The Pat McAfee Show Live | Monday March 17th 2025

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something nice could change their. [Applause]. life sport sport sport hello beautiful. people and Welcome to our humble abow. the Thunderdome on this St Patty's. Madness Monday March 17th 2025 this. program starts. now. pattty that's right a lad from Ireland. way back in the day who uh eliminated. all the snakes from Ireland uh we.

celebrate the [ __ ] out of him today. happy St Patrick's Day to everybody on. Earth obviously it's a holiday that is. supposed to revolve around having a good. time celebrating life and maybe having a. booze cocktail or two maybe a little. green beer maybe smoke a little green. tree have the time of your life and in. memory of not only St Patrick but your. Irish friends who like to enjoy the [ __ ]. out of life now I'm not saying life is. always good for the Irish folks have. been a very blue collar crew since the. very beginning and if you look at the. history of what the Irish have done for.

the United States of America I think. people would have a lot more respect for. what the Irish have done and what. they've built and who they fought for. and how they fought for this particular. country but on this St Patrick's Day all. we say is uh salanta and we hope you all. get a chance to enjoy life for a little. bit in uh in honor of your Irish. Brethren now with that being said uh we. decided to stay in the bluecollar jeans. and uh we have two Italians on today. okay two of the greatest Italians in. sports history coach ISO of Michigan. State greatness uh icon obviously for.

the Spartans will be joining us in the. next hour and uh the Godfather of New. York coach patino of St John's Johnny. the rise of red storm on Vice is. currently electrifying he'll be joining. us in about 19 minutes or so and then at. 12:40 we'll have uh the commissioner of. the SEC Greg shanki okay he's got 14. teams in the in the tournament nobody's. pumped that's a record uh in the history. of the tourney how many teams did they. have like 10 years ago like six or. something something like that four maybe.

then he got eight then they were down to. six and postco you start looking at the. numbers of how much the SEC has invested. in basketball now they have a record 14. teams in the NCAA tournament which is. obviously a record can't wait to talk to. sanki about that and let him know. everybody's pissed yeah everybody's. pissed no league is good enough to have. 14 teams in the tournament is what. people are saying on the internet and. around the world but also most people. were saying West Virginia got screwed. West Virginia the Mountaineers now. listen has it been the highest of highs.

for the Mountaineers over the last 5 10. years in sports our Rifle Team just won. another National Championship boom how. you doing keep it moving our gymnastics. team I believe is the top 40 program on. Earth there's other sports that are. obviously soccer team dominating uh both. men's and women's so you talk about. sports at West Virginia there's been a. lot of success but at the men's. basketball men's football there hasn't. been you know the national moment for a. while and I think that was held against. us coach de now there's a lot of future. conversation about him maybe leaving. West Virginia which sucks completely. because he and his son uh you know came.

into West Virginia uh in the city in the. state in the University really love. these these two you now they're saying. he's going to leave I'm hoping he. doesn't I'm hoping that he has a little. bit of an ax to grind because how this. season ended but they held against us. that his son his boy got hurt his boy. got hurt whenever Rich Rod's. introductory press conference happened. that was two months ago three months ago. and they used that against him for going. into the tournament now with that being. said in football obviously Florida state. was on like their four fourth string uh.

quarterback third string quarterback. that all happened like the last games of. the year like Boom Bang Pow everything. happened this has been like a long time. this kid hasn't been playing and in. 111 of these so-called uh bracketologist. specials people you get it m yep West. Virginia was in the tournament now. wouldn't have been a high seating. obviously we should have played a lot. better throughout the season and you. know certainly had a little bit of a a. get back a setback and we didn't do well. in the Big 12 tournament either lost. very early but in1 11 of these so-called.

experts brackets we were in West. Virginia was in first time ever a team. has been in all 111 bracketologist. brackets and didn't make the tournament. so obviously they're holding something. against West Virginia that is just. another chip on the shoulder obviously. it's [ __ ] we don't love it we don't. like it play better you're indefinitely. but nonetheless West Virginia will be. back okay West Virginia will be back on. top in all the big Sports and it starts. with the football program will that. start next fall we're not sure will that. be in the next two years I believe it. and this West basketball team obviously.

had a great year this year not good. enough I had a good year this year not a. great year this year in the conversation. to make the top 68 is you know you can't. be getting too upset in that entire. thing but with that being said Western. got screwed and do you know who uh. benefited from all this who's that. University of North Carolina who I think. we're all starting to hate I guess are. we all starting to hate University of. North Carolina I think so is is this. just because of what happened so riddle. me this the athletic director of UNC. Bobba conningham okay Big Bubba and. obviously his name came up because I.

think he wasn't the biggest fan of ma. Brown ma Brown was the head coach of the. football team what does Bubba want. versus what does the chancers want what. Bubba's name has been you know through. the tabls and the headlines we shall say. especially whenever you're the athletic. director of a program Este steam program. like University of North Carolina. especially in that Tar Hill blue with. Jordan and everything they got going on. people are going to talk about Bubba. [ __ ] him especially when your name is. Bubba that's not a very normal athletic. director uh name got Bubba calling the.

shots down there in North Carolina well. everybody saying Bubba did call a shot. uh Bubba was the head of the selection. committee chair whatever the hell it is. and uh he uh also gets a $104,000 bonus. if North Carolina makes it in tournament. Bubba's made a lot of money okay bub has. made a lot of money but $104,000 check. coming around that's not a bad thing to. take place it's hard not to. automatically say well this seems to be. a little bit contrived doesn't it the. last team in that got in over I think. there's multiple teams that are not. necessarily Ro Indiana was the second.

team out now once again play better I'm. pissed off about it too who who who. whoers are a basketball place now. granted signet's got him playing great. football as well could be a fantastic. sport University not making the. tournament sucks but UNCC makes it over. them and they have a gripe as well. obviously West Virginia's pissed and. then Bob sitting up there chair of the. whole thing getting $114,000 bonus. because of this it's hard not to be like. you cook the books hey Bubba I've met. some Bubbas before they weren't above. cooking the books okay and I know you.

are probably a fantastic athletic. director congratulations on getting bill. bich down there that's a big play. they've also said that you guys are all. in obviously football-wise that was a. part of Bill bich Ellen there so I. assume there's some good that you have. done and I'm sure you are respected by a. lot of North Carolina people but I'll. tell you what we think at West Virginia. we think this crooked son of a [ __ ] one. in there and he said he wasn't in the. room when North Carolina uh Carolina was. being talked about okay we in a room. when West Virginia was getting talked. about did North Carolina get brought up. when West Virginia was getting talked. about because if it doesn't then I don't. think you guys are doing your job.

properly so. nonetheless Bubba I know it's a hard job. I know we're talking about 64 to 68 here. although there's automatic bids of teams. like everybody's mad North Carolina's. going to get in then I saw the same. people on CBS sports that were upset. about it say they're going to beat San. Diego State yeah so like you're not. supposed to be in the tournament but. also about to probably win their first. round not saying that's guarantee I'm. saying that's been the chatter so there. is madness already begun in March and uh. people West Virginia aren't happy not at. all people of Indiana aren't happy and. that happens to be a large part of my.

role deck uh so I got a lot of texts. from people saying you you going to be a. coward tomorrow and cuz ESPN's one. making these decisions you think ESPN. wants Bobba Cunningham to look good. that's what you think why do you think. that is the case why do you think they. want to put over the ACC now over. everybody else when I thought all they. want to do was put over the SEC well. they do want to put over the that's why. they got 14 teams in there it's like. okay who are we pissed at yeah are we. pissed at sanki are we pissed at ESPN. are we pissed at Bubba are we pissed at. the committee I'll get to the bottom of. it because [ __ ] every body sure now with.

that being said Go Johnny Go Johnny come. on now go Johnny red storm's coming St. John's team won the Big East hey who was. the team that won the last couple big. easts and what did they go on to do. let's go to the talk table at Boston. Connor happy St patties uh who who won. the Big E the past couple years uh. that'd be Yukon and happy St Patty's Day. to you too Pat thank you thank you and. then Yukon would do what I I believe if. memory serves me right and granted it is. St Patrick's Day so you we've been. making fun of Italians and drinking. beers all morning but okay I I believe.

they went on to win every single game by. 10 plus points on their way to. back-to-back national titles so is that. what St John's going to do we shall chat. with uh Patino here in about Coach. patino in about 12 minutes or so Tai. Schmidt I know there's some people in. the back that are saying Big East or I'm. sorry the Big 10 I got a chance to go. down and watch Big 10 Basketball. something Michigan back on top congrats. to the Big 10 Champs Michigan you guys. fired your coach allegedly you guys are. going to take West Virginia's coach. bring him back to Iowa I hope you don't. do that obviously the guy's building. something special over there supposed to. be a mountaineer but if he was go back.

home everybody would be like yeah this. is always going to happen you know that. whole conversation Big 10 Basketball. though Michigan State's the team we got. to Hope here Michigan going to be able. to go on the shot cuz I watched this. Michigan State team win or lose to. Wisconsin with my own eyes obviously got. studs everywhere Jay Richard kid is a. he's a he's a real guy Atkins a kins. what's his name Atkins yes Atkins he has. this Swat 4 feet I mean 15t in front of. me probably he was flying through the. air you got coach ISO going join us next.

is Michigan State going be able to go on. a run that wicin team beat him and then. wicin obviously lose to Michigan. Michigan great I think early then they. got a little bit of a downtime now. they're back being great how's the Big. 10 going to fair in this entire thing I. think Michigan state will be pretty. solid but you talk about you know just. how everyone perceives it I mean. Michigan wins the you know the. conference tournament and they're so. they're playing their best ball the year. they get a five seed in the tournament. so it's kind of like yeah I saw they. beat Wisconsin twice they beat somebody. else twice then they got seated lower. than those people what the hell is the. selection committee doing everybody's.

mad about UNCC over West Virginia and. Indiana there's a lot of other issues. everybody's saying about this selection. committee as well exactly but a lot of. teams in the Big 10 I think foxy would. attested this not only is this probably. a down year for the Big 10 but you got a. team like Michigan State who should be. there they're talented they have one of. the best coaches but teams like. Wisconsin like they're one of those. teams where if they shoot the ball well. they might score you know 90 points and. could beat anybody and if they don't. like their defense is unbelievable but. we're looking at I mean the big 10. championship in the first half I think. it was like you know 29 to 26 like bad.

basketball you get a lot of that in the. Big 10 so it's one of those things where. a lot of these teams if they shoot well. they can beat anybody but if they're not. shooting well like they could they could. get beat by 30 by anybody and that's. kind of the problem with the big 10 I. think Big 12 didn't get as many teams. represented I I saw there uh kamish came. out and spoke a little bit obviously the. ACC is having a down year for the ACC so. all eyes on the SEC which we'll talk to. seni here in about 30 minutes or so to. get his thoughts and opinions on the.

amount of people saying the sec's. [ __ ] now quickly one half of the. hammer Cowboys uh AP tone with his sweet. h on Happy St patties to you as well. who's the odds on favorite to win this. entire thing and uh what are some lines. that we should keep an eye on that would. be the Duke Blue Devils uh they are the. odds on favorite even without Cooper. flag right now they assume he's going to. play here at some point but they are. your odds on Flavor favorite and then. you got the two big dogs Florida and. Auburn at the top of the SEC obviously. we talked about the SEC and how many. teams they have they are just littered.

with favorites up there to to win the. tournament but as of right now Duke is. your favorite and then you know the SC. teams and you know Houston teams like. that that are uh and then of course your. guys your guys Johnny's thank you one of. the favorite yeah Florida Florida I. watched them against Tennessee this. weekend uh got got a chance to watch all. these championship games you know it was. fun to kind of like dive in back into. basketball awesome and it was it was. watching that Florida team very good. thoroughly enjoyed it and I haven't. watched any college basketball all year. and I think Tennessee team's very good. and then getting a chance to watch.

Michigan state Wisconsin number nine for. Wisconsin light-skinned kid I didn't. know his name k he he's got a gun this. kame was a real was so good he was real. de it was like I got real excited to get. back into the Madison March and uh. speaking of the Madison March last thing. here as we wrap up Pete dam was. reporting the West Virginia politicians. uh plan to announce an action against. the NCAA and tournament selection. committee later today tied to WVU snub. worth noting there that now governor. Patrick morsey was the attorney general. in the state who successfully challenged.

the NCAA transfer was if you remember. that was because like uh people were. getting paid so like you're taking away. employment opportunities by only one. transfer happening if you do recall this. at the beginning of the nil Patrick. morsy was the Attorney General now he is. Governor one in November followup this. is him replying to it yep today I'm. joining West Virginia attorney general. to announce actions against the national. corrupt Athletic Association live stream. at 1: p.m. right here on X Governor Pat. he said listen I I wanted to do this as.

an AG I did now I'm Governor so I got a. little bit more to say I'm sick and. tired of what's going on at the NCAA. good luck over there I don't know if. they'll be able to overturn it in a few. days prob not but maybe W gets an. attorney and maybe because of all this. uh momentum that they're going to be. able to go on a run wish I I do like. that the state's like nope yeah this is. [ __ ] yeah we're not going to do. we're we need some answers okay you're. not just answering ree Davis who did a. great job uh in his interview you're. going to have to be answering a core law. brother okay who said what at what time.

can we get a transcript of what happened. in those meetings hey Bubba you said you. weren't in there when North Carolina was. being discussed that's interesting cuz. the notes that I see here you were. eating a muffin in the corner of the. roof whoa whoa whoa that's what he's. read in willing to do former suit. obviously so he's ready for the suit. excited for all that the madness has. already begun before the game started. and that is a magical thing now let's go. to the NFL massive deals were done over. the weekend T Higgins Jamar Chase. highest paid congrats to them we'll talk. more about that in a matter of moments.

but at the DB position there was a. signing that ruffled the entire numbers. of every salary cap across the NFL Derek. Stingley Jr of the Houston Texans signed. for 30 mil a year this comes a few days. after JC Horn of the Carolina Panther. side for 25 mil a year there was a convo. about maybe the DB Market being down now. we're seeing 89 million guaranteed over. three years for an absolute stallion in. Derek Stingley Jr Ball Hawk joining us. now. everything DB good D bad D host Darius J.

Butler yo yo yo what's good y'all got me. yes you look fantastic where are you at. quickly so we can uh tell everybody we. are back in New Orleans where we work. for the Super Bowl obviously but now. we're here for a huge volleyball. tournament for my daughter shout out to. you gave her some great tips he's. playing a new position uh this weekend. outside hitter she usually libero uh the. backline defense and now she's up near. that so um they've been they've been. kicking ass having a great time out here.

a lot of uh I feel like a kind of a bum. cuz I'm not in the St Patty Spirit a lot. of green out here big St Patty's Town. out here was not aware of that what's. your problem what is your. problem. honestly Irish the coach said they had. some [ __ ] for us I haven't got a chance. to see the coach yet so once I get into. the convention centerfor unfor yeah. hopefully I don't get pinched before uh. before she gets it to me listen all you. got to do is uh Happy St D's with a d.

and then just keep walking act like you. understand it more than anybody okay we. know you're very busy shout out to your. daughter by the way I saw a spike I was. awesome she sh they k a lot of floater. huh service a lot of everybody floating. uh not everybody it depends on who you. run into some of these teams is look you. got teams from from Cali Texas Alabama. New Orleans Florida so you run into some. of these it's a difference it's levels. so but that that team that was a lighter. level team but we've definitely ran into. some dogs where it's one player that. just controls the game every time it.

gets to that left side y it's getting. over you got to be care no no free balls. no free balls yeah I understand that and. uh the video you sent me shout out to. Maya she had a great pass then she got. outside Boom Bang Pow it was beautiful. to watch uh anyways I love it good. dadding volleyball is a great sport. played in high school it is love the. sport it was probably my favorite sport. I played in high school I think probably. because there was really no pressure on. what was going to happen you know there. was no thought of like am I going to do.

this for a professional because I just. got introduced to it but I loved it it. is a great sport okay let's get to the. DBS getting paid JC horn 25 mil a year. uh less than a week ago now Derek. Stingley Jr getting 30 mil a year 89. million guaranteed why do you think. Derek Stingley was the guy to take this. big jump in Pay uh for DBS and how do. you feel about the deals that are kind. of unfolding now first of all talk about. good dadding all these guys football is. in their blood you talking about second. third even fourth generation with.

Stingley his grandpappy or great. grandpappy was a New England Patriot um. all SEC guys all first rounders all guys. living up to the bilding but uh Derek. Stingley Jr he he's just he's a little. different even as talented as that LSU. 2019 team was a lot of people that you. talked to in that building around that. program said this is the guy this is. probably the best guy on the roster and. he's lived up to it outside of injuries. that kind of plagued him throughout his. college career and then early on his NFL.

career but he's been healthy he hit his. stride last year been a first team All. Pro uh five interceptions uh played all. 17 games he could do everything he could. play off he could play man you can leave. him on an island he can come up and. Tackle but his ball skills I think. separate him from the pack uh Patrick. ceran Jr Defensive Player of the Year. phenomenal technician can do everything. as well JC horn once again another guy. who if he stays healthy he'll continue. to be one of the best DBS in the league. uh but Derek Stingley Jr him and Patrick. ceran right there 1 a 1B as far as best.

quarterbacks in the league go okay so we. looked up the numbers Jaylen Ramsay I. think has the third highest average for. uh per year in Jaylen though we've seen. him doing this a long time you know we. SE Jacksonville we seen him Jacksonville. La now he's in Miami obviously that's a. very long great career we would say that. the next generation of DB's Corners. we're in a very good. spot yeah we are in a great spot right. now the quinon Mitchell of the world. even Cooper dein will'll see he does to. that happy St Pat's.

day leading the way for the exciting. whites but yeah uh the these guys they. they're doing their thing and it's still. still a wide Gap you just saw Jamar. Chase get his bag he's getting 40 uh 40. plus a year and now with Derek Stingley. Jr really really completely resetting. the quarterback Market getting 30. million a year so it's still a wide Gap. there but these guys are valuable. especially when you can travel you can. follow that number one receiver to the. left or to the right side of the defense. with the guy we got all proone Indy now. who's going to be doing that following.

number ones that kind of changed the. defense and gives the defensive. coordinate a little bit more freedom. when it comes to taking the other guys. uh away around the field but yeah we're. in a good spot right now as long as that. continues to Trend uh North for those. top quarterbacks that's big time for the. whole position group as a whole all. right well good luck down there to your. daughter I hope hope they give you some. green you know for a good uh yeah I get. something I got to get I got to watch my. six a lot it's a lot of everybody else. got green on standard white in the. corner. just itting.

there yeah I get on P I Get on Board all. right good luck out there we appreciate. you joining us congrats to the corners. ladies and gentlemen Darius J. Butler it was cool he was sending me. videos saw it on his story too I've. heard yeah yeah so he's so into it too. he was like hey she's playing a new. position we got to get to a gym we we. need like 30 minutes at least is there. anything I could do quickly I was like. uh yeah I let me remember back to high. school let me think back of a drill that. we did uh I don't know if I had to teach.

my kid this is what I would do bang. we're working while standing let's just. get the Top Spin on this thing then we. had to jump then we had to point and. obviously she's more athletic than I. would ever be she's Darius Jay Butler's. daughter and uh she's good she's a good. player she's good at defense she's good. at offense seems like those tournaments. he's really enjoying the [ __ ] out of. that's good dad now ladies and gentlemen. joining us okay you want to talk about. dads how about a Godfather uh-huh okay. how about uh going back to New York and. turn the place upside down in in doing.

so having a documentary shot about the. season and uh just delivering gems. seemingly every single time that he. speaks only coach in the history to take. six different teams to the NCAA. tournament the biggest Coach of the Year. from the St John John ladies and. gentlemen Coach Rick patino yeah. coach how are you paison I'm great thank. you hey happy St Patrick's Day uh I know. you can't wear any green because of the.

school colors and everything like that. but just know that we're celebrating the. hell out of you and the Johnnies over. here while we're drinking some uh green. beer or such let's talk about this. season and Coach first of all you're. electrifying every clip that comes out. from you speaking to your team is. wonderful the one that I enjoyed most. that made me feel like I was back in the. locker room is whenever you were pissed. off at your guys for when adversity. struck that they continued to like kind. of collapse you said who where Were You. Raised that you have such a weak. mentality when do you dig in like the.

motivation that you were given to these. guys obviously struck home they come out. and Crush in the second half is that. like your life motto that you're putting. into your players like how do you. develop what messages you want to send. at the time is that just your beliefs. and how you have got here and honestly. uh I [ __ ] love listening to you coach. and I've never played basketball a day. in my life well thank you I I I think it. revolves around the structure of your. team this team is a hardworking team but. they Count Their misses too much we're.

not a great shooting team we rely on. perseverance a very strong defensive. work ethic and if we miss two or three. we deflate and and I keep telling them. you keep shooting you you move the. basketball you take open shots you never. deflate you just get on to the next play. and we had a tendency early in the year. because we're all new to each other of. deflating so I got him out of that um we. got it we went out at halftime of that. game we won it uh in the Big East final.

we were down three at halftime we came. back out we won we got down 15 early. down three at halftime won it by 15 so. it's it's just a matter of dealing with. adversity I I never ever uh wonder about. dealing with adversity with my team I've. always concerned myself with dealing. with success with every team I've ever. coached success is so much more. difficult to deal with than adversity. you get comfortable you win the Big East. title obviously and I saw you talk to. the team and to the Press about it and.

obviously you're incredibly proud you. you talk some [ __ ] which seemingly is. classic uh coach patino and that all but. what is the message to the team after. you win the Big East title because. obviously there is a comfortability. about having a successful season that. comes with winning a title and now your. most important basketball happens so how. do you keep everybody kind of grounded. well we broke down the season from the. beginning in three phases uh phase one. was to try and have the best Big E. schedule uh season you could possibly. have try to win it get in the NCAA then.

you play three games and we tried to. mimic these because we have very little. NCAA experience on this team only two. players have played in the NCAA and one. did not play zubie ET for who's had a. great year did not play so we took the. Big East tournament and said okay this. is the first round the NCAA second game. is the second round third game and so on. and we put a lot of pressure in each. game to survive and advance so we did. that now phase three is you're playing. against teams you've never seen before.

and probably if you're lucky enough to. get by the first round then you play the. toughest 710 matchup there is in the. country yeah the next round is what. everybody's talking about because could. be couple of Legends on that note. Anthony dejulio has a question for you. coach patino yeah coach let's I know. it's one game at a time let's say you. get by Omaha and then it's either or. Bill self or or Coach Cal do you like in. that second round potentially going. against a future Hall of Fame coach in. those guys where you you kind of know.

who their teams are who who their teams. will be versus a coach that you've never. gone against and you don't know their. their. style you know it doesn't come down. every coach in the NCAA is going to be. really prepared they both um Bill and. John know exactly what not to do because. they've been there many times the other. coach may not have been there and they. they're not familiar with the NCAA but. these two guys are Hall of Fame coaches. they know what not to do teams will be. well prepared they they're going to have.

great talent uh certainly so we're super. excited to be in the tournament St. John's right now we've turned the corner. we've built the culture and now we just. got to take it to another level and the. next few years uh we hope to build it to. a new level uh I love what you're doing. love the excitement around the city I. don't get to New York as often as I. should you know it's a beautiful Town. beautiful city uh Seth Greenberg told us. that you're just dominating new New York. Post back page is just Pao Peno Pao and.

then uh I saw your quote about being. from here and how the St John's is. representing the entire city I assume. that's a massive piece of the recruiting. pitch right to build back St. John's I think more than anything else. think about this at Kentucky uh we went. to two championship games and we were. never invited onto the Tonight Show with. Jimmy Fallon here we we win the Big East. we're on The Tonight Show with Jimmy. found so as you know New York's the. media capital of the world the financial. capital of the world and if you win. everything is exaggerated if you lose.

everything is exaggerated so you better. win yeah well I think you're doing just. that it feels like that's the only thing. you do uh speaking of winning how' your. liver do against quarter. Jameson I had two beers okay okay all. right just a little fact a little. journalism here Ty has a question I was. looking I was looking for a Jameson's. commercial they didn't hit me yet yet. hold on it's on their way you know they. got a lot going on right now at St. patties they were underwater they'll. probably catch up later there week Ty. has a question for you coach nil has.

obviously changed the way college. basketball is in a big way and it's. still early on but how have you noticed. like your booster support in nil. compared to maybe what it would have. been at like a Kentucky or a Louisville. I know micro just came out and basically. said like hey anything coach needs he's. going to get moving forward so how has. that whole situation been at St John's. obviously winning a big East tournament. doesn't hurt either so obviously Mike. rollei along with other boosters have. been great for St John's but. everything's going to change next year. so we've adapted to the to the nil last.

two years now it's going to change it's. going to go the revenue sharing by the. schools each school gets 22 million. football will dominate the pool because. they have more players so here's the. luxury we have along with the other 10. Big East members the we don't have. football so the revenue sharing will. come more into basketball we will have. more money in basketball than all the. football programs so we we've got a. lucky break along those lines and. revenue sharing would really help the. Big East coach you know your journey.

back here to the spotlight is a. beautiful one and you know we live in. Indianapolis we're not that far away. from your previous homes when that ended. how it ended was there and you gave that. adversity speech to your team was there. ever a doubt that you were going to get. back to this moment not that you didn't. with IA you know but like now you are. back to being in the spotlight being. talked about as a goat again everybody. you know like did you ever have a doubt. that that was going to take place or is. this always the vision to get back to.

the top well the NCAA enforcement staffy. is is I won't I won't call them corrupt. I will call them inept okay that and the. reason I say that is it takes them five. years to decide your fate so whether. you're guilty or innocent doesn't matter. it's going to take them five years to. judge you so after 5 years I get. exonerated well now I'm over in Greece. coaching a legendary program p Nikos and. to be perfectly honest with you Pat I.

thought I was going to end my career in. the Euro league uh which wasn't bad by. the way I was visiting Moscow St. Petersburg Madrid uh Tel Aviv I I. visited places I never experienced. panikos is like the Boston Celtics of. Europe so it was a wonderful thing for. me I learned an awful lot at age 65. being over there so I thought that was. the end for me then I went back to coach. Iona university where we lucky enough to. go to NCAA two out of three years and uh. that was very exciting and I wouldn't.

have moved from my owner just St John's. as a local team and I got a chance to. move over to here okay so expected to. maybe stay over there in Greece or in. the Euro league and then as. opportunities continue to arise and I. did you get a new I don't want to say. perspective or love or hunger after the. 5year exoneration to reprove like. everybody can eat [ __ ] basically a lot. of things were said about you coach a. lot of things yeah I think a lot of. people say well it's great you're having. a Redemption I really don't believe in. the word Redemption because those who.

judge you really don't know the facts. they they really don't know either way. innocent or guilt they don't know it and. so you take obviously if something went. wrong you're the head of you're the head. of the team you have to be responsible. for all actions that go on so obviously. things were done the incorrect way uh I. suffered the consequences left the great. job at the University of Louisville uh. and I talked to my team I didn't hang my. head I took off for Greece didn't one. person my wife and family did not go.

with me I arrived in Athens Greece not. knowing a person the entire Arena at. halftime when I walked out there's a. cloud of smoke everybody smoking in the. arena I was choking to death and and if. if I did anything good over there I said. to the Prime Minister listen you got to. stop smoking in restaurants you got to. stop. smoking and we got that past they don't. smoke in restaurants anymore they don't. smoke in arenas so that was a great.

thing the experience of coaching panikos. was about as enjoyable as anything I've. ever done in coaching and like I said. just earlyer alluded to I learned so. much the Euro league is like the Golden. State Warriors with 35 year olds who. didn't make it in the NBA they had a. pass cut move and the offenses were. brilliant so you're a Greek lobbyist m. one of the goats in only guy to ever. take six different teams into the.

tournament now you talked about the. three years with Iona we actually have a. little year question for you Connor has. one yeah coach usually it doesn't take. three years obviously you mentioned with. St John's this being your second year. and things already kind of turning. around and then there was a graphic uh. that we have and it was basically every. single School you've been at the year. before they were obviously not very good. and then by the second year of the Rick. patino coaching tenure they are. unbelievable and you've been to the. tournament obviously the first coach. ever to win the conference tournament. with five plus teams I believe um what.

would you say is kind of the Coach Rick. patino culture that gets instilled that. kind of hits home for so many of the. players year to is it the guys you bring. in after that first year or is it the. guys that are kind of already there. understanding how you want them to play. basketball well all of those combined. but let's look at it this way you're. taking over a program uh Kentucky was on. probation uh the Knicks won 21 games the. uh louville was down and out Providence. was dead last place since the Inception.

of the Big East so they're all falling. on Hard Times you come in you don't have. enough time to recruit so the first year. is just building a culture of hard work. building a culture where everyone plays. with unbelievable passion and in the. second year you bring in your own. players you've established the culture. and now you're ready to go and then from. that point on now you've built the. culture now you have the reputation to. bring in even better players and now. you've built the wrong program so it's. all pretty much been the same uh but the.

one thing I can tell you is this one of. all of them means the most to me along. with the Knicks because the other. programs we went into uh Madison Square. Garden at Louisville One backtack Big. East championships and I was so proud of. the guys and one team won the National. Championship but this is doing it the. same way but you're doing it where you. grew up eight streets from Madison. Square Garden and this is your home the. people all talk like you you uh when I. was in Louisville and and Lexington.

nobody sounded like me yeah you said the. word prepared the way you said it. earlier and everybody was like the hell. is this guy saying around here uh all. the people in New York seemingly. rallying around you I was in Madison. Square Garden last Monday what a place. unreal 20,000 some were in there I mean. it was glorious coach yeah the Big East. semifinal and the Big East final with. all St John's fans uh it just brought. back memories of when I was coaching a. unfortunate I coached against Lou. conoser um who was 100 this year and.

passed away but I was coaching against. Lou Providence versus St John's. remembered coached against roelly mamino. John Thompson Senor uh Jim baheim PJ. kiso all the Jim Calhoun all these great. coaches in the Big East at that time it. was a wonderful experience for a young. coach okay so let's talk about that in. conferences I went to West Virginia when. West Virginia was in the Big East. obviously absolutely Legendary Run in. the football world and still running in. the basketball world the SEC now is.

having a moment here in college hoops do. you pay attention to all that is there. something or a reason you would point to. other than just nil and maybe the SEC. investing more at these schools why do. you think the SEC is having this. record-breaking type. season well obviously they have they. have more teams than just about anyone. the Big 12 Big 10 now they've all. expanded where the Big East has not. expanded I've been trying to get them to. expand now for two years I think that.

even combining like coach Kay said the. ACC with the big Eastern basketball. would be a wonderful thing so larger is. better certainly but the SEC I can tell. you right now from every team that I've. watched they are unbelievable every team. uh you're talking Florida Tennessee. Mississippi Mississippi State Arkansas. uh I'm leaving out Auburn and Alabama y. y y got got they're all incredible with. also great veteran coaches you know.

they're all you pick your boy who do you. like better um the Nate oats or Bruce. Pearl who do you like better John calip. Perry Mark Pope who do you know they're. all great and they're veteran coaches. who again know what not to do as well as. what to do so the SEC has maybe the best. combination of coaches uh who have had. wonderful experience but so does the Big. 12 and so does the Big 10 the Big East. right now has a lot of young coaches. including myself yeah absolutely hey you. look younger than ever that lotion.

routine must be the real deal you. Italians got something special in there. you know you Pan's got it figured out um. Big East ACC would be absolutely bananas. that would be great basketball holy [ __ ]. yeah I and I think it's necessary to. combat all the people combining their. conferences we need something to. although we had five teams out of 11. make the tournament that's great but we. need something to make it even better. and I've always believed if it's not. broken and you're successful break it.

and make it better because other people. will because other people will you're. right other people who have either a. different motive or more money will come. in and try to change what is working. that's been since the beginning of time. in all businesses speaking of business. your business the film who you said when. every time you watch SEC for a. tournament what do you do are you how. far out are you watching film and. preparing your team is it game by game. like how do you prepare the Johnnies. here I think I what I've always done is. defensively we will prepare do. everything to go against Omaha's offense.

but offensively in the next three days. you prepare for the weekend so let's say. that um it's not true but let's say that. Arkansas played a matchup zone so in the. next three days we got to prepare for. Kansas Arkansas and Omaha offensively so. we don't go into one day prep. offensively going against defenses you. haven't seen But defensively we just. focus in on Omaha okay hey thanks for. that Insight now I feel like a genius uh. you know they've been preparing for this. defense for the last four or five days.

Sunday you know that's what I'm going to. sound like an [ __ ] whenever I act. like I know what I'm talking about when. I don't you certainly do though and. you're a good lobbyist in Greece I. assume you'll be a great lobbyist at the. Big East office Big East ACC would be. awesome that'd be the best basketball. that would be the best Conference. tournament in the MSG obviously oh my do. you remember the pitch knle game with um. against Louisville in two 2013 you uh. 2005 yeah brother pittsnogle uh and I uh. maybe four to five just like you a.

couple beers maybe a quarter Jameson. four to five pitchers at Club Z. afterwards yeah I remember pit snoggle. you got pit snogged was the thing so we. we were playing basically two3 Zone. because we only had seven players and. the seventh player had a stress factor. so he couldn't practice so we were just. playing flat two three Zone we went out. there and they made I believe it was 13. or or some incredible number of Threes. at halftime we cut it from 18 to13 we. went up at halftime we had about 10.

minutes we took all the chairs they run. a Princeton offense with their great. coach and we're going over at halftime. manto man which we hadn't played the. whole season trying to defend the back. door offense and the guys were so. brilliant we won it in overtime okay but. we changed our entire season defensively. in a halftime moving to chz that's good. coaching you know it sounds like you. know what the [ __ ] you're doing and uh. I'm happy you did that uh beline was. obviously the coach at beine was a.

tremendous coach ganzy beline pittsnogle. I'm trying to think of that there was a. Jamie on that team J his son his son was. great yeah Pat yeah Pat was and gansy. was a dog don't get it twisted that. Squad was great was great until you. moved chairs at halftime and C him a man. you're an ass of course we could had a. great time in Morgan Town coach we could. had a great time we appreciate you good. luck the rest of the way uh you don't. need to know this and add any extra. motivation Conor and I are all in heavy. on the Johnny especially since West.

Virginia got screwed heavy on your team. I can't wait to watch you thanks for. having me guys ladies and Gentlemen The. Godfather Rick patino yeah. coach all right halftime Chang his. entire thing they were prepared they. were. prepared it comes down to that. preparation as soon I yeah I don't know. I don't know either I don't how you. transition into preparation there but. yeah I don't have enough of a New York. accent but as soon as he said prepared. on the thing there I'm like oh he gets.

back home too I assume it's just dialed. oh yeah up a thousand he's the king back. there and uh watching him win this. weekend was cool that was a cool thing. to kind of watch him do scared me a. little bit you know especially because. the bet that we placed on them to win it. all but then the information was. immediately put yon one they won one you. win you win you got a good squad you got. a good squad I like that he's like hey. guys we're going to miss. shots we can't shoot yeah all right so. you guys get upset that you can't shoot. I know you can't shoot so whenever you.

miss let's let's just actually the only. reason why we're shooting is so you guys. can have some fun okay we need to be. that's a that's a good mindset it's all. on how you frame things I bet you patino. it sounds like from watching his vice. show every message he's delivered I'm. like I like the way this guy talks and. Frames things that's all coaching is how. do you frame something in somebody's. mind to either drive them or bring out. the absolute best in them and the way he. delivers his message like that the uh. mental toughness speech that he gave. about adversity and battling and digging. in like it was awesome to see him kind.

of deliver that and I the boys obviously. listened and reacted in the second half. well you said too like you know you got. to empower these guys he said a lot of. the guys on this team like don't have. any NCAA tournament experience which. like we've seen when you have like teams. with older backc courts and guys who. have played in the tournament before. like that really matters but it's also a. good thing they won the Big East. tournament because with the uh selection. committee who knows they lose that they. might be looking at like an eight seed. or a nine seed maybe worse yeah well. that's uh that leads perfectly into this. selection committee seemingly liked one.

conference more than everybody else. didn't they ridiculous. man what's that all about. record-breaking 14 teams in the dance. joining us now the commissioner of the. Southeastern Conference ladies and. gentlemen Greg sanki oh oh how you doing. Greg didn't know you w into the. selection committee's office and paid. them all off I didn't know that's what. we were doing in March Greg no that's. that's earned man I can go through the. record if you want I think they said it. on the show 89% of our non-conference.

games I I'll I'll go through all the. data for you that informs it no Greg uh. that's why we love you uh because we. think you not only represent your. conference in a fashion that has all. your schools thankful but you have a lot. of pride in the SEC so whenever I see. the reaction that I saw whenever 14. teams were selected on the internet I. couldn't wait to chitchat with you going. into this particular uh I guess SEC. Conference tournament then into the SEL. Sunday everybody talks about how great. the SEC was this year the SEC the SEC.

it's the sec's year now granted that's. media F and people say that that is what. it is but why do you think the SEC was. so good at basketball this year is it. investment is it commitment what do you. think it is that really transition from. you guys having four to six to eight. teams in the tournament each year to now. to 14 kamish we we had to learn some. hard lessons we spent a lot of years. with with three or four teams being in. and that was it and I I I think all of. those words you used are part of it I. I'll start with coaching um every one of.

our 16 coaches has been in the NCA. tournament with one team at least as a. head coach I think six of them have been. to the final four uh a lot of depth and. a lot of experience there's the. commitment we have new Arenas new. facilities trying to manage through this. new era of name image and likeness in. the transfer portal perhaps we've been a. bit ahead but I don't know that it. really matters if you're great at like. and Likens if you don't have the right. leadership in place and and and I'll.

really start there to go back 10 years. ago we needed new expectations for how. we performed on The Men's Basketball. side because we we succeeded in. everything else quite candidly but we. didn't even meet our own expectations in. men's basketball and that's what's. different today is we're we're. functioning in men's basketball like we. do in women's basketball or baseball. softball football gymnastics I mean you. go through the golf I assume yeah yeah. all of them yeah men's and women's is.

what he uh was talking about you guys. take a lot of pride in how your sports. do and you know the conversation about. the basketball we need to get better in. the men's basketball for the dance I. think a couple years back the Big 10 had. a [ __ ] ton of teams uh I don't remember. these 10 something maybe yeah maybe 12. and then first round or or second round. not great like the big 10 ended up not. performing as well didn't have 14 teams. which is obviously a record-breaking. number but had a lot it was supposed to. be the Big 10 year and then got in and. it was almost like upset after upset do. you think your teams are built for the.

tournament to go on a big run and how. will you be [ __ ] talking throughout all. this if your teams do well will there be. a tweet oh oh or are you just going to. idly watch your squads go out there and. compete well um talking season's behind. us and and Pat last Monday I sent a memo. to our coaches to say hey whatever. wherever you're seated wherever your. sights set whatever your opponent just. focus and so we want to stay focused as.

a group so I'm going to own that as well. now there is a level of Pride and I. think there's a level of pride in the. league um really cool set of text. messages from coaches um yesterday who. who gained access who got in maybe has. eight nine 10 seeds and It's a Grind for. those guys and I said back to them I'm. proud for all of us I'm proud of what we. do on the women's basketball side you. know we've got every one of our 16. universities represented on either the. men's or women's side I think that. stands alone um we've got two number one.

seeds on the men's side two number one. seed on the women's. side I I think as we go forward there's. a chance for upset sure when you're when. you're like eight 9 10 11 you know. losing is not an upset yet the level of. competition this year in our league and. in winning almost 90% of our. non-conference games bunch of those. against highlevel teams and then playing. through the grind of our conference. schedule on the men's side and the.

women's side means you're prepared for. just about anything yeah now you have to. go meet the moment you have to go meet. the moment and and that's the question. that comes up and the records are clean. we're we're all undefeated at this point. and then week to week game to game you. have to make your way through uh six. games over three weeks to see who the. national champion will be every time you. answer I just think to myself I wish. this guy was the commissioner of. whatever League I you know the amount of. pride investment and everything you go. to all these games you talk to all these.

people and you're not scared to be like. yeah our conference we're better than. you at sports like we we are that is our. goal that is our mission not only. academically but we like to play well uh. on the on the athletic side of this all. I love the way you chat and I think. there's a lot of hate because of you. know for a long time during the football. season the SEC SEC SEC was a big thing. for ESPN obviously ESPN has deals with. the ACC they have deals with the Big. East I think they have deals uh with the. SEC they got deals with a lot of people. but no it's secn like the fact that.

you're even on my show right now people. are going to say that I'm in on the secn. it's like well if the Big 10 had this. many teams in there we'd have petiti on. here too Pon say happy St patties like. it's just a conversation you've been. very good to us but I think the SEC just. gets a lot of disrespect because the. amount of shine and light on the sports. teams from down there do you agree with. that or do you try to not pay attention. to any [ __ ] well I I I um I hear the. noise. um I'll tell you one thing about the. Southeastern Conference we are not.

uninteresting right and I think people. want to watch they want to be in. conversation about that which is. interesting and whether it's 14 men's. teams 10 women's teams you know you go. back when I threw out the Sesame Street. quot at game day last December um about. one of these things is lot not like the. other like I can only use that once I. can't use it over and over um people may. interpret that as arrogance I think. that's really defining Who We Are Who.

we've become how we want to function we. want to be unique and I use with Pete. tamill in an article the word unicorn. because we're a unicorn League just the. the historical success it hasn't. happened in over 40 years in men's. basketball at the college level the kind. of non-conference success the kind of. high level competition and I'll just say. from our fan standpoint to be in. Nashville for the last week you can hear. in my voice yeah yeah I've got the post. tournament um congestion just be around.

that feel that environment that. intensity that that's really unique and. special and credit to what happens on. our campuses and our communities. sometime that might be a little bit over. the top but it's what makes us special I. think yeah and go back to your point. about the early history of those SEC. schools I think Sabin talked about how. you know there was no professional. sports in any of these places so the. universities were the sports teams they. were the ones representing the entire. state the city everything like that so.

generations and generations I'm not. saying it's something like that like. Ohio State Penn State Michigan you go. through the big Oregon like there are. places that have massive fan base and. I'm not saying that is just in the SEC. but it feels like it's everywhere in the. SEC it is like this is what we will live. and die with and the sports teams. obviously are supported in a massive. level now on that note you did a little. bit of this with Texas and Oklahoma now. coach patino just brought it up. literally 15 minutes AG go go ahead com. man yeah commiss when it comes to. conference expansion do do you talk to.

other Commissioners about the benefits. do they ask you hey uh you know how did. you go about it what is that process. like because Pat mentioned you know. Coach Rick patino has been kind of. lobbying to the uh Big East about. bringing in more teams maybe something. with the ACC and is that something you. talk to other Commissioners about or is. it more so you know if the right teams. come along that's when uh certain. conferences should consider adding teams. in if you want to shut a meeting down.

ask me to talk to my colleagues about. expansion and you will watch them run to. the corners of the room like all of a. sudden me talking about expansion is. like uh uh front page headlines what's. going on so uh not a lot I I really look. at our expansion with Oklahoma and. Texas and I again I said this last week. like if if you want to go someplace and. challenge yourself academically. challenge yourself at the highest level. of athletic competition and not spend. hours upon hours on an airplane this is.

the place to be uh we can get from one. side to the other pretty efficiently and. you know the last three weeks I've been. on 14 of 16 of our campuses and and I. can make that happen much like our teams. for in-person. meetings um when I think about expansion. I've always thought about something. that's connected to who we are and. Oklahoma and Texas really represented. that great universities within a. geographic footprint you know Oklahoma. contiguous State relationships from the.

big eight the Big 12 days um highlevel. expectations for their Athletics. programs um across the board and and. that's who we are and that's why it fits. and that's probably driven other. decisions we obviously were're we're. kind of early in this current round of. movement but you like the bottom line is. if I roll into a meeting and say hey. let's talk about expansion it goes quiet. really quickly well you should tell AC. see in Big East to combin forces for. basketball come you should you should.

that would be that would be awesome. leave that one alone okay you don't want. that 14 to get touched that 14 number. getting an attorney obviously uh could. be dancing tone has a question for you. just mentioned something about it yeah. commissioner you just talked about being. on 14 of the 16 uh campuses and and. being in Nashville and we've been with. you at the national championship and. stuff we know you like going to the. games with 24 teams in between the men's. and women's tournament can you just tell. everyone like hey I there's too many. teams did I'm just going to stay home. and watch. these no I'm not I'm going to go so I I.

I'll tell you a long time ago I'll I'll. tie the Rick patino thing in 1986 I. thought I was going to be a high school. basketball coach in Upstate New York he. was speaking in a coaching Clinic when. he was at Providence it was the year. that Billy Donovan was a senior they. went to the final four so like October. 86 he spoke for three hours and it was. riveting just like went by in 10 minutes. and so you go back to like the 20 Oney. old me who was going to coaching clinics. trying to figure out how to coach.

basketball to able to go and experience. first and second round games in this. role is a moment I I cherish um and. appreciate so this week my plan is to be. at games in Lexington and Raley I'll see. five of our teams between those two. places bounce back and forth on the. men's side next week we actually right. across the street here in Birmingham. host the women's suet 16 and El Elite 8. hopefully have a bunch of teams there so. I'll split my time that way and then.

coming to the final four you know you. don't know what happens but uh i' really. really love to be figuring out how to. bounce back and forth between Tampa and. San antonos because we had a bunch San. Antonio because we have a bunch of teams. in those men's and women's final four. events buddy the whole world is open you. guys have nobody in the final outside. the yeah the whole world I'm saying it's. it's crazy because in your mind it's. like hey we got to go here now we got to. go now we're in there and the SEC. probably feels as if there is like a us. against Roy mentality all the time but.

it got especially with a record-breaking. number of teams you know a. record-breaking number of teams getting. in there after West Virginia gets. absolutely hosed absolutely hosed. Commish I don't know how you could. change it but you need to okay you need. to change everything that happened in. West Virginia maybe let us in SEC some. I'm think something think about huh' be. good well that makes people nervous when. you start saying that I was going to put. you on the selection k that could fix it. as well so you got two ways you can go. there hell yeah oh hell yeah yeah and it.

seems like I might watch more college. basketball than people that are in there. and I I watch Next To None yeah exactly. so don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh. kamish can't be laughing at. that I'm not I'm I smiled some and then. I self-corrected so that people wouldn't. interpret anything from that facial. reaction smart that's a good play that's. why you're the best commiss uh last. question here speaking of your. conference go ahead Ty yeah so obviously. we're coming off a national championship. where the Big 10 wins in football and.

then you have a record-breaking season. in basketball do you think it would be. fair to say that it's kind of trending. towards the SEC becoming a basketball. conference I know it's you know it's. different down here and all that kind of. stuff but do you think that narrative. will get started all after you have a. season like. this first I'm thrown by the Iowa gear. in front of you and not on you for the. first time that we've ever been together. going through some tough times right. now to.

reconfigure um we want to be in. everything leag I mean Pat's the one who. threw in gymnastics I think we've got. one two and three in gymnastics. nationally right now baseball one in. baseball one in. softball um you know I haven't checked. the golf and tennis rankings but we got. to be close there was a point a couple. weeks ago where we had 14 teams or 14. Sports in competition and we had the. number one ranked team in 12 with those. sports that's what we want to be damn. and when we go through this change we.

talk a lot about opportunities across. the board we want to be great in. everything and I think we can do that. now we're going to go through change as. we we deal with name image and likeness. payments and this Revenue sharing stuff. out of a legal settlement of it's. approved but that doesn't change our. aspirations all right we have a hard out. here in like 90 seconds you saying 12. out of 14 Sports currently being played. have uh SEC school is the number one. overall team is that good I don't know. everybody can keep getting mad we just. stay committed to sports down there.

which is why I think a lot of us who. understand what's going on down there. have such appreciation respect for it. quickly though you just mentioned that. they're Revenue sharing that's going to. go through we all just assume I mean. that's been the conversation basically. for the last six months well we we have. a responsibility to prepare but that's. up to a judge not to. me okay but everybody is acting as if. it's going to go through. right as far as the behavior I. understand they're preparing for that. reality but again whether a settlement. is finalized is up to the court and to.

the judge in the courtroom not not to. me all right so let's hope that it goes. through let's hope that judge goes. hammer on some regulations on college. sports going forward we appreciate you. so much Commish good luck the next few. weeks with your conference thanks guys. good to be with you be well hey that. Nashville voice is sounding fantastic. we've all heard it ladies and gentlemen. Greg. sanki we became a fan of Greg sanki. during Co which A lot's coming out now. I'm learning uh if you were just to scan.

some things like some new articles new. articles coming out just big publication. yeah I think so a publication that's. potentially anyways we're all learning. and we all need to remember it for the. future uh but remember there was some. conferences that were saying we're not. playing football we're not playing. football we're not playing football seni. came out and. said we're playing football okay I don't. know what everybody else doing we're. playing football then some schools were. trying to get to the SEC and then all of. a sudden kind of forc everybody else his. hand to continue to play football that's. when we met sank we like this guy this.

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just a slan to forget about the worries. and the bad times and to have a good. time in the name of the fine Irish folks. the toxic table is here at boson Conor. and at Tai Schmid con man like seeing. the green jacket on this St Patty's Day. alongside the Kangle yeah it's it's one. of those days that you look forward to. you know I also have my Tim Robinson. t-shirt on just kind of my favorite one. that I have it's just one of those. things that reminds that's first day of. school show right there yeah yeah. exactly it is kind of first day of. school shirt and and you wear that on St. Patty's Day as an Irishman you want to.

have your best fit you want to be doing. everything you can to enjoy the day to. the fullest and that's what we we've. been doing you know I mentioned in the. first hour we've been you know drinking. gai and making fun of them and there's. nothing more fun than doing something. like that on a day like today I believe. it is Guinness or Guinness excuse me I I. I don't I'm not 100% sure that's how me. we that's what we were saying we're. saying Guai in Ireland so I figure we we. kind of you saying I believe plural. plural Guinness yeah yeah we had a good. time in Ireland by the way I hope. everybody's having as good a time as we. did over there they definitely are on a.

day like today I hope they are uh we had. a blast over there I don't know what's. going on um over there dayto day I guess. uh my algorithm showcases I guess. because my name is Patrick McAfee. they're like you're going to want to see. this bub uh and I'm like oh okay hope it. all gets uh figured out obviously we. can't wait to get back there the more. events that Ireland host the more. opportunity it is for us to go over. there so every time we get a chance to. you know say do we want to go to Ireland. everybody in here goes uh yeah we would. like to go to Ireland Ireland's a fun.

time they took care of us mightily and. obviously there's another college. football game I believe Iowa state is in. that game there's an NFL game obviously. happening over there a lot of things. taking place in Ireland we will enjoy it. as we will enjoy the Irish today one. half of the hammer Cowboys AP ton is. here and joining us live from an attic. in Ohio ladies and gentlemen he's a. college football national champion a. Super Bowl champion a rter Cup winner. ladies and gentlemen AJ Hawk yeah oh. green hoodie green hoodie on AJ hwk good. lad big hey happy Patty's Day America.

that's what uh Connor told me this. morning so I strapped my green. sweatshirt on yeah it's a big day here I. live in Dublin Ohio so St Patrick's Day. is obviously a big day a lot of drunk. whites rolling around tonight I can't. wait to see uh the photos or the roll. out happy St patties to you bub and it's. uh it's a glorious day you know maybe. maybe a little Shamrock maybe a little. lucky you know uh you know didn't get. lucky AJ over the weekend who's that uh. I heard you you're a little bit upset. huh West Virginia Indiana and Ohio State. you need to start speaking up too pal.

you have a platform obviously you're a. former president of Ohio Ohio State got. screwed in this entire thing as well pal. yeah they did the thing is Ohio State. when they dropped their first game of. the Big 10 tournament I think everyone. kind of knew their chances were very. slim to get in now West Virginia felt. like they got even ripped off even more. than the Ohio State team so I guess we. just had a couple days to prepare for. this we dropped our first game in the. Big 12 as well well I don't know what. you guys were thinking after that I know. Lisa how State fans thought we we missed. our opportunity we missed our chance. here well our quad one record so good.

was so good six wins in Quad one what do. we got quad one quad two quad three and. quad four for if whatever we go to make. decisions we don't care if it's the. first quad or fourth quad yeah because. youc one and 12 or something in good. quad games that's right West Virginia. undefeated in good quad games maybe one. loss so you tell me how that works out. oh I know how the guy running the whole. thing is getting 104 rcks if if his team. gets in and all of a sudden he said he. leaves the room okay Bubba okay Bubba I. would like to let Bubba know that I.

understand he is a man of Honor I would. assume some people would say that to. know him I understand he's probably a. phenomenal athletic director and I would. hope that my athletic director would be. in a room where it happened making moves. too trying to get my school in there. that's why I'm saying Ren Baker hey we. need to get you in the room where it. happened Ren so you can do some sh hand. shaking and maybe a little bit of uh. moving and and rattling and saying you. know next year maybe we shake your hand. uh if your hand's located maybe still on. yourist or anywhere else you know or if. you need us to Shake Rattle and Roll. we'll be able to do that Ren Baker.

obviously said he was devastated for the. team disappointed for the team coach de. who is potentially not going to be the. coach of the Mountaineers much longer. which is the rumors around are you guys. hearing the same Rumors in Iowa yes yep. that and Drake's head coach as well but. apparently his buyout is pretty hefty so. I don't know if that is but that is yes. that he is linked to Iowa heavily okay. so I mean that's what's happening in. West Virginia um so yeah it's a bummer. but we have to pick another team now. West Virginia said no to all tournaments. by the way they said no to all of them. respect nit there's another one no we're.

not doing I mean maybe but it also might. be because the coach you know it all. feeds to speculation that a coach who is. a guy seemingly good for West Virginia. his boy good for West Virginia and then. we get him and then all of a sudden he's. gone it's just like that's tough that's. a heartbreaker that is a that's a. heartbreaker especially if we're. supposed to be an attorney or not so con. man and I uh kind of put our Wagon on. the St John's Johnny horse even more so. after talking to patino in the last hour. what a legend of a man now granted that.

could change here in about 14 minutes. whatever coach ISO Michigan State joins. us we might uh we might latch our wagon. elsewhere but since Ohio state is not in. what is the team that you were. potentially pulling for I I don't think. yeah I guess we pick St John's are. pretty high be anybody what team are you. latching no one seats yeah no one seats. okay no one seats so when I was a kid. whenever I fell out a bracket I always. had Duke winning no matter what I grew. up a big Duke basketball fan stay with. Duke you got Duke okay we need somebody. to represent Duke on this particular. program Duke okay so you got Duke all. right uh tone who you going with uh.

North Carolina I like what they did okay. North Carolina Now Fair what they do. tone well they potentially you know. their way uhhuh is this the first time. anything like this has happened this. blatant yeah so the stats that are. coming out are interesting like West. Virginia and I don't know if this a real. stat and I don't know who is the 111. people there was 111 bracketologists or. something that filled out their. projected brackets I don't know if it's. Media or pundits or experts or whoever. it is this the first time ever that all.

111 had one team in and then they don't. go in so uh not even one out of the 111. experts thought that West Virginia was. not going to be in there and it's all. because the quad won [ __ ] the quad one. record the quad 2 record all the points. some of the wins and yada yada y now. granted they exited early from the Big. 12 tournament so that was probably held. against him Dev got hurt like months ago. they held that against him too it's like. okay a lot of basketball. has been played since that took place. but yeah a lot of people are saying it's. the first time in the history of. basketball has happening even though.

every single year we're talking 64 to 68. here and people are upset about who. didn't get in which reminds us whenever. we're talking 12 team playoff for. football they can make this thing a 100. team playoff and 101 102 are going to be. pissed about not having the opportunity. I Chang M I immediately regretted my. decision yes who are you going with I'm. going to go with Bruce Pearl and Auburn. I like the way he talks about his guards. yep he talked about his guards in a. fashion and said they were uh tough now. he said it differently and obviously uh. there were some on the internet they're. like you can't say that well it's the.

real world everybody else was like yeah. it's probably how a basketball coach. talks to his team and we're finally. getting actual Sports coverage like hey. this is actually what it sounds like. whenever a coach is talking to yeah but. I don't like the way it sounds well. that's on you we're just telling you how. it actually goes as opposed to. everything else you saw his his point. guard was like yep absolutely and BR. Bruce just kept rolling he said it and. then just kept rolling they had to stop. him on the and be like do you know what. you oh I don't what are we talking about. that's the reason why our team's.

different compliment guys will get down. and pay yeah I'm this I'm hyping up the. boys here I'm hyping up the boys in this. entire thing you're right I mean AUB. could certainly have a squad Tennessee. looked good Florida look great Ty what. team are you picking because your team. doesn't even have a coach right now yeah. I'm going to roll with Drake I'm going. to stick with Iowa the state of Iowa uh. and I'm going to go with Drake Bulldogs. who a lot of you 29 and three a lot of. people said they got job getting an 11. seed as well okay so we have our teams. now that we're picking um I would like. to Showcase another one of the small. schools that got in for the first time. ever and I I guess the way people are.

talking about it down in Carolina the. school is a good time oh yeah when highp. Point University uh the Big South Champs. got announced H into uh the bracket. their place one ape [ __ ] look at this. video. [Music]. AJ that's awesome. I mean that's what it's all about that's. huge pop that's what it's all about they.

packed that whole [ __ ] Arena out just. to because they already knew because. they were champed so they're. automatically in it's like let's just go. find out where we're going to be and. then also let's go berserk and let the. world know how appreciative and pumped. we are about this I hope High Point does. well I hope they go on a magical run. strictly because of the way they were. rolled into my life which is them. getting announced their seating in the. tournament yeah I don't know like how. much if you guys know a lot about High. Point or not the only thing I knew like. high point was where my wife goes there. for a big interior design like thing. twice a year and then I hear their.

college there is gigantic for like CEOs. and big-time business school and. networking and everything I don't know. what you guys if that's true or not so. what we heard and I think Conor knows a. little bit more so he'll go here in a. second what I heard from a lot of people. is they have a good time down there I I. heard it is a good time very nice very. nice and you get set up for life if you. do if you do the right thing when you go. to school there right here and good time. University from what I heard yeah people. were talking about like uh not a lot of. people make it you know because of good. timing so much is what I heard yeah AJ.

kind just said you know if if you do the. right thing there you're set up for good. but that's about 1% of the uh student. body that does the right thing I believe. they have a couple pools on campus you. can just go outdoor pull I guess you got. to pull in the middle of Campus like uh. go shoot the [ __ ] just hanging out there. I actually did a I know a guy took him. eight years to graduate and he didn't. reg regret one of those years uh even. though it did cost him about you know. half a million dollars to get through to. get through his time there but most. people who end up at High Point if.

they're not from you know a warm uh. climat they don't last at High Point. they have to go back up north go back to. the cold and actually go to school. somewhere which I believe is why they. have like an 80% acceptance rate like. it's I've looked it like you don't even. need to take like the act or the SAT to. get in there it's it's not you know like. so Prett much I'm way off my bad I'm way. off on this school then my bad yeah you. were saying a lot of things that I heard. the complete opposite about going one. I'm going off with one person told me. that's the problem I'm doing I didn't. check I didn't check this person when.

they told me all this information like. oh that's pretty cool man that's great. cuz I saw the the video and I'm like I. love this place holy hell I love this. place so I come in here this morning. another Coastal elitist uh Bruce knew. some people that potentially went down. to High Point then we started looking. into it I think I think there was. comparisons to South Haron Institute of. Technology which uh I love I absolutely. love that but the way they reacted to. the seating it's like that looks like a. place I would love to go to and I assume. there's going to be even more people now. what did you learn in more of your. research about like I said you know and.

it must be because they like to have a. good time down there if you're letting. 80% of the people who you know want to. go to your school in a lot of people are. dropping out so I think it's very very. easy to get in there which isn't. necessarily a bad thing it's kind of a. come one come all situation and guess. what if you can't hack it here at least. you you have a great story to tell after. a year or two we we hope I don't know. what their football team if they have a. football team. uh but we hope they have a massive. football game someday and would love to. come do a show there would love to come.

to High Point just because the energy. that is seemingly around that University. let's pivot away from the madness we'll. dabble back in about seven minutes or so. when Michigan State icon coach ISO joins. us let's talk about the NFL most. specifically Cincinnati Ohio they get. Jamar Chase and T higgins's deals done. Jamar Chase becomes the highest paid. non-quarterback in the history of the. NFL 40.25 a year you see if miles. Garrett's going to get 40 I'll get a. little bit more than that he certainly. did and T Higgins becomes the highest. paid number two wide out in the history.

of the NFL both over $100 million now. granted the Super Bowl champions have. paid two white outs at a very high high. clip they also paid a quarterback a high. number they've now paid their running. back at a high number and they were able. to win the Super Bowl now they a lot of. young dogs on the defense they were able. to build up an offensive line become the. best in the NFL and go on a run what. does this deal or these deals say to you. AJ and what is most important now for. the Bengals to get back into the.

relevancy of the Super Bowl they're. going to be able to score they're going. to be able to light it up I think if. they hit on a couple key pieces welcome. back Bengals is that how you're feeling. is that is that how Ohio feels yeah I. think I mean this is like a I feel like. this is a a turning point for the the. Bengals as a franchise as an. organization what what do you think of. when people think of the Bengals they. think oh they're family run they're. cheap they don't want to spend money. they're not going to do this but we we. know we've talked about the IND facility. they have now and I didn't think there. was a chance that they were going to. sign both these guys I thought they were. going only going to be able to find a.

way to get Jamar done but I believe what. rap sheet last week said it's it's. definitely possible that they're going. to get both these guys done and now. they're talking about uh you know their. their ongoing talks with Trey. Hendrickson if they get Trey back as. well then yeah we're this is like. turning the page this is a new Bengals. organization before we dive into Trey. Hendrickson uh for these two dudes. congratulations. unreal and to your point about. Cincinnati Bengals money to the Bengals. fans congratulations this is a fantastic. time to be a Bengals uh fan you got a.

quarterback from Ohio he's got his. paches that he absolutely loves and your. team's investing and doing business you. talk about that indoor facility they. also sold the naming rights to the. stadium for the first time in the. history so it's like welcome welcome to. the Cincinnati Bengals I'm excited to. see if it works out now with Trey. Hendrickson uh there's been a lot of. different reports a lot of different I. believe Diana Rini uh tweeted sources. say Cincinnati is working to retain Trey. Hendrickson and discussions are ongoing. between the two sides the Bengals are.

attempting to do what many in the league. thought difficult and keep in pay all. three of Their Stars Then Jeremy Fowler. put out a tweet this morning uh that was. basically alluding the same thing about. the pieces that would have to fall in. place for a deal with Trey Hendrickson. to take place I uh that feels difficult. that that feels like a uh really. difficult that feels like a very tough. move at this particular case especially. what the market is for a sack King like. player hopefully we'll be able to learn. more over the next few days uh but th. this one feels very difficult so I.

understand that they've said that they. were going to sign T and Jamar and T. even put out a cap thing and then they. get the deal done and I understand they. said they're going to sign Trey. Hendrickson as well but in the modern. world it this one feels like it's going. to be difficult to get done just because. he's coming off his best season he's the. best in the league and uh this is. potentially the last time deal is going. to happen for so that that'll be imp if. does this you're talking about magician. with this entire thing and obviously. we're pulling for him yeah it just.

doesn't seem possible like with if you. look at Max Crosby what he get 91 a. half million guaranteed and then miles. Garrick got you know 110 million. guaranteed I forget if that numberers. correct but it was north of 100 million. and both those guys didn't have the year. that Trey Hendrickson did and sure. Trey's you know 30 31 but then there's. reports about you know teams from GMS. that they're calling and the asking. price for Trey is impossible impossible. to meet yeah so it does feel like one of. those situations where unfortunately for. Trey Hendrickson he's about to bite the.

uh hey this is how Cincinnati does. business bullet no Cincinnati's new. business yeah well we we know how that. works and the tea and Jamar thing is. incredible the fact that they could get. that done is awesome but you know you. posted something on X last night and it. was just a question you know is this. style of ball is pouring $125 million in. cap hit between your quarter back and. two wide receivers is this you know a. way to get back to the Super Bowl yeah. there it is can ciny make it back to the.

Super Bowl and I think if we've learned. anything from the past two Super Bowls. no is the answer and and I know it. stinks for Cincy and Eagles paid two. guys got a they paid a quarterback for a. 100 million uh less than what the. Cincinnati Bengals just did but salary. cap went up but the salary cap did go up. absolutely but the thing is too you know. um the Eagles have those very pivotal. positions. on defense locked in with with the draft. and Cincinnati can you know absolutely. draft guys and I saw a report that was.

kind of mindblowing and that was that. the Bengals are really going to have to. nail their draft picks on defense which. holy [ __ ] I didn't even think of that. maybe they do that and then then they're. fine and it doesn't really matter but. the thing with the Eagles is they did. nail their their draft picks all of them. at the most important positions the. dline in the corners and so it's it's. one of those situations and you know the. the chief even and the Rams going back. to the Super Bowl from the 2023 season. like that was a ground and pound like.

Hey we're going to beat you up we're. going to hold on the ball it's going to. be you know possession versus what. Cincinnati seems to be fixing to do. which is still electrifying football. like that it is cool to watch him throw. it all over the yard and a lot of. fantasy teams are going to have their. players Eagles have the best offensive. line in football boom that's a whole. another conversation about whenever you. start comparing the team well they paid. two wide receivers paid the quarterback. even paid the running back it's like. they have the best offensive line in. ball they lose Jason Kelce still yeah. have the best offensive line of football. that is a massive ordeal like can can.

Joey B stay upright if he can the. offense can go now how you going to stop. the other team and are you going to be. able to give your defense enough rest I. I don't know I'm excited to see their. Vision you know cuz obviously Duke is a. good football mind they were in a Super. Bowl just a few years ago so can they. replicate that we shall see yeah if I. have a Bengals fan I'm spinning it like. this cuz and I've I've watched terrible. offensive football over the last however. many years I think it's it's easier to. get better quicker on the defensive side. so if you are going to pay a side I. think the right side to pay is offense.

so cuz you're not going to like it's. just the Eagles went from 26 uh in 2023. in defense they get they get a new DC. which the Bengals are going to do and. then as long as you hit on your first. two draft picks and they're incredible. Corners you know and they turn out to be. great and your off your defensive line. youngans they're playing well too you. know you get you get pretty good on. defense pretty quickly okay so congrats. to the Bengals and today's Bo boys Trey. Hendrickson I I don't want to be a beer. negative news but that. feels that feels like that's going to be.

tough that that feels like that's going. to be tough only one year left on his. deal uh this is from Jeremy fer few. things to keep in mind is the Bengals. try to extend Trey Hendrickson uptick. and talks occurred late last week before. the Higgins Chase started to get locked. in there's definitely trade interest but. the Bengals have not shown an eagerness. to deal him okay we've heard the same. thing this w't evitably be a new money. issue currently owed 16 million in 2025. so even as ciny offers two years 60. million that makes three for 76 this. Dynamic is a factor here yeah cuz 90. just became 90 something became number.

for Max just a few year uh weeks ago so. you know how will they be able to do it. Duke was able to get it done with the. wide receivers so hopefully he'll be. able to do it with Trey but that seems. unlikely but if it is unlikely how come. they. won't let them go g entertain some trade. talks yeah well I mean it's all they're. they're negotiating through the the. media as well I would imagine they want. to get to if they're going to deal him. they want you to hey. come come uh throw us a few first round. picks or something yeah I uh which isn't. going to happen but no chance yeah.

that's well I think that's potentially. what has been happening you know yeah. hey you want Trey hendri sweet we need. uh four four ones we're not going to do. that oh we got to pay him too okay oh. all right all right we'll do it you guys. said you wanted them we have them what. what DK go for DK maaf different. position second yeah okay well everybody. wants a first and something mhm and then. all of a sudden reality sets in yeah and. it's. like we'll take a second yeah we'll take. a second we'll do that for sure and then. some guys go for an absurd oh yeah you.

are exactly what you're worth uh and you. are your worth is what somebody's. willing to give and that is just kind of. how it all works out congrats to Derrick. Singley Jr speaking of. worth highest paid corner uh 30 mil a. year he's getting from the Houston. Texans this is obviously a massive. signing for Corners as a whole we had. debutt on in the first hour he is. currently at his daughter's uh. volleyball tournament down in New. Orleans good luck hey let's go let's get.

some wins he said that they run into. some teams that got. some from different states but they're. going to battle just like this dude. absolute stud you know debot brought up. how injuries early kind of slowed down. but then whenever he was 100% healthy he. has become exactly what they projected. for him to become cerio didn't want to. lose him cerio paid him a [ __ ] ton of. money and he becomes the third I guess. multi-generational player to get broken. off at the DB position uh Cain obviously. gets paid a [ __ ] ton of money JC horn.

gets paid a [ __ ] ton of money now Derek. Stingley Jr gets paid a [ __ ] ton of. money and Jaylen Ramsay rounds out like. the top four in DB pay how do you feel. about the signing AJ and what were your. thoughts immediately upon reading it I. was surprised with the number I was very. surprised that it was 30 a year but I. was incredibly pumped for Derrick and. his family yeah I mean I guess you're. surprised by the number but with this. salary cap going up in the salary some. of these dudes are getting I'm not not. shocked by it but dbut said it best I. mean when you have a guy that can line. up outside he can follow the best.

receiver and you can trust him and you. feel very very good about that it opens. up your whole Playbook as a defensive. coordinator so yeah I give him credit. for for getting this thing done who. knows what a corner is going to get two. years from now so good for them and good. for Derrik Stingley Jr if you can cover. guys and you can rush the passer. defensively you are going to get paid. that is for sure okay so I don't want to. um you know hypothesize too much cuz you. know I'm a dumbass so why would I want. to do that what the future potentially. looks like but now that we're getting. back to running a lot you know being. able to man on the outside is going to.

be vital so we go back now to the Dell. Rivas type days you know whenever people. are just locking people down so you can. commit more to the Box because it feels. like the box is going to become more. important with the prevalence of running. coming back into football so if you got. a guy I think you're going to keep a guy. and that means those prices should go. there's going to be a highend and then. there's going to be a young group that's. what there's going to be I don't think. there's going to be any more Middle. Ground at corner you know where they're. going to move into safety or nickel or. something like that I think with how.

you're going to have to commit to the. Run game and I might be talking. completely out of pocket I am a doofus. but how you're going to have to commit. to the Run game I think they're going to. want to have guys that can ISO I I think. that is going to be a we either got a. guy that can ISO we're going to pay him. or we're looking for somebody that can. do it I think that's potentially The. Next Step AJ you would know football. better than me your early thoughts on my. hypothesa I I like that and think about. like just think defensively if you were. a coach and you you know every team you. play has whoever their number one. receiver is an absolute monster he's a.

complete stud a lot of teams now have. two sometimes three guys like that so if. you at least have one lock down cover. Corner that you feel great about that he. can take their best player away at least. limit their explosives yeah it really. opens up everything else you can do and. like you said if you're it is a cool. time in the NFL that we are getting back. to some physical downhill football when. it really matters and if you have a dude. outside like that that you feel good. about it just makes your job that much. easier a play caller Rivas is literally. just all right you know they were. playing they were playing 10 on N or 10.

on eight or whatever you know on that. defense because it was just Rivas is. going to do Rivas and then we all can. out play football like that is that is a. weapon you know like Rex Ryan obviously. understood that bill bich obviously. understood that and I'm not saying that. there's going to be just derell Rivas is. falling out of trees but it's like. everybody's going to be looking for that. now. especially with this mhm this back it's. back yeah cuz you'd be like well why. would skill positions get paid well cuz. they need a counter so that we can send.

more meat and more men at these running. backs that are fast strong and bigger. than they've ever been in the past yeah. and it's not just running backs now you. know every single quarterback can run. you know like it was 10 on nine when. Rivas was there but it's 10 on 10 now. you know every single QB is moving. around especially the young ones that. are coming into the league like you saw. what Jaden Daniels did I'm not saying. anybody else is going to be able to do. you know that but just just looking at. the QBs that are you know projected in. the first round now shador cam Ward. Jackson Dart like when we pull up their.

highlights they're running they're. moving around all over the place so like. even that aspect of it uh makes you. think like okay well having those man. guys on the outside and then to AJ's. point about you know him getting paid. he's he's going to be 24 in June that's. a three-year extension like think about. when he's 28 being able to reup again. and you know who knows where the league. will be at then it might already be. turned back to you know throwing the. ball all over the bo all right let's go. back to the madness that is March ladies. and gentlemen it is an absolute honor to.

be joined by this icon from Michigan. State he became the head coach up there. in. 1995 eight final four appearances a. national championship obviously an. absolute stud in a pison that has led. Michigan State in a way that has every. Spartan fan around the globe saying. that's our guy Legend goat the best love. Tom is so much that's Evan Fox you have. no idea Evan fox actually put a photo of. he and Coach ISO into the group this.

morning when he was 10 years old yep wow. 2005 Michigan State basketball camp. right there ladies and gentlemen the man. from that photo alongside Evan fxs coach. Tom. ISO coach coach how you doing well I. know your show is a little different. than most but I didn't think you guys. were drinking on the show I mean Gody. that's that's a little bit too much for. me I'm. I don't deserve that but I do it is an. honor to be on your show I think uh I. know my buddy maruchi just talked to you.

the other day and uh him and I have been. a long time together so this is great. I'm a football guy at heart I actually. like football more than basketball okay. well that's probably why your teams are. so damn tough you know and uh why we. have so much appreciation and that's. what I was telling uh coach maruchi and. he said obviously he grew up with you uh. in Michigan has watched this tries to. support as much as possible says he. every Big 10 Championship says he's Tred. to get to a couple games this year that. are historic let's talk about that now. uh you've been breaking a lot of.

people's records as you've continue to. go here with Michigan State and every. record that passes do you try to. celebrate do you try to think back do. you reminisce is there Nostalgia how do. you handle all the [ __ ] that's kind of. coming with this stage of your career at. Michigan. State you know marichi came in for our. Indiana game I was supposed to break. Bob's record then and we lost at home so. aruchi wasn't invited back for a month. you know I got rid of him but uh you. know what those those kind of Records.

aren't as important to me because that. just means you stayed somewhere a long. time I think the records that are. important to me are the banners that. hang and the Rings you get and the. things that'll last you know records are. made to be broken uh Banners are made to. stay forever 11 time Big 10 season. Champions obviously and you say just. because the records happen is because. you stay somewhere a long time that's. very rare man especially nowadays coach. they'll get rid of people they will can. people they will move on Fran just got. moved on in Iowa I think a lot of people.

assumed he'd probably be there for a. long time but everybody in Michigan. State loves you from the football people. to every single fan it's like you. Embrace everything that is Michigan. State what does that mean to you and. what is Michigan State to those that. maybe don't understand what are the type. of people what is the type of culture. that you try to have with your team well. we're current at the Blue Collar. institution in this state damn proud of. it by the way but uh you know Nick Sav. and I started together as assistants. then we started together as head coaches.

and kind of had similar philosophies and. uh you know what I've enjoyed about. Michigan State they've been good to me I. think I've been decent to them and um. you know the blue colorist is what I. like you know it's a. multi uh there's many different kinds of. people here and uh Multicultural in a. lot of ways and um you know we are what. we are and uh for the most part um you. know I'm really proud of what we are. Mark Antonio came here and we went to a.

final four they went to a final four in. the same year um those are exciting. times when you can do things like that. yeah foxy still remembers getting all. boozed up I was in college when that. happened coach so I went to both the. final four in Indianapolis watch your. team and I watched the football team as. well one of the greatest years of my. entire life yeah foxy we love you for. that man we love you fox you have no. idea you're the Legend foxy actually has. a question for you coach okay Coach. January February ISO is an absolute real.

thing I've watched it my entire life and. I just need to know from your. perspective what's the secret sauce how. do you do it is it just a combination of. the entire season coming together and. finally you're getting hot at the right. time or do you actually right now at. this time crank practice up do anything. different I need to know cuz I've. watched it so many times in my life well. last couple years there was no March. then because it was January February and. things weren't as good but you know for.

the most part guys we have had some luck. in March March I said God put march on. the planet for basketball coaches and. it's been good to me but I I think it's. a combination of things some good. players I think we try to after the. first couple years year four we're in a. final four year five we won it and I. kind of learned then that uh this is the. new standard nothing else will be. accepted and you got to build towards it. you know and you don't want to be so. good in uh December and then not very.

good you don't want to burn guys out so. we've kind of had a philosophy and at. the same time I'm the luckiest guy in. America why Michigan State from Magic. Johnson matin cleave Steve Smith you. know Draymond Green I mean those guys. are all calling back now this week and. making sure they're threatening our guys. to be very blunt and honest about it. they threaten them and uh and that works. better than the coach doing anything hey. the standard's the standard okay we will. rip those jerseys off of your backs uh.

you don't show up I got respect for that. when the alumni Buys in especially. whenever you've been around that long. it's easier to sell to the team I would. assume go ahead AJ coach you mentioned. uh that you like football better than. basketball what is it about football. that you love so much and do you ever uh. you know incorporate some kind of. football drills bring the pads in knock. the guys around a little bit at practice. hell yeah well I can tell you the funny. story now you probably heard it but in. uh 2000 when we or 2001 when we won the. national champ we went the three final.

fours and we went to Ohio State and we. lost the rebound battle for the first. time in I think 18 games and I I said. then I I got back I told my equipment. man call Sab and tell him I need 12 sets. of gear at practice tomorrow we play a. game called the war game it's a. rebounding drill so we had practice I. was mad I brought out the pads all the. players you know the 69ine guys were. wondering what the hell is a pad so. matin CLE was teaching guys how to.

button their chin straps he was loving. it I was mad I I wanted to be a a grind. drill they started having so much fun. for 15 minutes we beat the hell out of. each other and nobody got hurt now if I. did that today I'd probably get sued so. I don't do that as much anymore but that. was fun and you know what I had Zach. Randolph had some guys that got after it. and uh that's why we went to three. straight final fours okay so hold on I.

know you can't do the drill now but. let's go back in time we're on wood with. pads are we on a wrestling mat can you. take me through the drill how how's this. are we just we just what are we Oklahoma. drills what's going on Co the Oklahoma. drills I know that one too but Five Guys. line up under the basket five guys at. the three-point line boom we hit each. other and whoever gets the ball gets the. ball and it was all on hard it was a. football team on hardwood it was. somebody called my team that at the. final four that year they said well. that's nothing but a football team on.

hardwood and he was right but it won a. national championship so it wasn't all. that bad no we need to get the pads back. out we didn't get the pads back out it. sounds like uh I like that you have a. tough team I like that you have a tough. team I like that that's part of your. culture the blue colar and it came out. on senior night one guy was ready to. fight two people go ahead con man yeah. coach as a football guy clearly you were. pretty pumped about Trey Hallman kind of. throwing down at midcourt when Michigan. decided to you know basically do the. exact wrong thing there's actually cut.

up footage of them not standing there. for any free throws until then uh it. became a little bit of a scene uh and. then after the game of course you gave. the speech and kind of gave Trey that. honor as a junior to kiss the logo at. midcourt which is reserved for seniors. only when a moment like this happens is. this something you're showing every. recruit like hey you're coming to. Michigan State this is the kind of guy. we want want being able to throw down. for your teammates and how proud were. you when you know just watching from the. sideline after the dust settled like wow.

I Trey alman's an absolute Junkyard Dog. and we gotta love. that well first of all time out you know. I wasn't proud of it okay okay I got to. do my job and and I didn't even know. what happened but you got to flash back. to the Fab Five sitting with their butt. on that thing rubbing it on it there was. a lot of things people don't know when. you've been here 30 years you know I was. actually here 40 because I was here as.

an assistant so there was a lot more to. it I talked to my players about it but I. don't condone anything that uh is that. crazy I'm not that crazy and uh I didn't. condone it but I uh I felt like after I. heard what happened after I saw the. voice stuff there was a lot more to it. than you would the average person would. know so uh I just wanted to make sure. they know everybody's got a tradition. can you imagine guys you you guys you.

you played football both of you can you. imagine the banner at Michigan that they. touch every time they come out if our. football team stood under it and didn't. let him do it there'd be 100,000 fans. fighting so you know that's just the way. it is I got it and uh I think all of us. respected and appreciated the way you. handled it with your player now the. Michigan people are going be just. standing there well you want them to do. there's always going to be an out but I. do appreciate the Rivalry you know like. that only happens in a rivalry yeah it's. weird how it's never their fault either.

but you know NE neither here nor there. coach don't. laugh you know it you know it it well. you know what you one thing that a. rivalry you know like John beon used to. ask me you know one day I said well you. you got to hate your Rivals you know you. you can respect them you can't like them. did do you like. your wife's ex-boyfriend I mean it's. illegal to do.

that respect respect respect Ty has a. question for you coach coach being. another big 10 guy I've watched enough. of your teams over the course of my life. to know that you're not exactly you know. about the [ __ ] um everyone these. days is kind of talking about how much. kids have changed from you know maybe 20. 25 years ago how much has like your. coaching philosophy changed over the. course of your career and like how. different is it coaching kids now than. it maybe was when you had those teams. with matine Cleaves and mo Pete and guys.

like. that oh those guys were fist Fighters. you know I mean I mean it it has changed. but I used the football term all the. time you know when when things change. and you got all these different offenses. and defenses and at the end of the day. you still got to be able to block tackle. and not turn the ball over you know and. and in in basketball you still got to be. able to defend and rebound to win on the. road and and not turn the ball over so I. think i' changed some unfortunately I.

think I'm getting back to the my old. sell your show maybe brings it to to. fact you you say and do what you want on. this you're not politically correct all. the time whoa and I would be considered. not a politically correct guy all the. time but uh I think if you spend time. with your players they know you're. coaching them to win championships you. want them to be Pros you want to they. want to do these things that 1% of the. world does but they think everybody. should just be able to do it by patting.

you on the back and nice job buddy you. just missed 10 shots in a row that's. great you. know yeah but remember get the old. cliche is they don't care what you know. until they know that you care like. obviously those moments my yeah oh. really oh wait yeah I got I had a sign. it fell down but I keep it on my desk. all the time because you're right about. that it is true I got to make sure I get. in here oh this oh no oh no this is the. 20 years difference thing too you know. it's got a half face you need to slide.

to your right I think to my right Bo. there you go is that better smack the. wood slide go left yeah yeah perfect you. nailed it you nailed it absolutely all. the other right I got it yeah the um. that whole that that's a cliche for a. reason though like what people see on TV. at the biggest game a coach and a player. interacting they don't see the actual. hundreds of hours beforehand to get to. know that person are you got to views. all them like your kids you know you. hear a lot of coaches say that type of. thing like I wouldn't let my kids do. this so I'm not going to let my players. do this is that how your relationship is.

with the boys on the team and has it. been that way throughout the entirety. have you had to evolve well you know my. two kids are now 30 and 25 and I I. unfortunately I have to admit I spent. more time with my players than I did my. kids and that's not always Fair that's. the reality of coaching as I think every. football and basketball coach and. probably other sports too but that is. the reality of it I try to bring my. family in with my team because you don't. get enough family time unless you do.

that but uh hell yeah you look at them. uh you know you want them to be. successful you want them to be great you. want them to win championships you want. them to you know have a life after. basketball I mean really our job is to. make the next 70 years better than the. first 20 it's getting harder to do. because holding people accountable in. things is you know people look at that. as illegal nowadays I think it's coming. back I think it's coming back stay. strong stay strong I think it's coming. back uh for the good of Everybody by the. way for the good of everybody if.

everybody's allowed to make money while. and earn money for what they do and what. they bring sweet if they're also able to. evolve and to become men you know going. forward and women in sports that'll be. great for society as a whole I think. it's coming back ton has the last. question for you here coach ISO yeah. coach kind of around that around the. family and and the 20 years difference. and being able to coach guys harder is. it is easier when you have Jason. Richardson's kid jce Richardson on the. team are you allowed to to coach him a. little harder because he is the son of a. professional athlete and they kind of.

just come in with an idea of of the work. and the and the ethic and all that that. you have to come in to be successful you. know jayon has been a treat he was not. only raised by his father who was 14. years in the league and won you know. Championship two final four a national. championship here and all the things he. accomplished but his mother is a coach. too she coached them so he's getting it. from all sides and he has been an easy. kid to coach because you know he expects. more of himself than I expect of him and. that's that's pretty cool when that.

happens so yeah Jason has helped and. when Jason was here with matina and th. those guys man it was it was a little. crazier back then but uh it was fun too. and it's an honor that he'd put let his. son come play for me uh after 25 years. for your team to go on a run what do. they have to do coach what is the like. what is your main thing here for your. squad yeah we got to get a little better. with our three-point shooting that's. been a weakness all year but we've.

defended we've rebounded we've We've ran. good we've shot free throws we got to. the line um you got to be good enough to. be great and then lucky enough to win in. this tournament because there's always a. Cinderella out there or there's always. an upset waiting you know unlike your. guys sport football usually the bigger. stronger better team wins we're going to. put that damn orange thing in that hoop. and some nights no matter how good a. play you run it just doesn't get there. and so uh that's why I say you got to be. a little lucky too but I like the fact.

that our defense travels and uh we'll. see what it can do for us all right. coach well good luck and hopefully it's. nine final fours for you and all of the. sparties foxy you have anything to say. to him on the way out coach thanks for. everything you're the man you're the. goat can't wait to watch you guys win. the title this year and and and go green. there you go go white hell yeah that. that was a big moment foxy there it was. a big moment we appreciate you coach. ladies and gentlemen. Tomo. coach needed you get a go white back had.

to yeah had get this guy a new PA I. thought you weren't going to do it there. no thank you you lobed that one up for. me yeah well also I thought we're I. thought we were going to miss the entire. what's the entire thing here the entire. thing is go green go white with Coach. ISO got that photo of if 10year old me. would only know watch this congrats to. you foxy cool I mean he grow up in the. laning area he literally is God like. actually foxy has loved Michigan State. yeah loudly proudly through a lot mhm r.

or die and when you play basketball from. the Lancing area every single coach you. ever have tries to be Tom mizo and you. know it means you're running a lot your. physical the rebounding all that you're. getting yelled at all the time and. obviously none of them are Tom but it's. just that's how it is really do they. yeah do they do they really got he got. an Optive up there oh he's known for his. raspy voice cuz he's yelling all the. time raspy no so my voice he did have a. raspy voice there it's fantastic my. voice gets like that whenever I lose it. and I never know if there's going to be. a voice there so like I'll go to speak.

which is tough whenever you're a. professional speaker you know not. knowing if you're going to have it so. every once in a while you'll you'll. travel to a different octave because you. know you have to go you know it's there. you know it's there so whenever he did. the rival race and got all the way up. there I'm like oh I wonder if he was. battling there didn't know if the voice. was going to be these basketball coaches. some of them him very much so oh. definitely had they won Saturday played. yesterday he probably would have had no. VES him and Hurley yeah it feels like. all the all the most successful ones. Calipari patino like all the ones that.

actually go they get oh yeah last year I. think it was last year right foxy where. he was ripping a kid on the sideline was. it two years ago no was it for a. three-point I'm try to as he brought it. up like every once in a while I'll get. after a guy and I'm not always. politically correct I remembered him on. a sideline people killing him so people. are so mad it might have been two years. ago might have been two yeah yeah yeah. as he was saying it I was like oh yeah I. do remember you getting [ __ ] after. somebody yes I like that though I like. good accountability coach you have to in. basketball basketball I feel like you. kind of have to like you got to be on. them every second because if you have.

one one laps like yeah team goes on a. run you're done did you see the player. that uh his I think it was was it. Michigan his gum fell out and he decided. to pick up his gum off the floor he got. back cut easy layup oh screwed him who's. coach at Michigan first year there right. Dusty May first year at Michigan wins. the Big 10 I think he's the first coach. ever to win the Big 10 tournament in its. first year as the head coach I believe. is what I heard yesterday I was trying. to keep up with all the news and learn. as much as I possibly could uh I had to. go over to CBS Sports Network they had a.

show on for a long time I appreciate. them they were on for like three hours. afterwards breaking down every single. team I was trying to learn everything I. possibly could it was hard to find. information out there from any other. network CBS was seemingly on it we. appreciate them doing that biggest story. of the day is what oh the [ __ ]. brackets out okay who are these teams. can we learn about them uh CBS did that. for so shout out to them and Shout out. for spending a day with him also. yesterday AJ I don't know if you saw. this the players had like a 4-Hour rain.

delay thunder lightning down there in. Jacksonville Rory mooy was he going to. blow it after such a long wait well he. ended up tying with a man named spawn. then they slept on it overnight spawn. probably not a lot Rory knew it was. going to be St patties whenever he woke. up in the morning and had an opportunity. to win his 28th PGA TOUR Championship. damn Rory very early very. quickly established dominance over spawn.

first hole would end up getting a birdie. with a beautiful drive and a beautiful. chip and a wonderful putt he would be. minus one through the first hole of a. three-hole aggregate battle and uh he. didn't have much competition spawn spawn. lasted about one shot on 18 and the. first hole he sprayed it into the rough. couldn't even see the ball then they get. to 17 the second hole he p puts one in. the water as expected he was plus three. through two holes against Rory mooy and. Rory just coasted to a dub in a.

three-hole extra playoff this morning. down at the players in Jacksonville and. uh I'll tell you it was pretty obvious. what was going to happen literally from. the first swing of Spawn and that's like. the experience that's uh understanding. and I think it's a little bit of the. Irish understanding that St Patty's Day. needed a Rory dub AJ from the beginning. of this week where Rory was grabbing. phones of Collegiate golfers to now. being the champion on a Monday with the. longest players in a long time how do. you feel for the state of golf I watched. yesterday and would have watched if.

there was no delay and did watch after. the delay I enjoy the golf is back yeah. I think this venue makes it awesome. obviously the island green then the. winds picked up on the weekend like. these guys make it look too easy though. that's the problem like they're shooting. these crazy scores when it's blowing. crazy wi it doesn't matter they just. find a way to to continue to score but. yeah I felt like when if you watch spawn. if he would have drained that birdie. putt on 18 on Sunday night to win it all. boom he he goes home he wins it when he. left that thing like an inch short you. felt like all right yeah this been a. good run bud but it's going to be a.

tough for you to win this three whole. playoff tomorrow yeah he's GNA have to. eat dinner on this he's GNA have to lay. down on this him and his brain and his. pillow tonight are going to have a lot. of chat about yeah I'm supposed to win. this thing tomorrow morning three best. holes of my. life three very difficult whole every 16. 17 18 seem scary as hell to play as well. closer which I respect out of the way. the whole TPC sass is constructed in it. all um I put out a tweet that said you.

know it's saying patties like Rory has. no chance of losing this and it really. did feel that way like even from their. warm-up to them showing up to getting to. the first toll it all felt like Rory was. comfortable and spawn was not and that. is what the game of Go and Rory even. said I think Rory coming into it knew. that I think he said hey this is the. after he won he said this is the fourth. time I have won on St Patty's Day. and now Rory joins Jack tiger and Scotty. Sheffer as the only players in history. of golf to win multiple players and. multiple um major championships so yeah.

it's quite a group to be a part of. congratulations to Rory mooy obviously. uh a beautiful day for the Irish lad and. uh now the next tournament what starts. tomorrow that that call for Life yeah. he's uh quite a grind but he won $4.5. million do I believe today at the. players and he went back to uh what's. that I thought it was I thought it was. more like five and I think the tweet I. saw said four and a half million because. Jack was like 50,000 or something.

whenever he won way back in the day and. how much golf has kind of evolved and. changed yeah and spawn got like 2.2 75. million like both are still going home. very happy he he knew that last night. when he was laying down worst thing. happens I win. 2.2 and he's Exempted he's Exempted to a. lot of the big tournaments too the rest. of the year still like a life-changing. second place finish for him certainly is. let's do another NFL deal that happened. over the weekend maai beckon is signed. with the Chargers to play guard twoyear. 20 million bucks congrats to maai maai. goes from being a bust out of the Jets.

at tackle goes to statland University in. Philadelphia moves down to guard becomes. a dominant interior offensive lineman. wins a Super Bowl and now signs a. two-year $20 million deal on a Jim. Harbaugh team so congrats to maai. they're going to love him over there I. think from everything we heard and once. herb gets his hands on Maki in that weit. room the sky is the limit for old mcki. in that offensive line yeah we've talked. about the Silver Bells club with khil. Mack you know using those 200 lb. dumbbells I assume McKai beckton might.

have some of that in his future as well. uh ladies and gentlemen before we wrap. up here on ESPN on this St Patty's. Madness Monday March 17th. 2025 happy St Patty's Day to all of you. who would we be if we didn't bring in. our favorite Irishmen ladies and. gentlemen from the WWE Sheamus yeah. Sheamus want the C are you right. like the old days fell apart a few. points Paul here come over here and say.

Paul hey Paul Paul I hope we looked. after you when you were in Dublin P. after you yeah a lot of those guinnesses. b a lot of guinnesses Paul I had a good. time over there pal thanks for the. hospitality that's brilliant that's. brilliant happy St Patrick's Day hey. happy St Patrick's Day for your hair. okay get on the jet there. the Jack get over here right all right. hey hey Sheamus buddy happy St patties.

hey thank you Irish people all. right a great night we'll never remember. okay yeah. heyen oh go on go on Sheamus go on. Sheamus go on. Sheamus okay thank you Shamus sham. day okay Legend right that that was. chocolate milk obviously you would never. Chuck actual beer on television no that.

yeah we never do that uh he's going to. have a good one I mean [ __ ] jamus is. ready to go uh we will continue this. program on YouTube ESPN plus Disney plus. and Tik Tok live the uh March Madness. stuff is so spectacular because it's a. sport we rarely pay attention to on this. particular program and then it injects. itself into our life and it takes over. and I can't thank the college hoops. committee enough or community enough for. kind of building to this moment and from. what I've heard the SEC is about to walk. right through this thing or will the St.

John's Johnny's make some magic how. about some teams out of the Big 12 that. maybe got in over top of West Virginia. will they be able to do their thing Big. 10 grind and pan football are you going. to be able to go or maybe a Cinderella. story that won their conference. Championship for an automatic bid who's. going to turn their school into a place. that every basketball fan on Earth knows. about who's going to change their. enrollment from one to maybe triple. their size in one magical moment to a. Shining Moment just a few weeks from now.

that's what March Madness is all about. so from us to college basketball slanta. happy St Patty's Day we'll see you. tomorrow. goodbye I don't think we're off yet yeah. I was going to say did we change it to. 153 no yeah it was 543 yeah got another. minut a half yeah was good maybe the. best out in. 153 right now think we're still on I. think we're still on still alive that. might be my favorite thing it's ever. happened yeah pretty good little. happening there I'll tell you it's been. a great say Patty's morning Fant I mean.

yeah one of the best days of the year. you start to finish really Tim mcy went. to a beer garden this weekend shut her. down obviously busted his [ __ ] right I. get a yeah pulled his calf yeah happened. last week. obviously you tell me B you tell me. running was he racing people in the. street I you know my dad's not like a. boozer like a big Boozer at all but like. St Patrick's Day just becomes like it. has like he's good for a long time. squatting a picnic table with everyone. sitting on it have P his calf probably.

that's what happens are we drinking or. not what's it on his back like he's uh. John Cena with the AA speaking of. tonight Monday Night Raw am Brussels. John Cena returns from what I've been. told what he Cena say I will not be. there okay it was like a 9h hour flight. it's tough with the day job sure uh but. I do know Michael Cole and the boys will. be absolutely crushing it we will all. watch. along in awe at the greatness uh Happy. St patties to all of you and uh I.

already said goodbye once I'm not doing. it again mhm okay we'll continue this. digitally and we'll see you. tomorrow Sona all right we go all right. let's go to the. bathroom jeez Lise that was such a good. one still yeah still great you know. still great it was no 53 was a good one. oh that's what I'm saying it was still. great we should just want the we should. just want the black yeah just let it sit. for 90 seconds and people can just read. all the [ __ ] that's on the screen still. Sports Center uh after us I I don't know.

if we should take pride in this or. not up yeah huge good show though mhm we. like the people that host that show oh. yeah out they like us as well which is. very cool with them and uh I think it's. doing good so if we were just leave 90. seconds dead it would kind of [ __ ] them. a little bit good point which we would. not want to do to them no ever there are. others well I'm joking it's another year.

around the son we're older we're more. mature now MH that's how it works. yeah yeah yep all. right ladies and. gentlemen here's the you here's the. dream here's the us from the whole damn. team can't thank you enough for wearing. your green. happy St patties SLA everybody we'll see. you on the other side.

cheers they can run it they can spin it. they can kick it this [ __ ] team is. playing football at a level nobody else. in the country he's playing right now. [Applause]. [Music].

that's it's. crazy do that and also take us off the. we do not deserve they all commit in. love what's going on in that weight room. they all commit in love what Jim. Harbaugh is preaching in everybody in. the building's happy everybody's like. excited to be there first row pressure. in the first row second row is on here. it is infectious what they got going on.

and how many owners are spending 300. million on a new facility just for. practice facility this is but. birdies wow go oh [ __ ] in the. bunker but then for them to do it. upright for the last couple it's like. look out for the Chargers dude look out. for the. Chargers hey we got to GI for you go.

okay so we miss your birthday we miss. Christmas we bring look at that your. perspective on high five one greatest. things' ever seen all time I love the. high five yeah give each other a high. five. boom boom oh my god. wow so we wanted to make you Bally. something that you could my dad made.

this oh wow he is. taled that. feeling and I think you can get a pretty. good POS. yeah that is incredible obviously. National Champion Michigan man and. greatest high five yeah because of what. you brought for the high five. [Laughter]. will oh.

yeah he tried to give a handshake to. that particular high five trophy did. break the hand off we had to put it back. on yeah where go handshake oh no oh. no there we. go we have so much respect you guys just. roll this is this would be authorized. level wouldn't it to be honest we didn't. know we were going to be able to get 11. people in here and up.

11 start. 11 I mean wow it looks like a lot of. highlights against one particular team. they played more than one game why they. have all t for one game imposing our. will this sucks party in the back field. no one we no one H this might be close I. love that Chargers tee even more.

now if you were to Touch This Grass it. would feel as if the history of football. was kind of one with your soul one with. your balding and then you look at the. views the San Gabriel Gabriel mountains. with the cotton candy clouds the way the. sun will rise and then the sun will sit. and as the Sun is setting T night. there's going to be a football game. taking place you're talking about movie. stuff what do you think it is about your. team and that locker room and why do you. think you guys have been able to show up. every week you I think the buyin uh on. our team is unbelievable we talk about a. player Le team I think a lot of people. say that but so rarely do you actually.

see it two Goliath Big 10 teams what a. magical matchup here in the Rose bow and. watching Ohio State do what they did to. Tennessee it felt good for the north it. did it felt good for the both my God. look at those m m s Gabriel mountains. there's the field s Gabriel Gabriel I. believe that means the Gabriel. [Music]. all parties and all agree that it's in. the best interest of everybody and. Public Safety uh that we postpone the.

game for 24. [Music]. hours working for the. [Music]. B hello beautiful people and welcome to. beautiful Pasadena California the. granddaddy of them allall the 11th. roseb which will be taking place on the. most beautiful field in the history of. football the Oregon Ducks who are the. Big 10 Champs will take on the Ohio.

State [ __ ]. guys the college football playoff is. obviously in the middle of a transition. era but we go back in time into a movie. like setting to battle in the Big 10 to. see who gets the move on and who goes. home our UFO just flew over top B two St. bomber and in the national anthem and on. a day in the United States of America.

where a heinous act has happened it's a. nice reminder that we'll get your ass. you might take a shot but you're never. going to win and 10 for will Howard same. exact play action drops it off to. Jeremiah Smith with. space Jeremiah Smith first touch is a. touchdown time shot down middle it'sa oh. touch see the split saence right here so. will Howard knows his re looks him all. stepped up in the pocket great throw.

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Henderson he's at the 30 the 20 the 10. touchdown they can run it they can spin. it they can kick it this [ __ ] team is. playing football at a level nobody else. in the country he's playing right now. yeah there's a low stamp Rose left Rose. back to the right Jeremiah on the field. so that's another first down thus far. this game has been. absolutely.

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[Music]. life hello beautiful people and welcome. back to our humble abod the Thunderdome. on this St Patty's Madness March 17th. 2025 Hour 3 the program starts. now patties nailed it AJ's wearing a. green Hood do you know it's a big day it. is St Patrick's Day we hope you are all. enjoying the hell out of it or at least. mentally having a moment of happiness. and enjoyment you know uh all because.

your Irish family and friends you know. decided to make this a holiday way back. I actually got a chance to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Ireland one time um and. you know everybody says like well it's. not the same America is in Ireland. America ruined it America ruined it they. were very boozed up on St Patrick's Day. in Ireland where I was but they did it. like the night before I was in this like. smaller town they did it the night. before into the morning had a parade. through the town and then it was kind of. over after the parade everybody like.

kind of called it quits I don't know if. that town is like every town but that. was the town I was in and uh you're. pretty exhausted at the end of it but. you're definitely pretty banged up too. and the parade is obviously fun and go. through the entire town ah everybody. [ __ ] face and then you're kind of done. for the afternoon so I think they did. celebrate it over there I assume it is. different than over here because over. here it's just a lot of people saying ah. we can get hammered because the Irish. are having a day today and that's okay. too we currently have a live camera on. the Temple Bar in Dublin Ireland uh.

slanta to all parties enjoying. themselves love the lighting love the. lighting love the Shamrocks I love that. we uh walk through that area and uh. certainly remember all of it doubt no. doubt you know that is the uh that's the. best part AJ we can't wait to get back. over to beautiful D ain't that accurate. Dublin's pretty awesome man it was my. first time ever getting to step foot. over there and yeah the people it's. everything's about the people like. obviously the old history tradition.

everything about it but the people are. people are all like Sheamus which look. at Sheamus he's like the nicest most fun. dude you could ever be around I said. this at the beginning nicest until not. you know like that's the thing I said. this in a good way yeah in a good way uh. obviously but also if you want some come. get some you know that is I said that at. the beginning of the show that like you. know we're having a couple Italian on. the show today in ISO and patino and. it's like the Italian and the Irish you. do the research are like the uh hey. these are a blue color one in the same. Blue Bloods these are the blue color.

blue bloods here the Irish and the. Italian so it is a uh I think it's a. very similar group of humans and. whenever we got over there not scared of. [ __ ] talk you know not scared of [ __ ]. talk which is bluecollar community which. we all come from one so I think that's. why we adapted so easily over there uh. but just willing to have a good time too. like yeah if this is what you want to do. let's do it live music everywhere you. know I had a uh I can't wait to get back. oh so fun I cannot wait to I'm going to. do it differently this time what do you. mean why well we're going to make sure.

that the audience can hear our show so. that our show isn't just me chugging. beers to a crowd of a couple hundred. Irish lads who are packed into Jr Mahin. over there having a good old time which. I would recommend all those people that. we just saw in Dublin go to J.R Mahin it. is a great Pub stories great time good. people but it was packed in nobody could. hear us you know everybody's being quiet. and he's Irish slides are like hey P. we're having a Friday here you know. trying to get [ __ ] up and you're kind. of come on we can't even hear what. you're saying we can see you we can't. hear you so that's when the beer. chugging started it was like hey here's.

to here we go thanks for coming out you. know I can't hear a word we're saying. but let's goad and do that and then one. thing left. to I think I did 10 12 of them and dance. for Mr sa y obviously a lot of. awesome talked to a local American. football coach he was awesome he time. and then got a chance to kind of meet. everybody that was out and about in the. city felt like and uh saw a lot of. different places and uh it was a good. time I can I legitimately can't wait to.

get back and happy St patties to. everybody over there and in the United. States uh recreating what we did you. know over there either today or. yesterday or Saturday a lot of people. had their St Patrick's Day Celebrations. over the weekend obviously so you know. congrats everybody surviving or thriving. currently on this St Patrick's Day AJ. yeah it reminded me I was walking with. Sheamus when I got separated from the. pack I walked with Sheamus somewhere. that night after the show and we're just. walking you know there's people. everywhere and all of a sudden he's like. oh hey there and he goes and he hugs.

this girl goes hey AJ meet my sister and. his sister was right there standing. outside some some like the awesome. building that they were at and I didn't. I never asked him like hey did you know. [ __ ] did you just randomly walk like I. hope you guys work this out if not this. is awesome and we hugged her met her was. great and we just kept moving and she. went in her direction as well I'm like. sh I never got to ask Sheamus like did. you guys talk before this and the. Sheamus call everybody that he knows his. sister yeah is that exact sister oh. that's my brother it's my brother might. be right he might be right yeah I mean. Sheamus Sheamus is the greatest he is.

the man he is so much fun him on that. flight over there oh just the best. holding Court you know his seat was at. the perfect spot uh as he was just. pouring we delayed our trip 45 minutes. strictly because Sheamus was trying to. find proper mugs that's right he did. proper Guinness mugs from a proper Pub. he goes I finally found a you know gave. like a put over some bar we've never. heard of hey uh mgal is it's great it's. great bar and then Paulie over there in. Jersey I assume that uh they it's my.

brother I'm surprised he didn't say yeah. it's my brother all right let's talk. about some news happy St Patrick's Day. everybody and uh congrats to Tim. surviving another one M you know that's. good news kind of pulled a calf yeah. strain a calf not 100% he said dat last. week just kind of leaked into the. weekend yeah I saw him limping that's. not true yeah. he was doing calf raises over here on. the steps in the I walked in he was over. there I got workers thing out what. happened stay my calf when didd you do.

that last week oh really wasn't St. Patrick's Day celebration on Saturday no. what what do you think why is he lying. yeah it was last week you know it was. hurt I'm like all right Tim he needs to. get better because uh what he's doing in. his weight room on a daily basis is. awesome have you seen this guy in here. hey we're talking Tim yeah I believe it. and I'm telling him he can get on some. science you know like at his age there's. a lot of things you know that if you. wanted to get like all the way back like.

get easily do it he I'm not doing that. I'm like all right okay okay you know it. would help maybe with even with this. calf or something I don't need it all. right shout out Tim maie happy St. Patrick's Day to him some uh football. news we haven't chatted about Cooper cup. we officially get some numbers three. years $45 million deal in total and I. don't think think I fully understood the. significance of him going back to. Seattle I guess he's from outside of. Seattle obviously played college in that. state and he talked about you know.

having Washington back across his chest. and then the letter and then like the. response of the people the the boys is. coming home you know it's like that is. really what they're selling and in a. time where the Seattle Seahawks are. potentially losing fans that they can. definitely regain but they've certainly. lost interest of some of their fan base. some of the TW have certainly seemingly. uh not had as much optimism about what's. going on with the Seahawks than they had. in the past especially moving on from. Pete Carrol moving on this new era other. teams were actually taking over the. stadium in Prime Time games never.

happened in the history of my. understanding of the Seattle Seahawks. bringing a HomeTown kid back especially. one that is as beloved as it appears as. Cooper cup is in Washington good move. business-wise also get Sam darnold a. weapon good move football-wise I like. this a lot for the Seattle Seahawks AJ I. think ites makes sense on all obviously. Co Cooper gets to come home and everyone. all the Fanfare with that but they need. him like they need Cooper cup to step in. day one and be the man and be a stud for.

Sam darnold so it's going to be huge for. that whole receiver room but yeah Cooper. cup like like we've said a million times. on here when healthy as one of the best. receivers in the NFL the question is how. long can he stay healthy and I think um. there was a report that the Seahawks can. get out of the Sam darnold deal I think. Floria reported the Seahawks can get out. of the Sam darn contract after one year. $37.5 million so I don't know exactly. how that all comes to be the structure. allows the Seahawks to escape the. contract after one year in 37.5 million.

while it's generally frowned upon for. teams to scrap contracts when the. guarantee flips from injury only to full. in the early days of the waiver period. that's what the Raiders did with Derek. Carr in 2023 the good news for the. player is that it gives him a head start. on free agency by more than a month if. the Seahawks pick up the second year of. the Darnell contract at 27.5 million. it's a 2-year 6 5 million deal that's an. average of 32.5 million per year okay so. it's a one-year deal with a two-year. option by the team uh coming up next. year 37.5 million this year then a.

two-year option team side a after the. season ends before free agency period. opens up so I wonder why that was the. structure that Sam darnold agreed to how. much was he being offered at other. places and is this another opportunity. for him to bet on himself and play great. ball while making good money yeah. another thing talked about in the. article and just about the contract was. how you know towards the end of the year. if Seattle isn't having a good year um. it would be a situation where he might. get bench because of his injury.

guarantee uh for next season so just. like what happened with Derek Carr just. like what happened with Derek Carr and. Dan Jones is who they referenced with. the Giants just this past season because. that's exactly what happened with with. them that's why they benched him so they. W have to pay him anything so the deal. is uh you're not our uh Dan Jones and. Derek Carr you are not in our uh next. year plans so we're not paying you any. next money right now uh and you might. injure yourself walking down the steps m. is that what they said Derek Carr right. mhm MH oh yeah kept get out of here. turned his fob off he can't get in but.

he goes from start starter for however. many years 10 whatever it was from the. transition from Oakland over to Las. Vegas as well and he goes for starter. starter starter and then yeah you're not. allowed in the building how about that. we'll get your [ __ ] okay out of your. locker cuz we don't want you know on the. bag so you're not getting hurt here if. we haven't made this point clear enough. you will not be around and we will move. forward and then he's come out and been. like you know I wish it was a little. different I I wish I could have said.

goodbye to a couple people in the time I. don't think he said anything negative if. I recall I talked to him at the Pro Bowl. afterwards and I asked him about it and. he was just said all the right things. did all the right things he ends up with. the Saints they give him a big deal he's. a starter coming up next year but that. was an interesting situation Daniel. Jones is different cuz they wanted to. keep him around they just wanted him to. do yes like defensive stuff practice. Squad safety yeah hey you're going to be. all over here half speed now let's not. get too good at defense event cuz then. we got to maybe play you we don't want. to do that remember so let's not do too. much good stuff and then he asked for.

his release ends up with the Vikings now. with the Indianapolis Colts so those. contracts are so many interesting little. things because a precedent that has. happened you know anytime something has. happened in the past people lean on that. and uh that's why everything happening. for a first time is so damn important. well like you said like it really does. make you wonder whether what other. offers he got because like when you. really dive into this like this isn't I. mean granted you know gives him another. opportunity to kind of like prove. himself but for what he did you would I. mean that this really isn't that much. security like there is a chance you know. they're a new team their offensive line.

isn't as good as Minnesota's was he's. going to have you know I mean Cooper cup. but then and jig but they losing two of. those receivers like there is a a. scenario where you could see he he. doesn't have a great year and he does. get benched at the end of the year man. there's a chance he goes on in BS for. sure and then uh you know everything. activates I it only team decision is an. interesting. forfeiture you know like after this year. it's like team decides whether or not. they want to implicate or imply the next. two or. implicate in what's the word there.

activ whatever there's a word somewhere. implant no no what institute Institute. the next two years of the deal impale. yeah they want impale save Donald's bank. account the next two years of uh this. deal they can do that that's interesting. cuz you would think you would at least. want a uh little bit of say there I I. don't know how often this takes place I. I I don't was Sam darnold offered by. Minnesota yeah that's I mean was he.

offered by Minnesota support he was. offered by the Steelers was he offered. okay so it's like West Coast may it must. have been similar it must have been. similar situations though similar like. there's tear to contracts you know some. people have you know it might look like. a 5-year deal but it's really a two-year. deal and then it's like year by year the. team has a decision after that but if. you're an owner if you're a GM you would. like it every player on the roster to. have a contract like for every single. year they get to make a decision hey if. you if you live up to it and you earn it. yep we'll we'll pick it up on the next. League year and you'll have another year. under your belt but yeah this is.

definitely a Team friendly situation. yeah because they're negotiating at this. year's prices but s Cap's going to go up. and potential value is going to go up. and you're stuck in it whether you like. it or not it's yeah that's good hey. Schneider's driving a good business up. oh yeah well in Vegas like Vegas was. tied to darnold but you could kind of. make the Assumption they picked Gino. Smith over him because they ended up. trading for him and gave something up. instead of going after Darnell but with. Washington we do kind of have to. remember it's no income it's just like. Florida you're kind of getting that.

entire great tax benefits in the state. of Washington uh not Washington DC but. in state of Washington you have great I. wonder because remember they came out. and said Gino Smith was offered the same. deal yes I wonder if it was this type of. deal and Gino was like that's no cuz. they said 35 to 40 this is 37 and a half. that would be right in between 35 to 40. so now we know a little bit more about. why Gino opted basically to be traded. out of Seattle and turned down their. deal probably because of that yeah that.

is probably the reason why s th% okay. especially after being proven being. there for a few years you know now. everything starting to come together. isn't it start everything's starting to. come into Focus yeah like what the. hell's going on with Aaron Rogers I saw. him playing flag football this weekend. looks like he could still spin it he was. he was he was standing flat footed just. like this right here flat footed didn't. even move boom bang pal touchdown look. at this boom bang pal out route running. back thank you touchdown feeding that. guy might be a player hold on we you. think about maybe moving him in there.

what did you hear uh from Aaron about. the flag football tournament and. obviously he does this every year and. the reason why I know that is because. normally when he's at this it does. become news because there's something. that has to be done and uh it's for. charity it's given back he does he's. done this every year that he's been on. our particular program I don't know how. many years going back I don't know if he. won this I don't know if joshu's team. won there was a little bit of [ __ ] talk. which we love but NFL quarterbacks. former NFL quarterbacks take a team and. then they play in an actual tournament. and then they raise money it's a.

beautiful event and every time Aaron's. at it there's a conversation happening. around him what have you heard about the. tournament and what have you heard. Aaron's gonna do AJ just tell us just. tell I me honestly I I wish I knew I. wish I knew it was taking so long I. really do like for real I I have. questions as well from from my side so I. I don't know what the what the deadline. might be I don't know when a decision. would come and I don't really know. what's going on behind the scenes but. what yeah like what could be holding up. now and when does it happen ah you tell. that's the those are the questions what. he's asking those are the questions this.

one's yeah this is this one I don't know. for real this one I don't know what's. happening for real I'm confused okay so. as the days have moved into at least a. week you know there's never been any. indicator that Aaron was going to give. an answer there's never been anything. from Aaron's team that says he's making. a decision there's been nothing from. Aaron Rogers about him playing ball. again like there is literally nothing. and there's been cities that have gone. through full Cycles this guy's going to. be our quarterback all the way to [ __ ]. this guy I'm sick of this guy he don't.

want to be our quarterback and it's like. he thing he he's just kind of weighted. on the beach mhm with a blanket around. him mhm with obviously wired headphones. a beautiful son mhm with the sunset with. our last sits on this continental United. States of the Sun and he's contemplating. wondering trying to figure out the life. that is Aaron Rogers and there's. obviously a blood. moon last week so the views were.

obviously spectacular out there so. there's all that going on as well so. it's a fascinating dilemma because there. was reports that came out now that said. the Minnesota Vikings are trying to. figure out what the [ __ ] they want to do. and Aaron's allowing them the. opportunity to figure out what they want. to do once again I've been told nothing. I have asked I certainly asked AJ. certainly hasn't asked AJ said I'm not. that's my friend I'm not going to. [ __ ] hey have the Vikings said. anything though have the Vikings said. anything like hey JJ's our guy nothing.

has been said by the Minnesota Vikings. which also leads to the mystery of it. all I believe shefer said on the shefer. podcast last week that nothing has. indicated that the Vikings and Aaron. Rogers are in there is that something. that was said uh he he may have said. that I know that yeah he indicated cuz I. know I asked him like Hey is it a. possibility it was this was a couple. weeks ago but is it a Poss possibility. that the Vikings decide that he wants to. go there and he said he supposes he. supposes it is a possibility but nothing. he has heard would suggest that they. have any interest in Aaron Rogers right.

now and Rini now Rini has had a lot of. posts and once again every Situation's. fluid you know especially with Aaron you. know you're talking about a goat but. basically every situation especially. whenever it's business a free agency I. mean look at the Milton situation. everything is pretty fluid so there's. been multiple different you know reports. but I believe we're seing last week put. out a post that was like the Minnesota. Vikings are trying to figure out what. they want to do in the future and Aaron. is willing to give them the opportunity. to figure out what they want to do that. was first time really that it was. reported we had hypothesized about Aaron.

going to the Minnesota Vikings a lot. just like hey they need a quarterback or. they don't and JJ McCarthy but they. might need a quarterback and with the. way they're built they're built to win. right the [ __ ] now and Aaron Rogers. might not be able to run like he was. able to run 10 years ago he can still. move and he can still spin it and in. that offense if you can spin it I think. you're in an okay spot with Kevin. oconnell so is that a real thing now we. sit and wait and see and once again.

Aaron has said absolutely nothing I. think Aaron is still trying to figure it. all out as well or maybe he's just R I. know I know less than anybody AJ knows. more than anybody which is what. everybody needs to understand corre for. sure which is which in this situation is. is basically. nothing okay basically boom put on sege. ticker speaking of SE ticker uh thank. you to se hey the SeatGeek ticker is. becoming a thing it's on a couple other. shows oh really have you seen it I have.

not yeah shout out to seek I like that. okay that's a good play nobody was ever. on the ticker sgeek you know it's a good. business it's a good move you're on the. screen shout out to the sege ticker and. shout out to SeatGeek as a whole the. greatest ticket buying platform on. planet Earth and. AJ the. moon over 20 million downloads let's. assume it's near 29 million now cuz this. is from a month ago so 30 maybe yeah. especially now with so many events to go. to so many so many Live Events.

summertime coming up yeah summer. time get a tick you can go see the um. it's [ __ ] 40 degrees outside yeah. it's cold it is I'm done with it I. started looking at houses in Puerto. Rico yeah next to the Paul Brothers I I. don't know where they're at exactly but. yeah that's what I did I wanted to take. my daughter on a nice stroll outside you. know home for the weekend it's go let's. go outside it's [ __ ] 40° where 30 how.

is it why is it so cold it was just 70°. this is the fifth winter we have had in. this spring cycle I'm done with it in. Puerto Rico Z point up it's 82 in part. Cloud I saw the same thing on my phone. on my weather app son of a [ __ ] I'm. [ __ ] going I just want to go outside. with my daughter I can't there's 50 mph. winds it's 40° okay [ __ ] Jesus [ __ ]. Christ. here get some pretty windy very windy so.

windy so so people were scared to death. in Ohio they were people thought like a. it was going to be one of those storms. like you got get in your get in your. basement hunker down like all that. neighbor's house dock off through. through garage that's a big dock through. Al is windy through the like the dock I. don't know what it's called foxy grew up. on a lake The Boat House through the. boat house garage that's cool oh God.

they leave their up in the winter uh. yeah that's on them Yeahs that's what. that's what I've learned in this entire. thing cuz I was surprised by it and. they're like n i shouldn't have been. there it's like well it's in the [ __ ]. in the garage no I've never seen. anything like it waves these waves that. are hitting oh boy unbelievable looks. like the [ __ ] Pacific Ocean yeah it's. real Cho when it gets that window yeah. it was unbelievable and then the lake. effect I guess the wind cuz there's. nothing to stop it it just kind of it. seems picks up speed yeah swirling that. thing we're here in a train I'm like. hold F I don't know if this L life's for.

me but I can get down to Puerto Rico. sure and if I was go to Puerto Rico and. I want to go to a live event down there. I you seeing heyen ain't that ready AJ. oh yeah can we get the sun though can we. get the sun no kidding with the warm uhh. which I still don't understand how that. works okay never. will what I'm not getting into it which. part I could be so [ __ ] sunny and. it's you know like what's where the. atmosphere okay all right can we [ __ ].

change it you know well we are actually. it's R it's like okay all right I would. just like nice weather grew up in. Pittsburgh went to morgant toown live in. Indiana I think Indiana's the windiest. place you know I think it is one of the. windiest place at least obviously. there's Tornado Alley and everything. over there which sucks that is tornadoes. come to here too it is crazy thing it's. always windy here all every day is windy. every it never stops the wind never. quits the. greatest maybe durability and.

conditioning out of anything is the wind. in Indianapolis Indiana it never waivers. it is always windy and then whenever. it's cold as [ __ ] it's just like we get. Arctic storms and it's just blowing. through town and I thought it was done I. thought it was done but it turns out. that little prick groundhog might have. been right yeah he was yeah I don't like. it we're not even at that time yet what. do you mean two more weeks two more week. it's always gray in Indiana that's the.

worst part for. me yeah I you should see Pittsburgh. brother I mean that's even way more gray. way more gray I don't know how that's. possible we were born in the dark yeah. exactly more rain days I don't remember. what year it was one of the years when I. was living there yeah maybe maybe all of. them but it was definitely one of the. years where I was like Jesus Christ it. feels like it rains every day you know. more rain days than. Seattle everybody talks about Seattle. how it rained so much it's like goad. check real yeah I don't know if it's. still that way I haven't been haven't. lived there in a while but there was a.

time that I assume it's the same rained. all the time now granted there's a. toughness to come from that you know. whenever you got to go outside and get. smacked in the mouth with cold wet the. worst the worst combination in what cold. wet right in the face there's a. toughness that comes with that but yeah. rain and then morgant Town [ __ ] I. mean it's you know you're doing this one. here and then out here so I I almost I. almost quit almost said I'm going to. Puerto Rico I didn't though I still need. all four seasons need that in my life. but I'm getting close yeah I think I'm.

getting close I'm getting soft I'm. getting close I mean at this point you. know when you have a SE we we had a 70. 7577 degree day on Friday and you can't. you can't turn that in there were uh. tornado warnings on Friday night yeah. it's gonna happen again here this week. exactly but then on Saturday I mean you. got you got to turn the goddamn heat on. in your house it's ridiculous yeah yeah. because you don't it's 50 degrees in I. wake up in the morning and it's yeah 52. degrees in my living room it's like well. that Hey listen we know it can be worse.

we understand that we're just saying. we're done with it yeah we're done with. it so the sun needs to act accordingly. now we did look up obviously Pittsburgh. receives slightly more rainfall annually. than Seattle yeah so you it rains all. the time in Seattle not all the time. I'll tell you why because it can rain. more of the time and it does in. Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. so this is a stage of my life I never. thought I'd get to where I'm almost done. with it. mhm I'm almost done with it yeah been. done with it I used to talk [ __ ] on the. you know the super good weather I assume.

you did too AJ I assume you did as a guy. yeah I as I get older I do understand. why people spend like three or four. months down in Florida in the winter I. do understand that well here you'd have. to spend seven months maybe because you. never know when it's coming back easy. come easy go each day something new you. know what though it's about to get. warmer let's go let's go let's go. but it doesn't matter how warm it is. outside no it does or how cold it is. outside mhm it's all about what's the. temperature at the show MH and it's. going to be perfect and it's going to be.

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you know maybe some right maybe some. late movement I haven't kept I haven't. kept up with it with college basketball. but some of these Sports books a little. later than the others some sports books. much more comfortable with their [ __ ] in. making decisions other people following. decisions that are being made in places. so let's remember that as we attack this. March Madness if you are gambling that. maybe we got an opportunity here we have. not done an ESPN bet March Madness yet. so we do not know and you only find out. in real time you only find out when the.

bullets are flying so let's keep an eye. on that you know cuz some people are. creating the lines and some people are. watching others and it's like uh people. can get got y Gumpy who you like in this. tney who who is your your team of. Destiny so I I was on Alabama but Grant. Nelson their big man he's getting uh. Imaging done on his leg today if he's. out that changes things I actually like. Tennessee Okay Tennessee played Florida. well lost to him obviously in the SEC. Championship but that SEC tournament was. a grind yeah that was that was a tough. one all season they got him they got him.

calloused up too did you hear sanki uh. AJ as he spoke about the SEC team he. said there's currently 14 Sports being. played uh at one point in the last. couple weeks there's 14 Sports being. played 12 of them had an SEC team at. number one so yeah people are mad about. 14 teams in the tournament well we can. do that in every [ __ ] sport if we. wanted to and it's uh he didn't say that. exactly but kind of they got a lot of. Pride down there in their Sports and. it's paying off especially if you look. at the current dance no I love how sanki. came on and instantly he talks about hey.

I can go through each one I'll go. through each team and tell you exactly. all their their quad wins or whatever. when do we start using the whole quad. situation that feels like this year that. feels like this year yeah they didn't. use it though by the way they talked. about it they didn't use it cuz West. Virginia lot of quads we had ATVs out of. the [ __ ] Barn yep and uh UNC what is. a quad one Victory that's good teams I. think it's like but like who who decides. a good team like ranked Wu WVU beat. Gonzaga when they were ranked third in.

the goddamn country kenpom right that's. the rankings I don't know what that is. they don't use him anymore uh I would. assume there's 300 some uh D1 basketball. schools you know you divide that by four. and you figure out the quads yeah and. Chris. Anderson moner. journalist this guy was on it last night. this guy was on it he's the one that. found $104,000 bonus I two believe Chris. Anderson was like [ __ ] this [ __ ]. basically all night is what I was. reading from Chris Chris Anderson had me. fired up I just want to let Chris. Anderson know I appreciate his work his.

due diligence this is one he said listen. his very first team left out of the NCAA. tournament team uh obviously WV had six. quad one victories this season the last. three teams in UNCC Xavier remember them. and San Diego State they have five quad. wins combined okay quad one wins. combined so what happened you tell us AJ. [ __ ] that's why the governor of West. Virginia is currently doing a press. conference with an actual National. corrupt Athletic Association uh Banner. in front of him at the press conference.

he said I want information I want the. notes from the meeting I want to know. who was where when what happened that is. why I'm doing this today well and I. think that's why so many people are as. pissed as they are cuz like you said. like if you want to eliminate this whole. thing then you just got to be a little. bit better and you'll get in but agree. but lunardi who's you know the Godfather. of Bracketology tough the book yeah very. tough to book tough to get a hold of. although we did look at his rates and. you know maybe there is something that. could be done there but oh yeah his.

booking fee is good yeah exactly might. get him next year for uh two weeks after. exactly might not be real exactly but. and he like you know he typically gets. you know like 98 or 99% of the teams. correctly in the field in their seed he. had West Virginia as like an eight seed. it wasn't like you know one of the last. four in one of the 11s in the playin. game so everyone assumed that they were. like comfortably in not not even. anywhere near like really on the bubble. so when it comes that comes out that. they're the first team out of the. tournament it's kind of like well H how.

do you go from being you know like in. like that 52 51 spot at large to. completely missing the tournament it. just doesn't make sense and then there's. other teams that are pissed that are in. the tney like there's a lot of people. about the seating they're like well how. is this the how is this the seating like. it we're in the turn so I guess there's. always going to be something that you. can begrudge or whatever but it feels. like this year there's a lot of people. just being like this is [ __ ] cuz. it's not just West Virginia people you. know a lot of West Virginia people are. saying this is [ __ ] for West.

Virginia now UNC being one of those. schools that's always on top in the. basketball world has been historically. and then also Boba Cunningham the. athletic director being the head of the. selection committee being a part of it. people don't love whenever they feel. like they're being Bamboozled you know. especially if it's a big name and. especially if West Virginia a school. that I don't want to say gets little to. no respect but gets little to no respect. is getting the butt end of it easy to. create Babyface heel here in this. particular story but it's not just this. situation there's a lot of other. situations in the seating where people.

are like was there what was the thought. Michigan what was Michigan five seed you. know and they just won the Big 10 like. what are we what are we even talking. about so I think what uh the governor of. West Virginia is saying is we just want. a. little little transparency some. explanation here I like that he's doing. it good for him I'm glad he's doing that. he was the same dude dud we had him on. the show remember he was the Attorney. General we had him on the show oh yes. yeah he was um he was pushing for what's. that called uh employment no yeah I.

think it was in the employment World. anyways they they weren't letting people. transfer and then he was like well if. they're able to make a million dollars. over here and they're not able to here. aren't you kind of they're like breaking. labor laws or something yeah lab like. some labor laws aren't you kind of. withholding whatever it is he took him. to court and won and then that's it's. kind of kind of started the trans I mean. kind of started the the whole the whole. damn thing in that whole thing so he's. not scared to go after and Su like. actually go about it he's been in there. before and he is a former Attorney.

General so he is a suit so like that is. kind of hiso especially when he feels. like his state has. been. bamboozled. wronged robbed what's the banner say on. the podium National corrupt Athletic. Association I mean that's a great touch. great touch let people know exactly. where you stand bro [ __ ] Governor. Walking right up to in case you guys are. confused huge flag this is what this is. about right here if you don't hear me. today see me today okay we're in this.

[ __ ]. country and we're sick of this we're. right here guy here feels the same way M. we're together don't need to say. anything else West Virginia needs to be. in a tournament if they were able to. turn this around this quick it would be. unbelievable yeah it might happen I. talked to uh got hope I talked to Jimmy. Seafood John you know he's a big UNC fan. monadas papos that's not his name oh. that's the name of the team that patino. coached ah yeah I'm sorry and mies that.

up Greece yeah. manadas I believe it is at least great. shs by what's. madus I think that's his last name his. last name okay yeah this I plays John. madus I believe it is mine was funny. okay you don't think his name is that's. not real m i n a d a k i s boom John. minadakis okay a Greek lad who owns. Jimmy's Famous Seafood over there in. Baltimore fantastic crab kicks they did.

start a few things though you know like. those cicas that came out of the ground. for the first time in 40 years you. remember them oh yeah humming and. buzzing they had a cicada parade yeah. okay over there and they're the ones. that started the entire thing what else. people were talking well now we got a. little bit more information what was the. thing that you heard from them well. there was there was a little bit of. convo about you. know Co 18 no no New York Times said. they came from a lab leak in China they. released that was covid-19 oh okay sorry.

we're talking about Co 18 nonetheless. Jimmy's Famous Seafood is a great place. with great people with great food gonna. to have to get past some of the things. that they've done yeah every time I go. there I have a blast mhm super nice. redid it he's a really nice whole new. bar deck area used to be a [ __ ] hole. with kind of think people did kind of. say that old school not a [ __ ] hole old. school yeah and they've updated. everything good business these two kids. menus and his brother they got when.

they're in high. school good kids good kids good men good. men now good Dads MH great chefs the. moms are in the bakery yeah. bakeries Chef K it's downstairs go to. the bakery chefs do kiss their mother. yeah. yeah okay that's good news cuz they're. good chefs you just said yeah the menus. yeah talking about the men this could be. a menad duy situation yeah the menades. no it's docus I believe these are the. brothers right here okay the one on the. left John huge UNCC fan okay Die Hard.

UNCC fan so he put out a smart ass tweet. to me you know oh sorry you guys didn't. get in you know and I told him they need. to acknowledge the [ __ ] and forfeit. their spot to the West Virginia MERS do. what's right for college basketball do. what's right for the future UNC says. they love college ball they're one of. the Staples and pillars of college ball. do what's right forfeit your spot and. call West Virginia and say guess what. you're in and then also give us all your.

jump warm-ups yep Clips shoes we want. all the fits exactly we want all we want. all the all your Jordan stuff send it. all to me all your Jordan stuff I'm sure. they'll do that right do that menus I. don't think he responded I don't know if. he's thinking about it but it is it's. one of those things where this might. motivate this team too you know like. immensely they're playing against San. Diego State and uh they SLA the Floor. San Diego State the CBS people were like. got UNC beating San Diego State just did.

just did a 20 minute thing about they do. not deserve that said they're going to. make it to the Sweet 16 they are yeah. that was an interesting little dilemma I. think everybody was having but that's. Madness March all right we're going to. get the hell out of here Monday Night. Raw starts in like um 20 minutes I think. m on Netflix. uh can't wait to watch cannot wait to. watch bom them out here but this day on. this day where again they're in Brussels.

jeanclaude vanam is he gonna show up. it's where he's from who knows who knows. who knows sweet you never know what's. going to happen with Jean CLA Van Dam. but on this day after a selection with. the thing with the day with the palem. with the HBA that was going to be very. very difficult very very appreciative of. everybody at the WWE uh um basically. saying like hey you know and uh I'm. going to hate watching it to be honest. with you cuz I'm you know I need to wear. a headset in here while we watch it I.

need to put a headset on [ __ ] get in. there call it for sure to R wrestle yeah. practice call yeah get in Cole's ear get. in Cole's ear to throw him some gems can. you get wired up so you can at least. drop a few things that you want him to. say I never know what he's wired to. because you know he's deaf so he's got. the he's got his hearing aid things. inside of his head like his implants. then he's got another headphone on top. of that which is what I'm hearing and. everybody's hearing but his ear things. can Bluetooth to other stuff so like you.

could be talking to him one time and he. there no way he cuz his actual ears are. just on a video that's on his phone and. he is just completely checked out like. the biggest noise cancelling operation. of all time you know cuz he he needs. those things to he but then every once. in a while it'll be like one ear and. then he'll take you off his ear and then. he'll put you on a speaker it's like but. then he has the headphones on the. outside there so I think I could maybe. hack into one of those ears if I really. wanted to but I'm just going to take in. the entertainment entertainment that is. Michael Cole hell yeah it's going to be.

hard not to be there though we're on the. road to. WrestleMania yeah getting close month. away real close jeez real close never. again never again okay uh we're going to. get out of here let's go enjoy that and. then we'll be back tomorrow we'll be off. Thursday Friday for the tney you know. March Madness and uh yeah it's a. wonderful time to be alive we can't. thank you enough big night out's going. to be cool big night out's going to be. really cool big night out's going to be. really cool sold out what hour hour and. 10 minutes 92 minutes 92 minutes hour 32.

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prices are absurd and I would not spend. that for anything but I promise it would. be worth the price of admission I'm G to. try my best and I think the show is. packed the show is packed oh yeah and. people are now brainstorming cuz uh even. more so because they saw the reaction M. so now I think people are understand. understanding oh this is actually a. thing you know cuz it wasn't really real. until okay now this is an actual thing. that's going to have to happen so then. now everybody that said yeah I'm in. started like saying oh I could also and.

it's like oh all of a sudden the show. getting a little bit better all of a. sudden everything's starting to like. even what I'm saying is the people that. are going to be part of the show are. giving like I think they were very. excited about the reaction and what the. possibilities are here so I think it's. like uh brainstorming starting to happen. even more love it so it's coming. together really really well really. really well all the technical aspects. have been completed which is a big deal. those have to get tested though yeah mhm. those all have to get tested the.

stage hilarious it's part of the show. though stage is part of the show has to. be you know there's some big things that. are part of the show but those have to. be built so whenever I'm pitching what I. would like it to be built like hilarious. convos and I appreciate these people for. taking me serious whenever I'm saying. the things that I'm saying need needed. to be able to smoke one side okay need. to be able to have smoke come out of one. side on that cuz we don't know if we're. going to need uh we can definitely do. smoke on one side should we do smoke. maybe on both sides though and then.

alternate yes good idea yes good idea. see I I would yes that would be good. lighting need it to be able to be. specific we need the lighting to be able. to be specific okay what what just need. it to be you know what I mean I need it. to be able to be need to be able to like. okay so we can set it up so we can buom. buom buom buom buom buom Boom at any. time right I'm. like yes that is exactly what I'm. talking about and that's like the WWE. people you know like whenever you're. working with like the greatest on Earth. of things it's like uh I think it's.

going to come together quite well I. think it's going to come together quite. well I do believe it's going to be. streamed where at though where at though. yeah how will that go what will the. setup be will it be free of course. nobody's should have to pay to watch our. [ __ ] but if you're in that building. you're going to get a chance to. experience a show of a lifetime and. potentially walk out of there with a. much bigger bank. account over a million bucks being given. away in the.

arena now. granted that should move some tickets. just to begin with because you. potentially walk in there and holy [ __ ]. but I think a lot of people are. wondering what that means it's like it's. going to be sweet I think it's going to. be a pretty electric environment and uh. shout out to the vitamins that have. gotten me to this place where it's like. we could do all this yeah and hopefully. you know it's a show that people talk. about for a long time and uh can't thank. you all enough for the Love on it now. let's get the [ __ ] out of here March. Madness cooking NFL offseason cooking.

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