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Caleb Williams has got to be sitting back like, the hell is even going on? What what's happening? I got hurt. I left the game. I was scared.
I got emotional. And now, this is way more traumatic what's happening right now than what happened in that game. And I thought that was pretty dramatic. I thought that I suffered an injury that was going to end my entire season, and I was absolutely devastated. And, man, yes, it was dramatic.
It was dramatic. But what has happened since on the internet and on social is way more traumatic. Why is the entire world coming for me? This guy's gotta be like, The hell is even going on? Like I said, noise.
Noise. And I'm not saying it would be easy to deal with. It certainly would not be easy if the whole world were laughing at you. and your misfortune, and especially if you suffered an injury and you were in a great deal of pain, and in a vulnerable moment. But This guy's gotta be like, I can't process this.
I do not know what's happening. My man, if I were you, I would go dark. I would not be looking at your phone. I would not be searching this out. You can't prevent it.
You sure as hell can't control it. There's nothing good happening in your phone, my guy. I would not be looking in that phone. And again, you cannot control it. And if you try to push back and you try to repost some positive things, it's only going to make it worse.
I would not be looking at that phone, but I would imagine that dude's got to be like, I, okay, so now I have to deal with the injury, and I've got to do everything in my power to come back as quickly as I can. They're counting on me. It's a really important year. But now I'm fighting this whole other fight over here. But that fight you can't win.
You can't control that. All you can control is doing the best you can every single day to get back as quickly as you possibly can. My man, you can't fight the whole internet, you will not win. You will not win. You will win a Super Bowl long before you beat the internet.
Believe that. I'm going to add that to the list of undefeateds, frankly. Sex Father Time. The internet. You will not beat the internet.
The Bears will win a Super Bowl before anybody beats the Internet. Don't fight that fight. Jet lag also on that list. Poor Jano. Jano's.
So, Jano, Jano's my wife, Janet. Janet. Went to the robot. And Had the robot create an entire plan for her for dealing with jet lag hour by hour. She has a plan, a protocol.
And the robot told her, Okay, if you're starting in Spain and you're coming back to California and you're leaving at this hour, this is your procedure, this is your protocol, this is your regimen, this is what you need to do to beat jet lag. And then she found out the airline had already pushed her flight back.
So the jet lag also undefeated. Don't believe me, ask Sean McVay. That's the Rams. Quote When I get hurt. I take a week off.
I take it off. Sincerely, CALEB NICKLAS. Or mod. I don't even know you anymore, dude. Is it...
Armand, is it chat or is it that you're back in America? Because you're not the same dude. All right, as promised, we are joined right now by the head football coach Ed Vanderbilt. He is in his sixth season at his alma mater. The Commodores went 10-3 last year.
They were 6-2 in SEC play. They played in the ReliaQuest Bowl. He was the SEC coach of the year in both 2024 and 2025. Vanderbilt beat NC State in a thriller. 35-31 on Saturday.
They're 3-0. They take on Auburn on Saturday. This Saturday, we're joined right now by Clark Lee. Clark, I know you worked hard to make this happen. Always good to see you, Clark.
How are you doing? I'm great, Jimmy. Great to be with you. I'm happy to be on the show. No, I appreciate you making time.
I know you went out of your way to make that happen, and it's great to have you back. Listen, I understand that you've already turned the page. All your focus is on your SEC opener against Auburn, but the way your team won that game in Nashville is going to be talked about forever.
So before we talk about the game's final sequence, Clark, can I ask you this? How emotionally draining was that afternoon seeing your team rally from two different 17-point deficits? Yeah, I mean, it was a roller coaster to say the least. The other thing to add to that, it was the hottest game in program history.
So I think the turf was like over 160 degrees and it's like playing on a skillet. But I look really proud of the team. I think this game gets attention because of how we want it. Obviously, there's a lot about the game that we need to move on from and forget. And we didn't play very good football, and that's why we found ourselves in the position at the end, Jim.
But ultimately, to become a program that finds a way to win, I think that's a statement to the evolution that we've had here at Vanderbilt. And what I will say is that the fighting spirit, the grit, those are the things that you're proud of that showed up for us on Saturday. If we can channel, channel that through good football performance and we can be a good team. If we don't, we're going to find out here pretty quickly in the SEC that we're not going to be able to win games the way we wanted on Saturday. Fair enough, but he found a way to get it done, and the field was about 158 degrees.
Clark Lee joining us.
So, Clark, I mean, just to go back to it, NC State did lead 31 to 28. There were six seconds left. I know you've gone over this, but can you do it one more time? Can you take us through the final play and share what you were thinking as you watched this unfold?
Well, obviously, the immediacy of the interception we threw, I thought we were going to win it in a traditional manner. And so, in fact, I was certain of it. You know, you just have that confidence in the way we were moving the ball and good play by their defense. And so, the immediacy of that is like any human being, you're just a gut punch. And pretty quickly, we realized, hey, this ball is going to be spotted at like the one or the two.
There's enough time. We have two timeouts. It becomes just how are we going to organize defensively to make sure we get one more shot. And so that was the whole conversation on the sideline. They were running some stuff offensively that, you know, the way they were able to run the quarterback, it wasn't a traditional sneak.
It was more of like a mushy push through the middle that was draining clock.
So we were coaching in the moment to get around the edges and try to get the legs of the quarterback. That left us with six seconds left, at which point we called probably for the first time in football history a field goal block. in at the minus four or whatever. And we we coached the edge guys just to get get as high as possible, as fast as possible, so that he wasn't able to get to the back pylon. I think that pressure Forced him into a situation where he had to go where he didn't want to go, which was kind of up into the middle.
And, you know, fortunately, we had a freshman that was wrapping him up, Mason Lewis. We had a veteran six-year player, Miles Capers, who's been with me the entire time I've been here, that stripped the ball out. And then Caden Daniels recovered it, and the rest is history. But I will say again, I think at the time there was like the win probability was 99.9% NC State. And I'm glad the 0.1% was on my sideline because those guys believed they kept fighting.
And as it turns out, good things happen when you do that. If not higher than 99.9%, Clark, thank you so much for doing that one more time and breaking that down. I appreciate you so much for doing that. I'm so amazed. I think you make such a great point that you thought you were going to go in and win traditionally.
It could have been the most, the ultimate kick in the gut, like punch in the gut. And yet, this is how well coached up your guys were. They were sharp. They quickly forgot about that. They did what they were told to do.
And it worked out. It just was so unbelievable. There's so much attention focused on NC State and how do you lose that game? Yo, how did you guys win that game? I'm looking at that.
That was amazing. Hey, one last thought about that. I've done this a long time. I can't think of a comp. You've been in this game a long time.
Has there ever, have you ever seen anything more surreal than that moment since you've been in this? You know, I haven't. Obviously, I forget what the, in the last 20 years, I think teams that had the ball with 10 seconds or less remaining, it's something like 1,047 and one. And there was the punt block, Michigan, Michigan State from a few years ago. But obviously, you know, the idea that it wasn't a punt formation, I mean, they were just taking a safety.
And the probability is all stacked against us. But again, I think a testament to what happens, like you say, when you reset, refocus, we say in our program, head body, head body. Let's be in the present and do what we can do to win. And the guys believed and they found a way. And that's a great lesson for us to continue to apply because we got a lot of great challenging games ahead of us.
I try not to go here too many times with you, Clark, but what does that mean, head body, head body? You know, it comes from the movie The Fighter. And it's just something, honestly, it was something I kind of pulled. This was back when I was at Wake Forest.
So this was 2016. It might have even gone back to my Syracuse days. But sometimes, like when you're on the sideline, so I'd be coaching linebackers and you're sitting there with your group on the sideline and they're responding to what they're seeing on the field offensively. And so, you know, there were times where we were playing and our offense wasn't moving the ball. And so, you know, in those moments, the guys would become fans and you want to give them something to center them, to focus them, and to really get them to turn their attention to the control they have, not the control they don't have.
We can't perform like fans on the sideline and be great competitors. And so, in the movie, you know, in one of the improbable boxing comebacks, you know, the fighter goes to the corner and his brother, who's also the coach, is telling him head, body, head, body. And what he's saying to him is, don't deviate from the plan. Even though it's not going the way that we thought it was going to go, it still comes back to. Mm-hmm.
Combination punches and again, staying committed to the game plan. And body shots accumulate.
So you can't knock your competitor out in one punch. And we use that mantra as just something that we say to one another and to ourselves to make sure we're present. You know, performance only exists in the present. And we have a situation where our brains like to take us and forecast in the future or hang on to the past. And that only inhibits our ability to be what the team needs for us to be in the moment.
So that's just a mantra we use. It's something, again, I've used for a long time, but it's become sacred in our program here. And, you know, Saturday was an example of that too. I could see where that would be sacred. Head body, head body, breach.
I love it. Clark Lee joining us.
Clark, really quickly, when you and I spoke in July, we talked about the process of who your quarterback might be. And you said, whenever Redshirt freshman Jared Curtis is ready and gets his opportunity, he's got the tools. He's going to make an impact. What stood out to you most about his starting debut season? Saturday in a three-touchdown game that earned him SEC Freshman Honor of the Week.
Well, there was an undauntedness to it. It was amazing to see him step into some really big moments. You mentioned earlier, there were two times we were down 17 points, and there was nothing that we were doing defensively to support the offense. We weren't bridging the gap between the phases with strong special teams play. It was really, the game was a debacle in a lot of ways for us.
And yet, this kid, Jared Curtis, stepped into the moment. He operated within the system. He found ways to create in ways that only he can do. And he got us back in that game. And we synced up just enough in the second half to plot our course to be within striking distance at the end.
Intermixed in there are some freshman moments, which are going to happen, but it was a courageous performance. And again, when he's in that competitive moment, his eyes are bright and his jaw is set. And it's amazing to see such a young player be able to. To handle the big moments as well as he does. I hope that the growth becomes kind of the smaller moments and making the available play and just continuing to learn and grow.
But what I know is we got a guy that no matter what the odds are will step in and give us a chance to win. Another great one. His eyes are bright, his jaw is set. Before I let you go back to work, Clark, let me ask you about your next one because you are headed to Auburn to kick off SEC play on Saturday. What have you seen from the tape that you've been watching of Alex Kolish's team, who just dropped a wild one to Florida Saturday, 44-39?
Yeah, well, he's a really bright offensive mind, and the system is interesting. We'll face this system a few times, but I think, you know, to give Alex credit, he's not just a system coach. I mean, he's clearly got his fingerprints on the design, and there's a lot of familiarity on the offensive side with players that he's brought from South Florida.
So all the explosive ability is there for them. We have to keep the ball inside in front of us. We've given up a lot of explosive touchdowns defensively, and that's going to be a recipe for disaster on Saturday.
So no explosive touchdowns will be critical for us offensively. They're an elite defensive unit. The D coordinator DJ Durkin's been there for a few years. And so we've battled with him. I think this is about establishing a run game against Cincy State, a lot of sloppy holds and penalties that set us into first and 20 and second and 15.
That's not going to be the way we need to play to support our freshman quarterback and, again, get a run game established.
So, this is a really tough opponent. It's a really tough environment. This is one of those places in the SEC where you know exactly where you are when you're down there. We need to play a game, an identity game, and we need to play it on our terms. And we'll have to operate in noise.
We'll have to play and handle the tempo that they're going to play with offensively. If we can do those things and then we can play to our identity, We have a chance to be in a game late and try to steal a win. If we don't, we'll be chasing the game down like we did against NC State. And against a team like Auburn, we're not going to be able to overcome that. Vanderbilt, 3-0.
Next up, Auburn, their head coach, Clark Lee. No one better. Clark, I know you made a point to get over here. I know you were in a meeting and doing some other stuff, and you're busy.
So I appreciate you very, very much, Clark. Great to have you on the show. Thanks so much. Hey, I'm always going to take advantage of a chance to sit with you, Jim. Thanks for having me, and you be well.
Yeah, you too, Clark. You make it better. You make everything better. I love talking to Clark Lee.
So great. Amazing coach. An amazing coach. And again, he. Went to Vanderbilt.
It's a very unique institution, very unique institution. One of the best schools, some of the brightest minds in the entire world go to school there.
So, to see what he has built. At that program, in that conference, while it's not surprising to me, because I think he's a genius, it's incredible. The success that he's had there. Coach of the year in 24 and 25, won 10 games last year, six into an SEC play, three and oh, going to Auburn to play another jungle favorite, and Alex Golish. Man, the SEC.
is just unbelievable right now. But that's, I don't have, I don't play favorites, but Clark Lee is one of my all-time favorites. And what a brilliant coach. Brilliant coach, great leader, unbelievable leader. All right, your thoughts on that?
Take your reaction. And he did make it a point. That's why I was so effusive in thanking him. He left a meeting to make good on that interview. Not many guys do that, but Clark always does.
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V In the fee. I don't know what smoked this guy out. I don't know why this guy's calling me, but it must be a good reason. Let's find out, V. Yo dude, what's going on?
Let me see, my brother. How you living, my man? That's so good, man. How about you? Our vitamins are Q-O, so you know we are both living good.
I'm a very happy man. But I gotta jump in on this whole Caleb Williams thing. I gotta get my two cents in because. I know right now it's easy to pick him while he's down and beat him up. You know, this is not what's making the bears look soft.
It's guys like Adam. Yeah. And Ben Johnson admits the Bears Lex. After Sunday's loss, the first thing they can do. Cup knock.
Me, you don't like that cup. I don't like that cup. Yeah. Not a very good call. I I know we're 2-0.
You know, you and me, School Nation. I need better sound quality. I can't allow that. You look, you're the last guy I want to run. And by the last guy I want to run, I mean the first guy that I want to run.
But at least give me a reason to listen to what you have to say. That was terrible sound quality. It's still a radio program. And a visual program, but an audio program. I want your call, V, but I need to be able to hear your call, V.
All right, so let's go to another topic. My dude. Deja love. Back in the headlines. In fact, more than once this week actually, because on Monday, the FBI released that thirty five more women have come forward claiming to be victims of his alleged fraud.
That brings the total count of potential victims Up to 61. And again, these are only 61 that we know of. I guarantee there are more that are too embarrassed to come forward. These are the sixty-one that have come forward. You know there are more.
But it's still impossible for me to wrap my head around this number. How do sixty one people get hooked by the least convincing con man ever?
Well, we actually got some help answering that question this week via FBI Special Agent in Charge Doug Olson. He noted quote That his scam managed to trick various AI tools and search results into hallucinating that he was actually an NFL player. And it was not the first thing that came up. It was like there were multiple things in there that would confirm whatever he was telling those folks. End of quote.
Wow. All along, I'm thinking, man, these people are not bright. They're just not bright. How do you not even search? They did.
And this dude was one step ahead because generally the con people are one step ahead of the people trying to run them down until they get run down.
So essentially, a bunch of victims did try to search this dude out. And essentially he had flooded the internet with so much bull crap over a period of years that he managed to dupe the AI. The AI is really who got scammed here.
Well All the women, too, of course, but the robots who the women consulted with. Holy crap! Many of these victims searched him out, and the AI in search told them real player. Incredible. Yeah.
That is a niner. Yep. He's been posting as an honor for years. Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. Look at these posts.
Look at these pictures. Look at these videos. Yep. Legit. It's like everybody in this equation.
He's Steve Ballmer. The AI is like, oh, I'm the one. Got conned. They conned me. They conned.
The robots are like, they conned me. They conned me. And these women are saying, no, we were the ones who got conned. You're one of the richest men in there. Y'all got conned.
For real, they took my money. The robot didn't lose any money. Robots are like, yeah, but we have a reputation. We're robots. Let's first get conned.
We're trying to be credible here. Yeah. Now, of course, you can't fake 49ers.com. If you go to 49ers.com, the official roster is literally one click away. The guy can't trick the roster.
He can't trick that. Obviously, his name and likeness never appeared anywhere near that roster page on 49ers.com. But apparently, these gals did not go there. They went to the robot. Because now we're conditioned to go to the robots, we're conditioned to go to AI.
But still, it was possible to try to search for this guy and do some background checking and still get duped. Clearly it was possible because sixty one people Got duped. And I bet every last one of them went to AI, and AI said, yep. Legit. Yep.
Great player. But there's also a new Niners angle in all of this. And it comes from an ESPN report that one of the victims submitted a complaint about Dejan directly to the Niners back in December. One of the victims. Reportedly, they filled out a form on the Niners' website letting them know that there is this weirdo running around impersonating a Niner and scamming people.
out of their money. And that app happened apparently eight months before he was arrested.
So, a couple of issues with that. Number one, people are pointing out that the Niners could have reported the guy, but didn't.
So it's on them. Number two, though, the Niners have claimed they had no knowledge of Deja before the FBI contacted them in August. When he was arrested.
So essentially the Internet thinks that the Niners are caught in a giant lie. that they knew about it and they did nothing about it. That they're lying when they said we didn't know. Because they must have known because somebody went to their website.
So, another, another giant lie. By the Niners. Like, yo, Niners, anytime you all want to stop lying. about any and everything, feel free. Like if If If you're lying about Kyle's accident, if If if you're lying about Dajon.
What else are you lying about? We only just found out that the owner lives in Ohio now. When he got busted trying to procure a hooker in Ohio.
So what else are you not telling us? What else are you allegedly? lying about. That's substation. Is that a lie too?
Allegedly? All of that said. Like whenever somebody lies, you want to know what else are they lying about? If they're lying. That said.
I am not with the tin foilers on this one. Personally, I think that's a ridiculous reaction.
Somebody filled out a form. on the Niners' website in December. And And You know how much random, kooky stuff must get sent to the nineries every single day?
Something tells me some random complaint about some weirdo Through some form on the website, didn't make it very high up the Frisco chain of command.
Somehow, I don't think that Jed Pork. Was ever on the phone reading that complaint to John Lynch and Kyle Jr. Lobster after it got submitted, or even to any of his security personnel? or legal department. or human resources.
And said, take care of that, please. Take care of that.
So, no, I don't think that the Niners were lying about the actual people. That actually matter knowing, but not doing anything about it. I don't think they withheld information from law enforcement about this kook. Why? That makes no sense.
If they knew about this kook, why would they cover for this kook? I mean, it's not like the 49ers issued that helmet that he brought with him everywhere. It's not like the Niners were sending that kook, officially licensed team gear, to help support his ruse and scam. It's not like the Niners helped this guy flood the internet with so much bullcrap that it ended up confusing the hell out of the robots. It's not like the Niners found some random stoner on a street corner and told Dajon he'd be a great financial adviser to use as part of your scam.
We recommend you do that. This is a really good scam you're running, I've always been tanned. That I have the best job in the world. I do. I have the best job in the world.
Or I thought that I did. I don't think that anymore. I think Dejan does. Or did. Check this dude out.
He probably was getting more sex than he could possibly handle. with all sorts of strange. And different partners. Who were paying him for it, no less? All the sex he could handle.
Probably had to turn it down at some point. And they were throwing money at him. Have sex with me. Have my money. And what did he do?
To get all that sex and money. All he did was buy a Niners helmet and take it with him wherever he went. and then make a few vids while wearing the helmet, Post those vids in order to trick the robots online and chip off some stoner. A dime bag. For his time.
Best gig ever. Good work if you can get it. Dude, probably convinced himself he was Jerry Rice. He was living the life of Jerry Rice. He probably convinced himself he was Jerry Rice without ever having to run that crazy hill that Jerry used to run and destroy his teammates on during workouts.
Not Dejan. He didn't do Jack, except throw on the bonnet, run a few routes on the beach, drag a sled a few feet. Squat in some lame-looking house, call it a mansion, and then throw that up online, too. $20 million home. Like this dude.
He committed the crime and he will do the time, but this is one thing the Niners did not try to cover up. This is one thing they did not lie about for who, for what. I could see why they wouldn't want anybody to know that their head coach could have, quote, died in a collision going twenty miles per hour and didn't say anything to anybody about it publicly until they absolutely had to. I can see why they did that. But why would they lie to cover for this bag?
They wouldn't. Also, lesson learned: further evidence: you cannot trust the robots. They're not always right. In fact, they're often wrong. But At least they haven't tried to kill us all.
Yet.
So that question about Man, but how dumb are these women? What a simple Google search would have told them. No, it wouldn't. This guy Jerked with the algo. This guy jerked with the robots.
This guy flooded enough material, false material, and lies on the internet that he tricked the algo. He tricked the robots. They got the answer they were hoping for. Yep. He's good.
He's a niner.
Next time, go to the official roster on the official website. The thing is, we know as sports fans, those are the worst routes ever run by anybody ever, even on the high school level. But women that might be lonely. Do it feel like they're getting the attention of a professional athlete? They see that route on the sand.
They don't know. They don't know a route tree. They don't know a good route from a bad route. They don't know that real NFL players do not bring their helmets everywhere they go. They don't know that that guy never takes that helmet off.
They think that's just what football players do. TV this T V is vibe. They're like, damn, he's strong. We're gonna pull that sled. Look at that, and look at that house.
Look where he is. Anyway, there's your update. The FBI says he actually fooled them because he fooled the robots, and they took the robots' word for it. Don't believe everything the robots say. 61 have come forward.
I guarantee there's over 100. I know it. I know it. I know it. I know there are some that are too embarrassed, too humiliated, that do not want to come forward.
I guarantee it. And they're asking for anybody else. Is there anybody else? I guarantee there are more. All right, there's that that that story won't die.
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Had a really nice NFL career. Not many guys can say that. That is the Jim Rohn podcast that drops every single Wednesday, and we will push that out a little bit later on today. Stay tuned. You're listening to the Jim Rome Show.
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Asking for a friend. Signed Ed in SA. Great ATP. My response is honestly: yes and no. Absolute piss missile up the sidelines.
Samers. Yes, I knew the phrase. No, I've never used it. But I I will now. I don't know.
I mean, yes, I've heard it, but I just, it didn't, it never really landed the way it did. Until I heard Tom Brady do it. And not just piss missile, but I Absolute piss missile. Absolutely. And it was.
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Or He hasn't been the home run that I'm sure Fox expected when they signed him to that ten-year deal worth $37.5 million per year. And then instead of starting right away, he took a year off, presumably, to get ready to be that guy. And then he starts showing up and he's he's okay. He's just okay. He's mid.
But he's certainly not the best. And it's to me, it's hilarious that his best week ever was the week where he dropped an S-bomb and a piss missile. That got him more notoriety and more attention. And it got to go viral, like for the first time. Alec Reddy.
Oh shit. Excuse me. Was not expecting. Oh, excuse me. I just said shh.
on national television. Him saying, excuse me, after dropping an S bomb. Always reminds me of Logan Rome doing something that he shouldn't do, and me jumping his ass, and him saying, My bad. My bad. My bad.
My bad. I'm like, bro. Stop saying my bad every time you do something that you shouldn't do. It doesn't mean that it's okay or that you didn't do it. My bad.
My bad. You're not even owning it. You're just basically acknowledging it. There's a big difference between owning it and acknowledging it. Owning it means I know what I did, I will never do it again.
Acknowledging it is like, get off my back, my bad. It's like Tom Brady said Shh on network TV. My bad. But the worst part about that is, that was probably his best broadcast week ever. Because of those two things.
Wrong. My bad. I called it wrong. Rome, you have to get the new Apple Watch Ultra 4. It has better battery life.
and health features. Signed Apple Cult member. Is that Me let me go rec sleeve for you for a minute. That question? Is that a question?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, Will, is that a question? It sounds like it sounds like no, no, no, no, no, no, Will.
It sounds more like a statement. Is that a question, Will? He will. Hey, Will, did you not hear what I had to say yesterday about my last Apple experience? Yeah, because I'm going to rush back in there to get a watch.
Will, is that a question? I think so. No, no, no, Will. Will, the thing is, you know, I think I'm on record with this. I don't use the watch for anything other than a watch.
I don't use the health features. I don't use it to text with. I just. I just use the watch. See this watch?
That's why I'm still on the two. That watch costs more than you. Did you see his watch? I see his watch. I don't use it for anything other than a watch.
How much do you make? No, no, no. You see this watch? Yo, Taman. This ATP is for the Hump Day Legend.
Yo, AD, what's good? We know Rome roots for team content. Chalk is a Knicks, Jets, Mets fan, and Alex is a Celtics Pats Red Sox fan. What teams do you root for, or are you just rooting for fantasy players and bets and picks? Thanks.
Signed Frisco Mario, War of the Niners, winning the Super Bowl. I think he's talking about you, Abby. Dump Day Legend. Who do you root for? Hey, Jim.
Hey, Abby. He hit it right on the nose. Definitely all about fantasy football. But as far as teams, I'm actually a big Notre Dame fan. I think we've gone over this before.
Now, Notre Dame. It's been a minute. Remind me. Yeah, huge, huge Ron Paulus believer. Yes, we have gone over this.
I think it dates back all the way to Rocket Ismail. I turn on the TV and this guy's returning a kick. I'm like, wow, that was pretty awesome. I wonder if he could do it again. Then he did it again.
I'm like, dude, why do they keep kicking to this guy? Do you remember that time he went to the CFO and he tried to exit in a hamper? And then he tried to, yeah, kick somebody's head in with the bottom of his heel. But anyway. Yeah, I would go with Notre Dame.
I grew up in LA, so definitely a Laker fan. But yeah, it's mostly about fans. All right, good. I like it. I like it.
Mostly about your team. I used to put Rocket Ishmael on talk too on ESPN too. He had great charisma. Great charisma, and he would come on. He was always fun.
Cadre Kadri was also fun. Not as fun as Rocket, and especially if you mispronounce his name. Khadri wanted to make sure that you knew it was not Quadri. Cadre. But they are both fun.
Both good players. Thanks for the Ron Paulus reset, Alvie. Bam. I think we all want to know. Is the chat your red-headed stepchild you love to hate or hate to love?
What do you and the rest of the X are XR crew? What happened to the 4Ti? What do you and the XR crew Think about the chat illusion of the show. Signed Jason in Texas, war vets. Hey, Chalk, you want to jump in on that really quickly?
What do we think about the chat illusion of the show? We absolutely love it. It's an amazing evolution of the show. Couldn't be more about it. It's overwhelming.
It's hard to keep up with. We have a lot going on here to also be incorporating chat every day, but we're doing it. It's working. It's going great. And I echo all that.
You guys are doing you you As members of the XR crew? Are you doing an amazing job with chat and trying to keep up? We love it. O'Reilly Auto Parts can help take the guesswork out of your vehicle's check engine, ABS or maintenance light with O'Reilly Veriscan. The service is free and provides a report with solutions verified by ASE certified master technicians.
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Nice job, XR crew. Hi, good show, dude. Nice job, clones. I'm gonna go do a podcast with Bryant McKenney. Look for that a little bit later on.
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