Hello Sunshine I'm Alexi Lollison and welcome to the State of the Union Podcast.

We look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red white and blue

colored glasses. This week we'll be talking well the octago now and three games of

the 14 have been played by the US so all sorts of stuff when it comes to that we'll also be talking my trip to

Doha guitar and all the craziness that went on there. We'll be talking our European

Roundup. Champions League is back upon us when it comes to what's going on and

over there in Europe. A bunch of questions both from the hotline and from

Ask Alexia. Speaking of that, I want to make sure that everybody understands and

remembers that yes we do the hashtag

ask Alexi in our show but we also have the hotline the hotline is 657 549-222

7 you can call and scream and yell and uh... or just be very civil and mature and ask us a question and leave a comment when it comes to the show

Just wanted to remind everybody that we have that option for people out there

But before that we do that, you know, first joining me as always, my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Mossy, a soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary. How are you, Mossy, on this Monday, September 13th?

I messed up the open a little bit there because I'm a little out of practice because I did miss a week here

But I'm gonna I'm gonna get back into the swing of things how you doing my friend? I am doing well particularly since I route for a college football team which is

Undefeded and which defeated pack 10 opposition

pack 12 opposition I should say this past weekend which not everybody can say

you know there are fans of certain teams out there that that cannot say that right

now my wife is a huge Ohio State fan and so

Saturday did not go well in the Lollis household because when her buck eyes do not perform well it impacts and infects the entire day so not not good

But your your wolverines are okay? So far so good now. I know you don't know very many football players, but you do know Barry Sanders growing up.

True, I know Barry Sanders. I met Barry Sanders actually in the post game of the US Switzerland game in 1994 in the very Pontiac Silverdome there. What a what a incredible low center of gravity. Of course we messed him up because that's what we do in Detroit when it comes to football. We take great players and we mess them up. Barry Sims and Barry Sanders are Billy Sims and Barry Sanders so yeah I do know him.

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