Callers ERUPT Over Team USA Loyalty + The Debate Spirals Into Aliens, Angels, and Absolute Chaos

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The Team USA loyalty debate hits a boiling point when a furious caller unloads on the guys for putting their pro teams ahead of the country. He demands fans “suspend their crazy fandom for two weeks,” while Evan and Sean double down on their argument that rooting for your club team simply hits different than rooting for the national team. From there, the conversation turns into a surprisingly deep breakdown of sports hierarchy. Would fans really choose a gold medal over a championship for their team? What happens when your most hated rival suddenly wears your country’s colors? And can you truly flip that switch on command? Callers pile on with passionate takes, including one who says Team USA basketball is the ultimate test because nobody wants to cheer for rival superstars, even in red, white, and blue.

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0:00.0	Let's go to Carmine and West Babylon.
0:01.7	Hey, Carmine.
0:03.2	Hey, guys, Kiki, I feel free, man.
0:05.8	You are working with two grown children.
0:07.6	Let me tell you, man.
0:10.0	You know, Sean's take didn't bother me as much.
0:12.1	When I heard Evan chime in today, I really got my blood boiling.
0:14.9	Evan, when you were a little tight, you know, 10, 19 years old,
0:18.7	were you rooting against America when Rest and Peace, Drazen, Petrovic was playing against,
0:23.7	was playing for Croatia?
0:25.8	Come on, you have to suspend your crazy fandom for two weeks and put your country above
0:32.4	all else.
0:33.0	All right.
0:33.3	Because I guess you're in your hierarchy, you know, Evans, you know, New York Mets, New York Jets,
0:42.3	you know, Nets, and then in 80th spot, the country, you guys are just too crazy fans.
0:47.4	That's the problem why you can't compartmentalize and put your country first for two friggin' weeks.
0:47.7	Right.
0:50.2	And the fact that they're probably going to, you know, they're going to win.
0:52.7	I put my country first when it matters.
0:54.2	I put my country first when it matters. I put my country first when it has to do with... This doesn't matter?
0:56.7	This doesn't matter
0:58.1	to the 15
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