New Year Cliches and Resolution Realities :: Ep. 36 Try That in a Small Town Podcast
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By the time this comes out, I will have had surgery already. It's a minor procedure, but I can't work out or anything for a month. So I can't lift anything over 20 pounds until January 20th. His hernia is pretty hard. So yeah, that was a little awkward. They're basically telling their fans, y'all are a bunch of racists and you need to stop being racist. That's what they're doing. That's what the message says to everybody looking down on that green football field.

They're being told like a bunch of three-year-olds, like they're a bunch of children sitting in the stands that you're a racist and you need to stop being a racist. Happy New Year, Kirk. No, you can't say Happy New Year past five days. People do. I don't like it. People think it's like a, oh, whenever I see you in the new year, Happy New Year. No, bro, that won't.

Happy New Year is January 1st, and I'll give you the three to five day grace period. The Try That in a Small Town podcast begins now. Try That in a Small Town.

All right, happy holidays, everybody. I'm just going to get you mad right off the top. What are you going to talk about? Happy holidays. We've started. Why? Why are you going to keep that going? How long are we going to keep this going? Back for a while. It's my favorite. It's the only thing that makes you smile. I'm so sad after Christmas, Kurt. No, no, no, no, no. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about happy holidays. I know. Listen, listen, though. It reminded me of something.

I'm so depressed after Christmas, but one thing makes me smile and it's Kurt's got this thing where he doesn't like when anyone says like, happy new year. Oh, like after what's your, there's like a week after. Well, no, there, there is a, there's, there's a stipulation. You get, you get five days. Yeah. It's amazing time. And they all wish him happy new year. No, you can't say happy new year past five days. People do.

I don't like it. People think it's like, oh, whenever I see you in the new year, happy new year. No, bro. Happy new year is January 1st, and I'll give you the three to five day grace period. I agree with that. Yeah. Firm but fair. That's it. Anyway, we are coming to you from the Patriot Mobile Studios. We still got the tree up. Pretty good.

Pretty amazing. It's a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree. No, but now we're past Christmas, so now we can say happy holidays because New Year's Eve is a holiday. It's not Christmas. You can say whatever you want. I'm not going to say Merry Christmas for New Year's. It's a Christmas tree in the new year. Okay, let's go with that. It looks great. If you haven't noticed, we've got thrash here.

If you haven't noticed. K-Lo. Still angry. TK. I'm Kurt. This is the Try That in a Small Town podcast, and it's almost 2025. I'm going to drink. Okay. Let's start with the airing of grievances from the year before. Oh, that's a good idea. Should we have it out? How long have we been doing this, the four of us? How many episodes? We're still fairly young. This would be episode 36, right, Jim? Yeah.

Something like that. We're in the mid-30s. And we're still doing it. That's pretty good. We're still friends. At least once a week we are. A couple disappointments. We did not get an RV.

I was hoping it would. Yeah. That one actually... And Kurt doesn't have a tattoo. I think we sold that wrong, though. I'm looking for a Prevo. I'm looking for a bus, not an RV. Nobody's going to give us a Prevo. No. I don't think so. We can ask for it. We did. I mean, we can. I know. We can continue. We actually, to be fair, we did have a couple people come forward and say they...

might be able to help us out with their van or their, as you called it, the Breaking Bad Winnebago or whatever. Yeah, my meth lab. Which actually would still be pretty, not with the meth, but you know. Yeah, of course not. Yeah, I mean, obviously not. Unless there was some leftover we could sell for gas money. That's joking. That's a joke. That's a New Year's joke, everybody. Happy New Year! We call it a joke here to try that small town podcast.

I like our new loose method. I think it started with the Christmas episode. It's now continuing. I know. You've turned your hat around backwards. It's fantastic. Yeah, it's kind of like Stallone. What was the movie? Over the Top. Over the Top. You got your hat on backwards. Shoestring. Shoestring. You got your hat on. Who did that? What's that? I don't remember. It was a hit. It must not have been. No, it was a long time ago. What song? Shoestring. Shoestring? Yeah. Shoestring.

Jim, Google that. Sing it, Kalo. I don't remember the second line, but the chorus is, Shoestring, you got your hat on backwards. Shoestring, you got, no, no, no. That's all I know. Listen. Do you know this song? Send it in. That sounds right. That does sound right. Baby's got her blue jeans on. That's a good one. Oh, yeah. Okay. Airing of grievances, that's almost a good idea. Or should we go right to the New Year's resolutions? Oh, man.

What do you think? Resolutions are fine. I aired my grievances already. About the RV and the Kurt doesn't have a tattoo still because we didn't get a million followers, which I was way off on that. I think I set my sights a little high. Yeah, a little bit. I felt confident the whole time. Let's do a new one. Regarding me? Yeah, regarding you. Absolutely, Curtis. Okay.

Absolutely. Well, I can't wait. Maybe people should leave comments of what the new... For those of you listening, Kurt is staring at me right now. Oh, I am looking right through you.

I don't really have a grievance, but I did have, did y'all have any mishaps at Christmas? Like anything that happened that you wish wouldn't or you're embarrassed by or anything? Uh, apparently you do. So. Yeah. What happened at Christmas, K-Lo? Christmas. Do you guys remember the scarf that I wore the night that we did the Christmas episode? Yeah.

All I can remember is that creepy doll. Yeah, all I remember is the doll. Anyway, it was a white and red scarf. I guess they had it from Belmont. I think they sent it to us as a Christmas gift or something. Anyway, so I also wore that to Christmas and took it to Love Fest, which we do that every

It's an odd time. But anyway, we just did that in the last three days. Anyway, so I wore that on one of our nice nights and started smelling something a little bit. I can't wait. And what happened is I thought, man, this turkey smells like urine. Not good. No, it wasn't good at all. And then later I found out because I went to the bathroom a little bit later and realized that I'm not used to having a scarf on. And I inadvertently urinated on it.

Kalo. There goes the bouzouki. The peed in the scarf? Yeah, accidentally. I'm not used to wearing a scarf. Who wears scarves? I mean, what kind of stream do you got? No, the scarf was very long. Obviously, I didn't put it on right.

No. It was just way down there. Did you pee on the main scarf or the tassels? Just the fringe. Yeah, the little fringe stuff. Oh, the fringe. Yeah. And you didn't know. You didn't look down. Yeah, so by that time, it started to smell like a petting zoo. The tiger enclosure. And I thought, oh, that's not the turkey. It's me.

Who made this turkey? It is weird that you would use it for turkey. It's the best I've ever heard. It's fantastic. It's fine now. When did the hand sanitizer come into play? It was too late then. Did you throw the scarf away? No, I threw it in the washer when I got back home.

So you wrapped it and it's hanging down. I mean, that's a good one wrap. That's a good two. That's a good two feet right there. Yeah. It's, it's, yeah, it's not proper. Probably. Uh, I don't know why I thought about this, but do you and Rachel share toothbrushes, toothbrushes? Does she ever use your toothbrush or you use hers? I know you use hers. I don't, I don't think so. Uh, I would expect it. I don't think so. She'll forget her. She'll forget her toothpaste. Oh yeah. Um,

But yeah, but I don't think toothbrushes. I mean, we're all on the team. You can't share a toothbrush, right? I,

It didn't seem... It depends? Yeah. No. I mean, come on, guys. You're married. I mean, it's your wife. I know, but... It's your wife. That would be the argument, but I'm not there. What's keeping you from using her? If you forgot your toothbrush on a trip and she has hers and she offers it to you and she puts the toothpaste on it, why? Not going to do it? They'll give you a toothbrush at the front desk. What for? Yeah.

No, I mean, I'm just saying. I mean, I've used Lana's toothbrush before. No, I understand the argument. I just wouldn't do it. Really? I don't know. Yeah, that's, I mean. Yeah, I mean, do you have a French kiss? French kiss? After a good game of spin the bottle, we sure do. I'm like. Down by the town square. It's not a regular thing. That's the funniest thing. I mean, seriously, I mean.

Even if I was going to, which I wouldn't, my wife would never do that. She's like germ-foe of like K-low level, maybe. If you're a good game of spin the bottle, that would be good. Sure do. Oh, my God. That is really funny. I wouldn't think twice about using my wife's toothbrush, and she would do the same with me. Lana, is that true? Okay. Yes, we have. She backed you up. Hmm.

Okay. Are you kidding me? Like I said, I understand the argument. That's mild compared to what we've done. Mild. I get it. I get it. Okay, so let's do this. As we've said, this is really loose, and that's kind of fun. My daughter's puking right now. New Year's resolutions, does anybody do it? And if so, do you have one? Do what? New Year's resolutions. See, I'm in the boat where it's like,

I usually don't because I figure if you don't have the willpower to do it, something during the year, why are you saying, oh, January 1st, I'm going to do this. Except I probably do this year. Oh. Yeah. What is it? I got to stop eating like a pig. Yeah. Like an absolute pig. I mean, well, you don't eat like a pig.

I disagree, and my belly disagrees, and my face and my three necks disagree. No, but you just do it on Sundays, right? When you're just watching football and stuff? No, I'm in full-on feasting mode. Well, you hide it well. No.

I don't hide it well. I'm embarrassed. No, you do. I'm embarrassed. You're insane. You look great. You look fantastic. You do. Yeah, thanks, guys. So I usually don't have New Year's resolutions. I usually don't believe in it, but I swear to you, January 1st, clean. Let's go. Well, you know what? I know you're going to do it because I remember a few years ago, maybe six years ago, you stopped eating meat. Remember that? Yeah.

It's really weird because I am a meat eater. But you didn't do it. I remember we talked about it. You did it just for health reasons, not because you were... Yes. No, I don't. I'm not the guy that believes in not eating meat for a while. And it was one of those kind of crazy willpower things like, do you have the willpower to not eat meat? So what were you eating? Dude, I was like one of those... Goldfish? Goldfish.

I was doing the lentil pastas and I. That's all carbs, man. That's like going to put it on. But listen, not the way that. No, no, no. I didn't eat white pasta, the starch pasta. There's a huge difference. And I found this out. We've been brainwashed to think that carbs are bad. That is not the truth. I believe that. It is white starch that is bad. Anything white. Yeah. Yep. And that is what's bad. But yeah, I did like my homemade vegan cheese. And I was like, I'm going to do this for a week.

Got a week. I'm going to do it for two weeks. Did it for two weeks. Do it for a month. Did it for a month. It ended up being like nine months. Yeah. If it's a cheese, that's basically a carnivore diet. Yeah, I didn't eat cheese. I didn't eat any dairy. Oh, you didn't eat any cheese? No. Oh, I thought it was. No meat. That'd be difficult. No, it was vegan. Yeah, I love cheese. Because my wife lost like tons of weight on a carnivore diet. She ate nothing but meat. Anything animal, she ate. She ate nothing else other than that. Right. And just-

Let's go completely the other way. I'm going to eat nothing but pizza for the whole year. Don Ho. Don Ho. Wow. Does anybody have a resolution? I have one. I'm going to try to do it. It's really tough. It's the same one I do every year. You know what it is. Tell the people. I'm going to try to be more patient. That's one of mine. Before you go on, I wish especially these two really knew you better.

Back in... Well, I got to know you in the late 90s and through the 2000s. And you've... Listen. Tell the listeners about Tully. No, I will tell the listeners. Since we didn't know him. Tully, first of all, is one of the best human beings you will ever meet. Well, I already believe that. Please continue, Kirk. And he is the most... No, I'm not kidding. He is one of the most loyal people I've ever met. He's got the biggest heart of anybody I've met. However, he could be impatient with some other people. That's an understatement. I don't know why it is. I think...

I need to get my... No, you have changed, bro. I know, but I... That's age, though. That's kids in age. Well... It'll work on you. You have to really work on that. Is it really something you're going for? Because you've done it. Like, to me, you've done it. Yeah, but not compared to, like, you guys. Oh, jeez. My three mentors. My elder statesman. No, I mean... He put that in. Elder. I know. I have to find a way to be less...

quick to like snap what do your kids think do they think this no i i think with the kids i'm i'm always yeah i'm always real i mean i have my moments so maybe the other people deserve that i think i think it's the business yeah i know it's the business i think it's for all of us in dealing with people who don't know what the hell they're doing who are in positions see see this is what they need uh but i'm gonna try that let it let it go i'm gonna go i'm gonna try no no it does it does

It does bother me sometimes. I'm quick to snap, so I apologize to everybody in this room when I've snapped. Thank you, Tilly. You're welcome, Kalo. I haven't seen that side of him yet. I haven't seen it. That's what I'm saying. He's already made the transformation. You've done it. Have I transitioned? I don't think he'll snap at me because I'm like, he should be calling me Mr. Thrasher at this point. I don't think he'll snap at me. I don't feel like I've ever snapped at...

It's people that... That are incompetent? Yeah. See, I think they deserve it. Yeah, it's hard. I'm with you. But I'm going to try, though. I do need to... I think I need to be a little more patient. I want to be, but then the Irish side of me is just like fighting. Yeah. Don't be more patient. I'm Irish, too, and the thrash talk's going to come out

Huge in 25. I got to say this. I've had numerous people, numerous people that have asked me where thrash talk. We teased them with thrash talk. When is it happening? And then you bailed on it. You can't. That stuff is unscripted. I think it happens with everything he says. I think he is thrash talk. I could get myself in a lot of trouble.

Because, you know, I want to – there's a fine line between saying what I would say to my buddies and what I'll say on here. Neil, I got to tell you something. But it's kind of – the line's getting thinner. Neil, I mean this from the bottom of my heart. You are – actually, I really look up to you in so many ways. When you speak your mind, I think it's so genuine and so real.

that it never comes out, at least to me, it never comes out as negative. I mean, you're...

I love it. I love the way it never comes out as negative. It can't when it's genuine. Well, sometimes, sometimes the truth is offensive and it's going to, it's going to be. And sometimes people have a hard time hearing the truth. That's right. And I don't have a problem speaking the truth. And sometimes the truth is, is very offensive. And I really don't care because I can sleep at night. I sleep. I sleep so good when I get stuff off my chest.

kaylo take it that's that's incredible yeah i know that's why the the elder statesman that's why i see i feel like i'm learning something kayla do you have resolutions do you actually strike me as a kind of person no offense that would have resolutions i know actually i said that because you said that today it's like when somebody says no offense they actually mean it as a yeah yeah um

I mean, I always have a few, like I never have like the one thing, you know, but, but like you, it's, it's not just January. Like my resolutions are weekly or monthly or daily. It's kind of the same, you know, the same thing. But since it is a thing that we do, you know, um, one of them is, and I have a few in this no particular order.

One is I'm going to try to be on time more often. That's such bullshit. I think it's going to be us two. That is never going to change. Let's clue people in. You know it's not going to change. But I want to be on time. How long have we known each other? 20-something years. I mean, seriously, how much percentage of that time that we've known each other that you've been on time? Well, it's so few that we're both surprised when it happens. Yeah.

What is that, though? And it's okay. It's not a horrible trait. No, it isn't. There are much worse things to have to work on. Yeah, I don't know. I always underestimate how long it takes to do everything, even though I do the same thing every day. Okay, that's a fantastic one. It's funny, because that's one of my things that lights my fuse when someone's late. You two talk. You two talk. It's interesting, though, that we have that yin-yang where...

You like to be late and I don't like that, but yeah, I have experienced, but you've been on time for things with us. Yeah. I've experienced that with you. Yeah. But it just, it just, it just depends. I mean, but anyway, that's, that's one of them. So I, so I'm not saying that's, I'm definitely going to do it, but I'm going to try. Cause I think it will. I actually don't think you have the commitment. I don't think you really want to do that, but you haven't, you haven't, you haven't, you haven't do baby girl.

I know. It's going to get worse. You couldn't do it. You couldn't do it. No, but the fact that I'm still just as late as I was before I had a baby is still, that's growth.

It's kind of winning. I mean, maybe she'll make you more aware of the time. Maybe. Whenever K-Lo says maybe, it ain't going to happen. Well, but I will, and this kind of goes to Kurt and probably most everybody because we think about January getting in shape. So like for me, I've got a – well, by the time this comes out, I will have had –

already. It's a minor procedure, but I can't work out or anything for a month. So I can't lift anything over 20 pounds until January 20th. His hernia is pretty hard. So yeah, that was a little awkward, but...

But anyway, so I can't work out until the 20th of January. But I'm really going to hit it after that, and I'm hoping that by March I can work off these Christmas titties. That's what I'm hoping. Buddy, you're in great shape. I am envious of how good a shape you're in. Oh, gosh. For me and your age, you are in really great shape.

Wow. That was backhanded. That's a good title for a man. Because it could mean a couple things. I mean, you want to get rid of them. Or mama's getting some new Christmas titties. Oh, it's kind of funny. Oh, my gosh. You could write that many Christmas titties. Well, no, but I was at a liquor store, and we were talking about eggnog last episode. And I said, is eggnog pretty good? You know, it's like Evan Williams or whatever. And he goes...

He goes, oh, yeah, I'll put Christmas titties on you right there. And I never heard that before. I just died laughing. I said, that's hysterical. He goes, I can't take credit for it. It's what my daddy always said. So I thought it was just really fun. But speaking of that, do we have any solo cups or any new cups? Because I want you to try something. Okay. Is that what this whole thing down here is about? Oh, what did you bring? Oh. Kalo came bearing gifts.

Hold on. What do you got? What's going on? Oh, that actually looks amazing. Is that the stuff that does that? You mixed it in. No, not now. Unfortunately, this particular one, they're supposed to be full of it for whatever reason. It looks like they sold me a half bottle. Are we sponsored by Evan Williams? Not yet. I'm hoping, hoping that we, that we are. I want,

want neil that's evan williams but neil said he doesn't like eggnog at all and he hadn't tried it you know with any kind of oh i actually love eggnog so i just wanted to see if you would you would like the story too that's amazing me and lana watch christmas story because these guys were talking about it's a tradition to watch a christmas story yes and i hope you know that we've never seen it so me and lana sat down the other night and

We turned it on, and I probably looked at her with a slow glance more than I watched it because I thought it was so weird. It's quirky, but I will say I would think—actually, I won't say anything. It's quirky. No, you can't. It's a— Do we shoot this or just sip it?

Sip on it. So Caleb brought this. It's the Evan Williams eggnog. Oh, that's an Evan Williams eggnog. It's already mixed in there with convenience. Some people will add a little bit extra to it. That's fantastic. Evan Williams eggnog. That is actually... Caleb, let me see that bottle. I think they owe us $1,500. Is that right? That is actually fantastic. Isn't that great? No. No.

Like I can. No, that's actually pretty good. I like pretty good. That's actually really good. Yeah. And I think they got a good mix in there. Wow. You can make it strong. You could add to it if you needed to. But anyway, I brought that because it kind of pained me that Neil didn't like eggnog. He does now.

And so I just thought, well, surely he'll like this. And so I just brought that because I had it in the fridge. We left over from our little Christmas thing. How much alcohol is in that? I think it's 30% alcohol. You know what I mean? I really like that. It's not like you're drinking straight whiskey or anything like that. No, that's fantastic. I mean, I might add even a touch more, but it's pretty good. Anybody with Evan Williams out there, we are sponsor hunting. Yeah, we're in. We're in. And we actually love this.

It's really good. It's kind of a slow sipper, but you can also use it as your dessert. Lunch and dessert. Jim, you have a new project. And by the way, we're open to sponsors. I just want to put that on the table. I'm shocked at how good that is. I'm actually shocked. I figured you'd like it. It's so good. Does it have dairy in it?

Probably. I would assume if it's... Because it says egg. That's the first... Oh, that's not dairy. Egg's not dairy. Well, I guess it's a meat. It's a protein. That's a protein. Yeah, you're right. I'm actually... I don't know then. That could be a problem. There's something in there that... This could be a problem. I'm actually going tomorrow to get that. Me too. No, that's fantastic. Grab me a bottle of two-wire there. I will. No, that's fantastic. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. Unless... And this isn't a sales pitch to Evan Williams' eggnog, but it's fantastic. I'm not saying...

No, I just brought it from Bud's to try because I love it. I think it's great. I mean, we... You can't get a better plug than that, Jim. It's fantastic. Yeah, we can take it everywhere. It looks like Backstreet Boys. Is that what you said? Which one? Blue Steel. Blue Steel, yes. Ali, do you know which one? Wow. No, I'm glad you brought that, K-Lo, because...

I've never had an eggnog that I could sit there and finish the glass. I could finish the bottle. I think I will. You can. But that right there, that's like a drink and a dessert. Yeah, that's fantastic. I know, that's what I'm saying. Did you bring any more bottles of this? No, it was just leftover.

That's amazing. That's really good. Evan Williams eggnog is good. It's good. Happy New Year, guys. How much a bottle? Like 20 bucks? It's not much. I forget, but it's not much. No, I'm good. On a serious note, for those listening, it is good. Evan Williams eggnog. So is that just the basic? Does that say original? What does that say on there for like the... Is it just...

I mean, it's just their bourbon. It's Evan Williams bourbon, and it's just mixed with eggnog. Original southern eggnog. Okay. Wow. That's really good. That's shocking how good that is. Yeah, fun, huh? We're going to get some tomorrow, though. Yes, absolutely. Yeah. It's exciting. Well, that was fun. Thank you, Kalo. You're welcome. That was really nice. Happy New Year. We may have picked up a new sponsor. We'll find out. Hope so. I mean, we sold it. I tell you that. We definitely sold it. You're kidding me? Yeah. 15,000 people just heard that. Yeah.

I'm sorry. Looking forward to this year on the podcast. So it's going to be a great year. We're hoping that we continue to grow, right? Yeah. It's been an amazing first 30-something episodes. We got big plans. And by the way, we got some big guests coming. We won't tell anybody right now. No, no. But we're going to blow your mind. It's going to be a great year, right? Year number two. Right? It's going to be great. That's not a metaphor.

What? That's the nog. It's definitely not a metaphor. You know what we got to do? I tell you what we haven't done last year, though. Hey, I have a resolution. Okay. And this is sad to say. The four of us, we have not written enough songs together. Totally. Yeah, that's solid. Are you saying that like...

I'm saying it like, what are you saying it like? I'm saying we haven't written like last year. We didn't write enough songs together. We wrote, you know, we try that small town. Then we, then we started the podcast and we focused so much on that. Yep. That we haven't written enough songs. I believe it's together. And it's great. And it's my favorite. Why don't we, why don't we, why don't we, uh, we did just write a great one. Why don't we write here, right here, right now. Why don't we set a day aside? Sounds amazing to write once a week, Wednesdays.

Wednesdays? Okay. You guys don't? I'll do it. Wednesdays? My track record's pretty good. Let's tell Kalo 10.30. I know. Okay. No, seriously. Rachel does that too. Take it 10. 10. Good grief. Who gets up there? Me and Kalo usually write every Tuesday. Well, we're writing on Wednesdays. That's fine. Well, they're your publisher. That's true. And we're partners.

oh do you own part of the company no then you're not then you're not partners damn you you write for them seriously but they work for you i'm serious though like wrote a huge it is hard like okay i will say this when we do write and get a song i feel it's hard to like everything's that's a measuring stick

You know? And especially when we send something to Jason that we write. It's like, we wrote Try That in a Small Town. And Tough Crowd. Yeah. But it's a tough, that's tough to like, that's what he expects. You know? So anyway. Guys, I love Tough Crowd. Me too. That's a great, great song. Me too. It's so good. So good. Actually, you know what I'm going to do? We wrote a great song called Out in the Field. Mm-hmm.

We should put it out on social media just to let people hear it. Maybe let our listeners hear it first and then. Yeah. Okay. Lift it all out on the field. It's one of my favorites. Yeah. That's a good idea. Hey, listen, this is our New Year's episode. We're having some fun. We're drinking some Evan Williams eggnog, which Jim just told me it's seasonal. So if you're going to get it, you better get it. I'm saying that in the summer.

You better buy a bunch of bottles. Yeah, they might not have it, so you have to buy quite a bit of it. We are coming to you from the Patriot Mobile Studios. We're a little loose, but that's okay. Hang with us through this break. We'll see you on the other side. We'll see you on the other side.

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All right, we're back. We just had another shot. We are in on the Evan Williams. I mean, we couldn't be more in. This is coming out, like, how many days after New Year's? No, this episode comes out December 30th. Which is what day? Monday. It is a Monday. Yeah. Okay, so we're still in the... We're good.

According to you, we can say Happy New Year five days. Well, that's just my thing and Larry David. But hey, so we were watching football the other night, and we all have a text thread that we kind of jump on and have some fun. And we were watching the game the other night, and on the back of the helmets saw a thing that says, Stop Hate. So we sent that picture to Neil, and that set him off. It did. Yeah.

What do you think about the NFL's messaging? I didn't choose love that night, I can tell you right now. Why are they writing it out? Because, I mean, you know, it's obviously that happened during the, you know,

Very polarizing time a few years ago. And they've kept on. Now, I don't see it on the back of the helmets. Oh, it was on the back of the helmet. I was looking for it. No, no, that's the picture I sent. It's there. But not all of them, though. No, I think some players just choose not to put anything except their team. Choose love, Thrash. Yeah, choose love. When I'm sitting there watching, and not long after y'all texted, I see end racism in the end of the end zone. And I'm going, what?

This is still going on. They're still pushing in racism. And I'm going, where is it going on? That's a good point. Where? Just show it to me. Where are the racists? Before you print it and paint it, show it to me. Where is it happening? They're basically telling their fans, y'all are a bunch of racists and you need to stop being racist. That's what they're doing. That's what the message says to everybody looking down on that green football field.

They're being told, like a bunch of three-year-olds, like they're a bunch of children sitting in the stands, that you're a racist and you need to stop being a racist. And it infuriates me. For the life of me, I can't understand why they keep trying to preach that to their fans. It's the dumbest move in sports history to keep pushing that message.

It's sad that I actually have become oblivious to it. Yeah, me too. It's just kind of gone and I don't even notice it. I can't. I wish I could. I can't not notice it. And I noticed it like, you know, I'm trying to think like during the COVID years and of course after there was some big racial tension and

Remember the NBA did a lot of that. The NBA really pushed that kind of stuff. They're down 48%. Nobody's watching the NBA. Nobody. Nobody's watching. And I'm an NBA guy. And you would think the NFL would take notice of that. I agree. I agree. Instead, it looks like they're doubling down again just in spite of Trump or whatever it is. It just feels that way. And I'm like, have you lost your freaking minds? I agree. Get that out of it. Please.

Yeah, I do agree with that. You know, it reminds me, Kurt, I went back and watched the Magic and Bird. Oh my gosh, that's so good. Yep. And it's really, I miss those days of the NBA. And it's gone. Like we don't have, you know, Larry Bird and Magic and Jordan and all those guys to like, it's gone. Yeah. Actually, I used to love the NBA. I do.

Did and do too. And you like, you totally know this. I've been a Lakers fan my whole life. Like, you know, I love the Lakers. I do not like LeBron James. Who does? Fair. At this point in time, who does? But no, like, I don't like what he stands for. I don't like the way he plays. I don't like any of it. And it's ruined my life.

Like, I can't even watch a Lakers game. It's ruined a lot of people's. It's ruined a lot of people's. And like you said, the ratings are way down. Yep. And I fear that the NFL is going to fall under that. I hope not. I love the NFL. If they keep it up, the fans are going to get tired of it. I fear that college football is... I hope they don't go there. They're...

ever so slightly moving that way, but I hope they don't. I haven't seen it in college football. No, not yet. Why is that? Because the SEC rules and the southern part of the country is dominating the fan base? Hopefully, you know, to y'all's point, just let the game be the game, you know? And it's just like we don't like it when...

you know, whatever celebrity comes out and talks about their politics. Says, hey, vote for, you know, I don't want to hear you tell me who to vote for. I like your music and stuff, but I wish you just wouldn't say that. You know, let the games be the games. Play your music, but don't talk about that. To where, you know, 80,000 people have to stare at it every time somebody scores. There's end racism in the end zone. It absolutely...

In fact, I have changed the channel. I want to find something pure and something truthful and something real. I don't want to be preached to. And for some reason, the NFL and Goodell and all those guys feel like they have to keep preaching to everybody like they're God. And they know more than the fans know. The very ones that are paying the ticket prices and spending hundreds and thousands of dollars to come watch these teams play.

The last thing they want to be is preached to. And the last thing they want to see is that in the end zone because it ain't real. It ain't true. Because you know why? They put it in the end zone because it's safe. They have yet to prove that that much racism is still going on in America because it doesn't exist because they've yet to still to this day prove it, that it's happening. That is what you call thrash talk. Yeah.

Well, especially if... Until they show it to us and take us there and show us where systemic racism is going on. Until they do that, we're calling bullshit on them. I agree. There is racism somewhere, but it's just not the majority of the known population. No, it's not. And all of us watching, the reason we hate it is because I don't like seeing the word racism.

But I'm like you, because it's such a small faction of people that are not wired right. And where are they? I haven't seen them. And they've yet to show them to us. They talk about it, but I haven't seen proof of it. I'll jump on board. If there's racism going on somewhere, I'll jump on your side and help stop it. If there's true racism going on, I'm on your side. Absolutely, like Kelo says. But they've yet to prove it. They've yet to show it, but man, they'll paint it.

Well, like Kayla says, I mean, there are people that have hate in their heart, and that's sad. But the NFL, it just seems like it's more of a, I don't want to say a marketing thing, but it just seems like it's not genuine. Hey, I went to a Titans game, Titans-Pats, about a month ago with my son. I got to tell you, there is no racism going on at the game. Everybody's having a great time. I'm with Neil. It's great.

creating a problem that's not there like it's it exists yes but i don't think the majority of people are dwelling on that or taking part in that i mean i i don't know i think all the black friends that i have they cock their head at it just like i do like what sure yeah they all do they're like what are they talking about you know we're standing beside each other like what are they talking about

In my life, I don't think I've ever met a racist. I don't hang out with racists. I don't have lunch with them. I don't drink beers with them. So in my little world, it doesn't occur like Neil was saying, but I guess it's out there. I don't know. Yeah. As long as we're on football...

Let's talk about the college football thing. Has anybody got a favorite? Anybody got a favorite for the playoff? Like who's going to take it? I know who's going to get eliminated. I don't know who's going to win it. Well, by the time this thing airs, there will have been some games. But let's just call. Let's just say anybody got a favorite team that they think is going to win. Georgia. Okay. That's a fair –

I think that's a long shot. I think Beck, I think he shows up. I think defense shows up. He's out? Beck's out for the season. For the rest of the year? Yeah, his shoulders. He's out. Can I change my pick? Yes. Yes. That's what I heard. Ohio State.

I don't know. I haven't watched them play. Yeah. I mean, but apparently just they have, you know, on paper, the best athletes of any team in the entire country. That's documented. They've spent a lot. That's a fact. They spent a lot. Well, it is. I mean, they spent a lot of money. Those athletes, they do. And those athletes have not shown up. The locker room has shown up, not the athletes with Ohio State. They do have the best athletes that money can buy. There's no doubt. They are vulnerable.

Let me ask this. Let me just put it this way because I know where you're – I think Tennessee is going to shock them in Columbus. I know where your allegiance lies. Let's just do this. Hey, will it be an SEC team that wins or a non-SEC team? It'll be an SEC team. Yeah, I agree.

I would say yes. Yes. Yes. Because you've got Texas, Georgia, Tennessee. It's a great chance that an SEC team would win. I'm just going to be the guy that goes against it. I'm going to say – I think it's crazy that Texas and Georgia have a possibility of meeting for a third time. Three times. They probably will. I think that's insane that Georgia has to be put through that. They've already beat them twice, and I think it's insane. They're going to have to do something to fix all that. Yeah, but any other sport, though –

Like you might face a team two times in the same year. But in college football, I think having to beat a team three times that's in your conference, that stout, is a lot to ask. And it shouldn't be happening. In college, it's different. I think they're going to fix it. I think they're going to fix it. The fact that Georgia beat them twice in a row is amazing because that never happens, hardly ever, in college football.

where you beat a team back-to-back in the same season. And then it blows the two-out-of-three thing. Like, they could win one time, Georgia beat them two out of three, but they lose. Yeah, you're exactly right. And go on and win the national championship and Georgia gets screwed. It's not right. It's not right at all. And is Oregon good? I hadn't watched them. Oregon's good. They're number one. Oregon's actually good. Yeah, they're good. They're fast.

Where they look fast, it's the duck uniforms. Oh, God. You've seen them against other teams. You saw them against Ohio State, and Ohio State played them close. Yeah. They look fast against everybody else they play. That's fair. And on turf. Whether they play Tennessee or whether they have to play us. I feel like it's the same thing every year. I feel like the same questions come up. What do you think about this team? I feel like once they play an SEC team, everything gets exposed. Yeah.

they don't look as good against an SEC team. Like, for me. Every time I watch it. That's true. That happens every time. It seems like the SEC has a really great team. Yeah, that's fair. Anyway. Is there anything y'all think they need to do that you've seen so far this year for the first year of the 12-team playoff that they could fix? Yeah, I don't like how they do the buys, you know, because there are some teams that are going to get a buy that aren't the best teams. Mm-hmm.

I'll tell you this, as a fan of football, NFL mainly, but I do like college football, I am happy with the playoff. Me too. I love it. I feel like that was so... I feel like it's still weird how, you know, is strength of schedule taken into account? I still think... It's not. That's got to be taken into account. I don't know. Is it not? Is it? Not enough. Not enough. Okay. Neil, I might have heard you say this. I don't remember who it was, but they said they're probably...

The conference championships. They need to be gone. They're probably going to go away. That's kind of sad, though. But here's what I think they need to do. This is just old thrash talk. I like it. Look here. I think they should get rid of the conference championships. And when it comes down to who's going to make the 12-team playoff, they could have, instead of the conference championships, Alabama and SMU should have played.

A play-in. Yeah, a play-in. Oh, wow. South Carolina and Ole Miss should have played a game. A play-in. A play-in. That's a good idea. Instead of a conference championship, that's what they should have. They should have a play-in. That's cool. You know, you're pretty good at the college football thing. I like that. Well, it's, I mean. Surprising. No. When you're not in the playoff, you have a lot of time to study. Yeah, that's right. Okay. No, seriously, it's good stuff, though.

Anybody got anything else? Kalo, you got anything on your docket? I don't think so. All right. I got to say, it's been an awesome year. He's in the playoffs. He doesn't have a lot to say anymore. His team's in the playoffs. It's been an awesome year. I give thanks for what happened in 2024 all the way around. You guys, I love you guys. I'm so thankful to be here at this table with you. Absolutely. 2025 is going to be...

Our bottle of Evan Williams is gone. But we're going to stock up. We're going to stock up because we love it. We got to thank all of our listeners out there. Yeah, absolutely. And you know who we should thank? Our listener of the year. Brother Ed. Ed, we love you. Listener of the year. Thanks for having our backs, Ed. Yeah, absolutely. He had your back. Oh, he did. Ed, hey, keep recruiting. Spread the word. Yeah.

You know, you're valuable. Thank you, Ed. No, we're very thankful. It's been an incredible year. We're looking forward to 2025. So please, everybody say Happy New Year for the first five days. That's all you get. Really? Yeah, that's all you get.

What happens if I say it on the sixth day? You don't want to find out. I've seen people find out. Hey, but this is coming out on the 30th, so let's say Happy New Year to everybody. Happy New Year, everybody. That's going to be great. We're still in the good timing. Yeah. We are from the Patriot Mobile Studios. I'm Thrash. We're Thrash. Kalo.

TK. And 2025, someone better come up with a nickname for me. Do it, Ed. Just try that in a small town. He gets to pick. Oh, yeah. He gets to pick the nickname. All right. Thanks, guys. Make sure to follow along. Subscribe. Share. Rate the show. And check out our merch at trythatinasmalltown.com.