00:00This is the last day we're going to talk World Cup for probably four years.
00:04You're correct.
00:05I'm telling you.
00:06I've never been more correct about something, JP.
00:07We're going to be a little bit into the Women's World Cup.
00:09We're going to pay attention to that, especially if the U.S. women start balling.
00:13That's a year from now, right?
00:14Who are the top female players?
00:16Trinity Rodman's one.
00:18I'm pushing my knowledge.
00:19I have to brush up.
00:21Wouldn't they be the favorite to win?
00:23They always do well.
00:24They've won two of the last three, I think.
00:27I would assume they'd be, if they're not the favorite, top two or three.
00:29Maybe England.
00:30Here's what I wanted to bring up about the World Cup, whether you care about this or not.
00:35But the United States had to wait 32 years between opportunities to host the Men's World Cup.
00:41All right, 32 years.
00:43Spain apparently is a favorite.
00:44For most people, they've said that this World Cup, which was not only played in the United States,
00:52but also in Canada and Mexico, that it was a home run.
00:56That it was a smashing success.
00:58It was huge all over the place.
01:00Every stadium was packed.
01:02The United States get the World Cup back.
01:04Apparently, they can maybe get it back in 2038.
01:08Yes.
01:10Why would we say in any other country they should get it?
01:13So the next go-round, 2030, is Spain, Portugal, Morocco.
01:17All right.
01:19Then FIFA announced that it would hold the opening centennial matches in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
01:25Okay.
01:25That's 2034?
01:26So they're going to hit South America.
01:27No, that's 2030.
01:28Oh.
01:282030 is a mix.
01:29The main World Cup is going to be in Spain, Portugal, Morocco.
01:32Oh.
01:33Okay.
01:33But to celebrate the 100-year anniversary, they're going to host a small number of games,
01:37like in the origin spots.
01:40Got you.
01:40Uruguay.
01:40So where is it going to be in 2034?
01:42Saudi Arabia.
01:43Saudi Arabia.
01:44Yeah.
01:44They shouldn't put it in Saudi Arabia.
01:46It was in Qatar in 2022.
01:47Yeah.
01:48No one watched it.
01:50FIFA's getting paid, right?
01:51Of course they are.
01:52Of course they're getting paid.
01:53Of course.
01:54We do find a more corrupt organization on the planet than FIFA over the years.
01:58We definitely deserve it.
01:59I think by all accounts, it was a smash.
02:02Home run.
02:03This country embraced soccer, I think, it feels like more than it ever has before.
02:08So there's no official host right now for 2038?
02:10Not yet.
02:11I don't think Saudi Arabia is even official.
02:14Oh, it's just rumored.
02:15There's a rumor?
02:16Rumored.
02:16Okay.
02:17I don't know.
02:17I mean, look, we do, I think, a great job, but I mean, England hasn't hosted a World Cup
02:25since 1966, I believe.
02:28We're just cutting in line again.
02:30I mean, look, I know we're kind of...
02:32But we've got so many more stadiums.
02:34Now England's got plenty of stadiums.
02:35They don't have soccer stadiums in England?
02:36I know, but I mean, do they have...
02:39They got plenty.
02:40They got plenty.
02:41They're big enough?
02:41They got big enough?
02:42How many did we use?
02:43Like six, eight?
02:44We used like, I think, 12 or 10 or 12.
02:47They got...
02:47They've got that many?
02:48Yes.
02:49Yeah, we have.
02:49All right.
02:52England...
02:52You say England is...
02:53I mean, I'm not going to argue.
02:54They hosted the Olympics.
02:55I'm not going to argue with you.
02:56I mean, I'm sure there are plenty of other countries that deserve it.
02:59But I mean, would the U.S. deserve another crack at it in our lifetime?
03:04I think so.
03:05The TV ratings are monstrous, too.
03:06I'm seeing that the semifinal round averaged 25.6 million combined viewers, and they say
03:14the pre-match projections from Awful Announcing and Sportico place the final between 35 and
03:2155 million viewers.
03:23Okay.
03:23Feels like everyone was watching.
03:25It looks like the possible bidding for the 2038 Cup is going to come down to Germany,
03:31Austria, and Switzerland doing one bid, Italy, and Hungary combining for one, and France
03:38from the European side.
03:40Also, the U.S., Canada, Mexico trying to get in the mix again.
03:44China, Japan, and South Korea combining.
03:48Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand possibly combining.
03:50And then this one's a wacky.
03:52New Zealand, Fiji, and the United States.
03:55So New Zealand's in a couple bits.
03:57That's for 20.
03:58That's for 20.
03:5938.
03:59Yeah, so that's way off in the distance.
04:01I don't know.
04:01I'm biased.
04:02They should have it back here in Atlanta, L.A., Dallas, New York.
04:07What about D.C.?
04:08Yeah, D.C.
04:09Have a new stadium.
04:10We've been doing this show for seven World Cups, right?
04:14This is the most I've been into it.
04:16And I know we did a couple appearances in the past.
04:19Of course.
04:19I don't know if that was four years ago or eight years ago.
04:22Yeah.
04:22If not 12 years ago.
04:24Yeah.
04:24I remember going to the bracket room.
04:25Whatever the heck that was.
04:27Yeah.
04:27I remember going there, too.
04:28Of course.
04:29But this was the most I've been into it.
04:31I'm telling you.
04:31Like, across the board, I watched the most games.
04:34I agree.
04:35I agree.
04:36Country embraced it completely.
04:37It was great schedule-wise.
04:41Packed crowds.
04:42Yeah, I thought it was amazing.
04:44But I get it if you're...
04:44It's a home run.
04:45England, for example, as Drab brings up.
04:48I'm not saying those other countries don't deserve it either.
04:50They're probably distraught.
04:50Yeah.
04:51I don't know how it works.
04:52I assume it's just whoever gets bribed the most.
04:55If we get it back in 2038, we'll all be 66 or 67.
04:59I think I'd be 68.
05:01You might be 68.
05:02I'd be 68.
05:03Yeah.
05:04I think your math is bad, Cakes.
05:06Is it bad?
05:07Well, you're 55, right?
05:09Plus 12.
05:1167 or 68.
05:1267.
05:12I'll solve it a little bit.
05:14You're so bad at math.
05:15I'm bad at math.
05:17We'd be close to 70.
05:18I would just round up close to 70.
05:20Yeah.
05:21One of us would have a cane.
05:22One of us would be...
05:23No, one of us would be dead.
05:24Oh.
05:25One of us would be dead by then?
05:26It's possible.
05:26At 68?
05:28Yeah.
05:28I might have a hairy in a couple years.
05:31You might have a cane in a couple years?
05:33You might.
05:34If you have a hairy before you're 60...
05:38My knees are wrecked.
05:39If you have a hairy before you're 65, that's not trending well.
05:44Really, shouldn't...
05:45Really, hairy should be 80 plus.
05:48I'm not disagreeing with you.
05:52Or a Herschel.
05:54A Walker.
05:59A Walker.
06:00Yeah.
06:01What's the next?
06:02What's after that?
06:03There's no way you know one.
06:05There's no way to...
06:06There's no way to label a wheelchair.
06:09There's just not.
06:10Well, some of the Herschels, they have built in...
06:12They're like their little combo wheelchair.
06:15Herschels.
06:16It's got a seat built in.
06:17Yeah, like my mom has the one with the brakes.
06:19You could say Knievel for the wheelchair, because he did a lot of wheelies.
06:25I'm reaching.
06:26I'm reaching.
06:27But I like it.
06:28I like where you're going with it.
06:29You're stretching.
06:30Knievel.
06:30It sounds good, anyway.
06:32I just don't want a hairy or a Herschel anytime soon.
06:34I told you...
06:35From the 80s, okay, I can maybe accept it.
06:38When we wheel my mom around, we have to put a weight belt around her, because if you hit
06:43a bump, she could go flying.
06:45She needs to be secured in there.
06:47It makes sense.
06:48In fact, when my wife took her back from church, she thought she dunked her off.
06:51She hit like a pothole, and my mom just went flying out of the thing.
06:56She's got to be secured.
06:58Some miracle didn't die.
07:00You know what?
07:01God on her side.
07:02She got God on her side.
07:03I mean, it was leaving church.
07:05It was leaving church.
07:07Yeah.
07:07I'm sure that definitely helped.
07:10It's not like she was leaving the sports book.
07:12She was leaving church.
07:14Does your mom even know what a sports book is?
07:16No.
07:16She probably has no idea.
07:18She wasn't leaving Saratoga.
07:19She wasn't leaving the pari-mutual area.
07:22How funny would it be, though, if you found out she had a secret FanDuel account?
07:26That would be the biggest upset of all time.
07:28No.
07:29Not going to happen.
07:29What if it's swole?
07:30Well, I don't know.
07:31What if Mrs. Bickle's just the world's greatest handicapper?
07:33No.
07:34Making money left and right.
07:35No.
07:35She's the anti-Mike Marr.
07:38Imagine her finding a FanDuel account.
07:40My mom's name.
07:41Yeah.
07:43Like Mrs. T in the rocking chair?
07:45Yeah, yeah.
07:46Mrs. T.
07:46$25 wagers on baseball.
07:48You know Jason learned how to gamble largely because of his buddy's mom?
07:51Mm-hmm.
07:53Former buddy's mom.
07:54You want adults to be positive influences in people's kids' lives?
07:58It was a mentor.
07:59It was a betting mentor.
08:00It was the pair.
08:00Mom and dad.
08:01Right.
08:01I mean, they were both.
08:02She was much more into it than him.
08:03They were both DJs.
08:05Yeah.
08:05She was much more into it than him.
08:07Yeah.
08:07No doubt.
08:07Do you think did that continue on throughout her life, or was that just a phase?
08:11I don't know.
08:11That's a good question.
08:13Yeah.
08:13Man, if you want to.
08:13I think it was a phase.
08:14Speaking of betting, if you want to bet the over in runs for the Nats Rockies still today.
08:18Hold on.
08:18Hold on.
08:19It is 13 and a half.
08:22It's actually lower than that.
08:23It's 11 and a half.
08:25Who's pitching?
08:26You've got Alvarez taking on some dude named Freeland for the Rockies.
08:31Kyle Freeland.
08:32Yeah.
08:32He's been there forever.
08:33K. Freeland.
08:35You know what?
08:36I still kind of like the over because Alvarez will probably get hammered.
08:40Might play some danger.
08:41That's why Freeland's ERA is 7.4.
08:45Yeah.
08:46I'm placing that bet right now.
08:47I think over 11 and a half is a good bet.
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