Ep 373 " Critically We have Returned"

August 28, 2025·1 hr 9 min·4 clips

The show moves from Caitlin Clark’s Nike deal to Angel Reese’s shoes, then into a hard rant about LSU and WNBA pay.

They start loud. The hosts come in acting like the room finally has its proper shape again, with TheMig1, Rick the Rizzo, and Eric Fairenuff Lopez back on mic after the prior episode’s absence. The return is half celebration, half roast. They lean right into the missing-week mess, joke about the excuses, and trade the kind of banter that only works when everyone knows the buttons to push. The opener is pure friend-group noise. Car problems, vacation timing, and the basic hassle of getting everybody together become the first real material, and the argument itself matters almost as much as the details. Then the talk starts to drift. A football thread opens around Braden’s first game, a recent scrimmage against Trinity University, and the fact that the team is young enough to get shelled while it figures things out. The nearby Young Gravy concert becomes its own side quest. Braden is annoyed he missed it, which gives the hosts another excuse to wander before circling back to football. They keep an eye on the roster. The conversation lands on a new quarterback, a couple of good running backs, and one player who sits low on the depth chart but still gets a real vote of confidence. Basketball does not catch much mercy. One of the hosts says it sucks right now because there are no playoffs, which is less analysis than a mood and fits the rhythm of the show. The WNBA segment is the main sports-news block. Caitlin Clark’s Nike deal, her shoe, and her logo are treated like the news that actually matters, while Angel Reese becomes the target of a few brutal one-liners. The tone stays loose even when the topic is current. The hosts never stop to build a formal segment around any of it, so the jokes, the sports notes, and the pop-culture asides keep tumbling over one another. The closing stretch remembers Scrubs. An ABC revival window of late 2025 or mid-2026 gets mentioned, and the episode ends with the promise of a future forgotten-segment add-on before the final sign-off.

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A reunion-heavy episode that folds sports, pop culture, and banter into one loose conversation.

Episode 373 plays less like a polished sports rundown and more like a reunion in motion, with the crew back together and quick to turn missed time, car trouble, and one another into material.

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