Welcome back to the main coverage podcast.

I am your host, Mike Payton, of Pride of Detroit.

Today, we have got a legendary guest with us today.

The rock god himself has braced us with his presence.

Some people know him as Mr. Matthews in a classroom setting,

but you at Pride of Detroit,

you know him as Ryan Matthews.

Ryan, thanks for coming on the pod today.

Oh, it's a pleasure, Mike.

That's maybe the best introduction I've received in my podcast history.

Yeah, I'm getting better at it, I think.

I'm doing all right. I'm doing all right.

So Ryan and I were talking off the air.

I hope you guys are ready, Lions fans, because we're really not going to talk Lions today,

because what's the point?

Lions just lost 47 to 7.

Do you really even want to hear us talk about the lions?

I mean, what can we say that hasn't already been said at this point? So we're going to wing it.

But first, you know, I want to learn more about Ryan because you and I, we've been working together

for four years. We've met each other a few times.

We've shared a couple of drinks and had a good time and all that, but we don't know each other

all that well. So let's start it all off, man. Why the rock god? Who started this? What does it even

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