The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 048 - I Got Engaged, The Voice Of Monday Night Football, & Ryan Shazier

Episode Date: February 19, 2019

On today's show, Pat and the rest of the guys are back from vacation with a LOADED show. Pat discusses his trip to Hawaii and gives a breakdown of how he popped the question to Sam in an Avatar-like setting on the island. He and the rest of the guys also discuss what else they did while they were away on vacation, discuss a couple of the documentaries they watched while on break including 'Abducted in Plain Sight,' chat about the pothole epidemic in Indianapolis, give their thoughts on the AAF so far, and chat about the upcoming St. Patrick's Day sale coming soon to PatMcAfeeShow.com. Also included are two incredible interviews from Super Bowl week with the voice of Monday Night Football and Top Rank Boxing, all around electric human being, Joe Tessitore (2:01:23-2:21:54); as well as an inspirational interview with Steelers linebacker and 2X Pro Bowler, Ryan Shazier, as he chats about his incredible journey to recovery and how confident he is that he'll play football again (2:22:36-2:38:51). It's great to be back. Come and laugh with us, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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We have two incredible interviews from Super Bowl week with Joe Tessitore, Monday Night Football announcer, Ryan Shazier from the Shaleve movement, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, Ohio State linebacker, who's currently kicking life's ass whenever he's been down. It's an incredible conversation. You're going to love it. And I got engaged during a vacation, and we recap it all. Everybody's trips, we go in today. I mean, we have a good time.

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How about that? Yeah, it happened. I had no idea. I was scrolling Instagram, fucking silent. What the fuck just happened? I saw your reaction was, wow, I believe on Sims. And you instantly got thrown into the fucking heater. Oh yeah. A lot of tags from me.

I got news for you. Not yet. Your next best. You guys were living together for how long? Long time. I've only been like three, four months. Yeah we're three years. Yeah see. Plenty of time for old Tony Diggs. Yeah but your lady hopped in and was like. Yeah. I don't know. She was also drunk off her ass

on tequilas. Diggs is in Mexico. You look incredible, by the way. I hope you enjoyed that. You as well. The engagement was a pretty wild day. Start with the helicopter. That helicopter looked amazing.

He also did it at Jurassic Park. Hey, by the way, it was straight out of a movie. So go into Hawaii, by the way. That's a haul. Oh, yeah. It's halfway across the world i did not literally yeah i did not know it was like a it's further than a europe trip oh yeah so i didn't even know that because sam set up the flights sam set up the like it was basically like

i knew where we were going but i didn't know until morning of everything that was involved what was your entertainment so that's what i'm so we get in the plane and we fly to chicago and then we go chicago to hawaii uh honolulu that's a long one nice nine hours oh wow i didn't know this was nine hours though until we land in chicago and then i look at the next one i'm like oh we're going right to hawaii from here she's like yeah, yeah. I'm like, oh my God. She's like, eight and a half hours. I'm like, oh, fuck. So we get in there.

We got the pods. Yeah, yeah. Good. I don't have a clue how anybody sits in the back for those flights. I have no idea. Yeah, how are those? Pods are incredible. Yeah, absolutely incredible.

Like a bed? It's like a bed, but you can, it's five foot 11 is what I learned. Five foot 11 of space. But it's just the TV accessibility is really what you're there for and the ability to lay down. We took some pills, watched some shit. I watched I, Tonya

on the way over there. What did you think? I think she deserves a lot more credit than I've given her. Yes. Her mom is one of the worst humans of all time. The Tonya Harding one? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I respect her game. Well, is that the Tonya Harding one? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I, whenever she, I respect her game. Uh-huh.

Well, whenever she was winning awards and shit like this, I was like, why is anybody showing any love to Tonya Harding? Watched I, Tonya on the way over there,

I'm like, I almost put out a tweet like, hey, I take back everything bad I said. She's lived a terrible, terrible life. I watched Bohemian Rhapsody.

How did you feel about it? Good movie. Great movie. Great movie. Oh, cuz he was fucking everything. He's a weirdo. How did you feel about it? Good movie. Great movie. Great movie. Oh, because he was fucking everything. He's a weirdo. He came out very weird in the fucking movie.

But Remy did a great job. He did a great job there. He did. Incredible job. What else did we watch? We watched something else in there. Abducted. Abducted in plain sight.

I watched it at the house. We'll get to that. I saw you losing your mind last night. We will talk about that. That B dude's one of the smoothest dudes. Worst human on earth, smooth guy. We finally land in Honolulu. We land in Honolulu.

We got a two-hour delay to take a flight to the big island of Hawaii. So this was kind of the only downfall. So now we're nine-hour flight over there, two hours in Honolulu. Then we finally land at the big island Hawaiiaii four seasons uh hoa la lay which is named after a volcano which is right next door by the way fun fact about these volcanoes they know where they're going to erupt at so they know where they only they only erupt on ridges on the ridges of the volcano the fault the fault line? Until they don't. And that was what happened. That was what happened this last time.

So the entire mountain is basically just filled with lava. So what's that thing, creme? Creme brulee. Creme brulee. So you know how creme brulee, I didn't know what this meant. They were explaining it to me and Sam. Sam knew everything. You explain things in terms of food, Zito gets it.

Well, yeah. So creme brulee is like filled up and then it kind of drops. So those volcanoes are only mountains because it's filled with lava. So like when the lava starts disappearing, the volcano starts getting flatter. Really? So in Hawaii, just a couple of months ago when they were having that big thing, the lava was disappearing. And then normally it would go out like a ridge where they normally have these holes. And it wasn't. So the entire

island was like, we have no idea where the fuck this is going. So they had no clue where it was going, and then all of a sudden it showed up and just went through an entire fucking neighborhood. They kind of live and die with those volcanoes, but they very much respect it, obviously. The Hawaiian culture

is an awesome one. I'm a huge fan. Big hand attack to you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Operation Caucasian Rock. I am going to get a full tattoo. So we land there. I'm going to get a tattoo, by the way.

Let's go. I don't know if you IG posted or tweeted about it and you were spot on with, I don't know how you're going to sit there. It's an ADD marathon. It is a mental test because this henna took me 45 minutes. I had to get up three times, three times, like 20 minutes in. I was like, all right, I mean, we're good here. And then they had finished off. It's beautiful. But we finally get to the four seasons, Hualalai. Okay. And it's a beautiful place. And we have this incredible condo that's like right on the beach.

It was beautiful. First day we get there, we just lay out, smoke some vitamins, have a good day. And then that next day morning, 8 a.m., need to be in the lobby because we've got a helicopter trip. This helicopter trip was offered to us via email from a lady named Stephanie who works at the Four Seasons. She was like our concierge. She sends an email to Sam the week before like, hey, do we need to set anything up? Sam, one night before we leave,

I knew I was going to propose to Sam July on her birthday in our trip to the Bahamas. I was going to propose then. Then my mom was like, no, no, don't do it on her fucking birthday. Yeah, that's a good point i was like i was like why she's like give her another holiday let's not just because who

knows what could happen here just don't do it on her i'm like okay football season starts then right so then there's no there's literally no other time or while so i'm like all right i'm gonna do it at christmas so christmas i was gonna do it i actually go and buy a ring at christmas time uh and then like right before going to pick it up i see So Christmas, I was going to do it. I actually go and buy a ring at Christmas time. And then right before going to pick it up, I see the ring, and I'm like, that's not good enough ring. Can't do this. So I still have a ring. Wait, wait, wait.

What's wrong with that one? I still have a ring at another jewelry store. Still sitting there right now. Is it paid for? Oh, yeah, 100%. He saw that Instagram post. Not good at all. He saw that Instagram post.

Are you fucking kidding me? McAfee's got this ring reserved too? The other place? Yes. You want me to go pick it up for you? Yeah, well, we can negotiate a deal. I haven't seen the finished product. Okay?

I haven't seen the complete finished product. I've just seen a piece together. It's still sitting there, but I was going to do it in Christmas. And then like right before going to pick up the ring, I was like, ah, it's not a good enough ring. I shouldn't do this. This isn't good. So we delay after christmas so now sam is at the point where she doesn't think it's ever

going to happen right she's like well i'm not going to get engaged this is just the way it goes i'm a known runner too by the way let's i am a known runner i mean from long time really good cutting ties yeah i i've been blocking people since before Facebook for a long time now. So finally this trip comes, uh, this trip we plan like a month out. I'm like, Hey, we're all taking a vacation. I was like, boom, here we go. This is the time to do it. I'd come straight out of Royal rumble weekend in Phoenix to Atlanta, which was awesome.

To now we've got a vacation. It's like my first time to breathe. I'm like, this will be it. So a week in advance, we get an email from stephanie and she's like oh what are some things you'd like to do here are some options so in my head i'm like all right let's i'll be excited for this so sam's sam's communicating with this stephanie lady and asking me questions about things she's agreeing to like we got this breakfast set up you got this we got that and then there was a helicopter option

and the helicopter options were two there was a cheaper one and a more expensive one and sam's like we're not paying for that expensive one i'm like i am not going on the cheaper helicopter i am right like let's let's make sure we go on the right helicopter and then she's explaining the helicopter trip right sam is explaining the helicopter trip to me that is sent to me via the stephanie lady's like okay you fly to uh coffee uh farm you get to see the beans sam loves coffee then we'll do a tour around the island where you'll see volcanoes and waterfalls i'm like oh boom there it is so sam actually schedules this thing so sam is setting up the helicopter trip through this stephanie lady she set up her own she's setting it up no idea so like two days before we leave uh we get a heads up that's like

hey it might rain a little bit of thing sam's like we should cancel the helicopter i'm like no no no like we are not so i go and pick up this ring and ring shopping was not easy i already told you i bought one yeah hawaii or the mainland you got ring. Here, Indiana. So I went to a couple different stores. I went to Tiffany, which I heard was a nice place to get some coffee. She does a good job. I don't know who she is,

but they did not have the greatest selection. So they had this one ring that I liked a lot, but it was pink. It was like a pink diamond. What are they doing? I don't know anybody that does anything, but in was pink. It was like a pink diamond. What are they doing? What's her name? You don't want to do that. Color diamond. See, I don't know anybody that does anything, but in my head, I'm like, I'm not putting

risking this amount of cash for a pink one. Firework. So they, Katy Perry. Katy Perry. So I didn't know that. So she- She got engaged after you. Really?

She saw that you got engaged. With a pink ring. She was like, ah, Orlando Bloom was like, better step up. Here we go. Because he was naked on a paddle board, and then they got engaged. Huh. Huh. That, never thought step up. Here we go. Because he was naked on a paddle board, and then it got engaged. Huh. Huh. That never thought of that.

Never thought of that. Went to Tiffany, went to a couple other places, and then I went to a place, Reese Nichols here in Indiana, okay? And this is not a free ad because they didn't give me anything, but I walked in, and the owner of the place, BJ, as soon as I walked in, everybody's heightened. We had a couple of fans in there. They're like, what is he doing here? Everybody in there is like, oh, you know? Like we had a couple of fans in there. They're like, what is he doing in here? Everybody in there is like, oh, we know what this is about.

You paid for this hat. I did. I paid a lot of money. So the owner, BJ, who I had met before because they are a Colts sponsor, comes over. He's like, how's it going? What are you looking to do? I'm like, I think it's time, you know?

And he's like, what are you looking for? I was like, I don't know. I need something that's just nice. And I need no color. He said, oh, colorless, D1 or something like that. He starts mentioning all these diamond terms. I'm like, I have no idea what the fuck that means. But he takes me over to this one side thing,

gives me my own little area. It was very nice. And he pulls out this one. I'm like, yep, that's the one right there. And he was like, okay, what size do you need? I was like, what does that even mean? He's like, what size do you think she is? I was like, what does that even mean? He's like, what size do you think she is? I was like, I couldn't even fucking guess.

So now I have to go have a conversation with Sam somehow to figure out what her ring size is, right? This is all happening like 72 hours before the flight to Hawaii. So everything's happening pretty quickly. We're recording shit. I'm going to jewelry stores. I'm coming back. I got to play it cool with Sam, act like nothing's happening happening so i finally get a ring size it was a five how did you

get it it was uh i don't remember it was some sort of psychological impressive shit that i did though i i think i said something she had a ring on she wears like three rings on her right hand she has like rings that mean something to her. And I somehow got it off of her and did like, oh, this is like, I put it on my pinky. I put it on my pinky. And I was like, hey, this thing wouldn't even fit. And she was like, oh, it's a size five or whatever. You probably need it.

I was like, oh, fucking right. Everything's working out. So I go to BJ. I tell him the size. I pick it up. So now I have this very expensive ring on me okay for this entire flight to hawaii i put it in my carry-on because i didn't want to put it underneath very smart so now but she's like putting shit in my bag and i got this ring in my bag so i mean it was a lot of shit going on right so sam books the flight i get the

ring we get to the lobby at 8 a.m and i'm getting a little nervous at this point right i'm starting It was a lot of shit going on, right? So Sam books the flight. I get the ring. We get to the lobby at 8 a.m. And I'm getting a little nervous at this point, right? I'm starting to sweat a little. I'm like, Sam thinks it's because of the helicopter. I don't like helicopters, which is true. It's very true. But we got a lot going on.

So we get in the plane, and I don't tell the helicopter people. I don't tell the Four Seasons people. The only people I told was, like, you guys, the people that were here, the day you left, it all happened. I told my dad, told my parents. There's only a certain amount of people that knew.

So we get on the goddamn helicopter and this thing is beautiful. Right? The guy flying us is a Army medic pilot. All right. They're the best ones.

Who was in Iraq and a couple other places. With a rock. Yes. Real though. ones. Who was in Iraq and a couple other places. With a rock. Yes. Real, though. Real. This guy's name was Dan Goodguy, right? From the island.

Last name Goodguy? That's what I thought. Jesus Christ. That's a great name. First hike after. C-A-Z. C-A-Z. Have a good one.

It's a shame you're going to miss the end of this. So we get on the helicopter ride, and I thought we were going to go to the Kona Coffee place because the Kona Coffee is a very popular coffee, and we're on the island of the Kona Island, right? So it's a Hawaii island, but Kona's in there. So we take off. We fly around.

We see some shit, and we land at this coffee thing. It's the Ka'u Coffee. we take off. We fly around. We see some shit and we land at this coffee thing. It's the Ka'u Coffee. Oh, yeah. Ka'u. I've Soon as we landed, I was like,

what the fuck are we here for? What are we here for, right? So Sam's like, oh, this will be fun. Let's just so we get this tour by this guy who's not really a tour guy but he was nice.

He worked there. Good guy? He was alright. He was a good guy. Good guy. But he was not his last name. He was just actually a tour guy but he was nice he worked there good guy yeah he was all right yeah he was a good guy good guy he but he was not his last name he was just actually a good brother he's pointing at these beans that are growing and he's like oh in a couple months these will all be red and that's the coffee i'm like oh awesome and then we walk and then we walk to this little thing where they're just laying on the ground he's like this is where they get uh filtered and blah blah i'm like oh really cool stuff yeah and then we go into like this

little shed which is their like drying room no that was on the other side the shed was like a sample place for gift shop this is so they can get money out of you and they did i mean macadamia nuts which are from the island there wasabi macadamia nuts are incredible there was a bunch of their coffee sampling it sam loves then there's a little buzz buzz beans is what they call them where they put chocolate on a coffee bean and i'm just popping like 100 of those those are delicious yeah little buzz beans they're pretty good but we're there for 45 minutes and in the back of my head i'm like we gotta get the fuck out of here i mean there's a lot going on i actually record a video while taking a piss at that place that's like we're i think we're like an hour out

from the engagement blah blah blah but my piss is so strong in the background i couldn't post the video so i showed it to sam we get back in the helicopter we take off now we're flying to like the rainforest so the island of hawaii the big island has 11 of the 13 climate zones on it just on that one island so where our hotel was was considered a desert because it only rains like a certain amount of days and then on the other side of the volcano there's a rainforest then there's like everything there's 11 different climate zones on this one island so we're flying around we go over top of a fucking active volcano i'm like should we be it's pretty hot you know like there's some shit there we're flying over

top of it dan's like barrel rolling us over top i'm like oh this is awesome and if every helicopter was like that by the way i i'm back on a helicopter train this thing was like uh was it smooth oh because it was so big it was a monster straight out? It looked like it was straight out of Jurassic Park. It was an in-gen helicopter. Smooth. It was comfortable. I had my legs out. I'm back on the helicopter train. Back. All the way. We were flying

about 20 minutes before the engagement happens. I put on a little mic. Dan, how much is one of these? And Sam goes, of course, of course. I'm like, Dan, how much is one of these? And Sam goes, of course, of course. I'm like, Dan, how much is one of these? Used or brand new? I'm like, used, used for sure.

He's like, probably get this one for like 1.8, 2 million. I'm like, all right, okay. New goals, all right, we're in a good spot. So we fly around and we get to this part where it was Avatar. It was fucking Avatar. We flew into this valley and there's these huge just cliffs.

All are at green cliffs, though, so it's not like rocky. It's like rainforest. There was 45 waterfalls, like 1,000-foot waterfalls just falling. It was amazing. So he's just flying into these nooks in the middle of these these valleys and like we're like we're probably 15 feet away from this waterfall falling. It's just like amazing majestic. I'm looking around like holy shit This is crazy. So I'm like are we stopping at a waterfall and he was like no, no, we're not We'll be near one though. I was like, yeah, but like how close, right? Because in my head, I'm like, we're doing it.

He's like, oh, you'll see or something. So Dan's like fucking with me because Dan doesn't know that I'm getting proposed to him. So then he flies out of the one nook, barrels up over around this other side, and there's a bunch of brown water, I guess, in the ocean. He's like, oh, brown water's good. That means all these shoreline waterfalls are about to be good. And I was like, okay. And then lo and behold, it was fresh out of a movie.

It was like these waterfalls were just huge, just running down it. And then he starts just going straight at one of the waterfalls. Uh-oh. And I'm like, we're getting awfully close to this fucking waterfall. And he turns that thing sideways and just parks it on this little chunk of land that you guys saw. And he goes, is this close enough, Pat? I'm like, Jesus. Yeah.

So we get out of there, and we start hiking. There's a little rock we had to get to to get to the bottom of the waterfall. And we hike back, and it starts getting a little chilly. It was a little bit cold, which I did not expect. I did not expect it. And Dan's like, I'll take a picture of you guys when you get down there. I'm like, cool. So Dan stops at a picture point.

We had to hike a little bit. We had to go under some trees and shit like that, and Sam walks ahead of me, and I look at Dan. I'm going, yo, I'm about to propose right now. He's like, what? I'm like, yo, I'm about to propose right now. He's like, okay, all right. All right.

I was like, man, you got it, man. He's like, yeah. So we walk down. We get all the way down there and it is raining on us it is cold as a mother fucker right and uh i'm like sam let's take a picture you know so we take a picture and he does like the pano but he does it up and then dan i know dan's like when's this guy gonna do this thing so then sam's like oh i want one of us kissing and i'm like i'll just wait a second she grabs my head at the time I'm pulling the ring out of my back pocket right

so Sam grabs my head it's in Sam's video she's grabbing my head to like kiss me so we can get a picture and I'm pulling the ring out and I'm holding that thing like I have never so you didn't have it in a case no no no

fresh out of the back pocket Fresh out of the back pocket. Fresh out of the back pocket. And I was just holding on to it. I don't think I've ever held something. You've been sitting on this the whole time, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. You've held a kick in the Super Bowl.

Yep. And you probably held that ring. Yes. So goddamn tight. Bro, there was water. It was a waterfall. I mean, if I drop that thing. It was cold.

And it's colorless, by the way. It was a waterfall. I mean, if I drop that thing, and it's colorless, by the way. It is colorless. So I have it there, and I try to find a spot that would go down. I'm in some lava, some fucking rocky lava raining on me. As soon as I get to a knee, she slaps me. I don't know if you saw it. She's like, stop fucking with me. And I was like, no, no, no, Sam.

And she's like, what are you doing? And I look over at the man, Dan, and Dan's you saw she's like stop fucking with me and i was like no no no sam i'm like and she's like what are you doing and i look over at the man dan and dan's like excited he's like here we go and i do the whole thing you know i tell her like i i would like to spend forever with you i i don't think i could see a day in my life without you it's kind of got to that point uh i've been in this way for a few months will you marry me and she goes is this fucking real and i was was like, yeah. And I pulled the ring up on the side. And she looks at it. And I put it on. It slides on perfectly.

Nice. I'm like, oh, perfect sizing. Good for me. And then we kiss. The whole thing happens. And then we walk past Dan. And Dan was like, holy shit. I was nervous that I was going to fuck that up.

You know you could have told us ahead of time. We would have got you some stuff. I was like, I didn't really know that long in advance, to be honest. She kind of set this whole thing up. And he was like, what? I was like, yeah, don't worry about it. He was like, I'm going to set up a picnic for you guys. You guys do whatever you need to do.

And Sam goes, we don't smoke weed here. And he's like, yeah, do whatever you guys need to do. So it was just a cool moment. It was a really, really cool moment. We sit down, have the picnic in front of the helicopter with a waterfall it was unbelievable nice it was headline fucking news in five states yeah oh yeah that was outrageous i mean i don't know how you top that well in my head though headline new indiana it was headline news pittsburgh was headline news what do you mean like it was in the papers oh yeah yeah on tv on tv i went to my parents yesterday, and they were like, oh, how about packing engagement?

I know they're not on social media. I'm like, how do you know about that? They're like, it was on the evening news. Yeah. It was on the evening news in Arkansas? I have no idea why. John. John Daly.

Well, I'm just starting to, in my head, I'm like, the news people are like, somebody committed to Pat McAfee for this. This is fucking breaking news. So it obviously took off. Got a lot of very positive words. We're very thankful. Thank you so much. And then the rest of the trip, we just kind of hung out, ate a bunch of food, got some tattoos, saw the island a little bit. And it was beautiful.

It was a magical magical moment as soon as we landed in indiana as soon as we got back in indiana it was like while we're walking through the airport we got like 10 people all coming up like congrats cuzzo sam 10 people congratulated me while sam's walking with me and didn't say a single word so like every time they would give me like as soon as we landed, literally as soon as we're walking through the airport, everybody's like, oh, congrats, Pat. I'm like, thank you too, Sam.

Thank you so much. It was a cool moment. Did you have a conversation, chicken or steak? What color is the tablecloth and all that? Bro. You there yet? Bro. She put on a story day one.

Day fucking one, bro. I had no idea. I had She put on a story day one. Day fucking one. I had no idea. Wedding recommendations day one. I had no idea. I was signing up for wedding planning. I had no idea. Because in my head, we're getting engaged. It's a celebration.

We love each other. What I didn't think about was what happens directly after. That's just how they work, man. My mom came up to me. She goes, hey, is Pat going to have a big wedding? I'm like, how do I know? He got engaged yesterday. You have no idea.

Can we have an Avatar wedding? We're at fucking Barnes & Noble. I was in a Barnes & Noble. Have you ever been to a Barnes & Noble? For books? I got coffee one time because there was a Starbucks in one. I was walking by. It's the internet come to life.

It's like the internet in hard copy. I've never been in there. What were you doing in there? Wedding magazines. They're not on the internet? That's what I said. But no, no, no. It's a lot better in person I guess. Pinterest has a whole fucking section. Oh, I've already

learned that Pinterest is going to be the death of me for this fucking one. Oh yeah. There's a lot of decisions to be made. I'm excited not to make many of them. She was already hitting up the Stephanie lady about how expensive it is to do a wedding at the Four Seasons.

It's a bit pricey. That is a good way to keep the wedding small, though. There's a lot of conversations here to be had, like who's allowed to come, who's not allowed to come. My mom and dad are already asking me Who they're allowed to invite, who they're not allowed to invite Lil Bit has to come

Lil Bit sent Sam a congrats Oh, let's go! She knows what's up She knows what's online Lil Bit knows if she wants to get to that wedding I want Lil Bit at the wedding Make her a flower girl So it was awesome though.

I did not expect the headline news thing though. That was very interesting. I think that's a sign that you've made it. I don't know man. I don't know. I feel like it was a big setup for people to start bashing me. And it didn't happen. Very thankful. Very very thankful. Sam is cool as

fuck though. She is somebody dealing with me is tough it is i'm a very tough tough i mean there's times where i don't want to even be with me you know what i mean like there's times where i get sick of me i'm on a on a very regular basis i'm like i look in the mirror and i'm like yo is there any way we can hang out with somebody do you feel like there's a weight off your shoulders? Yeah. Or the whole wedding planning now is just like, all right, it's back.

It's much more, it was very relaxing directly after. Right. And now it's still like, it's just a very content feeling where there isn't just like the, and I think for her too, obviously. Like she was on my ass about it for a long time. Not just her, but my mom, her parents, her friends, everybody, listeners of this show. I mean, everybody was on my ass there for a while. And now it's just nice to just be like, okay, we all knew it was going to happen.

Let's just, we're here now. Let's, let's also a life milestone. You got someone to say yes to marrying you. That's a wild situation. I don't know why she did that. And I feel like you're at the perfect age. I mean, the perfect age for doing it. A lot of people said there's no way she could say no, literally.

Like, what, she's going to just say no and then be left there? Send a chopper back for you. Makes an awkward rest of the vacation. Hey, guys, something to think about, by the way. Hey, September, baby. No, no, no. I'm just saying. I'm doing the you. Thanks, and awkward rest of the vacation. That's what I'm saying. Hey, guys, something to think about, by the way. Hey, September, baby? No, no, no. I'm just saying. I'm doing the math.

No, no, there's so many things that- Gorms is pushing things along real quick. Gorms. We got shit to do. Early February. Steak and fish. Give the guy a break, Gorms. Literally just signed with the WWE.

I'm going to be traveling a bit here. I don't think now's the time for a child, and I don't think she wants a kid yet either, she is excited about this wedding planning she has an entire pinterest page she's pinned she has an entire pinterest page by the way i crushed it with the ring design you did art deco by the way you're wondering obviously i knew it's my it's one of my favorites well yeah i learned that i know her friend said that I must really know Sam because I picked an Art Deco style ring. And of course, that's why. Of course.

You got the engagement. You got the trip in the helicopter. Anything else? I mean, did you do any water sports, something like that? Snorkeling? Did you go scuba? So at our hotel, they have like this area. Wild waves in Hawaii. Oh, yeah. it's a big surfing pacific i was

out there too during one of their biggest storms yeah so like you do some body surfing no it wasn't blue crush no there was a storm like a snowstorm in maui there was a so everything is at how high your altitude sure so that rainforest is at like 7 000 feet or something like that or 8 000 feet and then the the desert where we were at was down to bottom maui it snowed at a altitude that it's never snowed at before which is by the way maui's different islands so i've never been there i don't really know what's going on over there but on our island it got very windy so we were in the middle of like real windstorms. And it was warm. Sam got burnt like a motherfucker.

Burnt bad. She's got like third, fourth degree burns right now. Because she was turning her fucking chair to the sun every time. That's what they do. Yeah, but I'm like, Sam, we're going to be here for a fucking week. You don't have to do this every... You know what I mean? We're going to be here for a long time.

She's like, I want to just soak up the sun. I'm like... It's not Indiana where you have to soak up every single rain right through the clouds like it's gonna get you so she got burnt bad but we hung out at this i had this little thing it was uh it was like a little chair bed thing that had uh something i want to it was it was a day bed it was a day bed it's exactly what it was but it was right outside of our room and she sat on like a layout thing and i put on SPF 50. This is the most adult I've ever been in my life. That's a lot.

Yeah, SPF 30 a couple days, SPF 50. She refused because she wanted to soak up all the sun. She's paying for it now. I have a great tan. She is currently peeling right now. That's neither here nor there, but they have this little area that's run off of ocean water and it's in this it's it's like in its own it's almost lagoon like a cove it is it's like a cove lagoon grotto type thing and they got like a hundred different

species in there there was like an eagle ray in there there was a bunch of other fish in there so we dipped our toes in there and kind of looked around you could swim in there it was a little chilly though it wasn't hot enough to go swimming so the ear we have not tested the ear i was not willing smart there was a time where i'd overdo it at the start well what i was thinking was this has been an incredible trip sam wasn't eager to get in the water especially you don't want to fly nine hours with a fucking ear issue oh The flight home was six and a half to Denver, then Denver to Indy. Denver's the Illuminati airport, right?

Yeah. Did you notice that while you were in there? I was looking around for signs. There's a lot of devils and shit on the wall. Weird mirrors. It was the day Flacco was signed by Elway. I landed there the same day. I thought maybe Flack might be coming through.

Their odds got worse. Shots fired by the fucking Vegas, by the way. We get random shit to the office. Very random shit sent to the office. Today was the most random and the weirdest. It was just a leg, a plastic mannequin leg sent to us with a handwritten note talking about an empire being built. There was nothing in the leg other than BBs.

There was BBs, like a BB gun BB in the leg, shipped in a box right to our doorstep. Not a big leg either. They might be playing off your boomstick thing or something. No, no, this is a female mannequin leg. I was going to say, this is kind of like a foxy leg. I almost said it. I wasn't even foxy leg. I almost said it. I wasn't even going to lie.

I almost said it. Foxy's got bunnies, but he's got tiny little baby legs. Yeah. Yeah. If you gain muscle or gain weight, you won't be able to dunk a basketball. So that's why I do that. You could be onto something. I don't know if we've talked about it yet, but we're talking about me doing a windmill

dunk here in a second. I think in the show. Yeah. I'm not sure. Because when you get up, you got to stay up windmill dunk here in a second. Yeah. I think in the show. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm not sure. Because when you get up, you got to stay up, you know, when you dunk. Exactly. And a lot of people like to dance around the subject. Not here.

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but yeah it was good we didn't really do much i tried to golf it you you couldn't really do it at the four seasons did you hit a luau? There was one right next to our room. So next to our room, our room was on the edge of the place. So we saw whales. Saw a bunch of whales. Real ones? Yeah, yeah. So the humpbacks come down from Alaska to fuck.

And then they go back. And we were right in the middle of the whale mating season. And it was awesome to see. Like the first day day we were sitting there and the locals were like, if you look out there, you see whales, blah, blah, blah. And we're trying so hard to see it and the first day you can't.

And then once you're there for the third day, you're like, okay. You start seeing them because they smack their big ass tails and it looks like a wave, but it's out in the middle of nowhere. It's like, that wave is coming from nowhere and then all of a sudden you see a...

The whale come up. It was beautiful. So we saw waterfalls. Oh yeah, he's coming. There's a guy that just got done. They take a break. There's like a three hour break. You see him in the morning. You see him late afternoon. Right there in the mid. They're at the bottom.

Just a whale orgy. That's what it feels like. There's a bunch of people Out there on fucking canoes too Like paying to go out there On canoes I'm like Sam's like

We should go out there I'm like I can see them Right mother fucker These little tiny boats Like all you need is One humpback hairy To get a little fucking

Juiced up And all of a sudden You're in the middle Of a fuck fest With these whales You don't know when a whale Is going to try to fuck a boat Yep

Bunch of dorks out there It's a whale penis Put her try to fuck a boat. Yep. Bunch of dorks out there. It's a whale penis. Put her there. Whoa! There it is. There it is. What did Zito want?

A hike. Oh, wow. Oh, no. I like the whale dork. Yeah. Yeah. Because it's educational as well. Yeah, it's smart.

Subtle. Subtlety, Zito. See any pigs on the spit? Nah. None, huh? Nah. Food. I was about done with the food. I love that Four Seasons.. See any pigs on a spit? Nah. None, huh? Nah. Food. I was about done with the food.

I love that Four Seasons. I've never been in a Four Seasons. Very, very, very nice. I guess there's people that only live at Four Seasons. They travel from Four Seasons to Four Seasons. They get treated like kings, bro. Yeah, that's a good life. I stayed at one once in my entire life. It was the nicest place I've ever been in my life.

Awesome. Were they all for extended stay? Same kids and nieces. Yeah, I think so. It's great. Nice. If you get a chance. But the breakfast buffet was unbelievable.

Had a nice lady. You know where the food sucks? Jalaw. Jalaw. All-inclusive. Jalaw. Jalaw. I forget her name.

It was something. Jalaw. All-inclusive is nice, though, because everything is really easy whenever you're just packing it on the back end. And then whenever we didn't check out, we just left. So I got the email. So I got the email after on how we did, and we did well. We did well, but I enjoyed it.

I had a great time. I had a great time. I'm very lucky Sam said yes and enjoyed the break. Todd, you went down to Austin, Texas. I did. You ate everything in there. Yeah, that's all it was about. Tell the listeners how much you gained. Yeah, that's all it was about.

Tell the listeners how much you gained. Yeah, I've gained 20 pounds. I'm walking around about 194, 195. I was watching your IG stories. Mm-hmm. And every single time, it was either you were drinking something or eating something. That's all we did. And that repeated.

It wasn't just like a one day. That was like a four-day run there where all I saw you do was eat. That's all we did. And that repeated. It wasn't just like a one day. That was like a four day run there where all I saw you do was eat. That's all we did. We would get up and then about 11 o'clock we'd hit brunch, start drinking and eating then, and it would run until about 10 at night and we'd go to bed. Next day, start again. Did you enjoy Austin?

I loved it. That city's awesome. It is, isn't it? It was bad weather. It was like the worst weather they've had this time of year in a long time. It was like cold and rainy. It was bad weather. It was like the worst weather they've had this time of year in a long time. It was like cold and rainy. It was very similar to here. It was just gray and rainy and cold. But with better food.

Yeah, but the food is... Like, you could spend 60 days there, no doubt, and just hit... Not hit the same place twice. Did you pick Austin strictly because of the food? Yes. Yeah, because after the weight loss challenge, she was like, what do you want to go for vacation? I was like, I just want to go there and fucking eat and drink.

That's all I really care about. So we Googled the best places in the country for that. Austin's on the top of the list for everybody. So it's an amazing place. The eating feels so good, doesn't it? Oh, God, yes. Dude, I was having these waffles every morning. These fucking waffles.

And I'm a guy, when I get the waffles, by the way, I don't dip, I don't pour the syrup on top. Oh, you're a dipper. I'm a finger ripper. Okay, okay. Finger ripper dipper.

Respect that. You know what I mean? Savage. No butter per piece. No, no, I don't like too much butter. But then you can really, and it's less work.

Yeah, a waffle stays crisp the whole time that way. Bang. It doesn't get soggy. That is a huge part of it. And whenever they were laying out in his buffet and they had the little lamp, you got to take the ones off the top.

There was people going for the bottom waffle, like a soggy waffle. What are you doing? Hey, by the way, I learned a lot about America out there in Hawaii. Oh, boy. You know, Japan originally. You know, Hawaii was originally. was originally now granted it was originally a samoa yeah you know what i mean but the japanese they were there a lot longer before us and then we kind of came in did our thing took it over it's an empire we wanted to give them freedom

but then they bombed and then we put them in concentration camps. That was what I did in the two hours in Honolulu. I just read. It was all over the walls. The history of Hawaii. And I'm like, oh. Oh, man. We got through it.

Did we? I don't know. A lot of Japanese, though. A lot of Japanese vacationing in Hawaii. Still on grudges? I think whenever they come to Hawaii, it's kind of like a relaxed thing. Now, when we go to Japan, though,

they do not like us. That is something that everybody needs to know. When you go to Japan, they do not like us. Why would you? Well, we were literally told that as we were landing in Japan. Like, hey, just by the way, stay in the places you're supposed to stay.

We are not exactly loved over here. I'm like, oh, yeah. There's a little history there. Adam. We try to wipe out a couple of generations. But they are a very different culture. The Japanese culture is a very different culture than ours. Four Seasons has to accommodate the Japanese culture and our culture.

Fish for breakfast. There was fish for breakfast, but also it was very quiet. I mean, it was just like, it was the most relaxed, one of the most relaxing places I've ever been in my entire life. And then you got me there just like, I was getting fucking antsy. Towards the end of it, I asked them for a putter. I was putting on our back patio. I was getting bored out there.

The golf, I couldn't golf alone. I would have had to buy up all four slots. I guess if I wanted to go, all I wanted to do was just go golf alone. I would have had to buy up all four slots and it was a couple thousand. Just golf on a patio. I just got off a big helicopter.

Diggs, you went to Mexico? Went to Mexico. Went to Cancun. Literally was on the beach every day by 9. Drank until about 8.30 p.m. Went to bed. I didn't see 9 p.m. one time. That's the best part about beaches. We would go to the beach from like 9 to 11 or 12,

grab a quick bite to eat, and then go to the adult pool for the rest of the day, swim up bar until about 4 or 5, have dinner, and then... So you are a pool guy. So everybody in our area, we had our own area. There's three rooms where we were, three rooms that could have used the back grass area that was on the beach where I was. Nobody else in our area, though, would stay where we were. They all went to the pool.

I don't understand the pool goers. I feel like I can go to a pool here at the YMCA. I'm here to look at that fucking ocean, which is very nice to me, but the pools are always packed. You could see the ocean from our pool, though. That was nice. Well, I think that's kind of the thing. Also, you don't get in the water.

True. But also, there's no people. There's also no swim-up bars in Indiana, either. Yeah, that's the only reason I like to be at a pool is if there's a swim-up bar. So the swim-up bar is what people are in that pool for? Oh, yeah, me for sure. So you can get on the little stools in the water? Yeah, you also don't have to get up to go to the bathroom either.

It's piss-free. That's what I'm saying. It's all just one big piss pool. Yeah, but if everybody's doing it. Everyone's doing it. Yeah. It's one big piss pool. There's a lot of water in there.

There's chlorine. I enjoy the people delivering drinks. The waiters? Yeah. The place where we're at, and I've found this at a lot of the all-inclusives that I can afford, the drink bringers, they don't come at a rapid enough frequency. Okay, here we go. Is it just like Vegas?

Is it just like Vegas? Vegas- Oh, no. I greased every morning. That's what I'm saying. You've got to really do it, though. So I would go up to the bar, and I'd drop like 20 bucks to the bartender. See, that's what you've got to do.

You've just got to know that you're going to- But that's like a billion dollars in dineros. Yeah, but they're not dealing in dineros. They're dealing with a bunch of Americans. Which also, they don't deal in dineros. It's pesos. I don't know why I said dineros. It just means money.

Originally, your first drink that you order the day is like an ounce of alcohol and then once you drive the 20 they actually give you real drinks for the rest yeah i understand that this is going to sound like somebody who's a bit out of touch but you got to give them a hundo early you got to give them a hundred dollars early you really do and then you don't have to pay the rest of the day really you only got to give like a five or a ten spot the rest of the day and then at the the end, you got to close them out with something big. But early, you got to get them on your side so that they know that they got to come.

They were pretty happy with the 20 that I gave every morning. Yeah, but you said they weren't coming at a rapid rate. They weren't happy. No, no, no. I didn't even, I didn't give them to them at all. I'm talking about the bartenders. The guys who are making. I'm giving to the bartenders.

I'm taking care of the people who are making my drinks. You take care of the people who make your food, make your drinks, and handle your bags in Mexico. I respect that a lot. But I think the people that are running drinks, those are the people you've got to take care of. It was so infrequent. There was a dude once every hour and a half.

Because there was nobody on that beach that gave him $100. You just need one person. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I understand. But a swim-up pool, though, I would never go in. So if I don't take care of that person, I'm literally not getting drinks unless I want to get up. But no, it was an awesome time. Well, Tony, you also saw Michael Jackson, too, right?

Oh, dude. Thank you for bringing that up. Did you go to Coco Bongo? Never made it past 9 o'clock at night. But I saw you at a Michael Jackson show. Oh, yeah, yeah. That was on the resort. The resort did a show.

Oh, I love the local resort show. This Michael Jackson show impersonator was the greatest show I've ever been to in my life because the production value was anything worse than we could even imagine doing. They had a drop-down projector. Yeah, that's a resort show. They had a drop-down projector that would play his old videos, and then after the video played, the projector

would come up, and they would dance to it and sing it on stage. And the guy, the Mexican Michael Jackson, was a spot-on lookalike. I think MJ might not be dead. He may be living at the resort, performing every night where I was at, but it was fucking awesome, dude. Tupac's alive. It was electric.

Avicii's alive. That night we did tip the bartender at the show heavily, and he only came to, I don't even think there was supposed to be a waitress or waiter service. He just kept bringing us shots though at our table. See, that's what we're looking for.

He got it. He didn't get my order though. I drank the worst gasoline whiskey of my entire life. He just kept bringing the shot up. So you're a whiskey on the beach guy? I'm not a tequila guy. So tequila fucks with my heart. I don't understand it.

I don't know. It just fucks with my memory. It makes me very, very jittery. So during the day, I was just doing vodka and stuff like that. But when Erica was doing shots of tequila to match her with shots, I started with whiskey, and it was so bad. But I switched to this shit on a grass shot. Actually, pretty good. Really? Yeah good it's like this melon liqueur

and then they put a layer of this white Bailey's I don't know something and then they put chocolate on top and when you hit the table the chocolate comes through the grass and it looks like you're taking a shit it's very nice I had a lot of those alright I like Mexico

I'm a Mexico. I enjoy Mexico. The resort shows are always the worst, though. And then you've got to see the people the next day that did the show. So my issue, it's always tough. I just stay away from everything. Just lock me in my room. Nick, you went back to the Berg?

I did. A little staycation. Had to go see some friends and family, take care of some biz back home. Real quick, just the elephant in the room. Nick has shown up in slacks and a button-down with dress shoes on. Pleats and a cuff on his pants. And that is because... Vacation's over, boys, and we got some work to do.

We all had a lot of fun. Sounds like it. Your little games in Mexico with Michael Jackson. It's time to go. Miguel Jackson. It was electric. You would have loved it. How was Pittsburgh?

Good? It was great, man. I went to Rudy's Subs. Oh, nice. Drank a bunch of Turner's Tea. Went to Primani. Shout out. Anyone wants to sponsor us, we're here.

You know, send some money our way. No, watched some Penguins hockey. Went to a buddy of mine. He's about to have a kid, Billy Bones. So I went to a diaper party for him. Bones. Little Bones. It was a good time.

What the fuck's a diaper party? Oh, it's just an incredible excuse to drink. You get all your friends together and you're supposed to bring diapers, which provides the diapers for the kid for the first months or whatever. Oh, Sam has already said the bride tribe. What the fuck is that? Oh, be careful. That sounds like a nightmare.

Oh, no. Sounds dangerous. I don't know, man. Just know that I have no idea how this works. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. You get a bachelor party. I know, yeah. That's what I was getting to.

I don't know. I don't know how it's going to go. I don't know if I was made for it. Ew. Ew. I think that's exactly what you were made for. No, I don't. I don't.

Not anymore. There was one thing I was made for. Not anymore. Matt B one thing I was made for. Not anymore. Matthew's bachelor party. So I'm in that Lake Tahoe golf. Oh, yeah. Yep. Yep.

I'm in that Lake Tahoe golf tournament. I already read my mind, my friend. In July. And in my head, that's probably where. Probably should be. Oh. Because have you ever been? Or Pebble.

No. It's Vegas with daytime lake activities. It's my favorite place in the U. No. It's Vegas with daytime lake activities. It's my favorite place in the U.S. So in my head, that's where I'm thinking that we probably do it at. I don't know, though. Honestly, I'm trying to win that tourney. I mean, AJ's going to be out there. A lot of your friends that are like-

Justin Timberlake, too. Yeah, yeah. All these people that we're really tight with. Oh, A-Rodge is going to be out there? Of course. All these people. It's just convenient for everyone. Diggs, I think you will be coming, by the way.

Whether we're doing a bachelor party or not, you will get invited. I just want to let you know that. I mean, even if I wasn't, I would have paid my way. I've done a bachelor party out there, and there was like 20 of us, and we got this huge mansion Airbnb up in the mountains and it was gorgeous it was like 100 bucks a person

what'd you do there? I don't know don't worry about what I did there that was a past life I have a bachelor party trick that I don't want to say on air but if we go I'll show you it so that's what I'm thinking possibly

we'll see how it all goes by the way Lake Tahoe that golf tournament I am in it to win it that's gotta be that's it and it thinking, possibly. We'll see how it all goes. By the way, Lake Tahoe, that golf tournament, I am in it to win it. That's got to be. That's it. And it's on TV all four days, NBC. Goddamn right it is. We're getting a golf simulator in here this week.

Training starts now. I'm so excited. Let's get better. Three-day tournament. Sorry, three days. Well, it is. I mean. Well, go fuck yourself.

You couldn't get them in Pebble, so we got to go to Tahoe. Oh! Excuse me? That tournament just ended about two weeks ago. They followed me back. Pebble Beach followed me back on the Twitter. There you go. If I put on a good show at Lake Tahoe, I assume I'm in at Pebble Beach.

There you go. Pebble will be way confirmed before you first tee shot at Tahoe. By the way, I am... To win. I mean, we're getting a golf simulator in here for one reason, one reason alone. That's so I can just hit thousands of balls a fucking day. I am going to go over there and try to win that thing. But I also am going to have to...

I mean, is Lake Tahoe in a place where marijuana is legal? Yeah, it's Nevada. Is it? I think it is. Nevada, California, right? No, no, no. That's why I said it's... So it's literally right on the border.

Half of it's in California, half of it's in Nevada. I think both places, though. I think so. That's why I said it's Vegas with a lake. You go to the casinos in Nevada, and then you stay in the California. Okay, listen, guys. Here's the deal. We're all going to be at Lake Tahoe.

We're probably going to do a live show from there somewhere. I will not be able to get very intoxicated while I'm playing, but if you bring the weed and you're scattered amongst the course, I assume I'll stop by and give you a little... Oh, yeah. Hello. Hello. That'll be a good time.

You might be able to see your other best friend, too. I think he might perform there that weekend. Who's that? The one we ran into at Vegas where you pointed at him when he was on stage. Calvin Harris. I think he's got one of the clubs there. Okay. Calvin, I have a question for you. Do you remember

the guy punting a beer? A guy with an NWO shirt on. Sombrero. Wearing a sombrero. Two Bud Lights. Shirt was off at one point. Stone cold. He has to. That guy lives a wild life. Yeah, yeah.

Has to remember that. I don't know. He's seen a lot of things. Anyways, Lake Tahoe. We're going to be there in July. Nice. I'm excited for it. Going to win it.

If you win it, too, you're probably playing in the celebrity all-star game. For basketball? Yeah, so here we go. So I watched that. That was terrible. There was a little person playing who wasn't very good. Brad, he's hilarious, though. He's a funny guy.

He wasn't great at basketball. Yeah. Williams? How would you do that to yourself, though? I mean, he's playing at a huge disadvantage of all sports to play a celebrity game. Oh, dude. Poor choice of words. I'm just saying, it wasn't just the rebounding.

It was more. Sacrification hasn't changed you. It was more. He was getting crossed up. He almost fell over a couple times. Wow. I was watching. Bad for Wow. I was watching. Bad for him.

I was watching the bar and I was like, dude, whoever just hit that fucking step back three is incredible. And they panned in. It was Ray Allen. I was like, oh, what the fuck is Ray doing playing in this game? Sam and I were at P.F. Chang's eating some food, you know, because we went in. Yeah.

And I was watching that game. And I was like, man, these are terrible basketball players. Awful. But except for that one guy That was watching small old TV He had a bald head And I'm like yo that looks like Jesus Shuttlesworth I mean he was an actor He was a celebrity That's true technically

The Houston Rockets GM tweeted We're game if he is For if he wants to come do a 10 day contract I think he still has it Yes he still got it Still got, he's still got it. He's still got it. He's still got it. Did you see the MVP of that game?

No. They just label him as a social media influencer. Who was it? I don't know. I have no idea who he was. LaFosse or something like that? Even the people I know. But he did play college basketball, so he had some game.

So I got these people out in Columbus, Ohio. They're called the Flight Lab. They want to teach me how to jump higher. Nice. Oh, yeah. That's what they do. They teach people how to jump ridiculously high. Can I get on it? Sure. I'm going to try to get them. I want to touch rim. I want to

windmill if I'm in the NBA. You probably just wear those shoes that isolate your calf muscle. Yeah. just walk around. Either it grows or it dies. Walk around. Yeah. But it would be nice.

And on those wooden floors, I played in one celebrity game. A little bounce to them, huh? There's bounce to them. You could really take off if you have to. It would be nice if I get that flight lab academy. Also in the ring. Let's do a Hurricane Rana. I can do a Hurricane Rana.

Very impressed you knew that word, though. Yeah. Listen, I used to watch a lot. What's a Hurricane Rana? I don't Hurricane Rana. Very impressed you knew that word, though. Yeah. Listen, I used to watch a lot. What's a Hurricane Rana? I don't know. Ray Mysterio did it. Not wrong. Not wrong.

Not wrong at all. Listen, I know. You went to a diaper party back in Pittsburgh. Anything else? I watched a lot of documentaries, a lot of Netflix, a lot of good stuff on there. I watched Polar, a pretty good movie. Abducted in plain sight. I don't know if we'll talk about it now or later, but that is absurd to me.

The worst. And no spoilers. Skip ahead if you want. But like, what the fuck was that family saying? The dumbest family alive should not be allowed to procreate. Should have just been titled worst parents of all time. That's just what they should call it. Like, this is how to not be a parent.

I mean, did anyone not? I almost pissed myself watching this. Oh, boy. He's like, hey, you picked me up when we went for a ride. Best part of the documentary. And then I fucking jerked him off. I was like, what? It's kid stuff.

He just needed a release. It was just out of nowhere that they threw this fact that this guy had to jerk him off for no reason. We got two old white guys willing to do whatever for some terrible people. That's what I've learned in our back-to-back documentary saga. Old white guys willing to do whatever for some terrible people. That's what I've learned in our back-to-back documentary saga. Old water blowjob guy and handjob pedophile guy. I was going to put a tweet up there, pictures next to each other, but I assumed it had already been done. This is like Netflix's new scheme.

They just drop dick bombs in the middle of their documentary out of nowhere. It was, whoa, whoa, whoa. Where did that, because both times, where did that come from? Out of nowhere. Out of nowhere, dude. Why are you telling these stories? Both of you guys should never tell those stories again. Chris Long tweeted me and said that it just rolled right off of his tongue, too.

It was no big deal. I know. How about them just, the guy gets out of jail after kidnapping their kid, and then they're just letting him lay in bed with them for like hours. Still calling him B, like this affectionate, family-friendly nickname. They are terrible. I pulled a pat and I stopped. I stopped after

You thought you would get it. I stopped after the Mexico, after they flew back from Mexico. He got out of jail and he came back? Yeah, he dropped all charges. He got sentenced for five years and he served ten days in jail.

How about the dad? Because the dad explains why they dropped the charges. He goes, well, we had to drop the charges because the wife came over and said that if we didn't drop the charges, he was going to expose the affair he had with my wife. And me. Oh, let's not mention you jerking him off. No, I think he meant that. No, he did not.

I watched it back again. So he was back having Sunday dinner next week? Yeah. Yeah, dude. Then he started banging the mom regularly. So not just, they didn't spend just too much time in the car touching breasts? Oh, no. He got it on.

No, no, no. They started fucking. And then part of his treatment was, they said part of his treatment was laying in bed with the girl again. And the parents were like, yeah, it's part of his treatment. He's got four nights a week for six months. Part of his treatment was, they said part of his treatment was laying in bed with the girl again. And the parents were like, yeah, it's part of his treatment. He's got four nights a week for six months. Six months. And his little alien box that he had in the RV, he snuck it into her bedroom.

So he was still talking to her. Yeah. Saying he was still going to complete the mission or whatever. Yeah. Terrible. That was, how much planning he put into that? Because you can see the girl, she was 11 or 10 when that started. So she's going to believe the alien abduction story or whatever.

But these fucking parents. In my head, by the way, the amount of planning that that guy put in there, it was unbelievable the depth that he went to to convince this child to fuck him he was those types of monsters are next why are the parents not in jail this made me the only thing that this made me want to do was move to like some rural part of america and take advantage of some family not to have not to molest the daughter but to like steal their money all this documentary wanted me to do go find the next family like that There's so many goddamn simpletons out there that you could go and drain their

401k. People in Nigeria have been doing that all the time. Dr. Phil has entire episodes. By the way, Dr. Phil in February is about to be lit. Dr. Phil's got a lot of shit going on right now. He's uncovering laws. There's this. There's that. There's crazy people.

Dr. Phil's heating up right now. He needs to have this family on. He does. I bet you Dr. Phil will have this family on. God, that would be amazing. I would love it just to hear this. They should all be locked up. All of them.

All of them. So is the daughter okay now? Like, is she right up in the head? They wrote a book. They go around and do talks about how to spot people out. Before I stopped, it seemed like she was all there. It seemed like in the head. Kind of. So they like in the head. Kind of.

They hashed it out. I mean, she was like, you can tell she's messed up a little bit because she lost her entire childhood. But she's like. More than that. Yeah, she's explaining it well. It seems like she's gone through a lot of counseling. How about the sick fuck's plan to only go an inch deep

so there was no evidence of fucking? Everything he did was just like... So she writes a book about it. She goes on tour speaking to groups and the people to educate them. He starts showing up at her speaking events. Threatening them. Who? Starts threatening the crowd.

Bob fucking B. B. No, no, no. I'm saying I know who showed up, but who was he threatening? The crowd? No, her. The family. Hilarious.

The worst part was that day when they interviewed B's brother. He was like, oh, yeah, I knew B was a pedophile when he was 15. Yeah, and he started working for me. He was like, hey, can you work? That guy was a salesman. He didn't give a fuck about anything. He was like, at this point, I decided maybe I should step in. 40 days into Mexico.

That girl. They like kids, but why? You sell the shit out of those guys. Great salesman. They kept saying, this was before we knew what a pedophile was. Yeah, the FBI was saying that. Stranger danger is what we called them. Yeah.

What? Oh, fuck. That's how easy crimes used to be to get away with. The cop in there, Todd, was like, when he was talking about stranger danger, I was like, jeez. Yeah, between that, the Bundy tapes, learning what police work was like in the 70s, Todd, that's insane. And then you guys were jerking each other off in the cars just out on the drives.

I don't get it, man. I'm like Ted Bundy, though, just bouncing like, ah, they haven't heard about me in Florida. I'll just go over here. I just murdered 10 people in Colorado. I'm going to go down to Florida. There's no way they've heard about this yet. The newspapers haven't got here yet. It's like back in the day when Columbus was sailing across the fucking island. I'm going to go down to Florida. There's no way they've heard about this yet. The newspapers haven't got here yet.

It's like back in the day when Columbus was sailing across the fucking ocean. It's like that was only like 30 years ago, by the way. That's why I'm not sure I'm buying anything that happened around Columbus. You could have just said that you did anything. There's no fact-checking. No one's going to fact-check you if you really did sail across the ocean. That abducted in plain sight, we broke it all down there for you. Just know that it's the worst family of all time, and they somehow compounded

it with the worst neighbor of all time. Yes. I was talking to Connor, like, last night. I said, I heard his, I saw his post. He's like, you know, I'm floored the last 90 minutes. Don't know what I'm talking about. So I'm like, I gotta see this. I don't have the Netflix. So I said, hey, give me your code. Let me get on the Netflix. Hilarious.

Shout out my cousin Greg. There is no code, so it's no problem. Thanks, Greg! But there's no entertainment factor in the story that I just heard from you guys. Why would I watch this? Because it's mesmerizing. I mean, it's vomitous. These are documentaries.

This is what documentaries are. You're learning about, it's very simple stories being told in very simple manners about shit that you would never expect to happen. And it happens. And that's what this is. And the way this one escalates just keeps sucking you back in. It sounds like urban legend, like a story that's grown 30 times more ridiculous because it's passed from one teller to another. Yeah, it's like getting a telephone. But these are the actual people telling it.

I mean, it is unbelievable. I don't know how they find it. Did it ever come out what drugs he was giving her it is unbelievable. I don't know how they find it. Did it ever come out what drugs he was giving her? Sleeping pills. Good question. How do they find these stories? I have no idea. Netflix gets their hands on it.

She was on a book tour. Netflix probably drops like $100 million. Excuse me. I'd like you to tell your little masturbation. I mean, do you think when that happened, they were like, we got it. That's the clip. We got it. Yes. Yeah, the guy sitting happened, they were like, we got it. That's the clip. We got it. Yes.

Yes. Yeah, the guy sitting behind the camera is like, ugh. Is he really going to toast me? Yeah, I think we're good. Is there more? There is more. All right. Well, I mean, I guess we'll just do this for the process.

Yeah, we got our... He's on the phone like, yo, we got the dick suck for water scene. Yeah, this guy... Yeah, he jerked off the neighbor. Excuse me. I'm sorry. You're still here. Yeah.

Do we need to do anything? That's like the wife wasn't enough. He had to get the husband to jerk him off for no reason. I'm telling you. Yeah, he needed the black man. Gorman. That's a sick fuck, man. It is insane.

The depths that this guy went to to make sure it all worked out for him. It's insane. What city or what state? Utah. They were the plate people too. Golden Plates, Mormons? Yeah, they're Mormons. Yeah, Latter-day Saints.

They're all Mormons, yeah. LDS, they dropped that like 20 minutes in. They dropped it like a Latter-day Saints. I'm like, oh, now we got a whole other game plan going here. It was Nick sent me a text. It was like, by the way, not sure if you have yet, abducted in plain sight, must see. And I think at that exact moment,

Sam and I were just sitting down on the couch. I'm like, all right, let's do it. And then 20 minutes later, I think I texted you. This is the most ridiculous shit. And Nick gave me like a, duh, you don't even know. You don't even know yet. He takes the girl, Gorman. He takes her to Mexico for a while.

They eventually get caught. He brings her back. He abducts girl, Gorman. He takes her to Mexico for a while. They eventually get caught. He brings her back. He abducts her again for the second time, takes her to California, enrolls her in all-girls boarding school, and tells them that he's with the CIA and he's on a dangerous mission and that if anyone comes looking for or asking about both of them, they are the bad guys and not give them any information. Does this work?

This is how it works in the 70s. It works for over 100 days. Diggs, you know you said you did the me, you get it? You don't get it. The second half of that thing got even worse. Diggs, you would have thrived in the 70s. I know. Conman, Jesus Christ.

We're opposite in the way that I watch a movie all the way from beginning to end, no matter what. If a documentary, if there's even a 30-second downtime, I'm done with the doc. If there's a hint of, you get it. You're out. We're opposite in that way and that's what I did with this doc through there. Because I thought, he's in jail. He's done. It kept growing. In my mind was, I've watched it. He's done. It's insane.

I don't want to go back. The way they shot I, Tonya was brilliant. It was a documentary with actors, though. I really enjoyed it. the mom won an oscar she should have her best sport being a terrible human yeah but a great actor so but it was it was a really good idea though it was like they were filming it as if it was very candid at one point in the middle of the movie goes, well, I'm getting dropped out of the storyline. This kind of fucking sucks.

And then they go to another scene. There was a lot of clever. I enjoyed the idea. What I learned from that or any of these stories is if you have a child, never enroll them in gymnastics or ice skating or anything like that because their lives are fucking terrible the entire time. Well, it depends on. No, no, I'm not even talking about the Michigan State.

I'm talking about their miserable lives. All you do is ice skate or do gymnastics for 13, 14 hours a day. Diving, too. Have you ever seen the diving? When people do the diving stuff? One of those weird niche Olympic sports. And not only that, it dominates the whole family. One of my friends, his sister growing up was the number three figure skater in the world.

She was the next spot to get in the Olympics every time. And he's like, my whole childhood, all we did was just travel around for my sister. It's like Phil right now. Phil, our CFO, he's traveling around with his son who does wrestling. His daughter does dancing. He's got another little baby. It's like parenting is... I went to dinner with Phil and the family Tuesday night

and he came from hockey practice. His son came from wrestling practice. His wife and daughter came from dance practice. They had the baby too. They were like, what did you do all day? Gorman's pushing for me to fucking have a kid. It's insane. I laid on the couch. I'm on vacation.

Judge me. Imagine if you have a kid and the neighbor tries to get you to jerk him off because it's just kid stuff. And then he holds it over your head. Because he hates his wife and he hasn't been jerked off in a long time. Oh, man. Then he starts fucking your wife. That's where I draw the line. Nobody's fucking my wife.

I'll fuck you in my hand. It's just kid stuff. Gorman, you had a diagnosed with broken ribs during the break? Not so much broken, the dislocated ribs. Two on one side, one on the other. Thank you, Topgolf. How does that happen? Because it's your fault, and I'm glad

you brought this up. How hard are you swinging, by the way, if you separate your ribs from the cartilage? Well, listen. So I'm hitting those pitching wedges and nine iron, stepping on a little bit. Everything's good. Everything's good, all right?

The last day comes, and I'm feeling a little tick, tick, tick. And he and Pat's like, oh, watch this. I saw Mahomes do this. I'm going to do this. So the thing spits the ball out, and he's hitting it flush. He's hitting it flush. I'm like, by the way, everybody loved Patrick Bomes when he did it. When I did it, nothing.

It was great. It was great. So the ball's coming out. I'm like, you know what? I'm the sly, too, because everyone's got their phone ready. So I'm like, I'm the sly. I'm going to see if I can spit this out. I whiffed four times.

I mean, I. Oh, shit. I haven't got video. I haven't got video. Oh, that a boy, Zeke. I whiffed four times. You whiffed? What do you mean?

I mean, I could not hit the ball. I missed it. Gorms, I thought you were an athlete. I thought so, too. He's 50. So hold on. So I had a three wood, by the whiffed? What do you mean? I mean, I could not hit the ball. I thought you were an athlete. I thought so, too. He's 50. So hold on. So I had a three-wood, by the way, because I saw what you did. And I'm like, okay, hell with that.

I missed three times, three, four times. I'm like, Christ almighty. I wonder why you're a fullback. So Foxy's like, yeah, we're doing this game. And then you're like, yeah, we're doing this game. You've got to hit every shot with the three-wood. And then you pump it in the back. So I'm like, let me at it.

Good game. Let me at it. I haven't picked up a golf club in four and a half years. Nick won that game, by the way. I did. Yeah, because you're a fusion surgery. Don't forget. So I'm like, okay, so I'm trying to hit the back of the thing with the 3-wood,

the back of the netting. Yeah. And I'm just all, ah, let's go, let's go. I start feeling the twinge a little bit in the airport that night. Sunday comes around. I'm like, oh, something's not right. Monday comes around. I'm coming in here.

And I'm like, oh, I got to go to the chiropractor. I mean, pronto. I hit him first. I come in here. I can't sit down. He goes, well, listen. Connor actually said you're full of shit. That's why you were miserable.

Miserable. So then he's like, hey, you do have some issues on your left side, not just the right. Let me see what's going on over here. And I'm like, ah. He's like, bro, you really have some issues on your left side, not just the right. Let me see what's going on over here. And I'm like, ah! He's like, bro, you really effed up. You really effed up. You can't sit down. You've got to wrap your ribs.

Next time, if it's still hurting, come back. We'll take x-rays. I'm like, yeah, but I'm leaving soon to drive up to Michigan to see my family. And he's like, worst thing you can do, sit down for long periods of time. I'm like, okay, Christ almighty, what now? So I go back in. We do the x-rays on, and he's like, hey, you dislocated ribs. When they come away from your spinal column, which is front and back. Oh, Marlon Manson.

Marilyn Manson did it so he could suck his own dick. They come away. So he just found a buddy to jerk him off. Utter pain. I'm thinking, okay, I've got something cancerous growing in the middle of my post. I'm like, well, I talked to you about it. I'm like bleeding ulcers or something.

And I think the stomach pains. He's like, no, no, no, dumbass. It's all because your ribs are out. So he's like, this is going to take a process up to two weeks to six weeks. You just got to keep coming back. We got to hear about this for two to six. I'm like, okay. So I did the drive up to Michigan.

Dr. Connor doesn't agree. I've got a softball. That's bullshit. I've got a softball that's sitting on the back of my. Oh, no. But no, a true I've got a softball. That's bullshit. I've got a softball that's sitting on the back of my. Oh, no. But, no, a true. I grabbed a softball. Yeah, that would hurt so bad.

Just to move around while I drove because if you stand still. I mean, you saw me that one day. I had to get on the ground and start stretching. You're currently standing. Yeah, I mean, because it's still there. So, I was like, that was the worst part of this, the break, which is great. Seeing family, watching hockey, doing all that was great. I was planning on going to Nashville as well. I was like,

F that. I'm not going to Nashville if I get to sit in a car for another four hours. I muscled it through. I delayed my trip home. Came back crying just after getting out of the car four hours. I was like, God. Are you still getting cracked this week? Yeah. Tomorrow morning. You're going to the chiropractor?

Some fucking Mickey Mouse doctor to fix this? Hey, by the way, chiropractors, I don't think they get enough credit. I don't think chiropractors get enough credit. Shut up, Diggs. All right, for God's sake. Shut up. I agree. No, no, I do like them until they fucking put their two hands around your face and neck.

Yeah, just say no. I don't want life right there. I've seen way too many henchmen get killed that way. The killers are getting killed. That's how the killers get killed. I also had a horrible four-hour drive. I had to sit on an airplane pillow for four hours to go pick up my goddamn dog. I got this thing bleeding from my ass for eight days.

What's going on? Diggs got a hemorrhoid. Oh, congratulations. Diggs turned 30. It started on Monday. I couldn't even walk Monday and Tuesday. Oh, yeah. Lots of blood.

Really? Yeah, yeah. That's a bad one. You got B coming, bud? Really? Blood and Tuesday. Oh, yeah, yeah. Lots of blood. Really? Yeah, yeah. That's a bad one. You got a bee coming by? Really? A lot of blood, huh? Oh, yeah, lots of it. Who gets that thing shaved off?

Yeah, I'm going to eventually this week. But I've heard- You should get it strangled. I've heard the procedure. They lay you flat on the table, and then they bring the table together, which raises your ass straight up in the sky. I'm going to have to get waxed before this. I can't go in there with this situation.

Maybe a bleaching. Yeah, I don't know. Might as well while you're there. I think I might rather just die or just bleed through it. Digs, digs, digs. You turn 30, you've got a hemorrhoid. This is just something that happens. You just need a little preparation aid.

That's what we did. I've been doing it for eight days. So you're going to get a Brazilian wax. Apparently there's a rubber band situation. I don't know. I don't feel comfortable. They're not fun. They're not fun to deal with.

I'm sorry that you're dealing with that. Can we call you the rubber band man? I would actually appreciate that. All right, so Gorman, you're still battling the ribs. Yeah, we're getting there. Much better, though. I can breathe. How are the cars coming?

Cars are good, man. Cars are good. I think they're on the back of a hauler right now coming from west to east. Nice. I'll give you an update next time we talk on air. Coming from west to east. Way, way west. Hawaii west?

Hawaii west? Way west to east. Hey, by the way, Hawaii is way the fuck out there. Oh, yeah. Whenever we were on that nine-hour flight. A lot of water. What about stopping in L.A. for the night, having a nice meal, waking up, and then going to Hawaii? Straight through.

Could have took the helicopter. Straight through. The helicopter's beautiful. Was there good airplane meals? I'm not saying good. He's flight attendants. Uh-oh. How's the Wi-Fi?

We're on an airplane. But the flight attendants, I think they've been getting more angry. I feel like flight attendants have been getting more and more angry. They've been lashing out. I agree. Yeah, it's like, relax. I think it's because passengers are getting worse and worse. I disagree.

Well, not us, not the people in the room, but think about how generations are getting worse and worse. That's who the flight attendants have to deal with. Yeah, but nobody wants to fucking talk to them. Everybody just puts their headphones in and does their own thing. But if you accidentally have your leg outside the eye or something, and I'm not even talking about me. I'm just talking about, I feel like back in the day,

they might have been like, hey, is there any way you can put your leg? Now it's like, we will land this plane if you don't put that fucking leg back in your seat. Maybe tips. That's what I always wondered. If we could give them tips, they would be more pleasant during the flight to possibly get this. There is an element, though, like when we were flying to Austin, they told us ahead of time,

hey, this flight is full. If you have an extra bag, we do ask that you check it because there's no way it's going to fit in the overheads. And you would see countless people still bored with a laptop slung over and then another bag. And then they got in there and there's no room for it. Then I got to go back. I'm okay with that. My issue since we were traveling this week is the only bag that goes up top is your carry-on bag.

Don't put your fucking book bag up top when it easily fits under the seat. I normally sit in row one. You're giving people too much credit for that. They're just scumbags. They'll take all the overheads. Fucking scumbags. What happens to the bar bag?

If it fits underneath, put it underneath. Oh, fuck. so we got on the plane from chicago to hawaii yeah and sam had a bag i had a backpack and the top thing big plane big space right so we get there late though i don't like getting on a plane early i just it's i don't know why we're rushing to get in there i never understood it but we get in there in the one right it. But we get in there, and the one right above, literally directly above our pods, it's the entire length of our pod, I open it, and there's one book bag sitting in the middle. So I'm like,

is this your book bag to the couple behind us, this homosexual couple behind us? And the one guy's like, yeah, it is. I'm like, can I move it to the side or whatever? He's like, we got more going up there.

I was like, oh, this sounds like a you problem because I'm right here ready to put the bags in. That's why I get on first. So I put in Sam's bag and then I put mine, I put my bag in and I put Sam's bag on top of mine in the one little corner. I go, we just took up the one corner.

So if you need the rest of it, you can use the rest of it, okay? Whenever you get comfortable and want to put your bag, we were last people on the fucking plane i don't know when they were playing on they go oh thank you the guy grabs a scarf and puts it up there and then shuts it i have never in my life experienced something like sam was like you just got punked i was like i did i absolutely did and in that bag, I had like... Oh, when we were in Atlanta, back home. So we go to Atlanta

and then to Indianapolis. It was full where our plane is, so the next place to get over is just to the left. So we walk over there and sit down because there's more room. I sit down, I look over, there's three empty seats here, and then Adam Vinatieri's to my right. Did you say hello? No! He was looking down looking down he was doing the move which is a good move if you're

you or adam vinitaris somebody like that he's just looking down like didn't want to look up people and i'm like this is so fucking awkward because i met him like six times atlanta airport coming back from austin yeah you went from austin to atlanta to indy yeah might still make sense it doesn't make sense. You should have said hello. I was the biggest battle ever. But what I was afraid of is if I opened that door, we're going to Indianapolis, everybody around would realize,

and it would ruin his time. Hey, hero move. Yeah. Guys, I got some bad news. It's not all trouble in the skies. It's on the ground, too. It's pothole season. Oh, gosh. I smacked a big one driving home, put a giant bubble in my tire. It was a nightmare.

I stopped looking. It's the only thing that's the best cure in the world. I haven't looked at my phone once while driving. You can't. You literally can't. You've got to put your phone down. Save a life. Save a tire. We talked all last year about Indiana being the worst on Earth. It's the worst, Pat. Hold on. We talked literally all last

year about it being the worst. It was a huge topic of conversation on this show on heartland radio about how indiana is the worst i even went after the mayor a couple times it was like yo like it's it's not your fault it sucks that the roads are deteriorating under your watch but they're deteriorating under your watch it's like when i moved into my house a lot of the ash trees decided to die and fall into the fucking neighbor's yards. I had to pay for the fucking whole thing. It sucks. It's just a thing of timing.

It's gotten worse somehow. It's even worse now. We've added 129. They're moats. They're so big. They're fucking moats. And then New York Times, I guess, wrote an article about the entire city of Indianapolis being a pothole. Like, we have the worst in the country.

It is bad here. It's not just roads, too. It's highways. I'm not even going to drive at night anymore. You can't. My truck. I have a big-ass truck, right? I mean, we've seen my truck.

We're looking for big-ass tires, by the way. We got one. We got one. Never mind. Don't need to. Take that out. Take that out. But I'm joking. Don't take it. Maybe take it. Never mind. Don't need to take that out. Take that out. But I'm joking.

Don't take it. Maybe take it. Leave what Dick said earlier. So my truck, I almost got T-boned up over a curb the other day. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Truck survived. Truck survived. Wow.

This morning on my way in here on a highway, I hit one that I thought the truck was not gonna survive like it was like a full-on yeah it rattles your ribs everything i thought the front end of my car was coming off when i hit it it's bad dude i don't know how you fix it i saw this video on the internet of this little truck little machine the animated one yes yeah is that not a real thing because if it is we need i think it's a concept i think you could order dominoes and they'll fix it yeah that was a big player dominoes gave up on the state dominoes yeah they would not bring that truck in indiana they didn't have enough it was it's bad i literally i have stopped i've i've stopped i've put my phone in my pocket i have no more phone while driving because good

job that's a tire you can take your entire fucking car the road in front of where you turn off to go to my addition the entire north lane is just crumbling and falling off to the point when i two days ago pulling into my addition traffic had to stop that was going that direction wait for oncoming traffic to pass go into their lane to get around it you actually have to drive you have to drive for the other lane though yeah like near my house same thing there's one particular lane that you can't drive so you have to look for them for when somebody's gonna sit out so that you have to drive with them it's like we're a team here against the roads 25 mile an hour top speed around my house i mean that's it and i'm talking about city streets not side streets in the neighborhood it's bad

20 to 25 miles this past weekend downtown there was a i believe it was an asphalt convention i swear to god and i was like why are you guys just getting together and taking care of this now that you're all in one spot why don't we stop convening okay and get to get started last last year in the middle of us bitching about that on all the shows i did a corporate event downtown you remember because i'd let you let me leave part of the day yeah and uh i did this for an asphalt paving convention and i was like you're gonna tell me that everybody in this room drove past all this bullshit and still agreed to have your conference you should be out working right yeah it's true though fuck it's true it's bad it was the it was the subject of a national article

is how bad the indianapolis roads are that's not we're not lying we're not lying people no and somehow you're right got worse than last year. Got worse? I would never believe that that was possible. Bro, they showed it on the local news, this one work crew. So we get yelled at when we fix them. We yell at when we don't. And then he takes the shovel.

The local news is like, a lot of trouble for local workers. I went to go get my car checked up over the break because I'm a smart man. Take advantage of your time. Way to compliment yourself. They were like, three of these tires are the baldest tires we've ever seen.

And they were like, the one's really good. Pothole? I'm like, yep, pothole. So everyone knows. but I was like, I'm not getting new fucking tires. The lease is up in four months, so I'm going to drive these motherfucking balls.

To the tread. The Tesla got a flat last year. Yeah, I remember, yeah. The Tesla got a flat from, came up out of nowhere. Pothole? Yeah, because you bend a rim? Nowadays, yeah. Nowadays, when you drive around Indiana,

you've got to remember where they are. It's like memorizing a Mario Kart course. Exactly. It's like memorizing a Mario Kart course. It's like memorizing a Mario Kart course, and all of a sudden, one came out of nowhere one night, and it just... And I drove all the way up Pendleton Pike, like two miles with this fucking... All the way to the house.

And that was when I lost it about Joe Hogson. This one just popped out of fucking nowhere. The funniest thing I ever seen was one that was so with that. This one just popped out of fucking nowhere. The funniest thing I ever seen was one that was so bad last year that they just threw a cone in it. It was just a cone, like, up late into the ground with just a little orange tip sticking out. You could see the bricks. Yeah, yeah.

From, like, 1908. Yeah, Indiana is found on bricks, I guess. The city, all the roads are bricks, and you can actually see them in some of these fucking moats that we have. All right, let's get to Zito. Zito, you want to Cuba? No, my mom would have got imported. Nope, that's not the word.

Yeah, she didn't have her birth. Who would have known that him going to Cuba was a lie? So it was supposed to be a one-day flight. We were supposed to leave out of Orlando, and the people said if she doesn't have her first passport. Oh, so you really did try going. Yeah, yeah. It's like you have to have your Cuban passport,

because on her passport right now it says resident of Cuba or like was or whatever, born or whatever. She defected, right? She got out of there? Yeah, so they take those away when they leave, their original passports. But now to get back in there, you need to have those passports. So we had to pay someone like $600 to go to the embassy over there and get it fixed. Never got it.

So you got hustled by a Cuban. Wait, wait, wait. You actually did pay the $600? No, no. It was like her cousin. Her cousin. It was like the fees. I would never guess that somebody in the Zito family would finesse somebody else.

By the way, a lot of people had a lot of reactions on the internet whenever you said you were going back to cuba yeah i had the very same reaction i did not know that people from cuba who left cuba would want to go back to cuba you said your mom very much wanted to go back yeah she still has like cousins and stuff over there so she wants to see them give them some money and all that i guess we did but what did you do with um with uh so we ended up going to puerto rico instead oh nice so like we were able to change our flights oh well we can't get into cuba so let's go to puerto rico so it was a one day like ticket thing so we were just like i'll just go to puerto rico okay so you go to puerto rico a couple days with the mom yep uh i think it was a whole. Did you enjoy the hell out of it?

Yeah, it was fun. You disappeared. Yeah, you were gone. No one knew anything of where Zito was. Off the map. Radio silence. We thought you actually went to Cuba and did actually maybe. We're getting help there.

Because we have a group text message for everybody that knows. Everybody in this business basically is in the group text. Jason McAfee's in there and has not said a single thing. Just creeps on everybody. It's an interesting thing. And then Zito, normally very active in the group text, disappeared just out of nowhere. Turned the old phone off. That's nice.

Unplug a little bit. Yeah. That's good. But on the way to Florida, though, a guy almost died on my flight. Code red. Yeah. Zito was live tweeting it. I have never been in an area where they say, is there a doctor available?

Yes. Hold on. Me and Foxy just had this a week ago. Standard code red. It's the most insane thing and Foxy just had this a week ago. Standard code rat. It's the most insane thing. And then it was like a night flight. So people were like, ah, because it was like, hit the button or turn your light on if you're a doctor.

So people were like, ah, should I do it? Ding, ding. And they didn't want to do it. So there ended up being three doctors on the flight. Yeah, there's normally, the safest place to be is probably a plane. I learned that whenever that thing happened we had the oncologist right next to me who might have been the greatest doctor on earth they shoot it then there was three other doctors and four first responders one of them was the last responder though that bitch was

but yeah it's a crazy scene on it but it gives you something to do doesn't it i mean for me it gave me like an entire i was like oh this was it here was it in indy on the ground or where was it when did no it wasn't here what happened uh so the guy gets up and you can see it's like he was uh the middle guy in the three-seater yeah so he's like trying to get out like he's like having like he's holding his chest and stuff oh he had a heart attack no oh we'll find out but so he gets up and the guy's like pushing him out of the way and like the guy that's in the uh the aisle seat um or the yeah yeah so he's like oh this guy's an asshole and he's like walking to like the back and just face plants in the ground holding his chest and everything and where are you at i'm like right i'm like one row behind i see i go down one row behind where he fell or where he was in front so like so he walked past me and then just went down.

Oh, so you were near. I thought it was a trip the whole time. So I was like, ready. I was like, oh, this guy got tripped. So his jacket pocket got stuck in one of the things. So he's like awkwardly hanging. So all these people are trying to unhook him. This guy's holding his chest.

This is out of your seat? No, no. It was like the one across. So I'm like, look at this. I'm pulling too. So I'm like trying to unhook him. This guy's holding his chest. This is out of your seat? No, no. It was the one across. So I'm like, look at this. I'm pulling, too. So I'm trying to get his jacket ripped. I'm just like, oh, shit. So what happened?

So the doctor comes in and ended up being just very, very lightheaded. And he thought he was having a heart attack. He has had a heart attack before. Did you offer him his water? I gave him my water. I gave it to him, to the doctor, to give it to the patient or the guy on the floor. The doctor drank it. And I was like, no, no. doctor, to give it to the patient or the guy on the floor. The doctor drank it. And I was like, no, no, it's supposed to be for that guy.

How'd your mom react to this? She was knocked out next door, but it was one of the funniest things. Did she drive to Indy to fly? No, I drove to Chicago. In the Kia? In the Kia, yeah. The Kia is what I was done for. I hit 100,000 miles anniversary.

Congratulations. Thank you. Attaboy, Kia! We made it. Look at that Kia! Did you get a new battery yet? No, I'm going to order one, though. I think I'm going to step up. No, I don't know. I think you should think about it. Your warranty's up now. It comes with the 100,000 mile warranty.

It does, yeah. What do you mean? When you buy a Kia, you get a free 10-year, 100,000 mile warranty. Now, all the repairs are on you. Yeah. This is something that Finesse Zito should have known. It's time for a new car. I think so.

I'm going to buy the same model. Call Gorman. Gorman will fit. We got you coming. Can you get the same model car, same color, just brand new? Whatever you want. They're on the truck. They're on the hauler coming west to east.

I told you this already. Far west. are coming west to east. I told you this already. Far west. Zito, did you do anything weight-wise while you were gone?

Oh, I ate so much Cuban food, Puerto Rican food. Yeah, I gained like 25, 30 pounds. That a boy. What do you think you're going to be at after one month after this thing? Like March 1st, what do you think you're going to weigh?

You think you're going to be up 50 pounds from what you'd lost? Is that 25 to 30 a guess or you know? A guess. Okay. It's in my face, though. You kind of feel it. Yeah, we can see it.

My heart was hurting a little bit. But I've learned that if you take photos looking down a little bit, you're going to look a little skinnier. Oh, Zito's learning angles. Yeah, it's the model. It's the model thing. You've got to stick your head up. When that guy went down with the chest pains,

Zito totally took these pretzels. So he takes his pretzels and then he starts posing. To get that water back, these pretzels are making me thirsty. Also, tell me this, though. Isn't it a bad move if I record the guy or the doctor or anything like that? Because I was going to do that and I was like, ah. Yeah, I think you probably shouldn't do that. I don't know if he was getting kicked off the plane.

That was against HIPAA, though. That was against HIPAA, though, right? Yeah, for sure. Couldn't do that. You're not a doctor. Yeah that was against HIPAA, though, I was against HIPAA, though. Yeah, for sure. Can do that. You're not a doctor. Yeah, I don't think you're bound by those rules. Yeah.

HIPAA rules are for people with education. I'm good. Just a little bit. I'm happy you came back. Yeah, the mother liked it, though. That's all matters. We're very.

I agree. We're sweet. We're very worried that you're dead, though. There was a couple conversations about you potentially being how come you didn't take the rest of the family?

I only had a little bit of money. I had to pick and choose my battles. Sorry, guys, I came in second. You were all going to come, but Todd's a dickhead. Todd wore a sweat outfit the entire night before. Connor, what'd you do?

I went to Buffalo. It was a good trip. It was a good trip. Yeah, that's about it for me? I went to Buffalo. It was a good trip. It was a good trip. Yeah, that's about it for me. I went to Buffalo. It snowed the whole time. Casino took all my money. Took a limo to a lacrosse game.

That was fun. That, no, let me tell you. The trip from Buffalo to Rochester is a tough one. You hop in a limo, it's a breeze. Basically, you blink and you're there. How many hours did you rent that thing? We rented it for three. We had it for like four and a half. Did you do it so you could drink? Yeah, we did. It's because we. Basically, you blink and you're there. How many hours did you rent that thing? We rented it for three. We had it for like four and a half.

Did you do it so you could drink? Yeah, we did. Because we looked around the room. We're like, all right, so who wants to DD to the lacrosse game? Who's lacrosse game? My buddy Brad. He went to Canisius. Oh, never mind.

It's old Brad and Jack. Old lacrosse game over there in Rochester. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was a good time. Go Griff's. They lost. But what are you going to do? What are the Griff's?

Canisius Griffins. Go Griff's. That's what they do. I think Canis It was a good time. Go Griff's. They lost, but what are you going to do? What are the Griff's? Canisius Griffins. Go Griff's. That's what they do. I think Canisius has a soccer team. I think I got a letter from Canisius at some point. Yeah, they got a good team. A lot of snow. Almost got kicked out.

Yeah, a lot of snow. Almost got kicked out of the lacrosse game? Oh, yeah. Only fans there. Came out of a limo. Never would have gotten there. It was awesome. Recommended a few bologna and cheese sandwiches for those referees.

The Hobart team did not like that. Why? Because they were blowing it? They were blowing it. But you can't swear. Because I know. I know. Because I've been kicked out of a few games.

So when you go to the games, if you swear, you're off the table. Right away. First time, you're out. But if you don't swear, then they just stand behind you and look pissed at you the whole time. I don't know. I got kicked off for telling a guy off there. Off mic. Off mic.

What? Let me hear it. When I was yelling? Yeah. It's like, hey, that's a bologna cheese sandwich! Like something like that. And you were about to get kicked out for that? Oh, my God.

They sent two coaches up from Hobart. These two coaches from Hobart were like, hey, look, we don't like to promote arguing with the refs and bad sportsmanship. I was like, okay, well, I'm not doing either because I'm not swearing. I'd like to promote better reffing. I'm trying to help them out. Speaking of reffing, Inside Scoop, the AAFL there, the replay reviews, pretty interesting

to watch. They should do that with the NFL. They never will. Never, ever will because it might be some cooking. I'm really enjoying that week. Are you really? Yeah, quarterback plays awesome. Terrible! Not for digs. So I almost put out a tweet, but I didn't want to start it. I was having a very week. Are you really? Yeah, quarterback plays awesome. Terrible. Not for digs. So I almost put out a tweet, but I didn't want to start it. I was having a very positive.

Oh, yeah, yeah. I almost put out a tweet that was like, if Hasselbeck gave me a one-day session of teaching me what the coverages are, I would be the best quarterback in the fucking AAFL. Oh, absolutely. The best quarterback in the AAFL right now learned how to play quarterback from YouTube. That's what I'm saying. He actually learned. Trent Richardson, by the way,

rebirthed because he scored in touchdowns. Spike in the wall. I see two teams playing that were wearing the same color dark uniform. Yeah, that was the weirdest thing. I'll tell you, the AFL, a lot of people ask me this. A lot of people have tweeted that I should be commentating. They did offer me. The AFL did offer me to commentate. which is, by the way,

very forward-thinking of the AAFL. I am huge, very, very thankful for that. I had literally just signed my WWE contract the day before that, though, with the XFL on the horizon. I didn't want to piss off Vince McMahon. Good move. Immediately. I'm enjoying Maurice Jones DrewDrew on the microphone now.

I like MJD a lot. Marvin Lewis, also not terrible. Which is very surprising. The issue with quarterbacks is you have four on a team right now. You have four on a team going into offseason. So you're talking about four per team times 32. Do the math. What is that, 138?

Mm-hmm. 128, roughly. That one. 128? Mm-hmm. That's 128 quarterbacks that you can't use because they're all on an NFL team hoping to make an NFL roster. So you are literally picking from the bottom of the barrel

when it comes to quarterbacks, which is the most important position on a fucking field. So that's going to slow down offenses there. But I've enjoyed watching football on these Sundays and Saturdays. It's an off time, so you might as well throw it on. I like it. Punters and kickers have been average. They've been average. Hit or miss there. Nick Novak's in the game. I like him. He's an OG.

Yeah, yeah. He's just out there doing stuff. Yeah. Schmidt too. Punter for the Bills. They fired both punters from the Bills. You remember that? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, he was one of them. He's playing for the Birmingham team. No kickoffs, right? No kickoffs. Start about 25. Makes sense, by the way. A, he was one of them. He's now, he's playing for the Birmingham team. No kickoffs, right? No kickoffs until about 25. Makes sense, by the way.

Yeah, I mean. A lot of people think I would be against that. Not really. You don't have talented enough people there to block for anybody, so there's no real big return coming. But I've enjoyed watching football. But there was an urge to go fucking, what is it, Uncle Rico. Start throwing some balls in the backyard and be like,

I think I can play quarterback in this fucking league. That would be a great documentary. Oh, it'd be a great documentary. Me and Hasselbeck in a film room. What does that mean? That means this guy's going to duck it. It can't be that sophisticated of defenses. They've only been practicing for three weeks.

They're not allowed to rush. They can only rush five guys. They can't blitz more. That's what I'm saying. It has to be like pro bowl defense. Once his name got laid the fuck out. That quarterback? I didn't watch the first week. I only watched the second week. But I've enjoyed watching football. We can get documentaries.

Maybe we document you preparing for Tahoe slash our time in Tahoe. We'll definitely be documenting. We will. Definitely documentary. You're a little bachelor party trick. A sense of uncomfortability. But yeah, I think

we'll definitely document that. That'd be cool. I'm excited for the golf simulator content that we come up with. Oh yeah. Gotta get some pros in here. Gotta get some John Daly in here a little bit. I think you're going to need a putting green too. Yeah, I think so too. That's very important. By the way, on the Big Island, I asked for a putter. I got probably two, 300 putts in whenever I was in the room and in the thing.

I feel good. I thought about stealing the putter. What kind was it? Huh, Callaway. Okay. It was a little shoe, but it had a super stroke super stroke which i've never had before on my putters i got it nice touch i found my my thingy so what happens is i normally when i putt i open the head a little bit so it pushes

it to the right cut it yeah it's more of like you had to put a little what i've learned is there is a sweet spot on that putter. Oh, yeah. So I never even thought of hitting the sweet spot on the putter. It rolls nice and evenly. Yeah. So I got a new grip where I turn the hand over a little bit so it keeps the thing locked in. And then I point with my left finger because it keeps it straight. And then I'm trying, in my head, all I'm thinking is just hitting the sweet spot.

And then I'm trying, in my head, all I'm thinking is, just hit it in the sweet spot. And I was putting like a man. I was hitting fucking table posts, table lamp posts, things in the room. I put like 20 putts in one night. It was just tink, tink, tink, tink. I felt real good. We got to putt on the simulator.

No, but it's not real. There's a company here in town. It's a family comfortable company. And they have a big, long putting thing that I think we'll get. So I feel like you should have had the front desk just ship that here. The putter. The putter? Just put it on the tab. I think it was.

That email list was insane, dude. We did what? I don't remember drinking that. We did have some frozen drinks. Oh, yeah. Cocktails. Yeah. For vacation. What was your favorite meal

over there that breakfast buffet every day was the best it was the thing i look forward to the most was like waking up like oh here we go this is the best and it's five hours behind so i'm still fucked up right now the it's five hours behind so i'm still in a bad spot yeah yeah but we're getting breakfast at like 6 37 a.m a.m. We looked like we were like super professional. We were walking in there with like the business owners that are there, yeah, 7 a.m. breakfast. Really, it's like noon for you. Exactly.

We look like these super smart, sophisticated, hardworking couple. It's like, ah, it's fucking weird. I'm still messed up. Did you get some good naps in? Yeah, I did a lot of napping on that day bed. Oh, yeah. Because one of my really good friends gave me a relax pills, a couple of them.

Very nice of them for doing that. And boy, I'll tell you what, when you take some of those and you're staring out at the whales fucking, it's really... With nothing else to do. Just fall asleep out there. Sam's just getting burned up. I'm having a good time. But I feel like I found my putting stroke,

which was a big weakness in my game. I would two putt, but I'm not going to make a putt. You game. I would two-putt, but I'm not going to make a putt. There's no putts falling. Your goal was not to make it, was to nestle it up next to it so you could tap it in. Yes, because I didn't know where it was going. But after my time in Hawaii, the big island, I feel

like I have a little bit more control. That's all you needed. I do. Now the touch is going to be interesting because I assume the Tahoe greens are going to be nice. But I was putting on a hotel floor. I mean, several. Arizona was quick, too. It was quick out there.

It was quick. Yeah. It was fast. I'm going to become good. Foxy, what'd you do, man? I was in South Beach for a couple of days. Oh, yeah. I saw you.

Yeah. It was awesome. How about that? Good beach. Good people-watching spot. We turned the corner at a restaurant, and I see this guy surrounded by two or three cameras, naturally very intrigued.

Who's that? Who is that over there? You couldn't see him because it was just a small guy. It was Conor McGregor walking by. Conor. Almost went up and gave me a kiss. He's like, hey, Conor, what's up, man? But I didn't want to bother him.

He's with the whole family. He loves the pub. He does. He loves the pub. Apparently he loves the pub. Now, remember, Z, Connor, what's up, man? But I didn't want to bother him. He's with the whole family. He loves the pub. He does. He loves the pub. Yeah, apparently he loves the pub. Now remember, Zito sent $600 to Cuba and then he sent like $300

worth of merch to somebody that said they were friends with Connor McGregor. Did we get anything back for that? No, what are you talking about? It's going straight from Ireland. We got to stop at Customs.

We got to fucking hustle again. Yes, Zito is a international fucking, what's that called? Supporter. He's a naive supporter. Yeah, yeah. He's got a? Supporter. Supportive supporter. Yeah, yeah.

He's got a few princes he's supporting as well. So you enjoyed South Beach? Yeah, it was awesome. You went down there with a lady friend and then your mom too, right? Yeah, no. So then she left. My parents came in. Both my parents, my mom and dad. And dude.

Not just one like Zito. Dude. One up Zito there. The older you get, like that sounds so lame. You went on vacation with your parents. No, it's cool. Parents are so fucking funny when you get older and then you start drinking and then it was it was awesome also the older you get they start telling you stories that they have never told you before

and then once you start thinking about like for me for instance my parents had me and my brother when they were young yes my parents too i'm 31 now they would have two kids i would be remembering things that have happened at their age that so it's like you start realizing like oh their parents are a lot cooler and they've been through a lot more shit exactly you could ever imagine and that's that's the maturity process by the way yeah you're right yeah it's a whole new learning process getting more mature in here oh yeah yeah i think if we could say one thing about this room it is we have all gotten much more mature and ty i'll tell you what, man.

You did an incredible job with those podcasts. I was listening to you while I was laying on my little thing there. You did great. You did a really good job. A little monotone, but I was just trying to. It wasn't my show. It was your show. I wasn't trying to.

I was just trying to get from point A to point B. Because I couldn't. Everyone left, and I was like, fuck. I still got like four or five days of work here. You powered through though. You did incredible stuff. I appreciate you so much. I thought you did well with the selection of who you... Wheeler Walker

Jr. got a lot of play there. Yeah, I thought so too. I just figured it was kind of like the natural progression. Those were all probably from like around August, September too. So like you said, you know, we got a lot of new people listening to the show. I think a lot of people hadn't heard those before.

A lot of people don't know who Wheeler Walker is. Yeah. They got introduced. Oh yeah, because I- You're going to learn today. You're going to learn today. When I was putting out the morning tweet to promote him, and I saw Moe Claret on there, I was like,

oh, okay, nice little pick here. It was. I listened to the show and I forgot, obviously. I don't really remember much of the stuff we talk about on microphones, but I listened to it. I enjoyed it a lot. I thought you did a great job. Thank you.

I appreciate that. Did you get a couple tweets saying you were a monotone? That's why you just said that. Some guy really went at me. A little self-conscious. I heard that. A little monotone. You said he gave a show.

Well, that's what people were like. Why weren't you doing growls? What, do you want me to get up there and just fucking do impressions? Not my fucking show. That's the last thing I need. Was Matt Matreon there? Yeah, he did bust in. He was like, hey guys, I'm about to knock this guy's ass out.

I just need a couple cold beers in the Heartland office when I get back. Did he say anything about the way his fight went with the Russian there? To be honest, I was still traveling. I didn't get to see that. I got a text from him at 3 a.m. Oh, really? After the fight. Yeah. So I sent him a let's go. I sent him a let's go right beforehand.

And I got a text back. He said, I was still up by the way, because I was still battling the fucking, because then I got on Hawaii time. So then I got on Hawaii time. I get back to Indiana completely fucked. Which is much worse to be on. Oh my God. I was up till 4 a.m. Yeah, it was much worse to be on. Even last night I was up

I think till 2.33. I mean, I don't even know if it's going to happen. I'm not sure. But Matreon I go, let's go at 9.36. It was right before his fight. They actually showed him on TV and I was like, oh, if he goes to his phone right now, that's literally my text message. And I'm like, ah, it was probably filmed earlier.

Eh, maybe. And then he looked in his locker and I'm like, oh, my bad. And then he ghosted me. I was like, oh, if he goes to his phone right now, that's literally my text message. And I'm like, ah, it was probably filmed earlier. Eh, maybe. And then you look in his locker. I'm like, oh, my bad. And then he ghosted me. I was like, ah. I just watched him. I just watched him see my text and not respond. Then I watched the fight.

And I see him start early. And I saw him miss on one. And the guy didn't counter. The guy didn't do anything. I'm like, oh, Matron just missed on a fucking punch. And this guy did nothing yeah i think and he looked very confident before the fight that was the most confident i've ever seen matron he was singing i mean he looked very good i'm like oh this is awesome this is

good i can't wait for this to happen then obviously he kicks i thought he just kicked the guy square in the dick todd who is an mma guy said no he adjusted his level which i don't know what that means can you explain what that means? Yeah, so like a good inside leg kick to the upper leg. There's a nerve cluster like halfway between your knee and your ball sack. So that's what they're aiming for. Whose ball sack? Mine or like?

Joking. It was a small ball. So you kick there because if you get it a few good times, you kind of slow that leg down because the nerve activity is not working. Yeah, and it was going to be a stand-up fight, so you're trying to take out his leg. Yeah, right. Good move. And the guy, as he was delivering it, the guy lowered himself just about three

inches like he was going to go for a punch to the abdomen or something. He sat on the kick. It's like right in the pad level. Yeah, exactly. But he sat on his kick, basically. He basically sat on his kick. So everybody's booing Matreon. And in my head, I'm like, oh, Matreon just kicked that guy in the dick right there.

And everybody who knew fighting was like, no, that was a perfectly placed kick. The Russian guy actually sat on it. Then they give the guy five minutes. They say, you have five minutes to recoup. By the way, I'm not sure if I would be able to. I took a Matreon kick to the thigh one time. It was like a slap he said and i was couldn't walk so i couldn't even fathom what that felt like for the guy but he opted out early yeah like a minute in he's just give up he's like i can't fight i'm done with it so todd goes on a

run in our group text about how this guy's a fucking quitter this guy's this which is true though right yeah because i went back like i googled his name karatanov and i put um no contests so see how many he's had in his career found one last may where he got eye poked and didn't go on and they gave him the win but then end up reversing it later so in my head i'm like oh i'm seeing a fucking pattern here he opts out of fights yeah because even like lytle texted me back um because i sent him a text earlier like that and he's like that dude knew he had no chance of winning this fight he fucking tried to do exactly what you're saying wait Matron doesn't win

that fight no no it was a no contest but they thought potentially that the other guy was going to get a win because of DQ so there was a lot of conversations happening but all the people in the know like Big John who interviewed him like he let off his question with Matron like you are known for being a clean fighter. You landed this perfectly.

Like whenever you listen to what people are saying, they're trying to tell you something right. Like big John was trying to tell everybody like, Hey, this was a completely legal kick. This was everything. There's nothing you could do. Matron handled the interview very quickly and then move forward.

It was a good time for me to put the picture of the guy that gave the handjob out from a Duffian and played tight. I was just looking for a reason to put that thing out. It didn't get as much action as I thought it would. I don't think enough people know. I don't think enough people have seen it yet. That's like when Bird Box was going on, I was just looking for any fucking reason.

But the people would know, no. The people would know, no. I got a lot of action from the people that know. So then I get a text back at 3.09 a.m. I'm still awake. He goes, he said his balls were fine and sent him home with ibuprofen. Rumor earlier was they were ruptured. Not the case.

Sucks. And I go, I guess opting out of fights is becoming his thing. Same thing happened with his eye poke i said earlier and he like kind of took the high road and was like thanks how's everything going blah blah blah he took the high road he didn't want to take any shots i was trying to bait him into it though i was trying to get him to say like yeah fuck that guy lido was all about it he's like oh yeah this guy did not want to fight that team they look good by the way in an american fighter shit yeah that's a good lido pat i don't know the other guy uh yeah i don't either they look good, by the way, in that American fighter shit. Yeah. That stuff look good. Lido, Pat. I don't know the other guy.

Yeah, I don't either. They look good. That Pat dude, because he's a cop at Indy, he's like five foot two. That mustache. And he's like an old school boxer guy. Like, he is just an animal. I love that guy. I'm telling you, whenever I saw Matron come out and he was singing, he looked confident.

I'm like, all right. And then I saw him miss that punch. And the guy didn't even think about punching. And he reacted. I'm like, all right. And then I saw him miss that punch, and the guy didn't even think about punching. Yes, didn't react. I'm like, oh, this guy's fucked. This old Russian guy is completely fucked. It took the guy a little long, in my opinion, to react to the kick, too. Well, so the announcers also were giving him credit to that, too.

They were like, if you see the delay in reaction, that's because you don't fully know that what has happened yet. I'm like, I feel like I've been kicked in the dick before. We've all been kicked in the dick before. Man, it does get worse in pain. I said it's like a ball tap. You ever get ball tapped by somebody? It takes a full second before it registers. And then you get that puking feeling, which I'm assuming he was sitting on

and they made sure that kick that dude can kick like I that's like in soccer when they used to tell you to guard your balls. And the wall. Yeah, but the move is to put a fist there and then put your left hand underneath the fist. So a lot of people don't.

Yeah, so you don't punch yourself in the balls. But you put the left hand underneath the fist on top. So if the ball hits, this is the defle it's gonna this is the deflector and this is the pad in between yeah shock absorber yeah yeah yeah

I like that I learned that pretty quickly I am not a I am not a guy who likes being hit in the dick and that was a move I felt like a genius

whenever I was how about the guy that turned around no you can't do that hand over the heart guy do you know Tim McAfee I was a turn around guy and then he put you on the fence yeah then he taped me to a fucking fence good question too no you can't hand over the heart guy do you know Tim McAfee I was a turnaround guy

and then he put you on the fence yeah then he taped me to a fucking fence good question too true story taped me and Jason to a fence and started throwing

soccer balls at us makes sense he said that doesn't hurt does it how about that throwback picture with Jay with the frosty tips oh yeah

then my mom cause there's this what's this thing you guys I have no fucking clue. I don't know what that was either. That's what I'm saying. Diggs.

No, no. This started with Foxy. Actually, it started with Connor. Yeah, and it has something to do with cancer, and I'm not going to say no to cancer. Okay, you can do that, right? Because you're a tiny little specimen on the internet. Foxy, same thing. Then he goes to Diggs.

Then Diggs nominates me. Now, if I do this thing it's I am pushing it right and who knows that could be B that could be fucking B you never know

here's the thing I saw AB do it so I was like oh it's pretty big well he's clearly in a good mental state honestly part of my thinking was

I was like no one's nominated Pat yet he's going to feel left out so I'm going to nominate Pat by the way I did so that was my thinking I appreciate you doing that because I was scouring. I saw everybody doing it.

I was like, what is this? Also, I had a really good picture, so I wasn't knocking it down. Now that I respect. But nobody was putting up what it meant. I kept asking. AQ actually DM'd me this morning, like, what the fuck did you tag me?

Exactly. I don't know what it means. I respect it if it's something good because it took off. It was very good. So I just didn't know what it was. So I didn't post anything. But I was searching for a volleyball photo for me from high school. I didn't know what you were going to go with.

So that's why my mom was looking up, digging up old photos. Like, is there any pictures of me playing volleyball? And she's like, let me look. And then she just starts screenshotting things. Boom, look at this photo of you guys. I actually texted a high school volleyball coach. I was like, is there any pictures of me playing? Yeah, I texted Nonenberg. I was like, is there any pictures of me playing? Yeah, I texted Nonenberg. I was like, is there any pictures of me playing volleyball? I want to do this thing that I think it could be either really good or really bad.

What was the total premise of the thing? The longer lines of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is the viral thing where you post a picture of yourself playing a sport in your uniform. And it's for some type of cancer research. Maybe. Alleg knows those the things that just take off on the internet right could be good or you might all be on a list now exactly no but you could be promoting

something that maybe the headstrong foundation is taking like 90 of the money you don't know if they're you know what i mean you right you honestly have no idea what charities anymore you have you have no clue so i didn't know what it was but if it was a reason for me to post a volleyball picture i was ready yeah so i was digging it because there's a photo of me i've seen it i don't know where where in the yearbook maybe contact the yearbook so there's one from the newspaper remember whenever i cut a penis into lorman's yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I don't remember that at all. Yeah, so I kind of... I do. It was a peahaw.

Peahaw hawk. Yeah, exactly. It was a penis hawk. It was a penis hawk, yeah. So we had a state playoff game for volleyball. And we wanted to do something special. So we did a mohawk in Chris Lorman's head, my boy Chris.

And then I actually shaved it and then I put balls on the back of his head. So it literally looked like a penis on his head and then we kept the front longer. So it was everything, right? It was a work of art. It was. I was very proud of myself.

Don't feel bad for Chris Lorman. This is standard. Because he had dreads literally like a month before this. This is standard operation. Chris did a lot of incredible things with his hair. I mean, he took chances. Exactly. By the way, I had chocolate cherry hair at one point.

Oh, that was both of you. Everyone in that school knew that Pat and Chris were the guys doing shit with their hair that no one else would even think of doing. We just went for it. We were bored. We were having a good time. There's nothing else to do. So I literally shaved, legit. I shaved this thing into a...

It's a fucking masterpiece. We're playing in this game. Pretty big, big game. I had a pretty big game. So did Chris. His mom walks in, who we all love. Everybody's like, Chris is a little bit of a dickhead tonight. Not a little bit. She sees it and she goes,

Christopher. This whole thing happens right before the game. So then the next day in the newspaper, there's a photo of me hitting. I think it's into a triple block. Nobody really knows what that means. But basically, I was just getting fed the ball the entire game. And the other team caught on. So they were just sending their entire front line right in front of me.

But there's a picture in the newspaper of chris it's like an aerial shot him like down like ready to get a ball off the block and then me spiking and you see his dick right in his head right in the newspaper and i was like i need to find that photo for this headstrong thing and i couldn't find you know who was against uh yeah it was against norwin okay and it was in the valley news dispatch who once voted for a teammate of mine to be player of the year after i led the entire state in goals and assists i think so fuck that newspaper uh i don't like them a lot so this is a real team or is it oh yeah it's awesome by the way it's my favorite sport yeah that's awesome men's volleyball was my favorite sport to play. I played my freshman year for like a couple weeks,

and then I had to go play soccer. I didn't play my sophomore or junior year. Senior year, it was in spring. I already signed my scholarship to West Virginia, so I wasn't going to play cup soccer. So I just came back and played, and I loved it, man. I absolutely loved it. Had a couple schools looking at me, too.

No big deal. Wanted me to play libero. I didn't want to get blasted with balls. I played on the beach a little bit down there. I love volleyball, man. High school volleyball art. I feel like we had a pretty electric environment, too, in our games. Phil got into a fight.

Phil Mains, our CFO, got into a fight at a volleyball game. Good for him. Well, here's the story. It was a sweep. He hit the fucking broom. So it was spring, my junior year, your senior year. Yep. We just had a doubleheader against Penn Hills for baseball.

Phil and I played baseball. Yep. We had 10 rounds of each game. So they were not happy. I did not know this. That next night was a volleyball match against Penn Hills. Same school. Same school.

This is our rival, by the way. Penn Hills is where Aaron Donald's from. Penn Hills is a... One of our rivals. Not really a rivalry in most sports. No. But in baseball and volleyball. So that comes and you guys beat them 3-0 or whatever in volleyball

and we're out in the fucking parking lot with our brooms and shit like that. So they just 10-runned them two times in a row the night before and then we 3-0 them. And we're a bunch of dickheads on the baseball team too. Assholes. Just yelling beach ball every time. But anyways, so there was a little scuffle outside

of the volleyball match or whatever. Nothing happens. It gets broken up. We all go our separate ways. I think it was the next night, probably a Friday or Saturday night, there was a high school party at one Chris Larmond's house. So that party, by the way, I get a text from Chris that says, I think my family's going out of town tonight.

I was like, tonight? He was like, yeah. I was like, oh, okay. Chris goes, maybe we have a couple people? I was like, yeah, yeah, a couple people. I fucking, you might as well, I might as well got that fucking bullhorn, like, yo, everybody. So little do the Pennills kids know that this party

is going on because they got phil's number yeah because phil was the biggest dickhead during like the whole baseball thing so they got phil's number to and said come meet us right now to fight little did they know that there was 50 of us all at the same place yeah legit so i didn't go so pat's being smart he didn't go i jumped in phil passenger seat. We're the first two there. Okay? And we show up, and it's literally like sharks and jets. There's like six of their cars there waiting for us, and they're all standing there with golf clubs and baseball bats.

Jeez. And we're like, whoa, what the fuck's going on? Because they're a fucking dirtball school. They have nothing to live for. Jesus. I think we're friends with some of the people that you guys fought. But anyway, so there was like a two or three minute discussion, board meeting between both groups.

What can we do? What can't we do? Basically, like, lay off the hair, don't touch the face. But it ended up, we just decided that Phil was going to fight this kid one-on-one because they were the ones who had the problem. And it took all of, I don't know, three seconds for Phil to be on top of this dude and actually probably going to end his life. By the way, our CFO, if any other CFOs would like to go,

hard guy, we'll fucking handle you. Then once they saw their boy, one of them jumped in. Then everyone jumped in. Classic me fucking jumped in i saw this kid he was had his back straight to me crow hop haymaker right to his spine terrible that was my move but then it was literally like something out of a movie like there was like 20 on 20 and then all you hear is,

he's got a gun! Yeah, somebody had a gun. It was fucking scattered, but it was the coolest thing because we all went back and we celebrated at Chris's house. So I am sitting at Chris's house in the front porch with Chris. I have a pitcher of Red Bull and beer. Yeah, yeah, both of you. That was your move. It was Mountaineer juice, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was. Yeah, exactly. Red Bull and beer. So they all come back like coming back from war almost right there's blood on people's hands oh yeah i mean chris was like hey welcome back boys let's go have a good time in here that party was yeah epic yeah it was a good time epic party that i think that shit stopped with my age like my older brothers they had the same stories like you guys have boom nothing like that ever happened. I don't think that happened that often, to be honest.

This one was pretty – I was – We did it with Gateway and Franklin. I was about to say. It was always after a sporting event. We were at a basketball game. It was really hooligans. You guys were hooligans. And this dude who ended up playing a pit.

We're friends with him now. Dude who played a pit, played on the Steelers for a little while. His name's John Malecki. We were making fun of him the entire time. We're friends with him now. Dude who played at Pitt, played on the Steelers for a little while. His name's John Malecki. We were making fun of him the entire time. We actually dressed like him because he always wore flannel. Because he was a lineman, we put pillows under our shirts and shit. And we got word that they were going to fight us after. Hockey games?

They have to have fights happen? You've gotten fights at hockey games? They beat up my friends in the parking lot of a hockey game one time. It was all sporting events. Future reference. Your boy here never got beat up. No, no. I only got beat up my friends in the parking lot of a hockey game one time. It was all sporting events. Future reference. Your boy here never got beat up. No, no. I only got beat up once.

It was that three-on-one fight. They beat up my friend. He was on crutches. He had a broken leg. Chris almost got locked out of a car one time at the hockey game. The hockey game was where Phil played hockey. We were just dickheads in the stands and everyone hated us. As they should have.

Everything was Phil's fault. Phil was a bruiser. He was a goon on this. That's what Phil was. So he pissed people off and then we would have to take his back and then they would have people. It was always the situation. But, yeah, volleyball was lit.

Yeah, so, I mean, a lot of shit happened there. Ty Schmidt did an incredible job with the best ofs. We appreciate you for that. We talked about that a little bit. Now it's time to roll right into Paisano, the voice of Monday Night Football. Not Jason Witten. The other one. Ladies and gentlemen, joining me now.

Is this like bad, like, outdoor patio furniture? Yeah. What in the world is? Joe, you have no idea the stains. We had to mix and match. Can somebody get some super glue? No, Joe, you have no idea. It's a nice wicker.

You have no idea what we've been battling here, Joe. I don't want to show you the other side of this pillow. The stains on this side are gone. There's more DNA on this stuff. Joining us now, you've heard him. His voice is immaculate.

He was called Unflappable, which I think is a- Who said that? Some article. Really? Yeah, an article. I didn't say it. I would say it, but somebody else said it. Unflappable?

Unflappable. There's other things you could say about me, too. Like go on? They're not good. Italian? Well, yeah, I see. Yeah, drop a sigh, Italian. Certo. Ciao. Si, molto. They're not good. Italian? Well, yeah, si. Si, troppo sai Italian, certo. Ciao.

Si, molto navide. Bene. Pasta ravioli. We'll coach you up a little bit on some Navide dialect. You understand there's a great difference. Joe Tessitore. Joe Tessitore. Joe Tessitore.

Thank you. Thank you very much. I don't even know what I do for a living anymore after that introduction. Well, I mean, I think you do a lot of things. You call boxing on ESPN. You have great fights every night. Look at that. Unbelievable.

Light heavyweight rematch there. Kovalev versus Alvarez on ESPN. You're a promoter. I'm a promoter. Is boxing first love? Football is my first love, but after three reconstructive ankle surgeries, boxing was the only...

Boxing and football are my two... By the way, gentlemen, nice to see you. Anthony DiGilio. He's Italian. He's an Irish from Boston. Molto piac's an Irish from Boston that was one of my questions Sully Fitz you know I'm a Boston guy strangely enough I will tell you this

my mother was born and raised in Italy didn't come over to New York until very late my aunts and uncles I grew up in an Italian speaking neighborhood in Schenectady New York my mother wasn't even an American citizen how good is the pizza there Schenectady New New York. My mother wasn't even an American citizen when I was there. How good is the pizza there? Schenectady, New York, Homestyle Pizzeria, Nino, Anthony. My cousin Paulie runs it now through this day with Anthony out of Nino and JoJo out of Nino.

All I heard you say. I'm the only one that left Schenectady. Everybody else is shredding mozzarella. They're shredding mozzarella. They're frying fish. They're making wedding cakes. They're running banquet halls. I'm the only one that left.

And you know what? I wish I stayed. It's a good life. You eat well. You're happy. You drink well. You eat well. Homestyle Pizzeria, Union Avenue,

the best pizza you ever want to have in your life. Oh, my... You are... You Italians are the best. Anyways. You Italians. That's what I'm saying. Strangely enough,

you're an Irishman from Boston. Naturally. You consider yourself a mass hole. Yeah, I mean, I do consider... No, you are. You are. My family, we love... Trope Irish. We love the Irish. My family, we love the Irish.

We love the Irish. My wife's Mesa Calabrese, Mesa Arige. She's half Calabrese and half Irish, which you do not want to mess with. That sounds a little fiery there. When my father's side of the family came to America, they settled

in Southie. They were the Italian family in Southie. They were the Italian family in Southie. You know what Southie's like now. Imagine being the Desodaris in Southie. I did not know this Italian history of Joe Tusk. Well, of course it is. Yeah, Diggs, he's

he basically lived in Italy. But when I go on Monday Night Football, I have to speak English. Do you ever, so your voice is such a distinct one. You're like the consummate professional. Yours is too, Pat. A little raspy. But I like that.

You know what I like? I like authenticity. Let's go. I like people who have an identity. You have a clear identity because it's for the brand. Joe, let's dig right into that. What about it? Your kid's a kicker?

Well, you know, yes, my son is punts and kicks at Boston College. You're one of the biggest humans, though. I coached him for four years. You're one of the biggest humans to ever reference for the brand, though. Well, dude, I'm all about football. You know what my Christmas present was. I had one Christmas present. It was a sweater.

For the brand Christmas. Yes. Joe, I was so excited. I wore it. I was drinking my red wine on Christmas. That's how I celebrated Christmas. Oh, my God. Because as soon as I saw it on the internet.

Oh, it was great. It was great. I literally, I saw it. I was like, holy shit. You know, my son, John, is a complete out of his mind nut. Like, he's a specialist to the core. Yeah, that's what we do. Like, he's out of his mind.

This kid is so pure on addicted to WWE, to everything you put out. He's going to, like, you know, sports bars in Boston for pre-Celtics games. He doesn't even have tickets just to take it in. He's just awesome. I love this kid. Your kid's awesome. I had a 6 o'clock flight this morning. I get a text at 545 this morning.

545. It's two degrees in New England. It's very early, too. Text. Walking down to the indoor. Quigs and me getting some working. Ryan Quigley and John Tess at 6 a.m. this morning getting

working. Let's go. Drop table. Let's go. Handshake grip. Let's go. Let's go. Fingertips. Not the palm. The drop table. Diggs knows about it. I did a little punting in high school. Did you really? Nothing to knock at.

He was terrible. He's very unathletic. It was a pretty ultra-vertical swing. Were you making that K or did it look more like that? We didn't do those. You didn't do those in my high school. He was terrible. Listen, we always have a lot of fun with you.

But in the world, in our specialist world, you truly are one of the all-time greats that we all looked at as, this is a freak. I mean, this is truly a freak. And I know you have fun with it. I know everybody has fun with it. No, I'm being very serious here. But what you were as an athlete, you still are.

I mean, you're still a great athlete. But what you were as a professional athlete was somebody that, it was so impressive. For those of us that coached it, that lived it, that, you know, for me that has a son that does it at that level of ACC football, it was amazing to see you play and know what you were at. Joe, this means a lot, man. No, it's the truth.

It's the truth. I mean, I go out every week. Obviously, I'm watching the best in the world play their craft. What you were in your absolute prime is unlike what many have ever been. Well, thank you. Explosive, powerful, strong, impactful. Oh, man, look at these words. I mean, I'm getting emotional here.

You know, when I think, like, the spectrum of what a specialist can be, you know, you've got the J.K. Scott Gumby over here, and then here you are. Here you are, this powerful, explosive guy. Hey, Rex Ryan said the same thing to me earlier today. Don't get me. Hey, my son and Rex, now, I love Rex. Rex is a friend.

Rex has been to the house. Legend of a guy. Rex has been to the restaurant. Rex has had the calam thing to me earlier. Don't get me. Hey, my son and Rex. Now, I love Rex. Rex is a friend. Rex has been to the house. Rex has been to the restaurant. Rex has had the calamari nobile. You should ask Rex about it. You got a restaurant? Yeah. The family's got two restaurants in Connecticut. My brother-in-law, Dalton, and my sister-in-law, Allie.

My wife sold out of the restaurant business when we started a family. So we got the best of everything because she started the restaurant, and now we just get to go and drink and eat at the restaurant. But it's the family business. John works there when he's home from college. Very nice. And so Rex last year, I said, Rex,

I said, we got to get together over here. Why don't you come up to the house? We came, we broke some bread, we had some great wine, but Rex fell in love with the calamari naberidan, which is the best calamari you'll ever have in your life because we don't deep fry the calamari

and have it come out like onion rings. No. That's amateur. Here's the problem with doing that with your calamari and have it come out like onion rings. No. That's amateur. Here's the problem with doing that with your calamari. You could batter and deep fry cardboard and serve it with marinara, and people would be like, yeah, it's pretty good. Those are state fairs, by the way. You don't want that.

It's a state fair. They do that with everything. I could state fair. They put this in hot oil, and they tell you it's a table, a marble table, a deep-fried marble table. It probably tastes delicious, too. You've got to quickly flash fry the calamari so that it still has tenderness to it, so you know you're having a piece of seafood.

Yes, it has some batter, but it's tender. Do you do a lot of cooking? And then, I'm not even done, Pat. Wait until I finish. Please. The answer's yes. Okay. And then you saute it on the tail end for the last minute in capers and fresh

crushed tomato and garlic and parsley and piñoli nuts, pine nuts, and then you saute. Then you put it on a steaming hot platter, and it's all together, the sauce, the calamari. It's spectacular. I'm starving. Are you a chef? Do you cook a lot? I cook a little bit, but I mostly drink and eat. Let's go.

Red wine guy? Dude, there's two things I live for. Number one, a good, big, huge Napa cab. Only to be usurped by. My number one thing in life. I don't know what that means. I don't know what you do. We don't know what that is.

Is that a cabaret? A Napa cab? Oh, Napa cabernet. Oh, of course. Napa Valley cabernet. That's way over. I'm an Irish. That's okay.

That's okay. 0.009% Italian, though. What is it? 0.009%. At least you're in the club. That's okay. That's okay. 0.009% Italian, though. What is it? 0.009%. At least you're in the club. That's what I actually am. There's only two kinds of people. Those who are and those who want to be.

I'm actually in. Well, I wanted to be for a long time. You are. Now I'm in. Now you're in. I was very excited. I got an Italian club shirt. How does that entail?

And why don't I have one? Well, we haven't put them up for sale. We'll get you one. My dad runs the Italian club. Are we recording this at this point? Yeah, this is a real show. The other thing that I love. You don't remember the intro?

If you choose to ever hydrate with me. Yeah. I love Blanco tequila now. Really? Bro, let me tell you something. I may be part Mexican. We don't know. Now, I'm telling you straight up.

My tequila collection and I love Patron. I love the high-end Patron stuff. I like everything. I like many tequilas. I have many very tequila. But my boy, Lee Applebaum, the CMO of Patron, and he is now the Christmas gifts. I bet it's nice being friends with the guy that owns Patron. He doesn't know that, but he's a chief worker.

And he's a tremendous human being in every way. Because when the Christmas box comes and you are getting the estate reserves and the smoky, but the borderos. Have you ever had Grand Patron borderos? So the last time I had tequila, Joe, I ordered a hundred of them and I ended up in a jail. That's okay. That's the I had tequila, Joe, I ordered 100 of them, and I ended up in a jail. That's okay. That's the beauty of tequila. Because much like boxing, tequila is the theater of the unexpected, just in liquid form. Boxing is the theater of the unexpected in the ring.

Tequila is the theater of the unexpected in liquid form. That's all you need to do. By the way, I'm never being invited back to the podcast. No, yes, you are. We're hoping you never leave. How do you drink it, though? How do you drink it? My friend.

What an amateur question. Let me tell you something. There's only one base tequila order. Okay. On the rocks, pour me a double that really is a triple, and give me three squeezes of lime. There you go. Now, if you're my favorite mixologist, Niall Ferguson,

not to be confused with the Harvard Economist, not to be confused with the European Harvard Economist, but my favorite mixologist, Niall Ferguson, not to be confused with the Harvard Economist. I love Niall. Not to be confused with the European Harvard Economist. Well, that's who we would have thought of. But my favorite mixologist, Niall Ferguson from Brantford, Connecticut. Me too. What Niall will do is he will go with the fresh lime juice, the Blanco tequila, a dash of Frank's Red Hot, a rim of pink Himalayan salt. A good shake on the rocks. That's just class.

He crushes. Class personified in a glass. Crushes that. Now, what are you eating with that? You're the chef, or cook, excuse me. What do you eat with the tequila? You're not eating that. You don't eat with tequila, number one.

Now, I will eat because at some point you have to sustain life, although the Mexican fire water is very good for that. Yeah, yeah. Of course. But typically what would be out would be a, and this is, I mean, I could show you a thousand pictures. This is the base night if we're entertaining at my house. It's on the rocks.

It's tequila. You got to be in. Okay. At most, I'll let you get away with a Paloma, like cutting it with some grapefruit and a citrus mist at most. Tequila on the rocks. It is salsiccia, hard sausage, Italian sausage. It is salsiccia hard sausage Italian sausage. It's prosciutto.

It's Italian sliced hard sausage. It's sliced prosciutto Italian. We have some over there. It's a black truffle vein sardinian cheese. Oh, that's my favorite. The truffle sardinian. Yeah, it's delicious. It's called malaturno.

Look at me. Malaturno. I actually read an article about's called Moloturno. Look at me. Moloturno. I actually read an article about you. Moloturno. So you go with the cheeses, you go with the nuts, which I'll leave alone for you, and then you go with the sliced cured meats. And really, I mean, it is spectacular. But those are my two things.

Do you host a lot? Does the Tessitore House understand a lot? Yeah, open house. Now during the football season, not as much. Nice island kitchen. But you boys get yourself to Connecticut in the off season? So you have an island in the kitchen. It's open to the living room? Is that how it's set up?

We have sort of a... So a few years ago, I annihilated what was the dining room, and I just blew through that wall because I wanted to have basically just a front entertainment kitchen. Just like a bar. Yeah, wide open. Just like a big, with, you know, cocktails and ice machine.

Just not for cooking. I wanted a kitchen that there's no use of cooking. Okay. Strictly for what I'm describing. Gathering. Drinking. Eating. Eating.

Fun. Conversations. Big flat screen TV for the brand. Italian hand gestures. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Of course.

A lot of room for activities. Yeah. This sounds like a dream house. Yeah. Totally. It's not a dream house. It's very modest. I mean, you know, but.

No, dream setup. Yeah. It's purpose minded. It has a purpose to it. You became. We got the pizza oven in the backyard. Brick? Oh,orted from Italy

Oh my god How much It weighs 5,000 pounds The oven weighs What's that come on A ship Well it did It came in pieces

And then my nice My nice You know Mason friends I mean this thing was Pat this thing was Like a summer Of putting this thing

Getting this thing set But worth it But not propane You understand We do cherry wood. You've got to get the thing going 1,000 degrees. When's the last time you've been back to the homeland? Oh, no, because the career takes me crazy.

So it's been some years. I would say it's six, seven years. My mother goes back. Well, my mother grew up about a half an hour away from the Amalfi Coast. But we'll have to do that. We'll have to do a for-the-brain trip to Italy. We could go over there and find some good place kickers. I think we could find...

Temecio! Yeah, there you go. But he's not from Italy. He's go over there and find some good place kickers. I think we could find... Tavecchio. Yeah. But he's not from Italy. He's from Milan. Papa Giorgio. I didn't know that. Yeah, he's from up north. Well, then we do a camp in Italy.

He's from northern Italy. Get those guys from the north. Europeans. Well, Toreco's Italian, too. We could take Toreco with us. Absolutely. We've got a lot of Italians in our business. Speaking of your business...

But I'm a proud American, obviously. Yeah. I'm like 50 irish 49 point you look great by the way pat what it just life is treating you is that what it is yeah i used to abuse myself like pizza wings alcohol you carved it up every day of my life yeah and now you're getting a good workout in every day yeah now i gotta work out i gotta eat i'm on this keto thing i'm taking these pills but it works works because what it is is you're putting logs on the fire that burn. Well, that's what it is.

Your body is a furnace. That was a high five you heard in the background. But your body is a furnace. And if you put the logs on there and you keep that furnace just burning and burning, but you throw the – you carve it up, you're putting a wet blanket on the furnace. It's true. It's 100% true. I don't even do cardio. I just eat.

I just don't eat the carbs. Cardio is so overrated. Terrible. I do like 12 minutes of cardio. You know what it is? I'm going to tell you what it is. If you knock out a ton of push-ups every day. Herschel Walker.

He was just here. Did you see him? I mean, I'm telling you. I swear by it. That's the truth, man. You got to blast the push-ups. Okay. So you're a man.

That's the pain in the ass. You look good. You look damn good. I'm an old man, though. I will say this. Was Monday Night Football the dream? Yeah, bro. I mean, what am I supposed to sit here and lie to you?

No, no, that's Super Bowl, though. That's Super Bowl, right? No, no, obviously if we had the Super Bowl. Yes, but there's four big jobs in broadcasting football in our country, right? Thursday, Sunday, college Saturday. Yeah, I mean, you know, Nance has one of them, right? Michaels has one of them. Buck has one of them. And then W college Saturday. Nance has one of them, right? Michaels has one of them. Buck has one of them.

And then Wittenboog and I have one of them. We're very blessed in that way. Hell yeah. So you get that opportunity to do that. Enjoy the process. Is it like an all-week study?

Oh my God, it's every second of the week, Pat. Because you also do boxing and everything else. Yeah, now during the football season, the only boxing I will do will be the big... Yeah, Night of the Heisman.

We do that big show at MSG with either Bud Crawford of a silly moment, Shanko, or, you know, like in past many big Manny Pacquiao for something. But so a Bud Crawford fight came in the middle of the football season when he had that big knockout on ESPN. And the next day I had to get up and do the Packers game.

I had to fly to green Bay, do meetings, do that game Monday night. And then Bud Crawford's a diehard Packers fan, so he actually flew up and went to that game too. Heisman weekend, I had to do the Lomachenko fight at Madison Square Garden, that great knockout he had. Incredible.

That 11th round was unbelievable. That whole place was electric. And then I had to fly out and do Vikings at Seattle. So those are complicated weekends. But what makes them really complicated is that the amount of prep it takes to do Monday night football, at least the way I do like a jackass. I mean, I grind. I mean, I gotta know every...

I grind. So those are challenging, but there's only a couple of those during the football season. Now, this weekend, we do have championship fights in Dallas on Saturday night. I have the Super Bowl where Wittenbooger and I are doing the international English feed.

So if you're in Australia or New Zealand, an ex-cat. So you're calling the Super Bowl? We are calling the Super Bowl. Let's go. Oh, there you go. Yeah, it's an honor. Cheers to you, man. Thank you.

So now, listen, you're not going to hear it unless you're in Sydney or Melbourne. There's a lot of people over there. Yeah, you know, but. Good punters. Great punters. Hey, you should give love. Nathan, just giving Nathan some love over here. Pro Kick Academy.

Now, you know we're Coles guys, though're Coles guys though Pro Kick Australia is not bad though They're doing a lot of good work But I don't love the bastardization In the college game I don't love it We're going to get that ball off our ops time It's going to be 1.95 We're going to do it the right way

Look at all these stats you just dropped Do you call a college game different than the NFL game? What's that? It's going to be 1.95. We're going to do it the right way. Look at all these stats you just dropped. Do you call a college game different than the NFL game? What's that? Do you call a college game differently than an NFL game? Yes, a bit. Because in the NFL, you understand that the daily narratives are consumed by the country all the time. You don't have to educate the viewer much on who these people are or the backstories of the event. When you do college football, it's a standalone event an individual at least the games

that i was doing with todd blackledge the big sec games are the big you know big 10 games where it was the special standalone one-off event where it's introducing people to some new faces and the pageantry of it all listen we know the nfl narratives day in and day out it's a continuous soap opera that's 365 days a year, so you're really properly documenting the game, but making it just the next chapter in the day of the NFL, right? Even though Monday night football's a standalone deal, Sunday night

football's a standalone deal, you better know the league inside and out. Yeah, because you can't trigger something. Because nowadays, especially with social media, you can trigger anything. Hey, dude, I watched your highlights from your broadcast. Come on, Joe. What did you think? I was so busy, but I was like, oh, I've got to get a piece of this. I was on Twitter.

I was on the line. I was trying to watch as much as I could. I thought you were unique. Hey! Hey! That's the responses I've gotten from the network. Here's what I thought. I'm going to be honest with you. I think... This goddamn wicker is getting you. Can somebody go to Home Depot, please?

This is unbelievable here. Number one, great TV is sincere TV, and it's authentic TV. There's nothing more I hate than fake television. So you were completely authentic. When there was the fake, it was my dream. I said, Pat's on a game, and there's a fake. Yeah, I appreciate that. You crushed it.

Thank you. So I am often criticized because I'm a passion-based, intense broadcaster, and I don't fall in line with being your cookie-cutter kind of generic. I try to just give a respectful, documented call, but I can't help it sometimes if my passion, my intensity comes through my call. For you, it's unbridled, right? It's so pure and it's so authentic. And I have a great desire to hear more of that.

Now, the average American consuming the NFL where they've been conditioned to something in these rigid lines, in these borders for decade after decade. I can't tell you what they think. I have a feeling what they think. I love you. I really do. That means a lot. There's't tell you what they think. I have a feeling what they think. I love you. I really do. That means a lot. There's a bias involved here. But I hope you liked it and I hope you understand all that goes

into it. I understand we had a wardrobe issue. Yeah, I don't want to tie a tie. We had a wardrobe issue. I had to wear a scarf. There's a lot of things, man. We had a lot of issues. The polish of TV wasn't necessarily for you. It's not my thing.

We'll get there. There's a lot of prepping. Can we get a McAfee-mobile on Monday night? Would that be good? The McAfee-mobile? Yeah. Down on the end. Because it would be on the end.

That thing is – That would be crazy with him. Who's special teams correspondent over here? Put me on the drone. If Pat and I were ever on Monday Night Football together, it would be 30% special teams talk. There's a lot to talk about. We'd be breaking down everything, man.

Joe, I appreciate you. We've got to get you on a golf club so you can do this charity thing. I'm sorry. I'm still not sure we started this. No, no, no. We haven't started. We'll start here in a second. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Atlanta with Joe Tessitore.

And that's the show. Have a great one. Hey, paisan. Hi. Molto piacere. Grazie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Caponare.

Grazie, grazie. Calamari. At the party. Hey, I didn't know he was that fucking Italian. I had no idea. He's got so much energy, too. Bro, he's awesome. He was awesome. I've said this a couple times since we got back, but I don't know why ESPN doesn't let him act like he was acting at Topgolf in the booth. Bro, he took his shirt off at one point. He didn't want to leave Topgolf either.

He's there for three hours. His kid for the brand. I mean, I love Joe Tessitore. He's the man. Big fan of his. Very thankful he joined us. Cool guy. I think that's what I'm learning.

The more people I meet, the more I realize everybody's pretty cool people. They're just trying to do their thing. Joe Tessitore was a first-class human being. Very, very thankful for him coming. This next guy is going to inspire the shit out of you. I'm telling you this. Joining us now is a man that is inspirational,

an incredible athlete, a Pittsburgh Steeler. The story back to the gridiron is going to be one that people are going to talk about hundreds and hundreds of years from now in the game of football. Ohio State All-American, Pro Bowler in the NFL linebacker, Ryan Shazier. Ryan. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Right now, you're in the process of bouncing back after the very unfortunate injury that happened. Was it a spine, neck? What exactly was it? So it was a spine concussion. I mean, spine concussion. Oh, it was a spinal concussion. So basically, like, So basically, when guys get concussions on the head, I pretty much

got it on my spine. So it's pretty much like a bruise on your spine. It kind of limits the nerves that run down to the rest of your body. So you come into the NFL. You're this incredibly fast linebacker. You cover sideline to sideline. You make

a couple pro bowls. Everything is going good. And then the hit happens. Yeah, man. And immediately, did you know immediately that something? Yeah, immediately I knew something was wrong. So I hit a guy. I turned over.

I kind of like blacked out for like a tad second. It wasn't nothing crazy. And then I just, I tried to move and I couldn't move. And I felt like kind of a burning sensation in my back. And I was just like, man, this isn't right. And I was just like, y'all come. Because you see guys like, for instance, I was teammates with Austin Colley. He got laid out in Philadelphia.

He wasn't moving on the field. And the entire place, you could hear a pin drop. Everybody's heart drops. That situation happened. I always wondered what it was like as the player. And the first thought for you had to be like, oh, damn, this is everything that I ever imagined. From that point on, though, you have done nothing but inspire and bounce back.

Was there like a partner in that or was that your own mental, like as soon as it happened, it's like, yo, I'm back, I'm coming back. As soon as it happened, I was already like'm back as soon as it happened i was i was already like hey i'm gonna get better like i honestly like not until like two months later or like a month and a half later i really realized like yo i'm really messed up you know like i just i was always like i'm gonna get better i'm gonna get better it's like it was a knee surgery or something like this and i'll just rehab it we'll do the surgery i'll be back yeah so and um and i just always had a positive mindset you know my family they was all they was all really hurting but they all stayed really strong you know they

never nobody ever let me see them cry you know they like i might have cried a few times but uh my first time crying was literally like almost like a month and a half two months out you know like i didn't and it was because like i had got really really sick and I ended up crying because I got really sick and my cousin that looks up to me, he was in the hotel room and I couldn't really move so I threw up but I couldn't cover myself so I almost threw up on myself. It was like, damn, I look and I embarrass myself in front of my cousin that looks up to me so I was like, that made me cry. You're being a little hard on yourself here. I mean, unbelievably hard on yourself.

And I think, by the way, the same reason and the same mindset that you've had on your comeback here is what made you an incredible football player. Just in between the years, a mentally very strong guy. What is your, if you had to say, what makes you an incredible football player? What makes you tough to prepare for or anything like that? Honestly, I already know, like, I'm truly God-gifted when it comes to speed. Let's go!

Speed and things like that, but I don't try to, like, just lean on that. A lot of guys, they're like, hey, man, like you, I have a strong leg. I'm leaning on that. But at the end of the day, like, you still had to know, like, you still had to practice. You still had to study. And there's a lot of guys, they're like hey man like you I have a strong leg I'm leaning on that but at the end of the day like you still had to know like you still had to practice you still had to study and it's a lot of guys they're like man I'm super fast I'm gonna run past anybody I'm super strong I can just push anybody and they just lean on that and at the end of the day like I knew I can lean on that but I

was like man how about I actually learn this position of linebacker learn how I like to pick everybody in my defense in the right position to make plays. And then me knowing that and me knowing like, hey, if I put the defense in the right position and this guy screws up, I know how to cover it. You know, instead of me like, hey, let me just run around and make plays. And once I start doing that, I understand, I start making way more plays than I even imagined. That's awesome.

That's the difference between NFL and college, by the way. NFL, it's a profession. You got time to study that thing. And they also have a lot of mentors. In the Pittsburgh locker room, who are some people that you've befriended that have really, I mean, you're a leader of the whole city of Pittsburgh right now, not just in the locker room. But who are some people who helped you through this whole thing in the locker room? So it was kind of cool because Coach Tomlin was actually one of them that really helped me out a lot.

Because I remember I showed Coach Tomlin my goals. And one of my goals was to have 10 interceptions. And he was like, Ryan, honestly, all your goals are attainable. But the thing is, if you just really focus on trying to do what's best for the defense and always pin the defense in the best position because I'll make checks and things like that, he's like, all your plays are going to come. Don't worry. But he was like, don't over here just try to focus on you making your own plays.

He was like, because the year I got hurt, I had three picks already, but I dropped four. Like, you know, so that was seven, and I still had about four or five games left. How do you drop them? Hey, man. Yo, you got big mitts. Hey, what happened? You got huge mitts.

Hey, so a few of them, it was like literally like all I see is green like I'm on a golf course. So when you're thinking of that, that's how you end up dropping them. So I had a few of those. And then honestly, like some of the older heads, like Mike Mitchell, when he was there for me, he's a coach now. He helped me out when it came to film study. Will Allen, he was there before me. He helped me with film study. I always just went to coaches and

I was like, hey coach, Coach Munchuk, what do offensive linemen not like to go against? Good idea by the way. I'll go to coach or I'll go to Ben. Hey Ben, when you're playing quarterback, what kind of linebacker bothers you? How's your relationship with Ben? I feel like me and Ben have a decent relationship.

I can talk to him about certain things. Ben, the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room is such an interesting one. It's an interesting one. There's so much talent. Every year, the Steelers are good. That's just the way it goes. Every single year, the Steelers are good. There's so much talent in there.

In the NFL, you're dealing with a lot of things outside of just the football game. You've got a lot of personalities. You've got a outside of just the football game you got a lot of personalities you got a lot of egos you got a lot happening the Steelers have been a controversial place for a while Ben Roethlisberger sometimes feeds into that it's nice to hear that he's been a good teammate to you that's a huge deal yeah especially it was like my second year or whatever and I was like hey Ben like when you felt like you became a leader and and you know like because I knew like I was the playmaker on the defense at the time, even in my second year. I knew I was the playmaker.

And I was like, hey, man, what made you become a leader? Because I'm not trying to force it. I'm not trying to be like, hey, I'm the leader. Because when you're saying that, you're not a leader. Hey, by the way, those dudes are the fucking worst. Those dudes. Is there anyone like that in the locker room? As soon as the camera comes on, they start the screaming, the hyping.

They're eating W's. I agree. I agree. I'm on your side. Yeah, so, like, man, it's like I'll talk to the team, and a lot of times they follow who's playing. Yep. At the end of the day, some guys, they don't want to be a leader.

You know, like Charles Barkley, I'm not a role model. But at the end of the day, like, I knew I had a voice and guys would listen. So I was like, hey, man, when you felt you became a leader, you know, and he was like, man, offer your play. And then he would teach me a few things. And then Coach Tomlin also told me, he was like, guys will start listening to you once they see you. If they see you working, like they see you coming in the facility at 6 a.m. and they're not even up yet.

You earn it. You earn it. You know, like if I say, hey, running this hole, they be like, yeah, Ryan know what he's doing. I'm going to run in the hole. You know what I'm saying? Instead of like, hey, I'm walking into the facility at 9 o'clock and the meeting starts at 9 o'clock. Hey, running this hole. No, you.

Hey, motherfucker, you don't even know, man. That's how you get here, after me, bro. Yeah, you're 100% right. You got to earn that title. Yeah, you know, so I think that really helped out a lot. Awesome. Diggs, by the way, these two, super fans. I appreciate that.

We miss you a lot. We really do. So now, like, during the season, are you still in meeting rooms and coaching people on the sidelines and stuff like that during the week, or is it more just rehab, stuff like that like that yeah so i do a combination of both so uh on tuesdays like when coaches get in there and bringing down things i actually be like the coaches meeting learning from them breaking down film with them and actually see how they diagnose it in uh other teams you know and uh oh this is gonna make you a better player probably yeah so like once i come back

it's like i already know what the coaches are looking for and then uh a lot of times i can see the game plan and then when i go back to my teammates i can talk to them and be like hey man this is what coaches are thinking like because the culture a lot of coaches will give you a game plan but every every dude on the field the coach can't give them all of it because some guys is like man it's like you're just filling me with too much information. So sometimes I'll be in there and I'll understand ways to break it down to them. Because I can understand it just like a coach, but sometimes I want to – You can explain it.

I can explain it to guys, so it seems a lot easier for them. Will you be a coach one day? I definitely feel like I could be a coach one day, but sometimes, man – Too many hours, bro. Yeah, not even hours because I was kind of already working those hours when I was playing. No way you're sleeping at the office. No, not sleeping at the office. I definitely had to go home.

I definitely had to go home. But, like, I'll get in there. Like, I used to work out at 4, like 4.45 in the morning. Oh, shit. And then get to facility at 6. And then, like, our meetings don't start until 9. So, you know, I'm already three hours in before everybody else watching film. And, like, the Kobe Bryant famous quote,

if I work four hours a day and you work two, I'm going to be so far ahead of you, you're never going to catch up. You know what I'm saying? And that's why I used to watch film. So, like, now when it comes to breaking down, I feel like I can be a coach. The only thing that gets me about being a coach is, like, knuckleheads. When I'm like, hey, man, running this hole. Man, I think this hole is better.

No, bro, running this hole. Nah, I like this hole is better. No, bro, running this hole. Nah, I like my way better. And then, like, they wait on fucking work. That's kind of the way. That's coaching in a nutshell right there. Yeah, coaching in a nutshell. So, like, I'm kind of a perfectionist when it comes to football. Man, I love football.

So, like, when guys don't really study and then, like, you tell them, like, what you know and they feel like, man, I'm still going to try my way and you don't even know what you're doing. I was up at 4 a.m. this morning. You know what I mean? So you were just getting in this morning. I was up studying. Why don't you just listen to my motherfucking words? Yeah, so that's the one thing about me, like, when it comes to coaching.

Like, I love coaching, but, like, I just want to make sure, like, when I'm coaching and I'm trying to tell you guys what to do, like, I want to make sure I'm the right group because you can end up with a bunch of knuckleheads and that can, like, drive you fucking crazy. Well, it's cancer. That's literally a cancer to the locker room is whenever you have people that don't want to listen to things. I mean, that's literally the way things go. Good group is something that isn't talked about enough. Is anyone giving you a hard time?

Now that you're on both sides of the ball, you've played, you're coaching now, you try and give some guys advice. Does anyone give you a hard time? Even jokingly, just like. Like, some guys don't like. I see, like, Vince giving you a hard time. give some guys advice. Does anyone give you a hard time? Even jokingly, just like. Some guys don't like. I can see like Vince giving you a hard time. Yeah, nah, Vince don't give me a hard time. He definitely listens.

But at the end of the day, it's just like, for instance, like you'll tell a guy, hey, don't look at the receivers. Like try to read the quarterback a little bit. And then like this quarterback, for instance, he's going to lick you off. But at the end of the day, he's not actually going there. Like his first read, he's going to go over here. But he's always coming back over here. And like some of them like they'll constantly just look at the end of the day he's not actually going there like his first read he's gonna go over here but he's always coming back over here and like some of them like they'll constantly just look at the receiver and i'm like hey bro all right you don't want to catch a pick

so like i'll just do that type of stuff or like i'll be like hey hey let's hit the jugs you know and did you see in cleveland that's a punishment to go get extra catches you probably didn't see it hard knocks huge action that's a that's a punishment how's that punishment that's a punishment to go get extra catches. You probably didn't see it. Hard knocks, huge action. That's a – Punishment. How is that punishment? I knew all that I needed to know about the way that Cleveland Browns team was running whenever they said, all right, time to punish a guy. You got to go catch 30 balls.

There was only like 30 jugs too. 30 balls on the jugs. I'm like, yo, that is not a punishment. That's not a punishment. Like, you know, I played a linebacker, and every day I used to hit the jugs. Hell yeah. At least 30 balls. You know, like I'm not catching 100 balls. I'm not AB. You know, I play linebacker, and every day I usually hit the judge, like, at least 30 balls. You know, like, I'm not catching 100 balls. I'm not AB.

You know what I'm saying? But every day, like, I catch 30 balls, and then guys are like, man, if you can catch, you can catch. I'm like, all right, bro. All right, go out there and catch. All right, I haven't seen you catch this many picks. Like, you know. And you had 10 picks on your mind, too.

You got to get those answers. Yeah, I was about to ask. That mustache is wild. Yeah. Hey, man, honestly, when you go to the Caribbean for a while, you run into some pirates.

That's good. That's good. I think he needed to get away for a little bit. I think him and his family had a good time. At the end of the day, A.B.'s my brother,

so I just want him to be happy. Me too. He's happy, man, so I'm cool with whatever dude he's rocking, man. You want him to stay, right? Yeah, I definitely want him to be happy. Me too. And he's happy, man. So I'm cool with whatever dude he's rocking, man. I mean, you want him to stay, right? Yeah, I definitely want him to stay.

Yeah, I think anybody would like the best for you. Yeah, I definitely want him to stay, but, hey, man, I want him to be happy. You know, so at the end of the day, if he's with us, he's with us. If he's not, he's not. But I want him to be happy. All right, so you have fur on right now in an iced-out bracelet. For those that are listening listening you can't see it know that it's one of the greatest accessories i've seen in a long time when did you pull the

trigger on this have you always been a jewelry guy i had got some jewelry my uh when i first got drafted but i actually got this one my first pro bowl because it's like a gift to myself yeah you deserved it hey man you deserve it i got this jacket this jacket because when I was in goddamn Pittsburgh, it was negative 25. Two days ago. Two days ago. So when I flew here, I actually flew with this jacket. I was like, man, it might be a little cool wherever I go. Yeah, you do.

You look good. It looks good. What is the target date for, are they giving you any responses? Like, hey, we think you'll be able to jog by this point. We think you'll be able to run by this point we'll think you'll be able to run by this point like is there any of that right now so i'm gonna be honest uh like when i first started i didn't think i would walk you know so you just walked your ass up these steps here too you came in i'm like yo this motherfucking guy i can barely make it up those

steps right now yeah so uh they didn't think i could walk but i've been going to my doctors and they've been they saying like ryan like you're passing every step we actually have, you pass it with flying colors. And they basically told me, hey, just keep working and we're going to come back at this another day and we're going to see where you're at. But they say just keep working on your strengthening, conditioning and endurance. And the more your endurance gets better, the more your conditioning gets better. And it's like, man, all doors are open. Let's go. Are you going to keep signing one-year deals?

Is that how it was? Did you sign a one-year deal this year? It's all like that. My agent. Because you have to be on the team or whatever. I have to be on the team. But, yeah, my agent is still really having fun. I just let them handle that for me.

Wait, are you going to be a free agent? I'll break news. I will break news. Ryan Chazier is about to be a free agent. The Roonies aren't letting him get out. Well, I think there's, I don't want to call it a break from playing, but it is kind of a break from playing. Your brain is going to be that of a vet, a super vet,

because now you're into film. Whenever you can't do one thing, you obviously pick it up in another thing. So watching film and studying, as soon as your body's ready to go, I think you're going to be – I don't think there's going to be like a, oh, does he still got it thing. I think you're going to be an even better player than ever. In hindsight, the story is going to be one where you become a better football player through this whole thing.

Yeah, I definitely think it's going to make me a better player. And the moment I step back on the field and I'm already going to evaluate and see what coaches are looking for and, like, what I was looking for. And the thing is, the way I've been watching film is going to allow me to take less steps, you know. Like, at any day, I want to be 4-3 again. I told Coach Tom, I was like, I'm going to get healthy. And he was like, man, all you got to do is be, like, 4-6.

I'm cool. And I was like, man, you never know. I might be, like, with a rookie of the year. I might be a 4-2 now., man, you never know. I might be like the rookie of the year. I might be a 4'2 now. You never know. And if you have to throw the floater at the end, just fucking get the job done there, bro. I'm like, I got you. So thankfully you stopped by.

Your story is not only inspiring Pittsburgh, but everybody. It's really cool to watch you, man, because your climb to the top is not going to be an easy one. And I think everybody knows that in every single step not to stupid pun there along the way is is worthy of celebration and we're celebrating with you man yeah thank you excited for you hopefully you get another goddamn pro bowl bracelet right around the corner man i'm pulling hard for that hey yeah man i'm gonna get one let's go appreciate you brother ryan chaiseer what a legend thank you incredible story man yeah nick and digs were getting all like starstruck when he walked in oh yeah how about him walking in by the way we're at the fucking top of the steps just

yeah flights walked right over just a couple months after everybody's like ah you're not gonna be able to walk again okay and i think he had like a fucking uh jack and coke he did he had a rum and coke that's what i was gonna say he got comfortable like super quick and he was talking i mean he was just awesome he was he's uh i'm excited to follow the story i should leave i should leave i should leave hard uh i'm excited to see him get it back on the field it's gonna be awesome it's gonna be a hell of a story one day we're gonna tell our kids about it one day yeah we are that's gonna be something we're gonna tell our kids one day as you heard earlier i'm not gonna have mine for a long time i got shit to do shout out ryan chaser shout out

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day is a massive photo post flex day you're going to be taking pictures at the bars you go to you're going to be taking pictures with your friends you're going to be saying you're irish for a day you're going to do all these things there's going to be a lot of pictures taken win instagram win your twitter win your facebook win the photo with the shirts that we have put together we think they're pretty solid we got a good lineup and if you're watching the youtube right now yo yo yo he is wearing one i am wearing one right now this one i think this one is one of my more favorite. Fan favorite, probably. I think so.

This one is a good one. It is a good one. No water needed. St. Paddy's 2019. You know, this is my favorite, but we have probably, I think there's 15 options. So we got you. We're ready for it. We're excited for it.

And we can't wait to see you crush on the internet. St. Patrick's Day. After you crush your liver, probably. It's on you, though. It's not on us. From all of us here at PMI, we thank you so much. Ty Schmidt. Hit the motherfucking music. Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back Welcome back

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