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Beyond the Field: Sports Surprises and Relationship Dilemmas
Ever wonder how the underdog triumphs in the unpredictable world of college football? This weekend's games left us both amazed and perplexed, as teams like Vanderbilt turned conventional expectations on their head with victories over favorites like Kentucky. We share our insights on how the evolving dynamics of college sports and the influence of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals might be leveling the playing field, bringing a new kind of excitement to the season. And yes, there's a little gloating about who's leading the football pool, but we promise it’s all in good fun.
Then, just when you think the surprises are over, we switch gears to our classic Dear Abby segment with a story that proves life's unpredictability isn't limited to the field. Imagine navigating the intricate emotions when a platonic friendship takes an unexpected turn—it's a tale that takes you deep into the labyrinth of human relationships. As we unravel this narrative of a man caught between his marriage and a complicated connection with an elderly friend, we invite you to reflect on your own experiences and consider the surprising twists life can have in store. Get ready for an episode that balances the thrill of sports upheavals with the intrigue of personal stories that resonate.
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Hello and good morning. Happy Sunday or happy day after Saturday, after college football weirdness. What do you think?
Speaker 2:Happy Saturday. Good morning one and all. It's a beautiful day. That was weird, okay. College football I guess we're going to talk about it. Yeah, college football, I guess we're going to talk about it. Yeah, why not? It was kind of a strange day, you're right, it was kind of weird.
Speaker 2:There were not a whole lot of big time routes amongst the big teams. I guess is what the best way to put it? You know you had a few teams that tex, texas won pretty big, but Oklahoma's not really proving to be much and they're all hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt. Clemson had a big game, but you know it was Wake Forest and you know that's not that big a deal. But all the top teams seem to have really close games. Now, ohio State and Oregon was close because you know they're number two and three teams, so that should have been close.
Speaker 2:But it seems like and I don't know if you think about it in this way we've been yelling and screaming about NIL, how all the top teams are supposed to be really good and it's going to diminish the smaller teams. And I guess to a degree we still have that. But it seems like really good and it's going to diminish the smaller teams and I guess to a degree we still have that. But it seems like it's almost like I've been talking about how all these college sports are becoming professional sports and there's a lot of parody in it. A lot of the teams that were supposed to really blow out other teams yesterday didn't. They were very close games. Vanderbilt won again. So that kind of makes Alabama's loss to Vanderbilt not as bad. But still, alabama lost to Vanderbilt. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1:Who did Vanderbilt play yesterday?
Speaker 2:Vanderbilt played Kentucky and Kentucky was supposed to be a really, really good team this year and they have played some really good football. They've played some really close games Against some really good teams, but still Vanderbilt shouldn't beat Kentucky, but they did, so Seems like there's a little bit more parity, you know, coming in to play. So it was an interesting day. I think there's going to be a lot of, a lot of I hate to use the word interesting again. I think there are going to be a lot of interesting things and a lot of surprises that come up as we go into the rest of the football season.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but you're calling it pretty good because you're doing really good on your football pool.
Speaker 2:Well, yeah, I am leading my football pool. I didn't mention that she brought it up.
Speaker 2:But yes, I am leading. Now I don't want to jinx myself because we've still got a long way to go, but yes, I'm leading. So that's kind of a good thing. That's kind of a good thing and I was leading. I've been leading for three or four weeks, but this week I actually increased my margin over the guy who's in second place. So you know, anytime you increase your margin over the field, you're doing well. So yeah, that's what we're doing.
Speaker 1:Okay, yeah, and that was our sports segment for today. We have to keep the episode short and therefore we are going to go on with a deer abbey. All right, this is one of these. I've scanned over already. I think it's a made-up one.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:All right, ready. Here we go. Dear Abby, my wife and I are both in our mid-50s. Due to a medical issue she has, we rarely have sex. I don't really think about it very often anymore.
Speaker 1:Meanwhile I have a friend, edie. We have been friends for a good few years now. I met her in my side job as a handyman. She's in her 80s. My wife has met Edie and calls her my girlfriend in a joking manner. At least I think so.
Speaker 1:From time to time Edie would drop little sexual remarks which at first I never noticed. When I recognized them, I never really thought much about them. One day recently Edie was having a bad day and was crying about wanting to feel alive. One thing led to another and we wound up having sex. Now she has awakened and always wants to engage in sex when I see her.
Speaker 1:Until now I never cheated on my wife in all the years we have been married and it weighs on my mind heavily. I love my wife and don't want to lose her or the relationship we have. I also don't want to ruin the relationship I have with Edie, if that's possible, who is just a good friend and nothing more. Edie's health is starting to get a little touchy and, per her family history, she will only have a few more years. She doesn't really have many friends or family to spend time with her. Can I keep my wife and my friendship with Edie? Please give me some good advice as I struggle with what to do. I think this is so messed up. I think it's fake.
Speaker 2:What do you think? I think it's absolutely fake.
Speaker 1:Somebody typed in to chat GPT or whatever. Give us a story about blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, yeah, that's. That's come on, man. You know I was. I was really believing it right up to the time where he said, because of the family history, she's only got a few years. She's 85 years old, 80, 80 something years old, but still that's beyond well, he lost me when he said she was having a bad day yeah, I said, that's what I said. That's beyond the point. Oh, I'm having a bad day. Well, other than you let's have sex.
Speaker 1:Sex, yeah, and now she's awakened yeah, okay sure all right, let's see what dear abby has to say.
Speaker 2:My advice first would be no, you can't have both and you're just not going to stay away from the cans. He hates those cans. Stay away from the 85-year-old I'm sorry that's 80-year-old. That's just not right.
Speaker 1:All right, dear husband slash friend, wake up. I have news for you. Since you started servicing Edie, she has become something other than a good friend and you have become, in a sense, her boy toy. If you love your wife, stop the burgeoning affair now, before it blows out of control and your wife finds out. If you allow this to continue, your wife will be hurt and chances are good that your marriage will be destroyed. No kidding. Well, there you have it. All right. We need a question of the day. That was a duh. All right, the gent has the question of the day I thought you were going to do it.
Speaker 1:No, you do it. What do I need to?
Speaker 2:do you do it? Are we doing it once on or?
Speaker 1:No, you ask it.
Speaker 2:Okay. Well, I'm going to do it this way instead of that way, Okay. What's on your baked potato. I can just leave it at that. Or you can say I, particularly. I'm a simple person. I like to put butter and salt, little pepper on mine. Occasionally I'll go for the loaded baked potato, but traditionally I just like butter. What about cheese?
Speaker 1:I just love that in my younger days I liked all of it. I liked the cheese, the sour cream, the bacon, the chives, all of it. And you remember Wendy's used to serve those baked potatoes, those different style of baked potatoes. Yeah, I remember that my favorite was the melted cheese and broccoli. Oh yeah, I loved that baked potato. But now that I'm older I'm like you Just salt and pepper and some butter, Occasionally maybe some sour cream, and I'll second that baked potato. Do you eat the skin or just the potato I eat?
Speaker 2:all of it, absolutely eat skin Depends on the meal. But yeah, if given choice and I have enough room, I'll eat the skin Absolutely, absolutely. All right, there you go.
Speaker 1:All right. Thanks for listening.
Speaker 2:Have a great day. Good all.
