The Pat McAfee Show Live | Monday March 16th 2026

AUSTIN POWERS. STAY DOWN. >> [music]. [music].

>> IN CIRCLEVILLE, CALIFORNIA. THIS ONE FOR THREE.

A.J. HAWK, $5,000. >> [screaming]. [cheering]. [music]. [music].

[music]. [music]. [music].

[music].

[screaming]. [music]. [cheering]. >> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS A collection of. students talking about happenings in the.

sports world. It is meant to be comedic. and informative. The opinions expressed. on this show do not necessarily reflect. the beliefs of their peers, their boss, or ESPN. There may be some cuss words. because that's how humans in the real. world talk. If you are a young, please. seek permission before watching any. further. Hey. What is right? Let's. go.

This show stinks, [cheering] and the. fact that you listen, we are very, very. thankful for. Mack is on the. line with a gorgeous assist. The. all-time leading tackler for the Green. Bay Packers. YOU PIG. DAMN IT. YOU HAVE A FRIEND, TELL YOUR. FRIEND SOMETHING NICE could change their. life. Hello, beautiful people. And welcome to [music] our humble abode, the Thunderdome. On this Overreaction Monday, 3:16 Day,

[music] this sports program begins now. WHAT IS. WHAT IS HAPPY 3:16 DAY TO all who. celebrate. Obviously, we are referencing. Stone Cold Steve Austin, and you know, you got your book of John, but Austin. 3:16 says I just whooped your ass and a. bald-headed man will go on to take over. not only the wrestling business, but. also pop culture and inspire a lot of. working-class human beings and kids. along the way. Somebody that told.

authority to go to hell, drank a beer, and kicked your ass. >> What is And that's uh basically a good. thing uh for anybody that is like us in. this particular world. And I had the. incredible opportunity one time to share. a couple beers with the Texas. Rattlesnake. I had the opportunity to. chug some beers with the Texas. Rattlesnake, and then you know what they. say, you don't trust the Texas. Rattlesnake because every once in a. while, HE'LL BY GOD YOU UH RIGHT IN THE. STOMACH and send your jaw into about 30. different places. Now, that is after a.

full chug and more beer. We would have. to fast-forward about a minute and a. half into this video to see that happen, but nonetheless, Happy 3:16 Day to. everybody, and shout-out to the WWE. being awesome throughout most of our. lives uh on that. Now, back to wonderful. sports. It has been. a fantastic few days of sports, and we. cannot wait to chat about it all. Football just had some breaking news. this morning. Justin Fields, formerly of. Ohio State, then the Chicago Bears, then. the Pittsburgh Steelers, then the New. York Jets, now traded to the Kansas City.

Chiefs. Wow. That happened this morning for a. sixth-round deal. Okay, Patrick Mahomes. tore his ACL in week 15, as we all. remember. Justin Fields being brought. into Kansas City, potentially filling in. for Patrick if he's not back by week. one, which would be crazy with an ACL. Just like the Daniel Jones talk about. him being able to be back for week one. Seemingly a bit crazy, but obviously. these guys are incredible workers and uh. incredible athletes. Congrats to Justin. Fields getting a chance to go to Kansas. City. Yeah. That's good stuff. Won a couple games. for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Didn't. necessarily uh blow up the stat sheet in.

any of those types of things. Anytime he. has the ball in his hands, he's running. He's potentially the most athletic. person on the field. We assume Andy Reid. would be able to make the most of Justin. Fields, his abilities, his talents. Throwing is obviously certainly a. question mark. So much so that the owner. actually came out after agreeing to pay. him $20 million a year to be a. quarterback. Uh owner came out and said, "Well, our guy can't even complete a. pass." So, we It's not like we have. Patrick Mahomes. We got a guy that can't. even play quarterback. Owner said that, and then had to walk that back a little. bit. Justin Fields obviously continued. to be an adult through the entire. process, but the Jets bet on him to.

potentially be the guy in the meantime. before they figured out in the Aaron. Glenn run. And then now they're trading. him away to the Kansas City Chiefs, and. uh I think it's good news for Justin. Fields. Happy for him. Let's go over to. the toxic table at Boston Connor, at Ty. Schmidt. Didn't expect Kansas City. Chiefs to be trading for Justin Fields. this morning, but here we are. No, yeah, definitely not. Uh but you know, hey, good for the Chiefs, good for Justin. Fields. Maybe he uh finally gets that. opportunity to be on a a winning ball. club outside of the Steelers last year. He's had He's had a tough run in the. NFL. So, I'm excited for Justin Fields. And maybe they just put him at running. back. One half of the Hammer.

Cowboys AP Tone is here. Tone, obviously. when Steelers quarterback Justin Fields. won some games for the black and gold, we're incredibly proud of him. He's now. a member of the Chiefs, but uh. I'll I'll you that it that not going to. be the main talking point of this. particular day. >> No, it is not. >> It's a huge day in the sports world. Last night obviously magic happened, huh? There are some brackets that were made. What? >> There are some Olympic gold medals that. were won. It's a wonderful time in. sports. Let's go to nine-year NFL vet, uh one of the smartest minds in the. history of ball, Darius Butler.

D-Bush, I see your son Day red. And that. was a magical weekend of golf as well. It's a beautiful time to be alive as a. sports fan, Darius Butler. >> It is off-season off-season for us when. it comes to football, but there's been a. ton of great sports moments so far all. the way up from I know we won't talk. about it here, but F1 had a great. weekend as well in time. >> Oh yeah, the Oscars. I saw Brad Pitt all. over that. We got some hockey going on. We got everything going. It did. Not going to lie, I see if they can. continue uh. obviously through it all and continue.

the run, but the the F1 stuff is. certainly tough to watch I think racing, but I do love the stuff around. I do. love stuff around. >> 2:00 a.m. Yeah, I enjoyed last. >> got canceled, too. What's that? >> A couple couple Grand Prix won't happen. What they say something? What? >> They got canceled? Just location. Yeah. Really? Sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> Makes sense. Flag football game also. in that particular thing. Hope everybody. Hope that all Yeah. Hope that all gets. figured out.

>> [laughter]. >> Yeah. All of it. Hope it all gets. figured out. Now, let's figure out what. the top five headlines are around the. sports world that need to be talked. about cuz there's headlines everywhere. in the sports world. We wanted to give. our top or favorite five coming out of. the incredible weekend. Ladies and. gentlemen, it's uh top five top five top. five time. Let's go to the five headline. in our eyes. Ladies and gentlemen, it's here. March Madness is officially. here. 360 teams buy to get into this. tournament. Everybody on Earth watches. college basketball for a few weeks and.

they decide to themselves which team do. I want to latch my bandwagon on, which. team do I want to bet on, which team do. I want to lose my money on? A bunch of. 18 to 45-year-olds? I I don't know what it is, but a bunch. of players I've never heard of before. are going to determine my fate on this. particular bet or this particular. evening as I ride alongside of them. Schools you've never heard of can make a. name for themself, but can they. actually? Nowadays. they're saying those lower seeds are. lower seeds for a reason. And now there.

is automatic bids obviously with the. conference championships from around all. of college ball. There's a chance that. now with NIL and transfer portal and. everything that's going on at the bigger. conferences, you know, the power. conferences, they might just be. This might be a different division. Yeah. at this point. There's been 50. times where 12 seed has beat a five. seed. Damn near every single year. Mhm. People are saying those days might be. over. Oh, come on. People are saying the spreads are bigger. than they've ever been for some of these. schools. Now, I am not a college. basketball expert, but I do enjoy the.

hell out of March Madness. I hope the. Cinderella story, the who the hell were. they university going on a run never. stops, but I do appreciate the hell out. of what hoops provides us, which is. incredible environments and obviously. incredible stories. Magical moments this. past weekend during conference. championships, there was three lead. changes in final eight seconds. I mean, that was just the one game. In another. game, there's a Hail Mary. In another. game, there's a a blind shot from out of. bounds that's fallen in there. March is. magical, March is madness, and we'll. actually have Coach K joining us. throughout the entirety of this year's. March Madness to legitimize our.

Nice. Okay. You know, so we'll ask him. the questions he need he asked. Cannot. wait for him to chit-chat and guide us. through this particular March Madness. He'll be joining us at 1:05 today. Then. I believe he'll be with us later this. week and then next week a couple times. and then through it all. So, we're going. to have a nice little run here with the. greatest of all time. Man, he has 1,202. wins, most in the history of college. hoops. Five time national champion. Cannot wait to talk to him, but Con man, obviously March Madness brings a lot of. gambling. And you used to have a little.

gambling theory through March Madness. that kind of carried you and now you're. going to have to evolve a little bit it. sounds like. >> Yeah, for sure. I definitely didn't. invent it but I kind of did adopt it. It. was just blindly betting every single. underdog money line. I don't think you. can do that anymore to your point. I. think it's probably smarter to bet on. the spreads rather than the actual money. line of these underdogs. >> some of these plus 1100 teams were. hitting and that would make up for. obviously 13 other losses in this entire. thing. Exactly. UMBC being a 16 seed and. beating Virginia. You know, we probably. aren't going to see too many of that but.

some of the other ones you mentioned. like Queens, that school that's playing. Purdue out of Charlotte, they're joining. Elon next year. There actually won't be. a school next year cuz they're only. about I think that entire gym is every. single student that goes to that school. because it's only about a 1500 or 1800. kids. But those stories are cool. I also. think a kind of thing to look towards is. the players who start at high schools. that end up going to lower schools. That. kid from Penn, uh T.J. Power who was one. of the kids who had a buzzer beater.

yesterday. Yeah, he had 44 points, 14. rebounds. He had a buzzer beater at the. buzzer sending it to OT. They end up. going on to win. Like there will still. be those stories and yeah, this player. right here is unbelievable. I mean, you're talking about someone who three. seed going up against Yale. Oh my. goodness. >> Swish. Splash. Nothing but net. And look. at that too. That's only their 18th win. of the entire season. We're talking. about Yale. Yeah. Yeah, Yale Yale had a. chance but then they kind of pulled away. there. in the overtime. But that is March.

Madness, baby. We might see one of those. long kind of half court shots to win it. fall and that's why it's so exciting. But they're saying college hoops way. better than the NBA right now. Uh you. will see. I will see. >> Yeah, I definitely agree. March Madness. is hard to compete with but I love the. NBA playoffs but March Madness. especially, you know, going to a blue blood. I know the. underdogs and Cinderellas is always. great stories. Are they all here? That's a good question. THEY LOST. >> 20. ARE THEY OKAY? THEY LOST BY 20. ST. John's put it on us. I think we'll.

bounce back. Dan Hurley will have the. boys ready. But it's stacked, especially. at the top with some big time players. Obviously Boozer in that stacked spot at. Duke. Michigan, they're stacked. And. obviously UConn. I think they will. bounce back. They will fight. Dariq. Whitehead Jr. out of Arkansas. I'm. excited to It's always one player who. always captivates me. I feel like this. player is kind of captivating America. right now. So I'm excited to see How old. is he? What is he? I've heard this guy. pissed off and just killed everybody. Oh. yeah. Point guard out there in Arkansas. He kind of reminds me of maybe like a AI.

Stephon Marbury hybrid. Just put the. ball in his hand. Let him figure it out. He'll drop dimes. He'll give you. buckets. He's a three-level scorer. He. can get to the basket, mid-range, shoot. threes. Just everything you want a young. guard to do on the court. But I mean. this this This is a preview to the. draft. The draft is pretty stacked, especially with like college American. players going to the next level. So I'm. excited about this tournament. I like. the look, too. The little sleeves. Yeah, sleeves hanging down. Sleeveless. I I like it. Really like the boxing out. thing. Yeah, out there in Arkansas. We're going to be traveling obviously up.

to Portland. That's a long way up there. I love it. It's a home of somebody one. of our best players. Terry Jones. Terry. Jones. But yeah, can't wait to get up. there. It's a long way. It is certainly. way up there. Arkansas is much closer. than we are to Portland. But it is. fascinating how the whole region's thing. go. Excited to see I guess the East. super stacked. We'll find obviously how. it goes. Women's. bracket as well. West Virginia is about. to win this whole thing. So everybody. can just kind of wrap it up. Last. tournament that West Virginia women's. basketball team played in, they won it. And then guess what the next team that. played in the tournament did? The rifle. team, they won it. So West Virginia is.

winning tournaments right now. That's. what I'm trying to I I know there's. others in here. They got to talk to. y'all. They won their conference. championships as well. Okay, but they. need to know that the Mountaineers are. coming. Is UConn going to win this. entire thing? Oh yeah, we're up there at. top left usually. I mean we're always. there. If we don't get to a final four, that's a bad year. To win the natty? Yeah, this is a big favorite. Yeah, very strong. You bet the favorites. on the women's side. They will cover. They dominate teams. I mean, we saw. UCLA, they won by 50 points in their.

conference final. Like, there is a. chance that if you go all chalk in the. women's tournament, you can make out. like a bandit. >> still coaching that team? Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Godfather still there. Oh, you crooks. Where Where's Well, get comfortable cuz you're probably. going to be seeing her around too. Hate. to be upset before Yukon gets to the. Sweet Sixteen. Oh, it is right there. Let me ready. All right, let's go to. number four headline coming out of the. weekend in our eyes. Ladies and.

gentlemen, meet all meat. What? Yeah. Yeah. Uh-huh. Mat madness. Okay, this is uh college wrestling. That's right. And you think to yourself, hey, why do you do it at the exact same. time as March Madness? Can we not just. do another week when it would be. strictly college wrestling? And then. they all say back to me, hey, literally. 90% of us can just beat the out of. you. Okay? So, why don't you just shut. up and just go ahead and enjoy week up. And I say, you got it. You've been. paying attention to this for more part. of your life than I have. But, what I do.

know, this is electrifying. Okay, this. is a sport that is obviously a lot. toughness and obviously a lot of grit. and courage. And having to go dig deep. down and go one-on-one and out-body. somebody. So, the amount of things that. you need to have to be a great wrestler. obviously very admirable. But, it. becomes an electrifying environment. Comes like a gladiator the way they. treat this mat madness. Now, Penn State, hey. Can't even bet on them. You can't even. bet on them. You can't even bet on these. guys. What? They're too good. >> Not even available. Look, without Penn. State.

>> [laughter]. >> winner without Penn State. What was it? 13 out of 15? Yeah, if they win this. year, it would be their fifth in a row. in 13 out of 15. That's crazy. They're. unstoppable. You go to Penn State, you're better wrestling than everybody. else. That's just kind of how it works. Their coach, Cael Sanderson, I think he. was like this in college too. I think he. undefeated. He went undefeated in. college, won the whole thing, then he. became a coach I think at Iowa State. >> Yep. And then Penn State said, "Hey, excuse me, and we're going to need that. over here." And he just went undefeated. just hasn't lost. This guy This guy just. has not lost.

>> medalist, too. Yeah, so. So now it's basically, from my. viewpoint, it's everybody versus Penn. State. Tony, like if you get anybody. that gets them, congratulations. So it. becomes like a very incredible. atmosphere, the sport of wrestling. We're from Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. Obviously, there's a lot of. wrestling there. There was a time where. they were trying to eliminate it. Yeah. >> There was a time where they were trying. to eliminate wrestling, and it's like, I. think we'd be doing the world a. disservice. These wrestlers are dogs. These wrestlers are absolute beasts, and. we get a chance to see an electrifying. environment. I wish there would be a.

time strictly for them, but it's not bad. if there's a couple duds playing it. Then put on Matt Manis. That's where I. stumbled upon it a few years back. >> matter what, if you turn it on, you will. be entertained. Another thing with this. team, I saw it was seven of the 10 one. seeds in the individual tournament. They. are on Penn State. So they have seven of. the 10 weight classes basically just. locked out, and I'm assuming what, how. many of them are probably two seeds in. in that thing? Yeah, several. Several. Yeah, all of their guys will be ranked, and I think and as evidence why you.

can't bet on them, it's like, hey, they're they're going to win. It's kind. of like that. >> That's insane. >> Yeah, that might That has to be the most. dominant in history. Can't even bet on. him. Yeah, sorry. Sports books trying to. profit off of people betting on things. So they give terrible odds to you. So if. you do bet on minus 1,100, and Italy. beats USA, that's obviously a ha ha ha, okay? Can't even get a number big enough. for them to be like, "Nope, not even. rolling the dice." Isn't that crazy? >> That's crazy. >> That is crazy to think about. Okay, let's go to number three headline, shall. we? The Players Championship, some.

consider it the fifth major, obviously. kicks off the PGA season in a big way. for a lot of folks. Everybody's playing. in it. And Cam Young, clutch in the. chaos, becomes the Players Champion. This guy, in the biggest moments Yep. just clear-minded free thought. 17th. hole is basically a yeah, good luck from. all of golf. Following what 16 is, which. is a very difficult hole. And then the. 18th hole was actually the worst hole or. the hardest hole on the course. So, 17. obviously 13 12 minus 13 minus 12 right.

there. You're behind. You put one in the. water, this is over, bub. You're not. winning this thing. You slide down that. board quicker than Oberg. >> [laughter]. >> Oberg had a tough Sunday. But Cam Young. instead the complete opposite. This guy. was the PGA rookie of the year in 2022. Out of New York. Hit the ball 3. 174. yards Crazy. >> on the 18th hole. Drawing it over water. perfectly. The longest drive recorded in.

the history of hole 18 at TPC Sawgrass. You're talking about standing over that. ball and not having oh no. like we've seen some golfers do before. Or tighten it up and guide it. Instead, greatest drive in the history of the. course. What a stone-cold killer this. guy is. I believe we'll be talking to. him tomorrow. >> Hell yeah. What a win and shoutout to. golf being all the way back. And. shoutout to Scotty just being alive on a.

Sunday. Cuz I'm going to be honest, when. I saw Scotty go to work there late and I. thought he was going to maybe eagle 16. and get a hole in one on 17 and I. thought maybe he was going to claw back. into this thing, it just gave me a. little bit of hope. But then watching. what Cam did all day, it was magical. It. was like golf season's back is what it. really what it felt like. >> Yeah, golf is awesome. It's it's so dope. hearing all these guys different. stories. I've his dad has been his only. coach and his swing like that pause he. has his swing his tempo. And then before. 18 like 17 you mentioned on that island. green Fitzpatrick he went you know right.

middle of the green playing it kind of. safe. He was hot as well. They were. matched up together. And then he goes. just throws a dot right at it. Takes the. birdie to get the lead and then what he. did on 18 to finish it out. It was just. unbelievable. This entire Sunday, I know. Oberg with his fall from the top and he. kind of handled it well with his post. game. That was That was tough cuz he. seems like one of those guys that's. going to be a number one player for a. long time. He has all the attributes, but he just couldn't get it done. And. just hearing these guys like the USA. chance down the stretch, it kind of had. some Ryder Cup vibes. Uh with. Fitzpatrick, it's an unbelievable.

environment. And just I mean his post. game, too. It was post-match uh comments. about him. >> I'm just I'm going to go over here and. hit the greatest shot of my life and he. did. That was unbelievable. Yeah, so he. Pat talked about him being a rookie of. the year in 2022. He had two top fives. in uh the majors that season and then he. won. And then I feel like he picked up a. lot of steam at the Ryder Cup his cuz he. was the only American who won every one. of his matches. He was awesome. He was. so clutch. And then for him to do this. this weekend, he's picked up a a ton of. fan. He is awesome. He always looks. super cool. He has the sweet MLB patch.

on him. He bombs the ball. Yes, the. beard, the hair, like Cam Young is going. to be a fan favorite for years to come. here. >> Yeah, the beard is certainly fantastic. and he he looks pretty chiseled. He also. looks chill. Yeah, mhm. It's a weird in-shape but not jacked. look. >> Golfer golfer in shape. Yeah, looks fit, exactly. And his walk is pretty cool. You know, he has a pretty good He's. shoulders sit well. Looks like a dog. >> A good gait. Well put together. >> Yeah. No, cuz when we're watching golf, these are the things you got to look. for. >> Yeah, exactly. There's not a lot of. other things. Some wobbly bodies out.

there, too. There are some wobbly Not. We'll get to it in a second. Yeah, especially on a day like this when it's. super windy, too. And you and it's The. shirt Bobby McIntyre will look great, okay? I don't know. I SAW A BELLY BUTTON. and this happens to me. [laughter] Some. you know, Oh, yeah. Donald Trump your. belly button's growing cuz your belly's. getting big and that thing's spread out. across there. It's going to look like. the hole of a volcano is in your stomach. and that's not good. Especially with Cam. AK. Yeah. We got AK. >> Yeah, they can see it. I don't know what. that means, but I know It's 8,000 8,000.

It's 8,000 8,000 frames. But it is and. that was a change for me whenever we. started really going into the 4K and for. the culture is wearing white spanks. You. know, that was certainly something as. the all these came through and. everything was taking place. It's like, man, they got really good cameras these. days. Yeah, you didn't have you're. fat, dude. >> [laughter]. >> Some of these don't care. No, at all. I saw a picture. He just lives in. Tugboat, I'd like to apologize. >> [laughter]. >> Wow. >> Tugboat, I did not know you were beer I.

don't even know. I don't know how we got here, but I. appreciate you Tugboat living your life. and you're a menace on the mound, dude. Yeah, Tugboat is a star. He's outrageous. How do we get him on. the Pirates? I I How do we get Tugboat. on the. Pirates? >> he in MLB? Uh I don't believe so. Sounds. like he. >> What? >> cut this guy a check. He's on the. Guardians A level A level ball on the A. >> [laughter]. >> No, that's not MLB. He's not in the MLB. He's. He's ruffling around in the You You cut. You cut this guy a check. You You throw. 250K at the Guardians and guess what?

Tugboat's yours. Uh. Yeah, this guy is professional baseball. player. >> That's baseball player. He dropped No offense, Tugboat. Okay, when I heard your name was Tugboat, I. said, this guy gets it at least. He. understands what's going on here. Okay? Tugboat's great nickname. First time. I've ever heard that. You also first. human I've ever seen like this. They had. some shots in the front, too. Tugboat. don't care at all. >> No, he don't. Tugboat, yeah, I mean, he. He's coming to carve you up. >> He you did, too. Tugboat was a problem. Let's get him on.

the Pirates. Let's get him on the. Pirates. Let's get him the number two. headline coming out of the weekend. We. appreciate any athlete that's able to do. that. That's why we are talking about. him. It's unbelievable. I was a fat ass for a. little bit. There There was other. legendary fat ass. You know who is not? Ladies and gentlemen, it has happened. For the first time in the history of the. world, a team has won the gold in women's. hockey, What? men's hockey, >> What? and sled hockey in the. Paralympics, which we just accomplished. The boys went bananas in the third.

period. It was a cagey affair. It was a cagey affair going into the. third period. And what did we do? We. said, well, we've we've only won four of. these in a row. Okay. We've only won. four of these in a row. You think we're. going to tighten up in the third? ABSOLUTELY NOT. JACK [screaming] WALLACE WITH AN. ABSOLUTE SNIPE. YEAH, HE HAD three. goals. It was at one point they thought. he had four. But then Declan Farmer, greatest sled. hockey player of all time, actually got. his stick on it before it went in. But.

these boys were silky. I'm going to be. honest. If you didn't watch, I think it. would be hard for you to. DO YOU SEE THAT? UNDER THE NET. UNDER THE SLED. WHERE MAMA HIDES THE. COOKIES. EXACTLY. YES, EXACTLY. AND I. SAW they were trying to kill the puck at. the end. So that was dangle season. >> Oh, I bet. >> I mean it was dangle season at the end. I saw I I don't remember which guy it. was. Dude hit a spin move with this. thing under his right stick, okay? Spins. on this sled, turns under thing, back to. the other side. I'm like, WHOA.

WE ARE SLICING AND DICING THESE PEOPLE. RIGHT NOW. IT was getting a little. physical. Oh, yeah. >> Yeah, it was getting a little physical. out there. Yeah, but the boys the boys. won their fifth straight Olympic gold. medal and hockey just, you know, pretty. quickly here, I guess. Just over the. last couple of. you know, weeks. Certainly a month and a. half or so. I didn't know this. Sorry, Gumps. Football, we know. Yeah, obviously. Football, we know. We know that, no doubt about it. Soccer.

going forward, it's ours. Going to ride. this into the sunset. >> that. We sweet jerseys. Yeah, they're. going to crush. We know that's our. sport. I didn't expect hockey to be like. this. I actually had a take um like a. year ago where I thought US hockey was. dead. Because to become a great hockey. player, the amount of work and. commitment and everything it takes to. get there, I think there'd be too many. distractions. People make it too much. money doing too much other stuff right. now. Especially with how athletic you. have to be to make it in hockey, you. have to be an absolute dog. We're. talking like 5:00 a.m. on ice, putting.

all the on, and their cardio is. just like never ending. All of them have these massive ass I. mean it's just that's just coming from. years of just skating and skating and. traveling and moving and living in other. places sometimes so you can be a part of. a different league as opposed to going. to your high school that doesn't have. it. So the amount of commitment it takes. to be a hockey player I thought in our. country. guys might get lacrosse. Sure. You look. at lacrosse is starting to come up. similar, you know, who knows maybe. soccer, maybe maybe just something.

completely different from it all. But it. turns out it feels like they have. numbers up in sign-ups in hockey across. the board, women, men, and I assume. Paralympic sled hockey as well cuz we're. going to be talking to Jack Wallace here. in a little bit I think in like an hour. or so and he obviously had a hat-trick. He wins his third Olympic gold medal. He. had an accident when he was a kid and he. was probably going to be, you know, who. knows what his dreams were in sport at. 10 years old I think his entire life. changed whenever a skiing incident takes. place with a boat and he loses leg or.

something like that. And he he turns to. this as an alternative and what a dream. man. What a what it is it's such a cool. story to watch and to experience right. alongside and I talked about my. classmate Colin McGregor who obviously. home rooms alphabetical order McGregor, McAfee. We were pretty close to each. other so I got to know him. He. I I don't remember exactly what it was. both his legs didn't work though but he. he had two crutches everywhere. Literally just crushed absolutely. everywhere and then one Monday he came. in and he had like a metal on. And I was.

like, "Oh, you're wearing a necklace. That's sweet. What happened?" He tells. me about winning this. They call it. sledge hockey. I I didn't want to say it mis wrong but. >> According to Wikipedia it is sledge. hockey. Sledge hockey or whatever. So he. had just won a sledge hockey tournament. over the weekend. I was so pumped for. him. Like I remember being like so. pumped and I guess Pittsburgh has good. background in it. Obviously the north. has it and now we are five time world. champs and hockey is completely ours. So, I'm pumped about watching the boys. yesterday. >> Yeah, you mentioned I think the number. was over 100,000 boys and girls signed.

up for youth hockey this year. It's the. most they've ever had and Declan Farmer, we brought him up before. I think he set. the record for most goals by someone or. something along those lines and some of. the stories too of just adversity. One. of the kids on the team was adopted from. China. He was a born paraplegic I. believe and he made it onto this team. for team USA. Like just the stories of. adversity are endless when it comes to. this and then for them to win gold and. it being, you know, their fifth straight. gold medal. It's like, yeah, we do own.

the ice now. >> Yeah, and they're sprinting I mean, it. is a upper bodies for days. Yeah, I. can't wait. >> Yeah. The questions we are going to ask. to Jack Wallace, they won't all be the. normal questions to Jack Wallace, but I. would like to know about what we are. >> How many dips can you do? I mean. >> So many. outrage They're doing this. to skate. They're going 20 miles an. hour. I looked it up. >> Flying. 20 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN. THEY'RE TURNING SIDEWAYS hitting board. and it's like, geez. Yeah, they're. hitting each other too. They're stumping. it. Yeah, it's a it was a cool thing to. watch and hopefully the numbers will. come back and it'll say a lot of people.

watching. Then speaking of a lot of. people watching, we assume last night's. number is going to be outrageous just. like the rest have been for the World. Baseball Classic. Sorry about it. Sorry about it. Not really, but sorry. about it. Team USA. strikes [screaming]. down in Dominican Republic. Now. Paul Skenes came out and did Paul Skenes. stuff. We're talking one, two, three. first inning. How you doing? Greatest. hitters in THE HISTORY, HUH? HI. How do. you like me now? Then move on. Showed up.

in a suit. Yeah. Cool dude. >> with an American flag stitched in the. back. I mean, he was completely locked. in and as the entire internet was. saying, yes, he's a member of Pittsburgh. Pirates. So, yes, this is certainly a. big stage he's ever played in as a. professional baseball player and. probably will be for some time unless. Skenes can get some of the boys on the. team. The defensive stalwart by the team. USA boys were absolutely outrageous for. this man. And I think they understood. that America was putting their ace out. there and I think the boys understood. the narrative about them whenever they.

lost to Italy and almost didn't make it. in. The boys want to put on a show. The. boys want to put on a show and let me. tell you, they did. Let's go to the. bottom of the third, two outs. Okay, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UP ONE ZIP. GOT THESE. RIGHT. UH-OH, AARON JUDGE. BIG OLD. BIG OLD, HEFTY. DURABLE HOSE. Off [snorts] an elbow injury, right? >> Yeah. Everybody was wondering if he's. going to be able to throw. He threw that. what, 96 miles an hour or something like.

that, Ty? >> Yeah, I believe it was the hardest. recorded throw he's had in 3 years. Um. so, yeah, I mean, you know, for Judge. especially, his defense was kind of the. thing that that showed out last night, not his offense and it turned out, you. know, crucial. >> And the guy that tagged him out right. there, Gunnar Henderson. You ever heard. of him? Well, learn the name. This. dude's name is Gunnar AND HE HITS BOMBS. BIG DONG TO TIE IT UP AGAINST the. Dominican Republic. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY. HE LOOKS like me. Don't love that every. white person kind of looks alike, but I. can see it and I take it as an honor. A.

man that doesn't look like me, a man. that looks like the future of baseball. potentially. TONY TONY'S BOY, ROMAN. ANTHONY. HITS A. BOMB, 2-1. ONLY solo shots though. He. did leave some ducks on the pond, don't. love that. That's baseball though, I. guess. Roman Anthony hits an absolute. bomb. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT AARON. JUDGE WITH A HUGE HOSE. How about the. mitt kid? HUH? HOW ABOUT A 33-YEAR-OLD. CAPTAIN LAYING HIS BODY ON THE LINE?

LOOKING LIKE LEBRON James diving around. the basketball court. >> Yeah, saw that. >> 40-plus years old, year 23, going to do. it. And then Aaron Judge says, "You know. what? I'm lucky and honored to be. captain of this team USA." He says, "I'm. going to hit a ding-dong. How about it, boys?" AARON JUDGE, HE'S BACK. CAPTAIN. AMERICA, CASH IN YOUR HOME RUN BETS. YEAH, RIGHT. YEAH, RIGHT SAYS Julio. who pimps a home run robbery, which is. one of the reasons why we love the. Dominican Republic baseball team. But,

it was like we were watching a movie. Everything you wanted to see from a. baseball game was happening right in. front of your eyes. Aaron Judge with an. insane outfield play. WELL, HOW ABOUT. BOBBY WITT WITH AN INFIELD snag to Bryce. Harper? He's been doing that all day. This guy's a magician. The Royals seemingly got a lot of talent. over there. Am I going to become a. Kansas City Royals fan? Potentially. Let's go back to WHO'S A PITTSBURGH MAN. BEDNAR COMES OUT THE RENEGADE. Gets. himself in a little bit of a situation, but ends up striking out the side. That's Bednar baseball. And then let's.

go to the final pitch of the night. It's. the final pitch of the attorney for THE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. MASON MILLER OUT OF. PITTSBURGH STRIKE. >> [screaming]. >> I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. NO, DON'T WANT. TO HEAR IT. I don't want to hear it. Doesn't even matter. Cuz me, non-baseball guy, a couple years ago, whenever I heard there could be a. robot as the ump, okay? I said, "Let's do the robot as the ump." I was. told, "No, that's the intricacies of. baseball. I understand what the umpire. strike zone is." I mean, you're.

obviously up for a lot of debate. whenever you're that subjective. That's. baseball. Okay? You don't really get it. You don't know baseball. You grow up. with baseball. We can't have robots make. a decision. This is a human game. The. umpire in his eyes certainly matters. more than any robot ever could. They. don't really know the game. And the. pitchers can know the strike zone, too. They can start working. It's part of the. game. That's part of the game. So, in the eighth inning, when I see a same pitch, ball, and it's a strike. And then the ninth. inning, when I see the same 2 in lower.

they're saying in the. history of baseball. That's what they're. saying. They ever be called a strike. And it's called a strike, it's like, "Hey, the umpire called it a strike. It's a strike." I don't know why the. people who are telling me that the. intricacies of the umpire calling the. strike or the ball are now telling me. that the the American Republic GREW UP. JET PASSING'S ON AN ENTIRE WARPATH. SAYING, "THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR BASEBALL, BUBBA." JET, I THOUGHT WE DIDN'T WANT. THE ROBOTS. If we want the robots, let's. do the robots. But if we're doing umpire. says, umpire goes.

Strike! >> [screaming]. >> And I would certainly be pissed if I was. the Dominican Republic boys. Sure. Cuz. they were electrifying and fun to watch. They left some ducks on the pond in some. key moments. >> That's not allowable. And and some key. moments, but obviously that last pitch. is not how anybody would have wanted to. see that game end, but umpire says it's. a strike in my eyes. And by your words, baseball people, that's strike. And that's how. it's supposed to be. >> Mhm. Yeah. Now, I appreciate the fact. that Paul Skenes plays for the Pirates. Bednar's from Pittsburgh. >> Mhm. Mason Miller's from Pittsburgh.

>> Mhm. Pittsburgh basically beat the. Dominican uh Republic last night. With a little help from the umps. I like. that. Where was he from? I like that. Where was he from? People are pissed. Yeah. Let's not LOOK INTO WHERE THIS. UMPIRE'S FROM. Maybe the bird. People. are not happy about this. Well, even Jet. Passing, the Americans are pissed. I'm. watching this entire thing, which. We got one. Yeah. It's good. >> Exactly. We It sucks for the Dominican Republic. team. It does. >> They should be mad. But even America. baseball seems to not be happy about. what happened. >> Yeah, I think it was more so people just. didn't want to see that good of a game.

end like that, you know? It's like you. have this unbelievable NFL game and then. like a PI call or or something that. outside of what should impact the. outcome kind of does. But like you said, like that that is part of baseball. Like. every umpire's strike zone is a little. bit different and it's not like yes, the. the tweets are coming out about how this. was 2 in lower than any other called. strike in the history of the World. Baseball Classic. But you know, That's. tall. The fact that they have stats Hey, that's a good pitcher. Exactly. That's. good pitcher. He snapped that. off. That makes me Yeah, that's.

that's good framing. That's just that's. all the above and you know, so I think. Yeah, I think that's why people are more. so upset. Not that we won, but because. like that game was so good. You talked. about how it felt like a movie kind of. just taking haymakers from the left and. the right and the left and the right and. then it ended like that and it kind of. just gave you like a feeling like, man, for how how good that was, it does kind. of suck that it ends like this. But. that's only if you're from the DOMINICAN. REPUBLIC. I. I WAS. I WAS I WAS JUICED UP THAT WE GOT THAT. CALL. >> YEAH, it was incredible. And what did.

Albert Pujols say? What did the manager. of the Dominican Republic say? Did he go. to the to the podium and start bitching. and moaning like Americans were or did. he just say like, that's baseball, baby? Cuz I'm pretty sure he just said, that's. baseball, baby. >> All right, well, joining us now is the. skipper for Team USA. A man who has led. the boys now Yeah. TO THE FINALS OF THE. WORLD Baseball Classic. Who they play against, we find out. tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, former player for 100 years in MLB, host.

of a morning show on MLB Network, skipper for Team USA baseball, who are. in the finals to become world champions. on Tuesday night, Mark DeRosa. Yeah, skip. Come on now, let's go. Hey, you did it. Hey. You did it. >> We kept receipts We kept receipts, Pat. Yeah, I'm sure you did. Hey, you it was. kind. >> We heard the noise. Hey, Ty was even. killing you a little bit. It felt like. >> Oh, I'm well aware he was. [laughter] I. had to.

Hey, what's the first thing I said this. morning when I came in? Okay, you said, hey, DeRosa deserves some credit for. some of the he did last night. So, let's get to that, DeRosa. It got loud, obviously. Uh, you know that. You heard that. You. had to. If you're even being asked about. it while you're in there. I think you. said, I don't view an A team and a B. team. All these guys are my guys like I. picked these guys. These are all studs. So, I think you got most mad about the. narrative that you put in shitty players. when you're like, we we don't have any. shitty players. But, you even you could. admit that whenever you say like we're.

in and then you weren't in, probably put. you in a little bit of a bind there, right? If you I know you're past it and. you're in the finals right now, but did. you learn anything from that whole. process and how did how did the boys. respond to you getting murdered by. everybody? Yeah, well, they said. welcome. Oh, that's what they This IS ALL LIKE. AARON JUDGE, YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT I YEAH, OKAY, I like that. Yeah, I I I mean, I complete completely. misspoke. There's no question about it. I I put the cart before the horse going. into the Italy game and and and we got. caught. They smacked us. But, we moved.

past it. The guys came together. They. rallied. We had a tough game against. Canada and then anyone who was in the. building last night, I mean, man, I was fortunate to play in a lot of. postseason games and be a part of 2010. San Francisco Giants when they went to. the World Series, man, this had like. World Series vibes in the room. I. Honestly, as I had the best seat in the. house and Dominicans rolling their. lineup up and I'm like, good god. >> Yeah. Yeah, I was as well. >> everywhere. Yeah, I was as well, especially cuz Skenes is pitching, you.

know, so I'm hoping that. >> or what? Okay, tell me about that. He. shows up in a suit. I think both of his. starts here all dialed in. A lot of. people are saying this is the biggest. game obviously he's going to play in. because he's a member of the Pittsburgh. Pirates. I think Pirates got better this. offseason. They did. Okay, they got. better season. Maybe he's recruiting. some of the boys too to opt out of their. contracts, come play for the Pirates. for, you know, league men if they could. possibly do that cuz that's what the. Pirates would be able to do, but tell me. about Paul Skenes. Tell me about Logan. Webb. Tell me about these aces that have. kind of shown up for you guys in a big.

way. We kind of we kind of felt like when we. looked at at the the whole tournament, we needed to put our best guy in the. semifinal game. And it kind of came down. down the road that Paul was going to get. this start and we kind of mapped it out. moving backwards towards that cuz we. felt like maybe the Dominican, the way. it lined up, would be in that spot for. us. Um showed up in an electric blue. suit, white collar, ready to go. I I.

He's you talk about robot arms, this. guy's a robot. I mean, he is. process-oriented, he wanted the moment. You could tell you can kind of tell in. the first inning like, right? You. looking at Luis Severino, he threw a. hell of a game, but he was at like 99. mph, which is not the norm for him. usually, and you knew he kept like just. churning out his energy, his energy, and. eventually he was going to have to come. out of the game. Paul was dialed in from pitch one. He. wasn't overthrowing, he was making.

pitches. The pitch Junior Caminero hit. out, I mean, tip of the cap to him, that's a sweeper up and away. I don't I. don't know how he's able to get around. that ball and hit it 400 feet, but yeah, right man, right time, and then our. bullpen was just surgical. Okay, so. let's talk about that surgical bullpen. because I think that's a lot of. decisions being made by the dumb ass. DeRosa that everybody was saying. Go. ahead, Ty. Yes, Skip. I. >> [laughter]. >> I I did give it to you a little bit. after the loss cuz the expectations were. so high, but then I told these guys.

first thing when I came in this morning, I said, "Hey, you know who deserves a. hell of a lot of credit and a lot of. flowers today is is DeRosa because what. you did what like was that always the. the pitching plan? I mean, put bringing. Tyler Rogers in there after Skeens and. inducing the the double play from Soto, but did you. >> Why is that a good move though, Ty? Well, yeah, that's what I was just. saying these guys, I don't know how much. of it, you know, with like Skeens arm. slot, you know, and then you bring in. Rogers who's scraping his knuckles off. the dirt, like obviously a a tough. adjustment to make, but was it always. the plan then, uh you know, with Griffin.

Jackson, Bednar to Whitlock, to Miller, which we've seen has been, you know, unbelievable. And how how difficult is. that really managing that when these. teams obviously don't want you throwing. their closer, you know, three times in. however many days with however many. pitches they're going to end up. throwing. Yeah, you take that all into account, Ty. Honestly, the bigger question for me. was we had talked about that the night. before. Like we were up to like 2:00, 3:00 in the morning kind of looking at.

this team and where we could find lanes. for bullpen guys. The biggest The biggest problem is is. you have that three batter minimum, right? So, if you run a lefty in that. spot and he doesn't get Soto, he's got to stare Vlad down with the. game on the line. And we just we liked. the match-up better in that. It wasn't perfect. To be completely. honest with you, Tyler Rogers is a killer, right? So, we just wanted to give him a different. look, but our fear was is if Soto got.

on, the bases loaded with Vlad came up, who gave us the best option to get out. right there? And we knew he would keep. him in the park at least and keep him on. the ground. So, we looked at it a. variety of ways. And uh it's funny when. I went out to take Paul Skenes out, you. know, great job, big boy. And he walks. off the mound and Will Smith turned to. me and goes, "Who's coming in?" And I. said, "Tyler Rogers." He goes, "All. right, I wasn't expecting him.". You know, like if it it it kind of all. came together. But yes, after we got out. of that inning, we were going Jacks,

Bednar, Whitlock. The Grim Reaper. Yeah, [laughter] THE. GRIM REAPER, MASON MILLER. I I MEAN, IS. THAT his name? Is that his name, the. Grim Reaper? Might as well That's what. they call him. >> [laughter]. >> He's out- He's a yenger, as you know, I. assume at this point. Yeah, he's a Hey, this guy's outrageous. Lot to do about. that uh strike call to end this thing. Your thoughts? I gave my take on. Baseball told me over the last 4 years. as I've been kind of letting Baseball. know I don't know much about it. I'm. sorry. I'm trying to learn about it. Uh.

I can't this year. Sorry, go next year. Baseball people telling me the umpire. strike zone is one of the most important. parts of baseball. Can't have a robot. doing that. It's like, well, we'll do. the challenge, but we can't have a robot. calling balls and strikes, even though. it's clear as day right there in front. of our faces, and it's basically. something that a robot could figure out. at this stage of technology if we really. wanted to implement it. We can get a. tennis ball down to a four or an eighth. of a centimeter on what it is on the. side. It's like, they could definitely. figure out what a strike is or a ball. is, but working the strike zone is a big.

deal. Your thoughts on it all, Mason. Miller as a pitcher, first of all, and. then your thoughts on how it ended, and. baseball's kind of relationship with the. strike zone, I guess, is more so the. conversation. Yeah, I think I I think it's like. there's a bunch of narratives and parts. that go into that one. Number one, Will. Smith one of the best framers in the. game, right? Just pulling that through. the zone right there. I think if you. take the box off the screen, that's that. ball's got a lot of plate. And then I I. I I have a lot of pride in he was my old. teammate, 2009. I watched Albert Pujols.

win an MVP in St. Louis. The way he handled the postgame, uh. Listen, I don't think the game was decided on. that on on one call. There was a lot of great plays. Ultimately, we're going to get the ABS. into the into the big leagues next year, and I'm sure it'll be a part of the next. WBC, but I was happy AS. >> [laughter]. >> BOY, IT'S NICE TO SEE ONE OF THOSE GO. YOUR WAY, especially in that huge Look.

at you. >> [laughter]. >> Yes! I was the guy. >> Where Where do Where Where we go like, right? Like, so if Mason can only go 25. pitches in that inning, or we were we. were getting someone warm after that. at-bat. There's all these little rules. and guidelines to the parent clubs that. we're trying to honor, and at the same. time, everyone's hearts invested in. this. Like, you saw it out in Arizona. These guys really care, and they want to. get it done, and they want to represent. their country and win this thing. And we. knew the magnitude of that game. I mean,

that place was on fire last night. Okay, so let's talk about where the boys are. now versus whenever we saw you guys live. cuz obviously that was day one. Uh I think we're taking pictures. We're. getting uniforms. We're having our first. training. Maybe getting to know each. other a little bit more even though the. boys are obviously familiar with each. other. You know, some guys hanging out. I think you guys had uh somebody had you. over to their house. I forget who it. was. Had a dinner for the boys. I think. you had another You guys went out. Maybe for another dinner. It was like. basically your training camp was. happening there for a couple days before. you got right into it. Where are the.

boys at now? And what did the scare of. potentially not making it out of pool. play do? And how did you see the boys. respond in that? Yeah, I I I think it completely. refocused them. I mean, still truth be. told I love I'd love to show up tomorrow. night and have the batch just explode. We haven't been able to get the offense. truly going the entire the entire uh. tournament, which would be nice. It's. It's just a credit to our arms, man. Logan Webb was nasty. Our bullpen. against Canada was nasty. And then to do. what they did last night against that.

lineup was just absolutely heroic. But, I'll say this. Everyone's here. We're getting ready to. go out for optional hitting and optional. throwing and all that stuff. And. everyone showed on that bus. These guys. want it, man. They want it bad. >> [snorts]. >> Optional stuff the boys showing up to. >> Hell yeah. I like like I saw Juan Soto. and I'm like he's on a $750 million. deal. >> [laughter]. >> These guys are warming up to tease. I. looked at his deal. I look up Aaron's. deal. I look up, you know, what Skenes. is projected to make. And it's like I. appreciate the fact that they're all, you know, they were pimping the out.

of Hey, I love that the minute you had. Did you guys enjoy it? Hate it? Because. you guys have obviously. >> it was coming. Okay, good. Yeah, you. guys watching the highlight to them. celebrating? Cuz you guys went a little. bit different way. Go ahead, Con Man. >> Yeah, Skip, I owe you an apology, too. I. made a lot of jokes. I got my jokes. [laughter] off, too. So, if I didn't say. that, I'd feel bad. But, uh Tried to. cancel me. >> NO, NO, NO. >> NO, THEY WERE TRYING TO CANCEL YOUR. MORNING SHOW. We were trying to cancel. you. It wasn't us. It wasn't us. We're. just We're letting you We're. broadcasting to you, baby, what was. happening. >> Fair Fair Fair Fair and unbiased and.

also when when a joke's there, you can't. not expect us to take a hack. I mean, come on. But, thinking about this team, Roman Anthony, I'm a Red Sox fan, kind. of knew of him, but now it feels like. everybody knows him and he's completely. exploded. He's only 21 years old. You. know, people are saying he could be the. MVP of this entire tournament. What have. you seen from him? What do you think. about his kind of performance so far? And are we currently watching, you know, what will be the next 15 years of. baseball with this guy? Cuz I forget who.

said it, but they basically said too. like, "Hey, Roman Anthony's going to. carry this torch for the next five World. Baseball Classics.". Yeah, special relationship with him. We're paisans, right? Like, they were. rolling out a bunch of different food. the other night in Houston and me and. him were the only ones that dove in on. the cheese ravioli. So, we looked at. each other, made eye contact, and you. know, the Italians bailed us out, too. Yeah, say Well, D-Rod, they kind of put us in a little. bit of a spot, TOO, WHICH IS KIND OF. ITALIAN OF THEM. KIND OF ITALIAN OF. THEM. Put us in a spot, brought us right.

out of it. That was very nice. Yeah, very nice. Grazie, grazie for the ravioli. But, yeah, Tony Tony's boy, Roman Anthony, seemingly a special talent. Yeah. Special. 21 years old to come in, handle. himself the way he has. Um the quality of at bat, the way the. moment's not too big for him. Um starting every game, getting the. rookie treatment on the bus. He's. lugging this weight 1,000-lb speaker. around with him every day. I want to get. someone else to carry it for him because. he's been carrying us. So, uh yeah,

you're going to have for the next 15. years. a nice time in Boston with this dude. I'll tell you what, not just in Boston, maybe five years uh next five World. Baseball Classics with skipper D-Rod. It. didn't look like that for a little bit. It didn't look like that for a little. bit. It didn't. >> We were on life support there for a. second. They were taking your name off. the the outside of the the door. Mhm. They were saying, "Hey, >> Taking the parking spot. >> Hey, I learned a valuable lesson, though, right? What's that? It's quick. IT CAN HAPPEN QUICK.

>> [laughter]. >> YEAH. VERY FAST. I MEAN, YOU AND I'm I'm from. Jersey, man. Don't think I'll forget. I. won't forget. >> [laughter]. >> Our goal is to win this thing. I'll take. the high road for now, but Yeah, we. know. Hey, yeah, we get it. Yeah. >> [laughter]. >> You have to. You have to. Some of it. warranted, though. You have to look at. the media and say that. But there WAS A. LOT. >> [laughter]. >> YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. OKAY, two quick. questions here. Obviously very important. both of them. Go ahead, Tony. >> Yes, Skip. You talked about, you know,

the arms and, you know, doing what their. clubs want you to do. Uh Bednar, Whitlock, and Miller have now gone in. back-to-back games. Obviously Scobel's. back with the Tigers. Skeens is is done. I believe Nolan McLean is supposed to. start the final if I'm what I'm hearing. is correct. And maybe a Boston Red Sock. who got scratched yesterday could be. coming to town as well. What's the uh. what's the situation like. >> [laughter]. >> What's the situation like with the arms. and availability for the final? Yeah, Nolan's going to start the game. for us. That I saw that, too. That that. Garrett Crochet. I tried to get Garrett.

on this team from jump. And I I think we. would have had him if he didn't work so. hard for the Red Sox. He had, you know, threw a ton of innings for them and it. just didn't make sense for him. Um we're. going to have those conversations. I would say Whitlock's good to go. Mhm. Bednar's had to grind the last two out. of three nights. He that that one for me. I don't know I I don't know if the. Renegade's going to be available for the. finals and Mason certainly wants. the ball, but but we shall see. This is. this what we do. We'll be on the phone.

after this workout with a bunch of teams. kind of seeing where they're at. >> Okay, how many balls can this guy throw? Seven. Can he give me nine? Can I get the nine? Can I get nine pitches out of this guy? I'm looking for I'm looking for a 12. here. >> [laughter]. >> Bednar loves that. He loves that, though. He loves getting jammed. He. likes to work out. Yeah, I I I. appreciate though that all this is. happening behind the scenes while. everybody's telling him he needs to be. the furthest thing away from this team. He's like, "There's billions of dollars. here that are being talked about it all. say and I think you know, going forward.

I know it's probably always going to be. a thing because of all the information. we have and all the sports science and. all that especially with how much. money's being invested. MLB has to. realize this WBC might be the best thing. you guys have. Yeah, this might be You. know, like the NHL, they had four. nations drop in there and everybody's. like, "They figured out the All-Star. game. They figured out You guys are just. doing your All-Star game before the. season. That's what you're doing." And. you're uh it's not just um you know, the. pros, it's every it's minor league, it's. it's everybody that you can basically.

get into it cuz this is MLB run, right? This is an All-Star game before the. season even starts. This is a beau- This. is This is spectacular what you guys. have done here. So, it's interesting. about the limiting of the best players. on Earth potentially happening behind. the scenes because they feel like they. probably have to for the season and how. much more baseball still to be played. But anyway, it's like, "Man, I hope you. guys understand how special this is.". This is This is good for baseball here, D-Ro. All of this has been very good for. baseball. You guys having success, I. think is very good for baseball in.

America, brother. No, I appreciate that. It's funny. I was. looking at the lineup card last night. before we walked out and just looking at. like it's the greatest collection of. talent you'll ever see on a field at one. time. I mean. >> Trying. Trying to win. Yeah, getting. after it. I think eventually, Pat yeah, this this thing gets moved to the middle. of the season and you're getting guys at. their best, right? Like all arms would. be. All the guys want to do it. And for whatever reason in their place.

in their career, whether they've been. paid or not paid or agents or clubs or I. just think it gets, you know, for it. gets tough for some guys to make the. decision to to be willing to put your. heart in it, because once you get in the. room, it becomes the most important thing to. you. And and it's hard to turn it off. So, yeah, I think for for the betterment. of the health of the players and the. growth of the game, at some point this. needs to be. go to the middle of the season. Last. note here, last question, because it all.

ties to this guy. The guy who committed to this, your. first call, the captain. Go ahead, D. Bot. >> Yeah, you talked about all the talent in. the lineups, even for a casual like me, I expected the bombs. I expected the. shootout even with the great pitchers on. the mound, starting with Skeens. But. Judge's defense, and specifically that. throw when he threw out Tatis the third, I feel like that kind of changed the. game. I feel like Tatis held up at. second later on. Wells held up at third. at what point where he could have. scored. What was that play like in the. building?

It was unbelievable, man. We actually. saw him kind of He was slowing down. around second base and kind of like. almost baiting them that he was going to. hold up, and then as soon as he went, Judge's got an absolute cannon. I mean, so, an aggressive base running play by. Tatis, that's how he plays the game. I'm. glad he tried it. Judge has been on it. Um. ultimate leader of men. This guy is a monster. >> Yeah. A monster to be around. Um. better dude off the field, deals with.

all the noise and all the like pressure. that's put on him with with grace and. class and uh. yeah, the I mean, J-Rod doesn't rob that. homer. Yeah. Yeah, he has one of the greatest nights. in the history of sport. >> Yeah. Yeah, and I hit home run. plus 175 or something like that, Aaron. Judge, you know, if this isn't. [laughter] a a robbed home run. He's uh. He's been fun to watch throughout this. entirety. Getting a chance to chat with. him, obviously very cool. Seems like the. consummate pro. Sounds like you think.

the same thing, and uh he does have an. aura around how large he is. Just like. you do. You have a great energy. I think. that's why they picked you to kind of do. what you're doing right now. It got hot. in the kitchen for a bit, but you stood. in there. And guess what? We might have. some chicken palm on the other side. We. might have something good. Uh. you brought in McCoya. >> a little bit I brought a little bit a. little bit of it upon myself. You're. 100% right. >> A little bit. No question about it. >> bit. A little bit. A little bit. A. little bit. You did. I mean.

We got back. >> They went a little hard in the paint. Yeah. Yeah, they they saw an. opportunity. A little bit. A little bit. You disrespected them a little bit. The. McCoya coming in. McCoya coming in. What. was the thought behind this? Cuz I know. you had Phelps in uh during training. camp. I think you had Jack Hughes and. the boys send you messages uh after the. Olympics going in to Team USA baseball. I think you've been trying to uh. continue to showcase America to the. boys. Is that kind of the goal, the. initiative here, or or what is it about. your angle of how the team approaches.

this versus everybody else maybe? I mean. I I think for me like my first. conversation with with with Skenes was, you know, why are you doing this? Why. are you so gungho to do this? And he. said, "I want to do this for every. service man and woman that protects our. freedom." Right? I think I think getting in the room with. these guys, it it's such a blessing cuz. it's just a collection of talent and you. get a chance to hang out and see how. they go about it and work. But I think. you got to honor what's on the front, right? The people that protect our. freedom. That's why we want to represent.

the United States of America. Um. 9/11 what I grew up in New Jersey. I. grew up playing whiffle ball and. literally the backdrop to my whiffle. ball games was the Twin Towers. And when. those fell, that that impacted me in a. in a massive way. Um. and I you know, I felt like Robert. O'Neill coming in and and and kind of. addressing that situation kind of get. these guys on track about why why we're. doing certain things. So, just, you. know, different messaging. Wasn't trying.

to go for any angle, just kind. honor the servicemen and women that. protect and allow us to play a kid's. game. Now, I know you guys are called. managers and ours are called coaches. Okay, I still don't get it. Like, okay, are you [laughter] So, you're managing is what I should say, I. guess. Is that what you're doing? Coaching is how we speak. Coaches do the. same thing, you know, try to figure out. different ways to relay message. You're. trying to get perspective in for what. you're playing for and what this could. be and what this actually means. And. that's your style motivation, brother. You're doing a lot of managing, whereas. we like to call it the rest of the world.

coaching. And we appreciate the hell out. of you doing that. Get the boys focused. We're in the finals now. Hey, let's go. Thanks for having me. All right. And we don't know how LONG. IT'S GOING TO LAST, YOU KNOW. >> [laughter]. >> YEAH. IT'S QUICK. BACK NO CHIPS. WHO WE. PLAY? Venezuela or Italy? Yeah. Venezuela favored minus 190 moneyline. over Italy plus 155. It'll be tonight,

8:00 p.m. Eastern on FS1. Why wasn't. this on Fox last night? >> know. It's a huge That's a I think. Family Guy was on. No, no, it was a huge. new Hell's Kitchen. Yeah, I believe. >> No, I think it was Mormon Wives or. something. >> Mormon Wives? Secret Lives of Mormon. Wives? And new season is out. >> Well, I don't know. >> Whoever directed it sucked. The camera cuts were bad. The camera. cuts The it was. like obviously the game was incredible, the environment was incredible, but like. you're winding up a pitch and you're.

cutting this like I'm like Insane. It. was like weird. >> I So, this is what I think about golf, too. I think they figured it out. >> Yeah. Yes. >> Like I you know, like when LIV was. coming in and they're like, "We're going. to broadcast it differently." It's like, "Hey, golf's figured out. We need the little. tracker thing. We need it behind it. I. want to see the swing. I want to know. how far it is. I want to know what club. they're using. I want to know what shot. they're having. Leaderboard, yeah. This is This is golf. We have it figured out. You could do it. in a different style of music if you. want to. Baseball feels like it's pretty. figured out. And and if you have a.

couple extra shots, I guess like picking. and choosing when you drop those in. Like if you have a handheld 4K or. whatever down on the field, that is like. an added shot that's down first. baseline. You got to pick and choose when you get. those in there, but it can't be during. the action, especially if it is the best. pitcher on Earth taking on some of the. best hitters on Earth. Like there is I. agree, there is a lot of decisions being. made. And and now granted we don't know. what's available. Maybe something drops. through that they don't know. Maybe a. camera drops off that they have to cut. to another one. That will happen to.

us where something will drop out and we. have to go to something else. So maybe. there's that type of going on. We. have no idea. But there is a lot of. stuff that I'm like. that's a tough decision to make right. there cuz you know somebody has to make. that decision. It's like, what did you. think you were going to get? Which is. always, you know, in the moment I guess. a little difficult. Foxy has to do it. all day every day. Foxy has to do it. like, you know, Yeah, just 3 hours a. day. >> Keep the main thing the main thing. >> Well, and that's the I mean they're. missing they're missing pitches on like. one-two counts where it would go back. Yeah, exactly. And it's like. what do we do you know, whatever you're.

talking about was not more important. than showing, you know, this pitch. Like. it just. >> We know it's not easy. >> Exactly. >> there's a lot of stuff that goes into. it. But like if you capture it, you got. it. >> Right. That's the main thing. >> of easy. >> Clean it up by tomorrow. Yeah, cuz then you can tighten the. up later. You know what I mean? And. yeah, we need to just we need to make. sure we have it on frame. >> the game, damn it. Good. It's not rocket science. Stop. running the replay WHILE THE GUY'S. WINDING UP THE PITCH.

>> SO I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO keep. action during down times. Like hey, here's something awesome that just. happened as we wait for something. another something awesome. I think they. were trying to get the ADHD people. And in doing so, I MISSED THE WINDUP. THE GUY DID THE THING. >> IT PISSED THE ADHD people off. YEAH, EXACTLY. WHY DIDN'T I SEE IT? >> [laughter]. >> HOUR TWO, BEYOND THE OTHER SIDE, WE GOT. AJ Hawk and Coach K. >> What? Shashefski-ville is coming to. town. See you then.

>> [cheering]. [cheering]. >> HERE WE GO. NOW IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE. Is it? >> [cheering]. [cheering]. [cheering].

>> What a moment. Can you imagine? >> [cheering]. >> MCAFEE FOR HIS BOYS. FOR THE BRAND. [screaming]. Now the celebration is on for Pat McAfee. and Stone Cold Steve Austin. McAfee's wanted to drink beer with Stone. Cold. Forever. WHAT A MAGICAL MOMENT.

A dream scenario. Pat McAfee. wins his match at WrestleMania and. shares a beer. with the Oh my. STUNNER! STUNNER! STUNNER! STUNNER! AUSTIN STUNS MCAFEE. I hate to say it. But DTA path, don't trust anybody. ESSENTIALLY THE DIRTIEST SON OF A.

TO EVER PLAY THE GAME. AUSTIN 3:16 SAYS, I JUST STUNNED PAT. MCAFEE. HE'S JUST PACKING a noise victory when. he wakes up. >> The celebration belongs now. to the Texas Rattlesnake, Stone Cold. Steve Austin. >> [music].

>> Oh my, what a couple of nights. Oh, there he is. Yeah, head back there. Celebrate. Give him about 10 minutes. I'm surprised you're even here tonight. after last night. I didn't expect Austin. to be here tonight. Okay, Pat. Let's get him up there.

Better Pat. How punchy is he? I respect the game. Stone Cold Steve Austin with another. WrestleMania. moment. In the city where it all started for. Stone Cold Steve Austin 30-plus years. ago, the Texas Rattlesnake with a. Texas-sized celebration in Dallas. The following program is a collective of. stooges talking about happenings in the. sports world. It is meant to be comedic.

and informative. The opinions expressed. on this show do not necessarily reflect. the beliefs of their peers, their boss, or ESPN. There might be some cuss words. because that's how humans in the real. world talk. If you are a young, please. seek permission before watching any. further. Hey, what? Let's. go. This show stinks, and the fact that you.

listen, we are very, very thankful for. Mack Hollins. with a. gorgeous assist. >> The all-time leading tackler for the. Green Bay Packers. You paid. STOP. [snorts]. STOP. DAMN IT. YOUR FRIEND TELL A FRIEND nice. could change your life. Hello beautiful people. And welcome back to our humble abode, the Thunderdome. On this overreaction [music] Monday, 3:16 2026, how will the program begin.

now? What? That's right, 3:16 [music] day shout out. Stone Cold Steve Austin and the man who. inspired all of us here, Joe Rogan. He. kicks somebody's ass. What? Sports are. incredible. We're lucky to talk about. all of them. We did a top five last. hour, talked to Team USA skip, Mark. DeRosa. That was a great conversation, had a good time there. Obviously fresh. off a massive win over the Dominican. Republic last night as the Team USA. baseball heads into the world. championship. Who will they play? We. find out tonight when Venezuela takes on.

Italy at 8:00 p.m. on Fox Sports 1. Vinnie Pasquantino, who since our. conversation has signed a deal with. Starbucks. Yeah. Smart. >> Yeah, absolutely. He's a man who's. obviously leading Team Italia in a. legendary run here. I don't think a lot. of people expected it and then Salvador. Perez and the Venezuelans are favored in. this highly. exciting matchup. I don't know who's. pitching for who. Aaron Nola for Team Italy. He He went.

five uh scoreless against Mexico. Plays. for the Phillies. Good ball player. Okay, and who's pitching for Venezuela? >> Who was it? Keimer? Keider Montero. >> Yeah, Keider Montero. He uh plays for. the Tigers. He has been up in the bigs a. little bit, but he's uh currently in. Triple-A for the Tigers. >> That's the talk's table. I'm Boss Connor. and Tash Meter, one half of the Hammer. Dahn. Cowboys AP Tones here, nine-year. NFL vet. >> Mhm. Wearing a clean. >> Clean. >> four to five-figure Sunday red hoodie. Darius J. Butler is here.

>> [applause and cheering]. >> Is that the newest That's got to be the. newest release. It is a pretty recent release, yeah. It. is. >> Gold. >> Have. >> you seen that? Wait, WHAT? WHAT'S THAT? I MEAN, GO GO GO GO. GO GO GO GO GO GO. IS THAT LIKE LULU? NO, it's not as soft as Lulu. It's. close, though. That's good, [laughter]. man. Uh but uh to put a little more. color on it, what you're talking about. as far as the the pitchers, uh I think. Venezuela probably has better bullpen. I. would have to probably give that edge. Maybe the better lineup as well. Yep. What do you think? >> No, yeah. I think that would be uh I. think that'd be 100% accurate. I think.

it sounds like someone who's been doing. their research. >> Oh, it's a big one tonight. Hello, this. is baseball. It's D'Angelo Williams. D'Angelo Williams. Joining us live. D'Angelo. >> [laughter]. >> D'Angelo Williams we're talking. D'Angelo joining us live from Manatee, Ohio. He's a college football national. champion, Super Bowl champion, Ryder Cup. winner, and a knower of all things. wrestling we found out this morning. AJ. Hawk. HAWK, WHAT UP, DUDE? WHAT'S GOING ON? ACTUALLY, D'ANGELO, I. have some of my own Sunday Red that came. in over the weekend. So, I wish I would. have worn it today. I will I will make.

sure to wear it sometime this week. >> know we're all getting I didn't know. we're all getting influenced into golf's. affliction stuff. I I didn't know Is. that what we're doing? Do not compare. Tiger Woods to affliction. That's the same thing. That's the same. BUSINESS MODEL. NOT, YOU KNOW, I And. first of all, it better be the greatest MMA guy of all. time. It's Georges St-Pierre. HE KIND OF. WAS, YEAH. It was, dude. But what I'm. saying is. people are paying a lot of money for. those t-shirts. Yeah, cuz he did a lot. for us. Paying more than a lot is what.

I'm talking about. Yeah, exactly. See, you don't It's a good business. comparison, but I would say I will. support Sunday Red. to support Tiger. I just wish Tiger. wouldn't be trying to charge me a Toyota. Camry for a hoodie and sweatpants. >> that expensive. Hey, listen. Compared to. the other, He's trying to price me out. good brand stuff. >> He's trying to price me out. And he did. I saw Fleetwood with it. Fleetwood was. rocking it the other day. I he will wear. anything, I think. >> He's kind of a free agent right now. That's what they said. Him and Nike had. a 10-year deal. It came time to come. time. He had a great year last year. I'm.

thinking this. They said we're thinking. that. No deal was struck. Now he's. wearing a What they call him, Gumpy? What are they calling Tommy Fleetwood. right now? The king of the clubhouse? >> Yeah, the pro shop. [laughter]. The pro shop. Yeah, he's. He's in the pro shop, but also in the. clubhouse. He's going in there. He's. buying the from the pro shop, then. walking to the first tee and trying to. win your tournament. Yeah. Dog. mentality. Yeah, feel you. That's awesome. Putting. it on, talking to him, Pretty cool. walking to the first tee, I'm going to. try to win this tournament. What's the. course record here? That is literally. what he's doing. A lot of us have had to.

do that cuz you're not prepared to golf. at the place you're golfing at. Maybe. they say, "Asshole, you cannot wear a. tank top here." So you have to go to the. pro shop, you put one of their shirts. on, they're always got a cool logo on. the side, and then you head to the first. tee. That's what he's been doing in the. actual PGA. Love everything about it. AJ, we did a top five in the first hour. Obviously, uh Team USA's sled hockey. team winning the gold and sweeping the. triple crown of Olympic hockey was on. there. Obviously, Team USA baseball was. on there. We left out something though, AJ. I I don't know if you saw the. omission that we had. It was a glaring.

one I think in the sports world. I'm not sure. What is What is the. omission? Please tell me. I don't know. if you watch college baseball. I'll tell. you what, I haven't. It seems like. something I need to get into. Yes. This. guy's name is Stone Lawless. And then. he's Yep. This guy, Stone hit the ball. play Can you hit play on this, please? Guy who's hitting the ball, his name is. Stone Lawless. And he's It's THE NINTH. THEY'RE YEAH. THIS IS THE WIN THE GAME. TOP OF THE NINTH, OBVIOUSLY, GEORGIA. WILL GET a chance to respond. This is in. Athens. FRESHMAN.

COLE JOHNSON. ROBS THE HOMER OF STONEHOUSE RIGHT IN. HIS FACE, DUDE. Absolutely unbelievable. stuff. Pose the point, TOO. I'M HIM. I'M. HIM. YEAH, LOOK YOU KNOW ME. YEAH. ME. In their world. In the ninth inning. >> Wow. Thinking he's winning the game. Think about how he's traveling back to. Rocky Top, Tennessee. I just hit a dong. in the ninth to beat the dogs. Hell. yeah, he's go dogs. I'M GO LONG.

BOMBS AWAY IN THE NINTH INNING. I SAW. THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC doing this the. other day. LET ME SPIKE THIS BAT AS HARD. AS I possibly can. Let me tell the boys, yeah, yeah, everything I say I'm bought. Then before you can even make it to. first base, freshman's out there. robbing your ass. Baseball can get you. Easy come, easy go. I did not know that. was the case with this sport. >> Oh yeah, without a doubt. And you know, unfortunately that is probably the kind. of thing that follows you for a while. You know, he's get especially in the. SEC, I'm assuming.

Yeah, yeah, Stone Lawless is going to be. getting mocked at quite a couple, you. know, SEC ballparks. But hey, that's the. that's the risk you run, you know, you. hit it right on the screws and you think. you got enough and and then you kind of. just got to swallow it and eat it as the. entire dugout empties out and runs out. to the warning track to celebrate. >> lot of go dogs down there too, it looked. like. There's a lot of barking at Stone. Lawless. Yeah, AJ, don't you think we. had to have this in the top five? That. was what I was meaning about an obvious. omission. Many times Stone Lawless is. doing stuff like this, I mean we got to. talk about it. I mean, did he could he. even see this ball? I mean, this is an.

unbelievable catch. How many times if. you did this 10 times, how many times. will he be robbing this thing? >> [laughter]. >> I mean, this is what makes the whole. thing. Yeah, it makes the whole thing. right there. >> Dude, just think about how pumped he. was, man. You're chasing that. Hey, at. least he got a chance to feel the. dragon. You know, people people are. saying they chase the dragon, chase the. dragon. They're chasing that feeling. right there. He at least got to. experience it for a couple moments. there. We saw him experience it. >> I haven't seen many bat spikes. Seen a. ton of bat flips, haven't seen the bat. spike. That was. >> yo. That's a Stone thing. I'll tell you. what. Lawless. You have Did you have you.

heard the commentator call this thing? >> No. >> All body. Go dogs on the call. Well hit, THIS ONE TO LEFT FIELD. THIS. ONE GOING BACK AT THE WALL. >> [screaming]. >> THEY MADE THE CATCH! OH, HE CAUGHT IT! >> [cheering]. >> OH, SPORTSMANSHIP. IT'S Cole Johnson. [screaming] JOHNSON AT THE WALL. >> [cheering]. >> AH, he's got dogs for sure. College. sports are incredible and obviously as.

we're about to dive into Matt Madness. with college wrestling and then. obviously March Madness for college. hoops, the entire world is about to pay. attention to what's going on in the. universities across the country. Over. 360 teams are trying to get into this. tournament and we as non-knowers of ball. are trying to bring somebody in who. knows ball to maybe make us better this. March Madness. Ladies and gentlemen, we. are incredibly lucky to say that the guy. who has the most wins in the history of. college basketball will be joining us. throughout starting right now. Five-time.

national champion, former head coach of. Team USA basketball winning 100 gold. medals. He would have won 200 if he kept. going. Legend of sports and obviously. goat of college hoops, Coach Krzyzewski. How are you doing? >> You should do my You should do my. introductions all the time. You. fabricate so many things and people. think they're true. Well, that's I don't. know if anybody will buy the 100 gold. medals, but I think it would be true if. you were to live long enough which. you might especially with how, you know,

good you look at this particular age. If. you were to coach for 100 of these. things, you would win that which is what. I was trying to imply. I think everybody. gets that, but you are certainly worthy. of an incredible introduction. So, we. appreciate you joining us. Coach, let's. talk about the brackets obviously set. yesterday. You've been at a thousand of. these things. You were the coach at Duke. from 1980 to 2022. 42 years. Jeez. Holy. 42 years creating an institution, obviously creating your own villa down.

there. This day after the brackets are. revealed is how everybody views like. actual college basketball season. beginning. How do you think these. coaches are viewing this? How would you. view this day and kind of what's on task. for these coaches across the country? Yeah, well, it's the most exciting three. weeks of. I think the sports season because it. takes over the entire country. You know, you start out every. There were 360 schools that play. Division I basketball and all of them. have an opportunity to get into the.

tournament with all the conference. tournaments. So, it really. goes throughout the country, all the. communities and and then that thing we. we put out many decades ago called a. bracket. The bracket has become. incredibly even for non-basketball fans, those people who like to bet on things. The bracket is a hell of a an addictive. thing. Not me, obviously coach, but. people that are very similar to me and. that I know all around me and let's talk.

about why the bracket has become so. special because obviously your school. Duke has been at the top. Everybody is. expected I I assume since 1991. when you won your first one, everybody. started expect you guys to kind of be in. there every single year after that. Is. that accurate? I especially our fans, yeah. The other our opposing fans uh. expected it but didn't like it. So. Yeah, understandable. But that was kind. of the expectation nationally too. I. think I grew up in Pittsburgh, didn't. have all the college basketball much. Pitt Panthers got dirty there for a.

little bit, but everybody knew Duke was. going to be good. So, you have you guys. that are always going to be in it and. then March Madness made everybody. believe that some school I've never. heard of could potentially go on a run. and beat Duke. Beat Duke. That was kind. of what the magic is. Now they're saying. bigger spreads than ever before from the. sports books for these teams. What are. your thoughts on kind of where we stand. about the higher seeds and the lower. seeds and what used to be and maybe what. is now, coach? Yeah, well, I think you. Pat, you start first of all saying some. people want the tournament expanded,

more teams. I think that would be a. a huge mistake. Really right now, the top four. conferences, the power four. uh of the 37 at-large bids that you. could get uh those four have 31 of them. You know, they uh they it's uh it's. become those conferences. And uh there's. the haves and the have-nots. There are. more have-nots.

But the haves, there are more haves. Uh. in other words, there are more good. teams that can win this tournament. And. uh but it's dominated by those four. uh those four conferences. They're. saying the ACC maybe not. maybe not it anymore. >> Down here. Maybe not the ACC of old. Yeah. Now, we got a Duke's got a hell of. a chance, for Christ's sake. >> [laughter]. >> Favorite Uh. you know, if we especially if we get our. uh two-inch guys back. But uh you know,

a really cool thing about uh the. tournament uh in the top four seeds, there are 60 uh. 16 of them. Nine of them uh come from uh. uh the Big Ten and the uh and the Big. 12. And um. and what they've done. they're spread out over the four. regions. I'm I'm using my hands. I. didn't use my hands until I started. watching your show. >> Okay, well let me tell you I'm pretty. handsy. I'm pretty handsy. >> got it. Yeah, yeah.

>> got to do all this crap. Yeah, I do all. this crap. Uh the one thing I. I. I find hard to believe you know, the Big. East only got three teams in, which is. probably right. But their top two teams. are in the same region. Uh Connecticut and St. John's. That. would that never happens, you know? Like. uh uh. the Big Ten has five, but they're spread. out. The Big 12 has four. One in each of.

the regions. So, uh I I thought that was a really uh Uh, not a good thing to do for for the Big. East. And I was a little bit surprised. St. John's being a five seed uh, with. what they've. they've done lately and they won the. regular season uh, Big East and also the. tournament. Yeah, back-to-back years. he's been able to accomplish that. I. believe first time ever. Win by 20 in. the Big East Championship game over. Yukon. Certainly has us all wondering. about Dan Hurley and he's.

What's going on up there? Well, maybe. Pitino's got the boys buzzing. Now, let's talk about the regions. Last. question for me before the boys all have. some. Mostly going to be asking you. questions probably for their own. gambling. Just so you have a little bit. of a heads-up and for. Yeah, you're going to help out. Yeah, it's it We appreciate your service. there. >> Don't blame it on me when you lose. We. will. Yeah, we will. You're not going to. You're not going to give me credit WHEN. YOU WIN. NO, WE WILL. WE WILL CELEBRATE, COACH. I don't know. We'll make. Krzyzewskiville here, you know, if we. get some heaters. But yeah, you will. certainly hear the blame.

uh, if it if it if it doesn't work. >> can do that. You guys take that to a. good level. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. I think we're pretty good at it as well. They're saying the East region though, this is a. This is tough I don't know I don't want. to get in the grand scheme of like. toughest of all time cuz I feel like. everybody does that. But it feels like. the big takeaway from last night, East. region very very very very difficult. Now, obviously number one overall seed. is in that region so it's obviously. going to be slanted a little bit better. cuz number one overall seed is in there. What do you see from the East region and. do you think the conversation is right.

about how heavy it is seemingly against. all the other regions? You know what. it's heavy in is guy coaches that have. won national championships. You have Bill Self, one of the best ever. at Kansas. Rick Pitino, another one. Tom Izzo and Danny Hurley. I mean, you. have four national championship. winners. You know, so the coaching in that not. that the coaching in other regions is. bad, but come on. You know, you have.

four programs that are accustomed. to doing great things in in the NCAA in. the NCAA tournament. That's that's the. very first thing that hits me and in the. round of 32 that uh. St. John's and Kansas are going to play. one another. Uh there's some great games. throughout the tournament. I think it's. a lot more wide open than it has been. the last last couple years and.

but the uh the East uh. I would like to have watched uh Danny. Hurley's practice the last couple days. Yeah. [laughter]. After they've lost, Danny and I are. really good friends and you know them. going down by 20 to St. John's in the. uh Big East championship, you know. they're they're going to be ready. They're they're going to be ready. Same. thing with Izzo. You know, Tom's. uh the creme de la creme of of coaching. and uh.

they got. There are a bunch of teams in this. region Yeah. that have a chance to win. I'm worried about our guys. >> Yeah, I see that with every highlight. that's passing. It seems like you were. watching these highlights realizing, wait a minute now. These teams are real. players out here. Now Duke. >> We are and you know, Duke and Michigan. State had a hell of a game early in the. year and uh uh. we won but it was a fist fight and uh. and they they have. Tom is you know, they.

they call him Mr. March because. [laughter]. uh how many times he's been in the. tournament and gone to the Final Four. Uh he and I are good friends. I said, you know, what you want to be called. though is Mr. April because uh. >> [laughter]. >> You see Let me You see coach. >> to win the damn thing. You see coach. Izzo, you know, yeah Mr. March is cute, okay? January, February, Izzo. That's very very cute. People around me, they say, "Coach K, feels like you're.

Well, it's all knocked us out one year. where we could have been a Mr. Mr. April again. in one of my really good teams. So, one of. I just think there's some incredible. game. And one of my former players, Johnny Dawkins, has taken his. University Central Florida team there. And. they they play Yukon first and they'll. have a they'll have a shot. You know, the Big 12. overall. yeah,

are top-heavy. I think three of the top. seven ranked teams are are from the Big. 12. You mean you have Houston and Iowa. State. being two seeds in other regions. Wow. There are more teams this year that can. make the Final Four, I think. Last year, all the top number one seeds, they were. just a step ahead of. of everyone. That's not the case. You. know, there's no number one seed that is. that much ahead of of the teams in their.

region. We'd love to hear that. The. overall number one seed led by somebody. you know. Go ahead, A.J. Yeah, Coach Jon Scheyer who who Pat is. speaking of. What what makes him so. special? We hear stories about him as a. player and what he's like, his. mentality, the culture he he has. cultivated there after your your long. tenure. What makes him special? What. makes you think that this guy can. actually lead this team and and make it. run and win it all? You know, he he has. such a feel for the game. You know, I. I've known him. We recruited him when he.

was 17 and he was a national champion. for me and and he's been on my staff for. eight years. And he was ready. You know, he. he's got such a good feel for the game. And he was a great player. So, you know, he can not only teach his great players. that but he can feel what they feel. You. know, that's why he's done such a great. job with Cam Boozer, last year with. Pooper Flag and and Knippel.

Uh he relates and he's still a young. guy. He relates so well to these guys. He's and he's been his own man. You. know, uh. I've loved you know, what he's done and. I I think he's navigated these last four. years in NIL and transfer. portal much better than I would have. ever been able to. uh to to do it. I He's current and he's. done a lot with the NBA. Yeah, he's. followed the NBA and so.

he's his system incorporates college and. NBA and I think that's one of the. reasons the guys are so well prepared. for the NBA. Well, that's kind of like. what's happening in college ball as. well. You're seeing a lot of NFL guys. end up being in college because it's. kind of becoming one in the same. It's. kind of professional sports at this. point. Now, on that note with. professional sports happening in our. sport of football, interesting. situations happen. In basketball, it's. seemingly happening as well across the. country. Best guy in sports maybe Darren.

Peterson out there at Kansas and it is a. load management situation happening in. college and there's other storylines. going on. People getting paid millions. D-Butt has a question for you, coach. >> Yeah, coach, you probably know better. person to ask. You've coached some of. the best players on both levels, collegiate and in NBA. I see the Mamba. logo right there. Rest in peace. But uh. do you have any specific stories that. stand out when it comes to like managing. egos of these players in these rosters, these great rosters, especially like the. USA team? We're watching the WC right. now with the baseball. Any specific. stories that stand out over your tenure.

when it comes to managing these egos in. the rosters that come together? Well, I love managing egos if it's. matched by the same level of talent. >> [laughter]. >> Be who you can afford to be. Yeah, yeah. Managing Managing egos when it's. somebody who doesn't have that talent is. uh well, then you get rid of them, you. know, you shouldn't have a But uh uh no, with the US teams, I I coached the US. teams for 11 years and. uh I told them uh every when we started.

off every team, bring your egos in. I'm. I don't believe in leave your egos at. the door. That's such BS. Uh I want you to be who you are. And by. the way, Kobe Bryant, LeBron, they would. have put brought their damn egos in no. matter. >> [laughter]. >> And but I would always tell them I said. uh if you can all put your egos under. one ego umbrella, call it USA, we'll. kick everyone's ass. You know, we'll. rule the we'll rule the world. And they.

did that. You know, they did that. You. know, they. A lot of the great players. uh are not coached, they're used. And. uh. when you the great player wants to get. better. The great player wants to be. coached. That's what I found and and. when you put a bunch of them together, they help each other. You know, Kobe. helped all those guys learn how to. prepare better. LeBron would sit with. Jason Kidd at every meeting and shoot.

with him every night so he could learn. more about his intellect and you know, he was a great passer but Jason Kidd's. one of the greatest of all time. So. talent makes talent better and. especially if if you know, look, at the end of the day, I would I I would. say. you're going to be asked only one. question playing for US. Uh did you win? If if you answer that by saying, "Well, I was the leading scorer." then you're a. loser, you know, because you've lost.

And and so just win. And all those damn. guys wanted to win. Uh. I I loved them. You know, I I loved. coaching that level of talent Yeah, ego. Yeah, and ego. Yeah, we love I love that. you're. This is probably why you are who you. are. Bill Belichick's kind of the same. way. He's a do-your-job guy, but also a. Randy be Randy. Hey, you do We want you. to celebrate. We want you to do the. entire thing. I appreciate how much you. appreciate the elite talent that you. have. Is that how you have always. coached? You teach Or did you coach Team.

USA differently than you coached Duke, for instance? And I think I read today. Did you You played for Bob Knight at. West Point? >> And. >> Yeah. And then you coached for him? And then you coached with him, I assume? Are you a disciple of Bob Knight? >> with him a little bit, and uh uh. uh he allowed me to do some things. internationally with him. And uh you. know, the thing I learned I learned a. lot from Coach Knight. Uh. one how to. take charges, too, and dive for loose.

balls. >> [laughter]. >> Play the game. And play the game hard. He was brilliant. He's a genius. And. the number one thing I learned from him. was preparation. He would always say, you know, any any knucklehead wants to win. You. know, unless you're a complete idiot. And but not everyone wants to have the. will to prepare to win. And he would say the will to prepare to. win is more important than to will the. will to win. And I I.

I learned that when I was 18 years old. from him, and I've been an anal preparer. my whole life. And. Pat, the thing I wanted to uh do was. combine having the will to prepare and. the will to win. And what I I would say. that would make us worthy of winning. If. we could do those things, doesn't mean. the other guy's not worthy of winning. But every time we went on the court, I. wanted to. uh coach a team that was worthy of. winning. Is that how you treated uh. Duke? Is that the same messaging you had.

for all those years? >> I mean, uh. and and that means every game is a big. game. People say, "Do you prepare. differently for these uh tournament. games?" If you did, why the hell didn't. you prepare differently during the. regular season? Are you an idiot? You. know, like you basically you get into a. way of doing things. It's called habits. Habits. I hated Hawk with being on the. Packers because I'm a Bears fan. You. guys had great habits. And no, don't.

shake your head. >> [laughter]. >> You guys beat our ass so many times. It was unbelievable. I I hated you with. respect. Let's put it that way. [laughter] AJ AJ still has those habits. though. He's carried them for the rest. of his life. Like legitimately winning. games. No, but the thing is you want your team. not to be doing a bunch of new things. going into the tournament. You want them. doing the things they've done well even. and make sure they're fresh.

The the healthier you are, the fresher. you are, then your habits are are done. even better. But, you know, the main. habit to have is the habit to uh to win. and prepare to win and. uh I thought throughout my career we. were pretty consistent with that. Yeah, I love the work happening when nobody's. watching. Everybody hates Duke from the. outside in, but they have no idea the. grind that's taken place behind the. scenes. I had no idea it was a Bob. Knight type red letter affair. I I. didn't know that. The boys down there. bopping the wood They're still bopping.

the wood. Hey, Shire had all five bopped. the wood You saw him bopping wood, coach. I did. They were They hit the slap on. the floor. They're slapping the wood. They're slapping the wood. Bopping the. wood. We like when all five. >> [clears throat]. >> You football guys, you got to start It's. not the wood, it's the damn floor, all. right? >> No, they're bopping WOOD, COACH. THERE'S. SO many so many football and baseball. guys on the show. It's time Let's get. educated about uh you know, what the. hell's going on right now.

>> [laughter]. >> Coach, we Op- open up Open up your minds. for Christ's sake. I want to let you know, coach, I go to a. basketball game, I'm sitting front row. Where am I at? The hardwood. On the. wood. I'm on the wood. Okay, so that's all I. know, coach. So, any of these other. things you would like to teach me to not. sound like a dumb ass, I would. appreciate it. >> Yeah, no, but you were a punter, so. there's a limited amount of stuff THAT. YOU KNOW. >> [laughter]. >> I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW NO, BUT YOU WERE. A DAMN good punter. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, coach. You were good. You should see I got a.

kind of a little bit of a whip. >> I got a kind No, let's not. This isn't fantasy now. >> [laughter]. >> Shoot one, Pat. Make one for him. Let's. talk about real life things. >> coach, how about this one? Yaga. Oh, that was full size. Two jacked up. >> Predictable. THAT'S PREDICTABLE. OH. >> OH. YEAH. >> [snorts]. >> [laughter]. >> NEEDED TO MAKE THAT ONE. THAT WAS THE. one in the ball. Know know your limits, all right?

Only layups and offensive rebound shots. And bobbing wood. And bobbing wood on that defensive side. I'm going to be a menace down there, coach. All right. Let's talk about. something other than that. Uh Ty has a. question for you, coach. >> Yeah, coach, I'm assuming you're of the. mind of hey, there are no excuses. whatsoever, but when it comes to the. tournament, how many of like the. non-basketball factors actually impact. you? Like we heard coach Cal saying how. he's not I don't want to say not happy,

but you know, they have to travel from. Arkansas to Portland. If they advance, they have to go back to Arkansas and. then fly back to the West Coast. Some of. these games are tipping off at 9:50 or. like 10:08 or on the flip side, you. know, super early. Like over your career. coaching. did did that type of stuff impact any of. the games in maybe years where you got. upset or you didn't play as well as you. anticipated playing? Well, everything that you said is is. true. It's a It's a factor. The thing. that you have to say is no excuse.

You know, uh. you know, I That's been one of our. standards um my whole career, my whole. life. Like uh when I graduated from West. Point, that was the thing. Yeah, there no excuses. Get the damn job. done. Uh a mantra, uh failure's never our destination and. I don't want to hear any uh. excuses. And so, don't talk about those. things. Talk about this is what we have. This is our road. This is the road where.

we're going to be on. But, does it have. an impact? Yeah, it has an impact when. you're playing that 9:50 game and you're. getting back to the hotel at 1:30 in the. morning. And then you got to play maybe an. afternoon game a day and a half later. The travel thing that John mentioned, I. think it's a very important factor. Uh. now, the higher the seed you are, the. less you. are put in those situations. And so,

even though Arkansas I I think it's. terrific. I think they're a number five. seed and uh. so, they they're probably moved around a. little bit more. But, it has an impact. because you want your guys fresh. You want your guys guys fresh and. uh. playing those games that late in. three different uh time zones to uh to. travel in. You know, if you're going to. go out west or come out east and you're.

the opposite of that team. the team that's doing that, you should. stay if you advance in that in that. area. You know, you shouldn't be going back. back and forth. Coach, I got a test in. the morning though, coach. I got a I got. a big time exam in the morning, coach, you know? They Yeah, they don't have. exams right now. >> [laughter]. >> I would have never known that. See, you're learning something. >> and I yell and and the house settlement. there. uh exams are not. uh as high on the list of things that.

they that they do. [laughter] Okay, good. to know. Okay, I'd like to know that, by. the way. Shoutout to these universities. making things happen for the boys and. for the ladies. Okay, let's go ahead and. continue. uh to do that. All right, coach, you. were able to accomplish something. uh one time that is certainly. potentially being hunted right now. Go. ahead, Tone. >> you went back-to-back '91-'92. The. Florida Gators have a chance to do that. this season. They are a one seed again. They're not the favorites, Duke's the. favorites, but they are in the top four. as far as favorites go. What is the the. hardest thing about going back-to-back?

And do you think the Gators have a. chance to do it this year? Well, good point. And and they do have a. chance. Uh their Todd Golden's a hell of. a coach. And uh you know, one of the key things is they have their. four big players, the four big guys, back from last year. Those guys have. been on this run before. And their two. guards, uh uh Fland and Zavier Johnson. Lee, early in the year were learning to.

be on that at that level. They now know. being at that at that level. Uh the. thing is, you know, you can't you know, when when we did that in '91 and '92, after we won in '91, people said you're. defending your championship. And I had a. meeting with my guys in April that year, right after we won it. I brought the. trophy in. I said, "Look, this isn't. going away. We don't have to defend a damn thing. What we have to do is pursue. Let's pursue the next one." And I I.

think this Florida team is pursuing. right now. Uh they they got knocked out. by Vandy, but until they lost this last. game, they were probably the hottest. team in the country. And with those four. big guys, man, they they rebound the. hell out of the ball. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah, their last two games that I've. watched, they couldn't hit. They could. not. knock down an outside shot. But, uh they. got they definitely have a have a have a.

shot to do it. And the thing that. if they advanced all the way, the one. and two, they're going to play really another. number one seed who's a number two, and. that's Houston who. you know, Kelvin Sampson has done an incredible. job there. And it it it would be a a. man's game. I see more of those games throughout the. tournament. than I did last year. I I think I think. this has a chance to be just a great.

great tournament. It's going to be great. for us. You know why? You know why it's. going to be great for us? Cuz you're going to be on here teaching. us about what the hell we need to be. looking at. Those four. That was really nice of you to say that. You know, I was You're MAKING OUR LIFE. BETTER, BUDDY. You're No, I didn't know, you know, I didn't know if I would be. accepted by Mom let you know. You. weren't You weren't there immediately. You're feel the warmth the feel the. warmth that you guys are exhibiting. right now is is terrific. So, it feels. like WE GOT WITH ARMS.

AJ'S GOT HIS ARMS OPEN, TOO. THERE you. just can't see cuz he's out there. You see it? The four of the Yeah, that's. what we're doing right now, coach. We're. very thankful that you're joining us. You've been awesome here thus far. We. assume the next time you're on you won't. be asked. We assume. Like we're we're. hoping you won't be asked the next time. We we assume you won't. Sounds like. you're great at everything you do. Certainly conversations with us. Let's. talk about the greats of the great. though, shall we? Especially with things. that you've seen on the hey, Team USA. umbrella. Go ahead, Connor. Yeah, coach.

talked about preparation and practice. goes hand in hand with that. And you. mentioned how you would tell players, "Hey, bring in your egos." They say the. greatest basketball game ever was the. Dream Team scrimmage. of their practice. What were your. practices like for team USA? Was it. sometimes just I'm going to sit back and. watch these guys play five on five and. it would just be electrifying up and. down the court. What were some of those. things like? Yeah, well, I was actually have the. honor of being an assistant on the dream. team. So, I was there for that game and.

I did a really good thing. We only had one official, so one of the. assistants were going to have to. officiate. And I told Chuck Daly, I said. I'll take all the drills. Let P.J. Carlesimo. officiate. And he GOT BERATED DURING. >> [laughter]. >> IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST decisions I ever. made. I saw it. I said, "Someone's going. to get their butt kicked and it won't be. one of the teams. It's going to be the. the only official that understands.

English." And. so, P.J. really got it that day. And. they went after it. The the Magic team. and the Jordan team. There There was so. much trash talk and it was. it was terrific. We didn't have. practices like that. The teams I. coached, they they we didn't need it. And we. Yeah, it was a different time then. They. those guys were taking the NBA. culture.

Bird, Magic, and all those guys in the. '80s. And now they were taking it worldwide. They were on a stage. that David Stern. saw as an opportunity for the explosion. of global basketball. And. They they were on a mission to be not. just good, but to be. the best. And no team.

no team has ever been more talented than. that team. And. uh, the way they represented the the. game, uh, was a. that's where the Gasols, the Ginobilis, and these guys, they saw that. I get chills thinking. about it, because they would those guys. would tell you that. Once they saw that, they said, "Man, that. that's basketball at the highest level, and now we're doing it international, internationally." Uh,

but that scrimmage was unbelievable. >> Yeah, I could imagine. And and good call. by you. I'll take the drill, so I don't. have to ref this thing and get chewed. out. But, also, uh, when you talk about. what that team's mission was and what. Stern laid out, it worked. You talk. about Ginobili and them, but now you. talk about the international invasion. into the NBA. I I mean, it's certainly. happening. It all has roots back to the. Dream Team and how they were the Beatles. everywhere they went. It was rock star. type And then, what they were. doing on the court was obviously. fantastic. I watched The Last Dance, and. I grew up in Pittsburgh. I'd watch I'd.

watch the late show late. I'd watch the. Lakers late at night, cuz they were a. good show, but didn't really know us as. our water softener is going crazy right. now up there. I didn't really It's Hey, it's cold weather. We need soften this. thing up. I didn't really know. basketball that well. Didn't follow. basketball that much. Come from football. town, the football town. So, then watch. The Last Dance. That was basically me. seeing Jordan and everybody for the. first time without just watching. highlights at the time. The state of. basketball then vastly different than. the state of basketball now. The people. that were playing basketball then vastly. different than the people playing. basketball now. Whenever you hear people.

try to compare who's goat, who's goat, who's goat, what are your thoughts on. that? And how many different iterations. of basketball have happened, do you. think, since you've had a front row seat. to all of it? >> Yeah. Quite a quite a bit, because the. obviously, uh, the NBA, you know, I work. for the NBA now and for 3 years, and you. know, about 30% of the players are. international. I think our last six MVPs. are international. Uh, it it, uh, it's. it's tough to say.

You, you know, people like to argue that because then. they can drink and. give crap to one another while they're. while they're doing it. But, which is. great for the sport, but. you know, the best player. uh. that I've ever been associated with is. Jordan. You know, and and then. uh. you can there are a number of other. people that. he he allowed he can allow into his. room.

Okay, and a limited number of them. And. but it starts with with I think with. with Michael. Now, I will tell you one. thing about international players now. That's been the biggest change in. college. >> Why is that? Why is that Michael Jordan. number one you think? Is it because of. his competitive. >> He's a killer, for Christ's sake. And uh. >> [laughter]. >> He could do anything. He got bored and. went to play baseball for a while, you. know, and then still came back. You. know, now he. he you know,

he and. his attitude and work ethic, I love him. and I love you know, he's the ultimate. competitor. Kobe was close in that. He's. in that room. There's. obviously Magic and. Jabar and you know, there. a number of them, BUT UH. >> LEBRON, COACH K? NO, NO, I'm not going to say one one. more. But, let me tell you this thing. about. >> LEBRON IS NOT IN THE ROOM? NO, LeBron is.

in there. >> Okay, okay, okay, okay. Jeez, jeez. He's. not serving He's not selling tickets. outside. >> [laughter]. >> Okay, okay, all right. I just wanted to. know for my His career. LeBron and I are close, man. He he. helped us win. He. I love coaching LeBron. I want to say. this thing about college. The biggest change right now to college. is the influx. of international pros. Uh. There are more international players and.

they're all professional playing college. basketball right now. And the reason is. they make more money with NIL here than. they do in the Euro League. And uh look. at the rosters and and how many how many. international players there are. Uh it it's amazing. And and that's why. the the game the college game has gotten. old. The transfer portal you have guys who. are older, but the international pros.

heck, there's some freshmen who are 22. and 23 and they've played for 4 or 5. years in Spain or Italy or or what. wherever. So, uh. uh but not every school can afford that. And that's why it's become more and more. the haves and the have-nots. And the. have-nots. uh. still want to be the haves, but they got. to get money uh to be able to. uh to to compete at that level. Feels.

like that's college sports as a whole. I. wish you were in that uh round table. room discussing the future of college. sports alongside coach Saban and all the. commissioners and everything. But we. assume you will continue to be a voice. for the good of college sports going. forward and certainly for March Madness. for us. We appreciate the hell out of. you, coach. Have an incredible day. Yeah, slap the wood now, okay, before I. leave. All right. Sounds like. >> [clears throat]. >> I'll TELL YOU WHAT, MAYBE HE SHOULD GO. SLAP THE WOOD cuz of how good he just. did there. [laughter] You're the man, ladies and gentlemen. Coach you SHOULD. HAVE SLAPPED.

HE SHOULD GO bop some wood for that. Why. not? >> Go back to the basics. >> Uh-huh. D-butt? Thoughts? Slapping the. floor. I'm a hooper. That's what we say. Oh, you don't call. it the hardwood? Okay. Floor. What do. you do you call it the backboard or do. you call it the glass? Okay. [laughter]. Just so I know. Okay, glass. Okay, slapping glass. Eating glass. Okay. What. what about when I'm breaking metal, you. know, when I'm getting through there? Huh? Rocking rims. >> Yeah, rocking rocking chains, you know, especially with the chain length. Do you. Do Do we say that or Banging.

>> net, you know, like I understand this is. >> Ripping net ripping nylon. Oh, the. floor, basketball floor. They're bopping wood out there. I saw. all five guys same time. >> Yeah. Bop. >> That was cool. It was cool. >> That was it. Did they practice that, you think? Or is. it like a call? Was he counting down. from the sideline? >> I think hands. Uh I don't know cuz I. think Jon Scheyer did it as well. I. think there's a side angle of Jon. Scheyer doing it as well. So, I think. there is a tell that they all kind of. have so that they can synchronize the. bopping of the wood. And uh I'll tell.

you what, I appreciate the fact that. they're kind of all doing it together. >> like soon as the inbounder inboundered. to the guy and soon as they caught it. the point guard caught it, that's when. they all did it. >> Soon as the ball touches. Yeah, I think. that's the giveaway. >> Soon as the clock starts. Oh, jeez. Is. that who started, Duke? Bopping wood? >> Yeah. Well, that that. >> Wojo back in the day. Who's that? Wojciechowski He used to bop wood. He he. he picked the guy at half court. Not. Gene. Not Gene. Yeah. Oh, Steve. Northwestern's head coach. >> Yes. Oh, I thought we were talking about Wojo.

Wojo bop. >> No, no. No, no. Cuz he's in college hoops, too. Yeah, the body, though. What? >> For the body. Where are they? >> Those are rumblings. What seed are they? They not in the tournament. They didn't. make it. They're doing NIT, though, right? At least. >> if they're in that. That's good. business. Got to run a business. >> I saw a commercial last night for. another basketball tournament I never. heard of. >> Oh, yeah, the super duper college. challenge. I I think West Virginia's. doing it. I think West Virginia's doing. it. A million dollars. I THINK I THINK SO. >> Super duper college challenge.

>> I think Indiana might be playing in it, too. I think you win a million bucks. >> No, they said no. They said no to the. NIT, so they're probably turned down all. of them. No, they might not turn down a. super duper basketball challenge out. there for a million bucks. They got TBT. happening, I think, for college teams, though. I think. >> Okay. Like that. do more research. Everybody do your own homework. >> [laughter]. >> Okay. I am What's it What's it called? You said super duper college basketball. tournament? Yes. Thank you. It was a It. was a commercial after the game. Yes, and I saw it on social cuz I think West. Virginia's going. I think, hey. Jeez. We'll go. The mighty have fallen. What?

And though you're competing in the what? It's March Madness. >> duper The SBCBT? It is super duper though. Imagine if you. have your one shining moment. You guys. don't have the rights to that song. No, no, they're they're buying it with a. million. The million is doing that. Um. ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is. a three-time, three-time, three-time. Olympic gold medalist and a three-time, three-time, three-time goal scorer in. the Olympic gold medal match. Against. who?

Um that team up north. Oh. TTU won. Nice. That is who it was. Mhm. Ladies and. gentlemen, American hero, stallion stud, goal maker, sledge shaker, Olympic gold medal. taker. Mhm. Ladies and gentlemen, Jack Waller. WHAT'S UP, DUDE? WHAT'S UP, BOYS? How. you doing? Hey, I appreciate you joining. us on such quick turnaround. I.

understand you and the boys probably had. a little bit of a time. I watched you. guys going back into the hotel lobby. Seemed like there was a couple beers, maybe a couple cocktails, maybe a couple celebrations. Can you tell me how you guys feel after. winning your fifth straight? You Your. third straight. How it does it feel to. be an Olympic gold medalist again? I mean, it feels great. Uh you know, to. represent represent everyone back home. and and represent this country. Um it. means the world and, you know, just to. know how much work we put in over the. last 4 years to get back to this spot.

Uh yeah, I mean, we we have some great. leaders on the team. Uh shout out Declan. Farmer, you know, leading the. tournament, setting records. Shout out. Spuds. He went five for five in in. Paralympic career. Uh he might be fired. up after this one, so yeah, Josh Pauls, Spudsy. Spudsy! I like the name. I like We got hot Okay. So, let's talk about um your path in the. sled hockey and then. uh you know, a lot of the other stories. are going to have similar inspira-. inspirational beginnings, I do believe, for the world to hear. A lot of people.

getting introduced to sled or sledge. hockey strictly through you guys. completing the triple crown for the. first time ever where we win Olympic. gold in all hockeys, women, men, and. Paralympic sled hockey. Can you tell me. a little bit about your story getting. into sled hockey? And then also, how. nice is it that the sport is so. competitive, so high-speed, so. thrilling, and obviously, so damn. compet- like everybody seemingly good at. this sport now? Yeah, I mean, hockey's I I and you know, no bias here, but hockey's my favorite.

sport in the world. I started playing it. when I was 3 years old, you know, in the. driveway with my older brother. Uh so, I ended up losing my right leg. when I was 10 years old. And you know, I. was a die-hard Devils fan and you know, dreamt of going to the NHL one day. And. after losing my leg, I thought I'd lost. that dream, and then I found out about. sled hockey, and you know, I got that. dream back. And and you know, that was I. I actually got to meet Josh Pauls after. he won his first medal in 2010 in the. Vancouver Games. And you know, that's. when I really got introduced that this.

would this could be a possibility in my. future. And yeah, I I I worked, you. know, night and day to to get onto the. national team and and the Paralympic. squad. And yeah, I mean, the sport's. come such a long way since 2010. Um. uh I mean, you can see it. We're we're. breaking attendance records. We're. breaking viewership records. It's It's. amazing to see. Um you know, when I. first started, you know, I was in a when. I lost my leg in 2008, I was in the. hospital watching uh the Beijing Summer. Games, and I had knew nothing about the. Paralympics. And if I just left my TV on.

in the hospital for 2 more weeks, I. could have been watching the Summer. Paralympics, but I didn't know about it. And now, you know, now we get kids that. love the NHL, love hockey, and and you. know, they're finding out about sled. hockey for the first time, and and they. get to share, you know, they get to. share in this amazing sport that we all. love. That's beautiful, man. That is. absolutely beautiful. And you get a. chance to, you know, scratch the itch of. BEING A. DOG. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEATING. CANADA. And I saw a graphic that said. the seated rivalry. Did we know Canada.

was going to be meeting us in the gold. medal? And can you talk about it a. little bit? Um you know, you always play who you. play. Uh you know, you know, no. preconceived notions before the. tournament, but uh for me, the entire. time I've been on the national team for. 10 years, I've only ever played Canada. in gold medal games, championship games, World Cups, whatever. Uh so, it it's. it's been a two-dog race for the for the. last 10 years at least. Uh so, you know, it's always kind of a collision course. for USA Hockey and Hockey Canada to meet. in the gold medal match. It obviously.

happened with the men's and women's. And. you know, it's the best rivalry in. sports for a reason. And we, you know, we're we're so happy to to complete the. three-peat uh for USA Hockey. Thanks for. not getting pissed off about it being. called the seated rivalry. When I saw. the graphic go out, I was like, that's. it. That is. >> Yeah. That and it was. >> We knew it would do numbers. >> [laughter]. >> It did. Triple platinum, actually, I do. believe. So, we respect and appreciate. that as well because, you know, buying. in and not being pissed about people is. uh is a cool thing. And I think that's.

what was very evident, especially from. the sports side of all this, which is. why I think the Paralympics are so. special. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah, Jack, I'm just curious, how how. physically demanding is the sport, especially the first time you tried. this? Like, I would imagine you've had. some people that think they could play. and come out to practice, and they're. dead within the first three or four. minutes. Like, can you describe a little. bit what it takes to get in shape to. play, you know, many games like this? Oh, yeah, we've had we've had NHL. players hop in sleds for the first time, and it looks like they've never been on. a hockey rink before in their lives. Uh.

it's a it's a really tough sport. You're. using your core and your hips in in. really different ways because those two. blades underneath your sled. I have mine at about an inch and a. quarter and some guys have them. at a quarter inch. So you your balance. and your stability has to be top level. and obviously you're propelling yourself. at over 18 miles an hour with your arms, right? You see people sprinting at 20 21. miles an hour with their legs and you. can obviously get way more force out of. your legs and we're using our arms and. you know, you're skating around all game.

so your arms are smoked and then you. have to stick handle and shoot with the. puck at the same time when your arms are. absolutely burning. So yeah, it takes it takes a lot of. dedication and a and a lot of training. to to get to an elite level in sled. hockey. Some nasty dangles there though. No matter how exhausted you are under. the sled from one hand to the next top. it I mean it is there's some filthy. going on on those sleds yesterday and. when you guys were trying to kill the. puck at the end, I think I saw under the. sled like a triple deke under the sled. then a spin move with the stick at one. point and then a dump into the corner.

and then a full sprint to a spot. obviously cuz that's where the puck's. going to be and I looked it up. They're. saying maybe how fast are you guys going. out here? And then THERE'S BIG YOU GUYS. ARE hitting the out of each other. in this thing. That's just a part of the. sport and how fast are you going? Do you. know? Yeah, we're going over 18 miles an hour. The best skaters in the world are going. over 18 for sure. And then you guys are I mean Yeah, and. you're attached to metal frames. So you. know, it's like a car crash out there. when you when you get you know, when you. get smoked by the front of that sled. it's you know, that that metal doesn't.

bend. You do. [laughter]. And you guys are turning that son of a. sideways too. I mean I'm watching. some incredible it's like a slide tackle. in soccer. Somebody dangling dangling. I'm going to turn that sideways. right through the stick. It was like. that's not and then behind the back. comes out. I'm like this is filthy and. then the speed of it I think could be. captivating for folks. On that note, go. ahead Tone. >> Yeah, Jack I wanted to know like outside. of the Olympics how often are you guys. playing in tournaments and stuff like. that? And is it all international or do. you have a a USA league that that we can.

watch or how how how do we. >> How do we support? >> Yes, how do we support? Yeah, there's a there's sled hockey all. over the country. Uh there's local club. teams. A lot of NHL programs have uh. sled programs associated with them, you. know, for the for the hockey is for. everyone movement. Uh and then yeah, as. far as the national team goes, uh we're. training once a month together. We all. get together, uh you know, for like a 4-5 day training. camp. And then we usually have two World. Cup two or three World Cups a season, couple uh rivalry series with Canada, kind of like the women's team does. Uh.

and then we usually a World Championship. or a Paralympics at the end of the year. All right, let's go ahead and win all. those, okay, Jack. Let's go ahead and. win all those. Connor has the last. question for you here. >> Yeah, Jack, how is the team chemistry? You just mentioned it kind of you guys. play in year round, but was there a. conversation going into it like, "Hey, if we can get this done for the fifth. straight time, uh we will have the first. clean sweep with the men, women and the. sled hockey?" And are you guys hanging. out a lot, you know, postgame, before. the game? What's that like? Oh, yeah, we're we're 17 brothers. I.

mean, some of these guys I've known. since I was 12, 13 years old uh and have. played on the same team as them since. then. Uh so, you know, we we we you. know, we're all there's a core group of. us kind of getting into our late 20s, early 30s. Uh so, guys are getting. married and and we're, you know, at each. other's weddings. It's amazing. Declan. got married uh last summer, the whole. team was there. Uh and I think that's. the magic behind this team and why it's. been so great is uh just the chemistry. and the love that we have for for each. other and just, you know, the. willingness to absolutely grind in the. off season and grind during the season.

uh and through games like that, you. know, really gritty games. Uh and we just, you know, we do it for. each other. Yeah, you guys out gritted. them in the third period. It was nice to. see. It's what we do. It was good to see. that. It was close. It was a cagey. affair. It was cagey affair. It was It. was very close. And then third period, you guys just decided we're going to. pour it on real quick. We're going to. win this thing in dominant fashion. It. was fun to watch. Is there women's sled. hockey that happens? Yeah. Yeah, so just recently there was. the first ever women's official world. championship. They were they're making a. push to try and get it added into the.

Paralympics for the 2030 games. Did we win the world championship? Yeah, we did. Yeah. QUADRUPLE CROWN. OKAY, [screaming]. WE LOVE THAT. We appreciate the hell out. of you, man. Keep going. We're going to. try to support as much as we possibly. can because we think it's a beautiful. story. I had a kid in my homeroom in high. school that played sled hockey. Obviously, something happened out of his. control. He still was able to compete, still part of a team, everything like. that. And you, still winning gold medals.

for your country. We appreciate the hell. out of you, man. Good luck. Where is it? Are you Are you holding the. gold medal up? I don't know. Have we not. seen it? Yeah, we got one right here. Boom. Let's go. >> alongside the other two you got, ladies. and gentlemen. That's Jack Wallace. We. appreciate you, buddy. Thank you, Jacko. Thank you, Jack. Yeah, the dangles under the sled. Nasty. That was sick. They're flying. 18 miles. an hour. >> Yeah, moving. >> Moving, dude. It was like a. Imagine how fast you would cramp up. Your upper body would cramp like your.

hips, your core, everything. It's. brutal. I mean, your arms completely He. said your arms are completely smoked. Then you got to still dangle. You know, still got to shoot and everything. It's. like that's very real. Especially with. how many games they have back-to-back. It was fun to watch. I had a lot of. people on the internet saying, "You guys. didn't really care about sled hockey. before you beat Canada.". >> Says who? Exactly. That blows my mind. Who is saying that? Canadians? >> Bingo. And the same people that are mad. that that didn't like that, you know, they're from America but hated that that. was called a strike last night. >> Yeah. Okay. You could say, "Wow, that.

was a wrong call." But then in the same. vein, you could say, Yeah. Happy to have. it for us, though. Yeah, exactly. And. let's move along. Support for the good. guys. >> Hey, that's baseball. That's baseball. It's all about it. Cuz I heard it was an. away game, too, right? Oh, yeah. I mean, you could tell they didn't like it on. the broadcast. So, it wasn't even like. home cooking, you know, so I have seen. some some picture I don't know if you. guys have seen on your algorithm some. pictures of the umps. Yeah. Yeah. With. his mask up here. I don't know if it's. real or not. >> [laughter]. >> I didn't know I didn't know who the ump. was. Is it the president? Is the. president of the United States the.

umpire? Could have been. I saw that. online. It's possible. I saw the photo. though. Are we sure Stanton didn't hit. that home run, too? I don't know. I'll tell you what they robbed of that. home run, Aaron Judge. Yeah. That was. great. Too bad. Man, Dominican Republic. team was awesome. We appreciate your. contributions to World Baseball Classic. We fell in love with the sport because. of some of the stuff you did. America. wins though. We'll continue. Have a good. day. We'll see you tomorrow. Goodbye. All right. I know it. Yeah, I feel like. I really got to do it. There was a limited amount of time there. coming up with the sentence.

Wanted to talk about Dominican. Republic, but then also wanted to thank. them for what they were doing. They were. very fun. Had to make that decision. halfway through the sentence cuz I was. going sorry Dominican Republic, you're. done with baseball forever. It's like, well, I hope that's not the case. That's. the conversation I was having in my. brain cuz they were fantastic. Pimping a rub. Most homers in the. history of the tournament. I think they. hit 15 going into last night, so 16. And. everyone was as if it was their first or. their last. Yes. You know, and that's. what I love. Or walk-off. Yeah, or. walk-off. Yeah. Them actually Austin.

Wells hitting that walk-off to 10 run at. the end. That was sweet. And them all. going crazy. "Hit the gringo!" Him. speaking Spanish in the in the clubhouse. after, yeah. Them going nuts. >> [clears throat]. >> Hola. Yeah, it was a WBC. THEY DID THEIR THING. WITH THIS. They. MLB did their thing. And the NHL I. believe is adopting the World Hockey. Classic. They had the four nations of. course, but I think there was an. announcement coming soon about them. doing full-blown WHC. World Cup of. Hockey. They've been doing it. Let's not.

Oh. That's true. Let's not get it. twisted. Okay. I wasn't sure. No, it's. all good though. It's all good. Floor. barrier. Hockey getting a rub from. baseball here. Not a bad play. man. People are saying baseball. That's what they're saying. That was the. best brand of I mean. MLB playoff baseball is is unbelievable. We just come off a great back-to-back. World Series, honestly, but like seeing. the whenever you get a group of the best. players in the country playing for that. like that's why the Olympics so great. So to see that brand of baseball, it was.

awesome. And being a a guy from South. Florida, even that environment down. there in Miami, it's like, "Damn, can we. get a good team?" Cuz every time we win. it or we have a good team, they break. the team apart and we're we're not. close. Like had no clue that stadium. could look like that. sound like that. sound like that the pops like it was. unbelievable. And D-Rose said he felt. like that, too, especially, you know, when magical moments. Judge shooting. that He's sick. Done, done, cuz. Fish in a barrel, brother. That's literally what just. happened there. Catches that so smooth. on the run and then goes right to the.

Mo'Henie What's the video I watched as a. child? Tom Emanski. It was right to Tom. Emanski. right to third I mean, an absolute rope. Change the game. What. a moment. And then diving play. >> Mhm. Like he's LeBron James. What was Coach K doing? >> I'm glad you got LeBron in that room cuz. he Sounds like he wasn't supposed to. >> like he's not retired yet. He's not. retired. Oh, it's still burning and all. those other guys are retired. He's still. active player. I don't know. He was. rattling off names. I saw Bird. >> the '60s.

>> say Bird, either, though. And Bird's in. that room. Uh yeah. >> Apparently he's not. >> Yeah. Bird Bird's at the door of that. room. >> Yeah, Bird's saying a lot of things in. there from what I've been told. people. there. Larry Bird's. Larry Bird. I'm just It's hurtful. I'm going to go out here. and. I'm make every shot in your. face while I'm telling you about. it. If he wasn't farming in the. off-season, he would have played for 10. more years. Last thing, he's back, though. Remember that's the That's the. best game ever played. He was just kind.

of chilling on the side smoking a. cigarette. And he's just like that. They don't make them like that anymore. >> In many ways. Yeah, and you know. I guess that's that's possibly a good. thing. Let's get to a break. On the other side. we'll pick the entire bracket. Boom. Go. Yes. I don't love it. I don't. love that this is what our show is about. to become. You can join us while we. enter an entire program bracket, which. is what we're going to do on the other. side. Hey, what's worse than somebody. telling you about their bracket? Picking. it right in front of your face. That's.

what we're about to do. Pretty cool. That's what we're about It. is pretty cool, I guess. If you would. like to know what bracket we, as an. entire program, are putting in to the. ESPN Tournament Challenge, we'll be. doing that on the other side. If you. have anything else to do with your life, we will see you tomorrow. We have like 62 games to pick? No problem. Oh, that's what the play-ins. Easy. We are We're all going to have. differing opinions still because I know. that we we all have very. You don't think we'll all agree on each. one? Half the games will Okay, boom, boom, boom. Yeah.

I don't know, man. This one could go a. few hours cuz I got some strong opinions. about some of these Yeah, you do. I. mean, we could wait till Wednesday for. some of the play-in games to be done. All right, let's do that. Okay. Yeah. Let's get out of here. >> [laughter]. >> All right, we're going to get OUT OF. HERE. WEDNESDAY DOES FEEL right going right. into the tournament. >> All right, we'll do that Wednesday. Both. Coach K. Yeah, and we'll tell him it's coming. I'm sure he would love that. Coach K getting an extra 3 hours in your. life. Oh, that'd be awesome. Don't you. pick our bracket live. Being.

able to pick Duke to get beat the second. round and then just see how he how he. reacts. >> [laughter]. >> Coach, one of these teams going to have. to make it upset. Hey, it's going to. have to happen somewhere. It wouldn't be. the madness of March, would it be, if it. didn't happen? Speaking of madness, what's going on. outside? Snowing again. Snow, sun, all. of it. >> mile an hour winds yesterday. The wind. We had power out for people like for a. couple days. Like it's no joke. I don't. remember this. Like it feels like for. like tornadoes on for 8 straight hours. And 2 days, it's been like 2 straight. days of tornadoes, winds out here. Now, granted, not tornado gets up to I think.

like 100 or whatever. It was 50 mile an. hour winds out here in Indianapolis. I. could see talking knocked over in this. wind. That's why you couldn't fly in. Yeah, we had they told us it was. thunderstorms in Miami. No, that's. definitely what we had going on. Oh, okay. Sustained 50 mile an hour winds. for like multiple hours. >> It was crazy. Couldn't even walk. outside. House felt house felt like it. was about to get blown over. Like. actually. Howling like a train outside. for just hours and hours and hours and. then it's like. what is this and then what it bring in? Oh, snow. Yes. Snowing. So it.

was a cold ass wind. >> Yeah. The north. Basically. Yeah, nice. couple days and then Thursday it jumps. back up. Jeez, crazy. I was golfing last week out. here. Yeah, exactly. It was. It was 70° yesterday. It was windy as. but it was like 71, 72°. >> Took baby girl for a walk outside, no. problem. How we doing? Let's have a good. time. We're running in the in the sun. We got shadows we're playing with. It's. beautiful day. Windy, little breezy, little breezy but certainly a good day. and then yeah, we wake up this morning, snow. I don't like that. That's.

I don't like that at all. That's Indiana. What is this. you know, we say a lot about him. But. he might be right. That little Punxsutawney. >> No, no. He's yeah. Fickle? Fickle? That. guy's drugged up. Fickle? That his name? Phil. Phil. Yeah. Oh, I thought you were. talking about the suspenders guy. Oh, Adam Fick. Oh. Fickle? Sure, Adam Fick. He's talking to groundhog. >> Fick is not a little guy. That's how I describe him. I was. describing Punxsutawney Phil. Oh, I.

thought you were talking about But we. like Fick. Fick ain't getting the little. treatment. >> No, he's jacked. Exactly. He's a. professional. I'm talking about that. little rat that comes out of the. ground. That gets treated like a king and then. every time it comes upstairs it says, "I'm scared." Goes back down. Tells us. winter's here to stay and all of a. sudden we got to say, "We don't need. that right now, buddy. Okay, we. haven't seen the sun in four. months. Maybe you would give us some. good news. That thing I've never seen.

it. It has never said good news. >> No. But so no, it's going to happen. It's. going to get warm and then it's going to. get cold again. >> Yeah, but one day Punxsutawney Phil's. going to come up and for some reason. he's not going to see a shadow and it's. just going to get warm and we're not. going to have this and that's going to. be cool. I think that's happened before. in my life. >> I think that has happened before in my. life. See, you don't even remember it. >> No, how how could I? Because I feel like. this happens every single year. And. that's Phil. Is it the same one? Is this. Phil's been the same one? Yes, it's him. How old is he? No, no, they shot one of. them in the head. Yeah, one of them. died. I think it's Phil nine like Ugga.

It's like an Ugga situation. >> No, this one's not long in the tooth. This one still has it, clearly. >> Still bringing it. They got so much damn Xanax in that. thing so it don't bite everybody's face. off anyway. We didn't know where his ass. is. He's drugged up. Groundhogs are. serious, man. Groundhogs will kill your. dog. They got that that front tooth. They're serious. >> What? Oh, yeah. I don't think so. >> dogs. Yeah, they'll dig a hole, drop. your dog in. >> groundhogs. You don't want to mess with. a groundhog. That's why they're. definitely drugged that thing up. That old guy holds them up like that and. the guy the groundhog doesn't care. Like. good luck. There's no way. Okay, so the. groundhog is like.

a monkey in the way it attacks humans. and or or. >> It can. I'm not humans as much. I'm. saying animals and people have had to to. pull the groundhogs off their dogs or. animals. A lot of times they'll kill your dog. >> But like monkeys, how does a monkey. attack versus how a groundhog attacks? Are they different? >> will take your meat off. I don't think a. groundhog is going for your meat, really. Why not? You think it's a vegan? I mean, I don't I can't get inside the. groundhog's head. I don't know, but I. just know to keep my distance. Okay, so. you see groundhog, you go oh, I'm not. going near that thing because you think. have a gun or a bat, yeah. Just in case.

cuz groundhog known to run towards. human, not away from human into hole, right? I don't know. I'm not sure. I don't know. how many attacks they have on humans. I. just know they attack animals, other. animals, dogs, cats. There's a groundhog. in my backyard growing up. This. was gigantic. They're all over the. place. Guy came in with a bow. and killed it. A bow? Really? That's how. big it was, yeah. That's sick. Bo. Jackson. Yeah. put him in Bo Jackson. I've heard he's. pretty good with the stick as well. A bow, yeah, I got that thing with a bow.

cuz you can't just fire a gun up there, there's houses. Yeah, it was a full. Right through his. forehead. Yeah, eye to eye. This thing was a fat little bastard. I. don't know where it got all the weight. from, but it was huge, it was Chuck. This thing was Chuck. Ate a couple dogs. Yeah, [laughter] that's what it sounds. like. No, I didn't know that. That. I'm happy it's dead. >> Yeah. And you feel it would be next? Because what if Phil is an actual. trigger for this? You know, cuz you don't even remember a. time where. >> No, I don't.

I wonder if Boston has that. Do you guys have like. a time where. >> their own version. >> They they typically just have cold and. warm. Like it is a freezing cold from. October, November till April. They don't. really have like first summer, but then. again, we still get they get some of the. weather from here. So, they've had some. nice weather. >> Their spring, do you guys have a spring? Spring has seemingly disappeared. >> Yeah, spring spring spring gone. >> They had a record amount of snow this. year. So, it's been it's probably been. the worst winter in New England in. >> Brutal. in the last 30 years.

>> Everywhere, I think. I don't think it's. just New England obviously gets it more. than us because of where it's located, I. guess. They say longitude, latitude. So, I think that could be an entire storm. Yeah, yeah, So, I think they get more. snow. Like Syracuse, I think gets a. bunch. Like obviously Detroit. >> Buffalo, we know. Those places get a lot. more because of science, I guess, is. what they say. Lake effect, all that. stuff. >> Yeah, yeah, just where the storms come. from and end up, yeah. The UP was. allegedly going to get three to four. feet this past weekend. That's insane. It's like in Buffalo when. they were trying to shovel those. seats.

>> seats out, you remember that? Calling. the fans, yeah. Hey, bring your own hot. dog. Hey, you know the deal. Bring your. own shovel tonight. They don't. have to do that anymore. Well, 60% right? >> Yeah, TBD, they might. >> the seats are heated. Really? >> Uh, no, I made that part up. Okay. >> That'd be a good idea. >> It's not a idea. Until one guy gets his. ass burned. Yeah. And then guess what? That coffee's too hot. I'm suing. McDonald's. >> Exactly. He owns part of the stadium. now. That'd be tough for that family up there. the Pegulas. They've been investing so. much up there and.

all of a sudden a little. hated savior lose you a billion. That could happen though. We need bare. cheeks on these seats immediately. Mhm. On it. Test it. Let's find out. See if. we get the bills. >> Sit there for a week. Sit there for a. week and see if you get burned. will do. it. will do it. will do it. >> The guy you guys had in here. What? Who. had who had the Madonna mic? Oh yeah. Happy George. Happy George. Happy. George. Put him on. Is he still at your. house? He likes when his cheeks get. burned. Hey, I think he's walking to. your house right now cuz we sent him on. his way towards you.

>> [laughter]. >> Did he just play Did he play the guitar. the whole way? Is his wife filming him? I assume. He's doing more than just. playing. >> [laughter]. >> He's international. What's he doing? Bopping wood? Yeah, he might be doing a. bunch of different things. I don't think. we can just say like, "Oh, he's only. playing the guitar." Like that guy's got. harmonica in him for sure. I thought I. saw him up on stage with the guy that. bought the Ursa guitar. The tiger? Yeah. I think went for what? 12 million or something? 13 million. dollars? And then they played it the. next night. Loved that. >> sick. Absolutely. >> I thought I thought I saw Happy George. in the background of that. Well, I don't. think he was there for that night. I.

think he was in on the auction though. online-wise. And it went past Happy. George when it hit 10 million. That was. his final That was Happy George's final. bid. We hope Happy George gets to that point. cuz I'll tell you what, he did bring a. little bit of What? Yeah. And then some. laughs. Were you here for that? >> I was there. I saw Oh. You missed out on. that. I would have loved it. I would. have loved it. >> I thought for sure were AI generated. No. Like no way that guy got access to. the thing. I know. I know. You should. have been here. It was wild. morning. You you could imagine what it.

was actually like. >> Yeah. This thing walked over to here. This thing walked over to here. side. door first. Walked right over here. Full. kit. Walks all the way over. with a guitar. >> Yep. Microphone on. Two balloons. okay a. heart and a smiley face looks in can't. see anything cuz obviously the tint on. the windows turns around we see his. cheeks Mhm. and then he bops back out. there like Bruce. Bruce go figure this thing out. Bruce. goes out there and talks to him for a. good 5 10 minutes. Bruce asks him to. stand where they are please do not move. We got snipers all over the place. I'm.

glad I'm glad Bill didn't take him out. Exactly. There was a chance. >> There was thought. Yeah Bill was like. Actually brought in a new 50 cal. today. >> Yeah. Yeah. He was ready. He was up on top of it I. think. He was. Mhm. Got a nest. He has big motor football. That's right. >> Amen. People need to know that when. they're walking around here. There's a guy coding YouTube in the. back. >> Mhm. He's taking photos and editing. them. Mhm. And then he's got a. Yeah. Exactly. [laughter] up on the top. of his head there. He's looking for his.

next scalp. >> Yes, he. I mean maybe. We don't know. He does. There'll be a documentary someday. that'll explain it all and. we'll be a part of it. That's right. Kid's a talent. He is. >> [clears throat]. >> And I think he would die for this place. Yesterday house caught on fire. That's right. What? 50 mile an hour. winds we're talking about. He thinks. this is Bill's projection that one of. his neighbors two blocks down was. deciding to burn the leaves this day. >> [laughter]. >> So burn some and he thinks that the. wind blew some of it onto a fence which.

then burned his fence down and. inevitably a part of his house. So. that's Bill McCumiskey's weekend. So he. was finding some lumber to rebuild the. fence earlier today. He's got to sell. that house. It's cursed. Guy crashed his. car. >> his car into [laughter] it. Hit the. electric. Broke the electrical box. Oh yeah it is. a Jim Morrison It is a haunted place. That was that was earlier. um for those that haven't followed along. with Bailey McCumiskey's experience with. his house we're in the middle of the. show just middle of the afternoon sunny.

afternoon. not like today at all. and uh Bill gives us a call that. I got to get out of here. What happened? Some guy in a Corvette just hit my my. house. I'm like, what do. What do you mean? What do you mean? Guy. just. drove into my house. I don't know. That's what they're telling me. I got to. go. So, Bill leaves. He gets there. We. sent Mitt to do a. First on the scene. Yeah, reporter for. this entire thing. Turns out it did A CORVETTE JUST. RIGHT THROUGH HIS YARD, HITS HIS GARAGE.

Doesn't do any damage to the garage, which is cool, but it takes out the. entire electrical input to his house. Like the guy's car just so happened to. hit on a spot that's about this big and. just blew out his entire electricity. through his house. So, he had to redo. the entire thing. Well, that's not good. And then now we got a fire starting a. couple blocks down going. straight to his fence. >> [laughter]. >> Now, I got to call 84 Lumber to. rebuild the whole. Now, that neighbor's dead. Yep. God. Not confirmed. That is not the.

whole neighborhood down like the rest of. the houses? Bill said he was in his. garage cleaning things when the neighbor. came in and said, "Hey, your fence is on. fire." And he goes, "What?" And he walks. back there and it was on fire. [laughter]. Bailey, you're doing it. Get out of there, Bill. And policy says, "I'm selling the name of Lambeau. Field." People aren't happy. Okay. You got to do business as business is. being done. Are we going to be the only. team in the world that that isn't. profiting off of our stadium? He can't. do that. We're soon to be the only.

stadium without naming rights. That's. not a threshold we're looking across. anytime soon. But, we might be a little. more aggressive with some of the other. entitlement inventory we just hadn't. taken advantage of in the past, including things like training facility. entitlements and. the Title Town campus also. So, Lambeau Field will just Lambeau. Field will be at. Title Town brought to you by cheese. Well, Kraft. Kraft or I think he sounds. like he's mentioning the indoor. This. it's called the Don Hutson Center, the. great great Don Hutson, but now it could. be the, you know, Sargento Cheese Don.

Hutson Center. >> Bingo, but it would certainly be Lambeau. Field at whatever the place is. So, they. can get around not naming Lambeau Field. that. >> have gates like there's gates that are. all sponsored though. There's the Miller. Lite gates and stuff like that on the. outside of the stadium. >> Yeah, of Lambeau Field of Lambeau Field. People will think immediately that. they're going Sargento Lambeau Field. And they're like, "Uh, I don't know if. you'll make that decision." But, they. will certainly be trying to profit off. of what Lambeau Field is especially when.

there's precedent that everybody else in. sports is doing the same thing. But, I. can understand why people are pissed. How How come Lambeau Field can't be. pure? How come that can't be the last. thing that we keep? Well, it doesn't. sound like he's going to sell Lambeau. Field. Certainly going to be selling the. ground around him, it sounds like. >> Yeah, at least not right now. I mean, it's one of those things where yeah, it'd be nice, but like you saw Heinz go. to Acrisure, you know, and everyone's. pissed off at the start, but then. eventually it's just like. >> No, it's still It well, of course, but you're not, you know, you're not. going to not go to a Steelers. game or not watch a game on Sunday. If.

some company is willing to give hundreds. of millions of dollars for the naming. rights to the stadium, it'd probably be. hard pressed for like the team president. and the guy running stuff to to not, you. know, at least look into it a little. bit. Now, I I I'd love for it to stay. Lambeau, but like that's just kind of. that's just kind of not the world we're. living in anymore. >> Yeah, but the cheese curds across the. street at that one place, what's it. called? Curley's? Is that the little living room looking. place? It's one of them. Yeah, there's it's a. bunch of different stuff now, but. Kroll's I think you're thinking Kroll's.

That's the place. Yeah. Kroll's should. sponsor Lambeau. >> That'd be cool. Curley Lambeau's got a. space. Curley Lambeau's got a place up. here. So, it's AJ just said Curley's? Yeah. Nice. I'll I'll pay my respects. next time I go up there. Yeah, we had to. know. What do they sell? Cheese curds in. there? I think that's cheese curds. everywhere. That's a Wisconsin staple. Cheese curds, beers Bud. Burgers, booze. Bud. Bud. You know what's big in Wisconsin? Bud. So, here we go.

>> [laughter]. >> I was trying to go somehow. They soaked. They soaked you know, the fruit in the. booze and vodka and stuff. >> What? 316 day. Dudley's tastes Keebler. What? >> [laughter]. >> Um. What you say they did though? They. soaked something in the booze? Soaked. fruit in booze in like mason jars. Uh in. like um uh moonshine or like everclear? Moonshine, everclear, vodka, all of. that. Yeah, they do it all. Those ones. will get you. Yeah. That Kroll's place,

I think I saw a guy blacked out at like. 9:30 a.m. in there. He was sitting There. was carpeting I think if I recall. There's carpeting in there and then. there Yeah, and then there's like a bar. that kind of wraps around the middle and. then family restaurant seemingly around. the outside. This guy is just kind of. hanging out having a good time. Had no. idea it was potential family restaurant. I think he lives right down the road. Bartender seemingly talking to him like. he's just going to walk his drunk ass. home like he does every other day. It's. a nice little town. Had cheese curds. Had some beers with that guy. Felt. obligated. Had to do it. Didn't drink. any whiskey there.

Could have. Tequila also available. I turned it all down. Definitely chucked a beer. BLACKED OUT GUY. FROM GREEN BAY. HE WAS A HARD WORKER. HAD CALLUSES. Seemingly an alcohol problem. Fine. Let's move along. Uh big night last night uh or this. weekend, I'm sorry, for the Los Angeles. Lakers. We talked about it numerous. times. LeBron James diving on the floor. as a 40-plus-year-old in year 23, game. 67. Not only a massive ordeal obviously.

for the entirety of the NBA, but. certainly of the Lakers. Charles Barkley. said, "I don't want the Lakers to win. this game cuz I don't want people to. think the Lakers have a chance." Well, sounds like the Lakers have a chance, especially if LeBron James is going to. be diving all over the ball. And they're. exciting whites, okay? And they. certainly got two of them. And then Luka. and Austin Reaves are pulling off the. super duper triple point double shot. thing. This is incredible. You talk. about this in high school. You talk. about this uh obviously when you're. shooting around. To pull it off in the. fourth quarter against the Denver. Nuggets, one of the smartest teams in. basketball, is obviously ridiculous. All. of Crypto Arena went a bananas as Austin.

Reaves ties it up. And then, they go. ahead and win this thing. Who's the ball. going to? Is it going to Bron? Is it. going to Reaves? Or is it going to Luka. Doncic? This dude scored 51. points the other night and now he is. clearly one of the superstars of the. league and also. Mhm. He is the Lakers. >> Yeah. That is that is what the Lakers. are. And, uh, his relationship with. Austin Reaves is cool. Watching Bron.

kind of have to buy into what this is. has been cool cuz this is a different. stage of his career. And JJ Redick, the. big dumb who couldn't coach for. a while, potentially has a team. He has. a team that they trying to go. They. might win this thing. If they get If. they can play some defense and their. bigs can show up, obviously, you know, you have LeBron James as the third. option. I know he's 41, but especially. when you get in the playoff series, he's. going to be great. AR is great. And then. Luka is one of the top two or three. players in the world. So, yeah, they. definitely got a chance. One of the. bright spots in that game specifically. was, uh,

Ayton, their big man who's former number. one overall pick. He played well on both. sides of the court. If he can play well. on both sides of the court, can they. challenge the Thunder? Can they. challenge the Spurs? Uh, I think so. When you have that type of talent, you. know, once you get in the dance, we. shall see. Yeah, especially if Luka can. just not miss. I I like. >> He's unreal. It's all falling. I I don't. know how the hoop is bigger for him than. everybody else. He he's uh like he can. better can get to the rim. He can like. their game playing this game was kind of. to get him in that intermediate area. where he's putting up little floaters.

and I feel like he made every one. It's. tough to double off of him because you. have guys like AR. You have guys like. LeBron out there. But yeah, once you get. into like any any of these major sports, once you get in the playoff basketball, guys are competing for spots and. that's when you see the best of the. best. So, I'm excited about, um, all. these young players in kind of the old. heads and how they'll show up. Boston, I'm excited to see how how. Boston going to contain them down the. stretch. >> Yeah, they say Luka's in the middle of. some stuff off the court. We've seen. dogs lock in before. Feels like there's. a chance that that happens. And then the.

Eastern Conference, I mean, Indiana. Pacers out kind of opens the door for. everybody else. Yeah, [laughter] I don't. know. They laugh. We'll see if they hold. the door or not. >> we've lost 13 straight. That's going to. happen every once in a while. >> Took on the Bucks. The Bucks were losing. four straight. >> Yeah, they stink, too. Yeah, turns out. Pacers stink more. We lose that one. Neismith goes crazy, but we lose. And. the Pistons? >> Mhm. Oh, yeah. Wow. Yeah, we'll see. That guy was on TV. last year. The head coach who was going. to be a JB Bickerstaff. I love this guy.

Probably win coach of the year this. year. Ah. Oh, should be Mazzulla, but maybe. Now, we'll say Mazzulla somehow guided. the ship without Tatum. And then Tatum. comes back and is just like an add-on to. a team that's already leading the entire. conference. Mazzulla could probably win. it every year going forward. >> Yeah, that is the other thing. The coach. of the year stuff seemingly always goes. to Now, this is from our sport. We. assume NBA's the same. Uh. do they give it to like the new Is it.

like a way to anoint somebody as a the. overachiever? Yeah, is that what it is? Like, hey, is Mazzulla won this before? Uh I want to say yes, but I'm actually. not sure. Yeah, me, too. >> If it goes like the NFL does, it's like, who's a young coach that we would like. to anoint as a good coach going forward? That's kind of how the NFL views it. Yeah, Mazzulla's problem is that Ime. Udoka and the team, they went to the. finals, and then the Udoka thing. happened, and then Mazzulla took over, and people are like, well, it's not. Mazzulla. Like, they had all these good. players, this great team already. So, I. don't know if he's won it yet, but I. think. >> Well, let's give it to him then. He's.

the perfect In the NFL, they would give. it to Mazzulla. Is Jaylen Brown I don't. think he won. Jaylen Brown has had a. MVP-level. type year on both ends of the court. Obviously, with Tatum being out for him. to step up and be that, you know, $300. guy that he's been. Like he obviously. Mazzulla is great, but sometimes when. I'm watching the Celtics and I can see. you know, their team on the floor, I can't name three or four of the guys. that are on the floor because I'm not a. night in night out watcher of the NBA. Are you saying all white guys look the. same? >> No, Payton Pritchard? I definitely know. Payton Pritchard. Obviously, you know,

it's Okay, but Luka Garza? Luka, I mean, you're talking about, you. know, those are those are box office. names. Box office whites. The other guy. Hugo Gonzalez. Jordan. Walsh, Baylor Scheierman, like they are. just. >> Which once again goes back to what we're. saying about coach of the year. Yeah, Neemias Queta is the guy who was. basically in the G League his entire. career and this year is the starting. center for the Celtics and he's having a. unbelievable. >> Neemias? Yeah. Queta. See, we're. learning this together. Cicada. Um Cicadas are we don't like them. No,

they're not out right now. Odds for. coach of the year, JB Bickerstaff is. minus 170 at DraftKings and Joe Mazzulla. is plus 200. It is a two-horse race. Okay. I don't know I mean, JB Bickerstaff was. working a media. I don't know who's. voting for this. Yeah, and the story of. the Pistons. The Pistons were the worst. team in the NBA by far for like. over a decade, but for like five years. running, one year they lost 28 straight. games. No team in NBA history has ever. lost 28 straight games. JB comes in,

they go to the playoffs and now they're. best team in the East. He was also the. head coach for the NBA East All-Stars. this year. So, that's why I was thinking. coach of the year. >> All right, well, congrats to him and. Detroit. You guys deserve have nice. things. You got a picture of that? I'm not. saying it. >> I don't love it either. You shouldn't. Nobody does. It'd be nice. if he was going tomorrow night. >> very nice. He'll do 61 pitches against. the the the whoever the in spring. training and nobody's What are we doing? I thought we're preparing for the. season. What. I He knows something that I don't know. And I think D-Rod was alleging to him.

whenever he said, "All these guys want. to do it. They got agents, they got. teams, they got a lot of things around. them that are kind of managing. everything. So, I assume the. conversation is much bigger, especially. with Skubal potentially about to make. Mhm. hundreds [clears throat] and. hundreds of millions of dollars because. of how good of a pitcher he is. But, I. maybe my brain is just too stupid. How can we do 61 pitches in a spring. training game for the Tigers, but we. can't we can't do 50 pitches for USA? What what I don't think I fully. comprehend it. >> No, I don't I don't honestly don't.

really I mean, that's that's what it is. Is they're just taking every precaution, you know, and that he should be around. his team. He needs to perform well for. the Tigers this year. But, like look at. Skubal last night. He's still on track. to pitch opening day and, you know, they. said from the onset like he was he was. available to throw 95 pitches. That's. the pitch limit for starters in this. round. And DeRosa said like he's going. to throw 70 to 75 probably. So, I mean. there was never really a world where So, I I really don't know I I don't know why.

he's not doing it. Probably is pressure. from the Tigers and his agent and. everything. But, you'd think that it is. just another start, you know, like he. would still be getting the same kind of. work up to the regular season. >> heavier in World Baseball Classic? I. I don't believe so. We actually have one. of those balls over there somewhere and. it is the exact same ball as the uh. everyday Major League Baseball. It just. has a different logo on it. >> Okay, so I I don't think I fully. understand it. Skubal, we know it's not. him. It's everything around him. But, boy it'd be nice if he was the.

one about to close this thing up. Yeah, and we'll see. Nolan McLain's got a he's. got a nice opportunity at redemption. Let's go Nolan. Be that guy. USA! USA! USA! You think I'll be able to throw this. Subway sub into a hoop? Probably. Oh, yeah. That's what that is? They sent it. to us. Woah. I put a couple of stories. out about the uh protein. >> got laces on it? What are they called? Protein power pack. protein power pack protein Okay, protein.

pockets. >> Protein pockets. I posted a couple protein pocket IG. stories and their social was like, "Excuse me. Do you like that? There's more where that came from.". They sent us a bag. Golf bag or What is a protein pocket? Just a thing of meat? Uh it is I've. learned this since then. Uh they sent. letter with information of what it is. It is more protein packed in that per. capita than any other sandwich or. something. Calling it the protein.

pocket. They got a couple different. ones. It's a wrap that has a lot of meat. in it. And the Baja chicken one I. believe has some jalapenos in it and. some other stuff. It has a great flavor. Nonetheless, I tweeted or I posted that. I I wait. Pretty good here. Yeah. Pretty good. here. Get two of them pretty cheap. Fill you up pretty good. Pretty good. amount of protein. And they sent us that. golf bag and this football came a week. later. And they made a sandwich. Look at that. Sweet. That's pretty. sweet. >> That's cool. That does look cool. Go. deep. Is that regulation? How nice. Go.

deep, you know. That's cool. That is. pretty cool. All right, let's name that. meat. Tone, what's that one? That looks like. uh pepperoni. Is that dark? Yeah, I I. think the top one Roast beef. That looks. like a roast beef. Dave, what's that. one? Turkey. That's pepperoni. What's. that one? Ham. Turkey. Ham. Ham. Ham, yep. And then we got onions in there. Onions, yes. Little cheese. Is that mayo. over here? Could be. It might be some. provolone hanging off. Could be some. provolone. This looks like double meat if I It's. like It's double or triple meat. That's.

right. Yeah, yeah, give me that big. meat, meat, yeah. Mhm. Fat man. Fat man. is meat only. >> a good sandwich if that roast beef. wasn't on there. All right, who wants. Who wants to throw this? Yeah, I agree. They still looking for a new spokesman? You want to throw it? Sure. Why are they. looking for a new one? Uh some things. Bad things. Getting out soon. Thought. Happy Gilmore was there. What did Eli. Manning do? No, he's Jersey Mike. Oh, I can't throw. this. Russ Wilson. Yeah, somebody else. can though, can't they? Yeah. Yeah, they. can't. should have This is This is. Is it made out of subs?

>> [laughter]. >> Is this a football made out of a sack of. subs? I tell you what, that might be a. protein power pack. >> I honestly don't know if I can throw. this thing. I'll see if Ty can throw Is. it slick? I was just saying. It's It ain't. pigskin. I'll tell you that. >> No, it does feel like it's a loaf of. bread. >> Tony. Tony. >> [laughter]. >> Tony, he can spin that thing. All right, Tony, you put it in there right over. there, Tony. SPIN THAT SPIN THAT If you put. it over there, we'll give uh He grip it. so. >> [laughter]. >> If you could throw that particular I'm.

going to have to shop put it. double. meat delicious. club I don't know what that was. Subway. club Subway Oh, calorie map. into that. hoop right over. Was it slick? What is it? What the Where's he going? Is he getting a glove? Yep, I knew it. smart Kurt Warner smart. good hustle Peyton Manning. Ben Roethlisberger Teddy Two Gloves. Teddy Two Gloves decides to get a little. bit more grip. That's a smart play.

Pants are falling off you, Tony. Looks. like you're in good shape, bub. Cowboy looking fit. You can rip that if you want to, man. It. fits perfectly. Good idea. Did it help. or hurt? It helped a little. You going to rip. >> Oh, you can rip that off, dude. Let's. go, Tony. Oh, no, you can't. Okay, that's worst. nightmare situation right there in front. of a bunch of people, too. That's it. You really performed well. >> go. All right, if you could throw that. Subway club in that hoop right over. there, we'll give 20 people $500 to. REPOST THIS. AND.

IT'S PRETTY GOOD. GOOD NEWS, if we ever. pick that ball up again, >> [laughter]. >> you'll have another opportunity later. All right, let's get out of here. It's a. great day to be alive. It is. NFLPA's. got a brand new uh. Shout out Subway sending this That. was a good idea. Football thing was a. smart idea. You cracked the code getting. in the office. Congratulations. It'll get worn out. Like in a good way, so the football is. throwable. Yeah, cuz it's a little. >> Yeah. It's a little bit You can punt the. hell out of that thing. Looks pretty. fat. You can break that thing in. I. don't think you'd like that one for. long.

I don't think you'd like it. Like. you know when there's a a shell around. the ice cream? Mhm. Yeah, it's a hot. fudge. Yeah. Oh, yeah, they sell that. They sell that. Yeah, it's delicious. You have a friend, tell a friend. something nice and might change your. life. We're in this thing together. Thank you all so much for allowing us to. do this for a living. We'll be back. tomorrow with more of whatever this was. today. >> [laughter]. >> Also, big news tomorrow. Cam Young. Boom. Yeah, we're sick. The. Players Championship. Shoutout to the. PGA. Hey. Yeah. Thank you, PJ. This is. good. Hell yeah. We might be going with.

PGA. That'd be fun. Brian Rolapp all. over the TV this weekend. >> Oh, yeah. Has an NFL Films thing coming. out about Sunday at The Players. >> Mhm. I think it's probably going to be. incredible. I'd assume so. Brian Rolapp. has a vision of what PGA's going to be. I think he's going to bring great ideas. Hopefully, they're open to them. And. hopefully, the PGA continues to be. awesome cuz, boy, that was a fantastic. watch this weekend. We are very. appreciative of that. And Cam Young will. be on tomorrow, and we assume some. others will be. We don't know who, you know. My show gets everybody. It's like being.

here at about 11:15. >> [laughter]. >> when there's nobody. Mhm. That. is certainly a scene. Mhm. Then you just got to get some vitamins. in you and kind of start sending good. messages. need you. You know, maybe make them feel terrible. about themselves. Say if they don't come on, show be. canceled forever. That's right. Now, I've never done that, but I am. thinking about doing that someday. Might. help. >> Nice wrinkle. Yeah. Instead, it's always. like, "Hey, there's a thousand other.

things you'd much rather do with your. life, but I got an idea. Hey, Coach K, how about you come on and. just tell us what the basketball. is?" Mhm. The fact that he said yes today. >> He did. That was sweet. Yeah. Also, shoutout. Nick Khan. Shoutout. Shoutout. Shoutout Nick Khan. Wrestling business has passed me by, but. Nikon. Never [snorts] will. >> Never catch up. >> Legend. >> I will never catch up. Be a friend, tell. a friend something nice, it might change. your life. We're in this thing together. Team on me, team on three. 1 2 3 team.

Team.