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Learn more at Trader Joe's.com and at Trader Joe's on Instagram. Welcome to the audible. I'm Stuart Mandel. Joined by Bruce Feldman. Bruce I know I'm doing my best right now to sound very peppy

But that is not an indicator of my level of exhaustion at this moment

Stu you make one road trip and all of a sudden now you're gassed.

I do this every week.

I know, well, and I used to do it every week when you don't travel that frequently, it really, it's really jarring jarring it really takes a toll on your body

but I will say it's funny that we just had that conversation last week about

covering games and seeing less football I forgot when you cover a Notre Dame game and you stay in Chicago,

the two hours there and back, especially a night game coming back, that... your whole day but i gotta say

i don't know when the last time you went to a game in Notre Dame was for me

it had been a long time and the stadium is just completely different and i was

just blown away.

That place is now, it was always cool, don't get me wrong,

no name is always a really cool and historic place to go,

but now it's just spectacular fan experience.

Okay, so let's get on the field, Stu.

We talked a lot about USC and a little bit about Notre Dame last week.

I would talk a lot about both with our friend John Walters,

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