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Guys, it's August. It's still pretty hot outside.

The weather is breaking a little bit. Oh, I don't know about where you are, but where we are, it is, it is turned pleasant. It is pleasant. It's been pleasant. I've had to wear a hoodie in the morning. Really? Yeah, it's hoodie weather in the morning. It was 59 degrees when I got up this morning. It was in the 60s where I've been and then now I'm back in New York and it's nice, but it doesn't matter, Brandon, because that hard iced tea is going to hit no matter what the weather is, right? I know tea bob's just pop one open. It's an ice cold twisted tea. Ice cold, by the way. Great job, Lucie. Excellent production. Ice cold. Damn, that's cold. Twisted tea. Ice cold, by the way. Great job, Lukie. Excellent production. Ice cold.

Damn, that's cold. Twisted tea. Yeah. It's delicious.

So, Luke, you got me a peach tea.

It's Brandon Walker in a can.

Yeah. Brandon, we're going to get into conference previews this episode, which I'm very excited about,

which means that college football is very, very soon. Week zero, which is the unofficial start, as we know, but it is still 20 days away. I think it's the official start. Well, it is, but we all know it's the official start, but then you get after Farmageddon on week zero, like you're just dying for week one we know this yeah it's like the

cubs and dodgers this year playing in japan it was the official start but it's not the official

start for everybody we've got it's the appetizer i thought the official start was the day after

like basketball and stuff it or i thought the official start was in training camp moments no we have seven or eight official starts. Okay, okay. I'm just making sure. I think I said this last year. It's that, you know, when you get like, you go to a place that I'm not going to say, no, because no free ads. You go to a place where they have stakes and it may be named after a certain state in the United States and they give you the rolls with the butter. Oh, she's talking about Kansas Steakery. Yes, Kansas Steakery. And you fill up on the butter, and then you realize the bread and butter, and then you realize, oh, my God, like, the real meal is coming. That's what Week Zero is. You get so excited that it's there, but then you realize,

no, the real meat's coming the next week, but you're still excited to have it. T. Bob, three restaurants

named after states. Go. Stony River, Cracker Barrel, Popeyes. What? Yeah. Nailed it. Nailed it.

I think, yeah. It's going, Roadhouse. Okay. Kentucky fried chicken.

And the California Beach Kitchen. Ha! Got one. Good one. Got one. Took me long enough. There's got to be more than that. See, now, but now we're going to go down around. The Iowa potato house. What? Idaho, you mean? Idaho. Yeah, that's what he said. the Idaho.

Oh, my bad.

Iowa's corn and white people.

I guess Idaho's probably white people.

You don't fuck with the IPH? you mean. Idaho? Yeah, that's what he said. You said Iowa. Oh, my bad. Iowa's corn. Freudian slip.

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