Dude Perfect Judges Epic Fan Sports Fails with NBA Announcer Noah Eagle

Rolo to the basket, lays it in, no problem. Maybe this is Rolo instead. Pass, pass, sprint. Oh, look out! That was a collision! Almost! Hey! Almost Athletes! Almost! Almost Athletes! Almost! Almost! Welcome to Almost Athletes with Dude Perfect, a wave original. Follow the show on all social media at Almost Athletes. Like and subscribe to us on YouTube or listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. We're your hosts, Garrett. Ty. Spark. Man, back again, dude. At this point, you're just a regular. Thank you. You are a mainstay host. I appreciate it. I think you've only missed one episode, maybe. I like to be here. I enjoy it. I enjoy having you boys. It's your comfort place. Yeah. And yeah, we have our fingerprints written all over that. Me and Garrett. Yeah. Believe me, if we didn't want you here, you wouldn't be here, right? I feel it. It's our call? This is our call. What do we got, Spart? What do we got coming up? We've got a loaded episode. Really fun interview with Noah Eagle, NBA announcer. Actually, he's done a lot of announcing, but that's going to be fun. We're going to get into some almost athlete sport fail videos with Noah. We're going to answer some burning voicemails. But first, we had a crazy weekend at the NBA All-Star Game, so let's talk about it, boys. It was a fun weekend. It started Thursday night when you played in the Creator Cup. Yep. Blummed I couldn't be there. I say. I felt your presence. I said we'd play a couple highlights for the people watching. Yeah. Because you might have had a better performance than Cody. Wow. Wow. Yeah, I want to say that's a bold statement. I don't think it is. I don't think it was bold at all. I was thinking, well, I would hope so. I'm trying to keep people engaged here. Sure. It was a lot of fun. The level of competition was. It was better than this celebrity. Oh, it was. That's for sure. These guys were actually like hoopers. True hoopers. It was like when we went to the Champions League when Sony had us out, and we played in that soccer match over there. And you're like, oh, we're going to go against just Retton. And you're like, who are these guys? Yeah, it turns into a sink or swim situation very quickly. But no, dude. Game winner. Game winner. Manifest the game. I don't even know if you know this. I was announcing your first game. Yes. You saw me back there? I saw you at the booth, yeah. Yeah, so I was with Jesser, and they were asking me. They're like, hey, how would you put, like, if Sparky was in the, you know, the five of y'all, so six of y'all, where would he be basketball-wise? What do you think I said, like, as far as skill? I would hope near the top. I said you'd be right in the smack dab middle. That's what I said. Wow, I feel a little disrespected. Wow, here's my ranking. I can't wait to see where this goes. This is going to cause some fireworks. We're going to be revisiting this ranking in a future episode. So number one is going to shock you guys. It's going to shock you. Okay. But I put Kobe as number one. Here's why. I think you've lost me. Here's why. Here's why. Because he's an incredible shooter, and he plays incredible defense. He's a two-way player. And there's not a lot of two-way players that can be pluses and DP. Okay? Don't wait. I'm going to let you finish. Go ahead. Number two, I put Ty. Really? Number three, I put Sparks. Good episode today, guys. Yes. I appreciate it. Four, I put me. And then I just was like, who cares about the last two? You can interchange those guys. how you want, and that's going to get them, you know, when Cody and Corey listen to this, they are going to come. They're going to be fired up. But, okay, if you had to put some guy I want, where would you put yourself in the squad? Would you put yourself one? It's not my style to put myself one. See, it's not my style either, but I'd like to think so, given the fact that Kobe hasn't been able to guard me the last three weeks. Okay. That's a fair point. I've given him some buckets. What about you, Ty? See, I would actually say Corey is a better shot creator than Kobe. Like, if Kobe's not open and has an open three-point look, he's not a shot creator. He's not going to go take over on offense. That's why I have a hard time putting him at number one. Okay, that's fair. Twins are good players, though. That's fair. They are. They are. I think we're all across the board. Yeah, very good players. It's a tough ranking. I'm not going to say, like, and it's so close. Like, you can interchange a guy number one to six. Oh, we can change by the week, by the day, by the shot, really. I mean, when Cody is playing his best basketball, I think he's the best. But he has to make a layup when you're 6'6 against 5'8 guys, and he rarely does that at the office. Sure. Yeah, you hold it against Cody that he's got the natural God-given 6'5 frame. If he was just a regular 6-footer, he would be up there because he shoots threes. He does the things that guard plays. He likes to think he's a guard. He likes to do the guard things, but against us, he's a post, and he should be, and he should utilize that. Well, I appreciate the reverse psychology there because we just got off the weekend here at L.A., and I was maybe going to hang up the shoes for a bit, you just incentivized me to keep going. That's a good friend play. You got something to prove. That's a good friend play. I appreciate you. Yeah, you got to get grinded. Give me the drive I need. But you had yourself a game, and you called the game winner. Go watch it on social, literally, like, before the game. Our social guy was like, what are you thinking? You're like, I'm going to hit the game winner. This game. And he did. And you did. Manifested it. Yeah, you came out with some energy. You were the most energized creator for sure. I had the people going, too. Oh, yeah. People love. They were loving it. You put the spark in Sparky. It's a tough ranking. It is. Are you back to the ranking? I am. I'm stuck there. He's just like, dude, I'm stuck. I think you and Spark are the best shooters in the office. I would put my basketball IQ against anybody's basketball IQ. That doesn't get you athletically anywhere. It helps tremendously, though, just knowing where to be on the floor. I know where to go on the court. Now, I don't play a lot. Y'all play so much more than me. So you could argue that I'm six right now because I just don't play as much as you guys. Y'all are out there grinding every single day. But I do like to have hot takes on this. And so when Corey and Cody blow my phone up at midnight because I put them fifth and sixth, it's going to be great. Yeah. You know? Yeah. You know, you stirred the pot. Yeah. That's what a podcast is for, though. You got to get the people. A little stirring. Yeah. So as we're talking about Cody being six, let's go right into Cody's performance. Let's go into it. He was on a mission, a quest, to get a double-double, which we learned this after the game. there's been only one double-double in any celebrity way. All-star game. We did find that out. And it happened against Cody. Taco Fall, first double-double ever. And to take it one step further, 21 and 20. Yeah, it was a 20-20 game. When we decided to do a quest and say, Cody, get a double-double in an NBA all-star celebrity game, it was basically setting a Guinness World Record live for the people to see against an ex-NBA player, the tallest ever, Taco Fall 7-6. I think when we had the idea, it was like double-double Regis Philbin's going to be guarding him, sure. You know, and quickly. Regis. I think, is Regis alive? Regis is alive. Can I get a Regis live check? We might need to redo that intro. For some reason, I thought Regis was no longer with us. I think you're right, Ty. If he can't get a double-double against Regis, him being dead, that's tough. A Regis. Aretha Franklin is what I meant to say. No, no. Oh, is she? Oh, my God. Can we get an Aretha check? No, she's definitely. Aretha? Like Olivia Rodrigo. Okay, Olivia. Olivia Rodrigo. Yeah, that's what I meant. That's what we thought he was going to be playing against. Instead, he got Taco Tuesday. And, dude, he actually came out on a mission. So he got the start, and he came out on a mission. He had that three-pointer right off the bat. Yeah, right in our corner. Right in our corner. Had a couple rebounds, and you're like, dude, he is well on his way. This is possible. And then I think Taco Fall, you know when we played the Savannah Bananas? Yeah. And Cody started talking trash. Yeah. It started feeling realistic that we could win this thing. And then Billy locked in. Yeah. I think when Cody started doing a little shimmying against Taco, and Taco was like, I'm not letting this little guy beat me. And he turned it on. And so we finished with three plays. Yeah. But he had seven boards? five I think no it was over five he'd probably tell you seven he was set up to fail let's be honest boys he drew bottom line he drew a I'm not going to say impossible matchup but a brutal matchup it looked impossible and Taco played 90% of the game oh he never but he actually tried oh he played 90% of the game at a 100% effort level I don't think any first of all I don't think one of us do that much better at least the matchup's different I would love to play defense against him. That was crazy. Cody's never had a shot blocked and a three-pointer. And Taco jumps from basically the key and blocks that shot. Oh, my. He's never experienced that. No. A good pump fake there, though. See, that's the basketball IQ where you get him jumping once the throw. Sure, but he's never had to pump that, to your point. He's never had to pump that. Call me crazy, I think I'd go for 20 in that game. I do. I think it's set up for guards more than bigs. Yeah, I mean, you can get your open three. You get the right matchup. You get your open looks and just have a good shooting night. Cody, unfortunately, drew the guy who had a pair of aces in his hands. One year removed from the league. So do you think it's fair that NBA players playing the celeb game? I think like the Jason Williams type, once they're retired. Legends of the game, not one year removed. If they're still getting contracts, even overseas, it feels a little... I mean, even Jeremy Lin playing in the game is like, get Hakeem out there. You know, like get Olajuwon out there. There's got to be more middle ground because you can't have the bachelorette, you know, guarding Jeremy Lin. I don't think NBA players should – like, if you are two or three years removed, you should not be playing in the celebrity all-star game. Yeah, it's like AARP. You need to be almost, like, filing for retirement. That's what I'm saying. Olajuwon would have been great. Sure. Dr. J at 70. Who wouldn't want to see that? Yeah. Yeah. Who wouldn't want to see Dr. J? It will never happen because he just doesn't – I feel like he doesn't care about the NBA anymore. but like how amazing would it be to get MJ out there? He wouldn't do that. He would never do it. He would never do it. Of course, it would be cool. But that would be so cool. It would be probably more watched than the All-Star game. To get MJ to suit up, that would be sick. Now, if MJ signs up, let me go off for a double-double against MJ. Okay. Time me up. MJ and Bird. Deal. Speaking of MJ, did you see his driver won the Daytona 500? Steve was proud of him. Was Steve there the whole weekend with you guys? Yeah, I had a great time with Steve, man. He came out to support us on him and his mom and his brother. And his brother. Chase was awesome. Went to dinner with Chase after the game. What were the vibes like? You know, I think he was proud of Cody. He was. For trying. Yeah. He was a really good brother. He was. Absolutely. I don't know if it's ever going to see the light of day, but Chase cooked Cody on our basketball court for training. Like it was But she said it was the best he's ever played in his life Yeah, probably kind of drained some of Cody's confidence I think We've been a little too hard on him in training You think so? Maybe Maybe we didn't go hard enough though I do think if Cody This was all put together what? Probably three weeks ago Is when this all came about I think if Cody has the three month plan His dedication levels were great I'll give Cody his props on that You come up at midnight and grind People see it on your socials dude You're doing your little, I don't even know where you set your phone half the time to film this stuff. Yeah, dude. I'm an angle guy. I'm an angle guy. But you're getting angles that I've never seen before. Shout out our production team. It made me think about angles and b-roll for the first time in my life. All right. Well, let's move on to the All-Star game. What do you think of the new format? Yeah, being there firsthand, it was really cool. The effort level from the guys were off the charts. So that alone made it better than some of the All-Star games in the past. I don't know about the round-robin format. I still think where they're headed is the right direction. but I still think you could tweak it a little better. But all things considered, yeah, I wish that final game was a little more competitive, of course. But the three games before that were electric. Yeah, and the point I was making was they played, too. It was cool to actually see them go out there and play. Yeah, they were like hack-a-shack-ing. Wimby getting mad when he got that game-winner knocked down on him. Yeah. He was upset. Oh, he was really mad. I was like, Wimby, brother, it's okay. You've got a bright future. That's competitive, though, dude. You need that. Yeah. I thought the All-Star game was good. Like the young players brought some energy. It's kind of crazy. Like the era that we grew up in with like Steph, LeBron, like they're on their last leg. KD. They're about to all retire. Chris Paul just retired. We'll say LeBron's hairline makes me feel a little better. Yeah, man. He's lost a lot in the back. He's a high profile guy and up close and personal. I was like, okay, man, if he's willing to have the sunroof open, then we can take the top off. Maybe you and him can go to Turkey together, dude. That'd be cool video, wouldn't it? Comment below if you want to see me go with LeBron to Turkey. We bond, man. He loves me. He just doesn't know it yet. But there it is right there. Yeah. A little H transplant. I'm going to hold you to that, dude. Yeah. I really would love to do that outdoor video. I don't care what it lands on. There's stuff we could do in Turkey and then SideQuest hair transplant. Y'all celebrated Valentine's Day in LA. Yeah. Took Cody and Allie to the beach. I celebrated it 33,000 feet in the air. so yeah we uh weather delayed us got on the plane at 6 a.m landed at 5 p.m i think the production team even got got it worse some of those guys who were going out mid-afternoon it was tough but yeah me and the dude uh we had a nice little you know we shared a coke zero together you did yeah he was he was great man we shared phone plugs and everything it was a good it's a good bonding session between me and the guy how was v-day overall yeah mine was great dude once i got home cooked some steaks uh the kiddos made some chocolate mousse out of avocados yeah no sugar in it how do you get the chocolate the cacao how do you say it cacao powder into the avocados yeah yeah you're speaking that's like tb12 type stuff it was tb12 tom would be very impressed you would. Tom, I finished it off with two cookie societies. I had to get actual sugar. Got it. Not for the kids, but just for you. Yeah, well, you know, dude, I have a really bad, I have a bad habit of like sitting in my house at like 8 p.m. and be like, dude, I really need cookie society. Who doesn't though? And I door dash four of them. I don't know why. I could just door dash one. I was there last night. And I ended up eating all four by the next morning. Those are the toughest hours for me. I went into the pantry. 8 to 11 p.m. It's so easy to let your guard down now. Chewy chips ahoy in the pantry, and I was like... You pounded them? No, I didn't. I showed restraint, went to the fridge, pickled okra, four of them. Pounded four pickled okras. Yeah, I should have gone with the cookie. Yeah, that sounds horrible, dude. No wonder you're in a bad mood today. I'm not in a bad mood. You're a little edgy. Yeah, dude. A little edgy. I wouldn't say bad mood. I mean, pickled okra would put anybody in a tough spot. Dude, I wanted the chewy chips ahoy, but... Milano mom? Trying to be better. The old sneak to the pantry Milano's. Yeah. Yeah. Well, should we talk about the big news in college football? What's that? That we're trying to get a 2014 playoff. That is a lot of teams. It is. That is a lot of teams. And so they had a document circulating what it would be like this last year. Had A&M No. 7, still think that's a disgrace of a – I still don't understand how Tech and Oregon are above us, but it's fine. I love this, though. I do like the 2014. I just don't know what it does to the state of college football. Like Kurt Herbstreit's like basically blow up college football. Did you see this? Where he wants to create the 60-team super conference? Yeah, well, that's where we're headed is the 60-team super conference. I know, but that just ruins – it's going to be like telling your kids, well, you know, guys, we had these things called VHSs, you know, back in the day. It's like we had this great format in college football, and then now it's just a money pit. I feel like you're just turning this into March Madness. You have your upsets, but generally, you're – Basketball is easier to upset in. One seed, you're not losing. I feel like football, you are really risking your best teams not making it to the final four if you go to this big of an expansion where you've got to win that many games. The top eight get buys in here. So I think they get – I think the top four get – is it just one buy still? Yeah, it is just one buy. Yeah, it's one buy. Yeah, because Indiana's playing a USC-Arizona, which is not a guaranteed win, to your point. Sure. Like those teams, you know, you have one off game. You're like, you could be in trouble. Here would be my counter argument. One, I feel like college football, the state of college football is already in shambles. So it's like, how could we already make it worse than what it is? Two, I think it's a great way to determine the actual national champion. Three, I love the fact that the second round now would be hosted. I feel bad for the teams that have been the buys and they don't get to host. Every game except the national championship should be hosted at college. Correct. Every game. Yes. They're depriving fan bases of what would be an electric atmosphere. That's what I think NIT does well. I think women's college basketball does well in the March. They have them at home. On campus. On campus. They reward the schools for good. I think March Madness should go, but it's a lot of travel for the kids. I get it. So what is the 23 plus one? What's the plus one? Like how does that get selected? Yeah, it's G5. Oh, the one group. And that's just voted by a board or what? Oh, yeah, it would be the best. The highest ranked champion. There's a lot of subjectivity to that because, again, UNT this year. I was a little perturbed we're not on that list, though it obviously is a hypothetical and doesn't matter. But JMU made it, so they had Tulane and JMU. So I guess it would be one guaranteed and with the chance at more at-larges. another counter argument would be yes we're kind of nfl-ing this but now the fbs level dude we're up to 137 schools you know it's not the nfl where there's 30 teams i think you need a bigger playoff bracket just based off how many teams there are yeah but how many teams are actually capable of hanging in this group i think this like 24 i mean nfl you've got what four teams a year that's just It's like, okay, beginning of the season, no chance. Sure. But college football, you're talking about 50 teams that have no shot realistically putting up any kind of performance against schools of this caliber. Fair. But you could make an argument a program like Michigan at 18. They catch a heater. They could make a run. You know? For sure. And it keeps your Texas fans, you know, at a 24-team playoff, you can't say, hey, we got left out. No, you can't. It's unfair. At that point in the game, there's none of that. There will be, but it's going to be way less of like an argument. Smaller fan bases with a less loud voice. I felt like that was a shot. No, it wasn't a shot. That was a fact. Can I show you all something? I just wanted to show the people because I'm proud of it. I brought something. What did you bring? I'm proud of her. It's my child. This is Wendy. I just wanted to show my travel fan. People know. New travel fan? Yeah, look at this thing. Oh, that's that Instagram one. Yeah, it's a three-speeder. I spent ridiculous money on this. only like 50 bucks but wow and that can go in a carry-on it's a three exactly with the extendo oh dude you can put that on a four if you needed to this is windy hey can i uh yeah you need it does it is it blowing oh yeah oh yeah oh is it blowing let me go up to oh that is level three that's the problem is i'm like a jet engine at home yeah it's not enough for you i think it's kind of well known at least amongst the boys that i've slept in with a fan in my face since my rookie season in 91. Yeah. And I've never changed. And it started with Rotunda, my first three speed. She was a jet engine. What happened to Rotunda? Did she eventually just pass away? I don't want to talk about it. She's no longer with us, Ty. Okay. This is Wendy. We're talking about Wendy. No, no, no, I know. I'm proud of Wendy. She's disobedient at times. Go sit down. Is that a play on Wendy? Yeah, it's like wind, you know, but it's actually a name, Wendy. Okay. We'll get to her later. She's being disobedient. Sitting time out. Okay. I mean, yeah, I sleep with a fan in my face every night, and so that's the first thing I pack on every trip. I mean, there's been many trips that we've been on with Spark where we're headed to the hotel, and then it's panic hits, and we're in the car, and he's like, dude, I got to stop at Walmart. I got to stop somewhere. It's happened at least two or three times, which it should never happen. Yeah. Now, how is this going to incorporate into Spark in the Dark? I mean, I feel like this is something we kind of need to— Contestant number one. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I can just tell you right now, if there is an eligible bachelorette who is thinking about, hey, I think me and Spark would make a pretty good pair. If you are not okay with having a fan on at night, that's a deal killer. It's done. Just move on. I mean, you could be 100% everywhere else compatibility rating, and it's just not going to work. You're exactly right, Ty. Thank you for saying it for me. That, and I don't like the night. I don't like lights on. Yeah. I don't think a lot of people like lights on when they sleep. I think you're safer there. Sure. My wife personally does not like a fan on at night because she thinks it dries her nose out or something. I'm a big fan guy. And so there's times when I can get away with turning the fan on. But I've had to really kind of change my stance. Is it a noise thing? Is it a noise thing? Like a sensory thing? Oh, it's both. It's both. People are like, oh, it's just a white noise thing. I'm like, no, no, no. You need the airflow. It's an airflow thing too. It's the combo of the suit. Because you're a hot sleeper, what about getting a cooling mattress? Have you tried that? I could be... I feel like that's out of my budget. A cooling mattress? Oh, it's definitely out of your budget. It's what you said. It's out of your budget, but we can maybe get a sponsor for it. Yeah, maybe I can get heated tiles in my bathroom, too. Well, that's... Careful. You were talking about it, didn't you? No, I didn't. I didn't. We'll see if HR can throw in a little cooling mattress on your next bonus. You've got to hit the bonus, obviously. Sure. If you do. Hey, that's a way to incentivize me, though. Speaking of sleeping, almost sport this week, competitive sleeping. I'd be horrible at this. I wouldn't be good at this. We found an insane almost sport. We got a voicemail about the same topic. Let's hear the voicemail. Hi, dudes. My name is Levi, and my question is, is sleeping a sport or an almost sport? If it is a sport, I would consider myself a professional. All right, Levi, here's the only thing that you got working for you. There is a sport in the Olympics called the luge, and I think it's just as competitive as sleeping in my opinion. I mean, the double luge is just the weirdest. It is odd. Yeah. I've been wondering. And how do you determine who's on top or bottom? Anyways, my thing is, I think it might be an almost four. I think we'd be good for double luge, Ty. Yeah. But I just couldn't bring it up to you. I couldn't be like, hey, do you want to double luge with me? It's a tough convo to open up with somebody just because you don't know how to start that conversation. You've got to be really tight with somebody. And it had to come about by somebody who just missed the luge team and was like, well, maybe there should be a double luge. And then you get two more spots in there. I'm guessing that's how it was invented. I'm not sure. I don't think it's a sport. I don't think it's an almost sport. Competitive sleeping or luge? Well, both if we want to go there. But I was speaking about sleeping. Competitive sleeping. Let's watch the video before we are definitive answers here. Okay. Okay, so they're in a couch. Outside With an outside Oh indoors How do you determine The rules are simple You must remain asleep for as long as possible and the last one to wake up wins What if you really good at faking being asleep That's what I'm saying. How do you determine if somebody's actually asleep just by looking at them? With an eye mask, too. How do you? It's got to be heart rate. They've got to judge it off heart rate. But they don't know. Yeah, you do. Your heart rate. Yeah, it is heart rate. Okay. But what if I'm going for an 80-yard touchdown in my dream? Yeah. Oh, your heart rate will still be low. I'm going to have a spike. You'll still be low. You don't know my heart. Yeah, I do. I know that your heart rate drops when you sleep. It's called a resting heart rate for a reason. And the twins would, this might be where they should focus. I'd be horrible. Yeah, I would be too. I'd wake up when somebody breathes next to me. I have baby bladder issues too. I'm usually up at least once a night to use the restroom. Isn't the fan kind of an advantage? Are you allowed to use sleeping? There's no fans. That feels like 98 baseball. you know bonds and mcguire okay obviously which dude would be best at this it's the twins right i don't know cody cody goes to hibernation every once in a while we like are on like a on a van driving for 10 hours and they're like on the floor of the van yeah which i get very envious of you you have that ability to gear we're like mid-conversation on a plane i look over and you're asleep i'm like i wish i could do that i'm a five minute guy you give me five minutes and it's like life-giving. Which is just wild. You think your wife would be better at this time? No. No, she's the lightest sleeper of all time. She's even lighter. Yeah, and I've gotten to be a bad sleeper, I feel like, as I get older. This age, man. Testosterone. I feel like I'm awake every 15 minutes at night. It's getting worse, too. I'm concerned about myself. I'm the type of guy who stacks like five consecutive horrible nights of sleep and then one slumber. That's where I'm at right now in my sleep life. Hey, let me help you out, Sparks. This is just me to you. Let's put the PlayStation up, okay? And before 1 a.m. Let's try it. No screen. Maybe read a book. It should make them more tired. But the PlayStation needs company, too. You know? I'm just trying to be a good father. I'm trying to be a good father. You got a father to your PlayStation and you're dating your fan, Wendy. It's a weird... I've got to come clean. Why? That father thing. Your boys. We bonded on that trip. We definitely did, but there was one moment that you didn't even realize that happened oh no poor bethany was grabbing personal pan pizzas her hands were full and the boys needed to use the restroom and i could tell she was i was like beth i got it i got it don't worry i'll take him to the bathroom your youngest i don't think he hit the urinal he sprayed himself and it's one of those things he's not my kid it's like oh dude it was just retman was just fire hosing yes yes just flying around i think i even got hit two urinals down. I didn't tell Bethany. And we were trying to wash hands and your oldest, Barrett, was already out the door and so your youngest just kind of applied water and was like, that's good, buddy. And we went back to the seat and I never told Bethany. Yeah, the Tony boys in their bathroom habits, like I think urine is sterile though. So, I think it's fine. I mean, dude, you don't even wash hands, dude. You soap. Yeah, I also don't pee all over myself. That's true. Oh, dude. Look, man, like you can't You can't pick and choose here. You're either using soap or you're not. Yeah. And, you know, just because you get a little urine on the hands, you're just going to automatically be a soap guy? Yeah. Don't be hypocritical, man. You're either in or you're out. Okay. And you're a non-soap guy. Okay. All right. Next time you get a little, you know. A little splash back. A little splash, it's fine. Just wipe it on the jeans, move on. Yeah. If nothing else, it was a bonding experience for us, but. I did have somebody come up to me the other day. I took a picture with a kid somewhere, and somebody came up and asked, what do you do? and I told him I was the world's largest manufacturer of urinal cakes. They were really confused, obviously. Dude, perfect urinal cakes. Dude, Target is Target practice. Yeah. My kids need it, too. Maybe that should be a next competitive sport. Can you hit the water? Maybe our next rant is I feel like toilet seats are getting hit at a remarkable. Do you all agree? It's like any bathroom you walk into, including your own. And I'm like, I don't even remember hitting the seat. I do have a bad habit of not pulling up the seat. It's so true. Yeah, but I just don't miss like that. I mean, it's crazy you walk into some of these places and you're like, how did this happen? Was there an earthquake? Midstream? I don't understand. Yeah. Have you noticed it worsening over the years? Is this a part of culture we're losing? I got to say, guys, I've lied to the people. Urine is not sterile. Okay. Okay. I thought it was. Maybe that's dog urine. Look at dog urine. Is dog urine sterile? I don't know where you're getting your urine facts, but I don't know that you're going to the correct source. Say dog urine, dude. Just type in dog urine, bro. No, no. Even healthy dogs. Yeah, darn. Well, it will build immunity. Worst case. One way to look at it. Oh, one more thing I actually remembered. Before we moved to the Olympics? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Because the bonding with Allison, too. It was a lot of fun hanging out with them. Allison, she said she had an elementary school teacher that was looking out for me. And I didn't tell her. I got too scared in the moment. I turned it down. But Allison, give me more info on her. There might be an op there. What? I just remembered Allison. She's trying to hook me up with her. She wants to date you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Got it. And I got too scared in the moment, and I turned it down. But I want to know more. Thank you, Allison, for looking out for me. So now you're coming clean and saying that you want to know more. Yeah, I'd like to know a little more. Allison is one of our most loyal listeners, so she'll hear it. She will. She's a loyal wife, too, putting up with codes, man. He's tough. Yeah. I actually thought about that. I mean, that dude brought 15 pairs of shoes, bought another pair of shoes while he was there. And then wore one pair of shoes the whole time. And then the outfits he had were radical over the off-line break. They were loud, but he was feeling himself. He was confident Cody, and I let him go. You didn't like it, Ty, did you? I just thought he was putting way too much effort into the outfit and not enough into the game. I mean, a little bit of hustle goes a long way, and maybe one less pair of shoes, you'd be able to have that. I don't know. Maybe not the ninja headband. Yeah. Leg sleeve. Yeah. Man, to think Steve went all that way and missed the Daytona 500 to watch that. Brutal. Should we talk about the Olympics? Sure. I feel bad. We already talked about the luge and bashed that. Anything else you want to bash about the Olympics? I didn't bash the double luge. I'm just wondering how you get to that point. Oh, I told you. Somebody got cut from the single luge, and they're like, well, we should do a double luge. Would you? No. Me and you? Maybe. Let's just talk about hockey because that's really – It's my favorite part of the win in the Olympics. And we just wrapped up group stage. USA got the second seed, Canada number one seed. Not shocking. No, it's not shocking at all. So they can't meet until the gold medal match? Well, I'm just hoping that Finland or somebody just can, as they play Canada, get the – Wear them down? Well, just win. Just beat them. It's knockout stage now. This afternoon, big game goes down. Go USA. Do you guys think hockey fighting should be allowed in the Olympics? Yes. It's part of the sport. Didn't it happen? I know you're not supposed to, but I think somebody might have dropped gloves. Yeah. Yeah, the Wilson guy, right? Yeah, Wilson. Wilson ejected. Yeah, I don't get that. What other sport do you just completely change the nature of the game for the Olympics? Fair. That's what makes hockey the greatest sport in the world. I mean, if you're going to fight somebody, you're going to pay your time in the box. Yeah, you have a five-minute. Yeah, I mean, that's part of the game. And then the other big thing that happened was Lindsey Vonn. I mean, I respect it. Yeah, dude. She got airlifted twice in nine days. That's something I never want to accomplish. She goes back out, and then she snaps her leg. I obviously don't like that she was injured. I love her mentality. The grit is. You know, she knew the risk going back out there and was like, yeah, I'm going to go try it. Double down. I mean, that is bullfighting stuff, dude. That's courage. Yeah, it is. That's courage. That's heart. That's tenacity. I respect the heck out of that. And so would Dale Brisby. He would. And that boy's cowboy. Yep. She's cowboy. That is. She is cowboy, for sure. At 41, too. And I think she might go, she's crazy enough to try another Olympics. Call me crazy. Well, I mean, when you're getting two care flights in nine days, you're built different. She almost had her leg amputated, and it's like, yeah, I'll go back out there. I love it. She's crazy. That's a perfect segue into our voicemail segment brought to you by DoorDash. When life gets crazy, DoorDash helps bring a little order to it. So do CareFlights. We'll bring an order to it. We got a lot of voicemails about the Olympics, but we're going to start with a question about family pets. We've already talked about both of these things. Since we love being a show you can watch as a family, we would love to settle your family arguments, answer your parenting questions, or hear your family's hot takes. Send us a voicemail, 972-805-8866, or you can also find the number at almostathletes.com. Let's check it out. I want to know your favorite food. And Tyler, would you prefer a pet snake or a pet alligator? Pet snake or pet alligator, which would be a better pet? Great question. You know, I think it's a bit determined on the size of the gator. I prefer to have pets in my house that can't kill me. Both can. No, no, that's where you're wrong. Non-venomous snake of smaller size, you'd have to really do something wrong. Alligators and the death rolls and the strongest bite force per any animal on Earth. Sheer mass, too. I believe it's 2,000 pounds per square inch of bite force from an alligator. You can check me on that. Elite levels of B-force. I'm sure they're urine stereo. Nailed that. I'm going to go pet snake, which I've had before. Wild caught pet snake was a venomous one. Got out, got loose in my house. Thankfully, I was able to recapture that and get him back in the cage before mom found out. But yeah, I'm going to go non-venomous pet snake over a gator for sure. Okay. Thank you for the question. You would absolutely trust Rhettman with the snake. I wouldn't trust him with a gator. Okay. Well, that answers the question. Next voicemail. Hi, I'm Heather from Colorado, and I'm watching the opening ceremony for the Olympics right now. And I was just wondering if you guys had to pick summer or winter Olympics, which one would you choose? My husband and I have been talking about it all day. Which one would you like more? And then which is your favorite sport in the Olympics? This is a pretty easy question. Yeah. I think this is our Texas heritage. heritage speaks into this. It's hard to relate to the winner. Let's just talk about winner. You got curling. Fun. Fun to play. Not so much to watch. Every time you turn on the Olympics right now, it's curling. Double lube. You got the luge. Double lube. Single and double. Then you got hockey. Bobsled. Figure skating, which I think is probably one of the more entertaining parts of Winter Olympics. It's like their gymnastics. I don't know how to judge it. Oh, it's gymnastics. Sure. Yeah, yeah. It's their version of gymnastics. Speed skating. I like the fly one. I think the speed skating is up there. The ski long jump looks like a Red Bull video. But see, here's the deal. I think it's hard because a lot of these Winter Olympics are judged subjectively. If you hit a twirl or a triple lux or whatever they call it, like the Americans getting, I feel, pretty robbed from the other, that one French judge who put France over. it's just subjective it's not like you're winning a race like it's like oh he clearly won he gets it you know right he they won a volleyball match they win like it's all subjective to me like the the uh ski jump you just said like is that distance based or is that like in the air base like i don't know mo so to me it's summer i think summer just has more like you don't like the half pipe or like any of the i think the half pipe is cool but again subjective how do you win a half pipe land the most moves that it's just a subjective thing yeah like it's like certain moves have point sets i i but but like they're so close like chloe kim and that girl from south korea to be fair yeah floor routine it is it is but like on gymnastics you got the bars where it's like you gotta get through the bars yeah i feel like you'd be great at uneven bars uh yeah my My sister was a state fan. It's in my blood. Was she? Yeah. Oh, I got to get the video of my sister's almost athlete. Yeah, we need that. Please. Please. It's the best one we've seen. Okay. It's on YouTube somewhere. I got to find it. Uneven bar crash. Okay. I think summer just takes more athletic, like athletic sports wise. You're going to make some people mad with that. I'm a summer guy. I'm a summer guy through and through. And again, it's because of the Texas heritage. I can't relate to like moles and stuff because I've been skiing twice, man. You know what I mean? It's just, it's hard. I respect them. I respect what it takes and the grind it takes to be an Olympic athlete. But I personally prefer some Olympics. What Lindsey Vonn does, no one really understands. I mean, going like 90 miles an hour down a mountain is truly insane. It takes a different level of athlete and courage. It's not only athlete. You're like, have a little like nitro circus in you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like you're like, you kind of want to, you're flirting with death. Right. Which is some serious stuff. Like the skeleton, you cross on the skeleton, like you're done. Right. So, yeah, like, winter has more, like, you could die doing the types of things they do. Like, I mean, you, half pipe, you fall on your neck wrong. Like, your life's over. So it's definitely more risk-reward and winter. But I just think summer has more enjoyable sports. It's a phenomenal question. I think it's geographically dependent. Comment below what you think, winter or summer, and why. I'll tell you what, when USA beats Canada in hockey, they're going to say summer. They're going to play that anthem. Boo it. I dare you. Oh Canada is beautiful song it is next question that was a great one what up do perfect big fan of the podcast I have a question for you today if squad games became an Olympic event where each country from around the world is sending their best five all-around athletes to compete in a playoff style five to seven game series to declare what country produces the best all-around athletes in the world one I'd love to hear your thoughts on that and two who are we as america sending to these games and is tyler tony making that list yeah wow this is a this is a this is a lot to dive in and honestly this is how war should be won yeah squad game style it's it's all based on that yeah you send your best five we're not competing to the death don't worry sure we're just this is an athlete competition just the best of seven athlete competition. And you weed the nations out. And if England wins, then they get their land back. I'll see England winning. Yeah, they blew a 13-colony lead. Yeah, they did blow a 13-colony lead. But if we had to pick the five athletes, who are we going with? That's a great question. It's a phenomenal question. I know there's several NFL guys, like an Adam Thielen, who was a five-sport kind of athlete in high school, and a lead at those. I'd start looking at that. Then you consider your LeBrons. You're just freak of nature athletes. Yeah, I just don't think any other country can. I'm going a little bit backwards here, but I just think the variety of sports in the U.S. is so much greater and has so much more participation across the board, which lends itself to the squad games competition style. They're like, obviously, we're going to get waxed in soccer and maybe a few other specialty sports. If you're sticking with the big five, big seven, I think USA walks away with it. You say that. You say the soccer thing. But remember, if you're England and you're like, we're going to throw soccer. You're trying to put guys up that can do other things. They're not all going to be soccer players. You're going to get backdoor badminted. You get those soccer guys trying to play basketball, and we've seen how that goes. Yeah, I think we're definitely privy to be the best at that. Now, I'm not sitting in like Tony Stewart, with all due respect. Yeah. But I'd like to think that the top five Americans are going to be pretty lethal. Yeah. And you're a part of those top five, Ty. Lethal meaning good athletic. Yeah, obviously. I think the Americans win that competition. But is Ty a part of the squad? I think so. I don't think so. Why not? You are all around pretty good at a lot of things. And you're an American, too. You're proud of it. I am very proud of it. And I would hustle my heart out. Exactly. But there's better athletes out there. I don't know, man. All around, tough to beat. There's better. I mean, we saw Keenan Allen. I mean, just say what you want. That guy's a better athlete than me. Football, basketball, he's in better shape. He's younger, I think, maybe by a little bit. But there's just another level. There's levels to this. There is, but you're so well-rounded. Maybe you're an old margin. Is broomball one of the competitions? What if skeet shooting is one of the competitions? I'm taking you over Keenan Allen, you know? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Unless Rock, Paper, Scissors is in it. I don't want any part of that. You are a liability. That's a great question, though. I love that question. I'm on fire today. Next question. Hey, what's up, dudes? My name is Daniel from Iowa. And with the upcoming Winter Olympics, I was thinking, what sport in both of the Olympics do you think is closest to being an almost sport? For me, in the Summer Olympics, it definitely has to be rhythmic gymnastics. If you don't know what that is, that is definitely an almost sport. And for the Winter Olympics, it's kind of controversial. It was hard to choose, but I've got to be honest, it might be curling. I mean, to me, that's the closest to being an almost sport out of the Winter Olympics. Let me know what you guys think. I wholeheartedly agree with you, Danny boy. I mean, and I'll be honest, I get confused with the luge, the skeleton, the double luge, the bobsled. It's all the same game. You run fast and jump on a little thing and it goes down ice. Curling is right up there with those to me. I'm sure I'll take some flack for that. But in my opinion, those are almost sports. Is it fair to say that if curling is in the Winter Olympics, why is bowling not in the Summer Olympics? Isn't that the equivalent? I think bowling is more of a sport than curling. A point? I think they just ran out of events in the Winter Olympics, and they're just throwing stuff at the wall. Yeah, the rhythmic gymnastics, though. I kind of forgot. Is that the one in the pool, or is that like? No, that's the ribbons and the toss the ball up. Oh, so that wasn't the Australian breakdancer? That was wild. Yeah, that's just breakdancing because that one's up the list for sure. That was just breakdancing, and again, it's breakdancing. It's not a sport. It's not even an almost sport. It's dancing. Do you guys feel like in 2028, me and Graham could win it? Do you guys feel like fencing? is... I don't even know what fencing is. That's the sword fighting. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, that's cool. He's actually phenomenal at fencing. I don't know how. It's actually remarkable. He's a great fencer. I think, yeah, there's more sport to fencing than there is the other ones. Rhythmic gymnastics? Yeah. Maybe I can find my way to the Olympics. That would be your that would be your Olympic event. No, fencing. It'd be a cool quest video to do one of these one-off events and see if you can go qualify. Fencing is all about reaction. You see, boom, it's reaction time. Yeah. It's a hand-eye reaction. That's it. Do you guys know that tug-of-war was actually an official Olympic sport? That doesn't surprise me. I see that's more of a – I get that. Yeah, that takes athleticism. 1900 to 1920 coordination. I don't want to offend people because we're going to get a lot of emails about how what we do is non-athletic. Look, I get it. That's why we're almost athletes. That is a good point, Ty. that you know we self-deprecate humor so uh we're almost olympians some would say yeah though i think the five dudes plus myself if we had the time synchronized swimming i think we could do a killer routine yeah uh that's where that person almost drowned though dude that lady had well yeah you gotta you gotta commit you gotta commit to the synchronized pistol dueling what a just classic lasted two years they're like yeah i'll probably do away with that motorboat racing that's a jones thing wow again you that's not you're using a boat yeah oh table tennis that actually that's a good one what's trampoline see i think that's that's pretty athletic that's a lot of body control my mind is just it's racing right now i don't know i think i might go up to colorado and train for some summer olympics dude i might i might try to make the games. Yeah, if we get a triple luge before we get bowling, I think I might. I actually think it's kind of funny. How many can you get on? How many can you stack lugeing to get down that mountain? You should get a bonus time off for every person that you put on there. 10 seconds off? Yeah, for every man you add to the luge. Try to do the old eight stack? Yeah. That's the kind of game plan I take when it comes to grocery bags. I promise you there's nobody who can out grocery stack. I could. I've gone up to 70 bags at one time. I've never met a grocery tripper. I could not do a one trip in. I think we have a sport that might be the next Olympic grocery bag carry. Grocery bag carry. One trip. The one trip wonder. I could throw it 50. It's dependent. How many gallons of milk? 24 packs of waters are tough. I find ways to carry things you've never even thought of. Between my legs, 24 pack of water. Body armor. You've never seen something like it. I hang stuff on my ears. Tease in my teeth to fob the door. do a hat lift put it in do you remember when your mom would roll home as a kid and it was like you drop everything in that moment to go help bring groceries in it's not something we treat elders with respect and say yes ma'am and yes sir kids these days are saying cooked and fire and squibbly do I'm not going to say names but you think Jackson's helping bring in the groceries in and if he is he's got like an OJ and a box of oatmeal he couldn't even bench press four gallons of milk So that tells you everything. He's limited on how much he can bring in. What do you think? Should we do a grocery carry competition? I personally, Jared, am not going to partake in the grocery carry challenge because I don't want to get exposed. You know, I – look, I like to take multiple trips out to the car. You do. You kind of use it as like a – It's a decompression. It's a decompression time. Yeah, it's a decompression time. It's like, you know, when you're buying six packs of spin drifts, non-spawn, by the way, animal sponsors great sparkling water uh just take some time you can't carry or you just stack it on one forearm i've tried and i've dropped a lot and they all spewed everywhere i feel like a warrior though when i walk in and the lines are on because there's so much weight yeah you're like i'm but if you guys want to have it i'm willing to uh judge it i'll do it you know i am the guy that is training for the hot dog and 100 yard dash you know it a great segment segue into our uh Next segment We were up in San Francisco a few weeks ago and had the pleasure of sitting down with NFL and NBA play announcer Noah Eagle It was a good conversation. Let's check it out. We have been traveling a lot lately, Sparky. First San Francisco for the Super Bowl and then Los Angeles for the NBA All-Star Game. And there is nothing worse than coming home to an empty fridge after a long trip. I'm with you, G. That's why as soon as I get in the car to head home, I get on DoorDash to order dinner, groceries, and everything else that I need that I don't have time to go buy. We've talked a lot about this, but you really can get anything at DoorDash. Corey ordered sand for his kid's sandbox, and he also probably ordered a hose to clean them up when they got out of it. It really is the ultimate hack for a busy life. And that goes double when you're a busy parent. Need a last-minute school supply for the kids? DoorDash it. Forget to put deodorant on? DoorDash it. Need new basketball shoes because you hit a game winner at the Creator Cup on All-Star Weekend? DoorDash them. That's pretty specific for you. And why do you need new basketball shoes? Because I'm having the ones I wore in the game bronzed. Whether you're hitting game winners like Sparky or you need to buy games to entertain your kids like me, DoorDash is there for you. We all know life gets crazy. DoorDash just helps bring a little order to it. Almost. Hey. Almost. Dad. Almost. Our guest is my kind of guy. He's one of broadcasting's best. He's followed his father, Ian's footsteps, working with the likes of NBC, CBS, Fox Sports, Yes Network, the Tennis Channel, the NFL, the NBA, Nickelodeon, Netflix, and the Olympic Games. And I'm sure I'm missing some. Please welcome to the show, broadcast royalty, Noah Eagle. Yeah, baby. Thank you. How's it going, brother? Great. I really hope you're not missing one because that was way too long. Did I? Did I? Anything in there? I think you nailed it. I think you nailed it. And if you were missing one, then I apologize. Well, Noah, appreciate you joining us, dude. You grow up around sports your entire life. Obviously, your dad did the broadcasting route. Did you know early on? I'm sure you were a sports guy and participated in them as well. Or did you know kind of the writing was on the wall at an early age? Like, I'm probably not going professional in anything. Maybe I should think about the broadcast career. Yeah, I mean, I walked in the studio. You guys could see my stature is not one that's formidable necessarily when I walk in a room. So I think that definitely stood out at a very, very young age. But for me, I think I was always a confident kid, like all of us were. I think if you're into sports, you feel like there's that dream of no, no, I'm going to be a star at whatever. And for me, it was the NBA. I loved basketball. I was the best kid in my town up until I was probably 14. And that was because my town was one square mile. I was amazing. I was the only kid that could dribble with a left hand. It was like if they put Kyrie against Bob Cousy. It was unbelievable. But eventually you get moved up, and I go to a regional school, and I'm still good on the team and everything like that, and I start playing AAU. And I was from New Jersey, and so we start playing in that tri-state area, and I'm like, oh, no, this is going to be rough for me. I was 13 years old, and my dad didn't get to come to that many games because he was on the road a lot. And we played against this team from Irvington, New Jersey. And there was a guy on the team named Isaiah Briscoe, who eventually went to Kentucky and played in the NBA for a couple of years, plays overseas, I think still. And at 13 years old, I remember there was a turnover and I'm running back defensively. And there was a lob and Isaiah, I was two on one. And Isaiah Briscoe at 13, Ali dunked on me. And that was probably the moment where I was like, yeah, I'm really good at talking, guys. Like I should just do words for a living. I don't think that the running around and trying to defend guys that are going to be dunking on me at this age is good. So probably about 13 years old was when I pivoted. 13 years old, you realize? Yeah, the oop dunks not in my repertoire. Well, I think it was a combo, too, because then I went. Bob Hurley, the legendary high school coach in New Jersey, would always hold a camp in the Poconos. And I went there when I was about 15. I was a freshman in high school. And I remember every day, Hurley, I guess, was a huge Seinfeld fan. And so every single day after lunch, he would do Seinfeld trivia for the entire camp. and I was the only kid who knew every answer. And I was like, this is a good sign for me. I should probably just do something with this, that I can use that. If only the ticket to the NBA was, you know, in time. Then you'd be like a Max contract guy. Yeah, I'd be walking in. It's not a pick. It's not a pick. Syracuse guy. I'm known for their broadcasting school. Is it Newhouse? You nailed it. I went to North Texas. We call it Syracuse of the South. Radio, television, film majors. It's a really good school for it. But I've got to ask you, Hughes basketball, obviously probably a huge fan. Who's your favorite Orangeman of all time? Ever? Man, that's a challenge. I would say GMAC is up there to the point that I remember I was so jealous. This was right after his college career ended, and I went to a basketball camp kind of nearby, probably in town over, and some kid had a Bakersfield Jam D-League at the time, Jerry McNamara jersey. And I was like, dude, where'd you get that? I was like ready to buy it off his back at nine years old or whatever I was. But GMAC's up there for sure. When I was there, my freshman year was the last Final Four that they went to in 2016, and Michael Benadier was there. I love Michael Benadier. I thought he was an absolutely elite orange. Tyus Battle is one of my good friends, so I'd be remiss if I didn't say him. But it goes back even deeper than that. I think if I had to pick one, it would be Johnny Flynn. Okay. Undersized guard, tough as nails, and that's like that golden age of the Big East, six overtimes against UConn, all of that stuff. Like, he's that guy. So for me, I'd probably stick with him. I was telling Garrett earlier about a story from that. How old were you during the six overtime game? What was that, 2006? No, 09. So that was 09. I think I was 12 when that game was happening. So were you up past your bedtime that night? I think I stayed through maybe two or three, and then my parents banished me. Sure. Yeah, it was over at some point. Well, funny story. I was watching that game, and the fifth overtime ends, and Dickie V was on the call. Yeah. And he told me, he's like, baby, you've got to call your friends. You've got to call your friends. It's like midnight on a school night. And so I called my best friend up. He's like, what do you need, Spark? What do you need? I'm like, dude, Dick Vitale told me to call. They're going to a sixth overtime in the Big East tournament. Turn your TV on. That's a fond memory of mine. And by the way, you're not a diaper dandy, so hang up the phone. Dickie V, man, one of the best. One of the absolute best. What a legend. Yeah, he's like the Corso of college basketball. Completely. Yeah, you know, those two. Completely. And similar to your point, timelines as well. and beloved. That's the key with both of those guys. So very cool. Sure. Did you feel any pressure to follow your father's footsteps? No, I really didn't. When I was really young, before I shifted over to deciding I was going to be an NBA star, I actually wanted to be a TV dentist, which is not a real thing. I just created something. A TV dentist? Interesting. I don't know why, but I was the weird kid that people would be like, hey, what do you want to do when you grow up little Noah? And I'd say, I want to be a TV dentist. And I'd look at my parents like, is he okay? Is everything okay at home? Like a TV show inspire that like ER back in the day? No, I think I think that I stayed home from school maybe once and watched Maury. And I was like, what if he filled a molar now? Like, I just thought that would be cool. It's actually like, right. I could see this in like 2026. No, I think now it actually would do well. Like, yeah, that is not a cavity. Like it would just it would deliver. But at the time, for whatever reason, I just had it in my head. So, you know, once I shifted to it, there was never any pressure from my parents. I think that was that to me, for anything that you do in life. That's going to be the key. And so there was no pressure of going into this. There was no pressure of going to Syracuse to follow in their footsteps there. And I didn't even want to go there initially for that reason. I visited a bunch of other schools, and then I came back around the second time, and I was like, I got to go here. I just got to do it. And so I think I just had to come to everything on my own terms, and it all worked out. The path was what it was and led me to this exact spot. So I can't really argue it. Now you're here on the Almost Athlete set. Exactly. This was the pinnacle. Yeah. You've done play-by-play for the Olympics, NFL, you name it. You've called it. Yeah. Do you think you could do a Dude Perfect battle sometime? Oh, dude, that would be awesome. I mean, honestly, you guys and Dude Perfect as a whole helped me procrastinate so much over the years that it would be my absolute honor. I don't know if to say you're welcome for that or not. Definitely you're welcome. I did not do so many math assignments. It was way better for me. Well, I got to ask you then. When in Rome, who's your favorite dude? you can name whoever. Come on, man. I can't be here and not say the two of you. Come on, man. That would be absolutely wrong. I appreciate that. The answer's tied. Yeah, the answer's tied. I mean, he's got a cannon for an arm, so rightfully so, but at the same time. He put a hole in our basketball wall yesterday. Diving for a loose ball out of bounds in game three of a pickup game. He can't help himself, man. I was going to say, he's always gone hard. You can pull the reins back. It doesn't matter. The dude actually, he might sweat more than any human I've ever seen, too. It seems like he's got like full trippage. Yeah. You should smell him. I'm good. Yeah, I'm going to pass on that. Across all the sports that you do play by play for, there has to be that one favorite sport. Is it the same with your you playing? Is it basketball? Yeah. Does that one take the cake? I would say it probably does. I think football is a very, very close second. And then I love doing tennis. I did tennis for a long time. But basketball for me was so ingrained in my in my life. You know, my dad was calling games for the New Jersey Nets. all my childhood, and then the Brooklyn Nets, and then games on TNT. But I was going with him to games for the Nets when they were going 12 and 70, to the point that in the 2009-2010 season, we were talking a little bit off camera about this. There were two things that stuck out about that. One, there were so few people in the arena that I would get there, and they would send this guy Leo over to me. And Leo would be like, you ready? And I'd be like, yep. And they would just put me on a courtside seat because they needed a seat filler for television. For optics. Yes. I was 13. I was the seat filler. That's a problem. The second thing from that season, that's one of my favorites of all time. I don't think a team has ever done a promotion like this ever. And the Nets would never do this again. By the time, different ownership, different people running the team, and they needed to find a way to sell tickets in any way, shape, or form that they could. The tickets at the time were incredibly cheap. And so they had this promotion. You could look it up. There are photos that still exist of this where they were selling. It was a package of five games, the five best teams that they had coming in. It was like the Lakers, the Heat at the time with D. Wade, I think LeBron and the Cavaliers. And then Orlando with Dwight Howard and the Celtics. They had, you know, Kevin Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen. And what it was, was you buy the five and you get five reversible jerseys in there. One side was the New Jersey net. So it was like E. Jan Lien or Jarvis Hayes. And on the other side, it was Dwight Howard. No way. I swear to God. No kidding. This exists. This is a real thing that happened. And I've seen the pennies because they were basically pennies is the way I would call them. But they're jerseys if you want to call them that. Because Tim Capstra, the longtime radio analyst for the Nets, would run a basketball camp that I was a counselor at for years. And he used those as the pennies for the kids. So it would be like, we have Team Dwayne Wade against Team E. Jan Leanne. And these kids are like, who? I don't know who that is. Well, at least they got refurbished. Yes. No, they're still used, I think, today. What's the step after that? That's scary. It's like, hey, you know, get the five game plan and get five minutes and do the game of your choice. You have to think those are still getting used and they smell like Thai. It's unbelievable. Oh, man, that's crazy. Probably some horrible memories there. Oh, man. But yeah, basketball for sure. For me, I just it was always a passion of mine and the NBA in particular. You know, I've done some unbelievable college games over the last couple of years and I have a blast doing college basketball. But the NBA, I was just surrounded so much that for me, it's like a dream come true just to be courtside for all these games and getting to see people like Cooper Flagg on a daily basis or getting to go to games and watch SGA and Jokic go to battle like that's that's pretty amazing. Do you like kind of how the NBA has progressed? Like as far as gameplay, you know, it's I mean, back in the day when we were growing up, it was physical. Sure. A lot of paint touches. A lot of back to the back. Mid-range was actually a thing. I don't know if I've seen a mid-range jumper since like 2010. I mean, we were just saying what college game was that where you said for the first like eight minutes there was six minutes to go. First half. I can't even remember. I'm a basketball nerd. Like if it's so on. I was watching a so on game last night. Oh, yeah. I think this was a 10. It was VCU St. Joseph's. And there's like good play. Oh, yeah, baby. Oh, yeah. And there were six minutes to go in the first half. There were six two point attempts by both teams combined. That's crazy. And it's just like the game is completely changed. It's different. I think that there's I think that everything courts corrects eventually. And I think we're going to, at some point over the next couple of years, get to a happy medium. We're already starting to see it a little bit in the NBA. The mid-range jumpers are going a little bit more back up. Jalen Brown's taking a ton of them, SGA, obviously. And then you're starting to see, like, Cooper Flagg, I think, is going to be a guy who will patrol mostly in the mid-range. His game is going to be that 14 to 18 feet range. So I do think we'll see a little bit. But to answer the initial question, from a play-by-play guy's perspective, it's both challenging and great all at once. because the pace is so ridiculous that I can't really get into any storytelling anymore. Like it's the second I start telling a story, this crazy highlight. I just did a game on Sunday, the Nuggets Thunder game in Denver. And I'm about to I'm getting into, you know, the background of the Nuggets and Peyton Watson gets a pass from Jokic back door and just hammers one on Isaiah Hardenstein. And I'm like, I have to stop midway through, get to that. And now before I could even finish that call, Oklahoma City's got back down the floor and Lou Doris drilled a three. and I'm like, all right, what's happening right here? So it's a challenge. I take it as a challenge. But I do think that it does create some fun aspects of the game. But it is so vastly different to even essentially before the Warriors reign. If you just look at the difference in total points, in pace, points per possession, and obviously the three-point attempts, it is wild to see the difference. Yeah, I'm an Aggie, so we got Bucky Ball down at A&M. And I watched that game last night versus Bama. I mean both teams because Bama does the same thing Bama is probably the best example and they can fill it up like I mean A&M was shooting 50 percent from three pointers and Bama just come right back down within two seconds and it's like we had a seven point lead but it's gone like I don't I don't know where it went yeah so it was like it's so hard it like it's like watching hockey it's so it's different it's it actually that's a really good comparison because that's exactly it you you almost can miss the ball at this point like you could never say that back in the day you could never Because to your point, you have Shaq down low, backing down somebody and just overpowering them. Then Dwight Howard in the post, you go back further, you know, the Ewing, Olajuans, and even Michael. You know, Jordan was not a guy who was going to be just taking 10, 15 threes a game. Reggie Miller was the only guy who was taking a ton of threes at that point. I think he only took five or six a game, and that was considered crazy at the time. So it's different, but I do think that in the next like five to ten years. It's going to correct itself. Even talking to coaches, I think that that's kind of the consensus overall. It's always changing, yeah. Kind of like football, like triple option. No doubt. And then spread. Now all of a sudden we're seeing a lot of 12 personnel. Exactly. And it just keeps changing. Yeah. That's crazy. Well, today is NBA trade deadline. Yep. You heard anything? Haven't heard anything crazy. Haven't heard anything crazy yet. Yesterday was a big day. The last two days, really. Yeah, for a pre-deadline day. It felt like yesterday was the deadline day is what I was telling Garrett because it was just so action-packed. We hosted the Mavericks at our office. What was that? Like two days, two days ago, the Mavericks had a shoot around at our crib. And one of the things you looked at Anthony Davis and you're like, brother, you know, I don't know how much longer you're going to be in town. Sure enough. At least he didn't get traded while he was at Dude Perfect. That's what we were hoping. We were like, don't, don't let you like that. You didn't want that to happen? No, no. That would have been great content. That would have been great content. That would have been unbelievable content to have. He walks out. Yeah, I'm actually I'm very curious. The one thing I was bummed for Dallas is that they never actually got to see Flag, Kyrie, and AD on the floor together. Just talked about that. Yeah, we did. But I have a – just because this whole thing is a conspiracy theory at this point. We trade Luka for nothing. We get Flag. And so I already think it's in the writing. We just moved a lot of pieces. I think Luka ends up back in Dallas in two years. Whoa. Luka, Coop together again, and they just wreck shop. I'm putting it in the, I'm just putting it in the atmosphere. That would be, if you're a script writer, that's top tier stuff right there. From my perspective, that would be incredible theater. So I am hopeful that you are correct. I think it's, I just have a feeling, you know, like Luca just came back. I mean, he just has a love for Dallas. He does. That's real. We got rid of Nico. You know, we'll have some time to heal a little bit. I will say, walking past the Dirk statue on the back, it says like loyalty never fades. And I was like, ooh. Yeah, that sounded ironic. That was interesting. Yeah, very interesting. Look, they're set up great, man. They are. I'm telling you, they got the youngest player in the NBA. And we actually did a comparison on the broadcast of his numbers to Larry Bird's numbers as a rookie. And they're very similar. And Larry was 23 when he was a rookie in the NBA. And Cooper just turned 19. And I was looking even, like, record-wise, the comparison to Dirk's rookie year and the comparison to Luka's rookie year. Record through 50 games is exactly the same as Dirk. Really? And the record through 50 games was only, I think, two or three games worse than Luka. So they're basically right on that same path. That's nuts. Not bad company to be in. Actually, I think today is Dirk's. I saw the Mavs post that today's Dirk's anniversary when he first appeared in an NBA game. The man from where? And he's going to be a billionaire, which is just crazy to me. It's mind-blowing to me. Luka Luka is 19 years old. Yeah, that's crazy. We had Clay Thompson in-house the other day when he was talking on Coop. Of course, he mentioned the ceiling is never-ending. but he made an NBA comparison that I really liked because I see what he saw. Tracy McGrady. If you had to give a player comp for Cooper, who are you thinking? T-Mac's interesting because there's a difference there. I think that the motor for Cooper is at a different level. That's the one thing that just stands out. And so, I mean, I actually saw somebody comparing, and I don't think I would do this, but I saw somebody on Twitter compare him to LeBron in his play style. There are similarities. There's some in terms of the chase down block ability, in terms of kind of the shooting area. But I think he actually blends a couple guys together. I think the bird thing is real because he grew up. I mean, we heard this whole story from his mom about how his, like, I don't know what year, maybe his eighth or ninth year of Earth. His Christmas present was the 1985-86 Celtics championship DVD. And he watched it almost every single day. And so they take, at least from his perspective, he takes so much from Bird, Danny Ainge, then like a little bit from McHale. And you just look through that team and he's got, I think, all these makings of a lot of those guys. And then I think there's some other guys like KG. I think there's some Kevin Garnett in there because, again, he grew up watching him. So the guy he actually trained with for years is Brian Scalabrini. So I think Scal would be really upset if I didn't say. He reminds me a lot of the White Mamba. The White Mamba, man. He is that. No, I think he's an amalgam of so many guys that it's hard to pinpoint. Yeah, he's a blender. Yes. Yeah. Which is a good thing. Yeah, that's absolutely. That's crazy. You had the privilege of being on hand at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Got to call that epic gold medal game. How cool was that? Is that the best game you've ever called in terms of just like the magnitude of the moment? What was on the line? Obviously, the country being represented. That had to be a really cool one to watch what happened. Yeah. It transpired there in the fourth. It's hard to say any other one. and I've gotten a chance to do some really good games. I got the largest comeback in NFL history with the Vikings and the Colts. It was 33-0. I did the Clippers radio for four years, and they had one season where they had the most comebacks of 25 points or more in NBA history. It was like eight in a year, which was pretty wild. They had the second largest ever. They were down 35 to the Wizards. At halftime, it was a 30-point game, and they won the game. Luke Kennard, who actually just got traded, had a four-point play to win the game. It was pretty wild. But the U.S. basketball experience as a whole was crazy. The biggest reason I say it's crazy is because it shows you how fickle everything is in terms of fandom and how people view your broadcasts. Because I was doing the games with Dwayne Wade, and the semifinal game against Serbia, they were down 17 points. And I looked at D. Wade at halftime, and I was like, they're going to win, right? And he was like, I don't know. you know he's getting ptsd from the 04 team he was on that lost and was a bronze medal team that he literally said he doesn't even still have his bronze medal anymore that's how upset he was and still holds all those feelings and so i'm seeing his the look in his eyes i'm like oh they're gonna lose this game yeah now i have to be mentally prepared for everyone in america to hate me and because we were on the call when they lose and they don't naturally associate you exactly like You blew your man-to-man. And everybody's like, oh, he's so excited for Serbia. No, that's the job. Like, I have to call the game 50-50. And so in my head, I'm just like, I'm not going to be allowed back in the country. You know, what's going to happen now? They're going to revoke my passport. That's my thought in the third quarter. And so they come back and win that game. And it goes from everybody hating us to universal love of, like, how awesome these guys. They were so excited. I'm like, yeah, but it's just an incredible game. And so the same goes for the gold medal game where they really were in control for the majority of that game. Yabo Sele has the poster on LeBron, which is ridiculous. But then Embiid comes in and kind of saves the day. And Steph Curry obviously just goes nuclear down the stretch. And it's one of those moments where you can't prepare for it. You just have to hope that you're ready. And the two of us were just so locked in, really, the entire two-week stretch, that when the moment came, we were ready and we just kind of reacted accordingly. and Steph goes crazy with his night-night. Night-night, baby. And Wembenyama does everything he can. But, man, that was a special atmosphere. And it was one of those that the other part of it is you have France, both the men and women gold medal game. They're both in there, and it's in Paris. And everybody in that arena, for the most part, is going crazy for the French team. And the coolest thing was before every game we did, because I did some non-U.S. games, too, through the entire experience, the anthems of both teams the national anthems will play and the paris national or the france national anthem every time it played every single person in the building was screaming melting it and they're like locking arms it felt like a war cry almost of like we're gonna go and we're gonna you know kick some ass and it was just the the energy to start that game was the greatest i've ever felt to start a game and then to finish the game was the greatest i've ever felt and then you got to do it all over again the next day because the women go head to head. And that ends up being a one point win for the U.S. on a crazy finish. It was the last event of the Olympics. So, yeah, pretty special. I don't know how you're going to top that one. Please tell me, out of the two gold medal games you called, did you get to go take home a gold medal with you? No. They don't just hand those out, do they? No, yeah. You know what kind of wrong now that I realize that is I work with Grant Hill all the time He never offered and he in charge he in charge of usa basketball i gonna get on him yeah dude grant come on man what are we doing help him brother effort exactly golly what does man got to do to get a gold medal around here yeah that's uh it sounds like the nets that's like the next step for them is the the five the jersey the reversible jersey five game package and you get a gold medal i'm all in on that can you get like a reversible where it's usa basketball on one side and then like tuxedo t-shirt on the other side so i can do the broadcast right now i feel like we've got give me the family chicken strips with that and a soda and we got a deal that's basketball well we're almost athletes is what we call our uh podcast that's because we like to think of ourselves as those guys who were this close to making the league but whether it was a bad moment And a bad injury is the reason we didn't play for four years with Coach K at Duke. So we're going to show you some sent-in fan almost-athlete moments, and we'd love for you to do a little play-by-play. Oh, I'm ready. Does that work? Yeah, yeah, I'm ready. We'll be back to watch and rank your almost-athlete fan fails with Noah Eagle. Almost, hey, almost-athlete. Almost. All right, I'm going to pass these whiteboards out. We kind of rate them like a dunk contest. All right. Scale of one to ten, ten being like that was an incredible fail. Okay, so ten bad. Yeah, ten bad, yeah. Okay. And, yeah, we've had some good ones sent in of just people getting, you know, trucking teammates in basketball. Nice. We had, like, this Mormon biker that was out. Yeah, caught a curve and went in over in. Caught a curve, went over the handlebars. We've all had them. It's just tougher for the kids to have them nowadays because there's a camera everywhere. Well, I feel like for years, the worst thing that could happen was you were on like America's home funniest videos. Sure. And now that's just. Every day. Instant. Yeah. Right. You can't escape. Yeah, that's brutal. Like a bad used to be a bad audition on American Idol. No, now. Now bad has a whole different level to it. If Simon Cowell told you, that was among the most horrid things I've ever heard. Yeah, that's bad. This is different level. Yeah. So I say we started off. All right. So with that, I'm going to be as mean as. Do we have a name? First one. This is Emerson Wolhoff. All right. Emerson, it'll be. How do you do last name? Do you study this before? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, like you go into like Google pronunciation of this name. So a lot of times for a lot of the sports, they'll have a pronunciation guide of some sort. Now, the best one is tennis, actually, because every player says their name into a phone and they put it directly on their player page on the website. So I can hear that's exactly how it's said. Now, sometimes it's still difficult to get. But a lot of times there's a pronunciation guide for the teams. Every now and then you have a player that they don't have it. So now I have to go on a scavenger hunt. I'm going to Instagram. I'm going back to Facebook. If I could go to MySpace, I would. Like I'm finding whatever I can. Whatever outlet. Exactly. And then sometimes you just have to ask. The funniest thing is a lot of times people ask like a coach, and they are wrong 99% of the time. Really? Well, sometimes you ask the player, and their mother even is like, you know, because that gets tough. One of the all-time stories with that, my dad, when the Nets had a guy named Todd McCullough played for the 76ers when they went to the finals, and then he was on the net center. And for the entire year, he's calling him Todd McCullough. And sure enough, they get all the way to the finals. It's the night before game one of the finals. They're about to play Shaq and the Lakers. And Todd McCullough is like, hey, I want to go to dinner with you guys. My dad's like, dude, you have to guard Shaq tomorrow. Like, you should probably be sleeping right now. But they go to dinner, and Todd's parents are in town. And so they're all at this dinner. And midway through, Todd's dad says to my dad, hey, I've got a bone to pick with you. He goes, it's McCulloch. And he goes, well, your son told me it was McCulloch. And he's like, what? He doesn't know how to say his own name? So, yes. McCulloch. That's wild. Also wild that we waited until game one of the NBA finals. Yeah, to do this. And then Shaq put up like 50 the next night because he was too focused on his last name. Anyway, so, yeah, for this case, we would assume it's Emerson Wolhoff. Well, we're just going to go Emerson. Let's go Emerson. This is Emerson. All right. Well, Emerson on the uneven bars. She has really taken care of this routine. She's been working through this for months. Oh, boy. Oh, Emerson. That was an epic flip and fail. Yeah, let me see that one more time. What happened? A little slip of the grip? I think it was a slip. I think it's a lack of talc. She needs more of that LeBron shot. Oh, man, that was almost really bad on the head. That was a pounded noggin for sure. Uneven bars are tough, though, guys. You would be surprised how often something like this happens. Look at this. I mean, she barely gets her head up at the last moment. Could have been a neck crack. Yeah. I'm curious on your score on this. That was pretty good, man. I'm a 7-5. I'm an 8. So wait, the higher score is bad. Yeah. I'm going 3. That's not that bad for uneven bars, guys. That right there is just one slip of the hand. This guy just wants to see disaster. I need to see absolute disaster. I need it to be. This guy is – he needed that to be on concrete instead of her landing on a mat. No, call me the Joker. I need to see the worst possible outcome. Well, Emerson, I hope you're still thriving on the uneven bars right now. Get right back. Maybe change to the balance beam. Yeah. We got Blake. Blake Kibbe diving board. Oh, I like this. This – we all know where this is going. All right, Kibbe. Oh, Kibbe. The ACL just gave out. Yeah. And Kibbe. now he's completely changed my rating now he's completely i think we're on the same page right here because poor blake has gotten all that is is just a scrape down the thigh it hurts but the legs just didn't want to operate huh no that's that's an acl right there that's a that's a complete tendon just giving out on you it could be some meniscus involved there part of this too is the public humiliation that goes with it. This obviously looks like an organized meet we're having here. You're in the Speedo. All of a sudden you end up in this position. This is like a want to get away commercial. You're also already a ginger, which isn't great. He knows that life. I would. Just destroyed by a diving board. I think you guys have helped sway my opinion on this. I think the Speedo is key in this. It is. If you're going to wear a Speedo, you have to nail it. You do. You can't not look cool wearing a Speedo. This guy can't go back to the halls of his high school after something like that. I went eight. Oh, I'm going detailed. 5.7. Wow. 5.7. Yeah. Essentially the same score I would have given the dive. Yeah. 5.7. All right. Let's see what we got here. Logan Warner. Oh, this is. I feel like this is. Okay. I'm really concerned that's the umpire, but let's see. Baseball historically. I'm going to assume it's a 2-2 count. And the 2-2 pitch. Well, that can't be. That can't. Oh! He just got smoked in the face. Eject him, dude. Give me the eject. I don't think he knows where he is. Oh, my goodness. I have to ask. That seemed intentional. I he did not like he did not like some balls and strike calls my concern. So somebody was clearly stealing off the guy stealing third. How do you keep them in the game at this point? That's just a personal pride and ego. If I'm the umpire, I'm not just ejecting him from the game. I might try to slash his tires after this. Man, that poor umpire has probably been doing. I mean, there's no. He threw that right into his dome. Like, there's no – I mean, imagine being behind the plate for five innings. You've seen 14 Little League walks. Oh, your knees are already crushed, too. And then you get this in the back of the head. This reminds me – well, there's – Oh, and he turns right into it, dude. That's a direct hit, and it's like – That's gnarly, dude. That's peak velocity, too. That's a good score. I'm going 9. I'm with you, Gare. I'll double down on the 9. That is – I'm going to raise it up. I'm going 7.7 on this. Okay. But here's my question on this. Have you guys ever seen – there was a Mets game a couple years ago where there was a play at third, and the throw was airmailed and hit the first base umpire in the face directly, and the call on that was one of my all-time favorites. Gary Cohen, who's the Mets broadcaster, is calling it straight, and then I think Keith Hernandez was with him that day, and the reaction from Keith was like four seconds delayed. And then out of nowhere, Gary's like, he hits the umpire, and he's saying one more thing, And then finally Keith goes, oh, it was like four seconds after the fact. Like that would be as if we saw that. We see him hit in the face. We're like, oh, four seconds later that I've never I need to ask why that happened that way. Anyway, that's a tough one. I know exactly what play you're talking about. And that poor umpire is fixated on first day. It just gets I've never been a ref fan. I don't agree with ump. I don't agree with ref. But just taking violence against a ref is, you know, that's a little excessive. You draw the line there. I draw the line. I'm all about saying the ref needs to be suspended. You're a pacifist by nature. I like that. Let's don't dome him in the head. Well, thank you, Logan, for sending that in. I don't know if Logan was the home plate umpire or the kid throwing the ball. But either way. If Logan was the catcher, he's no longer playing baseball. I think he got banned for life. Yeah. That's the moment he realized I'm not doing that. That's his almost athlete. That's his TV dentist moment right there. Yeah. Yeah. Give it up. Move on. All right, Adam. You don't want to have an almost athlete moment at his driving range. All right. Driving range. And it's time. Let's see what he's got. He's got a seven iron here. Oh, wait, wait, wait. We got another domer. What just happened? Oh, did he get bitten by a mosquito or what happened? Oh, the slow-mo. Oh, I mean, that thing could not have struck him on the noggin any more clear than that. Tough day not to be wearing a hat or something, you know. Can you play it full speed for a second again? Just like let it go through. Oh, my goodness. It's always fascinating to me to see how reaction times, how pain goes through your body and it's like, oh, I've got to react. All right. Well, hold on. Are you guys golfers? Yes. I mean, not really, but yes. You play. Yes. This is maybe my greatest nightmare is shanking a ball so badly. On the driving range. On the driving range that it directly hits a guy top of the head. What's the welt on his head going to look like? He's got no hair to cover it up. It's going to be a nasty little. Yeah. It's going to be about the size of a golf ball. I might even say tight. This one was trying to protect you. It had nets in between them. Oh, no. He will absolutely be sponsored the rest of his life. Yes. He has no other choice. Titleist 2, that's his new nickname forever. Titleist 2. When he walks in the room now, everybody's going to know him as that guy. We have an editor on our staff, and we call him Goose, because on one of his first times to play golf, first tee box, he smoked a goose and killed it. Oh, no. Right in the neck. Oh, no. We got a nickname out of it, at least. His nickname is Forever Goose. Like you said, it's like Titleist 2. Does he have dreams now of the goose coming back to life to haunt him or anything? Yeah, I don't think he's touched a club since. Yeah, I wouldn't either. He hung him up. He retired. He hung him up. That one stinks, but I'm also a fair judge. Oh. Oh, see, to me, given the pain, I actually am going higher than most of you guys. Dude, the guy just got domed with a 98-mile fastball right in the temple. And we gave him a 7-7. Dude, I think this one was worse because I think this one, you got to understand, the umpire knows what he's getting into. Yeah, that's true. This guy has no idea. He's setting up for a swing. He's got no clue what could happen to him. He's out there for a nice, relaxing, peaceful day in the driving range. Him and his swing thought. Yes. And then just gets crushed. He's leaving with the nickname Titleist II. They went from therapy to physical therapy very quickly. If that's Titleist II, the guy who hit it's OB left, is what I would say. Or just four. All right, Andrew. We were going on a casual bike ride, it looks like. All right, I'm curious on Andrew. It looks like he's having a nice day, nice sunny, strolling out there, very chill, gets to the sidewalk, and everything's just going nice. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, Andrew's having a grand old time. And look out, Andrew, don't do this. Oh, Andrew, over the top. He got planted. Oh, Andrew, what are you doing? What was the goal? He missed the ramp. I mean, even if he hits the ramp, what's next? He's trying to jump it. He turned into a scorpion very quickly. I think the helmet. Did it come off? I don't think that helmet's gone again. But his neck might be gone forever. This, kids, is why you wear a helmet. What are you just, my curious, again. First of all, you've got to give it up to Andrew to have the. Why are we giving it up to him? Because he had the confidence to try that. No, I don't think I see it that way. You should be commended for that courage. Yeah, I think I'm a – That was awesome, dude. I love that. I see courage in that. I mean, execution was poor, but – But, yeah, I don't know. What did you go with? I don't win any five. That was a winner for sure. Yeah, that was a winner for sure. He's going to be tasting dirt for a couple weeks. His tailbone gets jacked by concrete. Oh, he's getting smoked by the concrete there. And let's be honest, kids. If you're going to try to attempt something like this, let's go with more than just a standard issue, You like double two by fours and a piece of plywood is your ramp. Dude, like to go in. Oh, dude, that's bad. Does he like get up? Yeah, he does. Well, hold on. We don't know. Adrenaline pushes him up and then he probably goes straight to the hospital. He's concussion protocol, I think, for the next couple of weeks. Again, my question is what was. If he landed and he's running into the side. That's my point. What was the goal and how this was set up? Dude, he's running straight into metal if he lands it. this is if evil Knievel was like the biggest idiot in the world. And he already was an idiot. Oh, look, his buddy. I didn't even see the other buddy. That's a good point. How, if you are the film, Oh, wait, there's someone watching. I didn't even see that. Are we sure that's his buddy or is that just an innocent bystander? He was just going to move on. It feels like the guy who told him it was a good idea. Right. Right. He's like, I really want to watch the corner first, dude. I want to see that corner of corn stock and maple, wherever they are. They'll never forget that. Then he has to also shepherd him back into the house. Be like, Mom, we need you. I got to say, that's probably the best almost athlete fail we've seen. Really? I am right there with you, Gar. Wow. That was unbelievable. I think that had everything. That had courage to execution to like, yeah, that was great. All right. I need more of that. Well, now I'm curious to see what else we have. Yeah. How long until old Andrew hopped back on a bike? That's when you take a break, right? It still hasn't got back on. Well, that's where you start to question the term. It's like riding a bike. Because if that's what it's like the rest of life, that's a problem. A car wreck. Yeah. I've never heard somebody going from bike to bike with training wheels. He might be going in reverse. He's the Benjamin Button of best bike riders. He's the Benjamin Biker. He's the Benjamin Biker. That's a 9-5 for me. It was a 9. What did you say? I've never 10-8-5. 8-5. Yeah, 8-5. That's my highest score so far. I don't know if I'm going to top that. Oh, I think that was a 27. Okay, no, this already has great promise. This has great promise. Guys, I don't know if you saw during the Olympics last time in Paris, they had breakdancing. I think Spider-Man is ready to enter his attitude. This could be her. Oh! Oh! Come on, Jacob. Oh! His elbow's gone. Gone. His elbow is no longer existing. You have to transfer schools, right? Yeah, you can't stay. Well, unless nobody knows your identity, technically. He lands directly on his elbow shoulder. This is definitely on the stage. This feels like a talent show, a high school talent show. Oh. He could have used a little bit of Andrew's commitment levels. That one felt like the worst time to bail right there, right, as he took off the liftoff. He actually got decent air, too. See, here's the deal. The reason why I graded Andrew at a nine was because, you know, he was trying something that took some courage. this almost seems like a like a bet like go up there like a guy who's never done a backflip before and try to just oh head he landed on his head too straight faced i with great power comes great failure and this is rough like what would uncle ben think of this that's that's bad he did get up there though i mean guys got some hops yeah but you see if if spider-man did this mary jane is never coming back to him. It's over. That relationship's done. Barks, you want to give it a go? No, I'm okay. We talked to Coach Rack from the Savannah Bananas. Oh, he's concussed. Oh, legend. Yeah, he's awesome. Was he out there for a second? He looked like he passed out for a second. Yeah. Yeah, that was a good one. Now that I'm watching it over, that had a lot of aspects to it. It was legit. It's slightly below the last one for me, but it's an 8-2. 8-5 for me. Good grading right there. Yeah, I like that. I like that overall. Jacob, best wishes as you get better. Just like the Olympics and breakdancing, Jacob, I think we hang it up. I think it's done. But at least they haven't seen your face, Jacob. Also, Jacob, maybe try a Superman costume next time. Maybe that's your difference. All right. To finish it out. All right. This is my forte. Let me see if I can make a call for Jenna Rolo here. Rolo to the basket. Lays it in. No problem. Maybe this is Rolo instead. Pass, pass. Sprint. Oh, look out. That was a collision. And everybody's okay. Wait, was that the girl who did the layup? So I'm, yes. Go back. I think so. No, it wasn't. Oh, no, different. Three. Three. Three makes the layup. And then who has the collision? 35. 35 does. 35 hustle play. I mean, this is helmet to helmet. I've seen targeting get called for this. But they both get up like it's nothing. You know what? Okay, I have to ask here. If I'm a referee, this is a good call. It's a good no call? It was the inbounder that went for the ball. To me, that's borderline technical foul. You're going technical flagrant? What are you going with? Well, if she touched the ball, it's an automatic turnover, so it didn't matter. Oh, wait. Is this the second part of this? So what happened here? She got screws. Oh. She just got up like it was melting. Dude, have you seen the break? Is that a bug? What is that? Dude, have you seen how big that break? Go back to that image. Have you ever seen that? Look at that. That's a full break. I've never seen that before. Oh, that does. That raises the score. Also, the fact that she just got up like it was nothing. Can I see that again now that I saw the x-ray? Wait, that's all right. Lay up. Nice lefty lay. And see, she can't go for the ball here. Yeah, she's chasing. It's so preventable because she can't grab the ball anyways. But look at the ball. All right. So, yeah. So, 35, I think, is the one that breaks the collarbone, right? Oh. But, all right. So, wait. We have more video. When they get up, does anything else happen after they get up here? Oh, and dude, she pulls her up by the arm. She gets up and she just walks away. Rocking the 35 like Katie. She pulled her up by the arm, and she's like, no, that doesn't feel right. Yeah, she's like, something's not correct. Oh, she's trying to get it, and she's like, no, something's wrong. No, something's wrong. Yeah, girl. Dude, she just walks up. She stays in the game. She's trying to stay in the game. No way. What a stud. What a stud. No way. What a stud. I got to give it up to this girl. That's. You tinned it. A 9-5, didn't you? That was my first. I think it's one of my first tins. Jenna. Jenna. I've ever done. You are my hero. Spider-Man just lost so many points in my book, and Jenna, you are a real superhero. This girl stays in a game with an absolutely snapped collarbone. That's a different level. Not all superheroes wear capes, but I will say the girls, tougher than the guys. No question. She popped up way too quick. I'm laying down for a week. First of all, somebody's carrying me out of there. Oh, my God. Oh, no. And to think Paul Pierce needed a wheelchair They're in the finals. And this girl's hopping up wanting more minutes. Yeah, that's right. Jenna, wherever you end up, I hope I get to call your games one day. Yeah, that was incredible. That feels like a UConn product. Yeah, we'll see you in the W one day, Jenna. Yes, future Dallas wing. Well, to recap, we had some really good fails. The baseball one still sticks out. But Jenna, taking it home with the absolute just, that was incredible to watch. It was probably not incredible to feel, but incredible to watch. It looked like there's a plate that got permanently planted. So congrats, Jenna. Yeah, Jenna. Ooh, that whistle means it's time for our two-minute warning. Noah, this is where we get to go on a little rant, and I've had one cooked up. Today, I'm picking a bone at Roman numerals. Whoa. I was doing some Super Bowl research, and you see XLII. Nobody has time for that. I don't know what that means. What happened just to the standard issue 42? we're calling it numerals, which is a telltale sign. And then it's outdated. It's outdated. Standard issue numbers. We need to start going to them because the Roman numerals just outdated. Can you imagine if like our year, like 2026 was like just Roman numerals? It would be brutal. It would be good example though. That's a prime example. Or like your clock is in Roman numerals. Nobody does that anymore. But here's the thing I'll say though, it is nice where you go to like a party and you meet someone who is not a sports fan at all. It's a great party trick. Like, hey, you know what XL is? Roman numerals? Yeah, extra large. Yeah. So you're well versed in your Roman numerals? Only the Super Bowl ones. Once 60 ends, I have no idea. Gotcha. I don't need to know. Gotcha. That's like me with state capitals. I feel like I'm really, really good with state capitals. All of them? Yeah. Yeah, good party trick, dude. New Jersey, you got? Trenton. Oh, yeah, that was too quick. It's a layup line, man. But Roman numerals, I don't have a chance. I don't have a chance. ZChat GPT. But that's my rant. They're outdated. They do look cool on the football field, though, with the midfield stripes. I think it's more of a ticket, those commemorative ticket things. Yeah, it's an appeal thing. Do people still get physical tickets? I don't know, man. I just know back in the day when I was, you know, we're a Cowboy fan, so we have to go back to the 90s. And my parents went to a couple of them, and they brought home, you know, just the greatest. I held onto that ticket for so long. But yeah, I don't think they're doing them anymore. Now it's like NFTs or whatever they call them. Yeah. But you're with me, though. Roman numerals. Yeah, dude, it's unnecessary. Unnecessary. I just need to get that off my chest. 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