And that makes it hour two of Budweiser's weekday sports beat.

And behold, there is light wherever Jesse is tonight.

Where are you?

Are you down around Columbus?

Is that where you're hanging out?

Yeah, I'm still at my in-laws house.

Gotcha.

We're leaving after this, actually.

Oh, you're leaving tonight.

I'm driving back to Cleveland. Yeah. Yeah.

All right. Very good. Very good.

It was hard to keep the whole story straight. So facilitate no candles needed for Jesse anymore.

So, all right. Let's get into some rapid fire. Some, some, this was kind of a one of

those days. It's like you wait a little while for something to happen. And then all of a sudden,

things all start happening at once. Here come the Irish on Peacock, of course,

followed Notre Dame throughout the 2025 season. They had an inside look of Marcus Freeman

talking with his captains after their decision to opt out of the bowl game after the college

football playoff selection committee left them out of the playoffs. Here is a little bit of the bowl game after the college football playoff selection committee left them out

of the playoffs. Here is a little bit of the conversation that Marcus Freeman had with his captains,

and you'll hear a little bit from Drake Bowen at the end as well. Much time after the announcement

to make a decision on the bowl game.

The captains had already gotten together,

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