah. Every, whatever, it's the first Wednesday of every month when the sirens go off.

They still get to me. I still don't know. I still behind. I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. I said to Mark when I started. I was like, hey, Mark, where's the tornado shelter at the office?

office anyway and he was like, it's going to bathroom. I was like, okay, cool. The utility closet. Great. Sounds good spot to be. No windows. I'm not sure I'm going to stick around this office. The tornado comes ripping through here. Literally under any of the met, like the mezzanine should be fine. That thing is built so an airplane

can land on it. Yeah, yes. A guy who grew up in a double wide, I feel comfortable here. Yeah. I feel comfortable here than I did in White Sparrow, Texas. I don't like that you've thought about it that much. That scares me. You got better. I haven't. I have it. I lay in bed thinking like do I get my family up? And we now,

we now, uh, have decided. We're not. And if the tornado hits our house, dude, it's just, it's the Lord's timing.

It's every man for himself. It's every man for himself. Oh, and you're just, we were just hiking paladuro dude. And I, you know, my daughter looked at me and she was like,

or they're mountain lions here. And I was like, there are. Don't be slower in Lincoln. There you go. Good advice, care. Good advice.

Just don't be the last one. And you're fine. So, A five and a seven-year-old, that makes me think, do they ever give you ideas for the channel? They give me lots and lots of ideas. Some good, some bad I take. We're waiting on a good one. We're going to get to a good one at some point.

A lot of wheel unfortunate punishments. My daughter has a lot of ideas for those. So she, again, again, we'll get to a good one eventually. She's not Gen Z yet or she's whatever comes after Gen Z. That's them. Alpha. Yeah. She's a Gen Alpha, maybe beta.

Who knows? Better name to Gen Z anyways. And so we even figured out exactly what the content vision is for Gen Alpha yet. Okay. What's the best part of living here? What do you think? Just the golf season? Love the golf.

Love the food. Oh, yeah. Over New York. Over New York food. Well, I miss, there's certain restaurants I miss in New York for sure. But like, I love barbecue. I'm a big barbecue fan. So, yeah.

I've been eating a lot of it. It's not good. It's not. It's a tough lunch, though. It's hard to come back to work after. That's a night. That's a night. Needle a little nap.

Yeah. The post-barbecue coma that it can put you. Same way with Tex-Mex, though. Tex-Mex is unbelievable that you can fall into that and two and a half hours later be hungry yet again. I put ramen in that category too. Ramen's a nap food for me. Oh, no.

I can handle my ramen. This guy eats sear chin. Man, that was the most uncomfortable I've ever been in a Japanese restaurant. We went to in L.A. And this guy was eating like. Oonie. That stuff's awesome. Oonie and sweet shrimp.

Let's go. You'd have to pay. Pay me a significant amount of money. Yeah, I still get, stop talking about, I'm going to puke. I have, by the way, I don't want to say I have a significant amount of money. We can, we can get some Ooney in here. No. And that sounds like a great.

I've already done it. I've already done it. I've already done it. I've already done it. I've already done it. I don't think, it doesn't sound like Sparky's in me. Oh, he didn't do it. I didn't make eye contact with it.

When it, when it like broke in my mouth, it took me, I was like, play through it. You did. You did, you did. I'd notice that face. You were like, I'm okay. It's got some serious mush to it. Yeah. It is not a, it's not a sensation you're used to.

I'm with Jared, though. It's good stuff. Yeah. Okay. Well, uh, I miss uni in New York. There you go. That's a, that's a food that,

guess, wouldn't eat, wouldn't eat Texas, Uni. Texas is better than New York, right? Well, I didn't say that. No.

Well, I'm asking. Both, both places have great. We got better sports here, that's for sure. There's a lot more sports here, which I really like.

Just better professional teams. I don't know about that. The Cowboys are better of Giants. I just want you to say it, dude. Are the Cowboys better than Giants? I don't think so. I like our future. I'm a Giants fan.

I like our future. Jackson Dart. I do. I do like your future. You like your future. I can't wait to see out all crashes now. That'll be fun to watch for a war. It will.

It will. Well, we played this game with Bobom and it was, and we played it with Luca. Yeah. Texas test. I am honored to be in a three, in a third after Boba and Luca.

How Texas are you game? So we'll just ask a couple questions And we'll see how we do So question number one What gas station chain is widely considered The greatest gas station in the world By Texans Buckys

Yes Correct pronunciation too I have never I've never been to a Buckees Whoa There's one in Den, there's one of Melissa We've got to fix that Take the kids to a Buckees

They won't be disappointed That sounds like a good weekend You need some beaver nugs Change your life And I've said on a podcast before, best place to go to the bathroom, even beat your home. I don't know how they do it.

I don't know how they do it. It is more clean than your own home toilet. All right. Shocking. Once you leave the toilet, somebody walks in to clean it. That doesn't happen in my home. I know.

That's what I'm saying, dude. Especially with kids, dude. Boys, brutal. One for one. Good start. Next question. What Texas grocery store do locals treat almost like a religion? I'm going to go with H-E-B.

Correct. Let's go. I go to the one on Maine. Never, they're big, I'm actually not one of these people that treat it like a religion. I'm much more of like a whole foods guy.

Yeah, you are. Yeah, yeah, and I don't know why because I get it. I was very whole foods of you. I get three bags of chips and it's $400,

but I still go back every time they get me. H.E.B. and Central Market, I will say, the fresh tortillas. They bake the tortillas in store. They give you one off.

That is. Fresh East. That's my Saturday morning snack. The only bad thing about HEB is they're over fire code every time I go in there. There's got to be about 4,000 people in there. If someone says they're going down to the hill country, where are they probably heading? Somewhere near Austin and San Antonio, somewhere over there? Yeah, I think that's correct.

People say hill country. Are there hills? I feel, yeah, there are hill. It's very, Austin. Have you been to Austin? I have. Didn't seem that hilly. Austin's very hilly.

Okay. Austria and Frederick. See, I say, I think Hill Country's more. Fredericksburg. Yeah. But Austin's part of it. Is Frederick, I should go there?

That's the way is in you and, you and Kristen. That's a little, little romantic ghetto? Yes. All right. Leave the seven and five-year-old

though, probably for that one. They got some wineries there. It's fine, man. It is, uh, Texas is extremely flat. So those places are, I like hills.

Yeah. Okay. That's good. I know more than I thought. Definitely more than Boban. Let's see how we do. What Texas convenience store is famous for us Kalachi's.

Good question. This one's tough. There's only... I'm gonna go Bucky's yet again. Well, they do, they do have really good Kalachi game.

So is this the one in Waco we're talking about? The check store? There is that one. That has to be the answer. That is one of the answers. Okay, good. Either the check store

or just race track in general. Race track? I wouldn't put race track in the same category. No, that's doing the, that's doing the check wrong. And remind me, a Kalachi is, it's the one that's a hot dog wrapped in a biscuit.

If you ever... Picking a blanket. Yeah. Is the big and a big piggy. If you ever go. down to like Waco or driving through that area to get to Austin. There's a gas station. Yeah. It's called the check stop, right?

Check stop, yep, just outside of west. It is unbelievable. I got a lot of road trips. This is actually on the way to hill country. On the way to hill country. And I think there's a bucky's about 10 miles. There is. One trip and you can knock off a lot of mom. It says a romantic getaway like a giant pig in the way. She'll love it. They have like cams sandwiches. They have all of it. It's so good.

I'll leave my kids there. Then you can go to Frederick. Yeah. All right. Race track. I'm offended. Yeah. That was from an internet source.

But I literally am about to go stop by a race track on the way home. You're curious. Yeah. All right. Number five, in Texas barbecue culture, what cut of meat is widely considered the king of barbecue. This I know.

This is brisket. Yes, for sure. Has to be. Again, this is just so, I like to call it the moist brisket. I feel like lean brisket is miserable. Agreed.

But we'll give it to brisket. I have smoked a brisket. You've already. smoked a bag. I have already smoked a brisket. It didn't go well. He hasn't even know. I didn't. It was, it was barely edible. Wow, you really are taking, you really love this Texas thing. I'm a half Texan by now. Yeah. Wow. I should have had in my cowboy hat today. All right. That's correct answer. You're killing it. What dessert brand from Brenham, Texas is so beloved that Texans will argue it's the best in America. Can I phone a friend on this one? Yeah, I'm going to

I'm going to go ahead and get it easier. What ice cream brand? There we go. No, I don't know. Bluebell. Oh, I'm going to need to remember that one going forward. I also, though, if you want my honest opinion, it's not the best. Easy.

It's not, dude. Don't, you, a blind taste test, Bluebell, and then Tillamick, Tillamook, the cheese brand, but they make an ice cream that will blow your socks off. If Tillamook's brand is watching, we, uh, never. Should we do like a vanilla, uh, ice cream blind taste test. That'd be phenomenal, dude. Possibly. I love that.

I love that. Yeah, we can do that. We'll see if it truly is the best vanilla. Yeah, Bluebell is the best. You need the lay lips on cookie two step again, Gary. That's shocking. That you kind of talk down on Bluebell. It's just, Bluebell gets too, I just like softer ice cream.

The whole food is changing you. Maybe it's because I'm holding about to lose my teeth and get dentures. That's all it is. In Texas Highway Culture, what is the unofficial real speed limit? Most drivers follow. Even when the sign says 70. I think that if the Dallas North tollway is any indication, the answer is N-A that you can go as fast as you want.

That is correct. At least 10 over? With the flow of traffic, which is usually about 10 over. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I've seen people on the tollway going 110. Easy.

People fly on that road. Yeah. So here's where I say it gets more dangerous. is when no offense to, you know, the Californians and the New Yorkers that moved here during COVID, what Texas has, it is. It's a fast-paced driving. If you go anywhere else, it's completely different. But when you put a slow-paced driving in the middle of a fast-paced driving, it gets way more dangerous than just all fast. Because all these people are used to it in and out of nowhere, you're right up on this dude to have to cut over to a fast, a fast guy. and it's just a dangerous situation.

I don't have a source, but statistically, I've always heard the slower drivers at more risk too in that situation. I agree that what I've observed, I'm from not Texas.

What I've observed is here, everyone's either 10 to 15 above it or 10 to 15 below it and almost nobody's in the middle. Yeah. And so you have this major mismatch of velocity everywhere. Also,

I was wondering why my car insurance went up when I moved here. Oh, yeah. It's because... Car insurance is very expensive. It's really expensive. It's because the, The per capita accident rate in Texas is higher than anywhere.

A kid driver, teenage driver. And the beauty is you can go the proper speed limit in Texas without being chastised as long as you're in the correct lane. As long as you're in that right lane, nobody will bat an eye at you. But the second you get in that far left-hand lane going 70, yeah, you better watch out. And I will say, big change. You know, the stereotype is people like trucks here. People really like trucks here. Tyler Tony.

I drive a 250 for no reason. I try toad golf clubs. They're giant. They fill the whole lane. Love it. Everything's bigger in Texas, including those F-20s. Yeah. Okay, good.

And what Texas weather pattern is famous for turning a 70-degree afternoon to a freezing night within hours? I don't know the exact name, but... I have no idea. I will say, my only Texas weather experience, I spent a summer in Lubbock. Sorry about you. And there's a dirt. You've seen some stuff. You've seen some stuff.

Yeah, the dust storms. Habobs are a West Texas legend where dust storms are all in. So I know that's the wrong answer to this question, but the only Texas weather pattern I know is a Haboob. Yeah, what is this answer? It's a blue norther. You made that up. Yeah, I've never even heard that before.

Gram, our new podcast producer, is going to have a much better set of answers. I was just in the panhandle on spring break, and we had that dust storm. And, dude, it is, it's a nightmare. bro. Like it is, I can't believe people like, I can't believe people live there. I was wondering. I really, it's insane. It's like, how do people live in these places 150 years ago when it was like, you can't get in a car and leave? I don't understand it. So many people in Odessa. Permanian was a power and you're like, how was that ever a power? Yeah. It just shocks you. All right, last question.

What famous motto appears on a Texas license plate and tourism campaigns? Everything's bigger in Texas? Close. Close. Will give it to me? Do we get a point? What is it? Partial. I believe it's don't. mess with Texas. Oh, correct. I should have know that.

Don't mess with Texas. I should have known that. Don't mess with Texas. It's really taken a thing of a tone recently. We should probably change that title.

I think people are taking it a little too far. Five, correct? That was it? It felt like seven. It felt way more than... He's shortchanging you. Bram.

Stickler. Stickler. Graham's going to be moving in and watch yourself there, brother. All right. Two last things. Almost athlete moment.

Yeah. Which one? So many. I got a lot. I got a few. When I worked at the NBA, we did a deal with a company called Home Court,

and they had an app that would record on your iPhone, you playing basketball, and it would have your shooting percentage, and it would have your makes and misses and you could draw a shot chart. It was incredibly cool.

And when we went out to close the deal, we flew out to California, and we found out to California, play to pick up basketball game. And in this game, I was a point guard in my youth. Midnight's move on the perimeter, get to the basket, fake a guy out, wide open layout, knee gives out, and I just crumple.

Ball doesn't get off my fingers. And I'm on the ground under the basket. And the worst part is we're recording it. Of course. Because that's the app. And so now my business partner, all my colleagues, it gets texted around. I actually asked someone for the video earlier today,

and within five minutes he was able to find it. And this was 10 years ago. So it is, that video has lived in infuri. I've been trying to live it down. Yeah, I don't have, you know,

I'm luckily I don't have video evidence of mine. Video evidence is what makes it worse. It's bad, dude. You don't want video evidence. The kids now these days all have video evidence. Of everything. Yes, and we need that at video evidence. Send it on in to almost athlete.

com. Yeah, send in your almost athlete moments and let us rank them, dude. Once Graham is CEO, I'll share this video, with you and you can you can you can deal almost CEO moment I wasn't prepared for that one uh almost CEO moment some of the hires you made huh that's good for a little something in my

paycheck this week I'll blow you out of this uh saying yeah yeah yeah of course you got you can have some time to think about it and then send it in we'll rank them I'm just trying to get a second appearance on the podcast I'm so honored that after you know green light and this thing and 30 episodes is this 29th episode 29 He got you heard before 30. All it had to do, I just needed Duke to losing crushing fashion. And it got me an invite on the podcast. I already told him if I was like, dude, if I'm texting last night, Duke's up by 19.

We're not having Yaffy on. If they have a 28 point blowout, dude, I was going to gloat for 45 minutes. And then, dude. As the ball was in the air from Mullen's shot, he was already sitting in the text, get yaffing now. We didn't have a guest today. So, you know, it just worked out. Duke, Duke blowing it. There's our whistle.

That's our two. minute warning where we get to rant. Do you got something? Yeah, I have a little something, unless Andrew has something. Go forth, Sparks. Mine was going to be on the topic of everybody's welcoming April and April Fool's. I'm done with it. With AI out there, with all the fabricated stories floating around, it just feels like April Fool's luster. And I got to tread lightly here because it is my mom's birthday. Shout out, mom, happy birthday. Happy birthday. Is it her birthday? It is. Oh, I just, I didn't know if you're going to April fools me that's the problem with April fools though is it just has an ever-arching

reach that never ends and it gets scary out there and I feel like with everything going on in today's world the need for April fools is just not there I feel like I talked about this on the pod before I think I think it just needs to be the entire month it's like a prank month so you don't know what day it's going to be but it's it's doable to do a prank in April sure I guess I just also dislike the fact that it lands on April 1. You're welcoming in. You're ushering in a new month the wrong way. You know?

April has a bad rap already. So you're saying it's like spring. We're getting started. The summer's coming out. Should be positive. We got the masters. We got azaleas. Somebody hits you with one that's way over the top.

You know, like Tiger Woods rolled his SUV. You're like, stop. And then they're like, no, no, here's the picture. Off the real, dude. Yeah. So that's just, that's just my rant. No April fools for you. We should need.

We need an April truth instead of an April Fool's. We need to change it. Yeah, with AI. I agree with you. I say, I like that, Sparks. Looks like our time is up. We'll be back next Wednesday with an all new app. Follow the show on all socials at Almost Athletes.

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