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The Boys are Back, the Offseason, and Football is Almost Back
19 Plays15 days ago
The boys catch up on offseason news, give some very early preseason takes, talk about the latest news on Lebron and his legacy, and Tins gives some Food for Thoughts.
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Return from Hiatus & Football Season Excitement
00:00:14
Zack
What is up? Welcome back to the Next Guy Up podcast. ah We are officially back. um We had a hiatus over the summer.
00:00:25
Zack
no No football on, obviously. where We've all been waiting in anticipation for the beginning of the football season.
00:00:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
00:00:34
Zack
It's coming up sooner than you think, maybe. ah
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
hu
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Zack
Tens told me the number of six weeks until college football starts.
00:00:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. We have a NFL preseason game, the hall of fame game this month. um So football's football's close enough to where you can start. You start feeling it in your bones.
00:00:53
Zack
yeah ah So we're back where we've We did take a nice break I think a lot of us went on some trips And took some time off And you know sometimes when you The podcast grind It can get to you You gotta take a little bit of time off so you come back stronger You come back sharper Yeah we had to you've got to Use it While during off season you know So Tim's told me just now That all of his focus is on the NFL this year
00:01:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
we had We had vacation time. We needed to use it.
Betting on NFL Touchdowns & Pokemon Card Collection
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Zack
He said, college?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yes.
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Zack
Don't care?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You guys had a little bit more of a college football 10s last year um because, well, I think we all know why.
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Zack
in
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Zack
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I didn't believe in the Jags going into the season because Doug Peterson. um But I'm back. So NFL 10s is back.
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Zack
black
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I might already have a week one touchdown parlay in my bet slip. Who's to say? I'm to say.
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Zack
Wow.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I have one.
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Zack
That's something. them
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They released them yesterday.
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Zack
For just the Jags or across the league?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You could... Oh, no, it's the whole – I got a touchdown score in each game parlayed. 40 cents to win a grand.
00:02:01
Zack
It's pretty good.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Start – let's start out hot.
00:02:06
Zack
Tins, you've been, um... I know that you've been on the baseball grind at least a little bit.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, actually –
00:02:13
Zack
How's the baseball betting going? Bad?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bad. It was going bad, so I took all my money out of my accounts and have been spending it on Pokemon.
00:02:21
Zack
Hmm.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Me and my daughter, Macy, have really gotten into collecting Pokemon cards. My wife loves it. um I'm spending way too much money. And my daughter's favorite card is Sylveon, which is a very expensive card to collect of all the different variations.
00:02:36
Zack
Hmm.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So...
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Zack
Hmm.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it's going great. We've been going to card shows. um Yeah, I've been halfway assaulted a Walmart, standing in line to buy stuff.
00:02:47
Zack
Hmm.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Some guy like bumped into me trying to get me to move over. i was like, all right, man, we're not fighting in a Walmart for Pokemon cards.
00:02:57
Zack
It's crazy.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Let's all calm down here.
00:03:01
Zack
and think there's an argument that Pokemon cards are more valuable than just losing money on home run parlays.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, because at least you know.
00:03:09
Zack
Which is what I would... I did it for... I joined you guys for a while and I was like, man, this sucks. I'm not having one any. I just lose it every time.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah yeah Yeah, I'm done.
00:03:16
Zack
I'm done with this. This...
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm done betting baseball.
Sports Betting Trends & Family Game Attendance
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You can get rich quick, three home runs, sure, but ah it's not for me. I don't care enough about baseball.
00:03:28
Zack
DraftKings figured it out. DraftKings figured out the thing where people like betting over-unders, then they like betting lines, but you know what ri people really like betting?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
home runs, touchdowns.
00:03:39
Zack
Home runs and touchdowns. that's They really went all in, and boy, they got you.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
00:03:43
Zack
they got It's easy. It's like, oh, of course this guy's going to score a touchdown.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Because it just takes one time. you know You can score a touchdown one play.
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Zack
Just one play.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You can hit a home run on one pitch.
00:03:54
Zack
then you're like, well, this guy also, hes got to hit one tonight. And then you start, you get a three parlay and then never hits.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It never hits.
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Zack
And then that's how Jeff King takes your money.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. So I'm done. took it all out. And spent it all on Pokemon cards.
00:04:09
Zack
Smart.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know which one my wife doesn't like more.
00:04:14
Zack
Yeah. and So at least one of them involves your daughter. So that's something.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, that's how i that's how i can like get away with it.
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Zack
It's
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm like, well, you know, it's me and Macy are bonding.
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Zack
bonding time.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah
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Zack
And then once it gets to football season, you just got to take your your son and watch on the couch with Tatum. and then you'd be like, look, we're bonding too.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We're bonding. Morgan really likes football, so that helps.
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Zack
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
She likes watching football with me. she's We're going to the Jags home opener. And we're actually going to take Macy.
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Zack
It's dope.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
so We're going to see how it goes. She's very excited for the trip, for everything that we have planned except for the football game, she says.
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Zack
and
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
so ah you know We're at least going to get her to a game, see what happens after that.
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Zack
Well, that's something.
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Zack
Get her one of those fans like sprays the cool mist on your face, you know?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, going to be hot. Jacksonville is not ah the most pleasant place to be in early September out in the out in the sun.
00:05:03
Zack
It's not cold.
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Zack
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But, you know, we'll be all right. We'll figure it out.
00:05:13
Zack
Sacrifice.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Playing a Mason's boy, Bryce Young, the Panthers, hoping hoping for a dub.
00:05:23
Zack
Bryce Young. Next guy up. He might be.
00:05:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
we we We gave Bryce Young a lot of love last season.
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Zack
We did.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i like Bryce. Just I don't like him week one.
00:05:37
Zack
So um we do have a couple of things we're going to mention today.
Media Reviews: Movies, 'The Bear', & 'Waterfront'
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Zack
There are some over the summer season while there's not very many sports on there is a lot going on in the media world a lot of tv a lot of movies uh we got some big ones coming out very soon in the world of superheroes and sports f1 has come out very recently i don't know it's done great i have not seen it yet
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it did really well.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I saw where it like almost made its whole budget for the movie in its first opening weekend worldwide.
00:06:13
Zack
that that seems pretty good yeah
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, F1 is huge in Europe. I know you you you are like in an F1 fantasy league, right? used to be.
00:06:22
Zack
i used to be yeah i i got really into it on the drive to survive stuff like during covid it's like one of the only things that was happening and um and so i think with a lot of people that's when they got into it and
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
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Zack
um I don't follow it a ton. i like i just keep track of it just like very little. like I'll check in and see who won that week, and that's about it.
00:06:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But I mean, it's a movie with Brad Pitt and um there's another big guy in it. now Tom Cruise, right? Is it Tom Cruise?
00:06:53
Zack
Not hungers.
00:06:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Not Tom Cruise. Well, Brad Pitt's in it. So that's, you know, worth a couple bucks by itself.
00:06:59
Zack
Red Pitt's definitely in it
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Zack
um Yeah, Javier Bardem is in it.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sure, sure.
00:07:08
Zack
And yeah, there's some other guys in it, you know, Dampson Idris, I think, plays the the young star.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Upcoming.
00:07:18
Zack
It's kind of the same. um It's the same exact plot line as the golf show that's out. You know what talking about with. Mm hmm.
00:07:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
With Owen Wilson. a Swing maybe or something.
00:07:30
Zack
And yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like an aging star. ah it takes a a really, yeah it's called stick, takes like a really young and cocky newcomer underest under their belt.
00:07:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh yeah, stick. Okay.
00:07:47
Zack
think it's pretty much the exact same plot, just different sports.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Just different sports.
00:07:51
Zack
Yeah, that's what gather.
00:07:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You know, another big sports movie that's coming out soon.
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Zack
huh
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Happy Gilmore 2. Now,
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
now
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Zack
Golf is having a moment.
00:08:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I can't wait for Happy Gilmore 2 to come out because I'm going to love it for what it is. And our friend Mason, who's still on vacation, he's a traveling. I think he's in outer space right now. i think he's traveling to Mars on Elon Musk's rocket.
00:08:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Billionaire Mason.
00:08:16
Zack
Wow. It's a fact.
00:08:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah No, Mason is he's on a tropical island somewhere right now with his six-pack.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
With Thanos, his dog, watching Endgame.
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Zack
his
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But Mason's going to hate.
00:08:35
Zack
Over and over, just over and over.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Just over and over.
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Zack
Inside though, in the hotel room.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
just
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah But Mason's going to hate Happy Gun War 2. I already know. He's going to say, who asked for this? Nobody. bundy
00:08:50
Zack
think a lot of people were asked for it.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Not enough explosions. ah People have been asking for it since the first one came out.
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Zack
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That will be one. You'll get a review out of me on that one. ah Should you watch this?
00:09:02
Zack
Okay, so a couple things we actually have watched. let's we can We can start with the bear. We hyped up the bear a lot when it first came out.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
00:09:11
Zack
or When season three launched, we did a couple of um kind of overviews of it.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:09:16
Zack
Tins has watched all of it. I've watched about half of it. Tins, do you want to do a super quick, should I watch that on season four of the bear?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. um I obviously think, yes, you should watch that. Switch if you have been a fan of all the other seasons. Is it my favorite season so far?
00:09:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i don't think so. I don't think so. I think season two still is my favorite. um Might be my second favorite, though. ah A lot. its It's very action packed. lot of moving parts.
00:09:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
lot of the side characters. A lot of funny moments with all of them. to kind of break the ice because of everything going on with ah the cousins and Sydney.
00:10:00
Zack
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like it's a lot of stress going on with the restaurant, but ah yeah, I'd say I'd give it a 7.7 and yes, you should watch that.
00:10:08
Zack
Pretty good.
00:10:12
Zack
I will finish it then. It's about halfway through, so we will finish it.
00:10:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, you should, you should definitely, yeah, you should definitely finish it.
00:10:17
Zack
Um...
00:10:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This was the the last episode. but was the first time it was like... i When it ended, I was like, wait. That really was the last episode? like Oh, crap. like That was a really big cliffhanger.
00:10:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'll tell you that.
00:10:30
Zack
Oh, is there going be season five?
00:10:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:33
Zack
i thought that was a last season.
00:10:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, there's a season five.
00:10:36
Zack
The heck? There's too bad in season. Hmm.
00:10:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
think I think they're going to try and make five or six be the last one.
00:10:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Or maybe season five will be the last season and they'll do a movie.
00:10:44
Zack
Hmm.
00:10:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
There's a rumor I've heard.
00:10:49
Zack
Really?
00:10:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, which that can make sense. when When you finish it, yours you'll see.
00:10:56
Zack
Hmm.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But it's very good.
00:10:57
Zack
Cool. ah You mentioned another show you've been watching.
00:11:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yes, just finished it last night. Netflix original, Waterfront.
00:11:05
Zack
Hmm.
00:11:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um It's about a family who smuggles drugs. ah It's based off of a true story.
00:11:15
Zack
Ozark.
00:11:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it's based off of a true story. loosely i guess um about running drugs out of the state of carolina they own a fishing company and a restaurant and that's like their front um pretty action-packed there's a tophar grace is in this show tophar grace from that's that's so 70 show fame i
00:11:23
Zack
Sick.
00:11:41
Zack
mean Spider-Man 3?
00:11:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah that's yeah that's what he's that's what he's most famous from. Eddie Brock from Spider-Man 3. um just I didn't know he was in it.
00:11:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I just saw this as a new pretty popular Netflix show. me and Morgan started watching it. When he enters the show, it makes it worth it all by itself.
00:12:02
Zack
Oh.
00:12:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
His character. um This is a definitely, you should watch that, 8.8. It's very good. like
00:12:08
Zack
Wow.
00:12:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like yeah you need it's it's very good
00:12:11
Zack
haven't even heard of it.
00:12:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's very good. I don't know any of the other actors in it. um I don't recognize anyone else in the show except for him. um But that doesn't mean anything because I'm not the biggest buff when it comes to movies and TV shows like knowing who's in what.
00:12:28
Zack
Hmm.
00:12:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um But this is really good show. I really enjoyed it. It was like 10 episodes, 45 minutes each.
00:12:34
Zack
Nice.
00:12:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um But it's very good. It does have it like an Ozarks kind of vibe to it.
00:12:41
Zack
I like that.
00:12:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like a family that are doing things they're not supposed to be doing and they're trying to figure it out.
00:12:53
Zack
It feels like Outer Banks-Ozarks mashup.
00:12:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. you You could get that. I learned that there's alligators in North Carolina. didn't think they were that far north.
00:13:06
Zack
Oh, it's North Carolina.
00:13:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:08
Zack
Hmm. Okay. Interesting.
00:13:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But yeah, definitely works definitely worth watching.
00:13:12
Zack
I'm in. Watch it. Thanks. Tens.
00:13:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's two you should watch that.
00:13:18
Zack
What a great recommendation. Yeah. You don't get those kinds recommendations. on Another podcast.
00:13:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, you sure don't. All you hear about from other podcasts are what's LeBron James doing and
00:13:29
Zack
Well, Tens, without what ah what is LeBron James doing?
00:13:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah
00:13:33
Zack
What a transition.
00:13:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
what a transition.
00:13:35
Zack
ah What is he doing? tint Let's let's go take a step back here.
00:13:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right.
00:13:40
Zack
Tins is the world's biggest LeBron ah stan.
00:13:45
Zack
he he's a he's a guy He's always been a LeBron guy.
00:13:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
defender
00:13:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
always have always will be until he retires.
00:13:50
Zack
um LeBron has maybe a year or two left.
00:13:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
hu
00:13:53
Zack
I mean, probably at least two, I would say. Yeah.
00:13:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:58
Zack
we're We're in an interesting situation now where his his contract is kind of a little bit in the air. His his final destination is in the air. His son,
LeBron James's Career & Legacy Debate
00:14:08
Zack
maybe, it is Bronny better than LeBron?
00:14:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Isn't
00:14:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
all right. That's crazy. Um,
00:14:13
Zack
Okay, here's a fun. At what age? LeBron is like steadily going down and Bronny is potentially going up.
00:14:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:14:21
Zack
Will there ever be an age where Bronny is better than LeBron?
00:14:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bronny's a better basketball player?
00:14:26
Zack
LeBron? But LeBron had to be like 65, 70.
00:14:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't...
00:14:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Maybe, because LeBron still averaged 25-7-7 this year.
00:14:34
Zack
Oh, yeah, it's not close right now. It's not close right now, but maybe like five years from now.
00:14:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Maybe. his His young...
00:14:40
Zack
LeBron gets a little weight on him. gets a little He's out of the league a couple years.
00:14:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:44
Zack
He's taking it easy.
00:14:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Maybe gets off the HGH that he might be on. I don't know.
00:14:48
Zack
Well, that is not a definition. We're not claiming that as a podcast.
00:14:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, no, I'm just, no, I love LeBron. I don't think he's on HGH. I just think he's a freak. um But yeah, no, I don't know LeBron. So he did opt into his contract, which a lot of people were kind of mad about because it's such it hit them in the salary cap so hard that they couldn't go get like Clint Capella or one of these other decent centers because they don't have a center on their team.
00:15:05
Zack
He did.
00:15:11
Zack
He
00:15:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like LeBron their big guy.
00:15:21
Zack
has a problem.
00:15:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, and he also has a no trade clause, but I do think it's opened the window to them. Like LeBron might agree to get traded.
00:15:32
Zack
Picking his location basically. It's been like...
00:15:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. And I think if he was smart, he goes back to the East in a week East this year.
00:15:40
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:15:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cause you saw the Tyrese Halliburton towards Achilles and then miles Turner, big part of that Pacers team leave to go to the books. Um, The Knicks are a disaster. They fired their coach and then had to interview like everyone 37 times before they landed on Mike Brown to be their coach, who's just the same thing as Tom Thibodeau.
00:16:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's just the same guy, just the same okay coach, but he's not going to get you all the way there. um And then the Celtics blew up their championship team, and Tatum has a torn Achilles. So the East is pretty weak.
00:16:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So if I was LeBron, I'd go back home to the Cavs. team that's been the number one seed the last two years in the East and try to win one more back home in Cleveland with Donovan Mitchell, Jared Allen
00:16:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
could be spicy.
00:16:31
Zack
It would feel weird, wouldn't it? would It be such a weird situation because when he first started in Cleveland, he kind of he put that team on his back and and really pushed them and
00:16:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:44
Zack
to come in on the back end to a really good roster and just be kind of like an additional piece.
00:16:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And Yeah, would be weird.
00:16:50
Zack
um It would be an interesting, like, way to wrap up his career, though. I mean, I don't think it'd be bad. I think if he won a championship, i think the bigger question is, do any of the current Cleveland Cavaliers want him as a teammate right now?
00:17:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, that's the thing.
00:17:06
Zack
I don't know what the answer to that is. ah
00:17:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And how much would they have to give up for him?
00:17:09
Zack
i mean, at this point, how much cap room
00:17:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:14
Zack
How much And I argue with Tins about this we can have we can Let's have a quick conversation If In my mind Now I'm not the one who has 70 million dollars on the line or whatever it is In my mind 58 million dollars That's a lot of money But LeBron's worth a lot of money If it were me And I really want We're talking about legacy We're talking about How people will remember you
00:17:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
right.
00:17:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
58 yeah it's a lot of money fifty eight
00:17:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah so lot of money
00:17:45
Zack
This is kind of how you determine it. If it was me, I would i would literally go to a team, even if it's the Lakers or the Cavs or whoever, and be like, I want to win a championship.
00:17:59
Zack
Sign me on a $5 contract.
00:18:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That Min is 10 million.
00:18:05
Zack
let's Let's ride.
00:18:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
you
00:18:06
Zack
$10 million then. Take whatever it is. A measly $10 million and let's and say let's Let's cook. i got I'm ready. go Go find me some talent.
00:18:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:18
Zack
um I want to win now. i'm willing to play to I'm willing to play for you for a huge discount because i i don't want it to be about me. just want to have championships.
00:18:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think he could have done that. I think he should have probably opted out of his player option and let the cat or the Lakers have some more flexibility when it came to free agency. But this was also a pretty bad free agency class. The, like I said, their week, their biggest weak spot is center.
00:18:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um The, the top free agent centers were Clint Capella. Who's 36 years old. He's pretty, he's pretty high up there in Um, and, uh, Grant Williams, who they traded for and he failed the physical.
00:19:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, so like those were the two big free agent centers. They ended up getting Deandre Ayton, who is a top, uh, a former top five pick. He's not very good defensively at all.
00:19:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He can score, which is cool, but they're just it's the same thing the Lakers have been dealing with. They're not going to be able to beat the Nuggets because Joker is just going to put 40 on whoever is guarding him, and he's always taking advantage of Aiden.
00:19:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So it's definitely going to happen again.
00:19:27
Zack
Yeah.
00:19:32
Zack
Yeah. I mean, i'm not saying it's easy. Like, I'm not saying that's like a one that can fix everything and he can do that and all this.
00:19:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:19:39
Zack
Like, he's, there's obviously a lot of factors that go into championships and how to win. And there's a lot of factors there. But if it were me at this point, we, me and Tins kind of have this conversation a lot about Michael Jordan versus LeBron James.
00:19:53
Zack
And LeBron's literally better in every single category, except for one.
00:19:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
00:19:59
Zack
in its number of championships. And I think he has an opportunity right now at the end of his career to say, i would love if if he could at least, if he could tie MJ, the conversation I think is over. Like, I don't think anyone's having that conversation anymore.
00:20:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I know, but even now, I think people are just going say, well, he went and chased and put himself on teams to catch him.
00:20:13
Zack
um
00:20:20
Zack
But and that's okay. I mean, they might, sure. Sure.
00:20:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think, I think he's a okay. I think he, in his mind knows, I think he thinks he's the greatest ever. So I don't think he cares anymore.
00:20:31
Zack
Hmm.
00:20:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think he's trying to, but I don't know the Lakers.
00:20:33
Zack
That could be true.
00:20:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
There's been some rumors that the nuggets are their owner. Even said we are one injury away from having a catastrophe with a trade situation where I would have to trade Joker because of salary cap implications.
00:20:49
Zack
Yes. ah what a What a nightmare.
00:20:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, And there's really big rumors that Joker want wants to play with Luca. Like that's his career like goal is to play with Luca.
00:21:03
Zack
That would be something right there.
00:21:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Now that would, that would be, that would be the most insane team up ever.
00:21:07
Zack
That's a new big three. Yeah. Dalton
00:21:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That would be, that would be, I want that.
00:21:13
Zack
Connect, Joker, and Yeah, it's tough.
00:21:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah I think don't connect would be part of some trade package to get,
00:21:19
Zack
Yeah.
00:21:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
they've already tried Can you imagine being Dalton Connect?
00:21:24
Zack
yeah
00:21:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like, first round draft pick, he was playing well, and then you get traded, and then the guy fails his physical, so then you have to come back to the team, and then you just ride the bench the rest of the year.
00:21:25
Zack
it stuff
00:21:28
Zack
yeah
00:21:32
Zack
and like
00:21:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like, poor Dalton Connect.
00:21:38
Zack
Yeah, it's tough. Tough for my guy. Maybe he'll go to the Nuggets and win. Not the Nuggets. Somewhere else.
00:21:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Somewhere else.
00:21:47
Zack
um Okay, so i think that's interesting. I think I remember back in the day watching Kobe's, like, farewell season, and he kind of did the whole, like, every every last game in a stadium is, like, a big deal, you know?
00:22:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:06
Zack
like
00:22:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think we'll for sure get that with LeBron.
00:22:07
Zack
which made the whole season kind of like a sideshow. I think we'll certainly get that, maybe to a bigger degree.
00:22:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:13
Zack
Yeah.
00:22:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Yeah, I think so.
00:22:15
Zack
oh It's going to be something. And I think it's a big ask for a team that LeBron's is the first season on.
00:22:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It'll...
00:22:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:26
Zack
like I don't think he wants to go to like some rando team and be like,
00:22:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:32
Zack
I want to start my farewell tour now Like no that would be so like, could you imagine him in like a Detroit Pistons Jersey doing like a farewell tour?
00:22:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right. Like, cut
00:22:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
right.
00:22:40
Zack
It would just, it wouldn't make any sense, you know?
00:22:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Like, Kobe could ask for that. He's a lifetime Laker. They weren't good.
00:22:45
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:22:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's the other thing. They weren't good. They hadn't made the playoffs for a few seasons.
00:22:48
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:22:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um So, Kobe, like, it was okay for it to be about him. As of right now, LeBron and the Lakers is still trying to compete for a championship, like,
00:23:00
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:23:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're a playoff team last year. they you know so like They feel like their window still open. so
00:23:07
Zack
Sure.
00:23:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
If he wants that, I don't know. It's tricky. I don't think this is his last year. i think he's I think how this season goes might determine that.
00:23:13
Zack
I don't either. Yeah, I don't either.
00:23:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But we'll see.
00:23:21
Zack
Very interesting stuff right there.
00:23:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah I kind of think he wants to he wants to play it out until his younger son makes it to the league as well.
00:23:30
Zack
Bryce?
00:23:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, Bryce.
00:23:32
Zack
You think he's got three plus years still?
00:23:32
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bri
00:23:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bryce is ah just committed to Arizona.
00:23:38
Zack
Really?
00:23:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think he's a senior right now. Maybe.
00:23:44
Zack
So he won't be playing?
00:23:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
know he committed to Arizona. Bryce is a bigger. Bryce will actually like be good.
00:23:49
Zack
Yeah, he's NBA talent.
00:23:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's big.
00:23:53
Zack
Yeah, he's ah he could be. ah you People have always said that. He's the one to watch.
00:24:02
Zack
Who knows?
00:24:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
his next He's next up.
00:24:04
Zack
Next guy up?
00:24:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Get him to transfer to UT.
00:24:08
Zack
Gotta be electric.
00:24:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
UT basketball. Zach, give us a 30-second preview.
00:24:11
Zack
Hmm.
00:24:13
Zack
They lost literally everyone.
00:24:18
Zack
They'll drift scratch. That's it. um
00:24:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bart. Bart's finally lost all his guys.
00:24:23
Zack
Yeah. yeah we We weren't even podcasting when all the stuff with ah Tennessee football happened, were we? We like missed the whole Nico news.
00:24:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, no, we were there. We were here.
00:24:33
Zack
Were we? Hmm.
00:24:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, we were here. we were talking about it.
00:24:36
Zack
Okay. Yeah. I don't want to talk about that right now. um There will be, we will do a lot of college football talk soon. It's in the works. weve got six weeks. We'll do some, we'll do some previews, especially like SEC.
00:24:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:49
Zack
um I think we'll do.
00:24:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I got a couple of features I'm going to give out.
00:24:53
Zack
Yeah. We, we will certainly di dive into the football stuff right now. It's its still, we're still about a ways away. um Teams are still kind of, it's, they're just now kind of getting final rosters and and figuring out what they got.
00:24:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:25:05
Zack
And, um So we'll be back. ah There's a lot of recruiting stuff happening right now for like next the next class.
00:25:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:13
Zack
they All the big recruiting weekends have just happened.
00:25:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I can.
00:25:15
Zack
So there's been a ton of people, recruitments going in and things like that. So that's been all the news.
00:25:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I can tell you ah recruiting.
00:25:23
Zack
We've never dug that deep into recruiting, but that's a level of detail that you're not going to get here.
00:25:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, we're not big recruiting guys.
00:25:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I just can't. I can't do it. um I can tell you one Heisman bet I'm not giving this year. Shout out Cam Ward. Man, just think about This time last year, I was i was Mr. cam Cam Ward.
00:25:44
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I love the guy.
00:25:45
Zack
Still am.
00:25:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
needed And then now, he's my enemy.
00:25:47
Zack
I still am.
00:25:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And Zach is the Cam Ward guy.
00:25:51
Zack
Shout out to Cam Ward. He's the truth. The chosen one.
00:25:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The chosen one.
00:25:58
Zack
I like that.
00:26:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
that's That's that Mitch Ferguson guy on Twitter.
00:26:00
Zack
ah
00:26:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
that's what He's the number one Titans fan.
00:26:05
Zack
No, he's going to be electric. trick I feel it.
College & NFL Season Previews
00:26:08
Zack
um Yeah, so we got we got we will certainly do some NFL preview as well. ah Today we're just kind of getting caught back up.
00:26:16
Zack
um I know. Let's see if I'll have, who's who's your number? who's your Let's to give a little preview.
00:26:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
right, let's do it.
00:26:24
Zack
you have one Heisman a ticket you're taking? That's
00:26:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, Lenore Sellers, right? That's how you say his name?
00:26:30
Zack
a popular one right now.
00:26:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, South Carolina.
00:26:33
Zack
that That's a very trendy pick.
00:26:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I think he can have like a Jaden Daniels kind of effect. He's very good athlete. South Carolina, I think, has a pretty nice-looking schedule. He's got some weapons around him, so I like that.
00:26:47
Zack
Okay.
00:26:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And I'll give you a second one for free. ah Cade. k club Nick from Clemson.
00:26:53
Zack
That's what I was going to say.
00:26:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
that who you were thinking? Okay. Yeah. I think Clemson might be back.
00:26:59
Zack
um that's the other That's another take around.
00:26:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Unfortunately.
00:27:01
Zack
um This thought the summer year is so tough. like Last year, people were probably... There's probably so many podcasts that were like, guys, Florida State has got a heck of a roster this year.
00:27:13
Zack
And then...
00:27:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And they added DJ younger Lay Lay.
00:27:15
Zack
Yeah.
00:27:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Not us. I mean, Zach were not ever once on Florida state.
00:27:19
Zack
No.
00:27:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We knew it was a joke.
00:27:20
Zack
I wasn't even on Miami. they were i was out on Miami from beginning too. That was still a good take. Team's frauds.
00:27:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:29
Zack
um
00:27:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay.
00:27:31
Zack
Carson Beck will not be on my Heisman ballot.
00:27:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That was, oh no. Arch Manning is not going on mine. I'll tell you that.
00:27:37
Zack
Arch Manning's a tough one. ah That's like a coin flip whether he has like a really mediocre season or he or he He absolutely is electric. I don't know where I fall.
00:27:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:27:48
Zack
I truly don't. The thing with Arch Manning compared to like Norris Sellers. um I mean, you're not even comparing like their talent or your skills. Is Texas's roster is like 10 times the roster of South Carolina.
00:28:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
00:28:04
Zack
So, like, athletes on the offensive line, wide receivers, run game, like, are ah thousand times better than South Carolina.
00:28:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and
00:28:12
Zack
So, it's just an immediate advantage.
00:28:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Head coach, still better at Texas.
00:28:15
Zack
Yes. I mean, all of, like, across the board.
00:28:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, like everything.
00:28:18
Zack
So, for a guy like Lenore Sellers to win the Heisman, I mean, it would truly take him putting the team on his back and just be, like, dragging them through the season, which could happen.
00:28:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He would... He'd have to have like a Lamar Jackson at Louisville kind of season. Like be the absolute answer to every question.
00:28:36
Zack
Yes.
00:28:39
Zack
Yes. Which, I mean, Jay Daniels did that at LSU. I mean, he took a team with an absolute horrible defense.
00:28:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And they only won like eight games though.
00:28:46
Zack
Yeah, I mean, another another candidate is going be like DJ Lagaway, who is probably going to be on like a seven-win team just because of their schedule.
00:28:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. that's
00:28:57
Zack
But, I mean, i don't think he's going to win.
00:28:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's why I didn't. Because I like him. Yeah. Yeah.
00:28:59
Zack
i don't think they're going to give a seven-win team Heisman, even if he's awesome, which he might be.
00:29:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
00:29:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think he might be a dangerous threat to football, DJ Lagway.
00:29:11
Zack
Yeah, he he could be a very hydrapic next year.
00:29:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Have you seen him? he's He makes Anthony Richardson look like a normal-sized human, and Anthony Richardson is going to be playing tight end in the NFL next year because he sucks so bad at quarterback, but he's huge.
00:29:19
Zack
Yeah.
00:29:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's a big guy.
00:29:25
Zack
Yeah.
00:29:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um DJ Lagway is massive.
00:29:28
Zack
Yeah. he's He's kind of got the Lamar Jackson thing, I feel like, sometimes. Yeah.
00:29:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
he's like cam He's like Cam Newton, but can also like he can but he's like faster.
00:29:38
Zack
Yeah.
00:29:41
Zack
He scares me for sure as ah as someone who has to play them at home.
00:29:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I...
00:29:45
Zack
um I think he's going to be great, but their schedule is just like horrendous.
00:29:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I haven't... Yeah. It's really hard. i have I have some takes about DJ Lagway that I'm going to save really far down deep just in case things happen.
00:29:54
Zack
Okay.
00:29:57
Zack
Number one overall draft pick, Feature. When does that open up?
00:30:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
If... You can bet it now.
00:30:03
Zack
Not the Heisman, but number one ah overall draft.
00:30:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, you can bet number one overall draft pick. It's Arch Manning is the favorite right now because he could technically come out this year.
00:30:07
Zack
I could... Hmm...
00:30:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's not going to. There's no way. Unless the Saints are picking number one overall.
00:30:19
Zack
Yeah, Arch Manning is and honestly one of the bigger like question marks.
00:30:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:25
Zack
Which, I mean, that's easy for me to say. It's like, oh, who knows? That's not like a hot take. ah But in my mind, I think there is a reality where he could be really, really good or he's just like, okay, I don't think he'll be bad.
00:30:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You want to know who the second favorite to go first overall is?
00:30:43
Zack
Yeah.
00:30:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Drew Aller.
00:30:46
Zack
Hmm.
00:30:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This kid, this kid Drew Aller is every Penn State quarterback ever. The most hyped up, but nothing to ever show for it quarterback in America.
00:30:51
Zack
Yeah.
00:30:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You won't catch me falling for it.
00:30:59
Zack
We'll see. I mean, there's a potential. this I think the their wide receiver core is much better than it has been from what I've heard.
00:31:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It always is.
00:31:06
Zack
They've really upped it, and i think their receiving core has been terrible, and their pass game has been awful, recent like always.
00:31:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
they They have so many wide receivers in the NFL.
00:31:17
Zack
I've heard they've worked on it. I don't know.
00:31:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So many tight ends in the NFL.
00:31:18
Zack
That's my thing.
00:31:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And so many running backs.
00:31:22
Zack
Yeah.
00:31:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But it's just never the quarterback.
00:31:24
Zack
Yeah. um
00:31:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sam Levitt is number four to go first overall.
00:31:29
Zack
Interesting stuff.
00:31:34
Zack
I
00:31:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's a quarterback, right? Sam Levitt. Who does he play for?
00:31:37
Zack
don't know who that is.
00:31:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's a quarterback somewhere.
00:31:39
Zack
I should probably.
00:31:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i should probably know that. i kind of get who's Who's the quarterback at Ohio State this year? Do you know? Or have they not announced it?
00:31:47
Zack
I think he's he's not ever played. He's he's like brand new.
00:31:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh. Oh, snap.
00:31:52
Zack
similar if it's Arizona state, Arizona state could be fire.
00:31:57
Zack
And obviously they lost, uh, what's his face?
00:32:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cam Scadaboo.
00:32:02
Zack
Yeah. But
00:32:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
michael Mike 2.0. Yeah. Yeah. two point ah
00:32:08
Zack
creating dynasty over there, Arizona state.
00:32:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
00:32:11
Zack
Um,
00:32:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right.
00:32:17
Zack
let's see.
00:32:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think it is. I think i think it is a battle.
00:32:22
Zack
Apparently there's an Ohio state quarterback battle.
00:32:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:32:25
Zack
Julian Sayen and Lincoln Keenholz. Julian Sayen is the guy I've heard is probably going win it.
00:32:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Is Michigan going to start the true freshman? Bryce Underwood?
00:32:35
Zack
Definitely.
00:32:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That
00:32:35
Zack
Yeah. they They were so bad last year.
00:32:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
would be fun, though.
00:32:39
Zack
Offensively. that'll be It'll be electric. If he's good, it'll be fun.
00:32:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, i mean, they didn't have a guy who could throw a forward pass last year.
00:32:44
Zack
Yeah.
00:32:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It was hilarious. They still somehow beat Ohio State.
00:32:47
Zack
Yeah, I think they don't have any other options, to be honest. like i think it's like that they have to kind of. I think they will. And it's going to be fun.
00:32:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That'll be fun.
00:32:56
Zack
I think going to throw a bunch of picks, but he's going to do some like crazy stuff. you know He's going to have like six or seven plays that are just like, what in the world?
00:33:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I still...
00:33:03
Zack
And he's going to have 20 interceptions. That would be a lot. But a' keep I think he has at least 12 interceptions.
00:33:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
but
00:33:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I still can't believe they flipped him from LSU. Brian Kelly's got to be like punching air.
00:33:20
Zack
yeah it's pretty bad. That was a payday. That was a paycheck.
00:33:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That was a huge paycheck.
00:33:25
Zack
Or really, if I were, if I were, we're doing too much college football right now, but if I, if I were,
00:33:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it's July, but I love, but I love football.
00:33:34
Zack
if I were a, like Ohio state, Michigan, Penn state, Oregon coach, trying to convince someone to not go to the sec and come to the big 10, that's what that would ask me. My argument was just like, do you really want to go to the sec? Yeah.
00:33:51
Zack
and have to play like 10 teams with four and five star talent and have to compete for starting jobs all the time because there's talent rotating in all the time?
00:33:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
00:34:02
Zack
Or would you rather play in the Big Ten where you have four good teams and the rest of them are garbage?
00:34:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah like Michigan State yeah
00:34:08
Zack
And you can just show off. You got to go play Wisconsin. got to go play, you know, like you can just like that's you pad your stats. You can have big games and you have two or three big games a year.
00:34:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah Or do you want to play Texas, Georgia, Tennessee? you know Just like get whooped almost every week.
00:34:25
Zack
Yeah, I mean, like Florida's schedule, like would you rather play Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Texas?
00:34:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, wow, we got a break. We're getting A&M this week.
00:34:36
Zack
I know. I mean, even even your off weeks, like there's maybe like Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Mississippi State are maybe like the dregs of SEC this year.
00:34:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like And A&M's good.
00:34:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Are the bad? Yeah.
00:34:46
Zack
Like maybe Arkansas will be pretty low. And then after those bottom four, it's like the top 12 are like could win any game probably.
00:34:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:55
Zack
It wouldn't shock you you if Missouri beat Alabama or Missouri beat...
00:34:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:35:00
Zack
you know like There's four bottom feeders, and Tennessee's lucky to play three of them.
00:35:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:35:09
Zack
So i'm I'm not going to be mad about that. But i mean you still could lose that game.
00:35:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:35:14
Zack
You could lose Kentucky, Arkansas.
00:35:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true.
00:35:16
Zack
We lost to Arkansas last year.
00:35:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Vandy beat Alabama last year. like Anything can happen in the SEC, man.
00:35:21
Zack
It's true. ah Truly. I mean, I think that's, it makes it fun, but it also just makes it just so chaotic.
00:35:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The SEC is...
00:35:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, if I'm a quarterback, if I'm a highly recruited quarterback, I'm not coming to the SEC. Dude, i'm coming I'm going to the Big 12 or I'm going to the Big 10.
00:35:39
Zack
Yeah, it feels right.
00:35:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Big 12 is no defense.
00:35:40
Zack
I mean,
00:35:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Just score points.
00:35:44
Zack
I think that, I mean, if you want to stand out like tailing green at Arkansas,
00:35:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay, yeah.
00:35:52
Zack
could probably be the best quarterback like in the big 12.
00:35:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:35:57
Zack
and Instead, he's like the ninth best quarterback in SEC, you know, like,
00:35:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, what's in the SEC? Yeah, like he's comparable to the kid from Kansas State.
00:36:04
Zack
yeah. mean, he tore us apart last year and Tennessee who ended up being a playoff team.
00:36:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:36:10
Zack
You know, it's just one of those things where it's like, I guess it depends on your competitiveness and how, if you want to like compete with the best, that's like the argument, right?
00:36:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:19
Zack
You want to the best.
00:36:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:20
Zack
You want to, But at the end of the day, it's like, it sucks. It's a gauntlet.
00:36:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, because if you're a quarterback and play well in the SEC, you're going to get drafted high. You're going to get every chance to start.
00:36:30
Zack
You are. you're i mean, you're going to get huge numbers of eyes on you.
00:36:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Jane Daniels, Joe Burrow.
00:36:34
Zack
Big Ten's stuck when the big noon kickoff or whatever. SEC is just getting night games all left and right.
00:36:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. ah Yeah.
00:36:46
Zack
Yeah. Okay. um Well, let's let's wrap up with this. um that Sorry for that. That was too much college football on a light football episode there.
00:36:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
When we said we weren't. Yeah, well, just talking ball.
00:36:55
Zack
started cooking and that was gone. Talking
00:36:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Can't help it. You start talking about ball, it gets out of control.
00:37:00
Zack
ball.
00:37:03
Zack
Okay. ah Tins has some snacks, has some food, ah some fast food news.
00:37:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yes, some food news.
00:37:11
Zack
Tins, what do you got
New Casino Games & Fast Food Innovations
00:37:13
Zack
for us?
00:37:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay, first, this one's is actually not food, but ah Uno is being added to table games in casinos in Las Vegas. what what What kind of world are we living in?
00:37:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not a big Uno guy. don't
00:37:27
Zack
No.
00:37:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't find it that fun.
00:37:29
Zack
Yeah. it's It's like a low brain game. Really low brain game.
00:37:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:37:38
Zack
um It's like if you wanted to play Shoots and Ladders, you know?
00:37:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:37:43
Zack
If you just really wanted a game that is like, you don't have to think about this.
00:37:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So that's
00:37:47
Zack
It's good.
00:37:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
so if we're adding that to table casino games, what what else what's ah what else is on the horizon? Battleship?
00:37:55
Zack
Spoons.
00:37:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
boom
00:37:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
deto Like, what are we doing?
00:38:02
Zack
Tic-tac-toe. Competitive tic-tac-toe.
00:38:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah
00:38:05
Zack
Wild stuff.
00:38:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That would be wild. don't know. I saw that and was just like, all right. um All right. So for food news, I actually did try these yesterday. ah Zaxby's is releasing lemon pepper dry rub.
00:38:14
Zack
Okay. Okay.
00:38:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm a big lemon pepper fan. They had a deal in the app. If you spent $20, you get free five traditional wings with the lemon pepper seasoning on them. So obviously,
00:38:27
Zack
Can't beat that deal.
00:38:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Did that. Had to try them out.
00:38:30
Zack
It's pretty good deal, actually.
00:38:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're solid. They're solid. Zaxby's wings, their traditional wings in general, as far as fast food wings go, are not terrible.
00:38:36
Zack
Yeah.
00:38:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i've I mean, they are what they are.
00:38:40
Zack
Glaring endorsement from Tens.
00:38:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um But the the lemon, they're not terrible.
00:38:43
Zack
Not terrible.
00:38:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The lemon and pepper dry rub, though, I'm going to give a solid 8.1.
00:38:49
Zack
It's pretty good.
00:38:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Definitely worth trying. And yeah you can put them on your tenders as well or your chicken sandwich or whatever. um So...
00:38:55
Zack
rank Rank all of the lemon pepper jobs you've ever had.
00:38:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um okay calculating calculating all right let's do it um buffalo wild wings number one
00:39:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
zaxby's i think it's gonna go number two wing stops lemon pepper's gonna go at three
00:39:12
Zack
Number one. That's pretty good.
00:39:21
Zack
It's honestly a pretty tricky balance between like there is There's such a thing as like way too much lemon, I think.
00:39:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. that's I get that sometimes with wing stops.
00:39:30
Zack
It's not that hard to find the threshold.
00:39:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like it's It's just like I'm eating a lemon.
00:39:35
Zack
Yeah, you don't want that on your wings.
00:39:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Those would be the three.
00:39:41
Zack
Okay, I like that.
00:39:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
then And then Sneaky pi Pizza Hut's number four.
00:39:43
Zack
Thank you.
00:39:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Number five. Couldn't tell you. Don't have a fifth one. Probably...
00:39:52
Zack
Tins Backyard Barbecue.
00:39:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. that do make lemon pepper ones at home. Probably double dogs. Actually that, the, that sports bar we go to up there in Knoxville, that restaurant's right.
00:40:00
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:40:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Very good. Um, all right. So that is Zaxby's.
00:40:06
Zack
Shout out.
00:40:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's your Zaxby's news. Zaxby's by the way, is the number one chicken fast food place. Um, some, sometimes, I don't know.
00:40:13
Zack
On your own list?
00:40:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It goes between Zaxby's and Popeye's.
00:40:16
Zack
Oh.
00:40:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I wrestle.
00:40:18
Zack
Yeah.
00:40:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's like one, a one B.
00:40:19
Zack
Okay.
00:40:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, All right, this is, speaking of Popeye's, you can now get all of Popeye's signature sauces in bottles at Walmart, Kroger, all your normal grocery stores.
00:40:25
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:40:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I've noticed that a lot of the fast food places are doing this. Chick-fil-A has been doing it for years.
00:40:37
Zack
and the phone
00:40:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Subway has entered the game.
00:40:41
Zack
Yeah.
00:40:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Arby's, Popeye's, and Zaxby's as well. I actually have some spicy Zax sauce in the fridge right now in the bottle.
00:40:49
Zack
I think there's some questions about whether that's a good business model or not. We, at the at the house, we made our own Crunchwrap Supremes last week on the Blackstone.
00:40:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:40:59
Zack
Very good.
00:41:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Fire.
00:41:00
Zack
It was fun. And we bought some Baja Blast to go along with it. There's just still a part of me that's like, Drinking bottle blast out of like a two liter feels of weird.
00:41:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
the
00:41:11
Zack
It feels like an abomination, you know?
00:41:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um In my opinion, the Baja Blast you can buy in stores is not the same. carbon the
00:41:18
Zack
Wow. That's conspiracy theory.
00:41:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The levels are off. There's something different. I swear it. and It's one of my biggest ones.
00:41:26
Zack
But does it like, does it reduce it from being as special if you can just buy it wherever? You know?
00:41:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Maybe. i do like having the sauces, though.
00:41:34
Zack
Maybe. Maybe.
00:41:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know. I do like getting Yeah.
00:41:37
Zack
I have a bottle of Chick-fil-A sauce in the fridge, so. Like a big one.
00:41:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Because, you know, sometimes you just want do chicken tenders at the house and have your own Chick-fil-A sauce instead of paying for Chick-fil-A's tenders. Something think about.
00:41:48
Zack
Correct.
00:41:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i do have, like...
00:41:51
Zack
Think about it.
00:41:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I have, like, a lot of the Taco Bell ones, too. They have, like, the Avocado Ranch and their Chipotle sauce.
00:41:56
Zack
Yeah. Maybe we need to get some Next Guy Podcast branded like seasonings and sauces and stuff.
00:41:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Do all those.
00:42:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:42:04
Zack
Let's get it out there.
00:42:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Someone hit us up. Someone's smarter enough to do that, and you can put our marketing, our faces on it for marketing.
00:42:09
Zack
Okay.
00:42:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We'll market it for you.
00:42:13
Zack
Let's reach out to some people.
00:42:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We'll have nothing.
00:42:14
Zack
Yeah.
00:42:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, Traeger. Or no, Kinder's.
00:42:17
Zack
Tinder. Yeah. Kinders.
00:42:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Our own barbecue rub. We'll say nice things.
00:42:23
Zack
be sick.
00:42:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We never say bad things about potential sponsors.
00:42:26
Zack
I never have. Not once.
00:42:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Never have? Probably never will.
00:42:29
Zack
We've actually said good things to people who don't even sponsor us a lot.
00:42:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, don't don't fact check us though.
00:42:37
Zack
Out of our thing. Yeah.
00:42:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right. um This is my last one. This is isn't food either, but it kind of is. Chuck E. Cheese, a great American establishment, is opening new adult arcades across the country that are going to be serving food, like full menus, and their iconic pizzas and also adult beverages.
00:42:48
Zack
Okay. Hmm. Shout out.
00:42:59
Zack
Hmm.
00:43:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um So this is a Dave and Buster's question mark?
00:43:05
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:43:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
With the Chuck E.
00:43:06
Zack
Yes. It's good.
00:43:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cheese branding?
00:43:08
Zack
What if they still had like the animatronic characters and stuff though? It'd be awesome.
00:43:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, I'd be down to check it out. I love Chuck E.
00:43:16
Zack
Do they still do that on Chuck E.
00:43:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cheese.
00:43:17
Zack
Cheese?
00:43:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know.
00:43:18
Zack
I've not been to Chuck E.
00:43:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's been a long time.
00:43:19
Zack
Cheese in a very long time. and don't even know what it looks like in there. It's probably weird.
00:43:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i I grew up in Chuck E. Cheese's. My mom worked at one when I was a kid, and that's where I would go all the time.
00:43:26
Zack
Yeah. Nice.
00:43:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I always used my favorite.
00:43:31
Zack
Hmm.
00:43:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right. Think about it. What's your favorite Chuck e Cheese game? Mine is the Safari game where you drive around a little Safari Jeep and you'd have to capture the animals.
00:43:36
Zack
Skeuball.
00:43:40
Zack
yeah Okay.
00:43:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You can't get any tickets from it, though. So it's kind of a waste of time because you can't get a prize. But I used to wear that game out.
00:43:48
Zack
It was fun.
00:43:51
Zack
You need have that before adults where you shoot the animals instead.
00:43:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, they have that is's big game. Buck Hunter.
00:43:57
Zack
What a bummer.
00:43:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But those were...
00:44:01
Zack
Can you gamble there, you think?
00:44:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wasn't it Dave and Buster's that was going to start having, like, you could bet your friends like playing skee-ball against each other?
00:44:05
Zack
Like on sports betting?
00:44:11
Zack
Unlike arcade games, we did.
00:44:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i think we talked about this.
00:44:14
Zack
That's so dumb.
00:44:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:44:16
Zack
What a bad idea.
00:44:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I wonder how that's going for old Dave and Buster's.
00:44:19
Zack
That's probably not good.
00:44:23
Zack
Yeah.
00:44:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I've seen where Dave and Buster's is like the place to go watch NFL games, though. If you don't want to buy a Sunday ticket, because they have like the full setup. They have a whole room full of TVs and you can, and they have Sunday ticket.
00:44:33
Zack
cool.
00:44:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They have every game on.
00:44:37
Zack
ah There you go.
00:44:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's one way to do it. I don't know. I don't like watching. i don't even like red zone. I like to watch one game.
00:44:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Even the Jags games over like in the afternoon slot. I just pick one.
00:44:51
Zack
If you have a different one on each TV, even if you had like four or five TVs, you wouldn't want that.
00:44:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, they do Devon Busters.
00:44:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think it's too much. Because even I'll do the four screen, like splitting the four for like college basketball, I like that.
00:45:04
Zack
Yeah.
00:45:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But for football, don't. Because I feel like i'm I just miss trying to like see what's going on each game. You're just going to miss something.
00:45:14
Zack
Yeah. I get it. Usually college football, it's like a max of two games I can keep up with. I can like have four on, but really there's never more than like two I'm actively monitoring.
00:45:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
the College football does a great job.
00:45:26
Zack
The other two are just like, just in case something crazy happens.
00:45:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. College football does a great job of spacing the primetime games out.
00:45:35
Zack
Yeah.
00:45:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like what games people care about watching. They're not normally stacked on top of each other.
00:45:39
Zack
There's, there's some tough, there's going to be some tough slate, uh, dates this fall. There should be some huge games falling on the same day. um We'll talk about that when it comes, but even in the first couple of weeks, there's some huge non-conference games that are all stacked up on top of each other.
00:45:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:45:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
it's It's tough because it's early in the season. Your eyeballs aren't ready. Your significant other might not realize football is all the way back.
00:46:00
Zack
yeah
00:46:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're trying to make plans on Saturdays.
00:46:03
Zack
They got to cope with it.
00:46:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We can't be having this going on. I'm booked. ah you I told Morgan, i said, you got about five more Saturdays until I'm unavailable from Saturday at noon until Sunday at midnight.
00:46:10
Zack
All right.
00:46:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's just tough nuggets.
00:46:22
Zack
Okay. I mean, I think that's a pod.
00:46:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
think that's a pot.
00:46:26
Zack
but covered We covered pretty much everything.
00:46:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Welcome back.
00:46:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I literally think so.
00:46:30
Zack
Dave and Busters, movies, TV.
00:46:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Dave and Buster's Uno on the casino floor.
00:46:39
Zack
College football, NFL. Got some Jags mentioned today.
00:46:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
LeBron James. so
00:46:43
Zack
We talked a lot of LeBron. That
00:46:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, well, we were we're there was no rust here.
00:46:48
Zack
was pretty good. Yeah.
00:46:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
the with This is right back where we left off.
00:46:52
Zack
back
00:46:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:46:53
Zack
oh Okay, well, we will. um We'll be back with you, like I said, in the next couple weeks. The the plan is to start some ah preseason talk, college and NFL, to get you ready for the season. So if you are feeling the same itch we're feeling to get back into it, ah check it out here.
00:47:11
Zack
We're going to have some stuff to kind of get you prepped, to get you primed up for the season. We're very excited about it. So thank you for listening, and we will see you next time.