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Music Welcome

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to the show. down cast. You

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are listening to our 40, 40

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previews of the college football

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bull season. I'm Spencer

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Hall. That's Holly Anderson. that's

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Jason Curry. That's Michael Server. He

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likes to chime in from time to time, especially when we talk about

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Clamson. You said chime, that means we're on the next

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bowl game. On to the next bowl game!

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the game above sports

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Bowl. That's right, 2

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p .m. the 26th in

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the D Detroit, Michigan.

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We'll say nothing bad about Detroit, Michigan, because

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as a bowl destination, everyone has a

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lot of fun in this bowl game. Anyone

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you've ever talked to who went there,

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absolutely loves it. Citation needed. Yeah.

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no for real. No, for real,

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Like the, all like talk to players, talk to

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coaches. They do a great job with this game.

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All right. I'm about about to compliment this

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bowl in several ways. I just want to, You

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know, make sure you get your feet set there. I'm

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ready. First of all, it's the sports

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bowl. That's what we're calling it. I

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will get to why. Thursday,

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December 26, 2024, 2 p

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.m. ESPN, Ford

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Field, Detroit, Michigan. seven

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and five Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh? Pittsburgh.

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That was Russian of

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me. Versus seven and five

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Toledo. Up. Pit is

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favored by 7. Um The

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over under in this game this game

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is half right now, a half

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right now, which has to

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make Duzzi absolutely insane. On which end too

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high or too low? Really? which end? to

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or too low? to figure what

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it make him insane because he

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wants that many or he doesn't trying to figure

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would it make him insane cuz he

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wants that just doesn't want that to score a

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lot of wants to score a lot of is a

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is a thing thing that sure knows about

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him. Yeah. knows about him. Yeah. Yeah. you. Thank

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you for that. you for that Anyway.

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these two teams two teams played

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games back games back in the

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two out took two out of

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three The full name, as you mentioned, Spencer,

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is full name, as you mentioned, Spencer,

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is The actual sponsor is a the actual sponsor.

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of an is a little bit of

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an great one. Game Above Sports is a strategic

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a strategic investment

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company a is Not Dave and Buster's,

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like I I thought. the more the

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more reason to call it the

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sports Bowl. And the And the credentialing site

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says says Quick Lane. So that's how how

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you know this game by the way

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It's the one that used to

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be the quick to be which was

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Bowl, created as a replacement for

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the defunct little for the defunct Little Caesar's Pizza

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was was known for being tied to

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to Hungry via an exclusive stadium deal

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deal, then out of pizza pizza before half-time.

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one point I did not know this. I learned

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this this year I don't think that I don't

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think we've ever dropped this piece of lore before

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of lore one point this could have been even weirder

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been even weirder. were at

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one point point the possibility

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of moving the Little of moving the

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the street. know what's across

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the street? street. You know what's home

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stadium of the Detroit Tigers

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Park, an outdoor of game. Tigers,

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as an outdoor bowl game. In

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Detroit. in December. Okay. Anyway,

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this is Pitt's second this

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is Pitt's second appearance in this

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game. They beat Eastern Michigan here

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in 2019. in 2019. I would would like

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to introduce a new feature for

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this episode. I I have combed

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through all the previous info. of of

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game and I'm just gonna pull

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some remember that guys out of

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them out of you don't care that

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like which bull like Warner was

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in before his big NFL career in

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if I big want to know

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that previous if I'm me this

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game include Daniel Jones MVPs of this

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game at our own Diego

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Jones. Can he pick it at our

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own Diego also This

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also give give... the Sports

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Bowl one compliment before we turn fully to

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the to the football has

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the has the piece of bowl

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bull literature ever seen, seen

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which is available on the a

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PDF, again is a is again

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this game is 26th, so the teams, their

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the teams their families the fans,

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you're fans you're spending your

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holiday in in Detroit. The game

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provides for visitors and

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fans a PDF of of things

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things to do around the

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stadium in that neighborhood that

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what is open on

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Christmas Day. what is open on

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thoughtful. Day. That is

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thoughtful. And that's... I wanted to

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say does this fall into your

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category of of that actually try? We're

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gonna get to that. Yeah, we did

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a lot did a lot of, we did a lot of grousing about

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what happens to the ESPN to the and so

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I would like to focus a little

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bit focus a this episode on games that are

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doing it right, and by doing it

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right, by doing I mean literally trying it all.

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all. You know, you're You know, you're

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welcoming people into your community. giving some giving

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some indication that you're not just

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creating a a product. product. And here, this this

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is just an example. It wasn't hard.

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It's this little thing they've put

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out that's gonna make life a lot

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easier for a bunch of to

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families who maybe didn't plan on... for a

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bunch of Christmas this far away

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from home. maybe didn't talk football. So,

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on the subject of football,

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on this far away from they Let's

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how to pronounce So on the subject of

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football, on word, as if someone

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would think it's how to pronounce Game

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but no. It's game above, so. That is weirdly

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is weirdly thoughtful that One word

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that at some point means at some point

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how do says how do you say

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that? How do you pronounce the words

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game and above when you put them

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together? Gotta tell you, got me above it.

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Get me above it. That's me a

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me above. This is also, if you go to the

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is also if you go to the website,

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they're like above does many things and you're

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like, oh like, oh brother. That's never a

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good answer for for if I'm I'm dealing with

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the company I wanted to be like

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what do you do and they're like what do

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you do and and turned them into destroy like

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perfect all these companies into slurry like like half

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the bull do much like we do military It's

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like we do military investment tech

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cloud info Cyber what am I do you want do you

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do you want my money What do you

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want give me you give me for my money

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just tell me that you can't You want us to keep

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us to keep the the people

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who keep rubber stamping our budgets

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and turning the other way when we

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blow up civilian weddings in another hemisphere. in

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another Do not Do

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not Google Game Above, Olepo Wedding. Do

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not. Game Above has with the

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Idaho the Idaho Ballet. there you

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go, that's something. Thank you, that's helpful in

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some way. you. Collaborated at what? in some way. who

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could say? It doesn't go what? I, who could say?

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It doesn't go football. cyber. To

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football. Pit. Pit. Boy man, man. want wanna

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know what a pit a was? ear This

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is a pit year. pit ear. How did

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pit start? Seven and oh! The The world is your

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oyster. Then Eli Holstein got got

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injured and then the world turned into

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a bad oyster and you started you all

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over the place, that's right. all over the place.

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That's right. Eli there starting quarterback started

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or may not be available be

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available time. When asked this week

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about availability, Pat Narduzzi said

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the following. following. This is probably the

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most banged up football team

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I've been around in my career

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career. For anybody who has followed

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Narduzzi and and Pat and Pit football, That's

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a lot. entire model of entire model

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of football is getting banged up

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is the this is the most

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banged up football team. ever been

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ever been around. In addition to that, When

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when asked about Holstein's

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as participation said. and

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his participation

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said, we're hoping I'm morning.

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morning when driving into

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work. Coach, you gotta open

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your eyes to drive. gotta open

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your eyes to Not if

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you're in the in the little

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Apple car, right? If you're

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in your Apple car. Show

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your work. Yeah, and that's right, you're the

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do's. dues. And you're driving into work, and thinking

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about life about life, Eli Eli Holstein. And you're

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you're like, dear God, grant me grant

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me two things. One, a pristine

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For the Love Love of God by

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Steve The whole video, I The whole

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video, I need it to to

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YouTube HD, where he's on on Mount Shasta

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It it looks like he's communing

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with God with God whatever or he's

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he's And the second thing is

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I need thing is I healthy Eli

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Holstein so that that when I

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drive little apple car work, down the hills

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of of Pittsburgh. And I looking like

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the coolest dude like the have

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a functioning I have a the

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love of God give me

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a whole For the love of God, give me whole

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all team, please. That's

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all. Thanks, coach. Yeah. So

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that's pit. Let's pit. Hey, do

9:13

you want you do wanna

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watch the seventh ranked team

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in the the MAC football? football?

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Watch this bowl game, is there. Toledo's Toledo,

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boy, I really looked for a long

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time for something that Toledo was

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exceptional at. at. And let me tell

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you what, they're pretty much the seventh

9:30

best team in the Mac at

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everything. team in the Mac it. everything.

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That's I usually can't say this about

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Toledo football. about This is a mid -ass Toledo

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a football team. rockets sorry about it.

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Very sorry about have no regrets in this

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estimate. in this Pit Pit should win, win, I'm

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pretty sure they're better than the seventh best team

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in the than the seventh best team in the feel

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like for a while now a sort of just

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been sort that been like assumed that Toledo

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is... Probably really good, right? right and

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for i mean mean the last time last

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time know mean, you know last year they had

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a lot of They're the the bala of back, they

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get the shine. Yeah,

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like I think this is the

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year where you go. you

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made. mid, you're mid, like literally

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mid, like you are right

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there in the middle of

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the middest geographic conference. Congratulations

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on being the most central football

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team of all football teams.

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Oh, it's rate bull time.

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Rate bowl. What do you mean? Rape Bowl?

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just listed on the ESPN website is rate

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bowl. Don't mind if we do. Thursday,

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December 26th, 5 .30

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p .m. ESPN. Chase

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Field, Phoenix, Arizona. Seven and

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five Rutgers in eight and

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four K state. These teams

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have played once before in

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the 2006 Texas Bowl, which

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was a 37 to Rutgers

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route. The splash page on

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this website, which is a

10:56

little drive through window on

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the Fiesta Bowl website, makes

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a bold claim. College football's

11:02

only big 10 versus big

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12 matchup. This does

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not seem like it's possible. So

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I asked the chat bot on... the

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website. is this really the

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only Big 10 Big 12 matchup? And

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the answer it gave me was the rate

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below will feature a matchup between the

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Big 10 conference qualifier and the Big 12

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conference qualifier and then gave me a

11:23

seat geek ad. The

11:26

chatbot is not helpful. Uh, why do

11:28

you know this bowl game? Oh, Lord,

11:30

where to begin? -hmm This

11:34

this has been. variously throughout the

11:36

years. The copper bowl,

11:38

The Domino's Pizza Copper Bowl, The

11:40

Wiser Lock Copper Bowl The

11:43

copper Bowl again, the Insight

11:45

.com bowl, then just the

11:47

Insight Bowl after.com bowls fell out of

11:49

fashion. the Buffalo Wild

11:51

Wings Bowl for two seasons not

11:53

the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl

11:55

That's different then the Ticket City

11:57

Cactus Bowl, than the Motel Six

11:59

Cactus. bowl. Then just the cactus

12:02

bowl to be be confused with

12:04

the with the Division II all-star game, played

12:06

from 2011 that was that was

12:08

the called the then the cheese it

12:10

bowl, it the cheese the cheese it citrus

12:12

bowl, and then the guaranteed rate 2023, why

12:14

they just decided to call

12:16

it to call it the which makes

12:18

it sound like a simple

12:21

sentence. like a simple not

12:23

understand. not understand. so half the stuff

12:25

here. here. when you when you just

12:27

try exploring for information about the the

12:29

rate you end up on up on pages,

12:31

pages, I guess, a little bit of

12:33

an a of mystery. of an error of mystery. Like

12:35

many of us, the the just longs

12:37

to slink into the desert and

12:39

lose their identity. their identity. Maybe because it it

12:42

started at U of A and has has also been

12:44

played at Arizona It flies under the

12:46

radar radar. this game has been has been played

12:48

at 2016. Jason knew this

12:50

immediately. I swear I've watched this game

12:52

every year and never picked up

12:54

on this. With this appearance, year will

12:57

break a tie with this. With most appearances

12:59

in this game at five break a tie

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with before in 2005.

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appearances in this game at five. Rutgers

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to be remembered

13:08

before in 2005. Previous MVPs,

13:10

guys to be remembered, include

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Rudy Carpenter. Blake

13:14

Bell. And the year Mark Bolter won the

13:17

MVP in Bolger won the

13:19

MVP in 1998, was a

13:21

MVP was a Missouri

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defensive tackle with the

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most name I have I heard,

13:28

heard, Jeff That is some sports

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That is some sports into a hotel

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a hotel name. to

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scam to scan a few extra

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points. points. There is a is

13:40

a seating section the the

13:42

stadium that just says says cold

13:44

and and cheeseburgers tables take it. to

13:46

see what this was what this was

13:48

that's when I found out when I found

13:50

out cold a sports bar. That's

13:52

what it's called. bar. That's what

13:54

it's called. That's why I'm why I'm

13:56

going to start my

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competitor, colder beers and bigger. cheeseburgers. of

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bigger cheeseburgers. Let's read from

14:03

the let's read Food is permitted as long

14:05

as it's in a clear is permitted as

14:07

long as it's in a clear plastic bag.

14:09

So start challenging that. Can I just pour

14:11

a in a clear

14:14

plastic gumbo? Like in a clear got

14:16

my bag. right here chili

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IV right here, Officer. My

14:20

specimen bag I'm so glad you

14:22

guys I'm so glad you medical attention

14:25

because something else that's weird in

14:27

these stadium rules and I read

14:29

them all them a little unusual. they're a

14:31

Anyone expecting urgent phone calls, i

14:33

.e. calls, i.e. should leave their name

14:35

and seat location at one of

14:37

the at one of the guest located across

14:40

from located across from sections

14:42

128 or don't know if I'm ever expecting

14:44

an emergency phone call. phone it

14:46

goes on. goes on. Please note that public

14:48

address or video video board not be permitted.

14:50

not be you're going to this game,

14:52

and you have a wife who's about

14:54

to go into a labor have an

14:56

aging parent, to into a labor or an aging

14:58

is also the only stadium I've

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seen so far that explicitly

15:02

prohibits so far that shoes with wheels

15:04

or fishing nets from being brought

15:06

in. or fishing nets from

15:09

being here in. Oh fuck off cool. is I'm

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going to drop this link in the chat. I'm

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gonna drop this link can. You

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can on the Fiesta Bowl website.

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Scroll all the way back

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to the beginning of the rate

15:21

back to the look at game programs

15:23

from every year, the 1991. from

15:25

every absolutely incredible. Can you guys take

15:27

a look at that real quick? Can

15:30

you guys take a look for

15:32

the reader real quick? And then I'll

15:34

wow. it for the reader. Oh

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is a is a tasteful,

15:38

like leathery old. and mill

15:40

style backdrop with the

15:42

trophy in the middle. And the

15:45

trophy for that year was

15:47

a plaque a plaque by by

15:49

brass cactuses with a a giant

15:51

football atop of it of

15:53

a a smaller plaque on the plaque

15:55

on the front that

15:57

just reads in sparkling letters letters.

16:00

Domino's Pizza. It's beautiful thing I've

16:02

ever seen. I've ever seen. given

16:04

you you, award for your

16:06

recognition for your achievements in

16:08

and your achievements in Domino's

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thing. Yeah. Last thing. Please keep in in

16:13

mind that while Chase has a roof,

16:15

a it does not have have heat. Here's

16:18

weather warning. The sun is expected

16:20

to set at a set at 5

16:22

p .m. Mountain 5 p.m. Mountain Standard

16:24

can be experiencing a beautiful be 6

16:26

degree day on your way to the

16:29

stadium, 66 temperatures could drop as low

16:31

as 40 degrees before the game reaches could

16:33

drop as is not allowed. before the game

16:35

reaches half-time and reentry is not

16:37

allowed. So layers. even if you're inside. if you're

16:40

inside. Layer up. This is the This

16:42

is the bowl game put on by your cheap friend. friend.

16:45

Too Too did don't don't don't drive heating bills

16:47

sky high We have, as a preview a

16:49

preview on the is a ball, which

16:51

again, this is a layers? Rutgers like so

16:53

both of layers. teams are Rutgers, and of

16:56

these teams are seven and five, and

16:58

eight I'm sorry, four five and eight

17:00

and four in that range. And

17:02

one of them is real happy

17:04

to be seven and five, because

17:06

that's the first time they've been,

17:08

they've won seven games in 10

17:10

years. in 10 not Kansas years. It's it's

17:12

Rutgers, baby. Rutgers is thrilled to

17:14

be here. Did they, they to

17:16

lose to to a bad UCLA team.

17:18

they Yeah, they did. did. They

17:20

did, they okay? Did they lose four lose a

17:22

row row at one point, you

17:24

know? know? Yeah, that also happened

17:27

to Rutgers. Rutgers. Are they, still

17:29

is it still ball up top

17:31

for Rutgers and the Scarlet

17:33

Knights? Yeah. because they may not not

17:35

have who was the who was the

17:37

anchor of their 2 ,000 -yard rushing

17:39

attack, but it won't look

17:41

much different, because that's what they

17:44

do. We're We're here to minimize

17:46

punt, and let our defense let our defense

17:48

win this game, because it's baby.

17:50

We're baby. We're gonna keep the other

17:52

On the other side, you

17:54

got Kansas State. Kansas State was

17:56

looking real good. two-thirds the way

17:58

through the the the season. Then they lost they

18:01

of their of their last four. Because they

18:03

kept turning kept turning the damn ball

18:05

over. Seven turnovers their last three three losses. If

18:07

they they could hold on to the

18:09

ball, they'd be a pretty good

18:11

football team. good it stands now, they're

18:13

just it of good. now, They were one

18:15

of the good. They were they ended up

18:17

finishing eighth in the league. they ended

18:19

teams in the eighth in the so really

18:21

not that bad 12 though, you think about

18:23

it. that Also, you they had over

18:25

200 yards, five times in their first

18:27

six games in terms of rushing

18:29

and then just twice in their last

18:31

six twice in then they're running. and then they're

18:33

was kind of the anchor that whole

18:35

thing he declared for the draft kind of won't

18:37

be there whole thing he declared for if

18:39

you want to know he won't to be yeah

18:41

if you want to know dudes from hyped to

18:44

be here it's to see dudes from Jersey

18:46

just this there being like, yeah,

18:48

there being like yeah we're drones we're drones that's the

18:50

Jersey guys in the Kansas the Kansas

18:52

State people. They're they're probably

18:55

It's probably a little bit

18:57

of a of a of a of

18:59

a bittersweet bowl for them. for them

19:01

if they take they take it. something

19:04

to live up a little something live up

19:06

to other other thing this website does that I've

19:08

never seen any other bold website do any other

19:10

bowl you can sort. do is you coach

19:12

who's ever coached in this game ever

19:14

coached in by how many times he's

19:16

won this game. times game alone, you

19:19

know who the all alone. You

19:21

coach of this bowl is? coach of

19:23

this bowl is? Snyder. So

19:29

apparently guaranteed rate

19:31

the the company changed

19:33

its name to name to rate

19:35

For reasons that the

19:37

CEO or whatever said or whatever

19:39

a really hard have a

19:41

really hard time spelling

19:43

guaranteed. so I mean I could say it's

19:45

a it's a word I could say got some

19:47

with it's got some letters in it

19:49

that really don't need to be

19:51

there. need to be there I was thinking they just

19:54

didn't feel feel like guaranteeing shit anymore. guessing

19:56

that's part of it because they're also

19:58

bringing up AI also like AI, but like... Even

20:00

with misspellings you had better SEO

20:02

with the guaranteed in there just

20:04

rate. Yeah, you Google rate You're

20:07

you're gonna be anywhere. There's right my

20:09

professors definitions of rate stories about your

20:11

your way down there The the best

20:13

result for the company still has the

20:15

word guaranteed in it. You still have

20:17

it in your Your websites Yeah,

20:20

so like I'm not buying it man.

20:22

I think it is just the They

20:25

don't want to be accused of having

20:27

guaranteed anything to anyone ever I was

20:29

gonna say a deer of bull games

20:31

in our society names Remember

20:33

this used to be the copper bowl,

20:36

so this was, again, a... An export!

20:38

A fine thing! our society's movement from

20:40

a commodity -based actual value society and

20:42

they did! Yeah, Yeah, to rate bowl.

20:44

What can you get at the rate

20:46

bowl? Could it be a guarantee rate?

20:48

Nope, we'll give you a rate! No

20:50

more naming games after concepts. It

20:53

has to be like a hog future. commodities

20:57

only The

21:00

frozen concentrated orange juice

21:02

bowl See can make a

21:04

napalm Yeah, that'd be

21:06

fine. Next game. Well,

21:12

if you were hoping,

21:15

we would get any clearer

21:17

or less dumb with our

21:19

names, we are here to

21:21

disappoint you with the 68 ventures

21:23

Bowl. We're

21:25

continuing on, Thursday December 26th

21:28

9 p .m. at Hancock Whitney

21:30

stadium home of South Alabama

21:32

and the senior Bowl. is

21:34

the successor to the also

21:36

Georgia Quarterbackly named lad Stadium.

21:38

This is the one in

21:41

Mobile, previously played as the

21:43

Mobile Alabama Bowl, the GMAC

21:45

Bowl, the go daddy .com

21:47

Bowl, then the GoDaddy Bowl,

21:49

win .com Bowl games fell out

21:51

of fashion. Then, as our

21:54

society further crumbled, became the

21:56

General Bowl and finally the

21:58

Lending Tree Bowl. This

22:00

is 7 and 5 Arkansas

22:03

7 7 and 5 Bowling Green,

22:05

Scott Leffler Jones Butch

22:07

Jones. God in heaven.

22:10

History! here's a little bit

22:12

of really mean history. really mean history.

22:14

The 2001 game between

22:17

Marshall and East Carolina was at

22:19

the time the highest score

22:21

boring bowl game of all time. of all

22:23

contained. was what was then the

22:25

comeback in bowl history.

22:27

This is the one where

22:29

Marshall was down 38 the

22:31

one ended up winning was down

22:34

38 and ended overtime. Byron double

22:36

for close to left yards. for

22:38

close to to yards. I want to

22:40

say, game game... the largest

22:42

margin a victory in

22:44

bull history. history, that right

22:46

that, beat that record

22:49

with Tulsa defeating Bowling Green 63 to

22:51

7. That record was tied a record

22:53

was tied a decade later, as you

22:55

both we were all we were

22:57

all covering that by that point

22:59

Army defeated Houston 7414 in the Armed the

23:01

arm Bowl, that particular That

23:04

particular record, of of victory

23:06

in record, was tied again

23:08

in in 2023, you might

23:10

guess guess, and LSU in

23:12

the in the Citrus Bowl in

23:14

LSU, 163 to 7, I was

23:16

scribbling up I saw, wait. and then

23:19

I record was that in a

23:21

bowl game, broken again, a

23:23

later in - the again

23:25

later in the post-season,

23:27

later in the the 2022-2023

23:30

post-season in the in

23:32

the national champion. championship game.

23:34

game. What happened there? And of

23:36

course we all remember following the 2023

23:39

game, happened there by

23:41

of course we all

23:43

remember eastern Michigan. the

23:45

2023 game, lends itself win by

23:47

South Alabama This Michigan. This

23:49

game just lends itself to the

23:51

trophy This is also a

23:53

game where, during the trophy

23:55

presentation, while the South and team were

23:57

and team, we're singing the all the

24:00

and Eastern Michigan off and

24:02

off and Alabama player. player.

24:04

Anyway, Arkey State and Bowling Green

24:06

will take the top take the

24:09

and spots and appearances this

24:11

game with five and four appearances after

24:13

this contest. this contest. be

24:15

remembered. in this game

24:18

just a a cradle parade

24:20

of mat quarterbacks. You got

24:22

your your Dan LaFeevers, your Chandler

24:24

harnesses. 68. 68 Ventures. 68 Ventures is the.

24:27

68 Ventures. is is the. 68

24:29

Ventures. is is doing really

24:31

hard work on their

24:33

website to to sound like

24:35

an evil They are failing, They

24:37

are failing, but they are

24:39

trying. a region. 68 Ventures is

24:42

a a region, for growth is

24:44

a change agent for

24:46

growth along the North Gulf

24:48

Market, adjacent markets. one

24:50

of the one of the largest

24:52

developers, and that's where I shut

24:54

my laptop I shut my laptop and Further

24:56

down further website

24:58

reads like like Fresh

25:00

off a break off a break a

25:02

break up Tumblr. We are visionaries,

25:05

risk takers, and creators,

25:07

and creators pursuit of what

25:09

in the pursuit of what

25:11

sets Our souls on fire our

25:13

souls and we have successfully

25:15

started over or egg over 20

25:17

operating companies. More of a

25:19

comment than a question. Uh-huh. 68 ventures

25:21

is too many too many ventures

25:23

is too too many ventures, The game,

25:26

however, however. I I will

25:28

say this. this, game itself is is trying. It

25:30

is trying to act as though it

25:32

is place. There is a There

25:34

is a in the category in

25:36

the bull shop. art a community

25:38

art contest place place around this

25:40

for students in 6th 12th grade.

25:42

They throw an early early Mardi Gras

25:44

parade. The skies of downtown Mobile be

25:47

filled with with beads, moon pies,

25:49

more. Oh boy, here come the

25:51

drones again. again. Flotes from 20

25:53

mystic societies are going to

25:55

participate in in the Bull Game

25:57

Gras Gropperade. There's a brand

25:59

new new top... golf team challenge. this

26:01

will be video gold if you do it

26:03

right, at Texas Bowl. So

26:06

yeah, I'm, this is what

26:08

I would like to visit at

26:11

least if not necessarily watch on

26:13

television. Jason,

26:16

I have a question. Did you watch any Arkansas State football

26:18

this year? No. No.

26:21

Why would I do that? I

26:23

was about to ask you, why

26:26

didn't you? You're like, why would I?

26:28

Did you? You pre no, I

26:30

didn't watch any. So I had to

26:32

go back and do a bit

26:34

of a season review. and

26:36

let me tell you Do you like

26:38

a team that keeps it close? The

26:41

answer is. No one likes

26:43

a team that keeps it close. Arkansas State

26:45

would be your team if you were

26:47

this person. Because.

26:49

because Only one of their wins

26:51

came by more than a TD. Every

26:53

other one of them was a single score.

26:56

They are the ultimate

26:58

ball team either. two theories

27:01

on this one

27:03

that Butch Jones is acting as

27:05

a governor on their greatness, keeping them

27:08

just ahead of most

27:10

of their competition for

27:12

the lowest possible positive

27:14

output. on Arkansas State football.

27:16

Or Butch Jones is the greatest

27:18

coach of our time. and

27:20

he has taken this Arkansas State team

27:22

to a height. really

27:24

only possible with the most

27:27

min -maxed possible possible alignment of

27:29

talent in Jonesboro, Arkansas. But

27:32

that's what you need to know. Who is

27:34

the most seven five team available? Friends,

27:38

it's Arkansas state Could it be the case

27:40

that they have uh... sort of a

27:42

mario cart rubber banding going on where whoever's

27:44

in first place that the team in

27:46

last place and since there's only two teams

27:48

on the field there those teams will

27:50

just naturally be like if Arkansas state is

27:53

beating you you will get a blue

27:55

shell, for instance. That

27:57

is 100 % what I think the case is here.

27:59

The game was... a broken in the Southern

28:01

in the that was Miss game because Otherwise, we're

28:03

going to keep everybody on the

28:05

podium. keep going to see on once,

28:07

okay? Because you're going off the track.

28:09

to see Lakitu that's happening. okay? Because

28:12

you're going off the track. On

28:14

the other side, Bowling Green seven

28:16

and five. the other side, this is,

28:18

seven and five, is the most. the most

28:20

seven and and five team

28:22

available, This this is our nation's

28:25

best almost scary team. team. Almost,

28:27

remember, this team, team, this team did

28:29

put. a good decent a into

28:31

scare into both Penn State and

28:33

Texas A &M this year, year, okay? Then they

28:35

Then they decided not to do

28:37

that, because polite. polite. but they did scare

28:39

them a little bit. there's something to

28:41

watch. there's there is something to watch like, oh

28:43

he's actually gonna play. something to watch, because

28:45

he's actually Harold play. Tight-end

28:48

Harold Fanon right? right? If you

28:50

if you Nash Nash at San Jose

28:52

State. That is is our nation's leading

28:54

receiver by by yardage. Number two. is a

28:56

tight end. who plays plays in the

28:58

Mac. Vanin Jr. 1, 342 yards. All this ,342 yards.

29:01

you All this man does is of

29:03

up the ball. a If I

29:05

told you that he just kind

29:07

of looked like a kindly bear

29:09

out there with all over a kindly

29:11

bear with honey all over his

29:13

hands, just sticking it up the ball,

29:15

the ball. That's what he does.

29:17

He's not super flashy. All that dude

29:19

does is just is just. ball. Like

29:21

Like that's all he does. Just

29:23

absorb ball, run run He's really cool

29:25

to watch if watch a chance. get

29:28

a chance. So we might poo might of the

29:30

of the smaller We We might say

29:32

that 68 is too many ventures, but one,

29:34

one, they try to be their own

29:36

their their own and in their own

29:38

place. and And two, you can watch

29:40

a talented watch a talented circus bear play I

29:42

forget whether last year year we

29:44

talked about talked about why

29:47

they're called Ventures. I don't I

29:49

don't remember doing this, but,

29:51

but but, um, I don't think

29:53

so. think so. The comes from, from,

29:55

me here, the year 1968,

29:57

in which Yagur,

30:00

Senior in

30:02

prison during during

30:04

Spring. Prague Spring.

30:07

Yep, Yep, that's why

30:09

this Alabama, whatever company,

30:11

is named Whatever company

30:14

Hey, whatever sets souls on fire. It's what

30:16

sets our soul on fire. Excuse me, whatever

30:18

sets our souls on fire. our souls

30:21

on fire? Excuse

30:23

me, whatever sets our

30:26

we go. on

30:28

fire. Say it it for this

30:30

one, at least it puts

30:32

it right up front. up front

30:35

the Lockheed Martin armed forces bowl What's it

30:37

about it about? What's it support

30:39

military charities? What is

30:41

the richest What is the richest

30:43

country in the world military charities? worry

30:46

about it. it Why does Martin?

30:48

I feel like they need to support like they need

30:50

to support Ah, you can draw

30:52

those charities? You can draw those lines

30:54

Friday December 27th noon BSPN T-C-U-s

30:56

home home stadium

30:58

in Fort Worth, Texas.

31:00

It is, man, think about about

31:03

you saw in you saw in

31:05

the Army which we're which we're

31:07

recording three days after. Think about

31:10

about everything you Navy Unload

31:12

in the the Army game

31:14

being brought to bear against

31:16

a a and six Oklahoma team. team.

31:18

I might watch this one. one. It's

31:21

worth a, it's worth a peek.

31:23

Navy has played once in 1965

31:25

and won 10 -nothing in Norman. This

31:28

is another is another ESPN

31:30

owned game with the most

31:32

darkly insane trophy that

31:34

isn't a Lord of the Rings replica

31:36

Palantir. I'm quoting the the

31:39

website, this is included. because

31:41

again, this is what this is

31:43

what they think you'll like

31:45

about it. it. Included within the

31:47

DNA of our trophy are

31:49

decommissioned pieces of Lockheed Martin

31:51

aircraft, spacecraft, and weapons that

31:53

are field tested and battle ready

31:55

the the forces that inspired it. How

31:57

do I know this game? Yeah, how do you know?

32:00

this game. It It used to be the Fort

32:02

Worth Bowl, and then it was the then it was the

32:04

forces bullets pretty much always kind of

32:06

been this way pretty much that guy

32:08

of been this way. You have your that

32:10

guy MVP's edition. You and we got

32:12

your Reynolds, Cobb. and we got a

32:14

Penny back there. and we got

32:16

a Rashad can usually get

32:19

something unique in the something unique

32:21

in for the past for the

32:23

years 20 plus years. has has the

32:25

fan the Fanfest. it's exactly what

32:27

you think a what martin fan

32:30

a would be Martin fan fest would be

32:32

military like. They show there's all kinds of

32:34

flyovers before the team that you

32:36

kinds much flyovers before the

32:38

team, that you can pretty

32:40

much can pretty much count

32:42

on like some pretty spectacular

32:45

skydiving pretty much count on some pretty

32:47

spectacular this year. There

32:49

is a photograph fest this year,

32:52

there is a What looks

32:54

like? like. I've

32:56

I've never, seen, never seen before. It's

32:58

a mechanical a you know,

33:00

surrounded by tumbling mats in a

33:02

little tumbling mats There are four grown

33:04

adults riding the same mechanical bull

33:06

at the same time, one behind

33:08

another. That's, Can you share this picture in the

33:10

chat? I need to see it. How big a bull? How big

33:12

a bull are we talking? Can you It looks like,

33:15

that's the thing, it looks like

33:17

a normal. How big a bull are we talking?

33:19

It It looks like

33:21

a normal sized bull. It's

33:23

just absolutely crammed. crammed. With

33:25

grown adults. are they

33:28

facing each other or are they in a row or?

33:30

they in a row on, hang on. hang

33:32

on it is they are one behind the other

33:34

let me see if i can get Let to

33:36

the photo. get a link

33:38

to the pose all the way, all

33:40

the way one prom pose are

33:42

not, all the are not

33:44

doing the are not they are not doing

33:47

in the air, hand clutch. Uh-huh

33:49

hands in the air for this I love the

33:51

idea of being with your bros and

33:53

being like, like, yeah we got to face

33:56

each other on the bowl. Here we go, go.

33:58

Let's see if I I can get it. Yeah, go.

34:00

we go. Sizzer me on the bull. Yes.

34:02

Okay, here's the here's the image

34:04

address. Can you guys see that?

34:06

What is happening here? The armed

34:09

forces bull. This looks so insane.

34:11

Wow. Also, that guy second from

34:13

the front woke up rough. This

34:15

is four grown JamU fans writing

34:17

what appears to be a single

34:20

mechanical bull. We saw you from

34:22

across the armed forces bull. I

34:24

saw you from across the bull.

34:26

Anyway, let's talk about the only

34:28

slightly... Do you think you have

34:31

a better or worse chance? There's

34:33

a gigantic mechanical bull bigger than

34:35

any other and it's called the

34:37

mega bull. It'd be like Fort

34:39

Worth, Fort Worth, ding, ding, ding,

34:42

ding, ring it in. That's where

34:44

it is. Yeah. Anyway, let's talk

34:46

about the only slightly... Do you

34:48

think you have a better or

34:50

worse chance of sustaining... a life-altering

34:53

head injury playing football against Navy

34:55

in this game or riding this

34:57

mechanical bull with three strangers? I'm

34:59

not making any tackles against Navy.

35:01

I've seen, because they're just going

35:04

to break my knees on the

35:06

second play. So yeah, this bull,

35:08

way more dangerous. Do you want

35:10

to talk about the football? I

35:12

would love to talk about the

35:15

football. Speaking of battle ready. Not

35:17

Oklahoma! The three! That's six and

35:19

six Oklahoma. How was your first

35:21

year in the SEC? It was

35:23

ass. Pure ass. Ninety-fourth in the

35:26

nation in scoring. A team impotent

35:28

and incapable of moving the ball

35:30

against anybody except the Alabama Crimson

35:32

Tide. Who they beat handily. What's

35:34

that got to do with this

35:37

ball game? Nothing. I just like

35:39

bringing it up. That's all. Jackson

35:41

Arnold was a quarterback in that

35:43

game. He's not even with the

35:45

team anymore. He's in the transfer

35:48

portal. lost to us in this

35:50

reality and on his way to

35:52

his next dimension. Back to Michael

35:54

Hawkins Jr. fix everything

35:56

just like firing

35:59

offensive coordinator fixed

36:01

everything. They lost

36:03

lost their last

36:05

seven. It's not a good football

36:07

team. football team. Probably lucky to be

36:09

in a in a bowl game. It's a had with offensive

36:11

coordinators. had with offensive coordinators.

36:14

they're not good. They're bad. good. be better,

36:16

Be Oklahoma. Navy, hey man, they're nine and three.

36:18

three. get off to a did get off to

36:21

a hot start, but it doesn't matter because

36:23

they beat they beat whole season's a success

36:25

because they beat Army. because They could have

36:27

been one They could And if that one was

36:29

and 11. If that one was that's really all they

36:31

give a shit about. Fortunately for them, a

36:33

they were better than that. for

36:35

them, they were better than they could

36:37

really make up that gap between

36:40

them and Oklahoma, strictly based

36:42

on Oklahoma being such ass on

36:44

being Also, on a nice a nice

36:46

balance to all of the crazy

36:48

shit that Brett likes to do

36:51

on defense would be, on how

36:53

about you defend the be, dive?

36:55

you defend the but what if I

36:57

have this crazy what if I coverage

36:59

and then I bring a

37:02

zone pressure to defend the dive?

37:04

then I bring a zone you take this

37:06

to defend the dive? How times in

37:08

a game. this How about

37:10

that? straight in the face 42 times in

37:12

a by eight and a half. that?

37:15

I'm I'm kind of intrigued

37:17

by that. by again, Navy also

37:19

lost again, Navy also lost a rice.

37:21

So yeah. Yeah, the food don't ever lose

37:23

the food. Yeah, like lose a food. good,

37:25

but, you know, but you

37:27

know, still, that's, uh, I think a lot

37:29

of it comes down to it much does

37:32

Oklahoma really want to be here? is The answer

37:34

should be not much, and that's fine, that's

37:36

fair. answer should be, not

37:38

much. And that's that's fine.

37:40

Is this where we give we give our

37:42

annual license to? to. You can phone

37:44

this one in boys. Yeah, business just it Fuck

37:46

it man. should be should be with

37:48

business decisions who gives a

37:51

shit a of it matters

37:53

I don't care you're don't care. You're

37:55

like, you play for the

37:57

blue the old old school, um, we love our

37:59

all model program. That is Colorado where we just do

38:01

it, we just do it the right, they

38:03

really do it the right way. They're at

38:05

Colorado. the right he's got those kids. He's

38:07

got them he's the right stuff. He's

38:09

got him Unless you play for a

38:11

real hard -ass like you play for a

38:14

hard ass like Dion, who gives

38:16

a shit? Business Decision

38:18

Bold decided. Gavled. away Navy.

38:20

To the bars. boys. To the

38:22

bars. The

38:30

Birmingham bowl. Finally, a a

38:32

chance to see some football. in

38:34

Birmingham, Alabama. Alabama this

38:36

season. Friday, December 27th,

38:39

December 3.30 p.m. ESp. 2024.

38:41

I'm gonna get through p .m.

38:43

quick and then I just wanna get gonna

38:45

get through this real quick and then I just

38:47

want to get out of the way and

38:49

talk about football all right the Birmingham bowl. It's It's Georgia

38:51

Tech and Vanderbilt. We love both these teams both

38:54

these the same amount of

38:56

reasons. same How do you know

38:58

this do you know this is the

39:00

John's dot com bowl begat the

39:02

BB VA compass bowl. Yeah, I

39:04

didn't for I forgot that for

39:06

I year this was the year

39:09

this was the Jared bowl

39:11

like the mall jewelry. Then something called

39:13

something called Birmingham bowl than the the

39:15

76 Birmingham Bowl and this I

39:17

I think it's just the

39:19

regular ass Birmingham Bowl It's

39:21

not at bowl. It's which removes

39:23

something of the air of

39:25

danger from it air of danger

39:27

has a a really list of

39:30

hey, remember that guys and

39:32

it's among its alumni it's I

39:34

interest you in a Mike

39:36

can i interest you in

39:38

a mike teal fellas ooh

39:40

perhaps a Jordan Matthews or

39:42

a bow Wallace quinton flowers

39:45

twice Clayton That's Clayton

39:47

Tim's music. music wow

39:49

here is Here is something else -

39:51

I did not know, despite both these

39:54

schools. being founding members of the SEC. This

39:56

This is pretty much guaranteed to be the oldest

39:58

rivalry, renewing itself in a a game because the two

40:00

schools. met the first time

40:02

in time in 1892. They have only have

40:04

only played four times this

40:06

century. They tied, the attack has won won

40:08

all of those, they tied 10,

40:11

in 1965. The The last

40:13

time Vandy won won was 1941.

40:15

In the late 60s, they the late a

40:18

rivalry discontinued a to -trophy that

40:20

they used to have

40:22

for this game that began

40:24

in 1924 called the Gold Cowbell. so

40:26

named because it's a a

40:28

golden In In 2016, they found the trophy

40:31

again at found the brought it at a school

40:33

and brought it back for the 2016

40:35

game, but they haven't played since. So

40:37

I've asked Georgia Tech if they're bringing

40:39

the they're this game. I have not

40:41

heard back yet. to this game. I have not heard

40:43

back yet. the last note I

40:45

have about the rivalry of

40:48

this game rivalry 2003 game

40:50

where game where beat Vandy in

40:52

overtime. overtime. Leading to the grimmest

40:54

sentence I have ever

40:56

seen ever a in a game of

40:58

sentences pair of Tech beat

41:00

Vanderbilt in overtime beat Cutler

41:02

led Vanderbilt in rushing Jay Cutler

41:04

led Ha ha in

41:07

rushing. Zoinks. Anyway, I kind

41:09

of just want to get

41:11

out of the I kind of just want to get

41:13

out of the way fast and let the ball take

41:15

over here, so let's go go. Yeah,

41:18

you you know what you're gonna

41:20

be gonna be watching You're gonna be watching the

41:22

grittiest combination of grittiest all of grit

41:24

them. of quarterbacks any other

41:26

game a have, Is there I know game

41:28

where we have, and I know don't at me,

41:30

but do we have any other

41:33

game in which we have me, but

41:35

do we have any other finalists going head

41:37

to head head to head ishish? No, I

41:39

don't. Do we even have another that features a

41:41

BVP finalist on either side. side? We would

41:43

have coming up next, but we're

41:45

not going to, going to. We'll we'll get

41:47

there in a get We'll get there.

41:49

a bummer. We'll get there in a

41:51

second. Such a bummer. We'll get this is by

41:53

far, I think, the most BVP

41:55

spirited. spirited. For those those not quite know, the

41:57

know, Bradley Van Pelt, the most college

41:59

football. player of all time,

42:01

my in my opinion. Bradley

42:03

Bradley Ward award winner. side

42:05

line, Diego Pavia. Diego right. Playing a

42:08

That's right. for a challenger

42:10

for this, Georgia Tech's

42:12

quarterback, King. Yes, the people's people's quarterback,

42:14

Diego himself. Did he run he run

42:16

out of gas at the end

42:18

of the of the season? Maybe, but that's what

42:20

but that's what He can't pass

42:22

to himself and he can't

42:24

block for himself for himself and... He did

42:26

did pass to himself once once. He

42:28

did. He did pass You're right!

42:30

once, but he can't do it twice. And but

42:33

he can't do it twice But hey, we

42:35

that's the problem But hey, we

42:37

got Vanderbilt to six and six

42:39

y 'all did that. we did we

42:41

did that. with our did that thoughts. I mean,

42:43

all of our happy thoughts. I mean

42:45

all of us all of you

42:47

listening here. We this shit. We did. We

42:49

pushed We pushed Vanderbilt

42:51

to six six and to

42:53

the Birmingham. I may say so say so

42:55

the three of us us. I think we generate

42:57

I think we a a lot of

42:59

of Atlanta moxie to

43:02

to propel. beloved beloved

43:04

bees. alma mater. That's

43:07

Mater. To their own That's

43:09

right to their own Did I attend

43:11

a Did I attend a football game while

43:13

I was there? there? Not one. Not one. one.

43:15

But... Probably one else one

43:17

else to either. who was the quarterback

43:19

when you were there? quarterback when would

43:21

be there? That would be Reggie Ball. There

43:23

were times when very few

43:25

people attended. attended. Yeah,

43:28

attended. attended. So,

43:30

wouldn't watch that shit. watch that shit. Yeah. I have

43:32

have as many wins against Georgia as

43:34

he does as he does. So,

43:36

yeah. The leading receiver, Eric

43:38

Singleton, receiver Eric Singleton

43:40

will not be there for

43:43

Georgia Tech. King's going to get it get

43:45

it done, no matter what.

43:47

who had more By the way, who

43:49

had more had more had more yardage? Was

43:51

it Diego Papia Papia or Haynes King? Yardage

43:53

through the air or on

43:55

the ground or combined or combined.

43:57

I should clarify total yardage

43:59

on on. Ground and by air for

44:01

including scrambling I would say king

44:03

I'm gonna go Haynes King because

44:06

every snap He's the only one

44:08

who touches the ball. They do

44:10

not ever do anything Other than

44:12

run him straight forward It really

44:14

says something about the ACC that

44:16

no one ever thought to stop

44:18

him this entire season No one

44:20

did but no one did but

44:22

again a shirt with his name

44:24

on it and everything He's the

44:27

reigning king for a reason, Diego

44:29

Pavia had 2,849 yards. Haynes king

44:31

had 2,480. But all of each

44:33

of those yards are both quarterbacks.

44:35

Yeah. probably done with three people

44:37

on their backs. So translated for

44:39

somebody who actually had people blocking

44:41

consistently for them. It's like 5,000

44:43

yards apiece. Congratulations gentlemen. You are

44:46

the gritty as quarterbacks. This is

44:48

one of those bull games where

44:50

I really think both teams actually

44:52

want to be there and do

44:54

this shit and go bowling. Because

44:56

going bowling is an important part

44:58

of the Birmingham bowl experience. You

45:00

go out to Vistavia lanes. Get

45:02

you a lane, get you some

45:04

funny shoes. Maybe get stuck in

45:07

an earn. Yeah, get stuck in

45:09

an urn. Follow the Birmingham tradition

45:11

of going to a party and

45:13

getting stuck in an urn and

45:15

then being like, get me out

45:17

of here! That guy should be

45:19

the grand marshal of this game.

45:21

He should. Just reel them out

45:23

in a little urn, like on

45:25

a parade float. Yeah, but this

45:28

is a... Ballard Science can sponsor.

45:30

Listen, y'all this is free money.

45:32

I'm just giving you free money.

45:34

All we do is hand on

45:36

ideas. But yeah, Birmingham. There we

45:38

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Mm-hmm in an idea that's just

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occurring to me right now Wow,

47:32

I'm gonna get a give you

47:34

a game that we have preview

47:36

today or about to preview and

47:38

you are going to tell me

47:40

whether it costs more or less

47:42

to get into that game with

47:44

a ticket than it does to

47:46

park your vehicle at that game

47:48

at that game Understand the rules?

47:50

Serber, I'm going to let you

47:53

go first. The Sports Bowl. Detroit,

47:55

Michigan. Okay. Pittsburgh Toledo.

47:57

It's the day

47:59

after Christmas. It's

48:01

2 p .m. You

48:03

are trying to

48:05

park at Ford

48:07

at Fordfield you have a ticket to

48:09

the game the game your your on

48:11

your mobile device. mobile device.

48:14

you about to pay more or

48:16

less to park than you did you

48:18

did to get into the game. Am I I

48:20

allowed to ask the group about

48:22

the location of Ford Field within

48:24

the city of Detroit? of Detroit?

48:27

Or no? is that frowned upon? You

48:29

can ask, but we don't know. know.

48:31

no one knows knows. It's It's pretty

48:33

central. It's pretty one of So

48:35

where it's one in some ones where

48:37

it's like out in some gonna say

48:40

it's more to to say it's it

48:42

is to attend the game.

48:44

is to attend the game. can

48:46

currently can ticket buy a ticket. is this

48:48

is... nine days before the

48:50

game you can buy a

48:52

ticket for the game buy a ticket

48:54

as low as eleven dollars

48:57

Sports in for

48:59

as low as is

49:01

30. in all Ford Field

49:04

controlled in

49:06

my opinion. $30. That is more

49:08

in my opinion.

49:11

More. More. Jason,

49:13

let's give you one. one. The 68

49:16

Ventures Bowl. Which

49:18

we just finished discussing. I

49:21

believe in this

49:24

timeline timeline is in Mobile Alabama It

49:26

is also the day also the day

49:28

after Christmas, but it is it is

49:30

9 .m. Are you going to pay more

49:33

Are you going to pay more or

49:35

less? game than you are to get

49:37

into the game than you are. been

49:39

in the game. So

49:41

having been in this downtown

49:43

this year, this walked past this

49:45

it's I believe it's usually

49:47

for baseball, softball, And

49:50

having in fact visited the sacred

49:52

site on the river on the river

49:54

Broll from a couple of years

49:56

ago, I know this

49:58

area very well. having communed

50:00

with the very same chair that

50:03

was used as an implement in

50:05

that in that that occasion and drawing on that knowledge

50:07

on that knowledge I don't am going

50:09

to say that remember remember lot that do

50:11

not remember seeing a whole lot

50:14

that was very expensive I do not see

50:16

any again I do not see

50:18

any way that getting into this

50:20

game would be very expensive correct

50:22

you see the puzzle see the I

50:24

am going to say that it

50:27

would cost more to more to park

50:30

You are are correct, but it

50:32

is closer than it is

50:34

in Detroit. Detroit. Tickets to the 68 Bowl

50:36

are going for as low as

50:38

for as low as $11 right now, a

50:41

week change out. And parking

50:43

at the 68 Ventures Bowl

50:45

at a reasonable $20. $20.

50:47

I thought, this is the whole time I whole time

50:49

I was thinking of Montgomery, we're

50:51

in Mobile, aren't we? Mobile, aren't

50:54

so So I said I said. Place it

50:56

into Montgomery and know that

50:58

I drew from the knowledge of

51:00

Montgomery and an and an applied I

51:02

don't know anything about this stadium. about the There

51:04

we go. This is still just advertising

51:06

for the game, by the way, because I'm

51:09

like for the game by the way because I'm like $32. What a fucking

51:11

let's keep it in Alabama and throw it

51:13

to you. One more round for the

51:15

Birmingham more round for the Birmingham bowl. Okay.

51:17

Birmingham bowl. Friday December It

51:19

is it is is

51:21

is mid-afternoon in Birmingham and

51:23

you've you've got two pretty

51:26

high -profile teams coming into

51:28

play play but but it's mid

51:30

-afternoon in Birmingham. Where are you

51:32

gonna park? How much are you

51:34

gonna pay? More or less? more or less

51:36

than you to get into the game. into the

51:39

game going to boldly suggest

51:41

that the ticket more more

51:43

than parking. Spencer

51:45

are correct for the first time

51:47

since we started playing this game

51:49

about ten minutes ago about 10 minutes going

51:51

from more than parking that's going for

51:53

more than else in favor

51:55

of the else in favor of

51:57

the on the anywhere on the

51:59

campus. of this, in the

52:02

vicinity of this stadium,

52:04

is $20 per space,

52:07

tickets are currently going

52:10

for, or starting at

52:12

$47 hot ticket for

52:15

the protective stadium Birmingham

52:17

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ESPN. Maybe the biggest

52:36

collection of sovereign citizens

52:38

will see in one

52:41

place until our live

52:43

show. It is 8

52:46

in 4, Texas Tech

52:48

versus 6 in 6,

52:51

Arkansas. at Simmons Bank

52:53

Liberty Stadium in Memphis Tennessee for the

52:55

Auto Zone Liberty Bull. Nice things about

52:58

the Liberty Bull. I subscribe to the

53:00

Liberty Bull newsletter year-round because it looks

53:02

as though it has been stuck up

53:04

on the bulletin board at the tire

53:07

shop, but somehow it is in your

53:09

email. This tone is affectionate and should

53:11

be read as such. This game has

53:13

always been the Liberty Bull, but why?

53:16

Because it used to be in Philadelphia.

53:18

It was the... only cold weather bull

53:20

game of its time, and as we've

53:22

explained in previous years, a group of

53:25

Atlantic City businessmen, always a great start

53:27

to a sentence, convinced the founder of

53:29

the game to move his game from

53:31

Philly to Atlantic Cities Convention Hall in

53:34

1964, and they guaranteed him $25,000 to

53:36

do this. This would be the first

53:38

major bull game played indoors. Astro turf

53:40

was in the process of being invented

53:43

and was not available for the game

53:45

so they put a four inch thick

53:47

grass surface with two inch of

53:49

burlap underneath it

53:52

as it on top

53:54

of concrete in the

53:56

convention in the To

53:58

keep the grass growing,

54:01

they installed artificial

54:03

lights that they kept

54:05

on 24 hours

54:07

a day. at a cost

54:09

of about kept on 24 hours a day at a

54:12

that was in 1964. $16,000 and that was

54:14

in only eight yards. zones were

54:16

only than 10 yards. rather than

54:18

ten yards. the very next

54:20

year year after that, the founder of

54:22

this game very wisely said said, to hell

54:24

with that and he moved the game

54:26

to Memphis game to Memphis, is I think

54:29

this is the only time

54:31

this has happened has happened. This

54:33

used to be used to be Memphis

54:35

It was renamed after the

54:37

game itself. It was renamed was

54:40

renamed Liberty in December Stadium in December 1975.

54:44

At least it's outdoors and it's

54:46

not it's not in like center. It's not

54:49

in center. it's not being held alongside

54:51

like a pageant in a hotel

54:53

ballroom. Yeah, it's not being played

54:55

on a soggy diaper of burlap

54:57

Yeah, sitting underneath being played on a soggy diaper that's

55:00

sitting of New Jersey

55:03

turf? like a That's pallets of New

55:05

Jersey turf. Yeah, that's bizarre. In MVPs,

55:07

this is a a

55:09

of coach's MVP edition previous

55:12

MVPs for the for the Liberty

55:14

Bowl Bowl include Jeff Brom, these are that

55:16

these are players mine, Jeff

55:18

Brom and his playing days, Jim Donan in

55:21

in his playing days. and Dave Ragon,

55:23

who some of you may may have heard

55:25

of. Also, one more note, I love

55:27

this, in 1959 more note. love this

55:29

in Jay Huffman was State MVP, which might

55:31

was named time I've ever be the

55:33

only time I've ever seen that

55:35

center named the MVP of a game

55:37

game. We love that. What on earth? will be appearing

55:39

be for here for the seventh

55:41

time the the most a a

55:43

couple of more than any other team because it's

55:45

fairly quick trip trip for them. Texas before

55:48

been here once before might you might not believe it

55:50

now, but the last time

55:52

Arkansas was here, everybody set offensive

55:54

records in this set you

55:56

can believe it in in this game if

55:58

you can believe it in most point scored by

56:00

one team in Liberty Bowl history was 55

56:02

by Arkansas versus Kansas in 22. The

56:04

The most points scored by the

56:06

losing team in in history All

56:08

the 53 the 53 scored by Kansas

56:10

by that game. in that game. The

56:13

Liberty Bowl Bowl does support Jude,

56:15

an org we love dearly. They have the

56:17

they have the gala at the P so

56:19

you get to watch to watch the Ducks March. The

56:21

pre -game party is sponsored by by

56:23

but it also comes with All You

56:25

Can Eat with All an open bar.

56:27

There's a parade on bar. Street, and parade

56:30

on Beel at at there's a 2 p.m. there's a

56:32

rodeo like Honest to God, the

56:34

Agra rodeo at the Agra Center. They also

56:36

are one of the very few one of the

56:38

very few games few games that have besides

56:40

shitty shirts. They shirts. They have a patch

56:42

and a souvenir football. Are Are those

56:44

images available on the on the website? Bowl

56:46

They are not. They are not. But

56:50

you can get them. Also the the the

56:52

flyer for this game, like this

56:54

game like the made announcement

56:56

you made with you

56:58

guys familiar with the mascot? mascot one

57:00

the one that the the red raider

57:02

that rides around on the horse, but like But

57:04

like plush mascot? Mm-hmm If

57:07

you guys just you guys just want to go to bowl.org.

57:09

drop this in the chat

57:11

and just scroll down to

57:13

the to the that says give

57:16

them liberty and it's got

57:18

it's got Texas Tech's the running Arkansas

57:20

the running and it kind of looks like

57:22

of looks like a you know, free

57:25

our free our imprisoned allies.

57:27

it's it's these two terrifying

57:29

plushies. oh I don't think that

57:31

don't guys liberty guys a great

57:33

idea. idea they need need less

57:35

liberty. yeah I need both of need

57:38

both of these on home

57:40

arrest immediately for safety's sake Anyway,

57:42

let's talk ball. Absolutely.

57:44

If you want a If you want a

57:46

promise you game, a I can't promise

57:48

you it'll be a good game,

57:51

but I can promise you that

57:53

something will explode because these are

57:55

two teams that are very good

57:57

at stopping themselves. themselves And also going.

57:59

going. than stopping themselves. Arkansas. They're at

58:01

a nine under on on turnover margin on the

58:04

air. If this were golf, that'd be good.

58:06

It's football. That's bad. It's football.

58:08

That's bad. Because quarterback

58:10

Taylor Green, talented, exciting.

58:12

Sometimes to give the ball to

58:14

other people other people. His Yeah, sometimes

58:17

Eight fumbles, through nine picks. That's how you how

58:19

you get a team is is nine

58:21

and turnover margin, but is in the nation

58:23

in first downs, Arkansas They're

58:25

going places what kind of places

58:27

all over the place place, man.

58:30

over the place I have here

58:32

in my notes the following

58:34

words in all caps notes the following words

58:36

in all caps. Hog go that's what Then hog

58:38

go boom. Yeah, he gave him you're

58:40

very much released on your

58:43

own recognizance all the

58:45

time Arkansas right. your own it's

58:47

uh, you're very much released

58:49

on your own Texas Tech,

58:51

eight and four, the they're the

58:53

same fucking team. This is

58:55

the same team, own. fifth in

58:57

total first downs. Should we be And

59:00

then, an eight Should we be an eight win

59:02

and four, an eight win Absolutely not,

59:04

because I'm kind of I'm kind of surprised

59:06

that they're here, but but also not, because they

59:08

got a lot of assets and a lot

59:10

of interesting stuff. For instance, they

59:12

have instance, they have quarterback

59:15

is he interesting? his name why

59:17

is he interesting? Because his name, Vaughn? Better. It

59:19

means, I looked at what it

59:21

means, it it means means the one from

59:23

the from the moors. Tech, your

59:26

quarterback is Tech. presence in a

59:28

Gothic horror novel of the 19th

59:30

century. in a Gothic horror horrifying 19th

59:32

another way is running

59:34

back way, it's if you

59:36

didn't know Taj Brooks. If you

59:38

didn't know, there's a 1500-yard ,500 Yeah,

59:40

it's a 1500-yard Russia. there

59:42

sitting there. And still playing in

59:44

this bowl game. this bowl game.

59:46

He is is one of my favorite

59:49

type of running backs because he is

59:51

to me a college football special. in that

59:53

he in that he has never had

59:55

a game 100 this year below 100 yards.

59:57

Mr. Consistency just pounding

59:59

away. He's 5 and he's listed at

1:00:01

230 which means he might weigh

1:00:03

320 pounds and And so if

1:00:06

you watch him, by the way,

1:00:08

Ultimate Hammer. longest run

1:00:10

this year at running back the

1:00:12

skilled position where sometimes you hit a

1:00:14

seam and pull away from everybody

1:00:16

unless you're Taj books because his longest

1:00:18

run is 40 yards. This is

1:00:21

he's a botchy ball. He's a botchy

1:00:23

ball. He is public transit because

1:00:25

he's just going to give everyone a

1:00:27

ride and he is fun to

1:00:29

watch as well. This This is a

1:00:31

volatile, Texas Tech is also a

1:00:34

volatile team. which is

1:00:36

going to give you the

1:00:38

ball also take the ball real

1:00:41

quick. So remember, whatever happens in this game,

1:00:43

it might not matter, because the other team

1:00:45

is going to do it right back the

1:00:47

next day. So, I

1:00:49

don't think we've discussed

1:00:51

this before about the Liberty

1:00:53

Bowl sponsor Auto Zone.

1:00:55

In 1986, there was a

1:00:57

chain of auto parts

1:00:59

stores called Auto Shack Auto

1:01:01

Shack was sued by Radio Shack. Auto

1:01:04

changed its name to AutoZone, all

1:01:07

right? was 1986 is AutoZone

1:01:09

came into being. Fast forward. to

1:01:11

to 1999. AutoZone

1:01:13

sued the owner of Radio

1:01:15

Shack RadioShack had been using, it

1:01:17

a section in its stores

1:01:19

called the power zone So AutoZone

1:01:21

lied in wait for 13

1:01:23

years for RadioShack to slip up.

1:01:25

It didn't work, but I

1:01:27

like the institutional memory at AutoZone

1:01:29

that if you fucking cross

1:01:31

them, if you make them change

1:01:34

their name, if you make

1:01:36

them not use the word shack

1:01:38

anymore, they will wait and

1:01:40

they will they will you slipping.

1:01:42

that you say you gotta be zone.

1:01:44

Oh, better not use the word zone. And

1:01:46

I say it didn't work, but it kind

1:01:48

of did, because you know, know where an auto

1:01:50

zone is, but I don't know anywhere any

1:01:52

radio shacks are. I I kind

1:01:54

of I kind of the idea

1:01:56

of ginning up artificial confusion in the

1:01:59

brands by half people drive their cars

1:02:01

through the front of radio Shacks. Also,

1:02:05

the final entry on Radio Shack's wiki page

1:02:07

is, of course, about John Boyce working

1:02:09

at Radio Shack. Is it on the wiki

1:02:11

page? Good. love

1:02:13

this! That's all you ever need to

1:02:15

know about Radio Shacks. AutoZone,

1:02:18

also home of the best chicken sandwich

1:02:20

and all of the chicken sandwich The

1:02:23

AutoZone Chicken Sandwich, shouts to

1:02:25

Treblau. AutoZone, I

1:02:27

would love to be their corporate counsel, because

1:02:29

you could send somebody. I need you to

1:02:31

get at the zone. The AutoZone, because you've

1:02:33

been subpoenaed. Yeah, of course is the

1:02:35

zone and you're in it. Yeah,

1:02:38

and you're in it. You're gonna need new parts when

1:02:40

we're done with you, putty. We're going do

1:02:42

you like we did Radio Shack. That's

1:02:44

right. Fuck off, Radio Shack.

1:02:46

Get fucked. Kids today, like

1:02:48

Radio Exactly. First question, what's

1:02:51

the radio? Yeah.

1:02:53

Great great point. Photograph,

1:02:56

Shack. Speaking

1:03:03

of soon -to -be obsolete technologies Yeah, we're going

1:03:05

to keep this one quick. All

1:03:07

right, Okay. Friday, December

1:03:09

27th, 2024, 8 p .m. Fox

1:03:11

Snapdragon Stadium. That's San Diego

1:03:13

State's new stadium. San Diego,

1:03:15

California. It's the direct to

1:03:17

direct TV Holiday Bowl nine

1:03:20

and three Syracuse versus and

1:03:22

four Washington State. Say a

1:03:24

prayer, if you will, a

1:03:26

moment of silence, a moment

1:03:28

of remembrance for a quarterbacks

1:03:30

room that once held Cam

1:03:32

Ward and John Matier, and

1:03:35

now has neither. I

1:03:37

have zero interest in talking about this game without

1:03:39

the presence of... John Matier, and so I would

1:03:41

suggest that we sing the song and keep it

1:03:43

moving you guys want to I

1:03:46

don't think it even deserves a song. Mm

1:03:48

-mm. I'm sure what it did to

1:03:50

the name. sat -graph ruins everything. What it did

1:03:52

to John Matier. The

1:03:58

Las Vegas Bowl! Friday

1:04:01

December 27th 1030 p .m.

1:04:04

at the Raiders News Stadium. Texas

1:04:06

A&M maybe you guys &M maybe you

1:04:08

guys could learn some aesthetics here

1:04:10

for for you're here temples temples to

1:04:12

football. That's something 'all could always

1:04:14

use more of, use more of. USC, well it's

1:04:16

faster than driving to the Rose

1:04:18

Bowl. Rose Bowl. It's an an ESPN game, it's

1:04:21

in Las Vegas two things that are...

1:04:23

occasionally odds with one another you can

1:04:25

usually get a good shot of coaches

1:04:27

looking uncomfortable of coaches photographed alongside dancers in those

1:04:29

big ol headdress at the in those big

1:04:31

old headdresses at the intro. SRS is all

1:04:33

over the over the it's not

1:04:35

showing up anywhere else else. This

1:04:37

is this game operates for long for long stretches

1:04:39

of time a a title sponsor because it's

1:04:41

in Las Vegas. Las Vegas. There one

1:04:43

memorable stretch where it was sponsored

1:04:46

by royal purple which was a which

1:04:48

was a excited everybody until we figured

1:04:50

out it was lube for automobiles

1:04:52

figured out it was lube for automobiles, remember some

1:04:54

guys who have been MVP of

1:04:56

the Las Vegas guys who have been MVP of the

1:04:58

Las Vegas This an all -time list. We

1:05:00

have saved the best list all-time guys We

1:05:02

have saved the best list of

1:05:05

Remember Some Guys for List. Austin

1:05:07

Collie, Willie to Atama,

1:05:09

Musselhamster Martin, Bishop Sanky.

1:05:11

And Donnell how free,

1:05:13

how about it? Damn! These teams

1:05:15

have met three times, twice in

1:05:17

games, the the 1977 Bonnet Bowl and

1:05:19

the 1975 Liberty Bowl,

1:05:22

and once in the regular

1:05:24

season in LA in

1:05:26

1964. USC has won

1:05:28

all three times and never

1:05:30

been particularly close. Something tells

1:05:32

me that Streak might

1:05:34

snap this year. this year. Two very

1:05:37

interesting things. that the teams

1:05:39

are getting to do because again even

1:05:41

ESPN owning and operating the

1:05:44

game game cannot... all the way the

1:05:46

fact that it is in Las Vegas.

1:05:48

is in Players get to design their own

1:05:50

Air to as part of their Air this

1:05:52

year. One's as part of their gift

1:05:54

package this year. And... get

1:05:56

ready. ready. will enjoy show

1:05:58

at the at the sphere. We could

1:06:00

could have threatened to send you

1:06:02

someplace worse that you never went

1:06:04

to, you because to addition to the

1:06:06

immersive to the that are currently on

1:06:08

display at the sphere. guess what the

1:06:10

teams are going to go get to

1:06:12

see. at the sphere Guess Dead. teams are going

1:06:15

to Joel to see not what not

1:06:17

the Grateful Dead Hmm from

1:06:19

Joel Hmm Darren Aranovsky's

1:06:22

look on your face. Earth The look

1:06:24

on your face is it, like, and

1:06:26

fucked up? up It's Darren

1:06:29

Aranofsky, probably some

1:06:31

light -hearted some light-hearted family fair.

1:06:33

Sure. She watch the hey, let's

1:06:35

watch the Revenant in the Sphere. That's,

1:06:37

listen, I love comedy comedy so. Sphere,

1:06:40

so, by the way, the guy who

1:06:42

runs the sphere who listens to this

1:06:44

podcast. to this podcast, has informed us. us. Dead

1:06:46

and company, have have another residency

1:06:49

coming up. Okay, up. gonna get you

1:06:51

there. gonna get you there. Coming up in March. up

1:06:53

in March. I'll go too, let's do it.

1:06:56

Dead and company will be the company be fun

1:06:58

to talk about. be fun to talk

1:07:00

about talk be fun to talk about

1:07:03

some football here, but I don't

1:07:05

want to want to. Not with USC because

1:07:07

six and six and that's bad

1:07:09

and that's bad. And if it really like

1:07:11

there's a 90 million dollar between us us and

1:07:13

what should what should happen at

1:07:15

USC. the one that's the one

1:07:17

thing protecting Lincoln Raleigh's job Hit the

1:07:20

the tables whatever weird local

1:07:22

currently serving as USC's

1:07:24

athletic director athletic director? Yeah. just

1:07:26

do some wild West Coast rich guy shit, right? Take

1:07:28

your blazer Take your blazer and your

1:07:30

collared shirt without a tie because

1:07:32

you're casual and hit the hit the tables it'd

1:07:34

probably be a probably be a safer

1:07:36

gamble than whatever's happening with USC's football

1:07:38

team right now. team right A &M,

1:07:40

they started seven and one. Let's just

1:07:43

stop there. and one. Let's just

1:07:45

Great Great year for Mike for And

1:07:47

by the way, And by the pretty good

1:07:49

first year for Mike Elko. first year

1:07:51

for Don't wanna poo poo that.

1:07:53

don't wanna poo-poo that. Starting over.

1:07:55

over. as as Texas A &M was,

1:07:57

still doing better a more a more

1:07:59

reasonable price. than his predecessor, So it

1:08:01

shouts out to out to out to out

1:08:03

to He got in the got in the zone.

1:08:06

You'll be hearing from my attorneys for

1:08:08

saying that.