The Brothers Brandt Sports Podcast

This podcast episode is a must-listen with NFL defensive stud Josh Woods of the Detroit Lions. Josh grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and was an Academic All American in High School while also leading his team to an undefeated State Championship winning season! In college, Josh was a force in the secondary for the University of Maryland. He caught the eye of the Chicago Bears’ front office scouting department and was signed by them in 2018. He made his undrafted NFL debut in 2019 and currently plays for the Detroit Lions. One of the best dudes in the league! Enjoy this episode!

In this final episode of The Brothers Brandt four-part Rocky Mountain Series, you are treated to one of the finest days in Brothers Brandt history when on Sunday, September 9th in 2018 they literally took the field for the Denver Broncos’ season opener win against the Seattle Seahawks dressed in their three-piece orange tuxedos to lead the team out of the locker room. After that glorious NFL afternoon on the gridiron, the boys went to their most memorable concert ever when they sat in the first row for O.A.R. (their favorite band) at Red Rocks Amphitheatre which is a famous open-air concert venue built into a beautiful rock structure in Morrison, Colorado. You do not want to miss this epic listen!

In this exclusive behind-the-scenes interview with Chip Essig who was the 2022 PGA Championship Rules Committee Chairman at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma we hear the greatest golf stories you could imagine! Chip achieved the highest honor a PGA golf professional can achieve when in 2011 he received the PGA Golf Professional of the Year award. Over his illustrious career in golf he has made vital rulings in some of the biggest tournaments, on the grandest stage with the legends of the game. This is an episode you do not want to miss, especially with the U.S. Open in Brookline, Massachusetts and The Open in St. Andrews, Scotland just around the corner! Thank you Chip for all that you do!

This podcast interview with the Los Angeles Chargers’ linebacker Damon Lloyd is a hard-hitting episode dedicated to all of what he calls “the small school players” who dream of making it to the NFL. Damon was one of those small school players he says while at Indiana University of Pennsylvania a few years ago. Before that, at John Carrol High School he was named “Mr. Football” in the state of Maryland and led the state in tackles and won the state championship in 2015. Damon has always been a winner and he shares with The Brothers Brandt his exciting and unwavering journey to the NFL.

Half way through The Brothers Brandt four-part Rocky Mountain Series, you have already heard in the previous two episodes the legendary tales from their first two days in Colorado. On day three, the boys went to Colorado State University to see the Rams of Fort Collins host the SEC Arkansas Razorbacks at Canvas Stadium in 2018. Within this episode you will now hear how once again they made it onto the field (of course ha!) and how they enjoyed one of the most beautiful college football stadiums in the country! Enjoy this listen folks!

A Quick Recap of the Byron Nelson Invitational and a Special guest, PGA Tour golf putting consultant, Stephen Sweeney from Stephen Sweeney Putting joins The Brothers Brandt in this episode to talk about his career in golf. From his early days working at Royal County Down Golf Club in Northern Ireland to his time at St. Andrews in Scotland. It was an honor to have Stephen on and learn about what he is doing currently on the PGA Tour for his clients Sergio Garcia, Shane Lowry, Joaquin Niemann, Carlos, Ortiz, Aaron Wise, Mito Pereira and Sebastian Munoz. Exciting things are happening at Stephen Sweeney Putting, enjoy this epic episode with the legend himself!

In this second episode of our four-part Rocky Mountain Series, The Brothers Brandt were spotted by the FOX 31 Denver news station on their mission in “Finding Super Fans” leading up to the Denver Broncos’ 2018 home opener against the Seattle Seahawks. They interviewed us, took us to dinner at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House and created a memory that will last a lifetime! In this episode we also talk about our behind-the-scenes tour of Coors Field and batting practice with Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts ahead of their Friday night game against the Colorado Rockies. Future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw pitched and Yasiel Puig hit a towering home run! Enjoy what is no doubt one of the greatest stories in Brothers Brandt history!

To celebrate Rob’s 28th birthday, The Brothers Brandt spent a legendary weekend in the Rocky Mountains enjoying baseball, college football, an NFL season opener, the greatest concert imaginable for the boys and they kicked it all off with a round of golf at Fossil Trace Golf Club! It is one of Denver’s best ranked golf courses and a must the next time you’re in the area. After the links, the boys did a Coors Brewery tour in Golden, Colorado. What would ensue next, makes this trip a classic! Enjoy Part-One of this Four-Part Rocky Mountain Series!

New York City is the city that never sleeps. They call it “the big apple” where millions of tourists every year flock to the concrete jungle of Manhattan, New York. In the middle of it all is “the world’s most famous arena” known as Madison Square Garden. This 20,000-seat sports and entertainment arena has a long history dating back to 1964 and has been home to some of the most famous moments in sports and entertainment. The Brothers Brandt grew up going to MSG and in this podcast episode dedicated to this iconic venue, Rick and Rob relive their favorite memories there. Enjoy this New York state of mind listen!

As you heard in episode 103 of The Brothers Brandt Podcast, Ricky B has had his fair share of fun at Final Four’s and in this March-Madness-themed episode we reflect on the 2018 Final Four in San Antonio where Rick once again made a pregame on-court appearance, hung with our friend Jim Nantz minutes before tipoff, and – of course walked away with legendary stories that will live on in Brothers-Brandt-glory forever. Sit back and enjoy the hilariousness of Villanova, Michigan, Kansas and the “Cinderella team” of that year’s tournament Loyola-Chicago with Rick himself.

A childhood friend of The Brothers Brandt played on the 2009-2010 Duke men’s basketball team that won the National Championship over Butler in 2010. When Rick was invited to sit courtside next to Coach K’s wife in the team's family and friends section for the Final Four weekend you bet he got to Indianapolis on the next possible flight! The New York Times dubbed this “the most eagerly awaited Championship game in years.” It was an unseasonably warm spring that April in Indy and Ricky B brought the heat. Rick took a one-way flight with $80 cash in his pockets and no debit or credit cards and nowhere to sleep for the week coordinated in advance. It had disaster written all over it haha, but Rick however made the best of his time there (as you've come to realize The Brothers Brandt always do!..lol) and in this exclusive podcast episode he shares with you some of the most epic stories one can possibly imagine. Enjoy this March Madness themed episode!

The Legend and confirmed Friend of the Pod, Seth Greenberg, brings the fire on the EVE of his BIGGEST DAY of the year in college basketball. This is an action packed episode where Seth sheds light on playing basketball as a kid in Long Island, playing in college at Fairleigh Dickinson University, his role models, his favorite memories from his 30+ year career in coaching, breaks down his bracket, and leaves Rick and myself craving a good old poppy seed bagel toasted with cream cheese. Enjoy this episode of The Brothers Brandt Podcast before you enjoy the Madness!

What Up Everyone! It's that time again where the whole sports world focuses on MARCH MADNESS! It's amazing the culture this event has created. It brings work offices together, families together and feel good stories to light... This upcoming Thursday and Friday should be a National Holiday and I am petitioning for that and lobbying for that until my final days. It's the Round of 64 and then the Round of 32! It's a time where Cinderella's are born, pumpkins turn into carriages, glass slippers fit just right! This year, 64 teams will be "battling for all the beads on bourbon street" - Jim Nantz (The Final Four will be hosted by New Orleans).

Enjoy this episode as Rick and myself walk you through the answer keys to Bracketology. This will be forever a special time of the year as we listen to our sports casting friends of the pod Jim Nantz and Bill Raftery bring the excitement and capture the moments of March Madness! And without further ado... "SEND IT IN BIG FELLA!" - Bill Raftery!

For decades, The Brothers Brandt have been making memories together by going to live events with each other, inspiring others to do the same. When Covid-19 prevented the fun from continuing in early 2020, Rick and Rob created this podcast to share weekly their stories. Over the years you’ve heard the details of their road trips, the planning and preparation into what makes their journeys so memorable to them – and the people they meet along the way. This podcast has featured super bowl winning football players, NFL scouts, world series winning baseball players, home run derby champions, heavyweight boxers, cultural icons, award winning authors, movie stars, ESPY award winners, SEC athletic directors, in-game entertainers, public address announcers, hall of fame sports commentators, several very successful sports industry entrepreneurs and a couple aspiring Olympians to name a few. Thanks to these guests, our sponsors, contributors, our supportive family and most of all you, the listeners, these first 100 episodes have been incredible! THANK YOU! In this episode we celebrate the highlights of 100 episodes!

In 2018, we partnered with Golden Tickets on a legendary 5 Games in 5 Days sports road trip in the state of Texas going to MLB and college football games over Labor Day Weekend. You heard all about it in our five-previously recorded episodes. The partnership went so well that a few months later, we did it again! Only this time it was a weekend bender in Atlanta for the SEC Championship between Alabama and Georgia, then came back to the same stadium the next day for a Sunday afternoon Atlanta Falcons NFL game.

The sports calendar is filled with dozens of memorable days. The Super Bowl is The Brothers Brandt favorite day above all. On Sunday, February 13th 2022 the Los Angeles Rams take on the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl 56 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on NBC! This Super Bowl will be played in the newest, greatest, most expensive to build sports stadium in the world with what may be the wildest halftime show of all time. Quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Joe Burrow square off in what could be one of the best Super Bowls of all time. In this 98thepisode of The Brothers Brandt Podcast we make our predictions and preview everything you need to know for the big game!

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. In this 97th episode of The Brothers Brandt podcast we document the fifth game of our legendary 5 Games In 5 Days sports road trip in Texas which was sponsored by our good friends at Golden Tickets back in 2018. On this final day, we gave it our all, and boy, did it show! The LSU Tigers were playing against the Miami Hurricanes in a neutral-site Labor Day Weekend football game to kickoff the 2018 college football season at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Rob wore his Miami tuxedo and Rick wore his LSU tuxedo. The fans loved our attire so much that we made it onto the largest jumbo-tron in sports during the game, then got picked up by ESPN as the lead image the next morning on SportsCenter. It was epic! So many great memories from that day which we share in this episode. Enjoy them as we wrap up this legendary sports road trip!

Our epic five games in five days sponsored sports roadtrip rolls on down to Houston, Texas where after an unforgettable Thursday night Texas A&M Aggies football game in College Station which you heard all about in episode 94 of The Brothers Brandt Podcast, we head to Minute Maid Park for a Friday night showdown between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The stars were out and so too were The Brothers Brandt! Enjoy this listen as we document our unforgettable ballgame in H-town!

In this episode we make our first stop in College Station, Texas on our private Golden Tickets tour bus to see Texas A&M kickoff the 2018 college football season! Before the game, we were hosts on the Texas A&M pregame radio / tv show. We also hungout with the only 7-time NBA Champion, Robert Horry (that's one more than Michael Jordan has), ESPN personality Laura Rutledge, Texas A&M alumni and former Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Jacob Green who ranks third all time in career sacks in NFL history behind only Reggie White and Lawrence Taylor. We also spent time with Heisman Trophy winner, Tim Tebow on the field in what is the coolest stadium in college football! Enjoy!

The Brothers Brandt Podcast kicks off 2022 with episode one of our epic five-part sponsored sports road trip with Golden Tickets that took us to five games in five days throughout the great state of Texas back in 2018. Fate brought The Brothers Brandt and Golden Tickets together in 2017 and less than a year later the collaboration was in full force. Enjoy this must-listen as we set the groundwork for what may be the most legendary maneuver The Brothers Brandt have ever pulled off. 2022 here we are!!!

In our previous episode we looked back on how amazing the sports year was in 2021 from all of our favorite moments. In this episode we preview all of the amazing sporting events to look forward to throughout 2022! It is going to be an amazing ride! We love that you are enjoying The Brothers Brandt podcast as we roll into another fantastic year together!

As the sports world returned to normalcy with fans back in stadiums in 2021 following the coronavirus pandemic which sidelined more than just athletics in 2020, we look back on what made this 2021 sports year so special! The Brother’s Brandt Podcast reached new heights in 2021 with legendary special guests, sponsorship endorsements and the best untold behind the scenes escapades a sports fan could imagine. Going to live sporting events with the ones you love is one of the most special things a human being can do. We hope you have enjoyed the fun! Let’s keep it going!

The first weekend in December every year plays host to all of college football’s conference championship games. It is one of the best weekends on the sports calendar! In 2018, The Brothers Brandt attended the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta when Alabama and Georgia faced-off in an epic battle (which we’ll tell you all about in a future podcast coming in 2022 haha). This weekend, those two legendary teams will be back in the Peach State for another historic battle on the Atlanta gridiron to claim SEC supremacy and a ticket to the College Football Playoffs. Throughout this podcast episode we give you our detailed takes on everyone of these championship games happening this weekend which will determine the final College Football Playoff rankings and all the bowl matchups happening in a few short weeks. Our weekly fall “Any Given Saturday” segment takes over this entire podcast episode and is on steroids here lol we hope you enjoy this listen and the championship games this weekend!

Months before the global coronavirus pandemic halted the sports world, the Brandt family enjoyed an epic sports weekend in Miami, Florida. The Brothers Brandt Podcast was created to inspire listeners to go to live sporting events with the people they love. It is easy to sit at home and watch sports on an HD tv, but here on this podcast we strive to provide example after example for why getting out of the house and into stadiums across the country is the best thing you could do! We hope you enjoy this episode as Rick relives his experience going to a Miami Heat vs Golden State Warriors basketball game with our cousin and a Miami Dolphins vs Philadelphia Eagles football game with our mom. As always, Rob goes deep into the history books to share fun facts about these South Florida franchises and their state of the art stadiums. Enjoy this family edition of the Brothers Brandt Podcast!

The best rivalry in Florida is the Florida State Seminoles against the Florida Gators and in 2009, The Brothers Brandt witnessed it in-person at “The Swamp” in Gainesville, Florida. It was Tim Tebow’s final home game of his illustrious college football career and he did not disappoint. Tebow and the Gators stomped on Florida State winning 37-10. Tebow accounted for five touchdowns (three passing, two rushing). He passed for 221 yards and ran for another 90 yards completely obliterating the FSU defense. The Seminoles halftime show was the best thing FSU did all day. After the game, we gave Tebow high-fives as he circled the stadium on the field thanking all the fans. Enjoy this epic podcast episode and our Week 12 College Football segment called, “Any Given Saturday” where we highlight the best games coming up this weekend!

In 2012, the West Virginia Mountaineers had just become members of the BIG 12 Conference and The Brothers Brandt wanted to witness their first game in the conference against the Baylor Bears! It turned out to be the highest scoring game in the history of the BIG 12 ever! The Mountaineers won 70-63 in the wildest game imaginable! On top of an epic game, it was Homecoming Weekend and Morgantown did not disappoint!

In October of 2019, Rick flew to Boise, Idaho with one goal in mind and that was to experience the blue turf field of Boise State in person!! The Broncos were undefeated (6-0) hosting the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in a Mountain West matchup on prime-time TV. Boise State has a world-renowned blue turf football field that no one else in the country has and it makes for a very unique atmosphere for football games. Of course, when a member of The Brothers Brandt visits a college campus they go all out and that is exactly what happened when Rick wore his orange tuxedo and bowtie! Listen as we discuss the facilities, uniforms and storied history of Boise State Football on this 86th episode of The Brother’s Brandt Podcast!

There are a handful of bucket list sporting events a college football fanatic has to attend in their lives and The Michigan - Ohio State football rivalry tops that list! In 2007, Rick visited his best friend from childhood who had enrolled in the University of Michigan to go to the Michigan - Ohio State football game in The Big House! In this episode The Brothers Brandt document the magnitude of this rivalry which dates back to 1897!! We also relive Rick’s epic weekend in Ann Arbor and give you our College Football Preview for this Saturday’s Week 9’s best games in our weekly “Any Given Saturday” segment. Enjoy!!

In this episode of The Brothers Brandt Podcast we chronicle Rick's epic doubleheader of two legendary Los Angeles college football programs, USC and UCLA where in one day in 2016 Rick attended both a USC game and a UCLA game in only the way The Brothers Brandt could...FIELD ACCESS!! The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and The Rose Bowl are two of the most iconic and historic stadiums in North America. Both seat 100,000 fans and have hosted college football teams, NFL teams, MLB teams, Super Bowls, Olympics, FIFA World Soccer Matches, and concerts starring Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, U2 and Taylor Swift to name a few. Rob deep dives into the history of these 100-year-old stadiums and gets to the bottom of how Rick ended up on the field with Sam Darnold, JuJu Smith-Schuster, the USC Volleyball team and Josh Rosen of UCLA on the same day. Enjoy this LA-themed college football episode and our Week 8 Any Given Saturday College Football Preview segment of this upcoming Saturday's best games to watch!

America’s pastime plays a marathon of a season totaling 162 regular season games from April through September. The postseason starts in October and culminates in “The Fall Classic” known as the World Series between the two teams left standing each year. Baseball soars to another level during the month of October when a single pitch or a walk-off home run could be forever amortized in the record books and in the hearts of millions of baseball fans forever. This Brothers Brandt Podcast documents the uniqueness of Yankees Stadium, the famed history of the 27-time World Series Championship franchise and how special being at a post season baseball game is in the Bronx. In 2017, we witnessed Aaron Judge ignit a rousing rally with a home run, then doubled during a four-run eighth inning to spur the unflappable New York Yankees that season over the Houston Astros 6-4 to tie the American League Championship Series 2-2. Yankees Stadium was electric that night! The Astros would go on to win the series 4-3 and then defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win their first World Series in franchise history. The Brothers Brandt make their 2021 postseason and World Series predictions. Enjoy!

In this episode as Rob relives all the days of his Philadelphia Eagles fandom... from converting to a birds fan for the love of his life, watching the birds win the Super Bowl, partying on broad street, proposing on Broad Street, getting married on Broad Street and most recently participating in the Eagles Autism Challenge - this is a Philly Special Episode! Also enjoy our pics for Week 6 in the College Football World!!

Over 106,000 crazed college football enthusiasts packed into Beaver Stadium on October 27, 2012 for the Penn State vs Ohio State Halloween Weekend Big Ten match-up and The Brothers Brandt were there on that famed weekend in Happy Valley, Pennsylvania. While visiting childhood friends who were attending Penn State University, we crashed on the couch and took in one of the greatest environments in sports. It is called “THE WHITE OUT” when everyone in the stadium (cheering on Penn State) wears all white, shakes white pom-poms and waves white towels to drown out the hopes of their opponents. Structural engineers have been brought in over the years to confirm that when the stadium shakes during white outs it is still safe hahaha! This game in 2012 was called “the ineligible bowl” because both teams being undefeated at 9-0 heading into this game, both historic programs were under NCAA sanctions making them both barred from competing that season in any post season bowl games. You’re going to love this podcast episode!

Enjoy this episode as we detailed Rick's incredible experience caddying The Safeway Open in Napa Valley a couple of years back. Who was he caddying for you may ask? It was the ProAM Tournament so that Wednesday Rick was on the bags for Tim Mickelson (Phil's brother) and Bryson DeChambeau. It was an incredible memory as Rick was reading greens and handing clubs to these legends. We then pivot over to the Ryder Cup, a glorious fanfare golf tournament that only takes place every two years. Due to the Global Pandemic, it has been 3 lonesome years since the spectacle that is the Ryder Cup has been played and ....the people are ready. It's Europe vs. USA and the people will be rockin'! Get ready for people decked out in their nation's colors even some incredible fans who dress up like America's fore fathers! Gonna be a treat this Friday, Saturda Sunday! Go Team USA! 

Olympian, MLB All-Star, Home Run Derby Champ and 1998 Little League World Series winner Todd Frazier returns to where it all began for him as a 12-year-old boy in Williamsport, Pennsylvania this week to witness a member of his family try to achieve what his Toms River, New Jersey Little League baseball team did 20-plus years ago. Todd’s 12-year-old nephew Carson Frazier hit a game-winning, clutch double to propel his team into this year's Little League World Series and this week they kick off the action in Williamsport against Nebraska on ESPN in an attempt to become the second Toms River Little League team to win the Little League World Series with a Frazier in the starting lineup. The elder, Mr. Todd Frazier has also been a long-time ambassador for the Little League World Series and in this podcast episode we interview our good friend for a second time on what makes the Little League World Series so special, what he is expecting this August with his family all there to watch Carson, and what it was like in July of 2021 to win the Silver medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a key contributor for Team USA Basbeall. Enjoy this listen with Todd Father himself as us three Jersey-boys catch up on all things baseball.

Enjoy this episode as Andrew "Field" Baldinger, Rick and myself go through Division by Division of the NFL and give our 2021 predictions. We also included our NFC and AFC Championship Game Predictions including Super Bowl winners and MVP's... sit back and relax we just gave you the answer keys to the NFL 2021 Season...Let's see how we do in 6 months!

As the 2021 College Football Season nears, we discuss all the things that make college football so great and the games, players and events that we are most looking forward to this fall. On this podcast episode we look back on the 2019, 150th College Football Season Camping World Kickoff game between the University of Miami and the Florida Gators in Orlando that one half of the Brothers Brandt attended. Rick partied with the University of Miami alumni, spent the entire game on the sidelines and hung with Heisman Trophy winners Desmond Howard and Tim Tebow! Enjoy this epic podcast!

The Brothers Brandt Podcast – Episode 76: American Pharaoh & The Brandts Win The Haskell!!

In 2015, legendary thoroughbred racehorse, American Pharaoh trained by Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert marched his way to a dominating performance in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes propelling him to become only the 12th horse to capture The Triple Crown! It ended a 37-year drought. American Pharaoh was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Vogue magazine that summer. Some have said he was the greatest athlete of all-time (if you count horses). After winning the Triple Crown, his next race in 2015 was The William Hill Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in New Jersey where we grew up. Naturally, we attended this event in only a way The Brothers Brandt could. Bill Murray, Derek Jeter, the Governor of New Jersey and over 60,000 other patrons were on hand for the most memorable day in horse race history in the State of New Jersey. Needless to say, American Pharaoh on national television galloped his way to an impressive win that day and The Brothers Brandt made the most of our day at the historic Monmouth Park race track. Enjoy this epic story!

Enjoy this episode of the pod as we relive our trek out to see Lebron James and the Cavs host Steph Currry and The Golden State Warriors.

It was a wild time in Cleveland. And you will notice Rick and I predicted the current NBA Finals with Bucks vs. Suns! 

The boys are back a it again manifesting an incredible NFL double header on a beautiful opening Sunday of the season. This is wrapping up the most wild and epic sports road trip you have ever heard of! It's the final day and Rick and I are pouring sweat into this and all the energy we have to end it the way we started! This episode highlights our experience at a 1pm Houston Texans vs Jags game and then a Sunday Night 8pm Cowboys vs Giants in Jerry's World experience. In between these games we drove 3 hours and saw the Golden Ticket Bus which led us to meet The Godfather of Tickets himself... Ram Silverman. A friendship that is worth more than gold... just salt of the earth human. 

This puts the cherry on top of our Epic Southwest 12 games in 9 days Road Trip where we started in Clemson, South Carolina seeing a 1pm Clemson Tigers Game, 4pm Georgia Bulldogs game, 8pm Alabama vs FSU game in one day. Monday we were back in the saddle seeing a Tennessee vs Georgia Tech game. Tuesday was a Braves Baseball game at the beautiful new stadium. We drove through the night to Tampa and watched a 1pm Rays game then skirted down to Miami to witness a 8pm Marlins game. We narrowly missed Super Storm Irma and hopped a flight out to Houston. Friday was a Texas Rangers game in Arlington. Saturday was a Texas College double header with a 12pm Longhorns game followed by a 6pm Texas A&M Aggies home game. And that leaves us to Sunday were we went to a 1pm Texans game and a 8pm Cowboys game... Whoa! We needed a vacation from the Vacation haha... it was a quest, a quest for fun and mission was accomplished! Unforgettable memories with my best bud!

Enjoy this epsiode as Rick and myself travel from Austin Texas to College Station in ONE DAY! The state of Texas is HUGE and filled with top tier college football programs. The stars aligned for this part of our trip. We were able to see the Texas Longhorns battle San Jose State at 12pm in beautiful downtown Austin. As the game was ending we bounced down to College Station which is about a 2-3 hour drive to watch Texas A&M against Northwest State. On paper it was a "warm up" game but the visitors that day did not think so. It was a much closer game than anticipate and gave the Aggies a scare. Overall, college football in Texas is borderline a religion and when you can manage two games in one day, you have to do it. Enjoy as Rick and I talk about our experiences and encourage you the listeners to do your own sports road trips. 

And we are back on the road again going over our 13 games in 9 days EPIC sports road trip in the Southeast of the United States. This is a special episode because we blend Stadium Tours with a Rangers Friday Night Game. It was the calm before the final storm heading into the last weekend of the trip where we would complete seeing 5 games in 3 days: back to back double headers on Saturday and Sunday. This is not an episodes to pass over thought because we highlight going to the Stadium Tours of Texas A&M Aggies Kyle Field, Houston Texans Stadium, The Start in Frisco Home to the Cowboys training facility and the Texas Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. It was an incredible journey bouncing around the great state of Texas and these stadiums did not disappoint... it is true EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS!

Enjoy this episode as we talk all about the 2021 Masters experience. It is truly a tradition unlike any other. We will talk about the days leading up to the tournament which a lot of listeners are not aware of The Women's Amateur Tournament and The Drive Chip and Putt Competition the Saturday and Sunday prior to the Masters. Rick and I talk about the Champions dinner Tuesday night prior to the Masters kicking off. Oh and the beauty of the course and time dedicated to making this a special moment for everyone. And of course we recap the tournament and our new green jacket recipient: Hideki Matsuyama!

Loran Smith was a University of Georgia Bulldog MVP track star in 1959 and he hasn’t stopped ‘running the race’ for his alma mater's Athletic Department since. For the past SIXTY YEARS Loran Smith has earned the title as “most versatile Bulldog” and “vital building block” for one of the nation’s top athletic programs. Loran is most famous in the Peach State for being a longtime sideline reporter for Georgia football broadcasts. He’s been the University’s Assistant Sports Information Director, Business Manager, Bulldog Club Executive Director, Gameday Program Editor, and the prolific author of “Between the Hedges” (the story of Georgia’s first 100 years of football), “Fifty Years on the Fifty” (the history of the Orange Bowl) and “The Athens Sketchbook” (the history of Athens and UGA). If that wasn’t impressive enough, Loran has also written FIVE books about The Masters which have been published by the Augusta National Golf Club. Loran began attending The Masters in 1960 and has received The Masters Major Achievement Award, given to those who have covered the tournament for 40 years or more. Loran is a Georgia native, past chairman of the State’s Sports Hall of Fame and was elected to that Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. Loran is the ultimate jack of all trades and currently serves as UGA’s Athletic Historian.

Many consider “Seinfeld” to be the all-time greatest American sitcom in television history. It is our #1 favorite show and in our opinions nothing else comes close. It’s the “show about nothing” which was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. Nine-seasons of 180 episodes filled with hysterical humor originally aired on NBC from 1989 to 1998 and has since become one of the highest grossing television series in TV history with record-setting streaming deals on Hulu and Netflix, and re-run royalties on basic cable stations that are proving to last forever now several decades later. On the sixth episode of the seventh season titled the “The Soup Nazi” the character Yev Kassem, played by actor Larry Thomas had the acting performance of a lifetime and the perfectly-uttered, world-renown, strict-command “NO SOUP FOR YOU!” when yelling at his soup-stand-patrons. This four-word-phrase “No Soup For You” is one of the most popular known comedic sayings in show-business and around the world. People all over, who have never seen a single episode of the show Seinfeld can be heard jokingly saying Larry Thomas’ famous four words to friends. That’s how legendary Larry Thomas’ character “The Soup Nazi” was in one single episode in 1995. In fact, his performance as “The Soup Nazi” was so incredible he was nominated in 1996 for a Primetime Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Larry has been in Super Bowl commercials, guest appeared in Arrested Development and Scrubs, He’s been acting for over thirty-five years and has utilized his famous soup role to promote soup kitchens for the homeless. This legendary actor, Larry Thomas graces us with his presence on this fun-filled podcast interview where we talk about soup (of course haha), Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Larry Tomas’ early years growing up in Brooklyn, New York, his acting career, what led him to this iconic role, and how these famous four words have changed his life forever. Enjoy this classic, comedic-conversation with one of our all-time Hollywood acting favorites, The Soup Nazi, himself!

Here we are folks, jumping right back into our epic sports road trip across the Southeast. At this point, we have traveled to a TRIFECTA (Clemson, Georgia and Bama vs. FSU) followed up by a Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech Game Monday and an unfortunate rain out for our Braves Game. We drove straight through the night to Tampa Bay and slept in our car prior to our stadium tour of the Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL. In this episode, we will go through our experiences of a stadium tour in Tampa, the Rays game, Hurricane Irma and our stop in Miami for a Marlins night game... all in one day!! Enjoy the track folks!