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The Invasion- Friday Frivolity

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The Invasion- Friday Frivolity

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The Ticket Top 10The Invasion- Friday Frivolity. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

I'm Sam Slayton, co-owner and CEO at Sante Center for Healing. For 30 years, Sante Center has helped people reclaim their lives from addiction, through expert care, compassion, and proven results. Did you know you can talk with a counselor at any time? Details at SanteCenter.com. We got college football kicked off last week, but we all know week one is the real big week when we get things really rolling. And so I put together a little game. It's called, who are they? I will present to you a university and you have to tell me their team name. Oh no. We're going to go all around the country, small schools, big schools everywhere. Sooner or less. Donovan, since you seem ready to roll, I'll let you go first and I give you, uh, let's go with NC State.

Wolfpack. All right. Well done. Hot start. Hot, hot, hot start. Matt McClarin, I give you U-TEP. The miners. The miners too for two years. Are you taking all the points? Oh, let's go back to Donovan. I am actually. And I give you Marshall. Aren't they the Thunder and Hurd? Yeah. Oh, we are killing it. We are. The fighting Randy Mosses. Fighting Randy Mosses. Which had Pinington. Byron left which too maybe? Yeah, sure was. Western Kentucky, Matt McClarin. Hill top. Oh, that was easy. I know. It was pretty quick on that one. This definitely is culturally biased towards Matt. You think so? Donovan, bowling green. The pins. No, I don't know. It's the Falcons. The bowling green. You know that? Falcons.

You did it. We have our first break. And let's see. The pins. What do you think you are? Matt McClarin, Delaware. The blue hens. I'm going to give it to you. It is the fighting blue hens technically, but that is correct. And we have a new leader in the clubhouse. Three to two. And who are they? He broke my serve. I know. He didn't. He didn't sure it did. Oh, maybe the joke of it. Of this game. I'll miss it. You got to throw up. I'll miss a couple. Donovan. Wake Forest. The demon Deakin. All right. It's a weird name. I know it is. Back on the board. Because Deakin's you wouldn't think of with demons. Right. So I put those together. It doesn't make any sense. Oh, Matt old Dominion. Oh, old Dominion. They are the monarchs. They are indeed the monarchs. They are the monarchs. Donovan.

Let's go with Tulsa. Just the golden hurricane. The golden hurricane out of nowhere. Four to four now. And who are they? That was a complete guess. Yeah, I had another name on mine. I just went with that one. What was the other one? I don't know now. It's going. The turquoise hurricane. It's going. Oh, Matt. Let's go with you, Mass. You Mass. The minute men. That's correct. I've heard that was your nickname in college. Why? I should give you a point for that really to be honest. I should get back on serve with that one. I would think so, but we'll stay in the jokes on you because I didn't do that in college. Yeah, no, I'm not sure that was an old one. That wasn't a that was kind of a cell phone. If anything, I can't ask Matt this one. So I'll ask you, Donovan, the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Oh, I can see the the the mascot. Oh, my gosh, I see it. What is it? Five to four here. It's like the little slithery thing with the tongue coming out. The University of Alabama Birmingham. Yeah, but they're actual name would not have. Yeah, there's nothing to do with that. I don't know if you're slithering. You're not going to say the dragons, but that's wrong. They do have a dragon mask. That's what I was thinking. Yeah, they're the blazers. Oh, damn it. That's right. Because of fire from that. That's right. That's right. It's really weird because they're basketball arena. There's a dragon statue out in front of it, but they call them the blazers. So that makes no sense. Matt, I give you it is Birmingham. So it is. The UT Rio Grande Valley University. Finally, when I don't know. They are in the Southland conference. They are. They just started what two years ago, and they were blowing people out. Yeah, I would announce them in commerce. They have a Rio Grande Valley.

I will go with. Man, I don't even know the Wildcats. That is incorrect. They are the Vicaros. The Vicaros. They have a really cool color scheme as well. Really? Yeah. Donovan, let's go with New Mexico state. New Mexico state. Oh, dang it. One's the Lobos. One's the Aggies. You can do it. Lobos. Damn it. Turns out you couldn't do it. I thought you could. You could. Cool colors. Like I'm always true Falls test. So bad. It's like picking a line. You know what? Did Dr. Pointe from yourself? No. No, I had to. Did Dr. Pointe from Matt for that. No, I don't think so. I don't think so. Matt Miami University of Ohio. They are. Well, what are they calling now? The Red Hawks here. The Red Hawks at six to four. And who are they? I don't like how casually you're just throwing this out.

Like it's just so matter of fact. Like anyone to know this. Donovan. You can get Rio Grande Valley. Right. He missed that one. He gave you. Have you already. Utah State. Utah State. They're the Aggies. They are the Aggies. It's a frequent. Picks with friends triple play. Okay. I don't know if you know it. You know it. That's right. Matt, I give you Incarnate Word. Oh, another one. That's a that visits commerce. Another opening here. Yeah, I'm not going to get this one either. Hey bird. Cannot remember for the life of me what they are. The Bibles. Well, they are not the Bibles. They are the Cardinals. So you actually weren't that far. Or that's right. Yeah, I couldn't remember. Uh, Donovan, I give you. Well, let's see. I'm out of Aggies. So uh, give you Jacksonville State.

Well, that's another frequent. Picks with friends. Jacksonville State. Yeah, give me the Gamecocks. That is correct. And we were back in a Thai game. And who are they? Donovan Lewis tying this one up. East Carolina. Matthew. Another one. Just so easy on that. These are all your friends, huh? Yeah. Uh, let's see here. Let's go Tarleton State. Donovan. Oh, man, I can feel an SFA confused. What's SFA? Tarleton State. No, that's. Oh, that's out in Tarleton. Right. No, right. I know. Steve. Yeah, does that help? Yeah. I'm going to get it wrong because I'm getting confused with Lomba Jackson. Yeah, which is SFA. That's true. Yeah, they're all purple. Tarleton State. The Texans. Yes. The Texans. No points awarded there. Uh, Matt, let's go.

UT Permian Basin. I'm trying to give him a chance. I'm trying to give him a chance. They visited commerce. So you know this one too. I mean, I've announced them. The Permian Basin. I have no idea. I will go with. Lobos. It is the Falcons. The Falcons tied up. It's spread. I didn't even know they had a football team. Of course. That's disrespectful. Yeah, anybody in the FBS I would get. But lower level schools. I don't know. That's why I put him on the list here. You are so elitist. Donovan. State in effect. Let's go with Appalachian State. Appalachian. The Mountaineers. All right. And he pulls a head seven to six. Donovan Lewis here. What I need to do is miss on purpose. So I get a million points in the last one. Always a chance. Always a chance. Let's see here. Matt, give you middle Tennessee. Middle Tennessee. The Blue Raiders. The Blue Raiders.

The Blue Raiders back. That's seven. Donovan Nevada. Nevada. Wolfpack. The Wolfpack. I got two Wolfpacks. Rolling now. It's kind of cool. It's almost like I'm theming. What I ask you guys. Fighting. I can't wait for my next UT random. Matt, I give you Texas A&M Kingsville. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to miss this one. Texas A&M Kingsville is the Cowboys. It is the Havillinas. The Havillinas. Intense rival of East Texas State University. I'm not sure in school. I'm really rivals to the conference. Donovan, I give you. Please give me like Michigan. You give him. Michigan. You get Michigan. Oh, that one's a good big one. All right. Go ahead. I'm sorry. I'll give you something in between. How about coastal Carolina? You want to talk about frequent in a pigs with friends.

That doesn't mean I'm going to get it. Because it's a funny name. It is a funny name. This is going to be wrong, but I feel like it's right. Like the chanteliers. But that's someone else. Yeah, and I can't give it to you. It is the chanta clears. Oh! Chanta clears. You sound the right track. You were so close. You were so close. I feel like that's far enough off. That I can't give it to you. What? It wasn't even that funny. It was a misspeak. A misspeak. A misspeak. Don't try to recover points in the funny section of the judging here. That's my next random answer, Will. Let's see here, Matt. Elkintra. Elkintra. Twist you up. Let's go with southern miss. Southern miss. The gold neagles. All right, back on the board. Back tied up at eight. And howdy'sburg, Mississippi. Donovan. Kent State. Kent State. I moved to steel. I don't know. I like the way you were looking at me. Why is it so creepy? I don't know.

There's a lot of lips there. Let's take a stab. Please. And say the golden flashes. I knew you had it in you. I believed in you. That's pulling it out of my, you know what? Boy, don't leave. At the very last second. Don't we know it. Let's get a couple more in here. Matt, I give you Wyoming. Wyoming. Passies. That is the Cowboys. Cowboys indeed. Donovan, how about Prairie View, A&M? The Panthers. Ooh, the Panthers. Stand on top of it. Uh, Matt Lamar. Cardinals? Cardinals. All right. We're just flying through here. Look at us with these universities. LAUGHTER Donovan. LAUGHTER Youngstown State as we come to a full stop.

Youngstown State. Yes, in Ohio. What do I think? Uh... I don't know. The O's. The O's. Because Ohio. Two O's in Ohio. No. It is the penguins. No idea how they ended up with that one. What a terrible name for a football team. Just awful. The penguins? See, go pins. If you had randomly guessed that, you would have been right. Kind of. All right, that feels unfair to ask him that one. So I'll go with Matt. Just ask. Sam Houston. The Bearcats. The Bearcats pulling ahead by one. See, I know that because they were a huge rival of ours in college. Let's see here. I got to find a good one because this is definitely a million point question. But Bearcats with the key. Million point question. Donovan. Oh, I get the million point question. All right. He's winning. He's winning right now. Man, I got to find one a really good one. Let's see. Washington. Not Washington. It's not going to be UTA. It's not going to be North Texas.

I think. Let's go with... UTSA is probably too easy. Yes, sure is. UTSA is probably too easy. I think... You know what? You know what? Oh, he doesn't know UTSA. It's a lie. It can't be say it's tricky. Am I what? In the HEB Battle for I-35. Between the Texas State Bobcats and the UTSA. Roll runners. Oh! Do iters! I knew you knew it. I knew you knew it. That was it. I have a poker face. I beat him last night. You're trying to trick me into asking you UTSA. If you did it. I won. This is a wonderful game. Thank you. What was the other one you were going to ask him? I was going to go with Akron. Okay. The Zyps. Zyps. You got it in the way. What about... It's the outfit. Why did you use this instead of... You used it now in Fervolody instead of an 1130 for I got one. Truck drivers. The holiday rush is here. Now is the perfect time to become a Schneider team truck driver.

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