Blue By Ninety - Episode 109: Friday Boozecast

Episode Date: July 8, 2022

The boys pop a bottle to recap july 4th festivities, talk USC and UCLA to the Big Ten, Conference realignment in CFB, the perfect cfb playoff and more. Crack a coldy and enjoy the show.

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Touchdown, Wolverines. This is a presentation of Blue by 90. Find us on Twitter at Blue by 90 and shop the merchandise at blueby90shop.com. All right. Welcome back to Blue by 90. I'm Justin, joined by Jack and Kaylin. As always, we're here in the valent valiant valent valent valiant podcast studio shout out valiant we're we're appreciative of them um but how you guys doing it's the day it's july 5th 4th of july was yesterday you guys feeling all right

after the long weekend it was a long weekend that's for sure i'm feeling better than i was last week oh yeah doesn't even compare we did grand haven on um shit what day was it was it sat friday saturday saturday friday saturday came back sunday yep then went to the moose justin congrats you're a new Moose member. New Moose member. The Moose is incredible. It feels like I'm really a part of something. Do you really feel like you're an old person now? I do very much feel like that.

For anybody who doesn't know, the Moose is like a, it's essentially like one of those old like veteran bars. It's like a VFW hall. Yes, exactly. But you don't have to be a veteran. So you can just join if you give them 50 bucks um what a steal though i mean incredible bucket of beer for 12 six beers for 12 it doesn't get any better than that in america you can't find beer that cheap anywhere but you know you're there

because like when you're driving there the sign says like bingo tuesday a hundred percent it was they had literally a whole calendar for the entire month it was like tacos dollar fifties on tuesdays uh bingo wednesday it was they've got something for every day they got euchre you have euchre on thursday nights um sunday we have megan's bloody mary bar oh um taco tuesday shout out lebrron, Bronny James, and the other one. What's his name? Bryce. Bryce. I've heard Bryce is going to be better than Bronny.

I thought he was a goober. I didn't even know he played basketball. He's a goober. I thought so. What do you think people say about you? Oh, goober for sure. For sure goober. Or like, yeah, that guy, you can tell,

he probably used to be an athlete, and now he just fucking drinks too much. Yeah, that's probably pretty accurate. Yeah, I feel good. We are having a little glass of whiskey here in the studio, which is fun. You also have a new hat. I do have a new hat on, so shout out, Kinch. If he's not listening to this, I'll be pissed.

But I don't know. He gave me me a hat i'm really not sure why uh it's a full tilt hat which shout out full tilt baseball performance um didn't give jack a hat gave jack the hat to give to me but just didn't give jack a hat so fucked i'm like like kinch texted me i'm like oh like he's like hey i got a hat. So fucked. Like, Kinch texted me. I'm like, oh, he's like, hey, I got a hat for Ro. If you're going to see him, like, can you give it to him? And I was like, yeah, for sure. So I assumed that, like, Ro bought it. I'm like, oh, like, Ro paid for this. Like, he got it.

Like, whatever. And then we get here, and I give Ro this hat. He's like, what's this for? I'm like, Kinch told me to give it to you. He's like, what is it? Like, you've got to be kidding me. So Kinch is just giving out hats to not to you justin and like me and you they were like oh yeah if you guys want a hat you have to put it in order

dude this is the greatest product placement marketing strategy of all time he's just identifying his key he knows it'll get me triggered yeah and i'm gonna talk about it i'm unbelievable honestly i i was so confused when you handed me the hat or when you texted And I'm going to talk about it. That's what it is. Unbelievable, honestly. I was so confused when you handed me the hat or when you texted it to me. I was like, oh, all right. It's a cool hat. So shout out, Kinch. It is a cool hat.

I'll give it to you. We appreciate you, Kinch. Yeah, I mean, also, back to the moose. Moose fireworks. I was expecting, like, somebody lighting off sparklers, and was it it was like a legit show yeah i mean it went on for probably 15 20 minutes is that fair yeah for sure i mean i saw pictures it looked phenomenal actually i was like whoa it was well okay speaking of pictures i wanted to bring something up there too. Jack put up a picture of, or like a boomerang or something on his Instagram story too. And I just want to like talk about how nobody gives a fuck about your pictures of fireworks on Instagram.

Mine personally? No, just anybody out there. Like, yeah, we all know it's the fucking 4th of July. Everybody's watching fireworks. And my favorite thing is like, okay, if you throw up one Instagram story, it's not that bad. That's what I did. Yeah, that's fine. That's fine.

I mean, I'm still judging a little bit. But it's more so the people that will take like a video. Like a concert. Yeah. Oh, it's the same thing as a will take like a video uh like like a concert yeah oh it's the same thing as a concert like zach johnson shout out zach johnson he did that he i think it was like maybe a four minute video now what about like what about like your drunk uncle like setting off fireworks in your front yard all right yeah because that's content that could pay off later like that could for sure pay off later as like a viral video but nobody is going back to watch like their video of the fireworks and if you do and like try to show me i'll fucking smack

the phone out of your hand like justin roe hates america i don't hate america that is false the single biggest celebration is to light fireworks that's fine i'm all for lighting fireworks but nobody cares about america by association nobody cares about your concert video don't send me a concert video because like it's i'll just watch the concert on youtube they're all streamed anyway oh you know i did if you weren't going to put fireworks on your Instagram, what should you post for 4th of July? I mean, boobs? Like yourself, boobs? Oh, I thought you were going to say boobs, which I agree.

Boobs also? Boobs and boobs? 4th of July, boobs on the boat, I'm in. I'm very in. I will look at that. What we should have done this year is got like American flag tassels for us, and then we're just out there. Yeah.

Next year. Next year I think is going're just out there. Yeah. Next year. Next year I think is going to be our year for that. Maybe get some red, white, and blue overalls. If you show up with yours on, I for sure will join you. I'll do it. Oh, 100%. Because I'll either still be fat and it'll be kind of funny, or I'll be like super ripped and I won't show up.

Oh, you're going to be ripped next year? Maybe. Yeah. You know. Okay. Odds are not great, but it could happen. Not terrible either. are not great but it's not terrible either it could happen they're not terrible either it could happen oh man uh okay also i want to you know say something too we're 11 days away um from your wedding from my wedding from i mean exciting nervous uh life is kind of over after that oh yeah sign your life

away dead man walking essentially like i can feel myself withering withering away yeah it's life forces you become a shell of a man it's like what is what movies are those where they just like disintegrate casper the friendly ghost no not. It's like a Marvel movie. Yeah, he's like getting snapped right now. Infinity War? Yeah. He said, what movie is that? Captain Irrelevance.

Come on. See, I'm not a superhero movie guy. I don't know. I watch Star Wars. Or Star Wars. You don't like Star Wars? Mm-hmm. We're just talking about this this week.

No Lord of the Rings. No. You just don't like Star Wars. We're just talking about this this week. No Lord of the Rings. No. Like, you just don't like to be entertained. I watch football. I'm a man. He's a big waterboy guy. I don't watch that shit. Sports.

First week of being 30 as well. It's just all hitting me all at once. This is the worst idea. Midlife crisis. How did I possibly schedule all these things or like in a two-week span turn 30 bachelor party and you get married i'm like fuck you're a terrible planner if you if you decide to go into like wedding planning or event planning i'll just be like justin don't remember remember what you did for your bachelor party through your wedding

you literally like can't like not drink it's like okay i got my bachelor party through your wedding. You literally can't not drink. It's like, okay, I got my bachelor party. Then I turn 30. Then it's the 4th of July. Then it's the week before I get married. I got to drink that. And then Jake is leaving booze in the studio. Yeah, I know.

Got to drink that. Shout out Jake Butt for the no free ads, but it's Coppercraft whiskey. Very good. Out of Holland. New Holland. It's New Holland's distillery. Yeah. It's very good. It's better than whiskey. Very good. Out of Holland. New Holland. It's New Holland's distillery. Yeah. It's very good.

It's better than I remember it being. Because I'm a big Traverse City whiskey guy. Oh. Like I like the Traverse City XXX bourbon. Cat Powell was telling me

the cherry one's really good. But they have like a bunch of different flavors. Is it as good as Burnett's vodka? Not as good as Burnett's cherry or

citrus. But it's pretty good. Flashbacks. Warm Citrus. Maybe throw up in my mouth. Warm Citrus Burnett's. Oh, my God. I remember sitting in the back of a van drinking Cherry Burnett's in college in the dorm parking lot. Dude, Kaelin and I used to crush Evanan will charlie williams and evan williams cherry

oh man anything cherry at least evan williams like is a little bit respectable evan williams cherry it it could have just been cherry coke it literally tasted like cherry syrup you know what i think about it was so gross i was just talking about this today with some of my employees. I was like, how did I have the taste buds that I could drink like Crystal Palace, Admiral Nelson, like, I'll come Chotka. Admiral Nelson is why I can't drink rum anymore. Oh, it's so

bad. You remember being in the baseball house, we'd have Faygo Rock and Rye, and like a liter or like a half gal of Admiral Nelson, we'd just pass it around. Like, I can't even have Faygo Rock and Rye anymore. It's probably one of the best flavors that's definitely the best because i'll taste it and i'll be so bad admiral nelson my buddy used to shout out gator gator gator used to do four shots of admiral nelson in a minute four in a. That was like his whole pregame. I could never do that.

It doesn't even matter what it is. I take a shot, I'm out for 15 seconds. Oh, at least. Now I'm out for five minutes. The only way I could do it is if all the shots are in one glass and I just hammer it. But I can't take one, put it down, and then grab another. No, it was incredible.

My body will be rejecting it. But I can't take one, put it down, and then grab another. No, it was incredible what he was doing. Because my body would be rejecting it. No, don't grab that. For sure. Nothing can go down my throat at that point. It closes up. It's an automatic reaction. Oh, my God.

But we were talking about that. How did we do that in college at 21 years old? Because I definitely didn't do it before then. Never. It was just like, I don't know. It tasted bad, but I could handle it. But also, we would do it for maybe five nights a week. Yes.

We're going to Cantina Tuesday. Right. Shout out Cantina when it used to be good. Skeeps on Thursday. Skeeps Thursday. And then baseball parties Friday, Saturday, typically. Yeah. We were talking about this at work, and I work with a guy who's an older gentleman,

probably like 70, and he said something like uh yeah i learned real quick when i was 16 i can't drink like that i was like oh man different time have i ever told you though too like so my dad he um so it turned when he turned 19 there was no uh I think it was 18 or 19 that you could drink when he was – so he turned old enough to drink at either 18 or 19. Then when he was 20, they made the law that he was 21. So he was like able to drink, not able to drink, and then had to turn 21 to be able to drink. I feel like he should have been grandfathered in. I agree.

I agree. That just makes sense. There's like, how are you going to tell a 20-year-old like, hey, last week you were able to drink. We just passed the lot. Nope, you're good. Fuck you. Yeah, I would have been like, get out of here.

Yeah. So anyways. All right. Well, what's going on in the world of sports? I will say it feels like for it being the 4th of July, and this is usually super lull of sports, I will say it feels like for it being the 4th of July, and this is usually super lull of sports, like there's only baseball on, that type of stuff, it's like there's a lot to talk about. Yeah.

I mean, we got, what, Kyrie. People are trying to figure out. LeBron James is still in the news. The basketball season's over. Yeah. I'm starting to get sick of it. I used to be a LeBron defender because I think, I do still think overall LeBron and MJ go one-on-one. I agree.

I mean, LeBron's just, he's more physical. He's just a man. He's gigantic. He is. So I used to be a LeBron defender, but the fact that you just can't escape LeBron is annoying to me. What do you mean? Like, LeBron moves? You can't escape it. Yeah. He's everywhere. You can't go anywhere without LeBron is annoying to me. What do you mean? Like LeBron news? You can't escape it.

Yeah. It's everywhere. You can't go anywhere without LeBron. I think that's an ESPN problem more than LeBron. It is. 100%. It is. So it's not like, it's almost like, I don't want to say I feel bad for LeBron because

he probably loves it. Like I feel like he loves being in like the center of attention and like all that shit. I was just going to say that only issues. But it's definitely a news, like it's the media problem. He plays into it. 100%. And he's also, like, for being essentially the coolest, like, biggest sports star of all time, he's kind of a loser. Like, him, like.

What do you mean? I mean. Please elaborate. Yeah, his, like, Instagram and he's, like, fucking flexing or, like, doing, like, an Instagram video of him, like, dancing while he's working out. I'm like doing like an Instagram video of him like dancing while he's working out I'm like dude you know what's funny you gotta be cooler than this if you're the like greatest well think about it exactly like you're the greatest of all time you got a bunch of yes man surrounding you like nobody's gonna tell you like dude what the fuck are you doing yeah that's so true like if I do something stupid like a million people are like

what a fucking idiot yeah like nobody's bullying Lebron he because he was he was this great since he was like 14 but i also love like he can like literally do no wrong yeah and he does he does do a lot of great stuff i would say too so i kind of admire that that you hate him because of that i'm gonna i'm gonna like him because of that i'm back on the lebron train all right that didn't take long but The thing is that, like... Yes, he did need to be bullied as a child. Somebody needed to be like, shut the fuck up at least a couple times or make fun of him, make him cry. But he was 6'8", when he was 14.

If you were in his circle, would you have been that guy? Hell no. Are you kidding me? I was the one getting bullied when I was 14. You think I'm going to bully LeBron and all people? I couldn't even bully my own friends. Fucking loser. Yeah.

Also, Durant. Durant's back on the trading block, I guess. Okay. He requested a trade. I remember that. He's played three total games for the Nets, and now he wants out. And they paid him him $100 million. I don't know what it really is.

How can these guys keep getting away with this? I mean, they've got the power. Kyrie did the same shit. Dude, think of the Nets, too. They got fucked. So fucked. KD, at least he was healthy and was able to play. But they get Ben Simmons.

I mean, how much longer is he going to be in the league? Crash. James Harden became a shell of himself once he went to the Mets. And then Kyrie had to sit out. I respect it. You know, I respect his decision. Do it the way he did. But, you know, they got, like, nothing from him.

Yeah. I mean, New York sports. Other than the Yankees, I think the Mets are good right now. The Mets are on a tear. But, you know, they got, like, nothing from him. Yeah. I mean, New York sports is tough. Other than the Yankees, I think the Mets are good right now. The Mets are on a tear. So they have baseball. Yeah. Either way, that whole situation.

I don't know. I'm just not an NBA guy. I'm not until playoffs. Some people like free agency more than they like watching. Like, the drama of free agency is almost like its own show. It's pretty exciting. I don't know. I can't do it. These guys are idiots.

I'm sorry. But I'll tell you what. Pistons. Stones are back. Stones are back. Hell yeah. They got me on the hype train for sure. Hell yeah.

They got a bunch of young talent. I saw Cade was working out with, I think, Kyrie. Really? Yeah. Maybe there's some rumors we can start there. I'm ready to see what they can do. Breaking news? I mean, at least they'll be a fun young team.

Look at all the explosive athletes they have now. Oh, yeah. I think pretty much everybody is under 25 in that starting lineup. Yeah. I mean, it's something to – it's fun like i'll be interested at least which it hasn't been like that and like literally since 2004 right honestly yeah i mean the most excited i've been is like when blake griffin joined and we like won a one playoff game he became a three-point shooter yeah and he was he was also... Detroit developed Blake Griffin into the player he is

today. Which is a eighth man. They increased the longevity of his career by making him a shooter. Yeah, there you go. He'll be a spot-up guy. He'll be the new Ray Allen. Yeah. Alright, I mean, they're also

Michigan Baseball hired a new coach. Tracy Smith. Tracy Smith. Shout out, Ro, for breaking that news. Breaking the news. Oh, I don't have my phone. I'll have to add this clip in of the news announcement. Oh, yeah. I'll have to put that in there.

Oh, yeah. We got on WZZM in Grand Rapids, which is the biggest thing that we've done so far. Oh, yeah. I love how we got traction out in Grand Rapids, which is the biggest thing that we've done so far. Oh, yeah. I love how we got traction out in Grand Rapids. It just happened that you were there and my parents were there and saw it. It was just perfect. It was so funny. I met up with Justin's parents at the Elks or something out in Grand Haven.

It's another moose. It's basically another moose. It's basically another moose. It's just another animal. It was pretty nice. Don't sleep on these animal lodges, guys. I mean, cash only, but the drinks are half the price. Okay, sidebar.

We went to, Heather and I went to the Dixborough Project. You guys ever been there? I love the Dixborough Project. I've heard it. I've heard it's cool. Are you made of money? No.

It is so expensive so fucking expensive i literally like looked at the drinks because it was our anniversary yesterday on the 4th of july so we're like all right let's go somewhere nice and like get some drinks and then go get dinner so i went to uh the borough and i'm looking at the menu to get a drink and it's like 18 for some sort of like cocktail whoa Whoa. So I'm like, all right, let me get a Coors. Coors. Coors Banquet. They had the Coors Banquet and all their beers were canned.

So I was like, can I just get it in a glass? So I can feel like kind of cool. Yeah. So I got a Coors Banquet, $6. Jesus Christ. Yeah. That's like essentially a bush light. And they had a glass of wine for like 18 bucks.

Oh my God. I'm like, we could get a Boda box for like 13. A glass of wine. It's like three bottles. A glass of wine. Was it like 2,000 years old or something? Who fucking knows?

This place is so incredibly like. That's bougie, man. I don't even know if it's overpriced or what, but it's definitely out of my price range. Yeah. I'll probably never go back.

It's a cool atmosphere. It is a really cool spot. It's a really cool spot, but one, it's out of the way. Two, super fucking expensive. But if you are looking to do something really nice, not afraid to spend some money, it's a good place to go. Their pizza's incredible.

Impress your date or something like that. Yeah. That's kind of that place there. Wait, were you inside or outside? We sat outside. Okay. But along the lines of that story. So after that, we go to Thompson & Co. for dinner.

Okay. Love Thompson & Co. now. Drinks there are about half the price that they were at the Boro. Yeah. And then the moose drinks are half the price of what the drinks are at Thompson. I literally showed Heather. I was like, I almost paid $18 for a cocktail that I could have got at the moose for $3.50. Like, that's how incredible the moose is.

If you can get into a moose lodge or elk lodge and join, I think it's like 50. Like, we pay, what, $50, $70 a year, something like that's how incredible the moose is if you can get into a moose lodge or elk lodge and join i think it's like 50 like we pay what 50 70 bucks a year something like that but you save about four dollars a drink i mean you go there once a week you get your money back and it's just a cool atmosphere it's like just fun people um we're definitely the youngest people in there by far but it's still like it's it's a good podcast brought to you by the Moose. Brought to you by the Moose Lodge. Shout out Moose782 in Ypsilanti. So where was I going with that? That was the longest tangent. So we were at the Elks, and your parents, Sue and John,

shout out Sue and John Rowe for bringing Justin into our lives. Top two Rowe's out there. You practicing your wedding speech right now? Yeah, I'm just going to grab the mic. I'm not even invited to the wedding. I'm just going to show up, grab the mic, and make our lives. Top two rows out there. You practicing your wedding speech right now? Yeah, I'm just going to grab the mic. I'm not even invited to a wedding. I'm just going to show up, grab the mic, and make a speech. You are invited. I am invited.

Oh, good. Okay, I am invited. Heather handles all that. I don't really know. Unless you got lost in the mail. Yeah, she's like, oh, yeah, don't forget Saturday. We have a wedding to go to. Okay, cool.

Okay, great. Dude, funny sidebar. Literally, Ro texted me, and he's like, hey, are you coming to my wedding? I was like, what are you talking about? He's like, you never RSVP'd. I was like,

what are you talking about? It's on my fridge. I thought like, Steph fucking sent the thing in or something. Don't you get an alert when I put it on my fridge? That's the whole point.

And she was like, no, I never did anything. Oh, God damn it. Holy shit. Anyways. We should invent something. Like, whether it's like a magnet or a GPS. And if somebody hangs up, like, the save the date or the invitation on their fridge, it automatically turns into an RSVP that you're going.

Boom. I love that. And if it senses that it's in the trash, it's a no. Million dollar idea. Oh, I love that. Imagine. How do we figure this out? You get the notification.

So-and-so threw your invitation in the trash. And no longer friends. There needs to be a video of it, right? Where they're like, fuck this guy. That's our whole commercial. Okay, get back on track. Oh, shit. So I saw Rose Perrins at the Elks.

And they were like, yeah, we were on. Because Justin texted us earlier in the day. I thought it was on the radio. And I was like, still, that's fucking cool. But they're like, yeah, like we were on because just in Texas earlier in the day, I thought it was like it was on the radio and I was like, still, that's fucking cool. But they're like, no, it was on like local news. Like it'll be back on 11 o'clock tonight. So when you get back to when I get back to the in-laws, we put on the news and it was like 1125.

I'm like, fuck, no chance. We got it. And then they're like, all right, we're going to cover sports next. I'm like, OK, like maybe they'll do it. Maybe we'll do it. So I did something about the Tigers, something about something else. And it was like, and Michigan baseball is hiring Tracy Smith out of Arizona State. And this is first reported by the podcast Blue by 90.

I'm like, no fucking way. I love that it says the podcast. They definitely must have looked at our Twitter page and seen, who the fuck are these guys? They had to do some digging. Oh, my God. Also, I can't believe they even just didn't credit. Yeah, just fucking. I can't believe they just didn't say.

I think the funniest thing was, it was like multiple people came out. I think Ant Wright. Confirmed it. Yeah, first reported by Blue by 90. I think Josh did the same thing. Hedge key, yep. So I think they probably, they might have seen it off of that and did it, but that was so funny.

So funny. Even, like, Broom's tweet, he was like, I confirm that the confirmations of the confirming of Tracy Smith hired to Michigan is confirmed. Hey, it was a first for us. Hey, no, no, it was fucking cool Shout out Mark Skoll Mark Skoll Jr. is the guy who

reported it My mom texted me and she goes This is the guy that reported it I was like, thanks mom, I'll send him a letter or something What do you want me to do? That was the news anchor? Yeah, yeah I wonder if new podcast artwork just came in

From Caleb Oh, baby That's gonna be pretty Let's go. I wonder if new podcast artwork just came in from Caleb. Oh, baby. That's going to be pretty. Oh, yeah. All right. All right, let's get into football. College football is, like, essentially changing in front of our eyes. It's really wild to see because, I don't know, the whole thing, like even the Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC thing didn't really seem real to me.

It's obviously coming in the future. So I was just like, this isn't real. And now USC and UCLA coming to the Big Ten doesn't feel real. I'm just like, I don't know. Dude, Big Ten, C2C conference. True, true. Rutgers to C conference. True. True. Rutgers to Southern Cal. Yeah.

I mean, literally, coast to coast. How do you guys feel about it? Do you, is it cool or is it like, shit, what is this becoming? I mean, I don't, so, oh, fuck. I was talking to, I think it was Matt, the guy that I know that works out over at Thrive over here that we see sometimes. He was talking to me, and we were kind of just like talking about the conference realignment, like all this shit. And we came up with a great fucking idea. Okay?

So this is what's going to happen. You have either narrow it down to four major conferences, or maybe you do two. And let's go through the scenario. Let's say there's two major conferences, because people are kind of talking about it's kind of heading that way. It would be like the Big Ten in the north, SEC in the south. What they should do is the Big Ten football championship should be its own four-team playoff.

SEC football championship should be its own four-team playoff. The winner of that plays in the national championship to be national champs. But that way, it's still like an eight-team playoff. I kind of love that. Right? Kind of nice? Because top four teams in each conference, you could have somebody who has two or three losses, potentially. True.

Very true. That'd be sick. Something we kind of came up with. I think that'd be fucking awesome. How can, because, well, the news today, though, is that the Big 12 is making a surge. They're trying to take some Pac-12 teams, right? Yeah, the Pac-12 is fucked completely.

Well, no, I'm totally fine with that. So then let's say it is a four-team. Make it a 12-team. Well, even if it is, let's say it's the four-team, or four big conferences. You have Big 12, SEC, Big 10. ACC. Would it be ACC is what's left?

Yeah. So the ACC would need to kind of build back up. I feel like people are trying to get out of there, right? Well, I think everyone's trying to do with North Carolina. Right. So let's say it stays with the four. Then you do each conference championship game. That winner goes to the playoff.

And another reason I would love to back this up, like let's say in Iowa, like last year, whatever it was, 7-5 Iowa, 7-5 whatever Big Ten West team gets in the Big Ten title game and they win. Ole Miss wasn't even supposed to be in the fucking College World Series for baseball and they won it all. Yeah. And they dominated.

Yeah. Like they were in the last four World Series for baseball, and they won it all. Yeah. And they dominated. Yeah. Like, they were one of the last four in. Teams can get hot. I think that football is probably the least sport where you can get hot for multiple games. Right. But give it a shot. But I don't hate, like, giving them a chance.

Yeah. Like, obviously Cincinnati got railed by Alabama last year, but I still love them getting a shot. They deserve it. Who knows? Teams like UCF, right, in the past. They just got shafted, but they definitely should have got a chance to compete. Well, and I for sure would love to see then a Cincinnati or UCF go up,

not against Alabama, but maybe up against a big tent like an Iowa or whatever it is they would be able to you know be be in it you don't get clobbered by the number one seed overall so you have at least a chance right well the thing i don't get either is like all right you think about bowl season right it's like day after christmas through or even before then. Yeah, before then. It's like December 15th through like January 8th. It's essentially early December at this point. But why can't they just make a playoff? And you still have the bowl games.

So still, like, each playoff game is represented by whatever fucking stupid brand that wants to have a bowl game. So they're still getting their money. Yep. But you can make it bigger, and then the better teams get buys so like the top four teams they would still have the college football playoff schedule like they're not playing until january right and then you have the smaller teams that play the early bowl games you win your bowl game you move on yeah right bowl game move on bowl game like every win you move on so it's still a schedule of games going all the way through you're not losing any games but then it's a little bit more exciting it's a little more fun it gives you a little bit

of a march madness are you like adding games though that way i was gonna say that's the only tough thing because like i mean maybe now you're getting towards like 18 games if you win at all okay so let's say there's a four let's say there's four rounds, okay? So that gives you 16 teams. So the top four teams get a bye to the Elite Eight, I guess. And the next eight teams, you win, and then you would play one of, like, each top four. It would be, like, a top – because there's, like, the number one seed in this region, that region, that region. They would each be a number one seed in that region. And the team that wins that bowl game would play that.

Then the winner of that game would go to the college football playoff. I feel like you'd have to eliminate the early season non-conference games. Plus your conference at that point. Well, you just don't want to have 16, 17, 18 games. Well, it's only adding one more game. And that's for the lower level teams that wouldn't even be there in the first place. I think you give them that opportunity where that actually gives them a chance to get to the playoff.

I don't think there's any complaints there. Maybe from the players. Yeah. You think so? I mean, I... I mean, think about it. It's really adding one more game. I know.

I'm just thinking about... Dude, we talked to these guys. I mean, as a fan, yeah, I'd love that. As a fan, more football. If I could have football every Saturday for the entire year. Also, you think of Ohio State last year, right? They're number five. You're telling me that team doesn't want to play maybe one or two extra games to try to win the national title?

No, for sure. I think if they had a chance, they would. Right. I'm just thinking from like a perspective of the the guys we talk to them all the time and it's like they're like so we gotta ask them dying i mean that season is long as fuck you you gotta think about it there from like beginning of august to now beginning of january like into january i mean that's a six month yeah almost six month season it's half the year yeah i don't know it's just a it's a brutal sport to be playing that long

right i've heard some people speculating about like they're adding all these teams and it could become like uh you know 20 plus almost 30 plus team like super conference right and if i if i saw them do something like that i would be a huge fan of like relegating teams yes relegate them to the mac right and then you could have like at least some parody there right teams that are really weak could have a chance to repair themselves and then come back. Dude, I'm all in on that because that's the one thing I think from European soccer. Well, there's two things. One, the crowd's chanting.

We need to bring that to America. The maze wall. The maze wall. The maze wall. And two, I think relegating. Dude, think about the implications of like, think about a Rutgers versus Illinois game in like late November where the loser gets relegated to the MAAC.

I'd be watching that like fucking crazy. You get more viewers, you get everything. It would push the teams to win. And I'd watch the MAAC games, too. Exactly. I'd watch the top MAAC games. Because the top team would go into the Big Ten, right? Yep.

I think that's fun. I love the funniest thing is, I didn't know what the fuck relegation was in soccer until I watched Ted Lasso. This is where I get all my soccer info from. Yeah, I had no idea they even did that. Ted Lasso is a great show. I'm like, that is incredible. I'm like, that is the greatest thing in sports.

It's awesome. Because could you imagine, too, if you had a program like, even like Michigan, right, down on its luck at some point, maybe it had a couple bad seasons, gets relegated, and now you have this huge program battling these like small squads. I mean, Texas would have been there. Honestly. Texas would have been there.

Michigan in like the early 2010s like probably would have been there. And I feel like that would even help those teams, too. They're like, all right, gain a little confidence, power through these lesser teams, and then get back to where we need to go. Yeah, it would be awesome. It's like when you got guys in the major leagues, you send them down in AAA, figure your shit out,

come back up, you're good to go. Exactly. Dude, that would be fucking sick. This is the greatest podcast we've ever recorded. It's not even over yet. I agree. We just need to get back to drinking while we record. Oh, 100%.

That was the problem. Yeah. Hard liquor. Well, I think it's just that we're dumb without alcohol in us. Dude, booze makes me way smarter. Between booze and weed, you're like a superhuman when you consume. I'm like a fucking genius, dude. I turn into Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover.

When he's playing 21. Just Einstein-ing. Yeah. I got numbers and shit. When he's playing 21. He's just called Blackjack 21. Is it? I don't know. All right, maybe let's hold off on the genius thing.

Shit. I had it for a little bit. Short amount of time. I was the smartest guy in the room. That's good shit. That is good shit. All right. So we got it.

What were you talking about? Football? Soccer. Soccer. Football. Football. Football. No, I love the relegation thing.

But in general, like, I don't know. This, just with NIL and the transfer portal and the new conferences, definitely feels to me like college football is like gone now is there a silver lining there because it also feels like they're trying to get rid of the ncaa yeah oh the ncaa that's fine dead i'm like i'm like yeah the ncaa is fucking gone and they know it and they're they're like i don't know there's some shit about mark emmert today he was like trying to now get the uh fbi involved and like get in good for michigan they're doing it the right way dude seriously please do yeah i'm like okay fine do it yeah get ryan day's 13 million fucking payroll out of here exactly um but in general like i don't know do i think that these kids should be compensated for

what they're doing one thousand percent yes but does that at the same time take away the amateurism and like the love for football that a lot of guys have i think it does, unfortunately. I disagree. I'm telling you, I'm hearing things about guys that have an unbelievable visit to these schools. They love everything about it. And then none of that matters because at the end of the visit, somebody says, I'll pay you this, this, and this. Or the other school says it, and they're going there no matter what so i just feel like it's going to fuck everything when they go into a locker room like i just don't know how you can have a team and i guess maybe you know maybe i'm wrong and it already happens in the nfl and it's fine but like when there's a 19 year old in your

locker room that's making $5 million or whatever, and then the kid next to him is making nothing, I just think that it's going to ruin shit. Great. That's not happening at Michigan. What do you mean great? That's what I'm saying. Michigan,

what they've been talking about, what you guys have been talking about on the TNT Wolverine podcast is how Michigan is incentivizing play on field and um what is it they're incentivizing academics too right in the classroom like guys can make up to like 6k if they um do the right things yeah if they have a 2.0 no shit yeah if you're eligible, if you're eligible to play, you have $6,000. Yep. Wow. Like that, I mean, I think incentivizing the on-field play is great.

I get what everybody's saying. Like, people are freaking out. Like, Jared's talked about it. Like, the Twitter trolls and whatnot that are, you know, just like, oh, we're not throwing bags at these recruits. It's like, okay, maybe we're not throwing bags at recruits, but our current players that are performing well on the field are making money. Yeah. Right. You know? bags of recruits but our current players that are performing well in the field are making money yeah right you know so i mean that and i think with what you know michigan's brand is trying to do and whatever not everybody agrees with it and what harbaugh is probably trying to do is

get the right fit for the program so they're not as worried about having to buy a player they want to get the right fit and then if you're the right fit then great you can make money while you're at michigan we don't need to be throwing bags out there to incentivize you to come to Ann Arbor. So here's a hypothetical then. You're doing all this. It's all great. You get the right guys for your program, but you never win a title. And then you look at everybody else who won a title, and they're just throwing bags.

Well, then I think you've got to go for it. But also, we're in year what? That's true. One. We're in year one. And everybody's freaking out. But there's always teams that have been throwing bags under the table, too. And we all know who they are. So, I mean...

I just think the fact that it's more publicized now is... How much more money is there to go around? Like, I don't think you can throw money into a table anymore. Yeah. You know, I think you look at these recruits like, all right, we've got to pay this guy $13 million. What if we want another recruit and they want a bag?

We've got no money left to pay him. You know, I mean, how much money is there to go around for just recruits? I think that's what Jared's point is. Sustainability. Is like, dude, there's going to be, and maybe there are other schools out there that are just willing and ready to be like, hey, we know we're going to throw $20 million or $10 million per recruiting class. And we know that $5 million of that are going to be misses. Like, you have to be prepared for that if you're these schools. But like, I think he's from his perspective, he's talking to these boosters and they're

like, I'm not willing to just like pay $500,000 for a kid or whatever that price tag is and like not have them work out. And then like, try that again. And like, you have to look at like what's your hit rate um like on these recruits and the other thing that i'll defend jared on because ultimately well i'll say this first and then i'll go into my other point one thing i'll i'll defend jared on is like jared is the founder and ceo of his own company yeah he doesn't work for u of m he doesn't work for u of m and guess what he's not ready to go to jail if this shit goes sideways with the irs yeah and like with the fbi he's like

i'm sorry i love the university of michigan i love michigan football i want them to succeed i'm doing that i built a company for that he's own. On his own at 26 years old. But he's also like, I'm not willing to put my neck literally on the line in my life and my company. Because if the IRS comes after him, then he's fucking. He's fucked. His company goes under. He's probably looking at jail time. So there are these like, that's his point that he actually made on our most recent

episode of tnt wolverine he's like if somebody out there wants to be the bag man go and come in here that's an open position right now you know like but it's not gonna be me that's what he said that's what i love too is like i think people don't understand that jared is not working for u of m he's they all put they all lump it together right he's his own entity right like yeah he like people are giving him shit or or you know valiant shit when he's the only one that's actually trying to do something right right and these people are talking shit to him like he's the one that's fucking doing it if you if you think you do a better job start your your own company. You do it. Exactly. And I don't like... I'm with him on that. Now, the one

thing I will say is like what I think Michigan needs to figure out between Michigan and Valiant or whoever is the collective. The Blue By 90 collective. The Blue By 90 collective. If you want to start donating at Venmo,

hit us up on Venmo. We'll get you free popcorn at Deja Vu when they reopen. That's a good deal. But you still got to pay $20 cover. Oh, shit. It's a bad deal. Bad deal. So what I ultimately think that whoever it is going to be is going to have to do is like,

yeah, do I think that it's important for sustainability of what Jared's thinking? Yes, I think that's great. But if you do, I think there are exceptions. That if there's a five-star QB in Dante Moore, you might have to pony up and just pay the kid, you know, up front. Do you have to do that for everyone? No.

But I think that, like, yes, if you want to win and win now and get a five-star quarterback, yes, if you want to win and win now and get a five-star quarterback, like if you're okay with three stars and four stars right now, then yes, this model works. But to land a few of those four- and five-star big names, you probably have to come out and get out in front of it. So what I'm curious with in this Champions Collective, and if there's like a different way to do it, let's say you look at these alums, right?

Schefter, Brady, Portnoy, Ross. Could they, like I'm assuming the Champions Collective, they want to be separate from kind of like throwing bags, right? So what if, let's say, these alumni that have a bunch of money, could they just be like, hey, Dante Moore, Michigan can't do this or they don't want to be able to do this, but I'm willing to put my neck on the line for you to either play, not play, whatever, sign with Michigan,

I'll give you $6 million. 100%. I feel like you could just have millionaires or billionaires out there just become sports agents to get people to recruit to it. That could be a whole new opportunity for jobs out there. I'm here creating jobs.

Is there like laws, though, right, against that? You can't just be like, here's $6 million if you go to Michigan. There's really not any laws against it. I thought there were like tax laws. Well, there is a law. Like, yes. Yeah. Well, all this pay-per-play is 100% illegal. Oh, yeah. It's 1,000 play is 100 illegal oh yeah it's 1000 right

yeah essentially at that point but like nobody's abiding by the law so it's like okay what do you do then when like you kind of said in order to win you need to do that stuff but it's not lawful i don't i don't know it's such a tough conversation because it's almost like hey you got to break the law and jared's like go for it yeah it ain't gonna be me it ain't gonna be me pay you from your cayman islands account exactly like some shit like that so i you know ultimately though i do think that there are other schools that have people that you're talking about that are just like, I have a billion dollars. If I give out five and the kid doesn't work out, I'm okay with it. Right.

As long as, like, it keeps the train rolling with Texas A&M football. You know, there's oil fucking tycoons that are literally doing that right now. Got their 10-gallon hats on. Yes, 100%. I saw a video. You guys see that one with Jimbo where he's like, he's got recruits on the field. Yeah. And he goes like, you see all these press boxes?

These are the guys who are going to be paying your NIL deals. Yep. I was like, I'm pretty sure that's against the rules. I mean, dude, it's fun. Yeah, but nobody even gives a fuck. Yeah, but nobody cares. Because nothing's happening to Jimbo, you know? Oh, no way.

I don't know it just it's it's a really tough thing i think because like michigan has always been on the side of like hey we're doing things the right way and they're still doing that and i appreciate that about michigan because i'm i don't like like if Michigan was going like dirty, dirty, dirty money, I wouldn't be like all for it. But also at the same time, if fucking everyone's doing it, we got to do something. You can't just like – If it leads to them winning football games.

That's all that really matters. If Michigan wins football games, I really don't give a fuck. Because that's how we would make money. We need Michigan to do well. Exactly. Exactly. So I also think that, like, a lot of this shit is going to sort itself out in the next year or two. Yes.

Because laws will come into place. Guidelines from the conferences or the NCAA or something will come into place. Boosters are going gonna get screwed some of these non-profits are literally gonna go under because they're gonna be like the irs is gonna be like tell me about the charity that you're funding and they're gonna be like uh well it's it's a football player and the irs is gonna be like bull fucking shit you're done like and then it's over that's what i love like i'm glad uh jordan a, I think I saw his tweet. He quote tweeted somebody.

They're like, oh, why don't you do this? And he was like, well, from my own perspective or whatever he said, because I don't want to get fucked by the IRS. Like all these other places, it's going to catch up to them eventually. Michigan's playing safe. That's okay. We're still hot. Big Ten champions, let this shit sort itself out for a little bit and then you know if we need to make adjustments

and start having people throw bags and that's what happens i guess yeah and i think too we like we really have to get um we've got to get more people involved with valiant too yeah you know i know that we're like we are kind of involved with valiant ourselves and so it's gonna sound biased when we say that but like when we say more people involved i mean like the port noise and the stephen ross's and those like because like like even a derrick jeter like and i think you not only need to get them involved financially but you have to get them involved whether it be with valiant or the university and like be spokespeople for right for all this yeah because right now it doesn't it feels like honestly from i you know we're seeing it behind the scenes but i feel like it's almost the same

way from just a regular fans perspective is like it just looks like it's jared that's really all it looks like it looks like it's value yeah and it needs he needs more support from everyone so and you know where else i'm sorry to cut you off one more thing you know where you most need support from the head football coach and the athletic director because no not none of those guys are out there saying stuff right you know and if they're not then they need to hire somebody to do it. Right. Yes. Because what Michigan is really, really lacking is like, dude, look at the fucking alumni

that U of M has. You have James Earl Jones, Darth Vader. I put them as two different people of the same person. You have fucking Portnoy Jeter. Why are they not getting like, like john jansen's doing a great job of like the sports podcast all that stuff why don't they have a podcast that could or like anything where you can get like media from the umich athletics account or university of michigan where it's like derrick jeter spends a day with you know students at ross business business school

you know something like that like there's so many famous michigan alumni looking at recruiting like you can be like oh yeah jeter would have came here you know like or if he's like a representative michigan yeah or like tom brady's representative michigan like some of these guys are so young like they might not even know 100 they might have no fucking clue i mean brady i'm sure they're aware of but like other than that they might not know of any of the cool, you know, alumni that Michigan has. And I think that's something that they could do. And obviously, I mean, they've got to have the funds to fill that position to be like, hey, like, this is your job.

We're going to get people, you know, former alumni or alumni that can come back and kind of talk about the university, talk about Ann Arbor, get people here. You know, let's say they have a big recruiting weekend you bring derrick cheater tom brady james earl jones uh jim knows some people right i felt like doing that early on he was he was he had like michael jordan here but yeah but i feel like they kind of shut him down right because things like they didn't win right away right didn't beat ohio state so i think everyone's like you're doing too much you just gotta win on the field and it's like well he's like i'm fucking trying because half of college football is recruiting and i'm fucking doing he was at migos flex yeah like i was with

little dicky at fucking skeeps i think yeah like we need he was doing shit that was awesome we need that guy back because that's what like at least starts the conversation with a lot of recruits. And then they're like, oh, that fucking Harbaugh guy over there. I'll take that visit to Michigan, you know? Yeah, it's like Harbaugh's a cool dude. I mean, everybody speaks so highly of Harbaugh too. Even the players. Every single player.

They're like, oh, I love Coach. We had Rod Moore, you know, come out. Yeah. He was just talking about Coach Harbaugh and all that shit. And he's like, oh, your coach is funny as hell. All this kind of little quirky stuff. And a lot of the outside perception is like, Harbaugh's kind of an old guy. Can he relate to the players?

But they seem to love him. We haven't met one player, and I'm sure they wouldn't speak badly about him. But it seems authentic. It's very authentic that they love him. So anyways, I think we we got to figure it out i i don't know the full answer because i think there's a lot of different ways that you can go with it you know and i completely understand like the being careful more than toeing the line type of thing but at some point you can't just like let the world of college football pass you by

and just be like, well, we did the right thing here. And everyone else is like, well, now we're 7-5. Right. So you've got to figure it out. But what else is going on? I don't know. I saw something on social media today. Brittany Griner is still fucking in prison

in russia russia jesus christ holy shit like what's the deal with that just don't do drugs in russia that's i mean they're just gonna hold their ransom it was like a dab pen or something fucking crazy i mean look i saw i did see a funny tweet not that it's a funny situation but i did see a funny tweet it was that uh somebody put out, it was like LaVar Ball did more for getting prisoners out of Russia or something than, you know, President Joe Biden is doing. Because he got, not Lonzo, not LaVar. LaMelo. LaMelo. He got LaMelo out of fucking prison.

Because remember he like robbed some people in LA? He like stole, I don't know if it was a footlocker over there or some shit like that. Some stupid dude. And he like actually committed a crime. Yeah. Brittany Griner was like, oh, fuck, I just like need to chill out. Yeah, but like. But it's Russia, man.

I get that it's illegal and it's like whatever, but like the people that like make it illegal and whatnot have probably never been high in their life off of weed. This is a country where they're like listening in to your house. Yeah. Like. Crazy. Like. Crazy, dude. I don't know. I mean, they're obviously just going to hold her for ransom.

Yeah. Like until like we like. But how do we not free her? Give them. That's fucked. That's true. How do we what? That is fucked.

How do we not free her? Well, because I think they're probably not to get political, but they're probably like you either, you know, open up the oil pipelines back to Russia. And it's like a pretty fucking big deal. Like the things I'm sure they're asking. They are in an active war right now. Yes. But do we know like legally how long they can keep her in jail for that crime?

It's Russia. There's no rules. They make their own shit up. Right. Putin just fucking does whatever he wants. What do you mean? I don't know. I don't fucking know school.

Remember, I'm not smart. I'm not the smart guy. I'm not the smart guy. Yeah, take another drink. I asked the correct questions. I asked the right questions, and I'm looking for answers. Yeah, so there's this whole thing in Russia. It's called communism.

That means there's one person who controls everything, and his name is Vladimir Putin. I'll be honest. Communism sounds kind of fire sometimes. When you talk about spreading the wealth, I could take some of that wealth. There's too many rich people. Let's get off this topic.

There's too many rich people in the States that could pay my debt. You know what? We need to spread those five stars around. Yeah, I like that. I like that. Yeah, get that communist five stars. Michigan recruiting needs communism.

That's what we've learned today. Holy fuck. One thing I do know, Putin, not a great guy. Not a great guy. But he's got a great bay.

He takes those pictures where he's like riding a bear, like holding AKs. Yeah, literally, just like shirtless. Putin is Russia's Trump. Only he's been president

for like 20 years. If Trump could be president for 20 years, he would fucking do it. Yeah, that's for sure Only he's been president for like 20 years. If Trump could be president for 20 years, he would fucking do it. Yeah, that's for sure. Oh, God. That's for sure. All right, we're getting off the political train. That's all I know.

Yeah. What else is going on in the world? There's, I mean, college basketball, Yusuf. Did we talk about Yusuf? Yeah, we talked about him. I think we talked about him. He and Wolverine Corners got the in. They're boys.

They are? He follows us. I think Yusuf follows us? Yeah. He said he was going to give us a shirt. Oh, the fucking yo-yo. He said he was going to give us a yo-yo shirt. We legit need...

Jack, we need you to get on that. I'm thinking about it. Yo-yo. We have too much time fucking trying to produce these podcasts. Speaking of basketball, fun fact, the other day I go to get my hair cut. I'm sitting there for like 10 minutes. Franz Wagner walks in. Really?

I was like, what the hell? What the fuck is he doing here? Yeah, what is he doing here? At Off the Top? Yeah. Well, they get all the fucking Michigan athletes. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

What's Franz doing in Ann Arbor, Michigan right now? That's what I was thinking. Yeah, I'm wondering. I don't know. I don't know. Who knows? Getting his haircut. Getting his haircut, I guess.

It was like Don McKay back in the 70s. Flying to New York. Flying in. Get your haircut. Come back. Franz flies up to Ann Arbor. Different day. Different days.

Who's this barber? Is it Arab? Yeah Is it Moody? Yeah Moody fucking cuts everybody Oh yeah All the big names

You know how old he is? Um He's probably like 22 Yeah Really? He's fucking young He flew out somewhere But he's a hustler dude

And he was cutting He's in crimes Um Someone out in Oklahoma DeForest Buckner Like that's insane Yeah Just like

That's what he does Dude's a baller Shout out to Moody man You need your haircut? Yeah He's legit I remember when he was at Grand River

When that was on Stadium Oh yeah And I'd go to God what was his fucking name That guy He was a trucker Kenny

Kenny Shout out Kenny Shout out Kenny But Mo Shout out, Kenny. But Moody would always be in there and fucking just like. Cutting up people. Cutting up Joe Milton at the time. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

He was cutting up everybody. Speaking of Moody, we got some fire content coming up. Moody and Robin soon. Let's go. I'm excited for that. I'm pumped. I don't know when we'll actually drop it. We'll probably drop it.

Probably next week just to cut it up and whatnot. Honestly, even maybe later this month. Yeah. It might be a while. It might take a second to cut that up. But it'll be fun. Doing a kicking competition. So are we doing punting and field goals?

I think so. Are they going to supply us with cleats? I'm going to need to go to Dunkin' Hams. I don't need no cleats. Do we have kicking cleats? You never gave me fucking cleats, dude. You have like with cleats? I'm going to need to go to Dunkin' Donuts. I don't need no cleats. Do we have kicking cleats? You never gave me fucking cleats, dude. You have like 30 cleats. I need size 13 kicking shoes.

Now you've got your hands on exactly what they are? Foot locker. I know you got them. I got a couple left. I'll hit you. I seen a size 13. He said, yeah, I got some. Do you need a hat?

I can get you a hat. Yeah, see if Kinch will hook me up with a hat. Fucking asshole. It's because I didn't dog sit Frankie over the weekend. He asked me to dog sit Frankie. And he was like, this will piss him off. Hey, can you give his hat to Ro? I mean, it was the most random thing of all time.

I wish more people knew who Kinch was to understand. Hold on. Damn. Kaelin, do you have your phone? I do. I want to call Kinch while we're on the podcast. Oh, my God. This will be fun.

You want me to call him? Yeah, call him. And be like, why did you give Ro a hat? Let me see. We'll talk until he answers. He's going to be like, why are you calling me? I hope he still has his ring back to him. I don't think he does.

No, they got rid of it. Fuck. That was great. You got him on speaker? Oh, yeah. Put that shit, like, close to the mic. Oh, yeah, I can hear it. I hope he answers.

You know? Yo, I got Jack here. He's got a question for you. Yeah, shoot. Kaelin, put the phone closer to the mic. Why did you give Ro a free hat? I don't... I didn't think it was free. So how did that happen?

Did Will tell you to give Ro the hat? Chelsea did. That's incredible. I don't know. Did Ro not know them? No. Literally what happened was... I had no idea then. I don't know. Did Roan not Venmo them? Oh, no. Literally, what happened

was... I have no idea, then. So, we're recording the podcast right now. We've got you on speaker. Because it was for the hookup for the design guy.

Oh, maybe for Alex. Oh, did he help him out? Yeah. He designed their... I hooked him up with Alex for the logo. Oh. That makes sense. Okay. Okay. Well, I should probably give it to my brother, then, Yeah, he designed their – I hooked him up with Alex for the logo. That makes sense.

Okay. Well, I should probably give it to my brother then who did the work and not me. Too bad you're already sweating it. Let me – I'll double check with them and shoot you a text so you can figure out what exactly to do with it. Well, the funny thing was – I'm already wearing it. I gave it to Ro and he was like what's this for and i was like i don't know kinch told me to give it to you he's like i like i don't even know what this is so i'm like so he's just giving you a free hat and like fuck me like i don't get shit

jack was all jealous i was jealous man they just told me to give it to jack to give to ro he's a middleman all right thanks kinch thank you kinch All right. Thanks, Kinch. Thank you, Kinch. Bye. See you. See you. That's awesome. Holy shit. That's fucking incredible. That was also so long ago. I feel like that must have happened. Oh, yeah.

Like, he designed their shit probably in the fall of last year or spring of this year, winter. A little while ago. I don't know. That's so funny. You want to know? All right. I'm going to end it on on we got one more topic here i think we talked about this literally like last year around the same time but there's just nothing better than drinking a beer on a boat dude there's really not is there anything better and i it doesn't matter whether it's a yacht

or a fucking pontoon that barely works. As long as you're... I think it's better on a pontoon, honestly. I agree. Where it's just like... Fuck yeah. Whatever. It's just floating.

You don't give a shit. The sun is out. Something about the water makes the beer taste better. The best time I've ever had on a boat is in Pinckney on the Chain of Lakes. And you know Tommy. Tommy and Ashley. Yep. So Tommy and Ashley... We'll go out on a boat with them sometimes. And we use Tommy's mom's boat. in pinkney on the chain of lakes and you know tommy tommy and ashley yeah so tommy like we'll

go out in a boat with them sometimes and uh we use tommy's mom's boat and it's like all right like are we gonna be able to get this thing started before we go out there like that's the best part is like like okay is it gonna start if it starts we're gonna have a great day and every time it starts it takes a second but it starts we get on the water and we're like all right let's fucking rage and it's just a great time let's was drinking fucking bud lights and claws and nothing better at least and truly and especially when it's like a shitty pontoon you're not worried about messing it up it's so true like on the wiltseed's boat i'm like fuck like it's too nice it's too nice yeah you're like you can't relax like i don't belong here is this place wrapped in plastic or what? Yeah. Yeah. And then you just like either pee off the side of it or jump in and pee.

And it's just like a giant bathroom. I jumped in this weekend and it was fucking cold. Really? Yeah. But they've got those like long floaty things. I was just chilling out. Like eventually it evened out and it like felt great and I'm just like floating. And it was fucking awesome.

It was incredible. Wait, did you take your shirt off or were you... I did. Wow. Shirt went off. I'm embracing the dad bod. I am who I am.

I just kind of thought that you were going to be a shirt in the pool type guy for the rest of your life. Like Harry? Yeah. Shout out Harry Rafferty, assistant women's basketball coach.

Sarah Van Meter came in for class today and she was like, I saw your tweet in response to Kim's, like, what she put up, and she's like, I died laughing. Oh, my God. We got to get Harry on here. Harry's a cool guy.

We were born on the same day. Really? November 20th, 1993. No way. We got to get Harry on here. He follows Blue by 90. He doesn't follow me, though. Oh, fuck.

Sounds like somebody giving someone else a hat, but not you. Right. It's fucked up. It's all the same thing. God. All right. Well, let's get him on the pod, then. Why not?

We have to. I got to tell you guys a funny story, too. All right. So last night, Heather and I have talked about this for a while. I might have even mentioned it to you guys. I'm not a strong swimmer. Really? I can stay alive.

I can stay afloat. I'm not a strong swimmer. Okay. And I remember when like Jay-Z was taking swim lessons because he had a baby on the way he wanted to know like be able to swim with that shit going on. So Heather and I are trying and I emailed the YMCA

because they have adult. I looked it up. I was like do you guys have adult swim lessons? I'm going to start taking adult swim lessons at the YMCA. Yeah. I get a little bit of swim. I protect my child. Good for you. Good for you. I got no shame.

Holy shit. I got no shame. Now are you going to be swimming next to some little kid with floaties on? No, they do private lessons. I made sure. I'm like, I'm not swimming some fucking five-year-old that's showing me up. Well, we absolutely have to come and film that. Oh, for sure.

That's fine. Oh, my goodness. That's fine. Make sure that that's okay before you fully sign up. Yeah, but can I film this happening? We'll blur out your face. Say it's for you to watch film. It's for charity.

You got to go watch your film. I can break it down. See what I'm doing wrong. Put it on an iPad for you. That locker room after with the towel on you we're gonna interview like post-game interview you yeah i'm like tough workout till seven is right next to me oh my god that would be incredible that'd be great content that is that's a great story i'm all in i'm all in that will be the funniest shit that we've put out ever. Oh. That'll be incredible. Yeah.

All right. Well, that was a lot of fucking nothing, but it was great. It was great content. That was great content. Whether you guys like it or not, we enjoyed it. That's all that really matters. We're here for you. I think the people that actually listen to the podcast, this is what they listen for.

Probably. 100%. They know we don't fucking know dick. Yeah. I agree with that. I agree. Well, yeah. Yeah.

All right. Well, we appreciate you Yeah. I agree. Well, yeah. All right. Well, we appreciate you guys. More content. We just had Rod Moore. So if you haven't listened to that one, go back and listen to that. Just a good dude. Genuine, good human being. And professional and all that stuff.

Also, turns out to be really good at football. Yeah. Which is a big positive. Fast guy on the team. Fast guy according to according to himself i like that i like that a lot um and we'll like we said we'll have some more uh podcasts coming out here soon um we'll probably have a pre-wedding and a post-wedding uh pod too maybe day of pod i'm down wouldn't hate that that'd be fun what's your what's your plan day up are you guys getting like the boys all together and kind of hanging out?

Yep. So we'll do a little workout in the morning. Oh, okay. Group workout. Ambitious. Not OTF. I kind of thought about it. Dude, we can totally hit them up.

Well, I'll do it by myself. I didn't want to make everyone in my group do an OTF workout because it's kind of intense. But you've only got what? Six guys? Yeah. Who's in it uh me my brother bus roddy bus bus wasn't at the uh the bachelor party no who's my uh college roommate and then um cory troy and sam half of of those guys have already been members.

They're taking class. Probably should. Should do that, dude. I've already got somebody. We're doing a private thing. Ooh. Yeah. And then after that, we'll go to a salon, get touched up, get lined up, all that.

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That's about it. You're doing the first look, right? We'll do first look. I'm going to start crying. You're going to cry? No, I don't think I'm going to cry. I don't think you're going to cry. I didn't cry. I don't.

I told her. I was like, I don't really want to't think i didn't cry i don't i told her i was like i don't really want to do the first look because i feel like i'm gonna not that i don't love her and i'm gonna be like in shock and all how beautiful she is but like i just feel like it's such a moment that you're like you you're creating it it's not authentic right like so like i'm gonna be like you know like i'm gonna oh my god here's here's my shocked face you know like well i even like i can't believe it's you in a white dress you know that's the funny thing i feel like you feel the exact same way when i when i say this the hardest part of getting married and like engaged and all this shit the scariest part for me was asking Heather's parents.

You know, for a blessing. You know, I knew Heather was going to say yes. You know, like, we'd lived together at that point. Like, we'd kind of already talked about it. I knew that was already, like, a done deal. But I was like, fuck, like, I got to ask her parents. And, like, I remember her, I'll never forget her dad saying, all right, well, you got to take care of her now. I was like, fuck.

I don't know if I can do that. Gary. I did. give me some time there i got to i i lucked out i got to ask him over the phone over facetime okay because of covid oh right oh wow so i literally had a whole ordeal i literally had covid while i asked him right because i remember I'll be honest. I had COVID. I might not make it. I planned that out. Please. Please allow me to.

That was a shit show for you. I had to ask like three different times. I planned the whole thing. God. It was so bad. Losers. We're here. I'll be honest.

We can cut this out too. I am a very safe person with COVID, but at this point we're two and a half years into it. And I was just like, I'm, I could be on my deathbed. I'm not getting tested for COVID before my wedding. I'm just,

I could be hacking up an entire lung. I'm just like, I will not cancel this fucking wedding. So there's just no chance I'm getting tested. You can't. Sorry. That's just where we are. getting tested you can't so sorry that's just where we are no that's where we are in life right now like i'm still shocked when i see people wearing masks i mean go for it do we gotta do i don't care either way i feel more comfortable

like i don't care either way but it's like i'm just like oh fuck should i be wearing one yeah and i'm like no i'm good yeah like i'm straight i'm all right yeah i'm just to me i'm not i've paid way too much money and and spent way too much time planning this thing. You probably felt the exact same way, I'm sure. Oh, fuck yeah. It's just brutal. I will not be even risking that. I told everybody, like her mom, I was like, listen, we're going on without you.

If you don't make it, that's you that's on at this point so it's happening we're not going to postpone it so be snorting your lines of emergency to stay uh stay healthy exactly i do that every morning meanwhile i'm just drinking whiskey here so yeah and sweaty morning brush my teeth snort my emergency and i'm healthy as can be easy light work light work absolutely all right well you can follow us at Blue by 90 on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. At Blue by 90 Podcast on YouTube as well. We appreciate you. Go Blue.

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