Episode Details

Ubuntu! The show opens with Jeff Traylor's new UTSA philosophy and a conversation about culture, the transfer portal and why it's getting harder to enjoy a talented Roadrunners team without wondering who might leave. There's also a milestone in the building as Pelón celebrates his 100th official ITB episode with Mike and Rudy.

Then it's back to the Dallas Cowboys. Brian Schottenheimer finally takes responsibility for his late-game mistakes against Baltimore, but his attempt to compare his coaching mistake to Dak Prescott throwing an interception does not sit well with Mike and Rudy. From there, the show goes everywhere: MLB labor concerns, JJ Watt in the booth, WYWWednesday, Diddy reportedly getting special treatment in prison, Survivor Pool and the great steak debate.

Topics Covered:

• Jeff Traylor and UTSA adopt Ubuntu as a team philosophy
• What Ubuntu means and how it fits UTSA football
• The challenge of keeping talented players in the NIL and transfer portal era
• Pelón celebrates 100 official episodes with In The Building
• Why the guys are worried about a potential MLB work stoppage
• MLB players union vs. MLB owners
• Why the Dodgers' spending becomes part of the baseball labor conversation
• Brian Schottenheimer takes responsibility for the Cowboys' late-game mistakes
• Mike and Rudy react to Schotty bringing Dak Prescott into his explanation
• Why confidence in the Cowboys coach is dropping fast
• Cowboys-Texans and the upcoming In The Shed postgame show
• JJ Watt's performance in the CBS booth
• Tom Brady continuing to settle into broadcasting
• PIWTP takes aim at thieves and one disastrous pizza delivery
• What is the perfect steak temperature?
• Mike, Rudy and Pelón land in the medium-rare neighborhood
• WYWWednesday
• Rudy reviews the new A Different World
• Mike finishes The Dropout and talks Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos
• Reports about Diddy's prison lifestyle
• The guys compare the Diddy reports to Goodfellas
• The ITB Survivor Pool is officially down to six
• ITB hats, Saturday's Slackers pickup and upcoming merch
• Gen X life with a Millennial gets teased for the next show

Key Moments:

• Pelón realizes EP. 653 marks his 100th official In The Building episode, leading Mike and Rudy to look back at how quickly the show has evolved.
• Mike and Rudy praise Jeff Traylor's UTSA culture, while acknowledging the reality of developing players who could eventually leave for bigger NIL opportunities.
• Schotty admits he screwed up, but the guys hammer his comparison between his coaching decisions and Dak throwing an interception.
• The guys warn baseball fans to enjoy the MLB playoffs, because they believe a major labor fight between the players and owners could be coming.
• A pizza delivery video completely derails PIWTP after the driver carries multiple pizzas sideways and then flips them upside down.
• The crew settles the steak debate with three or four on the chart, landing in rare-to-medium-rare territory.
• WYWWednesday brings A Different World and The Dropout, including a long discussion about the Theranos scandal.
• Rudy brings up reports that Diddy is receiving unusual perks in prison, which immediately turns into a Goodfellas comparison.
• The ITB Survivor Pool is down to six players as t