Best The Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast Crew Podcasts (2025)

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EP 306: Lazy Eye Bob Iglesias (featuring Assistant Coach Dave Brown) 58:28

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3d ago58:28

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Assistant Coach Dave Brown returns to the Bench, teaming up with Ede in this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, Markkus contributes nothing but bad puns, everyone is sore, Ede is inevitable, Josh loses a million dollars by not knowing that his first name is Craig, and there are more Formula One questions than in all other Benchwarmer games combined…

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EP 305: Poutine Roy (featuring General Manager Riley Scherer) 1:05:06

10d ago1:05:06

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Our General Manager Riley returned to the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. During this game, Walling mused about a Pre & Post Game answer of Jonathan Mingo-Daddy.com Arena, we discussed the acceptable amount of urine allowed at an NFL Draft - we agreed on somewhere between the amounts at the drafts in Kansas City (National WWI Museum and Memorial) a…

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EP 304: Kurt Rhombus (featuring Assistant Coach Byron Grubman) 1:04:28

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Assistant Coach Byron Grubman returns to the Bench to team up with Matt for this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, Matt thinks Tako is both handsome and in his twenties (he is only one of those), we learn that there's only one Pole in Boston, Tako debuts a new quarter style in secret because Josh won't listen to this episode, we try and rhyme word…

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EP 303: White Wolves (featuring guest host Drew Topp) 1:16:11

24d ago1:16:11

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Benchwarmer Emeritus Dan returned to the Bench for this game hosted by guest Drew Topp. During the game, we all agreed that it is time for Lee Corso to retire, we wondered what role Lewis Black might have played in Friday Night Lights, there was "Steiner Math" being done, and we fondly(?) reminisced about (too many) white Timberwolves players. #ple…

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EP 302: BTP Group Therapy 58:31

1M ago58:31

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In this episode, Eric Walling pinch hits last minute to team with Scott, competing against Tako and Matt. The team engages in a long debate about Muppet Paws (well, it seemed long). David tries to convince the Benchwarmers that he didn't actually write the game. The team resists David's Missing Link, maybe because the first quarter felt a little to…

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EP 48 BTP OT: April 2025 39:37

1M ago39:37

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In this month’s OT, Luks shows up to discuss recent episodes with Walling & Scott. Specifically, the group discusses: EP297: Varsity Noodling (featuring guest Jake Manne) EP298: Beanie Baby TY Hilton (featuring assistant coach, Will Weiss) EP299: The Mason Memorial Halftime-out chair (featuring assistant coach, John Ross) EP300: Scoopes Sherylsdott…

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EP 301: Don't ask Ede about a movie called "The Hammer" (featuring guest Trey Cleeter) 1:06:24

1M ago1:06:24

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Guest Trey Cleeter returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game. During this game, Mason and Walling once again come up with an underwhelming team name, Walling pre-called a Sporting Haiku answer (Josh has gotten too predictable), Ede missed a hockey question (and it wasn't even about women), Josh tried out a movie soundtrack CV Halftime Show, a…

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EP 300: Scoopes Sherylsdottir (featuring guest Alex Binder) 1:13:29

1M ago1:13:29

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Returning guest Alex Binder teams up with Tako to face Matt and Scott (who might just be a permanent team at this point) in this Ede-hosted episode. In this episode, one team leads wire-to-wire, we invoke the name of famed gangster DeShone Kizer Soze, the teams check in different Pre and Post Game answers but both get points, we create the TV show …

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EP 299: The Mason Memorial Halftime-out Chair (featuring Assistant Coach John Ross) 58:24

2M ago58:24

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Assistant Coach John Ross returns to the bench to team with Mason to face the formidable team of Josh and Tako. Our guest, John, shows up for our recording wearing a jersey of one of the 4th quarter answers. It's a good thing this is an audio medium. What are the odds? Josh rolls his eyes at Luks' halftime, and later refers to one answer's imagery …

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EP 298: Beanie Baby TY Hilton (featuring Assistant Coach Will Weiss) 1:13:18

2M ago1:13:18

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New guest and Assistant Coach Will Weiss joins the Bench for this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, we wish we were rich, we accidentally give Missing Link hits to the other team, we reminisce about Craig James killing five hookers, and invent Florida Marlins shortstops that somehow played for the 1975 Red Sox. But above all, we practice integrity…

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EP 47 BTP OT: March 2025 44:12

2M ago44:12

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Tako subs for Walling and joins Scott and Matt in this months OT, For this episode we discuss: EP 293: I Should Watch Baseball - But It's So F'ing Boring (featuring General Manager Riley Scherer & Drew Topp) EP 294: Schrodinger's Astin (featuring guest James Tyler) EP 295: Coming Soon to Netflix: Once Upon a Time in MexiGLOW and ChicaGLOW PD (featu…

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EP 297: Varsity Noodling (featuring guest Jake Manne) 1:15:40

2M ago1:15:40

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Jake Manne retuned to the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. During this game, Ede pulled a Dougherty (three of the same quarter style - thanks, Matt!) and it was apparent early on that he wrote many backhanded wheelhouse questions for Jake. There was some discussion as to whether the word "slut" needed to be whistled - hopefully not, given that it wa…

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EP 296: I hate this, but I'm good at it (featuring Assistant Coach Chris Shen) 1:06:10

2M ago1:06:10

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Assistant Coach (and Benchie winner) Chris Shen returns to the bench to team with Mason Guillot (or Gason Muillot) again Scott and Matt D. Right from the start, Scott foreshadows a question in his introductions. Later, our guest is very pleased that he pulls one answer in the Lucky 7. One team panics and conjures up Jackie Gleason as an answer. And…

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EP 295: Coming Soon to Netflix: Once Upon a Time in MexiGLOW and ChicaGLOW PD (featuring guest Jared Watson) 1:28:42

3M ago1:28:42

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Jeopardy! champion Jared Watson returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game. During this game, we learned that the Dallas Mavericks have signed center Jake Taylor (they are definitely going full Major League), Walling and Markkus were shilling for Corncob TV, we had the return of ChatGPT Pre and Postgame for the Halftime Show, we all agreed tha…

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EP 294: Schroedinger's Astin (featuring guest James Tyler) 1:12:14

3M ago1:12:14

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First-timer (and Jeopardy! champion) James Tyler joins the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. In this game, we ask the important question, "Is Four Inches Enough?" We also discuss our favorite constellations, invoke the name of Roy Helu to divine wisdom, brutally misunderstand The Day the Music Died, and Ede asks a question about women's sports! If yo…

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EP 293: I Should Watch Baseball - but it's So F'ing Boring (featuring General Manager Riley Scherer & Drew Topp) 1:17:44

3M ago1:17:44

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Patreon General Manager Riley Scherer teams up with Josh to take on David and Drew Topp in this Tako-hosted game. In this game, we sample bad Hungarian liquor, invent a new sport: Water Hurdles, and imagine the abomination that is Don King Cobra. And just so it isn't forgotten, Riley knows the sport. #legendsofthehiddentemple #olympics #spellingbee…

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EP 46 BTP OT: February 2025 40:07

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Scott permanently joins the OT crew and we hope to get back in a monthly routine. But for this episode we discuss: EP 289: Clicks are Clicks, Right? (featuring Head Coach Dave Wortz & Assistant Coach Tim Geving) EP 290: Mitch TrubiSky Dome (feaeturing Assistant Coach Josh Snyder) EP 291: Pimp My Face (featuring Equipment Manager Yael Wylie) EP 292:…

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EP 292: You're the Man Now, Dog! (featuring Jake DeArruda) 1:08:33

3M ago1:08:33

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First timer (and yet another guest who did better on Jeopardy! than Tako) Jake DeArruda joins for a Scott-hosted game. In this episode, Scott tries to set a record for the longest Curriculum Vitae of all time, Markkus feels young for coaching but old for his body, we discover a sports movie Mason has seen but Markkus has not, Tako shows off his voi…

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EP 291: Pimp My Face (featuring Equipment Manager Yael Wylie) 1:21:39

4M ago1:21:39

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Firstime guest and Equipment Manager for our Patreon Team Yael Wylie joined the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. In this episode, Ede stumped both teams with his Missing Link (Hint: It was not that they were all running backs or that they're all black), we came to an agreement that there is no such thing as Alvin beans, we reminisced about Hall of F…

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EP 290: Mitch TrubiSky Dome (feaeturing Assistant Coach Josh Snyder) 1:04:22

4M ago1:04:22

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David hosts this game with Matt D and Mason teaming up to face Markkus and Assistant Coach to our Patreon Team, Josh Snyder. David clearly had returning player Josh in mind when wrote this game, which featured a Dad joke inspired hafltime, and a return of the Missing Limerink. Mason and Matt tried their best to throw David off his game out of the g…

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EP 289: Clicks are Clicks, Right? (featuring Head Coach Dave Wortz & Assistant Coach Tim Geving) 1:11:18

4M ago1:11:18

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Josh hosts the first recorded game of 2025, and the teams set all kinds of milestones checking in. In this episode, all the players fight the cold weather (especially Tako in mid-50s California). We try and guess Eastern European first names (and are somehow aided by Gilbert Arenas?), create adult film parodies, and talk a lot about meats, includin…

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EP 288: Think Like a Madman (featuring Assistant Coach Matt Coleman) 1:04:13

4M ago1:04:13

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Walling finally professionally hosts his contractually obligated yearly game pitting Assitant Coach Matt Coleman and Mason vs Markkus and Dougherty. In it, Walling kicks us off with a top tier dad joke, Mason raises some Ds throughout the game, we discuss pricey players and former Yankees, and the players attempt to get inside the mind of an enigma…

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EP 287: The Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast Jumped the Shark 1:13:44

5M ago1:13:44

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In this all-Benchwarmer game hosted by Josh, we discover that old Venezuelans are not Tako's forte, we imagine a world where Alan Rickman played a Batman villain, Ede asks "Is it a stupid face?" and informs us that his dad only watched Hunter and M*A*S*H, we were slightly surprised that Mason has never watched The Goonies, we speculate that Ice Pir…

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EP 286: Just a couple of Mr. G's 58:46

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David hosts this all-Benchwarmer game that sees Eric Ede team with Matt Dougherty to take on the formidable team of Scott and Mason. Despite the fact that David is hosting and Ede is playing, David avoids getting fired. Ede declares that since 2024 has come to an end, he can stop the charade, and he doesn't have to be pro-woman any more. However, h…

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EP 285: Gentle Ben is Cocaine Bear 1:10:44

5M ago1:10:44

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This 90s-heavy game was an all-Benchwarmer affair hosted by Eric Ede. In this episode, Josh opined that Tina Turner's calves should qualify her as an athlete, we discuss at length the sad history of child stardom that led Gentle Ben down a dark path (re: Cocaine Bear), it was discovered that David played the electric triangle (with a crank) with ro…

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Dan's Fireside Trivia 2024 1:47:32

5M ago1:47:32

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For the fourth year in a row, Dan leads a Fireside Chat with his trivia friends Graig Zethner, Scott Barber, and Gary Middleton with Matt joining in to ad almost nothing to the conversation. Enjoy and happy holidays from BTP!!! https://dobosdelights.com/ Promo Code: CheckYourTaint https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.facebook.com/benc…

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2024 Holiday Movie Bracket (featuring Jane, Trevor Hogg & David Kantorski) 1:44:50

5M ago1:44:50

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Friend of the pod Jane posted on social media some holiday movie hot takes which got Matt into a tizzy and motivated him to pull together a last minute holiday movie bracket. Other friends of the pod Trevor Hogg and David Kantorski joined in to discuss the bracket and thus whatcha got here. Happy holidays to all and enjoy! https://dobosdelights.com…

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2024 Holiday Special 1:12:43

5M ago1:12:43

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Christmas is here! What do we love what do we hate and what Christmas movie did we over look a murder? Josh Mason and Eric sit down and just talk about the most wonderful time of the year. Happy Holidays to All from the Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast https://dobosdelights.com/ Promo Code: CheckYourTaint https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerstp https://w…

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EP 284: In Pesos, that's a lot (featuring Nick and Harrison from the Rounding Third Podcast) 55:51

6M ago55:51

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Nick Arno and Harrison Smith (we found him!) from the Rounding Third Baseball Podcast join us for a podcast vs. podcast showdown against Scott and David, and it's a baseball-only episode! In this episode, we fix Major League Baseball by creating the Oakland Rays and Vancouver Eh's, we reinforce the mantra that every answer comes from baseball cards…

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EP 283: The Year I Had a Lot of Big Macs (featuring Equipment Manager Hugh Gitlin) 59:47

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Equipment Manager Hugh Gitlin teams up with Josh to face the self-proclaimed math nerds David and Mason. In this episode, we ask whether a hockey player is 130 years old, David talks Mason into an answer while simultaneously talking himself out of it, we get our directions and continents all mixed up, and we need multiple spellings of Korea, in a m…

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EP 282: I Unmuted for This? (featuring Assistant Coach Marc Grenier) 1:16:14

6M ago1:16:14

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Assistant Coach Marc Grenier teamed up with Walling to face Mason and Josh in this Matt-hosted game. In it, we learned that salty Mason threatened to rage quit, ChatGPT can't do much with opposite TV show summaries, toast is the best meal for an Olympic athlete, Walling repeatedly interrupts Mason, and "idiot number 29" triggers an answer. #FillThe…

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EP 281: Twix Ambidexterity (featuring Assistant Coach Trevor Hogg & Benchwarmer Emeritus Dan Lundberg) 1:12:46

6M ago1:12:46

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Assistant Coach Trevor Hogg and Benchwarmer Emeritus Dan Lundberg returned to the Bench for this Scott-hosted game. During this game, Scott appeased Matt with some old-school baseball names, autocorrect posed an alternate name for a podcast favorite for when they are slightly less than hot on the court, Dan stated "This is dumb" about an answer bec…

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EP 280: This Old Bat (featuring guest Jared Watson) 1:05:45

7M ago1:05:45

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First timer (and Jeopardy! TOC semifinalist) Jared Watson joins The Bench in this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, we debate how big goggles have to be to be considered Rec Specs, practice our Jamaican accents, create a dentist from Sheboygan, wonder about the longevity of the the Insight.com bowl, and swear in the chat about the final question o…

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EP 279: Rice-a-Rony Seikaly 1:00:43

7M ago1:00:43

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David Luks hosts this all-Benchwarmer game with Eric Walling & Josh teaming up to face Tako & Mason. It was a grouchy game all around as we learn early on that Mason is playing with a double ear infection, Walling has a hate scale, and Josh, well, Josh isn't a big fan of a David clue. Luckily (or Luksily?), most of that hits the cutting room floor …

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EP 278: Jewish Scalabrine (featuring Head Coaches Philip Sanford and Dave Wortz) 1:11:14

7M ago1:11:14

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Head Coach Philip Sanford hosts this game with Head Coach Dave Wortz teaming up with Tako to take on Matt D and Markkus. In this episode, we cast Jon Gruden in Goodfellas, try our best not to be anti-Semitic, give David Luks a new nickname, name some white NBA legends, and try to get Markkus hired by Ben and Jerry's. #danboysenberry #kiwikarlsson #…

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EP 45 BTP OT: October 2024 43:07

7M ago43:07

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Markkus joins Matt and Walling in their triumphant OT return! EP 273: All my Expos live in Texpos (featuring Assistant Coach Adrian Bias) EP 274: The next Cars is Dak Prescott (featuring Front Office Member Riley Scherer) EP 275: Locker-Sized Luks (featuring Assistant Coaches Trevor Hogg and Marc Grenier) EP 276: The Age of Abredarrious (featuring …

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EP 277: Menu Item F1 - Piastri with a Side of Papaya (featuring Assistant Coach Tim Simplot) 1:13:26

7M ago1:13:26

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Assistant Coach Tim Simplot returns to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game. In this episode, one team's name is directly connected to the answer to the first question of the game, Rickey Henderson gets added to Josh's Knucklehead Rolodex, Scott proclaims he had an answer "once you got to White Chicks," we decide that there is an "Aaron Rodgers Zone…

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EP 276: The Age of Abredarrious (featuring Assistant Coach John Ross) 1:10:17

8M ago1:10:17

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Assistant Coach John Ross hosts this fabulous game pitting Mason and Tako against Matt and Markkus. In this episode, we make a lot of noises, John has some legendary Pre and Post Games, we mention little-known Morehouse College quarterbacks, imagine a muscly Drew Bledsoe, try and avoid sneaky Canadians, spell lots of complicated names very poorly, …

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EP 275: Locker-Sized Luks (featuring Assistant Coaches Trevor Hogg and Marc Grenier) 1:08:42

8M ago1:08:42

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Assistant Coaches Trevor Hogg and Marc Grenier team up to present a game all about non-Big Three sports! In this episode, we wonder if colds are transmissable via Zoom, Walling has white guy country club problems and wishes death on an entire family, Josh declares war on Louisiana and is sent into a midlife darts crisis, and Luks and Tako fail to t…

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EP 274: The next Cars is Dak Prescott (featuring Front Office Member Riley Scherer) 1:02:35

8M ago1:02:35

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Head Coach Riley Scherer joins the bench and teams up with David to face Matt & Walling in this Ede hosted episode. In it we try to identify the guy with the neck, or does he have a neck, and which quarterback is the best to get stuff off of the top shelf. Also, David sets a record for being fired twice in one episode, Ede breaks everyone with his …

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EP 273: All my Expos live in Texpos (featuring Assistant Coach Adrian Bias) 55:25

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Assistant Coach Adrian Bias returns to the bench for this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, the players are immediately put on edge with an all-golf first quarter; we discuss Scandanavian name origins, and how "it's gonna have a lot of vowels in it"; Scott and Adrian create the first all-athlete boy band, The Really New Edition; we play a quarter …

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EP 272: The Adventures of Net Man, World's Most Boring Superhero. (featuring Equipment Manager Hugh Gitlin) 55:22

8M ago55:22

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Equipment Manager Hugh Gitlin retuns to the bench in this Luks-hosted game. Hugh teamed with Eric to take on the duo of Scott & Mason. Despite his many appearances, Hugh still doesn't quite get the audio medium, imitating one player's batting stance, and sharing his recent gift from the MS-150 bike ride. The teams have a chance to play name generat…

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EP 271: Like a Lollipop Got Dropped in a Barber Shop (featuring Assistant Coach Scott Hyland) 1:15:00

9M ago1:15:00

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Assistant Coach Scott Hyland returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game. In it we learned that all four players would have dinner with a living baseball player if given the opportunity, that the players ponder if there is such a thing as a hereditary foot fetish, that Scott (Grimes) made reference to Dan's Benchwarmer grave, that Markkus think…

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EP 270: It's a Hidden Hocker Question (featuring Assistant Coach Tim Geving) 1:05:03

9M ago1:05:03

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Assistant Coach Tim Geving returns to the Bench and teams up with Mason to face Markkus & Matt in this Ede-hosted game. In it, we learned that Tim & Mason don't want to get canceled, the Missing Link is not about people with huge hogs, a Weird Al-free halftime still has the teams singing, and the teams need a measuring stick for the Sporting Haikus…

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EP 269: PUPa - Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania (featuring Assistant Coach Vinnie Iyer) 1:07:24

9M ago1:07:24

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Assistant Coach Vinnie Iyer returns to the Bench for a Tako-hosted game. In this episode, we think about robust goatees, Josh's innocent mind doesn't consider the implications of a Bald Johnson, we pitch potential impressions for Markkus that have a slightly smaller tongue than Shannon Sharpe, wonder if Quentin Tarantino is a nepo baby, and get nos…

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EP 268: Definitely a Left-Hander 1:11:27

9M ago1:11:27

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Eric Ede hosted this all-Benchwarmer game where we learned the following: that Eric only missed one syllable during his Sporting Haiku quarter, that the worst Missing Link performance resulted in both teams getting points (after talking it out together and throwing out a guess at the very last second), that Scott couldn't stop thinking about Kamala…

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EP 267: Michael Cera, Offensive Coordinator (featuring Assistant Coaches John Ross & Dave Brown) 1:17:47

10M ago1:17:47

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First-time guest (and Assistant Coach) John Ross is joined by returning guest (and Assistant Coach) Dave Brown to play this Markkus-hosted game. In this episode, we pitch a sequel to The Program, which is mostly just paperwork; we pay tribute to the Humble Oracle, David Luks; John tries his best to give away an answer, but Matt and Dave refuse to t…

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EP 266: The Biggest Knob...on His Bat (featuring Equipment Managers Ian Hollenberg and Jerry Filbin) 51:29

10M ago51:29

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It's a double guest episode! Equipment Manager Ian Hollenberg guests hosts a fantastic game, and Equipment Manager Jerry Filbin makes his BTP debut! Also making his BTP debut (in name only): Chris Duhon. In this episode, Ede foreshadows a tall tennis player, actors change their names and get skinny for attention, Jim Joyce tries to derail yet anoth…

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EP 44 BTP OT: July 2024 46:16

10M ago46:16

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Eric and Matt Discuss the following episodes: EP 260: Why Would He be in a Trivia Game? (featuring head coach Philip Sanford) EP 261 : Only Person who went to New Mexico (featuring Equipment Manager Austin Owings) EP 262: Smoking Ex-Girlfriend (featuring Assistant Coach Josh Snyder) EP 263: Me Tee Martin (featuring guest host & Assistant Coach Josh…

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EP 265: You Were Right to be Thinking of White Guys (featuring Assistant Coach Tim Simplot) 1:21:39

10M ago1:21:39

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Assistant Coach Tim Simplot returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game. In it we learned that with a Minnesota guest Josh reverted to his old ways (#toomuchminnesota), that he also inadvertently leaned into Mason's wheelhouse (#toomuchlsu), that ChatGPT has a time travel issue (#toomuchtimetravel), that both Markkus and Mason had to sort out U…