Klein/Ally Show: The Podcast - Forced Fandom

Episode Date: September 9, 2026

We'll get into an episode of Klein Alley Show in just a moment, but in the meantime, let's tell you about our absolute favorite place on the planet. Yep, that would be San Bernardino International Airport, where you can go through the airport process without waiting in long lines and overpaying for parking. Quick connections to the Bay Area and the world, plus ski and snowboard in Provo from San Bernardino all winter long. Every other airport, you're going to be in long TSA lines, you're going to be miserable, you're going to say, oh, I got to get there two, three hours before my flight.

Not at San Bernardino International Airport. And now we send you on a direct flight into our podcast, which starts right now. Football is back. Maybe you don't care, but perhaps you do. And if you're a fan of a team, there's different reasons why you're a fan of that team. Perhaps the most obvious is because you grew up in a city, and that's the team that the city supported. Now, maybe you had a weird reason why you're into a team. And I know that L.A. is strange because there's been times when there's been football here, not football here.

Now we've got two teams here, but there's still a lot of Raiders fans because of when the Raiders were in L.A. And, you know, teams move around, and fandom usually sticks. So once you've locked in, you're a fan of a team. Even if that team sucks and they've sucked their entire life, you're a fan from a young age, and you kind of stick with it because maybe your dad was a fan of the team. Yeah, sometimes it passes down by generation.

So your dad or grandpa's city that they're from, you know, they were big Packers fans, And so it just kind of becomes a family team no matter what city you live in. My buddy's a diehard Jets fan. But the reason is because it was much cheaper for his parents to buy him Jets stuff when he was a baby than Giants stuff. Because Giants were always a much more likable team. Now they're probably about the same. Now it's probably evened out over the years.

But the reality is that he just decided from a young age, you know, you grow up wearing Jets stuff. You're a Jets fan. Now you're stuck with that curse for life. So we've decided to go ahead and bask in the shame of being a fan of teams. And maybe, look, you want a new team to root for. I grew up in D.C. I grew up a Washington Redskins fan, but I really hated the Commanders, especially when they had the terrible ownership for so many years

that it was hard for me to continue to support a team because I was such an enemy. I thought Daniel Snyder was the worst owner of a team ever. And a lot of people lose their interest in teams because of owners. The same thing that happened with the Anaheim Angels, to be completely honest. So are you on the market for a new team? No, because once the Rams came to L.A. and I started to go, and they were terrible out of the gate. Those were some of the most boring games.

I'd go watch them in the Coliseum, and they would suck, and they would put up a total of three points of total offense. I mean, it was a couple of really boring, boring years before they got good again. But I like Sean McVay. I like what he's done. So you're a legitimate Rams fan now. I'm a Rams fan, but I still watch the Washington play, and they've been fun to watch.

Lately, I don't know if I'll ever go back to the level of fan I was. And to the teams you hate, it's mainly the Cowboys? I hate a lot of teams. I hate the Patriots. I hate the Cowboys. I can list a lot of teams I hate for different reasons. Cowboy.

They gather the cows. That's right. Thank you for that. Thank you for explaining that to me. Okay, now I love the cowboys. So we have a football helmet in the KROQ studios now. In this side of this helmet

is every team in the NFL. And in case you're wondering, this season, the Rams are projected to be, you know, at least go to the Super Bowl. Obviously, it'll be here in LA, but they are projected.

They are on paper, at least the best team in the NFL right now. The worst team is the Tennessee Titans. Oh, they're the worst? Wow. Yeah, and just above them, shockingly, is the Jets. The Jets.

And then the Cardinals and Browns and all the typical riffraff you'd see at the bottom. So we are going to now reach in, and each of us, one at a time, will pick the team that we are forced to support this season. And that is in a lot of ways. Well, yeah, we have to. Tattoo, perhaps? We have to go. Gear.

Got to find a local bar. You have to see the games as much as you can. Yeah, you can go to local bars for the team. If, say, the Rams are here playing that team, you should try and go to the game if you can. Yeah, and we could probably make that happen. And maybe you're listening right now because L.A. is a mix of people from all over the country. And one of us ends up being a diehard Packers fan all of a sudden. Not that you need more fans.

You could be a tutor for us. But you could help us out and you could let us know where to go. All the weird chants. So this is going to be how we look. And the worst part about this for us is whichever one of our teams does the worst this season is going to have a pretty bad punishment. I think the worst punishment we've ever done. Because it involves a lot of time and effort and travel. Are we going Greyhound for sure, or is that an option?

Is that really the punishment? How about the train? The train is a nicer punishment. Why don't we leave the transportation open? Because we don't know what's going to happen. Whichever one of our teams that we pick right now goes the furthest. This person will go to the Super Bowl this year. Because it's right here in LA.

It's in LA, and we feel like we can make that happen. And that's pretty cool. No matter what. Even if you've never really cared, I think going to a Super Bowl is a bucket list thing. Whichever one of our teams does the worst this season will have to travel to the city and watch the Super Bowl in that city. And watch that team not be in the Super Bowl among a bunch of fans of that team. They won't be watching that team. They'll be watching the teams in the Super Bowl, but they'll be going to, let's say, Cleveland for the weekend, which is a terrible punishment.

My mom's from Cleveland. It's terrible. Yeah, and maybe you can fly, but you have to fly a cheap airline, one of those sketchy ones. Or you can do Greyhound. Now, all of a sudden, we're going to pick a team that we don't care about at this exact second, but, boy, we're going to start caring pretty soon. And I understand that this might be difficult for me if my team loses or wins because I will be nine months pregnant by that point.

My due date is on Super Bowl Sunday, so I'll either be at the Super Bowl nine months pregnant or I'll be in Cleveland. Or you'll be in the middle. True. You could be somewhere else. You could be in a hospital. Let's go ahead, Allie. Do you want to draft first?

Okay. Allie's reaching into the hat. We have an official NFL Rams hat right now. It's actually kind of hard to... The team that Allie will be... You can't even pull the name out of the hat? Well, because there's all this padding in there, all the pieces of paper. Just grab one of the teams.

All 32 NFL teams are inside of that helmet. Oh, God. Allie, this season, we'll be supporting... Oh, no. Oh, no. Please be Titans. Please be Titans. I got the Cardinals.

Oh, my God. That is... I think they are the... You just said, I think they're like third to last. 30th. They're in a rebuilding mode right now. And there's so many games. By the way, if you lose, though, Arizona is not a bad place to go.

I can visit my sister, I guess. If your sister's there and it's close by, you can go to those games for cheap. Squaw! No, you can't. We already have a squad on the show. At least it's not a team that I hate-hate. I would rather the Cardinals than the Rams or the Seahawks. Allie is a card-carrying Cardinals fan right now.

Bring Vanessa in to pick her team. Vanessa, pick your team here out of the helmet. Allie's going to be the Cardinals. That's great. I'm so glad. God, they're so... They're like a fun-bad team, though. Yeah, I will say that.

They're bad, but they're... But no one cares enough about them. I think they're better than most, but they're just in a rough division. Yeah, hold on. Vanessa's reaching in now. And I want Miami Dolphins because if this is a punishment, this whole thing is a punishment for me. At least you want to go to a cool city. At least I want to go to Miami.

Or second choice, 49ers. You're rooting for the Miami Fish? Yeah, I don't care. The Miami Fish. This is like when you guys didn't care about the World Cup. This is the same thing for me. Yeah. This whole thing is a punishment.

All right, pick it. Just pick it. He's got... The team that Vanessa... This is really hard. It is hard to pick. The team that Vanessa will be supporting all NFL season long will be... No.

This is a good team, but I don't want to... I got Los Angeles Rams. Oh, great! Oh, Vanessa! Because that means the fandom is going to be all here and I have to be into it. Yes, you're going to go to all the games. You might be going to the Super Bowl.

No, no, no. I'm going to request for trade right now. This feels so official because it's here. Yeah, that's great. What a... I couldn't have... I'm so mad. She's all mad.

I don't care for football! Mom, this is not my sport. Vanessa, that's the greatest pick you could have gotten out of that helmet. The greatest. All right, who's next? She just asked if we're doing switchies. Yeah, Johnny wants to trade with her. I want to trade.

First round, I'm a draft. Can't trade. No trades. I'm a draft. I'm a trade. No trades. Johnny, get in here. Johnny's taking his team now out of the helmet.

We are forcing fandom upon each other for the new NFL season. Don't look. We will be diehard, diehard fans. Here he is. He's reaching in, Johnny. reach in the helmet this is the team that Johnny will be

supporting and by the way when I say supporting I mean we're buying merch ASAP we are wearing stuff you're going to be forced to have

conversations Johnny no one's made a good noise yet Denver Broncos oh you're going to be talking to Brandon

in the halls a lot hey that is funny too that there's a co-worker who's a huge Broncos fan that now you have to make small talk

with a lot of small talk dude he doesn't even like me that's not a bad city to visit though. Go to Colorado. My buddy lives

out there. She lives out there. I will say the Broncos this season. I think they're pretty good, aren't they? Yeah, they're supposedly going to be the fifth best team in football right now. They have a chance to do things. They were good last year. I would like to trade. Nope. I'm submitting a trade block, which is legal to do. Who are you

going to trade with? I would like to trade for the Los Angeles Rams. I think they have a great chance this season. Whoever gets Miami gets mine. Okay, I want Miami. I want Miami. Alright, Jake, come take your pick quickly. It's forced fandom now. We all have the NFL teams that we grew up liking.

And it would be funny for me if Jake had to pull a team that was... I will hope he picks the Niners. Yeah, right. If he picks the Niners or a team that's right, like the rivals, it's going to ruin his season anyway. Jake has got his Seahawks hat on right now, his Seahawks t-shirt on right now. He looks like a real make-a-wish. He's entered the K-Rock Studios, and the team he'll be supporting this NFL season is... The Packers.

The Packers. Hey, that's fun at least. Jake does look like a Lambo guy. Totally. Yeah, yeah. Jake. You can see him with one of those cheese head things on. His bald spots.

And those big giant coats. And that protects my musk. Omar, you want us to draft for you? Yeah, go ahead. This is Omar's team this season. Omar loves sports, as you know. He's a big sports guy. All right.

Omar is supporting. His daughter's softball team. Oh, God damn it. Omar got the commanders. I got Klein's team. I'm so annoyed by that now. I bet you Omar didn't even know. If I just said Commanders, he wouldn't have even known this kid.

Omar's got the Commanders. Now, Omar, hey, Omar, I'll give you some stuff. I got some merch. But I'll do, like, throwback. Can I call him the Redskins? Yeah, you can. Bring it back, baby. You know, and I'll do, like, the offensive chant.

Omar's the perfect fan. Hey, Omar, you're one of them, so you can say it, I think, right? You know what I mean? He does not need to hear anything at all. Oh, he's not? I thought he was. All right. The only paper that I was able to grab, please be Dolphins.

The team I will be supporting this NFL season. And you know when you get my support, you get a lot of support. This is interesting. What'd you get? Because I actually hate this team. And I shouldn't hate them because a lot of people that were Washington fans became Baltimore Ravens fans. Oh, the Ravens. Technically, that is...

That's your other team from your city where you're from. That is the team I should support, but I don't like them. Because I think a lot of people jumped off the Washington bandwagon when the Ravens got a team. Man, I really wish you'd gotten the Cowboys. Anyone want the Ravens? Anyone want to trade? I'll trade. You want to be a Packers fan?

Ravens are purple. Oh, give it to him. He loves purple. Give it to him. He's going through a breakup in a month. All right, these are our teams this NFL season. So, once again, I'm with the Ravens. I'll ride with the Ravens.

That's fine. Yeah, come on. Let's do what we got. I feel like a lot of people are going to think that I finally caved on being, and that sucks. At least no one got the Eagles. Yeah, that's a good thing. That would have been annoying, too, because then you would have had camaraderie with those fans. So this NFL season, Omar is a huge Washington Commanders fan, but he's going old school.

Call him the Redskins. Love it. That's it, right? No, no, no. That's all you do? No, we don't. Are you sure? You got to show me the ways, then, man.

We can't do that anymore. 9-0-9 said if Allie loses, she should have to give birth in that city. Oh, man. He's the Arizona Cardinals fan. It's not looking good for you. I'm just saying as far as records go. I think I got the worst team. I think you did.

By a lot, too. Yeah, you guys all drafted pretty good teams. All of us pulled decent teams out of the helmet. I mean, all the teams we picked are at least supposed to be above 500 wins. 500%. You know not the case. I think I'm going to Arizona to have a baby. On a Greyhound bus.

We got to take a break. I need it. Happy NFL season. Portia.