November 10, 2025 • 20 mins
It’s Pregame time! Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson are back with another hilarious and unfiltered episode of Calm Down, where sports talk meets real life. The duo breaks down the biggest NFL surprise teams through 10 weeks — from the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots to the Denver Broncos — and makes the case for why Matthew Stafford deserves a spot in the MVP conversation.
But it’s not all football and stats — Erin and Charissa get real about dating in 2025, modern relationships, and why it’s time to lighten up, laugh more, and stop taking life so seriously. Whether you’re here for the NFL insights, the comedy, or just some real talk about life, this episode has it all.
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- Honest NFL analysis with a side of laughter
- Bold MVP predictions and midseason surprises
- Candid talk about dating, relationships, and self-confidence
- The perfect mix of sports, lifestyle, and humor
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I just think I was kind of an idiot. What
do you mean just thinking about dating? And yeah, calm
down with Aeron and Carissa is a production of iHeartRadio.
Oh no, the Pros and Consolatest Shoot okay, oh no?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Was there a movie where they made a frozen console
a person found in came Polly shit.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
That's all right. I was like, wait a minute, all right.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
I all I remember was all the pillows Welcome everybody
to the pregame. That was a teaser of an anonymous
follow up, which we will get to shortly. As always,
thank you for your questions, comments and concern concerns writing
into the pregame here as we enter week eleven, big
show to follow, as everyone knows. But let's get to
(00:56):
the pregame, my gal. We start with Judy Hogland Jewel Team.
Oh yeah, Herd too, sorry, the one Julie Hogland. Which
football teams record?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Wow?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Which football team's record surprises you the most at this
point to the seat at the start of the season.
I'll just start where my first instinct goes, always the Colts,
because I think that's everyone's biggest surprise team.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
You can go Patriots, the Patriots. I was going to
say and two. Yeah, I mean even Denver.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Denver, you know, is eight and two as well, So
I think there's a lot of surprise teams.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
But yeah, those are the three off the top of
my head. You I'm surprised.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Seattle's seven in two, right, I just I guess I
should have paid attention to that. I'm going to standings
right now. You got New England, you got Pittsburgh, you
got Indie. Yep, you hit that Denver, which was your game. Nope,
I am not what God can't just everybody leave me alone. Philly,
(01:58):
not surprised. It's gonna be interesting to see tonight with
Green Bay. They're the leaders in the NFC North right now,
but we'll see what happens Tampa.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
What happened there? Yeah, I think you count it.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Colts, Bronco's pit Patres Padrels are up there. How about
Drake May right now is leading the MVP And.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
No disrespect to to Drake May because he's having an
outstanding year. Why is Matthew Stafford not number one right
now on the MVP list. I still don't understand why
this guy, after this many years in the league, has
to continue to like and he doesn't care.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
But I don't know. I'm just that's crazy. I saw
that today too.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Nuts. Moving right along, moving along, You're okay, Anonymous. I
am thinking about getting back to dating after time away.
Any times, I don't think I was a good dater.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
I feel like you had this more locked in than
I did.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I just dated a lot more because you were in
the I'm so boring.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
No, you are not boring, am.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
I just went through various stages where I went like
and I was in my like fuck it like stage,
and then I was But I'm a serial monogamous, like
I like being in a relationship.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I would prefer that.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
But when I come out of bad relationships, then I
you know, obviously it was like you know whoa, we're
this girl co.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
How to lose a guy in six days?
Speaker 1 (03:16):
So I would say, thinking back getting back into dating,
We've talked about this before. I do not envy that
world at all. I have some good girlfriends that are
single and they're like the app sock this, you know whatever,
they want to be set up, they wanted to happen organically.
So I would say, with limited experience in this department,
(03:39):
I would say just be open that. I say this
to my girlfriend Jen, and I'm just going to call
her out here on this. She's so picky, and I
think that's good to be picky. But I also think
you should just like, instead of being like, oh I
have to have this, this, this, this, and this, I
think you go out. It's like, you know, if you're hungry,
sample a lot of different things instead and.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
See, Okay, I know I don't like this. I know
I don't like this. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
I just I think that it's important if you really
want to get back into the dating world to just
be open minded, not like he has to be six
foot five or he has to be whatever.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
And yes, there are.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Some non negotiables, I get that, like if religion or
if an economics like situation, okay, fine, but just have
a little bit of wiggle room and not be so
close minded, because I think he might be surprised that
there's some good people and you might have already ruled
them out if you're just so specific. So be open minded,
have fun, like think about it kind of like in
(04:35):
a way, like what do you have to lose except
gain a guy that you could be with forever.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
So I don't know, have some fun with it.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Don't put so much pressure on yourself or on that
person to make him the one. I always feel like
when people go on dates, it's like is he the one?
And it's like, dude, you don't want to like relax,
so sort of be open and lighthearted and relaxed.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I feel like women typically put all the pressure on it.
But I have some guy friends in my life that
put a lot of pressure or on dates, and I
just want to say to them stop. But yeah, I
mean that's me being a hypocrite because I feel like
I put a lot of pressure on stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Gosh, that is easier to give and do a.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Couple of things. But I'm where I want to be,
So that's interesting. I just think I was kind of
an idiot. What do you mean just thinking about dating?
And yeah, why I feel like we should dig in there.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
But we'll let that go.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Okay, maybe you and I, But that's it, Laila Rhea.
Eat bikes, eat bikes and scooters Should they be allowed
on sidewalks?
Speaker 3 (05:41):
No?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
No, no, they're dangerous people zip and by Sidewalks are
for people, not for.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
The control down here or where I live. They're on
the strand. They're on sidewalks. They're nuts.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
We got babies, we're trying to walk. We got people
trying to walk. It's crazy in the streets and on
the strand. And I think with all the bike lanes
that they've built into, like on the street, shouldn't they
just go in the bike lane? Why should you be
on the sidewalk. Sidewalk are for people. Bike lanes are
for bikes, et bikes, scooters, that kind of stuff, and
cars stay in your lane.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
I'm going to tell you what I have seen so
many people. It happened to me today.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
I went to pull in my garbage cans this guy
and I like waited because the street is pretty busy.
I waited and this guy just staring down at his phone,
texting the whole time, and like this close to the
garbage can.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yes, I'm like, people are out of control with the
texting and driving. I look around and look, I raise
my hand. Have we done it before?
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But I'm like, no, it is so dangerous. Just wait
till you get to the stop light. You could get hid,
you could hit It's so dangerous. And I'm like, you
know that one that one second, like, oh, I have
to respond to this thing right now. No, you don't like,
it's not worth it. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
I just get like, so, I don't know, Like, just stop,
it's not that important. You can wait five seconds before
you like ruin your life or ruin somebody else's life.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
So that's my PSA on that next. I loved it, Okay,
angel angel I just butchered this mo so sorry, Angela Joe.
Maybe Angela Joe. Sure, what's your pregame routine? I like
to do coffee and breakfast in the morning with my
crew in the meeting room. But if you do a
(07:25):
video of it? Game, what's and do a video of it?
And do a video of it?
Speaker 3 (07:33):
What else? With a baby mic? What else?
Speaker 2 (07:39):
I'm running late, but I wanted to show you my outfit.
If you're running late, get your ass out of the
room and don't show me your outfit.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Go ahead, get drive like this is what's happened here?
What's happened?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Herbie? So okay, my pre routine? I liked it.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
No, Oh, my head is just a spinning and I
want to address it and we can't. And there's so
many things. So it's taking a lot right now to
keep my mouth shut and I'm going to so I
like to do coffee and jammies as Kevin Burkhart and
I call it. In the meeting room, say good morning
to everyone. The boys in the truck have to leave
a lot earlier than we do, so I like to
go before they go.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
And then yeah, get ready here.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
And make up the whole deal. I look over my notes,
I organize my notes. I always watch Carissa. That's my
favorite thing to do is turn it on. I feel
like it sets my day. I am so freaked out
if I can't get you. I wasn't on in San Francisco,
but I watched it on the app and the whole thing.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
I can't do it. I just love it.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
And then I have to know what you guys are
up to, and then we get ready to go. We
always play some fun tunes in the car. We always
usually laugh about the night before and the way we
are so a lot of coffee though.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
I love it when I get a FaceTime call from
you and keV when you're in the car on the
way to the state.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
It's good. That makes me happy. My pregame Routinet.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
It depends on if it's Sunday or Thursday, my Thursday
routine because the games at night always starts with the
production meeting in the morning.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Sometimes we have to who's that? Do you want to
shut your face? I know you can't see she can't
see you. Is that my best friend, Jared? Yeah, it's
your best friend. He just here dropped a coffee. I
was thinking, I'm coffee opens the coffee shop over there
at six am. So this is that's art. That's very cute.
I love you. How is the drop off? It is? Okay?
(09:32):
We just had in town.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Oh yes, I can't wait to hear about that big show.
Fantastic Jared.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
So your pregame pregame depends on Thursday night.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Uh different, It starts with a production meeting in the
morning before that, sometimes we have DraftKings hits. I'll either
try to get a work at him before usually after
because there's like the middle of the afternoon, or walk
around like the boys.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Sometimes I'll meet him for lunch, depends on what they're doing.
If we're in a new city that we haven't been in,
we'll go and like do something random in the afternoon,
like we're going back to New England this week and
last time we were there. We went to Harvard with
fits and we all walked around and like saw the campus,
so like fun little, you know, touristy stuff. So it
depends on what happens with that. You go ahead, Ben,
do you like doing a night game? It's so different.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
I only did nine games when we had Thursday Night Football,
and sometimes it feels like, holy crap, we're sitting.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Around all day.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
But then I like getting to this stadium when the
lights are on and it just feels big time. One
o'clock games they're great, four twenty five, they're great, but
there's a different feel with a night game. But with
the one o'clock or four, your day is done and
then you get to go back home.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Night game. It's like a whole day affair. So what
do you like?
Speaker 2 (10:42):
It's a great question, and I haven't talked about this
with the guys where you know, from their standpoint, like sure,
hated it because yes, you're playing in primetime, but you're
sitting around all day all day.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I love it because it's like you're still like I
have had a full day and then I'm like a
pre I have enough time to get ready, you know,
just like I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
I just feel like I'm not yet rushed, so that
part's good. And then yeah, I love when like the
lights go down, and then like in the stadium, like
there's always like the fun line fireworks. I don't know,
I play games, So yeah, I thought that was so
cool about Thursday night football. I was like, oh my god,
this isn't night.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
This is awesome.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
I appreciate it. Sunshine Rose eleven, Who are the dudes
in the suits on the sidelines real life? Jerry McGuire,
who are the dudes in this Sittner spent?
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Like? Our security is that we're talking about, But I
don't know who are the dudes in the suits on
the sidelines?
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Ryan?
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Do you know what this person's asking?
Speaker 3 (11:52):
La la La.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Well, let's let's say that it is the security while
we figure that out. You have our security, they don't suits.
But like on for Thursday night, there's guys. I think
they're asking people on NFL sidelines who are dressed in suits?
Speaker 3 (12:06):
Are they players? Agents?
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (12:08):
They're asking Oh, definitely not the agents. No, it could
be pr guys. It could be uh that Aaron Aaron
has to talk to throughout the game.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
You're in a nice suit, Corey rush dream Yep. Those
kinds of guys could be League people two depending on what.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
The situation is.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
But yeah, your guys that might be in suits are security.
Not always dressed in a suit, but alongside with you, say,
with ours, we have security that takes us onto the
field just to like, I mean that don't get you
about me, but like protect like I mean if it's
like Tom are in Seattle and shan or Tom or
something like that.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Yeah, stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
So yeah, all people that are authorized to be there,
but definitely not agents. Agents are usually in a suite
or not even sometimes they're at the game. I mean,
it just depends on the player and maybe what the
situation is.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
But yeah, yeah, no, our guys are in suites.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Yesterday we had an eighty degree game in Santa Clair,
and I kept saying, a sweet, sweet Spence, who was
standing with me, take off the jacket, You're gonna die, like,
take the giet the jacket off like, and then on
camera I put it back on. It was roasty toasty
on that jagee damn. And then the sun was so
close to setting and I was like holding out my
binder the whole time because I was like, I spent
(13:17):
so much money on my pigmentation on my hair, like color,
this is ruining it. And it was so hot, and
then it finally went down.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
It was like a whole new game. It was gro
Isn't that so fun?
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Eighty degrees? And then ours was in Denver. It was
it was like the first time I got my hand
warmers out and it was cold, and I was.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Like, oh, I wisht I'm excited though it's gonna be cold. Well,
you're very sweet.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
It is going to be cold at our game and
this weekend no rain and no snow, but cold, which
is perfect. Like, what are your TEMs? I'm looking it
up right now. Foxborough were like mid forties. Yeah for
post game, and I'm excited about that. I love that
jacket situation. You looked so freaking gorgeous in Denver.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Very sweet.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
It was situation where I spent some money on it,
but it was on sale.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
It was a Saint Lawrence.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Jacket that like lat two years ago, maybe like a
you're it was on sale and it was one of
those jackets where you're like, oh, should I.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Spend the money on this?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
But you know, you know why I bought it because
Rosie Rosie Huntington Whiteley Whitley, who I could never pronounce
her last name. She has that look and it was like,
you know what, I'm just gonna make the investment. You
can dress it up, you can dress it down. So anyway,
it's thanksgeous, you look beautiful. Thanks Gal.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
It was Wendy. Let me tell you what Wendy Williams next.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Okay, so this oh no, okay, before we get to
the anonymous follow up, which seems kind of juicy, okay,
h Smith Photo. Unlimited chips in salta or warm roles?
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Like this is a great question. I limited chips. Also.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
The only roles I like though, are my cheesecake factory
the brown but yeah, or if at a an Italian restaurant,
the garlic rolls are also good.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
But I got to go chips and salts.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
I get so excited when they hit the table and
I'm like, and then you eat too much of them
and you can't goer the food because ships and walk.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
I got a real situation to talk about. It's a
Larry David is about a restaurant. We went to Mikasa
in the San Jose Airport and we were restaurant shamed
and we're going to talk about it by la Ellen
found us and everybody at my table looked at me
and goes, is this gonna be on the podcast?
Speaker 3 (15:30):
I'm like, damn sure it is. Yeah, I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Before we get to the big show, we are going
to do an anonymous follow up, which we always appreciate.
So here's the original question. We'll go back and forth.
I'll set this up.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
You do our advice and okay, and with my husband
for a total of seven years, we have had a
lot of long distance, but we were finally home together
and I'm starting to realize I've ignored red flags and
I'm not happy in my marriage.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
We've been there.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Any advice for a thirty year old girl who's scared
to leave and start over?
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Okay, So our advice was.
Speaker 1 (16:04):
Write down the pros and cons, like Along Came Polly,
or yeah is a long came Polly, write down a
pros and CON's list about what works in your relationship
and what doesn't. Try your best to make it work
if you can, but it's okay to move on.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
Here's the follow up.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Ct I made the pros and cons list and After
a lot of discussions with myself, friends, and even a
fight that turned into a convo with my husband, we
have decided to end our marriage. He too has been unhappy,
and we decided it's for the best. Doesn't take away
the hurt or feeling of loss, but best advice to
move forward and not feel like a failure. I wish
I knew you and this wasn't anonymous, because I would
(16:40):
invite you over right now. I'd give you a big
old hug and say this is the worst it's going
to be, but around the next corner is the best
it's ever going to be. And it's okay to be
conflicted with both emotions. I will never forget that feeling
where I knew I was doing and making the final
decision to do it, and it was hard, and I
(17:01):
was crying, and I remember my dad looking at me
and I was like, but I know I have to
do it because it's even though I wanted out other
things so bad, it's still the idea that you don't
want to fail. There was, you know, still things of
like am I not trying whatever? But I think in
this situation, if he also feels that way, then you
(17:21):
have to remember that you'll never regret being honest, and
he probably appreciates. And I don't know, obviously all the
specifics that you were the one to broach the subject,
because when it's all said and done, you have one life.
And I stress this all the time, like why go
through it and be miserable? And I get the failure part.
Nobody wants to fail, but I.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Think you said that to me, you set me, I did,
But I think the bigger failure is staying in something
where you know it's not right, and he knows that
it's not right. So allow each other to be happy,
like free yourself. It's like, think about it. You're on
the back of your water skiing, let go of the rope,
put up the red flat. Someone will circle around.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
And pick you back up, and it's okay, you like
it's I guess in closing is give yourself an opportunity
to write a new chapter for yourself, because the longer
you stay, the more resentful you get. And I totally
commend you for walking away and being okay with failure.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
Think about it.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
In our world, there's failure all the time. There's literally
only been one perfect season. Well the nineteen seventy two
Dolphins and then the Patriots had a perfect season but
didn't end up winning the Super Bowl. In all the
years of football, in all the years of it, perfection
is not normal.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
So you don't have to be sad that you failed.
You have to be sad if.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
You stayed in something that didn't work and you just
stayed because you didn't want to fail. So good for you, gal,
You're gonna be okay. And if you want me to
come over for wine, DM me and I come too.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
Yes we will. We will help you through it.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
And it sounds like you've got a lot of good
people and friends and family that will help you as well,
and they're probably very happy for you that you faced
a difficult decision but you made it with you know,
not a knee jerk reaction.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
You put a lot of thought into it. So and
celebrate yourself.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
That's a really courageous step you made and decision you know, Yes,
you came to so absolutely, And like Chris has said,
I love that. This is the hardest part right now.
It's going to get better.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
It will, it will.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
That was Chris's biggest thing is she didn't want to
start over. She didn't want to admit that it was
it didn't work out. I didn't want to go dat again.
Exactly how happy she is, and look how great it
all is. Look how happy I am. I'm seriously, it's
actually so true.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
I went to a birthday party of the weekend and
Steve wasn't with me, and everyone's.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Like, where Steve, Where Steve? Where's Steve? Where Steve? And
like everybody wants to be around Steve.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
I've never in my life had to partner that everybody
wants to be around. And you know how good that
feels to be in a relationship where it's like you're
both just like proud to be with one another. And
I don't know what the situation was here, but I'm
just happy that you've made that decision. And also this
is the start of something that's gonna be great, even
if it's hard. So we love it on you, We
(20:09):
care about you, and you got this. Let us know
if you want us to come over. Yes, we said
three times we're gonna if you're in the California area,
we're gonna knock on your door and we're just gonna
invite ourselves over all right, joy us on the Big Show.
We've got to talk about Week ten of the football season,
Aaron's Larry Davids and restaurant shaming. Also, I was like
(20:30):
Megan Trainer video that's crazy.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
I didn't know it, but I was all right. Comma
knock on.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
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Oh no, the Pros and Consolatest Shoot okay, oh no?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Was there a movie where they made a frozen console
a person found in came Polly shit.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
That's all right. I was like, wait a minute, all right.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
I all I remember was all the pillows Welcome everybody
to the pregame. That was a teaser of an anonymous
follow up, which we will get to shortly. As always,
thank you for your questions, comments and concern concerns writing
into the pregame here as we enter week eleven, big
show to follow, as everyone knows. But let's get to
(00:56):
the pregame, my gal. We start with Judy Hogland Jewel Team.
Oh yeah, Herd too, sorry, the one Julie Hogland. Which
football teams record?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Wow?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Which football team's record surprises you the most at this
point to the seat at the start of the season.
I'll just start where my first instinct goes, always the Colts,
because I think that's everyone's biggest surprise team.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
You can go Patriots, the Patriots. I was going to
say and two. Yeah, I mean even Denver.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Denver, you know, is eight and two as well, So
I think there's a lot of surprise teams.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
But yeah, those are the three off the top of
my head. You I'm surprised.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Seattle's seven in two, right, I just I guess I
should have paid attention to that. I'm going to standings
right now. You got New England, you got Pittsburgh, you
got Indie. Yep, you hit that Denver, which was your game. Nope,
I am not what God can't just everybody leave me alone. Philly,
(01:58):
not surprised. It's gonna be interesting to see tonight with
Green Bay. They're the leaders in the NFC North right now,
but we'll see what happens Tampa.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
What happened there? Yeah, I think you count it.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Colts, Bronco's pit Patres Padrels are up there. How about
Drake May right now is leading the MVP And.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
No disrespect to to Drake May because he's having an
outstanding year. Why is Matthew Stafford not number one right
now on the MVP list. I still don't understand why
this guy, after this many years in the league, has
to continue to like and he doesn't care.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
But I don't know. I'm just that's crazy. I saw
that today too.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Nuts. Moving right along, moving along, You're okay, Anonymous. I
am thinking about getting back to dating after time away.
Any times, I don't think I was a good dater.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
I feel like you had this more locked in than
I did.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I just dated a lot more because you were in
the I'm so boring.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
No, you are not boring, am.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
I just went through various stages where I went like
and I was in my like fuck it like stage,
and then I was But I'm a serial monogamous, like
I like being in a relationship.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I would prefer that.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
But when I come out of bad relationships, then I
you know, obviously it was like you know whoa, we're
this girl co.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
How to lose a guy in six days?
Speaker 1 (03:16):
So I would say, thinking back getting back into dating,
We've talked about this before. I do not envy that
world at all. I have some good girlfriends that are
single and they're like the app sock this, you know whatever,
they want to be set up, they wanted to happen organically.
So I would say, with limited experience in this department,
(03:39):
I would say just be open that. I say this
to my girlfriend Jen, and I'm just going to call
her out here on this. She's so picky, and I
think that's good to be picky. But I also think
you should just like, instead of being like, oh I
have to have this, this, this, this, and this, I
think you go out. It's like, you know, if you're hungry,
sample a lot of different things instead and.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
See, Okay, I know I don't like this. I know
I don't like this. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
I just I think that it's important if you really
want to get back into the dating world to just
be open minded, not like he has to be six
foot five or he has to be whatever.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
And yes, there are.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Some non negotiables, I get that, like if religion or
if an economics like situation, okay, fine, but just have
a little bit of wiggle room and not be so
close minded, because I think he might be surprised that
there's some good people and you might have already ruled
them out if you're just so specific. So be open minded,
have fun, like think about it kind of like in
(04:35):
a way, like what do you have to lose except
gain a guy that you could be with forever.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
So I don't know, have some fun with it.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Don't put so much pressure on yourself or on that
person to make him the one. I always feel like
when people go on dates, it's like is he the one?
And it's like, dude, you don't want to like relax,
so sort of be open and lighthearted and relaxed.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I feel like women typically put all the pressure on it.
But I have some guy friends in my life that
put a lot of pressure or on dates, and I
just want to say to them stop. But yeah, I
mean that's me being a hypocrite because I feel like
I put a lot of pressure on stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Gosh, that is easier to give and do a.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Couple of things. But I'm where I want to be,
So that's interesting. I just think I was kind of
an idiot. What do you mean just thinking about dating?
And yeah, why I feel like we should dig in there.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
But we'll let that go.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Okay, maybe you and I, But that's it, Laila Rhea.
Eat bikes, eat bikes and scooters Should they be allowed
on sidewalks?
Speaker 3 (05:41):
No?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
No, no, they're dangerous people zip and by Sidewalks are
for people, not for.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
The control down here or where I live. They're on
the strand. They're on sidewalks. They're nuts.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
We got babies, we're trying to walk. We got people
trying to walk. It's crazy in the streets and on
the strand. And I think with all the bike lanes
that they've built into, like on the street, shouldn't they
just go in the bike lane? Why should you be
on the sidewalk. Sidewalk are for people. Bike lanes are
for bikes, et bikes, scooters, that kind of stuff, and
cars stay in your lane.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
I'm going to tell you what I have seen so
many people. It happened to me today.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
I went to pull in my garbage cans this guy
and I like waited because the street is pretty busy.
I waited and this guy just staring down at his phone,
texting the whole time, and like this close to the
garbage can.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yes, I'm like, people are out of control with the
texting and driving. I look around and look, I raise
my hand. Have we done it before?
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But I'm like, no, it is so dangerous. Just wait
till you get to the stop light. You could get hid,
you could hit It's so dangerous. And I'm like, you
know that one that one second, like, oh, I have
to respond to this thing right now. No, you don't like,
it's not worth it. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
I just get like, so, I don't know, Like, just stop,
it's not that important. You can wait five seconds before
you like ruin your life or ruin somebody else's life.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
So that's my PSA on that next. I loved it, Okay,
angel angel I just butchered this mo so sorry, Angela Joe.
Maybe Angela Joe. Sure, what's your pregame routine? I like
to do coffee and breakfast in the morning with my
crew in the meeting room. But if you do a
(07:25):
video of it? Game, what's and do a video of it?
And do a video of it?
Speaker 3 (07:33):
What else? With a baby mic? What else?
Speaker 2 (07:39):
I'm running late, but I wanted to show you my outfit.
If you're running late, get your ass out of the
room and don't show me your outfit.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Go ahead, get drive like this is what's happened here?
What's happened?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Herbie? So okay, my pre routine? I liked it.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
No, Oh, my head is just a spinning and I
want to address it and we can't. And there's so
many things. So it's taking a lot right now to
keep my mouth shut and I'm going to so I
like to do coffee and jammies as Kevin Burkhart and
I call it. In the meeting room, say good morning
to everyone. The boys in the truck have to leave
a lot earlier than we do, so I like to
go before they go.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
And then yeah, get ready here.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
And make up the whole deal. I look over my notes,
I organize my notes. I always watch Carissa. That's my
favorite thing to do is turn it on. I feel
like it sets my day. I am so freaked out
if I can't get you. I wasn't on in San Francisco,
but I watched it on the app and the whole thing.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
I can't do it. I just love it.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
And then I have to know what you guys are
up to, and then we get ready to go. We
always play some fun tunes in the car. We always
usually laugh about the night before and the way we
are so a lot of coffee though.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
I love it when I get a FaceTime call from
you and keV when you're in the car on the
way to the state.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
It's good. That makes me happy. My pregame Routinet.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
It depends on if it's Sunday or Thursday, my Thursday
routine because the games at night always starts with the
production meeting in the morning.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Sometimes we have to who's that? Do you want to
shut your face? I know you can't see she can't
see you. Is that my best friend, Jared? Yeah, it's
your best friend. He just here dropped a coffee. I
was thinking, I'm coffee opens the coffee shop over there
at six am. So this is that's art. That's very cute.
I love you. How is the drop off? It is? Okay?
(09:32):
We just had in town.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Oh yes, I can't wait to hear about that big show.
Fantastic Jared.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
So your pregame pregame depends on Thursday night.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Uh different, It starts with a production meeting in the
morning before that, sometimes we have DraftKings hits. I'll either
try to get a work at him before usually after
because there's like the middle of the afternoon, or walk
around like the boys.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Sometimes I'll meet him for lunch, depends on what they're doing.
If we're in a new city that we haven't been in,
we'll go and like do something random in the afternoon,
like we're going back to New England this week and
last time we were there. We went to Harvard with
fits and we all walked around and like saw the campus,
so like fun little, you know, touristy stuff. So it
depends on what happens with that. You go ahead, Ben,
do you like doing a night game? It's so different.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
I only did nine games when we had Thursday Night Football,
and sometimes it feels like, holy crap, we're sitting.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Around all day.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
But then I like getting to this stadium when the
lights are on and it just feels big time. One
o'clock games they're great, four twenty five, they're great, but
there's a different feel with a night game. But with
the one o'clock or four, your day is done and
then you get to go back home.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Night game. It's like a whole day affair. So what
do you like?
Speaker 2 (10:42):
It's a great question, and I haven't talked about this
with the guys where you know, from their standpoint, like sure,
hated it because yes, you're playing in primetime, but you're
sitting around all day all day.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I love it because it's like you're still like I
have had a full day and then I'm like a
pre I have enough time to get ready, you know,
just like I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
I just feel like I'm not yet rushed, so that
part's good. And then yeah, I love when like the
lights go down, and then like in the stadium, like
there's always like the fun line fireworks. I don't know,
I play games, So yeah, I thought that was so
cool about Thursday night football. I was like, oh my god,
this isn't night.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
This is awesome.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
I appreciate it. Sunshine Rose eleven, Who are the dudes
in the suits on the sidelines real life? Jerry McGuire,
who are the dudes in this Sittner spent?
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Like? Our security is that we're talking about, But I
don't know who are the dudes in the suits on
the sidelines?
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Ryan?
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Do you know what this person's asking?
Speaker 3 (11:52):
La la La.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Well, let's let's say that it is the security while
we figure that out. You have our security, they don't suits.
But like on for Thursday night, there's guys. I think
they're asking people on NFL sidelines who are dressed in suits?
Speaker 3 (12:06):
Are they players? Agents?
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (12:08):
They're asking Oh, definitely not the agents. No, it could
be pr guys. It could be uh that Aaron Aaron
has to talk to throughout the game.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
You're in a nice suit, Corey rush dream Yep. Those
kinds of guys could be League people two depending on what.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
The situation is.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
But yeah, your guys that might be in suits are security.
Not always dressed in a suit, but alongside with you, say,
with ours, we have security that takes us onto the
field just to like, I mean that don't get you
about me, but like protect like I mean if it's
like Tom are in Seattle and shan or Tom or
something like that.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Yeah, stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
So yeah, all people that are authorized to be there,
but definitely not agents. Agents are usually in a suite
or not even sometimes they're at the game. I mean,
it just depends on the player and maybe what the
situation is.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
But yeah, yeah, no, our guys are in suites.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Yesterday we had an eighty degree game in Santa Clair,
and I kept saying, a sweet, sweet Spence, who was
standing with me, take off the jacket, You're gonna die, like,
take the giet the jacket off like, and then on
camera I put it back on. It was roasty toasty
on that jagee damn. And then the sun was so
close to setting and I was like holding out my
binder the whole time because I was like, I spent
(13:17):
so much money on my pigmentation on my hair, like color,
this is ruining it. And it was so hot, and
then it finally went down.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
It was like a whole new game. It was gro
Isn't that so fun?
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Eighty degrees? And then ours was in Denver. It was
it was like the first time I got my hand
warmers out and it was cold, and I was.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Like, oh, I wisht I'm excited though it's gonna be cold. Well,
you're very sweet.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
It is going to be cold at our game and
this weekend no rain and no snow, but cold, which
is perfect. Like, what are your TEMs? I'm looking it
up right now. Foxborough were like mid forties. Yeah for
post game, and I'm excited about that. I love that
jacket situation. You looked so freaking gorgeous in Denver.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Very sweet.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
It was situation where I spent some money on it,
but it was on sale.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
It was a Saint Lawrence.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Jacket that like lat two years ago, maybe like a
you're it was on sale and it was one of
those jackets where you're like, oh, should I.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Spend the money on this?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
But you know, you know why I bought it because
Rosie Rosie Huntington Whiteley Whitley, who I could never pronounce
her last name. She has that look and it was like,
you know what, I'm just gonna make the investment. You
can dress it up, you can dress it down. So anyway,
it's thanksgeous, you look beautiful. Thanks Gal.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
It was Wendy. Let me tell you what Wendy Williams next.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Okay, so this oh no, okay, before we get to
the anonymous follow up, which seems kind of juicy, okay,
h Smith Photo. Unlimited chips in salta or warm roles?
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Like this is a great question. I limited chips. Also.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
The only roles I like though, are my cheesecake factory
the brown but yeah, or if at a an Italian restaurant,
the garlic rolls are also good.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
But I got to go chips and salts.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
I get so excited when they hit the table and
I'm like, and then you eat too much of them
and you can't goer the food because ships and walk.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
I got a real situation to talk about. It's a
Larry David is about a restaurant. We went to Mikasa
in the San Jose Airport and we were restaurant shamed
and we're going to talk about it by la Ellen
found us and everybody at my table looked at me
and goes, is this gonna be on the podcast?
Speaker 3 (15:30):
I'm like, damn sure it is. Yeah, I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Before we get to the big show, we are going
to do an anonymous follow up, which we always appreciate.
So here's the original question. We'll go back and forth.
I'll set this up.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
You do our advice and okay, and with my husband
for a total of seven years, we have had a
lot of long distance, but we were finally home together
and I'm starting to realize I've ignored red flags and
I'm not happy in my marriage.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
We've been there.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Any advice for a thirty year old girl who's scared
to leave and start over?
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Okay, So our advice was.
Speaker 1 (16:04):
Write down the pros and cons, like Along Came Polly,
or yeah is a long came Polly, write down a
pros and CON's list about what works in your relationship
and what doesn't. Try your best to make it work
if you can, but it's okay to move on.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
Here's the follow up.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Ct I made the pros and cons list and After
a lot of discussions with myself, friends, and even a
fight that turned into a convo with my husband, we
have decided to end our marriage. He too has been unhappy,
and we decided it's for the best. Doesn't take away
the hurt or feeling of loss, but best advice to
move forward and not feel like a failure. I wish
I knew you and this wasn't anonymous, because I would
(16:40):
invite you over right now. I'd give you a big
old hug and say this is the worst it's going
to be, but around the next corner is the best
it's ever going to be. And it's okay to be
conflicted with both emotions. I will never forget that feeling
where I knew I was doing and making the final
decision to do it, and it was hard, and I
(17:01):
was crying, and I remember my dad looking at me
and I was like, but I know I have to
do it because it's even though I wanted out other
things so bad, it's still the idea that you don't
want to fail. There was, you know, still things of
like am I not trying whatever? But I think in
this situation, if he also feels that way, then you
(17:21):
have to remember that you'll never regret being honest, and
he probably appreciates. And I don't know, obviously all the
specifics that you were the one to broach the subject,
because when it's all said and done, you have one life.
And I stress this all the time, like why go
through it and be miserable? And I get the failure part.
Nobody wants to fail, but I.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Think you said that to me, you set me, I did,
But I think the bigger failure is staying in something
where you know it's not right, and he knows that
it's not right. So allow each other to be happy,
like free yourself. It's like, think about it. You're on
the back of your water skiing, let go of the rope,
put up the red flat. Someone will circle around.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
And pick you back up, and it's okay, you like
it's I guess in closing is give yourself an opportunity
to write a new chapter for yourself, because the longer
you stay, the more resentful you get. And I totally
commend you for walking away and being okay with failure.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
Think about it.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
In our world, there's failure all the time. There's literally
only been one perfect season. Well the nineteen seventy two
Dolphins and then the Patriots had a perfect season but
didn't end up winning the Super Bowl. In all the
years of football, in all the years of it, perfection
is not normal.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
So you don't have to be sad that you failed.
You have to be sad if.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
You stayed in something that didn't work and you just
stayed because you didn't want to fail. So good for you, gal,
You're gonna be okay. And if you want me to
come over for wine, DM me and I come too.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
Yes we will. We will help you through it.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
And it sounds like you've got a lot of good
people and friends and family that will help you as well,
and they're probably very happy for you that you faced
a difficult decision but you made it with you know,
not a knee jerk reaction.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
You put a lot of thought into it. So and
celebrate yourself.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
That's a really courageous step you made and decision you know, Yes,
you came to so absolutely, And like Chris has said,
I love that. This is the hardest part right now.
It's going to get better.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
It will, it will.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
That was Chris's biggest thing is she didn't want to
start over. She didn't want to admit that it was
it didn't work out. I didn't want to go dat again.
Exactly how happy she is, and look how great it
all is. Look how happy I am. I'm seriously, it's
actually so true.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
I went to a birthday party of the weekend and
Steve wasn't with me, and everyone's.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Like, where Steve, Where Steve? Where's Steve? Where Steve? And
like everybody wants to be around Steve.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
I've never in my life had to partner that everybody
wants to be around. And you know how good that
feels to be in a relationship where it's like you're
both just like proud to be with one another. And
I don't know what the situation was here, but I'm
just happy that you've made that decision. And also this
is the start of something that's gonna be great, even
if it's hard. So we love it on you, We
(20:09):
care about you, and you got this. Let us know
if you want us to come over. Yes, we said
three times we're gonna if you're in the California area,
we're gonna knock on your door and we're just gonna
invite ourselves over all right, joy us on the Big Show.
We've got to talk about Week ten of the football season,
Aaron's Larry Davids and restaurant shaming. Also, I was like
(20:30):
Megan Trainer video that's crazy.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
I didn't know it, but I was all right. Comma
knock on.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
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