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July 14, 2025 18 mins

No messing around when Erin and Charissa drop a new episode of the Pregame answering some of your questions. They tell you what they are most looking forward to with the upcoming football season, how to handle “mean girls” and why you need to step up and go for it when you’re asking that woman out on a date! You also don’t want to miss “Anonymous Follow Up” and what happens when two best friends become roommates.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You got to grab those balls and do something with them,
throw them in the air and head to the pickle
ball court with them. Calm down with Erin and Chrissa
is a production of iHeartRadio. Ear Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi Hi.

(00:21):
My voice is going up and down and up and down,
you knowing it's July fourteenth, because guess what's over? Summer?
Oh We've been saying this ince April. When we went
on our last trip, we said it's over. So I'm
in denial. I'm going to keep it going as long
as I possibly can, because that's the attitude we need

(00:43):
in life. As your backdrop reminds me of missing you
already in that gorgeous location, shall we do a little pregame?
I love I love when you guys write in. We
ask questions, comments and concerns, and you guys have responded.
First up, we've got tricks far eight one eight. What
are you most excited about for this football season? Do

(01:04):
you want to go first? You want me to go ahead?
I think what I'm most excited about is that it's
for us. For I'll start with Amazon, for Amazon. We
are fully in our stride, like there's no like, Oh,
we just started like we're still working at the kinks,
like we are in year four of this Batoy and

(01:26):
it feels great. We have our same group back and
everyone's very comfortable in their designated roles. So I'm excited
about that. For Fox, it's a it's a shake up.
I'm I'm curious because on the kickoffs, well because Peter
Scheger went to ESPN sadly, which makes me bummed because

(01:46):
I love him, and Michael Vick went to go coach
at Norfolk State, which obviously I'm happy for his opportunity there,
so as Jules and I and Charles Woodson and so
we'll find out, you know, a little bit more as
we closer to the football season, sort of the the
structure and the run down and kind of how we
want to frame that show. But I think it's a
new beginning, So as we're hitting our stride in Amazon,

(02:07):
we're kind of starting back over at Fox, which is
also exciting because that means that there's new opportunities to
do different things on that show. So a rebirth, if
you will, A rebirth if you will, mos.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Horrible transition, but congratulations on the birth of your new daughter,
Olivia coppol.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
And Christian McCaffrey. Wow, I didn't know I was a godparent,
but I'm so excited. I am a godparent to two children.
So if they're looking for someone. Although I've never have
I met at Olivia, Yeah, I've met Olivia. I guess
I have. I've always available to be a godparent. I know.
Congratulations guys on the birth of your baby girl, Collette.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
What a cute name that is? Cut CUTI cuts. What
am I most excited about? Thanks so much for asking.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
I like that.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
It's not a rebirth for our crew. It's going to
be Tom's second year. We kind of already in the
you know, at things. Nothing is kind of new for us.
I'm excited about just getting on the road, seeing the boys. Yeah,
having our funny, silly conversations. Our text chain's been a
little quiet lately. I'll probably get that go on here tonight.

(03:15):
But Aaron's really good about that. By the way, the.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Queen of a text chain, I don't know how you
keep them all straight, she had sometimes, Well, I've definitely
done that. I just I just did it. I just
did it. I responded, without looking to see if it
was the right one, And there might have been a
little grenade thrown and as soon as I press send,
I was like, who it was fine, Chris. It was

(03:43):
about somebody's Instagram. Oh boy, and there was a picture
and everyone's like, what are we doing? We'll send it
to me. Well, you don't know this person, so I'm
making a simmer and I will AnyWho. But okay, good.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
So we have a lot to look forward to. Yeah,
and it starts tomorrow. It starts tomorrow. I can't wait
for week one tomorrow. K Zook fourteen Aaron best advice
for taking care of yourself physically and emotionally during IVF treatment.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
Thanks so, full disclosure. It's not great, But full disclosure,
it's not that bad. It really isn't You.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
Like look at it and you're like, oh, this is
the worst month ever, and it's tough. It's really tough.
And listen, I don't know how many times you've done this.
When it's number eight, number nine, like I did, it's like, okay,
I am, I'm done. But when you look back at it,
and especially if it goes successfully, you're like, it wasn't
that bad. Know that it's probably going to be a

(04:39):
month of your body feeling the way it feels the
first week not that bad.

Speaker 1 (04:43):
Just lah, it sucks? What it just sucks? I can't
remember I've only done this thing one time. Yeah and
one and done? But what was that for? What is
the first week? Is it just like prepping your body?
What is that? Look?

Speaker 2 (04:58):
The first week, by the way, great question out of
you start taking your vitamins and all your supplements now
just so you get your body going.

Speaker 1 (05:06):
But the first week is just the shots. And then
the hard part is you don't know how long the
shots are gonna be. Sometimes they go really well and
it's ten to eleven days. Sometimes it's thirteen to fourteen.
Sometimes they're not enough follicles and they want to keep
it going. The hard part is the blood at the end,
where they take your blood. Sometimes it's like, you know,
you're doing it every day and you're like, I don't.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
Have any more places for you to need blood, So
that gets a little difficult. By the time the retrieval happens,
it's a walk in the park.

Speaker 1 (05:37):
You know why. You get to be put asleep, You
get to you remember that right, and you're done.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
And what does suck after that is you can't really
work out for a week and a half because they
want this swelling to go down. They want your ovaries
to go down. Any men that are listening to this
and it's too graphic.

Speaker 1 (05:53):
I don't care.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
So it is like, all in all, kind of a
month out, but listen, if you get good results, it
doesn't matter in the it's like.

Speaker 1 (06:00):
A month of your life. Somebody would but I wish
that somebody. Sorry, I wish that somebody would have told me.
And I probably wouldn't have listened because it was at
the place I was in my life where I would
can't tell me nothing, where I would have like detoxed
a little bit before.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
I wish I had done it in my twenties. I'm
so pissed I didn't that part.

Speaker 1 (06:21):
But yeah, we're I think I was like drinking the
day of or something, and it's like, I mean, look,
who knows if it makes a difference. But I think
like there's always that thing where you're like, okay, like
this is really important, maybe take it seriously. But I
think that great, yeah exactly. Let us know how it goes. Kay.
So fourteen sending you good vibes. Yeah, speaking of good vibes,

(06:42):
I think I bought the I should have asked you.
I was at Target the other day. I bought Yeah,
I bought the Good Vibes. Well, I think it's the
Good Vibes. But white one. Yeah, the White one. Yeah.
Over twenty million copies sold. Whatever was congratulations, I know.
I was like, well, I want to see what this
book's all about. And it's, like you said, it's quick.
It's like three pages per little so I've been doing
that and then open it on a page and just

(07:04):
read that little less. Oh my god, you're crazy, Anonymous.
Should I tell my mom I dislike her boyfriend. He
lives with us and I find him to be the
biggest man child. The issue is he's making my mom
happy for the first time since a messy divorce. Should
I tell her how I feel? Or suck it up
until I leave for college? Second up, sister, No, you

(07:25):
gotta especially, and I appreciate that the anonymous that you
understand that this is making your mother happy and so
this isn't about you for the first time in your life.
Put yourself second. Your mom is happy, and since you
are leaving for college now, I think we've had something
similar to this before. If there's an issue of like,
he's not nice to your mom, or it's at like
a detriment to her and she's ignoring this warning signs,

(07:48):
then yeah, you say something. But if it's just you
don't like him, then yeah, unfortunately this is not your relationship.
So yeah, zip it, zip it zipper? George Bush? Is
that what we said? Karen and I would have code words,
whether it's for work or whether it's when we're around
our significant others. If we want to complain about something,

(08:08):
we wouldn't make up a word. Zipper was our work one.
And then when we were on vacation. I don't know
why I thought it was George Bush. Why George Well,
I don't know why was George Bush. But whenever we'd
say George Bush, the other one had to shut up
speaking of Zipper.

Speaker 2 (08:33):
Okay, Mike, Yeah, I mean, I'm so sorry, Mike, And
because Mick, Mick Acus.

Speaker 1 (08:41):
I'm so sorry. That's a hard one. Yeah. Have either
of you had mean girlfriends? I'm fifty seven and experienced
this so often. Oh no, oh, I would think so
because I don't have many girlfriends. I got I got
a small gro I called bullshit on that, because no,
you have so many girlfriends, and I get like mad

(09:04):
when you're like, oh, I was with my girlfriends and
I was like, what why, shit, I don't need you
to have other friends. No, because you've got your hockey group.
You've got the mom group. You've got the group. I
don't know many moms in the group. No you do.
You got the hockey mom group. I got the out. Yeah,

(09:24):
you've got You've got a bunch of girlfriends. Yeah, you know.
I've come across a couple doozies. But it's not like
they're mean. I'm just like, I'm good. And I was.

Speaker 2 (09:36):
We had some guests in this past week and we
were kind of reliving someone we all know, and I
had had a few and I was like, I told you, guys,
this girl she's so annoying, and I freaking I called it.
No one listened to me, and uh, yeah, that felt good.

Speaker 1 (09:53):
She's not mean, just annoying. I don't really know any
mean do you. Well, I don't know, do you I
don't have I don't think it's about mean. I think
I just have hit an expiration point with a few
people in my life that I just go, I'm all right.
Just because they've been there for a long time doesn't mean,
we got to, you know, keep keep them in the rotation.

(10:15):
They're not stored under favorites anymore on my phone, so
I think that's fine. And also it changes like there's
different chapters and different friends in your life for different reasons.
And if you're lucky enough, which I think we both,
I know we both are, to have a few really
good girlfriends, then I'm good. It's not about how many.
It's you know, the old adage of like the quality
over quantity kind of a thing. So in this situation,

(10:36):
as far as how to deal with it, I know
we're watching your name making cuss, but I would say,
just say less is more and not communicate with those
people and hopefully they get the hint. If not, just
right back, you're a bitch. No, I'm kidding the right. Hey.
I have a thought.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
I have a memory that just came up because I
was thinking of why I gotta be so mean.

Speaker 1 (10:59):
You were talking about different times in our lives.

Speaker 2 (11:01):
I remember when you and I both worked at ESPN
and someone who's really taking us off, I don't think
ticked you off, but takes me off, and we started
singing that so loud. I think on our way to
the Hampton's before you got pulled over.

Speaker 1 (11:18):
Oh my god. Wait wait it's who I'm thinking about, right,
big Gold see yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course that's funny.

Speaker 2 (11:28):
Now, Like in my life, I'm like, I don't cur
you know, you know kids say that.

Speaker 1 (11:33):
Still I don't cur. No, I don't think so we're
so we're so far removed from cool things people say.
But I'll tell you what, I'm still not removed from
the warrant that's out for my arrest in New York City.
If I was to ever d better not go to
that wedding. You're going to get arrested. You guys, Is
there a cop listening? Because I'm curious what the statue

(11:54):
of limitation, statue of libertation? I don't know, statue of liberty?
Not going to New York because is it? Mackie? I
see that face? She only lights up for one person
like that, Auntie Chrissa. Hi McCarron, let me see the
booze okay haircut? Oh hi? Hi? I love you? I

(12:20):
love you? I love you? Do you love your so much?
Do you love your dad too? Yeah? Do you love Auntie? Carissa?
She was at a home. Mm hmmm. I love you. You're
the most handsome boy in all the world. Thank you,

(12:44):
Hi daddy. Oh my gosh, she's so guys Mac, did
you do it? You had a good nap? Yeah, I
love you. I'll come see you later. What were you
can't handle him? I can handle his little face he is.

(13:04):
He's so blonde and like his like little tan. He's
got good coloring.

Speaker 2 (13:08):
Yeah, I gotta we gotta talk on the big show
about some things that are going on the two's.

Speaker 1 (13:13):
Oh yeah, oh okay, to legitimate. I saw therapy this week.
Real excited. Sorry, scream, sorry, scream. Whoa, Oh my god,
things are happening over there from my goal. I can't
handle that. He's so cute. Okay, you're up, sister, Okay.

Speaker 2 (13:31):
R Nast nine one four would love to see you
both play in the American Century Golf Tourney.

Speaker 1 (13:35):
Nope, nope. Oh oh, I'm going to tell you I
would love to play in that tournament. But the only
way I could play is if it's a scramble and
by it's like best ball. So I'm not interested in
like the pressure of having to like carry the whole
skill scorecard alone. Like it's more fun if it's like Hey,

(13:55):
we all hit a ball, we'll play the best one
and then go from there. That's the way I'm interested
in it because I also have not worked on my
golf game near enough. Should we do a better job?
While I say that, and there's no way it's going
to happen during the season, but I feel like we
should take lessons together and do it together, and then
we'll actually follow through with it.

Speaker 2 (14:15):
I would love that I did a pickleball lesson today
and I'll talk more about that on the Big show.

Speaker 1 (14:20):
Oh my god, Jesus, I don't know who we are
these days.

Speaker 2 (14:27):
I'll tell you who I want to be, somebody walking
around with some better legs.

Speaker 1 (14:32):
So I.

Speaker 2 (14:34):
Did pickle ball. We'll talk about it, but anyone feel
me on this. I start looking down every five seconds
to see if they look a little bit more muscular,
you know, sure, like.

Speaker 1 (14:42):
It's going to happen right away. I also need to
talk about that this padel and paddle and now right
when everyone's getting into pickle ball. Now there's a new
sport and you're building. Yeah, what's the exactly, I don't know.
We're excited, but then it's like, well, okay, we'll talk
about it later. Bryan are one astute producer, will keep
track of it because I'm squirrel anonymous. I had a coworker,

(15:07):
I'd like to get to know her as more than
just coworkers if she was interested, but also gave but
also gave her an out by saying, I will keep
things one hundred percent professional if that's her preference. She said,
let's go out from Margarita. Sometimes I reached out to
make plans, but she's out of town, which turned out
to be true because she was out of the office
all week. Should I ask her out again or wait

(15:27):
for something up? You you set something up? She was
out of town. She wasn't lying. Don't I waititive on this.
Don't get sensitive. She's out of town. She's out of town.
And then if you pull that whole like, oh, I
was waiting for you to set it up. If you're
not going to take the initiative and in the pre
dating stages, what's going to happen in the relationship. No,

(15:48):
you gotta grab those balls and do something with them,
throw in the air and head to the pickle ball
court with them. No, go it on. Okay, so we
have heard off. Stop being a chick you can go
show them who's boss. Hey, why do I have a cold?
On July fourteenth? And no one needs to be blowing

(16:10):
their nose seven hundred times a day?

Speaker 2 (16:11):
Like, what are we doing? We're shitting that for a while.
You're so much better than me, sick. I'm like, you
can manage. You're really good at it. Oh, it's just
what are we lingering for here?

Speaker 1 (16:22):
Oh? Fun? Anonymous follow up take care me okay? Original
question from a month ago. This was in about mid June,
about to be roommates with my best friend. Any tips
to make sure we stay friends? We said, don't do it? Okay?
Then follow up.

Speaker 2 (16:35):
I ended up taking your advice and my family and
friend's advice and had a tough conversation where my friend
and I knew that we should not live together after
graduating college.

Speaker 1 (16:45):
She's not taking it well, but I think in the
long run, this will be the best scenario. It will
she'll get over it, yeah, and she'll probably appreciate her well.
I think there's also this aspect of it too, And
you and I have broached this goversation multiple times in
depending on our scenarios. If you can't be honest with

(17:05):
your friend then they're really not that good of a friend.
And yes, if you're going to have to have uncomfortable conversations,
that's what it is. But it's coming from and if
that friend this one, if she's taking it hard, that's
because she obviously like cares about you, so she's going
to be sensitive. But ultimately it's like, if I'm her,
I'm appreciating that you had you know, the like I

(17:27):
don't know, the confidence, or you had the I don't know,
that's not the right word, but you had the balls.
Why do I keep saying balls? The balls are in
your court, CHRISA. I just appreciate the honesty, even if
it's hurtful upfront, at least it's coming from a good place,
and it's to actually save your friendship and not damage
your friendship where you know you can't get it back.

(17:48):
So thank you for following up, Anonymous. We also love
a good follow up to the situation. Let us know
how it goes. We'll just keep having this be a
follow up for the end of time.

Speaker 2 (17:57):
Oh yeah, keep following up a lot of questions.

Speaker 1 (18:01):
Love you guys joined us on the Big Show. Lots
to talk about, including Aaron's I got a scart therapy session.
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