Hello Sunshine, this is Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union

podcast where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the

lens of red white and blue-colored glasses. This week we'll be talking, oh the

Super Bowl obviously, US HallS. Hall of Fame, Mad Max, C. B. C. C. L.

L. L. L. L. L. L. L. L. L. L. L. L. L. L. N. National Team.

Edition. The Professor, the Madman, and so much more.

But first joining me as always, my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Mossy, a soccer

savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary

Mossy how are you on this Monday February 8th in the year 2021 the day after the

Super Bowl I am doing well.

Alexi, I don't know if you remember this, but the very first episode of the State of the

Union podcast occurred in, I believe, February of 2018. It was the Monday after the Eagles Patriots Super Bowl.

The very first conversation we had on this podcast was about the Super Bowl.

So although this is a soccer podcast, Super Bowls do serve as sort of an anniversary of sorts for this

podcast. So I did think about that in the last couple of days.

So does that mean this is, in essence, our three year anniversary kind of? I believe so yeah. Oh well happy

anniversary buddy it's been a pleasure and a privilege to be able to do this with

you on a weekly basis you know we've we've taken some twists and turns there, but that's a good way to kind of frame it and a good marker, if you will, is that is that Super Bowl.

Did you watch the Super Bowl? I mean, you know, I, hold on before you get to that.

A whole week happened before the Super Bowl. I want to finish with the Super Bowl. I want to start just because,

you know, we talk about stuff that we watched here. and I saw a couple of things that I really

want to mention before we before we dive into the Super Bowl.

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