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Super Bowl Predictions, Lakers Trade, and College Basketball Madness
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The boys break down all of the biggest news stories of the week including some Super Bowl predictions, the Lakers trade for Luka Doncic and what it means for the NBA, and a college basketball update.
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Transcript
Introduction and Superbowl Preview
00:00:12
Zack
What is up? Welcome to the next guy up podcast. Uh, we got me and tens here. Uh, we are ready to talk about what's been going on. We got some news.
00:00:23
Zack
We got some Superbowl coming up in about a week. Uh,
00:00:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah And we just got copyright traded because that's at Superbowl.
00:00:32
Zack
shoot, they got us. It's going to take it down guys.
00:00:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're gonna have to, they're gonna have to hunt for us.
00:00:36
Zack
Uh, listen fast.
00:00:40
Zack
I kind of forgot about that um I can't actually believe that's a real rule. Do they actually take stuff down?
00:00:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know. I know for like advertisements and stuff.
00:00:51
Zack
It's like big time like on TV, I'm sure they care but there's no way they can actually censor everything What if they were just listening
00:00:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. If it's like, Right. They're not censoring every podcast that's out in there in America because there's a million of them.
Naming Rights and Copyright Issues
00:01:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Kind of give some street cred.
00:01:06
Zack
and that week
00:01:07
Zack
They'd have to get thousands of people just watching, just surfing the internet, looking for every Super Bowl reference.
00:01:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then striking it from the record.
00:01:15
Zack
But also it feels like bad branding to say, here's the name, but you're not allowed to say it. So.
00:01:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I know when I worked at Blue Coast, we weren't allowed to like, like call it our super bowl catering package. We had to call it the big game. And that's what we'd use for advertising.
00:01:31
Zack
ah So it's like what if we were like sorry guys next guy up podcast is copyrighted so you can't say it Like you're not allowed to that doesn't it feels like bad marketing Hey,
00:01:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Give us some street cred. It'll get us like on the level of like the part of my tech guys who are banished from the NFL activities.
00:01:51
Zack
if they want to ban us from going to Super Bowl do it We'll go anyways Gonna have not my tickets for a while
00:01:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I was really planning on going.
Attending Games vs. Watching at Home
00:02:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I stand on the fact that I think going to a football game is the least fun activity, like the least fun sporting event.
00:02:10
Zack
Wow.
00:02:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Football is the best on the couch.
00:02:15
Zack
So if you, if the Jags are in the Super Bowl and they were like, well, what would be the most money you would pay for a ticket to go?
00:02:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:02:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But I have to buy two tickets, because Morgan would want to go.
00:02:29
Zack
What's okay. So factor that in. Like what's the most you'd pay?
00:02:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's the thing, because like ah my initial number was 10, 10 grand.
00:02:43
Zack
Yeah.
00:02:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's not a good seat. There's no way it's a good seat.
00:02:47
Zack
10 grand.
00:02:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right. You're like, you've got to be up up top.
00:02:51
Zack
Yeah. I don't think you're buying good seats for a super bowl.
00:02:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No.
00:02:53
Zack
I think that's just going to be.
00:02:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I would rather, I would rather watch it. I would go to Jacksonville because they'd have a watch party.
00:03:01
Zack
The stadium.
00:03:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's what I would want to be. Yeah.
00:03:02
Zack
They'd be dope.
00:03:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cause they did, they did that for the last playoff run where we have like a, we have like an ample theater attached to our stadium where like a lot of concerts happen.
00:03:08
Zack
Hmm.
00:03:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, and so they had it there. So that's what I would do.
00:03:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Cause i that's what I would want. I would want to be with other Jaguar fans watching the Superbowl community.
00:03:20
Zack
Hmm You're sure I I've thought about this as well if Tennessee was like a national championship.
Home Field Advantage
00:03:30
Zack
I Don't know it would be cool to go watch But I do you think like a watch party in Newland would be pretty electric as well I
00:03:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:03:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Just there with all everyone's together like, especially in the city.
00:03:43
Zack
Man see I still we had this conversation about like which championship would you like to attend the most? I just feel like If there if those games were could be played in a home field environment, it would be so electric I Know it's the whole thing with the Super Bowl is it's a big event um Whatever same with college football, I mean
00:03:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It would be cool. It would be really cool.
Super Bowl Ticket Pricing
00:04:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, Tampa technically got to play in their home stadium, but is the COVID year right season ticket holders get first, uh, priority and buying tickets even for playoff games.
00:04:10
Zack
That's cool
00:04:11
Zack
But they probably, all the things got priced out probably from actual fans.
00:04:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, but yeah. I'm sure they I'm sure it's just people that are rich and go to the Super Bowl That's why if you like look in the stands, you'll see just like random them like a Packers jersey and it's like what what are you doing there?
Emotional Costs of Attending Games
00:04:38
Zack
Oh yeah, for sure.
00:04:41
Zack
They. um I think it's really like actual real fans. I mean, maybe if they just were willing to drop that kind of money, maybe.
00:04:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I Say that I mean but then The week would happen and then I would get the urge to like, I have to be there in person. you know That's what I would tell myself.
00:05:00
Zack
Yeah, it'd be.
00:05:03
Zack
You don't want to miss out on like a once in a lifetime experience to get to see your team win potentially once in a lifetime.
00:05:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:05:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But it would really, really suck if they lose and you are now very much in debt.
00:05:13
Zack
And you, yep.
00:05:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and
00:05:17
Zack
Um, it would not be ideal. Yeah, that'd be the worst.
00:05:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i've I've done a lot of sad walks out of stadiums when my team lost, and just being down a couple hundred bucks of some tickets and stuff like that.
00:05:23
Zack
Same. A lot.
00:05:28
Zack
Yup.
00:05:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Yeah, thousands and thousands, I don't know. I don't think I'd like that very much.
00:05:36
Zack
Yeah, that's true. That's true.
00:05:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Something else you gotta you gotta factor that in there.
Transition to Recent Sports News
00:05:43
Zack
Well, we are going to do some ah some Super Bowl talk here in a little bit. We had some we had some other news from around the league, though, as well and from around. We had some some things happening in the news and press releases here in just a sec to to get some news out there to the people.
Turning 30: Humorous Personal Anecdotes
00:06:04
Zack
um I turned 30 this week, that was pretty sick.
00:06:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The big three. Oh, you immediately feel different.
00:06:08
Zack
Big 30, yeah. I do. I'm not joking. I woke up on my 30th birthday and my shoulder was like super sore where I slept on it wrong. I was like, they, people will joke about this and I'm now concerned that it's going to be true.
00:06:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. You gotta watch how you sleep once you, once you hit 30.
00:06:26
Zack
It's no longer just a, you got real implications there if you you do something wrong.
00:06:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Gotta watch how you sit on the couch for too long.
00:06:33
Zack
So.
00:06:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
If you have like your leg crossed a certain way, you try to get up, you're done. You're you're on the floor for for a week.
College Basketball Deep Dive
00:06:43
Zack
ah Yeah, so that was good tens you are any You've been crushing the college basketball game If you you had to give us like a 30 seconds.
00:06:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yes, make sure you guys are in the Discord.
00:06:52
Zack
Yeah discord tens been cooking yesterday big day
00:06:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, make sure you're in the discord big Saturday. The cards will just keep keep coming. um It's gonna be it's a really interesting college basketball season. Auburn's at the top, Duke is really good. And then after that, it kind of feels like they're kind of wanted to for sure. I mean, that's where they're ranked, but they're just playing at a different level than just about everyone right now.
00:07:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, but it's very balanced. Like everyone after that's pretty balanced. So you saw Iowa was state lose yesterday. can ah Kentucky got beat at home by an Arkansas team. That's not very good. UT absolutely destroyed Florida who was ranked fifth. And, um, so that's, I've been saying it, but I think NIL has really helped out college basketball in the way that It's a lot more balanced because one player can make such a difference on a basketball court and not so much on a football field, which we've talked about before.
00:07:38
Zack
Hmm.
00:07:45
Zack
Yup.
00:07:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um I think this is shaping up. This could be one of the most wild March madnesses ever. um
00:07:51
Zack
You feel like anyone could win? Yeah.
00:07:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I really do.
00:07:54
Zack
Who knows?
00:07:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's really going to come down to the draws. Get some features in now. I'm going to have here in the next week or two, I'm going to give out a couple of features of teams I'm going to take and hopefully they're not all on one side of the bracket.
00:08:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So I can, you know, maybe we can get a couple, like a final four situation and have all four teams, but I'm going to, I'm going to pick four teams. and they're not gonna be like layups.
00:08:17
Zack
Nice.
00:08:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like you're not I'm not giving Auburn and Duke when I do this, yeah.
00:08:20
Zack
Don't know how to talk.
00:08:23
Zack
Duke. Yeah.
00:08:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But yeah, no, it's been it's been really fun. um you know Yesterday, no football.
00:08:30
Zack
True.
00:08:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Today, no football, because the pro ball doesn't count. It's good just having some good college basketball on, and that it's been good. Lots of competitive games. It's not a bunch of blowouts, and you feel like there's only like six real teams in the country.
00:08:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, it's like, They really are a solid like 30 college basketball teams. Anytime any of them are on, they're worth watching.
00:08:53
Zack
The SEC's got 12.
00:08:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Man, the SEC. Yeah. I mean, everyone, there's not a bad team in the SEC.
00:09:00
Zack
I feel like at home most teams could win against anyone.
NBA Trade Analysis
00:09:05
Zack
Like ever playing at home. The home court advantage I feel like has been significant.
00:09:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's so big in college basketball.
00:09:09
Zack
I know.
00:09:13
Zack
Like Tennessee gets beat by 30 in Gainesville and then in Knoxville wins by 20 with seven scholarship players on the court.
00:09:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right. Yeah.
00:09:20
Zack
Um, I know there was a bunch of other yesterday was kind of a wild day. Arkansas beat Kentucky, Calipari's revenge.
00:09:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, and that was that was in Kentucky. Cal Perry's revenge. Yeah, that was I was not. I did not expect that because Arkansas is.
00:09:35
Zack
They've not been very good.
00:09:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You could say they're they're probably the worst team in the FCC.
00:09:36
Zack
Yeah.
00:09:39
Zack
Hmm.
00:09:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like them in Texas is probably had the worst season. South Carolina down there too.
00:09:44
Zack
Yeah.
00:09:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um But yeah, they come and they, they, which, which was funny to see cause Calipari's just not known as like a very good coach.
00:09:48
Zack
Awesome.
00:09:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then he comes in and outcoaches Kentucky and which Kentucky's gonna be fine. They're, they're missing their best score right now. Um, I'm pretty high up on Kentucky. I don't know why it's like a preseason thing.
00:10:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I kind of just fell in love with how they could shoot the ball. Their team. I can't quit like Kansas, another team that I can't quit that I need to quit because they suck. um
00:10:17
Zack
Which column blue blood tins over there He's really big on Duke
00:10:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yes' yeah ah
00:10:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah That was No, it wasn't on you call it yeah, it's as much as I should be I should give them a loyalty bet because they've they've done so much for me, but I
00:10:25
Zack
uh, Kansas and Kentucky this year. So Yukon, still probably could honestly, they could go off.
00:10:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They went off yesterday. They were like a seven point underdog against Marquette and beat him. Marquette was at home.
00:10:47
Zack
Hmm.
00:10:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So, yeah, I yeah i wouldn't count out Dan Hurley.
00:10:51
Zack
well They're a team that could just come out and Be super annoying and take a deep run in the tournament But you could say that about most teams. I feel at this point. It's like who knows I don't know North Carolina could be cooked.
00:11:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You can't say it about Kansas. You can't say it about North Carolina.
00:11:07
Zack
Yeah I've
00:11:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I can't wait to bet against those two teams.
00:11:12
Zack
already started here in the North Carolina new coach talk.
00:11:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Huber Davis kind of ran. He's ran his course. He, he got the one good run to national championship, but that was with all of, uh, Williams players, you know, Baycott Jordan love, like pretty stacked team that he kind of inherited for one year.
00:11:19
Zack
I
00:11:30
Zack
Yeah.
00:11:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and North Carolina is not a program that can be bad for very long when it comes to the basketball. Like that's just, it's just not going to work for them.
00:11:39
Zack
Same with Kentucky, same with Duke.
00:11:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. They're just, it's not allowed.
00:11:43
Zack
Same with Alabama football, really. Same idea.
00:11:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:47
Zack
That's why DeBoer is on the hot seat in year one.
00:11:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Right. Exactly. Yeah. If you think Alabama football is going to be bad next year, um, either they're not going to, cause this is not how it works or DeBoer will get fired and then they'll get who knows Doug Peterson to be their head coach.
00:12:00
Zack
Yeah. yeah
00:12:03
Zack
Well, do you want to stick to basketball and talk some um some Lakers trade some trades trade it season?
00:12:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Let's talk a little NBA.
00:12:09
Zack
He has it now we had this in our bag, huh?
00:12:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Every time we bring out and NBA, I just, I imagine people are like, whoa, they're actually talking about NBA. Like, yeah, we got and NBA in our
Historical Context of NBA Trades
00:12:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
bag. Don't you worry. Um, yeah. So maybe the, I saw a lot of this on Twitter today, people saying compare this to like someone explained this to me in an NFL version.
00:12:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So if you don't know Lakers make a trade with the Dallas Mavericks for Luca Doncic.
00:12:30
Zack
Yeah.
00:12:35
Zack
Hmm.
00:12:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
who's a top five player in the NBA at the age of 25. He's an amazing player, um took took the Mavs to the finals last year um and traded them for Anthony Davis, who's still a pretty elite player, injury prone, doesn't play as much as you know people would like, ah a bench player and a first round pick.
00:12:41
Zack
Yeah.
00:12:51
Zack
Hmm.
00:12:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You would think a guy like Luca would fetch you someone's next seven first round picks and their best player. If you go on NBA 2K, they won't even let you make this trade.
00:13:10
Zack
It's like not, it's too bad of a trade.
00:13:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The computer says, yeah, the computer says the the GM for the Mavericks say, ah Luca is an untouchable player ah to even listen to an offer and have to blow us away and this doesn't do it.
00:13:13
Zack
Unfair.
00:13:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I saw that screenshot today. Someone tried it on 2K. so I don't know. in The Mavs claim this was like a win now move. And I would get that if it didn't have Luca involved.
00:13:32
Zack
Yeah.
00:13:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like say they traded Kyrie, who's on the Mavs.
00:13:37
Zack
Yeah.
00:13:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Kyrie and a couple other pieces and got AD. I'm like, okay, that you know match Anthony Davis with Luca. That's probably a pretty good idea. Like they're pretty elite combo right there. But this doesn't make sense because now this doesn't even make you the best team in the West with Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, and Got a guy named Derek Lively. He's a pretty solid player. But other than that, PJ Washington, like that's not that's not scary.
00:14:07
Zack
that it is a it's a weird move because it's kind of luka just feels like one of those guys who is there's just a handful of those players in the league right now that's like you feel like they define your organization and to get rid of them just like mid-season i mean you're getting anton davis who obviously is a good player but it it does feel like a weird i mean it feels like a great move for the lakers i know that
00:14:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:32
Zack
It's not a secret that I think that LeBron and AD weren't necessarily best friends. I think they were always content to play with each other, but I mean, I don't know an interesting move all around, but and probably one of the bigger and NBA trades in the last, I mean, I don't know.
00:14:56
Zack
I don't know enough to speak intelligently.
00:14:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I can't think of a trade if the Chris Paul if the Chris Paul trade happened where he went to the Lakers before the and NBA blocked it like that's this that's the level this is.
00:14:58
Zack
Like people are make fun of me if I try and do something.
Post-Trade NBA Predictions
00:15:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Anthony Davis getting traded from the pelicans It's pretty like pretty similar to this but I mean Kyrie's 25 this this sets up life after LeBron where now and you didn't give up a ton of picks so I Don't know.
00:15:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's a very weird move and then another trade just happened which this one isn't gonna get as many headlines, but it's actually probably gonna be a
00:15:34
Zack
Hmm. Hmm.
00:15:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
more impactful to the NBA. um The Spurs just got a very good point guard, De'Aaron Fox, team him up with Stefan Castle, former UConn, great, with Wimby.
00:15:46
Zack
Whimby.
00:15:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The Spurs will be in the Western Conference Finals, this playoffs.
00:15:57
Zack
Wow.
00:15:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Book it. I don't know if they win it, but they're gonna get there.
00:16:01
Zack
Think of that.
00:16:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The Spurs are about to go on a run.
00:16:05
Zack
Hmm.
00:16:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This doesn't, I mean, the the Lakers could go on a run now with Luca and LeBron, but their team's just kind of weak outside of that. like Austin Reeves is okay. um They've stopped playing Dalton Connect. I don't know what's happened.
00:16:22
Zack
He got ejected from a game last week.
00:16:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
hit Yeah, he's just really not been playing a ton.
00:16:28
Zack
Weird.
00:16:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's he's not going to win Rookie of the
Super Bowl MVP Candidates and Betting
00:16:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Year anymore.
00:16:30
Zack
Brian got some playing time in a real game.
00:16:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Brony, yeah, Brony got some playing time last night, or I guess Saturday night when LeBron had a triple double in the garden and beat the Knicks, because LeBron's 40 and still dropping 30-point triple doubles somehow.
00:16:44
Zack
That's wild stuff.
00:16:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So yeah, I don't know, the NBA is wild.
00:16:49
Zack
You know,
00:16:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All this to say, the Celtics probably still win it all, because they're the best team.
00:16:55
Zack
Yeah.
00:16:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
More dynasty points for Zach.
00:16:56
Zack
I need to check mine. I had the cheats don't I? I do have the cheats.
00:17:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You do have the chiefs actually.
00:17:05
Zack
Wow. I'm cooking. Yeah. I'm running away with that one.
00:17:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What a, what, what a segment is actually just, just, just keep parlaying your dynasty teams.
00:17:11
Zack
ah but her just keep i If I had put a bet on every single one of mine, I would have a lot more money than I do now.
00:17:19
Zack
So what an idiot than I am.
00:17:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, you would, you, if you did it, even if you, cause cause you could, you have swept them.
00:17:26
Zack
I've almost swept them, I think. Oh, shoot.
00:17:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You even got any, you got NHL.
00:17:30
Zack
Don't tell me that. I'm going to be bummed that I didn't. I'm going to be bummed that I didn't take all of it. and
00:17:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We'll have to, we'll have to look and see when we did it.
00:17:37
Zack
you know
00:17:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cause if no, cause we did it. Cause I remember when I took mine, cause I took the Bruins and Jags and Lakers is before and NBA playoffs last year.
00:17:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You could have made, cause you had the Florida Panthers and Celtics boom, boom, Dodgers, boom.
00:17:56
Zack
have one If the Chiefs win, I'll have won every single one.
00:18:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then yeah, you would have won the chiefs twice in a row.
00:18:02
Zack
I had Celtics, Panthers, Dodgers, and Scotty Scheffler winning the tour.
00:18:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Which he did.
00:18:10
Zack
Yup. That's a bummer because really I could have made a lot of money on that.
00:18:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh.
00:18:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's like a dollar to win lot of dollars situation.
00:18:17
Zack
lost suit Okay. You shouldn't tell me that because now I feel like a moron. Now I feel like I need to take, uh, chiefs to win because I feel like they have to.
00:18:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well.
00:18:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Destiny, yeah.
00:18:28
Zack
Yeah. Hmm. Dang it. That sucks.
00:18:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm thinking about, and I won't do it because I like all the same game parlays and props and stuff,
Super Bowl Prop Bets and Strategies
00:18:39
Zack
Yeah. Yeah. You talked about Travis Kelsey, uh, anytime touchdown.
00:18:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
but I'm thinking about just betting everything on the chief's money line and enjoying the fact that I have patch my homes.
00:18:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, thought about that a lot.
00:18:51
Zack
like insane What's the line on that? Is it like minus money?
00:18:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's probably my ah probably minus one 10.
00:18:59
Zack
Look, it's pretty good bet in the Super Bowl. Yeah.
00:19:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But if I'm gonna bet that, I might as well just bet.
00:19:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Chiefs the win. Chiefs is minus 125. Touchdown scores, Travis Kelce, ooh, plus 135 anytime touchdown.
00:19:16
Zack
It's pretty good money.
00:19:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm. The Chiefs, the Chiefs like the most random people score for them at all times.
00:19:25
Zack
Yeah, you feel Xavier worthy. He could, could potentially be the touchdown.
00:19:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Or like Noah Gray.
00:19:30
Zack
Hmm.
00:19:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
the backup tight end or cream hunt gets a bunch of touchdowns.
00:19:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know. I'm thinking like I want to do props because they're fun and things to root for like that.
00:19:43
Zack
yeah Yeah.
00:19:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But I also think I just want to make a lot of money on one thing.
00:19:50
Zack
You feel like.
Super Bowl Outcome Predictions
00:19:53
Zack
You can do, if, can we do, you can do a Super Bowl MVPs, right?
00:19:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You can now, this is the first year I took, so I have that in my back pocket. I have Barkley, because last Sunday, or no, last Wednesday episode, I said, is ah is a future, take that now, because it was plus 500.
00:20:04
Zack
Safe. Yeah.
00:20:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So that's, the Eagles aren't plus 500, but if they win, it has to be because of Barkley, right? Like Jalen, I don't think Jalen hurts.
00:20:21
Zack
Yeah, I was just thinking, I was just thinking about this because if you wanted a a longer odds, what are the odds? Uh, you probably don't have it in front of you.
00:20:30
Zack
Mason's, you guys got them up. Um, what is AJ Brown's MVP odds?
00:20:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm I'm on here Oh Yeah, but the only thing with that is is it um, I Jalen hurts right?
00:20:40
Zack
There's a part of me that's like, if the Eagles win, it's, but I mean, Saquon's going to get his numbers, but I could see a reality where AJ Brown gets like, three touchdowns and it's like, it's how the Eagles win, you know?
00:20:58
Zack
Then Jalen Hurts is also getting three touchdown passes.
00:21:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, exactly Edelman won it once with Brady and that was a but that was weird um But AJ Brown's plus 3500 See
00:21:01
Zack
Yeah, that's tricky. You're right.
00:21:06
Zack
Yeah.
00:21:14
Zack
mean Yeah, that's tricky. What does Saquon, is he?
00:21:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Saquon's plus 260 so My home is plus 120 Hertz is 3 350.
00:21:20
Zack
Okay, see the best odds? My homes is probably the best. Oh my gosh, plus 120.
00:21:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah that's If you wanted to take a long shot on one, I like your idea of a wide receiver I would go x Xavier worthy because they do a lot of trick plays with him a lot of reverses and Right like if he took a or even like a little bubble screen where he breaks like two tackles and goes 80 like they'll give a
00:21:28
Zack
That's disgusting.
00:21:34
Zack
Yeah. So I wouldn't necessarily be like a touchdown for my homes. See if a return keeps or anything.
00:21:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He does sometimes. I feel like if they were down, like they're losing, they put him back there just because he's so fast.
00:21:55
Zack
Yeah.
00:21:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Or if you want to get crazy. Zach Braun for the Eagles linebacker, the students of Menace to society. He's been, he's been like their MVP for throughout the playoffs.
00:22:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So he's caused so many fumbles and interceptions. Like that's a, that's a wild one to throw at you.
00:22:11
Zack
Wow.
00:22:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Plus nine, plus 9,000.
00:22:14
Zack
What is that odds?
00:22:18
Zack
How many, how many turnovers are going to take like two turnovers?
00:22:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
A lot.
Future of the Chiefs
00:22:22
Zack
I mean, two turnovers and like a couple sacks like if you get if you get like a pick six fumble i guess a reality where like that could happen i mean this is it's long odds obviously be electric
00:22:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Force a big fumble. That's true. Right. It's a sprinkle dinkle. Can he pick it, baby? He comes in and lights it up. Plus 20,000.
00:22:50
Zack
Hmm. Okay. Let me think on that one.
00:22:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh.
00:22:52
Zack
That's interesting. Cause my homes is just going to win it anyway. So this is this all for all for nothing.
00:22:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
they havent They have a center listed. They have the the the offensive linemen individually. How would an offensive lineman win MVP? They would have to put on the performance of a lifetime.
00:23:09
Zack
It's core touchdown. Probably. he Yeah. Like pick up a fumble or something.
00:23:16
Zack
That would be awesome.
00:23:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I might put 10 cents on every offensive lineman.
00:23:19
Zack
See, is there a reality though, where the committees or whoever votes on this kind of stuff is like, do we really want to give it to Patrick? My homes again. And then if the, if the chiefs win, just to like pick somebody else, like, is there, cause it's not with Tom Brady where they were just like, no one wants us to give it to Tom Brady again.
00:23:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it's someone who had a good performance. There's a little bit of that with Brady.
00:23:41
Zack
Like this is boring.
00:23:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They gave it to James White because he scored the game winning touchdown on the Falcons game where they came back from twenty eight to three and that should have been Brady's.
00:23:47
Zack
Yeah.
00:23:50
Zack
Hmm.
00:23:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So so maybe you would have to have a but that's the thing. Brady was one in regular season MVPs, too.
00:23:59
Zack
Yeah.
00:23:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Patrick has it or he has but like he's not gonna win it this year It's
00:24:03
Zack
Right. That's true. Hmm. Interesting.
00:24:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
a fun market I've I've always wanted him to let us bet it and this is the first year you can in Tennessee so now um I've got Barkley, but I wish I would have took even more on it Just just the kind of hedger because if the Eagles win it has to be him going off in my opinion Yeah has to be
00:24:25
Zack
Second one yeah, okay Do we want to do we any do some like official predictions now? Do we want to wait on that? What do you what do you think?
00:24:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah We could do that and then Mason could give us his he he wouldn't want to give his right now. Anyway, he's he's got to do more research, you know He's got to crunch all the numbers So I've got the I've I got the Chiefs for sure By seven they went comfortably Yeah
00:24:42
Zack
He's gotta get he's gonna get logged in Okay, so um Let's do it. Let's do it first. Who do you, who do you have winning? Okay. So they cover.
00:25:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This team's better than the Eagles or the Chiefs team from last year.
00:25:11
Zack
Yeah. The chief's team from last year was kind of a piece together product. And by the end, they um hol really willed that team to the Superbowl.
00:25:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, and they went on a real run. Yeah, and I think this is this is like. This is the last hurrah for the core of this team.
00:25:27
Zack
Yeah.
00:25:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Trey Smith, Trey Smith is going to be a free agent. I don't think they can, they're not going to be able to keep him unless he takes a big old hometown discount. Like he's going to get a hundred million dollar contract as a guard.
00:25:37
Zack
Sheesh.
00:25:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's going to be the highest paid interior lineman in the NFL. Travis Kelsey more than likely retires, win or lose. ah So those are you know, three big pieces So I just think you're gonna finally see this Chiefs team kind of kind of reset a little bit and we'll see if they can do with the Patriots always did where They would not rebuild but reload and stay as contenders um but i I do think this is this is the last hurrah and I don't know if this Eagles team offensively is
00:26:07
Zack
Yeah.
Chiefs' Defensive Strategy
00:26:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like I think Spagnola should go in the Hall of Fame as a coordinator. I think he's that good as a defensive coordinator. um What he did to those Tom Brady teams when he was the Giants um coordinator, what he's done for the Chiefs.
00:26:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah He's legitimately best defensive coordinator in NFL history, in my opinion.
00:26:29
Zack
yeah
00:26:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And I think he's going to make Jalen Hurts beat them. And I just don't know if Jalen Hurts has that.
00:26:39
Zack
That's fair. I agree. I just, I think, I think the chiefs are going to win this game.
Super Bowl Game Expectations
00:26:45
Zack
I mean, the easy answer is it's really hard to bet against Patrick Mahomes and this team. And every time I've done it, it's come back to bite me because it's just, they don't get be very much. Uh, they haven't got to be very much this year. I think 10 said it last week that he felt like the bills game was the defacto super bowl.
00:27:07
Zack
I think it felt like that. I think this Eagles team is flawed. I think Jalen hurts is ah He's not the guy to kind of put this put the game on his back, I don't think and Say if I do you think if they win, it's cuz sake one has got 200 rushing yards I'm not sure the Chiefs are gonna allow them to do that though And I think I think the Chiefs are the better team and I think they win I hope it's a fun game.
00:27:33
Zack
Last year was a really fun game um and I hope it's fun.
00:27:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:37
Zack
I will probably put some bets on the Chiefs because I do think they're gonna win, but I hope it's a fun game. it's i just I don't want like a 14 point blowout where the last 10 minutes are just wasting clock and you want it to be fun.
00:27:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, boring.
00:27:51
Zack
Yeah, last last year was electric. so They don't blow people out.
00:27:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And you're before to and that's the thing about the Chiefs, the Chiefs. They don't blow people out, and so that's what. I think that's what's adding to Patrick Mahomes like greatness is because it it does seem like it's always coming down to.
00:28:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He has the ball and he has to go win the game and he keeps doing it.
00:28:11
Zack
Yep. Yep. Four or five plays, he always executes.
00:28:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And so until he yeah.
00:28:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like they they all I had to do is run out the clock one more first down last week against the Bills and what they do, they do a pass play. They put the ball in his hands and said go end it and he did and that's what and so and so he doesn't do that.
00:28:27
Zack
Yep.
00:28:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not going to doubt him now.
00:28:33
Zack
Agree? I mean, it's hard it's hard to argue with that.
00:28:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And, uh, but just know this Patty, I'll see, I'll see you, I'll see you next January.
Titans' Future Prospects
00:28:43
Zack
Wow, he's calling a shot.
00:28:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'll see you round two.
00:28:47
Zack
It'll be fun.
00:28:50
Zack
Titans will not be there. Year two of the tank, so.
00:28:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Uh, the, well, the first year of the double tank.
00:28:56
Zack
This is the first double tank in history.
00:29:02
Zack
We're not doing, we're not talking double tank today. That's late. That's your first season. We'll be waiting for the off season for that.
00:29:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Super Bowl week we're not talking about the double take No, not right now that's I think I think I'm good where Matt
00:29:11
Zack
If anyone's there by the Titans double tank theory again inverted enough Okay, we got some we got some other pressure laces we can talk about You got anything else in Super Bowl stuff right now Okay, so I got a couple things for the people I Um, in one of the weirdest news stories, I'm kind of just going, going in order of like, what's the most new, but apparently Barnes and Noble is adding stores in the year 2025, 60 of them.
Resurgence of Bookstores and TikTok Influence
00:29:54
Zack
And that feels weird to me. And they said a major factor has been the revival on in the bookstores revival has been tick tock.
00:30:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm?
00:30:08
Zack
Yeah, it's weird. It's a weird headline.
00:30:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What does that mean?
00:30:10
Zack
Um, the apparently there's a community called book talk. And so I guess books are bad and twenty or twenty five books it back
00:30:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Who knew?
00:30:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I had, so Friday, I had to get a haircut. I normally, Jonah, if you're listening, I'm sorry, you're on vacation and my schedule's been weird and you're booked out for two months.
00:30:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So, I think I have sports clips.
00:30:35
Zack
Hmm.
00:30:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I haven't done this, I haven't, I've had the same guy cut my hair for like five years. um But then it opened till 11 and I was also sending some Pokemon cards to get graded and games I didn't open till 12.
00:30:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So I just I did some errands on Friday, right?
00:30:49
Zack
Yep. Okay.
00:30:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I had an hour to kill. Well, there's a books a million. I know this isn't Barnes and Noble, but there's a books a million across the street and I had an hour to kill before my hair appointment and was just kind of walking around.
00:30:55
Zack
Yep. Yep.
00:31:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I was like, you know, I'm a buy book. I haven't read in a long time.
00:31:07
Zack
Wow.
00:31:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So I walked around books a million to try and find a book I would read. There were a ton of people in there. There was like, like 15 people shopping for books.
00:31:15
Zack
Weird.
00:31:19
Zack
fifty
00:31:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I was like, I felt kind of out of place.
00:31:19
Zack
you know lu
00:31:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I was like,
00:31:23
Zack
um Yeah, I will say that my my wife has been reading more um There is a we there's like a ah new trend of these like fantasy romance type novels
00:31:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So maybe books are back.
Fantasy Romance Novels Trend
00:31:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
o
00:31:37
Zack
um It's like a mix between like dragons and type of Game of Thrones Lord of the Rings type stuff with like romance stuff as well
00:31:49
Zack
It's become pretty popular. I will say it's, I've not, I don't, I don't actually know what these books are like, but from what I hear people, like I don't know.
00:31:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Morgan is into those as well.
00:32:02
Zack
Okay.
00:32:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know. I don't really know what she reads, but I do know I like to mess with her and I will just pick up one of her books and be like, I'll just open to a random page and be like, Oh, look, they're talking about marital things from the first page I opened it.
00:32:07
Zack
Yeah.
00:32:16
Zack
I've heard it. I've heard it called romanticy before.
00:32:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Ooh, romanticy.
00:32:21
Zack
There's a couple other words for it. I'm trying to remember the other one. Maybe that one's what I was thinking of.
00:32:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:32:26
Zack
But um yeah, it's her back.
00:32:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Books are back. That's crazy, because I saw a thing where like, like Party City, like retail places closing, every Party City in America is closing.
00:32:29
Zack
Who knew?
00:32:33
Zack
Yep. Rip.
00:32:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I saw that like 180 something Walgreens are closing this year. um All the dollar trees are closing.
00:32:42
Zack
Wow.
00:32:45
Zack
Tough.
00:32:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Because everything's online, you just buy everything everything online now.
00:32:48
Zack
My books.
00:32:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But not books.
00:32:50
Zack
Actually, you can buy books online.
00:32:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
True.
00:32:52
Zack
There's a big market for that.
00:32:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Also, if the people were wondering to finish my story from a minute ago, I didn't buy a book to read.
00:32:59
Zack
but
00:33:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I walked around with one for a while and then I put it back. Because I said, I'm never um never going to read this.
00:33:04
Zack
enjoy maybe I'm sure there's a YouTube video that talks about this topic.
00:33:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Probably.
00:33:10
Zack
um
00:33:13
Zack
Yeah, ah for for everyone out there, there's your public library. You can, uh, you can get books on like your phone and on Campbell free, you can rent them like, like you from the
00:33:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's true.
Public Library Digital Services
00:33:24
Zack
library.
00:33:24
Zack
Pretty cool. Spotify also has a lot of audio books out there.
00:33:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's what I should do. Audiobook.
00:33:32
Zack
You could be an audio book guy.
00:33:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I probably could. I listen to enough podcasts where...
00:33:37
Zack
You're harder than pod guys. I've tried, but I've tried audio books. Um, it takes much more attention span to listen to audio book than a podcast podcast.
00:33:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, see the double tank.
00:33:46
Zack
Like people could tune out our voices for like five minutes and jump back in and be like, Oh, they're still talking about how books are back double tank is whatever.
00:33:57
Zack
Um, and then like, it's like you didn't miss anything, but you, you don't have 30 seconds in an audio book and it's like, Oh, what the heck just happened? Someone could have died.
00:34:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:05
Zack
Like you miss it. And then you would never know that that person died and you'd have to like. Just figure it out. um So yeah, that stuff. Okay, next.
00:34:17
Zack
The first trailer for the Fantastic Four, first steps, will debut on Tuesday during Good Morning America.
Marvel's Fantastic Four Trailer Anticipation
00:34:25
Zack
What a weird time to debut it.
00:34:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I thought they would turn the Super Bowl.
00:34:27
Zack
I think they're also gonna air it there, but they they like to release it ahead of times to like get some hype for it, which seems weird to me.
00:34:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:39
Zack
why they're like we're gonna show the trailer beforehand but then we're also gonna show it in Super Bowls so you're extra so you like know to be excited for it that doesn't really make a lot of sense to me but whatever they know more than I do I'm sure they know the numbers or they wouldn't do it
00:34:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:34:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And last time I checked your doctor of math and they are not.
00:35:00
Zack
and it's a fact I am yeah so that's pretty exciting I think that'd be good um
00:35:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i'm I'm excited. I hope it's I hope it lives up to expectations because I have pretty high ones.
00:35:13
Zack
Pretty high ones. I've heard, um yeah, I think it's gonna be good.
00:35:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I need Fantastic Four to bring Marvel back.
00:35:21
Zack
Yeah, I mean, I think that's before X-Men. It's been some rough on the streets lately.
00:35:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and Yeah. And I'm not looking forward to Captain America, Brave New World.
00:35:28
Zack
How quickly will it go to Disney Plus, you think?
00:35:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Nah.
00:35:32
Zack
I'll watch it on Disney Plus.
00:35:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. It's not what I'm going to the theater for.
00:35:36
Zack
It takes a lot of effort for me to get to the theater these days, and it's expensive.
00:35:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:35:40
Zack
So I think a really good movie for me to get out and go watch it. I'll just be honest.
00:35:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. I saw Moana too in theaters just because Macy wanted to go.
00:35:50
Zack
Yeah.
00:35:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then before that, I think the last movie I saw was Deadpool with you and Mason.
00:35:54
Zack
Yep. Which was maybe like, I may watch one movie in theaters all year last year. It was maybe that one.
00:36:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Those were, those were probably my only two.
00:36:04
Zack
Movies are not back. The theaters are not back.
00:36:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Unfortunately, you could have found out about that on a ah different podcast.
00:36:12
Zack
But that's true. Um, okay. Next up. Um, Haley Welch known as Hawk to a girl.
Crypto Scam Podcast Mystery
00:36:21
Zack
She might be dead is what I've heard.
00:36:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah She's disappeared off the face of the earth. She did a rug pull meme coin and ah Made a bunch of money and now she's gone Mm
00:36:31
Zack
Yeah. Uh, so she started a podcast. It was hugely successful for what reason I, who knows?
00:36:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
-hmm. Yeah She does one clip
00:36:39
Zack
Meantons and Mason, but I are grinding out content for years and she gets she just says One stupid little clip and has a viral podcast whatever um She might be dead though.
00:36:51
Zack
So we're still alive So she launched a crypto coin It's kind of like a meme um And a lot of people lost a lot of money
00:36:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The crypto bros haven't murdered us, us yet.
00:37:08
Zack
And then she, ah ah I don't understand all of this. I'm going to sound like an idiot trying to talk about crypto.
00:37:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Uh-huh.
00:37:17
Zack
From what I understand, it was at least somewhat illegal, what she did.
00:37:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
00:37:21
Zack
um And since this happened, she kind of gave a halfhearted apology and it's basically not been seen since. Is that true?
00:37:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The last that the last anyone's heard it from her She was on a Twitter spaces where they were trying to defend what she did and then she got exposed and that it was like it was a scam she scammed a bunch of people out a bunch of much money and she goes well I'm pretty tired y'all I'm gonna go to bed.
00:37:39
Zack
yep Yep.
00:37:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We'll do this again tomorrow, and then she disappeared
00:37:51
Zack
Yeah, she's probably dead.
00:37:54
Zack
She messed with the wrong crew. All she had to do was keep doing her stupid little podcast and she could have been set up for life.
00:37:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
but then you had to try and get rich quick on the crypto
00:38:01
Zack
I mean, she probably did get rich, but she also was dead.
00:38:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, but but but then the guys who and created doge coins and all the meme coins murdered you.
00:38:05
Zack
So he's the real winner.
00:38:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So was it worth it? Death by crypto bro.
00:38:15
Zack
Probably not.
00:38:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sad way to go out.
00:38:21
Zack
um Kroger,
Kroger's Facial Recognition Concerns
00:38:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
o
00:38:23
Zack
news out of Kroger, is working with Microsoft to install facial recognition technology in stores to identify customers.
00:38:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This is good.
00:38:33
Zack
This could allow shoppers to see prices differently based on their profile.
00:38:41
Zack
So I guess it would be like, um Yeah, it feels like a bad idea. I thought, I would guess they could see that you're like in the store and you're walking through aisles and you're on the app and you get a notification like, Hey, we see you're in the chip aisle.
00:38:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Go ahead yeah
00:39:04
Zack
This chip that you usually buy, we're going to give it to you for 10% off because you're a loyal customer. Um, it feels pretty creepy. doesn't feel good.
00:39:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:39:14
Zack
I will tell you.
00:39:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
doesn't I ah don't think I like it.
00:39:17
Zack
Now, I think the other thing I could do is like, whoa, if everyone was using like AI, like what did they gave you? um Or like, if um they gave you goggles, like um virtual reality goggles.
00:39:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Uh-huh.
00:39:32
Zack
So then if you're walking around, you have like a profile you log into. And then the prices are different, like depending on who you are. So like the more money you spend, the cheaper your prices get on certain things or like you get loyalty points and so it could appear.
00:39:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Ooh.
00:39:46
Zack
I don't know. That still doesn't feel like a good thing, but they won't get any deals.
00:39:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
but what about the people still wearing masks in 2025? How's it going to recognize your face?
00:39:55
Zack
No deals for those people. Um, yeah, I don't know.
00:40:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I don't, I don't, I don't like that.
00:40:03
Zack
That doesn't feel good, but.
00:40:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't like them scanning my face and putting me in a database and well, they're gonna, they're, they're, they're profiling me because I don't, I'm not,
00:40:09
Zack
I mean, you're already in a database.
00:40:14
Zack
You're, you're definitely have a profile. They know you're the guy who likes to buy weird mountain dues and meets big meat guy.
00:40:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah I buy most of my meats to smoke for from Kroger. Kroger has always the best deal on pulled pork and ribs.
00:40:31
Zack
Hmm.
00:40:32
Zack
There you go. I'll grab today.
00:40:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But never wings, they never have the wings there.
00:40:37
Zack
Um, okay. Well, what else do I have? I feel like I had a couple of other things. Oh, okay. Two more things.
00:40:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
OK.
Costco's Product Switch Announcement
00:40:46
Zack
Costco.
00:40:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, we bring in the boom.
00:40:48
Zack
I know you don't have a cost going where you live.
00:40:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sorry, I have a membership. We drive the Mount Juliet all the time for it.
00:40:53
Zack
Costco is switching to Coca-Cola products this summer.
00:40:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, yeah.
00:40:58
Zack
They've been, they've been a Pepsi house recently, um, which is always a bummer. I go there and it's like diet Pepsi or whatever. And it's, well, Switching to coke. So shout out.
00:41:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Here's.
00:41:11
Zack
That's a big deal. There's 79 cent soft drinks are going to coke.
00:41:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right, so that.
00:41:16
Zack
Oh, that transitions well to your take.
00:41:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yes, so I had two things from that. Pepsi, I like flavor, like I like cherry Pepsi probably more than I like cherry Coke. But just if if you're talking just straight Pepsi and Diet Pepsi or Coke and Diet Coke, I'd rather have Coke.
00:41:34
Zack
Yep.
00:41:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um And then you never have the cool Mountain Dew flavors in the Pepsi machines. It's just regular Mountain Dew, which is not even that good.
00:41:41
Zack
Mm.
00:41:43
Zack
That's true. They'll put like vanilla and strawberry interior and anything, but they don't actually have the real flavors.
00:41:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right. um But that brings me to my second point, and that is, I think as a country, and maybe Donald Trump can look into this, um the last year, soda machines, fountain drinks have gone downhill in a bad, bad way.
00:41:53
Zack
Okay.
00:41:57
Zack
yeah
00:42:06
Zack
and Yup.
00:42:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I feel like the the freestyle machine used to be a thing I was excited for.
00:42:08
Zack
yep
00:42:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
something that i would It was a perk of a
Declining Quality of Fountain Drinks
00:42:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
restaurant. it would it would make me go to you I would go to Zaxby's more often because they had the freestyle machine before everyone else.
00:42:23
Zack
Yep.
00:42:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well, some something's changed. All the flavors of every fountain drink I've had in the last year, I'm disappointed every time. It's just carbonated water. The flavors are bad, the syrups are off, and I am down.
00:42:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm i'm done. I'm done drinking sodas from fountains until something changes.
00:42:40
Zack
Wow, he's done, guys. You heard it here first.
00:42:45
Zack
Until there are some serious changes made, tins will not be drinking out of fountain drinks anymore.
00:42:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I will opt to get the water.
00:42:51
Zack
What about restaurants?
00:42:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Nope, they have the fountains back there, don't want it. um a bottle I'm a bottled only kind of guy right now.
00:43:02
Zack
That adds some, uh, expense to your life, probably. I feel a lot of her kind of expensive.
00:43:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Or I should just stop drinking soda. But yeah, no, I'm done, I'm done. um' done ah the The fountain drinks are terrible. I will revisit in three months to see if there are any improvements.
00:43:17
Zack
You've been given three months, 90 days.
00:43:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And i'm a I'm a big fast food drive through soda guy.
00:43:22
Zack
He is lover of gas food. Yeah.
00:43:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So watch your back.
00:43:28
Zack
What a bummer, man.
00:43:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
this This really stemmed from, I was really looking forward to a orange cream soda from the freestyle machine at Zaxby's the other day.
00:43:35
Zack
Um, you to like taste test it almost like if you're there, but if you're in the job that you can do that, obviously.
00:43:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And I got home in the first sip. It just tasted like soda water. It was garbage and I was very mad.
Bottled vs. Fountain Soda Preference
00:43:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:43:50
Zack
Hmm. That's tough.
00:43:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's tough stuff. It's a lot of stuff we're going through out here. A lot of stuff this country needs to get working on. And this needs to get put towards the top of the list.
00:44:01
Zack
We need to, yeah, get that, get that up there.
00:44:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I know there's tragedies happening all over the world, but the soda machines, someone needs to get on it. And if not, I know the guy you need to appoint. T man, is this is me.
00:44:19
Zack
Big D.
00:44:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um I know RFK wants to get rid of sodas in general, but you know, that'd be pretty fun.
00:44:25
Zack
Can you imagine being like a soda tester? Like you just went to all of the restaurants and you did, you did a full, a full blown. You can probably get like a percentage of soda water to flavoring and like get a good number.
00:44:39
Zack
What's ideal. Put some regulations in place.
00:44:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's what we need. I think these the big companies are,
00:44:45
Zack
There might be a cabinet position for you available.
00:44:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think Coke and Pepsi in their factories are watering down the box because you get a big five-gallon box of syrup and you hook it up to your machine and I think they've messed it I think they're watering it down just like you know cheap places water down soap to make it last longer That's what we're doing.
00:44:57
Zack
Yeah. Conspiracy.
00:45:04
Zack
okay so you don't think zaxby's is like jacking it up you think coke is doing it i'm the source okay you don't think zaxby's is a big corporation more for it i like this take down with big coke but anyways we'll find it in cosco now so and
00:45:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's what's happening in this country right now No, it's the big corporations They're getting They're giving them less flavor in the in the pouch for this for more money. Down with big Coke.
00:45:33
Zack
OK, I had one more. um This is ah maybe about a week old. I don't know. Two weeks, maybe. um
00:45:42
Zack
Paul Skeens.
Valuable Baseball Card Discovery
00:45:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yes.
00:45:45
Zack
He he had a one of one and will be debut patch card that went out in an 11 year old found it and.
00:45:57
Zack
ah They are trying very, very hard to get it back. The Pirates organization and Paul Skeens. Obviously, it would be fun to have. um They gave him an offer. ah Here is the offer to pirate season tickets behind home plate for the next 30 years.
00:46:17
Zack
Pirates kind of stink.
00:46:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Way longer than Paul Skins is going to be there.
00:46:20
Zack
Yeah, what what would happen if you just left next year?
00:46:22
Zack
um A softball game for 30.
00:46:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's gone.
00:46:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
00:46:25
Zack
at PMC Park plus coaching from Pirates alumni.
00:46:31
Zack
That's kind of a weird, weird one.
00:46:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then like sign baseball bat.
00:46:36
Zack
A spring training experience like no other.
00:46:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:46:40
Zack
Private tour of the park meet and greet with Paul Skeens to autograph jerseys, take batting practice, warm up with the team. um And he said no.
00:46:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. And then Livia Dunn also said that you could sit in a suite with her for a game.
00:46:58
Zack
yep
00:46:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um So yeah. so So what happened was when tops, so tops was coming out with this set and they announced like, Hey, there's a Paul Skeens, one of one Jersey auto patch card.
00:47:01
Zack
i care about
00:47:05
Zack
Yep.
00:47:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like this is the most expensive baseball card.
00:47:09
Zack
Yeah.
00:47:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
that's come out in many, many years because he's such a you know big time player. um So that that's that's what they do. They'll get like one of these cards and it's the chase card and it makes everybody go out and buy the product and try and find it.
00:47:20
Zack
Yeah.
00:47:24
Zack
Sure.
00:47:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um So as soon as that was announced, the Pirates had made this offer and what maybe it would work if it was like a kid who was a Pirates fan.
00:47:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
who found this card, but this kid's an 11 year old kid who lives in LA, him and his dad like very seriously.
00:47:37
Zack
Yep. If I dodge your sands. Yeah.
00:47:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, and they collect sports memorabilia and do all this stuff. So he's actually already agreed to auction it off through the um ah golden auctions, which if you've ever watched, yeah, on Netflix.
00:47:54
Zack
I did watch that show.
00:47:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, so he's this kid's gonna make a ton of money.
00:48:00
Zack
Yeah.
00:48:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Somebody's gonna buy this card for millions of dollars probably.
00:48:06
Zack
It's awesome.
00:48:07
Zack
Should I see that kid? I mean, I'm sure the Pirates want it, but they can go pay millions of dollars for it, I guess, if they really want it that bad.
00:48:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But yeah.
00:48:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Exactly. But ah when you said this is maybe a week or two old, you know what I like to think? I think I would like to think there's there's fans of this show who only consume their news through us.
00:48:21
Zack
Yeah. Yeah.
00:48:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They don't know a lot of stuff is going on until they listen to the podcast.
00:48:31
Zack
We, that's not good. Imagine if all you do about the world, like what if there's a person living in like Antarctica with no access to the outside world, except for this podcast, what they would think about the world around us.
Humorous Listener Speculation
00:48:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They would think the Titans and Jags are the most prominent teams in the NFL.
00:48:48
Zack
They would think this fountain drink problem is a really big deal.
00:48:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like, yeah, like people are going to war over it.
00:48:51
Zack
How are drinks going to be killing people?
00:48:55
Zack
Poison.
00:48:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They would think Wendy's is like God's gift to the earth.
00:49:05
Zack
Boy, maybe we should re rethink our programming a little bit. Uh, what a weird view of the world we have.
00:49:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Uh, that's, that's just a fun, you know, when you said that, I was like, yeah, you know, maybe there's someone out there that doesn't get on Twitter or social media at all.
00:49:23
Zack
You know, that could be my dad.
00:49:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And they bank on us, telling them what's going on outside of their local news.
00:49:28
Zack
Probably my dad might dad be in that camp. He's pretty upstate with.
00:49:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
but Yeah. Oh yeah. He is.
00:49:35
Zack
I don't know if he's up to date with the fast food world. Like we have some great updates on the fast food world.
00:49:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like we are.
00:49:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We we we got breaking news in fast food world. We're, we're up to date.
00:49:46
Zack
Yeah, we got sources.
00:49:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true. I'm sure your dad would would find that Paul Skeens story interesting.
00:49:56
Zack
Yeah.
00:49:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He said.
00:49:57
Zack
He would probably be like, I can't believe people are paying $3 million dollars for hard.
00:50:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
For a baseball card.
00:50:03
Zack
Which I would agree probably.
00:50:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
There's some Michael Jordan cards worth that.
00:50:09
Zack
But he's like legend. Paul Skeens is rookie.
00:50:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, Paul Skeens, this was his first year like he's already kind of getting legendary status she might.
00:50:19
Zack
It's like really high stakes game because you buy that card and he has an incredible career and all of a sudden that card's worth double.
00:50:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Never know.
00:50:27
Zack
You've made millions.
00:50:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. Or you get the Mack Jones situation that happened to a kid.
00:50:29
Zack
But if he sucks and he gets a shoulder injury or whatever.
00:50:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So there's a kid who pulled like a one of one Mack Jones rookie card and sold it for $100,000.
00:50:40
Zack
It's a good sell.
00:50:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
His rookie year.
00:50:42
Zack
Smart, smart kid.
00:50:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, smart. Now Mack Jones is a backup.
00:50:47
Zack
He made a hundred grand on it. Okay. Did you, uh, do you have anything else for the, for the people that they tens?
00:50:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, the fountain drink thing was really, uh, all that.
00:50:55
Zack
That was really your thing. Okay.
00:50:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That was, I was bringing it to the table today.
00:51:02
Zack
Well, um what ah yeah I think we brought a lot of good stuff to the people. Some good food for tots, you know, some things to think about. um All of your most important news stories. Nothing else really happening in the world, I don't think.
00:51:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Nope.
00:51:19
Zack
Okay. Feel good.
00:51:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Feel great.
00:51:22
Zack
College basketball, Tenz is cooking, guys.
00:51:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yes, the time is now.
00:51:25
Zack
His record's been awesome. Check him out on the Discord, ah if for real. he's we've made He's probably hit more bets in college basketball than at all in football season. So if you check him out, um if you want to make some money this college basketball season, we will be back to talk about the Super Bowl and all the happenings around it.
00:51:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true.
00:51:44
Zack
ah Big week.
00:51:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Big week, you'll have all of our picks will be in the discord too. I'm gonna get Mason to give some picks as well.
00:51:49
Zack
Yep. Let's get it.
00:51:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So make sure you hop in there. um You can find it on our Instagram or TikTok or not TikTok. They don't do links on their Instagram or Twitter. That's where you can join the discord.
00:52:00
Zack
Tech talk dead or is it back?
00:52:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, it's back. We'll get some clips. I'm not driving anymore. I'm back on the social media grind as of this episode.
00:52:07
Zack
Oh, we're back. Let's get it. All right. I think there's some clips of some numbers in there. Found it.
00:52:19
Zack
right
00:52:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The the the crypto coin guys killing hawk to a girl To the moon, baby Parody
00:52:26
Zack
but All right. but For the record, we don't get done violence to anyone. So we hope she's alive.
00:52:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
law
00:52:40
Zack
All right, guys, have a great week. We will see you next time.