Epic Universe Review, the Red River Upset, and Fixing a Camper AC With AI | The Homeowners Show

This is episode number 363 of The Homeowner Show. Well, whether you're DIY or looking to hire, we're here to help you find the best information and options for you and your home. My name is Kevin Hackett, and here with me is Craig Williams.

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to The Homeowner Show. We are so glad that you could join us for another live episode here in The Homeowner Show studios. What's going on, Kev?

Oh, you know, it's been about a week since we've hung out. It's been a little more than that.

I was gone on vacation for about 10 days.

Yeah, you were gone and I was gone and we've been gone and— but we're back.

We're back.

We're back. So we got stuff to talk about. We got stuff to talk about. Where do you want to start?

Dude, let's get into the college football stuff because this was, in my opinion, one of the greatest weekends in college football. Okay. I mean, I think this kind of weekend is the kind of weekend that you live for. Okay.

In what way? I'm curious.

Upsets. I love upsets. Yeah. And we had some that almost happened and didn't, and then some that did happen and were amazing. Well, here's the thing. The problem for you is you probably weren't paying as much attention because your team wasn't playing.

No, we had a bye this week, and I was on— I was at a state park in the woods, Um, but I was still paying attention and, uh, did watch some of the—

yeah,

the games.

So, and like I, I say one of the most amazing weekends in college football, all while at the same time my team lost.

They did again.

And suck,

dude. You're—

they just, they just suck.

A&M is just imploded. I think Marcel Reid has shown his true self. And I— it's not just Marcel, man.

Like, here's the thing, I, I actually don't like Like one, and I talked about this last episode. I I don't think that he I don't think he's as good as everyone touted him to be.

Okay, okay, I agree.

I also don't think that it's entirely his fault.

Okay,

the the one thing that most people aren't putting the microscope to with Texas A&M right now is the offensive coordinator. The big change that happened was Colin Klein.

Yeah.

And, and the offensive line, that's, that's in the mix as well. But they went out and recruited and, and, and got some guys out of the portal that should be able to play ball.

Right.

I think the big problem is the offensive coordinator and nobody's talking about it. And I don't know why. Like, he stinks.

Right.

Like his, like, and like I've, I've talked about this multiple times, his play calling sucks. And the people who are taking the brunt of it are Mike Elko And Marcel Reed.

Right.

Now, I think if you have somebody that actually knows how to scheme an SEC team, I don't think we'd be having the conversation about Marcel Reed. I don't think he would be in the Heisman contention like he was last year.

Nor should he.

Which I, I, I think, I think people need to remember.

Yeah.

He was in the Heisman contention last year, which means the guy can actually play.

Yeah, he can.

I'm not saying he's the greatest. I'm not saying he's the best. Fair. I'm saying the kid can play.

Yeah.

He can, he can scramble, he can throw, he can do all the things. I don't think he's the best, but like given the right scheme, I think the kid can play.

Sure.

I think the offensive coordinator's the problem. He's, he's the variable in the mix that see, and like their offense does nothing. It's embarrassing.

Yeah.

It really, really is.

It's bad. And I mean, it, it's bad.

So much so that Elko had like a very like controversial moment this past week where he called the, the Tex Ags message boards cesspool. And some people took that to mean that he was calling Billy Lucci a cesspool, which I don't think they're making— it's much ado about nothing, man. Sure. Like it was a frustrated head coach's comment after the end of a really, really bad loss.

Yeah, it was tough.

So, I mean, to a team that you've owned—

And the 4th loss in a row. Third,

third,

third loss in a row.

Yeah, yeah. LSU, UK, and now Missouri.

Yeah.

So 3 SEC losses.

Yeah.

And it doesn't look like they're going to get any more W's.

Doesn't look like it.

Not, not in the SEC at least.

Right.

Um, it's, it's going to be a brutal year.

Yeah, I think so too.

I mean, unless they make some changes.

I mean, and, and this is why I hate preseason rankings.

Oh yeah.

I, I, I still contend that week 5, week 6, which is right where we're at, mm-hmm, is when rankings should come out.

It'll, that'll never happen, man.

It won't.

Because the media, I get it. The media giants have to put content out. They have to make predictions. It's, it's, it, it, it, it just is what it is. Like, I get that. We all have to live with it.

I just, but, but you see my point.

The reliability of them, like, that should be the thing that most people realize is like, these things are not reliable.

No.

Like, we, we shouldn't buy into the idea that like people actually know what they're talking about because they actually, they haven't seen the thing out in the real world, which

is— and I'll say the same thing. I, I will say my team Texas Tech has benefited from preseason rankings because I don't think they're that good. They're the only, uh, Division 1 school in Texas that's undefeated at the moment, but I don't know that that's going to stay that way. And they're not that good.

This, this is, this is the thing is like they are honest in the sense that like Texas Tech is undefeated.

They are.

But like, what are they ranked?

They're 10 right now.

10?

Yeah.

Right. Any— if they were in the SEC.

Sure.

Like, and that's, that's the problem, right?

It is.

Because they're in the Big 12 and they're unranked, like not unranked because they're in the Big 12 and they're undefeated. They don't get ranked as high. Sure. As Ohio.

Right.

Or, you know, what, what, pick your, pick your poison.

Right.

Like, you know, any SEC team because what, Georgia's undefeated. And Georgia's the new number one.

They are.

Right? And like, to be fair, rightfully so.

Well, and there are other teams in front of them that are not undefeated and are in front of them.

Yes.

And so that's fair, but I still think—

I don't know that it's fair. It's just exposing the bias.

It is. Of the system.

That exists.

Yeah, no,

it's— And like everyone knows it, but no one in the media is willing to admit it. No one, no one, no one, no one in the broad media. Now, people within the— in the small, in the small media is willing to be like, hey, like Texas Tech's undefeated. Like, why aren't they like number 3?

Sure. But I will say the thing that's gonna benefit everything is it's pretty much decided they're gonna expand to a 24-team playoff.

They're already talking about it.

So it's get— it's gonna happen. And which it should, I think it should happen. I think 12 is way too few. I honestly, I would vouch for 16. That's where I think we should probably be. 24 seems a little bit excessive, but 12 is, 12's a tough number. Uh,

well, it's just, it, it'll be, it'll be harder for anyone to argue that the best team doesn't win when you go to a 24.

Agreed.

I mean, like, it's like, okay, now you can all shut up.

No, no, no. You're exactly right. Like that, that to me is the best fix because at that point, do the rankings matter? Yes, they absolutely matter. However, you, you still gotta play and win.

Yeah.

So you gotta, you gotta, you gotta show up. But the big deal— okay, so let's start off with the one.

Okay. I, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna get this one out of the way because it's so delicious for me.

That's what I wanted to wait on.

Is, is, is the Red River.

Of course.

Because

you hate Texas.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

You're an Aggie. You have to hate Texas.

It's, it's not because I hate them. Like, I don't— like, and I don't, I don't hate them.

Okay.

I actually have many, many good friends that went to Texas University. My dentist went to Texas.

Texas University, see, there it was.

Oh, is it university? Whatever. Like, look, if that offends you, I'm sorry. I was programmed a certain way.

You were, you were.

Like, here's the thing, is several weeks ago, We were having a conversation on here about Texas being ranked number 1.

Yeah.

And I said, that's fine because it's gonna be so delicious when Texas goes to the Red River and OU beats them.

Yeah.

And so many of you jack wagons jumped on the comments and said, you're a moron. Oklahoma could never defeat Texas in a million years. And what happened?

Yeah, no,

I predicted it like 5 weeks ago. You did? That Texas would go down at Red River. Why? Because they're overranked.

Okay, so

people think way too much of them. People think Arch is like God's sin to Texas football.

He's clearly not.

And he's clearly not. And, and like, they're like, oh, their defense is amazing. And their defense is pretty good, but their offense sucks. Yeah, they can't— like, they went and got the best receiver from the SEC. They stole him from Auburn. Sure. And he couldn't do a damn thing. dang thing.

No, he didn't.

And like this, and like, and Oklahoma, like, let's look, let's just be honest. Like, that's the one game on A&M schedule I'm looking at going like, they might have a chance.

So, but, but what has happened since the beginning of the season is Oklahoma has gotten progressively worse.

Yes.

Than people expected them to be.

Yeah. People are like, oh, we need to replace— what is it, Mattier?

Yeah.

Now they're like, oh yeah, we need to bring in the backup.

Yeah.

And I'm like, no, like he's actually pretty good.

Yeah, he could be. But I, I look, I'll tell you what, Oklahoma's defense is stout.

Yes.

Their defense is stout. But

like, that's— who's the head coach there?

Oh, um, I forget his name. Come on.

He's a defense coach. Like, that's his thing.

Yeah, he— it is. Uh, what is his name? Come on. Britt Venables.

Venables.

Yeah. And

wasn't he like at Virginia before? Yeah.

Yeah. And so, no, you're right. Like, he— there's, there's definitely potential there, but Oklahoma's season so far has been a letdown.

Yes.

And I don't think they lost anybody.

Who did they— they lost to somebody that was like,

oh goodness, what is their— I mean, they've lost to almost everybody.

Oh, they've been pretty much like A&M and then showed up at Red River.

Yeah, no, well, that's the thing is like, and again, like you have to recognize like it, you've got a situation where it's a rivalry. It's a neutral position, right? Like, um, they've, it's one of those things where it's like, anytime you play in a neutral stadium. It's challenging.

Yes.

And it's a rivalry on top of that. And so, um, like, okay, so their losses were Michigan.

That was the one.

And Georgia. And but like, they beat Michigan.

Michigan had lost the week before to someone that they should have beat.

Right.

And then they went in and beat Oklahoma and everyone's like, oh my gosh. Right. Like, how bad is Oklahoma? Exactly. And then they lost to Georgia, which was kind of expected.

To be expected. But then their wins are New Mexico and UTEP before Texas. And so like, I think that's the thing is they've just underperformed and then they come in and I'll tell you,

like— Did you watch it?

I did. I watched almost the entire thing. It was incredible. They just—

Like, when you, when, like, and I'm not saying, I'm not saying that as an OU fan. I hate OU. Sure. They're like the worst fans. Yeah. Like, I can't stand them on any level, but like, that was an amazing drive that they put together. It did in that game.

It was, it was pretty perfect. Now, both of them looked terrible in the first half. The second half is where the game really came alive.

Yes.

But anyway, no, it was, uh, it was an upset. There's no doubt. Definitely an upset. So

I don't know. Like, here's the thing. I don't even know that it was I don't know that it was an upset.

Oh, it absolutely is an upset in every— like, it was everybody who—

it was an upset in the sense that Texas was ranked number 1 and OU was unranked.

Correct.

But like, Texas— and maybe we disagree on this— Texas was way overranked. Oh,

I don't, I don't disagree with you on that, but it's still an upset.

It

was when anytime you have an unranked team that beats a ranked team, it's an upset. It just is. But I hear your point of like—

I just don't think it was, yeah. I don't think it was as significant of an upset as— Yeah, I see that. Because they were ranked number 1, and I don't think they deserve to be number 1. Sure. As I laid out like 5 weeks ago.

So where do you think they should be?

Texas?

Yeah.

Probably like 15, maybe 18. Ooh.

Yeah. So, but so at that point it definitely is less of an upset.

Somewhere in that range, 15 to 18. Like, I, I, I don't think that they're bad.

Sure.

I think they're good, but like, I don't think they're number 1 good. And so they were like just way overranked.

Yeah.

And they were just doomed to fall.

But this is again the problem with preseason rankings.

No, I, but like, here's, here's, here's the problem is Georgia's now number 1.

Yeah.

Right?

Yeah.

Is there any question in your mind that they're gonna fall?

Uh, no, I think at some point they'll get beat.

I don't think so. I don't, I don't see anyone on their horizon and I'm like, I'm not concerned. They already beat Alabama.

Yeah. I, I think that there's, I, but they do it every year. Every year there's one team that comes in and beats 'em. Mm-hmm. I don't know who it's gonna be. I, and maybe I'm wrong, but I think at some point they will, but I still think they're number one. Like, I don't think that Notre Dame is number 2, and I definitely don't think Notre Dame should be number 1. So I, again, I think that we're kind of where we need to be in week 6, going into week 6. Here we are. Mm-hmm. I, I, I think we're kind of where we need to be, uh, or going into week 7. We are at week 6. But anyway, so that's kind of where, where things are. I, you know, but then the other one

Okay, so here's, here's their remaining schedule.

Okay.

They have Kentucky, Auburn.

Yeah.

Florida. Ole Miss.

Huh.

Missouri.

Uh-huh.

South Carolina.

Yeah.

And Georgia Tech.

Oh, so they don't even play Kentucky.

So who's your biggest concern in there?

Um, Of those, yeah, not many.

That's, that's what I'm saying.

My biggest concern—

If you— I think if you're being honest, is Ole Miss.

Ole Miss, maybe. And yeah, just because, you know,

that's who, that's who they got left.

Chambliss is good. I think, uh, yeah,

in—

they don't play some of these teams.

Let's see, is it— yeah, so it's at Ole Miss. So that's in Ole Miss's favor.

It's a tough place to play.

Like the other ones that might be a concern, Missouri, they're playing Missouri at home.

Maybe.

They're playing South Carolina at home, which honestly, like South Carolina, like they're kind of a—

They could a little bit, they're proximity.

Oh, I mean,

they're proximity guy.

They can do some stuff.

Well, they're, yeah, they're an upsetter. I mean, that's kind of what their role is.

But like, I'm not worried about Auburn.

No.

I'm not worried about Florida.

No.

I mean, maybe I'm concerned about Ole Miss, but I gotta see what they do for the next 2 weeks.

Yeah.

To see if they're actually a concern. I'm not worried about Missouri 'cause they're playing Missouri in Atlanta.

Yeah.

They go to South Carolina and then they play Georgia Tech at home.

Yeah.

Like, I don't see, like, I don't see something that like raises my blood pressure. Sure. If I'm Georgia.

Sure.

in, in the horizon.

Yeah.

And I'm not saying that they should like sleep on them, any of them.

Sure.

But like, I, I also know that Kirby Smart's gonna have them ready to go. I, I, I, I see, I see Georgia kind of having a perfect season at this point.

Well, they might. They definitely might.

Um, I mean, Alabama to me was like the big one.

Yeah. Only because, honestly, in my opinion, only because Georgia has never beaten Alabama in the regular season.

What?

Not in the past. I say never. Not in the past. Like, yeah, Alabama has had their number.

What—

when— I'll ask a question. Like, when is the last time, uh, Georgia has beaten Alabama?

I feel like that was a thing last year. Like, because they played them twice.

Well, yeah, but, but we're talking regular season.

Um, and I think you're right. I think, I think Alabama beat them, but then they beat them for like the SEC Championship or something.

Yeah, so, uh, Georgia defeated Alabama in 2007

in the regular season. Mhm. Okay,

before this year. So it's been 20 years almost. When I say never, that In, in the recent history is what I mean by that. Like, I know it's happened, but like in the, in the era that Georgia and Alabama were the big dogs, they've only beaten them— this, this was the first time since 2007.

But they— but last year they beat them in the SEC Championship, right?

Well, yeah, but that's, that's not regular season. That's my point.

Well, I mean,

so— but yes, they have beaten them, but I think only twice. in the playoffs. So I mean, like, that's Georgia. This might be the year that Georgia stays where they're at.

I might be so.

But the other thing,

I could be wrong. I could be wrong. Look, I'm, I'm humble enough to admit that, like, sometimes I could be wrong. But like, all you a-holes out there that excoriated me about Texas and Oklahoma can just go home to the woodshed and take your whooping. Yeah, because I was right.

You were right. Uh, the other one that was sweet was LSU losing. Oh, it

was so beautiful.

Not by a little bit,

dude. By a lot. The 2-point conversion was one, it was just a thing of beauty.

Yeah.

Especially because there was like a penalty. Mm-hmm. It pushed him back and he still just like stepped back in the pocket. Yep. And then just ran it in.

Yeah.

It was so gorgeous.

Yeah.

And not just be like, look, it was, it was doubly gorgeous because it happened to LSU.

Of course.

Like, I loved every moment of that. It was so awesome.

Yeah.

Um, one, I, I also, I, I root for the underdog every single time.

Yeah.

And I, I love when Kentucky could just whoop on somebody.

Yeah.

Especially when it's Lane Kiffin.

Yeah, exactly. He's easy to—

it's like, who'd you get beat by? You get, you got beat by Ole Miss and Kentucky.

That's right.

I love it.

Love it.

It's like poetic justice.

Yeah. I don't disagree though. Good stuff, man.

So that one, it was just, it was just a good game too.

It was.

So

yeah, they played a good game.

Yeah,

for sure.

So, and there were other good games. I mean, like, I actually want to go back to the Georgia-Alabama one because there's a lot of Alabama fans that are upset that there wasn't a pass interference call. Did you, did you watch that?

Uh, no, I did not.

So there was, there was a play towards the end of the game.

Okay.

That would have potentially put Alabama within in field goal range had there been a pass interference call.

Oh, I did see that.

So, and I was, I was, I was, I was hoping you saw it because, like, I don't, I don't actually know the rules. I look at it and I'm like, yeah, I

have to go back and look at it because I, I remember having an opinion on that. Um, and I remember thinking that—

so, okay, so I gotta remember what it was. Here's what I saw is you had 2 defensive backs covering the receiver. One blindside runs into the receiver, basically preventing him from catching the ball.

Yeah.

Um, and he wasn't making necessarily making a play on the ball, but he didn't necessarily know what was going on.

Yeah.

And so in that situation, if I'm describing it accurately, is that pass interference? Because he doesn't know that the ball's coming, or—

Oh, no, no, no. It's, it's his responsibility to know.

The, the defensive backs?

Yes.

Okay.

And, and so—

But like, if it, if an officiant didn't see it,

yeah.

Does it get called in the replay?

Yeah. So, um, actually, I, I, yeah. So that's why I was like, I was looking at it again cuz I, I remembered it, but I was like, okay. Which way did I, did I really go on it? So, um, it was absolutely pass interference.

Okay.

Absolutely. They just didn't call it. They didn't call it. Now here's the thing. I will tell you that every conference tells their officials how they should call certain things.

Okay.

All right. Now, now that doesn't mean that the rules are up for interpretation, But there's a philosophy behind things. Let me give you a perfect example. Some conferences, uh, want a whistle blown when an extra point is kicked and it goes through the uprights.

Okay.

Some conferences do not want a whistle blown. The, the— because the whistle always ends the play, but a play ends even without a whistle. Sure. So it's just a, it's just a philosophy of how that happens, right? Um, there are a lot of conferences that will say big plays that are like game-deciding plays, you need to be lenient on. Like, let it play out. Don't, don't throw something.

Don't try and interfere.

Don't try to interfere. I will also say that, um, we, we refer to something a lot called bang bang place where it's like that happens. You don't call bang bang place because it is so close that is it technically? Yeah. But like, it's like so close. Like you just don't call that. Here's the thing. In this specific play, the defender runs and the receiver is trying to catch the ball. The, the defender is running at him and makes contact before the ball gets there. Mm-hmm. And he never turns his head around. So what I mean by that is the all— like, both, both players have the right to the ball. Defender and offensive and defensive

guys have a right to the ball. But that defender isn't playing the ball at all. He's not playing the ball. He's playing—

Not even looking.

Not even looking. He has no clue where that ball is. He's not even like— if he would've turned his head, It, it probably would have been in his favor to go, oh, I hit him early,

right?

Uh, I wasn't looking at the, the guy, I was looking for the ball. Both of us were playing the ball. He wasn't playing the ball, he was playing the receiver. He hits him early before the ball gets there. It's 100% pass interference in my opinion. Um, and so it was a no-call. Now the SEC may come back and go, we don't want that called in that scenario. But the problem is in the world of replay, in the world of slow-mo 4K, like everything is so easy to see.

Yep.

Um, and so yeah, it was, it was a controversial no-call, but it should have been it should have been called.

Yeah. It would've changed the outcome of the game.

It would have changed the outcome of the game because they would've had a first down.

Right.

It would've been a first down and it would've had—

Well, not just a first down, it would've put them in field goal range.

It would've put 'em in field goal range.

Which would've allowed them to tie.

Correct. And I mean, they were almost in field goal range as it was. Yeah. And yeah.

Look, I'm not crying any tears for Alabama.

Sure.

I mean,

and here's the other thing, like, I, I'll say this, like, this is another thing that we talk about a lot whenever, uh, we're talking about football games is like, look, you're asking for one play at the end of the game that could have determined the outcome of the game. What about the other 59 minutes of the game?

Sure.

Right? Like, there's—

If you would've dominated the rest of them, then this wouldn't have even been an issue.

That's right. And so like, now I'm not saying that you shouldn't officiate it the right way. You should.

You should. Yeah.

But it's still the— it's like, look, you're, you're asking for 59 minutes and 58 seconds worth of a game to be determined on that 0.2 seconds.

Yeah. You're, you're hanging your hat on one instance when it's like, if your team would've actually played well, right, this wouldn't have been an issue. They could have been up by 14.

Right.

if they'd actually would've like performed.

That's right. And, and now the other thing that we've got is, uh, so I'm in a, uh, high, uh, Texas high school officials Facebook, uh, group. And there was a play, uh, that was a questionable call on whether or not it should be a blindside block or a block in the back. Mm-hmm. Or what would, it was just the question was that, what would you call here? So many people were putting on there that it should have been a block in the back. It was not. It was a legal blindside block and it's textbook illegal blindside block. But I'm telling you, 2/3 of the comments on the, on the thing, which from people that you assume are Texas high school officials, said it should be a block in the back. And I like,

what's the difference?

So

like penalty-wise,

uh, block in the back's gonna be a 10, a 10-yard penalty. And, uh, and this was on a punt. Okay. So, uh, it's 10-yard penalty versus a 15-yard penalty.

And an automatic first down.

And well, but both of 'em are gonna be a first down cuz it's on punt. Well, so it's a change of possession.

So like, what if it was, what if it was like 4th and 20? 10-yard penalty is not gonna, not gonna put you a first down, right?

Yeah, exactly. Okay.

That's what, that's what I'm asking.

Correct. Because like one's a personal foul, one's not. Cuz one personal foul carries an automatic first down.

That's, that's what I'm asking.

And blocking back doesn't.

Okay.

So. Um, but

I don't know the circumstances of the play, but like, I know some, some are automatic and some are not.

Yeah. So, you know, if you've got the, and, and the problem to me is the, the blindside block was put in place for this very reason. So,

which I, I actually saw that called in a game and I don't recall which one. And I remember watching it going, well, that's just the dumb part of the person because it was an— it was a change of possession.

Sure, happens most of the time on change of possession,

right? And so it was a blindside block and I'm like, yeah, but like, that's not the fault of the guy providing the block.

Yeah,

you know what I mean? Like, like, what are you gonna do? Like, you're there.

Yep.

Are you not going to block the guy? You're just gonna let him go?

Yeah, so I think that's the— that's the problem. And but it's the reason they put the play in, or the—

I understand why they have it, because it can cause a lot of injuries. It can. I've seen it happen. But like, like, you, you want to like allow that guy to just continue on and not provide coverage for the guy running the ball that's just now taken possession?

Yeah.

And I'm like, this seems silly.

Well, it, it— so here's the thing. The reason they put it in, in play is because before, what is an illegal blindside block Um, most of the time that is happening at the shoulder. Most of the time it's a block that happens at the shoulder that the defender or whoever is being blocked didn't see coming. Mm-hmm. So a block in the back is typically 2 hands in your numbers and you fall forward. Mm-hmm. Okay. If the block is at the shoulder, typically you're not falling face forward, you're falling on your side.

Yeah.

And that is a legal block. Even if it's the back of the shoulder, it's still a, it's still a legal block. So you've got these defenders that were coming in and, and we called, I don't remember what we called 'em, but it's basically a sniffer. A guy who's sniffing out a guy to just go punish.

Yeah, I was, I was gonna say that was, that was what I see the, the intent of the rule. It is most of the time like change of possession. Oh, now I can go smack the crap outta the quarterback.

That's exactly right. Or, or whomever, it, it doesn't matter who it is, but typically it's someone not paying attention to who's coming at me. I'm looking at the ball runner or whatever. And until the blindside block came into play, it was just a legal block. Mm-hmm. And, and there was a lot of injuries happening because of it. And so they put the foul in. And so I'm like, and in this specific play, which I can show you later, this guy comes and you can tell he's sniffing this guy out. He goes and he punishes him by putting a block on his shoulder.

Right.

And so many officials were saying that should be a block in the back. And I'm like, if we can't get that right, Then, then what are we doing? Yeah. You know, and, and you're calling games on Friday night. Yeah. Big important games. And so I, officiating's tough. I, I'll just tell you for those, all of you out there who are— No, it absolutely is. Armchair quarterbacks, uh, who are, who are saying, oh, you know, if I was a coach, I would do it differently. Being a coach is tough. And hey, calling a play that you see in real time, it's tough. So just putting that out there.

Yeah. Like the, the, here's, here's the issue I have with it is I think if it affects the play that's happening, it shouldn't be a foul.

Sure.

But like if it's away from the ball,

yeah.

Like then it should be a call. Sure. Like if you're using it as an opportunity to like smack the crap out of a quarterback or like a wide receiver or something who's not looking, that's not even near where the action's happening. Mm-hmm. That makes total sense to me.

Yeah.

But like, if it's actually someone who's prepared to make a play on the ball that has just been turned over, it's fair game, man. Yeah, I think that's my opinion.

No, I think all of it had, and I think that's why you gotta look at the play as a whole. Like you need to be able to see, was that player coming out of nowhere targeting him to punish him?

Which I think that's probably the, is it targeting?

Yeah.

'Cause like, if it's like, no, he's gonna tackle the guy that just intercepted it. That's not targeting.

No, it's why, it's why a play at the shoulder is not illegal. It's whenever that player goes to punish, that's whenever it becomes illegal. So anyway, um, yeah, so that's kind of where we're at.

Yeah.

On that.

So anyway, fun weekend in college football. Yeah. I love it when stuff gets upset. Oh yeah. I love it when positions get turned over. Oh yeah. It's, it's the absolute best. Um, so Do you want to briefly comment on the Cornell stuff?

Sure. Let's talk about it.

Yeah. So I found about a— I found out about it on vacation. My wife was actually telling me about it. Like, I don't, I don't know that we need a whole lot of commentary about it other than just like, I think that they're both kind of scummy.

Oh, who, who are you talking about?

The, the, the boys in the fraternity.

Yep.

And that the girl should never have been around them in the first place.

Yeah.

So, and, and like, I, I have zero problem. I have heard so many people comment about this situation where they're talking about the Cornell. And is there like a phrase that's associated with this now?

Oh, probably.

I, I don't know what it is. I think there was like 50-some-odd guys on that group text.

We used to call it an orgy. Or a gangbang. What do we do? Like, what do we— What's this we business? We,

I

never peopled anything. Of course not. No. So I've heard.

I was never associated with any such event. Um, you know, no, in all seriousness, I was like, like I heard about this and I was like, what trash? What smoldering trash of garbage is this?

Yeah, it's terrible. Awful.

And everyone's like, oh, the guys need to be blamed. Yeah, they need to be blamed. Of course they're morons.

Yes.

For engaging in anything that's associated— I think there was actually only 7 guys that were actually involved in this situation.

That were especially— that were being called out. Yes.

But there was like 50-some-odd guys on the text message thread.

Yes. And they were alerted to the opportunity, I should say.

Yes. Um, and like, by the, by the way, this, this has become culturally not abnormal. For like, there, there are so many of these, of these gals who are on, uh, OnlyFans who are like, I'm gonna sleep with 1,000 guys this year. And it's like, why?

Yeah.

Like, what are you— what are we actually trying to accomplish? Like, it's, it's clearly just like an attention grab.

Yep, money grab. It's, it's, it's despicable.

It's nothing you're gonna be proud of sharing with your grandchildren. No. 40 years from now. No. So like, why do it? Um, but like the 50-some-odd guys, the, the, the criticism is like, why didn't any of them say anything?

Yeah.

And to which I don't have a defense of, which they should absolutely have said something like, you morons, stop doing this, this is stupid, or kick me out of this text, I don't want to have anything to do with this. It could also be the case that like none of them were even paying attention.

Sure.

Like I'm in several like WhatsApp groups where I'm like, I come back several months later and I'm like, what the hell happened here?

Yeah.

Like— Yeah, the carnage is— I didn't even ask to be in this group.

Yep.

And yet here I am.

Yep.

Like picking up the pieces 3 months later going like, what happened? Yeah. And so like, that's a possibility. I don't even know how this happened. I don't know. But like, if they were aware,

yeah,

then they absolutely should have said something. Sure. You know, um, the problem is, is like, now we have all the text messages. We know that she was like texting several of the— not several, a couple of the guys the day after saying what a good time she had. And then 3 weeks later she's saying rape. Is that within her prerogative? 100%.

Sure.

You know, and, and for those like 7 guys that were involved in that situation, don't do dumb things,

right?

Because this is what happens.

Yeah.

Like, I think—

what did you expect was gonna happen?

I, I don't know.

Like, that— I guess that's a question that I want to ask people a lot of times, is like, okay, something you did was found out and people didn't like it, and so now you're texted

about with 50 other guys,

right?

Like, so what did you—

like, what do you think?

Yeah.

Like, did you expect that someone is gonna find out and go, well done? Or—

Hopefully not.

Hopefully not. What— that's what I'm wondering. Like, what was your endgame?

Yeah.

In being part of that? You didn't— did you— I mean, I really— what I want, what I want, what I think should happen is they come out and go, we made— we were wrong. That was really terrible of us. I don't— I wish I never did that. You know what I mean?

The question has become is whether or not they were legally wrong.

Oh, I know. That's the problem.

That's the problem. It's like we have created this culture of sexuality that says that it's not until someone says no. And they can even say no retroactively days and weeks after and be like, no, this was wrong.

Well, because we've created a culture in our life of you do what you want to do. Moral compass is yours to dictate. Yeah.

Until you get to decide.

Until,

until you decide it's not.

Right. Until someone or you or whomever decides it's not. And all of a sudden, you do you is thrown out the window.

And this is, this is where everyone comes back to like, hey, maybe we need to reevaluate the Judeo-Christian ethic and be like, you know what, maybe if from the outset we said that this was wrong, this wouldn't have happened in the first place.

Sure.

Maybe.

Possibly. I'm not

saying like, look,

it's a better probability though.

Like, look, look, sexual promiscuity and, and complete lack of moral fiber has been happening for eons. It doesn't mean that it wouldn't have happened, but we have said as a culture for a long time now Like, hey, you get to decide what's right for you.

Yeah.

And it's like, no, no, no, no, no. We need something outside of us to tell us what's right and what's wrong because we are terrible at deciding what's right and what's wrong. We actually need something outside of us to go like, hey, you should really reevaluate your decision-making because you make terrible decisions.

That's right.

When you're on ketamine.

Yeah.

When you're on drugs.

Yes.

You make terrible decisions. Yes. And by the way, you probably shouldn't be doing ketamine.

I would think not.

And then making moral decisions about what your bodily autonomy looks like.

And then, and then, and then choosing later to regret those choices.

Look, and I'm, I'm, I'm not, I'm not saying that anyone that did anything wrong is sort of like not responsible for the things that they did because other people were on drugs.

Sure.

That is not what I'm saying whatsoever. Right. Had we had the moral fiber to say, I probably shouldn't be doing drugs, and then making moral decisions about what to do with my body, that those decisions should have been made long before that situation came about.

Agreed.

You know, and, and so like, if they did anything wrong, like, I'm, I'm like, look, when it, when it comes to like This is the thing is we can't even say that word on YouTube and Facebook. When it comes to grape, like when it comes to that, I am probably one of the most ardent supporters of castration execution. Okay. And like, I'm not even saying like peaceful surgical castration. Like, no, just make it as painful as possible.

Yeah.

So that the next guy that comes along that decides he wants to do something like that has a second thought about doing it because if he gets caught, it's gonna be painful.

Yeah.

You know?

Okay.

And if not that, then just like straight up execution. I have zero patience for that kind of deplorable behavior.

Yeah.

Like, really. And if any of those guys did it, I hope that's what happens to them. I really do.

Yeah.

Like, because you have to be in a dark place in order to do that to a woman.

Yeah, I would agree.

So if they did that, like, string them up, man. I don't care. I have zero patience for it.

But should it be a public execution?

Yeah, sure.

That's a whole different thing. Like, we're now live streaming these things. Have you seen this?

No.

Oh, we haven't even talked about this. You haven't seen the guy, uh, the, the, the Pentagon shooter?

Well, I know that they cleared him for, uh, um, what do you have multiple guys with rifles? Firing squad.

Firing squad.

They cleared him for firing squad.

It's going to be livestreamed.

I think that's amazing.

It's— I really do. It's definitely, it's definitely a point of just FYI, there are a lot of people who have opinions about this.

I could care less about your opinion. Like, here's, here's the thing is back in the day, there's a reason that they did these things in the public square.

That's for sure.

Right? If you go, like, if you just go watch the opening scenes of True Grit, like, and I'm talking about the old one. I don't know about the new one. I haven't, I don't remember. I haven't watched the new one. If you go watch the old opening scene, she goes to that town in Arkansas, and her companion tries to cover her eyes because the town square, they're about to have a public hanging for guys that had committed horrible atrocities in their community.

Right.

And the community showed up to watch them hang, not because they wanted to see it. It was, it was a spectacle. I get it.

It was, but it was, it was more to show—

It was a deterrent.

Like you're talking about. the deterrent of like, maybe I shouldn't do this.

Yeah, because if I do and I get caught, I'm gonna end up like that guy.

Right.

And that's the thing is like, I have like, that guy shot up a US military base. I could care less if we livestream his execution.

Yeah, I think the—

Knock yourselves out.

So I'm not gonna comment. I'm gonna be bipartisan on this. But The, the argument is that when we livestream this in the world that we live in today, of social media, of kids that are 8 years old having cell phones, that we're, we're going to be seeing something pretty graphic for kids.

Oh, well, I have a response to that. Don't give your kids cell phones.

I don't disagree with you. But my kids

don't— like, like, my oldest didn't get one until she was 17.

Yeah. And mine, mine won't either.

I stand firm behind that decision.

No, mine won't either.

Specifically because of things like that. Because when she turns 17, she has zero problem coming to me and saying, what is this?

Yeah. And no, I, I agree with you. You and I are on the same page on—

You and I are on the same page. Like, most of Americans give them to them when they're like 10. Well,

and that's the point. is going, look, okay, if you think that your daughter who didn't get a cell phone till 17 won't see this because her other friend who is 12 shows her, then you're blind, is what the people will say, is like, look, they're gonna see it. And do you want your kids seeing

that? But like, this is... I don't mean to equivocate, but I'm gonna.

Okay. But here we go.

Like, if your 14-year-old son in the parking lot of the school sees another kid get punched in the mouth because he talked about another kid's mom, your 14-year-old son is probably now— and, like, and then the kid that mouthed off about the other kid's mom just gets the ever-living snot beat out of him. Your son is now less likely, and in a good way, less likely to mouth off about anybody else's mom.

Sure.

And like, I'm not— that's a good thing.

Oh yeah, there's something to be said about that. I can, I can, I can get behind your reasoning.

Like, it's, it's good for them to see that a moron who decided to talk about somebody else's mom in an unkind way.

Yeah.

Just got his nose wrapped around a flagpole.

Sure.

Go, oh, he talked about that dude's mom.

Yeah.

That dude just wrapped his nose around a flagpole.

Right.

That's probably not a good idea.

Probably not your better choice.

And like, nobody should be talking about anybody's mama,

right?

Like, everybody just knows that that's a no-go zone.

No-go zone.

If you decide to do it and you get your nose wrapped around the flagpole, them's the breaks.

Yeah.

And so for other kids to see that, like, oh, these are the actual consequences of me running my mouth.

Sure.

Maybe you're less likely to run your mouth.

Yeah.

And like, I'm not encouraging violence. I don't want that. I want kids to be polite. Yes, ma'am. No, ma'am. Yes, sir. No, sir.

Right.

All those kinds of things. But like, for them to be able to see— and, and so in, in our country, I think if it's explained like, hey, that guy shot a bunch of people.

Yeah.

On a military base.

Yeah.

And here's what happens when you do that. Yeah. You, you decide that your particular views are more important than the lives of other people, so that you decide to open fire and kill them and take dads away from their kids. and take moms away from their kids and, and dads away from their wives and moms away from their husbands, this is what happens to you.

Yeah.

I don't have a problem with that. Like, kids, kids used to go to executions in town squares.

They did.

All the time.

They did.

And it dissuaded them from behaving in ways that the public decided was not appropriate.

Yeah.

Now, is the public right? That's a whole different question.

Sure.

Whether or not our kids see these things, like, look, you give your kid a cell phone and you're worried about them actually seeing a public execution. There are way worse things that they can find on YouTube.

That I will disagree with you.

On Instagram, on— look, there just are. Yeah. Like, you are deluding yourself into believing that your kid is just watching SpongeBob SquarePants.

Yeah.

You're watching— your kids are watching SpongeBob SquarePants do horrible things.

Oh yeah.

Because AI exists.

Yeah.

So either take the cell phone away or stop crying to me about what your kids see on there because of what hap— what happens in real life. That, that's my argument.

Sure.

Like, if you don't want 'em to see it, take it away.

Yeah. And so to, to circle back, uh-huh. Uh, 'cause I think I do, I do wanna reel you in just a little bit. Um, is, uh, is the Cornell thing. Uh-huh. Going back to that,

that's a whole different ball game though.

We're— yeah, we're, we're, we're in a different league, and I understand that. My point was, you are personally going, hey, uh, if you do that to a woman, other people should be deterred.

Yes.

By seeing or being aware of or knowing that this is how— what's going to happen.

Yeah,

yeah. And I, and I— look, I They're—

Let me tell you my thought on that, because here's what I think should happen. Let's, if this has been the culture at Cornell for a long time, which a lot of people are espousing to be true.

They are.

I don't know that it's true. Could be.

Yeah.

If it's the case, let's make the Cornell degree completely worthless. That's the thing. How worse off would America be if Cornell didn't exist?

Not that, not that worse off.

Not that worse off?

There's not, there's not that many people who can say that they graduated from Cornell to make that a thing.

Yeah, the, the most prestigious person I can think of is probably like Andy from The Office.

There you go.

At this point. Sure. And so like, who cares?

Yeah.

Like if the Cornell name gets ruined, there are 500 other universities in the United States ready and willing to take their place to instill within young American men and women good moral values.

Sure.

So if Cornell goes away, eh.

Yeah.

So if that's the case, and this is the culture that Cornell is producing, let's make their degree completely worthless. And so like anybody that graduated from there, let's make it a shameful thing for them to say, I graduated from Cornell.

Yeah, I'm okay with that.

If, if, if that's the case.

Right. And I would bet, like most things in the world, it has been exacerbated that that is everyone that comes through that place. You know what I mean?

I seriously doubt that that's the case. Right. And I seriously doubt that many people would be willing to make that argument.

Yeah, because— I'm

not willing to.

No, I wouldn't be either. And I think that's one of the reasons that I really dislike these absolute comments of everybody.

Right.

Or, you know, like, you know what I mean? Like, these absolutes are—

they're dangerous. If you're unwilling to do what I suggest, then you don't really believe what you're saying.

Right. And I think that's one of the things that is just interesting about the whole thing is how Cornell has—

Look, Cornell's response was a joke.

It was a joke. Yeah, that's been one of the problems.

Make them write an essay.

Yeah, that's— it's one of the problems is like your, your response to this, Cornell, was lackluster at best. Yes. You know? And so, yeah, there, there probably needs to be some stricter consequences being given. And oh, by the way, this shouldn't have had to resurface after 2 years.

That's, that's the big point.

It's been 2 years and it's resurfacing.

Yeah.

And— Meaning that it had not surfaced well to begin with.

Yes. Yeah, they've been, they've been burying it for a while.

Yeah.

So yeah, I, I, you know, I, like I said, either, either bury Cornell or move on with your lives,

right?

Like, because if you're not willing to bury the entire institution, then you don't really have a problem with the institution,

right?

And the institution is not a problem, and the individuals are the problem. That maybe, maybe that fraternity is the problem.

Agreed.

Maybe.

Yeah.

I don't even know what the name of the fraternity— do you know the name? I don't either, no. That's— see, that's the problem.

Yeah.

Is we haven't even identified who these boys were associated with. They won't—

they haven't put it out. Other than— Well, they— maybe they put it out, but I haven't seen it.

Other than Cornell.

Cornell. Yes, they're saying Cornell people in a fraternity.

Yeah.

I, I don't think there's only one there.

No. No. And like, what university doesn't have a fraternity full of jagweeds?

Almost all of them.

I do. Every single one.

Yes.

That I've ever seen.

Sure. And, and everybody knows which one it

is. Yeah. At that university. Yes, they do. Every single time they're like, oh yeah, those guys are the biggest ones.

Yeah.

They all know.

Yeah. No, they do.

And like, I would guess if, if I had to put money on the line, if you went to Cornell, you can probably tell me exactly which fraternity it was.

Yep.

So that, and that, and, and then, and then there's that problem. Like, why, why are we having to wait for something like this to happen for everyone to go like, oh yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about.

That's right. So what happened or has happened is every fraternity has been told you cannot have any parties for the rest of the season, the rest of the year.

That's not gonna solve nothing.

No. I mean, you, you saying, oh, we can't have a sanction party.

No. Here's the problem is All of you who went to that university in the past were cowards and said nothing until now. That's the problem.

Yeah.

Is, as you saw despicable moral behavior going on before now, and all of you probably— and like, I'm making assumptions here, which are probably accurate, probably, that all of you for years knew that that was the one that was the problem and said nothing.

Right.

And you're all probably subscribed to OnlyFans, and so you're part of the problem as well. You are.

Check your subscriptions.

You are. Like, yeah, let's, all of you who are judging, let's check your bank ledger.

Yeah.

Because it's probably full of moral problems. Yeah. And so like, don't, don't come crying to me about sexual impropriety.

Correct.

When you've allowed it.

Yeah.

For years. It's, I just, it just bugs the ever-loving bejesus out of me. So,

well, we talked about that longer than we thought.

Okay. So like, let's transition. We got, we got this fun thing. We've got the, the Grill Fighter.

The Grill Fighter.

So, and I think we did a review. What was the one, um, the

fire one?

Yeah, the fire one that was built by firefighters. Yeah, it's like the sponge. Yeah, that works on steam, right? I think he saw that and was like, hey, I've got something kind of cool I need you to check out. So the Grill Fighter, we're going to be checking this thing out. We just got it in the mail. Yeah, so I just wanted to confirm that we got it. Um, it's chainmail with, uh, what, what did you say this was?

It's like, it's just like a silicone.

Yeah, it's like silicone underneath.

Yeah, it's like almost like, you know, like the things that they make like, uh, like, like beds out of and stuff. Yeah, silicone, like sponge almost, but it's not, it's not porous. It's a non-porous material. There's holes in it, but it's not like a sponge.

So, and then it's got this scraper at the top. It also has like a bottle opener and like a little hook. It's, it's cool. It's hefty. Like you can tell it's durable. Um, but we'll check it out. The idea behind it, I think, because we were talking a lot about how these wire brushes, yeah, would flake off and that could potentially get like metal in your food.

In your food. Yeah.

Things like that. And so like this, the idea behind this is this chainmail. So it's a little bit more sturdy. So if something were to break off, you'd know because the whole thing would come apart. Um, so it's supposed to give you the same scraping power without breaking apart.

It's very interesting.

Yeah. Yeah. So I'm, I'm excited to check it out. It's cool looking.

Yeah.

Um, but we also wanted to get into my, uh, most recent trip.

Yeah. I wanna hear, I wanna hear, cuz, uh, and I know we, we, we don't have tons of time. We want to talk about it, but it won't take, like, I, I'm super interested in Epic.

Yeah.

Super interested.

Sorry, my daughter's texting me in the middle of the show here.

How dare she?

I know.

Do we even? Busy, busy people, and we do not have time for that kind of stuff.

Yeah.

But here's the deal. So you went to Florida. Mmhmm. Uh, you did lots of stuff while you were there, but you went to Epic Universe, and, uh, that's part of Universal. Brand-new park. It's been open for, what, like a year and a half now? And I think it opened in, like, May of last year.

Yep.

So, uh, and it's... It's supposed to be awesome.

It is.

What'd you think?

Um, so like, let me, let me, let me just say this. We, we went and did Epic for one day,

right?

And then we left and we went and did Disney for 2 days.

Okay.

So now we are big Disney people.

Yeah.

But we also love Universal. Sure. Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure. We've had a blast at both of those. I hate to say this. Mm-hmm. I think Epic is way overrated.

Oh, that is a, that is a hot take.

So

I wanna know why. Um,

so

because here's the deal. Anybody can go check out people talking about Epic. You can see videos on all the stuff there. We don't have to necessarily go through all of the thing, the reasons, but I am really curious. That is a hot take.

Yeah. So here, A couple things. One, it's a lot smaller than I think a lot of people think that it is.

Okay. And they've, they've talked about already planning on expanding and— Which is great. We will also say that plenty of Disney parks have been built and expanded because you have to start somewhere.

Yes.

So there's that.

And I, I think, I think as far as like a new park, they're off to a great start.

Okay.

Let me, let me, let me say that right. But I also think it's way overrated.

Okay.

Um, it's, it's way smaller than I think people give it credit for.

Okay.

Um, so we stayed on property at the beach.

Okay.

Um, and that was a strategic move because we knew that we got in an hour earlier, right, than people with just regular tickets. And the way that Universal does early park entry is way different than Disney does stuff. Right. So they actually let you into the park about a half hour before they're supposed to on the hour mark. So we were actually at the front of that line.

Okay.

Um, and suffice to say, we were able to do half the park before the park actually opened. Wow. As far as rides are concerned.

That's impressive.

Um, it's, it's not when you look at the actual number of rides.

Okay.

That they have.

Which is what, like 8?

Let's see, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Yeah, 8 in total.

Okay.

Now, like, and, and there's some bifurcation in there because there's like the one, it, it depends on what you call a ride.

Okay.

When you start talking about things that act— people actually want to go on. Sure. It's about 8.

Okay.

Um, and I, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll explain what I mean in a minute. Because, um, the best ride in the park is actually not in a— in my opinion, the best ride in the park is not through one of the portals. It's actually in Celestial Park.

Okay.

Um, which is awesome, amazing, like it's so cool to walk through, um, but does very little for the park.

Okay.

Um, if you're not familiar with the way that works, like there's these portals that you go through and they're supposed to be like these self-contained worlds that you enter into.

It's a hub and spoke.

Yes.

Feel.

Yes. And on several of them, it felt like they had an amazing idea and then ran out of

money. Ooh. Okay.

On a bunch of them, honestly.

Okay.

And so like, if you, like, let me ask you this. If you had to guess as to what's the most impressive ride, because I think you're pretty familiar with what they have there. What would you say you would think is the most impressive ride at Epic Universe?