Ivy Nation Sports Talk, we're up and rolling on a Monday.

That's Vince DeDario.

I'm Sean Steyers.

And, you know, Vince, you know me, we've known each other for a long time.

And before we kind of get into the meat and potatoes of this show, you know, while somehow I've become the more optimistic one of the two of us over time, you know that I don't just go throwing roses around and faking it sikement,

you know. This is true. Yeah, you're like you, you've known me long enough. And even though I used to

wear my emotions on my sleeve a little bit more. This is true. You know, obviously, you know,

I can be hard to please, you know, is what I'm saying, I guess.

But, you know, let me just say this.

There's a college football playoff game this Friday at Notre Dame Stadium.

So excited.

And we're going to be there for it.

How freaking exciting is that?

I'm so excited.

Like, by, I do know someone who was offered a very large sum of money for Christmas

if they got their tickets sold and decided to go to the game instead. If that tells you how

exciting this is. So, Stephen. How's it going? Yes, a four-figure birthday present in cash was offered. I was like, you know what? Rather go to the game. I was like, wow, good for you. Okay. Wow. So this is a... It's big time.

This is a big game, man. Like, you have to take the macro view, right? and just understand that like this is the first ever

on campus playoff game this is different man it's going to be December 20th and we're going to be

sitting at Notre Dame stadium hopefully watching a snow globe out there watching everybody freeze

while we're nice and roasty and toasty and yeah buddy you know

whatever else inside by the way is this my mic sound okay does it sound yeah you sound like you're a

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