THESE GUYS! - fakest week ever?

Episode Date: November 26, 2025

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Everybody's just wearing the baggiest black or gray sweatpants, waffle shirts, and one of those huge, like Burlington Coat Factory fur-ass coats. Oregon Lanyard, got nothing to do with Oregon. Not bad for a fat guy. T, TG-161. He's got new merch.

We got merch. He's a merchant. We got merch. Grab some merch. Spending merch.com. Go some merch. Got some merch. Turbo, turbo merch.

Turbo merch. All they do is like make quarterback sound. You have new merch. You get the Ferber on. Hey, check this out. Check this out. No bleeping way. Not a Packers podcast.

How much? How much? No, no. No. Logan, my roommate, it's his. I was like, yo,

can I just wear the whole far fit? He's this huge Packers, man. He's got, so that's not your jersey either? Nah, this is just, this is his and this is, I was like,

yeah, can I wear the hat too? He's like, don't, don't mess it up, Doc. Like, he,

I was going to say you grab that with the fingers right there. You got to be careful with the fingers on the bill. Never heard him be so serious serious in my entire life. Hey, for Clubhouse,

that's your incentive to watch on YouTube. These guys, L.O.L. on YouTube. Old Johnson there's got a home go-pack-go-Farv jersey and a signed on the bill of the cap, Brett Fav-Packers hat. And that signature, I mean, that's Brett Favre right there. Let's just say, I'm looking for cheesehead chicks. What are they talking about? I don't get it.

We. Cheesehead chucks. live from Lambo from the tundra in the press box they film every week welcome to another episode of Cheath Chuck

just hey it's just Thanksgiving themed every week top five side big big week right here for top five sides dude oh yeah

every sports show in the country hey we'll get back for the break taking top five sides and it cold see on the other side every guest I was almost guilty

of this week on my produce show I was almost guilty of it had Fletcher lawyer on the show and I was I came to my head I was like what do I drop it on him do I drop it do I see what he puts on the plate

and then I just couldn't let myself do it I couldn't let myself do it I wanted to the best worst question ever like God I don't want to ask but like what's your favorite's that I wanted to I wanted to hey real quick for I let you go you called stuffing or gravy yeah it's always in the very end

real quick stuffing or dressing What do you call it? Stubby guy. I'll talk to you soon. Before I let you go. Always before I let you go. Like you're like like like like you have them on a leash. Like they're your pet.

Before I let you get out of here. Gotta know. Mount Rushmore of Thanksgiving sides go. Let's see here. I'm going to take turkey dark, dark. We're going to do stuffing. And, uh, hey. take a lot of heat for this one.

I'm going cranberry sauce. I knew it was going to be cranberry. I do. No, but it's always, it's always, it's always, like the guy who is a super, super nerd, uh, beat reporter, you know, who's on the phone. And so then he takes it upon himself to answer it very seriously, as if he was answering the question that they asked about the quarterback depth chart. Yeah.

Oh, geez. You know, I mean, I think when you look at upside, you got to think stuffing, right? I mean, stuffing with the upside and then you add the combination that they bring the duality with gravy mixed in there. I mean, that's got to be up there on the list. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Turkey, the longevity, you know, can eat a day after day after day.

Heck, you can eat turkey for weeks and weeks. I'm eating turkey on Christmas. All right, Kevin, we just asked for the injury report. We don't really. I don't really care. Before, with giving that tomorrow is turkey day, I got to ask, are you a fried or dried turkey kind of guy? You're so fast at the end.

So fast. Last five words, say him so fast, you can't even understand it. So long. Every word's so long. First five words. Oh my God. Is he ever going to finish his end in the last five words? What do you say?

The sports, the sports tired cadence. Do it real quick. I'm not sure if you're aware or not. But tomorrow is a pretty big one here in America. It's the day we reside for eating football. and a whole lot of fun. Family faith, football,

and of course the Lions Cowboys. Oh shit. That's so good. Yeah, it's Thanksgiving week. We're less than a month away. We're listed a month away from these guys live in Chicago. Few tickets left. Go ahead and go grab those few tickets left.

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Mitch, merchant. Mitch. I don't want to work I just want to mouch on the couch all day I don't want to work I just want a mitch on the couch all day He's like a mitch A mooch? No like a mitch

All right Every every NFL in game Every NFL in game after a touchdown I just want to bang on the jumbo Do do do do do do do do do Run the flags to the end zone Everybody on the on the jumbotron I'm just kids, everybody.

Dude, people lose their minds of that song. It always hit me kind of hard too, because I was like, oh my God, we have to work tomorrow. Right. Getting a little too close to home. I'm like, we got like three more hours of this mess.

I was like, we actually have to work in five hours. I'm going to kill myself. Yeah, yeah. Well, we decided with it being Thanksgiving, we were going to just turn over the show to you, the listener, the fan. And a way to show our thanks on this Thanksgiving week. All right, I promise I won't talk like that the whole show. Or will I?

I don't know. But yeah, we wanted to just go to break the whole show. Fake breaks? That's the title. but we got so many backed up emails and it's a little bit of a log jam Logjam on 465 if you want to steer clear that would maybe take

the back road, Mitthofer, Midhofer. You know? Dude, the craziest road names. Oh my God. Midhofer, they'll free up. Mid-Hoffer than get over there to Benford Boulevard before you hit the guy on street. And we'll be on Twin Peaks.

You're just making shit up, dude. Yeah, we just wanted to get back to the clubhouse as quickly as we could to get in as many as we could. Hopefully, you know, this week, everybody's driving somewhere, flying somewhere. Hopefully you're safe. And so we just wanted to turn it back over to you guys and get into it so we could catch up here. But then also you guys bring up the best shit anyway. So as a token. of our appreciation.

We'll go over to sports. Sports radio guy Tourette's guy who listens to too much sports radio at Thanksgiving Conversations just keeps getting like keeps going into it. Honey, shut up.

I can't help it. I really. I really just can't. It's a little late night these guys here. We're recorded late night on Monday night. So, you know, feeling froggy.

But fakeest week ever. Mm-hmm. Is it? Is this the biggest week ever? Is it Christmas? I was getting ready to tweet about that. But I was trying to break down my favorite weeks, the best weeks of the year. Christmas has got to be. Thanksgiving's there with like state games too?

Yeah, I don't know, man. I think that then the totality of Thanksgiving. When you look at the full body of work that Thanksgiving brings to the table. Let's here. Let's get into this real quick, real quick. Brings the table. I see it. I see what you did. Christmas.

Christmas really only most of the time, like this year's different because it falls on a weekend. But most of the time, it only really provides for a lot of people, like half a day on Christmas Eve and the full day off on Christmas. Right. Yeah. Right. I know the mentality of it is you're kind of checked out anyways and the big bosses are usually going on the cruise and so everybody's still kind of just like,

we're having the holiday happy hour, holiday healthy happy hour on the 19th, you know? Yeah. But there's just something about like that literally on Sunday. When I'm watching my pathetic, mediocre run-of-the-mill football team play and they're losing. and I'm thinking, hey, you know what, though? It's Thanksgiving week.

Yeah. We don't have to do anything next week. It's all fake. You have Monday, which is already basically Thursday, because Tuesday's Friday, nobody's doing Jack on Wednesday. Nothing on Wednesday. Big travel day.

Big travel day. Big travel day. You feel it in the air. The booze is flowing whenever. anything goes. Tuesday at 4 p.m. Thanksgiving week. Dude, I was feeling it today, bro.

I was feeling it today. I was in Target and I was like, it just feels good. It just feels good. Yeah, a little bit low pressure. You know, you're just getting together having great food. Funny stuff's going to be happening.

You know, not so much stress. It's whatever. Then you got Thanksgiving Friday, Black Friday. Oh my God. No one's doing anything on Black Friday. Friday? Work? No. Everybody, everybody's off. Everybody's off. Swear. Besides, you know, you work in retail or restaurants.

That's even kind of a wash too, though, because you work retail on Black Friday. It's like, all right, just survive. There's no like, don't hit your goals. It's like, just help it. Just go. All hands on deck. Saturday after Thanksgiving. Leftovers. I'm not doing much. state games Sunday though after the Thanksgiving

Sunday maybe maybe the darkest the earliest it gets the darkest ever and that that that stretch run to Christmas seems

like light years away I know that Sunday is a bad one V depressing it's such a wild swing of emotion from the Sunday prior when you're watching NFL games to the Sunday, like the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend. Whoa, man.

Sunday before Thanksgiving week, Sunday after. I feel like I just got broken up with the whole day. Dude. A little more pale. Okay. Kind of fat. Kind of fat. Just feel like absolute shit, dude.

Dude, if someone asked me to take off my shirt, I would run for my life. You're like, oh my God, dude. All right, got to go back to school or work. And I know I don't want to, but I know I just have to force vegetables down my throat. Big lock in time. Don't want to lock in either. A lot of leftover pie. You're just like, I can't, dude.

I can't keep doing it. Never been more fat and scared the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Oh, my God. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. And you can't. That's the one time of all of this part of the calendar, the one time that you can't even get excited for Christmas.

You don't even think about it. You feel like a glutton. Hey, Christmas this year? Maybe we just don't even do it. You're saying stuff like that. Maybe it was, hey, you're like, maybe I should like give a little more this year. You're thinking about stuff I got. Let's go see your family.

Yeah. Looking at sign up sheets for like volunteer shit. Never do it. Hey, what if we, what if we stood outside of a, you know, give back? What about giving back the next day? Yeah, fuck that. I think it's Cyber Monday, baby. Cyber Monday always kind of gets me because I never see it coming, you know?

And I get on the. internet cyber Monday. I'm like, well, let's check it out. I know, but I was actually talking about this today when I was up at Purdue. And it's all now, like, did you ever in high school or middle school, not a high school podcast, reminiscing podcast? Did you ever go out? Did you ever go out on Black Friday, like real like late night Black Friday? Just to like get the experience, feel the energy. What was going on? Oh, yeah. dude. That was some real Black Friday shit.

One of my coworkers, he literally said he was like, I remember multiple places I would be at it. And it would be quite literally 50% off, like a hot item. I'm like, yes, that was Black Friday. Yeah. Now Black Friday is the whole entire week. And then it's like 15% off on Black Friday.

I'm like 15%. And what they do was just charge it up 20 more bucks. and then by the time you take it off in sales a tax you're paying for the same price. Nothing, dude. It's like very... It's not real anymore. I like grassroots Black Friday.

Hey, we're open till one, I think. We got to check with the manager. Like, they don't even know the hours. It's just like... No, they like open up at midnight. Oh, that's hard. You remember? You're like middle of the night. Yeah.

Did I remember driving to the night? Yeah, 7 deep in a like Chevy Trailblazer. Mm-hmm. Pitch black outside. Are you sure that, are they sure parking lot packed? So much stuff. Never been more packed. Popping outside of the store.

Kids running around in there. I mean, we're doing this. Everything really is 75% off. Yeah. Grabbing stuff. Cleaning up. And you still walk out of there and you're like, dude, I'm about to, this might be like 350 bucks they're ringing all up it's like that'll be 88 72 oh like I just got two new pairs

of jordan shorts three elite socks and a Nike hoodie you're grabbing stuff in the checkout line because it's so cheap yeah get two of those uh mini basketballs for five bucks hey or with that one kid he stole a pair of shoes you're like hey whatever anything goes they're trying to clean it out weed kid stole something whatever let's just get out here while we can hey that ride down that ride down on Black Friday, yeah, it's like 1230, right? You feel kind of bad because you skipped out on the late part of your family's Thanksgiving. But yeah, you're with all your buddies, so you're like, all right, yeah, that's cool. But everybody's just wearing the baggiest black or gray sweatpants,

waffles shirts, and one of those huge, like Burlington Coat Factory fur-ass coats. Oregon Lanyard got nothing to do with Oregon. Guy with Tim's even made. the trip. Word gets around, dude. You got a caravan going to the Nike outlet on Black Friday? Like, who knows who's going to show up? Hey, we're meeting in the Circle K parking lot.

Let's go. Yeah, the post-thanksgiving guilt of hanging with your friends when you're like 17 to 20 years old. Real. First one to leave. Your dad vouches for you because he knows you're an idiot. Yeah, he's got to work tomorrow. No, it really started hitting hard when every Thanksgiving,

they would have a Thanksgiving night football game. Because for a while there, it's like, yeah, once the Cowboys are done playing, you know, all right, what, my mom's going to maybe like, she's just going to be cleaning, maybe she's going to try to start getting some Christmas stuff out. I don't know, maybe they throw on a Christmas movie we've seen 100 times. Like, I'm not missing anything. Yeah. Now all of a sudden they have Thursday night live NFL.

NFL games, Steelers have played there like three times on Thanksgiving. I'm like, I got choose between the homies or like skip it out on family memories here. What the hell? Dude, that really, when they started playing like the college football game Thanksgiving night, really took the sadness out of the Cowboys like 430 slot. I do appreciate that. I was solid. Dude, when the Cowboys played, I was like, it's over, bro.

And then, wait, Texas A&M's playing tonight? Right. Texas A&M, Texas. Texas. Every time. I was like, this is the game I want to watch, bro. Texas randomly decided to put their numbers on their helmet with the Longhorn logo. I was like, I guess they're doing a throwback thing every Thanksgiving? It makes my, dude, just makes my heart feel good. Now when you get the Iron Bowl the next day? What's up?

All the big rival is it. Peak Bama Auburn? Yeah. All right. Kick six. Still think about it every day. What? No, it's sports podcast.

I think about the kick six every single day of my life. I cannot believe it still. Oh, my God. Yeah. That's up there with, that's up there with like, oh yeah, I watched the brawl live.

And I watched. Yeah. I watched Christian Watford's shot live against Kentucky. Like those three things. I played against you. Yogi Farrell. Like those four things where we grew up.

Everybody. Oh, everybody was watching it live. Everybody guarded Yogi Farrell. Okay. Are there any more of those? Clubhouse, comment. What's your, you remember where you were a moment? Watford.

Oh, that was crazy. Chris Davis Jr. Is that his name? Yeah. Chris Davis? Is that, is it Chris Davis? How could I forget? Yeah.

Two orange sleeves. And what was the other one? He said? The brawl. Oh, yeah. Big moments on TV. Doesn't have to be sports either. Just other.

What? What? No, but what I'm saying is that like everybody says that. I'm like, okay, not everybody was actively watching all this. I didn't. Everybody guarded Yoga Farrell. You know?

Park Tudor. Another crazy high school name. What? Park Tudor? what is that it's like such a shopping center or a high high school also yeah it's like okay park fun cool tutor oh i'm good nerd learning no thanks kind of confusing me anyways um let's get let's let's we've been going long enough here we said we've we've been going to go to the clubhouse so let's just do it just got guys who said they're only going to do emails never do emails well hey you

You know, it's a big week. Sometimes we get it. This is our, this is one of our weeks. We have so much shit that we can talk about and break down. Vegas week ever. A little sad after, a little sad after a Cowboys Thanksgiving game, getting to the car to go home.

Christmas music's on the radio. Wait, I didn't know that lights up. Looking around. All right, all right. Toro, forget, what do you guys want? Your dad? What do you guys want this year? Saying all that.

So, I'm excited. Team these guys at gmail.com. We'll go to Mason. He's right on theme here. Stationed out about fake weeks? Fellas, with the goat of fake work weeks coming up, I put together an 18 March Madness-style bracket of the fakes of the year.

Wow. No receding, which week cuts down the nets. Christmas and Thanksgiving are strong one and two seeds, but maybe a Cinderella can take them down. Game one, one seed, week before Christmas, against the eight seed company retreat slash conference week. So I'll go through all these, Ben, so you just take them in, clubhouse, you take them in, and then we'll break it down.

Game two, a four verse five, the four seed week after your own or slash the best man in a wedding, verse number five seed, fourth of July week. Game three, number three. seed vacation hangover week. You flew back late Sunday evening and didn't build in any buffer verse 6 March Madness opening week. Game four, the two versus the seven. The two seed week before Thanksgiving.

Against the seventh seed adult that celebrates their birthday way too much birthday week. So cringe. Thanks guys. Have a great Thanksgiving. Mason sent from my, whoa, you're going to have to help me out with this one.

Let's hear it. Kyocera. Kiosara slider. Kiosara. Kiosara slider. Picture attached. Picture is attached. Look at this photograph.

Hold on. I'm getting there. I'm getting there. I'm getting there. We'll break all this down. Mason came in here recently. Kiosera, dude. What a time for that phone.

That's crazy. Never seen more 2002 phone in my life. Such a. Fun phone though. Oh my god. The ringtone on that thing, super loud. That's like the phone that

when you'd be at the movie theater, that little clip right before they start the movie. Please silence your devices. Nice. Oh shit. All right. This is fairly easy, I think. Obviously, week before Christmas, advances.

Fourth of July week, absolutely hammers the four seed week after your own wedding week after your own wedding like if you're not on your honeymoon you're like what the hell i'm married am i a new person this is sad all that all that buildup is over like we worked for this for two years and now it's just done like i guess my life's over i don't know it's weird bad bad so fourth of july week absolutely nails that one to move on um march madness has a six seed easily beats a vacation hangover week a little confused with your seating mason not going to live. I appreciate the thoughtfulness and you get the show big time, your clubhouse through

and through. But the sixth seed, March Madness opening week, you got the planning games Tuesday, Wednesday, after selection Sunday, and then Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday games the whole entire time. Come on. Easily moves on. Yeah. And then game four week before Thanksgiving. Obviously, that moves on there. So what would that put us at? That would put us, so March Madness would go on to play the one seed week before Christmas and then the four C or the Seed 4th of July would have a matchup with the week before Thanksgiving. Ben, I'll let you take this one.

I'll let you take this round. Thanksgiving's beating March Madness. Ooh. No, no, no. Christmas plays March Madness. Oh, my bad. I don't know how brackets work. Thanksgiving's playing.

Because the highest remaining seed... I'm too dumb to figure this out. You got it. The highest remaining seed, the sixth seed, we go play the one seed week before Christmas. So then you have the matchup of the two against the five. That's a juicy one. That's going to be one that's like,

I'm trying to, that'd be like, Thanksgiving versus Fourth of July. That's what we got. Yeah. Yeah. With Fourth of July, I think being like,

Fourth of July, I think is like Butler back in their heyday going up against like Florida. And you're like, damn, I think it could be a good game. It ends up being a killer game. But like at the end of the day,

the week of Thanksgiving just has too much talent. I think so too. They got that dude They got a couple Lottery picks Right They're just too deep Fourth of July

We put up a hell of a fight Gritty A lot of good stuff there We'll go down It's a great run for them But like Week 4 Thanksgiving Like they're just come on

But I'm gonna pull the upset here In my eyes I think If we're talking weeks Not the two day frame Of Christmas Eve Christmas We're talking the week, selection Sunday, playing game Tuesday,

playing games Wednesday, Thursday, all day games starting at noon, Friday, all day games starting at noon, a whole weekend of games as well. I think the sixth seed March Madness week is beating Christmas week. Because Christmas week, that's the 18th, 19th, 20th,

people are still like, that's when your bosses are like, yeah, we gotta get that in. We got to get that in before Q3 ends. Dude, but that's a big week. It's so much. meaningless. Doing all the shopping too. Nobody's heads in the game, but nobody's heads in the game during March Madness either. Yeah, I got dual screens up today. So, so are you,

you're, you're Christmas over March Madness? It's hard to take down Christmas, bro. It is. It is. Sometimes I would work on Christmas and I wouldn't even be doing anything at work. So I was like, this is so fake and I'm at work. I'm just sitting here. I didn't have any like things that coming in to do. So I was like, I'm just chilling. I'm just listening to podcasts. How sad is that though?

I remember how to do that shit too. It's kind of fun. It's kind of fun. Like going into work knowing like I got one hour at work and I'm just going to be chilling for seven hour. I can kill some time, dude. Yeah. In my bracket though,

I'm going March Madness against the week of Thanksgiving and then the two Cs. is taken at home over the week of March Madness. So you're taking Thanksgiving to win the whole thing? Yeah, that makes sense. Top heavy week. Yep. Appreciate it, Mason.

It's going to Blake the night before Thanksgiving. Whoa. What a night. Oh, my God. Hey, what are we going to order? What are we going to order? Because they're not making food. That's the craziest thing.

Somebody said that one time. when they came out with the day that people order the most pizza is the day before the pizza pizza is the day before Thanksgiving. I was like, oh my God! Everything in my life made sense. Ever heard that? It's not just us.

He says, boy, he's not a high school of college podcast, but was talking with a buddy the other day about the most elite nights of the year. We came to the conclusion that during our college era, the night before Thanksgiving, back in your hometown will never be topped. One, you get to see all your friends you haven't seen since the summer.

Two, you get to see what everyone is looking like after a semester of beer and late night meals. Three, the hometown homies and or burpee girls are back in the mix. Four, always seemed like the most random hookup would happen. And it may be talking about the next day, but then never again as people went back to college after break was over and forgotten about. Is there a more elite night in the era for you guys? P.S. hope to see you in Dallas soon. Whoever makes it first, I will have a Tony Romo, Mous. I was jersey waiting for you, Blake.

My dream. Now we got to go. Now we got to go. A silver one when the maps had silver jerseys? Wow. Those look like trash bags. I liked them. All right.

Yeah. Day before Thanksgiving, pretty dangerous. Pretty dangerous. Because it's like a known thing. Mm-hmm. But also I was like, is it that dangerous? Because the next day you got to see your whole family. Like, I can't really go that crazy.

Like you're going, you're kind of like pushing it. That is something that always tripped me up as well. Like, man, you guys are living under a whole different set of rules than I am. Like, I got to be on it at like 9 a.m. Yeah, I got three Thanksgiving to go to tomorrow and I have to be in a sweater the whole time. Like, so in a hot car on the way to. Who's hooking up the night before? You got no family?

I mean, I feel like That's a person that's hooking up. I feel like that definitely, you know, happens. Happens. Waking up. But yeah, the whole idea behind, I'm with you. The whole idea behind where people are just like, yeah, it's the best to go and get fucked up

because the next day you just like sit around and eat. I'm like, yeah, you sit around and eat with 35 relatives you haven't seen in eight months and your mom breathing down your neck while you're wearing a turtleneck and you're sweating and you just want to puke. Sounds horrible. You got to be a little prepared too.

Like all of a sudden you just stumble into Thanksgiving. Like you're getting hit with some questions and you're like, I didn't even think anyone would ask me that. Like you're not delivering. You're kind of off. Yeah. You know, you don't start really getting into rhythm by like four o'clock.

By then it's over, dude. Also never been louder than Thanksgiving. everybody just talking over everybody, screens so loud, kids running around. So who you're dating? Food clanking. Not the girls from last night. So yeah, so I do agree that it is a lot of fun because the excitement of like, oh, we can get all the boys back together and this is great.

And we have a few days off. And like Thanksgiving's tomorrow. Holy shit. But like, I don't want to be out until 3 a.m. I don't think I ever really even did it I don't think I did it Well I did one time But it didn't like

It did live up to the hype though too I'm not gonna lie I did one blackout Wednesday Broad ripple And it was weird too Because it was like I don't know It felt it felt like

I felt a little guilty Like should we be doing this I'm gonna see my grandma on seven hours I know And so like it was always kind of intimidating The whole idea behind you is always a little intimidating too I'm like dude this means that like We're going to go out

There's just going to be a bunch of people That I'm going to see that I Never wanted to see again I know But then you then you see somebody that you're like Oh my God they're here Like that's crazy Like kind of worth it sometimes

But you are scared before you go You're a little scared like am I ready for this? Weird like starting to pit out a little bit. Hey, did I should I, I should have worn something different like on your way there in the car? I shouldn't have worn this.

You're at the, you're at the pregame and it's like, oh man, this group of people showed up. They're like, damn, I was, now your, your vibes all off, you know? Should I worn a hat? Then you're starting to like kind of sweat a little bit because it's hot in there as well.

He's got an earring now? but it is I get it like what's another good one I don't think I liked like that that night from like 20 to 24 and I know that's like the time to do that night I didn't really like it because there's just

everybody was still two in the mix where like everybody the thing was to be where everybody was and I never wanted to do that I was like I just want to be with the people I want to be with yeah and now because we gotten older you know 26 to 13

where we are now. Now everybody's kind of back on that train. So now it's like, hey, maybe we won't go to BRT, but maybe we'll just all go to Clint's house and just hang out and like watch hoops and get together. I'm like, yes, now we're talking. Nothing better than that. Get together, dude. No press.

That's a Blackout Wednesday I can get behind. Sorry. What's another elite? What's another one? yeah um night out like leading up to christmas like everybody's back in town for sure and it's like not a planned thing but you just yeah let's go out like on 22nd or 23rd maybe even early yeah yeah it's something like that 21st like what if it falls on a Friday or Saturday like kind of lit no it's almost even more fun though when it's on like a Tuesday and like Christmas Eve's the next day and you're

like, let's just see what's going on. You don't know, too. You don't know, because it's not like a known get-together. It's like, let's just get you. Everybody's there. Oh. Yeah, maybe like the 22nd, Zanis in Chicago, you know. Like, it would be, whoa, what if?

That'd be crazy. That'd be crazy. I'd think the night before 4th of July. July 3rd is a good, uh, get together. out night, yeah. Because everybody's off. Everybody's off on Fourth of July.

Everybody. You know? Some fireworks early. And it's not as high expectation as Thanksgiving and Christmas. You're like, yeah, we're just like going to a pool and, you know, laying out

and having drinks tomorrow anyways. So, yeah, we'll do a little hair of the dog. Nobody will mind. Thanksgiving, everybody's minded. Your answer, piss. your grandma's disappointed, your mom's mad of you on the way there. Dad's mad now because mom's mad.

You're like, dude, what? Those Vegas bombs were not worth it. Can't drink all day if you don't. Starting the morning. Third of July, more like my third course before 9 a.m. Come on. That guy can't be serious.

He's gone mad. That's one of my favorite. I think about that too. His favorite subtle parts of that video. He's gone mad. He's gone mad. I don't know why I said that. That's funny.

Guys talking about how funny they are. Okay. I can't believe I said something that genius. That's so crazy. Me? I'm off with me. All right. Let's go to Tim.

He says, Daddy's on air. Thanksgiving edition. Fellas, thanks for making the week better. are really are the same guy. I know this isn't a holiday podcast. My question is what dish at Thanksgiving is comparable to an athlete? For example, MJ is turkey or ham? Star of the show. Everybody comes to see him. Carl Malone is stuffing, consistent, never the main dish, but can win an MVP every now and then. Vince Carter is dessert, always bringing surprises

and providing the cherry on top. Let's say you. Got a goal station does not know about these emails. I sit for my work laptop. Happy holidays, boys. Thanks, Tim What a quest Mm-hmm Dude Tim Duncan Mashed potatoes

Just who's not So good So good Great Great Historic Got to have them You're putting peas and corn on them

He's the guy bro He's helping everybody I like that Not the big show But like he's he is top three dude He'll never Yeah

It's just Timmy D Big fundamentals down there That's a really good one to start Coming back for seconds probably I'm gonna say mac and cheese Is Dude

bro I'm gonna say mac and cheese is like Randy Moss A lot of a lot of flavor. Could be the best thing about your plate. It could also be kind of a weird, like, baked kind that you don't really like. Could be a little bland. A couple off games.

But also, like, mac and cheese is really nice to have on your plate. But at the same time, like, if you don't have mac and cheese, that doesn't mean that you can't win the Super Bowl. Mm-hmm. But he'll show up. When he shows up, like, people are going to be like, it's a showstopper, dude. Kids love him. Oh, my God.

Where'd you get that? Nice. Where'd you get that? Big draw. Big draw for the kids, dude. Every kid. Every kid is mac and cheese on their plate. But a lot of the dads are kind of like, I don't need all that.

Mm-hmm. Too much flash. Tim Duncan, mashed potatoes. That's... That's damn good. Go on this all day, dude. Dang, dude. Who's just like your... Your rock kind of linemen. You know?

Jason Kelsey. No. Well, yeah. Or like a power forward that you can just count on, you know? David West, not a local podcast. I'm thinking like I just need so who's something who's just who's reliable you know what I mean?

Like somebody that just Hey somebody that just play like David Robinson David DeCastro Just just the whole The whole Spurs team Yeah

What was it going to be that? What dish? Dude like rolls You know what I mean? Like you gotta have it Always there They're never bad you're putting a turkey in it

like somebody that's just always there you're not going to show up to think oh they didn't have this they always have rolls put a little jelly in pull of butter I always got a roll on your plate kids too I like I like

I can't think of a person though I like the linemen I mean I'm stuck in the line of it but like when you said like reliable linemen I don't go so much like left tackle as I do interior I was thinking I was thinking guys just but it's not like

local podcast. Um, I think gravy, like for the, the poron gravy, not stuffing or they call it dressing. Sorry. I think gravy is like, uh, shows up in the big games, dude, gamer. Really? Yeah, because you're not eating gravy like that any other day. It's just like showtime, like, it's kind of like some. and Iverson like practice bro

this game day dude like this dude's going on everything versatile like that going on mashed potatoes boom hey drizzle some of the stuffing bang put some on the turkey why not hey just throw it all over the whole plate guy does a little bit of everything

gravy show hey Otani oh my god five tool man five two I like that with the gamer though you're right like shows up you know the moment

Maybe, yeah, maybe in July or August, you know, the dog days, you're not thinking about gravy. It's not a big deal. But on the biggest stage, gravy shows up. I know who's getting the ball. I would say Chauncey Billups, but hey. Hey. A little Robert Ory, gravy, saying, are we going to keep got big shot gravy? Gravy legs already good.

That's pretty good. You can always count on them, dude. Guys got like 10 rings. What's, who's pumpkin pie? Oh my God He kind of nailed it with some Vince Carter Not an old podcast or anything Yeah but I'm thinking Vince Carter to me

Is more like Aiced Brownie or like Or like Shit, what's that called when you have Vince Carter me is like I can tell you what it is Like when you put ice cream over like a hot piece of pie All the mode, huh?

Yeah, that's good, bro. All American. He's something a little bit more, he's something a little bit more, I'm thinking, like, dessert. Super flashy, Vince Carter? Yeah. Is Vince Carter pumpkin cheesecake? Maybe a cheesecake, yeah. Because, like, that's what pie, I'm thinking it's a little bit more.

hometown hero. A little bit more steady. not steady. He's always going to be there. I'm thinking, I'm thinking Vince Carter, yeah, there's like some berry or some cherry involved.

There's some like ice cream. There's more to it. There's a, there's some flavor. Yeah, there's more to it. Pumpkin pie, though. I know clubhouse

is like screaming in their car. Jeff Saturday. Nah, dude, pumpkin pie's still like, it's sexier than alignment. It's like, oh, pumpkin pie. Pumpkin, it's like somebody who, and also, it's somebody who every now and then will go off with what they wear, add a little accessory that changes the game because you put whipped cream on top of pumpkin pie? Face of the franchise.

Is pumpkin pie Damien Lillard, hometown hero? Damian Lillard Blazers, game winners all day, cool. I think we can do better Is pumpkin pie Ben Ralthusberger with the black visor is the whipped cream I don't want to play against that guy

Dude People People either love or they hate pumpkin pie Has too much Most people either love or they hate Big Ben And a whole pie I had three pieces

I didn't like it What the hell are you talking about? Pumpkin pie What are you talking about? Girls do that Girls don't like anything I don't like the texture Get out of my house

Wait Like slimy What's talking about Slimy dude It's literally gravy What do you think it was going to be like? I hate it when people talk about texture

Eat the food All right. Not a personal podcast. Let's go to Anthony. Anthony says Paul Casaro Youngstown State Jersey. That'd be so sick. Black one. Cuff sleeves, game worn.

Wear it to bed every night. No pants. What's up? Fire in the middle of the night. You got to go out to the lobby. Everybody you live with in your apartment. Is that a Casaro, Youngstown State? Anthony says,

sup guys, second time emailer. Vikings, moccasins on. No pants. Casaro. All right, all right. Second time email, a long time listener. I burst out laughing last week. Listen, you guys talking about how you'll forever idolize the high school football

players you grew up watching because I was literally going to email two weeks ago and ask who some of the guys were that you looked up to but never sent it. mine was LJ Scott Oh yeah Went on to Michigan State And scored the game When he touched down To send MSU to the college football

Playoff of 2015 You remember that shit Where he fought through like three Tacklers and barely reached the nose over Is he Did he? Is he in the NFL? I don't know what happened

to LJ Scott I feel like he was underrated He was like Lev Bell after Lev Bell at Michigan State And then just disappeared Mm-hmm a case of filling the shoes too quick, you know?

Yeah, you're kind of like, was this system running back? But then leg out bell was just really, really good. Yeah, so are there any guys, are there any guys you played against in high school that went pro? P.S. Slat my ass with a power rate zero bottle that will leave a full imprint, but do not do any damage to the bottle. Anthony. Dude, those bottles are so insanely strong. You can run over that with a car. It wouldn't make a dent.

Yeah, nothing happened. Sports science on that. Power is zero. Please. I'm John Brinkett. Or sports science. High school players you looked up to when you're younger? No, that we played against.

I went pro. Oh. Zach Martin crazy dude I was like how are we gonna alright never mind Tails will go tails

at the coin dot I was like that's a you guys problem I'll avoid as much as possible but I don't know what we're gonna do here you guys play against you gotta think about it dude dude's playing D-line too like

right and he can do whatever he wants yeah Hey, Zach Martin, better at D-Line? Just saying. Alterate universe, never know. Quick feet, what? You guys played against that Hearst dude too, right?

James Hurst. I don't know. I thought he was at Plainfield. I think we did, but he didn't give us any problems. I could be forgetting. And I think I did actually shit my pants at game in case anyone's listening from Plainfield. But I think he, I think he like,

got better as he got older or something. Yeah. He was a late... I played a bunch of... I played with a bunch of linemen. Like, there's Homeboy from Cathedral, too, who went to Florida, and I was like, Jesus Christ, can we get one of these people?

Terry McLaren was a sophomore when I was a senior. Yo. Cole Toner was my teammate, and he went... That's hard. That's hard. Yeah. Got drafted by the Cardinals in the fifth round. That's so sick. Yeah.

Shout out CT. Shout out CT. Yep. Yep. Let's see. Yogi Farrell. Oh, people who played basketball. That was nuts when you played against somebody like freshman year,

eighth grade and you're like, well, they're definitely going pro because that was crazy. And then they didn't. I'd be like, how did you not? I know. That's so sad. I'm like, what happened? I went a 30 for 30 on those guys. I'm like, you just work for a plumbing company?

Dude, you had 30 points against us every time. Yeah, a bunch of baseball players. But like none that you're like, holy shit. That, like currently, you know, like guys like Dylan Peters went to Cathedral and he got drafted. And I think he played a little bit for the Miami Marlins. the Montgomery brothers from Lawrence Central they both got drafted but I don't think they did anything it was somebody like rounds and baseball

and like if you throw in the 90s when you're in high school like somebody's going to take a chance on you I don't have it confirmed but like I'm pretty sure I probably played against Dansby Swanson at some point or the same age and we did travel baseball all around like same tournaments and shit like that I thought about this the other day

and I made this connection going into my senior year for football there's this camp it was like a kind of like it wasn't a football camp but it was like a strength endurance mental weird it was a really weird camp

it was like the captains went to it from like all these teams around yeah yeah I forget what it was but we went with I think it was Sane X or something maybe I forget what team and they had this dude

that was just he was like he was like yeah it's our rover back yeah he plays some linebacker he plays a little safety dude and he was just crushing

in all these competitions that didn't really have anything to do with football just like carried this weighted bag like I wasn't that far behind but I was like this dude is like he's got endurance like and he's he's like locked in like focus like every little challenge

like he was super dialed bro it was Luke Keeckley I swear to God because I watched this podcast clip and he's like yeah my senior year I played at St. X and I was like a rover middle line and I was like oh my God that was him

no that's crazy I swear and he's like I wasn't big I like I put in this bro and I was like that was like that dude I know it was because I was like he's got so much determined I was like God he's always five steps ahead bro he was moving the coaches were like we love that guy we love that's our that's our main piece on defense.

I was like, wow. Can't wait to see how his career. I was like, I wonder how he does. Like I always thought about it. I was like, I wonder what he like went on to do.

Swear to God. Best linebacker ever. It all makes sense. I was like, oh my God, dude. Yeah. Yeah.

That's like a usual suspects moment. You like drop the coffee mug and you're all coming together the realization. It's all playing back in your head, those clips. Wow. I never heard that story.

That's wild. That's about it though I mean I'm sure there's others that I'm missing But the big ones Zach Martin Yogi Farrell Terry McLaren It's the guys that didn't go pro

That I'm like what Those are more interesting than me How Let's go to Robert Robert says Ryan Terrio Boys long time Multiple time

I love hearing all the new clubhouse members joining I want to hear these guys origin stories. A core memory of mine is driving to golf a year ago and you guys did the original Daddy's on air. Can't go to Christmas dinner because Daddy's got to work. And I legit was crying, laughing in the car. You guys could just do 10 minutes straight of more reasons why you can't make family functions. If I had a guess, it was in episode 50s. When the other email I mentioned your dad's Blackberry, I used to ask my dad if I could use it after 9 p.m. on the weekday since minutes were free and my mom always on the landline.

nowadays have no clue what we had to go through. Would also text everyone on the little keyboard and sometimes forget to delete the text threads I had to high school crushes. So incriminating. I was thinking for the Chicago show since I'm an athletic trainer at one of the universities here, I could tape ankles, fingers, turf tape for your elbows, wrist,

all of the pregame. Let me know if I need to bring supplies. Cheers, Bobby. N-B-F-A-F-G. Not bad for a fat guy. Send from a rich kid's silver razor since I don't have a flip-flip. phone in eighth grade. Yeah, his name was Josh, of course. Josh. Let's go, Rob.

Yeah, dude. Bring one of those like training tables. Yep. Bring one of those training tables that you like can like set up, you know, like on the sidelines. Put it outside of Zanies and yo, can I get some spats before the show? Outside of my jeans tape. Over the shoes.

Do that crazy eight. bro I honestly I think I talked about it before I never ever got spats I wanted I did my own spats when I was like a freshman because I just did it for looks because I thought it looked cool probably definitely should have broken my ankle because I didn't have any of the shit I just literally like wrapped my ankle my shoe to make it look like I was on NCAA oh nine yeah black tape yeah that's cool I mean I felt cool I was like this is awesome your own I never had I never had I mean but it wasn't real it was just me just like literally wrapping, cutting off the circulation to my fucking lower extremities. That's how you got to do it. Bold move on the freshman team, actually. I've been too scared to do that. Yeah, I was an idiot.

Like, I just thought I could do whatever I wanted. I don't know. But, and I was just like, dude, this is sick. Like spats, dude, let's go. Mm-hmm. Make you so much slower. Dude, our high school football pants paired with spats? I'm like, might as well be running in sand, dude.

No mobility. Loosest, loosest pants. Cardboard pants. No way, not loose. Those, those card. Loose pants? No, dude. Compared to like what they have, like Nike pants now, right?

You could not do this in our pants. I'm like, the whole point is to run. See, my, I, I would rather faulted on kind of tighter pants because if I had the, You'd come across some of those baggier Like if it was like a size large That you would give for game day Like dude this shit is too It's way too loose

My pads feel like they're moving around I got like swamp ass going on here I'm like give me a fucking Give me a medium Almost a small like I want that shit to be To my leg Yeah I know

You can work out the stretch You know what I mean Just do a few like of those You know like the jump ups To get your knees up Like you can kind of like Loosen them up But I'd rather have to do that

to just be like, dude, I'm everywhere. Like, this is not working. It was kind of hard to get used to, like your game fit before a game. Because you tell you, you know, like the first game, you're like, damn, I don't, this doesn't feel right. You know, you've been wearing practice pants and all that stuff for like four months. And you put on game stuff and you're like, I'm a totally different person right now. I don't even know. A little too fish.

Yeah. Yeah, the first game's always weird. Even though when everybody's just like, sign to hit another jersey. I know. I'm like, I'm not. There's too many. This is too overwhelming. I don't know these.

Like I had gotten into a group. I know what I know what I'm going up against. Now I got to figure out all this like on the fly in a real game where there's crowd here. It's a lot. In front of all those girls, bro. In front of the huss? What? We didn't we didn't have tape like pre week one.

We weren't like all summer watching tape of Southport. It was just like, I hear they run a, uh, a, uh, 4-3 with it and you're like I guess we're just gonna like roll with it I don't know all the sudden they got scary people you go on the field I didn't hear about him in the scattering board right right your uniforms all messed up do I need a cowboy collar after the first series yeah go ask one of the yeah yeah go ask one of the yeah go ask one of the coaches for a cowboy collar. See how that goes.

My ass. Let's go to Gavin. Says Stedman Bailey. West Virginia had so many clones. Noel Devine Bailey. Tavon Austin. Everyone's like, Tavon Austin's so good. I'm like, they had like three other of him.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where do they all come from? How do they get there? And then where do they all go? Because West Virginia is not good anymore. Same guy. Oh, when West Virginia was West Virginia. Mm-hmm. Scary team.

Steve Slayton. Hey, what bowl? Did they go off in? West Virginia, like, smacks Georgia. Fiesta Bowl. Fiesta Bowl. Fiesta Bowl, West Virginia. God, that sounds good to watch.

They went to, like, all of them. I think West Virginia had that run where literally it was like they were in the Orange Bowl, they were in the Fiesta Bowl, they were in the Sugar Bowl. Mm-hmm. They were just in all the big ones. Sick bowl team. I didn't ever go to the championship. But that's why you like they're just right there.

You feel like the people don't know. Like, that's my team, you know? Cool players. Yeah. Terell Pryor almost went there. What? Not sports podcast. Okay.

Gavin says, What's up, fellas? Longtime listener, first time emailer. I was looking for an excuse to email for the longest time. I was watching my alma mater, West Virginia, take on Pitt in the basketball version of the backyard brawl last night. solid 71-49W, eat shit pit,

and was thinking that there are not many collegiate rivalries where the hatred spans across multiple sports. Usually just basketball or football. I understand this is not a college sports podcast, but what are some of your favorite college rivalries? And can you think of any others where the fan bases feud over more than one sport? For example, I always like to tune in

for the Georgia Florida football game. I appreciate the show. I love the shout out to the old Big East. Those were the days. It's not my ass as I attempt to shoot a job. jump shot with Sean Marion and NBA 2K. Best, Gavin. Sean Marion, Indiana guy.

Is he? He went to Vincent's. Hey, you sure he didn't go to Marion? Oh, God, come on. Oh, God, Jesus. This guy. Yeah, it is kind of weird like that. Like, they always try to hype up Ohio State, Michigan, and basketball, but you're like,

come on. No way. That's so lame. Michigan and Ohio State basketball, I'm like, I'll do anything but watch that game. Yeah. Like Duke, Duke,

North Carolina, yeah. Hey, but Duke, North Carolina and football? Who cares? Hey, do they even play?

Do they play each other? It's like that with pretty much all of Notre Dame's rivals, too. Does Notre Dame basketball even exist? Ew, I hate their court, dude. Notre Dame's court.

I'm like, change the change. channel. Oh my God. Ew. They shouldn't should not have a basketball team. When Luke Herring Goaty left, did that program just cease to exist?

Dude, name a more Notre Dame guy than Luke Harrogote looks like a lepercon. So Notre Dame. I was like, this is insane, dude. Yeah, I was like, I feel like 2012, 2013, you had Notre Dame

would be good. They were always on TV on Tuesday night in January on ESPN. I'm like, Notre Dame basketball? Yeah,

no, watch it at the Joyce Center. It's like way too bright in there you can see every individual in the crowd. So gross, man. Chris Thomas,

shout out, Notre Dame. Yeah. But, yeah, I mean, yeah, like if Notre Dame

and USC basketball plays, I mean, USC basketball, too. I'm like, Ew. G league is getting more ratings than that. I mean, it's crazy.

I like the rivalries that aren't really rivalries. They're not hyped up a bunch, but you know the players hate each other so much. Like what? I'm trying to think. It's like, uh, dang it. I want to say like Michigan Penn State.

I'm like, it's not really like that heated like Ohio State, Michigan, but it is like, this is a huge deal. Yeah See I can't decide Like I mean I think I think I could be I could be talking out of turn here

But like I feel like Michigan State Michigan Across the board Yeah that one is because for basketball It's like Michigan State real deal And for football it's like if Michigan State beats Michigan It's like you're never going to hear the end of that Right right But there is some respect there

It's a weird Like as a Michigan fan growing up and knowing Michigan fans and having family that's Michigan fans. Like nobody really hated Michigan State. It was just like, it wasn't like the Ohio State thing where it's like, we're disgusted.

Michigan State was just like, yeah, all right, just, yeah, whatever. Right. And they always had some ballers too. You just had to respect it. Charles Rogers growing up. I was like, you tell me Michigan couldn't get that dude?

Hey, Jeff Smoker. What? Back in the day. Even at that time, you're like, who's funded that bill? Who's paying that guy? For real. I'm sitting on top of the couch.

Jeff Smoker is his name. Wow. Okay. What are we doing? God, that is so weird now that I think about it, like how the sports are like that's a great call by Gavin. Texas Oklahoma basketball. Hey, Indiana.

Texas Oklahoma football. It's the entire Texas. state fair the entire weekend. Indiana Purdue football. That's what I will say that like I know on the inside of each of these individual specific scenarios that there is that hatred there, that dislike. Because on the outside, like you just said, I know there's a lot of people would be like IU Purdue gives a shit.

I'm damn sure don't like IU. Dude, we got to go to the Bama LSU basketball game this year. Right. It doesn't even happen. It doesn't even happen. Hey, do they play? I remember when I used to see back when the SEC really suck the basketball. And it would be like Alabama, Auburn, NCAA, Mints, hoops.

And just the role of the eye that I would give. I know. Not even close, dude. I kind of do like Auburn's basketball, like arena though for some reason. And they're playing, something exciting always happens. Oh, my gosh. I just think like students I mean like students are actively skipping that game

like knowing what's going on they're just not going they would never do that for football weird weird dynamic Miami of Ohio Cincinnati basketball actually I'd probably go to that game yeah someone that she would

let's go to Vinnie Hey Benny fellas, what's going on? I started binging this pod a little less than a year ago. As I saw, oh, actually, sorry, hold up. He says Nike Pro Combat Uniforms, Michigan State. That's the title. Mm-hmm.

Fellas, what's going on? I started binged this pot a little less than a year ago. As I saw your guy's content on IG and absolutely loved it, how disgustingly relatable it is. As a fellow Midwestern Catholic school alum, you guys have made my car rides very entertaining as I'm in sales and practically live with my car. Hell yeah, brother.

Thanks, dude. So let's say for every major holiday of the calendar year, there has to be one, no more than one, NFL matchup. And yes, I'm including holidays that don't fall during the NFL season also. I'm giving you all the honor of being the selection committee for these games. It would love to hear the decision. Slat my ass with the steaming hot towels from the hotel gyms and douse me and Mrs. Butterworth's syrup. We, stay should know about Purdue, Ryan Carrigan.

Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. Demon Yeah we know about it You like are friends with his sister right Yeah I was like best friends with his sister And that was so cool I was like do you know who your brother is

Ryan Carrigan Cool guy Hem and Suck to McFarland Same guy Oh my God Dude Never seen him in the same room Dude I think we asked him about that

the way back in the espresso days. We had Ryan Carrigan on? Yeah. That's sick. I have no idea how we pulled that. I think, remember, like,

I would just be a little skeeby fuck and I would just, like, do internet sleuthing to find the communications or the PR director for teams. You were good at it.

You were good at that. I was like, how the hell? Yeah, I would just be like, well, worth a shot. Yeah.

And so, like, me and Ben, here's some origin story kind of for you, but like, me and Ben, when we were doing the first brand of espresso before he does espresso with Benny now, uh,

like we would just hunt for guests. And when we were working at the station, uh, I could kind of use that as my cover. Yeah, I'd like have that logo in my email, even though it wasn't for the station at all, but we did record there.

And so I'd find these like communications directors or PR directors information or emails and send them like, Hey, we do the show for the indie ESPN channel and, you know, we cover Purdue or whatever and we'd love to have Ryan Carrigan on for 10 minute phone interview. And like a lot of times they'd be like, hey, Joey. Yeah, no problem. Ryan can join you for, you know, 10 minutes at this time. I'm like, sick. So me and Ben were just two putts is just absolutely ripping off the system having Ryan Kerrigan and people like that on.

he'd be like hello we'd be like top five sides he's like oh yeah this is sports radio okay good yeah Ryan Carrigan absolutely you know about Ryan Carrigan okay that's a boiler right there my guy so he wants us to every major holiday

of the calendar year that has to be one NFL matchup holidays that aren't during the fall okay so I totally What was this question He asked us to come up with NFL matchups For each major holiday

That also includes the holidays That aren't in the fall Like during football season Oh okay Wow What's Fourth of July I think there's a few different ways You can go on this

Fourth of July is like fun, exciting Fireworks Big time like high scoring game right I mean the Patriots have to be playing in that game Oh, good doing it by vibe like that Like Patriot okay Yeah Yeah yeah

Patriots and Eagles Hey hey No that's it It has to be It has to be The birthplace of our Independence Patriots Eagles

Every Super Bowl ever my whole life, Patriots Eagles. Patriots Eagles 4th of July. Great call. Thanksgiving. Well, how about, let's go to E? Let's do the ones that aren't on football season first. Sorry, I was excited. Easter?

It's the Easter. It's got to be the first team in the NFL. Man, Easter. Who's the closest person to Jesus? So Broncos, Tim Tebow. Hey, hey, hey. What? Saints.

Oh Oh Ooh Make me a channel of your peace Crazy Let's say the Saints And let's say

Hear me out Maybe the dolphins Just because of their past Just because of their pastel Like orange and Highlighter or like green Aqua blue that they have going on.

Not bad, bro. Saints is so funny. That's tough. Easter. Easter, you think of ham. You think of pastel. Think of eggs. Think of bunnies.

Dude, the Browns have that whole fan section that's pigs. No, that's Washington. Oh, shit, shit, yeah. Guy who doesn't know anything. I was thinking that, but now that they're not, now that they're not the skins, I don't know if it's the same.

Dude, Saints Chargers? Sky. Oh, a little bit of, uh, heaven, a little bit of like electric, electric, you know,

like sour candy kind of feel. Hey. They always have the, uh, that always have like the sweet tarts that are like the like, ones that's kind of like, warheads. Warheads.

Yeah, every time I eat a warhead, it looks exactly like that. All right. I can get down with Saints Chargers for your Easter. That's cool. That's fun. Hey, dude, come on. All right, all right. Let's keep going on the non.

Well, I was going to say, like, New Year's and Valentine's Day, like, those kind of do fall on football season. Because it's the end of the regular season and the playoffs. So does that, I don't know, I mean, I guess it's up to us to decide. Valentine's Day matchup I mean Jordan Love's got to be playing in that game just just next year Jordan Love the Packers and whoever

Jeremiah loves for Easter Easter is the or not Easter Valentine's Day Valentine's Day is the Chiefs arrows Wow

dude get out of here you knew that was going to bang you acted all casual about it Yeah, it's whatever, just thought of it. I don't know. Hey, Chief Packers, Arrows, and Jordan Love? Yeah.

And moms love Brett Farr of Packers. He's going to kill it. I'd watch that game all day. Oh, dude. If Chief Packers played every day on Valentine's Day, I'd be like, let's go, dude. All right, let's get to it. I know you want to get to Thanksgiving.

and Christmas Because we know what Halloween is We've done it Oh yeah we did Fuck why are forgetting Halloween Raiders bucks Duh So sick

Duh And the black hole Come on Spike shoulder pads Everyone Everyone has them Even the players Crazy

Half silver face Everybody Everybody It's a requirement for that game, you have to have a mask from Spirit Halloween to show up. Dream. Dream.

Players, coaches. Coaches have masks. Hey, Mark Davis doesn't need one. This guy, geez, he's on a roll. He's gone mad. I've gone mad. He's gone mad. Okay, so let's go back through.

Easter, no, wait, Valentine's Day, Chiefs Packers. Easter, Chargers, Saints. Fourth of July, Patriots, Eagles, Halloween, box, Raiders, Thanksgiving. What do we got? Dude, I think that. You got to take out the pre-existing Thanksgiving teams. I mean, I'll take them out if you want to fit them in there, but like you got to erase that the Lions and the Cowboys play every year.

Go ahead. Washington's got to play in this game. All right. But not the commanders. and did the Browns because everything on your plate is Brown? I was going to say the bills. Why?

I don't know. Just like Buffalo. Dude, bills are Christmas, dude. Okay. All right. Browns, Washington for Thanksgiving. That's such an ugly game, dude. This is gross

Just like how you feel After everything that you ate all day Browns and Browns and Washington Should just play on things God that's a gross game Who cares about that game Play it anywhere

Play it out of middle school field It's fine And then All right Christmas You said the bills Because all the money you're spending Oh stupid Bill's and

I know you got one on the hip right now right waiting to fire I know you got one team in the clip right now it's about to blast

my head off all right Bill's no I don't think I don't think it will I don't think it will but he's got one though

oh what did I I got I think I might wait what's yours is gonna be better in mine no I don't think it will

I was gonna say the Jets just green and New York I don't know they got all like Traveling to sea family Rockefeller Center shit game though

What was yours Colts dude Why Horseshoe Kind of like reindeer I don't know I don't know He didn't say if we could have

repeat teams Who would you put in there Because it probably, I mean, it probably should be, it probably should be Bill's Chiefs. I don't know, Chiefs are just so, like the red, it's just so much red. Like, that's just Christmas. Yeah, yeah. 49ers. 49 minutes is how long the shower your mom takes in the morning.

I don't know. Longest shower ever your mom in the morning. 49 minutes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's how long your parents make you wait while they're getting set up downstairs with the camera. 49 minutes is such a long time. I had to think about it if that was an actual like minute mark. 49 minutes. Yeah, dude.

Oh, just to, yeah, your dad, you're right. Like, just. God. Oh, wait, am I supposed to be, am I supposed to be doing something? 49 minutes. So what are we settling on for Christmas? I don't know, man. I think it's, is it Jets, Chiefs?

So there's got to be a better on. I know. Bills, Jets. God, I don't want to watch that game ever. That is funny, but the, yeah. You go different ways with it. Like, the only reason that the Saints are playing on Easter is because fucking holy name, you know?

Patriots Eagles, Fourth of July is so crazy. That's. That's pretty wild. That's pretty wild. But then I'm like, it's a toss-up for me, the best one between Patriots, Eagles on Fourth of July, and Bucks Raiders on Halloween. Like those are absolutely spot on.

Pinpoint. Pinpoint. Green Bay Packers, Christmas? It's in the name. Snowy Lambo? Uh-huh. I know. I know.

Not a Packers podcast. But then. you'd want to want to go the Chiefs too because the Chiefs and the Packers play at every Christmas.

Oh, they do. I mean, that would make sense on a bunch of different levels. Only if the Chiefs wore, only if the Packers were the green jerseys and I let the Chiefs wear the all red.

Oh my God. Why don't we just start doing that? Color on color matchups? At Lambo. I think NFL Uni, What's the guy's name that we love on Twitter? The NFL uniform guy.

I can't remember right now, but God, he's good. But what do you say? Yeah, I, you just hinting that there's a lot on Thanksgiving at this upcoming weekend of color on color. God, it's so nice. Which would be awesome. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

I think you put out there the, yeah, Cowboys Chiefs. Like maybe the Cowboys are going to wear their... With the stars on the shoulders? Their Navy Thanksgiving uniforms and the Chiefs wear like their red home. I thought it was so sick when the Colts wore their like Thanksgiving version with the three stripes on the sleeve and like the horse on the back of the helmet.

I was like, those are kind of sick. Mm-hmm. All right. We'll do one more here. This from Will says playing mini hoop. Hey guys, newest listener, first time email her from Washington State. Old Crimson? Wow.

Remember when you'd watch the NBA dunk contest in middle school, Vince Carter would hit the between the legs or reverse 360 and you'd immediately think that you could pull it off on a low hoop in the front yard. Nothing was quite as exhilarating is when you start to lower that hoop to seven and a half feet and trying all the dunks you just saw, but you could really only hit the honey jar dunk or a classic two-hand throwdown. mini slash low hoop games used to go crazy in the front yard slap my ass with a paymanning checkdown completion

to Wes Welker and his gigantic spaceball's looking helmet typed from my D-Wade sidekick and sent from my Verizon chocolate D-Wade sidekick Will attached three attachments three attachments for Will D-Wade sidekick That would have been the sickest phone to have

D-Wade, wow that's unreal Can't even fathom phone like that now If you had this, I don't even know, man. If you had that, you were getting, like, video games in your stocking. You're getting, like, video games and Nike Elite socks in your stocking. I don't think anybody really had this. Like, this is crazy.

Dude, that might be the only athlete to have a phone ever. That's like a cool partnership. I totally forgot about that. You win my five? It's pretty good That's pretty good Yeah totally I didn't totally forget

But it's always weird thinking about how Wes Welker was such a target And a mainstay for Tom Brady But then also Was the same for Peyton Manning Later on his screen Took me a minute to think about Wes Walker with the Broncos

I was like Right You like see me thinking But then West Walker just became Peyton's next Brandon Stokely all sorts of intercollateral

Hey Brandon Stokely on the Redskins or on the Ravens That's wild Yeah What? What was that? Caught a touchdown The Super Bowl

Yeah I know But like when that happened You know everybody's watching that game And I'm like who the hell's Brandon Stokely And they're like Everybody's acting like everybody knew him I was like What?

Mm-hmm Well, well, thanks for being here, man. Glad to have you. Appreciate the email. Glad you're a newish listener. Hope to have you stick around. Appreciate phone call. Yeah, dude.

I'm with you. Like, it was, I mean, it's a harsh reality when you, one, you realize that as you're lowering, you're like 14 and you're lowering the goal down. You're like, if I was really going to go anywhere, I could just do this on a 10-foot goal. Maybe a 9-9. I think... lowering it down anyways. I think if you had a gorilla basketball hoop

in your driveway that you could lower, that just automatically right there. Sorry, dog. You don't have... Yeah, you ain't gone league. Name me one NBA guy that was... Right. But it was fun.

So much fun. I would never... The one that I would do, I was just like... Just remember trying to do, like, where the LeBron like cocked back as far as you could and then just absolutely demolish

the rim and you look at your wrist for it right here. It would just be so so torn up, dude. Bruse the next day. Dude, it was like in my, like, that was a one thing

I like set out to do when I was like 13, 12 was like do all those dunks. I was like, I'm learning all these dunks no matter what it takes. The hardest one for me was that Michael Jordan one.

Rock the cradle. Oh my, I couldn't do the timing, but when I figured it out, yeah, timing was weird, yeah. I thought that was sick, but it was like my goal. I was like, all right, I got to do that dunk in the driveway.

I'd like spend like two hours trying to do it. Between the legs, the first time you got that, mini ball, North Carolina ball for no reason. You do it like in a game. Your friends are playing 21.

You get like a loose ball. They're like by the mailbox and you just hit one real quick. what sorry what I loved was like a tip slam like a put back dunk you know

I got a good one yeah seven and a half a goal just would perfect bounce right off the ramp oh yeah you're timing it up

oh yeah yeah you do those little fake steps fake steps full footfires on somebody they don't even see it coming there's so many

so many of those like I wish that was on like video yeah ring cameras back in the day come on please god dang if I was like I think I did see that on TikTok one time it's like a kid and his friends

playing 21 in this driveway with there's just like they put a camera or their phone or their dad's phone like up and perfect view of it and they put it on TikTok and the comments were all like bro doesn't know that this is the most fun he'll ever have in his entire life.

I was like, damn. Everybody was like, dude, please, please just keep doing this. Like, everybody's like, cherish this moment. Like, all the guys in the comments, you could just, they were having so much fun. They're like, game winner!

All that shit. Prove it! Not a care of the world. Oh, my God. Not a care of the world. Didn't worry about a girl. Didn't have to have a job. All we were worried about were girls, but yeah.

Well. Real level. Different level. Me and Chiller used to play my dad. And it was just, Hey, B. What a little pickup B? Bro, my dad was a force down low.

And he would win. Yeah, I bet. Your dad's like 6-3. And we were like in sixth grade. Dog, it was, it was hard. It was battles out there, dog. Seven games in a row. Want to play another one?

Yeah, let's go. just never coming inside. Did he play in his khakis? I don't know what he was wearing. Dude, if he's not in his khakis, he's like wearing exactly what Rocky would wear. Sweating, dude. I was like, why did my dad keep playing us?

And I was thinking about it, I was like, this is probably a really good workout for him. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. Definitely. He'd be dunked like kind of dunking a little bit. You'd block your dad?

Kind of a weird. moment. I got a little too into it. I like threw his shit back. I was like, get that shit out of here. And I was like, yeah. Yeah. Kind of feel a little bit bad.

Yeah. Like, oh, man. Sorry, I'm still, I'm still your little boy. I'm sorry. You hit one from that corner. I'd be like, your dad ices the game. I was like, what?

Yeah. It hit you with something. It's just like, it's called dad strength. Can't win them all be. Hey, Papa John's after this? I'd be like, hell yeah. Yeah, starving Papa John.

Hands cut up from the ball outside. Sweating, you smell like outside. You smell like outside. Your sisters and mom always say that. You smell like outside. I'm like, hey, hands so black. Cut from the outside ball. Yeah.

So dirty, bro. Your hands are so dirty. Wash your hands. Take a shit. You smell like outside. outside. So, bro, you're so hungry when you get inside. Oh, yeah. It's like your stomach's inside out. You're like, oh my God. And maybe you get pizza if it's like a Friday and your boys are over and you're just eating, you're so hungry eating the best pizza ever. And you're just like, dude, you're looking at your friend like, Hey, why was it always in that situation too?

Like, the pizza was never delivered. Dad went and got the pizza. I don't know why. Who's delivering? Who's getting pizza delivered? I just want to know. Who's, dude, and how come every dad is like, I'll pick it up? Every dad ever.

I'll just pick it up. I'll tell you. I'll tell you why. A few reasons. As a dad. I can't wait. One. One.

It's quicker. two, usually cheaper. Three, and maybe most importantly, gets you the hell out of the house to be able to listen to some sports talk radio or whatever you want for like 15 minutes. And you cherish that. I couldn't wait for you to say that.

Give me out of this house, honey. Yeah, hey. Yeah, Humpty. I'll go get the pizza. For sure. I'll be haunty all day for that. Listening. So you're watching the game

at the house, decide you're going to get pizza. The game's on. You go in your car to get the pizza and then you listen to the game on the radio. That you're just watching. It's a different world. Totally different world. Waiting for them to set the scene. Colts have it, moving left to right on your dial.

Oh, okay. So now I can, okay. Yeah. So there's sidelines over there. We're over here. And maybe you miss something too. They're like, oh my God, they kicked a field goal. What? Right, right. So, uh, they're going to go, TV is going to take a time out, but we'll keep it here. Get you caught up on what you missed.

Yes. We'll hand it over to Rick Venturi. What? Not a local podcast. Come back in the house, dude. Everybody loves you when you bring the pizza in. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

That's like the fourth thing. That's the fourth thing. Yeah. You're the celeb. Your hero moment, dude. Heisman moment. You walking in with three pizzas. Hey, didn't tell you guys.

Got bread. Oh, there it is. There it is. You're a girl. I can imagine. Oh, my God. You got to set the pizza. And you, like, clear off everything.

Like, it doesn't even matter. Hey, you set all three out, too. Flip them up. Yep. Yep. Hey, I have to get the pizza cutter because they didn't cut it good enough, you know? So you got to make sure you go over everything.

Maybe even cut one in half for you. Like, hey, I know. you're not going to do a full piece. Ah, you got a half a piece. Hey, but you're never that mad about them not cutting it right. Because you're about to eat pizza. Like in the other situation, you'd be like, they do it every time. They never cut it.

But you're about to eat pizza, so you're like, yeah. It is, I mean, it kind of annoys me because I always, I'm so ready to eat the pizza that I just go in, right? Because I try to do the, I'll lift and I'll tear. And if the tear don't work, I'm like, what? Now I got to. All right. How come it always seems like it doesn't tear like lately? But like when we were growing up like you could, it was, yeah, dude.

I'm like, did you guys switch up the cutter? Like pizza never tears now. Dad would slide by, disappear. Just just a fucking grab and go. Yeah. All in one motion. All separated. You could almost see cardboard between slices.

Yeah. Nah. Now it's just. I don't know what they're doing. Happens. I don't know what they're doing. Got to re-cut the pizza. Heisman moment, dude.

Hey, hey. This week, tomorrow. Time to do that. Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. And maybe a little Thanksgiving late night if you don't want leftovers or Black Friday. You're tired of Thanksgiving food. Have the Heisman moment, man.

Dial it up, three large, come back with a little extra something. Yeah. You got cheese cups? Hey, we're having pie tomorrow tonight. We're having cookies. Nobody's ever buying that two-liter, though. Who in the hell has ever bought that for my pizza place?

Only a little seizures. You get a two-liter. Only a little Caesars. Hard. They used to have the large pizza two-liter combo deal for like literally six bucks. Not mad at Little Caesars. Never.

Uh-uh. Little Seizers got a, a bad rap, man. People put it down. It was like popular. It was like hating on nickelback and shit. People like, once the snowball got rolling too much, it's just like Little Seasons, I'm like, all right, whatever. I'm cool with my $6 large pizza

and my Maldu two later. They've always been there too. Like early pizza days, Little Sears was really good. Pizza pizza. Everybody knows that. Dude, it's a brand you can get behind too. Like good branding. They got the Roman dude who's cool. They got crazy

bread. Like it's not too. They're not going like they know their identity. Yep. And you know what? really did it for me when they had the bowl game. I was like Little Sears got a bowl game? Hey, Purdue Central Michigan.

Everybody remembers that. What a game. I think I watched it four times in a row. Hey, Little Caesar's bowl. Day after Christmas. Day after Christmas. P.S. Get me true. PSP. This is getting me through, so I'm not depressed. Ship-il-wise, boiler makers.

This one's going to overtime. Some Curtis Painter. Curtis-Pater days or something like that. Sure, I'm like that. All right, my kids are going to be up in like four hours, so I'm going to get out of here. Wow, pizza talk. Yeah, and now I'm hungry as shit, so probably going to go sneak a little. We talked about food.

Sneak little zert. You say what, zert? Sneak a little zert and zirn while I, wait for this shit to upload. You say he's there. What kind of zert? We got this little like a holiday mix.

It's almost like a holiday checks mix from Costco. Yeah, so just get a couple handfuls of that. Nothing too crazy. Get you a cup. I'm like. Christmas cup. Thanksgiving's over.

Fake week. All right. It is. All right. This is awesome. One of our favorite episodes every year. I hope everybody has a great Thanksgiving. Reach out to us on the follow us.

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