Men in Blazers Countdown Tour LIVE! from Houston, featuring JJ Watt, Hakeem Olajuwon, Yazmeen Ryan, Jane Campbell, and Shane Kimbrough
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Men In Blazers
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🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 129 minutes
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The Men in Blazers Countdown Tour returns, this time to Houston, where Rog is joined by Houston Texan great and part-owner of Burnley JJ Watt to discuss where VAR has gone awry, the pleasures of Premier League football, and the best (or worst) that British food has to offer. Plus, Rog sits down with NBA legend Hakeem Olajuwon to talk his footballing roots and love of Buc-ee's. Rog is also joined by former NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, plus a special appearance from Jane Campbell and Yazmeen Ryan of the Houston Dash. Presented by Bank of America, the Official Bank of U.S. Soccer and the FIFA World Cup 2026.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Meninblazers Media Network, Suboptimal Radio. |
| 0:16.5 | It's Rodch, live for the magical kingdom of Houston, Texas, 99 days before soccer's coming home. |
| 0:28.4 | Ah, it is incredible to be here with you tonight in this quite sumptuous Rice University, Brockman Hall for Opera. |
| 0:42.7 | Thank you. Rice University Brockman Hall for Opera Best Rice race since Decliffe. |
| 0:44.9 | Any Arsenal fans here tonight? |
| 0:50.1 | Any Rice Owls fans? |
| 0:54.1 | Hi, this is where we are in America. |
| 0:57.0 | Arsenal, Rice Owls. |
| 0:59.0 | Arsenal, massive. And we're here on this epic night. |
| 1:03.0 | I mean, 99 days before the Men's World Cup crashes onto these shores, |
| 1:08.0 | not only because I have 99 problems, but because it's a number |
| 1:12.8 | synonymous with this city due to that quite charismatic, ferocious man-mounting, |
| 1:18.1 | who became a veritable institution on the field and off it because there is generosity |
| 1:23.7 | for this city. Mr. JJ Watt. |
| 1:39.7 | I'm going to say his journey from American sports icon to Premier League obsessive, first as a fan, then as a co-owner of a Premier League team, thrills me that old, deep historical, Houston |
| 1:49.0 | to Burnley connection. So there can be no better night to come here to tell a multi-dimensional |
| 1:57.0 | story of your incredible city, this kingdom of Nolan Ryan fastballs and Mike Jones phone number. |
| 2:09.6 | And that great Texan, Megan the Stallion, said about this city, this is the place where the whole swag comes from. |
| 2:20.3 | Never has been a person with less swag in the city than me, Houston. |
| 2:28.3 | But this city's given you destiny's child. |
| 2:31.3 | Patrick Swayze and the greatest, Fabian Herzlowe. |
| 2:37.0 | Proper, proper Houston. By the way, that is some power trio. |
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