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October 2, 2025 38 mins

It’s a jam-packed Big Show edition of Calm Down with Erin and Charissa — and we’re covering everything from pumpkin spice to NFL officiating!

Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson kick things off by sharing their love for fall vibes — from cozy scents and stunning colors to why fall has officially claimed the crown as the best season ever.

Then, FOX Sports Rules Analyst Dean Blandino joins the show to break down one of the wildest NFL moments of the week - Why did Packers vs. Cowboys have to end in a tie?!

Plus, Erin and Charissa go behind the scenes of their exclusive interviews with Baker Mayfield and Daniel Jones and why they are rooting for these redemption stories in the NFL.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Leave it to ad Dean Ladino to still whine even
when the tush push isn't used. These cry baby announcers
hating the Eagles regardless of what they do.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Calm Down with Aeron and Carissa is a production of iHeartRadio. Hi,
Hi Hi.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
This reminds me of a Matthew Stafford way that he
was doing to the girls everyone in the Super Bowl.
I love that little gift of his. Hi everybody. Welcome
to the Calm Down Podcast, Week four in the book.
We have a lot to discuss on this podcast. Okay,
we're gonna here's my rundown, here's my attempting to und down,
trying to be organized. Let me sit up straight for this.
Oh okay, We're going to talk about Aaron sit down

(00:44):
with Baker. If you listen to the pregame, we are
all baked, all the time, love him.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
All bacon, shake and bake, shake and bake.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
We are going to discuss I'm headed back to my
twenty five year high school reunion this weekend.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Lady, you hit me with that this weekend. That's amazing.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
We're going to talk about that. We also are going
to talk about I got a home game for the rams.
So I'm back at the ranch, which is really exciting
to already be back here early in the se.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
A home game with the Chargers.

Speaker 3 (01:13):
Home game with the Chargers for my girl, even though
she hasn't even come home yet because she's still on
the road.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
She's busy.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
Gal.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
We've got falls here. I'm into all the candles. I'm
into all the things. So we are going to candle assessment.
Let's do let's like your hottest candles. Let's say Fall
Candle Chatter.

Speaker 4 (01:31):
Because I saw one advertised today and I really want
to try it. But then I like the one that
we kind of were turned on too, so it's a
whole thing. Okay, Well, let's just dive into it. Why wait,
because here's what my here's what my hack is. I
just came from Save Mart, the grocery store here in
my cute little town where I'm in the middle of nowhere.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
I love Save Mart.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
I love a deal, but all they have are I
won't say the name brand of the candle because I
must feel like I'm knocking them, which is not nice.
I'm not knocking them, but it is a lower I've
beat you, and I are candle snobs. We are spending
our your max college fund on these candles because we've
gotten really addicted to these sins and it's astronomical what

(02:12):
we're willing to pay for wax and a good sent However,
knowing that I'm going to, I don't know, want to
rotate some of these seasonal scents in. I bought the
cheaper candle, okay, and there's the dip teak one that
I have, but it's hollowed out because it's the candle's gone.
So I've now put the cheaper candle inside the dip

(02:34):
teak one. So esthetically it looks that's what a candle.
It's not by it. It still looks like it's dip teak,
but it's giving off a different aroma. Okay, that's where
I'm at. It's an impost candle inside the expensive one.
And then Steve even will do this when we're at
the house and that really nice one, how do we
say it Trevetti or something like that.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
I don't know. It's so fancy.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
So you guys, this candle's like six hundred dollars. I
know you're gonna be like, oh my god, you guys
think you're so rich. No, we're not rich. We're just
obsessed with this smell. So it'll be on. I'll have
it lit, and Steve goes, okay, it's been ten minutes.
Got to be the one scent, the scent, Yes, it's
the one, the gold one, and so Steve goes, ten minutes.

(03:16):
Got to blow it out. Can't have any more. We're
wasting it. Like okay, well, then we have a ten
minute timer on the candle.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
I'm not you know, I can't do that with candles.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
You have to let it burn all the way through,
so then you don't have the dips.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
You got to have this straight and like straight. You
don't know this about candle burning. Well, how do you
put it out and extinguish it because it's very big?
No no, no, no, no, no, no, no no.

Speaker 4 (03:39):
You can't just let it if especially a big one,
you can't just let it burn for ten minutes.

Speaker 2 (03:43):
You gotta let it burn. So the whole candle.

Speaker 4 (03:47):
Is like you know, like wax win right, Yeah, you
can't let it burn, so it's like little like little
circles because then it burns unevenly.

Speaker 2 (03:57):
This is a whore.

Speaker 4 (03:58):
I didn't know that, and she has made me OCD
about it. She's like, don't light a big candibal unless
you're willing to commit and have it burned through the
whole thing, because.

Speaker 2 (04:08):
Then you're only getting committitions.

Speaker 4 (04:11):
Yeah, you're only getting portions of the candle burning.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
So then I've.

Speaker 4 (04:17):
Even gone to the whole thing ocd vil where you
get the tinfoil and platy have put it up and
you make a whole dome on it, so it correcked
any odd burning.

Speaker 2 (04:32):
A tinfoil dome. What are you talking about? I didn't
know that even somebody may be joining us soon, you
know who.

Speaker 3 (04:42):
Oh okay, for those of you that are listening, we're
going to get to the week four slate of games
that we just finished, and we have a surprise guest
coming on and as soon as he because we just
asked him to come on like five seconds ago when
we started talking about week four then logged on here.
But no, I let me just finish this thought real,
because we all we are like psycho with our conversations. No, no, no,

(05:03):
I'm just saying, this is how we talk, squirrel, squirrel,
This is why I have to be on adderall I
have add so I have to do candle commitment and
commit until there's enough wax where there's no little little pond.

Speaker 2 (05:17):
You have to let it bring out all the way through.

Speaker 3 (05:21):
I did not know that, all right, Well, anyways, i'd
love to hear if anybody else out there burns their
shitty candles and then when guests come over, then you
light the really nice one, because that's what I also do. Okay, Yeah,
I can't be wasting the twenty dollars candle, like when
I can't be putting on a twenty dollar candle when
somebody comes over.

Speaker 2 (05:38):
I got to light the big daddy and be like,
oh look at me, I'm so fancy. Okay, so can
I ask?

Speaker 4 (05:44):
I just did a whole thing with glade and the
pumpkin scent, and there's a big debate on it because
you know, I mean, you got me into pumpkin with
like the loaf and I hate that word and the
muffin What is your scent as it's starting to be fall,
even though I was just in a hundred degree weather
also too fun fact not an ad but would love

(06:07):
it to be. Do you know in the South, they're
like the biggest ones to get like the biggest consumers
of pumpkin apple scents because they don't really have the
seasons in the South, so it's like burning the candle
in the fall is a big deal for people in
the South, which I find so interesting.

Speaker 3 (06:23):
Great stats, Mike Malvea hell shout out, Oh my god,
let's take it to the streets and into a pole.
I love growing up in Seattle. My mom would always
have a candle on. I don't know, it's not specific
to Seattle, but just like growing up, my mom always
had a candle on and I loved it. It feels
homey and it doesn't matter if it's summer, winter, fall, spring,
but up at the ranch you get all four seasons here.

(06:43):
So I had left you a voice no earlier because
I was picking up all the apples.

Speaker 2 (06:47):
It was a voice the apples.

Speaker 3 (06:49):
The apples are falling off the tree and like the
colors up here change and it's like you just oh,
I love it so much. So I got an apple
cinnamon candle and I also got a pumpkin one, and
I have it. I have the apple cinnamon one going
right now, and I'm just like, it makes me wanna.
I'd say make a pie, but I don't make mecas.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
You know what I mean.

Speaker 3 (07:07):
It makes me want to just like, yeah, I just
love the seasons. And I don't know, I just I
living in southern California, we don't really get that. It's like, oh,
put on a jacket. It's like a little cold. But
I love the fall. In fact, I think fall might
be my new favorite season. It used to always be summer,
but I think it is. I think football okay, and

(07:29):
it's like but you know, we like we're working during
the fall season.

Speaker 2 (07:32):
Soup.

Speaker 3 (07:33):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (07:33):
See, I've really had a change of heart here.

Speaker 3 (07:36):
So yeah, Fall, I'd like to declare fall is my
favorite season.

Speaker 2 (07:40):
You're a fall out. I like to declare that it
was hard to feel that it was the end of
our September in Tampa.

Speaker 4 (07:57):
We just came from the Eagles Bucks game. I gotta
tell you, I know I sound like an eighty year
old half of the time.

Speaker 2 (08:05):
That heat took it out of me. I mean I
was gassed. Wow.

Speaker 4 (08:10):
I laid in bed last night after a shower that
I just stoodn't because I was like, I am so disgusting.

Speaker 2 (08:18):
Was a shower hot or cold?

Speaker 1 (08:20):
Hot?

Speaker 4 (08:20):
Because I had already like this was already like hours
of that game. I didn't get to shower until probably
like eleven. That's a that's a lie. I didn't get
to shower till about eleven thirty twelve. AnyWho, it was
one hundred degrees on that field. I don't I just
have to stand in it watching three hundred pound men
with pads on have to be exceptional at their job.

(08:44):
I like sit there and I'm like, I can't function,
this is so hot.

Speaker 2 (08:47):
And then I look at freaking Veta Jalen Hurts for
this second time, Jalen Carter running up and down the field.
God dang.

Speaker 3 (08:57):
Yeah, the fact that that was so the heat was
so much of a storyline, and you were great at
articulating it in the pregame, and the guys were throughout
the game. That for the Eagles why it was such
a point of for them to consideration because of what
they experienced last time they were there, and then even
the heat when we had them from Kansas City in
week two. I was in Arizona this past week, but hello, newsflash,

(09:20):
we're in a dome.

Speaker 2 (09:21):
So thank you? Was cute? Fine?

Speaker 3 (09:24):
Oh thanks, I needed to I should have not done
that until I got my hair done, but I did
I did.

Speaker 2 (09:30):
You know what I did?

Speaker 3 (09:30):
I was front front situation to die shout out to
Terran because Nikki was out of town. I just needed
to get like, you know, the side roots situation.

Speaker 2 (09:40):
We're going Wednesday. It's definitely time for a touchhoup.

Speaker 1 (09:43):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (09:44):
Yeah, I need I needed that done.

Speaker 3 (09:45):
But anyways, so I appreciated that we were in uh
indoors for that thing. But hey, oh Norman, I was like, wait,
what's the cheffling around here? Buddy, my little cutie. Anyways,
I I can. I don't know what the hotel's name was,
but Arizona.

Speaker 2 (10:02):
Let me find it. Let me look up real quick.
Are we waiting for Dan to come? Oh? Yeah, I
told my crew about this. Yeah, give a share to
this hotel. You guys, there is an Aaron is the queen.

Speaker 3 (10:15):
The queen always Albi cam staying and Al's the king
about there they are. I will say, I'm a candle snob,
Aaron's hotel snob. And I told you she's in a
hotel right now. She lives in hotels. So yeah, this
hotel while I look it up, hold on, hold on,
stay with me. I had never stayed there before. It's
newer but man, it makes all the difference in the

(10:37):
world when you were somewhere fantastic. I want to look
it up again, the Global Ambassador in Phoenix, Arizona.

Speaker 2 (10:47):
That's the one. It was great. It was, it was great, beautiful.
So loved that. I also loved.

Speaker 3 (10:54):
Doing a I always, you know, have a little hometown
in me, even though like I get it, I can't
root for each team, but like, I just love to
work in Seattle games because I know my family is watching,
which is very sweet. They love their Seahawks. Sam Donald fantastic.
I just that guy makes me laugh. He's so great.
So they won their rolling Seattle's a team that a

(11:15):
lot of people don't talk about, but they should be.
They are because they're deep. Mike McDonald now in the
second year with that defense. They Sam Donald, yes, albeit
hits his first year there. They have Jackson Smith and
Jigbub is their leading receiver and he had up at
first half. Sam Donald had hit eight other guys for

(11:36):
whatever a total. I don't even know what the total
yardage was, but he each There was eight other guys
that had a reception in the first half and Jackson
Smith and Jigbub was not one of them. What that
tells me is there is a lot of football to
go around. And then that Kennith Walker in the backfield,
Charbonnet and Dean Blandino joins us now on the Calm
Down podcast. That was a call to the bullpen and

(11:57):
Begs guy responded, Hi.

Speaker 4 (12:00):
Quick, before we talk, can you do you have your
computer open? Can you look up the Global Ambassador hotel
dot com. We were just talking about and I mentioned
this at our dinner and Dean was sitting next to me,
and I said, Chris is standing in a real incredible hotel,
so much so she didn't even go out. Yeah, this

(12:20):
is actually there, Chrissa, the wallpaper, this camel backed Terris.

Speaker 3 (12:25):
See, this looks incredible. I love the guys like a nightlotus.
Oh it's fantastic. Hey, for those of you listening here
on the podcast or watching Dean looking like you're twenty
five years old?

Speaker 1 (12:39):
What if you do? You are?

Speaker 3 (12:40):
So Before we came Evan, okay, that's enough. Before we
came on here, we were like fuck. I hated the
ending of that Packers Dallas game. I hate the tide
Aaron goes. We need Blandino, so thank you for fielding
our last second request to have you on your thoughts
on last night's game.

Speaker 1 (13:00):
I always keep my mondays open in case I'm going
to get this. So here's what. The game was awesome.
So we were all flying back different places, me and
and and our colleague Kevin Burkhart, a couple of other
people are l a squad as our as laid the
text group. So we were on a flight to l A.

(13:24):
EA was on a flight to New York and the
game was amazing. One of the biggest issues I have
with the game is, ya, you were way ahead of us.

Speaker 5 (13:34):
So you are You were like, oh my god, wow,
and I was like, you know, I was like, I
was like, okay, something's happening.

Speaker 1 (13:43):
We don't know what. So you didn't get specific, but
it just set it up that, okay, something cool but
you and definitely an antipimactic ending with the tie and look,
here's this is the deal. They changed the rule.

Speaker 2 (14:02):
Why why this?

Speaker 1 (14:04):
We've been tweaking this. We've been tweet tweaking because everybody
wants it to be perfect. Oh, Patrick Mahomes didn't get
a chance to get the ball, or Josh Allen, did
you know what play defense? Okay, special teams Cow too.
The problem is it's ten minutes, right, it's ten minutes
because of players safety. They don't want the players playing

(14:25):
additional snaps. It makes sense, like seventy minutes of football
and you have to turn around and play on Thursday night,
so I look think about Sunday night to day night.
You're right, that's why minutes. And it does open it
up for more ties, which aren't great unless at the
end of the year. They're really good for tie breakers

(14:47):
when when we have you know, whether it's the division.

Speaker 3 (14:50):
But yeah, explain explain that a little bit for people
says that we I mean, I know we have a
lot of listeners on you well, we have so many listeners.
I don't even know if it's so many, but I
know that there's not, you know, one hundred percent football
listeners in here. So explain what that means in terms of,
like it coming down to a tiebreaker. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (15:06):
So typically, right, if you have two teams in the
same division, so it's the it's the NFC East and
it's the Commanders and the Eagles are tied with the
same record. They're both ten and seven, and then so
there's a list of tie breakers and it goes to okay,
record within the division, common head to head, common opponents,
and you have these lists. It Actually the last tie break,

(15:28):
which I don't think we've ever gotten to, is a
coin flip. That is an actual in the rule. So
when you have a tie, that usually too. You know,
there are very few ties during the season, so now
the Cowboys and Packers, they're going to have that that
one less loss, that one less win. Yeah, and that
will help break a tie breaker if we get down

(15:49):
to it at the end of the year.

Speaker 6 (15:51):
I still don't get it. Oh yeah, it's fun.

Speaker 3 (16:02):
Well, while we have, while we since we bothered you
in the middle of your what are you doing right
now that you can share?

Speaker 2 (16:07):
Can you share anything with us?

Speaker 3 (16:08):
What you're doing?

Speaker 2 (16:09):
Are you still like, what's happening on a Monday for you?

Speaker 1 (16:12):
Working from home? Looking at some college tape. I actually
have a zoom fall. I have a zoom call with
a standing zoom call with Mike Ferrera to go through
the plays of the week the NFL plays in the
college place. So did that. My youngest son just got
home from school, so kind of get you a day
nice pick up my oldest from wrestling practice a little later,

(16:36):
So this is a nice window for me.

Speaker 3 (16:38):
Well, I'm so glad it worked out, and I would
like to remind all of our listeners again, all of
our listeners and all the viewers if you're watching this
on YouTube, Dean Blandino, the were you give me your
I don't want to screw it up. You are now
our rules analysts for Fox. But when you were at
the league, what was your actual title?

Speaker 1 (16:58):
I was the senior vice president officiate.

Speaker 3 (17:01):
Okay, so Dean, for those of you guys that don't
know Saturday college football Sunday, half the time goes on
the road.

Speaker 2 (17:09):
Uh and on the road permanently. Yeah, that's right. Now
you're permanent. And then my even think of himself like
came up when he talked about the tush push as
he should, Dean.

Speaker 1 (17:24):
Which is living. You should see my my Twitter X
speed Hotel. I was trying to make amends with my
you know, I'm from the Northeast, I'm from New York.
I love people from Philly. You know, I said I
was fed up with the tush push. I still kind
of am but I was just trying to like, you know, hey,
it's legal. The Eagles aren't doing anything wrong, right, But

(17:44):
Philly fans.

Speaker 4 (17:45):
Could you read some of your tweets. Let's read some
of your mean tweets from Philly fans. It's amazing, Yes, Johnson, No,
I'm kidding.

Speaker 2 (18:00):
Leave it.

Speaker 1 (18:00):
Leave it to have Dean Blandino to still whine even
when the toush bush isn't used by baby announcers hating
the Eagles regardless of what they do. And this person
lett I went to be I don't know if we're
seeing this, but we had a graphic that we showed
and said I'm done with the tush bush. So this
guy it says, I am done with pooping on the potty.

(18:23):
It's hard to wipe.

Speaker 2 (18:29):
That's actually very funny.

Speaker 1 (18:31):
Actually the time of the day to do that, which
is amazing. Yeah, there's so many the the Eagles fans.
I love my Philly people.

Speaker 3 (18:41):
So, oh my gosh, well we do you know what
we don't not like the Eagles.

Speaker 2 (18:47):
The Eagles are great. They're actually I love to us.

Speaker 1 (18:51):
These are great us big dom. You know, one of
my best friends in the world is this and GM.
I mean, they're so great to us. Mister Lowie was
always good to me. We just this one philosophical difference
about this play. That's all.

Speaker 3 (19:08):
Hey though that play though the that looked like it
was going to be a toush push and then they
say and bounce outside.

Speaker 1 (19:14):
I was like, what was that more fun to watch
than everything?

Speaker 3 (19:18):
But also but it also that was a that was
a big fuck you to anyone that doesn't like the
They're like, oh, they're like, oh, okay, you think we're
going to run that.

Speaker 2 (19:27):
We got tricks up our sleeve and roll that out,
you know what.

Speaker 1 (19:31):
I'm keep the toush bush so we have something to
talk about.

Speaker 2 (19:36):
All right.

Speaker 3 (19:36):
Well, before we let you get back to your life,
is there anything else that stood out to you?

Speaker 2 (19:40):
Week four?

Speaker 3 (19:41):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (19:41):
I love that?

Speaker 1 (19:43):
So Week four, uh, you know, it's just the NFL's crazy.
I mean, we don't createzing. What is going on? You
have games were you know, like Bill Saints. It's like
the Saints for sixteen and a half point underdog, they
kept it close. The cow Boy Cowboys and Packers was
a great game. You had the Giants, the Jackson's Dark era.

Speaker 2 (20:04):
Jackson.

Speaker 4 (20:05):
I was going to ask you, I'm here in New
York and it is just I mean, the king has
been crowned. You would like think that as you're I'm
walking the streets, I'm talking to the people in the streets.
What you're a Giants fan? Tell us your vibe on
the whole thing. He had the necklace on. That's all
I was worried about.

Speaker 1 (20:23):
I love the swagger. I love the energy that he brings.
Everything that I read about him and hear about him
is that the situation isn't too big. He's doing all
the right things. But look, it's it's one week. It's
not like he threw for four hundred yards, right. They
but gave the team a spark. I think that's what
they needed. It sucks that Malie Neighbors is out for

(20:44):
the year. That's that's such a bid. That was terrible.
But there will be fun to watch between him and Scataboo.
I mean that there might be a lot of.

Speaker 3 (20:57):
Every time you touched the ball, Fits and I text
each other because we just like we worked a preseason
game and mister Scataboo straight out of Arizona State. He's
just a guy where you want to just say whenever
he touches the ball, Scataboo.

Speaker 2 (21:08):
You can't not like say his name like that.

Speaker 3 (21:12):
No, I think that the Jackson Dart has a little
bit of that Baker Mayfield thing like where it's like
he's going to do a yeah, he's going to do
anything to get those extra yards, like he's always. I mean, look,
it's a very small sample size, but I think that
you know, there's a reason in dable on him.

Speaker 1 (21:31):
Slide more. You don't need to take all these hits
that that's not going to be sustainable. So you know,
live to play another another down.

Speaker 3 (21:38):
Well, Deanino, we love you, Thank you for jumping off
with us.

Speaker 1 (21:42):
Absolutely love you guys. No more ties and.

Speaker 2 (21:45):
More ties, no more tie family, but we love family.

Speaker 1 (21:50):
Ties in the studio, Chris coming on Sunday before our game.

Speaker 2 (21:53):
So what oh yeah, because you guys have a home game.
We have a home games.

Speaker 4 (21:58):
What are you talking about the tush Josh, what are
you going the studio for?

Speaker 1 (22:02):
No, no, no, that I've got it. I'm going to
do the early game. We've got the early game from
wherever it is, London, London, So that's a six thirty
am game. Because my career can't get up that early.
So I'm gonna I'm going to do it.

Speaker 3 (22:14):
I mean, look, when you have a modeling career. He
needs to sleep, but man, yeah.

Speaker 2 (22:20):
Wait, let's don't leave.

Speaker 4 (22:22):
Speaking of modeling in London, those two don't go hand
in hand. But listen to this beauty of a text
right now. So our good friend Greg Olsen post happy
birthday to his wonderful, beautiful mom goals for me wife
Kara and said wrote on their nightmare travel, I'm sure
this isn't where you wanted to be, so I of

(22:43):
course what happened?

Speaker 2 (22:45):
What's going on? Greg? Fantastic, very dramatic, sometimes even more
than me, which says a lot. You won't believe it.

Speaker 4 (22:53):
Long story short, Delayed out of Dublin, missed connection in London,
no flights, had to book new trip to JFK on
different airline. Took three hours, three different terminals to find
our luggage, then too late for that flight. Rebooked on
a later flight to JFK.

Speaker 2 (23:14):
Sitting on plane morning in morning in London. Haven't left yet.

Speaker 4 (23:19):
We took three trains, three buses and walked nor throw.
He goes surreal experience, everything possible, everything possible went wrong
for five hours plus.

Speaker 2 (23:32):
He brought his sweet children. So he's like trying to
find fine seat fuge, you know, Gren would be like, guys,
listen to this angel.

Speaker 3 (23:45):
Yeah, but you know what, while we're while we're talking
about Greg Olson, shout out to him a potential nominee
for the Class of twenty six.

Speaker 2 (23:55):
Hall of Fame, Greg Wilson. We love this angel.

Speaker 1 (24:00):
We love you Greg absolutely. Okay, So hopefully he can
he can get out. Don't worry.

Speaker 2 (24:07):
Don't worry. I'm in the same sweater I wore yesterday.

Speaker 4 (24:10):
As we were dying, I was trying to explain to Chris,
I'm like, the older I get.

Speaker 2 (24:14):
The more I can't take that heat. It was so
hot and we're.

Speaker 1 (24:18):
Down on the field pregame for like maybe twenty five minutes.
I was like, okay, this is like what.

Speaker 3 (24:24):
There was just no wind, it was a humidity. It
was just like a combo plat.

Speaker 1 (24:28):
Combination of all of it and the Florida heat, and
it was just it was rough. But and even upstairs,
I don't I know, you want to hear this. The
booth wasn't great either. It was cooler. We weren't in
the sun.

Speaker 3 (24:40):
But are you standing awkwardly still in the corner. Have
we gotten you out of the corner yet?

Speaker 1 (24:44):
No, I'm still in the corner.

Speaker 2 (24:46):
But nobody puts me in the corner.

Speaker 1 (24:48):
I got on, I got on. I got our little
three shot yesterday and we talked about you were a lot.

Speaker 4 (24:54):
Tom really likes to refer to you right, Dino, right,
and you're like, there is one time you go yep or.

Speaker 2 (25:00):
Yes it is a trust me, this is happening right now.

Speaker 3 (25:07):
Then the day I see you wearing a white tie
with a white shirt, although that the budding romance is consummated.

Speaker 1 (25:14):
I wore that of my communion in second grade.

Speaker 4 (25:18):
Hey, we were talking earlier about how Baker is like
America's quarterback. I think, like, you just want to go
have a beer with him. He's not like, you know, six'.
Five he just makes us all feel like things are.
Possible plus his sense of humor is. Phenomenal so he Walks,
chris He baker runs off the field to head up the,

(25:38):
tunnel and we're all standing there and you, know all
the guys are coming. Over they go To tom, first
as they should give the goat a, hug shake his.
Hand baker comes over and he looks at the outfit
and he just, goes.

Speaker 1 (25:50):
It was so, good so, good so. Good, yeah texting
me like you. Know that was what's up with the
tie in the? SHIRT i was, LIKE i like.

Speaker 2 (25:59):
It trust so researcher he, Guns he, goes what do
you think of that?

Speaker 3 (26:03):
Look AND i, said Only tom could wear that look Of,
seriously Only tom can pull off that.

Speaker 1 (26:09):
Look he looked.

Speaker 4 (26:10):
Great, yeah just Like stray can pull off a pink
suit on. Pregame Only stray like just looks. Phenomenal, yeah
we've seen some other pink suits and we know who they.

Speaker 2 (26:21):
Are they be wearing. Them all, right we love, you
do you? Know good luck with the rest of your,
Day mavia with your. Side i'll see You.

Speaker 3 (26:28):
Sunday all, right you guys, BACK.

Speaker 4 (26:39):
I do want to tell you this story real quick About.
BAKER i KNOW i talked about in our pregame show
about sitting down with.

Speaker 2 (26:46):
Him so we were asked in.

Speaker 4 (26:48):
The pregame show do we come up with our own
questions or do producers do? It and so my relationship with,
producers they'll send an outline in some suggestions and THEN
i have calls with the teams and coaches that can help.

Speaker 2 (27:02):
Add, more take out.

Speaker 4 (27:03):
MORE i went Back Carissa joel had suggested saying something
like bake your life could be a. Documentary it's so
interesting in terms of what you've gone. Through number, one
pick the tough times In. Cleveland then he goes To
carolina THAT i SO i went back AND i shout
out CHAT. GPT i wrote criticism Of Baker mayfield in

(27:28):
twenty twenty two when he was With Carolina. Carissa the headline,
sane we're so mean and horrible bust height is an,
issue just.

Speaker 2 (27:43):
Like, mean just mean.

Speaker 4 (27:46):
Mean AND i he came and sat down and he's so,
great AND i just, said people think these athletes they're
just like teflon and they don't and they don't hear.
It they it won't affect that they're, people they're. HUMANS
i think Of Emily, MAYFIELD i think of people in
his life that do see.

Speaker 2 (28:08):
THAT i cannot.

Speaker 4 (28:09):
BELIEVE i was so scarred from reading. That and THEN
i sat in front of him AND i was, like you're.
FANTASTIC i can't believe the fact you went through all that.
Shit here you are In. Tampa the community loves. Him
he's won three straight games with fourth quarter comebacks like it's, Insane,
like good for, You baker for not throwing the towel In,

(28:30):
yeah this.

Speaker 3 (28:30):
QUARTERBACK i, well it leaves me right INTO i sat
down With Daniel jones this, week and you, know prior
to the, game they're three and. O he's the FIRST
nfl player to ever have three touch three rushing, touchdowns
three touchdown passing, touchdowns no, interceptions the team three and,
o like all this kind of. Stuff for those of
you that don't, Know Daniel jones played six years In New.

(28:53):
York they were. Bad they Were he'll be the first
to tell you it was. Bad he got booed out
Of New. York they you, know he's sort of like
he's the same. Thing he's a. Bust you, know he
got a contract and then everyone was like WHY i pay?

Speaker 2 (29:04):
Him all this kind of.

Speaker 3 (29:05):
Thing, negative, Negative, Fine BUT i sat next to or
sat across from, him AND i was, like do you keep?
Receipts because now and against it's early in the year
and they just lost to The. Rams but like it,
was it was a good, game and anyone that's following
sports will tell you, That Like indianapolis is like the real.
Deal they have a great run, Game Daniel jones is playing,

(29:27):
great their defense, Great. Kate they're a viable, team especially
in that. Division But i'm excited for, him just Like
i'm excited excited For baker Or Sam darnold or even
When Gino smith was having success In seattle and now you,
know it's remains to be seen In. Oakland but this
idea that when you get written, off you, know because
this is the world that we live, in and it's
not just in, sports but in. Life we do it

(29:49):
with certain you, know celebrity musicians or actors or. Whatever
you write them, off and then we love to tear people.
Down BUT i love a, comeback and SO i think
that's Why baker's so relatable or you, know it remains
to be seeing What Daniel jones is able to.

Speaker 2 (30:04):
Do for the rest of the.

Speaker 3 (30:05):
Year but at least these guys have enough confidence in
themselves or like his you, know former team mate In
Saquon barkley's, like you'll never meet a guy that works
harder or is the bigger class act Or and when
as SOMEONE i, Is Saquon barkley's opinion means a lot to.
Me he's another guy that got written you, know was
like cast out In New york and then goes and
wins A Super.

Speaker 2 (30:25):
Bowl but these.

Speaker 3 (30:26):
Athletes are reminders to. Me AND i think that that's
what's so beautiful about sports is that you can be
written off and if you get a second chance or
a third, chance you can have success and you are
the author of your own. Story and it just sometimes
is a relocation situation or being with the right, coach
and so, YEAH i JUST i love sports for so many,
reasons BUT i love a comeback. Story and IF i was,

(30:47):
them i'd be like this BECAUSE i, SAID i Said Daniel.
Jones he's, like you, know he's too. Classy he's, like,
no you, KNOW i try not to pay attention to that.
STUFF i, go not, ME i, SAID i keep so many.
Receipts i'm A cvs. RECEIPT i, said.

Speaker 2 (30:58):
That shit is so.

Speaker 3 (30:59):
LONG i, SAID i got so many fucking people THAT
i would want to take down IF i. Could Now he's,
like you, know, Laugh But i'm, LIKE i just love. Sports,
hey speaking to people trying to take us? Down you
ready for? This? Okay, Sure, okay this is WHERE i
Think i've Told i've definitely told this story. Before but
we want to talk about terrible headlines Dead. Spin it's

(31:21):
long gone, now but they had some gnarly uh WHEN
i was first started in the, business they had some
gnarly headlines about. ME i was on a. Suit they
SAID i was on a suicidal path To. Frumpyville what
a horrible thing to, say but. Whatever SO i learned
very early, on AS i know you did not to
pay attention to this, bullshit like you, know headline stuff

(31:41):
or comments that people.

Speaker 2 (31:42):
MAKE i really don't. Care but this made me.

Speaker 3 (31:44):
Laugh on a thing that someone had posted Or fox
had posted of you AND i yesterday we were talking
about the game And baker and all that kind of.
Stuff one of the comments, Said carissa's getting a little
long in the.

Speaker 2 (31:56):
TOOTH i didn't even know what that. Meant what DOES
i have to look? Up it means That i'm getting?

Speaker 3 (32:00):
Old BUT i had to laugh Because i'm also to tell,
YOU i was, like, YEAH i have this one tooth
that's moving THAT i got to get him visiline. For
BUT i was, like what is long in the tooth?
Mean and THEN i just. Laughed As i'm sitting there
at halftime of my first, games AND i was just,
like Cause, fox hey shout out To Fox instagram doing
a lot of, activity AND i love.

Speaker 2 (32:22):
That SO i was, like, Oh we're. Adorable look at.

Speaker 3 (32:25):
Us and then the first comment was getting a little
long in the, tooth AND i was, LIKE i don't
even know what that, means and it's not gonna hurt my.

Speaker 2 (32:31):
Feelings, OKAY i HAD i had.

Speaker 3 (32:32):
Braces i've got great, teeth SO i don't care if
it's a tooth or if it's A here other guesses.

Speaker 4 (32:38):
Of who wrote That Howie long had a, Comment those
are the COMMENTS i care.

Speaker 3 (32:43):
About Howie long is truly one of my favorite human
beings on the.

Speaker 2 (32:50):
Planet we've talked about this.

Speaker 3 (32:52):
Before If howie's upset With aaron AND, i it's like
our dad being upset with, us because he is the
classiest human. Being To, diane his, wife and just we
love The long. Family they are class. Personified so he came,
up he came over to the kickoff, Set No, No,
no and he goes and he starts telling this story

(33:12):
about a neighbor that he had growing, up and the
neighbor came over and gifted them, something and how he was.

Speaker 2 (33:19):
Like you're able to do?

Speaker 3 (33:19):
It and THEN i, said and so he's telling this
story and it's not registering to me right away that
he's referencing our chat about the.

Speaker 2 (33:26):
Neighbors and then FINALLY i was, like, Oh howie you.

Speaker 3 (33:30):
Listen he was, like, WELL i saw the clip AND
i also had a story about.

Speaker 2 (33:33):
NEIGHBORS i just was, LIKE i love you so.

Speaker 3 (33:35):
Much you, know if you could give out an award
for the calm down listener of the, week it would
be a toss up every week Between Howie long And Dean,
blandino it really. WOULD i just adore the people we work.
With we're so lucky we.

Speaker 4 (33:49):
ARE i had a check in with the pregame show
AFTER i was lucky enough to do your. Show and,
also by the, way so we do check in with studio.
Show i'm out at.

Speaker 2 (34:01):
Sight they make sure our mic is, good that you
can hear, me THAT i can hear.

Speaker 4 (34:05):
You, hey this is just you, know remember this is
just what check my check. Yep And chris is so
great that she's like, Hey charles And jewels say, hi
And i'm like you, guys, Hi and it's just so
sweet because it's like we just saw each other two weeks,
ago the whole, crew but it's great to say. Hi
so THEN i do my bit With curs and THEN
i check into THE nfl On fox's.

Speaker 2 (34:26):
Pregame show And kurt's, Like, aaron can you hear?

Speaker 4 (34:29):
Me And i'm, like, YEAH i, Can, Kurt and then
he's like all, right and then you Hear, Hi, aaron
AND i Sometimes i'm, like, okay is?

Speaker 2 (34:35):
That who is? That and then he's, Like, hi you
doing out?

Speaker 4 (34:38):
There And i'm, Like, Hi, howie how are? You and
they can see, you BUT i can't see them, right
and he's like that. Guy AND i was leading into
my piece About baker and he goes that, guy he's,
uh he seems like he's really. Great, Huh AND i, go, Yeah,
Baker he's so. AWESOME i, MEAN i feel, like you,
know he's a guy everybody would want to hang out.
With he was so, good you, know obvious when he's

(35:00):
done the last couple of weeks and, goes.

Speaker 2 (35:02):
NO i Mean Ken jong from ninety nine to b.

Speaker 4 (35:04):
Like, Yeah, hollie you're so, sweet, hey so worried about
things the.

Speaker 3 (35:12):
BEST i JUST i truly if that, Guy i'd vote
him if he wanted to be the, mayor the, governor
the president of The United, States america's.

Speaker 2 (35:20):
Sweetheart how we?

Speaker 3 (35:21):
Long, HEY i got to say something real, quick and
you're always the first to be, Like, okay that's. Enough
congratulations on the success of ninety nine to B i
a thank, you proud of.

Speaker 2 (35:32):
You it is so it is such a great.

Speaker 3 (35:34):
Show and for those of, you it debuted last they
had a little sneak preview episode On, sunday then it
debuted On. Wednesday if you guys haven't, seen this podcast
comes out On, thursday SO i will HAVE i better
made sure that you. Guys i'm going to check in with, you.
Guys you, guys all you. Listening if you missed it This,
wednesday make sure you check it out the following week
because our girl crushes it With Ken. Jong it's such

(35:58):
a fun show and so many of the different activities
you can do at, Home so make sure you tune
Into fox On, wednesdays and if you miss it.

Speaker 2 (36:05):
On, wednesdays you can check it out On hulu the next.

Speaker 3 (36:08):
Day oh, good. PERFECT i love all of. That i'm
just so proud of you and you're doing a million.
Things before we get out of, HERE i just want
to Say i'm headed to my high school reunion this.
Weekend i've never been to my high school reunion because
crazy one year high school reunion was DURING covid Since
i'm the class of two thousand when we all thought

(36:29):
the world was, ending and So i'm really. Excited i'm
so really close with a lot of the PEOPLE i
went to high school. With and WHEN i say a,
lot it's like literally like a, dozen which is a.
Lot so we, said as a, group we're, like let's go, back,
like let's we didn't do ten years because ten years
is too soon and with social, media like, yeah you
know what some people are. Doing But i'm excited to

(36:50):
just see what the class Of Inglemore High school class
of two thousand is up.

Speaker 2 (36:54):
To SO i, tenerary what are you guys. DOING i
haven't gone through a. Reunion you, Haven't LIKE i, Said
i've never been.

Speaker 3 (37:02):
Either but it's just it worked out because it's On,
friday So i'm going to do My thursday. GAME i
got a home Game Rams, niners Which i'm very much
looking forward. TO Nfc west divisional matchup is a huge
game because as you could even look at The charger
situation when they went three and zero against division. Rivals
anyone can tell you that a divisional game counts really
as two wins when you look at. IT whoa let's

(37:23):
not kick the computer? There huh would the computer do to? You? Lady,
Anyways So i'm excited to do that. Game but THEN
i get to get on a. Flight friday's the ACTIVITY
a little little night SWORE a not. SURE i kind
of one of those people that just shows. Up my
other friends are, responsible so they're going to tell me
what to, do and Then SATURDAY i leave and Then
i'll be in Studio.

Speaker 2 (37:43):
Sunday but, Yeah i'm. Excited is it at your high
school or like at a?

Speaker 3 (37:47):
Bar?

Speaker 2 (37:48):
No, like how do those?

Speaker 1 (37:48):
Go?

Speaker 3 (37:50):
NO i THINK i don't. Know it's just at some
like venue, Where, yeah you don't go back to the high. School,
oh i'd like. TO i wonder if they've done anything there.
AnyWho So i'll keep you update on. THAT i know
everyone just, wait dying to know how that. Goes BUT
i love.

Speaker 2 (38:04):
You you've got to have your chargers. Through the charge is
Playing Command.

Speaker 3 (38:08):
Doors oh that's, right, okay And Jaden daniels should be
back for that one.

Speaker 2 (38:13):
Hopefully all, Right, WELL i love. It you have yourself
a great little.

Speaker 3 (38:18):
Week even Though i'm act Like i'm not going to
talk to you seven hundred times from.

Speaker 2 (38:21):
NOW i love you and thanks for.

Speaker 3 (38:25):
Listening.

Speaker 2 (38:25):
Guys we love you. All thanks.

Speaker 4 (38:27):
Guys Me.

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