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The Great Tout Experiment

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I'm so bored. It's the middle of July, we've hit the two days in the calendar year where zero major sports are playing, and there's just nothing to do. I see that Rob and Johnny are planning a low-effort, middle of summer Q&A episode for this week's Circles Off. That'll at least kill an hour or so. Unfortunately, video games have passed me by and I can't get excited for the new NCAA release. Even though I claimed for 20 years that this day would never come and I would always love video games, I've thrown in the towel. The player base got too good, the game controls got too advanced, and obviously, other life priorities get in the way. But I'll say this much - if any of you want to bring a N64 to Bet Bash and enter the Thunderdome, I'll beat your ass in Goldeneye, Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Perfect Dark, or Mario Party. In my boredom, I've tried to "prep" for football season by learning who plays on what team. Then I realized ...