Casual Diehard

Addy, Britt, and Jesse ask Aaron Rodgers to please send his medical team to help Jasson Dominguez, the latest off-the-track drama shows why Mercedes is the Michigan of F1, and it’s time to look back at our preseason impressions as we review the seasons of the top seven drivers of the year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to d...

Britt, Jesse, and Lily are joined by Jason Kirk from Shutdown Fullcast and Vacation Bible School , and author of the upcoming book Hell Is A World Without You to explore historical context for Florida State being snubbed by the College Football Playoff committee, and make a bingo card for 2023 bowl season. Subscribe to Casual Diehard on Spotify Subscribe to Casual Diehard on Apple Podcasts Check o...

Britt, Jesse, and Lily are joined by Jason Kirk from Shutdown Fullcast and Vacation Bible School , and author of the upcoming book Hell Is A World Without You to explore historical context for Florida State being snubbed by the College Football Playoff committee, and make a bingo card for 2023 bowl season. Get full show notes at Willets Pen , Casual Diehard's newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

On episode 5 of Casual Diehard: Addy, Britt, and Jesse find the Yankees bringing clarity to bisexuality with their response to the death of Henry Kissinger, but cannot figure out Aaron Rodgers' endgame with this Jets season, while suggesting a winter course at Juilliard for Charles Leclerc. Subscribe to Casual Diehard on Spotify Subscribe to Casual Diehard on Apple Podcasts This is a public episod...

Addy, Britt, and Jesse find the Yankees bringing clarity to bisexuality with their response to the death of Henry Kissinger, but cannot figure out Aaron Rodgers' endgame with this Jets season, while suggesting a winter course at Juilliard for Charles Leclerc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscrib...

We regret to bring you news of Nebraska’s crimes against food. Get a Baltimore pillow like Lily! Subscribe to Casual Diehard on Spotify Subscribe to Casual Diehard on Apple Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com

Britt, Jesse, Keelin, and Lily remain not sponsored by Arizona Iced Tea, but want Chipotle to sponsor a bowl game, and Old Bay on the Orioles' sleeves. Open invites to Kristen Bell to come talk Formula 1, and Ryan Nanni to return anytime. We're talking edible mascots, Nebraska's crimes against food, and which Major League Baseball teams match up with college football teams on a divisional vibes ba...

Subscribe to Casual Diehard on Spotify Subscribe to Casual Diehard on Apple Podcasts Get our Vroom Vroom hat! In this episode, Britt proposes a radical non-rakestepping strategy for Ferrari, Jesse follows Connor Stalions' breadcrumbs to Red Bull's battery, Britt reveals the terrible truth linking Charles Leclerc and Gerrit Cole, and Lily sees Lance Stroll cooking up a New Mexico vibe. Plus, lookin...

In this episode, Britt proposes a radical non-rakestepping strategy for Ferrari, Jesse follows Connor Stalions' breadcrumbs to Red Bull's battery, Britt reveals the terrible truth linking Charles Leclerc and Gerrit Cole, and Lily sees Lance Stroll cooking up a New Mexico vibe. Plus, looking ahead to Abu Dhabi . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode....

Another day, another new episode… it’s good to be rolling. We’ll keep putting episodes on the Substack feed for a bit, but this space is going to be more about writing, and the podcasts will be on your podcast app! Britt, Jesse, and Keelin are here for a college football episode, including sleeves to spite Jimbo Fisher, sincere feelings about Iowa, a carnival ride invitation for Lane Kiffin, and T...

Britt, Jesse, and Keelin are here for a college football episode, including sleeves to spite Jimbo Fisher, sincere feelings about Iowa, a carnival ride invitation for Lane Kiffin, and Thanksgiving weekend games as Thanksgiving foods. There’s a big game at noon on Saturday? Some kind of Big Noon Saturday? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you...

This is the first episode that we’re officially calling the Casual Diehard podcast, as we do a light to moderate rebrand around here. Willets Pen isn’t going anywhere, but it was born as a Mets book project (and still will be one eventually!) and will be our newsletter. The subway station where the Mets play isn’t a great namesake for a podcast where we talk about all kinds of sports and whatever...

This is the first episode that we’re officially calling the Casual Diehard podcast, as we do a light to moderate rebrand. Willets Pen isn’t going anywhere, but it was born as a Mets book project (and still will be one eventually!) and will be our newsletter. The subway station where the Mets play isn’t a great namesake for a podcast where we talk about all kinds of sports and whatever other tangen...

Andrew and Roger are back for “The Last Beatles Song” to rate on the Josie Scale. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com

Britt, Jesse, Keelin, and Lily are here for Ferdie Schupp and the Great War, a game that got both coaches fired, the Liván Hernandez of college football, Grandpa Elvy, fantasy booking for Iowa in the B1G title game, cursed teams all around, lots of options for Texas A&M, and a warning for swimmers on the Florida coast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscrib...

In this episode… * Baseball executives had a crappy time * Addy’s broth (boil 4 cups of chicken soup with 2 cups of water, stir in sliced jalapeño to taste, 4-6 cloves of minced garlic, the juice of one lime, and simmer for 15 minutes) * Jesse relearns soup history * Britt hotboxes Vick’s * Chales Leclerc reverse jinx? * Checo’s horrible excellent season * Nothing happened for 69 laps * Fernando A...

Baseball season is over, Formula 1 is coming to a close, and fall has arrived full force, which gives us a lot of emotions to deal with. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com

Here is the list of FBS teams to score exactly 69 points in a game, according to data from James Howell’s database : * Michigan - 1986 (Illinois), 1975 (Northwestern), 1947 (Pitt), 1917 (Mount Union),  1914 (Case) * Nebraska - 1997 (Oklahoma), 1990 (Missouri), 1983 (Colorado), 1978 (Indiana) * Missouri - 2011 (Western Illinois), 2008 (Nevada), 1969 (Kansas), 1913 (Drury) * Florida State - 2012 (Mu...

In this episode of Willets Pod’s Vroom Vroom hour, brought to you by our Vroom Vroom hat … * Logan Sargeant, Formula One Points Scorer * Someone Please Publish The Michigan Manifesto (check out Nick Saban’s reaction and Richard Johnson’s phenomenal story on Connor Stalions - a real person - at Sports Illustrated ) * Get Toto Wolff To Tuscaloosa (where there is, in fact, a Mercedes factory, and whe...

This is a Vroom Vroom episode, but here’s the picture of Jesse with Ellie the Elephant at Game 4 on Wednesday night. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com

Playoff-bound Iowa, you heard it here first. Punt to win. Also, we’ve got a new shirt to go with this episode, the Iowa PUNT tee ! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com

In this episode, questions abound… * Is Checo’s Red Bull empty? * Give Daniel Ricciardo a non-roster invite to spring training? * This F1 goes to 11? * Can the Jets beat the Eagles… ever? * Could Daniel Jones be the solution in New York… but not with the Giants? * What’s written in the stars for the ALCS? * Will karma ever make it up to Greg Bird? * Can we survive Likable Phillies? * Atlanta’s dre...

We are ostensibly a baseball podcast indeed. This chart is based on a Twitter poll. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com

Sophie Ross is back on the show for her first WNBA game, as we chat on the street and subway following Game 2 of the semifinals. Naturally, we also talk about the Bengals, and you better believe there’s a future trip to that bar being planned. (My arm is still in a sling, and I kept knocking the mic receiver out of my phone - sorry for the resulting weirdness, and thanks Vobby B. as always for the...

Editor’s note: Still in a sling after shoulder surgery… typing on the keyboard remains a no, but we’ll be back to more stuff to read soon. Thanks so much to Roger and Andrew for this awesome show, and we will get it its own feed as a soon-to-come overhaul of Willets Pen’s podcast branch. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episo...