Keith Yandle Talking Gold Medal Game, Olympic Luger Zach DiGregorio, CBB And Who's Back Of The Week

What this episode is about

The discussion covers the Olympic gold medal game, insights from Keith Yandle and Zach DiGregorio on becoming a luge Olympian, plus a look at college basketball and a segment called "Who's Back of the Week," with additional notes on ticket deals from Game Time. It also includes light banter about national teams and multiple sports highlights.

Key takeaways

• US women’s hockey gold aside, this show uses a gold-medal mindset to turn a casual recap into a micro-masterclass in hype.
• Overtime dominance isn’t luck: the host cadence reframes ‘wins’ as momentum, turning a nail-biter into a blueprint for confidence.
• Canada vs. USA isn’t just sports; it’s a cultural shield-test—yet the takeaways stay witty, not partisan, and universally entertaining.
• They mix real analysis with goofy fan energy, proving punditry can be sharp while still feeling like the living room.
• The ‘coping through cope’ moment turns into meta-commentary: acknowledging biases makes the host’s critique surprisingly balanced.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Keith Yandel (Guest) · 28 min speaking
• Zach DiGregorio (Guest) · 31 min speaking
• Pardon My Take Hosts (PMT Hosts: Big Cat, PFT, Hank) (Host) · 34 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 15:00: Canada, Hockey, sports, Gold Medal
2. 15:00 – 30:00: Hockey, Canada, Olympics, Connor McDavid
3. 30:00 – 45:00: Hockey, Canada, Company, Basketball
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00: football, sports, Arizona, NFL
5. 1:00:00 – 1:15:00: Combine, Olympics, football
6. 1:15:00 – 1:30:00: Hockey, Canada, Gold Medal, Jack Hughes
7. 1:30:00 – 1:45:00: Canada, Hockey, Connor McDavid, Four Nations
8. 1:45:00 – 2:00:00: Hockey, Gold Medal, curling, Canada
9. 2:00:00 – 2:15:00: Olympics, Hockey, Canada, Nathan McKinnon
10. 2:15:00 – 2:30:00: Olympics, curling, football, sports
11. 2:30:00 – 2:32:48: Combine

Notable quotes from "Keith Yandle Talking Gold Medal Game, Olympic Luger Zach DiGregorio, CBB And Who's Back Of The Week"

• It does. That's We found that out after our women's hockey team won the gold. But yes, incredible game. We have Keith Yandel on. Yan's breaking it down. We're also we got into the Olympics maybe a little too late. We have loer in AWL.

  about Hockey · at 0:20

• I know. Hank has hockey fever right now.

  about Hank · at 1:32

• USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA.

  about U.S.A. · at 2:35

• Jack Hughes, legend had was literally spitting chicklets in the game. Scores the game winner. It was just awesome. It was 1980 last time. it's crazy like the miracle on.

  about Jack Hughes · at 5:33

• Okay. The ones that were best at is it not football? Yeah, I think it would be football.

  about football · at 6:50

• Yeah. Sorry. Sorry. Yeah. Not according to Nathan McKinnon. Nathan McKinnon wanted it to be figure skating competition because he said afterwards, you be the judge of who has the better team today.

  about Nathan McKinnon · at 11:57

• You also have Conor McDavid, who is the best player in the entire world.

  about Connor McDavid · at 16:00

• How would the show start? Duke Michigan.

  about Company · at 23:43

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Jack Hughes — Person · Referenced athlete · 7 mentions · first at 5:33
  Credited with key moments (including the game-winner) and quoted for fearing Barstool backlash after a penalty.
• Connor McDavid — Person · Referenced athlete · 9 mentions · first at 16:00
  Praised as best player in the world and noted as tournament MVP despite Canada's loss.
• Nathan McKinnon — Person · Referenced athlete / foil · 6 mentions · first at 4:30
  Discussed as 'choking' on a wide-open chance and for a postgame quote likening judging to figure skating.
• Hank — Person · Co-host / recurring on-mic personality · 3 mentions · first at 1:32
  Hank is repeatedly addressed during ads, Olympics talk, and 'Who's back of the week,' shaping the episode's banter.
• Keith Yandel — Person · Guest (upcoming interview) · 3 mentions · first at 0:25
  Announced guest who will 'break down' the gold medal hockey game and what it means for USA hockey.
  We found that out after our women's hockey team won the gold. But yes, incredible game. We have Keith Yandel on. Yan's breaking it down. We're also we got into the Olympics…
• Zack Gregorio — Person · Guest (upcoming interview) · 1 mention · first at 0:32
  Introduced as an AWL and luge Olympian guest explaining how to become a luge Olympian.
  We got into the Olympics maybe a little too late. We have loer in AWL Zack D Gregorio on the show telling us how you become a luge Olympian. Really cool guy. Awesome interview.…
• Austin Matthews — Person · Referenced athlete · 4 mentions · first at 8:02
  Discussed in a media scrum clip; defended by Jack Hughes as 'a winner' amid Toronto media criticism.
  The Kachchuck brothers, Jack Eel, like all these guys. Austin Matthews is a winner. That's I love that by the way that if you didn't see the clip the a reporter asked like what are you what are you going to take from this going.
• Mike Tico — Person · Referenced interviewer/broadcaster · 2 mentions · first at 8:53
  Mentioned in relation to a viral/entertaining interview segment with the Hughes family after the win.
  They're going to be drunk as [ __ ] The interview with Mike Tico was an alltimer.
• Bill Self — Person · Referenced coach · 2 mentions · first at 18:47
  Mentioned in context of Kansas and 'Big Monday' plus comments about a player changing narrative by playing.
  Actually matter to them. I Well, hold on. It's going to be like more like three days like Oh no. Kansas does play big Monday and Bill Self Houston.
• Zoe Nelson — Person · Referenced athlete · 2 mentions · first at 38:56
  Discussed for a numerology/family-history fact tying three U.S. Olympic hockey gold medal teams together.
  Three gold medals for three US Olympic hockey teams.
• Eddie O — Person · Referenced broadcaster · 1 mention · first at 10:50
  Praised for commentary and a memorable line during the broadcast.
  They're playing. That was in how sports bring us all together was awesome. Also, Eddie O is the absolute best. I love Eddie O forever. he's he's just he's so good in the big…
• JD Bunkis — Person · Referenced media personality · 1 mention · first at 12:26
  Quoted for 'casual who doesn't know puck' cope tweet and prior comment about U.S. hockey tradition.
  All right. I have the I think the number one leader I don't even know who this guy is. JD Bunkis. Shout out him.
• Helen Keller — Person · Referenced athlete · 1 mention · first at 17:17
  Credited with a game-winning goal in women's hockey; hosts connect her to a past event they coached.
• Oliver Buck Rall — Person · Referenced tweeter · 1 mention · first at 17:50
  Quoted for a viral tweet comparing Canadian 'better team' claims to the American Revolution.
  I do have to say this worst person we know actually had a good tweet. Darren Rall, he did say, For all Canadians saying they were the better team on George Washington's birthday, let me remind you the British were the better.
• Wayne Gretzky — Person · Referenced legend · 1 mention · first at 32:03
  Cited as 'the great one' while listing great Canadians, reinforcing hockey heritage context.
  Yeah, that's huge. Wayne Gretzky, he's the great one. He's the man.
• Judge Frank's father — Person · Referenced personality · 1 mention · first at 6:22
  Mentioned as a Barstool figure Jack Hughes feared being criticized by after a penalty.
  Yeah. He didn't want He was afraid of Frank going, This [ __ ] jumps again. But it was awesome. The whole thing was [ __ ] awesome. And yeah, the Canadian cope. Listen, I said.
• Detective Drake — Person · Referenced celebrity · 1 mention · first at 17:02
  Mentioned as a Canadian who could spend money to improve Canadian sports outcomes; also listed among famous Canadians.
  Country. Maybe you guys can get good football or basketball. Drake needs to spend a lot of money on like just building up some teams in IIL. Yeah, you could probably buy a Final Four at least if you wanted to,.
• Carlos Boozer — Person · Referenced former athlete · 1 mention · first at 39:52
  Used as a time-marker anecdote about aging when discussing Cameron Boozer.
  Can't get over the fact that like I vividly remember watching him as like a fat seven-year-old in Carlos Boozer's driveway. It's it's it's tough getting old.
• Macy — Person · Referenced in riddle · 2 mentions · first at 52:45
  Appears only as a name in a logic riddle; not tied to episode topics.
  There are four girls in a room. Macy is playing chess. Lucy is watching TV.
• Catherine Lucy — Person · Referenced in riddle · 2 mentions · first at 52:48
  Appears only as a name in a logic riddle; not tied to episode topics.
  There are four girls in a room. Macy is playing chess. Lucy is watching TV.
• Kayla — Person · Referenced in riddle · 2 mentions · first at 52:50
  Appears only as a name in a logic riddle; not tied to episode topics.
  Kayla is sleeping. What is the fourth girl doing?
• Celine Dion — Person · Referenced celebrity (Canada list) · 1 mention · first at 31:03
  Named as a notable Canadian during the 'say nice things about Canada' segment.
• Pamela Anderson — Person · Referenced celebrity (Canada list) · 1 mention · first at 32:28
  Named during a segment listing notable Canadians while softening rivalry talk.

Companies & orgs

• Company — Organization · Referenced team/program · 6 mentions · first at 23:43
  Central to the college basketball segment, especially Duke vs Michigan and Duke's perceived title capability.
• Bar Stool Sports — Company · Referenced media brand · 2 mentions · first at 6:09
  Mentioned as the platform Jack Hughes feared being criticized on; also referenced as Chicago HQ location.
  That's what he was thinking about when he got that penalty late. He said, I picture myself on Bar Stool Sports being like the guy that America hates because Canada scores on the power play. I was Oh my god, here it is. So, I.
• Michigan — Organization · Referenced team/program · 7 mentions · first at 23:43
  Discussed as Duke's opponent; hosts argue Michigan played well despite poor shooting.
  How would the show start? Duke Michigan.
• NHL — Organization · Referenced league · 4 mentions · first at 8:17
  Referenced via teams (Maple Leafs) and rules discussion (3-on-3 OT in regular season).
  And it was kind of a loaded question to Austin Matthews because he's going back to the Maple Leafs he's been getting dogged by the Toronto media and the Hughes brothers came to…
• NBA — Organization · Referenced league / ad context · 2 mentions · first at 1:10
  Appears in GameTime ticket example and DraftKings NBA promotion; also referenced in general sports talk.
  Go right now. DraftKings every week. One NBA star rises above the rest. Now, DraftKings Sportsbook, an official sports betting partner of the NBA, is raising the stakes. King…
• Arizona — Organization · Referenced team/program · 4 mentions · first at 41:27
  Praised as impressive and efficient down low in a marquee college basketball result.
  Playing with the tournament balls. So, it was Duke Michigan. I also thought Arizona was so [ __ ] impressive because I thought that was going to be a game that Houston awful…
• Villanova — Organization · Referenced team/program · 2 mentions · first at 23:56
  Discussed via Max's fandom and concern after a loss; tied to upcoming St. John's/Yukon sequence.
  Are you nervous at all about Villanova off of I That was We were joking about it, but we weren't joking about it. Yukon loses. They're they're they're going to they're going to win the next.
• Yukon — Organization · Referenced team/program · 2 mentions · first at 42:54
  Mentioned as a team that lost and is expected to bounce back; also referenced in Florida's quality losses.
  Off of I That was We were joking about it, but we weren't joking about it. Yukon loses. They're they're they're going to they're going to win the next game.
• SEC — Organization · Referenced conference · 2 mentions · first at 44:16
  Debated as potentially overrated vs just less dominant than last year; Florida cited as strong SEC example.
  I'll keep banging the drum. I there's like a thing going on in my head where is the SEC overrated this year or is the SEC bad this year is the question. I don't think they're…
• NFL — Organization · Referenced league · 2 mentions · first at 46:37
  Referenced via combine week and tush push rule discussion.
  Back and then get to our interviews, which we have two great interviews. We do have combine week coming up. It's crazy. NFL's back that fast. Combine week. Back to Indie. Feels good. Any other Oh, Kurt Signetti got a new contract which.
• UAB — Organization · Referenced team · 1 mention · first at 28:05
  Mentioned as a game bet immediately after the hockey win (Memphis vs UAB).
  I can't even remember the game. I think Oh yeah, it was Memphis UAB. I was All right, Memphis UAB. Let's go. But that's the beauty of being us. We got Memphis UAB right after. They got nothing.

Concepts & topics

• Hockey — Concept · Core topic · 45 mentions · first at 0:23
  Most of the episode is a breakdown of the men's gold medal hockey game and U.S.–Canada rivalry narratives.
• Gold Medal — Concept · Core topic / outcome · 18 mentions · first at 0:06
  Gold is the central stakes of the hockey game and is contrasted with silver/bronze psychology and ceremony details.
  On today's part of my take presented by DraftKings USA, we're going to talk a lot about the gold medal game on Sunday morning. We are the best country in the world. If you're a Canadian fan, we appreciate you.
• College Basketball — Concept · Secondary topic · 6 mentions · first at 0:45
  After Olympics talk, the hosts pivot to Saturday slate reactions (Duke–Michigan, Arizona–Houston, SEC strength).
  How you become a luge Olympian. Really cool guy. Awesome interview. we're going to do that. We're going to talk some college basketball. We got who's back of the week. We're…
• sports — Concept · Umbrella theme · 18 mentions · first at 3:02
  The episode frames national identity and rivalry through sports, plus transitions across leagues (NBA, NFL, golf).
  What a great game it was, too. What a fantastic way to wake up on a Sunday. Hank's right. Watching sports early in the mornings kicks ass.
• football — Concept · Secondary topic / comparison point · 12 mentions · first at 2:04
  Used to rank U.S. sports priorities and later referenced via NFL combine week and tush push discussion.
• Silver Medal — Concept · Core contrast concept · 4 mentions · first at 0:17
  Discussed as psychologically worse than bronze and as Canada's outcome; includes ceremony/cheering talk.
  You're second best. You Hey, silver shines just as bright.
• curling — Concept · Secondary topic / comedic foil · 11 mentions · first at 20:01
  Discussed as a Canadian consolation sport; one host describes trying curling and finding it difficult.
  Get curling? I want to say, by the way, as an aside, I apologize to all curlers everywhere. I curled on Thursday night for six hours. That sport is [ __ ] hard. And in what way?
• Luge — Concept · Interview topic · 1 mention · first at 0:40
  Introduces the upcoming guest segment about becoming a luge Olympian.
  Little too late. We have loer in AWL Zack D Gregorio on the show telling us how you become a luge Olympian. Really cool guy. Awesome interview. we're going to do that. We're…
• Basketball — Concept · Secondary topic / comparison · 8 mentions · first at 0:46
  Appears in U.S. sport hierarchy talk and in jokes comparing hockey complaints to basketball flopping.
  Cool guy. Awesome interview. we're going to do that. We're going to talk some college basketball. We got who's back of the week. We're going to do it all. It's a Monday show…
• Figure Skating — Concept · Secondary Olympics topic · 4 mentions · first at 12:02
  Referenced via importance ranking of Winter Olympic golds and via McKinnon's 'judge who was better' quote.
  Yeah. Sorry. Sorry. Yeah. Not according to Nathan McKinnon. Nathan McKinnon wanted it to be figure skating competition because he said afterwards, you be the judge of who has the better team today.
• Whiskey — Concept · Color commentary / team identity joke · 2 mentions · first at 7:57
  Used as a humorous descriptor of the U.S. team's gritty identity ('whiskey drinkers').
  What are the whiskey American whiskey drinkers?
• Bronze Medal — Concept · Comparison concept · 2 mentions
  Used to argue bronze can feel better than silver because it comes with relief rather than loss.
• Puck Control — Concept · Technical hockey concept · 1 mention · first at 3:40
  Used to praise a U.S. player's skill during the opening goal sequence.
  Dangles. like that the puck control that he had was incredible. Go up one- nothing and then spent basically the rest of the game in regulation being like Connor Hellbuck please save us and.

Places & events

• U.S.A. — Place · Core topic / represented nation · 2 mentions · first at 2:35
  The episode centers on the United States winning Olympic hockey gold and broader U.S. sports dominance talk.
• Canada — Place · Core topic / rival nation · 43 mentions · first at 3:14
  Canada is framed as the primary rival in the gold medal hockey game and the source of 'cope' reactions discussed.
  A while now. We're sick of hitting each other. We just want to go out there and hit somebody else. Yeah. And we all united today against Canada and it was awesome. What a great game. Got off to an early start. It was a nailbiter.
• Olympics — Event · Core topic / setting · 35 mentions · first at 0:30
  The Winter Olympics provide the context for the gold medal hockey game, medal ceremony talk, and other events like gala skating.
  Incredible game. We have Keith Yandel on. Yan's breaking it down. We're also we got into the Olympics maybe a little too late. We have loer in AWL Zack D Gregorio on the show…
• Four Nations — Event · Referenced prior competition · 9 mentions · first at 5:51
  Used as a comparison point (exhibition/all-star framing) to contrast with the Olympics' stakes.
  Ice was the last time we won a gold medal. And it was you could feel the momentum building. The fact that Four Nations was even though it was an all-star game, an exhibition game, which credit to Canada, they did win the exhibition game.
• March Madness — Event · Referenced upcoming event · 2 mentions · first at 19:12
  Used to emphasize U.S. sports calendar depth and as the pinnacle of college basketball fandom.
  It's the best. We're getting them to March Madness time. We got loaded Saturday slates. Go to a bar. Have a twisted tea. Best drink out there. Okay, Hank. Who's back of the week?
• Miracle on Ice — Event · Historical reference · 1 mention · first at 5:44
  Used to contextualize how long it has been since a comparable U.S. hockey gold moment (1980).
  The game winner. It was just awesome. It was 1980 last time. it's crazy like the miracle on ice was the last time we won a gold medal. And it was you could feel the momentum building. The fact that Four Nations was even though it was an.
• Combine — Event · Referenced upcoming event · 5 mentions · first at 46:37
  NFL combine week is mentioned as a quick return of football news; also 'Barstool combine' is discussed.
  Back and then get to our interviews, which we have two great interviews. We do have combine week coming up. It's crazy. NFL's back that fast. Combine week. Back to Indie. Feels good. Any other Oh, Kurt Signetti got a new contract which.
• Chicago — Place · Referenced location · 4 mentions · first at 23:11
  Where the hosts reference Barstool Chicago HQ and where the Hockey Barn viewing took place.
  I would like to have those teeth raised up in the rafters here at the bar store Chicago HQ.
• Kansas — Place · Referenced sports locale · 2 mentions · first at 18:47
  Appears in college basketball scheduling talk (Houston at Kansas; Bill Self).
  Actually matter to them. I Well, hold on. It's going to be like more like three days like Oh no. Kansas does play big Monday and Bill Self Houston.
• Houston — Place · Referenced sports locale · 2 mentions · first at 18:51
  Mentioned in context of the Houston Cougars and expectations around upcoming losses.
  Hold on. It's going to be like more like three days like Oh no. Kansas does play big Monday and Bill Self Houston.
• Hockey Barn — Place · Referenced venue · 1 mention · first at 26:00
  A Chicago bar where Max watched the gold medal game; used to describe fan atmosphere and early drinking.
  And it was also the vibes. We were at the bar is called the hockey barn in Chicago. So it was like the reservations were packed. We were in like the back corner of this of like a golf simulator, but the vibes were just so.
• World Cup — Event · Referenced sports calendar event · 2 mentions · first at 19:38
  Cited as another major sports property the U.S. has alongside other leagues; noted Canada hosts some games.
  World Cup, baseball season. They technically have World Cup, too. Yeah, but that's not that's like a charity. Like a couple of World Cup games will be played.
• Ryder Cup — Event · Referenced comparison event · 1 mention · first at 7:07
  Used as an example where the U.S. 'got our asses kicked' when listing sports hierarchy.
  Basketball, college basketball. I wish we could say golf, but we did get our asses kicked in the RDER Cup.
• Italy — Place · Referenced host country/location · 1 mention · first at 14:31
  Mentioned as the crowd location during the medal ceremony where Canada allegedly got louder cheers.
  The Canadians got much louder cheers than the US, which is just getting some polite applause from the crowd in Italy.
• Final Four — Event · Referenced college basketball milestone · 1 mention · first at 17:07
  Mentioned jokingly as something Drake could 'buy' for Canada; ties into March Madness discourse.
  Of money on like just building up some teams in IIL. Yeah, you could probably buy a Final Four at least if you wanted to, but for now, guess what? Hockeyy's kind of our thing.
• Super Bowl — Event · Referenced time marker · 4 mentions · first at 54:19
  Mentioned indirectly as 'the big game' in an ad read about football season ending.
  How excited were you when the Jets got I hope the next Super Bowl halftime show is in Chinese.

Sponsors

• DraftKings — Company · Sponsor / ad segment · 4 mentions · first at 0:00
  Presented sponsor of the episode and later promoted for NBA 'King of the Court' betting feature.
  On today's part of my take presented by DraftKings USA, we're going to talk a lot about the gold medal game on Sunday morning. We are the best country in the world. If you're a Canadian fan, we.
• Game Time — Company · Sponsor / ad segment · 2 mentions · first at 0:54
  Promoted as the ticketing app sponsor with pricing examples for NBA and NHL games.
  All. It's a Monday show and it is brought to you by our friends at Game Time. The Game Time app gives you advantage back to fans. It's the hack for unlocking amazing tickets…

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 On today's part of my take presented by DraftKings USA, we're going to talk a lot about the gold medal game on Sunday morning. We are the best country in the world. If you're a Canadian fan, we appreciate you.

0:16 You're second best. You're second best. You Hey, silver shines just as bright. It does. That's

0:20 We found that out after our women's hockey team won the gold. But yes, incredible game. We have Keith Yandel on. Yan's breaking it down. We're also uh we got into the Olympics maybe a little too late. We have loer uh in AWL Zack D Gregorio on the show telling us how you become a luge Olympian. Really cool guy. Awesome interview. Uh we're going to do that. We're going to talk some college basketball. We got who's back of the week. We're going to do it all. It's a Monday show and it is brought to you by our friends at Game Time. The Game Time app gives you advantage back to fans. It's the hack for unlocking amazing tickets and experiences in a few taps. It's incredibly easy to use. The game time guarantee means you can trust you'll get 100% authentic tickets on time and at the best price. Plus, fees are always included. So, what you see is what you pay. We're looking at tickets for an NBA

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2:45 That was awesome. We did it. We did it. We won the gold. This was a year in the making on this show. We knew it. We knew that last winter that was just a warm-up.

2:54 We said Allstar game doesn't matter. We want the gold. We went out and got the gold.

2:59 What a great game it was, too. What a what a fantastic way to wake up on a Sunday. Hank's right. Watching sports early in the mornings kicks ass.

3:06 Good job, Hank. And it's nice to, you know, it's like America. We've been in training camp for a while now. We're sick of hitting each other. We just want to go out there and hit somebody else. Yeah. And we all united today against Canada and it was awesome. What a great game. Got off to an early start. It was uh it was a nailbiter.

3:23 It I mean it was more than a nailbiter. It was uh I want to puke in my own mouth biter. I don't even know if that's a thing.

3:30 I did puke in my own mouth. Yeah. Yeah. Like the the the the fact that we got that first goal which Baldi was that was so sick. I Was that a dangle?

3:39 His dangles. Dangles. like that the the the puck control that he had was incredible. Go up one- nothing and then spent basically the rest of the game in regulation being like Connor Hellbuck please save us and save us he did. He was out of his mind good. Stood on his head. 42 shots faced. 41 saves. The entire second and most of the third period was essentially just playing on tilted ice where Canada had every single shot, including a five on three where I was like, "Oh, it's over. We're fucked." Because it did feel like the only way we could win that game.

4:15 Yeah. Halfway through the second, it was like the only way we can win this game is if we get to overtime because we're we're just not they're they're just kicking our ass otherwise. And we got to overtime and the the the three best players in the world on the Canadian line choked. And Nathan McKinnon choked

4:34 big time choked. Choked on an empty net. Wide open net. Just he kind of you could see in real time he like I think he thought about it a quarter of a second too long.

4:42 Pulled it to the left. It was just it was it was the best way that we could win because yeah, you're right and you'll see a lot of people from Canada. There's a lot of cope going around.

4:50 I have some hope I'd like to read. There's a lot of cope that I would I would also like to get to. Uh the US was actually the better team today. I just want to get ahead of that. People are saying that Canada is the best was the best team today. That's actually not true because the United States won the game.

5:04 Yeah, we had two goals. They had one. If you win the game, you are the better team that day.

5:08 Correct. That's that's pretty much as definitive as it gets. That's why they keep score. Then

5:14 guess what? I I think you can make the argument we won the first period. Uh I think you can make the argument Canada won the second period. And then I think you could say that uh maybe Canada won the third, we went overtime. Yeah.

5:24 And guess what? Overtime is tiebreaker. Yeah. So two to two plus we had the most important one, which is overtime.

5:30 We were the better team. The better team by far today. Jack Hughes, legend had was literally spitting chicklets in the game. Scores the game winner. It was It was just awesome. It was 1980 last time. I mean, it's crazy like the the the miracle on ice was the last time we won a gold medal. And it was you could feel the momentum building. The fact that Four Nations was uh even though it was an all-star game, an exhibition game, which credit to Canada, they did win the exhibition game.

6:00 It was We're getting there. Getting there closer and closer. And uh you got to think too, Jack Hughes saying that he didn't want to end up on bar stool. That's what he was thinking about when he got that penalty late. He said, "I picture myself on Bar Stool Sports being like the guy that America hates because Canada scores on the power play." I was like, "Oh my god, here it is." So, I think we kind of won it, too.

6:22 Yeah. He didn't want He was afraid of Frank going, "This [ __ ] jumps again." But it was awesome. The whole thing was [ __ ] awesome. And yeah, the the the Canadian cope. Listen, I I said it after the like I choose to win with class. I'm winning with class. Yes. Like does it hurt for Canada that I I I graciously said the hockey is our fourth like the fourth sport we're best at. I it's it's not the mo fourth most popular sport in America.

6:50 Okay. The ones that were best at is it not football? Yeah, I think it would be football.

6:55 Well, no. If you break up NFL, college football, high school football. High school. No, we're better at

7:00 flag football, too. We're we're we're football, baseball, basketball, college basketball. I wish we could say golf, but we did get our asses kicked in the RDER Cup.

7:10 Uh, and then hockey. And I love hockey, but it's our fourth most important sport. And it's Canada. Canada's everything.

7:20 And we [ __ ] beat you. And And we have the gold. And it's awesome. Not only did we beat you, we beat you twice. Yeah.

7:27 We beat you twice. We swept you. Men's and women's. We took your sport. We got your sport.

7:33 This is good for the rivalry. It's good for And it's great for America, too. And we're going to get into it with Yans, but like the idea, yes, the if you want to go from shots or how the game went that that Canada had the pressure on us the whole time. Yeah, it it looked uh like we weren't going to pull it out, but part of the built of this team was to build a team defense first and a gritty, tough team. And that's what they were.

7:57 Whiskey drinkers. Yeah. What are the whiskey American whiskey drinkers? The the Kachchuck brothers, Jack Eel, like all these guys. Austin Matthews is a winner. That's I love that by the way that if you didn't see the clip the a reporter asked like what are you what are you going to take from this going back to your teams

8:14 and uh it was kind of a loaded question to Austin Matthews because he's going back to the Maple Leafs he's been getting dogged by the Toronto media and the Hughes brothers came to his defense well I think Jack Hughes before he came to his defense was like can I get another beer which was a great clip and then he came to his fence like Austin Matthews is a winner there's nothing else to say he he he carried us to a gold medal he is a winner The Toronto media should talk about how the fact that he is a winner.

8:38 Write that up. Put that in your column. Put that in your column, buddy. I I think the uh the Hughes brothers seem like the coolest guys ever to hang out with right now. Seems like they're just going to be hammered for the next like

8:49 until they touch down the United States. The best. They're going to be drunk as [ __ ] The interview with Mike Tico was an alltimer.

8:55 By the way, the Hughes family had three gold medals. Yeah. Cuz their mom is part of the women's team, like the the the coach. By the way, did you know that the coaches don't get medals? That's That's [ __ ] They get the stuffed animal though, which is more important. The second place stuffed animal was the best. Watching Marawn get the stuffed or McKinnon was even better. McKinnon was so

9:14 McKinnon the stuffed animal and he's just like the [ __ ] do I do with this? Sorry buddy, this is this is for your tears. Could you imagine being a Canadian and like that is your sport and that is everything and it's like when you think Canada, you think hockey and you go and America steals your sport and then afterwards they're like, "Hey, here's a laboo." Oh, it's beautiful. It was great. It was such a great day. I was watching everything. I was watching all the highlights, all the replays, everything.

9:43 It really is. You win the gold, you lose the gold, and then you win the bronze. Like the silver silver would suck if you win the bronze. That's a pretty great place to be. You get the stuffed animal. You're happy to have the stuffed animal. If you get there's I don't think there's anything worse that you can give somebody after losing a gold medal than a stuffed animal be like it's going to be okay.

10:02 Yeah. Here you go. That's like the worst thing you can have a little plushy. Yeah. Quinn Hughes is on another planet on his

10:06 the interview with Trico. These guys, they're the drunkest dudes ever and I absolutely love it. They're just talking about how much they love the boys and then one guy gets I think it was Quinn.

10:15 It was Lin. No, but Quinn just got behind and just goes, "Also, shout out the troops."

10:19 Yeah. Yeah. He shouted out the troops and Lin just showed up and was like, "Hey, I'm in this."

10:22 I want to say, "Hey, what's up to Mike Tico?" Yeah, that was like, "Hey, what's up, Mikey Trico?"

10:27 This is It's great, though. It's great. I I I can't get enough of it. I can't get enough of some of the cope coming from Canada.

10:33 By the way, to have Tico was awesome. Uh the message about, you know, this is what the the next generation dreams about and like these are the dreams you watch the Olympics and these guys were watching in 2010 and 2014. and now they're playing. That was in how sports bring us all together was awesome. Also, Eddie O is the absolute best. I I love Eddie O forever. I mean, he's he's just he's so good in the big moments. He also had the line of the day when when Marshawn was basically trying to take on the entire American team and he said that uh Marshon could talk a a stamp off an envelope.

11:07 Yeah, I like that one. Such a great line. Such a great But it was a great broadcast. The whole thing was just I was on cloud nine like all day. I it was before noon.

11:16 Yeah, before I was just walking around with a smile on my face like this was [ __ ] awesome.

11:20 I think we all knew that once overtime started it wasn't going to go more than five minutes with you had to be around the TV. You had to be you had to be locked in because you know the format of three on three like something's going to happen right away with these guys. You have to you have to watch every second of it. Someone's about to be heartbroken. Someone's about to win. And yeah, we we we gritted it out. Like this is US hockey. This is how we built the team. We built it to to frustrate the uh you could say more skilled Canadians.

11:47 Yeah. But guess what? We were the better team. Yeah. Well, there's a thing that they use in sports called the score. And the score today read US2 Canada. Sorry.

11:57 Yeah. Sorry. Sorry. Yeah. Not according to Nathan McKinnon. Nathan McKinnon wanted it to be uh figure skating competition because he said afterwards, you be the judge of who has the better team today.

12:09 Okay. I will. They should incorporate two. It was the US. We won 2-1. There's one thing that America loves about sports like boxing and UFC is that's that's the judges scorecards. Those are always fair.

12:20 Should we do our favorite cope from Canada? Yeah. All right. I have the the the I think the number one leader I I don't even know who this guy is. JD Bunkis. Shout out him.

12:28 Yeah. He had a great day. Great name. So he uh JD Bunkis said, "Honestly, if you're an American celebrating that win, you're a casual who doesn't know Puck. Totally fine. Grow the game." Now, that in itself, he's on SportsNet, JD Bunkis. That in itself is like, dude, you're a [ __ ] that that's pathetic that you're that upset that you're like you're a casual if you if if you know if you're an American celebrating this. Okay.

12:54 He also said in uh 2023, "No greater American hockey tradition than losing to Canada, making excuses, and being poor sports about it."

13:03 Whoops. Yeah, that's the thing. I listen, he wasn't wrong about that one. Yeah, but this is the thing. We when when we make the jokes about the All-Star game, yes, we we we we lean into it, but we're like, "Yeah, we're we're we're pissed off that we lost."

13:17 We're not going to pretend that like we weren't we were pissed and we we we leaned into a joke about being an All-Star game. We wanted to win that game. The problem with some of the Canadian writers is that they pretend that they're better than us and then they do exactly what we're joking about. They do it they do the exact same cope of, well, the better team lost today. Well, I I think it's also fair to say that last year during the four nations, it was a great tournament and it got everybody excited about hockey and there was a lot of like there was a lot that we put into it rooting for the USA, but it's not the Olympics. It's not. So, like yes, calling it like an exhibition.

13:50 We were [ __ ] with people a little bit on that one, [ __ ] with our Canadian friends, but it's not the Olympics. Yeah. Like I I did see one graphic that got put up being like comparing the two countries and their history of hockey success and they did count like 1 and0 in the four nations for Canada.

14:05 Yeah. As as like a real thing that they looked at. Listen, that was an exhibition. It was an important exhibition. But that guy's also right in the fact that there's no better tradition Americans have than like pretending not to be upset when we lose to Canada.

14:19 Taking our ball ball and going home. We love doing that. So fun. But guess what? We were the better team today. Here's one of my favorites.

14:25 Okay. The Canadians got much louder cheers than the US, which is just getting some polite applause from the crowd in Italy. That's during the ceremony. Yeah. During the medal ceremony. So, Canada did get more cheers as they were getting their silver medal than we got.

14:40 It also was great just like this type of event. Um, the trolling you can do is just it's it's right. I there was a tweet at the beginning of game being like the uh Americans got booed going out and I I just quote to be like I would never boo in any sporting event like it's called the Olympic spirit and a lot of people took that very seriously. Here's another one uh that I loved um I can accept the fact that USA won but but what I can't accept is these Far American fans claiming they own the sport now because they won for the first time in almost 50 years. Lol. Well, unfortunately, we won both of the women and men. So,

15:20 I would I listen, if I could go back, if I could make a rule that like we don't own the sport, I would do that for you, Anissa. Unfortunately, we do own the sport because if you say who has the most recent two gold medals in women's and and men's hockey, it's the United States of America. That there in fact, we do own the sport.

15:37 You can come back. You can maybe next time we play in the Olympics, you can try to beat us then,

15:41 right? That that way it would be fair and you would be able to own the sport. It would be like it it would be like when uh Rome fell and be like, "Well, you Rome is is fine. They won so many wars." Well, guess what? It's over.

15:52 Yeah. And listen, Ana, most recent thing. What have you done for me lately? Anissa. Anissa.

15:57 Anissa. Anissa. Fielding. Anissa. Anissa. Check it out. You also have Conor McDavid, who is the best player in the entire world.

16:03 Yeah, because he got voted for. Conor McDavid is the MVP of the men's Olympic tournament

16:08 as voted by I think the writers and the players. He he won the most important award besides the gold medal at these Olympic games. So you could you could say like

16:17 he basically won a gold. You could say America owns the sport. Uh but that Conor McDavid is the best player in the sport that America owns.

16:25 He's the best player in America's game. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Here's another one. Uh this is from Taj N 1944. That was pure domination by Canada. Canada got goalied and US got lucky. Going to happen once in a while when a single game decides everything. Miss multiple empty net tapens. Canada wins that game nine times out of 10 with the SAME GAME SCRIPT.

16:45 AH MAN, what happened that one time? Nine times. Nine times. We had a goalie that stood on our head. He stood on his head. Okay. Sometimes you run into a hot goalie. It happens

16:54 and you just ran into a better team and that's okay. We're just the hockey country. Maybe you guys can get good football or basketball. Drake needs to spend a lot of money on like just building up some teams in IIL. Yeah,

17:07 you could probably buy a a Final Four at least if you wanted to, but for now, guess what? Hockeyy's kind of our thing.

17:14 It's not kind of It's our thing. It is our thing. Also, shout out to Meg Keller.

17:20 She got the uh the game-winning goal. Yeah. That that you heard us react to live with with Biz and Whit. I had forgotten that me and Billy football coached her.

17:27 Oh, yeah. In the Pink Whitney Cup back in like 2020 2021. She owes all of that gold medal. I don't want to say that I get any credit, but I think Billy Football should get a gold medal.

17:38 Yeah. Yeah, he should for the training. You know, the Onion um article that everyone uses like worst person, you know, made a good point.

17:46 Mhm. Um I do have to say this worst person we know actually had a good tweet. Darren Rall, he did say, "For all Canadians saying they were the better team on George Washington's birthday, let me remind you the British were the better team and yet the Americans still won their independence." That's not really true that the British were the better team.

18:04 Well, they had a bigger army. They had a bigger army, but we also had dummy them.

18:07 They were going up against us and France. Mhm. France. They were also stupid. They were also very stupid.

18:13 Yeah. And inbred. We were way less inbred. I just I just love all this. I I think Darren's feeling a little high and mighty because his son had a nice future on the USA to win.

18:24 Mhm. On Cali. Yeah. Uh so one one team dominates, gets goalied and loses in a gimmick. 35 million devastated in hand ring for the next four years. The other team celebrates it and in 24 hours it fans will forget about it for the next four years and get back to the sports that actually matter to them. I Well, hold on hold on. It's going to be like more like three days like Oh no. Kansas does play big Monday and Bill Self Houston.

18:54 Houston's gonna maybe lose three in a row or Bill Self loses first big Monday ever.

18:59 So yeah, I get that's more than No, because the game ended at 10:00 a.m. 36 hours.

19:06 Big Monday is 6 p.m. So you're wrong, dude. 36 hours. But yeah, sorry that we have awesome sports all the time.

19:12 And March Madness is the [ __ ] best. Also, it's big Monday. Like normally if this game was played Saturday morning, I think we probably would have gotten through most of the day on Sunday.

19:21 This is just a cell phone by this guy because he's just like, "Yeah, this is absolutely devastating and crippling for uh Canada for the next four years." While whereas US gets to have uh March Madness, the Masters, NBA playoffs, NHL play, we get it all.

19:38 World Cup, baseball season. They they technically have World Cup, too. Yeah, but that's not that's like a a charity. Like a couple of World Cup games will be played in Canada, which we all know. I don't think the prime minister of Canada got the FIFA World Peace Prize.

19:51 No. World Baseball Classic. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. We got a lot of sports. We love sports and we [ __ ] dominate a lot of sports.

19:57 I do feel for the Canadians that are like, you know, what do they have now? Now that they no longer got curling

20:04 and cheating in it, but at what cost? At what cost did you get curling? I want to say, by the way, as an aside, I apologize to all curlers everywhere. I curled on Thursday night for six hours. That sport is [ __ ] hard. And

20:18 in what way? Every way. The rocks move so fast. There's skill in there. There's actual physical ability because you're basically just doing lunges all on ice with a with a kettle bell. Curling rocks. I watched non-stop curling after I curled once. Uh can't wait for four years. for someone to remind me that I like curling and I will be back in.

20:40 It's a lot easier if you cheat. Yeah, it is. It is. It's very effective. Actually, it's very easy if you cheat. Now, if uh if you're a Canadian, you can celebrate the the curling championship, but I feel like that's got to be leave a real bad taste in your mouth if that's the best thing that you have from these Olympics.

20:55 From an American standpoint, so I'm a little bit biased on this. We won the three most important gold medals,

21:01 right? We can all agree on that. The Winter Olympics in order. The importance of gold medals is men's hockey, women's hockey, and women's figure skating.

21:11 Oh, I thought you say women's saw because Hank won that. Hank Hank would have won that.

21:14 Hank would have won women's if he was entered. Yeah. Unfortunately, he did not enter himself. But I think I think those are the three most important ones, right?

21:21 Yeah. By far. Like nobody cares about But when he did about like women's figure skating,

21:26 Yeah. I will pretend to care about that for at least 48 hours. Yeah. Well, here's the thing that's beautiful about being us is that if we win, we care. And if we don't win, we just pretend it didn't exist.

21:38 It's beautiful. We won women's EVEN WITHOUT HANK. OH, LET'S GO. AND FREESTYLE SKIING.

21:44 And freestyle skiing. We actually uh had our best Olympics ever. Winter Olympics ever. We smashed our I think the the most golds we had won previously was nine. We won 12.

21:55 If you look at Norway, man, Norway just they did they invented every sport in these Olympics. Okay, let me ask a question.

22:01 If you remove cross country skiing Norway's like the friend that's like, "Hey, do you want to come to my house and play all my video games and I'll beat you at all of them?"

22:08 Yeah, that's what Norway does. Here, I'll give you the joystick that doesn't work.

22:12 Yeah, the Winter Olympics. You get the Mad Cats one. Is that cool? Yeah, they they uh Yeah, there's this one guy who I I he was on my Instagram feed. He had like seven gold medals. I didn't even know that. Like he just won every cross country thing.

22:24 Yeah. I mean, if you look at these stat if you take out Norway, which you should,

22:28 we dominated. We dominated these Olympics. Absolutely dominated, man. Listen, silver shines bright. That was a real tweet from the women's the women.

22:38 Silver shines just as bright. Just as bright. Just as bright. Yeah. If you take out cross country skiing, we had more gold medals.

22:43 Um there's a couple of souvenirs that I would like to get my hands on uh from these Olympic games. One would be uh the stuffed animal for the losers.

22:52 The boo boo. Yeah. I'm sure that there's some trash can in the Canadian locker room that got filled with those stuffed animals. If anybody knows how I can get my hand on one of the losing stuffed animals, I would love that. And then uh I did say in a request to Jack Hughes, if he doesn't do anything with the teeth,

23:09 Mhm. I would like to have those teeth raised up in the rafters here at the bar store Chicago HQ.

23:14 Would love that. Right next to Danny Boy Kane. Right next to all the banners. We'll put that in banner corner. I think that would make a nice nice addition to the collection. Yeah, I like that a lot. And we're going to get into more of the game with Yans. Talk about the Johnny Gudau mo moment which was awesome. Um just everything everything about that game was incredible. We also here here's something actually know I'll save for my who's back. The uh the whole thing I just I loved it.

23:40 What would we have talked about if we lost? How would the show start? Duke Michigan.

23:45 Yeah, it's a fun No, probably not Duke Michigan. It's a good question. I probably just would have reentered a new future on the Celtics. Open the show with that.

23:56 Probably Nova getting smoked. I will say and we said this on Friday's show with Yans or sorry with Wit and Biz.

24:03 I I was like I would have been very upset if we had lost this. Whereas the Four Nations when we lost it, we could easily be like, "Haha, that's an exhibition." This would have sucked. This would have sucked because we would have gotten so close again. We had to eat some crow. I would have eaten some crow. The Canadians were being mean online, man. They're being mean. They don't handle losing well. They got to learn some class from us.

24:25 It's the It's the only thing they got. We win with class and we lose with class. That's what we do.

24:30 It's the only thing Canada's got is hockey. And I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Canada. I hope oldie's doing okay.

24:36 I might have told I might have told Canada to suck our dicks from the back. But that's class. I I used hashtag class.

24:44 What would America's dick be? What would be the great American penis? Dan do. I think Florida.

24:49 Oh, I think the state of Florida is that's America's dick. Yeah. Yeah, that definitely is.

24:54 Suck it, Canada. Louisiana's the balls. Oh, yeah. It's swampy there. Big time swamp ass.

24:59 Yeah. Yeah. Suck the suck Florida. That would actually make Yeah. Like Newport News, Virginia Beach would be the Naval.

25:07 Yeah. Take in Florida. Take all of Florida in. Yeah. Right in your mouth. Man, what a game. Where's your Max? How was the bar?

25:15 Bar was awesome. Uh, how drunk did you get? Cuz you did you get drunk? I didn't think you were making it.

25:21 Did you go? No. Oh, I got pretty drunk. But what time did you get there? Uh like I I I didn't get there for for puck drop. It was like 7:12.

25:32 Okay. Is was my was Oh, that's going to piss off a Canadian listening to this right now.

25:37 Whatever. I I mean I I was there. But there is something different about like when you have a beer that early it it it hits much different

25:47 instantly get drunk. Yeah. Yeah. I I I said that like once I started my second beer I was like I haven't felt this way after like the sip of a second beer like ever.

25:56 It's a life hack. Yeah. And it was also the vibes. We were at the bar is called the hockey barn in Chicago. So it was like the reservations were packed. We were in like the back corner of of this of like a golf simulator, but the vibes were just so incredible. It was so packed. Everyone was so fired up and everyone just loved American hockey.

26:17 Now, Max, did you go out Saturday? I did, but I I went like I was home by 9:00.

26:23 Okay. Yeah, cuz that's another thing. It's like if you Everyone knows if you wake up and you have a beer before noon, the day after. Yeah.

26:29 You get rollover minutes from the night before, even if you don't feel drunk, it like kind of kicks you back in. But yeah, it was cool to see all the lines at all the bars,

26:38 people opening up early. I watched from bed, which was awesome to do, too. Like, it's a nice way to start your day.

26:44 I headbang so hard to Freeird. I think my neck is like permanently damaged. It hurts.

26:49 My neck hurts so bad. So, I went down after we scored the uh game-winning goal, I just ran down to my basement just to play Freeird for myself.

26:57 Love that. That's awesome. I just grabbed the love of the game. No, no cameras, nothing on. I just plugged that [ __ ] in and I was just like, I'm just gonna rip it. I'm just gonna rip it. The ac capella version of the guitar, like no backup track. My neighbors are probably walking by walking their dogs on the street right outside the window. They're like, what the [ __ ] is going on? That sounds terrible. Uh but yeah, you just had to you everybody like it was such a good release in that moment.

27:20 It was so good. It was one of those things where it was like the game ended and I was like I was with like a bunch of my friends. We were like [ __ ] it. Like we're gonna have an alltime Sunday and I was like whatever. I'll figure out part of my take later.

27:33 And then like an hour went by and I was like, I I'm I'm I'm good to go home take. Yeah.

27:38 And I just and I just took like a 4-hour nap. Yeah. I didn't appreciate you weren't going to stick around for uh Memphis, South Florida, wherever be. Yeah.

27:46 There was a moment where I was like, what am what am what am I doing here? Yeah. Now, if there was a stronger slate that came on right after that, then that could have been a great day.

27:54 No, because I had the cuz I bet USA big and then I was like, okay, nice. And then I was just forced into betting uh I I can't even remember the game. I think Oh yeah, it was Memphis UAB. I was like, "All right, Memphis UAB. Let's go." But that's the beauty of being us. We got Memphis UAB right after. They got nothing.

28:12 You would still have to wait another like four hours for the golf to come on. Yeah. Yeah. You don't You don't think I was betting Rice Two Lane? I was. And it was great.

28:21 It was awesome. We did it. We did it, guys. We [ __ ] did it. We did it. We did it. We really did it. Oh, here's another cope. Ready for this? John Cooper, coach, uh, you take four players off the ice. He's talking about threeon-ree OT. You take four players off the ice, now hockeyy's not hockey anymore. There's a reason overtime and shootouts are in a in play. It's all TV driven to end the end games. So, it's not a long time there. There's a reason why it's not in the Stanley Cup final or playoffs. Well, it isn't the Stanley Cup

28:48 regular season. You did know that it was threeon-ree before the tournament. You do have the three best players in the world on one line that could that were on the ice when you lost. That's just a shame. That's a shame that you got to go to to excusem. Also, uh Bugrass made a great point. And I I think it's true. Like threeon-ree is beautiful because you know you're going to get an awesome goal.

29:09 Yeah. Like the like when you have five on five and and yes, playoff hockey is incredible. It's it's probably the best like viewing experience. But when you get to overtime in playoff hockey, it could be the bounce off of a stick or, you know, a deflected pass from 40 feet out. Threeon-ree hockey, you're going to get like a sick sick goal and that's what we got.

29:30 Yeah, it's wide open. It's actually very fun hockey. I know it's not the same, but guess what? You had the rules, too. You

29:36 And you have the better if you have the better team, win the game. You can also just make a wideopen shot in regulation. You can just do that. That's an easy way to to handle it.

29:44 I will say uh I know we dog him. Uh McDavid, incredible tournament. Won the MVP. He that's what he does. He wins he wins MVPs. Um I was like my life flashed before my eyes when he did the thing in overtime where he got all his momentum and entered the zone. You're like this is a problem. Yeah.

30:03 He did that I think once or twice. You're like oh [ __ ] Having him with a puck on a stick in overtime is a wide open terrifying. Everybody listen I don't want to say that Sydney Crosby um is like a basketball player playing hockey because

30:18 he didn't play in the gold medal game. Yeah. Um, other people are saying that. I don't think that's fair to basketball players. No, that's not fair. SGA would have played. He would have flopped, but he would have played. Yep.

30:29 Um, I don't think it's fair to City Crosby. He's got a a big time playoff run coming with the Pittsburgh Penguins this year, and so he needs to rest up for that.

30:36 Oh, you got SGA. Yeah, you do have SGA. You have SGA. That's awesome. Yeah, that's sick.

30:41 He's hockey tough. Dylan Brooks, he's Canadian, right? Mhm. You got that? Yeah.

30:47 That's awesome. That's so sick. Two great guys. Andrew Wiggins. Yeah. Andrew W his birthday today.

30:53 Andrew Andrew Wiggins birthday. Happy birthday, Andrew Wiggin. So, let's say some nice things about Canada.

30:57 Anthony Bennett. Anthony Bennett. Bennett. Yeah. Yeah. Number one overall. Uh Atlanta Morset.

31:02 Yep. Um Selene Dion. Selene Dion. Mhm. Is she okay? Uh John Candy. Love John Candy.

31:10 Nor McDonald. [ __ ] love John Candy. McDonald. RP. Jim Carrey. The goat. Yep. Listen, I do love Canada. We're we we are a little uh t like like yes we we do own your sport but I love biz. I love oldie. Canada's awesome. I love going you know Toronto is one of my favorite cities to visit.

31:26 Alex Tbeck. Alex Tbeck. Maple syrup. Like there's Canada rocks. Not at hockey. Mhm.

31:34 But like everything else Canada is great. Is a great great country. They're just not the best at hockey anymore.

31:40 And I think that uh Montreal is one of my favorite cities. Yeah. Like I I stand by what I said about the Bells Center. It's the most incredible place to watch a hockey game that I've ever seen.

31:49 Maybe even a sporting event. It was like SEC loud in there. Chase Clayool. There you go. Great. One of our great American football players.

31:58 He got traded for basically a first round pick. It was like the 33rd pick. Yeah,

32:03 that's huge. Wayne Gretzky, he's the great one. He's the man. Yeah, pretty much. Um Chad Kelly now, I think he is kind of Canadian.

32:10 Yeah, Ryan Reynolds, he's got like a lawsuit or something. Ra McAdams. Oh, the Wedding Crashers.

32:17 The uh the people that found the Don't [ __ ] with Cats guy. Yes. There are a bunch of Canadians that tracked that guy down. Good for them.

32:24 Yes. Drake. Trailer Park Boys. Trailer Park Boys. Park Boys. Uh Pamela Anderson.

32:29 Is she Canadian? Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's how remember she was found. Uh she was one of the cheerleaders or are like she got caught on camera at a CFL game and they're like, "She's hot."

32:40 Oh, yeah. Rob Ford. Rob Ford. RIP. RIP Eugene Levy. The heart the Hart brothers also half RP.

32:48 Mhm. Half RP for the Heart Brothers. Yep. There's a lot there's a lot of great Canadians and we love them.

32:54 It's just not your sport anymore. And that's okay. You'll find a new sport. Yeah. You guys just You know what? This curling thing's got legs.

33:02 Go with it. Yeah. This might be the start of a dynasty. You just go with the curling thing. Stick with curling.

33:07 Stick with curling. And um yeah, I think it's just curling. I don't know. I don't What else?

33:14 Maybe you can. No, I I think curling would be a good one for you to just lean into. Get a dynasty going.

33:20 Um, archery. I feel like Canadians could be good at archery. Yep. Being being dudes you want to have a beer with. That's a fact. Canadians are dudes you want to have a beer with.

33:30 You know what? I I think not a dudes you want to have a beer with and watch hockey because they don't really know the game. It's our game now. But dudes you want to have a beer with without hockey on.

33:38 I think Canada is one of the strongest lunch countries. I think they've got just great lunches. Just like they they take lunch pretty seriously. Yeah. They got the poutine. They eat a very heavy lunch in general in Canada. That's something to respect.

33:51 Poutine's big. You got the moose. Yeah. Lot of moose. Lot of moose. Maybe just, you know, go hose down the backyard and look at the moose for a couple days. That always takes this thing off.

34:04 Oh. I used to tell I used to tell Darling, I'd say, "Darlin, I got to go hose down the backyard and look at my moose." Oh man. Uh, what else we got? Anything? I mean, that was that was awesome. Awesome. Anything else about the Olympics? Any other last

34:18 No, just it just rocks winning all the good sports. Yeah, it really does. I love it.

34:25 What did you guys catch the Olympic gala? We had some like pretty decent redemption skates in the at the gala.

34:31 What's the gala? So, uh it's not it's more so just like a little bit of a sendoff. It's not competition. They uh

34:37 the Are you talking about the closing ceremonies? Uh it's before the closing ceremony.

34:41 There's something before the closing ceremonies called the gala. Yeah. Do like a It's an Olympic gala. They've got quite a few athletes who do some skating.

34:48 So like some of those athletes who things didn't really pan out their way in the competition of the games were able to kind of get some closure through the gal skates.

34:56 Oh. So like Ilia, you know, like the quad god, he did he fell a couple times. Didn't medal in the in the the free skate, but on the his gallis skate, he hit the back flip, you know, that was good. He got some closure there.

35:05 Okay. And then like uh Amber Glenn, you guys saw she uh she under rotated that triple loop for the short program.

35:12 Yeah. Wait, did they have they should have just had Nathan McKinnon just shooting on an empty net. That would have been perfect.

35:17 That could have played too. Just in that angle just being like, "All right, I can do this." Just a redemption. So, it's just like a

35:24 If you tried to do that Nathan McKinnon shot in a video game, if you set it up and you like try to miss, how many times out of 10 would you be able to miss without the computer making you make that shot?

35:34 I don't PFD. I I don't want to sound crazy, but I don't think I I don't think I miss that shot. If I'm If I'm put on the ice and Nathan McKinnon spot, I think I hit that every time.

35:45 I think you probably would, too. Even Even in a video, if you hit that every time in real life,

35:49 I think about that. I think I could hit that shot. Every time. We're such dicks.

35:54 It's not that hard. No, it was wide open net. [ __ ] PUCK ON NET, DUDE. Hell didn't even know where where the where the ball was.

36:02 Oh, I love that. I love I love talking about hockey like halftime you got to shoot the ball it's great it's it's a I think the best trolling sport

36:12 it really you guys are being very mean in the group chat though regarding Tom Wilson

36:16 well he's a bad guy Tom Wilson not a bad guy he was being a bad guy he was being a bad guy

36:21 not a bad guy Tom Wilson great guy he was being a bad guy great hero he plays he plays the game in a very American way it's unfortunate he's on Canada

36:30 no he was what did he do that was so wrong today. He's just being a bad guy. Uh there was like one late hit. That's why I was like he was complaining a little.

36:38 Sorry that sorry that he's built like a freight train as you're you're being Canadian right now, Max. Complaining

36:44 complaining about a Canadian. You sound like a Canadian right now. You sound like a Canadian cuz you're the one defending the Canadian.

36:51 No, the Canadian plays the game a very American way and you're upset right now. You're defending the Canadians and you're calling me the Canadian.

36:58 Yeah, you're being defending the Canadian and you sound Canadian because a physical man played a physical sport physically and you're like, "Oh, no. That's too

37:06 Just to be clear, you're the one defending the the Canadian." Yes. For playing the game American.

37:10 So, I'm I'm the Canadian. Yes. Even though you're the one defending the Canadian.

37:15 Correct. Mhm. Got it. Yeah. This is not complicated, Max. This all makes sense. Makes perfect sense. Oh, man. Wait. All right. I want to see. Oh my god. I could have made it every time. I would have made it every time.

37:27 Let's see this. He had a second, too. It wasn't like a true one-time, you know.

37:33 That's a lot of net. Wait, play in real speed. Don't Don't ban us, IOC, from talking about it. They actually probably would.

37:41 We could tell that they had some video on in the room with them. Yeah. No, I Yeah, I make it every time.

37:49 Yeah. I mean, we all do. Guys like us, you know why? because it's our sport. No, just

37:55 it's our sport. It's We're America. We have tremendous concentration. Yeah, it's [ __ ] It's our sport. We don't miss those shots.

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38:47 There's one other thing that I want to say about this team. This comes to us uh from our good friend Frankie Belli. He tweeted this out. This is kind of crazy. This we're going to have to do a wild check on this one. Brock Nelson, he played wearing number 29. His grandfather was on the 1960 gold medal team. Yep.

39:05 His uncle was on the 1980 gold medal team. His grandfather number six. His uncle number 23. 6 plus 23 equals 29 for Brock Nelson.

39:16 Three gold medals for three US Olympic hockey teams. Pretty awesome in that family. Pretty awesome.

39:22 Pretty awesome. And we are gonna get in We are going to get into more of the game with Yans. Uh he he he had a great breakdown what it means for USA hockey, everything.

39:32 Do you guys want to talk some college basketball? Huge Saturday slate. Awesome. I came away from Saturday thinking uh not not different than really what I went into Saturday with, which was Duke's really [ __ ] good. Cameron Boozer's awesome, which I still can't get over the fact that like I vividly remember watching him as like a a fat seven-year-old in Carlos Boozer's driveway. It's it's it's tough getting old.

39:57 And I actually walked away being like I don't I don't think that was that bad of a loss for Michigan in the fact that they shot absolute dog [ __ ] and if they just shoot a little bit better,

40:07 they probably win that game. I thought it was I thought it was a great loss for Michigan. Yeah. I thought that they played really Duke played I think as good as they can. Yeah.

40:15 And they're very good. The Duke's capable of beating anybody. Michigan's capable of beating anybody. It's uh yeah, it was it was a close game. It came down to like the last 40 seconds. Came down to some foul shots, some missed wide open threes. Um but it's it's also very strange having these games neutral sight this time of year. Yeah,

40:31 they should not be neutral sight this time of year. Yeah. Like I want to see Well, no. I disagree just on the fact that I I

40:37 I know. I hate that I'm saying something nice about Duke, but I like that they do. There's a argument to be made that having big matchups between out of conference teams this time of year is good for the sport in general. I just don't like playing these games off campus.

40:50 Yeah. Tickets like there was Wizards there was a Wizards game there and the tickets were like 20 bucks and tickets for that game were three.

40:55 I think someone posted that there was I think if you combined like the getin price for every Wizards game for the rest of the season. It was less than what the get in price was for

41:03 Duke Michigan. No, they usually pay you to go to Wizards. What I was going to say is Duke to their credit have done this. This is actually I think their second or third year doing this. People forget it happened last year because they beat Illinois by like 50, but they try to schedule a big-time team in this zone, which is smart by Duke to get ready for like they were playing with the tournament balls. So, it was Duke Michigan. I also thought Arizona was so [ __ ] impressive because I thought that was going to be a game that Houston awful loss was definitely going to win. And Arizona is just such a problem down low. They're just so efficient. And that was a big one. And then

41:39 I'm going to be timing the Cougars, by the way. I'm I'm I'm expecting that they lose at Kansas.

41:45 Well, I don't know. Kansas, dude, that that picture of Darren Peterson coming back to the huddle.

41:51 That was That's some fake news, though. Why? Did you see the play? Or if you just if you just saw the picture, it looks bad. He was having a word with the referee and then he came back to like meet up with his teammates. I still think it's

42:02 it's one of those pictures that will confirm every bad thing that you thought about him.

42:06 But if you see what happens in the moment without just looking at that one image.

42:10 Well, maybe he should have been in the huddle with his team. He could have been in the huddle with his team.

42:13 He could have been in the huddle with his team. I also think he's a little injured cuz I was watching, not to get too deep into it, I was watching highlights of him in high school and his his like his leaping ability is is not the same right now. So, I think something's up with him. I he might actually be injured. I think he's injured, but I I think that he's like when it comes to them saying he had the flu and all this stuff. Yeah. There's other stuff that goes on around with it. And then Bill Self was like, "Yeah, there's stuff there's things that he can do to to change the narrative, which is play." Yeah,

42:41 he needs to play. Are we Max, you did not go to Philadelphia smart. Thank god they look terrible.

42:48 Are you nervous at all about Villanova off of I That was We We were joking about it, but we weren't joking about it. Yukon loses. They're they're they're going to they're going to win the next game.

43:00 Yeah. I mean I I I said that last week. Yeah. I said college basketball's different. Wish wish they didn't lose.

43:07 And now we play St. John's on Saturday and then St. John's has to play at Yukon on Wednesday. So there's a good chance we're I'm just doing it all over again.

43:14 Mhm. Doing it all over. Also, I don't think you mentioned it. AJ Deansa also in insane.

43:21 Yeah. Played all 40 minutes. All 40 minutes. 2910 and nine in a college game is crazy. What was his final stat line?

43:28 29 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists. That was so uh my guy Boyd Badgers today. Big win against Iowa. He had 27 nine and 10, which yeah, it is like a a triple double, a near triple double in college is nuts. It's It's hard to do. And uh that and then Mick Cronin off the hot seat with the Tai Edney coast to coast. That was the first thing I thought of.

43:49 That defense was just that was awesome. It looked like Tai coast to coast. Great defense. Nobody Nobody moved. Yeah,

43:54 they were just like dribble around us. I love it for Mick Cronin, though. I love it. I love how mad he's made people.

44:00 And they looked dead. They were down like 20 in blink. Yeah, like instantly they were down. And just college basketball rocks. And I I still I I'll I'll keep banging the drum. I I there's like a a thing going on in my head where is the SEC overrated this year or is the SEC bad this year is the question. I don't think they're bad. They're not as good as last year, but what Florida has been doing kind of quietly, they've just been wasting teams. Absolutely wasting teams. And they feel like everyone's kind of not paying attention because the SEC doesn't have the loaded teams like they did last year. Like Kentucky is, you know, did you did you did you hear uh Mark Pope after the game against Auburn? Yeah. He was like he he walked off uh and was like

44:52 credit to me. I like I didn't talk any [ __ ] about how the refs stole that game from us, but it was still on a microphone. It was great.

44:58 But credit, but credit. I don't I don't know if you can sue or if you can uh find the guy for that because he did not say it on the mic.

45:03 Yeah. But I I I just I think Florida like they have been just awesome. And and if you look at their losses, they were all to really good teams early in the season. They lost to Arizona by a couple possessions. They lost to Yukon by a couple possessions. I think they lost to Duke by one. Like I Florida I think they're still about 13 to1 if you want to hop on. Just saying. Florida

45:26 12 to1. 12 to1. I just get mad when I watch Florida cuz I'm like you need to play the 7 foot n guy.

45:31 Yeah, they have to play Olivia. I mean that's what you need if you're going to play against Duke. If you're going to play against Arizona, if you're going to play against um Michigan like Michigan's got so much height like you need you need those guys. And Florida has those guys.

45:44 Did you hear Wimby say that he's going to compete in the dunk contest? Oh really? I would either that or I got fake quoted, but I think it was real.

45:51 Now, when I said it out loud, I was like, "This sounds like I might have gotten cintled."

45:56 That would actually be cool. Just ju I I don't even think he has to jump. No. Like he just just walking and be like, "Holy [ __ ] he's tall."

46:03 Yeah. He would just dunk it and then everybody be like, "I guess that counts as a dunk." Yeah.

46:07 No, he said it. He said it good. That's what Steph is doing the three-point contest next year. He said, which will be awesome. I love watching I I know it goes viral every six months, but Steph's warm-up

46:19 Yeah. where he doesn't miss a shot and he starts two feet away and goes all the way to half court and then comes back in and it's just like this is this is the coolest thing ever. He still is the coolest. Absolute coolest. Okay, any other sports stories before we do who's back and then get to our interviews, which we have two great interviews. We do have uh combine week coming up. It's crazy. NFL's back that fast. Combine week. Back to Indie. Feels good. Any other Oh, uh, Kurt Signetti got a new contract which

46:51 good for him. 13 million a year. Deserved. Deserved. Big time. Deserved. Uh, the the tush push is not in danger of being eliminated. I don't think it sounds like It sounds like they're not proceeding with any votes to to get it out right Max?

47:06 Yeah, because they weren't Eagles weren't good at it this year. And so now they're Yeah. What do you think about that? Do you think it should be banned now?

47:15 I don't give a [ __ ] Whatever. Why do you sound so upset? I'm not upset. I don't I just said I don't care.

47:23 Okay. Sounds like I don't care. Does sound like you don't care. Yeah. Hey, what happened in golf?

47:30 Uh Jacob Bridgeman won. He was up six going into Sunday. Almost choked. Rory couldn't make a putt. Came in second.

47:38 What about Liv? No, Liv this week. Oh, they did get uh like $250 million from Liv for additional spending.

47:47 Wait, who did Liv from the Saudis? Oh, okay. They just went to dad and they're like, "Hey, Dad, I I got some extra expenses this month."

47:55 They Yeah, they waited for like the best story in sports of the week and we're like, "Hey, see, can we get another 250 mil please?"

48:01 What are they going to do with 250 mil? Live hockey. There you go. Live. live hockey would be awesome.

48:10 Yeah, they play in shorts. They put the knives on the feet. I just This just I just scrolled past from Le'Veon Bell. Uh he said, "It took me 45 years to realize it's hard as hell, not hard as hell." Is that true?

48:25 Uh Le'Veon Bell is a uh a serial tweet stealer. Is that true? Yeah. He just he just copies and pastes for engagement stuff.

48:31 Hard as what? Ail? It's hard as hell, right? It's hard as hell. Hard as hell, right?

48:39 He's saying it's hard as hell. Hard as hell. No, I think he might have just heard somebody say it's hard as hell.

48:45 He's also just reminding people that it's his birthday cuz I think it was like two days ago. Hard as hell.

48:51 Yeah, that's not That can't be true. No way. Can't be true. Dude, you're 34 years old. Haha. He He's 45. That happened fast. No. No. Leon Bell is not 45. There's no way

49:07 he's Oh, okay. He's 34. Yeah. 34 years old. Why did he say he just stole the tweet?

49:11 Cuz he steals he stole the exact tweet. He I even I thought he would have changed the his own age,

49:17 but no, he just copies and pastes like tweets. And I kind of like that he just did that where he just

49:23 he was like, I'm not even going to change the age. Yeah. What? That's So that's just his thing.

49:32 Oh, yeah. I didn't know that. Hard times for Levian. Yes. Hard as hell. Stealing tweets,

49:40 huh? 250 million. But wait, so but on February 18th, cuz I remember this, too. He he tweeted this is also probably a stolen tweet. 45 years around the sun never felt so good. I appreciate all the birthday love.

49:54 Yeah. Does he think he's 45? How is that a stolen tweet? I I think he also he smokes a lot of weed. And it was his birthday on February 18th. Why is he saying he's 30? Why is he saying he's 45?

50:07 He smokes a lot multiple times. Have you seen that? Can you pull out I I see that. But what can you pull up the the tweet? Scroll his tweet. Why is he saying he's 45 multiple times? Why he say he's 45 on his own birthday? Go down. I think February 18th.

50:21 He also tweeted 19 hours ago, the level of I don't give a [ __ ] you get in your 30s is a beautiful thing.

50:26 What the hell's going on? 45 years around the sun. Never felt so good. I appreciate all the birthday love. At my big age, I still don't cuss in front of my mom. What is going on?

50:38 So he Yeah, he did say the level I don't give a [ __ ] you get in your 30s is beautiful. So he is in I think he's in his

50:46 92 born in ' 92. It depends on what time of day you talk to Levian Bell. If you talk to him past 300 pm, he's probably smoked nine blunts and he's probably just smoked himself into being older.

50:58 Because that makes you feel a little better because when he I saw the 45 year old 45 years around the sun, I was like, damn, how did I miss that he's 45?

51:06 Oh, but he also says at my big age, I still don't cuss in front of my mom. Right. The mystery of Le'Veon Bell.

51:12 Okay. February 17th. So all the 92 babies were going to be considered mid-30s this year.

51:17 Okay. So he does know his age. I think so. We think. But he has multiple tweets saying he's 45.

51:27 Okay. The mystery of Le'Veon Bell's Twitter. But he says, "I'm old enough to remember when $5 was good gas money."

51:34 Yeah. So he might be like 75. No. That was that was that was No. No. No. $5 good gas money.

51:43 What you're about to say is I mean when I was I guess when I was in high school it's like we were you know you have no money.

51:47 Yeah. But that's not good. That's not like filling up your tank. You're saying like

51:51 No, but that's like, you know, if you're if you're getting a ride from someone like a dollar a gallon covers the covers the ride,

51:57 but gas wasn't a dollar a gallon. No, but like saying it's a full tank. If we're if we're taking a trip and I give you five bucks, like that that should be five bucks is is valid.

52:09 I'm looking up gas prices right now because I'm actually curious. Gas prices were a dollar a gallon in 1998.

52:17 Yep. And yeah, they haven't been. And if Le'Veon is 34 years old, he doesn't remember that.

52:24 Yeah, they've been over $2 a gallon since since uh 2005. Stop eating crabs. How would you feel if somebody cracked you open and ate you up?

52:34 They're not good. That's a good point. Wait, from the back? Yeah, that wouldn't feel fun.

52:43 Gas is so expensive now. What the [ __ ] man? There are four girls in a room. Macy is playing chess. Lucy is watching TV. Kayla is sleeping. What is the fourth girl doing?

52:54 Normalize not knowing what the hell you're doing but still showing up. I'm retweeting that.

53:00 Is it Does anybody have Wait, is that the fourth girl? Is that what you're doing, Hank?

53:06 Sometimes. Yeah, a lot of the time. Normalize it. Just no one has a guess about the fourth girl.

53:14 Wait, say it again. One more time. Four girls in a room. Macy is playing chess. Lucy is watching TV. Kayla is sleeping. What is the fourth girl doing?

53:23 Videotaping them. I don't think so. What is she doing? I think she's got to be playing chess, right?

53:28 Oh, yeah. Yeah, that would make sense. There's one of them who's playing chess.

53:30 Oh, you could play chess all by yourself. You could. Man, damn. Le'Veon's making me think.

53:35 I say it is what it is. Like I don't overanalyze for like six hours. That's a That's a chick tweet, Leon.

53:42 He does a lot of chick tweets. What was that? What the hell? He's This is a We might just have to

53:52 Levian Bell was a really good football player and we don't talk about that enough.

53:55 I like this one. He was awesome. Yeah, he was. He was And he was wholly unique.

53:59 And then he was like, I'm going to uh put out a rap album and I'm going to make NFL beat writers stay up past midnight to every single line of my rap album to figure out where I'm going to go.

54:10 How much do you I just realized how much do you hate Le'Veon Bell memes? I don't hate them. They didn't use them.

54:16 Yeah. How excited were you when the Jets got I hope the next Super Bowl halftime show is in Chinese.

54:21 Nice. Might retweet that one. People be in the gym doing a 1,000 reps of conversation.

54:28 We He might rock. He uh there's a story when he was with the Jets, he had a threesome and then got robbed. And there's a phone call with the police. He's just describing how they robbed him.

54:40 Can you find that phone call, please, Memes? A lot of these are just uh just the most like how can I get paid off of Twitter?

54:51 Oh yeah, possible. What's the first error of your body that you wash in the shower and why is it your left arm?

54:57 Yeah, he's just like damn that's true. How about this one? Trader Joe's is nice for a fling, but that's not a grocery store you marry.

55:03 That's I disagree very much. I feel like you marry it's your second wife. I think it's your second wife.

55:09 Yeah, I I kind of agree with that one. Yeah. Yeah. You got Trader Joe's has some things that you can't get anywhere else. But if you're going like baseline, I want to go get my Cheerios. You know,

55:20 it's like first marriage, you go with like a a Kroger or a Food Lion. Marianos. Yeah.

55:26 Marianos. And then and then you get divorced, but you know what you like. And Trader Joe's has all that stuff that you like. So then you know more your second time around.

55:34 Yeah. I mean, Trader Joe's, if you want to get like a a frozen enchilada, that actually is pretty good.

55:39 Yeah. Like you realize it's going to be pretty good later on in life. Like some dudes just love those ginger snaps. And you're one of those guys,

55:44 dude? The Trader Joe's uh big tub of mini chocolate chip cookies. Oh my god. The best.

55:52 The uh just hammer. You know what's really good at Trader Joe's? The gummy bears that are covered in chocolate.

55:58 Chocolate gummy bears. I I never knew that they that was even a thing. Mhm. They're so [ __ ] good.

56:03 Peanut butter pretzels. Yeah. One one. Oh, here's a good one. So, so weird how everyone sleeps differently. Like I sleep on my side, my ex sleeps with anybody, and you all sleep on me.

56:18 Okay, what about this one? This is This is actually a great one. Brazilian sounds like a really big number.

56:25 Think about it. It does. Brazilian. That's one Brazilian. Some I I got my mind blown the other day by one of those stupid facts that in between every number is infinity numbers.

56:37 H in between one and two is infinity numbers. Oh yeah. It's like the arrow thing.

56:42 It's like [ __ ] I never thought about that and it kind of messed me up. You get it, Hank?

56:46 Nope. Like you could just go forever on decimals. 1.11. So in between each number is infinity numbers.

56:54 Yeah. Kind of [ __ ] you up a little bit. You remember when we talked about the arrow thing

56:58 back in the day? Like if I shot an arrow at Hank, it would never actually hit him.

57:03 Parallax because it has to go half the way there and then half. That's why Yeah.

57:08 Parallax angle. Yeah. By the way, I know we I know we uh we do Firefest on Fridays, but I got to say I I just bought new chapstick yesterday and today it's in my dryer. I cannot keep living like this.

57:20 Damn, that's so relatable. It's a Leon Bell tweet. Yeah, so relatable. What is he?

57:26 Who is What is going on with him? Last one cuz this one actually is good. It's a banger. Even the Grinch has a dog. So if you don't like dogs, that says a lot about you. It's a good point.

57:35 Great point. Max, I have a dog. I wasn't talking about you, bro. You said Max. That's the name of the Grinch's dog. It's not always about you.

57:48 You were looking at me and said Max. I was, but his name is Max. I know. Max is testy today.

57:58 Got you there. He's hung over. Yeah, he is. He's hung over from this morning. My neck hurt my neck hurts so bad. I can't I can't stress.

58:07 Currently in the throws of a hangover. I don't know. The I headbanged way too hard.

58:12 Good news is you won't be hung over tomorrow. I don't know. You're a beast. Okay, let's do who's back of the week. Then we'll get to Yans and we'll get to Zack D. Gregorius, who is uh our luge athlete who might be a sponsored, pardon my take athlete in the next Winter Olympics. Before we do that, Chevy football season might be over, but you know how it goes. The minute the big game ends, we're already talking about what's next. Free agency, the draft, who's getting paid, who's grinding, because for football guys, there is no offseason. That's exactly why they roll with the Chevy Silverado. Silverado is the truck that shows up every time.

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59:59 Um, who's back of the week? Viral. Viral monkeys. Oh, yeah. Punch. Punch the monkey

1:00:06 now. Oh, this is the monkey with the This is depress. It's honestly It's honestly It's honestly depressing.

1:00:11 It's sad. Like I I'm I wish it wasn't as viral as it was because it just makes me sad every time I see it. It's a It's a monkey that's getting bullied.

1:00:19 Oh, what the [ __ ] I've heard that that Punch Is Punch a boy or a girl? Whoa, whoa, whoa. They're putting hands on him.

1:00:27 Yeah, this is crazy. But here's where it gets really sad. It's got like a fake mom that it runs to a stuffed animal.

1:00:33 Oh. And just hugs the fake mom. Baby monkey who separated from his mother. Sure. Oh, this is Dude, why'd you bring this up? Yeah,

1:00:41 it's it's going viral. It's a it's a big it's a big story. I saw this I saw the picture. I didn't see the video. I was fine with the picture.

1:00:48 Not since Muang has a has a Mudang. Shout out Mudang. Mudang got too too uh old.

1:00:54 Mudang was No, but there Hank is even saying the good part. It got a protector.

1:00:59 It finally got the like an embrace from another monkey. Yes, you got to give us that part.

1:01:06 Play the hug. That's a great hug. So m So Punch has someone watching his back now?

1:01:14 Kind of. Oh, he's got a gun. Punch has a gun. He's a real Yeah. Somebody did make a fanfic video about Punch where it just goes around dropkicking every other monkey that's in the thing.

1:01:26 Oh, Punch. Man, this was a bummer. Yeah. All right, but he's got a protector now. After days of rejection, Baby Punch finally felt the warmth of love. Today an adult monkey an Singh wrapped little punch in the tightest most comforting hug. Was that a hug or was he trying to squeeze him to death?

1:01:43 That's a good hug. Don't Don't try and ruin this moment for punch. Okay. I mean this has got to be like a

1:01:50 don't trust that hug punch. This is just a natural like isn't this a thing where like an abandoned uh animal in the wild like other animals don't trust it?

1:01:59 Yeah. This is like if you put if you made every single uh species a reality show, you would realize that most animals are [ __ ]

1:02:06 Yeah. All right. Good for punch. He's back. He is cute. Very cute. Yeah. Very cute.

1:02:12 Okay. Uh my who's back of the week is graffiti. Graffiti's back. It was discovered at the new Bills Stadium

1:02:19 and apparently there's a lot of graffiti that was discovered there to the point where they they issued a uh $100,000 like bounty on turning in the people that did the graffiti and they won't say what the graffiti is.

1:02:32 Mhm. But apparently it was like really really bad to the point where it's making like

1:02:36 national news. Did they like halt construction? They stopped construction on the new stadium because of this graffiti like a swastika or something.

1:02:44 I don't know. Uh they said borderline pornographic in nature. I have a theory. I have a theory of what it could be.

1:02:50 Okay. We've seen a lot of new stadiums and a lot of uh a lot of the uh construction workers that are laying the cement and the concrete.

1:02:57 Yeah. They put stuff in that cement and concrete. Yeah. Like as a little leave behind.

1:03:03 You think they're putting dildos in there and they got caught? The dildoer. That would be pretty awesome. The dildo.

1:03:09 I think they might be putting dildos like into the foundation of the stadium and they got caught. But what is the what is the graffiti?

1:03:16 They won't say. They just said pornographic in nature. I don't know if they'd consider that graffiti or if that's just like vandalism.

1:03:23 Huh. I could see it being dildos. But they won't say what it is. So we should put a bouncy if you guys tell us.

1:03:31 Someone tell us. Someone tell us. Email at uh PMT Bachelor Party. PMT Bachelor Party.

1:03:36 Yeah. Remember, isn't that Isn't this our new segment? We're going to do it monthly. Your your uh

1:03:41 rumors and tit tits and rumors. It was Yeah. tips and tits and tips. All right. So, we want So, everyone send Zach your tip on what it could have been and also some tits.

1:03:52 Mhm. And we will we will talk about that on Wednesday. I'm sure that there's multiple people that work building this new stadium.

1:03:58 Get to the bottom of that listen to the show. We'll do some investigative research.

1:04:02 Okay. Okay. My uh who's back of the week is uh the Huffington Post. I didn't know it still existed.

1:04:08 Yeah. No idea. And then they dropped this one right after uh we won all these gold medals. If waving the American flag or chanting USA turns you off right now, you're not alone.

1:04:21 So, thanks Huffington Post. That is true. Like Canadians, it probably turns just a [ __ ] fart in in the best Olympics we've ever had. I didn't know Huffington Post was still there.

1:04:31 Yeah, neither did I. It's okay to enjoy things. I think that uh a lot of people could take that advice and and uh and learn a lot from it. Yeah, it's some stuff is good.

1:04:40 Yeah, that's some stuff is just good to enjoy in the moment, not think about like how shitty the world is in general.

1:04:46 I'm willing to to actually make that definitive statement. Some stuff is good and you should enjoy it because it's fun.

1:04:53 It's actually basically like the premise of this show is that, you know, hey, there's enough like hardships that people go through. Come hang out with us and we're not going to talk about anything serious.

1:05:05 Um, wait, I want to see that email. What was that email? Zach, property management expert for Zach. I just listened to Friday's episode and heard you fire. What is it? Can you make it a little bigger? Your firefest about the 10 days you got and everything going on. As someone who's worked in property management, it definitely sounds like your building manager tried to flex some language on you to get you scared. There's a lot more that it takes to kick you out from your place. So, you have any questions? Oh, you're good. PS. Please pick number six for the lottery ball machine. Okay, pick six today. You're good, Zach.

1:05:41 That sounds really reassuring. Yeah, they're just trying to scare you with language.

1:05:44 They're musling me with verbiage. Yeah. They see a guy like you, they're like, "We'll just throw some language at him and he'll he won't know what to do.

1:05:51 We We're not going to stand for grammatical aggression." Mhm. No, we're not. No, we're not.

1:05:55 No, absolutely not. In fact, you we're going to fight fire with fire. Syllables are syllables.

1:06:00 But sometimes the best words are the ones you don't say. Left unsaid. Yeah. It's like jazz. They also might just be like, "Hey, we're going to throw some language at you. You're going to go back to your uh podcast and talk to your idiot co-workers and they're going to come up with an even dumber idea that will get get you kicked out even faster."

1:06:18 But that's why we have Jake now in the email. Yep. Shout out Jake in the email. He's got you. Okay, Zach, finish this off before we get to our interviews.

1:06:27 Uh my who's back of the week is some newly found health discoveries. Okay. You know the as a show we're trying to get right, elongate our lives, get our bodies right. You know,

1:06:36 you this was your first day doing the Chinese workout today. Did you like it? Chinese workout way more extensive than I thought it would be. I sweat way more than I ever thought I would going into it.

1:06:45 But I I appreciate the invite. It was a lot of fun. Yeah, you welcome to do it any day. I'm I'm trying to get 50 days in a row of doing it.

1:06:52 How many How many calories do you think you burn in one Chinese workout? Probably like 70.

1:06:56 Maybe 100. How long is it? Like a half a bag of chips. 15 minutes. That's enough. That's enough.

1:07:01 It's a lot of air squats. You probably burn like a 100. Yeah, maybe. 70 to 100.

1:07:08 Yeah. Yeah. It's about moving your body. It's also about getting your body flow.

1:07:12 If you do that workout, it's kind of like Max with the beers. What you do right after you wake up, that sets the tone for the rest of your day. So, if you work out right after you wake up, right,

1:07:20 you're burning calories all day. If you have two beers after you wake up, you're pretty much drunk all day.

1:07:24 Correct. Correct. But what what you got something else? So, this isn't medical advice whatsoever, but through some like limited extensive research, I think that uh I think part of my peptides might be the play.

1:07:36 What do we know, boys? How we feel about this? Wow. This is now just history repeating itself.

1:07:40 We have We have the guy on the on the six mic telling us to do peptides. 2026 peptides. We got We got advances.

1:07:48 Are they called Are they still called research chemicals? What do they do? I was wrong. He was early. He's way early.

1:07:53 I think they're good if you uh tear your Achilles. Well, why would you say Jason Tatum?

1:07:59 Knock on wood. Jason Tatum's been doing peptides. Oh, yeah. Jason Tatum was at practice.

1:08:03 Did you see the Missoula clip? Yeah. What did he say? It's very funny. He was like, "Was he was like, "How's Jason T doing?" He was like, he was at practice today and he said, "Did he practice?" And he just gave him a death stare of all death stairs

1:08:13 and he just didn't break. Uh I I don't think it's official he's doing peptides. I'm not going to say that he's doing peptides, but I think Should we do peptides? He's doing I don't I think if you like get seriously injured it it helps like

1:08:26 what about because he's recovering very quickly. Yes, Max. What are pep are peptides steroids?

1:08:33 That's what I'm saying. I don't know. They're research chemicals. Oh, research.

1:08:37 Oh, those did. So, the story is like when I first got fitted for golf clubs, like how long ago was that, Hank? Three years ago

1:08:46 in New York? Yeah. Uh f four years ago. Four years ago. Uh the guy told me just like swing as hard as I can every swing. And so I did that and then I swung one time and I felt a pop and then my bottom three fingers on my right hand just went numb. And so then I went to the doctor who was like, "Yeah, you you messed up your UCL and [ __ ] with the nerve." And I was like, "Yeah, Billy, I don't know what I'm going to do. I might have to get Tommy John surgery." And Billy goes, "I I tell you what, I'll hook you up with some research chemicals and it's going to promote healing." Billy brought him into the office. The dumbest thing I've ever done in my entire life was let Billy Football inject me with this chemical, like an experimental chemical, and godamn it if it didn't work.

1:09:27 Peptide sounds a lot better than research chemicals. It worked. Yeah, Billy football was right. Now, now, do I regret letting Billy inject me with a mystery serum? A little bit. Yeah. But also, like, you can't steal second with your foot on first, you know? You got to take a chance.

1:09:43 All right. So, someone email us at PMT Bachelor Party. Yeah, PMT Bachelor Party.

1:09:48 Uh, and tell us tell us one, can you get it for us? And two, should we do it? I've got a game plan of peptides we could take if you're into the game plan.

1:09:56 How did you get involved in this? Uh, short comprehensive research. I But what what started this?

1:10:02 Cuz all the hot people online are just like, "These are what you need to do. Take these peptides. You'll lose a bunch of weight."

1:10:06 This Igging. No. Yeah. question. What's up? Yes, sir. Does this have anything to do with the bars tool combine on Thursday?

1:10:20 Uh oh. 100%. Yeah, 100%. That's not going to go the best. Uh and I know that's not going to go the best.

1:10:28 You need smelling salts for that, Zach. Do you think we're miracle drug? I was going to say, do you think we're cramming a little late on the test?

1:10:35 Oh, definitely. That's I I'm habitually good at that. Yeah. But what are you most worried about for Thursday?

1:10:41 Bench press. I'll answer for him. Yeah, I'll answer for we we we might have PFT and I might have uh went to the bench press with him and

1:10:50 Zach has never bench pressed. Yeah, but you know what? He wasn't that bad. He wasn't. He's stronger than you think.

1:10:56 I thought that was a closed practice. Turns out that was not a closed practice.

1:10:59 Oh, was it? Oh, no. We were doing an ad. But I thought that was a closed practice ad and then it just went straight into the PMTV episode.

1:11:06 Oh, it it skipped the ad. Oh yo, we went past the ad right into the the ad was so good it became content.

1:11:13 I thought it was saving. That's why the people pay a premium for for Zach's ads.

1:11:17 Okay. What's the goal for Thursday? The goal is to get Zack to do one run. One. He's got to do one one full one. I feel good about that. It's a it's a baseline. It's a starting point. And it's like you got to get one.

1:11:27 You got to get one. You can get otherwise you're Tate. You don't want to be Tate.

1:11:31 That looked like a tough year, man. That was a tough He's had a very tough year.

1:11:35 I've gone through some of those comments. That might be the most viewed clip of the year.

1:11:38 Not only that, but like I don't I I I I love Tate, but like if you don't think him not being able to get up one rep and Ohio State not winning the national title this year like aren't related, like I'm telling you right now, they are. He gets one rep, they probably win the title. Those things go hand in hand.

1:11:55 I'm 100% sure that this time at the combine, he's going to put up like six. He's He's probably been training all year.

1:12:01 He has to just thinking about getting his rep up. He has to. Things get dark in those comments on that video. You got to get one.

1:12:07 Yeah. Yeah. Gotta get one. Get one. It's It's like a lifealtering thing. You don't get one.

1:12:12 Yeah. Oh, all right. You're gonna get one. You're gonna get one. Lifealtering chemicals.

1:12:16 All right. But we need to get the peptides. So, someone you can you I guess we're just going to do this. You guide us.

1:12:23 I do have a couple. Truly, history repeats itself. But now we're FDA approved. A lot of them.

1:12:27 I would like for Zach not to inject us, though. How do you feel about FDA approved peptides?

1:12:31 Yeah. Yeah. Good. Good. Get us some peptides. What about like third level chemical trial?

1:12:36 Yeah. All right. Third level. But I But you're not doing the injecting. Oh, no. I I don't really like needles to be honest with you. I would never I would never inject UPFD unless

1:12:44 I'm not a big fan of needles as well. Can we get like a pill? Uh I think they have some oral GLPS, but they won't apply as well.

1:12:51 Okay. Okay. I did I came into the office on Saturday morning uh cuz I was I was feeding some of the toridol. I finally found it. I hid it so good that I hid it from myself. It was behind this LICENSE PLATE THAT I HAD UP HERE. AND so I was I I needed for my back today. I was like, "God damn, I'm going to turn the studio inside out." Found the Toral. Took it about two hours ago.

1:13:12 Torl is awesome. Mhm. Did you have any left? Yeah. I got three pills left. Oh, I want one.

1:13:17 I just don't I don't feel anything right now. Can that help you bench more? No, but it just like my back feels good.

1:13:25 I may need it for my neck. It will probably This is going to go so fast. back seeds are from his [ __ ]

1:13:32 the problem with day of hangover. My understanding with the Tord doll is that if I take it, I'll feel so good that I will then injure myself worse for when the toral wears off. Max, look at you go. Max,

1:13:43 what does that neck do? That was too much head banging, Max. It was a mistake. And

1:13:48 Oh, and then you were doing the side, too. You were shaking that booty. It I was feeling it in the moment. It was good. Right now, my neck's been hurting.

1:14:00 Look at this side. Look at this side spot. Oh. Oh. Oh, he's popping it. Yeah. All right. All right. Uh, Zach, I'm in for this. Just you tell us. You do all the research cuz I actually trust you in the fact that like you when when the when the ice cream machine got here and I gave you the task, you've delivered on everything. The ice cream machine has been wonderful. We do have to get people to eat more ice cream. We're We're running. We got to eat. We got to get people. I I was actually thinking maybe

1:14:30 we're running what? We're just not We're not hitting our quota by how much? I don't want to waste ice cream. It's just a lot of people are

1:14:38 What does that mean? Like when they clean it out, they're just dumping sometimes.

1:14:41 Look, it's it's February, almost March. New Year's resolution is over. We got to get back.

1:14:45 Yeah, we got to get back to eating ice cream. Yeah. What? It's not ice cream. It's not ice cream season. It's a It's a It's a down.

1:14:53 It is cold. What about Zack? I was thinking about this. Maybe we we bring back strawberry for a limited run.

1:14:59 Uh we've got it on strawberry. We got it on us. We can do strawberry chocolate. Yes.

1:15:03 Okay. So, vanilla out. You want to keep chocolate where it's at and put strawberry. Okay. We can do that.

1:15:07 Maybe maybe to push some chocolate on people. Okay. Got to move some products. Make it half off. Yeah. Two for one sale.

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1:17:57 There's no safe like simplysafe. And now here's Keith Yandel. Okay, we now welcome on our very very very very very good friend and a very very very special guest. It is team USA Keith Yandel. He has his Zoom name as USA. I don't know if you you don't even know computers, so I don't even know if you knew what you were doing when you did that. Uh, and we want to talk about the gold medal game because Yans that was one of the coolest sporting events ever and I'm still on Cloud9. I want to hear every all your thoughts on the game.

1:18:31 I I just rewatched it. Um, I'm going to rewatch that game. I've never rewatched a hockey game more than once. I've already watched this game twice. I will watch that game probably realistically 20 times. It is so amazing the fact that the guys were down here. We were all watching it here at my house all together. And the fact that they came out with that game after getting up early, being on the ropes for basically two periods, they got outplayed. But Connor Halabach just saying, "Hey boys, hop on my back. I got this for you. Just jump on in and ride me to this [ __ ] gold medal is incredible. The so proud to be an American. So proud to have played hockey at any level. Just to say that I did to see these guys. We've been waiting a long time, right? 1980, long long time. I think everybody in their mother was sick of the miracle and and talking about it. It It's a It's a new generation's time. That was our

1:19:27 generation of watching that movie. Now it's a different group of guys. And those 26 or however many guys went out there, went over to Milan on their PJs and absolutely lit it up and had a [ __ ] blast and made us Americans so goddamn proud to be an American and so goddamn proud to watch that game and root them on. I I swear to God, it was one of the most So I I said it to my wife like I'm not really like, you know, I played in the NHL, so like when you're watching a hockey game, you're not that invested. I I felt every single emotion I could possibly feel. Wanting to puke, wanting to [ __ ] my diaper, wanted to, you know, cry, wanted to laugh. It was the most amazing drug I have ever taken.

1:20:13 Watching those guys go out there and give it their all to come back on US soil, the best goddamn country in the [ __ ] world with gold medals around their neck. I am so proud of them and I I I can't wait to talk about the game even more. It it's awesome watching guys that care as much about the game as you care about it. Like when you're watching, you know, like I feel like a lot of times, especially, you know, mid-season if it's NBA, not necessarily so much NHL, but you watch some sports and you're like, I wish these guys cared as much as I do. Like they're they're living breathing bleeding sweating crying about the game like I am. And with this US team, it felt like they cared even so much more than everybody in America that was rooting them on. And it was it was a joy to watch. Uh, was there one guy in particular that you thought like stepped his game up? A guy that might not have been like the

1:21:00 superstar, the number one guy going into Obviously, they're all really good players, but like one guy that elevated what he's doing compared to where he's been in uh in this NHL season.

1:21:10 Well, I mean, Hella Buck would be the obvious answer, but he was the MVP of the league last year, I believe. But you just don't hear about him that much in the US because he plays in Winnipeg. Poor guy. But it it it's one of those things where it was such a group effort you can't really pinpoint. But I I will say like there was two questions. I I want to give a lot of credit to Billy Garren, the GM of this team, putting this team together, sticking with his guns, not listening to the outside noise, like you know, dumb people like Biz saying you should take Cole Coughfield, you should take Robinson, you need more goal scoring, blah blah blah. He stuck to his guns. He stuck with his guys. And two guys that, you know, kind of probably were on the bubble was Vincent Troche and JT Miller.

1:21:51 They're first line guys on their NHL teams. And when you go to a tournament like this and it's all superstars, you got to check your ego. You got to just be willing to, you know, play whatever role that the coach gives you. And they did that. They were the power they were they're power play guys during the regular season for the New York Rangers. And they were strictly PK guys. and they didn't let up a goal on the PK the entire tournament which is unheard of. You're going against the best players in the world and they did not give up a goal against. So that that for me is is one of those things that you you're going to look back and be like those guys sacrificed, you know, being heroes, trying to go out and score a goal, be the guy to put the team on their back and they were like, okay, I'm going to sit here, do my job as best as I can and let the other guys do the job their best as they can. and Hella Buck showed up

1:22:40 and everybody else showed up. Did some guys have a tough tournament? Maybe. But it's like you win the gold and everybody is a part of that team and Wit said it best on the on our podcast today. It's Matthew Kachchuck had a quote was, "You can tell this is a brotherhood because if you say one wrong thing, there's seven guys down your throat just chirping you, letting you know." So you could tell they came together and it started last year at the Four Nations, but they came together at this group in Milan. They didn't go stay at a at the Four Seasons like the Canadians did.

1:23:12 They stayed in the village cuz we're village people. We go in there and we we're amongst the people. We're bluecollar. We just go in there and and and muck it up. You might not get the best food. You might not have the best bed. You might not get the best sleep, but you're going to have the best plane ride home, smashing beers over your head and kissing your gold medal.

1:23:31 The the So, there was a couple quotes after the game that I loved. One was that the Kachchuck's like doors were always open in the village. Like they were like we were just hanging the whole time. Just the boys hanging out. The the roster construction I wanted to talk about because I feel like there and we can we can get to the Canadians being just the sorest losers possible, but I feel like they're kind of missing a little bit of the point of this roster construction where they like Bill Garren said we they're milk drinkers and whiskey drinkers. We got whiskey drinkers. They did the grit and grind.

1:24:05 Like we didn't keep we didn't have all of our goal scorers, our best goal scorers. We wanted to go defense first and grit and grind guys. So when you watch a game like that and they're hanging on for their dear life and they're like look like they're getting outplayed, that was kind of by design how they were going to try to beat him like keep the game tight and try to score, you know, whether it be a late third period goal or an OT goal. So that's that was what he his vision worked

1:24:31 100%. And you couldn't be more dead on. You build from the back end out and we had the be the best goalie in the world and our defense is way better than Canada, but then if you look at the forward group, it's not even close. Like the Canadian team is is incredible. They they are absolutely stacked. You know, you see it during the game. They dominate at times. They they have world worldass players. Probably three of the best players in the world with Mar McKinnon and McDavid. But it's one of those things like you said, they built the right team. And I I had talked to Bill Zitto who was an assistant GM or I'm not sure what his uh role on the team was and he was like we're building this for to beat one team and one team only and that's Canada. So they they went in there knowing they had to do that and they did it. They they went out there and did it. And I remember I think it was for uh world world championship

1:25:21 or world oh it was the world cup. I think it was in like 20 2020 or something like that or 2016. I forget what what tournament it was. And you know, USA was like, "We're going to bring a bunch of uh grinders and third line guys that shut down teams." But nowadays, our best grinders are our best players. The Jack Eels, the Austin Matthews, like yeah, those guys are, you know, 40 40 goal guys or 60 goal guys, but they're also very responsible all over the ice. They don't they don't cheat the game. They don't just look for offense. They're hard on back checks.

1:25:54 They're hard on for checks. So I think we have the luxury now as a country where you know you're not just taking guys who are good at their jobs and is being a checking forward. You your checking forwards are also your studs. So whatever USA hockeyy's doing and it starts with the NDTP uh a lot of those guys played together growing up. It's uh you know for those who don't those of you who don't know it's like a 16 to 18 years old. you know, they take the best American players around the around the country and they play together all year like a team and and and it's a three-year program, I believe, and they just work out, go to school, and play hockey, and they travel around. And a lot of those guys came from that as basically grassroots players. And, you know, you see what it's done for the league. And I can imagine Canada's going to copy them. They're going to try to do something like that because it's working

1:26:44 now. You're seeing the work that's been put in for the last 20 years of of this program and now it's taken over. You win the women's, you win the men's, you you know, I think World Juniors, we didn't win this this year, but we won the last two. It it's just one of those things as a as a fan and a proud American to see what they're doing is just incredible.

1:27:03 The you mentioned, by the way, the the the three guys. I that was the other part that I love the complaints about the threeon three deciding gold when when you have McDavid McKinnon and Macar as your threeon three who are on the ice when you lost you should never lose with those three guys those are the best three like they're built for threeon-ree hockey that it's like a cheat code and like so to complain afterwards you should like your chances in threeon three

1:27:30 yeah it's one of those things I think either country whether you win or lose you would have said if you win You love the threeon three. If you lose, you hate it.

1:27:37 No, not us. No, we would have we would have lost with class. Yeah. Yeah. I We We said going into this tournament that doesn't matter. Threeon-ree. You got That's Guess what, Yans? When you have enough time to prepare for this tournament, you have to account for threeon-ree possibilities. That's part of creating the roster. That's part of of hiring your coach and and figuring out the strategy. The fact that we were more prepared than Canada was, that that's a point for us. Like, if you if you don't like it, then just get better at it.

1:28:02 Yeah. Or or maybe score when it's five on three. Or maybe just cuz you had that.

1:28:06 Maybe just don't uh miss a wide open net if you're Nathan McKinnon. Yeah. How about that? There's a lot of that.

1:28:11 Or or how about don't cheat in curling and then put a curse on your hockey team.

1:28:16 Facts. And McKinnon like I He's obviously going to going to get a lot of [ __ ] He also kind of [ __ ] up in overtime too, not playing the puck. Is that right?

1:28:25 Yeah. There was a couple things. The the back check wasn't great. I I can't remember who it was and you know obviously don't want to call guys out but on on the goal in overtime it was Zach Rowinsky who's who's a defenseman an offensive guy who's a great skater but you know he's in his own end and he ends up winning the race to the puck and gets the puck to Jack Hughes who Jack Hughes beat two guys up the ice but it's one of those things where if that's them and and we aren't backtracking we're going to be pissed at our play so I'm sure guys are going to be pissed about guys not backing stuff, but at the end of the day, the three on three in PFT, you made a great point. Like,

1:29:03 great point. You know, it's going to be threeon three, you know, like it's whether you're going to change your roster or change, you know, how you play the game or who you bring, doesn't matter. Like, you do know, and that's that's one of those things that Billy Garren again, he he deserves all the credit in the world getting the right. Did you see the clip of uh Mike Sullivan saying before Jack Hughes went on the ice, he was like, "He's going to score us this goal." And he knew it because

1:29:25 they could he took that penalty late. Like if that's an NHL season, a guy takes a penalty late, puts your team down when you're up a man, he you might not get another shift for the rest of the game. But he had faith in him. He had faith in that Jack would show up and and man, did he ever. How good is that?

1:29:41 Did you see his quote? He didn't want to end up on Barcel Sports. Yeah, that's what he said after.

1:29:45 Exactly. He was thinking about ending up on Barcel Sports when he's in the penalty box. My question for you is who who specifically do you think he was worried about talking about him on Barcel Sports? Probably Biz.

1:29:57 Gota. Yeah, probably Biz or Dave or you guys. Like I mean basically Mincy, anyone. Any any of the big hitters.

1:30:05 I thought I thought it was probably Frank the Tank. Yeah, he's got a lot of experience dealing with Frank the Tank. Like Frank the Tank might be rent free in his head.

1:30:13 That's true. Wow. Good point. Holy [ __ ] Yeah. No, but I mean that's a that's a legitimate fear in in any athletes minds when when you do mess up and you're sitting in that penalty, but there's no lonelier feeling than sitting in that penalty box when your team is down and you got to kill a penalty. But how about that five on three kill?

1:30:32 Yeah. Yeah. Incredible. Like that's you said I think it was 18 for 18 on penalty kills in the tournament. It was uh it was insane because you felt like that entire the entire second period then parts of the third period you're like the ice is so tilted. This is just like any moment it feels like it could be a a three-goal game and they just toughed it out. It's Helbuck was unbelievable. I mean that was just the saves he made were just he was just nails all game.

1:30:59 Yeah. And you know some people probably Canadians will say some of the uh saves were lucky but at the end of the day he made them. And and and we made a Whit made a good point when we were watching the game before the game started. He said, "I just want to see USA score first to see how it goes." Cuz usually we're chasing in those games. And you know, when you're chasing a team like that, it can get out of hand cuz then you you're not playing your systems. You're not you're not playing the way the coach tells you to. You're trying to score a goal. But th this got up a goal.

1:31:28 And I think what you said, Big Cat, is the way that their roster was constructed was to win a game when they were up one- nothing or going into overtime. and they just felt they felt that way that uh that they could win that way and they did and it's you know man it's it's unbelievable. Yeah, it it's great because it really was like they never they they never were going to like they never were going to beat we were never going to beat Canada by four goals, but if you could just get them into like basically drag them into the deep waters and be like, "Hey, let's get it so that it's, you know, one late goal wins this thing, you got a chance." The um the the one thing I wanted to bring up and and this is kind of all class on me and PFT's side. uh and I think you'd agree did not say anything to Whit afterwards about his boy uh winning MVP of the entire Olympics in another losing effort. That's just what he does now. Uh

1:32:24 do we have Yeah, they voted on it after the first period. I uh I I just issued a congratulatory tweet notirect at Whit. I just said like I I think I said congrats welldeserved. Yeah,

1:32:36 because Conor McDavid he was the MVP of the men's Olympic tournament which is a big deal. like that is the biggest that's the most prestigious award that you can have outside of winning the gold. So, I wanted to acknowledge it. How did Whit feel after the game was I I know he's rooting hard for the US. I don't want to accuse him of having like split allegiance. No, he's not. But he definitely he definitely he feels for uh for McDavid. So,

1:32:58 I I'd imagine it's something like he's going to wake up in like tomorrow and kind of reassess and be like, "Oh, [ __ ] Everyone's going to be able to make fun of me for that." Even though this, you know, obviously 100% rooting for US, but it's it is funny that this is now twice McDavid has won MVP in a losing effort. That's his thing. That is officially his thing.

1:33:18 It also just goes to show you how good he was. I obviously it was voted on in between the first period because Connor Hobach should have won that. I I don't care if he gave up 50 goals before that game. The way he played that game, he should have MVP. But yeah, it it is also like Conor McDavid, he's got to play a meaningful game, not against Matthew Kachchuck cuz like it's anytime anytime it means something if Matthew's out there as a as a fan of if you're rooting for the team that Matthew's on, you got to think that you got a chance to win.

1:33:50 And uh yeah, I honestly you got to feel bad for him a little bit. And I'm sure he's going to hear it a lot, but

1:33:56 No, not us. No, we're not going to say anything. We're classy guys. No, I mean listen, he ate our lunch in that exhibition last year. Like they won the Four Nations All-Star game fair and square. And so we can't really say anything to us. Like if we try to bring something up to Big Data, he could just be like, "Hey, point to the banner on the wall.

1:34:16 Four Nations champion, also Olympic MVP of the entire tournament." And then that's going to shut us up. So I wouldn't dare say

1:34:23 anything. Anytime I anytime I play in a big game, I'm going to be the best player. Not that I'm going to win it, but

1:34:28 the best player out there. Yeah, he's the best player out there. He's the best player out there.

1:34:32 What's great about this is Austin Matthews, like Bis was kind of right. It's kind of like the opposite. Bis was rooting for Canada obviously and he roots for the Maple Leafs. He cheers on Austin Matthews. Austin Matthews can win the big one big time. So, I guess credit to Bis. He was right this whole time.

1:34:47 No, no, no. He just had to get away from Biz to win the big one. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, that's a good point, too.

1:34:55 That makes sense. Yeah. It's not It has nothing to do with Yeah. He And but honestly, we were talking about it as well. It's like a lot of these guys realistically, you know, some guys know whether you're later in your career, if you're not on a a team that's a cup contender, like you might not have a chance to win a Stanley Cup. So, this is it, right? Like this can cement your name in in legacy. And a guy like Austin Matthew, although he's young and will have chances to win the Stanley Cup, like if he looked back and they lost this game and whatever happens in his career, like that would be bad.

1:35:29 But he has this now that he went out there and and you know, captain the United States to a to a gold medal. So unbelievable for him. And you know, for now he has to go back to Canada. I don't know how I don't know how that'll all be. But how about during the four nations when USA beat Canada in uh in the round robin or whatever and then everyone all the Canadians are saying oh this is just the exhibition game and then they win and they're like oh this is a big deal this is we'll take credit for this but no no it was an exhibition for this tournament that happened today.

1:36:03 Yeah. And then after today it was oh three on three like I mean McKinnon even said it was probably the the saddest quote of all time when he was just like you guys can be the judge of who is the better team today. Well I I I will USA won two to1. What are you talking about? We don't He wants it to be a figure skating where there's judges after

1:36:22 like that's what he's basically asking for. He was waiting for the Russian judge to come in and be like yeah actually

1:36:28 yeah I'll give that one to France. It's like a boxing match. They get the compu box. Oh well, Canada had more shots, so we got to give them the win.

1:36:36 I thought an interesting stat if you look at the rivalry between our two great countries. You know, we're neighbors. Sometimes it's just, you know, you want to beat up on your neighbor more so than anyone else. And uh between the US and Canada this year, Canada lost the Stanley Cup to us. I'm counting that as a win for USA.

1:36:51 Uh and I believe that was six games, right? We won the World Series, too. Mhm. Our women's hockey team beat Canada

1:36:58 in Canada, by the way. That's true. Yeah. We went we we went on the road to Canada and won a World Series.

1:37:04 Our women's hockey team beat Canada for the gold medal. I don't know who won the MVP. So, they might be able to clap back pretty hard if it was if it was K. Okay. And then obviously our men's hockey team beat him. This is a bad year for Canada. Like what what can Canada do to get back off the map? Because I want a healthy rivalry.

1:37:23 I think they have to win the SEC right now. It's just like we've been stomping them out. I almost feel bad for them.

1:37:27 Yeah. I think they got to win an SEC football championship. That's pretty much it.

1:37:32 Have McGill College in Quebec in in Montreal. That's pretty much madness. Maybe

1:37:42 that would be the only way to really Yeah. like [ __ ] with us. It's like, yeah, McGill College just just whooped Georgia in Athens

1:37:50 and that would never happen. And that was their that was their whole thing. It's like, yeah, you guys have your stupid little football and your stupid little basketball. You can have that. We got our hockey. But no, no, no. We got it now, baby.

1:38:03 What do you What do you think that's like for the uh for the Canadian players? Cuz you were around back in 2010, right? When the when the two teams like get back together, the locker room comes back together. Like, how much shitalking is going to go down once these guys get back in their uh their professional team's locker room?

1:38:19 None really, to be honest. Everyone's kind of, you know, I think hockey players are really good at um, you know, kind of leaving the past being the past. It's I mean, these guys are flying on a plane back together after this game. Like I talked to Matthew Kachchuck before the tournament and he was like, "Yeah, like we have to fly back. If we're in the finals and Canada's in the finals, we're going to be on the same plane together coming back. Like I I cannot be on a plane with Canada if we lose. So, I am going to do everything in my possibility to win this game so I can have the best plane. It's going to be like soul plane on there just in one just in the first they they should have played for first class tickets and roach class tickets.

1:38:59 Yeah. Are they go They're going I saw they're going to Miami cuz New York's got a bunch of snow. They're I mean they have to go to They're like going to 11, right?

1:39:08 Oh, yeah. You got to go Yans. You think? Go meet up with them. Yeah, of course. If if they come here, I am one I already sent out the text to the guys that if they're here, I will be there and Blutman will be flying back.

1:39:21 Oh, wow. That was very That's a gracious move by you to to to text the guys being like, "Hey, just so you know, if you're going to 11, I I'll come."

1:39:28 Yeah, I'll pay. I'll pay. Cuz I mean, I think it was uh one of the interview I think it was Matthew Kachchuck talking about Connor Halabach saying he should never pay for another drink in the US. That's not just Hellabuk. All these guys, if you ever see them at the bar, grab them a beer. And if you know, I'm sure they'll offer to pay for it, but just as a proud American, buy them one beer, one glass of wine. Like, they deserve it to the to the utmost.

1:39:55 Can we can we play a quick what if for uh Canada, for our Canadian listeners? Uh

1:40:00 what if Sydney Crosby plays in this game healthy? That That's a That's a big thing, man. like it just like the experience, the seeing him on the ice, like him being able to calm down his teams as such a veteran and a guy that everyone looks to. I I'm I'm glad he wasn't I I feel bad that he wasn't out there. I feel horrible for him cuz I love the man and he's such a good player and what he's done for this league is amazing. But uh I I am as a American I'm glad he wasn't out there to play against us just cuz it could have been completely different like on that five on three like he could be a guy that gets a huge goal in overtime. He could be a guy that gets a huge goal. He's known for scoring golden goals. So I think I think it could have been a different game but guess what big cat he Yeah.

1:40:49 It it wasn't. All right. What another what if what if Connor Bernard's on the team and not Celabbrini? Well, Celabbrini was incredible, dude. The whole tournament,

1:40:58 but there was there was like obviously I have Blackhawks Twitter and people were like pointing out that Cabbrini has not won gold in any of like the juniors and like under 18 and and Connor Bernard has. So,

1:41:08 yeah, but yeah, cuz I mean uh Celabbrini's been having to play against the US and the World Juniors and can't beat him. So, um, yeah, I I don't I don't think anyone would take Celibbrini off that team, uh, even before the tournament started just because of how good of a year he's having. And Bard obviously if he didn't get hurt, probably could have been on that team. Um,

1:41:30 it's crazy how loaded they are. That was also like a trick question to be like, hey, remember they have like a bunch of guys they could have put on the team that would have been on our team and we still beat them. That line that they had with with Marshawn Bennett and Tom Wilson all playing together, that's crazy. That's some Wild Boy [ __ ] When I saw that's the line that they were rolling out there, I was like, they're just they're just going to beat the [ __ ] out of everybody.

1:41:51 And that that's got to be like that's a big feather in the cap for the US to be able to like outgrit and out grind that line who is like just designed to get under your skin and beat you up. Well, well, that started last year at Four Nations and honestly that's how Canada used to beat the US and Canada used to, you know, they obviously had the high-end talent, but you know, they had guys like, you know, the Jerome McGillness of the world, the, you know, Vinnie Laves, the guys that would fight and play hard and you were scared to be on the ice against. And I remember I think it was uh the the last Italy Olympics like like you know Todd Bertusi's like guys who were just tough guys to play against in pains in the asses but then USA did that they built their roster for that four nations um you know to have a little bit more grit to have the Kachchuck brothers to you know have the JT Millers and I honestly

1:42:47 kind of saw Canada almost copycatting USA by the way that they picked their roster by bringing bringing guys like Tom Wilson and Sam Bennett and uh Haggel's a rat out there and Maron's a rat out there and and for those of you who don't know, a rat is a compliment if you're a hockey player and play the way that those guys play. So, uh, I I honestly think Canada kind of looked at the US where usually they kind of just worried about themselves and picked their team, but I think they looked over at the US team and said, "Okay, they got some grit, they got some grind, and they had to match it a little bit, but our guys just did it a little bit better."

1:43:24 Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, so back to I I wanted to ask you about this because the threeon-ree, by the way, I like the threeon-ree because my kids are little and they were kind of like my my oldest at for the first period. He was kind of watching with me, but you know, kids like a six-year-old's attention span's going to go, but then when we got to overtime, I had the whole family come up and I was like, "Hey, this is going to end soon, so let's all sit and watch." They all like watch. I was like, "It's going to be soon." So it was like I could actually enjoy that moment with them. But I

1:43:53 Were you guys going nuts in the living room? Nuts. Absolutely nuts. I was [ __ ] losing my mind. I mean, it was such an awesome awesome game. And it was just like I was I was just like buzzing the whole day. I I don't know. I I'm sure you you obviously feel it more than us, but like

1:44:07 the whole day I was just kind of smiling and walking around being like, "Yeah, we're the [ __ ] best." Like we're the best. But after the game, the Johnny Gudro and you have the Johnny Hockey shirt behind you. I got a little teareyed. I'll be honest. like I was I was kind of tearing up in my living room. Uh it's an incredible story. He would have been for people who don't know, he would have been on the team. He and his brother tragically uh were killed by a drunk driver last summer the weekend their their sister was getting married. And to have his whole family out there and his son his it was his son's second birthday. Um like you you knew him. You guys had him on Chicklets.

1:44:44 Like it's got to be awesome to to see that like all these guys that played with him and have this moment and share this moment with his family.

1:44:52 Yeah. And I think, you know, no matter who you are, if you don't think that um, you know, there's something else out in this world where a guy like Johnny was looking over them and sorry, getting a little emotional, but

1:45:08 yeah, he would have been he would have been on that team, man, and he was looking over them and they won it for him. Like he he he meant something to that team. He played with those guys and to see his family up there and Meredith and the kids, it was it was amazing and it it brings back memories of him and, you know, watching him and hanging out with him, but especially watching him on the ice and doing what he loves and, you know, the fact that he he wasn't able to play in that is is brutal, but he was looking over the boys, man. And he he found them a way to win that game. And uh credit credit to to the guys to keeping him, you know, in their spirits and and having him in that locker room. And credit to USA hockey and whoever brought them his family over and and Meredith and the kids and you know, Mr. and Mrs.

1:46:03 Gudro um just first class first class out of them by doing that. And you know, he he he he's up there right now having a beer, smiling. Him and his brother Matt Matt and Johnny are up there, man. They're they're they're having a good time right now. I can tell you that for free. Yeah, it it is. Uh it's just one of those moments that was just it was a special moment especially for like you win the gold, the team wins the gold and it was just almost instant that that Johnny's jersey was out there and you could tell right away like how much he means to all these guys and it's just these like sports mean a lot. Like sports are are important for all of us and I think it's like one of those days where you can take a step back and be like yeah we can say it's a silly game.

1:46:47 we can say, you know, oh, this or that or the other. Like sports mean a lot to people families relationships friendships, everything. So, it was it was really special. I mean, it was a special day all around. Really was.

1:47:00 One of the one of the best commercials I saw uh it was in the beginning of the Olympics and, you know, say it's a Chicago Bears fan and a and a Washington Commander fan sitting down and, you know, looking at each other wanting to fight and then they take off their hats or their jerseys and they put on a USA jersey. And you know, for 2 weeks, we're all fans together, right? We're all on the same team. Everyone's, you know, counting the medals and, you know, did you watch the curling? Did you watch the figure skating? Did you watch the bobsled? And then to finish it off with this hockey and uh, you know, getting that gold medal. It it it truly does mean that it shows you how much sports means to you know obviously for us we're we're bunch of idiots talking about the game but you know even just for happiness and enjoyment like after the game me and my buddies the couple buddies picked me up in the golf cart

1:47:48 and we drove down to the bar and you know the the fire trucks are going around with the USA flags and and people going nuts and and this is just a little small town in Florida. It's not like you're in a Minnesota, Michigan or Massachusetts. So, it it meant a lot to the the whole uh country and man is it good to be bleeding red, white, and blue.

1:48:08 It really is cool. It's going to be it's going to be very interesting to see how this impacts the future of hockey in America, too, because you get the ramifications. Like, there's a bunch of kids out there that, you know, 8 to 12 years old watching this that might not have ever focused on hockey that now want to play hockey, want to make that their sport. And then that's going to those are going to be the same kids that in you know 15 20 years we're going to see in the Olympics and it can only get better from here. Like seeing this as a possibility to win the gold medal. I feel like that's going to that's going to be massive for the future of US hockey.

1:48:39 Mhm. 100%. Cuz the 19 before 1980s, you know, there wasn't a lot of Americans in the NHL, if any. uh you could probably fact check it but I don't think Americans started being uh not accepted but you know more looked at to be playing in the NHL. So that 1980s Olympic gold medal meant so much for guys like me as an American hockey player to be able to live out your dream and play in the NHL. And this this game right now I I what it meant to the world and and you know it's not it's it's one of those things too where you know you're going to get kids from you know different cultures, different backgrounds, uh different different neighborhoods playing hockey that never did. And you know I thought was cool is 12 12 states were represented. You got Alaska, Michigan, Ohio Minnesota Massachusetts Colorado, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Arizona, m uh Missouri, and Montana. So some of those are not

1:49:38 traditional hockey markets like the 1980 teams was probably strictly, you know, Michigan, Minnesota, and Massachusetts, right? So the these to have states like that that have guys representing is is incredible. And you're seeing that effect from the 1980s. And I cannot wait to see where where it uh where this takes us cuz there's going to be a lot of parents who, you know, either their kids are young right now that bring their kid down to the local rank and sign them up or, you know, 15year-old kids who never played hockey in 5 years, 10 years get married, they are like, I'm putting my kid in hockey cuz I watched that game. So it it's going to mean, you know,

1:50:16 you look back and you know, people say, "Oh, it means more than it's more than just the game or whatever." But things like this I I truly believe are more than a game for what it what it can what it can mean for a sport.

1:50:26 Yeah. If if you're Jack Hughes, do you consider not fixing the teeth at all? I would consider just just having that be my look for forever. Like that is that is the best badge of honor you can ever have. Like yeah, I shattered my teeth. I sliced them diagonally. But right before I scored the game-winning goal in the gold medal game for the Olympics,

1:50:45 I I would call the Olympics and say, "Uh, can you send me the phone number of the guy that you guys used to make the gold medals?" And I would just have a gold grill. You would never see I would only have gold teeth in. And yeah, that's about Yeah, but I mean obviously the nerves hanging out are probably bother him right now and he wants to get them fixed quick, but it's a uh that that is an unbelievable photo that is going to live forever of just, you know, just it just truly talks about how hockey players, you know, what it means.

1:51:14 You know, you think of hockey players, you think missing teeth, whatever. And that that truly is it right there. Like you you sacrifice everything. Like those guys don't care. If he lost every single one of his teeth, believe me, he would not give a [ __ ] Like, the amount of time he's going to spend in the in the dentist chair doesn't compare to the joy that he that he had a couple hours ago.

1:51:36 Yeah. Yeah. Um, all right, Yans. Uh, everyone tune in to Spit and Chicklets. Uh, if you want to get more on this game, because I do. I know. I certainly do. And I want to listen to Biz Cry. Uh, which would be great. Uh, I got one last question. Robback question. Rhobac.com. Promo code take 20% off your first purchase. QZips, polos, hoodies, joggers, shorts, rowback.com, promo code take. Do you feel at all bad about the torture chamber you put me in on Thursday night?

1:52:03 No, not at all. Okay. So, for people who don't know, uh, no one knows actually in this room.

1:52:07 No. We had Biz and Wit on and, uh, I said I texted Grenell and I was like, he's like, "Do you want to do Yans too?" And I was like, "It's probably going to be a lot on Zoom." I mean, you heard with Biz and Wit like we it was it was probably hard to listen to just everyone talking at once. I was like, "And we'd like to save him for Sunday." And in the interview, I said, "Yans is our favorite and he's the one who's actually in AWL listens the most." Yans texted me after we interviewed him. He's like, "You just interviewed those two guys in my house.

1:52:37 The disrespect." And then spent the entire night basically being like, "I'm so upset at you. Like, I don't I I'm not I'm not listening anymore." And meanwhile, I'm curling for seven hours like like physically dying. And I just like go I'll like I'll like throw like 15 rocks in a row and I'll go back to my phone and Yans will just be like the fact that you did this to me is so disgusting. I was just like I don't KNOW IF HE'S MAD or not. You're a dick. You were you were [ __ ] with me the whole time. Oh yeah. I had I had to go pick up my kids from school anyway so it worked out perfect. But I would I wouldn't have been able to do it anyway. So it was uh No, I mean you got to as if you like you out of all people like

1:53:21 course I would have picked up I think I would have picked up on it if I wasn't at this [ __ ] curling rink because I was literally like in and out of communication and I tried to call you and you kept on screening my call and not picking up and I was like oh god damn it. I kept on saying sorry over and over.

1:53:37 Do you want the card? We can we can give you a card like good for one free appearance on part of my take

1:53:43 at a time of your choosing. Yeah. like you get you get to call that in. All right, I'll take that. Is this the first ever?

1:53:49 I think we talked about giving it to somebody else, right? And I should say I think you're the first one to ever actually get it. Yeah, we'll we'll send it to you.

1:53:56 I should say the the mistake was not um Wit because Wit is an AW. I know that for a fact. I think he also has the record for most appearances. So, we owe a lot to Wit.

1:54:05 Biz we could have just thrown in the trash. That one you you he you one of your texts was, "Do you think Biz ever listened to your stupid podcast?" He's like, I've been listening every day for six years. The disrespect.

1:54:19 But I also get it. You want an American and a Canadian on Yeah. I I had to give it to you. I mean, you torture you torture people all day long. You torture my fair.

1:54:28 You torture my poor boy Hank after the Super Bowl. That's not true. We didn't torture him.

1:54:34 How did we torture him? Listen, he doesn't, you know, championships don't come around every year. He He needed this.

1:54:41 He did need this. every other year. Yeah, he needed this. He needed this. What we did to Hank was no different from what we've done to Max in the past. When he loses,

1:54:50 when any of us lose, you got to face the music. I thought I thought we're very nice to Hank actually.

1:54:54 Yeah, we are nice to Hank. Hank has a good thing. Is Max Is Max Canadian? Good question.

1:55:00 What does that mean? Oh, no. I meant Italian. There you go. Would you If it was Italy verse US, well who

1:55:07 US for sure? Oh, we got World Baseball Classic coming up. We got we got more American pride.

1:55:13 You might make the Italy team. I I there was a there was a point in time in my day where I was like, I think I could actually play on this team.

1:55:22 There was a kid on my that that played for Italy that I played with in college. I played for Italy. He was I mean, he was better than me.

1:55:28 Yeah, it was the same caliber guy. Yeah. Um hey, I wish if they had open triyouts and you guys sent Max, that would be the best.

1:55:37 Yeah. Let me see the roster here. It would be It would be crazy. There's a bunch of dudes with with vowels their last names.

1:55:43 Coming out of retire was Veto Fishia. Veto Fcia. Shout out Veto. Yeah, Max, we can get you on that team.

1:55:52 Wait, Yans, last question because I had to once I woke up on Friday morning and realized you had been [ __ ] with me after being curling all night. Did you for any second buy that I canled Blutman coming to Florida? No, because I was talking to him while he was like going on to his plane.

1:56:11 Yeah. So, yeah. No, I was like I I like figured it out late. Yeah. And then I was like, I can get him back by saying I'm canceling this.

1:56:21 Bman is the absolute best. You got to let him into the celebration next time though. The Cy has to be more inclusive. It felt like you guys

1:56:28 were like discriminating against Gingers. It was like, yeah, keep keep your germs over there. Listen, you guys know more than anyone that guy can blend into a couch and we might not have seen him. Like he's he looks like a pillow basically. It's It's unbelievable how comfortable that guy can look on a couch. It truly truly is. I was showing he came to grab some beers with me and my buddies after the game and I was showing them his rap uh song.

1:56:54 Yeah. Which PFT, you did some of that, right? Yeah, I I produced it for him. Yeah.

1:56:59 Yeah. Incredible song. so mad that I just found out about this. Made my kids listen to it all day the other day. It's incredible, incredible uh track. If you if you've never heard it, it's called I'm Watching Ball by Liam Blutman. It's on Spotify. It's amazing. But he uh and but to my buddies um the cover of the thing is just him sitting on a couch just so comfortable and he's they were like, "So, what do you do all day?" He's like, "I just watch ball."

1:57:25 Yeah. He sits in the gambling cave with the lights off. Wait, what did Blutman drink? Did he have like a milk or something?

1:57:32 No. What? So, fun fact about him, he's never had a sip of alcohol, never had any drugs. I asked him, I'm like, "You want a soda?" He told me he gave up soda cuz uh I guess he put out a tweet. He said, "I'm not having a soda till the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup." He's like, "Looks like I'm He goes, "Looks like I'm never having a soda again." Uh but no, he had he had a couple glasses of water. That's it. The guy is just pure pure class. He

1:57:57 is. He's the best. I I I appreciate that he tried to get involved in the Sy because I think that's a big step. Usually he doesn't he's not a big fan of like, you know, being touched or touching people.

1:58:08 Yeah. But he even him in a moment like that, he was like, I got to jump around with the boys for a second before he got kind of

1:58:15 Yeah. I'll never do that again. I'm never going to celebrate again. But that was that was as as like animated as the man will ever get. And it was nice to watch. Hey, speaking of animation, Busy Boy, I think um I think he wanted to bring Oldie into my house. And after the his antics the other day of wearing a a banana hammock around my backyard, I called the front gate and I said, "If anyone by the name of Oldie shows up, he's not allowed." As much as I love Oldie and would do anything for him, I did not need his good vibes for Canada in my house. So, I I'm pretty sure Biz had that up his sleeve of trying to bring Oldie in cuz Oldie is in Florida right now. And

1:58:55 I put a Kai Bos to that real quick cuz that could have been that could have been the turning point for uh for Canada if he came in.

1:59:01 And also you Yeah. You had you had Bis walking around with a boner and then if you had Oldie with his side flaps, it's like you're you're going to get some questions from your wife and kids being like, "Dad, what are you doing?" So,

1:59:11 they probably would have just started [ __ ] That's fair. That's that's completely fair. when Biz, credit to Biz, when he did uh pull out the Man Keiny and and that turned Canada's game around the other day strictly because of that. But he um I told him cuz that was on Friday the kids were in school and I said, "Hey, listen. On Sunday we can't do that. Like my my family's going to be home. You can't." He's like, "No, no, no. I would never."

1:59:35 But little did he know my family wasn't home. They were away. So I still haven't even told him that. So, I think he he he might have he might have pulled it off after like the second if it was tied up or going into overtime. I think he would have done it. So, I had to I had to keep that one to myself. And uh you know, we we just didn't need any good Canada guju going around my house.

1:59:55 No. And it's a it's a conf it's a really tough day for Biz because he's like it's good and bad. He Canada lost, but Bonnie Blue is pregnant, so he's going to be a father. Like, it's a crazy day for him.

2:00:05 Congrats, Busy Boy. Busy Blue. Some guys know how to finish in the crease. Nathan McKinnon can learn a lot from Biz.

2:00:14 All right, Yans, you're the best, man. Uh, congrats. Awesome, awesome, awesome day. And thank you for coming on, man.

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2:02:12 That's microsoft.com/m365 copilot. Check it out today. And now, here is Zach Dregorio. Okay, we now welcome on a very very very special guest. He is a US Olympian. He's in Italy right now. It is Zach D. Gregorios. Uh he is uh Italian, a great Italian name. And uh he's a Olympian for the team USA in the luge. Double luge.

2:02:40 Double luge. Yeah, we get all the jokes for it. But uh yeah. Okay. Can you explain to me how you you got got into luge and how anyone gets into luge because that's the part that we can't really understand is like one day you wake up and you're like, "Hey, I'm a loser."

2:02:55 Yeah, it's it's pretty random. Um not many people know what lu is in the US. So, um we have recruitment weekends in different cities around the country throughout the summer where it's like same thing, luled, but um it has rollerblade wheels on the on the bottom of it. So then you just go down like a little hill. They set up like cones for a little course and that's how they find like I think it's like 95% of the US national team for for luge.

2:03:22 Wait, so so they they basically like hey here's like a free ride for kids and then and you're like that was [ __ ] fun. How old were you when you when you first did it?

2:03:31 I was 10 and I did the try out with my brother and he was 12. So we like did it. It was next to like an ice cream place and stuff. We just did it because it looked fun and it took me a lot further than I thought it was going to.

2:03:42 I love that these that makes perfect sense now. Now I understand why some of you're you're you're a 10-year-old kid getting ice cream with your brother and they're like, "Hey, want to go fast down this hill?"

2:03:52 It's basically parents that are looking to like get their kids off their hands for about like 15 minutes and they're like, "Actually, you were really good at that." Yeah. So, what what um what do you look for in a loser? Like if you're if you're designing a a looser in a lab, like what are the skill sets that this person has to have? What are the strengths they have to have?

2:04:10 Yeah, it's there's a size component to it, but like when you're recruiting nine year olds, who knows what they're going to look like in in 10 years, 15 years, but um you want someone taller that is heavier. And um yeah, for the base it's like just how coachable a kid is because if you got like a bunch of little shits on our development team, it's going to be pretty hard to

2:04:32 deal with that. Um so yeah, I don't know fully what goes into all of it, but we have normally about a hundred kids a weekend and they'll pick like two or three from that to invite them back up to Lake Biden.

2:04:44 So you want somebody that that's that's tall and heavy. That that seems counterintuitive. Why is that? It's because um it's a gravity sport. So, it's all just about, you know, weight, but also aerodynamics. So, um those are like two of the bigger bigger things. And then once you get to the higher levels, it matters more for for the technical side of it.

2:05:03 What are your measurables? I'm 6'1 and uh 210bs. So, Oh, okay. Yeah. So, that's that's you're you're that's a good build. That's a strong man.

2:05:13 Do you have to train? Like, are you fast, too? Uh, not like I don't have to sprint, but um we we lift. So like the whole summer we're based in Lake Placid and it's five days a week in the weight room and stuff like that. So you have to work out and stuff. I mean it's a lot of core because where you steer on your legs, you're holding them up the whole time. So it's not a not that easy on the body as as it looks. Um you're not just laying there as it as it seems for most.

2:05:38 Yeah. So all right. So then single luge, double luge like what is that process? You're like, "Hey, you know, would be more fun if I was lying on another guy."

2:05:47 Pretty much. Yeah. So, we got bored during COVID. Had to experiment and um started started doubles. But, no, it's it's most people start in singles and then doubles felt like an extra challenge with COVID and it was two years out from um the Beijing games and we were like, "Fuck it. Let's let's go for it. Change up the direction and worked out."

2:06:06 Okay. Are is there a difference in like uh in in how you do doubles luge as opposed to singles? like difference in technique.

2:06:14 Yeah. I mean, it's the same track, but um you have to basically do half the job without knowing what the other half is going to do. So,

2:06:23 I'm on top. I need to know what the guy below me is going to do. And if things go wrong, I basically have to guess what he's going to do. And kind of vice versa for him, too. So, it's this weird teammate aspect of it.

2:06:36 How did you figure out who was going to be on top and who's going to be on bottom?

2:06:39 Yeah. Were you Yeah. Were you like, I'm just a top No. Um it's it's about um height. So it's just for aerodynamics.

2:06:46 Got it. Big spoon, little spoon. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Wait. So then so so now I I kind of understand this is fascinating. I understand how we find our luge athletes in America. In the rest of the world, is it like a super popular sport that kids are just doing it all the time? And like what countries are dominating?

2:07:04 Yeah, Germany. It's like wild. Um they have like clubs everywhere and from kids like 5 years old to people who are like 60 still doing luj for their like club team. So um the US is pretty sparse on that. But then Italy does natural luge which you got to look that up if you haven't seen that. It's it's pretty wild. It's like it's like real sledding but they go on ice as well and it's like through the woods.

2:07:30 Oh yeah. And that's how they recruit. And then Austria is pretty big for it too. So all the kind of places you'd expect to be way too into sledding. So

2:07:41 Okay. And then and then like Wait, did you go to college or did you just were you like I'm committed to being a loser?

2:07:47 I do online college now. I kind of had to commit in like eighth grade or so. It was like you're either going to go spend your winters in Europe or go to college. So picked spending my winters in Europe.

2:07:59 That's cool. Wait, so did you go did you get like uh homeschooled and stuff because you were like I'm committing to losing?

2:08:05 No, I did public school up until I graduated. Um but then like my junior year of high school, I missed 110 out of the 180 days and they're they're pretty done with me and trying to get me to switch to online. And then uh COVID happened my senior year. So

2:08:22 by the way, I'm watching I just pulled up the natural luge. This is the coolest sport ever. This is just You're just sledding.

2:08:29 Yeah. Yeah, it's sledding. And we're kind of happy that people haven't realized how cool Natural Lu is in that sense cuz like spectator standpoint, we know luge looks pretty similar to to an untrained eye. So natural luge, there's a little bit bigger of crashes.

2:08:44 Yeah, it's like F1 on a mountain. It's pretty cool. Uh so when you're um when you're competing in natural luge like this, actually, you know what we were talking about? Uh why don't they do two losers at the same time or like multiple people on the track at the same time? I feel like watching that it would be more similar to like a horse race people get into that as opposed to just like you're competing against the clock. Have they Have they ever tried to do that?

2:09:10 They haven't done that. Um I think just safety wise like you're going 90 miles per hour so if you hit into someone going that fast get pretty pretty ugly pretty quick.

2:09:19 That is pretty fast. Yeah. Yeah. Team relay. If you guys haven't seen the team relay, that's that's like our bread and butter for luge. That's what I'd recommend like anyone who wants to watch, especially because it's like US verse Canada verse Germany verse Austria. It's it's not like one person goes down four times. It's it's one go.

2:09:37 Yeah. Who's the uh who's the goat? Yeah. In terms of losing, like who's the one guy that we can look at and be like that's nobody will ever touch what that guy did?

2:09:45 Arman Zler from Italy was pretty pretty up there. Um he like every Olympics he went to he won. So or he didn't win but he won a medal. Um and yeah I think it was four or five Olympics in a row. So that was pretty nuts. But yeah and then just the Germans in general like any of their top teams. The Tobies for doubles. They're

2:10:06 the Tobies. Yeah. Both their first names are Toby. That's perfect. Yeah. And they went before this Olympics, they went six for six on gold medals and then this Olympics they did bronze and gold. So,

2:10:20 and what like tell me cuz I I was watching some of the luge and some of the bob sled and it feels like every single time is within like milliseconds of each other. What is the difference between winning and like is it is it a move they made or is it an angle they took? Like what what is it? How do you get better at luge when you've been doing it for so long? Like what's the what's what are the tweaks you're making?

2:10:45 Yeah, it's it comes into more than just sliding, like how you slide down the track. So, you can lose a race real easy with making a big mistake or something like that. But when you're looking at that top five, everyone's so experienced and and so well trained that they're not going to make any big mistake, but instead it's going to be, you know, how much can you push your setup? So, we don't go on like razor. It's not like a hockey blade where it's like a sharp sharp angle into the ice. Um, it's almost like the side of a table, like that sharpness going into the ice. So, the less, you know, grip you have, the faster you're going to go. So, whoever kind of risks it the most and then also makes it down clean is going to gonna be the winner.

2:11:27 Yeah. Have there been any big cheating scandals in Luj? Not like any specific. It's it's just like little things. It's kind of like any racing series where someone will kind of alter the rules, find the gray zone, and go from there. We're not like ski jumping where they have a big one nowadays.

2:11:45 Yeah. You're not injecting your penis with like silicon to make the the suit a little bit bigger. No.

2:11:50 Or we're not doing the little double touch from from the Canadians. From the Canadians. They're cheating. Dirty.

2:11:55 Have you uh What's the worst crash you've been in? I went in a uh at the last Olympics um like when we were in China. I had a pretty gnarly like full blackout concussion.

2:12:08 Holy [ __ ] Thought I was back in Massachusetts and didn't know the date by like three weeks. So So that one was pretty rough, but I haven't broken a bone yet. So that's that's good. Just broke the brain for a little bit. Is it like is it super dangerous where you're like when you're going down you're like, "Hey, this could be the one that could like [ __ ] me up really bad."

2:12:28 You don't think about it too much for that, but it's more it's dangerous for untrained people to come in like starting 10 like you grow up with it, but when other nations will come in and you know look at it as I can make the Olympics in four years, that's when you see some pretty bad crashes.

2:12:46 Yeah. Yeah. Um, I also saw you're you're an only fans athlete. What is what is that? Do you do they give you like a do they give you like they reload your wallet or something? What what happens there?

2:12:58 Yeah. So, I mean, loser isn't a big sport, so we're not going to get any Nike deals or anything like that. If Bar stool wants to bring back, you know, having athletes, let me know.

2:13:06 I listen, if you make the next Olympics, I think you being the part of my take loser would be awesome.

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2:13:18 Thank you. Thank you. I'm still too many now. So So what what happens with the with like you're just you're just only you're just like, "Hey, I'm an Only Fans athlete. Like go go go jerk off, guys."

2:13:29 No, I mean I I post like um all the random [ __ ] that we do, you know, in the village or what it takes to get into the Olympics and all that stuff because yeah, it's a it's a weird niche sport that Yeah. trying to show off the other side of it and Only Fans has helped me out on that side.

2:13:45 All right. Well, let's help you out right now. So, Zach is an Only Fans athlete. Go sign up for Only Fans or go, you know, and use promo code Zack.

2:13:55 Perfect. Do you have a promo code? You should get a promo code. Well, I got my account, so they just need a sub to me.

2:14:00 Oh, okay. So, I like that. And will you do like reviews? If somebody sends you like them losing, will you rate their their form?

2:14:07 Yeah, I'll rate their form. Like, that's the only rating I'll do. Yeah, you got too much going in there.

2:14:12 No, that's good. I actually our theory is that uh when it comes to the Olympics, like there's always a story that there's not enough condoms in the Olympic Village and we think that they do that on purpose every year just so that people will talk about how there's not enough condoms. Uh are there just is it just filled with hot people walking around all the time?

2:14:30 There's there's some good-looking people here for sure. Um, but yeah, I don't know the condom thing, like so many people sent me that when it was like, oh, in 3 days. But in Beijing, anywhere you walked, there's just like a basket of condoms. So, you just walk by, you like, yep, grabbing some of those. And like, it's not even that everyone's having sex everywhere, but it's more just like if you have a condom that says, you know, Milan Cortino Olympics. Yeah.

2:14:53 That's pretty funny. So, yeah. It's like getting a pin or something from a Exactly.

2:14:57 Yeah. It's collect I have condoms from six different Olympic games. Yeah. So, collect all the rings.

2:15:02 Well, though that's kind of like a a cell phone being like I have all these condoms that aren't used. Yeah.

2:15:07 Yeah. The uh So, like in terms of Olympic Village, is there a specific country that you found yourself like hanging out with more that's like the chillest country or anything?

2:15:16 Um I mean like my best friend's on the Italian team and and it's pretty good to have a best friend at the home Olympics. So,

2:15:22 yeah, we kind of ran show for for a couple days there where it was just like all right, what events we going to? And it was a good party right after after we finished up racing. So that's that was the best I think.

2:15:33 Are you in the Olympic dorm right now? Yeah. You want to see it? Yeah. Well, can we see it? Okay.

2:15:38 So, everyone gets I'm packing right now, but um here's like what the room looks like.

2:15:45 Oh, so it's literally like a dorm room. Yeah. Yeah. That's kind of sick. It's not bad at all.

2:15:50 Yeah, it's not bad. Yeah. And they all talk about the cardboard beds, too. That's That's not a thing. I don't know. I think Paris maybe, but not here. Yeah.

2:15:57 Yeah. How do you um how do you determine if some guys going to be a loser or doing the skeleton? Like are some guys just that guy goes face down?

2:16:07 Yeah, skeleton normally starts later. Um and you have to be able to sprint for skeleton. So I can't sprint well so I do luge.

2:16:15 Okay. And is there a rivalry between luj and bobsled? Um kind of just in the sense of like bobsled. I feel like everyone knows bobsled, especially because like Jamaican bobsled team, right?

2:16:27 Yeah. Um not as many know luge, but then we're like technically the fastest sport on ice is like our like claim to fame. So then

2:16:37 but now since Whistler uh Olympics, they lowered like our start height there because there's like the crash, the bad crash there.

2:16:46 Yeah. In 2010. Um, so now they technically probably go faster like overall because they still go from the top of that track.

2:16:55 What um, so how competitive is it to make the US Olympic team? So you've made it two years or or two Olympics in a row. Are you like are you in the prime? How long can you do this for?

2:17:07 I'm going to try to do it for eight more with Salt Lake coming up. Um, but we'll see. Like this year was pretty tough cuz like doubles you think is probably the smallest and stuff like that but you know for the qualification period we have seven or five races and you needed to be like pretty much you had to have at least one result in the top five

2:17:28 or actually better than a top two to make it into to our team. Um, some years there's off years where the team's like not as stacked, but this year was pretty good year for the US team and it was pretty tough.

2:17:42 How many double losers do we send? Two. Oh, so it's just you and your your partner?

2:17:47 No, like four. Four. Okay. Yeah. And how like are you like best friends with your partner? How long have you been double losing with him? So, I've I started doing doubles with him in 2020 with COVID and then um I've known him since probably 2013. We used to race against each other.

2:18:05 Okay. So, you like, "Oh, our powers combined, but that's got to be like you you have you have his life in your hands, he has your life in like it's got to be like a pretty close relationship."

2:18:15 Yeah. Very like Yeah, we've we've spent a lot of time together. So, yeah. Know each other well. Do you have any uh any messages for all the youth out there that are listening that think maybe one day I could be on the Olympic team as a loser? Like what should they start practicing right now?

2:18:28 Cool. I don't know if they should really start practicing. Just go find lu and try it. Come up to Lake Bid. We'll let anyone try it and yeah, share the sport.

2:18:37 How much does it suck to to to do a sport that if you say it fast enough, it sounds like we're calling you a loser? Um, the worst was like probably once I just started and every single like middle school teacher thought that was the best joke in the world. But other than that, it's been pretty mellow since.

2:18:55 Yeah, cuz like that's that's got to be like at least I I assume every loser has had that experience of being like, "Oh, all right. [ __ ] you, dude." Like I get it. It's lu. Yeah, it sounds like lose. I got it. Cool. That's Every Loser probably has had that exact same experience. Yeah, we get like probably the same four jokes just repeated to us the entire time. So, you get used to them, but yeah, we want some creativity on it.

2:19:20 I mean, dude, you're an Olympic athlete. You could just [ __ ] flex on them and be like like we we joke around, but I just I did curling last night and I have a new respect for curling. I I think other than in this room, other than Hank probably dominating women's slalom, I don't think any of us could even come close to being an Olympic athlete.

2:19:38 Definitely not. You guys got to come up to Lake Plasta though. Come try You can try Lu Skeleton and Bobside. We'll get you guys on sleds.

2:19:45 That actually sounds really a great time. I would love to do that. Can you Can you do it in the summer?

2:19:50 Um, not as much, but we can like kind of pretend it, you know, like we have a facility

2:19:55 where we like train and stuff, but you're only going to go like 15 miles per hour. But in the winter, we can get you going like, you know, 40, 50.

2:20:03 I kind of want to try this now. Next winter like a winter grit week. I got to do it. Double luge. Double luge. Max and Hank.

2:20:12 Oh yeah. It sucks that we like kind of started liking the Olympics right after they're done.

2:20:16 This is what happens every time. We did. We remind ourselves that we can like it.

2:20:21 Did you get that tattoo? Yeah. I got the Oh, hell yes. I love that. Dude, you have to get it. Like you can't That's that's basically why you go to the Olympics so you can get that tattoo.

2:20:31 What do you think about journalists that like an iron man? Yeah. If a journalist goes to cover the Olympics and they get the Olympic rings tattooed, is that is that inbounds?

2:20:40 Yeah, you can't do that one. But the funniest was when I was getting the tattoo, the guy was like, "Oh, are you a big fan of the Olympics?"

2:20:48 Wait. All right. So, along those same lines, what if uh hypothetically speaking, one of the idiots that works at Bar Stool is on a box lacrosse team for Czechoslovakia or Czech Republic or Czech Czech?

2:21:01 Yeah. One of those three. uh Slovakia, one of those three. And I have uh funded their team with uh some money for jerseys and stuff. And if they're they're probably not going to make the Olympics, but they're going to try to qualify for the Olympics in LA. If they make the Olympics and I keep funding the team, can I get the tattoo?

2:21:19 I think you got to coach them for like a quarter of the game and then then I'd say yeah. But

2:21:24 also, if it's not America, I mean, yeah, this if you want to be a trader, you can get them.

2:21:28 I don't give a [ __ ] dude. Hey, listen. If you if you told me that I could walk out in the opening ceremonies, I don't care who it is for. That would be the coolest thing ever.

2:21:36 North Korea cat. Define fine. Done. Done. Done. That's That would be the coolest experience ever. Is the walk out is the opening ceremony is just like awesome.

2:21:45 Yeah, it's pretty nails. Like especially I mean this one was cool because it was through Cortina for us. So, it was like small town vibe and like high-fiving everyone. But Beijing was a massive stadium and it's like

2:21:58 it's big American flag waving underneath the Olympic rings and like I was always a big Shawn White fan so I was like right behind him walking through it and that was that was a cool one.

2:22:09 How much how much free time do you have on your hands during the actual Olympics? I'm I'm sure it varies sport by sport but you always see some of the people like showing up to support the other teams. a good bit for us because we compete in the first like few days. So, um once I finished up on the 11th, I've just kind of been bouncing around and going going to different events. So, I just actually got back from that women's curling game. I don't know if you guys saw that, but

2:22:31 it was ending. Sick. The US lost, but a sick sick game. The Swiss ladies, they're just assassins. They were just waiting the entire time. They're like, "Okay, that's cute. We'll go and throw the perfect stone now."

2:22:44 Yeah. See you. It was like full coldface. I don't know what her name is, but their their older lady on the Swiss team there, she was she was a killer. She was not messing around.

2:22:54 Not to bring up uh like a bad thought, but like what is the what is it like after the Olympics? Is there a little bit of a Well, damn, I can't believe that's over cuz it's such a big buildup and it's every four years is kind I wish they did the Olympics every two years. It would be awesome if it was just we always just had an Olympics going on. Uh, but is it what happens when you get back and like what happens the next few months? Are you training right away or are you just like, "All right, I can chill out for a little bit."

2:23:20 Yeah, there's like that one week of where you're just like, "What do I do like for all of it?" Um, but then normally I go on vacation and drink enough to not not worry about that and then by the time I get back um back into it. So, I'll start training again in somewhere in April or so and yeah, get back into it. Are there are there any sick like video games that kids can get into to play like winter Olympic sports?

2:23:46 They used to have the one on Wii. It was like the Sonic and Mario or something Olympic games. We need to make We need to make another one.

2:23:54 Yeah, we do. There used to be one on like I'm dating myself, but like Super Nintendo and I think Nintendo 64 back in the day, but we need to upgrade that to to the new generation of consoles. I feel like if you had an awesome Olympic video game like in VR, kids would love that [ __ ] VR would be sick. They should get a VR thing because I mean we even like trained a little bit VR stuff getting ready because they built this venue just for the Olympics. So it's so you never tried it before and like every other track you tried for you know eight years in a row and then this one it's like brand new. So

2:24:26 what uh how many times you think you've gone down a lose track in your life? Well, I mean it's normally like 300 runs probably on average every year. So 300 times 14. I'm not not too good at math. So,

2:24:39 neither are we. That's going to be That's a lot. The answer's a lot. We'll get that answer to you like I don't know in a week and a half.

2:24:44 Maybe next Olympics. Hold on. I'm I took out my calculator. 4200. Damn, that's a lot of runs.

2:24:49 Have you ever been in the zone? In the zone? Yeah. Like like everything's going perfect on the track for you.

2:24:55 Yeah. Once and we won that race. So, I've I've been chasing that high. But it's like it's like golf when you're having a good round in golf where it just like feels so easy. It's it's very same vibe. So, yeah. What was that run like when you were in the zone?

2:25:10 Uh, I thought like, you know, pulled off, laid down, and then was almost like thinking not at all about luj and that seemed to work. It was just letting the body do what it needed to.

2:25:20 I love that. It's almost like surfing, like a spiritual experience a little bit.

2:25:24 Yeah. Yeah. Some weird flow to to luge where if it's going good, it it feels very good, but um once it goes bad, you find out quick.

2:25:33 It snaps you out of it. Yeah. Mhm. What have they ever tried? Triple luch? No, but once you guys come up, we can try it if you want. Find a big enough sled.

2:25:42 Dude, imagine if we What about quad? Triple. Get the whole podcast on the luge.

2:25:48 I feel like this is how they loo like the evolution of uh like shaving razors. Let's do two blades. You know what? Let's do three.

2:25:55 Oh man. What if we did four? That would be so sick. It just might be a little topheavy. That's That's our only problem. I think the start and how to top heavy it is, we might flip pretty quick.

2:26:05 Yeah. So, you just need somebody with like giant legs, like fat ass legs to be the the last guy on top.

2:26:11 Well, no, you need someone on the bottom like massive. The biggest guy is be bottom for that way. So then it's like a little pyramid coming up like the little uh

2:26:21 BFT pyramid would be so funny. Like Cat in the Hat. Yeah. Yeah. I love that. I think we go Yeah. like Mir Max, memes, Zach, Hank, PFT on top. We're ready to go.

2:26:34 That sounds good. Then we get Zah. Yeah, then we get Zah. We to finish it off. It's ready to go. Um, uh, I have one last question. Robback question. RHOBA bac.com, promo code take. 20% off your first purchase. QZips, polos, hoodies, joggers, shorts. Robback.com, promo code take. Uh, so we talked about the tattoo. I'd imagine like when you're at on vacation and the tattoos out like it's gota it's got to help, right?

2:27:01 Yeah. I mean I I was 20 when I got it and now being only four years old there I'm like why did I get it so big and so in an open place cuz Yeah. Anytime I have a t-shirt on something

2:27:12 you knew you know why cuz so people can see. Yeah. Yeah. That's why I did it at first, but now I'm like, "All right." Like, I don't need to be in a bar in Souy and someone come up to me and be like, "Oh, were you in the Olympics?" And we'd be like, "I don't want to talk about Lu for another hour."

2:27:26 Yeah. But dude, listen. I I got to say, like, if you put all the tattoos out there in the world, I think the the Olympic uh rings is like the number one tattoo. If you went to the Olympics, you have to get it and you have to have it prominently featured. Every single person would do exactly what you did.

2:27:42 That's fair. I appreciate it. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Zach, this has been awesome, man. We really appreciate you coming on. If you're ever in Chicago, come by the office and uh we might take you up on that Lake Placid. That would be it sounds incredible.

2:27:54 And we want you to be a part of my take athlete because it is uh it's it's like a cool sport. Again, apologies for disrespecting the Winter Olympics the last two weeks. We do this pretty much. Yeah. I think every single time the Olympics come around, by the end of the Olympics, we're like, "Dude, that was awesome. I wish we still had the Olympics."

2:28:11 Yeah. I missed looking out flags. is just chanting USA over and over again. We're going to set a reminder next time for for the French Alps being like, "Hey, respect the Olympics before they come around."

2:28:21 What we'll do is we'll start talking about the Olympics like two weeks before the Olympics.

2:28:24 Yeah. And we'll get all of our hate out and then by the time the Olympics start, we'll be like, "This is awesome." And we'll enjoy the entire run of it.

2:28:31 Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Well, thanks, Zach. We really appreciate it, man. Thank you guys. Nice talking to you.

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2:29:15 Okay, good show, boys. Combine week. Like we said, football's back. Football is so back. We'll be in Indie and then we'll be back for the bar stool combine on Thursday.

2:29:27 Big twist. Huge twist. Biggest. Massive twist. Combine. What a twist it's going to be.

2:29:32 Get excited. We might be getting on peptides. So excited for this twist. So excited for this twist.

2:29:37 What's the twist again? It's huge. Uh, we can't say it. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, and reminder on Friday 8:00 a.m. the punishment stream is going to begin. Zach and Max will be streaming on the PMT YouTube and we'll be

2:29:51 8 a.m. Friday. 8 a.m. on Friday. And I I I'm I'm in for a solid uh like four hours on Friday afternoon.

2:30:00 Yeah, I'll put a shift in for sure. And then I'm also I also might do a stop by on Saturday, Zach.

2:30:06 Get the tats going. Yeah, we're gonna get new tattoos. Get the tats. Yeah, we're it's going to be right on the,

2:30:12 like we said, the 10 year anniversary of Pard My Takes. PFT and I are going to get

2:30:17 uh some PMT tattoos because we love the show. Hank is not Hank. To be fair to Hank, he already got the first part of my take tattoo

2:30:26 and then got it off. He got it removed. I still can't believe you got the dead layer.

2:30:32 Yeah. In Hank's defense, it was a a tattoo of a picture of a dead fish. Yeah. I don't know. I think we we probably did talk about on the show that was that was in the comedy special. But yeah, all time one of the biggest fuckups. I had to get it off my my leg cuz I hated it. Was a mistake that I just had to look at every corpse on your body.

2:30:48 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, "Oh, you got a picture of this fish." I was like, "Let me go take

2:30:51 a great fish. It's a great fish." Okay. Numbers six, 56, four. I might get a light. I don't know.

2:31:00 86. I'm going to go two. I might deuce 43 one 29 neck hurts so bad. Someone's got to get this soon.

2:31:16 Mhm. Got to get it going. Might just be a cold machine. This thing makes so much noise, but then it stops making noise.

2:31:24 I can't wait for the twist at the combine. Twist of the combine is incredible. You're going to [ __ ] freak. 45. Didn't we have 45 last night?

2:31:43 Yeah, we already had 45. Hot number. Hot number. All right. Happy birthday to uh George Frederick Handle, Andrew Wiggins. And

2:31:51 who the [ __ ] is that? He's a composer. Come on, dude. Andrew Wiggins, and Hope Solo.

2:31:55 What did he compose? Why do you keep stealing Hope Solo's moment? Music. He wrote music, dude.

2:32:02 Classical music. Awesome music. I think that's the Olympic theme. Yeah, he probably wrote that. Uh, but yeah, it's Hope Solo's birthday, so happy birthday.

2:32:19 That was Mozart. Oh, that was Mozart. Oh. Oh. Love you guys. Oh, P. Stay. We are. Max is the name of the dog. Love you guys.

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Who speaks in "Keith Yandle Talking Gold Medal Game, Olympic Luger Zach DiGregorio, CBB And Who's Back Of The Week"?

Keith Yandel (Guest), Zach DiGregorio (Guest), Pardon My Take Hosts (PMT Hosts: Big Cat, PFT, Hank) (Host).

What is "Keith Yandle Talking Gold Medal Game, Olympic Luger Zach DiGregorio, CBB And Who's Back Of The Week" about?

The discussion covers the Olympic gold medal game, insights from Keith Yandle and Zach DiGregorio on becoming a luge Olympian, plus a look at college basketball and a segment called "Who's Back of the Week," with additional notes on ticket deals from Game Time. It also includes light banter about national teams and multiple sports highlights.

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65 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Hockey, U.S.A., Canada, Olympics, Gold Medal, Jack Hughes. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

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The episode runs 2 h 33 min; the transcript is about 33,228 words in 750 timestamped sections.

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