Show notes

The Underdog: Chris Horwedel and Matt Crone cover the USMNT’s World Cup exit, World Cup quarterfinal odds, StockX sneaker mystery boxes, trading cards, sneakers, Phillies talk, travel complaints, food and diet, Scottish Open golf odds, and a Wyndham Clark-Baker Mayfield story. 0:25 — Chris and Matt open the show with the USMNT’s World Cup exit, the Folarin Balogun red-card reversal controversy, FIFA weirdness, Christian Pulisic’s uneven tournament, and whether the United States could become a top-10 World Cup odds team by 2030. 5:28 — The conversation shifts to NCAA 27, NIL systems in sports video games, PlayStation’s reported move away from physical discs, digital ownership, resale value, GameStop memories, and concerns about preserving physical game libraries. 8:26 — Chris tries StockX sneaker mystery boxes live on the show, revealing multiple Jordan options while he and Matt break down the real cost, shipping, instant trade-in credit, and how the format feels like a real-life loot box. 15:42 — Chris connects the mystery-box idea to a possible unboxing show, then talks about buying expensive sports cards from Panini and Target, using the CollectX app, pulling autographs, and finding cards like Alba Redondo and Cade Cunningham with real resale value. 18:46 — Matt and Chris move into sneaker talk, including new Kobe Bryant colorways, the Caitlin Clark Kobe “Coconut Milk Spruce,” Devin Booker McDonald’s shoes, resale prices, and how StockX credit can make future purchases feel deceptively cheaper. 23:33 — The hosts check in on the Phillies and Don Mattingly before drifting into sunscreen, golf tans, UK travel, air conditioning, ice, dryers, European grocery stores, and how different cereal culture feels outside the United States. 31:22 — Cereal and snacks lead into Rice Krispie Treats, Fruity Pebbles, Matt’s lunch fatigue, Chris’s diet goals, fitting into XL shirts again, and a quick off-air tease about GLP-1 weight-loss medication. 34:18 — The show returns to World Cup quarterfinal talk, with France-Morocco, Spain-Belgium, Norway-England, and Argentina-Switzerland discussed through oddsmakers’ lines, player storylines, Mbappé jokes, Ayoub Bouaddi, Spain’s clean-sheet streak, Haaland vs. Kane, Jordan Henderson’s celebration injury, and Argentina’s path forward. 39:54 — Chris introduces Sprite Zero + Tea, which turns into a comedy detour through office gossip jokes, Jury Duty, Company Retreat, Pauly Shore movies, Encino Man, The Internship, Harry Potter audiobooks, Snape, Voldemort, and Matt’s Owen Wilson impression. 44:40 — The closing sports segment focuses on golf, including Matt’s Scottish Open bet on Sepp Straka, the DP World Tour leaderboard, oddsmakers’ tournament prices, LIV names, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Reed, and Wyndham Clark’s college-era Baker Mayfield story. 48:44 — Chris wraps the episode after a loose, comedy-heavy conversation that moves from World Cup odds and sneaker gambling to golf, pop culture, travel, food, and the kind of side conversations that define The Underdog.