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    The hosts preview the Spencer McKenzie’s Throwdown by discussing new professional partnerships, rosters, and the women’s doubles field. They mention that the Throwdown will feature a celebrity cornhole broadcast with famous participants such as Chuck Liddell, Shemar Moore and Kel Mitchell and note that the “real MVP” might be the event’s popular fish tacos. The description teases that the show includes a “Buy or Sell” game and bold predictions . Heat. Heat. What's up everyone? Welcome to Around the ACL. Michelle Thompson here with Jake Brandon and Anthony Ion and we are excited to talk everything Spencer McKenzie's. That's right. It is the throwdown all the way over in the west coast. So Cali baby Ventura, California. Uh a huge tournament, festival, party, music, all the things. Um Anthony, you haven't been yet, right? I've never been. That's so crazy. You're so close. Unbelievable. Yeah.

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    In this episode of the **Around the ACL** podcast, the hosts recap the results from the Spencer McKenzie’s Throwdown tournament, including performances in doubles and women’s doubles. They discuss highlights from the star‑studded Celebrity Cornhole broadcast and share predictions and “Hole‑y Hot Takes” about how recent results might affect the remainder of the season. The description notes that the hosts offer recaps, analysis and predictions with some fun segments. Heat. Heat. everybody to around the ACL. Michelle Thompson here with Trey Ryder. And that's it. It's the two of us. We're going to hold it down. It's just us two. We were joking about it earlier because of course we want to recap the throwdown and I wasn't there. So, uh, Trey's going to be talking quite a bit. Um, but for those of you who were there, I saw all the posts about what a great time everybody had. Um, I know this is a favorite event of most people. It's a very different vibe. I've gone a couple years and it's super super fun and something that the ACL is super excited to be a part of. Um, so we're going to recap everything that happened there.

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    The hosts recap performances from the ACL World Championships, highlighting Mark Richards & Tony Smith winning Worlds Doubles and Jamie Graham winning Singles. They discuss Logan Chamberlain’s unexpected run, review stand‑out players in women’s, seniors and mixed doubles, and share which new pros qualified for next season. The episode ends with a “Hole‑y Hot Take” segment where the hosts give bold predictions for next year’s Worlds and potential shake‑ups in pro partnerships. Heat. Heat. What's up everyone? Welcome to Around the ACL. Michelle Thompson here with Trey Ryder and Anthony Ion and we are ready to talk everything Worlds. Sorry we left you for a couple weeks. One of those weeks we were at Worlds and then the other week we had some uh some sick people. So, uh we are getting to it now, but this is going to be great. Um so, we'll talk all things Worlds including obviously our singles, our doubles winners, all of our other winners, and our proqualifier winners. Um so, a good bunch of people there. Uh and then just so much to talk about. So, Trey, have you uh recuperated now that you've had some time? I have recuperated, which is great. So, uh last week I didn't go into the office at all. I still worked.

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    This episode prepares listeners for the upcoming World Championships. Hosts Jake and Trey break down the singles and doubles brackets, discussing which players and teams they believe can win. They also talk about the ACL International Invitational, where a European team will compete against North America, and evaluate which players might emerge from the challenge brackets to reach the final four. The description notes that the show ends with the hosts’ signature “Hole‑y Hot Takes” and invites listeners to leave a review at RateThisPodcast. Heat. Heat. Welcome to the world's episode of Around the ACL. It's Michelle Thompson here with Trey Ryder and Jake Brandon getting ready for the big event of the season. We are going to get into the brackets for singles and doubles. We are going to talk about some international stuff happening at Worlds. That's why it's Worlds after all, right? Can't just be us folk. Got to have everybody come down and play. We're excited about that. And then we're going to talk about all those players that'll be in the challenger brackets and who we think might be able to make their way into those main brackets to try to get a title themselves. Trey, what'd you do this weekend? Anything fun? I was in the most magical place on earth.

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    In this pre‑World Championships episode, Michelle Thompson is joined by Anthony and Trey to preview the event. They review the top 100 professional players and top doubles teams, randomly pick teams for the Pro Invitational, and debate nominees for the Stevie Awards. The hosts share insights and predictions before finishing with their signature hot takes about the upcoming Worlds. Heat. Heat. Welcome into Around the ACL. It's Michelle Thompson here with Trey Ryder and Anthony Ion getting ready for the World Championships, baby. Let's go. We made it to the end of the season. So, uh, lots of good stuff to talk about. So, the next couple episodes, we'll be getting everybody ready for that incredible event coming up at the end of July. And today, we're going to be talking about who are those top 100 pros that made it now that we have all of our signatures completed. We're going to do the drawing for our Pro Invitational and finish up with our Stevie Award ballots. So, lots of good stuff. Trey, how you feeling? You pumped up? Pumped up. Ready to go. I mean, it's uh you know, this is a nice appropriate break of a couple weeks right before the World Championships.