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Bills lose, Timothée Chalamet is good at football and bad Christmas movies about Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce are out. Tis the damn season. 

The fuck did she talk about: 

• Bill lose to the Rams, but still set a bunch of records 

• Trevor Lawrence is still out from his Dec 1st concussion

• Timothée Chalamet Was the Only 'College GameDay' Picker to Predict Ohio's MAC Title

• TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET ELITE BALL KNOWLEDGE 😤😂 | College GameDay

• 'Christmas in the Spotlight' Official Trailer
  

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• Audio Engineering & Editing: Caitlin Whyte

Josh Allen got engaged, it snowed a lot in Orchard Park and the 49ers did SOMEbody wrong because the curse put upon them is kinda devastating to witness tbh. 

The fuck did we talk about: 

• Kirk Cousins, QB for the Atlanta Falcons did Wicked in High School show choir

• ​​Kobie Turner, defensive end on the LA Rams, sings I’m Not That Girl from Wicked and also learned the book dance from the movie

• The Niners are having a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

• The rise of football’s ‘arrival fits’, putting player fashion in the spotlight | The Athletic

• Tunnel Fits Have Lost Their Way | GQ 
  
  

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• Audio Engineering & Editing: Caitlin Whyte

• Producing Team: Caitlin Whyte, Brendan Flake, Gen O’Connell, Bill O’Connor

That's a RuPaul reference in case you're wondering. Anyway, the vibes were off the week with the Bills on Bye, so we didn't get together to record. But it turns out Caitlin had a half day on Wednesday, so she recorded a lil solo dolo minisode on the history of Thanksgiving NFL games!!!!!!

The fuck did she talk about: 

• NFL on Thanksgiving Day - Wikipedia

• Why is there an NFL game on Black Friday? Explaining the history of NFL playing on Fridays and why it's so rare
  

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• Producing Team: Caitlin Whyte, Brendan Flake, Gen O’Connell, Bill O’Connor

Have you ever wondered how players get around town? Thinking about Josh Allen behind the wheel heading to practice feels weird. Anyway, we beat the Chiefs HARD this week in Orchard Park, and we all high-fived from San Fran to Boston because fuck Kansas City and their bizarro racist traditions.

The fuck did we talk about: 

• Joshalicious ice cream

• Friday Night Lights’ Reboot In The Works At Universal TV

• We touch on the Jake Paul v. Mike Tyson fight for a sec, sorry

• Joe Burrow is back on his Lesbian Powersuit Shit

• Amari Cooper feels joy after a big win in Buffalo

• Remember this man?: Lions' 89-year-old season ticket holder enjoys playoff win

• Why Taylor Swift Skipped the Chiefs vs. Bills Game

• November is National Native American Heritage Month and it has roots in WNY

• The Tomahawk Chop is kinda wild, right?

• Rob Riggle banging the Chiefs pre-game drum 

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This podcast has secretly been a front for me to eventually talk about Friday Night Lights, the best program ever to grace American network television. And if you’ve known me (Caitlin) long enough, I’ve probably forced you to watch the pilot at least once. Brendan has finally decided to see what the fuck I’ve been talking about for all these years, and today we’re getting into season 1 a bit. 

But back in the year of our Lorde 2024, football is still happening IRL! Before this Sunday's Bills v. Chiefs matchup, we dive into the long history of this rivalry, why its still so heated, and why we all, as a league, hate Patrick Mahomes. Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose. 

The fuck did we talk about: 

• Brendan is watching Friday Night Lights the TV show for the 1st time

• Caitlin is watching Friday Night Lights the TV show for the ~50th time

• Tim Riggins, the last fullback 

• Camryn Bynum, a safety on the Vikings, hit em w the Raygun in the endzone 

• Why are we sending a Giants v. Panthers game to Berlin?

• The Niners are self destructing

• Should we do birth charts of important games

• The history of the Bills v. Chiefs rivalry is quite long

• Here’s that devastating photo of Diggs watching the Chiefs celebrate 

• The Kansas City Chiefs are now the most 'hated’ team in the NFL, data shows

• How did the Chiefs get away with keeping their racist name, when the Commanders couldnt?

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• Producing Team: Caitlin Whyte, Brendan Flake, Gen O’Connell, Bill O’Connor

This is the last recording of our voices before we found out who the next president of the United States was! What a time capsule. Anyway, this week we talk about how the NFL has its grubby little hands in funding political candidates, Jason Kelce slingin' homophobic slurs in Pennsylvania, and some days-old political hot takes since Kornacki was running numbers on the TV in the background as we recorded this. 

The fuck did we talk about: 

• Tyler Bass, should we be nicer to him?

• Marco Marco helped make Josh Allen's Halloween costume?!

• Jason Kelce & the f-slur of it all

• Foreign correspondence this week from Dave & The New York Giants 

• Election 2020 - How the NFL's Gridiron PAC uses influence in Washington - ESPN

• Action Network's NFL Fan Base Politics Survey

• NFL owners' political donations surge to $28 million, lean Republican

• Mahomes, Prescott, and the rest of the NFL's quarterbacks will be voting for these candidates | Marca

• Steve Kornacki is gay, but is he hot?

• Offensive tweets from Josh Allen surface hours before NFL draft

• What’s the difference between these calls: Offsides vs False Start vs Encroachment vs Snap Infringement??? 
  
  

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As Bills fans, we wouldn't know what that’s like, of course. But as a Niners fan, Vecats has hit that point in her team's season. Also, did you know ballet can help football players with dexterity, body awareness, engaging sprints, and more? A famously feminine sport? In this chopped & screwed episode, we cover big boys doing ballet, Antonio Brown’s checkered past & present, and how the Bills did this week in Seattle. 

The fuck did we talk about: 

• Mmm your hosts are not together this week, our bad

• Football players doing ballet for dexterity

• Undeath: More Insane Album Review | Pitchfork 

• Twinkle Toes in the NFL

• A rundown of Antonio Brown by Brendan (derogatory)

• 'Call Me Mr. Big Chest': Antonio Brown's Offseason Grows Even More Bizarre

• Brendan and their partner Gen cover the week 8 Bills v. Seahawks game

• Vecats is back to remind us the NFL is run by billionaires who are pretty conservative

• Stefon Diggs is out for the season with a torn ACL

• Tom Brady is Down Bad cryin in his backyard 

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• Producing Team: Caitlin Whyte, Brendan Flake, Gen O’Connell, Bill O’Connor

Josh Allen had his 100th career start this week, and 95 of those were consecutive! How many consecutive weeks can we talk about Mack Hollins’ feet? At least 3.

The fuck did we talk about: 

• Literally, what is a “football move”

• Technology is kinda ruining the vibes

• Lake Erie NFL teams 

• The Nashville-Hawk-Tua Trio

• Tua Tagovailoa says no to guardian cap, despite soo many concussions

• Let's get in this oven, Mack Hollins

• Brendan’s Sylvia Plath x Mack Hollins meme

• Josh Allen’s old tweets “driving naked>>>”

• Week 7 round up from Senior Niners Correspondent Vecats

• Great job Amari Cooper, welcome to Buffalo

• Where do players live: near the stadium or in the closest major city?

• Aaron Rodgers Appears To Pick Nose, Eat Boogers During 'SNF' Loss

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Week 6 was a wild one, with some massive scores: the Texans clobbered the Patriots 41-21, the Lions destroyed the Cowboys 47-9, the Falcons took down the Panthers 38-20, and the Steelers handled the Raiders 32-13. But here's the real question: why don’t we see blowout games like this as much anymore?

This week, we dive into the mystery of shrinking scoreboards, chat about guardian caps, explore the wonders of Roku City, touch on the history of the Birkin Bag, and tackle the age old question: Do you know who Charlie Puth is?

The fuck did we talk about: 

• Selling out for Dave Portnoy

• Aaron Rodgers looks like an Isotoner glove

• 22 flags on the Bills vs. Jets Monday Night game

• Damar Hamlin / Aaron Rodgers Jersey Swap

• Helmets are flying off these skulls more

• When are midterms for football?

• Normalize guardian caps 

• Josh Allen’s hair is getting long… 

• Do you know who Charlie Puth is?

• Side quest to Roku City

• Folding sheets the Mack Hollins way 

• Joe Burrow came through the tunnel with a Birkin Bag

• Not on the Birkin!!

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Last week we decided to hit record so the podcast became less of an idea and more of a product. You’ll hear us shoot the shit, draw up an outline in real-time and get some thoughts to tape. Listen if you want, tell us if you liked it, and let us know if there's anything here. Ok luv u bye. 

Here are a few of the major events and happenings we covered in this inaugural episode

• THIS IS A TEST RUN, ENJOY

• Robert Salah out as head coach of the New York Jets 

• Legally mandated Travis & Taylor mention

• If Travis Kelce wasn't in the NFL, he would be the hometown plug.

• RIP Deadspin

• What if Stefan Diggs hooked up with Mother God? 

• ~Transitional Years~

• The Twitter Feed of Life 

• Donna Kelce & Glamour’s Women of the Year 

• Why do you still watch this shit?!

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