WEBVTT - Hot Seats, Wagon Wheels, and Disappointing Balls 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:02.960 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we want 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:06.080 to see Ellie the Elephant crash every New York based 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.760 studio show Charity checked Colbert off the list, but what 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:13.440 ABOUTSNL the view the two The possibilities are endless. On 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:16.640 today's show, another WNBA team is searching for a head coach, 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:19.320 The Red Stars lose a color and a few stars, 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:21.560 and what happens when you have to pass a test 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:32.560 to creep? It's all coming up right after this Welcome back. 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:37.400 Here's what you need to know today in NWSL news. 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:40.640 The Chicago Red Stars unveiled a new name and crest 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:43.880 on Wednesday, the first major brand transformation for the team 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:45.680 in their nearly twenty year history. 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:47.080 Going forward, they. 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.280 Will be known as the Chicago Stars Football Club, with 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:52.560 a logo that includes a red star at the center 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:55.400 of a soccer ball. Per a release from the team quote, 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:57.560 the star at the center of the crest represents the 0:00:57.600 --> 0:01:01.520 club's players, past, present and feutre Placing the players at 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:03.000 the heart of the club has been a priority for 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:05.959 the new Chicago Stars FC ownership group since the start 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:08.000 of their tenure last year, and the star and the 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:10.000 crest is a symbolic representation of. 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:11.440 That commitment end quote. 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.200 Other elements of the logo are nods to Chicago landmarks 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:17.200 like the Chicago Theater Marquee and the Wrigley Field Marquee 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:19.840 and the blue of Lake Michigan. Per the statement, the 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.520 Chicago Stars FC will continue to dawn the Red Star's 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:24.520 name and crest for the remainder of this season and 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:27.320 into the playoffs, before fully transitioning. 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:28.520 To the new crest at the beginning of next year. 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.199 To the WNBA, reminder of the New York Liberties ticker 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:35.520 tape parade is today. Can't wait to see the scenes 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:38.200 coming out of that celebration. You know that Ellie's gonna 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.560 eat just like she did Tuesday night on The Late Show. 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:45.640 And I am a massive, super huge major Stephen Colbert 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:47.880 fans so hearing him talk about the Liberty win and 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:51.600 then hold Ellie's purse while she danced awesome. Here's a 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:53.120 little snippet of his monologue. 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:58.960 Their mascot Ellie the Elephant, all right? Why an elephant 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:02.120 not a particularly New York animal. You could have easily 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:07.040 have gone with Ronda the rat. You know her cashphrase, 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.200 I just had one thousand babies. 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:13.560 Okay, love you, Steven, be my friend, please best friend. 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:17.040 Okay more WNBA. The Washington Mystics announced on Wednesday that 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:19.360 the team is parted ways with general manager Mike Tebow 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:22.520 and head coach Eric Tibo. Mike Eric's father was hired 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.160 as Washington's head coach and general manager ahead of the 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:28.320 twenty thirteen WNBA season and served in that role until 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:31.359 twenty twenty two, a tenure that included the Mystics twenty 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:35.160 nineteen WNBA title. Two years ago, he stepped away from coaching, 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:37.840 but stayed on as GM, with his son and longtime 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:41.520 assistant Eric filling the head coach role. Eric's tenure included 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.080 a thirty three and forty seven record that featured lots 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:48.080 of injuries, player turnover, and star Elena Deladon deciding to 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:50.720 sit out for the twenty twenty four season. There are 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:54.360 now five open head coaching positions in the w with 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.760 the Dream, Sky Wings and Sparks also on the hunt 0:02:57.800 --> 0:02:59.760 for a new head coach, and it's possible we haven't 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:03.400 even each peak vacancy status yet because Annie costable. Chicago 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:06.160 Sun Times reported that, per multiple league sources, there will 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:09.480 be quote more coaching vacancies before the end. 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:12.639 Of the month. End quote. Hell of a tease. Annie 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:13.359 some more. 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.400 WNBA Diana Trossi, in an interview with the Associated Press, 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.200 said she's still deciding whether she wants to play another season. 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.960 She said, quote, I don't take retirement lightly. I know 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.160 the minute I say it or announce it, whether it's 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:25.920 you know, in a month or two months, I'm going 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:26.400 to mean it. 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:27.160 End quote. 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.320 So you're telling me, there's a chance you're telling me 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:31.760 maybe that wasn't it. 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:34.519 Listen, I get it. Deciding when you're done as hard 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:35.760 and whatever. She decides. 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:38.880 Props to the Mercury for giving her flowers this season. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.720 It's never a mistake to celebrate greatness in the moment. 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.280 And we got even more hoops news. Asia Wilson's statue 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:49.280 already stands outside South Carolina's Colonial Life Arena, and now 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.960 her jersey will hang inside. The former Gamecock women's basketball 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:55.760 star and MVP of the twenty twenty four WNBA season 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.040 will have her number twenty two retired on February second, 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.440 when the team takes up on Auburn. The announcement was 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:04.320 made Tuesday, accompanied by a heartwarming video on the team's 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.360 Instagram account. It features head coach Don Staley delivering the 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:08.680 news to Wilson via FaceTime. 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.240 Here's a snippet. So I want to tell you when 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:13.840 you come and to see us eat a day because 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:18.160 your your jersey is going to be retired. Do you 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.239 guys want me to cry today? 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:26.920 No way, y'all know this, But Wilson's resume is legit nuts. 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:30.080 She's the program's all time leading scorer, a Wooden Award winner, 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.880 a Natesmith Trophy winner, a Wade Trophy winner, a three 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.040 time SEC Player of the Year, and the star that 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.560 led the squad to its first national title back in 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:45.479 twenty seventeen. That's a bad motherfucker. Congrats Asia. Okay, you 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.119 didn't think I was just gonna let the Red Stars 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:51.480 name and logo change sit without editorializing, did you nah? 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:51.839 Okay? 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:54.599 For those who don't know, I'm a longtime Red Stars 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:57.000 fan and I spent several years as a minority owner 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:57.440 of the team. 0:04:57.600 --> 0:04:59.719 So I have some thoughts. 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:03.840 Okay, First, I understand the desire to rebrand, to break 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.479 away from previous ownership and establish a new era for 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.200 the team under the new regime, but I think you 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:12.080 could do that in a many more meaningful ways than 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.960 by downgrading a strong brand. All that money for the 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.360 rebrand could go to things that directly benefit the team 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:21.640 and the players instead of symbolically centering them with the logo. 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:25.720 And speaking of centering the A in Stars, not being 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:28.479 centered in the logo itself is a nightmare for those 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:31.520 of us with mild symmetry OCD, and I'm not joking, 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:32.720 I genuinely have that. 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.440 I will be thinking about that every time I look 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:34.760 at it. 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:37.680 Beyond that, Red Stars, which was a nod to the 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.400 four stars in the Chicago city flag and the old crest, 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:43.680 which had elements of the Chicago flags, stars and stripes, 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:47.080 was frankly pretty fire, and there was really a ton 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.080 of unmet potential there for Chicagoans or even just tourists 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.919 who will snap up anything and everything with the Chicago 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:54.880 flag on it. The Red Stars could have made bank 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.479 capitalizing on that with merch something I said many times 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:01.040 while I was there. The new chicag Iago Stars name 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:05.120 is generic and uninspiring, and also the name of at 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:08.680 least five other soccer teams, including the FC Stars, a 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:11.320 club right in the Chicago suburbs. Not to mention of 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.080 course hockey, the Dallas Stars and the former WNBA San 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.880 Antonio Stars. I guess they wanted to make a small 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.440 pivot as opposed to a full rebrand and a completely 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:21.680 new name. The team has been around long enough. I 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:25.000 guess that they might think longtime fans wouldn't approve. But 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:27.760 that's sort of the problem, right, Either your rebranding to 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.360 signal a new start, or you choose a different way 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.560 to signal change. This half in, half out would only 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:36.159 work if it was an improvement or a sharpening of 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:37.160 the existing brand. 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:39.440 Instead, it now just feels simplistic. 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:42.159 The name and the logo and merch at least what's 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.440 out right now it kind of feels like a club team, 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:47.520 a high school level travel team, and pretty much every 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:49.480 year the Red Stars kits were voted best in the 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:51.560 league and the crest was iconic. 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:53.880 Now it's a soccer ball. 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:56.000 I hope in the future of the team takes bigger 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:57.400 swings and tries to get more modern. 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:58.719 This is just the first pass. 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:02.400 Maybe feedback will inspire a couple more things that feel 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:03.960 a little bit more interesting and creative. 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:05.960 Also worth noting, when. 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:07.520 I was with the team, we talked about needing to 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:10.000 address the high percentage of Latin fans that attended and 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.920 supported the Chicago Fire of the MLS, but how the 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.360 Red Stars team struggled to attract that same support and 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.840 fan base. So I think it's great that the team 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:21.000 seems aware and is working to address that. But announcing 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:26.040 the rebrand with the caption somos Chicago Stars FC and 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:29.320 announcing the merch capsule collection with I'm going to get 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.240 this completely wrong, by the way, because I speak French. 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:35.920 A new capitulo, a limited drop, our exclusive capsule collection 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:40.760 Esta Officialmente available, get your first taste of Chicago Stars FC. 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:42.280 It just feels. 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:47.440 Forced, awkward, like we want to attract Spanish speaking fans, 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:49.880 so every other sentence will be in Spanish. 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:51.560 Meh. 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:54.120 I honestly hope to be proven wrong with future merch 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.760 drops or maybe just the benefit of time, but for now, 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:03.200 dropping a giant ball in ours and saying Tadda's hitting 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:05.760 hard a little too soon after the whole Boss Nation 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:07.200 Balls FC debacle. 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:09.280 We got to pay some bills. 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:19.160 When we come back, we say yes and to WNBA ratings, 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:24.640 welcome back slices, some more good WNBA news. The WNBA 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.200 announced that Game five of the Liberty Links Finals series 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:30.280 averaged two point one five million viewers, making it the 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.559 most watched Finals game in twenty five years, which brings 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:39.439 us to yet another installment of Yes and The twenty 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.560 twenty four WNBA season is certainly one for the record 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.240 books thanks to the crowds and the big viewership numbers, 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:47.800 But with so much focus on the current moment in 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.240 women's sports, it does sometimes feel like we're overlooking the 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.839 incredible history that exists, because honestly, growth in the WNBA 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:57.240 and women's sports in general hasn't been a linear trajectory 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.920 where things started out bad, slowly improved, and our final 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.560 peaking now. For example, did you know that the two 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:05.720 most watch games in WNBA history were both played on 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:09.400 the league's inaugural weekend Back in ninety seven. The league's 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:12.360 debut game between the Liberty and Sparks averaged five point 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:16.040 oh four million viewers on NBC. The following day, three 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:17.959 point five to nine million people tuned in to see 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:20.880 the now defunct Charlotte Sting play the Mercury. As for 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.320 the most watched finals game, that was just a couple 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.079 years later, when Teresa Weatherspoon's Liberty stole Game two of 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:29.080 the finals against the Houston Comets thanks to a half 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:30.560 court shot seen by three. 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:31.840 Point twenty five million people. 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.240 Now, a lot has changed in the media space in 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.160 the last three decades, so comparing ratings from then and now, 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.120 when viewers have more choices than ever and sports leagues 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:43.599 have more competition than ever, isn't exactly a fair comparison. 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.320 And let's be clear, the numbers this year were huge. 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.800 We love to see them, and also, this is what 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.560 we've been telling you as possible for led tooral years. 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.280 The WNBA Finals were up one hundred and fifteen percent 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:57.120 over last season per ESPN, and Game five provided the 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.679 WNBA with its largest audience ever on an NFL's when 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.720 competition in the sports space is especially tough, and the 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:05.080 WNBA delivered all. 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:05.800 Season long too. 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.920 A total of thirty two WNBA television windows top one 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.640 million viewers this season. That's more than twice as many 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:14.880 as a previous season, and no surprise, Caitlin Clark and 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:18.079 the Indiana Fever played in most of those. So yes 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:22.320 to this year's viewership wins and to the huge numbers 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:25.280 from years past. We got to take another break when 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:27.640 we come back Alex gets vetted. 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.280 Welcome back slices. We love that you're back. We're back too. 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:39.560 We love it for us. Shout out to a friend 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:42.800 of mine from college, Joe Graham. Joe, thanks for listening. 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.240 He heard the episode where Alex admitted to creeping on 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:48.959 a Facebook page called dorm Room Mama's, where she likes 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.760 to eavesdrop on the trials and tribulations of moms just 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.320 trying to parent their college age kids from AFAR, and 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:58.000 Joe helpfully suggested another Facebook group that Alex might be into, 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:02.439 called After the Drop Off Slash Parenting through the College Years. Alex, 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:06.200 naturally intrigued, checked it out. So tell everyone how that 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:07.599 worked out, Alex. 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:10.040 Well, I just have to say, dorm Room Mamas there 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:12.800 was no barrier for entry. You just click join and 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.760 they accept you. And that is because I have come 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.440 to learn dorm room Mamas I believe is a front. Well, 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.560 no one in Dormy Mamas except for the admin, is 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:22.760 allowed to post links. 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:26.760 Oh my gosh, but the admin posts a bunch of links. 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:31.160 Yes, constantly like oh by your child this Halloween snack pack. 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.160 Probably getting like affiliate money. 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:35.720 Yes exactly. Yes, I've discovered a scam. 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:39.280 Wow, dorm room mama's affront. 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:43.400 After the drop off parenting through the college years different vibe. 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.280 There is a survey you have to answer in order 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.240 to be admitted, which I was not expecting. 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:51.199 What did it ask you? 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:51.520 So? 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:55.080 The first question was how many college age children do 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:55.880 you currently have? 0:11:57.520 --> 0:11:59.080 Question? Did you answer honestly? 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:02.040 How many K through twelve children do you currently have? 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.120 And then question for you was what is the sum 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:07.280 of those two numbers? I assumed to get rid of robots. 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.400 I did answer honestly. I said zero, although I did 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.719 mention that I, you know, sometimes will mentor students who 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:17.160 are looking forward to college, which is true. It's true, 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:19.920 I know people in high school and college. 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.079 Okay, we'll call that mentorship knowing people in high school 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:24.439 and college. 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.800 Wait, okay, so you were honest and they admitted you 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:28.720 to the girl admitted me. 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.040 Yes, I was fully expecting not to get admitted, but 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:34.120 I was admitted despite having no college age children. 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:38.320 So Alex with zero children but knows people in high 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:40.040 school and college enters the group. 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.040 Do you have any good takeaways so far? 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.280 Is it giving you the same good goss as you 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:46.120 were getting from dormer mamas? 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.880 Okay, I have to say, in order to get pleasure 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:50.920 from goss, I see it the same way I see comedy. 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:53.160 I want to punch up, not down, Like I don't 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:57.080 want to be like laughing at people's misery. Right, and honestly, 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:58.920 so much of the stuff on both of these groups, 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.360 I just feel so much for both the parents and 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.840 the kids. I just want them to have the resources 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.280 that they need to succeed at this time in their 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.880 life that is so pivotal to whatever comes next. Right, 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:11.679 And so yeah, a lot of times I'm like, oh, 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.400 this is not fulfilling the funny gossip need that I 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:16.360 have in my life. But I did come across a 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:19.560 very fun one recently on after the drop off. Okay, 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:23.440 so this anonymous member begins. My son told me on 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.240 Tuesday that he and his girlfriend of the past year 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:30.199 and a half got married on Sunday. What I am dumbfounded. 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.000 We are a close family, and we live in the 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:34.800 same city that he goes to college, and oh my god, 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.880 and so do her parents. They go to the same school. 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:41.080 They practically live in each other's dorms. She is not pregnant, 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:42.959 he is not going after war, and they have no 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:46.520 explanation as to why now they wanted to get married? 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.560 Oh my god, yep. 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:51.960 Honestly, though my favorite was a wait. 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.160 Wait, we're not moving on from that yet. I have 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.440 so many questions. Did they just get fed up and 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:59.880 go get married? Is the school in Vegas? Did they 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:02.400 Did they do the little White Chapel thing? 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:05.080 Does it not have a three day waiting period like 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.640 they do up north to make sure you're not cousins first? 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:11.520 Do they hate their family members? Why wouldn't they invite them? 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:13.480 Why wouldn't they tell them? Why would they get married 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:14.079 for no reason? 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:14.439 Also? 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:16.920 PSA for me, nobody should get married before the age 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:20.720 of I don't know twenty eight what. I feel so 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.800 bad for this mom all No, probably she sucks, though, 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:25.680 because why would you not tell your mom you're getting 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:26.680 married unless she sucked? 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.560 One commenter though, I love this. This says so much 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:31.600 about student loans and where we are in that she 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.720 writes call financial aid and report the change of circumstances. 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:36.960 They may now qualify for eight if they may not 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:37.880 have before. 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.360 Amazing, so helpful. 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.800 I really hope that they get some additional financial lay 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:45.400 out of this huge life decision. 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:47.800 Can I tell you that I once went to a 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:51.760 wedding that was all the invitations sent were for an 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:52.960 engagement party. 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:53.880 So it was a surprise. 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:57.440 He was going to propose, right, and so we were 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.440 all going to be there for the proposal. And to 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:03.880 be honest, not a super close friend, so I was surprised. 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:04.480 That we would get invited. 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:08.280 But it was at this beautiful Terzo Piano modern wing 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:10.680 of the Art Institute, and it was going to be 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.680 a beautiful night. We were like, all right, we'll show up. 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.680 It ended up being their wedding. They had not even 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.720 told their family that it was their wedding, and so 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:20.880 when I asked, like, oh, why the surprise, they were like, 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:22.720 we just really wanted to do it for ourselves and 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:24.960 not have a ton of input from like family members 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:25.720 about where we. 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:27.400 Should do it and how we should do it. And 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:27.800 I was. 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:31.000 Happy for them because it was beautiful and wonderful. Weirdly enough, 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:35.960 Jason Derulo performed at it, but I okay, hilarious side 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:38.320 note on that. So the whole thing's like a surprise, 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.400 and then the husband gets up on stage during the 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:43.960 reception and he's like, I have one surprise that even 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.080 my wife doesn't know about and she's like, oh my god, 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.600 what and he's like, we have a very special performance, 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:48.880 and she. 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:51.880 Goes, is it Beyonce. Now here's the thing. 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.760 If you ask is it Beyonce, there is no answer 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:56.040 other than yes, that will not. 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:57.040 Be a disappointment. 0:15:57.320 --> 0:16:00.760 There's almost nobody that you could say after that, like no, 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:04.880 it's Jason Derulo, which like cool if. 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:06.400 You didn't just ask if it's Beyonce. 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:07.800 Did he sing marry Me? 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:10.840 No, he didn't. Is that a Jason Derulo song? 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:12.920 I just googled it. I don't want to make it 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:14.840 sound like I come off just knowing all of Jason 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.160 Drouola's songs off the top of my head. 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:18.960 I didn't know that was a Jason Drulo song. 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:21.440 The only thing I remember him singing because it was 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:23.800 like the hit song at the time, so obviously this 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:26.480 was like I think twenty thirteen or something was talk 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:31.960 Dirty to Me. Arguably good song, but hilarious, hilarious that 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:34.080 there's this like fancy ass wedding and he's like, talk 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.920 dirty to me. Anyway, it was a good time, and 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:38.880 also I was happy for them that they got to 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:40.440 do it the way they wanted, but it also told 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:42.560 me like instantly everything I needed to know about their 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:45.240 relationship with their families that they were like, we're even 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:46.440 gonna surprise our mothers. 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.200 We just want to do this ourselves. 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:50.960 So I guess maybe that young man and his girlfriend 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:52.600 just wanted to do it for themselves. 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.840 Although again, wait a couple of years, kids, please, I 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:56.400 beg of you. 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:58.400 Please, You're not even a fully formed human yet at 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:00.080 twenty three, twenty two, twenty one. 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.960 Aren't anything else Alex from after the drop off? 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.520 Nothing to report. But if anyone else knows of any 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:09.880 good gossipy Facebook groups that aren't a front for as 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.720 on affiliate links like, I would love to hear about it. 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.919 Thank you again, Joe Graham for sending us that. We 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:18.000 got a lot of joy out of that. 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:20.639 We love that you're listening, but we want you to 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:22.080 get in the game every day too, and not just 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.680 by sending us Facebook groups that Alex can creep on. 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:26.919 We have other good game plays of the day. Today 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:30.240 is a big one. Early voting now open in about 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.480 half of states, including here in Illinois and in Virginia 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:34.320 where Misha lives. 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:35.520 So, Misha, have you voted yet? 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:35.880 Hell? 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:40.640 Yeah, look at you? Would you do? I went in 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:44.600 person right around the corner. Here, easy breezy, beautiful cover girl, 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:47.439 all that, so handle your business people. I love that. 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:52.479 So I highly recommend early voting for the majority of people. 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:55.159 It helps cut through a lot of the bs, It 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:57.800 makes the returns come in faster, YadA YadA, all the 0:17:57.800 --> 0:18:00.000 good stuff anyway, So I tell other people to do that, 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:01.959 and then I always reserve the right to, like go 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:04.320 on election day morning and march over there. In my 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:08.480 I always wear my bird Repino twenty twenty sweatshirt and 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:10.520 my shoes that they sent me that say vote, and 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:12.760 like all my paraphernalia, and I get my little sticker 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.000 and I feel really good about it until sometimes I 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:17.639 don't when the results come back. But in Chicago it 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:21.000 is very clearly Democrat. In Illinois it's very clearly Democrats. 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.160 So like, there's no waiting to last minute to count votes, 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:25.800