1 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Favorites, the podcast from the Volume podcast Network. 2 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: It's Thursday. That means it's time to enter the Thursday Thunderdome, 3 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: and somehow we've we've convinced another real professional outside of 4 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: the Action Network to join us. On today's show, our 5 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: special guests will compete alongside my co host, my companion, 6 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: my BFF professional sports better Simon Hunter, in an epic 7 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: test of wagers and wits that's made this show the 8 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: most celebrated sports betting adjacent trivia show in podcast history, 9 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: and true to form because it's Draft Day at any moment, 10 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 1: Simon Hunter has already warned us that his bat phone 11 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: may ring and he may have to step out of 12 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: the game to make some very big bets. Hello Simon, 13 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: Hello Chad. Yes, it's only one of three days I 14 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: consider actual work days for the entire off season, so 15 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: I've been getting phone calls I would say since three 16 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: in the morning, because that's midnight Vegas. I probably I'm 17 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: probably running on four hours of sleep and a lot 18 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: of energy drinks, so I'm kind of like losing my mind. 19 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: But it's a fun day. When Matt goes number three 20 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: the San Francisco to the forty nine. I'm just gonna 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: walk into the ocean. I cannot wait for this day 22 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: to view over my man. Listen, I'm hoping. I'm hoping 23 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,839 Speaker 1: you win this bet. Obviously you have a massive bet 24 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: on Mac Jones to Napia number three. I'm hoping that 25 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: you're right and hoping you win. I think Mac Jones 26 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: number three terrible idea. Simon. Today you'll face two guest challengers. 27 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: And for our listeners, if you're a baseball fan, of 28 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: baseball better a regular old Chicago in you definitely listened 29 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: to the dulcet tones of our first guest. He's the 30 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: television play by playboys for the Chicago White Sox. You 31 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: have heard him on ESPN's MLB Stack Cast, which to me, 32 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: the absolute best play by blay experience on the Worldwide Leader. 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: You've also heard him in various college football basketball games 34 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: for ESPN, whereas he he has had the pleasure of 35 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: ad libbing alongside Bill Walton, which is the second best 36 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: play by play experience on the Worldwide Leader. There is 37 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: no offseason for this man. The hardest working man on 38 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: the South Side. Jason Bennetti, Jason, how are you man? 39 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: I'm great. I'm great. I just wish I had a 40 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: bad phone like Simon, but I appreciate that very kind intro, 41 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: and I am ready to go. You describe me earlier 42 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: as an actual professional joining the show, so I have 43 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: no idea what sort of dunk tank I've sat in, 44 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,679 Speaker 1: but I'm very excited. I really hope that you continue 45 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: to want to communicate with me after this is over, 46 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: Honest to god, Like, if anybody hasn't watched the MLB 47 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: stadcast on ESPN, it is unbelievable. I will say this. 48 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: It's gonna sound obnoxiously when I say this. Obviously, I've 49 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: been at ESPN for a long time. Jason and I 50 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: never interacted at ESPN. I connected with him after watching 51 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: him perform so brilliantly in a Bulls prec is in 52 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: game with Stacy King. He was so good and it 53 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: was such an enjoyable experience. I had to email him 54 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: and tell him. Also after the stack cast in two 55 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: thousand eight team when he premiered, I emailed the guy 56 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: who runs baseball coverage from ESPN and I was like, dude, 57 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: this is ridiculous. This should just be what you're doing 58 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: every single game. It's amazing. So everyone go listen to 59 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: Jason on the stack Cast, or just get MLB dot 60 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: tv and listen to the White Sox games. Our second 61 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: guest one of our newest members at the Action Network, 62 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: arriving from the New York Post, where she ran analytics 63 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: and then she was so good at creating content as 64 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: a side hustle we hired at full time. She's a 65 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: data maven, a celebrated woman of TikTok, an esteemed NFL 66 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: fantasy expert. Samantha Prividi, what's going on? I think you 67 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: just spoke higher of me than like my own mother would, 68 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: So I love that intro. I am a big fan 69 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: of everyone at Action Network, and everyone knows that I 70 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: usually like people at Action Network more than the people 71 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: in my own family. So um, they're near and dear 72 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: to my heart. He got a big, big game today. 73 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: Here's how the game is played today. You'll answer two 74 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: kinds of questions. First, traditional trivia questions about sports, sports, betting, 75 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: and the world at large. Second, completely subjective, totally assinine, 76 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: open ended questions or prompts that I alone will judge. 77 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: And a reminder, as always, because Simon is my best friend, 78 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: because I love him dearly. Because I only root for him, 79 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna try to find a way to make 80 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: sure that he wins those questions. Yeah, yeah, you didn't 81 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: know that was part of the game, but that is. 82 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: I'm hyper competitive and I think the loaded dice and 83 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: I don't appreciate it. If I'm gonna play it, I'm 84 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: gonna dry it. Guess what you got a shot? Make 85 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: your answers great? Simon has yet to win in the 86 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: six weeks we've been in the game. He has yet 87 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: to win. How bad at the game. If you're trying 88 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: to get him to win any camped let's see what happens. 89 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: How dare you? How dare you? How dare I? Listen? 90 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of yours too. I think you 91 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: got a shot to relate points. You must answer the 92 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: trivia questions correctly and also convince me that your responses 93 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: to those open ended prompts are better than the responses 94 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: from your opponents, because, just like sports betting, you can't 95 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: get them all. Right, we will begin part one. Let's 96 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: get drafting. As every sports fan in America is aware, 97 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: tonight is the first round of the NFL. Drafted is Thursday, 98 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: but it's only one of the many kind of drafts 99 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: worth talking about. To decide who the true draft master 100 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: here is, I'll ask each of you two questions, one 101 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: about the NFL draft and one about another kind of draft, 102 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: any kind of draft. Let's get started, Samantha Europe First, 103 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: here's your NFL draft question. In two thousand nine, sports 104 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: books offered NFL draft gamblers a juicy first round prop 105 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: under three and a half qbs taken in the first 106 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: round cashed as a plus two shot. Kyler Murray, Daniel Jones, 107 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: and Dwayne Haskins all went in the first round, but 108 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:12,239 Speaker 1: this SEC quarterback slipped to the second round. The same 109 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: guy who led the league in interceptions last year. He 110 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: was a starter for a team in the a f 111 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: C that was one of the most heartbreaking, frustrating teams 112 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: to bet on last year. Frustrating team to bet on. 113 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: I mean, that literally makes me any of the Chargers, 114 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: But obviously that's not the answer. I have no idea. 115 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: Drew a lock. Every better knows that he was one 116 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: of those quarterbacks that would completely break your heart. Simon 117 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: and I both one and lost many many dollars, and 118 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: it might have kept us out from finishing in the 119 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: top twenty in the contest we were in last year. Samantha, 120 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: here is your other draft question. A drafty house is 121 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: a pain in the ask for many homeowners, and while 122 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: most assumed windows or HVAC or the lane, the most 123 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,239 Speaker 1: common reason for a draft is this effect, named after 124 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: quote a space devoid of matter. It's also the name 125 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: of a common household item that you may use to 126 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: pick up dirt from your carpets and rugs. Vacuum. Well done. Simon. 127 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: ESPN sent to camera to the house of this Oklahoma 128 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: State running back and assumed first round pick, but an 129 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,559 Speaker 1: old knee injury spooked several interested teams, and ESPN showed 130 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: him asleep on his couch shortly before Buffalo drafted him 131 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: in the middle of the second round. Don't give me 132 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: your bullshit. I was born in I'm not I'm not 133 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: hearing it went to Buffalo. No idea, dude, I was 134 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: gonna I'm not even giving you clues. You don't deserve 135 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: to get this right. Thumman Thomas, Oklahoma State. Come on, Simon, 136 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: the most expensive antique book ever sold is just a 137 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: first draft. It's not even the final manuscript. It's the 138 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: original eighteen thirty printers draft of this religious text, which 139 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: shares the title with one of the most successful musicals 140 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: in Broadway history, Book of Mormon. Hello, my name is 141 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: Elder Smith, and can I leave this book with you 142 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: for you to just peruve. I'll just leave it here. 143 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: It has a lot of information you can really use. 144 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,199 Speaker 1: Bing you got it right, all right, Let's see what 145 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: Jason can do. Jason, this question celebrates your status as 146 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: a proud Syracuse alone. Since Donovan McNabb went second overall 147 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 1: in the Orange Men have had five players taken in 148 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,599 Speaker 1: the first round of the NFL draft. Standing above the 149 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: rest are these two defensive stars and Super Bowl champions 150 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: who led the league in sacks in two thousand four 151 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: and two thousand seventeen, respectively. They are uh Dwight Breeney 152 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,719 Speaker 1: is one of them, and I'm going to say I 153 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: believe the other one is Chandler Jones. Wow, nailed it. 154 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: That was really well done. I will also tell you 155 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: that one time I was having a chat with our 156 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: head of video. Her name is Christina Ventura, and she 157 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,839 Speaker 1: was describing her favorite professor at Syracuse and then when 158 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: I said, oh, what's his name? Her answer was Jason Bennetti. Wow, 159 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: those bribes do work, they do, they really do well. 160 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: Let's see maybe that can help you win the game today, Jason. 161 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: Military conscription, more commonly referred to as the draft, has 162 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: been employed during six conflicts in American history. They are, 163 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: in order, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War One, 164 00:09:56,080 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: World War Two, and these two other con flicks name them. 165 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 1: I mean, I have to assume, based on the timeline 166 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 1: that it's the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. I 167 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: don't think the Gulf War involved the draft. It didn't. 168 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: I'll give you a hint. It was the basis for 169 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: an incredibly popular sitcom that ran in the seventies. It's 170 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: the Korean War. The Korean War. Jeez, come on, I'm 171 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 1: giving it to you. Thank you. That's how we play 172 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: the game here. See, everybody gets everyone gets a little 173 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: help sometimes. All right, here's the prompt. During the two 174 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: thousand and ten NFL draft, Gerald McCoy bear hugged Commissioner 175 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: Roger Goodell on stage after being taken third overall, and 176 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: ever since, a bear hug and a private exchange of 177 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: words has become Roger Goodell's on stage tradition. With first 178 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: round picks. Let's imagine you are a first round pick 179 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: this season after the Hug, what would you want to 180 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: whisper to Roger Goodell? For example, here, Roger, I know 181 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: we're not supposed to bet on NFL games, but how 182 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: about just over unders simon Europe First? The first thing 183 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: I would whisper into his ear would be, Roger, I 184 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: know you have the tapes of the New England Patriots 185 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: videotaping the Eagles before the Super Bowl. I need to 186 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: see those tapes. That would be the first thing I'd 187 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: say to him if I had got to get close 188 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: enough to Roger Goodell, because as a kid, my god man, 189 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: that was probably my most painful Eagles memory was Donovan 190 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: McNatt puking in the huddle and I was just as 191 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 1: a kid, I was just like, Okay, this game is over. 192 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: So I would definitely asking if we got cheated, because 193 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: I think it was the next year the whole spy 194 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: gate thing came out, So as a Bidder's Eagles fan, 195 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: that's the first question i'd have to ask. I think 196 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: that's totally fair, totally totally fair, and I'd love to 197 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,839 Speaker 1: see how he responds and be like in one of 198 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: those movies where someone leans in and gives you very 199 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: very challenging information that would scare here your death, but 200 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: you cannot react other than hey, it's great to see you. Yeah. 201 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, I think someone just come on 202 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:07,839 Speaker 1: the stage on Blackhood would just go over top my 203 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: head and I would just get ushered on what. So 204 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: that's how I visioned Rocker Goodell handling it entirely possible. Jason, 205 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: you're up next? What is your response? So I'd find 206 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 1: out what Roger Goodell's favorite comedy movie is and try 207 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 1: and get him to break, and like, lean in and 208 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: say Mark twice. If you're in Milwaukee, Hello, who's there? 209 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: I'm talking you can get him to totally break at 210 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: an inappropriate time. I don't mind that either. And I 211 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: like that you're bringing comedy into it, and I like 212 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: that you're mentioning Milwaukee. It's almost as if you were 213 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: pandering to our podcast producer Matt Mitchell, who was in 214 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: a basement in Milwaukee. That's his own fault. I would 215 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: never I would never pander to a basement in Milwaukee. 216 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: Do you have any idea how disrespectful that is? Samantha, 217 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 1: You're up next, I would probably ask why I'm roughing 218 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: the past. Their penalties are not reviewable since there were 219 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: so many incregious funds last season. So uh yeah, I 220 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: like that one too, because it's practical that or something 221 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: like what do you think of Mark Davis's haircut? I 222 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: don't know. Oh see that. I gotta think for a second, 223 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: cause I might have to give you credit for that one, 224 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: because I think he would totally break out laughing at that. 225 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,679 Speaker 1: I'm giving it to Samantha. Samantha Roger Goodell having to 226 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: think about Mark Davis's haircut and then having to respond 227 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: without actually having to insult one of his bosses. Big bing, 228 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,559 Speaker 1: bing bing bang. You are the winner of the first prompt. 229 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: Very nicely done. Way to pull it out. Totally pulled 230 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:42,959 Speaker 1: it out because at first you went way too practical 231 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 1: hard too. Saturday is the one and forty seventh running 232 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: of the Kentucky Derby, one of the most celebrated days 233 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: of the sports betting calendar ring. So let's see what 234 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: you know, Samantha. While the fields are typically dominated by 235 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,839 Speaker 1: male horses, three Phillies have won the Kentucky Derby, and 236 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:12,199 Speaker 1: all three Phillies had names Taylor made for gamblers. In 237 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: the nineteen eighties it was winning colors and genuine risk, 238 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: and in nineteen fifteen it was this horse named after 239 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: something any sports better can relate to, defined as a 240 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment. That would be something 241 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: I really I don't know English, sorry, regret okay, and 242 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: right now that's exactly what you're feeling. Every gambler knows 243 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: that feeling that regret. Jason embarrassed a little bit of 244 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: embarrassments here, Jason. Before COVID delayed the Kentucky Derby to 245 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: September next year. The Derby had been delayed just once before, 246 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: back in ninety in response to World War Two, but 247 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: a race still took place in Louisville on Derby Day, 248 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: with horses replaced by these leisurely reptiles. As a degenerate 249 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: crowd of more than six people bet more than eleven 250 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: thousand dollars on the proceedings. Leisurely, slow moving reptiles were 251 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: the animals that raced. So I would say, uh, slugs, wizards, alligators, kangaroos. 252 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: It's turtle, right, it's turtles. How did I not know that? 253 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: That's It's like they are the exact thing you think 254 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: about when something is slow. Was it reptiles? That that 255 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: screwed you up? But I know what screwed me up 256 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: is I'm an idiot. Sometimes three days later h V 257 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: E Day ended the war in Europe and they ran 258 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: an official normal Kentucky Derby four weeks after that. Thank you. 259 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: That's good trivia, right that? Yeah? Uh Simon. Those attending 260 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: the Derby are known to wear ostentatious hats because the 261 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: derby's founder wanted to emulate high class European racist like 262 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: England's Grand National. The Grand National is the most famous 263 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: of this type of horse race, originally run between two churches. 264 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: You will never get this, Yeah, no way, the Cambridge 265 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: Race a church has what a top? It's building a chapel. 266 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: Deep steeple chase steeple. We are going into the prompt 267 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: for part two. The Kentucky Derby is known as the 268 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: most exciting two minutes in sports. Your task is to 269 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: sell me on the least exciting two minutes in sports. 270 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: For example, a call to the bullpen in the middle 271 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: of an MLB blowout is pretty unexciting. Jason, your first, 272 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 1: but I will tell you this for extra credit, because 273 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: I've seen you offer this to people on Twitter. If 274 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: you wanted to give your answer as you would call 275 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 1: it in a game, I will give you extra credit. 276 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: You want to tell you what it is and then 277 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: call it, or just call it, I would say just 278 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: call it. Okay. So here's Jones on the Mount Garcia 279 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: the plate, thinking about bunting infield, playing in and Jones 280 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: throws to first. Anderson didn't even move. It was on 281 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: the bag. But Jones is worried about the runner going 282 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: because of the bunt. Said, now Jones in the set 283 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: and another throat of birds. Anderson was one step off 284 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: the bag that time. All right, Jones on all on 285 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: one and he's gonna throw it first again. And the 286 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: crowd does not like this. So now all right, we're 287 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: ready all on one another throat at first, let stemp 288 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: off the bag. It's not even about him, it's about 289 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: what the bunter is going to do to move him 290 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: to say. He didn't even want to throw him out 291 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: at first. He just wants to keep him close to 292 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: the base. As I was describing it to you, I 293 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: was cutting pieces of it out because it was too boring. 294 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: Oh my God, that was brilliant, totally totally brilliant. And 295 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: by the way, you're right, that was dreadfully, dreadfully boring, 296 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: but incredibly entertaining and well done. Samantha. Give me your 297 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: least exciting two minutes in sports. I think you should 298 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,719 Speaker 1: just give it to Jason. That was epic. But um, 299 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: maybe a time out in a game between the Jet 300 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: some Giants, which I guess it's called like the Snoop 301 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: Peo Bowl, but I'm gonna call it the toilet Bowl 302 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: because usually last place teams um time out that they're 303 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: forced to call because they were about to get a 304 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: delay of game penalty. So very boring two minutes. That 305 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: is actually pretty dreadful. A time out in a bad 306 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: game because the team is so bad they couldn't get 307 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: the play off in time. Now, if you've been able 308 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: to call that for two minutes, that would be even better. Simon, 309 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: what's yours? This is always good. Yeah, it's never given 310 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: me anywhere near as good as Jason's. That was amazing. 311 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: I do want to say that the Kentucky Derby we 312 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: are one of the biggest shows in the world. Chat 313 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: Hopefully these people listen to this show. They have to 314 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: move off draft weekend. I love Kentucky Derby as a degenerate, 315 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: I love betting it, and I love the whole weekend 316 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: of betting the draft and Kentucky Derby, but it's been 317 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: lost in the shuffle, Like I just remember always hearing 318 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: about it a week or two leading up to it, 319 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: and I need them to move to another weekend because 320 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 1: I love as a gambler, I love betting Kentucky Derby, 321 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: So please Kentucky, every people, move it another weekend. For 322 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 1: my worst or at least exciting two minutes, it has 323 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: to be when in any sport, when they review a 324 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: call that we all know the already the outcome of it, 325 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: and then they don't review the calls. We have no idea. 326 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: So the least exciting ever has to be those two 327 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: to three minutes where they go to that black box 328 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: the reviewing a play that all the fans already know. 329 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 1: So I know I'm gonna lose because Jason's was incredible, 330 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: But to me, the least exciting two minutes that has 331 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 1: to be yet, Yeah, Jason's is so good that Matt 332 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,400 Speaker 1: Mitchell is updating the scores in real time and he's 333 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: already given Jason a point, even though I haven't actually 334 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 1: awarded Jason the actual point. Of course, Jason is going 335 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: to get the point. Simon, I feel like you should 336 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: get a negative half point just for going on a 337 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: rant about the Kentucky Derby to delay having to give 338 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: your answer because you didn't want to lose to Jason. 339 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: That's that's how That's how much I think about your answer. 340 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: But I do think the flip side is you're completely 341 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 1: right and the Kentucky Derby. I had to do a 342 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: couple of radio shows this morning and people were asked 343 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: me about what I thought of the Derby, and I said, 344 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: the Derby could not be less relevant right now because 345 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 1: the only thing anyone who's talking about is who's going 346 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 1: to go number three? Because that there is an historic 347 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 1: amount of money being trafficked in bets on the number 348 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: three pick right now. So I agree with your premise. 349 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: Jason gets the point right now. As we head into 350 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: part three, Jason uber competitive Jason Bennetti. He has three points, 351 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: Samantha has two points. Simon, you're bringing up the room 352 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: in one point, given given how things are going, Really 353 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: hope Mac Jones doesn't get drafted a number three. Alright, 354 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: let's go to part three. Let's get motivated. One of 355 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: the most enduring aspects of sports culture are the insane 356 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: lengths players and coaches will go to in order to 357 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: motivate themselves and their teams. As long as it works, 358 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: nothing is too crazy, Simon. To tip off the season, 359 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 1: the Indiana Hoosiers, my alma mater the year that I graduated, 360 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: law us to Butler as huge favorites. Then at practice, 361 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: Whosier's coach, master motivator and certified and sane person, Bobby Knight, 362 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 1: brought a shotgun to practice. Makes total sense. He lined 363 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: up all the players and brandishing the weapons, said if 364 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: they ever played like they did against Butler, quote, I've 365 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: got a bullet for every one of you. It's a 366 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: wonder this guy ended up getting fired the way he 367 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: did threatening to murder all his players proved effective, though. 368 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: In the next game, the Hoosier's upset top ranked Kentucky 369 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 1: lead at the time by this famous head coach who 370 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: would go on to win two n C Double A Championships, 371 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 1: one at Kentucky one at Louisville that would later be vacated. 372 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: So who was the coach after all? The preamble, who 373 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: was the coach at Kentucky who eventually won a title 374 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 1: there and then one another one at Louisville. Embarrassed because 375 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: I know I know all about this guy, simply the fact, 376 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: because he cheated on his wife for that woman and 377 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: was just told disgrace. But that's why I hate Thunderdome. 378 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: I can't think of it. It's like the tip of 379 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 1: my tongue and I can't think of it. He's very slick. 380 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: Slick rhymes with his first name. No, I'm never I'm 381 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: never gonna get it, the Thunderdoving. I'm just complete blocked off. 382 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: It's Rick Pattino. Good forgot. I was gonna say Valentine. 383 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: That's all far off, all right, Jason. Every July between 384 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: two thousand and one and two thousand ten, American League 385 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 1: All Stars were treated to one of the most revered 386 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: and legendary clubhouse spectacles in baseball history. The unhinged, profanity 387 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 1: packed motivational pregame speeches of this one hundred and seventy 388 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: five pound outfielder delivered in perfect English without the use 389 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 1: of a translator. Who was this player? Very nicely done? Samantha? 390 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: Nine years ago, Roger Goodell delivered his punishments in the 391 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: bounty Gate scandal, during which the New Orleans Saints were 392 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: accused of using cash bounties to motivate players into injuring 393 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: the opposition. Head coach Sean Payton and GM Mickey Loomis 394 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 1: served almost unprecedented suspensions, and the team was fined and 395 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: forfeited multiple second round picks. Four players named as ringleaders 396 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: avoided serious punishment after their suspensions were overturned on appeal 397 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: by this former commissioner. Former NFL commissioner pre Roger Goodell. 398 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 1: I'm so bad at trivia, Like, I'm so useless that 399 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: even like team trivia normally I will give extra credit 400 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: to Simon or Jason, whoever can say it fastest and 401 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: first ready, one to three go? Simon? Did you not know? 402 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: Are you on the bath phone? I'm trying to stay 403 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 1: focused here, Chet, What is happening right now? What are 404 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: people asking you about? It's not in that I'm getting 405 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 1: info that that whole Mac thing is complete bullshit. So 406 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: I just bet even more on Jaden Max. So again 407 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: I'm in a hole. Chat two different thing. Well, call 408 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: me up and tell me that match stops bullshit and 409 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: they've talked to people that he's not even in their 410 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,360 Speaker 1: top four. By the way, that would make total sense 411 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: to me. It makes no sense that a quarterback who 412 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 1: had one great year with a team that was so 413 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: far better than every other team in college football that 414 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: when everybody knows, if you're drafting quarterbacks, you want the 415 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: guy who's played games. You want to see more tape. 416 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: It proves itself out every single time Mac Jones Zach Wilson, 417 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 1: if either of them are drafted in the top three. 418 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 1: Jason can appreciate this there, Mr Trabisky, that's it. Like, 419 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: if you are not drafting justin fields in the top 420 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 1: three and you are trying to draft a quarterback, you're 421 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: making a monumental mistake. Jason, you do college football, you 422 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 1: follow the stuff. You gotta take on this. I love 423 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 1: Zack Wilson. He's my guy in this draft. Seriously, Yeah, 424 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: I love Zach. Spent spent about minutes before a game 425 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: talking to him this year, watched a lot of tape 426 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: on him. I think he's going to be a star 427 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,959 Speaker 1: in the NFL. I really do. I disagree with everything 428 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: you're saying. I didn't minutes, but how do you know Chad. 429 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: He can, he can be a wonderful guy. Having spent 430 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: twenty or thirty minutes with him, I am going on 431 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: the history of quarterbacks and what you get when you 432 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: get a guy behind an offensive line that is head 433 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: and shoulders above every other offensive line. You're playing against 434 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,200 Speaker 1: bad competition, and your guiding guy who had one great 435 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: year and two years before that that were not so great. 436 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: That's my take. I want to do five year anniversary 437 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: of this Thunderdome and see where we are on that. 438 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: We will cut a clip, we will save it, we 439 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: will send it to you. Yes, let's do it all 440 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: right here we go to motivate. This is the part 441 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: three prompt to motivate the players. At his alma mater. 442 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: Last week, Rob Gronkowski caught a ball dropped from the 443 00:26:54,400 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: helicopter hovering six over the Arizona Wildcats football stadium. Now, 444 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,199 Speaker 1: imagine your goal was to demotivate your players. So let 445 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: the new athlete and create a new stunt. If you 446 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: wanted to extinguish your favorite teams burning desire to win, 447 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 1: For example, Texas A and m asking Johnny Menzel to 448 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: run a training camp of casino two days would have 449 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: the team losing focus in no time, Samantha your first Mmm, 450 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 1: So my favorite team is the Panthers. So maybe sam 451 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: Donald trying to get his teammates to learn all the 452 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,879 Speaker 1: TikTok dances like the Juju like Corvette Corvette like that 453 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: could definitely demotivate some people. Oh my god, that I 454 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 1: have been trying to get my kids do a TikTok 455 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: dance with me, I'm not gonna happen, but I feel 456 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: like I feel like if I were to do that 457 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: for my Action Network colleagues, that would quickly demotivate them 458 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: from doing anything. Ever, so I can completely appreciate this, Simon, 459 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: can you look up from your phone for two minutes 460 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 1: to answer this question while I try to get down 461 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: massive amount of money on Justin Field to go to 462 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: the top two. This is from a personal experience. We 463 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: had a kid who was running for class president. He 464 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: brought in a wooden board and he could not break 465 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: the wooden board in front of the whole whole school. 466 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: That is just stuck with me for a life. Where 467 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 1: like I'm having a crappy moment where like, you know, 468 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,199 Speaker 1: I'm embarrassing myself in front of people. I'm like, at 469 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: least I'm not trying to stand there for twenty minutes 470 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: breaking this wooden board and it's just silent. And I 471 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: think there'd be nothing funnier than, you know, a coach 472 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: motivating his team and he's like, we're gonna break through this. 473 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: Just like this board. He just keeps punching the board 474 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: and it's just not breaking. So I would love for 475 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,640 Speaker 1: that to just let my teammates down with, Oh my god, 476 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: that is fantastic. For some reason, I keep thinking of 477 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: a karate Kid moment where it completely backfires. Silence is 478 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: pretty good, Samantha's is pretty good. They're they're gaining on you. Yeah, 479 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: I have no chance with this one, But I do 480 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: think my first thought was, you bring in Steph Curry. 481 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 1: So say it's a football team, hockey team, whatever. You 482 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 1: bring in Steph Curry and you say, guys, you gotta 483 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: beat him in a horse or you practice triple the 484 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: time this week. I mean, that's just nasty. That's mean, 485 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: that's that's completely mean spirited. Yes, and that's the best 486 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: way to demotivate somebody is being completely mean spirited. By 487 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: the way, that's also true. Well, I'm gonna say bring 488 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: a gun and brand ish it at the wall of players. 489 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 1: But that's already been said somehow, amazingly enough, someone's actually 490 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: done that in real life, so you cannot use it. 491 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: All right, let me think about this. This is tough. 492 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: I think I gotta go with Simon here because the 493 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: idea of trying to break the board is just hilariously 494 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,959 Speaker 1: funny and sitting there for twenty minutes and not working. Simon, 495 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: you win that round. It is time to go on 496 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: to our grand finale. Right now. Jason has a commanding lead. 497 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: He has five points. Samantha and Simon are tied with two. 498 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: The topic is old time nicknames. How much would you 499 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: like to risk? Close your eyes? Everyone closed their eyes. 500 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: Hold up your fingers with your wager amount? All right? 501 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: The song Take Me Out to the Ballgame has been 502 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: played in Major League Baseball stadiums for generations. It was 503 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: originally released, but wasn't played in a pro baseball stadium 504 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: until the nine four World Series, which was won by 505 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: the St. Louis Cardinals as minus one sixty favorites. That year, 506 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: the Cards were led by a loudmouthed pitcher and n 507 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: L M V P J Dean nicknamed Dizzy Dean. The 508 00:30:55,320 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: team's other ace was Dizzy's brother Paul, and together the 509 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: brothers secured all four of the team's World Series wins. 510 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: The press was eager to give Paul Dean a nickname, 511 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: something to pair up with Dizzy, and so they did. 512 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: And although Paul shares this is the clue, it's very important. 513 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 1: Although Paul shares the nickname with a famous car tune, Waterfowl, 514 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: he earned the Moniker three years before this character first appeared. 515 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: What was Paul Dean's nickname? All right, Jason Bennetti, you 516 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: are the leader in the clubhouse. You have risked one point, 517 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 1: very very strategic. What is your answer? My answer is Daffy. Wow, 518 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: nailed it, Daffy Duck. Simon, you have two points? Yeah, 519 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: because I am again losing my mind, I said tweety 520 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: after the bird of Twitter, which I know is not 521 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: the right answer because Twitter wasn't around in the nine. 522 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: You've got Mac Jones on your head. Samantha, you also 523 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: risked to what was your answer? I said Donald Duck, 524 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: which obviously was not I was in the vicinity. You 525 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 1: could only go with Donald or Daffy. Jason Bennetti so 526 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: dominated this game. And in the beginning he was worried 527 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 1: that it was all gonna go Simon's way. Simon didn't 528 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 1: get any help. Jason didn't even need any help. Samantha, 529 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: you got destroyed in this game. Jason Bennetti, you have 530 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 1: won the Thunderdome and your reward today you get to 531 00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: go call a doubleheader. Yes, thank you. What would the 532 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: prize have been had the game yesterday not been reined out? 533 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 1: You would get to call a single game? And let 534 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: me ask you a question. Here's the story for you, 535 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: as a member, proud member of the White Sox community. 536 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: Years ago. I grew up in outside Chicago. I grew 537 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: up in a town called Highland Park, which is on 538 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 1: the north shore of Chicago. Uh my dad grew up 539 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: in Rogers Park, which is on the north side of Chicago, 540 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 1: not very far from, you know, from Wrigley So we 541 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: were obviously comes fans growing up. But I didn't hate 542 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 1: the White Sox. So many years ago, when I was 543 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: at ESPN, I was lucky enough to go to the 544 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: White House when President Barack Obama was doing the brackets. 545 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 1: And after he does his brackets and we're all gathering 546 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: around for the picture, I wanted to get like at 547 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: least a few seconds with him, and so I go 548 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: up to him and like, Hey, I'm from Chicago. I 549 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: root for the White Sox. What do you think of 550 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: the team this year? And so we talked about it 551 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 1: for a few minutes. I'm not a massive White Sox fan. 552 00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 1: When I'm growing up, I did go there for Game 553 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 1: aimes and like, I would root for them, and I 554 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: loved it when they won the World Series. Uh, you know, 555 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: many many years ago. But do you feel that I 556 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 1: misled the president? Yes, you did, but it was for 557 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,800 Speaker 1: a purpose of creating camaraderie and getting you in with 558 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: a sitting president. I have no problem with it. But 559 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,399 Speaker 1: I think if you said you weren't deceptive, that would 560 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: be the only problem I would have. I definitely was deceptive. 561 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,240 Speaker 1: And again, I don't not root for the White Sox. 562 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,600 Speaker 1: I am a fan of the White Sox. I'm a 563 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,600 Speaker 1: fan of what they are doing this year. I want 564 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 1: them to continue to do well. I want the White 565 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,760 Speaker 1: Sox to continue to be the hot team that everybody 566 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: wants to root for and it talks about I think 567 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,000 Speaker 1: they are a great futures bet for the World Series. 568 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: But in that moment, it was a little deceptive. You 569 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: did what you had to do, though, and I like, 570 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 1: I think it's a great play. I wouldn't have done 571 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,400 Speaker 1: anything differently if I were you, But you know, I 572 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:56,319 Speaker 1: think it's a great story too, Like it's that's fantastic. 573 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: Jason Bennetti, this is why you're a class act for 574 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,400 Speaker 1: coming on our show. And this is why you're a winner. 575 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: You're a winner whether you won the Thunderdome or not. 576 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 1: Samantha and Simon, pack of shit. I don't even know 577 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,920 Speaker 1: if I can have you working at the Action Network anymore. 578 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 1: I want to thank Jason Bennetti, the voice of the 579 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 1: Chicago White Sox, the voice of the ESPN Stack Cast, 580 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: the voice of so many games in so many places 581 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: that if you're not listening to them, then you're clearly 582 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,360 Speaker 1: not a sports fan. If you want to thank Samantha Prividi, 583 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 1: I do want to thank Simon Hunter, my colleagues at 584 00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:28,799 Speaker 1: the Action Network. Before we sign off, here's a word 585 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:34,080 Speaker 1: from our fearless leader, Action Network CEO, Patrick King. This 586 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: is pathetic, this is awful. We've all been humiliated, all right. 587 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:43,840 Speaker 1: This has been the favorites from the Volume Podcast Network. Again, 588 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:47,240 Speaker 1: my thanks to Jason Bennetti, Samantha Priviti, Simon Hunter. Reminder, 589 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,240 Speaker 1: the Volume is now on YouTube. We've got new stuff 590 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,080 Speaker 1: up every single day, clips interviews from all of the 591 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 1: networks shows. Subscribe to the Volume YouTube channel at YouTube 592 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:01,960 Speaker 1: dot com. Backslash the Volume rate and review this show 593 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 1: on Apple Podcasts and download and listen on Spotify. Thanks 594 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 1: for listening. We will see you next week on the Favorites. 595 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,360 Speaker 1: Love you, m H.