Hey, part of my take listeners. You can find every episode on Apple podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime members can listen, add free on Amazon music. On today's part of my take, I lost my voice again, but I didn't talk for an entire day, so this is the best it sounded in two days. We're going to talk World Cup. We're going to talk college football playoffs. We're going to talkary Football. We have Hotsey Coolthrone. We have a Kevin O'Connell interview. The Jake did all my questions for me as I sat behind them. PFT ran the interview. Great interview. We have Kenny Pickett, one question with a quarterback. Guys on chicks. This is the grid episode for me personally. Great episode coming and it's brought to you by game time. Game time is the ticketing app that makes it easier than ever to score last minute deals on tickets to sports concerts and shows and they guarantee the lowest price. If you haven't given game time a shot yet, don't know what you're waiting for. You guys are going to love this app. We're using game time all year. we've gone to a bunch of games concerts everything download the game time app code to the account

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We're gonna rock it down too. He let straight high value. And then we'll take it higher. Oh, we're gonna rock it down too. He let my take. He's in it by barstay sports. Welcome to part of my take presented by Game Time, the exclusive ticketing app of bar school sports today is Wednesday, November 30th. And I know my voice is gone, but the lads are through. It's coming home. It's coming home. We did it. What a what a group result for the lads against Iran, one of the greatest soccer teams in the country. It was in the world. It was a statement when for the boys. We really won 2-0, but they only counted one. It FIFA was rigged. They were out to get us. And Christian Pulisic, if you're out there, thank you. Thank you, sir, for sacrificing both your testicles for the lads to move on to the knockout stage. I can't imagine having to go to the hospital for a nutshell is is fun. But instant legend, I mean, he already was, everyone was already was like, Hey, this guy's, you know, the best player going to be a legend, instant legend, scoring a big goal and a big situation. We did play a little bit not to get too analytical because everyone knows we're big, we're big soccer heads. But it felt like we were trying not to lose in the entire second half and basically not doing anything aggressive weird substitutions I don't even know these guys names I saw someone tweet that I was like yeah I agree dude weird substitutions bad set pieces all these things I've read I agree with all of them I didn't mind the set pieces the substitutions there were some head scratchers there from Burrhalter. For example, Geo Reina, he hasn't really played at all. I hear he's good, his dad was good, why isn't he playing, he should be out there. And so these other guys that aren't Geo Reina, it was one of those situations where it reminded me like we're kind of like the Ravens. So we get out to these leads and then we just stop playing offense altogether. Yeah. And then and then we go to prevent defense. That's the analysis I'm going to do. When you go to prevent defense, the only thing it does, it prevents yourself from winning. So Greg, if you're listening against the Dutch or the Netherlands or the Holland or whatever you want to call them, don't park the bus. Don't. Keep your foot on the gas. Be free. Live free. Have the American spirit flowing through you. It was a cool moment. It was like, I mean, obviously we work at a sports company, so everyone was watching. But it felt like a lot of people were watching at work today. Like one of those moments, everyone's didn't get behind. We haven't had one of those in a while because they weren't in the last World Cup. You know, I'm thinking like one's last time, maybe hockey with TJ Oshi. Like felt like the last time it felt like everyone was rooting for the same team. It was fun. We get through. We, you know, one of the top 16 teams in the, in the world. Can we say that now officially? Officially, we can. That's why they play the games big cat. We were undefeated in group play. How about that? Yeah. We never, we didn't give up a single goal in regular play because we gave up a penalty kick goal. Yeah, there's a bullshit goal, too. And I mean, our defense is pretty good. That much is clear.

It's just about like, I don't know,

keep your foot on the gas.

That's all I can say.

It's because every time we score,

I'm like, this is awesome. We're gonna score like five more goals. And then we just, we stop attacking and we stop possessing the ball. And all the real soccer heads out there listening and they're like, these guys fucking know what they're talking about.

This is awesome.

Dude, I'm ready.

Yeah, you're welcome.

We've been watching a lot of footies.

Hi, I read someone being like, why are we subbing these guys fucking know what they're talking about. This is awesome. Dude, I'm ready. Yeah, you're welcome.

We've been watching a lot of footies.

I read someone being like, why are we subbing these guys in and not these guys? And I was like, dude, reach wheat. Yeah, the greatest part about the World Cup is it's kind of like the NCAA tournament in that way, where America can all take off work at the same time and watch the same thing on television.

That's always, that's really what I'm looking for

in terms of camaraderie amongst my countrymen.

I would like to be watching the same time and watch the same thing on television that's always that's really what i'm looking for in terms of camaraderie amongst my country men i would like to be watching the same thing on tv as they're watching on tv at the same time and it's it's also like the uncivilaturnum in that i would say those are the two sports with the best crowd reaction shots the crowd reaction shots of like the aghana the agni with uh was it with South Korea playing the other morning or did it with maybe this morning and like the Agony The fans had like there's just something about the world cup I always just think back about that dude in fucking Brazil who was holding the trophy that old man just crying as Germany shit down their throat like something about the about the World Cup, like it's that one and then Flute Girl with Villanova. Like you have these moments or the Northwestern kid crying. Like you have these moments in the World Cup and March Madness that are so ingrained in your brain of fan reactions. Not just plays, fan reactions. Yeah, it is great. And the costumes and the crowd are always fantastic.

It was just, it's good to see the US move on and be like the top 16 in soccer, even though as I've been saying, this is not our year. This, you know what? I'm calling it right now. This is mission accomplished. Yeah. It's a win. Anything else on top of that is gravy. world cup today by advancing out of the group stage because it was never supposed to be

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