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- WEBVTT 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:13.419 What's up, friends? Welcome to another episode 00:00:13.419 --> 00:00:16.260 of Tables, Tailgates, and Toploaders. In fact, 00:00:16.260 --> 00:00:20.239 this is the very first episode of 2026, so... 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:22.879 welcome in and happy new year so happy to have 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:25.359 you all aboard for this episode i'm your host 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:28.059 as always tb can't thank you enough for stopping 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:30.780 in and checking out the 3Ts. Now i hope 00:00:30.780 --> 00:00:33.780 you have had a very merry christmas and a happy 00:00:33.780 --> 00:00:35.920 new year i took a little bit of time spent some 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:38.920 time with my friends and family over the holidays 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:42.520 and i hope you were able to do the same but you 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:44.920 know we have turned the calendar we are rocking 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:48.679 in january of 2026 and the podcast the three 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:52.119 t's we are going strong now for seven whole months 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:54.539 if you can believe it seven whole months i started 00:00:54.539 --> 00:00:57.450 this podcast With the very first episode way 00:00:57.450 --> 00:01:00.630 back on June 8th, and now 38 episodes later, 00:01:00.750 --> 00:01:03.390 we are still crushing it. Absolutely crushing 00:01:03.390 --> 00:01:06.329 it. It has been a blast. I have had a lot of 00:01:06.329 --> 00:01:09.069 fun along the way. I hope you have enjoyed the 00:01:09.069 --> 00:01:11.590 episodes up to this point. But hey, we're not 00:01:11.590 --> 00:01:13.109 stopping. We're going to keep going. We're going 00:01:13.109 --> 00:01:15.129 to keep cranking these episodes out one after 00:01:15.129 --> 00:01:17.549 another. And so for the very first episode of 00:01:17.549 --> 00:01:20.329 2026, we got a lot to get to. We're going to 00:01:20.329 --> 00:01:23.760 eventually... Go hand out some more TB and boo 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:26.180 -boo awards for some completely made -up categories. 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.560 If you listened to the last episode, you'll know 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.040 what I'm talking about. But first, we have to 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:34.599 start with the Buffalo Bills. Bills Mafia, you 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:38.040 are on the clock. How the heck are we feeling 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.920 after a very what? Emotional Week 18 victory 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:46.780 over the somewhat lifeless New Jersey Jets. They 00:01:46.780 --> 00:01:49.519 beat the New Jersey Jets, the New York Jets, 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:52.459 of course, 35 -8 in what most likely will be 00:01:52.459 --> 00:01:56.120 the very last game at the old Highmark Stadium. 00:01:57.980 --> 00:02:00.879 Kind of an emotional day. It's been an incredible 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:04.519 53 -year run, and it finally is coming to a close. 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:07.540 So what a game. What a game to have this fitting 00:02:07.540 --> 00:02:10.879 send -off in a game filled with almost completely 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:15.080 all backups. The offense seemed to come completely 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.620 alive. The offense just came alive and totally 00:02:17.620 --> 00:02:20.599 dominated the Jets in literally every facet of 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:22.699 the game. Not just the offense, the defense too. 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:26.259 The Bills seemed intent on handing out bonuses 00:02:26.259 --> 00:02:29.439 all over the field during the game. It was crazy 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:31.599 the amount of money they were handing out, and 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:34.699 it seemed like Christmas was still happening 00:02:34.699 --> 00:02:37.719 because they wanted to get Dawson Knox his incentives. 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:41.460 He earned an extra $200 ,000 for hitting his 00:02:41.460 --> 00:02:45.120 receiving mark. Ty Johnson, he had, what, two 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.120 tutties yesterday? He earned an extra $250 ,000 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:51.060 for his fifth touchdown of the season. Trey White 00:02:51.060 --> 00:02:54.080 also got a little extra cash in the new year. 00:02:54.139 --> 00:02:56.460 He picked up an extra cool million dollars for 00:02:56.460 --> 00:02:59.520 playing more than 65 % of the defensive snaps 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:04.099 for the entire season. And then we have, of course, 00:03:04.139 --> 00:03:07.240 last but not least, James Cook rushing for 15 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.639 yards on the night, which wasn't a... ton but 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:13.120 uh they had him in for a couple plays he rushed 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:16.180 for 15 yards and those 15 yards i think helped 00:03:16.180 --> 00:03:19.740 his rushing lead and he would eventually go on 00:03:19.740 --> 00:03:22.400 and hold off derrick henry who in the sunday 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.379 night game was getting pretty close to passing 00:03:25.379 --> 00:03:27.699 him for the rushing title so congratulations 00:03:28.590 --> 00:03:31.370 James Cook. I'm not exactly sure what the monetary 00:03:31.370 --> 00:03:33.870 award is for that award, but I'm sure there's 00:03:33.870 --> 00:03:37.550 some sort of incentive involved. And so it was 00:03:37.550 --> 00:03:40.729 nice to see him at least get a little extra yardage 00:03:40.729 --> 00:03:43.770 to pad that lead. But the rest of the team, they 00:03:43.770 --> 00:03:45.830 showed up big time. And like I said, it was made 00:03:45.830 --> 00:03:49.009 up predominantly of backups. It was crazy amount 00:03:49.009 --> 00:03:52.009 of inactives that were on both sides of the ball. 00:03:52.110 --> 00:03:55.300 But Mitch Trubisky, first and foremost. Tip of 00:03:55.300 --> 00:03:58.280 the cap to you, my friend. You played your ass 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:00.620 off. You played like you wanted a starting gig 00:04:00.620 --> 00:04:05.120 in next year somewhere. Who knows? There are 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:07.180 so many teams that need a competent quarterback, 00:04:07.340 --> 00:04:10.080 so I'm not sure what to think of that. Should 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.460 I be happy? Should I be sad? I've always liked 00:04:12.460 --> 00:04:14.909 Mitch. I think he's the perfect backup for this 00:04:14.909 --> 00:04:16.990 team, and I would hate to see him go. But he 00:04:16.990 --> 00:04:19.170 played great. He played great. He played like 00:04:19.170 --> 00:04:22.870 he was auditioning for a job. And he was 22 of 00:04:22.870 --> 00:04:26.649 29 for 254 yards and four touchdowns, no interceptions. 00:04:26.850 --> 00:04:29.310 I mean, it was nearly a flawless performance. 00:04:29.629 --> 00:04:33.350 So everyone praised Drake May last week when 00:04:33.350 --> 00:04:36.209 he carved up this very same Jets defense. Well, 00:04:36.370 --> 00:04:39.740 Mitch was just as good, if not better. Tip of 00:04:39.740 --> 00:04:42.420 the cap to him. He controlled the offense. He 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:45.160 played like his hair was on fire, and it was 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.899 awesome to see. Ray Davis, Ray Davis in conjunction, 00:04:48.060 --> 00:04:51.439 in combination with the O -line, who was made 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:54.110 up of almost... Completely of backups except 00:04:54.110 --> 00:04:57.810 for Osiris Torrance. Ray Davis was the man last 00:04:57.810 --> 00:05:01.850 night. He was 21 attempts for 151 rushing yards. 00:05:02.069 --> 00:05:04.930 I mean, the rushing yards, the Bills just gashed 00:05:04.930 --> 00:05:07.230 them. They had over 200 rushing yards against 00:05:07.230 --> 00:05:09.949 this Jets defense. So the offensive line just 00:05:09.949 --> 00:05:13.050 showed up. And this was all backups except for 00:05:13.050 --> 00:05:15.980 Torrance. Congratulations, you guys crushed it. 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.980 It was awesome to see. And I told you I would 00:05:18.980 --> 00:05:21.519 never use this phrase again, but hey, did you 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:24.459 all see? Everybody eats his back, baby. Because 00:05:24.459 --> 00:05:29.519 with Mitch E .T. leading the way, you had 10 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.279 different receivers catching a ball in Sunday 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:36.240 afternoon's contest in the final farewell to 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:39.259 Highmark. But 10 different receivers? Who had 00:05:39.259 --> 00:05:41.120 that on their bingo card for the last game of 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:43.839 the season? Gabe Davis, he was lighting it up. 00:05:43.860 --> 00:05:47.829 Five catches, 41 yards. Absolutely insane tutty 00:05:47.829 --> 00:05:50.750 that he just literally ripped off the defender's 00:05:50.750 --> 00:05:52.769 hands in the end zone. It was awesome. Great 00:05:52.769 --> 00:05:55.870 catch. Even Keon Coleman. Who's that, you ask? 00:05:56.009 --> 00:05:59.089 Well, Keon was drafted by the Bills last season, 00:05:59.209 --> 00:06:01.970 and he actually is on the team, and he caught 00:06:01.970 --> 00:06:04.970 two passes for 49 yards. So I'm watching this 00:06:04.970 --> 00:06:07.589 game. I'm watching this whole story unfold. I'm 00:06:07.589 --> 00:06:11.649 watching the crazy things in the stands and the 00:06:11.649 --> 00:06:14.230 little vignettes they're playing in and out of 00:06:14.230 --> 00:06:16.560 the breaks. was really cool it was nice to see 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:18.899 but i'm watching this game and i'm like who is 00:06:18.899 --> 00:06:21.040 actually calling the offensive plays in this 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:25.199 game uh because joe brady are you actually calling 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:28.279 plays is it someone else did you pass the the 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:31.319 five plays of doom onto someone else because 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:33.519 they were completely gone did you throw them 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:35.740 in the trash can what is happening the offense 00:06:35.740 --> 00:06:39.300 looks smooth it looked efficient it was insane 00:06:39.300 --> 00:06:41.720 and i'm like okay number one who's calling the 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:43.939 plays number two is this a totally new playbook 00:06:43.939 --> 00:06:46.480 that we redesign the offense to go against this 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:50.399 uh illustrious jets defense because we're just 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:52.500 carving them up and question number three are 00:06:52.500 --> 00:06:54.779 the jets actually this bad is it a combination 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:57.040 of all three of these things like what is going 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.420 on and question number four do we actually need 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:02.639 josh allen and of course that that question is 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:05.519 a total joke i'm kidding Take it easy, Mafia. 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:08.000 Relax. Just having a little fun. But yeah, who 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:09.620 was calling these plays? And where have these 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:12.920 plays been all season? I mean, you got 10 different 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:14.959 receivers involved in the offense. It looked 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:18.480 like receivers were wide open by 10, 15 yards. 00:07:18.899 --> 00:07:21.439 Players are running free. They're getting open. 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:24.839 And I'm like, how is it this easy? I know the 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.500 Jets have nothing to play for. And they're basically 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:29.819 trying to get a high draft pick. What are they 00:07:29.819 --> 00:07:32.259 going to get? pick number two or three on the 00:07:32.259 --> 00:07:34.100 year. I don't even know where. They're terrible. 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.459 The Jets are terrible. But it had to be some 00:07:36.459 --> 00:07:40.300 combination of both because the Bills, both offensively 00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:42.920 and defensively, they played great. defensively, 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:45.339 they shut this Jets offense down completely. 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:48.779 It was kind of sad to see them give up a tutty 00:07:48.779 --> 00:07:50.759 in the fourth quarter. But other than that, you 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:54.000 are talking about a big fat goose egg, Zippo. 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:56.319 I mean, I know it wasn't Boo Boo Brady back there 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:58.639 behind center, but it was Brady Cook nonetheless. 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:01.680 And he's not good at all, but the Bills backups, 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:04.420 they still need to be given the credit they deserve 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:08.300 because they held Brady Cook to 60 yards passing. 00:08:08.730 --> 00:08:11.209 60 yards passing in an NFL game? Are you kidding 00:08:11.209 --> 00:08:13.509 me? I'd like to think I could get 60 yards passing, 00:08:13.610 --> 00:08:16.250 but I mean, what the heck do I know? And then 00:08:16.250 --> 00:08:18.329 the Bills defense, they only gave up 70 yards 00:08:18.329 --> 00:08:21.629 rushing on the ground. So 130 total yards of 00:08:21.629 --> 00:08:24.589 offense for the Jets. Folks, I don't know how 00:08:24.589 --> 00:08:26.689 many games of football you've watched, but 130 00:08:26.689 --> 00:08:29.829 yards total offense is bad. I mean, yikes, that 00:08:29.829 --> 00:08:33.679 is pretty, pretty bad. Really good things, really 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:35.799 good things. But the bad news of the game, and 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.340 this was kind of frustrating, Matt Prater looked 00:08:38.340 --> 00:08:42.240 like he re -aggravated his quad injury. We don't 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:45.980 know the severity of this, but he was kicking 00:08:45.980 --> 00:08:48.059 in the first half, and then after halftime, he 00:08:48.059 --> 00:08:50.419 never came out, and he didn't play at all in 00:08:50.419 --> 00:08:52.639 the second half. You had the punter doing kickoff 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:55.659 duties, and they never went for another extra 00:08:55.659 --> 00:08:58.320 point the rest of the game. They ruled him out 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:00.279 eventually. They ruled him out in the second 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:02.639 half of the game. And now it looks like they're 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:04.980 going to need to get yet another kicker for the 00:09:04.980 --> 00:09:08.299 playoff run. And it's just why? Why can't we 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:11.279 have nice things? It just sucks. It just freaking 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:14.000 sucks because we just got rid of the whole Michael 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:17.860 Badgley debacle. He was absolute garbage. Please, 00:09:17.940 --> 00:09:20.779 please do not resign this guy. I'm not sure what 00:09:20.779 --> 00:09:24.220 to do at this point, but it's not great. It's 00:09:24.220 --> 00:09:26.759 not great at all. I know we have Ray Davis. He's 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:29.840 your emergency place kicker. But holy heck, you 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.700 can't be going into these playoff games that 00:09:31.700 --> 00:09:34.960 are going to be closely contested. I mean, for 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:37.139 God's sake, the guy in the Jags, he's booming 00:09:37.139 --> 00:09:42.279 kicks from like almost 70 yards with little to 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:45.000 no problem. He's doing the, what's the dance? 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:47.860 The gritty all over the place or whatever the 00:09:47.860 --> 00:09:50.200 hell stupid dance he's doing, celebrating these 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:52.539 ridiculous monumental kicks. And we can't even. 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:54.940 kick extra points so i don't i don't know we're 00:09:54.940 --> 00:09:57.539 just we're automatically going into the playoffs 00:09:57.539 --> 00:10:01.500 with uh a depleted roster and now we have no 00:10:01.500 --> 00:10:04.639 kicker so awesome great uh i don't know and the 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:06.360 other injury coming out of this game maxwell 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:08.759 hairston It looks like he really tweaked his 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:11.159 ankle in the fourth quarter, and he was seen 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:13.980 after the game in a walking boot. So, yeah, that's 00:10:13.980 --> 00:10:16.220 not good either. But the Bills and people are 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:18.659 blaming the Bills staff and all this stuff. Why 00:10:18.659 --> 00:10:20.320 was he playing? Well, he was playing because 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.820 we had no other players. So somebody had to take 00:10:22.820 --> 00:10:25.960 the field. Trey White literally played the entire 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:27.980 game yesterday. He played every defensive staff. 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:30.559 Christian Benford didn't suit up. He was inactive. 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:34.419 And we were down to literally no one. So we were 00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:36.659 just trying to get through the game. But this 00:10:36.659 --> 00:10:39.200 is just a shame. It's a shame, and it freaking 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:43.779 sucks. And I hope that it's not a serious injury. 00:10:43.940 --> 00:10:47.059 I hope he can get back out there. It's total 00:10:47.059 --> 00:10:50.820 bad luck that he had to be in there, number one. 00:10:50.860 --> 00:10:52.700 And number two, he gets hurt because we were 00:10:52.700 --> 00:10:54.340 literally just trying to finish the game out. 00:10:55.450 --> 00:10:56.970 the fourth quarter of the game. I mean, like 00:10:56.970 --> 00:10:59.610 you could see the finish line. So it's just so 00:10:59.610 --> 00:11:02.309 frustrating and it's just bad luck, but hopefully 00:11:02.309 --> 00:11:04.190 fingers crossed. He can get back out there, but 00:11:04.190 --> 00:11:06.750 we shall see. Other than that, other than Prater 00:11:06.750 --> 00:11:09.169 and Hairston, what else is there to complain 00:11:09.169 --> 00:11:12.529 about? I mean, look, the only other thing I could 00:11:12.529 --> 00:11:15.500 complain about. complain about? Admittedly, I 00:11:15.500 --> 00:11:17.440 was sitting there screaming at the television 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:21.080 every time I saw DK86, Dalton Kincaid, run out 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:25.220 onto the field. He was catching balls. I'm not 00:11:25.220 --> 00:11:28.120 sure why he was out there at all. This is a guy 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:30.899 that I have said time after time after time is 00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:33.159 the key to the passing offense. And you're playing 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:35.759 him in a meaningless game against the New Jersey 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:38.940 Jets who haven't won a game since the Kennedy 00:11:38.940 --> 00:11:41.740 administration. And I just don't know what the 00:11:41.740 --> 00:11:44.789 point of him. playing in this game was, especially 00:11:44.789 --> 00:11:47.450 considering how many other starters were inactive 00:11:47.450 --> 00:11:49.909 for the game. He was catching, he was running 00:11:49.909 --> 00:11:52.509 all over the place. It's just... crazy to me 00:11:52.509 --> 00:11:55.230 but other than that what what a day what a game 00:11:55.230 --> 00:11:58.870 what an ending to Highmark Stadium and now now 00:11:58.870 --> 00:12:01.210 we are turning our attention to the playoffs 00:12:01.210 --> 00:12:04.409 the playoff field is completely set last night 00:12:04.409 --> 00:12:06.370 I don't know how many stayed up to watch this 00:12:06.370 --> 00:12:09.289 crazy Steelers Ravens game I was kind of in and 00:12:09.289 --> 00:12:11.870 out of consciousness for most of this game and 00:12:11.870 --> 00:12:14.029 I didn't really know what happened until I woke 00:12:14.029 --> 00:12:17.169 up at 3 30 in the morning and checked the uh 00:12:17.169 --> 00:12:20.370 the the sports app what a crazy night and then 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:23.200 that solidified the field right so now the entire 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:25.899 field is set the dates and times of course they 00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:28.120 wait till halftime of the game last night so 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:31.440 i stayed up just to figure out when when and 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:34.179 where well i knew where but when what date what 00:12:34.179 --> 00:12:36.480 time the bills were going to be playing in jacksonville 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:38.940 but they had to wait until halftime to make this 00:12:38.940 --> 00:12:40.720 freaking announcement because of course they 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:43.419 do they need to keep eyes on the tvs and get 00:12:43.419 --> 00:12:46.659 their numbers up but the entire the entire field 00:12:46.659 --> 00:12:48.480 is set the dates and times have been announced 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:51.230 and the bills If you're looking objectively at 00:12:51.230 --> 00:12:53.850 this field, they have just as good a shot as 00:12:53.850 --> 00:12:57.509 any other team in the AFC. I honestly think that 00:12:57.509 --> 00:13:01.590 the AFC is wide freaking open. And look, you 00:13:01.590 --> 00:13:03.990 have a shot at this. There's no Lamar. There's 00:13:03.990 --> 00:13:06.769 no Joe Burrow. There's no Patty Mahomes. So Josh, 00:13:06.970 --> 00:13:09.429 you are clearly by far and away the best quarterback 00:13:09.429 --> 00:13:13.210 in the AFC. It is yours to take. Sean McDermott, 00:13:13.309 --> 00:13:16.029 please, please, please, please do not blow this 00:13:16.029 --> 00:13:18.850 opportunity. This field is wide open. Yes, I 00:13:18.850 --> 00:13:21.549 know, the Bills ended up as the sixth seed. They 00:13:21.549 --> 00:13:23.809 are going on the road in the first round in the 00:13:23.809 --> 00:13:26.649 wild card to play in Jacksonville next Sunday 00:13:26.649 --> 00:13:28.950 afternoon at one o 'clock. Is it a tough matchup? 00:13:29.009 --> 00:13:31.129 Yeah, I actually kind of think this is a very 00:13:31.129 --> 00:13:33.250 tough matchup. I don't think there's any doubt 00:13:33.250 --> 00:13:35.879 about it. I would much rather play Pittsburgh. 00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:39.379 I even think I would rather play Baltimore, if 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:42.000 I'm being completely honest with you. The Jags 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:44.100 are playing really well. Trevor Lawrence has 00:13:44.100 --> 00:13:46.639 seemed to have found another level to his game. 00:13:46.740 --> 00:13:48.679 People have been talking about him trying to 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:50.860 take the next step for, what, the last three 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:53.740 or four years, thinking he should, he should, 00:13:53.899 --> 00:13:55.460 maybe he can't. It's like the little, what is 00:13:55.460 --> 00:13:58.139 it, the engine that could. And now he finally 00:13:58.139 --> 00:14:01.159 is able to get this train up the tracks up the 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:04.440 hill. And so he seems to have found his groove, 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:09.740 found how to lead this Jags team. And while I 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:11.580 don't think this is going to be an easy game 00:14:11.580 --> 00:14:14.600 by any stretch, I do think the Bills can go into 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:17.279 Jacksonville next Sunday at 1. I do think they 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:19.820 can pull out the dub. But we can look at that 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:21.659 as the week goes on. I'm going to try to get 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:24.019 a playoff game preview out before the weekend. 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:27.519 So you will all know my thoughts before we get 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:29.399 to that game. But the rest of the AFC field, 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:32.899 I mean, It's crazy. The Broncos, who would have 00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:35.980 thought the Denver Broncos, led by Bo Nix, would 00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:37.840 have claimed the number one seed and a first 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:39.580 -round buy at the start of the season? I mean, 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:43.860 anybody have that? Congrats, but honestly, I 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:46.080 am not sold on the Denver Broncos whatsoever. 00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:49.620 Yes, I understand they have a very, very good 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:52.259 defense. If you put the Broncos' defense next 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:54.399 to the Texans' defense, I don't think they're 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:56.440 as good. I don't think they're as good, and I 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:59.549 don't think their offense... I'm sorry, Bo Nix. 00:14:59.629 --> 00:15:02.870 I think you're kind of cool. I like the uniforms, 00:15:03.049 --> 00:15:04.769 but I don't think your offense is very good at 00:15:04.769 --> 00:15:08.250 all. So it would not shock me to see them lose 00:15:08.250 --> 00:15:10.409 against whoever they end up playing in round 00:15:10.409 --> 00:15:13.950 two, whether it's the Chargers, whether it's 00:15:13.950 --> 00:15:16.889 Buffalo. It would not shock me to see them lose 00:15:16.889 --> 00:15:19.809 their very first game. But to get... to that 00:15:19.809 --> 00:15:21.629 game, we need to get through wildcard weekend 00:15:21.629 --> 00:15:24.950 first. And the other matchups, outside of Buffalo 00:15:24.950 --> 00:15:27.490 at Jacksonville, we have Chargers at New England 00:15:27.490 --> 00:15:30.070 on Sunday Night Football. This is a winnable 00:15:30.070 --> 00:15:33.669 game for the Chargers. I think if they can protect 00:15:33.669 --> 00:15:37.269 Justin Herbert, he is more than capable of going 00:15:37.269 --> 00:15:40.450 into New England and squaring up against Drake 00:15:40.450 --> 00:15:43.250 May. I think this is going to be a great game. 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:47.279 I think the chargers are more than capable of 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:49.820 getting the dub up in new England. And if I'm 00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:51.919 being honest, I'm kind of hoping they are not 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:54.100 because I don't think we can beat the Patriots, 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:57.600 but the chargers, there are hope to getting one 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:01.580 more game, one more shot at high marked for the 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:04.080 AFC championship. If they keep winning and we 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:06.500 keep winning, Hey, we will end up facing the 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:09.889 chargers in Buffalo. in Orchard Park, in Highmark 00:16:09.889 --> 00:16:13.009 Stadium for the AFC Championship to go to the 00:16:13.009 --> 00:16:14.950 Super Bowl. So hopefully, I got my fingers crossed. 00:16:15.090 --> 00:16:18.850 Justin Herbert, I'm hoping you and your broken 00:16:18.850 --> 00:16:21.269 hand are ready to go. I want to see you go into 00:16:21.269 --> 00:16:23.070 New England. I want to see you smack the Pats 00:16:23.070 --> 00:16:26.809 in the face. Just please, no choking. I see you, 00:16:26.830 --> 00:16:28.990 Steph Diggs. Anyway, let's move on. Texans at 00:16:28.990 --> 00:16:33.330 Steelers Monday night. Well, like I said. Did 00:16:33.330 --> 00:16:36.049 not see the Steelers beating the Ravens Sunday 00:16:36.049 --> 00:16:38.649 to claim the division title. So what the hell 00:16:38.649 --> 00:16:41.409 do I know? But Texans at Steelers, what do you 00:16:41.409 --> 00:16:43.629 all think of this game? I mean, this game could 00:16:43.629 --> 00:16:46.370 literally be 10 to 9. That could be the final 00:16:46.370 --> 00:16:48.610 score. It could be ugly, and it's probably not 00:16:48.610 --> 00:16:51.850 going to be much fun, a very fun game to watch. 00:16:52.230 --> 00:16:56.610 So most likely, I will probably be checking out 00:16:56.610 --> 00:16:58.629 the results come Tuesday morning when I wake 00:16:58.629 --> 00:17:00.629 up because I'm not going to stay up for this 00:17:00.629 --> 00:17:04.039 slog fest. I think they're all pretty good games 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:06.680 with pretty intriguing storylines, if I'm being 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:10.579 honest. And really, if I am just a fan of football, 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:13.000 a fan of the NFL, that's really all you can ask 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:15.480 for. So give me matchups to care about. Give 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:17.599 me something to be invested in. I think the field 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:19.480 is actually interesting. I think it should be 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:22.680 a great wildcard weekend ahead of us. And yeah, 00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:24.640 I'm definitely gonna be rooting for the Chargers. 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:27.319 Obviously the Bills to keep on winning. I wanna 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:30.599 see that AFC title game back at Hallmark. Jeez, 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:33.170 oh my gosh. Side note, speaking of Hallmark, 00:17:33.269 --> 00:17:36.029 I did watch the Bills Hallmark Christmas movie. 00:17:36.369 --> 00:17:39.569 It was, I'm going to give it a two and a half 00:17:39.569 --> 00:17:42.509 turnbuckles out of four for all you people who 00:17:42.509 --> 00:17:44.990 know my wrestling skill. Yeah, Bills Hallmark 00:17:44.990 --> 00:17:47.990 movie. Side note, two and a half turnbuckles 00:17:47.990 --> 00:17:50.710 out of four. So there you go. But anyway, I hope 00:17:50.710 --> 00:17:52.289 the Chargers and the Bills keep winning. We get 00:17:52.289 --> 00:17:55.049 that AFC title game back at high mark. But if 00:17:55.049 --> 00:17:57.410 the Chargers lose, as we already discussed last 00:17:57.410 --> 00:18:00.740 Sunday afternoon against the Jets. Yeah, that 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:03.839 is probably going to be the finale. And it was 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:06.700 the sendoff to five decades of Bills football. 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:10.519 And what an absolute crazy, crazy ride it's been. 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:12.660 You want to go crazy ride? That's five decades. 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:14.799 That's a long, that's over five decades. That's 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:17.759 a long time. Now, obviously, the focus of the 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:21.259 Jets -Bills game was the stadium. And you see... 00:18:21.829 --> 00:18:25.170 A lot of the older players coming out to celebrate. 00:18:25.289 --> 00:18:27.890 There were celebs all over the place or at least 00:18:27.890 --> 00:18:31.089 partial celebrities. But everyone's sharing stories, 00:18:31.190 --> 00:18:33.549 sharing memories. You know, it's hard not to 00:18:33.549 --> 00:18:36.329 get nostalgic about the stadium and about what 00:18:36.329 --> 00:18:38.750 Buffalo Bills football means. And I've been thinking 00:18:38.750 --> 00:18:41.130 a lot about what it means to me, how it's impacted 00:18:41.130 --> 00:18:43.769 my life. And I was trying to kind of look back 00:18:43.769 --> 00:18:46.789 over my 46 years here on earth, trying to think 00:18:46.789 --> 00:18:49.069 back to certain stadium moments, memories that 00:18:49.069 --> 00:18:51.869 stick out. So I figured, hey, hey, why don't, 00:18:51.869 --> 00:18:54.289 you know, we're celebrating the closing of Highmark. 00:18:54.369 --> 00:18:56.890 Why don't I share a few of these memories with 00:18:56.890 --> 00:18:59.829 you on the podcast? So it's funny when I put 00:18:59.829 --> 00:19:02.289 my notes together. For the show, I went back 00:19:02.289 --> 00:19:06.029 and I looked at some of the box scores to some 00:19:06.029 --> 00:19:09.349 of these games that I remember attending. And 00:19:09.349 --> 00:19:12.170 have you guys ever done this? Have you ever had 00:19:12.170 --> 00:19:15.369 an idea or a vision in your head where you think 00:19:15.369 --> 00:19:17.329 you know how a game played out, and then you 00:19:17.329 --> 00:19:20.269 go pull up the stats and the box score to a game 00:19:20.269 --> 00:19:22.910 that happened like 10, 15, 20 years ago, sometimes 00:19:22.910 --> 00:19:26.069 longer, and it's like... Crazy how different 00:19:26.069 --> 00:19:29.390 the game actually turned out than what you thought 00:19:29.390 --> 00:19:31.569 in your head. More often than not, your memory 00:19:31.569 --> 00:19:34.869 is trash. So here you go. Here's my very first 00:19:34.869 --> 00:19:38.569 memory, my very first thing from Highmark. This 00:19:38.569 --> 00:19:40.430 was my first game. This was my very first game 00:19:40.430 --> 00:19:43.869 as a kid. I was 12 years old. It was September 00:19:43.869 --> 00:19:47.390 8th, 1991. My dad took me to the stadium. It 00:19:47.390 --> 00:19:50.250 was week two. This was Bills versus, guess who? 00:19:50.450 --> 00:19:53.349 The Steelers, right? And the Bills, absolutely. 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:56.079 open the floodgates on this one. They scored 00:19:56.079 --> 00:20:00.180 52 points, beating this dealer's 52 to 34. And 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:02.279 like I said, if you check the box score, it's 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:04.819 crazy. This is a crazy game with crazy stats. 00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:11.039 Jim Kelly threw for 363 yards and not two, not 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:15.500 four, but six tutties, six touchdowns at 363 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:18.339 yards passing. Those are crazy numbers. Don Beebe. 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:23.099 Great wide receiver, Don Beebe. He had 112 receiving 00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:27.119 yards. Not one, not two, not three, but four 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:30.140 touchdown catches that game. That's crazy. So 00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:33.200 between this, this was the Kelly to BB connection 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:36.240 game. It was, it was awesome. I would like to 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:38.559 go back and see how many times that ever happened 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:42.180 again. Kelly throwing four tutties to BB in, 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:45.259 in their, in their time together. But yeah, crazy 00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:47.380 stats on the other side of the field. Who was 00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:48.900 the starter for the Pittsburgh Steelers that 00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:52.890 day? Bubby Brister. That is a blast from the 00:20:52.890 --> 00:20:55.329 past. I love looking at some of these game logs 00:20:55.329 --> 00:20:58.069 and seeing some of the player names pop up. And 00:20:58.069 --> 00:21:00.069 you're like, do I even know who these players 00:21:00.069 --> 00:21:03.829 are? But most of the time, it's funny to reminisce. 00:21:03.829 --> 00:21:06.829 But not a bad game for my very first one ever. 00:21:07.069 --> 00:21:08.630 I mean, you want to talk about fireworks display. 00:21:08.769 --> 00:21:11.269 52 points. Yeah, that was pretty cool. Next big 00:21:11.269 --> 00:21:14.279 memory that I want to highlight. December 17th, 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:17.500 2005. This was a Saturday night game. I looked 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:19.579 at the kickoff time on this because most of the 00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:23.660 time it's like 815, 820, 825 at the latest. This 00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:26.980 kickoff was 836. It was kind of bizarre, but 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:30.880 we had the Denver Broncos in town and Jake Plummer 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:34.140 and the bills were terrible, right? This was 00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:38.299 the what? Early stages of the drought. First 00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:41.500 third of the drought, if you will. And we were 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:44.099 in quarterback purgatory already. And we were 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:46.660 throwing out Kelly Holcomb for this game. This 00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:49.319 was a Saturday night game. Denver coming into 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:52.039 Orchard Park, Denver was pretty good. We were 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:55.420 not good. So yikes, we lost 28 to 17. But the 00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:57.900 memories from this game, this was the first game 00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:59.799 that I went to with my buddy, Mike, who I share 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:04.380 season tickets with. And we, thinking back on 00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:07.140 this game, a couple things stand out. We may 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:10.019 or may not have had a bit too many Labatt Blues 00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:13.140 before the game. And then we definitely froze 00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:16.480 our asses off because our seats, our seats were... 00:22:17.609 --> 00:22:18.890 And I'm spoiled with where our season tickets 00:22:18.890 --> 00:22:21.069 are. We're down in the lower bowl. I'm very blessed 00:22:21.069 --> 00:22:23.289 to be sitting there. But we were not there for 00:22:23.289 --> 00:22:26.009 this game because we sat at the very top of the 00:22:26.009 --> 00:22:29.089 stadium and we froze to death. And I feel like 00:22:29.089 --> 00:22:31.630 remembering back to this game, it took us like 00:22:31.630 --> 00:22:36.329 two days to thaw out from the cold. Like I said, 00:22:36.369 --> 00:22:40.250 this was the December 17th night game. It was 00:22:40.250 --> 00:22:43.529 just so cold. And I think the Labatt probably 00:22:43.529 --> 00:22:48.930 helped our blood thin. and freeze so i don't 00:22:48.930 --> 00:22:51.130 know it was just chaotic but yeah that was just 00:22:51.130 --> 00:22:53.930 a crazy crazy game and then so the next game 00:22:53.930 --> 00:22:56.150 one highlight i want to fast forward over a decade 00:22:56.150 --> 00:23:00.269 and a half this is october 3rd 2021 bills versus 00:23:00.269 --> 00:23:03.940 houston texans Look, the game was an absolute 00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:08.000 blowout. It was 40 -0. 40 -0, the Bills absolutely 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:10.299 destroyed the Houston Texans. It was glorious. 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:13.380 We just dismantled them. But the memories of 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:16.059 this one, it wasn't actually the game. It wasn't 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:19.700 the score. I don't remember anything crazy about 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:22.299 the actual game. But this was the first game 00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:25.140 that my future wife went to the stadium with 00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:28.460 me. And the weather, the weather was brutal. 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:32.619 It rained the entire game. And now when I say 00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:35.299 it rained, there's like, there's rain. And then 00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:37.579 there's this feeling that you are like sitting 00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:40.460 in a swimming pool. It's raining so much. So 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:43.660 it rained so much. You felt like despite whatever 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:45.700 you were wearing and we were wearing full rain 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:48.099 suits, it just felt like you were sitting underwater 00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:50.180 or watching a football game. I've never experienced 00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:52.839 something like that before. It's like if you've 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:55.559 ever gone on the made of the mist ride in Niagara 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:59.450 Falls, the constant. feeling of just being soaked 00:23:59.450 --> 00:24:03.309 to the core to her credit my my future wife obviously 00:24:03.309 --> 00:24:06.750 my wife now but my my wife she never complained 00:24:06.750 --> 00:24:09.769 for a single second and i'm sitting there looking 00:24:09.769 --> 00:24:13.509 at her as we're just drenched right and i'm thinking 00:24:13.509 --> 00:24:16.730 to myself i want to leave why does this woman 00:24:16.730 --> 00:24:19.779 not want to get the hell out of here but She 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:22.900 didn't, she didn't say a single complaint. And 00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:25.680 I had, I think at one point I had said something 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.900 to the fact of, Hey, I'm ready to get, get out 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:30.000 of here. This is brutal. And she's like, Oh no, 00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:31.859 we're not leaving. This is your, this is your 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:34.240 team. I'm here to support you. Let's go. It's 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:36.319 like ride or die. And I'm like, okay, let's go. 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:38.200 Because I already knew, well, I already knew 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:40.400 that I wanted to marry this woman. This game 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:43.599 was like monumental and her showing her support. 00:24:45.150 --> 00:24:47.309 for me and for my crazy love for the team. So, 00:24:47.329 --> 00:24:50.670 you know, that's just, it was a cool game. Like 00:24:50.670 --> 00:24:53.130 I said, 40 to nothing, but the weather, the situation 00:24:53.130 --> 00:24:55.309 and the memories and the first game of my wife, 00:24:55.349 --> 00:24:57.869 that's pretty awesome. Next game, Sunday, October 00:24:57.869 --> 00:25:02.630 31st, 2021, Halloween day, Bills versus Dolphins. 00:25:02.690 --> 00:25:05.410 Why is this game important? Well, because OJ 00:25:05.410 --> 00:25:08.230 was there. OJ Simpson, he was sitting right behind 00:25:08.230 --> 00:25:10.279 our section. Nope. That's not it. I'm totally 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:13.680 kidding. He actually was there. But that's not 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:16.000 why this game is special to me. This game is 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:17.880 special because this is the very first game that 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:20.099 I would take my daughter to. So it holds a ton 00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:21.920 of meaning to me. This game was great weather. 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:27.200 It was a perfect, nice afternoon in Orchard Park 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:30.299 on Halloween in October. So yeah, the Bills win 00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:33.819 26 to 11. And I'm hoping that this is the start 00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:36.680 of a lifetime fandom for her. I'm just crossing 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:38.769 my fingers that she's going to carry this. love 00:25:38.769 --> 00:25:41.529 for the team on for the rest of her life and 00:25:41.529 --> 00:25:44.049 kind of pick up my torch and maybe she'll take 00:25:44.049 --> 00:25:46.970 over the podcast when I... too old to do this 00:25:46.970 --> 00:25:49.390 but you get the point like this was an awesome 00:25:49.390 --> 00:25:53.089 game halloween day bills dolphins i've taken 00:25:53.089 --> 00:25:56.049 her to numerous bills dolphins games and oj was 00:25:56.049 --> 00:25:59.710 sitting behind us so you know on halloween too 00:25:59.710 --> 00:26:03.509 so i'll let you all run wild with those crazy 00:26:03.509 --> 00:26:06.589 uh crazy thoughts next game next game monday 00:26:06.589 --> 00:26:10.029 night december 6th 2021 so uh just over a month 00:26:10.029 --> 00:26:13.150 later this is new england and the infamous wind 00:26:13.150 --> 00:26:16.000 game right y 'all know this game The pictures, 00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:18.900 the videos, I still have them on my phone, just 00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:23.119 seeing nonsense flying all over the parking lots. 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:26.700 I think we were in lot four. The pregame tailgates 00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:29.440 were insane. Nobody could put up canopies. The 00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:31.240 ones that tried, they were blowing all over the 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:33.680 place, smashing into cars. It was crazy. 40 to 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:36.220 50 mile an hour wind gusts, stuff blowing everywhere, 00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:38.859 sub -zero wind chills. What more could you ask 00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:42.539 for, Mafia? What more could you ask for? Mike 00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:45.150 and I were there, and it was just... It was so 00:26:45.150 --> 00:26:48.069 cold. Yeah, we lost. It sucked that we lost. 00:26:48.230 --> 00:26:51.170 It was a crazy game. There was not a lot of action 00:26:51.170 --> 00:26:53.519 going on in that game, but... It was such a wild 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:56.380 experience from the moment you pull into the 00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:59.140 parking lot to the end of that game. The whole 00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:01.200 experience was just kind of surreal. It's like, 00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:05.240 what are we doing out here again? But crazy game, 00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:09.460 crazy game. Yeah, we lost, but what a game. Sunday, 00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:13.180 December 19th. So literally less than two weeks 00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:15.759 later, Bills versus Carolina. Christian McCaffrey 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:18.180 was still on the Panthers at this time. The Bills 00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:21.269 got the big dub, 31 -14. But again. It wasn't 00:27:21.269 --> 00:27:24.269 the actual game, the reason that I want to bring 00:27:24.269 --> 00:27:26.190 this up, but this is super special to me because 00:27:26.190 --> 00:27:27.690 it's the first game I got to take my son to. 00:27:27.809 --> 00:27:30.690 So like my daughter, this opened the door to 00:27:30.690 --> 00:27:33.049 being a Bills fan for him. And, you know, it's 00:27:33.049 --> 00:27:36.109 one thing to watch it on TV as a kid or listen 00:27:36.109 --> 00:27:37.910 to it on the radio. You know, when I was a kid, 00:27:37.930 --> 00:27:39.589 it was huge listening to games on the radio, 00:27:39.650 --> 00:27:41.809 but to actually be there in person, it's a totally 00:27:41.809 --> 00:27:44.390 different experience. And so it was just very 00:27:44.390 --> 00:27:47.380 special to be. to me to be able to take my son 00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:49.200 and my daughter to their first games. And so 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:52.799 yeah, Bills Carolina, December 19th, 2021. Awesome. 00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.839 Super special first game with my son. So yeah, 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:57.079 extra special to be able to do this kind of stuff 00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:59.900 with my kids. As far as memorable games, like 00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:02.339 what I, what, what games do I actually remember? 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:04.160 Like stuff that happened in the game, November 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:07.980 13th, 2022, the next season, the Bills are at 00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:10.680 home against the Minnesota Vikings, the crazy 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:12.759 fumble in the end zone. I mean, my son and I 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:16.099 are watching in disbelief. If you're in the stadium, 00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.880 if you remember this game, you didn't really 00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:19.640 know what was going on. This is one of those 00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:21.859 times you wish you had an earpiece in so you 00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:24.039 could hear what the commentators were talking 00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:26.119 about because nobody knew what was happening. 00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:28.180 And then all of a sudden, the refs are throwing 00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.460 their hands in the air and they're like, touchdown. 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:32.420 And I'm like, what? And then suddenly it goes 00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:34.420 to overtime and then we lose. And it was just 00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.940 like, we're kind of looking at each other and 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:38.579 just total bewilderment going, what the hell 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:42.450 just happened? Also, this is the game that had 00:28:42.450 --> 00:28:45.049 the NFL catch of the year, I believe. This is 00:28:45.049 --> 00:28:48.210 the Justin Jefferson jumps like 30 yards in the 00:28:48.210 --> 00:28:51.450 air and makes an insane one -handed catch from 00:28:51.450 --> 00:28:54.190 Kirk Cousins as he's falling backwards. I'm like, 00:28:54.349 --> 00:28:57.589 holy mackerel. This game was just bonkers. It 00:28:57.589 --> 00:29:00.049 was wild. It sucks they lost, but just to have 00:29:00.049 --> 00:29:03.670 everything kind of rolled into one was just crazy. 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.859 Fast forward another month, Saturday, December 00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:11.019 17th, 8 .15 p .m., Miami Dolphins. It had snowed, 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:12.859 I think, for like a few days in Orchard Park, 00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:14.619 and the stadium was filled with snow. I mean, 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.279 we see this all the time, right? Again, your 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:18.079 seats are buried. You're digging yourself out. 00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:20.480 It also snowed during the game, so it's one of 00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:23.119 those magical snow globe games. My daughter and 00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:24.519 I were lucky enough to be there for this one. 00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:26.920 Tyler Bass, if y 'all remember who Tyler Bass 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:28.819 is, yeah, I wish he was on the team right now, 00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:31.319 but Tyler Bass kicks the game -winning field 00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:33.539 goal as time expires to win it, and players are 00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:36.450 sliding their... win snow angels it's it's pure 00:29:36.450 --> 00:29:38.869 joy everyone's going crazy snowballs in the air 00:29:38.869 --> 00:29:41.509 galore i mean what a good time that game was 00:29:41.509 --> 00:29:45.069 so much fun to be at december 1st uh sunday december 00:29:45.069 --> 00:29:48.589 1st 2024 820 another snow game this one against 00:29:48.589 --> 00:29:51.150 the 49ers This one didn't come down to the last 00:29:51.150 --> 00:29:53.390 second field goal to win. We had this game kind 00:29:53.390 --> 00:29:56.509 of in control for most part. You want to talk 00:29:56.509 --> 00:29:59.250 about the insane play. This was the Amari Cooper 00:29:59.250 --> 00:30:01.970 catch that he laterals to Josh on like the five 00:30:01.970 --> 00:30:04.549 -yard line who's running towards the end zone 00:30:04.549 --> 00:30:06.930 and then does the Superman dive and just dives 00:30:06.930 --> 00:30:09.549 for the pylon, touches the pylon. He scores a 00:30:09.549 --> 00:30:11.390 tutty. The place goes insane. Everyone's like, 00:30:11.430 --> 00:30:14.750 what the heck did we just see? This man is absolutely 00:30:14.750 --> 00:30:18.150 insane. So he throws, he runs, he catches a touchdown. 00:30:18.390 --> 00:30:21.390 I was like, what? This is just total bonkers, 00:30:21.410 --> 00:30:24.049 total madness, but just wild. What a play. And 00:30:24.049 --> 00:30:26.009 again, my son and I staring at each other like, 00:30:26.109 --> 00:30:28.369 what did we just see? And then, of course, most 00:30:28.369 --> 00:30:31.029 recently, this season, the home opener, Sunday 00:30:31.029 --> 00:30:33.009 Night Football versus the Baltimore Ravens, 8 00:30:33.009 --> 00:30:35.170 .20 p .m. My wife attending with me. Now, full 00:30:35.170 --> 00:30:37.910 disclosure, take it easy, Mafia, but she is a 00:30:37.910 --> 00:30:41.109 Ravens fan, but she roots for the Bills as long 00:30:41.109 --> 00:30:43.750 as they are not playing the Ravens. So this game 00:30:43.750 --> 00:30:45.509 came out on the schedule. She said, I want to 00:30:45.509 --> 00:30:47.930 go. So I'm like, okay, no problem. So my wife 00:30:47.930 --> 00:30:51.259 and I are in there. Two extra tickets. Mike and 00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:53.220 his wife are there. So we're all there. Well, 00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:56.259 unfortunately, they were not playing very great 00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:58.539 in this game. And the ending to this game was 00:30:58.539 --> 00:31:01.220 insane. Absolutely insane. The Bills came back 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:03.680 being down by, what, 15 points with a few minutes 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:05.900 left? I think 15 points with under four minutes 00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:08.759 to go. And we win it at the last second with 00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:11.180 a field goal by Matt Prater at the whistle. The 00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:13.759 Bills had a 1 % chance of winning this game at 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:17.369 some point with like... 11, 12 minutes to go 00:31:17.369 --> 00:31:19.950 in the game. So the whole game was nuts. And 00:31:19.950 --> 00:31:22.410 it's one that you can go back to. And it's one 00:31:22.410 --> 00:31:25.789 of the greatest games ever. And it's just fun 00:31:25.789 --> 00:31:28.009 to rewatch it over. Some games you just know 00:31:28.009 --> 00:31:30.750 I'm never watching this game again because they're 00:31:30.750 --> 00:31:32.809 just dreadful games. But that was actually a 00:31:32.809 --> 00:31:35.509 crazy game. And again, you're like, I can't believe 00:31:35.509 --> 00:31:38.549 that I'm here. But those are just a few of the 00:31:38.549 --> 00:31:41.289 memories that I have personally about the stadium. 00:31:41.430 --> 00:31:44.250 And it's easy to see when you do an exercise 00:31:44.250 --> 00:31:46.980 like this that, Sometimes it's, or most of the 00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.980 time, actually, it's not even about the game, 00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:51.599 the outcome, like who wins, who loses. It's about 00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:55.039 the memories, right? This whole idea of the memories 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:57.660 of this high mark, this saying goodbye to high 00:31:57.660 --> 00:32:00.700 mark in the stadium, this goes back to why I 00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:03.660 started this podcast. I talk about having a personal, 00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:06.539 very personal connection to these hobbies, whether 00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:08.680 it's the Buffalo Bills, whether it's professional 00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:11.180 wrestling, whether it's collecting sports cards, 00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:13.539 stuff like that. But this is what I'm talking 00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:16.539 about. these memories that I have, they don't 00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:19.119 necessarily revolve around the actions on the 00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:22.019 field. And for the stadium, the memories I have, 00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:24.160 they revolve around the people that I get to 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.119 share these games with. So sometimes the game 00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:27.980 itself, sometimes it's completely secondary. 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:30.660 Now, sometimes it's important. Sometimes you 00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:32.299 go home and you're not happy because you just 00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:36.799 lost in the playoffs to the Chiefs or the Bengals 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:39.730 or whomever. I didn't put those games on the 00:32:39.730 --> 00:32:42.410 list because it's not about the actual result 00:32:42.410 --> 00:32:44.670 of the game. And some of the games on here, we 00:32:44.670 --> 00:32:48.130 did lose. It's the memories that I have with 00:32:48.130 --> 00:32:49.990 the people that I'm there with. The game itself 00:32:49.990 --> 00:32:52.250 can be secondary. We forget the details of the 00:32:52.250 --> 00:32:54.529 actual game. That's why I go back and I look 00:32:54.529 --> 00:32:57.309 through these old box scores. But the real value 00:32:57.309 --> 00:33:01.049 is the special memories I have with my family, 00:33:01.150 --> 00:33:04.299 with my friends. Look, there's... No doubt in 00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:07.000 my mind, I am blessed beyond belief. I never 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:10.559 thought when I was 12 going to my first Bills 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:12.539 Steelers game, I never thought I was going to 00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:14.920 be able to get season tickets. And then when 00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:17.960 I moved out of upstate New York and kind of left 00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:20.420 the area and life goes on and you never think 00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:22.559 that you're going to get back to a point where 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:25.420 you can reconnect. I'd always followed the team, 00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:28.980 but as far as reconnecting year after year, game 00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:31.579 after game, I never thought I would be able to 00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:35.359 do that. Going to watch the Bills, to me, it's 00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:38.420 an unbelievable privilege that I just wasn't 00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:40.920 always able to do. But being blessed to do this 00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:43.259 stuff, and most importantly, making those memories 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:45.200 with my daughter, with my son, with my wife, 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:47.460 with my best friend, regardless of the outcome 00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:50.420 of the game, that is what has been amazing about 00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:52.319 this whole thing, about the stadium, about being 00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:55.000 a Bills fan. That's the part of why I keep coming 00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:57.720 back. That's why right now, in fact, that's why 00:33:57.720 --> 00:34:00.640 I drive. six hours just to get to Orchard Park. 00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:02.500 And that's whether it's bright and sunny, whether 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:04.579 it's hot, whether it's a torrential downpour, 00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:07.400 whether it's just snow for three days. I might 00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:09.559 not remember the wins and the losses, who's playing, 00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:11.679 who's not playing, the specific plays, but I'm 00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:13.960 always going to remember the times that I'm there 00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:16.920 with the people I'm there with. That is what 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:19.739 is important to me. So yeah, I might not have 00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:21.860 50 years of memories and connections to this 00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:24.699 stadium like some other members of the mafia. 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:27.500 Tip of the cap to you. You all freaking rock. 00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:30.119 I have so much respect for you. I'm not there. 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:33.099 I didn't go to games in this stadium for 50 years. 00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:35.900 But I have enough to know that it's important 00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:38.800 to so many people. And this stadium and this 00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:40.940 team has provided so many memories to each of 00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:43.699 us. Every single one of us has special memories, 00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:45.989 special games. And it's not. I'm not sitting 00:34:45.989 --> 00:34:50.090 here trying to romanticize about the whole thing. 00:34:50.150 --> 00:34:52.610 But this stuff is real to people. It's important 00:34:52.610 --> 00:34:56.530 to people. And it was nice to see the game Sunday 00:34:56.530 --> 00:34:59.789 afternoon. It was nice to see there be an awesome, 00:34:59.849 --> 00:35:03.849 awesome send -off. So flip side, that's not to 00:35:03.849 --> 00:35:06.510 say I'm not ready for the new high mark. Because 00:35:06.510 --> 00:35:10.969 folks, it's been way overdue. I cannot freaking 00:35:10.969 --> 00:35:14.099 wait to get into that place. this year. It's 00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:16.500 crazy if you think about it that we are already 00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:19.539 in 2026. The calendar has flipped and in what, 00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:22.139 seven months? Seven months from now, we're going 00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:24.659 to be sitting in the new Highmark. Maybe a little 00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:27.119 earlier if they do some preview events or something, 00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:30.139 but I can't wait to get in there because while 00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:33.969 I love the old Highmark, I mean, come on. Let's 00:35:33.969 --> 00:35:36.190 call it what it is. Yes, it's iconic. Yes, there's 00:35:36.190 --> 00:35:39.690 so many memories and good times there. But can 00:35:39.690 --> 00:35:42.650 I get a little more legroom? Can I get a cup 00:35:42.650 --> 00:35:45.309 holder? Can I get someplace where I don't have 00:35:45.309 --> 00:35:48.050 to take a leak in a trough like a bunch of freaking 00:35:48.050 --> 00:35:50.050 horses? Like, what are we talking about here? 00:35:50.150 --> 00:35:52.550 Can we maybe up this to the current century? 00:35:52.849 --> 00:35:56.090 I am so excited to get to that new stadium, to 00:35:56.090 --> 00:35:58.730 that new building, and maybe have some amenities 00:35:58.730 --> 00:36:02.590 that are, you know, current in the year 2026. 00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:05.900 Anyway, I just kind of wanted to take a few minutes 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:09.139 to talk about the team, not just the game on 00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:10.960 Sunday, but kind of some of my thoughts, some 00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:13.420 of my memories, and just share that all with 00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:15.440 you because I think it's important. It's going 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:17.039 to be gone, but not forgotten, right? It's going 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:20.760 to be, we're literally moving right across the 00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:22.559 street. So it's going to be awesome. I can't 00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:24.579 wait. But anyway, how about we hand out a few 00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:28.639 more awards? Shall we? How about we, if you didn't 00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:32.489 check out my last episode, episode 38. I handed 00:36:32.489 --> 00:36:34.750 out what I called, I needed to create some sort 00:36:34.750 --> 00:36:37.630 of a positive award for some stuff. Year in review. 00:36:37.730 --> 00:36:39.550 I did a year in review, created a bunch of made 00:36:39.550 --> 00:36:41.690 up categories. Most of them were wrestling related 00:36:41.690 --> 00:36:43.550 last week. So I'm not going to talk too much 00:36:43.550 --> 00:36:45.289 about wrestling. There's going to be some sprinkled 00:36:45.289 --> 00:36:48.440 in here, but if you. didn't get a chance, go 00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:50.360 back and check out episode 38. And you'll see 00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:52.219 that I handed out what I call the TB Awards. 00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:54.780 These are some good awards. And then the Boo 00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:57.139 Boo Awards. And these are the not so good awards. 00:36:57.280 --> 00:37:00.119 So I handed out Boo Boos because I'm the real 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:02.760 TB. And there's a fake TB that I always called 00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:05.099 Boo Boo Brady. So there you go. Boo Boos are 00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:08.300 bad. And I can't stand them. And I wish he would 00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:10.340 just go away. But anyway, here we go. So how 00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:12.380 about we jump back into the hobby world? How 00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:14.800 about we hand out a TB Award for my favorite 00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:17.750 product of the year? Now, I know this is totally 00:37:17.750 --> 00:37:19.809 subjective, of course, but who cares? This is 00:37:19.809 --> 00:37:21.969 my podcast. It's supposed to be fun. And as you 00:37:21.969 --> 00:37:24.590 all know, fun is the most important category. 00:37:24.650 --> 00:37:27.449 So here are my rules for the nominees for product 00:37:27.449 --> 00:37:29.789 of the year. Number one, I actually had to buy 00:37:29.789 --> 00:37:32.590 it, okay? These are products I actually had to 00:37:32.590 --> 00:37:35.630 buy because if you've listened to any of my podcasts 00:37:35.630 --> 00:37:38.349 over the last seven months, you know I was snubbed 00:37:38.349 --> 00:37:41.849 on oh so many products. And specifically, I see 00:37:41.849 --> 00:37:44.539 you tops Marvel Chrome. I was... super pissed 00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:46.760 that i missed that one and spongebob yep you 00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:48.559 can laugh at me all you want but i was trying 00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:52.599 to jump in and get me a couple hobbies of chrome 00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:55.159 spongebob but i missed the pre -sales and when 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:57.340 you miss the pre -sales they jack the prices 00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:59.579 through the roof and there was no chance in hell 00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:01.920 i was paying three or four times over market 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:04.860 value so too much i didn't miss or i missed out 00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:07.519 on certain products so you're not eligible to 00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:10.699 be nominated if i didn't actually buy you so 00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:13.659 i've i had to actually Buy it. And then they 00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:16.579 had to have a super high fun factor. And then 00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:19.159 number three, the third factor, you can't break 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:22.260 the bank on these products. This is not why I 00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:24.199 got back into the hobby. I didn't get back into 00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:26.500 the hobby to drop six, seven, $800 on a hobby 00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:29.579 box and come away with $30 worth of carts. That's 00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:32.760 not it. So they have to be relatively inexpensive. 00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:36.320 I had to pay for it. They had to have a fun factor. 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:39.139 So here are your honorable mentions for the... 00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:41.800 TB for my product of the year. Honorable match 00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:44.949 in number one. 2025 Topps Heritage Baseball. 00:38:45.050 --> 00:38:47.190 Now, I bought a ton of this. This came out all 00:38:47.190 --> 00:38:50.030 the way back in April of 2025. I love Heritage. 00:38:50.789 --> 00:38:53.110 I'm sure if you've heard me talk about this stuff 00:38:53.110 --> 00:38:55.389 before, Heritage is one of my favorites. They 00:38:55.389 --> 00:38:58.090 take a year, usually it's like 25, 30 years in 00:38:58.090 --> 00:39:01.369 the past, and they rejuvenate it. And it's based 00:39:01.369 --> 00:39:05.190 off of the design from that product 25, 30 years 00:39:05.190 --> 00:39:07.849 ago, whatever the case may be. Topps 2025 Heritage 00:39:07.849 --> 00:39:10.389 Baseball. Loved it. It was a good time. I bought. 00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:14.360 a ton of it and uh so yeah they earned an honorable 00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:17.820 mention a lot of cool inserts a lot of cool flashbacks 00:39:17.820 --> 00:39:20.239 i love that stuff second honorable mention 2025 00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:23.000 bowman baseball this product came out in may 00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:26.760 And I actually really like this. Ton of prospects. 00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:28.920 If you're familiar with Bowman at all, these 00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:31.820 are a lot of the prospects that either just got 00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:35.880 drafted or are in single, double, triple A, fresh 00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:38.960 out of college. Players you probably have never 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:41.599 heard of and will never do much of anything. 00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:43.920 But hey, it's super fun. I like a lot of the 00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:46.699 inserts. I like a lot of the parallels. I had 00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:48.940 a great time with Bowman baseball. And so yeah, 00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:52.000 it made my honorable mention list. In the non 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:55.190 -sport world, Also receiving an honorable mention, 00:39:55.429 --> 00:39:59.889 Fleer Brilliance Superman. Okay, stop the presses. 00:39:59.949 --> 00:40:02.449 This came out in July. Y 'all know how I feel 00:40:02.449 --> 00:40:04.369 about this one. If you listened to my podcast 00:40:04.369 --> 00:40:07.329 back then, this was so much fun. I need to actually 00:40:07.329 --> 00:40:09.510 go back and get more boxes of this because I 00:40:09.510 --> 00:40:11.670 think you can get like a mega box for like 29, 00:40:12.090 --> 00:40:15.309 99, 30 bucks, 35 bucks. It's super cheap. If 00:40:15.309 --> 00:40:17.829 you are a fan of the Superman comics, this is 00:40:17.829 --> 00:40:21.349 your jam. Look, you're not going to amass... 00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:24.440 There's not autos in this. It's not anything 00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:27.440 crazy like that. But if you're a comic book collector, 00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:30.179 if you're a card collector of non -sport and 00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:33.300 you really like Superman, this product was so 00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:35.739 much fun. I had such a good time opening it. 00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:39.639 Great time. So it earned an honorable mention. 00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:43.610 And the last honorable mention. 25, 26, Topps 00:40:43.610 --> 00:40:45.989 Basketball. This is the base. I'm not talking 00:40:45.989 --> 00:40:47.809 about Chrome. Chrome is a whole separate product. 00:40:48.150 --> 00:40:50.570 Their prices went through the roof. Ya crazy. 00:40:50.869 --> 00:40:53.869 But this was just Topps Paper Basketball. This 00:40:53.869 --> 00:40:56.849 came out in October. And I was super psyched, 00:40:56.849 --> 00:40:59.250 super hyped about this product. This product 00:40:59.250 --> 00:41:01.590 made me feel like a kid again. I opened lots 00:41:01.590 --> 00:41:03.630 of different variations of this. I think I got 00:41:03.630 --> 00:41:06.550 some hangers. I think I had some blasters. This 00:41:06.550 --> 00:41:10.289 had the Thanksgiving, Black Friday boxes that 00:41:10.289 --> 00:41:13.650 everyone was trying. to find, and we went running 00:41:13.650 --> 00:41:16.429 out to try to collect a couple boxes of our own. 00:41:16.510 --> 00:41:19.130 This was so fun. I had a good time, and it made 00:41:19.130 --> 00:41:21.889 me feel like an 11-, 12 -year -old kid again, 00:41:21.929 --> 00:41:25.150 collecting NBA hoops and Skybox and some of that 00:41:25.150 --> 00:41:28.670 old stuff. So congrats, Topps. You drew me back 00:41:28.670 --> 00:41:31.389 in. You got me back into caring about Topps basketball. 00:41:31.590 --> 00:41:35.869 But the winner for the TB award for my favorite 00:41:35.869 --> 00:41:40.190 product of the year goes to... 2025 Topps Chrome 00:41:40.190 --> 00:41:45.920 WWE. Wow. Topps got the license back. for the 00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:49.519 WWE and they came out swinging in January of 00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:52.320 2025. This is one of the first products to actually 00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:55.920 be released in the year and this was just fire. 00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:58.880 I managed to land a hobby box. This was one of 00:41:58.880 --> 00:42:02.519 the very few EQLs that I actually won. An EQL 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:04.920 is essentially a lotto. I was actually selected 00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:09.000 for this EQL. I won it and I got to pay actual 00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:12.579 retail price for this box. I think it ended up 00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:16.179 costing like 160. something like that when it 00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:19.179 first came out. But this hobby box was awesome. 00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:22.119 There were so many numbered cards in there. I 00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:27.260 have a Alexa Bliss Women's Division numbered 00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:31.099 to 25. I actually sent this card off to SGC back 00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:33.400 before they were bought out by PSA, mind you. 00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:35.519 But this card came back a 10. It's one of my 00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:38.099 favorite cards. I love that card. But the hit 00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:43.150 of the box was a redemption of a gold. auto number 00:42:43.150 --> 00:42:46.769 225 hall of fame sean michaels card i sent this 00:42:46.769 --> 00:42:49.550 sucker off about as quick as i could and a couple 00:42:49.550 --> 00:42:51.650 months later i got this bad boy back the signature 00:42:51.650 --> 00:42:54.929 looks awesome i also sent that card off to get 00:42:54.929 --> 00:42:58.150 graded it was just really cool so much fun the 00:42:58.150 --> 00:43:01.059 problem after this and like i said The reason 00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:03.659 it's the winner is because I was able to buy 00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:06.440 it at regular price. Had I not been able to get 00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:08.360 it, it wouldn't have won because as soon as I 00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:11.980 bought it, the prices skyrocketed. And now I 00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:15.159 think even to this day, a hobby box of Topps 00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:18.769 WWE Chrome is like $600. It's just insane. They 00:43:18.769 --> 00:43:22.710 were selling blaster boxes for 60 bucks and megas 00:43:22.710 --> 00:43:25.889 for 100. And it's just a shame because this product 00:43:25.889 --> 00:43:29.289 was amazing. And it was such a great way to kick 00:43:29.289 --> 00:43:34.010 off 2025. So congrats 2025 Topps Chrome WWE on 00:43:34.010 --> 00:43:37.309 your TB award. All right, now let's go to the 00:43:37.309 --> 00:43:40.150 dark side. The Boo Boo Award for my worst buy 00:43:40.150 --> 00:43:42.690 of the year in the hobby world. Now I went all 00:43:42.690 --> 00:43:46.800 in on this player early this year. So 2025. I 00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:49.480 tried to gather up as many rookie cards of this 00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:53.030 player as I possibly could. I was buying up Everything 00:43:53.030 --> 00:43:55.690 I could, I was on eBay daily, scouring eBay, 00:43:55.969 --> 00:43:59.510 working on collecting this kid, adding to my 00:43:59.510 --> 00:44:02.530 PC. Well, as it turns out, this player, after 00:44:02.530 --> 00:44:05.730 two short years, might not even be on the roster 00:44:05.730 --> 00:44:09.170 next season because he was inactive for most 00:44:09.170 --> 00:44:11.789 of the second half of the year. But maybe his 00:44:11.789 --> 00:44:13.989 two -catch performance on Sunday against the 00:44:13.989 --> 00:44:16.710 Jets will propel him to new heights. So I guess 00:44:16.710 --> 00:44:19.989 the Boo Boo Award goes to me, actually, for amassing 00:44:19.989 --> 00:44:22.539 such a huge collection of Keon. Coleman cards 00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:25.019 this year. So yeah, I would like to thank the 00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:27.320 Academy and all the voters for choosing your 00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:30.519 boy TB for this very prestigious boo -boo award. 00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:33.260 Thank you for nominating and ultimately choosing 00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:36.059 me for collecting a huge personal collection 00:44:36.059 --> 00:44:38.880 of Keon Coleman cards. And so yeah, sometimes 00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:41.280 you win, sometimes you lose, but I had fun doing 00:44:41.280 --> 00:44:43.039 it and that's the most important. But so far 00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:46.559 with Keon, this is probably a big L. Next category, 00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:49.519 we're hopping back to the good side. This is 00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:52.369 the If Money Were No Object buy of the year now 00:44:52.369 --> 00:44:55.590 if you've listened to my show over the last seven 00:44:55.590 --> 00:44:58.550 months you know occasionally i try to throw in 00:44:58.550 --> 00:45:00.630 a segment called the if money were no object 00:45:00.630 --> 00:45:03.250 by the week and what i do it usually depends 00:45:03.250 --> 00:45:06.389 on the topic of conversation i come up with something 00:45:06.389 --> 00:45:08.849 that i want to throw some crazy amounts of money 00:45:08.849 --> 00:45:13.030 at and as episodes progressed some of these ideas 00:45:13.030 --> 00:45:16.110 got more and more crazy but hey i decided let's 00:45:16.110 --> 00:45:18.070 go with the best one of the year and give it 00:45:18.070 --> 00:45:22.010 a tb award so here you go here are the the uh 00:45:22.010 --> 00:45:25.429 initial uh runners up if you will so the first 00:45:25.429 --> 00:45:27.909 runner up saw me traveling to both the national 00:45:27.909 --> 00:45:31.090 and fanatics fest card shows to have dan marino 00:45:31.090 --> 00:45:33.789 and bruce smith sign a picture of dan marino 00:45:33.789 --> 00:45:36.750 getting sacked by the great hall of famer bruce 00:45:36.750 --> 00:45:40.550 smith and Marino looking like he is hating his 00:45:40.550 --> 00:45:43.210 life in the process of getting sacked by Bruce 00:45:43.210 --> 00:45:46.750 Smith. I went to two different festivals because 00:45:46.750 --> 00:45:49.090 they were both at different festivals and I had 00:45:49.090 --> 00:45:51.449 to pay different amounts of money. Obviously, 00:45:51.449 --> 00:45:53.909 this is totally theoretical, but I priced it 00:45:53.909 --> 00:45:57.989 all out and like travel and tickets and getting 00:45:57.989 --> 00:46:00.449 each of them to have special inscriptions on 00:46:00.449 --> 00:46:03.349 this poster that I wanted. I wanted Marino to 00:46:03.349 --> 00:46:05.840 write something like squish the fish. And then, 00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:08.880 of course, Bruce to say, hey, TB, you're my boy. 00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:11.760 You're the greatest podcaster ever. Blah, blah, 00:46:11.780 --> 00:46:14.420 blah, blah. Go Bills. And so all that being said, 00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:17.059 this would have cost me around $2 ,000. So look, 00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:18.860 beginning of the year, beginning of the show, 00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:21.420 I was starting small. So 2K, hey, that's not 00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:24.659 too bad. Second runner up, I was going to buy 00:46:24.659 --> 00:46:28.619 up all 25 of these special edition Patrick Mahomes 00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:32.000 autographed cards. These were all, I came out 00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:34.039 swinging on this episode of a podcast, folks. 00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:37.880 Found out Panini was making a special autographed 00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:40.360 25 card set that they were spreading out into 00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:43.059 different Panini products over the year, celebrating 00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:47.039 special moments in Patrick Mahomes' illustrious 00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:49.679 career. And I was furious with this. And I'm 00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:52.219 like, what are we talking about? He's only been 00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:54.280 in the league like eight years and we're already 00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:57.739 doing all this crap. So my... If money were no 00:46:57.739 --> 00:46:59.719 object by the week for that episode, I was going 00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:01.659 to collect all these cards and then I was going 00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:04.900 to proceed to light them all on fire. So of course, 00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:07.800 I never was able to determine how much this was 00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:09.940 going to cost me. So I'm going to guess right 00:47:09.940 --> 00:47:11.719 now it is probably going to cost half a mil. 00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:15.159 So let's just estimate 500K. Maybe that's way 00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:17.420 too high, but I want to ensure that your boy 00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:20.260 TB can actually go get all 25 of these, throw 00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:22.880 them in a metal barrel and light these suckers 00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:26.099 on fire so I never have to see them or hear. 00:47:26.380 --> 00:47:28.820 them again but if you didn't like that the next 00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:32.900 runner up was josh allen's southern california 00:47:32.900 --> 00:47:35.500 home that's right you could actually buy this 00:47:35.500 --> 00:47:38.860 and so if money were no object for a cool 8 .5 00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:42.119 million dollars yes we just jumped into the very 00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:45.059 next stratosphere but how cool would it be to 00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:49.000 own josh allen's house I mean, come on. If we're 00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:51.400 going to pull all Bills Mafia together, hey, 00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:54.940 let's go in halfsies and let's just collect all 00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:58.179 our money and we'll shell out enough to buy Josh 00:47:58.179 --> 00:48:01.659 Allen's home in Southern California, 8 .5 mil. 00:48:01.760 --> 00:48:04.780 What do you say? No? But the winner, the winner 00:48:04.780 --> 00:48:07.480 of the If Money Were No Object Buy of the Year, 00:48:07.539 --> 00:48:09.119 now this was very tough, this was very close, 00:48:09.239 --> 00:48:12.940 but the winner was complete relocation cost to 00:48:12.940 --> 00:48:16.250 move my favorite wrestler. bill goldberg to his 00:48:16.250 --> 00:48:20.289 favorite country of saudi arabia so i'm estimating 00:48:20.289 --> 00:48:24.070 that the cost of a new house relocation plane 00:48:24.070 --> 00:48:26.849 tickets uh whatever the case may be moving expenses 00:48:26.849 --> 00:48:30.869 i'm estimating 15 million to never hear from 00:48:30.869 --> 00:48:33.489 see from or have to watch his terrible matches 00:48:33.489 --> 00:48:39.530 ever again so if it's only 15 million of of your 00:48:39.530 --> 00:48:42.269 all money that we could pull together to ship 00:48:42.269 --> 00:48:44.349 this guy completely out of town to his favorite 00:48:44.349 --> 00:48:47.309 country of Saudi Arabia, then hey, that would 00:48:47.309 --> 00:48:50.789 be money well worth spending. And like, as I 00:48:50.789 --> 00:48:52.809 said, the category is if money were no object, 00:48:52.969 --> 00:48:55.449 what would we buy? This is what I would buy because 00:48:55.449 --> 00:48:58.230 I'm so done with that clown. And he wins the 00:48:58.230 --> 00:49:01.849 illustrious TV award for this if money were no 00:49:01.849 --> 00:49:04.500 object buy of the year. My next award. Now, I 00:49:04.500 --> 00:49:06.380 was on the fence. I'm not sure if this is gonna 00:49:06.380 --> 00:49:09.559 be a TB award or a boo -boo award, but this is 00:49:09.559 --> 00:49:13.159 called the I Got You In My Sights Award for 2025. 00:49:13.340 --> 00:49:16.800 And this goes to the person or the topic that 00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:20.679 I've ranted against or I have held serious animosity 00:49:20.679 --> 00:49:23.800 towards during the first 38 episodes of this 00:49:23.800 --> 00:49:27.159 podcast. So this was probably the closest category 00:49:27.159 --> 00:49:31.619 by far. And I have a very strict scoring and 00:49:31.619 --> 00:49:33.159 ranking system when it comes to. these awards 00:49:33.159 --> 00:49:36.159 so yeah i mean when i counted and tallied up 00:49:36.159 --> 00:49:41.179 the crazy um alien like scoring system this was 00:49:41.179 --> 00:49:43.059 the closest so here we go here are the nominees 00:49:43.059 --> 00:49:46.260 for i got you in my sights award of the year 00:49:46.260 --> 00:49:48.599 uh and i'm not sure which way this is going whether 00:49:48.599 --> 00:49:50.909 it's good or bad but the first nominee Green 00:49:50.909 --> 00:49:53.289 t -shirt guy. You all know who I'm talking about. 00:49:54.110 --> 00:49:57.389 All you wrestling marks, you know what I'm talking 00:49:57.389 --> 00:49:59.329 about. What can I say that I haven't already 00:49:59.329 --> 00:50:01.889 said numerous times? I'm sick and tired of green 00:50:01.889 --> 00:50:04.769 t -shirt guy in the front center of the very 00:50:04.769 --> 00:50:08.010 first row of every single wrestling pay -per 00:50:08.010 --> 00:50:10.130 -view. I can't believe this clown. I'm sick and 00:50:10.130 --> 00:50:12.269 tired of looking at his face. I'm sick and tired 00:50:12.269 --> 00:50:14.269 of looking at his green shirt. I don't care what 00:50:14.269 --> 00:50:17.690 your story is. There's no chance in hell you 00:50:17.690 --> 00:50:21.860 do not work or are a plant. from wwe so get out 00:50:21.860 --> 00:50:24.500 of here i don't want to look at your insta i 00:50:24.500 --> 00:50:26.920 don't want to hear your stupid story i don't 00:50:26.920 --> 00:50:28.920 ever want to see you again green shirt green 00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:32.280 t -shirt guy you just got a nomination for the 00:50:32.280 --> 00:50:35.340 got you in my site award for 2025 next nomination 00:50:36.199 --> 00:50:38.880 I'm going with an entire country because looking 00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:42.000 back, I brought the heat on this country numerous 00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:44.679 times. The country is none other than previously 00:50:44.679 --> 00:50:48.260 mentioned Saudi Arabia. And Saudi Arabia is the 00:50:48.260 --> 00:50:51.360 subject of numerous nostalgia runs and DeLorean 00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:54.760 trips during the last 38 episodes. As I went 00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:57.679 back, rewatched certain mashes. Specifically, 00:50:57.900 --> 00:51:01.659 I just talked about Goldberg matches, but holy 00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:03.780 cow, how many of them happened in the freaking 00:51:03.780 --> 00:51:07.320 country of Saudi Arabia. But also, also, this 00:51:07.320 --> 00:51:10.360 is the future home to the right around the corner 00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:13.760 2026 Royal Rumble. And also, I started a podcast 00:51:13.760 --> 00:51:17.280 ranting about this nonsense, 2027 WrestleMania. 00:51:17.360 --> 00:51:20.300 So I wasn't happy about that. Not sure how you 00:51:20.300 --> 00:51:23.360 all feel, but I was losing my mind when the WWE 00:51:23.360 --> 00:51:26.739 came out and did this stupid announcement. with 00:51:26.739 --> 00:51:30.300 the prince saik or sheik or whatever the hell 00:51:30.300 --> 00:51:32.239 his name was and all these wrestlers looking 00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:36.059 like they didn't know where they were and if 00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:38.980 you want to know how i feel about it go back 00:51:38.980 --> 00:51:41.139 and listen to that episode saudi arabia you just 00:51:41.139 --> 00:51:43.980 got a nomination the third nominee none other 00:51:43.980 --> 00:51:46.219 than bill goldberg i already talked about him 00:51:46.219 --> 00:51:50.480 but his final matchup with gunther Made me rewatch 00:51:50.480 --> 00:51:54.860 the last nine years of his career. And my goodness, 00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:58.460 I have come to find a new level of hatred for 00:51:58.460 --> 00:52:00.559 Bill Goldberg and his stupid wrestling career. 00:52:00.599 --> 00:52:03.559 Having to rewatch his matches over the last nine 00:52:03.559 --> 00:52:06.440 years. It's just terrible. He's so bad. I don't. 00:52:06.650 --> 00:52:09.889 understand why anyone uh holds a special place 00:52:09.889 --> 00:52:13.409 in their hearts for this clown and he only made 00:52:13.409 --> 00:52:15.909 matters worse with the stuff he says about bret 00:52:15.909 --> 00:52:17.710 hart the stuff he said this year specifically 00:52:17.710 --> 00:52:20.230 about oscar of all people like really what is 00:52:20.230 --> 00:52:24.289 oscar doing to piss people off but he talks smack 00:52:24.289 --> 00:52:28.170 about oscar and i'm just i'm so tired of him 00:52:28.170 --> 00:52:30.769 he just needs to go away But let's move on because 00:52:30.769 --> 00:52:32.489 I'm sick and tired of talking about Bill Goldberg. 00:52:32.610 --> 00:52:37.610 The fourth nominee, Joe Brady. I can't remember 00:52:37.610 --> 00:52:40.909 how many times I have talked disparagingly about 00:52:40.909 --> 00:52:44.110 Joe Brady and his five plays of doom on this 00:52:44.110 --> 00:52:47.730 podcast. But it has been so many times that it 00:52:47.730 --> 00:52:51.070 just makes me sick to my stomach. So Joe Brady, 00:52:51.150 --> 00:52:54.210 congratulations. You won a nomination for the 00:52:54.210 --> 00:52:56.909 Gotcha In My Sights award this year. But the 00:52:56.909 --> 00:53:01.039 winner of the 2020... Are we doing 2025, 2026? 00:53:01.260 --> 00:53:03.340 It doesn't matter. The winner of the Got You 00:53:03.340 --> 00:53:06.820 In My Sights award for this year is none other 00:53:06.820 --> 00:53:10.320 than Brandon Bean and his handling of the trade 00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:13.619 deadline fiasco. If you don't know what I'm talking 00:53:13.619 --> 00:53:18.739 about, I had numerous people ask me about this 00:53:18.739 --> 00:53:23.150 episode. Yeah. Go back to episode 31. Fast forward 00:53:23.150 --> 00:53:25.650 to it's like roughly the 34 minute mark and you 00:53:25.650 --> 00:53:28.909 will hear a 28 minute rant about how I am just 00:53:28.909 --> 00:53:32.449 so fed up with the lack of moves at the trade 00:53:32.449 --> 00:53:35.110 deadline and how he literally did nothing. The 00:53:35.110 --> 00:53:39.079 whole. Jalen Waddle non -trade fiasco, not getting 00:53:39.079 --> 00:53:41.579 extra defensive help. It was so bad that not 00:53:41.579 --> 00:53:44.659 only that, but then I doubled down on it in my 00:53:44.659 --> 00:53:47.880 holiday episode. And he actually had a cameo 00:53:47.880 --> 00:53:51.420 as none other than Uncle Scrooge McBean. So congratulations, 00:53:51.960 --> 00:53:55.360 Brandon Bean. You are the winner of the Got You 00:53:55.360 --> 00:53:58.880 In My Sight Award. And the final TB award is 00:53:58.880 --> 00:54:01.199 going to be handed out to the Bills Game of the 00:54:01.199 --> 00:54:04.219 Year. Now, this is obviously a positive award. 00:54:04.989 --> 00:54:06.829 But there's lots of competition. If you go back, 00:54:06.849 --> 00:54:09.309 and I didn't count the playoffs from last season, 00:54:09.369 --> 00:54:11.150 so take it easy. I don't want to talk about any 00:54:11.150 --> 00:54:13.769 of that. This is basically just Bill's games 00:54:13.769 --> 00:54:16.170 that happened during this season. There's lots 00:54:16.170 --> 00:54:19.050 of competition. Week 11 versus the Bucs, 44 -32 00:54:19.050 --> 00:54:22.389 win at home. This game, just a ton of fun. High 00:54:22.389 --> 00:54:24.710 -powered shootout, good stuff. Baker versus Josh. 00:54:25.309 --> 00:54:27.090 Who doesn't like that game? That game was fun. 00:54:27.289 --> 00:54:31.309 Week 14 versus the Bengals, 39 -34 win at home. 00:54:31.409 --> 00:54:34.429 Christian Benford, INT return for a tutty. Bills 00:54:34.429 --> 00:54:36.929 played kind of sloppy, but this was a really, 00:54:36.969 --> 00:54:39.730 really good game. So that's another nominee. 00:54:40.530 --> 00:54:43.590 The third nominee, week 15 versus the Patriots. 00:54:43.590 --> 00:54:46.309 This is the very next week after the Bengals 00:54:46.309 --> 00:54:49.860 win. We were down. In New England, 21 -0, we 00:54:49.860 --> 00:54:53.119 come back and win that sucker, 35 -31. That game 00:54:53.119 --> 00:54:55.780 was awesome. So pretty good competition. But 00:54:55.780 --> 00:54:59.280 the winner of the Bills Game of the Year is handed 00:54:59.280 --> 00:55:02.940 out to none other than Bills vs. Ravens Week 00:55:02.940 --> 00:55:06.400 1 Home Opener, the last home opener in Highmark. 00:55:06.699 --> 00:55:09.039 How fitting. Sunday night football. We are down 00:55:09.039 --> 00:55:11.340 14 points with four minutes to go. And we come 00:55:11.340 --> 00:55:14.599 back all the way and win 41 -40 on a last second 00:55:14.599 --> 00:55:17.539 32 -yard field goal. This is the game to watch. 00:55:17.760 --> 00:55:20.099 If you're not sure what game to put on for the 00:55:20.099 --> 00:55:23.559 2025 season, this is it right here. This is insanity 00:55:23.559 --> 00:55:27.320 in its finest, purest form. This is pure gold. 00:55:27.559 --> 00:55:30.320 What a thrill ride. It was an unbelievable game 00:55:30.320 --> 00:55:33.579 start to finish. And what a way to kick off the 00:55:33.579 --> 00:55:36.710 final season at high mark. And then we kind of 00:55:36.710 --> 00:55:38.929 see this Sunday afternoon against the Jets. So 00:55:38.929 --> 00:55:40.929 we started the year great and we end the year 00:55:40.929 --> 00:55:43.550 great. Week one, you just win an award for a 00:55:43.550 --> 00:55:46.670 TB for Bills game of the year. And while that's 00:55:46.670 --> 00:55:48.750 it, we're wrapping up the awards program. It's 00:55:48.750 --> 00:55:51.530 just kind of bringing this whole show full circle. 00:55:51.769 --> 00:55:53.889 What we saw Sunday against the Jets, that was 00:55:53.889 --> 00:55:55.969 kind of the perfect ending. So there you have 00:55:55.969 --> 00:55:59.269 it, folks. A full circle season, a great start, 00:55:59.389 --> 00:56:02.570 a great finish. It's a fitting year send off 00:56:02.570 --> 00:56:06.550 to a great stadium and 50. plus years of just 00:56:06.550 --> 00:56:08.929 awesome memories. So anyway, I think that'll 00:56:08.929 --> 00:56:11.829 do it. That's gonna wrap up the very first episode 00:56:11.829 --> 00:56:15.150 of the three Ts in the year 2026. But if you 00:56:15.150 --> 00:56:17.309 have enjoyed this episode or any of the other 00:56:17.309 --> 00:56:20.449 episodes, I would ask that you just share it 00:56:20.449 --> 00:56:22.670 with someone who's either a fellow mafia member, 00:56:22.849 --> 00:56:26.929 a fellow wrestling mark, or a fellow card board 00:56:26.929 --> 00:56:29.289 enthusiast, someone who likes collecting, whether 00:56:29.289 --> 00:56:31.190 it's sports cards, non -sports cards, it doesn't 00:56:31.190 --> 00:56:33.449 matter. Pass this podcast on to someone who's 00:56:33.449 --> 00:56:35.530 a fan of one of these three awesome hobbies. 00:56:36.219 --> 00:56:39.099 Some cool things ahead in 2026. I'm going to 00:56:39.099 --> 00:56:41.159 keep this going. Maybe I'd like to incorporate 00:56:41.159 --> 00:56:44.159 a guest appearance from time to time. Maybe get 00:56:44.159 --> 00:56:46.300 another person on here. We'll see. I got a lot 00:56:46.300 --> 00:56:48.500 of things to work out. And, you know, the sky 00:56:48.500 --> 00:56:50.840 is the limit for the 3Ts as far as I'm concerned. 00:56:50.960 --> 00:56:53.039 But I appreciate you all for checking out the 00:56:53.039 --> 00:56:55.769 show. As always, do your boy a favor. Hit that 00:56:55.769 --> 00:56:57.809 like, hit that follow. Leave me a review wherever 00:56:57.809 --> 00:57:01.090 you are listening to this show. I can't believe 00:57:01.090 --> 00:57:03.809 that we're here. This is episode 39. It's been 00:57:03.809 --> 00:57:05.829 an awesome ride and I can't wait to see where 00:57:05.829 --> 00:57:08.150 we go in the future. Happy New Year. Hope you 00:57:08.150 --> 00:57:10.110 all had a great holiday. And as always, I thank 00:57:10.110 --> 00:57:16.070 you all very, very much. So until next time, 00:57:16.170 --> 00:57:18.489 whether it's ripping packs, breaking tables, 00:57:18.750 --> 00:57:21.289 or dropping elbows, keep doing what you love. 00:57:21.409 --> 00:57:23.340 And as always, Go Bills!