#458: Airline Insanity & 5 Questions | OBB Benched Ep 458 | The Spirit of the Seas

#458: Airline Insanity & 5 Questions | OBB Benched Ep 458 | The Spirit of the Seas

From Orange Bowl Boys: A Miami Hurricanes Podcast by OBB Media Inc.

May 11, 2026 · 37 min

About this episode

The episode discusses various bizarre airline incidents, a notable NHL press conference, and a controversial lawsuit involving JP Morgan, along with a segment of five questions.

Instead of AD drama, playoff expansion, or post-Spring rankings... we're talking about crazy airline incidents, grown men crying, and beat reporters cooking GMs... welcome to OBB Benched! We kick things off with the United Airlines plane that clipped a bakery truck on the Jersey Turnpike — and the real question nobody's asking: did the driver pass his drug test? Then a Delta flight out of Miami gets turned around on the taxiway because one woman refused to hang up her phone, delaying the whole plane two hours. The boys have thoughts. Strong ones. From there it's on to a cruise ship hantavirus outbreak in Cape Verde — perfect timing since Ro is getting on a boat in July — followed by the single greatest NHL press conference clip we have ever heard. The beat reporter for the Toronto Sun showed up to the Toronto Maple Leafs GM introduction and absolutely cooked the new hire to his face, with the GM sitting right there at the table. "That's it?" That's it. Then there's the JP Morgan lawsuit, where a former employee is claiming his female boss used promotions and perks to keep him as a personal sex slave. The story went from true, to false, to true again with two new witnesses — and…

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Organizations: United Airlines, Delta, Toronto Sun, Toronto Maple Leafs, JP Morgan

Places: Miami, Cape Verde

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