The Bobby Bones Show - SORE LOSERS: The Hotel Hookup Story

Episode Date: April 5, 2025

In this episode Lunchbox shares the story about someone promising to bring a friend for his roommate and how it all worked out based on trust. Plus Ray has a billion dollar idea that he thinks someone should do but he's lazy so doesn't have time for it. Also the Bling Ring weren't the first to rob people and Lunchbox shares a story how he missed out on getting robbed by some hotties. The nail in the coffin of Kansas basketball that shows this team 100% hated each other so Lunchbox needs more time to vent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. 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 free. Heart Radio app. Open the app, search NFL daily, and listen now. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me, Cliver Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, my basketball and college football journey, or my career in sports media. Well, now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Cliver Show. This is a place for raw, unfills of conversations with athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. So let's

get to it. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok podcast network on TikTok. When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist, they take matters into their own hands. I vowed. I will be his last target. He is not going to get away with this. He's going to get what he deserves. We always say that trust your girlfriends. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe, on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Yeah, I go.

All right, look, I don't know how to do the camera does not, like, it's not strong enough to hold it up. Right. Is there a disc underneath the camera that you can tighten? No, no. The camera disc is fine. It's the arm that hold, look, look. You can't see it because you're not looking. Well, I'm trying to make us on camera too.

We're live. Look, this part doesn't hold it up. All right, I'm going to come look at it. I don't understand. Guys, keep listening to all our truck drivers out there, guys. We'll be with you in a second. I'm so frustrated. I'm coming.

But you're not going to be able to do anything. I'm fixing your camera. I bet you a dollar you can't fix it. Get it to stand up. Wow, you got to stand up. Now let it go. Let it go. It's this thing that connects to the pole, but now I'm not in it.

Well, then twist it. Damn, you did it. What was I twisting? I was twisting this black thing right here. Hey, I was twisting this knob. Couldn't get that. I didn't know about that knob. That's my fault.

Sorry. Well, now you've put the lights up because you're kind of done. Oh, my God. Are we really live? No, I don't think that still works. I don't want to risk it. Maybe we could have him come by and show us how to do it. Yeah, he's here today.

Yeah, that's what I mean. Maybe we could hit him up. Hey, would you come by and show us? I do love having this son just beating down on me. What up, dude? All right, I'm just going to title this one, fix the camera. We just needed to put something up. Guys, we fixed the camera.

Now we just got to figure out how to do the live, and then we'll be able to do Instagram, YouTube lives, and you guys can comment. Yeah. So you're already ending the video? Yeah, it just needs to be short. Okay. All right.

Let's actually do a podcast. Turn those damn lights down. Oh, my God. I mean, they beat, dude, they beat down on me. I'm going to have a sunburn. We can't even turn off lights. There you go. The good news is we got a great pod today.

I already know what you're going to talk about. What am I going to talk about? What am I going to talk about? No. I don't give a crap. I don't give a crap about the torpedo bats. Hey man, get me a burrito. I said a burrito, not a torpedo.

Because if they do torpedo bats, if everybody uses them, it just evens it out. So I don't really care. And it just shifts the biggest part of the bat to the middle a little bit, and you can barely tell. But there are 12 guys using them. There are a lot of home runs being hit, and I will say this. Guys, when they're playing in Oakland, I mean, Sacramento. Vegas. No, Sacramento. Over. Hit the over and runs.

Because they're playing at a minor league stadium? Dude, yes. It was 18 to 1 on, what, was that, Monday night? Last night it was like 7 to 4, 6 to 4, 8 to 4. I don't even know the final score. 10 to 6. They're hitting the ball out of that ballpark like freaking awesome. Because what? The mud hens play there or something? I don't know. The whiskey dicks or what do they call themselves?

Uh, yeah. Uh, I don't know. All right, man. I'm ready to tell a story. We got to start the show. It started off terribly. We're going to do it live! Usually the worst ones are the best ones.

Guys, Arnold is headed to the final four. He will check in on Friday's pod. He is going to be on the riverwalk, interviewing people, talking all sorts of celebs. He will be there for Duke, Houston, Florida, and Auburn. All the number ones. It's kind of chalky, he said, but it's also pretty well. And by that, I mean, he's drinking a lot. He's soaked.

He's soaking on the plane, and now he's sopping wet there. Credit to Justin on that. Yeah. Justin calls when you get drunk getting soaked. And Justin also calls when it's somebody's birthday, you say, instead of saying HBD or happy birthday, you say candles and cake. Candles and cake. I like that one.

It's kind of a bro way to say. That's kind of fun, man. Hey, candles and cake, dude. Candles and cake, bro. All right, we got to do it, Lord. we are the one, two, three. So losers! What up, everybody.

I am Lunchbox. I know the most about sports. So I give you the sports facts, my sports opinions, because I'm pretty much a sports genius. Y'all, it's Sizzin. I'm from the north. I'm an alpha male.

I live on the northwestern side of Nashville, Tennessee, or Indian Lake. It's absolutely beautiful and gorgeous. 2.2 acres with Bayzer, my wife. We have been married a solid five years. Congrats to us. Hey, oh, heyo. and we will die of a heart attack, me specifically at 72.

We do have 2.2 kids that Justin checks on at the Vanderbilt Clinic every single day. God bless him. Launch over to you. So I promised the story last pod about always going to bring someone for the friend. There's always, hey, I'm going to bring someone for your friend. And I had a fantastic story about when I was, before I was married, I was single, and I had a roommate named Mark. And this is back in the MySpace days, right?

and this chick hits me on MySpace, friend request, boom, hotty, blonde, short, and starts chatting it up. Short, continue. She starts chatting it up with me, chatting it up with me, sending me messages. And she was like a sophomore or junior at A&M, Texas A&M University. The Texas A&M University. Whoop. In Australia, they don't say chatting to me. They say chatting me up.

So please refer to it as that. Chatting it up. No, chatting me up. Oh, chatting me up. Sorry, she was chatting me up. And she was like, oh, man, we should get together sometime. And I was like, well, I'm going to Houston this weekend for Astros game. Me and my roommate Mark.

And she's like, how about I meet you there? I never met this chick. Going to an ass Tro's game. And I'm like, okay. I'm going to be with my roommate and she's like I'll bring my friend for your roommate And I'm like okay She goes well we get out of class kind of late on Friday

So you know we wouldn't be able to make it in time for the game And I said okay you know I mean I guess I can just leave your name at the front desk And add you to our reservation Baller And so because we got a hotel room Yeah cinnamon and sugar And so me and Mark are just sitting there talking like

Dang dude we don't even know these chicks We could be leaving them access to our hotel room. They could take everything we have. They could take our car keys, go out and get in our car, and drive away. Take all of our crap. We have no idea.

That was your concern? Well, why not? I mean, robberies didn't happen back then. Continue your story. The blingering just started about 10 years ago. Oh, robberies happened, bro. Are you serious?

This story, I'll tell you the other story. Dude, I can't even go to the park around town, not to change the point. Baser goes, oh, I got robbed there one time. We can't go. Awesome. I won't run anymore. Yeah, well, here's the deal. And then you don't even know if they're going to be as hot as, you don't even know if she's going to be hot. Because, you know, what you put on my space, who knows if she's hot? Oh, see, I missed the beginning of this story. For our truckers that were pocket pooling, just say the first two seconds of the story again. What do you mean you missed the beginning of the story? I was actually trying to think in my head how I'm going to transfer that

and video on YouTube. So what did you say? You met him on YouTube? It's actually important for me to know where you met him at. This is going to be the worst podcast in the history of Soar Losers Nation. Where'd you meet him? This chick hit me on MySpace back in MySpace day. I just needed to hear that.

Continue your damn story. We started messaging back and forth. And she was like, we should get, she was a junior at Texas A&M. She was like, we should get together sometime. And I'm like, well, I'm going to be in Houston this weekend because it's not that far from college station. and she's like, oh, I can drive over there and meet you. And I said, well, I'm going to be with my roommate.

We're going to, you know, a couple of Astros games. We're staying at the Omni downtown. Doing guy things. And she goes, oh, well, I can bring like my friend or my roommate, you know, for your roommate. They'll probably hit it off. Is she above a two? And I mean, this girl is short, blonde.

I mean, nice rack. And I'm like, okay, bring your friend. Like, I mean, sure my roommate will be fine. This is what I mean. My roommate was always down to jump on a grenade, no matter what. was already in and he had even seen the girl. Hadn't even seen the girl. That's a bro.

And the fact that this girl is going to bring a friend and her friend has never seen my roommate. Can we get waist size, chest size? But the only problem was they weren't going to make it in time for the game. They were going to have to get there later. Screw the game! You got two chicks coming

bro. The game is just a thing. Yeah, but we're going to the game. The concerts, the games, the bars. That's all things for you. just hook up. Who cares about the damn Astros game? What we do. We care about the Astros game. I would have thrown that.

Oh, you can't make the game? Perfect. Yep, great. We'll get drunk. Awesome. We'll watch it on TV. No, because we had tickets like three rows behind the visitors dugout. Oh, you want to go to that. You want to go to that. You got great seats. You're not going to just give them up. And these chicks are going to get

there when it's like the fourth inning. So we're just going to sit on our thumbs until they get there. Is it ever about the concert. Is it ever about Kane Brown? Is it ever about Luke Bryan? Is it ever about Chris Stapleton? Or is it about what happens around the concert? The drinks,

the pre-party, the stories, the tailgating, the walk in the bridge over, the getting accosted by a bum. That is what the event is about. Not the Astros game watching them hit dingers? Hey, chicks dig the long ball. Hey guys, go throughs.

I was open. She was going to hit my dinger. Or she was going to use my bat. Let me hit herdinger, whatever. It didn't matter. Kid, will you get an autograph of the killer bees for me? And Baggio, Bigwell, and Bill. No, and, uh, Biggwell, and Bell. Oh, Berkman, but they also had Derek Bell before. They had the three B, they had killer bees, killer bees. Anyway, so I'm like, you know, we could just add your name to our reservation. We'll just leave a key at the front of the desk for you. She's like, oh, that'd be great. And we're like, this may be the stupidest thing we've ever done, or this is going to be turned out to be an awesome, awesome thing that we are doing.

Like, this is either going to be genius or they're going to rob us blind or they're going to be dog crap ugly. Dude, this is Van Wilder before road trip. Let's go. And so we left their name down at the front desk. That way they could get a key when they got there. My name's McLeaven. And we're there at the Astros game and it's the fourth or fifth inning and I get a text.

Hey. Let's go Astros. Hey, we made it to the room. We're going to get ready. well, we'd be ready to go out when you guys get done with the game. Who, you are the women? You got to go home and do your hair. No, they texted me.

Let's go Astros. You smell like beer and popcorn. You're going to go hang out with these chicks. No. I... Sorry, a guy puked on me at the Astrodome. It was Enron or Minutemate, whatever it's called. Okay, that's actually way better.

Yeah, it was right there. The hotel is like three blocks from the stadium. We walked. So I'm just like, man, this is going to be... This is going to be awesome. They're all dolled up their hair, makeup, got little cocked, little black dresses on, and you guys smell like beer and throw up? We smell like beer and popcorn and hot dogs.

And I mean, yes. And we got dirt that, you know, players throwing dirt in the air. We got some of that. Anyway. How's it going? Good. Birkman went one for two. Going great.

Yeah, big win for the boys. So the game's over. And I like, all right, dude, here we go. Let's go. We roll back to the hotel room. Both of them. Hot. Wow.

Hot in their little skirts ready to go out. You guys ready to go. They go, we've been pre-gaming in the hotel room. You guys got brooms and blow-up fingers. Let's go. Astros, two freaking slammers just waiting on you guys at the hotel for a couple beer dogs and sausage port missiles. And you're thinking, why didn't you just leave when they text you in the fourth inning?

Hey, we're here. Like, why didn't we just leave the game, right? Now that I'm looking back on it, like you say. It's not about the game. Leave the damn game. Don't care about the freaking Astros in the middle of April? Because here's the deal, right? We stayed for all nine innings, right?

Oh, sorry, ladies, it went into extras. Oh, what is it, midnight? Are you guys coming? Well, sorry, they're in the 18th inning. We can't leave this exciting game. They haven't done the new thing where they put a guy at second base with a torpedo bat. We're stuck here for another eight innings. Hey, man, aren't you guys following Ray's advice always leave early when you got two chicks in your hotel room?

Yeah, that's on steroids, dude. That furthers my point. point always leave early. If you got tail, definitely capital always leave early. You're there for about an inning and you're gone. It's not about the game. Got to be honest, this was before the pitch clock. You guys are there for five hours. Oh, God. I am now looking back to all the mistakes we made, all the mistakes we made. And we're like, I think South Beach taught me that when he's like, dude, it's not about the Texas Longhorns game. It's about everything that happens around the game. We're not trying to go to the damn game.

You just act like you're going to the game and girls don't think you're hot. You end up just chilling with them. Yeah. And right, five years down the road, you're going to talk about, because it's not a national championship, but it's just a regular season game. And it's not going to be the most iconic gain of all time because it's only a regular season game. So five years from now, you're not going to remember the score of the game.

You're going to remember what happened around the game. The score in the bedroom, Ray, what bases were stolen? Correct. Correct. and so then we go back to the hotel room, there they are freaking hot, in their little skirts, like ready to go out, let's go. Coach, you actually give the mental image burnt in your head still.

Ray, I could tell you the amount of sequins of that front. And when you walked in the hotel room, you know, the bathroom was right there to your right. Always. Always right there to the right. And then there was one bed right out, you know, on the wall of the bathroom, and then the other bed was against the window. I'm going to head in the bathroom.

I used my nuts. So me and the blog. had the bedroom by the window. Roommate, Mark, and his chick had the roommate by the bathroom or the bed by the bathroom wall. Just so you get a picture. Yeah. But anyway, we're not, we're going to go out. So we go bar hopping. Let's go. Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. You know what I mean? Drinking. And we're getting hammered. Getting hammered. Having a great time. I mean, me and this blondeie are making out all night. Mark's kind of trying to get with this girl, but she's kind of giving attitude. She's always. Not really in the best mood, not the most friendly of friends, even though

she was down. And 2 a.m. we get a little bite to eat. I don't even know where we got a bite to eat. I don't know what was open or if we got a slice of pizza in Houston. I don't know what we got. I just remember we ate something. We went back to the hotel room and it's like 3 a.m. And I'm in the bed with the blondeie. We are naked under the covers. And I mean, my roommate and that chick are fighting like a married couple. fighting like a married couple. They've been dating eight minutes. I mean, not even...

They've known each other for two hours. They've known each other for two hours and they are yelling at each other. They're like, she's like, you, like, I... And he's like, you are so blinking, annoying. Like, oh my God! Like, who cares? Like, let's just make out. Like, who cares?

She's trying to go over politics with him? I mean... George Bush or Clinton. Me and the other girl are in the bed just laughing. Ha, ha, ha, just cracking up. I know I am funny down there. And they're like, yeah, you guys are having fun. I'm glad you guys are naked over there.

And I'm like, yeah, we are. Can you guys shut up? You're ruining everything. And the next morning, I mean, the girls pack up their stuff and they head back to college station. Why don't put out the grenade? Well, they never hooked up. They just went to bed. They just went to sleep, and that was it.

But she did. A bunch of sticky towels. But she did bring a friend. My roommate was, I mean, he was willing to do anything. He hated her. She was annoying. She was hot, but she was annoying. He could have played it a little better with the arguments.

I mean, just taper it. I don't know. I mean, it was just, and then he just lost it. He lost it. And he was like, oh my gosh, you're so annoying. I don't know if it should ever come to that. kind of a fever pitch. Just talk to the girl for three hours.

Oh, you study biology? Cool. Hey, what was the score of the Astros game? I'm going to turn on the TV, even though I was at it. Dude, you can... Even though we made you wait for three extra hours while we sat at the game. And here's the crazy part. I never saw a chick again.

What a weekend. I never went to college station, and maybe she hit me up one time when she was back in Austin. I don't know, but I don't remember ever seeing her again. I don't remember if it just fizzled out, if we just quit. texting or whatever. I don't know. She probably went and got down with some dude at A&M and you were in history. Probably. Probably. But it was a great weekend. Oh, they're much bigger.

It was so fun. And the fact that we just left the key at the front desk for chicks we'd never met. Sometimes you just got to throw caution to the win. You have to. You're in your early 20s and you're like, these two chicks are going to drive up from College Station and they're going to spend the night

and we're going to party with them. Yeah. And she offered up her friend like pro bono. Like, hey, I haven't made your roommate. I don't know who your roommate is, but I'll bring a friend for him. I mean, that is what life is about. Those experiences are what life is about. Great, Bo.

Great. And that. Was that story worth it? I didn't want to rush it on Monday. Dude, it was great. You know how many truck drivers just had to pull over? Great story. Yeah.

We'll take a break. And you say that, hey, the bling ring just started? I'll tell you a story about the bling ring struck a lot sooner than this. We'll take a break. break and we'll be right back. 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 free IHeart Radio app. Open the app, search NFL Daily, And listen now. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're 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 Clifford Show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or we're 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 podcasts. One night, dude. I'm out with Chess Day. Our other buddy Dave. Dom. You guys going to Church Street in Nashville? No, this is in Austin, man. We had hit 6th Street, kind of made our way over to 4th Street.

Maybe 5th Street. Yeah, that's where Fish Street right there. Ray, we were ready to fly our flag. And I'm about to get in a cab home. Dave and Chess Day are about to take a cab home. Together? Well, they live together. You may it sound like they sleep together.

No, they live up north. I live south. Oh, slaughter. Yeah. And we run in these two hotties. And they're drunk and stumbling around. We start talking to them. There's flirting going on, you know, hooking arms and everything.

We're like, whoa, all right. We didn't expect this at 2.30 in the morning. We'd already ate our pizza. So the streets had kind of cleared out. They already started smelling. They were stragglers. Ray, day old piss and throw up. They were stragglers.

and they're like, oh, you know, like we're all drunk. And all of a sudden, you know, Dave's making out one. One girl's on my arm. And I'm like, man, I'm not going to be able to do this because I haven't met her parents yet. No. I didn't have a roommate with me. So there's two of them. And Chess Day and Dave live together.

So I'm like, I mean, I got to let them have them. Like, I can't. Why didn't you just let Chess Day and Dave hook up and you take the other two? That would have been a great option. And I was like, and I was a little. pissed. I was a little pissed because I was like, damn, my roommate went home early. This is really stupid, like, annoying. Jimmy, I need you to wake up now. Like, awful. I was like, dude, this would have been a great night. It would have been a, I mean, nothing planned. And it just happens

at 2.33 in the morning after you had pizza. I mean, just looking for a cab. And instead of hailing a cab, you hail two hotties, would have been fantastic. But I was like, hey, chest day, Dave, you guys take them. I'm out. You know what I mean? Like, you guys, I'll get in the cab you guys do your thing. Congratulations. You guys live together. So they took a cab up to hit Dave's house and they're in there. They do their thing and they wake up in the morning. Start the music. Crime pod, man. Chicks are gone, man. Cell phones are gone. Laptops are gone. Whoa. Wallets. Gone. A couple pieces of jewelry gone. Gone. How had jewelry does chest day wear?

He got a necklace or like a class ring. Gone. Freaking B clamp? I got Rob, dude. Shee! So these chicks, I don't know if they were drunk at all. I think they played drunk because we were drunk.

Goes back. They did hook up. So they successfully acted like they were drunk and you guys weren't able to see through that? Bro, it's 3 o'clock in the morning. You think I'm worried if they're drunk or not drunk? You can always tell on TV when somebody's faking drunk. Not when you're drunk. You're not paying attention to them.

Good point. You meet them on the street. So it's easy on the street to fake drunk. In front of what was that club that was there? Was it foundation? Lavaca, Qua. Kind of ride by that area. L.A. the Young.

I don't know if it was found. I think it was foundation. Dogwood, the ranch. No. And. Wood and nickel. Dude. Paradise Island, Treasure Island. The library.

I'm just thinking of the one time. Soho, thirsty nickel. So ho. Dizzy rooster. Oh, dizzy. That's where the real world was went to. Absolutely all the time. Chugging monkey.

No. Dude, every, hey, they got wiped out, dude. So they had gone home. The girl did leave her braw. Did leave her bra behind. But gone home, hooked up. chest day and Dave pass out. Those girls just start swiping stuff.

Call a friend. Give them the address. Get picked up. They out. Never found them? Never found them. Well, open the investigation. It's gone cold.

No, no. A boy was a real estate agent. His work computer. All his client's information on that computer. They got it. Well, that client base is depleted. So you tell me the bling ring just started, but robbery. they were happening.

And when I talked to Chess Day later that day, I was like, dude, I dodged a bullet. Like, if my roommate would have been there, there would have been a battle for those two hotties that we met on Fifth Street right in front of the parking garage by foundation. I think it was foundation.

At freaking three o'clock in the morning. The battle to get robbed. And lo and behold, my roommate going home early, which I was mad about at the point really saved me from an armed robbery. Yeah, dude, your guardian angel saw you drunk and sloppy, sent you home with a hand rag in a pocket full of pool. So yeah, the bling ring does exist. And it's like the time that I went out one night, roommate and I, and my window was right above the driveway.

And the next morning we wake up and his truck was absolutely gone. Sheesh. I was like, dude, I don't remember you driving downtown. Did you drive us downtown? Then we took a cab on. He goes, no, dude, I didn't drive last night. We didn't drive. The parking lot says different.

Well, your trucks, he goes, you didn't hear it start? Like, bro. You know how many yager bums I had last night? Do you think I heard a, brr, someone hot wiring your car? You know how many trucks that you hear start and stop at 2.30 in the morning after the bars in Austin, Texas? Zero. A lot. Oh, not when you're in your bed passed out.

See, how robberies do happen, dude. Don't tell me the bling ring invented it. But I was impressed with the sophistication of these girls to go with the dude and the dedication to hook up just so they could do the little robbery. So they gave their jewel and then stole some jewels on the way out. Wow. Yeah, never got caught, man.

Now you got to ask protection and also, you're going to rob me. That's right. Hey, you're not going to, like, when I pass out, you're not going to, like, take my computer or anything, right? And call your friend to come get you. No, cool. All right, then we can keep going. Ray, that's why you got the handcuffs.

Bedazzled. Yeah, so there you go, man. I told you. I had that story. I had the robbery. You said the bling ring was new. I have my billion dollar idea. And then I have Ray's billion dollar idea right here.

Let me do it after the break. Let me see. Yeah, you know what? It is a perfect time to take a break. And we're going to make you a billion dollars right after this. 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 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 free IHeart Radio app. Open the app, search NFL Daily, and listen now. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care which I'll say. 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 Clifford show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever 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. They 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 IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. With the advent of the NIL interscholastic information language. The portal. The portel.

The dumbest. I am saying, I'm going to say it now. It is out of control. It is so stupid. Jennifer Brownlee put up all the sweet 16 teams that are in and how many are the original players on the team. How many are portal players? It looks like a porta potty.

No, there was some guy that he played. He started his career at like, Maryland, left Maryland for South Carolina. Right now he's married to Mary. Then he went back to Maryland this year and now he's back at South Carolina. It is so stupid. If you are going to transfer, you get one transfer. This transferring every single year is stupid.

The starting point guard for Michigan, he was the starting... Auburn. He was at Auburn? Then he's at Michigan. He leads them to the Sweet 16. and now he's transferring. Like, excuse me, the transfer portal was supposed to help out if you're not playing. Your coach leaves, give you some independence.

But every year you're transferring, it is so stupid. Ray, every game. The portal is broken and I understand they're trying to get paid. But I can't believe the dude going from South Carolina to this school, back to that school, is to pay that different? I can't understand it. So what we would do, here's my idea. Please tell me. So what are these NIL deals?

Is it a dealership in town? Hey, we need the big Ford dealership. That's a great question. And we also need the cell phone company. They'll get them cell phones for free and then they can probably fork over, you know, five grand. That's a great question. Or is it just a written check for coming to our school? Because what I've heard is some people ain't paying up.

So you make the promises, the kids really ain't getting the checks, the full amount, allegedly. Legitly. How many businesses are involved in? Abadaba going to BYU, I believe his name is. Or Pope going to Arizona. How many different investors are there? Our job would be going to the mom and pop places. So in Indian Lake, it would be you and me.

We'd be going to the Amish store. We'd be going to the Kroger. We'd be going to Putchak. We would go to local golf course, the Munis. And we would say, hey, do you want to fork over $1,000? Because we think $50,000. could help sway a particular player, one of the top 10 players in the country. But does $50,000 really do it?

I think it does, especially if you can pay them same day. So you've got to get 50 mom-and-pop businesses. So it would be me and your job to go around college campuses. We'd be going to the Auburns. We'd be going to the Knoxville's. The Nationals, now Vandy's a megatropolis for college talent. We'd be going to Detroit. We would be going to Memphis.

Oh. I don't know if there's any businesses in New York. Memphis. We'd be heading to L.A. We'd be heading to Lajola. We'd be heading to UCLA. Scottsdale, Mesa, all of these towns and saying, we need 50 businesses, $1,000, and you'll have this massive athlete come to this school. That would be our job, and I think it would be a booming industry. I just don't have the time to do it, so I'm offering it up to the podcast world. You guys make something of it.

Well, I do believe that is what they have. They have that position at the university. Oh, I think they have people that go out and talk to the boosters and local businesses and say, hey, we need this much money. Would you like to donate to our NIL fund? And people do it. I think there's a, a lot of them have GMs where they contact the players. They figure out the salaries that they have, what they can afford, what they can't afford. It's out of control. We got to start signing contracts.

We got to quit, like, with this crap about college athletes and they're not professionals. Sign a contract or get lost. Like this is so stupid. Yeah. I just can't handle it. Like every day I'm looking at another Kansas player enters the portal. And you want to know how bad it is at Kansas? You want to know how bad something went so wrong this year.

How bad is it? Ray, it's so bad. The, uh, what's Kansas known for wheat? The wheat fields are leaving. Ray, it's so bad in Kansas. People from California. are moving in and robbing the cows. Right?

It's so bad in Kansas. The cornfields have now turned into soybeans, right? It is so bad in Kansas. They are taking down the basketball hoops, Ray, and putting up soccer nets. They are changing the mom and pop boots and cowboy hats, Ray, for this new Louis Baton and Belize. Senca, Ray. It's gotten so bad in Kansas, Ray. The ghost of my grandparents said, get me the hell out of here.

We're moving to Tennessee. Ray, it's that bad in Kansas. No. Like, something went wrong in that locker room. And I know you guys don't want to hear me talking about Kansas all the time. I know. Kansas talk radio. You're live in Wichita. Tow, go, town, town. We're in Lawrence. Yeah. That's where the Jayhawks reside. and here's the problem. It's just something so near and dear to my heart that I want you to feel the pain that I feel. I watched this season and knew something was wrong. They were so hard to cheer for.

It was a disaster. They all hated each other. You could tell it. And this sums it up. They made the tournament. Kansas basketball has canceled its annual postseason

team banquet. This, you can't even break bread together in Kansas. Exactly. They can't even fake it for one more night to put on a united front for their banquet that ends their season, that wraps it up, that puts a bow on it, says, hey, this is who we were as a team. This tells you that that that Bill itself never wanted to be in the same room with all those guys ever again. He just wanted it to end. There was something wrong, it was fractured, they canceled the end of the year banquet where they recognize the players. This is the senior's chance to wrap it up and say goodbye one last time and get daps and for everything

they brought to Kansas. Bill Self said, thanks, but no freaking thanks. Please get these guys out of my face. Dwan Harris, congrats, dude, on the two points and average of two assists a game. Hell of a year. Career. he did win a national title, so don't just bash him. In 2021 post-potam, he was Baylor, then Kansas, then Yukon, Yukon, then Duke. Okay. Yes, he won a national title.

KJ. Adams, he won a national title. Chalmers. Chalmers won a national title. Who else was on that team? He was the only one good. No, he was not. Oh, my God. Are you kidding me? They were all good. I just do it because he made that job.

Oh, that jumper was so great one. I mean, the handoff, the come around the corner, toss it to him. Every March Madness is different. He's experienced some different ways. Sometimes you're on spring break. This year I got to watch a lot of the games with Boomer. Muffy, my parents. It was awesome. I'm so confused.

Muffy was here and then she went to San Antonio. How many spring breaks do they get? I don't know. I think they took off the entire month. My parents were here two different weekends. My sister and Boomer were here two different weekends. If you're able to wrap your head around that. Yeah, I am.

Now, four weekends, right? We're going to take a break. And I'm going to come back and tell you all about the Padres. First game of Coach pitch baseball. I saw there's 3-0. No, no, no. Coach pitch, man. We're not talking about the major league team.

I think they're 6'0. We'll be right back. 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 free IHeart Radio app. Open the app, search NFL Daily, and listen now. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care which I'm saying. Yep, that's me, Clever 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 Clifford Show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever 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.

You look like you're dead, man. Bro, the big show takes the heart and soul out of any man. You think you have a personality. Spread that over 12 segments and slap me and call me daddy. I'm not going to call you daddy. I'll call you daddy, Zaddy. And I'm going to tell you this. Well, you bash my idea, man.

I came up with a billion idea, and by the end of the idea, it was down to five cents. Well, the only problem was I just think they already have people that do that. You're telling me right now, somebody's been to the McDonald's across the street, fought their way through all the homeless people, and asked them if they want to contribute to an NIL fund. I'll hang up and listen. It's a great point. They do need to go to the mom and pop shops. Thank you.

The Amish people, you don't think they want to contribute to an NIL player to Abadaba from BYU. coming here? Why did BYU get him? It's a great question. You're on to something maybe. You are on to something, maybe. All right. Let's do it. El Dad's baseball. They're the Padres. Listen, the Padres. We played T-ball last year. We were the Expos. And this year it was time to move up to coach pitch.

And I could have left Baby Box 2 behind and T-ball, you know, where he would have probably been one of the better players. Because he just turned five. So, coach pitch is he really ready for coach bitch probably not probably not the baseball bat is as big as him kid if you get a chance move him up that's what i always did to you boys but i felt like one last year of them being on the same baseball team it's pretty exciting to play with your brother yep barry larkin dad larkin griffy griffy senior the only uh lebron lebron lebron junior alimar alamar senior um who else Vlad Guerrero Vlad Guerrero

Vlad Garerio Jr they don't play on the same Tony Gwen Kyle Ripkin Ripkin and Billy Ripkin so I was like you know this is going to be a great idea and my father-in-law is like oh man I think you did it too soon I don't know if he's ready I don't know if baby box two is ready for coach pitch so we've been practicing man

we've been throwing the ball and he hits it sometimes Baby Box one he's he's hitting the ball he can rip it He's fine. So we get our uniforms. We are the Padres. And in the rules, it says, if you get someone out, we should reward the players for getting them out, take them off the pace, right? And we have had our practices rained out, rained out, rained out, rained out, keeps raining

out. So we throw all practice together Friday night for like 40 minutes just so we can meet the kids. Hi, what's your name? Nice to meet you. Okay, cool. Your name, all right, cool. That way when we show up to the game, on Saturday, we know people's names.

And we show up on Saturday and we got our uniforms on. We got them tucked in. We're ready to go. I have never seen such athletes in my life. Ray, that first inning, ground ball. First baseman

goes down on it, picks it up, steps on the bag, out. We got it out. That's already better in the basketball season. Dude, unbelievable. Here's the problem, though. the kid stayed on first base. Every kid you advances a base?

I'm like, wait a minute. The rule specifically said this year in coach pitch, if they're out, you should reward the fielders and have the guy not run the bases. I'm out of America. Dude, take them to Dominican Republic. That's where they'll learn to play with bottle caps. And so the kid stayed on first base. I'm like, okay, that was weird.

Maybe the coach thought it was a close play and he was safe. Cool. All right. Ray, I'm going to take my kids like Jose Altovae. You're going to play with those bottle caps. Really learned how to play baseball, Ray. And so then we later in the inning get another ball, the shortstop slash pitcher kind of area throws it to first in time. Out!

We got two outs. And the coach let the kids stay on base. Dude, America isn't where you learn to play baseball. You can learn other stuff in America, not to support of baseball. There you need to go to San Juan. You need to go to Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti. They don't play with gloves there. That's where you build character, not here on the streets of the private.

And we don't do private. We're a city league. Sounds like it. I know. And I was very disappointed because I was like, I don't understand. And so in coach pitch, you get five pitches from the pitcher. And if you don't hit it, they put it on the tee and you hit it. Okay.

Okay. Cool. Well, let me tell you. Baby box, whack. Second pitch. Doesn't eat it. Baby box two. Third pitch.

Boom. Hits it. Let's go. Who's pitching you? No. Other coach. He's pitching. And all these other coaches.

they get on one knee and they pitch it. Our guy, he stands straight up and just throws it. Throws it. Great. The downward trajectory. A little bit. Yeah, I guess you're right. Maybe that's why.

It's tough for the launch angle. Maybe that's why people are on the knee because they want it to be a straight line drive. Why do you think it's so damn hard? Seven foot pitcher? Tough, bro. I mean, he is like probably 6-1. Tell him to get on his ass. I'm going to talk.

I'll send him a text. Be like, hey, man, maybe you need to go down to one knee. So what is that kind of comment? What do you mean, man? Second time up, Baby Box 2 is swung and missed at four pitches. One left. One left. And I'm like, dang it, man.

Maybe he's not ready for coach pitch. That pitch comes in. Ding. Hits it. And it's ground ball between first and second. First baseman grabs it. Steps on the bag. He's out.

Safe? He's safe, really, because. the other coach didn't make their kids get off the base. So that's where I had my dilemma. What do I do at this moment? Do I do what the other coach did? Or do I remember what the rules said and respect the game of baseball? You did read the rule book.

You ought to respect that. And that's why I looked at Baby Box 2. I said, hey, man, they got you got to go sit down. Sheesh. That was deep. And he went sat down. He went sat back in the dugout. Ray, I peered over at the other coach, and I made the look to him like, at you.

I just couldn't believe it. I was like, I can't be upset at him letting the runners stay on if I'm not going to do the same and just take my kid off the base. And it was my kid. It was a tough call, but I did it. He was out, fair and square. He hath not call out thy kid that I did not call out. At some point. Too, Brute.

At some point, guys. they have got to learn that you're not always going to get on base that it's okay to get out. Yeah, the hanky-pank stuff, forget that, dude. Let's play the game. There's worlds ahead of us in Tokyo, Shanghai, other places like

that, USA and America, you can see why the game's falling. Curisal. Yes. Yes. Yeah, they're really good down there. But yeah, that was it, man. That was it. So drive around in your local community. I don't know if you're a truck driver, driving on the main roads, the secondary.

because we know my parents drive on the secondary roads. Guys, go to a ball field. Is anybody playing in your town? Probably not. The game of baseball is on its way out, and we just found out right now it's soft. Kids are getting on base and they're safe when they're out. Sounds like an infield fly that just doesn't go away.

Talk to your family and to your kids. Is the game of baseball going to start in your community, or is they going to die in your community? Hang up and listen. Man, that big show beat the crowd. I know, man. I'm tired, dude. I'm pretty tired. That was a haymaker of a show. I mean, we got knocked around.

Then I got Bayer. How can you have so much more energy on the weekends? You try and have a personality for 12 hours a day. It's impossible. Truck drivers, when do you guys have to have a personality? When you talk on the phone to your wife? Hey, honey, life's great. When you go to the gas station and fill up with diesel, you rarely have to be on. We have to be on for 12 hours. a day. Teachers. Oh, man. They got to be exhausted. They got to be on.

And we had the debate with one of our friends. It's a small debate, but what's tougher? 12 hours of parenting or 12 hours of a job where you have to be on for 12 hours. Well, it depends

on what the job is. And it also depends how many kids and how old. Two kids, your kids age. Probably 12 hours on. because everybody sided with me. This was a fight like five years ago. Dodds, Cortez's, Slaters, massive fight, huge fight.

Who has it tougher? Ray, 12 hours on or another one of our friends with the two kids 12 hours on? Well, hold on. And everybody sided with me. Everybody said 12 hours on is way harder than 12 hours with kids. And it led to a huge fight

and the whole weekend was maybe marred by this fight. So you're saying it was kind of like the fight between my roommate and his new chick of two hours in the hotel room. Ray, except for they had their guns drawn, if you know what I mean. You know what I'm saying? Mark was carrying a rifle. No, he was, he was carrying a bat. Ray, I had a pea shooter, but I had my gun holstered.

Mark, on the other hand, was firing away. The 26 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 free Iheart Radio app. Open the app, search NFL Daily, and listen now. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me, Clivert Taylor the 4th.

You might have seen the skits, my basketball and college football journey, or my career in sports media. Well, now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Cliford Show. This is a place for raw, unfills of conversations with athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. So let's get to it. Listen to The Cliford Show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast. Podcast Network on TikTok. When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist, they take matters into their own hands. I vowed. I will be his last target. He is not going to get away with this. He's going to get what he deserves. We always say that trust your girlfriends. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe. On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human.