Mike Wargon
Appearances
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
She's a week today. Sleep has been, you know, not awesome. Probably worse for my wife than me, but, you know, it's kind of funny because...
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
a bunch of people said this and it's just true to live it is like the second one you just worry about so much less shit you know it's like it's kind of like more chill like you got another kid but also like i'm just not worried about the same stuff i was worried about with the first one you're like yeah it'll probably be fine this is fine like we don't have to worry about like we didn't have anything she came about a month early we didn't have really anything ready we didn't have a name when we first went to the hospital so we're feeling good right now uh we have a name so that's good i do like that though the
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
It's a very Raiders pick.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
It feels like one of those things that you screwed up once. I don't think you need to do it again. Here's the thing. You didn't ruin this guy's life. You didn't ruin the Raising Cain situation. But I don't know that this helps or hurts. It just kind of makes you look a little bit weird. I didn't really think about putting him on the spot to have to explain who you are.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
But I think if the guy just says, hey, I have no idea who that person is, so... they probably just move on and nothing really matters. I don't think in the grand scheme of things, you screwed anything up really, but now you're going to have to go back into that raising canes. Cause you said you're kind of a regular in like, what if that guy recognizes you and he's working there?
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
I mean, I guess you'll find out eventually whether or not it worked out or not. Um, maybe you go in next time. He's like, Hey man, appreciate, really appreciate the, uh, you know, the, the boost there. I ended up getting the gig or maybe he's like, what the hell was that? I don't want to work with this guy.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
So I, I don't think there's any real harm here, but you're, you're kind of a weirdo by doing this. I'm going to be honest.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
So that worked out really well for me. Yeah.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
You got in and it was like, hey, I know you're great, blah, blah, blah. He's like, we worked together for so long.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
I must just have one of those faces. Got the letter of recommendation from Russillo, apparently. Right.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
People want to know him. You know, people want to be associated with war gun. I get it. I know he's so freaked out by this. He swore, which doesn't happen a lot.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
It's a popular one. Trust me. I got a lot of name knowledge these days. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Yeah, you know, because you want to pick, you know, we want to pick kind of a unique name, but not one that everybody uses. And Olivia, I feel like it's been like in the top three for 10 straight years. Were you guys like checking the stats? Oh, yeah.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
I was on the baby name stuff, like, you know, looking around. And Sophia is another popular one. I think Emmy, Emma, something like that is in there. There's a couple that are just always in the top five. But Olivia has been one for a long time.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
Yeah, what if your kid doesn't like Coachella?
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
It's swung back though to traditional. Now, like the grandma names are kind of back in, you know, Genevieve and Margaret, Eleanor, Eleanor, Eloise, Dottie's not back. Dottie. Well, I don't, you know, you don't know. I don't know. I mean, Dottie, I don't know any Dottie's, but give it 10 years. You know, you never know. Um, I was thinking about the other day. I haven't met a baby named Steve.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
I couldn't tell you the last time it was a Steve. I think Steve's out. Do you hang out with a lot of babies? No, but I don't know that there are a bunch of Steves. That's not true because now I bring my daughter to daycare. There's no baby Steves. None. Done. I imagine the Mike run is over. That was a long run you guys had. Yeah, but I feel like Michael is still in. Ryan's definitely still in.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
Not your Ryan, but, you know, the greater Ryan. The greater Ryan? What does that mean? Not with the E. You know, the E is, you know. What I don't understand is like we want to name our kids something, but we're just going to like throw in more vowels, not a different vowel.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
Saxon's a perfect example. Jackson with an X. Like what? That's strange. Or like Amy with two E's, you know, or just throwing unnecessary vowels. We know what the name is. Why do you have to spell it this way? So, you know, I don't know.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
Anyway, let's talk in names. I don't want to say this.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
Yeah, we call it. Her name's Hallie.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
That's kind of sick. You're not a Bulls fan, though?
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
Yeah, he literally thought that. He was like, don't think you can live up to it. He was like, no, I don't think these kids got it. Can't do it.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
Yeah. It's not like you're completely abandoning the cat either. Just keep it outside. You can keep feeding it, but it just can't hang out on the couch with you guys. That seems like a reasonable, again, this person's probably not reasonable if they're going to put up a huge fight about it. And then maybe that just, you know, now you have more motivation to,
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
get out of your current situation and, you know, live solo or a duo with your wife. But yeah, I think you just say, we don't want this. Could you get the landlord involved? Like, is there a way to just be like, could you just make up something that like you can't have pets that you forgot about to put in the original contract? I don't know. I'm sure he's not excited about this cat either. Yeah.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
My wife wanted it. We got it as a present. You know, I guess it could be worse. I'd hate to take a shot at a guy who's not here. Could have five rabbits. That'd probably be worse. But the cat thing, the litter box. He wishes he had five. Yeah, it's growing.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
The Annual Todd McShay–Daniel Jeremiah NFL Draft Fest!
put your foot down yeah this is this is you put your big boy pants on your your your groom pants on your married man pants on eventually if you want to honestly like your tailored your wife yeah your tailored pants exactly your it sounds your wife's not into this it sounds or your future wife's not into this so this seems like a total win for you to stand up and be like the hero in this situation so that's what i would do yeah and then lock in that you're actually going to get married this summer
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
Yeah, I have a vacation coming up, and it's just poor planning. I thought it was going to work out perfectly, but babies come when babies come. He's scrambling. It's my fault, but what can you do? I did get some new luggage yesterday, and I got to say, I feel awesome. I was working with some kind of a patch job.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
I got the Samsonite backpack to go with it, and I got to say, I can't wait to be strolling through LAX with that thing. I'm excited. I've been hand-me-down luggage forever. And now it's like a real, got a hard case.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
No, I'm just going to do two weeks in the crowd, Joel. And I don't know. It's going to be, I've got my buddies open it up like a bar restaurant. I've got a wedding, and there's like another thing in between. They're like 10 days apart, and I'm like, you know what? I'll just take two weeks right at the end of the NBA season. What could go wrong?
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
Well, I would do life advice because that's normal times. You know, I think BS Pod's a little more erratic when it comes to we got to do stuff right now. East Coast hours be a little tough for me. So you got to take vacation sometime, I guess. I don't know. We'll see.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
Let her miss you a little bit, you know, save a few bucks too. And what do we think about like the 16th? The 16th would be a great day for me right off the direct deposit hits.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
I'm not talking like, like Dave Chappelle and, and half baked where he's trying to stretch like $18 over two hours. But like, like for me, like, like an experience, but that's like, it's not going to be a $300 dinner. Like I'll take, I'll take my wife to the LA zoo every once in a while. And that's like, you know, that's like four hours.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
We'll have a bad sandwich in the cafe or whatever, but you know, you, you really get your bang for your buck. You have like one of those go-tos when you're like, yeah, she's going to love this, but you know, I'm not going to hate it either.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
That's that's kind of part of it.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
i wonder if you could find out if she's one of those people who would like her friends and family to be around and like a video of it or is it like can you just do it at a really nice dinner or you know over a sandwich in central park is that what wargon did i don't know but i i think like do you want do you know if she like some people talk about this before it's it's not necessarily like the how it works but you know
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
about maybe the timing of it. Like, are we going to do it soon? Like sometimes like the, the magic is gone and they know it's coming, but they don't know when sometimes that, you know, you're just going to completely throw them off. So I think if you could find out if, if she's like, I'm sure there's the pie chart of women who, you know, want it at a bulls game. It's very small.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
And I think more get it than want it. But it doesn't sound like that's in your view. So, you know, if she's fine just being on a beach somewhere and, you know, it's just you two and, you know, a bunch of strangers are clapping when you do it, then fine. But, you know, if it's important to her that her, you know, her sister and her best friends and they're like, oh, my God.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
And then you guys go have dinner or whatever. I don't know. I think you maybe see if you can find out what kind of. things she would prefer. Maybe even ask her sister if you can trust her not to spill the beans, like, or, you know, whoever is in her life. Be like, do you, does this sound right? I don't know.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
But yeah, I don't think, I don't think it has to be the greatest thing anyone's ever heard of. But as long as it's a nice story that she's going to tell over and over again, it feels good about telling.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
I guess that wasn't really an answer, but.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
I see the wheels turning. No, I'm just imagining like the backwards, like, was that, is it too clever? And you have to be like, no, I think it says. It was too clever.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
I explained it. It reminds me of that. Like I saw it on Instagram where this guy was like driving past a bunch of billboards and it was like, will you go to prom with me? And the girl was like, what kind of idiot would do that? It's actually, those are my billboards. Oh, I'd love to go to prom with you.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
An absolute romantic. We got the wine in Central Park. He made a magazine.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
He turned the Spotify Sweden work trip into a proposal. Way to parlay that. I mean, unreal.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
You guys are going to be fine for those two weeks. I can already tell. Yeah, you guys are going to be great.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
You guys have a standard. Yeah. Right.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
Yeah, as a guy who went in 2018 and probably the best day of my life so far, really, really awesome. I check every year. I'm just going to power through this. I check every year to see if I can get in. I'm in the real lottery. I look on the secondary markets and it's like, I'd really like to bring my dad because that's what Bill did when I went. And I was like, wow, what a great moment.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
And then I went and dropped him off somewhere that I couldn't go. But I like... I would really, I always check every year to come back and I, and I'm just here to tell you it's hard. And then you get the tickets and you're like, boy, I hope we have some place to stay. And that's maybe even harder, I think. So, um, No, it's not bad at all. I mean, per Cerruti's Abercrombie comeback, I checked.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
And it turns out I actually like Abercrombie now. When I was in middle school, early high school, definitely different vibes. The story even smells different. But they sell a bunch of cool throwback stuff. And yeah, I was not at the Athens Olympics. And I don't really care if you feel one way or another when I wear that throwback shirt. So I look at it the same way. It's really hard to get there.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
And if you're like me and every year, it just doesn't seem to work out.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
um i think you wear that shirt and feel good about it it's a sick logo and um yeah we went over this with the the fire department shirts you know from your from your cool uncle or whatever like it's totally fine i think the masters thing maybe it's the disappointment from the other party by going oh have you been and then you're like no and then they were disappointed they didn't get to ask they want to talk about 13 or something they're like oh this guy hasn't even been out
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
Uh, learn how to deal with a master's hat, learn how to deal with the question because it's, it will be asked, especially if a lot of dudes have been to the masters and they love talking about it. I love talking about it. Uh, so, you know, just be prepared for that question. And the, uh,
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
Like, Abercrombie, they have... They just have, like, a bunch of... They have, like, a throwback edition where they're... It's like that retro logo line. Yeah, it's the retro logos. They look a little faded, you know?
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
So, like, you know, maybe to the untrained eye, you could fool someone into thinking that this was my dad's Atlanta Olympics shirt or something, you know, from the 90s or, you know, the Greece one is the one I ended up buying. So... I don't know. I just don't, I don't think I should have to explain that either.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
Or if I do explain it, I don't think you should be able to be like, wow, dude, you didn't even go. It's not sports stolen valor. It's just an event. That's cool. And the shirt's cool too.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
How can you do? It sounds like your dad gave you some great advice. And I'm a big proponent of breaking up when you leave that point of higher education or even high school. I'm a proponent of that anyway. And I know there's exceptions, but I think that's a great natural breaking point to go see what kind of dude or...
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
chick is that the equivalent of dude you are uh at the next stage in your next city at your next job uh whatever that is so i'd i'd lean i'd lean towards you know this is a natural breakup point um but i don't think it's because of the mother law and i think your dad gave you some good advice basically be like don't be like me man we had some big big problems and a lot of it was from this i don't think it was don't be like me i think it was more of you you'll find a way
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
you'll find a way to, well, he said he had some major problems and she was at the center of it. And he had, you know, I think he, like he said, he's learned to accept it, but it sounded like it took a while and maybe it was a little rocky in the beginning. And he was like, man, I wish I could have that one back if I just didn't fight that battle.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
But yeah, you being cold and like that, you're not the only one who knows. Like, even if you think you're being sneaky about it, like the third time you cancel on something, even if you have good reasons, they're going to be like, does something wrong with Todd? Is everything fine?
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
But I'm certainly a proponent of, you know, the natural dispersal point when you end a four-year thing like college or high school and just see what else is out there.
The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Luka’s Homecoming, an NFL Draft QB Breakdown With Quincy Avery, and Cincinnati Basketball GM Corey Evans Joins
Yeah.