February 9, 2023 • 27 mins
On Episode 4 of the It's A Lot Y'all podcast the Ice-apalooza is finally over and we've got breaking news from the Mavs. Huge moves are made and Kyrie Irving is coming to the Big D. Also, Ali Dee talks about the Super Bowl halftime show starring Rihanna and her experience seeing her live when she was emceeing for the NCAA Final Four Fan Jam. Plus, Producer Nicole takes us on a deep dive into her pre-game activities, and she gets roped in to going to the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
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Hey everybody.
Welcome to the, it's a lot y'allpodcast.
It's episode four.
I can't believe we're here.
I'm so excited.
I'm Allie d with me as producer,Nicole and Ma.
Oh, ma, do we have some Bakannews going down in the maths
sports world?
Ladies and gentlemen, KyrieIrving, too.
The Dallas Myre.
My goodness.
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So exciting.
So exciting big trade.
So, uh, let's see.
We've got, Spencer Dinwitty andDorian Finney Smith going to the
Nets plus the 2029 first round.
Pick some other situationshappening.
Kyrie Irving's coming here tojoin us.
He's come and do a little dancein Dallas.
I just made that up.
I love it.
He's such a dominant point guardplayer and I really think that
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he's gonna be good with the teamand really ball.
Yeah, he's gonna be a ballershot baller.
Oh my gosh.
but I do wanna say I loveSpencer Dinwitty.
I just feel like he is justlike, I don't know.
He's such a sweet soul.
Mm-hmm.
it just seems like the nicestguy.
I remember when I, after I hadmy baby, I came back to host The
like special season ticketholder gala thing that we do.
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Mm-hmm.
And I think he had just hit likea huge shot the night before,
like the game-winning buzzerbeater, like every N B A player
dreams of this shot.
And so I got to ask him a littlebit about that before I had him
lip sync to in vogue, which wasreally cool.
So anyways, Spencer Denwitty,Dorian Anthony Smith.
Love you.
Amazing.
Thank you.
Yes.
Bittersweet fans.
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But I'm really excited to seewhat the team's gonna do now.
I think it's gonna be a greataddition to the Mav, so Super
welcome Kyrie.
I know eight time NBA All-Star,uh, b a champion with the Cavs,
your former team.
So you guys have that in common.
Yeah.
And here we are.
In Dallas making it happen.
speaking of Dallas, whoa.
Did we ever have the freezedrama of the year?
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We had the iso palooza, if youdon't know, which is what I'm
calling it here in Dallas lastweek.
So we had four days where wewere iced in.
Now, before you, people from thenorth get all snippy snappy and
say, people in Dallas don't knowwhat they're doing and don't
know how to drive in the snow,this is not snow.
Mm-hmm.
this is.
This is a literal ice skatingrink over the entire city of
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Dallas.
If you went out, you were gonnaend up on Dallas, Texas tv.
Instagram.
You know that page where theyshare all the crazy Yes.
Dallas, if you were goingoutside, you could guarantee you
were on that page cuz you wereslipping and sliding all over
dfw.
So that was.
A mess.
So the ice storm moved in onMonday.
We were playing the pistons.
So the Mavs called me on Monday.
They're so nice.
And you guys, I live 90 milesfrom the arena, and they said,
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Allie, uh, I don't know if thisis gonna be a good idea because
the ice is supposed to start,you know, right about during
your 90 mile commute home.
And Exactly, guys, I live way onthe country.
I mean, there is no.
you know, de-icing of the roadsor any preparation that goes on
out here.
So I was really grateful.
They were like, just stay home.
And I said, great.
I'll see you guys on Thursday.
Cause it's supposed to be niceand sunny.
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The ice storm will be gone bythen.
But sure enough, the ice stormhad not left us by Thursday.
I was stuck in my house Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
and then Friday I was able tofinally leave because my
driveway was just solid ice.
It was insane.
And we had this happen about thesame time last year.
I, I'll never forget cuz it wasmy first ice storm, but when
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Allie's saying slippery slidingin the Dallas, Texas Instagram.
Okay.
Literally right outside myapartment, there was a video and
it was car after car slipping,sliding.
So if you were on the road, youshouldn't have been there.
But I will say I was fortunateenough to get out Monday to go
to the game The Pistons playedthe Mavs on Monday night, so
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coming home from the game, itwas starting to get icy.
The Pistons even stayed inDallas all the way until
Thursday.
They were stuck here becausethey couldn't get out.
And Thursday, when the PEs werecoming into town, we almost
thought it was gonna bepostponed, but the Pells arrived
at like.
Two o'clock for a seven 30 tipoff.
And Aspel, this is what I'veheard, Aspel were landing at
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dfw, the Pistons bus pulled outand they were finally able to
leave Dallas.
Wow.
Um, so it was a crazy ice storm.
I myself was.
Stuck at home and I just was soready to get out.
I was iffy about going to thegame on Thursday, but I just
was, you know, 10 and two takingit slow.
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Yeah.
You texted me and you were like,I dunno if I should go and I
knew you were gonna go, youknow, because like you're just
not gonna miss work So of courseI couldn't make it Monday, and
then I again could not make itin on Thursday, which I thought
was gonna be no problem.
But the funny thing about thatpiston story is my dad lives in
Michigan, and so he texts me onlike Wednesday.
Yeah.
And he's like, Hey, the game iscanceled here because the
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Pistons haven't been able tomake it back from Dallas.
They're stuck in the ice storm.
I had no.
The Pistons had been there forthree days just waiting on the
ice to lift.
So you know, if these N B Ateams are grounded, that there
is a lot going on.
So please do not judge us.
Yes, ice storms are crazy here.
And by the way, I spent fourdays eating pure total garbage I
mean, I was on the pizzabandwagon, I was eating mac and
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cheese.
I was just, eating all of thebad things.
Just cooking, you know, andbaking cookies and brownies cuz
you're just with the kids.
I'm trying to entertain them.
Just eating all the junk right.
So I felt like last night,finally I was like, I haven't
had a vegetable in five days.
So I bee lined it to the grocerystore and I'm just loading up on
all the vegetables.
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So I'm getting carrots andbroccoli, mushrooms, everything
just to kind of like detox andrehydrate, drinks all the goods,
blueberries, you name it.
I had made a list of all the,super foods and I was gonna, So
anyway, so I'm doing all myshopping at Brookshire's, And,
the funniest part of it is, so Ibuy$180 worth of vegetables and
good food.
I know the groceries are soexpensive, I've got$8 eggs, you
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know, all the things which I'mso mad about.
I was like, really?
Cuz I, we eat eggs every day anda family of four.
We're eating like six eggsevery.
So we're going through a lot ofeggs at this point.
Not now.
We, we gotta talk about meraising chickens, which is maybe
on the horizon.
I don't know.
But, so anyways, I leave thegrocery store and I was so
hungry.
I bee lined it straight toBrahms and got the four
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cheeseburger and french fries.
So after all that, spending allthat money on vegetables, I went
straight to Brams and got thehamburger.
And the french fries and justyou caved, caved.
And I ate it on the way home.
But the funnier thing is, is Ithen ended up texting you and
being like, oh my gosh, I'm justso tired of eating crap.
And I said, here's a littlepicture of my snack.
You did?
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Yeah.
And guys, this picture waspathetic.
It was a paper plate with likethree carrots, one piece of
broccoli, like a half a.
It looked like rabbit food.
Hey, I felt better this morningthough.
Okay.
Like I, I felt a lot better.
So those little vegetables go along way.
So we need to have, like, thisis not even fr probably for this
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podcast, but I need to know ifeating a little plate of
vegetables at night, Is like thebest time of day to eat
vegetables.
And the reason why I say this isbecause I feel like while you're
sleeping, your body's doing alot of like repair work.
Mm-hmm.
And I feel like the vegetablesare, we're giving my body like
all the stuff it needs to dowhatever.
And I felt great this morning.
So anyways, I have no scientificevidence or prove any of that,
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but I just wanna say maybe it'spossible.
I don't know.
Eat your veggies at night.
People eat your veggies atnight.
Um, okay, let's talk about morebig sports news coming up the
Super Bowl.
So excited.
I just noticed you have a Saintshoodie on today.
I gotta represent, you know,breaking news.
Let everybody know you'reBreaking News.
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Yeah.
From Louisiana.
Born and raised.
Huge Saints fan.
I literally bleed black andgold.
I just feel like I needed to putthis out there cuz we've been
talking to a lot of cowboys.
I know.
my heart's with the.
It's okay.
Love you.
Cowboys for work, but who?
Da you guys.
Nicole's not even joking alittle bit when she says she
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bleeds black and gold.
She went to Europe this seasonto watch the Saints play in, was
it London?
In London?
Yes.
Gosh, we'll have to put that onthe list of things we need to
talk about.
We'll talk about that NFL andEurope, because that's awesome.
But we do have a big game comingup here in the States.
It is the Super Bowl.
We've got two great teams.
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The Chiefs and the Eagles.
who am I rooting for?
You know, I gotta go with the.
Yeah, I gotta go with PatrickMahomes Love.
I gotta go with Travis Kelsey.
really because I'm not a fan ofthe Eagles.
I don't like, you know, theirfan base, who is, I know.
I'm like, ew, so I can't pullfor the Eagles.
I don't really wanna pull forthe Chiefs, but if I had to
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pick, I'm going with the chiefs.
You and I were talking aboutalso the podcast that we love,
the Calm Down podcast, which isso, so good.
Shout out.
Favorite favorite.
I listened to it today.
They put me in such a good mood.
I absolutely love those two.
Aaron Andrews, Karissa Thompson.
You are Fricking Dolls.
anyways, they had a little.
Interesting conversation Yeah,we were talking about, and we
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have got to find out, sospeaking of like the Super Bowl,
obviously the Kelsey Brothersare facing off So they were
talking about an interview thatthey were doing with Travis
Kelsey and how Travis Kelseyalways just smells.
The best I mean, fine.
What's the word we're going for?
They just say like, delicious.
I don't know.
Yeah, delicious.
Like he just smells so good.
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So they were talking abouttrying to figure out what
cologne he's using.
So I've been so involved.
It's like, okay, they gotta tellus the cologne.
So last episode, CarissaThompson, briefly mentioned that
she found out that it was lv, itwas Louis Vuitton cologne.
Oh, but now the question isWhich cologne is Travis Kelsey
wearing?
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because there's like 15 LVcolognes We need to know.
I need to find out the details.
We need the info.
Are you a Cologne girl or likeperfume girl?
I mean, I have obviously like myperfumes, but I'm not super big
on'em.
But I do love cologne.
Like if a man smells good, We'regonna find out what that LV
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clone is from Carissa.
we're gonna be sliding the dms.
for sure.
If anything though guys, I'mmore excited about this halftime
show, the halftime performance,Rihanna making a comeback.
I am so excited.
It's been forever since she'sperformed.
I just know she's gonna come outand be like, I.
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So, got it.
She's gonna kill it.
I mean, wow.
I know, I wonder that she'sgonna have like a new song she's
gonna release shortly orsomething or what's gonna go on.
But you guys, Rihanna is anoutstanding performer and I know
you said there's been a littlebit of talk, like if she's gonna
have a guest or what's gonnahappen and I'm just like, no, I
don't want like it's Rihanna,but 10 other people like these
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typical act, I really feel likea lot of times they don't get
what they deserve, which is justthem on the stage solo, like JLo
and Shakira.
When that combo, I was like,man, yes, each of them should
have.
Own Super Bowl performance.
I mean, it was cool to see thatlittle Netflix special on that
whole deal.
But I do feel like that a lot oftimes they wanna bring like too
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much.
And you can't just enjoy thatone artist for everything that
they are.
Right.
These people are so talented.
They've worked their wholefreaking careers to get to this
point.
So anyways, what I'm saying isRihanna's amazing, she could do
it on her own.
I love all her music.
everything about her.
So artistic and superstar.
what a career to be like.
Oh yeah, I performed at a SuperBowl I think if she does bring
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somebody out, maybe it'll justbe for a song or two, but I
really want the focus mainly tobe on her so actually I did see
Rihanna live one time and itwas, I don't get to go to
concerts, like for fun.
I'm always working, so this wasa work trip.
I was there, MCing, the NCAAFinal Four big party that they
have.
The Capital One party.
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Mm-hmm.
and Rihanna was like, I thinkshe was like the last act of the
day, of course, I think she waslike the big headliner and it
was an Indian.
And it was, it's such a greattown, by the way, Indianapolis.
Oh yeah.
It's so cute.
They've got all these likebridges that connect.
So if it's freezing outside indowntown, you don't have to like
get out in the elements.
You could just like hop on theselittle bridges to go from place
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to place.
Really cool.
Anyways, totally awesome place.
Great little downtown.
And, she was there performingand like I said, I was there
MCing.
And so I got to, you know,basically just stand in front of
the stage and watch her.
And I was just overwhelmed bythe amount of sheer coolness is
all I can say.
She is just, Such a vibe.
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Everything about her, she had onthis like amazing fur coat and
she had like the little fanmachine blowing, but she had
this like crazy fur coat on thatjust stole the show.
But at the end of the day, it'sabout her raw talent and you
know, all that.
Her singing and her emotions andthe songs and they're written so
well.
I just love her.
I'm really looking forward tohalftime.
Could care less about the game Iknow.
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No, I know.
It's true though.
Like halftime in thecommercials.
Like any commercial that has aClyde's Dale in.
Yes, I'm all in.
I'm tears.
You know, we're the little baby.
Clyde Dale.
Love the Clydesdales.
Have you, by the way, everworked a Super Bowl in or been
involved in one?
You know, actually I have, I'venever worked the actual game.
Yeah.
But I did one year.
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This was like way before I gotinto sports, but I knew I wanted
to go this direction and I wasdoing everything I could to make
connections.
I ended up volunteering for theSuper Bowl that was in Houston,
so I worked all the eventsleading up to it.
Yes, it was cra it was a crazyexperience.
Oh my gosh.
I didn't actually get to workthe game, but all the outdoors
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events and all the thingsleading up to.
Game I was a part of.
So, wow.
What's so on the bucket list?
One day I'm gonna get to SuperBowl.
I know, me too.
What are we gonna do?
I don't know.
we gotta figure out a way to getdown there.
Yes.
This would be awesome.
We didn't say in the beginningof the show, but obviously I'm
on camera.
She's a stage manager.
We work in sports.
Welcome to the show.
We're 20 minutes in but tell usabout your new pre-game
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activities that you've beendoing with the Dallas Mavericks
because I could see you guys,when Nicole and I were working
one of the very first games thisseason, I could just see she
was, she was not really involvedin the pre-game stuff because
that wasn't part of herposition.
It was really just to help meand the other talent, and so I
could tell that she was a littlebit nervous about what goes on
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pregame because there are a lotof moving parts.
Yes.
A lot of stuff happens and shewas kind of sitting on the side
twirling her thumbs like, I feellike I need to be out there.
But Allie, it's not, I don'tknow how to just bust out there
because what happens inproduction, there is so many
things going on, and we have ourmAbs sales team.
Mm-hmm.
and that.
doing these functions And inproduction, that's what we're
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trained in.
So dive on in, tell me whathappens.
Yes.
All of a sudden you're involvedin pregame and that is not by
accident.
I am involved in pregame and Icould not be more excited.
Pregame is honestly one of myfavorite parts because it's.
So much happening so quickly.
and it's right, before tip off,so I have been able to help out
with all the live shots, all theco-captains meeting, the game
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ball delivery.
I've just kind of insertedmyself in because to Allie's
point, we do have Great peoplewith the sales organization,
they've been doing it so they'rekind of familiar with the live
shots, but they're notnecessarily on headset listening
to when we're actually gonna golive.
And the thing with liveentertainment is things can
change, any time, right?
Your camera guy could bemissing.
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We might have to switch somethings around because the
players are still warming up onthe court, so we can't get prime
time out.
Just little things like thatthat you don't necessarily think
about.
Yeah.
And can I say that the, thereason why that that is so great
is because, when we have pregamegoing on, it's usually like 10
kids.
We've got a group coming in tosing the anthem.
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someone's getting honored hereand there's.
So a lot of people that aren'tfamiliar, obviously, They're not
doing this kind of stuff fortheir job.
They're here to be honored or tohave this special activity.
So you wanna keep their focus onhaving fun and enjoying the
experience.
And that's where I feel like thesales team really can help
because they're there to just belike the relationship person and
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have fun with these people andlet him.
Me.
Great.
Hey, smile.
We're having a good time.
You don't want them sidetrackedwith stuff that you should be
worrying about, which is likewhen we're going live, has the
buzzer hit?
Where's the cameraman?
Exactly.
Taking all that off of theirplate and putting that on your
plate where it's so easy foryou, you're comfortable to do
it.
And they can focus onentertaining the guests, the
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client.
Yes.
Great.
So tell us a little bit moreabout exactly what.
Pregame though, because there isso much.
So take us through like a littlebit.
So a couple lucky fans getchosen to be the ball kid, of
the game.
So what happens is that they areable to go on court and shoot
around before the game evenstarts.
So these lucky kids, I didn'teven know that.
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Yes, these lucky kids getselected.
They get to go on court, shootwith the balls that the players
are gonna be playing with inabout 30 minutes, and they just
kind of get to shoot some hoops,make some layups, make some free
throws.
And then during this time wealso.
So we set up a live shot, Theyget to be on the big screen and
then get to shoot around.
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So there's not only the ballkids, there's also this Dr.
Pepper, six man not only do theyget to take home a jersey, they
get to shoot around on the courtand they also have their live
shot.
And then my favorite part is theco-captain of the game and then
the game ball.
which is just such a coolexperience for a fan.
sometimes I think that we mayget a little used to or take for
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granted being on the court, butsometimes I have to sit back and
realize, you know, this fan mayhave never touched the court
before, so it's.
Such an experience in theireyes.
They get to not only touch thecourt, they get to go center
court.
So what happens with co-captain,it's at the five minute mark
every game.
They get to stand in thecaptain's meeting.
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So they're in the captain'smeeting with all the reps of the
game, and then the captains ofeach team.
So from the opposing team andfrom the Mavs.
it's a really cool thing.
They get to be in that meeting,get to have a photo with the
players, sometimes an autograph.
so it's just really cool.
Set that shot up, get to see thefan.
they are just soaking it all in.
So excited to be around theseplayers.
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And then we have the game balldelivery.
So some special fan gets to holdthe official game ball, Um, to
kind of kick off the game.
So it is, like Allie said, a lotof moving pieces and I'm glad
that I've been able to helpexecute certain things because
like you said, you know, oursales team, they're really
trying to, connect with theirclients or make sure that
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they're having a good time.
And I don't feel like they needto be worried about all the.
Six they're there to be like,you get to do this.
It's so cool.
You're on the big screen.
Let me take a photo while you'reon the big screen.
And you know why that, that isso fun to hear.
one of the best things I thinkabout our jobs is getting to
interact with the fans becausethey get these full special
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moments that we sometimes get,like, eh, we, you know, we've
been there, we've been doing itfor so many years.
We forget that like we'restanding on the court of an N B
A team and we're doing thisamazing thing day in and day
out.
But when you get to bring a fandown there and you see the joy
and the happiness in their eyes,or when they're getting ready to
play Whataburger, fries orsomething on the big screen,
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like, it's just so exciting tosee the excitement in their eyes
and it gets me jittery.
Like I get nervous and excitedfor them.
Cause I'm like, we're about todo something that is a once in a
lifetime experience forexperience these people.
Yeah.
I mean, so it's so importantthat.
you and I and everyone else inthe Mavs organization takes the
time to really recognize thatthis is their moment.
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Mm-hmm.
they've been waiting for this orexcited about this for so long.
And it's really about them.
It's not about us.
Exactly.
Okay.
It's not about us.
It's all about the experience.
But I agree with you there cuzit's like to give these people
these experiences, it's just socool to be a part of So funny.
Sometimes when you have thelittle kids, like as soon as
they get on the court, they'rejust looking up and not
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realizing how big these playersare, like how tall they are.
So it's super cool and I'm soglad to be more involved with
pre-game.
I didn't know all that stuffwent down.
You know, I've never beeninvolved in pregame, so I've
watched it, but I didn't realizethat there was so many cool
things going on.
It's awesome because you get tokind of know the refs.
The refs come in and out everygame.
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And I think that's one of likemy favorite parts too, is just
getting to know the refs andkind of saying, Hey, back in
Dallas, you know, just somethingcheesy, but, oh my Lord, it's
cool.
Yeah, I know.
It's so funny.
you know what else is reallycool too, is the fact that in
Dallas there's so much stuffgoing on and it's, it's not
necessarily just your nfl, yourN b, your n Hhl, but we also
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have a huge momentous thinggoing on right now in Fort
Worth, the Fort Worth Stock Showin Rodeo, which is also a huge
production.
Great entertainment team overthere.
I've been watching it now.
I think it's like 15 or 16performances, so that's every
single day, twice a day, Sothere's a ton of performances
that go on over there.
A lot of work goes into a veryshort amount of time.
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Mm-hmm.
such an.
Incredible thing to see.
And you got to see it actuallyfor the first time in person
last night.
Oh my gosh.
Okay.
So tell me about what youthought of the Fort Worth Stock
show Rodeo.
Because guys, I'll tell you myinvolvement after she tells her
story, but it's pretty cool.
So I wanna hear like from just apure fan perspective, what it
was like.
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So it was different.
I've never experienced anythinglike that, to be honest.
I've been to the Houston Rodeobefore a couple times, so kinda
familiar with like the thingsthat do happen.
But this was my first time atDickey's Arena and it was the
biggest night, They final, theytake home, yeah, the final
night.
So it's all the top performers.
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it is unbelievable just howthey're able to, you know,
direct the show.
You have like the.
Bull riding.
I'm trying to figure the namesyou have.
You got the cowboys and all theathletes and the cowgirls, but
then you have a whole notherelement, which is the animals.
So you have so much that goes onin the production of a rodeo.
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It's insane.
Continue.
Saint.
There's like one thing happeningat this end.
Then all of a sudden, the nextend, the animals are moving
around this end and just howthey coordinate the animal
movement by itself isunbelievable.
I was telling Allie my favoritething was when the girls come
out and they go around theselittle barrels, the barrel
racing.
The barrel racing, that's it.
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They go around the barrelracing.
That was one of my favoriteevents.
And then the bull rider, Insane.
Yeah, I mean, on the edge ofyour seat.
Insane.
It's such a show.
It's so interesting.
And you know, me, my productionmind is like, what all are they
doing?
Not only that, they have greatlighting, they have a huge video
board.
They have a lot of movementpieces I enjoyed it.
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I was nervous during the, um,bull racing, but oh, Bull
riding.
Yeah.
Bull riding.
Oh, lordy.
You guys.
I'm learning guys.
I'm learning Okay.
But here's the cool thing is myhusband was actually there last
night too, because we raisebucking bulls.
So it's a whole side of me wehaven't got to talk about yet on
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the, it's a lot y'all podcast,but I feel like we'll dabble in
it just for a minute.
So we raised so cool.
We raise bucking bulls that thengo to like the PDRs.
And the big rodeo events likeFort Worth.
we also go to the stockyards,the Fort Worth stockyards on the
weekend, which is a weeklyrodeo.
So Corey, my husband is superbusy with all that.
He was there last night.
He had two bulls in the shortround, which the short round is
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basically your final round.
So it's all the best of the bestfrom the entire rodeo.
Then compete against each otherfor the top prize.
so he had two bulls out, whichwas great.
They, they bucked really well.
Neither Cowboy ended up makingan eight second ride, so no
scores, but that's okay.
Corey's, you know, really happywith the performance of the
Bulls, but it's so exciting tosee someone like you that I know
go to a rodeo and just reallyenjoy the bull racing Just
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kidding.
The bull riding.
A highlight of the night was thepool riding and then the barrel
racing with the girls.
That's just my favorite.
And who you just told me at thebeginning of this podcast, who
lives across the street fromyou.
Oh yeah.
I know.
The, world champ, barrel racerlives across the street from me,
so yeah, she's so talented.
She was there last night.
You saw her run.
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Her name is Jordan Briggs.
She's awesome.
Another Toler Wite, that's whatwe call people from Toler, which
is the little small town I livein.
Population 600.
so yeah, we are just like, we'rejust pumping out superstars out
here on Toller though, so Yeah.
Congrats to her.
She ended up fourth last night.
Um, she has a great horse namedRolo.
He lives across the street fromme too, so I'm, we got the
bucking bulls on one side of thestreet and the horses on the
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other side, and they're, youknow, chitty chatting amongst
themselves, plus my donkey.
Every once in a while he getsHe, my donkey runs with the
bucking horses.
we're gonna have to post a, um,picture, a video of the donkey
on the podcast for sure.
Yeah, yeah.
We'll post Marty.
Marty the donkey.
he's, he's awesome andhilarious.
And I, I, again, I'm just soexcited that you got to go to
the rodeo and experience allthat.
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It was so fun.
It was fun.
It was so fun.
Yeah.
And it's so cool to know thatlike you are so tied to it.
So I couldn't wait this morningto share my experience with
Allie, cuz I, I knew her husbandwas probably there, but, I
didn't realize that y'all hadtwo of the bulls.
Like how cool is that?
But it's so crazy.
The bulls are insane at the end.
I do wanna say this cuz it wasthe, it was the coolest moment.
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Guy who is like a, I mean, toget him for halftime like a
halftime show at the maps.
Like what a halftime that wouldbe this guy like eggs on the
bull with his red flag and thebull is full on charging at this
guy.
And as soon as the bull reachesthe guy, he flips over the bull.
(25:45):
Yeah, he literally flips overthe bull, like, I dunno how he
does it.
Talk about on the edge of myseat.
I mean, can we pull them for theMavs for a halftime show?
I know what, yeah, the bull, thecraziest part.
And last thing was the bullliterally was standing there and
all of a sudden the bulls like,Um, what do you call this little
paw?
Like pawing the dirt.
Yeah, pawing the dirt.
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Like you can tell he's gettingready.
He's like, I am about to attack.
Then the bulls charging.
This guy's flipping over.
Like, this is guys gotta checkthe.
Check out the rodeo.
It'll be back next year.
It's over now.
But, you guys gotta also checkus out on YouTube if you're not
watching already, because youcan see the, on camera version
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of how this is all breakingdown.
Nicole is pawing at the air, youguys, I can't believe it.
It is another episode of, it's alot y'all in the books.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
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And by the way, if you haven't,Please follow us on social media
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(26:46):
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Hey everybody.
Welcome to the, it's a lot y'allpodcast.
It's episode four.
I can't believe we're here.
I'm so excited.
I'm Allie d with me as producer,Nicole and Ma.
Oh, ma, do we have some Bakannews going down in the maths
sports world?
Ladies and gentlemen, KyrieIrving, too.
The Dallas Myre.
My goodness.
(00:25):
So exciting.
So exciting big trade.
So, uh, let's see.
We've got, Spencer Dinwitty andDorian Finney Smith going to the
Nets plus the 2029 first round.
Pick some other situationshappening.
Kyrie Irving's coming here tojoin us.
He's come and do a little dancein Dallas.
I just made that up.
I love it.
He's such a dominant point guardplayer and I really think that
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he's gonna be good with the teamand really ball.
Yeah, he's gonna be a ballershot baller.
Oh my gosh.
but I do wanna say I loveSpencer Dinwitty.
I just feel like he is justlike, I don't know.
He's such a sweet soul.
Mm-hmm.
it just seems like the nicestguy.
I remember when I, after I hadmy baby, I came back to host The
like special season ticketholder gala thing that we do.
(01:09):
Mm-hmm.
And I think he had just hit likea huge shot the night before,
like the game-winning buzzerbeater, like every N B A player
dreams of this shot.
And so I got to ask him a littlebit about that before I had him
lip sync to in vogue, which wasreally cool.
So anyways, Spencer Denwitty,Dorian Anthony Smith.
Love you.
Amazing.
Thank you.
Yes.
Bittersweet fans.
(01:29):
But I'm really excited to seewhat the team's gonna do now.
I think it's gonna be a greataddition to the Mav, so Super
welcome Kyrie.
I know eight time NBA All-Star,uh, b a champion with the Cavs,
your former team.
So you guys have that in common.
Yeah.
And here we are.
In Dallas making it happen.
speaking of Dallas, whoa.
Did we ever have the freezedrama of the year?
(01:52):
We had the iso palooza, if youdon't know, which is what I'm
calling it here in Dallas lastweek.
So we had four days where wewere iced in.
Now, before you, people from thenorth get all snippy snappy and
say, people in Dallas don't knowwhat they're doing and don't
know how to drive in the snow,this is not snow.
Mm-hmm.
this is.
This is a literal ice skatingrink over the entire city of
(02:12):
Dallas.
If you went out, you were gonnaend up on Dallas, Texas tv.
Instagram.
You know that page where theyshare all the crazy Yes.
Dallas, if you were goingoutside, you could guarantee you
were on that page cuz you wereslipping and sliding all over
dfw.
So that was.
A mess.
So the ice storm moved in onMonday.
We were playing the pistons.
So the Mavs called me on Monday.
They're so nice.
And you guys, I live 90 milesfrom the arena, and they said,
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Allie, uh, I don't know if thisis gonna be a good idea because
the ice is supposed to start,you know, right about during
your 90 mile commute home.
And Exactly, guys, I live way onthe country.
I mean, there is no.
you know, de-icing of the roadsor any preparation that goes on
out here.
So I was really grateful.
They were like, just stay home.
And I said, great.
I'll see you guys on Thursday.
Cause it's supposed to be niceand sunny.
(02:55):
The ice storm will be gone bythen.
But sure enough, the ice stormhad not left us by Thursday.
I was stuck in my house Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
and then Friday I was able tofinally leave because my
driveway was just solid ice.
It was insane.
And we had this happen about thesame time last year.
I, I'll never forget cuz it wasmy first ice storm, but when
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Allie's saying slippery slidingin the Dallas, Texas Instagram.
Okay.
Literally right outside myapartment, there was a video and
it was car after car slipping,sliding.
So if you were on the road, youshouldn't have been there.
But I will say I was fortunateenough to get out Monday to go
to the game The Pistons playedthe Mavs on Monday night, so
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coming home from the game, itwas starting to get icy.
The Pistons even stayed inDallas all the way until
Thursday.
They were stuck here becausethey couldn't get out.
And Thursday, when the PEs werecoming into town, we almost
thought it was gonna bepostponed, but the Pells arrived
at like.
Two o'clock for a seven 30 tipoff.
And Aspel, this is what I'veheard, Aspel were landing at
(04:02):
dfw, the Pistons bus pulled outand they were finally able to
leave Dallas.
Wow.
Um, so it was a crazy ice storm.
I myself was.
Stuck at home and I just was soready to get out.
I was iffy about going to thegame on Thursday, but I just
was, you know, 10 and two takingit slow.
(04:23):
Yeah.
You texted me and you were like,I dunno if I should go and I
knew you were gonna go, youknow, because like you're just
not gonna miss work So of courseI couldn't make it Monday, and
then I again could not make itin on Thursday, which I thought
was gonna be no problem.
But the funny thing about thatpiston story is my dad lives in
Michigan, and so he texts me onlike Wednesday.
Yeah.
And he's like, Hey, the game iscanceled here because the
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Pistons haven't been able tomake it back from Dallas.
They're stuck in the ice storm.
I had no.
The Pistons had been there forthree days just waiting on the
ice to lift.
So you know, if these N B Ateams are grounded, that there
is a lot going on.
So please do not judge us.
Yes, ice storms are crazy here.
And by the way, I spent fourdays eating pure total garbage I
mean, I was on the pizzabandwagon, I was eating mac and
(05:07):
cheese.
I was just, eating all of thebad things.
Just cooking, you know, andbaking cookies and brownies cuz
you're just with the kids.
I'm trying to entertain them.
Just eating all the junk right.
So I felt like last night,finally I was like, I haven't
had a vegetable in five days.
So I bee lined it to the grocerystore and I'm just loading up on
all the vegetables.
(05:27):
So I'm getting carrots andbroccoli, mushrooms, everything
just to kind of like detox andrehydrate, drinks all the goods,
blueberries, you name it.
I had made a list of all the,super foods and I was gonna, So
anyway, so I'm doing all myshopping at Brookshire's, And,
the funniest part of it is, so Ibuy$180 worth of vegetables and
good food.
I know the groceries are soexpensive, I've got$8 eggs, you
(05:49):
know, all the things which I'mso mad about.
I was like, really?
Cuz I, we eat eggs every day anda family of four.
We're eating like six eggsevery.
So we're going through a lot ofeggs at this point.
Not now.
We, we gotta talk about meraising chickens, which is maybe
on the horizon.
I don't know.
But, so anyways, I leave thegrocery store and I was so
hungry.
I bee lined it straight toBrahms and got the four
(06:12):
cheeseburger and french fries.
So after all that, spending allthat money on vegetables, I went
straight to Brams and got thehamburger.
And the french fries and justyou caved, caved.
And I ate it on the way home.
But the funnier thing is, is Ithen ended up texting you and
being like, oh my gosh, I'm justso tired of eating crap.
And I said, here's a littlepicture of my snack.
You did?
(06:32):
Yeah.
And guys, this picture waspathetic.
It was a paper plate with likethree carrots, one piece of
broccoli, like a half a.
It looked like rabbit food.
Hey, I felt better this morningthough.
Okay.
Like I, I felt a lot better.
So those little vegetables go along way.
So we need to have, like, thisis not even fr probably for this
(06:52):
podcast, but I need to know ifeating a little plate of
vegetables at night, Is like thebest time of day to eat
vegetables.
And the reason why I say this isbecause I feel like while you're
sleeping, your body's doing alot of like repair work.
Mm-hmm.
And I feel like the vegetablesare, we're giving my body like
all the stuff it needs to dowhatever.
And I felt great this morning.
So anyways, I have no scientificevidence or prove any of that,
(07:13):
but I just wanna say maybe it'spossible.
I don't know.
Eat your veggies at night.
People eat your veggies atnight.
Um, okay, let's talk about morebig sports news coming up the
Super Bowl.
So excited.
I just noticed you have a Saintshoodie on today.
I gotta represent, you know,breaking news.
Let everybody know you'reBreaking News.
(07:35):
Yeah.
From Louisiana.
Born and raised.
Huge Saints fan.
I literally bleed black andgold.
I just feel like I needed to putthis out there cuz we've been
talking to a lot of cowboys.
I know.
my heart's with the.
It's okay.
Love you.
Cowboys for work, but who?
Da you guys.
Nicole's not even joking alittle bit when she says she
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bleeds black and gold.
She went to Europe this seasonto watch the Saints play in, was
it London?
In London?
Yes.
Gosh, we'll have to put that onthe list of things we need to
talk about.
We'll talk about that NFL andEurope, because that's awesome.
But we do have a big game comingup here in the States.
It is the Super Bowl.
We've got two great teams.
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The Chiefs and the Eagles.
who am I rooting for?
You know, I gotta go with the.
Yeah, I gotta go with PatrickMahomes Love.
I gotta go with Travis Kelsey.
really because I'm not a fan ofthe Eagles.
I don't like, you know, theirfan base, who is, I know.
I'm like, ew, so I can't pullfor the Eagles.
I don't really wanna pull forthe Chiefs, but if I had to
(08:37):
pick, I'm going with the chiefs.
You and I were talking aboutalso the podcast that we love,
the Calm Down podcast, which isso, so good.
Shout out.
Favorite favorite.
I listened to it today.
They put me in such a good mood.
I absolutely love those two.
Aaron Andrews, Karissa Thompson.
You are Fricking Dolls.
anyways, they had a little.
Interesting conversation Yeah,we were talking about, and we
(08:59):
have got to find out, sospeaking of like the Super Bowl,
obviously the Kelsey Brothersare facing off So they were
talking about an interview thatthey were doing with Travis
Kelsey and how Travis Kelseyalways just smells.
The best I mean, fine.
What's the word we're going for?
They just say like, delicious.
I don't know.
Yeah, delicious.
Like he just smells so good.
(09:20):
So they were talking abouttrying to figure out what
cologne he's using.
So I've been so involved.
It's like, okay, they gotta tellus the cologne.
So last episode, CarissaThompson, briefly mentioned that
she found out that it was lv, itwas Louis Vuitton cologne.
Oh, but now the question isWhich cologne is Travis Kelsey
wearing?
(09:40):
because there's like 15 LVcolognes We need to know.
I need to find out the details.
We need the info.
Are you a Cologne girl or likeperfume girl?
I mean, I have obviously like myperfumes, but I'm not super big
on'em.
But I do love cologne.
Like if a man smells good, We'regonna find out what that LV
(10:04):
clone is from Carissa.
we're gonna be sliding the dms.
for sure.
If anything though guys, I'mmore excited about this halftime
show, the halftime performance,Rihanna making a comeback.
I am so excited.
It's been forever since she'sperformed.
I just know she's gonna come outand be like, I.
(10:24):
So, got it.
She's gonna kill it.
I mean, wow.
I know, I wonder that she'sgonna have like a new song she's
gonna release shortly orsomething or what's gonna go on.
But you guys, Rihanna is anoutstanding performer and I know
you said there's been a littlebit of talk, like if she's gonna
have a guest or what's gonnahappen and I'm just like, no, I
don't want like it's Rihanna,but 10 other people like these
(10:45):
typical act, I really feel likea lot of times they don't get
what they deserve, which is justthem on the stage solo, like JLo
and Shakira.
When that combo, I was like,man, yes, each of them should
have.
Own Super Bowl performance.
I mean, it was cool to see thatlittle Netflix special on that
whole deal.
But I do feel like that a lot oftimes they wanna bring like too
(11:05):
much.
And you can't just enjoy thatone artist for everything that
they are.
Right.
These people are so talented.
They've worked their wholefreaking careers to get to this
point.
So anyways, what I'm saying isRihanna's amazing, she could do
it on her own.
I love all her music.
everything about her.
So artistic and superstar.
what a career to be like.
Oh yeah, I performed at a SuperBowl I think if she does bring
(11:26):
somebody out, maybe it'll justbe for a song or two, but I
really want the focus mainly tobe on her so actually I did see
Rihanna live one time and itwas, I don't get to go to
concerts, like for fun.
I'm always working, so this wasa work trip.
I was there, MCing, the NCAAFinal Four big party that they
have.
The Capital One party.
(11:47):
Mm-hmm.
and Rihanna was like, I thinkshe was like the last act of the
day, of course, I think she waslike the big headliner and it
was an Indian.
And it was, it's such a greattown, by the way, Indianapolis.
Oh yeah.
It's so cute.
They've got all these likebridges that connect.
So if it's freezing outside indowntown, you don't have to like
get out in the elements.
You could just like hop on theselittle bridges to go from place
(12:08):
to place.
Really cool.
Anyways, totally awesome place.
Great little downtown.
And, she was there performingand like I said, I was there
MCing.
And so I got to, you know,basically just stand in front of
the stage and watch her.
And I was just overwhelmed bythe amount of sheer coolness is
all I can say.
She is just, Such a vibe.
(12:28):
Everything about her, she had onthis like amazing fur coat and
she had like the little fanmachine blowing, but she had
this like crazy fur coat on thatjust stole the show.
But at the end of the day, it'sabout her raw talent and you
know, all that.
Her singing and her emotions andthe songs and they're written so
well.
I just love her.
I'm really looking forward tohalftime.
Could care less about the game Iknow.
(12:50):
No, I know.
It's true though.
Like halftime in thecommercials.
Like any commercial that has aClyde's Dale in.
Yes, I'm all in.
I'm tears.
You know, we're the little baby.
Clyde Dale.
Love the Clydesdales.
Have you, by the way, everworked a Super Bowl in or been
involved in one?
You know, actually I have, I'venever worked the actual game.
Yeah.
But I did one year.
(13:10):
This was like way before I gotinto sports, but I knew I wanted
to go this direction and I wasdoing everything I could to make
connections.
I ended up volunteering for theSuper Bowl that was in Houston,
so I worked all the eventsleading up to it.
Yes, it was cra it was a crazyexperience.
Oh my gosh.
I didn't actually get to workthe game, but all the outdoors
(13:31):
events and all the thingsleading up to.
Game I was a part of.
So, wow.
What's so on the bucket list?
One day I'm gonna get to SuperBowl.
I know, me too.
What are we gonna do?
I don't know.
we gotta figure out a way to getdown there.
Yes.
This would be awesome.
We didn't say in the beginningof the show, but obviously I'm
on camera.
She's a stage manager.
We work in sports.
Welcome to the show.
We're 20 minutes in but tell usabout your new pre-game
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activities that you've beendoing with the Dallas Mavericks
because I could see you guys,when Nicole and I were working
one of the very first games thisseason, I could just see she
was, she was not really involvedin the pre-game stuff because
that wasn't part of herposition.
It was really just to help meand the other talent, and so I
could tell that she was a littlebit nervous about what goes on
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pregame because there are a lotof moving parts.
Yes.
A lot of stuff happens and shewas kind of sitting on the side
twirling her thumbs like, I feellike I need to be out there.
But Allie, it's not, I don'tknow how to just bust out there
because what happens inproduction, there is so many
things going on, and we have ourmAbs sales team.
Mm-hmm.
and that.
doing these functions And inproduction, that's what we're
(14:38):
trained in.
So dive on in, tell me whathappens.
Yes.
All of a sudden you're involvedin pregame and that is not by
accident.
I am involved in pregame and Icould not be more excited.
Pregame is honestly one of myfavorite parts because it's.
So much happening so quickly.
and it's right, before tip off,so I have been able to help out
with all the live shots, all theco-captains meeting, the game
(15:02):
ball delivery.
I've just kind of insertedmyself in because to Allie's
point, we do have Great peoplewith the sales organization,
they've been doing it so they'rekind of familiar with the live
shots, but they're notnecessarily on headset listening
to when we're actually gonna golive.
And the thing with liveentertainment is things can
change, any time, right?
Your camera guy could bemissing.
(15:23):
We might have to switch somethings around because the
players are still warming up onthe court, so we can't get prime
time out.
Just little things like thatthat you don't necessarily think
about.
Yeah.
And can I say that the, thereason why that that is so great
is because, when we have pregamegoing on, it's usually like 10
kids.
We've got a group coming in tosing the anthem.
(15:44):
someone's getting honored hereand there's.
So a lot of people that aren'tfamiliar, obviously, They're not
doing this kind of stuff fortheir job.
They're here to be honored or tohave this special activity.
So you wanna keep their focus onhaving fun and enjoying the
experience.
And that's where I feel like thesales team really can help
because they're there to just belike the relationship person and
(16:05):
have fun with these people andlet him.
Me.
Great.
Hey, smile.
We're having a good time.
You don't want them sidetrackedwith stuff that you should be
worrying about, which is likewhen we're going live, has the
buzzer hit?
Where's the cameraman?
Exactly.
Taking all that off of theirplate and putting that on your
plate where it's so easy foryou, you're comfortable to do
it.
And they can focus onentertaining the guests, the
(16:26):
client.
Yes.
Great.
So tell us a little bit moreabout exactly what.
Pregame though, because there isso much.
So take us through like a littlebit.
So a couple lucky fans getchosen to be the ball kid, of
the game.
So what happens is that they areable to go on court and shoot
around before the game evenstarts.
So these lucky kids, I didn'teven know that.
(16:48):
Yes, these lucky kids getselected.
They get to go on court, shootwith the balls that the players
are gonna be playing with inabout 30 minutes, and they just
kind of get to shoot some hoops,make some layups, make some free
throws.
And then during this time wealso.
So we set up a live shot, Theyget to be on the big screen and
then get to shoot around.
(17:08):
So there's not only the ballkids, there's also this Dr.
Pepper, six man not only do theyget to take home a jersey, they
get to shoot around on the courtand they also have their live
shot.
And then my favorite part is theco-captain of the game and then
the game ball.
which is just such a coolexperience for a fan.
sometimes I think that we mayget a little used to or take for
(17:30):
granted being on the court, butsometimes I have to sit back and
realize, you know, this fan mayhave never touched the court
before, so it's.
Such an experience in theireyes.
They get to not only touch thecourt, they get to go center
court.
So what happens with co-captain,it's at the five minute mark
every game.
They get to stand in thecaptain's meeting.
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So they're in the captain'smeeting with all the reps of the
game, and then the captains ofeach team.
So from the opposing team andfrom the Mavs.
it's a really cool thing.
They get to be in that meeting,get to have a photo with the
players, sometimes an autograph.
so it's just really cool.
Set that shot up, get to see thefan.
they are just soaking it all in.
So excited to be around theseplayers.
(18:13):
And then we have the game balldelivery.
So some special fan gets to holdthe official game ball, Um, to
kind of kick off the game.
So it is, like Allie said, a lotof moving pieces and I'm glad
that I've been able to helpexecute certain things because
like you said, you know, oursales team, they're really
trying to, connect with theirclients or make sure that
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they're having a good time.
And I don't feel like they needto be worried about all the.
Six they're there to be like,you get to do this.
It's so cool.
You're on the big screen.
Let me take a photo while you'reon the big screen.
And you know why that, that isso fun to hear.
one of the best things I thinkabout our jobs is getting to
interact with the fans becausethey get these full special
(18:55):
moments that we sometimes get,like, eh, we, you know, we've
been there, we've been doing itfor so many years.
We forget that like we'restanding on the court of an N B
A team and we're doing thisamazing thing day in and day
out.
But when you get to bring a fandown there and you see the joy
and the happiness in their eyes,or when they're getting ready to
play Whataburger, fries orsomething on the big screen,
(19:17):
like, it's just so exciting tosee the excitement in their eyes
and it gets me jittery.
Like I get nervous and excitedfor them.
Cause I'm like, we're about todo something that is a once in a
lifetime experience forexperience these people.
Yeah.
I mean, so it's so importantthat.
you and I and everyone else inthe Mavs organization takes the
time to really recognize thatthis is their moment.
(19:39):
Mm-hmm.
they've been waiting for this orexcited about this for so long.
And it's really about them.
It's not about us.
Exactly.
Okay.
It's not about us.
It's all about the experience.
But I agree with you there cuzit's like to give these people
these experiences, it's just socool to be a part of So funny.
Sometimes when you have thelittle kids, like as soon as
they get on the court, they'rejust looking up and not
(20:00):
realizing how big these playersare, like how tall they are.
So it's super cool and I'm soglad to be more involved with
pre-game.
I didn't know all that stuffwent down.
You know, I've never beeninvolved in pregame, so I've
watched it, but I didn't realizethat there was so many cool
things going on.
It's awesome because you get tokind of know the refs.
The refs come in and out everygame.
(20:21):
And I think that's one of likemy favorite parts too, is just
getting to know the refs andkind of saying, Hey, back in
Dallas, you know, just somethingcheesy, but, oh my Lord, it's
cool.
Yeah, I know.
It's so funny.
you know what else is reallycool too, is the fact that in
Dallas there's so much stuffgoing on and it's, it's not
necessarily just your nfl, yourN b, your n Hhl, but we also
(20:43):
have a huge momentous thinggoing on right now in Fort
Worth, the Fort Worth Stock Showin Rodeo, which is also a huge
production.
Great entertainment team overthere.
I've been watching it now.
I think it's like 15 or 16performances, so that's every
single day, twice a day, Sothere's a ton of performances
that go on over there.
A lot of work goes into a veryshort amount of time.
(21:04):
Mm-hmm.
such an.
Incredible thing to see.
And you got to see it actuallyfor the first time in person
last night.
Oh my gosh.
Okay.
So tell me about what youthought of the Fort Worth Stock
show Rodeo.
Because guys, I'll tell you myinvolvement after she tells her
story, but it's pretty cool.
So I wanna hear like from just apure fan perspective, what it
was like.
(21:25):
So it was different.
I've never experienced anythinglike that, to be honest.
I've been to the Houston Rodeobefore a couple times, so kinda
familiar with like the thingsthat do happen.
But this was my first time atDickey's Arena and it was the
biggest night, They final, theytake home, yeah, the final
night.
So it's all the top performers.
(21:45):
it is unbelievable just howthey're able to, you know,
direct the show.
You have like the.
Bull riding.
I'm trying to figure the namesyou have.
You got the cowboys and all theathletes and the cowgirls, but
then you have a whole notherelement, which is the animals.
So you have so much that goes onin the production of a rodeo.
(22:07):
It's insane.
Continue.
Saint.
There's like one thing happeningat this end.
Then all of a sudden, the nextend, the animals are moving
around this end and just howthey coordinate the animal
movement by itself isunbelievable.
I was telling Allie my favoritething was when the girls come
out and they go around theselittle barrels, the barrel
racing.
The barrel racing, that's it.
(22:28):
They go around the barrelracing.
That was one of my favoriteevents.
And then the bull rider, Insane.
Yeah, I mean, on the edge ofyour seat.
Insane.
It's such a show.
It's so interesting.
And you know, me, my productionmind is like, what all are they
doing?
Not only that, they have greatlighting, they have a huge video
board.
They have a lot of movementpieces I enjoyed it.
(22:49):
I was nervous during the, um,bull racing, but oh, Bull
riding.
Yeah.
Bull riding.
Oh, lordy.
You guys.
I'm learning guys.
I'm learning Okay.
But here's the cool thing is myhusband was actually there last
night too, because we raisebucking bulls.
So it's a whole side of me wehaven't got to talk about yet on
(23:12):
the, it's a lot y'all podcast,but I feel like we'll dabble in
it just for a minute.
So we raised so cool.
We raise bucking bulls that thengo to like the PDRs.
And the big rodeo events likeFort Worth.
we also go to the stockyards,the Fort Worth stockyards on the
weekend, which is a weeklyrodeo.
So Corey, my husband is superbusy with all that.
He was there last night.
He had two bulls in the shortround, which the short round is
(23:35):
basically your final round.
So it's all the best of the bestfrom the entire rodeo.
Then compete against each otherfor the top prize.
so he had two bulls out, whichwas great.
They, they bucked really well.
Neither Cowboy ended up makingan eight second ride, so no
scores, but that's okay.
Corey's, you know, really happywith the performance of the
Bulls, but it's so exciting tosee someone like you that I know
go to a rodeo and just reallyenjoy the bull racing Just
(23:58):
kidding.
The bull riding.
A highlight of the night was thepool riding and then the barrel
racing with the girls.
That's just my favorite.
And who you just told me at thebeginning of this podcast, who
lives across the street fromyou.
Oh yeah.
I know.
The, world champ, barrel racerlives across the street from me,
so yeah, she's so talented.
She was there last night.
You saw her run.
(24:19):
Her name is Jordan Briggs.
She's awesome.
Another Toler Wite, that's whatwe call people from Toler, which
is the little small town I livein.
Population 600.
so yeah, we are just like, we'rejust pumping out superstars out
here on Toller though, so Yeah.
Congrats to her.
She ended up fourth last night.
Um, she has a great horse namedRolo.
He lives across the street fromme too, so I'm, we got the
bucking bulls on one side of thestreet and the horses on the
(24:41):
other side, and they're, youknow, chitty chatting amongst
themselves, plus my donkey.
Every once in a while he getsHe, my donkey runs with the
bucking horses.
we're gonna have to post a, um,picture, a video of the donkey
on the podcast for sure.
Yeah, yeah.
We'll post Marty.
Marty the donkey.
he's, he's awesome andhilarious.
And I, I, again, I'm just soexcited that you got to go to
the rodeo and experience allthat.
(25:02):
It was so fun.
It was fun.
It was so fun.
Yeah.
And it's so cool to know thatlike you are so tied to it.
So I couldn't wait this morningto share my experience with
Allie, cuz I, I knew her husbandwas probably there, but, I
didn't realize that y'all hadtwo of the bulls.
Like how cool is that?
But it's so crazy.
The bulls are insane at the end.
I do wanna say this cuz it wasthe, it was the coolest moment.
(25:24):
Guy who is like a, I mean, toget him for halftime like a
halftime show at the maps.
Like what a halftime that wouldbe this guy like eggs on the
bull with his red flag and thebull is full on charging at this
guy.
And as soon as the bull reachesthe guy, he flips over the bull.
(25:45):
Yeah, he literally flips overthe bull, like, I dunno how he
does it.
Talk about on the edge of myseat.
I mean, can we pull them for theMavs for a halftime show?
I know what, yeah, the bull, thecraziest part.
And last thing was the bullliterally was standing there and
all of a sudden the bulls like,Um, what do you call this little
paw?
Like pawing the dirt.
Yeah, pawing the dirt.
(26:06):
Like you can tell he's gettingready.
He's like, I am about to attack.
Then the bulls charging.
This guy's flipping over.
Like, this is guys gotta checkthe.
Check out the rodeo.
It'll be back next year.
It's over now.
But, you guys gotta also checkus out on YouTube if you're not
watching already, because youcan see the, on camera version
(26:26):
of how this is all breakingdown.
Nicole is pawing at the air, youguys, I can't believe it.
It is another episode of, it's alot y'all in the books.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
Thank y'all so much forlistening.
And by the way, if you haven't,Please follow us on social media
at, it's a lot, y'all.
We're on all the places.
Our favorite place to be rightnow is Instagram, a little bit
(26:46):
of TikTok.
Nicole and I are both thereanswering your questions,
getting involved, all thethings.
we're so excited that you werelistening.
Thank you so much.
Please.
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