Sugar, Pigskin, and Superstars: A Table Full of Hot Takes

Ever wonder what happens when you put three opinionated friends around a table to talk sports? Magic happens. A lawyer, an engineer, and a school superintendent bring their unique perspectives to this week's hottest college football matchups, and nobody's holding back.

The conversation kicks off with a deep dive into the Oregon-Penn State showdown, where our hosts unanimously predict Oregon will not just cover the 3.5-point spread but potentially win by double digits. "James Franklin cannot win the big game," one host declares confidently, setting the tone for their unfiltered analysis. The Big Ten discussion continues with predictions for USC-Illinois, Indiana-Iowa, and Ohio State-Washington, complete with insights into home field advantages, travel challenges, and quarterback controversies.

When the conversation shifts to SEC matchups, the energy heightens as Alabama-Georgia and LSU-Ole Miss take center stage. Kentucky fans won't want to miss our hosts' brutally honest assessment of the Wildcats' chances against South Carolina – including a spontaneous bet between friends on the outcome. The basketball rivalry between Kentucky and Louisville also makes an appearance with the story of a recent recruiting dustup between coaches.

The episode takes a delightful detour into candy reviews (Reese's Oreos are a unanimous hit) before wrapping up with passionate wrestling talk. From John Cena's farewell tour to War Games predictions and debates about the greatest wrestling manager of all time, the friends showcase their deep knowledge of WWE storylines past and present. Whether you're a college football fanatic, a WWE enthusiast, or just enjoy listening to friends banter, this episode delivers authentic, unscripted sports talk that'll make you feel like you're right there at the table.

Transcript

Three Guys Around The Table

SPEAKER_00 0:03

Three guys around the table. By three guys, we're talking about three friends. A lawyer, an engineer, and a school superintendent.

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And just like our personalities, our opinions vary. And we certainly don't always agree. Whether we're discussing the best of or giving our tips and tricks of things in everyday life, you're sure to learn something if you stick around.

SPEAKER_00 0:26

Who's doing the injury? You got it.

SPEAKER_02 0:29

I just sit here and hang out, man. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 0:31

So I probably should address something that came up with one of our listeners that emailed the show. Oh no. Yeah. One of our listeners emailed the show. What country from this time? Uh and uh from from the good old USA. Oh. And uh asked the question about who were the poor unfortunate orphans on the podcast. Was it Chris? Was it Greg? Really? We don't know anything about that. And and it was and I had to respond, it's it's it's Greg and it's Mark. Those two are the orphans. For the record.

SPEAKER_01 1:03

Chris is now we're moving on to college football now.

SPEAKER_00 1:08

Orphans. We've addressed that. Now we can move on.

SPEAKER_02 1:11

Have we all buried our parents? Yes, we have. The mother's the mother's second husband does not count.

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Give me some hush, puppy daddy.

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That's all I'll say. Anyway.

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All right. College

College Football Weekend Preview

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football. College football. College football because we finally have a great weekend of college football. Weekend. Yeah. So let's talk about what games are coming this weekend.

SPEAKER_01 1:35

It is a good weekend. I don't know if it's as good as week number one, but week number one kind of fizzled out a little bit. I thought week number one was gonna be great. Right. But you got some really good games this week. Yep.

SPEAKER_00 1:47

Uh let's start in the Big Ten. All right, let's go. Oregon at Penn State. Oregon at Penn State. So Oregon has just been beating the heck out of everybody. Penn State. Doesn't even have a program.

SPEAKER_01 1:57

Look, Oregon. Yeah. Oregon. The team that got night gun defired after 21 years. You told smack about Oregon's NIL. Was that 69 to 3 or something like that? Yeah. Yeah. And even though this podcast does not condone betting and gambling, it peed me my money. Because I saw the way David Landing was talking or Dan Landing was talking before that game. And you know he was gonna take them to the woodshed. Yeah, and and they did. And they did. So they got Penn State. So the real question is Should Penn State have a team? The answer is no. That's not the question because they have a team. Sorry. This is now one of the schools my daughter has applied to. She does have a Penn State email address now at this point. She can get the Jerry Sandusky scholarship. Uh so that's a little harsh. That was harsh talking about my daughter, but whatever. She shouldn't have a program.

SPEAKER_02 2:56

I mean, that's awkward, but uh, she's she's the wrong persuasion.

SPEAKER_01 3:01

Uh anyway, uh so can James Franklin beat a decent team?

SPEAKER_00 3:08

No, that's the question. So I think that as a as a history major and all that good stuff, and a former history teacher, history teaches us things. And the big thing that history has taught us is James Franklin cannot win the big game. We learned that last year. Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 3:26

Oregon or the year before. Yep. Or the year before. I mean, so that game the big perk for Oregon in that game. Yep. I mean, I think it's a whiteout. The line the line is Penn State favored by three and a half. See, that's I I think not only does Oregon cover, yep, I I almost think Oregon wins the game straight out. I oh yes, but because the game is at 7 30 at night, yeah, so that doesn't hurt Oregon as bad coming from the west coast as well. That's true.

SPEAKER_00 3:58

It's a it's a whiteout of Penn State, uh, great atmosphere for those night games. We all get it, blah, blah, blah. And what's the name of their stadium?

SPEAKER_01 4:06

Uh Beaver Stadium. I can't say it's Beaver Stadium.

SPEAKER_02 4:09

It's in Beaverton, Oregon. So yeah. It's not in this is in Penn State. Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, they're out of Penn State. I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 4:15

College Station. I don't know what I am 99% sure it's called Beaver Stadium. Yeah. And I have no idea why. It's in Beaverton, Oregon. That's why. It's in Penn State. We just had this conversation. It's outside.

SPEAKER_00 4:30

It's outside of Altoona, Pennsylvania.

SPEAKER_01 4:32

Yes. Yes. But did you but i am I correct in what the name of it is? Yes.

SPEAKER_00 4:37

And why is that? Um, I don't know. But I'm pretty sure you're right. But I I will say this while you're while you're Googling that. Uh it is Beaver Stadium. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:48

That's terrible. At Joe Pawfield. Beaver Stadium is the college football is the college football stadium on the campus of Pennsylvania State University. Yep. It's been the home of the Penn State Nittinal Alliance since 1960, and some parts of the stadium date back to 1909. Did they take that statue down?

SPEAKER_00 5:05

Uh well, it's just on Sandusky Drive, from what I've been led to believe. So close to the car wash in the house. Having said that, dude, Oregon's gonna win by double digits. Mark it down. Oregon's gonna go in there and they're gonna smack it.

SPEAKER_01 5:18

Penn State's favored by three and a half. Do you not listen? No, I'm not. I'm not even here.

SPEAKER_02 5:23

He's on his phone the whole time. I'm sorry, I'm talking to the old man across the street. What do you want me to do? Your father. Uh I get it. Not my dad.

SPEAKER_00 5:29

Um, but tell daddy that we're trying to do a podcast here. Uh so anyway, let's let's talk college football, Greg. He can get back on his.

SPEAKER_01 5:38

We can get we can get go to wrestling at this point. Exactly. I'm good with that one. So here's the deal. It's in honor of James A. Beaver, a Pennsylvanian who was a lawyer, a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War, and later served as state governor. Oh. Interesting.

SPEAKER_00 5:54

So interesting. So the quarterback for Penn State, Drew Aller. Yep. Um,

Penn State vs Oregon Predictions

SPEAKER_00 6:00

I'm sorry, he's just not any good. I I've been watching him for years now, and he gets all this hype and publicity. He's just not that good. Uh, frankly, their best quarterback was Bo Prabrullah? Pabrula? Missouri's quarterback, yeah. Yeah, I can't say it. Prabullah. And uh Missouri's quarterback, who is a million times better than Drew Aller, can can run with the ball. Well, it's accurate.

SPEAKER_01 6:26

Look, let's be honest about it. This is the second time James Franklin's let their better quarterback go away. Will Levis was better than the other guy that they had.

SPEAKER_00 6:33

Million percent. He doesn't he is he is uh completely into rewarding the the higher ranked recruit and the kid that's been there longer. He will not play the best player, right? That's a mistake. And uh he will always be mediocre. So do we do we all agree that Oregon wins the game? Oregon wins handily. I'm saying double digits. Oregon wins by 10.

SPEAKER_01 7:03

So two there's three other Big Ten games I want to talk about, and we can talk about one of them fairly quick. Okay. USC at Illinois.

SPEAKER_00 7:11

I think I think uh that's gonna be an interesting game because Illinois's angry.

SPEAKER_01 7:15

Right.

SPEAKER_00 7:16

Illinois got the their teeth kicked in by Indiana. I mean just ridiculous. And you know that game did not pay me my money in cash. Well, that one, um here's the thing. Um, they're gonna be ready to play. Illinois will. And USC is coming from the West Coast. And when is that game? It's a noon kickoff.

SPEAKER_01 7:36

So they're kicking off at nine in the morning. So, what's the spread on that game? USC is favored by six and a half. All of our spreads come as courtesy of DraftKings.

SPEAKER_00 7:44

DraftKings, your local bookie. So, DraftKings, if you want to throw us a sponsorship, we're here for it. Uh, so here's here's the thing. Um, USC's been pretty decent this year. Their coach is not good. No, no, he he's not.

SPEAKER_01 8:03

Uh I mean, do we all agree he left Oklahoma because Oklahoma was going to the SEC and he was a coward? Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Of course. 100%. Um, and then he thought he was gonna be in Pac-10 and dominate, and then they went to the Big Ten and now he's looking for another score. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 8:18

So uh that's unconfirmed reports. Yeah. So ultimately, I think I think Illinois uh definitely covers for sure. Yeah, I think six and a half is too many. Or yeah. And um, I honestly think Illinois's gonna win the football game. So it'd be a close game, but I think Illinois is gonna bounce back and play much better, and uh, they're gonna be licking their wounds from this past weekend.

SPEAKER_01 8:45

So then we got Indiana at Iowa. Indiana 330 kickoff. Indiana's good. I think Indiana's pretty good too. My question is is how's Iowa's defense this year? Yeah, it's good. The line is eight and a half. That's uh that's a lot of points. Seems like a lot of points. That's a lot of points. I mean, I would typically I haven't watched Iowa play one segment this year. Typically, they would score three, they would score six and a half points a game.

SPEAKER_00 9:11

Yeah, well, they're their offense is terrible. They got a transfer quarterback in from I think North Dakota State or wherever. Um incarnate word. Unfortunately, um, he is following in a long line of uh other fine quarterbacks at Iowa. So terrible offensively, they'll be lucky to score a touchdown. Right. Um, but they're gonna slow the game down, and I think that's a lot of points.

SPEAKER_01 9:36

So I do think but if you really think they're only gonna score, let's say they score 13 points. I think Indiana is gonna score more than 21. I agree.

SPEAKER_00 9:44

Uh maybe. Um I I go back to, well, Indiana was good last year, and Indiana goes into Columbus and can't move the football. Their first drive, they were fine. After that, uh, I was legit got a good defense. So I think that'll be an interesting game. Last Big Ten game I want to talk about. Yeah. The Ohio State University.

SPEAKER_01 10:07

The number one team in the country. Who has got a really tough task. They go to they go to the univers Washington University. Yep. 330 kickoff. So that's like a noon kickoff, so they're used to that.

SPEAKER_00 10:18

Yep. Uh they actually headed out. I think they flew out today.

SPEAKER_01 10:23

Well, actually, it's backwards. So it's like a that's like a yeah, it's a it's a noon kickoff for Washington, so no big difference there. Yeah, not not. But the line, the line is eight and a half.

SPEAKER_00 10:32

Yeah. Um I like the bucko's to cover. I think hopefully they will. That line's been bet down five plus points since it first came out. According to DraftKings, 97% of the money is on Ohio State. But here's here's what you have to think about. Every game that Ohio State plays for this for the rest of this year, it's the other team's Super Bowl. Yeah, right. That's Kentucky basketball, exactly. Right? Yeah, absolutely. And Washington has not lost at home since 2021.

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Which is unbelievable.

SPEAKER_01 11:08

That really is unbelievable. Right. So I think that may have been the last time Kentucky beat an SEC team at home. So wait, we've not got to the SEC yet.

SPEAKER_00 11:20

Yeah. Oh, it's so good, man. So good. I couldn't let that pass. I think it's going to be a close game into the third quarter before Ohio State pulls away.

SEC Matchups and Betting Lines

SPEAKER_01 11:30

Yeah, I got Ohio State covering that game. All right, let's go to the SEC because let's be honest, they're the really the only two conferences that matter. That's true. And Chris might say a few words. Is Chris going to chime in here? Oh, I got this one. All right, so first game, let's do the 330 ABC game. LSU at Old Miss. The line on this game to me was a tick surprising.

SPEAKER_02 11:53

What is the line?

SPEAKER_01 11:54

What do you think it is? LSU at Old Miss.

SPEAKER_02 11:56

Uh LSU by two and a half.

SPEAKER_01 11:59

Old Miss by one and a half.

SPEAKER_00 12:01

Ooh, close. And Ole Miss is starting the same quarterback started the last two games. Yep.

SPEAKER_02 12:06

Not their and LSU has the stud linebacker that's dating uh the old miss coaches. Gallane Kevin's daughter.

SPEAKER_01 12:16

Yeah. But you know, so I'm saying that what there's what the line says, if you say home fields worth three points, they're saying LSU's favored by a point and a half on a neutral field.

SPEAKER_02 12:26

I take I take LSU.

SPEAKER_01 12:31

But I think LSU's stocks went down a little bit because Clemson, can we all agree, is just terrible. Terrible. Dabo was. So we thought that fur win in week one was good.

SPEAKER_00 12:42

Yeah. And maybe it wasn't. And last week LSU struggled against was it Florida? Florida. Yeah. Um again and Florida.

SPEAKER_01 12:52

Was it two weeks ago?

SPEAKER_00 12:53

Because Florida played Miami last week. Yeah, two weeks ago. Struggled. Yeah, they did struggle. Um and Florida's a team, frankly, that you know, USF beat and should have beaten much worse than they did. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:06

So I'm happy to report to you that Notre Dame plays an SEC team this week. Wow. Who which team? Arkansas.

SPEAKER_00 13:17

What? What's wrong with that?

SPEAKER_01 13:19

Isn't that Bobby Petrino, Bill? It is 100% Bobby Petrino. All right, next big game in the SEC. Yep. This line surprises me too. You and I talked about this one this morning. Alabama at Georgia. That's gonna be a great game. Fun game. That's always a fun game. What do you think the line is per DraftKings? Alabama at Georgia.

SPEAKER_02 13:43

Georgia by two.

SPEAKER_01 13:46

Georgia by three. And I think that line is too low. And the reason why is you're basically saying it's a pick'em on a on a neutral field. Agreed. And it's not. No. Georgia's better than they are. Georgia covers. I think so.

SPEAKER_02 14:00

Georgia covers. Mark, what do you think?

SPEAKER_00 14:02

Uh I think Georgia wins the game. I had uh, as you know, if if you go back to our college football preview, Bama winning the national championship until I saw him play.

SPEAKER_02 14:12

So you play to win the game. Does Bama keep their coach this year? No. Nope.

SPEAKER_01 14:18

He's gone. Um I I think I sent you guys this thing that talked about the buyout for him. And his buyout's a huge number, but it gets paid over a long period of time. As opposed to Kentucky's, which is in six days. Which is due within 60 days. Right. Right. Wow.

SPEAKER_02 14:35

So do you think that uh Tulane's coach would love to coach Alabama?

SPEAKER_00 14:40

He has no prayer at that job. Summerall would never get that job. No. They're gonna get they're gonna get the the who the big name. Who's the big name now? It could be John Gruden. It could be you know name your name. I know Gruden said he wants to. It's not gonna be Sumerall.

SPEAKER_02 14:56

You're gonna have Florida available, Alabama available.

SPEAKER_00 15:00

Now Summerall could go to Florida. Hey, it could be Nick Saban.

SPEAKER_02 15:04

Nick Nick just could be Urban Meyer with his lightheadedness, heart hurting.

SPEAKER_00 15:11

All right, so who would many national championships? So who do we? I'm just saying, he's not sick.

SPEAKER_01 15:15

Who do we think wins that game? I I think Georgia wins that game. Georgia wins. Do you think they covered the three? Yes. Yes, they do. I do too. I think so too. Yep. Yep. Yep. And the last game we'll talk about just because we got two homers here is Kentucky at South Carolina. Kentucky wins by ten. I'll bet whatever you want on that. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 15:36

What's the line? South Carolina by six.

SPEAKER_01 15:37

South Carolina by six. Oh, yeah. And it's been bet down. That line started at six and a half. Kentucky wins by ten. There's a lot of uh mark it down. A lot of moves. I'm ready.

SPEAKER_00 15:47

Yeah, that's not happening.

SPEAKER_01 15:48

Let's call Big Baller. Let's call Big Baller and see what he wants in. Let's I'll double that. I'll do double or nothing on that. Hang on. Let's see a big baller.

SPEAKER_02 15:56

Let's see a big baller.

SPEAKER_01 15:58

I'm not. Not you. But for you and Michael, I'll go double or nothing on that.

SPEAKER_02 16:02

We'll call him Big Baller. Hold on.

SPEAKER_01 16:03

Ten points. Hold on. They gotta win by 10. I think until he wins by 10. That's fine.

SPEAKER_00 16:08

I'll take care of Lenin. Whoever this person is, he knows he's on the air.

SPEAKER_03 16:14

Could be putting my granddaughter to bed. Hold on.

SPEAKER_01 16:18

I will definitely double up that bet.

SPEAKER_03 16:24

Yeah, I love it.

SPEAKER_02 16:25

We'll go double or nothing. Hey, Big Baller. We just want to know we're on live on the podcast right now. If you have Kentucky beating South Carolina by 10, that's double our money to Greg, and uh you got a chance to get out of here. I'll go double or nothing, right? He's got double money right now. So you need to call me back, we'll get you on the air. But I think Kentucky wins by 10. If you're owning that, Greg's got you double her money.

SPEAKER_00 16:46

Can you call daddy and ask him?

SPEAKER_02 16:47

I hate you know what? That's funny. My father, my father doesn't have a phone.

SPEAKER_01 16:54

The line for that game is South Carolina favored by six.

SPEAKER_00 16:58

Yeah. South Carolina wins the game. I think so. I think I think UK keeps it close. Uh I think Lenora Sellers just does some Lenora Sellers things. I agree.

SPEAKER_01 17:08

And uh I think this starts the five-game losing streak for Kentucky. Yeah, I think so too.

SPEAKER_00 17:14

They win in Florida too.

SPEAKER_01 17:15

I think Cutter Bully that's not in the five games, but I'm just calling it out before you get there. They might.

SPEAKER_00 17:21

Or butter, butter Coley. Uh spicole.

SPEAKER_01 17:25

Butter spicole. He looked pretty good against Eastern Michigan. He did. He gave him a downfield threat that they didn't have before. I think it's the right decision to name him starting quarterback. I think you live and die with him at this point. But you know the problem. And I'm afraid 745 in William Bryce Stadium is going to be painful for the country.

SPEAKER_02 17:43

But you know the problem is it's not Butter Coley. It's Bush Hamden is the problem. Bush's baked beans.

SPEAKER_01 17:49

I don't even think it's Bush Hamden. Look, we've not had a Kentucky's not had a good offense in four years.

SPEAKER_02 17:54

But what is that about? You think it's the head coach? 100%. What are we owing? 32? 36? What is it now?

SPEAKER_01 18:00

It's 32 after this season. And it's got to be paid in six, six days. Yeah. I mean, it's got to be the head coach at this point. You've got you've got an offensive coordinator. Yep. That was there two of the previous three years, who's now an NFL head coach. Yep. How's that going? Fine. Great.

SPEAKER_00 18:19

Jacksonville's doing great. Yeah, they lost to the Bengals. Other than that, they've done great. And his, you know, I don't like his quarterback, by the way. That long-haired hippie.

SPEAKER_01 18:28

Oh, I don't like Trevor Lawrence.

SPEAKER_00 18:30

That long-haired hippie freak. I don't like Trevor Lawrence either. But but they're doing great. I love that Liam Comb called him out and he was like, hit him in the chest, and Trevor Lawrence tried to. But no, Liam Cohen's doing great. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 18:43

And he's fine.

SPEAKER_02 18:45

I I think it has to go to the So we don't think the head coach is just turning it over the offensive coordinator like he's because he says he doesn't get bald in that.

SPEAKER_01 18:51

Look, he he he says he don't eat at Jeff Ruby's every night, too. But he does. That's true. That's true. That's true.

SPEAKER_00 18:59

That's true. And by the way, he looks more and more every day just not good, right? Have you looked at him recently? If you ate Jeff Ruby's every day, guys, I'm sorry. I love it.

SPEAKER_01 19:13

He likes him Jeff Ruby's.

SPEAKER_00 19:14

I wouldn't look that good either. Yeah, he's not looking that good.

SPEAKER_02 19:16

I think he's got a little uh a little um thirst problem. Ah.

SPEAKER_00 19:20

I can see that. Him and Billy Gillespie get together and you know he was no, he was just a drunk.

SPEAKER_02 19:26

There's a difference. The other one's got a thirst issue. That one's just a drunk. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 19:31

So can we talk a little bit? Are we done with college football for this weekend?

SPEAKER_02 19:35

I think it's gonna be a great Saturday. I mean, you can watch football all day long. It's all day showing.

SPEAKER_00 19:40

It's really early to mention this, but just as something we talked about earlier today, Heisman Trophy is wide open this year.

SPEAKER_02 19:47

I've never seen it so wide open this time of season.

SPEAKER_01 19:50

Well, we looked at the odds for who the Heisman Trophy winner is. Now Indiana's quarterback state.

SPEAKER_00 19:57

Oh, it's a joke. Well, that's inflated numbers. Right now. As soon as they play someone good, they're gonna get spanked.

SPEAKER_01 20:04

I know Mark and I agree that Jeremiah Smith's the best player in college football. Yep. The wide receiver to the highest. Yep. Uh you can get him for 1,400 plus 1,400.

SPEAKER_02 20:14

Who is the highest paid player in college football this year?

SPEAKER_01 20:19

Well, the rumor is it's the quarterback of Michigan. Yeah. And how's how's he been? Terrible. So you're returning to the first time.

SPEAKER_02 20:24

But I mean, but I mean, he's 18.

SPEAKER_00 20:26

He's a freshman. But that shows you what's going to happen a lot, right? It shows you what you're going to do to pay to play. All right. So, yes, I think we're done with college football now. I just wanted to throw that in there.

SPEAKER_01 20:35

So, so what I know you know about this. This is more to bring you into the into the full. Uh, you may not know anything about this. Okay. So it appears that Mark Pope and Louisville's head coach, little guy, not that got into a heated exchange because I think Mark Pope basically thought that um Louisville's coach visited a player before midnight when you could uh start visiting people. Uh-huh. And it seems like they had a little uh scuffle. I don't I don't I don't think that verbal skirt. I I think they I think they had a heated verbal exchange. Yeah. And it's it's added fuel and you had no November games.

SPEAKER_02 21:26

You've heard the Louisville version and and uh heard the Louisville and and um and uh Tom Leach verified this is what happened. So Mark Pope was supposed to visit this five-star recruit at midnight and they schedule them. Right. Yeah. And and the coach of the Dirty Birds down the road.

Mark Pope's Basketball Recruiting Drama

SPEAKER_01 21:50

I see, I keep it respectful. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 21:52

Well I didn't call him by his name.

SPEAKER_01 21:53

Pat Kelsey. Yeah. So you weren't the whole.

SPEAKER_02 21:56

I gotta be honest with you, I like him as a kid. I think he's a no, I think I like him as a person. I just don't like the team. That's my point.

SPEAKER_00 22:00

Didn't you say that Louisville's chief uh what their uh their main medication that they've been giving their players is Tylenol? Didn't you say that a couple weeks ago?

SPEAKER_02 22:10

No, that's what the mothers took when they were when they were prepared.

SPEAKER_00 22:13

Anyhow, a suda uh a suda.

SPEAKER_02 22:18

So Tom Leach confirmed that Mark Pope was supposed to be there at midnight, but something was happening. He was running late. Pat Kelsey was hanging out in the street going, all right, all right, all right. And at 1215, when Pope wasn't there, Kelsey said, I'm going on in.

SPEAKER_01 22:31

If that's truly what happened, I got no issue with you.

SPEAKER_02 22:33

That's what Tom Leach said.

SPEAKER_01 22:35

I got no issue with it, but he should have rolled in. Don't be late. Yeah, I got no kids.

SPEAKER_02 22:39

I got I got no problem with it if that's what happened. Pat Kelsey went in and saw him. Uh Pope shows up, they have words, but according to Leach, that's what happened. Mark Pope was late.

SPEAKER_01 22:48

Mark Pope was 15 minutes late, I got no issue with it. Because if you're 15 minutes late, you're 30 minutes late. That's right. That's right. Yeah, I got no problem with that. But still, it added to the oh yeah, it's added to the intensity of the rivalry.

SPEAKER_02 23:00

And besides, who would have ever guessed this year Kentucky plays Louisville in basketball before they play him in football? How dumb is that? It's a weird schedule. That's so dumb. Yeah, it's a weird schedule. That's Louisville. Louisville scheduled it, right? And that's just nonsense. Did UK have to agree?

SPEAKER_01 23:19

I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 23:20

I don't know how that works. But uh, I can also tell you, you know, the rumors behind it is the fact that one of our best players wasn't supposed to be released, medically released before they ended up. And guess what? Transfer from Arizona State. He's gonna be ready now.

SPEAKER_00 23:33

Wouldn't they have made this schedule well before that information was known? And the schedule made like years in advance.

SPEAKER_02 23:40

No, SEC has made years in advance. You're on the um home schools out of your conference schedule. You're on their record.

SPEAKER_01 23:49

So they didn't make a sort of state gonna have a decent basketball team.

SPEAKER_02 23:53

No, they got the missing link. What's that guy's name? Uh they'll be they'll be average. What's that guy's name? The missing link?

SPEAKER_00 23:57

They'll be average in the Big Ten. What's that dude's name? Which one? George Marison? No, no, no. My new ball.

SPEAKER_01 24:03

The big tall dude. He was um having leg issues.

SPEAKER_02 24:06

Yeah, what was his name? He was up there, and everybody's like, he's gonna be the next coming of Jordan. And I saw him at a Pacers game and he's like just sitting in the radio stands.

SPEAKER_01 24:13

Do you know where the weirdest place I saw him at was? Yeah. God's Honest Truth. You mean Greg Odin? Yeah. It is Greg Odin. Yeah, back in the day. Do you know the weirdest place I saw him at? God's Honest Truth at a Justin Bieber concert.

SPEAKER_02 24:23

That's awesome. Okay, which is worse, that he was there or you were there.

SPEAKER_01 24:27

Hey, I I had reason to be there.

SPEAKER_00 24:30

But I mean, they ran into one of the greatest college basketball teams of all time in the finals, or they'd have won the national championship that year. Who do you run into? Florida.

SPEAKER_02 24:39

The the big Donovan.

SPEAKER_01 24:42

Joe Kim Noah. Joe Kim. You know how it is. When you're in a big group of people, when you're a little bit taller, you can see over most of them. You know what I thought? Then, but then when you see somebody really tall, I mean it's like you know what I thought.

SPEAKER_02 24:55

I thought you sounded a little bit taller on the radio.

SPEAKER_00 24:58

Well, uh Ohio State to answer your question. Well, they they should be okay in the big ten. Uh, you know, it's well, they were good last year.

SPEAKER_01 25:06

So I see you brought out some new candies. Now, I personally requested ice cream, but we don't have ice cream. Of course we don't.

SPEAKER_00 25:13

I mean I don't have a father, so I don't know how how many times we have to ask. Oh, guess who got their granddaughter ice cream tonight? This guy. Do you have any grandchildren? No. Neither do I. Oh, look. So that means so that means your father has great grandchildren. Yeah. I'm sorry, what nice? Does does your beautiful granddaughter beautiful girl in the world? Does she call Norm grandpappy or grand great grand, great, great grandpappy? It's a very sore subject.

SPEAKER_03 25:42

Great granddaddy!

SPEAKER_00 25:43

I am Popa, though. Uh, so it is Popa. Is he peepaw? Is he peepaw? He is you know what? Uh I'm gonna do some one of these days. So before we get into eating some candy, because since there's no ice cream, you can't really talk.

SPEAKER_01 25:59

You could talk with ice cream, but not with uh y'all are killing me.

SPEAKER_00 26:03

Well, look.

SPEAKER_01 26:05

And I assume we're getting our answer from your son-in-law on whether he wants to take that double. Let me look.

SPEAKER_02 26:10

Let me share he's putting the most beautiful girl in the world down.

SPEAKER_01 26:13

So hey, sounds inappropriate. I mean, like a bad dog or what?

SPEAKER_00 26:20

Yeah. So uh I want to talk just briefly about a C to Minif? Uh about about being old. Um you're old. Oh, I agree. I turned it. So age is a very challenging subject and probably isn't the best time to talk about. Let me ask it.

SPEAKER_01 26:44

So you say age? Is age a problem? Was it a problem when you were younger to talk about? Uh or is it as you are as you have aged, age is becoming an issue.

SPEAKER_00 26:57

I'm thinking more of the 40s. I'm thinking then the year 2025 has not been kind to the people sitting at this table.

SPEAKER_02 27:05

It's been perfectly fine for me. Two of us died. Did I see the JR passed away? Uh Jim Ross died? No. No. Okay, it must have been fake news. I saw it pop up. I'm just saying. I didn't see that. Google it.

SPEAKER_00 27:17

It's been a tough year for yeah. Two two of the two of the people at this table have dealt with some significant health issues. Some are age related. Uh no, Jim Ross has not passed away. Good. Snopes. So anyway.

SPEAKER_02 27:31

One of us has not had any issues. That's true. The other one.

SPEAKER_01 27:38

Are you dying on the radio? Yeah, exactly. You sound a little tall, no radio. Exactly. Uh, I mean, as you guys have got older, yeah. I mean, Father Tom, he's undefeated. What was that? Yes, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 27:54

It was come again. So if you get hearing aids, uh, and I'm not claiming that one person at this table may or may not be getting hearing aids later uh in in a few weeks. What? But if that happens, can you wear the headphones over the hearing aids or is that a I think so. I think that's fine. Will it make it go? Oh I'm gonna sit around and go. Oh, I hear that. I have ten of this. I hear that. But like the old hearing aids, you can make them whistle. So, and I told Greg, what I want. I don't want the little ones that go in your ears that nobody can see. I

Candy Taste Test

SPEAKER_00 28:30

want the giant comb that you hold up to your ear. Both sides. Yes, I want I want that. Yeah, I'm down. I want that. All right, we got some candy. Are we ready? I wanted ice cream. These are candy and cookies, a combination. I wanted ice cream. So the first thing we have is this is a most beautiful girl in the world. I wanted ice cream. This is a beautiful.

SPEAKER_02 28:49

Did you get a fried ice cream? I did. I've never had that. She loved it. Is it any good? It's delicious. I've never had fried ice cream. It's like cornflakes covered.

SPEAKER_00 28:57

It's the that that ended that and the most beautiful girl in the world loved it. All right. This is a brand new offering. Take one and pass it along, please. This is uh Did you smell it? I did. This is a combination of Oreos with Reese's. Here you go. Is it Reese's or Reese's? Reese's. I like Reese's. It's Reese's. So it's peanut butter filling, basically. Reese's peanut butter filling. Uh inside of an Oreo. Oh my. Oh yeah. It's good.

SPEAKER_02 29:27

So what are our thoughts?

SPEAKER_00 29:28

I don't know yet.

SPEAKER_02 29:29

Delicious. I love peanut butter and I love the chocolate of the Oreo.

SPEAKER_00 29:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 29:35

That's delicious.

SPEAKER_00 29:36

I I had one earlier, so I'm going to not eat one now. What are the thoughts there, Greg?

SPEAKER_01 29:44

Tastes like an Oreo. I mean, I can't taste it, so it seems like an Oreo. That's right.

SPEAKER_03 29:51

I keep forgetting it.

SPEAKER_02 29:53

You know what they had these in the little minis in a little bag? Oh, yeah. I need the whole bag. Yeah, that'd be a problem. That'd be dangerous.

SPEAKER_01 29:58

So you like the peanut butter? Butter in it? I do. I love it. Better than the white. I do.

SPEAKER_00 30:02

Yeah, yeah. And I love Oreos. I don't like Oreos.

SPEAKER_02 30:05

Oh, I love them.

SPEAKER_00 30:05

Now we got a little nostalgia.

SPEAKER_02 30:07

I don't know about Oreos. Do you peel them apart, you know, spin them apart or eat the cream, or do you just eat them whole?

SPEAKER_00 30:12

Yep. With with my with my two front teeth. I just I just put the whole thing in my mouth and just chewed it. I mean, but when you eat them like that, do you go?

SPEAKER_02 30:20

I just do that anyway. I've not seen any cameras out there, but there's cameras there.

SPEAKER_00 30:25

Mainly when I I'll show you. When I eat certain vegetables that that rhyme with pinnach. Right. Yeah. Then you go. Okay, so a little nostalgia candy.

SPEAKER_01 30:36

Okay, so this is a so uh uh while you're talking getting that candy opened. So our last one we talked about homeowner associations, since that time the cameras have been installed at the entrance of our neighborhood. I keep looking. And it is my task every day, especially when we're in the Mini Cooper, that I give it the finger as I go by the whole time.

SPEAKER_02 30:59

I've got a better idea. Talk with me later. It involves a gas can and me walking by it. Yeah, I'm not doing that. Yeah, no, and I I can't condone that.

SPEAKER_00 31:08

Uh um so alright.

SPEAKER_02 31:09

I didn't say I was gonna use the gas can. It's gonna be empty.

SPEAKER_00 31:11

Awkward from my childhood. A vanilla. The cow tails. If you ever had a cowtail, a cow tail is a it's a soft caramel outer.

SPEAKER_01 31:22

I thought it was like a cow's tail.

SPEAKER_00 31:23

Outer with uh with a cream white inner. But this is a vanilla, they make a chocolate as well. Yes, they do, and uh I'm a big fan of cowtails. I didn't expect it to be soft. Oh, yeah. Pretty pretty dang good.

SPEAKER_01 31:36

I didn't expect it to be soft. I expected it to be crazy.

SPEAKER_00 31:39

Why aren't you eating any of this? Uh I had one earlier. I I was uh He had everything earlier.

SPEAKER_01 31:43

He did not have a kato earlier. That's fake news.

SPEAKER_00 31:46

Pure sugar secretly, a pure sugar could or could not be poisoning. Tastes like what do you think?

SPEAKER_01 31:54

Uh I don't like the texture of it. Okay. The outside of it's a little stiff. I mean, it's supposed to be soft, but it's a little stiff. No flavor to me.

SPEAKER_00 32:03

All right. So the next one. This is my favorite. It's called a nugget. These are Hershey's nuggets. The best. And this particular one is pumpkin spice latte flavored. Yeah, I'm kind of jacked about this. I'm not a pin space.

SPEAKER_01 32:14

Pumpkin spice latte. I won't be able to taste it.

SPEAKER_02 32:17

So my favorite candies are the almond nuggets, or as I like to call them, the almond nuggets. Nougat. I will have one of these. I like it. They're not poisonous. These have a nice uh needs an almond in it.

SPEAKER_00 32:35

These have a nice creamy texture.

SPEAKER_01 32:37

So out of the three, which one do you like the best? Yep. Oreo. I like this last one.

SPEAKER_02 32:44

I can't taste it.

SPEAKER_00 32:44

Then

Wrestling Talk: John Cena's Farewell Tour

SPEAKER_00 32:45

I'll go cowtails just in key. Let it go.

SPEAKER_02 32:47

Yeah. We're not done yet. We're more to talk about it. Well, we got it.

SPEAKER_01 32:54

Chris is going to start participating now. I have something interesting to do.

SPEAKER_02 32:58

Is it wrestling? Oh, yeah. I do have interesting wrestling things. Let's hear it. Whatever you got. John Cena. Is this the greatest exit ever in professional wrestling? The way they're doing it.

SPEAKER_00 33:11

I don't know. That's kind of hard to say.

SPEAKER_02 33:15

I think um I mean, because they've been I mean, this is the farewell tour. It's not just one match and asked.

SPEAKER_01 33:21

Was Hulk Hogan versus The Rock? Was that his That was his app. That was as good a one match as the.

SPEAKER_02 33:27

But the thing is though, Hulk Hogan had gone to WCW and did all that and came back. Who's gonna be his final match? That gotta be Brock Lesnar. I mean, that's what they're building up to, right?

SPEAKER_00 33:36

Better not be Dom Mysterio. Oh, dirty Dom.

SPEAKER_02 33:40

Well, there's a remote.

SPEAKER_01 33:43

Cody? Uh I don't think so. No.

SPEAKER_02 33:48

I mean, is this just I mean, it's crazy, it's got you thinking this is what they're good at. What do you think about Stephanie McMahon making it into the Hall of Fame?

SPEAKER_00 33:57

I don't care. Me, they really I think um if it was if they were doing the tact of putting someone over in John Cena's last match, it should be Braun Breaker. Having said that, I don't think it will be.

SPEAKER_01 34:09

What are your thoughts on the rumor that it's gonna be Edge? Wow. Did you see him do that? AEW yeah, I saw him do it.

SPEAKER_02 34:18

He did the You Can't See Me in AEW other day. He's oh god, he's old now.

SPEAKER_00 34:22

Well, they're all I mean yeah, they're all old. Edge is older than Cena. Yeah, Edge is old.

SPEAKER_02 34:27

How did they age so much faster than we did? Is the question.

SPEAKER_00 34:30

Uh, they're on the road 260 days a year, if not more. Did you look at Mark?

SPEAKER_02 34:36

That's true. You know, but he's always looked like that.

SPEAKER_01 34:39

But he what he remembers he remembers Hulk Hogan's first match. He was there. Hey, he was there when he was named Sterling Golden.

SPEAKER_00 34:49

Uh, I see. He remembers Bruiser Brody's first match. And and what is wrong with that?

SPEAKER_01 34:56

So, Becky Lynch. She's the best female wrestler ever. The man. I mean, she don't know. She didn't, it's not just her saying it. Are you saying it? Sports Center said it. Are you saying it? That she's the best ever? No. No. Who is? Women? Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 35:14

Charlotte Flair. Rhea Ripley's gonna have something to say about that. I don't disagree with that.

SPEAKER_02 35:22

The thing is with Charlotte Flair, she got it because of who she was and where she was. Sure. But I think Rhea Ripley's is coming, but she she she's dominant.

SPEAKER_01 35:29

I mean, she her and Roman Reigns right now are still the needle over.

SPEAKER_02 35:34

The needle, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 35:35

Better than the fabulous Moolah. Ah, no, no.

SPEAKER_02 35:38

Listen, the fabulous Moolah looked great up there with the Dudley boys. Um that was Smarge.

SPEAKER_00 35:44

That was May Mayoung. May Young, but whatever.

SPEAKER_01 35:47

Same, same, same thing. But um I I love how Biggie Lich comes out and says it, I'm the best ever. I not only I say it, Sports Illustrated says it.

SPEAKER_02 35:57

Oh, you know what? Sports Center says it, ESPN says it, it's awesome. Can I double down real quick? I was flipping uh shows last night on Vice. Oh, I thought we were talking about betting again. Not yet. On Vice, and they had uh oh, those things were so good. Vice was on, and they had Who Killed WCW? And I'm gonna tell you right now, they brought on Bret Hart and how they tried to save WCW with Bret Hart, and the more I see of him, the more I dislike him.

SPEAKER_01 36:21

Bret Hart was a whiny. Bret Hart was a really good wrestler. Yeah, but he shut up. Yeah, he's terrible. Yeah, he just but he was a really good wrestler.

SPEAKER_02 36:29

He was, but shut up. Yeah, I don't disagree with any of that. Do you know what he reminds me of? Bob Backlin.

SPEAKER_01 36:35

He thinks he's a chicken wing.

SPEAKER_02 36:38

I mean, gosh.

SPEAKER_01 36:39

Yeah, I wasn't I wasn't a big fan of him. I never did like him. Of the hearts, I like Jim the Anvil Nine Heart the best.

SPEAKER_00 36:45

And I thought he was better in the in the tag team than he was as an individual. Jim? No, Britt. Oh, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 36:51

Yeah. You know the best heart out there? Jimmy Hart, baby. Voice of the South. Mouth of the South, sorry. You're clear. I was eating an Oreo. Shut up. All right.

SPEAKER_01 37:01

Moving on. But um, you know, we got we got Clash of uh or Crayon. Um Crayon. What the heck is it called? Crayon? Why'd we both forget about it?

SPEAKER_02 37:15

I don't I don't know. The Crown Prince. Um Clash of the Crayons. Red versus blue. It's crayons so many.

SPEAKER_01 37:22

They got so many of them. I know. There's a there's a there's a premium live event every three weeks now. Crazy.

SPEAKER_02 37:28

Uh when I was a kid, it was WrestleMania.

SPEAKER_01 37:30

But I mean, so what do you think about this? War games is coming up.

SPEAKER_02 37:35

Yep.

SPEAKER_01 37:37

Who's the team of five going to be? You ready? Yeah, I'm gonna be. Here's what I think. Are you ready for the team the good guy team of five versus the bad guy team of five? I don't think Jay Uso, I think you and I both agree is turn and heel. I don't think it's happened yet. So I got both Usos. Four letters. Roman Reigns, uh-huh, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk. I like it. Against LeBron Brons, DeBraun Braunz. That's right. Seth Rollins. Seth Rollins, Brock Lesnar, Brock Lesnar, yeah, and Drew McIntyre.

SPEAKER_00 38:09

Man, I'd be that'd be solid. That'd be solid. I think of all of them, that would be right up there with one of the best. And just let LA Knight be the referee.

SPEAKER_02 38:19

That'd be good. That'd be too good to see.

SPEAKER_01 38:21

I mean, I think that I think there's a I think there's a legitimate chance that that's the war games team.

SPEAKER_02 38:27

Who's the most dominant wrestler there right now?

SPEAKER_00 38:30

Brock Leicester. Or what you could have is LA Knight take Jay Uso's place. Yep. And Jay Uso interferes on behalf of the divisions. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 38:40

Yeah. Because we definitely have to be able to do that.

SPEAKER_00 38:42

And then Roman Reigns lays the smack down and reasserts himself as the tribal chief.

SPEAKER_01 38:47

Because I saw online today Roman Reigns' filming's done tomorrow with his movie.

SPEAKER_02 38:53

My name is Paul's Paul.

SPEAKER_01 38:56

He's the greatest manager of all time. Not close. It's not close. Absolutely. My name is the only one that I would even argue is Paul is Bobby the Brain. Bobby the Brain he knew. Yeah, he was oh. But Paul Heyman, he's the best. I don't think it's close. What do you think he makes is a just a voice?

SPEAKER_02 39:16

He does fine. Oh yeah. Are we?

SPEAKER_01 39:18

But I mean, so yeah, so I think you know, he came out and introduced Brock Lesnar when he had his match against uh John Cena. So that gives us that gives us the opportunity to push him in that group together. How old is Brock Lesnar now? I don't know about that. That dude is monstrous. Yeah, yeah. I mean, and he just destroyed John Cena.

SPEAKER_00 39:40

Yeah, that's what I texted you that night, and I watched that part. And it was and it was a bloodbath. Yeah, he just literally squashed him.

SPEAKER_01 39:50

And it you know, you know, all these kids start crying in the stands and stuff like that. And now I've not been the biggest fan of Triple H being in charge of the storyline in WWE. Yep. But I I like that sometimes. I think it's too easy to say John Cena wins every match he's got.

SPEAKER_00 40:08

The only thing that could happen in John Cena's final match that I could see is I could see them revisiting the Brock Lesnar thing and Cena getting the win over him. Do I think that's gonna happen? No. Does John Cena go out with a win or no? He's not he's got to.

SPEAKER_01 40:23

I think so. You would think he's got to. The only way he wouldn't have gone out with a win is if he had some kind of title. Now, the one thing there's there's a couple things that WWE's doing that's pissing me off a little bit. Well, three things. There's three things I can tell you right now that I don't know what's going on. Sami Zayn game being pushed to the moon. Sami Zayn being pushed to the moon. That dude's terrible. Yep. Uh uh he's the US champion now. Yeah. What's happened to Jacob Fatou? Yeah. Where is he? Where's Solo Sigar? Is he hurt? The deserves.

SPEAKER_02 40:55

Didn't he have the fat one, though? Didn't he end up a fat one? They gotta get back and say he had gained a little weight, but I mean he still moved pretty good for a while.

SPEAKER_00 41:02

Jeff Ruby's a few nights.

SPEAKER_01 41:04

Yeah. And look, I know on this podcast we've had some fun with yeet. Yep. But that's run its course.

SPEAKER_02 41:14

Four letters.

SPEAKER_00 41:15

Out outside of me leaving that word on the uh Dwight University chalkboard. Right.

SPEAKER_01 41:21

It's it's it's run its course. It's run its course. Yep. It's it's time for something new.

SPEAKER_00 41:25

I uh you gotta follow it up with some uh some modicum of skill.

SPEAKER_01 41:29

No, it's four letters, one word that's a skill.

SPEAKER_02 41:32

Yeah he got a little hefty too, and his skill went up a little quick. He he's he got a little thick, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 41:39

And when when he when they put the title on him that night and he came out and he got drunk, and then he came out before exactly that was the beginning of the end. Yes, you know, you gotta be able to handle it. Yeet.

SPEAKER_01 41:52

I mean, I mean, look, I'm probably a bigger fan of Seth Rollins than you two guys are. I kind of I'm he's grown on me.

SPEAKER_00 42:02

I mean, but he he can do he's a he's a great heel as that guy though. It doesn't matter. Him and Becky, him and Becky Lynch's entrance. Awesome.

SPEAKER_02 42:11

Well talking about how about when he came out with Dusty Rhodes' polka dotted out.

SPEAKER_01 42:17

I mean, I mean I would love for him to come out like Kevin Owens did and say, son of a Canadian plumber when he's when he's wrestling Cody Rhodes at uh Crown Jewel. Yeah, Crown Jewel. Crown Jewel.

SPEAKER_02 42:30

The way he acts and dresses normally just drives me crazy, though.

SPEAKER_00 42:33

I like him. Yeah, I uh he's good on the mic too. He's good in the rings. He's the epitome of the heel right now, though. Oh, yeah, he's the heel. Yeah. And speaking of which, the greatest wrestler in the history of Lima, Ohio.

SPEAKER_02 42:47

Al Snow.

SPEAKER_00 42:48

Al Snow, baby. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 42:50

What's everybody want?

SPEAKER_01 42:52

Uh ice cream.

SPEAKER_02 42:54

I'd like ice cream with daddy. There's another peanut butter Oreo over here. You can have it. No, no, no.

SPEAKER_01 43:00

Because I want ice cream.

SPEAKER_02 43:01

I'll eat the cream. You guys can have the cookie. Nope. I'll eat the ice cream. Y'all can split it.

SPEAKER_00 43:06

No.

SPEAKER_01 43:07

But daddy's not here to split it.

SPEAKER_02 43:08

You know he got bailed out.