Mondays are for football, even in the NCAA tournament, even when for the third straight year, some team that plays out of West Lafayette has made it to the sweet 16.

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Yeah, yeah. We are clapping apparently live from the Xfinity Loft where we are safe and sound and not in a flood in Hawaii. Shout out to Hogue. I hope he's okay out there. I don't know if anyone's reached out to him. I have not. I will after the show. Me too. I hope that him. He told me specifically to not reach out to him while he was gone.

So I'm sticking to that. Just you specifically? I didn't get that message. I think he said that to me and Karm and I'm holding to that. He told me to call every day. Yeah. Well, I told me not to. So I'm leaving him alone. And if honestly I don't think I got a directive so I've but I just when people are on vacation I tend to leave them alone because I know when I'm leaving them alone. And if... Honestly, I don't think I got a directive. So I've...

But I just, when people are on vacation,

I tend to leave them alone because I know when I'm on vacation, that I like to be left alone. So, you know... But he is dealing with historic floods in Hawaii. He is dealing with the situation. And, you know, I try to talk about it going on this trip, but he didn't listen. And so I guess, you know, it's the way it is.

But that's too bad, but I'm sure it's fun.

And they're having a great time.

And maybe he's, you know it's the way it is but that's too bad but i'm sure it's fun and they're having a great time and maybe he's you know swimming around doing all sorts of things uh let moment of appreciation to start the show here today for matt painters 500th win is no no okay no no no he came to the chicago bears in 2023 he was a running back

didn't get a carry all season long in 23 oh boy 24 he did get some carry six of them for 23 yards

And then last year he had one

For negative two yards

But that wasn't the point of what he did

He was special teams man extraordinary

He was first class

He was the most fit guy I think I've ever seen in my life

No one Spent more time in wait room, including you Stephen Nicholas.

Then our guy, now a Pittsburgh dealer out the building, Travis Homer, has left us to join Jaquan Brisker in Pittsburgh.

Made official today.

Quality individual. And Johns, I know you have deep thoughts

on Travis Homer. Great special teamer, but I felt like he was always on the injury report for

something. Even when he was playing, he was on the injury report as questionable. Numerous injuries,

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