Thursday morning, October 5th, 2023, it is the beating the book podcast.

Week number five in the national football league.

It's the megapot, Gil Alexander.

Thank you for listening.

I cannot wait to get into it.

And we'll get all the records from last week squared away.

Let's say hello to our

staples on the show first from his mom's living room somewhere in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

It's Todd Wishnev playing hurt. Hey. You feel better this week? What's up? You feel better this week?

I'm 90%. I was really struggling last week, but I'm feeling better. Okay, cool. And ladies and gentlemen, you can find him on the Bear Betts podcast, both college and pro football editions. Also, Goal Boys Network. Also on the Megapod, of course, is Will Hill. How you doing, Will? Gilly, what's going on? Excited for week five, hard to believe, man. I think you were saying it this morning,

and I was telling somebody else. We wait so long for these games to get here. You blink, you look up, and week five, like, where is the season go? It goes so fast. Try to enjoy it while it's happening, and we're trying to do that for sure. And our rotating guests continue, obviously, week after week. this week. We always are thrilled to have him on the show from Sumer Sports.

It's our buddy Dr. Eric. continue, obviously, week after week this week. We always are thrilled to have him on the show from Sumer Sports.

It's our buddy Dr. Eric Eager.

How you doing, Eric?

Gil, guys, I'm like, I share the same sentiment.

I can't believe we're already in week five.

Week five in the National Football League with a Bears' Commanders Tilt on Thursday night football tonight,

which I have a lot going on in this game.

I have like Survivor, last winless team on Carolina, and first coach to be fired, Eber Fluse,

all in this confluence of events.

Sort of like the confluence of the rivers in Pittsburgh, Todd.

That's what's

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