The Bobby Bones Show - SORE LOSERS: Is the Pasta Approachable?

Episode Date: February 13, 2026

In this episode Lunchbox and Ray talk about about the jokes that are going on non stop at Lunchbox's house with his kids. Also Lunchbox recaps his time at the Vanderbilt Basketball thanks to Mr.C's Reading Challenge and how much this "free" basketball game ended up costing the Box Family! Plus Lunchbox had a nice dinner with his wife but the waiter was driving him nuts with his over the top description of everything. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You're going no headphones again. You're back to this no headphones game that drives me nuts. You're starting to remind me of Darren Peterson. I'm going to bring my headphones in the studio and then not wearing them. I'm going to warm up pregame, but then I'm not going to play. But Kansas didn't freaking need them. We took down number one, Arizona. I didn't get to watch it, so I don't have much to say, but rock chalk, Jayhawk.

At the end of the year, I was ready to jump off the ship. I thought Bill's self has lost it, but he has put this core together, and we are starting to march our way to the madness called the NCAA tournament, and we are hotter than a firecracker. Whoa, pause. What I did want to say is your Peterson guy with this load management. It's got to stop. You've got to stop with your arms inside your shirt.

Can't do it, won't do it. Like you look like, what are you doing? Hey, do you remember that joke where he used to put your sleeves, your arms in your other sleeves and wrap them around and tickle your back like you're making out of someone? Do you remember that? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I remember that joke.

That was funny. You remember when the guys would snap. girls bras. I do remember that. I never could. Never wanted to get in trouble. Do you remember when you would get with someone in the corner and you put your hand over their mouth like you're making out

and people, whoa! With a dude? No. Hey, Jim. Come here. Hey, Marco. Come here. We just faked them. Now they all think we kiss. That ain't funny. No, no. That's not what I was talking about. But my kids are

on the one of, hey, Spell I cup I CUP Oh! Oh! You said I CUP! That's the new one. I mean, it was Hey, there's something under there. Underware. Oh, you said underwear! That's what I'm saying. That was earlier this week and late last week. And now it has shifted to, hey, do you know how to spell I cup?

Boom, got them. So it's in the halls at schools where they're hearing this, then they're bringing it to the house. Bringing it to the house. Also, what's your name? Lunchbox. No, what's your name? Gibbles. No, what's your name?

Dad. No, your name. What's your name? Ray. What's this? Knows. What am I holding? Book.

What am I holding? Nothing. Ray knows nothing. Ha ha! We do that all day long. That's good. I'm glad it's evolved. from 6-7.

Hey, hey, hey. 4-1. What's your name? Ray. What's the color of the sky? Nashville gray. No, no. What's the color of the sky?

Blue. What's the opposite of down? Not finishing it. Pause. No, no. What's the opposite of down? Blue job. What's the opposite of down?

Up. Ray blew up. Okay. We do that. Non-freaking stop. Non-freaking stop. Does the wife play along? Sometimes.

She gets annoyed. Yeah. It was fun once. Oh, dude. And then if one kid does it, guess what? The other kid has to do it. And then the third kid has to do it. And the other kids don't even know English, do they?

No, they do. I mean, the one is four, five, and seven. They all know how to talk. Ray, they got them learning Spanish now. I mean, my four-year-old and five-year-old don't stop talking. don't know where they get it from. They just bra la la la la la nonstop. No idea where they get it from.

Got unfollowed the other day. A lady said that I mentioned OAN too many times. She hit the unfollow button. For the sore losers? I don't know. And I said, Dorothy, sorry to see you go. Don't let the door hitch on the way out. That's a good way to respond to our sore losers nation.

That's good. I'm pretty sure she was like, wow, he actually responded. Maybe I won't unfollow. That's good. Maybe that's pretty cool. Yeah. So yeah, that's what's going on in my house, man. We just do that over and over and over again.

It's just all day long. But I have so much to talk about. Well, and I wanted to thank you. So it's what's on the menu? What's on the menu? I would like to thank you for something. Okay. You have got so much to talk to us about.

Oh, crap. I forgot to bring Morgan her bag. I'm going to bring it tomorrow. So there's a menu. We are loaded. This is a big one. A whopper, if you will. Yeah.

Would you like to, you know, like say thank you to me. I don't know what it is. It's a tease. So that's just what's on the menu? So do you want to tell me now or do you want to just like wait for a little bit? It's on the menu. We don't have to eat it all right now. I mean, is it an appetizer? Is it a main course? Is it a dessert? What is it? Probably an app. We could intro the show and then jump to it. I love it. I'll take a water or Coke and whatever you want to thank me for. All right, we're going to do it live. We are the one, two, three. Soor losers. What up, everybody. I am Lunchbox. I know the most about sports. I give you the sports facts,

my sports opinions, because I'm pretty much a sports genius. Y'all, it is Sisson. I'm from the north. I'm an alpha male. I live on the north side of Nashville now. We've moved around. We're downtown west side, now north. We got 2.33 acres, me and my wife. We live in the country. We've got two kids at Vanderbilt. They're probably defrosting out at 70 degrees. Justin needs to check on him, but he's in rehab. He is on New Beginnings Avenue in Michigan. That's it. Over to you, but then back over to me.

Well done. Because I got something for you. Thank you. So I, this is very simple. I didn't even think it was going to be an A block, but I just wanted to say for being accommodating. I told you I have a tire issue. And vehicle wise, we're playing a little bit at musical chairs, if you

will, musical vehicles. I totally understand. And I said, hey, can we do a little moving around to the podcast and you accommodated? Can you explain to me? what is wrong with your tire? No idea. It's just balding. So it's like it rubs against the side of my vehicle so three tires are perfect. One of them

all the way down to the inner tube. Is it just going to blow on the interstate? Great. I just got blown. But here's the problem. You have a huge tire on the roof of your truck. No, that's just a rack. There's not a tire up in there? No, that's

just rack city. Is there a tire on the back? Yeah, but it doesn't match up with any of the others. I'll be all catty wamp. What do you mean it doesn't match? The other ones are like mud tires and that was just a normal one. Got it. They'll probably throw off my entire vehicle. So how much you think in this tire is going to cost?

I already got it. My guy hooked it up. Four of them for five. Wait, wait. You only have one bad tire. So why are you getting four tires? The others are pretty worn too. But this one, for whatever reason, whenever my baby hits the interstate, it goes hard left. And it just wears and wears and wears. until one day I looked at it and I said, boy, that's missing tread.

Oh, whoa, that's a little bit of an intertube sticking out. Whoa, that's a wire. I've been driving Baldy on I-65, 80 miles an hour for the past two months. That's not good because I always see those blown tires on the side of the road and I'm like, man, how scary is that? Okay, I'm actually glad you said that because semis do that. They don't die. So I'm thinking if I drive this vehicle and it blows, am I going to die? So that actually answers my question.

Oh, you're not a semi, though. They have 18 wheels. They have plenty of spares. You are down to three and does it go straight axle or does it slowly or does the whole thing just blop? No, it's good. But I'm just saying it's so bare. It's one of those basketballs we play with as a kid that has no more tread on it. It's a bare ball.

There's no grip. It's no more ribbed. No, no. I understand what you're saying. I am asking you. But if your tire does blu on the interstate. Does it just shoot off? Or is it like it comes off and say you'll have tire left, no big deal?

Or does it go straight to the axle? Fent to find out. But what I'm going to do is I'm going to go on the interstate 30 miles an hour to work. Well, I don't want that. That is why I am here for you. I don't want you to be in danger. And I'm glad you're getting four new tires. Now, are you getting the big mud tires?

You're just getting normal tires now. I don't know. My guy quoted me, but I'm not asking questions. If you're getting four for five, I'm pretty sure you're not getting the mud tires. Might be a hookup. I have no idea, but all I know is I said, Beezer, this is actually a code red. I need to take your vehicle.

But you were accommodating. Thank you very much. You know what? Thank you very much. It used to be great when I had a tire hookup. I had a tire hookup for years. When I was in college, my buddy David, U, he's out of El Paso, Texas. One of his fraternity brothers worked at a store that I think is no longer in business

called Sears. And he would tell you, hey, man, just pull up at the back door. Right. You know what they say? Sears are for dears. So I would pull up at the back door, hand him 300. Whoa. He'd put four tires in the car.

You drive off and you've got to go pay someone to put him on like a little shop. Mm-hmm. But, dude, he would slide him right out the door. Because he was able, he knew where there's the excess tires. And he knew, like, when they were coming into the warehouse or whatever, the, you know, automotive department of Sears, he would just add like four tires didn't get there. Yeah.

And also here, we get extra merch. We could give people merch easily. Everybody knows at their job where there's loose ends, if you will, some fat on the cutting room floor, all of that. Yeah. And then over at a discount tire, man, I had like three dudes. Three dudes at discount tire. Josh Martin, which, speaking of, Josh played on my soccer team growing up.

We played soccer together from the age of like 13 maybe. You guys played footsy? No. And we got him on our team. He had a Mohawk. And Henry, rest in peace, Henry, was like, we need to get that guy on just for some toughness. He's no longer with us? No, Henry passed about a year ago. When we are telling these stories now and some of them include they're no longer with us, that's when we know we're getting older. Yeah, that's what's rough. That's a tough thing to do. But I was going through my phone the other day because it was saying I was out of storage. and I came to some text messages from Josh. Yes.

And I was like, man, I haven't heard from Martin in a while. So I hit him up. I was like, oh, Josh, how you been? And I got to reply it. Not Josh's phone number. I am a drug dealer. So I'm like, oh, so I don't know what happened to Martin, man. I haven't heard from him.

I hope he's okay. Yeah, it was just weird. But anyway, back to my story. Yes, yes. You left your own story. So Josh worked a discount tire. I was so rudely interrupted by myself. And I met his, when he worked.

there, he had a dude named Justin that worked with him. They would hook me up. And then there was another guy that our old intern, her brother worked at discount tire. I think he's a paramedic now. But he would hook it up with tires. Like when I was moving to Nashville, you told me. I stopped by

discount tire right there on I-35 and got tires. You hit me up before I left town. You go, do you need tires? And I said, no, what are you talking about? You go, I got a tire hook up if you want it. And I go, aren't we just going from Texas? to Tennessee? What do you mean

new tires? I'm not like breaking ground in the Oregon Trail and you're like, I've got a hookup if you need tires. Believe his name was Chad Smith. If that was correct. But yeah, I had tire hookups, man. It was the greatest thing ever. And so now I'm glad you have a tire hookup. I got a tire guy. Because I don't have a

tire guy anymore. I go have lunch with him. We whine and dine. He gets me out four for five. That's pretty good. So I'm excited. But props to me for noticing it, man. I mean, but then it's the American way, am I going to get it towed? No. No. That would cost money. Am I going to drive on it with the potential of one of them blowing? Yes. Well, you really only have the potential of one to blow.

Right. But I'm saying if it blows and it blows me so hard I get injured. It's like the car roll when you blow? That's what I'm, you said semis. So now I think semis are usually upright. The tire just blows. It's not like it's a bomb. This has been going through my head. You're helping me actually understand this. Please talk to me about what goes through. your head. So if this tire was to explode, is it like a bomb or is it just an immediate? Oh, no, there goes my tire. I get off the road. Let's get

it towed. I think I can get away with it for 45 minutes driving down a road, 30 miles an hour, get it to where it needs to go, risking at the risk of it blowing, and getting injured. But I mean, oh man, I injured my foot. I was trying to save a $200 tow job.

Yeah. I don't think you have to worry about it. I don't think you need to go 30. I would like to. And go 30, dude. You do you. I just want you to feel safe. Because we need you here to do the pod tomorrow. But hey, that same car that you were offering tires to in Texas is the same car I drive today.

Yeah. That's how loyal I am, 20 years. Wow. Yeah, the ultimately, you know, the one that that was the car that had the tires in Austin, now it just sits in front of my house and doesn't do anything. It just sits there and grows weeds. Yeah. There is something about keeping old cars.

We used to joke back at Mike Miller's place because Mike Miller would always have the BMWs and the escalades. And then I had the same vehicle, the trailblazer. And Billy had, I want to say, a newer Accura. But it wasn't. It was like it was gold. I mean, it was nice. But his was, we called it the pop-up.

And then we called mine the RV. Because it just looked like we were a couple homeless people pulling into Mike Miller's every weekend. But now Billy's on to Porsches and all kinds. of things and jet skis and motorboat and all that. But... I had motorboat also. I am still in the trailblazer from the

days where he would drive the pop-up and we'd go every weekend to the RV park, which was actually a really nice condo complex in Austin. That's pretty cool. I mean, Chastay's dad had this old beat-up truck when we were younger and he got in a wreck and he was trying to get it to like, because he was a surveyor

and so he was he drove all over. Whoa. Did the tire blow? No. And I think he was trying to get it to 500,000. I don't, maybe I made that mileage up. That could be just an absolute, maybe it's 300,000. I don't know what it was. Maybe he might have been how many women he'd slept with.

But he got in a wreck. Ray, that number was significantly lower. They got in a wreck and they wanted to total his car, the truck. They were going to give him 400 bucks for it. And he said, no thank you. He brought it home. In the front of it, we got a crud. Pro Bar and started pulling the metal out so he could still drive it.

Because he was only going to get the four. He was only going to get the four. And he was like, man, I'm trying to get to a certain 100,000 miles. Dude, the thing that I'm not getting is you kept driving your vehicle after it was totaled. Yeah, you can still drive them. Right. It's probably not safe, though. I think that's what it is.

In retrospect, should you have just never turned it in? No, I should have. Oh. Because, I mean, like, I could feel the wind coming in the back of the vehicle. Oh. You check the rearview mirror? Your view mirror was still good, but the back hatch was so dented in that there was a space between the bumper and the back hatch. So wind would...

Could you have gotten the check without handing over the car? You can get like $10,000 less than they were offering you. Like, you could take the wrecked car and get $15,000 or you can get $25,000. I would have done right car and got to $15,000 check. Well, I don't know if it was safe to drive. Oh, it's right. You got a family. My bad.

Yeah. Yeah. And we'll take a break. And speaking to my family, I got some stories about them right after this. The 2026 NFL draft is here. And the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal and Jordan Roderig after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday and then Sunday to recap everything that went down over

the three days in Pittsburgh. We'll tell you who won the draft and which players were my favorite picks. Listen to NFL Daily with Greg Rosenthal on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care which I'm saying. Yep, that's me, Clipper Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now, Now, I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes,

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We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield, and in this new season of the girlfriends, Oh my God, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I thought, how could this happen to me? The cops didn't seem to care. So they take matters into their own hands.

I said, oh, hell no. I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe. On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Ago Wadam.

My next guest, you know from Step Brothers Anchorman, Saturday Night Live, and the Big Money Players Network. It's Will Ferrell. Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with them one day, and I was like, and Dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place that come look for up and coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet.

Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. And he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat. Just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be.

Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Listen to Thanks, Dad, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This week on the Sports Slice podcast, it's all about the NFL draft. And we've got a special guest. The director of the NFL's East West Shrine Bowl, Eric Galco, joins the Sports Slice podcast to break down what really matters when evaluating draft prospects. From hidden traits teams look for to the biggest mistakes franchises make to the players flying under the radar.

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If I could text Josh, I would, man. The one wrong number guy say, hey, well, do you got to Google? What do you think? Can my buddy drive on a bad tire? Hey, well, Josh used to work a discount tire, so that's why I was hitting them up. I was wondering, could you answer my question about tires? All the technological advances, and they don't just kill our numbers off? Like, you could still text, like, this other person that used to have my number, this Lansing number.

I get a text from her all the time. Hey, you owe mortgage. I'm like, wrong person. I don't live in Michigan. So weird. Right. And so people that have my old number, my friends will text them. So those numbers just never die off.

They have to stay in the system. Weird. That is strange. Like once that person gets rid of that number, it should delete from your phone. It doesn't because I get it from all the time this late in East Lansing. She owed a back pay on mortgages. She owed whatever one of those rent things are where you get a storage locker that she never paid for.

There's all this crap she owes, and she gets texts all the time about it. Huh. That is weird. But anyway, so this weekend, man, Friday night, kids' school was like, hey, we will take your kids and keep them here until 8.30 for free.

And I said, awesome. Told the wife, I said, we are going out to dinner. We are going to a restaurant where we don't have to worry about screaming kids. We don't have to worry about spilled milk. We can just sit there, relax, eat some nice food.

Cookout on West End? No, not cookout. Now, we wanted a waiter experience. Waiter, waitress. Sometimes they'll come and get the trash off the table. That's pretty good. But they don't come and take your order. You got to go to them to give your order.

So we walk into this place and I'm like, heck, yeah, we show up and the lady's like, can I pour you a welcome cocktail? I'm like, uh, sure. I'm going to need the address. Oh, yeah. And she was like, we have our homemade apple. cider with some spicy something, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, sounds great.

She puts it in a little cup, cheers, we drink. Was she hot? Man, she was all right. I wouldn't say not, but I wouldn't say hot. She was all right. Male or female? When it's a she, it's a female. Okay.

And so we go, and they take us out and we sit on the little patio. It's freezing cold, but they had heaters. So it was awesome. Great. We had the whole patio to ourself. No one else out there. Hmm. I think we were one of those last minute reservations, you know, where everything else was booked up.

So we were outside. Got it. Yeah. Because we booked it on like Thursday. And so we sit down. We're looking at the menu. The waiter comes over and gives me this spiel about how everything works. There's this.

There's this. You want to order this. You want to try this. You want to try that. That's how you get the most bang for your buck. QR code, COVID times. No, he handles a real menu. Always got to love that.

Oh, you just pull out your phone and QR code it. I'm old school. Give me a menu. I want to touch it. I want to touch some grass. Can I tell you? I would rather have a menu in my hands. QR code.

Yeah. Let me do. What do I do? Put the flashlight on. Hey. Hey! Like, I get it during COVID times. Like, you want to do the QR code.

But now that we're back, let's hand people the menu. I want to hold the menu. Not to take from your story. I refuse to. If they don't give me the menu, Beezer, what should I get? I'm not pulling up on my phone. She picks out my food for me.

do you have espresso martini? Give me something close to that. Right, I'm not going to key in my QR code. I don't do that. Do you guys have like a bread as an app? Oh, yeah, we'll do that. Cool. Oh, is it on the menu?

I don't know. I didn't look at it. I'm not QR coding it. Just get me something. Yeah, I mean, we have a problem in the society about being on our phones too much. And then I'm at a restaurant and I'm supposed to conversate with the people at the table, if it's my wife, if it's a group of friends, whatever it is. and you want me to pull out my phone and look up your menu,

that's the exact opposite of what I want to do. And it's not pulling up right away. It's loading. I'm sorry. No reception, man. Like, you guys got Wi-Fi? Like, what's going on? You guys got anything crazy?

What's on the menu? You should just like, tell us. Wait for it to load a little bit. Is water on the menu or I got a QR code it? Can I borrow your phone? What? I need to scan the QR code. No, I'm the waiter.

I don't give a damn. Give me your phone. Anyway, he starts going over some of the stuff and he tells me, oh, that right there, that will change your life. I'm like, really? That item on your menu is going to change my life. I know what it was. Go ahead. Sex on the beach.

No. And I was like, okay, I'll take some of that. Give me some of that. And he brings it out. Take a bite. My wife's like, well, what do you think? I said, oh, it's good. She goes, does it change your life?

I said, nope. My life is still to save. I tasted something decent. But my life is no way changed. Yelp it. It's not something that it's going to, like six months for now, I'm going to be like, oh my God. Remember when I had that and it changed my life?

No, it didn't. All right, cool. So let me, you know, bring out some other items. We eat and then. Johnny whipped cream. It is near Valentine's Day. This one pasta comes out. It's like a pesto pasta.

Did you go to Italy? No. And take a little. a few bites, you know what I mean? That's pretty good. Comes back over, he's like, what do you think of the pasta? Who is this guy, a Somali, eh? Thank you.

Get lost. This is, no, the way he was talking. Dude, I would have killed the guy. Hey, you're about to kill him. You're about to kill him. I don't know. I threw it in my mouth and ate it. What do you want?

Get me another drink, barkeep. And I'm like, all right, you know, whatever, he comes over. I'm eating some of the pasta. You know, it's a pesto pasta kind of. He's like, what do you? think? And my wife and I are both like, oh, it's pretty good. You know what I mean? Like, I like the, you know, the taste, like, has a little bit of taste of walnut because it had some walnut in there or something. And he goes, I know. Everybody, you know, can be a little intimidated

by it when they read it on the menu, but I got to say, it's very approachable. This guy's serious. What are you, Michelin, man? I'm like, what the hell do you mean, approachable? I approached it. I have approached it. Like, I see this. This is. This is. I see this pasta and you think I'm going to be intimidated I'm not going to approach it It's like it's too standoffish Sir you are now free to approach the pasta

Yeah it is approachable It has a very open mind It is very approachable It's open to new people The apostathe has approacheth my moutheth And I'm just like And he walks away And my wife looks to me and she goes

don't don't I'm like what she goes you're going to make fun of him for saying approachable and I said absolutely I'm going to make fun of them for saying approachable what the hell does that mean how is food approachable I no longer want the address you don't want the address so then we eat you know we finish up and he's like I'm just going to drop by the dessert menu you know what I mean there's no pressure there's no rush I'm just going to tell you that we have this this and then we have this tiramisu and oh if you You say you don't like tiramisu. This is totally different.

It's made differently. And I'm going to tell you that tiramisu will change your life. I'm going to need that address again. And what's he said? I love taramisu. Oh, do you? I'm back in. I am not a taramisu fan.

But once he said... Your wife putting me in the fridge? Once he said that it was going to change my life, you know what I knew? That I didn't need to order it. Because I already had something on the menu earlier that he said was going to change my life. and it didn't change my life. So his life and my life are completely different. What was the first thing?

The eggs? I totally didn't even hear the first thing you ordered. It was something called sea urchin. I don't even know what that is. Okay, so sea urchin, pasta, and pteramisu. Those are the only three things you guys got. No, we got other things, but he didn't say they would change my life. He didn't say that it was approachable.

These are the three notable items that he said were going to change our perspective on the world. You ever heard of pizza? burgers? Yeah, we have, but we can do that with the kids. You can't go to like a sit-down restaurant that has sea urchin. I don't even know. And he told me, yeah, it's the sea urchin. That will change your life.

And so he walked away. So I looked at the menu, dude, and I read it. I flipped it over. And I told my wife, I said, I don't even see sea urchin on here. And she looks at it. flips it over and she didn't see C. Eurchin on there.

Off the menu pricing. That's why you gotta go to my spot. Cookout, bro. No. Hey, you guys are, Hey, man, what's up, ma.

I'll get you out right now. Yeah, just come on in front. I love that place. Oh, yeah, yeah, just be a second, ma'am. All right, man. Well, that's not how this guy talked.

Yeah, put some chili. Oh, you want me put some chili on top of that? Yeah, just do like the dog and then the chili dog. Oh, and then he says, Yeah, man. Yeah, there's a, this chili dog, it's real approachable. He doesn't hit you with that.

He just goes, you can approach the drive-thru, man. I'll get you that right now. And then, no, it's about to get, it's about to hit the fan. They talk like that because it's like 2 a.m. And they literally hate every drunk person in that line. Oh, for sure. For sure. So I know I'm not ordering the tiramisu because that ain't going to change my life just like the sea urchin.

But anyway, when he came back, I was like, hey, man, I got to be honest with you. I don't even see sea urchin on your menu. And he goes, oh, no, no, it's over here. It's called Ooni. Man. Well, then why didn't you tell me that Oonie would change my life? Why did you say C or, he goes, it's just another term for it. We call it Oonie because it makes you go, Oonnie.

So. Get the hell away from my wife, sir. We order a piece of cheesecake. Cool. Eat the cheesecake. It was fine. Nothing great, nothing amazing. Thought the Taramisu.

No, no. He wanted me to because it was going to change my life. That's two items on one menu that's going to change my life. I already had the first, didn't change my life. No need to try the second. His taste buds are obviously different than my taste buds. And I wasn't going to check his taste buds out again. I already did it once, not doing it twice.

It sounds like the type of guy that's coming around to your table and he's giving your wife a massage as he's talking to you. He might have. I don't know. It was dark? Dark. Dimly lit, right? Dimly lit for sure.

There was a candle. There was a candle. And so I'm like, all right. You know what? Hey, put your search and. away. We ate the cheesecake. All right, man, we'll take the bill.

Thank you. He brings it over. And he goes, I'm just going to leave this right here. There's no rush. There's no hurry. I appreciate the time you guys gave me tonight. He goes, and I got to be honest, you guys killed it. Is this the most polite guy in America?

No, no, no. It's about to get better. You're complimenting me? He was like, you guys killed it. You know, I brought different foods. You guys were open-minded. and whoa pause what do you mean open mind you trying to hook up with my wife unpause

and I'm like okay he's like and I just got to say you guys were my first table tonight and you guys were incredible you guys have set the tone for a magnificent evening for me thank you for bringing that kind of energy oh my gosh please shut up please tell this guy to shut up and I'm like I'm never coming back here again how did you even deal with that Oh. Hey, dude, I couldn't.

I couldn't have with a straight face, especially after a drink. I'd have been like, is this guy serious? I thought he was just, I was like, is this for real? And there was one time, there was one time, right? He brings us out this one appetizer or something. I don't know. And he puts the silverware out there, puts a knife out there. And then he comes back when we're done.

And I never even touched the knife. And he cleared the table, picked up the knife, and put down clean silverware. the exact same kind of knife. And I said, isn't that just the same exact knife? He goes, yeah, but my boss would kill me if I didn't give you a new one. I was like, I didn't even touch the old one, man. I haven't even touched it. A little bit of grease on it.

But yeah, man, you guys, I really appreciate you guys bringing that energy. You guys really started my evening off great, a fantastic table, and have really just like invigorated the night. night. And the rest of the table so far, it's been splendid. But it couldn't have been splendid without you guys starting out the evening the way you did. At this point, I'd have been like, you know what? We actually are in a rush. You said there's no rush. There is a rush. Our Uber just got out. See you later. And that's when we walked out. We're going to cookout. I looked at my wife. I got as we get in the car and I said, what the F did he mean approachable? And I said,

and we set the tone for the night. She goes, okay, that may have been a little over the top. That dude wanted your wife. That was our Friday night, man. I know where you went. You might know. Is it the melting pot place where they put... No. They put cocoa and stuff on marshmallows?

Nope. That wasn't it. They put cheese on bread? Nope. We'll take a break. We'll be right back. The 26 NFL draft is here and the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and Jordan Roder. rig after night one on Thursday.

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And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that, trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield, and in this new season of the girlfriends, Oh my God, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I thought, how could this happen to me? The cops didn't seem to care.

So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh, hell no. I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe. On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, everyone? I'm Ego Vodom. My next guest, you know from Step Brothers Anchorman, Saturday Night Live, and the Big Money Players Network. It's Will Farrell. My dad gave me the best advice ever.

I went and had lunch with him one day, and I was like, and dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place that come look for up-and-coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. And he's like, just give it a shot.

He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your, head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat. Just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be. Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck.

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Dude. And then. But that just gave me a great idea. Yeah. There was an old place. I used to throw it back with the old lady. But it was in Bellevue. I don't want to drive all the way there.

Oh, man, not on that tire. It was a good. They're not driving there on that tire. I'm just warning you. It was a good one, though. It was a good spot. And I went for Valentine's Day. What was it called, man?

Sparries. Yeah. I'm never getting in. We had reservations weeks ahead of time. Oh. Well, anyway. So then Saturday comes along, man. It's time for basketball.

Mr. C's basketball challenge. No, no. We're not at Mr. C's reading challenge yet. We're not there yet. We're at the kids' basketball game. So the two younger ones, Baby Box 2 and 3 are on the same team. They play at 1 o'clock. Baby Box 1 plays at 1.30.

Separate gyms. So the Vandy game for Mr. C's Reading Challenge starts at 2.30. So we are going to be booking it. We got to be moving fast. No dilly, no dally. So we drop off Mom and Baby Box 1 at his game at 1230, even though it's not to 130. And we drive over to the other gymnasia. for the 1 o'clock showdown for the New Jersey Nets versus whoever we're playing.

And we get there and there's like 10 minutes left in the game before ours. So the boys are dribbling their basketball around the gym. And this guy gets up from the scores table. Sprints across the gym. Hey, hey, no bounce in the basketballs. What? No bouncing basketballs in here. Last I looked, this is a basketball court. It's too distracting for who?

The players. You mean the four, five, and six-year-olds that are playing that don't even know we're in this gym? Yeah, no, no bouncing the basketballs in the gym. gym. I'm never having kids. See, I would never run into this. I said, oh. Hey guys, sorry. I know you're about to play a basketball game, but you're not allowed to bounce the basketballs in the basketball gym. Sorry.

I'm sure that went over well. Yeah, that lasted about 30 seconds. Dude got back to the table. And kids, what do they do? They forget things. They forget. Their mind gets distracted. They start leaking. They start doing bounce.

back and forth. And he stands up at the score. Here we go. Old Man River. And I'm thinking, oh, great, here he comes. He's going to sprint across. Instead, he stands up and he gives the throat slash. No, no, no, no.

No. I tap the kids. Hey, guys, you got to quit. You got to quit. And they quit. And I was just like, wow. Who knew dribbling basketballs in a gym We'll distract other people dribbling the basketball.

Correct. Just like golf. Really? Just going to screw with everybody. Cool. All right, no problem. We have the game. And we get our first win of the season.

Baby Box 2. Baby Box 2 with four baskets. What is he? Peterson? And he did get tackled three times. Breakaways. He was going for the hoop. Sounds like Pistons Hornets the other night.

And kids were just tackled. on them from behind. They didn't, the other team, they were, they thought they were on the grid iron. They were getting ready for Super Bowl Sunday. They didn't know what they were doing. They were pretty physical. But we won the game. So then we immediately get the car, drive over to the other gymnasium to pick. That was the purpose of dropping them off 30 minutes before the game. Yes. That way we could get over there before their game ended. So right when they're done, they can hop in the car and we can book it to Mr. C's reading challenge. So we get in the car. and we er, baby box one, lost the game.

It's a mute point. Doesn't really matter. And we're driving. Was your game of Vandy? Mr. C's reading challenge was at Vandy. Get ready. They ask you for your COVID card every time when Justin goes there. And so the game starts at 230.

We get in the car at 208. Now, my guys, we got to go. We have got to move. No Dilly, no Dally. So we're, you know, swerving and, you know, we took ways because we wanted to see if there was any back way. We didn't want to hit traffic. I mean, yeah, it's only Nashville. You didn't know every back road, but yeah.

Well, you don't know which way the traffic's going to be coming for the big game. Vandy versus Oklahoma. Ray, we tried to make it through the sorority row. Quite the shortcut I found. Yeah. Ladies, love what you're doing for the campus. Mr. C's reading challenge. Had already promised me free tickets.

Free tickets for my kids reading 300 minutes in the month of January. And ended up, there were no free tickets, and we paid $160. Okay, cool. So we're $160 in, and we hadn't even got there yet. And we pull up to the parking garage. And it says, $40 to park. Mm-hmm. $40 to park for.

a Vandy basketball game. Mm-hmm. My God. And I'm like, well, now we're 200 in, and we haven't stepped foot in the arena. Yeah, that's where they're going to get you. It's called fleecing.

Oh, and I pull up and I roll down the window. The lady's like, that'll be $40. And I go, uh, discount for, uh, future students. Genius. Yes. And this was her reaction. That'll be $40. It blows right through it.

All right. All right. Cool. Hand her the credit card. She taps it. You should have thrown Justin's name out there. And she said, all right, feel free to park anywhere. Oh, he was dishonorably discharged. She said, feel free to park anywhere.

I said, oh, here's good. And I put it in park. Literally at the entrance. Literally at the entrance. Literally did not move an. inch and I throw it and bark and I started to unbuckle and this is her reaction. You can go in, sir. You didn't even pull in?

I didn't even pull in. I didn't even pull in. See, to me, that is hilarious. Dude, she was probably ready to kill you. Oh, she's ready to kill me. I mean, my one joke doesn't land. So you hit her with, here's good. You better laugh next time.

And she just tells me you can go in. You stop in line and park? I did. I put it in park. I literally put it in park with the seatbelt off. And she was not having any of my jokes. Doesn't enjoy my humor. I'm like, all right, cool.

That's cool. All right. So we go. We're going up the garage. Find a parking spot on the fourth level right next to the elevator. Get down. Get over to the stadium. It's cold as all get out.

And we get there. we walk in, and the guy's like, you know where you're going? And me being cocky old coccerson. You're still cocking it? Hell yeah. Oh, yeah. We just go here to the right and we go up. So we go to the right, go up.

Our seats are on the other side of the stadium. Oh, man. Oh, man. You should have told me you were a doctor. I thought that's what you're going to hit me with. Oh, man. So we got to go back down. I'm a doctor here.

You're wearing a ratted sweatshirt. After walking up to the. third floor of this freaking arena. A lot of stairs. You got to go back down. Then we got to go around the stadium. Then the kids are hungry. So I'm all right. Let's get some food.

And that stadium's tight when you're trying to move in and around. Yeah. It's not a very, it's very narrow. Yes. Narrow hallways, a lot of people. It's like a mouse trap for adults. Yes. You get trapped in there.

And then I know, Ray, in the bathroom. We can hear the second quarter. The opening tip off happening. We're still not to our seats. Is it a trough? No, they had individual urinals. But it is tight. It is tight.

They are very, they get them all the way. Like, people coming out of the stalls are hitting you with the door as you're at the urinal. What's you working with, Mark? Oh, hey, Jim. Oh, God, that dang door hit me in the back. Ah, man, it's peed all in my hand. It's really annoying. But they like it.

It's like a cool stadium. It is pretty, there's not a bad seat. Does your trunk hang low? Does it wobble to the floor? Does it. Make sure you watch. hands, boys. So then the boys are hungry.

So then I go up to the register. I'm like, all right, I need two orders of chicken tenders. I need a hot dog. I need a pretzel. Oh, I'm sorry, sir. We don't have any tenders at this station. You ought to go right over there. You got to get the tendies.

Well, it says tendies on your menu right there. Yeah, yeah, but we're not, we don't have them at this. You got to go over there to order the tendies. You're not authorized to sell them? Oh, my gosh. So I just waited in line for tendies, and you guys don't have tendies. This is great. So we turn around and we walk across.

I need two baskets of tindies. It's amazing. A hot dog, six, seven bucks. Tendies, $14. What? Three tindies and some potato chips. $14 freaking dollars. High demand premium meat.

And then we got to get water because the kids haven't drank it anything. So four bottles of water. So that would be $58. So now we are $258 into this freaking event that was supposed to be free. We always had a rule. Waters only. Pops was never getting that stuff. Oh, no, no. Well, we hadn't eaten lunch and they just had basketball games.

They were hungry. Dad would get one lemonade and you can refill it in the water fountain and the lemonade sugar will still be in there. So it makes about three cups with one. Oh, and so I'm just like, God, dang, this is the worst game in my life. Like, we spent so much freaking money to go to this Mr. C's reading challenge. And then we're at the top of the top. man, we are way up there in the arena. We get to the seats finally.

We get there. We sit down. Baby Box 3. I got a poo-poo. Okay. Seriously, we just got here. We just got here. And here's the cool thing about this arena.

When you go up to the third floor, there are no bathrooms up there. So you got to go down to the second floor. And you know the cool thing about this arena? Wouldn't know. No, I was 12 rows up. You know, the cool thing about this arena? is there are no bathrooms on the second floor. So you got to go down all the way down to the first floor to go to the bathroom.

So after climbing all those stairs, you got to go back down and then back, I mean, awesome. You know what our flaw was when me and Justin went? What? We sat. Seats were pervered. We sat in somebody else's seats. We sat in the band section. Oh, yeah. These are ours. No, they're not. That's where the band sits.

You got us. There are burping seats, though. Justin, of all the seats we picked were the freaking band sits, dude, you idiot. What are the chances you pick one of the 30 seats where they're at? All right, yeah, we're lying. Those aren't your seats. Yeah, they are. That's where the team sits.

Oh, my fault, man. Yeah, I was wondering why there was a pad. Pretty comfy. Those are good. I was wondering why there was a whiteboard. I thought I was writing messages. Wonder why my seat was. was sponsored. I get it. Let's go. Stackhouse. So my wife takes him down to the bathroom.

I was like, I ain't going. My name's Benin. I'm not in it. And so we sit there and we start the game. And of course, we're by none of the kids at the school because we had to buy our seats. So wherever the free seats were for Mr. C's reading challenge. They weren't near us. Jeez. And let me tell you, they're just benches. So there's no back. So you're just sitting there. And as you get older, you want backs on your seat, guys. I'm just telling you it's just more comfortable. And let me tell you, these kids are exhausted. They are laying on the benches.

They're laying on the bleachers. They're laying in your lap. And Vanderbilt is proceeding to get their butts kicked. Really? They were getting stomped. Three for Oklahoma. Three for Oklahoma. Three for Oklahoma.

It was like 24 to 6. right out the gate. That's rare. They're good. It was so ugly. Then here comes Vandy. They make a run. Get it to 2417. Then they go on a run. And I think it happened. It was 41, 27 or something like that.

Oklahoma. And we're like, wow, all right, cool. Then they're doing pictures on the Jumbotron. Like, oh, and scan this QR code. And you can send us your picture. You brought it all. way back around. And what's shocking is, Oh, I thought you said start of the third quarter or whatever. No. Okay. Sorry. Sorry, guys,

it wasn't the end of the pod. There's baby Box's teacher on the jumbo truck. There we go. And he's like, dad, she's here. Can we go look for her? No, I'm not looking for your teacher. What do you mean? Go look for. Mrs. Williams? You mean out of these, this whole arena, you want me to walk around and look for your teacher? And then what happens when we find your teacher? We have the world's most awkward conversation. Because I know once we find your teacher, you're just going to be like... Clam.

Clam. So he's like, dad, we got to do that. We got to put our picture up there. All right. I'll bite. I'll fall for it. We'll take a selfie so everybody gathers in. Boom.

Selfie. All right, cool. And I send it that way. He's like, it's half time. So let's go to the bathroom and on our way down. Guess what? Second level, he walks in and looks at all the sections. All right, Dad, I don't see her in here.

We get down to the first floor. He goes in, looks at all the sections. Dad, I don't see her. Walk by the concessions. He's like, Dad, I don't see my teacher. You'll see her Monday. I was like, where do you think she is? I don't know, bud.

I don't know. So we go in, go to the bathroom. And he's like, should we walk around and, look for? I'm like, no, we shouldn't. We should go back to our seat because the second half is going to start. Finally, you're being a parent. But he's like, before we go, dad, walks in the first level, looks again, doesn't find her. We get to the second level, walks in there, looks around, don't see her, dad. Go up to the third level. He's looking around. He goes, I don't think she's sitting up here with us, dad. So we sit back down. And it's the start of the second half. I'll tell you

all about it right after this. The 2026 NFL draft is here and the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal and Jordan Roderig after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday and then Sunday to recap everything that went down over the three days in Pittsburgh. We'll tell you who won the draft and which players were my favorite picks. Listen to NFL Daily with Greg Rosenthal on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what I'm saying. Yep, that's me, Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media.

Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment,

and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast, it's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Cliverts show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. There's two golden rules that any man should live by. Rule one, never mess with a country

girl. You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes. And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield. And in this new season of the girlfriends, oh my God, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I thought, how could this happen to me? The cops didn't seem to care. So they take matters into their own hands.

I said, oh, hell no. I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe. On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Igor.

My next guest, you know from Step Brothers Anchorman, Saturday Night Live, and the Big Money Players Network. It's Will Ferrell. Woo, woo, woo, woo. My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with them one day, and I was like, and dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place that come look for up and coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you.

which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. And he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration. It would not be on a calendar of, you know, the cat.

Just hang in there. Yeah, it would not be. Right, it wouldn't be that. There's a lot of luck. Listen to Thanks, Dad, on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This week on the Sports Slice podcast, it's all about the NFL draft, and we've got a special guest. The director of the NFL's East West Shrine Bowl, Eric Galco, joins the Sports Slice podcast to break down what really matters when evaluating draft prospects. From hidden traits teams look for to the biggest mistakes franchises make to the players flying under the radar.

This is the insight you won't hear anywhere else. If you want to understand the draft like an insider, you don't want to miss this episode. Listen to the Sports Slice Podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, for wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slical Life 12 and TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. Second half, more of the same.

Vandy getting smoked. Vandy getting crushed. And then they had a promotion that was the most ridiculous promotion I've ever seen. Give us your kid. No. Usually, if you put it the length of the court and you make it in that little hole, you get like free scholarship for a year, a free car.

Agreed. And they pull it out and they're like, if you get it in that little hole. You get Justin's old job. You get a $500 gift certificate. To where? And I'm like, this dude. is going to put the ball, the length of the court, and put it in a little hole. And you're going to give him $500?

Please tell me it's for the restaurant you guys went to to get sea urchin. No. Ray, that would have been a hell of a story. If they would have told me for $500, I got to hit it, though I would have swung it like a driver. I mean, maybe if it's like Larry Flynn's Stripper Club. Anyway, I just found that ridiculous. But anyway, more of the second half, just absolutely a butt kicking. And every time out, they're showing.

pictures on the Jumbotron. And they ain't showing ours. And my kid's feelings are starting to get hurt. And as we, I forgot when we were walking in, guess who we saw? Bones? Mr. C. The scam artist. Yeah.

And he was walking down the hall. And the kids were like, Dad, Dad, that's Mr. C. I'm like, hey, you owe me a couple dollars, Mr. C. That's when I shoved him against the wall and said, hey, you said there was going to be free tickets. Now, get me your pocketbook. But I was like, yeah, that's Mr. C, the one that promises free tickets for Mr. C's Reading Challenge. There was nothing free. What was he wearing snake oil in a briefcase?

Yeah. He looked very shady. Let me tell you. You got my money there, C? He was writing checks at his mouth good cash. I'll tell you that, man. What was it, one of those crypto kids? Oh, man.

So anyway, it is a blowout. The kids look like they're about to fall asleep on the. benches. And I was going to say, you don't need to tell us the score. Somebody can look up the score, guys. The game happened like a week ago. We're down by like 18 with like eight minutes to go. And I'm like, hey, you guys want to leave? Well, cut to the chase. Did they win? I was like, you guys ready to go? Like, why don't we go? Did Vandy win? Because we had a birthday party. We were going, uh, that night, the wife and I at 5.30. And I'm like, this game is a blowout. Let's go ahead and go. You guys look dead.

You're not even interested in the game more. No, dad. Dad, I earn these tickets. I think we should stay until the end. Did they win? Okay. I'm trying I was like, you know, I have a friend named Ray. He has a theory. ALE, always leave early so we can beat the traffic. Your kids knew about it. And they're like, no, dad, I want to stay. And I'm like, oh my gosh, this is so boring. It is so miserable. Five minutes left.

They're down 15 points. Fricking A. The kids are falling asleep. And I'm like, guys, let's just go. Let's just go. No, I don't want to leave. Okay. I don't want tears. I don't want tears.

Please tell me Vandy made a run. I don't want tears. Wife takes one of the kids to the bathroom, middle kid to the bathroom. She texts me and she goes, should we just leave? Everybody's leaving. Why don't we just leave?

Tell the boys we're leaving. This is like four minutes, 30 seconds to go. Down 13, 14 points. I said, hey, boys, we're going to leave. Mom's ready to go. Dad, the game's not over yet. We can't leave yet. I text, I said,

even though they're about to fall asleep, they look very uninterested. They are refusing to budge from their seats. Tell them to sound the buzzer and walk. I'll come back up. And I mean, it clears out. And don't worry, they're still not showing our picture on the JumboTron that I submitted to this little QR code. And that is making my kids upset.

They need to do it for the parents where they put zeros on the scoreboard just for a minute so that parents can usher their kids out. And with two minutes left, there may be 55 people in that arena. and Vandy drains a three. Then they get a steal. And they drain a three. And now we're down to a minute, 20 seconds left and we're down by 11. And we start fouling.

I'm like, what the hell are we doing? We are just delaying this game. Can we please? It is now 448. We're supposed to pick up the babysitter at 515. We're supposed to be at the birthday party at 5.30. We're supposed to make an app. Everybody's supposed to bring an app for the birthday party.

It's going to be like a potluck app dinner. Bring sea urchin. It'll change your life. Approach this. Hey, Sarah. Trying to approach this. And Oklahoma goes down, makes one of two free throws. Here comes vandy.

They drain a three, down eight. Oh, freak yeah. And I'm like, oh, my gosh. Now the boys are up. Now the boys are up. Oh, luck. Our pictures are on the Jumbotron. Oh, our picture's still not on the Jumbotron.

man still not on the jumbo tron but I'm telling you they start screaming and when they're shooting free throws miss it Oklahoma misses two free throws I thought I heard them on SportsCenter bandy hits a three

we're down five with 38 seconds to go are you freaking kid me? Go doors and we foul they make one of two so we're down six come down make a three and a foul It's got to be that little kid. He is lights out.

We made a three and we're fouled. We go to the line, make it four point play. We're down too. With how much left? 27 seconds. Freak yeah. Let's go. And then it gets crazy.

Like we foul, they make a free throw. We come down. We miss. And it goes out of bounds. So they're trying to inbounds the ball and they just throw it straight out of bounds. They never get it like no one. And then we turn it over on the inbound. and then we get it to within two, then it's within three,

and then we come down with a chance to tie the game, down three, we miss, they get it, we foul them, they make both free throws, we make a three at the end, we lose by one. We lose by one. Freaking kidding me. No. But me harassing my kid saying we should leave early, and it turns out the game actually got pretty good. He was screaming his head off.

He was going crazy. He was red in the face. And I felt bad telling him we should leave early. He's saying, let's go, Vanney. Look at him. Look at him, dude. He's red in the face. Careful, coach.

There's no one there. Oh. Yeah. Good call. Oh, man. And we lost by one. All right, man. Hell of a story.

I think we all lost by one there. Yeah. We lost $256. We've approached the end. It was time to go home, man. Time to go home. Thanks a lot. Mr. C's Reading Challenge.

There was nothing free about the day. There was absolutely nothing free about it. Well, he's heading off to another campus. Well, we did get free gold pom-poms that the kids shook. Those were for the girls. And then they more, they acted like there was their hair. And then they were doing it like it was my hair. And then it was my wife's hair.

And then... Don't do that to your dad. They were covering their face with it and saying, Dad, dad, where did I go? Did you lose me? And then they went, oh, I'm still here. So we did that a lot. Yeah, and then we went to the...

And then we brought the pom-poms home with us. The next day, we had to go to the grocery store. And they ended up pushing little kids carts around. So they had brought the pom-poms in the store with them. Then I had to carry them. So I did it like I was directing planes through the airport, and we were doing that through the grocery store. This way, this way, this way, this way.

Just follow the pampoms. You got to bring those of the big show. That'd be funny. Direct people in the studio. Hey, this way. Amy, Amy, come here, feeling things. Come here. Feeling yourself.

Feeling yourself. Take it personally. Take it personally. Construction workers. You help them out with traffic. Oh, man. Yeah, what a weekend, man. I don't even get to tell you about the birthday party.

I'll tell you about that on Friday, maybe. if you even care. I'm as tired as your kids right now. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, let's go home, man. I'm going to leave a minute early.

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