The Pat McAfee Show Live | Monday April 14th 2025

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[Music]. Welcome to the Pat McAfee Show. I'm. obviously not Pat McAfee. joins us via. Sacramento. Cannot wait for that. Monday, April 14th starts now. Sports. Nailed it. Hell yeah. You nailed. it. You absolutely nailed it, AJ. Well, feels like the timing was good. Feels. like the boys look good. Feels like. sports are awesome, especially on this.

magical postmasters overreaction Monday. AJ, golf was fantastic this weekend. And. I assume you spent the weekend like the. rest of us, either gathering your. children or your family and then peeking. up at the television and realizing that. the Masters leaderboard was that of. legends, was that of dreams, everything. we could have hoped for the Masters to. be this past weekend. It was AJ Hawkins. as I am live here in Sacramento, California. Beautiful arena, brand new. arena, brand new arena. The road to.

Wrestlemania continues tonight on Raw. But nonetheless, the Masters this. weekend was spectacular. AJ, I assume. you watched it as did I. Yeah, I think. everybody had to be. I mean, even even. if you're not a golf fan, you kind of. had to be captivated by this whole. situation. I'm sitting there uh. watching, like you said, I had all my. kids rounded around. They're sitting. there and we're watching. And they just. didn't understand, I guess, the. magnitude of every single putt. They'd. see like a three-foot putt. Like, what. do you mean that's easy putt? Anyone can. make that. And I'm saying, this is not, guys, you guys do not understand golf.

like uh like people do. This place is. Augusta. It looks like there was glass. Like every single green seemed like how. do you ever hold a ball? How does. anything ever stop? And I feel like. Todd, what did you think when Rory hit. that ball? What was it where he hit the. ball that they called like an egregious. mistake, I guess, when he hit it in the. water? When on a short little chip shot. on the back nine, he hits in the water. and people think this is the one thing. you can't do and somehow Rory finds a. way. Yeah. I mean, I think everyone just. thought like here we go again. You know, like that. A lot of people really like. Rory, but it's also kind of I don't want.

to say it's fun to watch someone who. clearly like has issues at August. Spoke. in the mic in program, but like it just. I mean I I think you just assumed like. here we go again. He's he's going to. like he had such a massive lead. Thought. he was just going to, you know, kind of. wither away. A couple other people. behind him were starting to come on hot. and then it was just like I don't know. It was crazy. You he hit some of the. maybe the worst shots of his career. down. This right here is an all time. Yeah. followed by maybe like the four. best shots of his career. So yeah, I. mean it was an incredible weekend all.

around. Con man, when you watch Rory, are you do you have any vested interest. when you watch um any kind of golf con? I think Pat, we finally got you back in. here. It was we watched this this shot. on 15th that that Rory hit I think. captivated everyone. Pat, this thing was. unbelievable. Absolutely. I have no idea if you can. hear me. I don't We're picking you up in. the background. Can you hear me now? Can. you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Okay, that's 100% on me. Okay, so uh. 13th whenever he goes in the water, all. hell breaks up uh loose. Oh my god. Here's Rory Mroy doing Rory Mroy again.

All anybody that's followed golf for, you know, an extended period of time. since Rory has kind of come into this. entire thing. We saw him come in to the. golf world incredibly hot. Holy hell, this is the new guy. He had sweet hair. You know, he was in a relationship. He. breaks up, gets out of his relationship, becomes single, goes on to become the. number one golfer in the world. This is. going to be the next guy. Then a drought. came. Oh my god, this guy can't win it. Including one at the Masters over a. decade ago where on the 10th TE he had. the lead and he shanked it so bad into a.

house directly to the left that whenever. you tee off there, even if it's not. during the tournament, they go, "You. can't hit it worse than Rory hit it here. whenever he was going to win the. Masters." And everybody just thought. Rory was maybe going to crumble. There's. no way Roryy's going to be able to. finish it. Even though it felt like a. different Rory Maroy, it felt like Rory. Maroy could possibly Rory Maroy at any. given moment. Every single T- box, every. single chip, even the short putt that he. missed on 18. Oh no, here it is. He This. is going to be how it all ends for Rory.

Instead, he steps on it in extra holes. He ends Yeah, this one. Oh no. Oh no. This is It's going to happen. Rory Mroy. is going to blow it again. Justin Rose. just buried a massive putt. Justin Rose. is hot going into overtime. Rory. Maroyy's ice cold. Uhhuh. Rory chips. that thing to about three feet. Cements. himself as a grand slam champion with. that shot right there. And uh I think. we're all incredibly happy for him.

We'll be talking to Sullie of No Laying. Up here in a matter of moments about how. the golf world has responded to this. But whenever you see him react that way, it was very evident that about a billion. pounds of pressure was lifted off of his. shoulders. This guy was never going to. be able to win the Masters, maybe never. even win a big one again. And whenever. he pulls it off in extra holes, and. everybody celebrates with him, it's a. beautiful thing. Now, I will say shout. out to to Dsham Bro representing for. most of the weekend. Now, not on Sunday,

but through Thursday, Friday, and. Saturday, absolutely doing his thing. And let's go to our live golf super fan, Darius J. Butler. What were your. thoughts on what happened on Sunday? And. what are your thoughts on Rory Mroy. finally conquering a mountain that. nobody thought he'd be able to conquer? I mean, it was absolute uh cinema. You. mentioned Liv. Everybody thought coming. into it going to be a battle between. those two guys at the top, Rory and. Bryson. Like you said, Bryson had a. tough Sunday. Uh but to see Roy and like. the mental toughness he had like not.

only Sunday but throughout the whole. tournament. I think he's the first. Masters winner that had four double. bogeies throughout the weekend. throughout the week uh week in total. So. that was incredible. Then obviously we. talked about the miss putt on 18. For. him to sit there and wait on the 18th. hole for Justin Rose to get there and. then have to play it all over and then. get it done like that second shot to put. it for that tap in. That was incredible. So like the mental toughness, the bounce. back. Um, so it was just Rose that that. long uh birdie putt he made on 18 to get.

him uh in the playoff. Patrick me Reed. made a run. Scotty had a decent he he. almost got in there. So it was just. absolute cinema uh the whole Sunday. The. Masters kind of never I'm pissed off. I. haven't been watching this [ __ ] my whole. life. This is only like my third. I. think I saw Ron win it. I saw Scotty win. it. And now seeing Rory and you. mentioned it like the emotions, you. know, I'm not the biggest Rory guy, especially once live came how he was, but he's kind of got back out, I guess, a little more in my good graces, but. just to see the emotions, the weight. lifted off of him enjoying it with his.

friends, with his family, and just kind. of a whole sports world coming together. and kind of just congratulating, pat on. the back to get this uh career grand. slam, which is he's like the sixth. golfer ever, right, to get on this list. So, just absolutely incredible stuff. from uh from the Masters and obviously. for Rory. That's where he was supposed. to be, you know, on the list of six. greatest golfers of all time, especially, you know, in tone. You might. know a little better than me, but it. feels like Rory was supposed to be a. guy, then he couldn't keep up, you know,

and then speed was supposed to be a guy. and then couldn't keep up with the pace. Brooks was going to be the guy, but then. Brooks only really started caring only. about majors and, you know, then he. disappears over to live taking a couple. hundred million dollars. You do what you. got to do. Rombo was supposed to be the. guy. Same situation. Tiger was really. the guy for so long. Everybody was. trying to see who was next, who was. next, who was next. Then the original. Rory Nike commercials were like him as a. kid practicing the fist pumps as if he. wanted to be Tiger coming out of. Northern Ireland. This is going to be a. lad of the lads. He's going to be the.

one. and for him to finally get on this. list that I assume he has thought about. on a very regular basis. Him walking. through the champions uh locker room. after getting the win and just you know. kind of eyeballing all the different. winners and I assume there's a lot of. golfers on there that he thinks are crop. golfers that have won the Masters or. like snuck and by crop you know what I. mean in comparison to what Rory is. But. finally his name is etched where it's. supposed to be as a grand slam champion. Obviously going to be one of the goats. no matter what. But him being able to.

say that he won the Masters and then he. finally got this uh you know um this. orangutan off of his back tone felt good. for Rory. What were the odds on him all. weekend? And uh how many people you. think hammered Rory Mroy to fail. yesterday like he had done so many times. in the past? the odds. Uh Scotty was the. favorite and Rory was the uh second odds. on favorite to win this tournament. Now. after uh the opening round, Rory and. Scotty were basically the same. Rory,

who I believe was minus 220 coming into. Sunday to win that one with the lead. that he had. So the odds makers believed. he could get it done, but I assume there. were a lot of people sprinkling bets on. other guys to get this done because of. Rory's history in the last 10 years. And. like you said, yeah, after Tiger, Rory. was supposed to be Tiger. Now that's. almost it's incredibly impossible to. live up to. But for the first for the. beginning of his career, he did like. those first four majors, he was so. young, I looked it up yesterday. So. Tiger in the early 2000s, there was only.

one other guy that was ranked number one. in the world during that time and it was. VJ Singh. And then in the 2010s after. Tiger, uh Rory led the most weeks at. number one. So he kind of he was the guy. after Tiger, but you know after those. first four majors and he had his he had. the Rory video game after Tiger had the. video game. There's only two guys that. have done that. So he did have the. torch, but then you talked about it. where he just had all these second place. finishes and and heartbreak at all these. majors, especially the Masters and all. those other guys up there on the list. that have won the Grand Slam. No other.

guy took more than three times to at an. event to finally get the Grand Slam. It. took Rory 11 times. So just like all. that heartbreak and all that waiting. over years and years and years and you. talked about the weight it just kept. getting more and more and after but so. to finally see it get done yesterday was. it was really cool to see scary when he. bogeies oh my. I was so worried for him I'm like oh no. how about when how about when he he saw. his daughter and his wife Pat after he. they're standing there ready to. celebrate hey we just won the Masters.

and he has to go hit another he knows. he's going to a playoff hole and he's. like oh hey just a quick little hug and. a A quick little hug and kiss here. How. about this one right here? I mean, this. is a what, a foot and a half? I mean, I. had to feel like 45, you know, let's. focus in here, Laur, you know, he gave a. little speech to himself cuz there was. somebody earlier in the week that missed. the cut, I believe, from missing a. two-ft tap in that kind of powered it. through. So, him being able to reather. himself to get to the playoff hole to do. this Tai Schmidt to do this right in.

front of Justin Rose. Justin Rose hit a. great shot in. I mean that was a great. shot and both of them had stupendous. drives as well. That's a tight galley uh. gallery there on that particular hole. I. mean it is long and and tight in there. and uh both of them hit magnetic draws. uh I'm sorry a little fade there and. then for him to be able to put it home. and win. Good for Rory just to make. himself go through a little Rory Mroy. one last time. Ty. Yeah, without a.

doubt. And we talk like you talk about. the mental toughness like that. He said. I think he had two yards fewer than his. shot on 18 and like trying not to replay. that in your head like hey on 18. initially all he had to do was hit it on. the green. You hit it on the green and. you you know you two putt from there and. he wins and inexplicably you know he. dunk he goes into the bunker and then. it's like okay here we go again. and. then for him to stick it in there that. close. And then on top of it, it's just. it's so cool to watch him because. everyone knows about Rory's talent.

obviously if you've been watching golf. for a long time, but over the last. several years with the PGA and live. stuff when whether he wanted it or not, um the PGA kind of like almost made him. like a figurehead and a politician. It's. like, hey, we need you to kind of be the. torchbearer. And you know, I think that. kind of turned a lot of people away from. Rory and it kind of, you know, it made. people want to see Rory, you know, play. like [ __ ] and and ultimately maybe like. lose something like this. But it's just. like the the the roller coaster that he. takes you on and around like I I just.

there are so few guys left like that. anymore. And he to win this year when he. he arguably did it against, you know, what maybe the toughest field in like. the history of the Masters. Like these. guys are just getting better and better. And for him, you know, I mean, to have. the mental toughness to because he could. have he could have just absolutely. crumbled, especially the way multiple. times he could have packed himself. And. then when Justin Rose played the way he. did down the stretch, it's like this. guy's got all the momentum and then for. Rory to stick it in there from, you. know, two feet on on the the first.

playoff hole, it was just it was. incredible. Yeah. I uh I thank Augusta and the. Masters for just providing something it. feels like the whole world watches but. is impossible to find, you know. Mhm. Uh. they'll be golfing. I'll see some. highlights on social media of something. happening and it's like, well, where is. this where is this at? Oh, it's uh it's. on Paramount Plus. It's on the uh on. ESPN. It is where the hell is this.

thing? And then even on Sunday, it. didn't even start. um until like two. o'clock or something. Yeah. But they'll. a lot of these channels do, you know, interesting little moves like the Golf. Channel or even ESPN. They'll show like. other Masters stuff and they'll keep the. sound in the background as if it is the. Masters. So they can kind of steal kind. of your view and then when you look up. it's like well we're not on the Ma this. isn't the Master. Where's the Masters? And then you start scanning through and. it's like well it's not on TV for until.

3:00. Where am I supposed to go to? Well, you got to download the Paramount. Plus, the Par, what is it? The Masters. app. Does my TV do that? Does my Can my. I don't Maybe my TV isn't as smart as. everybody else's TV. It was hard to find. for a little bit. But boy, whenever that. thing came on, it was mustwatch. Thank. you to the golfers for the electrifying. weekend. And thank you to Augusta for. the whole no cell phone thing still. being a thing. That's so cool to see. It's like you're watching um like a a.

documentary on something that happened a. hundred years ago. Whenever you see that. crowd that big crowd was huge, gigantic. crowds, weather was beautiful. Remember. in years past there had been some rain. maybe. So maybe that scared some people. away. Feels like the weather was perfect. down in Augusta, Georgia all weekend. So. the crowds were gigantic. Not a single. cell phone in the sky. Everybody taking. it in. celebrities acting just as uh. everybody else as regular ass patrons. It's like it's one. Look at that in the.

background. Just it feels like you're. watching something from the 1920s, the. 1910s and everybody just clapping and. enjoying the moment and uh obviously it. was Rory's moment. But I think we should. get down there someday to uh to the. Masters. I don't know how. Could you buy. your way into that or I think we can. broadcast down there maybe pick up maybe. a Thursday Friday round. Chance. I'll. tell you this, AJ, it felt like ESPN had. a pretty good batch of land down there.

um in Augusta. I don't know if we're. ever cracking into any of that brother. I I don't know. I don't know. Bro. culture, you know, the bro culture. Uh. not that, you know, bros like sports or. anything like that, but I I I think we. would potentially have to be fully. suited and booted if we went down there, and we would definitely do that. hopefully next year. Um, before we get. back to golf conversation with a man who. knows golf much better than we do, an. old Sully Solomon from uh, no laying up.

Couple big NFL news. Obviously, there. was a couple big deals that took place. Congrats to the lads signing massive. deals, but there was one deal that. wasn't done that we haven't talked about. yet. TJ Watt chucking the deucees up on. his IG story. T AJ, have we got any. update? Have you heard any update on. what the hell is going on over in. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? Tone, I'd love. to hear what you have heard from your. insiders, but from everything we know, they're at a standstill. That's all I've. heard. I've heard that word stand still. a few times. Tone, what does that mean? Yeah, I mean, everything uh I have seen.

on the internet um is that TJ uh in the. contract talks is not going great right. now. He wants more. Have they ever been. close? Like, do we know even the. parameters? Are they Have they Well, potentially the rumor is he wants more. than than Miles Garrett and it feels. like the Steelers, you know, potentially. don't want to go. Oh, they didn't think. it would be that high. Um, but that's. kind of what you get for for waiting on. these deals cuz if you know if it would. have got done earlier, maybe the number. wouldn't have been 40. But no, this was. concerning. It like last time, you know, TJ had his contract talks and he kicked.

the door down. Um, he said, "Hey, agents, I'm getting this done. I need to. play football." Uh, there was none of. this that happened. So, it feels it. feels different this time. It's a bit. worrisome. Uh, I don't know what the. future's going to be. I don't know if. they they are going to get a deal done. He's got I mean, he's got one year left. would he would he hold out that last. time he got a contract, he didn't go to. training camp or and he didn't. participate in training camp until he. got his contract done. So, it's. definitely something to watch right now. It's interesting and um I don't love it. I don't love it if we're being honest. Okay, so let's talk about another.

Pittsburgh Steeler, uh Ben Rothosberger. last week on his Foot Bowling with Ben. podcast that I was very lucky to be a. guest of. We we Hey, age. Yeah, we. filmed that in his basement. Uh Ben. Rothosberger's. basement. Nicest house I've ever been in. in my entire life. Nicest house. I've. heard some crazy things. I've heard it's. amazing. Like not only big, but like. just really cool features, too, that. like you would love. Oh, secret passages. really tunnels underneath connecting.

places. Well, I don't I don't know about. any of that. AJ bunker that he could put his family. in or something. I assume he has a. bunker. I think there's a a horse farm. there. But he he had these stairs. It. felt like we're in a castle. We go down. and there's a um like a cigar room that. has a brave heart uh sword and axe up on. the wall. Little candle fire like I mean. it was huge space still. They had to dig. it into a hole. I I don't know how.

gigantic. Then we go and do the entire. podcast. He was chitchatting about the. Aaron Rogers situation and he said, "How. come nobody's mentioned this little. tidbit or I think there might be is. there a wildcard team out there that. nobody's talking about? Is there a. wildcard team out there that's like oh. wow like maybe there's a quarterback out. there, I'm not going to mention any. names, who maybe has a subtle injury. that people don't know about. Oh, a. starting quarterback on a team out there. that has an injury that people don't. know about and maybe he's waiting for. that. Okay. Okay. So big Ben.

Rothesberger says maybe I don't want to. mention any names feels like he might. have knew. Then over the weekend we get. the news Derek Carr quarterback for the. New Orleans Saints is dealing with a. shoulder injury that threatens his. availability for this season. Sources. say we'll be talking to Rapaort in about. 10 minutes or so. Are the New Orleans. Saints in conversations with Aaron. Rodgers? And first of all, Derek Carr, Godspeed, brother. So sorry to hear. that. That absolutely sucks.

It feels like the Saints had decided. Derek Carr was going to be their. quarterback. Maybe now they're looking. in to this rookie draft class, but an. injury to his shoulder is potentially. going to keep him out of next season. This is something like I arrived at. training camp and I was called down to. the training room. I got down there, Pton Manning had a bunch of wires out of. his neck. Okay, Pton's neck has not been. healed. He's going to need more surgery. or more procedure, whatever the case is. And I immediately knew I did not prepare.

enough to punt as many times we were. going to punt that season. We would then. almost go completely defeated, but. nobody really knew how severe that. injury was. Offseason injuries don't. have to be reported. Are the Saints eye. and Aaron Rodgers AJ Hawk? Is that. something that's happening right now? I. I when when I first heard this whole. thing with with Carr getting hurt, that's what I thought. I'm like, okay, would the do the Saints want Aaron? would Aaron want to go there? And I. don't know. I don't have any answers for.

you. But I think any place like this to. where a quarterback job becomes open. because a veteran guy goes down. You're. going to have to ask if Aaron's not. signed somewhere like is this the team. that would go after Aaron and would he. want to be there? It wouldn't be a. terrible situation. They got some good. players back. Yeah, they got What do you. think? Got Kamar back there. You got uh. Rasheed Shahid. Obviously Chris Olive is. a dynamic weapon when he's health and. he's out there. Um but this is a wild. wild situation. Obviously, Big Ben new. for sure, but uh then you also look at. the quarterback position for Aaron.

Rogers. Okay, NFC South or AFC North. You know, we're all expecting this. Pittsburgh or possibly New Orleans. Saints. So, what's the best path to the. playoffs? And then obviously, this makes. the draft and where the Saints are. picking at number nine uh much much more. interesting, especially for those teams. up at the top. Maybe they can trade back. the teams that don't need a quarterback. and the Saints jump up. So, um this this. was this was wild though. You you. mentioned Payton. We kind of had a. similar situation with Andrew Luck. coming in and that's always a shock kind. of to the locker room to the fan base.

when you're going into a season at this. offseason point in time when teams. reporting you get a big news like that. especially from your franchise. quarterback or the guy you're expecting. to be your starting quarterback for that. season. So this is huge huge uh NFL news. right now. Oh muted they might have muted you. Uhoh. You think we could read his lips? I think we could do it like there's. videos in the internet. Try to figure. out see what he's saying. The thing is. here like you guys talked about it with. the the draft now. The Saints are now.

the favorite to take Shadur at nine. Yeah. How long did the Saints know that. Dererick was hurt? Like did did this do. you think something popped up in a. workout or is this something he's been. thought he could get through? Probably a. while. Like if Pat mentioned it, you. don't have to report. Yeah, exactly. if. you don't have report, you know, offseason injuries. I think you can make. the assumption they've known for quite. some time. And I feel like they've kind. of been in most of the quarterback. conversations when it comes to, you. know, the rookie class, not so much like. Rogers and Russell Wilson and stuff like. that, but you can make the assumption.

they've always known like, hey, we need. to address the QB situation. And. they're, you know, still what 50 how. many millions dead in in the cap or. whatever. like their cap situation has. been [ __ ] for so long that it feels like. it's inevitable that they were. eventually going to have to take. quarterback. Yeah, cuz they weren't. gung-ho on on Carr going into this. season anyway. Like we were we were. talking about like, hey, are they going. to get rid of him with uh Kell Moore. coming in? And then it was like, no, they're going to stick with him. So, I'm. sure they've been kicking the tires on. on everyone. But you also wonder, I.

mean, I don't think it's a guarantee. that they would be picking at the top, but like if you're going to draft a. quarterback at nine this year, if Carr. is out for the whole year and you have. to start, you know, Spencer Rattler or. whatever, like there's a chance you get. the first overall pick next year is. that, you know, so is it like it's one. of those things where how do you balance. that? Yeah, that's another good point. too with uh I kind of completely forgot. about Kelly Mo being the head coach now. So now do you you probably I my. preference would be if I'm Kelly Mo. probably to go and get my own young.

quarterback like you mentioned either. this year or next year in the draft. Maybe it's is Arch. Maybe he goes back. where his grandpa went back. I don't. think his grandpa's let him go play for. the Saints just based on how it went for. old Archie. But I mean there's a boy who. loves Gada in that area. I think that. they can kind of look to good old. Jackson Dart. I think he's got a lot of. fans down there in that area. I mean. Miss boy, right? I assume a lot of. Mississippi, you know, people are fans. of the New Orleans Saints just because, you know, of course it's close to it,

but also there isn't a professional team. in Mississippi. So Jackson Dart feels. like the guy that's been climbing while. Shadur is the one that's been maybe. dropping a little bit even though Shador. has said, you know, don't believe what. the media says. Yeah. Who do we. we can't believe anything that's. happening right now, but I guess it does. really change. It's amazing what I mean. anything else like this think comes up. between now today and the draft any. other bombshell injuries or trades or. something that happens not trades but I. think on the draft I don't know about. some draft cuz like the Patriots like.

Debb mentioned if they're going to trade. up like I don't think the Patriots are. going to make a draft trade today. because let's say they do trade the four. and then all of a sudden two. quarterbacks go one two and then Abdul. Carter or Travis Hunter are there at. four and all you know they're standing. there looking like idiots because they. traded it out too early. So, it feels. like maybe leading up to the draft might. not be as electrifying, but then maybe. actual draft day, like it kind of feels. like the um you know, whole entire thing. with Tre Lance when that draft day.

everything kind of changed for the. Niners at that three overall pick where. they're supposed to take M. Jones and. then hold on, they're going to take Tre. Lance. Like, it feels like something. like that might happen where out of. nowhere is some team and maybe it's not. even the Saints. Maybe the Saints do do. like a Rattler type move, but maybe the. Jets fall in love with someone and all. of a sudden they want a quarterback or. the Steelers because the Steelers get a. little nervous about the Saints taking. the guy that they want and they trade up. with TJ Watt, you know, who maybe maybe. doesn't have his contract figured out.

Maybe TJ Watt, George Pickkins, and you. know, a first round pick next year to. the number four pick. Something to think about. I mean, yeah, I guess who in the top five or 10? Who. in the top 10 do we Is there a team that. you're just pretty much locked in on. certain player? You just think of anyone. right now? Just a tiny Look at the top. Just look at the top 10. You feel like, hey, these guys, this is who they're. taking. I mean, Cam Ward at one. I feel. like that though. Do we know anything? No. Cuz I feel like it's bounced back. and forth between Abdul Carter and. Travis Hunter at number two. We really. don't know what those teams are thinking.

and who they're truly like. We we know. what like the pundits are saying. No. And then one day Shador Sanders, you. know, he might be going three to the. Giants and then the next day it's like, well, he actually might be a fourth. round pick this year. So, it's kind of. like outside of of uh Cam Ward at number. one, I really don't think there's like a. clear cut. Where's Jackson Dart going? He's he's intriguing me. What his whole. what he what's going on? I feel like. this he's going to be the talk of the. draft. It's super intriguing. And. originally, you know, there was a lot of. mocks having go 21 to the Steelers. But. then a few weeks ago, um I was listening.

to Phil Yates and Mel Kyper's show. I. think it's called I think it's called. First Draft. Uh hosted by Mike. Greenberg. Um, and I don't care if it. was it was Kyper or Field, but one of. them had uh Jackson Dart at nine just as. something to watch cuz it it made sense, you know, cuz he could sit for a year. behind Derek. I don't think at this time. anyone had any idea about the injury, but cuz when you were looking at the. teams, you know, that that need a. quarterback or whatever. like the. Raiders got their quarterback, the Jets. potentially got their quarterback, but. then like the next spot was that had a.

big question mark about their future was. nine at the Saints and then there was. kind of the gap um until 21 at the. Steelers for Jackson Dart. And even. people said, you know, maybe the Rams. poke around at taking Jackson Dart for. to be Stafford's replacement. They. thought that might be a good fit, but. no. As as far as now, like it doesn't. feel like he's going to go two or three. obviously, but you know, 921 and then. maybe potentially the Rams later. But. anything could happen at this point. Yeah, I'm on I'm I think I'm on an. island here. But I still think uh Chadur. goes to the Browns at two. I think I.

think it's I I just definitely. definitely going to take a look at that. after the show. But yeah, I know. I. know. Look, we got they got Smoking Joe. back there. Joe Flacco back in. Cleveland. That's obviously a big deal. But I don't think you go into the season. with Kenny Pick and Joe Flacco as your. quarterback. You obviously have to. figure that situation out. So I think. Shador goes too. And then the question. is obviously you know where do those two. blue chippers go with uh Abdul Carter. and Travis Hunter. Well in Footsteps.

Flaco I mean I feel like there's nobody. better a mentor when it comes to a guy. who knows the game who knows how to win. a Super Bowl. And Shador you know I. don't know about you guys but he does. remind me a little bit of Flaco. I think. he does have a little bit of footsteps. in him. Um, but it it does feel like I. don't see it talent. You got to. keep watch. You're going to have to keep. watching the tape. Yeah, I got I got to. go and take but uh it does feel like. Shadorette, too. Like the the entire. thing before and Sher I think had said.

this on the show like, "Hey, the Browns. are going to take a quarterback. They. need a quarterback." The whole Miles. Garrett thing. And maybe this was it. Maybe the Browns before they paid Miles. Garrett $40 million a year and the plan. they told them at quarterback was, "Hey, we're going to get Flaco." And Miles. Garrett said, "Give me the pen. I need. to sign my name now if Joey Flack is. back." Cuz last time he was here, we. went to the playoffs. But also maybe. there's a chance that this entire time. the Browns have been locked in at two.

with Shador and instead of just kind of. revealing their hands, maybe they have. kind of thought, hey, we could possibly. trade back if we kind of go with the. smoke screen. Hey, we're not going to. take Shador. We're going to take someone. else who everyone loves Travis Hunter. If we drive up the price of these other. two guys, Hunter and Carter, maybe they. could move back to like a five or or a. six and still end up with Shadore. and, you know, get high value for that pick. if those two guys are available. And. even with New England, like if if the.

New England Patriots obviously, you. know, wanted to take Shad or, excuse me, Travis Hunter or Abdul Carter and they. didn't want to take a left tackle, the. best way to get them to move to two. would be like, "Hey, yeah, we're locked. in on Travis Hunter or, you know, Abdul. Carter. If you if you want him, you're. going to have to really come up and get. him." Then they still get their guy at. four. But I I I agree with Darius. I. think the the Browns still need a. quarterback bad. Yeah, they do. And we. don't want to keep this guy waiting any. longer. We'll get back to football, but. uh this guy's been polite and hanging on. the line waiting for us. Obviously, he.

uh the co-founder of the No Lane Lane Up. podcast. He was glued to his television. yesterday. I don't think he was there in. person. I don't know, guys. We'll see in. a second. But uh ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Chris Sully Solomon. Were you Were you out there walking the. hills yesterday? I was there from Sunday. to Friday. I came home Saturday morning. uh to watch the end on on TV and uh to. help out on the home front. It's a it's. a demanding week on the home front, but. I was I was going through all the. emotions uh in front of a TV, watching. from different parts of my office,

moving around in different rooms when it. wasn't going very well. It was uh an. emotional journey that really only Rory. Mroy can take us on because that was one. of the wildest Sundays I've ever seen. Yeah, I mean absolutely watching that it. was an absolute uh Yeah, people I'm sure. had some heart heart issues for that. when you're actually rooting for Rory in. those situations, but was it I know he. kind of mentioned this afterwards. You. think it's is it relief? Is it joy? Is. it a mixture of both? And where do you. see Rory going from here? I feel like. this could just springboard him and his. confidence into a new stratosphere.

Well, I think the relief is has multiple. layers to it. won in that it's a burden. that he's carried for at least a decade. in terms of trying to complete the. career grand slam. But as far as winning. a green jacket, you go all the way back. to 2011, he held a big league going into. the final round, shot 80 uh you know, a. historic collapse. Everyone's seen the. images of that, him chipping out from. behind a cabin uh on the 10th hole in. the second nine there. And it's it's. been a golf course that has been in his. head. It's undeniable. I think he would. admit that of he has had a mental block.

about the golf's biggest championship, its biggest stage and trying to get it. done and the career grand slam only. added another layer to that. And then on. top of that, you have the way in which. this got really close at the end. You. want to talk about relief at the end. If. he did not close this out, we'd be. sitting here talking today about one of. the great all-time collapses in golf. history. The shot you're showing on the. screen there is the wedge into 13 was. truly, and I know this is probably. recency bias. I'm struggling to come up. with a more inexplicable golf shot I've. ever seen a professional golfer hit in a.

big moment because not only does he miss. a wedge right into the water, he had a. slope to use left of the of the pin that. he should have been aiming for. And uh I. I I truly don't know what happened on. that shot, but every time his back was. against the wall, every time he had a. disaster that just continued to reach. higher levels, he would come up with a. golf shot that I've never seen before in. terms of on the positive side. I mean, the the the seven iron he hit into the. 15th hole after that disaster on 13 is. what's going to get replayed uh you. know, for for forever for history. And.

uh we we'll remember it fondly now. because of how the final result worked. out and and not remember it as one of. great golf's all-time collapses. Thank. god. Sie, let's talk about that. Do you. think having to hit a ridiculous draw, like I don't want to say it's a trick. shot, but it's a harder shot was good. for him because mentally it's just like. an ah to hell with it type shot. And. then whenever he hits a queen, he thinks. to himself, okay, we're back. And then. whenever he gets to the 18th and he. misses that putt, are you doing what. we're all doing? Like, oh no, it is.

going to happen. Rory is going to blow. it yet again. 100%. And I think it it's. not a can't be a coincidence that every. time he kind of took his foot off the. gas yesterday was playing smart. Like. the the approach he took into 13 was. like, "Hey, this is disaster proof. Threewood, little layup, wedge on the. green. Only way I can get myself in. trouble here is if I dunk, you know, maybe lose my second ball or hit it in. the water. I'm playing it smart." And. grip the steering wheel too tight and. had a, you know, a choke and make double. bogey. Whereas when he gets to 15, he. can go back into superpower, superhero.

mode, and and hit the shot that is his. superpower, which is to shoot that seven. iron way up in the air. That green was. so firm. We saw all week guys struggling. to hold this green. And watch where this. ball lands. Like, it lands not very far. onto that green and still barely holds. the back of that. I mean, I can't even. describe how good this shot was, especially with what he had been. through. It it can't be a coincidence. though that, you know, when he needed. to, he tried to hit a hero shot, a shot. that's really difficult sometimes in. pressure situations. That's easier for.

players at this level because they're. not worried about, you know, what could. go wrong here or what if I blow this. It's it's you're trying to achieve. versus trying not to screw up. There's a. big difference. Yeah. So, for me, just. hold on one second. Just for me as a uh. as a kicker punter, similar situation. you have a bad ball, a couple bad balls. in a row, and then you get to one that. you're not supposed to make, like not. supposed to hit, and then all of a. sudden it kind of lets you free, you. know, it kind of lets you uh free. yourself. He sees that ball turning. He.

he it's almost a nice reminder that he. is a golf, you know, like, hey, let's uh. let's remember who the hell we are and. why we're here. So, shout out to the. golf gods for blessing him for that. Go. ahead, BB. Sorry, AJ. No, shout out to. the golf gods for sure for blessing all. of us this Sunday. But um you know the. golf shots were incredible but I like to. talk about a little bit of the drama. You know the PGA and the live and we. expected a big Bryson Rory showdown and. then after the match I believe Bryson. was interviewed and talked about how you. know Rory didn't talk to him all day. Uh.

is that pretty normal uh on a Sunday. because I know I've heard Tiger stories. Tony Fen spoke about how they played one. Sunday and Tiger didn't say a word to. him. So is that normal? Is that kind of. I guess athlete by athlete uh tournament. by tournament type of thing? So, I'll. say this. I think to give Bryson the. benefit of the doubt in this situation, uh, I mean, Rory after Bryson won the US. Open and and Rory kind of collapsed. there on the back end, Rory famously. sped off, did not speak to media, did. not answer questions. So, I want to give. Bryson credit for when the when the. scenario was flipped, he's speaking to.

media in an immediate time period after. a very emotional week that he's had, probably exhausted, probably very. frustrated, uh, that he had a, you know, came up short of a life-changing moment. of winning the Green Jacket. I'll say. that uh to say, you know, maybe the tone. of how he's reflecting on things maybe. came across in a certain way, especially. when it's going to get clipped on social. media. That's the benefit of the doubt. The other side, I'd say he should. absolutely not expect Rory Maroy to talk. to him while trying to conquer all the. demons of Augusta National. Uh like you. said, the example Tony Fen now gave of,

you know, he tried to talk to Tiger in. 2019 around the seventh hole. Hey Tiger, how the kids and Tiger just said they're. good and never said another word to him. the rest of the round. and Feno got the. hint of like, okay, this is locked in. Sunday Tiger at Augusta. Maybe maybe we. talk after the round. Maybe we talk on. Monday. Uh I'm sure Bryson and Roy have. each other's phone numbers if they want. to talk a lot. They have that. opportunity. Probably not the. opportunity for that to happen. Uh and. so I'm not surprised that they that they. did not talk or were not talking to each. other. A little surprised that Bryson. kind of presented in that way, but like. I said, that could that could be a.

reflection of exhaustion. Bryson hit. like a thousand range balls this week. They they had a counter on range balls. He was number one in the field, I think, on range balls. I think the guy just. needed a little bit of sleep. Yeah, I I. think certainly Bryson Duchambo football. is to outwork everybody all the time. Him on the range late at night is. seemingly becoming a custom, you know, a. thing that happens at all these. And you. talked about Tony Fen talking about. Tiger and Bryson should have known that. with Rory. I had a chance Adam Venitaryi. was a kicker, you know, uh, and I was a.

holder for him. And as a holder for a. kicker, you're acting as a caddy almost, you know? You're like kind of a caddyy. like, "Hey, this where we're at." aim. This is what we think. yada yada yada. For most of the time, whenever we jog on. the field, it'd be very jovial. You. know, I'd be trying to keep him loose. I'd say something, you know, uh I'd end. up calling him an old man. I'd point at. somebody. Hey, let's aim at this guy. Let's go ahead and try to draw it in. here around a little bit of the cubby. fella there. You know, like that type of. stuff. Then we get to the first one. where it was a gamewinner. And I turned. around and he was an actual just zombie.

Nothing. Nothing at all. locked in more. so than I've ever seen a human being. locked in. I don't even think he blinked. for the entire time we joged out there. And it's like those guys that have the. capability and women that have the. capability to get into that zone are. normally the ones who get up to the top. If Rory was able to find that, which I. assume he's had in the past, but like. those are the different animals up there. that are able that's the mamba mentality. that everybody talks about being able to.

to kind of lock in. I'm happy to hear. that that's how Rory was. And I do love. that Bryson Duchambo was he went and. talked to me, you know. I like that it. was a little little dramatic there. I. liked that it was a little dramatic. Go. ahead, Con man. Yeah. So, uh, take us. through while you were at the Masters, more specifically this Living PGA thing. while you were there Thursday and. Friday, are you eating pimento cheese. sandwiches, drinking whatever fancy. drinks they're selling, some pul pork. barbecue perhaps? Are you trying to. listen to people talking kind of the. higherups, the big wigs, if you will,

about what is going on with PGA and Liv. because it feels like we're in year 10. of, hey, they're going to merge and then. boom, they don't because of some BS. We. heard about a a board seat that it. wasn't given to the PIF uh chairman or. or something along those lines. Is is. there something that's going to happen. here? Because, you know, I feel like all. the majors is such a great reminder, hey, when all the best golfers in the. world are playing against each other, it. is electrifying, but we only get it, you.

know, a few times a year, and that kind. of stinks. Now, it's a great question. because honestly, I'm I'm so relieved. when these weeks roll around and I can. take my brain off of the Liv and and and. PGA Tour kind of Civil War and I focus. on a great championship. However, especially in person at Augusta, I mean, it's famous uh famous meeting spot for a. lot of the green jackets, past. champions, media people, executives of. different companies, executives of tours. is under the big oak tree right next to. the clubhouse. And uh I I did spend a. fair amount of time, it's funny that you.

asked that, just hanging around that. spot looking for people to talk to, get. kind of uh up-to-date news on some of. this and seeing who's who else is. talking to each other. I was actually. quite surprised uh I believe it was on. Friday uh to see the chairman of the. Saudi public investment fund Yaser. Alayan uh who's kind of the the person. that has headed up Live Golf. He was. standing up under the tree uh and. talking to Scott O'Neal who's the CEO of. Live Golf and talking to another member. of Augusta National as well. So just the. fact that he was there is is something. that I don't think has happened in.

previous versions of the Masters. That. being said, I have not heard good things. about the status of the conversation. between Live Golf and the PGA Tour. Uh. the rejection of the of the recent. proposal uh from Live Golf makes sense. to me and that in that I I don't think. there's a world that where Liv Golf can. continue in its current form and a deal. be made. uh because it it like you said. it it makes the most sense when all. these guys are playing uh all together. on the same courses in the same. tournaments and live continuing in its. current form with 14 events would mean.

that we don't get that happening very. often. So uh the PGA Tour right or wrong. believes they're in a position uh where. they can you know they they don't need. they're not they don't feel like they're. in a position where they need to cave in. uh to Liv's demands or or Saudi's. demands at this point. We'll see how. that all plays out. Um, from what I've. heard about the status of the. negotiation, I don't blame them for. reaching that conclusion because, you. know, live continue, like I said, live. continuing its current form and and uh. uh uh giving a board seat as well where. terms they degree they they determined. to not be acceptable and I don't know if.

that means a deal is off the table now, but we're getting in into the late days. and and things have not trended uh in a. good direction. I will say if somebody invests $1.5. billion into a company, they're going to. probably think they've earned a board. seat. So, that obviously not something. that I think is a real uh part of the. convo. I think it's all the other stuff. that you mentioned there, the live. season, all the other stuff. And uh I. I'm okay with the live season not. happening anymore strictly because I.

don't see it anyways. So, uh it would be. something that didn't happen. Yeah, it. would be Yeah. something didn't happen. I'm being removed from my life. That. feels like an easy concession. Hopefully, they're able to make it. happen. We appreciate the hell out of. you, Sully. Thank you so much. The. founder of the No Laying Up podcast, also a scratch golfer. We haven't said. that yet. The guy's a stick. Chris Sully. Solomon. Thank you, buddy. Had to make a quick run down to the bus. from the uh upper level. I'll tell you.

what, a little winded, a little tired, but thank God I got back in time to talk. to Sullie. Hey, him chit chatting about. Rory obviously a big deal. Him saying. that the Saudi Arabia guy was on the. grounds and August is a big deal. That's. a big deal. You know where where's. business get done boys. Mhm. Mhm. They're probably golfing today. I I I. think the way the Masters goes, especially for these highle partners or. whatever the case is, you kind of go and.

then you either golf I think the day. after or two days after the Masters. so. you could play the same course. You. know, it's like one of those types of. things. So maybe they get a deal done at. the Masters to bring everybody together. because watching Dsham Bro and Mroy, you. know, just the thought of even Duchambo. saying, "I love the James Bond movies. I'll probably stay up late tonight and. I'll wake up probably around 10:30." And. then you got Rory Mackoy talking about. how I'm going treat it the same way I. treat it today. You know, uh I'll.

recover. I'll go to bed. I'll probably. watch Zootopia with uh the the daughter. and then I'll wake up early, get here. three and a half hours. Like just two. such contrasting styles of players and. Dshambo is clearly in his prime right. now. And it's like we talk about wanting. to see Brooks take on everybody and. Rombo because Rombo is on there. This. Dsham Bro fella might be playing better. golf than he's ever played. We remember. as their long ball whacker guy. We know. him as a YouTuber, but he had some chips. and some hands throughout the evening. He chipped. I mean, his long p on 18 on.

Friday night to bring him or Saturday. night to bring him within two. It's like. we're missing out on Dsham competing. against all these people, too. Um, so we. hope they figure it out. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man who walks. the golf course. And still shoots at 95. No way. Senior NFL insider for NFL. Network, ladies and gentlemen, friend of. the program, Ian Rapaore. What's going on, Rap? How you doing? I'm. trying to get all these lights out of. the back so it doesn't uh you know shine.

in your face, but the lights are always. shining whenever Ian Rapaort's around. Thank you, buddy. Hey, um Rap, couple. things we need to clear up here since. Big Night Out cuz we haven't been on. Um. first, first of all, we love you. Second. of all, TJ want, we talked about this. early in the hour. We don't know what it. means. Con said that he has heard that. TJ wants more than Miles Garrett, which. is like 4.8 million a year. And if. you're TJ, I think that would certainly. be a competition piece between Miles.

Garrett and yourself, which has. obviously been defensive MVP, yada yada, all that stuff for like the better part. of the last decade here. What do you. know about this situation deal not. getting done between TJ and the. Steelers? Ian, is that is that a. potential reality at this point? Well, that's it's hard to imagine that's. a potential reality because when the. Steelers have wanted to sign a player. and the Steelers have wanted to commit. to a guy, generally they have got it. done. Now, it's not always on the. timeline we all want, right? Like it's.

not always on the timeline of like right. now where I could just hit send on the. tweet and just kind of move on from. there. Um, a lot of times these deals. happen right before training camp. because remember the Steelers have a. policy of not negotiating into the. season. So, right before training camp. is a time and then right before the. season is a time like there have been. deals that have gotten done in. Pittsburgh. I think like the Saturday. night before the season. So, there is. time. Now, if TJ Watt wants to be paid. more than Miles Garrett, I would say. that makes sense. I mean, you could.

argue who's better. You could argue if. you were fielding a team, who would you. rather have? But you really can't argue. that the statistics are that much. different. I mean, there are two premium. elite pass rushers, you know, still in. their prime even though both are a. little bit older than, you know, the. early 20s or or whatever. Um, you know, I would imagine that's what he's. shooting for. Will he get it? I don't. know because that's more of a decision. like at some point in the process does. he go, "All right, I have enough and.

we're okay." Um, but I I wouldn't be. surprised if that's what he's aiming for. and that's kind of what this off season. has been about because, you know, Micah. Parsons is aiming for the same. Well, the interesting thing here is. Jimmy Hasslam yet again is putting other. teams ownerships in a bind with wild. contracts. Did it with Deshun Watson and. I thought it was maybe like he was. trying to big bank take little bank. convo. Now with Miles Garrett knowing. that there's a bunch of defensive ends.

that need to be paid. Like, all right, I'll pay him quarterback money. See if. everybody else can keep up. We might. suck. Hey, we might suck, but everybody. else won't be able to keep up. We can. ruin other people's teams, too. Let's. talk about two deals that did get done. recently. Go ahead, DB. Yeah, two big. deals uh in the slot, specifically Kyler. Gordon out in Chicago and Jaylen Petri, uh down in Houston both signed two. pretty big deals. Um, I didn't expect. these type of deals to be done at this. point in the game. Should we expect any. more that are in the pipeline? And what.

do you know about the actual details of. these deals? Uh, first of all, these. deals are related, right? So, Petri is. interesting because he's more of a. safety, but he's become like I I think. it's like 66% in the slot or something. It's a lot, right? And so, you could. sort of call him whatever you want, and. I called him a safety in my in my tweet, but he's really like a an awesome. nickel. slightly different. Yeah. And I. would say Kyler Gordon's kind of the. same. So one gets done and if you're. Kyler Gordon, you're fighting for this.

money and again really good money for a. really good player. You know, it's. easier to say like, all right, this. contract that I said I deserved, this. guy who does similar to me, he got it. So like I should be right there. And I. think the Bears were kind of like, all. right, that's where the market is. I. would also say for the Bears, I mean, actually for both of these teams, it's. like a really good draft pick, pretty. high, who does everything right, is a. good person, makes a ton of plays, and. gets paid. Like, as an organization,

these are the guys you were dying to. pay. And like, you can see the comments. from Ryan Poles the last couple weeks. Like, he has wanted to pay Kyler Gordon. And I'm happy that this deal got done. for him. But, do we want the insiders to. start reporting them as nickel? Do we. want that or what do we want? Good. question. Actually, these guys are. football players, slot defenders. Derwin. James is another guy who's a safety but. play, you know, majority of his uh snaps. in the slot. A lot of guys, you know, you just add value and I'm I'm happy to. see these guys finally getting paid um.

like this. Kenny Moore is a guy. Jordan. Lewis got paid in Dallas that reported. that he was, you know, the highest deal. So, now to see Kyler and Jaylen get. their money. But these guys can move. around. They can impact and help a. football team. Tyron Matthew has done. this for a long time. Taylor Ramsey, all. these guys can move around and just add. tremendous value when they can go in. that. But that slot defender, safety, they're they're great football players. overall. Yeah, but like should we start. building that brand a little bit here? Should should whenever it gets reported. by Ravenport say hey to whatever you.

want this to be called position cuz I. believe you played this position. obviously amongst many other positions. It is a high it's it's the nipple, you. know, it's the safety, the secondary. member that's coming in for the. linebacker has to be able to tackle, has. to be able to read, has to be able to. put inside. It needs a better name. I. mean, better branding. It does. It does. I mean, they're slot look, they're slot. defenders. Some guys are full-time. players, so they're going to be on the. field. Like I said, Derwin James is. never going to come off the field. Petri. pretty much isn't going to come off the. field. And then you have other guys who.

just come in and substitute and maybe. play 70 70% of the snaps depending on. the team. Like a team like the Buffalo. Bills with Terry Johnson, they play. almost every snap in nickels. So hey, leave leave AR on. It's a different. year. All right. So break. This isn't the NFL that that we came. into now. You know, nickel and slot. defenders are pretty much starters on. the defensive side of the ball. You play. with 5 DBs, you know, most of the times. how the NFL has been. That's what I'm. saying. We need a name for it. I mean,

they're slot defenders like colleges. call it like star or rover. Star. Yeah, that's like a big saving thing. What are. they on the All Pro League? Are they Are. they just slot? Just slot. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. [ __ ] That's I guess that's where. we are. Slot defenders. All right. Slots. Hey, there's good slots out there. getting paid. I'm happy for them. I am. very, very happy that they're getting. paid. Now, there's other stuff happening. around the NFL. Bond man, your question. for Rap. Yeah, Rap other big news. Derek. Carr questionable now for this season. with the shoulder injury. He might be.

done. Is there a chance uh the Saints. now look to move up in the draft to kind. of get a younger guy who kind of fit. their cap space as well? Do you think. that's a possibility or do you think. they're probably going to stay at nine. or even possibly get in on the Aaron. Rodgers sweep stakes? All right, we'll. hit the Rogers one first. I would. imagine if you're the Saints, first of. all, this, you know, hurts them capwise, if only because it's $40 million.

allocated to a guy who is may not end up. playing for you, right? Like, there is a. possibility that Derek Hard does not. play this season. That is real. Like, that is that is real. He may have. surgery. He has a decision to make. That. is all real. Um, what happened? Yeah. And how long have we known rap? Okay, this has been a just being totally. honest, this has been a difficult one. for me to figure out. Like I know the. status of his shoulder now. He is. currently deciding, seeking medical. opinions, seeing if he needs to have.

surgery. I have heard. varying views, reports, facts, whatever. you want to call it about when this. actually happened. Was it something that. he had been dealing with that worsened? Was it something that he hurt when he. broke his uh left hand late in the. season, whenever that was, and just, you. know, still is bothering him? Is it just. wear and tear and just can't go forward? Like there, just to be totally honest, like there are a lot of questions that I.

don't really have right now. And I think. the Saints, I believe, knew, but a lot. of their players, a lot of their players. did not know. And so when this news. happened, like I think for a lot of. people who either are with the Saints or. close to were kind of like, hold on, what? Like wait what? Like that's how. this news felt. And so like you talk. about the impact on the draft. Like. pretty real. Like rarely do you get an. injury like this that really does. dramatically impact the draft. But if.

you're the Saints, like if you were. debating, do we take this guy at nine or. take him in in the second round? Like. might this make you move it forward? I. think possibly it could. Go ahead. AJ, what about the Aaron. Rogers situation? You didn't really. mention that too much. Like is he a. possibility? Is he in play here for. Kevin Moore as a first year head coach? I meant to mention that but then I my. brain got sidetracked. Um that happened. That was on me cuz I said what happened? What happened? What happened? Team. effort team.

Um, if you're Aaron Rodgers and you have. the option, and I look, I believe it. would be an option. He wouldn't he. couldn't make a lot of money there, but. I believe they could work something out. if they wanted to. If you're Aaron. Rodgers, would you rather join the. Saints, who obviously do have a. quarterback need, or join the Steelers? I think that's kind of where it is to. me. like are the Saints I I think the. Saints are going to be better than. people believe if they do get a. quarterback. But if you're Aaron Rogers,

doesn't the Steelers make more sense to. you than the Saints do? I don't know. I don't know. We're asking. you divisions. So Steelers definitely a. prideful city. Great city. You were We. were in it last week. We absolutely love. the Pittsburgh area and the Pittsburgh. Steelers. Ben Roth is perfectly. Yeah. Division very different down there. in the NFC South. And also, not to knock. on anybody in the NFC South, but Saints. fans, um, like if Aaron would come in.

and do good, you know, like very pumped. probably. And I think like him coming. down there probably very pumped all, you. know what I mean? Governor Jeff Landry, his gator, Governor Jeff Landry would. be. I mean like I think you know they. celebrate down there too you know from. what we've found out that's a good like. I don't know interesting I don't know if. AJ would know AJ asking you that. question is probably the best part of. this whole thing because AJ's trying to. see what you know that he already knows.

in the back but we will continue to keep. an eye on all those situations. Um let's. talk about the NFL saying you ain't just. going to be terrible at your job anymore. and do it anymore. Tai has a question. for you. Yeah, Rap, we heard that three. officials have been fired or I guess. demoted to uh power conferences in. what's been called an accountability. crackdown. Do you know more about this. situation? Should we expect more of this. to happen leading up to the season or. did they just basically find three.

people and say like, "Hey, you guys suck. at your jobs. Uh get the hell out and. never come back." Uh I can't confirm the. language that was used in these. Um, sorry I got flies going on here. It's. fine. Um, I can't confirm the language, uh, nor do I have knowledge of that, but. you know, this this goes on a lot where. the NFL grades these officials and like. a lot of times we don't, you know, the. only way we can really tell how an. official is graded is who gets to be in. the playoffs. But I think this does.

happen. It's just we don't really hear. about it. Like there's I'm not sure who. reported this, but there's like a couple. pretty good websites, Twitter accounts. that follow the refs really really. closely and sometimes like they're the. only ones who notice. But there are. officials who are just not cutting it. and sometimes they lead the business, sometimes they get reassigned. So it. like I noticed this. It was noteworthy, but I don't think it's that rare. Interesting. Rabi, where are you? That's.

look like the most peaceful. Like your. first off, your audio sounds amazing in. the Where are you? Is that your house? This new house? Uh, no. Uh, I wish it. was my house. Uh, no. I'm in Mississippi. um with my wife and our kids and her. family. Uh, it's spring break, so I came. down here for like two days to hang out, see all the relatives, eat some chicken. and dumplings and some amazing food. Uh, and then I'm flying out uh this. afternoon to get back to work. Well, thank you for joining us live from.

Mississippi, Queens. I uh that state is. a beautiful one. You know, they uh I. mean I mean, right? Like this is. awesome. My kids have been fishing all. day. It's great. It's great. Oh, really? They learned that out of camp in the. summer when they're birds. That's among. the many things that help them grow as. people. They do. Oh, yeah. They learn. more than just When is that summer camp. that you kick your kids out of your. house for four weeks or eight weeks? I'm. sorry. 12. Not soon enough.

Um, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Dad of the year. We love Rap Sheet. Absolutely. Something crashed in the. back back here. That's why I had to get. up and move in the middle of the thing. So, I apologize for that. Um, what a. first hour, boys. What a good. conversation. I've been in two different. spots. I'm going to head back up to the. other set, I believe, for the next hour. But I feel like we got a lot of good. info there out of rap. He said his the. teammates. Yeah. Hell yeah. They know.

the teammates had no idea about the. shoulder. So rap. What's that? We got I. assume a lot of Oh, okay. All right. See. you then. Belle Sessions, who got here at 3:00. a.m. this morning, was the winner. Her. ticket was pulled. And you thought to. yourself immediately, what? Bel, I knew. I couldn't do it. And he was next to me. He said that he could. So, we're. splitting it. Okay. So, Bill Sessions. made the decision to talk to my man. Henry Silver who been.

Henry got here yesterday at 6:00 p.m. He's been waiting for this moment. Now, Henry, you told her that you could make. it. Why do you think that's the case? Have you ever kicked a ball before? I've. kicked a ball before. I play If you make. it, you will both get 100,000. Where are. you from, Henry? I'm from Fischers, Indiana. Who's your favorite NFL team? The Colts. Hell yeah, dude. Hell yeah. Come on, bro. Hell yeah. To hell with. the Falcons. Uh that that was rude. They.

didn't deserve that. I didn't like that. Henry, 33 yards. 100,000 for you. 100,000 for her. $200,000 to hurricane. relief. 400,000 on the line. Henry, are. you ready? Of course. Have you ever said. anything bad about kickers? Of course. Shut up. Let's go. Now, here in Athens, Georgia, it would be beautiful if. $400,000 would be up for grabs. Why. don't we double it because the Georgia. Bulldogs? So, eight.

$800,000 kick right here, Henry. But. what I want to let you know is you're. not getting a second opportunity. I. don't care if this entire place starts. chanting for a second kick. One kick, 800,000 racks, 400,000 to Hurricane. Relief, 400,000 to YouTube split, 200. grand each. Henry Silver from Indiana. from Bell Sessions. [Applause]. Let's go, Henry.

Oh my. [Applause]. coming right down the. middle. Let me see this. Let me see. this. [Applause].

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sports. Sports. Oh yeah, boys. It is great to be back. I. am in the Sacramento Kings Arena and it. is obviously getting prepared for a. massive night on Netflix. I will be able. to tell you the exact ins and outs of. this particular arena by the time this. show is over. I have been sprinting. through it. There is a fantastic group. of people from the concessions to the. production to the people that are. hanging from the ceiling just moments.

ago. I had a chance to chat with them. two to three minutes before they got. kind of sent up there. So, I feel like I. know this city and this arena at a very, very high rate. But what I also do know. is that AJ Hawk, you traveling to. Indianapolis is such a cool thing. Boys. get so jacked up over there. Talk about. sports. Hour two here. AJ, uh, should be. a big one, brother. Yeah, it should. We've got Josh Pate joining us in about. what 13 minutes. And I don't know I. don't know about the next couple guests. I don't want to if there's nothing's. confirmed. I don't want to throw. anything out there. Pat, what are you.

talking about? I don't know if we have. anybody else after Josh P. I'm not sure. if we have anyone else. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Alexander Ovetkin will join us. 1:30 Eastern. Obie. Yeah. Obie. Oie will be joining us at uh. 1:30 Eastern to chitchat, you know, about just being the greatest goal. scorer in the history of hockey. Now, the great chase is obviously something. that has captivated the world throughout. this season for the NHL. Now that that's. been accomplished, all eyes are looking.

ahead to the playoffs and this Capitals. team can win another Lordo if they piece. it together, which they have certainly. been doing. There's Wayne Gretzky. looking on at Alexander Avetkin. I. believe the FBI is represented and Bman. the commissioner of the NHL ovetkin lady. I do believe and family there. celebrating it in this historical moment. but we'll get a chance to chitchat with. him AJ and I'm pretty pumped up about it. to be clear. How could you not be pumped. up about I mean this guy's taken over. the world. I I do want to ask him if he. had a a celebration or a planned.

celebration. You know when he jumped and. you know kind of swan dive on the ice. I. wonder if that's just that had to just. be organic in the moment right? It felt. good for me. That boss of Connor, I. think that's one of the best. celebrations I've seen because the. entire team was involved. I think we. chitchated about it immediately upon it. happening and and I think that's kind of. the hockey way, you know, try to never. be about one person even though. Avetchkin is very confident lad and. obviously understands who he is. And I. assume he didn't love the fact that. there was an ISO camera on him full time. through a lot of these games because it.

is a team team event. But just like in. soccer, that type of slide, that's a. welcoming to the entire team. Now, I. would never want to be on the bottom of. that. Never in a million years. Uh, but. I love the celebration of choice and I. like that the entire team came out there. and said, "We love this guy and we. appreciate this guy, Con, man." Yeah. Awesome. And like you see all the clips. of him before they go out. He's singing. Bands of Make Dance, which is hilarious. I believe Juicy Jay was in the arena uh. yesterday or this weekend uh for one of.

their games. But yeah, I mean especially. when you look at what the Capitals have. been, you know, this year they're great, but they weren't fantastic last year and. it feels like especially when guys get. to, you know, Alexander the Great's age. sometimes, you know, they can get moved. or sometimes they can say, "Hey, I'm. going to call it a career." But he kind. of stuck with it and they're. unbelievable once again going for. another Lordo. It feels like it kind of. all the stars are aligning for the. Capitals. And you know, also hats off to. the Islanders because I I didn't realize.

this. I I I realized it after the fact, you know, they stopped the entire game. in the middle of it. They rolled out the. carpet and then, you know, they had to. keep going. You This wasn't just a hey, once the game, you know, ends, we can do. the whole ceremony. The Islanders, you. know, they got on the ice, they stood, they sat on the bench, they acknowledged. the greatness of this entire thing. But. I mean, what an honor it is for to to. speak with Alexander Ovetkin. This is. kind of like I won't say LeBron ask. LeBron conversation, but we're talking.

about Alexander the Great here. He's the. greatest goal scorer in the history of. hockey. So, I am jacked up for this. And. he lays the wood. Cannot forget that he. is not afraid to throw the body around. Yeah, he's a tough guy, too. Not just a. goal scorer. And um yeah, it shout out. to the ESPN NHL relationship for making. this possible. cannot wait to talk to. Oie Ty. Um, Ty Schmidt. Yeah. Hey, I want to let you know I watched. Big Night Out on Hulu last night. Hell.

yeah. Okay. Incredible. There is a. moment where you're yelling at the sumo. wrestlers that I know you meant it and. you were like, "Let's What the hell are. we doing there?" I know what you're. talking about. You and your you and your. guy Boston Connor should feel very proud. of yourselves for what you guys did at. that day. I just want to let you know. that. I'll let you know that. Thank you. very much, man. No, it's uh going back. and watching everything, it's still. surreal to think that we were doing that. the other night, you know, like the. show, sure, but like that's what you. know, like a lot of people saying like,

"Holy [ __ ] like Pat actually flew in. two 600 lb sumo wrestlers from Japan and. these guys were on the stage and you. know, getting to do it with with Connor. and Cole up there." And then obviously, you know, like Shane Gillis not really. being able to hear us, kind of being. able to hear us was just the cherry on. top. Like it it was just it's so cool, man. And and going back and being able. to watch it and kind of relive it like. that. What what a fun night that was. Like, thank you so much for letting us. be a part of that. It was so cool. Yeah,

no problem. Ichi just got a win there. for, you know, and and to be clear, I'm. I might be getting into sumo wrestling. They might I might become a sumo. wrestling fan. I might try to figure out. if there are sumo wrestling leagues that. I can watch. That man right there, Andrew in all black suit, who was the. translator for Shane to the Sumo. wrestlers. He was the knower of sumo of. all things for us throughout the entire. day. He runs USA Sumo, but those three. guys right there need to be commentating. more sumo wrestling and uh we will.

certainly be trying to make that happen. AJ, I enjoy How about the crowd? Okay. slowly getting behind their guys like. slowly get like not and by slowly I mean. within a matter of minutes but it's like. whenever they would pump fake each other. like no the mental war games would. continue to happen to hear the fans. instead of boo them out of the arena the. complete opposite yeah like excited for. Heroki and excited for Ichi I felt like. I I hope more people watch sumo.

wrestling we need more sumo wrestling in. our lives and those guys are so large so. big Ichi is so So big. So big. So I was. a Heroki guy. I'm cheering for Heroki, you know, at Big Night Out and I'm. sitting here. These guys, first off, they're showman as well. Like they know. like this is they're competing at the. highest level, but they are performing. at the same time. And you're right. Every time they kept pump faking us, any. anyone else would have like any crowd. would have got pissed and started. booing. But these guys like it was an. honorable thing. It definitely was these.

guys a few times, I think. But then with. Shane not exactly knowing what was going. on like this whole this whole seg well. with me. I really love this whole. situation. I did not expect it to be as. long as it did. You know sumo wrestling. matches. We hooked up I think like 10 15. seconds. You know best of three. Let's. see how it goes. But Ichi and Heroki. brought out the best in each other. You. know we're currently uh we're currently. suspended from Tik Tok. Uh because I I. do believe it was Mr. Heroki's um you.

know uh bag dot right that's going to. happen. Yeah. Oh can't be doing that. But to be clear when you talk about. showman I would I would book Heroki for. anything. Anybody that's thinking about. booking anything I had no idea what to. expect. Obviously they don't speak any. English you know. So a lot of a lot of. bowing. They could kind of understand. what I was trying to do. There's some. behind thes scenes clips of me trying to. move these dudes and catering like my. actual head on their chest and getting a.

chance to chitchat with them was was. fant. But I had no idea what to expect. from these guys. Hard to read them. Yeah. Hard to read him whenever you're. talking to Andrew. And Andrew is so so. electrifying. Wire Moxy. Yeah. He's He. needs to be They need to do a Netflix. drive to survive on him. Just Just him. He did a whole character too. at like. what's he did like a full character flip. too cuz in rehearsal he was like dead. serious like it felt like dead serious. and like and then but like during the. actual show you could see him in the.

background smiling and laughing and [ __ ]. like I did not expect his character. flipped which made it so much better for. the show. Oh yeah, I think so too. Yeah, he there's clips now that we have on the. Hulu version which Foxy didn't sleep for. like two days. Hell yeah, boys. It was a great show. Big night out. You got to search for it. on Hulu. But there's behind the scenes. kind of woven through the entirety of. the show and uh it showcases some parts. and the rehearsals for the sumo. wrestling with Shane and uh and this guy.

just Andrew from USA Sumo who loves sumo. wrestling and knows everything about it. loves it. Loves it. Yeah. loves it. His. is one true love. Maybe. legitimately this guy. I hope I hope. that everything that exists has a. supporter and a believer and a lover and. a and a knower of it like Andrew does of. sumo wrestling. I I doubt it. Him.

speaking Japanese to these guys just so. smooth. Just in the middle of it. Bang b. completely different language. And then. he'll turn a little bit of moxy with us. Then he's back into it. Like he I get. your drift. It's like do you I don't. know if that's the message I want to. send. Yeah, it is the message you want. to send. This guy was just dialing it. all up and then he told Shane, what did. he tell Shane? 20 years of training in. 20 minutes or something like that. How. many years? Two years. He said, "Ray, we're going to give you two years of. sumo in, you know, two minutes, maybe 30.

seconds cuz I don't know how much you're. going to retain." Yeah. and Shane was. like, "I'm not a ref, dude. I'm I'm. trying." So, him trying to learn. It was. just It was spectacular. And I thought. you guys did a great job. And I hope. Sumo wrestling is something that more. people will uh give it a go. AJ, I think. they need NFL teams, you know, and we. saw it when Micah and CJ traveled over. to Japan with Bleacher Report and they. did some clips with some sumo wrestlers. and we saw the Micah one, you know, and.

it's like Ichi, I think, could play. tackle. Yeah, I I think Ichi I think. Ichichchi could play tackle. I He's the. one in the red here. He's 540 lbs build. 550 540. Maybe DTackle, nose tackle, whatever the case. Mhm. I mean, these. dudes are I mean, think of the run. If. you had a full If you had five of these. guys on your offensive line, Pat, think. of the run blocking these guys would do. I don't know if they're kick sliding and. doing much pass protection. You got to. teach them that, but man, they could. drive block all day long. I don't know. how much they're uh driving downfield.

and maybe they make those. They can. bend. They got great hips. They got. great hips, though. No big guys like. that can. You usually can't bend that. This is how you stop the tush push. Okay. You want to stop the tush push? Bring in the tush push specialist. Who's. that? Assuma wrestler. Have them line up. right over the center. Yeah. And just. say, "Hey, don't move. Put for put both. hands down. Don't move." They won't. So. much more nimble than I thought. Yeah. Is that Is that how you guys felt? Oh, yeah. Heroki. When Heroki came out for.

his entrance, he he went side shuffle, pumping up. He was like Elvis. He. reminded me of Elvis. He took his robe. off. He was doing kicking his leg. He. was crazy. I mean, he was pumping up his. entire side of the arena while he was. going down the catwalk. It was. incredible. Yeah. I needed a little more. fight here at the end from. Heroki. He was exhausted. They were out. there for 30 minutes. Look, it was 250. on the line. All right. On my side. On. our side. That's That's where we were, right? Yeah. Here come the humps here in. his hips. Those hips.

That's when he knew he had them. He knew. he had them. Heroki also felt his nut. fall out of his moachi. So he was like, "All right, I I got to just tuck this. thing in and get out of here." Big thank. you to Ichi and Heroki for. showc. Shout out to Sydney Crosby. That. guy might be the next quarterback. The. Saints need a quarterback. You know, obviously he's never going to leave the. city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. M but. Sydney Crosby who said got years to come. with the Pittsburgh Penguins. I heard it.

right he was right here. He was right he. was 2 feet in front of me whenever he. said it. He might be the next. quarterback in the NFL that the world. needs to see. This guy for a million. dollars steps up, spins that thing right. into it. Now the night before obviously. they beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5. nothing. Boy, they're a terrible hockey. team. Yeah. Boy, Blackhawks are really. Yeah. It's not looking good. Bad. We. were there, and I'm only saying this. because we were there. I think the Pens, Connor, when we got there, we sat down, the Pens kept possession of the puck.

without the Blackhawks uh touching it. This was not a power play. This was five. on five or whatever. Two and a half. minutes, I think. Wasn't it like two and. a half minutes? It was three different. shifts. So like they they had the puck. with the with the first unit that was. out there, kept the puck down there, they change, they they go off, still. have the puck, and then again they. continue to cycle, you know, cycle the. puck, pucks on that, you know, everyone. knows the terms, but then even that line. changed. Like it was insane. The Chicago. Blackhawks, I mean, for for a team. that's in a big market like that, the.

NHL is going to have to rig the next. five drafts for them to be good cuz boy, they stink out loud right now. It was. tough to watch and we had great seats. Shout out to PPG Paints Arena. The seats. that we were in were awesome. I mean, we. were right on the ice after getting a. chance to watch Skines over at PNC Park. Nonetheless, Sydney Crosby still doing. it on the ice, having one of his best. years. Now, granted, they're not making. the playoffs this year, but he talked. about how we're going to do that in the. future. If Denny Malcin, Chris Leang. comes out, those guys have been. teammates longer than anybody else. More.

three the three longest tenure teammates. uh in the history of professional. sports. those three and for what they've. done with the Pittsburgh Penguins and. everything. So when they come out and. Tanganger tells me the night before. after they just beat the hell out of the. Black I mean just. smash the Chicago Blackhawks. I mean. there wasn't even a question about it. Tanganger goes Sydney Crosby will throw. and Sydney Crosby will make it. And I'm. like you don't even know how far it is. He goes it doesn't matter. Sydney Crosby. will make it. That's just that's just.

how it goes. So, when I walk up to Sid. the night before and I go, "Hey, would. you want to throw for a million bucks or. whatever?" And he goes, "Yeah, I'll. throw." Wasn't even a question. I think. Tanger probably told him and I was like, "Uh, do you want to know what it is?" He. goes, "Uh, it's going to be in the. arena, right?" And I'm like, "Yes." He. goes, "Okay." Uh, I go, "You'll be. throwing like 25 yard throw, probably. 25, 30 yard throw. A 10 x 10 hoop will. be hanging from a stage about 10 10 ft. high, 15 ft high or whatever." And he. goes, "Uh, okay. Yeah, I'll do it." I. go, "How do you feel about it?" He goes, "I'll figure it out. I'll figure it And.

then whenever he walks out there, grabs. that ball, and I was standing next to. him, it's like, "This guy's gonna make. it." Then there's a still shot of him. throwing like this, his form's perfect. somehow. I have no idea how this guy's. form, he's a hockey player. Hockey. players are like wrestlers, you know, when it comes to ball sports. That it is. a It was wild to watch. And I guess. that's just like that's the most Cindy. Crosby thing of all time, they say. Shout out to Sid. Shout out to Ben. Shout out to Genny Malin. Shout out to. Chris Leang. Shout out to Paul SK. Uh.

there it is. Look at him coming up over. the top. This guy. Perfect tie. It's not. an easy throw either. If you were in the. in the arena like that is not an easy. toss. I saw a couple people say it looks. easy or whatever. It's like no, it's. not. No, that's not. Especially with the. people that were just sitting on top of. you hammered drunk at that point 3 hours. into a show. Paul Skins was there. Shouts Paul Sk. We love Paul. Oh, Paul. SK. He had a sweet David Allen jacket. on. That's a DA uh camo jacket that Paul. Ske has on. Paul Skins didn't make it.

because Paul SK want to let people know. that it might look like it's going in, but then it's going to miss. That's his. pitches, baby. You think you got it, you. don't. He's a baseball thrower, not a. football thrower. He missed two of those. things and then Sid makes it. But to the. Pittsburgh Pirates, more specifically, Andrew McCutchen, uh, who put a tweet. out that said he wasn't invited. It was. like I think you were at least from our. end you were and if it was a. miscommunication I should have followed. up more but McCutchen tweeted that he. wasn't invited. We gave an entire suite.

to the Pittsburgh Pirates legitimately. cuz we understood it was middle of the. season. So that's probably on us for not. following up more. But McCutch we love. you buddy. Thank you for everything. you've done for Pittsburgh. Would have. loved to have you in um the next time. whenever we do it hopefully and. everything else like that. like ways. being there, Snoop being there, just. every it was. big jelly roll. Holy [ __ ] Singing. renegade to start this entire thing. It. was like, come on, Ernest. Yeah. I mean,

it was an awesome night and I can't. thank everybody enough that came. through. How about whenever, you know, Whiz comes out to Black and Yellow, place goes bananas. Shout out to DJ. Bonics. Then he goes, "Hey, I think I. got something pretty cool for you guys.". And then all of a sudden, Snoop Dogg. walks on. The place went absolutely. apeshit. Snoop Dogg resonates with. everybody, you know, literally. everybody. 85year-old Yenszers all the. way down to I think probably 10 year. olds know who Snoop Dogg is. So the fact. that he came Whiz came through just. everybody Iceberg obviously representing.

and then uh Shane Gillis celebrity. officiating a sumo wrestling match just. awesome night. Can't thank everybody. enough and everybody that came. The. crowd made that place electrifying uh. for 3 plus hours. A lot of money. obviously given away. Shout out to uh. Aaron and Mara uh I believe are their. names. Philadelphia Eagles. Oh yeah. Philly fans who won uh two million bucks. at the end of the night from the random. make money. Great ending. Great ending. Just like you know everybody together.

And then money donated to charity. Shout. out to the X that said I don't want. money. Shout out to Shane and Jelly Roll. who actually paid to actually come do. this show cuz they're donating money to. local charities. Oh, this is electric. Oh, the mentalist main event came. through. Oh yeah. Yeah. Parker. Parker. You forgot about J. Did you Did you lose. me there for a second? Yeah. No. Okay. Good. All right. You're good. You're. good. I was flexing over here. You know, I'm getting these muscles. I'm getting. back in shape. I feel like I might have. been too electric, you know, talking.

about the show could potentially be. doing that through the microphone. But. to everybody that participated and was. part of this, including the WWE people. that helped put this together, thank you. so so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank. you so so so much. Okay, this weekend. there was a big story line uh around. college football that I think we were. potentially staring down without. realizing we are staring down. This. particular thing happens in professional. sports, happens in the NFL, but for the. first time in college football, it's. happened in a massive way. It includes.

millions of dollars. It includes a star. quarterback. It includes a team that was. in the college football playoff last. year. And ladies and gentlemen, to break. it all down from P State, Josh. P. Josh. Yeah. How are you, man? I'm happy to be. here. Yeah. Just under the wrong. circumstances. I saw you in a soup. kitchen like 15 minutes ago. Are you. back on set? Yeah, dude. There's been. some things going on. There's a uh. there's a microphone thing. There's. another thing, but the people here. figured it out quicker than ever. I.

probably ruined it, Josh. It was. probably on me. But you're right. It. wasn't a soup kitchen. It was certainly. a very nice place and uh I will. certainly return to that. Now, Josh, um. this weekend was a crazy situation for. college football. I have been very. fortunate and lucky to be a part of the. college football landscape for the last. few years, baptized with college game. day into the biggest moments, the. biggest traditions, and probably the. most hardcore fans every single week. very lucky to have done as such. Growing.

up in Pittsburgh, obviously not the. biggest college football place on earth. Whenever this NIL thing started. happening, it was very evident there was. one worry. It's going to ruin the game. It's going to ruin the sport. It's going. to ruin what college football is as a. whole. This past weekend with Nico Iava, quarterback for the University of. Tennessee, holding out of spring ball. and basically saying, "I want a new. contract before I come back." This is. the first time this has happened. Everybody fears, I assume, that this is. going to happen a lot. And is this one.

of the things that everybody was worried. about potentially being the downfall of. college football, Mr. Payton? Yeah. I. mean, you sit next to a guy every. Saturday morning who just got out of. this business and into the media. business and warned about all this. But. notice whether it's Nick Sabin, whether. it's Flanning or Ryan Day or Steve. Sarkeesian, whoever, I've not heard any. of them say, "Man, I'm worried about NIL. ruining this sport." What they've said. is, "I'm worried about zero structure. ruining this sport." Like zero.

guardrails. No one knows what's legal. Uh I was down in Athens two weeks ago. Kirby Smart said, "You know what my wish. is? My wish is when I'm in spring. practice to know who's going to be on my. roster in the fall." Like I've I've. already disillusioned myself to all the. other stuff. I just kind of want to know. who's on our team. But here's the here's. the part that sucks. Okay, so Nicoyaba. is the face of all this, right? And then. you get down to the nuts and bolts of. the story and it's not Nicova really. representing himself. It's people.

representing him. Now when you guys talk. about the NFL that means a certified. agent. They don't even know what the. word certification means in college. football. I can go represent someone. today. I my cousin can go represent. someone today. And they're the least. equipped people on planet earth to do. it. but yet because they happen to share. the last name or they happen to have. grown up in the same culde-sac, they're. they're actually going to collectives. before the playoffs saying, "Hey, my. client got you to the playoff. We want. to renegotiate now." And then you're in. the middle of spring. Hey, we want to. renegotiate now. And I'm telling you,

Pat, this thing got made public because. of Nico. Dozens of other examples of. this going on, including with other. playoff teams this past cycle. And so. the big fear for college football to me. has always been the slow erosion of what. really makes it great because like. you're out on the road every Saturday so. you feel this stuff emanating from. campuses or campai which is the plural. of camp. It is good. There's a there's a. different layer like several layers,

pageantry, tradition, but at the very. core, there's something about that power. tea. As infantile, as rainbow and. unicorn as that sounds, it means. something to those folks. And the big. fear is it doesn't mean as much to the. players anymore one day as it does to. me. And that's kind of what makes me. check out a little bit. You've got to. have that stuff, man. You've got to have. that or else you don't really have. college football as you and I have known. it our whole lives. Yeah. And I think. the turnover obviously of teams every.

single year. I mean the higher. quarterback situation uh won the Ohio. State Buckeyes a national championship. with Will Howard. I mean you can go. through a lot of the teams where the NIL. actually helped them and made their. school bigger and better. But the. thought of potentially, you know, everybody leaving and everybody. disrespecting a brand is certainly one. that'll piss off the old college. football heads. I I'm so torn on it all, Pete. I don't understand it. I don't. know how there isn't any guard rails. Like, I don't know how this got passed.

without there being any kind of, hey, this is how it has to be run, though. So, you're saying there's no certified. agents that have to kind of come in. there. There's no actual contracts. either because guys are, you know, signing like two times in the same year. with different people. I mean, so what. is real, I guess, in all of it at this. point, Pete? And how does it get fixed? All right, let me tell you what's real. What's real is for a long time, college. football was great and it was really.

profitable. And when things are going. good, that's when you let your guard. down. That's when anyone can walk in and. put their hands on the wheel. And so. this is not a months or yearslong. problem that's been brewing. It's been. decades in the making. And you had. really piss poor leadership. You had. those those bureaucratic academic types. that climb the ladder of academia or. this also exists in the federal. government. People who don't really have. the talent to do something themselves. So they kind of get in charge of. something else someone else built and.

they're not they're not really equipped. to do it. Okay. So uh 10 20 years ago. they had an opportunity. The NCAA. university presidents, don't let them. escape culpability. They had the. opportunity to create a world where NIL, as it really should be, stated, was. legal. They did, man. They dug their. heels in and they just kick the can down. the road. And then you get to a point. where your rules aren't enforcable. They. don't stand up against, you know, the. law and stuff like that. So then judges. come in and just whack you with their.

gavvel. And so you get to this world. where dude over the span of like 24. months a few years ago coaches just got. the NIL and portal dropped in their lap. and and they're being asked hey cast a. vision like build a program for the next. five seven years and they're like we. don't even know what's legal. We don't. even know what we're able to do. They're. still saying that. They don't even know. what's legal this fall. We don't even. know what the structure of the playoffs. going to be this fall by the way. So. long story short, lack of leadership. created a big vacuum and you've got a.

mess now and it's up to your Greg Sankis. and your Tony Patitis, but also league. presidents and and university presidents. to probably get Congress to pull some. levers to help him. I'm the last dude. who ever wanted federal intervention in. college athletics. But I've grown in. more and more convinced that given the. state of affairs, that's probably your. best shot to get a set of rules that are. actually enforcable. Yeah, I concur with you. I uh I think. they need some sort of something because.

if not, how do you ever have a season? Like. guys, I'm dealing with it with West. Virginia right now cuz Rich Rodriguez is. obviously back. We're trying to get a. he's trying to bring his guys in, do it. all. So, I've been paying close. attention to it all. That first transfer. portal obviously in December, whatever. middle college football playoffs that it. could have been. You could bring guy in. then say pay them, have to pay them. because that's a deal. And then they can. leave in April. There's another transfer. portal coming in April and they. literally didn't even play a season. They just did the off seasonason. And. then the same exact thing. They got to.

figure it out, Josh. They got to figure. it out. Okay, let's go back to Nico. Uh. Diggs has the last question for you. here, pal. Yeah, Pete, do we know? Do we. have any idea where uh Nico is going to. go? I know SEC bylaws, if you transfer. in the spring, you cannot go to an SEC. school and be eligible to play that. season. So, it's going to be somewhere. outside the SEC. I don't know if this is. a screenshot or an altered screenshot. Saw 247 crystal ball maybe saying UNC. Is there a chance he goes and partners. up with Bill Belich? Well, first tone, don't just assume because something's.

written as a bylaw that it's. enforceable. That's the first thing I'd. say. And second thing is, yeah, I've. I've heard the North Carolina thing. I've heard uh too lane. To be honest. with you, it makes me feel gross this. entire time of year. It makes me feel. gross. So, I kind of sit back and let. let the other guys break the news. But. here's the question. Is he the bad guy. wherever he goes? Like, it's my opinion. The people who screwed this up for him, his represent his representation. probably should do the first dignified. thing they've done and step up and take.

the arrows for him and and f Hey, it's. us, man. We screwed it up. He was just. trying to play. We're the ones who got. him into this mess. Cuz right now he. goes to Two Lane. He goes wherever he. goes. He's like a heel, man. He's. treated like a legit bad guy within. college football. And yes, he's a legal. adult. Like, yes, he bears some. responsibility, dude. He's not the one. who got himself into this mess. Yeah. If he goes to UNC, that would be. that'd be a wild move by old Bill and. Lombo. You know, welcome to college.

football. Here we are. Go ahead, Connor. Uh, no, no, just the the entire thing. But you would assume with, you know, how. big the Big 10 kind of rolls, maybe he. goes over to uh Ohio State, you know, who says that Ohio State doesn't just. play the the transfer portal game. Is. Ryan Day the one behind all this right. now? Is that is So, who do you So, you. talk about the representation. You talk. about the representation. So, they're. talking to people. They obviously know. that there's that amount of money. somewhere else. Is that what we're all. assuming? I don't think they do. That's.

the problem. A legit agent would. I. think they just decided, "Oh man, we can. we can leverage." You know, none of. these college programs actually talk to. each other behind the scenes. They're. all idiots, so we can just play them for. fools and we can just tell Tennessee we. got four mil on the table somewhere. else. And Hypel's like, "You don't. I. know you don't." Now, here's a hot. rumor. I'm I'm going to give you the hot. rumor, okay? I have not confirmed it. Yes. Rumor. Allegedly. Rumors. Allegedly. Allegedly. It's It's all caps. word these days around here. Allegedly. Oh, certain front of the program out on.

the West Coast, maybe up near Eugene, may have sent up a flare to let. Tennessee know that this was happening. behind the scenes. Imagine that. Other. head coaches sending up the flare to let. their fellow peers know there's some. there's some shadiness going on behind. the scenes here. Might they be looking. out for each other's best interest for. for a change? Allegedly. Pretty shady. Well, I think the coaches now, who knows. if that's real or not. I like um I like. a good rumor and I assume that'll get an.

answer or a non-answer, but I like the. fact that the coaches are probably a. part of feeling ownership and having to. get some guidelines around this entire. thing, too. It's like, hey, there's. always going to be the halves and have. nots whenever it comes to money. Ohio. State's always going to be loaded. Penn. State now we know is always going to be. loaded, but at least if we could have. some sort of you scratch my back, I. scratch your type rules, we can all kind. of keep this thing going ahead. We. appreciate the hell out of your coverage. and your time today, my brother. Appreciate it, brother. Have Hey, tell. tell the Vetkin I said hey. Or tell tell. Alex I said hey. Oh, you call him out.

First name. Well, that's that's how I've. referred to him. He'll he'll understand. Just let him know. He'll understand. Do. do you do full dap up or is it a. handshake? Where you at with him? A hug? Is it a hug with you and him? Uh, it's. mainly been a head nod for me and then. he just walks on by cuz he has no clue. who I am. It's been that sort of vibe. Oh, one of these. One of these in a. hotel. Got it. Yeah, he's Josh. Thank. you. Yeah, Josh. Gosh, sounds like there needs to be guard. rails, AJ. Sounds like that's what.

everybody's saying. Sounds like you. better know who's speaking for you, too. Like, if you're a player, like anybody. could say they're speaking for you, right? And go to other teams. Can't If. you don't have any like official people, what do you think, Debo, but of the. whole entire situation? I I think. somebody in his team Yeah. probably. heard from some team like, "Hey, we have. this amount of money or there's this. amount of money on the table for. somebody." And maybe it's a Carson Beck. deal that he heard about and thought if. Carson Beck's getting that, I deserve. more. But somebody on the team heard it, then they pitch it, you think? Or how do. you think that kind of comes to be the. decision? Yeah, that's what I think. I.

mean, I I hate it. Uh the whole like you. said, we've been talking about the whole. nine guard rails and it's coming up. during the playoffs even potentially. But yeah, I think it's you see another. guy get a deal or getting paid that you. think you're either on that level or. higher and then you go to your people. and say, "I want that." Or they come to. you and say, "Hey, you should be getting. this." is you know how it is when you're. in college or you're going to a. different level and the people around. you think they have all the answers but. at the end of the day I think this is an. example cuz you know he may go and be. the bad guy but whatever he goes and. plays well gets drafted all works out.

nobody cares but it does it does fall on. you you know as the athlete as the. person as the quarterback as the. cornerback whatever you are ultimately. it falls on you got to take that. responsibility um and hopefully he. figures it out and it all works out for. him and all the other parties involved. and like Dan Land my. Go ahead, Conor. Go ahead. With with. Oregon and Dan Lanning, like I feel like. there hasn't really been a line. And if. what he says is true, and who knows, again, he said it was a rumor, but like. if Dan Lanning and other coaches are.

even saying like, "Okay, now we're going. too far." Like if if we are hearing. from, you know, representation from a. player where that team doesn't know that. this is happening, like the amount of. shady behind the-scenes stuff that. happens in college football and has. happened for years, but for it to get to. a point where the coach who might be. benefiting, like we're talking about. Oregon getting Nico, like Nico is. unbelievable. We sung his praises after. the Ohio State tieoff game. Like he's a. tough son of a [ __ ] He makes all the.

throws. He can move. He's awesome. And. for the team that would possibly be. getting him that needs a quarterback. allegedly might need a quarterback. depending on who they still have but who. just lost you know Dylan Gabriel who. could pro possibly you know get a player. like Nico to get them over the hump for. that team to be like okay we we can't go. this far like hey we want to win a. national championship we would love to. have a guy like this but even this feels. you know dark and kind of messed up in. the sense of like hey we're we're.

screwing over another school so bad here. that that even that says a lot about the. situation. Well, I think every coach. knows that it would probably happen to. them too, you know, if we that's like uh. like a hey, we have to have some sort of. like if you're going to outreruit. somebody, outpay somebody, like that's. that's I think fair game. But if it's. like this type of stuff taking place, especially when it comes to Nico, Nico, I thought Nico was a dog, you know, against Ohio State. He got up he got up.

like a lot. cracked two helmets. I had. two helmets get cracked because it was. so cold and then he was getting hit so. hard. So him getting up standing through. all that I had massive respect for. Now. he's just like, "Uh, I see Carson Beck. get 3 million bucks. I don't know. I. don't know if we're playing the same. game anymore." And then Hypoel goes, "Bet, I'll see you later." And he hits a. transfer portal. Where's he end up? If. it's UNC like I guess is being reported. I didn't know that was being rumored out. there. Tone, is that real? Tennessee is. moving. Tennessee coach. Okay.

IA Malyava Miss Meetings. Okay. So, Tone, where were you here in UNCC? I So, I saw a screenshot. So, two 247 Sports. does a um like when someone's in the. transfer portal, they do a crystal ball. of where they're going to go and I saw a. screenshot of it on there saying uh UNC. Now, I didn't I don't know if that was. doctorred. I saw it during the break. Uh. but that was the place where I saw it. And it makes sense because, you know, they potentially need a quarterback. Can. you sign incentive deals? Can you get.

incentive laden like NIL deals? Cuz. there's no way they're going to give him. two off. He can do anything long as the. Trinity clears it over. Yeah, exactly. That's what I've heard. Yeah. Right. Isn't it kind of like if is. Cuz he they said it'll be maxed out. Everything will be maxed. You know, like. basically that's what had to happen, right? If we listen to what Lombardi was. saying and Bellich was saying leading. up, it's like, yeah, there were certain. things and if we knew that was possible, we felt like we could compete. You know, we'll kind of do our thing. Did you hear. about their spring practice? I read. about that. I did. Not spring game, not.

a spring practice. Kind of in between. They don't really know. Showcase. Yeah, it was a pro showcase, I think. Yeah, D. But did you did you see whatever? I. guess I guess Bill wasn't doing a lot on. me. I guess he wasn't doing it on me. They thought Bill was going to do a like. a halftime performance and he didn't do. that. So, they were disappointed or I. don't know. His players his players got. no numbers on. We can't We don't know. who's uh he didn't talk to us. He he he. walked off the stage. They want to build. a take the bike like for the PA over the.

whole crowd and thank everybody for. coming. I don't know how many. people was there 80,000 people there. I. didn't Tom Curran is grinning like the. butcher's dog. Like I told you, I told. you Chapel Hill, this is Bill, baby. But. I mean they did say in one of those. articles that you know maybe the miked. up Bellich will give a little bit more. into the entire thing. We saw him. getting miked up. It would be like for. like an in-house production that they. were doing. Yeah. Exactly. So, if like. you got some, you know, College Bellich. checks coming out, that would be sweet, too. The guy also ripped on Lombo's.

playlist and basically said like, "Jesus. Christ, he was putting everybody to. sleep playing Springsteen." You know, what are you doing, Lombo? Let's get. some bops in here. Come on, Mike. Yeah. Van Halen, I think, and Springsteen. I. think the players The players weren't. excited, and neither were we, is what. the guy said. Players weren't jacked up. about the music and neither were we. I. um they got a win down there. I guess. getting a quarterback would be good. Uh. on the complete flip side of that, I. think Rich Rodriguez for our spring.

showcase was actually in the crowd. letting fans call plays. So little bit. different a little bit little bit a. little bit different operation out of. those two. Who has the money at this. state? I guess Ohio State would be a Do. you guys have a quarterback at Ohio. State? Yeah, they have like a legit QB. battle going on. Both guys look good. Even the third guy, young kid that just. graduated high school, came in the. spring game and threw a touchdown and. played pretty well. because it's hard for me to get upset. about the whole. NIL destroying the sport thing.

because Vanderbilt loves it. You know, Diego goes in there, turns their entire. thing around. Oregon enjoyed it because. Dylan Gabriel went in there. They had an. undefeated year or whatever until they. didn't in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State. loves it. They got Will Howard in there. just like the Penn State obviously uh is. gonna use it more than anybody else. going forward and I don't think. anybody's ready for that. Penn State is. about to go I don't know if they have.

Uncle Phil at Oregon type money at Penn. State but it feels like that's how. they're operating. Feels like that's how. they're operating. So like when. something like this pops up Anique. Anique Michigan so much money they got. Yeah. They got Cook Debb Blood. They got. Ellison jumping in too. The richest guy. Yeah. The interesting thing. I'm trying. to recruit billionaires to West. Virginia. By the way, I'm trying to. recruit billionaires to adopt West. Virginia. But let's say this. You know, we've heard Brandon Bean talk about how. um if there's a rumor on the internet. about a player being disgruntled or a. team being disgruntled with a guy,

they're like, "Go ahead and snoop. around. Hey, is there anything open? You. guys want to make a move?" Boom. They. get Stefan Digs up there. I wonder for. colleges, you hear something about Nico. going around. Do they start snooping. around with like the friends and family? Yes. And they say, "Hey, there's a. chance that this is available if you're. able to do that." Then whenever he gets. into the transport, it's already a done. deal. How long do you have to remain in. the transit portal? Can you hop in there. for half a second and then hop right out. of there? Is there a 24-hour period? Is. there a grace period? I don't think I. fully understand it. But all those. schools here that Nico is available.

Then they're just immediately calling. all their boosters. That's what they're. doing, AJ. Is that how that works? Trying to secure enough I do. they keep. like how much do you have like in a. slush fund for NIO in a situation like. this when a quarterback might become. available at a time that you you. wouldn't think he would like I yeah I. don't know or they got to go instantly. get some donors to promise a couple mill. so you bring them in I don't know then. these coaches I got got to hit the. phones got to hit the phones they're. thinking be terrible and once once the. Nico news came out I know he uh P talked. about the smoke signal but I found it. interesting Mario Crystal Ball down in.

Miami he kind of came out kind of like. yeah this is kind of how we're going to. start doing things cuz as coaches even. though you're competing for these. players, you do want some type of. standard or set some, you know, some. type of precedent like, hey, if you try. to opt out midseason or in the middle of. your deal or something like that, then. maybe it will be tougher for you to find. a spot. But ultimately, we know it comes. down to to winning. If you can get a guy. that can come in and help you win, you. look at all the top quarterbacks of the. last however many years they've been. transferred. So, once again, hopefully. it all works out for the players.

Ladies and gentlemen, without further. ado, greatness has arrived. Now granted, his nickname had the word great in it. for a very long time. He has showcased. that he has been great for a very long. time in the NHL. I assume throughout his. entire life. Ladies and gentlemen, he'll. be remembered as the greatest goal. scorer in the history of the NHL from. the Washington Capitals. Stand the Cup. champion. Ladies and gentlemen,

Alexander Ovetkin. Hey, what's up, guys? OV, thank you so much for taking time to. join us. We are massive fans of yours, brother. Yeah. Thank you very much, guys. All the boys watching right now. So, uh let let me introduce uh to. everybody. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. I like. that. Big big Mac. Big Mac, Roy Dy. match little kid Leno. Oh, hey little.

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Good to see you. Handsome boys. Oh, that's the one. Here we go, boys. What's up, dude? What's up, guys? What's. up, guys? Hey, Oie. Thank you for. introducing us to your team. You guys. are really good. You guys are a really. good team this year. Uh, let's talk. about your team. This year has been a. lot of focus on you. with what you just. did there where you immediately. introduced your entire team to us. Was. it uncomfortable at moments when all. focus was on whether or not you were. going to score and how many you were.

going to score? Well, uh be honestly like before the. season and uh obviously last year. uh like no one thought like it can be. happen, you know, because uh. um 8 894 it's a huge number, right? But. um soon as I get like closer and closer. closer and closer like I have so much. attention and um it's it's been crazy to.

be honest with you because attentions uh. media fans like uh yeah it was it was. something nuts but uh overall uh it was. it was great for hockey because uh. everybody's talking about hockey about. uh Wayne Gretzky, you know, the greatest. player uh to play in hockey and uh. um and it was great. Um, so I mean I.

started believe like uh when it was a. three or four goals and I was like okay. like may maybe it can happen and. obviously I break my leg uh during the. year and I was kind of like okay maybe. maybe next year maybe uh one more year. but uh overall. um that's why I introduced my team. because uh those guys without them like. uh I would never reach that milestone.

and uh I would never reach uh that uh uh. great accomplish and obviously without. my family as well, my wife, my mom and. uh obviously support from uh uh my. friends. Yeah, shout out to the whole. support system. Obviously, everybody. needs that around them. The better the. system, the better anybody could. potentially be. And you mentioned a lot. in there and you talked about the. attention, you talked about it being. great for hockey. We agree completely. Everybody was watching the great chase.

And whenever you bring up Wayne Gretzky, a lot of people learned of Wayne. Gretzky's greatness, I believe, and. maybe didn't know beforehand. A lot of. people maybe learned that this goal. scoring record was considered. unattainable because of how great it. was. I think you grew the game. massively. I think you were great for. the sport. You should take a lot of. pride in that. Now, when it comes to. Wayne Gretzky, he said that he was going. to be the first person to congratulate. the person that broke that record or. whatever, and he came through for that. Showed up at the last couple games, knew. you were going to break it. Have you. always had a great relationship with him.

and how has that kind of friendship. pieress kind of gone? Yeah, he's such a. great person. uh first time I met him in. the draft uh 200 I think five or six and. uh you know uh we have a dinner with him. in LA when we have our all-star game and. I made with uh his uh wife uh you know. we spend uh such a great time together. like uh you know like as a kid like it's. a dream to uh meet the legend and I'm.

lucky enough to have a meeting with. Mario, I played against him my first. year. Uh Wayne Gretzky, uh Germaine, Owen Nolan, like all those guys. Uh. Sergey Federal. Uh yeah, it's like I'm. I'm lucky guy because, you know, it's uh. it's like in basketball, you have a. dinner with Michael Jordan, you know. I. never have a uh uh chance to meet. Michael Michael Jordan but uh it's uh.

one of my dream and uh I have his sign. in jersey but uh yeah it's one of my. dream to uh meet uh the greatest player. uh to play basketball. Well, let's make that happen. Obviously, I think that will immediately now. Um. but whenever you talk about meeting with. all those guys, let's Yeah. When you. talk about meeting all those guys, they're all saying they sat with you, brother. You're [ __ ] Alexander. Ovuchetkin. That is awesome. And and uh. I'm happy to hear how humble you are. about how much everybody has given to.

you. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah. Obie, can you. take us take us back to how you felt. right after you made that goal and your. your celebration? You're on the ice. You're sliding through there. We see the. iconic picture, but then instantly you. are pummeled by your whole team. It had. to feel amazing. Like what was it like? Were you expecting this? Did you plan to. do this little celebration or how did. this all come about? No, like I just I. was so excited. I I just felt uh. probably my uh uh my skate. uh like my my trainer Brock uh probably.

didn't sharp my skate uh like before I. scored as well. So that's why that's why. I felt but yeah like uh uh that moment. uh going to live forever and uh it's. it's it's unbelievable. So, um, yeah, I'm like, you know, how how I said, I. can't still like I'm still can't believe. like, uh, it's happening and, uh, you. know, what we did and, uh, what what. what we did and, um, in your calendar, it's, uh, it's going to stay forever.

So, yeah. Um, I'm very happy. That's an awesome poster right there. Forever. Uh, what a moment. Legendary. Only more to come. Ty has a question for. you. Yeah. Obie, just curious. Are you. still drinking like pop, like Coke or. Pepsi on the bench? I know that was a. big thing during your career. And at. what point? Oh, yeah. I still I still. have uh like we're in a plane and uh I. have uh my Cheetos, my Subway, and u. Coke for sure. And on the bench, I.

always have a Coke. So, if you see me. drinking a bottle, it's a Coke. That's. awesome. God, that's awesome. That's a. legendary. So, with that being said, a. lot has talked about how you're. incredibly jacked and how good a shape. you're in, and now you're in. record-breaking season. Are you sure I'm. in shape? Yeah, I see pictures of you. with no shirt more than I see a lot of. other people with no shirt on. And uh. this the Stanley in the summer. No, no. good. In the summer, no good. No, all. the time. Good. You're uh you're one of.

the OGs, man. You're like the old thing. Do you think about, you know, how much. longer the body can go? Can do like and. have you had to make an adjustment in. your game as you've gotten older on the. ice? Well, I have one more year and uh. we'll see what's going to happen. I'll. be honest with you, like I love the. team. I love be around the boys and uh. uh as long as I can, I will uh I will. try to stick around and uh put my great. buddy how you said uh in uh NHL. So, we'll see.

Have you had to change up? Because it. looks like you're playing the same way. You're sitting in the office over there. Puck's coming and it's going right to. the back of the net. You're still. hitting people. Okay. Still a dog. Okay. Which is never talked about. Best goal. scorer in the history of the game. Also. willing to fight you if he has to. Have. you had to change up as you do you feel. your game changing or do you still think. you play the same way? Yeah. Yeah, of. course. Yeah, you have to uh adjust a. little bit but uh. um like soon the season over like you.

know how many times you have uh to. prepare your body to prepare your mind. uh for next year. So. um I I mean. like when you're young like it's one. thing but when you get older it's a. different thing but uh overall um. sometimes you have to start training a. little bit earlier. Uh sometimes you. have to a little bit later because. because it's uh it depends when you. season it all.

Yeah. Less vodka sometimes. You know, you got to get going there. You a vodka. guy? No. Um beer guy. Beer? Strictly beers? Yeah. We see you. after every single game crack open a. beer. Doesn't matter what type of beer. [Applause]. Um I I like uh Stella and Saporro. Oh. yeah. Okay, I like that. Every arena. will make sure they have them going. forward. Debbut has a question for you. Yeah, congrats again. Oh, it was great. watching the great chase. Uh, I got to.

ask you about a question. Um, so popped. up on my timeline a couple weeks ago. 36. Mafia bands that make her dance. That. being kind of your song. When did that. start and what was it like having the. guys in the arena? Yeah. uh that uh we we we sign uh uh. Cheeky Jacob Chickin and uh he wears uh. you know that's uh Ben and John Carlson. uh Benza like he call him Benz and I'm.

like okay Benza make a dance and we like. start uh start uh that kind of stuff uh. and yeah it's wires it's uh lots of kids. lots of uh like uh lots of uh MB a. players doing that kind of stuff. And. yeah, it's pretty cool to see those guys. uh to support us. And obviously, you. know, it's it's pretty cool. Like how I. said, it's it's great for hockey. Like, you know, it's uh it's great. Yeah. It. feels like the more we learn about you, Oie, the more we love about you. And uh.

that's coming from a guy who grew up in. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a Penguins. fan. Obviously, old school rivalry. there. Tone has a question for you, Obie. Yeah, I do. I mean, it's kind of. it's kind of about that rivalry cuz I. watched you uh at PPG, you know, going. against Sid and then obviously you break. Wayne's record this year for scoring and. then Sid breaks Wayne's record for 20. seasons in a row averaging at least a. point per game. How cool is it like that. you guys came into the league together, you know, after the lockout and you guys. have basically been carrying in the NHL. for the last 20 years. And how what is.

your relationship with Sid like these. days? Holy art. Yeah. Obviously me and. Sid uh be honest you like first couple. years was not that good but right now. we had uh we talk like uh congratsuh. each other if uh we hit some milestones. and uh you know like uh those. relationships is uh you know from the. battle to like in hockey and outside of. hockey it's a total different thing. So,

we're going to have a last game uh in uh. 3 days uh between uh us and Pittsburgh. And uh yeah, I'm pretty sure it's going. to be a battle because like you know, it's still it's still a rivalry, but. after the game like uh we're always hug, we're always uh chatting and uh yeah, we. we have respect to each other and uh uh. you're right like uh what we did uh to. NHL, it's a tremendous thing like uh you. know, me and him, it's uh uh what we do.

uh all all those years, it's uh it's. great for us, you like. uh people going to talk about uh. crossbink and Washington uh sport maybe. uh 20 or 50 more years and uh it's great. uh so it's yeah um it's it's a battle. but it's a friendship right now so uh. it's all good I'm happy to hear that you.

both were incredible to watch all those. years and can't wait to see how you both. finish these legendary ary careers. You're the man. The greatest goal scorer. of all time, Alexander. Oette. You guys, thank you. Legend. We. met his whole team there. That was. awesome. We'll be back tomorrow. We'll. see them. Be a friend. Tell a friend. something nice. Might change their life. I think I got it in. Shout out to the. screen here. Yep. Shout out to the. screen here. How about him introducing. us to his entire team. That was awesome. Awesome. That's hockey. What a legend.

Yeah, that is hockey. You're right, D. Here's. Judy. Here's Hey, here's dog. Say hello, dog. They're saying hello. Good cap. Oh, America. It's Carlson. America. They're. chanting USA. USA. That was awesome. Yeah. Whole [ __ ] plane. AJ, what' you. say? Hey, who's flying it? Didn't you. say that? I thought I thought we Yeah. Someone, who's flying this plane? I was. hoping he's going to go see the cockpit. We introduced to the pilots. Imagine. like how many years has he been there? 20. 20. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Obie is like.

he is that organization. That's him. Like I Yeah. It's going to be so weird. when he's not there. When he's not. there, it's going to be real. Won't be. the same. He's like, I got one year. left. I love the boys, you know? I love. the boys. Like such a such a moment. there. whenever it he shows up on the screen. Then I immediately start thinking to. myself, I don't know if I've ever heard. Obie just like chill and talk. Nick, has. that happen often? Very rare. And you. could tell like throughout the 20 years.

he's gotten much more comfortable with. his English and he speaks pretty pretty. damn well all things considered to come. to a different country, dominate a sport. and try and learn a second language. You. could tell like he's just got a great. personality and it's one of those things. that people complained about with the. NHL for years. It's like we need more. guys like this who are open-minded and. willing to talk and sometimes it makes a. little bit of tough when they speak a. different language primarily. But Obie's. been one of the guys to try and break. down that barrier and he's just an. awesome personality. Super cool dude. And they've been there this whole time. We talked to Sid now at a big night out.

Cool. We talked to Oie. Coolest dudes of. all time. They've been here the whole. time. Can we get a mic front in these. guys' face at some point? Could we have. Could we have met these guys? You know, cuz I guess hockey so like it's not. about me. It's about. we school. Yeah, for real. Like they've. been there almost too long. Like think. about the guys he mentioned when he came. in like Federov, Lemieux, Wayne. like he. he's almost been in the league so long. that he's like so far removed from like. the time now. Like Kachchuck, you could.

say like Matthew Kachchuck's great. He. comes on all the time. But that that's. kind of that new era. Whereas Ovetchkin. and Crosby like they came up in the hey. team team. Like if you get asked to do. an interview, you better shut your mouth. if you go do it. Like now it's cool that. they're at the point in their careers. though where it's like hey we are like. part of Mount Rushmore of our. generation. like we can do whatever the. hell we want. Debut O's different, brother. That guy is just awesome. Dog. since day one. Can tell by talking to.

him. Yeah, watching his highlights over. the years is crazy. Just his. physicality. Obviously, he's an. unbelievable goal scorer, but watching. his phys physicality, how he just. pummeles guys out there and it is crazy. to hear what the question Ty asked him, is he still drinking Coke on the. sideline for him to still and I guess, you know, especially old school guys, they are who they are. They kind of. stick to to who they are and how they go. about their business. But that's insane. that he's been able to have this type of. longevity um in his game and then. breaking a record is obviously awesome. Him saying, "Shit, I'm coming back. I. got one more year. We'll see how it.

goes." But to the culture thing, like. the the personality is great. Hearing. these guys talk, I got an opportunity uh. to go kind of in the change room with. you after the Penguins game. Like. obviously they're all cool as [ __ ]. behind the the closed doors, but once. they get in front of mics, like they. don't want the spotlight just on them. It's just team team. And I still kind of. love that. But from a marketing, from a. brand thing, from a money- making thing, I'm sure Gary Bman, I would think I. would promote him. He wanted to kind of. change a little bit and open up and. learn more about, you know, the. athletes. You talk about it sometimes. with the NBA, like the more we can get.

to know these guys and see them behind. the scenes. I think the more, you know, likable they become, the more relatable. they become, and uh, you know, people. tend to like the league more. People. like humans these days, you know, that's. like the uh, they follow. That's, you. know, social media. These streamers. Yeah. I mean, just think about all of. it. Like I think people have to be. invested in the person more than ever. before. Like I think that is just kind. of the way the world is cuz we know so.

much about so many. And I think them not. wanting to have any attention on them is. one of the traits that people would love. about hockey if they knew about hockey, you know, but it kind of works against. them because they don't want anybody to. know they exist because they don't want. to do interviews and people know that. they're awesome. So nobody [ __ ] knows. about them. So they don't know about the. game. So, it's like, you know, it's a. it's a big uh it's a big one of these, but hockey is awesome and uh so is Obie. All right, let's take a break because we. got some college hockey to talk about on. the other side. AJ, have you heard about. this? I have heard about this. Who do we. have joining us in the other side?

Frozen 4 happen. We have a national. champion from what state is this. university from? Foxy. The great state. of Michigan, Pat. Oh, is that the hockey state? Not Foxy's. school, but My school was actually the. second best team going into the Frozen 4. and they lost in the first round. So. this this Yeah, but they were second. best going in. That's cool. I think you. call it going in. Everybody was like. this team could do it. Number two.

Sweet. Western Michigan head coach will join us. on the other side. Be a friend. Tell. friends something nice about change your. life. Take five. Bye. five. [Music]. Here we go. Now it's time to celebrate.

Is it. [Applause]. What a moment. Can you. [Applause]. [Music]. imagine McAfee for his. boys? For the.

brand. Now the celebration is on McAfee. and Stone Cold. Steve Austin wanted to. drink beer with Stone. Cold. forever. What a magical. moment. A dream. scenario that. McAfee wins his match at Wrestlemania. shares a fear with the Oh, stutter.

Stutter, stutter, stutter. Austin stunts McAfee. I hate to. say it, a. DTA. Don't trust anybody, especially the. dirtiest son of a [ __ ] to ever play the. game. Austin 316 says, "I just stunned. Pat. McAfee." Just have to enjoy victory when.

he wakes up. The celebration belongs now to the Texas. Rattlesnake. Stone Cold Steve. [Applause]. Austin. Oh my. What a couple of. nights. Oh, there he is. Yeah.

Celebrate. Give them about 10 minutes. [Music]. I'm surprised they're even here tonight. after last night. I didn't expect Austin. to be here tonight. pass the day. [Music].

Gentlemen, congratulations. Thank you so. much for taking the time where you're. contractually obligated to. So, I. appreciate you guys being here. I want. to be here. I just want you to know. Come on. I have watched you do your. thing, man. nothing but uh nothing but. respect and praise for you. Will you. touch this? Me too, man. [Music].

Dude, boys, you're calling a national. championship again. Unbelievable. Should. we be here? Probably not. No way. I. kicked the ball to myself on you right. there. I kicked the ball to myself. That's right. should have told CJ. Maybe. the most athletic thing I've ever done. in my entire being. Well, CJ, happy to. see you. Completely ruined everybody's. happy ruin. I picked him. I'm all right. CJ, congratulations on winning the AFC. South as a quarterback. It's a big deal. First time ever. Okay, that's a big.

deal, CJ. Dude, you're absurd, though. Thank you. For how young you were. playing in in Indianapolis, that was. probably the last state I played yet in. NFL. Wow. That was like a cosmos. Pete, you got two knees, two ankles. Two. knees, two ankles, and uh some big boy. pants that slide up. around.

Along that guy's penis is gone. That guy. had a lot of curves. It's ice cold in. there. It's ice cold. It's the first. documented button dick. game day. That's what That's what's. being said. I I didn't come up with. that. That's what's being said. It was. our show. 3 hours 15 minutes. Then it. was a 2hour gap. Venet's game day. straight in national championship field. For two schools that are going to be. talking about this day for the rest of.

their lives. Both of these teams being. chastised from all different angles. Washington. There's no way this team. from the Pack 12 in their last year with. Kalin Dbor as the head coach can. continue to win. They're going to. stumble somewhere. They didn't. Then you. think about Michigan. Two separate. suspensions for their head coach and all. they've done is stay the course. And. tonight, banners, rings, reunion. conversations forever on the line. What. an honor it is to be here. Look at Bill.

Buckle. like it was. bad with some light ranch in that. He. comes out of his cuts, he sees people, he shakes them, and he doesn't look. anywhere near as small as you would. think. He's powerful. I love a lot of. NFL GMs are saying, "Wait a second, is. Michael Pennix maybe one of the top. three guys to go in the NFL?" Because. what he does with the football is. stupendous. [Music].

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the. national championship game for the. 2023 college football season. That'll. see the Washington Huskies representing. the Pack 12 in its final year taking on. that team led by that man, the Michigan. Wolverines and Jim Harbaugh. We're.

bouncing. We are. pounding Donovan Edwards. Touchdown in. the National Championship. Extra point. is up and good. Devot with the one hand grab the. national championship. con man. What's the decibb over there? Yeah, Pat, the decibb are high right. now, let me tell you. It's. 106.4. This might be the. last decimal meter. We have actual.

gimmicks, you know, depending upon. tonight. Does JJ go to the NFL, which. Mel Ky has him as a fifth rated. quarterback in the draft. What does that. mean, Mel? Well, you know, it means that. he's got the physical and tangible tools. in his head to be a first round. quarterback. I think he literally wins. or loses. Oh, Don Edwards running into a. lot. That's two for the Michigan Wolverines. and two for Donovan Edwards. Pete Bam, how long's that sign blocker been doing. it and how has he gotten to a level.

where he's the best in the game? He's. been a Michigan man for quite some time. now. Obviously, he wouldn't have a job. if it wasn't for that pesky bastard. Connor Stout. Hey, let's go. This show sticks and the fact that you. listen, we are very, very thankful. Mcabby on the line with a gorgeous. assist. The alltime leading tackler for. the Green Bay Packers. You. stop. Damn it. Your friend, tell a. friend something nice could change their. life.

[Applause]. [Music]. Welcome to hour three of the Pat McAfee. Show. I'm AJ Hawk sitting in here at Pat. Thunderdome. Pat's in Sacramento. Alex. vegetables just on the show. Boys. [Music]. sports are the best. Pat, what's. happening over there in Sacramento? I. see them still. I mean, there's WWE, sorry, WWE production people. Everyone. with the WWE has always impressed me,

but man, watching them for big night out. and watching them build everything from. scratch was just awesome. Everything. about what they do blows my mind. Yeah, the WWE production crew are second to. none. always have been, always will be. the creative team. The way they go about. doing it is phenomenal. Every single. Monday I get to see it obviously in Raw. Arenas and in their Smackdown arenas, then there's some house shows. They're. doing it three, four times a week. So, them adding big night out last week was. incredibly kind of all parties that. worked on that. Shout out to the WWE. team. And shout out to Sacramento Kings.

Ace brought me Jersey. Brought me. Jersey. I'm on team. I'm on team. I'm on. Sacramento. You ought to be on that. team. Well, they got a big game coming, right? Yeah, they're still a chance. That's cool. That's cool. What are we. handing out participation trophies? All. right. Well, I don't I don't know if I like the. number 25 either. But if I was given a. 10day, I think I would I would take it. for sure, you know, if I had to, but um. yeah, they're the ones that drafted uh. Hallebertton, right? And then traded him.

to the Indiana Pacers. So, I'm very. thankful for the Sacramento Kings. And. I'm also appreciative of the jersey that. a man named James who's very handsome. and also understands the city layout a. little bit. He told me ADA's uh stadium. is right over there too if you want to. go take a block. We kind of run that. place too if you want to go walk around. a little bit. Get a tour something maybe. uh for one of the last times. I said. absolutely James. Good guy. Thank you. for the jersey. Thank you for the time. But. also we get a chance to chat with a. national champion. Ladies and gentlemen, you should have been paying attention. I. only saw it on social. Should have been. watching it on TV. I do apologize, but.

there was a uh Frozen 4 of sorts, a uh. national championship of college hockey, which is obviously fantastic. And a team. that you've heard of for sure, Boston. was being represented. A lot of hockey. there. A lot of hockey there. And then. there was a team uh that was in its 50th. season, the Western Michigan boys were. on the ice. And the Western Michigan. team would win six-2 to win their first. ever national championship. Joining us. now, ladies and gentlemen, head coach of.

the Western Michigan Broncos, ladies and. gentlemen, Coach Patwaller. Oh, guys, I'm excited. I'm a huge fan of. yours. I could not be more pumped to be. on this show. Uh, coach, I just want to. h have you know that I didn't know. enough about your team before you guys. took on Boston. I was watching these. highlights roll in and I was watching. the moxy of your team and then I was. learning about your team about how this. is the first national championship in. its 50year run up there in Western. Michigan. And then I learned about your.

story being a former player, an absolute. on the ice and uh I couldn't help but. fall in love with your team over the. last 24 or 48 hours. Uh tell me about. the experience. Tell me about winning. the national championship. What was it. like in that moment realizing that you. guys have accomplished something that no. other team in your school's history has. been able to accomplish? Pat, this is a. special group of young men. It's a team. that with your energy, uh you'd love to. be a part of. I think we kind of came in. there and bullied uh Boston University a.

little bit with our will and um you know. I just happy and proud for these young. men. Bullied them a little bit. Boston Connor. has a question for you actually. Yeah, coach uh bullied them. You know, it's. incredible first of all that happened. But uh can you also talk about the fans. because word on the street is the fans. uh really show it out. They bullied the. BEu fans as well. Can you talk about. them all season because I know they were. massive for you guys all year. Yeah, I. mean we have an electric atmosphere here. at our home rink and they're called the.

Lawson and Lunatics and they're they've. earned that name for sure. They have. their own website. They have their own. gear. Um they're ready to go. So the. support from the community community, the support from the school is. outstanding and I felt like half of. Calamazoo was in in St. Louis that that. day. You could feel it on the streets. honestly. Okay, so let's talk about college uh. hockey as a whole. We know college. sports are incredibly, you know, passionate and pageantry and tradition. and we learn about it through football. You know, we very rarely get a chance to. chitchat about college hockey except for.

when the Frozen 4 takes place. How many. arenas, how many schools have a Western. Michigan fan base? Like how how many. college schools in hockey are like I. don't want to say top tier passion. schools, but you understand what I'm. saying. I think you're right. I do. I. do. I mean there there's a good number. of schools with hockey as a sport that. that breeds passion and I think the fans. that are there are allin um obviously. it's a little more niche sport than than. football but when you like hockey you. love hockey and you're there and you're.

cheering and you're all in on hockey. So. I think a number of them have that but. our our student section is is generally. rated number one in the country and and. I think they've earned that right. Who. are these guys that are playing uh for. these colleges? Are they kids that have. been drafted in the past? Are they kids. from overseas? Is it who high school. junior B I think was something I. remember that was chatting about. whenever I was coming through high. school. What is who are they? Yeah, generally kids honestly from all over. We have about four We have two uh Fins, two Swedes on our team. It's an.

international game hockey is. There's no. doubt, but this is onethird of the. National Hockey League comes out of. college hockey. I don't know if. everybody knows that at all times, but. uh superstars in the NHL have played in. college hockey. uh you know the one. overall draft pick. Minelbrini played. for BEu the year before. He stepped in. with San Jose. He's a star. Um there's. stars all over the NHL that play in the. uh you know from college hockey. And. again it's about two it's about onethird. of the league that comes out of our. league. That's awesome. And you guys are. national champs of that whole damn.

thing. AJ has a question for you, coach. Yeah. Coach, you mentioned it's such an. international game. What's recruiting. like? Like what is now that your. season's over, you guys win and all. Now. what do you do? How do you go to the. corners of the earth and find these. guys? Yeah, as you know, college sports. is is a fluid situation. So, one, who's. returning? And and I say that more not. because they don't want to return, but. who's going to sign in the NHL? I think. our captain's going to sign this. morning. He'll play probably Wednesday. um in the NHL game. We have one or two. other players that may do the same. So, it's a pretty fluid situation. Um who's.

going to return, who's going to enter. the portal, probably the guys that don't. didn't get as much ice time, but um and. then who are we going to recruit? Obviously, this helps recruiting in a. massive way, but um real unique uh as. far as international players. You have. to recruit off video and hope they turn. out. Ours have all panned out in a great. way. So, uh fluid interesting. environment in all of college sports, but um you know, we lean into it and we. enjoy it. Coach, look out for these AI. editors. They can make anything happen. They can make any You think you're.

getting Novi. Uh-uh. You're getting. Novi, pal. How many how many games in a. season uh in college hockey? How how. what's how similar is the game to the. NHL? Well, we play about half the amount. of games. So, we played 42. NHL plays. 82. Um but, you know, it it's great for. us because it allows development, allows. practice time, and allows us to really. um you know, get our hands on these. players and help their improvement um on. the ice, but also help them, you know, grow up as young men and develop uh to.

be successful in life. Ty has a question for you, coach. Yeah, coach, I know you coached as an. assistant with the Red Wings for a few. years. What in your opinion, what's the. biggest difference between coaching. college kids? I mean, you you mentioned. it. You know, a couple of these kids. obviously are studs and will go play in. the NHL, but what's the biggest. difference coaching NHL guys versus. college kids? Well, I think I'll start. with the similarities is they all want. to be great. And, you know, our kids. want to be great, NHL want to be great, and so the passion is there on both.

sides of it. But um you know the NHL is. just a more mature game. They've learned. how to be repeatable. And I think the. repeatability is the magic of pro. sports. And can you perform every time, not just once, not just have a great. game, but as I coach Henrik Zederberg. and Pavle Dazzuk, I learned they're. either great or they're really, really, really good every single night. It's. incredible how repeatable performances. are in the pro hockey world. Consistency. is the difference between good and. great. I believe uh that that is. literally the difference between having.

a full-time career and just being a guy. who has a cup of coffee. Uh Debbut has a. question for you, coach. Yeah, coach. Uh. you play, you know, coaching at your. alma m. I'm sure you probably dreamt. about the moment where you were the. number one team in the country. You were. you had that target on your back and you. were playing for a national. championship. What was it like actually. before going out there? What was the. nerves like and what was it like getting. the boys ready to go to battle? Well, I mean, our our group's prepared, and I always say the nerve nerves are. for the unprepared. Our group was felt.

fully prepared. They believed in. themselves. They believed in each other, and they believed in our plan for. success, and they followed through in a. big-time way. Hey, I um I just got a text from we have. a our CFO, his name is Phil. Uh I went. to elementary school with him, junior. high with him, and high school with him. He played high school hockey. He played. for the Junior Pens. I do believe he. would go on to play at Pit and then. coach at Pit. Loves hockey. He uh just. texted he's got a little boy, too, that.

we're looking to get him to Western. Michigan whenever he comes, you know, of. age. Um you guys are building a $300. million arena up there in Western. Michigan right now. Is that real? That's. an old headline. It's $515 million right. now. Oh yeah. So we we've got one guy's going to build. it. He's going to donate donate it to. the university. He said, "Coach, I want. you to think big." And I said, "I'm your. guy. Let's go." And so I've added over. $und00 million to that building myself. Every possible amenity he could ever.

have. He said, "I want it to be the best. arena in college hockey, and I want it. to be the best performance center gym in. college hockey." And I think we're going. to have both. We're going to give the. players everything they could possibly. want for success. Wow. Okay. So, you. talk about recruiting and winning a. national championship, obviously helping. and having your captain play, you know, national championship on a weekend and. then in an NHL game on Wednesday. And. obviously people know you for being a. guy that can take their, you know, their. boys to turn them to men whenever it. comes to recruiting. Having a $500. million arena, is that is that abnormal?

I assume that's abnormal in college. hockey or No, I think it's abnormal. everywhere. And the whole situation is. it's it's a we they haven't said no to. me in two years. This is a arena built. with an imagination, not a budget. It is. the best of everything. Um, it's a it's. honestly a dream and the support we have. here again in the community is. outrageous and we're going to lean into. it and enjoy it. When's the season. start? Right. It's start of the school year.

So, in September, but um we start. practicing regular first regular season. games in October, start of October. So, uh, you know, we got a few months here. to to kind of regroup, enjoy this for a. hot second, and then lean into. recruiting and preparation. Congratulations. They'll never be able. to take that trophy over your right. shoulder. Is that what that is? It is. Well, that's a that's a little mini uh. personal version. Um, you know, the the. the other ones at our celebratory uh you. know, uh deal we're going to do tonight. Nice. Okay. Well, enjoy the little ones.

and the big ones and the $500 million. investment into an arena. Little Phil. Mains, he's a he's a goal scorer. This. guy, he uh we will expect him to be a. Western Michigan Bronco hopefully. someday. And we appreciate your time. You're the best. Ladies and gentlemen, National Champion Coach Pat Fersweiler. Thank you, Coach AJ. Is that Who the. [ __ ] is that donor? He said, "Yeah, we. need to find that donor." except. basketball. I think it's got to play.

basketball too, right? But yeah, who is. that donor? He I'm sure he does. He's. not anonymous, right? Jeets. Yeah. This. is This is uh this has been built with. an imagination, not a budget. Okay. Awesome. Awesome. What a line. What a line. That's like. literally like Rothersburgger's house. I. don't want to come back to the same. thing, but that seems like what that is. College hockey. Uh Connor, you might. follow it more. I don't know who would. follow it in our Maybe Dumps. Dumps, can. you bet on college hockey? Oh yeah, I'm. sure we just looked it up. Uh Tim Allen.

I believe went now the internet's. telling me went to Western Michigan. I. assume Tim the tool man he's probably. he's not he's not donating astronaut. He's building Buzz Lightyear. Yeah, I. do. I think I think Tim's probably got. that covered. Yeah, Pat, the Frozen 4. though every year is like electrifying. like before they played Denver. I. actually watched a Denver game cuz I. missed the national championship, but. they played Denver in the semis and they. beat them too. Like the it is incredible. anytime it gets down to it. And I know.

BC, he talked about, you know, a captain. playing uh in an NHL game right after, excuse me, uh Leonard, Ryan Leonard was. the captain of BC. They lost and he was. in that uh little video Ovkin just. showing everybody of the team. He was on. that plane. uh he was one of the guys on. there. So, it is one of those things. where as soon as that season ends, they. go to the NHL and then sometimes too, like if they they get on a good team and. they go on a little little run in the.

playoffs, like they can make a name for. their themselves pretty quickly. Like I. assume Leonard is going to have some. massive goal for the Capitals and then. all of a sudden they're going to be. talking about how he was playing at BC, they won all these games, now he's, you. know, in the playoffs this year starting. next week, Sunday. The the hockey life. is crazy. They move in high school. Yeah. Like most of them they go live in. different houses in high school and you. know there's like different training. grounds almost like Michigan, Minnesota. I think is the Nick we had what RJ.

Umbberger and Sergio S out of our high. school that basically went and did this. I think Nick. Is that accurate? And. where do they move to? Junior B. Is that. what it's called? I forget the name. Yeah, there's there's a couple junior. leagues. There's Junior B is very. popular in the United States. And then. uh I think you might be talking about. the United States uh national team. development camp and I know Foxy had an. uncle that actually coached up there uh. that uh ran that program for a couple. guys. It's based out of Michigan and uh. they travel around and they play a bunch. of the good junior teams, a bunch of. good college teams and uh you know it's.

unreal experience. And most of those. guys are the guys you'll see in the. world junior champions and eventually. one day in the Olympics. They live there though, right? Don't. they live in like houses uh people's. houses and [ __ ]. Yeah. A lot of players go to juniors and. live with billet families, families that. sign up to host players and kind of you. know What's Shadic? You know what Shadic. is? St. Mary's the prep school. Yeah. Okay. So that's like what Mighty Ducks. 2. They were they went to like a Shadic, right? Mighty Ducks 3. Three. What did. Jack do? Jack went to Shadic. He was.

there with Sid. So that's only that's. why I know about it. Like but that's. where you move. It's like a boarding. school for hockey players, right? Or. everything. I don't know. They And. they're moving in there like when. they're 14, right? 13 14 or something. Yeah. 14. That's like where we went to. high school. It's like IMG made it. popular, but it was happening in hockey. forever, but it was only just hockey. Umber, our guy Umbber disappeared. He. was like gone. Like he went to our high. school, we heard about him. Like we got. a guy in Plum and then we got I go to. like a Plum high school hockey game. He's like a freshman I think Dyson. And.

then the next year gone. It's like. where'd he go? Oh, he he's living with. another family. It's like doing what? Why? Is everything okay? Like no, it's. better than okay. It's like, yeah, he's. on the fast track. And then he would. have like a 12, 13 year career in the. NHL and he, you know, he lived he's. hockeyy's a full commitment because. Yeah. The the skating, too. Like, did. you see Sid's quads debut? Did you see. those things? Yes. Yeah. On that throw. That was the first thing I saw that. popped out. Obviously had perfect form,

but the lower body on on these hockey. players obviously, you know, because. they skate so much, but yeah, he built. like a tank. Yeah, you got to be a dog in hockey. Like have to be. Even the softest hockey. players are the biggest dogs, you know, let alone let alone the amount of like. face wiping that's just happening. That's just like you're you're just. getting punched in the slapped in the. face just casually during the game. Let. alone the sticks banging off your wrists. and your shins and everything. I mean,

it's just you're getting your ass beat. the whole time. And then skating is so. hard and they're just full sprints. full. sprints, 5:00 a.m. cuz that's when you. can get ice time. 4:00 a.m. they're out. there doing it late night, midnight, it's just their their gear smells like. ass and they're just strapping. themselves into it. It's hockey is a uh. that's a dogs only sport. Dogs only a. light workout in. Like we were in there, the team was, you know, it wasn't like. a, you know, hard ass workout, but a. light workout, you know, after a game.

pretty much the whole team coming in, then they're going in shooting shots. like for the long how many games? 82. games. 82. Yeah. And then obviously. their playoffs start this Sunday I. believe as well like the respect I have. for those guys man it's incredible. basketball too like basketball gets all. the hey one and done but he he just. mentioned it coach did like Briny was in. college last year and then he's going. and playing in the NHL and a lot of. times you know like those camps. sometimes I don't even go to college. like these guys are playing in the NHL. at 18 years old like Jackie Aces Jackie.

Aces did a oneand done at BEu and then. he went right to the league and I think. what was he the number two overall. What's that called? The Western Ontario. Uh, is that it? The. Western I've heard Biz talk about it. It's like a Junior League. The WHL. Yeah, the the playoffs are happening. right now. And Gavin McKenna is supposed. to be the next number one pick next. year. He just lit up the [ __ ]. tremendous goal last night. He's But. that high schoolers go to that or no? Yeah, they're they're high school age.

kids and like young college age kids. It's like an alternative. Instead of. going to university uh up north, A. Gumps, they go play junior hockey, dude. Yeah. So, this WHL is the same thing. I. guess it is it is real deal. I guess. from what I've been told they say. WH how are these guys? That was nasty. Who's McKenna's going to. be a Penguin or what? What? How's this. work? Yeah. If we stink bad enough next. year, he's the guy. I mean, how do win? What's the percentage of it? Because I.

feel like whatever their their route is. and the scouting it, it pays off. And. the coach is talking about recruiting. online only. That's wild. But um I feel. like every top guy who's supposed to be. the guy at like a 90% clip in hockey. hits as opposed to like NBA is almost. like you know 5050 60 you know 40 like. why like is it always has it always kind. of been like that with hockey? It's not. every year though. You know what I mean? Like usually they say someone's going to. be great like every five years. Okay. You know what I mean? Like every other. year someone's not saying he's the next. Crosby, he's the next this. Like Bard.

was the first one that's really been. built up since Mc Jesus, right? Oh, okay. And there's not a lot of depth, right, in hockey in the draft. It's. normally like top two guys. Yeah. There's not much after the top. And you. might draft a guy and he goes to college. for two years, too, right? That happens. Mhm. Yeah. Might opt to go do that. Yeah. It's hockey is interesting, man. When you get labeled like that, like. Nent Hopkins got drafted before McDavid. by the Oilers. He was supposed to be the. next one. He's an unbelievable two-way. hockey player, but he never lived up to.

the hype. But now he's he's like one of. the Oilers best players, two-way player. Okay, got it. Cuz I remember asking. anytime you're with Go ahead. I'm sorry. No, I just remember asking I think it. was Austin Matthews like, "Hey, what was. your uh welcome to the league moment?". is um my first game I scored six goals. like oh okay you guys when they say. that's the guy that's usually the guy. but okay it makes more sense if it's. kind of spread out every few years well. Connor Bard I don't know if it's the. Blackhawks or which it might be I'm.

telling you when these eyes. I've never my whole life I kept looking. up I thought the Penguins were on the. power play I've never seen anything like. that pretty absurd I'm not I'm not. exaggerating I've never seen a team keep. the puck in someone's hand that long. five on five and the Pens weren't even. trying to score at some point. It felt. like they were just trying to keep it. away from in their end in the Blackhawks. end. They were just pass I mean it was. it was it was a big off night for us for. sure. Yeah. Yeah. Five zip. Big night.

for the Pens. That was good. I'm happy. they won there. Uh off year for the Pens. as well. This the first time in how. long? Uh the Pens Bruins Rangers. Yeah. First time. First time ever. That game. was sad yesterday. Just knowing that. watching that game and knowing those two. teams weren't going to the playoffs. It. was weird. It was weird. Yeah. I wonder how the playoffs will. do. No Boston, no New York. And the. players players money counts on that. They got that escrow account that. depending on how the playoffs do, like.

with ratings and all that, how much they. get back. Islanders Islanders in. No. No. No. New York teams. Devils. Texas. Hockey. Devils are in. Texas Hockey. Colorado in the first round is. diabolical. Those are two of the best. teams in hockey playing in the first. round. Yeah, this might be the first. time. Oh, my bad. No, I'm just thinking. about you could you could definitely I'm. just thinking strictly about like hockey. towns that give ratings. Yeah, this is. the first time you mentioned those three.

teams, but this is also the first time. all four of the US-based original six. teams uh are not going to be in the. playoffs. So, you're talking Detroit, the Rangers, the Bruins, and the. Blackhawks. Those are those are pretty. big markets. Get it together, boys. You. guys doing? Mhm. I'm saying it's like. who's going to need a national audience? It's now obviously each individual team. that is still left has a massive fan. base. We are not knocking that at all. But whenever we're talking about like, you know, those are those are those are. hockey towns. Those are hockey towns,

you know, and a lot of stars there. But. I think this Capitals team has become. beloved so much that people will want to. follow along. Go ahead, Connor. Sorry I. cut you off there. No, not at all. I was. I was just going to say like this might. be the first time where the first round. of the NBA is kind of like outweighing. the first round of the NHL just because. of that. Like obviously we all know the. NHL playoffs start to finish is probably. the only sport where an eight seed can. go on and win the entire thing in the. playoffs. But when it comes like. matchups that we're talking about like. brands and names, the NBA playoffs are.

looking unbelievable. You know, the. Warriors are either going to play the. Rockets or the Thunder. Hopefully they. end up playing the Thunder, which would. be a great matchup. But then, you know, the Grizzlies get in, they play the. Rockets of the Thunder as well. So, those are all teams with superstars. Nuggets, Clippers, Kawawaii Leonard. played 47 minutes the other night. So, like we're talking about finally a team. that has, you know, the guy that we've. been hoping they've had for the last. damn near five years with the Clippers.

and they're playing the Nuggets who, you. know, they fired their coach Mike Malone. last year, not the magician, the head. coach of the Denver Nuggets. That was. wild. Yeah. Kind of out of left fields. And then a lot of people are pointing to. how like he lost a locker room and he. said some stuff about their players not. watching the film and all those types of. things. Then you got Ant and the. Timberwolves playing LeBron, Luca, JJ. Reick, and the Lakers. That's a massive. matchup. And then on the East too, Pacers and the Bucks, that's kind of. been their biggest rival is the Bucks.

with uh you know, the whole entire thing. with Giannis grabbing the basketball. from the Pacers after that game last. year. And they've had beef for a while. And then the Knicks Pistons, everyone. the Pistons have turned into like. America's favorite pick as of late this. last month. Nobody's really or at least. been talked about as hey, no one wants. to play the Pistons. I don't know about. that, but still got the Celtics and Cavs. there as well. So the NBA playoffs it. feels as though is going to be. incredible too. We always talk about how. when the football season ends we have.

like March Madness and the Masters is a. good reminder how awesome the you know. the golf majors can be. But this is also. this next two week span where the NBA. and the NHL playoffs. We got two games, four games every single night. It is an. incredible time up until you know like. the conference finals where it starts to. slow down again. Let's enjoy it all, boys. Let's enjoy it. all. Especially as tonight's Monday. Night Raw will be live from Sacramento. AJ, they're piecing some [ __ ] together.

behind me that I uh I'm getting. caffeinated by trying to figure out what. the [ __ ] they're doing. Lot of screws. How about how many people. were there for big big night out? Crazy. That was incredible. Everywhere you. looked and they all felt like they were. on the same page, too. Like just every. you look up, you look down for 10 10. minutes, you look up and there's like a. whole another section of stage built, people hanging from wires on the on the. roof. like it was nuts. We haven't got a. chance to chat about this as a uh group. So, if you're watching and this bores. you out, I completely understand. We'll. see you. Minana, how about the catering.

at midnight? We haven't really got a. chance to catch up on all this. Okay. Foxy and I didn't Foxy didn't sleep. I. passed out for a few hours. We alongside. Bill and Gumpy uh on Thursday had to. battle against file uploading, exporting. and uh basically doing it four or five. times uh because certain file type. either didn't work with our computer or. the sending computer or we got to change. something whenever something's at 70%. exported. So there Thursday was a.

tedious day. Foxy, is that a good way to. describe Thursday? Yeah, spot on. I I. always thought I had a really powerful. computer. Actually, Zitto ordered for me. and it's always been so fast, but first. time ever in our company's history that. we had a 3 and 1/2 hour video to render. out. So, that thing crashed three or. four times. Thank you. Thank, thank. Bill. Thank you guys for hanging out. with me literally the entire day trying. to get that thing up. We actually ended. up leaving the office late at night and. just letting it export and letting it. upload. And that was risky. That was. certainly risky, but it all worked out.

I appreciate you guys. Yeah, there was a. lot of there was a lot of decisions made. that maybe weren't based in reality. Um, that show went long, brother. Jeez. Louise, that show went long. Did you. expect it to be that long, AJ? I I'll. tell you, I did not. Okay. I did not. expect it to go that long. I wasn't. exactly sure how long it was going to. be, but it felt like I I wasn't asking. for it to stop. I was like, "Yeah, who. else is coming out?" I was surprised. with everybody else. Like, I don't He. may have some other people coming out. I. don't know. I It was great. It was. crazy. Going back to the catering, sorry.

to cut you off, D, but I had to I mean, I think I ate there four times within. like five hours. The food they Yeah. I. don't know how to describe if you would. have saw me in there and there's a. coffee making these crazy coffees and. everything. Yeah. I just I sculpture top. that thing was amazing. Everything about. it top notch 10 out of 10. and we've. been hearing you talk about it and you. know obviously one thing for you to. dream it up and then actually for it to. come to life and I know a bunch of. people I talked to kind of behind the. scenes was like yeah there's no way. anybody else could have [ __ ] done. this so [ __ ] hats off you for.

actually putting that [ __ ] together and. we talked about how long it was like it. didn't really feel like any low points. you know in in the show so even with it. been that long so many moments that kind. of like when the [ __ ] McMoney maker. came out and that like that [ __ ] was. like captivating and I my brothers were. there and they were hitting me and. texting me after like, "Bro, this the. most amazing live [ __ ] I've ever been to. in my life. When's the next one?" That. was the the the first question I had. from pretty much everybody. But yeah, obviously things change and it's just. like a game, you know, everything.

doesn't go perfectly, but that was. [ __ ] an incredible uh experience. And. then obviously, you know, Flight was fly. winning at the end. That was kind of. million at the end is a great way to end. it. They're uh I don't want to tell. their story. They're expecting uh their. first child in July, you know. So, congrats to them. He goes uh I I get a. chance to meet him afterwards and. there's the clip uh on the Hulu, the. birds. He just said right there. He's. like in shock and then I say. Philadelphia Eagles fans. Everybody. starts booing. I'm like, "Yo, yo, Birds." And everybody's face. But get a.

chance to chat with him afterwards. It. was like just so cool. And I thank you. for saying that, Debb. um and from your. family and friends that watched it. There there was quite an audible that. was made in the middle of it that nobody. would uh hopefully know about just it. was insane. It was absolutely insane. It was quite quite an audible that took. place. So, as Heroki was backing out, I. was pretty pumped up about it. I'm like, "Take your time, Heroki. We got to. figure some [ __ ] out. Slow down." So, as.

I I He didn't have any ears in, obviously. I couldn't get to him, but. every time there was uh every time there. was a little bit of a delay, I'd hear a. crowd go or whatever, I'm like, "Okay, that buys us an extra at least 15. seconds." But massive shout out to. everybody. The catering though, I felt. very. um I felt very impelled uh compelled to. make the catering very good because I. think the catering is a place where. people hang out. I think the catering. can like set the tone on if somebody's.

like thankful to be there. if you get. some shitty food, you're just gonna be. like, "This sucks." Like, that's just. how everybody feels. And everybody's. gonna have to eat. So, I wanted to get. good food in the catering. And uh shout. out to the WWE folks piecing together. the contracts with the local companies, too. There's local restaurants that were. represented in there. There's some down. south pizza in there, some meat in. there. There was some, you know, uh some. some seafood out there. There was there. was a lot there was a lot in there. And. uh that guy right there on the camera,

Steu, shout out to him wearing that. camera for like 10 hours. Shout out to. Whiz and Snoop obviously showing up and. Bonnics in the back. But it was like um. it was a long night and then we had to. uh delay and obviously I think it it. there was a lot of upbeats as well. throughout. I mean Sid throwing a ball. for a million bucks is absolutely um. awesome. We had to delay the doors. early, boys. You guys saw that take. place. You saw that. Uh didn't you see. that con man? Did you expect that. whenever you were watching rehearsals. unfold? Uh I think just because of the. PPG um from the night before like that.

it was such an I believe everybody who. was uh kind of watching that Penguins. game Blackhawks was kind of just. enjoying it after the fact. So the. entire transition from you know the ice. to then that entire stage which was. incredible was massive. The fact that. they do that we were talking about. before I didn't think it was going to be. that big. It's huge. Like the fact that. WWE people can put together, you know, have been doing that twice a week, sometimes three times a week, uh, over. and over again for I don't know how 30.

plus years is insane. But once you like. walked in and cuz we got there around. noon and saw like the spectacle of what. they were building, I think that was. always a possibility. But then once we. were kind of going through everything. cuz you also had to make a lot of like. organizational changes just to like the. things that were popping up cuz a lot of. people probably don't know like you also. produced the entire thing of when. everything's coming up and when people. are doing what and you know exactly to a. tea what everyone was doing which was. wicked cool to see you working and doing.

that entire thing. But it felt around. like 6:00 that okay, there's a chance. that this might get pushed back a little. cuz we didn't get done with like our. entire run through until like 600. Like. me and Ty had to go back to the hotel to. get ready cuz we were we still weren't, you know, showered or at least I still. wasn't showered in the entire thing. I. had to cut out the pants. Uh the ass was. chaps in my pants still. And that that. wasn't. until Yeah, tailoring till like 6. I. have to return that rental today. uh. till like 6 6:30. So, it was just one of.

those things um where where it didn't. really matter though. It felt like like. these people are going to be, you know, having fun. Of course, in the moment, if. you're lined up out there, I'm sure that. did suck and you know, we apologize, but. we also like knew on the other side of. that weight like what you're going to. experience is going to be well worth it. It was a beautiful day, too. Yeah, it. was it was it wasn't raining or. anything, you know? I mean, so, but also. like, you know, it you people had to. wait a half an hour, but I'm sure most.

people thought that the show was only. going to be 2 hours or, you know, so. it's like, yeah, you had to wait a. little bit, but then they got the extra. bang for their buck on the back end, you. know, where it's like, oh, okay. Like, I'll wait a half an hour if I'm going to. get an additional hour on top of what I. thought I was paying for. So, it was it. was sweet. I listen I listen to Mikey. and Big Bob. Uh, they did Big Morning. After. Yeah. uh their podcast and I. listened to a little bit of them talking. about it and at one point they were. like, "Okay, Sumo's coming out here.".

Because Pat saw Sumo wrestling one time. in Japan and I I think if you watch the. Big Night Out Hulu version uh that is. currently available now. I I think and. my wife said this like that show's so. ridiculous that that's such a ridiculous. collection of [ __ ] and it it it didn't. really because when I'm in it I'm just. kind of like how do we get to the next. part? Uh do we got to stretch a little. bit because we have something going on. with the big money makers ladder. potentially the ladder is potentially. not uh connecting. Need that cuz you got.

to be able to get up there. Need to. stretch a little bit. Need to fill a. little bit. And that's like why the WWE. people are so great. Like there's a guy. named Fatam and Marty obviously in the. truck that are doing their thing just. constant communication with me about how. it how it all kind of goes there. But if. you were to watch it, it's like very. obvious that I. have maybe the most ADD of all time. Is. do you think the most is it the biggest. the mostest ADHD of all time? Foxy put. together a clip where I'm.

like and the fact that everybody was. able to kind of understand what the hell. I was trying to say and be patient with. me through it all was so cool. But what. a [ __ ] ridiculous show, AJ. What an. absolutely ridiculous. That's all. While. I was watching it back, I was like, "This is the most ridiculous thing ever. pieced together." I see Heroki's cheeks. right there in my face as he and Ichi. are just battling. It was so ridiculous. But I enjoyed all of it and I can't. thank everybody enough. You included AJ. on a hot mic. Yeah. Well, it was that. was fun as well when the show was. shifting and changing. So, I may have.

spoken at that hot mic a few times. before that even. Not really sure if you. could hear me or not. Yeah, it was it. was Oh, really? You have to watch back. see what's go. But it was it was and. Parker I mean Parker Mcome comes walk. plays right next to us like that dude's. amazing too seeing him earlier in the. day seeing him go through what was going. on hitting like he even said like he. said to me he's like we're like he he's. like agent we're witnessing greatness. like this there's nobody in the world. can do this but Pat was like yeah I know. absolutely like from when you talked.

about it to to it all like executing. everything. Yeah, it was just uh the. sumo thing. I got a text from my wife. during the sumo thing and she said the. kids are loving the sumo bit. Everything. about they love Shane's com. They loved. everything about the sumo situation. So. that was a huge thing for our house. Shane post. elite. Shane elite. Yeah, I think that's the. only way to describe that. There's a. reason he's the best in the world, folks. Shane goes, how about him when he. gets up on top of the thing? On top of. the McMaker. He really shot. Yeah. Yeah.

felt like he got real comfortable in. there. And if you uh I think in the. arena cuz some of the audio not as easy. to hear. I think if you watch it back. the things Shane is saying during the. matches. Yeah. Awesome. You you can't. really hear it in the arena but whenever. you watch it back just like Ty and. Connor like the things they were saying. you can't really it's I think cuz the. echo maybe and with all the energy that. was going on and maybe somebody next to. you was yelling you couldn't really hear. the exact words that were being said. It's like you guys were the right.

commentary team. You guys and Michael. Cole were the right people to be out. there. Appreciate it. Shane, at one. point I was going to say something. I. heard him like I was mid or I was about. to say something and so like while he. was finishing his moment like I I went. to talk and I popped so hard I could. barely speak into the mic from what he. was saying. And even the end where he's. like, "Fuck it.". Eg. That was so funny. [ __ ] Crazy, man. Oh man. Yeah, it was a.

wild night. Thank you to everybody uh. for making that possible. And uh also, hey, Parker McCall, go ahead. Okay. Still, maybe the craziest thing of all. is you wearing your cowboy boots with no. socks for a 5 hour show. Like, do you. have 55 blisters? That had to be I. cannot imagine that. The left foot's in. a bad spot. right foot is okay for some. reason. So Connor talked about 6:00 his. rehearsal wrapping up having to get back. into a shower um and everything like. that. I needed a shower as well. I'd.

been there all day and the rehearsals. ran all the way up until you know. basically the door opened. So then I had. to go backstage chitchat with everybody. about what we had just rehearsal maybe. an hour ago, maybe two hours ago to make. sure everybody's on the same page. Obviously there's some sage and some. vitamins bouncing around, you know. So. there's a hey, how you doing? How you. doing? How you doing? One thing leads to. another. Need to shake this hand. I need. to shake this hand. I need to thank this. person. Thank you for doing this. Catering. You guys have crushed it. Okay. Boom. Boom. Boom. B. 22 minutes until showtime. Okay. So,

now I got to sprint to bus. I'm like, "All right, I'm going to shower." Can't. shower though cuz on bus I am told about. a potential situation that could be. brewing. Okay. Nothing bad, but just. something that could pop off. Okay, cool. No big deal. Let's do that. We'll. move forward. Now, we got 17 minutes. till the delayed start time. So, I go. with uh no shower. I just I turn on my. shower, dunk my head, basically tal it, get dressed, and then I go to find. socks. I don't have any socks in the.

place that's normally in. We got 8. minutes, so I just shove the cowboy. boots on with no socks cuz I run out of. time. Sprint over there, get underneath. the ring, and then uh underneath the. stage, and then come up there. And it. was 14 seconds in where I was like, man, this is my left foot's going to be in. some real pain here. And uh and it was. it certainly was. I got blisters on the. pinky, blisters on the big toe, you. know, the whole thing. But hey, it's at. least it's a least I could go through. for all the people that came out and.

hung out with us. There was one fight I. saw that was reported. Other than that, I I feel like it was a pretty solid. evening of happiness. Feel like. everybody was kind of enjoying the vibe. You're always going to get one of those. in Pittsburgh. That's just standard. It. wouldn't be a Pittsburgh show if you. didn't. Yeah. I saw some people. responding like, "Of course, a Pat. McAfee event. this douchebag. There's a. fight or whatever. There's chaos. And. it's like, I'll tell you what, I don't. think I thought about whether or not. there was going to be a fight. But if I. was to be asked, I probably would have. assumed that there would have been at. least a hand thrown in Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania at a three-hour event. Instead, hopefully everybody's okay. Hopefully everybody's healthy. And I. feel like everybody had a good time. I. feel like everybody had a good time. And. we're going to try to provide more of. that. Once again, want to be an. additive, not a negative. AJ, thank you. for traveling to Indianapolis. Boys, thank you for everything. I will see you. tomorrow back in the Thunderdome. Remember, it's Wrestlemania week. Hell. yeah. Let's go. Friday. Friday, we have. a. massive couple guests. Massive.

Mhm. Massive. From WWE World. Big. Bob back. Okay. How big? How big? This is just. like when people were pushing Aaron for. the big night out. Oh, you got big. surprises. Aaron Rogers saying he's join. the Steelers. You better be saying. It's. like, no, we got other [ __ ] though. I. hope you're you're okay with him. I hope. you're okay with. And uh Aaron did not. sign with the Steelers. A big night out. falsely reported by a few people. Uh.

never mind. Uh Parker Mcllum will be in. Pittsburgh May 31st with George Strait. Uh can't wait for people to go watch him. at Acer. Thank you to him doing that. Uh. Kush and Orange Juice 2. Cushion OJ2. coming out April 18th with Whis Khalifa. Obviously, Getting Gone of Snoop Dogg in. Earnest is now available. We had the. world premiere on Wednesday night and. O's the mentalist guessing my pin code. made me change my pin code for first. time long time. Made me a better person.

What a night. What a time. What a life. We appreciate you all for allowing us to. do this for a living. Be a friend. Tell. a friend something nice. It might change. their life. We're in this thing. together. Team on me. Team on three. This was pretty cool. PPG, too. Yeah. Yeah, it was. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Great end. Sweet. Yeah. Seems like. they all all do. I wonder if people do. it at home whenever we do this on a. daily basis. It's interesting. I think. so. I think they do. All right. Team on. me. Team on three. I appreciate you all. Love you all. One, two, three.

Goodbye.