The Detroit Lions beat the Green Bay Packers 20-17, and Packers fans are online claiming they got robbed. Kevin and Jeff Hall have a response: 11 times the Lions got hurt by officials or by a bad rule, three of them against Green Bay.

Inside this episode: the brothers go through the list one at a time, including the Calvin Johnson non-catch against the Bears, the missed pass interference call in the Cowboys playoff game, the Taylor Decker eligible-receiver touchdown that wasn’t, the late pick call against Pittsburgh, the Seattle batted-ball no-call, and the Justin Tucker 66-yarder after the play clock hit zero. They also cover the Jim Schwartz Thanksgiving challenge flag, the Golden Tate ten-second runoff, and three Packers games, including the Trey Flowers hands-to-the-face calls, the Miracle in Motown, and a 2005 Monday night grounding no-call.

They also own the other side: Kevin and Jeff say the Lions got some calls on Sunday, break down why the game was decided on the field (stats, turnovers, and the Packers’ kicker), and talk about what the NFC North looks like with the Bears still winning.

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Content warning: This episode discusses an individual convicted of crimes against children. Listener and viewer discretion is advised.

He was a two-time AWA World Light Heavyweight Champion who came to the ring with a boom box on his shoulder. Behind the gimmick was a man with multiple convictions, and a wrestling business that kept hiring him anyway. Kevin and Jeff Hall tell the story of "Rock and Roll" Buck Zumhofe.

Inside this episode: how a Minnesota native with limited athletic ability found his way into Verne Gagne's famously brutal training camp, and how a hip-shaking rock and roll gimmick took him through Hawaii, the West Coast, Dallas, and the AWA. Kevin and Jeff cover his title reigns, his feud with Bobby Heenan, his WWF run as a jobber, and the vacated title in 1986 that fans were never told the real reason for.

Then the legal record: Zumhofe's convictions in the 1980s, the 2013 arrest, the 2014 trial, and the sentence that followed. Kevin and Jeff keep the focus on the court record, and on the question that runs through the whole story: why promoters, a national cable network, and the wrestling business as a whole kept bringing him back.

This is one of the hardest episodes the brothers have recorded.

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Fresh off recording their Steve Howe episode, Jeff challenges Kevin to name the top 20 professional athletes born in the state of Michigan, from a list pulled from an AI search. The list is not exactly beyond debate, and the brothers argue about who's missing.

Inside this episode: Kevin works through names like Magic Johnson, Serena Williams, George Gervin, Chris Webber, Jerome Bettis, Joe Louis, Floyd Mayweather, John Smoltz, and Charlie Gehringer. They debate why Tommy Hearns is ranked so low and why Derek Jeter and Jim Abbott aren't on it, and they settle where Jeter was actually born.

Then Kevin flips the quiz with a second round: the top five players in University of Michigan baseball history, including Barry Larkin, Bill Freehan, and Jim Abbott. That leads to a Hall of Fame debate over Bill Freehan, Lou Whitaker, Lance Parrish, and Darrell Evans.

Want to stump the brothers? Send in your own quiz through YouTube comments, email, or social media. They say they'll run it, and might even put you in the studio to host.

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