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NFL 2023 - Week 10
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Keeping up with the Kardashians, Taylor Swift, and Christmas. Nikki Bush joins us this week to break down all the latest celebrity gos... wait this is a football podcast. Join Nik, Mack, and Bob as they attempt to break down every NFL game for week ten of the 2023 NFL season.
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Introduction to Hosts and NFL Enthusiasm
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Welcome, Nicky Bush.
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Let's dive right in.
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Welcome back to Making Waves, an NFL confidence pool podcast.
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I'm your host, Mac.
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And I'm your host, Bob.
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And this week, we have a special treat for you all.
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We have not only the script writer for the 2023 NFL season, but we're going to be a special treat for you all.
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Also, she is the schedule maker for every single game for the 2023 season.
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So I have a bone to pick already with the Thursday night game.
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And she also is arguably the number one NFL fan in the entire world.
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My wife, Nicole Bush.
Current NFL Standings and Strategies
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Hi, everyone.
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Hey, Nick.
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Hey, Nick.
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Thanks for having me.
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Thanks for coming on.
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Appreciate you joining us.
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This is a very special treat.
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We're super excited to have Nick, like I said, or like Mac was saying, she's a huge NFL fan.
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We're really excited to get her takes on a lot of things football and a lot of things not football.
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So she was saying she's been preparing a lot for this, so we think it's going to be really, really great.
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Absolutely.
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She's been studying.
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I've been checking on her, trying to bring her food, water.
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She's been studying all day, skipping her job for the last, well, her part-time job, which is kindergarten teacher, skipping her part-time job for the past month prepping for this episode.
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So she's ready.
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Are you feeling ready?
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Yeah.
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I used up all my sick time, so I better be ready.
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You better be ready because now you can't have a kid.
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No maternity leave for you.
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Your sick time has been used for teaching.
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Yeah.
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This is going to be well worth it, though, Nick.
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So it's going to be great.
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Okay, I can't wait.
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All right.
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Awesome.
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Well, we are very glad to have you, as we said.
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I know you listen in every week because you hear me through the walls.
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So you know how this usually works.
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But if you don't mind, Bob, why don't you give everybody a quick update on where we are at in the Confidence Pool League?
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Sure, I can do that.
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So last week was not a good one for the hooligans.
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We are now in 21st place out of 27.
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No, no, no, sorry.
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Last week we were 21st out of 27.
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So it was a bad week.
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Still doing okay overall.
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We ended up 26 points behind the eventual winner.
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And we missed a lot of games.
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So I'm just going to fire through these really quickly.
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We missed the Falcons at nine, which was tough.
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We missed the Rams at six, which was a double whammy because the Packers beat them.
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Boo.
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We missed the Patriots at five.
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We missed the Bucks at 11, which hurt.
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We missed the Giants at two, still at the bottom of the ocean there.
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And we also missed the Bills at one.
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So we're now 63 points out of first and in 11th place.
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So kind of right in the middle there.
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And I think at this point,
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we might be a little too far out to be the overall champion.
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So now the good news is if we're ever in a position where we can just take a crazy stab at winning an individual week, we can just go ahead and do that.
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All right.
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Well, that's good to know ahead of time that we can just go for the Bucco Bucks week to week as it comes up if we have the opportunity.
Injuries and Exciting NFL Returns
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And some other good news, though, is that I am slowly making a very subtle comeback in the Waffle House challenge.
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I've gained another game on Bob, and now I'm only three games behind.
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And that's exciting because then you don't have to sit at Waffle House with me for 24 hours.
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Okay, great.
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Well, I'm excited about that.
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Yeah, well, unfortunately, hear about Bob at Waffle House for 24 hours, hopefully.
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Well, unfortunately, Nick, I'm still beating your wife by multiple games.
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So as it stands now, you will still be going to Waffle House for 24 hours.
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So don't get too excited yet.
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Okay, I won't hold my breath.
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All right, hopefully not.
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You'll probably have to be my producer of video footage if I go to Waffle House and we have to capture it to prove that I was there.
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Oh my gosh.
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So you might also be going to Waffle House for 24 hours.
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Nick, you need to be- I'm going to take up another sick day so I can do the Waffle House challenge.
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You need to be invested in this, Nick, because this affects you as well.
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Big time.
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Yeah, so we need some honesty here today.
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If you see a game that you think we're wrong on, you've got to let us know.
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Yeah, now I bought in.
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I totally bought in.
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Nick is in.
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All right.
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Well, before we dive into these games, just a couple updates on injuries.
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So big ones being Matthew Stafford has that thumb injury that he's been battling with.
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The Rams actually just signed Carson Wentz to likely take his place for the Rams.
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Crazy.
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Can y'all believe it?
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Carson Wentz, where's he been?
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Man, he's been doing something other than football, so...
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Yeah, I don't know, but he's back on the field.
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We'll see how they do.
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Justin Fields, obviously still unfortunately suffering his injury.
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How do you feel about that, Bob?
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Having Tyson Badgent.
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I said it with confidence.
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Yep.
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Thank you for learning his name.
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Much appreciated.
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Yeah, it's not great, especially because I'm going to the game tomorrow night.
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So obviously I would love to see Justin playing in that game.
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But you know what?
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Tyson, he's a fun story.
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He's a Division II guy.
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And I think he's going to lead us.
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I don't want to...
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No spoilers, but I feel confident in Mr. Badge tomorrow night.
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So I'm feeling okay.
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Okay, all right.
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Other than that, I mean, there's a couple questionable, some bigger names on the questionable list.
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We don't need to go through all of those.
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But one exciting, I guess, announcement of somebody coming back is likely Kyler Murray is going to be coming back either this week or next.
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He is officially activated off of he was on that pup list and IR for a while, I believe, and he's been reactivated.
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So who knows?
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Maybe he'll be back on the field this Sunday for the Cards.
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Okay, yeah.
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I did hear that he was maybe going to be back, and that is big news for Arizona.
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It's also big news for the Bears because right now the Cardinals hold the number one pick in the draft.
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So I am cheering for Kyler and the Cardinals to win a couple games.
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That would be big time.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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If they win a few, the Panthers lose a few, that'd be a good recipe for the Bears for sure.
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Or the Bears could lose a few.
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That's fine, too.
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You know, they could, but probably not.
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Don't hold your breath, as Nick said.
Primetime Matchups and Predictions
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All right, well, speaking of the Bears, they're actually kicking it off for us Thursday night, 8.15 p.m., the Carolina Panthers at Chicago Bears.
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I personally could not think of a worse primetime matchup.
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And while we're talking about primetime matchups, I'm going to bring Nick into the discussion here.
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So we've got a list in front of Nick right now of all 32 NFL teams.
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Feel free to scroll around.
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I don't need to scroll, baby.
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It's all up here.
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Can you name a worse primetime matchup?
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So you can choose any two teams on this list.
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You can name a worse one than the Bears and the Panthers.
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Okay, what do you got?
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This is sick.
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Although it is a tough one to beat.
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It is.
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It is tough to beat.
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Do you need a straw or are you good?
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No.
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I mean, I would have to say there's two teams that came right off the top of my head.
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Okay.
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And there are definitely two teams that I have in the past questioned if they are actual real teams.
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That is true.
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Wow.
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And I would say the Texans versus the 49ers.
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Okay.
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Whoa.
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Sorry, Tech.
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Is that improbable?
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Those are two teams, yes, that you have questioned.
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I have mentioned them in the past, and you have questioned if they were real teams or not.
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I will say those are actually two pretty decent teams this year.
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Oh, gosh.
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You wouldn't tell me to lose some, you know?
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Nick, that actually would be a pretty electric game, not going to lie.
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I kind of want to see that now.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Oh.
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But for the sake of your perspective.
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Yeah.
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If somebody said those two teams were playing, I'd say playing what?
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Tennis or what?
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In your defense, Dix, 49ers is a pretty silly name.
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And the Texans are the most recent addition to the NFL a couple years ago.
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So that's legit.
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I get that.
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Yeah, that is pretty legit.
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That's a very valid answer.
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Thank you.
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Yeah, I like it.
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Okay, so that's a worst primetime matchup.
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Well, like you said, it was very hard to beat.
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But yes, we have the Panthers at Bears.
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Two teams contending for the number one overall draft pick next year.
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Not looking good for either one of them, but hey, you never know.
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The start tomorrow, the win streak, good for one of them, as long as they don't tie.
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This is getting ridiculous.
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And I personally, actually surprisingly, think that the home team...
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With our co-host Bob is going to be in attendance.
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Yeah, baby.
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That's actually usually bad luck for the Bears.
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So I may be making a mistake here, shooting myself in the foot, but I think they're going to be home team.
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I mean, I think the home team is going to win here.
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I think they've got a little bit of a better edge.
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And I also just saw that Brian Burns and a couple other good defenders for the Panthers are out already ruled out tomorrow night.
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So I think that's looking good for you guys.
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So I'm going with Bears, and I'm going with them actually shockingly high at 7.
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Are you being serious?
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Yeah, I am.
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What the heck?
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I will take it.
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Sweet.
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I know.
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I know.
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I have not gone this high on the Bears in quite a while, but they're playing the Panthers.
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They're playing at home.
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It's scary to do that, but there's a lot of 50-50 games in that one.
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I don't know.
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I just feel good about the Bears winning that game tomorrow.
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Bears without Fields at 7?
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This is a big... He's been doing pretty good.
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He put up a decent amount of points last week against, who was it, the Saints?
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It was the Saints.
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He had six turnovers.
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It was a tough defense, and now the Panthers have some key defenders out for tomorrow.
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I don't know.
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I'm still pretty okay about it.
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Okay.
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I appreciate that.
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I was really sour.
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Don't get used to it.
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Don't get used to it.
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You were really chapping, excuse my French, you were really chapping my arse there with the lead up to that game with how, saying how bad of a matchup it is, which is kind of crazy because if it was Justin Fields, Justin Fields versus Bryce Young is a pretty unbelievable matchup and it's Thursday night.
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It's still a bad matchup.
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No, no, no, no, no.
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Between them, they have... What is this?
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The 30th and the 31st team in the league?
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No, no.
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We're 28th right now.
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Thank you very much.
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The Cardinals only have one win.
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The Giants have two wins and the Patriots have two wins.
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We have two, but we beat a better team.
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So we're the number 29 team.
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Sorry, Eli.
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So we'll take that.
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All right.
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Well, what's your analysis?
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So yes, as Mac alluded to, great word, I will be in attendance tomorrow night and I'm very excited about it.
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And I also think my boys are going to win.
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And it's turned into a really weird season for the Bears because at this point in time, we are nine weeks into the season or is this week nine?
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This is actually week 10.
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Yes.
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Okay.
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So we're nine weeks into the season.
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This is the 10th week.
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Bears...
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obviously out of the playoff hunt.
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So as a fan that wants to see my team flourish and succeed in the future, it's tough to really fully get in and root for the bears to win because I obviously want them to have a good draft pick.
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So it's like, obviously when you're watching your team, you want to see them win, but when they lose, it's kind of like, okay, that's, you know, probably for the best for the future of the team.
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But as everybody knows, the Panthers gave us their number one pick.
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So we need the Panthers to lose as many times as possible.
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Thus, we need to beat the Panthers tomorrow.
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And I think it's going to happen.
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I thought I was pretty confident in the Bears.
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Mac was way more confident, which kudos to her.
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She's smart with her football picks.
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I got my boys winning tomorrow night wearing the all-orange uniforms.
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It's going to be awesome.
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I'm going to be cheering.
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I have Friday off of work.
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It's going to be amazing.
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And I got the Bears at 2.
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Okay.
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Only two.
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Very respectable for you to put them in.
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Also, it's like this DJ Moore supposed revenge story.
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I guess I don't really know if it even is, but.
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Yeah.
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I mean, he's played his former team.
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So that's, yeah, that's a good point.
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I forgot about that.
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I don't know if there's like bad blood where he's like trying to get revenge, but.
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You know what?
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We'll say there's bad blood.
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The DJ Moore revenge game.
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Okay.
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That makes it a little more exciting, I guess.
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All right.
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Well, we both have the Bears, shockingly enough, for Thursday night.
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Do you agree with that pick, Nick?
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Absolutely.
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Okay.
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Thanks, Nick.
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That means a lot.
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Love to hear it.
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Love to hear it.
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Moving into Sunday, 9.30 a.m., we are traveling back across the pond to Germany.
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Germany!
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For the Indianapolis Colts at New England Patriots.
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Dein Garten ist fantastisch.
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We're going to Germany.
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And Nick, I was trying to think of a question slash topic for you for this game.
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I had a couple and I ran them past your wife that you're sitting next to there.
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And she wasn't a big fan of either of them.
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Just side note, do you know who... The original question was, would you rather live in Indianapolis or Boston?
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I think that's a great question.
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And I think the fans would love to hear that, but it was switched side note.
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Nick, do you know who Camille Kostik is?
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Should I?
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No, no, you shouldn't.
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He also brought that up and he's like, she's dating Rob Gronkowski.
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And I was like, okay, wait, I did know.
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I did see something about that, but like a model or something.
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I don't really know who she is.
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Okay.
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Got it.
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Well, I'm glad that we switch it up then.
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So Nick, as Mac just stated,
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This game is in Germany and not to spoil any big plans, but you two are planning on heading to that beautiful country next month.
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So I'd love to hear your thoughts on the upcoming trip and kind of just give us a quick synopsis of the plans that are going to take place in Germany.
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Hey, thanks for bringing that up.
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We are going to make our way to Germany very soon.
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Very soon, yep.
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And I guess the synopsis is...
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I don't know if the listeners know this, but I'm a big fan of Christmas.
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And so we're going to Christmas markets.
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Yeah, baby.
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France and Germany and Switzerland.
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So yeah, that's what we'll be doing in Germany is seeing two cities and two great Christmas markets.
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I don't know what will be in store for us.
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I think we're just going to be surprised at what we find there.
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But I do know they have lots of sausages there.
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Yes.
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Yes, lots of sausages, lots of beer, and some mulled wine as well.
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So that is going to really get you in the holiday spirit.
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We're definitely getting some mulled wine while we're walking around the market.
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Are we going to be wearing lederhosen's, or is that not going to be a thing?
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Not anymore, right?
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I don't know.
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I don't think we'll really be going that route.
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I'm probably just going to be bundled up because it's going to be snowy there, hopefully.
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That's very true because I feel like the Lederhosen is more of an Oktoberfest thing, and that's obviously in the rearview mirror.
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But I know your sister and Mario had the Lederhosen's on a couple months ago.
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So they enjoyed those for you.
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They represented for us.
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They did.
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They represented the bush.
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And what is it?
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Demar?
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Oh, shoot.
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That's embarrassing.
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No, you're right.
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You're on the right track.
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Demar Terrio.
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Yeah, Team Martino.
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Yep.
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Okay, excellent.
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Nick, thank you so much for that awesome Germany synopsis.
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Very jealous.
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And that's going to be a great Christmas.
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Thank you.
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And with that being said, there is action in Germany this weekend.
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And I believe that the Colts are going to win that game.
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When I originally looked at this matchup, the only reason I kind of double-glanced is because I thought it might be in New England.
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And that's kind of a hard place to play.
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But since it's in Germany, Patriots have been so bad.
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They've only won two games.
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They just lost to the commanders after they traded Montez sweat and chase young.
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So with this being in a neutral location, I think the Colts going to have no problem with the really stinky pats.
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And that's why I have this game at nine in Indianapolis is favor.
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Okay.
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We are very close on this game.
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Completely agree with what you said.
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I think the Colts are just looking a little bit better.
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They still have some spark with Jonathan Taylor back, even though they lost Anthony Richardson.
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And I have them at eight.
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Okay.
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Look at that.
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Nine, eight.
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And side note, I would much rather live in Boston over Indianapolis.
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If anybody was wondering.
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I actually agree with that.
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I agree.
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Okay.
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Boston over Indianapolis.
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Right.
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Easy, easy.
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Boston over Indianapolis.
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Yeah.
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Boston over Indianapolis for sure.
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Sorry.
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I said Indianapolis over Boston.
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I was like, what's in Indianapolis?
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No.
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Sorry, Connor.
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Yeah, my cousin.
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Sorry, Con.
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Indianapolis.
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Boston for sure.
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Boston.
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Yes.
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Love it.
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All right.
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Great.
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While we agree on the first two games, moving into Sunday afternoon, 1 o'clock p.m.
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slate of games, we have the stinky, horrible, awful, never even been heard of Houston Texans playing the Cincinnati Bengals.
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And...
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Again, because you've probably heard me through the walls, my initial Super Bowl prediction this year was the Cincinnati Bengals to play also the super awful, stinky San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl.
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That was my initial prediction.
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Now, the Bengals kind of stunk it up at the beginning of the season, surprisingly.
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But they've been on a little bit of a streak the past couple weeks.
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And if the playoffs started tomorrow, they would be in the playoffs.
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So they would be in the hunt to get to the big dance.
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So my question for you, and looking, again, we've got a little list here.
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Looking at the current NFL playoff picture.
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So this is the current NFL playoff picture.
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I'll zoom in a little bit for you.
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Looking at these teams, one from this side in the AFC will verse one from this side in the NFC for the Super Bowl.
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What's your current prediction of the Super Bowl matchup and who will win?
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Oh, baby.
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Okay, I already decided.
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Okay.
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So, Jeff, it's just these ones.
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I think that the Chiefs are going to play the Lions.
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Yes!
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Woohoo!
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Woohoo!
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Because then we get to see Taylor Swift when we go to the game.
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Man, Nick, see, you were killing it all the way up until that prediction, and then you lost me.
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You lost the other prediction.
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Perfect.
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They love it.
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Hey, hard to believe, though, that the Lions currently are sitting at the number two seed.
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The Chiefs are sitting at the number one seed.
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That's not a far-fetched Super Bowl.
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Not hard to believe for me.
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Honestly, not hard to believe for me.
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You know what?
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All jokes aside, Nick.
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She's always believed.
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She's always believed.
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Yeah.
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That's a pretty solid prediction.
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We'll see if it comes to fruition.
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But, wow, that would kind of be everybody wins.
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Lions, you get to see Taylor Swift.
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I'm sure we're going to be talking about her a lot more this episode.
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But, okay, we'll call that a bold prediction right now.
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We'll leave it at that.
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If I get that right, what do I get?
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What do I get?
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You're going to get to go to the Super Bowl on Bob's dime.
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Awesome.
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Wow.
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Yeah, that sounds great.
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Where's the Super Bowl this year?
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You know what?
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It is in Las Vegas.
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Is it actually?
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It is in Vegas.
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Okay.
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It is in Vegas.
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Yeah.
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Oh my gosh.
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Good research.
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I was going to look that up because I had no idea.
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Wow.
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Okay.
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My question is this.
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If I'm buying the tickets, do I get to buy myself one and come as well?
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Or is that just on buying you too?
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Oh, cool.
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Cool.
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Okay.
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You might have to get one for Lil's though.
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And then if Lil's goes, you got to get one for Tyrese.
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Are you becoming a millionaire this year?
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Of course we got to bring Paige because she's our number one listener.
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Yeah.
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Well, if we're talking about number one listeners, we probably have to bring Maddie and Vince as well.
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So now we're really talking about eight or nine tickets just like that.
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Well, there go all my student loans, man.
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Well, that's all right.
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You can swing it.
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For now, I'll buy- You're getting into a career that I hear is like the highest top paid career of all time.
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Yeah.
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Known as teaching.
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Yep.
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As Nick knows, you really make an awesome amount of money as a teacher.
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Definitely, you get paid what you should get paid.
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And I'm really excited to enter that world, for sure.
00:21:18
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Speaking of buccal books, that job, why didn't I go into that?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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That's a great question.
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I can't wait to be a part of the Bucca Bucks fam in the teacher life.
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And yeah, to put a nice little bow on top of that, I will agree to buy your two tickets and Tyrese's ticket and Paige's ticket.
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Lily didn't come to Mexico so she can fund her own trip.
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Ooh, Lilz.
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They can shop that.
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Yeah, yeah.
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She listens.
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She's been listening too, so.
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She'll hear that.
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Lily, DM us with your thoughts.
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Yeah, we'd love to hear them.
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All right, well, back to the game.
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So, like I said, it's the Houston Texans at Cincinnati Bengals.
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Preface it a little bit with how they've been on a bit of a winning streak.
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They've won the past couple of games against pretty decent teams.
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The Texans have been doing okay, ups and downs.
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They unfortunately screwed us this past weekend.
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If they would have just lost to the Bucs, that was really my bad.
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If they would have lost to the Bucs, well, actually the Bucs screwed us because they had the win at 30 seconds left and then just...
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Their defense decided to turn into Swiss cheese.
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But either way, I think the Bengals are going to win this weekend.
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And I'm really pretty confident in that, especially at home in Cincy on a hot streak.
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I have this game at a spooky high of 11.
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Jeez.
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Oh my gosh.
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Nick, question for you.
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Do you like slurpees?
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I don't like where this is going.
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It's probably going to go with seven.
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Oh, I thought you were going to tell me I had to do the big gulp challenge if I got something wrong.
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That's valid because that has been on this podcast.
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But your wife is correct.
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My confidence is 7.
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So 7-11 here.
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That's only four points away.
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No, it's been way worse.
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Last week we were... Well, I mean, double digits is just a little scary.
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But Nick, you do like slushies?
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Ooh, Coke.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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So if you're wrong on the Lions, Chiefs, you have to do the double hand slushy challenge.
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You just got me in a trap.
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Perfect.
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And sign sealed and we have a deal.
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Okay.
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Heard it here first.
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All right.
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Well, that settles that.
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We're going with the Bengals.
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We're going with the Bengals.
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I was kind of surprised we
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chose this next game the same, but I'll be interested to hear what you have to say about the New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings.
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Yes.
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So with this game, this was another one that I was struggling when I was trying to think of a good Nick question or topic.
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The rest, Nick, are really, really good.
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This one I struggled on for sure.
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I was originally going to ask you what you thought was a cooler mascot or Saint or a Viking, and Max said, lame.
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So...
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The Saints, it's kind of cool because we don't really know the, I guess, like the motivation behind the saint, where the name came from.
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So it's kind of fun to think maybe it came from St.
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Nicholas, who's also known as Cinder Claus, who's also known as Santa Claus, who's also known as jolly old St.
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Nick.
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And Nick, I know you love Christmas just as much as me.
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And I'd love to hear you kind of talk about Christmas, what you like about it so much, and maybe a couple of your favorite family traditions.
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Yeah.
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Oh, okay.
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That's perfect because we actually just went to the Biltmore and the Biltmore looks like it was transformed into Christmas town there.
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They have like wreaths on every little lantern.
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Wow.
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String lights and they have all this music pumping through the speakers like you're at Disney World or something.
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And I just loved it so much.
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It was perfect.
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They have this Christmas tree where the lights go to the music, you know?
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Oh, man.
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Yeah, I love so many things about Christmas.
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I mostly like I've been listening to my Christmas jazz playlist every day on the way to school.
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Get me in the holiday spirit.
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Love it.
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I love the lights.
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I really do like the snow on Christmas.
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Yeah.
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Some of my favorite things to do for Christmas are we always make lots of Christmas cookies with my mom and my sisters.
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That's one of my favorite things to do.
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I love to go ice skating around Christmas because I just really like ice skating and there's no ice skating in Asheville at least.
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So we try to go ice skating when we're in Michigan and I'm excited to travel on Christmas this year to maybe start some new Christmas traditions with Becky.
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Good answer.
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What a great answer.
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Nick, great answer.
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And isn't it so ironic that you married someone that just refuses to celebrate Christmas pre-Turkey Day?
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That's such a bummer that she's just
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Just taking away the Christmas cheer from November 1st and November.
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I will say, and I told Nick that this year, I will say that she has inspired me to enjoy Christmas more than I probably ever have.
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She let me buy a Christmas album in November last year and play it.
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Told me I could put up the Christmas tree this weekend.
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This weekend?
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It's true.
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We're chipping away.
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Wow.
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Kudos to you, Mac.
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That's some seriously good wife support.
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This French's heart is growing two sizes each day.
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I'm taking a little chisel to it.
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You know what?
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The ice is coming off.
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The Christmas spirit's warming it up.
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Just like Mariah Carey last week, right after Halloween, she's defrosted.
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Mac's Thanksgiving cold heart defrosted into Christmas spirit.
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Now everyone's happy.
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I still believe Thanksgiving deserves Christmas.
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It's due.
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Oh, I totally do too.
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I just think that the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is so short and busy that you have to kind of extend it longer.
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We'll go ahead and cut this Thanksgiving talk out of the podcast.
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So I know the fans will not hear this, but I'm just going to leave it as I disagree with the Thanksgiving.
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It's you eat a little bit, you watch him football.
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A little bit.
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You eat a lot of it.
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You usually watch the Lions lose.
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And then it's the end of the day.
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Oh, Bobby.
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It's great for me.
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The Lions are always playing.
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Yes, we get food.
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And a lot of us eat at normal times, unlike Bob, who's usually texting us at like 11 p.m.
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And he's like, I'm starving.
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Nance wouldn't let me get a single snack.
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And all day.
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I have food all day.
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And so I can see how it's hard for you.
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But maybe that's why.
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Maybe that, you know, maybe I will.
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And maybe that's why I don't like Thanksgiving because my mom refuses to let me eat.
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And it's always family drama.
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And Sue's always having a couple too many wines and something's happening.
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So.
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Woo!
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Typical.
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Typical Ann Susie.
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We love her to death.
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But hey, Ann Susie, if you're listening, I'm sure she is.
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Let's take it easy on the right one.
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You're a grandma now.
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So let's.
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Let's take a chill pill, but great, great, great Christmas answer there, Nick.
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Love that we're getting in the spirit and maybe I'll join y'all and have my tree up by next week as well.
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But with that being said, we do have a game and I think that the Vikings are going to stay hot.
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Speaking of the lions, the, the only team that's kind of nipping at their heels a little bit.
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They're only two games behind the lions.
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Unfortunately, my, my bears, I know they're, they're looking great.
00:28:29
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And if Kirk Cousins went to tour the Achilles, it might've been a little scarier, but super cool, cool story with Josh Dobbs.
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Maybe the coolest story that NFL season that this guy, he's been like, it's, yeah, it's just been such a fun thing to kind of read up on.
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He's been a journeyman.
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He's been bouncing from team to team.
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He was kind of like a surprise last second opening day starter for the Cardinals.
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And he was doing a pretty good job keeping a really poor team in a lot of games.
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They kind of just took the chair from under him.
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They cut him last week.
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Vikings in, I guess you could say a little bit of a panic, signed him for basically nothing during the trade deadline.
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Their rookie quarterback, Jared Hall,
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got knocked out of the game in the first quarter, and Josh Dobbs was inserted into the game.
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I've been sending Mac random Instagram reels and stuff about this situation all week, and I know we both have been chatting about it, but such a cool story.
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He did not take one single snap with the starting offense all week.
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They signed him on Tuesday.
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He was learning the playbook on the sideline, and he came and he brought them back from –
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from yeah, being like 10 down in Atlanta for a game winning drive.
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Kudos to you, Josh.
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I know we're not really doing wave makers of the week, but you are absolutely the wave maker of the week.
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We'll send you some swag.
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And that was such a cool, cool comeback and kind of story to watch.
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Yeah, that was really cool.
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I wished that they didn't win because that would have brought me down to two in the Waffle House Challenge.
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But it was a cool comeback and a cool thing to see.
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So anyways, yeah, so you're going with the Vikings.
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You're going with him again?
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Yep, I'm going with Josh.
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I'm going with the hot hand.
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And I'm going to say the Vikings are going to win in Minnesota for their fifth straight at a confidence level of five.
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too far off uh yeah i also kept it low simply because i think the saints are a better team than the falcons they did beat the falcons just barely within like the last couple of seconds of the game and it was it was truly just by the hair on their chinny chin chin and i do think the saints defense is going to be a much tougher test than the the falcons so i agree kept it low i have them at three okay we are we are hemming we're also hawing a little bit so this is great
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We are also Han and Hemmon.
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All right.
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Moving on to the next game.
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We have the Green Bay Packers at Pittsburgh Steelers.
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And what do you feel about the Packers real quick before I get into my discussion topic for you?
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I mean, I never liked the Packers, but I feel like that had a lot to do with Aaron Rodgers.
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And now that he's like not around, I'm like,
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I don't feel bad for them.
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It just feels different.
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It's kind of like, man, did I really hate the player or did I hate the team?
00:31:12
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Oh, did she hate the player or hate the game?
00:31:14
Speaker
Hard to know.
00:31:16
Speaker
I feel like I felt a little bit bad for them because the last time I saw them was when they were playing the Lions and it just was like, oof.
00:31:22
Speaker
It was tough to watch.
00:31:23
Speaker
It was.
00:31:24
Speaker
It was tough to watch.
00:31:26
Speaker
But, yeah, no, it's as if she listens to me talk about the Packers and talks back about them all the time.
00:31:34
Speaker
Yeah, I'm not influenced at all.
00:31:37
Speaker
No bias.
00:31:39
Speaker
No, he said, she said.
00:31:40
Speaker
Nothing from Mac here.
00:31:42
Speaker
This is all coming.
00:31:44
Speaker
Huh?
00:31:48
Speaker
This is coming straight from Nick.
00:31:52
Speaker
And yeah, no bias from... Yeah, it's a she said, she said.
00:31:55
Speaker
She said, she said around here, Bob.
00:31:57
Speaker
We'll keep this one as a... Let's be politically correct here.
00:32:02
Speaker
Wait, you got me rattled over here.
00:32:03
Speaker
We'll keep this one as a she said, she said for this scenario, for sure.
00:32:08
Speaker
Oh, perfect.
00:32:09
Speaker
Okay, perfect.
00:32:10
Speaker
All right.
00:32:10
Speaker
So, yeah, I mean, as you mentioned, Nick, we've got, we've had some bad blood with the Green Bay Packers for a while.
00:32:19
Speaker
And there's been a lot with them.
00:32:21
Speaker
They're our least favorite team.
00:32:24
Speaker
And, you know, even when Aaron Rodgers was there, or while he was there, I feel like we were just looking around the whole time.
00:32:31
Speaker
And we're just like,
00:32:32
Speaker
are we out of the woods yet?
00:32:34
Speaker
Like, are we out of the woods yet?
00:32:36
Speaker
Are we out of the woods yet?
00:32:37
Speaker
Are we out of the woods yet?
00:32:38
Speaker
No, we weren't out of the woods yet.
00:32:40
Speaker
And even though Aaron Rodgers has left, he's gone to the Jets, it's just been hard to get that feeling off our minds.
00:32:48
Speaker
It's really been just hard to, you know, shake it off.
00:32:51
Speaker
Totally.
00:32:52
Speaker
So, put that in mind.
00:32:54
Speaker
I mean, I don't know.
00:32:55
Speaker
Sorry, it's weird.
00:32:56
Speaker
My commentary there was just reminding me of a great artist that we know and love.
00:33:01
Speaker
I don't know if you've heard of her.
00:33:02
Speaker
Her name is Taylor Swift.
00:33:03
Speaker
Never.
00:33:03
Speaker
Never?
00:33:04
Speaker
Oh, wow.
00:33:04
Speaker
Okay.
00:33:05
Speaker
You're missing out.
00:33:06
Speaker
Well, we didn't have the opportunity to talk much about her this week because the Chiefs are on a bye, unfortunately.
00:33:12
Speaker
Wah, wah.
00:33:13
Speaker
Wah.
00:33:13
Speaker
But we have to tie her into some discussion questions here.
00:33:17
Speaker
So speaking of those Taylor Swift,
00:33:20
Speaker
What are those?
00:33:21
Speaker
Innuendos?
00:33:22
Speaker
Or no, that's more of like a sexual thing.
00:33:24
Speaker
Whoa, whoa, what the heck?
00:33:26
Speaker
What the heck?
00:33:28
Speaker
Taylor Swift was not.
00:33:32
Speaker
There's kids listening.
00:33:33
Speaker
What the hell?
00:33:33
Speaker
You're definitely going to have to label this one an E for explicit.
00:33:37
Speaker
This is explicit AF for sure.
00:33:40
Speaker
Like I said, not sexual innuendos.
00:33:43
Speaker
I was more so meaning those nods to Taylor Swift.
00:33:46
Speaker
Okay, perfect.
00:33:47
Speaker
Taylor Swift songs.
00:33:48
Speaker
I've got a hot take for you.
00:33:50
Speaker
First of all, my first question is that because the Green Bay Packers are our least favorite team, what is your least favorite Taylor Swift album?
00:34:01
Speaker
Oh.
00:34:01
Speaker
Least favorite.
00:34:02
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:34:03
Speaker
You know what?
00:34:04
Speaker
I thought you were going to say, why are people always rooting for the antihero when they were looking at him?
00:34:11
Speaker
That would have been a good in your Swift album.
00:34:18
Speaker
This is so tough.
00:34:21
Speaker
Like right off the bat.
00:34:22
Speaker
I wanted to say like debut.
00:34:24
Speaker
Yeah, like okay, it's debut.
00:34:26
Speaker
But I listened to the debut album so much.
00:34:29
Speaker
You did.
00:34:29
Speaker
I did.
00:34:30
Speaker
I did.
00:34:30
Speaker
Okay.
00:34:31
Speaker
So it's kind of like nostalgia.
00:34:32
Speaker
Yeah, I feel like that can't really be counted too.
00:34:34
Speaker
So
00:34:35
Speaker
I can't be, you can't like say that's your least.
00:34:37
Speaker
That's like a, you know, it'd be a pop out, right?
00:34:39
Speaker
Yep.
00:34:39
Speaker
Sorry, Nick.
00:34:40
Speaker
I'm going to, I'm going to say that one doesn't count.
00:34:41
Speaker
I'm going to say another one.
00:34:42
Speaker
Okay.
00:34:43
Speaker
Now I have to say a different one that I like.
00:34:45
Speaker
That you don't like.
00:34:47
Speaker
You know what I'm going to say, right?
00:34:49
Speaker
Probably.
00:34:50
Speaker
I feel like it's speak now.
00:34:52
Speaker
I just feel like it's kind of like, oh, okay, here we go again with these songs.
00:34:56
Speaker
But
00:34:57
Speaker
We're about to be getting lots of DMs, Bob.
00:34:59
Speaker
Yeah, we are.
00:35:00
Speaker
Oh, no.
00:35:01
Speaker
I know that a lot of people speak now speaks to them.
00:35:04
Speaker
I've listened to it way more now that it's re-released.
00:35:07
Speaker
But I just, the songs don't like hit home to me specifically.
00:35:11
Speaker
If they hit home to you, I am so grateful to everybody that's listening.
00:35:14
Speaker
Hey, that's fair.
00:35:15
Speaker
That's a very fair assessment.
00:35:17
Speaker
What do I know is Paige?
00:35:18
Speaker
I know Paige likes speaking out.
00:35:20
Speaker
I'm specifically talking to Paige.
00:35:21
Speaker
You better say sorry to Paige right here in the mic.
00:35:24
Speaker
I'm so sorry, Paige.
00:35:25
Speaker
Paige, what I'm hearing here, Paige, is that she purposely does not like your favorite album.
00:35:29
Speaker
So do with that information as you will.
00:35:33
Speaker
But man, that would make me feel pretty upset if I was Paige.
00:35:37
Speaker
Okay, no, I can see where you're coming from there.
00:35:40
Speaker
Everybody has to say their least favorite Taylor Swift album.
00:35:44
Speaker
Oof.
00:35:44
Speaker
Okay.
00:35:45
Speaker
I'm definitely not looking at her albums right now because I'm a big Swifty.
00:35:49
Speaker
I really like 1989.
00:35:50
Speaker
I was a big fan of Red.
00:35:54
Speaker
I would have to say Folklore really didn't do it for me.
00:35:57
Speaker
Maybe it's because it came out in 2020 and that was such a dark period.
00:36:01
Speaker
I think I'm going to have to go with probably Evermore.
00:36:05
Speaker
We'll go with
00:36:09
Speaker
That's a hot take, Bob.
00:36:11
Speaker
Yeah.
00:36:11
Speaker
Evermore didn't really do it for me.
00:36:14
Speaker
There's a lot of songs that I can't even name on that album.
00:36:17
Speaker
I think, I think my favorite had to have been Red.
00:36:19
Speaker
Oh, okay.
00:36:21
Speaker
Yeah.
00:36:22
Speaker
I like it.
00:36:23
Speaker
Oh gosh, this is hard.
00:36:24
Speaker
I wasn't expecting it to come back to me because I would have prepped an answer.
00:36:28
Speaker
Well, here we are.
00:36:29
Speaker
This is tough.
00:36:30
Speaker
Probably Reputation.
00:36:31
Speaker
No, I'm just kidding.
00:36:32
Speaker
Not Reputation.
00:36:32
Speaker
I knew that wasn't true.
00:36:36
Speaker
I would say speak now and maybe be down there but maybe maybe.
00:36:43
Speaker
No, I think maybe fearless.
00:36:47
Speaker
fearless might be under speak now fearless might be my least favorite.
00:36:50
Speaker
Sorry, Taylor.
00:36:52
Speaker
I like I like new new era Taylor.
00:36:55
Speaker
Yeah, well, I might be fearless.
00:36:59
Speaker
Well, you try to save face with page because it's too late.
00:37:02
Speaker
Yeah.
00:37:03
Speaker
The dance has been done.
00:37:05
Speaker
Those two are probably neck and neck.
00:37:07
Speaker
Yeah, so true.
00:37:08
Speaker
Well, there's just so many good ones.
00:37:10
Speaker
It's tough.
00:37:11
Speaker
I think what I'm hearing as well is it's tough to pick one that you don't like because they're just all so great.
00:37:16
Speaker
It is.
00:37:17
Speaker
So true.
00:37:17
Speaker
That's true.
00:37:18
Speaker
That's very true.
00:37:19
Speaker
I would listen to all of them any time of day, any day of the week.
00:37:25
Speaker
Yeah.
00:37:26
Speaker
Oh, sorry.
00:37:27
Speaker
Sorry.
00:37:27
Speaker
Last thing on Taylor.
00:37:29
Speaker
Maybe it won't be last thing.
00:37:30
Speaker
Actually, it's not.
00:37:30
Speaker
We have one more note on Taylor.
00:37:32
Speaker
Oh, perfect.
00:37:32
Speaker
Well, Taylor, I know she's listening and she's probably loving this.
00:37:36
Speaker
Yeah, Tay, what's going on?
00:37:37
Speaker
Hope you're having a good week.
00:37:39
Speaker
But I was home in Michigan last weekend and my sister made sure that I knew that her and Taylor were born in the same year.
00:37:46
Speaker
So I don't know how that came up.
00:37:48
Speaker
But, oh, we were at Target and the 1989 album was on some rack.
00:37:53
Speaker
And Lindsay said...
00:37:54
Speaker
That's the year I was born.
00:37:55
Speaker
So Lindsay and Taylor are basically the same in her mind.
00:37:58
Speaker
So just wanted to put that out there.
00:38:00
Speaker
Shout out to Lynn.
00:38:01
Speaker
Shout out, Lynn.
00:38:02
Speaker
Shout out to Lynn.
00:38:03
Speaker
She's probably listening in as well.
00:38:06
Speaker
Equally as talented, I'm sure, in every single way.
00:38:09
Speaker
Absolutely, yes.
00:38:10
Speaker
100%.
00:38:10
Speaker
All right.
00:38:12
Speaker
Well, it wasn't necessarily the last topic on Taylor because we do have to get a couple of hot takes here.
00:38:19
Speaker
Okay.
00:38:19
Speaker
Obviously.
00:38:20
Speaker
Kay and Travis have been a big media item for a while now.
00:38:27
Speaker
And we genuinely are curious your take on their relationship and also...
00:38:33
Speaker
because Taylor's now in that crowd of, you know, Brittany and Patrick Mahomes, you've been a big supporter of Brittany, but that's a hot take because a lot of people don't really like Brittany.
00:38:44
Speaker
So just curious if you could expand on the chief kingdom that is constantly growing with superstars here.
00:38:51
Speaker
Loving it.
00:38:51
Speaker
Good question.
00:38:51
Speaker
Okay.
00:38:52
Speaker
Well, when I first heard about Travis and Taylor, I was like, why?
00:38:56
Speaker
What is in it for her?
00:38:58
Speaker
She literally has, in my opinion, very little to gain from,
00:39:03
Speaker
the whole matchup.
00:39:06
Speaker
And then I thought, and he has so much to gain, right?
00:39:09
Speaker
Like he gets all this attention and now everybody, his face is everywhere.
00:39:14
Speaker
Not to say that he wasn't famous before because I already knew his name before as somebody who obviously knows a lot about football.
00:39:20
Speaker
Good.
00:39:22
Speaker
But it was like, okay, now he's like a household name.
00:39:25
Speaker
He's on everybody's list.
00:39:26
Speaker
They came in at different levels, right?
00:39:28
Speaker
Right.
00:39:28
Speaker
And now it's like you can't say one without saying the other, which obviously boosts him.
00:39:33
Speaker
So he got a lot from this whole situation.
00:39:36
Speaker
But the more that I think about it, I'm like, if I were a 30-something-year-old single person living my life, why wouldn't I?
00:39:45
Speaker
Too hot to trot.
00:39:46
Speaker
Yeah.
00:39:46
Speaker
Super famous.
00:39:48
Speaker
Why wouldn't I hang out with...
00:39:50
Speaker
a football player during peak football season where you get to go to all the games, you get to hang out with all the celebs, you get to be in the box, you get to cheer for a winning team that everybody has been behind.
00:40:02
Speaker
I mean...
00:40:03
Speaker
If you were dating somebody from like the 49ers or something, it'd be like, wah, wah.
00:40:07
Speaker
That's so true.
00:40:08
Speaker
You're dating somebody from the Chiefs.
00:40:09
Speaker
It's like, okay, everybody knows who the Chiefs are.
00:40:11
Speaker
Everybody knows who Patrick Mahomes is.
00:40:13
Speaker
Like, of course you want to be in the Chiefs kingdom.
00:40:16
Speaker
And if that means dating somebody in there, sure, you get the posse, you get the clout.
00:40:21
Speaker
He gets the clout.
00:40:23
Speaker
I mean, all of it is kind of like a win-win situation.
00:40:25
Speaker
It seems like now.
00:40:26
Speaker
And she's just having fun.
00:40:28
Speaker
And I just want her to have fun.
00:40:29
Speaker
And she gets to, like, show up at games and be in the U.S. and hang out.
00:40:34
Speaker
And why not?
00:40:35
Speaker
Sure.
00:40:35
Speaker
I think it's great.
00:40:36
Speaker
I think she's having a great time.
00:40:37
Speaker
And she deserves somebody who wants to put her in the spotlight and not hide her behind the...
00:40:43
Speaker
you know, the umbrellas.
00:40:44
Speaker
Yes.
00:40:46
Speaker
Well said.
00:40:47
Speaker
Yeah.
00:40:47
Speaker
As well as as well as my take on the crew.
00:40:50
Speaker
I've always been a big fan of Brittany and Patrick.
00:40:52
Speaker
I think why not?
00:40:54
Speaker
They're, they're high school sweethearts.
00:40:56
Speaker
They deserve to be together and have fun.
00:40:58
Speaker
And she's, she's great.
00:41:00
Speaker
I think she's amazing.
00:41:00
Speaker
She's doing the best she can.
00:41:01
Speaker
She's so young.
00:41:02
Speaker
She's in the spotlight.
00:41:03
Speaker
And I think Taylor knows this.
00:41:05
Speaker
She's so smart.
00:41:07
Speaker
She knows that people are, like, divisive about Brittany and Patrick.
00:41:10
Speaker
They're like, oh, she's just like a gold digger.
00:41:13
Speaker
And, oh, da-da-da.
00:41:14
Speaker
People have so many negative things to say about her.
00:41:16
Speaker
I think Taylor knows that.
00:41:17
Speaker
And she's like, I'm going to put her in the spotlight.
00:41:20
Speaker
I'm going to make her this big NFL wife name because Taylor's a good person.
00:41:25
Speaker
So she's going to envelop her in her crew.
00:41:29
Speaker
She must think Brittany's a good person, too.
00:41:31
Speaker
She doesn't hang out with bad people.
00:41:32
Speaker
No, she does not.
00:41:33
Speaker
And Taylor's, like, you know, bringing her into her.
00:41:37
Speaker
Her gal pals.
00:41:39
Speaker
That's really, really great.
Life Philosophy and Personal Insights
00:41:41
Speaker
All of a sudden you're like hanging out with Blake Lively.
00:41:43
Speaker
Oh, I mean, I'm Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift.
00:41:46
Speaker
Very close to following these paparazzi shots.
00:41:49
Speaker
And I am absolutely, my jaw hits the floor every time one hits the newsstands.
00:41:54
Speaker
I'm like, what?
00:41:56
Speaker
Amazing.
00:41:57
Speaker
Imagine just eating dinner with Gigi Hadid one day because you were married to NFL superstar.
00:42:02
Speaker
Amazing.
00:42:03
Speaker
What a life they live.
00:42:05
Speaker
Quick follow-up question on that, Nick.
00:42:07
Speaker
And this can be like a really like just gut reaction based off of the last couple months.
00:42:13
Speaker
I think they've been kind of seeing each other.
00:42:16
Speaker
Do you think they're going to make it all the way?
00:42:17
Speaker
Or what's your thought on that?
00:42:20
Speaker
No, absolutely not.
00:42:22
Speaker
I think it's one of those things that's like fun for now, but... She's having fun.
00:42:26
Speaker
She seems happy.
00:42:27
Speaker
I think it's fun for now.
00:42:28
Speaker
I don't know a lot about Travis, but what I do see, it's...
00:42:34
Speaker
The level's just up there.
00:42:35
Speaker
You think if he loses in the playoffs?
00:42:37
Speaker
Intellectually or what?
00:42:41
Speaker
He's not there intellectually is what Nick just said.
00:42:43
Speaker
Absolutely.
00:42:44
Speaker
The levels are different intellectually.
00:42:46
Speaker
Hey, that's appropriate.
00:42:47
Speaker
That's the same with us, but it worked out.
00:42:49
Speaker
No, it is not.
00:42:52
Speaker
Whoa.
00:42:56
Speaker
Which one is he out of the, he said she should, which one is Travis?
00:42:59
Speaker
No, sorry.
00:42:59
Speaker
You must've, you must've misunderstood me.
00:43:01
Speaker
I said, she said, she said, Oh, we're both.
00:43:05
Speaker
Yes, yes, yes.
00:43:07
Speaker
Okay.
00:43:08
Speaker
I, um, very hot takes and I appreciate your, your honest opinion and feedback and we know you follow, follow all them.
00:43:14
Speaker
I follow it with a fine tooth comb.
00:43:17
Speaker
I know you do.
00:43:17
Speaker
I know it.
00:43:18
Speaker
Is that a saying?
00:43:19
Speaker
Fine tooth comb?
00:43:21
Speaker
yes i go through the i go through their material with a fine tooth yeah yeah i'm really scouring fine tooth comb that's yeah that's oh excuse my french but what the hell is a fine tooth comb like she's really pulling it apart like a lice comb like a lice comb yeah i got that you know i got that lice comb all up in there all the nits are coming out i was gonna say that that the lice comb that's too real holy smokes
00:43:44
Speaker
That is too real.
00:43:45
Speaker
That is too real.
00:43:47
Speaker
Okay.
00:43:47
Speaker
We need to get back to this game because I don't even think we talked about who we're thinking.
00:43:51
Speaker
I don't think we did.
00:43:52
Speaker
But after all of that,
00:43:54
Speaker
Tracing it back, believe it or not, that discussion was about the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
00:44:00
Speaker
And we are going with the – or I am going with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
00:44:05
Speaker
I think they're going to have no problem with the Packers.
00:44:07
Speaker
The Packers have been struggling offensively specifically.
00:44:11
Speaker
Pittsburgh Steelers are a tough defense that you don't want to go up against if you're struggling offensively.
00:44:17
Speaker
So I'm going with the Steelers at 10.
00:44:19
Speaker
Wow.
00:44:21
Speaker
So close.
00:44:21
Speaker
Almost a ding, ding, ding, ding.
00:44:24
Speaker
I have Steelers as well.
00:44:26
Speaker
Packers, they got a win last week, but it was against a Rams team without Matthew Stafford.
00:44:31
Speaker
That's like,
00:44:32
Speaker
eating a cookie with no flour in it.
00:44:34
Speaker
It's just, there's no substance.
00:44:36
Speaker
There's nothing there.
00:44:38
Speaker
There's nothing to it.
00:44:38
Speaker
That win meant nothing to me.
00:44:40
Speaker
It was a Packers team beating a guy who hadn't started an NFL game in his career.
00:44:44
Speaker
I think the Steelers are going to continue winning under Mike Tomlin, who just always gets it done.
00:44:49
Speaker
Side note, the AFC North is absolutely insane.
00:44:51
Speaker
Everybody in the division is at least two games over 500 through 10 weeks, almost 10 weeks, which is mind boggling.
00:44:57
Speaker
If the playoffs started today, every single team in that division would be in the playoffs.
00:45:01
Speaker
That's impressive.
00:45:03
Speaker
So yeah, I think the Steelers are going to stay hot in Pittsburgh.
00:45:06
Speaker
I got them at 11.
00:45:07
Speaker
All right.
00:45:08
Speaker
Pretty close.
00:45:09
Speaker
Love to hear it.
00:45:11
Speaker
Absolutely.
00:45:12
Speaker
So next up we have the Tennessee Titans at Tampa Bay books.
00:45:18
Speaker
Okay, Nick, I'm excited for this segment.
00:45:20
Speaker
I think you're going to do a really good job with this one as a kindergarten teacher, just someone that's very well-spoken, but this to give you a little, to give you a little background on this game, the Titans have a quarterback.
00:45:30
Speaker
His name is Will Levis.
00:45:31
Speaker
Um,
00:45:32
Speaker
He's a rookie.
00:45:33
Speaker
He just started his first NFL game last week.
00:45:36
Speaker
So this will be a second career start.
00:45:38
Speaker
So as a leader in the community over there in Asheville and a kindergarten teacher, a leader in your school as well, what kind of advice would you have for someone like Will, a young and upcoming guy just really trying to get his footing in the league?
00:45:52
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What would you have to say to him or any young professional that's really just trying to make their mark?
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You know, I would tell him.
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Good question.
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That it is just a game.
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You can only do your best.
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You're human.
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You only have so many capabilities.
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You will try.
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You will succeed.
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You will fail.
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You will succeed again.
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It will be a roller coaster.
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Life is a roller coaster of ups and downs.
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And you can't beat yourself up about it because you're
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just a human.
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You're not a robot.
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You can't do everything perfectly all the time.
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And in the end, it's just a game.
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You're still living a good life.
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You're still doing what you love.
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You still are hopefully doing exactly what you want to be doing.
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And so in the end, you're winning.
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Wow.
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And she just put her fist up in the air.
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She even pumped herself up there.
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Nick, that's really, really well said.
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That is well said.
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Very good.
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I've watched a couple of games over in North Carolina with these two gals and
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There was one game in particular that was just really heartbreaking.
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It was the first game of the season.
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It was Bears versus Packers.
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Long story short, the Bears gave up a really big lead, and I was really down in the dumps.
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And Mac was like, oh, I'm sorry, Bob.
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And Nick said, Bob, do you think they tried their best?
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And I said, yeah.
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And she said, do you think they wanted to lose?
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And I said, no.
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She said, well, they tried their best.
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That's that.
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And I just kind of had to suck it up and get over it.
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And that's really, really good advice.
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And it doesn't feel like it all the time, but it really is just a game.
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And Bob, I wasn't trying to diminish your feelings.
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Of course it's okay to feel disappointed, but we just have to know they didn't want to disappoint you.
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They wanted to do everything they could to win the game.
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They just couldn't make it happen.
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They just, they just, you know, had a little accident in their pants at the end of the game and they messed it up.
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But at the end of the day, they wanted to win and all is well.
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So Nick, well said.
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Thank you for that.
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In terms of this game,
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I think everybody is definitely going to try their best.
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And I think the team that's going to be a little better is the team from Tennessee.
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This was a game that I was like a little 50-50 on.
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Same.
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Yeah, I figured this would be one of the ones that maybe we would have different.
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But the Bucs started 3-1, and they've lost four in a row.
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So they're really reeling right now.
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Baker.
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He's not really getting it done.
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He's kind of come back to reality.
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And yeah, Will has been looking good.
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He kind of revitalized this Tennessee offense.
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DeAndre Hopkins is looking like vintage DeAndre again.
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And they just had a solid win.
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Oh, no, almost had a solid win last Thursday.
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They almost upset the who they play last Thursday night.
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Steelers.
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Titans?
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Oh, yeah.
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Steelers, yeah.
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They had the ball inside the 10-yard line with a chance to win the game.
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So, yeah, I think the Titans are going to win this game in Tampa Bay.
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This is kind of scary because it's not a game I feel confident with, but I have the Titans winning at 6.
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Woo!
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Okay.
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6.
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That's a good bit higher than mine because this is actually my least confident game.
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I totally agree with Tennessee.
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The reason I went with Tennessee is because of the Bucs' downfall the past couple of weeks.
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I'm also slightly bitter that they completely screwed us this past weekend and knocked us out of the running.
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The reason I kept it so low is because he is still a brand new quarterback.
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The Bucs have a fairly decent defense, despite what we saw against Houston.
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I think they can do okay, especially if the
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their defensive front.
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And that can be a little scary for any quarterback, especially a new one.
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So I definitely anticipate probably at least, you know, one interception or something like that.
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And that can sometimes be all that's needed to change the tide.
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So that's why I kept it so low, but I still agree.
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The Titans will hopefully pull out a win.
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Okay.
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So one interesting, I guess I was correct on my 50, 50 field there, but yeah, you were, that's, I really did have it at 50, 50 there.
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Love it.
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We'll chat about that offline.
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On we go.
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We will indeed.
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So this next game, the San Francisco 49ers at Jacksonville Jaguars.
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And this is a game that we disagree.
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Oh boy.
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Okay.
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Listen close.
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What we're going to do for this is Bob and I are both going to present our arguments and Nick is going to make her decision.
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I feel like I have a bit of an uphill battle at the moment because before this podcast, Nick recently just learned that the San Francisco 49ers were a team.
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Yeah, I'm sure it's a bit stinky, but hear me out.
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Okay, here we go.
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So I obviously, with that preface, chose the San Francisco 49ers to win this game.
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And I know what Bob's going to say, so I'm going to get ahead of it in our state.
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They have lost the past couple games.
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Oh boy, they're on a downhill.
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They're on a little bit of a downhill trajectory.
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However...
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The last time that they played was two weeks ago because they're coming off of a bye week, which also the Jacksonville Jaguars are also coming off of a bye week.
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They both had a lot of time to prep and to take some things into consideration to gear up to get ready.
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Before the bye, they had three.
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Bob just chatted.
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Hey, this is collusion.
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No, Bob just chatted saying he will Venmo $100 to agree with him.
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Collusion.
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No, there's no evidence of that.
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That didn't happen.
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No evidence.
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Screen grab.
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At the very least, yeah, yeah.
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Screen grab that.
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And at the very least, you're distracting her from my argument.
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Yes, you did.
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Stay out of here.
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Stay out of my league.
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No, I'm so sorry.
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This argument is going so well.
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Continue.
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Okay.
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All right.
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They're both coming out of a bye week.
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They're both coming out of a bye week.
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The 49ers, yes, they had a three-game losing skid.
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They were like, do-do-do, and skidding into the bye week.
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Skidding.
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They did not have come at a better time, though, because those three losses came because there were a lot of injuries.
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Their running back, also an uphill battle, because their running back is Christian McCaffrey.
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Oh, boy.
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Jacksonville Jaguars.
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No, no, wait.
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Hear me out.
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I know he screwed you in fantasy football a couple times.
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He is back in his prime.
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He's doing well.
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He's doing really good for the 49ers.
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They had an offensive lineman who was a really good offensive lineman who was hurt.
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And those are the big guys.
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They are really good and they're helpful for Brock Purdy.
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And they had some wide receivers who were hurt, Debo Samuel, some defenders who were hurt.
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They're all, most of them, almost all of them, I think except for Debo Samuel, are back this weekend.
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They're looking healthy.
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They needed the rest.
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They needed the bye.
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And the biggest reason why I think they're going to win is that in this bye week, so the past 14 days, the last two weeks,
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They acquired arguably one of the best defensive linemen who plays the same position as Aiden Hutchinson.
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Okay.
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On the Detroit Lions.
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Does a lot of work.
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His name is Chase Young.
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And on the other side of him is arguably one of the other best ones that also plays that position.
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So they now have two basically Aiden Hutchinsons.
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On their defensive line.
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So they have a good defense, but how's their offense?
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Their offense is doing good.
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They got healthy.
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I did, Bob, while you were getting up grabbing a drink of water, I mentioned that I also have an uphill battle because they have Christian McCaffrey.
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He's on my SHIT list.
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Explicit.
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It's already explicit.
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See, yeah, that's a great point.
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And I wasn't getting, I was actually going potty, sorry.
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Oh, sorry.
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But they're pretty good.
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They have Brock Purdy, who I know you know that name.
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That's Mr. Irrelevant.
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Remember the dream story I told you about?
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He was chosen last in the draft and he came out last year and he hadn't lost a game until like three or four weeks ago.
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That's how good they were.
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And then they had injuries.
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But, but, but, then they had the injuries.
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And now they're looking healthy again coming into this week.
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So they had to be tough.
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But we all know that Christian McCaffrey is a little porcelain dog who at any moment can crack under pressure.
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That's exactly right, Nick.
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That is exactly right.
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Oh, fine.
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Anyway, rest my case.
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That's why I'm going with the 49ers at 2.
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Oh, okay.
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So not very confident.
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Bob, let's hear your sign.
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Well, Nick, I just have a couple super simple questions for you.
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And I'll preface it with I'm going with Jags at 3.
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So, yeah.
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That's a, that's already a positive that I'm already more confident than Mac is in her.
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So one more point confident.
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One more point confident.
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So Nick, do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing when a team's playing in their home stadium?
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Good.
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Well, the Jags are playing home.
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What is better?
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Five wins in a row or three losses in a row?
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Five wins.
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And what's a better record?
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Five and three or six and two.
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Six and two.
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Well, Nick, all three of those are extremely correct.
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Not only the Jags won five in a row, not only are they six and two, but they're playing at home in Jacksonville.
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They're one of the hottest teams in the NFL.
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the 49ers, which by the way, you didn't even know they were a team.
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It's right.
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They seem pretty stinky to me.
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And the running back, the running backs of porcelain doll.
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They've lost three in a row.
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They have a worse record than the Jags.
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They have lost a lot more in a row than the Jags.
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They're not playing at home.
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They're playing at the Jag stadium.
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I mean, do I even need to say any more?
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I rest my case right there.
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Not really.
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I mean, you had me at Christian McCaffrey on the opposite team, so I'm going Jags.
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Let's go, Nick.
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Yeah, baby.
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All right.
00:55:25
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Fine.
00:55:26
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Fair enough.
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Fair enough.
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I'll shoot that $100 over right now.
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Yeah, thank you so much.
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But you're going to be rooting for the 49ers because that'd be a game for me that I get back in the Waffle Off Challenge.
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Oh, boy.
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Damned if I do, damned if I don't.
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Am I right?
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Talk about a double-edged sword.
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Sheesh.
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All right.
00:55:44
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Fair enough.
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Good argument.
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Good argument.
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We'll rest our case on that one, and we'll move to the last game of the 1 o'clock slate.
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Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens.
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Yes, I think everybody that's listening in, all the Wave Riders, are going to be really excited about this segment, Nick, because the Browns and the Ravens are two teams that play each other.
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They're kind of like the Lions and the Bears.
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They're in the same division, so they're a rival.
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They play each other, like I said, twice a year, and they just really hate each other.
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So this is a classic AFC North rivalry.
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So one thing that I would love to hear from you, Nick, is what would you say right now is your favorite or the juiciest reality TV rivalry ever?
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you know, right, right now that's currently happening.
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Oh gosh.
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I guess the biggest one that like, it's not really a rivalry, but it is like a big rift that I I'm watching unfold.
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The listeners might not know this, but I am.
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always keeping up with the Kardashians.
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Nice.
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She keeps up, folks.
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She keeps up.
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I haven't stopped.
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I have started from the beginning and I have kept up with them until the very current moment.
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And the very interesting...
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dynamic that's happening in that saga is that Kim and Courtney are at odds with each other.
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And it started, it's sisterhood drama.
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It's like, you can't, you just can't take your eyes away.
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And like, it's so deep, it's so many deep cuts and like, they know where to hit you, where it hurts.
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And it's just like, it just is so fascinating to watch unfold on the screen.
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And so that is one that I am just, I'm enthralled with it.
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And it's still happening right now.
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It started with this whole wedding drama with the, they both had their weddings in Italy and Kim stole Courtney's, Dolce Vita lifestyle and all of this stuff.
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So it's just like, I mean.
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That's ridiculous.
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Yeah.
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I can't believe that.
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It's wild.
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And so watching that unfold.
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It's still happening in the current season to this day.
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So who knows how it will end because they are still going at it.
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They're still at odds.
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Oh yeah.
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They're still not really, I mean, they're, they were at a point where they weren't communicating and they were like, you can't wear this.
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You can't come here.
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You can't do this.
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So they're kicked out.
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They're group chats without each other in it.
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I mean, it's, it's serious business.
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It sounds like, correct me if I'm wrong.
00:58:15
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It sounds like you're definitely team Courtney on this, on this matter.
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It's so hard because I feel like Courtney just so desperately wants out of the limelight.
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She just wants to live her life and do what she wants to do without being questioned about her every step.
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And Kim just can't help herself.
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She's so calculated with everything that she does that she
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it just irks Courtney to her core.
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So I get Courtney's perspective of like, I just want to do what I want to do and not like make a statement with everything that I'm doing with every fashion choice, which every food choice, which every bubble, I just want to live how I want to live.
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And Kim, her stance is like, you can't just live how you want to live because you're living in the limelight.
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So you have to kind of like make these choices ahead of time.
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I guess I feel, I guess you're right.
00:59:05
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I guess I do feel for Courtney a little bit more than Kim because Kim is just so famous.
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But at the same time, I'm like, okay, Kim can do the same things as Courtney and not be stealing her life's way of life.
00:59:19
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That's not really how it goes.
00:59:20
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Yeah, once again, very well said.
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A little bit on each side of the line there.
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And I guess sometimes that happens.
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Courtney's 44.
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She's married to Travis Barker as of 2022.
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And Kim is 43.
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Courtney Kardashian, why she loves Natasha.
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He's reading off of a Wikipedia page.
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Inside Courtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's life with baby boy.
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See?
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Yeah.
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They just had a baby a couple of days ago.
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Wow.
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Do you think Aunt Kim has met baby yet?
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I mean, I would think they could put their differences aside for a baby.
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I'm sure.
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Definitely.
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It's for the baby.
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So yeah, we agree, Nick.
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We're also team Courtney.
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Rocky.
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That's Rocky.
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Baby.
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Baby's name is Rocky.
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Yep.
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Very cute.
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Very, very unique.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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Very interesting.
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Wow.
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That's,
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That's a good one.
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And hey, congrats to Courtney and Travis on Rocky.
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And Nick, thank you for filling in the Wave Riders on that little drama.
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Hey, you're welcome.
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And stay tuned.
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Whoa.
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Wow, an ad for keeping up with the Kardashians.
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Nice.
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That was very good, Nick.
01:00:44
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But yeah, speaking of very good, both of these teams.
01:00:47
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And yeah, I don't know if this is going to be as juicy as the Kim and Kourtney drama, but I think it's going to be really, really juicy.
01:00:54
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Ravens have just beat, excuse my French, I know this is already an E episode, but they've just been beating the absolute hell out of these teams.
01:01:01
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Unfortunately,
01:01:03
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Max boys were on the receiving end this week.
01:01:06
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The Seahawks, they beat them like 38 to three.
01:01:10
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It's insane.
01:01:11
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Total domination, basically.
01:01:13
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Complete and utter domination.
01:01:15
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This game is in Baltimore, Edgar Allen Poe.
01:01:18
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And yeah, I think the Ravens are going to just keep on flying.
01:01:22
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No pun intended.
01:01:23
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I got them winning on Sunday at a confidence level of eight.
01:01:26
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Okay, we are pretty close here.
01:01:29
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I just have them one higher at nine.
01:01:32
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I was a little nervous with how high...
01:01:35
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Only because they haven't played the Deshaun Watson Browns yet.
01:01:38
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They played the Browns when he was hurt, the first game he was hurt.
01:01:42
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And they absolutely destroyed them.
01:01:44
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So clearly they can pick apart the defense.
01:01:46
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And I feel like they're even better since that week.
01:01:48
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So I'm still not worried.
01:01:49
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But I was like, ah, they gave me slight pause.
01:01:52
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And then I was like, yeah, screw it.
01:01:53
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Yep, yep.
01:01:55
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Okay, I like it.
01:01:55
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Eight and nine.
01:01:56
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We are...
01:01:57
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We're on the same wavelength here.
01:01:58
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I like it.
01:01:59
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Perfect.
Humor and NFL Draft Decisions
01:02:00
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Well, speaking of ads, I know we just got a little one, but I know Nick would be just so happy to hear an advertisement from our sponsors.
01:02:12
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Is this a me ad or is this a Nick ad?
01:02:14
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That's a you ad.
01:02:15
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Oh God.
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Okay.
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It's a good one.
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01:02:47
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Wait, so the first song isn't even on 1989, so that's a really, really big mis...
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Yeah.
01:02:59
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Oh shoot.
01:03:00
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That's embarrassing.
01:03:01
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Did you say 1999 at the end?
01:03:03
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That's how much it costs.
01:03:05
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I was like, wait a minute.
01:03:07
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What?
01:03:07
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But then I was like, Oh, it costs real original Bob.
01:03:09
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Yeah.
01:03:09
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1989.
01:03:10
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He was like a 1999.
01:03:10
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Yeah. 1989.
01:03:16
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And since it's Taylor's version, she lowered the price from the normal $49.99 to $19.99 to ensure everybody's able to enjoy her music.
01:03:27
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So yeah.
01:03:28
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Cool.
01:03:28
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Maybe it's two albums in one because yeah, that first song wasn't even on the $19.99 album.
01:03:32
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Yeah, but it's Taylor's version.
01:03:34
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So she put that one on the new one.
01:03:36
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Taylor does what Taylor wants.
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So...
01:03:38
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Hey, 1989, baby.
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All right.
01:03:40
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Love to hear it.
01:03:41
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Thanks, Tay.
01:03:41
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Yeah, thanks, Tay.
01:03:43
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All right.
01:03:43
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Moving into the Sunday afternoon slate of games, we have the Atlanta Falcons at Arizona Cardinals.
01:03:50
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And unfortunately, I couldn't think of anything discussion-wise for this game.
01:03:54
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So instead, it is time for our first-ever edition of Blitz Trivia.
01:04:00
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Oh, boy.
01:04:01
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Wow, Nick buggered up.
01:04:02
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Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
01:04:03
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Dee Dee Dee
01:04:32
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If I win all dishes for the week, you want me to do the dishes?
01:04:35
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What do you want?
01:04:36
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No, I like doing the dishes.
01:04:38
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Oh, I'm one lucky gal, folks.
01:04:40
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I'll think about it.
01:04:43
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After I win, I'll make my claim.
01:04:46
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All right, here we go.
01:04:48
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I have faith in you.
01:04:49
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Number one, this NFL quarterback was traded in 2021.
01:04:57
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From the Los Angeles Rams to a team that is currently first place in the NFC North.
01:05:07
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Who is this quarterback?
01:05:09
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Go, go, go, go, go.
01:05:10
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Yay!
01:05:12
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Very good, very good.
01:05:13
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One for one.
01:05:14
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Very good, very good.
01:05:15
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Number two.
01:05:17
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This NFL team had the opportunity in 2017 to draft Patrick Mahomes at the number two spot in the draft, but instead they drafted a quarterback by the name of Mitchell Trubisky.
01:05:35
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Which team passed on Patrick Mahomes to draft Mitchell Trubisky?
01:05:40
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The B-B-B-B-B-B-R!
01:05:42
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That's sick.
01:05:43
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This is sick.
01:05:45
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I actually knew that one before.
01:05:47
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That's pretty good.
01:05:48
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That's pretty good.
01:05:50
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Good job.
01:05:52
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Hey, explicit.
01:05:55
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All right.
01:05:56
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Number three.
01:05:58
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All right.
01:05:58
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Which of the following quarterbacks is made up?
01:06:03
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Okay.
01:06:03
Speaker
I got this one.
01:06:04
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Jimmy Garoppolo, Derek Carr,
01:06:12
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Alex Warren or Josh Dobbs?
01:06:18
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These are current NFL quarterbacks.
01:06:20
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This one's really hard.
01:06:22
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Talk us through it.
01:06:23
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Okay.
01:06:24
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So the first one, say it again, the first one.
01:06:26
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Jimmy Garoppolo.
01:06:27
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Okay, Garoppolo, I really recognize that name.
01:06:29
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That's a, it's not that one.
01:06:31
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Okay.
01:06:31
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Derek Carr.
01:06:33
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Okay, I also recognize Carr because of some people's jerseys or something, but it might not be the Carr that I'm thinking of, but that's not the one I'm thinking of.
01:06:40
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Okay.
01:06:40
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C is Alex Warren.
01:06:42
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Literally never heard of that.
01:06:45
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I've never heard that name before.
01:06:46
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Okay.
01:06:47
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And D is Josh Dobbs.
01:06:49
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Dobbs, I've heard that one.
01:06:50
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C, it's C. Wow!
01:06:52
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Ding, ding, ding!
01:06:52
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Very nice!
01:06:54
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Nick, I am so good!
01:06:56
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You said that with confidence, too.
01:06:57
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I thought I was going to trip you up a little bit.
01:06:59
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No, they're all kind of regular-ish names, you know?
01:07:02
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Those ones are regular-ish names.
01:07:03
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Alex Warren is not.
01:07:04
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I was trying to get creative.
01:07:06
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No, Alex Warren sounds like somebody who is like...
01:07:09
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I don't know.
01:07:11
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Not a bank or something.
01:07:13
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It sounds like something that your wife literally just made up on the spot.
01:07:15
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Yeah.
01:07:15
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Because it is.
01:07:18
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All right.
01:07:18
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Very good.
01:07:19
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I was literally trying.
01:07:21
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Congratulations.
01:07:22
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You have won the first ever Blitz trivia.
01:07:24
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Very good.
01:07:24
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Very good.
01:07:25
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Nick, did you even see my text there?
01:07:26
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I was trying to text Nick and say, I'm going to help you so you win it.
01:07:29
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And she didn't even need it.
01:07:30
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I didn't even need it.
01:07:31
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I just see it now.
01:07:33
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He said, Bears.
01:07:34
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I'm going to help you.
01:07:35
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Bears.
01:07:37
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Nick.
01:07:38
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Nick literally didn't need it.
01:07:39
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Okay.
01:07:39
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Three for three.
01:07:39
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So Nick, you need to come up with a really good prize that you want because you literally get anything.
01:07:43
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Yeah.
01:07:44
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Anything you want.
01:07:44
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I can't wait.
01:07:45
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I have an idea.
01:07:45
Speaker
I'll take you to Europe for Christmas.
01:07:47
Speaker
Woo.
01:07:48
Speaker
That seems like it's an easy way out.
01:07:50
Speaker
No, that seems like a double dip situation.
01:07:55
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Okay, fair enough.
01:07:56
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All right, well, thank you for participating.
Upcoming Games and Predictions
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Oh my gosh, that's our third one of the episodes.
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This whole time.
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We've been doing advertisements.
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We just needed to get her on the podcast.
01:08:13
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Nick, do you want to go to Buxton tonight?
01:08:16
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I would like to go to Buxton Hall this weekend so I could get the signature white barbecue sauce.
01:08:21
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Okay.
01:08:21
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But it's on November 22nd in Nashville.
01:08:25
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This is on Max Tab though, correct?
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Oh, definitely.
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Okay.
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Excellent.
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Excellent.
01:08:29
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That's a good, that's a good plan.
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All right, you got it.
01:08:32
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Buxton it is.
01:08:34
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All right, looking now at the game, back to football, off of barbecue sauce.
01:08:39
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Back to football, bro.
01:08:40
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Although, very, very good.
01:08:41
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We are looking at the Atlanta Falcons at Arizona Cardinals.
01:08:47
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And although Kyler Murray is potentially coming back this weekend, there's also potentially he's not.
01:08:52
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And if not, we're still looking at an individual who I think had just like –
01:08:57
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A couple pass yards this past weekend.
01:08:59
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It wasn't looking great for the Cardinals.
01:09:01
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They got absolutely destroyed.
01:09:04
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It wasn't pretty.
01:09:05
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So, yeah, I'm pretty confident that they're not going to win this game, despite the fact that the Falcons have been looking a little rough as of late.
01:09:14
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They're still a second-place team.
01:09:15
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I think they can still make some moves happen.
01:09:18
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And so I'm going with the Falcons, and I'm going with them at 6.
01:09:22
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Ooh, okay.
01:09:23
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Okay.
01:09:24
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In the name of time here, I'm going to save my breath because I also am pretty confident and I'm willing to go higher.
01:09:30
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I want Falcons with six.
01:09:33
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Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry.
01:09:34
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That's you.
01:09:35
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I want Falcons.
01:09:35
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I just wrote down six.
01:09:36
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I want Falcons with 10.
01:09:38
Speaker
Oh, wow.
01:09:39
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Okay.
01:09:39
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So, yeah, you're even more confident.
01:09:41
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Okay.
01:09:41
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Just because I think the Cardinals are the worst team in the NFL and I think they're going to keep losing.
01:09:44
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I think they're trying to tank for that number one pick.
01:09:46
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So, I am going to say 10.
01:09:48
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I'm also just worried if Kyler Murray comes back, but I still think he'll probably be rusty.
01:09:53
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Very true.
01:09:54
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I think he's going to be real rusty.
01:09:56
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All right.
01:09:56
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Looking ahead to the next game, the most exciting game of the week, the Detroit Lions at the Los Angeles Chargers.
01:10:04
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And I would have given you a softball if this was mine to give you a discussion question.
01:10:08
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Well, sorry.
01:10:10
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Well, I was going to probably be pretty nice, but my boys are playing on Thursday and someone came up with the question.
01:10:17
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could you think of a worse game?
01:10:18
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And just really, they were really throwing a lot of crap at my team.
01:10:22
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But she could think of a worse game.
01:10:23
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So that was nice of her.
01:10:24
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That was really nice.
01:10:25
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It actually turned out to be a better game.
01:10:28
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I think it's impossible to be a better game, but you did think of what you thought was a worse game.
01:10:32
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Correct.
01:10:34
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But with that being said,
01:10:37
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I mean, speaking of bad games, Lions, Chargers, who the heck picked this one?
01:10:43
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It's in LA, so that's pretty cool.
01:10:45
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But you got the Lions, you got the Chargers.
01:10:48
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And Nick, I know that Matt's right there, so I got to be careful with my questioning because, you know, I think it's almost like she forced you into that Lions sweatshirt.
01:10:55
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You actually bought these Lions sweatshirts.
01:10:59
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I bought these matching sweatshirts.
01:11:01
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Nick, I just got your text that you're in trouble.
01:11:04
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And all is good.
01:11:06
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All is good.
01:11:06
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Everything's going to be okay.
01:11:09
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I know she's making you do this.
01:11:10
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It's fine.
01:11:11
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All will be good.
01:11:12
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I was like, blink twice if you need help.
01:11:15
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Neighbors are on their way over.
01:11:16
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All is good.
01:11:17
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But speaking of the Lions, I know the woman on your right is a diehard Lions fan.
01:11:24
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And she's kind of yanked you.
01:11:26
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It's almost like if someone's in quicksand and they're like, please help me.
01:11:28
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And then, yeah, you're in the quicksand too.
01:11:31
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And now, Nick, now instead of one person being in there, now it's two.
01:11:35
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And Nick, now that you are, I'd say, would you call yourself a Lions fan now?
01:11:39
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Or are you more of a Lions supporter for Mac?
01:11:41
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Oh, absolutely.
01:11:42
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I think she was a Lions fan before.
01:11:44
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It helps that I grew up in a family that are also just absolutely diehard Lions fans.
01:11:51
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They do not leave me from their love of the Lions.
01:11:53
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Yeah, I mean, I think I was in the quicksand and I looked over and Nick was over in the quicksand waving like, hey, I'm also- And I was doing this, go Lions, go Lions.
01:12:02
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Yeah, I know that I pulled her in.
01:12:04
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I think I looked over, like yesterday when we looked over and we saw a bear in our yard, I looked over and there's Nick and I was like, ah, and she was like, I'm here too.
01:12:11
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So when you saw that big mother effort yesterday, that was like kind of the same thing with, with the quicksand you look over at Nick's and her nose and mouth are just kind of over it.
01:12:19
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And she's like, well, I have, I have three quick questions.
01:12:24
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Cause you just answered my question.
01:12:25
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You were already a lion's fan.
01:12:26
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Oh, geez.
01:12:27
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Nick, if you had to choose, do you think you like Michigan state sports more or the lions more?
01:12:33
Speaker
Oh, so tough.
01:12:36
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Would you rather see Tom Izzo and the basketball team win a national championship this year or the Lions win a Super Bowl this year?
01:12:44
Speaker
I think that my, not necessarily loyalty, but I guess enthusiasm for...
01:12:54
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teams has shifted over time.
01:12:57
Speaker
Like it's so tough.
01:12:59
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It's, it is so, so tough because also we grew up in a Michigan state household, been to Michigan state game so many times.
01:13:09
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And also it's like Michigan state is like, it's basketball, it's football.
01:13:14
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Like there's so many different seasons that we cheer for Michigan state with, but Oh yeah.
01:13:21
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Yep.
01:13:21
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I'm rocking a little green and white right now.
01:13:24
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But gosh, this is hard, Bob.
01:13:27
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It's so hard because like the level that Mackie is dedicated to the Lions and football is just like it, it, it consumes so much more of our time than the level of like our Michigan State club.
01:13:40
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You know what I mean?
01:13:42
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And keep in mind, Jen, your beloved sister, is listening in right now.
01:13:46
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And I know her and Mario are massive Mission State fans.
01:13:49
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It doesn't mean I love one less.
01:13:53
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I just feel like we definitely...
01:13:57
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Our eyes are on every second of every time the Lions are playing.
01:14:01
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Yeah.
01:14:01
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Is that your answer?
01:14:02
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I would say that I probably have influenced that because I would easily choose the Lions over State.
01:14:08
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Sorry, also beloved sister-in-law Jen, apologies.
01:14:12
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But I would also choose that.
01:14:14
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So I would watch the Lions all day, every day.
01:14:17
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And so naturally, then Nick sees that more.
01:14:20
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And I would not naturally choose to put on a football game.
01:14:24
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So if there's a game on that somebody else is choosing to put on, you know what I mean?
01:14:28
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Whether it be State or the Lions.
01:14:29
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Totally.
01:14:31
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So there we have it.
01:14:32
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Nate, I said Nate.
01:14:36
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Nick absolutely hates Mr. State.
01:14:40
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He said, she said, we'll leave it at that.
01:14:43
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Oh, it's Nate.
01:14:44
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That's who we've been talking about.
01:14:45
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It's Nate.
01:14:46
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I'm so sorry, Nate.
01:14:47
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We had a volleyball game last night, so I guess Nate's top of mind for me right now.
01:14:51
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Nate's got the brain.
01:14:52
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Yeah, so what Nick's saying is that she hates Michigan State sports and Lions takes the cake.
01:14:58
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Exactly.
01:14:58
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That's exactly what I'm hearing.
01:15:00
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Just kidding.
01:15:01
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I respect that answer.
01:15:02
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You could totally edit it however you choose.
01:15:05
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I know how I feel deep in my heart.
01:15:07
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You got the green and white in there, but you also got the hot a little blue and silver in there.
01:15:10
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That's totally fair.
01:15:12
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I was trying to put you on the spot.
01:15:13
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Great answer.
01:15:14
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You can love two things differently at the same time.
01:15:17
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Kind of like Clayton, the bachelor a couple of years ago showed.
01:15:19
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Sheesh.
01:15:20
Speaker
Bad.
01:15:23
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Oh, he said he likes to, he loved three girls at the same time.
01:15:26
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And it just really, really exploded in his face.
01:15:29
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We're talking about reality TV shows a lot tonight.
01:15:31
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So I thought I'd throw a little shade at Clayton, but anyways, great, great answer.
01:15:36
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Nick, last question for you.
01:15:37
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Who's your favorite lion?
01:15:38
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Top of top ahead.
01:15:38
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If you have one.
01:15:40
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Who's my favorite lion?
01:15:43
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I think I just like Hutch because he's just like a Michigan guy.
01:15:47
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Okay.
01:15:49
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The, the Michigan man.
01:15:51
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Good answer.
01:15:51
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He went to the Wolverines though.
01:15:52
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So I think your answer is now solidified.
01:15:54
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I was going to say, I think your beloved sister is going to hate on you for that one.
01:15:57
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I know, but he's just like a hometown hero kind of guy, you know, is.
01:16:01
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And now your answer about the lions is really solidified with the answer about the Wolverines.
01:16:04
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So we'll, I took my own grave there.
01:16:09
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You did.
01:16:09
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Great answer, though.
01:16:10
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And Hutch is a scary player, so he's a stud.
01:16:13
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I wish the Bears had him.
01:16:14
Speaker
But thank you for that insight, Nick.
01:16:16
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Speaking of the game, Lions, yeah, they're looking good.
01:16:22
Speaker
Chargers, they are turning it around a little bit.
01:16:24
Speaker
They had a really good win.
01:16:26
Speaker
against the jets on monday night they had an unbelievable win against my bears on sunday night anytime someone beats the bears that's a really tough game to win lions had a nice bounce back game against the raiders they're also coming off a bye so i definitely put that into uh my thought process here yeah chargers are tough this game's in la and uh
01:16:48
Speaker
Not to throw any shade at Mac, but she did throw some shade at the Bears.
01:16:51
Speaker
I was kind of looking through some of the Lions wins.
01:16:53
Speaker
Yes, they have a good record, but they have, other than the Chiefs, that was an unbelievable win.
01:16:59
Speaker
Yes, it was without Swifty's beloved Taylor, and she's giving me quite the death stare, so I'm losing my train of thought.
01:17:07
Speaker
It's okay.
01:17:07
Speaker
Go ahead.
01:17:08
Speaker
Don't lose your nerve now.
01:17:10
Speaker
You've already stepped in it.
01:17:12
Speaker
I'm already stepping into the shit here, so I might as well go full bore.
01:17:15
Speaker
But the Lions wins thus far have not fully impressed me yet.
01:17:20
Speaker
So if they were to beat the Chargers this Sunday, I'm not saying I don't think the Lions are for real because I absolutely think they're a contender to win the NFC.
01:17:30
Speaker
Geez, he's really trying to cover his tracks here.
01:17:32
Speaker
But they have had a pretty favorable schedule thus far, and we'll see how they do when they play
01:17:39
Speaker
one of the big boys in the Chargers.
01:17:41
Speaker
So I have them at four.
01:17:43
Speaker
Okay.
01:17:44
Speaker
That's still very nice.
01:17:47
Speaker
I am not going to acknowledge your statements, but I am going to say that I agree that the Chargers will be a tough test.
01:17:55
Speaker
It will be very interesting to see how we do up against them.
01:17:58
Speaker
They have a very electric offense with Herbert behind the helm there, but I do think their defense has some holes, so hopefully we can exploit those and hopefully we can contain their offense a little bit.
01:18:11
Speaker
So,
01:18:11
Speaker
I am excited to see this game.
01:18:13
Speaker
I also have them, and I have them just one higher at five.
01:18:17
Speaker
Okay, and no comment on what I said about the Lions haven't beaten anyone other than the Chiefs?
01:18:22
Speaker
No, no comment.
01:18:23
Speaker
Okay, we'll leave it at that.
01:18:25
Speaker
All right, folks, we will leave it at that.
01:18:27
Speaker
This is going to be a big test, and I'll come with my tail between my legs next episode.
01:18:31
Speaker
If the Lions are able to beat the Chargers in L.A., that'd be a great win.
01:18:34
Speaker
So we'll leave it at that.
01:18:35
Speaker
That would be a great win.
01:18:36
Speaker
And I will say the Chargers and the Cowboys are probably our two toughest tests left.
01:18:41
Speaker
Well, you still have the Bears choice.
01:18:45
Speaker
Easy two wins in ours, folks.
01:18:46
Speaker
You literally just spit right in my face.
01:18:48
Speaker
Yeah.
01:18:50
Speaker
All right, moving on to the next game.
01:18:51
Speaker
We have the New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys.
01:18:53
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I have a feeling this is going to be our only ding-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling this week.
01:18:54
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I'm not going to spend too much time on it because I am going to go with the Cowboys at my highest confidence of 14 points.
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01:19:12
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The Giants just are not it.
01:19:15
Speaker
They ain't it.
01:19:16
Speaker
Daniel Jones has now been out.
01:19:18
Speaker
I think he's been ruled out for the rest of the season now.
01:19:21
Speaker
And their season is just plummeting.
01:19:23
Speaker
And I hate to see it.
01:19:25
Speaker
Obviously, we've got some family members who are big.
01:19:27
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Sorry, Eli.
01:19:28
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Giants fans.
01:19:28
Speaker
Yep.
01:19:29
Speaker
Sorry, Eli.
01:19:29
Speaker
Sorry, Amo.
01:19:30
Speaker
Sorry, Ivy.
01:19:32
Speaker
And that brings me to my discussion question.
01:19:34
Speaker
What's your advice that you're going to give to Eli and Amy, to Ivy, just their –
01:19:41
Speaker
swimming around at the bottom of the ocean right now.
01:19:43
Speaker
Their team is just, it's looking gray.
01:19:44
Speaker
It's looking glum.
01:19:45
Speaker
And from a Lions perspective, we've been there before.
01:19:48
Speaker
So what's the advice you'd like to give to them?
01:19:52
Speaker
My advice would be,
01:19:54
Speaker
Stay true to your team.
01:19:56
Speaker
Don't give up just because things are looking grim.
01:19:59
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Keep going.
01:20:01
Speaker
Keep shining your light as a Giants fan, if that's what you choose to be, or a Lions fan, if that's who you choose to be.
01:20:08
Speaker
Keep shining your light.
01:20:09
Speaker
And when they come to the top, you'll say, I was there with you at the bottom, and now I deserve to be there with you at the top.
01:20:16
Speaker
Wow.
01:20:17
Speaker
I'm getting motivated today.
01:20:20
Speaker
That kind of gave me some chills.
01:20:22
Speaker
That was really good.
01:20:25
Speaker
I like it.
01:20:26
Speaker
Thank you so much.
01:20:26
Speaker
Very good.
01:20:27
Speaker
That kind of qualifies for me as well right now because my team is two and seven.
01:20:30
Speaker
So I'm going to stick with it because when they're at the top of the peak, I'm going to say I was there at the bottom of the ocean.
01:20:37
Speaker
You were there.
01:20:37
Speaker
You were there with them.
01:20:38
Speaker
I was there.
01:20:39
Speaker
Oh, that's great, Nick.
01:20:40
Speaker
Great advice.
01:20:41
Speaker
And hopefully they listen in and take that to heart because I'm sure things are looking not so good for you.
01:20:47
Speaker
It's looking bleak.
01:20:48
Speaker
Thank goodness for baby Ivy.
01:20:51
Speaker
Touch more on that, but Dallas Cowboys.
01:20:54
Speaker
Cowboys 14.
01:20:55
Speaker
I was just saying, thank goodness for baby Ivy bringing in some joy in these dark football times.
01:20:58
Speaker
She's definitely bringing some light.
01:21:00
Speaker
Poor thing.
01:21:00
Speaker
Just had to get born into this just losing team and poor thing.
01:21:05
Speaker
But it's tough.
01:21:06
Speaker
Hang in there, Ivy.
01:21:07
Speaker
Looking cute while doing it.
01:21:09
Speaker
Very, very cute.
01:21:13
Speaker
All right.
01:21:13
Speaker
Awesome.
01:21:14
Speaker
Well, glad we agree there.
01:21:15
Speaker
Sorry about that, Eli.
01:21:17
Speaker
Moving on to the next game, we have the Washington Commanders at Seattle Seahawks.
Washington D.C. Naming Discussion
01:21:24
Speaker
Yes, Nick, I have a pretty fun one here.
01:21:27
Speaker
As you can see in the background, I got a big old map on my wall and I just love myself some geography.
01:21:33
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
01:21:35
Speaker
And for the Wave Riders who have not been to my apartment, I know there's thousands listening in, so there's many of you that have not been able to see.
01:21:42
Speaker
I'm not going to say the address because I don't need any fanfare, but I got a big map, and I love my geography.
01:21:48
Speaker
No stalkers.
01:21:53
Speaker
Great.
01:21:54
Speaker
Now I need to freaking move out.
01:21:55
Speaker
You better change your address immediately.
01:21:58
Speaker
I'm going to need to change the locks ASAP Rocky G. Yeah.
01:22:02
Speaker
But as someone that loves geography, I was just thinking there's a couple of things in our country that just don't make sense.
01:22:11
Speaker
And as a kindergarten teacher, Nick, I'd love to hear how you explain this to your students.
01:22:14
Speaker
So in this game, we got the Washington Commanders playing the Seattle Seahawks.
01:22:19
Speaker
So we got Washington State versus Washington, D.C.
01:22:22
Speaker
Now, I don't know about you.
01:22:23
Speaker
I'm a 30 year old.
01:22:25
Speaker
that still doesn't make a lot of sense.
01:22:27
Speaker
So Nick, how would you explain, explain it to us, explain it to us like we're a kindergartner.
01:22:32
Speaker
If I said, Hey, what are your students call you?
01:22:34
Speaker
Do they call you Miss Bush?
01:22:36
Speaker
Miss Nikki?
01:22:36
Speaker
Remind me.
01:22:37
Speaker
Miss Nikki.
01:22:38
Speaker
Come on.
01:22:39
Speaker
I'm so sorry.
01:22:40
Speaker
If they say Miss Nikki, how do you, how do you speak like a kindergartner?
01:22:44
Speaker
Miss Nikki.
01:22:46
Speaker
Why?
01:22:47
Speaker
I'm not going to.
01:22:47
Speaker
Miss Nitty.
01:22:49
Speaker
Miss Nitty.
01:22:51
Speaker
And I'll leave my baby voice there.
01:22:53
Speaker
But yeah,
01:22:54
Speaker
My toddler voice.
01:22:55
Speaker
What are kindergartners?
01:22:56
Speaker
What are they technically?
01:22:57
Speaker
They're five years old.
01:22:59
Speaker
They're school-aged children.
01:23:01
Speaker
Like I said, not baby, not toddler.
01:23:03
Speaker
School-aged children.
01:23:04
Speaker
I'll leave my school-aged voice here at the podcast.
01:23:07
Speaker
Let's get to the question here, Bob.
01:23:09
Speaker
No, I really want to ring it out.
01:23:11
Speaker
So, Nick, if someone said, Miss Nitti, why is there a Washington and a Washington?
01:23:15
Speaker
What would you say?
01:23:17
Speaker
How would you explain that?
01:23:18
Speaker
Gosh.
01:23:19
Speaker
It's kind of like how I would explain...
01:23:22
Speaker
Like there are rules in reading and there are rules in writing, but then there's like always something that breaks the rule, especially in English.
01:23:31
Speaker
You know, have you ever seen there's always these things that like break the rules?
01:23:35
Speaker
I would probably say like there are,
01:23:40
Speaker
We have a country, countries made up of states, states are made up of cities.
01:23:44
Speaker
And there's a state called Washington all the way on the West Coast.
01:23:48
Speaker
But then there's also this place called Washington, D.C., all the way on the East Coast.
01:23:53
Speaker
It doesn't really make sense.
01:23:54
Speaker
But things in the United States just don't really have to make sense.
01:23:58
Speaker
They just made it that way because a bunch of old white men decided they should be that way.
01:24:03
Speaker
So, amen.
01:24:04
Speaker
We just have to go along with it.
01:24:08
Speaker
Amen to that sister.
01:24:10
Speaker
And if you, if you were to change the name from Washington, DC to something else, what do you think you would, would, uh, go for there?
01:24:18
Speaker
I would probably just call it capital city.
01:24:20
Speaker
Yeah.
01:24:21
Speaker
Like, you know, it's the capital, right?
01:24:25
Speaker
Like, why don't we just call it capital or like not even capital city, but like capital district or I don't know.
01:24:32
Speaker
What about district 12 Katniss Everdeen?
01:24:35
Speaker
Whoa.
01:24:35
Speaker
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:24:37
Speaker
Probably like, yeah, the district capital or capital district or something that has to do with the capital.
01:24:42
Speaker
Like, why Washington?
01:24:44
Speaker
Yeah, I agree.
01:24:45
Speaker
That's why I wanted to bring this up.
01:24:47
Speaker
Right.
01:24:48
Speaker
It doesn't need to stay that way.
01:24:50
Speaker
Can you imagine being so self-centered that you want to name a place after your last name?
01:24:53
Speaker
Unbelievable.
01:24:55
Speaker
Unbelievable.
01:24:56
Speaker
Twice.
01:24:57
Speaker
Twice.
01:24:58
Speaker
Unreal.
01:24:59
Speaker
Well, you know what?
01:25:01
Speaker
I hope Washington's happy because now kids are confused all over the country.
01:25:04
Speaker
But something I'm not confused about in this game is who's going to win.
01:25:08
Speaker
I got the Seahawks big time.
01:25:09
Speaker
So Washington State is going to prevail against District City.
01:25:14
Speaker
And I've got the Seahawks at my second most confident of 13.
01:25:19
Speaker
All right.
01:25:19
Speaker
I thought maybe we were going to have two more ding-a-ling-a-ling-a-lings, but we were one off.
01:25:25
Speaker
I also have the Seahawks.
01:25:26
Speaker
I have them just one shy of 12.
01:25:30
Speaker
Okay.
01:25:30
Speaker
And yeah, we're, we're very close.
01:25:32
Speaker
And with that, I know we're moving into the primetime games and Nick, I know this is your first time on the episode in a long time, but we would love to hear a advertisement out of you.
01:25:43
Speaker
I know everyone's super excited to hear yours.
01:25:45
Speaker
Oh, not me.
01:25:46
Speaker
I get away with this.
01:25:47
Speaker
No, no, no.
01:25:48
Speaker
You'll, you'll still have yours, but we, we're going to have Nick go and then you're going to finish this off.
01:25:53
Speaker
Do you want me to go first?
01:25:54
Speaker
An advertisement.
01:25:55
Speaker
She's only given like three advertisements.
01:25:57
Speaker
I feel like I just give natural advertisements.
01:26:00
Speaker
I just plug my products everywhere I talk about them.
01:26:03
Speaker
Hey, the plug and play is great, but the fans really want a on the spot advertisement from Nick.
01:26:10
Speaker
And that's very nice of you to offer to go, Mac, but we really want Nick to go right now.
01:26:14
Speaker
Okay, here we go.
01:26:18
Speaker
Do I just get to decide who we're sponsoring?
01:26:21
Speaker
Yeah, you just follow your heart.
01:26:24
Speaker
Anybody want?
01:26:25
Speaker
Anything I want.
01:26:26
Speaker
It's anything in the world.
01:26:28
Speaker
Okay.
01:26:34
Speaker
This is the first thing that came to my head.
01:26:36
Speaker
But there's no way this is like an actual sponsor.
01:26:40
Speaker
Bob's sponsor last week was spooky, scary.
01:26:45
Speaker
And he sang a song from elementary school about howling.
01:26:48
Speaker
It was good.
01:26:50
Speaker
Making Wave sponsor of the night is sponsored by Smokey the Bear.
01:26:56
Speaker
Only you can prevent forest fires like the one in North Carolina that's happening right now.
01:27:02
Speaker
Yeah.
01:27:05
Speaker
And it's a good cause as well.
01:27:06
Speaker
Thank you, Smokey the Bear.
01:27:07
Speaker
That is a good cause.
01:27:09
Speaker
Let's put out that fire.
01:27:11
Speaker
There is a pretty bad wildfire going on right here.
01:27:13
Speaker
And I thought about the bears in our yard and I thought about Smokey saying only you can prevent forest fires.
01:27:18
Speaker
That's a good one, Nick.
01:27:19
Speaker
Let's put out that fire with Smokey the Bear.
01:27:22
Speaker
Good job, Nick.
01:27:23
Speaker
Plus, also Smokey the Bear, also Hulu, also Buxton Hall, which Nick already did three advertisements.
01:27:28
Speaker
Well, boom.
01:27:29
Speaker
Now we got four.
01:27:30
Speaker
And after this game, Mac, we're going to ask for one more from you after this Jets-Raiders game.
01:27:34
Speaker
Yay!
01:27:35
Speaker
Yay!
01:27:36
Speaker
All right.
01:27:37
Speaker
Well, let's move into that.
01:27:38
Speaker
Sunday night at 8.20 p.m., we have the New York Jets at Las Vegas Raiders.
01:27:44
Speaker
This is the last game that we disagree on, so we need your judgment there.
01:27:47
Speaker
There we go.
01:27:48
Speaker
I have the New York Jets in this game, and I am going to tell you why.
01:27:52
Speaker
So, yes, the New York Jets, they got Aaron Rodgers.
01:27:55
Speaker
Unfortunately, he got hurt.
01:27:56
Speaker
They have Zach Wilson.
01:27:57
Speaker
He's a little bit of a baby, but it's okay.
01:28:00
Speaker
We're also just not really a huge fan of him.
01:28:02
Speaker
The reason it's going to come out in their favor, though, is they're
01:28:06
Speaker
They have one of the strongest defenses against the pass, and they are going to be going up against a Las Vegas Raiders team with a rookie quarterback named Aiden O'Connell.
01:28:19
Speaker
I should have put him in the Blitz trivia because he doesn't even sound like a real quarterback.
01:28:23
Speaker
Yeah, I wouldn't have said that.
01:28:24
Speaker
Yeah, see?
01:28:25
Speaker
Thank you.
01:28:26
Speaker
Aiden O'Connell is his name.
01:28:27
Speaker
He's a rookie quarterback.
01:28:28
Speaker
He started last week.
01:28:29
Speaker
Yes, they won the game, but the reason they won is they ran the entire time.
01:28:36
Speaker
They're going up against a very strong defense, typically against the pass, not so great against the run.
01:28:42
Speaker
However, if you can't throw at all, they're going to completely take away the pass in any opportunity for him.
01:28:48
Speaker
You can focus everything on the run.
01:28:51
Speaker
I think they're going to be able to shut him down.
01:28:53
Speaker
I think they're going to be able to get in there, get after him, force some turnovers, and do just enough to allow Zach Wilson in the offense to make some plays and get a win.
01:29:03
Speaker
So I have the Jets, and I have them at four.
01:29:06
Speaker
Oh, okay.
01:29:07
Speaker
How many do you have them at?
01:29:08
Speaker
Four.
01:29:09
Speaker
Okay.
01:29:10
Speaker
And, Nick, don't worry about my confidence here.
01:29:12
Speaker
It's just because I had nothing else to put at one.
01:29:14
Speaker
I have the Raiders at one, and that's not because I'm the least confident in them at any other game.
01:29:20
Speaker
Isn't that typically how it works?
01:29:22
Speaker
Yeah, but not for this instance.
01:29:24
Speaker
Why didn't he make it shit up?
01:29:28
Speaker
Explicit.
01:29:29
Speaker
Jeez.
01:29:30
Speaker
So the Raiders, Nick, this is like your classic Disney movie.
01:29:36
Speaker
The Big Bad Lions, those mean Detroit Lions and their fans were really rude to the Raiders and just kind of shiz hit the fan.
01:29:44
Speaker
They fired their coach a couple weeks ago.
01:29:46
Speaker
Their quarterback got benched, Jimmy Garoppolo, who you confirmed is a real quarterback.
01:29:51
Speaker
And they fired their offensive coordinator.
01:29:52
Speaker
They kind of just blew up ship and they restarted.
01:29:55
Speaker
They hired a really, really like player inspired coach called, and his name is not called, his name is Antonio Pierce.
01:30:03
Speaker
Players love him.
01:30:04
Speaker
They're all like the culture in Las Vegas is back.
01:30:07
Speaker
We're,
01:30:08
Speaker
We're just here to stay.
01:30:09
Speaker
And they had an unbelievable win on Sunday.
01:30:13
Speaker
Vibes are high.
01:30:14
Speaker
Jets just got absolutely smoked on Monday night.
01:30:16
Speaker
Vibes are low.
01:30:17
Speaker
I don't know.
01:30:18
Speaker
Vibes are high.
01:30:19
Speaker
Vibes are low.
01:30:19
Speaker
I go with the vibes that are high.
01:30:22
Speaker
Not to mention, once again, this game is in Las Vegas.
01:30:26
Speaker
Teams at home never losing the NFL.
01:30:29
Speaker
And I'm going to leave my...
01:30:31
Speaker
No, no, no.
01:30:33
Speaker
Just like propaganda.
01:30:35
Speaker
Nope, nope.
01:30:36
Speaker
That's cold, hard facts.
01:30:37
Speaker
So that's my argument, Nick, and I'm excited to Venmo you another $100.
01:30:43
Speaker
When they beat whoever they beat this week, the Raiders, what was that team's record?
01:30:51
Speaker
How are they doing?
01:30:52
Speaker
They beat the Giants, who we don't want to talk crap about them.
01:30:54
Speaker
That's Eli and Amo's team.
01:30:56
Speaker
Oh, they're the other.
01:30:57
Speaker
Oh, okay.
01:30:58
Speaker
And who did the Jets lose to?
01:31:00
Speaker
The Chargers, who are about to play the Lions, who we just talked about how electric their offense is, how good they are all the way around.
01:31:08
Speaker
But Nick, this is your classic Pippi Longstocking, rags to riches story.
01:31:12
Speaker
Raiders were here, and now they're here.
01:31:14
Speaker
This is like Kim and Courtney all over again, but for the Raiders.
01:31:18
Speaker
Any other clarifying questions?
01:31:21
Speaker
What are each of their...
01:31:24
Speaker
They've both won four games.
01:31:27
Speaker
The Raiders have lost five.
01:31:29
Speaker
The Jets have only lost four because they had a bye.
01:31:33
Speaker
I have a clarifying question for Mac.
01:31:34
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What have you done for me lately?
01:31:36
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What's the Jets' last game record?
01:31:40
Speaker
What's that?
01:31:41
Speaker
What was the Jets' last game?
01:31:42
Speaker
Did they win or lose?
01:31:44
Speaker
Well, you just said that.
01:31:46
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They lost to the Chargers and the Raiders just won against the Giants.
01:31:50
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It was just the Giants.
01:31:52
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I'm not a betting man, but I like the hot hand.
01:31:54
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Let me see this.
01:31:55
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Yep, that's the Raiders.
01:31:57
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And that's the Jets.
01:31:59
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So the Jets have lost to the Chargers, but then they beat the Giants.
01:32:03
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Man, they were so close to the Eagles.
01:32:05
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And they beat the Eagles.
01:32:06
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Why were they so close to the Chiefs?
01:32:09
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Because their defense is pretty solid.
01:32:11
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Yeah, but the Raiders are Raiders.
01:32:13
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Okay, this is what I'm going to say.
01:32:16
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I'm going to say...
01:32:19
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Based on the deficit points of the Raiders' losses, I'm going to go for the Jets.
01:32:26
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Woo!
01:32:27
Speaker
Well, I'm going to need you to go ahead and send me that $100 back.
01:32:30
Speaker
Joke's on you.
01:32:32
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Okay.
01:32:32
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One for one.
01:32:33
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There it is.
01:32:35
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There it is, folks.
01:32:36
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We have decided it.
01:32:38
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I like it.
01:32:38
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I like it.
01:32:39
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All jokes aside, I agree with that, Nick.
01:32:40
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Nicely done.
01:32:41
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And hey, everybody wins.
01:32:43
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We're all happy.
01:32:43
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We're all happy.
01:32:45
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And we only have one game left, so I know we're all really happy to be wrapping up here soon.
01:32:49
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With the Monday night game, 8.15 p.m., Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills.
Celebrity Relationships and NFL Connections
01:32:55
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I'm actually not happy to be wrapping up.
01:32:56
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I'm having a blast.
01:32:59
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A blast.
01:33:00
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But yeah, before we hop into this last game, Mac, we got to hear a quick ad from you because, you know, that wouldn't be fair to have me and Nick do one and you not do one.
01:33:07
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I know.
01:33:08
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And it really wouldn't be fair to make Nick do three and then we also do one, but we just don't have time.
01:33:13
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Sorry.
01:33:13
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Yeah, no time.
01:33:14
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Sorry.
01:33:14
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Sorry, Nick.
01:33:15
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All right.
01:33:17
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Luckily, I had a little bit of time thinking about this.
01:33:20
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Oh, my God.
01:33:21
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This Mickey Waves and a Velocopter's Pool podcast is brought to you by Subaru.
01:33:26
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Subaru.
01:33:32
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I love you.
01:33:34
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If you want to see the mountains, if you want to see the valleys, hop in a Subaru and you can travel from New York to Cali.
01:33:45
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01:33:46
Speaker
Wow!
01:33:47
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Go out and get one at your local Subaru dealership.
01:33:50
Speaker
Whoa!
01:33:51
Speaker
From New York to Cali, is that a doable drive with a Subaru?
01:33:55
Speaker
Yeah.
01:33:56
Speaker
You could.
01:33:57
Speaker
Absolutely.
01:33:58
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Very sturdy, steady.
01:34:00
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They stick with you.
01:34:01
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Great cars.
01:34:03
Speaker
Nick was really locked in on that.
01:34:04
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Usually after Nick finishes her segment, she's down in the good old smartphone there, but she was staring right at you.
01:34:09
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She was excited there.
01:34:10
Speaker
She's researching the next game topic.
01:34:13
Speaker
That's true.
01:34:13
Speaker
No, I knew she was, but she was not doing a research in that Mac.
01:34:17
Speaker
That was very nicely done and good rhymes per usual.
01:34:21
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Thank you.
01:34:21
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Thank you.
01:34:21
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Appreciate it.
01:34:22
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All right.
01:34:23
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Super real.
01:34:24
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Moving into Monday night's game.
01:34:26
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How are the vocals?
01:34:28
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I love you.
01:34:29
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All right.
01:34:29
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Perfect.
01:34:29
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Yeah.
01:34:30
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She's been training me a little bit.
01:34:31
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She's got the voice of the angel.
01:34:32
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Yeah.
01:34:33
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Nick's got a very good voice.
01:34:35
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Two of us here have really good voices.
01:34:38
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The other one's got a little work to do.
01:34:40
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Yeah.
01:34:40
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Yeah.
01:34:41
Speaker
You really do need to get back in the workshop, Bob.
01:34:43
Speaker
Moving into...
01:34:46
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The Monday night game, what you got for us for the last game?
01:34:49
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Last game.
01:34:50
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I'm glad we could keep this one under an hour for Nick.
01:34:52
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I know it's, I know it's eight in Asheville and YouTube.
01:34:56
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We haven't eaten dinner.
01:34:57
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Our stomachs are absolutely empty.
01:35:00
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Oh my God, just ice cream in there.
01:35:02
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Well, in that case, I'm going to get right in here so you can get to dinner and I can head to the GYM.
01:35:07
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We got Broncos, Bills, and Nick, I was trying to think of something to bring up for this one.
01:35:10
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It's just an obvious, obvious just point of emphasis with someone that's married to a celebrity on this team.
01:35:16
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We got Russell Wilson.
01:35:18
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We got Sierra.
01:35:19
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They got married in the beautiful Asheville.
01:35:21
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I'd love to hear your thoughts on that marriage and just kind of hit on what you know about them and if you like them or if you just kind of hate them.
01:35:30
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Well, I kind of think that, well, first of all, they also got married at the Biltmore.
01:35:35
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I am the Biltmore's biggest fan.
01:35:36
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You can go there any time of the year.
01:35:38
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Beautiful landscape, beautiful mountain views.
01:35:42
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Honestly, 100 out of 10 experience.
01:35:44
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I would always recommend going to the Biltmore.
01:35:48
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Another advertisement.
01:35:50
Speaker
Holy smokes, why are we making so much money off of this episode?
01:35:52
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I am the Biltmore's biggest fan.
01:35:55
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I'm like, every day we go to the Biltmore, I'm like, this is the best money I ever spent this year.
01:36:00
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So I'm two thumbs up for them because they decided to get married there.
01:36:04
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And I mean, they seem to be growing, going strong.
01:36:07
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Any couple that is out of like the tabloids in a negative way.
01:36:11
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Like if you don't hear about them, that's, that means that they're going strong, you know?
01:36:15
Speaker
Yeah.
01:36:16
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Like if you're not like hearing about them every day, then you know that something must be going well for them.
01:36:22
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Totally.
01:36:22
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That's great.
01:36:23
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And I mean, I like the matchup there.
01:36:25
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I like the matchup.
01:36:26
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So you're, you're a fan of the Sierra Ross and,
01:36:29
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Yeah, I am.
01:36:31
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Big fan.
01:36:31
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Okay, good.
01:36:33
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Happy to hear that.
01:36:33
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And shout out to them for getting married in an unbelievable venue.
01:36:36
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I haven't been to the Biltmore yet, but now that you have the year passed, hopefully you'll be able to take me there next time I visit in January.
01:36:41
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Definitely, we'll take you.
01:36:42
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Absolutely.
01:36:44
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Well, Nick, thank you for that.
01:36:46
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Really finishing off strong there with a great positive report on Sierra and Ross.
01:36:51
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And in terms of the game, we don't need to spend too much time on this.
01:36:54
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We got a good team, got a really bad team.
01:36:56
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It's in New York, really hard place to play, especially as the weather gets colder.
Episode Conclusion and Future Plans
01:37:00
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So yeah, I got the Bills winning very, very handedly.
01:37:03
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Wait, let me guess.
01:37:05
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12.
01:37:07
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How'd you do that?
01:37:07
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And let me guess, are you 13?
01:37:10
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Oh my gosh, yes, indeed.
01:37:12
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What the heck?
01:37:13
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It's almost as if we just...
01:37:16
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thought of that number and did some deductive reasoning, man.
01:37:19
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I don't even know what that means.
01:37:24
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What an episode.
01:37:27
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We loved having you on.
01:37:28
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Thank you so much for, for hanging out with us for the last hour and 38 minutes.
01:37:33
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I, I was excited to have you on obviously, but this, this definitely exceeded expectations.
01:37:38
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You gave us a ton of great outside of football things.
01:37:41
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You gave us some great football stuff as well.
01:37:42
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So this has been a ton of fun.
01:37:45
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Great.
01:37:45
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I had a lot of fun too.
01:37:46
Speaker
Yeah.
01:37:47
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Thanks so much for joining us.
01:37:48
Speaker
I know everybody is going to enjoy listening in to your hot takes and I'll be excited to listen back tomorrow, but yeah, welcome back anytime and swear next time we'll keep it under an hour.
01:37:59
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No worries.
01:38:00
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Next time for sure.
01:38:01
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Thanks for having me.
01:38:03
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Thanks for coming.
01:38:03
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You two enjoy that dinner and everyone, if the chiefs and the lions make it to the super bowl, I'm going to be out of a lot of money.
01:38:09
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So keep your eye on it.
01:38:12
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Start saving.
01:38:13
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Yep.
01:38:13
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All right, we'll be able to see you next week.
01:38:15
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And Nick, you can do the honors at the end of every episode.
01:38:18
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We yell peace.
01:38:19
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So see you next week.
01:38:21
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Peace.
01:38:22
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Peace.