Greg Cote kicks off this epic day in sports the only way possible: with the signing of our National Anthem. Spoiler alert: no booing here! Did he nail the anthem too hard though? Is it better when he screws it up like he botched his introduction at our live show a bunch of years back? We revisit that epic Greg Cote moment and he explains how a tray of doughnuts led to him messing it up. Also, Chris is putting his orange squeezing experiment to the test throughout the day, Greg Cote tells us some things his body can do that Ricky Williams' body can't do and we listen back to one of the great live reads of all time from the legend Joe Rose. How much is a live read going for these days? Plus, Greg Cote tells us whether or not we're allowed to broadcast from his funeral and we discuss why his funeral is going to be some kind of party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What is the significance of Greg Cote's National Anthem performance?
I would not say that. What? I would say that he needs to not be playing in that game.
Just because you could see his breath? Yes. Why is that so impressive? Cold weather, on the road, big goal. You have to defend the entire net when you're playing against Messi. Greg is right. Because you have no idea where he's going to put the ball.
I mean, you just don't. If you're going to take the tournament seriously, the CONCACAF Champions Cup, then you have to have Messi play in your first important game of 2025. Of course he was going to play. And he proved that he's better than the weather. Messi... Opponents are petrified of him. I have seen opponents get his autograph before the game started. That's how lord over everyone he does.
Crazy.
Greg Cody, you may have noticed, this is some of the things that you notice in your loved ones when you've been with them a long time. When we start out aggressively by summoning the singing sports writer, he comes in here super elevated. He is through the roof on smelling his own fumes. Like, yes. Yes, I love to sing.
What you just saw, not unlike sort of a Johnny Cash-like character, you saw the egg and the rust break from around the lead singer for Hee Haw 3. The lead singer for Hee Haw 3 has not been allowed to perform. He's been shackled since Las Vegas, and he just had a coming out party, and now he's just revved up. So the last time he was this revved up, I want to just set this up correctly, okay?
We've sold tickets to a theater. We're going to do something, and we don't know exactly what we're going to do. And we rehearsed it a couple times, and we got the beginning down, and the rest of it we don't know.
Longest rehearsal ever.
We're not going to do, yes. And nobody, and Stugatz didn't come, and Greg practiced it.
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