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[00:00:23] And welcome to episode 572 of the Pittsburgh Nerd podcast.
[00:00:29] I'm Sean. I'm Ian and this is the only podcast that says,
[00:00:33] Happy Star Wars Day.
[00:00:39] We are recording on May 25th and 47 years ago,
[00:00:45] and I'm going to be talking about the day that the Star Wars movie was released in theaters on this day.
[00:00:49] Yeah, so more than May the 5th,
[00:00:53] May the 4th, which you know, I get it, you know,
[00:00:57] but May 25th to me is like Star Wars Day. That's the day
[00:01:01] it all began to me.
[00:01:05] I get you May the 4th people. I participate, but
[00:01:09] today is the real day. Today is the birthday.
[00:01:13] Today is the day we
[00:01:19] compensated. I can't.
[00:01:25] I was going to make a dirty joke, but I can't think of the proper terminology.
[00:01:29] Okay.
[00:01:33] So how are you sir? I'm good. Yeah.
[00:01:37] Busy. Yeah.
[00:01:42] Yeah, I went up to Wednesday and went up to
[00:01:47] Thursday. Sorry, Thursday. I went up to
[00:01:54] Ohio Pile. Yeah.
[00:01:58] Stayed there and then hiked
[00:02:02] I think six miles. Wow.
[00:02:06] Something like that.
[00:02:10] Yeah, did that and today went back
[00:02:14] there because they were having a reenactment
[00:02:18] sport necessity. Okay. Which I've never been to.
[00:02:22] But we're starting
[00:02:26] LA and I are starting to collect these stamps. Yeah. And you get stamps
[00:02:30] at the historical sites for passport. It's called a passport.
[00:02:34] Yeah. And so I went up there and
[00:02:38] did that and then I went to Lowe
[00:02:42] Caverns. Wow. Which I was a little disappointed in.
[00:02:46] And then we went
[00:02:50] to Friendship Hill. Geez. Yeah.
[00:02:54] Did that and
[00:02:58] we wanted something to eat and I was like well, turns out we were only like
[00:03:02] seven miles from Morgantown. Yeah. So we went down to
[00:03:06] Morgantown to eat and then we came out at dinner and
[00:03:10] fricking noticed the skies and it was like this
[00:03:14] storm coming so it took me longer to get home and I kind of waited around
[00:03:18] you know what I mean? Yeah. So yeah, it was
[00:03:22] just been busy. Wow.
[00:03:26] But yeah, I mean just been running around. Yeah.
[00:03:30] It's nice up in the laurels man. That's nice
[00:03:34] because I've been sweating my ass off all week. Yeah, it was nice up there like
[00:03:38] Trailsby Heights were all shaded. Yeah. You know so
[00:03:42] like almost 10, well it's cooler up there anyway. Yeah.
[00:03:46] But it was really cool in the shade. Yeah. You know what I mean?
[00:03:50] And yeah, very cool in the
[00:03:54] shade and it was just nice. It's been hot here I know.
[00:03:58] It's been hot period. Human. Yeah.
[00:04:02] It's so hot. I mean it's just human. You know, I'm
[00:04:06] stubborn like I'm like I'm not putting my air conditioner in until June.
[00:04:10] I hear you. You know like I'm suffering
[00:04:14] through it. It's been brutal. Yeah, it has
[00:04:18] been. You know. I'll admit that. It's been brutal.
[00:04:22] And this year
[00:04:26] more than any other year the pollen
[00:04:30] at least in my backyard has been
[00:04:34] at a level I've never seen before. Really?
[00:04:39] Like I went out Thursday.
[00:04:43] Thursday I had to run and get something from the store before I went to work.
[00:04:47] And I go on and I look at my
[00:04:51] car and it's covered.
[00:04:55] Absolutely covered. In pollen.
[00:04:59] In yellow pollen. Yeah. And I'm just like
[00:05:03] what the hell is going on out here?
[00:05:07] And my car is black. Yeah, my car is black and it had like
[00:05:11] a like the worst part was like the roof of the car
[00:05:15] was yellow. Like it was like so
[00:05:19] covered in pollen. Like you couldn't see the black. It was like that thick
[00:05:23] one there. Like right. And around like the sides of the car and
[00:05:27] like the windshield wipers. It's just like you know
[00:05:31] spray a little stuff on there and like just goo just like being like
[00:05:35] pushed around by my windshield wipers. Right, right, right.
[00:05:39] It is always something in this backyard of mine.
[00:05:43] Like I had like all winter like over the winter like I had a
[00:05:47] pine cone Armageddon. Right. Like my backyard
[00:05:51] and I've been there a few years now. I never had it.
[00:05:55] There's pine cones on the ground because I have a pine tree but like this
[00:05:59] year like it just rained pine cones.
[00:06:03] Right. Like they were everywhere. I actually had to rake my yard
[00:06:07] before I could mow it. You know? Yeah.
[00:06:13] Because it's like the pine cone situation was so bad. Right.
[00:06:17] And then like you throw on top of this pollen thing
[00:06:21] that's going on. Where is all this pollen coming from? Right.
[00:06:25] Like and you go back a couple years ago. I remember I had the
[00:06:29] mulberry issue where like
[00:06:33] my back walk was covered in mulberry.
[00:06:37] Like it completely covered in mulberries. I had to take a broom out there
[00:06:41] to like prevent like otherwise you're tracking that shit all over the place.
[00:06:45] You know? Like you're trying to walk through and like I walk in the house
[00:06:49] and like I got you know my I'm leaving blue footprints behind me
[00:06:53] in my shoes. Like yeah I had to go buy like a
[00:06:57] street broom to like
[00:07:01] sweep these mulberries off the sidewalk and stuff. It was insanity.
[00:07:05] So like it's like it's always something with his backyard.
[00:07:09] It's like an ecosystem all into itself.
[00:07:13] Right. You know? And I don't understand it and like I need to like
[00:07:17] you know take care of some shit but it's like what is going
[00:07:21] on in my backyard because there is constantly some crazy shit happening.
[00:07:25] Like I'm nervous about mulberries again.
[00:07:29] You know like mulberries. Oh the worst.
[00:07:33] And on top of it all of course like the people who
[00:07:37] live next door to us have bird feeders so there's birds everywhere
[00:07:41] so the birds are getting into the mulberries and guess what? My black car is covered
[00:07:45] in mulberry bird shit. Right. You know?
[00:07:49] Thanks! Just what I needed. Yeah that's what you wanted.
[00:07:53] Yeah. Walking out and seeing a
[00:07:57] big bird deuce right on my windshield that's been sitting
[00:08:01] there for three days baking in the sun because I haven't been out to my car.
[00:08:05] So now I've got that impeding my vision as I'm trying
[00:08:09] to like you know just go to the gas station. It's the worst.
[00:08:13] I hear you. Yeah.
[00:08:20] I swear like they're like oh look black car. Black car right next to the
[00:08:27] mulberry tree let's get that. Right. You know.
[00:08:31] The birds are the worst. Can you imagine living like
[00:08:35] by seagulls? No I can't.
[00:08:41] You know what I mean? Yeah no I do know what you mean because that's like one of those things
[00:08:45] that like just completely like I remember like years upon
[00:08:49] years upon years ago I took a
[00:08:53] drive you know but we went to Cedar Point.
[00:08:57] Okay. And you know you park your car at Cedar Point that's right
[00:09:01] next to Lake Erie. Right. Well you go out to your car
[00:09:05] and it's just covered in seagull
[00:09:09] shit. Alright. You know and I mean
[00:09:13] like depending on how long you've been there it's like baked in.
[00:09:17] You know. Yeah yeah. How am I going to clean this off? You know thanks.
[00:09:21] Baked in. Oh it's the worst. Seagulls do
[00:09:26] bake it in. Yeah I can't imagine like living there like full time and being
[00:09:30] like you know. Ah seagull shit what a joy.
[00:09:34] My patio is covered in seagull shit.
[00:09:38] Because I live so close to a fucking lake.
[00:09:42] Yuck. Yeah.
[00:09:49] Oh man. But yeah it's hot as fuck.
[00:09:53] We had a break today. Like we're going to it dropped
[00:09:57] yesterday somewhat. But like you know that storm did break
[00:10:01] the weather. But like it's cool but it's humid out there.
[00:10:05] Which means tomorrow is going to be awful.
[00:10:11] I know. I know. Humidity is just it's what gets you.
[00:10:15] Yeah. That's what the problem is down south. Yeah oh yeah.
[00:10:19] You know it's just the humidity is just
[00:10:23] fucking brutal. It's like instant swamp ass as soon as you
[00:10:27] you know walk out the door. Yeah oh definitely.
[00:10:31] Yeah.
[00:10:38] I get it because it's like
[00:10:42] I'm leaning towards like well okay maybe Monday I put it.
[00:10:46] Because the problem is like working at home
[00:10:50] I'm suffering. Right. You know like why am I making myself
[00:10:54] suffer. Right. Like I can relieve this but there's
[00:10:58] that part of me that's like no you don't put the air conditioner in yet.
[00:11:02] It's kind of like how far into December can you go
[00:11:06] before you turn on the heat. Yeah yeah. You know
[00:11:10] I'm sure that somebody out there is like how far into December?
[00:11:14] What do you mean? That shit comes on October.
[00:11:18] No no. I know how you even want me. Yeah.
[00:11:23] As long as you possibly.
[00:11:27] I honestly do and it's not like a cheap thing
[00:11:31] Well it is. Yeah. Don't get me wrong it is. There's a part of me
[00:11:37] that's like you're talking about. Yeah I'm trying to blow off. Yeah I'm not
[00:11:41] cheap but I am. But it's also like I mean oddly
[00:11:45] I feel like it's an environmental thing. Right. Like you know like oh
[00:11:49] it's 40 degrees outside. Well I just need to wear a sweater in my house.
[00:11:53] Right. You know. That's all.
[00:11:57] You know throw an extra blanket on when you sleep. Yeah yeah. Like you know shit like
[00:12:01] that. Like where whereas like you know now
[00:12:05] you know if it gets cold cold I think it's really cold like no I'm turning on the heat.
[00:12:09] But like how long can you like hold out before you're like
[00:12:13] well I guess I gotta do it. Alright. You know. You're gonna bite the bullet there.
[00:12:17] Yeah. It's almost Christmas let's turn on the heat.
[00:12:22] You know. Right. But yeah
[00:12:26] you know that I do feel like it is an
[00:12:30] environmental thing where I don't I'm trying not to like you know
[00:12:34] and even then like you know I don't
[00:12:38] turn the heat up past 68. Yeah. You know
[00:12:42] which again I'm sure there are people out there like you know you cruel bastard.
[00:12:46] But like that's comfortable.
[00:12:50] Yeah. You know what I mean like.
[00:12:54] I mean you just have to prepare yourself. Right. But I mean like
[00:12:58] I know there are people out there who are like you know they're at 74
[00:13:02] or 72 or something like that and I'm just like 68 seems
[00:13:06] appropriate. You know.
[00:13:10] I agree with you. Yeah. I think Jimmy Carter told us in the 70s.
[00:13:16] You know.
[00:13:20] There's no need.
[00:13:24] So that's my struggle right now.
[00:13:30] Yeah. Nice. Yeah. Like old men. We are
[00:13:38] talking about the heat. Well I wanted to ask I forgot to.
[00:13:42] It's like speaking being an old man like somebody like one of your
[00:13:46] neighbors owns that Mercedes Benz
[00:13:50] C300. OK. That gray one out there. I see that
[00:13:54] all the time. I always want to ask whose car is that. I have no idea. OK.
[00:13:58] And that's like that's my midlife crisis. OK.
[00:14:02] I was out today and I saw this this guy
[00:14:06] probably the same age as me. OK. With a younger
[00:14:10] woman in the car with them I'd like to assume it was his daughter but
[00:14:14] I'm going to presume it's his mistress.
[00:14:18] In a new
[00:14:22] Corvette with the with a
[00:14:26] rag top. OK. And he had the top down.
[00:14:30] I'm like that is a typical old old guy middle
[00:14:34] age guy midlife crisis car is like you go
[00:14:38] and you get the Corvette like the young guys drive the Camaro's.
[00:14:42] The older guys drive the Corvettes. OK. And my midlife
[00:14:46] crisis is like I want a Mercedes
[00:14:50] GL five. OK. Like you know like that's
[00:14:54] where give me a Mercedes SLS you know like
[00:14:58] that's my really yeah. I would have pictured as a Mercedes
[00:15:02] neither would I. OK. Like for a longest
[00:15:06] time like for me it was like you know man if
[00:15:10] I ever hit the lottery you know you wouldn't know but there'd be
[00:15:14] signs like me pulling up in a like
[00:15:18] Dodge Charger or Challenger or you know something with a
[00:15:22] big ass Hemi or Hellcat in it you know. Yeah. Just
[00:15:26] like that. But now I'm like
[00:15:32] like I want power and like like a Mercedes AMG
[00:15:36] SLS has power like
[00:15:40] you know it's an eight stiller turbo is going to generate
[00:15:44] six hundred horsepower something like that going
[00:15:48] doors it's a bad ass car. OK. But also
[00:15:52] it's it's a status
[00:15:56] it looks classy still. It's not it's
[00:16:01] not a ridiculous revving of your engine and all this
[00:16:05] noise and you know but you know it's got everything
[00:16:09] you need it's got class it's got comfort it's got
[00:16:13] power you know it's you know it's just like fuck that is just
[00:16:17] so bad ass. You want that. Oh yeah.
[00:16:21] But the thing I've learned like since I've started watching
[00:16:25] like these videos like all these guys who collect these cars and stuff
[00:16:29] even if you buy like a ten year old
[00:16:35] car right like if you buy like in
[00:16:39] a ten year old Mercedes E class which is like their like luxury
[00:16:43] line. Yeah. That's an eighty thousand dollar
[00:16:47] car new. OK. The problem is
[00:16:51] ten years later the parts are still for an eighty thousand dollar car.
[00:16:55] Right. No matter what you pay if I pay ten thousand for it the
[00:16:59] parts are still for an eighty thousand dollar car. Right. That's the problem with these
[00:17:03] cars that like even if I can't afford one
[00:17:07] I can't afford one. Right. You know
[00:17:11] because it's like a thing of like well if something goes wrong
[00:17:15] I can't afford to fix it. Yeah. You know even if I'm
[00:17:19] buying a ten year old car right which is like crazy to think about but
[00:17:23] that's how cars are nowadays.
[00:17:27] You know Kia Soul parts are cheap. Right. Kia
[00:17:31] Souls are cheap you know so it's like that's the
[00:17:35] difference you know. Right. But
[00:17:39] there is like there's that one auto
[00:17:43] like used car lot. It's like
[00:17:47] almost kind of like it's right next to the Minerva bowling alley the one on
[00:17:51] the 38. OK. Right there there's this used car lot
[00:17:55] and they always have used Mercedes. OK. I drive
[00:17:59] past her all the time. I'm always like
[00:18:03] resisting the urge to turn in and take one for a test
[00:18:07] drive because then I'm going to get roped into like you know
[00:18:11] much like my new phone I'll get roped into getting one. Right.
[00:18:15] You know some resisting the urge to do it but there's a part of me
[00:18:19] that's like at some point I'm like to get to get through my midlife
[00:18:23] crisis. OK. Because that's the problem is this is my midlife
[00:18:27] crisis at some point I'm just going to rent one.
[00:18:31] So you're saying that you're having a midlife crisis? Well I'm not
[00:18:35] saying I'm having a midlife crisis but like I feel like that is my midlife
[00:18:39] crisis. OK. You know like I'm smart
[00:18:43] enough to know like I can never
[00:18:49] afford the car. OK. I'm not going to
[00:18:53] put myself in over my head. OK. But at the same time
[00:18:57] at some point I need to scratch that itch. OK. Got you. And
[00:19:01] like renting one for like
[00:19:05] a four day weekend. That'd be cool. Yeah.
[00:19:09] Like that'll satisfy her? I think it would because
[00:19:13] at that point I can say like OK I've at least driven one.
[00:19:17] The quench the thirst. Yeah. I'd also like
[00:19:25] and I've seen like I mean obviously you see the ads for like
[00:19:29] Avis and stuff. I'd like to rent a Tesla for like a three day weekend.
[00:19:33] I love Teslas man. For real. I think they're pretty
[00:19:37] good cars. I mean I think they're interesting. I think they have
[00:19:43] a ton of problems on the long term as compared to the short term.
[00:19:47] Yeah. But I also think like their recent redesigns like the
[00:19:51] S model and stuff like what because the problem
[00:19:55] is with Tesla. Tesla's all about minimalism. OK. And
[00:19:59] so like the new S models I was watching
[00:20:03] a video on this there's no longer any stocks on the steering
[00:20:07] wheel. OK. Like if you want to turn on your lights you have to
[00:20:11] do it via the pad in the middle of the
[00:20:16] dash. OK. There's no more
[00:20:20] you know turning on your windshield wipers that you
[00:20:24] have to set that up through like you just have it set up like if
[00:20:28] the sense is so much moisture on it it'll turn the windshield
[00:20:32] on. OK. It's
[00:20:36] like everything is done including like even
[00:20:40] there's no more dash like with gauges and stuff.
[00:20:44] You can see how fast you're going on the pad in the center
[00:20:48] of the dash. OK. You know and
[00:20:52] a lot of that because the first thing I thought of was well
[00:20:56] you're diverting my eyes from the road for me to be able to do anything.
[00:21:00] OK. But then they throw in that one you should be setting
[00:21:04] it up to work automatically so you don't have to
[00:21:08] right. But two like it has that
[00:21:14] ability like they have that I drive now where you don't have to have your hands on
[00:21:18] the wheel. You can take a second to go through a menu
[00:21:22] and pull something up so you can like I'm like
[00:21:26] I don't like that shit at all. Like I want
[00:21:30] I want I want to find out what it feels like to drive an electric car.
[00:21:34] Right. That would be interesting to me. Yeah.
[00:21:38] But I don't like as far and Tesla is the way to go. Like I mean
[00:21:43] you know but I don't think if I was to ever own an electric car I
[00:21:47] would own a Tesla. OK. Just
[00:21:51] because of their approach to the car.
[00:21:55] OK. I just like I get it. I get where you're
[00:21:59] going with it but I like I figure taking
[00:22:03] you feel the car
[00:22:07] should be more in charge than you are. OK. And I disagree with that.
[00:22:11] I feel like I should be more in charge of the car than the car is. OK.
[00:22:15] I like you know the lane assist and
[00:22:19] you know all that type of stuff. You know collision
[00:22:23] like a lot of the modern technology I dig it.
[00:22:27] I think it's great. I think it's extraordinarily helpful but
[00:22:31] I also feel at the same time like I trust myself
[00:22:35] when I trust a car as a driver. OK.
[00:22:43] But I still want to drive one. I hear you. Just to drive
[00:22:47] one. Just to feel that
[00:22:51] like that kick when you hit the accelerator. Huh?
[00:22:56] Just to feel that kick when you hit the accelerator. Oh right. Because I mean
[00:23:00] the G-Force is a creative like at go
[00:23:04] are ridiculous. So I went down to the Greek festival the other week. OK.
[00:23:08] Right. And got food and
[00:23:12] excellent food. Yeah.
[00:23:16] And we're walking along and I saw this
[00:23:20] fucking Tesla truck. Oh OK. Yeah.
[00:23:24] On the side of the road. I was like well now we're like something fucking
[00:23:28] on the moon. Where were you at? Oakland.
[00:23:32] OK. So I mean I was like right in Oakland the Greek Orthodox Church. OK.
[00:23:36] Because the only reason I'm asking is Tesla the
[00:23:42] Cybertruck. They've been having
[00:23:46] a lot of them. They're like only now. Because it was like apparently
[00:23:50] they're like there's a lot of them in California and a lot of them in Texas
[00:23:54] and not many anywhere else. And now they're finally starting to
[00:23:58] kind of like ship to the rest of the country. Yeah.
[00:24:02] So I haven't seen one yet myself.
[00:24:06] But I've watched enough videos on them from other people. I thought it was pretty badass.
[00:24:10] It was like something completely odd. I was like whoa what is this
[00:24:14] thing? I mean like it was like I don't know. I thought it was
[00:24:20] actually pretty cool. It's
[00:24:24] unique looking. I will say that.
[00:24:28] But I have watched
[00:24:32] and it was a review of Cadillac
[00:24:38] like Chevy and Cadillac SUVs
[00:24:42] in the electric market.
[00:24:46] You know EVs. And the Cadillac
[00:24:50] one I was very impressed with. Really?
[00:24:54] It looked very well done. I like the layout.
[00:24:58] I like the everything about it was like
[00:25:02] ooh that's nice. Like the Chevy one
[00:25:06] was good. But the Cadillac one was like
[00:25:10] is like if the Chevy was an
[00:25:14] EV in eight on a scale of one to ten.
[00:25:18] The Cadillac was an eleven for an EV.
[00:25:22] Like I was like oh that's very impressive.
[00:25:27] Like I really like that. Now again completely priced out of that
[00:25:31] that's a hundred thousand dollar vehicle. Which the
[00:25:35] Cybertruck is also I think baseline a hundred thousand dollars.
[00:25:39] But I think the problem is
[00:25:46] I don't believe complete
[00:25:50] and total EV is the way to go. Like I'm more of a
[00:25:56] believer in a hybrid system than I am complete
[00:26:00] EV. Only because the batteries
[00:26:04] are only going to last you ten years.
[00:26:08] And then it's a brick.
[00:26:12] You know what I mean? And like the thing everybody
[00:26:16] will say to you is well I'm doing my part and look at the
[00:26:20] my carbon footprint is so small because I'm
[00:26:24] driving an electric vehicle. But
[00:26:28] if you look at what goes into the construction
[00:26:32] of the vehicle to zero out that carbon
[00:26:36] footprint is like ten to twelve years.
[00:26:40] Well by that time the battery shot and you have to put
[00:26:44] in a new battery. And the batteries are like
[00:26:48] they're going to inject the battery.
[00:26:52] Theoretically
[00:26:56] theoretically yes.
[00:27:02] However
[00:27:06] the problem becomes like any battery
[00:27:10] it's going to like I've heard of situations
[00:27:14] where people will like the battery goes out on their Tesla
[00:27:18] Tesla says we have to replace the new battery. If you have it taken
[00:27:22] to a third party mechanic
[00:27:26] and there are places now that are like
[00:27:30] they catered to an electric vehicle. They found
[00:27:34] workarounds to get the batteries to work again.
[00:27:38] It's not the battery shot, it's some wiring in the battery is shot.
[00:27:42] And they replace the wiring and it works. But there is still
[00:27:46] like with your cell phone
[00:27:50] like over time like your cell phone starts to hold
[00:27:54] a charge less and less. And it's the same thing with an EV.
[00:27:58] So like an EV that was made ten years ago
[00:28:02] that battery is on its last legs.
[00:28:06] And you're talking about if you want to replace the battery that's
[00:28:10] $10,000. Oh I know. That's crazy. Right.
[00:28:14] But then your carbon footprint jumps back up because of how much
[00:28:18] like digging for the raw materials
[00:28:22] and you know they're only found in like select places
[00:28:26] in Asia. You know and all the shit that goes into
[00:28:30] bringing those materials to the US. All of that now all of a sudden
[00:28:34] your carbon footprint which was zeroed out after 10-12 years
[00:28:38] jumps back up again because you just had to replace the battery. Right.
[00:28:42] If you do that or you just go and buy another EV and now you're starting
[00:28:46] Yeah. So like I
[00:28:50] I'm always on the mind
[00:28:58] something has to change. Yeah. And I'm not you know
[00:29:02] and I'm certainly somebody who believes in finding ways to like make renewable
[00:29:06] resources more viable.
[00:29:10] I hate people who just like laugh that shit off as like
[00:29:14] well that's stupid.
[00:29:18] We have coal, we have gas. What do you still need? I'm like well
[00:29:22] that shit's not going to last forever and it's really not great for the
[00:29:26] environment but at the same time we have to find something that will work.
[00:29:30] Right. You know and so I'm not like
[00:29:34] I'm not shitting all over EVs but I do think
[00:29:38] like going full electric vehicle
[00:29:43] was the wrong decision by the US government and they should have pushed more
[00:29:47] for hybrids. Right. Because that's what they're doing in Europe and it seems to be working
[00:29:51] much better. Okay. That's fair. Yeah.
[00:29:59] Alright so I'm sure we've bored people enough with
[00:30:03] your midlife crisis. Huh? Your midlife crisis. My midlife
[00:30:07] crisis yeah. Yeah you're shocking you with what my
[00:30:13] midlife crisis is.
[00:30:17] Alright let's move on. Let me ask you something
[00:30:21] because you don't watch any trailers. Okay. Anyway
[00:30:25] I was going to ask you one of the pain in the ass
[00:30:29] that I've had with my new phone is
[00:30:34] apparently Apple had to change
[00:30:38] their connectors. Okay.
[00:30:42] So it's a USB-C
[00:30:46] connection now. Okay. Which I guess is the same thing an Android has been using for years.
[00:30:50] Like it has been a pain in the ass because everything in my
[00:30:59] house is not set up for that. Right.
[00:31:05] It was never a problem because it was like
[00:31:09] I got a new iPhone, I've got like power blocks,
[00:31:13] I've got power cores, I got all this stuff. It's all
[00:31:17] like I'm already all set up for this so it's not a big deal. Right. Click boom
[00:31:21] moving on. Well now that they're going with the USB-C cables
[00:31:25] and it was like a massive pain in the ass
[00:31:30] like we had to buy new plugs.
[00:31:34] Like you know so you plug the cord into that and then right
[00:31:38] into the outlet because we didn't have anything that was compatible with
[00:31:42] the USB-C cable. Right. And
[00:31:46] like even like I bought a lamp and one of the
[00:31:50] reasons I bought this lamp is it had two USB connectors on
[00:31:54] it so you could plug something in via USB and charge it. Okay.
[00:31:58] I thought oh that's great. I don't even need to plug it in anymore.
[00:32:02] I just have it right here on my on this lamp. Right. So I actually had to go and I
[00:32:06] bought and they were like only like eight bucks for two. These
[00:32:10] little like adapters so I plug it into the USB port
[00:32:14] and it has a USB-C connector on you know so I can plug it into.
[00:32:18] But like it's been amazing like how much upheaval this is
[00:32:22] caused in my life. Okay. Because it's like
[00:32:26] I've been set up with Apple for so long that
[00:32:33] I was set up for the other connections. Okay. Like you know
[00:32:37] and it like
[00:32:41] do you have to use a USB like the cable
[00:32:45] that comes with this one like
[00:32:49] the cable that came with the phone the power cable has two USB-C
[00:32:53] connections on either side of it. Like or what one on each
[00:32:57] side. So like so I had to get like
[00:33:01] like a thing to plug the USB-C
[00:33:05] into to charge it. But I then I went
[00:33:10] because I was out looking for stuff for the phone
[00:33:14] I went to five below and they had it was like
[00:33:18] a regular USB on one end and the USB-C on the other.
[00:33:22] Okay. Is that does that work?
[00:33:26] Four. Like charging my phone.
[00:33:30] Because like everything like in my car
[00:33:34] I have a USB
[00:33:38] connection. And so in my car I had
[00:33:42] a spare cable. Yeah. In case of
[00:33:46] emergency I could plug it into the USB and just
[00:33:50] plug it into my phone and keep it charged. Okay.
[00:33:54] You know well now that doesn't work anymore. So I need
[00:33:58] either an adapter plus I need to buy another cable for in my car now.
[00:34:02] But then I see like these it's like a USB on one
[00:34:06] end and a USB-C on the other. Like a C charger.
[00:34:10] Yeah. Like this. I guess so yeah. This is a C
[00:34:14] charger. Yeah. Yeah that's what it is but
[00:34:18] like the way the cable was there's a connection on this end and there's a connection on that end. They're both
[00:34:22] USB-C. I don't know what they are. I don't even know what that means.
[00:34:26] It's a C charger. No I didn't. Right but it's like it's that connection
[00:34:30] on both ends of the cable. That doesn't make sense to me. Okay.
[00:34:34] Unless you plug into unless the wall
[00:34:40] has a C
[00:34:44] connection piece. Which it doesn't. Yeah.
[00:34:48] I don't. Yeah so like I have to buy all these adapters and stuff.
[00:34:52] It's just way of Apple charging more money. Yeah well I mean
[00:34:56] or I'm going the five below and buying
[00:35:00] what they offer you know what I mean? But it was just like
[00:35:04] and then the phone the watch is the same way.
[00:35:08] It had a USB-C connection
[00:35:12] at the end of it. Like the because the phone the way. It has two C connectors on
[00:35:16] either end. Well with the watch
[00:35:20] the watch it has like this round piece on one end and it kind of clicks
[00:35:24] in place magnetically. I know. Okay so that's a one end and it's a
[00:35:28] USB-C, a C charger at the other end. Right. So
[00:35:32] that's a pain in the. Having the two cables
[00:35:36] is also a pain in the ass because I'm used to having just the one on my nightstand.
[00:35:40] So that's also been something to deal
[00:35:44] with. Yeah. No I don't. But I've never seen
[00:35:48] a CC connection like that. I'll bring it
[00:35:52] over and show you. Yeah I've seen the watch because I have a Samsung watch. Yeah.
[00:35:56] My Samsung watch is the same thing. Yeah.
[00:36:00] C right in
[00:36:04] USB on the other end. Yeah. But I've never seen a CC
[00:36:08] charger. Yeah. So it came with it? That's what came with the phone yeah.
[00:36:12] It doesn't even make any sense. What where does it fit in
[00:36:16] and does I almost feel like you got the wrong adapter.
[00:36:20] No that's what came with the phone. Like it was in the box with the phone.
[00:36:24] Like CC adapter. Yeah. No
[00:36:28] USB on one and just CC. Yeah. Apparently
[00:36:32] I don't know what you're supposed to fucking deal with. But apparently that's that that is a
[00:36:36] apparently a I was told
[00:36:41] it is a law in Europe
[00:36:45] that Apple had to do that in order to be able to sell phones in Europe.
[00:36:49] They must have different adapters.
[00:36:56] Yeah so I'm like wondering like since it's so like
[00:37:00] new to you if like maybe Samsung gives you the
[00:37:06] USB on one end in America but in Europe it's
[00:37:10] CNC. Yeah I have no idea. It seems very fishy
[00:37:14] because it doesn't make sense for our type of chargers here.
[00:37:18] Right. You know what I mean like. No I completely agree. All chargers that
[00:37:22] I've seen unless there's something new that has come out because I haven't bought a phone in a while.
[00:37:26] Yeah. That's another thing that maybe that has changed with
[00:37:30] Samsung as well and you're just not aware of it. I'm just not aware of it. Yeah. Because I've only seen
[00:37:34] USB to see and then yeah.
[00:37:38] I've never seen a CC charger.
[00:37:42] It kind of pisses me off in a sense because they're just trying to upcharge
[00:37:46] you know now you got to buy their product again
[00:37:50] right. I'm saying like it may be 25 bucks but when you have you know
[00:37:54] you know one hundred and eighty million people
[00:37:58] buying a twenty five dollar connection piece
[00:38:02] and you can do these numbers. Right and like I said the big problem became
[00:38:06] like for
[00:38:10] me having the phone
[00:38:14] the watch and the phone I needed
[00:38:18] I needed to be able to connect them both to charge them at night.
[00:38:22] Right. And so I had to go out
[00:38:26] and buy like the plug. Right.
[00:38:30] And the plug had to have two
[00:38:34] USB C inputs so that I could plug both
[00:38:38] of them in. But there's no place
[00:38:44] like I have a on that lamp
[00:38:48] I have two USB connections on the side and on the
[00:38:52] top I have one plug where I can actually
[00:38:56] plug something into that lamp. That's usually like where I plug in like the
[00:39:00] vacuum cleaner.
[00:39:04] But it was like so inconvenient to have
[00:39:08] that power plug there
[00:39:12] all the time. Yeah and then the two cables coming off of it
[00:39:16] right. And it was like so I found
[00:39:20] these I'll show them to you. Yeah let me see what you need.
[00:39:24] Let me pull this up here real quick.
[00:39:28] I found these on Amazon because I was like there's got to be something better.
[00:39:32] You know what I mean. And I found these
[00:39:39] and of course they're going to take forever to load. Here yeah.
[00:39:45] I found these right here. Yeah I see the adapter.
[00:39:52] Yeah. So I bought these adapters. How much? They were eight
[00:39:56] bucks for two. Not actually nine bucks for two.
[00:40:01] But like it's so
[00:40:05] worth it because like I plug them into those USB connections. Right. And now
[00:40:09] I'm good to go. Right. You know
[00:40:13] whereas like anything
[00:40:20] and the other thing is like I said with my car it's the same thing. I've got that USB
[00:40:24] adapter. Right. But it doesn't work
[00:40:28] like I need to go buy a new cable for in my car still. Right.
[00:40:32] You know not that the battery is
[00:40:36] never a problem. Even with like the old phone my battery wasn't a problem. You know what I mean?
[00:40:40] Yeah. But like even for stuff like I have like that
[00:40:44] power stick that you know I carry around
[00:40:48] with me. Well that power stick is USB. Right.
[00:40:52] Well I need an adapter for that. Like I mean it's
[00:40:56] like funny I need an adapter for everything in my life now.
[00:41:00] Right. So my phone can connect
[00:41:04] and charge without any difficulty if I ever need it to.
[00:41:08] Right. You know that's just a pain in the ass.
[00:41:14] You know what I mean? No I hear you. Yeah. It is a pain in the ass.
[00:41:24] It is. I mean it really has been and it's
[00:41:28] been like an expense
[00:41:32] because like I said like it's like you have to replace like
[00:41:36] you know I used to carry like a cable.
[00:41:42] I carried a cable in my bag along with the power stick.
[00:41:46] Right. So in case I ever needed to I had that accessibility. Right.
[00:41:50] I had like I said the cable in my car
[00:41:54] in case I needed to do you know
[00:41:58] charge it into my car. Like I had myself set up in my life so like
[00:42:02] I should never run like I should never have the excuse of
[00:42:06] my battery is about to die. Right. Like you know what I mean? Like
[00:42:10] I should always be okay with battery life.
[00:42:14] Yeah. Because that's what life is like and honestly life
[00:42:18] our lives are revolved around our devices now in a lot of ways.
[00:42:22] In batteries. Right in batteries. So here's the scariest
[00:42:30] thing of it all. Okay. So
[00:42:36] if we were attacked. No really I'm not trying to be in
[00:42:40] danger. Right. And I'm not trying to be this you know
[00:42:44] prepper. Right. But if we were attacked
[00:42:48] by
[00:42:52] electromagnetic you know what I mean? Right.
[00:42:56] Devices would be dumb. Our communication would be actually off
[00:43:02] the grid. There was a show about that. Yeah.
[00:43:06] Yeah. I wish I could remember the name of it. What is it? EMV? EMP?
[00:43:10] Yeah. Yeah. EMP. Yeah.
[00:43:14] There was a show and I wish I could remember the name of it
[00:43:18] where something happened
[00:43:22] where it was like a worldwide
[00:43:26] EMP knocked out all electronics
[00:43:30] in the globe. And so
[00:43:34] like ten years later is when
[00:43:38] the show is taking place. Right. And
[00:43:43] there are devices
[00:43:47] like very few people have them and you know
[00:43:51] but there are devices that can actually block the EMP. Like it's something that
[00:43:55] happened in the air that caused all electronic devices no
[00:43:59] longer work. Excellent. Yeah. But there are devices
[00:44:03] that block that. So at one point the main character
[00:44:07] like when they find this
[00:44:11] and they hit the button and all of a sudden
[00:44:15] like they had like an old
[00:44:21] not iPad, iPod. Okay.
[00:44:28] And then they connected it to like a radio. And whoever had it
[00:44:32] they hit the button and all of a sudden the music started playing. It was like the first time
[00:44:36] he had heard like you know. Whatever. Yeah.
[00:44:42] Sitting by the dock of the bay in ten years.
[00:44:46] Like you know the guy's like I never thought I'd hear that again.
[00:44:50] But it was very interesting. You know like at one point
[00:44:54] the villain gets a hold of one and he's using
[00:44:58] it to fly a helicopter. You know it was like shit like that.
[00:45:02] It was kind of interesting but it wasn't that
[00:45:06] interesting. I kind of followed the show and I kind of fell off and got canceled.
[00:45:10] But like the concept itself was interesting enough that I checked it out for a while.
[00:45:14] And then like I got like halfway through the season and was like
[00:45:18] this isn't that good. But the concept is interesting. The concept is good.
[00:45:22] Yeah. And so the thing is is like what they're going to do.
[00:45:26] So I think the next cold war
[00:45:30] is not going to be about nuclear weapons. I think it's going to be about
[00:45:34] technology. Right. Why do you think it already is? Well yeah I get that.
[00:45:38] But what I'm saying is now these
[00:45:42] big companies are going to charge you an extra fifty dollars
[00:45:46] a month to make sure your device is protected
[00:45:50] during such and such events.
[00:45:54] Right. Because that's how they're going to make money. And they'll figure out a way
[00:45:58] to protect your device during such an event.
[00:46:02] But the problem is it's not just my device. It's almost like
[00:46:06] Affleck. I mean you can go twenty years without even being hurt
[00:46:10] by that. You're paying all this money to Affleck. Yeah.
[00:46:14] And then like you've paid all this money and in the end if you do get hurt
[00:46:18] or whatever they'll give you the money. Right. But what I'm saying is
[00:46:22] these are going to start working in the phone blinds.
[00:46:26] But it's not just my phone that needs protected.
[00:46:30] Because if you think about it, okay fine. You can give me like an
[00:46:34] Otterbox that protects it from
[00:46:38] a potential electromagnetic pulse
[00:46:42] knocking it out. Right. But so even if my phone's protected
[00:46:46] like if it's in a Faraday box and it's untouched by that EMP. Right.
[00:46:50] Every way it connects is lost.
[00:46:54] Right. Because you can't like
[00:46:58] all the self towers are going to be wiped out at that point then.
[00:47:02] Well I hear what you're saying. Right.
[00:47:06] But I think there's some way
[00:47:10] maybe it's the new realm. Maybe it's the new
[00:47:14] age to protect those cell towers.
[00:47:18] Right. Somehow. You know what I mean? Right. Somehow deflect
[00:47:22] that EMP. You know
[00:47:26] what I'm saying? I understand yeah. It's maybe that's the
[00:47:30] wave of the future ahead we're just not seeing.
[00:47:34] Yeah. I mean I'm sure CMU will develop a way to protect
[00:47:38] between CMU and MIT
[00:47:42] and whatever. You know what I mean? Like they're going to figure it out.
[00:47:46] Yeah. I mean it's just going to happen.
[00:47:50] Yeah but I mean like I get your... And then there will be new ways that they're going to figure out how to
[00:47:54] break through that. And then we're going to come back with new ways to be able to protect that.
[00:47:58] Right. And in the end it's all bullshit anyway.
[00:48:02] Right. You know what I'm saying?
[00:48:06] But I mean that's the odd thing. It's like
[00:48:10] you always hear that joke of like
[00:48:14] our missile
[00:48:18] defense systems are on like
[00:48:22] 10 inch floppy disks still. Yeah. And people are like well that's
[00:48:26] ridiculous in this modern age why can't they cover it? Because they want it
[00:48:30] to be like 10 inch floppy disk.
[00:48:34] It's not that way. It's air gapped. It's completely air gapped.
[00:48:38] Exactly. Like you can't hack a 10 inch disk.
[00:48:42] So it's like that funny thing of like yeah
[00:48:46] they're still running like our missile defense system on like
[00:48:50] a Commodore 64 but it's more
[00:48:54] secure than the laptop I'm working on right now.
[00:48:58] Like that thing of like as far as we're progressing
[00:49:02] and I'm sitting here working on this laptop with
[00:49:06] a phone next to me that I can access any of the
[00:49:10] world's information on down there.
[00:49:14] The reality is the best way is probably whatever we developed in 1982.
[00:49:18] I agree.
[00:49:25] One last thing to discuss. It popped up this week
[00:49:29] that I found amazing.
[00:49:33] The remaining power for school
[00:49:39] conferences have reached an agreement with the NCAA
[00:49:43] to pay players.
[00:49:47] Okay. Not like name image likeness like they've been doing the
[00:49:51] past few years. This is straight up the schools will now
[00:49:55] be paying their players. Wow. Now I don't know how I feel about that.
[00:50:02] Neither do I. Like I honestly believe players
[00:50:06] deserve to be paid. This is billions of dollars
[00:50:10] that the conferences make every year.
[00:50:14] Based off of TV deals with
[00:50:18] the college football playoff.
[00:50:22] Like there are billions of dollars that are being made and I certainly
[00:50:26] do believe the players deserve a cut of that.
[00:50:30] However, the problem I'm seeing is
[00:50:34] even with the basketball side both men and women
[00:50:38] but the problem becomes with like
[00:50:42] gymnastics like with swimming, diving
[00:50:46] track and field, baseball, softball
[00:50:50] like these other sports that don't
[00:50:54] make nearly as much money as football or basketball
[00:50:58] to a lesser extent.
[00:51:03] A lot of these players have done well with name, image and likeness.
[00:51:07] There's no doubt about that.
[00:51:11] Especially in like these other sports.
[00:51:15] But there is still like a massive gap
[00:51:19] for the most part and it's that
[00:51:23] thing of like now if you're saying you can pay your
[00:51:27] football players and your basketball players
[00:51:31] like how much do they suffer? How much
[00:51:35] less attention are they going to get?
[00:51:39] But also like how does this stop
[00:51:45] like in Alabama or a USC
[00:51:49] or Texas who have
[00:51:53] like unlimited resources from
[00:51:57] their alumni? To just
[00:52:01] funnel that money right in so you can go and recruit
[00:52:05] and you can sign players and give them the most money possible.
[00:52:09] Because the one thing I haven't heard talked about is a cap.
[00:52:14] I mean there is a
[00:52:18] possibility, I mean it's already kind of happened now with name, image and likeness
[00:52:22] with some players where they're literally making less
[00:52:26] money to play in the NFL under a rookie contract than they were.
[00:52:30] You know what I mean?
[00:52:34] Playing for Alabama.
[00:52:38] Like you know Shakur Sanders has like
[00:52:42] millions of dollars in name, image and likeness deals at Colorado.
[00:52:46] And next year when he goes into the draft
[00:52:50] he's going to probably lose money on some of that.
[00:52:54] Some of it is also like I mean I think they have a deal with KFC.
[00:52:58] So he does commercials for KFC. Like there are other things like
[00:53:02] from a national standpoint that will probably continue.
[00:53:06] But still it's like this funny thing of like
[00:53:12] how much money is Ohio State willing to spend
[00:53:18] for the top quarterback in the country?
[00:53:22] How much money is Michigan going to be
[00:53:26] willing to pay for the top defensive back in the country?
[00:53:30] These are the things. And then the transfer portal was
[00:53:35] crazy as it was already but now
[00:53:39] recruiting will never end. Like you could say
[00:53:43] go into the transfer portal, we'll pick you up
[00:53:47] and we guarantee you $2 million a year.
[00:53:51] That's just from us.
[00:53:55] And then with name, image and likeness here's another $3 million.
[00:53:59] So you're going to be making $5 million total. What are you making plan for Pitt?
[00:54:03] Right.
[00:54:07] That's how I see it.
[00:54:16] As an example, Penn State has a very deep donor base.
[00:54:20] But not as deep as Texas.
[00:54:24] Not as deep as Alabama.
[00:54:28] Not as deep as Ohio.
[00:54:32] I feel like it's going to end up going the route of Major League Baseball.
[00:54:39] Where maybe I can work my way into the
[00:54:43] playoff and maybe I can pull off
[00:54:47] a few upsets.
[00:54:51] But it is going to be much harder. And I don't even want to say for a small
[00:54:55] school but for a mid-range school like Penn State, like Pitt,
[00:54:59] West Virginia,
[00:55:03] going outside of the local area even.
[00:55:07] North Carolina, North Carolina State, Kansas,
[00:55:11] Arkansas.
[00:55:15] These schools that are always like 8 and 4,
[00:55:19] 9 and 3, never really in contention for
[00:55:23] the playoff or for a national championship.
[00:55:27] It's a name school that goes to a decent bowl game
[00:55:31] every year.
[00:55:35] Those are the schools. And you want to talk about lesser schools,
[00:55:39] you start talking about outside of the power 4,
[00:55:43] that little guy is going to go away.
[00:55:48] I feel like this is what this is ultimately setting up
[00:55:52] is there's going to be two different
[00:55:56] levels of, there's going to be two different levels of
[00:56:00] major college football. There's going to be the power 4
[00:56:04] which is going to be like all the teams in the
[00:56:10] SEC, ACC, the Big 10 and the Big 12.
[00:56:14] Those 60 schools
[00:56:18] or whatever that total number is in those four conferences
[00:56:22] are going to be level A and they will
[00:56:26] compete against each other and that's where the national championship
[00:56:30] is. And then there's going to be those
[00:56:34] like the MAC and the Mountain West
[00:56:38] and these lesser, non-power
[00:56:42] conferences that might as well have their own playoff
[00:56:46] and their own national championship. Like have the NCAA
[00:56:50] sanction it and they compete on their own and these
[00:56:54] schools are almost like a subdivision
[00:56:58] of the NFL. And like the rest of them
[00:57:02] are actual college athletes.
[00:57:06] I know you don't watch a ton of it but
[00:57:14] how much more would it turn you off to college football?
[00:57:18] If it becomes like that.
[00:57:24] You know what I mean?
[00:57:28] I don't know. I think that the players should get paid.
[00:57:36] But I think they have to feel the struggle
[00:57:42] to get there to be
[00:57:46] who they are. Like I've always felt
[00:57:50] like in season
[00:57:54] you should be paid based upon
[00:57:58] your level. Like if you
[00:58:02] are a freshman then you get paid
[00:58:06] $500 a week. If you are a
[00:58:10] sophomore or a red shirt freshman, that's
[00:58:14] $750. If you are a junior
[00:58:18] then you are at $1000. And then if
[00:58:22] you're a senior $1500 a week.
[00:58:26] In season. You know what I mean? To me like that is
[00:58:30] maybe you pump that up a little bit in football because it's only
[00:58:34] 12 weeks plus a bowl game.
[00:58:38] Maybe you pump that up a little bit
[00:58:42] because compared to other sports like basketball goes on much longer.
[00:58:46] So for like a, not competitive balance but like for a
[00:58:50] balance in how much you're spending on each sport maybe you pump up what a
[00:58:54] football player makes compared to a basketball player. But to me like that
[00:58:58] is optimally, because then that way it's also fair
[00:59:02] Alabama can't come to you and say well
[00:59:06] Pitt's paying you $1000 a week we'll pay you $5000 a week.
[00:59:10] You know like it has to be legislated. This is what
[00:59:14] you're allowed to pay the player based upon where they're at.
[00:59:18] And it's all capped off.
[00:59:22] Whereas to me it sounds like it's just going to be the wild wild
[00:59:26] west and the rich are going to get richer.
[00:59:30] Yeah exactly. You know and the not as rich are going to suffer.
[00:59:34] Yeah I hope it's not like that but you know that's what it is.
[00:59:38] Yeah. I mean the biggest complaint about like the reason they expanded
[00:59:42] the 12 teams in the playoff was people were complaining
[00:59:46] about well it's like the same four teams almost. Right.
[00:59:50] It's Bama, it's Georgia, it was Clemson, Ohio
[00:59:54] State or Oklahoma or Michigan.
[00:59:58] It was like six or eight teams that were only like you could
[01:00:02] that's why they expanded the 12 to give like lesser
[01:00:06] teams a shot. Right. And like
[01:00:10] the thing that drives me is the people were against that were
[01:00:14] like well go back to when Pitt won the ACC do you think they would have had a chance
[01:00:18] in a playoff? Maybe yeah.
[01:00:22] Like no they wouldn't have been a top five.
[01:00:26] But you know you put them in it maybe they pull off an upset
[01:00:30] or two like you know that was a good team. Right.
[01:00:34] You know they lost their bowl game because Kenny Pickett sat out
[01:00:38] the second string quarterback went down with injury and he still almost won.
[01:00:42] You know what I mean? Like it was yes I believe that team
[01:00:48] could have competed in a 12 team system. Right.
[01:00:52] Do I sit here and say do I think they would have won the national title? Well no.
[01:00:56] No I don't. Right. Like I'm not stupid but I think they would have
[01:01:00] had a chance given you opportunity. Yeah.
[01:01:04] You know but now like
[01:01:10] you almost don't want to make it. Yeah. Like
[01:01:14] it would feel like yeah you're in but you really don't have a chance.
[01:01:18] Yeah. It'd be like you know
[01:01:22] a Pirates team going up against the Yankees oh you know that did happen
[01:01:26] in 60 and they did win. But you know what I mean? Like
[01:01:30] you just you'd feel like oh man. Ah they're stacked against us.
[01:01:34] Oh yeah. And that's just how I'd feel about like
[01:01:38] unless you're one of those top teams like going if this is the
[01:01:42] case I would not feel comfortable going into as a
[01:01:46] pit fan I don't think Penn State would do
[01:01:50] well. Right. Like Penn State's always like
[01:01:54] the third or fourth best team in the big
[01:01:58] 10. Always. Like they'll run
[01:02:02] and then they get to like Michigan and Ohio State and they shit the bed.
[01:02:06] Right. You know what I mean? Or they'll like drop a game to Iowa for no reason.
[01:02:10] Like Penn State's always that team. And if you put them into a
[01:02:14] playoff if you said if they were in the top 10 and you
[01:02:18] put them in as an at-large bid like I would
[01:02:22] if I was a Penn State fan I would not be comfortable at all and I'd be worried about getting destroyed.
[01:02:26] Oh yeah. You know what I mean? Like because you're not going to attract
[01:02:30] that top talent. You know if you're if I was Kansas
[01:02:34] if I was a better a better example
[01:02:38] Missouri had a big run this year in the SEC.
[01:02:42] Only lost two games. Probably would have made the playoff this year.
[01:02:46] Right. If I'm Missouri I wouldn't feel comfortable in that situation.
[01:02:50] Like you had a good run in conference but when you got
[01:02:54] to Alabama when you got the big names you still kind of like
[01:02:58] soiled yourself. Right. Good for you. You won
[01:03:02] 10 you lost 2 but the two you lost were the two teams you really needed to beat.
[01:03:06] You know? So it's
[01:03:10] that funny thing of like the expansion of the college football
[01:03:18] playoff in conjunction with this ruling.
[01:03:22] I no longer feel good about college football.
[01:03:26] Fair. Yeah and it bums me out.
[01:03:30] Yeah. Like I'm already
[01:03:34] bummed out because of like the power for conferences
[01:03:38] and the way that map keeps changing and the things that are happening
[01:03:42] where you like man the ACC may end up being the next conference to
[01:03:46] what happens to Pitt. You know?
[01:03:52] And like there was a time where college football made
[01:03:56] so much more sense and the rivalries were there.
[01:04:00] Like everything was right you know?
[01:04:04] And now it's like whatever can make us
[01:04:10] the most money possible.
[01:04:14] You know? It's frustrating.
[01:04:21] It was almost innocent compared to the NFL.
[01:04:25] You know what I'm saying? Well I don't think it was ever like innocent
[01:04:29] like you say. I mean that was like the duffel bags of money
[01:04:33] being handed off and stuff. Oh yeah. But I mean like
[01:04:37] I just mean it from the standpoint of
[01:04:44] like before Virginia Tech
[01:04:50] Miami and Boston College left the Big East. Okay.
[01:04:54] To go to the ACC. See we're talking 2003-2004.
[01:04:58] Yeah. Like all the
[01:05:04] rivalries were just there. Like even like in like
[01:05:08] I mean there is something that will never go away. Like Ohio State Michigan will never go away.
[01:05:12] USC and UCLA like they work together
[01:05:16] like there was some enemies that worked together to get themselves
[01:05:20] in the better situations. Yeah. But like I don't want
[01:05:26] to see USC playing Wisconsin
[01:05:30] in November. Okay. In
[01:05:34] a snow game. Like you know what I mean?
[01:05:38] Yeah. Or I don't want to
[01:05:42] like it was just stuff like that. Like
[01:05:46] college football was regionalized. It was
[01:05:50] regionalized for a reason because the rivalries
[01:05:54] were just easier to maintain. Okay. Like
[01:05:58] the NFL kind of got it right in that aspect when they redesigned their map
[01:06:03] of like some
[01:06:07] teams have to stay like Cleveland, Baltimore
[01:06:13] Cincinnati and Pittsburgh making up the AFC North
[01:06:17] makes sense because all four of those
[01:06:21] teams hate each other. Yeah. And all four of those teams are within
[01:06:25] a four hour drive of each other. Right. You know like
[01:06:29] or a six hour drive maybe from Cincinnati to Baltimore six hours I don't know. But like
[01:06:33] they're all drivable. Like you can you know it's like that thing of like
[01:06:37] you know we hate each other because we're so close to each other.
[01:06:41] Right. You know and that was like you know Pitt West Virginia like you know
[01:06:45] two hour car ride. Right. And these are two schools that
[01:06:49] hate each other. Hate each other to this day. You know
[01:06:53] Michigan Ohio State Alabama
[01:06:57] and Auburn like some you know some some things
[01:07:01] are able to you're able to keep together with some things like you know
[01:07:05] when Pitt left the ACC or the the Big East excuse me
[01:07:09] and went to the ACC like they don't have a rivalry
[01:07:13] game anymore. Right. Like when I got to play Penn State
[01:07:17] that was a rivalry game. When I get to play West Virginia that's the why
[01:07:21] I hate that rivalry game. There is not a rivalry game in the ACC
[01:07:25] for Pitt like the closest you would come
[01:07:32] would probably be like for a while there they had a string of games against both Duke
[01:07:36] and North Carolina that were ridiculously crazy.
[01:07:40] But like I wouldn't call it a rivalry.
[01:07:44] Right. Like you know what I mean like they're not close enough
[01:07:48] that I would be like oh yeah Duke I hate those motherfuckers.
[01:07:52] I hate North Carolina. I like I have like no hatred
[01:07:56] towards any ACC team in all honesty.
[01:08:00] I hate I still hate Miami. I always hate Miami.
[01:08:04] Right. But like that's still not like a real rivalry.
[01:08:08] Yeah I agree. You know what I mean. Yeah I see that.
[01:08:12] Like and it's like Penn State. Penn State left Penn State
[01:08:16] joined the big the Big Ten in what like 1994.
[01:08:20] Right. So we're talking
[01:08:24] 30 years later I still don't think they have a real rival
[01:08:28] in the Big Ten. Right. And they've been there
[01:08:32] for 30 years. Like they tried to create a rival with Michigan State
[01:08:36] but like Michigan State already had a rivalry with
[01:08:40] Michigan. Like you know they had the land grant trophy and everything
[01:08:44] it's just like that doesn't make my toes curl.
[01:08:48] Yeah. You know like it's that funny thing
[01:08:52] and it's also like the sad thing is like
[01:08:56] when Pitt joined the ACC they joined with Syracuse.
[01:09:00] Okay. And like you know I mean there was a rivalry
[01:09:04] there but not like a strong rivalry just because you played each other every year. That was right.
[01:09:08] Like I wish Pitt had joined the ACC with West Virginia.
[01:09:12] Yeah. Like I wish that's what would have happened. Yeah.
[01:09:18] Because I you know but for the ACC they wanted to be in
[01:09:22] the New York market and they needed Syracuse. Right. So
[01:09:26] I'm sure even if Pitt had tried ACC would have been like no we want
[01:09:30] Syracuse. We don't need West Virginia. Right. You know.
[01:09:34] So but yeah this news
[01:09:40] bums me out and but like you said as much as I believe players do
[01:09:44] deserve to be paid I'm just I got a bad feeling this is
[01:09:48] going to get out of control real fast. Yeah.
[01:09:55] All right well anything to add to the proceedings there sir? No I'm good sir. Or remember there
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