On this week's podcast is the Stanford Notre Dame winner a real playoff contender

Ohio State heads to Happy Valley the best and worst game day environments in the big 10

and what have you done to prepare for Squirrel NATO?

I'm Dan Wetzel joined by Pat 40 and Pete Thamel.

Two Monster Games this weekend with, dare I say, playoff implications.

Number four Ohio State visits, number number nine Penn State and number eight Notre Dame hosts number seven

Stanford both. Yeah all right Dan that's fine we'll get to the football in a minute here

but we've got to address your

glaring absence from the overreaction Monday podcast leaving Pete and I defend for

ourselves while you were off furthering your reign of terror in youth soccer in Michigan.

We're overreacting to your absence.

Yes, and congratulations on your daughter's championship there, but not only did you abandon us for that, for more

gut stomping of other children, but you, uh, there are reports that you were drinking craft beer in Kalamazoo.

Can you confirm or deny?

We're going to get to football, but I do want to apologize to the listeners because clearly quality of the show was noticeable

So sorry about that but you got through your Monday

Second I just at first of reports I told you the report was for me to you in a text message.

What are you doing and I try to cover my sources okay?

I don't get out of my office. to reveal this source yes it was me I

text it yes we have each other's phone numbers sometimes we communicate okay

work together ten years these things happen.

Let me just clear a couple inaccuracies in Pat's reporting,

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