Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter - Pneumonic Plague + Woman in Tennessee Survives 2 Lethal Injection | Macrodosing - Oct 8, 2026

Episode Date: October 8, 2026

On today’s episode Arian, PFT and Big T discuss the recent findings on the Pneumonic Plague found in Russia. Plus they get into the MLB Playoffs, Arian’s new found love of Nathan Fielder and ‘The Rehearsal’, another masturbation incident on a flight, Drake Maye not believing in the moon landing, gambling your social security money, the woman who survived 2 lethal injections in Tennessee and much more. Enjoy! (00:02:34) MLB Playoffs (00:26:29) The Rehearsal (00:31:29) American Airlines Flight (00:34:37) Drake Maye & Conspiracy Theories (00:41:07) Social Security (00:53:21) Christa Pike (01:06:42) Andrew Tate (01:11:42) Lane Johnson Officially Retires from the NFL (01:40:49) College Football (01:48:04) Pneumonic Plague Rocket Money Join at https://RocketMoney.com/MACRO. Stella Blue Just head to https://stellabluecoffee.com and use the store locator to find a store near you.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

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All right, welcome back to macro dosing. It is Thursday. It's October 8th, 2006. And we are going to get into the pneumonic plague a little bit today. It's the hottest plague in the world, guys. It's hot as plague. It's what's hot in the streets right now. But we got a lot of stuff to get into before we do.

First of all, Big T, my sympathies for the Atlanta Braves going down to one to the Dodgers. I thought the bravos were going to pull it out in the bottom of the eighth and then the bottom of the ninth. I don't know why y'all thought that. I told you. When they had bases loaded, one out. Yeah. And they got one run. That was it.

And I looked it up because you sent it to the group chat that Acuna has not had a postseason RBI since the first. Trump administration. It was October 2020, I believe, was his last postseason RBI. And he has more MVP awards in that time than postseason RBI's. That's crazy. And it's not like the Braves aren't in the postseason. I think it's, every year except one. This might be his third, right, since 2020? No, one. Well, he was out in 2021. He was hurt. Right. So then 22, 23, 24, 26. Oh, but he was hurt in 24. Because I think when I looked it up, I saw three postsies. Yeah, so 21 or 22, 23, 26. Yeah, has not had an RBI.

But being heard is also part of the issue. That's part of the game as well. But yeah, it was a tough way to lose. You guys should not have been wearing your red uniforms. Oh, why's that? You got to wear the way. The Atlanta Braves have the most iconic home jersey in sports. We talked about this offline the other day.

Yeah, it's great. Not it. Okay, you're right. Non-sport. But I personally, aesthetically, I think it's the best, home jersey in baseball. It's S-tier. Yeah, no, I would agree. This is not in all of sports. Yeah, you're right. You're right. I would say honestly, what the Yankees probably. Top three from every sport. Baseball has to be a home white. Nothing. It's Braves, Cardinals.

Yankees. Probably. I would know Yankees or Dodgers. I got to go past. Basketball. The pinstripes are, I'm not a huge fan of the Yankees uniform, though. Like, I understand it's iconic. Me neither, but it's iconic. Yeah. That's like, I remember I was talking to Bob McNair one time, the order of the Texas that passed. And I was trying to convince him to get Matt Helmets. And he, and we, and then he started talking about like the design of the jerseys and stuff. And he was like, I want to make this like iconic like the Yankee pinstripes.

At the time, I was thinking I was like, that's not going to happen. But that's like the standard. Like Yankee pinstripes is like the standard of what people think of when they think of uniform. I'm glad you brought up Matt Helmets because we've got. on too far in the mat revolution. We need to bring back glossy helmets. It's too much matte now. It all looks boring. The mat can look really good sometimes.

I saw a mock-up of the Vikings helmet glossy, and it was 10 times better than what they have. I like the purple mat. I saw a glossy helmet in college football that I hate. Minnesota, I hate that. Oh, well, that's like a chrome thing. That's totally different. They do weird stuff. And what the fuck was the UT helmet? What is that? They were doing, that was this year's Smokey Gray uniform,

which they've massacred my boy. I'm the biggest Smokey Gray guy out there. I've got one right here behind me. And we had the best alternate uniform in college football. The original Nike Smokey Gray was perfect. And now they've been doing a thing where every year they're doing a new one. And it's like last year's was a military thing. The year before that, it was something.

And this year it was honoring General Neeland. I think he was hired 100 years ago or something. Like it's been 100 years. And so it was like a throwback thing. I didn't like it. I didn't hate the, what it would be like the stadium skyline on the jersey? I didn't hate that. That was kind of cool.

But the helmet killed me. Like the orange cross with the star on the board. I didn't even, I'm sure I had some meaning. Yeah. Yeah, it was a Neeland thing. It was bad. It did. It did. There was a cool screenshot, though, when they lined up in the smoke stack for like a fourth and one and somebody put it in black and white. And so the uniform looked cool in that like it was the 30s, but I was not a fan.

You know, some people know the angles to get on the, you know, on IG. They know how to. Yeah. That's what that is. The, the Yankees were not the first baseball team to wear pinstripes. Fun fact. Do you know who else? Really? Major League team, yeah. Older than the Yankees. Mm-hmm. I mean, it might be the Boston Braves. Nope. It was the Chicago Cubs.

Chicago Cubs wore them during the 1907 World Series. And then it spread. The Yankees tried them in 1912. And then they made them a permanent part of their uniform, I believe in 1912. 17, 1915, the Yankees made them permanent on the uniform. So the Cubs and the New York Giants wore pinstripes before the Yankees did in baseball. It's kind of interesting.

Can you name the other baseball teams that wear pinstripes? I mean, a lot of them. A lot of them do. The Mets have pinstrives. And the Brewers got a pinstrives. Yep, Brewers, white socks. Padres have one. Padres, yep.

I'm just trying to go like Across the map Do the I'll give you one because they're no longer teams of Montreal Expos They had pinstripes On at least one of their uniforms Do the Giants? I don't watch baseball then

No The Giants do not have pinstripes You can also There are one, two, three basketball teams That have incorporated pinstripes Yep The Bulls do it the best The Bulls, yeah

Oh, the Rockets did. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, actually, so there's another one, the Hornets. But yeah, the Rockets were not listed on this, but the old school rocket uniforms had him. You can't have Pinschrobs and football came. No. Notre Dame did it one time, right? At the Pinsrip Bowl that was hosted at Yankee Stadium.

No, it was. They played a regular season game there, I think. I think they played Syracuse or something. So that was regular season that they wore the... Yeah, they played one game. Like this year, they played Wisconsin at Lambo. they play one game a year somewhere else, and they did pinstripe pants, and it was atrocious. Yeah.

Doesn't work in football. And Notre Dame of all teams should not be doing that. Agreed. So other teams in baseball, the Rockies, the Marlins, the twins, the... Oh, yeah, these are bad. Apparently the Cubs have had... So the Cubs, the Tigers, the Phillies, the Astros. It's most teams have one.

Yeah, I forgot about the Cubs. For some reason, I was just thinking about the road grays for them. But yeah, the Cubs, pinstripes, iconic. The Astros, I don't remember seeing. That's like early 2000. That's like Bagwell, they had them. Yep, okay, yep. When you look at them, it all comes back.

A lot of memories. Yeah. Chris Burke, 18th inning Homer, 2005. It's one of the first baseball things I remember. The killer bees. The Marlins pinstripes. Those are nice. The old teal.

Yeah, those are really good. So yeah, the Yankees, they do have, it is iconic. I'll give you that. But my point is that the Braves home white uniforms are just incredible. And they look, they're just so pleasing to look at. I agree. It was a tough, tough loss, Big T. We may have another one by the time this comes out.

How do you feel about, how do you feel about Chris Sale? that was tough to watch man he wasn't it wasn't bad just didn't yeah he was just a tick off and and when you're I think it was like at the fourth inning they started yeah it was a at taking his cookies when they finally hit that that two run homer it was it had been a very lopsided zero zero game like that that was coming at some point um and i mean he you know he still he he was fine he was okay he just wasn't what you expect out of chris sale and uh I saw His postseason ERA is like $6.50 or something over his career, which is crazy from a Hall of Fame pitcher. But, you know, happens.

Did not know that about him. At the beginning of the game, I was super excited. Because I don't want to see the Dodgers in the next round, ever. I don't want to see them at all. You still got a series going on as well. It's 2.1. It's 2.1. They're a good team.

We're going to close up shot. We're going to close up shot. Again, might be 2-2 by the time this thing comes out. Everybody knows about to happen the next game. Everybody knows. They know that. But I was excited to see the Dodgers, you know, in trouble. 1-1 could go down, 2-1.

Chris Hale on the mouth. We are about to, it's about to be good. And then it's just the Dodgers being the Dodgers, man. I hate them. I hate the Dodgers. Yeah. I hate them. And they're so good.

Yeah, what if Freddy Freeman, every time he does something good, I just want to kick him. I hate him. Freddie Freeman. Was the name Freddie or well? His name is Freddie. Kike Hernandez. Who just spawns every year.

And they get on base and they do that stupid shit. I have. No, you're on it. You know what I love about this segment right now? Is if you're, a lot of times if we talk shit about a sports team, the fans that are, that will listen to this show if you're fans of that team, a lot of people get pissed off at us. Like, hey, why do you hate my team?

If you're a Dodgers fan, you just listened, that makes you so happy. They love it. You love that shit. You fucking perverts. When Aryan's like, I hate that fucking, you're like, oh, yeah, give me more. Give me more of that, Aaron. Keep crying. We'll keep winning.

I mean, I bet it feels great. Yeah. I bet it feels great. I mean, Enrique Hernandez, was he in the eight hole or nine? I think he was ninth. He's batting ninth. And all he does in the postseason has just come up big. He's top ten all time in postseason homers.

It's disgusting. That is disgusting. And he didn't even play this year. He didn't even start playing until last month, I think. It's insane. And if Freddie goes in the Hall of Fame as a Dodger, that's going to... I mean, the only thing that can... That's going to really sting.

Oh, yeah. You have to think about that. I think it might be... If they win it this year, I think it's Dunzo. I think it might... How was the departure? I don't... It's very weird.

So they won the World Series in 2021. The Braves did. And in what turned out to be his last at bat with the Braves, he homered in game six, the World Series. and Joe Buck said, as he was rounding third base, he was like, in what could be his final at bad as a brave, Freddie Freeman homers. And a bunch of people got really pissed at him for that.

And everybody's like, they're going to figure it out. And the team had come to him when they sucked in like 2017, 18 and been like, or 16, 17, and been like, we'll trade you if you want. And he was like, no, I want to stay here. And he was there when they rebuilt the whole team, end up winning the World Series. And they were like, surely they're going to figure it out. there was a story that like still nobody really knows if it was true that his agent may have manipulated the situation to a point that like he wasn't telling freddie all the information

freddie wanted an extra year and the Braves wouldn't give it to him was was the long and the short of it and uh he ended up i think did the Braves trade for Matt Olson like before Freddie actually signed i think it was a day or two before i don't remember they got Matt Olson. And then that's when Freddie was like, okay, well, he signed, but they knew what he was going to do. And then when he came back to Atlanta the following season, they did a thing. They gave him his World Series ring. And he was sobbing on the field to the point that Clayton Kershaw, one of the Dodgers, you know, been there for 15 years, said in the media publicly, he was like, you know, we got to know if this guy wants to be here or not. Like, it was, the Dodgers were very upset about it.

And so it was just a really weird situation, but now, I mean, he's, he's won a, was he, was he the World Series MVP a couple years ago? I think he was. He, yeah, he, he was that, was that 20, when he hit the Grand Slam to beat the Yankees? 24. Yeah, I think he was the MVP. So he's won two World Series. He's got the World Series MVP. If they win back to back to back, like, he probably, it'll.

Has he said publicly anything like what he would lean towards? No, I mean, they asked him, he got booed up. last night and they were like, what'd you think about that? And he was like, I play for the Dodgers. I'm trying to beat the Braves. I expect them to boo me. Like, that's how you talk about the X. No, I mean, he was smiling and laughing. He was like, I mean, I'm, you know, I play for the other team. I would hope they would boo me. I think he, I agree with that. Maybe. Yeah, I don't have any problem. Maybe, maybe all of the Great White Buffalo. I don't know. Yeah, but yeah, it's going to, it's going to be interesting. And even, I'd rather him do Dodgers than no, no logo, you know,

Yeah. That's even worse. Yeah, no Logos, but that's how you can tell Big T, you truly love him. Why is that? That's the riddle of Solomon right there. Don't cut the kid an half. You let go. Yeah. I mean, listen, he, you know, he was a brave my entire life. And then he left, and I wish him the best. He's had an insane career. I think it's very brave of you to use the word brave.

Bob Nightingale used it the other day. I saw that, but then he, he, a lot of people think that was an editor who typed up the tweet or something because he's gone back to only saying Atlanta. He won't say it again. Did he delete it? I don't think so. The tweet remains? Yeah.

But in the story, it just said Atlanta. How many years has it had it been since he? I think it was 21. That's a long time. Yeah. Like credit to him for committing to it. Yeah, he refuses to say it except for that one tweet. staying on otherwise sterling reputation for Bob Nightingale.

Exactly. Let's see. What else we got going on? I mean, I think Aryan's right. I think the Brewers are going to, I think they're going to close it out. There's one more baseball thing in the news. Well, I was about to say the only thing that feels like can beat the Dodgers is, well, one, either the powers of the macrodosing first pitch in the Milwaukee Brewers. Yeah. Or the Pope. Some people were speculating that the Pope was going to throw out the first pitch game three against the Cleveland Guardians.

You got to keep that ace in the hole. Yeah, you don't burn your Pope first pitch. In a series, you're already up to nothing. And it's not even the world in the ALDS, mind you. Can you imagine if they somehow made it to the World Series got a split in Los Angeles and they come home one to one? And the Pope goes out there. is that is that a is that a bigger first pitch than

George Bush after 9-11 it could be yeah well I think that's neck and neck I think there's more at stake there's there's no disagree strongly I think that's where Bush has him there's an entire religion at stake when when George Bush walked out there Mad Dog McKinsey you know what I'm saying like yeah the Pope is infallible yeah

take your ass back to American Protestantism If the Pope comes out there and fires a strike, Catholics around the world will be like, we've seen enough. That's actually, I hadn't considered it. If he bounces it, that could be big for me. If he'd be. Yeah. Yeah. That is the biggest told you so moment of all time. No, that's actually going back to like Dr. Martin Luther. But when when Bush went out there in a bulletproof vest, a month after 9-11. Yeah.

I mean, that was the biggest moment. It's one of the biggest moments in American history. Yeah. I mean, especially involving sports. And he went out there and fired it right down the middle. I agree. After Derek Jeter tried to jinx him. I agree.

Said you better not bounce it. They'll boo you. That is an iconic moment. And up to now, I would say yes, that first pitch has the most on the line by far. But this is thousands of years of Christian doctrine that are going to be either confirmed or proven to be a farce. Man, they got to get to the World Series. Yeah, in one step off the mound.

That's all we, and you have to go from the mound. Yeah. Pope Leo is 71 years old. Do you think a 71 year old can go 60 and a half feet? Yes. The right one. Yeah, that's not that old. I mean, one, that is protected by God.

Yeah, I think that he can. I've seen, yeah, there have been some 70-year-olds that fired in there. Sister Jean, did she do it there? She definitely wasn't going from 16. She brought the heap. Can you do it? She was like 99 years old. Can you do it in the ALCS?

No. I think it only can be World Series. Yeah, it has to be World Series. It has to be World Series and it has to be first home game for the White Sox of the World Series or Game 7. Well, they wouldn't host Game 7. First home game. First home game. Or if they have the opportunity to close that at home.

No, you burn that. You have to make sure. If the Pope agrees, it has to be game three. Game three. Yeah, I was saying that it could be the opening day, too, after they win the World Series. What do you do if, what happens to the Catholicism of it all if they do first pitch game three and the White Sox lose? I don't want to think about that. Does he, is it a good first pitch?

Yeah, good first pitch, but White Sox lose. What happens there? I think you can probably spin that into. The guys playing aren't the Pope. Yeah, they're not the Pope. Yeah. but also like there's lessons to be learned. That's kind of how God works.

Yeah, the Lord works in mysterious ways. Doesn't he now? I think that's how you, you roll. I mean, they've been doing that for thousands. Every time something that doesn't, I mean, every time something bad happens to good people, well, well, sometimes, you know, the Lord works in mysterious ways. What did Mike Rable say when God wanted to make David a king?

He didn't give him a crown. He gave him a fight. Give him a fight, yeah. Hey, you plan God laughs. Yep. That's the truth. that wasn't the baseball thing I was referencing though what other baseball thing um where do you stand on the we have two pitchers

both of whom are whose wives slash girlfriends are about to deliver children yeah during the postseason mason miller has elected to go on the paternity list and max freed said you'll have to drag me off that mound i'm not going how many how many kids does max freed have i don't think any i think it's his first that would be his first child as well. I think it's both of their first. Don't quote me on that. Because I know Mason Miller first child. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I'm pretty sure it's Max Freeds too. The old saying, what is it? Like an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Mm. You just, you can't be raw dog in it January or early February. So that's, that's where I was going as well is. And no one, you can't

begrudge someone for being at the birth of their first child. No. That's, you know, however, October is if you if you're a professional baseball player pretty pretty significant month and you play on a team that you think is going to be pretty good you just can't have a baby in October I mean that I would have loved to be a fly on the wall for the conversation where she told him for the first time like hey I just took a test I'm pregnant and then they did the math together and then they're like oh wow oh wow yeah okay well um and And then she could probably give him look like, you're not thinking about.

And he's like, no, no, I'm not. I'm not. I'll probably lose anyone. Yeah, I'll be there. I'll be there. Probably, yeah, it probably won't be that good. But Max Fried, if it is his first kid, like, you know, I think if it's, uh, most people, they would say I want to be there for the birth of at least my first child. But if it's, if she's cool with it. If it's the, if it's the fifth kid, you have to pitch.

Oh, for sure. Yes. And, and that is what it is. Yes. But first child, it's a real dilemma. It is his first kid. First kid? He has no other kids. I guess I would love to know Mrs. Freed's stance on this.

Right. If you gave her truth serum. Like, if it was me and I'm a Yankee fan, I don't care if you're there. Like, go pitch. If it's a different team, I wonder what I'd think. And again, never been pregnant, not close to pregnancy. That would probably change if I was pregnant. Yeah, you're going to have to go ahead.

But as I'm standing right now, I'd rather you go pitch. I believe he said that she told him like, I heard that. I want you to. I read that. Yeah. But Mason Miller's wife, did you see that clip from, it was an all-star game and they were doing like the red carpet? And someone asked him, what's something you're good at outside of baseball? And he was like, you know, I don't know.

Like, this is my whole life. And his wife stepped in and goes, he's an amazing husband. Yeah. That's nice. Yeah. So credit to him, he's still keeping up that reputation. Nice. Good for him.

Yeah, it's It felt like they maybe could have used him last night There was a moment where it was like, oh This is a nightmare That's the other thing at play here too Is if you're a reliever you can be like Well, I mean, we might be down And then I wouldn't pitch anyway

Right, right Do you think he had the game on? Yeah Yeah Yeah, for sure The problem is Like if you're now Max Fried You have to go and have an incredible game

Yeah, can't be giving up four in five innings. Right. That's the risk you have to take. Like, you missed your first child. Yeah, I mean, it's a question for like, how quickly do you get dad strength? Right. Like, do you get second wind in the fourth inning after the kids there? That's how you know.

I do think if she gave birth in the second inning and somebody tells him, hey, mom and baby healthy, you got a little baby boy, 10 fingers, 10 toes. that might give him some momentum to go out there on the mound and dial it back, get a couple more MPAHs on that fastball. Yeah. I think it'd give you a little boost. Aaron, did you ever have a teammate that missed a game

for birth of a child? Not that I can remember. I don't think a game, but definitely like practice and meetings and stuff like that. I don't know that he missed a game. Can't recall. Nobody that can think about top. There's not that many games in football, though.

That's like, that's big. It's happened. I feel like there was a playoff moment, wasn't there? In football? Yeah, in football. I don't remember. I remember Scotty had that thing with, he was like, if my wife goes into labor and it's Sunday at the Masters,

I'm walking off the, I'm walking off the course. He's also won the Masters, So that's, that's, I'm not going to say easy to do, but once you want it. Right. Yeah, all right. No, I'll leave. Right. Let's see, what else we got going on in the world today?

Have you all seen the rehearsal by Nathan Fielder? Nate. Yes. I just got put on to this. Yes. I just got put on to this. My daughter was like super excited since you got to watch this. And I was like, I didn't want to watch it because it was.

look weird at first. And it was, and it is. Very weird shit. But I think this, I think this, I think this, I think this, I think this man might be a genius, though. I think this man might be a genius. The first episode, maybe one of the dopest TV show moments I've ever seen. I think this is brilliant. And then it's renewed for a third season.

I don't want to spoil it for people who haven't seen it. But it's very weird, but this shit is brilliant. It is so unique. Are you watching season one or season two? I've I've I've we binge watched the whole thing okay we bit no we took a day and we just did the whole thing because after the first episode I was like I gotta see what the next episode is yeah like I have to and then went to the second and then the second the third kind of lead it's like recurring throughout the rest of that so I was like I got to finish this and then I mean maybe a hot take

I think he kind of lost the plot in the first season like he got too deep into the the role play like that. Yeah. But I was like, I see the genius. I got to see season two. Because all the reviews said season two is better. So I watched season two. And I know you liked it. You see season two? Yeah. Season two is amazing. Yeah. Yeah. It's about airplane. Yeah. So I saw that and the one where I was like, hey, dog, what are we doing? With something he was turning himself into a baby. Oh, yeah, baby Sully. Yeah. That shit made me lose it. But again, like, Weird as fuck, but I see the, I see where he's a, it's very, it's just very well done. Do you know the movie he's coming out with?

Yeah, we got to lock in for the movie. Yes. Yes, I'm going, I'm, I'm, I'm, I followed him now. I'm like, I'm, I got, I got to do more things with him. I got to see more things with him. That shit is brilliant. Yeah, the thing about, I mean, season two was absolutely unreal when he's talking about airline safety and then by the end of it, he becomes a pilot. and he's like flying he's flying planes around and 737 he's transporting airplanes for airlines to use at different airports absolutely crazy that he went that deep into it and unreal the thing is he's not wrong about like the entire thesis behind why he did season two he's right about it like most airplane crashes do happen because co-pilots are afraid to speak up or like there's some sort of like miscommunication in the cockpit.

That's the biggest cause of it. And then to take that premise and then end up actually getting a pilot's license and flying 737s around the world that's just crazy. But they're also like you build out your own airports. And he takes the bar from the first season and puts it in that airport. The whole shit is just hilarious. What I would have liked to have seen though, the people that auditioned for his fake singing competition

the winner instead of just having like a moment the winner should be like let's HBO negotiate a slot with like a real like the voice before you get a real chance like that would have been better to me because they kind of just got they got they got hope I completely forgot about the the pilot singing reality show that was a part of it

and he goes and he's like why do they rate me so low? And then he just starts saying fantastic with everything. Yeah. And they still rate him low. Shit was, no, she was hilarious.

If you haven't watched it. I highly recommend. It comes a highly recommended for me. That shit is brilliant. And the, the documentary with Elizabeth Holmes that's coming out, I think next weekend maybe. She's tweeting about it.

It's Christmas. Or, no, sorry, Christmas is the same Altman movie. She's tweeting about it. Does that mean that she's... Apparently,

she sends messages to her husband that her husband then tweets on behalf of her. Okay, got it. Of all people to let into your life, she lets him. Yeah. Isn't, it's just insane.

But you know what? That's also like the most narcissistic move that you could ever do. 100%. Which is like, I can make this guy make a good documentary about me. I can convince him that I'm, I'm the good guy.

I wonder if she. Why would I be deceiving him out? Or he, is his idea to, you know, bring it. I wonder how that, I'm sure he'll tell them. Yeah, I think it's probably in the, it's probably in the movie. I'm so excited for that.

Yeah, yeah. If you, if you don't know who that guy, because I didn't know he existed before yesterday, brilliant. Check him out. Speaking of plain safety, Big T, I think, asked a very important question. Is plain masturbation having a moment?

It's hot in the streets right now. There was that lady that got upset because there was a guy cranking it next to her on a flight. And I mean, yeah. She was told to go back to her seat. And then just the other day, we saw a lady get arrested on, I believe, an American Airlines flight. Oh, no, no, no. That's where you're mistaken. No arrest.

Okay. So she was going to Miami. She was on 9-11. And she took off her pants. pants and underwear, put her legs against the window, and just went to town. There's a video, by the way. There is a video. You don't see anything.

No, but you can tell what's happening. You can tell what's going on. Apparently, she was wasted. She had a strong odor of alcohol, bloodshot eyes. So there is a police report, though. So I guess they interviewed her and the FBI took over the investigation. It's become a federal case now. I guess Alan in the hangover was really right.

It's not illegal. It's frowned upon. It's frowned upon. It's got to, I mean, it's got to be illegal. I thought, I thought indecent exposure is a crime. You would think. I think that it is. But didn't the other guy not get arrested too? I could be misremembering that.

Yeah, I might be mis-but. But everyone's, everyone's cranking it on airplanes. What the fuck, man? We've got to do something about this. We live in a fallen society. Like, what do you do, right? You can't go beat the hell out of them. No.

If there's nothing the flight attendants can really do, I think I might. I think I might. If I'm on a flight and there's kids there and a dude is doing that shit, I think I might punch him. Yeah, but now you're... That shit's insane. I don't think that's a crazy thing to do, but now you're running the risk of getting in trouble.

Yeah, but I think the public would have my back and the judge would be lenient. You would hope. I think you can slap. I think you can slap the guy. But obviously anyone doing that is a level of crazy that is, or are you wanting to take that fight? I got hand. Yeah, I think that. Yeah, no, you'd be, you'd be fine.

I also think that somebody that's doing that on a plane. Maybe I'm underestimating the level of craziness. They don't seem like violent crazy people. Oh, no, I think if you're masturbating on an airplane, you've got demons. I think that they seem like perverted people. What if they get turned on by the slap? Good point. What if they like it? Hit me again. Yeah. He just keeps going. Yeah. I think you can slap them. I don't think that they do shit. I think it's an airplane.

You know how hard it is to fight on an airplane? I haven't done it. I imagine so. It's like whoever has the high ground, Arian, in this, in this circumstance, you would be standing up in the aisle and the person would be seated, I would imagine. you slap them what are they going to do when they're going to stand up and then like you take like one step back and then they can't hit you yeah then you kind of just corner him and go to go to town on yeah and he's just beating up a naked dude this shit this is weird though somebody grab them you know what I might not not I'm thinking about it because I you probably dirty I don't want to risk that that's what I'm saying

yeah you're right I might just throw a blanket over. He'd say, come on, man. Yeah, no, you don't want to tell that. Don't say that. Yeah, that's what he's about to do. Fair enough. If there's a lady on the flight, I think you just have to, like, ask the flight, like,

can you put up a sheet? Can you just get... She was stretched out a whole row. Can you get the lady some privacy, please? You're rude for looking. What are you perverts doing looking at her? That's what it would be. Apparently, she is a married lady.

Did I read that correctly? I'm not positive on that. That's got to be a bad hangover. I did what on the plane? It's okay. It's all right. Jerry O'Connor probably go visit her house soon. It'll be all right.

What else we got going on in the world today? I did see that there was a painting that was from a famous Chicago artist, Gertrude. to Abercrombie. What name. Yeah, she, she, one of her paintings, we just sold at auction for 1.35 million. But the real story is that somebody bought it at a Michigan estate sale for 30 bucks. Just a couple, a couple years ago. And they traced it back. It was a doctor's estate sale.

And he was her doctor. And I guess she needed some sort of medical procedure. And she gave him a painting instead of paying for the, the procedure. He kept it in his house, never really looked up like how famous it was. And then we passed away. Somebody spotted it. They're like, yeah, I'll buy that for 30 bucks. Then boom, flipped it 1.35 mil. If you have a $1.3 million painting in your house and you know you're toward the end of your life, that's something that needs to be relayed. You need to tell somebody. Yeah. Yes. You absolutely need to tell somebody. That is also just the dream for anybody that goes like garage sale or yard sale or estate sale hopping.

Like this is, that's, that's a, that's why we get up in the morning. Yeah. I have an uncle that was obsessed with estate sales for a little while. Did you get anything good? I think books. I think he's, he's found a lot of like first edition books. That makes sense. Yeah.

Because a lot of times people won't, won't check or even know to check. Yeah. It's just like, yeah, we have an old book here. I'd like to issue a formal invitation to drink. Drake made to come on to macrodosing and discuss the moon landing. Would love to discuss? He was asked on a radio show the other day and he said he still has questions about the moon landing if you had to pick one conspiracy that he believed in. And he said that he also took a conspiracy class at the University of North Carolina, which fascinating, fascinating class.

Paper class? Yeah. It could have been one of them paper classes. Could have been. Yes. It's a who else? Was there anybody in that class that did not play sports, Drake? That would be a question that I would have for you. But, yeah, apparently in that class, they talked about the moon landing. And I think they were doing it in a way to, like, educate people about the moon landing in a way that, hey, these conspiracies, here's a bunch of conspiracies and here's why they're not true. And Drake May took from that class, like, well, that one might be true, actually. Hold on.

Just wait, wait one minute here, because I've got a lot of questions. doesn't the flag, why is the flag blowing in the wind if there's no wind on the moon? I can't verify if this is the class that Drake took, but I'm seeing there is a class taught by Dr. Francesca Tripodi at UNC, misinformation and society, a sociological analysis of how power complicates knowledge production. Ooh, I might be interested in that. Students ranging from undergraduates to doctoral students. Yeah, can I audit that course?

Can I attend as a podcaster? Maybe, but you may have to like enroll full time. Hmm. They'll get you for a full semester if you want to just take that class. Hmm. There's nothing stopping you, by the way, from just walking into college classes. I thought about that often when I was in school. Like you could just go to the University of Tennessee Park somewhere and just walk into whatever class you wanted.

That is true. Not going to get credit for it or anything, but like I was always unnerved by that. You could always learn. Like if you just wanted to walk into a, like a freshman psych course that's got 500 people in it. Yeah. If you wanted to learn, there's nobody really stopping you from doing that. No. Although, I'm sure that if there's like a 50-year-old that keeps walking in, they'll probably at some point somebody's going to say something.

Like, hey, are you a freshman here? I feel like if you come in repeatedly, that would deter me from asking questions. Whereas if you came in once in the middle of the semester, I'd be like, what's going on? Yeah, who was this guy? I had a philosophy class that I always talk about. where this philosophy professor named Uncle Phil. He had everybody wear name tags. So you can do that in his class.

Was that a large class or like small? No, it's pretty small. I would probably say like 20, 30s. What building was that? Oh, because one of the, I think it was in McClunk. No, it wasn't McClunk. What was the one right across the street from Gibbs? Gibbs.

I think that was gone by the time I got. Oh, that. I don't know. We're doing real inside baseball here. I think that's now the, is that the Natalie Haslam College of Music is there now? Yeah, nobody knows we're talking about. Don't worry about. My life has exponentially gotten better since I haven't had to go to school. Big Tim, looking at this other piece that you sent over about boomers wanting to gamble their Social Security payments. Yeah, and they want us to pay more taxes for it. What do boomers want? Well, there was a poll from the Cato Institute that said 89% of boomers supported raising taxes on younger people to maintain Social Security benefits. But then what you're referencing is a guy did a study of slot machines in West Virginia. Yeah.

And there were 43 million bets placed by just 16,000 people. And the demand for them spiked dramatically on the seven. second, third, and fourth Wednesdays of the month, which were when Social Security payments went out. I'm reading this article right now about the poll. So they're saying 89% of Americans over the age of 65 said Social Security benefits should be protected at current levels, even if it means higher taxes on younger workers. I do think that, because I just learned about this like six months ago.

Big T, you pay the same rate on Social Security as somebody that makes like a billion dollars a year. There's a cap on it. Okay. Which is kind of strange because most times that's not the way that it works. Like with most other taxes out there. Right. And I've been hearing my entire life that it's about to run out. And I don't think that it is.

I think so the the reserve fund is going to deplete in like 2032 I think I saw in that article but I think that still means that that 80% of payments will be guaranteed

that's all that means so like it's still going to get paid just 20% and less than where it had been in the past I mean that's still not good so no it's not it's not good 80% is not as good as 100%

But like when you think about it, if you make $20,000 a year, actually probably a bad, bad example, if you make $70,000 a year, $80,000 a year, you're going to end up paying effectively the same as somebody that makes a billion dollars. And you're going to receive less than you pay in. And if you took that money that you're paying into Social Security and put it in an index fund. It would grow. And made 8% a year, you'd have $2 million. It would grow more. It would grow a whole lot more. Yeah.

But I guess the ceiling is earnings above $184,000 are not taxed at all. So if you make $184,000, you pay the same as the richest person in the world. Like at the end of the day, the same number, not percentage, same number is coming out of your paycheck as somebody that makes like a billion dollars, which doesn't really seem great. I think that Social Security is one of those things that if you're really, really, really. poor, it is a godsend that like keeps you alive as an old person. And if you had like a decent job, good living, you probably, it's just like a nice to have. It's like a little bonus. Where does that money go? Like, why are we not putting that in stocks? So, or do we? I think it, I think it has to be taken care of. Um, I don't, the answer is I don't know what it's invested in.

But whatever it is, it's, it has to be earmarked as like ironclad. safe. I mean, the stock market over the last hundred years is pretty safe. It is pretty safe overall. I just, I think that it's one of those things that if you, let's say you had a good job for like 40 years. Social security that you paid into is not going to be a major difference in your life. It's going to be nice. It'll be like, oh yeah, my social security check came in. Um, so I can like afford to buy nicer groceries for this week. but if you're like very, very poor, then it keeps you from being from like living on the street or living with like relatives and then they have a huge like economic burden that they have to take on. So I think that's what it's mostly about where yeah, if we look at it, we're like,

if you just took all that social security payment that we put into it, how much money would we have? I think overall because it's something that's been tried to cancel, like people have tried to cancel it so many times, but it doesn't matter what political leaning you have. If you get to the age where you use Social Security, you're like, oh, yeah, we need this. It is funny, though, that, that the third, second, third, and fourth Wednesdays, which are Social Security paydays, those are the highest in terms of people doing slot bets in West Virginia. Yeah. That does, that does make sense to me, yes. Yeah, I was, I'm looking for the numbers in here, but he said it was a, dramatic spike.

How many winners do they get, though? That's the other thing. Also, this is going to sound very dumb of me, but like, when it comes to the slap machines that you sit down, you play in person, back in the old days, you'd have like the lever that you would crank and they had to be calibrated in a certain way. And now they're all like videos. So they're run by software.

How is it that casinos aren't just rigging those? They say that if you get caught, they get, you. in huge trouble. I mean, you should, yeah. I still, I trust the old school more. I agree. I go to the old school ones. I don't really play the slots for that exact reason, but if I do, it's going to be one that it's got the crank that I pull. Also, it's like, it's like some people like ink under their fingernails. You like to pull the lever. Yeah. The digital ones begin me though. Yeah, they'd be giving me the ones like the big ones that like tower over you like, they get me. That's what they're, there for the buffalo machines yeah yeah i'm definitely net negative on those slot machines but it's

fun to sit there and i hit for like 700 dollars one time and that's that's that's my i keep going back crazy rich Asians you remember that erin and i went to uh played down played that we went to the lake charles slots and uh the girl that erin brought um she hit big yeah yeah yeah was she playing crazy rich Asians yeah yeah yeah I remember I was on it. I saw this dude on Instagram who counts cards for a blackjack. Mm-hmm. It's not, is it illegal to count cards?

I don't think it's illegal, but they- It's not a crime. They'll kick you out of the casino. It's against the rules to the point where they will ask you to leave. Yeah, he's, he makes a point of that, like, because I didn't, I haven't looked at it wasn't that big deal, but like, so I follow him and like, he teaches you how to count cards. And he just goes right this. what he does for the he goes around different casinos and wins and he has to dress up in different

disguises because he's like blackballed from a lot of casinos i got his app he's black i like the i like the idea of being blackballed from casinos like i'm too good yeah that's what he said it is true there are people like i think dana white is blackballed from some casinos too but that's because not really i think he does try to count cards but i also think his betting style is um They'll kick you out if you do, if you bet the way that he bets, which is like for me and you, we go in. If we bet 50 bucks, first hand of blackjack, we lose. Okay, next hand, 100 bucks. Oh, we lost that.

Now we're down 150. Now we're going to bet 300 bucks. And you keep doing that until you get back to zero. Because eventually the theory is you're going to win one. If you have an unlimited bank roll, in theory, you should get back to zero at some point. And then you bet again, you reduce your bets, and then you try to build up from there. But they don't like you doing that.

Yeah. Oh, because the pipe plays in your odds. Yeah, I mean, if you have an unlimited bank rule, then theoretically you should be able to get back to zero every time at least, and then maybe get up a little bit. When you shoot dice, it's the theory is like, if you're money too long, like eventually, yeah, it'll come back. Yeah.

I do like, I like roulette, though. something about my problem with roulette is almost every time I go I find a new lucky number and then that has to then for the rest of my life I then have to bet that number so now I have so many different lucky numbers that I have to bet at roulette that like half the numbers have chips on them I move to make the boards that show you

what numbers have hit recently illegal I want those gone because I know I know my brain, ignore that. But they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, uh, they, they, uh, it's hit six times in a row, and they don't, they, they, also want to know that it sits at the table once you're at the table once you're at the table do your own thing figure out whatever you want that that's on you i don't want to see it on a board when i walk up i hit i hit uh it was black 17 times in a row at the monte carlo casino in monica one time that's nuts and that's like the richest sounding thing that i've ever said in my life but but i was not i was not uh i was not rich when i was there i was traveling i was on a

vacation through france decided let's see what monica was all about look at the yachts and uh went to the Monte Carlo Casino around lunchtime, um, wearing, wearing shorts and they were supposed to not let me in, but there was nobody there. So they're like, fine, we'll take this guy's money. Um, all the dealers were wearing like full tuxedos, the whole line. It's a very, very fancy place. I felt so out of place there, but I was playing roulette. And it was like 17 time. I, it was somewhere between 16 and 19 times in a row that it hit, which is statistically impossible. Were they all while you were standing there or when you got up there, it was at 12? I think. That's a good question.

My memory is a little bit fuzzy, but I think it either started as I sat there or I sat down after like one or two blacks in a row. It was like at the very beginning. And eventually I caught on and I kept betting black. I was not doubling my money. I was just betting black every time. So I made a good amount of money doing it. But like you sit back and you think if I doubled down, if I let all my winnings ride, in theory, how much money would I have made? And it's a lot.

Yeah It's a lot But yeah So I like to go to the roulette table But now I've got half the board With chips on it And I got a scale back I'm like a beanie baby collector

I've got too many I gotta get rid of some of them I'm a roulette man as well I always do Whenever I walk in I do a hundred on black Just on top Kind of set the tone

Of how the day he's gonna be Yeah Yeah I like that It's the person perfect game. You get the spin. It lasts 30 seconds. It's perfect. Yep. You get your hit. You move on. What do you guys think about ABS in the baseball playoffs? Do you like it? Yeah. Well, when it goes in my favor. But I want the calls to be right. I think it's a good moment. Was it Tatis? Was it the first pitch of the game last night that he used a challenge? I turned it on in the like bottom of the first and I saw they were down a challenge. So.

It might have been it was definitely the first at bat of the game. It might have been the very first pitch, which is crazy to do. So does it, each team gets two challenges, and if you get it right,

it don't kind of gets a challenge. Correct. Yeah. No, I love it. I absolutely love it. One more thing to get into before we start talking plague.

Does Tennessee know how to kill people anymore? It doesn't seem like it. Have they lost their touch? Yeah. No, for sure. It's sad to say, see like one of the old goats washed like this. Yeah. Did we talk about that at all? No, I don't think that we did. They say she's responsive and talking again. So Krista Pike is a death row inmate in Tennessee.

Six days ago, they tried to execute her. It was her execution date. They gave her two doses of Pinto Barbital, tried to stop her heart. She was in prison for the stabbing death of a classmate Colleen Slimmer back in 1995. Lured her friend into the woods, killed her, and took a piece of her skull and, like, showed it off. It's like a satanic ritual, I believe, of some very. Yeah. Bad, bad, bad deal. Bad deal.

But she's just insane, though, right? We should just put her in the hospital? Well, that was 30. Listen, brother. I mean, she was clearly not herself. She was not. She needed help. She was also 18.

Yeah. She even worse. Mental issues attacking young folks. Was that like a schizophrenic break that she had? I don't know if Tennessee had the mental health facilities 35, 33 years ago to handle all that. The mental health, it failed her. So she crushed her classmate's skull with a piece of asphalt, carved a pentegram into her chest, and was arrested two days later. It was in Knoxville, I think.

Damn. Yeah. What year was this? 95 or something? Late 90s. So, yeah, two years later. This is not saying this related. I'm saying sometimes.

Did she pettograms, sacrifice? I don't know. Wait, what was two years later? We won a national championship. Oh, three, yeah. No, the 98. Oh, yeah. It's 98 season.

It was January of 99. Yeah. Tcha de chouche, yeah, I'm saying. So you're saying, did it work? I'm not saying it did. I'm not saying it didn't. I'm just naming circumstances. If it's correlated, it is.

So this Krista Pike gal, she's had a rough goal of it, not to absolve her of committing brutal murder, but she was exposed to alcohol in the womb. She was R. Ward. What do they say on? Graped. Graped. She was sexually abused.

She was sexually abused when she was a tiny kid. And then when she was 11 and 17 again, she tried to unlive herself when she was 12. You can say kill. Yeah. Okay. You're hitting all the time. TikTok language right now. I'm trying to.

I mean, I guess we do put this on TikTok, but. That's what I'm saying. She tried to, yeah, she tried to kill herself. And she had a, had a rough go of it as a child. obviously fucked her up bad. And then she then in turn killed her friend and carved a pinagram into her chest. Brutal stuff. Brutal stuff. She was sentenced to death. And the state tried to kill her. They gave her, again, two injections of the stuff to stop, stop her heart. And she, uh, she walked it off. She walked it off. She rubbed some dirt on it.

And she had appealed saying something about her veins being really small, which, I mean, talk about a last-ditch effort, but it does seem like they may have been on to something. Yeah, you can't kill me. I'm telling you, you can try. So who was it? Those there were a dude that tried to argue in court that this happened to somebody else, and he was like, he died, but he came back alive.

He's like, hey, I should be free now, technically. Y'all killed me. Yeah. I did my time. This situation, like, you know, wherever you fall on the death penalty, like if trying to kill somebody and they survive it and then you're like all right time for round two I mean if that's that sounds cruel and unusual to me

now why why did they not line her up and shoot her in the first place that's a different discussion seems far more effective to me but I think if you if you eat the first one you're you you go back to prison you don't get to walk but like I think that's it Yeah, that's a you problem now. Like, you did. I served my time, like, like Aaron said, you fucked up. Yeah.

Not me. Yeah, this is, it's bad. The fact that she was able to survive, she's in a hospital. She's talking now. Yeah. She woke up from a coma. She woke up from a coma. She's talking about it.

She said that her arms burn a little bit, but there's no, I don't know. Obviously, it's some pretty serious drugs that she had in her system and it probably fucked her up pretty bad. So she's probably going to like have medical issues for the rest of her life if she does continue to survive. But she yeah, she she walked it off, which is kind of crazy. We went to lethal injection because we were told that it was going to be more humane, that it was a more certain way of killing inmates than the electric chair or the gas chamber,

which electric chair is crazy i know themselves they were put in place because people didn't want to see people hung people didn't want to see the firing squad anymore that's all it's for it's for the people that watch yes we're like you know what the firing squad's a little brutal let's do the electric chair that'll be better um and then it was that that's a little bit brutal so how about we just figure out a way to like just poison them actually turns out that's brutal to watch too how about they just take drugs and then it turns out that they don't work all the time. That's what I'm only against the death penalty. But if you're going to do it, I say you got to do it in the most brutal way possible

so that it deters people from one of the sea actually. Because killing is brutal with it no matter what. So if you're going to do it, do it the worst way possible. Yeah. The, uh, or just a way that works. I mean, do it the worst way possible. Yeah, just shoot them, man. Here's a moral dilemma.

If you're the person that pulls the trigger in whatever scenario, are you a killer? Well, so that's why they give one of them a blank so that they can all have plausible deniability. But what if you're the doctor doing lethal injection or the whoever doing lethal injection? Yeah, the fact is you are a killer. You did kill somebody. You ended a life. It was sanctioned. Right.

And there are reasons that states have the death penalty. And so operating as an agent of the state, like you did your job according to the law. But yeah, you killed somebody. Yeah, I don't think that. So if you look at the reasons for the death penalty, the reasons that we have it in place, it's not a deterrent. It doesn't deter people from, we say that it's a deterrent, but statistically it's not. It's just for like vengeance.

Yeah, scratching our primal it's for revenge. And if you have, if somebody close to you gets murdered and it's brutal, absolutely you want vengeance. You want to see that person die for sure. Like, I understand that. But there are going to be fuckups if you have the death penalty in place. The reason why I'm against it isn't because I understand, like, if I had somebody that was like brutally murdered or whatever case would be, I would probably go to Jeff for getting my revenge, depending on the crime. So I understand people's from that perspective. My thing is if you give the state sanctions to commit this act, then you are, you have to believe in their infallibility.

And I don't believe that the state is infallible when it comes to arresting people and committing, sorry, sentencing them. So under that premise alone, there has been innocent people that have died. And I can't rock with that. Yeah. I mean, what's the calculus in terms of like how many guilty people die if one innocent person's killed? I don't know. That would suck. That would be such a terrible life to have if you were actually innocent.

And then you were put on death row and found guilty. And then you were killed. Like your life, there's cases where like DNA evidence has exonerated people like after. day. Yeah, your life must just be like a living hell. It sucks, man. I mean, there are several cases I've heard of like pre-civil rights movement that like black men have died on death row for like the crimes of white people. Like, that definitely happened a lot. I'm sure, I'm sure there are people on death row right now who are innocent. There was one guy in, in Texas. that they say was proven to be innocent.

But it was a white guy. I think his name was Cameron. Top my head, Cameron Willingham. I think he was sentenced to death for arson, for like burning down a house that killed a bunch of people, I think some kids too. And the entire premise of his case, I believe, was based on junk science of a fire investigator

that used junk science to try to convict people. but it was later proven that all that evidence that was used against him was just made up. But yeah, it's happened. It's definitely happened at some point. That's what Kim Kardashian, I believe, her lawyer journey was to help exonerate people off of death row, I believe, was part of it. She gave up on that show, huh? I do believe so.

Yeah, she did. She now plays a lawyer in a Hulu show, but. Hey, you know how? Got to get there somehow. Really go method acting. Yeah. get into the role. So they're apparently a hearing just ended with Krista Pike's lawyers in Tennessee.

And I'm reading about it right now. They're saying her attorneys won their fight to have the execution evidence preserved by court order. That matters because Tennessee had argued that a court order was unnecessary, essentially saying TDOC already had an obligation to preserve relevant evidence and was already doing so. Pike's attorneys wanted something stronger and enforceable order from the court. Um, so I don't know. What do you, what do you do with, with that situation? I think, I think she just has to rest of her life in jail.

Yeah. Yeah. I think if, if, listen, the sentences, you get a, there is a day where they can try to kill you. And if they don't do it, that's it. That's, yep. This is the way that you said you wanted to do it. You failed. Yeah.

You had your shot. You took your best shot. Yeah, I think that, I mean, spending your entire life in prison, it's not a good life. So it's not like, this is not like she's getting off easy. It's not like a reward. I think dying is getting off easy. It might be, yeah. I think the real punishment of being on death row is the psychological torture that you have to go through

of knowing the date and time of your death and every day between now and when you're going to die being the exact same. That is the real punishment of it. It's not the act of having the lights turn out. It's like living with that. She lived with it. But I mean, it takes 30 years. It does, yeah, lots of appeals. That's the other thing is like it's actually, it's, it's cheaper to just keep people in prison for life than it is to put them on death row.

Because it takes so long for them to be executed, death row has to be a special facility. and all the appeals that go through if you're a death penalty case it drains money from the state so it's you wouldn't think that you'd think that oh if you keep somebody in prison for life then you're paying for them for life but it's actually cheaper

to just have people in prison all right well she's uh I think she's going to make it it looks like she's not going to die if she's off the ventilator so there you go Krista hard pivot um

it's not funny but it's wild Andrew Tate allegedly had bestiality stuff on his in his devices

and something with a minor that's sick but the bestiality thing was wild to me because an ill an eel and a horse yeah porn with an ill and a horse. Yeah porn with an ill and a

horse the horse thing I've heard about before. The eel thing is, that's new to me. Yeah, I don't know. Is that, is that a video that like we're supposed to be familiar with that the internet is familiar with? Like the classic eel horse video? I would, always the same. It's one video. I would guess those were separate things. Oh, okay. That's a guess. Oh, okay. I like my eel and my horse. British authorities alleged tape possessed explicit images depicting people having sex with live animals specifically a horse and an eel.

I shudder to think. Yeah. What the eel. I don't want to know. Was doing. I don't. I mean, there's freaky and then there's like, this is a neurological problem. Yeah.

A lot of people went to bat for Andrew Tate after he got arrested. That's a bunch of Republicans going to bat for him. I know that Barron. Barron like talks to him on the phone they were like buddies but I don't know how deep the relationship I know that he was like taunting

he was taunting he was taunting DeSantis right being like you won't arrest me in Florida yeah and then DeSantis was like bet I will so credit credit to Ron what was the nickname for Ron DeSanctimonious

yeah yeah DeSctimonious Florida Ron is a much more powerful nickname floor iran got him uh so he's i i guess he's being extradited back to england and he's wanted for a bunch of shit in romania but yeah the people that defended him at like right after he got arrested for this shit that's kind of weird to be like i you know i interviewed him a couple times it seemed like a great dude i don't believe these charges can you imagine being one of them dudes that signed up for it didn't have like a hustler's course or some

shit like that like some kind of like yeah yeah for like learn how to make money online to affiliate marketing programs. And then there was that dude that was in a documentary on Netflix about the, about the Manosphere. The guy that's from Louisiana, that guy, I think was with him when he got arrested and took his phone from him, took his jewelry off.

It was like, we'll get you, we'll get your dog. I wonder what it's like when they all hang out together when the cameras aren't on. They're not streaming if there's no music playing in a car, if it's just like the group of those boys no cameras no mics do they let their guard down and they tell each other like hey man here's how you actually make more money is you got to get people

to you got to you got to beat you got to beat down your followers even more and then they'll love you for it I'm sure I'm sure there's something like that I also think that there's probably some latent confused feelings that they have sexually and I mean clearly It's pretty clear that from the get-go that guys like Andrew Tate, they, if you're super, if you're actually very, very straight, you don't spend all day walking around telling people how straight you are. Pete Hegseth as well. Is he super straight?

He likes to say him and the whole military is. That's true. I've seen those videos that float around a dude that stand outside the club and they take a picture of a guy. And they were like, do you think he's gay? He's like, hell, yeah, he gay is hell. Like, do you think people think you're gay? Like, hell, no, I'm straight as fuck. And then they ask the next person about him.

And basically what it is, like every dude thinks every dude looks gay. Yeah. Is it like every dude that they think is more attractive than them is gay? I have no idea the psychology behind it. But you're like, you're like, do you think he'll think you're gay? Like hell no. Hell no, I'm straight as fuck.

There's one dude that was like honest though. He was like, uh, he said, does this guy look gay? He's like, oh, no, he looks pretty straight to me. He's like, are you gay? He's like, no. Like, do people think you're, you're going to look gay? He's like, yeah, probably. I love that.

Yeah, I like the honesty. Before we get into the, uh, the, uh, the, Plague talk. Just real quick, this weekend coming up, just a couple things happening in the NFL. Just want to discuss for a second. It looks like the Eagles are blowing it all up. So they just traded Cam Juergens their center to the Ravens, which, I mean, awesome.

The Ravens, by the way, their starting center went down. Their backup center went down. They've been playing with a rookie guard that has never played center before for the last week and a half, which has got to be super difficult to do. And now they got Cam Juergens from the Eagles. As much as it pains me to say this about the Eagles, they're such a smart organization. They're very, very smart.

So Lane Johnson retired yesterday, one of the all-time goats to ever play offensive tackle. Just like, I think he gave up four sacks in his career, which is absolutely insane. I hope he's doing okay. He referenced mental health, and I know he's been going through some. stuff in the last few weeks. He missed a game like kind of at the last minute, just a couple

weeks ago. So I hope he's doing okay. But he was, you know, obviously his career, one of the best to ever do it. The Eagles see that happen and then they see that there's some questions right now that they have on their offense and defense. And they make such a smart decision, which is, let's just blow it up. Let's just, let's just rebuild right now. So they traded Camp Juergens Pro Bowl Center and I'm sure that how he's not done trading people but that's what a smart organization does. It's like they say we've reached our max. It's time to try to reload.

A lot of teams, they're like, well, let's try to get a different tackle and let's see if we can give it one last go. Let's see if we can just kind of change the way that we do things. No, the Eagles, they're smart and they are immediately going into rebuild mode, which is, that's all you can hope for is a fan. That's why this is mid-season, though. Yeah, I mean, if you look... Are they two and two?

Yeah, but if you look at their record with and without Lane Johnson, it is crazy how much better. He's one of the only offensive tackles that you can look at and say, like, this guy actually has one guy has the biggest impact on whether or not we win or lose. And, like, you can look at the quarterback splits in terms of QBR. I think they're like fifth in the league in QBR when he plays. is and they're 29th when he doesn't. So he does make that big of an impact.

And there are already some questions about the team and some injuries and stuff. So they made a very smart decision to just say, even though we're like we're very much still alive. The Eagles, if you had asked me going into today, could they win the NFC East? I would be like, yeah, absolutely they could without a doubt. And they still, who knows, they still might. But they are definitely rebuilding right now.

we've all been there with a team that they try to make it happen like way after the time is done and hey also credit to mad dog your browns our my browns nobody was bigger on the browns in august than big t they are they looked like a good football team they did trap game this weekend though we might win like 12 you guys you guys cannot you should not should a ladder Browns should not be able to use the T word.

There should not be a trap game. So the thing with the Browns is this is something, and I'm not saying the Steelers are like an AFC title contender, but the Browns like to do this thing where they will win against the team they should not at all on paper. Like there is no reason for them to beat XYZ team. I don't think we've gotten to that point yet because I thought that was going to be the Bucks game, but the Bucks turned out. suck really bad.

And then the Panthers actually kind of turn out to be kind of good maybe. So maybe it's actually the Panthers game. There may be a game coming up here where we should not win on paper. We do win somehow. Last year was the Packers game. We will then lose to a much inferior opponent. That is the way this world works. If you are a Browns fan, you will always win to someone that you have no business winning

to. And then trap, in quotes, trap game. comes. And that's what happens. Now, I don't know, I don't know how we keep winning. I did see on a talk radio or a sports talk radio caller for the Browns. Someone called in and said there is no more dangerous team than a team that does not know it's supposed to be bad. Okay. And that might be the Browns where it's like all these young guys. Yeah. And they don't have the White Sox. Yes, exactly. They don't know that they're supposed to suck. And they just play with a lot of moxie, which I think is what a lot of these young kids on our team are doing right now. Obviously, like Carson Swesinger and Mason Graham, which is not great that Mason Graham went down. But hopefully that's not a too bad of a injury. And I mean, like I love Spencer Fano. I love Denzel Boston, KC. We have really good tools. And the same talk radio show says, like if you just have you have enough tools that if you have a competent quarterback these tools can be used to like its greatest

advantage you don't even need an elite quarterback and obviously Deshaun is playing better than anyone thought he would at this point so I don't know we'll see I'm the the hard part is that if we again big T and I if we both if our team goes let's say we go 10 and 7, you're kind of at the worst spot that you could possibly be. Or even if you do better than that. You make a wild card game or something. Again, this is so far over my skis right now. No, I don't think that's the case for you, Mad Dog, because I think that your team, you're a young team on defense.

You're a young team on offense, too. Yeah, I mean, we're young both ways, really. So, like, you want those players, you're in the spot where you want those players to get used to winning and to find success. and to get to the playoffs and start to get some of that experience. And then if you need to make a change at quarterback, you can't, but then, like, what if you go 10 and 7 and DeShan's playing out of his mind?

Don't even, like, the extension thing, I can't, it cannot be brought to my desk at this time. Okay, we won't do that anymore. But I'm nervous that we're in the spot where we're a middle of the pack team, which is we are probably, that is actually what we are, if not a little lower. again, I don't think we are winning the Super Bowl. But I'm nervous that we're going to get a middle of the pack draft pick.

And then that leads us to get, again, this is hoping that Deshaun does not get extended, that that leads us to a quarterback that might not plug into this system as well. Whether, I don't know, again, I don't know how the draft will shake out and like who would be at a pick 16 or a pick 14. or something like that. That's what I'm more worried about. And also, I understand this is me being greedy, but, like, obviously, no matter what, which we talked about on the show,

I think you want Jeremiah Smith in that draft. And I think we have tools where I don't think we're, like, missing. But, like, Jerry Judy was getting a lot of play. on Thursday. Yep. And like, would I rather have Jeremiah Smith in that spot? Well, you want to get rid of the quarterback and draft a receiver? No, that's, okay.

No, no, no. Hold on. Well, hold on. But that's what I'm kind of saying. They won't be bad enough to give him anyway. I know. We're already, we're already past that point, I guess. Yeah, they lost every game the rest of the season they couldn't get.

Yeah, exactly. Because Big T was so right about him. Because Big T was so great about him. So it's like, I'm, I'm hoping that if we get like a middle of, of the pack spot and we have to draft a quarterback, which is I'm assuming what we'll do. Like, I'm hopeful that there is somewhat of talent at that point still. I don't know who that would be, but I don't know. That's what I'm worried about.

That's what I'm worried about right now is the middle of the pack of it all and kind of losing in both ways. Just to be clear, though, this weekend, I don't think you're allowed to use the word trap. I don't think that the Browns can say. brought up trap game. That is Dom. That is Dom. You guys are underdogs.

To the Jets? Yes. The Jets are favored. No, they're not. Are you serious? Yes, the Jets are two and a half point favors. Just because it's at home? You're telling me for the first time, that's real?

The Jets. Hang on. T. Going back in. Tea? Give another taste. New York Jets minus two and a half at home. Well, isn't that just kind of like the home spread usually, though?

Well, yeah, but I mean, the point is you guys are underdogs. Like, you're not the favorites in this game. Vegas. Big T, what do we do? They will be when I'm done with it. Big T's about to dump on that on that line so much that it moves. It moves, yeah. It's going to go back to.

Go check in about five minutes. Go back to pick them. But yeah, so, I mean, it's exciting that they're winning. I, I'm happy for them that they're winning. I obviously have thoughts on it, but I'm happy that these guys are winning. And it's not a miserable, miserable slug as of right now. And McKinsey, I got a question about the bills. Oh, no.

Are the bill's good? I don't know. You say that in two different tones. Josh Allen is good. Josh Allen is very good. I was actually, I was mostly looking for different ways to disparage the New England Patriots. And the best way that I've found this week is to say that the bills actually stink. And so that win means nothing.

Because if you look at who the bills beat, who the bills beat, they beat the Texans. No offense, Aryan. Texans are owned full. The bills beat the Chargers, barely. The Chargers haven't won a game. And the bills beat the Lions, and the Lions might have the worst defense in the NFL. So like...

Not promising. So basically what I'm saying is, like, should we really be patting the Patriots on the back for that win that they had last week? Right. I'm trying to skip past disparaging the bills. Yes, thank you. And just say, like, are we sure that that was even a big win?

Yes. I talk to me when you beat a real tournament. team like the Jets or the Dolphins. Exactly. The Browns. Yeah, or the Browns. Exactly. Watch out.

Better watch out. No, I think the bills, I think they'll be okay. Yeah, it's okay. It's the defense is tough to watch, but yeah. I mean, yeah, it was a three-point game. I thought that the, I thought that the Patriots are always going to win that game, or at least compete in it, just because if you look at Braebel's career, that's kind of what he does.

Yeah. When people think that he's dead, he'll, and he's playing against a team that's, like a touchdown favorite he's going to go out there he's going to win the game and the bills do that same thing too like madeline was saying with the browns like they play down to another team's level that's like not a great team yep they seem to do that uh arian i just have one question for you about the commanders this weekend so jaden's going to play it looks like he's going to wear a brace on his left elbow and have you have you ever taken handoffs from a quarterback like a right-handed quarterback that has to use like their right hand when even when they would normally use their

left hand on a handoff so like for a quarterback that would be like turning to the right and handing off with your left hand i think jaden's probably going to hand off like backhanded almost to the right is that is that any different at all yeah this happened to me before um we was in the swamp So I was in Tennessee and Eric Aange had a, I want to say broken pinky or something like that. But him handing the ball off hurt it. And so he was handing the ball off with his left hand backwards. And I'm not saying it was his fault. I'm just saying it made the handoff very difficult.

And we had an exchange problem deep into our end zone. that kind of broke the game wide order to be lost in the swamp 2006 or seven I forget oh no that doesn't sound good yeah well so oh seven was 59 to 20 I don't think that would have made the difference in that one oh no so it wasn't it wasn't a blowout like it was a pretty low five it was 16 to seven yeah no no and it was oh seven it wasn't a blowout game like they didn't they didn't blow us out that kind of broke the game open you know how momentum happens in college football So, like, it was pretty close.

It was still within reach. And then I think that happened. And then that blew the game open. It got worse. But, yeah, it can. But, again, the difference in college football versus NFL football, from my experience, is, like, when I first was taking snaps from Matt Schaubb, he cared about the exchange, like, in a way I'd never seen before.

Like, it's his job. He was getting paid $60 million. And when it's your job, it's just a difference. There's a difference in attention to detail. So, like, we had, like, you know, conversations about, hey, like, do you like it like this? You like this going to be soft. Hey, you got to adjust to this. Like, there were real conversations about how to hand the ball off and what play, what's the footwork, all of that stuff to a very fine detail.

So I'm sure they're going to pay attention to those details in a way that you still make mistakes. but I feel like it will be accounted for. Like we used to have wet ball drills and stuff. Like weather's accountable, all of us accounted for. So on them to execute. So he is handing a ball off with only one hair? I think so. Because he's going to have the brace on his left elbow.

I assume it's going to be painful for him if he were to like that motion where it bends back. I assume that's painful after having another dislocation. And I think the brace will limit. I think it's almost going to be impossible for it to dislocate if his brace is on and it's fitted correctly. But that doesn't mean that it won't be painful when he does that. Something to keep an eye on. Yep. Yep.

Hey, psychologically diagnosed me. I had a moment this weekend. Okay. So I'm sitting in the box with Andre, Hop, the owners, Cush. and I don't want them to lose but I don't find myself like rooting for them you know what I'm saying like I don't root for the Texas but I'd be rooting for the brewers

okay you know what I'm saying and so I need you to psychologically diagnose me because I can't figure this out I really can't figure this I don't have no animosity towards you yeah like I think I got it I think that's easy yeah you go first it was it was a job you're you're too close to it It wasn't like...

I still like football. I know, but it's different. It's not the same thing. It's work. Texans were a place that you worked. You liked working there. You like your coworkers. You had a great time.

You had a lot of success at that job. The Brewers, you willingly dove head first into that as a fan. Yeah. My thing is because like before before I played in the NFL. I was a huge Raider fan. Like, Napoleon Coffman was one of my favorite running backs. Tyrone Wheatley. Like, I know, like, I know the, I know ball.

Like, I was a fan of the Raiders. And it's like, I can't, in football, I just can't bring myself to be a fan of it like that anymore. And it's kind of disappointing because it's like, I want to. Like, when the Texans do something good, everybody can stand up, like, let's go. And I'm like, I do that for baseball. Yeah.

That's so nuts. I can't do that before. I just don't feel it. You know what I'm just, it's not, it's not genuine. I'm not, like, genuinely, like,

rooting for cats. Like, I don't know why. I want to. The Texans thing is too close to you. There's, there's something that is absolutely. My own roof of the Raiders either. Right.

There's some, I think maybe the whole football thing, playing in the league might have kind of taken down that entire, like, sense of childlike wonderment that you have as a fan. Where, you know, you spend your time, you learn about,

like, the different coaches, where everybody went to college, the new offense they're putting in this offseason, what kind of moves are they making? You know, that whole thing, it's like part of, you learn about it as a fan and you feel like connected to it because you've in turn put your own time into learning about it. But like when you decide to become a fan of a baseball team and you're just willingly

declaring yourself like, hey, I'm going to root for these guys no matter what. It's like a new project. It's a new hobby that you have. It's a hobby that you're into now. And it kind of gives you that. permission to let down that barrier where you're just like a fan like everybody else, whereas in football, because you're so close and it was a job, you can't, I think it's probably impossible for you to ever get back to that same level of being a fan of a football team.

Yeah, I think so. Like I had, you might have players that you get real close relationships with that you root for, that you feel, you feel pride and joy and happiness for them when they do well. that will come back, I'm sure. There's like a guy that you get close within the league, but in terms of just like, let's go team. I don't think that's going to happen. Yeah. I think you're right.

And I, because it's been 10 years, 10 years this year that I haven't played ball. And I was like, I thought, okay, I'm going to give myself time to step away from the game and you'll love it eventually. It's not coming back, man. It's like she's gone. I think she's gone.

Well, I think the, The former players that you see that are like very much still a fan of the team that they played for, almost all the time, it's because they're, they've maintained that connection to the team and they have like a job with that team. Whether it's to do like media for them afterwards or to like go to training camp, be like, you know, the on-field training camp analyst or whatever the case might be with that or like a mentor for some of the younger players that are come through. they've been kept around the team intentionally via a job and they still have that connection because they see all the new players that have come in and they have that connection with all the new players as opposed to they're not like necessarily like in love with the brand

or they wouldn't be in love with the brand but it just so happens that all the players that they know they are following their footsteps working for that same brand so because they're around them all the time they're naturally going to root for them more. Yeah, no I think I think you're right. And I think historically you've seen guys be more attached to their college than NFL teams

because you get drafted to wherever. I almost said San Diego, Los Angeles or Houston or Miami or wherever. And like it's cool to go live there, but you're a mercenary. And you get most guys get cut several times and they go play five different places. But a college is somewhere that you chose to go to and you were there for several years. And I think we'll see that go away as guys now play for four colleges. Yep. And see, that was a part of the dynamic. I was like, why don't I love Tennessee, like the guys that I went to, you know, I played in the league with, like they used to super root for their teams. And I think during that time, I still felt college football was exploitive. So I never built that. Like, I felt I was a part of a system that was harming kids for being emotionally, with being emotionally attached to it. So I never felt the connection to Tennessee. And also my experience wasn't the best there. Like, you know, like, I, you know, like, I, I, like, I, I met some of my best friends there,

but I'm talking about with the system, I didn't have a good experience. And so that kind of deterred me from loving my college in the way that I see other guys letting college. And I'll go back and it's fun, it's a good experience, and I've had a good time. But again, I don't have, like, I want to. Like, I want to.

Like, I remember how I used to root for Nebraska. Nebraska was my squad growing up. I want that. Like, because I still like, ball. I'm sorry to watch every weekend. I feel like this time is, an amazing time in America. Like, I love football season.

It's so fun. It's dope. And I'm glad I'm back in a swing of things. I just can't. It's not something ain't, you know, it's just, I'm just watching the game. I'm enjoying football, but I don't have a, I got an ace in the hole. And it's kind of sad, man. Yeah, I think if you, if you want to get back to that spot, you'd probably just have to, like,

I'm sure the team would love to have you around more. But if you want to get back to, like, caring about the team and you, you, it, you have, have to like develop those relationships with the players i think that's what's going to be most important to you is like seeing a young player come in and like how they grow and watching that that would probably give you a lot of like that connection that you're missing and i think he's getting that in baseball yeah true yeah you watch him develop i can't wait i can't wait for jes to come to know welcome yeah and andrew fisher who's this this is he's one of the brewer's top prospects he went to ut he had like 50 homers

This year. He's unbelievable. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Now, I got another one on my radar. I got a lot. Yeah. I mean, Aaron, if you're interested in adopting an NFL team, I know that Giacori Cross Camarrett's a big fan of your game. You're one of his role models growing up, Bill, for the commanders. Oh, really? Yeah. How much money would it take for you to coach? I was actually thinking about this other day. Um, uh, I, I, I'm not, it's not about the money. Like, I'm good.

Everybody's got a number. Of course, of course. But they wouldn't like, hey, if we pay you this, where you come. I think if the right thing came along and it was a good situation, I think I would coach because I really enjoy coaching little league. I just didn't enjoy like dealing with parents and then there was a certain level of football I like. And at that level, I think you're developing personalities and trying to teach them how to be

young men. I'm not so interested in that. Like, I want to coach high level football. where like we can sit down and try to like outthink the other coaching staff that would be fun to me and so if the right situation whatever you know i think you got to go through the the gauntlet coaching while steven had an opportunity but i don't know we'll see i got to get to i got to scratch golf so i don't know for a hard time so you wouldn't do like high school i could get that would have to be the right situation um i don't want i don't want to coach like some sorry cats in high school

I want to coach like a team that's good, got some players. I mean, you live in Texas. That's what I'm saying. Like, it has to be the right situation. Well, I'm just going to knock on the coach door, but hey, you need a runner back coach. Yeah, I mean, I'm pretty sure. Is Duncanville?

Is that Houston or Dallas? I don't know, man. That's another thing I'm disconnected with is like high school, who's good and who's not in the city? Because my kids go to private school, and the only one that's in sports is my son, and he's in private school. So we're actually looking to what high schools he's going to go to next year because he's in eighth grade.

So I don't know about high schools. Duncanville's outside of Dallas. They had Keelan Russell and Colin Simmons on the same team a few years ago. There's been, what was that team that had like Cooper Flag? That was Montverd Academy. Yeah. Imagine just run into them like second game of the year. Just lose 120 to 15.

They had him. Who was the rest of that starting five? I think they're all in the NBA. Oh, I saw a kid the other day here in Houston. I saw his highlights. This little A is somebody to watch, dog. Let me find it for you, Big T, because he's going to be a star next year. It's not, is it Rayfer Alston's kid?

No, no, it's football. Oh. It's football. Let me find it. What position? Running back. But he'll play whatever. They're just going to get him the ball.

I'm excited for the NBA to start up next week. See, that's another thing. I'm a fan of the NBA. That hasn't left, but I just, it's hard. Basketball ain't, this floppy shit is ruining him. It's hard to watch, bro. It's hard to watch. They're putting in some new rules, though.

Are they really? One of the new rules is they're going to call. like more of the extended arm pushoffs on offense. I like that. For the ball handler. I like that. That's going to be tough for SGA. Did you find that running back you were talking about?

I'm looking for it right now. What school was it? There he goes. Landon William Callis. Randall High School. He committed to Texas. Listen, I got an eye for talent, bro. Well, he's the number 38 player in America.

I'm not looking for it. It came on me. I'm just saying like this motherfucker is going to be nice. Like nice. Five seven. It don't matter. It don't matter. Like I'm saying, in college, he's going to be nice.

I don't like, I don't know what's going to happen after that. But he's like, he's going to be crazy, though. I'm telling you, bro. Mark it, mark it. This motherfucker cold, bro. Yeah, he's a five star. Landon William Callis. And where's he?

going. Texas. Texas. Were you at a, that you saw him online or you were at a high school game? No, I was just scrolling and it popped up. I think, I think, because you had me looking at Buddy from DGG, Tennessee. Yeah. I think I was looking at him on the ground and then this, probably the algorithm that

it was very good. He's going to be awesome. Yeah, this kid that you saw is the number three running back in the country. DGG is two and he should be one. Come on Spell is. Wait, who's what? Who's what? His name's Kamon Spell.

He's going to Georgia. He's from Pennsylvania. How you spell it? K-E-M-O-N. Come on Spel. I'm sure he's great. You just kind of hating on him a little bit. No, I'm sure he's awesome.

DG-G is generational. See, I want that. I want that fandom. Hating on a kid because he's going to my kid. I'm not hating on him. I'm sure he'll be the latest in the long line of really good Georgia running backs. I want that. DG-G-G-G is Derek.

Canary. Couldn't tell me nothing about Amon Green. You know what I'm saying? Couldn't tell me nothing about Lawrence Phillips. Fuck us off the field issues. He was a baller.

You know what I'm talking about? Bobby Newcomb. I want that back. Damn it. Come on, Spell. You know, UT was supposed to play Nebraska this year and they canceled it. Oh, really?

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Dana Altman is retiring. Saw that. So I'm assuming that this was underway for a while. Is this another one of those situations where he wanted his assistant to get the job so you quit two weeks before the season and is his assistant his son is another Bruce Pearl? Oh, I don't know. I don't think that it is. I think it's is it stubblefield. But like several guys have done that like Bruce did it for his kid, but Jay Wright did it right did it right close to the season. Yeah. So that his, or the Virginia guy. Tony Bennett. Tony Bennett. Yeah. He did it because he wanted his assistant to get the job. Yep. So yeah, Dan Altman out at Oregon. And then Kurt Signity has canceled a UMass game. Yep. Second, they won a few games. They're off the schedule.

For 2027. So right now it looks like Indiana's home opponents in 2027 will be Jacksonville State, Indiana State, Kennesaw State, and they have to find one other non-conference opponent for 2027. who's winless right now that's yeah that's who they'll go after take a look i mean i think it's smart it sucks but if you look at what the motivation is for a college football coach like they don't give a shit about playing a tough non-conference schedule the big 10 needs the rule that the SEC has that you have to play a power conference team out of conference yeah i think they should have that rule but until they do it's smart to not have to play yeah i mean it's ridiculous but i i mean it's ridiculous but

I understand why they do it. Yeah, it's a smart thing that he's doing. If the playoff goes to 24, which is going to happen, unfortunately, then that has to become mandatory. Can I ask you about the dilemma that I'm in right now? I brought this up on part of my take yesterday, but I'm starting to see maybe the merits of having a non-power conference playoff. Okay.

So the way I'm looking at right now, like Boise State JMU North Dakota State University who else would be in that list this year Memphis Memphis they're always

buzzing around Navy is always like in the conversation those teams if they ever get into the playoff and a 12 team playoff they would have to play a team like an Ohio state

in which In which case, like, you know, Jamie played Oregon last year. We covered, no big deal, made it respectable, put up 500 yards of offense against Oregon. But they're not going to win a game. And if they do, if one of those teams does win a game, the reward is going to be, then you go and you play like the best team in the country and you get your teeth kicked in. So if you were to do a non-power playoff, how would you be able to do it in a way that does not make it easily forgetable like the FCS playoffs have always been.

I don't know that you can. That's the thing, yeah. I don't know that you can't either. I think what has to happen is maybe I'll have to work you up this a little bit. If you win a game, maybe if you win a game, what? If you win a game in the playoff, if, like, James Madison, beats Oregon in the college football playoff, maybe that's the end of their season. So then who plays the next game in the playoff?

Bye. Okay. give a bye. I don't know. That's the only thing that I can think of right now. What made you? Walk away a winner that you are, you are your own national champion. Because if I recall you were staunchly opposed to this previously. Well, no, I do, I do want, listen, I think it's very cool to be able to make the playoff. I do. And to be able to compete, cover spread. That's nice. I was just starting to see a world where it's like, is this going to be an every year thing where I fight my ass off to get you into the playoff? And then they end up

losing by 10 points or more? Yes, it will. And then your coach and players will leave. And then the players and coach leave. But don't get me wrong, there were teams that were worse, that got beaten way worse in the playoff than JMU did. Like, JMU was one of the better games, if you look at it. Like Jamie Oregon was like, at least entertaining to watch. There have been blowouts in the playoff. I don't know that I would have picked last year's James Madison team to beat any of them. Maybe you're saying relative to the opponent. I'm saying in terms of relative to the opponent, it was not, it was not the least competitive game. Yeah, I don't remember all the games last year.

Indiana, Alabama. Right. Like if, well, that wasn't a first round game. But if Alabama played James Madison, I would have picked Alabama. Probably pick Alabama, yeah. I'm just seeing a world where I fight to get into the playoff every year. And then when I do, the reward is like you had a great season. Yes.

And your reward is you lose. The reward is a September 5th game where the fans, when Tennessee plays whoever, Kennesaw State, those fans go there and they're like, man, awesome to be here. It's really cool to see our team play in this environment. You kick their teeth in and move on. At some point, at some point it's going to happen. And the small school is going to win a first round game. I don't know that it is.

It has to happen at some point. And that's the magic I don't want to miss out on. Football's different, man. I don't know that it is going to happen. I don't know. I mean, how often does a, now, I mean, Oregon, uh, almost lost to Boise State this year and they, they were really tight with Idaho a couple years ago also.

Um, but like it just on a playoff level where it's do or die, every team is locked in. I just don't think you're ever going to see that. I think it would have to be the small school gets a home game. Because Boise was compared to. never going to happen. Well, Boise was competitive against Penn State the first year of the playoff. That was neutral field.

I thought that was, that's right, it was not on the blue turf. That was the Fiesta Bowl, because they got the buy. You're right. That was neutral. I don't know. I'm trying to think of a way where it's not, where we don't lose the magic of the possibility of that one upset happening at some point, but also. I mean, it could happen if you get just the right.

It's dependent upon the power conference team, not the group of six school. Right. Like if you get a week. you know, but they're always going to be playing the five seed, which is actually going to be probably the second or third best team in the country most years because it's going to be whoever loses one of the Big Tenor S-S-C championship game. Yeah. But whatever.

It's going to 24 soon. They'll let anybody in, dude. Don't worry about it. Yeah, so if it goes to 24, then at that point. JMU will be playing Arizona in the fur, and they... And we can win that game. Yeah. So, yeah, so it doesn't matter.

Like, 12, no one's going to change the rules this year. When is 24 kick in? As soon as they can do it. Yeah. All right. I've done a lot of football today. A lot of football. Well, there's a lot going on.

That's, yeah, it's October, man. There's not going on. And we have to savor every minute of it because the plague is right around the corner. Yeah, it's coming. I truly believe it's coming. So I think it's over. So what we've got, it's fries. It might be fries.

Civilization. We're done. We're done. We're done. Actually, we don't know. We don't know because Russia is sounding the everything's okay. alarm right now and I don't know that Russia would lie about anything like that and it might everything might be fine there was a worker who was employed by the

Ertusk Erkuts I'm gonna say it one time and then I'll never get it wrong again irk Utsk Erk Erkutsk Antipleg Research Institute it's in Siberia and there's 28 year old employee there Darya Shipilova and She died on October 2nd, so about a week ago, and there were reports that she was exposed to plague bacteria there. So what happened after she died? We do know that she died at a hospital that's in a town just outside the city, and the hospital was then placed under quarantine. The local governor of that part of Siberia posted on social media that Chippalova died for. from the plague. However, the governor then went back and edited the post to say, possibly died from

the plague. So somebody had a word with the governor and asked them to clean it up and in due course, they did clear it up by saying, maybe I'm wrong about this. Who knows? That doesn't seem too comforting to me that they're already kind of in cover your ass mode. She had been admitted to the hospital on September 29th. She had pneumonia. She got put on a ventilator and she died a couple days later. And Russia's public health service went to the region on Friday. And Russian officials have not elaborated on anything since she passed away. They did say that the testing that they've undergone so far did not link her death to the plague that she handled at work.

So they're saying that her job at that anti-plague research institute, did not put her in contact with this specific type of pathogen that she passed away from. I'm sick of this, by the way, because this is now the second time we're running this play. Can we just, the plague research institute worker died from a plague, but it's not, I mean, come on. It's not our plague. Yeah. Could have anyone's plague. Give it a rest. Don't insult my intelligence. If you're going to kill all of us, that's fine. But don't piss on me and tell me it's raining. So they put the entire hospital under corn They put five other hospitals in the area under quarantine, and 200 people that had had contact with Shipolova have also been placed under medical quarantine.

They will remain there seven to ten days, and they will be giving them preventative antibiotics, a seven-day course of antibiotics. That, to me, like, that's a pretty big response to one person dying. That tells me that they know that this is serious. Which I like. Right. Yeah. Well, I think the extent of it is far beyond what we know. That's the question is like how many people had contact with it.

This is a bacteria though. This is not a virus. No, it's a virus. So the, so the plague is, uh, pneumonic plague is airborne. and so you spread it via like saliva droplets. But antibiotics aren't for viruses. They're for bacteria. Let's see.

All I know is this spreads person to person. Yeah. Antibiotics are for bacterial infections. Yeah. So the plague is a bacteria. Oh, I've been prepper for this my whole life. I've always refused antibiotics because, People told me that if you always take antibiotics when a bacteria gets in you and you actually need them, you're going to, your body would get used to them.

Or maybe the bacteria would evolve and it wouldn't be as effective. Yeah, that's what it would be. Okay. So I never took them. So they should be working in my body. That's my theory. I don't know if that is true, but that's my theory. It's a very good theory.

Antibiotics. Yeah, for you personally, I think that's a good way to look at it, but it's more of a societal thing too, which is since everybody else is taking antibiotics, there's a lot of stuff out there that has learned how to evade. So because your neighbor did it. Now you might get a super bug. Yeah, I was trying to thug it out for everybody else and everybody else fucked it up for it. That is true. Yeah, thank you for your service, area. It might help you, though.

That's probably not a bad way to look at it. Could be. So there's a lot of questions about where this person contracted the disease from. I'm going to guess that it was probably from the Anti-Plaug Institute where she worked. But they have not admitted to that yet. And they placed, like I said, that big, big quarantine around everybody close to that person. The incubation period, it's as short as 24 hours. So 24 to 24 hours to three days is what they're looking at.

So like I think we addressed us a little bit on Tuesday show, but that's probably a good thing that it's a very short incubation period. So people that get sick, they usually find out that they're sick within a couple days as opposed to like COVID where you wouldn't find out for like a week sometimes or several days. And then you can spread it to other people. So the pneumonic plague is a more rare version

than the bubonic plague, if you don't take antibiotics and you have the pneumonic plague, it is pretty much going to kill you. But the good news is, if you take antibiotics, there's a very good chance that you'll be safe and sound. So the antibiotics work really well right now against it.

But if you don't take it, you're fucked. So there was a plague that was in that part of Russia in 2016. A 10-year-old boy got it after he killed a marmot. and then in Mongolia, which is nearby, there were 137 outbreaks in 2023 across 17 regions, but they were all eventually contained. I think because there's not a lot of interregional travel from most parts of Mongolia. So they didn't really have an opportunity to spread it that wide. It's a squirrel.

I had no idea what a marmot was. Yeah. It's like aquatic squirrel, right? Nice. I had no idea. heard of a marmint before yep so there's two theories there is the lab accident theory which uh there's an independent media outlet called the people of bical in russia and they said that she broke a test tube that contained the pneumonic plague and then she got sick um it's based on one single

report there's no confirmation about that yet but there was one report that said that it was a broken test tube which um if you break the test tube and it's got the pneumonic plague you have to like raise your hand and be like, hey, can I get some antibiotics please, right? Am I? I guess there's only so many ways you can do it. I just would figure the tubes with the pneumonic plague would have a fail safe.

Like you can't just break it and then, oh, the plague's out. It's like a really nice baseball card. If you're most value, you're going to put like two layers of like thick plastic around it, right? Yeah. At least have that same protection for the pneumonic plague. Yeah, like, can we not double wrap it or something? Like what?

Broken Test tube does sound like, I would think that if there was a, like an unexpected emergence of the plague at the laboratory, it was because like there was a catastrophic software error or like a power failure, something of that nature, not just like an oops. There should not be an oops disease. You would think. Where like Mr. Bean shows up and next thing you know, like all of Russia is wrapped up with bed sores like a mummy.

So the other theory is that there was a trip that she took to a neighboring region of Briata where there had been plague outbreaks in the past. And some people are speculating that she took a trip for work to that part of Russia. And she contracted there and then came back. That does to me sound a lot like wet market. doesn't it? I'm going to guess it was at the lab that she worked at where she handled the plague.

Yeah, it was probably the plague lab. So now they're the... Russia's calling it a pneumonia of unknown origin as opposed to calling it pneumonic plague. So in the time between when she got the plague, when she contracted symptoms, and when she died, there were 40 flights that left that city.

and they went to cities like Moscow, Beijing, Bangkok, Fouquet. So 40 flights all across the world. And those are some of the most populated urban areas. And if that's the case, we might all be fucked if it got to one of those cities. Now, the fact that we haven't heard about like any major outbreaks in Beijing or Bangkok or Fouquet tells me maybe, maybe nobody got it. I don't know. That's what I'm hoping. So at that facility, the Anti-Plaug Research Institute, they have 80 infectious disease labs

that were built by the Soviet Union to study pathogens, and the plague labs were closely linked to the USSR's offensive biological weapons program. That lab in particular was a critical repository for wild, virulent strains of plague, anthrax, and other pathogens that were from animals across East Asia and Siberia. and many of the labs also gave samples to the Soviet Army to use in their bio-weapons research program. So this particular facility involved in some pretty bad shit. And if it is closely related to Soviet and Russia defense programs, then they're not going to tell us anything real.

So the State Department said that Russia and North Korea maintained their offensive biological weapons programs in direct violation of their treaty obligations. and that would include potentially an institute like that anti-plague institute. So the different types of plagues, there are three different types of plagues that exist out there. There's the bubonic plague, which is animals to humans by fleas. It's the black death. So you can have a fever, headache, chills, weaknesses. You get swelling in the lymph nodes.

Bubonic plague kills within a few days if you don't use antibiotics. 30 to 60% of people who get the bubonic plague are going to die. There's the septic plague, and that's if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if you get plague directly to your bloodstream. And that would cause your organs to bleed. It would give you a blood infection, and you're fucked if you get that. Then there's the pneumonic plague. That's when the bubonic plague has spread to the lungs.

The difference is pneumonic plague is spread from person or person. person. So it's the rarest form of all the plagues, but it is the most deadly form of all the plagues. So it looks like this is harder to spread. So we got that going on our favor. Then what? No, I think this is easier to spread. No, the COVID. It was. Oh, then COVID. I thought you meant then bubonic. It might not be as airborne as as COVID. Yeah. It's it. It looks like it's like COVID can could like linger in places and infect people that that wasn't directly in the face that's that's very dangerous it looks like this can't do that um and it looks like this is I don't think the it can as far as this is the little research I've seen on it yeah I just don't think it's as um

the the what is it called the the the aerosol droplets yeah I from this I don't think they're as spreadable, for lack of a better term. Well, that's good. But it will kill you. There will kill you if you do get it. It will and can't kill you, yes. Trump was asked since we've been recording about it. And he said, it's under control, but you know, people have said that about other things.

It's very true. Fair enough. What you, Blair. What people and what things? Yeah. I mean, maybe it'll just magically go away. one day by March one day

it'll just go away there's um I have I have read that the particles are bigger than the COVID particles I believe you are which would indicate that like more masks because I read I did read that surgical masks

helped to stop the transmission of it and that's what Big T you and I were talking about the other day like if if this does come to the United States and the CDC is like wear your surgical masks. Like, don't have to be the in 95s. Just go back to the masks that we were wearing in 2020.

I think there will be a lot of people that are like, fuck you. Yeah, certainly. And I 100% of them would have never read a single paper on it. That the masks work, bro. So this, it says that COVID particles are much smaller. they have a diameter in the range of 60 to 140 nanometers. And the pneumonic plague is 500 to 800. So it's about 10 times, yeah, 10 times are more bigger.

So I think that is kind of good news, but yeah, the damage would be done if it got here. Yeah, it's fries at that point. It's fries. Once it gets here, do we have any updates from, like, the CDC or anything like that since we started, since it came in today? I don't think so. Just that them talking about that they're monitoring it. They have that tweet from yesterday. CDC is aware and closely monitoring reports of a suspected case of pneumonic plague. While the circumstances of this reported case remain unconfirmed, plague is a serious bacterial disease that is treatable with antibiotics, particularly when recognized early.

It can spread person to person, blah, blah, blah. At this time, there is no indication of a broader. threat to the United States, but CDC and our interagency partners are prepared and will continue to monitor the situation closely. That's good. They're monitoring the situation. Good. Okay. We're bringing back monitoring the situation. I love it. RIP no longer monitoring the situation 2026 to 2026. Yeah. Yeah. So the good news overall is if you get it, you will get symptomatic soon and you will go to a doctor and they will give you antibiotics and the antibiotics should work. So you should not in theory have a big chance to spread it to a lot of different people.

And then they do have drugs that can help you after you get it. And I think that they can even give you antibiotics. Well, yeah, because that's what they're doing in Russia right now. You can take the drugs before you even feel a sentence. If you think that you've been exposed, you can take them and you should be okay. But if you don't have it, you're fucked. Okay, so additional quote here from Trump. Peter Ducey asked him,

is the plague in Russia a bioweapon? Trump says, we don't think so if you leave. listen to them, it's under control. Ducey says, we've heard this before during your first term. Are you getting the same vibe? Trump says, they do say they have it very much under control. Okay. Very strongly.

Russia's controlled it very strongly. Very strongly. Bigly. Oh, did you see girl Natalie walked out on stage with him the other night? That was really... Oh, that's his side piece? Yeah, walked out on stage, took something from walked away, and then he snuck a little peek. snuck a little peek at her as she walked i hate to see you go but i love to watch you leave natalie

and uh and the crowd went wild they're like yeah when she when she came out well when she walked away he snucked that little peek and then he got that little grin on his face and the crowd went nuts for it yeah good old christian value no it was it was it was amazing do you see them ask him about the Alabama game this weekend what he said is he going well yeah he's he said he's going but there's the hurricane that they're they still don't know if they're going to be able to play on Saturday and someone asked him about it and he didn't seem to know about the hurricane and he was like well if there's a hurricane i don't i don't want to mess up anybody's work or anything that that would be helping with that so he seemed to learn about the hurricane you're just telling me right

now in real time yeah you're just telling me for the first time this would be this would be a terrible for our under the weather bet if it was canceled well i think they're they would just try to play it Sunday, probably. But then the bets that we've already put in. Yeah. That'd be, I mean, not to make. Still might be raining. Not to make it about ourselves.

Yeah. But, uh, yeah, what is the spread right now? Because we put it in at what, under 54 and a half is when our weather guy gave us the bet. And I think it dropped because I, we got a cash out option. I think it might be down like 52.5. Oh, well, I did the same thing. 52. Not betting, but I was, I heard the hurricane could possibly gear towards Houston.

I was really pissed because I was just looking for golf weather. Yeah. Yeah, so I'm sad if anything happens, but I'm glad I get a couple more days in it. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's been really nice here too. Really nice. This is, yesterday was the first day I felt any kind of breeze in Houston since I can't even remember. when it felt amazing you know what i hate it when you get the if you get the hot humid wind

yeah yeah it sucks but yesterday i think houston's gonna have a cold front come through or starting to and you could feel it like when you go outside it felt like fall i was like oh my god because i remember october first i played and it was it was a fucking son and i was like how how is it october and this is still happening. Jesus Christ. Uh, let's see. We got anything else to get to today? I think that's about it. I, we're going to find out by the time the next episode comes out if the plague spread. What's your, uh, stay tuned. Watch the prediction on the plague. I'm going to take the nothing ever happens route on this one. Okay. I'm going to take this is typically where I land, but I'm going to take this has been like people love to talk about the plague. We're doing it right now.

Yeah. But. I'm optimistic that since when you get sick with it, you start to show symptoms almost like, you know, relatively immediately. So I'm optimistic that it will be contained. I agree. The asymptomatic thing with COVID was really fucked people. Yeah.

And then how spreadable it was. And this is, I don't see the same thing. But I ain't no fucking immunologist. Yeah. I hope y'all are right, man me too all right well we will hopefully see you guys next week

that's great goodbye love you guys maybe for the last time