Then it's time, ladies and gentlemen, it's time. Round two of the Initials Invitational is upon us is eight eighteen on the nut this Friday, August fourth, and the studio is full of great players and some that aren't so good. My hawk Anada. Have a see there, Brian Oak. Don't worry, go ahead, I'm gonna put you. Try to hear his voice, doctor regarded speaking of a big movie, big voice. Guy is weird sitting in the big chair. This is Hockey's chair man. There's no reason
I should be sitting no excuses. Maybe it's the Jimmy today Corey. Yes, sir, I don't know about you, but I don't think I can wait another second? Old open, what would you say? You don't exact with the open. I'm gonna guess it's this one right here, let's see it's time. Wait, no, this, I bet it's Initials Invitational rights echo, Yeah, it's on the sheet the run of show. You never
gave him one though. That's the rough start here, boys, it's time for the twenty twenty three Initials Invitational, presented by Seat Paul Federal Credit Union. Yeah, all right, Round one, quarter final number two, the number one seats on the line today a J monsoor you won the tournament last year. You're the all time greatest player. You're the all time wins leader with one forty nine. You're the all time major's leader with seven, including one not too long ago. At Hi AJ, how are you hi?
Good morning, Corey in Today, both myself and Kevin Gorg are brought to you by our friends at Seventh Avenue Pizza. Gorg the deal is on at Lunson Buyer Lease All Seventh Avenue Pizzas seven ninety nine. Get to LUNs and buyer LEAs and today if either of us win, you can tag us on Twitter at kJ at AJKFN or at gorga Mattic twenty one and then tag at Seventh Avenue Pizza for your chances. Now through Sunday. They one hundred dollars
towards restocking your freezer. Seventh Avenue Pizza. Yeah, man, come in KG. You're the forty fifth seed just because US's schedule didn't allow me to put him forty fifth. You have two career points. You're just thirteen hundred and thirty nine behind AJ. I feel good. You know someone from Burnsville has a great chance of being victorious. Today we always say black for power, gold for excellence, and I'm all in fort Wow Graves. But yeah,
Mike Grim. Mike Grimm has seven career points, including a victory earlier this year. A lot of people think Grim's a sneaky little dark horse. Pick Hi Grim, How are we doing good? What happens if you win? If I win, I am sponsored by our hometown friends at Great Clips. If I win, tweet at Mike Grimm three tag at Great Clips. And today, through the end of Sunday, one lucky winner will win one year of free haircuts at Great Clips salons. Marnie will cut your hair.
That's not true. That's what it says here. I'm just reading what it says Marnie will cut your hair, and there's an exclamation point. She probably would. She probably would. Yeah, it look great too, I bet plus Great Clips will donate a thousand dollars to the charity of my choice. That's awesome. Yeah, how about that? So let's do it all right? It's playing for Great Clips. Brian Oak has five career points. Grim broke his heart earlier this year when Oak got off to a blazing startput Grim
came back and sniped him. Brian, what happens if you win today? What happens if I'm win today is my head will not get any smaller. People talk about head. I can't wear a baseball cap. I cannot as as evidence as that I'm holding this on like a yamica on my head right now. I cannot wear a ball cap. My head is the size of
a prize winning pumpkin at your county fair. That being said, I'm sponsored by ABC American Building Contractor, And if I win today, you tweet me at Oak show despite my permanent band from Twitter and tag ABC will help through the end of one day, and one lucky winner is gonna win a one hundred dollars VISA gift card. And it says here in someone's handwriting Parish, It's gonna help build your house. Guy, Hey Corey, Yes, can I interject one? Of course? So when when I did make that come
from behind? When Oak was very classy in the in the in the that day and since we've seen each other in the hallway, he just walked in and use some profane language and addressing me. I also spit on the floor. Yes, here's the deal. So I think the bitterness it was I got four out of the first five on that game, and no one came to my rescue. But I'm gonna be honest, knowing all of you people
and what you mean to this community. If I'm gonna lose to someone, I'm more than happy to get my nose rebbed in it by mister Grimm. And look today, let's all be a realistic today. It's all of you versus Agent. Yes, you can't be bitter if Grim wins. No, I wasn't last time somebody has. We would all be florid. If one of you gets past AJ, he's very tough to be. Yeah he is, Uh Tatum, you've only played once, you scored four times. That's
legit for a for a debut. What happens if you shocked the world and takedown AJA today? Well, I am sponsored today by the all new Radco and radco dot Com. If I win, you'll receive ten percent off your entire order in store online at radco dot com when you use the promo initials cook that was backwards code initials. Yeah, my brain is not operating fully, which might you're just say that you're saving for the discount the discount does
not include toppers. Yeah, let's go Radco. There you go, right, Tatum, But does that make me a good guy? Does your good? Okay? Before we play the game, before we give away potentially forty three thy five hundred dollars. Here's my shameless plug. At four and five, the versions of Initials are now available for pre sale Initials game dot Com. So production underway out the door in like six eight weeks. Give or take no one guess two I've ever done. They're the best ones so far.
They're off awesome. Get him at Initials game dot Com, Like right now, I'm glad that came up organically. Always does. At eight fifteen on Friday last week, Abic goes, how come you time the pre sale to start with the debut of the tournament. I'm like, what do you think? I'm an idiot? I've had this date marks for like six months. Just seemed a little fishy that you launched your pre sal to seem due the tournament started. Yeah, pretty organic. Chad Abbitt sounds like pe wee
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right in the right spot, they win two hundred and fifty bucks. They get them both right, they win forty three thousand, five hundred dollars. In that vault over there, that's the actual Saint Paul Federal Credit Union Initials game vault. All of the games for the quarterfinals are in there, except for packet number six because must pick six last week, the lowest seed in this case, you thank you just to pick the number one through nine,
but not number six. So not only do you determine the fate of this group, and maybe you pick a list that doesn't fit aj you theoretically could line this up for somebody and win them forty three thousands. So when I go in there, what number do you want? One through nine but not number six? I want seven? You want seven? Seven by seven? Seven? Lucky seven? I wor seven one number? Oh the one time I skid outside of the crease, I wore number seven. Score goals.
Maybe then I'll bring us good luck for the guys that what happened? Zach? Zach put so much work in to install a camera inside the vault and everything, so that clip is going to be great. All right, that's good stuff. Came back at seven? Oh man, all right, we have a we have a caller on the line. All right, line four. I hope they win. Let's see here, good morning. What is your name? Justin? Hi? Justin Justin. You have a shot at
forty three hundred dollars. All you have to do is tell me the initials I'm using right now that Kevin gorg just picked heat. He picked packet number seven. What are you guessing? Well, we could be best friends, then we'll see. I'm gonna do UM g jaj J interesting Any reason why? Um? It's initials for my two little boys. I love that. Come on, give it to him. Wouldn't be awesome if you're two little
boys? One you forty three thousand, five hundred dollars. Everybody in this room has worked with me long enough, and they know that I'm smiling because that's not the case. Sorry, man, No Ge and Jay not the correct answers. Ready, Gorgon, I'm ready. What you got? You picked a combo and a half, your buddy. Quarterfinal number two, Tatum Everett, Kevin gorg A, j months Or, Brian Oak and Mike Rim the initials s oh. You guys are getting a vowel s oh. Remember
yellow at your name? Your name is your buzzer. Gotta pronounce the answer correctly. No help from the studio audience. Here we go. Number one. Quarterfinal number two, s oh. Clue number one first televised in nineteen thirty six. Clue number two involves competition Oak yep Mer Olympics as simple as that. Sometimes it's just that Summer Olympics has punched his ticket to the twenty twenty tournament. So even if the rest of this goes down here, don't
do that. Don't be cool, don't set that. I can check out. I can go grab some of them. The last time that tried, it worked out really well in my right Grim, Yeah, okay, to another fast start. He did that last time he played. Here's number two of sh Clue number one can include recognition, oak, Jesus, go for it, shout out, all right, oaks out for the rest of item two. Clue number two includes special attention. Clue number three can feature criticism
or targeting. I think just figured it out. I did woos. Clue number four includes focused attention or being highlighted. Tatum hatum stand out not a bad guess, not a bad guess. Potatum's also out for number two, So no Oak, no Tatum, were down to gorg Grim and AJ. Clue number five is a form of isolation AJ yep, singled out. Yep, that's right, singled out. That's what happens when you are singled out
a show of course. Yeah with Jenny McCarty. I knew that was a U clue and I was waiting for it and fantastic show in the nineties and v oksh one, AJ has one shocking AG will be invited back next year. Punched his punched his ticket. Here's number three of s OH. Clue number one involves fictional characters. Clue number two features melodrama Grim Grim soap opera. That's right, Wow, that room so far, so good. Over here we go, all right, Grim's officially in the next year's tournament,
and we have a three way tie at the top. AJ has one, Grim has one, Oak has one. Nine items ago. Here's number four of Clue number one. Can be deceitful or shady beat sauce. Clue number two is calm in confidence, Oak smooth. Operators' love this, Brian, And Okay, if you didn't jump the gun on number two, I know,
I know, but again I would rather beat. Much like many professional athletes, as those of us in the sporting world are, I would like to be more aggressive and risk the occasional embarrassed embarrassment to be able to dance, love it around and do the gritty all right, when that kind of thing goes down, takes the lead. OK has two, AJ and Grim each with one. Tatum and Gore get to score, but still eight items to go. Here's number five of s OH Clue number one. It's considered
important. Clue number two. This is considered to be a more inclusive phrase. Clue number three involves commitment AJ significant other. AJ significant other is correct, it's fun. That was good. AJ has two, Oka has two, Grim has one. Not even halfway through the game, everybody's still absolutely still in this year's number six of s O Clue number one. This occurs
on a limited scale. Clue number two connected to businesses and establishments. AJ yep, Special offer six, Tatum, special order, all right out is out, big opportunity for everybody else here. I don't know that one down. Before you said it, I was like, Yo, snipe me down to Grim and Gorg. Clue number three features testing. Clue number four. This allows for fine tuning and trouble shooting. Oh oh, special offer, brim, I think that's exactly what she said. I thought she said special
offer, special offers. Okay, so let's go on anywhere. No, we're dancing because I already said special offer. But I forget you. Oh then dan um sample offering. No, okay, here's what happened. Think about this now, Gordy, you get the rest to yourself. I know I don't like this. I have an excuse when they come in quick. Now I have no excuse. But this is your this is it. This is the clue because this is a free role. Here we go. By the way, you'll have five seconds after number six, so you don't and
you don't what are we on right now? Three? Four? We're through four Okay, I have no clue. Okay, this is good. But I'm just saying just so you know. When I read clue six, you don't ring in. You don't get to say gorgon at so you just get five seconds. Name have to say your name five seconds after clue six. You guys, this good guy. This is clue five. Now hang on, you still got two claus left. Clue number five often allows access to
a limited number of people or customers. Here's the final clue. Then you'll have five seconds clue number six. This happens before the official launch five four three two special offer. May I yeah, soft open that world? Did anybody but Oak know it? I did not go soft opening. That might have been my one shot. Maybe a J has two, Oak has two, Grimm has one, and we are exactly halfway through the game. Come on, all right. Here's number seven of clue number one. This features
input. Clue number two often helps make informed decisions. Clue number three these can validate. Clue number four offers additional perspective. AJ aj second opinion. AJ takes the lead. Max gave him a scaring round one last year, but AJ pulled away so far tight Still we're a little over halfway through the game. AJ has a one point lead. AJ has three, Oak has
two, Grimm has one. Tatum and Gorgy have five items to goure mathematically out of winning you but obviously you have five opportunities to not get rosen. He's not gonna like that, you guys are He's not listening. Cash me outside. Wait until he says cash me outside. Here is uh. Here's number eight of s O clue number one. This is an action a j okay standing ovation. Oh dang, it's ajut. That was an early swing swing thought number eight Shoot clue number two. This is an ending of sorts.
Clue number three. This prevents access gorg gorg shut out. That's not I was kiss so far. That's what you are so far so far, not a Grim Grimm Grim single out earlier that was the first one. Let's go alright, I want to retract that open this for the tie. Tatum needs this for the golden ticket to next year's tournament. Here's a clue four between Oak and Tatum, Clue number four. This involves a user oh. Clue number five usually executed with a touch or a click. Oak, Oak
sign out, Till sign out. All right, So here's the old situation. There are four items to go gorgon Tatum. You still need to score Grim. You're two back. We have a tie at the top, though cities eighty seven uniquely twin cities point one ninety seven point one. Let's not forget the point one and a GMN seer the goal on the ropes a little bit. With four to go, here's number nine of s O. Clue number one commonly appear within set time frames. Clue number two. These are
offered. Clue number three involves risk Grim Grim stock offering and we're gonna need an instant replay there. First of all, hang out before well, Zack's looking up. Who was Next? Man? This is the second one in a week we've had it. Yeah, I'm thrown in an oak on the top of that. In case everybody as I don't think that's the same thing, and you guys are getting controversial two weeks in a row. Yeah, I don't think. Maybe if the game was a little better just dying that
s wouldn't have Yeah, great point. Okay, the radio version is vastly inferior to the board game version, which is an initials game. There you go, there you go. I don't think it's the same thing. I'm glad that came up again. Really really don't. I don't think it is. Zach. Do you have the insur replay if who was Next? I'm pretty sure it was that. I'm pretty sure. I'm sure. Yeah, I know he's got it and go back. Can we turn that up? How do we turn that up? To do it one more time? Zach?
I think a j is during the buzzer AJ like, I remember what he said, what stock option? That is the correct fast stock option? Or option? Is the right answer? Oh that was close. That was a big one. Yep. Stock offering is different, right, Yeah, it's not the same thing. All right. AJ takes the lead. With three to go, Tatum and gorg you're mathematically eliminated from winning. Now the pressure's on just getting one item. I think AJ would love if you did
it helps him. You'd be great. Use this one, Grim, you need all three to force a tiebreaker. Oak. You're just one back with three to go, so it's really down to Aj, Grim and Oak. Here's number ten of clue number one, commonly connected to Lyne Clue number two. One of the words is an animal Oak, Oak for the tie snake Oil. That's rights, we have a time, Brian Oak. Oak. Oh all right, so Grim, you're mathematically out to keep playing. Tatum and Gorgons two to go, we can each get one. Is not my
radar? Have you picked it? I just picked the number. We're on number eleven. Aj and Oak tied at the top with four a piece. Here is number eleven, a vessel. Clue number one involves planning and coordination. Oak for the lead, steak out, great movie, I got all hot and others. I'm gonna be honest. Clue number two features deception.
Ye Clue number three used to gather information Jeez. Clue number four features monitoring Clue number five features infiltration ORG Goorg to get into next year's tournament special ops. Really wow, that was so confident too. I thought you had I thought I had it. I thought I thought I had it. Final clue. We're down to Grim AJ and Tatum Clue number six. Undercover agents use these to catch people involved in illegal activities. AJ for the lead sting operation.
That's tough, Oaks. Guess is so good? Just not right, It's so right away. I know stakeout is obviously you monitor people, but staying out for the board for me with special but man, is that that's what I was trying to figure out. Assists every every clue fits staked down, although I think some stakeout might be one word special special ops for sure. Oh fantastic guess though, Holy cow, Well I get guess, except it was wrong. So here's the deal. Somebody's getting rose into. Only
one of you is gonna get on the board. Tatum and Gorg, you need number twelve to get into next year's tournament. Oak you more importantly, OK, you need this to tie? All right, lot on the lot on the line here anybody but Oak in Aja advances apologies, meets us you're gonna hit the under good point. I just want a canny. I thank you. I totally about looking at him, smile right now. Look how happy he is. I've done really well. That was a fantastic guess.
It was so close one board. I'm ready, I'm restaurant ready. Let's go number twelve. Oak going for the tie. Gorgon tay, I'm trying to get into next year's tournament. Anybody else but to Oka and aj is the winner and moving on to round two. Here's number twelve. Clue Number one is often considered an honor Tatum standing ovation yes you do, and gets aj On to run well, thank you for Oh my god. I was like, well that's going to be somehow holy okay, gave him a hell
of a run. Yeah, look great. The fact that I can even keep vague pace, It's like, who's saying, Bolt is running ahead and you're like, I'm only like five body lengths behind him. Man, I'll live with that. I am not embarrassed about my performance at all. It would have been nice to unseat the goat, but the goats. The reason are the goats a goat for a reason? He had me taken. Oh yeah, you get to that what was one point, Well, it came
out a tide, and then at the tiebreaker it's three clues. They're a little easier to anybody's game, but it truly came down to who rang in on stock options first. That's how close Oak was debating you. They're at least tying the possibly be all right dancing around. I'm not trying to get big in front of anybody, because I realized the presence I'm in. That being said, I was so certain I wasn't even gonna make it back to next year's competition getting four. I'll take four all day, every day.
Well, okay, the performance you've just put on tape has earned something at least okay. Oh, what I'm gonna give you, Oak is a special offer from Seventh Avenue Pizza. You can have out the buyer leaves right now, lons and buyer leaves. The sale is on seventy nine seven ninety nine Seventh Avenue Pizza and all weekend long. You can tweet at me Ajkfam and Seventh Avenue Pizza through Sunday for a chance to win one hundred dollars towards restocking
your seventh avenue, pizza, your generosity and beneficence Leo boundary. I love I got a special offertful Yeah no, and you get a pizza. Rim is over there, singles, you get bees for everyone. I don't think aj is getting a standing ovation. But but Tatum, nicely done. Nice strategy at the end. Again, you'd tell you to swing right. Everyone has to swing question. See that's a tough spot though, so up one with the final clue everyone else had. I kind of had to wait to
wait. I was thinking that, But of course I'm half thankful. Thank you Tatum. Yeah, well you know, at least thanks, thank you nite an underwhelming second performance, Kaji one year from now? Um, are you closed with Mark Rosen? Could you go get breakfast with them? What are you going to do? I think we will we do good times a year ago over to the Good Day Cafe. I think right across the freeway and we do it all the time. Um, you get the Dark Star
Special, which is a basket of wheat toast to go. I remember those days with dark No to go. Love it. Listen. The first time I played this game, it was an absolute disaster with Super America guessing like eighteen times I didn't played poorly. Today I feel good about it. I had the one, but I thought I had that one, so I didn't feel like I was awful. But I'm still out for next year and I performed expectations as the forty five. She can A fellow Burnsville guy, I
do love this too. I think Alexis Pearson and Andrew Martin were cheering for at least two people I shut out because they think, well, then I'm back in who says they're guaranteed, they better be planet they're end. All I know is Alexis as a winner. She won, she has one. Yeah, played well too. We'll see, we'll see if they've earned their way. But now at least two openings in the next year's tournament, I
think we're gonna have about one shadow per round five people. We're not the only two, but I'm I'm very round to be included with Mark Rosen with anything the right AJ congratulations, you're moving different your title sweata hell of a run to see another day if you're moving on so far in the semis. Eric nordquiston a j monsoor getting beaten by a point by the single greatest person who's ever played this game. Is probably the greatest thing that's happened to me
in summer twenty twenty three. I'm happy. I might get a tattoo. I don't know. I'm going to go buy myself a red ribbon for second place. Thanks. Is not happy? No, grim No, I'm I'm not well. I believe PJ. Fleck would say that was an opportunity, and opportunity doesn't count. Close doesn't count, Grimmar. We we almost had him. Yeah, you guys were definitely swinging as a group. He's just kept ringing it, and that's ringing and ringing. Throw you off if people
come in and start hitting home runs first pitch home runs. Fair enough, group, Thank you, that was a lot of fun than thanks, guys. Appreciate the time, Appreciate the contributions. It's a good runs. Is a tough combo. Isn't tough tough combos? There goes Brian Oak almost in victory, back to Citi's ninety almost victory. I like that. The hard part for the stock option stock offering thing is your clues could be both all of them. Every clue he used could have been bo. But I would
imagine that clue five six might get a little more specific. Well, he gave them and they didn't. No, he didn't get no no because rung in right. Yeah, yeah, I went with if it says anything about a company, like I thought you said, they involves risk and there's more risk and for the offering than the option. Yeah, and I definitely was aiming for option, and I just didn't know if it technically was the same
thing. But it really isn't. Knock off is just when the company goes public rights exactly, an option is for it to everybody, an option is. That's why the first clue was about a specific time frame, right, is within that window you have to either accept the option, I almost an
offer option or not. So it is definitely not the same thing. Yeah, I don't know what those are even so the operation staying operation pisses me off too, because I had operation and I could not get you know that and everyone's get steak out too, right, I mean it felt like every clue was steak out right. That was amazing. Then for three clues you can't get that out of your mind, right, christ Just like I think last week you said you would have not done well with cl right, I
would you have done. This wouldn't have done well at all. No, I wouldn't have competed with those two tough That was a tough one. Yeah, well yeah, it was two clues in like I'm I'm still trying to figure out what starts with? Oh like that that was. I was like, oh, yeah, that does start with. Many times it takes away names almost, you know, I mean O'Connell or something. Steve oh have
counted. I don't know. Man Shack was one of the tiebreakers. And if I didn't, when it comes out on who number one or get item number one who too. Yeah, I'll tell you that I thought he had you did. There were some moments, right, it might be the hardest round you have. Well we'll see, yeah, we'll see. Wow. All right, Well that nice job. That's a lot of fun um um. So everybody's off today down at TCO is a right tatum, that's right except for me. Yeah, she's work. I'm working. No, it'll
be good. Yeah, it'll be a nice reast day. Those guys deserve it. Yeah. Back on Saturday, you guys, they're still practices to head out too. And then we got another night practice on Tuesday. Yeah, and we go to Seattle. Then we yeah, packing it up our bags going to Seattle. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean I feel kind of bad about the whole you know, nine pm kickoff here? Yi? Uh preseason game Thursday night, nine pm kickoff, Fox nine. You're doing fan line? No is it? I know it's a little early,
but are we expecting to see Nick Mullins for a half? Jarin Hall for a half? I don't know if there's a plans been released yet officially, especially no offense to Nick Mullins, but I've seen him blaze this solid quarterback I have never seen. I don't even know if I've seen a highlight of Jearon Hall. I think it's interesting because when you like, I've talked about
this in the radio recently with meat thoughts. But if you're trying to like invest in Jared Hall as a player, if you want to see what the future as a quarterback, you're unsure with Kirk, you know, the back half of his career. What is Jaron Hall? If he's your guy, you really need to start seeing more from him, and he's not going to get first team reps. So yeah, it's kind of a dicey situation because well, if Kirk gets hurt this year, it's not going to be Hall
ready to go. I think I think they keep three on the roster, but I've been wrong about a lot of things because will never see the field. Yeah, I think you're right. I think they have to keep three because if you put Jared on the you know, deult steal him. Somebody will steal him. That's also true. Yeah, I don't know. Should be fun anyway, That's cool, all right, So Tatum's filming some stuff this weekend for the Vikings Entertainment Network. Greg, what do you going on
Canterbury Park five o'clock Saturday, one o'clock Sunday for PEPSI Family Day. Looking forward to it. And then next week we'll the Vikings are playing. I'm filling in Wednesday and Thursday night calling the races for mister Paul Allen. Awesome. Remember what's next for you? So? Hey, tomorrow the Gophers have an open practice at the stadium seven o'clock and it's a diaper drive for the
Diaper Bank of Minnesota. So if you come watch practice starts at seven, bring a box of diapers or wipes, and um they'll get those two folks who use meat sauce, Bring a ring, a fresh box. Yes, your dog there. That's disturbing. What's that? The computer just came on and there's like a shirtless man on I don't know, fantastic, strange, right, Thankful, be thankful that it didn't pop up in the middle of the game, because that's what it's there for. The boy table boy Mike
to file a report with HR. Had a good weekend. Nine to noon is next. We'll see a five thirty nine Monday